7CPC: 7th Central Pay Commission for Central Government Employees

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Facility of free journey to SC/ST candidates appearing in exams conducted by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs)/Railway Recruitment Cells (RRC) on. the downloadable admit cards: Railway Board Order

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (Bharat Sarkar)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Rail Mantralya)
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. 2014/TG-I/20/P

New Delhi, dated 22.01.2015

Chief Commercial Managers,
All Zonal Railways.
(COMMERCIAL CIRCULAR No.3 OF 2015)

Sub: Facility of free journey to SC/ST candidates appearing in exams conducted by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs)/Railway Recruitment Cells (RRC) on. the downloadable admit cards.

As per instructions issued Vide Board’s letter of even number dated 15.10.2014 (Commercial Circular No.44 of 2014), SC/ST candidates appearing in the exams conducted by RRCs were allowed to book ticket on submission of self-attested photocopy of admission certificate and SC/ ST certificate.

2. A proposal was received from Establishment Directorate of Railway Board that this facility may also be extended to SC/ ST candidates appearing in exam conducted by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBS).

3. The proposal was examined and it has been decided that in all cases where admit cards of various exams are uploaded by RRB & RRC, the facility of free journey may be made available on the authority of downloadable admit cards.

4. Necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned.

(Dr. S.K.Ahirwar)
Director Traffic Commercial(G)
Railway Board

Source: http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/traffic_comm/Comm-Cir-2015/CC_03_2015.pdf

AIR INDIA LTC – 80 FARES FROM 02nd February, 2015 for Economy Class &Executive Class with Airline Fuel Charge

AIR INDIA LTC – 80 FARES FROM 02nd February, 2015 for Economy Class &Executive Class with Airline Fuel Charge

