Sixth Pay Commission: Gujarat employees to Strike on Nov 5
There seems to be a wide-spread anger in the government employee committee in Gujarat state regarding the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. The Gujarat government employees are planning mass strike on November 5, 2008 or better to say take a Mass Casual leave. This strike is against the delay by the government in implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations.
It is expected that around 8 lakh employees will be taking part in the mass strike across entire Gujarat. The protest is because the salary hike of Sixth Pay Commission recommendation is not yet implemented. The employee organization, called Gujarat Rajya Karmachari Mahamandal convened by Girish Raval has also threatened that if the implementation is not made till Diwali, the protest will be intensified.
As per the news, a 5-member Cabinet sub-committee, set up to study the implications of the Commission’s recommendations, had on Monday last, submitted its report to the government, suggesting that it could be implemented in the state.
Despite the "positive" report submitted by a sub-committee headed by Finance Minister Vajubhai Vala, the Modi government was dilly-dallying in announcing the implementation of the Commission’s recommendations, he said.
The Mahamandal leader said that apart from the Central government, six other state governments had announced that they will implement the recommendations in toto. But, the Gujarat government continues to keep its employees on tenterhooks, he said.
What is the stand of the Gujarat Government in implementing the Sixth Pay Commission Recommendations?
The state Finance Department official are putting the blame on the additional burden of about Rs 3,000 crore in the first year when it decides to implement the Commission’s recommendations for its employees with retrospective effect from January 2006.
Later, the government would have to shoulder an additional burden of Rs 1,000 crore annually if the recommendations hiking the employees’ salaries were implemented in toto, at par with the Central government employees.
There are over eight lakh government employees, including those serving in the state-owned Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) in Gujarat. Besides, there are over two lakh pensioners in the state, who will also benefit from the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendations.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info/
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Sixth Pay Commission: Realty cools but home retail still hot
Sixth Pay Commission: Realty cools but home retail still hot
Tanvi Shukla
Thursday, October 16, 2008 03:46 IST
Despite tight purse strings, furniture and home accessories are flying off the shelves
MUMBAI: The real estate market is facing tough times, home loans have become expensive and consumers have tightened their purse strings. But there is one related sector that is still growing at 35% —home retail.
Simply put, buyers are still spending on furniture and home décor accessories at organised retail outlets.
@Home, the Rs 150-crore lifestyle furniture retail venture of Nilkamal Ltd, saw its same store sales grow at 42% in the first half of FY09. Same store sales is a statistic used to compare sales of stores that have been open for a year or more.
Manish Parekh, the director of Nilkamal Ltd, said the @Home venture hasn’t witnessed a slowdown. “The middle and upper-middle class still have access to high disposable incomes with steady increments continuing. Also, the Sixth Pay Commission has brought in a new segment of consumers for us,” he added.
One of the consumers in this new segment is the ‘normally conservative’ Rama Tiwari, a Pune resident and wife of a retired railways officer. Thanks to the Sixth Pay Commission, she can now indulge some of her wants. “I recently bought a couch for Rs 70,000 from one of the big showrooms. Our new house is still under construction, but since we have the money now, we might as well buy what we will need someday,” she said.
The organised home furnishings and décor business has a small base and so, is expected to post healthy growth. The fact that it hasn’t seen a slowdown despite the global economic turmoil is good news for those in the business. Interestingly, though the option of consumer loans exists, less than 5% of sales are through these loans. This means that consumers do have cash in hand.
So what are people buying? “Showpieces, artefacts, paintings, artificial flowers and furniture sell the most,” Parekh said.
Mahesh Shah, the chief executive officer of HomeTown, the home improvement format of retail giant Future Group, added that furniture is still selling ‘like hot cakes’. “Modular kitchens and wardrobes are very popular. We have seen a certain amount of downtrading, but being a value retailer, we will only benefit from such a trend,” Shah said.
