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BSNL Employees Union demands immediate payment of DA to the Non-Executives of BSNL

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BSNL Employees Union demands immediate payment of 5.5% IDA w.e.f. 01.10.2020 and 6.1% IDA w.e.f. 01.01.2021 to the Non-Executives of BSNL

BSNL EMPLOYEES UNION
Central Head Quarters
BSNLEU Main Recognised Representative Union.
Ghosh Bhawan, 2151/1, New Patel Nagar,
New Delhi – 110008

BSNLEU /418 (IDA)

Dated: 23.03.2021

TO,

Shri P.K. Purwar
CMD BSNL,
Bharat Sanchar Bhawan,
H.C. Mathur Lane, Janpath,
New Delhi – 110 001

Sir,

Sub:- Non-implementation of the order dated 17th February, 2021, issued by the Hon’ble Kerala High Court, in the WP(C) No.29212/2020 (B) — reg.

Ref:- DPE letter no.W-05/0004/2021-DPE(WC) dated 09th March, 2021.

With reference to the above, we wish to bring the following to your kind notice for favour of necessary action.

The DPE, vide it’s letter no.W-02/0039/2017-DPE(WC)-GL-XVI/20 dated 19th November, 2020, has frozen the Dearness Allowance to be paid to the employees of the CPSEs, becoming due from 01.10.2020, 01.01.2021 and 01.04.2021. However, it is also mentioned in para three of this letter that, the guidelines for freezing of the IDA “shall be applicable in case of Executives and Non-Unionised Supervisors of CPSEs….”.

However, it is regretted that, the BSNL Management has indiscriminately frozen the IDA of the Non-Executives also 5.5% of IDA has become due w.e.f. 01.10.2020. However, this instalment of the IDA has not been paid to the Non-Executives of BSNL. Under these circumstances, BSNL Employees Union filed a writ petition [WP(C) No.29212/2020(B)] in the Hon’ble Kerala High Court. After detailed hearing, the Hon’ble High Court of Kerala issued an order on 17th February, 2021, wherein it is stated that, the letter of the DPE, freezing the IDA, is applicable only to the Executives and Non-Unionised Supervisors of the CPSEs and that, the benefit of Dearness Allowance should not be denied to the members of the Petitioner Union.

After the aforementioned order is issued by the Hon’ble Kerala High Court, the DPE, vide it’s letter cited under reference, addressed to the Secretary, Department of Telecommunication, has stated that, the DA rate for workmen/non-executives is governed by the Wage Settlement between the Trade Union/Association and the Management of the CPSE concerned. The DPE has further stated that, it has no role in Wage Negotiation and has requested the DoT, the administrative department of BSNL, to take necessary action.

Also Read : BSNLEU demands to issue order for payment of IDA

It is needless to state that, more than a month has already elapsed after the delivery of the judgement by the Hon’ble Kerala High Court. However, the 2nd instalments of IDA, i.e., 5.5% w.e.f. 01.10.2020 and 6.1% w.e.f. 01.01.2021, that have already become due, have not been paid to the Non-Executives working in BSNL. The Hon’ble Kerala High Court has already held that, the Non-Executives of BSNL are not covered by the ‘IDA freezing order’ of the DPE. Further, the DPE has already informed the DoT that, it has nothing to do with the payment of IDA of the Non-Executives of BSNL.

Under the above mentioned circumstances, it has become crystal-clear that, action has to be taken only by the BSNL Management, for the implementation of the order of the Hon’ble Kerala High Court. We also wish to bring to your kind notice that, the CMD BSNL is also a respondent in the WP(C) No.29212/2020(B). Hence, non-implementation of the order of the Hon’ble Kerala High Court, by the CMD BSNL, is tantamount to contempt of court. In view of the foregoing, I implore upon you to take necessary steps for the immediate payment of 5.5% IDA w.e.f. 01.10.2020 and 6.1% IDA w.e.f. 01.01.2021, to the Non-Executives of BSNL.

Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely,

[P. Abhimanyu]
General Secretary

Encl: (1) Copy of the order dated 17 February, 2021, issued by the Hon’ble Kerala High Court, in the WP(C) No.29212/2020(B).
(2) DPE letter no.W-05/0004/2021-DPE(WC) dated 09th March, 2021.

Copy to: (1) Ms. Yojana Das, Director (Finance), BSNL, Bharat Sanchar Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi — 110001

(2) Shri Arvind Vadnerkar, Director (HR), BSNL, Bharat Sanchar Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi -— 110001

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Dealing of APAR Representations received in SPARROW Portal

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Dealing of APAR Representations received in SPARROW Portal – Department of Post Order F. No. 25-4/2013-SPG (Vol-II-Pt.) – Dated 25.03.2021

F. No. 25-4/2013-SPG (Vol-II-Pt.)
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(Personnel Division)

Dak Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated: 25/03/2021

To
All Heads of Circles
Director, RAKNPA, Ghaziabad
Chief General Manager, CEPT,
Mysore

Subject: Dealing of APAR Representations received in SPARROW Portal.

Respected Madam/ Sir,

This is with reference to dealing with APAR representation received in SPARROW Portal.

2. In this regard, it is to say that Smart Performance Appraisal Report Recording Online Window (SPARROW) portal has been made live from 16th July, 2020 for filling of Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR). All Group ‘A’ IPoS officers of Department of Posts except those who are on Deputation have started to fill online PAR through SPARROW portal for the assessment year i.e. 2019-20.

3. Many Circles have inquired about the procedure to be followed for dealing with representations submitted by officers regarding grading/entries in their APARs recorded in SPARROW, subsequent to disclosure of the same to them. It is to inform that the process flow of dealing with such representations will be the same in online module as same was being followed earlier for physical APARs. Following procedure will be followed for dealing representation online in SPARROW.

a. State Custodian will check the inbox of SPARROW to know the details of officers who have made representation against APAR remarks/gradings.

b. State Custodian will go to create/update workflow and click on update button for defining the representation workflow of the specified period for which representation is submitted by the officer.

c. After that State Custodian will go to Inbox and forward the representation to Competent Authority (name of Competent Authority, DDG (P), will automatically get filled up) by clicking forward to Competent Authority button. State Custodian will also take printout of the representation and send it to Director (Staff), Postal Directorate for further examination.

Also Read : Latest Department of Posts Order 2021

d. After final decision of the Appropriate Authority is obtained, the whole APAR with the decision of the Appropriate Authority, will be migrated to SPARROW by CS to Member (P) and copy of letter will also be sent to State Custodian for information.

e. As regards officers posted in Postal Directorate, attached Directorates and RAKNPA, Ghaziabad, it will be the responsibility of CS to Member (P) to forward the representation in SPARROW to Competent Authority and printout to Director (Staff).

f. Forwarding of Representations for the FY 2019-20 should be completed by 30.03.2021. SPARROW for FY 2019-20 will be disabled on 31.03.2021 as per instructions of DoP&T. User manual for forwarding the Representation in SPARROW is attached at Annexure-A.

g. Top priority will be given so that all representations are forwarded as per procedure above by 30.03.2021

4. This issues with the approval of Member (P).

Yours faithfully

(Vinayak Mishra)
Assistant Director General (SPG)

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Clarification for settlement of PLI/RPLI Maturity Cases – DoP Order

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Clarification for settlement of PLI/RPLI Maturity Cases – F.No.25-04/SOP/2020-LI – Dated 24.03.2021

F.No.25-04/SOP/2020-LI
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(Directorate of Postal Life Insurance)
Chanakyapuri P.O. Complex,
New Delhi-110021

Dated: 24.03.2021

To
All CPMGs/Addl. DG, APS/Director
Director, PLI, Kolkata

Sub: Clarification for settlement of PLI/RPLI Maturity Cases.

