RECEPTION COMMITTEE
Friday, March 31, 2023
RATE OF INTEREST ON COMPUTER ADVANCE FOR FY 2023-24: FINMIN OM
F.No. 5(2)-B(PD)/2023
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Economic Affairs
(Budget Division)
North block, New-Delhi
Dated the 29th March, 2023
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Advances to Government Servants — Rate of interest for purchase of Computer during 2023-24.
The undersigned is directed to state that the rate of interest for advance sanctioned to the Government servants for purchase of computer during 2023-24 i.e. from 1st April, 2023 to 31st March, 2024 is as under:
Rate of interest per annum
Advance for purchase of Computer 9.1%
(Sanjay Rawat)
Under Secretary (Budget)
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
PRESS NEWS
Ministry of Finance
LAST DATE FOR LINKING OF PAN-AADHAAR EXTENDED
Posted On: 28 MAR 2023 2:48PM by PIB Delhi
In order to provide some more time to the taxpayers, the date for linking PAN and Aadhaar has been extended to 30th June, 2023, whereby persons can intimate their Aadhaar to the prescribed authority for Aadhaar-PAN linking without facing repercussions. Notification to this effect is being issued separately
Under the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961(the ‘Act’) every person who has been allotted a PAN as on 1st July, 2017 and is eligible to obtain Aadhaar Number, is required to intimate his Aadhaar to the prescribed authority on or before 31st March, 2023, on payment of a prescribed fee. Failure to do so shall attract certain repercussions under the Act w.e.f. 1st April, 2023. The date for intimating Aadhaar to the prescribed authority for the purpose of linking PAN and Aadhaar has now been extended to 30th June, 2023.
From 1st July, 2023, the PAN of taxpayers who have failed to intimate their Aadhaar, as required, shall become inoperative and the consequences during the period that PAN remains inoperative will be as follows:
i. no refund shall be made against such PANs;
ii. interest shall not be payable on such refund for the period during which PAN remains inoperative; and
iii. TDS and TCS shall be deducted /collected at higher rate, as provided in the Act.
The PAN can be made operative again in 30 days, upon intimation of Aadhaar to the prescribed authority after payment of fee of Rs.1,000.
Those persons who have been exempted from PAN-Aadhaar linking will not be liable to the consequences mentioned above. This category includes those residing in specified States, a non-resident as per the Act, an individual who is not a citizen of India or individuals of the age of eighty years or more at any time during the previous year.
It is stated that more than 51 crore PANs have already been linked with Aadhaar till date. PAN can be linked with Aadhaar by accessing the following link https://eportal.incometax.gov.in/iec/foservices/#/pre-login/bl-link-aadhaar .
PPG/KMN (Release ID: 1911396)
Saturday, March 25, 2023
DEARNESS ALLOWANCE AND DEARNESS RELIEF FROM 01.01.2023: CABINET APPROVES 4% HIKE
Ministry of Finance
Cabinet approves release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Pensioners, due from 01.01.2023
Posted On: 24 MAR 2023 9:13PM by PIB Delhi
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today has given its approval to release an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to Central Governments employees and Dearness Relief to Pensioners with effect from 01.01.2023. The additional instalment will represent an increase of 4% over the existing rate of 38% of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate against price rise.
The combine impact on the exchequer on account of both Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief would be Rs.12,815.60 crore per annum.
This will benefit about 47.58 lakh Central Governments employees and 69.76 lakh pensioners.
This increase is in accordance with the accepted formular which is based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission.
*****
DS
(Release ID: 1910515)
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Monday, March 13, 2023
No. --/2023/AISGEF/HQ Dated, March 14, 2023.
To
The Finance
Secretary,
Government of India,
Central Secretariat,
New Delhi
(THROUGH THE DIVISIONAL
MAGISTRATE / DISTRICT COLLECTOR)
Sir,
Sub: Government Employees and Teachers across
India – Issues of – Redressal – Regarding.
Ref: Joint National Convention on 8 December, 2022.
We, the Employees & Teachers working under
Central Government and the State Governments, assembled in the National
Convention held at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi, on 8 December, 2022, at the
call of the All India State Government Employees’ Federation and the
Confederation of the Central Government Employees & Workers, resolved to
strengthen our united struggle to protect the hard-earned rights of the Central
and State Government Employees and Teachers.
The neoliberal policies have put the country's Civil
Service in a deep crisis. Civil Service is the unique mechanism for solving the
basic life needs of the ordinary people, and it has significant roles and
responsibilities on behalf of the Government. The strength and functions of
Civil Service need to be improved according to the development of society. But
the new economic policy dictates withdrawal of Government from all sectors,
causing the downsizing of Civil Service. Outsourcing, contractorisation, and
privatisation are increasing. Lakhs of posts remain vacant, causing unbearable
workload for the existing employees.
