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13/06/2017Comments Off on INCOME TAX: I-T department launches new facility to link Aadhaar with PAN …
INCOME TAX NEWS
I-T department launches new facility to link Aadhaar with PAN Paying house rent to parent, kin? HRA exemptions won’t be that easier How To Maintain Your House Rent Allowance (HRA) Exemption Fake rent receipt won’t help you lower tax burden anymore Govt notifies simplified ITR form; e-filing to start from tomorrow More …
indiatimes.com May 11, 2017, NEW DELHI: The Income Tax department has launched a new e-facility to link a person’s Aadhaar with the Permanent Account Number+ (PAN), a mandatory procedure for filing I-T returns now. The department’s e-filing website — https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in — has created a new link on its homepage making it “easy” to link the two unique identities of an individual. “After verification from the UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India), the linking will be confirmed. In case of any minor mismatch in Aadhaar name provided, Aadhaar OTP (one time password) will be required,” the department said in its advisory to taxpayers and individuals. …
Deccanchronicle.com Apr 11, 2017 Mumbai: From now on, claiming tax benefits on rent paid under House Rent Allowance rules of Income Tax Act will no longer be that easier. This especially when you are staying at your parent’s or relative’s place. Given the substantial rise in number of fake rent receipts that are being submitted with employers, the income tax department has decided to change some rule, and make them tough too. …
Profit.ndtv.com April 11, 2017 Now salaried class taxpayers cannot claim house rent allowance or HRA exemption on the basis of fake rent receipts in name of their mother, father, wife or any other close relative. The Income Tax Department may disallow fake HRA exemptions on basis of guidelines recently issued by the Mumbai ITAT (Income Tax Appellate Tribunal). Now onwards, such taxpayers may have to keep other documents to substantiate payment of rent to claim HRA exemption.
MUMBAI: For as long as anyone can remember, producing fake property rent receipt, often from parents and relatives, has been an easy way to lower tax burden. Such cavalier disregard for tax rule was overlooked by most employers as well as taxman, who possibly felt it was a minor transgression. Perhaps, not anymore. …
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Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Mar 31, 2017 NEW DELHI: The government on Friday notified a simplified income tax return form for individuals which will be available for filing ITR for assessment year 2017-18 from Saturday. Currently, SAHAJ (ITR 1) is filed by salaried employees and ITR 2 by individuals and HUFs whose income does not include income from business. The government has done away with two forms ITR 2A (used by individuals & HUFs not having income from business or profession and capital gains and who do not hold foreign assets). …
Economictimes.indiatimes.com Jul 04, 2016 Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes that “Indians are inherently honest”, but a recent survey indicates that if given a chance, 58% of taxpayers will under-report their income to save tax. The online survey conducted last week by ET Wealth got 953 respondents across age groups and income levels. On the face of it, the results of the survey validate Modi’s words. Over 82% of taxpayers have never knowingly given incorrect information in their tax returns and 13.6% have done it just “once or twice.
A mere 4.4% are the bad apples who have under-reported their income many times in their returns. …
Moneylife.in 24 June 2016 Following repeated directions from the Central Information Commission (CIC), the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had asked the Income Tax (I-T) Department to place in the public domain names of all organisation and entities that enjoyed tax exemption. However, the I-T department has not yet complied with the directions. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Apr 28, 2016 MUMBAI: The Mumbai bench of the Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), in a recent order, has taken a benevolent view and dismissed the penalty levied by income-tax officials for ‘concealment of income’ in the hands of a salaried employee. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Apr 26, 2016 NEW DELHI: The income tax department will now add interest amount to a delayed refund made on excess TDS deductions and will also not litigate with the deductor on this issue in the future, a latest directive has said. …
Deccanchronicle.com Apr 26, 2016 Every year the government notifies the tax return forms applicable for the current assessment year. This year the tax return forms have been notified well in time just before the close of the financial year on March 3oth. The newly notified forms for the financial year 2015-16 do carry some changes over the previous year’s forms. …
Business-standar.com December 16, 2015 The Government is committed to curbing the circulation of black money and widening of tax base. To collect information of certain types of transactions from third parties in a non-intrusive manner, the Income-tax Rules require quoting of Permanent Account Number (PAN) where the transactions exceed a specified limit. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Sep 20, 2015 NEW DELHI: In welcome news for taxpayers, the IT department has decided to launch a new system of issuing email notices to which an assessee can respond electronically, obviating the need for a physical interface with the taxman which often led to complaints about harassment. …
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10/06/2017Comments Off on SERVICE LAW: ‘Stepchild’ of deceased govt employee not eligible for appointment: HC …
‘Stepchild’ of deceased govt employee not eligible for appointment: H Govt servants may get ‘shield’ from prosecution, agencies will need approval to probe Deterrent punishment be given to corrupt government servants: Court ‘Tainted’ officers lose anti-prosecution shield when transferred: SC Supreme Court modifies order, asks LIC to pay 50% of back wages to grade III, IV part-time workers SC: Can’t deny job for petty crimes of past No sanction needed to try government servants for illegal acts: Supreme Court More …
SC: “These temporary and badli workers, who are entitled for regularization as permanent workmen in terms of our March 18, 2015 judgment by applying the terms and conditions of the modified award of August 26, 1988, passed by Justice Jamdar, are held to be entitled to full back wages. However, keeping in mind the immense financial burden this would cause to LIC, we deem it fit to modify the relief only with regard to the back wages payable and therefore, we award 50% of the back wages with consequential benefits. The back wages must be calculated on the basis of the gross salary of the workmen, applicable as on the date as per the periodical revisions of pay scale as stated supra.” – SC Judgment dated 09.08.2016 – Tamilnadu Terminated Full Time Temporary LIC Employees Association Vs. S.K. Roy, Chairman, LIC of India & Anr.
Hon’ble Supreme Court has ruled that non-disclosure of petty offences of the past, like shouting slogans, in the curriculum vitae should not ordinarily be a ground to deny a job. Other guidelines are also contained in their judgement dated 21.07.2016. SC Judgment dated 21.07.2016 – Avtar Singh Vs. Union of India & Ors.
