Child Care Leave (CCL) in respect of Central Government Employees as a result of Sixth Central Pay Commission recommendations Clarification
IMMEDIATE
No. 13018/6/2013-Estt. (L)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
JNU (Old) Campus, New Delhi
Dated the 12th January, 2016
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Child Care Leave (CCL) in respect of Central Government Employees as a result of Sixth Central Pay Commission recommendations Clarification—regarding.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. No.13018/2/2008-Estt.(L) dated 11/09/2008 regarding introduction of Child Care Leave (CCL) in respect of Central Government women employees. Subsequently, clarifications have been issued vide OMs dated 29.9.2008, 18.11.2008, 02.12.2008 07.09.2010, 30.12.2010, 03.03.2010 & 05.06.2014. Child Care Leave at present is allowed for women employees to facilitate them to take care of their children at the time of need. This Department is considering issuing the following instructions:-
‘In cases where a female Government servant applies for Child Care Leave for at least five working days, she should normally not be refused leave citing exigencies of work unless there are grave and extraordinarily compelling circumstances that warrant refusal:
2. Ministries/ Departments are requested that their views/ comments may be forwarded to this Department latest by 27.01.2016. A soft copy may be forwarded to email of US (Allowance.) i.e. [email protected]
(S.K. Mandi)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Entire recruitment process including and starting from advertisement, conducting written examination or holding of interview may be completed within six months.
F. No. Misc-14017/15/2015-Estt. (RR)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
North Block, New Delhi
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Dated: 11.1.2016
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Instructions regarding time limit for holding examinations / interviews from the date of advertisement for the post under direct recruitment — reg.
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The undersigned is directed to refer to the subject and to say that it has come to notice of this Department that there are instances of a long time lag between the date of advertisement for the vacancy and date of examination or interview. This delay may deny the opportunity to fresh candidates who become eligible during that period, while creating an atmosphere of uncertainty to candidates who have applied.
2. All Ministries / Departments are, therefore, requested that while initiating the recruitment process to fill vacant posts(s) by the method of direct recruitment in their Ministries / Departments, it may be ensured that the entire recruitment process including and starting from advertisement, conducting written examination or holding of interview may be completed within six months.
3. The administrative Ministries / Departments may issue similar instructions to autonomous bodies / PSUs / statutory bodies under their administrative control.
Central Civil Services (Leave Travel concession) Rules, 1988 – Fulfillment of Procedural requirements
No.31011/3/2015-Estt (A.IV)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
Establishment A-IV Desk
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North Block, New Delhi-110 001
Dated: January 11, 2016
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Central Civil Services (Leave Travel concession) Rules, 1988 – Fulfillment of Procedural requirements.
This Department is in receipt of a number of references regarding the procedural difficulties faced by the Government employees in application and settlement of theLTC claims. Sometimes, the Government servants claim that failure to follow the correct procedure was on account of a lack of knowledge of the rules/instructions while in the other cases the delay is caused in the late processing of LTC claims.
2. To remove these bottlenecks, this Department has decided to simplify the procedure of application and make the procedure of processing of LTC claims time bound. The following time-limits shall be followed while processing the LTC applications/claims of the Government servants.
It may be noted that in cases where the place of posting of the Government employees is away from their Headquarters, additional 2 days transit-time may be allowed. The person proceeds on LTC after S.No.1 and 2 i.e. after ten days of applying LTC.
3. Under CCS (LTC) Ruler, the Government servants are required to inform their Controlling Officer before the journey(s) on LTC to be undertaken. It has now been decided that the Leave Sanctioning Authority shall obtain a self-certification from the employee regarding the proposed LTC journey. The proforma for self-certification has been annexed with this O.M.
4. In addition to the above, it has been decided that whenever a Government servant applies for LTC, he/she may be provided with a copy of the guidelines (enclosed) which needs to be followed while availing LTC.
5. Employees may be encouraged to share interesting insights and pictures, if any, of the destination he/she visited while availing LTC on an appropriate forum.
6. Comments of the above proposal may be furnished within 15 days via e-mail to email address [email protected].
Enclosures:
1) Proforma for self-certification.
2) Guidelines
(Surya Narayan Jha)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Controller General of Defence Accounts
Ulan Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Gantt -110 010
No. AN/VIII/19001//Circular/Vol-II
Date:05.01.2016
To
The All PCsDA/PCA (Fys)/CsDA
Subject: Clarification Compassionate Appointment.
