7th Central Pay Commission’s Final Meeting with JCM Staff Side National Council on 9.6.2015

7th Central Pay Commission’s Final Meeting with JCM Staff Side National Council on 9th June 2015 at 11 AM at New Delhi

Confederation published the letter received from 7th Central Pay Commission regarding the final meeting with NC JCM Staff Side on 9.6.2015. The letter is reproduced and given below for your information…

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Will 7th Pay Commission recommend the Revised Pay Scale without Grade Pay?

Will 7th Pay Commission recommend the Revised Pay Scale without Grade Pay?

Is there a possibility that the 7th Pay Commission would introduce the new Pay Scale for the CG Employees without Grade Pay?

Unionist who had interacted directly with the members of the 7th Pay Commission say that the chances are high. Although it is impossible to confirm this at the moment, all the employee federations have, through their memorandum, requested that the Grade Pay system be avoided this time.

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Revision of classification cities for the purpose of House Rent Allowance and Transport Allowance to Central Government employees

Revision of classification cities for the purpose of grant of House Rent Allowance and Transport Allowance to Central Government employees

Revision of the classification/upgradation certain cities/towns on the basis of Census-2011 for the purpose of grant of House Rent Allowance and Transport Allowance to Central Government employees

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to the proposal of the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure for reclassification/upgradation of certain cities/towns on the basis of Census-2011, for the purpose of grant of House Rent Allowance (HRA) and Transport Allowance to Central Government employees.

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Expected DA July 2015 – AICPIN for the month of April 2015

Expected DA July 2015 – AICPIN for the month of April 2015

No.5/1/2015-CPI

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

LABOUR BUREAU

`CLEREMONT’, SHIMLA-171004 

Dated : 29th May, 2015

Press Release

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – April, 2015

The All-India CPI-IW for April, 2015 increased by 2 points and pegged at 256 (two hundred and fifty six). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 0.79 per cent between March, 2015 and April, 2015 when compared with the increase of (+) 1.26 per cent between the same two months a year ago.

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Outcome of National Anomaly Committee Meeting held on 29.5.2015 – Next NAC Meeting 9.6.2015

Outcome of National Anomaly Committee Meeting held on 29.5.2015 – Next NAC Meeting 9.6.2015

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES & WORKERS

1st Floor, North Avenue PO Building, New Delhi – 110001

Website: WWW. Confederationhq.blogspot.com

Email: Confederationhq@gmail.com

Patron S.K.Vyas 09868244035 – President K.K.N.Kutty 09811048303 – 

Secretary General M.Krishnan 09447068125

Dear Comrades,

Sub: Discussion in the National Anomaly committee meeting.

The meeting of the National Anomaly Committee was held today at Room No. 72 , North Block. Mrs. Mamatha Kundra, JS(E) Department of Personnel and Training chaired the meeting. The Staff side was represented by:

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CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS NATIONAL CONVENTION OF WORKERS WAS HELD ON 26.05.2015 DECLARATION

CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS NATIONAL CONVENTION OF WORKERS WAS HELD ON 26.05.2015 DECLARATION.

The National Convention Calls upon the Central Trade Unions All India General Strike on 2nd September, 2015.

NATIONAL CONVENTIONAL OF WORKERS, 26.5.2015, DELHI

DECLARATION

This National Convention of Workers being held under the banner of joint platform of all the Central Trade Unions of the country along with independent national federations of all sectors and service establishments expresses deep concern over anti worker, anti-people and pro-corporate actions of the present Govt. at the Centre in pursuance of the policy of the globalisation. During this period the Govt. has been over-busy in amending all labour laws to empower the employers with unfettered justifys to “hire and fire” and stripping the workers and trade unions of all their justifys and benefits besides aggressively pushing through almost unlimited FDI in strategic sectors like Railways, Defence and Financial Sector. Also, through sweeping changes in the existing Land Acquisition Act, farmers’ justify to land and agri-workers’ justify to livelihood are been sought to be drastically curbed and curtailed.

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Skyline

While we are having some rough times here, with wage and labor disputes, strikes, protests, issues of the constitutionality of some government decisions, including the management and ownership of our nation's resources (Iceland Review is always a good site for current affairs news in English) there's always time to stop and enjoy a good view.

This was from atop Arnarhóll on Friday evening, at around 10:30pm. It was a day
that felt like summer was finally, actually, arriving after a long, bleak winter. If you've been here, you might recognize the square tower of the Catholic church there at the bottom left (unfortunately, like so many others, this church has been plagued by charges of abuse, which my friend Paul at Grapevine wrote about in 2012.) In the bottom right corner is the mast of a ship in the old harbor, and just out of view stands the Harpa Concert Hall. This simple skyline will be changing soon, with the addition of more glass and steel, with ground having been broken for the building of a lux hotel right in front of the white building in the center of the shot (the local construction group Mannvít have a pretty sexy website with info in English on the project, to be developed by the US-based Carpenter & Company.) So let's hope they all do a nice job, so that the ultra-rich have a suitable place to stay while here (not a joke: they've been complaining, I've heard...) But no matter what pops up, it will never be able to compete with this kind of sky.

I'll finish up with a sad story with a happy ending: a good friend of mine inherited an island in the middle of the Þjórsá river down on the south coast. He found an abandoned baby seal, and, along with his wonderful dog Skuggi, took it by boat and so car to the Slakki petting zoo in Laugarás. I hope it settles in nicely, and can be reintroduced to the ocean healthy and happy. Here's a good article for a more detailed account : )

Also, I just ran across a photo on the Ljósmyndasafn Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík Museum of Photography's) facebook page from around 1915 that shows Arnarhóll and the turf house that stood pretty close to where I sat while taking my pic.