Development of Armed Robots by DRDO

Development of Armed Robots by DRDO  Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has not started any project to develop Robots who can work like soldiers posted at the border. However, DRDO has developed Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) – ‘Daksha’, which is an automated mobile platform for multi-purpose payloads.  It is an electrically powered state-of-the-art Robot capable of being remotely controlled over a distance of 500 metres line-of-sight and can be utilized continuously for 3 hours before recharge. It has stair climbing capability and can be used primarily for handling Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). This remotely operated vehicle has been developed indigenously.  This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in a written reply to Shri Tarun Vijay in Rajya Sabha today.

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DA Merger Latest News - DA Merger and Wage Revision from 1.1.2011 will discuss in the next JCM National Council Meeting

National Council JCM Meeting - Dopt Calls for New Items - Staff Side Agenda Points DA Merger and Wage Revision from 1.1.2011 will discuss in the next JCM National Council Meeting... DOP&T CALLS FOR NEW ITEM FOR THE NEXT JCM NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING Please see below a letter received from JCM National Council (Staff Side) Secretary. All affiliates of Confederation are requested to send their items, if any to Secretary General, Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers by e-mail before15th August 2014. Item may be sent with a brief note explaining the case details by e-mail to Confederationhq@gmail.com ormkrishnan6854@gmail.com. No.3/2/2010-JCA  Government of India  Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions  Department of Personnel & Training New Delhi, the 24th July, 2014  25 JUL 2014 To Shri Shiva Gopal Mishra, Secretary, Staff Side, National Council (JCM), 13-C, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001. Sir, You may kindly recall that for the next meeting of the National Council, earlier the Staff Side had suggested the following 19 Items for discussion  1 Revision of Wage with effect from. 1.1.2011. ✓ 2 Merger of DA with Pay ✓ 3 Enhancement of Insurance Coverage under CGEGI Scheme 4 Compassionate Appointments ✓ 5 Absorption of GDS as regular Postal Employees 6 Regularisation of Casual/Contingent/Daily Rated Workers. ✓ 7 Functioning of JCM 8 Remove the ban on recruitment and creation of posts 9 Downsizing Outsourcing Contractorisation etc. ✓ 10 Introduction of Productivity Linked Bonus and removal of Ceiling Limit. 11 Revising Overtime Allowance (OTA)    and Night Duty Allowancerates: ✓ 12 Arbitration Awards. 13 Career Progression: Grant Five Promotion in the Service Career. 14 Scrap the New Pension Scheme 15 Reckoning of 100% period of Service rendered after grant of Temporary Status and 5o% Of Casual Service for Retiral Benefits etc. in case of Casual Labourers 16 Stepping up of pay of Seniors who are drawing less Pay than the Juniors consequent on fixation of Pay due to implementation of 6th CPC recommendations between Direct Recruits and Promotees ✓ 17 Stepping up of Pay of Senior employees at Par with their Juniors consequent upon implementation of MACPs ✓ 18 Granting of parity in Pension and Family Pension to the Staff/Family retired prior to 01.01.2006 19 Granting of Additional Pay to Loco and Traffic Running Staff ✓ Subsequently a meeting of the Standing Committee was held on 7th May, 2014 to discuss the items submitted by the Staff Side vide their letter No NC-JCM/2014/VII CPC dated 9th April, 2014. It will be noted that 9 of the above items (ticked above) were discussed in the Standing Committee meeting.  In view of this I would be grateful if the Staff Side could suggest the Agenda Items for the next meeting of the National Council (JCM) at an early date so that the Agenda papers could be finalised for convening the meeting of the National Council (JCM). If required the proposed items can be discussed with a few of the representatives of the Staff Side with the undersigned at a date and time mutually convenient to you. Yours faithfully,  sd/-  (Ashok Kumar)  Director (JCA) Source : http://confederationhq.blogspot.in/ [https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0rqvSYMJv2IYVdLV05vWW9IeGM/edit?pli=1]

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Holiday Home at Tirupati - Bank Draft in favour of in respect of Booking Agency Hyderabad

Holiday Home at Tirupati - Bank Draft in favour of in respect of Booking Agency Hyderabad  MOST IMMEDIATE/SPEED POST No. D-11016/3/2009-Regions Government of India Ministry of Urban Development Directorate of Estates Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi Dated 04/08/2014 Office Memorandum Subject: Holiday Home at Tirupati regarding. The undersigned is directed to refer to office memorandum of even no. dated 10.07.2014 on the above subject and to say that Bank Demand Draft in respect of Booking Agency CPWD, Hyderabad will be in favour of 'EE, HCD-I, C.P.W.D., Hyderahad’ instead of Chief Engineer (SZ-II), CPWD Hyderabad. 2. In view of above, Technical Director, NIC, Nirman Rhawan, New Delhi is requested to take immediate necessary action for appropriate modification in the system and upload this office memorandum on the website of holiday homei.e.www.holidayhomes.nic.in. sd/- (N.S. Chauhan) Assistant Director of Estates (Regions) Source: www.holidayhomes.nic.in [http://holidayhomes.nic.in/WriteReadData/Circulars/37BankDraftinrespectofBookingAgencyHyderabad.pdf]

