Reflection of utilization of Government e-Marketplace (GeM) in APAR – DOPT
F.No.21011/04/2019-Estt. A-II
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 24 September, 2019
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Reflection of utilization of Government e-Marketplace (GeM) in Annual Performance Assessment Report (APAR).
The undersigned is directed to say that Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal facilitates online procurement of common use goods & ervices by various Government Ministries/Departments. Procurement of goods & services through GeM portal has been made mandatory by Government of India under Rule 149 of General Financial Rules, 2017, for goods and services available on GeM. GeM aims to enhance transparency, efficiency and speed in public procurement and to achieve the best value for money.
2. To ensure that this digital e-Commerce portal for procurement of goods and services is appropriately utilized by all the Ministries/Departments, it has been decided, with the approval of the competent authority, that a reflection of the work done through GeM by the Officer Reported Upon (ORU) shall be made in the APAR of Group ‘A’, Group ‘B’ and Group ‘C’ officers belonging to Central Civil Services (other than All India Services).
3. The ORU, who are handling procurement from GeM portal in their Ministry/Department/Organisation, while recording Self-appraisal in APAR form, against the column ‘Targets/Objectives/Goals’ shall specify the ‘Total budget allocated for procurement by the Ministry/Department/Division/Section’ (as may be applicable in the case of the ORU) and against the corresponding column ‘Achievements’, the ORU shall indicate (i) the ‘Total procurement through GeM portal’ made by him/her during the period of report, (ii) specifying the % of procurement through GeM portal, (iii) the procurements made outside GeM and the reasons therefor, and (iv) steps taken for promotion of GeM in the Ministry/Department/Division/Section.
4. The Reporting and Reviewing officers, shall, in general, while recording the numerical grading under ‘Work Output’, ‘Personal Attributes’ and ‘Functional Competency’ in the APARs, shall, wherever applicable, take into account the performance of the ORU for procurement of goods & services through GeM, in accordance with the extant instructions in force during the period of report. Also, the remarks recorded by the ORU in Self-appraisal against Targets and Achievements on procurements made (as mentioned at para 3 above), may specifically be taken into account by the Reporting and Reviewing officers, while according numerical grading for items such as `Accomplishment of planned work/work allotted as per subjects allotted’ under Work Output and ‘Knowledge of Rules/Regulations/Procedures in the area of function and ability to apply them correctly’ under Functional Competency. A reflection of the performance of the ORU with reference to procurement through GeM or otherwise may also be recorded by the Reporting Officer in the Pen Picture.
5. The above provisions would be applicable for APAR from the reporting year 2019-20 onwards. The APAR format may be modified accordingly in the manner indicated in Annexure-I. A sample format of Self-appraisal Section and Reporting Section of APAR is at Annexure-II for reference.
6. All Ministries/Departments are requested to bring the above instructions to the notice of all the offices under them for strict implementation.
Dr Jitendra Singh launches CPGRAMS reforms in Department of Posts
Reforms will lead to reduction in grievance disposal time and improved quality of grievance redressal Amendment in Rule 54 of CCS (Pension) Rules to be effective from 1st October, 2019 Decision to amend Rule 54 reflects Government’s sensitivity towards the citizens; says Minister CPGRAMS reforms to be replicated in other Central ministries in the coming months
The MoS (PP) Dr. Jitendra Singh said that the Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has focussed on digitalisation in the functioning from the very beginning. He said that the priority of the Government is to provide transparent and citizen-centric governance to the people. He was addressing at the launch of Centralised Public Grievances Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) reforms in Department of Posts, at a function organised by Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, here today. The Secretary (DARPG & Pensions) Shri K. V. Eapen and Director General Posts, Smt Meera Nanda and senior officers were also present on the occasion. The Grievance officers representing the Departments and Ministries also participated in the event.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that the new version of CPGRAMS will lead to reduction in grievance disposal time and improved quality of grievance redressal. The Minister also mentioned about the monthly “Pragati” (Pro Active Governance and Timely Implementation) review meetings where the Prime Minister himself reviews the status of public grievances. He mentioned about various other initiatives such as amendment in Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. He said that DARPG holds regular regional conferences and also the national e-Governance conferences. He further added though Grievance redressal mechanism existed in the past also, yet it was not as proactive and responsive as it is now. The mechanism has been institutionalised now with the number of grievances lodged increasing from 2 lakh earlier to about 16 lakhs now. This increase is due to the trust shown by people of the country in the grievance redressal mechanism of the Government, the Minister said. Dr Jitendra Singh said that the telephonic calls are made by the senior officers of the Department to the complainants to take their feedback about their satisfaction level. He said that the decision of the Government to post young IAS officers as Assistant Secretaries in the Central Ministries/departments for a period of 3 months has proved to be beneficial for the young recruits to understand the functioning the Government in the very beginning of their careers.
