Appointment of Convener (Women) in CCSCSB for the block year 2019-21

Appointment of Convener (Women) in CCSCSB for the block year 2019-21

F.No. 20/2/2017-19-CCSCB
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
Central Civil Services Cultural and Sports Board

Dated 19.6.2019

CIRCULAR

The Central Civil Services Cultural& Sports Board (CCSCSB) is the Central Agency for promotion of Cultural & Sports Activities amongst Central Government employees, CCSCSB ensures larger and effective participation of the Central government employees in the said activities for physical fitness and recreation. With these objectives in view, the CCSCSB holds Inter Ministry and All India Civil Services tournaments and CCSCSB teams of various sports disciplines participate in prestigious tournaments in the country.

It has been observed that there is a remarkable participation of women employees in individual Inter-Ministry Tournaments namely Athletics, Badminton, Carrom, Chess, Table Tennis and Music Dance & Short Play. However, representation of women employees in team games such as Cricket, Football, Hockey, Volleyball, Basketball, Swimming, Kabaddi, Wrestling and Weightlifting & Powerlifting is not adequate.

In order to increase the participation of women employees in the team events, the Board intends to appoint women Convenors for the year 2019-21 in the following disciplines of sports and accordingly invites applications in the prescribed proforma (Annexure-I ) :

S.No	Sport / Game
1	Basketball
2	Cricket
3	Football
4	Hockey
5	Kabaddi
6	Weight Lifting & Power lifting
7	Swimming
8	Volleyball
9	Wrestling
10	Lawn Tennis

The Board is looking for experienced and dedicated Convenors. The duties and responsibilities of the Convenor are given in Annexure-II. Welfare Officers of the Ministries/ Departments are requested to forward the names of deserving/ suitable candidates for taking up the task of Convener after going through the qualification and experience required by the candidates in sports activities to assess their suitability to act as Convenor of the game, Proficiency in respective discipline is the basic criterion for nomination as Convenor in the Board. It may be noted that the attached/subordinate offices must forward the names in prescribed proforma through the Welfare Officer of their controlling Ministries/Departments and not directly to the Board.

The Board may, if required, invite the candidates for personal interaction to assess their suitability for the task to be assigned.

The applications from the suitable and deserving volunteers to act as Convenors of the Cultural and Sports Committees must reach to the Board on or before 12.07.2019.

All the Welfare Officers are requested to give wide publicity to the circular amongst their employees in the Ministries/Departments and attached/ subordinate offices to enable the Board to select deserving women candidates as Convenors.

(Kulbhushan Malhotra)
Secretary (CCSCSB)

To
The Welfare Officers of all Ministries/ Departments
Notice Board of all the CCSCSB Centre

ANNEXURE-II

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONVENOR

1. The Convenor will be a representative of the Board and will carry out her duties as directed by the Board from time to time.
2. The services of the Convenor are absolutely voluntary and should not be considered in terms of monetary returns.
3. The Convenor shall be responsible for carrying out various activities with respect to the game/ event with which she is concerned. This includes assisting the Board in getting the officials/ referees/ experts, etc. Informing various teams/players and other concerned offices about the activities of the Board etc.
4. The Convenor shall also be responsible for ensuring regular practice/ training of the teams/players, particularly before the All India Civil Services Tournaments, etc.
5. The convenor shall settle the accounts, within 15 days of the Tournament. All advances, if any, should be cleared within 30 days under all circumstance.
6. At the close of the financial year, the Convenor will have to submit an annual report with regard to performance of Central Secretariat Team in various tournaments. She will also submit separate report at the conclusion of Inter Ministry and AICS Tournaments regarding conduct of these tournament and further suggestions in improving the same.
7. The Convenor will be liable for action in case of omission or commission of any act prejudice to the interests of the Board. In case, the performance of the Convenor is not found satisfactory, the Board may dispense with her services at any time without assigning any reason . The decision of the Board shall be final and binding.
8. The Convenor shall be granted special casual leave and will be paid conveyance allowance as decided by the Board for carrying out the above responsibilities /duties.
9. It is desirable that the Convenor should be matriculate. She should be able to handle correspondence with the Board, the federations and other sports bodies independently, if necessary.
10. Any other tasks for the promotion of cultural/ sports activities assigned by the Board shall be carried out by the Convenor.

