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Ex-gratia payment to the families of Railway employees who caught Covid-19

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Ex-gratia payment

Dated: 02/09/2020

The General Secretaries of
Affiliated Unions of NFIR

Dear Brother,

Sub: Ex-gratia payment to the families of Railway employees who caught Covid-19 infection in the course of performing duties, hospitalized and unfortunately passed away-reg.

Ref: NFIR’s letter No. NFIR/Covid-19/2020-I dated 0110712020 addressed to Hon’ble Finance Minister, copy endorsed to Hon’ble MR, Cabinet Secretary, CRB & GSs of affiliated Unions.

The above subject was taken up by NFIR at various levels i.e. Central Government and as well at the level of Railway Minister and in this connection, affiliates attention is invited to NFIR’s letter dated 01/07/2020. cited under reference.

Affiliates may please take note that the case for considering ex-gratia payment to the families of Covid-19 victims (Railway employees who got infected in the course of performing duties and unfortunately passed away) is being processed by the Railway Ministry. I have also spoken to the Financial Commissioner”(Railways) today and requested for positive action for providing relief to the families. Further development, if any, on this will be conveyed to the affiliates.

It is hoped that the above position may be apprised to the staff at field level.

Yours fraternally.

(Dr.M.Raghavaiah)
General Secretary

Source : NFIR

FinMin Order : Ban on creation of new posts, but no restriction or ban on filling up of posts

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F.No.7(2)/E.Coord/2020
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
North Block

New Delhi Dated:- 4th Sept, 2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: – Expenditure Management — Further Economy Measures

With a view to improving the quality of public expenditure, containing non-developmental expenditure and ensuring availability of adequate resources for meeting the needs of critical priority schemes, Ministry of Finance, has from time to time issued instructions on Expenditure Management. In the context of the present fiscal situation and the consequent pressure on Government resources, there is a need for further economy and rationalization of non-priority expenditure, while protecting and preserving priority expenditure. With this objective, the following economy instructions will come into force with immediate effect.

1. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE:-

All Ministries/Departments including Attached Offices/Subordinate Offices and Autonomous Bodies shall observe the following instructions for curtailing Administrative Expenditure.

a) No printing/publishing of books, publications, documents, etc. will be done on imported paper, except where printing is done abroad by Indian Missions, etc.

b) Expenditure on functions such as celebrations of Foundation Day, etc. should be discouraged or if felt necessary be appropriately curtailed. In any case, travel for such functions and provision of bags or mementoes should be avoided.

c) Consultancy Assignments – All Ministries/Departments may carry out a review of the individual Consultants appointed in their respective Ministries/Departments in consonance with the provisions of GFR and reduce the number of Consultants to the minimum requirement. Due economy may be observed while determining the fees of the Consultants and care may be taken that such fees are not disproportionate to the quality and quantity of work to be carried out by the Consultants.

2. CREATION OF POSTS:-

a.) There will be a ban on creation of new posts, except with the approval of Department of Expenditure, in Ministries/Departments, Attached Offices, Subordinate Offices, Statutory Bodies and Autonomous Bodies.

b.) This ban will cover all creation of posts under powers which have been delegated to any organization regardless of the source of such authority or power.

c.) If any posts have been created after 01.07.2020 under delegated powers or authority, without approval of Department of Expenditure and have not yet been filled, then such posts shall not be filled. If it is deemed absolutely essential to fill them, proposals may be sent for approval of Department of Expenditure.

3. Secretaries of the Ministries/Departments, being the Chief Accounting Authorities as per Rule 70 of GFR, shall be fully charged with the responsibility of ensuring compliance of the above instructions. Financial Advisers shall assist respective Departments in securing compliance with these measures.

(Dr. T. V. Somanathan)
Secretary (Expenditure)

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Clarification from FINMIN

The Ministry of Finance department clarified in twitter that, there is no restriction or ban on filling up of posts in Govt of India.

There is no restriction or ban on filling up of posts in Govt of India . Normal recruitments through govt agencies like Staff Selection Commission, UPSC, Rlwy Recruitment Board, etc will continue as usual without any curbs. The Dept. of Expenditure circular dated 04 Sept 2020 deals with internal procedure for creation of posts and does NOT in anyway affect or curtail recruitment.

 

1.4 lakh Railway Jobs : First stage of computer based exams from Dec 15

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Indian Railways is going to start computer based tests for notified vacancies from 15th December 2020.

