New Schemes announced in Union Budget 2014

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1) Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana

2) Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission

3) Soil Health Card Scheme for Every Farmer

4) Swatchh Bharat Abhiyan

5) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana

6) A Dedicated TV Channel ‘Kisan TV’ to be Launched for Farmers

7) Multi Skill Programme – Skill India

8) Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) Re-Introduced

9)  Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission ‘Namami Gange’

10) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana Launched

11) Digital India Programme

12) Housing for All by 2022

 Details of each scheme is given below

1) Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana

“Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana” for feeder separation will be launched to augment power supply to the rural areas and for strengthening sub-transmission and distribution systems. Its long term aim is to provide 24×7 uninterrupted power supply to all homes. A sum of Rs. 500 crores has been set aside for this scheme.

2) Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission

Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission will be launched to deliver integrated project based infrastructure in the rural areas. The scheme will also include development of economic activities and skill development. The preferred mode of delivery would be through PPPs while using various scheme funds. It is based on the example of Gujarat that has demonstrated successfully the Rurban development model of urbanization of the rural areas, through which people living in the rural areas can get efficient civic infrastructure and associate services.

3) Soil Health Card Scheme for Every Farmer

The deteriorating soil health has been a cause of concern and leads to sub optimal utilization of farming resources.  The Government will initiate a scheme to provide to every farmer a soil health card in a mission mode. A sum of Rs 100 core for this purpose has been kept aside by the government. An additional Rs 56 crores have been allocated to set up 100 mobile soil testing laboratories across the county. There have also been growing concerns about the imbalance in the utilization of different types of fertilizers resulting in deterioration of the soil.

4) Swatchh Bharat Abhiyan

The Government intends to cover every household by total sanitation by the year 2019, the 150th year of the Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

5) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana

The Government has proposed to initiate the scheme “Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana”. It is proposed to meet the need to provide assured irrigation to mitigate risk to the farmer since bulk of the farm lands are rainfed and depend on monsoon. This scheme would facilitate access to irrigation. A sum of Rs.1,000 crores is being set aside for this scheme.

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6) A Dedicated TV Channel ‘Kisan TV’ to be Launched for Farmers

 Kisan TV, dedicated to the interests of the agriculture and allied sector will be launched in the current financial year. This will disseminate real time information to the farmers regarding new farming techniques, water conservation, organic and farming etc.

7) Multi Skill Programme – Skill India

The Government has announced the launch of a national Multi-Skill programme called Skill India. This programme would skill the youth with an emphasis on employability and entrepreneur skills. It will also provide training and support for traditional professions like welders, carpenters, cobblers, masons, blacksmiths and weavers etc. Convergence of various schemes to attain this objective is also proposed.

8) Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) Re-Introduced

Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) is being re-introduced to encourage people, who may have banked and unbanked savings to invest in this instrument. Kisan Vikas Patra is a saving scheme that doubles the money invested in eight years and seven months. The Directorate of Small Savings Government of India, sells these saving bonds through all Post Offices in the country so that the scheme can be accessed by citizens from all over the country. A KVP can be encashed after two and a half years from the date of issue at the value it has been bought and the interest accrued for the period.

9) Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission ‘Namami Gange’

The Government has proposed to set up an Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission called (Namami Gange). An amount of Rs. 2037 crore has been set aside for the Mission in the current Budget. The Mission is being launched because a substantial amount of money has been spent in the conservation and improvement of the river Ganga but the efforts have not yielded desired results because of the lack of concerted effort by all the stakeholders. To harness the enthusiasm of the NRI Community to contribute towards the conservation of the river Ganga, an NRI Fund for Ganga will be set up which will finance special projects.

10) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana Launched

Government has introduced a new scheme called Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, which will help in generating awareness and improving the efficiency of delivery of welfare services meant for women with an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore. The  government would focus on campaigns to sensitize people of this country towards the concerns of the girl child and women. The process of sensitization must begin early and therefore the school curriculum must have a separate chapter on gender mainstreaming.

