Proposal for amendment of Recruitment Rules for the posts of Jr. Draughtsman (Civil) in the Civil Wing of the Department of Posts

Proposal for amendment of Recruitment Rules for the posts of Jr. Draughtsman (Civil) in the Civil Wing of the Department of Posts

No.5-6/2013-CEND
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Posts

Dark Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi – 110001

Dated: 31.12.2015

Office Memorandum

Subject: Proposal for amendment of Recruitment Rules for the posts of Jr. Draughtsman (Civil) in the Civil Wing of the Department of Posts.

Shri D.V.N.S. Murthy filed on CA No. 523/2013 in the Hon’ble CAT, Hyderabad Bench, Hyderabad. Hon’ble CAT vide its order dated 20.10.2014 disposed off CA. with a direction to the respondents to modify/revise the Department of Posts Junior Engineer (Civil) in Civil Wing Rules, 1995 in respect of the post of Junior Draughtsman (Civil) in terms of OM No. B 14017/61.2006-Estt (RR) dated 24.03.2009 of DOPT of the Central Government by including the Multi Tasking Staff with ITI Draughtsman as feeder cadre to the above post and to consider the case of the applicant to the above said post and to conclude the entire exercise as early as possible but not beyond six months.

2. The case was examined in consultation of Ministry of Law & Justice and accordingly following amendments are proposed the post of the Jr. Draughtsman.

[I. GSR…….ln exercise of the powers conferred by the provision to Article 309 of the Constitution, the President hereby makes the following rules, to amend the Department of Post Junior Engineer (Civil) in Civil Wing Rules, 1995, namely:-

(1) These Rules may be called the Department of Post Junior Engineer (Civil) in Civil Wing Amendments Rules, 2015.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in Official Gazette.

2. In the Schedule to the Department of Post Junior Engineer (Civil) in Civil Wing, rules, 1995 against the post of Junior Draughtsman (Civil).

(a) In Column 11 for the entries against the sub heading (ii), the following entries shall be substituted namely:
“10% by promotion from the Multi Tasking Staff of Civil Wing”
(b) In Column 12, for the entries against the sub heading promotion, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:-

“From amongst the Multi Tasking Staff of Civil Wing‘ who have passed Matriculation examination or equivalent with certificate or Diploma in Draftsman (Civil) of two years duration course from a recognized institute and having ten years of regular service in the Civil Wing of the Department”]

3. In accordance with DOP&T OM NO. AB-14017/61/2008-Estt(RR) dated 13.10.2015, all stakeholders are requested to furnish their comments upto 07.02.2016 failing which it will construed that there is no objection to the draft amendments as stated above.

(Lokesh Mehta)
Superintending Engineer (P&A)

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Treatment availed in emergency circumstances – CGHS Orders

Delegation of powers to Heads of Offices for treatment availed in emergency circumstances- relaxation of rules regarding

1967/2013/0EL/CGHS/SZ/DSZ-CGHS (P)
Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
CGHS (P) Section

Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi
Dated the 10th December, 2015

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Delegation of powers to Heads of Offices for treatment availed in emergency circumstances- relaxation of rules regarding.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s OM No. 5.12020/4/97-CGHS (P) dated 27/12/2006 and OM No. 5.14025/01/2014-MS dated 5/6/2014 vide which powers were delegated to the Head of Departments (HODs) to decide the cases of medical claims in respect of treatment obtained in emergency at private hospital/private nursing home/private clinics, subject to item-wise ceiling prescribed under CGHS/CS (MA) rules, 1944, irrespective of the financial limit on the total amount to be reimbursed.

2. The matter has been examined in this Ministry. In view of undue hardships being faced by the employees whose offices are located in far flung areas and whose HoD are at New Delhi or at any other place far away from the respective offices, if has been decided to further delegate the powers as follows:

“The Heads of Office not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Govt.of India may decide the cases of medical claims in respect of treatment obtained in emergency at private hospital/private nursing home/private clinics, as per the item-wise ceiling prescribed under CGHS/CS (MA) rules, 1944, subject to an overall limit of Rs. 2 lakhs per case.

3. Other contents of OM No. 5.12020/4/97-CGHS (P) dated 27/12/2006 and OM No. S.14025/01/2014-MS dated 5/6/2014 will remain unchanged.

4. This issues with the approval of Additional Secretary & Director General, CGHS and shall be effective from the date of its issue.

(Sunil Kumar Gupta)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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Deduction of CGHS Contribution on change of Grade Pay by virtue of promotion/grant of NFSG from retrospective date- reg.

Deduction of CGHS Contribution on change of Grade Pay by virtue of promotion/grant of NFSG from retrospective date- reg.

F.No.s.11030/55/2011-CGHS(P)
Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
CGHS (P) Section

Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi
Dated the 10th December, 2015

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Deduction of CGHS Contribution on change of Grade Pay by virtue of promotion/grant of NFSG from retrospective date- reg.

This Ministry is receiving requests from various ministries regarding deduction of CGHS Contribution on change of Grade Pay by virtue of promotion/grant of NFSG from retrospective date. The matter was examined in this ministry and a clarification was issued in this regard vide letter No.S 11030/55/2011-CGHS (P) dated 26/10/2012.

