In bonus to workers, cap on salary set to be raised: Financial Express News

Several lakhs of workers in the organised sector will benefit as the Narendra Modi government is set to raise the salary threshold for mandatory bonus for workers from Rs 10,000 a month at present to Rs 15,000 and the minimum bounty from an annual Rs 3,500 now to Rs 4,500. The proposal, agreed to by employers’associations at a recent meeting of an inter-ministerial group, would require Parliament’s approval as the Payments of Bonus Act, 1965, requires to be amended for this purpose.

The salary ceiling for mandatory bonus eligibility was last fixed in 2007 and made effective retrospectively from April 1, 2006. While industry associations demanded exempting sick units from the requirement of paying bonus, trade unions have pitched for removal of the ceilings as “profits are not capped”, official sources said. The unions also asked for extending the benefit to workers under the Industrial Disputes Act, they added.

Under Section 10 of Payments of Bonus Act, “every employer (as defined in the Act) shall be bound to pay to every employee in respect of every accounting year, a minimum bonus which shall be 8.33% of the salary or wage earned by the employee during the accounting year”. All factories and establishments employing 20 or more persons are expected to pay the bonus compulsorily, provided the worker has worked in the establishment for at least 30 days. Employees in Life Insurance Corporation, seamen, dock workers and university employees are outside the Act’s ambit.

=FINANCIAL EXPRESS.

30 TH AIC OF AIPEU GR.C HELD AT LUCKNOW - FURTHER PHOTOS

AFTER THE LEGEND LEADER OF THE MIGHTY 

ORGANISATION,  COM.N.C.A.,

AFTER A LONG GAP OF 18 YEARS, 

AFTER "MATHURA AIC " IN 1997,

TAMIL NADU CIRCLE HAS GOT THE PRESTIGIOUS POSITION

IN THE ALL INDIA UNION

IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THE GREAT LEADERS 

COM. M.KRISHNAN AND COM. KVS.

WE CONVEY OUR SINCERE THANKS ON BEHALF OF 

TAMIL NADU CIRCLE UNION.

OUR NEWLY ELECTED ALL INDIA PRESIDENT COM.J.RAMAMURTHY

OUR NEWLY ELECTED GENERAL SECRETARY 
COM.R.N. PARASHAR



OUR NEWLY ELECTED  ASST. GENL SECRETARY 
COM. A. VEERAMANI


OUR NEWLY ELECTED ASST.GENL SECRETARY 
COM. S. RAGUPATHY



NEWLY ELECTED MAHILA COMMITTEE 
COM. R. MANIMEGALAI AND COM.ANGEL SATHIYANATHAN FROM TAMILNADU CIRCLE 

PHOTOS OF 30TH ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF AIPEU GR. C HELD AT LUCKNOW FROM 04.06.2015 TO 08.06.2015

FRESH VERIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP ORDERED - PL ACT QUICKLY FROM TODAY ONWARDS

            FRESH VERIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP

The last date for submission of authorization letters by the Union has been fixed as on or before 06.07.2015. It should be sent to the Divisional Heads. The Form for this verification is furnished. Please download.

While obtaining option and forwarding to Divisional head, please ensure that the name of the Union be mentioned as "our original name of union".

All Divisional/Branch Secretaries are requested to act swiftly at once and enroll full membership. Please explain and appraise in person to all the newly recruited comrades that issuing authorization letter in favour of more than one union shall be avoided.

Let us act from now itself.

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LIST OF OFFICE BEARERS OF AIPEU Gr.-C UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED IN THE ALL INDIA CONFERENCE HELD AT LUCKNOW (UTTAR PRADESH) FROM 04.06.2015 TO 08.06.2015.

