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Reckoning of 30% pay element for the purpose of payment towards leave encashment upto 10 days to running staff




GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
RBE No.10 /2015
No.E(P&A)II-2011/RS-20
New Delhi, dated 12/02/2015

The General Managers,
All Indian Railways & Prod. Units etc.
(As per mailing lists No.I&II).

Sub: Reckoning of 30% pay element for the purpose of payment towards leave encashment upto 10 days to running staff.


Board have issued instructions vide letter No. F(E)III/2008/LE-I/I dated 29-10-2008 on encashment of leave while in service.

2. Some of the Zonal Railways had sought clarification whether 30% pay element is to be reckoned for the purpose of leave encashment upto 10 days of LAP to the running staff.

3. The matter has been considered by the Board and it is clarified that in the case of Running Staff, the calculation of leave encashment upto 10 days wil be done in the same manner as in the case of leave salary in terms of Rule 25(i)(k) of “The Rules for the payment of Running and other Allowances to the Running staff on Railways, 1981″

4. An illustration of the above is shown below:
(i) Basic Pay in general = Basic in Pay Band + Grade Pay = BP
(ii) Basic Pay of running staff = 130% of BP = (A)
(iii) DA rate in general = DA%
(iv) DA for running staff = DA% of (A) =(B)
(v) Leave encashment for 1 day = (A + B)/30

5. Other terms and conditions on encashment of leave will remain the same.

6. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

7. Please acknowledge receipt.

sd/-
(K.Shankar)
Director/E(P&A)
Railway Board

Travelling Allowance in respect of Attendant,Escort for accompanying a Government Servant



No. 19030/3/2O3-E.IV
Government of India
Ministry’ of Finance
Department of Expenditure
North Block New Delhi.
Dated the 17th February, 2015.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Travelling Allowance in respect of Attendat/Escort for accompanying a Government Servant with Disabilities on travel During tour/training etc
References have been received in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure seeking provision in the Rules/instructions regulating Travelling Allowance, in order to allow grant of Travelling Allowance to the Government servant with Disabilities in respect of an Attendant/Escort accompanying such a Government servant with Disabilities during travel while on tour/training. etc. At present there are no provisions in the Travelling Allowance rules which allows Government servants to claim Travelling Allowance in respect of Attendant/Escort accompanying them on tour/training. etc. where such Government servants require the assistance of an Attendant/Escort for travel.
2. The matter has been considered and it has now been decided to allow Travelling Allowance in respect of the Attendant/Escort. for accompanying a Government servant with l)disabilities during travel while on tour/training. etc., to be claimed by the Government servant with Disabilities. The admissibility of Travelling Allowance, in respect of the Attendant/Escort accompanying a Government servant with Disabilities, would be subject to the following conditions:
(a) Ordinarily, the field offices/Local administrative offices at the touring station, which the Government servant with Disabilities is required to visit on tour or training institutes where the Government servant with Disabilities is required to undergo training, would be required to provide an Attendant/Escort, from the existing pool of staff/persons employed, from the time the Government servant with disabilities arrives at the destination and till such time the Government Servant with Disabilities departs from that destination back to his headquarter station/place from where the Government servant with Disabilities had initially proceeded to that destination. During Travel abroad, either on foreign tour/training. The Indian Missions/Posts (Embassy of India) at the Country of visit would be required to provide an Attendant/Escort, from the existing pool of Staff/persons employed, during the period of stay of the Government servant with Disabilities in that country.
(b) Only when field offices/local administrative offices at the touring station or training Institutes or Indian Missions/ Posts at the country of visit, as the case may be, officially express Their inability to provide an Attendant/ Escort to the visiting Government servant with Disabilities, would the claim of Travelling Allowance in respect of Attendant/Escorts accompanying the Government servant with Disabilities arise. In such cases, fare for travel of Attendant/Escort accompanying Government servant with Disabilities would be reimbursed. While for travel by air, Airline expected to provide assistance to Government servant with Disabilities during travel as per Airlines policies, a Government servant with Disabilities however, can take along his personal Attendant/Escort for travel by Indian Railways for assistance during journey and boarding/de boarding even when an Attendant/escort at destination station is provided officially.
(c) In all cases, Government servants with Disabilities are required to purchase travel tickets for self and Attendant/ Escort at concessional rates, if any, offered by Railways/Airlines
(d) The facility of Travelling Allowance for the Attendant/Escort would only be admissible to those Government servants with Disabilities, wherein it is certified by the competent Medical Authority that such a person compulsorily requires assistance of another person for travel. Under this clause, necessary certificate is to be obtained from the Head of department of a Government Civil Hospital designated for the type/form of disability of the Government servant. Based on the certificate from competent Medical Authority, Heads of Departments would have to further satisfy the need for an Attendant/Escort during travel of the Government servant, before allowing the journey for the Attendant/Escort.
(e) Subject to clause (d) above. Travelling Allowance for the Attendant/escort would be admissible to the Government servant with Disabilities while on tour (domestic or foreign). However, the authority deputing such a Government servant with Disabilities on tour would have to record in writing that the tour is considered necessary in the discharge of duties and responsibilities assigned to the Government servant with Disabilities.
(f) Subject to clause (d) above, Travelling Allowance for the Attendant/escort would also be admissible to the Government servant with Disabilities when deputed on training provided it is recorded by the authority competent to depute such officials on training that such training is a mandatory training for career progression or induction training for probationers.
(g) Travelling Allowance consists of two parts; Mileage Allowance and Daily Allowance. No Daily Allowance would be admissible to the Attendant/Escort of the Government servant with disabilities. Mileage Allowance would be admissible to the Attendant/Escort at the same rate and in the same class of accommodation, as the Government servant with Disabilities is entitled to under the Revised Travelling Allowance Rules, read with travel restrictions imposed under austerity measures/economy instructions, issued from time to time by the Government. However, in case of travel by any of the modes of conveyance by road, as prescribed under the travelling Allowance rules, no separate mileage allowance would be admissible to the Government servant with Disabilities, in respect of the Attendant/escort, except where the travel is by public bus.
(h) For commuting between residence to office and back, certain categories of Government servants with Disabilities are eligible for Transport Allowance at double the normal rates. As no travelling Allowance is admissible to Government servants for training at headquarter station. Consequently, no claim of Travelling Allowance to the Attendant/Escort of the Government servant with Disabilities would be admissible for training at headquarter station.
3. In so far as persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department arc concerned. these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.
(Subhash Chand)
Director

