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Gramin Dak Sevaks – Lok Sabha Q&A

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Gramin Dak Sevaks – Lok Sabha Q&A

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1427
ANSWERED ON: 27.12.2017

Gramin Dak Sevaks

BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL

Will the Minister of

COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government has constituted any Committee to look into the salary structure, other service matters and problems of Gramin Dak Sevaks and if so, the details and the composition thereof;

(b) whether the said Committee has since submitted its report and if so, the recommendations thereof; and

(c) the time by which these recommendations are likely to be implemented?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS &
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) Yes, Madam. A One Man Committee has been constituted to look into the salary structure, other service matters and problems of Gramin Dak Sevaks under the Chairmanship of Shri Kamlesh Chandra.

(b) Yes, Madam, the Committee has submitted its report to the Government. The salient features are given in the Annexure.

(c) The recommendations of the Committee have been considered by the Department. After getting the necessary approvals from all concerned, the recommendation of the Committee will be implemented.

Annexure
Salient features
of the One Man Committee Report headed by Shri Kamlesh Chandra

  • The old system of payment of Time Related Continuity Allowance (TRCA) is dispensed with and replaced with a new wage payment system. Under the new wage payment system, 11 TRCA slabs are subsumed into 3 Wage Scales with two Levels each for BPMs and for other than BPMs. One wage scale would be common for both the categories of GDSs.
  • The minimum working hours of GDS Post Offices and GDSs are increased to 4 hours from 3 hours.
  • The new working hours for GDS Post Offices will be 4 hours and 5 hours only.
  • The Level 1 GDS Post Offices / GDSs will have 4 hours as working hours and Level – 2 will have 5 hours as working hours.
  • The Point System for assessment of workload of BPMs has been abolished.
  • The new wage payment system is linked to revenue generation of GDS Post Offices. Under the new system, there will be no increase in wages of BPMs from Level -1 to Level -2 on the basis of workload but the same will be increased based on achievement of prescribed revenue norms which is fixed at 100% for normal areas and 50% for special areas.
  • The GDS Post Offices not achieving the prescribed revenue norm within the given working hours will have to open GDS Post Offices for minimum of additional 30 minutes beyond the prescribed working hours.
  • The GDS BPMs will be paid Revenue Linked Allowance @10% beyond level-2 wage scale if they will be successful in achieving revenue beyond prescribed norms
  • The GDS Post Offices has been categorized into A, B; C and D categories based on the revenue generation norms. The GDS Post Office in A category will achieve 100% revenue norm. The Committee has recommended a set of actions for each category of GDS Post Offices.
  • The six approved categories of GDSs are subsumed into two categories only. One category will be Branch Post Master and all other 5 categories of GDSs are subsumed into one Multi Tasking Category.
  • The GDSs working in the GDS Post Offices will be known as Assistant Branch Post Master (ABPMs) and those working in the Departmental Post Offices will be known as Dak Sevak (DS).
  • The minimum wage has been increased to Rs. 10000/- per month and maximum pay to Rs. 35480/- per month.
  • The rate of annual increase is recommended as 3%.
  • A Composite Allowance comprising of support for hiring accommodation for GDS Post Offices as well as mandatory residence, office maintenance, mobile and electricity usage charges etc. has been introduced for the first time.
  • Children Education Allowance @Rs. 6000/- per child per annum has been introduced for GDSs.
  • Risk & Hardship Allowance @Rs. 500/- per month for GDS working in the special areas has also been introduced.
  • A Financial up-gradation has been introduced at 12 years, 24 years and 36 years of services in form of two advance additional annual increases.
  • The Ceiling of ex-gratia gratuity has been increased from Rs. 60,000 to Rs. 5,00,000
  • The GDS Contribution for Service Discharge Benefit Scheme (SDBS) should be enhanced maximum up to 10% and minimum up to 3% of the basic wage per month, whereas the Department should contribute a fixed contribution of 3% of the basic wage of the GDSs.
  • The coverage of GDS Group Insurance Scheme has been enhanced from Rs. 50000/- to Rs. 5,00,000/
  • The contribution of Department in Circle Welfare Fund (CWF) has been increased from Rs. 100/ per annum to Rs. 300/ per annum.
  • The scope of CWF is extended to cover immediate family members such as spouse; daughters, sons and dependent daughters in law in the scheme.
  • The Committee also recommended 10% hike in the prescribed limits of financial grants and assistances in the Circle Welfare Funds.
  • The Committee has recommended addition of Rs. 10,000/ for purchase of Tablet / Mobile from the Circle Welfare in the head “Financial Assistance of Fund by way of loans with lower rate of interest (5%)”.
  • Provision of 26 weeks of Maternity Leave for women GDS has been recommended.
  • The wages for the entire period of Maternity Leave is recommended to be paid from salary head from where wages of GDSs are paid.
  • The Committee has also recommended one week of paternity leave.
  • Leave accumulation and encashment facility up to 180 days has been introduced.
  • Online system of engagement has been recommended.
  • Alternate livelihood condition for engagement of GDSs has been relaxed.
  • Voluntary Discharge scheme has been recommended.
  • The Discharge age has been retained at 65 years.
  • The Limited Transfer Facility has been relaxed from 1 time to 3 times for male GDSs. There will be no restriction on number of chances for transfer of women GDSs. The powers for transfer has been delegated to the concerned Divisional head.
  • The ex-gratia payment during put off period should be revised to 35% from 25% of the wage and DA drawn immediately before put off.
  • The Committee has recommended preferring transfer before put off duty.

