Retention of Railway accommodation at the previous place of posting by Railway officers/staff posted to Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW)
RBE No. 115/2020
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. E(G) 2018 RN 2 – 9
New Delhi, dated 29. 12. 2020
The General Manager/Director General
All Indian Railways/Production Units/RDSO-Lucknow
(As per Standard mailing list)
Sub: Retention of Railway accommodation at the previous place of posting by Railway officers/staff posted to Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW).
The issue of permitting the Railway officers/staff posted at the Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Chittaranjan to retain Railway accommodation at their previous place of posting has been considered by the Board.
2. The full Board, in exercise of the powers vested with them to make reasonable relaxations in public interest for a class/group of employees in all or any of the existing provisions regarding house allotment/retention, have decided that permission for retention of Railway accommodation at the previous place of posting in favour of officers/staff posted to Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Chittaranjan be allowed for a period of (02) two years on payment of normal rent to begin with.
F.No.26/01/2018-CS.I (PR/CMS)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions,
Department of Personnel & Training
2nd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market, New Delhi
Dated December 30th, 2020
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject :- Submission of Immovable Property Return (IPR) for the year 2020 (as on 31.12.2020) by the Officers of Central Secretariat Services (CSS) reg.
In terms of Rule 18 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Immovable Property Return is required to be furnished by the CSS Officers in the grade of Under Secretary and above, latest by 31.01.2021. IPR should be submitted by all the CSS Officers through Web Based Cadre Management System which is hosted at cscms.nic.in. A copy of the print out (IPR submitted online) duly signed, should also be submitted to CS.I (PR/CMS) Section, which is the custodian of Immovable Property Return (IPR) of these Officers. Assistant Section Officers (ASOs) and Section Officers (SOs) of CSS will also submit the print out (IPR) duly signed, to their respective Admin/Vigilance Division.
2. Ministries/Departments are therefore, requested that the contents of this O.M. may be widely circulated to the notice of all CSS Officers/Officials working under their respective control. They should also ensure that the IPR for the year 2020 (as on 31.12.2020) is submitted within the stipulated time by all the CSS Officers. The officers are also informed that non-submission of IPR within the stipulated date, would invite the denial of vigilance clearance for empanelment, deputation and applying to sensitive posts and assignment to training programme (except mandatory training) as the IPR status needs to be checked for the said purpose(s).
3. It is, therefore, requested that all the CSS Officers may be directed to file their Immovable Property Return (IPR) for the year 2020 (as on 31.12.2020) well in time, latest by 31.01.2021, through Web Based Cadre Management System only. IPRs received beyond the stipulated date, shall not be regarded as conforming to the extant guidelines. It is also stated that the date of filing of IPR will start from 01st January, 2021 and the “Immovable Property Returns” window shall be opened/provided at cscms.nic.in. automatically from that date only.
4. In case of any doubt/difficulty about filing the IPR, Shri Vijay Pal, Section Officer (PR/CMS)/Shri Krishnandan Kumar, Assistant Section Officer (PR/CMS) may be contacted at Telephone No. 24629414.
(Amit Ghosal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Small Savings Schemes interest rates from January 2021 to March 2021
1581422/2020/NS SECTION
F.No.1/4/2019-NS
Government of India Ministry of Finance
Department of Economic Affairs
(Budget Division)
North Block, New Delhi
Dated: 30.12.2020
Office Memorandum
Subject: Revision of interest rates for Small Savings Schemes – reg.
The rates of interest on various Small Savings Schemes for the fourth quarter of financial year 2020-21 starting from 1st January, 2021 and ending on 31st March, 2021 shall remain unchanged from those notified for the third quarter (1st October, 2020 to 31st December, 2020) of financial year 2020-21.
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) – November, 2020
The All-India CPI-IW for November, 2020 increased by 0.4 points and stood at 119.9 (one hundred nineteen and point nine). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 0.33 per cent between October and November, 2020 compared to (+) 0.92 per cent increase between corresponding months of previous year.
