Confederation News: Confederation calls upon the CG Employees to organize mass protest demonstration on the day when the bill is taken up for discussion in Parliament - Scrap PFRDA Bill

Confederation News: Confederation calls upon the Central Government employees to organize mass protest demonstration in front of all offices throughout the country after walking out from offices for two hours, on the day when the bill is taken up for discussion in Parliament 

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CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES & WORKERS
1st Floor, North Avenue PO Building, New Delhi – 110001

WITHDRAW CONTRIBUTORY PENSION SCHEME

SCRAP PFRDA BILL

PFRDA BILL LISTED IN THE AGENDA OF THE CURRENT SESSION OF THE PARLIAMENT

CONFEDERATION CALLS UPON THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES TO ORGANIZE TWO HOURS WALK-OUT PROGRAMME ON THE DAY WHEN THE BILL IS TAKEN UP FOR DISCUSSION IN PARLIAMENT

As you are aware, Central Government is going ahead with their agenda on pension privatization. The controversial PFRDA Bill (Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill) is listed as an agenda item for the current Parliament session. The bill may be taken up for discussion in Parliament on any day. Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers has opposed the Contributory Pension Scheme and also the PFRDA Bill from the very beginning.

We have conducted so many agitational programmes including strike. The left parties in the parliament have also strongly opposed the Bill. Inspite of the opposition from employees (both Central Government and State Government Employees & Teachers) and also from left political parties, the Central Government is not ready to withdraw the contributory Pension scheme or to scrap the PFRDA Bill.

The National Secretariat of the Confederation has viewed the move of the Government with grave concern and decided to call upon the entirety of the Central Government Employees & Workers to organize mass protest demonstration in front of all offices throughout the country after walking out from offices for two hours, on the day when the bill is taken up for discussion in Parliament or on the next day if information is received late.

All India office bearers, State level COCs and other COCs are requested to make the two hours walk out programme a grand success.

(M. Krishnan)
Secretary General

Source : http://confederationhq.blogspot.in/
[http://confederationhq.blogspot.in/2013/08/confederation-of-central-govt.html]

Framing of Rules for Unit Run Canteens (URCs) employees

Framing of Rules for Unit Run Canteens (URCs) employees

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Defence

07-August, 2013

Framing of Rules for URC Employees

The Unit Run Canteen employees are getting paid as per the rules regulating the terms and conditions of the services of the civilian employees of the URCs, issued by Army Headquarters in April 2003. These rules were made as per the directions of Hon'ble Supreme Court.

It has been held by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in its order dated 28-4-2009, in the case of R.R. Pillai Vs the commanding officer HQ SAC(U), that employees of the URC are not government servant.

Unit Run Canteens (URCs) employees are not Government employees, hence recommendations of Sixth Central Pay Commission are not applicable to them.

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri Shadi Lal Batra in Rajya Sabha today.

PIB
(Release ID :97824)

Doctors Commissioned through Armed Forces Medical Services: 700 doctors have been commissioned during last three years

Doctors Commissioned through Armed Forces Medical Services: 700 doctors have been commissioned during last three years

 Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Defence

07-August-2013 16:09 IST

Doctors Commissioned Through AFMS

700 doctors have been commissioned in Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) during last three years.

The number of medical cadets (who opted out of service before their commissioning in the AFMS) and the serving doctors who left service by paying the bond money during the last three years, is indicated below:-

S. No.	Year	No. of medical cadets	No. of serving doctors
(i)	2010	33	Nil
(ii)	2011	26	Nil
(iii)	2012	19	Nil

 To discourage commissioned doctors from leaving, several measures have been taken by the Government. Additional marks are awarded to specialist doctors for professional qualifications while considering them for promotions by the concerned Promotion Boards. Specialists trained in Armed Forces Medical Services undertake-to serve for a period of 10 years after post graduation. Opportunities are provided to specialist officers to train further in super specialities / allied specialties which act as an incentive for them to continue to serve with the organization. For retaining trained doctors, opportunities for doing Post Graduation are also provided to them. Option of raising the amount of the bond required to be executed at the time of taking admission for MBBS course as also for doing other courses is also available with the Government for this purpose.