Please refer to the Standard Operating Procedure for settlement of Survival Benefit/Maturity Case issued vide this office letter of even number dated 21.09.2020.

2. It has come to the notice that CPCs are insisting for original policy bond for settling maturity cases. In this regard, it is clarified that during settlement of PLI/RPLI maturity cases, where original bond is not presented by the insurant, the approving authority may consider settlement of such cases without original policy bond by taking letter of indemnity as prescribed in the para 3.3 of SOP referred above.

Also Read : Latest Department of Posts Order 2021

3. Likewise, in Loan cases, where original policy bond is kept in the custody of our Department and is not readily traceable or if there is delay of more than 7 days in getting Original Policy Bond from the office of custody, such maturity cases may also be dealt in similar manner, with copy to the concerned PLI CPC (where policy bond is lying).

This issues with the approval of CGM (PLI).

(Hariom Sharma)
Deputy Divisional Manager-II

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Biodata in Service Book – CDA

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OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS
UDAYAN VIHAR, NARANGI, GUWAHATI – 781171

No. AN/II/452/Circular/VOL-VI

Date :- 24.03.2021

CIRCULAR

To,
The Officer-in-Charge

1) All Section Of MO CDA GHY.
2) All Offices & Sub Offices

Subject:- BIO DATA IN SERVICE BOOK.

Of late it has been observed that biodata sheet of Service book has either not been filled or partially filled causing problem at the time of Promotion/ Confirmation / Pay fixation etc.

To update biodata, a Blank Form is uploaded herewith for filling the same by all officers / Staff and forward to this office duly attested by the competent officer.

In addition it is also observed that dependent family details in Form-3 is also incomplete in most of the service documents. To overcome same a blank Form -3 also uploaded herewith for filling same by Officers /Staff for early submission to this office duly countersigned along with supporting document viz birth certificate/ income certificate etc.

Accounts Officer
AN-II / GP-I

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Preservation of Backup of Sanchay Post Databases and reporting of errors in respect of Sanchay Post Application – SB ORDER 06/2021

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Preservation of Backup of Sanchay Post Databases and reporting of errors in respect of Sanchay Post Application – SB ORDER 06/2021 – Dated 23.03.2021

SB Order No. 06 / 2021

File No. FS-76/1/2021-FS-DOP
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(FS Divison)

Dak Bhawan, New Delhi — 110001
23.03.2021

To
All Head of Circles / Regions

Subject: Preservation of Backup of Sanchay Post Databases and reporting of errors in respect of Sanchay Post Application — Reg.

Madam / Sir,

A kind reference is invited to the SB Order No. 7/2010 dated 11.03.2010 issued in connection with the Security of Sanchay Post Database and issues relating to common problems, database back-up, storage and preservation and a revised procedure on maintenance of Database, Signature Scanning, Security of database, Frequency of data backup, Storage location of data backup, Preservation of audit trail and accountability of these activities was circulated. The same is reiterated in the Annexure-I.

2. It is observed that in some non-CBS offices, copies of backup of Sanchay Post databases are not being preserved as per the security guidelines issued by Directorate. Since Sanchay Post data is decentralized, preservation of backup of databases at periodical intervals (daily, weekly and monthly) as per security guidelines issued by Directorate, is essential for the purpose of investigation, prevention of frauds / misappropriation, backup restoration in case of system failures and for smooth day to day functioning of those offices.

Also Read : Latest Department of Posts Order 2021

3. Whenever error is displayed in Sanchay Post application in respect of non-CBS offices working in Sanchay Post, the offices should report the error immediately along with the complete details (such as name of the non-CBS office, Division email id and details of the error along with error screenshot) from official email id to CEPT SBLAN Help Desk ([email protected]).

4. In case of any database consistency errors, the errors may be forwarded to CEPT SBLAN Help Desk along with authentication of Divisional Heads (scanned copy of letter signed by Divisional Heads). Divisional Heads shall provide authentication only after ascertaining the correctness of the complete details provided by the office including the details of error reported in transactions of previous days, any action attempted for rectification of the error, along with date of availability of recent backup of the database of the office, which is in good condition without any database consistency errors.