As part of implementing the neo-liberal policies,
the NDA government introduced the New Pension System in the Central Government
Service from 1 January, 2004. The Defined Benefit Pension Scheme for government
employees has been a well-built and best-of-all social security scheme without
any pecuniary contribution from the beneficiaries. The Defined Benefit Pension
Scheme had an inbuilt system for contribution from the beneficiaries in the
form of suppressed wages. Privatised Pension Scheme is now the most prominent
economic offensive of neoliberal globalisation, which has engulfed the workers
and employees worldwide. Following the IMF-World Bank Policy on Pension
Reforms, the Government of India introduced the so-called "New Pension
Scheme." In the wake of the
intensification of the neoliberal economic system, the IMF and the World Bank
seriously took up Privatised Pension Schemes for implementation. They
prescribed total linkage of pension funds with the market economy. They
compelled the scheme to depend on profit and loss from share market, without
any government control or intervention. Later the UPA Government renamed it as
the National Pension Scheme, and the Bill was enacted in the Parliament with
the support of the NDA.
Recently Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Punjab
& Himachal Pradesh State Governments have issued orders and notifications
for rollback to the Defined Benefit Pension Scheme. But the PFRDA Act subsists
as the sword of Damocles. It is the bounden duty of Central and the State
Governments employees and teachers to fight against the disastrous NPS. Through
consistent and continuous struggles, we aspire to pressurise the Union
Government to repeal the PFRDA Act, and enrol all NPS subscribers to the
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.
More than ten lakh posts in the Central Civil
Service are currently lying vacant. Nearly half of the sanctioned posts in many
States are filled up with contractual / outsourced / daily waged employees.
Last-grade posts completely vanished, and contract appointments are made even
to higher positions. The general attitude of the Union Government and most
State Governments towards the recruitment policy is one and the same. They are
trying to shrink the government system as much as possible. This is the general
approach and framework of neoliberal reforms. During the pandemic period, our
country also felt severely the shortcomings in the public health &
education system.
The public sector in our country was an instrument
to attain a self-reliant economy and create the country's industrial base. It
played an essential role in developing balanced regional growth. Dismantling
the public sector means subjugating our national economic interests, financial
independence, and sovereignty to the interests of International Finance
Capital, to imperialist interests.
The cost of living is going up alarmingly. The Union
Government should appoint the VIII Pay Commission considering all the aspects.
There is no parity of pay in States. In some States periodical pay revision
once-in-five years is prevailing. The Union Government should also follow
periodical pay revision once-in-five years as in the financial sector and
public sector undertakings. The Centre-States relations should be redesigned,
and the Union Government should allocate sufficient funds to the State
Governments for the pay revision of their employees.
The Union Government and a vast majority of the
State Governments allocate DA arrears to their employees only late which puts
the daily lives of the fixed-income earners like government employees in big
crises. The constant rise in prices of daily necessities and the high cost of
living are disrupting life. The DA released on time helps employees save at
least a little in the face of rising prices and soaring costs. Periodical wage
revision is not being implemented in most of the States.
Hence, the National Convention held at Talkotora
Stadium on8 December 2022 decided to call upon the Central and the State
Governments Employees & Teachers all over the country to rise unitedly to
fight for the following demands:
● Annul PFRDA Act; Scrape
NPS.
● Regularise all
contractual / outsourced / daily waged employees; urgently fill up all
vacancies in Central / State Government / PSUs.
● Stop privatisation /
corporatisation of PSUs.
● Constitute the VIII
Central Pay Commission.
● Release all DA / DR,
including confiscated arrears.
● Remove all riders and
restrictions on compassionate employment.
● Ensure democratic trade
union rights.
As part of the agitation, we decided to conduct Sit-in Dharna in Jantar Mantar and in all District Headquarters on 14 March raising the above seven point Charter of Demands. We request you to forward the representation to the Concerned officials at the earliest.
For and on behalf of
For and on behalf of
***********************************************
No. --/2023/AISGEF/HQ Dated, March 14, 2023.
To
The Cabinet Secretary,
Government of India,
Central Secretariat,
New Delhi
(THROUGH THE DIVISIONAL MAGISTRATE / DISTRICT COLLECTOR)
Sir,
Sub: Government Employees and Teachers across India – Issues of – Redressal – Regarding.
Ref: Joint National Convention on 8 December, 2022.
We,
the Employees & Teachers working under Central Government and the State
Governments, assembled in the National Convention held at Talkatora Stadium,
New Delhi, on 8 December, 2022, at the call of the All India State Government
Employees’ Federation and the Confederation of the Central Government Employees
& Workers, resolved to strengthen our united struggle to protect the
hard-earned rights of the Central and State Government Employees and Teachers.
