A 52-year-old female Bank manager committed suicide by hanging at her residence at Sharbath Katte on October 12.
The deceased has been identified as Padmavati (52) from Sharbath Katte. Padmavati was working as the manager in Canara Bank, Bejai Branch.
According to sources, Padmavati was residing in Shaktinagar and had recently moved to a new Apartment in Sharbath Katte. The housewarming ceremony was held on Monday, October 10. On October 12, evening Padmavati committed suicide by hanging herself in her new Apartment.
Police sources said that Padmavati committed suicide due to work pressure. A case has been registered at the Kadri Police station and the investigation is on.
We learnt that the Notification of the Wage Revision of PSGICS will be probably done by evening today.
We salute all the Office Bearers and Members of GIEAIA and all the Unions, Associations and Welfare Associations for their long struggle in achieving the present wage revision @ 12 05 per cent in extremely difficult conditions although we were demanding at par with LICI and tried our level best.
Comrades we hope the issue of increase in Family Pension and Company's Contribution @14 per cent to NPS Optees shall also be addressed soon. GIEAIA has been persuing these issues with all seriousness with GIPSA / DFS.
We once again give a clarion call to the entire leadership and rank and file to putforth best efforts to strengthen PSGICs to fight against unilateral and unconstitutional imposition of KPI, Restructuring and to seriously intensify the struggle for formation of Single Monolithic Corporation by merger of all four PSGI Companies.
Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous Diwali.
Preliminary Action taken Reports on recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee (110th report on Pensioners Grievances) have been submitted to Rajya Sabha Secretariat.
DoP&PW says recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for grant of additional pension to the pensioners at the age of 65 and above was referred to the Ministry of Finance and enhancement of FMA is under consideration at DoP&PW. 110th report on Pensioners Grievances-Impact of Pension Adalats and Centralized Pensioners Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPENGRAMS) was submitted to Rajya Sabha on 10th December 2021. Replying to the RTI questions about the action taken on the committee’s recommendations answers for the following two recommendations were given by DoP&PW.
Reply given for the question for grant of additional pension to the pensioners at the age of 65, 70 and 75 as recommended by the committee.
In so far as this CPIO is concerned, it is informed that the recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for grant of additional pension to the pensioners at the age of 65 and above was referred to the Ministry of Finance on 21.03.2022. However, it is also informed that the recommendations made in the Report of DRPSC are under consideration of Department of Pension & Pensioner’s Welfare. The preliminary Action taken Reports on these recommendations have been submitted to Rajya Sabha Secretariat which are yet to be accepted.
Reply given for the question for increasing monthly Fixed Medical Allowance (FMA) from to Rs.3000 from Rs.1000 as recommended by the committee.
The recommendation made by Departmental Related Parliamentary Standing Committee in its Report regarding enhancement of FMA is under consideration in this Department and cannot be disclosed under Section 8(1)(i) of RTI Act, 2005.
K.V.RAMESH
Speed Post/RTI Matter
No-38/07/2022-P&PW(A)/ 01361/1 Government of India Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan Khan Market, New Dethi-110 003 Dated: 22.09.2022
With-reference to your online RTI application no DP&PW/R/E/22/01361/1 dated 28.08.2022, the requested information is furnished as under:
In so far as this CPIO is concerned, it is informed that the recommendation of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for grant of additional pension to the pensioners at the age of 65 and above was referred to the Ministry of Finance on 21.03.2022. However, it is also informed that the recommendations made in the Report of DRPSC are under consideration of Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare. The preliminary Action Taken Reports on these recommendations have been submitted to Rajya Sabha Secretariat which are yet to be accepted. Therefore, in accordance with Section 8(1) (i) of the RTI Act, the information/documents are not to be disclosed at this stage. Section 8(1) (i) is as follows:-
Cabinet papers including records of deliberations of the Council of Ministers, Secretaries and other officers:
Provided that the decisions of Council of Ministers, the reasons thereof, and the material on the basis of which the decisions were taken shall be made public after the decision has been taken, and the matter is complete, or over:
Provided further that those matters which come under the exemptions specified in this section shall not be disclosed.
2. In case you are not satisfied with the above reply, you may prefer an appeal under Section 19 of the RTI Act, 2005 within 30 days to the First Appellate Authority (FAA). The contact details of the FAA are given as under.
Shri Pramod Kumar, Director (PP), Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare 3rd Floor, LokNayakBhawan Khan Market, New Dethi-110003.
Yours faithfully,
(D.P Singh) CPIO/Under Secretary to the Government of India
Final Status of DP&PW/R/E/22/01361
Applicant Name
K.V.RAMESH
Date of receipt
28/08/2022
Request Filed With
Department of Pensions & Pensioners Welfare
Text of Application
Copies of action taken report on – 110th report on Pensioners Grievances- Impact of Pension Adalats and Centralized Pensioners Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPENGRAMS) – presented to Rajya Sabha on 10th December 2021 for the following recommendations1) In para 3.21 on the issue of enhancement of Fixed Medical Allowance from Rs.1000 to Rs.3000.
