Revised Consumer Price Index based on new series (2016=100)

The Union government on Thursday revised the base year for computing Consumer Price Index (Industrial Workers) CPI-IW from the present 2001 to 2016 after a gap of 15 years.

The CPI-IW is used as a benchmark for calculating dearness allowance for government employees, dearness relief for pensioners and wages for industrial workers in some sectors. Though it may not impact the salary of industrial workers and DA of government staff immediately, it will have a cascading impact on salary, DA and DR of workers, and pensioners.

The All India index for the month of September 2020 stands at the level of 118 and linking factor for the conversion of new series index to previous series on base 2001=100 is 2.88.

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60 Days Bonus to Postal Employees

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DoPT clarification on date of Dusserah

Productivity Linked Bonus of 78 days to Railway Employees

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Labour Ministry denies the media report : "Government employees to get more DA"

Ministry of Labour & Employment

Union Labour Ministry denies reports in a section of media appearing under the caption “Government Employees set to get more DA”

Posted On: 16 OCT 2020 5:02PM by PIB Delhi

Union Ministry of Labour & Employment has denied reports appearing in a section of Media under the caption “Govt. employees set to get more DA” published on 16-10-2020 In this regard it may be stated that Union Ministry  of Labour & Employment has denied the report saying that it has never said that the new index would lead to a hike in salaries of industrial workers and Govt. employees. Following is the clarification of the Ministry :

“While it is a fact that Labour Bureau, an attached office of Ministry of Labour and Employment is going to release new series of Consumer Price Index for Industrial workers (CPI-IW) with 2016 as base year on 21st October, 2020. This index is used for revision of dearness allowance payable to Govt. employees and workers in the organized sector. However, the Labour ministry has never said that the new index would lead to a hike in salaries of industrial workers and Govt. employees. It will depend on the behaviour of new series which is too early to predict at this stage.”

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RCJ/RNM/CKR (Release ID: 1665153) 

Bonus to CG employees for 2019-2020

Ministry of Finance

Cabinet approves Productivity Linked Bonus and non-Productivity Linked Bonus for 2019-2020

Posted On: 21 OCT 2020 3:25PM by PIB Delhi

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to pay Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB)for the year 2019-2020 to 16.97 lakh non-gazetted employees of commercial establishments like Railways, Posts, Defence, EPFO,ESIC,etc.will be benefitted and the financial implication would be Rs.2,791 crore.

Non-PLB or ad-hoc Bonus is given to Non-Gazetted Central Government employees. 13.70 lakh employees would be benefited and Rs.946 crore will be the financial implication for the same.

A total of 30.67 lakh employees would be benefited by the Bonus announcement and total financial implication will be Rs 3,737 crore.

Payment of Bonus to non-gazetted employees for their performance in the preceding year is usually made before Durga Puja/Dussehra season. The Government is announcing the Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) and ad hoc bonus for its non-gazetted employees to be disbursed immediately.

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VRRK (Release ID: 1666381) 

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Advisory on post covid management

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Revised minimum wages with VDA w.e.f.1st October

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Sad demise of Ex-EIC-cum-Secretary, Works Deptt.

#Sambad Dt. 21.10.2020

Message of Hon'ble Prime Minister, India

Prime Minister’s Office

Prime Minister’s Special Address to the Nation

PM appeals to citizens to not let their guard down in the country’s fight against Corona

Says the lockdown might have gone but the virus has not

Cautions this is not the time for callousness and complacency

Lauds the efforts of the doctors, nurses and other Corona Warriors for their selfless service to the nation

Work on vaccine is in progress and Govt is readying a strategy to deliver the vaccine to every single citizen

Recovery rate in the country has improved and the fatality rate is low : PM

Posted On: 20 OCT 2020 7:52PM by PIB Delhi

In a televised address to the nation, the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi made a fervent appeal to all the citizens to not let their guard down and become complacent, in the country’s ongoing fight against the Covid Pandemic.

Shri Narendra Modi said despite the lockdown having been lifted it does not mean that the Corona Virus is wiped out.

Message of Hon'ble Chief Minister, Odisha for Durga Puja

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Promotion of 20 Section Officers to the rank of Desk Officer

Home Department 

Notification No. 34343 Dt. 20.10.2020

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1. Korukunanda Raghab rao
2. Siva narayan Mahapatra
3. Krutibas parida
4. Maheswar Das
5. Parameswar behera
6. kartik Chandra Sethy
7. Bhagabati Dalai
8. Sukanta Kumar Das
9. Sarat Ku Lenka
10. Prasanta kumar Sahoo
11. Chintalpati Sudhakar
12. Abani Kanta Behera
13. Debasish Mohanty
14. NVSR Murty
15. Bijay Kumar Das
16. Bhikari Ch Behera
17. Bhabanath Das
18. Smt Sunanda Mishra
19. Bibhabasu Mishra
20. Bibhuti Bhhusan Panda

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Introduction of eBook for DDOs

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Holiday list - 2021 for State Government offices and banking institutions

 
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Holiday list : Banking institutions. PDF

Deployment of 30 ASOs to BMC (Covid -19)

 

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Electricity comes under Mo Sarkar

CM Naveen Patnaik launches bilingual integrated consumer service portal http://mobidyut.com & Mobile App under Mo Sarkar 5T to deliver efficient, time bound & transparent energy services. Electricity services will now come under mo Sarkar benefitting 89 lakh+ consumers.