Source: DoPT

Issuing copies of ACR / APAR to retired officers – Department of Posts

Issuing copies of ACR / APAR to retired officers – Department of Posts

No.25-13/2015-SPG
Government of India
Ministry of Communication and IT
Department of Posts

New Delhi, dated 29th Sept, 2015

To
All Heads of Circles

Director, RAKNPA, Ghaziabad/ PMGs/ A11 Directors PTCs Department of Posts.

Subject : Providing copies of ACRs/ APARs to retired officers.

Madam/ Sir,
I am directed to forward a copy DOP&T’s Office Memorandum No. 21011/1/2005-Estt (A) (Part.III) dated 2nd April, 2012 on the above subject.

All head of Circles/ Units of Department of Posts are requested to bring the above guidelines to the notice of all concerned.

Yours faithfully,

(Manoj Sharma)
Assistant Director General,,(SGP)

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Dopt issued guidelines for giving information to the applicants under RTI Act

Dopt issued guidelines for giving information to the applicants under RTI Act

Format for giving information to the applicants under RTI Act- issue of guidelines regarding.

G.I., Dept. of Per. & Trg., O.M.No.10/1/2013-IR, dated 6.10.2015

Subject: Format for giving information to the applicants under RTI Act- issue of guidelines regarding.

It has been observed that different public authorities provide information to RTI applicants in different formats. Though there cannot be a standard format for providing information, the reply should however essentially contain the following information:

(i) RTI application number, date and date of its receipt in the public authority.

(ii) The name, designation, official telephone number and email ID of the CPIO.

(iii) In case the information requested for is denied, detailed reasons for denial quoting the relevant sections of the RTI Act should be clearly mentioned.

(iv) In case the information pertains to other public authority and the application is transferred under section 6(3) of the RTI Act, details of the public authority to whom the application is transferred should be given.

(v) In the concluding para of the reply, it should be clearly mentioned that the First Appeal, if any, against the reply of the CPIO may be made to the First Appellate Authority within 30 days of receipt of reply of CPIO.

(vi) The name, designation, address, official telephone number and e-mail ID of the First Appellate Authority should also be clearly mentioned.

2. In addition, wherever the applicant has requested for ‘certified copies’ of the documents or records, the CPIO should endorse on the document “True copy of the document/record supplied under RTI Act”, sign the document with .date, above a seal containing name of the officer, CPIO and name of public authority; as enumerated below:

True copy of the document/record supplied under RTI Act.
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Date
(Name of the Officer)
CPIO
(Name of the Public Authority)

Further in case the documents to be certified and supplied is large in number, information on RTI application should be supplied by a designated PIO but the certification of the documents, if need be, could be done by an other junior gazetted officer.

3. This may be brought to the notice of all concerned.

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Central Government favours discontinuing interview for appointment to various posts

Government favours discontinuing interview for appointment to various posts

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has said that the Union Government is in favour of doing away with the practice of holding interviews for appointment to junior level posts.

Presiding over a meeting of Principal Secretaries of General Administration Department (GAD)/Personnel from different States and Union Territories here today, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has initiated a serious exercise for identifying the posts for which interview for selection can be discontinued and a communique in this regard has been sent to various State Governments, State Public Service Commissions and Staff Selection Commission. He said that this follows the suggestion put forward by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi during his Independence Day address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort.

Dr Jitendra Singh said that the government will soon identify all those posts, particularly at junior level like Group III & IV, where an interview is avoidable and will stop this practice. He said, for a post for which an interview is not necessary to determine the capability of a candidate, the provision of interview sometimes leads to scope for manipulation, manoeuvrability and corruption. Therefore, barring such posts where an interview would help in testing special capabilities for a particular assignment, abolition of the provision of interview will not only be in larger public interest but would also offer a level playing field for even those of the candidates who lack resources and come from lower socio-economic strata, he added.

Referring to some of the revolutionary decisions taken by the DoPT during the last 15 months of the present government, Dr Jitendra Singh made a special mention of the introduction of self-attestation of certificates. This, he said, not only eliminated inconvenience caused to the youth for going around to seek attestation of certificates from gazetted officers, etc., but also sent out a reassuring message that the present government has the capacity to trust the youth of this country. Similarly, he also referred to the Pension Department’s plans to finalise Pension Portal which would help in ending the practice of producing life certificates by a pensioner.

