Saturday, April 30, 2016
Commemorative Postage Stamp on "Govardhanram Tripathi"
Commemorative
Postage Stamp on "Govardhanram Tripathi" was released on 27.04.2016. The stamp was
released by Lt. Col. D. K. S. Chauhan, CPMG Gujarat Circle in the gracious
presence of Smt. Anandiben Patel, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Gujarat.
Circle Conference : Haryana Circle
It has been reported by Shri Karam Singh Jhajholia, Circle Secretary, All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendent Posts that 20th Biennial Circle Conference of Haryana Circle will he held at Hotel "LE GEM" G. T. Road, Near Mini Secretariat, Opp. PVR Cinemas, Panipat-132103 on 15th May 2016.
Friday, April 29, 2016
Supplementary DPC for promotion to the cadre of PS Gr. B for the year 2015-16 ..... update
Shri Arup Seal, Circle Secretary, West Bengal Circle reported that ADPS (Staff) o/o CPMG West Bengal Circle, Kolkatta has today called for copies of APARs of 5 officers from their divisional head for submission to Directorate. He is directed to monitor the receipt of APARs from concern unit/s and its submission to Directorate.
Shri Bhupender Parashar, Circle President, Rajasthan Circle reported that ADPS (Staff) o/o CPMG, Rajasthan Circle, Jaipur has already submitted the requisite information to Directorate on 12/4/2016. He is directed to confirm from circle administration as to whether really required information and documents submitted to Directorate or otherwise.
Sify wins National Award for Department of Post (DoP) Network Integration Project
SANTA
CLARA, California, April 28, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sify Technologies
Limited (NASDAQ:SIFY), headquartered in Chennai, India, a leader in Managed
Enterprise, Network, IT and Applications services in India with global delivery
capabilities, has won the award for the "Best Use of Technology for Social
Cause" for its Department of Post (DoP) Network Integration Project, at
the Dataquest Business Technology Awards.
As part of the Rs. 1877.20 Cr DoP modernization/IT automation drive/program, Sify was mandated to build and connect endpoints inclusive of both sorting and administration offices. Sify has played an immensely crucial role by building the largest integrated MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) network in India for the postal services. The total scale of the project involved connecting 28,818 post offices in Phase I; 60% of it across rural parts of the country. Geographically, this covers more than 172000 villages and towns.
Congratulating Sify on the award, Mrs. Kavery Banerjee, Secretary (Posts), Government of India, said, "Sify has been an important partner for the Department of Posts in the IT Modernization Project that aims at transforming the Department from a physical to a digital network. Sify has networked post offices, mail offices and administrative offices of the Department, using multiple modes of connectivity, such as MPLS, Leased Line, wired or wireless internet in diverse geographical locations spread across the length & breadth of India. Further to completion, Sify will continue to maintain this network of over 28,000 offices till 2019."
Commenting on the win, Mr. Kamal Nath, Chief Executive Officer, Sify Technologies Limited, said, "We have started 2016 on a great note with this win. And this award has come close on the heels of the launch of our largest global innovation and development center in India in Hyderabad. I wish to congratulate and thank the various teams in Sify that have worked so hard on this project. The DoP implementation is a landmark project for us that truly showcases Sify's industry-leading network integration capabilities. In building this network, Sify has effectively commissioned the largest MPLS network in India. This award highlights and validates our commitment and efforts to become India's largest integrated ICT Company."
Sify's new-age network for DoP facilitates real time transactions and enables banking for the "unbanked" sections of the society. The people benefited by the initiative include approximately 1.44 million citizens who now have access to real-time banking, banking instruments and banking services. Apart from the transactional benefit to the unbanked, this project holds promise to the banking majors to establish sister units in the most remote parts of the country. This project has also aided the Indian Postal Network into becoming the largest seamlessly integrated logistical provider. Each customer is now a digital address and the transportation capacity of the postal system can now be converted and utilized by ecommerce majors across India.
