Saturday, December 1, 2012
Strengthening of Vigilance set-up in Ministries/Departments - reg.
Click here to view O M No. 425/01/2012AVD-IV(A), dated 30th November, 2012 issued by Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension
IPS officer penalized in postal order theft case
PATNA: A 1994-batch IPS officer,
Amitabh Kumar Das, has been found guilty in connection with the postal
order robbery case worth crores in Patna by an inquiry team constituted
by the state home (police) department. Subsequently the department, with
the consent of the UPSC, has decided to lower his salary by two grades
for the next two years. Das is presently posted as SP (rail) at Jamalpur
in Munger district.
According to the inquiry team's findings, Das, during his tenure as SP (rail), Patna, between August 2001 and May 2003, had shown negligence towards his duty. He did not supervise the case and didn't even give report-2 in connection with the case related to theft of postal orders lodged with the Patna junction railway police station. The report said that he mishandled the case and helped the accused to get a clean chit.
Following the punishment imposed, Das would get a salary two grades lower than his current salary for the next two years and he would be disallowed any increment from the department till the punishment period is over.
However, when contacted, Das told TOI, "I got clean chit in the postal order case way back in 2008. In the inquiry report submitted by the 1974-batch IAS officer, S P Keshav, who is now retired, it was clearly mentioned that it was simple issue of pending case and nowhere was it found that I had any wrong intention behind not giving report-2. Hence, I shall challenge the decision of state government at the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Patna bench."
He said, "Presently I have been working as an Election Commission observer in Gujarat. I have no idea how could a closed case be reopened in the absence of the officer concerned and, moreover, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI) regulations no state government can take such decision when the officer is working for ECI."
He added, "I had not only got a clean chit in the case, but the state government was also ordered by the CAT to grant me promotion. I had filed a case against the Bihar chief secretary and the home secretary for contempt of the order of CAT with the CAT's Patna bench. A hearing would take place in a couple of days."
"I had worked as a whistle-blower and exposed scams in the railways when I was posted as the superintendent of rail police in Patna. Contracts worth several crores were awarded to notorious criminals of Bihar during Nitish Kumar's tenure as the railway minister and this new punishment order is a follow-up of the CM's grudge," he said.
According to the inquiry team's findings, Das, during his tenure as SP (rail), Patna, between August 2001 and May 2003, had shown negligence towards his duty. He did not supervise the case and didn't even give report-2 in connection with the case related to theft of postal orders lodged with the Patna junction railway police station. The report said that he mishandled the case and helped the accused to get a clean chit.
Following the punishment imposed, Das would get a salary two grades lower than his current salary for the next two years and he would be disallowed any increment from the department till the punishment period is over.
However, when contacted, Das told TOI, "I got clean chit in the postal order case way back in 2008. In the inquiry report submitted by the 1974-batch IAS officer, S P Keshav, who is now retired, it was clearly mentioned that it was simple issue of pending case and nowhere was it found that I had any wrong intention behind not giving report-2. Hence, I shall challenge the decision of state government at the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Patna bench."
He said, "Presently I have been working as an Election Commission observer in Gujarat. I have no idea how could a closed case be reopened in the absence of the officer concerned and, moreover, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI) regulations no state government can take such decision when the officer is working for ECI."
He added, "I had not only got a clean chit in the case, but the state government was also ordered by the CAT to grant me promotion. I had filed a case against the Bihar chief secretary and the home secretary for contempt of the order of CAT with the CAT's Patna bench. A hearing would take place in a couple of days."
"I had worked as a whistle-blower and exposed scams in the railways when I was posted as the superintendent of rail police in Patna. Contracts worth several crores were awarded to notorious criminals of Bihar during Nitish Kumar's tenure as the railway minister and this new punishment order is a follow-up of the CM's grudge," he said.