The maximum upward pressure in current index came from Food & Beverages group contributing (+) 0.25 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Rice, Arhar Dal, Fish Fresh, Milk, Mustard Oil, Soyabean Oil, Sunflower Oil, Onion, Potato, Chillies Dry, Tea Leaf, Cooked Meal, etc. are responsible for the increase in index. However, this increase was checked by Poultry (Chicken), Tomato, Brinjal, Carrot, Cauliflower, Ginger, Gourd, Green Coriander Leaves, Lady Finger, Peas, Orange, etc., putting downward pressure on the index.
At centre level, Puducherry recorded the maximum increase of 4 points. Among others, 3 points increase was observed in 4 centres, 2 points in 7 centres and 1 point in 30 centres. On the contrary, Guntur, Bhilai, Udham Singh Nagar and Vadodara recorded a maximum decrease of 2 points each. Among others, 1 point fall was observed in 17 centres. Rest of 25 centres’ indices remained stationary.
Year-on-year inflation based on all-items stood at 5.27 per cent for November, 2020 as compared to 5.91 per cent for the previous month and 8.61 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 7.48 per cent against 8.21 per cent of the previous month and 9.87 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago.
Y-o-Y Inflation based on CPI-IW (Food and General)
All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for October and November, 2020
Sr. No.
Groups
Oct, 2020
Nov, 2020
I
Food & Beverages
123.0
123.6
II
Pan, Supari, Tobacco & Intoxicants
132.5*
133.1
III
Clothing & Footwear
117.4
117.4
IV
Housing
113.5*
113.5*
V
Fuel & Light
126.4
126.8
VI
Miscellaneous
117.0
117.2
General Index
119.5
119.9
*Rounded up from second decimal place.
Speaking about the latest index, Shri Santosh Gangwar, Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment said, “The rise in index coupled with fall in annual inflation will have dual impact in terms of increasing income and purchasing power of the workers. He added that the effect is mainly due to vegetables which had good supply in the market and provided respite to the consumers.
Shri DPS Negi, Director General of Labour Bureau while releasing the index said, “The rise in index during November, 2020 and fall in inflation rate are in line with other price indices compiled and released by other Government agencies”.
He further said that Rise in index is mainly on account of increase in prices of Rice, Arhar Dal, Fish Fresh, Milk, Mustard Oil, Soyabean Oil, Sunflower Oil, Onion, Potato, Chillies Dry, Tea Leaf, Cooked Meal, Cooking Gas, Household Goods & Services etc.
The next issue of CPI-IW for the month of December, 2020 will be released on Friday 29th January, 2021. The same will also be available on the office website www.labourbureaunew.gov.in.
The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the M/o Labour & Employment, has been compiling Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers every month on the basis of retail prices collected from 317 markets spread over 88 industrially important centres in the country. The index is compiled for 88 centres and All-India and is released on the last working day of succeeding month.
F.No. 5(1)/2018-MGMT
Government of India
Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises
Block No.14, CGO Complex,
Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003
Dated the 30th December, 2020
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Extension in prescribed timelines for writing Annual Performance Appraisal Reports (APARs) of top management incumbents of Central Public Enterprises (CPSEs) for the year 2019-20
The undersigned is directed to state that keeping in view the prevalent situation, it has been decided to extend the time-lines for writing APARs of top management incumbents of CPSEs in the following manner.
Activity
Revised Cutoff date
Appraisal by Reportin Authority
1st March, 2021
Appraisal by Reviewing Authority
15th March, 2021
Appraisal by Accepting Authority
31st March, 2021
2. In line with provision earlier prescribed vide O.M. of even no. dated 23rd June, 2020 (copy enclosed), the Reporting/ Reviewing/Accepting Authority, who demitted office between 29th February, 2020 to 315t January, 2021, shall also be allowed to record PAR for the year 2019-20 beyond the extant time-line of one month after their demission of office as per the above extended time-lines.
Retention of Railway accommodation at the previous place of posting by Railway officers / staff posted to Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW)
RBE No. 116/2020
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. E(G) 2020 QR 1-1
New Delhi, dated 29.12.2020
The General Manager/Director General
All Indian Railways/Production Units/ROSO – Lucknow
{As per Standard mailing list)
Sub : Retention of Railway accommodation at the previous place of posting by Railway officers/staff posted to Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) .
The issue of permitting the Railway officers/staff posted at the Banaras Loco motive Works, Varanasi to retain Railway accommodation at their previous place of posting has been considered by the Board.