Of the Rs 70,000-crore furniture market, just Rs 3,500-4,000 crore comprises organised retail, led by HomeTown, @Home and Lifestyle retail chain.
However, the consumer seems to have shifted from calling a carpenter to make furniture to buying completely designed and matched furniture sets from a showroom. This shift is what is driving the home retail segment.
At HomeTown, same store sales growth stood at 30.3% for the month of September. The group intends to add seven more stores by the end of this year.
But not everyone is witnessing similar growth. The same store sales at Godrej Interio, the furniture division of Godrej Industries, grew at an average of just 15% over the last year. Subodh Mehta, senior general manager, Godrej Interio (home division), said, “We are growing but the fact is that people are not buying houses with the same momentum as they were. That has brought down our same store sales growth from 30% to 15%.”
Godrej Interio might be an exception more than the rule. The industry is betting big on home retail, especially décor and accessories, and its expansion plans are on track.
Though shying away from buying new homes, consumers are going in for interior decoration, opting for expensive tiles, designer drapes and elaborate colour schemes, even if it is for a cramped one-bedroom-hall house.
With dreams of a new house postponed, they’re content to make the most of what they have. The retailers aren’t complaining.
Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/
Tanvi Shukla
Thursday, October 16, 2008 03:46 IST
Despite tight purse strings, furniture and home accessories are flying off the shelves
MUMBAI: The real estate market is facing tough times, home loans have become expensive and consumers have tightened their purse strings. But there is one related sector that is still growing at 35% —home retail.
Simply put, buyers are still spending on furniture and home décor accessories at organised retail outlets.
@Home, the Rs 150-crore lifestyle furniture retail venture of Nilkamal Ltd, saw its same store sales grow at 42% in the first half of FY09. Same store sales is a statistic used to compare sales of stores that have been open for a year or more.
Manish Parekh, the director of Nilkamal Ltd, said the @Home venture hasn’t witnessed a slowdown. “The middle and upper-middle class still have access to high disposable incomes with steady increments continuing. Also, the Sixth Pay Commission has brought in a new segment of consumers for us,” he added.
One of the consumers in this new segment is the ‘normally conservative’ Rama Tiwari, a Pune resident and wife of a retired railways officer. Thanks to the Sixth Pay Commission, she can now indulge some of her wants. “I recently bought a couch for Rs 70,000 from one of the big showrooms. Our new house is still under construction, but since we have the money now, we might as well buy what we will need someday,” she said.
The organised home furnishings and décor business has a small base and so, is expected to post healthy growth. The fact that it hasn’t seen a slowdown despite the global economic turmoil is good news for those in the business. Interestingly, though the option of consumer loans exists, less than 5% of sales are through these loans. This means that consumers do have cash in hand.
So what are people buying? “Showpieces, artefacts, paintings, artificial flowers and furniture sell the most,” Parekh said.
Mahesh Shah, the chief executive officer of HomeTown, the home improvement format of retail giant Future Group, added that furniture is still selling ‘like hot cakes’. “Modular kitchens and wardrobes are very popular. We have seen a certain amount of downtrading, but being a value retailer, we will only benefit from such a trend,” Shah said.
Of the Rs 70,000-crore furniture market, just Rs 3,500-4,000 crore comprises organised retail, led by HomeTown, @Home and Lifestyle retail chain.
However, the consumer seems to have shifted from calling a carpenter to make furniture to buying completely designed and matched furniture sets from a showroom. This shift is what is driving the home retail segment.
At HomeTown, same store sales growth stood at 30.3% for the month of September. The group intends to add seven more stores by the end of this year.
But not everyone is witnessing similar growth. The same store sales at Godrej Interio, the furniture division of Godrej Industries, grew at an average of just 15% over the last year. Subodh Mehta, senior general manager, Godrej Interio (home division), said, “We are growing but the fact is that people are not buying houses with the same momentum as they were. That has brought down our same store sales growth from 30% to 15%.”
