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Seventh Pay Commission

Shri.Ajay Maken, Union Minister has recently addressed a letter to Prime Minister for early setting up of Seventh Pay Commission.

The following is the full Text of Letter dated 14th March, 2013 to Prime Minister by Shri Ajay Maken, Union Minister regarding request to early setting up of Seventh Pay Commission.:--->

It is with a sense of pride that I seek to underline that about 3,2 million Central Government Employee and an equal number of pensioners inducting service personnel, hold you in high esteem and think of you as one amongst them. They look up to you as a leader who would not only empathize with their concerns but ensure deliverance as well. It was you who had constituted the Sixth Central Pay Commission (CPC) in 2005 which should have been set up in 2003 by the NDA Government.

2) Central Government Employee who are inducted in Government through a process of rigorous screening and testing as also stringent evaluation of a job performance are supposed to be the brightest. With globalisation and multi-national corporation coming into the country, we have at hand a two fold challenge:

(a) do have a personnel pool with high acumen to deal with these MNCs,

(b) simultaneously a dress the challenge of high attrition on which in itself is a result of MNCs having come in. In order to attract as also retain the brightest minds in Government employment it is but necessary that Central Pay Commission are set up regularly to look into and evaluate their pay structures and submit recommendations.

3) Ever since the setting up of the second Central Pay Commission all pay commissions have been set up in the 3rd year of every decade baring the one time when the NDA Government did not do so in the year 2003. The pay commissions are then required to submit their recommendations/reports in three years time. However, you had set up the sixth pay commission in 2005 and submitted its report in an year and half, much to the relief and succour of Government employees. We are again in the third year of the on-going decade and Central Government Employees are justifiably looking forward to the Seventh Pay Commission that would look into their needs. The present wage structure of the Central Govt. Employees has been made on the basis of the Sixth Central Pay Commission’s recommendations, which were implemented with effect from 11.2006 in the case of Pay and in the case of allowances with effect from 1.9.2008. The erosion of real wages owing to the degree of inflation in the economy is hurting these employees very badly. The retail prices of those commodities, which go into the making of minimum wage, have risen by about 160% between 1.1.2006 to 1.1.2011, in comparison to D.A. compensation, which on that date had been just 51%. It is also an acknowledged fact that the 6th CPC had computed the minimum wage by suppressing the retailprice of these commodities in the market on the specious plea that official statistics of the retailprices of these commodities were not available. They therefore, computed the retail price by increasing the wholesale price by 20% for each of the commodity whereas the actual retail price in the market was 60% more than the wholesale price.

4) Broadly, one’s -emoluments should be adequate enough to commensurate with boundless and limitless assignments and to his duties and responsibilities in a better, effective and honest manner. The same has also to place, an employee to be in a position to fulfil his social and family obligations, such as education of children, their marriage, maintenance of a reasonable living standard for himself and his family members expected of Government servants and also to take care of his post retirement life.

5) The basis of fixing wages in the past was largely a consumer need related, which was considered at a bare minimum like the minimum nutritional level, minimum clothing, housing etc. But today life is more complex and living standards are not based on simple living and the same cannot be restricted to only for the working class. The producer of wealth being the consumer oriented also requires consumers, including the Central Government employees.

6) These employees are also placed in a disadvantageous situation vis-a-vis their counterparts in Central Public Sector undertakings, in whose case, the wage revisions normally takes place after every five years through Collective bargaining. The wage revision of the Central Government employees if not after five years it must be after every ten years and the Government needs to consider setting up of the Seventh Centra1 Pay Commission immediately. While conceding the fact that the Central Pay Commission is founded only in every 10 years, however with the coming of the year 2011, prices of most of the products needed in day to day life is increasing.

7) In brief the following decision need to he taken on Priority so that a positive message goes among serving Central Government Employees, Pensioners and Service and Para Military Personnels, the decision will also have bearing upon State Governments Employees:- A notification for constitution of 7th Central Pay Commission is the need of the hour, which is bound to have bearing upon about 20 million employees, which are opinion makers. Therefore the issues may please be considered by the concerned Ministries on Priority and appropriate decision is taken.

Sir, I will be extremely obliged if the above submission is considered favourably in larger interest of government employees as well as the party.

Source : Hindustan Times{Collected by Milind Phadke}

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Modernization of India Meteorological Department

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  EARTH SCIENCES

RAJYA SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO-286

ANSWERED ON-18.03.2013

286 .