A reference regarding applicability of provision contained in OM No. 14014/2/2009- Est (0) dated 3rd April 2012 in case of appointment of Shri Pankaj on compassionate grounds was received from PCDA (WC) Chandigarh. Shri Pankaj was appointed as Trainee on compassionate grounds on 06.03.2009 and he was placed in the minimum of —1S pay band of Rs 4440-7440 without any Grade Pay as he did not meet criteria of educational qualification required for the post of MTS. In terms of DOPT OM dated 3rd April 2012, a person appointed as Trainee on compassionate grounds has to acquire minimum educational qualification in 5 Years. Since Shri Pankaj has not acquired minimum educational qualification till date, the matter was referred to Ministry of Defence (Finance) to obtain clarification from DOPT on under mentioned points. The clarification issued by DOPT vide their Dy. No. 1128890/15/CR dated 20.11.2015 is as under:-
SI No.
Points of doubt
Clarification
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Whether Shri Pankaj will continue to be in service as Trainee even if he does not acquire the minimum qualification within five years, if so how long.
Necessary action in terms of paragraph 17 of the consolidated instructions on compassionate appointment contained in DOPT OM No. 14014/02/2012-Estt (D) dated 16.01.2013 regarding termination of service may be taken.
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Whether counting of 5 years service may commence from the date of issue of clarification of DOPT OM No. 14014/2/2009-Estt (D) dated 03.04.2012 or from the date of his appointment
The instructions I clarifications issued vide DOPT OM No. 14014/212009-Estt (D) dated 03.04.2012 have prospective effect. This means that these instructions will also apply after 03.04.2012 to persons / trainees appointed on compassionate ground before this date.
In view of the above, it is requested to regulate all similar cases accordingly
The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015 notified:Increase in the Eligibility Limit under clause (13) of Section 2 and Calculation Ceiling under Section 12 of the Payment of Bonus Act, 2015
The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was passed by the Parliament in the just concluded Winter Session of the Parliament. The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015 has been published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary on 1st January, 2016 as Act No. 6 of 2016. The provisions of the Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2014.
The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015 envisages enhancement of eligibility limit under section 2(13) from Rs.10,000/- per month to Rs.21,000/- per month and Calculation Ceiling under section 12 from Rs. 3500 to Rs.7000 or the minimum wage for the scheduled employment, as fixed by the appropriate Government, whichever is higher. The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015 also mandates previous publication of draft subordinate legislations, framed under the enabling provisions under the said Act, in the Official Gazette for inviting objections and suggestions before their final notification.
The Government has been receiving representations from trade unions for removal of all ceilings under the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965. It is also one of the demands made by them during the country-wide General Strike held in February, 2013 and September, 2015. As the last revision in these two ceilings were made in the year 2007 and was made effective from the 1st April, 2006, it was decided by the Government to make appropriate amendments to the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965.
These changes in the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 will benefit thousands of work force.
Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 – Submission of Declaration of Immovable Property Returns by the Government servants – regarding.
F.No. 11013/7/2014-Estt.A-III
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
Establishment Division
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North Block, New Delhi – 110001
Dated 5th January, 2016
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 – Submission of Declaration of Immovable Property Returns by the Government servants – regarding.
The undersigned is directed to refer to the Office Memorandum of even number dated the 26th October, 2015 on the above subject and to say that the Annual Property Returns required to be filed under the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 for the year 2015 which is required to be filed by the 31st January, 2016, may be filed in the forms prescribed under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964. It is reiterated that the returns are required to be filed by all the Government servants belonging to Group ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ and erstwhile Group ‘D’, Government to require a Government servant to submit a statement of movable or immovable property as may be specified in the order.
Instructions for processing foreign visits of officers of the Government of India for approval of Screening Committee of Secretaries (SCoS)
No.4(4)/E.Coord/2015
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
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New Delhi, the 5th January, 2016
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Instructions for processing foreign visits of officers of the Government of India for approval of Screening Committee of Secretaries (SCoS).