11) Digital India Programme

Centre has proposed to launch a pan India Programme called “Digital India” to further bridge the divide between digital “haves” and “have-nots”. This would ensure Broad band connectivity at village level, improved access to services through IT enabled platforms, greater transparency in Government processes and increased indigenous production of IT hardware and software for exports and improved domestic availability. Special focus would be given on supporting software product startups. The  Government has also proposed to set-up A National Rural Internet and Technology Mission for services in villages and schools, training in IT skills and E-Kranti for government service delivery and governance scheme with an initial corpus of Rs. 500 crore. A programme for promoting “Good Governance” will also be launched and a sum of Rs.100 crore will be set aside for this.

12) Housing for All by 2022

Government has proposed to set up a Mission on Low Cost Affordable Housing to be anchored in the National Housing Bank. A  sum of Rs 4,000 crore has been earmarked for National Housing Bank with a view to increase the flow of cheaper credit for affordable housing to the urban poor/EWS/LIG segment. The Government has already outlined some other incentives such as easier flow of FDI in this sector and is willing to examine other positive suggestions. The government has included slum development in the list of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities to encourage the private sector to contribute more towards this activity.

Also read highlights of union budget 2014 from here. 

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ISRO Recruitment 2014 – Apply Onli

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Department of Space has posted employment notification for the recruitment of 233 Assistant (Administrative Support Staff) vacancies in various ISRO Centres/ Units. Eligible candidates may apply online from 17-07-2014 to 07-08-2014. Other details like age limit, educational qualification, selection process, how to apply are given below…

ISRO Vacancy Details: Total No of Posts: 233

Name of the Posts: Assistants
Name of the Zones:
1. Ahmedabad: 04 Posts
2. Bangalore: 75 Posts
3. Hyderabad: 24 Posts
4. New Delhi: 04 Posts
5. Sriharikota: 54 Posts
6. Thiruvananthapuram: 72 Posts

Age Limit: Candidates age limit is 18 years to 26 years as on 07-08-2014. The upper age relaxation is 31 years for SC/ ST and 29 years for OBC candidates.

Educational Qualification: Candidates must possess 1st Class Graduation in Arts/ Commerce/ Management/ Science/ Computer Applications.

Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on performance in Written Test and Interview.

Application Fee: Candidates need to Pay Rs.100/- in the Receipt Account No 32034064593, by using the personalized payment challan (download from the ISRO website) of State Bank of India on any day between 17-07-2014 to 08-08-2014. No Fee for Women, SC, ST, Ex-Serviceman and PWD candidates.

How to Apply: Eligible candidates may apply online through the ISRO website http://www.isro.gov.in/ from 17-07-2014 to 07-08-2014. After applying online, candidates should send the DD, NOC from current employer and respective category certificate (Women, SC, ST, Ex-Serviceman and PWD candidates) with related enclosures mentioned in notification, in an envelope superscribed with “ICRB – Recruitment of Assistant”, send by ordinary post addressed to Administrative Officer (ICRB), ISRO Headquarters, Antariksh Bhavan, New BEL Road, Bangalore 560094 on or before 14-08-2014.

Instructions for Applying Online:
1. Candidates must have valid E-mail id.
2. Log on to the website http://www.isro.gov.in/.
3. Click on Job Opportunities —> ISRO HA:ICRB:04:2014.
4. Read the notification clearly and Click on ‘To apply online, Click here’.
5. Fill all the mandatory details and Submit.
6. Then candidate may get an Online Registration Number, preserve it for future use.
7. Click on ‘Application Fee Challan/ Registration Confirmation Form’.
8. Login yourself, download the fee challan & pay the fee.
9. Click on ‘Print Application’.
10. Login yourself and Take print out of application form for future use.

Important Dates:
Starting Date of Online Registration: 17-07-2014.
Closing Date of Online Registration: 07-08-2014.
Last Date for Receipt of Applications: 14-08-2014.
Last Date for Payment of Fee: 08-08-2014.
Date of Written Test: 12-10-2014.
Answer Key for Written Test will be available from: 15-10-2014.
Last Date to Raise Objections with Valid Justifications: 20-10-2014.