5. Hence the Circles / Regions are requested to ensure that backup of databases in respect of non-CBS offices are preserved without fail as per the security guidelines issued by Directorate and errors are reported as detailed above.

6. This is issued with the approval of the Competent Authority.

Encl: Annexure — I

(T C VIJAYAN)
Asst. Director (SB-I)

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Raising of Maximum Age Limit for Job Aspirants

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Raising of Maximum Age Limit for Job Aspirants

For recruitment to Central Government posts, the recruiting agencies, such as the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), have been making necessary arrangements for conduct of examinations in a safe manner considering the COVID-19 Pandemic safety protocols. While conducting Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination-2020 on 04.10.2020, the UPSC also gave an option to the candidates to change the centre for Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination-2020 so that candidates who had moved to a different location before/during the COVID-19 pandemic could also appear in the Examination. As such, the need for increasing the maximum age limit for recruitment to various categories of posts under the Central Government, due to the pandemic and lockdown in the country, does not arise. Insofar as the increase in maximum age limit by two years for all the eligible unemployed youths, who are seeking State Government jobs is concerned, it is for the concerned State Governments to decide.

This information was provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in written reply to questions in Rajya Sabha today.

Department of Posts Examination Calendar 2021 – Check here for complete schedule

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Department of Posts Examination Calendar 2021 – Department of Posts – F. No. A-34012/01/2021-DE – Dated 11.03.2021

F. No. A-34012/01/2021-DE
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(DE Section)

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi – 110001
Dated : 11th March, 2021

To,

1. All Heads of Circles.
2. The Additional Director General, APS, New Delhi

Subject : Calendar of Examinations scheduled to be held in the year 2021.

Madam/Sir,

I am directed to forward herewith the Calendar of Examinations (enclosed as Annexure ‘A’) scheduled to be held in the year 2021 and ‘Broad Guidelines for conducting examinations’ (enclosed as Annexure `B’) duly approved by the Competent Authority.

2. Activities for all examinations other than Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LDCE) for promotion to the cadre of Inspector of Posts and LDCE for promotion to the cadre of Postal Service Group ‘B’, will be undertaken by the Circles. The activities, inter alia, will include:

(i) Setting of all Question-papers as per pattern and syllabus notified by the Directorate, translating the question papers into Hindi and the local language(s) as notified in Annexure-E of Department of Posts notification No.17-08/2018-SPB-I dated 10.05.2019 followed by No. 17- 08/2018-SPB-I (pt.) dated 10.06.2019, 17-08/2018-5PB-I dated 20.06.2019, 17-08/2018-SPB-I dated 26.06.2019, 17-08/2018-SPB-I dated 28.06.2019, 17-08/2018-SPB-I dated 11.07.2019, 17-08/2018-SPB-I dated 23.07.2019.

(ii) Jumbling of the questions to create 4 series (AM, C 8 D) of the Question Papers.

(iii) Printing of the required number of question Papers in English. Hindi and the notified local language(s) for the Circle,

(iv) Procurement of required number of OMR sheets.

(v) All formalities relating to conducting of examinations.

(vi) Conducting the Data Entry Skill Test (DEST) [if prescribed in the pattern of the examination].

(vii) Declaration of the results.

3. It may be ensured that the Time Schedule as indicated in the Calendar of Examinations, 2021 is strictly adhered to and timely action be taken at all stages. In case of delay in announcement of result, the reason for delay and remedial measures that can be taken to curb such delay in future may be brought to the notice of this Directorate.

4. As regards, departmental examinations related to PA Wing, Circles have already been informed vide Directorate’s letter No. A-34012/04/2020-DE dated 01.12.2020 that in future, all the activities from notification to declaration of results and coordination of the examinations may be conducted by PAF Wing of the Postal Directorate. Circles have also requested to correspond directly with PAF Wing of the Postal Directorate for any clarification/issue related to the examinations. Circles are requested to follow the orders in ibid letter strictly. No communication relates to the examinations of PA Wing will be entertained in this Section.

