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Kerala – Uniform Allowance to the Staff in the Department of Excise, Fire force and Forest- Enhanced – Orders Issued

GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
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Pay Revision 2004 – Uniform Allowance to the Staff in the Department of Excise, Fire force and Forest- Enhanced – Orders Issued.

FINANCE ( Pay Revision Cell – B ) DEPARTMENT

G.O. (P) No.488 /2010/(169)/Fin.

Dated: Thiruvananthapuram, 13.09.2010.

Read:- 1. G.O. (P) No.145/06/Fin. dated: 25/3/06.
2. G.O.(P) No.507/09/(155)/Fin. dated 13.11.2009.
2. G.O. (MS) No.11/2010/F&WLD dated 20/4/10.

ORDER

Government are pleased to enhance the rate of Uniform Allowance per year to the following categories of staff with effect from the date of order.

Designation Enhanced rate.
Excise Department
Deputy Commissioner 2500/-
Assistant Excise Commissioner 2500/-
Circle Inspector 2000/-
Excise Inspector 2000/-
Assistant Excise Inspector 2000/-
Preventive Officer /Excise Guard /Driver 2400/-
Fire Force Department
Director (T), Deputy Director (Admn), Divisional Officer/Assistant Divisional Officer. 1500/-
Station Officer 1500/-
Assistant Station Officer 1500/-
Leading Fireman, Driver Mechanic, Fireman, Driver-cum-Pump Operator and Fireman. 2400/-
Forest Department
Driver 2400/-
Boat Driver 2400/-

Those staff in the above Departments who have received the Uniform Allowance once in two years / three years at the existing rate are eligible for Uniform Allowance only for the remaining period / less uniform allowance already drawn /received.

By Order of the Governor.

T.S. SHEEJA,
Joint Secretary (Finance),

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GRIH KALYAN KENDRA – Staff Welfare for Central Government Employees

The Grih Kalyan Kendra (GKK), a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, was set up with the following objectives :

(a) To promote social, economic, cultural and educational activities for the betterment of Central Government employees and their families,

(b) To impart technical and vocational training in home crafts and other household arts for useful utilization of leisure time and for better and efficient housekeeping, and

(c) To organize and promote economic activities that may provide opportunities for gainful employment to families of Central Government employees for supplementing the family income.

The GKK is administered by Grih Kalyan Kendra Board. The Board is responsible for the organization and administration of GKK. Additional Secretary (S & V), DoPT is the President of the GKK Board.

In pursuance of its objectives, GKK has been conducting the following activities :

(i) Training classes in cutting, tailoring and embroidery for the housewives and grown up girls during the leisure hours.

(ii) Nursery education for children in the age group 3 to 5 years.

(iii) Creches or Day Care Centres for children.

(iv) Recreational facilities like health club-cum-fitness centre, multi-gyms and weight lifting, indoor games like badminton, table tennis and classes in karate, yoga, dance, etc.

(v) Hiring out of Samaj Sadans (Community Centres) for the use of Central employees and other for cultural and social functions like marriages, etc.

The GKK is running 28 craft centres, 16 creche / day-care centres and 25 nursery schools in Delhi and a few in other cities. It has been supporting and organizing recreational activities with a view to promoting physical fitness among the Central Government employees and their family members as part of the activities of GKK. The Kendra has accordingly set up one health club and 9 gym/fitness centres in Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and Nagpur. The GKK administers 44 samaj sadans, out of which 29 are in Delhi and 15 outside Delhi. These samaj sadans are made available on hire for organizing various social and cultural functions to the Central Government employees and, wherever available, to others. Hiring of these sadans is the main source of revenue for the GKK. In these samaj sadans facilities like indoor games, health club, multi gyms, karate, yoga, dance and music classes, brain development classes, beauty training course etc. are provided. One physiotherapy and homoeopathy clinic is also being run by GKK at Nagpur Centre. In addition, the GKK also runs its welfare activities in 14 other premises in Delhi and 10 at outstations. It receives grant-in-aid from the Government. During 2008-09, an amount of Rs.25 lakh was released to GKK. During 2009-2010 an amount of Rs. 25 lakhs has been released.

Source : DOPT Portal

GRIH KALYAN KENDRA Website : http://grihkalyankendra.nic.in

Provisional designations of certain Group `C’ categories.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINSTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

PC-VI No. 226

RBE No : 134

No : PC-VI/2008/I/I/I

dated 14-09-2010.

