Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Compulsory Retirement under CCS Rules ; Central Government employees over 50/55 worried
Compulsory Retirement under CCS Rules ; Central Government employees over 50/55 worried
“Compulsory Retirement under CCS Rules – Following are the consequences of a law imposed by DoPT.”
The Armed Forces, Railways, Defence, and Deaprtment of Post are among the largest employers under the control of the Central Government. The largest among them, the Railways, employs more than 13 lakh employees. In all, the Central Government employees more than 34 lakh, and has more than 38 lakh pensioners on its list.
The Centre has now ordered the implementation of an old and forgotten law. According to Section 56 (J) and 56 (I) or Rule 48(1) (b) of CCS (Pension) Rules 1972, the performances of those between the ages of 50 and 55, and those who have completed 30 years of service must be reviewed by senior officers once every three months, vis. Jan to Mar, Apr to Jun, Jul to Sep and Oct to Dec. All the departments have been ordered to review the performances and implement this rule immediately. And also advised to constitute a Review Committee consisting of two Members at appropriate level.
Relevant orders to this effect were issued on September 11. Senior officials and employees of various departments are confused and terrified following the orders.
Some claim that the government has taken this step to stifle the indefinite strike to be held in November. The Central Government employees union and the railway employees’ union claim that, armed with this rule, the government can send home workers under the compulsory retirement scheme.
The order quoted, “If conduct of a government employee becomes unbecoming to the public interest or obstructs the efficiency in public services, the government has an absolute justify to compulsorily retire such an employee in public interest.”
Breaking; Punjab & Haryana, Gujarat HCs direct CBDT to extend due date for filing of Tax Audit and Income Tax Return (ITR) to Oct 31st
A division Bench of Punjab & Haryana High Court today directed CBDT to extend due date for filing of Tax Audit and Income Tax Return (ITR) to 31st October 2015.
The petitioners challenged the Press Release dated 9.9.2015, whereby the Government and the CBDT have taken a decision not to extend the date for filing of returns due by 30.9.2015 for the assessment year 2015- 16 for certain categories of assessees including companies, firms and individuals engaged in proprietary business/profession etc. whose accounts are required to be audited in terms of Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Allowing the Petition the Court held as follows;
“taking the totality of facts and circumstances of the case, it is considered appropriate to extend the due date for e-filing of returns upto 31st October 2015 for which the CBDT shall issue appropriate notification/instructions under Section 119 of the Act. Direction is also issued to the respondents to ensure that the forms etc. which are to be prescribed for the audit report and for e-filing the returns should ordinarily be made available on the first day of April of the assessment year.
Gujarat High Court also directed the CBDT to extend the filing date to October 31st.
For complete judgement read at Live Law
CGDA Orders : Suspension of Government Servant – Review of Suspension
CGDA Orders : Suspension of Government Servant – Review of Suspension
Controller General of Defence Accounts
Ulan Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt 110010
No.AN/XIII/13006/Vol-XXII
Dated 22.09.2015
To
The PCsDA/CsDA
PCA(Fys)/CFAs(Fys)
PIFAs/IFAs
(Through Website)
Subject : Suspension of Government Servant – Review of Suspension
As per provisions contained in Rule 10 of CCS(CC&A) Rules, 1965 suspension of a Government servant is valid only for 90 days unless it is extended after review before expiry of 90 days. It has been observed by the MoD D(Vigilance) that the suspension order has been struck down on the ground that the same had not been reviewed by the reviewing authority before expiry of 90 days.
2. Therefore the Ministry has directed that the provisions of Rule 10(6) and 10(7) of CCS (CC&A) Rules, 1965 which provide for review, modify and extension of the suspension should strictly be observed in all such cases to avoid quashing of orders on technical grounds rather than on merits (copy attached)
3. In this context attention is also invited to DOPT OM No. 11012/4/2003-Estt. (A) dated 07.01.2014 containing review instruction and HQrs letter no. AN/XIII/13007/2A/Vol-IX dated 09.07.2014 regarding constitution of review committee.