5. Appropriate action will be taken by all concerned.

Yours faithfully,
(N. R. Girl)
Assistant Director General (DE)

Copy forwarded to:

1. Director, RAKNPA, Ghaziabacl/CGM, BD Directorate/CGM, Parcel Directorate/ CGM, PLI Directorate/CGM, CEPT, Bengaluru/Sr. DDG, PAF.

2. All Directors, Postal Training Centers (Darbhanga, GuwahatL Madurai Mysore. Saharanpur and Vadodara)

3. Director (Staff)/ (SPN)/ (PA-Admn) Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi.

4. SO, SPG/SPB-I/SPB-11/Training Sections, Dak Bhawan

5. Hindi Section for Hindi version.

7. All Recognized Unions and Federations.

(N. R. Giri)
Assistant Director General (DE)

Enclosures:

1. Calendar of Examinations for the year 2021 (Annexure `A’).
2. ‘Broad Guidelines’ (Annexure

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Annexure ‘A’ lo letter No. A-34012/01/2021-DE
dt. 11.03.2021

CALENDAR OF EXAMINATIONS FOR THE YEAR 2021
SL. No Name of Examination Date of issuance of Model Notification(MN) / Notification (N) Closing date for receipt of applications Date of examination (DOE) Tentative date for declaration of result
1 SB Aptitude Test  N by Circle  13/06/2021
2 LDCE for promotion to the  cadre of Postal Assistants / Sorting Assistants in Postal Division / Units (Including Postal Stores Depot), RMS and MMS from Postman/mail Guard, Dispatch Rider and MIS for vacancy year 2021 (01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021) Model Notification by Directorate on
03/05/2021Notification by Circles on 10/05/2021		 31/05/2021 (21 days from N) 20/06/2021
(at least 40 days from N)		 Within
50 days from DOE)
3 LDCE for promotion to the  cadre of Postal Assistants / Sorting Assistants from eligible  officials working in C.O./R.O (including RLO) / Foreign Post for vacancy year 2021 (01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021)
4 Competitive Examination for recruitment to the cadre of Postal Assistants/Sorting for vacancy year 2021 (01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021)
5 PO & RMS Accountant Examination, 2021 N by Circle 29/08/2021
6 Competitive Examination for recruitment to the cadre of Postman and Mail Guard from eligible MTS and GDS for vacancy year 2021
(01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021)		 Model Notification by Directorate on
09/08/2021Notification by Circles on 13/08/2021		 02/09/2021 26/09/2021 (Within 50 days from DOE)
7 LDCE for promotion to the  cadre of Inspector Posts for vacancy year 2019  (01/01/2019 to 31/12/2019), 2020 (01/01/2020 to 31/12/2020) and 2021 (01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021) N on 20/09/2021 From Directorate 11/10/2021 30/10/2021
31/10/2021		 (Within 50 days from DOE)
8 LDCE for promotion to the cadre of Postal Service Group B for the vacancy year 2021
(01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021)		 N on 01/11/2021 From Directorate 22/11/2021 12/12/2021 (Within
50 days from DOE)
9 Competitive Examination for recruitment to MTS from eligible GDS for vacancy year 2021
(01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021)		 Model Notification by Directorate on
12/11/2021
Notification by Circles on 17/11/2021		 08/12/2021 26/12/2021 (Within
50 days from DOE)

 

Examinations related to Motor Vehicle Section

1 Examination for filling up of all the posts of Drivers in Department (including MMS) The recruitment will be completed by Circles following all formalities by 30th September, 2021.
2 Examination for filling up of the posts of Skilled Artisans (MMS)