Source :Loksabha

Fixation of pay in the Rajasthan Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2017 of person whose increments have been with-held or whose pay has been reduced as a measure of penalty

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Fixation of pay in the Rajasthan Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2017 of person whose increments have been with-held or whose pay has been reduced as a measure of penalty.

GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
(RULES DIVISION)

Memorandum

No. F. 1(1)FD/Rules/2005

Jaipur, dated: 26 DEC 2017

Subject : Fixation of pay in the Rajasthan Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2017 of person whose increments have been with-held or whose pay has been reduced as a measure of penalty.

The undersigned is directed to state that the pay of Government servants who have opted to avail Revised Pay w.e.f. 01.01.2016 under The Rajasthan Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2017 but were drawing reduced pay on that date, as a result of a penalty with a provision for restoration of pay on the expiry of the period of penalty e.g. stoppage of increments/reduction to a lower stage in the tithe scale without cumulative effect, shall be fixed in the following manner –

(a) on the basis of pay actually drawn on 01.01.2016 to be allowed upto the date of expiry of the period of penalty; and

(b) on the basis of pay which would have been drawn in the absence of penalty, after allowing increments (if any)

The revised pay fixed as per (a) above may be allowed from 01.01.2016 to the date of expiry of penalty. The revised pay fixed as per (b) above that might have notionally fallen due upto the date of the expiry of the period of penalty shall be payable thereafter.

In cases where a Government servant opts for the revised pay scale from a date subsequent to 01.01.2016 as per Rule 19 of The Rajasthan Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2017, pay fixation shall be done on the same lines as indicated above from the date of option instead of 01.01.2016.

By order of the Governor,

(Manju Rajpal)
Secretary, Finance (Budget)

Rajasthan G.O : Transfer of Government servant on Deputation / Foreign service

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Rajasthan G.O : Transfer of Government servant on Deputation / Foreign service to other Government, Public Sector Undertakings, Autonomous Bodies and other Bodies, Government Companies, Corporations etc. — Grant of Deputation (Duty) Allowance

GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
(RULES DIVISION)

ORDER

No. F. 1(2) FD/Rules/2005

Jaipur, dated: 26 Dec 2017

Subject :- Transfer of Government servant on Deputation / Foreign service to other Government, Public Sector Undertakings, Autonomous Bodies and other Bodies, Government Companies, Corporations etc. — Grant of Deputation (Duty) Allowance.

The Governor has been pleased to order that the existing para 8 of Government of Rajasthan’s Decision appearing below Rule 144A of Rajasthan Service Rules, may be substituted by the following, namely.-

“8(i). A Government servant who has already served five years on deputation/ foreign service to other Governments, Public Sector Undertakings, Autonomous Bodies, Corporations etc. shall be allowed further deputation in the exceptional circumstances, with the prior concurrence of Finance Department, only in the cases where employee has served a minimum period of three years in the parent department subsequent to the reversion.

(ii) In no case the total period of deputation shall be more than 10 years during the entire period of service.”

