Ministry of Finance has set up Implementation Cell for processing and implementing 7th CPC report

Ministry of Finance has set up Implementation Cell for processing and implementing 7th CPC report

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7TH CPC RECOMMENDATIONS ON VARIOUS ADVANCES FOR CG EMPLOYEES

 Interest-Free Advances Recommended By 6th CPC

9.1.2 Presently 12 interest-free advances are permissible. Their details are as follows:

Table 1 : Interest-free Advances

S.No.	Name	Amount	Eligibility	Remarks
1	Bicycle Advance	Rs.4500	GP<=2800	Recoverable in max 30 monthly installments
2	Warm Clothing Advance	Rs.4500	All Group C employees posted at a hill station either on first appointment or on transfer, for a period of not less than one year	Recoverable in max 12 monthly installments
3	Advance of Pay on Transfer	1 month’s pay OR2 months’ pay in case of transfer due to shift of HQ as a result of government policy	All employees transferred from one station to another in public interest	Recoverable in max 3 monthly installments
4	Advance of TA on Tour/ Transfer/ Retirement	An amount sufficient to cover the officials’ personal travelling expenses for a month or six weeks in case of prolonged tours	All cases where TA is admissible	The advance shall be adjusted immediately after completion of tour
5	Advance of TA to the family of a deceased government employee	Limited to 3/4th of probable expenses admissible under the rules	Same as for retirement/transfer
6	Advance of LTC	Up to 90% of the fare	All eligible Central Government Employees
7	Advance of Leave Salary	An amount not exceeding the net amount of leave salary including allowances for the first 30 days of leave after deduction of PF, House Rent, Income Tax, Recovery of Advances, etc.	All officials proceeding on leave for a period not less than 30 days	Adjusted against the monthly salary bills
8	Advance in connection with medical treatment	90% of the package deal for specific major illnesses.Rs.10,000 for indoor treatment or outdoor treatment of 3 months or less for cancer.Rs.36,000 for treatment of TB where duration is more than 3 months	All Central Government employees except Railway employees
9	Festival Advance	Rs.4500	GP<=4800	Recoverable in max 10 monthly installments
10	Advance in the event of natural calamity like flood, drought, cyclone, etc.	Rs.7500	All non-Gazetted employees	Recoverable in max 12 monthly installments
11	Advance for training in Hindi through Correspondence Course	Rs.450	For those Central Government employees who undergo training through correspondence course conducted by the Central Hindi Directorate
12	Advance for Law Suits	Rs.500	All Central Government employees	Recoverable in max 24 monthly installments

9.1.3 There is a general demand from the JCM-Staff Side to increase all interest-free advances to three times their present value. 

Analysis and Recommendations

9.1.4 As can be seen from the table above, the amount of most of the advances is quite low. With the increased salary packages provided after successive Pay Commissions, these advances have lost their relevance. Hence, to do away with outdated provisions and thereby save on the costs involved in administering these advances, it is recommended that all Interest-free advances should be abolished. 

 Interest-bearing Advances

 9.1.5 The following four Interest-bearing advances are presently admissible: 

Table 2 : Interest-bearing Advances

S.No.	Name	Amount	Eligibility	Remarks
1	Motor Car Advance	Rs.1,80,000 on first occasion and Rs.1,60,000 subsequently OR 8 months’ Basic Pay OR anticipated price of car, whichever is least	Pay in the pay band of Rs.19,530 or more, excluding GP	Recoverable in max 200 monthly installments
2	Motorcycle/ Scooter/ Moped Advance	Rs.30,000 on first occasion and Rs.24,000 subsequently OR 4 months’ Basic Pay OR anticipated price of Motorcycle/ Scooter/Moped, whichever is least Rs.20,000 OR anticipated price of Moped only, whichever is less if pay<8560 td="">	Pay in the pay band of Rs.8,560 or more, excluding GP	Recoverable in max 70 monthly installments
3	Advance for purchase of Personal Computer	Rs.80,000 on first occasion and Rs.75,000 subsequently OR anticipated price of PC, whichever is less	Pay in the pay band of Rs.19,530 or more, excluding GP	Recoverable in max 150 monthly installments
4	House Building Advance (HBA)	34 months’ Basic Pay OR Rs.7,50,000 OR Cost of House OR repaying capacity, whichever is the least for new construction/purchase of new house/flat. For a new house, the cost ceiling limit shall be 134 times the pay in the pay band subject to a minimum of Rs.7.50 lakh and a maximum of Rs.30.00 lakh relaxable up to a maximum of 25% of the revised maximum cost ceiling of Rs.30.00 lakh. The maximum limit for grant of HBA for enlargement of existing house shall be 34 months’ of pay in the pay band subject to a maximum of Rs.1.80 lakh or cost of the enlargement or repaying capacity, whichever is the least.	All permanent officials or officials with at least 10 years of continuous service	Recovery of principal in max 180 monthly instalments and Recovery of interest in max 60 installments subsequently