Departmental Examinations related to PA Wing

Sl.No Name of examination Date of issuance of Model Notification(MN) / Notification (N) Closing date for receipt of applications Date of examination (DOE) Tentative date for declaration of result
1 LDCE to Junior Accountants in PAOs All the examination activities are to be worked out and coordinated by PAF Division, Postal Directorate. 26/06/2021
27/06/2021
2 Departmental Examination for promotion of sorters and MTS to LDCs in PAD 08/08/2021
3 Confirmation examination for Direct Recruit Junior Accountants 24/10/2021
4 Departmental Examination for  promotion of MTS qualified (12th Class passed) to  LDCs in PAOs 28/11/2021

Life Certificate to Elderly Pension Holders – Lok Sabha QA

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Life Certificate to Elderly Pension Holders – Lok Sabha QA

The Government has taken many technical and managerial measures for providing Life Certificate easily to elderly pension holders by concerned institutions/banks. The details are as under:-

  • Keeping in view the difficulties faced by very senior citizens aged 80 years and above, an exclusive window from 1st October onwards, has been provided to them to avoid the general rush from 1st November onwards.
  • Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare started a Pilot Programme “DLC from home campaign” in 2018 in 7 cities through Pensioners’ Associations. The objective of the campaign was to extend support to aged and infirm pensioners in submission of Life Certificate digitally from home. In 2019, this project was expanded to cover 24 cities and this has continued up to 2021 as well, with the help of Registered Pensioners’ Associations
  • Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare roped in the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) and utilized its huge network of Postmen and Gramin Dak Sevaks in providing doorstep home facility to pensioners for submission of life certificate digitally. As a result a huge number of pensioners across the country shall be able to avail doorstep home service through Postmen/ Gramin Dak Sevak by paying a nominal amount, without queuing up at bank branches.

In some cases due to fading bio-metrics, aged pensioners’ finger bio-metrics are not captured by the bio-metric devices. Keeping in view such difficulties, IRIS enabled devices have been provided by this department to Pensioners’ Associations which is more effective and convenient. Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare is also instrumental in roping in an Alliance comprising 12 Public Sector Banks which does “Doorstep Banking” for its customers in 100 major cities of the country under Ease of banking reforms. As a result, Public Sector Banks (PSB) Alliance has introduced the service for collection of Life Certificates under the umbrella of Doorstep Banking. This Department also issued instructions, whereby the Banks were directed to resort to Video based Customer Identification Process for obtaining a Life Certificate within the guidelines of RBI which will obviate the need to resort to a bio-metric enabled device.

This information was provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in written reply to questions in Lok Sabha today.

 

Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana

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Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana

The scheme Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana was introduced by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on pilot basis for a period of 2 years w.e.f. 01.07.2018 for providing relief to the Insured Persons (IPs) who have become unemployed. Under this scheme relief in the form of cash compensation to the extent of 25 per cent of the average per day earning was paid upto a maximum of 90 days of unemployment subject to conditions that the employee should have completed two years of Insurable employment and has contributed not less than Seventy-Eight (78) days in each of the four consecutive contribution periods immediately preceding to the claim of the relief.

Since its inception till 18.03.2021, a total of 43299 beneficiaries have availed relief under the scheme and an amount of Rs.57.18 crore has been disbursed.

State/Union Territory wise details of claim and payment made under the scheme during 01.07.2018 to 18.03.2021 are given below.

The scheme has been extended for the period from 01.07.2020 to 30.06.2021. In order to provide benefit to the IPs who have become unemployed during Covid-19 pandemic, the rate of relief has been enhanced and the eligibility conditions have been relaxed as follows for the IPs who became unemployed from 24.03.2020 onwards:-

  • The rate of relief has been doubled from 25 per cent to 50 per cent average per day earning of employee.
  • The Insured Person should have been in insurable employment for a minimum period of two years immediately before his/ her unemployment and should have contributed for not less than 78 days in the contribution period immediately preceding the unemployment and minimum 78 days in one of the remaining three contribution periods in two years prior to unemployment. Earlier this condition was a minimum contribution of 78 days in four contribution periods prior to unemployment with minimum two years insurable employment.
  • Claim shall become due 30 days after date of unemployment. Earlier this period was 90 days.
  • The claim of the IP need not be forwarded by the employer. The claim may be submitted by an IP in the prescribed claim form duly completed online or directly to the branch office.

