Meeting in c/w 7th Pay Commission of High Power Committee

LABOUR MINISTRY ISSUES PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT BONUS AMENDMENT WAS DONE AS PER THE REPRESENTATIONS AND DEMANDS OF UNION IN FEB-2013 & SEP-2015 STRIKE.  

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Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment08-January-2016 17:47 IST

The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015 notified:Increase in the Eligibility Limit under clause (13) of Section 2 and Calculation Ceiling under Section 12 of the Payment of Bonus Act, 2015 

The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was passed by the Parliament in the just concluded Winter Session of the Parliament. The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015 has been published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary on 1st January, 2016 as Act No. 6 of 2016. The provisions of the Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2014.

The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015 envisages enhancement of eligibility limit under section 2(13) from Rs.10,000/- per month to Rs.21,000/- per month and Calculation Ceiling under section 12 from Rs. 3500 to Rs.7000 or the minimum wage for the scheduled employment, as fixed by the appropriate Government, whichever is higher. The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015 also mandates previous publication of draft subordinate legislations, framed under the enabling provisions under the said Act, in the Official Gazette for inviting objections and suggestions before their final notification.

The Government has been receiving representations from trade unions for removal of all ceilings under the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965. It is also one of the demands made by them during the country-wide General Strike held in February, 2013 and September, 2015. As the last revision in these two ceilings were made in the year 2007 and was made effective from the 1st April, 2006, it was decided by the Government to make appropriate amendments to the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965.

These changes in the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 will benefit thousands of work force.
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Hon'ble MoC Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hon'ble CPMG Shri A. K. Dash, Hon'ble PMG (BD/Mails) Shri V K. Gupta and Staff of e commerce Parel Hub during the inauguration.

Today i.e. 09-1-2016, e-Commerce Parcel Processing Centre located at Parel, Mumbai 400012 was dedicated to Nation by Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hon'ble Minister of Communications and Information Technology. This centre is having capacity of handling of 30,000 parcels per day. Also having mechanized processing on conveyor belt with advance technical instruments. 

DECENTRALIZATION OF MAIL AGENCY WORK OF THANE SORTING AND KALYAN RMS.

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