Employees Corner, Education and Govt Jobs
According to the Daily Jang, Govt has refused to increase the salaries of the Govt Employees. Federal & Provincial Governments want to utilize the funds on development programs before the upcoming election. Federal and Provincial Governments refused to introduce Unified Pay Scales wef 01-01-2013.
Finance Division Regulation Wing Islamabad has issued Notification No. F.1 (2) –Reg.6/91-Vol-IX dated 24th December 2012 in connection with implementations of the recommendation of Pay & Pension Commission-2009 regarding Special Additional Pension & Provision of Orderly/Driver to the Officers in BPS-20 and above on retirement.
Establish Division Federal Employees Benevolent & Group Insurance Funds has made amendment in Federal Employees Benevolent Fund & Group Insurance Rules-1972 vide Notification No. 18-22/Act-Amdt/Plan 2002 dated 23rd November 2012. The new rates will be admissible wef 01-09-2012.
The minimum rates of monthly Benevolent Grant has been raised to Rs.4000/- with the maximum of Rs.10,100/- PM as per the column 5 of Sixth Schedule. In the same way the rates of monthly subscription of Benevolent Fund have also been increased from 2% to 2.40% of the basic pay without maximum limit as per column 4 of Sixth Schedule.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Department has issued revised Notification No. FD/SO/SR-II)/8-52/2012 dated 20-12-2012 regarding Conveyance Allowance for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Employees of BPS-01 to 15. The rates of Conveyance Allowance have been revised wef 01-09-2012. The CA for the employees of BPS-16 to 19 remains unchanged.
I am going to discuss with detail about the Medical Allowance for the employees of BPS-16 & Above. Various visitors of GLXSpace.com (Galaxy World) aroused a question that they have been upgraded/promoted from lower scales to BPS-16 and above but their Medical Allowance is the same as they were earlier availing. They asked why the Medical Allowance is not 15 % of their Basic Pay.
Punjab Govt has already issued a Notification No. FD.SR-I-9-36/2007 dated 21st June 2012 regarding enhanced rates of PH.D/D.Sc & M.Phil Allowance. PH.D/D.Sc rates have been increased from Rs.5, 000/- PM to Rs.10, 000/- PM vide this notification. This would also make entitlement of Special Allowance @ Rs.5, 000/- per month to M.Phil Degree holders on acquiring/possessing M.Phil Degree by APUG/EX-PCS/EX-PSS officers as per the letter No. FD.SR-I/10-6/85 dated 14-09-1991, as the Special Allowance rate is 50 % of the PH.D/D.Sc Allowance.