Friday, March 6, 2015

No Fund Allocation to 7th Pay Commission – Central Government Employees Protest

No Fund Allocation to 7th Pay Commission – Central Government Employees Protest

Employees of the Income Tax Department, located in Nungambakkam, launched a protest yesterday condemning the fact that the Central Budget had not allocated sufficient funds to the 7th Pay Commission.
A meeting was held at the Income Tax office premises yesterday by the Central Government Employees Sammelan, during which the recently announced budget was analyzed and criticized. The protests were led by the Sammelan’s general secretary, Duraipandi. While addressing the gathering, he said,

“The economic report submitted by the Government is not in favour of the masses. During the election campaigns, BJP promised to reduce inflation, bring back black money, and to eradicate unemployment.
“But the fact remains that even when the prices of petroleum and crude oil fell by nearly 50% around, the world, the Central Government had actually increased the excise tax and made sure that the benefits of falling global prices don’t reach the general public. The increase in service taxes led to an all-round increase in prices.

“While the Government reduces corporate taxes on cash-rich companies from 30% to 25, it provided no relief to the salaried classes. Allocations to social welfare, medicines, and education remain extremely insufficient. Moreover, sufficient funds were not allocated to the 7th Pay Commission. We are going to hold protests outside the Parliament on April 28 to protest this callous attitude of the Government, to object to its decision to not merge the dearness allowance and basic pay, and to demand immediate announcement of interim relief.”

Central Government Employees to Protest outside the Parliament on April 28; Plan for Indefinite Strike

Central Government Employees to Protest outside the Parliament on April 28; Plan for Indefinite Strike

Central government employees have announced that they are going to protest outside the Parliament on April 28 against the Government’s decision to not hike the income tax slab. There are plans to launch an indefinite strike in July.

Protests were held at the Income Tax office in Nungambakkam on behalf of the central Government Employees Mahasammelanam, against the Government’s decision to not hike the minimum tax levels this time. The protests were led by the Sammelan’s general secretary, M. Duraipandian. Union leaders like J. Ramamurthy and S. Sundaramurthy presided over the protests.

In a media interview during the protests, Duraipandian said – Fund allocation deficits – “The Central Government budget submitted on February 28 brought no relief to the poor and the middle class. It was entirely in favour of the rich and the wealthy. Even though the prices of crude oil fell all over the world, the Government ensured that it remained the same in India. With an increase in excise taxes, the prices of petroleum and diesel actually increased in the country.

“The Government reduced corporate taxes from 30% to 25, but failed to increase the tax slab for the salaried class. How can the government then call it the budget of the masses? Allocations to social welfare, health and education were also very minimal.

“The BJP, that came to power by promising to curb inflation and increasing prices, is now involved in activities that lead to the very same things. Therefore, minimum income tax slab should be immediately raised to Rs.5 lakhs. Also, the Government must allocate funds to declare interim relief for the 7th Pay Commission.
“We are going to protest outside the Parliament on April 28, to present these demands. More than 10 lakh employees from departments like Railways, insurance and postal services are going to participate in it. We also have plans to launch an indefinite strike in the month of July. Our aim is to get the Government to agree to our demands. Strike is our last resort. If the Government is ready to grant our demands, we are willing to reconsider our decision to conduct a strike.”

Web Based Cadre Management System for CSSS & CSCS officers- addition of new modules to the system.

Web Based Cadre Management System for CSSS & CSCS officers- addition of new modules to the system.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market, New Delhi.
Dated the 5th March, 2015.
Subject: Web Based Cadre Management System for CSSS & CSCS officers- addition of new modules to the system.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s CS-I Division’s OM NO.21/1/2014-CS-1 (PR/CMS) dated 10.02.2015 on the above subject mentioned above and to say that additional modules as indicated below, which have subsequently been added to the web based cadre management system, be used by the cadre units for processing of the cases in respect of CSSS & CSCS personnel.
a) Foreign Training:- All nominations for foreign training should be processed through the web based cadre management system in respect of all CSSS officers. Their reliving for the training will also be updated in the system to capture the details of foreign trainings attended. If the training period is more than three months, the nodal officers will forward the online request to CS-II Division for further processing in respect of PPS and above level officers.

