CAG can audit even private companies.

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) was empowered to examine the accounts of even private companies if they dealt with natural resources, in a judgement that will have far-reaching consequences. 

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Child Care Leave

Govt woman employee can get uninterrupted two-year leave for child care: SC

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WPI inflation hits 3-month high of 5.7% in March

Snapping the declining trend, the inflation rose to a three month high of 5.7 per cent in March mainly due to spurt in prices of food items like potato, onion and fruits.

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GOVT PRESS RELEASE

25% INCREASE IN ALLOWANCES

25% INCREASE IN ALLOWANCES WHENEVER DA GOES UP BY 50% – WHETHER SEPARATE ORDERS NEEDED ?

As per the recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission Report, Government included a clause while granting / revising certain allowances such as Children Education Allowance, Traveling Allowance, Conveyance Allowance, Cash handling allowance, Risk Allowance, Bad Climate Allowance, Hill Area Allowance, Remote Locality Allowance, Tribal Area Allowances etc to the etc that whenever Dearness Allowance applicable to Central Government employees goes up by 50%, these allowances would be automatically increased by 25%.

We are getting repeated queries from many  whether any separate orders will be issued by Government for increasing Allowance by 25% which are linked with increase in DA, since Dearness Allowance has gone up by 50% for the second time now. We are of the opinion that there is no need for Separate orders for increasing these Allowances by 25% as Office Memorandums / Orders relating to these Allowances have the clause “whenever Dearness Allowance applicable to Central Government employees  goes up by 50%, these allowances would be automatically increased by 25%”.

 DOPT  OM No. 12011/03/ 2008- Estt.(AL) dated 2.9.2008 clearly indicates that the enhancement of Dearness Allowances beyond 50% limits "would be automatically raised by 25% every time the Dearness Allowance on the revised pay structure goes up by 50%".

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The following Table provides the quantum of increase in Allowances linked with increase in DA

Name of the Allowances & Advances	Original Allowance as per 6CPC	Existing amount of Allowance after DA  increases by 50%	Revised Allowances per month if DA increases by 100%
Children Education Allowance	Rs 1000	Rs 1250	Rs 1500
Hostel Subsidy Allowance	Rs 3000	Rs 3750	Rs 4500
Special Compensatory Hill Area Allowance	Rs 600/480	Rs 750/600	Rs 900/720
Special Compensatory Scheduled / Tribal Area Allowance	Rs.400 /Rs.240	Rs.500 / Rs.300	Rs. 600 / 450
Project Allowance	Rs.1,500 / Rs.1,000	Rs.1,875 /Rs.1,250	Rs. 2250 / 1500
Speical Compensatory (Remote Locality)Allowance	Rs.2,600 /Rs.2,100 /Rs.1,500 /Rs.400	Rs. 3,250 /Rs.2,625 /Rs.1,875 / Rs.500	Rs. 3900 / 3150 / 2250 / 600
Cycle Maintenance Allowance	Rs.60 (Per month)	Rs.75 (Per month)	Rs.90
Mileage for road journey/all  components of daily allowance on tour/reimbursement for transfer  of personal effects	Rs.500 / Rs.300 / Rs.200 / Rs.150 / Rs.100	Rs.625 / Rs.375 / Rs.250 / Rs.190 / Rs.125 (TA for personal effects-Rs.22.50 per km / Rs. 11.25 per km / Rs.6.90 per km)	Rs.555 / 450 / 300 / 225 / 150(TA for personal Effects – Rs. 27 per km / 13.50 per km / 6.90 per km)
Rates of Fixed Conveyance Allowance under SR-25 (Motor Car)	Rs.1,120 / Rs.1,680 / Rs.2,070 / Rs.2,430 / Rs.3,000	Rs.1,400 / Rs.2,100 / Rs.2,590 / Rs.3,040 / Rs.3,750	Rs.1680 / 2520 / 3105 / 3645 / 4500
Rates of Fixed Conveyance Allowance under SR-25 (Other modes)	Rs.370 / Rs.480 / Rs.640 / Rs.750 / Rs.850	Rs. 470 / Rs.600 / Rs.800 / Rs.940 / Rs.1,070	Rs.1,070 Rs.555 / 720 / 960 / 1125 / 1275
Washing Allowance	Rs.60	Rs.75	Rs.90
Split Duty Allowance	Rs 200	Rs 250	Rs 300
Spl. Allowance for Child Care  for Women with Disabilities and Education Allowance for disabled children	Rs.1,000 per month	Rs.1,250 per month	Rs.1500
Cash Handling Allowance	Rs.600 / Rs.500 / Rs.400 / Rs.300 / Rs.150	Rs.750 / Rs.625 / Rs.500 / Rs.375 / Rs.190	Rs.900 / 750 / 600 / 450 / 225
Risk Allowance	OPT 21012/1/2008-Estt.(Allowance)	12.3.2009	To be announced
Postgraduate Allowance	Rs.1,000 / Rs.600	Rs.1,250 / Rs.750	Rs. 1500 / 900
Desk Allowance	Rs.600	Rs.750	Rs.900
Bad Climate Allowance	Rs.400 / Rs.240	Rs.500 / Rs.300	Rs.600 / 360
Advances for purchase of Bicycle	Rs.3,000	Rs.3,750	Rs.4500
Advances for purchase of Warm clothing	Rs.3,000	Rs.3,750	Rs.4500
Festival Advance	Rs.3,000	Rs.3,750	Rs.4500
Natural Calamity Advance	Rs.3,000	Rs.3,750	Rs.4500

