Subject : Voluntary exit under Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
The functionality of online voluntary exit was released in the month of August 2017 by Central Record Keeping Agency(CRA) – NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited to smoothen the process of Voluntary Exit under Atal Pension Yojana (APY). However, it has been observed that some POPs and branches of POPs are sending physical exit forms to PFRDA instead of processing through their APY module. This causes delay in execution of voluntary exit, which in turn increases grievances from the subscribers.
2. In view of the same, POPs are advised – (i) to process voluntary exit request only through their APY module (ii) to sensitize all their branches which are performing Atal Pension Yojana related activities to process voluntary exit as per the guidelines.
3. The physical forms are NOT to be submitted to PFRDA.
Closing of Central Government Offices for Lok Sabha Elections 2019 : Grant of Paid Holiday
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 April 10 2019
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Closing of Central Government Offices in connection with General Elections to Lok Sabha 2019 and General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha & Sikkim and Bye- elections to fill the clear vacancies in Assembly Constituencies of various States- Grant of Paid Holiday -regarding
The undersigned is directed to say that in connection with the General Elections to the Lok Sabha 2019 and General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha & Sikkim and Bye – elections to fill the clear vacancies in Assembly Constituencies of various State scheduled to be held in 2019, the following guidelines, already issued by DOPT vide OM No. 12/14/99-JCA dated 10th October, 2001, have to be followed for closing of the Central Government Offices including Industrial Establishments in the States:-
(i) The relevant offices/organizations shall remain closed on the day of poll in the notified areas where general elections to the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assembly are scheduled to be conducted.
(ii) In connection with bye-election to State Assembly, only such of the employees who are bona-fide voters in the relevant constituency should be granted special casual leave on the day of polling. Special Casual leave may also be granted to an employee who is ordinarily a resident of constituency and registered as a voter but employed in any Central Government Organization/Industrial Establishment located outside the constituency having a general/bye-election.
2. The above instructions may be brought to the notice of all concerned.
Grant of Special Casual Leave to the CEC members for attending CEC meeting of BSNLEU
BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED
(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ENTERPRISE)
SR Cell, Corporate Office
8th Floor, Bharat Sanchar Bhawan,
Harish Chander Mathur Lane,
Janpath, New Delhi-110 001
No.BSNL/39-1/SR/2018/pt
Date : 03.04.2019
To
1. All Chief General Managers,
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.
2. PGM (Personnel), BSNL C.O.
Subject : Grant of Special Casual Leave to the CEC members for attending CEC meeting of BSNLEU – reg.
Ref : General Secretary, BSNLEU letter No. BSNLEU/101(CEC) dated 18.03.2018.
Approval of the Competent Authority is hereby conveyed for grant of Special Casual Leave, on request to CEC Members of BSNLEU on 6th and 7th April 2019 for attending their Central Executive Committee Meeting to be held at ALTTC Complex, Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad,U.P. The Special Casual Leave shall be granted for the days of the Meeting and the actual time taken in journey.
2, The above approval is subject to the condition that the amount of Special Casual Leave to an employee shall not exceed 20 days in a year.
(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 3rd April, 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 8% (Eight percent) w.e.f. 1st April, 2019 to 30th June, 2019. This rate will be in force w.e.f. 1st April, 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.
Opening of CGHS Wellness Centre (Allopathic) at Dhanbad
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
D/o ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HEALTH SCHEME
NEW A.G. COLONY. RANCHI-834002
TELEPHONE No: 0651-2480147
No/CGHS/RAN/Disp.Merger/2019-20/12
Dated: 01/04/2019
OFFICE ORDER
Subject : Opening of CGHS Wellness Centre (Allopathic) at Dhanbad.
This is for information of all eligible Central Govt. Employees / Central pensioners ex-MPs and Other eligible Stakeholders that a Central Government Health CGHS) Wellness Centre bas started functioning at Bertand, Dhanbad-826001 from 01st April, 2019 to provide comprehensive medical facility.
The CGHS Wellness Centre at Dhanbad shall cover all eligible Central Govt. Employees residing within 5 kms radius of the Wellness Centre and eligible pensioners and ex-MPs etc. living in and around Dhanbad as CGHS guidelines.
The CGHS beneficiaries shall be able to avail the CGHS facilities through the Wellness Centre from 07:30 AM to 02:00 PM on ail days, except Sundays and Gazetted holidays.
