No.11020/03/2014-AIS-III
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
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North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 1st September, 2014
To,
Chief Secretaries of all States/UTs.
Subject: Execution of Bond for availing Study Leave under Rule 9(i) of the AIS (Study Leave) Regulations, 1960 – regarding.
Sir,
I am directed to refer to the provisions of Rule 9(i) of the AIS (Study Leave) Regulations, 1960, which mandates every member of the Service who has been granted Study Leave or extension of such leave shall be required to execute a bond as given in Appendix ‘A’ or Appendix ‘A.I.
2. The said Bond executed by member of the Service requires putting in specified period of service after expiry of the Study Leave as prescribed by provisions of rule 9(2) of the said rules.
3. It has come to the notice of this Department that the provisions of the aforesaid bond are being circumvented and officers who have availed Study Leave proceed on prolonged spells of leave due and admissible to them and thus do not put in active service for the requisite period as indicated in the bond executed by them.
4. In view of the above, the provisions of the presCribed format of the Bond have been reviewed and decided to revise the Bond format. A copy of revised Bond is enclosed. All the Ministries / Departments/State Governments are requested to ensure that the necessary Bond in respect of grant of Study Leave under the AIS (Study Leave) Regulations, 1960 may henceforth be obtained in the revised formats.
4. The contents of this letter may be brought to the notice of all the members of the All India Services.
End.: As above .
Yours faithfully
(Navneet Misra)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
23092285
No.S-11011/25/2014/CGHS-(P)
Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Department of Health and Family Welfare
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Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi,
Dated the 8th July, 2014.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub: Revision of lists and rates of artificial appliances for CGHS/CS(MA)beneficiaries and general guidelines for eligibility criteria therefor.
The undersigned is directed to state that the rates of artificial appliances were revised in 1997 vide OM No. S-11011/5/95-CGHS-(P) dated 25.6.1997. The matter of revision of rates and updation of lists of artificial appliances has been under consideration of this Ministry for some time. The matter has been examined in consultation with the experts in Directorate General of Health Services and it has been decided to update the list of the artificial appliances and revised as per the details given in ongoing paras.
2. Keeping in view the various categories of appliances, the lists of artificial appliances have been categorized as per the following three Annexure and rates of artificial appliances will be as per the Annexure-I, II and III to this OM:
Annexure-I: This contains list, rates and specifications of various types of Prosthetics (i.e. artificial limbs) like prosthetics for lower extremity, prosthetics for upper extremity (Annexure-I has been divided into Annexure IA, IB, IC, ID and IE according to type].
Annexure-II: This contains the list, rates and specifications pertaining to the orthotics (i.e. callipers & braces) including lower extremity, upper extremity and spinal orthotics.(Annexure-II has been divided into Annexure-IIA, IIB and IIC].
Annexure-III: This contains specifications and rates for items related to mobility aids.
3. The general guidelines for admissibility and reimbursement of expenses in respect of appliances mentioned in Annexures-1, II & III will be as under:
(i). Maintenance Cost will be borne by the beneficiary.
(ii). The appliances will be allowed for re-issue on completion of 5 years in case of adults and 2 years in the case of children except motorized wheel chair and tricycle.
(iii). Motorized wheel chair and tricycle will be re-issued after 5 years irrespective of age.
(iv). High end prosthetics/ appliances will be reimbursed only to the following category of Govt. Servants & their dependent family members subject to fulfilling of other criteria :-
(a) Govt. Servants & their dependent family members participating at the State level sport activities duly certified by the competent Sports Authority.
(b) Upper Age limit for the sophisticated prosthetic appliances will be 45 years.
(c) Military or para-military personnel duly certified by their respective Medical Boards that the person has sustained injury while on field duty or undergone amputation because of injury sustained while performing such duty.
(d) The reimbursement will be made within the ceiling limit fixed for such appliances beyond which the beneficiary will bear the cost
(v). For admissibility of reimbursement, the appliances need to be prescribed by a Professor/ Senior Specialist or Specialist of equivalent rank working in any Govt. hospitals in the specialties of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) or Orthopaedic surgery. The prescription should be in generic name and not by proprietary name.