Source : The Times of India, 1 Dec, 2012
Condition of Carrying Identity Card Extended to All Classes of Reserved Train Tickets Including Reserved Second Class and Sleeper Class
The
New Provision will Come into Effect from Tomorrow
(1st December 2012)
The
Move Aims to Facilitate the Travel of Bonafide and
Legitimate Passengers and to Reduce the Scope for Misuse of Reserved Ticketing
System by Unscrupulous Elements/Middleman
The List of Prescribed Proofs of Identity has been Expanded to Cover More Variety of Photo Identity Cards for the Convenience of the Passengers
In a major
initiative to further facilitate the travel of bonafide and legitimate
passengers and to reduce the scope for misuse of reserved ticketing system by
unscrupulous elements/middlemen, the Ministry of Railways has decided to extend
the condition of carrying original proof of identity during train travel on reserved tickets
issued through Passenger Reservation System (PRS) for all reserved
classes including ‘Reserved Second Class (2S)’, ‘Sleeper Class (SL)’, ‘III
Economy Class (3E)’ and ‘First Class (FC)’.
This change in policy will come into effect from tomorrow i.e. 1st December 2012.
Further, the Ministry of Railways has also decided to
expand the list of prescribed proofs of identity to include photo identity
cards having serial numbers issued by public sector undertakings of
State/Central Government, District Administrations, Municipal Administrations
and Panchayat Administrations.
The expanded list of the prescribed
proofs of identity for undertaking journey on Tatkal ticket and other reserved
classes will now be as follows:
(i)
Pension
Pay Order s(PPO)
(ii)
Ration
Card with photographs
(iii)
Senior
Citizen cards
(iv)
Below
Poverty Line (BPL) cards
(v)
ESI
cards (with photograph) issued for taking treatment in ESI dispensaries.
(vi)
CGHS
Cards (with photograph) issued to individual family members of Central Govt.
employees.
In this
way, the new provision to be effective
from tomorrow i.e. 1st December, 2012 will be as follows :-
“Any one of
the passengers booked on a PNR for undertaking journey in any reserved
class on Indian Railways has to produce any one of the above mentioned
prescribed proofs of identity in original during the journey failing which all
the passengers booked on that ticket will be treated as travelling without
ticket and charged accordingly. The
existing provision of the Tatkal scheme where the passenger is required to show
the same original proof of identity as indicated on the ticket shall continue.”
It may be
mentioned that presently only the following categories of passengers travelling
in reserved classes have to produce original proof of identity during the
journey:-
·
Passengers
travelling on e-tickets.
·
Passengers
travelling on Tatkal tickets.
·
Passengers
undertaking journey in AC classes on the tickets issued through
the computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS) {except in III Economy -3E
class}.
With
the new provision, coming into effect from tomorrow i.e. 1st
December 2012 the condition of carrying one of the prescribed identity cards
in original has now been extended additionally to other classes
of travel namely - Reserved Second Class (2S), Sleeper Class(SL), III Economy Class(3E) and First Class(FC)
also.
The above
change in the policy is aimed at facilitating the travel of bonafide and
genuine passengers and simultaneously to check the scope for travel on
transferred tickets. It is also
considered that the proposed change shall also be useful from the security
point of view.
Source : PIB, 30 Nov 2012
Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) October 2012
The All-India CPI-IW for October, 2012 rose by 2
points and pegged at 217 (two hundred and seventeen). On 1-month
percentage change, it increased by 0.93 per cent between September and
October compared with 0.51 per cent between the same two months a year
ago.
The largest upward contribution to the change in current index came from food items which increased by 0.43 per cent, contributing 0.45 percentage points to the total change. At item level, largest upward pressure came from Rice, Wheat & Wheat Atta, Milk, Tea (readymade), Snack Saltish, Snack Sweet, Onion, etc. The other items like Cooking Gas, Electricity Charges, Fire wood, Medicine (Allopathic), Doctors’ Fee, Bus Fare, Cinema Charges, etc. also put upward pressure in total change.
The largest downward contribution to the change in current index came from Oils and Fats with a decline of 1.08 per cent, contributing (-) 0.10 percentage points to the total change. The main downward pressure came from Groundnut Oil, Coconut Oil, Vanaspati Ghee and Palm Oil.
The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 9.60 per cent for October, 2012 as compared to 9.14 per cent for the previous month and 9.39 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 9.91 per cent against 11.00 per cent of the previous month and 8.72 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.