HOLIDAY ON APRIL 17TH

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The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Karnataka, has declared a general holiday on April 17 in view of the Lok Sabha elections. The declaration comes under the Negotiable Instruments Act and the Representation of the People Act.

The holiday is applicable to all the Central and State government offices, Central and State government undertakings, government and private educational institutions (aided and unaided), industrial establishments and others.

The CEO also ordered all business, trade and industrial establishments to grant a paid holiday to their employees on that day, for both permanent and also those on daily wages, to enable them to exercise their franchise.

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ELECTION DUTY PROBLEMS

COC KARNATAKA TAKES UP CASE WOMEN EMPLOYEES & MEN EMPLOYEES  WELFARE DURING ELECTION PROCESS  WITH

 CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSION ON THESE ISSUES

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National Convention Outcome

Circular No: 15  

National Convention of Central Government Employees  held at Nagpur on 4th April 2014.

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7th CPC Office and Staff

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

SEVENTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION

NEW DELHI – 110001

Camp Office : Room No.169-B

North Block, New Delhi

7th CPC requires Central Staff on Deputation Basis

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Holiday on 14th April 2014

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Expected DA from July 2014 - AICPIN for the month of Feb 2014

 Consumer Price Index (Industrial Workers) for February 2014 is increased by one point and pegged at 238.

DA as on Feb 2014 is 102.79

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Amendment of Recruitment Rules/Service Rules: DoPT's instructions

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Guidelines for issue of medicines to CGHS beneficiaries

Guidelines for issue of medicines to CGHS beneficiaries from CGHS Wellness Centers for Chronic illness.

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DA Orders issued

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SIXTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION Questionnaire

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Responses to the Sixth Central Pay

Commission Questionnaire.

 

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CASHLESS TREATMENT FACILITY FOR CGHS BENEFICIARIES-REGARDING

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CGHS Emergency Treatment

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List of Emergency Conditions

The medical emergency conditions included under the purview of CGHS Act are enlisted below:

a) Acute Coronary Syndromes viz. (Coronary Artery By-pass Graft or Percutaneous Trans-Luminal Coronary Angioplasty) including Myocardial Infarction, Unstable Angina, Ventricular Arrhythmias, Paroxysmal Supra- Ventricular Tachycardia, Cardiac Tamponade, Acute Left-Ventricular Failure, Severe Congestive Cardiac Failure, Accelerated Hypertension, Complete Heart Block and Stokes-Adams Attack, Acute Aortic dissection.

