Central Government Employees & Employment Corner

  F.No. PP-20/2/2020-PAP Government of India Ministry of Communication Department of Posts Establishment Division/P.A.P Section ***** Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi — 1100 01 Date: 25th November, 2021. To All Chief Postmasters General/ Postmasters General Chief General Manager, BD Dte/Parcel Dte/ PLI Directorate Director RAKNPA/ GM CEPT) Directors of All PTCs, Addl. Director General, Army Postal Service, R.K. Puram, New Delhi All General Managers (Finance)/ DAP/ DDAP Sub: Reimbursement of cancellation/reschedule charges for air/train tickets booked for the purpose of LTC and relaxation of LTC advance due to COVID-19 pandemic – clarification regarding. Sir/Madam, I am directed to forward herewith a copy of the Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Office memorandum No. 31011/1/2020-Estt (A.IV) dated 23.11.2021 on the subject cited above for kind information and further necessary action in this regard. This OM may be read along

Employees at the central office can now receive good news once more. In December, the 18-month DA arrears might be discussed with the cabinet secretary. The employees' expectations regarding their 18-month arrears have yet to be met. When the government announced the defreezing of the dearness allowance, it did so prospectively, with no arrears. The groups demanded that the arrears be given as well. However, the case of 18-month DA arrears is still unresolved. According to Shiv Gopal Mishra, Secretary (Staff Side) of the National Council of Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM), the council has made a demand to the government that, in addition to restoring the DA, a one-time settlement of DA arrears owed for the past 18 months be completed. However, it is believed that the Cabinet Secretary will be able to discuss this in December. Significantly, the Prime Minister has been notified of the 18-month arrears. The hopes of central staff regarding arrears have been reawakened as a result

The railway board has issued an office order detailing the specifications and price ceiling for the desktop computers for the railway officials. This is in line with the eligibility for the procurement of computers for central government employees.  The Model Technical Specification of Desktop PCs was framed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The specifications and price ceiling are for the procurement of a new PC and not for the replacement of PCs, which will be done only on age-cum-condition and functional requirement basis. The eligibility is as given below For Officers SAG and above All in One (AlO) PC  Core i7 processor 16 GB RAM 1TB HDD 256 SSD 21,5” monitor Price ceiling limit: ₹ 95000/- Directors/JDs/DDs/SOs and other Gazetted officer All in One (AlO) PC  Core i5 processor 8 GB RAM 500 GB HDD 21.5” monitor Price ceiling limit: ₹ 70000/- All Non-Gazetted staff Desktop PC  Core i3 processor 4 GB RAM 500 GB HDD 21.5” monitor Price ceiling limit: ₹ 5

O/0-13014(12)/2/2021-IT Technical/6763/147 Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure Central Pension Accounting Office Trikoot-II, Bhikaji Cama Place New Delhi – 110066 Date: 26.11.2021 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Sub: Expeditious settlement of family pension cases by banks The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DP&PW) vide its   O.M. 3(8)/2021-P&PW/ (H)-7246 dated 16th June 2021   had issued a list of documents to be submitted by the family pensioners (spouse/family member, whose name is included in the PPO)   S.No. Query Clarification received from DP&PW 1. Whether “Letter of Undertaking” for recovery of any erroneous overpayment made by the bank is required from the family pensioner to start the family pension to him/her. Letter of undertaking for recovery of any erroneous overpayment made by the Bank to the pensioners/family pensioners is an arrangement between the Bank and its customers. Normally, the banks obtain the undertaking for recover

  RBA No. 65/2021 Government of India Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) 2021//AC I/20/GDCE Dated: /11/2021 PFAs All Zonal Railways/PUs Sub:- Introduction of General Departmental Competitive Examination (GDCE) in Accounts Department. Please find enclosed a copy of RBE No. 86/2021, letter no.E(NG)I-2020/PM9/1 dated 24.11.2021 for information and necessary action. Kindly acknowledge the receipt. (Ajay Bartwal) Joint Director Finance Railway BoardRBE No.86/2021