Dr Jitendra Singh also informed that a pilot exercise undertaken for three States of Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu had proved successful wherein, for the first time, an Induction training programme was introduced for the newly inducted State-level functionaries and the same practice is now being extended to other States as well. He also referred to a landmark decision by the DoPT to revise and revisit the pattern and syllabus of IAS and other Civil Services Exam to offer a level playing opportunity for aspirants from different streams.

The meeting was attended among others by Secretary, DoPT, Shri Sanjay Kothari, Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances, Shri Devendra Chaudhry and Establishment Officer, DoPT, Shri Rajiv Kumar.

Source: PIB News

Railway Board orders – Grant of Children Education allowance/Hostel subsidy to third child

Grant of Children Education allowance/Hostel subsidy to third child when first / second child is not in a position to go to school due to severe disability.

Government of India
Ministry of Railways
(Railway Board)

No. E(W)2014/ED-2/4

New Delhi, Dated 24.09.2014

The General Manager (P),
All Indian Railways &
Production Units.

Sub: Grant of Children Education allowance/Hostel subsidy to third child when first / second child is not in a position to go to school due to severe disability.

References have been received from Zonal Railways seeking clarification regarding admissibility of Children Education Allowance / Hostel Subsidy in respect of third child of the Railway employee when the first / second child is not in a position to go to school as he/she is born with profound mental retardation or is totally invalid and cannot even go to a school meant for the special children.

2. The matter has been examined in consultation with DOP&T, the nodal Department in respect of aforesaid policy and they have intimated vide OM No.A-27012/1/2014-Estt(AL) dated 26-08-2014 that Children Education Allowance/Hostel Subsidy shall be admissible only for the eldest two surviving children except when the number of children exceeds two as a result of second child birth resulting in twins or multiple births. Copy of DoP&T’s OM is enclosed for information and guidance of all.

3. This disposes of CORE’s letter number E/O/39 dated 05-06-2-2014 & ICF’s letter number PB/WI/Misc/2014 dated 09-06-2014 on the matter.

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(Debasis Mazumdar)
Director Estt. (Welfare)
Railway Board

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Air Travel Extended for further 2 Years on LTC to visit J&K, NER and A&N effective from 26.9.2014

Dopt issued orders for Central Government employees to permit to visit to restricted places with their family members by air on LTC Scheme…

Air Travel Extended for further 2 Years on LTC to visit J&K, NER and A&N effective from 26.9.2014

No. 31011/3/2014-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: 26th September, 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 — Relaxation to travel by air to visit NER and A&N.

The undersigned is directed to say that in relaxation to CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988, it has been decided by the Government to permit Government servants to travel by air to North East Region (NER) , Jammu and Kashmir and Andaman & Nicobar Islands (A&N) as per the following scheme

(i) All eligible Government servants may avail LTC to visit any place in NER/ A&N against the conversion of one block of their Home Town LTC.
Fresh Recruits are also eligible for this benefit against conversion of one of the three Home Towns in a block of four years applicable to them.

(ii) Government servants entitled to travel by air can avail this LTC from their Headquarters in Economy class.

(iii) Government servants not entitled to travel by air may be permitted to travel by air in Economy class in the following sectors:

a. Between Kolkata/ Guwahati and any place in NER
b. Between Kolkata/ Chennai/ Bhubaneswar and Port Blair.
c. Between Delhi / Amritsar and any place in J&K

Journey for these non-entitled employees from their Headquarters up to Kolkata/ Guwahati/ Chennai/ Bhubaneswar / Delhi / Amritsar will have to be undertaken as per their entitlement.
(iv) Air travel is to be performed by Air India in Economy Class only and at LTC-80 fare or less.

(v) Air travel by non-entitled officers on the sectors mentioned in item (iii) above may be permitted while availing LTC to any place in India (4 year Block) also.

(vi) 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.

2. These orders shall be in operation for a period of two years from the date of issue of this O.M.

3. All the Ministries/ Departments are advised to bring it to the notice of all their employees that any misuse of LTC will be viewed seriously and the employees will be liable for appropriate action under the rules. In order to keep a check on any kind of misuse of LTC, Ministries/ Departments are advised to randomly get some of the air tickets submitted by the officials verified from the Airlines concerned with regard to the actual cost of air travel vis-a-vis the cost indicated on the air tickets submitted by the officials.