SC: “… … we declare the impugned memoranda as illegal and inconsistent with the 1995 Act. We further direct the Government to extend three percent reservation to PWD in all IDENTIFIED POSTS in Group A and Group B, irrespective of the mode of filling up of such posts.” – SC Judgment dated 30.06.2016 – Rajeev Kumar Gupta & Others Vs. Union of India & Others
According to the Supreme Court, they are of the opinion that the courts below have erred in law in holding that accused Ramesh Gelli and Sridhar Subasri, who were Chairman/Managing Director and Executive Director of GTB (Global Trust Bank) respectively, were not public servants for the purposes of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. – SC Judgment dated 23.02.2016 – CBI, Bank Securities & Fraud Cell Vs. Ramesh Gelli and Others
SC: “… … we are of the considered view that every employer (whether State or private) must make sincere endeavour to conclude the departmental inquiry proceedings once initiated against the delinquent employee within a reasonable time by giving priority to such proceedings and as far as possible it should be concluded within six months as an outer limit. Where it is not possible for the employer to conclude due to certain unavoidable causes arising in the proceedings within the time frame then efforts should be made to conclude within reasonably extended period depending upon the cause and the nature of inquiry but not more than a year.” – SC Judgment dated 16.12.2015 – Prem Nath Bali Vs. Registrar, High Court of Delhi & Anr.
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Apr 27, 2017 BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court has ruled that the stepchild of a deceased public servant is not eligible for appointment under Karnataka Civil Services (Compassionate Appointment) Rules, 1996. “The word ‘son’ referred to in rule 2(1)(a) of the rules is preceded by the word ‘his’ or ‘her’. Further, as per rules 3(3), an adopted son or daughter of a deceased government servant shall not be eligible for appointment under the rules. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Nov 10, 2016 NEW DELHI: All government servants may get a ‘shield’ from prosecution as the Centre has okayed changes in the Prevention of Corruption Act to make it mandatory for investigating agencies like CBI to take its prior approval before initiating an investigation against them. …
Deterrent punishment should be given to corrupt public servants as graft has become a deep- rooted problem in society, a city court has said while awarding three-year jail term to a former government official in a disproportionate assets case. India.com November 2, 2016 New Delhi, Nov 2: Deterrent punishment should be given to corrupt public servants as graft has become a deep- rooted problem in society, a city court has said while awarding three-year jail term to a former government official in a disproportionate assets case. Special CBI Judge Bhupesh Kumar handed down the jail term to Diwakar Sharma, an ex-Under Secretary with the Science and Technology Ministry, for amassing disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 32.42 lakh between 1995 and 2005, noting that he had acquired these through “ill gotten means”. …
Economictimes.indiatimes.com Sep 08, 2016 NEW DELHI: Providing investigating agencies a significant handle to go after officials accused of corruption, the Supreme Court has ruled that no sanction will be required to prosecute government servants who have been transferred out of a post where they allegedly indulged in such activities. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jul 27, 2016 NEW DELHI: Coming to the rescue of student leaders who face difficulty in landing a job because of police cases for leading protests, the Supreme Court has ruled that non-disclosure of petty offences of the past, like shouting slogans, in the curriculum vitae should not ordinarily be a ground to deny a job. … More: Hon’ble Supreme Court has ruled that non-disclosure of petty offences of the past, like shouting slogans, in the curriculum vitae should not ordinarily be a ground to deny a job. Other guidelines are also contained in their judgement dated 21.07.2016. SC Judgment dated 21.07.2016 – Avtar Singh Vs. Union of India & Ors.
India.com The court was hearing appeal of Deputy Superintendents of Punjab Police, SS Mand and PS Parmar, who were accused of illegally detaining one Neeraj Kumar in a vehicle theft case for four days without formally arresting him. July 8, 2016 New Delhi, Jul 8: The Supreme Court has said that sanction to prosecute a public servant is not required if the alleged offence was committed when he was not discharging official duty. A bench of Justices J S Khehar and C Nagappan upheld the settled law and dismissed the appeal of two senior Punjab Police officials who had contended that a criminal case pending against them cannot be proceeded in the absence of sanction to prosecute them. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jun 1, 2016 New Delhi, Jun 1 () Acquiring assets “per se” is not a crime unless the sources are found to be illegal, the Supreme Court today said while Karnataka maintained that the High Court order acquitting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in the assets case is “perverse”. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com May 25, 2016 Chennai: V Backiam lived as ‘wife’ of forest guard S M Velu for 25 years; they had two children. Yet, the woman has been disentitled from claiming Velu’s pension, after his death in 2003. Reason: She ‘married’ him while his first marriage with Muniyammal, who also has two children, was subsisting. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Apr 25, 2016 CHENNAI: Facing harassment and humiliated with postings far inferior to her seniority, the first woman Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of Tamil Nadu has won a spectacular high court order directing the government to offer her a posting with appropriate seniority. …
As per the Hyderabad High Court’s Order, the court is not supposed to exercise the power of judicial review to set aside a transfer order. (Dreamstime Image)
Newindianexpress.com 21st March, 2016 HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad High Court has made it clear that the court is not supposed to exercise the power of judicial review to set aside a transfer order which is administrative in nature. “The High Court can interfere with the transfer order if it is made contrary to rules governing organisation or any statutory rule or if it is prompted by mala fide action”, the court observed. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Dec 11, 2015 NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the government can bring special laws to control corruption, which it said was eating away the fundamental core of elective democracy and Constitutional governance. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Dec 5, 2015 ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad high court on Friday ruled that married daughters are also entitled to jobs under the dying-in-harness rule. According to the rule, in case a government employee dies during service, his or her dependants will be given a job. …
Moms of surrogate babies can get maternity leave: HC Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jul 18, 2015 NEW DELHI: In a landmark verdict the Delhi high court on Friday ruled that surrogate mothers who have children through surrogacy are entitled to maternity leave which includes pre- and post-natal period. …
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09/06/2017Comments Off on DEFENCE SERVICE: 7th Pay Commission: Defence personnel to get pay hike with arrears from May salary …
DEFENCE SERVICES NEWS
7th Pay Commission: Defence personnel to get pay hike with arrears from May salary Ex-servicemen meet Arun Jaitley, seek changes in OROP notification Ex-servicemen accuse govt of manipulating definition of OROP More …