TABLE V- LTC Fares

S No	SECTOR & V.V		HLTC (Economy Class)	DLTC (Executive Class)	Airline Fuel Charge
			Base Fare	Base Fare
1	Agartala	Guwahati	4831	10140	1850
2	Agartala	Kolkata	3891	8506	1850
3	Agartala	Silchar	4401		1850
4	Agatti	Bengaluru	10691		1850
5	Agatti	Chennai	10646		2150
6	Agatti	Kochi	8571		1850
7	Agatti	Kozhikode	7471		1850
8	Agra	Delhi	5681	15327	1850
9	Agra	Khajuraho	3891	8506	1850
10	Agra	Varanasi	4946	12951	1850
11	Agra	Mumbai	8571		2950
12	Ahmedabad	Chennai	7426	26186	2950
13	Ahmedabad	Delhi	6000	15502	2150
14	Ahmedabad	Hyderabad	7076	19532	2150
15	Ahmedabad	Mumbai	4351	13425	1850
16	Aizawl	Guwahati	5351		1850
17	Aizawl	Imphal	4466	7337	1850
18	Aizawl	Kolkata	4626	11108	1850
19	Allahabad	Delhi	6541		1850
20	Allahabad	Kanpur	4751		1850
21	Allahabad	Mumbai	9401		2950
22	Amritsar	Delhi	4366	12436	1850
23	Aurangabad	Delhi	8801	21747	2150
24	Aurangabad	Mumbai	4451	10133	1850
25	Bagdogra	Delhi	9716	21024	2950
26	Bagdogra	Guwahati	4536	8398	1850
27	Bagdogra	Kolkata	5436	13188	1850
28	Bengaluru	Chennai	4701	10691	1850
29	Bengaluru	Delhi	9901	28985	3650
30	Bengaluru	Goa	5151	13297	1850
31	Bengaluru	Hyderabad	5451	14823	1850
32	Bengaluru	Kochi	4501	10907	1850
33	Bengaluru	Kolkata	9701	30799	3650
34	Bengaluru	Mangalore	4936		1850
35	Bengaluru	Mumbai	6851	16356	2150
36	Bengaluru	Pune	6184	16506	1850
37	Bengaluru	Tirupati	5221		1850
38	Bengaluru	Trivandrum	5451	12473	1850
39	Bhopal	Delhi	4801	14856	1850
40	Bhopal	Indore	4281	8625	1850
41	Bhopal	Mumbai	5356	15560	1850
42	Bhubaneshwar	Chennai	8291	17520	2950
43	Bhubaneshwar	Delhi	9001	27424	2950
44	Bhubaneshwar	Kolkata	5406	11764	1850
45	Bhubaneshwar	Mumbai	9401	29518	2950
46	Bhubaneshwar	Port Blair	11216		2950
47	Bhuj	Mumbai	6541		1850
48	Chandigarh	Delhi	4301	10534	1850
49	Chandigarh	Mumbai	8836	26295	2950
50	Chennai	Coimbatore	4251	12166	1850
51	Chennai	Delhi	8456	28474	3650
52	Chennai	Goa	6311	16217	1850
53	Chennai	Hyderabad	4451	13732	1850
54	Chennai	Kochi	5251	14630	1850
55	Chennai	Kolkata	8566	27543	2950
56	Chennai	Madurai	4251	11801	1850
57	Chennai	Mumbai	8571	18623	2950
58	Chennai	Pune	7851	21017	2150
59	Chennai	Portblair	9411	24229	2950
60	Chennai	Trivandrum	5601	14637	1850
61	Chennai	Vishakhapatnam	4801	14673	1850
62	Coimbatore	Delhi	9751	32763	3650
63	Coimbatore	Kozhikode	4451	6739	1850
64	Coimbatore	Mumbai	8001	18331	2950
65	Dehradun	Delhi	5221	13980	1850
66	Dehli	Dharamsala	4821		1850
67	Delhi	Gaya	6851	19532	2150
68	Delhi	Goa	8821	25860	3650
69	Delhi	Guwahati	9811	24988	3650
70	Delhi	Gwalior	5051	9977	1850
71	Delhi	Hyderabad	8401	25748	2950
72	Delhi	Imphal	9081	27248	3650
73	Delhi	Indore	4851	15867	1850
74	Delhi	Jabalpur	6401		1850
75	Delhi	Jaipur	3551	8815	1850
76	Delhi	Jammu	4401	13181	1850
77	Delhi	Jodhpur	5706	14290	1850
78	Delhi	Kanpur	5701		1850
79	Delhi	Khajuraho	5651	15108	1850
80	Delhi	Kochi	12351	37731	3650
81	Delhi	Kolkata	9061	24251	2950
82	Delhi	Kozhikode	10051	32763	3650
83	Delhi	Kullu	6301		1850
84	Delhi	Leh	5501	15141	1850
85	Delhi	Lucknow	4821	12505	1850
86	Delhi	Ludhiana	4351		1850
87	Delhi	Mangalore	9901	29248	3650
88	Delhi	Mumbai	8951	22740	2950
89	Delhi	Pantnagar	4301		1850
90	Delhi	Nagpur	7171	17336	2150
91	Delhi	Pathankot	5101		1850
92	Delhi	Patna	7151	17265	2150
93	Delhi	Port Blair	21516		3650
94	Delhi	Pune	9401	28208	2950