Godrej Interio might be an exception more than the rule. The industry is betting big on home retail, especially décor and accessories, and its expansion plans are on track.
Though shying away from buying new homes, consumers are going in for interior decoration, opting for expensive tiles, designer drapes and elaborate colour schemes, even if it is for a cramped one-bedroom-hall house.
With dreams of a new house postponed, they’re content to make the most of what they have. The retailers aren’t complaining.
Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/
Sixth Pay Commission: Government staff to go on mass leave in protest
Sixth Pay Commission: Government staff to go on mass leave in protest
Ahmedabad, October 15 Anger against delay in implementation of pay panel’s recommendations
Over eight lakh Government employees across Gujarat will go on a day’s mass casual leave on November 5, to protest against the government’s delay in announcing the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendations to hike employees’ salaries.
“We have already served an ultimatum to the government that the employees will go on a mass CL on November 5. We have also decided to intensify our agitation if the government fails to make an announcement on the Commission’s recommendations before Diwali,” said Girish Raval, Convenor of the Gujarat Rajya Karmachari Mahamandal.
Raval told Newsline today that a five-member Cabinet sub-committee, set up to study the implications of the Commission’s recommendations, had on Monday last, submitted its report to the government, suggesting that it could be implemented in the state.
Despite the “positive” report submitted by a sub-committee headed by Finance Minister Vajubhai Vala, the Modi government was dilly-dallying in announcing the implementation of the Commission’s recommendations, he said.
The Mahamandal leader said that apart from the Central government, six other state governments had announced that they will implement the recommendations in toto. But, the Gujarat government continues to keep its employees on tenterhooks, he said.
The various government employees’ bodies in the state expected that the government would take a decision on this issue at the weekly Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. But, the Cabinet failed to take a decision on this, causing a great deal of disappointment among lakhs of its employees, Raval said.
Meanwhile, a senior official in the state Finance Department said the government would have to entail an additional burden of about Rs 3,000 crore in the first year when it decides to implement the Commission’s recommendations for its employees with retrospective effect from January 2006.
Later, the government would have to shoulder an additional burden of Rs 1,000 crore annually if the recommendations hiking the employees’ salaries were implemented in toto, at par with the Central government employees, the official said.
There are over eight lakh government employees, including those serving in the state-owned Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) in Gujarat. Besides, there are over two lakh pensioners in the state, who will also benefit from the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendations.
Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/
Ahmedabad, October 15 Anger against delay in implementation of pay panel’s recommendations
Over eight lakh Government employees across Gujarat will go on a day’s mass casual leave on November 5, to protest against the government’s delay in announcing the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendations to hike employees’ salaries.
“We have already served an ultimatum to the government that the employees will go on a mass CL on November 5. We have also decided to intensify our agitation if the government fails to make an announcement on the Commission’s recommendations before Diwali,” said Girish Raval, Convenor of the Gujarat Rajya Karmachari Mahamandal.
Raval told Newsline today that a five-member Cabinet sub-committee, set up to study the implications of the Commission’s recommendations, had on Monday last, submitted its report to the government, suggesting that it could be implemented in the state.
Despite the “positive” report submitted by a sub-committee headed by Finance Minister Vajubhai Vala, the Modi government was dilly-dallying in announcing the implementation of the Commission’s recommendations, he said.
The Mahamandal leader said that apart from the Central government, six other state governments had announced that they will implement the recommendations in toto. But, the Gujarat government continues to keep its employees on tenterhooks, he said.
The various government employees’ bodies in the state expected that the government would take a decision on this issue at the weekly Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. But, the Cabinet failed to take a decision on this, causing a great deal of disappointment among lakhs of its employees, Raval said.
Meanwhile, a senior official in the state Finance Department said the government would have to entail an additional burden of about Rs 3,000 crore in the first year when it decides to implement the Commission’s recommendations for its employees with retrospective effect from January 2006.