About Sify Technologies
Sify is among the largest integrated ICT Solutions and Services companies in India, offering end-to-end solutions with a comprehensive range of products delivered over a common telecom data network infrastructure reaching more than 1300 cities and towns in India. This telecom network today connects 38 Data Centers across India including Sify's 6 Tier 3 Data Centers across the cities of Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru. A significant part of the company's revenue is derived from Enterprise Services, comprised of Telecom services, Data Center services, Cloud and Managed services, Applications Integration services and Technology Integration services. Sify also provides services that cater to the burgeoning demands of the SMB community, much of it on its Cloud services platform.
Certifications
Sify is ISO 9001:2008 certified for Enterprise Sales, Provisioning, support and customer relationship management of ICT solutions and services including VPN, Network, Voice, Data Center hosting, Integration services, security services and managed services. Sify has been certified in ISO / IEC 20000 - 1:2011 and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certified for Internet Data Center operations. Sify has been certified in SSAE16 SOC2 Type II for Cloud Infrastructure and in TL 9000 for Enterprise Network Services, Network Integration Services including Design, Implementation and Support services. The latter certification is telecommunication industry's quality system standard that expands the requirements of the International Standards Organization's ISO 9000 quality management standard in use by industries worldwide. Sify has Unified License to operate NLD (National Long Distance), ILD (International Long Distance) services and ISP services and offers VoIP backhaul for international carriers. With the Sify Cable landing station and partnerships with submarine cable companies globally, Sify is present in almost all the spheres of the ICT eco system.
Sify has an expanding base of Managed Services customers, both in India and overseas, and is India's first enterprise managed services provider to launch a Security Operations Center (SOC) to deliver managed security services. The software team develops applications and offers services to improve business efficiencies of its current and prospective client bases. Sify also offers services in the specialized domains of eLearning, both in India and globally. For more information about Sify, visit www.sifycorp.com.
Source : http://globenewswire.com
No scope to major changes in 7th Pay Commission recommendations: Finmin
New
Delhi: Finance Ministry sources today said on condition of anonymity, there is
no scope to major changes in 7th Pay Commission recommendations.
The
sources came up with the remark while talking to us about hiking of pay scales
of all central government employees and officials by the Empowered Committee of
Secretaries than the 7th Pay Commission recommendations.
Those
who will hope over this issue will gain nothing but some minor changes on 7th
Pay Commission recommendations of pay scales are possible, they added.
Replying
to a question, the sources said, “The demand of central government employees
over their pay scales is likely to be lightly considered by the Empowered
Committee of Secretaries.
They
said adding “Though Finance minister Arun Jaitley had promised them that they
will get proper pay scales with hiking minimum pay of lower paid employees,
after the review of the new pay scales by the Empowered Committee of Secretaries.”
The
7th Pay Commission headed by Justice A K Mathur recommended on November 19, the
highest basic salary at Rs 250,000 and the lowest at Rs 18,000 and its
increased the pay gap between the minimum and maximum from existing 1:12 to
1:13.8, while all pay commissions made up pay gap between employees and
officers from second Pay Commission 1:41 ratio to Sixth pay commission 1:12.
A
13-member secretary-level Empowered Committee headed by Cabinet Secretary P K
Sinha was formed by the central government in January to review the 7th Pay
Commission proposals before cabinet nod.
Source
:
https://www.tkbsen.in/2016/04/no-scope-to-major-changes-in-7th-pay-commission-recommendations-finmin/
Government gives in to pressure, EPF interest rate increased to 8.8% from 8.7%
Giving
in to pressure from trade unions, the finance ministry has agreed to increase
interest rate on provident
funddeposits to 8.8 per cent from the 8.7 per cent decided by it earlier.
The rollback comes after the Finance Ministry and the Labour Ministry were locked in an intense tussle over the rate of interest on EPFdeposits for 2015-16 with the former pegging the rate at 8.7 per cent, 10 basis points lower than decided by the EPFO.
The Labour Ministry sought a review of the Finance Ministry's decision after trade unions, including the RSS-backed Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh attacked the lowering of the rate.
