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Sixth Pay Commission: Forces introduce draft notification

Sixth Pay Commission: Forces introduce draft notification

NEW DELHI, Sept. 29: The armed forces on Monday initiated the move to issue draft notification for their new pay-packages (Sixth Pay Commission) following the formation of a high-level three-member ministerial committee to take up the issue of disparities in salaries of armed forces personnel vis-a-vis the paramilitary forces and civilian bureaucracy.

The government had announced the new packages for the armed forces in August after making certain modifications in the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission report.

The armed forces had earlier refused to implement their new pay-packages in protest against these pay-disparities.

Indian Navy Chief and Chairman of the Chief of Staffs Committee Admiral Sureesh Mehta had earlier written to all naval personnel explaining the reasons for delay in the issue of the draft notification. But the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force have now initiated the move to issue the draft notification.

While the process would take time, the government had moved swiftly on Saturday to announce ad hoc payment of arrears for the current year to all ranks of the services at the earliest. This is in view of the forthcoming festive season.

Source: http://www.khabrein.info

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After Sajni, she was seen with Ganesh in Krishna and in filmmaker Vijayalakshmi Singh's Ee Bandana. Sharmila has now signed a new film, Navagraha, starring Darshan, directed by Dinakar Togudeepa and produced by Meena Togudeepa Srinivas.

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BSE Sensex to fall after U.S. bailout fails

Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:28am IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The BSE Sensex is set to open sharply lower on Tuesday after U.S. lawmakers rejected a $700 billion

package to end financial panic, knocking down markets in Asia and on Wall Street.

Fear gripped markets as investors dumped emerging market assets, sought stability in government debt and confronted the

prospect that the crisis of confidence in the bank industry will persist, further damaging the global economy.

The U.S. S&P 500 index suffered its biggest fall since 1987 stock market crash and Asian bourses fell 4 to 7 percent.

The BSE Sensex should open 3 to 4 percent lower and trend downwards, traders said.

"There is a problem of liquidity. There's a feeling that stocks will go further down," said Ambareesh Baliga, vice president

at Karvy Stock Broking.

The 30-share main BSE index fell 3.87 percent on Monday to 12,595.75, its lowest close since July 16 and its second-lowest

finish this year, taking its losses in 2008 to almost 38 percent.

By 0324 GMT, Japan's Nikkei was down 4.6 percent touching a three-year trough, while MSCI's measure of other Asian stocks

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Sixth pay commission: Resident doctors won’t get revised pay for October

Sixth pay commission: Resident doctors won’t get revised pay for October

30 Sep 2008, 0317 hrs IST, Risha Chitlangia,TNN

NEW DELHI: Resident doctors at Central and Delhi government hospitals are angry as the Union health ministry has not issued any notification for revi sion of salary as per the sixth pay commission’s recommendation for resident doctors. Most government servants would be drawing revised salary on October 1 as per the sixth pay commission’s recommendations, but resident doctors would be drawing their salary as per the old scale.

“It is shocking that the Union health ministry simply forgot to send a notification for revision of salary of resident doctors. This, despite the sixth pay commission dedicating one paragraph for resident doctors in its recommendation,” said Dr Akhil Singhal, vice-president, resident doctors’ association (RDA), Lok Nayak Hospital.

“We are being deprived of our basic rights. The AIIMS administration has, however, promised resident doctors that it will be paying us the corresponding salary as per the new scale, which would be adjusted once the ministry takes a final decision. But it is unfortunate the ministry forgot about us,” said Dr Kumar Harsh, RDA president, AIIMS.

The RDA members of Lok Nayak Hospital approached the Indian Medical Association for help. “We support the doctors. Since 1986, resident doctors have been getting salaries as per revised scales. We will write to the government over the issue,” said Dr Anil Bansal, assistant secretary, IMA. According to resident doctors, the government has created huge disparity amongst medical professionals. “Staff nurses with less than one year of experience would be drawing more salary that senior resident doctors. This is just not done,” said Dr Dhirendra Dhiraj, coordinating secretary, federation of resident doctors association (FORDA).

Delhi health minister Dr Yoganand Shastri said: “We will write to the Union health ministry and convey the grievances of resident doctors. Once we get the notification, we will immediately process their salary as per new scales.”

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Sixth Pay Commission: Army brass defied Govt on pay hike by citing ‘larger interest of the services’

Sixth Pay Commission: Army brass defied Govt on pay hike by citing ‘larger interest of the services’

Shishir Gupta
Sep 30, 2008 at 0254 hrs IST

NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29 The armed forces have agreed to implement revised pay scales and arrears from October 1 but in a highly controversial move last Friday, the Army top brass, taking a cue from the Navy, cited “the larger interests of the services” to justify their defiance and “delay” in implementing revised salaries.
The Army signal was sent the day Defence Minister A K Antony talked tough with the three Services chiefs and told them in very clear terms to implement the Cabinet decision on the Sixth Pay Commission report.

