GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD
No. E(G)2014/LE 1-27
Dated: 30-12-2014
All General Managers, Zonal Railways/
Production Units/ Metro/Kolkata,
CORE/Allahabad, DG/ RDSO & CAOs/PUs
Sub: Introduction of Biometric Attendance System on Indian Railways
As per decision of government contained in Department of Personnel & Training OM no./1013/9/2014/Estt.(A-III) dated 21st November 2014 (copy enclosed), Biometric Attendance System has to be implemented on Indian Railways by 26th January, 2015. An Aadhar based Biometric Attendance System has already been successfully put in place at the Railway Board office and it has been decided to replicate the same on Zonal Railways in a phased manner.
2. In the first phase of this project it has been decided to cover those staff working at Zonal HQ office, administrative office of Production Units, RDSO, Kolkatta Metro, CORE Allahabad and Divisional headquarter offices who do not fall under shift duty roster. Attached offices falling under the Zonal HQ and Divisional HQ offices shall not be included in the project at present.
3. A compilation of processes for implementation of AEBAS activities as compiled by C&IS Dte. of Railway Board is enclosed for guidance. Railway offices may encourage the staff to obtain Aadhar Registration numbers and also organise camps on their premises for this purpose to facilitate the process.
4. Zonal Railways and Production Units may take necessary steps to put in place an operational Biometric Attendance System at the earliest, for which devices may be procured as per standard procedure through DGS&D rate contracts. The items have been approved by Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY)/NIC, and come with inbuilt warranty for specific periods. The warranties as available to DeitY should be obtained by the purchasing units as well.
5. The vendor list, specification and prices etc for procuring the devices may be obtained from the official website of National Informatics Centre Services Inc. (NICSI) by navigating through the following links :-
6. It is presumed that the offices chosen for introduction of Biometric attendance system in the first phase already have functional network facility. A small amount is however being sanctioned for upgrading the networking facility and contingency expenses as required. Tele Directorate of Railway Board has made the following observations regarding networking:-
a. Wall mounted devices have provision for SIM slots. This to be used for net connectivity.
b. Railway may strengthen their existing (if available ) WLAN network utilising the networking cost provisioned for this purpose.
c. Railways to provide WLAN network, if not available, and strengthen its railnet network, if required from its own resources.
7. The following guidelines/yardsticks are being laid down for operationalizing this system.
– Overall one device for every 15 employees for every unit (Zone, PU, Division, RDSO, METRO, CORE).
– One wall mounted or PC based device for every 20 staff members (other than Head of Department/Branch Officer).
-Wall mounted and PC based device to be split in 40: 60 ratio, broadly.
– One PC based device for every HOD and above in HQ/PU/RDSO/METRO/CORE and for every Branch Officer in Division.
Iris scanners for employees who cannot use finger based device maybe installed as under:-
-5 each for old railways
-3 each for new railways and 30 big divisions.
-2 each for PUs, others and 40 small divisions.
– 20 percent variation in number of devices may be made to suit local conditions and provision may be made for spares as well.
Rs. 2.0 lacs for every old railway Zonal HQ and big divisions ( > 25000 employees) and Rs. 1.5 lacs for others, for network upgradation and other contingent expenses.
8. The introduction of Biometric attendance system does not alter in any way the provisions for late attendance and debiting of leave account and instructions issued on this subject shall apply under the new system as well. Further instructions regarding marking of attendance by staff on duty shall follow. In the meantime Railways may start procuring and installing the system and test it out for a month, before making it compulsorily functional.
9. Instructions regarding provisioning of funds and their accountal shall follow after consultation with Accounts Directorate.
Railways may in the meantime start their planning for implementation of this system.
No. 25/1/2014-CS-II(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension
Department of Personnel and Training
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market, New Delhi-110003
Dated: 1st January, 2015
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013- Submission of declaration of assets and liabilities by the public servants belonging to CSSS & CSCS.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Division’s OM of even number dated 4th August, 2014 and 12th September, 2014 regarding furnishing of information relating to assets and liabilities by. public servants under section 44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013.
