Thursday 1 November 2012


EDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012

Pay of seniors getting less pay than juniors to be hiked


Recent Office Memorandum issued by DOPT for stepping up of pay of Senior Employees at par with junior employees who are getting more pay than seniors on account of ACP:
Check the following Office Memorandum issued by DOPT in this issue
The Tribune in its latest release explains this stepping up of pay as follows
Removing certain anomalies in its career progression scheme, the Central government has ordered stepping up of pay of employees in cases where a senior is getting lower emoluments than his junior.
The disparities had arisen between employees who came under the scheme before 2006 and those who got benefits between 2006 and 2008 consequent to the implementation of the Sixth Central Pay Commission (SPC).
Orders issued by the Department of Personnel and Training earlier this month state, “It has been decided to allow stepping up of pay in such cases where the senior, but for the pay revision on account of the SPC, would have continued to draw higher pay”.
A large number of Central government employees will be financially benefited by this order. The employees affected had taken up the matter with the government and the anomalies committee, following which the issue was examined by the Department of Expenditure.
The government’s Assured Career Progression Scheme (ACPS), which granted two financial upgrades on completion of 12 and 24 years of regular service to employees who did not get promotion in the existing grade, was applicable up till August 2008.
It was replaced in September 2008 by the Modified Career Progression Scheme. As the revised pay scales under SPC were applicable with effect from January 2006, those employees who received benefits under ACPS between 2006 to 2008 got financial upgrade in the revised scales. Consequently, senior employees who got benefit under ACPS prior to 1996 began drawing lesser pay than their juniors.
The new order stipulates that for pay to be stepped up under the scheme, the junior and senior employee should belong to the same cadre and the posts in which they have been promoted or upgraded should be identical. Further, the senior employee should have been drawing equal or more pay than the junior before receiving ACPS benefits.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012

CTS-2010 standards for cheques issued by Government Departments

CTS – 2010 (Cheque Truncation system) is a standard prescribed by RBI in respect of cheques issued by Banks as well as Government for the purpose of avoiding any fraudulent activities.
 
In order to maintain standard prescribed in the RBI Manual for CTS 2010, the Ministry of Finance has issued following Office Memorandum dated 22.10.2012
No.9(4)/2011/TA/680
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
Controller General of Accounts
 Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market
New Delhi, Dated: .22.10.2012
OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Standardization and enhancement of security features in Cheque Forms-CTS-2010 Standard -reg.

1. Reserve Bank of India has prescribed certain benchmarks towards achieving standaridization of cheques viz. CTS 2010 Standard and requested for making arrangements to ensure that the PAOs procure only the CTS 2010.

2. In this connection, instructions issued by this Office vide O.M. No.9(40)/2011/TA/362 dated 17.5.2012 may also be referred to. it is informed that this Office has already requested GM, Govt. of India Press, Nasik vide our letter No.9(40)/2011/TA/468 dated 12.7.2012 to ensure that cheques printed at ISP, Nasik for use by all Government Ministries/Departments fully comply the "CTS 2010 Standard'.

3. All Ministries/Departments are requested to ensure that all cheques printed/procured for use by Government offices should adhere to the "CTS 2010 Standard".

Sd/-
(T.R.Padmavathy) 
Assistant Controller of Accounts

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