(vi). Prosthetic components and Orthotic joints used in appliances should have BIS/ CE (Europian) Certification for the purposes of reimbursement and fabricated by firms having qualified Prosthesist/ Orthotists.
(vii). Keeping in view, the physical growth into consideration, individuals upto 12 years of age will be considered as children for the purpose of these guidelines in general. However, in order to rationalize the rates for some of the items, specific age group has been mentioned against the individual items in Annexure-I and Annexure-II, based on the size of the appliances.
(viii). There may be certain items which are not included in Annexure, but may be prescribed by qualified Government Rehabilitation Specialist/Orthopaedic Surgeon, (not below the level of Consultants), depending on individual disabled patient’s requirements for example disability car gadgets. In such cases, items costing below Rs.50,000/• can be purchased with three quotations as per prescribed specifications with the permission of HOD of the concerned departments. For items costing above Rs. 50,000/- prior permission will have to be obtained from Additional Directors, CGHS of the concerned city or concerned DDG in the Dte.GHS looking after CS(MA) Rules, on the basis of three quotations and approval of Technical Standing Committee.
(ix). The artificial appliances should be procured from any Government Undertaking/ Authorised Alimco dealers, N.G.Os approved by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare/and private manufactures. It should be certified by the prescribing Government Orthopaedic Surgeon/Government Rehabilitation Specialists (PMR) to the effect that the appliances are as per Specification and working satisfactorily.
(x). The list of items and rates will be revised every 5 years.
(xi). Reimbursement of items in the enclosed list will be made by HODs of the departments and CGHS in case of Pensioner CGHS beneficiaries, etc.
4. This OM supersedes all earlier orders issued from time to time under CGHS/CS (MA) Rules, 1944 on the subject for allowing reimbursement in respect of artificial appliances for CGHS/CS(MA) beneficiaries.
5. This OM will come into effect from the date of issue and will be valid till revision of the rates after five years.
6. This issues with the approval of Secretary (H&FW) and concurrence of Integrated Finance Division.
(Ravi Kant)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
No. 2-2/2014/CGHS HQ/PPT/CGHS(P)
Government of India
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Department of Health & Family Welfare
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated: the 25th August, 2014
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub: Issue of medicines / reimbursement of expenditure on investigations / treatment procedures / implants and other medical devices under CGHS – regarding
With reference to the above mentioned subject the undersigned is directed to state that this Ministry has examined the matter in detail and with a View to streamlines the procedures regarding issue of medicines, reimbursement of expenditure on investigations, treatment procedures, implants and medical devices and with a View to plug the loopholes in the system, it has now been decided that:
a) CGHS shall supply / indent only those medicines, which are included in the CGHS formulary, except for para (b) below. However, for medicines prescribed outside formulary, medicines with identical formulations and /or similar therapeutic effect may be supplied from CGHS formulary against such medicines. CGHS formulary containing 1447 generic and 622 branded medicines is available on CGHS Website at http://msotransparentnic.in/cghsnew/index.asp
b) Anti Cancer and other similar medicines are however supplied on a case to case basis. Only the medicines approved by DCGI for use in India shall be supplied. In case an Indian version is available, which is cheaper than the imported medicine, only the Indian medicine shall be supplied even if, an imported medicine has been prescribed.
c) Medicines shall be supplied for a maximum period of one month.
d)In case of CGHS beneficiaries going abroad, issue of medicines shall be restricted for a maximum period of three months.
e) CGHS shall hereinafter allow only the listed investigations / treatment procedures for which there are prescribed CGHS rates, to be under taken in CGHS empanelled diagnostic centres and hospitals.
f) Similarly, only listed implants / medical devices with a CGHS prescribed ceiling rate shall be permitted for treatment / reimbursement under CGHS.
g) In those cases where any unlisted investigation / treatment procedure is undertaken the reimbursement shall be limited to the rate of nearest similar investigation / treatment procedure under CGHS. Addl. Director of the city /zone shall take a decision based on justification in such cases, in consultation with experts in the field, if necessary.
h) In those cases where any unlisted implant / device is installed reimbursement shall be limited to the CGHS rate of nearest similar implant / device. Addl. Director of the city / zone shall take a decision based on justification in such cases in consultation with experts in the field, if necessary.
i) Registration of Mobile number with CGHS has been made compulsory as a guard against misuse of CGHS Card.
j) In order to provide a mechanism to update the investigations / treatment procedures / implants , etc., as an ongoing process , a Technical Committee is being constituted to consider inclusion / exclusion of investigations /treatment procedures / implants , etc., under CGHS.