Speaking about the recent decision of the Government to amend Rule 54 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, the Minister said that this decision shows the human angle of the Government and reflects its sensitivity towards the citizens. The Government has amended Rule 54 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 by a notification dated 20th September, 2019. As per the amended Rule, the family of a Government servant, who dies within seven years of joining service, will also be eligible for family pension at enhanced rate of 50% of last pay drawn, for a period of 10 years. The Minister said that this reform is one of the citizen-centric reforms in the first 100 days of Modi Government’s second term. He added that the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi is also approaching and this reform will be effective from 1st October which marks the eve of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary.
The Secretary (DARPG & Pensions) Shri K. V. Eapen said that the decision to amend Rule 54 will benefit the people of the country, specially CAPFs with young deaths. Though simple, it is far-reaching reform, he added. He further said that Public Grievances are more of a feedback system to the Government to understand the root causes of the problems. He said that the Department has conducted a study by QCI to analyse the root cause of grievances in various ministries/departments.
Delivering her inaugural address, Smt Meera Nanda said that making public service delivery system transparent has been the priority of the Government. She added that the public grievances mechanism is important for the departments with large public interface. Ms Nanda added that keeping in mind the mammoth operations of the Department of Posts, some complaints are inevitable. She said till now top-down approach towards grievance redressal was followed and now with the new version of CPGRAMS, the complainant has been empowered. This will also save the processing time by about 7-10 days, she added.
In his welcome address, Shri V. Srinivas, Additional Secrertary, DARPG said that the CPGRAMS reforms marks a major step of Government for systemic improvement in the CPGRAMS. The CPGRAMS 7.0 version is proposed to be replicated in the rest of the Central ministries in the coming months, he added. He said that currently the DARPG handles about 16 lakh grievances every year of which 95% are being disposed off satisfactorily.
On the occasion, Shri Vishvapavan Pati, ADG, Department of Posts gave a detailed presentation where he said that the span has been widened in the new version of CPGRAMS with pin-pointed mapping of units. In new version 7.0, there are 540 subordinate units, against 67 units under 6.0 version. Under new version, there will be almost no manual intervention with mapping of 1.5 lakh post offices. Shri Sanjiv Narain Mathur, Joint Secretary (Pensions) also gave a detailed presentation about the amendment in Rule 54 of the CCS (Pensions) Rule, by giving a comparative view of old and new rule.
Dr Jitendra Singh also inaugurated CPGRAMS 7.0 exhibition on the occasion. The exhibition displayed launch of revised version 7.0 of CPGRAMS by DARPG. The exhibition also contained exhibits from Department of Posts and Quality Council of India (QCI). The Department of Posts had displayed information related to launch of various stamps from time to time and their brief significance. DoP also displayed new initiatives of the Department and information related to launch of PG portal in DoP. The QCI had displayed brouchers related to the study undertaken by them in top 20 grievance receiving ministries and measures taken by them to streamline the disposal of grievances.
The Government has taken a major step for systemic improvement in the Centralized Public Grievances Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS). The new upgraded version CPGRAMS 7.0 provides for greivances filed on CPGRAMS to be directly sent to field level grievance officers by providing user IDs to all field level functionaries. CPGRAMS Reforms has been a major thrust area for the Government and has been included in the 100 days agenda of the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances as also the Department of Posts. The Department of Posts is one of the largest recipients of Public Grievances in India. It is expected that the CPGRAMS 7.0 will cut processing time by 50 percent in the Department of Posts.
