5 senior IPS officers including CEO of NATGRID, DG of CISF and NSG granted apex pay scale

FIVE senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, all belonging to 1983 batch, have been granted the apex scale of pay, i.e. the salary of a Government of India secretary or Rs 2.25 lakh per month, apart from the usual perks. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Thursday approved the grant of apex scale to all those five officers with a director general rank. The five officers are:

7th Pay Commission gives a fractured verdict on pay parity, IAS edge; proposes salary up to Rs 2.5 lakh per month

IF THE majority view of the 7th Central Pay Commission report submitted to the Central Government on Thursday evening is accepted, the monopoly of the IAS officers at the positions of the joint secretary and the above will end. In a fractured recommendation where one member of the commission Vivek Rae (former petroleum secretary) gave a dissenting note, chairman of the commission Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur and another member and economist Rathin Roy said that…

It’s bizarre. You can calculate your pay hike even before 7th Pay Commission submits its report

Under Construction? A work in progress in 7th CPC

SOUNDS odd, but random internet sites have placed calculators to give you a fair idea of what could be your salary hike post 7th Central Pay Commission recommendations, even as the union cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod for the extension of the Pay Commission’s terms by four months, i.e. up to December 31, 2015. So, the question is how can you know your new salary when the 7th CPC is yet to finish writing its reports? BoI finds out this simple formula. In fact, if you…

Give us the same salary, promotion and perks as IAS: Central Secretariat Service to Government

AS THE 7th Central Pay Commission which will make recommendations on pay hike of Central government employees and pensioners, is finalizing its reports, one of the relatively non-influential Group “A” services---Central Secretariat Service (CSS) is now demanding parity in salary, promotion and perks with IAS. Under the current structure, CSS cadre officers, numbering 2,200 usually work under…

How government converted an April Fool joke into reality; this DA hike not fake

THE government on Tuesday converted an April Fool joke into a reality by hiking the dearness allowance (DA) by six percent, a move that will benefit 48 lakh government employees and 55 lakh pensioners. On April 1, the department of expenditure under the ministry of finance was forced to clarify that an office memorandum bearing the number F. No. 1/2/2015-E.II (B) dated March 30, 2015 regarding hike of DA is “fake”. According to the fake circular under the signature of…

7th Pay Commission: Should other Central services officers get an IAS salary?

THE IPS, IRS, IRTS and other Central service officers may step up their demands of getting equal pay with that of an IAS or IFS officer, as the 7th Pay Commission is now examining a pay revision that may come into effect from April 1, 2016. Satya Prasant P, an Indian Revenue Service officer who had earlier voiced his concerns about the IAS hegemony, has in his personal blog made a strong pitch for equal salary for officers belonging to all services, appealing the 7th Pay Commission to end the existing distortion. Let’s first see how much more an IAS officer gets than that of officers belonging to other services:

Know more about chairman, members of 7th Pay Commission; should babus expect a massive pay hike?

Small or Big Hike?

AHEAD of general elections, the government on Tuesday formally constituted the 7th Central Pay Commission, an once-in-a-decade exercise that will review and hike the salary of over 5 million Central government employees including defence personnel, and the one that will positively impact about three million pensioners too. BoI here talks about the men and women leading this exercise and whether the current economic situation gives any headroom for a massive pay hike effective from January 1, 2016:

Early Diwali: Pay hike for sportspersons working in govt departments

IN A major incentive for sportspersons working in various Central ministries and departments, the government has doubled the existing amount of the personal pay for employees if they excel in sporting events of national and international importance. The revised rate will be applicable prospectively from…

Party time for 3,600 officers of major port trusts as government approves pay hike

HERE’s a party time for senior officers working at major port thrusts in India. The government has approved the pay hike of Class-I and Class-II officers of major Port Trusts with a retrospective effect from January 1, 2007.

The revision in pay scale would benefit about 3,600 officers of the 11 Major Port Trusts and Calcutta Dock Labour Board. One of the key highlights of the revision is a fitment benefit of 30% to all officers and also one level jump in the pay-scales consequent to removal of non-standard pay-scale according to guidelines issued by Department of Public Enterprise.

Also, the officers would now be able to avail the benefits of various allowances under “cafeteria” approach as prescribed for Public Sector Undertaking executives. The total financial implications involved on account this revision is about Rs 55 crore per year, but there is no budgetary consequence. The major ports will meet this additional expenditure from their own resources.

Action and Appointments

a) SKG. Rahate, a 1990 Jharkhand cadre IAS who is presently working as director, department of agriculture and cooperation has been appointed as joint secretary in that department in place of Jiji Thomson, a 1980 batch Kerala cadre IAS.

b) The ACC has recommended cancellation of appointment of Anindo Majumadar, a 1985 batch AGMU cadre IAS as joint secretary in the department of agriculture and cooperation and instead putting him on compulsory wait.

Secretary in Action

India and Japan signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on IFRS on Tuesday in presence of R Bandhyopadhyay, secretary, ministry of corporate affairs. Amarjit Chopra, President, ICAI, and Noriaki Shimazaki, Chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the IFRS Council of Japan signed this MOU. An India-Japan Forum 2010 has also been formally inaugurated.