The General Managers,
All Indian Railways/PUs etc.
(As per Standard Mailing List)

Sub:- Provisional designations of certain Group `C’ categories.

In pursuance to the implementation of recommendations of 6th Central Pay Commission, the issue of revision of designations of Group `C’ categories where pre-revised pay scales (as per 5th CPC) have been merged and granted common replacement pay structure/higher grade pay had been under consideration of this Ministry. It has now been decided in consultation with both the Federations that existing designations of Group `C’ categories where grades have been merged and granted common replacement pay structure/higher grade pay, may be replaced provisionally by the designations as shown in the Annexure-°A’ to this letter.

2. In terms of footnote 1 to Board’s letter No. PC-VI/2008/RSRP/1 dated 11-09-2008 wherever the posts in different pre-revised pay scales have been placed in one common pay band and grade pay, the same stand merged with functions, unless specified otherwise. Pending rationalization of duties and responsibilities, staff in these categories may continue to perform the existing duties and responsibilities to which such other duties & responsibilities as considered appropriate may be added by the administration. The provisional revised designations as shown in this annexure by themselves will not entail any change in the existing duties and responsibilities, existing allocation of work between the posts of the same provisionally revised designations nor revision of pay structure.

3. Action taken be advised to this Ministry.

(Hari Krishan)
Director, Pay Commission-II

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Fixation of Pay in merged grades for working on ad-hoc basis on ex-cadre posts in Construction Organisations.

Government of India
Ministry of Railways
(Railway Board)

S.No.PC-VI/225

RBE No.133/2010

No. PC-VI/2009/I/RSRP/6

New Delhi, dated 14.09.2010

The General Managers,
All Indian Railways,
(As per mailing list).

Sub: Fixation of Pay in merged grades for working on ad-hoc basis on ex-cadre posts in Construction Organisations.

As per Rule (7) of RS(RP) Rules,2008, initial pay of a Railway servant shall be fxed separately (i) in respect of his substantive pay in the permanent post on which the employee holds a lien and (ii) in respect of his pay in the Officiating post held by him.

2, As per note 5 below Rule 7 of RSRP Rules, 2008, Where a Railway servant is holding a permanent post and is officiating in a higher post on a regular basis and the scales applicable to these two posts are merged into one scale, the pay shall be fixed under this sub-rule with reference to the officiating post only and the pay so fixed shall be treated as substantive pay”.

3. Clarifications are being sought by the zonal railways regarding fixation of pay of staff working in Construction Organisation on ex-cadre posts on ad-hoc basis in merged grades. The matter has been examined and it is clarified that in the case of staff working in Construction Organisation on ex-cadre posts on ad-hoc basis, their pay in the 6th CPC pay structure is to be fixed separately for cadre post and ex-cadre post as provided in Rule 7(1) of RSRP, 2008. Note 5 below Rule 7 is not applicable in their case.

4. This issues in consultation with Establishment Directorate and with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

5. This disposes of CAO (Const. & MTP), Southern Railway’s letter No.P-5241/I/P/CN dated 12.08.2009 and Southern Railway’s letter No.P(R)524 dated 31.0.2009.

(U.K.Tiwari)
Deputy Director Pay Commission-VI
Railway Board.

No. PC-VI/2009/I/RSRP/6

New Delhi, dated 14 09.2010

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TN – Revision of Pay Scales based on the recommendations of the One Man Commission 2009

Finance (PC) Department,
Fort St. George,
Chennai – 600 009.

Letter No.51082/ Pay Cell / 2010–1, dated: 15–09—2010.

From

Thiru. K. SHANMUGAM, I.A.S.,
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT.

Sir,

Sub: Tamil Nadu Revised Scales of Pay Rules 2009 – Revision of Scales of pay based on the recommendations of the One Man Commission 2009 – Orders issued – Additional Fitment Table – Issued.

Ref: 1. G.O.Ms.No. 234, Finance (PC) Department, dated: 01—06—2009.
2. G.O.Ms.No. 444, Finance (PC) Department, dated: 09—09—2009.
3. G.O.Ms.Nos.254 to 340, Finance (PC) Department, dated: 26—08—2010.

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The One Man Commission constituted in the Government Order second cited to examine the anomalies, if any, arisen consequent on the implementation of the recommendations of the Official Committee 2009 has recommended for revision of scales of pay of a number of posts in various departments. Based on these recommendations, orders were issued in the Government Orders third cited revising the scales of pay of certain categories in various departments.

