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Mandatory cooling off period between two deputations for appointment in the personal staff of Union Ministers

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Mandatory cooling off period between two deputations for appointment in the personal staff of Union Ministers

No. 2/11/2016-Estt.(Pay-II)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

North Block, New Delhi
Dated 20th July, 2018.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub : Provision regarding mandatory cooling off period between two deputations for appointment in the personal staff of Union Ministers – Reg.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM No. 6/8/2009- Estt.(Pay-II) dated 17th June, 2010 on the above subject which provides that there shall be a mandatory ‘cooling off’ period of three years after every period of deputation/foreign service upto Joint Secretary level posts and one year for Additional Secretary level posts.

2. References are received in this Department from various Ministries/ Departments seeking relaxation in respect of provisions of ‘cooling off’ period between two deputations inter-alia for appointments in the personal staff of Union Ministers.

3. The issue of provision of cooling off period in the cases of appointments in personal staff of Union Ministers has been considered in this Department. Keeping in view the urgency of functional requirement in office of Union Ministers, it has been decided to dispense with the requirement of completion of mandatory ‘cooling off period in respect of officers selected for personal staff of Union Ministers by amending Para 8.4 of this Department’s OM No. 6/8/2009-Estt.(Pay-II) dated 17.06.2010, so as to read as under :-

“8.4. There shall be a mandatory ‘cooling off’ period of three year after every period of deputation/foreign service for Joint Secretary and below level officers and one year for Additional Secretary level officers. The requirement of cooling off shall, however, not be insisted upon for appointment in personal staff of Union Ministers. However, those officers who have not completed the required ‘cooling off’ period from previous deputation and are posted in personal staff of Minister will have to revert to their parent cadre once their term in the personal staff of Minister ends for whatever reason. A prior consent may be obtained from such officers that they are willing to be appointed in personal staff of Minister in waiver of “cooling off’ requirement, fully aware of the condition that they would be reverted back to their parent cadre once their term in personal staff of Minister ends for whatever reason and they will have to complete the “cooling off” period afresh.

Provided, if an officer is appointed from the personal staff of one Minister to the personal staff of another Minister, the cooling off shall not be insisted upon subject to overall ceiling of 10 years in personal staff of Minister and sub-ceiling of 5 years as PS/OSD.

Provided further that the officers who are appointed in the personal staff of Minister after completion of required cooling off period from the previous deputation can be appointed to another deputation, in continuation of deputation in the personal staff of Ministers, if duly selected, subject to overall ceiling of deputation, other conditions relating to deputation and NOC of the parent cadre/organisation. The admissibility of Deputation (Duty) Allowance will, however, be only upto 5th year counting from the initial deputation.”

4. In so far as persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

5. This amendment shall be effective from the date of issue of this O.M.

(Ashok Kumar Jam)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India

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New ticket confirmation process in Railways

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New ticket confirmation process in Railways

Ministry of Railways

A tool has been developed to predict the probability of waitlisted ticket getting confirmed at the time of booking as well as during Passenger Name Record (PNR) enquiry of wait listed ticket. The tool has been developed using the algorithm of Machine learning.

The machine learning model has been developed using the waitlisted PNR data of past 2 years. This model creates the pattern for the various waitlist scenarios and predicts the probability for the future date journey. Currently, this feature is integrated with Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website only. In IRCTC website this feature is operational w.e.f. 13 June, 2018 as under:-

When the user is doing the booking transaction, and if the status of accommodation availability of the inputted journey is waitlisted, then the user can check the probability of confirmation. At the time of PNR enquiry of waitlisted ticket, the user can check the probability of confirmation. As far as trends of confirmation chances and cancellation chances probability is concerned, it is informed that it varies depending upon peak and lean periods, type of trains like short distance trains, long journey trains, trains with limited stoppage, etc.

In the computerised Passenger Reservation System (PRS), confirmed berths/seats are allotted on first come first served basis till the availability and thereafter Reservation Against Cancellation (RAC)/Waiting List tickets are issued. The status of RAC/Waiting List tickets get automatically updated against the cancellation of confirmed berths/seats and also against release of unutilised reservation quotas.