Later, the government would have to shoulder an additional burden of Rs 1,000 crore annually if the recommendations hiking the employees’ salaries were implemented in toto, at par with the Central government employees, the official said.
There are over eight lakh government employees, including those serving in the state-owned Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) in Gujarat. Besides, there are over two lakh pensioners in the state, who will also benefit from the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendations.
Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/
Sixth Pay Commission: Centre to pump in Rs 30,000 crore through supplementary demand
Sixth Pay Commission: Centre to pump in Rs 30,000 crore through supplementary demand
Economy Bureau
Oct 16, 2008
After announcing a slew of measures to address concerns over inadequate liquidity, the government is expected to pump in at least another Rs 30,000 crore of cash when it raises the first and second batch of supplementary demand for grants in Parliament next week.
With its obligations under the Sixth Pay Commission, farm loan waiver and oil and fertiliser bonds, back of the envelope calculations reveal that this year it could rise to as much as Rs 60,000 crore. The government raised a total of Rs 53,703 crore in the first and second supplementary demand for grants in 2007-08.
Of this about Rs 30,000 crore is likely to be raised as cash while the balance would be matched through savings and recoveries by administrative departments and ministries. The money would come in handy at a time when the economy is reeling under a credit crisis.
In fact stressing that the domestic credit situation would improve, finance minister P Chidambaram had said last week, “Ten or 12 days from today, when the supplementary (spending bill) is passed, a substantial amount of liquidity will be infused into the market.”
Getting additional funds through the demand for grants for the fiscal will be a key issue for the UPA government since this is the last full session of the Lok Sabha before general elections are announced. Government functioning and more importantly implementation of key social sector programmes will be affected without the requisite funds.
Although the government is trying to cut down costs, it has to foot a heavy expenditure bill with payouts for the sixth pay commission pay out. As per the pay commission’s recommendations, the salary hikes will cost Rs 22,100 crore this fiscal, while the farm loans to be waived in three installments is estimated at Rs 71,680 crore. The government has also budgeted Rs 7,500 crore for fertiliser bonds. Oil bonds for the fourth quarter of 2007-08 amounting to Rs 14,956 crore and for the first quarter of 2008-09 estimated at Rs 24,408 crore will be issued after parliamentary nod.
Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/
Economy Bureau
Oct 16, 2008
After announcing a slew of measures to address concerns over inadequate liquidity, the government is expected to pump in at least another Rs 30,000 crore of cash when it raises the first and second batch of supplementary demand for grants in Parliament next week.
With its obligations under the Sixth Pay Commission, farm loan waiver and oil and fertiliser bonds, back of the envelope calculations reveal that this year it could rise to as much as Rs 60,000 crore. The government raised a total of Rs 53,703 crore in the first and second supplementary demand for grants in 2007-08.
Of this about Rs 30,000 crore is likely to be raised as cash while the balance would be matched through savings and recoveries by administrative departments and ministries. The money would come in handy at a time when the economy is reeling under a credit crisis.
In fact stressing that the domestic credit situation would improve, finance minister P Chidambaram had said last week, “Ten or 12 days from today, when the supplementary (spending bill) is passed, a substantial amount of liquidity will be infused into the market.”
Getting additional funds through the demand for grants for the fiscal will be a key issue for the UPA government since this is the last full session of the Lok Sabha before general elections are announced. Government functioning and more importantly implementation of key social sector programmes will be affected without the requisite funds.
Although the government is trying to cut down costs, it has to foot a heavy expenditure bill with payouts for the sixth pay commission pay out. As per the pay commission’s recommendations, the salary hikes will cost Rs 22,100 crore this fiscal, while the farm loans to be waived in three installments is estimated at Rs 71,680 crore. The government has also budgeted Rs 7,500 crore for fertiliser bonds. Oil bonds for the fourth quarter of 2007-08 amounting to Rs 14,956 crore and for the first quarter of 2008-09 estimated at Rs 24,408 crore will be issued after parliamentary nod.
Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/
Sixth Pay Commission: Delhi govt's no to fee hike by pvt schools
Sixth Pay Commission: Delhi govt's no to fee hike by pvt schools
15 Oct 2008, 1756 hrs IST,PTI
NEW DELHI: Delhi Government is considering the demand of private schools to hike the fees ostensibly to pay their teachers as per the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission but will not concede to their proposal for a 50 per cent increase across the board.
The Government will not allow any across the board hike and the schools' demand will be examined on a case-by-case basis, a senior official of the Education Department said.
"We are considering their demand and a decision on this matter will be taken soon," the official said.
He said there was no question of accepting the demand for a 50 per cent hike as some schools have surplus money in their kitty to increase salaries of their teachers as per the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.
"We will examine the financial health of each and every school before taking a decision on it," he said.
The private schools are demanding a hike of 50 per cent in fees ostensibly to pay salaries to their teachers on the lines of recommendations the Sixth Pay Commission. However, parents are opposing the move.
The BJP has termed the demand as unjustified and said any hike in school fees would be gross injustice with the guardians of the students studying in private schools.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
15 Oct 2008, 1756 hrs IST,PTI
NEW DELHI: Delhi Government is considering the demand of private schools to hike the fees ostensibly to pay their teachers as per the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission but will not concede to their proposal for a 50 per cent increase across the board.
The Government will not allow any across the board hike and the schools' demand will be examined on a case-by-case basis, a senior official of the Education Department said.
"We are considering their demand and a decision on this matter will be taken soon," the official said.
He said there was no question of accepting the demand for a 50 per cent hike as some schools have surplus money in their kitty to increase salaries of their teachers as per the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.
"We will examine the financial health of each and every school before taking a decision on it," he said.
The private schools are demanding a hike of 50 per cent in fees ostensibly to pay salaries to their teachers on the lines of recommendations the Sixth Pay Commission. However, parents are opposing the move.
The BJP has termed the demand as unjustified and said any hike in school fees would be gross injustice with the guardians of the students studying in private schools.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
Sixth Pay Commission: Any govt decision on pay issue will be good for country: Army
Sixth Pay Commission: Any govt decision on pay issue will be good for country: Army
New Delhi, October 15: As the committee headed by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is looking into the armed forces’ grievances over their new pay scales, the army on Wednesday said any decision by the government on the issue will be for the good of the country and the Services.
“The pay anomalies issues is currently with the Cabinet and I am sure it will take care of it. Whatever it decides, it will be for the good of the country and the armed forces,” Vice-Chief of the Army, Lieutenant-General M L Naidu, said on the sidelines of an Army Postal Service Awards ceremony ihn New Delhi.
“They (the committee members) are our national leaders and they will keep all issues in mind before taking a decision. It (pay issues) is not a matter of our expectations,” Naidu said, replying to a query on the course of action the armed forces would take if all their expectations are not met by the Mukherjee committee.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had late last month set up the Mukherjee committee with Defence Minister A K Antony and Finance Minister P Chidambaram as members to consider the four “core issues” raised by the armed forces on what they called a “discriminatory” 6th Central Pay Commission (CPC) report.
In fact, the issues had snowballed into a controversy over the armed forces’ reluctance to implement the Cabinet decision on the CPC taken last month.
Consequently, the 1.5 million armed forces personnel took home their old pay scales in October, while their 3.5 million civilian counterparts got their revised pay scales under the CPC.
To another query, Naidu said pointing out some discrepancies in the CPC was not “defiance”, but professional duty (of the armed forces).
The armed forces are demanding that the government place Lieutenant-Colonels and their equivalents in Pay Band-4, ensure parity in Grade Pay of officers from Captains to Brigadiers with their civilian counterparts, accord the Higher Administrative Grade Plus status in pay scales to Lieutenant Generals and restore 70 per cent pensionary benefits to jawans.