Disability Pension – “A soldier cannot be asked to prove that the disease was contracted by him on account of military service or was aggravated by the same.” … “Since the disability has in each case been assessed at more than 20%, their claim to disability pension could not have been repudiated by the appellants.” – SC Judgment dated 13.02.2015 – Union of India & Anr. Vs. Rajbir Singh
The arrears will be calculated from January 2016, which is the date of implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations. India.com May 9, 2017 New Delhi, May 8: In a major relief for Defence personnel, the government will release revised salary as per the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission with arrears in May’s salary. The arrears will be calculated from January 2016, which is the date of implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations. Defence personnel will receive pay hike as per the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission and arrears of salary from this month. Meanwhile, no decision has been taken on Committee on Allowances’ report on higher allowances for central government employees under the 7th Pay Commission. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jan 3, 2016 NEW DELHI: A delegation of ex-servicemen on Sunday met finance minister Arun Jaitley and submitted a memorandum seeking “corrections” in the One Rank One Pension (OROP) notification, as their protest on the issue entered the 203rd day. …
Ex-servicemen accuse govt of manipulating definition of OROPHindustantimes.com Nov 15, 2015 Major General (retd.) Satbir Singh, who is leading the One Rank One Pension (OROP) protest, on Sunday accused the government of manipulating the OROP’s definition, and said ex-servicemen would take their protest to the masses if a fresh notification was not issued. …
OROP: Veterans call off fast after PM clears airTimesofindia.indiatimes.com Sep 7, 2015 NEW DELHI: In a significant de-escalation of ongoing protests following Prime Minister Narendra Modi clarifying that defence personnel who take voluntary retirement would also get the benefit of one rank, one pension (OROP) scheme, military veterans on Sunday withdrew their hunger strikes. …
‘One-rank, one-pension’ schemeTimesofindia.indiatimes.com June 01, 2015 PM Narendra Modi has reiterated his government’s commitment to implement the “one-rank, one-pension” scheme for ex-servicemen, but sought time to resolve its complexities. …
One-rank, one-pension row: Ex-servicemen plan rally on June 14Timesofindia.indiatimes.com May 29, 2015 NEW DELHI: Anger is rapidly mounting among ex-servicemen against the Modi government’s continuing delay in implementing the much-promised one-rank, one-pension (OROP) for the 25 lakh-strong community around the country. …
Govt to announce one rank, one pension for ex-servicemen this monthTimesofindia.indiatimes.com May 18, 2015 NEW DELHI: The long-awaited one rank, one pension (OROP) for over 25 lakh ex-servicemen is set to be announced this month, with a corpus of about Rs 8,300 crore, after several false starts since the NDA government assumed office one year ago. …
SC stays AFT order on pro-rata division of colonel postsTimesofindia.indiatimes.com Mar 26, 2015 NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed an order of the Armed Forces Tribunal, which had directed pro-rata distribution of 750 colonel posts in Army faulting the allocation of majority of these posts to the combat corps leaving Lt Colonels in services corps high and dry. …
Tribunal strikes down divisive army promotion policyBusiness-standard.com The discriminatory policy rigged promotions in favour of the two biggest arms – the infantry and artillery – by allocating them an unfairly large number of promotion vacancies at the “commanding officer” rank of colonel March 07, 2015 …
One rank one pension: Veterans meet defence minister, decide to waitTimesofindia.indiatimes.com Mar 4, 2015 CHANDIGARH: The ex-servicemen fraternity has now decided to wait and watch for the announcement of one rank one pension (OROP) — the much-awaited demand of veterans, which the finance minister did not mention in his budget speech. …
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03/06/2017Comments Off on AIR TRAVEL: Bengaluru, Hyderabad airports begin Aadhaar based entry for passengers; MEA’s new rules will make passport obtaining process hassle free …
Bengaluru, Hyderabad airports begin Aadhaar based entry for passengers MEA’s new rules will make passport obtaining process hassle free Aviation ministry likely to introduce biometric screening at airports Refund development fee, DGCA tells airlines Now, extra round of frisking just ahead of boarding plane 59 Countries every Indian can visit without a visa! More …
Businesstoday.in May 4, 2017 Bengaluru and Hyderabad airports have started using Aadhaar-enabled entry to enhance security and to cater to the increased number of passengers passing through airports during peak traffic. At present, passengers are asked to show printed or electronic air tickets and a government identity card to enter airports. …
Indiatoday.intoday.in December 27, 2016 The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday, announced new passport rules which are expected to make the passport obtaining procedure easy. The rules carried changes in various categories including orphaned children, sadhus, single mothers and government employees.
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Dec 17, 2016 NEW DELHI: Your thumb could soon be all the documentation required to enter an airport. And once the government is able to achieve this the second phase could see you flashing your thumb to board the aircraft, at least for domestic flights. …
Business-standard.com Currently, a domestic passenger boarding a plane from IGIA has to pay Rs 100 per flight towards development fee while the amount is Rs 600 for international flyers New Delhi, April 28, 2016 The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked airlines to refund development fee charged from passengers flying out of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on tickets booked for journeys after April 30. …
Extra round of frisking just before boarding plane (Pixabay Image)
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jan 15, 2016 NEW DELHI: Air travellers will now have to undergo another round of frisking and baggage check before boarding their flights. …
Every Indian can visit 59 Countries without a visa. (Representational Image via Pexels.com)
India.com September 9, 2015 What’s the first thing you do when you plan a vacation? Book tickets? Nahh. Pack bags? Nopes! Ask family and friends for tips? Nopes. It is go to the Visa page and check out the Visa procedure. …
Dnaindia.com 20 September 2015 In an image-salvaging exercise and as an attempt to win back passengers’ confidence, Air India has put in place a ‘speedy’ grievance redressal mechanism at the airline, including immediate response to any adverse feedback about the quality of its both on board and on-ground services. …
Govt changes name of visa-on-arrival scheme to e-tourist visaTimesofindia.indiatimes.com Apr 14, 2015 NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry has decided to rename the tourist visa-on-arrival scheme as ‘e-tourist visa’ scheme with effect from Wednesday. …
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02/06/2017Comments Off on SERVICES: Now, IAS, IPS officers must file performance report online …
Now, IAS, IPS officers must file performance report online Extraordinary leave is not matter of right: Delhi HC UPSC cannot reject candidates for trivial slips, rules SC Govt employee gets 7-yr-jail for depositing public money in daughter’s account ‘CAT can have a say in transfer of govt staff’ More …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Mar 1, 2017 NEW DELHI: The Centre has decided to amend rules to allow online filing of performance reports of IAS and IPS officers. The move will help in checking delayed submission of the confidential reports and claims of bias in giving low ratings to an officer to affect his or her career growth. “Performance Appraisal Report shall be generated and written by the officer reported upon electronically as prescribed by the central government,” as per the draft rules formed by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). …
