NATIONAL COUNCIL (STAFF SIDE) JCM WRITES TO CABINET SECRETARY

Friday, December 19, 2014

Min of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions NO REDUCTION IN RETIREMENT AGE

There is no proposal under consideration of Government to reduce the retirement age from 60 to 58 years for its employees.           The retirement age for Central Government employees was revised from 58 to 60 years in 1997 on the basis of recommendations of the 5th Central Pay Commission.         The Centre’s total wages and salaries bill for its employees for the year 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 is Rs. 85,963.50 crore, Rs. 92,264.88 crore and Rs. 1,04,759.71 crore, respectively.         This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Dr. T Subbarami Reddy and Smt. Ambika Soni in Rajya Sabha, today.  **** KSD/PK/BK/RS (ReleaseID:113622) 18.12.2014 NATIONAL COUNCIL (STAFF SIDE) JCM WRITES TO CABINET SECRETARY CLICK HERE http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/19017_1_2014-Estt.A-IV-16122014.pdf Wednesday, December 17, 2014 RAJYA SABHA QUESTION ON 7th PAY COMMISSION GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   MINISTRY OF FINANCE    RAJYA SABHA               QUESTION NO 230                                                       ANSWERED ON 25.11.2014 7th Pay Commission 230 SHRI SHANTARAM NAIK Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to satate :-a) the details of meetings, the 7th Pay Commission has taken so far and the items/issues discussed till date; b) the States, visited, by the Commission if any till date and the States which the Commission proposes to visit; c) whether the Commission proposes to take the views of the State Governments as regards their pay-scales since invariably, most of the States adopt the Central Pay Commission reports; d) whether Commission proposes to submit any interim report; e) whether the Commission proposes to make any recommendations to bring in financial transparency; and f) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER SHRI JAYANT SINHA MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (a)&(b): The 7th Central Pay Commission is required to make its recommendations on its Terms of Reference. Also, the Commission is to devise its own procedure. The Commission’s Terms of Reference do not enjoin upon it to keep the Government updated on its functioning and the procedure being followed by it during the course of its deliberations.  (c ): The Terms of Reference of the Commission provide that the Commission will make its recommendations, keeping in view, inter alia, the likely impact of the recommendations on the finances of the State Governments, which usually adopt the recommendations with some modifications. (d)to(f): The Commission is required to submit its report on its Terms of Reference. However, no Report, including any interim one, has so far been submitted by the Commission. Hindi version:-