Wednesday 31 December 2014
Tuesday 30 December 2014
CAN’T RECOVER EXCESS SALARY PAID TO CLASS III, IV STAFF
SUPREME COURT
Press News by TOI
NEW
DELHI: Recovery of excess amount paid to Class-III and Class-IV
employees due to employer's mistake is not permissible in law, the
Supreme Court has ruled saying that it would cause extremely harsh
consequences to them who are totally dependent on their wages to run
their family.
The
apex court said employees of lower rung service spend their entire
earning in the upkeep and welfare of their family, and if such excess
payment is allowed to be recovered from them, it would cause them far
more hardship, than the reciprocal gains to the employer.
A bench
of JS Khehar and Arun Mishra also directed that an employer cannot
recover excess amount in case of a retired employee or one who is to
retire within one year and where recovery process is initiated five
years after excess payment.
"We are
therefore satisfied in concluding, that such recovery from employees
belonging to the lower rungs (i.e., Class-III and Class-IV - sometimes
denoted as Group 'C' and Group 'D') of service, should not be subjected
to the ordeal of any recovery, even though they were beneficiaries of
receiving higher emoluments, than were due to them. Such recovery would
be iniquitous and arbitrary and therefore would also breach the mandate
contained in Article 14 of the Constitution," Justice Khehar, who wrote
the judgment said.
It said
that the employer's right to recover has to compared, with the effect
of the recovery on the concerned employee and if the effect of the
recovery from the employee would be, more unfair, more wrongful, more
improper, and more unwarranted, than the corresponding right of the
employer, which would then make it iniquitous and arbitrary, to effect
the recovery.
"In
such a situation, the employee's right would outbalance, and therefore
eclipse, the right of the employer to recover," the bench said.
The
bench passed the order on a petition filed by Punjab government
challenging Punjab and Haryana high court order restraining it to
recover the excess amount paid by mistake to numerous employees over the
years.
It said
we may, as a ready reference, summarize the following few situations,
wherein recoveries by the employers, would be impermissible in law:
(i) Recovery from employees belonging to Class-III and Class-IV service (or Group 'C' and Group 'D' service).
(ii) Recovery from retired employees, or employees who are due to retire within one year, of the order of recovery.
(iii)
Recovery from employees, when the excess payment has been made for a
period in excess of five years, before the order of recovery is issued.
(iv)
Recovery in cases where an employee has wrongfully been required to
discharge duties of a higher post, and has been paid accordingly, even
though he should have rightfully been required to work against an
inferior post.
(v) In
any other case, where the Court arrives at the conclusion, that recovery
if made from the employee, would be iniquitous or harsh or arbitrary to
such an extent, as would far outweigh the equitable balance of the
employer's right to recover.
The
court said a government employee is primarily dependent on his wages,
and such deduction from salary should not be allowed which would make it
difficult for the employee to provide for the needs of his family and
any recovery must be done within five years.
In this case, the employees were given monetary benefits in excess of their entitlement due to a mistake committed by a concerned competent authority, in determining the emoluments payable to them.
Friday 19 December 2014
Min of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions NO REDUCTION IN RETIREMENT AGE
There is no proposal under consideration of Government to reduce the retirement age from 60 to 58 years for its employees.
The retirement age for Central Government employees was revised from 58
to 60 years in 1997 on the basis of recommendations of the 5th Central
Pay Commission.
The Centre’s total wages and salaries bill for its employees for the
year 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 is Rs. 85,963.50 crore, Rs. 92,264.88
crore and Rs. 1,04,759.71 crore, respectively.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to
Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Dr. T Subbarami Reddy and Smt. Ambika Soni
in Rajya Sabha, today.