The
neoliberal policies have put the country's Civil Service in a deep crisis.
Civil Service is the unique mechanism for solving the basic life needs of the
ordinary people, and it has significant roles and responsibilities on behalf of
the Government. The strength and functions of Civil Service need to be improved
according to the development of society. But the new economic policy dictates
withdrawal of Government from all sectors, causing the downsizing of Civil
Service. Outsourcing, contractorisation, and privatisation are increasing.
Lakhs of posts remain vacant, causing unbearable workload for the existing
employees.
As
part of implementing the neo-liberal policies, the NDA government introduced
the New Pension System in the Central Government Service from 1 January, 2004.
The Defined Benefit Pension Scheme for government employees has been a
well-built and best-of-all social security scheme without any pecuniary
contribution from the beneficiaries. The Defined Benefit Pension Scheme had an
inbuilt system for contribution from the beneficiaries in the form of
suppressed wages. Privatised Pension Scheme is now the most prominent economic
offensive of neoliberal globalisation, which has engulfed the workers and
employees worldwide. Following the IMF-World Bank Policy on Pension Reforms,
the Government of India introduced the so-called "New Pension
Scheme." In the wake of the
intensification of the neoliberal economic system, the IMF and the World Bank
seriously took up Privatised Pension Schemes for implementation. They
prescribed total linkage of pension funds with the market economy. They
compelled the scheme to depend on profit and loss from share market, without
any government control or intervention. Later the UPA Government renamed it as
the National Pension Scheme, and the Bill was enacted in the Parliament with
the support of the NDA.
Recently
Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Punjab & Himachal Pradesh State
Governments have issued orders and notifications for rollback to the Defined
Benefit Pension Scheme. But the PFRDA Act subsists as the sword of Damocles. It
is the bounden duty of Central and the State Governments employees and teachers
to fight against the disastrous NPS. Through consistent and continuous struggles,
we aspire to pressurise the Union Government to repeal the PFRDA Act, and enrol
all NPS subscribers to the Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.
More
than ten lakh posts in the Central Civil Service are currently lying vacant.
Nearly half of the sanctioned posts in many States are filled up with
contractual / outsourced / daily waged employees. Last-grade posts completely
vanished, and contract appointments are made even to higher positions. The
general attitude of the Union Government and most State Governments towards the
recruitment policy is one and the same. They are trying to shrink the
government system as much as possible. This is the general approach and
framework of neoliberal reforms. During the pandemic period, our country also
felt severely the shortcomings in the public health & education system.
The
public sector in our country was an instrument to attain a self-reliant economy
and create the country's industrial base. It played an essential role in
developing balanced regional growth. Dismantling the public sector means
subjugating our national economic interests, financial independence, and
sovereignty to the interests of International Finance Capital, to imperialist
interests.
The
cost of living is going up alarmingly. The Union Government should appoint the
VIII Pay Commission considering all the aspects. There is no parity of pay in
States. In some States periodical pay revision once-in-five years is
prevailing. The Union Government should also follow periodical pay revision
once-in-five years as in the financial sector and public sector undertakings.
The Centre-States relations should be redesigned, and the Union Government
should allocate sufficient funds to the State Governments for the pay revision
of their employees.
The
Union Government and a vast majority of the State Governments allocate DA
arrears to their employees only late which puts the daily lives of the
fixed-income earners like government employees in big crises. The constant rise
in prices of daily necessities and the high cost of living are disrupting life.
The DA released on time helps employees save at least a little in the face of
rising prices and soaring costs. Periodical wage revision is not being
implemented in most of the States.
Hence,
the National Convention held at Talkotora Stadium on 8 December 2022, decided
to call upon the Central and the State Governments Employees & Teachers all
over the country to rise unitedly to fight for the following demands:
● Annul PFRDA Act; Scrape NPS.
● Regularise all contractual / outsourced / daily waged
employees; urgently fill up all vacancies in Central / State Government / PSUs.
● Stop privatisation / corporatisation of PSUs.
● Constitute the VIII Central Pay Commission.
● Release all DA / DR, including confiscated arrears.
● Remove all riders and restrictions on compassionate
employment.
● Ensure democratic trade union rights.
As part of the agitation, we decided to conduct Sit-in Dharna in Jantar Mantar and in all District Headquarters on 14 March raising the above seven point Charter of Demands. We request you to forward the representation to the Concerned officials at the earliest.
For and on behalf of
For
and on behalf of
***************************************
No. --/2023/AISGEF/HQ Dated, March 14, 2023.
To
The Chief
Secretary,
Government of ……………..,
Government Secretariat,
……………………………
(THROUGH THE DIVISIONAL
MAGISTRATE / DISTRICT COLLECTOR)
Sir,
Sub: Government Employees and Teachers across
India – Issues of – Redressal – Regarding.