By order of the Governor,
(Manju Rajpal)
Secretary, Finance (Budget)

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Railway Order : Decision of the Cabinet for enhancement of age of superannuation of Dental Doctors

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Railway Order : Decision of the Cabinet for enhancement of age of superannuation of Dental Doctors under Ministry of Railway

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD )

RRE No. 205/2017
New Delhi Dated: 26.12.2017

No. E(P&A)I-2016/RT-16

The General Managers and Principal Financial Advisers,
All Indian Railways including
Production Units etc.

Sub: Decision of the Cabinet for enhancement of age of superannuation of Dental Doctors under Ministry of Railways.

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Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoH&FW) vide OM No. A.12034/1/2017- CHS-V dated 30.09.2017 has communicated (i) post-facto approval of the Cabinet for enhancement of age of superannuation of doctors of Indian Railway Medical Service; (ii) approval of Cabinet for enhancement of age of superannuation of Dental doctors under Ministry of Railways to 65 years; and (iii) that Doctors shall hold the administrative post till the date of attaining the age of 62 years.

2. Accordingly, the age of superannuation of Dental Doctors under Ministry of Railways is enhanced from 60 years to 65 years.

3. Doctors shall hold administrative posts till the date of attaining the age of 62 years and thereafter their services shall be placed in Non-administrative positions.

4. Consequent upon enhancement of the age of superannuation of Dental Doctors, all Zonal Railways/Production Units are requested to review the vacancies arising from retirement in regard to direct recruitment as well as promotion so that there is no over recruitment or litigation or review DPCs because of change in “Zone of Consideration” as a result of reduction in the number of retirement vacancies.

5. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

6. Kindly acknowledge receipt.

(Anil Kumar)
Dy. Director Estt. (P&A)-I
Railway Board

No. E(P&A)I-2016/RT-16

New Delhi, dated 26.12.2017

Signed Copy

Opening of New ESI Hospitals and Dispensaries in Tamilnadu

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Opening of New ESI Hospitals and Dispensaries in Tamilnadu 

The ESI Corporation has given “In-Principle” approval for opening of new hospitals in the country including Tamil Nadu.  The details of new ESI hospitals and dispensaries proposed to be opened is given in at Annexure-A. Fund allocated to new hospital projects is at Annexure – B. Funds are allotted by ESIC after receiving land from state government.

Generally Hospital projects take around 2-3 years for construction after the allotment of land by the concerned State Governments.

One new hospital has been sanctioned in Tamil Nadu (Tuticorin).  Land has been allotted by the State Government.

             THE DETAILS OF NEW ESI HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES

Sl. No. Name of Hospital State
1 Raipur Chhattisgarh
2 Bhilai Chhattisgarh
3 North Goa Goa
4 Doddabalapur Karnataka
5 Bommasandra Karnataka
6 Tirupur Tamil Nadu
7 Sriperumbudur Tamil Nadu
8 Dehradun Uttrakhand
9 Sidkull area, Haridwar Uttrakhand
10 Sidkul area, Udhamsingh Nagar Uttrakhand
11 Pithampur Madhya Pradesh
12 Guntur Andhra Pradesh
13 Haldia West Bengal
14 Perambavoor Kerala
15 Angul Odisha
16 Dburi Odisha
17 Udaipur Rajasthan
18 Vizianagaram Andhra Pradesh
19 Korba Chattisgarh
20 Buti-bori Maharashtra
21 Lalru, SAS Nagar Punjab
22 Tuticorin Tamil Nadu
23 Kashipur Uttrakhand
24 Firozabad Uttar Pradesh
25 Siliguri West Bengal
26 Deoghar Jharkhand

 

DETAILS OF FUNDS ALLOCATED IN RESPECT OF NEW ESI HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES

Sl. No. Name of project  Sanctioned amount / funds allocated (Rs. in crs. )
1. 100 Bedded ESIC Hospital at Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 79.73
2. 100 Bedded ESIC Hospital at Korba, Chhattisgarh 56.31
3. 100 Bedded ESIC Hospital at Doddaballapur, Karnataka

 

 81.38
4. 100 Bedded ESIC Hospital at Udaipur, Rajasthan 77.79
5. 100 Bedded ESIC Hospital at Angul, Odisha 64.47
6. 100 Bedded ESIC Hospital at Haldia W.B 57.17

Note: Funds have not been allotted in respect of remaining new hospitals.

