Monday 22 December 2014
Saturday 20 December 2014
Government decides to pay 8.75% interest on PF for 2014-2015
Over five crore provident fund
subscribers governed by the EPFO will get 8.75 per cent interest on
their deposits for the current fiscal.
The Finance Ministry has ratified the rate for 2014-15, after a decision
was taken to retain the interest payout at this level by the Central
Board of Trustees of the Employees'Provident Fund Organisation, sources
said.
As per the practice, EPFO trustees' decision gets implemented after the concurrence of the Finance Ministry.
Following the ratification by the Finance Ministry, the decision would
now be notified by the Labour Ministry as also by the Income Tax
Department.
Friday 19 December 2014
No reduction in retirement age
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
18-December-2014 13:10 IST
No reduction in retirement age
There is no proposal under consideration of Government to reduce the retirement age from 60 to 58 years for its employees.
The retirement age for Central Government
employees was revised from 58 to 60 years in 1997 on the basis of
recommendations of the 5th Central Pay Commission.
The Centre’s total wages and salaries bill
for its employees for the year 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 is Rs.
85,963.50 crore, Rs. 92,264.88 crore and Rs. 1,04,759.71 crore,
respectively.
This was stated by the Minister of State
for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a
written reply to Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Dr. T Subbarami Reddy
and Smt. Ambika Soni in Rajya Sabha, today.
Thursday 18 December 2014
7th Pay Commission scheduled to visit Kolkata & Andaman
7cpc.india.gov.in – An official website of 7th Central Pay Commission
published an another schedule a visit Kolkata and Andaman Nicobar
Islands on 4 to 6 Jan and 8 to 10 Jan 2015 respectively.
Commission’s visit to Kolkata and Andaman & Nicobar Islands
The Commission, headed by its Chairman, Justice Shri A. K. Mathur,
proposes to visit Kolkata from 04th to 06th January 2015 and Andaman
& Nicobar from 08th to 10th January 2015. The Commission would like
to invite various entities/associations/federations representing any/all
categories of employees covered by the terms of reference of the
Commission to present their views.
Your request for a meeting with the Commission may be sent through
e-mail to the Secretary, 7th Central Pay Commission at secy-7cpc@nic.in.
The memorandum already submitted by the requesting entity may also be
sent as an attachment with this e-mail.
The last date for receiving request for meeting is 31st December 2014 (1700 hours).
Wednesday 17 December 2014
Tuesday 16 December 2014
Saturday 13 December 2014
Thursday 11 December 2014
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Transfer/Posting/Promotion & Allotment in PS Gr B cadre
Vide CO Memo No SFA/P-11/XXVII dated
08.12.2014
Sl.No.
|
Name of the officer
Shri/Smt
|
Designation
|
Allotted/Posted on /transfer /promotion
|
1
|
Ranjit Kr Halder
|
ADSP-II , RO , Siliguri
|
Kolkata Region
|
2
|
Tapas Mallick
|
ASP(SAS) Mail , CO
|
ADPS (PG) , CO ( HQ Region)
|
3.
|
Noten Ch Sahoo
|
ASP RMS H Dn
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NB & Sikkim Region
|
4.
|
Nazmul Haque Chowdhury
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ASP , Dinajpur Dn
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NB & Sikkim Region
|
5.
|
Chandana Chattopadhyay
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ASP , North Kol Dn attached to BO , Kolkata GPO
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Superintendent , CSD , Kolkata ( HQ Region)
|
Monday 8 December 2014
Promotion of Multi Tasking Staff: Rajya Sabha Q&A
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 1340
ANSWERED ON 04.12.2014
Promotion of Multi Tasking Staff
1340 SHRIMATI KANAK LATA SINGH
Will the Minister of PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to satate :-
(a)
whether it is a fact that the Grade-III employees of the Multi Tasking
Staff (MTS) are not being promoted and they are getting demoralized on this account;
(b) if so, since how many years, the Grade-III employees in the MTS have not got promotion; and
(c) whether
it is also a fact that some of the posts of the Grade-III employees are
being abolished by Government every year and if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
Minister of State in
the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and
Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)
(a) & (b): As per the provisions of the Government of India (Allocation of
Business) Rules, 1961 this Department, frames/lays down
guidelines/instructions on promotion which are implemented by various
Ministries/Departments with whom the facts of the case/details of
officers are available. Further, promotion to a post is made as per the
provisions of the Statutory Recruitment Rules applicable to the post.