For more details regarding age limit, educational qualification, selection process, how to apply and other information click on the link given below…

Click here for Recruitment Advt & Apply Online

7TH CPC COMMON MEMORANDUM – AT A GLANCE

Highlights of the Memorandum submitted on issues common to all Central Government employees to Secretary 7th Pay Commission.

JCM NC has also submitted Interim Memorandum on interim relief and Merger of DA.

1.   Pay scales are calculated on the basis of pay drawn pay in pay band + GP + 100% DA by employees as on 01.01.2014.

2.   7th CPC report should be implemented w.e.f. 01-01-2014. In future five year wage revision.

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:- (open ended pay scales – Total 14 pay scales)

      Existing Proposed (in Rs.)

     

PB-1, GP Rs. 1800 PB-1, GP Rs. 1900	26,000
PB-1, GP Rs. 2000 PB-1, GP Rs. 2400	33,000
PB-1, GP Rs. 2800	46,000
PB-2, GP Rs. 4200 PB-2, GP Rs. 4600	56,000
PB-2, GP Rs. 4800	74000
PB-2, GP Rs. 5400	78,000
PB-3, GP 5400	88000
PB-3, GP 6600	102000
PB-3, GP 7600	120000
PB-4, GP 8900	148000
P4-4, GP 10000	162000
HAG	193000
Apex Scale	213000
Cabinet Secretary	240000

9 (a) Wages and service conditions of Gramin Dak Sevaks is to be examined by 7^th CPC itself.

10.Dearness Allowances on the basis of 12 monthly average of CPI, Payment on 1^st Jan and 1^st 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 Classified City	Other Places
Rs. 7500 + DA	Rs. 3750 +DA

      The stipulation for TA that the Govt. employee should be on duty in his headquarters for certain number of days during the calendar month should be removed.

15.Deputation Allowance double the rates and should be paid 10% of the pay at same station and 20% of the pay at outside station.

16.Classification of the post should be executive and non-executive instead of present Group A,B.C.

17.Special Pay which was replaced with Special/Allowance by 4th CPC be bring back to curtail pay scales.

18.Scrap downsizing, outsourcing and contracting of govt. jobs.

19.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.

20.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 and also hierarchical pay scales.

21.PLB being bilateral agreement, it should be out of 7th CPC perview.

22.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.

23. House Building Allowance :-

(a) Simplify the procedure of HBA

(b) Entitle to purchase second and used houses

24. Common Category – Equal Pay for similar nature of work be provided.

25. Compassionate appointment – remove ceiling of 5% and give appointment within Three months.

26. Traveling Allowance:-

Category	A1, A Class City	Other Cities
Executive	Rs. 5000 per day + DA	Rs. 3500 per day + DA
Non-Executive	Rs. 4000 per day + DA	Rs. 2500 per day + DA

27. 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-

28.Children Education Allowance should be allowed up to Graduate, Post Graduate, and all Professional Courses. Allow any two children for Children Education Allowance.

29.Fixation of pay on promotion – two increments in feeder grade with minimum benefit of Rs.3000.

30.House Rent Allowance

X Class Cities 60%

Other Classified Cities 40%

      Unclassified Locations 20%

31.Compensatory 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

32. Patient Care Allowance to all para-medical and staff working in hospitals.

33. All allowances to be increased by three times.

34. NE Region benefits – Payment of Special Duty Allowance @ 37.5% of pay.

35. Training: - Sufficient budget for in-service training.

36. 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.

37. 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

38. 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.

39. (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.

40. Appoint Arbitrator for shorting all pending anomalies of the 6th CPC.

41.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.

42.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.

43. Point to point fixation of pay.

44. 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

45. 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.

46. 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 Las Pay Drawn (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.

NB:   The above is only gist. All points raised by us not included. For understanding the entire demands raised by us, Please read the full memorandum published in our website.

 (M. Krishnan)

Secretary General

NFPE/Confederation

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STAFF SIDE, NATIONAL COUNCIL, JCM SUBMITS MEMORANDUM TO 7 CPC

CHQ CIRCULAR

 No. R-III/Circular-12/2014                                                  Dated 14-07-2014

To

          All Circle Secretaries, CWC Members,

Divisional Secretaries and Branch Secretaries.