The DARPG launched the CPGRAMS for receiving, redressing and monitoring of grievances from the public. The CPGRAMS provides the facility to lodge a grievance online from any geographical location. It enables the citizen to track online the grievance being followed up with Departments concerned and also enables DARPG to monitor the grievance. The citizen can then access the system through www.pgportal.nic.in. The DARPG has issued several guidelines for redress of public grievances by Departments to ensure the system is accessible, simple, quick, fair and responsive. These include designating a senior officer as Director of Grievances/Grievance officer in every office, deal with a grievance in a fair objective and just manner fixing the time limit for disposal of work relating to public grievances and staff grievances.
Non-allotment of berths to on duty Ticket Checking Staff while working Train No. 12625/12626 plying between Trivendrum and New Delhi
GOVERMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No. 2019/TG-I/20/23
The General Secretary,
NFIR,
3, Chelmsford Road,
New Delhi — 110055.
Sir,
Sub : Non-allotment of berths to on duty Ticket Checking Staff while working Train No. 12625/12626 plying between Trivendrum and New Delhi – reg.
The undersigned is directed to refer to NFIR’s letter No. II/73/Part II dated 09.09.2019 on the subject quoted above and to state that the matter has been examined and it was found that the rake of train no. 12626(NDLS-TVC) express was converted into LHB rake. Accordingly, quota distribution in above train was redefined in the system w.e.f. 24.04.2019. While defining the train No.12626, TTE berth was withdrawn inadvertently from PRS system w.e.f. 24.04.2019. However, the same has been rectified w.e.f. 31.08.2019 and now, the TTE berth in 2AC class by train no. 12626(NDLS-TVC) express is available in the system as A-2/5.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No.E(NG)I-2019/TR/11
New Delhi, dated 20.09.2019
The General Manager(P)s,
All Zonal Railways and Production Units.
(As per Standard list)
Sub : Forwarding of one-way own request transfer applications to other Divisions/Railways.
It has come to the notice of Board that a large number of inter-Railway/inter-Division one-way transfer requests are being forwarded by some of the Zonal Railways for NOCs without assessing the feasibility of relieving such staff on receipt of NOC. This causes unnecessary building up of expectations regarding their imminent sparing among such employees puts avoidable pressure on the Railway administration.
2. Considering the above, Railways may ensure that henceforth only such Inter-Railway transfers requests be forwarded where there is reasonable possibility of relief in case of acceptance by the railway to which transfer is sought. While doing so, various factors like number of staff likely to be inducted in the cadre by way of departmental promotions/Inter-Divisional/Inter-Railway Transfer from other Railways/Divisions and through RRB indents should be kept in view so that once NOC is received, the concerned employee can be relieved early.
This issues with the approval of Board (MS).
Please acknowledge receipt.
Hindi version will follow.
(M.K.Meena)
Deputy Director Estt.(N)
Railway Board
Proposed change in the policy of retirement on superannuation of Central Government employees on completion of 33 years service or 60 years of age whichever is earlier
No.II/35/2019
Dated: 24/09/2019
The Cabinet Secretary,
Rashtrapati Bhawan,
New Delhi — 110 004
Dear Sir,
Sub : Proposed change in the policy of retirement on superannuation of Central Government employees on completion of 33 years service or 60 years of age whichever is earlier – reg.
Through several sources, the information is being circulated that the Government has been considering revision of the extant policy on retirement and bringing new rules with stipulation that those Central Government employees who have put in 33 years service or attained the age of 60 years, whichever is earlier, shall retire on superannuation. According to the sources it is learnt that the DoP&T has sent proposal to MoF for consideration for the purpose of bringing new rule from 01/04/2020.
Since the proposal of the DoP&T is likely to affect existing Central Government employees, therefore, consultations are required to be ensured with the JCM/Staff Side as the service condition of the existing staff may get affected. NFIR, therefore, requests the Cabinet Secretary to kindly see that consultations are made with the JCM/Staff Side on the said proposal early. According to the JCM Rules, consultations are must on all such vital matters, therefore arbitrary decision should not be taken in the interest to maintain healthy industrial relations.
NFIR hopes that the Cabinet Secretary would kindly consider the above points and issue directions to the authorities concerned to hold meeting with the JCM/Staff Side early.