b) Acute Limb Ischemia, Rupture of Aneurism, Medical and surgical shock and peripheral circulatory failure.

c) Cerebro-Vascular Attack, Strokes, sudden Unconsciousness, Head Injury, Respiratory failure, De-compensated Lung Disease, Cerebro-Meningeal Infection, Convulsions, Acute Paralysis, Acute Visual Loss.

d) Acute Abdomen

e) RTA (Road Traffic Accident) with injuries including fall

f) Acute Poisoning

g) Acute Renal Failure

h) Acute Abdomen in females including Acute Obstetrical and Gynecological Emergencies.

i) Heat Stroke

O.P.D. (Outdoor Patient Department) treatment and subsequent follow-up after hospitalization is not permitted in Private Hospitals and Diagnostic Centres recognized under CGHS. Exceptions for follow-up treatment are permissible in following conditions for a period of 3 to 6 months after conducting the surgical procedure, are as follows:

a. Neuro-surgery

b. Cardiac Surgery including Angioplasty

c. Cancer Surgery, Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy

d. Organ transplant viz. Kidney

e. Knee replacement.

f. RTA (Road Traffic Accident)

Indian Tax System and Effect on Central Government Employees.

Comrades,

                 The Central Government has been informing the general public that crores  of  rupees were spent on salary and pension of  Central Government Employees. In fact the following are facts out of total revenue of Central Government the share of  CG Employees towards Salary, perks and pension amount is just 10.47 % of the total revenue of the Central Government which was earlier 16% at the.time of 6th CPC.   They are in forming that 7th CPC will cost exchequer Rs 25,000/ thousand crores which will effect Central Government finances. 
  

               Secondly the Central Government Employees are paying tax for every rupee they earn including the all allowances, in fact the 5th CPC has recommended that the Central Government should not deduct any Income tax on these allowances. apart from income tax, all other taxes are also imposed just like other employees. 

               Further the  Fifth Central Pay commission in its report vide para no105.12 has said that  Dearness allowance should be paid free of net taxes as the DA is paid for compensation against price rise. The all allowances should also be paid net of taxes which has been examined by 5th CPC in para no 167.   

              Today according to various media reports, only 2 to 3 percent of Indians pay any income tax at all. In December, India’s finance minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, said that 2.89 percent of the population (about 36 million people) filed income taxes. (In contrast, in the U.S., about 45 percent of the population pays taxes, which means that, despite India’s much-larger population, more Americans than Indians actually pay taxes.)  CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS .

            Totally a Central Government employees pay upto 30% of their salary as all forms of tax to the Central Government, even if these is any increase of salary upto 40% then also,part of the increase will also go to  Central Government as revenue.

           India's tax revenues nearly  about Rs 14 lakh crore currently  can be increased to over Rs 40 lakh crore. if proper taxation policy is adopted , that means  majority of citizens of the country  should be uniformly taxed.           

              Corporate tax collection is  at Rs 2.05 lakh crore, the personal Income Tax collection, however, was  at Rs 1.19 lakh crore that is just 10% of the total revenue collection.

               According to Central Government sources  Corporates owe over Rs 2.46 lakh crore in taxes, total tax dues to the Central Government is around Rs 5 to 6 lakhs crores. The amount paid to CG employees for the 7th CPC is just 5% of tax dues to the Central Government.  CLICK HERE FOR REPORT   so there should not be much financial panic on  7th CPC impact on common man.

            If these dues are properly collected then Central Government can spend lot of money on the welfare schemes and also pay the Central Government Employees being a model employer handsomely pay us  on par with the global market,  Software companies.

           So comrades , the Indian tax   system should be re modeled so that proper tax system is there and every citizen of India should   have uniform tax policy and Central Government revenue should also improve and also the Government Employees are paid need based minimum wage or a decent wage, also filling up of vacant post in Central Government will also give employment  to younger generation. 

    Comradely yours

(P.S.Prasad)

 General Secretary