Wednesday 26 July 2017
27-07-2017 -- MARCH TO SANCHAR BHAWAN - NEW DLEHI BY AIPEU GDS
Dear Comrades,
AIPEU GDS conducting the agitation programme "MARCH TO SANCHAR BHAWAN" ON 27-07-2017.
Already thousands of GDS comrades are on the way to Delhi to participate in the progamme.
All CHQ Office bearers / Circle Secretaries / Divisional Secretaries are requesting to direct all our GDS comrades to assemble at Jantar Mantar by 09.30 am.
All are requested to assemble at Jantar Mantar at 09.30 am to start our march to Sanchar Bhawan programme demanding all positive recommendations of Shri Kamalesh Chandra Committee at the earliest.
Our programme should be in a peaceful & disciplined manner by exhibiting flags & banners of Circles & Divisions.
Make the programme a grand success
The CHQ is requesting all GDS comrades & participants in the programme, please make your own arrangements for stayal & food etc., because of financial constaints of our Union, we could not be able to do any feasible arrangements this time in Delhi. Kindly bear with the situation.
=P.Pandurangarao
General Secretary
Report of Dharna in front of Dak Bhawan
NEW DELHI ON 26th JULY, 2017
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In continuation of phased agitational programme as third phase programme a massive Dharna under banner of NFPE was organized at Dak Bhawan New Delhi since 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. All General Secretaries & Secretary General NFPE lead today on date 26.07.2017 the Dharna Programme . Hundreds of All India and Circle leaders of all NFPE unions from all corners of country participated in Dharna.
A meeting was conducted at place of Dharna, which was Presided over by Com. Giriraj Singh, President, NFPE. In the beginning Com. R.N. Parashar Secretary General NFPE elaborately described the need of agitational programmes including one day strike on 23rd August, 2017. He described the importance of all 10 demands mentioned in Charter of Demands which are of most importance for Postal employees. He stated that the all three phased programmes are grand success. He appealed to all to make the One Day Strike for date 23rd August -2017 a Historic Success to achieve our genuine and most justified demands.
All leaders i.e. Coms. M. Krishnan Secretary General Confderation ,A. Manoharan, Working President – NFPE, S.A.R. Mazgaonkar , Working President, P-III, K.P. Singh , AGS-R-III, Vikram Shah, General Secretary P-IV, K.K. Sharma, Vice President ,NFPE and Treasurer –R-IV, U.S. Chakraborty General Secretary – Admn. Union , S.B. Yadav , General Secretary –Postal Accounts, Virendra Tiwari General Secretary –SBCO Employees Association, P. Panduranga Rao, General Secretary –GDS, P.Mohan, General Secretary Casual Labourers Union , Deep Chand & Shankar Pal Singh , AIPRPA, Bali Ram Circle Secretary R-III UP, Shesh Mani Tripathi Circle Secretray P-III UP & Ravi Circle President , GDS Union Punjab and Com. Gita Bhattacharjee, Asstt. Convenor, Women Committee , Confederation addressed the meeting.
All leaders present in the Dharna assured the NFPE leadership to make the One Day Strike on 23rd August-2017 a Historic Success and they appealed to all to make it Historic Success.
The Dharna was ended with shouting of revolutionary slogans.
A VIEW OF DHARNA AT DAK BHAWAN ON 26-07-2017
DEMONSTRATION AND BURNING OF HRA ORDERS ON 25.07.2017AS PER CALL OF CONFEDERATION
Hyderabad
DEMONSTRATION AND BURNING OF HRA ORDERS ON 25.07.2017 AS PER CALL OF CONFEDERATION - VIDEO FROM NAGPUR
Wednesday 19 July 2017
The charge of Secretary, Postal Services Board will be held by Shri T.Q. Mohammad (IPoS-1994)
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General Provident Fund: Rate of Interest wef 1st July 2017 to 30th September 2017 @ 7.8% - DoEA (Budget Division) Order
(PUBLISHED IN PART I SECTION 1 OF GAZETTE OF INDIA)
F.NO. 5(1)-B(PD)/2017
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Economic Affairs
(Budget Division)
New Delhi, the 17th July, 2017
RESOLUTION
It is announced for general information that during the year 2017-2018, accumulations at the credit of subscribers to the General Provident Fund and other similar funds shall carry interest at the rate of 7.8% (Seven point eight per cent) w.e.f. 1st July, 2017 to 30th September, 2017. This rate will be in force w.e.f. 1st July, 2017. The funds concerned are:-