Thehindu.com February 26, 2017 ‘Employee cannot be allowed to work at her convenience’ Legal entitlement to leave is with regard to leave which is authorised, like maternity leave or child care leave. However, extraordinary leave is not a matter of right, the Delhi High Court has said. Justice Valmiki Mehta has held that the “grant of extraordinary leave is not a matter of legal right and every employer, before granting extraordinary leave, has to balance various aspects, including the working requirement of the employer not being affected on account of leave sought by an employee”. …
Deccanherald.com NEW DELHI: Feb 19, 2017 The Supreme Court has said the Union Public Service Commission cannot reject a candidate for misspelling or entering a wrong date of birth on the job application. A bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and U U Lalit dismissed a special leave petition filed by the UPSC against a Delhi High Court judgement, directing the country’s highest recruitment body to clear the selection of Ajay Kumar Mishra to the National Defence Academy. …
Deccanchronicle.com Feb 17, 2017 New Delhi: A 63-year-old retired government servant has been awarded a seven-year jail term by a special court for depositing Rs 13.67 lakh of public money into her daughter’s bank account, using her as a ghost employee. Special CBI Judge Gurdeep Singh, who also imposed a fine of over Rs 15 lakh on CGHS staffer Neelam Sehgal, awarded a five-year-jail term to her 77-year-old husband Jagdish Sehgal, a retired government servant too, for being part of the criminal conspiracy in the offence. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Feb 16, 2017 CHENNAI: Can the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) ask government to reconsider a transfer of a government employee? Yes, said the Chennai bench of CAT recommending the authorities concerned to consider an officer’s representation to stay transfer on the basis of some health conditions in his family. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Feb 16, 2017 NEW DELHI: In its judgment deflating Sasikala’s ambition to become CM of Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court has dealt a blow to gift-loving public servants by ruling that presents could not be counted as income from lawful sources. A bench of Justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Amitava Roy said: “Gifts to Jayalalithaa, a public servant in the context of Sections 161to 165A of Indian Penal Code now integrated into the Prevention of Corruption Act, are visibly illegal and forbidden by law. The endeavour to strike a distinction between ‘legal’ and ‘unlawful’ as sought to be made to portray gifts to constitute a lawful source of income is thus wholly misconstrued.” …
India today.intoday.in February 13, 2017 New Delhi, Feb 13 (PTI) Central government employees found misusing Leave Travel Concession (LTC) will face disciplinary action, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has warned. A government employee gets reimbursement of tickets for to-and-fro journey, in addition to leaves, when he avails LTC. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Feb 3, 2017 HYDERABAD: Stating that if a government servant goes missing and remains untraceable for seven years, it should be presumed that the person died, the Hyderabad High Court has directed the central government to pay pension and all other relevant benefits to the spouse of a missing government servant who remained untraceable for more than seven years. …
India.com New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI). Action will be taken against the officers concerned in cases of delay in processing payment of General Provident Fund (GPF) to retiring employees, the Centre has said. …
Indianexpress.com January 12, 2017 The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has no power to pass orders directing the Centre to grant promotion to an employee, the Delhi High Court has said. The court said this while allowing a petition filed by the Centre challenging the April 30, 2015 order passed by the NCST directing that Ram Kishore Meena, an employee of the National Crime Records Bureau, be promoted to the post of lower division clerk from 2006. …
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Livelaw.in January 10, 2017 There cannot be any discrimination between a natural mother and a mother who has begotten child by surrogacy procedure, the Chhattisgarh High Court has observed while holding that a female government servant, who has begotten a child by procedure of surrogacy, is entitled to avail of maternity leave under Rule 38 of the Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 2010. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Dec 23, 2016 CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that ex gratia or compensatory appointments cannot be treated like lollipops, which the court can give to a crying adult to pacify. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Dec 16, 2016 The terminal benefits, including death-cum-retirement gratuity, due to a government servant, cannot be given to her/his brothers if they are 18 at the time of being nominated to receive them, the Madras high court has ruled. …
Thehansindia.com Dec 05, 2016 The Annual Confidential Report (ACR) system is an old system started in the 1940s but is still used in the public sector organizations of many middle- and low-income countries (MLICs) such as India, Swaziland (Africa), and Sri Lanka. …
Maharashtra Govt. to allow 180 days maternity leave in surrogacy cases (Representative Pixabay Image)
Indianexpress.com Jan 21, 2016 Maharashtra will be the first state in the country where women employees in government jobs can avail up to 180 days’ maternity leave while having a baby through surrogacy. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jan 15, 2016 NEW DELHI: Bureaucrats can go on a maximum of four overseas trips in a year, the finance ministry has directed in fresh guidelines which also say secretaries should only undertake foreign travel when no one else can be deputed. …
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30/05/2017Comments Off on RTI: Information concerning pension should be provided within 48 hours and the FAAs should initiate hearing proceedings within 48 hours: CIC …
RTI NEWS
Information concerning pension should be provided within 48 hours and the FAAs should initiate hearing proceedings within 48 hours: CIC Rejection of RTI application not proper on the ground of the addressee for the IPO not being correct: CIC Draft RTI rules: Clause allowing appeals to be withdrawn puts applicants at risk, warn activists CIC directed Chief Passport Officer to lay down clearly articulated policy, shared with general public, for re-verification of police report More …
CIC Decision dated 09.02.2017 on Appeal filed by Shri Shrigopal Soni Vs. PIO, National Science Centre-CIC: “If the complaint by an admonished misuse leads to punishment, RTI will become a mockery, encouraging removed employees like this complainant to further misuse RTI and demoralize the disciplinary authorities. Hence, the complaint is rejected with another record of admonition against this complainant.” [Disciplinary Case, Suspension, Misuse of RTI, Action Against Complainant]
Information concerning pension should be provided within 48 hours and the FAAs should initiate hearing proceedings within 48 hours: CIC
