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Anomaly of Fixation of Pay of Loco Supervisory Staff Appointed Prior to 01.01.2006
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Showing posts with label Maximum Salary. Show all posts
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Monday, 30 January 2017
minimum salary
06:43
AN EYE OPENER FOR GOVT TO GRANT EQUAL MSP TO ALL DENFENCE FORCES WITH OUT DISCRIMINATION
AN EYE OPENER FOR GOVT TO GRANT EQUAL MSP TO ALL DENFENCE FORCES WITH OUT DISCRIMINATION
The country has witnessed a massive tragedy occurred to our soldiers who were guarding our borders in the snow covered mountainous terrains of J&K due to sudden falling of avalanches.
Our heart & soul is with bereaved families of the deceased soldiers. It is the duty of the Govt to release the immediate relief to those families & look after them for the rest of their life. The Department Ex-servicemen welfare should ensure that their problems are settled judiciously without any delay.
If one of the 7th CPC personal had either witnessed or foreseen such hard ship of soldiers whether in peace or in War, they would not have recommended the amount of Rs.5200/- as Military service pay( MSP) to soldiers comparing to Nurses who are granted Rs.10800 & officers who are granted 15500/-.
It is relevant to note here that MSP was introduced by 6th CPC to compensate the soldiers in comparison with the pay scales of their counter parts in civil for the dissimilar hardship & danger to their life in peace & war. It was also for the nature of 24 hours of duty performed by them unlike their counterparts in civil. It was also for the forfeiture of their fundamental rights during their service tenure, deprivation of comforts & amenities denied to them. I had an opportunity to serve in a forward area which happened to be a desert, where only officers had toilet facilities & all others were deprived of such basic amenities.
The olden name to Ex-soldiers were Azad Fauji (Released soldier) . It denotes that he was confined without freedom for defending the borders of our nation. This is a self sacrifice committed by our young generation in their youth full days to protect the country when their counter parts in civil were enjoying the colorful life outside with all amenities & comforts.
The main purpose of this write up is to high light that War & nature do not differentiate between officers, Soldiers & Nurses. Since this element of pay (MSP) which is unique in nature, being the compensation for extreme hardship due to service conditions should be equal to all in the defense forces from Sepoy to General. While we do not like to use the recent tragedy to pursue our demand for equal MSP but it should be an eye opener for the Govt at this juncture to re-look in to this grievance.
We hope that the BJP Govt under the leadership of Hon Prime Minister Sri.Narendra Modi will rise up to the occasion & declare equal MSP to enhance the morale of all soldiers without further delay.
JAI HIND
MBC MENON
CHIEF EDITOR,
THE VOICE OF PENSIONERS
Source:Ex-Airman
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Railway Employees
18:27
Railway Budget2016 : Salaries, pension, fuel bills and other expenses take away a majority of Railways’ revenues
Railway Budget 2016 : Salaries, pension, fuel bills and other expenses take away a majority of Railways’ revenues
Railways may roll out huge cost cutting plan next Budget
FACED WITH a deep financial crisis, Railways will commit to a massive cost-cutting mode in the upcoming Rail Budget, targeting to save 15 per cent in its overall expenditure with the mantra: “Money saved is money earned”.
A note went out from Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu’s office last month to all the seven Railway Board members, seeking a detailed plan of action for the reduction of what is called “Ordinary Working Expenses” in the next fiscal to be reflected in the budget. To put things in perspective, these expenses generally see a natural year-on-year increase by around 11-12 per cent, thanks to inflation and other factors.
Railways usually attempts to cut down that increase. Now, the idea is to not only arrest that increase, but to try and reverse it—something Railways is not used to.
Salaries, pension, fuel bills and other expenses take away a majority of Railways’ revenues, leaving next to nothing to invest back into the system. The exigency is felt because the 7th Pay Commission burden translates to an additional expenditure of Rs 32,000 crore next fiscal and Railways is not earning anywhere close to its target and is not likely to earn enough to foot that bill in the normal course, ministry sources said. An easy way out would be to hike fares but that, it is said, is being looked at as a difficult proposition with fuel costs falling and the graph of its passenger business hitting a plateau. Moreover, even a 10-15 per cent hike in fares will not get the desired additional money. This comes close on the heels of the Railway Board instructing zonal railways to look for ways to reduce expenses by 5 per cent and figure out methods to increase earnings by another 5 per cent this year itself in addition to its revised estimates for the ongoing budget year. “The traffic and earnings of Indian Railways have declined considerably and continues to do so,” says the instructions from the Board to its zones. “The requested handholding by the Ministry of Finance through Budgetary support for Capital and financial assistance to meet the 7th Pay Commission impact has not yet met our expectations. The situation therefore calls for determined expenditure management,” the Board has said. Last financial year, Railways had budgeted around Rs 1,12,649 crore whereas it actually spent Rs 1,08,970 crore— a saving of Rs 3,679 crore, or just about 3 per cent. A set of earlier instructions from the ministry had directed all zones to adopt massive austerity measures to try and save around Rs 5,000 crore.
