Expected DA for January 2014 : AICPIN for the Month of December 2013.

Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) December 2013 

According to a press release issued by the Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment the All-India CPI-IW for December, 2013 declined by 4 points and pegged at 239(two hundred and thirty nine). On 1-month percentage change, it decreased by 1.65 per cent between November and December compared with the rise of 0.46 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 -4.96 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Onion, Ginger, Chillies Green, Brinjal, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Peas, Tomato, Potato and other Vegetable items, Sugar etc. are responsible for the decrease in index. However, this was compensated to some extent by Fish Fresh, Eggs, Hen, Poultry, Milk, Pure Ghee, Garlic, Firewood, ESI Contribution, etc. putting upward pressure on the index.

The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 9.13 per cent for December, 2013, as compared to 11.47 per cent for the previous month and 11.17 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 11.49 per cent against 16.17 per cent of the previous month and 13.53 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. 

At centre level, Giridih recorded the highest decline of 12 points each followed by Ahmedabad, Chhindwara, Varanasi, Munger, Jamalpur, Nagpur and Bhavnagar (10 points each).Jamshedpur (09 points), Rourkela, Ludhiana, Tripura and Angul Talcher (08 points each) Among others, 7 points decrease was registered in 9 centres, 6 points in 8 centres, 5 points in 11 centres, 4 points in 8 centres, 3 points in 7 centres, 2 points in 9 centres and 1 point in 7 centres. On the contrary, Sholapur centre reported an increase of 4 points followed by Puducherry (2 points), Coimbatore and Srinagar centres 1 point each. Rest of the 3 centres’ indices remained stationary. 

The indices of 37 centres are above All-India Index and other 38 centres’ indices are below national average. The index of Varanasi and Vijaywada centre remained at par with all-India index.

The next index of CPI-IW for the month of January, 2014 will be released on Friday, 28 February, 2014. The same will also be available on the office website www.labourbureau.gov.in. 

Merger of Dearness Allowance with Pay

All India Railwaymen’s Federation 

(Estd. 1924)

4, State Entry Road, 

New Delhi-110055 

INDIA

No.AIRF/13

Dated: January 9, 2014

The Secretary(Exp.),
Ministry of Finance,
(Government of India)
North Block,
New Delhi

Dear Sir,

Reg: Merger of Dearness Allowance with Pay

On the persistent forceful demand of the Central Government employees, including Railwaymen, successive Central Pay Commissions were appointed by the Government of India with a view to improve upon wage structure and to grant parity with other employees of the Public Sector Undertakings in the wake of market inflation and price hike of essential commodities. These Pay Commissions, while recommending revised pay structure have also recommended grant of Dearness Allowance on the basis of increase in the Price Index.

The very purpose of compensating the pay with payment of Dearness Allowance is being defeated because of unbridled inflationary pressure on the economy and the consequent steep rise in the price of essential commodities.This has resulted in erosion of the value of the wage, remarkably beyond tolerable limit, as a consequence of which, payment of Dearness Allowance has failed to compensate devaluation of pay.

While Dearness Allowance was merged with the pay on crossing the percentage beyond 50% during V CPC as the actual value of wage devaluated because of market hike to compensate eroded value of the wages besides payment of Dearness Allowance, but this time Dearness Allowance, which has already gone beyond 80% w.e.f. 1st July, 2013, is yet to be merged with the pay.

It would, therefore, be quite appropriate and in the fitness of the thing that Dearness Allowance is merged with the pay for all purposes to compensate the erosion in the wage in the wake of market inflation and steep price hike of essential commodities which are posing serious constraints in the livelihood of the Govern employees in general and the low-paid employees in particular.

Yours faithfully, 

Sd/-

(Shiva Gopal Mishra)

General Secretary

Source: AIRF

omination of Stenographers Grade ‘D’ of CSSS with seven years of approved service for Level-I Training programme to be conducted by ISTM w.e.f. 24/02/2014 to 14/03/2014 -reg.

No. 21/4/2012-CS-II(C)

Government of india

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Personnel & Training

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,

Khan Market, New Delhi.

Date: 28th January, 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Nomination of Stenographers Grade ‘D’ of CSSS with seven years of approved service for Level-I Training programme to be conducted by ISTM w.e.f. 24/02/2014 to 14/03/2014 -reg.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM. No. 20/28/2010-CS-II(A) dated 20/10/2011 (available on the website of the DoPT) regarding Cadre Training Plan (CPT) for the officers/officials of Central Secretariat Stenographers Service (CSSS) and to say that Stenographers Grade ‘D’ with seven years of approved service, whose names are given in the Annexure-I, are nominated to participate in the Level-I Training programme being conducted by the ISTM from 24/02/2014 to 14/03/2014. It is requested that these officials may please be relieved of their duties with the direction to report to Ms. R. Gayathri, Deputy Director, ISTM, Administrative Block, JNU Campus (old), New Delhi at 9.00AM on 24th February, 2014.

2. Cadre Units of CSSS are also requested to ensure that the officials nominated to the above Level-I training programme are relieved in time as this training course is mandatory in nature and the Stenographers Grade ‘D’ who do not complete and qualify the Level-I training programme shall not be considered for promotion to the grade of Personal Assistant till such time they pass the examination conducted by the ISTM. Absenteeism and withdrawn from the course, including part/different components of the programme may not be allowed in normal circumstances.

3. As part of the Training course, the participants would be taken on a study tour. In order to meet the expenditure for the study tour, all the administrative Ministries/Departments are required to sanction an advance of Rs 20,000/-(Rupees Twenty thousand only ) as TA/DA advance for each participant along with their relieving order.

4. Cadre Units of CSSS are also requested to send Curriculum Vitae of each participant specifically indicating their gender and language in prescribed proforma given in the Annexure-II to Ms. R. Gayathri, Deputy Director, ISTM, New Delhi. Ms. R. Gayathri, Deputy Director is accessible on Phone No. 011-26105592.

Sd/-

(Kameshwar Mishra)

Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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