DoPT - Filling up of one post of Director, Level-13 pre-revised PB-4 deputation basis in Central Hindi Training Institute

DoPT - Filling up of one post of Director, Level-13 pre-revised PB-4 deputation basis in Central Hindi Training Institute

DoPT Orders 2019

F.No.21/07/2019-CS-I(P)
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances Pension
Department of Personnel & Training
(C.S.I Division)

2nd Floor, 'A' wing,
Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market,New Delhi
Dated 24 October, 2019

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Filling up of one (01) post of Director, Level-13, Rs.1,23,100- 2,15,900 (pre-revised PB-4, Rs.37,400 - 67,000 + 8700 in deputation basis in Central Hindi Training Institute, New Delhi, a subordinate office of Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs.

The undersigned is directed to circulate the Office Memorandum No.14034/17/2019 dated 22nd October, 2019 (along-with enclosures) received from Ministry of Home Affairs who have invited the services of suitable officer urgently for appointment to the post of Director, in Central Hindi Training Institute, a subordinate office of the Department of Official Language Ministry of Home Affairs on deputation basis, in the revised pay scale Pay Matrix Level-13, Rs.1.23.100 - 2.15.900 (Pre-revised PB- Rs.37.400 - 6700 + Grade pay of Rs.8700)

2. It may be noted that cadre clearance from C.S.I Division will be required in case of Under Secretary and above level officers of CSS applying for deputation.

3. In case of any further clarification, applicants are requested to contact the concerned Ministries / Departments.

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(Sanjay Kumar Das Gupta)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

To,
All Ministries / Departments (through DOPT’s website)

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Kamlesh Chandra Committee on giving preference to Casual Labourers in selection to Gramin Dak Seva posts - DOP order

Preference to Casual Labourers in selection to GDS posts – Department of Posts Instructions

No.17-31/2016-GDS

Government of India

Ministry of Communications

Department of Posts

(GDS Section)

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg.

New Delhi-110 001

Dated: 30.10.2019

Office Memorandum

    Subject : Implementation of recommendations of Kamlesh Chandra Committee on giving preference to Casual Labourers in selection to GDS posts-reg.

The undersigned is directed to refer to para 14.26 of GDS Committee on giving preference to Casual Labourers in selection to GDS posts. The Committee observed that, the scheme of employing casual labourers is not in vogue from 01.09.1993 onwards and those eligible among those who were selected before 01.09.1993 would have been selected to eligible posts by now. Department has earmarked 25% of vacancies for them for recruitment as Multi Tasking Staff in Post/Mail Offices as per Recruitment Ru1es. The committee is of the view that there is no need to notify GDS vacancies to Casual Labourers as of now. Such a provision will indirectly pave the way for backdoor entry of ineligible candidates to GDS service. Department may examine this aspect.

2. The matter has been examined and following orders are issued:-

(i) As per the scheme for Casual Labourers (Grant of Temporary Status and Regularisation, temporary status is granted to those Casual Labourers who were in employment as on 10.09.1993, subject to fulfillment of certain conditions. Such Casuai Labourers who complete 3 years of service are to be treated at par with temporary MTS employees and are entitled to various benefits viz. leave, holidays, CGEGIS, GPF, Medical aid, LTC etc. and counting of temporary service after regularization for retirement benefits. Further, engagement of Casual Labourers is not permissible after the cutoff date.

(ii) There is already provision in the Recruitment Rules of MTS 2018 issued vide Directorate letter no.37-33/2009-SPB-I dated 27th August 2018 giving preference to Casual Labourers for regularization in service on seniority basis. Department has earmarke d. 25% of vacancies for Casual Labourer. If Casual Labourers are engaged as GDS, there may be a scenario wherein a Casual Labourer, who was about to get regularized as per the Recruitment Rules 2018 of Multi Tasking Staff, may not be considered for regularization as MTS.

(iii) In view of the above, it has been decided by the Competent Authority that, GDS vacancies should not be notified for Casual Labourers from the date of issue of this OM.

3. The above instructions will come into effect from the date of issue of this O.M

4. Hindi version will follow

(SB Vyavahare)
Assistant Director General (GDS/PCC)

Procedure for OTP based Refund against cancelled or Waitlist (WL) ticket in IRCTC Train Ticket Booking

IRCTC Rail Ticket Booking – Facility of OTP based refund against cancelled or WL ticket

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

Ministry of Railways

29-October-2019 16:41 IST

"OTP Based Refund against Cancelled Ticket or Fully Waitlisted Dropped Ticket Booked by IRCTC Authorised Agents"

Indian Railways introduces a new OTP based refund system for tickets booked through authorized railway ticketing agents. This is aimed to bring in a transparent and customer friendly refund system for reserved e-tickets which are cancelled or which are fully waitlisted dropped tickets. This new system will be implemented by Indian Railways PSU, Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC).