(RAVI KANT)
Under Secretary to Government of India
Advance – Onam Advance to Government Employees, Part-time Contingent Employees, NMR workers, Grass Cutters and other categories of employees for 2014 – Sanctioned – Orders Issued.
I. Government are pleased to order that Onam Advance of Rs.10,000/- will be paid to all Government employees. The amount wi11 be paid in multiples of Rs.1000/-subject to a maximum of Rs.10,000/-. The amount of advance will be recovered in five equal monthly instalments as usual and the same will be drawn and disbursed from 03.09.2014 onwards.
II. Government are also pleased to order that Onam Advance @ Rs. 2000/- will be paid to the following categories of employees subject to the conditions stipulated in Notes 1 to 3 under Article 250(1) of Kerala Financial Code Volume-1.
(i) Part-time Contingent Employees
(ii) Permanent Workers in Agricultural farms, NMR workers and Seasonal Workers of all Departments.
(iii) Permanent Labourers in Government Departments
(iv) Workers of Regional Workshop under the PWD and the Dredger & Dry-dock workers at Alappuzha
(v) Family Planning Voluntary Workers
(vi) Anganvadi Workers & Helpers
(vii) Non-Permanent Workers in the Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development and Spraying Workers under the scheme for spraying coconut palms to control leaf rot diseases & CLR workers of all Departments
(viii) Grass Cutters in the Mounted Police Wing
The advance will be given either on the joint responsibility of the permanent and non-permanent workers or on the joint responsibility of another non-permanent worker of the same farm, provided further that it is duly guaranteed by the concerned labour union and provided that all previous advances of the concerned labourer had been recovered in full.
The advance will be given only to those workers who will continue to be employed by the respective Farm/Local Body during the period of recovery of advance. The recovery of advance given in respect of Coconut Spraying workers will be effected by the Local Bodies concerned and will be watched by the Agriculture Department.
Similar categories of employees of the Local Bodies namely Municipal Corporations, Municipalities, Guruvayur Township and Panchayat will be granted the advance at the option of the Local Bodies if the financial position of the Local Bodies concerned will permit.
The advance will be recovered in five equal monthly instalments in respect of categories (i) to (vii) and in 21 weekly instalments in the cases of persons getting weekly wages under item (viii)_ The advance will be drawn and disbursed from 03.09.2014 onwards.
(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)
V. RAJAPPAN
ADDITIONAL SECRETARY (FINANCE)
Original Order :
http://www.finance.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=6955&Itemid=57
No.12/1/2009-Estt (Pay-I)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
New Delhi the 28th August, 2014
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Fixation of pay of State Government Employees on their appointment in Central Government, subsequent to implementation of CCS (RP) Rules, 2008.
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The undersigned is directed to say that the method of fixation of pay of State Government employees on their appointment under the Central Government has been spelt out in this Department’s OM No.12/1/94-Estt(Pay-I) dated 24 March, 1994, 3rd January, 1996 and OM NO.13/2/99-Estt (Pay-I) dated 18.6.2001.