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Wednesday 17 December 2014
Saturday 13 December 2014
Monday 8 December 2014
Wednesday 3 December 2014
RAJYA SABHA QUESTION on Improvement in efficiency of Postal Services
| GOVERNMENT OF INDIA | ||
| MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | ||
| RAJYA SABHA | ||
| QUESTION NO 684 | ||
| ANSWERED ON 28.11.2014 |
Improvement in efficiency of postal services
| ||
| 684 | Shri A.U. Singh Deo | |
| Will the Minister of COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to satate :- | ||
| (a) whether Government has proposed plans to improve efficiency of postal services, if so, the details thereof; (b) whether Government is planning any Public Private Partnership model in postal services, if so, the details thereof; (c) if not, the reasons therefor; (d) whether there is any proposal to raise employment in postal services for rural areas, if so, the details thereof; and (e) if not, the reasons therefor? | ||
| ANSWER | ||
| THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD) (a) Yes, Sir. Performance of Post Offices is monitored on selected Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on Mails, Savings Bank and Money Orders through a web based mechanism. The Government has undertaken the following steps to improve efficiency of Postal Services by: (i) Introduction of a Mail Network Optimization Project (MNOP), for consolidation and optimization of operational network. (ii) Process redesigning at Speed Post Hubs and Intra Circle Hubs. (iii) Strengthening of end –to-end online tracking system, resulting in increase in online tracking. (iv) Regular performance review of all Postal Circles. (b) & (c) No Sir. (d) & (e) There is no new proposal to raise fresh employment in postal services for Branch Post Offices situated in rural areas. In fact, whenever any vacancy arises in any Departmental cadre, irrespective of its location in rural area or urban area, the same is filled up as per the provisions of the Recruitment rules of that particular cadre. Till filling up of vacancy, the work of the post is managed by redistribution/combination of duties and temporary attachment of personnel from other Post offices etc. There are sufficient numbers of sanctioned posts of Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) employees in rural areas. In addition, the Department has recently directed for expeditious filling up of all vacant posts of Gramin Dak Sevak Branch Postmasters. | ||
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
| MINISTRY OF | COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
| LOK SABHA |
| UNSTARRED | QUESTION NO | 101 |
| ANSWERED ON | 24.11.2014 |
| SERVICES UNDER E GOVERNANCE |
| 101 . | Chauhan Shri Devusinh Jesingbhai |
| Will the Minister of | COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | be pleased to state:- |
(a) whether the Government has prepared a road-map for complete e-Governance of services in the country and if so, the details thereof; (b) the total funds earmarked for the purpose during the last three years and the current year; (c) the total number of services covered under e-Governance particularly at the infrastructure level; (d) the details of benefits likely to be accrued to rural people through the scheme; and (e) the time by which e-Governance facilities are likely to be provided across the country including rural areas? |
| ANSWER |
MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD) (a): Government of India has launched the “Digital India” programme with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and a knowledge economy. Under the Digital India programme, Government has proposed to implement e-Kranti which envisages provisioning of various e-governance services in the country. The focus of the e- Kranti plan is to transform the e-Governance services by expanding the portfolio of Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) in e-Governance under various Government Departments, undertaking Government Process Reengineering (GPR), Cloud Deployment, Mobile enablement and work flow automation. (b): The funds earmarked for the purpose for e-governance during the last 3 years and the current year are as below: Sr. Year BE RE Actual No. (in Rs. (in Rs. (in Rs crore) crore) crore) 1 2011-12 1087.31 351.61 256.17 2 2012-13 975.00 450.00 416.58 3 2013-14 700.00 385.00 378.92 4 2014-15 1230.00 485.29(as on 14.11.2014) (c): Under the National e-Governance Plan, it has been planned to provide 252 services under 31 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) covering various sectors. Out of these, 222 services have been made operational. To support these services at infrastructure level, core Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure consisting of State Wide Area Networks (SWANs), State Data Centres (SDCs), Common Services Centres (CSCs) and State Services Delivery Gateway (SSDG) have been set up in various States/UTs. (d): The electronic services are being made available to all the citizens in rural areas through Common Services Centres (CSCs). Currently, 1.36 lakh CSCs are operational across the entire country. Electronic services are also being delivered through the mobile platform. (e): The e-Kranti component under the Digital India programme envisages expansion of the portfolio of Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) in e-Governance to cover more departments. The various MMPs under e-Kranti have their own plan and schedule of implementation for their projects. |
As per information received from various Ministries/ Departments till date, the representation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs), as on 01.01.2013, in 69 Central Government Ministries/Departments was 5,23,721 which is 17.74% of 29,52,080 employees.