4. It is requested that all such cases of suspension/review of suspension of Govt. servant may be reviewed on monthly basis in the light of above provisions/guidelines.
Please acknowledge receipt.
(V.K. Vijay)
C V O / Jt. CGDA
Ministry of Defence
D(vigilance)
Subject : Suspension of Government Servants – Review of Suspension order –
Attention is invited to Rule 10 of CCS(CCA) Rules, 1965 relating to Suspension of Govt. Servant by the competent authority on account of disciplinary proceedings pending or contemplated against him, or his engagement in activities prejudicial to the interest of the security of the State, or case pending against him in any criminal offence, or his detention or conviction in a criminal case. The suspension is valid only for 90 days unless it is extended after review for a further period before the expiry of 90 days. Of late the suspension order has been struck down on the ground that the same had not been reviewed by the competent reviewing authority before the expiry of 90 days while it remained in force.
2. It is hereby urged that the provisions of Rule 10(6) and Rule 10(7) of CCS(CCA) Rules, 1965 which provide for review, modify and extension of the suspension of the accused should be strictly observed in all such cases to avoid quashing of orders on technical grounds rather than on merits. Such cases may be reviewed on monthly basis by administrative sections of various civilians cadres of Ministry of Defence.
(Atul Kumar Singh)
Director (Vig)
Authority : cgda.nic.in
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Seventh Pay Commission: Non-Secretariat Staff Upset Over Pay Disparity With Secretariat Staff
New Delhi: As the Seventh Pay Commission is likely to submit its report on raising the salaries and allowances for central government employees to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley within December, non-central secretariat staff across the country are a seething lot.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
In fact, the Assistants and Section Officers get pay grade Rs 4600 and Rs 4800 in central Secretariat service while the Assistants and Section Officers of non-central secretariat service get pay grade Rs 4200 and Rs 4600 respectively. Not only this but also the non-functional pay scale of Rs 15600-39100 (PB-3)+Rs 5400 (Grade Pay) is admissible to the Section Officers of the central Secretariat service on completion of 4 years service in that grade but no such system for the Section Officers of non-central secretariat service and this has led to much heartburn of non-central secretariat staff.
Non-central secretariat staff reiterated their demand to ensure parity with the central Secretariat staff, they seemed unsure about whether or not the Seventh Pay Commission would accept their pay anomalies which, they added, they had demanded such type of pay parity before Sixth Pay Commission also and the commission accepted it but the government didn’t give its nod about it.
Before Sixth Pay Commission implementation, the respective pay scales of Rs 6500-10500 and 5000-8000 existed for Assistants in central Secretariat and non central Secretariat and pay scales 7500-12000 and Rs 6500-10500 existed for Section Officers in central Secretariat and non central Secretariat. The Section Officers in central Secretariat also got the pay scale of Rs.8000-13500 on completion of four years service in the lower scale of 7500-12000 while pay scale of Section Officers of non-central secretariat service was never upgraded in the same post.
A newly recruited Group A officer begins with the pay scale of Rs 15600-39100 (PB-3)+Rs 5400 (Grade Pay) but central Secretariat service staff begin their group A service on the promotion of Under Secretary with the pay scale of Rs 15600-39100 (PB-3)+Rs 6600 (Grade Pay).
Complaints have been raised against the above the anomalies in the Seventh Pay Commission.
Alleging that the central government has taken a number of steps time to time to give higher pay to the central Secretariat service staff at the cost of non-central secretariat service staff.
The non-central secretariat service staff raised their voice to get paid equally as their counterparts central Secretariat staff before Seventh Pay Commission. The Seventh Pay Commission is likely to advice to make a equal in pay disparity with central secretariat staff but it is the big matter, will the government accept it without a question?