Source:The Indian Express
Monday, 1 February 2016
seventh pay commission
08:21
SEVENTH PAY COMMISSION-MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM SALARY
SEVENTH PAY COMMISSION-MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM SALARY
From time to time, the Centre appoints pay commissions for examining various aspects of the compensation package of central government employees and recommend appropriate pay revisions. So far, seven central pay commissions have been appointed.
The first was constituted in 1946, followed by commissions appointed in 1957, 1970, 1983, 1994, 2006 and 2014. These commissions are the successors of Royal commissions set up during the British raj. The gap between two pay commissions has been about a dozen years, but the last pay commission was appointed within a space of eight years.
What factors are examined in fixing salaries of government employees?
The seventh pay commission report states that the salaries of government employees should be enough to motivate them to work as well as retain them in government service as the recruitment and training process of new employees is an expensive affair. Another important basis, is equity or equal pay for equal work.
How is the minimum salary fixed?
The estimation of minimum pay in government is the first step towards building a new pay structure. It is fixed by considering the recommendations of the 15th Labour Conference held in 1957. The need-based wages are fixed to cover all the needs of a worker’s family.One key measure is food requirements as specified by the recommendations of Dr Wallace Akroyd’s formula providing a minimum of 2,700 calories and a specified quanitity of protein, fat and so on.
The normative family is taken to consist of a spouse and two children below the age of 14. With the husband assigned one unit, wife 0.8 units and the two children 0.6 units each, the minimum wage needs to be enough to provide for three consumption units. It also keeps in mind the 1991 judgment of the Supreme Court asking for providing for education, medical expenses, recreation, festivals and ceremonies. Based on these criteria, the minimum wage fixed by the seventh pay commission is Rs 18,000.
How are higher level salaries fixed?
The pay matrix has two dimensions hor izontal and vertical.
There are 18 horizon tal levels for starting points in various government jobs and then there are verti cal ranges of pay progression for each of these levels.An employee joins at a particular level and progresses within the level as per the vertical range. The movement is usually on an annual basis, based on annual increments till the time of their next promotion. Different compensations are fixed for all these stages.
In the first pay commission, there was a huge difference between the highest and the lowest paid government employees. For instance in 1948, the salary of the highest paid government official was Rs 2,000 which was 37 times higher than the Rs 55 paid to the lowest earning employee. The ratio was progressively reduced to reach 10.2 times by the fifth pay commission. In the seventh pay commission stands at 13.9
Source:Potools
Thursday, 6 August 2015
Pay panel may recommend Rs 16,000 as minimum salary for Kerala State Government Employees
Pay panel may recommend Rs 16,000 as minimum salary for Kerala State Government Employees
The Kerala Pay Revision Commission is likely to recommend Rs 16,000 as the minimum salary and Rs 1 lakh as the maximum for state government employees. Salaries will go up 13 per cent when the dearness allowance of 80 per cent is merged into it. There was a 12 per cent increase in the previous pay revision.
The previous pay commission had recommended a minimum salary of Rs 8,500 and a maximum of Rs 59,840.
The 10th pay commission, headed by Justice N. Ramachandran Nair, is also likely to include measures to increase efficiency in proportion to the pay rise. The commission may submit its report before June 30, when its term ends.
The commission will base its recommendations on the increase in everyday essential commodities and the Consumer Price Index in the last five years. The pay rise, however, will be limited by the budgetary allocation of Rs 6,000 crore. The state government budget was strained by Rs 3,000 crore with the previous pay revision.
The report is also expected to have a recommendation for providing medical insurance for government employees in association with public sector insurance companies, in place of the current system where the government is paying the bill.
The commission’s recommendations would affect employees of the state government and local self-government bodies, teachers in government and government-aided schools and colleges and university employees.
Kerala government is spending about 75 per cent of its revenue on salaries and pensions, on an average.
Source:http://centralgovernmentemployeesportal.blogspot.in/2015/06/pay-panel-may-recommend-rs-16000-as.html
