27-01-2015
Remuneration payable to Full Time / Part Time Casual Labour / Workers engaged on contingency basis:
Base
Year Revision of Consumer Price Index (CPI)
The
Central Statistics Office (CSO) releases Consumer Price Indices (CPI)
for Rural, Urban and Combined, at State/UTs and all India level, w.e.f.
January 2011. The Base Year of this series of CPI is 2010=100 and
weighting diagrams are based on the results of Consumer Expenditure Survey
(CES) 2004-05.
2.
Now the CSO is in the process of revising the Base Year from 2010=100
to 2012=100. The weighting diagrams have been prepared on the basis of the
results of CES (2011-12). With this revision, the gap between Price
Reference Year (Base Year) and the Weight Reference Year has been
minimized. Apart from this, a number of methodological improvements have
been introduced in the revised series, which are as follows:
- Weighting diagrams have been prepared using the Modified Mixed Reference Period (MMRP) data of CES (2011-12), to make consistent with the international practice of shorter reference period for most of the food items and larger reference period for the item of infrequent consumption/purchased. In the old series (Base Year 2010=100), Uniform Reference Period (URP) data were used.
- In the existing series of CPI, COICOP (Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose), an international standard classification, is being followed broadly, whereas in the revised series, it would be completely followed, except a few deviations which are necessary for Indian context.
- The Geometric Mean, instead of Arithmetic Mean being used in the old series, of the price relatives with respect to base prices would be used to compile elementary/item indices.
- In case of PDS items, prices of Antyodaya Anna Yojanna (AAY) have also been included in addition to Above Poverty Line (APL) & Below Poverty Line (BPL) prices being taken in the existing series.
3.
Due to change in the consumption pattern from 2004-05 to 2011-12, the weighting
diagrams (Share of expenditure to total expenditure) have changed. A comparison
of weighting diagrams of the existing and revised series is given in the
table below:
Table:
Comparison of weighting diagrams of the existing and revised series of CPI
4.
In the CES (2011-12), some of the items of CES (2004-05) were dropped from the
schedule and a few new items were added. Market survey was conducted to
identify shops, fix specifications and collect prices of the new items.
Based on the availability of prices, a few new items have been included in the
revised series. At the same time, some of items of the existing series have been
dropped, in respect of which, prices have not been reported for quite a long
period of time. Accordingly, the number of priced items has changed from 437 to
448 in rural and from 450 to 460 in urban at all India level. The number of
priced items varies from State to State. If a particular item has occurred in
any State, that item has been considered in the All India item basket. In the
revised series, 11 new priced items have been added, without dropping any item,
in rural sector at all India level. In case of Urban, 7 priced items have been
dropped and 17 new priced items have been added.
5.
Adopting the aforementioned improvements in methodologies, the first series
(revised) would be compiled for the month of January 2015 and released on
12th February 2015. In order to estimate the old series of CPI, using the
revised series, a linking factor would be provided. The year on year inflation
rates for each month of 2015 would be compiled and released, with the
respective press release, using the Linking Factor. From January 2016 onwards,
the inflation rates would be compiled using the actual CPI of the revised
series, as the indices for a given month of the year 2015 and 2016.
source
file-BaseYearRevision22jan15
Notes of Ministry of Defence on pre-pages seeking clarification regarding use of own/ hired taxi on LTC on account of physically handicap.
Notes of Ministry of Defence on pre-pages seeking clarification regarding use of own/ hired taxi on LTC on account of physically handicap.
Department
of Personnel & Training
Estt.A-IV
Desk
F.No. G-26033/1/Cash-13 (Pt. File)
Ref. notes of Ministry of
Defence on pre-pages seeking clarification regarding use of own/ hired taxi on
LTC on account of physically handicap.
2. It is not clear from
the notes as to whether the clarification sought for is in respect of civilian
Government employees in the Defence services or Defence personnel. In case, the
clarification sought is in respect of Defence Personnel, then it is clarified
that CCS (LTC) Rules, 1938 are not applicable to them. In case of civilian
Government servant the clarification is provided as under:
S.No.
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Points of Doubts raised by PcsDA/
CsDA
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Remarks/view of DoPT
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1.