2. The full Board, in exercise of the powers vested wit h them to make reasonable relaxations in public interest for a class/group of employees in all or any of the existing provisions regarding house allotment/ retention, have decided that permission for retention of Railway accommodation at the previous place of posting in favour of officers/staff posted to Banaras Locomotive Works, Varanasi be allowed for a period of (02) two years on payment of normal rent to begin with.
Reimbursement of cost of OPD Medicines : Special Sanction in view of COVID-19- till 28th February 2021
Z 15025/12/20201DIR/CGHS
Government of India
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Directorate General of CGHS
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated the 29th December, 2020.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub: Reimbursement of cost of OPD Medicines : Special Sanction in view of COVID-19- till 28th February 2021 – regarding
In view of the Corona Virus Disease(COVID-19) , all out efforts are made by the Government to contain its impact by instituting measures at community as well as at individual level.
2. In this regard the undersigned is directed to draw attention to the OM of even number dated 27.03.2020, 29.04.2020 , 29.05.2020 , 24th August 2020 and 30th September 2020 vide which an option has been provided to CGHS beneficiaries getting medicines for Chronic diseases , to purchase medicines based on the prescription held (prescribed by CGHS Medical Officers/CGHS Specialists /other Govt. Specialists/ Specialist of empanelled hospital) till 31st December 2020, irrespective of Non-Availability certificate from CGHS or otherwise. However, several representations are received in the Ministry seeking extension of the period in view of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
3. The matter has been reviewed by the Ministry and it is now decided , in continuation of the earlier OM on the subject , that CGHS beneficiaries getting medicines for Chronic diseases shall be permitted to purchase medicines based on the prescription held (prescribed by CGHS Medical Officers/CGHS Specialists /other Govt. Specialists/ Specialist of empanelled hospital) till 28th February , 2021 on the same conditions as per the earlier OM dated 27.03.2020. It is also clarified that the CGHS Wellness Centres are functional and CGHS beneficiaries also have the option to collect medicines through CGHS Wellness Centres as per normal practice, instead of purchasing from market.
4 Issued with the approval of Integrated Finance Division, MoHFW vide CD No 2255 dated 29.12.2020.
In view of the challenges faced by taxpayers in meeting the statutory and regulatory compliances due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Government brought the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Ordinance, 2020 (‘the Ordinance’) on 31st March, 2020 which, inter alia, extended various time limits. The Ordinance has since been replaced by the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act.
The Government issued a Notification on 24th June, 2020 under the Ordinance which, inter alia, extended the due date for all Income Tax Returns for the FY 2019-20 (AY 2020-21) to 30th November, 2020. Hence, the returns of income which were required to be filed by 31st July, 2020 and 31st October, 2020 were required to be filed by 30th November, 2020. Consequently, the date for furnishing various audit reports including tax audit report under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) was also extended to 31st October, 2020.
In order to provide more time to taxpayers for furnishing of Income Tax Returns, the due date was further extended vide notification No 88/2020/F. No. 370142/35/2020-TPL dated 29th October, 2020:
(A) The due date for furnishing of Income Tax Returns for the taxpayers (including their partners) who are required to get their accounts audited [for whom the due date (i.e. before the said extension) as per the Act was 31st October, 2020] was extended to 31st January, 2021.
(B) The due date for furnishing of Income Tax Returns for the taxpayers who are required to furnish report in respect of international/specified domestic transactions [for whom the due date (i.e. before the said extension) as per the Act was 30th November, 2020] was extended to 31st January, 2021.
(C) The due date for furnishing of Income Tax Returns for the other taxpayers [for whom the due date (i.e. before the said extension) as per the Act was 31st July, 2020] was extended to 31st December, 2020.
(D) Consequently, the date for furnishing of various audit reports under the Act including tax audit report and report in respect of international/specified domestic transaction was also extended to 31st December, 2020.
