No: T-16017/11/2019-iGOT
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
D/o Personnel & Training
(Training Division)
Block No. 4, Old JNU Campus, New Delhi
Dated: 15.06.2020
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Foreign Trainings conducted by Cadre Controlling Authorities (CCAs)/Central Training Institutes (CTIs).
The undersigned is directed to say that D/o Personnel & Training, Cadre Controlling Authorities (CCAs) and Central Training Institutes (CTIs) conduct Foreign Training or have international component as part of overall training programme.
2. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and in view of the safety measures and the financial austerity, all Cadre Controlling Authorities (CCAs) and Central Training Institutes (CTIs) are informed that no Foreign Training shall be conducted during the current financial year viz. 2020-2021.
3. However, under exceptional circumstances, if it is felt necessary to conduct any Foreign Training, prior approval of DoPT must be obtained.
(Manoj Gupta)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN 18.Institutional Area Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg New Delhi – 110016 www.kvsangathan.nic.in
F. No. 11-DAC1OCBSE/ 2/ 2020-EDP Section (Computer No. 8453)
Dated: 16.06.2020
The Dy. Commissioner
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
All Regional Offices
&
Principal
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Kathmandu, Moscow & Tehran
Subject : Implementation of Artificial Intelligence skill course in all the Kendriya Vidyalayas from session 2020-21 onwards.
Madam/ Sir,
Please find enclosed herewith a copy of circular No Acad-25/ 2020 dated 07.04.2020 received from Dr. Biswaiit Saha), Director (Training and Skill Education) relating to Introduction of Skill courses from classes VI to XI from the session 2020-21. This is for your information please.
(1) Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has decided to introduce Artificial Intelligence, Skill Course in Class VIII from session 2020-21, You are, therefore requested to instruct the Principals of all Kendriya Vidyalaya to enroll their Vidyalaya with CBSE before 30th June ,2020 for introducing Artificial Intelligence in class VIII by using the link: https://forms.gle/RLZgmswjbYbYbmBXvLRA. All concerned are requested to take prompt action .
(2) Registration fee: No fee will be charged by CBSE for registration and affiliation of this course in class VIII.
(3) Time Table: 12 hours duration in time table is to be provisioned in whole session.
(4) Training of Teachers: Initially 100 Kendriya Vidyalayas were chosen for introducing Artificial Intelligence and 02 teachers from each Kendriya Vidyalaya were trained at ZIErs alongwith Training Associates under the guidance and supervision of Director ZIETs. The training was conducted by INTEL and CBSE. Now these Training Associates of ZIET, 198 trained teacher (Phase I), Intel representatives will conduct further online training of teachers teaching class VIII.
The Principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya are requested to take following action, once the Vidyalaya is registered with CBSE for introducing Artificial Intelligence, skill course in class VIII.
(i) Prepare the list of teachers who have been assigned class VIII in time table of the session 2020-21.
(ii) Kindly send this list of teachers to the concerned Deputy Commissioner, Regional Office with copy endorsed to KVS (HQ) on e-mail i.d. [email protected]
(iii) The feeder Regional Office as per Office Order dated 14.11.2018 ( copy enclosed) will send the consolidated list of teachers to the concerned Director ZIET for further conduct of online training of teachers in consultation with Joint Commissioner (Trg/Fin) , KVS(HQ), INTEL and CBSE.
(iv) The training of teachers may be conducted in parallel /phases in consultation with INTEL representatives/CBSE. The training module is available with Training Associates of ZIET and teachers already trained and also on website of CBSE.
(v) The Principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya Tehran, Kathmandu and Moscow are requested to forward the name of the teachers to the Director, ZIETs Chandigarh for providing them online training.
It is imperative to skill the future workforce on new-age skills to ensure next generation ready for future, led by emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence. Your enthusiastic contribution in motivating the Principals to register with CBSE before 30th June 2020 and further cooperation for conduct of online trainings to embark the beginning of skill course in Kendriya Vidyalayas.
This issues with the approval of Competent Authority, KVS.