Yours faithfully,
(Dr. M. Raghavaiah)
General Secretary/NFIR &
Leader, JCM/Staff Side
केन्द्रीय सिविल सेवाओं (पेंशन) निमय, 1972 के नियम 54 के अनुसार सेवाकाल में सरकारी कर्मचारी की मृत्यु पर कर्मचारी का परिवार फैमली पेंशन का पात्र होता है। फैमली पेंशन दस वर्षों की अवधि के लिए अंतिम प्राप्त वेतन के 50 प्रतिशत की बढ़ी हुई दर से देय होता था, यदि सरकारी कर्मचारी ने निरंतर कम से कम सात वर्ष की सेवा प्रदान की है। उसके बाद फैमली पेंशन की दर अंतिम प्राप्त वेतन का 30 प्रतिशत होती थी। यदि सरकारी कर्मचारी ने अपनी मृत्यु से पहले सात वर्ष से कम की सेवा दी है तो शुरू से 30 प्रतिशत की दर से फैमली पेंशन दिया जाता था और अंतिम प्राप्त वेतन के 50 प्रतिशत की बढ़ी हुई दर से परिवार को फैमली पेंशन नहीं दिया जाता था।
सरकार ने यह महसूस किया कि अपने सेवाकाल में कम समय में मरने वाले सरकारी कर्मचारी के मामले में बढ़ी हुई दर से फैमली पेंशन देने की आवश्यकता है, क्योंकि सेवा के प्रारंभिक चरण में कर्मचारी का वेतन काफी कम होता है। इसलिए सरकार ने 19 सितम्बर, 2019 को जारी एक अधिसूचना द्वारा केन्द्रीय सिविल सेवाओं के नियम 54 (पेंशन) नियम, 1972 में संशोधन किया। संशोधित नियम 54 के अनुसार सरकारी सेवा में शामिल होने के सात वर्ष के अंदर कर्मचारी की मृत्यु होने पर सरकारी कर्मचारी का परिवार 10 वर्षों की अवधि के लिए अंतिम प्राप्त वेतन के 50 प्रतिशत की बढ़ी हुई दर से फैमली पेंशन के लिए पात्र है।
यह संशोधन 01 अक्तूबर, 2019 से प्रभावित होगा, लेकिन 01 अक्तूबर, 2019 से पहले 10 वर्ष के अंदर सात वर्ष की सेवा पूरी करने से पहले कर्मचारी की मृत्यु होने पर कर्मचारी का परिवार 01 अक्तूबर, 2019 से बढ़ी हुई दरों पर फैमली पेंशन के लिए पात्र होगा।
संशोधन प्रावधानों का लाभ केन्द्रीय सशस्त्र बलों सहित सभी सरकारी कर्मचारियों के परिवारों को मिलेगा यदि सरकारी सेवा में शामिल होने के सात वर्ष के अंदर दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण मृत्यु होती है।
The West Bengal Cabinet on Monday approved recommendations of the Sixth Pay commission and said it will be implemented from January 1 next year.
In some cases, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee approved hikes more than what was suggested by the pay panel, state Finance Minister Amit Mitra said adding that no arrear would be paid.
“The Cabinet today approved recommendations of the Pay Commission and it will be effective from January 1, 2020. The state government will be paying its employees a notional effect calculated from 2016,” the finance minister told reporters.
The dearness allowance (DA) will be merged with the basic pay and the grade pay, he said adding that if an employee’s current basic pay is Rs. 100, it will become Rs. 280.90 after implementation of the pay panel recommendations. To a question, Amit Mitra said the state government will not pay any arrear.
The gratuity will be doubled from Rs. 6 lakh to Rs. 12 lakh, Rs. 2 lakhs more than what the Sixth Pay Commission recommended, he said.
The House Rent Allowance has been raised from current Rs. 6,000 to Rs. 12,000 following the direction from the chief minister, while the recommended amount was Rs. 10,500, he said.
The implementation of the pay panel recommendations is likely to cost the state exchequer about Rs. 10,000 crore annually, a source at the state finance department said.
The Sixth Pay Commission was formed on November 27, 2015, months before the 2016 assembly election, to restructure the salaries of the state government employees.
The panel, which was headed by Prof Abhirup Sarkar, was scheduled to submit its report within six months. However, it got periodic extensions.
