Expected DA from January 2014 - AICPIN for the month of August 2013.

   Consumer Price index Numbers for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) August 2013

   According to a press release issued by the Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment the All-India CPI-IW for August, 2013 rose by 2 points and pegged at 237 (two hundred and thirty seven). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.85 per cent between July and August compared with 0.94 per cent between the same two months a year ago.

   The largest upward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing 1.58 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Rice, Wheat, Wheat Atta,Goat Meat, Dairy Milk, Milk (Cow & Buffalo),Onions, Chillies Green, Tea (Readymade), Firewood, Doctors Fee, Private Tution Fee. Secendory School Books, Petrol, Tailoring Charges are responsible for the rise in index. However, this was compensated to some extent by Groundnut Oil, Fish, Fresh Vegetables and Fruit items, putting downward pressure on the index.

No plan to raise retirement age of Central government employees to 62- Central Government

   The government on Friday made it “very clear” that there is no plan to raise retirement age of Central government employees to 62 years from the existing 60.

   “At present, there is no thinking in the government for increasing the retirement age. That I would like to make it very clear,” minister of state for personnel V Narayanasamy told reporters during a press conference.

   There are about 50 lakh central government employees in various departments across the country.

   Recent media reports had claimed that the ministry of personnel was working on a proposal to increase the age of service by two years as part of government’s plan to defer payouts in the form of pensions and other payments to check fiscal deficit.

Clarificatory Instructions regarding granting of step up of pay.

No. FIN(PR)-B(7)-1/2009-III
Government of Himachal Pradesh
Finance (Pay Revision) Department.

From
Principal Secretary (Finance) to the
Government of Himachal Pradesh.

To
1. All the Administrative Secretaries to the
Government of Himachal Pradesh.

Dated: Shimla-171 002, the 10th September, 2013.

Subject:- Clarificatory Instructions regarding granting of step up of pay.

Sir/Madam,
    I am directed to Invite a reference to this Department's letters No. Fin(PR)B(7)-1/2009 dated: 05.10.2010. FIN(PR)B(7)-1/2009-III dated: 27.01.2012 and Fin(C)-B(15)-2/2009 dated: 04.04.2013, all containing clarificatory Instructions regarding removal of anomaly by stepping up the pay of senior Government employees drawing less pay than their juniors due to application of Rule-22 of Fundamental Rules and protection of pay as per provisions of Rule 11-A of the Himachal Pradesh Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules. 2009.