CM appealed consumers and general public of Odisha to take advantage of this facility to resolve their electricity service related issues in a simple, easy and quick manner. A Mobile App has been developed for availing the service and it will soon be available in App stores.

Consumers can get new power connection up to 5 KW for domestic, general & other purposes like irrigation, pumping & agriculture in 48 hrs. The services will now be monitored under

Mo Sarkar 5T; minister and senior officials will be in touch with consumers for their feedback.

Designed as common/uniform online facilities for all power utilities of odisha, portal is equipped with proper escalation matrix & dashboard facility for smooth flow of service disposal, status updating & enforcing accountability of utility officials towards consumer issues.

Opportunity to OSS officer as a guest resource person, Great 👍

Swargadwara now open to all

Revised minimum wages w.e.f 01.10.2020

 

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SRC Guidelines for bye-election

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Appointment of Jr DEO under Home Department

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NEET (UG), 2020 Result published

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1311 Posts vacant in Engineering Cadre

Extension of Dateline for ePAR submission

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Retirement of three OSS officers on 31.10.2020

Special cash package equivalent in lieu of LTC Fare for CG Employees

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Quarter allotment for October, 2020

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Grant of Advance – Special Festival Package to Government Servants

 F.No.12(2)/2020-EII(A)

Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
EII(A) Branch

North Block, New Delhi
12th October, 2020

Office Memorandum

Sub: Grant of Advance – Special Festival Package to Government Servants.

The undersigned is directed to say that with a view to enable Government servants to meet expenses relating to festivals and to encourage spending thereby giving a boost to economic activities, in pursuance of decision taken by the Government, it has been decided that a special festival package of advance will be accorded to all Government servants for any important festivals upto 31st March, 2021.

2. A Head of Office may sanction this special package on the eve of any important festival to any Central Government Servant under his administrative control. The term “important festival” is clarified as such festivals or one of such festivals as Head of Department may declare in respect of establishments under his/her administrative control.

3. The amount of the package is Rs. 10,000/- to be paid as advance to Government servant. This amount is interest free. The amount would be released through pre-loaded Rupay Card from SBI. DDOs, on receipt of application from Government servants for this package may process and acquire the prepaid cards from SBI for issue among the applicants. A detailed SOP for DDOs for obtaining these cards would be separately issued.

4. The festival package may be granted to a Government servant if he/she is on Government duty or on leave excluding leave preparatory to retirement, on the date on which the advance is disbursed. The amount paid under this package is recoverable in not more than ten (10) instalments.

5. These orders will take effect from the date of issuance of this Office Memorandum and will be in force during the current financial year till 31 March, 2021.

6. All the Ministries/Departments are requested to bring the contents of this OM to the notice of all its Attached and Subordinate offices for their information /necessary action.

Hindi version of this Office Memorandum will follow.

(B.K.Manthan)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India

To

All the Ministries/ Departments of the Government of India.

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Finance Minister announces measures of Rs 73,000 crore to stimulate consumer spending

Ministry of Finance

Finance Minister announces measures of Rs 73,000 crore to stimulate consumer spending before end of this Financial Year in fight against COVID-19

Cash payment and leave encashment in lieu of one LTC during 2018-21 according to entitlement

Special Festival Advance Scheme revived as a one-time measure for both Gazetted and non-Gazetted employees

Special interest free 50-year loans to States for capital expenditure for Rs. 12,000 crore

Additional budget of Rs. 25,000 crore, in addition to Rs. 4.13 lakh crore given in Union Budget 2020, is being provided for Capital Expenditure

Posted On: 12 OCT 2020 5:06PM by PIB Delhi

Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman here today announced measures of Rs 73,000 crore to stimulate consumer spending in the economy in an effort to fight the slowdown due to COVID-19 pandemic following lockdown. Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Finance Secretary Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Department of Financial Services Secretary Shri Debashish Panda and Department of Economic Affairs Secretary Shri Tarun Bajaj were also present during the announcement of stimulus package.

Revamped Taladanda Canal Road in Cuttack inaugurated

10.10.2020: Chief Minister, Sri Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the revamped Jobra Taladanda Canal Road for easy access to SCB Medical College & Hospital.

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