Friday 4 March 2016


NATIONAL COUNCIL (JCM) WRITES TO THE FINANCE MINISTER ON DEDUCTION OF INCOME TAX ON PF.

PM NARENDRA MODI FORMS TASK FORCE TO RATIONALISE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT STAFF

            NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has constituted a five-member task force to rationalise central government staff and ensure their maximum optimisation.

            The task force will be headed by Establishment Officer and Additional Secretary in Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) Rajiv Kumar and it will submit its report next month, officials said today.

            The prime minister has approved the proposal to constitute a task force to examine the issues of rationalisation and optimisation of human resource in various ministries to align them with financial resources and focus areas of the government, they said.
            Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said rationalisation of staff is of paramount importance for good governance.

            PM Narendra Modi Forms Task Force To Rationalise Central Government Staff

            “This decision has been taken keeping in line with the Modi government’s commitment of maximum governance and minimum government. We are also considering restructuring existing tribunals, autonomous bodies and central public sector undertakings to ensure better optimisation of human resource,” he told news agency PTI in New Delhi.

            The task force has two joint secretaries from Cabinet Secretariat, one each from the DoPT and Department of Expenditure as members, the officials said.

            In his Budget speech for 2016-17, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said a task force has been constituted for rationalisation of human resources in various ministries.

            “A comprehensive review and rationalisation of autonomous bodies is also underway,” he had said.

            As per its Terms of Reference (ToR), the task force will take stock and recommend measures to optimise senior positions in the Government of India, covering the posts in the secretariat and outside the secretariat including Chief Vigilance Officers – who act as a distant arm of Central Vigilance Commission to check corruption, various autonomous bodies, regulatory bodies, attached and subordinate offices.
It will also review roles and requirements of these posts, including eligibility criteria and recommend measures to achieve synergy and convergence of purposes and resources, the ToR said.
            The task force will review the processes involved in filling these posts and recommend rationalisation and is required “to examine and incorporate global best practices in this regard”, it said.

            There are about 50 lakh central government employees working in various ministries.
Source: NDTV 

VERY SAD NEWS
         
Com. Moinul Haq Circle Secretary AIPEU Postmen & MTS –Assam, has expired today i.e. 04.03.2016 due to severe jaundice and Kidney failure. He was hospitalized for some days.

          He was a good Comrade.

          AIPCPCCWF CHQ conveys its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and Comrades of Assam Circle.




          Com. R.G. Chavan Ex. Circle President P-IV Union Maharashtra has breathed his last today (04.03.2016 ). He led the Trade Union Movement in Maharashtra Circle for a long time.

          AIPCPCCWF CHQ conveys its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and Comrades of Maharashtra Circle

DEMAND FOR MACP IN PROMOTIONAL HIERARCHY HAS BEEN DISMISSED – DOPT ORDERS.

No. 22034/04/2013-Estt.(D)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel Public Grievance & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
North Block, New Delhi
Dated: 01.03.2016
Office Memorandum

Subject:- References / Representations / Court Cases in various Ministries / Departments / Organisations for grant of MACPS benefits in the promotional hierarchy – reg.

            In continuation of DOPT’s earlier O.M. of even no. dated 20.01.2016 on the above mentioned subject, the undersigned is directed to forward a copy of the decision of Hon’ble CAT, Ahmedabad bench in OA No. 120/000018/2015 filed by Shri Manubhai B. Rathore Vs. UOI &Ors whereby the demand of the applicant for MACP in promotional Hierarchy has been dismissed.
sd/-
(G.Jayanthi)
Director (E-I)
Phone No. 23092479
Authority: www.persmin.gov.in

Recovery of wrongful / excess payments made to Government servants. (Click the link below to view)

NJCA CIRCULAR TO CONTINUE WITH STRIKE PREPARATIONS.
RESERVATION IN PROMOTION 

Press Information Bureau 
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

02-March-2016 15:37 IST
Reservation in Promotion 

            The instructions issued by Department of Personnel & Training provide for reservation in promotion to persons belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in posts in the Central Government upto the lowest rung of Group 'A'. These instructions are also being implemented by Central Public Sector Undertakings, wherever reservation in promotion is applicable.

            The Supreme Court in its judgment dated 19.10.2006 in the matter of M. Nagaraj & Others vs. Union of India and Ors., while upholding the validity of some of the Constitutional Amendments, observed that the concerned State will have to show in each case the existence of compelling reasons, namely, backwardness, inadequacy of representation and overall efficiency of administration before providing reservation in promotion. In order to provide impediment free reservation in promotion to SCs and STs, the Constitution (One Hundred and Seventeenth Amendment) Bill, 2012 was introduced in Rajya Sabha in September, 2012. The Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 17.12.2012 and transmitted to the Lok Sabha for consideration and passing. The Bill could not be considered in the Lok Sabha and lapsed on the dissolution of 15th Lok Sabha. The issues emanating from the Supreme Court judgment in M. Nagaraj case are under examination.
           
            This was stated by Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the PMO Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri Kaushal Kishore in the Lok Sabha today.

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TIME TAKEN TO DISPOSE APPEAL 

Press Information Bureau 
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

02-March-2016 15:39 IST
Time Taken to Dispose Appeal 

            As per the Right to Information Act, 2005 it is mandatory on the part of Public Information Officer either to provide the information or reject the request for any of the reasons specified by the RTI Act within 30 days of receipt of the request. However, information concerning life or liberty of a person has to be provided in forty-eight hours of the receipt of request.

            Similarly, as per the RTI Act, an appeal shall be disposed of within 30 days on the receipt of the appeal by the First Appellate Authority or within such extended period not exceeding a total of 45 days from the date of filing thereof, as the case may be, for reasons to be recorded in writing.

            The Act, however, does not prescribe time limit or target for disposal of 2nd appeal/complaint by the Central Information Commission.

            The Commission, however, on 22.03.2011 decided that each Information Commissioner including Chief Information Commissioner will endeavour to decide about 3200 appeals/complaints per year. During 2015, a total of 27,922 appeals/complaints were disposed off.

            This was stated by Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the PMO Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri Sharad Tripathi, Shri Y.V. Subba Reddy and Shri K.N. Ramachandran in the Lok Sabha today.

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