Source :http://mobile.tkbsen.in/
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ECHS: Fresh empanelment of 89 new private hospitals and labs vide order dated 21-09-2015
The Screening Committee for empanelment of Medical facilities with ECHS has decided in its meeting held on 06 Aug 2015 under the chairmanship of MD ECHS to empanel 89 Private Hospitals/Nursing Homes and Diagnostic Laboratories for different specialities. Now Regional Centres will initiate action to complete the formalities required for empanelling hospitals approved for empanelment
Letter of DESW:-
No. 228(01 )/2015-VVL/D(Hes)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
Dept of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
New Delhi the 21st September 2015
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
The Managing Director
Central Organisation, ECHS
Maude Line, Delhi Cantt
Subject :- EMPANELMENT OF HOSPITALS / NURSING HOMES AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTRES FOR ECHS
1. I am directed to state that in terms of the provisions of Govt of India, Ministry of Defence letter No. 228(04)/2010/US(WE)D(Res) dated 18 Feb 2011 and 228(02)/2013/US(WE)D(Res) dated 18 Oct 2013, it has now been decided by the 6th Screening Committee for empanelment of Medical facilities with ECHS in its meeting held on 06 Aug 2015 under the chairmanship of MD ECHS to empanel 89 Private Hospitals/Nursing Homes and Diagnostic Laboratories for different specialities and procedures as per the list attached in the Annexure
| Ser | City | Name of Hospitals | Annexure No |
| 1. | Amritsar | EMC Superspecialitv Hospital Private Limited | 1 |
| 2. | Ahmedabad | Apex Heart Institute (A Unit of TCVS Pvt. Ltd) | 2 |
| 3. | Ajmer | Mittal Hospital & Research Centre (A Unit of Mittal Hospital Limited) | 3 |
| 4. | Allahabad | Eye Clinic | 4 |
| 5. | Allahabad | Kriti Scanning Centre (P) Ltd | 4 |
| 6. | Bangalore | Narayana Nethralaya | 5 |
| 7. | Bhopal | Chiravu Medical College & Hospital | 6 |
| 8. | Bulandshahr | Laakshmi Lifeline Hospital | 7 |
| 9. | Calicut | PVS Hospital Pvt. Ltd., | 8 |
| 10. | Chennai | MIOT Hospital | 9 |
| 11. | Chennai | Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore | 10 |
| 12 | Chennai | Noble Hospital | 11 |
| 13. | Coimbatore | K. Govindaswamy Naidu Medical Trust (KGHospital) | 12 |
| 14. | Dehradun | Shri Mahant lndiresh Hospital (A Unit of Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical & Health Sciences) | 13 |
| 15 | Durgapur | The Mission Hospital (A Unit of Durgapur Medical Centre Pvt Ltd) | 14 |
| 16. | Ghaziabad | Family Health Care Hospital | 15 |
| 17. | Greater Noida | Navin Hospital | 16 |
| 18. | Gurgaon | Alchemist Hospital (A Unit of Alchemist Hospitals Ltd.) | 17 |
| 19. | Gurgaon | Viaan Eye & Retina Centre | 18 |
| 20 | Gurgaon | Mayom Hospital (A Unit of Unitech South City Medical Charitable Trust . | 19 |
| 21. | Gurgaon | Modern Diagnostic & Research Centre Pvt. Ltd. | 20 |
| 22 | Guwahati | Down Town Hospital Ltd. | 21 |
| 23. | Guwahat1 | Narayana Hrudayalaya Pvt. Ltd | 22 |
| 24 | Haldwani | Brij Lal Hospital & Research Centre | 23 |
| 25 | Haldwani | Bombay Hospital and Research Centre | 24 |
| 26 | Hyderabad | Care Hospital (A Unit of Quality Care India Limited) | 25 |
| 27. | Hyderabad | New Delhi Centre for Sight Pvt Ltd. | 26 |
| 28. | Indore | Bombay Hospital | 27 |