Finance Ministry had defended its decision to pay 8.7 per cent interest on EPF saying last year's surplus would have to be used to pay this rate.
Opposing the lowering of interest rate, as many as 10 central trade unions decided to hold a day-long protest against the Finance Ministry's decision. A Finance Ministry source said the earlier decision was based on "pure arithmetic calculation" and is aimed at ensuring sustainability of the EPFO and providing "stable returns" to its members in falling interest rate scenario.
Source:-The Economic Times
Review of performance of public servants
The Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions is aware that review of performance of public servants
occurs only after attaining age of 50 years or completion of 30 years of
service. As per Fundamental Rule (FR) 56 (j):
“The Appropriate Authority shall, if it is in the opinion that it is in the public interest so to do, have the absolute right to retire any Government servant by giving him notice of not less than three months in writing or three months’ pay and allowances in lieu of such notice:
If he is in Group ‘A’ or Group ‘B’ service or post in a substantive, quasi-permanent or temporary capacity and had entered Government service before attaining the age of 35 years, after he has attained the age of 50 years.
(i) in any other case after he has attained the age of fifty-five years”.
(ii) In addition, as per Rule 48 of CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972, at any time after a Government servant has completed thirty years' qualifying service, he may be required by the appointing authority to retire in the public interest, and in the case of such retirement the Government servant shall be entitled to a retiring pension provided that the appointing authority may also give a notice in writing to a Government servant at least three months before the date on which he is required to retire in the public interest or three months' pay and allowances in lieu of such notice.
Further, as per Rule 16(3) (amended) of the All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958, the Central Government may, in consultation with the State Government concerned, require a Member of the Service to retire from Service in public interest, after giving such Member at least three month's previous notice in writing or three month's pay and allowances in lieu of such notice,
after the review when such Member completes 15 years of qualifying Service; or
(i) after the review when such Member completes 25 years of qualifying Service or attains the age of 50 years, as the case may be; or
(ii) if the review referred to in (i) or (ii) above has not been conducted, after the review at any other time as the Central Government deems fit in respect of such Member.
(iii) The above provisions have been reiterated from time to time and recently vide DoPT’s O.M. No. 25013/02/2005-AIS-II dated 28.06.2012 and 03.08.2015, and O.M. No. 25013/1/2013-Estt.A-IV dated 11.09.2015.
Disciplinary cases are conducted as per prescribed procedures. Normally, the details and monitoring of disciplinary cases is to be done by the respective cadre authorities. The Central Government has also from time to time been stressing on the need to complete disciplinary cases expeditiously and monitoring the same.
This was stated by the 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 in a written reply to a question by Shri Vivek Gupta in the Rajya Sabha today.
Source:-PIB
Disclosure of information under RTI
As per guidelines dated 15.04.2015
issued by the Government of India, the Ministries/Departments of the Government
of India and other Public Authorities are proactively working towards suo-motu
disclosure of information on their websites so as to reduce the need for filing
RTI applications.
As per the Annual Report of the
Central Information Commission (CIC), 75.27% of the Public Authorities have
filed their Annual Returns to the CIC for 2014-15, which is higher than the
figure of 72.54 % for 2013-14, indicating an improved compliance over the
previous year.
With a view to maximize suo-motu
disclosure by public authorities, Government has issued guidelines to all the
Ministries/Departments of Govt. of India on 15.4.2013. Government has further
issued O.M. dated 29.06.2015 ensuring compliance to the recommended measures
for strengthening implementation of Section 4 of RTI Act, by all public
authorities. Another O.M. dated 9.7.2015 has been issued for appointment
of a nodal officer of the rank of Joint Secretary for implementation of Section
4 of RTI Act.
The CIC has provided web based
software known as RTI Annual Return Information System for uploading annual
return online at URL http://rtiaar.nic/rtiar09/login.asp.
The CIC has, from time to time,
issued letters to various defaulting Public Authorities for submission of
quarterly returns.
This was stated by the 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 in a written reply to a question by Shri A. W. Rabi Bernard
in the Rajya Sabha today.