95	Delhi	Raipur	7851	22112	2150
96	Delhi	Ranchi	8811	20732	2950
97	Delhi	Srinagar	6201	13370	1850
98	Delhi	Surat	9101	20819	2150
99	Delhi	Tirupati	9016	23756	3650
100	Delhi	Trivandrum	12156	37731	3650
101	Delhi	Udaipur	5786	15382	1850
102	Delhi	Vadodra	7051	19853	2150
103	Delhi	Varanasi	5681	15327	1850
104	Delhi	Vijayawada	8566	26202	2950
105	Delhi	Vishakhapatnam	10401	30218	2950
106	Dibrugarh	Dimapur	3251	5106	1850
107	Dibrugarh	Guwahati	4801		1850
108	Dibrugarh	Kolkata	7401	14776	2150
109	Dibrugarh	Lilabari	4051		1850
110	Dimapur	Guwahati	4701		1850
111	Dimapur	Imphal	4401		1850
112	Dimapur	Kolkata	6101	13822	1850
113	Dimapur	Shillong	4101		1850
114	Gaya	Kolkata	4501	11744	1850
115	Gaya	Varanasi	4851	9518	1850
116	Goa	Kochi	5001	15159	1850
117	Goa	Hyderabad	5251	13657	1850
118	Goa	Mumbai	5321	11232	1850
119	Goa	Pune	4536	8874	1850
120	Goa	Srinagar	12351	38431	3650
121	Guwahati	Imphal	4901	9498	1850
122	Guwahati	Jorhat	3736		1850
123	Guwahati	Kolkata	5076	11465	1850
124	Guwahati	Lilabari	5151		1850
125	Guwahati	Silchar	5251		1850
126	Guwahati	Tezpur	4436		1850
127	Gwalior	Mumbai	8401	19551	2150
128	Hyderabad	Kolkata	9696	24985	2950
129	Hyderabad	Mumbai	5251	14980	1850
130	Hyderabad	Pune	5231	14265	1850
131	Hyderabad	Tirupati	4656	12571	1850
132	Hyderabad	Varanasi	8811	21806	2950
133	Hyderabad	Vijayawada	5051	10655	1850
134	Hyderabad	Vishakhapatnam	4946	12951	1850
135	Imphal	Kolkata	4281	11680	1850
136	Imphal	Silchar	4601		1850
137	Indore	Mumbai	4481	12637	1850
138	Jaipur	Mumbai	7851	18794	2150
139	Jammu	Leh	4886	9069	1850
140	Jammu	Srinagar	4403	6998	1850
141	Jamnagar	Mumbai	5181	12400	1850
142	Jodhpur	Mumbai	7686	18670	2150
143	Jodhpur	Udaipur	4231	8724	1850
144	Jorhat	Kolkata	4976		1850
145	Jorhat	Tezpur	4136		1850
146	Kanpur	Kolkata	7401		2150
147	Khajuraho	Varanasi	4936	12681	1850
148	Kochi	Kozhikode	3501	7283	1850
149	Kochi	Madurai	4301		1850
150	Kochi	Mumbai	8401	21634	2950
151	Kochi	Trivandrum	4301	8326	1850
152	Kolkata	Kochi	10051		3650
153	Kolkata	Lilabari	7800		2150
154	Kolkata	Mumbai	8486	23558	3650
155	Kolkata	Patna	5706		1850
156	Kolkata	Port Blair	11071	26781	2950
157	Kolkata	Ranchi	4536		1850
158	Kolkata	Shillong	5481		1850
159	Kolkata	Silchar	5001	11085	1850
160	Kolkata	Tezpur	5151		1850
161	Kozhikode	Chennai	5151		1850
162	Kozhikode	Kolkata	8456		3650
163	Kozhikode	Mumbai	9100	16513	2150
164	Kozhikode	Trivandrum	4391		1850
165	Kullu	Pathankot	4001		1850
166	Leh	Srinagar	4603	8283	1850
167	Lilabari	Tezpur	3881		1850
168	Lucknow	Mumbai	8051	24985	2950
169	Lucknow	Varanasi	4626	9607	1850
170	Ludhiana	Pathankot	4201		1850
171	Madurai	Mumbai	7851	23657	2950
172	Mangalore	Mumbai	6086	15761	1850
173	Mumbai	Nagpur	5001	15159	1850
174	Mumbai	Raipur	9500	20692	2150
175	Mumbai	Rajkot	5281	12473	1850
176	Mumbai	Ranchi	9751	22813	2950
177	Mumbai	Srinagar	9016	23756	3650
178	Mumbai	Trivandrum	10201	23901	2950
179	Mumbai	Udaipur	4786	15407	1850
180	Mumbai	Varanasi	9696	24511	2950
181	Mumbai	Vishakhapatnam	9101	24872	2950
182	Patna	Ranchi	4603		1850
183	Raipur	Bhubaneshwar	4281	9977	1850
184	Raipur	Nagpur	5181	12660	1850
185	Raipur	Vishakhapatnam	4251	11606	1850
186	Shillong	Jorhat	4551		1850
187	Silchar	Tezpur	4101		1850
188	Tirupati	Vijayawada	5406		1850
189	Vishakhapatnam	Bhubaneshwar	5321	10518	1850