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Dr. Chandan Mitra in Rajya Sabha today.

Source: PIB

Group of four Ministers to discuss the workers' demands with the United front of trade unions

Group of four Ministers  led by Shri A.K. Antony to discuss the workers' demands with the United front of trade unions

Ministry of Labour & Employment

GoM on Workers' Demands

Government has set up a Group of four Ministers led by Shri A.K. Antony to discuss the workers' demands with the United front of trade unions.

Two meetings of the Group of Ministers (GoM) were held on 18.02.2013 and 22.05.2013 in which the ten point Charter of Demand of the trade unions were discussed. The discussions remained inconclusive and it was decided that the issues/demands will be considered by the Group of Ministers themselves before further discussions with the Central Trade Unions representatives. As such, no final recommendation has been given by the GoM.

This information was given by Minister of State for Labour & Employment Shri Kodikunnil Suresh in the Lok Sabha today in reply to a written question.

Source : PIB News

Mode of payment of fee for seeking information under RTI Act, 2005 - clarification by M/o Road Transport and Highways

Mode of payment of fee for seeking information under RTI Act, 2005 - clarification by M/o Road Transport and Highways

Government of India
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
(RTI Section)

NO. I-34014/234/2013-RTI

Dated the 2nd August, 2013

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:    Mode of payment of fee for seeking information under RTI Act, 2005 from M/o Road Transport and Highways — clarification regarding.

The undersigned has been directed to say that the Central Information Commission vide its order dt. 10.07.2013 (Case NO. CIC/SS/C/2012/000799) in the 2nd appeal filed by Shri Subhash Chandra Agrawal has directed this Ministry to clarify the issue regarding payment of fee by IPOs/DDs/Bankers' cheque and the authority in whose favour these instruments of payment should be drawn, The operative portion of CIC order dated 101.13 is as follows:-


"7. The relevant rule with regard to the mode of payment of fees as per modification dated 31.7,12 issued by Central Government as per Section 27 of the RTI Act is being reproduced as under:-

6. Mode of Payment of Fee- Under these, rules may be paid in any of the following manner, namely:-

a)    in cash......
b)    by demand draft or bankers' cheque or Indian Postal Order payable to the Accounts Officer of the Public Authority; or
c)    by electronic means    ....

Decision:

The mode of payment as per the said rule is very clear, however, due to different account officer/accounts etc. issue of non-acceptance has arisen. The Commission observes that such issue is of non-acceptance can lead to delay in furnishing a reply to the applicant and that uniformity in this regard would further ease the process under RTI Act for the applicant's. The Commission is of the view that steps shall be taken by the respondent public authority to clarify this issue for avoiding delay or account of non-acceptance of postal-order/s."

2. The matter has been considered in consultation with the Office of the Principal Chief Controller of Accounts, M/o Road Transport & Highways Keeping in view the orders issued vide DoPT's OM NO. F.N/9/2008-IR dt. 05.12.2008 read with the above orders of the CIC and also the advice of the Office of the Principal CCA, it is clarified as follows:-

i)  As per note 2 below rule 18 of Central Govt, Account Receipts and Payments Rules, such instruments being accepted by departmental officer not having cheque drawing powers, should be drawn in favour (indicating official designation) of the concerned Pay and Accounts Officers. However, when cheques or bank drafts are received in the name of departmental office's under any Act or rule or otherwise, these may be endorsed by them for payment to their respective Pay and Accounts Officers.

ii) In the light of the above, such demand drafts/bankers cheques IPOs for the payment of fee for seeking information under the Right to Information Act can be drawn by the information seekers in favour of Pay and Accounts Officer(Sectt), Ministry of Road Transport & Highways or Accounts Officer, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.

Sd/-
(V.Krishnaswamy)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India

Source: http://morth.nic.in/showfile.asp?lid=1051

Recommendations of 6th CPC in para 6.1.13 regarding lateral entry against identified SAG/HAG posts requiring technical/ Specialized knowledge

Recommendations of 6th CPC in para 6.1.13 regarding lateral entry against identified SAG/HAG posts requiring technical/ Specialized knowledge

Dopt Orders 2013 - Recommendations of 6CPC in para 6.1.13 regarding lateral entry against identified SAG/HAG posts requiring technical/ Specialized knowledge.

