21-6-2014
YOU CAN FLY, WHY TRAVEL IN TRAINS?
Some 'economists' have justified rail fare hike stating that the difference between
air fare and rail fare has narrowed down! For them it is a good sign.
What about the ordinary people who travel in the ordinary second class compartments?
If you do not travel you need not worry about any fare hike.
If you do not eat, you need not worry about price rise.
Friday’s Rail passenger fare hike is the steepest since 1999, when the NDA government came to power.
The Railways raised fares only thrice in the next 15 years, and on one occasion the hike was reversed.
Over the same period, the wholesale price index rose by over 70 per cent.
In 2002-03, the then Railway Minister Nitish Kumar raised fares marginally by up to Rs.6 in some classes.
For the next 10 years, railway ministers Lalu Prasad and Mamata Banerjee allowed no increases.
Dinesh Trivedi of the Trinamool Congress raised fares by up to 30 paise per kilometre in
Rail Budget 2012-13, a decision that cost him his job as Railway Minister.
His successor was Mamata’s close aide Mukul Roy, who rolled back the hike.
Earlier, Sri Naredndra Modi, the Present PM himself, as the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, wanted
rollback of rail fare hike.
Politicians can change their colours very often.
20-6-2014
PRE-BUDGET HIT
The government has decided to hike Railway passenger fare by 14.2% in all classes.
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20--6-2014
PAYMENT OF FIRST PENSION WITHOUT DELAY
NEW STEP BY THE DEPT OF PENSION
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Reducing Delays in First Payment of Pension – Submission of Undertaking along with Pension Papers – Issue of PPO on the Date of Retirement – Reg
The Government has observed that the first payment of pension after retirement gets delayed mainly due to two reasons. One, the delay in receipt of intimation by the pensioner that pension papers have reached the bank and two, delay on part of the pensioner in approaching the bank for submission of undertaking that he shall refund or make good any amount to which he is not entitled.
In a recent workshop with Pension Secretaries of State Governments, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions stated that the Government had decided that the required “Undertaking” may be obtained by the Head of Office from the retiring Government servant and forwarded to the pension disbursing bank along with the Pension Payment Order (PPO). The bank shall credit the pension to the account of the pensioner as soon as this Undertaking is received along with the pension documents. The pensioner would no longer be required to visit the bank to activate the first payment of pension.
This change in procedure has one additional advantage that the PPO can now be handed over in person to the retiring employee along with other retirement dues. Earlier the pensioner had to approach the bank to his copy of PPO.
With this change in rules and procedures, the pensioners would be saved considerable inconvenience and delay and his pension will commence as soon as he retires.
This and other reform initiatives were brought forth by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State in his meeting with the Pension Secretaries of State Governments held on June 12, 2014.
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20-6-14
CHQ ISSUES CIRCULAR TO CIRCLE SECRETARIES AND DIST. SECRETARIES TO APPROACHM.Ps TO WRITE TO P.M AND MOC&IT REQUESTING THEIR INTERVENTION TO SOLVE 78.2% IDA
MERGER TO PENSIONERS
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....CHQ NEWS
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