SHRIMATI JAYA BACHCHAN

Modernization of Indian Meterological Department

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. *286 TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2013 MODERNIZATION OF INDIAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT *286. SHRIMATI JAYA BACHCHAN: Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state: (a) whether the current weather forecasting system in the country is equivalent to International standards; (b) whether Government has any plan to modernize the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD); (c) if so, the details thereof; and (d) if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER ANSWER MINISTER FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI S. JAIPAL REDDY) (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. STATEMENT LAID ON THE TABLE OF THE RAJYA SABHA IN REPLY (a) to (d) TO STARRED QUESTION NO. *286 REGARDING “MODERNIZATION OF INDIAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT” TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2013 (a) Yes Sir. The weather forecasting systems in the country are comparable to most of the countries in the world with respect to rainfall forecasting. Efforts are being made to optimize the level of efficiency of the forecasting systems. (b) Yes Sir. Earth System Science Organization (ESSO) - IMD has already implemented Phase-I of the Modernization during 2007-12. (c) Under the Phase-I of the modernization of ESSO - IMD, the following state-of-the-art systems were commissioned: • Observing systems such as Automatic Weather Stations (AWS), Automatic Rain Gauges (ARG), Doppler Weather Radars (DWR) etc. • Monitoring/early warning systems • Analysis-visualization-product dissemination systems • High Performance Computing (HPC) • Communication/IT systems • Real-time data assimilation-forecast systems etc. Further, several manual operations have been fully automated. All the scientific staff engaged earlier have been provided due training to develop appropriate skills for customization of sector specific (like agriculture, aviation etc.) warning and forecasting services. In order to capture the characteristics of the severe weather in real time, 24X7 monitoring system comprising 675 Nos. of AWSs; 1024 Nos. of ARGs; 17 S and C-Band DWRs have been commissioned at Chennai, Sriharikota, Machilipatnam, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bhuj, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Patiala, Delhi Palam, Lucknow, Patna, Mohanbari, Agartala, Delhi Lodi Road and Jaipur. Only DWR at Bhopal is under commissioning. High Performance Computing (HPC) systems have been used to enhance the weather forecasting capacities by assimilating all available global satellite data for forecast generation. The global model that was earlier run at 50Km grid scale are now run at 22Km grid. The regional scale model run earlier at 27Km grid is replaced by 9Km and 3Km grid scale models. The accuracy of short range (up to 3-days in advance) monsoon forecasts has improved from 50-60% to 70-95%. The skill of district level medium range rainfall forecast (up to 5-7days in advance) has improved from 60-70% to 75-85% in monsoon season and from 70-75% to 85% in non-monsoon seasons. As far as the track and landfall forecasts of the tropical cyclones are concerned, the performance evaluation of the updated forecast systems for the past 5-years, have demonstrated enhanced forecast skill by about 18%. ESSO-IMD currently operates 5- Doppler Weather Radars (DWR) at Chennai, Machilipatnam, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata, Sriharikota on the east coast along with a network of Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) and Automatic Rain Gauges (ARG) for continuous weather surveillance over the Bay of Bengal. ESSO-IMD has operationalized its location specific nowcasting (near real-time) weather service for severe weather (Thunderstorms; heavy rainfall from lows/depressions over the land) across the country. This service activity currently covers 117 urban centres on experimental basis under which nowcast of 3-6hour range is issued. Origin, evelopment/ movement of severe weather phenomena are regularly monitored through DWRs and with all other available observing systems. Integrated Agro-meteorological Advisory Service (AAS) is rendered now on twice-weekly  basis in collaboration with State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), institutions of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), etc. District level weather forecast for next 5-days in respect of: • Rainfall • maximum temperature, minimum temperature, • wind speed, wind direction, • relative humidity and clouds • weekly cumulative rainfall forecast are provided. Further, crop specific advisories to help the farmers are issued and widely disseminated. The AAS of ESSO-IMD has been successful in providing the crop specific advisories to the farmers through different print/visual/Radio/ IT based media including short message service (SMS) and Interactive Voice Response Service (IVRS) facilitating for appropriate field level actions. (d) Does not arise. *****

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IMDNGSSA INVITATION FOR Annual Council Meet 2013 AT HQ NEW DELHI

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LIFE CERTIFICATE OF PENSIONERS

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PENSIONERS AND FAMILY PENSIONERS CAN SUBMIT LIFE CERTIFICATE AT ANY BRANCH OF BANK IN WHICH THEY RECEIVE MONTHLY PENSION AMOUNT SIMPLIFICATION OF PENSION PROCEDURE- AMENDMENT IN PARA 15 AND PARA 16 OF “SCHEME FOR PAYMENT OF PENSIONS TO CENTRAL GOVT. CIVIL PENSIONERS BY AUTHORISED BANK”

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Expenditure

Central Pension Accounting Office

Trikoot-II, Bhikaji Cama Place

New Delhi.

CPAO/Tech/Simplification/2012-13/325

18.02.2013

Office Memorandum

Subject: – Simplification of Pension Procedure- Amendment in para 15 and para 16 of “Scheme for payment of pensions to Central Govt. Civil Pensioners by Authorised Bank”.

Attention is invited to the provisions contained in paras 15 and 16 of the Scheme Booklet regarding submission of life & other certificates and inter bank /intra bank transfer of pension Account.

2. Keeping in view the need to make the process of submission of certificates user friendly and in line with the technological advancement in the banking industry, it has been decided to allow pensioner/family pensioner to submit the life certificate as well as other certificates to any branch of the Bank through which his /her pension/family pension is being disbursed.

3. Further with the introduction of CBS and implementation of CPPC, the pensioner/family pensioner who is desirous of transferring his/her pension account from one branch to another branch (whether local or out station) of the same bank should has the option of putting in his/her request at either of the two branches instead of the present dispensation wherein transfer request is entertained only at the home branch. The transfer application will require mentioning both account numbers (in the old & new branch) with both branch contact details. The branch receiving the application will scan and register the same to CPPC. CPPC will coordinate the continuity of disbursement of monthly pension/family pension without any break.

4. All banks are hereby directed to follow the above procedural modifications in pension process and issue necessary instructions to all concerned accordingly.

5. This issues with the concurrence of Department of Pensions & Pensioners Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.

Sd/-

(Vandana Sharma)

Chief Controller (Pensions)

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