Model Recruitment Rules for Group 'C' posts in Pay Band-I, with Grade Pay of Rs.1800/- (pre-revised Group 'D' posts)

Model Recruitment Rules for Group 'C' posts in Pay Band-I, with Grade Pay of Rs.1800/- (pre-revised Group 'D' posts)

No.AB-140171612009-Estl (RR)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances 8 Pensions
Department of Personnel 8 Training
New Delhi, dated the 301h April 2010
OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Model Recruitment Rules for Group 'C' posts in Pay
Band-I, with Grade Pay of Rs.1800/- (pre-revised Group
'D' posts)

The 6th CPC recommended that all Group 'D' posts in the
Government will stand upgraded to Group 'C', Pay Band-I with Grade Pay of Rs.1800, along with the incumbents (after suitable training , wherever required). The other recommendations of the Commission, in this regard
include:
(i) There will be no further recruitment in Group 'D'.

(ii) The existing Group 'D' posts will be placed in Group
'C' Pay Band-I with Grade Pay of Rs.1800.

(iii) The minimum qualification for appointment to this
level will be either loth pass or IT1 equivalent

(iv) Multi- skilling, with one employee performing jobs
hitherto performed by different Group 'D'
employees.

(v) Common Designation for these posts,

2. Model Recruitment Rules (Annex-I) have been framed keeping in
view the recommendations of the Pay Commission.

All the Ministriesl Departments are requested to amend the Recruitment Rules for the
erstwhile Group' D' posts as per the Model RRs and the recommendations
of the Pay Commission.

3. Powers for framing1 amendment of RRs for Group 'C' posts have ,
already been delegated to Ministriesl Departments. Therefore the RRs
may be framed accordingly, in consultation with Ministry of Law without
further reference to this Department. This Department needs to be
consulted only if any deviations from the model RRs are proposed.

4. Ministries1 Departments may adopt the designation of MULTITASKING
STAFF for some common categories of posts in the secretariat
offices. Annex-ll indicates the categories of erstwhile Group 'D' posts
which may be given this designation and illustrative list of duties attached
to these posts. For other categories of posts, Ministries1 Departments may
adopt single designation for posts whose duties are similar in nature and
where the officials can easily be switched from one task to another. In all
cases it may be ensured that:

a) The posts are classified as Group 'C'

b) The posts are placed in Pay Band-I with Grade Pay
of Rs.1800.

c) The minimum qualification for appointment is
prescribed as loth passs. Where technical
qualifications are considered necessary, IT1 in the
relevant subject may be prescribed as the minimum
qualification.

5. Ministry of Home affairs etc. are requested to bring the contents of
this 0.M to the notice of all their Attached1 Subordinate Offices. The
autonomous1 statutory bodies may adopt the same with the approval of
the competent authority as per their rules1 statutes.

Name of the EDSO down graded with Account office Name

Name of the EDSO to be downgraded with Account Office


1. Arattupuzha
Muthukulam South

2. Ayaranikudy
Mankamkuzhy

3. Bharanikavu
Pallickal

4.Chennithala South
Chennithala

5.Cheruthana
Karuvatta

6.Eruva
Kareelakulangara

7.Evur
Cheppaud

8.Kallimel
Kollakadavu

9.Karipuzha
Thattaramabalam

10.Kattanam ND
Pallickal

11.Mahadevikaud
Karthigapally

12.Mannarasala
Haripad

13.Muthukulam
Muthukulam South

14.Pallickal Naduvilemuri
Pallickal

15.Pathiyoor
Keerikkad

16.Payipad
Haripad

17.Thammalackal
Kumarapuram

18.Valiyaparambu
Karthigapally

19.Vetticode
Pallickal

20.Vettiyar
Mankamkuzhy

NPS GETS A CHUNK OF SBI STAFF'S PENSIOM CORUPS

NPS gets a chunk of SBI staff’s pension corpus

The Central government sponsored New Pension Scheme (NPS) is set to receive a major boost with the State Bank of India, moving a significant part of its employees’ pension corpus to the scheme. The NPS will also get significant contributions in coming months by way of employer and employee contribution towards the pension of public sector bank employees who join after April 1, 2010.

A senior official at the pension regulator PFRDA said NPS fund managers will henceforth manage a chunk of a fund that helps pay for retirement benefits of all present and former employees of the country’s largest lender.

“We received various queries from SBI regarding the nitty-gritties of our scheme,” said Rani Singh Nair, executive director at PFRDA. “We are happy to report that they have now joined us and we hope many others will also be encouraged to follow the example,” she told ET.

Industry officials say SBI is moving close to Rs 2,000 crore out of its about Rs 25,000-crore employees retirement corpus to NPS. The bank feels that NPS will help the fund fetch better returns than the current system it has in place.

