Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers - CPI(IW) for October 2014

Consumer Price Index Number [CPI(IW)] for October 2014 remained unchanged at 253. 
Central D.A is likely to be 6% increased from Jan'15
To calculate the DA for Jan 2015 accurately, we need the AICPIN value for the next two months. However, we only have the AICPIN value for four months now. In the coming months, if the AICPIN value remains at 253 or 1 point increase based (254 ,255,) then D.A. is likely to be hiked @ 6% , totaling to  i.e. 113%.

Haryana retirement age issue in High Court

Retirement age: Punjab and Haryana HC issue notice to Haryana government

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Haryana government on a plea against the state's decision to lower the retirement age of employees to 58 years from 60.

Justice Tejinder Singh Dhindsa issued notice to the state government for December 8.The petition was filed by one Baljeet Kaur and others against the Manohar Lal Khattar government's recent decision to lower the retirement age from 60 to 58 years.

Air Travel to J&K on LTC : Private Airlines allowed

DOPT in it's recent O.M. clarified that travel in private airlines is allowed while travelling to Jammu and Kashmir on LTC.
Officers entitled to travel by air can travel to any place in J&K by private airlines from their headquarters.
Officers NOT entitled to travel by air can also fly to any place in J&K by private airlines from Delhi or Amritsar only.
Air travel by private airlines is to be performed in Economy Class only an at LTC-80 fare of Air India or less. 
Click Here for the O.M. dated 28.11.2014

Haryana reduces retirement age to 58, Central employees to follow ?

Reversing the previous Bhupinder Singh Hooda government’s decision, the Haryana Cabinet today (25/11) reduced the retirement age of government employees from 60 to 58 years.
Speaking to mediapersons, Khattar said that the government had taken the decision to reverse the retirement age of government employees from 60 to 58 years in an attempt to open job opportunities for the youth. The retirement age of Class IV, visually impaired and handicapped employees has been reversed from 62 to 60 years.

Employees who have completed 58 or 60 years in their respective categories and are still serving would retire on November 30, 2014. The upper age limit for fresh recruitment would remain 42 years.
Source : The Tribune
Centre to follow suit ?

Bio metric attendance for all central employees within 26th Jan 2015

Central Govt. employees need to be punctual in attendance. All central offices will be under Aadhar based bio-metric attendance system very soon. In case of offices situated in Delhi, this facility must be installed within this year end. For the rest of the country, the deadline is fixed as 26th January 2015. All ministries / departments must procure the system developed by Dept. of Electronics & Information Technology within this time frame.