2. The Government has since amended the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in filing Returns) Rules, 2014 vide Notification dated 26th December, 2014, in terms of which, the last date for filing of revised returns of assets and liabilities by public servants has been extended from 31st December, 2014 to 30th April, 2015.
3. The formats for submission of statements regarding movable properties (Form-11) and for submission of statements regarding debts and liabilities (Form-IV) under the said rules have also been modified and the same are enclosed for information and necessary action.
4. All CSSS & CSCS officers may take note of the revised time-limit and forms for filing of aforementioned returns. Cadre units of CSSS are also requested to forward the declarations, information, returns submitted by PPS and above level officers of CSSS to CS-II Division for information and records.
(Kameshwar Mishra)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – November, 2014
The All-India CPI-IW for November, 2014 remained stationary at 253 (two hundred and fifty three). On 1-month percentage change, it remained static between October, 2014 and November, 2014 when compared with the rise of 0.83 per cent between the same two months a year ago.
The largest upward pressure to the change in current index came from Miscellaneous group contributing (+) 0.17 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Wheat, Rice, Moong Dal, Masur Dal, Arhar Dal, Eggs (Hen), Goat Meat, Milk (Cow), Onion, Tea (Readymade), Private Tution Fee, Flower/Flower Garlands, Tailoring Charges, etc. are responsible for the increase in index. However, this increase was restricted to some extent by Ginger, Chillies green, Vegetable items, Sugar, Petrol, etc., putting downward pressure on the index.
The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 4.12 per cent for November, 2014 as compared to 4.98 per cent for the previous month and 11.47 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 2.56 per cent against 4.48 per cent of the previous month and 16.17 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.
At centre level, Madurai reported an increase of 12 points followed by Chennai (11 points), Tiruchirapally (7 points), Coonoor (6 points), Salem and Coimbatore (5 points each) and Bangluru (4 points). Among others, 3 points rise was observed in 3 centres, 2 points in 7 centres and 1 point in 9 centres. On the contrary, Srinagar recorded a decrease of 6 points and Ghaziabad (5 points). Among others, 4 points fall was registered in 2 centres, 3 points in 6 centres, 2 points in 12 centres and 1 point in 19 centres. Rest of the 11 centres’ indices remained stationary.
The indices of 38 centres are above and other 39 centres’ indices are below national average. The index of Bhopal centre remained at par with all-India index.
The next index of CPI-IW for the month of December, 2014 will be released on Friday, 30 January, 2015
The Prime Minister of India had introduced the concept of SMART Police (S-Sensitive and Strict; M-Modern with mobility; A- Alert and Accountable; R- Reliable and Responsive; T- Trained and Techno-savvy) during the 49th Directors General/ Inspectors General Annual Conference at Guwahati on Nov. 30, 2014.
Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh as a first step towards SMART policing, has decided to establish one model SMART Police Station in each State and has asked the State Governments to submit their proposals with specific location and components by January 31, 2015. MHA has decided to allocate specific funds for setting up of SMART Police Stations in each state shortly.
MHA will work with State Governments for setting up more SMART Police Stations during the next financial year. Efforts will also be made to involve the private sector and their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes to expand the roll out of SMART Police Stations.
The SMART Police Station would become the foundation towards SMART policing. A SMART Police Station should be citizen friendly and clean. It should also meet the operational and welfare needs of the police personnel posted there. Some suggested features of a SMART Police Station are:
•Basic amenities for visitors, waiting area, toilets, drinking water, Receptionist whom the visitors can meet.
•Rest room for constables, including separate room for women constables.
•Natural lighting and ventilation, solar lighting, energy saving features.
•CCTV, Safe & secure Armoury, Record Room, Communication Room for wireless, computers etc.
•Automated kiosks for filing of complaints by public (with a back-end system for tracking follow up action).
The Police Station is the key functional unit from where the police discharges its tasks of maintenance of law & order and investigation of cases etc. The Police Station is also the primary point of interaction between the citizens and the police.
Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Second Amendment Rules, 2014
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES UNDER LOKPAL – REVISED FORMAT NOTIFIED
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Personnel and Training)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 26th December, 2014.