Bharatiya Pratiraksha Mazdoor Sangh (ANALL INDIA FEDERATION OFDEFENCE WORKERS) (AN INDUSTRIAL UNIT OF B.M.S.) (RECOGNISED BY MINISTRY OF DEFENCE,GOVT.OF INDIA)
REF: BPMS I MOD I Coast Guard / SZ 45 (1/4/M)
Dated: 11.06.2020
To,
The Secretary,
Govt of India, Min of Defence,
South Block, New Delhi – 110011
Subject: Restructuring of Cadre of Artisan Staff in Defence Establishments: Implementation in Coast Guard Organization.
Sir,
With due regards, it is submitted that after implementation of recommendations of 5th CPC, Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) vide its Notification G.S.R. 552 (E), Dated 28th July 2009 amended the Central Civil Service (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008 whereby Master Craftsmen were granted the Grade Pay of Rs. 4200/- and Highly Skilled Workers were split in a ratio of 50 : 50 and re-designated as Highly Skilled Worker Grade-II (Grade Pay of Rs. 2400 in Pay Band PB – 1) and Highly Skilled Worker Grade-I (Grade Pay of Rs. 2800/- in Pay band PB – 1).
Accordingly the pay scale of Master craftsman was revised from Rs. (4500 – 7000) to Rs. (5000 – 8000) vide MOD letter F. No. 11(5)/2008/D(Civ-I) Dated 28th Aug , 2009 as per SRO – 11 E and the post of Highly Skilled (4000 – 6000) was bifurcated in the ratio of 50 : 50 whereby 50 per cent incumbents had been upgraded as Highly Silled grade – I in the pay scale of Rs. (4500 – 7000). As per above notification, the artisan staff in MOD is restructured w.e.f. 01.01.2006 as under –
Skilled (5200 – 20200) plus 1900 Grade pay
Highly Skilled – II ( — Do — ) plus 2400 Grade pay
Highly skilled – I ( — Do — ) plus 2800 Grade pay
Master Craftsman (9300 – 34800) plus 4200 Grade pay
According to above, the grade structure of Skilled, Highly Skilled -II, Highly Skilled-I and Master Craftsman has been revised vide MOD letter No. 11 (5)/2009-D(Civ.I), dated 14th June 2010 as under w.e.f . 01.01.2006 : ‘
(i) Skilled – 45 %
(ii) Highly Skilled Grade II – 20.625 %
(iii) Highly Skilled Grade I – 20.625 %
(iv) Master Craftsman – 13.75 %
It is worth to mention here that MoD is taking all necessary action to further revise the structure/inter grade ratio of artisan cadre whereas Coast Guard organization under Ministry of Defence has not implemented the existing structure/inter grade ratio which is effected from 01.01.2006. This is causing very much disappointment in the artisan cadre incumbents.
Hence, you are requested to intervene into the matter so that the orders on restructuring of cadre of Artisan Staff in defence establishment may be implemented in Coast Guard organization without further delay.
Thanking you.
Sincerely yours
(MUKESH SINGH)
General Secretary/BPMS &
Member, JCM-11 Level Council (MOD)
Copy to:
The Director General, HQ Indian Coast Guard, New Delhi.
(through email: [email protected])
– With request to take similar action on the subject matter.
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. E(W)2020/PS5-2/7
New Delhi, dated 15.06.2020
The General Managers (Personnel & Commercial)
All Zonal Railways & Production Units.
Sub : Extension of validity of Passes/PTOs consequent to national lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The requests received from National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR), All India Railwaymen’s Federation (AIRF) and others for extending the normal validity period of Passes/PTOs consequent to the situation emerged due to national lock down and cancellation of passenger train services have been examined in detail in consultation with Commercial Dte. of Railway Board.