Indian Railways had notified 3 types of vacancies. These were 35208 for NTPC (non technical popular categories like guards, office clerks, commercial clerks etc), 1663 for Isolated & Ministerial categories (Steno & Teaches etc) and 103769 for Level 1 vacancies (track maintainers, pointsman etc). In all RRBs had notified a total of 1.40 lakh such vacancies for NTPC categories, Level-1 Posts and isolated and miscellaneous categories. Against the above vacancies, RRBs had received more than 2.40 crore applications. The Computer Based Test (CBT) for above vacancies had to be deferred due to Covid-19 pandemic and resultant lockdown which was imposed throughout country.

Scrutiny of the applications had been completed but the process of further examination had got delayed due to covid related restrictions.

RRBs of Railways are committed to hold the CBT for all the notified vacancies and have been actively assessing the ground situation imposed due to pandemic. Now that experience of conduct examination for the JEE for IITs and NEET is there, it was felt that Railways too can start the process which had to be stopped due to Covid pandemic.

SOPs for conduct of examination of this magnitude are being framed. Norms of social distancing and other protocols prescribed by the various Central and State authorities need to be followed which are essential in the interest of safety of candidates.

Railway now proposes to commence 1st stage online computer based tests from 15 December, 2020 and necessary action has been initiated in this regard.

भारतीय रेलवे 15 दिसंबर 2020 से अधिसूचित रिक्तियों के लिए कंप्यूटर आधारित टेस्‍ट लेना शुरू कर देगी।

भारतीय रेलवे ने 3 प्रकार की रिक्तियां अधिसूचित की थीं। इनमें एनटीपीसी के लिए 35208 रिक्तियां (गैर तकनीकी प्रचलित श्रेणियां जैसे कि गार्ड, कार्यालय क्लर्क, वाणिज्यिक क्लर्क इत्‍यादि), 1663 रिक्तियां पृथक एवं मंत्रिस्तरीय श्रेणियों (स्टेनो इत्‍यादि) के लिए और 103769 लेवल 1 रिक्तियां (ट्रैक मेंटेनर्स, प्‍वाइंट्समैन इत्‍यादि) थीं। सभी आरआरबी ने एनटीपीसी श्रेणियों, लेवल-1 पदों और पृथक एवं विविध श्रेणियों के लिए कुल मिलाकर 1.40 लाख रिक्तियों को अधिसूचित किया था। उपरोक्त रिक्तियों के लिए आरआरबी को 2.40 करोड़ से भी अधिक आवेदन प्राप्त हुए थे। उपर्युक्त रिक्तियों के लिए कंप्यूटर आधारित टेस्ट (सीबीटी) को कोविड-19 महामारी और इस वजह से पूरे देश में लागू किए गए लॉकडाउन के कारण स्थगित करना पड़ गया था।

आवेदनों की जांच (स्‍क्रूटनी) पूरी हो गई थी, लेकिन कोविड के मद्देनजर लगाई गई पाबंदियों के कारण परीक्षा से जुड़ी आगे की प्रक्रिया में देरी हो गई थी।

रेलवे के आरआरबी सभी अधिसूचित रिक्तियों हेतु ‘सीबीटी’ आयोजित करने के लिए प्रतिबद्ध हैं और वे महामारी से जुड़ी जमीनी स्थिति का सक्रिय रूप से आकलन करते रहे हैं। अब चूंकि आईआईटी के लिए जेईई और नीट आयोजित करने का अनुभव है, इसलिए ऐसे में यह महसूस किया गया कि रेलवे भी परीक्षा प्रक्रिया शुरू कर सकती है, जिसे कोविड महामारी के कारण रोकना पड़ा था।

इतने बड़े पैमाने पर परीक्षा आयोजित करने के लिए मानक परिचालन प्रक्रियाएं (एसओपी) तैयार की जा रही हैं। विभिन्न केंद्रीय और राज्य प्राधिकरणों द्वारा निर्दिष्‍ट किए गए सामाजिक दूरी मानकों और अन्य प्रोटोकॉल का पालन अवश्‍य किया जाना चाहिए, जो अभ्‍यर्थियों के हित में आवश्यक हैं।

रेलवे ने अब 15 दिसंबर, 2020 से प्रथम चरण के कंप्यूटर आधारित ऑनलाइन टेस्‍ट शुरू करने का प्रस्ताव किया है और इस संबंध में आवश्यक उपाय शुरू कर दिए गए हैं।

Tamil Nadu GDS Recruitment 2020 – Apply Online 3162 Vacancies

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Applications are invited by the respective engaging authorities as shown in the annexure
‘I’ against each post, from eligible candidates for the selection and engagement to the following posts of Gramin Dak Sevaks.