The reasons for lower representation of Other Backward Classes in services are identified as under-:
(i) Reservation for Other Backward Classes started only from the year 1993.
(ii) Other Backward Classes candidates
who were appointed up to 1993, that is before introduction of
reservation for the Other Backward Classes, are not included for
counting the representation.
(iii) There is generally a time gap
between occurrence of vacancies and filling thereof as recruitment is a
time consuming process.
(iv) Some reserved posts for Other
Backward Classes remain vacant due to non-availability of suitable
candidates of reserved category.
(v) Some of the selected Other Backward
Classes candidates do not join the service or leave the service after
joining because they get better opportunities elsewhere.
Reservation in Central Government jobs
for Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
employees is provided at the rate of 27%, 15% and 7.5%, respectively. As
per information received till date from 69 Ministries/ Departments, the
representation of Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes as on 01.01.2013, was 17.74%, 17.57% and 7.73%,
respectively.
Instructions have been issued in June,
2013 to all concerned to make concerted efforts to fill up the backlog
reserved vacancies. A committee was constituted under the Chairmanship
of Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to analyse the
reasons for less employability of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes,
Other Backward Classes in Government sector and to suggest remedial
measures. Keeping in view the recommendations of the Committee, various
time bound measures have been identified and intimated to concerned
Ministries/Departments to fill up such backlog vacancies.
This was stated by Minister of State for
Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh in a
written reply to Kumari Shobha Karandlaje in the Lok Sabha today.
Monday 1 December 2014
Expected Dearness Allowance from January 2015 for Central Govt Employees and Pensioners, almost confirmed 6% increase…
Expected Dearness Allowance from January 2015 for Central Govt Employees and Pensioners, almost confirmed 6% increase…
Expected DA from Jan 2015 is on fourth step, no change in the index of CPI(IW) for the month of October 2014, stands at 253 only.
Increase in Dearness allowance for
Central Govt employees and Pensioners from Jan 2015 is likely to be 6%
and the total Dearness allowance will go up to 113%.
When comparing with previous instalments
of additional DA, this is some what low. In July 2013 and Jan 2014,
both the installments was in double digit.
After this DA, there will be only
another instalment in July 2015 which is the last instalment of
additional DA in Sixth Pay Commission. And the first installment for the
year 2016, the DA calculation may be change with the recommendations of
7th CPC.
Sunday 30 November 2014
Vacancy for Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) Kerala Circle
Scale of pay - 5200 - 20200 + Grade Pay Rs 1800
Age Limit - 18 to 27
Last date - 20-12-2014
Number of Vacancy and Address to which application should submit
Download Application Form / Notification
Saturday 22 November 2014
Friday 21 November 2014
Wednesday 19 November 2014
KISAN VIKAS PATRA (KVP) RE-LAUNCHED ON 18/11/2014
SALIENT FEATURES OF RE-LAUNCHED KISAN VIKAS PATRA:
1.Amount Invested doubles in 100 months ( 8years 4 months)
2.Available in denominations of Rs 1,000, 5000, 10,000 and Rs
50,000.
3.Minimum deposit Rs 1000/- and no maximum limit.
4.Certificate can be
purchased by an adult for himself or on behalf of a minor or by two adults.
5.KVP can be purchased
from any Departmental Post office. This facility will also be extended shortly
to the designated branches of commercial Banks.
6.Facility of nomination is available.
7.Certificate can be
transferred from one person to another and from one post office to another.
8.Certificate can be en-cashed after 2 1/2 years from the date
of issue.