As per published data, in-house fund management of most stateowned banks earned 8-9 % annualised returns in the fiscal year ended March 2009. NPS earned nearly 16%. It is this higher yield that SBI is trying to capture by participating in NPS.

In terms of the agreement between IBA and bank unions, all bank employees joining after April 1 will migrate to a defined contribution scheme. Since several public sector banks are planning to recruit clerks and probationary officers in the coming months, the number of NPS accounts are expected to grow sharply.

SBI’s chunk is a part of an overall corpus that pays for certain retirement benefits of employees, including the defined benefit pension.

Besides SBI, several state-owned corporations such as Nalco and Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) have transferred a portion of their employees retirement benefit corpus to the NPS to take advantage of the benefits of economies of scale in managing retirement funds.

Unlike employees at state-owned banks, SBI employees are supposed to enjoy a “third benefit” as a part of their superannuation package. While others receive only provident fund (or pension) and gratuity post-retirement, SBI executives additionally get a third pension component.

This is done on a “defined benefit” basis, where the bank promises a specified monthly benefit on retirement that is predetermined by a formula based on the employee’s earnings history, tenure of service and age, rather than as a function of investment returns.
Source: Economic Times

MO Videsh

MO Videsh

Money Order Videsh is a new offering of India Post to facilitate remittances to foreign countries and receiving of remittances from foreign countries through the medium of your neighbourhood Post Office. The service was launched on 24/10/09 by Honourable Minister of Communications and IT Sri A Raja. Initially the service will be offered through head post offices.

Salient features of the service

1.Outward remittance payable to beneficiaries in cash, by cheque, as well as crediting of the payment into the account of beneficiaries.

2.There will be two types of remittance charges

(a) Charges collected from the remitter as in the case of domestic MO-Option(A)

(b) Charges deducted from the amount payable to the beneficiary -Option(B)

3. Monetary limitations

(a) Inward remittance upto Rs 50000/- can be received in cash.

(b) Remittance above Rs 50000/- will be paid by cheque or credited into account of the payee.

(c) Each inward remittance shall not exceed 5000 USD at a time and a maximum of 12 inward remittances are allowed in a year

(d) Outward remittances are subject to RBI limitations

(e) Limit of outward remittance would be different for different countries depending on the bilateral agreements with the countries Watch out for more information on the countries to which the facility will be available and other related information. Form A2 (Application for Remittance Abroad) is available for download. This needs to be submitted in original at the PO Counter.

Text Book delivery by Department of Post

KOCHI: The Department of Posts will this year deliver textbooks to various societies that route them to schools in the State. Textbook depots had been doing the job earlier.

India Post, Kerala, has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Kerala Books and Publishers Society (KBPS) that publishes the entire lot of textbooks for State schools.

The delivery of textbooks had been a problem as various agencies had been taking up the endeavour each year and many complaints cropping up owing to delays.
The printing of these textbooks, along with the first volumes of books for classes I to IX, had been completed months ago. It is the first time that the KBPS has been entrusted with not just printing but also delivery of the books.

Special system

As the quantum of cargo is huge and destinations many, the postal department has devised a special system for delivery, Mr. Job said.

The entire lot of class X textbooks, weighing about 1,100 tonnes, and also the first volume of textbooks for classes I to IX will be delivered before the start of next academic year, he said. The 3,200 cooperatives of textbook societies in the State are the target delivery destinations, he added.

The first consignment picked up by the postal services was for Thodupuzha and Kattapana in Idukki district, a difficult terrain topographically. The non-delivered books from textbook depots of the Education Department were also picked up.

The first lot would be delivered to the post office warehouses in Kattapana and Thodupuzha, from where these would be delivered to the various textbook societies under which come a group of schools in the area.

The work involves picking up books from the KBPS in Kakkanad and combining it with the lot available in textbook depots and then delivering it to the respective school societies.

All the Class X lots will be picked up by Monday and delivery will be completed by April-end, Mr. Job said.

The second phase will be to pick up the first volume of books for classes I to IV, after which comes books of classes VI and VII and lastly those of classes VIII and IX will be picked up. All books will be delivered before the start of the next academic year, he said.

Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1974 - Submission of representations by govt servants

F.N0.1101314/2010-Estt. (A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)

North Block, New Delhi,
Dated the 191h April, 2010

OFFICE MEMORANDUM


Subject: Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1974 - Submission of representations by Government servants - instructions regarding.



The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's O.M. No. 1101317199- Estt. (A) dated 1.11.1999 on the abovementioned subject which indicates that the categories of representations from Government servants on service matters have been broadly identified as follows :-

(i) Representationslcomplaints regarding non-payment of salary1 allowances or other issues.