b) Domestic training:- All nominations for domestic training should be processed through the web based cadre management system in respect of all CSSS officers. If the training period is exceeding one year, the nodal offlcers will forward the online request to CS-II Division for further processing in respect of PPS and above level officers.

c) Permission to visit abroad:- All the requests for private foreign visits of CSSS officers should be processed through the web based cadre management system to capture such information.

d) Furnishing of information of death of an employee:- In case of death of an employee, the nodal officer of the Ministry/Department concerned will henceforth immediately update the information in the web based system to enable capture of the vacancy to facilitate provision of a substitute.

e) Furnishing of information of Long Leave of an employee:- If any employee proceeds on leave for six months or more, the nodal officer concerned should update the information in the web based system immediately to capture the vacancy to facilitate provision of a substitute.

f) Resignation:- Resignation requests from employees should be obtained and proceed in the web based system so that such vacancies are brought to the notice of the cadre controlling authority immediately.

g) Technical Resignation:- Requests for technical resignation to join another employment under the Government should also be obtained and processed in the web based cadre management system.
3. This circular may be brought to the notice of all CSSS and CSCS officials for their information and active cooperation to ensure correctness of data.
(Kameshwar Mishra)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Telefax: 24623157
To
All Ministries/Departments
Director/ Deputy Secretary (Administration)

Copy to:-
All officers/Sections of CS-II Division- for necessary follow up action.

Source: Original Order

Consideration of revision in upper age limit for induction of IAS, IPS and IFS

Consideration of revision in upper age limit for induction of IAS, IPS and IFS

Whether the Union Government has any proposal to increase the age limit from 54 years for induction of State Service Officers into IAS, IPS and IFS..?

While answering to above question in Parliament on 25th Feb 2015, Minister Dr.Jitendra Singh said that “In pursuance of the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, a proposal to consider revision of upper age limit for induction of state service officers into All India Services, i.e., Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFS) has been examined, in consultation with various State Governments and Cadre Controlling Autho- rities of IPS and IFS. The matter is under consideration of the Government.”

Amendment of CCS Rules for Persons with Disabilities

Amendment of CCS Rules for Persons with Disabilities

The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has issued a fresh set of Instructions to all Ministries/Departments granting relaxation in the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 for Disabled employees. In an Office Memorandum dated February 25, 2015, the DoPT has reiterated that the disabled employees will be entitled to pay, promotion and other service benefits even if they cannot be taken back to the post they were holding or are adjusted or kept waiting until a suitable vacancy arises.

The medical leave on account of disability will not be subject to ceiling under Rule 12 and any leave debited for the period after a Government servant is declared incapacitated shall be remitted back into his/her leave account.

The leave applied on medical certificate in connection with disability cannot also be refused or revoked without reference to a Medical Authority, whose advice shall be binding. Leave will also be granted even if the Government servant’s family member submits an application/medical certificate in case the employee is unable to do so on account of the disability.

The services of an employee can neither be terminated nor reduced in rank in case the employee has acquired a disability during his service. Any disabled employee who is not fit to return to duty shall be shifted to some other post. If that is not possible, the disabled employee shall be kept on a supernumerary post until a suitable post is available or he attains superannuation. Besides, no promotion shall be denied to a person simply on ground of his/her disability.

Reservation of Group D posts for Youths in Central Government Organisation

Reservation of Group D posts for Youths in Central Government Organisation

There is no proposal under consideration of the Government to reserve the ‘D’ category posts of Central Government organizations in different States for the respective State’s unemployed youths. The quantum of reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in case of direct recruitment to Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ posts of Central Government services in various States/UTs has been fixed vide OM No.36017/1/ 2004-Estt.(Res.) dated 5/7/2005 in proportion to their population. Further, SC/ST/OBC candidates not belonging to the concerned locality / region /State/ Zone/ Circle shall also be eligible to get the benefit of reservation.

