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Time for some reform in the Paternity Leave Policy while considering its importance 

With the Indian government all set to increase the maternity leave for women working in the private sector from the usual 3 months (12 weeks) to six and a half months (26 weeks), a strong case has now come up suggesting recommendations in the paternity leave policy.

Though the government initiative to extend the maternity leave is aimed at providing each child with exclusive six months of breastfeeding as is the norm for the baby’s proper growth.

However, there has been complete silence so far with regard to the paternity leave, especially in the private sector. The emphasis only in respect with the mother and maternity leave while side-lining the issue of parenthood indicates that the proposed change ignores the gender distribution in case of unpaid work in India.

Implementation of paternity leave policy

The paternity rule policy came into force in 1997 for males working in government service and public sector companies, allowing 15 days of paid leave for men with fewer than two surviving children. These leaves can be combined with other leaves though. Later in 2009 this provision was extended to adoptive fathers too. However, there are demands seeking to extend the period of paternity leave to 30 days, which has not been amended yet.

On the other hand, in case of the private sector, a legal policy for paternity leave is overdue for long in India. Most private companies offer the to-be-fathers with a minimum of 5 days leave depending on the organization and their policies.

Despite several reviews of law by the Labour as well as Women and Child Development Ministries persuading to introduce the concept of equal paternity leave or extending the number of days in India like in many other countries in the west, nothing much has happened so far.

The fact is, equality in paternity leaves could act as an important aspect which could change the relationships and opinions about the roles in parenting. However, because of absence of a legal framework in case of paternity leave, especially in private sector, the decision is left with individual organizations.

Why is Paternity Leave Important?

With Paternity Leaves, the expecting father can get an opportunity to create a strong bond with the baby from the time of its birth. And this can be possible only when the father is not burdened with stress related workload, deadlines and targets.

Also, this way the husband can support his wife during labour as well as post labour when his wife’s healing after childbirth. This especially benefits those living in nuclear families.

Parenting responsibility share

Parenting is a shared responsibility of both the mother and the father and when the father remains present during childbirth and while rearing the baby, it makes him thoughtful towards the particular needs of the child. This way it brings upon more caring and dedicated fathers. In addition, it also makes the bond between husband and wife stronger, while enhancing the same with the child.

Paternity leave in the West 

In many European countries fathers are offered 13 to 45 weeks of paternity leave with fully paid or in some cases 55 to 80% payment facility. Sweden is the first country to initiate the concept of paternity leave in 1974.

With the practice of equally shared parenting gaining fast response in the West, India has the chance to make way for attitudinal change by enforcing certain changes on the legislature concerning paternity leave policies. This will not only allow fathers to engage equally in childcare, but also enable working women to balance their roles, both productive and reproductive.

Paternity leave table

There are numerous American, African and Asian countries who don’t follow the paternity policies, while some of them offer minimum one week to maximum 2 weeks of paid paternity leave, there are many who are yet to introduce such a policy.

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•  No modification in the allowances, nurses to go on strike
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No modification in the allowances, nurses to go on strike

The nurses of the government hospitals are very unhappy with the decision of the government to not consider nurses in the Seventh Pay Commission. The seventh pay commission was submitted by the finance minister with all the modifications and new facilities given to government employees. But there was no increase in the pay scale of the nurses and no modifications were made in their allowance. The reason given by the government for not modifying any allowance or pay scale of the nurses was that the Nursing Allowance are at an appropriate level and so there is no need of any changes currently.

Current Stats and the Demands

The nurses feel that the government has been unfair to them by not increasing their allowances which they surely deserve.

The below listed tables gives the current stats of allowances receiving by nurses:

But now the nurses want a minimum of three times increase in these allowances and also demand some more addition of allowances like- risk and night duty allowances.

The protest

They say that they are eligible for all the benefits and allowances that have been given to other governments workers under this Seventh Pay Commission. The nurses feel that they have to face a lot of risk when handling patients with various infections and for this risk taken by them the government does not give them enough allowances. The government did not really give any replay for these demands of the nurses and so The All India Government Nurse Federation had decided and announced that they will go on a hunger strike, and now are on a relay of hunger strike which they say will go on till the 26^th of February.