May 01, 2017 : Dtf.in In the case of the second appeal filed by the Appellant, Hon’ble Information Commissioner, on March 30, 2017, ordered as under:- “The Commission also requires as per Section 19(8)(a)(i, iii & iv) of RTI Act, the public authority to consider pension related information as life and liberty concerned information to provide quick access to information, publish necessary guidelines to deliver the pension related information and circulate amongst all CPIOs, and train them to provide such information concerning pension within 48 hours and the FAAs to initiate hearing proceedings within 48 hours.” [Sections 7(1) and 19(8)(a)(i,iii & iv) of the RTI Act, Art. 21 of Constitution, and Section 125 of CrPC; Pension, Right to Life, Sr. Citizen]CIC Decision dated 30.03.2017 on Second Appeal filed by Amrika Bai V. EPFO, Raipur >>> https://dtf.in/selected-decisions-of-cic/
Rejection of RTI application not proper on the ground of the addressee for the IPO not being correct: CIC
April 12, 2017 : Dtf.in In the case of a complaint/second appeal, Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu (Madabhushi Sridhar) has decided that it was not proper on part of the CPIO, EPFO, Mumbai, to reject the RTI application on the ground that name of the addressee for IPO was not correct. The appellant had filed two RTI applications dated 01.02.2016 and 04.02.2016, seeking information about the recovered amount by M/s. Shogun Organics Ltd. She had sought to know the reasons on her application seeking withdrawal of her PF amount and why the same was not immediately disbursed; details with regard to copy of appeal memo filed by M/s. Shogun Organics Ltd. upon APFC, Kandivali through eight and nine points, respectively. The CPIO rejected the RTI appeal by giving the reason that the complainant had not paid RTI application fee and requested to submit fresh application along with the requisite fee. Being dissatisfied by the decision, the appellant filed second appeal before the Hon’ble Commission. The Information Commissioner has, inter alia, decided that it was not proper on the part of the PIO “to reject RTI application on the ground that name of the addressee for IPO was not correct.” The Information Commissioner further decided as under:- “Besides rejecting the CPIO spent around Rs.100/- Rupees in demanding another IPO in name of correct addressee. In fact the appellant has already paid Rs.10/- to Govt. of India when he purchased the IPO. Both common sense and prudence does not justify spending Rs. 100/- asking for Rs.10/-. If PIO had furnished information and along with that had he asked for properly addressed IPO, there could have been justification for spending Rs.100/-. The Commission records its admonition against the CPIO for such rejection and warns the public authority not to reject RTI applications in this manner. …” The Commission directed the concerned officers to show cause why maximum penalty should not be imposed upon each of them for unnecessarily rejecting RTI application and for not providing information to the appellant, The respondent authority was also directed to provide complete information.
Scroll.in Apr 04, 2017 After five years, the Union government has decided to update the rules for the implementation of the Right to Information Act, which was passed by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance regime in 2005 to provide a transparent mechanism for citizens to access information. The Department of Personnel and Training, the nodal department enforcing the Act, put up the draft rules on its website last week, seeking feedback from the public by April 15. The idea behind the revamp of the rules is to simplify the process of obtaining information. However, certain changes proposed in the new draft rules have not gone down well with transparency activists, who fear it may end up as a tool to intimidate them and discourage citizens from using the law. …
CIC directed Chief Passport Officer to lay down clearly articulated policy, shared with general public, for re-verification of police report
March 13, .2017 : Dtf.in New Delhi. The Chief Passport Officer has been directed by the Hon’ble CIC, inter alia, to lay down clearly articulated policy, shared with general public, for re-verification of police report. The Hon’ble CIC’s order was passed while deciding the second appeal from an RTI applicant who had applied for issuance of a new passport. The respondent participated in the hearing through counsel in person. The appellant did not participate in the hearing. In the order passed on March 08, 2017, the respondent was directed to provide to the appellant the information in context of his RTI application within 30 days of the said order. The Respondent CPIO was directed to show cause why action should not be taken against them for contravening the provisions of the RTI Act including not giving correct information, within 30 days of the said order. Further, the Chief Passport Officer was “directed to issue directions to all offices for: (i) Invariably giving point-wise replies to RTI application. (ii) Specific deficient documents should be clearly mentioned. (iii) If an adverse police report is received, its copy should be sent to applicant immediately for his comments. (iv) Clearly articulated policy, shared with general public, for re-verification of police report should be laid down.” The time granted for compliance is “within 30 days”.
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Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Mar 9, 2017 CHENNAI: Data on the number of toilets, water supply, electricity and number of counters provided for transactions of receipts and withdrawals in a bank branch cannot be denied under the Right to Information Act. This is the gist of a ruling by the Central Information Commission (CIC) recently, in response to an RTI petition filed by Chennai-based consumer activist, T Sadagopan, who, in 2015 had filed an RTI petition with the Avadi branch of Bank of India (BoI). …
Cooperative Banks within the purview of the RTI Act: Bombay High Court
March 3, 2017 : Dtf.in It has been held by the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court that co-operative institutions “need to supply” information to any “public authority” established under the Cooperative Societies Act. The petitioners had sought exemption under the RTI Act, 2005. In para 10 of their judgment dated February 13, 2017, in the case of Jalgaon Jillha Urban Cooperative Banks Association Ltd., Jalgaon Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors., Hon’ble Bombay High Court has decided as under:- “The provisions of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act if read with the definition of information given in section 2(f) of the Act, it can be said that everything which is mentioned in the definition of information needs to be supplied by the cooperative institution to the authority created under the Cooperative Societies Act. The definition of ‘public authority’ given in section 2(h) shows that such public authority can be created by any law made by the State Legislature. It is already observed that the officers like Register and his subordinate officers are appointed under the Cooperative Societies Act and they have the control over the aforesaid things. In view of these circumstances, the observations made by the Apex Court in the paragraphs already quoted can be used safely when the information is sought from the authority like Register or his subordinates under the Cooperative Societies Act. Thus, the reliefs claimed in the present petition cannot be granted as the reliefs can be used directly or indirectly by the cooperative institutions to deny the supply of the information. The circumstances that the other matters were allowed by this court, other Bench of this Court, cannot come in the way of giving present decision by this Court as the decision of the Supreme Court was not there when other matters were decided by this Court. This Court holds that no relief which is claimed in the present petition can be given to the petitioner. The previous interpretation made by this Court is not correct interpretation in view of the law laid down by the Apex Court. In the result, the petition stands dismissed.”