To facilitate those passengers who have to undertake journey at short notice and to save such passengers from the clutches of unscrupulous elements/touts, Tatkal scheme of reservation is available where the accommodation becomes available for booking on the previous day of journey from train originating station. Further, with a view to providing confirmed accommodation to waiting list passengers and to ensure optimal utilisation of available accommodation, a scheme known as Alternate Train Accommodation (ATAS) known as “VIKALP” was introduced as a pilot project in November, 2015. This scheme has been expanded to cover all type of train on all sectors from 01.04.2017. For this facility, waiting list passenger has to give an option at the time of booking of ticket & passengers with waiting list status at the time of preparation of first reservation charts are shifted to other trains, subject to availability of vacant accommodation.

In the computerized PRS there is already a provision to permit cancer patients and their attendants travelling on concessional tickets issued in exchange of concession certificate, to directly access Emergency Quota at the time of booking itself. Maximum number of berths/seats out of the Emergency Quota in a train, which can be accessed by Cancer patients and their attendants in Sleeper, is 4 and 2 each in AC Chair Car, AC 3 tier, AC 2 tier and First Classes. In addition, separate Cancer Patient Quota has also been defined in some identified trains. Moreover, instructions are also there that in case requests are received for confirmation of berths out of emergency quota from patients who have to undertake journey for checkup like cancer treatment and dangerous ailments which cannot be postponed due to compelling circumstances, the same should be considered by quota controlling authority as per extant norms so as to accommodate to the extent feasible after satisfying themselves of the genuineness of travel.

This information was given by the Minister of State of Railways Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

Source: PIB

Modification in withdrawal process in EPF – Rajya Sabha Q&A

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Modification in withdrawal process in EPF – Rajya Sabha Q&A

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
RAJYA SABHA

QUESTION NO 116

ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018

Modification in withdrawal process in EPF

116 Smt. Sarojini Hembram
Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:-

(a)whether Government has made any modification in the withdrawal process of Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) for the employees in the existing rules;

(b)if so, the details thereof;

(c)whether Government is planning to further simplify the process of Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) for the withdrawal, for the convenience of employees; and

(d)if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) & (b): Paragraph 69(2) of Employees’ Provident Funds (EPF) Scheme, 1952 enables a member to withdraw the full amount standing to his credit in the Fund on ceasing to be an employee in an establishment for a continuous period of two months immediately preceding the date on which he makes an application for withdrawal. The requirement of two months waiting period shall not, however, apply in cases of female members resigning from the services of the establishment for the purpose of getting married.

Further, review and modification of Schemes framed under the Employees’ Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions (EPF & MP) Act, 1952 is an ongoing process based on the changing socio-economic scenario.

(c) & (d): The Central Board of Trustees (CBT), Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) in its 222nd meeting held on 26.06.2018 has considered a proposal for insertion of paragraph 68HH in EPF Scheme, 1952 to enable a member who is no longer in employment for a continuous period of one month, to avail 75 percent of the total fund standing to his credit.

Source: https://rajyasabha.nic.in/

RTI activists hold meeting with Dr Jitendra Singh

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RTI activists hold meeting with Dr Jitendra Singh

A group of RTI activists representing “Right to Information Activists Social Welfare Society” held a meeting with Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh here today and discussed issues regarding citizens’ right to information and related concerns.

During the meeting, Dr Jitendra Singh allayed fears and apprehensions appearing in a section of media that there was any move by Shri Narendra Modi Government to dilute or curtail the Right To Information. He said, on the contrary, the Government had, in the last four years, worked on the principle of increasing citizen participation in governance, with more accountability and transparency.

Dr Jitendra Singh said, it was during this Government that all the 11 vacancies of the Central Information Commission were sought to be filled by the government whereas, during the earlier times, there had been occasions when sometimes, Information Commission was functioning with just three or four members. Not only this, he said, the pendency of the RTI applications has been tremendously brought down and the time of disposal also curtailed.

Dr Jitendra Singh said, in the last four years, most of the public authorities numbering around 2000 have been brought under the purview of the RTI Act, which was not so before.

Among the various suggestions made by the members of the delegation were that through the RTIs filed through them, they are able to extract certain crucial pieces of information which can be of great importance from the point of view of administration and public service and therefore, there should be a proper institutionalized mechanism to be able to share the same at a wider level for a larger benefit.