Matter is again clarified as under:

‘In cases where pay of a Government employee is revised from a retrospective date, resulting in change of amount of CGHS contribution payable, contribution at the higher slab rate may be recovered only from the date of issue of the Order, i.e., the date on which the Order upgrading his pay was issued, and not the date from which his pay is being effected (retrospectively).’

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(Sunil Kumar Gupta)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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Retirement benefits on Court Orders – CGDA Instructions

Retirement benefits on Court Orders – CGDA Instructions

Instruction for implementing court orders regarding grant of retirement benefits – regarding

Controller General of Defence Accounts
Ulan Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt-110010

No.LC/3024/Court/Misc.

Dated: 08.01.2016

To
All PCsDA / PCsA / PIFA
CsDA / CsFA / IFA

Subject: Instruction for implementing court orders regarding grant of retirement benefits-regarding

Please find enclosed a copy of DO No. 38/70/14-P&PW(A) dated 18-12-2015 from Shri Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat on the above subject matter received vide MoD (Fin) ID No. 17(2)/C/2016 dated 07-01-2016. The ibid DO is self explanatory. Accordingly, steps may be taken to ensure necessary action on the above said DO.

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(T.K.Jajoria)
Sr. Dy. CGDA (AN)

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Centre brings web tools to promote use of Hindi among employees

Centre brings web tools to promote use of Hindi among employees

Central government has introduced web tools like audio-typing aid on computers and is working on making available Hindi classic literature digitally to promote use of the language among its employees, a top official today said.

“We have introduced e-tools to make learning and adaption of Hindi easier among central government employees. For their self-learning, we have also brought in audio-typing aid for their ease,” Secretary, Department of Official Language (Rajbhasha) Girish Shankar said.

The senior bureaucrat said this on the sidelines of a function to mark the 11th ‘World Hindi Day’ in the national capital.

“In our bid to promote usage of Hindi, we are also bringing classic works like those of Premchand and others authors available on the web for our employees, who wish to read those literature,” he said.

The event was hosted by city-based organisation ‘Vishwa Hindi Parishad’ at the Constitution Club of India, which was attended among others, by BJP Sitamarhi MP Ram Kumar Sharma and noted novelist Narendra Kohli.

Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who was scheduled to open the event, had to give it a miss due to some urgencies.

“I express my heartfelt wishes to one and all on the occasion of ‘Vishwa Hindi Diwas’. It would have been an honour to attend the programme but due to some urgent work, I couldn’t move out of Mumbai,” he said in a Hindi message sent to the organisers.

First ‘World Hindi Day’ was celebrated in 2006 during the then UPA dispensation.

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Mention Aadhaar for filing governance-related grievances: Government

Mention Aadhaar for filing governance-related grievances: Government

To reduce the number of vexatious and malicious complaints the government has decided to encourage the complainants to mention their Aadhaar card numbers while filing grievances on governance-related matters through an online platform.

The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), which is the nodal agency for formulating policy guidelines for citizen-centric governance, manages a Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System.

People can visit public grievance website — http://pgportal.gov.in/ — to file their complaints. The grievance can be filed against any government organisation in the country through this portal.

“There have been some vexatious complaints and those with no concrete information. People should be encouraged to mention their Aadhaar number so that false complaints can be separated from the genuine ones and there is no harassment of government officials in the process,” a senior DARPG official said.
He said the filing of Aadhaar has not been made mandatory and is an optional field in an application form available online for lodging grievances.

Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique identification number which acts as a proof of identity and address anywhere in the country.

Grievances are now also being monitored by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself through the online Proactive Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI) wherein grievances identified for systemic changes are discussed through video conferencing with the concerned Secretaries.
A mobile application was also launched in October last year which can be downloaded on a smart phone for lodging grievances.

Lakhs of public grievances are filed online every year. About three lakhs grievances were filed in 2014, 2.35 lakh in 2013 and 2.01 lakh in 2012, according to government data.

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Government considering Aadhaar Card for NRIs: Swaraj

Government considering Aadhaar Card for NRIs: Swaraj

The government is considering giving Aadhaar cards to Non-Resident Indians and a decision on it will be taken soon, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today while inviting the diaspora community to actively participate in India’s growth story.

In her address to the first limited edition of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas, Swaraj said it has been decided that women workers will be allowed to go to Gulf countries for employment only through government agencies to ensure they are not duped by recruiting agents or firms.

The PBD, webcast by almost all Indian Missions and Posts, was organised for the first time by External Affairs Ministry (MEA) after the government’s decision to merge Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) with it.

Earlier MOIA used to host the event. January 9 was chosen as the day for PBD as it was on this day in 1915 that Mahatma Gandhi, the “greatest Pravasi”, returned home from South Africa to lead India’s freedom struggle.

Asking the diaspora to participate in government’s various flagship programmes including Skill India, Digital India and Clean Ganga initiatives, she said Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants the Aadhaar card scheme to be extended to NRIs.

