DAY-2 - IPO EXAM - CCS (CCA) RULES, 1965

Day-2 - IPO Exam - CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965

1. What are the deductions permitted from the subsistence allowance?

S.No.	Compulsory Deduction	Optional Deduction	Deduction Prohibitive
1	Income Tax	Premium due on PLI	Subscription to GPF
2	HRA and allied charges, i.e. electricity, water and furniture etc	Amount due to Co-operative Credit Societies	Amount due on court attachment
3	Repayment of Loans and advances taken from Government	Refund of advances taken from GPF	Recovery of loss to Government for which a government servant is responsible.
4	CGHS, CGEGIS – 1980

Not – The deduction should not more than one-third of the subsistence allowance excluding dearness allowance and other compensatory allowances from subsistence allowance. 

2. What are the administrative effects of suspension? 

a) Government servant is not supposed to attend office or mark attendance. Entry Card is withdrawan 

b) Scooter or car advance cannot be granted 

c) HBA can be granted 

d) LTC can be granted only to the family members 

e) Government servant can function as defense assistant. 

f) Government servant cannot be sent on training deputation etc. 

3. Resignation of a Government servant under suspension can be accepted only in public interest if:- 

a) Charges do not involve moral turpitude. 

b) Available evidence is not likely to lead to removal or dismissal 

c) The proceedings are likely to be very protracted and it would be cheaper to the Government to accept the resignation 

d) In above cases, resignation can be accepted with the approval of minister-in-charge in case of Group A and B officers and Head of Department in case of other officers. 

e) Sealed cover procedure has to be followed if a Government servant under suspension becomes eligible for consideration for promotion etc. 

f) Permission for voluntary retirement during suspension can be denied by the competent authority. 

g) On attaining the age of superannuation the suspended Government servant will be retired. Subsistence allowance shall be stopped. He will be paid only provision pension. 

h) LTC can be withheld if there is possibility of some money becoming recoverable as a result of the proceedings. 

i) Permission can be given to appear in Departmental Examination, but promotion will be considered only after finalization of the proceedings. 

7th CPC Gazette Notification by tomorrow ??????

It is expected by all Central Government employees that the Gazette Notification of 7th CPC implementation will be placed tomorrow..

Today there were only 2 notifications from MOC & IT . It is learnt that the full notification would be declared in the Central Gazette by tomorrow or by this saturday.....

The notification will provide clear picture on various accepted recommendations by the Government and modifications as to various items recommended by the 7th CPC..

The unions have clarified that the employees would be able to draw new pay scales by July 2015..

 However , it will not be possible to draw pay in july if notification is delayed.

The Pay Drawing officers / Accounts officers have raised concerns that only after receipt of fixation examples for various pay and enhancement of cadres are being clearly drafted , the consideration for july 2016 will be possible .

" we are not sure about the drawal by July..... may be in august ....and only after we receive clear memorandum from the finance ministry" said a pay drawing officer "

" Many II MACP aspirants may have to loose a couple of thousands in fixation" as per the new matrix..

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Postal Dept. bets big on ‘My Stamp’

THE SCHEME IS OPEN TO BOTH CORPORATES AND INDIVIDUALS DURING PUSHKARAMS

: The Postal Department is keen on attracting corporate companies through the ‘My Stamp’ scheme during the upcoming Krishna Pushkarams.

It is learnt that Amazon India and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited have already released their stamps which were officially printed by the Postal Department under the ‘My Stamp’ scheme.

Machilipatnam Postal Department Superintendent Y. Rama Krishna said that corporate companies could promote their logo and any other desired photo through the stamp that would be printed under the My Stamp scheme during Pushkarams.

For individuals, the Postal Department is offering a package of Rs. 300 for printing a photo on the stamp. “A dozen stamps will be issued for Rs. 300.

‘My Stamp’ has become one of the most celebrated gifts to children and people from other walks of life on important occasions such as birthdays and weddings,” said Mr. Rama Krishna.

At least a hundred stamp sheets were printed on July 6 alone. It’s a sign of huge demand for the stamp.

Individuals would also be allowed to have their desired photograph printed on the stamp.