1. The General Provident Fund (Central Services).
2. The Contributory Provident Fund (India).
3. The All India Services Provident Fund.
4. The State Railway Provident Fund.
5. The General Provident Fund (Defence Services).
6. The Indian Ordnance Department Provident Fund.
7. The Indian Ordnance Factories Workmen’s Provident Fund.
8. The Indian Naval Dockyard Workmen’s Provident Fund.
9. The Defence Services Officers Provident Fund.
10 The Armed Forces Personnel Provident Fund.
(Vyasan R.)
Deputy Secretary (Budget)
Tuesday 18 July 2017
Saturday 15 July 2017
7th CPC TA Rules: Entitlement for Journeys on Tour or Training
ANNEXURE
Annexure to Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure
O.M.No.19030/112017-E.IV dated 10th July 2017.
In supersession of Department of Expenditure’s O.M. No. 19030/3/2008-E.IV dated 23.09.2008, in respect of Travelling Allowance the following provisions will be applicable with effect from 01.07.2017 :
2.Entitlements for Journeys on Tour or Training
A.(i) Travel Entitlements within the Country
| Pay Level in Pay Matrix | Travel entitlement |
| 14 and above | Business/Club class by aft or AC-I by train |
| 12 and 13 | Economy class by air or AC-I by train |
| 6 to 11 | Economy class by air or AC-II by train |
| 5 and below | First Class/AC-III/AC Chair car by train |
(ii) It has also been decided to allow the Government officials to travel by Premium Trains/Premium Tatkal Trains/Suvidha Trains, the reimbursement to Premium Tatkal Charges for booking of tickets and the reimbursement of Dynamic/Flexi-fare in Shatabdi/Rajdhani/Duronto Trains while on official tour/ training. Reimbursement of Tatkal Seva Charges which has fixed fare, will remain continue to be allowed. Travel entitlement for the journey in Premium/Premium Tatkal/Suvidha/ Shatabdi/Rajdhani/ Duronto Trains will be as under :-
| Pay Level in Pay Matrix | Travel entitlement in Premium/Premium Tatkal/ Suvidha/ Shatabdi/Rajdhani/ Duronto Trains |
| 12 and above | Executive/AC 1st Class (In case of Premium/PremiumTatkal/Suvidha/Shatabdi/Rajdhani Trains as per available highest class) |
| 6 to 11 | AC 2nd Class/Chair Car (In Shatabdi Trains) |
| 5 & below | AC 3rd Class/Chair Car |
(iii) The revised Travel entitlements are subject to following:-
a.In case of places not connected by rail, travel by AC bus for all those entitled to travel by AC II Tier and above by train and by Deluxe/ordinary bus for others is allowed.
b.In case of road travel between places connected by rail, travel by any means of public transport is allowed provided the total fare does not exceed the train fare by the entitled class.
c.All mileage points earned by Government employees on tickets purchased for official travel shall be utilized by the concerned department for other official travel by their officers. Any usage of these mileage points for purposes of private travel by an officer will attract departmental action. This is to ensure that the benefits out of official travel, which is funded by the Government, should accrue to the Government .
d.In case of non-availability of seats in entitled class, Govt. servants may travel in the class below their entitled class.
Mileage Allowance for Journeys by Road :
(i)At places where specific rates have been prescribed :-
E(i). Daily Allowance on Tour
The rates will further rise by 25 percent whenever DA increases by 50 percent. The rates for transporting the entitled weight by Steamer will be equal to the prevailing rates prescribed by such transport in ships operated by Shipping Corporation of India. The claim for reimbursement shall be admissible subject to the production of actual receipts/ vouchers by the Govt. servant. Production of receipts/vouchers is mandatory in r/o transfer cases of North Eastern Region, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep also.
The general conditions of admissibility of TA on Transfer as prescribed in S.R. 116 will, however, continue to be applicable.