Ministries/Departments are delegated with the powers for making the
Recruitment Rules for making promotions to the Group ‘C’ posts. No such
centralizeddata is maintained in this Department.
(c): This Department has not issued any instructions in this regard.
Source: RajyaSabha.nic.in
Friday 5 December 2014
Central government launches special deposit scheme for the girl child
To help channelise small savings, government has launched a special deposit scheme for girl child -- Sukanya Samriddhi Account-- which can be opened in banks and post offices and half of the funds can be withdrawn for her higher education and marriage.
While
the scheme has been notified by the government, the special interest
rate applicable to it would be determined later. Under the scheme, an
account can be opened in the name of a girl child up to the age of 10
years.
The
scheme would mature on completion of 21 years from the date of opening
of the account, and deposits can be made till completion of 14
years. The account can be transferred anywhere in India if the girl
child shifts to a place other than the city or locality where the
account stands.
Further,
50% of the deposit could be withdrawn for the purpose of higher
education and marriage of the girl child after she attains 18 years of
age, said the notification.
"The
account shall be opened and operated by the natural or legal guardian
of a girl child till the girl child in whose name the account has been
opened, attains the age of 10 years," it added. After attaining age of
10 years, the account holder can herself operate the account.
In
the event of death of the account holder, the account would be closed
immediately, and the balance at the credit of the account would be paid
along with interest till the month preceding the month of premature
closure of the account. The scheme is aimed at garnering small savings and channelising them for development of infrastructure.
Recently,
the government has relaunched the Kisan Vikas Patra, in which the
invested money doubles in 100 months, with the objective of increasing
domestic savings.
POSTAL JCA OF NFPE & FNPO LAUNCHED A MASSIVE PARLIAMENT MARCH ON 4.12.2014
NFPE * FNPO * AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) * NUGDS
POSTAL JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION
4TH
DECEMBER 2014
HISTORIC PARLIAMENT MARCH
MORE THAN
15000 POSTAL & RMS EMPLOYEES INCLUDING GRAMIN DAK SEWAKS & CASUAL, PART
TIME, CONTINGENT EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATED
INDEFINITE STRIKE FROM 6TH MAY 2015
About 15000 Postal Employees marched to Parliament today
under the banner of Postal Joint Council of Action (NFPE, FNPO, AIPEU-GDS
(NFPE) & NUGDS). Employees from all the 22 circles participated in the
historic march with colorful banners, flags and caps shouting slogans against
the negative attitude of the Government towards the demands of the Postal
Employees. Grant of Civil Servant Status to Gramin Dak Sevaks and inclusion in
7th CPC, Merger of DA and grant of interim relief to all employees,
scrap new pension scheme, Revision of wages of casual, Part-time contingent
employees, implementation of cadre Restructuring committee report, settle 39
point charter of demands are the main demands raised in the Parliament March.
Thursday 4 December 2014
Labour Reforms
Press
Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment
03-December-2014
17:27 IST
Labour
Reforms
The
Minister Of State (IC) for Labour and Employment, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya has
said that Labour Laws reform is a continuous process in order to bring them in
tune with the emerging needs of the economy after tri-partite consultations
amongst Government, Employers’ and Employees’ Organizations. The Ministry of
Labour & Employment is actively engaged in addressing the issue of
simplifying and codifying the Labour Laws and for ensuring ease of compliance
to promote an enabling business environment. While undertaking such reforms,
the overall interests of Labour like wages, employment, social security,
working environment, health and safety etc. are duly addressed keeping in view
the requirements of the Indian Industry to make it efficient and
Internationally competitive.
In a
written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya said that the
Ministry has also developed a single unified Web Portal for On-line
Registration of Units, Reporting of Inspections, submissions of Annual returns
and Redressal of Grievances. The Portal facilitates ease of reporting at one place
for various Labour Laws by a single On-line annual Return, consolidate
information of Labour inspections and its enforcement thereby enhancing
transparency in Labour Inspections.
