GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

E(P&A)II-2012/DC/JCM/1

New Delhi, Dated 17.10.2016

The General Secretary,
NFIR,
3, Chelmsford Road,
New Delhi – 110055

Sub: Merger of Dearness Allowance with the Basci Pay w.e.f. 01.04.2004 – computation of emoluments of Running Staff for granting retirement benefits – reg.

Ref: NFIR’s letter No.IV/RSAC/Conf./Part VII dated 05.09.2016

I am directed to refer to your letter dated 05.09.2016 wherein the Federation has mentioned that Northern Railway has vide letter 720/EW/Misc/Union-Items/2015/E.IV/Loose dated 16.11.2015 correctly computed the emoluments of Running Staff with reference to Dearness Allowance and 30% thereon for the purpose of allowing the retirement benefits to those Running Staff who had retired during the period 01.04.2004 and 31.12.2005.

The matter has been examined in Baord’s office and its observed that the methodology for computation contained in Northern Railway’s letter referred to above, is not in conformity with the instructions on the matter as laid down in Baord’s letter No.E(P&A)II-2004/RS-13 dated 12.10.2004, Northern Railway has accordingly been advised to take immediate corrective action in the matter vide Board’s letter No.E(P&A)II-2014/RS-24 dated 22.07.2016.

Yours faithfully,
sd/-
For Secretary/Railway Board

Source: NFIR

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New Delhi : With the amount of dearness allowance payable to the central government employees going up to 119 percent of their basic pay, the Congress has said that the time has to come merge the two.

“If the government of the day denies this demand of the employees, then it would be a big injustice to them,” said Congress spokesperson and former union minister Ajay Maken who also represented a Lok Sabha constituency in the past that has a strong section of these employees as voters.

He said that a pay commission normally orders a 40 percent hike in the basic pay.

“Currently the situation is that for a basic pay of Rs.100, the DA is Rs.119. Now if the pay revision is 40 percent the employees shall gain Rs 40 only, but if the basic pay and DA are merged then the gain would be 40 percent of Rs.219- i.e.Rs.84,”he added.

Maken said that a committee appointed by the government had recommended that once the DA crosses 100 percent of the basic pay, then the two should be merged.

The Congress leader also demanded that in view of the high rate of call drops the private telecom operators should be directed to provide an across the board rebate to all customers in the monthly bill.

“The normal call drop rate is 2 percent, but now the papers circulated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) show that it is as high as 17 percent, so the mobile users must be compensated,” he demanded.

He charged that the government was protecting the private telecom companies in spite of the poor quality of service. : The investments in infrastructure that should be made by these companies are not forthcoming and the quality of service is deteriorating,” he added.

Source: http://www.freepressjournal.in/

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