General Elections in Putkura, Odisha and Vellore, Tamil Nadu – DOPT Guidelines
F.No.12/3/2016-JCA-2
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
Establishment (JCA-2) Section
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the July 16, 2019
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : General – Elections from 96 – Putkura Assembly Constituency in the State Legislative Assembly of Odisha and 8- Vellore Parliamentary Constituency of Tamil Nadu- regarding
The undersigned is directed to state that, as informed by the Election Commission of India vide their letter No. 437/6/ECl/INST/FUNCT/MCC/2019/515 dated 04.07.2019, General Election from 96 – Putkura Assembly Constituency in the State Legislative Assembly of Odisha will be held on 20.07.2019 (Saturday) and Election to 8- Vellore Parliamentary Constituency of Tamil Nadu will be held on 05.08.2019 (Monday).
2. In this regard, the guidelines already issued by this Department vide OM No. 12/14/99-JCA dated 10.10.2001 would have to be followed for the Central Government Offices, including industrial establishments, in the concerned State.
3. The above instructions may please be brought to the notice of all concerned status.
4. Hindi version will follow.
(Juglal Singh)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
GPF Interest Rate from July 2019 to September 2019
(PUBLISHED IN PART I SECTION 1 OF GAZETTE OF INDIA)
F.NO. 5(2)-B(PD)/2019
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Economic Affairs
(Budget Division)
New Delhi, the 12th July, 2019
RESOLUTION
It is announced for general information that during the year 2019-2020, accumulations at the credit of subscribers to the General Provident Fund and other similar funds shall carry interest at the rate of 7.9% (Seven point nine percent) w.e.f. 1st July, 2019 to 30th September, 2019. This rate will be in force w.e.f.1st July, 2019. The funds concerned are:
1. The General Provident Fund (Central Services).
2. The Contributory Provident Fund (India).
3. The All India Services Provident Fund.
4. The State Railway Provident Fund.
5. The General Provident Fund (Defence Services).
6. The Indian Ordnance Department Provident Fund.
7. The Indian Ordnance Factories Workmen’s Provident Fund.
8. The Indian Naval Dockyard Workmen’s Provident Fund.
9. The Defence Services Officers Provident Fund.
10. The Armed Forces Personnel Provident Fund.
2. Ordered that the Resolution be published in Gazette of India.
31st meeting of SCOVA – DOPPW is scheduled to be held shortly
F.No. 42/03/2019-P&PW (D)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G and Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare
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3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan
Khan Market, New Delhi-110003
Date :- 12th July, 2019
To
All the Pensioners’ Associations included in the SCOVA
vide Resolution dated 31.01.2018
Sub: 31st meeting of Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies (SCOVA) under the chairmanship of Hon’ble MOS(PP)-reg
The 31st meeting of Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies (SCOVA) of the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare is scheduled to be held shortly. The date, time and venue of the meeting will be intimated in due course. The meeting will be chaired by the Hon’ble Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions.
2. The Associations were requested vide letter of even dated 18th January 2019 to suggest fresh items/issues, if any, for inclusion in the agenda to be discussed for the proposed meeting through e-mail/hard copy/fax. Some of the Associations have sent the agenda items. All associations are again requested to send items, if any, by July 17, 2019 to enable us to finalize the agenda items. The association, who have already sent the agenda points in January, 2019 may send additional item, if any. Minutes of the previous SCOVA meetings are available on the website of this Department i.e www.pensionersportal.gov.in .
3. Only one representative of your organization is requested to attend the above said meeting. Confirmation of participation and the name of the participant may kindly be intimated in advance to the undersigned by fax/e-mail.
4. Outstation members will be paid TA/DA and local members will be paid conveyance charges in accordance with the rules/instructions.
5. This Department looks forward to your participation in the meeting.
(Charanjit Taneja)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Re-classification/Upgradation of Cities/Towns on the basis of Census-2011 for the purpose of grant of House Rent Allowance(HRA) to Central Government employees
2/5/2017-E.II(B)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 15th July, 2019
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject :- Re-classification/Upgradation of Cities/Towns on the basis of Census-2011 for the purpose of grant of House Rent Allowance(HRA) to Central Government employees -reg.