TABLE – VI

Islanders Fares

Sector & v.v		One WayFare Basis	ReturnFare Basis	AirlineFuel Charge
		UEIXZ	URTIXZ
Port Blair	Kolkata	5016	8632	2950
Port Blair	Chennai	4816	8272	2950

Note : Above fares are valid for sale in Port Blair only against Identity Card.

TABLE VII

Remarks & Notings

1 a) RBD ‘Z’ is Advance Purchase fare in Business Class. Fare Basis is ‘ZAP’ with minimum 3 days advance purchase restriction. SAP90, SAP60, TAPP30 , T30PP, TRT30, TAP14,TRT14,T14PP, TAP7, TRT7, T7PP,TAP2,TRT2 & T2PP Fares Levels are Advance Purchase Fares which are available for sale upto 90 days, 60 days, 30 days, 14 days, 7 days & 2 days respectively in advance before schedule date of departure of the flight.

b) *Some flights/sectors may not have the Advance Purchase restrictions and *Some Sectors are non-operating

c) 10% discount on Mobile Application upto 28th Feb’15.

d) Special group fares (GV fare )available on select sectors.

2 Flight Routing D- Direct flight to destination.

V- Via Flight to Destination with stop/stops without change of aircraft

Link – Connecting Flight to Destination with a change of aircraft at a transit point

3 Taxes, Fee & Charges

a) In addition to the above fares, Passenger Service fee, Airport Development Fee (wherever applicable) and Service Tax would apply. a) Passenger Service fee is Rs. 233 except (a) Ex Jammu,Srinagar Leh where it is 207 (b) ex Kochi it is 225/-& (c) ex Delhi ,Mumbai,Chennai , Guwahati, Hyderabad, Bengaluru & Kolkata Rs.147/-

(a) User Development Fee (IN) ex Jaipur Rs. 150,

Amritsar Rs. 150, Trichy Rs. 150, Vishakapatnam Rs. 150, Udaipur Rs. 150, Ahmedabad Rs. 124, Mangalore Rs. 150, Varanasi Rs. 150, Kolkata Rs.477 , Chennai Rs. 187 ,

Ex Guwahati: Rs.352(1st Apr 14- 31st Mar 15), Rs.374 (1st Apr 15- 31st Mar 16)

(b) UDF from Delhi( from 1st Apr 13- 31st Jan ’15) : Distance upto 500 Km- Rs 276/- more than 500 Km- Rs 551/-

(d) UDF from Mumbai (Travel from 1st Apr 13 to 31st Jan ‘ 15) Rs 308/- Ex Bengaluru: Rs.385(1st Jul 14- 31st Mar 15), Rs.344 (1st Apr 15- 31st Mar 16)

(e) Airport Development Fee ( YM ) ex Delhi & ex Mumbai Rs. 113

c) Service Tax as applicable would be additional.

4 Fare Rules:

Fee for Refund/revalidation/re-issuance is levied as detailed under: effective 27th Apr’13

	RBD	Re-Issuance /Re-validation/ Refund Fee	No-Show /Refund Fee( within 1 hour of flight departure )
First Class	F	NIL (Till 1 hour before departure)	Rs.1053
Business class	C, D &J	NIL (Till 1 hour before departure)	Rs.1053
		Re-Issuance /Re-validation/Refund Fee	No-Show Fee/Refund Fee
	Z	Rs.1053( Till 1 hour before departure)	Rs.1579
		Re-Issuance /Re-validation/ Refund Fee	No-Show/Refund Fee( within 1 hour flight departure )
Premium Economy Class	P	NIL (Till 1 hour before departure)	Rs.1053
Economy Class
Instant Purchase fares	Y,B & M	NIL (Till 1 hour before departure)	Rs.1053
Instant Purchase fares	H,K,Q,V,W,G,L & U	Rs.1053( Till 1 hour before departure)	Non-Refundable
Instant & Apex Fares	E, S &T	Rs.1579( Till 1 hour before departure)	Non-Refundable