At centre level, Monger Jamalpur and Siliguri recorded the largest increase of 6 points each followed by Labac Silchar, Guntur, Salem, Jharia, Coimbatore, Sholapur, Jalpaiguri, Kodarma, Mariani Jorhat, Bengluru and Tripura (4 points each). Among others, 3 points rise was registered in 7 centres followed by 2 points in 21 centres and 1 point in 11 centres. Hubli Dharwar centre reported a decline of 4 points followed by Goa with 3 points, Chennai and Varanasi with 2 points each and other 6 centres registered a fall of 1 point. Rest of the 16 centres’ indices remained stationary.
The indices of 38 centres are above All-India Index and other 39 centres’ indices are below national average. Bokaro’s index remained at par with all-India index.
The next index of CPI-IW for the month of November, 2012 will be released on Monday, December 31, 2012.
The largest upward contribution to the change in current index came from food items which increased by 0.43 per cent, contributing 0.45 percentage points to the total change. At item level, largest upward pressure came from Rice, Wheat & Wheat Atta, Milk, Tea (readymade), Snack Saltish, Snack Sweet, Onion, etc. The other items like Cooking Gas, Electricity Charges, Fire wood, Medicine (Allopathic), Doctors’ Fee, Bus Fare, Cinema Charges, etc. also put upward pressure in total change.
The largest downward contribution to the change in current index came from Oils and Fats with a decline of 1.08 per cent, contributing (-) 0.10 percentage points to the total change. The main downward pressure came from Groundnut Oil, Coconut Oil, Vanaspati Ghee and Palm Oil.
The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 9.60 per cent for October, 2012 as compared to 9.14 per cent for the previous month and 9.39 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 9.91 per cent against 11.00 per cent of the previous month and 8.72 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.
At centre level, Monger Jamalpur and Siliguri recorded the largest increase of 6 points each followed by Labac Silchar, Guntur, Salem, Jharia, Coimbatore, Sholapur, Jalpaiguri, Kodarma, Mariani Jorhat, Bengluru and Tripura (4 points each). Among others, 3 points rise was registered in 7 centres followed by 2 points in 21 centres and 1 point in 11 centres. Hubli Dharwar centre reported a decline of 4 points followed by Goa with 3 points, Chennai and Varanasi with 2 points each and other 6 centres registered a fall of 1 point. Rest of the 16 centres’ indices remained stationary.
The indices of 38 centres are above All-India Index and other 39 centres’ indices are below national average. Bokaro’s index remained at par with all-India index.
The next index of CPI-IW for the month of November, 2012 will be released on Monday, December 31, 2012.
Source : PIB, 30 Nov 2012
No Comparison between pay Structure of Central Government Employees and of Bank Employees
The pay scales of employees in Public Sector Banks
(PSBs) are determined as per the agreement between the management and
Associations/Unions every five years. Besides the pay, employees in
banks are also entitled to a number of other allowances and benefits.
The pay scale of the Central Government employees are finalised by
Government taking the recommendations of Central Pay Commission into
consideration and these pay scales are reviewed generally after ten
years. The terms and conditions of service of Central Government
employees and Bank employees are entirely different and are regulated in
terms of the respective service conditions. Hence, no comparison can be
drawn between pay structure of Central Government employees and of bank
employees.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri Namo Narain Meena in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri Namo Narain Meena in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
Source : PIB, 30 Nov 2012
Friday, November 30, 2012
Confederation requests all state level leaders to take similar action as done by Odisha Circle (Bhubaneswar Division)
Extracts
From Confederation Website :
CONFEDERATION
REQUESTED ALL STATE LEVEL LEADERS TO MEET THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AT
ALL LEVELS TO SEEK THEIR INTERVENTION IN OUR STRIKE ISSUE
ODISHA
COMRADES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ATTENDED TO THIS TASK AND TWO HONOURABLE
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FROM ODISHA HAVE WRITTEN TO HONOURABLE PRIME
MINISTER ON OUR BEHALF
TAKE COPIES OF THESE
LETTERS OF MPs AND QUICKLY MEET YOUR RESPECTIVE CONSTITUENCY
PARLIAMENT MEMBERS FOR SIMILAR INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT
CONFEDERATION SOUGHT THE INTERVENTION OF COMRADE BASUDEV ACHARYA M.P TO OPPOSE GOVERNMENT MOVE TO REJECT ARBITRATION AWARDS IN PARLIAMENT
GOVERNMENT IS MOVING AHEAD TO REJECT SOME ARBITRATION AWARDS
BY TAKING THEM TO PARLIAMENT IN THE SHAPE OF RESOLUTIONS
ARBITRATION AWARDS ON TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE AND HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE ARE BEING TAKEN TO PARLIAMENT
CONFEDERATION SEEKS THE SUPPORT OF COMRADE BASUDEV ACHARYA M.P TO OPPOSE THE RESOLUTIONS
CONFEDERATION LETTER TO COMRADE BASUDEV ACHARYA IS PLACED HEREUNDER
CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS
Manishinath Bhawan
A2/95 Rajourigarden
New Delhi-10027
website: confederationhq.blogspot. com.