The CGHS Wellness Centre, Dhanbad shall under the administrative control of Additional Director, CGHS, Ranchi (Tel. No. 0651-2480147).
Sd/-
Dr (Mrs) L P Minz
Additional Director, CGHS Ranchi
CAT Appointment of Members for the vacancy year 2018 – DOPT Corrigendum
No. A-11013/6/2017-AT
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
New Delhi, dated 09.04.2019
CORRIGENDUM
Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Appointment of Members for the vacancy year 2018
Attention is drawn to this Department’s advertisements of even No. dated 1st February, 2018 ( published in Newspapers on 08th February, 2018) inviting applications for 06 vacancies of Judicial Members and 08 vacancies of Administrative Members in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) arising during the year 2018. These vacancies are now to be filled up under the provisions of Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985 as amended by the Administrative Tribunal Act, 2006 subject to final result of the WP No.640/2017, in the light of the interim direction of the Honourable Supreme Court dated 08.3.2019 under CP NO.2124/2018 in the said Writ Petition.
Eligible and interested persons may apply afresh for these posts, keeping in view the position elaborated in para 1 above before 22nd April, 2019 before closure of office hours. The details of eligibility conditions and the application form to be filled up may be downloaded from the Department of Personnel and Training website www.persmin.gov.in. In the case of serving officers of Central/State Governments, their applications should also, in addition to direct application, be routed through the Cadre Controlling Authorities.
The applicants who have already applied in response to the advertisements dated 1st February, 2018 and subsequent advertisement extending the date of receipt of applications upto 14.08.2018, need not apply again as their earlier applications will be considered (if eligible) under the old Act and rules unless they withdraw their application by 22nd April, 2019. The applications should be addressed to the Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, New Delhi 11001.
Combined Defence Services Examination (i)-2019 Declaration of written result
On the basis of the results of the COMBINED DEFENCE SERVICES EXAMINATION (I), 2019 held by the Union Public Service Commission on 3rd February, 2019,7953 candidates with the following Roll Numbers have qualified for being interviewed by the Service Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence, for admission to (i) Indian Military Academy, Dehradun 148thCourse commencing in January, 2020 (ii) Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala, Course commencing in January, 2020 (iii) Air Force Academy, Hyderabad (Pre-Flying) Training Course (207 F(P)) commencing in January, 2020 (iv) Officers Training Academy, Chennai 111th SSC Course (NT)(for Men) commencing in April, 2020 and (v) Officers Training Academy, Chennai, 25th SSC Women (Non-Technical) Course commencing in April, 2020.
The candidature of all the candidates, whose Roll Numbers are shown in the lists below, is provisional. In accordance with the conditions of the admission to the examination, they are required to submit the original certificates in support of age (Date of Birth), educational qualifications, NCC (C) (Army Wing/Senior Division Air Wing/Naval Wing) etc. claimed by them along with attested copies thereof, to Army Headquarters, A.G.’s Branch/Rtg./CDSE Entry Section for males and SSC Women Entry Section for women candidates, West Block-III, Ground Floor, Wing 1, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066 in case of IMA/SSC as their first choice and to IHQ of MoD (Navy), DMPR (OI &R Section), Room No. 204, ‘C’-Wing, Sena Bhawan, New Delhi-110011 in case of Navy as their first choice, and to PO 3 (A) Air Headquarters, ‘J’ Block, Room No. 17, Opp. Vayu Bhawan, Motilal Nehru Marg, New Delhi-110011 in case of Air Force as their first choice. The original Certificates are to be submitted within two weeks of completion of the SSB Interview and not later than 13th November, 2019 for AFA and not later than 01stJanuary, 2020 for IMA and not later than 01st January, 2020 for admission to NA (1st April, 2020 in case of SSC only). The candidates must not send the original Certificates to the Union Public Service Commission.
All the candidates who have successfully qualified in the written exam are required to register themselves online on the Indian Army Recruiting website joinindianarmy.nic.in within two weeks of announcement of written result. The successful candidates would then be allotted Selection Centres and dates, of SSB interview which shall be communicated on the registered e-mail ID. Any candidate who has already registered earlier on the site will not be required to do so. In case of any query/Login problem, e-mail be forwarded to [email protected].
In case, there is any change of address, the candidates are advised to promptly intimate directly to the Army Headquarters/Naval Headquarters/Air Headquarters as the case may be.
