Magnificent Victory to RRR candidates


No one can deny the benefit

Court is always in our favour in case of Genuine & Justified demands

CONGRATULATIONS TO RRR CANDIDATES OF TAMIL NADU CIRCLE THOSE WHO FAUGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS.

The Supreme court pronounced judgment 30.07.2010 directing the Department to absorb 204 RRR candidates of Tamilnadu Circle with immediate effect .

• service will count for pension from back date.


• Notional fixation of pay from earlier date without arrears.

10 % DA from 01.07.2010.

The All India Consumer Price Index number for (Industrial Workers) (Base 2001=100) for the month of June 2010 is 174 as announced by Statistics Department, Labour, Government of India.

Based on this index, there is an increase of 10% in the DA . Present DA rate from 1.1.2010 is 35%. Increase with effect from July 2010 is 10%.

Month All India Index % of increase

Dec 2009       169         35.70

Jan 2010        172         37.43

Feb 2010       170         39.01

Mar 2010      170         40.59

Apr 2010      170         42.03

May 2010      172        43.54

Jun 2010        174        45.06

PA/SA Recruitment

Department issued orders vide memo no 60-9/2010 SPB dated 22.07.2010 for filling up the posts of PA/SA for the vacancies arising during 2009 and 2010 and directed all the circles to finalize the entire list on or before 16.12.2010

Last date for

• Issuing advertisement thro news paper      20.08.2010

• Recipt of application                                05.10.2010

• Written exam                                           14.11.2010

• Declaration of Final Result                       16.12.2010

Review of Functioning of CGHS

The performance of the CGHS is regularly reviewed by the Government. The committee of secretaries has also been regularly reviewing the functioning of the CGHS since December 2008 and has been giving directions to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for making it beneficiary friendly. Some of the recent initiatives are listed below:

1. Computerisation: To keep pace with the modern times, a massive computerisation work has been taken up under CGHS in collaboration with the National Informatics Centre. Computerisation of the CGHS will result in lesser waiting period for beneficiaries at the dispensaries; online placement indents on local chemists, availability of patients profiles; availability of medicine, drugs usage pattern, which enable the CGHS to prepare a realistic of formulary drugs; reduction in use of paper; removal of jurisdictional restriction (as regard the dispensaries) for the beneficiaries, etc.

2. Introduction of Plastic cards: As part of the computerisation process, it has been decided to plastics cards individually to each beneficiary of the CGHS. This will enable beneficiaries to avail CGHS facility in any city should they happen to be in that city either on official work or on leave. Inter city treatment will be possible after all cities are computerised and networked.

3. Accreditation of hospitals with National Accreditation Board for hospitals and health care providers (NABH) and lapse with National Accreditation Board for Testing and Caliberation Laboratories (NABL): With a view to providing better quality treatment to CGHS beneficiaries, it was decided that only those private hospitals and diagnostic centres would be empanelled under the CGHS, as have been cleared by the quality Council of India after it carried out inspection of the facilities available at these hospitals and diagnostic centres. It may been decided all the hospitals and laboratories on the panel of CGHS have to get certificates issued by the NABH / NADL under the quality council of India.

4. Medical Audit of Hospital Bills is an important exercise to assess the quality of services offered and expenditure incurred. In order to be sure that the bills raised by private empanelled hospitals are genuine and that the beneficiaries were required to undergo only that treatment as was required and that the hospital has not forced the beneficiary to undergo unnecessary tests / treatment at the hospital. The job of the medical audit of Hospital bills has been outsourced to TPAs.

5. Holding of Claims Adalats: Complaints were received in the CGHS and in the Ministry that old cases of reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by pensioners were pending for settlement for long time. It was decided that claims adalats be held in each Zonal office of CGHS, Delhi under the chairmanship of the Additional Directors of the respective zones. Claims adalats were held annually, in each zone (East, Central, South and North Zones) in Delhi, during 2007 and 2008 and over 95% of the claims were settled in those adalats. Encorporated by the success in Delhi, all CGHS cities have been directed to hold claim adalats on annual basis.

6. Local Advisory Committees Local Advisory Committee meetings are held in each CGHS dispensary on second Saturday on the month attended by the Welfare Officer appointed by the Chief Welfare Officer, Department of Personnel & Training, representatives from pensioners associations, local chemists to resolve problems at dispensary level.

7. Decentralisation and delegation of powers: Ministries / departments have been delegated powers to handle all cases of reimbursement claims if no relaxation of rules was involved. Either they had powers to handle requests upto Rs. 2 Lakh and beyond that amount, the cases were referred to CGHS.