Analysis and Recommendations

9.1.6 The present position is that meagre funds are allotted for these advances and only a few manage to avail this facility. In fact, budget provision for all of them, except Advance for purchase of Personal Computer, has been reducing over the years, as can be seen from the graph below 35:

Govt forms panel to revisit Gramin Dak Sevaks pay, benefits

The government has formed a committee to review pay structure and social security benefits provided to 'gramin dak sevaks'.

The one-man committee will review and suggest changes in existing wage structures, facilities and other social security benefits provided to 'gramin dak sevaks' (GDS), according to a notification by the Communications and IT Ministry.Gramin dak sevaks are extra-departmental agents recruited by the postal department to serve in rural areas.

They have been demanding pay and facilities at par with regular postal department employees.

"The question of examining the conditions of service and emoluments and other facilities available to the Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) has been under the consideration of the Government of India for some time.

The Government has now decided to set up a one-man committee for the purpose," the notification dated November 19 said.

The Committee headed by Retired Member of the Postal Services Board Kamlesh Chandra will go into the service conditions of Gramin Dak Sevaks and suggest changes as considered necessary, it said.

All India GDS Union last week had demanded that the panel should be formed under retired Supreme Court or High Court judge and not under chairmanship of a retired officer.

In the letter to Secretary, Department of Posts, the union said that it will go on one-day hunger strike on November 27 at divisional offices, at circle offices on December 4 and in New Delhi on December 10 if the demand is not met.

The committee will examine the system of branch post offices, employment conditions and the existing structure of wage and emoluments paid to GDS and recommend necessary changes.

It will also "examine and suggest any changes in the method of recruitment, minimum qualification for appointment as Gramin Dak Sevaks and their conduct and disciplinary rules, particularly keeping in view the proposed induction of technology in the Rural Post Offices", the notification said.The Committee will function for a period of one year.

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7^th CPC - IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS

1.    DATD OF EFFECT – 01.01.2016

2.    MINIMUM PAY – 18000

3.    FITMENT FORMULA – 2.57 TIMES

4.    FIXATION ON PROMOTION – NO CHANGE – ONLY ONE INCREMENT IN THE OLD SCALE

5.    ANNUAL INCREMENT – 3% NO CHANGE

6.    MODIFIED ASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION – NO CHANGE – 10, 20, 30

Conditions made more stringent. Bench march “Very Good” required instead of “good”. No Examination for MACP proposed. Hierarchial promotion restored.

7.    PAY BAND, GRADE PAY SYSTEM ABOLISHED

New Pension Structure called “Matrix based open ended pay structure” recommended. Total span of the scale 40 years.

8.    MAXIMUM PAY INCREASE – 14.29%

9.                COMPARISON BETWEEN MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PAY – 1:11.4 (18000 : 205400)

10.          NUMBER OF PAY SCALES – NOT REDUCED - NO DELAYERING

11.          ALLOWANCES – NO IMPROVEMENT

Commission recommended abolition of 52 existing allowances such as Assisting Cashier Allowance, Cash Handling Allowance, Treasury Allowance, Handicapped Allowance, Risk Allowance, Savings Bank Allowance, Special compensatory (Hill Area) Allowance, Cycle Allowance, Family Planning Allowance etc.

12.          HRA REDUCED TO 26%, 16% AND 8% FOR X, Y AND Z CITIES

13.          DRIVERS – HIGHER PAY SCALE REJECTED

14.          DA FORMULA – NO CHANGE

15.          HBA – NO CHANGE – CEILING RAISED TO 25 LAKHS

16.          CASUAL LEAVE – NO INCREASE

17.          CHILD Care Leave

        1^st 365 days – Full pay (100%)

        Next 365 days – 80% Pay only.