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7th CPC Latest News - Inter-action meeting with the Seventh Central Pay Commission on NFIR’s memorandum

Inter-action meeting with the Seventh Central Pay Commission on NFIR’s memorandum - reg. NFIR National Federation of Indian Railwaymen 3, CHELMSFORD ROAD NEW DELHI-110055 No.IV/NFIR/7th CPC/CORRES/Pt.V  Dated: 02.08.2014 The Secretary, Seventh Central Pay Commission, Chhatrapati Shivaji Bhavan, IIFT, Block 'B’, Qutab Institutional Area, Near Sitaram Bharatiya Institute of Science & Research, New Delhi - 110016 Madam., Sub: Inter-action meeting with the Seventh Central Pay Commission on NFIR’s memorandum - reg. NFIRs delegation has called on you on 28th July, 2014 and handed over memorandum for taking appropriate action. NFIR now requests to kindly arrange to convey the dates on which Federation’s representatives can meet the Pay Commission to explain the case of railway employees of various categories. In this Connection, we suggest as follows :- a) Inter-action meetings may be fixed giving us reasonable advance intimation to enable us to reschedule our other programmes. b) Meeting/hearing may be fixed department wise to facilitate us to meet the Pay Commission along with the representatives of the concerned departmental category. c) In the Railways there are eight major departments with hundreds of categories. Eight different dates for explaining our case may kindly be considered. d) Inter-action meetings may also be convened for explaining the case of miscellaneous and isolated categories. e) We request that a separate date and time be provided to facilitate the Federation to explain uniqueness of railways as well unique nature of duties of railway employees in general. We request you to kindly consider giving dates for us during September and October 2014. keeping in mind the holidays during these months. We shall be grateful to the Pay Commission, if the tentative dates are conveyed to enable to us to select and respond. Yours sincerly, sd/- (M.Raghavaiah) General Secretary Source: NFIR

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Dearness Allowance for Workmen and Officer Employees in banks for the months of August, September & October 2014

Dearness Allowance for Workmen and Officer Employees in banks for the months of  August, September & October 2014  Indian Banks’ Association HR & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS No.CIR/HR&IR/D/76/D/2014-15/415 1st August, 2014 All Members of the Association (Designated Officers) Dear Sirs, Dearness Allowance for Workmen and Officer Employees in banks for the months of  August, September & October 2014 under IX BPS/Joint Note dt. 27.4.10 The confirmed All India Average Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (Base1960=100) for the quarter ended June 2014 are as follows:- Apr 2014 5523.87 May 2014 5569.52 Jun 2014 5615.17 The average CPI of the above is 5569.52. The DA paid for the quarter ended July 2014 was at CPI 5436.00. Hence, there is an increase in CPI of 133.52 points, i.e., increase of 33 slabs over the current level. Consequently, dearness allowance to employees is payable for 683 slabs for the period August, September & October 2014 i.e. an increase of 33 slabs over the current level. In terms of clause 7 of the 9th Bipartite Settlement dated 27.04.2010 and clause 3 of the Joint Note dated 27.04.2010, the rate of dearness allowance payable to workmen and officer employees for the months of August, September & October 2014 shall be 102.45% of ‘pay’. While arriving at dearness allowance payable, decimals from third place may please be ignored. We advise banks to pay the difference between the old and revised salary and allowances to officers on an ad hoc basis, pending amendments to Officers’ Service Regulations. Yours faithfully, sd/- K S Chauhan Senior Vice President Source: www.iba.org.in [http://www.iba.org.in/Documents/DA_for_AugSepOct_2014.pdf]

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Expected DA July 2014 – Finally it concludes at 7%

Expected DA July 2014 – Finally it concludes at 7% As anticipated by all, the expected DA from July 2014 concluded at 7%. With the announcement of the AICPI(IW) points for the month of June, the calculation of the additional dearness allowance for central government employees and pensioners from July onwards have ended. The percentage of Dearness allowance and Dearness relief to be paid from July 2014 will be increased by 7%. Based on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission, in order to meet the rising expenses of essential commodities and inflation, dearness allowance is given twice every year to the central government employees – from January to June and from July to December – calculated on the basis of the All India Consumer Price Index of Industrial Workers Base Year 2001=100. The most recently released AICPIN points for the month of June have increased by two and now stands at 246. Since the AICPIN points have increased by two, the dearness allowance percentage arrived at 107.25, is to be calculated, after ignoring the decimal points, as 7%. This will be officially announced by the Central Government after approval of Unionn Cabinet committee in the month of September. The last two installments, 10% dearness allowance was being paid to the employees. Many wonder why it has come down to 7% this time. There are two main reasons for this, one is AICPIN points, and another is the method of calculating DA. One has to also keep in mind the fact that dearness allowance of 10% was also given based on the same calculations. The fact is, the next two additional dearness allowances (Expected DA from January 2015, and expected DA from July 2015) are not likely to cross 5%. Source : CGEN.in

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