Top sources confirmed to The Indian Express that via a signal on September 26 — two days after Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta signalled his men — Lt Gen V K Chaturvedi, Director General, Manpower Planning, under the Adjutant General of Army, informed “all ranks up to unit level” that the revised pay scales were delayed. The signal, being kept under wraps, was sent to Headquarters/Commands and Corps of the 1.1 million-strong Army.

While the armed forces process for issuing the Government notification has begun so that all officers and ranks get the new scales together with their civilian counterparts on time, the Army, in its signal, said that four pay-related issues still remain unresolved:

Uniform grades of pay at par with civilian officers.

•Lt Col should be upgraded to Pay band 4.

•t Generals should be placed in Higher Administrative Grade plus.

•Restoring pensionary benefits of personnel below officer rank.

While the UPA government plans to take up the two signals issued by the Navy chief and Army Headquarters seriously as these have wider ramifications, it is foxed by the first demand which is not even within the purview of the Pranab Mukherjee committee — it also comprises P Chidambaram and Antony — set up by the Prime Minister last Friday to sort out pay-related anomalies with the armed forces.


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Sixth Pay Commission: Jharkhand demands increased share of mineral royalty

Sixth Pay Commission: Jharkhand demands increased share of mineral royalty

September 29th, 2008 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS -

Ranchi, Sep 29 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren Monday demanded an increased share of mineral royalty from the 13th Finance Commission.”Jharkhand should get an increased share of mineral royalty through an improved royalty regime based on market value,” Soren said while addressing a meeting with the members of the 13th Finance Commission.

“Jharkhand should get a special package as the second Finance Commission had granted the same to Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka,” he added.

Soren also demanded that the central government bear 50 percent of the burden of the Sixth Pay Commission in the state. Jharkhand has already said it will implement the recommendations of pay commission.

He also asked the central government to pay back Rs.20 billion the state has spent on laying railway lines.

Speaking on the occasion, Finance Commission chairman Vijay Kelkar said: “The state government should focus on enhancing its financial discipline framework through better public expenditure management, improved financial reporting and audit response initiatives.”

The commission members will stay in Ranchi two more days and take a look at the demands of the state government.

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Forces Pay Hike vs Sixth Pay Commission: 3-member Committee formed

Forces Pay Hike vs Sixth Pay Commission: 3-member Committee formed

After the Armed Forces expressed huge disappointment over the Sixth Pay Commission report and rejected it outright, the PMO intervened and formed a 3-member committee to look into their grievances.

After consulting with the PM, who is away on a foreign visit, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee formed a committee with two other members Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Defence Minister A K Antony. Mr. Pranab Mukherjee will head the committee.

The committee will look into objections raised by armed forces over the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. Defence Minister AK Antony expressed hope that armed forces will get their pay in new scales by Diwali.

He also assured that all anomalies in the pay will be duly addressed. The Defence Services have decided to accept the revised pay scales and submit the salary bills to the ministry until the committee submits its report the cabinet.

President Dr. Pratibha Patil took note of the concerns of the armed forces and gave her sanction to the order for ad-hoc payment of arrears, which will help the defence personnel to manage their Diwali expenses.

Armed forces chiefs had made it public that they are not going to implement the 6th Pay Commission recommendations in its present form. They had clearly said that the discrimination in payment of officials in armed forces viz a viz civilian officials was unacceptable.

There was also talked of armed forces personnel going to celebrate Divali as black day.

But luckily it seems that the direct intervention of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh from New York broke the ice and defence minister AK Antony gave his consent to form a panel to look into the anomalies in pay structure of armed forces.

There was also pressure from Defence Minister AK Antony on armed forces chief to implement the 6th pay commission from this month. He had made it amply clear that if the forces chief do not implement it, defence ministry will issue order in this regard.

Luckily things seem to have been sorted out for now with armed forces chiefs deciding to toe the government line for now as the panel headed by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has been formed to look into the anomalies.

In the meantime Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor on Sunday clarified that there were no differences between Government of India and armed forces over the anomalies in the Sixth Pay Commission report.

Army Chief said, “I want to clarify that talks of differences between armed forces and Indian Government is not correct and has been played up incorrectly”.

“The fact that the Defence Ministry, Defence Minister and the Prime Minister are with us shows that he (Antony) is also part of the government, as we are. So there are no differences. I think it has been played up a little incorrectly," General Deepak Kapoor said.