Table Showing Premature closure of KVP (for
Den. Rs. 1000)
2
and half years but less than 3 years
|
1201
|
3 years but less than 3 and half
years
|
1246
|
3
and half years but less than 4 years
|
1293
|
4 years but less than 4 and half
years
|
1341
|
4
and half years but less than 5 years
|
1391
|
5 years but less than 5 and half
years
|
1443
|
5
and half years but less than 6 years
|
1497
|
6 years but less than 6 and half
years
|
1553
|
6
and half years but less than 7 years
|
1611
|
7 years but less than 7 and half
years
|
1671
|
7
and half years but less than 8 years
|
1733
|
8 years but before maturity of
the Certificate
|
1798
|
On
maturity of Certificate
8 Years 4
month = 100 months
|
2000 |
Saturday 15 November 2014
Grants-in-aid for the year 2014-15 to the Central Government Employees Residents Welfare Associations
No. 7/2/201 3-Welfare
Government of India
Ministry of’ Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
Government of India
Ministry of’ Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
Lok Nayak Bawan, New Delhi-110003
11th November, 2014
11th November, 2014
To
The Secretaries of the Grantee,
Central Government Empbyees
Residents Welfare Associations
The Secretaries of the Grantee,
Central Government Empbyees
Residents Welfare Associations
(As per list)
Sub.:- Grants-in-aid
for the year 2014-15 to the Central Government Employees Residents
Welfare Associations- submission of Accounts for the year 2013-14
regarding.
Sir.
I am directed to say
that the Department of Personnel and Training has been sanctioning
Grants-in-aid to the eligible recognized Residents Welfare Associations
formed by the Central Government Employees in residential colonies to
enable them to meet a part of their expenditure on the welfare
activities, programmes during the financial year. The recognized Central
Government Employees Residents Welfare Associations eligible to receive
grants-in-aid may please send a request to this effect to this
Department in the prescribed proforma.
2. The recognized Central Government
Employees Residents Welfare Associations are requested to send their
request keeping in view the following guidelines:
(a) Central Government employees and
employees of Lok Sabba. Rajya Sabba, Supreme Court. High Court. UPSC.
Statutory and Autonomous bodies. Delhi Administration shall qualify for
‘Regular’ membership of an association in receipt of grant-in-aid from
Department of Personnel and Training subject to fulfillment of
conditions as laid down in sub para (b) to (h) of para Il (2) of O.M,
No. 5/8/2013-Welfare dated 3d June, 2014 (copy enclosed).
(b) Grants-in-aid admissible will be subject lo an upper ceiling of Rs. 10.00W- during a financial year.
(c) Consolidated accounts for the
previous financial year may be provided in Annexure ‘A’ signed by the
President. Secretary, Treasurer and Internal Auditor,
(d) A complete list of all the members
showing their names, residential address. Official designation and
address as on 31.03.2014 may be submitted as in Annexure-’B.
(e) All the vouchers relating to every
head of expenditure as appearing in Annexure ‘A’, should be maintained
by the Association, so as to verify the expenditure as and when needed.
(f) The stock register maintained by the
Association as audited and certified by the Internal Auditor after
physical verification should be maintained by the Association. The
Department of Personnel and Training may verify the stc.ck register as
and when required. Similarly, the inventory of articles should also be
maintained.
Friday 14 November 2014
Friday, November 14, 2014 PROMOTION AND POSTINGS OF JUNIOR ADMINISTRATIVE GRADE (NFSG) OFFICERS OF INDIAN POSTAL SERVICE, GROUP 'A' TO SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE GRADE (SAG) OF THE SERVICE AND TRANSFERS/POSTING OF REGULAR SAG OFFICERS OF INDIAN POSTAL SERVICE, GROUP 'A' :
(Click the link below for details)http://www.indiapost.gov.in/DOP/Pdf/Postings/SAG_13112014.PDF
Thursday 13 November 2014
Latest list of CGHS Hospitals & Revised Package Rates effective from 1.10.2014
Latest list of CGHS Hospitals & Revised Package Rates effective from 1.10.2014
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare published the detailed list of new Hospitals, Eye, Dental and Diagnostic Centres under Central Government Health Scheme. The fresh empanelment of private Health Care Orgnizations (HCOs) and revision of package rates applicable under CGHS Delhi and NCR.
The Directorate of General of Central Government Health Scheme issued an office memorandum, which states the revised rates and terms & conditions will come into effect from 1st October 2014. The new empanelment shall be for a period of two years from 1.10.2014.
In Delhi 54 Hospitals, 72 Exclusive Eye Centres, 50 Diagnostic Centres, 32 Exclusive Dental Clinics.
In Faridabad 5 Hospitals, 1 Exclusive Eye Centres, 1 Diagnostic Centres.