2. The question of fixation of pay in cases of appointment from State Govt. to Centrat Govt. consequent upon revision of pay scales on acceptance of the recommendations of the VI Central Pay Commission in the revised pay structure has been considered in consultation with the Department of Expenditure and the President is pleased to decide that in cases of appointment of State Government employees in Central Government on or after 1.1.2006, pay will be fixed in the following manner:-
(a) Where the State Government has revised the Pay scales of their employees on the pattern of VI Central pay Commission at the base index of 115.76 as per AICPI (IW) 2001 series w.e.f. 1.1.2006 the pay of these State Government employees on their appointment under the Central Government would be fixed as follows:
(i) When the appointment is to a post carrying higher Grade Pay, one increment equaI to 3% of the sum of the pay in the existing grade pay will be computed and rounded off to the next multiple of 10. This will then be added to the existing pay in the pay band. The grade pay corresponding to the higher post will thereafter be granted in addition to this pay in the pay band. In cases where the appointment involves change in pay band also, the same methodology will be followed. However. if the pay in the pay band after adding the increment is less than the minimum of the higher pay band to which the appointment is takihg place, pay in the pay band will be stepped up to such minimum.
(ii) Where the appointment is to a post involving identical Grade Pay, the individual shall continue to draw the same pay.
(b) Where the State Government have revised the pay scales of their employees after 1.1.2006 beyond the base index of 115.76 as per AICPI (IW) 2001 series, basic pay of the employees is to be determined first in the Central Scale by reducing the element of DA, ADA, IR etc. granted by the State Government after 1.1.2006 (beyond the base index of 115.76 as per AICPI (IW) 2001 series) and thereafter the pay would be fixed as provided in the clause (i) &(ii) under sub para (a) above.
(c) Where the state Government have either not revised or revised the pay scale of their employees on or after 1.1.2006 below the base index of 115.76 as per AlCPl (IW) 2001 series, basic pay of these employees shall be determined first in the Central scale, by adding the element of D.A. ADA upto base index of 115.76 as per AICPI (IW) 2001 series granted by the State Government and thereafter their pay would be fixed as provided in the clause (i) &(ii) under sub-para (a) above.
3. These orders are applicable to employees of the State Government and local bodies under the State including Emergency Divisional Accountants/Divisional Accountants / local bodies under the State Government appointed under Central Government on or after 1.1.2006.
4. In so far as the employees serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
Q.1 How does an organisation start Biometric Attendance System (BAS) for their employees?
Ans. Please submit details of the nodal officer and upload a signed request by the head of the department on attendance.gov.in portal. System would send OTP to the mobile number/email id of the nodal officer which needs to be entered again on the portal for verification. Back-end administrator would then check the details of the organisation submitted and make the organisation active by assigning it a unique sub-domain which will be the first name of the website. Nodal officer will then be sent an email by the system giving username (which will be the sub-domain name assigned to the organisation) and a password.
Q.2 Steps to be done by the nodal officer to start registration of employees
Ans.Nodal officer would need to login on attendance.gov.in with the user name and password sent on completion of step 1 and then create master list of locations of their offices, designation of their offices and divisions/units/groups within their organisation.
Q.3 How does employee start registering on the portal ?
Ans.After nodal officer completes step 1 & 2, employee can start registering on-line either at attendance.gov.in by submitting their details along with their Aadhaar number.
Q.4 What are steps of verification of employees?
Ans. Nodal Officer would need to verify details submitted by the employee including whether Aadhaar number entered by the employee belongs to them. After completing of the above verifications, employee would be informed by SMS/Email that his registration process is completed on the attendance.gov.in is completed.
Q.5 Whether an employee will be able to mark his attendance on any Biometric Attendance System (BAS) terminal installed in any Government Building
Ans.Yes, this will be possible as employee database for all central Government employees will be maintained centrally with a unique 6 digit id provided for every Government employee (based on the last 6 or first 6 digits of his/her Aadhaar number whichever is available in the system). The dashboard reports would be able show the location/building from where an employee has marked his attendance.
Q.6 How will an employee mark attendance if he/she is not having Aadhaar number ?
Ans.Aadhhar number is essential for registering an employee in AEBAS. Government employees who are not having Aadhaar number can enrol themselves for Aadhaar numbers in the special camps which are being held by UIDAI in various Government Buildings or permanent enrolment centres of UIDAI in Delhi as per details available at the link below as given: https://appointments.uidai.gov.in/easearch.aspx Single point of contact for arranging Aadhaar enrollment facility at Bhawans is as per details given below.