As per Public Enterprises Survey 2013-14 laid on the table of both Houses of Parliament on 26.02.2015, the number of Other Backward Class employees in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) was 2,06,083 out of total employees of 13,49,493, details of which are given as below:-

Group Total No. of Employees Representation of OBC in Central Public Sector Enterprises
1 2 3 4
OBCS No. %
Managerial/Executives 270539 34598 12.79
Supervisors 130345 17555 13.47
Workman/Clerical 673164 113806 16.91
Semi-Skilled/  Unskilled 275445 40124 14.57
Total 1349493 206083 15.27

Government constituted a Committee in July, 2013 headed by Secretary, M/o Social Justice & Empowerment to make an in-depth analysis of the reasons for backlog of filling up of reserved vacancies and suggest measures to enhance the employability of reserved category candidates. The Committee in its report made the following major recommendations:-
(i) measures for upgrading the employment potential of SC, ST and OBC candidates in all groups;
(ii) to constitute expert committees comprising in –house officers to study the root cause of the problem and to initiate measures to remove such factors;
(iii) to improve pre-employment training or on-the-job preparatory training; and
(iv) schemes for educational empowerment, up-gradation of skills, vocational training etc.
Subsequent to the receipt of the recommendations of the Committee, the matter was examined by this Department and time bound action plan has been finalized and intimated to all concerned Ministries/ Departments on 20/11/2014 for implementation.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in Prime Minister’s office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri Ramen Deka and Shri Dileep Singh Bhuria in the Lok Sabha today.

Instruction for employees submitting write-up under Anubhav

Anubhav : Showcasing outstanding work done during service:

Instructions for use of software application
Retiring employees, Administrative offices and individuals may log on to the facility by clicking on the “Anubhav” link available on the website http://persmin.gov.in/pension.asp. Employees would be able to submit personal details as well as a write-up by filling in appropriate details. Administrative offices can login and process the inputs so furnished. The heads of offices will ascertain that the employee is a valid employee under his control and the write up submitted does not violate the necessary conditions. If he is satisfied, he will forward the write up to the designated authority / Head of Department (HOD). The designated authority / Head of Department (HOD) may satisfy themselves of the appropriateness of the submission before “approving”. The write-up can then be formally “Published”. Individuals can view the published documents under “Anubhav” and give feedback.
Instruction for employees submitting write-up under Anubhav

- Select the icon ‘employee ’ on the vertical bar
- Fill up Part I- Personal details
o Enter your Full Name (Title, First Name, Middle name, Last Name).
o Select your Designation.
o Enter your Permanent Account Number (PAN)
o Enter your 12 digit Aadhaar Number
o Enter Date of Birth & Date of Retirement (format DD/MM/YYYY)
o Enter your Mobile Number ,Email ID , correspondence address (Address, State, District, City, Pin-code)
o Select your Ministry/Dept/Organization & enter Office Address
o Select Cadre(if applicable)
o Upload your photograph in “.jpg” format of max file size 20 KB, if any
- Hit the “Next” button or click on “other details” tab to move on to Part II- Commendable work
o Type work to be highlighted (in 5000 words). You can type this separately as a word document and copy-paste in the text box provided for the purpose.
o Select category of work
o Select Yes/No Whether willing to volunteer for social work
o Enter suggestions, if any
o Upload documents, if any, in “.pdf” format, max file size 1 MB
o Carefully go through the declarations and click on “I Agree”
o Enter Security Code displayed in image in the form.
- Review the details entered in form by you before pressing the SUBMIT button.

Note:
a. If any of the pre-filled information is not available in the form (select options only), please get in touch with the concerned officer in your department to get the details updated.
b. Please ensure that you have filled the form with correct information and have uploaded a recent photograph, as the information submitted will be checked for correctness and quality. Incorrect data will be rejected.

