Periodic analysis of database to maintain accuracy and integrity of AADHAAR

Periodic analysis of database to maintain accuracy and integrity of AADHAAR

Press Information Bureau,
Government of India,
Ministry of Planning

19-March, 2015

Periodic analysis of database to maintain accuracy and integrity of AADHAAR

The methodology for generation of unique identity number (AADHAAR) for residents of India, involves usage of certain basic demographic (name, age, gender and address) and biometric information (ten finger prints, two iris images) with a photograph to uniquely identify a resident after a process of biometric de-duplication. The process of biometric de-duplication helps in ensuring uniqueness to a high degree of accuracy, exceeding 99%. The data collected during enrolment process is immediately encrypted and transmitted to Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) of UIDAI for further processing. This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

The Minister said that after a series of validation/quality checks, the residents’ biometrics are matched against the existing database of UIDAI, on a 1:N matching basis, to determine if the resident has previously enrolled. Currently, over 700 trillion matches are carried out each day to ensure exhaustive de-duplication. The process involves various stages such as automated data validation, manual quality checks, demographic de-duplication, and biometric de-duplication. More than 9 crore enrollment packets have been rejected so far, that did not meet the quality and de-duplication criteria. Government is fully alive to the need of constantly monitoring and observing quality and veracity of Aadhaar database, and a dedicated Fraud Investigation and Analytics team has been deployed to ensure compliance with various fraud detection rules. Further, periodic exploratory data analysis of UIDAI database is undertaken to detect any fraudulent patterns in the system.

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Report of 7th CPC : It is not possible to indicate the exact time by which the Report of the 7th CPC will be submitted

Report of 7th CPC : It is not possible to indicate the exact time by which the Report of the 7th CPC will be submitted

 

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2057

ANSWERED ON-11.02.2014

Seventh Pay Commission

2057 . SHRI NARENDRA KUMAR KASHYAP
Will the MINISTER OF FINANCE be pleased to state:
(a) Whether Government has announced constitution of Seventh Pay Commission for the Central Government employees;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the time by which the Pay Commission is expected to submit its report?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA)

(a) and (b): Yes, Sir. The constitution of the 7th Central Pay Commission is as under:-
(i) Shri Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur – Chairman
(Retired Judge of the Supreme Court
and Retired Chairman,
Armed Forces Tribunal)
(ii) Shri Vivek Rae, – Member (Full time)
(Secretary, Petroleum & Natural Gas)
(iii) Dr. Rathin Roy, – Member (Part time)
(Director, National Institute
of Public Finance and Policy)
(iv) Smt. Meena Agarwal, – Secretary
(OSD, Department of Expenditure,
Ministry of Finance)
(c): It is not possible to indicate the exact time by which the Report of the Seventh Central Pay Commission will be submitted.

Source: http://rajyasabha.nic.in/

Merging of DA with basic pay of Central Government employees – Rajya Sabha News

Merging of DA with basic pay of Central Government employees – Rajya Sabha News

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2062

ANSWERED ON-11.02.2014

Merging of DA with basic pay of Central Government employees

2062 . SHRI PRABHAT JHA, ARVIND KUMAR SINGH, KUSUM RAI
Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) whether Government is actively considering to merge existing dearness allowance payable to Central Government Employees with basic pay;
(b) if so, the details thereof, and if not, the reasons therefor;
(c) whether Government has received any representation from employees associations in this regard;
(d) if so, the details thereof and the details of action taken thereon; and
(e) the reasons for delay in constitution of 7th Central Pay Commission?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
( SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA)

(a) No Sir.
(b) The 6th Central Pay Commission did not recommend merger of Dearness Allowance with basic pay at any stage. This has been accepted by the Government vide Resolution dated 29th August, 2008.
(c)&(d) A number of representations have been received from Associations/Organizations of Central Government Employees demanding merger of 50% of Dearness Allowance with basic pay. However, in view of (b) above, the same has not been agreed to.
(e) The Government has already decided to constitute the 7th Central Pay Commission under the Chairmanship of Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur, Retired judge of the Hon’ble Supreme Court.