To another question over the misuse of army’s combat fatigues by paramilitary and police forces, Naidu said the army had already informed the Centre and the state governments about it.
“Now, the state governments have taken very strict action, because they have realized that by not insisting on this, it is causing some confusing. Now they have done it (enforce laws against misuse of army uniforms). And hopefully it will be sorted out,” Naidu said.
Asked about the uniforms and camouflages being freely available in the open market, the army vice-chief said as far as clothes, low-quality products are concerned, they were available (but not the Army’s).
“A solution is being worked out and the Home Ministry is doing what is necessary to curb such sales. By law, sale of military uniform in the open market is banned. It should not be available. If it is, there is a separate enforcement agency working on curbing the sale of military uniform. In J&K, they are very actively curbing the sale,” he added.
Source: http://www.expressindia.com/
New Delhi, October 15: As the committee headed by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is looking into the armed forces’ grievances over their new pay scales, the army on Wednesday said any decision by the government on the issue will be for the good of the country and the Services.
“The pay anomalies issues is currently with the Cabinet and I am sure it will take care of it. Whatever it decides, it will be for the good of the country and the armed forces,” Vice-Chief of the Army, Lieutenant-General M L Naidu, said on the sidelines of an Army Postal Service Awards ceremony ihn New Delhi.
“They (the committee members) are our national leaders and they will keep all issues in mind before taking a decision. It (pay issues) is not a matter of our expectations,” Naidu said, replying to a query on the course of action the armed forces would take if all their expectations are not met by the Mukherjee committee.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had late last month set up the Mukherjee committee with Defence Minister A K Antony and Finance Minister P Chidambaram as members to consider the four “core issues” raised by the armed forces on what they called a “discriminatory” 6th Central Pay Commission (CPC) report.
In fact, the issues had snowballed into a controversy over the armed forces’ reluctance to implement the Cabinet decision on the CPC taken last month.
Consequently, the 1.5 million armed forces personnel took home their old pay scales in October, while their 3.5 million civilian counterparts got their revised pay scales under the CPC.
To another query, Naidu said pointing out some discrepancies in the CPC was not “defiance”, but professional duty (of the armed forces).
The armed forces are demanding that the government place Lieutenant-Colonels and their equivalents in Pay Band-4, ensure parity in Grade Pay of officers from Captains to Brigadiers with their civilian counterparts, accord the Higher Administrative Grade Plus status in pay scales to Lieutenant Generals and restore 70 per cent pensionary benefits to jawans.
To another question over the misuse of army’s combat fatigues by paramilitary and police forces, Naidu said the army had already informed the Centre and the state governments about it.
“Now, the state governments have taken very strict action, because they have realized that by not insisting on this, it is causing some confusing. Now they have done it (enforce laws against misuse of army uniforms). And hopefully it will be sorted out,” Naidu said.
Asked about the uniforms and camouflages being freely available in the open market, the army vice-chief said as far as clothes, low-quality products are concerned, they were available (but not the Army’s).
“A solution is being worked out and the Home Ministry is doing what is necessary to curb such sales. By law, sale of military uniform in the open market is banned. It should not be available. If it is, there is a separate enforcement agency working on curbing the sale of military uniform. In J&K, they are very actively curbing the sale,” he added.
Source: http://www.expressindia.com/
Sixth Pay Commission: Ministerial committee to resolve pay anomalies of armed forces shortly
Sixth Pay Commission: Ministerial committee to resolve pay anomalies of armed forces shortly
New Delhi, Oct 13(ANI): A ministerial committee led by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, set up to look into the armed forces’ grievance about pay anomalies, is likely to sort out the matter soon.
Mukherjee, who heads the three-member committee, said on Monday that he had discussed the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Defence Minister A K Antony.
