Dearness Allowance close contact with AICPIN

 

Dearness Allowance for Central Government Employees as per 6th CPC.

        We are all well known that the Dearness allowance calculation is based on All India Consumer Price Index numbers. AICPIN has been published by Labour Bureau in every month,and an attached office of the Ministry of Labour & Employment, has been compiling Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (CPIIW) since its inception in the year 1946.

Earlier the Government of India accepted the recommendation through a scheme called “Cost of Living Index Numbers scheme” in the year 1941.

In 1946, started compiling and publishing an interim series of All India Average Working Class Cost of Living Index Numbers by Labour Bureau.

The Labour Bureau compiled and published centre-wise and all India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers with base year 1960=100 from August, 1968 to September, 1988.

Working Class Family Income & Expenditure Surveys were conducted by the Labour Bureau during the period 1970-71 at 60 centres and during the period 1981-82 at 70 centres belonging to All India and 6 additional centres. On the basis of the results of 1981-82 survey, a new series of centre-wise and all India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers with base year 1982=100 was compiled and published during the period October, 1988 to December, 2005.

The current series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers with base year 2001=100 had been released with effect from January, 2006 index.

This series is based on the Working Class Family Income & Expenditure Surveys conducted during the period 1999-2000 at 78 important industrial centres throughout the country.

These Consumer Price Indices measure the changes in the level of retail prices of a fixed set of goods and services consumed by an average working class family in a given area, over time with reference to a base year.

These indices are utilised for regulation of wages and dearness allowance of millions of workers and employees in the country. These indices serve as important indicators of retail price movement in the country.

These are all the base information’s about AICPIN for calculating dearness allowance to Central Government employees. We just go through the enhanced percentage of dearness allowance month by month in the below table.

Month / Year	B.Y. 2001=100	Total of 12 Months	12 Months Average	% Increase over 115.763	App. DA	DA %	Enhanced DA %	AICPIN Low	AICPIN High	AICPIN Diff.	DA Increasing %
Jan-06						0
Jun-06	123	721	60.08			2		119	123	4
Dec-06	127	1475	122.92	7.16	6.18	6	4%	123	127	4	200%
Jun-07	130	1523	126.92	11.16	9.64	9	3%	127	130	3	50%
Dec-07	134	1569	130.75	14.99	12.95	12	3%	130	134	4	33%
Jun-08	140	1623	135.25	19.49	16.84	16	4%	134	140	6	33%
Dec-08	147	1700	141.67	25.91	22.38	22	6%	140	147	7	38%
Jun-09	153	1775	147.92	32.16	27.78	27	5%	147	153	6	23%
Dec-09	169	1885	157.08	41.32	35.70	35	8%	153	169	16	30%
Jun-10	174	2015	167.92	52.16	45.05	45	10%	169	174	5	29%
Dec-10	185	2111	175.92	60.16	51.97	51	6%	185	189	4	13%
Jun-11	189	2203	183.58	67.82	58.59	58(Expected)	7%	185	189	4	14%

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MODERNISATION OF DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

            Government has approved the 'IT MODERNIZATION PROJECT' of Department of Posts for computerization of Post Offices, Mail Offices, Administrative Offices and other field offices. This will involve establishment of required IT infrastructure, development of required software applications with an outlay of Rs.1877.2 crore. The project has the following salient features:

•    It will establish IT infrastructure of Data Centre and Disaster Recovery Centre and networking of all Departmental Post Offices including appropriate connectivity in the Branch Post Offices in the rural area.

•    The project envisages development of integrated modular scalable applications for Mail, kBanking, Postal Life Insurance, solutions for Accounts and HR operations of the department.

•    The rural post offices will be provided with rural ICT devices with required applications for performing Postal, Savings Bank, Insurance, MGNREGS and Money Order operations.

•    Provision has been made for training, change management, capacity building of the employees of the department along with Project Management activity for smooth and timely implementation of the project.

            It is planned to network all Departmental Post Offices and Branch Post Offices in the country subject to availability of connectivity and resources under the "India Post Technology Project-2012".

            The departmental Post Offices are proposed to be networked with appropriate connectivity. Branch Post Offices located in rural areas are proposed to be networked using available connectivity at these locations. The rural ICT Devices in the Branch Post Offices will have the capacity to work in both online/offline mode. The IT project is expected to be implemented by 2012-13 subject to the availability of funds.

            This information was given by Shri Sachin Pilot, the Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

Source: PIB

Latest Census of Central Government Employees 2011

Total Central Government Employees: 31.16 Lakhs

Railway: 45.32 %
MO Home: 22.20 %
Defence Civil: 11.35 %
Communication and IT: 7.7 %
Finance: 3.62 %
Other Ministries and Departments: 9.76 %
Regular Employees: 3.20 Lakh
Total Women Employees: 10.26.
Non Gazzetted Employees: 96 %.
Regular employees are Group C 57.80
Group D (Now Group C) 30.62 %.
Group B: 8.63 %
Group A: 2.95 %
53% of employees are living in 'C' Class and unclassified cities.
15.31 % in B2 Cities.
4.61% in B1 Cities.
11.10% in A Cities
15.66% in A1 Cities.

Ministry of Labour & Employment

UPDATING RECORDS OF RECORDS OF TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP

            The Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has informed the Rajya Sabha the general verification of membership of Trade Unions affiliated to Central Trade Union Organizations(CTUOs) was last done with date of reckoning as 31.12.2002 and state-wise as well as industry-wise result was notified by this Ministry vide order dated 11.1.2008.

            The registration of Trade Unions is done by the respective Registrars of the Trade Unions of the State Governments and the registered Trade Unions are required to submit annual Statutory Returns to the Registrars of Trade unions of the State Governments. The membership data is not required to be routed to the Ministry under the Trade Unions Act, 1926 and, hence, not maintained centrally.

Section 28 (4) of the Trade Unions Act, 1926 provides for examination of the documents relating to annual returns submitted by the Trade Unions, by the Registrar or any officer authorized by him.

            The process of fresh general verification of Trade Unions affiliated to Central Trade Union Organizations has already commenced. This is a lengthy and time consuming process. So far, two meetings of the Standing Committee on general verification, comprising representatives from various Central Trade Union organizations have been held under the chairmanship of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) and the date of reckoning for fresh general verification unanimously decided as 31.12.2011.

            The Minister was replying to a written question in the Rajya Sabha today.

Source: PIB