The petitioner had argued before the court that cooperative institutions registered under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960 cannot be treated as `public authority’ under sections 2(h) and 8 of the RTI Act Economic Times March 02, 2017 Cooperative institutions, including around 75,000 housing societies in the Mumbai metropolitan region, can no longer refuse to share records under the Right To Information (RTI) Act with the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court ruling that these establishments come under the purview of the transparency legislation. …
India.com February 15, 2017 New Delhi, Feb 15 (PTI) The Delhi High Court has set aside a CIC order directing the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) to provide the minutes of all meetings held by it from April 2010 till March 2015 and its sources of income. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva said the Central Information Commission (CIC) “fell in error” in issuing the direction to put all such information in public domain as the minutes of meetings would contain “confidential personal information and information received in fiduciary capacity”. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Feb 08, 2017 AURANGABAD: Several government and semi-government officials here said they have become familiar with some persons, who habitually file RTI applications. They claimed that a closer scrutiny of such applications would reveal that the whole purpose of filing the Right To Information pleas contravenes the purpose of the transparency Act. …
Dnaindia.com Mon, 30 Jan 2017 It was conducted by the Research, Assessment and Group (RAAG) and Satark Nagrik Sangathan, which look after the implementation of RTI More than 60 percent of the central information commission (CIC) orders are “deficient” in terms of “recording critical facts” and “grounds for decision of the IC and the basis thereof.” …
Business-standard.com January 27, 2017 Central Information Commission (CIC) does not have the power to direct Tihar Jail to develop a system of compensating inmates who have been incarcerated beyond their period of sentence, Delhi High Court has held. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Dec 24, 2016 LUCKNOW: Settling family disputes through RTI is a trend not new to UP State Information Commission (UPSIC). The latest to have reached the commission is from Meerut. The case pertains to a harried husband. The man has filed a complaint in the commission and said he is being harassed by his wife. He has urged to provide him the information he has sought under the Right to Information (RTI). The information, he said, if given, would be of extreme help. …
CIC directs Railway Board to amend the rules for copying charges under RTI
Dec 14, 2016 : Dtf.in New Delhi. The Central Information Commission has, on December 5, directed the Railway Board to stop charging Rs 750 per page for photocopying and follow the provisions of the RTI Act and Rules. Under the RTI Act, Rs. two per page has been fixed for photocopying. The appellant did not participate in the hearing. The respondent stated that the appellant was asked to deposit copying fee Rs. 750/- for reservation chart as per Railway Rules but the appellant did not respond to that letter. The appellant filed 2nd appeal before the CIC. Hon’ble CIC, in its order, directed the Railway Board to take steps to amend the rules regarding copying charges suitably to bring them in conformity with the letter and spirit of the RTI Act and Rules.
Thehansindia.com Nov 29,2016 Two issues show the inefficiency in the system– non-filling of the vacancies and not giving pension and other benefits on the day of retirement. …
Ndtv.com November 04, 2016 New Delhi: Right To Information or RTI applicants will soon be able to file complaints and appeals with Central Information Commission (CIC) online. Home Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the two-day annual convention of the CIC on Monday, during which he will launch the ‘e-Court’ system – aimed at enabling speedy disposal of appeals and complaints by using digital technology. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Sep 28, 2016 NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Navy to make public the inquiry report on the death of Lt Cdr Rahul Nair during a 2010 air show even as it pulled up officials for their “cavalier attitude”. In a strongly worded order, information commissioner D P Sinha said that it appeared as if an “attempt has been made to protect the interest of the defaulters and that certainly does not out-weigh the interest of the soldier who lost his life in such an accident”. …
Amity University Students awaken patriotic poems of the Nation (Image Courtesy: Amity.edu)
Enaindia.in New Delhi. August 12 (ENA). State Information Commission of Haryana has ruled that students seeking photocopies of their answer sheets under the Right to Information (RTI) Act cannot be denied permission by universities.
According to the ruling of the information commission even if university rules don’t permit the distribution of photocopies of answer sheets to students on demand, the rules under the RTI Act supersedes any university rule thereby giving students the right to demand and get photocopies of their answer sheets. …
Compensation to be paid by teacher, school if kids subjected to corporal punishment
School should be made a place of pleasant learning for kids, free from assaults and humiliations. (Pixabay Image)
July 25, 2016 : Dtf.in
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has on last Friday held that the teacher and the school also shall be liable to pay compensation to the injured child according to law. As per the order of the Information Commissioner, the denial of information by the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) was unwarranted. The information was denied by the CPIO on the ground that it was third party information. The applicant submitted that he needed the information so that his daughter could secure custody of children in her marital dispute against husband Yagya Dutt Arya. The Information Commissioner has decided that “Even if Section 8(1)(j) is assumed to be invoked, the school should have considered that imposing corporal punishment on children is against several laws including Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, is a public wrong, its disclosure has relationship with public activity and it will be in public interest, the revelation of which would not cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual, besides larger public interest is involved in disclosure only.” The Information Commissioner has, inter alia, passed the following order:-
“28. The teacher and the school also shall be liable to pay compensation to the injured child according to law. The Commission directs the KVS, headquarters and regional directors to voluntarily disclose whether they have framed policy as advised by the NCPCR to eliminate the corporal punishment in their schools, details of incidents of corporal punishments and action taken against liable teachers, compensation to be paid and amount of compensation paid to the victims etc, every year, beginning with 2015-16, within three months. The Commission recommends that each school shall publish such a report every year, which shall be the model for other school. It will go a long way in making school a place of pleasant learning free from assaults and humiliations. The KVS also should have a policy of paying some amount as compensation to the victim children and that amount should be deducted from the salary of liable teacher. The public authority is directed to collect details of teachers punished for corporal assaults on children including the case of Mr. Yagya Dutt Arya. The Commission directs the KVS headquarters to circulate copy of this order to all schools and regional offices. Disposed of.”