The Union Public Service Commission have a Facilitation Counter near Examination Hall Building in its Campus. Candidates may obtain any information/clarification regarding this examination on working days between 10.00 AM to 5.00 PM, in person or over telephone No.011-23385271, 011-23381125 and 011-23098543 from this Facilitation Counter. Candidates can also obtain information regarding their result by accessing UPSC website http://www.upsc.gov.in
The marks-sheet of candidates who have not qualified, will be put on the Commission’s website within 15 days from the date of publication of the final result of OTA (after conducting SSB Interview) and will remain available on the website for a period of 30 days.
91 Lok Sabha Constituencies go to polls tomorrow Over 14 crore 20 lakh and 54 thousand voters to decide fate of 1279 candidates First Phase is third biggest in terms of number of Lok Sabha seats More than 1 lakh 70 thousand Polling booths set up across 20 States & UTs 7764 Third Gender voters to cast ballots
Lok Sabha Election 2019 : Grant of Paid Holiday to the employees on the day of poll
By Speed post/camp bag
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA NIRVACHAN SADAN, ASHOKA ROAD, NEW DELHI-110001.
No.78/2019/EPS
Dated : 22nd March, 2019
To
1. The Chief Secretaries of
All States and Union Territories.
2. The Chief Electoral Officers of
All States and Union Territories
3. The Secretary to the Govt. of India, M/o Personnel Public Grivances & Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, New Delhi.
Sub : General Elections to Lok Sabha, 2019 and General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha & Sikkim and Bye-elections to fill the clear vacancies in Assembly Constituencies of various States – Grant of Paid Holiday – regarding
Sir/Madam,
I am directed to invite your attention to Section 135 B of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 which provides for the grant of paid holiday to the employees on the day of poll. The Section 135B is reproduced below:-
“135B. Grant of paid holiday to employees on the day of poll
(i) Every person employed in any business trade, industrial undertaking or any other establishment and entitled to vote at election to the House of the People or the Legislative Assembly of a State shall, on the day of poll, be granted a holiday.
(ii) No deduction or abatement of the wages of any such person shall be made on account of a holiday having been granted in accordance with sub-section (1) and if such person is employed on the basis that he would not ordinarily receive wages for such a day, he shall nonetheless be paid for such day the wages he would have drawn had not a holiday been granted to him on that day.
(iii) If an employer contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), then such employer shall be punishable with fine, which may extend to five hundred rupees.
(iv) This section shall not apply to any elector whose absence may cause danger or substantial loss in respect of the employment in which he is engaged.”
2. The above provisions require that all establishments and shops including those which work on shift basis shall be closed on the day of poll in the Constituency where a General/bye-election is to be held. However, there may be cases where a person is ordinarily resident of the Constituency and registered as an elector, may be serving/employed in an industrial undertaking or an establishment located outside the constituency having a general/bye-election. It is clarified that in such a situation, even those electors including casual workers working outside the constituency concerned would be entitled to the benefit of a paid holiday extended under Section 135B(1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
3. The daily wage/causal workers are also entitled for a holiday and wages on poll day as provided in Section 135B of the R.P. Act, 1951:
4. The Commission desires that suitable instructions should be issued to all
concerned for the phase-wise election schedules, as mentioned in the Commission’s Notifications under endorsement to the Commission for information and record.
5. The receipt of this letter may please be acknowledged.
Extension of validity period of empanelment of already empanelled HCO under CGHS
F. No: S-11045/36/2016-CGHS (HEC)
Government of India
Directorate General of Central Govt. Health Scheme
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
*************
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated 27.03.2019
OFFICE ORDER
Sub : Extension of validity period of empanelment of already empanelled Health Care Organizations under CGHS.
With reference to above mentioned subject attention is drawn to office order dated 20.12.2018 whereby empanelment of all existing empanelled health care organizations under CGHS was extended till 31.03.2019.
In this regards it has been now decided to extend empanelment of all Health Care Organizations already empanelled under CGHS for a further period of three months w.e.f. 01.04.2019 till 30.06.2019 or till next empanelment whichever is earlier on same terms conditions and rates on which they are presently empanelled.
This issues with approval of AS & DC (CGHS).
(Dr. Atul Prakash)
Director (CGHS)
Tel- 011-23062800