4. In their application to the staff serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, these orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

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(B. Bandyopadhyay)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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Consolidated instructions on Probation/Confirmation in Central Services - regarding.

Consolidated instructions on Probation/Confirmation in Central Services

No.28020/1/2010-Esst(C)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)

North Block, New Deli
Dated the 21st July, 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Consolidated instructions on Probation/Confirmation in Central Services - regarding.

The undersigned is directed to say that this Department has been issuing Instructions!/guidelines from time to time laying down principles to be followed in probation / confirmation of persons appointed to service and posts in Central Government.

All such instructions issued till date have been consolidated under easily comprehensible headings for the facility of reference and placed as Annexure to this O.M. The number said date of the original O.M’s has been referred in the relevant instructions for easy reference in the context. All Ministries / Departments are requested to bring the above guidelines to the notice of all concerned.

2. There may be posts in various where the norms specified in the Recruitment Rules are different from those prescribed in the Annexure. In such cases, the norms specified In those Recruitment Rules shall prevail.

3. Hindi version will follow.

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(J.A.Vaidyanathan)
Direct (Establishment)
 

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Grant of Honorarium to Inquiry Officers (IO)/Presenting Officers (PO) – Dopt Orders

 Grant of Honorarium to Inquiry Officers (IO)/Presenting Officers (PO).

No. 142/15/2010-AVD.1
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

North Block, New Delhi
Dated 23rd June, 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Grant of Honorarium to Inquiry Officers (IO)/Presenting Officers (PO).

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM of even number dated 31.7.2012 laying down the rates of honorarium payable to Inquiry Officer / Presenting Officer for holding departmental proceedings.

2. It has been brought to the notice of this Department that the condition mentioned in para 2.1 of the said OM, was in conflict with the provisions of FR 46 B which limits the maximum amount payable as honorarium to an individual in a financial year to Rs. 5,000/- creating confusion whether the same was within the delegated powers of the Ministry.

3. The matter has been considered and it is clarified that the honorarium payable to IO/Presenting Officer for conducting inquiry in departmental proceedings would be outside the purview of the general delegation under FR 46 B.

4. This issues with the concurrence of Department of Expenditure vide their I.D. No. 141412009-E.II(B) dated 16.5.2014.

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(G.Srinivasan)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

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Dopt introduced new initiatives to boost morale of its employees – Idea Boxes, Employee of the Month etc.,

Best Practices and New Initiatives introduced by the Department of Personnel & Training to boost morale and effective functioning of the employees of the Department – Regarding:

 

No. I-28011 /46/2014-Coord 

Government of India 

Ministry of Personnel, P. G. & Pensions 

(Department of Personnel & Training)

North Block, New Delhi

Dated: 18th June 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM 

 

Sub: Best Practices / New Initiatives introduced by the Department of Personnel & Training to boost morale and effective functioning of the employees of the Department – Regarding: 

 

During the year 2013-2014, the Department of Personnel & Training has introduced the following new initiatives to boost the morale of its employees and to give a fillip to their effective functioning: -

 

SI. No. New Initiatives / Best Practices

 

1. CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE &

 

2. EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH 

Realizing that recognition of meritorious performance of employees is a critical tool in human resource management, a new non-monetary incentive in the form of an annual award of “Certificate of Excellence” to recognize the contribution of its meritorious employees of the level of Under Secretary and below has been introduced. This initiative was circulated to all Ministries/Departments vide O.M. No. A-37011/1/2013-Ad.l, dated 18th December 2013 (copy enclosed).

 

Subsequently, another monthly non-monetary incentive was introduced wherein one employee from across all categories of employees of the level of Under Secretary & below was to be designated as ‘Employee of the Month’. The awardee is given a certificate and his photograph is displayed under the relevant link in the intra-Departmental (employee) Portal of the Department.

 

Under both the initiatives, nominations of eligible employees would be called for from all Wings of the Department and the work performance and outcomes achieved by such employees would be examined by a Committee Of Joint Secretaries in DoPT. The same Committee would meet once every month to assess the nominations received from various Wings to recommend award of ‘Employee of the Month’.

 

3. APPOINTMENT OF MENTORS FOR THE EMPLOYEES JOINING DoPT 

A process of mentoring of each ‘newcomer’ in the Department with a view to sensitize the incumbent about the Department and dealing with court cases, RFD, Parliamentary matters, etc., has been introduced in the Department. The mentoring process is for a period of six months. The mentor is to be an officer two levels above the incumbent.