Dear Comrades

STAFF SIDE, NATIONAL COUNCIL, JCM SUBMITS MEMORANDUM TO 7 CPC

On behalf of the entirety of the Central Government employees and Worker’s, the Staff Side in National Council of JCM submitted the memorandum on the pay scales and related issues to the 7th CPC on 30th June 2014. The Departmental level memorandum are to be submitted by the Associations/unions/Federations by 31^st  July 2014.

The salient features of the Staff Side Memorandurri are;

• Replacement of PB-GP system by an open ended pay scale where in the starting pay is given with an annual increment rate of 5% is proposed.

• Date of effect should be 1.1.2014.

• The ratio between minimum (i.e. MTS) and Maximum (Secretary) is proposed as 1:8.

• The minimum Pay for MTS is Rs 26,000/- and maximum for Secretary is Rs 2,13,000/- and for cabinet secretary. R, 2,40,000/-

• Conversion factor of 3.7 is proposed for all i.e. 26000/7000

• Number of pay scales has been reduced to 14.

• Table 7.1 gives the new proposal on pay scales

• Table 7.2 gives the corresponding pay scales of the 6th CPC recommended Grade Pay.

• The benefit on promotion, should be two increments in the feeder cadre

• The existing formula of computation of DA and its payment with effect from 1^st  January, and 1^st  July, may continue.

• House Rent allowance:

X classified cities-60%;

Y dassified towns-40%;

Z classified/unclassified places-20%

• City Compensatory allowance

Sanction of Education Advances with an interest rate riot exceeding 5% for ihosc employees, whose children take up higher studies.

Overtime allowance:

Over time allowance should continue to the paid and calculated on the basis of actual pay, DA and Transport Allowance from time to time. The rate of Overtime Allowance should be re-fixed as and when the DA is increased and there shall be no ceiling on amount of overtime allowance which become payable

• Additional Monetary Incentive  for Personnel  Posted in N F Region:

“We request the 7 CPC to recommend that in the light of the O.M (F.No.14017/4/2005 AIS(11) dated 10-2-2009 the employees may be granted Special Duty Allowance @ 37½ % of pay.

• Other Allowances/ Advances

‘We suggest to the 7 CPC to recommend to increase the following allowances and advances, which are presently granted as a lump sum amount to three times in view of the fact that the revised Minimum wage computed is almost 3.7 time of the emoluments as on 1.1.2014.

Allowances

Conveyance Allowance

Risk Allowance

Project Allowance

Washing Allowance

Child Care Allowance

Cash Handling Allowance

All other allowances not listed above.

Advances

Natural Calamity Advance

Vehicle Advance

Personal Computer Advance

Uniform and Stitching Charges

All other Advances”

• Scheme for Appointment on Compassionate Ground

“We refer to the twenty third report on Government Policy of Appointments on Compassionate Grounds presented to the Rajya Sabha on 7^th  September, 2007          ( laid on the table of the Lok Sabha on 7.9.2007) and request the Commission to recommend the following:

1. To remove the 5 % ceiling

Revision of format of OBC Cast certificate in view of the difficulties being faced by OBCs

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF

PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO

151

ANSWERED ON

09.07.2014

ISSUE OF OBC CERTIFICATE

151 .

Shri ANURAG SINGH THAKUR

Will the Minister of

PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government has revised the format of OBC caste certificate in view of the difficulties being faced by people belonging to OBCs in getting caste certificates /benefits of reservation; and (b) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (DR. JITENDRA SINGH) (a) & (b): Yes, Madam. Representations were being received wherein candidates belonging to OBC community were reportedly facing difficulty in getting the benefit of reservation because of the fact that in the format of the caste certificate, although there was space for mentioning the name of the caste/community but no space was provided for indicating the specific resolution by which the said caste/community has been included in the Central List of OBC. The issue was examined in consultation with National Commission for Backward Classes and the format of OBC caste certificate has since been revised vide Department of Personnel & Training’s O.M. No. 36036/2/2013- Estt.(Res.) dated 30th May, 2014.