21/09/2016
PRIMARY OUT-PATIENT CARE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT CGHS WELLNESS
CENTRES FOR DENGUE FEVER AND CHIKUNGUNYA AND SYMPTOMS LIKE DENGUE AND
CHIKUNGUNYA
Government has initiated various steps to deal with the situation arising out of spread of Dengue Fever and Chikungunya Fever and their complications.
As one of the initiatives in this regard., all doctors at various CGHS Wellness Centres shall provide consultation services and primary out-patient medical care to all citizens – whether CGHS beneficiaries or not – who may visit the Wellness Centres with symptoms of Dengue Fever or Chikungunya , primarily high fever.
CGHS Wellness Centres will function from 7.30.A.M.
to 2 P.M. on all working days.
7th Pay Commission: Panel appointed to examine allowances could submit report soon
A panel set up by the Central
government to look into proposals pertaining to allowances of government
employees, including defence personnel, made by the 7th Central Pay Commission
(CPC) is likely to submit its report shortly, raising expectations for about 1
crore individuals.
The announcement of the panel to be
headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa was made on June 29, 2016 when the
government accepted the salary hike rates as proposed by the pay commission.
An online platform called The Sen
Times claimed that the committee has finalised its report and is likely to submit
the same "this week", citing government sources. It also said that
the quantum of allowances may not vary from those proposed by the CPC.
"The committee on allowances is
likely to stick with the 7th Pay Commission's recommendations on
allowances," The Sen Times quoted the sources as saying.
The 7th CPC had recommended
scrapping 51 allowances and subsuming another 37 after examining the existing
196 allowances that are currently paid.
Given the significant changes in the
existing provisions for allowances which may have wide ranging implications,
the Cabinet had decided to constitute a committee headed by Finance Secretary
for further examination of the recommendations of 7th CPC on Allowances.
"The Committee will complete
its work in a time bound manner and submit its reports within a period of 4
months. Till a final decision, all existing Allowances will continue to be paid
at the existing rates," an official statement issued by the finance
ministry said.
The government has already released
the salary and pension arrears for the period January to July 2016 and started
paying salaries after factoring in the hike from August onwards. A decision on
payments to the armed forces was taken recently.
The recommendations of the 7th CPC
are applicable to 47 lakh central government employees and 53 lakh pensioners,
of which 14 lakh employees and 18 lakh retirees are from the defence forces.
Government has initiated various steps to deal with the situation arising out of spread of Dengue Fever and Chikungunya Fever and their complications.
As one of the initiatives in this regard., all doctors at various CGHS Wellness Centres shall provide consultation services and primary out-patient medical care to all citizens – whether CGHS beneficiaries or not – who may visit the Wellness Centres with symptoms of Dengue Fever or Chikungunya , primarily high fever.