2) I am to state that Fitment Tables for fixation of pay in the corresponding revised pay scales have already been issued in the Appendix—I of the Government Order first cited. Consequent on the revision of scales of pay ordered in the Government Orders third cited, the scales of pay of some of the categories in various departments have been elevated from one Pay Band to another Pay Band for which the Additional Fitment Tables are required for fixing the pay of the employees holding such posts.

3) Accordingly, the Additional Fitment Tables 1 to 17 are annexed to this letter. The Head of Departments / Pay Fixing Authorities are requested to adopt the relevant Additional Fitment Tables for fixing the pay of the employees whose scales of pay have been revised based on the Government Orders issued in the reference third cited.

Yours faithfully,
for Principal Secretary to Government.

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Dearness Allowance from July 2010 for Central Government Employees hiked

Around 8.8 million central government employees and pensioners came in for a double, pre-festive bonanza with the government raising their dearness allowance to 45 per cent Thursday, a day after hiking the interest rate on the provident fund by 100 basis points. The decision to hike the dearness allowance by ten per cent was taken in an union cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, said an official spokesperson.

The decision to raise the dearness allowance over the basic pay from 35 to 45 per cent to compensate the rising prices will cost the exchequer an additional Rs.9,303.2 crore per annum, the spokesperson said, adding the new allowance would come into effect from July 1, 2010.

The burden during the current fiscal has been estimated to be Rs.6,202.1 crore, she said, adding: “Increase in allowance is as per the formula based on the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.”

Inflation stood at 8.5 per cent in August, with food inflation hovering above 15 per cent, as per the new wholesale price index, with the base year now shifted to 2004-05 from 1993-94 and as many 241 new items added to the basket of commodities to asses the benchmark index.

The central government has over 5 million employees and around 3.8 million pensioners, said the spokesperson.

The increase in DA comes ahead of the Dussehra and Diwali festivals in October and November, respectively.

Source : Hindustan Times

Air Travel on LTC & Tours – Guidelines

No. 19024/1/2009-E.IV
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
***

New Delhi dated the 16th September, 2010

Office Memorandum

Subject: Guidelines on Air Travel on Tours/LTC.

This Department is receiving repeated references seeking clarifications with regard to purchase of Air tickets through authorized agents and relaxation for travel by Airlines other than Indian Airlines. The following guidelines may be noted for compliance:

1. On Official Tours:

(i) For travel by Airlines other than Air India because of operational or other reasons or on account of non-availability of Air India flights. individual cases for relaxation to be referred to M/o Civil Aviation, as stated in this Ministry’s OM No. 19024/1/2009-E.IV dated 13.07.09.

(ii) Air Tickets may be purchased directly from Airlines (at Booking counters/Website of Airlines) or by utilizing the services of Authorized Travel Agents viz. M/s Balmer Lawrie & Company, M/s Ashok Travels & Tours.

2. LTC:

(i) Travel by Air India only.

(ii) In Economy class only, irrespective of entitlement.

(iii) LTC-80 ticket of Air India only to be purchased.

(iv) Air Tickets may be purchased directly from Airlines (at Booking counters/Website of Airlines) or by utilizing the services of Authorized Travel Agents viz. M/s Balmer Lawrie & Company, M/s Ashok Travels & Tours and IRCTC (to the extent IRCTC is authorized as per DoP&T OM No. 31011/6/2002-Estt.(A) dt. 02.12.09).

3. LTC for J&K:

(i) Relaxation to travel by Private Airlines to visit J&K while availing LTC is available to all the categories of Govt. employees, including those entitled to travel by Air [DoP&T OMs No. 31011/2/2003-Estt.(A-IV) dated 18.06.10 and 05.08.10 refer].

(ii) For purchase of Air tickets, however, the procedure as given under para 2 (iv) above should be followed.

4. All Ministries/Departments of Govt. of India are requested to strictly adhere to these instructions.

(Karan Singh)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

For your Reference :

CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988 – Relaxation for travel by air to visit J&K – Dated 18th June., 2010

Regulation of journeys by private airlines while availing Leave Travel Concession to Jammu & Kashmir. – Dated 5th August, 2010

Proposed introduction of Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) Scheme to the non-faculty Group ‘A’ officers of IITs

F.NO.17-3/2010-TS-I
Government of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Department of Higher Education
Technical Section -I

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Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi
Dated: 9th September, 2010

To,
The Director,
Indian Institute of Technology,
Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Guwahati, Roorkee,Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Patna, Jodhpur, Ropar, Indore. Mandi.

Subject: Proposed introduction of Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) Scheme to the non-faculty Group ‘A’ officers of IITs.