Another organization that representsthe nurses and supports these demands have decided to go on a strike from the 15^th of March if the demands of the nurses are not met by then. They say that they would quit working in government hospitals until the government takes any action for meeting these demands of the nurses under the Seventh Pay Commission.

Government’s replay to this matter

The organizations say that they have being trying to negotiate their demands with the governments but there has been no response from the government’s end. The government seems to be negligent of these demands and protests and have not tried talking to the leaders of these nursing organizations.

So now one has to wait and see that how these protests take a turn and what the governments does about this issue.

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• Seventh pay commission pay scale for teachers
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7th pay commission pay scale for Primary, High School, PGT qualified, CBSC, AICET  Teachers 

The 7^th pay commission, launched in the September 2015 will be beneficial to more than 47 lakh employees working in Central Govt. and other public units and also teachers of schools, colleges and universities. In addition to this, near about 52 lakh retired pensioners will get a hiked pension structure and other benefits associated with retirement. Not only the salary, other allowances will also be hiked under the new pay commission.

Salary revision of teachers

After this new pay commission, teachers in all primary schools, secondary and higher secondary schools, colleges and universities will have a hiked net salary of around 16 %. In addition to this, the retired teachers will get pension, 24 % more than that they are receiving at present. The yearly increment will be 3 % of the basic salary, which will be same as earlier.

What is the present salary structure of Teachers under central government?

Currently, suppose for example the Trained Graduate teachers who are employed in the primary and the high schools are getting their basic salary with pay scale of Rs. 9,300 – Rs. 34,800. In addition to this, they have a Grade pay of Rs. 4,600. This salary structure is according to the 6^th pay commission. So overall, their net salary per month was Rs. 17,140 at the time of joining. There are some other allowances also that the teachers in primary schools get, apart from their salary. The revised pay commission has promised to modify the pay structures of the teachers along with other central government employees.

Salary of teachers after 7^th pay commission gets implemented

According to sources, after the implementation of this new pay commission which is planned to get functional from early 2016, the salary structures of the school teachers will experience a major hike. Now, the projected salary of the trained graduate school teachers will become around Rs. 29,900 – Rs. 1,04,400 (Basic) along with grade pay of Rs. 13,800. This will make the entry net salary of the teachers around Rs. 51, 420. And the other allowances will also be gradually increased.

Other benefits of 7^th pay commission for teachers

Not only the currently working teachers employed under the central government in pre – primary, primary, higher secondary schools, etc., but also the retired teachers of central government will also get a revised pension structure and other pension benefits. A steep hike of 24 % is supposed to be implemented in the pension structures. In addition to the teachers, the no teaching staffs will also get their salary structures revised under the new pay commission. 

Pay bands of teachers

• Primary Teachers Pay Scale :

The Primary Teachers are those who teach from classes up to fifth standard. They are aided by the state governments and therefore the payment of primary school teachers differs in different parts of the country. Normally they have a pay band of Rs. 9300 to Rs. 34800 with a gross pay of Rs. 4200. However, still on an average, the payment of the primary school teachers in India is around Rs. 195,491 annually. It takes around 20 years for someone in this position to move on to higher positions, like Headmaster or Principal.

• High School Teachers Pay Scale:

Their salaries range between Rs 112,937 and Rs. 494,464 annually.  This may be subject to fluctuation depending upon the area in which the teacher resides. The salaries for teachers in the urban areas and metropolitan cities are more compared to the salaries of those residing in remote areas.

The High School teachers teach students between class five to ten. These teachers are specialized in B.Ed and have to earn degrees after specializing in their respective courses. Anybody from science, arts or commerce stream can pursue a B.Ed and teach in a high school in their specialized subject.

• PGT qualified teachers Pay Scale:

PGT stands for Post Graduate Teachers and since the teachers are post graduate, their pay is higher than those of High school or primary school. It has to be fitting to their skill level and also the post they have applied for. The government has a defined pay scale for the PGT teachers across several cities. Their gross income lies within a range of Rs. 9300 to Rs. 34800 with a grade pay of Rs. 4800. Punjab gives out the highest salaries to the PGT teachers (Rs. 10300 to Rs.34800+ with a Grade Pay of Rs. 4600). Based on the Grade pay prescribed by the government, the salary can range anywhere between Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 40,000 – it varies according to state.