Wednesday 3 December 2014
Filing Assets and Liabilities
Filing Assets and Liabilities
Press
Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
03-December-2014
13:44 IST
Filing
Assets and Liabilities
Section
44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 mandates that every public servant
(as defined in the Act, which includes Ministers, Members of Parliament,
Government employees, employees of statutory bodies, PSUs, etc.) shall make a
declaration of his assets and liabilities as well of his spouse and dependent
children in the manner as provided by or under the said Act. In exercise of the
powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (k) and clause (l) of
sub-section (2) of section 59 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of
2014), read with section 44 and section 45 of the said Act, the Central
Government has notified the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and
Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets
in Filing Returns) Rules, 2014 in the official Gazette on 14th July, 2014,
which, inter alia, contain the forms in which such information/return is
required to be filed.
Subsequently, concerns and apprehensions were raised by several Ministries/Departments and other stakeholders, inter alia, about the complexity involved in furnishing the desired details in the forms prescribed under the Rules. Accordingly, the Government of India vide its order dated 28-08-2014, constituted a Committee to simplify the forms and the process in which public servants shall make declaration of assets and liabilities. The said Committee has submitted its First Report on 01-10-2014, recommending simplified formats for declaration of moveable property and for declaration of debts and other liabilities by public servants.
The Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Rules, 2014 have also been amended by a notification dated 8th September, 2014, by which the time limit, for furnishing of such information/return by public servants, has been extended till 31st December, 2014.
This was stated by Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to Shri Sudheer Gupta & others in the Lok Sabha today.
Tuesday 2 December 2014
Rajya Sabha Question No. 684 : Improvement in efficiency of postal services
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 684
ANSWERED ON 28.11.2014
Improvement in efficiency of postal services
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to satate :-
(a) whether Government has proposed plans to improve efficiency of postal services, if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether Government is planning any Public Private Partnership model in postal services, if so, the details thereof;
(c) if not, the reasons therefor;
(d) whether there is any proposal to raise employment in postal services for rural areas, if so, the details thereof; and
(e) if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) Yes, Sir.
Performance of Post Offices is monitored on selected Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on Mails, Savings Bank and Money Orders through a web based mechanism.
The Government has undertaken the following steps to improve efficiency of Postal Services by:
(i) Introduction of a Mail Network Optimization Project (MNOP), for consolidation and optimization of operational network.
(ii) Process redesigning at Speed Post Hubs and Intra Circle Hubs.
(iii) Strengthening of end –to-end online tracking system, resulting in increase in online tracking.
(iv) Regular performance review of all Postal Circles.
(b) & (c) No Sir.
(d) & (e) There is no new proposal to raise fresh employment in postal services for Branch Post Offices situated in rural areas. In fact, whenever any vacancy arises in any Departmental cadre, irrespective of its location in rural area or urban area, the same is filled up as per the provisions of the Recruitment rules of that particular cadre. Till filling up of vacancy, the work of the post is managed by redistribution/combination of duties and temporary attachment of personnel from other Post offices etc.
There are sufficient numbers of sanctioned posts of Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) employees in rural areas. In addition, the Department has recently directed for expeditious filling up of all vacant posts of Gramin Dak Sevak Branch Postmasters.
Monday 1 December 2014
Acquitted employee entitled to full pay for suspension: CAT
After an acquittal, an employee is entitled to full pay and allowances from his employer and the grounds of
acquittal have no bearing on
the matter, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has ruled.
Aggrieved by the decision of
telecom department to withhold his full pay and allowances on the plea that his acquittal was “on
the benefit of doubt”, Mohinder Singh (61), a resident of Abohar, had moved the
CAT seeking directions to treat his period of suspension of four
years as “period spent on duty” thus entitling him to full pay and allowances.
Singh, before superannuation from
BSNL on January 31, 2010 was employed in telephone exchange, Abohar, and had
been suspended from December 12, 2002 to March 2, 2006 owing to pending graft
case against him for allegedly demanding bribe for installing a telephone connection. He was acquitted in
November 2005 as the prosecution failed to prove the allegations against him.
Following acquittal, his
suspension was revoked and Singh joined duty.
In this case, the CAT has ordered
the telecom department to grant full pay and allowance to Singh with 9%
interest.
However, following the order of disciplinary
authority of the department on December 8, 2011, Mohinder’s period
of suspension was treated as period “not spent on duty” because his acquittal
was based on “benefit of doubt” and “not on merits”.
The appellant authority dismissed
Singh’s appeal following which he moved the tribunal.
Singh had sought quashing of the
order and treating suspension as a period spent on duty and that he be granted
full pay and allowances terming the order of the department as “misplaced”.
