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SHe-Box Online Complaint Management System for working women to lodge complaints of sexual harassment at workplace launched by Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi

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SHe-Box Online Complaint Management System for working women to lodge complaints of sexual harassment at workplace launched by Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi

WCD Minister Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi today launched a comprehensive SHe-Box online complaint Management System for women working in both public and private organizations to lodge complaints of sexual harassment at workplace. The SHe-Box was launched in New Delhi today to ensure the effective implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act (the SH Act), 2013.

The new SHe-Box portal offers the facility of making online complaints of sexual harassment at workplace to all women employees in the country including government and private employees. Those who have already filed a written complaint with the concerned Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) or Local Complaint Committee (LCC) constituted under the SH Act are also eligible to file their complaint through this portal.

Launching the online facility, the WCD Minister, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi said that this is a historic step since it is probably the first ever time that the government of any country has launched an online portal to receive complaints of sexual harassment at workplace. The government is completely committed to provide a safe and fair environment to working women. It is for this reason that the WCD Ministry has made efforts to make the setting up of Internal Complaint Committees mandatory at all workplaces, the Minister explained. She said that the WCD Ministry has also produced a manual and has organized training programmes for Internal Complaint Committees and in the next significant step, the SHe-Box has been launched to provide platform to aggrieved women to make their complaints directly so that suitable action is taken to redress their grievances. These complaints will be monitored by the WCD Ministry, Smt Maneka Gandhi assured.

SHe-Box portal is an effort to provide speedier remedy to women facing sexual harassment at workplace. Once a complaint is submitted to the portal, it will be directly sent to the ICC/LCC of the concerned employer. Through this portal, WCD as well as complainant can monitor the progress of inquiry conducted by the ICC/LCC. This is a proactive step taken by MWCD in the wake of the worldwide social media campaign #MeToo, where women have related their experience of facing sexual harassment and abuse. The portal can be accessed at the link given below:

Link to the SHe-Box portal: http://shebox.nic.in/

Users of SHe-Box also have the option of interacting with Ministry of WCD through this portal, with an assured time-bound response. The portal also provides information on 112 institutions empaneled by MWCD to conduct training/workshops on the issue of sexual harassment at the workplace. It also has the option for resource persons and institutions willing to contribute to training on this subject in various organisations to submit their applications. SHe-Box will provide a platform to these empanelled institutes/organisations to share their capacity building activities with the Ministry which in turn will be able to monitor the activities of these institutes/organizations so empanelled from across the country.

The Ministry has published a Handbook and Training Module on the SH Act to provide information about the provisions of the Act in easy to use practical manner. The private organizations are encouraged to customize the Training Module as per their extant service rules and disciplinary procedures prescribed therein.

Ensuring the dignity and safety of women must be first priority for any digital society. Towards realisation of the vision of the Digital India programme, the Ministry is promoting utilisation of information and communication technology to achieve the goal of gender equality and women empowerment. It is an effort to utilise the digital space to enable speedier response to the complaints of women against sexual harassment at workplace.

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CPAO Order Revision of pension who were drawing Compulsory Retirement Pension

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE
CENTRAL PENSION ACCOUNTING OFFICE
TRIKOOT-II.BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE,
NEW DELHI-110066

CPAO/IT&Tech/Revision(7thCPC)/19.Vol-III(C)/2016-17/143

03.11.2017

Office Memorandum

Subject: – Implementation of Government’s decision on the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission – Revision of pension of pre- 2016 Pensioners/ Family Pensioners, etc.-reg.

DP&PW vide OM No. 38/37/2016-P&PW (A) dated-12.05.2017 on the above subject had issued detailed instructions to all concerned to revise the pensions of pre-2016 pensioners/ family pensioners. But while issuing instructions to PAOs vide CPAOs OM No. CPAO /IT& Tech/ Revision (7th CPC)/ 19 Vol-III/2016-17/37 dated-25.05.2017 inadvertently an important point “that these orders would not be applicable for the purpose of revision of pension of those pensioners who were drawing compulsory retirement pension under Rule 40 of the CCS (Pension) Rules or compassionate allowance under Rule 41 of the CCS (Pension) Rules. The pensioners in these categories would continue to be entitled to get revised pension in accordance with the instructions contained in DP&PW O.M. No. 38/37/2016-P&PW(A)(ii) dated 04.08.2016” was missed.