Organisation Name Tamil Nadu Circle
Name of Post
  1. BRANCH POSTMASTER (BPM)
  2. ASSISTANT BRANCH POSTMASTER (ABPM)
  3. DAK SEVAK
No. of Vacancy 3162

 

Pay Scale :

The following Minimum TRCA shall be payable to the categories of GDS as given below:-

Sl.no. Category Minimum TRCA for 4
Hours/Level 1 in TRCA Slab		 Minimum TRCA for 5
hours/Level 2 in TRCA slab
1. BPM Rs.12,000/- Rs.14,500/-
2. ABPM/Dak Sevak Rs.10,000/- Rs.12,000/-

Age Limit (As on 01.01.2020) :

The minimum and maximum of age for the purpose of engagement to GDS posts shall be 18 and 40 years respectively as on 01.09.2020 the date of notification of the vacancies. Permissible relaxation in Upper age limit for different categories is as under:-

Sl.no. Category Permissible age relaxation
1. Schedule Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) 5 years
2. Other Backward Classes (OBC) 3 years
3. Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) No relaxation
4. Persons with Disabilities (PwD) 10 years
5. Persons with Disabilities (PwD) + OBC 13 years
6. Persons with Disabilities (PwD) + SC/ST 15 years

 

Educational Qualification:-

  • Secondary School Examination pass certificate of 10th standard with passing marks in Mathematics, local language and English (having been studied as compulsory or elective subjects) conducted by any recognized Board of School Education by the Government of India/State Governments/ Union Territories in India.
  • Compulsory knowledge of Local Language: The candidate should have studied the local language at least up to 10th standard [as compulsory or elective subjects] as declared by the State Government or as per constitutional provisions relating to the 8th schedule of Constitution of India.List of Official languages of the state are in official notification, check the link below

Application Fee :

Applicant belonging to the category UR/OBC/EWS Male/trans-man have to pay a fee of Rs.100/-(Rupees one hundred only) for each set of five options. Payment of fee is exempted for all female/trans-woman candidates, all SC/ST candidates and all PwD candidates.

How to Apply :

Candidates are required to apply Online by logging on to the website https://indiapost.gov.in or https://appost.in/gdsonline. Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the above mentioned website. The candidates must go through these instructions carefully and follow them.

Steps to Apply Online for Tamil Nadu GDS Recruitment 2020:

  1. Visit the Official Website of Tamil Nadu Circle.
  2. Now Click on “Apply Online” Option.
  3. Now Click on Apply for the Posts, you want to apply for.
  4. Now Click on Application Form.
  5. Fill All the Details.
  6. Click on Final Submission.
  7. Take a Print out of Application, for future references.

Important Dates for Tamil Nadu GDS Recruitment 2020 :

Application Started 01.09.2020
Last Date of Application Submission 30.09.2020

Important Links for Tamil Nadu GDS Recruitment 2020 :

Download Advertisement Download Notification Pdf
Apply Online Registration
Fee Payment
Apply Online
Merit List Available Soon
Official Website https://appost.in/gdsonline/home.aspx

Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2021 – KVS Order

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KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN
(Min. of HRD, Deptt. of Education, Govt. of India)
18-Institutional Area
Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg
NEW DELHI – 110016

F.11029/64-1/2020/KVS(HQ)/Acad/MISC Ministry

Dated : 02.09.2020

The Deputy Commissioner
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
All Regional Office

Sub :- Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar-2021 – reg

Sir /Madam,

I am to refer to Letter No F.CW-I-19019/8/2020-CW-I dated 24.08.2020 received from under Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, New Delhi on the cited subject above.

Ministry of Women and Child Development has instituted the Awards to felicitate meritorious children, individuals and institutions of the country. These awards are given under two categories- i.e Bal Shakti Puraskar and Bal Kalyan Puraskar.

Bal Shakti Puraskar– Its aims to give recognition to children who have achieved extraordinarily in various fields including innovation, scholastic, sports, arts & culture, social service and bravery.

Bal Kalyan Purskar- it is given as recognition to Individuals and institutions, who have made an outstanding contribution towards service for children in the field of child Development, child protection and child welfare.

These awards are given by the Hon’ble President of India in Darbal Hall, Rashtrapati Bhavan on week preceding Republic Day every year. Hon’ble Prime Minister of India also felicitates the awardees. The awardee of Bal Shakti Puraskar also take part in Republic Day Parade on the 26th of January in Rajpath, New Delhi.

The detailed guidelines of the same is available on www.nca-wed.nic.in, Online application forms submitted by applicants will be entertained. Forms submitted through any other mode will not be considered for the awards. This year the last date of receipt of application forms has been extended to 15.09.2020.