Considering the problems being faced by the taxpayers, it has been decided to provide further time to the taxpayers for furnishing of Income Tax Returns, tax audit reports and declaration under Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme. Further, in order to provide more time to taxpayers to comply under various ongoing proceedings, the dates of completion of proceedings under various Direct Taxes &Benami Acts have also been extended. These extensions are as under:
a. The due date for furnishing of Income Tax Returns for the Assessment Year 2020-21 for the taxpayers (including their partners) who are required to get their accounts audited and companies [for whom the due date, as per the provisions of section 139(1) of the Income-tax Act,1961, was 31st October, 2020 and which was extended to 30th November, 2020 and then to 31st January, 2021] has been further extended to 15th February, 2021.
b. The due date for furnishing of Income Tax Returns for the Assessment Year 2020-21 for the taxpayers who are required to furnish report in respect of international/specified domestic transactions [for whom the due date, as per the provisions of section 139(1) of the Income-tax Act,1961, was 30th November, 2020 and which was extended to 31st January, 2021] has been further extended to 15th February, 2021.
c. The due date for furnishing of Income Tax Returns for the Assessment Year 2020-21 for the other taxpayers [for whom the due date, as per the provisions of section 139(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, was 31st July, 2020 and which was extended to 30th November, 2020 and then to 31st December, 2020] has been further extended to 10th January, 2021.
d. The date for furnishing of various audit reports under the Act including tax audit report and report in respect of international/specified domestic transaction for the Assessment Year 2020-21 has been further extended to 15th January, 2021.
e. The last date for making a declaration under Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme has been extended to 31st January, 2021 from 31st December, 2020.
f. The date for passing of orders under Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme, which are required to be passed by 30th January, 2021 has been extended to 31st January, 2021.
g. The date for passing of order or issuance of notice by the authorities under the Direct Taxes &Benami Acts which are required to be passed/ issued/ made by 30th March, 2021 has also been extended to 31st March, 2021.
Further, in order to provide relief for the third time to small and middle class taxpayers in the matter of payment of self-assessment tax, the due date for payment of self-assessment tax date is hereby again being extended. Accordingly, the due date for payment of self-assessment tax for taxpayers whose self-assessment tax liability is up to Rs. 1 lakh has been extended to 15th February, 2021 for the taxpayers mentioned in para 4(a) and para 4(b) and to 10th January, 2021 for the taxpayers mentioned in para 4(c).
The Government has also extended the due date of furnishing of annual return under section 44 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 for the financial year 2019-20 from 31st December, 2020 to 28th February, 2021.
The necessary notifications in this regard shall be issued in due course.
Crediting back of Passes / PTOs already drawn but could not be used even during the extended validity period
RBE No. 114/2020
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No.E(W)2020/PS5-2/7
New Delhi, dated. 28.12.2020
The General Managers (Personnel & Commercial )
All Zonal Railways & Production Units.
Sub : Crediting back of Passes/PTOs already drawn but could not be used even during the extended validity period.
Ref: Board’s letter of even number dated 15.06.2020.
A request received from All India Railwaymen’s Federation for cancellation of already issued Passes/PTOs without debiting the respective pass accounts, on the grounds of reduced scale of train services and prevailing COVID-19 situation has been examined in consultation with Commercial Dte. of Railway Board and with the approval of Competent Authority, the following decisions have been taken:-
(i) In case of Passes/PTOs of Calendar Year 2019, they were available for use of the beneficiaries during the entire year of 2019 and also during the current Calendar Year 2020 with extended validity. Hence, crediting back the unused Passes/PTOs, etc of 2019 is not justifiable and would stand lapsed.
(ii) In case of Passes/PTOs of Calendar Year 2020, already drawn but could not be used despite of making reservation even during the extended validity period on account of extraordinary circumstances emerged due to COVID-19 pandemic situation and non-operation of train services in normal scale, such Passes/PTOs (i.e. Privilege Passes/PTOs, Post Retirement Complimentary Passes and Widow Passes) may be credited back irrespective Pass Accounts subject to the following conditions:-
(a) Only those unused Passes/PTOs of the Calendar Year 2020 will be allowed to be credited back on which no journey has been performed though reservation has been made and on depositing the physical Passes/PTOs to the respective Pass Issuing Authority (PIA).
(b) In case of Passes/PTOs where the benefit of “Leave Encashment” has been taken by availing the Passes/PTOs of the year 2020, but could not undertake journey due to cancellation of the train, such Passes/PTOs may be treated as availed/used and the same should not be credited back to the Pass account. PIA’s may take declaration in this regard.