Consequently, it has been noticed that some Ministries/Departments have revised the pensions of pensioners who were drawing compulsory retirement pension under Rule 40 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 or Compassionate allowance under 41 of the CCS (Pension) Rules also and sent to CPAO. These cases are to be returned to the concerned PAOs by CPAO.

In view of the above, to avoid any further problems arising out of it, all Pr. CCAs/CCAs/ CAs/ AGs/ Administrators of UPS are requested to instruct their PAOs not to revise such cases.

This issues with the approval of the competent authority.

(Md. Shahid Kamal Ansari)
(Asstt. Controller of Accounts)

Identification of Pensioners Associations under the Pensioners’ Portal

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F.No.55/14/2017-P&PW(C)
Government of India
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi
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Identification of Pensioners Associations under the Pensioners’ Portal.

A Project on Pensioners’ Portal entrusted to Department of P&PWaims at the welfare of Central Civil Pensioners across the country. Its specific objective is to facilitate redressal of Pensioner’s grievances and provide detailed information, guidance etc on pension and other retirement related matters through various stake holders. The project envisages inter-alia association of registered Pensioners’ Associations of Central Government Employees and other welfare organizations in the implementation process.

Under the above project this Department has already identified 46 Pensioners Associations on the basis of the following criteria. These Associations are given one time hardware/software and Grant-in-Aid up to Rs.75,000/- per annum to participate in the implementation of the scheme to defray expenses on certain approved components such as telephone/internet connection, stationary etc.a

This Department now intends to identify Pensioners Associations in 2017-18 from 11 States and 4 UTs which are Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Tripura, Goa, Nagaland, Mizoram, Andaman & Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Sikkim, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and Dadra & Nagar Haveli looking after the welfare of Civil/Railways/Defence pensioners. The Central Government Pensioners Associations desirous of getting identified under the Pensioners’ Portal may send their details as indicated below along with copies of relevant documents with reference to above criteria along with a write up on their vision/plan to work towards welfare of Central Government Pensioners to Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare at the address given above within 30 days from date of publication of advertisement in newspapers. Super scribing – “Identification under Pensioners Portal”

1) Name of Pensioners’ Association with Address etc.
2) Date of Registration/incorporation
3) Memorandum of Associations (MOA)& rules, if any
4) Objectives of the Association
5) Sources of funding
6) Total membership of the Association
7) Audited Accounts for last 3 years
8) Annual Activities Report for last 3 years
9) Publication/journal details
10) Composition of General Body
11) Number of General Body Meetings held
12) Premises (whether hired or owned) by the Association
13) Infra-structural details
14) With whom the Association interact frequently
15) Is the Association also involved in social activities in addition to pension related matters. If so, provide details thereof along with documents/ photographs etc.

(Seema Gupta)
Director (PW)

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Non-Functional upgradation for officers of Organized Group `A’ Services in PB-3, PB-4 and HAG

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No.AB-14017/30/2011-Estt.(RR)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pensions
(Deptt. Of Personnel & Training)

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Room No.215-A/II,
North Block, New Delhi.
Dated: 6th November, 2017.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Non-Functional upgradation for officers of Organized Group `A’ Services in PB-3, PB-4 and HAG.

Reference is invited to this Department OM No.AB.14017/64/2008-Estt(RR) dated 24.4.2009 on the above subject. The details of batch of the officers belonging to the Indian Administrative Service who have been posted at the Centre in various grades of PB-3, PB-4 and HAG was last circulated in this Department OM of even number dated 14-9-2017.