You are hereby requested to issue necessary directions to the Principals of All Kendriya Vidyalayas under your jurisdiction to give the wide publicity to all the students about these awards and encourage nomination of children.

Yours faithifully
(Piya Thakur)
Joint Commissioner (Acad)

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Premature Retirement : Protest demonstration at all workplaces – Confederation

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confederation

CALL OF PROTEST

Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and workers call upon the entirety of all Central Govt. Employees to organise protest demonstration at all workplaces during lunch hours on 09.09.2020 by displaying the placards demanding withdrawal of OM No. 25013/03/2019-Estt A-IV dated 28.08.2020 issued by Department of Personal and training, Government of India to retire the Govt. Employees prematurely by applying the provisions of rule 56 (J) and 48 (h) who have completed 30 years of service or attained the age of 50/55 years.

Also Read  :  Confederation oppose premature retirement of Government Employees who has completed 30 years of service and attained age of 50 – 55 years

We appeal to all constituents of Confederation to observe the protest demonstration at all work places with all seriousness making all the employees aware of it.

While organizing the programmings the COVID-19 norms should be followed.

R. N. Parashar
Secretary General
Confederation
Dated – 04.09.2020

Source : http://confederationhq.blogspot.com/

Regularization of absence of Railway employees during COVID-19 – Railway Board Order

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA/BHARAT SARKAR
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. E(G) 2020/LE 2/1

New Delhi dated 03.09.2020

The General Managers,
All Indian Railways & Production Units,
GMs/NF Railway(Cons)
CORE/Allahabad/Metro Railway, Kolkata.

Sub : Interim Procedure Order on regularization of absence during COVID¬19 epidemic lockdown period.

DOP&T has issued a clarification vide their letter No.14029/5/2019-Estt (L)(Pt.2) dated 28/07/2020 on regularization of absence during COVID-19 epidemic lockdown period for Central Government employees who proceeded on leave with station leave permission but could not report for duty due to non-availability of public transport/flights and restrictions on inter/intra state movement of persons as per Ministry of Home Affairs’ Orders from time to time, to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. A copy of this letter has been circulated to Zonal Railways for compliance vide Board’s letter No. E(G) 2020/LE 2/1 dated 06/08/2020 (Copy enclosed).

It has been noticed that different Zonal Railways are following/adopting different procedure for regularization of absence of Railway employees during COVID-19 epidemic lockdown. In view of this, it has been decided to adopt a uniform interim procedure order over Indian Railways with a view to maintain and update leave records as per extant procedure. Therefore, it has been decided to regularize the absence during COVID-19 epidemic lockdown period as per following measures for only those situations which have not been covered under the above mentioned DOP&T’s letter dated 28/07/2020 as an interim relief/measure till further clarification is received from DOP&T.

S.No. Situations The period of absence to be treated as
1 An employee remained in HQ but could not attend office due to lockdown, disruption of public transport or being in containment zone. Duty.
2 An employee was asked to remain in quarantine on return from outstation duty. Special Casual leave (SCL).
3 An employee remained in quarantine due to Central/State Govt. instructions. Special Casual leave (SCL).
4 An employee was advised by Railway Medical Authority to remain in quarantine. Special Casual leave (SCL).
5 An employee who chose to remain in quarantine as a precaution. Special Casual leave (SCL).
6 An employee who worked from home due to co-morbidity or underlying medical conditions as per Central/State Govt. instructions. Duty only after permission of cadre controlling authority Otherwise leave as per normal rule..
7 An employee who was in HQ but did not turn up for duty on being called. Absent, the period & pay may be decided as per normal rules.
8 An employee has left the headquarters without permission and later informed the office that he/she is not able to reach back to office due to lockdown Special Casual Leave.
9 An employee stayed at home as a precautionary measure and later found to be COVID-19 positive Special Casual Leave.
10 An employee, who has refused to attend office and insisted on working from home, despite his/her name is figuring in the roster and no underlying medical conditions. Duty only after permission of cadre controlling authority. Otherwise treat the period as absent/Leave as per normal rules.

Regularization of the above mentioned leave will require the counter signature of atleast JAG level officer. The ceiling of maximum Special Casual Leave may be limited to 30 days.

This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of Railway Board.

(Anita Gautam)
Director Estt. (G)
Railway Board

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Confederation oppose premature retirement of Government Employees who has completed 30 years of service and attained age of 50 – 55 years

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The Department of Personnel and Training has issued an office memorandum on 28th August, 2020 that allows it to prematurely retire government servants even if they are within the 50 to 55 age groups or have completed 30 years of service.