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Preparations for oral evidence before Seventh Central Pay Commission


Preparations for oral evidence before Seventh Central Pay Commission

A.I.R.F
All India Railwaymen’s Federation
No.AIRF/405 (VII CPC)
Dated: February 5, 2015
The General Secretaries,
All Affiliated Unions,

Dear Comrades,

Sub: Preparations for oral evidence before Seventh Central Pay Commission

You are aware that the schedule of holding hearings by the VII CPC may appear on any day, and oral evidence is likely to commence from March 2015.


We must prepare ourselves for oral evidences as was produced before the previous Pay Commissions.

During VI CPC hearing, following 15 groups were formed:-

(i) Loco & Traffic Running Staff, including Supervisory and Inspectorial Cadres
(ii) Technicians of all departments
(iii) Signal, Telecommunication, Electrical & Mechanical Departments
(iv) Technical Supervisors of all departments.
(v) Transportation(Operating Staff), including Controllers and Station Managers
(vi) Accounts, EDP, Cashiers etc.
(vii) Stores Department and Printing Press Staff
(viii) Trackmen, Patrolmen, Gatemen, Trolleymen, Keymen, Mate and P. Way Supervisors
(ix) Production Units, Workshops and Scientific Staff
(x) Works, Bridge and Track Machines
(xi) Commercial Staff
(xii) Health & Medical Staff
(xiii) Legal, School, Canteen Staff, RDSO and Other Misc. Staff
(xiv) Ministerial Staff, viz. Stenographers, Rajbhasha/Official Language, Publicity Inspector etc.(xv) General Issues, including working conditions, job hazards, career growth, allowances etc.(other than those mentioned in the NC/JCM Memorandum) represented by the leaders of the AIRF.

In addition to above, for the first time, Women Employees’ Group was also given patient hearing separately by the VI CPC on special efforts of the AIRF.

Every Zonal Railway Union must decide one representative for each group, having outstanding ability and dedication as also deep overall knowledge of the departments of the concerned group.

