F. No. 1-3/2017-PBI (Pt)
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(PBI Division)
******
Sansad Marg, Dak Bhawan
New Delhi, Dated: 10 May, 2019
To
All CPMsG/PMsG
Subject: Release of Incentive amounts by India Post Payments Bank
Please find enclosed herewith circular IPPB/2019-20/CSMO/01 dated 07.05.2019 regarding release of incentive amounts to End users for work related to IPPB. The incentive qualifiers, basis of incentive calculation and TDS deductions have been elaborated by IPPB vide the above mentioned circular.
2. It is requested to kindly impart wide publicity to the circular for motivation of the end Users.
ESIC Pensioners Medical Scheme 2006 : Early settlement of all pending medical reimbursement bill
HEADQUARTERS OFFICE
EMPLOYEES’ STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION
(ISO 9001-2008 CERTIFIED)
PANCHDEEP BHAWAN, C.I.G. MARG, NEW DELHI-110002.
E-mail : [email protected], VOIP : 10011037
NO V-15/15/1/2006 Med I (MS)
Date: 07.05.2019
To,
D(M)Delhi/D(M)NOIDA/All Medical Superintendents,
ESIC Hospitals
Subject: ESIC Pensioners Medical Scheme 2006 – early settlement of all pending medical reimbursement bill – regarding.
Kindly refer to the Hqrs office letter no D-12/16/1/2017 E-VI Vol I dated 28.11.2018 and D-12/16/9/2019-E-VI Dated 03.01.2019 on above mentioned subject.
It has come to notice that many bills of pensioners are still pending with the concerned authorities i.e Medical Superintendents, ESIC Hospitals and D(M)D/D(M)N. As per the instruction issued vide hqrs letter no D-12/16/1/2017 E-VI Vol I dated 28.11.2018 that all medical reimbursement bills may be cleared within 30 days.
In this regard you are requested to clear all the pending bills within 15 days which are pending for more than 30 days for re-imbursement. This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.
Yours Sincerely
Dr Subhash Chvhora
(Dy. Medical Commissioner)
Relaxation in due date of payment of ESI / EPF contribution, Odisha region
EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION
PANCHDEEP BHAWAN, C.I.G ROAD,
NEW DELHI – 110 002.
Website – esic.nic.in, Tel. (011) 23234092
ESIC
Chinta Se Mukti
No. P-11/12/Misc.11/2019 (M) – Rev.II
Dated: 14/05/2019
To
Principal Secretary,
Government of Odisha,
Labour and ESI Department,
Bhubaneswar.
Sub:- Relaxation in due date of payment of ESI / EPF contribution, Odisha region.
Madam,
Please refer to your letter No. SS-II-SC-04 / 2014 / 2830 / LEST, Bhubaneswar dated 14.05.2019 addressed to the Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Empoloyment on the subject noted above, a copy of which has been endorsed to DG, ESI Corporation for information and necessary action.
In this regard it is informed that keeping in view the natural calamity in the form of severe cyclone Tani’ in Odisha, the Director General has relaxed the provision as entered in regulation 31 of ‘The Employees’ State Insurance (General) Regulations, 1950′. So far as it relates to deposit the ESI contribution for the month of April, 2019 in 14 districts (Puri, Khurda, Cuttack, Jgatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Nayagarh, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasopre, Mayurbhanja, Keonjhar, Ganjam, Angul and Dhenkanal) in the stae of Odisha to the extant that the period for depositing contribution as mentioned in regulation 31 shall be read as 45 days instead of 15 days for the contribution related to the month of April, 2019 only. (Copy of the notice enclosed).
Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Rules, 2019 – Gazette Notification
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th January, 2019
G.S.R. 58(E).-Whereas a draft of certain rules further to amend the Payment of Bonus Rules, 1975, among other rules, were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Labour and Employment number G.S.R. 413(E), dated the 23rd April, 2018, inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby, within a period of three months, from the date on which copies of Official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public;
And whereas copies of the said Official Gazette were made available to the general public on the 23rd April, 2018;
And whereas the objections and suggestions received on the said draft rules from the public have been considered by the Central Government;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 38 of the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (31 of 1965), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Payment of Bonus Rules, 1975, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Rules, 2019.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Payment of Bonus Rules, 1975, for rule 5, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-
‘5. Annual return.- Every employer shall, on or before the last day of February in each year, upload unified annual return in Form D on the web portal of the Central Government in the Ministry of Labour and Employment giving information as to the particulars specified in respect of the preceding year:
Provided that during inspection, the inspector may require the production of accounts, books, registers and other documents maintained in electronic form or otherwise.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this rule, the expression “electronic form” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (r) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21of 2000).’.
[No.Z-20025/24/2018-LRC]
MANISH KUMAR GUPTA, Jt. Secy.
Note: The Payment of Bonus Rules, 1975 was published in the Gazette of India dated the 6th September, 1975 vide notification number G.S.R. 2367, dated the 21st August, 1975 and lastly amended vide notification number G.S.R.1115(E) dated the 6th December, 2016.
Project ‘SPARROW-CBIC’ for online writing of Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR) in SPARROW (Smart Performance Appraisal Report Recording Online Window) for Group ‘B’ and ‘C’ Officers of Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) implemented
Online writing of APARs in SPARROW for IRS (C&CE) Officers has already been implemented w.e.f. 2016-17. As part of CBIC’s constant endeavor for better HR management, online writing of APARs in SPARROW has now been launched for over 46,000 Group B & C officers of CBIC, working in its various formations all across the country.
The Project has been inaugurated by Shri P.K.Das, Chairman, CBIC today from the Board Office, North Block, New Delhi in presence of Member (Admn)-CBIC Shri A.K. Pandey, and officers of DGHRM-CBIC. The Directorate General of Human Resource Management (DGHRM), the HR arm of CBIC is the implementing Agency of this ambitious project. It is being implemented in over 400 formations of CBIC across the country.
SPARROW-CBIC is one of its kind in terms of Scale/ number of employees covered as far as Central Government Departments are concerned. It brings a complete change in APAR management of such large number of Group ‘B’ & ‘C’ Officers/ Staff of CBIC, which would, in turn, lead to better HR Management.
This Project leverages modern technology for enhancing the overall efficiency and morale of the huge workforce working in Central GST and Customs formations of CBIC. The Project is an important milestone in the journey towards digitisation and paper less working.
Scheme of LDCE for filling up 20% vacancies of OS-II and 13.33 % vacancies of Senior Clerk
RBE No. 78/2019
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
No.E(NG)/I/2018/PM 1/19
New Delhi, dated May 10 , 2019
The General Managers (P),
All Zonal Railways &
Production Units
(as per standard mailing list)
Sub : Scheme of LDCE for filling up 20% vacancies of OS-II and 13.33 % vacancies of Senior Clerk.
Attention is invited to RBE No.102/2005 vide which the 20% DR quota that was introduced for, inter-alia OS-II, was decided to be operated instead as an LDCE quota open to all Graduate serving employees with prescribed residency period. The written exam (Railway wise) was to be conducted by RRB Vide RBE No.147/2006, the conduct of the exam was shifted from RRBs to respective Zonal Railways themselves. Vide RBE No. 110/2016, conduct of Senior Clerk LDCE (13.33% quota) was also handed over from RRBs to Zonal Railways.
The conducting of the OS-II and Senior Clerk LDCEs has however been centralized in each Railway so far, meaning thereby that vacancies of all Departments and all Divisions are clubbed together for a common exam and panel.
Railways have however, been raising this issue of centralized LDCE for these categories periodically, pointing out that with MACP in place, volunteers for OS-II and Senior Clerk LDCE are scarce due to the risk of inter-divisional transfer in a centralized panel scenario, which results in a number of vacancies remaining unfilled.