e mail: confederation06@yahoo.co.in
Conf/ 14/2012 Dated: 29th November, 2012-11-29
Dear Comrade,
Kindly refer to the Lok Sabha Bulletin Part II Nos. 4687-4695 Wednesday, November, 21 2012 and the discussion your office had with us in the matter The Government has proposed to move two resolutions i.e. No. 4693 and 4694. As desired by you we send herewith the draft of the counter resolution to be moved by you in the matter.
Against Resolution No. 4693: Text of the Counter resolution.
From whom received. Ministry concerned.
Shri Basudeb Acharya. Finance. This house disapproves the proposal of the Government to reject the award given on 24th
November, 2005 by the Board of Arbitration in CA Reference case No. 3
of 2004 regarding revision of rates of transport allowance to the
Central Government employees as the expenditure to be incurred is not
going to be Rs. 1232 crores. The increased
allowance is to be given for only two months i.e. November, 2005 and
December, 2005 as Transport allowance at much higher rates has already
been paid from 1.1.2006 onwards.
Against Resolution No. 4694. Text of the Counter resolution.
Shri Basudeb Acharya. Finance This
house disapproves the proposal of the Government to reject the award
given on 6.4.2004 by the Board of Arbitration in CA reference case No. 2
of 2002 regarding grant of house rent allowance to the Central
Government employees for the period from 1.1.2996 to 31.7.1997 at pre-revised rates but with reference to revised pay. This
is only a one time expenditure for the period of 19 months and
logically to be related to the revised pay as was obtaining at the
relevant point of time. Since this expenditure
will be met from the savings in the Budget under the head Salaries no
diversion of any funds are to take place.
With greetings,
Yours fraternally,
K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary General
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Filling up of vacancies reserved for Persons with Disabilities- reg.
Click here to view O M No. 36035/6 /2012-Estt.(Res.), Dated 26th November, 2012 issued by Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
Guidelines for monitoring and expeditious disposal of the disciplinary proceeding cases - reg.
Click here to view O M No. 425/04/2012-AVD-IV(A), dated 29th November, 2012 issued by Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension
A Commemorative Postage Stamp on the Consumer Protection Act Issued
On the completion of the enactment of Consumer
Protection Act (CPA), 1986, a commemorative postal stamp was issued by
the president of India, Shri Pranab Mukhrji here today.
On the occasion Prof. K.V. Thomas, minister of state of consumer affairs, food and public distribution said that 1986 was a watershed year in the history of consumer movement in India that witnessed the enactment of the consumer protection act – the ‘magna carta’ legislation aimed at protecting the interests of consumers that they do not fall victims to the unfair trade practices and sub-standard services in the market place. He said that the special feature of this act is to provide speedy and inexpensive mechanism to redress the grievances of the consumer, and award compensation wherever appropriate. The act ensures consumer rights such as the right of choice, safety, information, public hearing and consumer education.