Q.7 Is network connectivity essential for marking attendance
Ans.Yes, as it is an online attendance system. Network connectivity will be essential for marking attendance. Therefore, two types of connectivity are being planned with each attendance terminal; one wi-fi connectivity on NICNET/broadband and other sim based GSM connectivity in the tablet.
At a high level the overall solution has two main components.
(i) Front End System (to be installed at client user end)
(ii) Back End System (attendance servers to be hosted in NIC data centre with connectivity to UIDAI for real-time bio-metric authentication)
The Front End System would be a hardware device like Android tablet or a Desktop PC having client application. Once the user ID (6 digit unique number assigned to an employee) is entered, the application would prompt user to provide the biometric data through finger print/Iris scanner which will be sent through the network connectivity to the backend system.
The Back End System (also called the attendance server) would have functionalities to receive data from the client terminals and send it for real-time Aadhaar authentication. It would also have features for organisation/employee registration and preparing real-time attendance reports in dashboard.
It would be possible to see dashboard reports of each organisation by using sub-domain assigned to an organisation e.g.nic.attendance.gov.in
Q.8 No of bio-metric terminals required
Ans. Every employee will need to enter his 6 digit unique id on the touch screen of the tablet and then present his bio-metric (finger print/ iris) for authentication. This may initially take up to 30 seconds to 1 minute depending on number of attempts required. With some practice and training, the time for giving bio-metric attendance by each employee may reduce to less than 10 seconds.
Therefore one bio-metric terminal may be sufficient for about 30 to 40 employees during 30 minute peak load time. Assuming 50% to 70% employees will be coming to office during the peak timings, one bio-metric terminal can be planned for catering to every 50 employees in the department. Also, multiple machines will be put in the entry gate which can be commonly used by employees of different ministries/departments, waiting time in the queue will further reduce.
Q.9 Where to install tablet based terminals?
Ans.it is suggested to install multiple AEBAS terminals at the entry gates of the buildings where security is positioned round the clock.
Q.10 Where to install desktop based finger print devices?
Ans. it is suggested to install desktop finger print devices on Windows desktop PCs connected on LAN (NICNET) in the offices of JS and above and also with section officers for marking attendance of the employees working in the respective sections in order to avoid rush at the attendance terminals installed at the entry gates.
Q.11 Who would maintain the attendance terminals, connectivity and attendance software for desktop PCs?
Ans.It would be additional responsibility of FMS who are maintaining LAN/NICNET connectivity in the Bhawans under guidance and coordination of nicnet/network managers. Additional FMS are being proposed to be deployed at Bhawans under this project.
Q.12 Type of reports which will be available on dashboard
Ans. Some of the sample reports can be viewed at jharkhand.attendance.gov.in and deity.gov.in/attendance. Attendance software is being developed with assistance of UIDAI team. Please send your valuable feedback in improving the features and MIS reports of the attendance system software.
Q.13 Expected Role of NIC HoDs/Teams posted in Ministries/Departments
Ans. Deity/NIC/NICSI/UIDAI are the implementing agency for this project and the bio-metric attendance system will need to be made operational in every ministry/department as soon as attendance terminals are delivered which is expected soon.
NIC HODs of the bhawan/ department/ministry or its attached/ subordinate office in consultation with nodal officer of that office will identify locations where attendance terminals are to be installed in the Bhawans.
Since, NICNET connectivity is the primary connectivity for running the AEBAS. NIC Bhawan network coordinators are requested to help in getting the power supply extended at those locations with help of local CPWD offices. NIC Bhawan network coordinators along with network team at NIC hqrs will also be responsible for extending LAN/alternate connectivity at the entry gates and install WI-FI access points/Attendance terminals.
NIC HODs posted in Ministries/Bhawans are requested to provide technical assistance to the Nodal officers in completing registration of all employees on the portal and provide handholding training/technical assistance in smooth installation/running of the attendance terminals. NIC HODs will also be keeping inventory of bio-metric terminals/devices installed in various locations in their Ministry/Department.