In order to regulate foreign visits of Government of India officers and delegations and to make these visits more effective, the existing sets of guidelines/instructions on the subject have been comprehensively reviewed. The rised guidelines, as follows, are hereby circulated for strict compliance by all Ministries/Departments:
(1) Ministries/Departments shall upload the data related to foreign visits on the online Foreign Visit Management System (FVMS) which has been developed and can be accessed at the URL notified at the Department of Expenditure website. Each Ministry / Department has been provided with an user ID and Password for this purpose.
{2) To optimize the outcome from foreign tours of officers, each Ministry/Department shall prepare a Quarterly Rolling Plan (QRP) of proposed programmes/ visits for the next 3 months. Such a QRP will be uploaded on the FVMS and will be reviewed every month with one additional month being added to it. Only the essential foreign visits which cannot be avoided may be included.
(3) The level of officers and the strength of the delegation be worked out keeping in view factors such as expertise and manpower available with our Missions abroad, leveraging modern technology of tele-conferencing or video conferencing, etc. so as to keep the delegation size to the bare minimum. In respect of objectives that can be achieved through exchange of letters, tele/video conferencing or representation from our Missions abroad, no foreign visit need be undertaken.
(4) Duration of the visit shall also be kept to the absolute minimum. The administrative Secretary shall ensure in every case, that officers of appropriate functional level dealing with the subject are sponsored/ deputed instead of those at higher levels.
(5) Foreign visits shall not exceed 05 working days. Any delegation for foreign travel (irrespective of the level of officers), exceeding 05 working days or 05 members, shall be placed before the SCoS for approval.
(6) No officer shall undertake more than 04 official visits abroad in a year. For visits exceeding 04 by Secretary/equivalent, proposal shall be submitted for approval of the Prime Minister through SCoS. For visits exceeding 04 by officers below Secretary level, proposal shall be submitted to SCoS for approval. Ministries/Departments shall make efforts to ensure that at least two to three officers at appropriate levels are trained and made adept on concerned subjects so as to avoid repetitive visits of the same officers.
(7) Participation of officials in international fairs/exhibitions/workshops and conferences shall be discouraged. If considered essential, only the officer directly dealing with the subject shall be deputed. In such international events. if required to do so, a coordinated presence and projection of ‘Brand India’ should be attempted instead of individual Departments/ Ministries setting up individual stalls. For this purpose, depending on the nature of the exhibition, a nodal Department should be identified to take the lead in consultation with the Ministry of External Affairs.
(8) In an outgoing Indian delegation, there need not be any Ministry of External Affairs’ official from India. Instead, services of the Indian Mission situated in the destination country could be utilised. Also. the practice of mobilisation of personnel by the host Mission from other Missions situated in other countries should not be resorted to. For any exceptional requirements, prior approval of the Cabinet Secretary should be obtained.
(9) Secretaries to Government shall travel abroad only when their presence is required and no one else can be deputed instead.
(10) Secretaries shall not undertake any foreign visits during the Parliament Session unless it is absolutely unavoidable.
(11) The Minister and the Secretary shall not. normally, be away from the headquarters at the same time. If, however, both are required to be deputed abroad, the necessity for deputing the Secretary at the same time as the Minister may be brought out clearly for consideration of Prime Minister through SCoS.
(12) Proposals relating to foreign visits/deputation abroad of officers of the rank of Secretary and Additional Secretary shall continue to be sent to SCoS except visit to SAARC countries {including Myanmar).
(13) The proposals for the visit to SAARC countries (including Myanmar) will be decided by the Ministries concerned in consultation with their Financial Advisers (FAs). However, proposals of foreign tour of Secretary accompanying the Minister to SAARC countries will require to be submitted to the SCoS for approval.
(14) In respect of foreign visits of officers, all cases which require approval of the SCoS shall be submitted to Department of Expenditure after obtaining the approval of competent authority viz. Minister-in-Charge with the concurrence of FA.
(15) Composite delegation led by Secretary/Additional Secretary comprising officers of the level of Joint Secretary and below including non-officials (visiting at Government cost), is to be submitted for SCoS approval. The proposal shall not be split and details of the entire delegation shall be sent to the SCoS.
(16) Visits of officers of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)/Autonomous Bodies (ABs) are exempted from SCoS procedure unless they form part of a composite delegation from the administrative Ministry.
(17) Expenditure on the foreign visit of officers of Ministries/Departments shall be borne by Government only, even if the visit of the officer(s) is in his capacity as ex-officio member of PSUs/ABs or otherwise, and in connection with affairs of PSUs/ABs. Any proposal for relaxation in this regard shall be referred to Secretary (Expenditure).