“Shortly, I am going to discuss with the Finance Minister P Chidambaram,” he told reporters here when asked about the issue.
Without giving details of his discussions with the Prime Minister, Mukherjee merely said: “I do hope we will be able to sort out the issue shortly.”
The Prime Minister set up the committee, which also includes Antony and Chidambaram, on September 25 in the wake of deep resentment in the armed forces, who complained that there were “anomalies” in the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations and that it had lowered the status of their officers.
After the government notification was issued on August 29, the issues of anomalies in the pay for officers was first raised by Air Chief Fali Homi Major in his letter in his capacity as acting Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC).
Chiefs of Navy and Army too have been voicing their resentment.
Antony has strongly favoured resolution of core issues raised by the three services chiefs in their representation to the government. (ANI)
http://www.newspostonline.com/
New Delhi, Oct 13(ANI): A ministerial committee led by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, set up to look into the armed forces’ grievance about pay anomalies, is likely to sort out the matter soon.
Mukherjee, who heads the three-member committee, said on Monday that he had discussed the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Defence Minister A K Antony.
“Shortly, I am going to discuss with the Finance Minister P Chidambaram,” he told reporters here when asked about the issue.
Without giving details of his discussions with the Prime Minister, Mukherjee merely said: “I do hope we will be able to sort out the issue shortly.”
The Prime Minister set up the committee, which also includes Antony and Chidambaram, on September 25 in the wake of deep resentment in the armed forces, who complained that there were “anomalies” in the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations and that it had lowered the status of their officers.
After the government notification was issued on August 29, the issues of anomalies in the pay for officers was first raised by Air Chief Fali Homi Major in his letter in his capacity as acting Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC).
Chiefs of Navy and Army too have been voicing their resentment.
Antony has strongly favoured resolution of core issues raised by the three services chiefs in their representation to the government. (ANI)
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Sixth Pay Commission: Police, paramilitary raise pitch for better pay scales
Sixth Pay Commission: Police, paramilitary raise pitch for better pay scales
15 Oct 2008, 1046 hrs IST,PTI
NEW DELHI: After the three armed forces, it is now the turn of the central police organisations (CPOs) and paramilitary forces (CPMFs) to raise a pitch for "parity" in pay scales with their military counterparts.
With the government setting up a three-member ministerial committee headed by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee to consider the armed forces' plea, the CPOs too have decided to seek a political intervention to resolve issues concerning their pay scales.
The chiefs of ITBP, BSF, CRPF and SSB will meet Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta to submit a memorandum seeking a political decision on the lines of Mukherjee committee for inclusion of their "second-in-command" rank officers in Pay Band-4, if the tri-services' Lieutenant Colonels and equivalents are included in this pay bracket.
The Pay Band-4 for Lt Cols is among the four "core issues" raised by the Army, Navy and Air Force in the 6th Central Pay Commission (CPC) and that led to Services refusing to implement the CPC, a decision taken by the Cabinet in August this year.
"The Director Generals (DGs) of all the CPOs and CPMFs will present a memorandum to the Home Secretary this week. We will urge Home Minister Shivraj Patil to request his cabinet colleague, Pranab Mukherjee, to include 'Second-in-Command' ranks also in Pay Band-4," Home Ministry sources said.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
15 Oct 2008, 1046 hrs IST,PTI
NEW DELHI: After the three armed forces, it is now the turn of the central police organisations (CPOs) and paramilitary forces (CPMFs) to raise a pitch for "parity" in pay scales with their military counterparts.
With the government setting up a three-member ministerial committee headed by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee to consider the armed forces' plea, the CPOs too have decided to seek a political intervention to resolve issues concerning their pay scales.
The chiefs of ITBP, BSF, CRPF and SSB will meet Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta to submit a memorandum seeking a political decision on the lines of Mukherjee committee for inclusion of their "second-in-command" rank officers in Pay Band-4, if the tri-services' Lieutenant Colonels and equivalents are included in this pay bracket.