2. Keeping in view the extraordinary circumstances, the Competent Authority has accorded his approval for extension of validity of Passes/PTOs, permitting issuance of year-ending Passes/PTOs, etc as per following guidelines:-
(i) The validity of Privilege Passes (PP)/PTOs, Post Retirement Complimentary Passes (PRCP) and Widow Passes (WP) shall be extended as indicated in the table below:-
Category
Validity to be extended upto
I) PREVIOUS YEAR (2019) PASSES/PTOs ISSUED IN PREVIOUS YEAR
a) Issued from 23rd Oct 2019 to 30th Nov. 2019
15th Jul. 2020
b) Issued from 01st Dec 2019 to 30st Dec.2019
15th Aug. 2020
II) YEAR ENDING PASSES/PTOs OF 2019
a) Already issued on/after 31st Dec. 2019 OR
b) To be issued with the notional date of 31st Dec. 2019
31st Aug. 2020
III) CURRENT YEAR (2020) PASSES/PTOs
a) Issued from 01st Jan 2020 to 31st Jan 2020
15th Sep.2020
b) Issued form 01st Feb 2020 to 29th Feb 2020
15th Oct. 2020
c) Issued from 01st Mar 2020 to 31st Mar 2020
15th Nov, 2020
(ii) The Pass Issuing Authorities (PIA) shall make endorsement as “Validity Extended upto____” on the Passes/PTOs as per table under para 2(i) above. Even if ticket booking has been made on such Passes/PTOs for travel during the lockdown period, validity extension endorsement as stipulated shall be made, irrespective of ticket cancellation status.
(iii) The year-ending PP/PRCP/WP/PTOs of 2019, if due, may be issued till the last date of extended validity period ie. 31st Aug. 2020. However, such Passes/PTOs shall be issued with validity upto 31st Aug. 2020 only, irrespective of the date of issue.
(iv) The Railway Servants, who had retired during the lockdown period and could not draw PP/PTOs as per entitlement while in service, may be permitted to draw PPs/PTOs as admissible under Railway Servants (Pass) Rules, as a special dispensation. PP/PTOs in such cases may be issued, reckoning the date of retirement as notional date of issue of PP/PTO, stipulating extended validity on the lines of table under para 2(i) above.
(v) In the case of full set Passes/PTOs, whose validity expired but only half-set has been used for onward journey, the validity of such Passes/PTOs may be extended as per table under para 2(i) above by the nearest PIA where the beneficiary is stuck. The PIA will also make an additional endorsement on such Passes/PTOs as “valid for return journey only”.
(vi) (a) In the case of Duty Card Passes, whose validity expired and the pass holder is stuck in any other Station, a fresh Duty Cheque Pass with 15 days validity from the date of resumption of train services to his/her HQ may be issued by the nearest PIA with the same travel entitlement as stipulated in the expired Duty Card Pass.
(b) In the case of full set Duty Cheque Passes, whose validity expired but only half-set has been used for onward journey, the validity of such Duty Cheque Passes may also be extended by 15 days from the date ofresumption of train services to his/her HQ by the nearest PIA with an additional endorsement as “valid for return journey only”.
(vii) The validity of Transfer Passes, Kit Passes, Settlement Passes, School Passes and Special Passes on medical grounds, etc. which have already been issued, may be extended on the lines of table under para 2(i) above by the PIAs, taking due note of associated conditions of such Passes and requirements in view.
(viii) The validity of Passes/PTOs, etc issued to the officials of Railway Audit Department and also the officials of other Departments serving Indian Railways on deputation, shall also be extended at par with that of Railway Servants as per table under para 2(i) above.
(ix) The validity of Complimentary ‘Admin’ Cheque Passes admissible to non-railway servants viz., Staff of Commission of Railway Safety, Sahayaks (Licensed Porters), full time regular staff employed in quasi-railway Institutions/Federations/Recognized Unions/SBF Units, etc with validity period at par with Railway Servants, may also be extended on the lines of table under para 2(i) above.
3. The Zonal Railways & PUs may advise all the PIAs under their control to make necessary endorsement(s) on the Passes/PTOs accordingly. The PIAs may also be advised not to stipulate any specific date/time limit on their own for receiving requests for endorsement, drawal of year-ending Passes/PTOs of 2019, etc and to entertain requests till the last day of extended validity period indicated in the table under para 2(i) above to avoid crowding and rush in Pass Sections.
4. Fresh Passes/PTOs to be issued henceforth against the current calendar year (i.e. 2020) account shall be for the normal validity period of five months only.
5. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.