2. The details of the IAS officers who have been subsequently posted in the Centre in various grades as well as the date of posting of the first officer belonging to the batch is annexed. Necessary action may be taken for grant of higher scale for the officers belonging to batches of Organized Group `A’ Services that are senior by two years or more and have not so far been promoted to that particular grade in accordance with the provisions of this Department’s OM No.AB.14017/64/2008-Estt.(RR) dated 24.4.2009.

3. Hindi version will follow.

(G. Jayanthi)
Joint Secretary (E.I)

non-upgradation

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Maha Dharna on 9th, 10th & 11th November 2017

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Maha Dharna on 9th, 10th & 11th November 2017

MOST IMPORTANT

MAHA DHARNA – VENUE
PARLIAMENT STREET NEW DELHI.

Dear Comrades,

It is informed that the main venue of Maha Dharna on 9th , 10th & 11th November 2017 to be held by Central Trade Unions & Independent Federations at New Delhi will be Parliament Street , adjacent to Jantar Mantar (Not Hangar Mantar).

All comrades of Confederation affiliated Organisations are requested to assemble at Parliament Street at 10 AM where banner of the Confederation will be exhibited.

M.Krishnan
Secretary General
Confederation

Source : Confederation

Biometric Attendance System on Indian Railways

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

RBE No.163/2017

No. E(G)2017/LE 1-34

New Delhi, dated : 03/11/2017

The General Managers
All Zonal Railways & Production Units
(As per Standard list)

Sub : Biometric Attendance System on Indian Railways.

As you are aware, detailed instructions were issued vide Board’s letter No. E(G)2014/LE 1-27 dated 30.12.2014 regarding introduction of “Aadhar Enabled Biometric Attendance System” (AEBAS) on Indian Railways. In terms of these instructions, in the first phase, the staff working in the Zonal Headquarters Office, Administrative Office of Production Units, RDSO/Lucknow, METRO Rail/Kolkata, CORE/Allahabad and Divisional Headquarter offices which do not fall under the shift duty roster were to be covered.

It has been observed that there has been very tardy progress in the implementation of these instructions on most of the Zonal Railways/Units. In some of the Railways, the process has not yet been initiated.

Board have reviewed the progress of the implementation of these instructions, and has taken a very serious view of the slow progress made in this regard.

It is therefore directed that AEBAS should be implemented in the aforesaid offices by 30th November, 2017 and a report regarding implementation may be sent to Board immediately thereafter.

It is further directed that the AEBAS should be implemented in all the offices of the Railways including PUs, attached and subordinate offices etc. by 31st January, 2018 and a status report in this regard be furnished to Railway Board immediately thereafter.

AEBAS should be integrated and implemented in such a way that status of biometric machines and attendance at divisional/Unit Ievel should be accessible by DRM office. Similarly, all DRM offices be integrated with Zonal Railways and all the Zonal Railways with Railway Board so that monitoring of attendance of any location can be done by Railway Board. CCTV cameras should also be provided with the Biometric machine in similar fashion.

Please acknowledge receipt.

(S.Pal)
Jt. Director Estt. (Genl.)
Railway Board

Signed Copy

PCDA Circular C-175 : Clarification on 7th CPC Revision of PRE-2016 Defence Civilian Pensioners

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PCDA Circular C-175 : Clarification on 7th CPC Revision of PRE-2016 Defence Civilian Pensioners

O/o The Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pension), Draupadighat, Allahabad –211014
Tel : 0532-2421877, 2421879, 2421880, 2421110, 2422555. Fax : 0532-2421869, 2423549
website : www.pcdapension.nic.in e-mail : [email protected]
Call Centre No.(Toll free)-1800-180-5325 (Timing-9:30 AM to 6:00 PM)

Circular No.C- 175

No.G1/C/0199/Vol – II/Tech
O/o the PCDA (P) Allahabad
Dated: 01.11.2017.

To,
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(All Head of Department under Min. of Defence)

Sub: Implementation of Govt. decision on the recommendations of 7th CPC for revision of pre-2016 defence civilian pensioners: clarification regarding

Ref: Circular No. C-164 dated 30th May 2017 & Circular No.C- 168 dated 10.07.2017.