The OTP (One time Password) will be received as SMS on the registered mobile number of the passenger (provided by the customer/passenger to the agent at the time of booking). The customer/passenger will be required to share the OTP with the agent who booked the ticket, for getting the refund amount.

Through this user friendly facility, passenger will come to know about the exact refund amount received by agent on his behalf against cancelled ticket or fully waitlisted dropped ticket.

The objective of the scheme is to streamline the cancellation refund process further so that cancellation amount is refunded timely to the customer by the agents.

Customers are advised:

1.     To provide correct mobile no. of one of the passengers to the IRCTC authorised agent at the time of booking reserved rail e-tickets.
2.     To ensure that the agent records   his or her mobile no. correctly at the time of booking reserved rail e-tickets.
3.     To note that only IRCTC authorised agents are permitted to book reserved rail e-tickets to the customer
4.     And to note that OTP based refund for cancelled tickets or fully waitlisted dropped tickets, will be processed only if the ticket is booked through IRCTC authorised agents.

Any Indian citizen, resident or non-resident and OCIs (Overseas Citizen of India) are now eligible to join NPS

Any Indian citizen, resident or non-resident and OCIs (Overseas Citizen of India) are now eligible to join NPS

Ministry of Finance

PFRDA permitted now Overseas Citizen of India to enroll in NPS at par with Non-Resident Indians

30 OCT 2019

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has now permitted Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) to enroll in National Pension Scheme (NPS) at par with Non-Resident Indians vide Circular No: PFRDA/2019/19/PDES/3 dated 29th October 2019. The Government vide notification S.O. 3732(E) dated 17th October, 2019 on Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019 of Dept. of Economic Affairs, has specified that an OCI may subscribe to the National Pension System governed and administered by PFRDA, provided such person is eligible to invest as per the provisions of the PFRDA Act and the annuity/accumulated saving will be repatriable, subject to FEMA guidelines.

Contributions made towards NPS are eligible for an additional tax deduction under section 80CCD(1B) upto Rs. 50,000 which is over and above the Rs 1,50,000 limit of deduction available under sec 80CCD(1). In the Union Budget 2019, the tax exemption limit for lumpsum withdrawal on exit/maturity from NPS has been increased from the present 40% to 60% under section 10(12A) of the IT Act and the remaining 40% of the corpus is already tax-exempt as it is mandatorily utilized for annuity purchase.

About PFRDA:

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) is the statutory Authority established by an enactment of the Parliament, to regulate, promote and ensure orderly growth of the National Pension System (NPS) and pension schemes to which this Act applies. NPS was initially notified for central government employees joining service on or after 1st Jan 2004 and subsequently adopted by almost all State Governments for its employees. NPS was extended to all citizens of Indian on voluntary basis from May 2009 and to corporates in December 2011 and to Non-Resident Indians in October 2015.

As on 26th October 2019, the total number of subscribers under NPS and Atal Pension Yojana has crossed 3.18 crores and the Asset under Management (AUM) has grown to Rs. 3,79,758 crores. More than 66 lakhs government employees have been enrolled under NPS and 19.2 lakhs subscribers have subscribed to NPS in the private sector with 6,812 entities registered as corporates.

PFRDA in its endeavor to promote and develop NPS has taken several initiatives towards increasing the pension coverage in the country. Now, any Indian citizen, resident or non-resident and OCIs are eligible to join NPS till the age of 65 years.

Source – PIB

Closure of offices surrounding Patel Chowk on 30.10.2019 and 31.10.2019

DoPT Orders 2019

Closure of offices surrounding Patel Chowk on 30.10.2019 and 31.10.2019

IMMEDIATE

No.12/16/2016- JCA

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Personnel & Training

Establishment (JCA) Section

North Block, New Delhi – 110 001

Dated: 29th October, 2019

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Closure of offices surrounding Patel Chowk on 30.10.2019 and 31.10.2019 – regarding.

The undersigned is directed to state that the Delhi Police have intimated about the visit of the Hon’ble President of India at Patel Chowk on 31.10.2019 to pay floral tributes at the Statue of Sardar Patel on the occasion of his birth anniversary.

2. To make elaborate law & order/ security arrangements, the buildings surrounding Patel Chowk are required to be sealed after conducting anti-sabotage checks. These office buildings (as per list attached) are required to be vacated at 1500 hours on 30.10.2019 so that rooms are sealed after conducting regular anti-sabotage checks. The arrangements by Delhi Police will continue till 0930 hours on 31.10.2019.

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3. Accordingly, Ministries/ Departments are requested to bring this to the notice of all concerned for information/necessary action.

(S T Selvi Singh)

Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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