PAN linked with Aadhar ? Check it now and link it, if not done already

 As per CBDT circular F. No. 370142/14/22-TPL dated on 30th March 2022, every person who has been allotted a PAN as on 1st July 2017 and is eligible to obtain Aadhaar number is required to link PAN with AADHAAR on or before 31st March, 2022. Taxpayers who failed to do so are liable to pay a fee of Rs. 500 till 30th June, 2022 and thereafter a fee of Rs. 1000 will be applicable before submission of PAN-AADHAAR linkage request .

Check your PAN / Aadhar linkage status here

If it is not linked, you have to pay Rs 1000/- as current applicable fee.

Bengal employees to observe pen down strike, Govt takes staff stand

 

Various organisations of Bengal government employees have announced a two-day pen-down on Monday and Tuesday.

The West Bengal government has issued an order saying its employees will face action if they go ahead with the pen-down or cease work agitation on February 20 and 21 demanding dearness allowance (DA) at par with central government employees.

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The order was issued by finance secretary Manoj Pant on Saturday.

A bureaucrat said on condition of anonymity that people will lose their salary and their absence will be treated as a break in service. The employees will be issued show-cause notice and will face disciplinary action for failing to furnish any satisfactory explanation, the bureaucrat added.

The employees will not be granted leave on these two days unless they are hospitalised or there is a death in the family, which are treated as emergency situations.

Various organisations of state government employees and school and college teachers have been carrying out agitations since January on this issue.

Karnataka to implement seventh pay commission soon

 Karnataka Chief Minister Besavaraj Bommai said the 7th Pay Commission report would be submitted by a committee headed by former chief secretary Sudhakar Rao regarding the revision of the salaries of state government employees.

Earmarks Rs 6,000 Crore

After presenting the State Budget for FY 2023-24, the chief minister said any additional amount required for the implementation will be provided in the supplementary budget.

He further added that the reports of the 7th pay commission will be implemented from FY 2023-24.

“Whether the committee presents its interim or final report, the state government will take immediate action. Since the grants have been reserved in the budget, there will be no problem with the implementation,” he said.

West Bengal hikes 3% D.A. from March

The West Bengal government has hiked the dearness allowance for state employees - including teachers and pensioners - by 3%. The announcement was made by Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya as the state government presented a ₹3.39-lakh crore budget for 2023-24. 

DA is hiked by 3 per cent. It will be implemented from March.

Central government employees might also soon get to hear good news as their DA hike could also be around the corner. Last year, the Centre had announced a 3 per cent DA hike for its employees in January and then a 4 per cent hike effective July 2022. After the second hike, the DA stands at 38 per cent. Dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) are revised twice a year, effective January 1 and July 1 every year.

Bank Bipartite : Charter of Demands

 Broad Summary of Charter of Demands

1. Wage revision should take into account risk, responsibility, accountability and transferability of officers. Improved Basic Pay commensurate with Central Government Officers, RBI officers & LICI Officers.
2. The base date for calculation of quantum hike of ensuing settlement to be based on establishment expenditure as on 30.09.2022 as against present practice of 31st March of the year of wage revision due.
3. Revision of improvement in pay scales by merger of DA up to 01.08.2022.
4. Special Allowance, with DA as on 31.10.2022, to be merged with the existing Basic Pay.
5. Revised DA formula with provision for automatic merger with Basic Pay (as that of Central Government) and improvement in Compensation against price rise.
6. All existing Stagnation Increments up to Scale V should be converted to regular increment after one year from reaching maximum of the respective present scales. This shall also remove present anomaly in fitment on promotion.
7. Date of sanction of annual increments should be on 1st January and 1st July every year.