G.S.R. 918(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (k) and clause (1) of sub-section (2) of section 59, section 44 and section 45 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of 2014), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Return) Rules, 2014, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Second Amendment Rules, 2014.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in of the Official Gazette.
2. In the Public Servants (Furnishing of information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Rules, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), in rule 3, in the proviso to sub-rule (2), for the words “on or before the 31st day of December, 2014”,the words “on or before the 30th day of April, 2015” shall be substituted.
3. In the principal rules, in Appendix II, –
(a) for Form No. II, the following Form shall be substituted, namely:–
“FORM No. II
Statement of movable property on first appointment or as on the 31st March, 20…
(Use separate sheets for self, spouse and each dependent child.)
Name of public servant/spouse/dependent child:_________________________________
S. No.
Description
Remarks, if any
(i)*
Cash and bank balance:
(ii)**
Insurance (premia paid):
Fixed/Recurring Deposit(s):
Shares/Bonds :
Mutual Funds(s):
Pension Scheme/Provident Fund
Other investments, if any :
(iii)
Personal loans/advance givenTo any person or entityIncluding firm, company, trust,etc. and other receivables fromdebtors and the amount
(exceeding two months basic
Pay or Rupees one lakh,
As the case may be):
(iv)
Motor Vehicles(Details of Make, registrationNumber, year of purchaseAnd amount paid):
(v)
Jewellery[Give details of approximate weight(plus or minus 10 gms. In respect ofGold and precious stones; plus or minus100 gms. In respect of silver).]
Gold:
Silver:
Precious metals and precious stones:
Composite items:(indicate approximate value)***
(vi)
Any other assets [Give details of movable assets not covered in (i) to (v) above](a) Furniture(b) Fixtures(c) Antiques(d) Paintings
(e) Electronic equipments
(f) Others
[Indicate the details of an asset, only if the total current value of any particular asset in any particular category (e.g. furniture, fixtures, electronic equipments, etc.) exceeds two months’ basic pay or Rs. 1.00 lakh, as the case may be.]
Date ……………….
Signature …………………………………….
*Details of deposits in the foreign Bank(s) to be given separately.
**Investments above Rs. Rs. 2 lakhs to be reported individually. Investments below Rs. 2 lakhs may be reported together.
***Value indicated in the first return need not be revised in subsequent returns as long as no new composite item had been acquired or no existing items had been disposed of, during the relevant year.”;
(a) for Form No. IV, the following Form shall be substituted, namely:-
“FORM No. IV
Statement of Debts and Other Liabilities on first appointment or as on 31stMarch, 20….
Sl. No
Debtor (Self/Spouse orDependent children)
Name and address of Creditor
Nature of debt/liability and amount
Remarks
1
2
3
4
5
Date ……………………
Signature ……………………………….
Note 1: Individual items of loans not exceeding two months basic pay (where applicable) and Rs. 1.00 lakh in other cases need not be included.
Note 2: The statement should include various loans and advances (exceeding the value Note 1) taken from banks, companies, financial institutions, Central/State Government and from individuals.”.
[F. No. 407/12/2014-AVD-IV(B)]
JISHNU BARUA, Jt. Secy.
Note.—The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification number G.S.R. 501(E), dated the 14th July, 2014 and amended vide notification No. G.S.R. 638(E) published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated 8th September, 2014.