(i)At places where specific rates have been prescribed :-
| Pay Level in Pay Matrix | Travel entitlement |
| 9 and above | Actual fare by any type of public bus including AC bus OR At prescribed rates of AC taxi when the journey is actually performed by AC taxi OR At prescribed rates for auto rickshaw for journeys by auto rickshaw, own car, scooter, motor cycle, moped, etc. |
| 6 to 8 | Same as above with the exception that journeys by AC taxi will not be permissible. |
| 4 and 5 | Actual fare by any type of public bus other than AC bus OR At prescribed rates for auto rickshaw for journeys by auto rickshaw, own car, scooter, motor cycle, moped, etc. |
| 3 and below | Actual fare by ordinary public bus only OR At prescribed rates for auto rickshaw for journeys by autorickshaw, own scooter, motor cycle, moped, etc, |
(ii) At places where no specific rates have been prescribed either by the Directorate of Transport of the concerned State or of the neighboring States:
| For journeys performed in own car/taxi | Rs. 24/- per Km |
| For journeys performed by auto rickshaw, own scooter, etc. | Rs. 12/- per Km |
E(i). Daily Allowance on Tour
| Pay Level in Pay Matrix | Travel entitlement |
| 14 and above |
Reimbursement for hotel accommodation/guest house of up to 7,500/- per day,
Reimbursement of AC taxi charges as per actual expenditure commensurate with official engagements for travel within the city and Reimbursement of food bills not exceeding 1200/- per day
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12 and 13
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Reimbursement for hotel accommodation/guest house of up to 4,500/- per day, Reimbursement of AC taxi charges of up to 50 km per day for travel within the city, Reimbursement of food bills not exceeding 1000/- per day.
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9 to 11
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Reimbursement for hotel accommodation/guest house of up to 2,250/- per day, Reimbursement of non-AC taxi charges of up to 338/- per day for travel within the city, Reimbursement of food bills not exceeding 900/- per day.
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6 to 8
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Reimbursement for hotel accommodation/guest house of up to 750 per day,
Reimbursement of non-AC taxi charges of up to 225/- per day for travel within the city, Reimbursement of food bills not exceeding 800/- per day.
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5 and below
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Reimbursement for hotel accommodation/guest house of up to 450 per day,
Reimbursement of non-AC taxi charges of up to 113/- per day for travel within the city, Reimbursement of food bills not exceeding 500/- per day.
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ii.Reimbursement of Hotel charges :- For levels 8 and below, the amount of claim (up to the ceiling) may be paid without production of vouchers against self-certified claim only. The self-certified claim should clearly indicate the period of stay, name of dwelling, etc. Additionally, for stay in Class ‘X’ cities, the ceiling for all employees up to Level 8 would be X1,000 per day, but it will only be in the form of reimbursement upon production of relevant vouchers. The ceiling for reimbursement of hotel charges will further rise by 25 percent whenever DA increases by 50 persent
iii. Reimbursement of Travelling charges :- Similar to Reimbursement of staying accommodation charges, for levels 8 and below, the claim (up to the ceiling) may be paid without production of vouchers against self- certified claim only. The self-certified claim should clearly indicate the period of travel, vehicle number, etc. The ceiling for levels 11 and below will further rise by 25 percent whenever DA increases by 50 percent. For journeys on foot, an allowance of Rs.12/- per kilometer travelled on foot shall be payable additionally. This rate will further increase by 25% whenever DA increases by 50%.
iv.Reimbursement of Food charges :- There will be no separate reimbursement of food bills. Instead, the lump sum amount payable will be as per Table E(i) above and, depending on the length of absence from headquarters, would be regulated as per Table (v) below. Since the concept of reimbursement has been done away with, no vouchers will be required. This methodology is in line with that followed by Indian Railways at present (with suitable enhancement of rates). i.e. Lump sum amount payable. The lump sum amount will increase by 25 percent whenever DA increase by 50 percent.
3.T.A. on Transfer
TA on Transfer includes 4 components : (i) Travel entitlement for self and family (ii) Composite Transfer and packing grant (CTG) (iii) Reimbursement of charges on transportation of personal effects (iv) Reimbursement of charges on transportation of conveyance.
(i) Travel Entitlements :
- Travel entitlements as prescribed for tour in Para 2 above, except for International Travel, will be applicable in case of journeys on transfer. The general conditions of admissibility prescribed in S.R.114 will, however, continue to be applicable.