• AICTE Professors Pay Scale:

The AICTE approved colleges’ Professors have a pay scale that ranges between Rs. 15600 to Rs. 39100. This is only the starting salary for the person entering as a professor in the institutes. His post is regarded as that as Assistant Professor’s and his Gross Pay is Rs. 6000. The pay band of the professors that have already been teaching and have experience was earlier Rs. 8000-13500. Now it will be changed from the pay band revision and their Gross Pay will now be under Rs. 6000. The Assistant Professor that has a teaching experience of 4 years with a PhD in the relevant course shall be assigned to a Gross Pay of Rs. 7000 and the actual pay band will be adjusted accordingly.

• CBSE teachers Pay Scale:

Basically the Pay band of the CBSE teachers also follows the regulations as per the state. This means that under a CBSE board the pay band shall be as:

• Primary Teachers: Pay band of Rs. 9300 to Rs. 34800 along with a Gross Pay of Rs. 4200. This means that the primary teachers will have to be paid according to this gross pay.
• PGT Qualifies Teachers: The pay band that has already been prescribed that is Rs. 9300 to Rs. 34800 will be applicable to the teachers under PGT as well.

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• Salary Of Anganwadi After 7th Pay Commission
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Salary Of Anganwadi, ICDS Anganwadi Salary, Anganwadi Sevika Salary After 7th Pay Commission

Malnutrition is one of the major problems in India. According to Global Hunger Index of last year India ranks 20^th in the world based on number of the number of malnourished children. And this problem isn’t anything new – it has existed in country since decades. To improve the situation Government of India started an Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program in 1975. The program aimed to combat malnutrition and other problems related to child development with help from special workers who’d be familiar with rural circumstances and people. The workers were given the name of “Anganwadi workers.” Four decades have passed since the beginning of program but problem of malnutrition still exists. And while there’re many reasons behind the existence of this problem, one of them is underpayment (or in some states, even no payment) of Anganwadi workers.

• Anganwadi ICDS Salary

The salary of anganwadi workers is one of the lowest in country, and a pittance of what other government servants are paid in general. In other departments government assistants are paid at least Rs. 15,000 a month. In ICDS, however, helpers (known as sahayika) are paid a mere sum of Rs. 1,500 per month. The pay scale of mainstream anganwadi workers (known as sevika) is also not good – they’re paid Rs. 3,000 a month. Besides salary it can be said that these workers are provided residential facility too because they’re required to stay within anganwadi centre premises, and the government pays rent for those premises.

• Anganwadi ICDS Grade Pay

The only state with provision of grade pay for anganwadi workers is Tamilnadu. It pays a grade pay of Rs. 500 to anganwadi workers and Rs. 300 to helpers. Other states don’t provide grade pay to anganwadi staff.

• Anganwadi ICDS Allowances and Perks

Aside from salary and grade pay some states also provide various allowances to Anganwadi workers. However, availability of these allowances varies from state to state:

Facilities provided to ICDS workers include Summer Holidays of 15 days, pension, Provident Fund etc. depending on the state they’re working in.

• Anganwadi ICDS Benefits Under 7th Pay Commission

With workers demanding better pay since years government has finally decided to increase their pay scale in 7^th CPC. However, exact figures of hike have not been disclosed.

It’s also worth noting that some states (i.e. Telangana and Kerala) have already revised the pay scale of ICDS workers. Telangana did it last year in May, and Kerala has also done it a few months back in February. Based on revised pay scales current salaries of ICDS workers look like this in states where pay has been revised:

While not a lot, these hikes are still a lot better than the current pay scale implemented by Central government. Hopefully Centre will also learn from these states and increase the salary of ICDS workers in 7^th CPC.