(18) Visit of non-officials at Government cost will require approval of PM. Their visits are to be routed through SCoS only if they form a part of a composite delegation. In other cases, the PM is to be approached (through PMO) by the administrative Ministry directly.
(19) There shall be no objection in accepting international air travel costs and hospitality from an international body of which India is a member or the visit abroad is covered under bilateral/multilateral agreement or under a regular exchange programme. The terms and conditions on deputation shall not be supplemented with the terms and conditions on deputation offered by the Government of India viz. the mode and class of travel. Payment of cash allowance and other allowances including local travel and stay in hotel would be as per the terms offered by the foreign Government/ sponsors.
(20) Invitations received directly by the officers by virtue of expertise in a particular field and where no particular Government of India business is to be transacted will be treated as personal visits. Such visits in respect of Additional Secretary and above level officers require SCoS approval. The officer would have to take leave for the period of such visits and such visits are not to be undertaken at government costs.
(21) Proposals shall be submitted along with deputation proforma containing all relevant details (including political clearance from MEA and FCRA clearance from MHA, if required). Only those proposals are to be referred to SCoS where funds are available to bear the expenditure on the foreign visit.
{22) Proposals, complete in all respects, seeking approval of SCoS shall be submitted to Department of Expenditure 15 days prior to departure date of delegation.
(23) Deputation abroad of officers of the level above Director upto Joint Secretary will be decided by Ministries/Departments, under delegated powers, in consultation with their FA and with the approval of the Minister-in-charge. Foreign visits of officers upto the level of Director and equivalent will be decided by the administrative Secretaries in consultation with the concerned FA.
(24) Deputations of officers upto the level of Joint Secretaries in Ministries/Departments and officials from PSUs/ Autonomous Bodies, etc. shall also be regulated in accordance with the spirit of these guidelines.
(25) The leader of the delegation shall upload the tour report in the requisite format on FVMS and also submit the same to the Minister containing, inter-alia. the major achievements from the tour and post-visit outcomes. A copy of the report shall also be marked to Department of Expenditure and Ministry of External Affairs.
2. These instructions are in supersession of all earlier instructions on the subject.
3. This issues with the approval of Finance Minister.
(Annie G. Mathew)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India
Brief on Meeting with Hon’ble Minister for Railways Sh. Suresh prabhu on retrograde recommendations of 7th CPC
AIRF
All India Railwaymen’s Federation
(Estd, 1924)
4, State Entry Road
New Delhi – 110 055
India
No.AIRF/24(C)
Dated: 05.01.2016
The General Secretaries
All Affiliated Unions
Dear Comrades,
Sub:- BRIEF ON MEETING WITH HON’BLE MINISTER FOR RAILWAYS SH. SURESH PRABHU ON RETROGRADE RECOMMENDATIONs OF 7th CPC
Today I met Shri Suresh Prabhu and apprised Hon’ble Minister about the concerns of railway employees regarding retrograde recommendations of 7th Pay Commission. We reminded Hon’ble Minister about the memorandum submitted by AIRF on 15.12.15 in respect of 7th Pay Commission.
Hon’ble Minister talked to Finance Secretary(Expenditure/MOF), Secretary DOPT and Chairman Railway Board, apprising them the resentment prevailing amongst Railwaymen after the retrograde recommendations given by 7th Pay Commission. Shri Suresh Prabhu also assured AIRF that he would discuss the issues of Railwaymen at highest level.
Shri Suresh Prabhu,
Hon’ble Minister for Railways,
Rail Mantralaya,
Rail Bhavan,
New Delhi.
Respected Sir,
Sub: NFIR’s proposals for Rail Budget 2016-17-reg.
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NFIR wishes to bring to your kind notice that the Railway Ministers have made budget pronouncements for Staff Welfare, but, however the following pronouncements have not been implemented till date. Extract of pronouncements are placed below:-
Railway Budget 2009-10
STAFF WELFARE
Item No. 32
“A thrust will be given under the Corporate Welfare Plan for improvement of staff quarters & colonies. During 2009-10, 6550 Staff Quarters are proposed to be constructed.
It is proposed to Open seven Nursing Colleges on Railway land at Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai (Kalyan), Chennai, Secunderabad, Lucknow and Jabalpur on Public Private Partnership model so as to facilitate the wards of the Railway employees in finding a good vocational avenue”.
