72 hours Sit in demonstration at the office of the Ch PMG, WB Circle, Yogayog Bhawan has been started from 21.05.13 in the call of NFPE, Group of Union, WB Circle. A large number of members has participated along with Circle Leaders at the said program. 25 members from our division attended & 12 members alongwith divisional leadership stayed at the night on 22.05.13.

Red Salute to all partcipant.

DEMANDS OF UNIONS UNDER STUDY, SAYS PM

DEMANDS OF UNIONS UNDER STUDY, SAYS PM

They had sought inter alia universal social security cover for both organised and unorganised sectors

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said some of the demands raised by the various central trade unions, for which they organised a nationwide general strike for two days in February, were in advanced stage of consideration of the government.

Those demands include universal social security cover for workers in both organised and unorganised sectors and the creation of a National Social Security Fund, fixing a National Floor Level Minimum Wage (NFLMW) and provision of a minimum pension of Rs. 1000 a month under the Employees Pension Scheme.

AMENDMENTS APPROVED

“The Cabinet has already approved amendments to the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 to provide for a statutory NFLMW,” Dr. Singh said, inaugurating the 45th session of the Indian Labour Conference here.

The trade unions focused on a number of issues relating to the welfare not only of the working classes but also people at large. These include demands on which there could be no disagreement. “Demands for concrete measures for containing inflation, for generation of employment opportunities, for strict implementation of labour laws, are unexceptionable.”

Dr. Singh claimed that the government had created 20 million additional jobs during 2004-05 and 2009-10. The unemployment rate came down from 8.3 per cent to 6.6 per cent in the same period.

JOB GROWTH

Employment in the organised sector registered a growth of more than 9 per cent from 26.5 million in 2005 to 29 million in 2011. Women employed in the organised sector had also registered a growth of about 19 per cent in the same period.

Rural women were increasingly going for self-employment opportunities in ever-increasing numbers, Dr. Singh said adding that out of 44.32 lakh self-help groups in the country, 30.21 lakh were exclusively for women.

Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said there was a significant reduction in the number of child labour in the country in the last five years. “This is primarily due to effective legislations like [the] Right to Education and MGNREGA [Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act],” he said.

Minister of State for Labour and Employment Kodikunnil Suresh participated.

BRIEF DISRUPTION

The conference was briefly disrupted by a union leader, who demanded a “reply” from the Prime Minister on alleged inaction of the Assam government despite promising a CBI probe into the killing of a colleague there in March. Subhas Sen, secretary of the Assam unit of the All India Central Council of Trade Unions, caused the interruption.

Courtesy:  The Hindu, 18, May 2013

DA CALCULATION SHEET

DA TABLE FROM 2008

The table describes how to calculate the Dearness allowance with the input of All India Consumer Price Index (IW) month wise...

Month	Year	Base Year 2001=100	Total	Average	App. DA	DA
May	2008	139	1613	--	--	--
June	2008	140	1623	135.25	16.84	16
July	2008	143	1634	--	--	--
Aug	2008	145	1646	--	--	--
Sep	2008	146	1659	--	--	--
Oct	2008	148	1673	--	--	--
Nov	2008	148	1687	--	--	--
Dec	2008	147	1700	141.67	22.38	22
Jan	2009	148	1714	--	--	--
Feb	2009	148	1727	--	--	--
Mar	2009	148	1738	--	--	--
Apr	2009	150	1750	--	--	--
May	2009	151	1762	--	--	--
June	2009	153	1775	147.92	27.78	27
July	2009	160	1792	149.33	29.00	---
Aug	2009	162	1809	150.75	30.23	---
Sep	2009	163	1826	152.17	31.45	---
Oct	2009	165	1843	153.58	32.67	---
Nov	2009	168	1863	155.25	34.11	---
Dec	2009	169	1885	157.08	35.70	35
Jan	2010	172	1909	159.08	37.42	---
Feb	2010	170	1931	160.92	39.01	---
Mar	2010	170	1953	162.75	40.59	---
Apr	2010	170	1973	164.42	42.03	---
May	2010	172	1994	166.17	43.54	---
Jun	2010	174	2015	167.92	40.05	45
July	2010	178	2033	169.42	46.35	---
August	2010	178	2049	170.75	47.50	---
Sep	2010	179	2065	172.08	48.65	---
Oct	2010	181	2081	173.42	49.81	---
Nov	2010	182	2095	174.58	50.81	---
Dec	2010	185	2111	175.92	51.97	51
Jan	2011	188	2127	177.25	53.12	---
Feb	2011	185	2142	178.50	54.20	---
Mar	2011	185	2157	179.75	55.28	---
Apr	2011	186	2173	181.08	56.43	---
May	2011	187	2188	182.33	57.51	---
Jun	2011	189	2203	183.58	58.59	58
July	2011	193	2218	184.83	59.67	---
August	2011	194	2234	186.17	60.82	---
Sep	2011	197	2252	187.67	62.12	---
Oct	2011	198	2269	189.08	63.34	---
Nov	2011	199	2286	190.50	64.56	---
Dec	2011	197	2298	191.50	65.43	65
Jan	2012	198	2308	192.33	66.15	---
Feb	2012	199	2322	193.50	67.15	---
Mar	2012	201	2338	194.83	68.31	---
Apr	2012	205	2357	196.42	69.67	---
May	2012	206	2376	198.00	71.04	---
Jun	2012	208	2395	199.58	72.41	72
Jul	2012	212	2414	201.17	73.78	---
August	2012	214	2434	202.83	75.22	---
Sep	2012	215	2452	204.33	76.51	---
Oct	2012	217	2471	205.92	77.88	---
Nov	2012	218	2490	207.50	79.25	---
Dec	2012	219	2512	209.33	80.83	80
Jan	2013	221	2535	211.25	82.49	---
Feb	2013	223	2559	213.25	84.22	---
Mar	2013	224	2582	215.17	85.87	---

DA from Jan 2013 : Additional DA to CG Employees and Pensioners enhanced by 8%, i.e.from the existing rate of 72% to 80%.