The facility is available at all the major post offices, including Machilipatnam and Avanigadda, in eastern Krishna district.

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Supreme Court seeks government response on ex-servicemen plea on OROP

Supreme Court seeks government response on ex-servicemen plea on OROP

New Delhi: Supreme Court today sought the government’s response on a plea of an ex-servicemen’s body seeking implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) as recommended by the Koshyari Committee with an automatic annual revision, instead of the current policy of periodic review once in five years.

A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan issued notice and sought the response from the government in eight weeks.

The Indian Ex-servicemen Movement (IESM) and others have challenged the government’s policy of periodic review of pension once in five years, saying such an approach was dilution of the February 26, 2014 announcement by which the revision in pension was to automatically pass on to the past pensioners on an annual basis.

They have contended that five-yearly periodic review did not meet the demand of the ex-servicemen seeking OROP for the service personnel who had retired with same length of service in the same rank.

“OROP is the uniform desire of all three defence services. Ex-servicemen are presently drawing pension that is not consistent with their rank and/or length of service. In fact, some ex-servicemen are even drawing lesser pension than other ex-servicemen who retired with a subordinate rank or (in the same rank) which is unjust and unconstitutional,” the petition said.

It said that the Centre’s February 3, 2016 letter sent to the chiefs of Army, Navy and Air Force on OROP was “unjust, arbitrary and violative of Article 14 and 21 of the constitution.”

The plea sought a direction to the Centre “that the pension of past pensioners be automatically and contemporaneously enhanced, whenever there is any future increase or enhancement in the rates of pension.”

It further said the government should be directed to fix the pension on the basis of highest pension of financial year 2014-15 and not 2013.

IESM in its petition has referred to the December 19, 2011, report of Rajya Sabha’s Petition Committee then headed by Bhagat Singh Koshyari which rejected all reservation advanced by the government while “strongly recommending” OROP.

In its 142nd report, the Koshyari Committee had said, “the Committee strongly recommends that Government should implement OROP in the defence forces across the board at the earliest”.

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7th Pay Commission payout soon; Its time to plan for best tax-saving investment options

7th Pay Commission payout soon; best tax-saving investment options for you

The 7th Pay Commission payout is all set to begin with central government employees to get higher salaries and arrear payments soon with the Union Cabinet giving a go-ahead to the panel’s recommendations.

If you are a central government employee, the increased pay packet will come with its own set of concerns on managing the money. While there will be a portion for expenditure that has been pending, you need to have a definite plan of setting aside a decent amount as long-term savings and invest it in appropriate instruments. One portion of investment would be for tax-saving purposes.

You will have nearly eight months till March 31, 2017 to make your investment for tax-saving purposes but it is always good to start investing early. So, what are the options before you and what should you look for while investing for saving tax?

“There are a large variety of tax-saving options available under Section 80C of the Income-Tax Act. However, the key issues are the safety, returns and tax status while investing. You also have to consider the periodic returns and at the time of maturity or redemption,” Sanjeev Govila, CEO, Hum Fauji Initiative, told FeMoney.

Govila suggests Public Provident Fund (PPF) figures among the top of the list. “PPF is the best tax- saving avenue for the risk averse as it gives decent interest of 8.1 per cent as on date and enjoys the E-E-E (Exempt ExemptExempt) status. If someone finds the returns low and are prepared to accept some volatility of returns, tax saving mutual funds (called ELSS – Equity Linked Savings Scheme) are very good. They also have E-E-E status. If chosen carefully ELSS are likely to provide higher returns than PPF,” Govila said.

Though ELSS have the shortest lock-in period of all tax-saving investments of just three years, you can continue investing for as long as you want. Also contributions can be made regularly through automatic ECS from bank account. Govila, however, warns that ELSS returns are market linked.

“Apart from these, five year tax-saving bank FDs, insurance policies and NSC also are 80C investments. But low returns take their sheen off. NSC are E-E-E provided the interest received is shown re-invested in the I-T Returns each year (except the last year when it matures) and bank FDs are in the E-T-T bracket,” says Govila.