8. Rate contract for purchase of drugs: Dispensaries in Delhi have been permitted to place indent directly on the manufacturers on rate contract basis. The benefit of this arrangement is that dispensaries / CGHS do not have to carry huge inventory of medicines and indents can be placed on a monthly basis depending on the need.

This information was given by Minister for Health and Family Welfare Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad in written reply to a question raised in Rajya Sabha today

PIB

Cadre Re-structuring for Class III Cadre

Department has sent a letter to two Federations stating that it would constitute a committee to consider re-structuring of Group C Employees.

The committee will consist of each 3 members from official side and staff side.After the receipt of confirmation letter from the federations, formal orders will be issued by the Department to consititute the committee.

What about IPOs/ASPOs and  PSS Group B officers? we also already demanded to consititute a cadre re- structuring committee but Department yet consider it. A reminder will be issued to the Department shortely.

Still the Department is neglecting this cadre?
                          copy of the letter already addressed to the Member(P) is annexed.

CHQ 101/10                                                                                                Dated 0404.02.2010


To
Smt.IndiraKrishnakumar
Member (P)
Dak Bhavan
New Delhi 110001

Respected madam,

                            SUB: Request for Constitution of Cadre Restructuring Committee – reg.



A kind reference is invited to the our letter of even no dated 28.09.2009 requesting for the constitution of a cadre restructuring committee for the cadres of IPO/ Assistant managers MMS
It is submitted that the income Tax Department and the Railway Department already constituted a cadre restructuring committee
The Promotional Avenue of IPO cadre is very meager. The 1983 batch is still waiting for their PSS Group B post.
Hence I request you to kindly constitute a cadre restructuring committee for the IPO line officials at the earliest.
Thanking You

Yours faithfully

M.Mohanarangam

General Secretary

New Regulatory body to fix postal rates

New Regulatory body to fix postal rates


New regulator on the cards for India Post and private courier firms would fix the tariffs for their services.

The government has comprehensively re-drafted an earlier Bill on postal regulation with a view to bringing the entire communication industry under a regulatory regime similar to the one for the telecoms sector.

As per the re-drafted Bill —the Post Office and Courier Services Bill, 2010—which was reviewed by FE, the courier firms would need to register themselves with the regulator—Postal Regulatory Authority of India (PRAI)— and adhere to a set of guidelines for quality of services framed by it.


The firms will also have to contribute to a Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) to enable delivery of postal services to financially unviable areas at affordable rates. However, the government has dropped the controversial provision in the original (2006) draft of the Bill which sought to bar private courier firms from carrying packets weighing below 500 gm. Also, in a departure from the original draft, which specified the fee structure for the players, the new Bill has left such matters for the regulator to decide.


The size of the Indian courier industry is over Rs 4,000 crore with major players being DHL, FedEx India and DTDC. As per the latest proposal, PRAI will have functions similar to that of telecom regulator Trai. It can suo motu recommend to the government policy measures on the entire gamut of the postal sector. On its part, the government can seek its recommendations on issues of importance. Once PRAI is constituted, all existing courier firms would have to register themselves with it for a 10-year period on payment of a fee.


The registration, of course, can be renewed once it expires. The regulator would set eligibility criteria for those wanting to enter the sector in the new regulated regime.

It would have powers to recommend to the government revocation of licenses of any firm which fails to meet the criteria set out by it. The government (read the department of post and a reinforced Postal Board) would retain the powers to make policies and provide licences.

A Postal Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal would be set up to arbitrate on disputes between the industry and the regulator, the regulator and the government, industry and the government; and between industry players. Source:Financialexpress.com

Creation of new Postal Division in Tamilnadu

Postal Directorate approved the proposal for a creation of Krishnagiri Postal Division by bifurcating the exsisting Dharmapuri Postal Division in Western Region in Tamilnadu.

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  The Post of Dy.SPOs , Salem East Division re deployed to the newly created Kishnagiri Division.
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  The Post of ASP (OD), IPO (C&PG) in Dharmapuri Division is redeployed to the new Division as ASP ( HQrs) and IPO (C) respectively
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  ASP, Hosur Sub Division, SDI, Krishnagiri East Sub Division, SDI (P) Krishnagiri west Sub Division will be under the control of SP, Krishnagiri.

Cadre Restructure in CSS Cadre

If we posted a letter to Kolkatta in Chennai, God only knows when the article would be delivered? When all other Departments introduced cadre restructure, still our Department is sleeping without any initiation. In the present set up is there will not be any cadre restructure.

