MERGER OF DA IN BASIC PAY.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED     QUESTION NO    3632

ANSWERED ON      14.12.2012

MERGER OF DA IN BASIC PAY

   3632 .    Shri SOMENDRA NATH MITRA
   Will the Minister of    FINANCE     be pleased to state:-

   (a)    whether various Associations/ Organisations of Central Government employees demanded merger of 50 per cent Dearness Allowance into the basic pay of Central Government employees and pensioners;

   (b)    if so, the details thereof and reaction of the Government thereto; and

   (c)    the recommendation of the Sixth Central Pay Commission in this regard and action taken by the Government thereto?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (E&FS) (SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA)

   (a): Yes Sir.

   (b): A number of representations have been received from Associations/Organizations of Central Government Employees/Pensioners and individuals demanding merger of 50% of Dearness AHowance/ Dearness Relief with basic pay/pension respectively. The demand has been considered by the Government and not agreed to since the 6th Central Pay Commission has not recommended as such.

   (c): The 6th Central Pay Commission did not recommend merger of dearness allowance with Basic Pay at any stage. Government accepted this recommendation vide Government of India Resolution dated 29.08.2008.

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Expected DA from January 2013 - AICPIN for the month of December 2012.

Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) December 2012

   The All-India CPI-IW for December, 2012 rose by 1 point and pegged at 219 (two hundred and nineteen). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.46 per cent between .November and December compared with (–)1.01 per cent between the same two months a year ago.

   The largest upward contribution to the change in current index came from Miscellaneous Group which increased by 1.08 per cent, contributing 0.49 percentage points to the total change. This was followed by Clothing, Bedding & Footwear and Fuel & Light groups with 1.17 and 0.92 percent respectively contributing 0.13 and 0.10 percentage points to the change. At item level , largest upward pressure came from Rice, Wheat Atta, Groundnut oil, Fish Fresh, Goat Meat, Poultry (Chicken), Onion, Tea (Leaf), Tea (readymade),Electricity charges, Firewood, Sweater, E.S.I. contribution, Medicine (Allopathic), Private Tution Fees, us fare, Flower/ Flower Garlands, Tailoring Charges, etc.

   The largest downward contribution to the change in current index came from Vegetables & Fruits with a decline of (-) 8.33 per cent contributing (-) 1.21 percentage points to the total change.

   The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 11.17 per cent for December, 2012 as compared to 9.55 per cent for the previous month and 6.49 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 13.53 per cent against 10.85 per cent of the previous month and 1.97 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.

   At centre level, Hubli Dharwar recorded the largest increase of 10 points followed by Quilon (8 points) and Mundalakkayam and Ernaculam (7 points each) and Mysore (5 points). Among others, 4 per cent rise was registered in 2 centres, 3 points in one centre, 2 points in 11 centres and one point in 12 centres. Doom Dooma Tinsukiya centre reported a decline of 5 points followed by Jalpaiguri and Faridabad 4 points each. Among others 6 centres registered a fall of 3 points, 11 centres registered a fall of 2 points and 13 centres registered a fall of 1 point. Rest of the 14 centres indices remained stationary.

   The indices of 37 centres are above All-India Index and other 37 centres’ indices are below national average. The indices of Jabalpur, Bengaluru, Chandigarh and Haldiya remained at par with all-India index.

   The next index of CPI-IW for the month of January, 2013 will be released on Thursday, February 28, 2013 and will be uploaded on the office website www.labourbureau.nic.in on the same day.

Source: PIB

Revision of designations of erstwhile Group D staff- suggestions.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No.2013/TT-I/7/6/1

Rail Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated 21/01/2013

Chief Operations Managers
All Indian Railways (except KR)

Sub: Revision of designations of erstwhile Group D staff- suggestions.

   6th CPC in para 2.2.9 of its report has recommended that all the present employees belonging to Group D who possess the prescribed qualifications for entry level in in Group ‘C’ will be placed in Group ‘C’ running pay band w.e.f 1.1.2006. Other Group D employees, who do not possess the prescribed qualifications, are to be retrained and thereafter upgraded and placed in Group ‘C’ running pay band. Further, in para 3.7.9 of 6th CPC’s report, it has also been mentioned that the job description of the Group D posts so upgraded and placed in Group C shall also be revised and re-defined with emphasis on multi-skilling so that a single employee is able to perform various jobs (Annexure-A).

   Further, while issuing model recruitment rules for the erstwhile Group D staff, DoP&T in their OM dated 30-04-2010 has stated that designation of Multi-skilling staff may be adopted for some common categories of posts. For other categories of posts, a single designation for posts whose duties are similar in nature and where the officials can easily be switched from one-task to another may be adopted. (Annexure-B)

   Since all the pre-revised scale of Group D staff (` 2550-3200, 2610-3540 & 2650-4000) have been merged and placed in a single revised pay structure PB-I, Grade Pay ` 1800 corresponding to pre-revised scale of ` 2750-4400, revised designations for these staff on the Zonal Railways are to be issued in consonance with the recommendations of the 6th CPC.

   A list of existing standard designations of erstwhile Group D staff of Operating department as available in Railway board is enclosed (Annexure-C). There is a likely hood of certain other non-standard designations in operation on the Zonal Railways.

Zonal railways may examine and suggest

   i. Specific categories of erstwhile Group D staff which can be grouped together/broad banded for the purpose of multi-skilling and suggest revised designations for them

   ii. Categories of erstwhile Group D staff where multi-skilling is not feasible, indicating reasons for the same along with the proposed revised designations for such staff.

   The above details may be sent latest by 31st January, 2013.

sd/-
(R.Gopalakrishnan)
Director Traffic Trans.(POL)
Railway Board

Source:NFIR