| 29. | Jabalpur | Chhavi Eye Hospital | 28 |
| 30. | Jaipur | Ganadhipati Purushottam Shekhawati HospitaL and Research Centre | 29 |
| 31. | Jaipur | SR Kalla Memorial Gastro and General Hospital | 30 |
| 32. | Jalandhar | Cosmos Hospital | 31 |
| 33. | Jalandhar | SGL Super Spec iality Charitable Hospital (A Unit of Baba Kashmira Singh Jan Sewa Trust) | 32 |
| 34 . | Jalandhar | Ghai Hospital | 33 |
| 35 | Jalandhar | Tagore Hospial & Heart Care Centre Pvt Ltd | 34 |
| 36 | Jalandhar | B B.C Heart Care Pruthi Hospital Ltd | 35 |
| 37 | Jalandhar | Johal Multispeciality Hospital | 36 |
| 38 | Jalandhar | Thind Eye Hospital Ltd | 37 |
| 39 | Kanpur | Sanjeevni Hospital (A Unit of Sukhmani Nursing Home Pvt Ltd) | 38 |
| 40 | Kota | Sudha Hospital & Medical Research Centre | 39 |
| 41 | Kozhencherry | Muthoot Health Care Private Limited | 40 |
| 42 | Lucknow | Raj Scanning Ltd | 41 |
| 43 | Lucknow | Promila Diagnostic Centre | 42 |
| 44 | Lucknow | Javitri Hospital (Unit of Javitri Test-Tube Baby Centre Pvt. Ltd | 43 |
| 45 | Lucknow | TC Eye Centre | 44 |
| 46 | Madurai | Vadamalayan Hospitals Pvt Ltd. | 45 |
| 47 | Mangalore | A.J. Hospital & Research Centre | 46 |
| 48 | Meerut | Meerut Kidney Hospital Pvt. Ltd. | 47 |
| 49 | Meerut | Prakash Eve Hospital 53and Laser Centre | 48 |
| 50 | Mohali | Max Superspeciality Hospital (A Unit of Ho Estate Pvt. Ltd), | 49 |
| 51 | Mohali | IVY Hospital | 50 |
| 52 | Mohali | Fortis Hospital (A Unit of Fortis Healthcare Ltd) | 51 |
| 53 | Mumbai | Sevenhills Healthcare Pvt Ltd | 52 |
| 54 | Mumbai | Riddhi Vinayak Critical Care and Cardiac Centre | 53 |
| 55 | Mumbai | Prachin Healthcare Multispeciality Hospital (Unit of Dake Hospitals Pvt. Ltd) | 54 |
| 56 | Mumbai | Mumbai Eye Care Cornea &Lasik Centre | 55 |
| 57 | Mumbai | Apex Hospital (A Unit of Noble Medical Centre) | 56 |
| 58 | Mumbai | Apex Hospital (Unit of Noble Medical Centre) | 57 |
| 59 | Naqpur | Anantwar Eve Hospital | 58 |
| 60 | Nepal | BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences | 59 |
| 61 | Nepal | Manipal Teaching Hospital | 60 |
| 62 | New Delhi | Dharamshila Hospital and Research Centre | 61 |
| 63 | New Delhi | Jain Hospital (A Unit of Jain Neuro & IVF Hospitals Pvt ltd) | 62 |
| 64 | New Delhi | Action Cancer Hospital | 63 |
| 65 | New Delhi | Deepak Memorial Hospital | 64 |
| 66 | New Delhi | Maharaia Aorasen Hospital | 65 |
| 67 | New Delhi | Primus Super Speciality Hospital | 66 |
| 68 | New Delhi | Delhi Heart & Lung Institute (A Unit of Apex Heart Care Pvt. Ltd.) | 67 |
| 69 | New Delhi | Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre Limited | 68 |
| 70 | New Delhi | Mahajan Eve Centre | 69 |
| 71 | New Delhi | Focus Imaging & Research Centre Pvt Ltd., New Delhi | 70 |
| 72 | New Delhi | New Delhi Centre for Sioht Pvt Ltd | 71 |
| 73 | New Delhi | Delhi Eye Centre | 72 |
| 74 | New Delhi | Saket City Hospital | 73 |
| 75 | New Delhi | Metro Hospital and Cancer Institute | 74 |
| 76 | Neida | Metro Hospital & Heart Institute (A Unit of Metro Institutes of Medical Sciences Pvt. Ltd.) | 75 |
| 77 | Noida | Kailash Hospital Ltd, | 76 |
| 78 | Noida | Sharda Hospital (Unit of sharda Educational Trust) | 77 |
| 79 | Noida | Surbhi Hospital | 78 |
| 80 | Pathankot | Choudhary CT Scan, Ultrasound, X-ray Center | 79 |
