Updation of web-based data of PA Grade of CSSS in CSCMS

No. 5/4/2016 CS.II(C)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market, New Delhi -110 003
Dated: 22nd Dec., 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Updation of web-based data of PA Grade of CSSS in CSCMS-reg.

The undersigned is directed to say that the information in respect of Personal Assistants of CSSS who are posted in all the Ministries/Departments is essentially required to be updated for several purposes ego filling of Immovable Property Return (IPR), updation of web-based data of PAs and filling up of unfilled vacancies etc. It will also serve other purposes- record maintenance, preparation of CSL etc.

2. All Ministries/Departments are, therefore, requested to furnish the requisite information of PA Grade as oh 31.12.2016 in the proforma attached by 15.01.2017 positively to enable this Department to update the records of PA Grade.
Encls:- As above

(Umesh Kumar Bhatia)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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Amendment in Recruitment Rules for the post of Multi Tasking Staff MTS in the Institute of Secretariat Training Management

No.A-12034/13/2016-ISTM
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension
Department of Personnel & Training
Training Division

Old JNU Campus, Block IV, 4th Floor,
New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi-110067
Dated: 21st December, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Amendment in Recruitment Rules for the post of Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) in the Institute of Secretariat Training & Management - regarding

The undersigned is directed to upload the draft recruitment rules for the post of Multi Tasking Staff in the Institute of Secretariat Training & Management, New Delhi and to request for comments, if any, from all the stakeholders on the draft RRs. The comments may kindly be sent to the undersigned on e-mail id: 'op.chawla@nic.in' latest by 20.01.2017.

Encl: As above.

(O P Chawla)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Notification

New Delhi the December, 2016

G.S.R ...- In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution, and in supersession of the Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (Multi Tasking Staff) Recruitment Rules, 2013, except as respects things done or omitted to have been done, before such supersession, the President hereby makes the following rules regulating the method of recruitment to the post of Multi Tasking Staff in the Institute of Secretariat Training and Management, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement:-

(1) These rules may be called the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training, Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (Multi Tasking Staff) Recruitment Rules, 2016.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Number of post, classification and Level in the pay matrix:- The number of the said post, its classification and Level in the pay matrix shall be as specified in columns (2) to (4) of the schedule annexed to these rules.

3. Method of recruitment, age limit, qualifications, etc.:- The method of recruitment, age limit, qualifications and other matters relating thereto shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) of the said Schedule.

4. Disqualification:- No person,

(a) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living; or
(b) who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person, shall be eligible for appointment to the said post:

Provided that the Central Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and that there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.

5. Power to relax:- Where the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.

6. Saving:- Nothing in these rules shall affect reservations, relaxation of age limit and other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Ex-servicemen and other special category of person's in accordance with the orders issued by the Central Government from time to time in this regard.

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Digitalisation of fee payment system in CCSCSB

Digitalisation of fee payment system in CCSCSB

Department of Personnel and Training
Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

361 , B-Wing, 3rd Floor
Lok Nayak Bhawan
New Delhi- 110003

No. 170/1/20 16-1 7/CCSCSB

21st December, 2016

Notice

To foster Digital India, the Central Civil Services Cultural & Sports Board (CCSCSB) has decided to accept all types of fee/charges through digital mode only and any payment through Cash/Cheque will not be accepted at all.

2 All Central Govt. employees and other stake holders are therefore requested to make payment of fee and other charges to the CCSCSB through digital mode only directly into CCSCSB's saving bank account NO.904320 1 0052140 with Syndicate Bank having IFSC code SYNV009043.

3 After making payment, a copy of the remittance advice received from the Bank/online receipt must be made available to CCSCSB. The CCSCSB will issue the official receipt after submitting application form and online generated payment receipt /Proof.

4. Towards achieving the objective of cashless transactions, various digital options are available which can be adopted for making digital payments, such as:

i). UPI (Unified Payments Interface)
For smart phone holders, Unified Payment Inteface (UPI)facilities transactions through bank accounts.
ii). AEPS (Aadhaar Enabled Payment System)
For people who do not have mobile phones, Aadhaar Enabled payment (AEPS) makes it possible to transact with Aadhaar based authentication.
Prepaid/Debit cards and Banking correspondents also provide the required services.
iii). USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data)
For people having generic phones, USSD (*99#) facilitates digital transactions on mobile phones through SMS.
iv). PoS Machines
Basic Payments can be made with debit or credit card usmg PoS machines.
v). NET BANKING
For computer literate population, Net Banking is available.
Detailed information regarding digital payments (in English/Hindi) is available on NIT! Aayog's website at http://niti.gov.in/contentldigitalpayments.