He had challenged the order of general manager
telecom Punjab circle Ferozepure, chief general manager telecom and BSNL depriving him
of full pay and allowances.
Agreeing with the contentions of
Mohinder’s counsel Vikas Chatrath, the tribunal accepted, “An acquittal whether
on benefit of doubt or otherwise should lead to the same consequences.
Therefore, the applicant is entitled to full pay and allowances for period of suspension ordered only
because of the criminal case.”
Saturday 29 November 2014
Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 — Relaxation to travel by private airlines to visit J&K.
No.31011/7/2014-Estt.(A-IV)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
North Block, New Delhi-110 001
Dated: 28th November, 2014
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 — Relaxation to travel by private airlines to visit J&K.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s O.M. No.31011/3/2014- Estt.(A-1V) dated 26th September, 2014. It has been decided that the Government servants while availing Leave Travel Concession (LTC) to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) under the special dispensation scheme allowed by the aforesaid O.M. may also travel
by private airlines subject to the following conditions:-
(i) Officers entitled to travel by air may also travel by private airlines from their headquarters;
(ii) Officers not entitled to travel by air may be permitted to travel by private airlines between Delhi /Amritsar and any place in J&K.
2. Air travel by private airlines is to be performed in Economy Class only an at LTC- 80 fare of Air India or less.
3. Air Tickets to be purchased directly from the airlines (Booking counters, website of airlines) or by utilizing the service of Authorized Travel Agents viz. ‘M/s Balmer Lawrie & Company’, ‘M/s Ashok Travels & Tours’ and ‘IRCTC’ (to the extent IRCTC is
authorized as per DoPT’s O.M. No. 31011/6/2002-Estt.(A) dated 02.12.2009) while undertaking LTC journey. Booking of tickets through other agencies is not permitted.
4. All other conditions prescribed in this Ministry’s O.M. No. 31011/3/2014-Estt.(AIV) dated 26.09.2014 would continue to apply.
5. The order will remain in force for a period of one year from the date of issue of this order.
sd/-
(B. Bandyopadhyay)
Under Secretary to the Govt of India
Friday 28 November 2014
MEETING WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF TASK FORCE ON LEVERAGING THE POST OFFICE NETWORK ON 27.11.2014
On behalf of National federation of Postal Employees, Com. Giriraj
Singh, President NFPE, Com. R. N. Parashar, Secretary General, NFPE and on
behalf of AIPEU Group ‘C’, Com. N. Subramanian, General Secretary, Com.
Balwinder Singh, Financial Secretary & Com. A. Veeramani, AGS have met the
chairman Shri. T. S. R. Subramanian, Task force on Leveraging the Post office
Network on 27.11.2014 at Meghdoot Bhawan, New Delhi.
The Chairman of the Task force warmly welcomed the union
leaders and explained how the postal network could be utilized in a positive
manner. The interaction with the union side is mainly on the following points.
1.
E-
Commerce
2.
E-Governance
3.
Aadhar
Centre
4.
Financial
inclusion
5.
Data
collection for various departments
6.
Data
updation for various departments
7.
More
Insurance products
8.
More
Savings Products
9. MGNREGA,
Old age / widow / Disabled, Pension, Transfer of Benefit schemes
10. Physical network & Component
11. Physical to digital
12. Sale of prepaid cards for various telecom,
Mobile services, TV channels as well as post paid payments.
13. Market Surveys
In the memorandum we earlier submitted, many
service/business activities of the state governments and other departments of
Central Government including private players that can be done by the Postal
Departments have been mentioned. All the same were also emphasized in the
meeting.
The Chairman asserted us that there will be no retrenchment
elsewhere and instead more staff is needed to be employed especially in rural
areas. Our view of increasing the work and staff also is positively taken by
the Chairman. We requested him to suggest in its report to make the GDS as full
time employee while optimizing the Postal Network.
Let us wait and see what it will propose and recommend.
Next 7th Pay Commission Meeting at Jodhpur from 12th to 15th December
7th Central Pay Commission is proposed to visit Jodhpur to meet the CG Employees Associations and Trade Union delegates from 12th to 15th December, 2014.
The Commission, headed by its Chairman, Justice Shri A. K. Mathur,
proposes to visit Jodhpur from 12th to 15th December, 2014. The
Commission would like to invite various
entities/associations/federations representing any/all categories of
employees covered by the terms of reference of the Commission to present
their views.