In Gurgaon 9 Hospitals, 5 Exclusive Eye Centres, 3 Diagnostic Centres, 6 Exclusive Dental Clinics.
In Ghaziabad 9 Hospitals, 2 Exclusive Eye Centres, 3 Exclusive Dental Clinics.
In Noida 10 Hospitals, 3 Exclusive Eye Centres, 2 Exclusive Dental Clinics.
Click here to view the complete list of Health Care Organizations (HCOs) Empanelled under CGHS, Delhi & NCR with effect from 1.10.2014 and revised package rates for treatment procedure / investigation list as per office memorandum No.S.11045/36/2012-CGHS (HEC) dated the 1st October 2014.
Source: CGEN.in
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare published the detailed list of new Hospitals, Eye, Dental and Diagnostic Centres under Central Government Health Scheme. The fresh empanelment of private Health Care Orgnizations (HCOs) and revision of package rates applicable under CGHS Delhi and NCR.
The Directorate of General of Central Government Health Scheme issued an office memorandum, which states the revised rates and terms & conditions will come into effect from 1st October 2014. The new empanelment shall be for a period of two years from 1.10.2014.
In Delhi 54 Hospitals, 72 Exclusive Eye Centres, 50 Diagnostic Centres, 32 Exclusive Dental Clinics.
In Faridabad 5 Hospitals, 1 Exclusive Eye Centres, 1 Diagnostic Centres.
In Gurgaon 9 Hospitals, 5 Exclusive Eye Centres, 3 Diagnostic Centres, 6 Exclusive Dental Clinics.
In Ghaziabad 9 Hospitals, 2 Exclusive Eye Centres, 3 Exclusive Dental Clinics.
In Noida 10 Hospitals, 3 Exclusive Eye Centres, 2 Exclusive Dental Clinics.
Click here to view the complete list of Health Care Organizations (HCOs) Empanelled under CGHS, Delhi & NCR with effect from 1.10.2014 and revised package rates for treatment procedure / investigation list as per office memorandum No.S.11045/36/2012-CGHS (HEC) dated the 1st October 2014.
Source: CGEN.in
Wednesday 12 November 2014
PM launches Jeevan Pramaan – Digital Life Certificate for Pensioners
Huge relief for senior citizens who have to produce Life Certificates each year to continue receiving pension
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today launched “Jeevan Pramaan” –
an “Aadhar-based Digital Life Certificate” for pensioners, in a move
that could eventually benefit over a crore pensioners. The Prime
Minister said that after the push towards self-certification, this
digital life certificate was another enabling mechanism which would
benefit the common man.
The proposed digital certification will do away with the requirement of a
pensioner having to submit a physical Life Certificate in November each
year, in order to ensure continuity of pension being credited into his
account. The Department of Electronics and IT has developed a software
application which will enable the recording of the pensioner`s Aadhar
number and biometric details from his mobile device or computer, by
plugging in a biometric reading device. Key details of the pensioner,
including date, time, and biometric information will be uploaded to a
central database on real-time basis, ultimately enabling the Pension
Disbursing Agency to access a Digital Life Certificate. This will
conclusively establish that the pensioner was alive at the time of
authentication.
The earlier requirement entailed that a pensioner either personally
presents himself before the Pension Disbursing Agency, or submits a Life
Certificate issued by authorities specified by the Central Pension
Accounting Office (CPAO).
At present, 50 lakh individuals draw pension from the Central Government
alone. A similar number draw pension from State and Union Territory
Governments. Several PSUs also provide pension benefits. Over 25 lakh
retired personnel draw pension from the Armed Forces. The Aadhar-Based
Digital Life Certificate will go a long way in reducing hardship which
so many senior citizens have to go through to produce a Life Certificate
every year.
The software application system will be made available to pensioners and
other stakeholders on a large scale at no extra cost. It can be
operated on a personal computer or a smartphone, along with an
inexpensive biometric reading device. This facility will also be made
available at Common Service Centres being operated under the National
e-Governance Plan, for the benefit of pensioners residing in remote and
inaccessible areas.
Source: PIB News
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