5 All are requested to cooperate in our endeavor to introduce cashless transactions in line with Digital India initiative and to serve you better.

6 The above mentioned procedure would be effective from 1st January, 2017 onwards.

(Md.Nadeem.)
Secretary, CCSCSB

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7th pay commission: Government mulling over higher allowances without arrears

7th pay commission: Government mulling over higher allowances without arrears

New Delhi: The government is considering to give relief to central government employees amid cash crunch, which refusing to ease on even after six weeks of the demonetisation announcement, official sources today said.

“We can expect the higher allowances without arrears under 7th pay commission recommendations in the coming days as the PMO thinks payment of the higher allowances with salaries on salary day cannot be “chaotic”, a close aide of the Finance Minister told The Sen Times.

“The PMO might ask the Finance Ministry to ready the higher allowances proposal without arrears before the budget. The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley can also take some time to formalise this announcement. The issue of arrears of higher allowances may not be reconsidered”, he said.
Another official said the government is considering to make only allowances hike for its employees. “The financial advisors of the government believe it could be tough to give arrears of the higher allowances as millions will queue outside the money dispensers to get higher allowances as the cash crunch may be normalised in three to four months.”, the official revealed.

In the current financial year, the government has given higher basic pay with arrears, effective from January 1, 2016 to its employees on the recommendations of the 7th pay commission but the hike in allowances other than dearness allowance referred to the ‘Committee on Allowances’ headed by the Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa for examination as the pay commission had recommended of abolishing 51 allowances and subsuming 37 others out of 196 allowances.

Existing allowances are now paid to the central government employees according to the 6th Pay Commission recommendations until issuing of higher allowances notification.

Earlier, Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa said, “We are ready to submit our report, when the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley calls up.”

But the government gave extension to the committee up to February 22, 2017 to take cash crunch turn for better.

“The government would comply with the cash crunch to give higher allowances without arrears. The government wishes to give the higher allowances with arrears from August to its employees”, said the sources.

They said the PMO still wants to somehow bring out the higher allowances without arrears for the central government employees now, “but the Finance Ministry cannot take emotional decisions. We hope the announcement for the higher allowances will come with arrears soon after the budget.”
“The committee on allowances proposed higher allowances from August 2016 but the central government employees unions demanded for implementation of the allowances with retrospective effect from January 2016,” the sources also said.

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Delinking of revised pension from qualifying service of 33 years

Delinking of revised pension from qualifying service of 33 years

F. No. CPAO/Co-ord/(107)/2016-17/542
Government Of India
Ministry Of finance, Department of Expenditure,
central Pension Accounting Office,
Trikoot-II, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi - 110066
Phone:011-26178990 e-mail: sraocord-cpao@nic.in

Dated: 20th Dec, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: OM No.38/37/08-P&PW (A) dated 6th April, 2016 of DP&PW: Delinking of revised pension from qualifying service of 33 years.

Attention is invited to previously issued OMs to Ministries/Departments/ AGs/UTs by CPAO on the subject mentioned obove. It is observed thot progress in disposal of such coses hos declined in spite of repeated requests for early settlement of pending coses and out of 89,481 cases,25,692 cases are still pending for revision. To avoid delay in payment of revised pension and arrear to the pensioners, special drive is required to clear these cases

It is requested to clear all the pending revision cases by 31st December, 2016.PAOs may be instructed to revise the remaining pending cases and send the revision authorities to CPAO for further authorization. It is also requested that in case some pending revisions are not covered under this OM, a certificate may be sent to CPAO in this regard so that these cases may be removed from the pendency list.