This information was given by Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

 

Identification of Workers in Unorganised Sector

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Identification of Workers in Unorganised Sector

The Unorganized Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008, defines an unorganized worker and provides for a self-declaration by such worker confirming that he or she is an unorganized worker.

There is no centralized national database of unorganized workers in India. Accordingly, it has been decided to create a national platform for unorganized workers. A proposal to issue a Unique ID i.e. Unorganized Workers Identification Number (UWIN) and allotment of a Aadhaar seeded Identification number to them without issuing any smart card, has been approved by the Central Government with an estimated cost of Rs. 402.7 Crore to be implemented in two years during 2017-18 and 2018-19.

This information was given by Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

Promotion of Defence Production

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Promotion of Defence Production

Defence manufacturing is primarily driven by capital acquisition of defence equipment. Under ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government, several measures have been taken to promote indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence equipment in the country by harnessing the capabilities of the public and private sector. These measures include according preference to procurement from Indian vendors under the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP), liberalization of the licensing regime and FDI policy by raising the cap on FDI in the defence sector, simplification of export procedure, streamlining of defence offset guidelines etc. Recently, the Government has notified the ‘Strategic Partnership (SP)’ Model which envisages establishment of long-term strategic partnerships with Indian entities through a transparent and competitive process, wherein they would tie up with global Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to seek technology transfers to set up domestic manufacturing infrastructure and supply chains.

In the last three financial years i.e., 2014-15 to 2016-17, the Government has accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for 105 proposals worth Rs.2,33,000 Crore approximately, in ‘Buy (Indian-Indigenously Designed & Developed Manufactured (IDDM)’, ‘Buy (Indian)’, ‘Buy and Make (Indian)’ and ‘Make’ categories of capital acquisition i.e. Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued to Indian vendors only.

As on date, no in-house development project proposal approved by Ordnance Factory Board for development of small arms is pending for approval by Department of Defence Production.

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri PR Senthil Nathan and Shri Bharathi Mohan RK in Lok Sabha today.

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Re-Employment of Armed Forces Personnel

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Re-Employment of Armed Forces Personnel

Government provides non-monetary benefits such as travel concessions, health amenities, housing facilities, re-employment and pension concessions to serving and retired defence personnel including their family members. The details of the benefits are as under:

Travel Concessions:-

The service personnel and their dependents including father, mother, brothers and sisters, if otherwise dependent on service personnel, are entitled for LTC from Duty Station to Home Station and back once in a year.

The service personnel and their dependents consisting of wife and dependent children are authorised for LTC from Duty Station to anywhere in India once in alternate year. In case the said concession is availed by personnel, the concession of travel entitlement from Duty Station to Home Station will be forgone. Retired defence personnel are not entitled for LTC.

The Chakra series Gallantry awardees and widows after their demise are granted complimentary Card passes for travel in trains.

The Chakra series Gallantry awardees and widows after their demise are offered concession in Economy Class Fare by Air India.

Health Amenities:

In the case of Serving personnel & their dependents all medical facilities (both in and out-patient treatment) except for in-patient treatment for dependents with psychiatric ailments, is provided as per the guidelines.

Ex-Servicemen & their Dependents are provided medical facilities under Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) through ECHS Polyclinics, Government and empanelled hospitals.

Housing Facilities:

All serving defence personnel are entitled for house / HRA as per the existing regulations. Retired defence personnel can retain authorised accommodations upto three months post retirement but are not entitled to housing facility thereafter.

Reemployment:

Reservations are provided in Government jobs, Central Public Sector Enterprises, Nationalised Banks//Financial Institutions to Ex-servicemen. Reservations are also provided in Central Public Sector Enterprises and Nationalised Banks to dependents of servicemen killed in action.

Pension Concessions:

Serving personnel on completion of requisite Qualifying Service are entitled for pensionary benefits. In case of death after retirement, the wife/eligible member of the family is entitled for family pension subject to fulfilment of conditions. In case of death of a service personnel while in service, the wife/eligible member of the family will be entitled for family pension i.e. ordinary Family Pension/ Special Family pension/ Liberalised Family Pension or Dependent pension depending upon the attributability or aggravation of death to or by service.