Now Confederation of Central Government Employees released the press statement, stated that Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and Workers strongly oppose the move of Government of India to unilaterally and arbitrarily imposition of provisions of rules FR 56 (J) and rule 48 (h) pension rules to retire the Govt Employees prematurely and forcibly

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PRESS STATEMENT

Dated – 04.09.2020

Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and Workers strongly oppose the move of Government of India to unilaterally and arbitrarily imposition of provisions of rules FR 56 (J) and rule 48 (h) pension rules to retire the Govt Employees prematurely and forcibly vide the OM No. 25013/03/2019-Estt-A IV dated 28. August 2020 issued by Department of Personal and Training, Govt. of India.

The above mentioned OM gives the power to Government to cause premature retirement of any Govt. official who has completed 30 years of service and attained age of 50/55 years on various vague grounds as such “doubtful integrity”, “ineffectiveness” and When petty allegations.

This OM gives infinite power to the authority to pick and choose the targeted employees for such forced premature retirement. The victim employee will not be given any opportunity to explain as natural justice demands. After retirement, he can approach advisory committee appointed by the Govt. of India.

This shows the autocratic attitude of Govt. of India towards the bask rights of employees and unions and in violation of Labour laws.

Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and workers strongly oppose such an authoritarian and arbitrary move of Govt. of India and demand for withdrawal the said OM forthwith.

If this OM is not withdrawn the Central Govt. Employees will be compelled to launch serious agitational programmes.

R. N. Parashar
Secretary General
Confederation

Submission of the letter of undertaking by the pensioner and forwarding it along with e-PPO under the digital environment

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE
CENTRAL PENSION ACCOUNTING OFFICE
TRIKOOT-II, BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE,
NEW DELHI-110066
PHONES: 26174596, 26174456, 26174438

CPAO/IT&Tech/e-PPO/6(Vol.X)(D)/P.F/2019-20/31

Dated 26.08.2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Submission of the letter of undertaking by the pensioner and forwarding it along with e-PPO under the digital environment

Kind Attention is drawn to the meetings held on 07.08.2020 and 14.08.2020 with the Authorized Banks under the chairmanship of the Additional CGA (MS), Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance on the consumption of e-PPO in the pension software of the Authorized Bank.

2. At present, scanned copy of letter of undertaking is being forwarded along with the e¬ppo. Many Bank officials have stated that ink-signed letter of understanding is a necessary condition for start of pension and without this; the banks will not be able to start the first pension as any excess payment made to the pensioners can’t be recovered without any legal supporting document.

3. All the banks are requested to offer their comments/views regarding submission of the letter of undertaking by the pensioner and forwarding it along with e-PPO under the digital environment.

4. The comments may be sent to the CPAO by 31.08.2020 on the designated email address – commentstechnical@gmail.com.

(Md.Shahid Kamal Ansari)
(Dy .Controller of Accounts)

Signed Copy

Mentoring Scheme for officers of the Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS)

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F.No.A.33011(2773)/11/2020-Group A CGA/3776-81
Government of India
Ministry of Finance/ Department of Expenditure
Controller General of Accounts
Room No.202., 2 Floor, Mahalekha Niyantrak Bhawan
Block-E, GPO Complex, INA, New Delh1-110023
Ph: 011-24645814 # Email : groupa-cga@gov.in

Dated: 31.08.2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Mentoring Scheme for officers of the Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS)- regarding.

The Cadre Training Plan for the Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) Officers was approved by Honible Finance Minister and the same was communicated to CGA office vide Department of Expenditure ID Note no A-33025/2/2014-Ad.I dated 25.07.2016. The Cadre Training Plan includes Mentoring as one of the modes of training.

Para 7,5 of the approved Cadre Training Plan provides for Mentoring as a mode of training / learning for Officers at the JTS/STS level. The Supervisory Officer and! or any other officer will be designated as mentor and guide a specific designated mentee. The Mentor will provide advice regarding skill up-gradation and trouble shooting. The learning is expected to be practical, with a keen focus on hands on training.

In view of the above, a Mentoring Scheme has been formulated with the concept of nurturing the leaders of tomorrow and to ensure that knowledge and experience flows down from those that have it to those that need it.

Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure as the Cadre Controlling Authority in respect of the Indian Civil Accounts Service Officers has approved the Mentoring Scheme. The Scheme document is attached herewith.

The Mentoring Scheme, initially, will be implemented by assigning Mentors (HAG/SAG level officers) to the Mentees i.e. ICAS Probationary Officers of 2018 & 2019 batch. A Review of the Scheme will be carried out in the May, 2021,

(Anang Rawat)
Assistant Controller of Accounts

Signed Copy

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