VII Pay Commission for Central Govt.Employees should be constituted at the earliest-INDWF November 14, 2011

Today the INDWF –Indian National Defence Workers Federation is Celebrating its Golden Jubilee Year in New Delhi. A rally to Talkatora stadium is organized by the Federation as a part of the Golden Jubilee celebration. In which around 10000 of its delegates across India are expected to participate. Sources Close to the INDWF revealed that the Supreme command of the Congress Party Smt. Sonia Gandhi is also expected to participate in the Meeting to be held at Talkatora Stadium in the evening. The Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh,Defence Ministers and Shri.Ragul Gandhi.are also invited to attend the meeting.


A list of around 30 Demands also been published by the Federation to put before the Government in its Meeting.The Federation Demands the Government, Particularly the Ministry of Defence that,


    * The Defence Procurement Policy to be reviewed, so that privatization and out sourcing may be avoided.
    * MACP should be granted to Central Govt.Employees on Promotional Hierarchy.
    * VII Pay Commission for Central Govt.Employees should be constituted at the earliest so that it can be reviewed and implemented in time.
    * Employment should be provided to the wards of employees those who are willing to go in VRS Scheme like in Railways.
    * The Bonus ceiling to be removed and one full month salary may be granted as Bonus to all Central Govt.Employees
    * One Increment should be granted to Central Govt.Employees whose annual increment falls between 01-02-2006 to 30-6-2006.


The Federation’s demand of  constituting 7th pay commission  well before the due date of next pay commission will be appreciated by all the Central govt. employees.

Source: Central Govt.Employees, VII Pay Commission

REGULARIZATION OF CASUAL LABOURERS - WINS A LEGAL BATTLE - CHENNAI NEWS

After waiting 30 years, 150 postal staff regularised

Chennai, Mar 9, 2012(TNN): After waiting for 30 years, close to 150 employees of the postal department will finally become regular employees, thanks to the intervention of the Central Administrative Tribunal ( CAT). A bench of G Shanthappa, judicial member and R Satapathy, administrative member, passed orders on the matter.

The applicants were appointed mazdoors with the department of posts in 1982. While joining, they were assured that their services would be regularised. Based on directions in a Supreme Court judgment, the department introduced a scheme in 1991 which stipulated that all casual labourers who worked for eight hours a day for 240 days every year as on November 29, 1989 would be conferred temporary status.


Those who were granted temporary status and had worked for three consecutive years would be conferred with 'Group D' status. These employees – who are now called multi-tasking staff – would be eligible for pension and other service benefits.


When they approached the tribunal in 2010, they were directed to make individual representations to authorities by listing out their grievances. But their claims were rejected mainly on two grounds – that they were overage and that they did not have the qualification.


When their fresh applications came up for hearing, M Ravindran, additional solicitor general who appeared for the Union government, said authorities did not have any objection to regularise their services.


The bench said there "cannot be any hindrance for the absorption of applicants" who have been working for so long. "It has also come to our notice that there are enough vacancies to accommodate the applicants before us," the bench said.


Authorities were directed to consider regularising these applicants and give age relaxation and training for those who did not possess matriculation skills within three months.

Employee Quits - Expenses incurred for the Training to be Repaid

The Centre has made it mandatory for bureaucrats to execute a bond to pay back all expenses incurred by the government before taking up an advanced training programme, in case they leave the course or service mid-way.

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has written to all states and Union Territories about inclusion of the new clause related to the bond for recommending officers to attend Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA).

“The officer selected for the APPPA programme will be required to execute a Bond prior to his/her joining the programme and submit the same to his/her Cadre Controlling Authority that he/she will serve the Government for a period of five years, or to repay the total expenses incurred on the training in the event of his/her resignation, voluntary retirement or quitting programme without completing,” Joint Secretary (Training), DoPT, Upma Srivastava said.

She said that the government’s directive will come into effect from 38th APPPA programme scheduled to begin in July.

The programme is aimed at imparting specialised training in courses related to disaster management, public expenditure management, economics of regulation, management systems and rural development among others. The estimated cost of the course, which includes a short term foreign study visit, is about Rs 3.38 lakh.

According to a DoPT official, the move was taken after noting instances of officers leaving the training programme or courses for better options.

No . 12013 / 04/20 11-Trg(TNP-38, h APPPA)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel . Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Personnel and Training

(Training Di v is ion)

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Block-IV,3rd Floor. Old JNU Campus,

New Delhi-II 0067

Dated 21″ February, 201 2

Subject: 38′h Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA)-2nd July 2012 to 31 st March 2013- inclusion of Bond condition reg.