The minister said India’s 1.2 billion consumers are the lifeblood of our economy. “A vibrant economy depends on effective demand from consumers for affordable quality products and services. Among the consumers, the disadvantaged groups, particularly vulnerable low-income earners, the unemployed, the physically and mentally challenged need our special attention. This is why, more than ever, we need a well-conceived, empowered and pro-active consumer policy”, he asserted.
Prof Thomas said that it is a fact that the consumer movement in India gathered momentum with the enactment of the CPA, credit for which goes to our former prime minister, late Shri Rajiv Gandhi who had given a new thrust to the quality movement in India so that India could move into the 21st century with pride. This unparalleled act provides for the establishment of three tier disputes redressal machinery, consisting of the national commission, state commission and district fora. Since one of the most important consumer rights is the right to seek redressal, the act provides the consumers with a welcome alternative from the lengthy proceedings of civil court. at present, there are 627 district forums and 35 state commissions, apart from national commission, functioning in the country, with a disposal rate as high as 92%. , he said.
Highlighting the importance of consumer awareness, Prof Thomas said that provisions of consumer protection act alone may not be sufficient for consumers to assert their rights under this act. Amongst the various efforts undertaken by the government, consumer information and education remain the two most important areas of concentration as they are the most effective means to counter the malpractices of the manufacturers and the market forces. Therefore, the department of consumer affairs is running a massive consumer awareness campaign under the slogan “jago grahak jago”. Joint campaigns are being taken up with other ministries/ departments which have consumer interface. Towards this end in view, the department has used railway tickets, utility bills and post cards to reach remote parts of the country.
Minister of state of communications and Information Technology, Dr Kruparani gave the special features of the commemorative stamp and its objective. Issued in the denomination of Rs 5/, stamp shows consumer uniting against the banner ‘Jago Grahak Jago’.
On the occasion Prof. K.V. Thomas, minister of state of consumer affairs, food and public distribution said that 1986 was a watershed year in the history of consumer movement in India that witnessed the enactment of the consumer protection act – the ‘magna carta’ legislation aimed at protecting the interests of consumers that they do not fall victims to the unfair trade practices and sub-standard services in the market place. He said that the special feature of this act is to provide speedy and inexpensive mechanism to redress the grievances of the consumer, and award compensation wherever appropriate. The act ensures consumer rights such as the right of choice, safety, information, public hearing and consumer education.
The minister said India’s 1.2 billion consumers are the lifeblood of our economy. “A vibrant economy depends on effective demand from consumers for affordable quality products and services. Among the consumers, the disadvantaged groups, particularly vulnerable low-income earners, the unemployed, the physically and mentally challenged need our special attention. This is why, more than ever, we need a well-conceived, empowered and pro-active consumer policy”, he asserted.
Prof Thomas said that it is a fact that the consumer movement in India gathered momentum with the enactment of the CPA, credit for which goes to our former prime minister, late Shri Rajiv Gandhi who had given a new thrust to the quality movement in India so that India could move into the 21st century with pride. This unparalleled act provides for the establishment of three tier disputes redressal machinery, consisting of the national commission, state commission and district fora. Since one of the most important consumer rights is the right to seek redressal, the act provides the consumers with a welcome alternative from the lengthy proceedings of civil court. at present, there are 627 district forums and 35 state commissions, apart from national commission, functioning in the country, with a disposal rate as high as 92%. , he said.
Highlighting the importance of consumer awareness, Prof Thomas said that provisions of consumer protection act alone may not be sufficient for consumers to assert their rights under this act. Amongst the various efforts undertaken by the government, consumer information and education remain the two most important areas of concentration as they are the most effective means to counter the malpractices of the manufacturers and the market forces. Therefore, the department of consumer affairs is running a massive consumer awareness campaign under the slogan “jago grahak jago”. Joint campaigns are being taken up with other ministries/ departments which have consumer interface. Towards this end in view, the department has used railway tickets, utility bills and post cards to reach remote parts of the country.
Minister of state of communications and Information Technology, Dr Kruparani gave the special features of the commemorative stamp and its objective. Issued in the denomination of Rs 5/, stamp shows consumer uniting against the banner ‘Jago Grahak Jago’.
Source : PIB, 29 Nov 2012
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