Women in Government Jobs

Women in Government Jobs

As per the census of Central Government employees conducted by the Directorate General of Employment & Training, Ministry of Labour and Employment in 2004, 9.68 per cent of Central Government employees were women. The percentage of women employees in Central Government at present, group-wise is not available.

No forecast of the number of women employees at the end of eleventh five-year plan is available. However, their number is expected to increase as a result of women friendly policies of the Government.

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Shri Prithviraj Chavan in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

Source:PIB

Condition of families of martyrs

Number of soldiers from various states killed on duty (Battle Casualties) during the last three years are as under:

Year	Officers	JCOs	OR	Total
2006	17	17	193	227
2007	16	27	175	218
2008	16	15	146	177
2009(Till 20th July 09)	5	3	60	68
Total	54	62	574	690

State-wise data is not being maintained.

The next of kin of Armed Forces personnel who die during the under mentioned circumstances are paid following rates of ex-gratia from Central Government:-

I.Death occurring due to accidents in course of duties- Rs.10 lakhs;

II.Death in the course of duties attributable to acts of violence by terrorists etc- Rs.10 lakhs;

III.Death occurring during the enemy action in war or border skirmishes or in action against militants, terrorists etc.- Rs.15 lakhs;

IV.Death occurring during enemy action in international war or war-like engagements specially notified- Rs.20 lakhs.

The ex-gratia amount payables by concerned State Governments vary from State to State.

No claim is outstanding with the Army Headquarters.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Shri M.M. Pallam Raju in a written reply to Shri Harsh Vardhan and Ashok Argal in Lok Sabha today

SC panel seeks three-fold pay hike for trial court judges

In what could be the biggest ever salary hike for lowly-paid trial court judges, the Supreme Court-appointed National Judicial Pay Commission (NJPC) has proposed more than three-fold jump in their pay that translates to a monthly increase of Rs 20,000 at the entry level. Less than three months after being appointed head of the second NJPC, Justice E.Padmanabhan, a former judge of the Madras HC, submitted his report to the SC proposing an average 3.07-fold hike in the existing salaries that was recommended by the first NJPC in 1999.

The recommendations of the first NJPC headed by Justice Jagannatha Shetty had entitled civil judge (junior division) starting salary of Rs 11,775, civil judge (senior division) Rs 15,200, district judge (entry level) Rs 20,800 and district judge (super time scale) Rs 23,850. With the increase proposed by the second NJPC, the starting salary of a civil judge (junior division) is expected to be around

Rs 35,000, a hike of nearly Rs 24,000. As per Justice Padmanabhan’s recommendations, salary of civil judge (senior division) would be around Rs 45,000, which means a hike of around Rs 30,000. Similarly, the salary of district judge (entry level) would be around Rs 60,000 and that of DJ (super time scale) Rs 70,000. The logic given by Justice Padmanabhan, after extensive research and hearing of parties almost on a daily basis, was that the first NJPC had recommended salaries of the lower judiciary keeping in view the then salaries of HC judges which was fixed at Rs 26,000 and that of HC CJ at Rs 30,000, SC judges at Rs 30,000 and CJI at Rs 33,000.

However, with the CJI and SC and HC judges getting more than three-fold hike in their salaries,

the second NJPC thought of applying the same logic for trial court judges. The salary structure for the higher judiciary got changed with retrospective effect, as the government in January this year agreed to revise the salary of HC judges to Rs 80,000, HC Chief Justices Rs 90,000, SC judges Rs 90,000 and CJI Rs 1 lakh. The appointment of the second judicial pay commission had come through a judicial order of the apex court on April 30 in an application filed by the All India Judges Association.
Source: The Economics Times

Resettlement of Ex-Servicemen

There is no proposal to extend minimum pensionary benefits to the ex-servicemen who render less than 15 years of service.