He went on to add, “we have made our recommendations and government has set up a committee and let see how the deliberations go."

After Prime Minister’s direct intervention on the issue the Centre hurriedly constituted the committee, which also includes Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Defence Minister A K Antony. The committee is expected to give interim relief within a week. The Centre also said that all pending issues of the armed forces on pay hike would be resolved by the end of October.

Giving defence personnel reasons to cheer before Diwali, the government had yesterday ordered release of their ad-hoc arrears for the current year this week, even as the government said the armed forces would submit fresh salary vouchers tomorrow, paving the way for the 1.5 million personnel to take home the revised pay on October 1. But the "discriminatory" pay commission report would come under fresh scrutiny with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is abroad, setting up a high-level ministerial committee yesterday to address their grievances.

In the meantime after the setting up of the committee, the three service chiefs have decided to accept the revised salaries as per the sixth pay commission report. They would submit the revised salary bills to the Union defence minister on Monday.

Armed forces have claimed several anomalies in the revised pay structure. One of them being in the Lt Colonel rank and below. “A Lt Colonel is now paid Rs 10,000 less than his civilian counterparts. Over 19,000 officers are in this rank. Colonels and equivalent will get at least Rs 10,000 less than their counterparts in civil services and other Central organisations,” a senior army officer said.

Source: http://www.khabrein.info/

Sixth Pay Commission: No differences with govt over pay, says Army chief

Sixth Pay Commission: No differences with govt over pay, says Army chief

29 Sep 2008

NEW DELHI: The armed forces on Sunday expressed hope that the newly-constituted high-level ministerial committee will address their "genuine grievances" over the notification of their new pay scales.

"We have made our recommendations and the government has decided to set up a panel. So, let us see how the deliberations go... we are hopeful that it will look into our genuine and bonafide requests," Army chief General Deepak Kapoor said after laying a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti in India Gate to mark the 181st Gunners Day.

"I just want to clarify that this talk of differences between the armed forces and the government... I think that is not right. The fact is that the defence ministry is positive, and with us," added Gen Kapoor.

This comes a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during his ongoing trip to US and France, directed the setting up of a ministerial committee headed by foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee, and including defence minister A K Antony and finance minister P Chidambaram, to look into the "core issues" raised by the armed forces.

As reported by TOI earlier, the Army, Navy and IAF had refused to accept their new pay scales from October 1 since they wanted political intervention in restoring their parity with their civilian and paramilitary counterparts.

As a compromise formula, a rattled government on Saturday set up a three-member ministerial committee, even as it directed the three Services to submit their draft pay vouchers to it by Monday to ensure the process to give all military personnel their new salaries and 40% arrears at the earliest could begin.

Moreover, keeping in view that the re-fixation of pay, allowances and arrears "may take some time", the government on Saturday also announced ad hoc payment of arrears to all ranks in October as an interim measure.

These amounts range from Rs 25,000 for jawans to Rs 50,000 for subedar-majors and their equivalents in the Navy and IAF. For officers, it ranges from Rs 55,000 for Lieutenants and Rs 80,000 for Lt-Colonels to Rs 1.60 lakh to Brigadiers and Rs 2.25 lakh for Lt-Gens.

Antony, on his part, has already indicated his support for the main demand of the 13-lakh strong armed forces on the issue of downgrading of Lt-Cols, who constitute the bulk of the officer cadre.

The forces are angry the "extant parity" of Lt-Cols (and their equivalent Wing Commanders in IAF and Commanders in Navy) has been lowered by retaining them in Pay Band-3 (Rs 15,600-39,100), while raising similarly placed civilians and paramilitary officers to PB-4 (Rs 37,400-67,000).

The government has also indicated its willingness to restore the earlier 70% "pensionary weightage" given to PBOR (personnel below officer rank), overruling the 50% recommended by the 6th Pay Commission.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Sixth Pay Commission: Pay hike: Under fire from Antony, Forces call truce

Sixth Pay Commission: Pay hike: Under fire from Antony, Forces call truce

29 Sep, 2008

NEW DELHI: A day after defence minister A K Antony pulled up Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta for crossing the line by refusing to accept the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendations, the armed forces went on a damage-control mode, asserting that they had no differences with the government on the issue.

“I just want to clarify that this talk of differences between the armed forces and the government...I think that is not right,’’ Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor told reporters here after laying a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti to mark the Gunners Day.

``The fact that the defence ministry, the defence minister and the prime minister are with us shows that he (Mr Antony) is also part of the government, as we are. So there are no differences. I think it has been played up a little incorrectly,’’ Gen Kapoor said.