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Whether a physically disabled
officer who travels by air/ train on Temporary Duty can make use of
own/ hired taxi on LTC?
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As per DoPT’s O.M. No.
31011/3/2009-Estt.(A) dated 28th October, 2009, such relaxation to travel by
own car/ hired taxi is available to only those Govt. servants who on account
of physical handicap of self or dependant family members is unable
to perform the LTC journey by the authorized modes of transport and are
compelled to undertake the journey by own car/ private taxi. It is
believed that a Govt. employee who is able to travel by air/ train
on Temporary Duty, is capable of undertaking the
journey by the same on LTC also.
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2.
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Whether the
amount should be restricted to Rail fare by shortest route or the
physically challenged officer using own/ hired taxi on LTC who is otherwise
entitled to travel by air (i.e. drandng grade pay of Rs.5400/- and above).
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The amount admissible to the
physically disabled Govt. servant shall not be more than admissible
if the journey is performed by the entitled class of rail/air (as
per his entitled mode) by the shortest route or the actual taxi fare
whichever is less, provided that the source station and destination station
are connected by these modes of transport.
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3.
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Whether it would be appropriate to
admit air fare on notional basis for non-existing air routes or shortest
routes, like Pune-Mumbai, Delhi-Faridabad, Delhi-Mathura etc. for Physically
challenged officer using own/ hired taxi on LTC?
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No. Air fare cannot be admitted on
notional that too for the non-existing air route. Where the source station
and Destination station are not connected by train or air transport, the
claim shall be regulated in terms of the Department of Expenditure’s O.M. No.
19030/3/2008-E.IV dated 23rd September, 2008 as per the mileage allowance for
journeys performed by road in own car/taxi.
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This clarification was enclosed
with the MoD’s letter given below
Government of
India
Ministry
of Defence (Fin/QA)
Room
No. 412-C. ‘B’ Wing,
Sena
Bhawan New Delhi
Subject : Views/remarks regarding
use of own/hired taxi on LTC on account of physically handicapped employees.
Reference: Jt.CGDA (AT Coord) U.O.
No. AT/IV/4462/LTC Claim dt.07.07.2014
Attention of Jt.CGDA (AT-III) is
drawn to his above referred U.O. seeking views/remarks regarding use of
own/hired taxi on LTC on account of physical handicap.
2- The subject file was referred to
DoPT for their comments. DoPT stated that if the clarification sought is in
respect of Defence Personnel, then it is clarified that CCS (LTC) Rules,
1988 are not applicable to them. In case of
civilian Government servants, the clarification provided by DoPT is
enclosed for information.
3. O/o the CGDA is advised to
strictly follow the advice rendered by DoPT in the matter and decide the LTC
cases in respect of physically handicapped employees, accordingly.
(Lajpat Rai)
AFA (QA)
CGDA’s forwarding letter:-
Office
of the Controller General of Defence Accounts,
Ulan
Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt-110010
Circular
No. AT/IV/4462/LTC Claim
Dated:
13th Jan 2015
To
All PCsDA/ CsDA
PCoA (F‘ys) Kolkata
All PCsDA/ CsDA
PCoA (F‘ys) Kolkata
Sub: Regulation of journeys on use
of own / hired taxi on account of disability of the Govt. Servant on LTC.
Reference is invited to GoI, DoPT OM
F No. 31011/3/2009-Estt.(A) dated: 28th Oct’2009.
2. The HQ office has been in receipt
of references from Controllers regarding issues pertaining to the subject
mentioned above. In this context it is stated that the matter was taken up with
MoD (Fin) for clarification.
3. In this connection please find enclosed
a copy of DoPT letter F.No. G-26033/I/Cash-13 (Pt.Fi1e) dated: 25.09.2014
received under MoD (Fin) ID No. 10(I)/2014/Fin QA dated: 14.10.2014 clarifying
the point of doubts for information and further necessary action please.
4. The applicability of this
clarification in r/o of Armed Forces personnel has separately been
taken up with MOD D Mov. Further communication on this issue will follow on
receipt of clarification from MoD D Mov.
Addl.CGDA has seen,
Sr.
Accounts Officer (AT-IV)