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Linking of Jan Dhan Accounts with Aadhaar
Linking of Jan Dhan Accounts with Aadhaar
Linking of Aadhaar in bank accounts, Jan Dhan or otherwise, enables Ministries/Departments under Centre and State governments to transfer subsidy directly into the bank account of the beneficiaries using the Aadhaar Payment Bridge. However, beneficiaries not having Aadhaar number are also allowed direct benefit transfer into their bank accounts.
As on 15.12.2017, out of 106.41 crore Current Account and Savings Account (CASA), 82.47 crore accounts are seeded with Aadhaar number. Within these, out of 30.76 crore Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) accounts 22.58 crore PMJDY accounts have been seeded with Aadhaar number, as on 20.12.2017.
As per information received from DBT Mission, Ministries/Departments have reported estimated savings of Rs. 57,029 crore as on 31.3.2017, due to direct benefit transfer (DBT) under various schemes as under: Pratyaksh Hanstantrit Labh (PAHAL), Public distribution system, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) and others schemes, due to elimination of ghost beneficiaries etc.
This was stated by Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla, Minister of State for Finance in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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AICPIN for the month of November 2017
AICPIN for the month of November 2017
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) — November, 2017
No.5/1/2017 – CPI
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU
`CLEREMONT’, SHIMLA-171004
DATED: 29th December, 2017
Press Release
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) — November, 2017
The All-India CPI-IW for November, 2017 increased by 1 point and pegged at 288 (two hundred and eighty eight). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 0.35 per cent between October, 2017 and November, 2017 when compared with the decrease of (-) 0.36 per cent for the corresponding months of last year.
The maximum upward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing (+) 1.10 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Wheat Atta, Eggs (Hen), Goat Meat, Milk (Cow), Onion, Tamarind, Bitter Gourd, Cabbage, Carrot, Coconut, Potato, Tomato, Cooking Gas, Electricity Charges, Firewood, Kerosene Oil, Private Tuition Fee, Petrol, Barber Charges, etc. are responsible for the increase in index. However, this increase was checked by Arhar Dal, Gram Dal, Masur Dal, Urd Dal, Groundnut Oil, Fish Fresh, Poultry (Chicken), Chillies Green, Garlic, Ginger, Brinjal, Cauliflower, French Bean, Green Coriander Leaves, Methi, Palak, Radish, Apple, Banana, etc., putting downward pressure on the index.
The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 3.97 per cent for November, 2017 as compared to 3.24 per cent for the previous month and 2.59 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 3.91 per cent against 2.26 per cent of the previous month and 1.66 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.
At centre level, Giridih reported the maximum increase of (7 points) followed by Salem and Puducherry (6 points each) and Rourkela, Sholapur, Mercara and Ghaziabad (5 points each). Among others, 4 points increase was observed in 5 centres, 3 points in 16 centres, 2 points in 13 centres and 1 point in 12 centres. On the contrary, Kolkata recorded a maximum decrease of 3 points followed by Munger-Jamalpur, Amritsar, Chandigarh and Doom Dooma Tinsukia (2 points each). Among others, 1 point decrease was observed in 7 centres. Rest of the 13 centres’ indices remained stationary.
The indices of 34 centres are above All-India Index and 42 centres’ indices are below national average. The indices of Vishakhapathnam and Ghaziabad centres remained at par with All-India Index.
The next issue of CPI-IW for the month of December, 2017 will be released on Wednesday, 31st January, 2018. The same will also be available on the office website www.labourbureaunew.gov.in.
(AMRIT LAL JANGID)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
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Gramin Dak Sevaks – Lok Sabha Q&A
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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