Syeda Hamid Is Positive to Increase Wages For Anganwadi Workers

Several different changes in the plan are being made for the 2nd year of the twelfth Plan (2013), Hamid said. “Changing the Anganwadi Scheme into a nursery school, and satisfying the needs of nutrition will be the center of the progressions we are arranging.” “Serving warm or, in any event, homely cooked meals will be additional aim,” Hamid said, including that packaged nourishment being given at a few centers of Anganwadi was not of good quality.

Syeda said that the Planning Commission’s concentration was to unite ICDS with the other projects and making it to concentrate on nutrition and general wellbeing. Components of advancing sanitation as well as clean water of drinking were likewise being included to the plan, Syeda said.

Integrated Child Development Services is a lead plan which concentrates for enhancing the nutritional level and wellbeing status of the children up to 6 years old, lessening mortality, dismalness and lack of healthy sustenance and improving the ability of the mother to take care of her and dietary requirements of the tyke through appropriate nourishment and health instructions.

Jaithley Also Interested To Increase The Pay Of Anganwadi Workers

Finance Minister Jaitley in an announcement stated that making schemes of social security available to unorganized division workers is a noteworthy challenge that the Union Government is eager to address at this crossroads where the disordered division is developing at a rapid pace.

The administration’s need is to make social security and wellbeing advantages open to unorganized area workers such as Anganwadi workers, construction workers and workers of various schemes.

National Secretary of AITUC (All India Trade Union Congress) Gurudas Dasgupta stated that it is terrible that the government turned down the offer by ILC in May to increase the salaries of anganwadi workers. Gurudas said that since individuals working in the sloppy areas are ignored for a considerable length of time, an across the country stir was inevitable. All India Trade Union Congress also arranged “gherao” of the Parliament house but their appeal was not taken for granted but this year they are positive that after 7^Th Pay Commission, salaries of the Anganwadi workers will be raised.

Few Of The Important Duties Of Anganwadi Workers

Update

13/09/2018

Double Remuneration for Health Care Workers in India

The central government made another announcement that directly affects the healthcare facility in the country. In September 2018, authorities highlighted that the incentive sum or Protsahan Rashi will be doubled from October 2018. What was Rs. 250 will not become Rs, 500. This facility will directly benefit the Asha, ANM and Anganwadi workers. Instead of Rs. 3000, these healthcare workers will receive Rs. 4500. Those who used to attain Rs. 2250 will get Rs. 3500. The Anganwadi Helpers used to get Rs. 1500. From October, they will receive Rs. 2500. This will boost the morale of these healthcare workers. More financial assistance will encourage them to take up more cases. This will develop the rural health sector easily.

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7^th pay commission for paramilitary forces Pay scale | Grade Pay | Salary | Allowance 

The pay scales of the paramilitary forces depend on the current pay commission under the central govt. guidelines. The paramilitary forces are units of Indian Defence mechanism where there are seven such units who are assigned with several duties. Some are responsible to assist the Indian Army in the border areas, some are active in providing urban security to important institutions while some are for law and order duties. The pay scales of the officers and subordinates of these paramilitary units of India are determined as per their rank and the ongoing pay commission implemented by the centre. The Units referred to as paramilitary forces in India are CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF, Assam Rifles, SSB and NSG. Below are the pay scales of these paramilitary forces as per current CPC:

• Paramilitary forces Grade Pay

At present, the Grade Pay of the forces and officers of the Paramilitary units of India are given as per the recommendations of the 6^th central pay commission. The grade pay is added along with the pay band of the paramilitary forces, which pay an important decisive factor in their overall monthly salary. The range of grade pays of the paramilitary forces starts from Rs. 2,000 for the ranks of constable and the highest grade pay received by the high ranked officers like the Inspector General is Rs. 10,000. But there is no provision of grade pay for the highest ranked officers like Director General of the Paramilitary forces. They receive a fixed salary of Rs. 80,000 per month.