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An Office Memorandum has been published today by DOPT [No.19/1/2008-CS,I(P) dated on 20 July, 2010] regarding that the Cadre Restructuring in the Central Secretariat Services.

The government set up a Committee on Cadre Restructure of CSS in June, 2008. The Committee submitted its report in November, 2008. The Government considered the Committee Report and following decisions have been taken :-

1. CSS officers who are empanelled as Joint Secretaries, will be given in-situ promotion as Joint Secretaries in SAG grade at their current place of posting.

2. Fixing the combined strength of Joint Secretary (in-situ), Directors and Deputy Secretary of CSS at 600, with inter se flexibility subject to a ceiling of 40 posts for

Joint Secretary (in-situ) and 220 posts at the Director level.

3. Net increase of 160 posts at DS/Director level in CSS will come from diversion of posts from the Central Staffing Scheme. Identification of posts so diverted to be done in such a manner that there is no concentration of posts in any Ministry;

4. Reduction of non-CSS posts by 160 at the DS/Director levels under the Central Staffing Scheme in various Ministries.

5. Upgradation of 1467 posts of UDCs to Assistant’s Grade of CSS

6. The next Cadre restructuring may be undertaken after 3 years from date of implementation of the above recommendations.

Among the Cadre Restructuring Committee Report, Government has decided above six points and take necessary notification relating to amendments to the CSS Rules will be issued separately.

If you want to download the O.M., pl. visit http://persmin.nic.in/

IPO Grade pay Case.


CAT case bearing number 381/2010 has been posted to 26.07.2010 (Monday). The Department yet to filed it's counter. Actually they seek time for 4 weeks for filing counter. After the strong objection by the advocate, CAT granted one week time for filing the counter.

Thanks to Permanand

Breaking News

You will get from 25.07.2010 in our web site

SMS News also starts from 26.07.2010.

send our cadre cell no to 9383472266

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LTC Air charge paid on the date of booking

F.No. 19046/1/2008-E.IV

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Expenditure

E-IV Branch

New Delhi, the 15thJuly, 2010

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

                                            Subject: Clarification regarding re-imbursement of LTC-80 fare.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM No.7(1)/E.Coord/2008 dated 4-12-2008 wherein Air India’s LTC 80 scheme was introduced from 1st December, 2008, for LTC travelers entitled to travel by Air. A number of references from different Government Departments/offices have been received in this Ministry seeking clarification whether the prevailing fare on the date of booking of LTC 80 tickets is to be reimbursed or claim is to be restricted to Air India’s LTC 80 fare as on 1 December, 2008.

2. The matter has been considered in this Ministry and it is clarified that the fare paid on the date of booking of ticket under LTC 80 scheme of Air India may be reimbursed.

(Karan Singh)

Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

IT returns form and instructions

Last date for filing IT returns for the Financial Year 2009 -10 is July 31, 2010.


Click on the links below to download IT return form and instructions for filling up the form.


1. IT Return Form (ITR 1) (For Individuals having Income from Salary / Pension / Income from One House     Property (excluding loss brought forward from previous years) / Income from Other Sources (Excluding Winning from Lottery and Income from Race Horses.)


2. Instructions for filling up ITR 1

Government declared holiday on 14.10.2010

Government has decided to declare Thursday, the 14th October 2010, as a Holiday for Central Government Offices, including Central Public Sector Undertakings, located in Delhi/New Delhi on the occasion of Closing Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games-2010.

Change of posting in Postal Board

Directorate has issued orders on 01.07.2010 changing the portfolios of two Members of Postal Services Board as follows:

• Mrs. Indira Krishna Kumar now Member (Personnel) is posted as Member (Planning)
•  Sri P K Gopinath now Member (Planning) is posted as Member (Personnel)

 Extension in the tenure of the National Anomaly Committee

No.11/2/2008-JCA

Government of India  

Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions  

Department of Personnel & Training

New Delhi, the 1st July, 2010

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

                                                      Subject:- Extension in the tenure of the National Anomaly Committee.

The undersigned is directed to refer to para 5 of this Department's O.M. of even number dated the 12th January, 2009 regarding setting up of Anomaly Committee to settle the anomalies arising out of the implementation of the Sixth Central Pay Commission's recommendations and to state that it has been decided with the approval of the competent authority to extend the tenure of the National Anomaly Committee up to 31st March, 2011.

(Dinesh Kapila)

Director (JCA)