COMMENT
The chief minister on September 13 said she received the panel’s report and her government is likely to implement it from January 1, 2020
BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED
(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)
SR CELL, Corporate Office
8th Floor, Bharat Sanchar Bhawan,
Harish ChanderMathur Lane,
Janpath, New Delhi-410 001
BSNL/5-1/SR/2019 (pt.ib)
Dated, the 24th September, 2019
To
1. All Chief General Managers, BSNL
2. GM (Admn.), BSNL C.O.
Sub : Formation of Councils, viz. National Council, Circle Councils and Local Councils.
Consequent upon conduct of 8th Membership Verification and grant of recognition to “BSNL Employees Union (BSNLEU) ” and “National Federation of Telecom Employees BSNL (NFTE BSNL)”in terms of this office notification issued vide no. BSNL/5-1/5R/2019 (pt.i)dated 24th September, 2019, it has been decided to constitute Councils, viz. National Council, Circle Council and Local Councils.
2. In accordance with the provisions of Rule VII of Part-I of BSNL Recognition of Non-Executives’ Unions and Representation in the Councils (BSNLRNEU) Rules, 2012 and taking into account the percentage of votes secured by the above-mentioned recognized Unions, “BSNL Employees Union (BSNLEU)” shall nominate eight (8) members and “National Federation of Telecom Employees BSNL (NFTE BSNL)”shall nominative six (6) members from the Staff Side in the Councils. As illustrated in this office letter no. BSNL/9-5/SR/2013 dated 27th June, 2013, the Unions shall ensure that all the members are nominated from their own Unions and not from any other Union.
3. The nomination to the Councils may preferably be from serving members of the concerned Unions in accordance with Rule VII (5) of part-I of BSNLRNEU Rules 2012.
4. While making nominations to the Councils, the recognized representative Unions are expected to take into account the provisions of Rule VI and VII of BSNL Recognition Rules Referred to above.
F.No.A.22012/2013-18/CGA/Gr.A/Misc/1780
Government of India
Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure
O/o. Controller General of Accounts
Room No.202, 2nd Floor, Mahalekha Niyantrak Bhawan
Block-E, G.P.O Complex, INA, New Delhi-110023
The undersigned is directed to enclose DoPT’s OM No.11013/1/2016-Estt.A-III dated 05.08.2019(copy enclosed) on the above cited subject wherein it has been noticed that Government servants continue to hold elective offices in various capacities for unduly long periods even where bye-laws of these bodies place restrictions on the number of consecutive terms .
2. The policy on fixing upper limit of the number of years for which Govt. Servant can hold elective office in any body in their, entire career has been decided. Government servant may be allowed to hold elective office in any body, whether incorporated or not, for period of two terms or for a period of 4 years, whichever is earlier, for which prior sanction would be required when a Govt. servant contests an election in such body as per existing rules.
3. Para 4 of the aforesaid OM provides that where the Govt. Servants have been holding office in any body, whether incorporated or not, for more than four years or in .cases there are charges of corruption, adverse audit Paras etc. the Govt. servant concerned may be directed resign from his office in such body immediately.
4. Pr.CCAs/CCAs/CFC/CC(P)/ADG/CA(with independent charge) are requested to bring the above instructions to the notice of all Govt. Servants for further necessary action.
5. This issues with the approval of Jt. Controller General of Accounts.
OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS
UDAYAN VIHAR, NARANGI, GUWAHATI-781171
Email — [email protected]
NOTIFICATION
No. AN/V/406/Rectt/Canteen Staff/Vol-I
Date : 18/09/2019
Subject :- Recruitment for the post of Canteen Attendent at CDA, Guwahati.
With reference to Advertisement No.AN/V/406/Rectt/Canteen Staff/Vol-I published in Employment News dated 13-19 October, 2018, it has been decided by the competent authority to conduct the recruitment examination for 9 post of canteen attendant at Controller of Defence Accounts, Guwahati on 17/11/2019 from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon at various centres.
Name of shortlisted candidates eligible for appear in the examination alongwith their admit cards will be uploaded in CDA, Guwahati website (www.cdaguwahati.gov.in) by 30/09/2019 for respective download.
(Dr. K Lalbiakchhunga), IDAS
Deputy Controller of Defence Accounts
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