- The provisions relating to small family norms as contained in para 4(A) of Annexure to M/o Finance O.M. F.No. 10/2/98-IC & F.No. 19030/2/97-EIV dt. 171, April 1998 , shall continue to be applicable.
(ii)Composite Transfer and Packing Grant (CTG) :
a.The Composite Transfer Grant shall be paid at the rate of 80% of the last month’s basic pay in case of transfer involving a change of station located at a distance of or more than 20 kms from each other. However, for transfer to and from the Island territories of Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep, CTG shall be paid at the rate of 100% of last month’s basic pay. Further, NPA and MSP shall not be included as part of basic pay while determining entitlement for CTG.
b.In cases of transfer to stations which are at a distance of less than 20 kms from the old station and of transfer within athe same city, one third of the composite transfer grant will be admissible, provided a change of residence is actually involved.
c.In cases where the transfer of husband and wife takes place within six months, but after 60 days of the transfer of the spouse, fifty percent of the transfer grant on transfer shall be allowed to the spouse transferred later. No transfer grant shall be admissible to the spouse transferred later, in case both the transfers are ordered within 60 days. The existing provisions shall continue to be applicable in case of transfers after a period of six months or more. Other rules precluding transfer grant in case of transfer at own request or transfer other than in public interest, shall continue to apply unchanged in their case.
(iii) Transportation of Personal Effects
| Level | By Train/Steamer | By Road |
| 12 and above | 6000 Kg by goods train/4 wheeler wagon/ 1 double container | Rs.50/- per Km |
| 6 to 11 | 6000 Kg by goods train/4 wheeler wagon/ 1 single container | Rs.50/- per Km |
| 5 | 3000 kg | Rs.25/- per Km |
| 4 and below | 1500 kg | Rs.15/- per Km |
The rates will further rise by 25 percent whenever DA increases by 50 percent. The rates for transporting the entitled weight by Steamer will be equal to the prevailing rates prescribed by such transport in ships operated by Shipping Corporation of India. The claim for reimbursement shall be admissible subject to the production of actual receipts/ vouchers by the Govt. servant. Production of receipts/vouchers is mandatory in r/o transfer cases of North Eastern Region, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep also.
Transportation of personal effects by road is as per kilometer basis only. The classification of cities /towns for the purpose of transportation of personal effects is done away with.
(iv) Transportation of Conveyance.
| Level | Reimbursement |
| 6 and above | 1 motor car etc. or 1 motor cycle/scooter |
| 5 and below | 1 motorcycle/scooter/moped/bicycle |
The general conditions of admissibility of TA on Transfer as prescribed in S.R. 116 will, however, continue to be applicable.
- T.A. Entitlement of Retiring Employees
TA on Retirement includes 4 components : –
(i) Travel entitlement for self and family (ii) Composite Transfer and packing grant (CTG) (iii) Reimbursement of charges on transportation of personal effects (iv) Reimbursement of charges on transportation of conveyance.
(i) Travel Entitlements
Travel entitlements as prescribed for tour/transfer in Para 2 above, except for International Travel, will be applicable in case of journeys on retirement. The general conditions of admissibility prescribed in S.R.147 will, however, continue to be applicable.
(ii)Composite Transfer Grant(CTG)
a.The Composite Transfer Grant shall be paid at the rate of 80% of the last month’s basic pay in case of those employees, who on retirement , settled down at places other than last station(s) of their duty located at a distance of or more than 20 km. However, in case of settlement to and from the Island territories of Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep, CTG shall be paid at the rate of 100% of last month’s basic pay. Further, NPA and MSP shall not be included as part of basic pay while determining entitlement for CTG. The transfer incidentals and road mileage for journeys between the residence and the railway station/bus stand, etc., at the old and new station, are already subsumed in the composite transfer grant and will not be separately admissible.
b.As in the case of serving employees, Government servants who, on retirement, settle at the last station of duty itself or within a distance of less than 20 kms may be paid one third of the CTG subject to the condition that a change of residence is actually involved.
(iii) Transportation of Personal Effects :- Same as Para 3(iii) above.
(iv) Transportation of Conveyance :- Same as Para 3(iv) above.
The general conditions of admissibility of TA on Retirement as prescribed in S.R. 147 will, however, continue to be applicable.
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