Seventh Pay Commission : Highlights of the demands

Seventh Pay Commission : Highlights of the demands of Central Government Employees to 7CPC 1. Pay scales are calculated on the basis of pay drawn pay in pay band + GP + 100% DA by employee as on 01-01-2014. 2. 7th CPC report should be implemented w.e.f. 01-01-2014. 3. Scrap New Pension Scheme and cover all employees under Old Pension and Family Pension Scheme. 4. JCM has proposed minimum wage for MTS (Skilled) Rs.26,000 p.m. 5. Ratio of minimum and maximum wage should be 1:8. 6. General formula for determination of pay scale based on minimum living wage demanded for MTS is pay in PB+GP x 3.7. 7. Annual rate of increment @ 5% of the pay. 8. Fixation of pay on promotion = 2 increments and difference of pay between present and promotional posts (minimum Rs.3000). 9. The pay structure demanded is as under:- Exiting Proposed (in Rs.) PB-1 GP Rs.1800 – 26,000 PB-1 GP Rs.1900, PB-1 GP Rs.2000 – 33,000 PB-1 GP Rs. 2400, PB-1 GP Rs.2800 – 46,000 PB-2 GP Rs.4200 – 56,000 PB-2 GP Rs.4600, PB-2 GP Rs.4800 – 74,000 PB-2 GP Rs.5400 – 78,000 10. Dearness Allowances on the basis of 12 monthly average of CPI, Payment on 1st Jan and 1st July every year. 11. Overtime Allowances on the basis of total Pay+DA+Full TA. 12 Liabilities of all Government dues of persons died in harness be waived. 13. Transfer Policy – Group `C and `D Staff should not be transferred. DoPT should issue clear cut guideline as per 5th CPC recommendation. Govt. should from a Transfer Policy in each department for transferring on mutual basis on promotion. Any order issued in violation of policy framed be cancelled by head of department on representation. 14. Transport Allowance – X Class Cities Y Class Cities Pay up to Rs.75,000 Rs.7500 + DA Rs.3750 + DA Pay above Rs.75,000 Rs.6500 + DA Rs.3500 + DA 13. Deputation Allowance double the rates and should be paid 10% of the pay at same station and 20% of the pay at outside station. 14. Classification of the post should be executive and non-executive instead of present Group A,B.C. 15. Special Pay which was replaced with SPL/Allowance by 4th CPC be bring back to curtail pay scales. 16. Scrap downsizing, outsourcing and contracting of govt. jobs. 17. Regularize all casual labour and count their entire service after first two year, as a regular service for pension and all other benefits. They should not be thrown out by engaging contractors workers. 18. The present MACPs Scheme be replaced by giving five promotion after completion of 8,15,21,26 and 30 year of service with benefits of stepping up of pay with junior. 19. PLB being bilateral agreement, it should be out of 7th CPC perview. 20. Housing facility:- (a) To achieve 70% houses in Delhi and 40% in all other towns to take lease accommodation and allot to the govt. employees. (b) Land and building acquired by it department may be used for constructing houses for govt. employees. 21. House Building Allowance :- (a) Simplify the procedure of HBA (b) Entitle to purchase second and used houses 22. Common Category – Equal Pay for similar nature of work be provided. 23. CP appointment – remove ceiling of 5% and give appointment within Three months. 24. Traveling Allowance:- ‘A1’ and ‘A’ Class Cities Other Cities A. Executives Rs.5000+DA per day Rs.3500+DA per day B. Non-Executives Rs.4000+DA per day Rs.2500+DA per day 25. Composite Transfer Grant :- Executive Class 6000 kg by Goods Train/ Rate per km by road 8 Wheeler Wagon Rs.50+DA(Rs.1 per kg and single container per km) Non-Executive Class 3000 kg – do – -do- 26. Children Education Allowance should be allowed up to Graduate, Post Graduate, and all Professional Courses. Allow any two children for Children Education Allowance. 27. Fixation of pay on promotion – two increments in feeder grade with minimum benefit of Rs.3000. 