Q.14 Role of nodal officers in the ministries
Ans. Nodal officers will get the details of all employees entered on the portal and also organize special camps in their Bhawans with help of UIDAI regional office, Delhi for enrollment of employees not having Aadhaar numbers.
Nodal officers would also be responsible for creating masters of location, designation and divisions/groups within their organization.
Verification of employees data will also be done by the nodal officers of the department whereas QC team of UIDAI will be assisting in verification of Aadhhar data of employees.
You are welcome to send feedback and suggestions in helpdesk-attendance[at]nic[dot]in
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – July, 2014
The All-India CPI-IW for July, 2014 increased by 6 points and pegged at 252 (two hundred and fifty two). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 2.44 per cent between June, 2014 and July, 2014 when compared with the rise of 1.73 per cent between the same two months a year ago.
The largest upward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing 4.42 percentage points to the total change. The House Rent index further accentuated the overall index by 1.08 percentage points. At item level, Rice, Eggs, Milk, Onion, Chillies Green, Tomato, Potato and other Vegetables & Fruits, Sugar, Tea (Readymade), Pan Finished, Doctors’ Fee, College Fee, Petrol, Rail Fare, etc. are responsible for the increase in index. However, this increase was restricted to some extent by Wheat, Soft Coke, Medicine (Allopathic), etc., putting downward pressure on the index.
The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 7.23 per cent for July, 2014 as compared to 6.49 per cent for the previous month and 10.85 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 8.11 per cent against 5.88 per cent of the previous month and 14.10 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.
At centre level, Nagpur recorded the maximum increase of 12 points followed by Ludhiana (10 points). Among others, 9 points rise was observed in 7 centres, 8 points in 3 centres, 7 points in 9 centres, 6 points in 23 centres, 5 points in 14 centres, 4 points in 10 centres, 3 points in 4 centres, 2 points in 4 centres and I point in 2 centres.
The indices of 35 centres are above and other 41 centres are below national average. The indices of Ernakulam and Varanasi are at par with all-India index.
The next index of CPI-IW for the month of August, 2014 will be released on Tuesday, 30 September, 2014. The same will also be available on the office website www.labourbureau.gov. in.
All India Naval Technical Supervisory Staff Association submitted memorandum to 7th CPC. AINTSSA also sent memorandum to our igecorner team. We are happy to publish the memorandum.
ALL INDIA NAVAL TECHNICAL SUPERVISORY STAFF ASSOCIATION
(Govt. Recognized)
MEMORANDUM
TO
SEVENTH
CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
B.B. Mohanty
Member, Naval Heaquarters JCM Council,
Confederation of Defence Recognized Association
President :
All India Naval Technical Supervisory Staff Associations.
Address: F-10/105, Kings Ville, Green City,
Ambarnath (East), Thane-421501. [email protected]
Mob. No. 08655481087
AINTSSA/BBM-DO/31 /VII CPC
30 Jul 2014
The Member Secretary,
7th Central Pay Commission,
Post Box No. 4599,
Hauz Khas Post Office,
New Delhi-110016.
Respected Madam,
PREFACE
On behalf of All India Naval Technical Supervisory Staff Association, I welcome and wish all the success to the 7th Pay Commission in their mission of evolving pay structures and other related matters, which is expected to be fair enough for the government employees to lead a dignified life and perform their duties effectively and efficiently.
AINTSSA represents about 4000 Technical Supervisors working in Indian Navy in various Naval establishments of the Nation. They are basically from all the branches of engineering – including Civil , Mechanical , production, Electrical , Computer, Electronics & Telecom Engineering etc. They supervise and guide around 26000 workforce of Navy.
We present this memorandum to 7th CPC representing the following categories in the Indian Navy:
Around 2400 Chargeman
Around 1600 Foreman
Degree of skills, strain of work and requirement of knowledge, experience & expertise, continued & updated technical knowledge with effective training, mounting responsibility and accountability, multifaceted work contents, working condition with hazards and fatigue, mental & physical strain pertaining to these categories have been elaborately explained in the subsequent explanations.