(ii) Representations on other service matters.
(iii) Representations against the orders of the immediate official superior authority and
(iv) Appeals and petitions under statutory rules and orders (such as Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 and the petition instructions.

(Apart from the above, sometimes, Government servants also submit advance copy of their representations to the authorities higher than the appropriatelCompetent Authority.)

2. Necessary guidelines to deal with such representations are contained in the aforesaid O.M. which are to be followed by the administrative authorities. However, it is observed that some officials resort to the
practice of sending repeated representations on the same issue which involves repeated examination of the same issue and bogs down the official machinery to the detriment of consideration of more important and time-bound issues. The matter has been considered by this Department. It needs to be emphasized that Government servants should desist from making frequent and numerous representations on the same issue. The second representatior on the same issue will bc examined only if it contains any fresh points regarding new developments or facts having a bearing on the issue. It has been decided that when representations have already been considered and replied, further representations exceeding two on the same issue will henceforth be ignored. A Government servant may make a representation to an authority higher than the lowest competent authority only when he is able to establish that all the points or subrnissions made therein have not been fully and properly considered by his official superior, or the Head of Office concerned or such other authority at the lowest level competent to deal with the matter. Government servants should desist from prcrnaturely addressing the higher authorities.
3. All the MinistrieslDepartments arc requested to bring the above guidelines for the notice of all concerned for information and compliance

PLI/RPLI Issues in Meghdoot 6.6 Service Pack

As per the Directorate instructions, PLI/RPLi premium is segregated in First Year Premium and Renewal Premium.
This segregation happens on the basis of Date of Acceptance of the policy.
In the CashAccount also, the separate account heads are created by Treasury for First Year Premium and Renewal Premium. Simultaneously, the separate account heads are created for Other Than Premium, Rebate.
All these account heads get created during the upgradation of Treasury Database
The Other Than Premium head contains the amount for following items:
Medical Fees, Fines (Surcharge), Duplicate Fees, Miscellaneous Receipts.
Schedule is also modified to create separate Schedule for First Year Premium, Renewal Premium on Receipts side and Rebate schedule on Payment side.
At Point of Sale, on the basis of Date of Acceptance, the premium will be segregated in First Year Premium and Renewal Premium.
Coming to Schedule Part, the HO PLI/RPLI Premium data will be fetched from Tools->Fetch from Counter and Treasury. This data will already be segregated in first year premium and renewal premium.
Regarding SO , the segregation will happen if Date of acceptance for the policy is provided. Otherwise, the transaction will be treated as Renewal Premium transaction.
Coming to Report part of Schedule, in Receipt side, there are three schedules which are as follows:
First Year Premium, Renewal Premium and Other Than Premium
When you are going to Report->Receipts-> PLI/RPLI Premium, you will find First Year and Renewal option button. Now, if you want first year premium, then you will have to select the corresponding first year premium account head from the combo box. If account head is not there, it means that treasury has not created the account head.
Same thing holds good for Renewal Premium. Select the Renewal Premium option, select the corresponding account head. If any difference is there, set it right and u can see the report.
For generating Rebate Schedule Report, you don’t have to make any data entry. The data will come from the transactions which you have entered in PLI/RPLi premium receipts. In those transactions, if any rebate is given to customer, then that rebate will appear in Rebate Schedule.
For Other Than Premium Schedule, you will make data entry for following items in Receipts-> Unclassified Receipts:
Medical Fees, Duplicate Fees, Miscellaneous Receipts.
Fines (i.e default fees) item will come in Other Than Premium Schedule from the transaction which you entered in PLI/RPLI premium receipts

IRDA tells postal dept to fall in line, triggers row

IRDA tells postal dept to fall in line, triggers row
India's top insurance regulator has demanded that the country’s postal department adhere to its norms while selling insurance products, triggering a potentially damaging row between the two and forcing the finance ministry’s intervention.

The Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA), which regulates all insurance products in the country, has threatened to ban all policies sold by the Department of Posts (DoP) in case of a failure to comply.

A rattled finance ministry, which is already locked in a high-profile mediation effort to resolve a row between the IRDA and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) over unit linked insurance policies (ULIPS), was forced to step in asking for restraint and the matter is now being discussed between the three.

“....We are working to find an amicable solution on how both IRDA and the Postal Department can solve this issue. Any final decision will be taken only after giving due consideration to benefit of existing policy holders,” a finance ministry official said.

The postal life insurance has over 15 million policy holders. It offers two life insurance schemes, Postal Life Insurance and Rural Postal life Insurance with a corpus fund of Rs 14,000 crore and Rs 4,000 crore, respectively as on March 2009. All insurance products offered by the DoP are not covered by IRDA’s rules and regulations.

The current one and the bigger battle between IRDA and SEBI highlight the importance of clear rules of demarcation between various regulators and government bodies in a sector whose growth has assumed gigantic proportions.