• Paramilitary forces Salary

The overall monthly salary of the members of paramilitary forces is a combination of the pay band and the grade pay which depends of the rank of the officers and forces. The pay band starts from Rs. 5,200 to Rs. 20,200 for the constables. Also the grade pay starts from Rs. 2,000 which is added with the pay band. The addition of pay band and grade pay is termed as the basic pay of the employees of paramilitary forces. These rates are as per recommendations of the present 6^th pay commission. Another major factor influencing the net salary of the paramilitary forces is the Dearness Allowance (DA) provided by the central government. The present DA rate is 125 per cent of the basic salary. Several other allowances and paramilitary pay are added with the salary. However, the highest rank of the paramilitary force units i.e. the Director General (DG) get a monthly remuneration of Rs. 80,000 which is fixed.

• Paramilitary forces types with pay scale

The Indian paramilitary forces are broadly divided into seven units namely the CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF, Assam Rifles, SSB and NSG. The rank division of these paramilitary forces of India are almost the same, which starts from constables and goes up to Director General rank. The pay scale of the rank of Director General (DG) is Rs. 80,000 which is fixed monthly remuneration. Currently the pay scales of these forces are as per the 6^th pay commission, which will be revised soon after the full implementation of the 7^th pay commission.

• Paramilitary forces pension

After long struggle between the Govt. authorities and the units of paramilitary forces, the pension benefits for the forces serving in the paramilitary units were given. The retirement age of the paramilitary forces is fixed to 60 years after which they will become eligible to get pension benefits. The monthly pensions will be calculated as per the last withdrawing salary during retirement. The pension amount will also get affected by the annual regular increment and the dearness allowance percentage.

• Paramilitary forces benefits under 7th pay commission 

There are several recommendations mentioned in the new 7^th central pay commission to improve the pay structures and other benefits provided to the members of the paramilitary forces in India. The implementation date of the 7^th CPC is 1^st Jan 2016. The pay bands and grade pays of the paramilitary forces will be hiked according to the calculation of fitment factor. It is expected to have a fitment factor of 2.57 after the full implementation of 7^th CPC. Several other allowances will be added to the paramilitary forces like improved medical allowance, hard area allowance, etc. The Govt. has also agreed to revive the rates of paramilitary service pay. Also there is a recommendation on one rank one allowance for the forces.

It cannot be denied that a huge number of central government employees, military, and paramilitary forces have been waiting for a long time to gain clear insight about the recommendations for 7^th pay commission. Not only the central government but also the state government employees have been looking up for the final approval of 7^th pay commission from the Ministry of Finance. And according to the reports, it has been observed that there is a complete new matrix formation for risk and allowance for defense forces and security personnel. It also states that the top grade Military Service pay (MSP) will be granted solely for defense forces.

• The risk and hardship allowance issue

A new “nice cell risk and hardship matrix” shall be formed along with one extra cell which will be specifically for the army troops that are deployed along Siachen Border. This is definitely justified since it is the world’s highest and coldest battlefield. Now, this allowance for Defense personnel has raised issues since this is not allotted for paramilitary personnel also. Regarding this issue, the paramilitary forces have called for a meeting with Central Armed Police Forces. The meeting is regarding the demand of paramilitary personnel for the 7^th pay commission to allow them a paramilitary service pay (PSP) identical to MSP.

• Compensation for Paramilitary forces

It needs to be remembered that paramilitary forces like BSF, CRPF, CISF, SSB and ITBP incorporate different retirement ages that vary from 57-60 years. The panel of 7^th pay commission has suggested a separate package of for lateral entry of retired personnel or the decommissioned defense personnel within the forces apart from any other services. But that does not offer the proper allowances provided in MSP. Seeking to include more young blood within the armed forces it has been recommended by 7^th pay commission that Short Service Commission (SSC) shall be entitled to a complete funding of one year course within a premier institute of higher learning.

• The issue still continues

The primary objective of offering allowance and revised pension formula for defense forces is nothing more than enhancing the morale of these forces. The commission has also proposed a hike in ex-gratia lump sum compensation for the next kin of troops when they sacrifice their lives in line of duty. But one good thing is the commission finally has decided to attempt a longtime issue for granting Non Functional Upgradation (NFU) for the officers. But the “risk and hardship issue” still remains constant because MSP shall be payable for all ranks but this scenario is not similar incase of paramilitary forces. They raised issue since the paramilitary forces feel that their services are being ignored by the Central Government and 7^th pay commission.

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