FeMoney spoke to leading personal finance advisor, Anil Rego, CEO and Founder, Rights Horizons to bring to you snapshot of the most-favoured tax-savings options under Section 80C as a ready reckoner.

Equity-linked Savings Scheme – Has lock-in of 3 years; can be invested up to be a maximum of Rs.1.5 lakhs under 80C and others: 

• Public Provident Fund – Has lock-in of 7 years, investments are eligible for tax exemption u/s 80C 
• Sukanya Samridhi Scheme (If the investor has a girl child)- Investments can be withdrawn only after girl turns 21 or 50 per cent of the corpus when girl turns 18 or gets married 
• National savings certificates – NSC-VIII has a lock in period for 5 years and NSC-IX has lock in for 10 years. There is no maximum limit of investment in NSC, but you can claim a tax deduction for Rs 1.5 lakhs under section 80C 
• Tax free bonds – These bonds are not eligible for deduction under section 80C. It means that the interest earned on tax-free bonds is exempted from taxation. However, the bonds are subject to capital gains tax. Usually these bonds have a lock in period of 5 years 
• Insurance policies – Though these can be used for tax savings under Section 80C, Rego advises that the principal aim of insurance should be to cover life risk rather than as an investment instrument. 

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7th CPC: Gazette to be issued in a week

The central government employees' unions are trying to douse all speculation and rumours whether the 7th Pay Commission will be implemented or not, saying that notification towards implementation of the Pay Commission will be issued early this week.

The government's flip flop in accepting the employees demand and further setting up a high level committee to look into their demands, has created confusion among central government employees whether or not the 7th Pay Commission will be implemented soon.

“There should not be any doubt that salary for the month of July onward will be based on 7th CPC recommendations approved by the government on 29th June, 2016 with only change that, all the allowances, as admissible at present, will continue till report of various committees set up for different purposes are finalized. Gazette Notification for the same is expected today or early next week", said Shiv Gopal Mishra, Convenor, of National Joint Council of Action (NJCA) in his official blog.

National Joint Council of Action is an umbrella body of 33 lakh central government employees including Railways, Defence, and other central government unions.

Mishra had earlier said that NJCA will put forth its demands to government very strongly and hopes positive outcome from the negotiations.

He reiterated that the minimum wages recommended by 7th Pay Commission were not acceptable to the government employees and hopes that the high level committee, which government will set up to look into raising minimum salary, would do the needful in this regard in stipulated time frame i.e. four months.

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Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules - 1965 Q and A

Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules - 1965

1. What is the full form of CCS (CCA) Rules? – Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal)

2. In which year the CCS (CCA) rules were framed – 1965

3. Who is authorized to frame rules to regulate the recruitment and condition of services of central government employees? – President of India

4. Name of two essential features of the inquiry provided in Article 311 –

i. The government servant has to be informed of the charges.
ii. He must be given reasonable opportunity to defend himself.

5. Disciplinary Authority :-

I. Disciplinary authority means the authority competent under the CCA (CCS) rules, 1965 to impose on a Government Servant any one of the penalties in Rule 11 therefore.
II. The penalties specified in Rule 11 may be imposed by the specified in the schedule appended to the rule.
III. No major penalty shall be imposed by any authority subordinate to the appointing authority.

6. Ad hoc Disciplinary Authority

I. Where the prescribed appointing authority or disciplinary authority is unable to function as disciplinary in respect of an official on account of his being personally concerned with the charges or being a material witness in support of the charge.
II. Where the appointing authority in respect of an official is of higher rank than the present Disciplinary authority.

7. Can an officer performing current duties of a post exercise statutory powers?

I. An officer appointed to perform the current duties of the post can exercise administrative or financial powers only vested and he cannot exercise statutory powers.
II. The officer holding current duties of a higher post can exercise the powers of the competent authority in so far as passing of order of suspension pending investigation is concerned.

8. What are the entitlement during suspension

I. For the first three months

i. Subsistence allowance equal to leave salary on half pay leave
ii. DA on the subsistence allowance
iii. HRA as admissible before suspension

II. After three months subsistence allowance can be increased or decreased up to 50% of the original subsistence allowance depending upon whether the period of suspension has been prolonged due to reasons directly attributable to the government. 

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