Kind attention is invited to the above cited Circular C-164 vide which methodology of implementation of DOPPW OM No. 38/37-2016-P&PW(A) dated 12.5.2017 was circulated. At para 17 of the Circular C-164, it was mentioned that it shall be the responsibility of the Head of Department and Pay & Accounts Offices (P&AO), attached to that office from where the Govt. servant has retired or was working last before his death, to fix the pay on notional basis as on 1.1.2016 in respect of pre-2016 defence civilian pensioners/family pensioners in accordance with the orders of DOPPW on the subject. The LPC-cum-Data sheet along with all concerned documents were to be forwarded by the HOO to PCDA(P) Allahabad after getting it vetted from the PAO/LAO attached.

2. At para 3(c) of Circular No. C-168 dated 10.7.2017, “it was clarified that it is not necessary to get LPC-cum-Data sheet vetted by both authority i.e. by PAO and LAO. Any one of the two may vet the LPC-cum-Data sheet before forwarding to this office.”

3. It has been reported that HOOs are facing difficulties in getting the LPC-cum-Data sheet be vetted from LAOs. Therefore, it is clarified that notional pay fixation and verification of LPC cum Datasheet are to be done only by the concerned PAO i.e concerned CDA/Area Accounts Office /Local Accounts Office/AO(GE)/ Branch Account Offices etc dealing with the pay and accounts of the concerned HOOs. Furhter, only those cases need to be sent to the attached LAO (Army) which deal with the pay and allowances of the concerned industrial employees as e.g. Ordnance depot etc.

4. It may also be ensured that verification process of LPC cum Datasheets may be done within a week by offices mentioned at above para.

5. All other entries will remain unchanged.

(Rajeev Ranjan Kumar)
Dy. CDA(P)

Signed Copy

Railway Order : Adoption of clarification issued by Ministry of Finance regarding modifications of Level-13 of Pay Matrix

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)

S.No.72 / PC-VII
File No. PC-VII/2017/RSRP/1

RBE No.: 161/2017
New Delhi, dated: 31/10/2017

The General Manager/CAOs(R),
All Indian Railways & Production Units,
(As per mailing list)

Sub :- Adoption of clarification issued by Ministry of Finance regarding modifications of Level-13 of Pay Matrix.

Modifications to Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 were notified vide Gazette Notification No. G.S.R 882(E) dated 14.07.2017 thereby making changes in Level-13 of the Pay Matrix.

2. Now, Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) vide their O.M No. 4-6/2017-IC/E-III(A) dated 28.09.2107 (copy enclosed) has issued detailed clarifications addressing the following issues arising out of the modification to Level-13 of the Pay Matrix:

(i) Issue No. 1 – Whether pay in the Level-13 is to be fixed by multiplying by a factor of 2.57 or 2.67

(ii) Issue No. 2 – Pay re-fixed in the modified Level-13 working out lower than the pay fixed in the earlier Level-13.

(iii) Issue No. 3 – Re-exercise of option for coming over to the Revised pay structure in case of Level-13.

3. The clarifications issued by Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) vide their O.M dated 28.09.2017 will be applicable mutatis mutundis in Railways with respect to RS(RP) Rules, 2016 and amendment notified on 14.07.2017. However, the period for any recovery or waving off recovery will be upto 31.07.2017 as the amendments to the RS(RP) Rules, 2016 were notified in July, 2017. Similarly, the time period for re-exercise of options, if any, as mentioned in para-15 of the enclosed O.M will count from the date of issue of this letter.

4. The cases of employees who retired on or after 01.01.2016 and upto 31.07.2017 and if covered under para 12 of Ministry of Finance’s OM dated 28.09.2017, shall be processed as per Rule 90 of Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993.