2. The Zonal Railways & PUs may advise all the PIAs under their control to take necessary action accordingly.
3. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways.
(V. Muralidharan)
Dy. Director Estt. (Welfare)-I
Railway Board
PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY B-14/A, Chhatrapati Shivaji Bhawan, Qutub Institutional Area, Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi – 110 015 Ph: 011-26517501, 26517503, 26133730 Fax: 011-26517507 Website: www.pfrda.org.in
Circular
Circular No.: PFRDA/2020/54/SUP-CRA/23
Date: December 22, 2020
To,
All Stakeholders under NPS
Subject : Exit through self-authorization by e-NPS subscribers
PFRDA vide its earlier circular dated 4th September 2017 No. PFRDA/17/01/08/0001/2017-SUP-CRA had allowed exits from NPS based on ‘Self Authorization by the Subscribers themselves using Aadhaar if the corpus in their Account was up to Rupees Five lacs. This mode was disabled post SC Judgement on Aadhaar e KYC. However post launch of Off line Aadhaar. PFRDA has digitally enabled opening of NPS accounts by using Off line Aadhaar with the explicit consent of the prospective Subscribers which offers instant account opening experience to such Subscribers.
2. It has now been decided by PFRDA to make the exit process more agile and seamless by extending the off line Aadhaar for the purpose of self-authorizing the exit requests of e NPS Subscribers. Under the process, the eNPS Subscribers with a corpus up to Rs.10 lacs (Rupees Ten Lacs) in their NPS Accounts, can furnish their off line Aadhaar details for the purpose of exit, in compliance with PFRDA’s exit regulations.
3. In addition, for eNPS Subscribers whose corpus is more than Rs.10 Lacs (Rupees Ten Lacs) as well as for the subscribers who are associated to POPs (Points of Presence) an online platform has recently been enabled. In this process, the exit requests of All citizen/Corporate sector subscribers would be verified by POPs, while exits of eNPS subscribers (not associated to any POP) would be verified by their respective banks which are registered as POPs with PFRDA.
4. The process of Self Authorization using Off line Aadhaar is given at the Annexure Central Record Keeping Agencies (CRAs) are advised to make available the feature at the earliest in the interest of Subscribers.
5. This circular is issued under Section 14 of PFRDA Act 2013 is available at www.pfrda.org.in and its contents overrides the provisions laid out on the subject by PFRDA vide its Circular No. PFRDA/17/01/08/0001/2017-SUP-CRA dated 4th Sep 2017.
(K Mohan Gandhi)
General Manager
Annexure
(Exit process flow through Self-authorization by e-NPS subscribers)
1. Subscribers login into CRA system using their PRAN and I-PIN
2. Select Exit menu and provide the details viz Allocation of corpus, Annuity Service Provider (ASP) details, Annuity Scheme etc.
3. Bank Details will be shown in non-editable mode. Other details such as subscriber name, gender, father name, address details will be auto-populated in non-editable mode.
4. Document Upload : Subscriber will upload KYC documents, Withdrawal Documents, Bank Proof etc.
5. e-sign Authentication : After providing all the details, Subscriber will request do the e-sign.
6. Generation of Acknowledgement ID: On submission of the Exit request and Acknowledgment ID will be provided to the subscriber.
7. Self-authorization option: If the corpus is below Rs.10 lacs, then Self-Authorization option will be provided to the subscriber.
8. If subscriber opts for Self-Authorization, below process will be followed:
a. Subscriber will download the Offline Aadhaar XML File from UIDAI website. UIDAI Link and help page will be provided to the subscriber for download of Offline Aadhaar XML File.
b. Upload the Offline Aadhaar XML file in CRA system and provide the Aadhaar Share Code, Mobile Number and Email ID.
c. CRA system will validate the Aadhaar Share Code and Mobile Number with the Offline Aadhaar XML file.
d. Subscriber name in CRA records should match Aadhaar.
e. After successful validation, self-authorization withdrawal request will be accepted in CRA system for execution.
f. ‘Instant Bank Acct verification’ through penny drop shall be undertaken by CRAs and the cost shall be bome by the respective subscribers.
9. CRA system provides the subscriber’s details to concerned ASP.
10. ASP will issue the annuity policy to the Subscribers and will upload the Annuity details in CRA System.