Source: http://rajyasabha.nic.in/

Setting up of 7th Central Pay Commission (7CPC): Matter has been referred to Ministry of Finance by Railway Ministry in view of Strike Call

Setting up of 7th Central Pay Commission (7CPC): Matter has been referred to Ministry of Finance by Railway Ministry in view of Strike Call

 In the reply to a question
in Rajya Sabha regarding strike called by Railways federations the Ministry of Railways stated about  setting up of 7th Central Pay Commission that:

One of the demands of both the Federations is regarding setting up of VIIth Central Pay Commission (7CPC) . Since constitution of Central Pay Commission is a subject matter of Ministry of Finance, the same has been referred to that Ministry.

See the full capture of Rajya Sabha unstarred question:

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF  RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1704
ANSWERED ON-23.08.2013

Demand for new National Pay Commission

1704 .    SHRI D. RAJA

(a)    whether it is a fact that all Railway trade unions have threatened to go on a general strike if their demand for a new National Pay Commission is not announced within a period of four months; and


(b)    if so, the details thereof and Government’s reaction thereto?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI KOTLA JAYA SURYA PRAKASH REDDY)

(a) and (b): There are two recognized staff Federations on Railways. Both the Federations have made numerous demands concerning various service matters of railway employees like pay and allowances, promotion and pension. While one of the Federations have indicated that if their grievances are not resolved in a time bound programme, the Federation would be compelled to conduct strike ballot as a first step. The other Federation have decided to give a time of four months to the Government for satisfactorily settling their demands failing which the Federation will be compelled to give call for ‘Indefinite Strike’ on Railways. One of the demands of both the Federations is regarding setting up of VIIth Central Pay Commission (7CPC). Since constitution of Central Pay Commission is a subject matter of Ministry of Finance, the same has been referred to that Ministry.

Source Rajya Sabha Q&A click the above  image.

Recruitment of talented Civil Servants: Rajya Sabha Q&A

Recruitment of talented Civil Servants: Rajya Sabha Q&A

 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF  PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1461
ANSWERED ON: 22.08.2013

Recruitment of talented Civil Servants

1461 . SHRI PARSHOTTAM KHODABHAI RUPALA

(a) the action that has been taken by Central Government to recruit extremely talented personnel in cadre like IAS, IPS, IRS, IFS, etc. so that, these talented personnel would execute properly the policies of Government;

(b) the action that has been taken by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to avoid any external influence while recruiting above said cadre and the details thereof; and

(c) whether Central Government intends to depute or recruit officials from State Government in Indian Foreign Services (IFS) as currently State Government officials are not to get IFS cadre?

ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)

(a): Recruitment to IAS, IPS, IRS, IFS etc. is done through the Civil Services Examination (CSE) conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) every year within the parameter of CSE Rules notified by the Central Government. With a view to ensure that extremely talented personnel are recruited to the above services, the Central Government keeps on reviewing the scheme/pattern of the examination etc. from time to time. Recently with the same objective the Central Government has approved some changes in the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2013.

(b): The UPSC discharges its duties as mandated by the Constitution of India. The examinations are conducted as per Rules notified by Government and merit is the only criteria for selecting the candidates. As such, there is no scope for external influence while recruiting civil servants for various services, viz, IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS, etc.

(c): There is no such proposal

Source: Rajya Sabha

Decision on one rank one pension scheme

Decision on one rank one pension scheme

This information was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence Shri.Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question by Shri.Prakash Keshav Javadkar in the Rajya Sabha on 5.12.2012.

Government has always been sensitive to the demand of One Rank One Pension. Keeping in view the spirit of the demand, several Commissions / Committees were appointed. Though the demand was not accepted, their recommendations resulted in improving the pension of past pensioners.

A Committee was set up under the Chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary in June, 2009. The Committee went into the demand and other related issues. It made seven recommendations aimed at narrowing the gap between earlier and current pensions. This has benefited about 12 lakh retired PBORs / Officers at an annual cost of Rs.2200/- crores approximately.