5. Hindi version will follow.

(Jaya Kumar G)
Deputy Director, Pay Commission-VII
Railway Board

Signed Copy

 

Bonus to Central Autonomous Bodies – NCJCM letter to Cabinet Secretary

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Bonus to Central Autonomous Bodies – NCJCM letter to Cabinet Secretary

National Council JCM Secretary Mr. Shiva Gopal Mishra writes letter to the Cabinet Secretary, Government of India to grant the ad-hoc bonus to the Central Autonomous Bodies for 2015-16 and 2016-17

As per Central Government Employees, Finance Ministry used to extend the same to the Central Autonomous Bodies too till 2014-15. But Ad-hoc bonus not granted from 2015 to Autonomous bodies.

Also 7th CPC benfits not yet implemented to Autonomous bodies of retired employees. they are waiting for the announcement since long time.

 

 

Letter from NCJCM to Cabinet Secretary

ncjcm

No.NC/JCM/2017 Dated: October 30, 2017

The Cabinet Secretary,
(Government of India),
Cabinet Secretariat,
Rashtrapathi Bhawan Annexe,
New Delhi
Respected Sir,

Sub: Grant of ad-hoc bonus for the Central Autonomous Bodies for 2015-16 and 2016-17 – reg.

While thanking your goodself immensely for having extended 7th CPC benefits to the Central Autonomous Bodies on the plea made by the undersigned, one more genuine grievance pertaining to them has come to the notice of the NCJCM(Staff Side). As a tradition, after declaring PLB/Ad-hoc bonus for the Central Government Staff, Railway Staff, Defence(Civilian) Staff etc., Finance Ministry used to extend the same to the Central Autonomous Bodies too till 2014-15. Not knowing the reasons, the Central Autonomous Bodies’ Staff were deprived of the same since then. Therefore, it is candidly requested to take necessary steps for granting of ‘ad-hoc bonus’ to the Central Autonomous Bodies also on par with the Central Government Staff for the years 2015-16 and 2016-17.

Sincerely yours,

(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
Secretary (Staff Side)
National Council (JCM)

 

Maximum age of joining NPS increased to 65 years under NPS – Private Sector

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Maximum age of joining National Pension System (NPS) increased from the existing 60 years to 65 years under NPS- Private Sector.

In continuance of the several initiatives under taken by Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) during the last few years to increase the pension coverage in the country, PFRDA has now increased the maximum age of joining under NPS-Private Sector (i.e. All Citizen and Corporate Model) from the existing 60 years to 65 years of age.

Now, any Indian Citizen, resident or non-resident, between the age of 60- 65 years, can also join NPS and continue up to the age of 70 years in NPS. With this increase of joining age, the subscribers who are willing to join NPS at the later stage of life will be able to avail the benefits of NPS.

NPS provides a very robust platform to the subscriber to save for his/her old age income security. Due to the better healthcare facilities and increased fitness, along with the opportunities and avenues available in the private sector as well as in the capacity of self-employment, more and more people in their late 50s or 60s are now living an active life allowing them to be employed productively.

The subscriber joining NPS beyond the age of 60 years will have the same choice of the Pension Fund as well as the investment choice as is available under the NPS for subscribers joining NPS before the age of 60 years.

Subscriber joining NPS after the age of 60 years will have an option of normal exit from NPS after completion of 3 years in NPS. In this case, the subscriber will be required to utilize at least 40% of the corpus for purchase of annuity and the remaining amount can be withdrawn in lump-sum.

In case of such subscriber willing to exit from NPS before completion of 3 years in the NPS, he/she will be allowed to do so, but in such case, the subscriber will have to utilize at-least 80% of the corpus for purchase of annuity and the remaining can be withdrawn in lumpsum.

In case of unfortunate death of the subscriber during his stay in NPS, the entire corpus will be paid to the nominee of the subscriber.

The increase in joining age will provide the options to the subscribers who are at the fag-end of the employment and expecting lump-sum amount at the time of retirement, but willing to defer their retirement planning for future, to open the NPS account and contribute the lump-sum corpus to NPS for better fund management by Professional Fund Manager to fetch better returns and plan for the regular income after some time. The Annuity rates available in the older age fetch better annuities than that at the age of 60 or less age.

This initiative will allow a larger segment of the society particularly senior citizens to reap the benefits of NPS and plan for their regular income.

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