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Saturday, 23 August 2014

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Admissibility and Annual Ceiling in Children Education Allowance and Hostel Subsidy – Minister’s Reply

Reimbursement of Children Education Allowance and Hostel Subsidy admissible if Institution where children are studying is affiliated to any board or recognized by the Central or State Government or Union Territory Administration or by University or a recognized educational authority
CEA Annual Ceiling : Rs. 18000/- per child
CEA Annual Ceiling for disabled children : Rs. 36000 per child
Hostel Subsity Annual Ceiling : Rs. 54000/- per child
Hostel Subsidy for disabled children : Rs.9000 per month per child

Gist of Minister’s Reply in the Parliament on Children Education Allowance and Hostel Subsidy

Children Education Allowance for Central Government Employees – Annual Ceiling and Details of Admissible Institutions
While answering to a question in Parliament on 18.7.2014, Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley said in a written form regarding the details of Children Education Allowance that it has been informed by the Department of Personnel and Training that the annual ceiling limit for reimbursement of Children Education Allowance (CEA) is 18,000/- per child. The Hostel Subsidy shall be 4,500/- per month per child.
The annual ceiling for reimbursement of CEA for disabled children of Government employees is 36,000/- per annum per child and the rates of Hostel Subsidy for disabled children ofGovernment employees is 9,000/- per child per month.
These revisions are applicable with effect from 1st January, 2014.
The reimbursement is admissible for the children studying in institutions affiliated to any Board or recognised institution, whether in receipt of Government aid or not, recognised by the Central or State Government or Union Territory Administration or by University or a recognised educational authority having jurisdiction over the area where the institution is situated.
Source: PIB
 

Economy in use of paper in Central Government Offices – Finmin Orders on 22.8.2014 

 

No.25(6)/E.Coord-2014
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
North Block, New Delhi,
22nd August. 2014
Office Memorandum
Subject :- Economy in use of paper.
Ministry of Finance has been issuing instructions from time to time on expenditure management, fiscal discipline and on the need for economy and rationalization of Government expenditure. Government is one of the major consumers of paper. Injudicious use of paper not only leads to infructuous expenditure but also impacts the environment as trees are the major source of paper pulp production. Instructions on judicious use of paper have been issued by this Department in the past and similar instructions are also contained in the Manual of Office Procedure (MOP) published by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. With a view to further stress the importance of economy In use of paper in Government offices, following instructions are issued for strict compliance by all concerned : -

(i) Notes should be typed/written on both sides of the paper/note sheet
(ii) Typing should be done in single space;
(iii) Policy instructions/guidelines issued through Orders, OMs, etc. may be uploaded on the official website of the Ministry/Department/Organization. Number of hard copies of such communications may be limited to the required minimum:
(iv) Office copies should not be typed again where the draft itself is legible and does not contain many corrections.
(v) Forms, proformas, returns etc., if any, stipulated by Ministries/ Departments/Organizations in connection the organizational mandate may be reviewed in relation to their size and format and should be recast and simplified/shortened in keeping with the recent directives from Cabinet Secretariat. Manual submission of forms, returns, etc,, wherever stipulated, either under statutory obligations or otherwise, should be discouraged, Switching over (oc-forms, online submission of forms/returns, etc., may be encouraged.
2. All the Ministries/Departments, attached, subordinate offices and autonomous or statutory bodies funded by GOI may comply with the above directives. Suitable instructions on above lines may be issued by line Ministries/Departments of GOl in r/o organizations/entities or field establishments under their administrative control,
3. This has the approval of Secretary(Expenditure).
sd/-
(Sudha Krishnan)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India
Source: www.finmin.nic.in
[http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_expenditure/notification/emre/Economy_in_use_of_paper22082014.pdf]
 

UPSC : Advt No 14/2014 for Various Vacancies 

 

UPSC Advt No 14/2014 for Various Vacancies :  Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has issued notification for Various Vacancies.


Name of the Posts:

  • Assistant Director
  • Air Safety Officer (Engineering)
  • Operations Officer
  • Assistant Adviser (Public Health Engineering)
  • Specialist Grade-III (Medicine)
  • Specialist Grade-III (Obst & Gynae)
  • Specialist Grade-III (Ophthalmology)
  • Specialist Grade-III (Radio-diagnosis)
  • Assistant Director Grade-II (Non-Technical)
  • Assistant Professor (Ayurveda) in Dravya Guna
  • Assistant Professor (Ayurveda) in Kumar Bhritya
  • Assistant Professor (Ayurveda) in Maulik Siddhant
  • Assistant Professor (Ayurveda) in Panchkarma
  • Assistant Professor (Ayurveda) in Rachna Sharir
  • Assistant Professor (Ayurveda) in Rog Vigyan/Rog Nidan
  • Assistant Professor (Ayurveda) in Shalya Tantra
  • Assistant Professor (Ayurveda) in Swasthvritta
  • General Duty Medical Officer
Important Dates:
Closing Date for Submission of Online Application: 11-09-2014 up to 23:59 hrs
Last Date for Printing of Completely Submitted Online Application: 12-09-2014 up to 23:59 hrs

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Weblink 9 - 22/08/2014 by SRFIX 

 



If the network is disturbed, even the features  may appear as bugs. Therefore, Weblink is modified and released on 22.08.14.