No. AB.14017/34/2008-Estt. (RR) (Pt.)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training

New Delhi, the 2nd August, 2013

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Recommendations of 6th CPC in para 6.1.13 regarding lateral entry against identified SAG/HAG posts requiring technical/ Specialized knowledge.

Reference is invited to this Department’s OM of even number dated 17.06.2013 on the above subject.

2. A copy of the relevant extracts of 6th CPC recommendations, note on Guidelines for making contract appointment along-with draft contract agreement were sent with the above referred OM with the request that the comments on this issue may be sent to this Department by 15th July, 2013. It is requested that the same may kindly be sent at an early date.

sd/-
(Ashok Kumar)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India

Source : www.persmin.gov.in
[http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/Reminder-02082013.pdf]

Area wise Rates of Minimum Wages for Scheduled Employments in the Central Sphere

Area wise Rates of Minimum Wages for Scheduled Employments in the Central Sphere
 

As on 01.04.2013
Name of Scheduled Employment		Category of Worker			Rates of wages including V.D.A per day (in Rs.)
					Area A			Area B	Area C
1. Agriculture		Unskilled			195.00			177.00	175.00
		Semi-Skilled Supervisory			213.00			197.00	180.00
		Skilled/Clerical			232.00			213.00	196.00
		Highly Skilled			258.00			238.00	213.00
2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing		1. Excavation & removal of over burden with 50 meters lead/1.5 meters lift:
		(a) Soft Soil					198.11
		(b) Soft Soil with Rock					299.63
		(c) Rock					397.26
		2. Removal and Staking of rejected stones with 50 metres lead 1.5 metres lift					158.10
		Stone breaking or Stone Crushing for the stone size
		(a) 1.0 inch to 1.5 inches					1232.87
		(b) Above 1.5 Inches to 3.0 Inches					1053.41
		(c) Above 3.0 Inches to 5 Inches					615.89
		(d) Above 5.0 Inches					505.66
3. Sweeping and Cleaning		Unskilled					297.00	246.00	198.00
4. Watch and Ward		Without Arms					328.00	279.00	231.00
		With arms					361.00	328.00	279.00
5. Loading and Unloading		Unskilled					297.00	246.00	198.00
6. Construction		Unskilled					297.00	246.00	198.00
		Semi-Skilled Supervisory					328.00	279.00	231.00
		Skilled/Clerical					361.00	328.00	279.00
		Highly Skilled					393.00	361.00	328.00
7. Non-Coal Mines							Above Ground	Below Ground
		Unskilled					198.00	246.00
		Semi-Skilled Supervisory					246.00	297.00
		Skilled/Clerical					297.00	345.00
		Highly Skilled					345.00	393.00
Name of Scheduled Employment		Nomenclature
1. Agriculture		Agriculture
2. Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing				Workers engaged in Stone Mines for Stone Breaking and Stone Crushing
3. Sweeping and Cleaning	Employment of Sweeping and Cleaning excluding Activities prohibited under the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993
4. Watch and Ward	Employment of Watch and Ward
5. Loading and Unloading	Employment in Loading and Unloading in (i) Goods Sheds, Parcel Offices of Railways; (ii) Other Goodssheds, Godowns, Warehouses etc. and; (iii) Docks and Ports
6. Construction	Construction or maintenance of Roads or Runways or in Building Operations including laying down Underground Electric, Wireless, Radio, Television, Telephone, Telegraph and Overseas Communication Cables and similar other Underground Cabling Work, Electric Lines, Water Supply Lines and Sewerage Pipe Lines
7. Non-Coal Mines	Employees engaged in the employment of Gypsum, Barytes, Bauxite, Manganese, China Clay, Kyanite, Copper,Clay, Magnesite, White Clay, Stone, Steatite (including the mines producing Soap Stones and Talc), Orchre, Asbestos, Fire Clay, Chromite, Quartzite, Quartz, Silica, Graphite, Felspar, Laterite, Dolomite, Red Oxide, Wolfram, Iron Ore, Granite, Rock Phosphate, Hematite, Marble and Calcite, Uranium, Mica, Lignite, Grave, Slate and Magnetite Mines
CLASSIFICATION OF AREA
AREA – “A”
Ahmedabad	(UA)		Hyderabad			(UA)		Faridabad complex
Bangaluru	(UA)		Kanpur			(UA)		Ghaziabad		(UA)
Kolkata	(UA)		Lucknow			(UA)		Gurgaon
Delhi	(UA)		Chennai			(UA)		Noida
Greater Mumbai	(UA)		Nagpur			(UA)		Secunderabad
Navi Mumbai	(UA)
AREA – “B”
Agra	(UA)		Jodhpur					Jabalpur		(UA)
Ajmer			Kochi			(UA)		Jaipur		(UA)
Aligarh			Kolhapur			(UA)		Jalandhar		(UA)
Allahabad	(UA)		Kozhikode			(UA)		Jamshedpur		(UA)
Amravati			Kota					Puducherry		(UA)
Aurangabad	(UA)		Ludhiana					Jalandhar-cantt.		(UA)
Bareilly	(UA)		Madurai			(UA)		Dhanbad		(UA)
Bhavnagar	(UA)		Meerut			(UA)		Dehradun		(UA)
Bikaner			Moradabad			(UA)		Durg-Bhilai Nagar		(UA)
Bhopal	(UA)		Mysore			(UA)		Jammu		(UA)
Bhubaneshwar	(UA)		Nasik			(UA)		Jamnagar		(UA)
Amritsar	(UA)		Pune			(UA)		Vijayawada		(UA)
Chandigarh	(UA)		Patna			(UA)		Vishakhapatnam		(UA)
Coimbatore	(UA)		Raipur			(UA)		Warangal
Cuttack	(UA)		Rajkot					Mangalore		(UA)
Durgapur	(UA)		Ranchi			(UA)		Salem		(UA)
Gorakhpur	(UA)		Sholapur			(UA)		Tiruppur		(UA)
Guwahati	(UA)		Srinagar			(UA)		Tiruchirappalli		(UA)
Guntur			Surat			(UA)		Asansol		(UA)
Gwalior	(UA)		Thiruvananthapuram			(UA)		Belgaum		(UA)
Indore	(UA)		Vadodara			(UA)		Bhiwandi		(UA)
Hubli-Dharwad			Varanasi			(UA)
Area ‘C’ will comprise all areas not mentioned in this list. NB: U.A. stands for Urban Agglomeration.