The matter has accordingly been reviewed in consultation with the Zonal Railways and it has been decided that the LDCE for both the OS-II and Senior Clerks may be decentralized, by holding the exam at the Divisional level by clubbing the vacancies of all the departments. This decentralization will be in respect of Divisionally controlled cadres/ seniority units for these posts.
Permission to Muslim Railway employees during Ramzan – AIRF
As you are aware, every year Railway Board communicates instructions to the General Managers of the Indian Railways to permit Muslim Railway Employees, observing fast during Holy month of Ramzan, for early leaving office, but this year, orders to this effect have not yet been issued by the Railway Board….
A.I.R.F. All India Railwaymen’s Federation
No.AIRF/24(C) Dated: May 9, 2019
The D.G.(Pers.),
Railway Board,
New Delhi
Dear Sir,
Sub: Permission to Muslim Railway employees, observing fast during Holy month of Ramzan, for early leaving office
As you are aware, every year Railway Board communicates instructions to the General Managers of the Indian Railways to permit Muslim Railway Employees, observing fast during Holy month of Ramzan, for early leaving office, but this year, orders to this effect have not yet been issued by the Railway Board.
It would, therefore, be quite appropriate if necessary instructions are communicated to the General Managers of the Indian Railways to permit Muslim Railway Employees, observing fast during Holy month of Ramzan, for early leaving office.
An early action in the matter shall be highly appreciated.
Yours faithfully,
sd/-
(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
General Secretary
AEBAS for punctuality in Military Engineer Services
Ministry of Defence D(Works-II)
MoD ID No. 16(18)/20 I 7/D(Works-II)
29.04.2019
Subject: Aadhar Enabled Bio-metric Attendance System (AEBAS) for punctuality in Military Engineer Services-reg.
Reference MoD ID Nos. 16(18)/2017/D(Works-II) dated 04.07.2017 and 19.12.2017 regarding Bio-metric Attendance System for punctuality in Defence Establishment.
2. Ministry has observed that till date Aadhar Enabled Bio-metric Attendance System is not implemented in E-in-C’s Branch. Further, it is also observed that subordinate offices are not maintaining proper leave record of Officers. The Ministry has taken a very serious view in this regard as non-maintenance of leave record will result in various administrative issues and loss to government exchequer.
3. In view of above, it is once again directed that Aadhar Enabled Bio-metric Attendance System shall be implemented in E-in-C’s Branch and all, the offices of Military Engineer Services. Non-implementation shall be viewed seriously and appropriate action as per relevant service rules/conduct rules shall be taken against the erring officials. As informed by E-in-C’s Branch, the case for exemption of Service Personnel is still under consideration in this Ministry, therefore, presently Service Personnel are not covered under ibid instructions.
4. This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.
(Vishnu Dutta Jha)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
W.P.(C) 3549/2018
SUNIL KUMAR TYAGI
….. Petitioner
Through:
Ms. Asha Jain Madan, Advocate with
Mr. Mukesh Jain, Advocate.
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ANR.
….. Respondents
Through:
Ms Archana Gaur and Ms Ridhima
Gaur, Advocates for UOI.
CORAM:
JUSTICE S.MURALIDHAR
JUSTICE I.S.MEHTA
ORDER
01.05.2019
1. There are three prayers in this writ petition – one is for a direction to the Respondents to grant the Petitioner the benefit of the first Assured Career Progression (‘ACP’) Scheme with effect from October, 1999, when the Petitioner had actually completed 12 years of service instead of 30th December, 2000. The second is that the benefit of the MACP should be granted with effect from October, 2007 (instead of 1st September, 2008), when the Petitioner completed 20 years of service. The third prayer is that the benefit of the MACP should be given by placing the Petitioner in the scale of Sub Inspector (‘SI’) i.e. Rs.5500-9000 (pre-revised).