One representative from each of the affiliated unions in the Production Units/Metro Railway Kolkata and RDSO for overall evidence in the same spirit.

Representatives, so decided, be guided to go through the memorandum of the AIRF submitted to VII CPC as also technological and system changes added in the railway system in various departments.

Video Clippings/PowerPoint Presentations of intricate posture workings, sophisticated works, locomotives, coaches, wagons, bridges, maintenance depots, sheds, yards, traction, RRIs etc. be also compiled for the presentation besides preparation to reflect human input in performing particular job content. Write-ups should be very brief and pointed so as to complete the evidence within maximum 10 minutes.

Like past, “Internal Meetings” of the AIRF will be managed one-day in advance of the hearing of the particular groups at the respective places, which will be communicated, once schedule of the hearings is finalized by the Pay Commission, and the names of the representatives to appear for the evidence will be decided after Internal Meeting, based on the limitation of the Pay Commission.

Hoping your due attention.

Yours faithfully
sd/
(S.G.Mishra)

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – December, 2014


No.5/1/2014-CPI
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU
`CLEREMONT’, SHIMLA-171004
DATED: the 30th January, 2015
Press Release

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – December, 2014

The All-India CPI-IW for December, 2014 remained stationary at 253 (two hundred and fifty three). On 1-month percentage change, it remained static between November, 2014 and December, 2014 when compared with the decrease of (-) 1.65 per cent between the same two months a year ago.

The largest downward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing (-) 1.09 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Coconut Oil, Poultry (Chicken), Chillies Green, Ginger, Onion, Vegetable & Fruit items, Sugar, Petrol, etc. are responsible for the decrease in index. However, this decrease was restricted to some extent by Rice, Wheat, Wheat Atta, Arhar Dal, Masur Dal, Moong Dal, Mustard Oil, Fish Fresh,. Goat Meat, Eggs (Hen), Dairy Milk, Milk (Cow & Buffalo), Tea (Readymade), Cigarette, Electricity Charges, Firewood, E.S.I. Contribution, Cable Charges, Private Tuition Fee, Taxi Fare, Barber Charges, Flower/Flower Garlands, etc., putting upward pressure on the index.

The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 5.86 per cent for December, 2014 as compared to 4.12 per cent for the previous month and 9.13 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 5.73 per cent against 2.56 per cent of the previous month and 11.49 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.

At centre level, Kodarma reported a maximum decrease of 12 points followed by Ranchi Hatia (7 points), Tripura (6 points) and Varanasi & Agra (5 points each). Among others, 4 points fall was observed in 5 centres, 3 points in 4 centres, 2 points in 18 centres and 1 point in 16 centres. On the contrary, Bhilwara & Tiruchirapally recorded maximum increase of 5 points each followed by Mumbai & Puduchery (3 points each). Among others, 2 points rise was registered in 5 centres and 1 point in 9 centres. Rest of the 12 centres’ indices remained stationary.

The indices of 38 centres are below and other 39 centres’ indices are above national average. The index of Varanasi centre remained at par with all-India index.

The next index of CPI-IW for the month of January, 2015 will be released on Friday, 27 February, 2015. The same will also be available on the office website www.labourbureau.gov.in.

(S.S.NEGI)
DIRECTOR

Source: Labour Bureau

GPF & Pension Benefits to Casual Labour


G.I., Dep. of Per. & Trg., O.M.No.49014/2/2014-Estt(C), dated 29.1.2015

Subject: GPF & Pension Benefits to Casual Labour with temporary status regularised after 1.1.2004 —regarding.

The undersigned is directed to say that following the issue of this Department’s O.M. No. Dated 26.04.2004, the status of admissibility of pensionary benefits to CL-TS regularised after 1.1.2004 has been a subject of litigation in a number of court cases being contested by various Ministries/Department.


2. In order to take a view on the above issue and in view of the court rulings, it is requested that all Ministries/Departments may furnish the details of Casual Labour with temporary status (CL-TS) regularised after 1.1.2004 in the enclosed proforma latest by 07.02.2015.

3. The particulars of CL-TS yet to be regularised called for vide this Department’s O.M No. Dated 16.10.2014 may also be sent urgently, if not already sent.

Authority: www.persmin.gov.in