Railway Budget 2010-11
STAFF WELFARE & HEALTH
Item No. 49 of the Budget Speech:- A new Scheme of ‘House for All’, was launched to provide residences to all Railway employees in the next ten years with the help of Ministry of Urban Development.
Item No. 54 of Budget speech:- It is proposed to set up 50 Creches for children of 80,000 women employees and 20 hostels. Railways will also provide more numbers of community centres and stadiums.
Railway Budget 2011-12
Extending medical facilities to both dependent father & mother.
20 additional hostels for children of Railway employees to be set up.
Railway Budget 2012-13
Railways is a 24×7 service available to the rail-users. To run services at this scale, the employees have to put in long hours of duty without any respite round the year and the compulsion of job creates high stress levels. I therefore intend to introduce a wellness programme for them at their places for early detection. of risk factors, prevention and early treatment of diseases caused due to high blood pressure and sugar levels, obesity and other lifestyle related ailments.
We need to recognize the dedication, hard work and sacrifice of the staff at all levels. To minimize incidence of human error especially amongst the skilled and technical staff including loco pilots, cabin men and gangmen, it is important to ensure proper rest period for them. I am also conscious of the importance of periodic training and creation of a general environment to provide them enhanced dignity. I have also requested NID to design appropriate outfits for various categories of workforce.
Railway Budget 2013-14
Construction of staff quarters has been hampered by funding constraints. Encouraged by the success of Ministry of Urban Development in constructing quarters through PPP mode, I propose to=adopt the same in the Railways. Yet, I have enhanced the fund allocation under staff quarter by 50% over previous year to provide Rs. 3000 crore.
Provision of hostel facilities for single women railway employees at all Divisional Headquarters.
Considering the stress faced by loco-pilots particularly in harsh climatic conditions, it is proposed to provide water closets and air condition the locomotive cabs.
Conduct National Skill Development Programme of the Ministry of Railways to impart skills to the youths in Railway related trades at 25 locations spread across the length and breadth of the country.
Setting up of a multi-disciplinary training institute at Nagpur for imparting training in rail related electronics technologies.
NFIR requests the Hon’ble Railway Minister to see that the Government takes steps for fulfillment of its Budget pronouncements.
II.NFIR also requests the Hon’ble MR to consider making Budget announcements on the following:-
(a) Provision of funds for construction/improvement of Railway Institutes, Community Halls and Holiday Homes.
(b) Provision of adequate funds for construction of new Railway Quarters on replacement account to the extant of 100%.
(c) Sanctioning of Cardiology Department at Northern Railway Central Hospital, New Delhi.
(d) Road Mobile Medical Vans facility for covering all remote and inaccessible areas in Railways.
III. NFIR alsoybrings to the notice of Hon’ble Railway Minister that the condition of Railway Quarters on Indian Railways is awfully bad and many of them deserve demolition. New Quarters are not being built adequately due to inadequate allotment of funds. Federation cites the case of Mumbai area of Western Railway wherein about 1200 Railway quarters (Type-I to Type-IV) have been dismantled by the Railway administration. However, Western Railway authorities have constructed only 447 Railway quarters which is only 37%, of total number demolished. Adequate funds need to be provided for construction of new Quarters atleast equivalent to the number demolished. Also there are over 600 Railway Quarters (Type-I & Type-II) in Mumbai area which do not have separate toilets. The Railway employees and their families living in those quarters in Mumbai are compelled to share common toilets (one toilet shared by 3, to 4 families), thus the lives of employees are miserable.
NFIR requests the Hon’ble MR to consider the points placed above favourably and give decisions.
7th CPC: Central government employees salary hikes not before June?
Government is likely to accept the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission and offer salary hikes to Central Government Employees not before June 2016.
Though, the matter may become clearer when Finance Ministry announces the details on implementation, and that is expected to happen before Budget 2016-17 in February.
Then there are Assembly elections expected in Pondicherry, Assam, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Kerala. So the implementation of salary hike is also expected only when the State Assembly elections are over by June/July.
Also, as per reports, seven states: UP, Punjab, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Tripura and Sikkim, have requested the Centre to delay implementation of salary hikes due to the financial burden 7th CPC recommendations are likely to cast on the state exchequer.