Improved Features:
a. Improved Cleaner utility. Option to deselect Recycle bin provided.
b. Search Pincode / PostOffice made easy.(Link modified)
c. Tracking made easy.
d. Inactive blog links deleted.
e. Additional site links provided.
f. By default, Check Updates and Check Internet status disabled.This  will avoid hanging of application. Once installed, it is suggested to enable Check internet status through Options menu.


To ensure smooth functioning of Weblink: 

Start -Run-Regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\Weblink\Settings
Delete 'Settings'

Alternatively, in the existing version of Weblink, go to menu options, click Delete Settings 
All the settings will be deleted.
Then exit Weblink and delete Weblink folder from C:\

Install Weblink dated 22.08.14
Register/Reconfigure  as needed.

Download
(Download Manager) 
Download 
(Complete application with Installer)

Source : http://srfix.blogspot.in/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, 22 August 2014

AIPEU Gr.C (CHQ) - Central Working Committee Meeting - Ongole (A.P)

All India Postal Employees Union Group C Central Working Committee  meeting started at S.S.N.Engineering College, Santhanuthalapadu, Ongole on  22.08.2014 under the Presidentship of Com. R.Sivannarayana, President, AIPEU Gr.C (CHQ).

Com. M.Krishnan has hoisted the NFPE flag and Sri. Mangesh V.Parab has  hoisted the flag of AIPEU Group C. 

The session  inaugurated by Com. Giriraj Singh, President, NFPE.

The following and Chq.office bearers & Circle Secretaries  have attended the meeting.















New Secretary General for NFPE

It is decided in the Federal Executive Meeting held at Ongole on 21-08-2014, that the charge of General Secretary of NFPE will be handed over to Com.R.N.Parashar at the  retirement of Com. M.Krishnan on 31-08-2014.

Congratulations to Com. R.N.Parashar

NFPE Federal Executive meeting at Ongole (21-08-2014)

NFPE Federal Executive Meeting held at SSN Enginnering College, Santhanuthalapadu, Ongole on 21-08-2014 under the Presidentship of Com.Giriraj Singh, President, NFPE. The following Federals have attended the meeting.
(1) Com.M. Krishnan, Secretary General, NFPE
(2) Com. I.S. Dhabas, Dy. Secretary General, NFPE
(3) Com. R.N.Parashar, Asst. Secretary General, NFPE
(4) Com. S. Raghupathy, Asst. Secretary General, NFPE
(5) Com. R. Seetha Lakshmi, General Secretary, AIPEU Postman & MTS/Group-D
(6) Com. K.V. Sreedharan, Ex.General Secretary, Group-C.
(7) Com. P. Suresh, General Secretary, AIPEU Group-IV RMS
(8) Com. Veerendra Tiwary, General Secretary, SBCO Employees Assn.
(9) Com. P. Panduranga Rao, General Secretary, AIPEU NFPE-GDS.
(10)Com. P. Mohan, General Secretary, Casual Labour Assn.
(11)Com. R. Sivannarayana, President, AIPEU, Group-C
(12)Com. M. Subrahmanyam, Dy. General Secretary, AIPEU, Group-C
(13)Com. Ch.Koteswara Rao, Dy. General Secretary, AIPEU, Group-C RMS
(14)Com. Balvinder Singh, Financial Secretary, AIPEU, Group-C
(15)Com. Manoharan, Working Chairman, NFPE

At the outset Sri. Y.Sathish Reddy, Chairman, SSN Group of Institutions, S/o Sri.Y.Rama Krishna Reddy founder Chairman SSN Group of Institutions  welcomed Federal Council Members.

Photos of the occasion ...



























'Clean-up' drive : Cabinet Secretary issues another directive


 In yet another directive aimed at improving the work culture in government offices, the Cabinet Secretary has asked all secretaries to improve the overall ambience of offices and ensure punctuality of officials especially in departments with major public interaction.

The top bureaucrat of the government has asked all the departments to increasingly emphasise on "cleanliness of work areas and improvement in the over-all ambience of office buildings as also punctuality on the part of the officials should be reviewed on sustained basis so that there is a visible improvement and there are no report of slippages in this regard."