(Penalty amount inclusive of service tax and applicable on Base Fare and Airline Fuel Charge.) Note:
a). Above Charges are applicable per coupon.
In case of ‘non-refundable, Basic Fare and Airline Fuel Charge will be forfeited.
b).LTC Tickets: Change/Refund Fee will be as applicable for highest Business or Economy Class fare
c).Armed Forces and related discounts : Change/ Refund Fee applicable for highest economy class fare. All categories of (Armed Forces, Paramilitary Forces, General Reserve Engineering Forces, War Disables Officers, War Widows and Gallantry Award Tickets under RBD Y to H)

d) The refund rules applicable to Link Fares on all RBDs are as under:
(A) Originating point:
1. Tickets issued on fares under: RBDs U to K
a) Refund - Permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of the flight against a Refund Fee of – Rs. 1053 /- coupon.
b) Refund of No-show ticket: Non Refundable(Basic fare + Airline Fuel Charge)
2) Tickets issued on fares under: RBDs S & T
(a) Refund - Permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of the flight against a Refund Fee of – Rs.1579/- per coupon. b) Refund of No-show ticket: Non Refundable(Basic fare + Airline Fuel Charge)
(B) Intermediate Point :
In case of completion of part itinerary, a passenger desirous of claiming refund will be allowed to do so after deducting the applicable fare on booked RBD, for the sector travelled along with the applicable Refund Fee. Not permitted for RBDs S & T.

(C) In cases of Flight Disruptions:
(a) Alternate arrangements are made by the Airline- No Refund
(b) Passenger is taken back to the point of origin by the first available service- Full amount to be refunded.
(c) Own arrangement for the cancelled sector is made by the passenger(s): Refund of Basic fare of the cancelled sector in respective RBD (Airline Fuel Charge to be retained) along with unutilized non-airline taxes, if any.
e). No Re-validation or Cancellation Fee applicable on Infant Tickets.

5 Applicable Fares as on 2nd Feb ’15

6 These fares are subject to Change without prior notice.

Source: www.airindia.in

Payment of Death Gratuity to a minor-regarding

Payment of Death Gratuity to a minor-regarding

RBE No. 07/2015
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. F(E)III/2008/PN1/12

New Delhi, Dated: 29-01.2015.

The GMs/FA&CAOs,
All Indian Railways/Production Units/RDSO.
(As per mailing list)

Subject: Payment of Death Gratuity to a minor-regarding.

*****

A copy of the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare (DOP&PW)'s O.M No.7/3/2013-P&W(F) dated 02/12/2014 on the above subject is enclosed for information and compliance. These instructions shall apply mutatis mutandis on the Railways also.

2. The instruction enhancing the ceiling limit of gratuity from Rs. 5000/- to Rs.10,000/- in such cases was issued vide Board's letter No. F(E)III/88/PN1/42 dated 20.10.1989.

3. Please acknowledge receipt.

D.A.: As above

(AMITABH JOSHI)
Deputy Director Finance (Eslt.)III,
Railway Board.

No. F(E)III/2008/PN1/12
New Delhi, Dated:29 .01.2015.
Copy to Depuly Comptroller and Auditor General of India (Railways), Room No.224, Rail Bhavan, New Delhi (40 spares).

for Financial Commissioner/Railways.

Source: Airfindia.com

NFIR observe Satyagraha all over India on 26th Feb-2015.

NFIR observe Satyagraha all over India on 26.2.2015

National Federation of Indian Railwaymen calls to protest in the name of ‘Satyagraha’ on 26th Feb 2015 all over India.

Trade Union Unity – Satyagraha all over India on 26th Feb-2015.

NFIR appeals to all affiliated Unions to participate in joint action including sectoral struggle and Satyagraha on 26th February, 2015. The affiliates may interact with INTUC leaders and cadre in their respective areas for the purpose of oberving “Satyagraha” jointly.

The Working Committee of INTUC, resolves to strengthen the trade union unity, and support the call given by Central Trade Unions for next phase joint action including Sectoral struggle and Sathyagraha on 26th February, 2015 as per the statement issued jointly by the Central Trade Union Organisations.