The controversy, however, refuses to die down, with the principal Opposition party, the BJP, taking up cudgels on behalf of the armed forces. “Grievances of the armed forces against the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission should be looked into at the earliest. The prime minister should intervene to resolve their grievances,’’ BJP president Rajnath Singh told reporters on the sidelines of Vijay Sankalp rally organised in Jalandhar on Sunday.

Mindful of the concerns of the personnel belonging to three wings of the armed forces, the Centre had on Saturday ordered release of their ad-hoc arrears for the current year this week, and said the armed forces would submit fresh salary vouchers on Monday, paving the way for the 1.5 million personnel to take home the revised pay on October 1.

It simultaneously set up a three-member panel, headed by external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee, to examine the pay-related anomalies of the services. The other members of the high-level committee are the defence minister and finance minister P Chidambaram.

The defence personnel had sought 70% “pensionary weightage” to jawans, placing Lieutenant-Colonels in Pay Band-4, parity of Grade Pay between defence officers and civilian counterparts and according Higher Administrative Grade Plus scales to Lieutenant-Generals and their equivalents in Navy and Air Force in the CPC.

Expressing hope that all their genuine and bonafide requests would be looked into by the committee, the Army chief said: ``We made our recommendations. So let us see how the deliberations go (in the ministerial committee).’’
The remaining 40% arrears would be paid to the defence personnel along with their November salaries, with the government stating that there could be a delay in calculating the amount before the October salaries are released.

The delay is a result of the Armed Forces’ fresh pay vouchers for October salaries likely to land in the defence ministry’s accounts office only on Monday, the government clarified.

While the Armed Forces would take only part arrears, their 3.5 mn civilian counterparts would be paid the entire 40% arrears. The government has already announced the remaining 60% of the arrears would be paid in the next fiscal.

In October, the arrears to be paid to officers from the rank of Lieutenant to Lieutenant-General and their equivalents in the Navy and Air Force would range from Rs 55,000 to Rs 2.25 lakh respectively.

In case of jawans, it would range from Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000 for ranks from sepoy to subedar major and their counterparts in Navy and Air Force respectively.

After the CPC notification late last month, Naval chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta, Air chief Fali Homi Major and Army chief General Deepak Kapoor had openly expressed their disappointment over the ``disparities’’ to the country’s political leadership and to Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar.

Mr Antony stepped in on behalf of the Armed Forces by writing to the prime minister and the finance minister, seeking resolution of the four ``core issues’’ of the defence personnel.

Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com

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It has become a fad to argue that a shakeout is inevitable in the Indian banking sector because only the larger banks can get to rule the roost. This is seen as necessary in the light of our opening up the banking sector in 2009. Is it true?.

GONE ARE the days when Indian banking automatically reminded us of nationalised banks. Such was their dominance over other banks. Even today they are a force to reckon with but they are no longer the uncrowned king. They have formidable rivals.

Even the statutory State Bank of India (SBI), which is India’s top commercial bank has a formidable rival. Any laxity on its part may lead to the said rival overtaking it. It is against this backdrop its keenness to merge its associate banks with itself is to be viewed. {SBI though may be inclined to draw comfort from the fact that the so-called formidable rival (read, ICICI Bank) has been the most affected of the Indian banks in the meltdown that the US financial market has been witnessing now).

With the Indian banking sector all set to open up next year, it is not only the statutory SBI or the nationalised banks, which are pulling up their socks. All the commercial banks are pulling their socks up too. It is in this backdrop, this article takes a look at the functioning of the nationalised banks in the country. To analyse the performance of the nationalised banks, just a couple of parameters have been reckoned. They are: business per employee and profit per employee. For the purpose of this analysis, SBI and its associate banks have not been considered.

The data used for the analysis has been drawn from the publication, ‘A profile of banks 2007-08’ brought out by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Data relating to 2007-08 has been used for the purpose of analysis.

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As for business per employee, the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) tops the list of the top three banks with each of its employees accounting for (Indian Rupees) INR 924.38 lakhs of business (vide the following Table). Employees of Corporation Bank and Bank of Baroda follow OBC in terms of business generated per employee.

This is a pleasant surprise because OBC and Corporation Bank were nationalised in the second phase (in the year1980). Bank of Baroda, which was nationalised in the first phase (in the year 1970), is a distant third. Ironically, Bank of Baroda is the largest of the three in terms of business (deposits plus advances). In fact its business is more than the business of OBC and Corporation Bank put together. For the information of the readers, OBC is ahead of Corporation Bank by at least INR 37,000 crores in terms of business.

Are we to conclude from the data that larger banks need not be superior in terms of employee productivity? One school of thought has it that only larger banks will be able to withstand competition once the banking sector is opened up. Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram also endorses this view. In the light of what the following Table conveys, we should take this view with a pinch of salt.

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