The insurance regulator argued that compliance with IRDA’s norms will actually benefit the department of post. “In fact they (department of post) have lost a number of times to get group insurance schemes from public sector players such as BSNL in the past,” said an IRDA official stating the case for expedition of decision on investment of the corpus under Post Office Insurance Fund as per IRDA guidelines.

Under the Insurance Act 1938, Section 118 (C), life insurance schemes run by several state governments for their employees and the Postal Life Insurance Scheme of the central government don’t come under the IRDA purview. The insurance regulator is looking to extend its reach. “IRDA has asked us to form a separate insurance division. They further want us to follow their norms regarding requirement for capital and deposits. Given our huge base, it doesn’t make sense unless some relaxation is provided for,” said an official in the ministry of Communications and IT.

As per a report from Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), the department of post failed to achieve the yearly target set for procurement of business both in Postal Life Insurance (PLI) and Rural Life Insurance during 2002-03 and 2006-07. It states that in case of PLI, the shortfall in target went up from 17% in 2002-03 to 41% in 2006-07.
Source: Economic Times

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the fifth Civil Service Day today. He will also give away the 'PM Award for Excellence in Public Administration’ for the year 2008-09. Nine outstanding initiatives in three categories – individual, group and organization – have been selected for the award. Of these the ones in the individual category are: (i) Removal of Encroachments of Structures of Different Religions – Maintaining of Communal Harmony (Madhya Pradesh) (ii) Involvement of Community under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Naxalite Affected Areas (Madhya Pradesh) (iii) Making medicines affordable(Rajasthan) (iv) River Linking Project at Jalgaon (Maharashtra) and (v) Cervical Cancer Screening Evolving a new methodology – A life saving initiative of Chennai Corporation, Chennai (Tamil Nadu).

In the group category the award will be given to (i) Implementation of the ST and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (Madhya Pradesh), (ii) Computerization of Paddy Procurement and Public Distribution System (Chattisgarh) and (iii) Integrated Tax Payer Data Management System – A Data Mining Tool, CBDT, Government of India. Project Arrow – Transforming India Post, Government of India bags the award in the organization category.

Under this scheme of awards instituted in 2006, all officers of Central and State Governments individually or as group or as organization are eligible. The award includes a medal, scroll and a cash amount of Rs. 1 lakh. In case of a group, the total award money is Rs. 5 lakh subject to a maximum of Rs. 1 lakh per person. For an organization this is limited to Rs. 5 lakh.

An exhibition showcasing the various award winning initiatives will be put up. Books written by the Civil Servants during the last five years will also be displayed.

This Day is observed by all Civil Services to rededicate and recommit themselves to the cause of the people. It provides a unique opportunity for introspection as also chalking out future strategies to deal with the challenges being posed by the changing times.
Organization

Project Arrow-Transforming India Post, Government of India

D/o Posts, M/o Communications & IT,

Mobile Banking Facility

Mobile Banking Facility

32 banks have been given approval to provide mobile banking facility in the country by the Reserve Bank of India. 21 banks have started providing these services. Mobile banking is a secure application, which takes care of end-to-end encryption of data in transit to offer banking information and transactions. Customer is forced to change the activation code and mPIN sent to him at the time of registration. He is also driven to decide a password to log-in to the application. Customer also has a choice to change the mPIN, log-in password at any point of time.

Banks are now permitted to offer this service to their customers subject to a daily cap of Rs.50,000/- per customer for both funds transfer and transactions involving purchase of goods/ services. Transactions up to Rs.1,000/- can be facilitated by banks without end-to-end encryption. The risk aspects involved in such transactions are addressed by the banks through adequate security measures.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri Namo Narain Meena in written reply to a question raised in Rajya Sabha today.

FAQ ON LTC

What is home town LTC?

Hometown is the place declared by the employee as his home town


2. What is the frequency of Home Town LTC?


LTC to home Town is available for once in two years. i.e once in a block of two calendar years, such as 2008-2009, 2010-2011 and so on.


3. What is ALL India LTC?


The leave travel concession to any place in India shall be admissible irrespective of the distance of the place of visit from the headquarters of the Government servant, once in a block of four calendar years


4. How many times a government servant can avail LTC in a block of four years?


LTC is allowed for journey to “Home Town” once in a block of two years and “Any place in India” once in a block of four years in lieu of any one of two Home town LTC. In other words, in a block of 4 years a government at the maximum can either avail one home town LTC and one All India LTC or two home town LTC.


5. What is the LTC provisions available to New recruits?


Leave travel concessions shall be admissible on completion of one year’s continuous service Fresh recruits to central government may be allowed to avail 3 home town LTC and one All India LTC in lieu of one home town LTC. This concession is entitled to them for first two block years of four years.