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (Department of Personnel and Training)
ORDER
New Delhi, the 26th December, 2014
S.O. 3272(E).- Whereas the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 62 of the Lospal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of 2014) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), made the Lokpal and Lokayaktas (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the said Order) with effect from the 15th February, 2014 for the purpose of carrying out modifications and amendments in all existing rules regulating the filing of property returns and making of declaration of assets by public servants so as to bring them in conformity with the provisions of the said Act, within a period not exceeding one hundred and eighty days from the date on which the provisions of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 came into force, i.e., the 16th January, 2014;
And whereas, the Central Government initiated the process of modifications and amendments of all existing rules dealing with the subject matter of filing of returns and making of declaration of assets by public servants in consultation with various authorities, such as, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, the Election Commission, the Lok Sabha Secretariat, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, the Ministry of Law and Justice (Department of Legal Affairs and Legislative Department), the Department of Financial Services, the Department of Public Enterprises and the State Governments;
And whereas, the comments and suggestions received from above said authorities had been under consideration of the Central Government and the completion of the procedure of finalising the rules under the said Act was likely to take some more time and the process of harmonisation of the existing rules with the provisions of the said Act and the rules made thereunder was taking time beyond the period notified under the said Order, and, therefore, the Central Government amended the said Order on 14th July 2014, extending the said period of one hundred and eighty days to a period of two hundred and seventy days;
And whereas, the Central Government, after consulting the Ministries/Departments, including the Department of Financial Services, the Department of Public Enterprises, the Ministry of Law and Justice and the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, made the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filling Returns) Rules, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (k) and clause (l) of sub-section (2) of section 59 read with section 44 and section 45 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, and notified the said rules on 14th July, 2014, prescribing therein the forms in which information and annual returns are to be filed by every public servant;
And whereas, the Central Government forwarded the copies of the notification containing the said rules to all Ministries and Departments of the Central Government requesting them to take the follow-up action in terms of the said rules, and for ensuring compliance with the said rules by all officers and staff in the respective Ministries, Departments and organisations and public sector undertakings under their control;
And whereas, the Central Government also forwarded the copies of the notification containing the said rules to the Chief Secretaries of all State Governments and Union territories, requesting them to take the follow-up action in terms of the said rules requiring all officers of the All India Services working in connection with the affairs of the State Governments and the officers and staff working in various organisations and public sector undertakings under their control so as to ensure due compliance with the said rules by all of them;
And whereas, concerns and apprehensions were raised by some Ministries and Departments, Organisations and individuals about the posting of every information provided by the public servant on public domain and the complexities involved in posting such details, in the prescribed formats and also about exacerbation of vulnerabilities of the public servants after filing such details, specifically of movable property and their publication on the websites of respective Ministries and Departments giving rise to the apprehension of the safety and security of the members particularly children of the public servant;
And Whereas, keeping in view the genuine concerns and apprehensions aforesaid, the Central Government constituted a Committee on 28th August, 2014 to simplify the forms and the process in which public servants shall make declaration of assets and liabilities as required under the said Act and the rules made thereunder and the Committed was required to examine the forms prescribed under the said rules and suggest changes therein as may be considered necessary within a period of forty-five days;
And whereas, the exercise of reviewing the existing rules relating to various services and posts with the provisions of the said Act and the rules made thereunder, the process of completion of follow-up action by various Ministries and Departments of the Central Government and the State Governments and the exercise of simplification of forms and process in which public servants shall make declarations of assets and liabilities, was likely take time beyond the period of two hundred and seventy days as specified in the said Order (as amended by the Order, dated 14th July, 2014), it has become necessary to extend the said period of two hundred and seventy days and, accordingly, the Central Government amended the said Order on 8th September, 2014, extending the said period of two hundred and seventy days to a period of three hundred and sixty days for the purposes of section 44 of the said Act;
And whereas, the Committee constituted by the Central Government on 28th August, 2014 to simplify the forms and the process in which public servants shall make declaration of assets and liabilities as required under the said Act and the rules made thereunder, submitted its first Report to the Government on 1st October, 2014, wherein the Committee suggested simplification of form prescribed for submission of statement regarding movable assets and the form prescribed for submission of statement regarding debts and liabilities by public servants, under the aforesaid rules;
And whereas, the processing of necessary amendments to the aforesaid rules so as to incorporate the revised forms for filing statement regarding movable properties and statement regarding debts and liabilities and the circulation of the revised formats, after their due notification in the Official Gazette, to all Ministries and Departments of the central Government and the Chief Secretaries of all State Governments and Union territory administrations and the further process of follow-up action in terms of the said rules requiring all officers of the All India Services working in connection with the affairs of the State Governments and the Offices and Staff working in various Organisations and Public Sector Undertakings under their control so as to ensure due compliance with the revised rules by all of them, is a time consuming process and as such the said process cannot be completed within the limit of three hundred and sixty days as contemplated in the principal order as amended by the order dated 8th September, 2014;
And whereas, Central Government has decided to amend the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, to address various deficiencies noticed in the said Act and, in that context, a need has also been felt to amend the provisions of section 44 of the said Act so as to harmonise the provisions of the said section with the relevant provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and rules framed thereunder, the All India Services Act, 1951 and rules framed thereunder, the rules framed by the Central Government in pursuance of article 148 and article 309 of the Constitution and also various statutes setting up autonomous bodies and Public Sector Undertaking and the rules framed thereunder;
And Whereas, the introduction of a Bill to amend the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, and its passing by Parliament and enforcement is also likely to take time; and hence it has become necessary to extend the said period of three hundred and sixty days to a period of eighteen months, and the Central Government has accordingly decided to extend the period to complete this process;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 62 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act. 2013 (1 of 2014), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment further to amend the Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2014, namely:-
In the said Order, in paragraph 2, in sub-paragraph (1), for the words “within a period not exceeding three hundred and sixty days”, the words “within a period not exceeding eighteen months” shall be substituted.