2) In para 3.28 to consider the demand of Pensioners Associations for 5% additional quantum of Pension on attaining the age of 65 years, 10% on 70 years, 15% on 75 years and 20% on 80 years to the Pensioners.
3) In para 3.35 on the issue of implementation of MACP w.e.f 1st January, 2006
Request document (if any)
document not provided
Status
REQUEST DISPOSED OF as on 20/09/2022
Date of Action
20/09/2022
Remarks
Reply:-As per the provisions of RTI, Act, 2005, the public authority can only provide information which already exists with the public authority or is held under his control. Central Public Information Officer is not supposed to create information or to interpret information or to solve the problems raised by the Applicant or to give reply to hypothetical questions. The Act does not require the CPIO to deduce some conclusion from the material held or provided and supply the conclusion so deduced to the Applicant. The CPIO is also not required to give his opinion or advice in any matter. The undersigned is concerned with point no. 1 of your RTI application. The recommendation made by Departmental Related Parliamentary Standing Committee in its Report regarding enhancement of FMA is under consideration in this Department and cannot be disclosed under Section 8(1)(i) of RTI Act, 2005
The Finance Ministry is mulling several steps like dipping into other accounts of a cheque issuer and prohibition of opening of new accounts of offenders to effectively deal with cheque bounce cases which are clogging the legal system.
Many suggestions were made at a high-level meeting recently called by the Ministry to deal with the high incidence of cheque bounce cases.
Some of the steps suggested before taking legal recourse included debiting another accounts of the cheque issuer if his or her account is short of funds to honour the instrument, sources said.
The other suggestions were treating cheque bounce as default of loan and thus reporting it to credit information companies for necessary downgrade of score, the sources said, adding a proper legal view would be taken before these suggestions are accepted.
If these suggestions are implemented, it would help enforce cheque honouring by the payer without the matter going to court and also compel him/her to make payment by creating a deterrent through technology.
These measures would help promote ease of doing business and dissuade people from wilfully indulging in issuance of cheques even though their accounts have insufficient funds.
Proposed steps could be implemented through the integration of data across the banks, sources said.
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for auto debit and other suggestions would be required.
Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 deals with dishonour of cheque due to insufficiency of funds in the account.
A complaint for dishonour of cheque under Section 138 of the Act can be filed in the court situated at a place where the bank of the payee is located. It is a punishable offence with a fine which can extend to twice the amount of the cheque or imprisonment for a term not more than two years or both.
When an issuer presents a cheque to the bank for payment, and it is returned unpaid by the bank due to insufficient funds, the cheque is said to have bounced.
Peeved at the large number of pending cases of cheque bounce, the Supreme Court had constituted a committee with a mandate to suggest steps to be taken for early disposal of about 35 lakh pending cases across the country.
During the hearing, the Centre had "in principle accepted" the need for creating additional courts to deal with such cases.
The SC-constituted committee had recommended procedural reforms, full use of technology and augmentation of infrastructure to ensure that disputes are resolved swiftly.
Besides, the panel had suggested some changes in the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
Trade bodies have been pitching for changes in the cheque bounce law for the fast disposal of such cases.
Industry body PHDCCI recently urged the Finance Ministry to take measures like compulsory suspension of bank withdrawals for a few days to make the cheque issuers accountable for their action in cheque-bounce cases.
The government should enact a law that from the date of dishonouring of cheque, the dispute between the two parties must be settled within 90 days through mediation, the chamber has suggested.
Dearness Allowance from July 2022 to Armed Forces Officers and PBOR including NCs(E)
No. 1(6)/2021/D(Pav/Services) Ministry of Defence Department of Military Affairs D( Pay/Services)
New Delhi, the 06 Oct, 2022
To The Chief of the Army Staff The Chief of Naval Staff The Chief of the Air Staff
Subject: Payment of Dearness Allowance to Armed Forces Officers and Personnel Below Officer Rank including NCs(E) – Revised rates effective from 01.07.2022.
I am directed to refer to this Ministry’s letter No. 1(6)/2021-D(Pav/Services) dated 06 Apr 2022, on the subject cited above and to sav that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Armed Forces Officers and Personnel Below Officer Rank, including Non-Combatants (Enrolled), shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 34% to 38% with effect from 01.07. 2022.
2, The term ‘basic pay’ in the revised pay structure means the pay drawn in the prescribed Level in the Pay Matrix as per 7th CPC recommendations accepted by the Government, but does not include any other type of pay like special pay, etc.
3. The Dearness Allowance will continue to be a distinct element of remuneration and will not be treated as pay within the ambit of Pay rules of Defence Force Personnel.
4. The payment on account of Dearness Allowance involving fractions of 50 paise and above may be rounded to the next higher rupee and the fractions of Jess than 50 paise may be ignored.
5. This letter issues with the concurrence of Finance Division of this Ministry vide their Dy. No. 311/AG/PD/2022 dated 06.10.2022 of RF No. 2(2)/2021-AG/PD based on Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) O.M. No. 1/3/2022-E-II(B), dated 03 Oct, 2022.