S.No	Designation	Name	Circle
1	President	Com.J.Ramamoorthy	Tamil Nadu
2	Working President	Com.S.R.Manjurkar	Maharashtra
3	-do-	Com.R.D.Purohit	Gujarat
4	Vice President	Com.R.C.Mishra	Odisha
5	-do-	Com.Ms.Nandasen	West Bengal
6	General Secretary	Com.R.N.Parashar	Uttar Pradesh
7	Dy. General Secretary	Com.Janardhan Majumdar	West Bengal
8	Asst. General Secretary	Com.T.P.Abdul Rehaman	Kerala
9	-do-	Com.A.Veeramani	Tamil Nadu
10	-do-	Com.S.Raghupathy	Tamil Nadu
11	Financial Secretary	Com.Balwinder singh	Delhi
12	Asst. Fin. Secretary	Com.Naresh Gupta	Haryana
13	Orgg. Genl. Secretary	Com.U.K.Tiwari	Bihar
14	-do-	Com.N.Chandrasekhar	Karnataka
15	-do-	Com.Com.Tapas Kr. Nath	North East

MAHILA COMMITTEE:

Chairman	Com.Nanda sen	West Bengal
Convener	Com.Mousumi Majumdar	Assam
Member	Com.Mani Meghalai	Tamil Nadu
“	Com.P.Rema	Kerala
“	Com.Anna Rosa	Madhya Pradesh
“	Com.Angel Sathyanadhtan	Tamil Nadu
“	Com.Aruna Joshi	Maharashtra
“	Com. Geeta Bhattacharjee	Delhi
“	Com.C.Lilly	Kerala

7th CPC Final Meeting with JCM on 9th June, 2015 - Revised Pay Structure likely from 1st Jan, 2016 - 7th CPC will submit its report by end of Aug, 2015

Sub: Final Meeting with Seventh Central Pay Commission — June 9. 2015 -reg.

            Responding to the invitation received from the Vllth CPC, the JCM (Staff Side) delegation met the Pay Commission this day 09th June 2015 and deliberated again in detail on the following issues:-

(a) Minimum wage  (15th ILC norms/Dr. Achroyed Formula for determining minimum wage as proposed in the JCM Staff Side Memorandum),

(b) Rate of increment.

(c) Fitmen Formula,

(d) Qualification related Pay Scales,

(e) Pay parity for common categories.

(I) Date of effect of revised Pay Structure and allowances etc.

,(g) Upward revision of Ex-gratia to the families of employees killed in the course of performing duties,

(h) Parity in pension for eliminating the discrimination,

(i) Rectification of MACPS aberrations,

(j) Grant of increment to those retiring on 30th June and 31st December of the year.

            Various other issues were also discussed with the VII CPC today. While the response of the Pay Commission by and large has been satisfactory on many points mentioned above, the revised pay structure/allowances is likely to be recommended to be given effect from January 1st, 2016. With today’s discussions in the final meeting with VII CPC, the deliberations by the JCM Staff Side got concluded.

            It is expected that the VIIth CPC would submit its report to the Government by the end of August 2015

THE FUTURE OF POST OFFICES AS BANKING INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA

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PREMATURE PROVIDENT FUND WITHDRAWAL – INCOME TAX WILL BE IMPOSED

               Income Tax for Premature Provident Fund withdrawal of more than Rs.30,000

            The Government has announced that income tax will be imposed if, at the time of premature withdrawal, the Provident Fund amount is in excess of Rs.30,000.

           Finance Minister brought a new provision in his budget that allows for TDS on Provident Fund withdrawal before five years of continuous service.  When calculating the period of continuous service of five years, the previous employment can also be included. The intention of this at promoting long-term savings. The amendment will come into force from June 2015.

            “Taxes will be imposed if, at the time of closing or transferring the PF account, the amount is in excess of Rs.30,000, and, if the employee has been employed in the current job for less than five years. Tax rebates are applicable. In order to claim tax exemption, the person has to submit a copy of his/her PAN card and Forms 15G and 15H, accompanied by a signed and filled up Form 19.

            “Failing to do so will attract maximum taxes of up to 34.61%. If the forms are submitted, only 10% taxes will be deducted. Taxes will not be imposed if an old PF account is being converted to a new PF account. If the employee has served for more than five years, then, at the time of closing his account, no taxes will be imposed.