Your request for a meeting with the Commission may be sent through
e-mail to the Secretary, 7th Central Pay Commission at secy-7cpc@nic.in.
The memorandum already submitted by the requesting entity may also be
sent as an attachment with this e-mail.
The Commission, headed by its Chairman, Justice Shri A. K. Mathur,
proposes to visit Jodhpur from 12th to 15th December, 2014. The
Commission would like to invite various
entities/associations/federations representing any/all categories of
employees covered by the terms of reference of the Commission to present
their views.
Your request for a meeting with the Commission may be sent through
e-mail to the Secretary, 7th Central Pay Commission at secy-7cpc@nic.in.
The memorandum already submitted by the requesting entity may also be
sent as an attachment with this e-mail.
Source: http://7cpc.india.gov.in/news07.html
New Holiday Home at Madurai with effect from 1.12.2014
Commencement of Booking of New Holiday Home at Madurai with effect from 1.12.2014
One more new and fresh Holiday Home has been commenced at Madurai for
Central Government Employees and Officers. As per the notification
issued by the Directorate of Estates, arrangements started for advance
booking for 20 suites in the heart of the Temple City Madurai.
Madurai is the third largest city in Tamil Nadu. It is the second
largest city and urban agglomeration in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu,
after Chennai and the sixteenth largest urban agglomeration of India.
The booking office is located at Plot No. C.1, Tamil Nagar, Koodal
Pudur, Anaiyur (P.O.), Madurai, Pin – 625017 (Tamil Nadu) and the online
booking also started from 1st December 2014. Contact numbers for the
‘Madurai Holiday Home Booking Office’ is 0452-2661891 and 2661892.
Accommodation details…
Ist Floor – 102 & 101(VIP AC Suite), 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 103 – 8 Rooms are available
2nd Floor – 201 & 202(VIP AC Suite), 203, 204, 205, 206 – 6 Rooms are available
3rd Floor – 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306 – 6 Rooms are available
All other rooms are furnished with Double Bedded AC Room
Total rooms are available 20 including VIP Suites.
(Note; Room No. 102 (VIP) and Room No. 104 & 105 will be under Emergency Quota)
For Original Directorate Order, Click here
And more details of Holiday Homes for Central Government Employees and Officers, Click here
Source: 7thpaycommissionnews.in
Thursday 27 November 2014
Wednesday 26 November 2014
Appointment of Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants by direct recruitment.
No.60-9/2009-SPB-I
Ministry of Communications & I T
Department of Posts
SPB-l-Section
New Delhi-110001.
Dated 25.9.20L4
ToAll Chief Post Masters General
Sir/Madam,
I
am directed to refer to this Directorate's letter of even
No.60-9/2009-SPB-| dated 08.05.2012 on the above mentioned subject and
to say that earlier, after the completion of pre-appointment formalities
the candidates selected for appointment of PA/SA were required to
undergo training in PTCs before they could be appointed. It often caused
delay in making the offer of appointments because of non-availability
of seats with the PTCs with the result that the selected candidates
found opportunities elsewhere and ultimately a good percentage of them
did not become available for appointment and thet vacancies remained
unfilled. Therefore, in the above cited letter dated 08.05.20L2 there is
no such condition that the candidates selected for appointment of PA/SA
are required to undergo training in PTCs before they could be
appointed.
2. In
view of the above, the Circles should take immediate action to ensure
that the pre-appointment formalities of the selected candidates are
completed at the earliest. For that matter, the Circles should liaison
with the concerned authorities in the States so that the pre-appointment
formalities are completed at the earliest. lf need be, CPMsG may use
their good offices to expedite the completion of formalities.
3. On
completion of the pre-appointment formalities, the candidates may
straightaway be issued offer of appointment by the Circles. This would
motivate them to join as PA/SA immediately. Thereafter, when they join,
they may be deputed for training as soon as the slots become available
in the PTCs. Pending their training in PTCs, the Circles shall issue
their posting orders and commence their in-house training chalking out
course, as far as possible, based on the PTC syllabus depending on the
resources available with them. The
in house training that may be imparted to the candidates by the Circles
shall in no way be treated as substitute for the formal training to be
imparted by PTCs. Till
they are trained by PTCs, they may not be detailed on sensitive seats
nor deputed to man the counters and may be posted in back office etc.
under effective supervision.
Yours faithfully,
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(Alka Tewari)
Assistant Director General (SPN)
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