Mamata announces 10 per cent hike in DA for govt employees

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced 10 per cent hike in dearness allowance of state government employees from next month.

“We give DA to our employees every January. Though we do not have much fund because of the Centres deductions, we pay DA to our employees… Sometimes we give it at the rate of seven or eight per cent… like last time this time too we will hike DA by 10 per cent,” she said.

This hike in dearness allowance will cost the state exchequer an additional Rs 3,000 crore.

With this announcement, the difference between DA given by the Centre and the state to its employees came down to around 46 per cent. PTI SCH SUS NSD

Source : http://indiatoday.intoday.in/

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Government of West Bengal
Finance Department
Audit Branch

No.3141-F(P2)

Howrah, the 13th June,2016

MEMORANDUM

Subject: Grant of Ad-hoc Bonus to the State Government Employees and some other categories of Employees for the year 2015-2016.

The undersigned is directed by order of the Governor to say that the Governor is pleased to decide that the State Government employees who are not covered by any of the productivity linked Bonus Scheme and whose revised emoluments did not exceed Rs.25,000/ – per month as on 31st March, 2016 will be entitled to ad-hoc bonus for the accounting year 2015-2016 at the rate of Rs.3,400/- per head. The upper eligibility ceiling of Rs.25,000/- p.m. ‘as on 31st March, 2016 will be applicable irrespective of whether the emoluments are drawn in the pre-revised or revised scale of pay or on fixed.’ consolidated contract pay.

2. The benefit will be admissible subject to the following terms and conditions:-

i. Ad-hoc Bonus admissible under this order will be worked out on the basis of emoluments as admissible on 3l.03.2016. For the employees drawing pay and allowances in terms of the West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowances) Rules, 2009 the term ‘revised emoluments’ in this order will mean and include pay in the pay band plus the grade pay in the revised pay structure and includes the non-practicing allowance, if any, Dearness Allowances, but will not include any other pay and other allowance such as house rent allowance, medical allowance, compensatory allowances, etc.

For those who are drawing pay and allowances in the un-revised scale, the term ’emoluments’ will mean and include basic pay, personal pay, special pay (additional remuneration), dearness pay, dearness allowance, deputation (duty) allowance, Steno Allowance but will not include specialist pay and other allowances such as house rent allowance, medical allowance, compensatory allowance, etc. For those who are drawing remuneration on contract basis, the term ‘revised emoluments’ will mean the consolidated’ contract pay drawn by them.

ii.The employees whose revised emoluments on 3l.03.2016 exceeded Rs.25,000/- p.m. but during the year 2015-2016 their emoluments at least for six months were less than Rs.25,000/- p.m. i.e. the said emoluments exceeded the eligibility ceiling of Rs.25,000/- p.m. on account of promotion, drawal of increment, implementation of C.A. Scheme, enhancement of dearness allowance etc. after remaining less than Rs. 25,00.0/- p.m. for at least six months, will be entitled to ad-hoc bonus of Rs 3,400/- per head under this order.

iii.The employees who were in service on 3l.03.20 16 and rendered at least six months continuous service during the year 2015-2016 will be eligible for payment of ad-hoc bonus under this order. Pro-rata payment will be admissible in such cases to the eligible employees for periods of continuous service during the year ranging from six months to full year, the eligibility period being taken in terms of number of months of service (rounded of to the nearest number of months). A fraction of 15 days or more should be counted as one month.

iv.The amount of ad-hoc bonus on pro-rata payment as admissible under 2(iii) above will have to be calculated according to the following formula :-

Emoluments as on 31st March 2016 X Eligibility period in number of months/12

= The amount of ad-hoc bonus, subject to maximum amount of Rs.3,400/- only.

v. The casual workers who have put in work at least for 120 days and the employees on consolidated pay in the year 2015-2016 will also be entitled to ad-hoc bonus under this order according to the following formula :-

Total amount of salary /wages earned during the year 2015-2016/12

= The amount of ad-hoc bonus, subject to maximum amount of Rs. 3,400/- only.
The salary/wages in these cases should have the same meaning as ‘revised emoluments’ as defined in Para 2(i) above.

3. The disbursement of Ad-hoc Bonus sanctioned hereinabove should be made in case of Muslim State Government employees by 30th June, 2016 and in case of other State Government employees (other than Muslim State Government employees) such disbursement should be made in between 21st September, 2016 to 29th September, 2016.

In case of failure, the disbursement should be made as early as possible before the festival of Durga Puja/Id-Ul-Fitre.

4. The charge in respect of payment of ad-hoc bonus under this order will be debitable to the detailed head viz., “Ad-hoc Bonus” the opening of which was sanctioned under the ‘Salary’ head subordinate to all Major, Minor and sub-heads in the Revenue Expenditure section of the State Budget in terms of Para 9 of this Department’s Order No.4611-F,22.04.1988 and necessary fund for this purpose have been provided under the above detailed heads in the budget grant available for 2016- 2017.

5. The Governor is further pleased to direct that the benefit of ad-hoc bonus sanctioned under this order will also be available to the different categories of employees who had been allowed the same in the last year in accordance with Finance Department’s Memo No.5333-F(Pl) Dated- 09-07-2015 by issue of Government Orders by various Departments in this connection. As in the last year orders for grant of ad-hoc bonus in respect of the employees of Statutory Bodies/Local Bodies/State aided Non Government Educational Institutions and such other categories of employees of various establishments, who were allowed ad-hoc bonus/ex-gratia at par with the State Government employees or at a rate not more than the rate as approved by the Government in the last year, should be issued by the Departments concerned without referring the file to Finance Department, Group ‘P2’.

6. Clarifications issued in previous years in respect of various points raised in connection with admissibility and drawal of ad-hoc bonus would continue to apply.

Sd/-
A.K.Das
O.S.D. & E.O. Joint Secretary to the Government of West Bengal
Finance Department

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The State Government of West Bengal issued an Office Memorandum regarding the decision of granting a special casual leave will be granted to those employees of all offices who attended office on 2nd September 2015.

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
AUDIT BRANCH

No.7390-F(P)

Dated: 13.10.2015

MEMORANDUM

In view of bandh/strike call given by different Central Trade Unions on the 2nd September, 2015, order was issued vide Finance Department No. 6501-F(P) dt. 31.08.2015 to keep all State Government offices including those provided with Grant-in-Aid by the State Government open on that day.

In spite of such call, most of the employees attended their respective office on the said day overcoming the hazards.

In view of such special efforts made by the employees in attending office on the said day i.e.on 2nd September, 2015, the Governor has been pleased to decide that one day’s Special Casual
Leave will be granted to those employees of all offices as above who attended office on that day. Such Special Casual Leave shall be availed of within 31st December, 2015.

Sd/-
H. K. Dwivedi
Principal Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal

Authority: www.wbfin.nic.in
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