Cadre Restructuring of Central Secretariat Stenographers’ Service (CSSS)- sanctioned strength of Officers – Dopt orders

G.I., Dep. of Per. & Trg., O.M. No.15/112014-CS.II-(A), 11.2.2015

Subject: Cadre Restructuring of Central Secretariat Stenographers’ Service (CSSS)- sanctioned strength of Officers – regarding.

The undersigned is directed to say that Cadre Restructuring of Central Secretariat Stenographers’ Service (CSSS) is under process in this Department. In this regard, the information rebted to sanctioned strength of the officers who are entitled to the assistance of the CSSS personnel is urgently required.

2. In view of above, all the cadre units are requested to furnish the requisite information related to sanctioned strength of the officers to this Department as per Annexure to the O.M through fax / e-mail by 13th February, 2015 positively.

Authority : www.persmin.gov.in

Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Chargeability of Interest on self-assessment tax paid before the due date of filing of return of income

Chargeability of Interest under Section 234A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 on self-assessment tax paid before the due date of filing of return of income- regarding

Circular 2/2015

F. No. 385/ 03 /2015-IT(B)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)

North Block, New Delhi
10th February, 2015

Subject: Chargeability of Interest under Section 234A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 on self-assessment tax paid before the due date of filing of return of income- regarding

Interest under Section 234A of the Income-tax Act, l961 (hereinafler the Act) is charged in case of default in furnishing return of income by an assessee. The interest is charged at the specified rate on the amount of tax payable on the total income, as reduced by the amount of advance tax, TDS/TCS, any relief of tax allowed under section 90 and section 9oA, any deduction allowed under section 91 and any tax credit allowed in accordance with the provisions of section 115JAA and section 115JD of the Act. Since self-assessment tax is not mentioned as, a component of tax to be reduced from the amount on which interest under section
234A of the Act is chargeable, interest is being charged on the amount of self-assessment tax paid by the assessee even before the due date of filing of return.

2. It has been held by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of CIT vs Prannoy Roy, 309 ITR 231 (2009) that the interest under section 234A of the Act on default in furnishing return of income shall be payable only on the amount of tax that has not been deposited before the due date of filing of the income-tax return for the relevant assessment year. Accordingly, the present practice of charging interest under section 234A of the Act on self-assessment tax paid before the due date of filing return was reviewed by CBDT.

3. The Board has decided that no interest under section 234A of the Act is chargeable on the amount of self-assessment tax paid by the assessee before the due date of filing of return of income.

4. This Circular may be brought to the notice of all officers for compliance.

5. Hindi version shall follow.

(Sandeep Singh)
Under Secretary to Government of India

Source: http://irsofficersonline.gov.in/Documents/OfficalCommunique/1210201555813.pdf

To start in House Weekly Training in all Ministries or Departments

To start in-house Weekly Training in all Miniseries/Departments

F.No.T -17/1/2014-CTP(CSS)
Government of tndia
Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
(Training Division)

New Delhi, the 10th February 2015

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: To start in-house Weekly Training in all Miniseries/Departments

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM of even number dated 17th October 2014 (copy enclosed) wherein all Ministries/Departments were requested to start hourly in-house weekly training for their employees immediately.
However information in this regard is awaited.

2. All Ministries/Departments are again requested to start hourly in-house weekly training and to inform the action taken to this Department for apprising the PMO.

(Sanjeev Kumar Jindal)
Director (Trg.)
Tel No: 26107960
email: sanjeev.jindal@nic.in

To
The Secretaries of all Ministries/Departments
CC for info. to PSO to Secretary, DOPT.

Source: http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02trn/onehourtraining11022015.pdf

Filling up the post of the Registrar of Copyright, Copyright Office under the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Filling up the post of the Registrar of Copyright, Copyright Office under the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

No 4/1/2014-EO(MM-II)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

North Block, New Delhi
Dated 09.02.2015

To
1 The Chief Secretaries
All State Governments
2 All Secretaries
Ministries/Departments of Government of India

Subject: Filling up the post of the Registrar of Copyright, Copyright Office under the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Sir/Madam,
It is proposed to fill up the post of Registrar of Copyrights, Copyright office, under the Ministry of Human Resource Development on deputation basis The post is a non-CSS post to be filled through Civil Services Board procedure.