Government constituted another Committee in July, 2012, headed by Cabinet Secretary for looking into the pay and pension related issues of relevance to Defence service personnel and Ex-servicemen. The Committee submitted its report. Its recommendations have been accepted by the Government and are in the process of implementation.

Substantial improvements have been made in the pensions of Armed Forces Personnel after 01.01.2006. However, improvement of pensionary benefits is an ongoing process.

Exploitation of passengers by airlines

Exploitation of passengers by airlines

The statement was given in the Rajya Sabha in reply to starred question by the Minister of Civil Aviation Shri.Ajit Singh on 4.12.2012 regarding exploitation of passengers by Airlines.

The airfares are not regulated by the Government and the airlines follow dynamic airfare policy.

They offer different fare buckets for each flight. The fare-buckets vary from flight to flight. The airfares are dynamic and they increase with the increase in demand for seats. From September, 2012 the scheduled domestic airlines have introduced a lowest fare bucket for advance purchase.

Scheduled domestic airlines have been asked to display established tariff route-wise and fare category-wise on monthly basis and also to notify noticeable changes to Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) within 24 hrs. of affecting such a change. The intention behind the above directions is to keep the passengers informed of pricing pattern of airlines.

Further, DGCA also monitors tariff on specific sectors on regular basis.

New Pension System : Status of subscribers of NPS as on 10th November, 2012

Implementation of NPS

The New Pension System (NPS) has been implemented for various sectors like Central Government, State Government, Private Sector and NPS-Life.  The status of NPS in these sectors as on 10th November, 2012 is as under:-

The number of subscribers is increasing every year in all the sectors.

Sector	No. of Subscribers (Figures in lakhs)	Assets under Management (Rs. In crores)
Central Government	10.62	14,846
State Government	14.67	7,445
Private Sector	1.64	835
NPS-Life	13.05	344
Total	39.98	23,470

There is no proposal to increase the monthly contribution of subscribers by the Government.  The Government provides matching contribution for the Central Government employees who are covered under the NPS scheme.  In case of NPS Swavalamban accounts, Rs. 1000/- per annum is being contributed by the Government.

NPS Trust consisting of professionals with expertise in the field of Investment and Asset Management has been constituted.  The NPS Trust regularly monitors the performance of the Pension Funder Managers (PFMs) appointed by Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority (PFRDA).  PFMs manage the investments of subscribers of NPS in conformity with the Investment Management guidelines prescribed by the NPS Trust.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri   Namo Narain   Meena in written reply to a question in Lok  Sabha today.

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Vacant Posts in CIC

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

Vacant Posts in CIC

160 posts of different categories have been sanctioned in the Central Information Commission for catering to 11 registries for the Chief Information Commissioner and 10 Information Commissioners and the secretarial wing. Of these, 135 posts have been filled to cater to one Chief Information Commissioner and 7 Information Commissioners, in place at present and secretarial wing of Central Information Commission.

At the time of the constitution of the Central Information Commission 68 posts were created in 2005. In 2007, the posts were enhanced to 106 and later to 116 in 2008. The Staff Inspection Unit of the Department of Expenditure in 2010 assessed the requirement of posts as 154 and after detailed consultation with the Department of Expenditure, keeping in view the recommendations of the SIU, 160 posts have been sanctioned in 2011.

However, it has been decided in consultation with Chief Information Commissioner that Central Information Commission should be granted autonomy in recruitment of staff. Out of 14 categories of post, Recruitment Rules(RRs) have been notified for 11 categories comprising of 130 employees. Recruitment Rules for rest of 3 categories of posts namely Registrar, Hindi Translator and Librarian constituting 4 posts are under finalization. 6 officials are appointed in Central Information Commission under central staffing scheme and one post has been encadred. Rest of the posts are filled up on tenure/contract/outsource basis. The Commission has started the recruitment process for the posts for which Recruitment Rules have been notified.

This was stated by Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office in written reply to a question by Sh. Jesudasu Seelam in the Rajya Sabha today.
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