Sd/-
(Subhash Chandra)
Controller of Accounts

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Review of CSSS officers in the Grade of Private Secretary (PS) under FR 56(j) and Rule 48 of CCC (Pension) Rules, 1972

Review of CSSS officers in the Grade of Private Secretary (PS) under FR 56(j) and Rule 48 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972

Reminder-II

4/3/2016-CS.II(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension
Department of Personnel & Training

Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market,
New Delhi-110003, 20th December, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Review of CSSS officers in the Grade of Private Secretary (PS) under FR 560) and Rule 48 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 - reg.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's D.O. letter No 3/8/2015-CS.I (D) dated 26.02.2016 and subsequent reminders dated 09.06.2016 & 08.11.2016 vide which all the cadre units of CSSS were requested to furnish the inputs in the format annexed therewith with respect to the officers who in the opinion of the Ministry/Department, are covered under extant provisions of FR 56G)/Rule 48 of CCS (Pension) Rule, 1972. However, the inputs sought in respect of PS Grade are still awaited from several Cadre Units.

2. All defaulting Cadre Units (as per Annexure) are ,therefore, requested to furnish the requisite information in respect of PSs Grade who are due for review under the provisions of FR 560) to this Department without further delay.

(Umesh Kumar Bhatia)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Tel.No.24623157

To
Under Secretaries of all the defaulting cadre units of CSSS
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Filling up the post of Executive Director (North), Delhi, in Food Corporation of India under Department of Food and Public Distribution

F.No. 9/6/2016-EO(SM-I)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
Office of the Establishment Officer

North Block, New Delhi, 15th December, 2016

To
1. The Chief Secretaries, All State Governments.
2. The Secretaries of all the Ministries/Departments of Government of India.

Subject: Filling up the post of Executive Director (North), Delhi, in Food Corporation of India under Department of Food and Public Distribution.

Sir/Madam,
It is proposed to fill up the post of Executive Director (North), Delhi, in Food Corporation of India in the pay band of Rs. 37,400-67,000/- (PB-4) + Grade Pay Rs. 10,000/- (prerevised) on deputation basis vice Shri Bhagwan Shankar, lAS (SK:88). The post is a Non-Central Staffing Scheme post to be filled up through the Civil Services Board (CSB) procedure.

2. Names of willing and eligible officers, who have been empanelled to hold Joint Secretary or equivalent posts at the Centre, may be recommended to this office along with cadre clearance, vigilance clearance, detailed bio-data, viz. name, date of birth, service, batch, contact telephone number, e-mail address, educational qualifications, complete experience/posting detailsetc. CR dossiers/certified ACRs for the last five years, details of debarment & cooling off in respect of past central deputation. In case the officers are currently on Central deputation, their nomination may be forwarded with the approval of the Minister-in-charge concerned.

3. The post is a Non-Central Staffing Scheme post to be filled up through the Civil Services Board (CSB) procedure. It may be noted that no 'Mandatory Posting Certificate' for allotment/retention of Government accommodation would be issued by this office to the officer appointed on the above referred post. However, those officers who have served and are currently serving on Central Staffing Scheme post in Delhi for at least four years and require to retain Government accommodation, would be issued a certificate to the effect that the officer concerned has served for at least four years in CSS post and he/she needs to retain Government accommodation for his/her tenure on non-CSS post.

4. It is requested that the applications of the eligible candidates may be forwarded so as to reach this Department within one month from the date of issue of this circular.

Yours faithfully,

(Rajender Kumar)
Deputy Secretary to Government of India

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Government Clarification on Amendment to Payment of Wages Act

Government Clarification on Amendment to Payment of Wages Act

It is seen from the media reports that there is a general impression that is being created that the Government is bringing an amendment to the Payment of Wages Act to make mandatory the payment of wages to the workers only through cheque or accounts transfers. This is not the correct position.
It is clarified that the government proposes to bring an amendment to Section 6 of the Payment of Wages Act which will further provide crediting the wages in the bank account of the employees or payment through cheque along with the existing provisions of payment in current coin or currency notes.

This is being done to facilitate the employers from making payment of wages using the banking facilities also in addition to the existing modes of payment of wages in current coin or currency notes.
Also, the appropriate Government (Centre or State) will have to come up with the notification to specify the industrial or other establishments where the employer shall pay wages through cheque or by crediting the wages in employees’ bank account. It is, therefore, clear that the option of payment through cash is still available with the employers for payment of wages.

It may be understood that the Payment of Wages Act was passed in the year 1936 (eighty years ago) and the situation prevailing at that point of time has completely undergone a technological revolution. Most of the transactions now take place through the banking channels. The proposal of Ministry of Labour and Employment to bring an amendment to Section 6 of the Act is an additional facility of crediting the wages in the bank account of the employees or payment through cheque along with the existing provisions of payment in current coin or currency notes.