Source: http://www.govtempdiary.com

Dopt Orders - LDCE 2009, 2010, 2011 - Allocation regarding

Dopt Orders - LDCE 2009, 2010, 2011 - Allocation regarding

 No.6/1/2012-CS.I
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel. Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated the 6th August, 2013

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : LDCE 2009, 2010, 2011 - Allocation regarding.

The undersigned is directed to refer to DOPTs OM of even number dated 26th July, 2013 vide which preferences of postings were sought from cadre units in respect of successful candidates of LDCE 2009, 2010 and 2011.

2. Out of 874 qualified candidates for LDCE 2009, 2010 and 2011, 111 are Personal Assistants of CSSS Cadre. It has come to the notice of this Department that many of these officers have already been included in the Select List of Private Secretary for the year 2010 against Seniority Quota and many are likely to be included in the Select List of Private Secretary for the year 2011 against Seniority Quota. There is a likelihood that many of these officers may refuse promotion in the grade of Section Officer.

3. All the Personal Assistants (as per list enclosed as Annexure-I) are therefore requested to furnish their acceptance or otherwise ( as per Anneure-II) to join the post of Section Officer on the basis of LDCE 2009, 2010 and 2011 to Department of Personnel and Training directly on fax numbers 24629413 and 24629414 by 5.30 PM today.

4. In case option is not received in respect of an officer, it may be treated as refusal to join the post of Section Officer on the basis of LDCE 2009, 2010 and 2011.

sd/-
(G.C.Rout)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

Source : www.persmin.gov.in
[http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02csd/LDCE-2009PS.pdf]