Amendment to CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 – Notification Regarding

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

(Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 3rd March, 2014

G.S.R. 138 (E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 and clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution and, after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in relation to conditions of service of persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, namely’-

1.(1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Pension) Second Amendment Rules, 2014.

(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 1st October, 2000.

2. In the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, in rule 37A,-

(a) in sub-rule (22) and sub-rule (23), after the words “Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited” in both the places where they occur, the words-rand Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited” shall be inserted; .

(b) for sub-rule (24), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-

“(24) The arrangements under sub-rule (23) shall be applicable to the existing pensioners and to the employees who are deemed to have retired from the Government service for absorption in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited and shall not apply to the employees directly recruited by the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited for whom they shall devise their own pension schemes and make arrangements for funding and disbursing the pensionary benefits.”

[F. No. 4/23/2013-P&PW(D)]

VANDANA SHARMA, Jt. Secy

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

Payment ofpensionary benefits to all categories of the erstwhile employees of the Government (Group A, B, C and D) absorbed in Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited who have opted for pension on combined service will be made by the Government in the same manner as in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited with effect from 1st October, 2000.Such erstwhile Government employees including those absorbed in Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited with effect from 1st November, 1998 andgovemed vide DOP&PW’s O.M.No. 4/18/87-P&PW(D) dated 5.7.1989 shall be brought within the purview of these rules with effect from 1st October, 2000. This is certified by the Department of Telecommunication that no one shall be adversely affected by giving retrospective effect to this notification.

Source:http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D3/D03ppw/notification_040314_E.pdf

Extension of CGHS facilities to retired BSNL employees.

File No: 4-12(11)12012-PAT

Government of India

Department of Telecommunications

Sanchar Bhawan, 20, Ashoka Road,

New Delhi-110001

Dated: 20-2-2014

To,

The Chairman and Managing Director,

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,

Bharat Sanchar Bhawan

H.C. Mathur Lane

Janpath,

New Delhi-11001

Subject:-Extension of CGHS facilities to retired BSNL employees.

Sir,

Reference is invited to BSNL’s letter Nos.BSNL/Admn-I/14-15/9(pt.) dated 09.04.2012 and dated 11.1.2013 regarding extension of CGHS facilities to retired BSNL employees. The matter has been examined in consultation with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and it has been decided that :-

i) The retired employees, who are in receipt of Central Civil Pension/Pro-rata pension only from Central Civil Estimates are eligible for joining CGHS, other retired employees of BSNL are not eligible for CGHS.

ii) Since CGHS is in operation only at 25 select locations in the country, the retired employees of BSNL who are in receipt of Central Civil Pension and therefore eligible for CGHS facilities, may also be considered for providing with an option to choose either CGHS or BSNL-MRS post retirement as per their convenience, in recognition of their services rendered to DoT / BSNL.

2. However, it may be noted that the retired BSNL employees who opt for CGHS would have to pay the requisite fee to CGHS as applicable to Government retirees.

3. This issues with the approval of Secretary(T).

Yours faithfully

Sd/-

(Sanjay Agrawal)

ADG(PAT)

Source :- http://www.bsnleuchq.com/DoT%20order%20on%20CGHS%20for%20pensioners.pdf

JCA Writes to DOP&T on Terms of Reference of the 7th CPC

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

1st Floor, North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi – 110001

FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANISATIONS

T-24, Atul Grove Road, New Delhi – 110001

Ref: JCA/Postal/2014

Dated : 06.03.2014

To

The Secretary

Department of Personnel & Training

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions,

North Block, New Delhi – 110001

Dear Sir,

Sub : – Terms of Reference of the 7th Central Pay Commission.

We have gone through the Terms of Reference of 7th Central Pay Commission approved and notified by the Government on 28.02.2014. We find that the Terms of Reference finalized by the Government is at variance in many respects to the Draft Terms of Reference the Staff Side had submitted to you on 25.10.2013 after holding in-house discussion on 24.10.2013.

At the conclusion of the meeting held on 24.10.2013, it was agreed that the Government would consider our suggestions in the matter and will convene another meeting with the presence of the Secretary (Expenditure) to iron out the differences, if any, and explore the possibilities of an agreement in the matter.

We regret to inform you that no such meeting was convened and no attempt was made by the Official Side to arrive at an agreed Terms of Reference. We find that the Government has rejected the suggestions of Staff side for either taking a decision in the matter of Interim Relief, Merger of DA, representation of labour nominee in the Commission itself, inclusion of the Grameen Dak Sewaks within the purview of the 7th CPC, bringing parity in pension between the past and present pensioners, covering the employees appointed on or after 01.01.2004 within the ambit of the Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, date of effect, settlement of the pending items in the National Anomaly Committee etc. or referring those issues to the Commission itself for an Interim Report.

Besides, we are to state that the existing Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) Scheme, being a bilateral agreement, cannot be subjected to scrutiny and examination by the 7th CPC.

We, therefore request you to kindly convene a meeting of the Standing Committee of National Council (JCM) to discuss the issue, so as to make amendments to the Terms of Reference finalized by the Government arbitrarily.

 Yours faithfully,

(D. Theagarajan)

Secretary General,

FNPO & Member,

National Council – JCM

Mobile: 09968349422

E-mail: theagarajannachi@hotmail.com

(M. Krishnan) 

Secretary General,

NFPE & Member,

National Council – JCM

Mobile: 09447068125

E-mail: mkrishnan6854@gmail.com

Source:-http://nfpe.blogspot.in/2014/03/jca-writes-to-dop-on-terms-of-reference.html