The following measures have been taken by the Ministry for welfare of the unemployed in the country:

  • The Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana (ABRY) Scheme has been launched by the Government to incentivize creation of new employment along with social security benefits and restoration of loss of employment during Covid-19 pandemic. This scheme, being implemented through the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), reduces the financial burden of the employers of various sectors/industries including Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and encourages them to hire more workers. Under ABRY, the government is crediting for a period of two years, both the employees’ share (12% of wages) and employers’ share (12% of wages) of contribution payable or only the employees’ share, depending on employment strength of the EPFO registered establishments.
  • The Ministry is also implementing the National Career Service (NCS) Project as a Mission Mode Project to provide a variety of employment related services in the country like job matching, career counseling, vocational guidance, information on skill development courses, internships, etc. These services are available online on the National Career Service Portal (www.ncs.gov.in) and accessible by all users including job-seekers, employers, skill providers, career counsellors etc.
State/UT Wise details of claims and payment made under ABVKY during the period 01.07.2018 to 18.03.2021
S. No. State/Union Territory Total claims received Approved Claims Approved amount
1. Himachal Pradesh 992 623 8332562
2. Karnataka 4937 3229 46860455
3. Punjab 2424 1491 18617965
4. Uttarakhand 1187 554 7162513
5. Haryana 5979 1751 22849924
6. Assam 326 237 2974008
7. Rajasthan 4837 3235 41077152
8. Jammu & Kashmir 260 165 1480306
9. Uttar Pradesh 5965 2888 39647355
10. West Bengal 1149 690 9461380
11. Nagaland 1 1 21637
12. Bihar 653 466 5259276
13. Delhi 4323 2619 46204397
14. Jharkhand 422 185 2215305
15. Sikkim 2 0 0
16. Tripura 14 14 114450
17. Mizoram 6 5 30825
18. Gujarat 2265 1498 19809040
19. Andhra Pradesh 10693 8081 89842174
20. Odisha 648 318 3370491
21. Tamil Nadu 5221 3463 43386600
22. Madhya Pradesh 2810 1943 24615791
23. Maharashtra 6238 4356 61919164
24. Goa 597 355 5681094
25. Chhattisgarh 594 354 4108174
26. Telangana 3942 2407 34087064
27. Kerala 2940 2126 29208122
28. Puducherry 334 245 3496974
Total 69759 43299 571834198

This information was given by Minister of State (I/C) for Labour & Employment Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

MoD allows use of military ranks by retired Short Service Commission officers

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MoD allows use of military ranks by retired Short Service Commission officers

Ministry of Defence (MoD) has decided to allow the retired Short Service Commission (SSC) officers of the Army to use military ranks as applicable. The SSC officers, after completion of their mandated terms and conditions of service, had not been authorised to use the military ranks. This has been causing dissatisfaction and discontentment among the SSC officers who serve under the same service conditions and face similar hardships as Permanent Commission officers with similar Service profile.

This decision of the Government will not only remove dissatisfaction and discontentment among the retired SSC officers, but will serve as a big boost to the young aspirants. In addition, this decision will act as morale booster for the existing SSC officers.

The demand for use of military ranks by Short Service Commission (SSC) officers after release from service has been pending since 1983. The SSC officers form the backbone of the support cadre of the Army. They serve for a period of 10-14 years to make up the deficiency of young officers in units. There have been several attempts of making the SSC attractive. Permission to allow use of military ranks by these officers has been one of their major demands.

Unlike in the past when SSC officers used to serve for a period of five years, now they serve for a tenure of 10 years, further extendable by four years. The SSC officers provide a support cadre to the officers’ cadre of the Army and has been created primarily to provide young officers to the units.

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