Source:-PIB
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Reservation in promotion
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions
28-April-2016 15:08 IST
Extant
instructions of DoPT provide that reservation in promotion by non-selection
method is available to SCs and STs in all Groups i.e. Group A, B, C & D. In
case of promotion by selection method, reservation is available to SCs and STs
upto lowest rung of Group A. There is no reservation in promotion by selection
within Group A. Reservation in posts by promotion under the existing scheme is
applicable in which the element of direct recruitment, if any, does not exceed
75%.
In
accordance with Supreme Court judgment dated 15.07.2014, results of Limited
Departmental Competitive Examination 1996 for Section Officer grade were
revised by UPSC. Appellants, who were declared successful in the modified
results of SO LDCE 1996, were included in SOSL 1996 by this Department. Later
the benefit was extended to similarly placed SC/ST officers who were declared
qualified in the modified results of SO LDCE 1996. On their inclusion in SOSL
1996, these officers have become eligible for consideration for promotion to
the next grade (Under Secretary) on completion of eight years of approved
service in SO grade i.e. they become eligible for consideration in USSL 2004
onwards subject to the size of the zone. A proposal for review of USSLs 2004
and 2005 has been forwarded to UPSC in which these officers have been included
in the zone.
This
was stated by the 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 in a written reply to a question by
Shri Ronald Sapa Tlau in the Rajya Sabha today.
Supplementary DPC for promotion to the cadre of PS Gr. B for the year 2015-16
It is learnt from Directorate that supplementary DPC for promotion to the cadre of PS Gr. B for the year 2015-16 is delayed due to non receipt of APRs of 5 officers each from Rajasthan Circle and West Bengal Circle.
Directorate vide memo No. 9-02/2015-SPG dated 02.03.2016 called for fresh vigilance clearance, statement showing details of pending punishment if any and attested copies of APARs from 2009-10 to 2013-14 from all circles by giving target date 10/3/2016, but till date Rajasthan and West Bengal circle has not submitted the requisite documents to Directorate and therefore supplementary DPC is badly delayed.
It is requested to Circle Secretaries and members of Rajasthan and West Bengal Circle to meet ADPS (Staff) of their circle on 29-4-2016 and request them to submit the required and requisite information / documents as early as possible to Directorate. Actual ADPS (Staff) has to personally hand over the documents, records and APARs in person at Directorate.
Media report pay commission implementation within June/July
7th Pay Commission: Govt employees
likely to get huge pay checks by June-July 2016.
Central government employees' wait
to get higher salaries under the 7th Pay Commission will be over in two months.
As per a CNBC-TV18 report, hefty
payouts are likely to happen between early June and late July this year.
Quoting government officials, the
report said that the Empowered Group of Secretaries will likely to accept the
pay commission's recommendations on salaries and pension payouts.
It may be recalled that the
government had set up a high-powered panel headed by Cabinet Secretary P K
Sinha to process the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission which will have
bearing on the remuneration of 47 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh
pensioners.
The implementation of the new pay
scales is estimated to put an additional burden of Rs 1.02 lakh crore on the
exchequer in 2016-17. Subject to acceptance by the government, they will take
effect from January 1, 2016.
Preparation of Combined All India Seniority List of Inspector Posts for the year 2001 and onwards ....updates
All are aware that Directorate vide
memo No. 7-1/2015-SPB-II dated 28/7/2015 directed to all circles to submit year
wise list of Inspectors from 2001 onwards for preparation of combined All India
Seniority List. As the Directorate has not received correct information from
few circles and therefore reminder was issued on 30th December 2015 to all
circles with a direction to submit the required information/documents in the
prescribed format on or before 5/1/2016.
Today, it is learnt from Directorate
that most of the circles have submitted the requisite information to Directorate
and now staff of SPB division is busy in preparation of combined All India Seniority
List of Inspector Posts from 2001 onwards.
While scrutiny of reports / lists received from circle, few mistakes /
irregularities are noticed and same will be getting cleared over phone. So it
is requested to all CS and members to appraise this to their circle administration
and whenever telephonic call received from SPB division, the same should be
attended promptly and resolve the doubts raised by Directorate staff on the
spot.