2. As far as the first prayer is concerned, the same has already been granted by the Respondents to the Petitioner. As far as the second prayer is concerned, the issue is covered in favour of the Petitioner by the judgment dated 8th December, 2017 of the Supreme Court in Union of India v. Balbir Singh Turn (2018) 11 SCC 99. The Supreme Court has in the above judgment clarified that the benefit of the MACP which was on the basis of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission to be extended with effect from 1st January, 2006 and not from 1st September, 2008, as was directed by the Respondents.
3. As regards the fixing of the correct pay scale of the Petitioner, it is seen that in BSF/General Duty, there is no post of ASI/General Duty in the pay scale of Rs.4000-100-6000 (pre-revised) which had been converted into Pay Band-I i.e. 5200-20200 in the grade pay of Rs.2800 having pay band of 8560 with the total pay (basic pay) of Rs.11360. Thus, in the case of the Petitioner, the second financial upgradation was required to be given in the pay scale of Rs.5500-9000 (pre-revised). Since this was not granted to other similarly placed as the Petitioner, writ petitions were filed in this Court. A series of judgments have been passed by this Court in those writ petitions, as a result of which the Respondents extended the benefit of financial upgradation in the pay scale of Rs.5500-9000 to all personnel who had completed 24 years of regular service during the period 9th August, 1999 to 31st August, 2008.
4. The counter affidavit of the Respondents does not dispute the applicability of the judgment of the Supreme Court in Union of India v Balbir Singh Turn (supra) or the applicability of the other orders of this Court, including the order dated 18th December, 2015 in W.P.(C) No.11725 (Digamber Singh ASI v UOI) concerning the appropriate pay scale for the purposes of grant of the MACP benefits.
5. Consequently, this Court directs as under:
(i) The Petitioner would be given the benefit of the MACP with effect from October, 2007 instead of 1st September, 2008; and
(ii) The above benefit will be given by placing the Petitioner in the pay scale of Sub Inspector i.e. 5500-9000 (pre-revised).
(iii) The appropriate orders will be issued and the arrears will be paid to the Petitioner within a period of 12 weeks from today, failing which the Respondents will be liable to pay simple interest @ 6% per annum on the arrears for the period of delay.
6. The petition is disposed of in above terms. No costs.
KVS National Award to Teachers – Initiation of Selection process
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan New Delhi – 110016
File No. 11-E-3060(NA)/2/2019-Estt.III/590-25
Date:09.05.2019
Most Important
The Deputy Commissioner / Director
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
All Regional Offices / ZIETs
The Principal
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Kathmandu / Moscow / Tehran
Subject : National Award to Teachers-Initiation of Selection process.
Madam/Sir,
I am to refer to MHRD’s circular No. F.1-5/2018-NAT dated 06.05.2019 on the subject cited above and to forward the circular along with revised NAT Guidelines and timelines for National Award to teachers.
Your attention is invited to the fact how we complete the selection process of teachers for the National Awards. It has been observed last year that many proposals forwarded by the Regional Selection Committees were not up to the mark and worth consideration. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan is blessed with a lot of outstanding teachers who are contributing immensely to the institutions society and ultimately to the nation. Many teachers are having remarkable achievement in the filed of education. Many teachers who are worth of consideration for awards but do not take part in this process due to their busy schedule or some other reasons. These teachers need to be encouraged to apply for this Award through online process. Mere completion of formality to forward some names of teachers to KVS (HQ) under this process will not serve our purpose. Achievements, efforts & records of the individuals whose names are being selected by the Regional Selection Committees must be quite visible and from their proposals In nutshell this is to say that proposals should be self explanatory in itself.
All Deputy Commissioners are requested to take personal interest to identify, motivate and forward worthwhile proposals so that KVS nominations may be adjudged amongst the best proposals by the National Level Independent July The conferment of National Award to a genuine teacher inspires other teachers to endeavor for higher achievement.
Kindly give this circular wide publicity so that the same can be known by every teacher. Timelines prescribed for each stage of this process may be strictly adhered to