Several Scheduled Tribes personnel at the Centre have had their retirement benefits postponed pending the Tamil Nadu government's certification of their caste certificates. For the same reason, scores of employees' promotions have been halted. Employees, notably those who claimed to be from the Kattu Naicker and Malaikuravan communities, are at problem. According to sources, the Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, has written to the Chief Secretaries of all States/Union Territories, stating that pensionary benefits of employees working in various offices and organisations under the Central Government in Tamil Nadu have been withheld because caste verification from the State Government was pending. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC & ST) took this seriously and asked the Department of Transportation to give required recommendations to all parties involved i

भारतीय संसद PARLIAMENT OF INDIA SREENEOST राज्य सभा सचिवालय RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT संसद भवन/संसदीय सौंध नई दिल्‍ली-110001 वेबसाईट : http://rajyasabhahindi.nic.in Parliament House/Annexe, New Delhi-110001 Website : http://rajyasabha.nic.in No, RS. 7(14)/2007-Cont-II November 25, 2021 To, National Federation of Postal Employees, [Kind attn: Shri R. N. Parashar, Secretary-General] 1st Floor, North Avenue, Post Office Building. New Delhi 100001 Sub: Petition praying for comprehensive medical facilities to Central Government employees, pensioners and their dependents-reg. Sir, I am directed to state that the Committee on Petitions, Rajya Sabha under the Chairmanship of Shri Prasanna Acharya, MP is presently deliberating upon a petition of Shri Saptarshi Deb, a resident of Kolkata and counter-signed by Sardar Balwinder Singh Bhunder, the then Member of Rajya Sabha, praying for comprehensive medical facilities to Central Government employees, pensioners and their dependents. The petition int

South East Central Railway HEAD QUARTER PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT, 1st FLOOR, GM’s OFFICE, BILASPUR No. P-HQ/RUL/105/1 dtd 12.11.2021 Estt Rule No. 219/2021 All concerned, SECR. Sub: Streamlining the policy regarding conduct of typing test on promotion/appointment to clerical posts. Ref: Railway Board’s letter No. E(NG)I/96/CFP/19 dated 07/04/2000, RBE No.66/2000 (Estt Rule 62/2000). 1. In order to streamline the process of conducting typewriting tests, following guidelines are issued for implementation over SECR. I. In terms of instructions contained in Estt Rule No. 62/2000, at least. three typewriting tests will be arranged for persons recruited/promoted to clerical posts within a period of two years from the date of promotion/recruitment on provisional basis with a gap of six months between the tests. 1.2 In continuation of the each typing test conducted as above, a supplementary typewriting test shall be conducted after one week from the date of main typing test for those who could not

Although it has not been determined how much the Dearness Allowance (DA) would be increased in January 2022, according to the AICPI index data, a 3% increase is projected. Employees' salaries are projected to rise in tandem with the growth in DA. According to experts, the dearness allowance could be increased by 3% in January 2022, bringing the overall DA percentage from 31% to 34%. According to AICPI data, Dearness Allowance (DA) is expected to be 32.81 percent in September 2021. This figure/data will be crucial in determining whether or not to raise the DA by another 3%. Although there is no definite information about the government's next move, the DA rise is extensively publicised in the media. To compensate for price increases, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 1.7.2021, representing a 3 percent incre

  No. 31011/1/2020-Estt (A.IV) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training (Establishment A-IV Desk) North Block, New Delhi-110001 Dated: 7 January, 2021 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject :- Reimbursement of cancellation / reschedule charges for air/ train tickets booked for the purpose of LTC and relaxation of LTC advance due to COVID-19 pandemic- relaxation regarding. During the months of March – May, 2020, a Nation-wide Lockdown was implemented across the country in view of the prevailing Covid-19 epidemic. During this period, all domestic flights within India were cancelled but certain airlines have charged the cancellation charges against the pre-booked air tickets. In such a situation, many Government employees who had booked LTC tickets in advance for that period are facing financial difficulties in view of the high cancellation amount charged by the airlines. In this regard, requests are being received in this Departmen