Secondly, as per the request of our
Association, Directorate is going to release draft seniority lists in phased
manner very soon.
Govt likely to implement 7th Pay Commission award around September-October
New Delhi: The Central government
employees will have to wait till September-October to get higher salaries under
the 7th Pay Commission.
As per a Financial Express report, government is expecting that higher salaries released around the festival period starting with Durga Puja and Diwali will boost consumption, which will have a multiplier effect on the economy.
Though the employees will get arrears with retrospective effect from January 1, no retrospective arrears in allowances will be given. With the move, the exchequer would be able to save around Rs 11,000 crore.
The commission had estimated the additional outgo in FY17 due to its award at R73,650 crore.
Read at http://7thcpcnews.in/govt-likely-to-implement-7th-pay-commission-award-around-september-october/
Changes in NPS-PIB NEWS
The Government has proposed the
following in the Finance Bill, 2016 with regard to the National Pension System
(NPS):
i. Allowing 40 per cent of the NPS corpus tax exempt on lump sum withdrawal.
ii. Waiving service tax on the NPS corpus utilized for purchase of annuity.
iii. The amount receivable by the nominee in case of death of the subscriber covered under NPS has been made tax exempt.
iv. One-time portability without any tax implication has been allowed to the subscriber for shifting from recognized provident fund to NPS.
v. One-time portability without any tax implication has been allowed to the subscriber for shifting from superannuation fund to NPS.
As per the provisions of the Finance Bill, 2016, 40 per cent of the pension corpus under NPS is proposed to be tax exempt on lump sum withdrawal. Also, the proposal in the Union Budget, 2016-17 for taxation of 60 per cent of provident fund corpus under the Income Tax Act, 1961 has been withdrawn by the Government. Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) remains an Exempt Scheme.
However, EPF and NPS are different schemes available to separate categories of subscribers and they are not comparable on one-to-one basis.
This information given by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment, in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Updated status report regarding promotion / postings of officers in PS Gr. B cadre issued vide Notification dated 10/11/2015.
Updated
status report regarding promotion / postings of officers in PS Gr. B cadre
issued vide Notification dated 10/11/2015.
Sl.
No.
|
Name
of the officer
|
Present
Circle |
New
Circle / Unit of posting on promotion
|
Report
|
Remark
|
1
|
K.
Soorappan
|
TN
|
TN
|
Joined
|
Retd on 31-3-16
|
2
|
T.
Amudha Ganesan
|
TN
|
TN
|
Joined
|
|
3
|
S.
Chennakrishnan
|
TN
|
TN
|
Joined
|
|
4
|
S.
Subbba Rao
|
TN
|
TN
|
Joined
|
|
5
|
K. R.
N. Moorthy
|
Karnataka
|
Karnataka
|
Joined
|
|
6
|
L. Narasimhamurthy
|
Karnataka
|
Maharashtra
|
Declined
|
|
7
|
Bhagabat
Sethi
|
Odisha
|
Assam
|
Joined
|
|
8
|
V. K.
Gupta
|
Chhattisgarh
|
Chhattisgarh
|
Joined
|
|
9
|
C R
Nagaraj Rao
|
Karnataka
|
Maharashtra
|
Not
joined
|
Not
relieved
|
10
|
S.
Linga Setty
|
Karnataka
|
Karnataka
|
Joined
|
|
11
|
R. K.
Chourasia
|
MP
|
UP
|
Not
joined
|
Posting
order not received
|
12
|
V. H.
Nadagouda
|
Karnataka
|
Maharashtra
|
Joined
|
|
13
|
Gulab
Chand Yadav
|
UP
|
UP
|
Joined
|
|
14
|
Banamai
Patra
|
Odisha
|
Assam
|
Not
joined
|
Not relieved
|
15
|
M. K.
Maheswari
|
MP
|
UP
|
Not
joined
|
Under
punishment till 30.6.16
|
16
|
Ramal
Vishwakarma
|
MP
|
UP
|
Not
joined
|
Punishment
current 3 yrs
|
17
|
H.S. Mahapatra
|
Odisha
|
Assam
|
Declined
|
|
18
|
A.K.