28. House Rent Allowance X Class Cities 60% Other Classified Cities 40% Unclassified Locations 20% 29. City Allowance `X’ Class Cities `Y’ Class Cities A. Pay up to Rs.50,000 10% 5% B. Pay above Rs.50,000 6% minimum Rs 5000 3% minimum Rs.2500 30. Patient Care Allowance to all para-medical and staff working in hospitals. 31. All allowances to be increased by three times. 32. NE Region benefits – Payment of Special Duty Allowance @ 37.5 of pay. 33. Training:- Sufficient budget for in-service training. 34. Leave Entitlement (i) Increase Casual Leave 08 to 12 days & 10 days to 15 days. (ii) Declare May Day as National Holiday (iii) In case of Hospital Leave, remove the ceiling of maximum 24 months leave and 120 days full payment and remaining half payment. (iv) Allow accumulation of 400 days Earned Leave (v) Allow encashment of 50% leave while in service at the credit after 20 years Qualifying Service. (vi) National Holiday Allowance (NHA) – Minimum one day salary and eligibility criteria to be removed for all Non Executive Staff. (vii) Permit encashment of Half Pay Leave. (viii) Increase Maternity Leave to 240 days to female employees & increase 30 days Paternity Leave to male employees. 35. LTC (a) Permission to travel by air within and outside the NE Region. (b) To increase the periodicity once in a two year. (c) One visit outside country in a lifetime 36. Income Tax: (i) Allow 30% standard deduction to salaried employees. (ii) Exempt all allowances. (iii) Raise the ceiling limit as under: (a) General – 2 Lakh to 5 Lakh (b) Sr. Citizen – 2.5 Lakh to 7 Lakh (c) Sr. Citizen above 80 years of age – 5 Lakh to 10 Lakh (iv) No Income Tax on pension and family pension and Dearness Relief. 35. (a) Effective grievance handling machinery for all non-executive staff. (b) Spot settlement (c) Maintain schedule of three meetings in a year (d) Department Council be revived at all levels (e) Arbitration Award be implemented within six month, if not be discussed with Staff Side before rejection for finding out some modified form of agreement. 36. Appoint Arbitrator for shorting all pending anomalies of the 6th CPC. 37. Date of Increment – 1st January and 1st July every year. In case of employees retiring on 31st December and 30th June, they should be given one increment on last day of service, i.e. 31st December and 30th June, and their retirements benefits should be calculated by adding the same. 38. General Insurance: Active Insurance Scheme covering risk upto Rs. 7,50,000/- to Non Executive & Rs. 3,50,000/- to Skilled staff by monthly contribution of Rs. 750/- & Rs. 350/- respectively. 39. Point to point fixation of pay. 40. Extra benefits to Women employees (i) 30% reservation for women. (ii) Posting of husband and wife at same station. (iii) One month special rest for chronic disease (iv) Conversion of Child Care Leave into Family Care Leave (v) Flexi time 41. Gratuity: Existing ceiling of 16 ½ months be removed and Gratuity be paid @ half month salary for every year of qualifying service. Remove ceiling limit of Rs.10 Lakh for Gratuity. 42. Pension: (i) Pension @ 67% of Last Pay Drawn (LPD) instead of 50% presently. (ii) Pension after 10 years of qualifying service in case of resignation. (iii) Increase pension age-based as under: 65 years – 70% of LPD 70 years – 75% of LPD 75 years – 80% of LPD 80 years – 85% of LPD 85 years – 90% of LPD 90 years – 100% of LPD (iv) Parity of pension to retirees before 1.1.2006. (v) Enhanced family pension should be same in case of death in harness and normal death. (vi) After 10 years, family pension should be 50% of LPD. (vii) Family pension to son upto the age of 28 years looking to the recruitment age. (viii) Fixed Medical Allowance (FMA) @ Rs.2500/- per month. (ix) Extend medical facilities to parents also. (x) HRA to pensioners. (xi) Improvement in ex-gratia pension to CPF/SRPF retirees up to 1/3rd of full pension.