| 81 | Patna | Ruban Memorial Hospital Ratan Stone Clinic, Unit of Ruban Patliputra | 80 |
| 82 | Patna | ASG Hospital Pvt Ltd | 81 |
| 83 | Perinthalmanna | AL Shifa Hospital Pvt Ltd | 82 |
| 84 | Pune | Jehangir Hospital | 83 |
| 85 | Pune | Aditva Birla Memorial Hosoital | 84 |
| 86 | Pune | Kohakade Hospital | 85 |
| 87 | Rajpura | Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, (Unit of Gian Sagar Educational and ,Charitable Trust) | 86 |
| 88 | Rajpura | Simrita Nursing Home | 87 |
| 89 | Wanowane, Pune | Ruby Hall Clinic | 88 |
2. All the terms and conditions including fixation of rates payable to empanelled hospitals will be regulated under Govt of India, Ministry of Defence letter No228(04)/201 O/US(WE)/D(Res) dated 18 Feb 2011 and amended from time to time.
3. The rates for ECHS Hospital/Nursing Home, Dental Centres and Diagnostic Centres as approved by the Empowered Committee will be as per CGHS rates and will be notified by the Director, Regional Centre ECHS to all concerned including Polyclinics, SEMOs, CDA/PCDA and Central Organisation ECHS.
4. Empanelment of CGHS empanelled hospitals is subject to the hospital providing proof of its being a CGHS empanelled facility as on the date of signing MoA with ECHS.
5. CGHS empanelled medical facilities will be empanelled with ECHS for the period for which the facilities hold valid MoA with CGHS. The MoA will be extendable once CGHS renew the MoA with the medical facilities.
6. NABH accredited medical facilities will be empanelled with ECHS for the period of validity of NABH certificate and the MoA will be renewed once the medical facility is issued revalidation/renewed NABH certificate.
7. This issues with the concurrence of Ministry of Defence (Finance) vide their U.O. No.34(05)/201O/FPVol. II dated 16/09/2015.
(HK Mallick)
Under Secretary to the Govt of India
Central Organisation, ECHS
Adjutant General's Branch
Integrated Headquarters
Ministry of Defence (Army)
Maude Lines
Delhi Cantt - 110 010
B/49771/AG/ECHS/Emp
22, Sep 2015
IHQ of MoD (Navy)/Dir ECHS (N)Air HQ (VB)/DPS
HQ Southern Command (A/ECHS)
HQ Eastern Command (A/ECHS)
HQ Western Command (A/ECHS)
HQ Central Command (A/ECHS)
HQ Northern Command (A/ECHS)
HQ South Western Command (A/ECHS)
HQ Andaman & Nicobar Command (A/ECHS)
All Regional Centre ECHS
EMPANELMENT OF HOSPITALS/NURSING HOMES AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTRES
1. Refer Govt of India, Min of Def letter No 228(01)/2015-WE/D(Res) dated 21 Sep 2015 (Copy enclosed).
2. Regional Centres will initiate action to complete the formalities required for empanelling hospitals approved for empanelment vide letter under reference. A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) will be signed with each of the Hospital by the Director, Regional Centre ECHS concerned. The MoA will be made on Rs 100/- (Rupees one hundred only) non judicial stamp paper and will be valid for two years from the date of signing of the agreement. The payment for the stamp paper will be made by the empanelled facility. The following documents will be attached to MoA as Annexures:-
(a) Health facilities for which recognised. (Copy of Annexure of Govt letter pertaining to hosp).
(b) Negotiated Rates (only one rate per code No. as applicable to the medical facility will be mentioned and negotiated rated would be lower than CGHS rates & indicated by asterix).