The RTI activists shared Dr Jitendra Singh’s concern about frivolous RTI applications and even suggested to the Minister that some kind of a check mechanism could be evolved like, for example, imposing a fine on a frivolous RTI or making it mandatory for the RTI applicant to disclose his Aadhaar number in order to check the possibility of a fake RTI.

The RTI activists were in favour of having a continuous and aggressive awareness campaign to educate the general masses about the utility of RTI for ensuring transparency and at the same time, also cautioning them against the misuse of RTI for mala-fide motives. The Minister appreciated the suggestion and said this suggestion could be further worked upon more constructively.

Among the activists who comprised the delegation were Dr D.C. Prajapati, Dr M.C. Sharma, Iqbal Sanjhi, Pawan Rawat, Vikush Sharma, Anju Chowdhary, Avinash Shukla and others.

GST council approves Simplified GST Return

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GST council approves Simplified GST Return

The GST Council in its 28th meeting held here today under the Chairmanship of Shri PiyushGoyal , Union Minister for Railways , Coal , Finance & Corporate Affairs has approved the new return formats and associated changes in law. It may be recalled that in the 27thmeeting held on 4thof May, 2018 the Council had approved the basic principles of GST return design and directed the law committee to finalize the return formats and changes in law. The formats and business process approved today were in line with the basic principles with one major change i.ethe option of filing quarterly return with monthly payment of tax in a simplified return format by the small tax payers.

All taxpayers excluding small taxpayers and a few exceptions like ISD etc. shall file one monthly return. The return is simple with two main tables. One for reporting outward supplies and one for availing input tax credit based on invoices uploaded by the supplier. Invoices can be uploaded continuously by the seller and can be continuously viewed and locked by the buyer for availing input tax credit. This process would ensure that very large part of the return is automatically filled based on the invoices uploaded by the buyer and the seller. Simply put, the process would be “UPLOAD – LOCK – PAY” for most tax payers.

Taxpayers would have facility to create his profile based on nature of supplies made and received. The fields of information which a taxpayer would be shown and would be required to fill in the return would depend on his profile.

NIL return filers (no purchase and no sale) shall be given facility to file return by sending SMS.

The Council approved quarterly filing of return for the small taxpayers having turnover below Rs. 5 Cr as an optional facility. Quarterly return shall be similar to main return with monthly payment facility but for two kinds of registered persons – small traders making only B2C supply or making B2B + B2C supply. For such taxpayers, simplified returns have been designed called Sahaj and Sugam. In these returns details of information required to be filled is lesser than that in the regular return.

The new return design provides facility for amendment of invoice and also other details filed in the return. Amendment shall be carried out by filing of a return called amendment return. Payment would be allowed to be made through the amendment return as it will help save interest liability for the taxpayers.

93% of the taxpayers have a turnover of less than Rs 5 Cr and these taxpayers would benefit substantially from the simplification measures proposed improving their ease of doing business. Even the large taxpayers would find the design of new return quite user friendly.

PIB

LTC facility for Government employees – Proposal to include Central Asian Countries

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LTC facility for Government employees – Proposal to include Central Asian Countries

F.N0.31011 /S/2018- Estt. A- IV
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances & Persons
Department of Personnel &Training
Establishment A-IV Desk

New Delhi. 17th July, 2018

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub:- Proposal to include Central Asian Countries with the ambit of LTC facility for Government employees.

The undersigned is directed to refer to the proposal of Ministry of External Affairs to include five Central Asian Countries namely Kazakhstan. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan under the scheme of LTC with some ceiling and to seek the comments of Ministry Civil Aviation (MOCA). Ministry of tourism (MOT). Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Department of Expenditure at the earliest possible.

S/d,
(Surya Narayan)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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No plans to extend deadline for filing the Income Tax beyond 31st July, 2018 for non-tax audit – CBDT

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No plans to extend deadline for filing the Income Tax beyond 31st July, 2018 for non-tax audit – CBDT

CIRCULAR No.4/2018

F.No.370889/25/2018
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Cçentral Board of Direct Taxes

New Delhi, Dated 21st July, 2018

Order under section 139(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (‘the Act’)

This Circular is issued in pursuant to 139(1) of the Tax Act, 1961 is to clarify that rumors spreading across in media regarding extension in due date for non-tax audit is fake and no such plans to extend this deadline beyond 31st July, 2018. The department already received over 1 crore returns filed electronically.