Sd/-
(V. Muralidharan)
Dy. Director Estt. (Welfare)-I
Railway Board
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. PC-Vll/2017/R-U/1
New Delhi, dated : 11/06/2020
The General Manager/CAOs(R),
All Zonal Railways & Production Units,
(As per mailing list)
Sub : Representations received from various HAG level Officers of Indian Railways regarding inconsistency in pay consequent to implementation of 7th CPC recommendations.
Ref: Board’s letter No. PC-VIl/2017/R-U/l dated 05.12.2017 (Annexure-1)
Please refer to Board’s letter mentioned above advising that the issue arisen post 7th CPC implementation i.e. junior officers drawing more pay than those of seniors stood referred to Ministry of Finance (MoF). With reference to the context, it is stated that MoF vide their OM No. 4-9/2017 IC/E.IIIA dated 10.07.2019 (Annexure-II) provided detailed reply in respect of various situations. Representation s received in Board ‘s office were examined in the light of MoF’s advice and separate replies were given to the respective Railway(s)/PU(s). However, queries on the subject matter are still are being made by certain Railways/officials. Therefore, in order to maintain uniformity across the Railways, clarification given by Ministry of Finance is enclosed as Annexure-II which inter-alia is tendering following advice:-
(i) Disparity in pay between officials belonging to different cadres (Inter-cadre) is not an anomaly.
(ii) Cases where the pay of senior and juniors officers belonging to same service (intra-service) failing at the same stage is not an anomaly.
(iii) Cases of Intra-cadre disparity may be examined under relevant provisions by the Administrative department under consultation with Department of Personnel & Training.
(iv) Ministry of Railways proposal seeking modification of Ministry of Finance’s OM dated 07.09.2016 to reduce the period for granting the stagnation increment from two years to one year has not been agreed to by Ministry of Finance with views that the same is not possible due to wide ramifications across all the cadres.
2. With respect to the issue (iii) above, it is further advised that statutory provisions regarding stepping up of pay in cases where a Railway Servant promoted to a higher post immediately before 1st day of January, 2016 draws less pay in the revised pay structure than his junior who is promoted to the higher post on or after 1st day of January, 2016 are already contained in Rule 7 (10) of RS(RP) Rules, 2016. As regards the cases arising after promotion s effected after switching over to 7th CPC pay structure the same may be examined under the relevant instructions relating stepping up of pay issued vide letter No. F(E)II/94/PAI/2 dated 07.12.1994 (RBE No. 108/94) (Annexure-III) and the latest instructions issued by Department of Personnel & Training vide their OM No. 4/3/2017-Estt. (Pay-I) dated 26.10.2018 (Annexure-IV).
3. Necessary action on the subject matter may be taken keeping in view of the position as mentioned above. Still, if any policy clarification is required on the issues not covered by above, detailed pay particulars of affected official(s) alongwith views of the Railway and Associate Finance of the concerned Railway may be sent to Board’s office for examination.
4. This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.
Union Minister of State for Personnel, PG and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh todaylaunched the “Feedback Call Centres on Public Grievances” and interacted live with citizens whose grievances have been successfully redressed on the COVID-19 National Monitor for Public Grievances. Dr. Jitendra Singh complimented DARPG on reaching the milestone of redressing One Lakh COVID-19 Public Grievances so far.He said that the “Leadership of PM Modi has inspired Government to put in a lot of effort to addressing Grievances of Common Man”.
This is the first time that a Senior Minister of Government has interacted live with Citizens who had filed grievances during COVID-19 and also paved way for other Ministries to take up citizen grievances in an effective manner along with a feedback mechanism.
The DARPG has in collaboration with BSNL operationalized Feed Back Call Centers in Bhubaneshwar, Guwhati, Jamshedpur, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Ajmer, Guntur, Coimbatore and Guntakal with 1406 call centre operators.
The Feedback Call Centres would seek feedback from individual citizens on citizen satisfaction on 1.28 lac COVID-19 Public Grievances that have been filed on CPGRAMS for the period 30/3/2020 to 30/5/2020. Necessary trainings on the feedback questionnaires to call centre operators has been completed on June 9-10, 2020. Feedback call-centres would operate in Hindi, English, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya, Bengali, Assamese and Rajasthani.