3. Rates applicable will be as per prevalent CGHS rates/negotiated rates whichever is lower.
Disposal of Application Forms and MoA
4. Application forms in respect of the Hospitals approved for empanelment by the Empowered Committee of Moo will be returned by the Central Organisation, ECHS to the Regional Centres concerned from where they originated.
5. The application forms will be stored in safe custody of Regional Centres. The application form will NOT be destroyed for two years after termination of the period of validity of the MoA.
6. The original and duplicate copies of MoA will be retained by the Regional Centres and the empanelled facility respectively. Additional photocopies of MoA along with Annexures including rates will be forwarded/distributed as under:-
(b) Concerned Areal Sub Areal Independent Sub Area.
(c) Concerned SEMOs.
(d) Concerned Polyclinics.
(e) Concerned CDAs.
Referrals
7. Formal referrals to empanelled facilities as per laid down procedures can commence after signing of the MoA.
(Vijay Anand)
Col
Dir(Med)
for MD
Dearness Relief Orders Released for Pensioners
F. No. 42/10/2014-P&PW(G)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan,
Khan Market, New Delhi - 110003
Dated: 28th.S e p t, 2 0 1 5
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Grant of Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners/family pensioners - Revised rate effective from 1.7.2015.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's OM No. 42/10/2014-P&PW(G) dated 27th April, 2015 on the subject mentioned above and to state that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Relief (DR) payable to Central Government pensioners/family pensioners shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 113% to 119% w.e.f. 1st July, 2015.
2. These orders apply to (i) All Civilian Central Government Pensioners/Family Pensioners (ii) The Armed Forces Pensioners, Civilian Pensioners paid out of the Defence Service Estimates, (iii) All India Service Pensioners (iv) Railway Pensloners and (v) The Burma Civilian pensioners/family pensioners and pensioners/families of displaced Government pensioners from Pakistan, who are lndian Nationals but receiving pension on behalf of Government of Pakistan and are in receipt of ad-hoc ex-gratia allowance of Rs. 3500/- p.m. in terms of this Department's OM No. 23/1/97-P&PW(B) dated 23.2.1998 read with this Department's OM No. 23/3/2008-P&PW(B) dated 15.9.2008.
3. Central Government Employees who had drawn lump sum amount on absorption in a PSU/Autonomous body and have become eligible to restoration of 1/3rd commuted portion of pension as well as revision of the restored amount in terms of this Department's OM No. 4/59/97-P&PW (D) dated 14.07.1998 will also be entitled to the payment of DR @ 119% w.e.f. 1.7.2015 on full pension i.e. the revised pension which the absorbed employee would have received on the date of restoration had he not drawn lump sum payment on absorption and Dearness Pension subject to fulfillment of the conditions laid down in para 5 of the O.M. dated 14.07.98. In this connection, instructions contained in this Department's OM No.4/29/99-P&PW (D) dated.12.7.2000 refer.
4. Payment of DR involving a fraction of a rupee shall be rounded off to the next higher rupee.
5. Other provisions governing grant of DR in respect of employed family pensioners and reemployed Central Government Pensioners will be regulated in accordance with the provisions contained in this Department's OM No. 45/73/97-P&PW (G) dated 2.7.1999 as amended vide this Department's OM No. F. No. 38/88/2008-P&PW(G) dated 9th July, 2009. The provisions relating to regulation of DR where a pensioner is in receipt of more than one pension will remain unchanged.
6. In the case of retired Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts, necessary orders will be issued by the Department of Justice separately.
7. It will be the responsibility of the pension disbursing authorities, including the nationalized banks, etc. to calculate the quantum of DR payable in each individual case.
8. The offices of Accountant General and authorised Pension Disbursing Banks are requested to arrange payment of relief to pensioners etc. on the basis of these instructions without waiting for any further instructions from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Reserve Bank of India in view of letter No. 528-TA, 11/34-80-11dated 23/04/1981 of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India addressed to all Accountant Generals and Reserve Bank of India Circular No. GANB No. 2958/GA-64 (ii) (CPL)/81 dated the 21st May, 1981 addressed to State Bank of India and its subsidiaries and all Nationalised Banks.
