Private Hospitals threaten to stop CGHS treatment

   Cashless treatment may be stopped for central government employees
 
   Corporate hospitals across the country have threatened to stop cashless treatment to lakhs of Central Government employees from January 1. This will impact about 45 lakh employees of the Central Government and public sector agencies who are benefiting from the insurance scheme.

   Protesting against “unviable” rates being given to them under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), the Association of Healthcare Providers (India) (AHPI) has said that it will give three months’ time to the Government to revise the rates.

Sanction of Dearness Allowance @ 10% to Odisha Government Employees with effect from 01.07.2013.

GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA
FINANCE DEPARTMENT

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

No. 31434/ CS-I V(ALW)-0001/ 2012., Bhubaneswar, date the 08th Oct 2o13

Sub:- Sanction of Dearness Allowance @ 10% to State Government Employees with effect from 01.07.2013.

   Ministry of Finance, Government of India, Department of Expenditure in their Office Memorandum No-1-8/2013-E-II(B).,dtd.25.09.2013 have enhanced the Dearness Allowance payable to the Central Government employees from existing 80% to 90% w.e.f. 01.07.2013.

   2. Now, considering the overall financial resources and fiscal targets stipulated under Odisha Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2005, the State Government have been pleased to release additional dose of DA @ l0% enhancing the same from the existing rate of 80% to 90% on the Basic Pay and Grade Pay taken together w.e.f. 01.07.2013 in case of the State Government employees, who are covered under the ORSP Rules, 2008. This additional dose of DA will be paid in cash and can be drawn in the Pay Bill of October, 2013 payable in November, 2013 and onwards. Arrear from the month of July, 2013 to September, 2013 on account of the enhanced DA will be drawn and disbursed latest by 31.03.2014.

7th CPC Latest News: 7th Pay Commission Date for implementation

   Till this moment, the oral announcement only made by the Finance Minister to constitute 7th CPC for Central Government employees. There is no further action to constitute the committee for 7th CPC and we cannot say anything about the members of the committee and when it will be constituted.

   The is no authentic information about the date to constitute the committee for preparing recommendations for 7th CPC. However, the committee will take maximum of 24 months to submit their recommendation report to Indian Government. The implementation of the 7th CPC is likely to be implemented from 1st January, 2016 to all Central government employees.

   Not only the Central government employees, all government servants including their family members are keenly watching the news about 7th Central Pay Commission, because the same procedure / recommendations of Central Pay Commission are followed by state government to their employees. Revision of pay has been implemented by the government once in ten years through the pay commissions and an employee can get a maximum of three pay hike in entire service. So, it is very excited to know the details of modifications in all the respect of pay.