Jain
|
MP
|
UP
|
Not
joined
|
Posting
order not received
|
19
|
V. K.
Gautam
|
MP
|
MP
|
Not
joined
|
Joined
and retired on 31/3/16
|
20
|
Hari Sharan Pandey
|
MP
|
PTC Saharanpur
|
Declined
|
|
21
|
P. K
Bahulkar
|
MP
|
PTC Saharanpur
|
Joined
|
|
22
|
Sahaeb
Bera
|
WB
|
WB
|
Joined
|
|
23
|
Ravikant
Sharma
|
J&K
|
J&K
|
Joined
|
|
24
|
Sanjay
Kr. Bera
|
WB
|
WB
|
Joined
|
|
25
|
V. M.
Rajanna
|
Karnataka
|
Maharashtra
|
Joined
|
|
26
|
A.N.Sushir
|
Maharashtra
|
Maharashtra
|
Joined
|
|
27
|
G. M.
Nandanwar
|
Maharashtra
|
Maharashtra
|
Joined
|
|
28
|
M. R.
Sakpal
|
Maharashtra
|
Maharashtra
|
Joined
|
|
29
|
Kamalakar
V. Nagekar
|
APS
(KTK)
|
Directorate
|
Not joined
|
Officer requested for allotment to KTK
|
30
|
K. G.
Raj Purohit
|
Rajasthan
|
Rajasthan
|
Joined
|
|
31
|
Anupam
Ghosh
|
WB
|
WB
|
Joined
|
|
32
|
B. R.
Bhirania
|
Rajasthan
|
Delhi
|
Joined
|
|
33
|
Madhab
Mukherjee
|
WB
|
WB
|
Joined
|
|
34
|
Sheikh
Mohd Noman
|
Odisha
|
Assam
|
Joined
|
|
35
|
Samujjal
Goon
|
WB
|
WB
|
Joined
|
|
36
|
Chander
Mohan Bhatt
|
J&K
|
J&K
|
Joined
|
|
37
|
Surya
Kr. Pandey
|
UP
|
UP
|
Joined
|
|
38
|
Ashok
Senapati
|
WB
|
WB
|
Joined
|
|
39
|
Jhantu
Kr. Routh
|
WB
|
WB
|
Joined
|
|
40
|
Pulak
Das
|
WB
|
WB
|
Joined
|
|
41
|
Birendra
Nath Nandi
|
WB
|
WB
|
Joined
|
|
42
|
Mohd.
Salim Khan
|
Rajasthan
|
Uttarakhand
|
Joined
|
|
43
|
Bidyut
Kr. Roy
|
WB
|
WB
|
Joined
|
|
44
|
Madhu Mirdha
|
Odisha
|
Assam
|
Declined
|
|
45
|
M. V. Basapur
|
Karnataka
|
Delhi
|
Declined
|
|
46
|
Mahadevaiah
|
Karnataka
|
Karnataka
|
Joined
|
|
47
|
S. L.
Meena
|
Rajasthan
|
Delhi
|
Not
joined
|
Likely
to join on 29/4/16
|
48
|
K.
Balasubramanian
|
TN
|
Delhi
|
Joined
|
|
49
|
K. K
Bunkar
|
Rajasthan
|
UP
|
Joined
|
|
50
|
Brojogopal
Sarkar
|
WB
|
WB
|
Joined
|
|
51
|
Baneswar
Saha
|
WB
|
WB
|
Joined
|
|
52
|
M. P.
Parmar
|
Gujarat
|
Gujarat
|
Not Joined
|
CO Ahmedabad not issued posting order, as there is confusion in caste of the officer
|
53
|
K.
Arunachalam
|
TN
|
Delhi
|
Joined
|
|
54
|
P.
Subramanian
|
TN
|
Delhi
|
Joined
|
It is requested to all members to confirm the above to GS immediately.