9. In their application to the pensioners/family pensioners belonging to Indian Audit and Accounts Department, these orders issue after consultation with the C&AG.
10. This issues with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure vide their OM No. 1/3/2015-E.II(B) dated 23rd September, 2015.
11. Hindi version will follow.
--Sd/-
(Charanjit Taneja)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
To,
1. All Ministries/Departments of the Government of India/Chief Secretaries and AGs of all States/UTs.
2. Copy for information to Reserve Bank of India(RBI) and all authorized Pension Disbursing Banks.
Please visit this Department's website http://pensionersportal.gov.in for the orders on pension matters including above orders.
E-commerce boom profits India Post
With 30 per cent growth month-on-month for the last five months, the AP and Telangana Circle is looking for multi-fold growth in the next three months in e-commerce revenue
Hyderabad: Forget the pros and cons of e-commerce business, it is celebration time for India Post. With e-commerce sector registering a phenomenal 30 per cent monthly growth, the beneficiary is the postal department which is raking in the moolah.
India Post AP and Telangana Circle is looking to cash in on the festival season beginning with Navaratri and ending with Christmas.Speaking to The Hans India, P V S Reddy, Postmaster General, Business Development, India Post AP and Telangana Circle said, “40 per cent of the business takes place between October and December. There would be delivery of articles on Sunday as well as on festival days.”
From delivery of 1.23 lakh articles of e-commerce companies in April to 2.17 lakh articles in August, a great leap was being observed in the number of articles.
Sensing the huge potential, the department was planning to develop its infrastructure. Parcel hubs of 2,000 to 12,000 sq ft were being developed at Guntur, Tirupati and Hyderabad.
With 2,532 delivery post offices in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the postal department is looking forward to make the most of the digital economy.
While private courier companies cannot reach smaller towns and villages, India Post is banking on its local knowledge and wide network.
It is a win-win situation for the vendors as well as the postal department. With facilities such as picking up articles from storehouses of vendors free of cost to providing 60-day credit facility,the department is making most of it and reaching out to big e-commerce companies such as Amazon, Naaptol, Flipkart and Snapdeal.
“It is also smaller players such as Shopping Zone, RK Mart and others that are catering to many tier-II cities,” says Ramakrishna of the department.
Explaining the advantage of using India Post, a senior officer of Amazon said, “Unlike private courier services where booking is done on volumetric base,at India Post it is done on mass based weight which means even if the article is big in size only the weight is calculated. Private courier services take even space into account.”
“The Postal Department also picks up the goods from the Amazon fulfillment centre (place where the goods are stored) at Kothur in Hyderabad free of cost we cannot ask for more,” added the official at Amazon.
With the mega sale offers by the big e-commerce players just round the corner, the good old postman was once again getting busy. Reddy says, “Customers not only get their goods within a day, but they can also track their article as it goes through 12 scans from the point of booking till delivery.”
Private couriers charge for return delivery while India Post sends the article back to the vendor free of cost India post collects the goods from the store houses of e-commerce companies free of cost While private players cannot deliver in smaller towns, with 2,532 delivery post offices, the department has a strong network.
Source : http://www.thehansindia.com/posts
Monday, September 28, 2015
Seventh Pay Commission Likely To Introduce Health Insurance
In a move that could benefit more than 50 lakh central government employees and 56 lakh pensioners, the Seventh Pay commission is planning to propose to introduce health insurance scheme to replace Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) at highly subsidized rates.
The pay panel has already held detailed discussions about this with various stakeholders, including organisations, federations, groups representing civil employees as well as Defence services.
The pay panel will ask the central government to urge the insurance industry to come up with feasible health insurance solution for the central government employees and pensioners. The IRDA, the insurance regulatory body of India, will be compelled to ask the health insurance companies to offer a basic insurance to every central government employee and pensioner, regardless of age or medical condition and are not allowed to make a profit off this basic insurance.