The data with regard to number of ex-servicemen State-wise is given below:

Sl.No.	States	EX- SERVICEMEN
-	-	Army	Air Force	Navy	TOTAL
1.	Andhra Pradesh	58703	10522	4479	73704
2.	Arunachal Pradesh	284	0	0	284
3.	Assam	30219	2184	872	33275
4.	Bihar	64972	3075	1458	69505
5.	Chattisgarh	4209	272	156	4637
6.	Goa	1118	204	646	1968
7.	Gujarat	16615	3818	607	21040
8.	Haryana	215075	10432	8781	234288
9.	Himachal Pradesh	95905	1989	3163	101057
10.	Jammu Kashmir	65254	601	458	66313
11.	Jharkhand	17064	1084	843	18991
12.	Karnataka	53834	9167	2094	65095
13.	Kerala	123380	20185	11048	154613
14.	Madhya Pradesh	35630	1548	1057	38235
15.	Maharashtra	132381	11239	13362	156982
16.	Manipur	6225	74	33	6332
17.	Meghalaya	2072	78	54	2204
18.	Mizoram	4642	20	20	4682
19.	Nagaland	2560	8	17	2585
20.	Orissa	23629	4435	2085	30149
21.	Punjab	266238	9837	5103	281178
22.	Rajasthan	136664	6453	3554	146671
23.	Sikkim	1094	1	8	1103
24.	Tamil Nadu	105429	10886	3248	119563
25.	Tripura	2107	101	51	2259
26.	Uttarakhand	222314	19143	10533	251990
27.	Uttar Pradesh	111922	2028	2088	116038
28.	West Bengal	47657	9588	3512	60757
29.	A & N Islands UT	435	103	140	678
30.	Chandigarh UT	6047	2399	340	8786
31.	Delhi	28294	6214	2709	37217
32.	Puducherry UT	1272	327	89	1688
31.	TOTAL	1883244	148015	82608	2113867

Note: Figures for the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Manipur are provisional.

Various training and self-employment schemes for the welfare and resettlement of ex-servicemen are provided through the Directorate General of Resettlement (DGR) and Kendriya Sainik Board (KSB). Details are as follows:

Ex-servicemen are given training to prepare them for civilian life. DGR is entrusted with the responsibility of preparing both ex-servicemen and retiring service personnel for a second career. Towards this end Officers and PBORs are given resettlement training at IIMs and various other institutes across the country.

The following self employment schemes are operated for the welfare of officers and PBORs Ex-servicemen: Security Agencies; Allotment of surplus army vehicles; Coal Transportation scheme; Coal Tipper Scheme; Allotment of oil product agencies; Allotment of BPCL-GHAR outlets; Mother Diary Milk and Fruits and Vegetables shops; Management of CNG Station by ESM Officers in NCR; Management of Toll Plaza under NHAI; Kidzee brand chain franchise. Financial assistance is provided for treatment of serious ailments, supply of modified scooters for ESM paraplegics, toolkits for ESM technician, financial assistance for needy ESM for house repair, daughter’s marriage, children education etc, Prime Minister’s Merit Scholarship Scheme, funds for maintenance of paraplegic rehabilitation centres, Cheshire home and St. Dustan aftercare organization and war memorial hostels. Besides the above the following benefits are also available to Ex-servicemen: Tuition Fee exemption for wards of war widows/war disabled ESM; Allotment of medical/BDS seats to wards of Defence Personnel; Reservation in State Government jobs and in professional colleges for wards of ESM/widows; Reservation in allotment of house sites/flats; Cash incentives for winners of gallantry awards; Ex-gratia grant to war widows; Legal assistance and exemption of court fee; Concession in fare for rail and air to recipients of gallantry awards, permanently disabled Officers and war widows; 10 to 24.5% reservation in Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ posts in Central and State Governments, PSUs, nationalized banks and paramilitary forces. Along with the above benefits 100% medical coverage is provided to ESM pensioners through Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), who are members of the scheme. This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Shri M.M. Pallam Raju in a written reply to Shri Kodikkunnil Suresh in Lok Sabha today.