India.com In the interim, the court extended till the next date the time for payment of the first installment of the penalty and also stayed CIC’s direction to the notary to pay Rs 1000 as compensation to RTI applicant Nand Lal. July 7, 2016 New Delhi, Jul 7 : Delhi High Court has sought the Centre’s response on a notary’s plea challenging Central Information Commission’s (CIC) order declaring her to be a deemed Public Information Officer (PIO) and imposing a fine of Rs 25,000 for not furnishing records sought under RTI. Apart from the Centre, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva also issued notice to the RTI applicant, who had under the Right to Information Act (RTI) sought details of attestations made by the notary from 2008 to 2013, seeking his reply by the next date of hearing on July 13. In the interim, the court extended till the next date the time for payment of the first installment of the penalty and also stayed CIC’s direction to the notary to pay Rs 1000 as compensation to RTI applicant Nand Lal. …
Hindustantimes.com Jun 27, 2016 This small step could go a long way to raise the transparency bar. The Modi government has told all central departments to go public with a report card of its activities and achievements on a monthly basis. …
Hindustantimes.com Jun 11, 2016 In order to encourage people to understand societal relevance of the Right to Information Act and its nuances, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has decided to introduce certificate and diploma courses in the subject. …
Tribuneindia.com Shimla, June 9, 2016 To ensure transparency in the functioning of private educational institutions, the government has decided to bring all private colleges, senior secondary and high schools under the RTI Act 2005 with immediate effect. However, the Act will not cover medical and nursing colleges and schools affiliated to the CBSE and the ICSE. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Apr 21, 2016 NEW DELHI: In an unusual move, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has recommended action against an RTI applicant for misusing the law to harass his colleagues in a Delhi college.
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Apr 3, 2016 New Delhi, Apr 3 () An Information Commissioner has “banned” the appearance of a counsel for the External Affairs Ministry before his bench on the ground that he was not discharging his duties as an advocate, an order which has been stayed by the Delhi High Court. …
Zeenews.india.com March 15, 2016 New Delhi: In a major procedural change, the Central Information Commission has done away with the mandatory provision of sending signed hard copy of appeals through post even though the appellant approached it online. …
Zeenews.india.com In a warning to the RTI applicant, Acharyulu said, “The Commission records its admonition against the appellant for misuse of RTI against the school child and warns him against such misuse in future. January 26, 2016 The Commission admonished the principal of RD Public School and Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of Directorate of Education (DoE) of Delhi government for disclosing information about a student to his relatives who had a dispute with the student’s family. …
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15/05/2017Comments Off on EDUCATION: NEET Exam 2017: 4 Kerala teachers suspended after student was asked to remove innerwear …
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NEET Exam 2017: 4 Kerala teachers suspended after student was asked to remove innerwear UPSC cannot reject candidates for trivial slips, rules SC Union HRD Minister launches ‘ShaGun’ – a web-portal for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan University copying books for teaching is not copyright violation: Delhi HC UGC approves new guidelines for Deemed universities More …
Indiatoday.in May 09, 2017 Four teachers who asked a girl to remove her innerwear have been suspended by the school authorities. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted the National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2017 exam on May 7. A total of 11,38,890 candidates appeared for the exam in 10 languages at 1,921 centres in 103 cities. …
Deccanherald.com NEW DELHI: Feb 19, 2017 The Supreme Court has said the Union Public Service Commission cannot reject a candidate for misspelling or entering a wrong date of birth on the job application. A bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and U U Lalit dismissed a special leave petition filed by the UPSC against a Delhi High Court judgement, directing the country’s highest recruitment body to clear the selection of Ajay Kumar Mishra to the National Defence Academy. …
Union HRD Minister launches ‘ShaGun’ – a web-portal for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Jan 18, 2017 The Union HRD Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar launched a dedicated web portal ‘ShaGun’ for the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan at New Delhi today. ‘ShaGun’ aims to capture and showcase innovations and progress in Elementary Education sector of India by continuous monitoring of the flagship scheme – Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). The Union HRD Minister also unveiled the ‘Toolkit for Master Trainers in Preparing Teachers for Inclusive Education for Children with Special Needs’, which has been prepared by World Bank in collaboration with Ministry of Human Resource Development. On this occasion, the Union Minister also reiterated government’s commitment for improving the ‘Quality’ of Education. He said that in this direction Ministry of HRD will be codifying the learning outcome to set assessment standards for abilities with regards to comprehension, mathematics, language etc. and thus ensuring that “all children acquire at least the minimum levels of learning” from Class I to Class VIII under Right to Education Act, 2009. Learning Outcomes are assessment standards indicating the expected levels of learning that children should achieve for that class. These outcomes can be used as check points to assess learning at different points of time. The learning outcomes would help teachers to understand the learning levels of children in their respective classes individually as well as collectively. Learning outcomes should be the point of reference for conducting achievement surveys. Hence it is necessary that the defined Learning Outcomes are also shared with parents and community at large. Ministry of HRD has uploaded draft document on its website in this regard to invite comments and suggestions through email address given. (feedback.lo@ciet.nic.in) Shri. Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development launching this e-initiative termed it as a global democratic forum enabled by technology which will give a peek in the Indian elementary education scenario and spread constructive lessons. He highlighted that this first-of-its kind platform will give due recognition to people, State governments, schools, teachers working towards improving Elementary Education across the country. The Union Minister further emphasized that ShaGun will help monitor progress of implementation of SSA by assessing performance of States and UTs on key parameters and thereby serve as a platform for the central government for effective planning and deliver on the promise of providing quality education to all. ShaGun, which has been coined from the words ‘Shala’ meaning Schools and ‘Gunvatta’ meaning Quality, has been developed with a twin track approach. First, is the Repository with an engaging interface that focuses on positive stories and developments in the field of School Education. In this repository, best practices will be documented in the form of videos, testimonials, case studies, and images, which will display state-level innovations and success stories that are driving improvements in performance under SSA. This repository has a decentralized management structure that enables State governments to choose, upload and manage their own content. Secondly, it has an online monitoring module to measure state-level performance and progress against key educational indicators. It has been developed to collect and report data which will enable the government and administrators to track the efficiency with which SSA funds are being utilized and the results that this is delivering. SSA is a centrally sponsored scheme providing universal access to education to children in the age group of six to fourteen years of age. Also, ‘Toolkit for Master Trainers in Preparing Teachers for Inclusive Education for Children with Special Needs’ is the series of five training modules will provide the teachers with practical information on effective inclusion of CWSN and build those pedagogical practices that would address the needs of all children with special needs. Shri Upendra Kushwaha, Hon’ble MoS, School Education and Literacy, MHRD, also addressed the gathering and appreciated ‘ShaGun’ as right step forward to understand the program implementation and evaluate the gap between policy and action, which will supplement the government decision making. The event also saw live interaction with Mr Junaid Kamal Ahmad, Country Director, World Bank India through a video conference. He expressed his appreciation towards Ministry of Human Resource Development for introducing this platform that will allow for global learning from SSA lessons being shared. Shri. Anil Swarup, Secretary, School Education and Literacy, GoI; Smt. Rina Ray, Additional Secretary, School Education, GoI; Smt. Shabnam Sinha, Lead Education Specialist, World Bank; senior policy makers and representatives of Autonomous Bodies such as NCTE, NCERT, CBSE and NUEPA, also attended the programme. The SSA ShaGun web portal can be accessed at http://ssashagun.nic.in. (Source: pib website)
Thehindu.com Sep 17, 2016 Delhi University photocopy shop allowed to resume business as court dismisses suits initiated by three international publishing giants. The Delhi High Court on Friday held that the photocopying of course packs prepared by Delhi University comprising portions from books published by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Taylor & Francis did not amount to infringement of copyright. …
Indiatoday.intoday.in June 16, 2016 New Delhi, Jun 16 (PTI) The University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved new regulations for Deemed Universities as per which there will be no bar on the number of off-campus centres such institutions may set up, though quality has to be assured. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Mar 9, 2016 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said coaching centres in residential areas were a nuisance to women and the elderly and must shift out to commercial premises or institutional areas. …
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the certificate, at the 7th Convocation of Vinoba Bhave University, at Hazaribag, in Jharkhand on January 09, 2016. (Image Courtesy: pib website)
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jan 16, 2016 MUMBAI: Bennett University has collaborated with edX, a non-profit massive open online course (Mooc), to offer its courses to students, giving them direct access to teaching from blue-chip global universities. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jan 11, 2016 LUCKNOW: Union HRD minister Smriti Irani announced on Sunday that higher education course material will soon be made available free to students through mobile app and other sources….