Reference is invited to this Department’s OM No. 2/5/2014-E,II(B) dated 21.07.2015 relating to re-classification of cities/towns on the basis of Census-2011 for the purpose of grant of House Rent Allowance(HRA) to the Central Government employees. Orders with regard to grant of HRA on implementation of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) were subsequently issued vide OM No. 2/5/2017-E.II(B) dated 07.07.2017.
2. This Department is in receipt of references from a few Ministries/Departments, seeking clarification with regard to continuation of special dispensation allowed in the past to cities/towns for grant of HRA at higher rates. In this context, it is clarified that any special dispensation allowed in the past to cities/towns for grant of HRA at higher rates, not specifically mentioned in aforesaid OMs No. 2/5/2014-E.11(B) dated 21.07.2015 and No.2/5/2017-E.II(B) dated 07.07.2017 shall continue to apply, if the same has not been superseded/dispensed with or the existing classification of such city has not been revised to a higher classification on account of the population criteria, vide aforesaid OMs dated 21.07.2015 and 07.07.2017.
3. In so far as the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.
(Nirmala Dev)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No.E(P&A)I-2015/RT-38(pt.2)
New Delhi Dated : 09.07.2019
The General Managers,
All Indian Railways/PUs.
The DGs
RDSO & NAIR
The Directors,
IRICEN / IRIEEN / IRIMEE / IRITM
Sub : Strengthening of Administration- Premature retirement of Railway servants – Periodical review under rules 1802 (a) / 1803 (a) / 1804 (a) -R.II, 1987 edition – Regarding.
Ref: DoP&T’s OM No. 25013/3/2019-Estt.A-IV dated 20.06.2019 (Copy enclosed).
Please refer to Board’s letter of even number dated 10.11.2015 on the cited subject, wherein instructions were issued to review the performance of Railway servants periodically to ascertain whether the Railway servant should be retained in service or retired from service in the public interest. In this regard, kindly also connect letter No. E(O)1/2017/SR-10-P/03 dated 11.06.2019 from Secretary, Railway Board vide letter No., reiterating Board’s earlier instructions dated 10.11.2015. Recently, DoP&T’s OM dated 20.06.2019 has been received which is enclosed.
2. In accordance with DoP&T’s instructions dated 20.06.2019, all Zonal Railways/PUs are requested to undertake periodic review of Railway servants under rules 1802 (a)/1803 (a) / 1804 (a) – R.II in letter and spirit for strengthening of administration. It should be ensured that the prescribed procedure like forming of opinion to retire a Railway employee prematurely in public interest is strictly adhered to. and that the decision is not an arbitrary one, and is not based on collateral grounds as per the order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in case of U01 & Col. J.N. Sinha [1571 SCR (1) 791].
3. All the Zonal Railways/ PL’s shall furnish a report to Board’s office in the format given below by the 8th day of each month starting from July. 2019. The above format is also being made part of monthly PCDO sent to MS/ Railway Board.
POSITION FOR THE MONTH of July, 2019
Number of Railway employees to be reviewed Under Rule 1802(A) groupwise (Gr.A/B/C)
Number of Railway employees reviewed under Rule 1802(A) Groupwise (A/B/C)
Number of Railway employees reviewed and against whom Rule 1802(A) invoked / recommended Groupwise (Gr.A/B/C)
Number of Railway employees retired prematurely under Rule 1802(A) Groupwise (Gr.A/B/C)
1
2
3
4
4. The report should be mailed at [email protected] and also faxed at 011-23378355. The time schedule should be adhered to strictly.
(N.P. Singh)
Jt. Director/Estt(P&A)
Railway Board.
Procedure to be followed for disagreement on Recruitment Rules – DOPT
No.AB-14017/11/2019-Estt.(RR)(3147397)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
Estt(RR) Section
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North Block, New Delhi
Dated: 15 July, 2019
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Procedure to be followed in cases of disagreement on Recruitment Rules – regarding.
