Wednesday, April 8, 2015

FLASH NEWS ON ONE RANK ONE PENSION – OROP FILE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY FINMIN AND IS NOW WITH PM

FLASH NEWS ON ‘ONE RANK ONE PENSION’ – OROP FILE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY FINMIN AND IS NOW WITH PM
06 Apr 2015
Dear Veterans,
Jai Hind.

The OROP file has been cleared by Ministry of Finance and is now with PM.

There is NO DILUTION of the Definition of OROP as announced twice in the Lok Sabha.

However, the X and Y Group pensions, of JCOs and OR will be different, as always, and not same as expected by some Veterans.


Source: http://ex-servicemenwelfare.blogspot.in/

Recognition to the Game of Judo for the purpose of recruitment of sports persons against sports quota: Railway Board Order

Recognition to the Game of Judo for the purpose of recruitment of sports persons against sports quota: Railway Board Order


RBE No.25/2015
Clarification/Corrigendum No. 55

Government of India
Ministry of Railways
Railway Board
No. 2015/E(Sports)/4(1)/4/Judo
New Delhi, dated 23rd March, 2015
The General Managers (P),
All Zonal Railways including
CLW, DLW, ICF, RCF, RWF, Metro Railway/Kolkata,
The CAO(R), DMW/Patiala,
The DG, RDSO/Lucknow.


Sub:- Recognition to the Game of Judo for the purpose of recruitment of sports persons against sports quota.
Ref.: (i) Railway Board’s letter No~ 2010/E(Sports)/4(1)/1(Policy) dated 31.12.2010 (RBE No. 1898/2014).
(ii) Railway Board’s letter No. 2011/E(Sports)/4(1)/1/Policy Clarifications dated 27.03.2012 (RBE No. 42/2012).

During the 70th Annual General Meeting of the General Council of Railway Sports Promotion Board, held in Rail Bhavan, New Delhi on 17.10.2014; it was decided by the house to include the game of Judo in the list of RSPB recognized games for the purpose of recruitment, participation, incentives etc.

2. The proposal has accordingly been considered and approved by Railway Board. It is accordingly advised to insert the game of Judo in the list of recognized games, as mentioned under Para 2.7 of Board’s policy letter (dated 31.12.2010, referred to above; for recruitment, participation, incentives etc. to sportspersons against sports quota, with immediate effect.
3. This issues with approval of Board (MS).

-sd-
( Rakesh Rawat )
Dy. Director, Estt .(Sports)
Source: AIRF
[http://www.airfindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/RBE-No.25-of-2015.pdf]

LTC Claims – Need for observing prescribed procedures

LTC Claims – Need for observing prescribed procedures

F. No. 31011/3/2015-Estt (A-IV)
Ministry of Personnel, Pensions & Public Grievances
Department of Personnel & Training
Establishment A-IV Desk
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North Block, New Delhi
Dated April 1, 2015
OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- LTC Claims — Need for observing prescribed procedures

This Department receives a large number of recommendations for relaxation of some or the other provision of the Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988, (hereinafter referred to as LTC Rules), in individual cases. It is seen that, in most cases the situation arises are due care had not been exercised by the Government servant and/or the administrative authority in claiming LTC or in examination.

2. The references mainly relate to:
a) Late submission of claims;
b) Booking of air tickets through an agency not authorised by the Government for this purpose;
c) Travel by private vehicles; and
d) Claims for wrong block of years.
3. In this connection it may please be noted that the primary responsibility for ensuring compliance with the rules is that of the Government servant. The of-repeated plea of ignorance of rules cannot be a valid ground for relaxation of rules. At the same time it has also been noticed that the administrative authorities have also shown laxity and due diligence on their part could have prevented such situations from arising.

4. Late Submission of Claim
4.1 In terms of Rules 14 and 15(v i) of LTC Rules, the time limit for submission of LTC claim is :
i) Within three months of completion of return journey, if no advance is drawn;
ii) Within one month of completion of return journey, if advance is drawn.
Powers have been delegated, as under, to the  ministries/Departments to relax these limits with the concurrence of the Financial Advisor.

a) Upto 6 months, if no advance is drawn;
b) Upto 3 months if advance is drawn, provided the Government servant refunds the entire amount of advance (not merely the unutilised portion) within 45 days of completion of return journey.

4.2 As per Rule 12(a) of the ‘Compendium of Rules on Advances to Government Servants’, it is the responsibility of the Head of Office to effect recovery of advances and also to see that the conditions attached to each advance are fulfilled. The Drawing and Disbursing Officer (DDO) is required to keep a watch on the advances and furnish monthly statements to the AP&AO. In addition, the DDO is also required to adjust all outstanding short term advances at the close of financial year.

5. Booking of air tickets through agents other than Government approved agents

5.1 Government servants travelling by air under LTC are required to book their tickets either directly from the airline or through the approved agencies viz: M/s Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd/ M/s Ashok Tours & Travels Ltd/IRCTC. Booking through any other agency is not permissible.

6. Travel by private vehicles.
6.1 As per LTC rules, a Government servant may travel only by vehicles operated by Central/State Government or local bodies or by any corporation in the public sector owned/controlled by Central/State Government. Journey on LTC by taxi, auto-rickshaw etc, are permissible only between places not connected by rail. This is further subject to the condition that these modes operate on a regular basis from point to point with the specific approval of the State Governments/transport authorities concerned and are authorised to ply as public carriers.


7. Claims for wrong block of years

7.1 Whenever a Government servant applies for LTC advance, the administrative authority is required to verify from the service book and certify the entitlement of the Government servant. Cases of the type mentioned in para 2(d) would not arise if this is properly done.

8. LTC Rules also provide that a government servant who has been granted LTC Advance is required to submit copies of the tickets within 10 days of drawal of advance. The administrative authority can at this stage itself check the date of commencement of journey;

whether ticket has been booked direct from airline or through approved agency etc. Any discrepancy can be brought to the notice of the government servant so that he can take remedial action, if needed.

9. Even in cases where advance is not drawn, the Government servant is required to give prior intimation of his intention to avail LTC. The administrative authority can check the details indicated especially w.r.t entitlement. A watch can also be kept to ensure timely submission of claims.

10. All Ministries/Departments are requested to bring the contents of this O.M. to the notice of all concerned. It may also be noted that requests for relaxation of rules shall be considered by this Department only if it is established that the deviation is due to reasons beyond the control of the Government servant and there has been no laxity on the part of the administrative authorities concerned.

(Mukesh Chaturvedi)
Director (Establishment)
Te1:23093176
To
The Secretaries
All Ministries/Departments (As per standard list)
Source: www.persmin.gov.in

Cabinet Approved 6% DA to Central Government Employees and Pensioners from 1.1.2015

6% hike in DA/DR for Central Government Employees from January, 2015 approved by Cabinet

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
07-April-2015 20:03 IST
Release of additional installment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Pensioners, due from 1.1.2015
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The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval to release an additional installment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners with effect from 01.01.2015 at the rate of six percent increase over the existing rate of 107 percent.

Hence, Central Government employees as well as pensioners are entitled for DA/DR at the rate of 113 percent of the basic pay with effect from 01.01.2015. The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula based on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission.

The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both DA and DR would be of the order of Rs. 6762.24 crore per annum and Rs. 7889.34 crore in the Financial Year 2015-16 (i.e. for a period of 14 months from January 2015 to February 2016).

This will benefit 48 lakh government employees and 55 lakh pensioners.

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