On this occasion, Dr. Jitendra Singh interacted with 4 citizens whose grievances were redressed on the COVID-19 National Monitor within a period of 3 days. Amongst the citizens who interacted with Dr. Jitendra Singh, were (a) Smt. Renuka V.Parasappagol resident of Bijapur, Karnataka whose grievance of a refund from Canara Bank was redressed by Department of Financial Services (b) Shri GordhanbhaiJethabhai Patel resident of Vadodara Gujarat whose grievance of a refund of mature MIS investment was redressed by Department of Posts (c) Shri Lakshminarayanan resident of Delhi whose grievance for treatment of his daughter with HCQ was redressed by the AIIMS and (d) Shri Mrithinjayan resident of Chennai, Tamil Nadu whose grievance of accepting monthly instalments of deposits was approved by the Department of Posts. The citizens informed the Dr. Jitendra Singh that they had learnt of the COVID-19 National Monitor for Public Grievances from his tweets and statements, and thanked the Government for timely redressal of their grievances.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that in Modi 2.0, CPGRAMS has witnessed radical reforms and transformational governance resulting in comprehensive overhaul of grievance redressal in India. Amongst the steps taken were the implementation of CPGRAMS Reforms in top 20 Grievance receiving Ministries/ Departments delineating last mile grievance officers, Integration of State/ Union Territories Grievance Portals with CPGRAMS and Feedback Call Centres. He said thatCOVID 19 pandemic has created a world of digital opportunities to empower India’s citizens and DARPG must make best use of the crisis led reforms in coming days. Dr. Jitendra Singh said DARPG should bring out a compendium of success stories on successfully redressed Public Grievances which may be disseminated for restoring confidence in Citizens that the Government is sensitive to their issues.
The launch function was attended by Dr. K.Shivaji Secretary DARPG, V.Srinivas, Additional Secretary DARPG, Shri P.K.Purwar, Chairman and Managing Director BSNL, Smt. Jaya Dubey Joint Secretary DARPG and senior officials of AIIMS, Posts, DARPG and BSNL, along with 1500 Call Centre operators of BSNL and citizens whose grievances were successfully redressed.
पूरे देश में अपनी सेवा वितरण के समान मानकों को सुनिश्चित करने और कोविड-19 महामारी के दौरान अपने कार्यबल का सर्वोत्कृष्ट उपयोग करने की दिशा में एक बड़ा कदम उठाते हुए, कर्मचारी भविष्य निधि संगठन (ईपीएफओ) द्वारा हाल ही में एक विभिन्न स्थानों से दावा निपटान सुविधा की शुरुआत की है। यह सुविधा ईपीएफओ के कार्यालयों को पूरे देश में अपने किसी भी क्षेत्रीय कार्यालय के माध्यम से ऑनलाइन दावों का निपटारा करने की अनुमति प्रदान करके एक बड़ा बदलाव लाएगी। इस अनोखी पहल के अंतर्गत, सभी प्रकार के ऑनलाइन दावों यानी भविष्य निधि, पेंशन, आंशिक निकासी और दावों और हस्तांतरित दावों की प्रक्रिया पूरी की जा सकती है।