[F. No. 407/12/2014-AVD-IV(B) 1]
JISHNU BARUA, Jt. Secy.
Note: The Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2014 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification number S.O. 409(E), dated 15th February, 2014 and amended by Order, dated 14th July, 2014 published vide notification number S.O. 1840(E) dated 15th July, 2014; and by Order dated 8th September, 2014 published vide notification number S.O. 2256(E) dated 8th September, 2014.
BSNL signed MOU with Union Bank of India (UBI) for extending various loan Schemes to BSNL Employees
BSNL is the largest telecom operating company in India having 3.2 Lakhs employees across the country. To benefit its employees, BSNL desire a special loan package for its entire staff strength on All India basis.
BSNL signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Union Bank of India on 22nd December 2014. MOU signed with UBI for extending various loan schemes to BSNL employees. This MOU is valid for 12 months till 31st December, 2015. UBI shall give special rate of interest to BSNL employees,
Union Bank of India also has given special concession of 0.25% to BSNL Women Employees for the personal loan.
UBI shall grant the loan to BSNL Employees under the various head as per their requirements and the same are as follows.
1. Housing Loan including repair, renovation, addition , alteration loan & Home Improvement loan.
2. Personal Loan
3. Car / Two wheeler Loan
4. Education Loan
5. Natural Calamity Loan
6. Mortgage Loan
The loan facilities shall be sanctioned by the appropriate authorities of the UBI with all the agreed concessions and relaxations, that the maximum limits for the loan facilities are subject to the income , repaying capacity of employees.
List of Holiday Homes for Central Government Employees
The Ministry of Urban Development has published the latest list of Holiday Homes for Central Government employees. Ministry of Urban Development has Holiday Homes at 12 locations
Here is the list of holiday homes for Central Government Employees
Sl.No
Name of Stations
Location
No of Rooms
1
Agra (U.P.)
Holiday Home for the Central Government Employees, Sikandra Sector 15, (Near Kar-Kunj Income Tax Colony), Sikandra, Agra
Central Government Holiday Home, Central Government Residential Complex, Bambolim [Near Nirman Bhawan and Holy Cross Church]
[Oppo.Bambolim Cross on Panjim-Madgaon Highway] Goa. Tele : 0832-2458555
13
4
Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu)
Holiday Home for Central Government Employees Kovalam Road (near New Light House), Kanyakumari
NIC received complaints from employees regarding difficulties in making attendance on Aadhar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS), the National Informatics Centre (NIC) has recommended following steps for trouble shooting.
1. To ensure correct attendance ID is entered and try authenticating again with another finger
2. During authentication failure, different finger can be used for authenticating in different attempts
3. To ensure finger is placed correctly, position of finger should be appropriate-not tilted backwards or sideways
4. To ensure fingers are clean
5. To ensure finger is not very dry and also not very wet
6. To ensure fingerprint scanner is clean.
All the user are requested to send a feedback on problems/ difficulties in using Biometric Attendance System at
([email protected]).
