REMOVAL OF ANOMALIES IN PENSIONS - Issue raised in Rajya Sabha -vide Question No 3263

REMOVAL OF ANOMALIES IN PENSIONS - Issue raised in Rajya Sabha -vide Question No 3263

MINISTRY OF : PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF : PERSONNEL AND TRAINING
RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3263 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.08.2010
REMOVAL OF ANOMALIES IN PENSIONS .

3263. SARDAR BALWINDER SINGH BHUNDAR Will the Minister of PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether Government have since taken a decision to remove anomalies having arisen in the grant of pensions to those who retired before 1st January, 2006 from the higher scales in the bunched scales as same pension has been granted to a number of scales bunched together under the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) if not, by when that is likely to be done?

Answer
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. (SHRI PRITHVIRAJ CHAVAN)

(a) to (c) : In accordance with the orders issued in implementation of the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission for revision of pension of Central Government Civil Pensioners with effect from 01.01.2006, all pre-2006 pensioners would get a minimum increase of 40% of their pre-2006 basic pension (excluding the element of merged dearness relief/dearness pension), in addition to the basic pension, dearness pension and dearness relief which they were getting as on 01.01.2006 based on their pre-revised pension. Besides, the revised pension will, in no case, be lower than fifty percent of the minimum of the pay in the pay band plus the grade pay (in the case of HAG and above scales, fifty percent of the minimum of the revised pay scale) corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale from which the pensioner had retired. These orders are consistent with the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission and no change has been considered necessary by the Government in this respect.

Source: IRTSA

Mobile Banking Facility

Mobile Banking Facility

32 banks have been given approval to provide mobile banking facility in the country by the Reserve Bank of India. 21 banks have started providing these services. Mobile banking is a secure application, which takes care of end-to-end encryption of data in transit to offer banking information and transactions. Customer is forced to change the activation code and mPIN sent to him at the time of registration. He is also driven to decide a password to log-in to the application. Customer also has a choice to change the mPIN, log-in password at any point of time.

Banks are now permitted to offer this service to their customers subject to a daily cap of Rs.50,000/- per customer for both funds transfer and transactions involving purchase of goods/ services. Transactions up to Rs.1,000/- can be facilitated by banks without end-to-end encryption. The risk aspects involved in such transactions are addressed by the banks through adequate security measures.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri Namo Narain Meena in written reply to a question raised in Rajya Sabha today.

PROVISIONAL LIST OF QUESTIONS ADMITTED IN RAJYA SABHA

Parliament Matter
Most Immediate

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL. P.G. & PENSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING
PARLIAMENT SECTION)

PROVISIONAL LIST OF QUESTIONS ADMITTED IN

RAJYA SABHA FOR 15.4.2010

S.No.	Dy. No.	ADMITTED No.	SUBJECT	A.S/J.S/SEC. CONCERNED

STARRED QUESTIONS

1	6350, 1190	290(10th Position	Corruption in mine sector in Odisha	AS(S&V)/JS(V)/DS(V-II)/AVD-II

UNSTARRED QUESTIONS

2	1741	2200	Framing of rules by Kendriya Bhandar	JS(AT&A)/CWO/Welfare Section
2	4748	2201	Achievements of complaints/Grievances redressal machinery	SS(AR&PG)
3	2152	2202	Enquiry in Ex-CM case	AS(S&V)/DS(V-II)/AVD-II
5	2159	2203	Criminal charges against IAS / IPS officers	AS(S&V)/JS(V)/AVD-I Desk
6	1012	2204	Cases investigated by CBI	AS(s&V)/JS(v)/DS(vII)/AVD-II Desk
7	5341	2205	Officers in possession of disproportional assets	aAS(S&v)/JS(V)/AVD-I Desk
8	5340	2206	Modification in procedure to curb corruption	AS(S&V)/JS(V)/DS (V-III)/AVD-III
9	1617	2207	CBI cases in Goa	AS(S&V)/JS(V)/DS (V-II)/AVD-II
10	1289	2208	Cases assigned to CBI	AS(S&V)/JS(V)/DS (V-II)/AVD-II
11	4486, 4515	2209	Reservation of seats for children of EWS in Sanskriti School	JS(at&a)/CWO/Welfare Section
12	5907	2210	Representation of dalists in top post	EO/Dir.(SM)SO(EO-SM 1)

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