“So far Aadhar card has been given to those Indians who live in India. It is not for non-resident Indians. But you will be happy to know that the Prime Minister wants the card to be given to the NRIs the way it is issued to people living in India.

“He even wants it for OCI (Overseas Citizens of India card) holders. The matter is under our consideration. No decision has been taken as discussions on it are underway. I hope soon you will hear about it,” Swaraj said during an interaction following her address.

The government has so far issued Aadhaar cards to over 92 crore citizens. Under the programme, every citizen is to be provided with a 12-digit unique identification number for which biometric information is collected.

On restricting women from going to Gulf countries through the recruiting agencies, she said the decision has been taken to stop them from getting duped.

“We will send women only through government agencies,” Swaraj said during an interactive session with Indian missions abroad.

Calling upon the diaspora to be part of the India growth story, she said “It is time for you to come back to India.”

Effusive in praise of the Prime Minister, Swaraj said India’s engagement with the overseas Indians has increased manifold because of his constant endevour to reach out to the community. Swaraj also mentioned Modi’s Madison Square address in the US and at the Wembly in London.

“Your achievements in the countries of your adoption are a matter of pride… It is our responsibility to protect you and take care of you. Indeed, we are you and you are us,” she said.

PTI

Changes in the Payment of Bonus Act will benefit thousands of Central Government Employees

Changes in the Payment of Bonus Act will benefit thousands of CG employees

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.

PIB

Latest official details of Defence Pensioners – PCDA released

Latest official details of Defence Pensioners – PCDA released

Profile of Defence Pensioners as on April 2015

As on 01.04.2015 the Defence Accounts Department is servicing 24.61 lakhs pensioners, spread across the country.

The category wise details of pensioners is as under:

Sl.No.	Category	Number of Pensioners
1.	Commissioned Officers	58,754
2.	P.B.O.R.	18,40,809
3.	Defence Civilians	5,62,088
Total		24,61,651

The details of pensioners drawing pension from various PDAs is summarized as under:

Sl.No.	Name of PDA	Number of Pensioners	Percentage
1.	Public/ Private Sector Banks	18,42,092	74.83
2.	DPDOs	4,60,336	18.70
3.	Distt. Treasuries	60,752	2.47
4.	IE Nepal	92,876	3.77
5.	Post Office	4,496	0.18
6.	PAOs	1,099	0.05
	Total	24,61,651	100

On an average 45,000 Defence Forces personnel and Defence civilians retire every year and become part of pensioners’ strength. While working out the data‐base of pensioners as on a given date, average wastages out of the pensioners’ data base are worked out to arrive at the number of Defence pensioners on a particular date.

The Defence pensioners are spread over the length and breadth of the country. The major pockets having concentration of Defence pensioners are states of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Kerala among others.

The Zone/State wise details of pensioners is enclosed in the accompanying Annexure – ‘A’.
Further, around 4.60 lakhs pensioners drawing pension from 63 Defence Pension Disbursement offices, which are also mapped in the accompanying Annexure – ‘B’.

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No separate DA will be announced, 7th CPC Report to review salaries of central government employees

No separate DA will be announced, 7th CPC Report to review salaries of central government employees

The recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission award to review salaries of central government employees, will be implemented in April and no separate DA will be announced, Finance Ministry sources said.

“The cabinet will give its nod to implement the 7th Pay Commission award in April after some modification and it will be effective from January 1, 2016,” the sources added.

After receiving the 7th Pay Commission report on November 19, the government had formed the implementation cell of the pay commission headed by ar Joint Secretary in Finance Ministry on November 20 last year.

With an eye on implementation of Pay Commission award, the government will not hike the dearness allowance (DA) to 1119% from existing 125%. The DA hike will be merged with the new pay as the Pay Commission made report, assuming that the rate of Dearness Allowance would be 125 percent at the time of implementation of the pay commission recommendation, i.e. on January 1.

Hence, the government has bound to implement the 7th Pay Commission award in April, they confirmed.

The notification to put into effect the Seventh pay commission recommendation will be issued in April before the announcement of West Bengal, Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu states assemblies’ election in May 2016, which will benefit 50 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners including dependents, sources of Finance Ministry said Wednesday.

“The BJP led central government decided execution time of the pay commission’s award in April, which will also be possible pre-election “special packages” for West Bengal, Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu to win sufficient seats of states Assemblies polls, sources told our reporters.

The 7th Pay Commission was set up by the UPA government in February 2014, The Commission headed by Justice A K Mathur submitted its 900-page final report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 19, recommending 23.55 per cent hike in salaries and allowances of Central government employees and pensioners.

The panel recommended a 14.27 per cent increase in basic pay, the lowest in 70 years. The previous 6th Pay Commission had recommended a 20 per cent hike, which the government doubled while implementing it in 2008.

The 7th pay commission recommended fixing the highest basic salary at Rs 250,000 and the lowest at Rs 18,000and its increased the pay gap between the minimum and maximum from existing 1:12 to 1: 13.8

The government constitutes the Pay Commission almost every 10 years to revise the pay scale of its employees and pensioners, often these are adopted by states after some modifications. However, the 7th Pay Commission suggested to discontinue the practice of appointing pay commissions in future.