6. What is the provisions for encashing the Earned Leave while proceeding on LTC?

Government officers are allowed to encash ten days of earned leave at the time of availing of LTC and to the extent of sixty days during the entire career. The leave encashed at the time of LTC will not be deducted from the maximum amount of earned leave encashable at the time of retirement. It is further clarified that where both husband and wife are Government servants, the present entitlement for availing LTC shall remain unchanged, and encashment of leave equal to 10 days at the time of availing of LTC will continue to be available to both, subject to a maximum of sixty days each during the career.


7. Can I change my Home Town?


The hometown once declared and accepted by the controlling officer shall be treated as final. In exceptional circumstances, the Head of the Department or if the Government servant himself is the Head of the Department, the Administrative Ministry, may authorise a change in such declaration provided that such a change shall not be made more than once during the service of a Government servant.


8. Can I carry over if I could not avail LTC during a particular block year?


A Government servant who is unable to avail of the leave travel concession within a particular block of two years or four years may avail of the same within the first year of the next block of two years or four years.


9. Can I get advance amount before proceeding to LTC?


Yes. Provisional LTC claim to the extent of 90% of estimated fare can be received as LTC advance.


10. Whether LTC is available when we travel by a private taxi?


where a Govt. servant traveling by road takes a seat or seats in a bus, van or other vehicle operated by Tourism Development Corporations in the Public Sector, State Transport Corporations and Transport services run by other Government or local bodies, reimbursement shall be either the actual hire charges or entitled class by rail by the shortest direct route, whichever is less. Reimbursement shall not be admissible for journey by a private car (owned, borrowed or hired), or a bus, van or other vehicle owned by private operators.


11. What is the present position for travel by Air when LTC is availed?


As per OM No.7(1)E.Coord/2009 dated 22nd March, 2010 austerity measures will remain in place for travel by air (where admissible) on LTC, which would continue to be restricted to economy class irrespective of the entitlement. Also travel by private airlines has also been restricted as far as LTC is concerned. However, travel by air using private airlines while performing tour to North Eastern Regions on LTC has been permitted.


12. Whether the relaxation for travel by air to visit to NER has been extended?


No. As per the OM No: 31011/4/2007-Estt (A) dated 2.5.2008, relaxation for travel by air to visit to NER is valid till 1.5.2010.


13. Whether Group C and D employees can travel by Air to NER from their place of posting while proceeding on LTC?

No. As per the OM No: 31011/4/2007-Estt (A) dated 2.5.2008, Group A and Group B employees will be entitled to travel by Air from their place of posting in the case of tour to NER availing LTC. Other categories of employees will be entitled to travel by air to a city in the NER from Guwahati or Kolkota.


14. Can I convert my home town LTC into LTC for destinations in NER, if had performed all india LTC already during the block year of 4 years?

Yes. As per the OM No: 31011/4/2007-Estt (A) dated 2.5.2008, all central government employees will be allowed conversion of one block of Home Town LTC into LTC for destination in NER. This relaxation is irrespective of the availment of all India LTC previously by the employee in the same block year of 4 years. For example, if an employee availed All India LTC in lieu of home town LTC in the first block consisting of two years, he is eligible to avail LTC to NER in lieu of Home town LTC available in the second block consisting of two years


15. Whether I can avail LTC for my parents who are not entitled for any sort of Leave travel concession by virtue of their employment?

No. If parents are not wholly dependent on the government servant, they are not entitled for any LTC.


16. What is LTC 80?

LTC 80 is a scheme offered by Air India for booking air tickets when central government officers avail LTC. Prior to July 2009, tariff under LTC 80 was very significant as officers were allowed to travel in private airlines while claiming LTC. In such cases rates under LTC 80 were reimbursed to officers irrespective the amount spent by them for travelling in private airlines. However, after July 2009, travel by private airlines while proceeding on LTC is not allowed and further officers are allowed to claim only the economy class airfare or LTC 80 rates. Check these GConnect link for downloading the relevant circular.

Check this Office Memorandum dated 27.07.2009 for restriction of air travel while claiming LTC

To check LTC 80 go to this air india site


17.what are all the conditions for declaring home town?


In normal parlance home town is a place where the government servant is born. However it may not be applicable to many as we would have shifted to other places from the place of our birth due to various reasons. The following guidelines provided by govt which are not exhaustive could be useful for deciding the home town. But it’s clearly stipulated that the decision of the Controlling Officer whether or not to accept such place as the hometown of the Government servant shall be final.