The serving central government employees in non-CGHS areas are provided healthcare facilities under the CS(MA) Rules, 1994, but pensioners are not covered under these rules.
The pensioners are, however, entitled to a fixed medical allowance of Rs 500 per month. The pensioners residing in non-CGHS areas have the option to become a CGHS member in any CGHS-covered city of their choice to avail the medical facilities under the CGHS Scheme.
Health insurance would be available for central government employees and pensioners till death, with the insured employees and pensioners will have to pay 50% of the premium from their salaries and pensions and the remaining 50% premium may be paid by the central government.
The health insurance would cover a family of six the employee and pensioner himself or herself, the spouse, two children and two parents. The maximum sum assured for family in a year could up to Rs 5 lakh.
Under the CGHS, the annual per capita expenditure is more than Rs 5,000. In contrast, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), which caters to the rural masses, spends just Rs 180 per head.
The CGHS is financed mainly through the Centre’s tax revenues. Though beneficiaries do contribute a share of their wages towards premium, ranging from Rs 600 to Rs 6,000 a year depending on their pay scale, this accounts for just about 5 per cent of the total expenditure. The government shells out the remaining 95 per cent.
So, the central government also wanted for ending the CGHS in its current form and to move to an insurance-based health scheme to cut costs.
TSTNew Delhi: Seventh Pay Commission is ready with its recommendations on revising emoluments for nearly 48 lakh central government employees and 55 lakh pensioners, and will soon submit report to the Finance Ministry.
Earlier in August, the government had extended Commission's term by another four months tillDecember 31 to give recommendations.
"The Commission is ready with recommendations and the report will be submitted soon," according to sources.
The Commission, whose recommendations may also have a bearing on the salaries of the state government staff, was given more time by the Union Cabinet just a day before its original 18-month term was coming to an end.
Headed by Justice A K Mathur, the Commission was appointed in February 2014 and its recommendations are scheduled to take effect from January 1, 2016.
The government constitutes the Pay Commission almost every 10 years to revise the pay scale of its employees and often states also implement the panel's recommendations after some modifications.
As part of the exercise, the Commission holds discussions with various stakeholders, including organisations, federations, groups representing civil employees as well as defence services.
Meena Agarwal is the secretary of the Commission. Other members are Vivek Rae, a retired IAS officer of 1978 batch and Rathin Roy, an economist.
Sixth Pay Commission was implemented with effect from January 1, 2006, the fifth from January 1, 1996 and the fourth from January 1, 1986.
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NFPE
All India
Postal Employees Union, Gr ‘C’, Gudur Division, AP Circle
To,
Com. R.N. Parashar,
Secretary General,
NFPE, New Delhi
Respected Com,
Sub: Roles & Responsibilities
of various officials & officers on implementation of
Core
Insurance Solution’ and set-up of ‘Central Processing Centre’ for PLI &
RPLI and
processing of requests in CPCs where the request received – reg
Ref: Director of Postal Life
Insurance, New Delhi Lr No: 29-34/2012-L1(Vol-II)
At present the work relating to processing
of PLI & RPLI new policies, Loan cases, Maturity cases, Revival cases and
Death claims are being attended to by Divisional Heads. Now this work is going
to be transferred to Head offices on implementing Core Insurance Solution and
setting CPC’s.
A
kind reference is invited to the letter referred to above on the above subject,
where in duties and responsibilities fixed to APM (Accounts) of HO’s consequent
on implementation of Central Processing Center for PLI & RPLI. As per the
said letter the duties now entrusted to APM (Accounts) of HO’s are in addition
to existing duties. If this is to be attended to by the existing APM (Accounts)
without sanctioning any extra posts, it will be difficult to perform the
existing duties and proposed duties of PLI & RPLI.
It is
therefore requested kindly to look into the case and cause to create/sanction
separate posts for the purpose of PLI & RPLI.
Thanking you,
Yours comradely
Sd/-
K.sudhakar
Divisional secretary
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