The Pay Band-4 for Lt Cols is among the four "core issues" raised by the Army, Navy and Air Force in the 6th Central Pay Commission (CPC) and that led to Services refusing to implement the CPC, a decision taken by the Cabinet in August this year.
"The Director Generals (DGs) of all the CPOs and CPMFs will present a memorandum to the Home Secretary this week. We will urge Home Minister Shivraj Patil to request his cabinet colleague, Pranab Mukherjee, to include 'Second-in-Command' ranks also in Pay Band-4," Home Ministry sources said.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
Sixth Pay Commission: GM's special offer for govt employees
Sixth Pay Commission: GM's special offer for govt employees
15 Oct 2008, 0210 hrs IST,TNN
NEW DELHI: Aiming to cash in on the salary revision by Sixth Pay Commission recently, carmaker General Motors India has announced a limited-period discount of up to Rs 62000 on various models during the festive season.
Under the scheme government employees would get a discount of Rs 31000 on Chevrolet U-VA and Rs 62000 on Chevrolet Spark, inclusive of all discounts and special offers that already exist.
"Similar special discounts would also be available on Chevrolet Aveo and Chevrolet Optra," the company said.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
15 Oct 2008, 0210 hrs IST,TNN
NEW DELHI: Aiming to cash in on the salary revision by Sixth Pay Commission recently, carmaker General Motors India has announced a limited-period discount of up to Rs 62000 on various models during the festive season.
Under the scheme government employees would get a discount of Rs 31000 on Chevrolet U-VA and Rs 62000 on Chevrolet Spark, inclusive of all discounts and special offers that already exist.
"Similar special discounts would also be available on Chevrolet Aveo and Chevrolet Optra," the company said.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sixth Pay Commission: Demand for 50 pc fee hike by private schools improper: BJP
Sixth Pay Commission: Demand for 50 pc fee hike by private schools improper: BJP
New Delhi, Oct 13: The Delhi BJP today termed as "improper" the demand for 50 per cent hike in fee by private schools ostensibly to pay their teachers as per the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.
The demand is unjustified as any hike in school fees will be gross injustice done to guardians of students studying in private schools, Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan said.
The private schools have been constructed on the land provided by Government at concessional rates and therefore the commercialisation of these schools was not justified at all, he said.
The private schools are demanding a hike of 50 percent in fees ostensibly to pay salaries to their teachers on the lines of recommendations the Sixth Pay Commission. However parents are opposing the move.
These schools increase the fees by about 10 percent every year and hence the demand for increasing fees by 50 percent on the pretext of the recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission should not be accepted, Vardhan said.
He said the people are already hit hard by the price rise and an increase in fees would have a severe impact on the citizens.
Noting that education is the fundamental right of the children, he said if the BJP came to power then it will not allow the commercialisation of education.
Bureau Report
Source: http://www.zeenews.com/
New Delhi, Oct 13: The Delhi BJP today termed as "improper" the demand for 50 per cent hike in fee by private schools ostensibly to pay their teachers as per the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.
The demand is unjustified as any hike in school fees will be gross injustice done to guardians of students studying in private schools, Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan said.
The private schools have been constructed on the land provided by Government at concessional rates and therefore the commercialisation of these schools was not justified at all, he said.
The private schools are demanding a hike of 50 percent in fees ostensibly to pay salaries to their teachers on the lines of recommendations the Sixth Pay Commission. However parents are opposing the move.
These schools increase the fees by about 10 percent every year and hence the demand for increasing fees by 50 percent on the pretext of the recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission should not be accepted, Vardhan said.
He said the people are already hit hard by the price rise and an increase in fees would have a severe impact on the citizens.
Noting that education is the fundamental right of the children, he said if the BJP came to power then it will not allow the commercialisation of education.
Bureau Report
Source: http://www.zeenews.com/
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