 

4. EMPLOYEES’ INTERACTION WITH MOS (PP) AND SENIOR OFFICERS IN OPEN HOUSE SYSTEM 

An ‘Open House’ interaction of the Group ‘B’ (Non-Gazetted) employees and above was organized in October, 2013 which provided a platform to these employees to interact directly with MOS (PP) and other Senior Officers of the Department.

 

5. APPOINTMENT OF GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL OFFICERS IN EACH DIVISION 

In each Division, two Grievance Redressal Officers (GRO) have been appointed at US/DS/Director level to redress the grievances of the employees of inter-personal nature.

 

6. INSTALLATION OF ‘IDEA BOXES’ IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR SOLICITING ‘OUT OF THE BOX’ SOLUTIONS TO VARIOUS ISSUES 

The Department has installed ‘Idea Boxes’ to receive the innovative ideas from the employees to improve the functioning of the Department and to create a conducive work culture.

 

7. TRAINING OF THE EMPLOYEES WITH SPECIFIC FOCUS ON DEPARTMENT RELATED FUNCTIONS 

A training plan for the employees at the level of Under Secretary & below (and equivalent) of DoPT has been chalked out in consultation with ISTM. The duration of the Training Programme is one week, inclusive of a field visit outside Delhi.

 

8. RETREAT FOR OFFICERS OF THE LEVEL OF DS AND ABOVE IN THE DEPARTMENT 

The Department organized a two-day Retreat at LBSNAA, Mussoorie in October 2013 for the officers at the level of DS I Director & above in the Department. The objective of the Retreat was to discuss the stakeholders’ perception about the Department and develop an action plan to positively change the orientation of the Department towards service delivery.

 

9. INTRODUCTION OF INTERNSHIP SCHEME IN THE DEPARTMENT. 

The Department has introduced an ‘Internship Scheme’ under which applications are invited from students to work on selected topics relating to the functions of the Department. The duration of the internship is two months and they are given a stipend of Rs.10,000/- per month and a Certificate on successful completion of the internship and submission of report. The interns are selected by the Committee of Joint Secretaries.

 

2. The Ministries / Departments of the Government of India may consider adopting the above initiatives as a Human Resource Management Tool to motivate the industrious employees.

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(Shri Prakash)

Director (A)

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Dopt guidelines regarding of complaints in Ministries/Departments

Dopt guidelines regarding of complaints in Ministries/Departments

No. 104/76/2011-AVD.1
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension
Department of Personnel 86 Training

New Delhi , the 18th June, 2014.

Office Memorandum

Subject:- Guidelines regarding handling of complaints in Ministries/Departments.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. of even number dated 18.10.2013 on the above subject and to say that the Ministries/Departments of the Government of India have been seeking clarifications from this Department on operation of the aforesaid O.M. The matter has been considered and it is clarified as under:-

(i) `Anonymous complaints’ are such complaints which do not carry both, name and address of the complainant and need to be dealt with in terms of para 3 (i) of the DOP86T O.M. dated 18.10.2013 referred to in para 1 above, irrespective of the nature of allegations.

(ii) The complaints other than anonymous complaints which contain vague allegations need to be dealt with in terms of para 3 (ii) of the DOP86T O.M. dated 18.10.2013 referred to in sub- para (i) above.

(iii) The complaints which contain verifiable allegations and are not anonymous, need to be dealt with in terms of para 3 (iii) of the DOP86T O.M. dated 18.0.2013 referred to in para 1 above

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(G. Srinivasan)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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Early Closure of Offices in connection with the Swearing in Ceremony of the newly elected Prime Minister of India on 26.05.2014

Early Closure of Offices in connection with the Swearing in Ceremony of the newly elected Prime Minister of India on 26.05.2014

 No.12/15/2014-JCA 2
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)

North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 23rd May, 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Early Closure of Offices in connection with the Swearing in Ceremony of the newly elected Prime Minister of India on 26.05.2014

In connection with arrangements for the Swearing in Ceremony of the newly elected Prime Minister of India on 26.05.2014, it has been decided that the Government offices located in the North Block, South Block and Hutments would be closed early at 13:00 hrs. on 26th May, 2014 (Monday).
2. Hindi version will follow.

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(Ashok Kumar)
Deputy Secretary (JCA)

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