The place declared by Government servant is the one which requires his physical presence at intervals for discharging various domestic and social obligations, and if so, whether after his entry into service, the Government servant had been visiting that place frequently.
The Government servant owns residential property in that place or whether he is a member of a joint family having such property there.
His near relations are resident in that place.
Prior to his entry into Government service, the Government servant had been living there for some years.
Where the Government servant or the family of which he is a member owns a residential or landed property in more than one place, it is left to the Government servant to make a choice giving reasons for the same.
18. Whether both the husband and wife are eligible to LTC separately if they are government servants?


When husband and wife both are Govt. servants, they could, at their option, choose to declare separate hometown and both of them may claim the concession separately under the normal provisions of CCS (LTC) Rules in respect of the members of their respective families subject to the condition that if husband or wife avails the facility as a member of the family of the other, he or she will not be entitled for claiming the concession for self independently. Similarly, the children shall be eligible for the benefit in one particular block as members of the family of one of the parents only.


19. What are all conditions for claiming LTC when the home town of a government servant is outside india?

A Government servant who declares, subject to the satisfaction of the Controlling Officer, that his hometown is outside India, will also be entitled to the leave travel concession for visiting his hometown. LTC in such a case will be limited to the fares for journey up to and from the railway station (by the shortest route) nearest to the hometown or the railway station for the nearest port of embarkation/disembarkation in India.


20. Whether the family can perform journey separately?


Where a Government servant and his family perform journeys separately, there is no objection to his presenting separate claims. In each case, however, the claim should be for both outward and inward journeys.

Expiry date (physical life) for LPG cylinders

Please communicate this information to your family and friends. Have U ever heard about LPG gas cylinder's expiry date....!!


Do you know that there is an expiry date (physical life) for LPG cylinders? Expired Cylinders are not safe for use and may cause accidents. In this regard, please be cautious at the time of accepting any LPG cylinder from the vendor.


Here is how we can check the expiry of LPG cylinders :
On one of three side stems of the cylinder, the expiry date is coded alpha numerically as follows A or B or C or D and some two digit number following this e.g. D06.


The alphabets stand for quarters -
1. A for March (First Qtr),
2. B for June (Second Qtr),
3. C for Sept (Third Qtr),
4. D for December (Fourth Qtr).



The digits stand for the year till it is valid. Hence D06 would mean December qtr of 2006.


Please Return Back the Cylinder that you get with a Expiry Date, they are prone to Leak and other Hazardous accidents ...



The second example with D13 allows the cylinder to be in use until Dec 2013. Kindly pass this to every one, and create awareness among the public.

LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION – LTC FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION – LTC FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES


No.DPE/3(4)/2008-Fin.
Government of India
Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises



Public Enterprises Bhavan
Block No. 14, CGO Complex
Lodhi Road New Delhi
Dated 26th March, 2010



OFFICE MEMORANDUM




Subject: Expenditure Management – Economy measures and Rationalization of Expenditure.



In consonance with economy instructions issued by Department of Expenditure vide O.M. No.7(1)E.Coord./2009 dated 7th September, 2009, this Department extended the appropriate economy measures applicable for Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) vide O.M. No. DPE/3(4)/2008-Fin dated 8.10.2009 through which, inter alia, following instructions regarding domestic and foreign travel were covered:-



(i) No travel on Government account by air will take place by First Class; and



(ii) All domestic travel on Government account by air will take place only by economy class, irrespective of the entitlement.



2. The matter has been reviewed by the Department of Expenditure and it has been decided vide O.M. No. 7(1)/E.Coord/2009 dated 23.3.2010 (copy enclosed) that w.e.f. 1st April, 2010 travel on Government account by air both domestic and International may take place by the entitled class. However, the austerity measures will remain in place for travel by air (where admissible) on LTC, which would continue to be restricted to economy class irrespective of the entitlement.



3. The partial withdrawal of austerity instructions vide O.M. referred above will also be applicable to CPSEs.



4. It is requested that the above relaxation may kindly be brought to the notice of Public Sector Enterprises under the administrative control of Ministries / Departments.

Department of posts to distribute new pension system

Department of posts to distribute new pension system

The Department of Posts, Government of India, has been enlisted as a Point of Presence (PoP) for distribution of the New Pension System (NPS) by Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority (PFRDA). The Department of Posts (DOP) would, to start with, make the NPS available at over 800 of its branches all over the country, and expand the distribution network to more branches in a phased manner in its endeavour to make NPS available to all citizens in all parts of the country. Both PFRDA and the Department of Posts see significant potential and synergy in this partnership for the development of the NPS and believe that it will significantly further and promote the Government’s initiative to provide old age income security to all citizens of India.

NPS is currently being distributed by 21 entities through nearly 800 branches spread all over the country. PFRDA is working with these institutions to bring all their branches under NPS in a time-bound manner. NPS will now be sold through over 1600 outlets of DOP and other entities.

PFRDA is also considering proposals from other entities seeking authorization to act as a PoP. PFRDA has accorded over-riding priority to expansion of NPS distribution network in its effort to make NPS available within the easy reach of all citizens.