18.          MATERNITY LEAVE – NO CHANGE - 

19.          LEAVE ENCASHMENT AT THE TIME OF RETIREMENT – NO INCREASE MAXIMUM 300 DAYS ONLY

20.          MEDICAL

Medical Insurance Scheme for serving and retired employees recommended.

21.          TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE - NO HIKE -  ONLY 125% MERGER

Pay Level	Higher Transport Allowance cities (A, AI)	Other places
9 and above	7200 + DA	3600 + DA
3 to 8	3600 + DA	1800 + DA
1 and 2	1350 + DA	900 + DA

22.          LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION (LTC) – NO CHANGE

One time LTC to Foreign Country during the service rejected. Splitting of Home Town LTC for employees Posted in North East, Laddakh, Andaman & Nicobars and Lakshdweep allowed.

23. ACCOUNTS STAFF BELONGING TO UNORGANIZED ACCOUNTS – PARITY WITH ORGANISED ACCOUNTS REJECTED.

24.  PERIODICAL REVIEW OF WAGES (NOT TEN YEARS) RECOMMENDED. NO PAY COMMISSION REQUIRED

25.          PERFORMANCE RELATED PAY SHOULD BE INTRODUCED IN GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND ALL BONUS PAYMENT SHOULD BE LINKED TO PRODUCTIVITY.

26.          COMPULSORY RETIREMENT AND EFFICIENCY BAR REINTRODUCED

Failure to get required bench MarK for promotion within the first 20 years of service will result in stoppage of increment. Such employees who have out lived their ability, their services need not be continued and the continuance of such persons in the service should be discouraged.

27.          PROMOTEE AND DIRECT RECRUITS – ENTRY LEVEL PAY ANOMALY IS REMOVED

28.          CADRE REVIEW TO BE COMPLETED IN A TIME BOUND MANNER.

Commission recommended to hasten the process of cadre review and reduced the time taken in inter-ministerial consultations.

29.          NEW PENSION SCHEME – WILL CONTINUE

30.          CEA & HOSTEL SUBSIDY

Rate

CEA per month             2250 - 25% increase when DA crosses

Hostel subsidy              6750 – 50& increase when DA crosses  

31.          GROUP INSURANCE SCHEME

Level                    Monthly Contribution           Insurance Amount

1 to 5                   1500                                       15 Lakhs

6 to 9                   2500                                       25 lakhs

10 and above      5000                                       50 lakhs

PENSIONARY BENEFITS

32.          PENSIONERS – PARITY – LONG STANDING DEMAND OF THE PENSIONERS ACCEPTED

Commission recommends a revised Pension Formulation for Civil employees and Defence Personnel who have retired before 01.01.2016. (expected date of implementation of seventh CPC recommendations). This formulation will bring about complete parity of past pensioners with current retirees.

33.          PENSIONERS – MINIMUM PENSION RS. 9000/-

(50% of the minimum pay recommended by the 7^th CPC)

34.          PENSIONERS – GRATUITY CEILING RAISED TO 20 LAKHS

35.          PENSIONERS – FIXED MEDICAL ALLOWANCE (FMA) – NO CHANGE (RS. 500/-

36.          CGHS FACILITIES TO ALL POSTAL PENSIONERS RECOMMENDED

33 Postal dispensaries should be merged with CGHS

37.          GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS (GDS) OF THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT DEMAND FOR CIVIL SERVANTS STATUS REJECTED

Recommendation: - The committee carefully considered the demand for treating the Gramin Dak Sevaks as civil servants at par with other regular employees for all purposes, and noted the following:

(a)       GDS are Extra-Departmental Agents recruited by Department of Posts to serve in rural areas.

(b)       As per the Recruitment Rules the minimum educational qualification for recruitment to this post is class X.

(c)        GDS are required to be on duty only for 4 to 5 hours a day under the terms and conditions of their service.

(d)       The GDS are remunerated with Time Related continuity Allowance (TRCA) on the pattern of pay scales for regular Government employees plus DA on pro-rata basis.

(e)       A GDS must have other means of income independent of his remuneration as a GDS to sustain himself and his family.

Government of India has so far held that GDS is outside the Civil Service of the Union and shall not claim to be at par with the Central Government Employees. The Supreme Court Judgment also states that GDS are only holder of Civil posts but not civilian employees. The Commission endorses this view and therefore has no recommendation with regard to GDS.