कोविड-19 संकट ने ईपीएफओ के 135 क्षेत्रीय कार्यालयों को उनके स्थान के आधार पर, विभिन्न स्तरों पर गंभीरता के साथ प्रभावित किया है। यह देखा गया है कि यद्यपि कोविड-19 महामारी के कारण मुंबई, ठाणे, हरियाणा और चेन्नई जोनों में कई कार्यालय बहुत ही नाममात्र कर्मचारियों के साथ काम कर रहे हैं, लेकिन हाल ही में कोविड-19 के कारण दावों की प्राप्ति में बड़ी संख्या में वृद्धि दर्ज की गई है। परिणामस्वरूप, इन कार्यालयों में लंबित दावों की संख्या उच्च स्तर तक बढ़ गई है जिसके कारण दावों के निपटान में देरी हुई है, जबकि अन्य कार्यालय, 50 प्रतिशत कार्यबल के साथ काम कर रहे हैं और हाल ही में शुरू किए गए ऑटो सेटलमेंट मोड की मदद से कोविड-19 अग्रिमों के लिए दावों के निपटान की अवधि को कम करके 3 दिनों तक किया जा सकता है।
कार्यभार का समान रूप से वितरण करके राष्ट्रव्यापी दावा निपटान से संबंधित देरी में कमी लाने के लिए, ईपीएफओ विभिन्न स्थानों से दावा निपटान सुविधा के द्वारा दावा प्रक्रिया के लिए भौगोलिक क्षेत्राधिकार की मौजूदा प्रणाली से बाहर निकल गया है। इससे ज्यादा कार्यभार वाले कार्यालयों को कम कार्यभार वाले कार्यालयों के साथ अपने कार्य बोझ को साझा करने की अनुमति मिलेगी, जहां पर कोविड-19 प्रतिबंधों के कारण उच्च स्तर पर कार्य लंबित हैं। यह पूरे देश में ईपीएफओ के सभी क्षेत्रीय कार्यालयों में कार्यबल के सबसे सटीक जुड़ाव के माध्यम से दावा निपटान प्रक्रिया को तेजी से ट्रैक करने में सक्षम बनाता है।
अपने सदस्यों के जीवन में सुगमता के अनुभव को बढ़ावा देने के उद्देश्य से, इस पहल की प्राप्ति रिकॉर्ड समय में की गई है। इस अग्रणी परियोजना के अंतर्गत बहु-स्थानीय दावों का पहला बैच, 10 जून 2020 को गुरुग्राम क्षेत्र के लिए निर्धारित किया गया। गुरुग्राम क्षेत्र के क्षेत्रीय कार्यालय से संबंधित कर्मचारियों के दावों का निपटारा चंडीगढ़, लुधियाना और जालंधर कार्यालयों में तैनात ईपीएफओ के कर्मचारियों द्वारा किया गया। निपटान के बाद गुरुग्राम कार्यालय से सदस्यों के व्यक्तिगत बैंक खातों में भुगतान किया गया।
इसकी शुरूआत के बाद से, नियंत्रित क्षेत्रों में आने वाले कार्यालयों से संबंधित दावों को त्वरित प्रक्रिया के लिए अन्य स्थानों के कार्यालयों में वितरित किया जा रहा है।
इसके अलावा, विभिन्न स्थानों से दावा निपटान सुविधा की शुरुआत, अनाम दावों के प्रसंस्करण के बड़े उद्देश्यों की प्राप्ति की दिशा में एक महत्वपूर्ण कदम है, जिससे प्रधानमंत्री के डिजिटल इंडिया दृष्टिकोण के अनुरूप पारदर्शिता, दक्षता, शिकायतों में कमी और ऑनलाइन दावों का त्वरित निपटान की ज्यादा से ज्यादा प्राप्ति की जा सके।
ईपीएफओ के अधिकारी और कर्मचारी अपने समर्पण और निरंतर नई पद्धतियों के माध्यम से, कोविड-19 प्रतिबंधों के कारण अपने कामकाज पर प्रतिकूल प्रभाव पड़ने के बावजूद, 1 अप्रैल 2020 से प्रति कार्य दिवस में 270 करोड़ रुपये की राशि के 80,000 से ज्यादा दावों का निपटान किया है। विभिन्न स्थानों से दावा निपटान सुविधा के साथ, संकट के दौरान ईपीएफओ अपने 6 करोड़ से ज्यादा ग्राहकों के लिए सामाजिक सुरक्षा सुनिश्चित करने के लिए सेवा वितरण में उच्च मानकों को प्राप्त करने के लिए तैयार है।
Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), a Department under Union Ministry of Labour & Employment, launches multi location claim settlement to expedite member claims
Taking a big leap towards ensuring uniform standards of service delivery across the country and optimum utilisation of its workforce during COVID-19 Pandemic, EPFO has recently launched a multi-location claim settlement facility. This facility will bring a paradigm shift by allowing EPFO offices to settle online claims from any of its regional offices, across the country. All types of online claims i.e. provident fund, pension, partial withdrawal and claims and transfer claims can be processed under this novel initiative.