Compilation of important orders issued by DG Posts No 2

Subject : Updating of norms for calculation of establishment of Departmental Stamp Vendors/Gramin Dak Sewak Stamp Vendors for sale of stamps and stationary – issue of the revised norms.



Norms for assessing the establishment of Departmental Stamp Vendors/Gramin Dak Sewak Stamp Vendors for sale of stamps and stationary were circulated vide the office letter No 31-15/83-PE I dated 7.10.1986, 18.11.1986 and partially reiterated vide letter No 4-5/99-PE I dated 02.08.2002 when 100% increase in rates occurred.



2. Postal rates have increased manifold since these norms were issued. A fresh work study to formulate revised norms has been conducted to cope with the changes requirements at the work places. It has now been decided (with the approval of staff inspection unit, ministry of finance, department of expenditure vide their UO Note No 1000/03 dated 26.9.2003) to adopt the following norms for calculation of establishment of Departmental stamp vendors/gramin dak sewak stamp vendors to sale of stamps and stationary :-



Sale of stamp and stationary



i. Up to Rs. 50/- or part thereof 3 minutes

ii. Subsequent sale of stamps and stationary 3 minutes

Of Rs. 50/- or part thereof up to 100/-



The other existing slap of Rs. 10, Rs. 10 to Rs. 30/-, Rs. 30 and above will hence forth cease to be in existence.



Notes :



(i) >The sale up to Rs. 100 should be treated as retail sale and beyond that as bulk sale.

(ii) >The minimum sale of Rs. 50/- should be a base instead of Rs. 1/-



3 Keeping in view the above time factor, the hourly sale comes to Rs. 100/- and as such the existing post of departmental stamp vendor will be justified on the sale of Rs. 7000/- per day. Similarly the GDS(ED) Stamp Vendor for five hours will be justified on sale of Rs. 5000/- per day.



4 Where there are multipurpose counter machines (MPCMs) the post of stamp vendor/GDS (stamp vendor) is not justified and the work of sale of stamps and stationary should be attached with counter clerk it is possible that in all post offices, it may not be applicable. As such head of the division should determine the justification of the post of stamp vendor.



5 On application of these norms, the posts of DSV/GDSVs may not be justified in some post offices and may become surplus. These posts may be redeployed (as per the existing instructions issued by Establishment division) where there is a need for these posts. In case, these surplus posts can not be utilized, these may be abolished but only after proper assessment of staff for the current services as well as for future needs. Any clarification in this regard may be obtained from establishment division. If any technical problem in implementing the norms is experienced the same may be directly brought to the notice of internal work study unit (IWSU) of the Directorate for clarification etc. Their case mark No 9-5/2002-WS-I refers.



This issue with the approval of MOF (Deptt. Of Expenditure) staff inspection Unit ID Not No 1000/03 dated 26.9.2003 and concurrence of Finance Advice vide their dy. No 542/FA/03/CS dated 03.12.2003.

Compilation of Old orders issued by DG Posts No 1

D G Posts No C-32016/10/2006-VP dated 08.02.2007



Gazette of India No. 51 (17 Dec – 23 Dec. 2006)


ORDER
NEW DELHI THE 12TH DECEMBER 2006


S.O. 4910 – In exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-rule (2) of Rule 9, Clause (b) of sub-rule (2) of rule 12 and sub rul (1) of rule 24 of Central Civil Services (Classification, control and appeal) Rules, 1965, the President hereby makes the following amendments in order of Government of India in the Ministry of Communications (Department of Posts) number S.O. 2454 dated the 27th August, 1990 namely :-
In the Schedule to the said order, for a Part –I the following shall be substituted namely :-
“PART – I – GENERAL CENTRAL SERVICES GROUP ‘B’
Description of Posts Appointing authority Authority competent to impose penalties and penalties which it may impose (with reference to item numbers in rule 11) Apellate authority


Authority Penalties

1 2 3 4 5
(1) All Posts Group ‘B’

Director General (Posts) Director General (Posts)
Member, Postal services All

President


(Except the posts mentioned at Sr. No. 2 to 9)
Board or Head of Circle (i) to (iv) Director General (Posts)
(2) Assistant Superintendent of Posts Head of Circle Head of Circle

All

Member, Postal Services Board
(Previously known as Assistant Superintendent of Post Offices/Assistant Superintendent of RMS)


Director Postal Services (Concerned)



(i) to (iv)