As per Section 234F of the Income Tax Act, from 1st April 2018, the penalty for late filing income tax return would be as

(a) five thousand rupees, if the return is furnished on or the 31st day of December of the assessment year;

(b) ten thousand rupees in any other case:

Provided further that if the total income of the person not exceed five lakh rupees, the fee payable under this section shall not exceed one thousand rupees. Therefore, the assessees are hereby asked to file their ITRs before the due date to avoid the penalty.

(Sanyam Suresh Joshi)

DCIT, CBDT

Source: Confederation

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Revoking suspension of empanelment of BLK Super Specialty Hospital, Pusa Road, New Delhi under CGHS

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Revoking suspension of empanelment of BLK Super Specialty Hospital, Pusa Road, New Delhi under CGHS

F.No. S-11011/40/2017-CGHS (HEC)
Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Department of Health & Family Welfare
(Hospital Empanelment Cell)

Maulana Azad Road Nirman Bhawan,
New Delhi 110 011, dated the 9th July, 2018.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject :- Revoking suspension of empanelment of BLK Super Specialty Hospital, Pusa Road, New Delhi under CGHS

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With reference to the above mentioned matter, the undersigned is to draw attention to the Office Memorandum of even Number dated 19.06.2017 vide which empanelment of BLK Super Speciality Hospital, Pusa Road, New Delhi under CGHS was suspended. In this regard the representation of the said hospital for revoking its suspension on the basis of corrective steps taken by the hospital has been examined and it is now been decided to revoke the suspension of the empanelment of BLK Super Speciality Hospital, Pusa Road, New Delhi under CGHS, w.e.f. date of issue of this order on the same terms and conditions as indicated in Office Memorandum No S-11045/36/2012-CGHS (HEC) vide which it was initially empanelled.

(Bindu Tewari)
Director, CGHS

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CGHS Empanelled Hospitals List 2018

Reimbursement of cost of Neuro-implants for CGHS / CS(MA) beneficiaries

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Reimbursement of cost of Neuro-implants for CGHS / CS(MA) beneficiaries

Government of lndia
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Department of Health & Family Welfare
Directorate General of CGHS

No. Misc.12014/2005/CGHS(R&H)

Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated the 9th July, 2018

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Permission / Approval for reimbursement of cost of Neuro-implants, viz., Deep Brain Stimulation implants, Intra-thecal Baclofen Pump, lntra-thecal Morphine Pump and Spinal Cord stimulators for CGHS/CS(MA) beneficiaries

With reference to the above subject the undersigned is directed to draw attention to the Office Memorandam of even Number dated 23/06/2006 and 4/12/2008 and OM No.S.3849/09/CGHS(R&H)-CGHS(P) dated 8/12/2014 vide which the rates and guidelines for Permission /Approval for reimbursement of cost of Neuro-implants, viz., Deep Brain Stimulation implants, Intra-thecal Baclofen Pump, Intra-thecal Morphine Pump and Spinal Cord stimulators for CGHS/CS(MA) beneficiaries were notified and to convey the approval of competent authority to allow reimbursement of cost of the above mentioned neuro-implants under CGHS/CS(MA) Rules at the same ceiling rates and guidelines and conditions till the rates for the above mentioned implants are notified by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA).

sd/-
(Bindu Tewari)
Director (EHS)

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MoD – Cases of promotions taking place in the pre-revised pay structure

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MoD – Cases of promotions taking place in the pre-revised pay structure between 01/01/20016

Government of India
Ministry of Defence
Office of the Principal Controller of Accounts(fys)
Pay Tech Section
10-A, S.K. BOSE Road, Kolkata:700001

Part. I Office Order No. AT/04

Date: 18-07-2018

Sub: Cases of promotions taking place in the pre-revised pay structure between 01/01/20016 and the date of notification of Central Civil Service (Revised Pay) Rules 2008 and the subsequent merger of the pre-revised pay scales of the promotional and feeder posts in a common grade-regarding acceptance of exercising option for fixation of pay.

A copy of Ministry of Defence, Department of Defence Production, New Delhi, MoD ID No.50(105)2016-D(Estt/NG) dated 06/06/2018 on the above subject received under OFB No-01/6th CPC/Pay Fix/Per/Policy, dated 29/06/2018, is forwarded herewith for information and necessary action, please.

Dy Controller of Accounts(Fys)

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