Provisions for re-employment of Ex-servicemen in jobs already exist. The details of reservation available to Ex-servicemen is as under:

In Central Government Ministries / Departments:
· 10% Direct recruitment posts upto the level of Asst. Commandant in Central Para Military Forces.
· 10% Direct recruitment posts in Group ‘C’.
· 20% Direct recruitment posts in Group ‘D’.

In Central Public Sector Enterprises:
· 14.5% in Group ‘C’ Posts.
· 24.5% in Group ‘D’ Posts
· (including 4.5% for disabled ESM/ dependents of servicemen killed in action).

Nationalised Banks:
· 14.5% in Group ‘C’ Posts.
· 24.5% in Group ‘D’ Posts
· (including 4.5% for disabled ESM/ dependents of servicemen killed in action).

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Smt Poonam Mahajan in Lok Sabha today.

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Syndicate Bank PGDBF Programme 2018-19

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Syndicate Bank PGDBF Programme 2018-19

ADMISSION TO POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BANKING & FINANCE COURSE OFFERED THROUGH MANIPAL ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION (MAHE) (Deemed to be University) & NITTE (Deemed to be University) – 2018-2019

Syndicate Bank invites young and bright graduates who fulfill the eligibility criteria specified and who are interested in a Banking career with one of India’s best Banks to apply for admissions to the One year Post Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance course in Manipal Global Education Services Pvt Ltd. (MaGE), Bangalore and Nitte Education International Pvt Ltd. (NEIPL) Greater Noida / Mangalore.

On successful completion of the course within the stipulated time period, the candidates would be offered appointment in the bank as Probationary Officer in Junior Management Grade / Scale-I.

Candidates shall be selected through selection process consisting of online test followed by Group Discussion or/and Personal Interview. Admission to the One year full-time post graduate diploma course in Banking and Finance from Manipal Academy of Higher Education(MAHE) (Deemed to be University) and NITTE (Deemed to be University) to be conducted at Manipal Global Education Services Pvt Ltd, Bangalore (MaGE) and Nitte Education International Pvt Ltd. (NEIPL). Greater Noida / Mangalore comes with the assurance of a full-fledged Banking career with Syndicate Bank on successful completion of the course.

Start date for Online Registration   –  02.01.2018
Online Payment of Application Fees   –  02.01.2018 to 17.01.2018
Last date for Online Registration  – 17.01.2018
Download of Call letter for Examination  – After 05.02.2018
Date of Online test(Tentative)  – 18.02.2018

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Two Day Regional Conference on Good Governance concludes in Guwahati

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Two Day Regional Conference on Good Governance concludes in Guwahati

The two-day Regional Conference on Good Governance and Replication of Best Practices concluded in Guwahati today. Addressing the Valedictory session, Secretary Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Government of India, Shri K. V. Eapen said a huge participation is manifestation of officials taking interest in initiating Good Governance all across the country. Shri Eapen said Administrative Reforms is now a priority area and the employees should come out with innovative ideas for bringing about good governance. Administrative Reforms should now become much more influential, he added.

Earlier in the Technical sessions on Good Governance Index for Ranking of States, Shri Shabeer Sheikh, Director, Centre for Good Governance (CGG), Hyderabad pointed out that there are five major Indicators to rank any State on performance level. States have been categorized into three categories: UTs, Hill areas which comprises North East, J&K, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, and the third category comprising rest of the States. He said the Ranking of States is with an objective to improve Governance for citizens. Ranking will lead to competitive federalism, he added. On issues of Good Governance in North-Eastern States, one of the speakers pointed out that Internet connectivity is a hurdle in prompt service delivery to the public. Coverage in Assam is only 1.9% compared to an all-India average penetration of 3%.

On issues of Good Governance with special reference to Assam Government Website, Smt Suchitra Pyarelal, Sr. Technical Director, NIC, Assam said websites are now Citizen Centric catering to all age groups and continuously updated by all Government Departments. On “Ease of Doing Business in Assam”, Dr KK Dwivedi, Commissioner & Secretary, D/o Personnel, Administrative Reforms & Training, Govt. of Assam said entrepreneurs can now apply online and get auto-registration certificate, with no need of human interface. The system is now transparent. It has erased red tapism and checked corruption, he added.

22 States and 150 participants from all over the country took part in the two-day-long Conference.

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