Head of Circle/Regional PMGs


(3) Inspector of Posts Director Postal Services Director Postal Services (Concerned) All Head of Circle/Regional PMGs
(previously known as Inspector of Post Offices/Inspector of RMS)
Head of Division/Superintendent, Postal Stores Depot/Circle Stamp Depot/Senior Postmaster/Chief Postmaster/Assistant Director (Staff)/ Superintendent Sorting (i) to (iv) Director Postal Services
(4) HSG-I Director Postal Services Director Postal Services (Concerned) All Head of cicle/ Regional PMGs


Head of Division/Superintendent, Postal Stores Depot/Circle Stamp Depot/Senior Postmaster/Chief Postmaster/Assistant Director (Staff)/ Superintendent Sorting (i) to (iv) Director Postal Services (concerned)
(5) Office Superintendent HSG-I (Circle Office) Director Postal Services Director Postal Services All Head of Circle,


APMG (Staff), AD (Staff) (i) to (iv) Director postal Services (Concerned)



1 2 3 4 5
(6) Librarian Director, Postal Staff College of India Director, Postal Staff College of India All Member Postal Services Board


Joint Director, Postal Staff College of India (i) to (iv) Director, Postal Staff College of India
(7) Assistant Manager Mail Motor Service (Post of Inspector Mail Motor Service has been merged with Assistant Manager Mail Motor Services) DPS DPS (Concerned) All Head of Circle/ Regional PMGs


Senior Manager/Manager Mail Motor Service (i) to (iv) DPS (concerned)
(8) Junior Accounts Officer Head Of Circle Head Of Circle All Member, Postal Services Board


DPS/Director of Accounts (P)/Deputy Director of Accounts (P)/Jt. Director Postal Staff College India/Director Postal Training Centre (i) to (iv) Head of Circle
(9) Statistical Assistant Secretary, Postal Services Board Secretary, Postal Services Board All Member, Postal Services Board


Director (Administration) (in respect of Non-secretariat posts) (i) to (iv) Secretary, Postal Services Board

House Building advance after 6cpc

Even after two full years are over from the date when Government received the recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission, the modalities for Housing Loan proposed by 6cpc are yet to be framed. In the mean time Ministry of Urban development issued an interim order for grant of HBA after implementation of Sixth Pay Commission.


It could be seen that the maximum Housing loan that could be obtained after implementation of sixth pay commission report is only Rs.7.5 lakhs. We feel this would serve no purpose and Govt should come up with the new modalities for HBA as early as possible.

You might be aware of the recommendations of 6cpc in respect of Housing loan. As per 6cpc recommendations the existing system of lending directly by the government it to be dispensed with and nationalized banks would lend to government employees at a subsidized Interest rates.

This is the extract of 6cpc’s recommendations regarding HBA.

The Commission, accordingly, recommends that the Government should not give any interest bearing advances. Instead the Government should enter into agreement with leading PSU banks to extend this facility at pre-determined competitive rates to Government employees. While the employee shall take the loans/advances directly from the bank with the approval of the sanctioning authority in the Government and also repay the installments directly to the bank. The Government will give an interest subsidy equal to 2 percentage points in rate of interest being charged by the bank to the employee. The interest subsidy for employees with disabilities will be equal to four percentage points in the rate of interest being charged by the bank.

Virtual Post office

INDIA Post is creating a virtual post office that will sell stamps and enable money transfer online, the latest attempt by the centuries-old government organization to stay relevant in the internet age.

The virtual post office that is expected to be operational by the year-end will provide universal access to various postal services at the click of the mouse. Payment for the services can be made either through credit cards or internet banking through recognized banks. The project is a huge step by the world’s largest network of post offices towards making postal service delivery customer friendly. It is targeted at the internet-savvy educated urban audience consumer. India Post runs 155,333 post offices across the country.

“We want to take essential postal services to the doorstep of every citizen of the country.” Said an official with the ministry of communications and IT that runs India Post, “The idea is to create a portal where citizens can login to purchase postal stamps and also send in money orders,” he said, requesting anonymity.

The modalities for the project are being worked out. The department will scout for financial institutions which will join as partners to make the payment process simple and user-friendly.

“The proposal sounds very practical and most feasible. India has made a quantum league in technology. Lot of rigorous manual processes can be substituted by electronic processes. Activities like endorsement of stamps and transferring money can be done over the internet, “said Yes Bank MD & CEO Rana Kapoor.

India Post, which traces its origins to post offices in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata setup by the British East India Company, will turns 246 years old this year.

A large number of Indians still send money orders despite several options of money transfer, mainly because of the department’s reach and access to interior villages.

One of the issues that the department will have to tackle is to make the stamps electronically secured. The department is studying various aspects of this project on the usage of the stamps and putting them to use.

India Post is expanding its array of services to attract customer’s attention. In the past, various new-age services have been extended by the department including railway ticketing, foreign remittance and even collecting mobile telephone bills. It is also planning to introduce pre-paid cards that will support cashless transactions at retail outlets across the country.