The above proposed amendment will also ensure that minimum wages are paid to the employees and their social security rights can be protected. Thus the employers can no longer under-quote the number of employees employed by them in their establishments to avoid becoming a subscriber to the EPFO or ESIC schemes.

It is also pointed out that the states like Andhra Pradesh/Telangana, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Haryana have already come out with notifications to provide for payment through banking channels.

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Bonanza for Central government employees: 7th Pay Commission recommendations rolled out

Bonanza for Central government employees: 7th Pay Commission recommendations rolled out

New Delhi: The government had in January 2016 had set up the high-powered panel to process the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission which will have bearing on the remuneration of nearly 50 lakh central government employees and 58 lakh pensioners.

The Union Cabinet on June 29 cleared the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission headed by AK Mathur in respect of the hike in basic pay and pension. However, the decision on 7th Pay Commission suggestions relating to allowances had been referred to a Committee headed by the Finance Secretary.
The Committee will complete its work in a time bound manner and submit its reports within a period of 4 months. Till a final decision, all existing allowances will continue to be paid at the existing rates.
The 7th Pay Commission examined a total of 196 existing allowances and, by way of rationalization, recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming of 37 allowances. Given the significant changes in the existing provisions for allowances which may have wide ranging implications, the Cabinet decided to constitute a Committee headed by Finance Secretary for further examination of the recommendations of 7th CPC on allowances.

On 29 June 2016, Government accepted the recommendation of 7th Pay Commission Report with meager increase in salary of 14 percent after six month of intense evaluation and successive discussions. The Finance Minister of India claimed it historical increase of salaries due to little knowledge of Sixth Pay Commission.

The new scales of pay provide for entry-level basic are now up from Rs 7,000 per month to Rs 18,000, while at the highest level i.e. Secretary, it would go up from Rs 90,000 to Rs 2.5 lakh. For Class 1 officers, the starting salary will be Rs 56,100.

The recommendations will benefit over 1 crore employees. This includes over 47 lakh central government employees and 53 lakh pensioners, of which 14 lakh employees and 18 lakh pensioners are from the defence forces.

Here are the Key Highlights

• Gratuity ceiling doubled to Rs 20 lakh
• Housing loan allowance hiked from Rs 7.5 lakh to Rs 25 lakh
• Minimum pension increased from Rs 3,500 to Rs 9,000
• 7th Pay Commission recommendations to be implemented within 6 months from due date
• Existing rates of monthly contribution towards Group Insurance to continue
• Total annual burden of pay, pensions and arrears of 7th Pay Commission recommendations: Rs 1, 02,100 crore
• 7th Pay Commission recommendations on allowances to be referred to a Committee headed by Secretary
• Based on minimum pay, fitment factor of 2.57 approved for revising pay of all employees uniformly across all level
• Minimum pay fixed at Rs 18,000 per month; maximum pay at Rs 2.25 lakh
  The Cabinet approval will benefit nearly 50 lakh central government employees and 58 lakh pensioners
• Pay hike to be implemented from January 1, 2016
• Budgetary allocation

While the Budget for 2016-17 fiscal did not provide an explicit provision for implementation of the 7th Pay Commission, the government had said the once-in-a-decade pay hike for government employees has been built in as interim allocation for different ministries. Around Rs 70,000 crore has been provisioned for it.

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Ex-gratia lump sum compensation - Recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission

Ex-gratia lump sum compensation - Recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission.

Office of the CGDA, Ulan Batar Road, Palarn, Delhi Cantt-10

No.5613/AT-P/Vol.XXXI/Ex-Grata

Dated: 20/12/2016

To,
The PCDA (P),
Allahabad-211014

Subject: Ex-gratia lump sum compensation - Recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission.

Government of India, Ministry of Defence D(Pay/Services) vide their letter No.20(2)/2016/D(Pay/Services) dated 2nd November,2016 has issued order on the above subject matter. The same has been uploaded on HQrs. Office website viz. www.cgda.nic.in that may please be downloaded and circulated to all concerned with necessary implementation instructions. The copy of the implementation instructions may also be uploaded on your website under intimation to this HQrs. Office.
Jt.CGDA (Pen) has seen

(A.K. Maiviya)
Sr.AO (AT-Pen)

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