           “The PF amount will also not be taxed if the employee is unwell, if the company has closed down, if the employment contract comes to an end, or if the employee loses employment for reasons that cannot be attributed to him/her.”

Source: CGEN.in

GUIDELINES REGARDING PRINTING AND ISSUE OF PLASTIC CARD

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SELF CERTIFICATION BY THE FAMILY PENSIONER ITSELF: AMENDMENT TO THE SCHEME FOR PAYMENT OF PENSIONS

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INCORPORATION OF AADHAAR NUMBER IN PPO BOOKLET: CPAO'S INSTRUCTIONS

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Revised Inspection Qustionnaire of Mail Offices

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Discontinuatuion of e-VPP Service

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Competent Authority to issue "Reconciliation Certificate" under Rule 87(15) of POSB Manual Vol-I and 50(16) of POSB Manual Vol-II ( SB Order No. 4/2015 )

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Demand for Grants 2015-16 & Outcome Budget 2015-16

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Brief on the meeting of the NAC held today under the chairmanship of Jt. Secretary(E), DoP&T, Government of India

No.AIRF/NAC                                                                                                          Dated: May 29, 2015

All Constituents of the

National Council(JCM)(Staff Side),

Dear Comrades,

Sub: Brief on the meeting of the NAC held today under the chairmanship of Jt. Secretary(E), DoP&T,

        Government of India

As per notification No.11/1/2015-JCA dated 12.05.2015 of the DoP&T(Government of India), meeting of the National Anomaly Committee was held today under the Chairmanship of Jt. Secretary(Estt.), Jt. Secretary(Pers.) and officials from other establishments and Ministry of Railways were also present.

At the outset, Secretary(Staff Side), National Council(JCM), Shri Shiva Gopal Mishra, expressed anguish for communication gap and non-finalization of the issues raised by the Staff Side JCM at various levels, and that is the reason, the staff working in the Central Government is quite agitated.

He also mentioned that, when we met the Secretary, DoP&T, we were given assurance that very soon meeting of the NC/JCM would be held, but unfortunately could not.

NAC was formed seven years back, and up-till now whatsoever had been agreed, that is not implemented, and wherever disagreement, items have not been sent for arbitration.

Out of 60 items, only 48 were discussed, and most of them are under review, and there are 12 items which are still pending, require urgent meeting on pending items.

Leader, Staff Side, Shri M. Raghaviah also shown his anguish and demanded meetings more frequently. Shri K.K.N. Kutty, Shri Sri Kumar and other members of the Staff Side also expressed their anguish on inordinate delay.

The J.S.(E) assured that the meeting on the pending items would be held soon. On the insistence of the Secretary(Staff Side), she agreed for the meeting on the pending items in the afternoon of 9^th June, 2015. She also agreed for giving status papers.  

 Agenda Items

Item No.1 – Review of MACP to GP of Rs.2000 where there is no such grade pay in Railways

Though the Official Side was not in the mood to make any change, but on the insistence of the Staff Side, they agreed to review the matter once again.  

Item No.2 – Granting of Additional Pay to Loco & Traffic Running Staff

The Jt. Secretary(Pers.) asked the Railways to give some more logical arguments, so that they can reconsider the issue of Additional Pay to Loco Pilots and Guards of the Goods Trains.

Item No.3 – Treatment of employees selected under LDCE/GDCE Scheme

The Official Side informed that, they have already sent a letter on 27.09.2012, that whatsoever benefit is available to the employees selected under LDCE and GDCE in the ACP, that will continue in the MACPS also. The item is closed.  