City likely to get 11 more AC local trains starting March HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times Mumbai, January 13, 2015 First Published: 00:14 IST(13/1/2015) | Last Updated: 00:16 IST(13/1/2015)

Even as the first air-conditioned local train missed several deadlines, the city is likely to get 11 more air-conditioned trains from March this year.

“The railways board has ordered 12 air-conditioned trains with automatic door closure system for the city,” said Prabhat Sahai, chairman and managing director, Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC), in response to a question about automatic the door closure system for suburban locals at a press conference.

Sahai said the trains will be manufactured at the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai and will ply on both Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR). However, he refused to divulge details about the AC trains as the MRVC is not involved in it.

Designed and approved by the Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO), the first AC local may reach the city only after the fitting of the electrical supplies by Bharat Heavy Electric Limited (BHEL). After being in the planning stage since 2002, the first AC local was expected to reach the city in 2013.

When asked about the introduction of the Bombardier rakes, which reached the city in 2013, Sahai said they were still awaiting a nod from the commissioner railway safety (CRS) and the railway board.

“We have submitted technical reports to the CRS and the railway board,” said Sahai, but refrained from giving a deadline for their introduction into the services. However, officials hinted that first Bombardier train is likely to enter service from January 2

श्री हेमंत कुमार रेलवे बोर्ड के नये यांत्रिक सदस्य और भारत सरकार के पदेन सचिव नियुक्त किये गये हैं।

श्री हेमंत कुमार रेलवे बोर्ड के नये यांत्रिक सदस्य और भारत सरकार के पदेन सचिव नियुक्त किये गये हैं। इस नियुक्ति से पहले वह पश्चिमी रेलवे में महाप्रबंधक के रूप में 20 नवंबर, 2013 से कार्यरत थे। उनके गतिशील नेतृत्व में पश्चिमी रेलवे ने विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में उल्लेखनीय उपलब्धियां हासिल की थीं।

श्री कुमार विशेष श्रेणी रेलवे एप्रेंटिस (एससीआरए) के 1973 बैच के वरिष्ठ रेल अधिकारी हैं और उन्हें यांत्रिक इंजीनियरिंग में स्वर्ण पदक मिला था। वह एक योग्य विद्युत इंजीनियर भी हैं। उन्हें डीजल लोकोमोटिव में काम करने का व्यापक अनुभव है। बिहार के जमालपुर स्थित आईआरआईएमईई से पढ़ाई करने वाले श्री कुमार वहां एक प्राध्यापक के तौर पर भी अपनी सेवा दे चुके हैं

A new research centre will be developed for research & development of bullet train technology at IIT-Kharagpur by the end of this 2015.

A new research centre will be developed for research & development of bullet train technology at IIT-Kharagpur by the end of this 2015. The centre will be funded by the Indian Railway Board and the new building of the Centre for Railway Research (CRR) will be constructed inside the IIT-kharagpur campus. 

There are four thrust identified areas by Indian Railways for research 

1. high-speed trains
2. developing heavy haul capacity to carry more freight
3. intelligent maintenance
4. use of advanced materials like polymers, rubbers, etc.

Two high speed train corridors are proposed in India, while Japan is conducting the feasibility study for the bullet train project in the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor and China for the Delhi-Chennai corridor. Working on suspension and bogies technology for high-speed trains has been already been started by the researchers in a temporary campus. Researchers are also working on the design of steel concrete composite railway bridges for high speed passenger traffic. 
Developing bullet trains would require an array of rolling stock design aspects to be addressed, such as, aerodynamic design of rolling stock, vehicle dynamics, vibration and noise control, advanced control of electric loco drives, static and dynamic analysis of railway bridges, etc. 40 faculty members from different departments of the institute and as many scholars will be engaged in the research projects. Once fully ready with high-end specialised labs, CRR will also house an academic unit offering MTech courses in railway management and engineering. Besides the regular civil and mechanical engineering aspects, students would be taught on rail wheel dynamics, track, geotechnical aspects, transport planning, etc. For operational aspects related to trains, they will invite working rail professionals as adjunct faculty. The proposed degree course, whose curriculum is yet to be finalised, will have a maximum of 30 seats having space for both railway-sponsored employees as well as candidates who have cleared GATE entrance exam. 
Currently, technical aspects are dealt by railway PSUs like Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO). The Railways have their own training centres for its manpower requirements and now they are planning to come up with a railway university. As a precursor to the proposed MTech courses, a short-term course will be conducted where international experts on high speed rail system discussed technical aspects with Indian Railway officials.

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