Instructions to Ministries/ Departments( Head of Offices) and Heads of Departments (HODs) for processing submissions under Anubhav
- Log on the website persmin.gov.in/pension.asp and click on link Anubhav
- Click ‘organization’ on the vertical column on the left
- Enter your user name and password
- Click ‘new requests’ on the left column to view requests received.
- Click on “ Details” on the right to view the employee’s personal details and write-up and Publish or Reject as appropriate.

Instructions for Head of Offices/ (HOO) in case the retiring employee submits his write up manually
- Verify that the ‘Anubhav’ form has been filled up correctly and the declaration has been signed.
- Visit the website permin.gov.in/pension.asp and click on link Anubhav.
- Click ‘employee’ on the vertical bar.
- Fill up the Part I – Personal details of the employee.
- Click on the ‘Next’ button to move to Part II – commendable work.
- Choose the category of work.
- Select the option given by him for voluntary work.
- Scan and upload the write-up submitted by the employee.
- Type “outstanding work may be seen as the attached PDF document” in the text box provided for the outstanding work.
- Click ‘Accept’ for the declaration.
- Submit after entering the security code.

For any other assistance please write to
helpdesk-Anubhav[at]gov[dot]in

Source: DPPW

Criteria for providing jobs to State and National Level Sports Persons

Criteria for providing jobs to State and National Level Sports Persons

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has said that as per the instructions issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, sportspersons who have represented a State or the country in the National or International competitions, Inter-university tournaments conducted by the Inter-University Sports Boards, State School Teams in the National Sports/Games conducted by the All India School Games Federation and those awarded with National Awards in Physical Efficiency under the National Physical Efficiency Drive, are eligible for being considered for appointment in Central Government offices against the vacancies reserved for meritorious sportspersons.

In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today Shri Sonowal said, in terms of existing instructions of the Government, upto 5% of direct recruit vacancies in Group ‘C’ and erstwhile Group ‘D’ are reserved for meritorious sportspersons in Central Government offices.

He said, Ministries/Department of Government of India can recruit meritorious sportsmen in any year in relaxation of the recruitment procedure, to the extent that these, including all other reservations under exisiting orders, do not exceed 50% of the total number of vacancies proposed to be filled by direct recruitment. Central Government organizations and Public Sector undertakings recruit meritorious sportspersons including medal winners in international sports events from time to time for which they advertise in Employment News and other newspapers.

The Minister said, meritorious sportspersons are also eligible for monthly pension under the Scheme titled “Scheme of Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons”. Sportspersons who have won medals in Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and World Cups/World Championships (in Olympic and Asian Games disciplines) and Paralympic Games, after they attain the age of 30 years or retire from active sports, whichever is later, are eligible for monthly pension.

Shri Sonowal said, the Scheme of National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons provides ex-gratia financial assistance to outstanding sportspersons of yesteryears, now living in indigent circumstances, whose annual income is less than Rs. 2 lakh for medical treatment etc.

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Source : PIB (Release ID :116402)

Backlog Vacancies – 19,676 backlog reserved vacancies of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes

Backlog Vacancies – 19,676 backlog reserved vacancies of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes

As per data collected till 31.12.2014, during the period 1.4.2012 to 31.12.2014, 19,676 backlog reserved vacancies of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes were filled up in Central Government Departments/attached and subordinate offices, Banks etc.

Government constituted a Committee in July 2013 under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment to make an in depth analysis of the reasons for backlog of filling up of reserved vacancies and suggest measures to enhance the employability of reserved category candidates. The Committee submitted its report in May, 2014. Subsequent to the receipt of the recommendations of the Committee, the matter has been examined by this Department. Time bound action has been finalized and intimated to all concerned Departments/ Ministries on 20.11.2014 for implementation. The Action Plan includes study of reasons for non-filling of backlog reserved vacancies; review of prescribed standards, if required; conducting Special Recruitment Drive and conducting pre-recruitment training programmes.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in Prime Minister’s office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Shri Ravneet Singh, Shri Sankar Prasad Datta and Shri S.P. Muddahanume Gowda in the Lok Sabha today.

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