The key to efficiency and competitive spirit in work lies not only in getting appropriate salary for the job but also with dignity & status. We welcome the provisions provided in the terms of reference. Those strategies are to be evolved in order to attract talents and retain them in service which is considered to be the need of the day in the globalised era.
Important role of these middle level managers was recognized by 3rd & 4th CPC which exclusively granted appropriate pay scales to technical supervisors based on their job contents and other factors. But it was shattered by the V & VI CPC which completely ignored their duties and responsibilities and diluted their status by seriously disturbing their relativity.
Further the fact that Naval Dockyards, NSRYs, Training centers and Ship building establishments of Indian Navy are basically technical organizations and the safe successful and efficient performance of the organizations lies primarily in the hands of their technical work forces who are supervised, trained and overseen by these technical supervisors.
7th CPC is requested to look into the serious anomalies caused especially by the Sixth CPC which have demoralized the category due to non-redressal of these anomalies – as brought out in this Memorandum. We request the Pay Commission to kindly evolve a replacement scale to the categories and ensure natural justice and dignity.
Technical Supervisors shoulder the direct responsibilities of safe, efficient & ‘Failure proof’ production, repair, maintenance and operation of almost all the systems of Naval warships of Indian Navy. Reduction of manpower in artisan staff, introduction of new ships, addition of new assets and introduction of new & modern technologies etc, have substantially added to their duties and responsibilities over the years. Other departments provide only necessary support to them in order to enable them to discharge their functions.
It is unfortunate that both 5th and 6th Pay Commissions had underestimated the significance and sensitiveness of the work-content of the technical supervisors, their responsibility and accountability. Many vital factors like their ‘Professional qualifications’ & ‘greater responsibilities’ as well as the accountability towards public safety and efficiency of the Nation went out of sight of both these Pay Commissions.
But, supporting categories like Accounts, Teachers and Nurses who were all along in the lower pay scales than the Technical Supervisors, were given up-gradation and were placed even two grades higher than Technical Supervisors. Worse and even more humiliating is the fact that the pay of categories like MCM, which work under the Technical Supervisors, were also equated with them – undermining the Supreme Court judgment of “the supervisor’s pay cannot be equal to the person being supervised”.
It is our earnest request that 7th CPC may consider the facts brought out in our memorandum. Commission is requested to remove various obstacles that come in the way of attracting talents to the technical supervisory cadre of Indian navy and in improving the efficiency of working system for which the Commission may kindly provide appropriate replacement scales for Chargemen and Foremen, which may justify the relativity of the emoluments in accordance with the job contents, working conditions, accountability & responsibilities, multi-faceted skills & critical management capacity.
I, also earnestly believe that we may be summoned for tendering oral evidence before 7th CPC in line with the earlier CPCs.
[TO 8E PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB
SECTION (i)]
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Economic Affairs)
Notification
New Delhi, the 13th August, 2014
G.S.R. (E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (4) of section 3 of the Public Provident Fund Act, 1968 (23 of 1968), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments to the Public Provident Fund Scheme, 1968, namely :-
1 (1) This Scheme may be called the Public Provident Fund (Amendment) Scheme 2014.
(2) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette
2 In the Public Provident Fund Scheme, 1968, –
(i) in paragraph 3, in sub-paragraph (1), for the letters and figures ‘Rs.1,00,000′, the letters and figures ‘Rs.1,50,000 shall be substituted
(ii) In Form-A, in paragraph (iv), for the letters and figures ‘Rs.1,00,000’, the letters and figures “Rs.1,50,000 shall be substituted.
[F.No. 1/212014-NSII]
(DR.RAJAT BHARGAVA)
JOINT SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT INDIA
Original Order :
http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_eco_affairs/budget/PPF_amendment_scheme2014.pdf
Central Government Employees under Lokpal Act, 2013
Under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, it is mandatory for every public servant, which includes Central Government employees also, to declare assets and liabilities in the manner provided by or under the said Act.
Government has notified 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, under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, laying down the form and manner of submission of information and annual return.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Pesonnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh gave this information in Rajya Sabha today in a written reply to a question by Shri Prabhat Jha.