The undersigned is directed to state that as per extant instructions, the process of framing/amending of Recruitment Rules for a post involves consultation with DoPT, UPSC and thereafter vetting by the Legislative Department. As per established procedure, the Administrative Ministries/Departments frame service rules/recruitment rules or propose amendments thereof, based mainly on the model RRs or instructions issued by DoPT from time to time and refer them to DoP&T for concurrence. After the receipt of concurrence from DoPT, the Ministries/Departments refer proposals to UPSC for advice. After receipt of concurrence of UPSC, with the approval of Competent Authority, RRs are finally notified, after vetting by the legislative Department.
2. UPSC brought certain instances to the notice of this Department, where post the advice of Commission, RRs have been notified incorporating substantial changes in the recruitment rules/service rules (RRs/SRs). without obtaining the concurrence of the Commission, which is not in order. On consideration of the matter, it has been decided that if substantial changes are effected in the RRs after the receipt of advice of UPSC, the same shall be brought to the notice of UPSC by the administrative Ministry for obtaining their advice/concurrence on the same. Non-adherence to this procedure may result in the case being treated as a case of disagreement with the Commission, and therefore administrative Ministries have to take a conscious decision in this regard. Substantial changes referred here are those changes having a bearing on the principles of recruitment, viz., change in the method of recruitment, eligibility criteria etc and does not include vetting changes made by the Legislative Department, spelling or grammatical corrections.
3. In light of the foregoing, all Ministries/Departments are requested to refer the proposals back to UPSC for concurrence in cases where administrative Ministry/Department, after the receipt of advice of the Commission, want to carry out any change/s in the draft RRs/SRs, which is/are substantial in nature. All Ministries/Departments are requested to adhere to these instructions.
(K Prakasham )
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Below Benchmark grading in ACRs prior to reporting period 2008-09
No.21011/14/2016-Estt(A-II)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
North Block, New Delhi.
9th July 2019
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Below Benchmark grading in ACRs prior to reporting period 2008-09 — Empanelment cases.
Reference is invited to this Department O.M. No.21011/1/2010-Est(A) dated 13.04.2010, vide which decision of the Government was conveyed that if an employee is to be considered for promotion in a future DPC and his ACR prior to the period 2008-09, which would be recknonable for assessment of his fitness in such future DPCs, contain final grading which are below the benchmark for, his next promotion, the concerned employee will be given a copy of the relevant. ACR for his representation, if any, before such ACRs are placed before the DPC. Subsequently, vide O.M. of even number dated 22.05,2014, it was further clarified that in cases where benchmark at one level varies from a benchmark at another level ;post and where the ACRs prior to the period 2008-09 are also reckonable for assessment of his fitness in any DPC subsequent to the next promotion (including any empanelment/financial upgradation), a copy of the ACR shall be given to the officer concerned, for representation, if any.
2. The matter has been considered in this Department with reference to empanelment for holding posts at the level of Joint Secretary/Additional Secretary/Secretary under Central Staffing Scheme (CSS). The process of empanelment under CSS and the process of empanelment for promotion in the cadre, are distinct. Unlike promotion in the cadre, where a fixed benchmark is prescribed, empanelment for holding posts under CSS is done on the basis of evaluation of ACRs/APARs, overall service record, vigilance status.’ of officers and Multi-source Feedback from relevant stakeholders etc. as per the extant guidelines in this regard. There is no pre-determined benchmark, as such, for empanelment under CSS,
3. It is, therefore, clarified that the provisions of DoP&T’s O.M. No.21011/01/2010-Estt(A) dated 13.04.2010 are not applicable to empanelment for holding Joint Secretary/Additional Secretary/Secretary level posts under the Central Staffing Scheme. The word ’empanelment’ appearing in Para 2(c) of O.M. No.21011/01/2010-Estt(A) dated 22.05.2014 implies empanelment for promotion to a cadre post and not empanelment for holding a post under the Central Staffing Scheme.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 2876
ANSWERED ON: 10.07.2019
Appointment of Retired Bureaucrats
S.R. Parthiban
Will the Minister of
PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state:-
(a) whether a large number of retired bureaucrats at senior levels have been re-employed as consultants/advisers etc.; and
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Tamil Nadu?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
(DR. JITENDRA SINGH)
(a): Keeping in view the exigencies of work, Ministries/Departments may hire professionals or consultants for a specific job, not against a regular post. Some retired senior civil servants having expertise and eminence are also appointed as Advisors with a view to achieve certain specified public policy objectives.