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In continuation of this Department’s Circular of even number dated 17th November 2011 on the above subject. It has now been decided with the approval of competent authority to include the following clause under terms and conditions of APPPA programme:

“THAT, in the event of APPPA participant failing to resume duty, or resigning or voluntarily retiring from service or otherwise quitting service, withouj returning to duty after expiry or termination of the period of training, OR failing to complete the training programme, OR quitting the service at any time within a period of FWE (5) years after the return to duty, he shall forthwith pay to the Government or as may be directed by the Government, on demand the said sum together with interest thereon from the date of demand at Government rates for the time being in force on Government loans. “

2. The officer selected for the APPPA programme will be required to execute a ‘ Bond’ (copy enclosed) prior to hislher joining the programme and submit the same to hislher Cadre Controlling Authority that he/she will serve the Government for a period of five years, or to repay the total expenses incurred on the training in the event of his/her resignation, voluntary retirement or quitting programme without completing. This will take effect from 38th APPPA programme.

(Upma Srivastava)

Joint Secretary to the Government of India

Courtesy : www.gconnect.in,sapost

LATEST NEWS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS

Revised Recruitment Rules for HSG I: UPSC has approved revised recruitment rules for HSG I, after several rounds of discussions with our officers. The Department of Posts has fulfilled the requirements of the UPSC . Now, the file may go to Law Ministry, after that our Department will issue gazette notification notifying the revised recruitment rules for HSG I . According to our information it may take 3 months time.

Adhoc arrangements for HSG I: Department approached DOPT for approval of adhoc arrangements for HSG I . Approval is expected with in a week, formal orders will be issued within fortnight.

IPO EXAMINATION RESULTS: Some of the candidates have moved CAT and hence the results of the IPO Exam 2011 are delayed.

Cadre Restructuring committee for MMS: First meeting will be held in Hyderabad on 12th March 2012 to 13th March 2012, under the chairperson of Smt . Sandhya Rani, PMG (BD) Hyderabad . Staff side has prepared for proposals for cadre Restructuring and the same will be submitted during the meeting.

source :fnpo blog

DA from Jan 2012 – Cabinet will decide in the next meeting on 15.03.2012

Dearness Allowance for Central Government Employees and Pensioners...

     Rate of additional Dearness Allowance from January 2012, Cabinet Ministry will decide in the next meeting which will be held on 15th March 2012...

     DA from Jan 2012 – Cabinet will decide in the next meeting…

DA from Jan 2012 – Cabinet will decide in the next meeting wich is held on 15.03.2012 …

The additional Dearness allowance which is announced every six months by the Central Government to the Central Government employees and the Pensioners is based depending upon the price hike of essential commodities all over the nation.

     The statistics of All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (AICPIN-IW) is increased on account of the proportionate rise in twele-month as of December 2011,  regarding the additional DA to be announced from 1.1.2012, which is based on the price rise from July 2011 to Dec 2011 in about 70 selected areas throughout India. These calculation are done by the Labour Ministry and it was sent to the Finance Ministry and discussed in the meeting of the Cabinet Ministers. The decision is expected to be finalised in the next meeting.

     DA from 1.1.2012 may increase 7% form the existing rate is expected. Now all the Central Government employees and pensioners are getting 58% from their basic pay (Pan in the pay band + Grade Pay), it will become as 65% from 1.1.2012. The minimum of the enhanced amount of DA will be Rs.500 to the existing employees.

     After the final decision is taken from the Cabinet Committee, order will be issued by the Finance Ministry in the end of this month and the DA for the month of March will be included in the salary and the previous two month’s DA will be paid as arrears in the month of April 2012.

Source: CGEN.in

[http://centralgovernmentemployeesnews.in/2012/03/da-from-jan-2012-cabinet-will-decide-in-the-next-meeting/]

Stylish car with 100 KMPL from TATA

Tata coming up with their new car Tata Megapixel that will be giving a mileage of 100KM per liter. After developing world’s cheapest car Nano (at one lack rupees only), TATA Motors have unveiled a car which will run 100 kilometer in 1 leters of Fuel. This car has been given the name TATA Megapixel after its earlier version Tata Pixels. Approximately it will take 3 years to comeinto the market.