Soon after taking charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had met all the secretaries and had asked them to begin workplace reforms with cleaning-up of offices and improving the conditions, which would automatically result in efficient services to the citizens.

Taking urgent note of these instructions, the ministries have now issued instructions to their respective offices and field formations across the country.

In a directive issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to the Income Tax department, orders have been issued that "there should be no dust, no old ACs, almirahs and old furniture belonging to the office lying around the corridors or common areas near staircases and no betel-leaf stained corners."

The I-T department has a huge public interaction at its thousands of big and small offices in the country.

"To give a neat and tidy look to the sections, the officers concerned may also be impressed upon to take special interest in weeding out of obsolete papers and files and to record all closed cases after action on the issues considered thereon has been completed, as per the prescribed retention schedule," the CBDT instructions said.

The CBDT also asked its controlling and administrative officers to conduct surprise checks of the staff attendance and the duty register.

"All the officers and staff working in offices under the control of officers should strictly observe the prescribed office timings. It should be ensured that they do not overstay the lunch break and leave offices early before closing of office hours," the latest directives said.

"All heads of departments may be instructed to conduct regular, unannounced and surprise punctuality checks along with checking of attendance registers of the offices to see that the officials are observing office hours meticulously".

"Habitual latecomers may also be warned to mend their ways failing which disciplinary action may be taken against them," the order said.

In June, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) at North Block were told to get rid of clutter and weed out old and unwanted files.

Source : The Economic Times

Public Provident Fund Amendment Order - Finance Ministry



Public Provident Fund Amendment Order - Finance Ministry


[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]

sd/-
(DR.RAJAT BHARGAVA)
JOINT SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT INDIA

Source: www.finmin.nic.in
[http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_eco_affairs/budget/PPF_amendment_scheme2014.pdf]

Instructions from DoPT - Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2014



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Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) be implemented in all central government offices


Aadhaar watch on babus

New Delhi, Aug. 20: The sarkari babu will have to make every minute count.

The Narendra Modi government has ordered that an Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) be implemented in all central government offices.

A circular issued to all central government offices in the capital today has also asked employees, of all ranks, to submit their contact details (email ID, residential address, telephone and personal mobile phone numbers) to the department of personnel and training that is with the Prime Minister’s Office.

Delhi police are already building a databank containing the cellphone number, email ID, name, rank and “personal number” and of every city cop, from constable to commissioner, on the orders of the PMO. A letter from the home ministry on August 5 had asked for such a databank, which will also include the municipality in which the cop lives. “All the station house officers are on the job,” an officer said.

The circular issued today does not give a date from which the new attendance system will be implemented. It says “Aadhaar number is mandatory to register attendance”.

At least one state — Jharkhand — has begun implementing the AEBAS. But a central government order means the system will have to be adopted across the country.

The system will be implemented in the capital first and then in all central offices outside New Delhi. The order is binding on all employees, including those in the armed forces.

To implement the system, all offices will have to install fingerprint scanners with Wi-fi Internet. The objective of the system, sources said, is “to check absenteeism and measure the time an employee spends in office and the time he or she checks in and checks out”.

Similar systems have been implemented in many corporate offices, both in the private and the public sector, though they are not based on Aadhaar, the card issued to citizens by the Unique Identification Authority of India that was headed by Nandan Nilekani and created by the UPA II government of Manmohan Singh in 2009.

The system will also seek to ensure that employees cannot backdate attendance or mark attendance for someone else.

On July 1, Nilekani had met Modi and finance and defence minister Arun Jaitley and given a presentation on the Aadhaar scheme that impressed the new regime.

Police clueless

Delhi police have been left befuddled by the message from the PMO asking for the databank.

“This is unprecedented. We are not clear about the objective behind it,” a senior officer said in private.

“It seems the PMO is going to be the new control room for everything: it will keep a tab on all government officials including the police,” conjectured an IPS official posted in the home ministry.

The Delhi police, who claim to be the world’s largest metropolitan force with their 80,000 personnel including nearly 50,000 constables, have thrown themselves into the massive exercise.

Delhi’s is the only police force in the country that is under the Union home ministry’s direct control. Police sources said the directive came in the form of a ministry letter dated August 5.

Additional deputy commissioner Mahesh Batra then wrote to all the zonal deputy commissioners to help prepare the databank.

“May kindly direct the concerned to collect the same from every employee under your control and feed the information by August 13,” says the letter, dated August 11, of which The Telegraph has a copy.

“There will not be an extension of this date, being time-bound requirement by Prime Minister’s Office….”

Not surprisingly, the deadline has been missed. A senior officer said the task would be completed by the end of this month.

Source: The Telegraph

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