Sir,

The proposal for introduction of Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) Scheme to the non-teaching Group ‘A’ officers and extension of the benefit of Dynamic Assured Career Progression (DACP) Scheme to the Medical Doctors in IITs have been considered in consultation with the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure.

2. While, it has been agreed to extend the DACP Scheme to the posts of Medical Doctors of the IITs as per the recommendation of the 6th Central Pay Commission, it has been advised that MACP Scheme may be adopted in respect of the non-teaching Group ‘A’ officers of the Institute, as enunciated in the Department of Personnel & Training OM dated 19th May, 2009 in toto any exception thereof will have repercussions elsewhere. It has further been advised that if the promotional avenues are to be created otherwise, the same can only be based on functional requirements and vacancy linked.

3. This issues with the approval of the Ministry of Finance, (Department of Expenditure), I.D. Note No. 809299 / J.S.(Pre) / 2010, dated 06.09.2010.

Yours faithfully,

(Pratima Dikshit)
Director

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Departmental proceedings against Government Servants Consultation with the Union Public Service Commission for advice

MOST IMMEDIATE

NO. 39011/12/2010-Estt.(B)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)

North Block, New Delhi, the 14th September, 2010

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Departmental proceedings against Government Servants Consultation with the Union Public Service Commission for advice.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. of even no. dated 10th May, 2010 on the subject mentioned above forwarding the updated Proforma (copy enclosed) for forwarding the disciplinary cases to UPSC wherein all Ministries/ Departments have been requested to ensure that the complete and timely reference on disciplinary matters (under Article 320(c) of the Constitution of India read with Regulation 5 of the UPSC (Exemption from Consultation) Regulations, 1958 is made to the UPSC allowing sufficient time to the Commission to give its advice.

2. This Department had set up a Committee of Experts under the chairmanship of Shri P.C.Hota, former Chairman, UPSC to suggest measures to expedite the process involved in disciplinary/vigilance proceedings. In its Report, the above Expert Committee has observed that at present in as many as 40% cases of disciplinary inquiries referred to the UPSC for advice, the case records are deficient in terms of requisite information wanted by the UPSC as per the proforma prescribed and therefore returned by the UPSC to the Department/ Ministry for rectification of the deficiencies which causes avoidable delay in the Department/Ministry getting timely advice from the UPSC. In order to ensure prompt disposal of disciplinary inquiries by Departments / Ministries, the Expert Committee has recommended that before the case records in a Disciplinary Inquiry are sent to the UPSC for advice, the Joint Secretary/Director/Deputy Secretary in charge of the matter in the concerned Department/Ministry must give a certificate in writing that the case records are being sent to the UPSC for advice after complying with all items in the standard “Proforma” by the Department/Ministry. The expert Committee has suggested that if the certificate of Joint Secretary/Director/Deputy Secretary is found to be defective, as all items in the standard proforma have not been complied with before furnishing the certificate and the certificate has been issued in a slip-shod manner, the concerned Joint Secretary/Director/Deputy Secretary of the Department/Ministry should be held responsible.

3. In view of the above, it is reiterated that all Ministries/Departments may ensure that all the requisite details in the proforma are properly filled up and sent with the relevant documents required to be sent to the UPSC so that there does not arise occasion for the UPSC to make a back reference to the Ministries/Department for the deficiencies found by the Commission in the papers sent to them. While forwarding the case records to the UPSC, a certificate shall be appended duly signed by the concerned Joint Secretary that the case records are being sent to the UPSC for advice after complying with all the items as applicable in the proforma by the Ministry /Department concerned. In future, if the UPSC has to return the documents in this regard for correct filling up and forwarding of the requisite documents stated in the proforma, the Commission may address the letter to the Secretary in the Ministry/Department. In case it is found that the Proforma had been forwarded to the UPSC in a casual manner, the Secretary in the Ministry I Department may issue a written warning to the Joint Secretary / Director /Deputy Secretary concerned to be more careful in future. A second time default by the same officers shall invite minor penalty proceedings against them.

(Rakesh Moza)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

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TN – One Man Commission 2010

Tamilnadu Government issued Department wise Government Orders as per recommendation of one man commission 2009. Over 2 Lakhs government employees get benefit for this one man commission recommendation.

Click below link to get all 87 Government Orders (G.O.Ms.Nos.254 to 340 Dt : August 26, 2010) related to one man commission.

G.O.Ms.Nos.254 to 340 Dt : August 26, 2010 – Click here

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