Item No.4 – Grant of minimum entry pay meant for Direct Recruits to Promotees

There had been lots of arguments and when the Staff Side insisted that, in the JCM Scheme, once the items have been finalized and we reach to an agreement in the Standing Committee, there is no provision of referring back the issue to JCM again. The Secretary Staff Side told pointblank to the Official Side that we are not going to yield on this issue, and if the Official Side feels that the Hon’ble Finance Minister has some specific objection for implementing this issue where Promotee should get bottom of the grade where Direct Recruitment is available, we would like our meeting with Hon’ble Finance Minister. The Official Side agreed that they will put up the case to the competent authority to approach the Hon’ble Finance Minister once again.

Government informs that it is not possible to extend the CGHS Network to areas that are presently not covered.

RECRUITMENT OF PA / SA UNDER DIRECT RECRUITMENT QUOTA FOR 2013-14

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

INCOME TAX FORMS SIMPLIFIED, DATE FOR FILING RETURNS EXTENDED TO AUG 31

  The finance ministry on Sunday came out with a new three-page income tax return (ITR) forms, in a corrective measure after facing strong criticism from public. The new forms no longer require mandatory disclosure of foreign trips and dormant bank accounts as mandated by the previous form. The new form can be submitted till August           31 this year instead of the regular July 31 deadline.

The new forms will be up on websites for e-filing from the third week of June since the government is yet to update the software with new proposed changes.

            According to a finance ministry statement, the new forms — ITR 2 and ITR 2A — will have only three pages and other details will have to be filled in schedules, as per each individuals criterion and income.

            The revenue department has also proposed to come out with a new ITR 2A form, which can be filed by an individual or HUF, who does not have capital gains, income from business/ profession or foreign asset/foreign income. This according to the government will cover a maximum number of tax payers.

            On the major sticky issues like details and source of income of foreign trips and bank accounts, the government eased the disclosures sought earlier and said: "It is now proposed that only passport number, if available, would be required to be given in forms ITR-2 and ITR-2A. Details of foreign trips or expenditure thereon are not required to be furnished."

            For information related to bank accounts the ministry has decided to ask information of only those dormant accounts which were operational during the last three years, from the filing year.

"As regards bank account details in all these forms, only the IFS code, account number of all the current/savings account which are held at any time during the previous year will be required to be filled-up. The balance in accounts will not be required to be furnished," the statement added.

            Further clarifying for non Indian citizen individuals, the income tax department said that it is not mandatory for them to report the foreign assets acquired by him during the previous years in which he was non-resident and if no income is derived from such assets during the relevant previous year.

            "Individuals having exempt income without any ceiling (other than agricultural income exceeding Rs 5,000) can now file form ITR 1 (Sahaj). Similar simplification is also proposed for individuals/HUF in respect of form ITR 4S (Sugam)," the statement added.

            Following the controversy over the ITR forms for assessment year 2015-16, which sought details of bank accounts and foreign visits, the revenue department had put them on hold.

            The ITR forms, which was notified last month by the CBDT for the current assessment year, had specific columns for banks accounts, IFSC Code, names of joint account holders and foreign visits, including the ones paid by companies.

NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE (NOC) IS NOT REQUIRED FOR GOVT EMPLOYEES TO OBTAIN PASSPORT

  New Delhi: No Objection Certificate (NOC) is not now a mandatory requirement for government employees to get a passport.

            To streamline and check the undue delay in getting passports to the government employees, the Ministry of External Affairs has relaxed provisions for issue of passport and asked the government employees to attach the copy of prior intimation letter submitted by the government employees to their controlling authority before applied for passport.

            The Ministry of External Affairs has recently issued an Office Memorandum No.VI/401/01/05/2014 making the ‘Prior Intimation Letter’ valid proof like ‘No Objection Certificate (NOC)’ to obtain passport for government employees, public sector undertakings (PSU) employees and autonomous body employees.

            Government employees, who applies for passport with ‘Prior Intimation Letter’, they do not need to police verification.

            The above provision is applied for getting passport only not for VISA, the government employees are required to obtain ‘No Objection Certificate (NOC)’ from their departments concerned for getting VISA from foreign embassies for travelling abroad as per CCS (Conduct) Rules and the instructions have been issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) from time to time.