2 The Registrar of Copyrights is the head of the Copyright Office and all copyright registrations are issued under his superintendence and direction. He exercises the powers of a Civil Court for disposing copyright applications and act as competent authority to allow changes as per law. He gives effect to the orders of Copyright Board and register/monitor functioning of Copyright societies. He will have to coordinate with various Ministries/Departments, liaison with various higher education institutions and all the stakeholders from various fields and strata of the society. He is also required to participate in negotiations for drafting the legal text for various proposed treaties related to copyright matters in WIPO.

3 The Officers of the rank of Deputy Secretary/Director of the Government of India or equivalent level, eligible for appointment under the Central Staffing Scheme are eligible for the post. The period of deputation is 4/5 years for Dy. Secretary/Director respectively.

4 The post may be circulated amongst officers eligible to be appointed at Deputy Secretary/Director or equivalent level in the Government of India on priority basis. Names of willing and eligible officers who can be spared by the State Governments/Ministries/Departments may be forwarded to the Department along with cadre clearance, vigilance clearance, detailed bio-data in the enclosed Perfonna and CR Dossier. For officers working in the cadre, it may also be ensured that the ‘Cooling off, after a previous stint on deputation, if any, is completed and the officer is eligible to be appointment on Central Deputation as per instructions.

5 It is requested that the application(s) of the eligible candidate(s) may please be forwarded so as to reach this Department not later than 09.03.2015.

Yours faithfully
(Jagannath Srinivasan)
Deputy Secretary(MM)
Tel 23092842

Sports Ministry Revises Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar Scheme

Sports Ministry Revises Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar Scheme

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

11-February, 2015

The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has revised the Scheme of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, which was introduced in 2009 to encourage and promote involvement of corporates, sports promotion boards etc., in the promotion and development of sports in the country. In the revised scheme, Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar will be given in following four categories:

(i) Identification and nurturing of budding/young talent
(ii) Encouragement of sports through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
(iii) Employment of sportspersons and sports welfare measures
(iv) Sports for Development.

In the revised Scheme, eligibility criteria for all four categories have been prescribed. As ‘Training to promote rural sports, nationally recognized sports, Paralympic sports and Olympic sports’ have been included in the Schedule VII of the Companies Act 2013 and the companies can now spend on promotion and development of sports from the funds earmarked for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a specific category for ‘Encouragement of sports through Corporate Social Responsibility’ has been provided for in the revised Scheme.

As non-governmental organizations are also doing a lot of work in promotion and development of sports, a separate category ‘Sports for Development’ has been provided for exclusively for NGOs to recognize their contributions.

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– PIB

43% salary increase for all categories of employees in Andhra Pradesh

Naidu matches KCR, hikes staff salary by 43%

Under pressure from his Telangana counterpart to match the salary hike for government staff, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday announced a 43% salary increase for all categories of employees. The Pay Revision Commission (PRC) had recommended a hike of 29%, but both AP and Telangana chose to peg the increase at 43%.

The hike will come into retrospective effect from June 2, 2014. The arrears will be credited in the general provident fund account of the staff and the revised salary paid from February onwards. More than six lakh employees and pensioners stand to benefit from the salary hike. “Though the state is going through a financial crisis, we have taken this decision keeping in mind the welfare of the employees. Now, I expect them to deliver the results in the form of better governance and better revenue collections,” Chandrababu Naidu told the media while announcing the salary hike.

The hike would cost the exchequer close to Rs 7,000 crore annually. At present, excluding the hike, the state generates annual revenue of Rs 47,000 crore but has a burden of Rs 53,000 crore in the form of salaries, pensions and interests on loans.

With this increase, the salaries of AP government employees have more than doubled in the last five years. The 63 per cent hike in dearness allowance effected during the last few months and the current 43 per cent hike will result in a 106 per cent hike in the salaries of all employees working in the state government. It would be near impossible for central government employees to get their salaries doubled even in 10 years whereas the AP and Telangana employees have achieved this rare feat in just five years.