(b): As the respective Ministries/Departments are authorised to engage consultants, no centralised data is maintained.
Cabinet approves Grant of Organized Group ‘A’ Status to Indian Railway Protection Force (RPF) Service
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved Grant of Organised Group ‘A’ status to Indian Railway Protection Force (RPF) and consequential benefits of Non-Functional Financial Upgradation (NFFU) with effect from 01-01-2006 and Non-Functional Selection Grade (NFSG) @ 30% of Senior Duty Post (SDP) with effect from 06.06.2000, as per Department of Personnel and Training guidelines dated 24.04.2009 and 06.06.2000 respectively and subsequent instructions thereon.
Major Impact
Grant of status of Organized Group ‘A’ service to RPF will end stagnation, improve career progression of the officers and keep up their motivational level. Eligible officers of RPF will get benefitted.
Background
High Court of Delhi vide its order dated 4-12-2012 had directed Railways to grant Group ‘A’ Service status to RPF. Same was upheld by Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on 5-2-2019. Accordingly, Railway Board had proposed for grant of Organised Group ‘A’ Service status to RPF.
SC, ST and OBC Quota in Government Departments – Lok Sabha QA
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2731
(TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019)
SC/ST AND OBC QUOTA IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
2731. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU:
Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the number of vacancies for the SC/ST and OBC quotas in all departments of the Government;
(b) whether the Government plans to fill up 100% of the backlog within the next five years;
(c) whether there is dilution of the reservation system of the OBC, SC and STs in favour of the economically underprivileged; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and corrective steps being taken in this regard?
ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
(DR. JITENDRA SINGH)
(a) & (b): Vacant posts of reserved category candidates are not centrally maintained, as the recruitment process is carried out by the respective cadre controlling authorities through concerned recruitment agencies. However, Department of Personnel and Training monitors the progress in respect of filling up of backlog reserved vacancies for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) with ten Ministries/ Departments, having more than 90% of the employees in Central Government.
As per information provided by the ten Ministries/Departments which includes their Public Sector Banks/Financial Institutions, Central Public Sector Undertakings etc., out of 92589 backlog reserved vacancies (29198 for SCs, 22829 for STs and 40562 for OBCs), 63876 backlog reserved vacancies (20975 for SCs, 15874 for STs and 27027 for OBCs) were filled up during the period from 01.04.2012 to 31.12.2016 and 28,713 backlog reserved vacancies (8223 for SCs, 6955 for STs and 13535 for OBCs) remained unfilled as on 01.01.2017.
Out of these ten Ministries/Departments, five Ministries/Departments have further informed that out of 21499 backlog reserved vacancies (7532 for SCs, 6887 for STs and 7080 for OBCs), 12334 backlog reserved vacancies (4514 for SCs, 3595 for STs and 4225 for OBCs) were filled up as on 31.12.2017 and 9165 backlog reserved vacancies (3018 for SCs, 3292 for STs and 2855 for OBCs) remained unfilled as on 01.01.2018.
Filling up of vacancies, including backlog reserved vacancies, is a continuous process. However, Department of Personnel and Training has already issued instructions to all Ministries/Departments to constitute an in-house Committee to identify backlog reserved vacancies, study of the root cause of backlog reserved vacancies, initiation of measures to remove such factors and to fill up such vacancies through Special Recruitment Drive.
(c) & (d): The persons belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs), who are not covered under the scheme of reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs have been given 10% reservation in direct recruitment in civil posts and services in the Government of India.
Every Government establishment shall recast group-wise posts-based reservation roster register for direct recruitment in accordance with the format given in Office Memorandum No. 36039/1/2019-Estt.(Res) dated 31.01.2019, issued by the Department of Personnel and Training for effecting 10% reservation for EWSs. While fixing the roster points, if the EWS roster point coincides with the roster points of SCs/STs/OBCs, the next available UR (Unreserved) roster point has been allotted to the EWS