COVID-19 crisis has affected 135 regional offices of EPFO with different levels of severity depending on their location. It was observed that though many offices in Mumbai, Thane, Haryana and Chennai zones operate with even less then skeletal staff on account of COVID-19 Pandemic, but there has been a disproportionate increase in claim receipt due to recently introduced COVID-19 advance. Consequently, claim pendency in these offices rose to higher levels leading to delay in claim settlement cycle while other offices, working with 50% workforce and with the help of recently introduced auto settlement mode could bring the claim settlement period down to 3 days for COVID-19 advances.
To reduce the delays by uniformly distributing the claim settlement related workload nationwide, EPFO has moved away from the existing system of geographical jurisdiction for claim processing by rolling out multi-location claim settlement facility. This will allow offices with lesser workload to share the burden of offices that have accumulated a higher level of pendency, due to COVID-19 restrictions. It enables fast-tracking of settlement process through most appropriate engagement of EPFO’s workforce in all its regional offices across the country.
The initiative aimed at enhancing ease of living experience for its members, has been achieved in record time. The first batch of multi-location claims under this path-breaking project was settled for Gurugram Region on 10th June 2020. The claims of employees pertaining to the regional office of Gurugram Region were settled by EPFO staff deployed in Chandigarh, Ludhiana and Jalandhar offices. After settlement the payment was made from the Gurugram office to the bank account of the individual member.
Since its launch, claims pertaining to offices that fall in containment zones are being distributed to offices in other locations for expeditious processing.
Further, the launch of multi-location claim settlement facility is a momentous step towards the larger objectives of ushering faceless claims processing thereby bringing greater levels of transparency, efficiency, reduction of member grievances and expeditious settlement of online claims in line with Prime Minister’s vision of Digital India.
Despite its functioning being adversely impacted due to COVID-19 restrictions, EPFO’s officers and staff through their dedication and constant innovations have been settling more than 80,000 claims amounting to Rs 270 crore per working day since 1st April 2020. With multi-location claim facility EPFO is set to achieve higher benchmarks in service delivery ensuring social security for its more than 6 crore subscribers during the time of crisis.
F.No.107-01/2020-SB
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(Financial Services Division)
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-110001
Dated :- 11/06/2020
To,
All Head of Circles/Regions.
Subject:- Amendment to procedural rule in POSB(CBS)Manual/POSB Manual Volume regarding.
Sir/Madam,
In order to streamline payment of Incentive/Commission to GDS SPM/GDS BPM for opening of National Savings Time Deposit Accounts, POSB(CBS) Manual, Appendix VIII, para | Note 4 / POSB Manual Volume |, Appendix X, para 1 Note 4 is amended as below: –
“incentive will be payable to GDS SPMs/GDS BPMs irrespective of the location of Post Offices i.e. whether in rural area or in urban area subject to the condition that the address of the depositor falls within the delivery jurisdiction of the respective GDS Sub Post Office/Branch Post Office.”
2. It is requested to circulate the amendment to all concerned for information and guidance and necessary action.
3. This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority.
Bye Election to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council by the members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) – Polling on 6th July 2020
There is one casual vacancy in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council by the members of Legislative Assembly. The details of the vacancy are as follow:
Name of Member
Nature of election
Cause of vacancy
Term up to
Sri Dokka Manikya Vara Prasad
By MLAs
Resignation on 09.03.2020
29.03.2023
The Commission, after receiving inputs from CEO, Andhra Pradesh, has decided to hold a bye-election to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council by the members of the Legislative Assembly to fill the above mentioned vacancy as per the following schedule: –
S.No.
Events
Dates
Issue of Notifications
18th June, 2020 (Thursday)
Last Date of making nominations
25th June, 2020 (Thursday)
Scrutiny of nominations
26th June, 2020 (Friday)
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures
29th June, 2020 (Monday)
Date of Poll
06th July, 2020 (Monday)
Hours of Poll
09:00 am-04:00 pm
Counting of Votes
06th July, 2020 (Monday) at 05:00 pm
Date before which election shall be completed
08th July, 2020 (Wednesday)
Adequate measures for close monitoring of the election process by appointing observers shall be taken to ensure free and fair election.
Commission has also directed the Chief Secretary of the State to depute a senior officer from the State to ensure that the extant instructions regarding COVID-19 containment measures are complied with while making arrangements for conducting the elections.