Ref: Joint National Convention on 8 December,
2022.
We, the Employees & Teachers working under
Central Government and the State Governments, assembled in the National
Convention held at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi, on 8 December, 2022, at the
call of the All India State Government Employees’ Federation and the
Confederation of the Central Government Employees & Workers, resolved to
strengthen our united struggle to protect the hard-earned rights of the Central
and State Government Employees and Teachers.
The neoliberal policies have put the country's Civil
Service in a deep crisis. Civil Service is the unique mechanism for solving the
basic life needs of the ordinary people, and it has significant roles and
responsibilities on behalf of the Government. The strength and functions of
Civil Service need to be improved according to the development of society. But
the new economic policy dictates withdrawal of Government from all sectors,
causing the downsizing of Civil Service. Outsourcing, contractorisation, and
privatisation are increasing. Lakhs of posts remain vacant, causing unbearable
workload for the existing employees.
As part of implementing the neo-liberal policies,
the NDA government introduced the New Pension System in the Central Government
Service from 1 January, 2004. The Defined Benefit Pension Scheme for government
employees has been a well-built and best-of-all social security scheme without
any pecuniary contribution from the beneficiaries. The Defined Benefit Pension
Scheme had an inbuilt system for contribution from the beneficiaries in the
form of suppressed wages. Privatised Pension Scheme is now the most prominent
economic offensive of neoliberal globalisation, which has engulfed the workers
and employees worldwide. Following the IMF-World Bank Policy on Pension
Reforms, the Government of India introduced the so-called "New Pension
Scheme." In the wake of the
intensification of the neoliberal economic system, the IMF and the World Bank
seriously took up Privatised Pension Schemes for implementation. They
prescribed total linkage of pension funds with the market economy. They
compelled the scheme to depend on profit and loss from share market, without
any government control or intervention. Later the UPA Government renamed it as
the National Pension Scheme, and the Bill was enacted in the Parliament with
the support of the NDA.
Recently Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Punjab
& Himachal Pradesh State Governments have issued orders and notifications
for rollback to the Defined Benefit Pension Scheme. But the PFRDA Act subsists
as the sword of Damocles. It is the bounden duty of Central and the State
Governments employees and teachers to fight against the disastrous NPS. Through
consistent and continuous struggles, we aspire to pressurise the Union
Government to repeal the PFRDA Act, and enrol all NPS subscribers to the
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.
More than ten lakh posts in the Central Civil
Service are currently lying vacant. Nearly half of the sanctioned posts in many
States are filled up with contractual / outsourced / daily waged employees.
Last-grade posts completely vanished, and contract appointments are made even
to higher positions. The general attitude of the Union Government and most
State Governments towards the recruitment policy is one and the same. They are
trying to shrink the government system as much as possible. This is the general
approach and framework of neoliberal reforms. During the pandemic period, our
country also felt severely the shortcomings in the public health &
education system.
The public sector in our country was an instrument
to attain a self-reliant economy and create the country's industrial base. It
played an essential role in developing balanced regional growth. Dismantling
the public sector means subjugating our national economic interests, financial
independence, and sovereignty to the interests of International Finance
Capital, to imperialist interests.
The cost of living is going up alarmingly. The Union
Government should appoint the VIII Pay Commission considering all the aspects.
There is no parity of pay in States. In some States periodical pay revision
once-in-five years is prevailing. The Union Government should also follow
periodical pay revision once-in-five years as in the financial sector and
public sector undertakings. The Centre-States relations should be redesigned,
and the Union Government should allocate sufficient funds to the State
Governments for the pay revision of their employees.
The Union Government and a vast majority of the
State Governments allocate DA arrears to their employees only late which puts
the daily lives of the fixed-income earners like government employees in big
crises. The constant rise in prices of daily necessities and the high cost of
living are disrupting life. The DA released on time helps employees save at
least a little in the face of rising prices and soaring costs. Periodical wage
revision is not being implemented in most of the States.
Hence, the National Convention held at at Talkotora
Stadium on 8 December 2022 decided to call upon the Central and the State
Governments Employees & Teachers all over the country to rise unitedly to
fight for the following demands:
● Annul PFRDA Act; Scrape
NPS.
● Regularise all
contractual / outsourced / daily waged employees; urgently fill up all
vacancies in Central / State Government / PSUs.
● Stop privatisation /
corporatisation of PSUs.
● Constitute the VIII
Central Pay Commission.
● Release all DA / DR,
including confiscated arrears.
● Remove all riders and
restrictions on compassionate employment.
● Ensure democratic trade
union rights.
As part of the agitation, we decided to conduct Sit-in Dharna in Jantar Mantar and in all District Headquarters on 14 March raising the above seven point Charter of Demands. We request you to forward the representation to the Concerned officials at the earliest.
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