Mr. Ratan Tata has surprised everyone by presenting Tata Nano and again four seater Tata Megapixel. This is basically designed for cities to overcome traffic and save fuel , hence save money. Not only this car provides a best average ,but also it is best in comfort . Ratan Tata said that it takes at least three years to create such a unique model he had to create electricals appliances also for comfort.According to company it has lithium ion phosphate battery and one petrol engine generator also which gets recharged fast . After making its single fuel tank full, it will approximately go about 900 km. Battery based car (Tata Megapixel) it will run upto 100km/h.

Megapixel is friendly for your pocket as well the environment as the CO2 emission for Megapixel is only 22 gram per KM. Also as per company officials, Tata Megapixel offers a range of up to 900 km (with a single tank of fuel) and a pocket friendly fuel economy of 100 km/litre (under battery only power). The turning radius is only 2.8 meter to make the parking easier.

Last year Tata Motors presented Tata Megapixels at Geneva, Especially for busy Roads in cities in Europe but this car has to be launched yet. Tata Motorschief officer Prakash M Telang said that Tata Megapixel is designed by the team of Engineers & designers of India, Britan & Italy. It will help people who are living in cities. Hope you will like this better version after tata nano.

One day pay cut for absence on strike day

The state government has decided to cut a day’s salary of employees who skipped work on the day of the Citu-sponsored general strike on February 28, but spared them the break-in-service clause it had threatened to invoke.

Today’s order, issued by the finance department, came as a relief to many employees who were absent that day. As a last-ditch attempt to foil the strike, Mamata Banerjee had threatened on strike-eve to crack the break-in-service whip on those employees who would ignore the chief secretary’s circular and be absent on February 28.

The dies non clause that the government invoked today is derived from the no-work-no-pay principle. It is a much lighter clause in comparison with break in service, which could have affected pension calculations significantly as government employees need to put in 20 years of uninterrupted service to be eligible for full pension.

A break in service would have had much larger implications on promotions and increment calculations.

“A day’s docking of salary is a much lighter provision than break in service, which would have meant a fresh start of career. I would have lost the seniority I had earned by putting in 12 years of service,” a government employee who took part in the strike said.

The government, however, will first issue a show-cause notice to the employees who stayed away from office on strike day. Action will be taken against those whose answers are not found satisfactory. The order gave a list of reasons that the absent employees can cite, with documentary evidences.

Although senior office bearers of the Left-backed Co-ordination Committee — an umbrella organisation of 33 government employees’ associations — claimed victory, saying that the administration did not dare invoke the break-in-service clause because of their “tough stand”, a senior official said Mamata did the “right thing”.

“Her main objective was to ensure high attendance at government offices on February 28. She achieved that. As attendance in government offices was over 85 per cent on that day, there was no need for her to invoke the break-in-service clause, which would have provoked court cases,” he said.

Former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa had faced such a situation after sacking 1.7 lakh government employees for striking work on July 2, 2003. In August 2003, 1.64 lakh of them had to reinstated after the Supreme Court intervened. The 6,000 employees who were not reinstated had allegedly indulged in violence.

Sources in the government said Mamata “tried to gauge the mood of the employees and checked legal provisions before taking a final decision” on the action.

“The government did not initiate the break-in-service clause as it could have been challenged in court. But the government can deduct a day’s salary and a day’s seniority if an employee remains absent for a day without valid reasons,” the official said.

Co-ordination Committee leaders said the panel was “discussing our next course of action”.

Source: The Telegraph 

[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120308/jsp/bengal/story_15227072.jsp]

Announcement of result of IP Examination-2011

Today, I contacted the concerned officers in the Postal Directorate. It came to notice that some Circles had allowed P.M.Grade-I officials to take the IP Examination. Hence, the file has been sent to the DDG (P) for clarification. Result will be announced only after clarification by the SPN Division of the Department.

(Vilas Ingale)
General Secretary


 courtesy All India Association of IPs/ASPs at 5:02 PM

CAT CASE DRAFT FOR REVERSION FROM POSTMASTER GRADE-I

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Supplementary dates configuration in subaccounts Module

During March While doing day begin in Sub accounts module a message appears. Most of the SPMs and Supervisor firstly just ignore the message. The message is about configuring the Last working day of the March and First working day of April. If you ignore the message while day begin of next day this message also reappears.

Solutions:

Log in as ---Supervisor -->

Go to configuration -->

Select Supplementary Dates -->

Current Year  2012

Last working day of March   31-03-2012

First Working day of April    02-04-2012

Save

This will solve the error

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