The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Smt. Smriti Irani releasing a brochure of UGC Scheme at the ‘State Education Ministers Conference’, in New Delhi on January 06, 2015. The Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri Upendra Kushwaha, the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Prof. (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria and other dignitaries are also seen. (Image Courtesy: pib website)
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jul 1, 2015 COIMBATORE; The University Grants Commission, the apex body for higher education, on Wednesday published a list of fake universities in the country for the benefit of students. …
Beware! That online degree may not be valid in IndiaHindustantimes.com Apr 01, 20145 Ever been tempted to take up an online degree course offered by a university in India? Those who have been taken in by advertisements of such courses in newspapers should be careful because education regulator University Grants Commission (UGC) does not recognise any course offered solely through the online mode.…
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7th Pay Commission: Arrears on higher allowances soon says government 7th Pay Commission: Tomorrow’s Meeting Likely To Give Clues On Allowances Prime Minister presents awards, addresses civil servants on Civil Services Day Contributory Pension Scheme 7th Pay Commission report on revised allowances: Announcement likely after April 12 Women fighting harassment entitled to 90 days paid leave under the Leave Rules GPF Withdrawal Rules Liberalized More …
Oneindia.com May 05, 2017 The report was submitted to the finance ministry. It is still under examination. The government has assured that the demand for the arrears on higher allowances as per the 7th Pay Commission would be met soon. The assurance was given by the Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha after a meeting with the National Joint Council of Action or NJCA the consolidated body of employee unions. …
The Ashok Lavasa committee on allowances, which examined the 7th pay commission’s recommendations on allowances, submitted its report to the finance ministry on April 27.
Profit.ndtv.com May 02, 2017 With the allowance report already submitted to the finance minister, all eyes are on when it will be taken up by the Cabinet. Employee union leaders are scheduled to meet top government officials tomorrow, an union leader told NDTV, adding that they are likely to enquire about the progress on the allowance report. Officials from the finance ministry are also likely to be also present at the meeting, he added. The Ashok Lavasa committee on allowances, which examined the 7th pay commission’s recommendations on allowances, submitted its report to the finance ministry on April 27. …
Prime Minister presents awards, addresses civil servants on Civil Services Day
10 awards under the five Priority Programmes and 2 awards under Innovation category presented
“April 21, 2017 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, presented awards for Excellence in Implementation of Priority Programmes and addressed Civil Servants on the occasion of the eleventh Civil Services Day here today. The Prime Minister presented a total of 12 awards, which include 10 under the five Priority Programmes and 2 under Innovation category. These awards were given in three Groups, the first group consisting of eight North-Eastern States and the three Hill States of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, second group comprising of the seven Union Territories and the remaining 18 States constituting the third group. Under Innovation category, Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh was awarded for initiative “Cashless Village Palnar“ and Dungarpur district of Rajasthan was given award for initiative “Solar Urja Lamps Project”. Under the Priority Programme Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana, Siaha district of Mizoram was awarded in North East and Hill states category and Banaskantha district of Gujarat was awarded under the category of other states. Under the Priority Programme Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, the awards were given to Gomati district of Tripura in North East and Hill states category and Jalna district of Maharashtra under the category of other states. Under the Priority Programme e-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM), Solan district of Himachal Pradesh was awarded in North East and Hill states category and Nizamabad district of Telangana was awarded under the category of other states. Under the Priority Programme Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, the awards were given to Sivasagar district of Assam in North East and Hill states category and Nalanda district of Bihar under the category of other states. For Start-Up India, the award was given to Gujarat state under other states category and for Stand-Up India, the award was given to North and Middle Andaman of Andaman & Nicobar islands under Union Territories category. The Prime Minister also released two books “New Beginning” on Innovations for the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence and “Fostering Excellence” for initiatives under identified Priority Programmes. During the function, “Making New India-2017”, a film by DARPG was also screened. Addressing the Civil Servants on the occasion, the Prime Minister described this day as one of “rededication,” and said that civil servants are well aware of their strengths and capabilities, challenges and responsibilities. He said conditions prevailing today are quite different from about two decades ago, and would evolve much further over the next few years. Elaborating on this, the Prime Minister said that earlier, Government was almost the sole provider of goods and services, which left a lot of scope for ignoring one’s shortcomings. However, now, very often, people perceive that the private sector offers better services than Government. The Prime Minister said that with alternatives now being available in several areas, the responsibilities of Government officers have increased. He added that this increase is not in terms of scope of work, but in terms of the challenge. The Prime Minister emphasized the importance of competition, which brings qualitative change. He said that the sooner the attitude of Government can change from regulator to enabler, the faster this challenge of competition will become an opportunity. The Prime Minister said that while the absence of Government in a sphere of activity should be perceptible, its presence in a sphere of activity should not become a burden. He asked civil servants to strive towards such arrangements. Noting the quantum jump in the applications for Civil Service Day awards, from less than 100 last year to over 500 this year, the Prime Minister said that the focus should now be on improving quality, and making excellence a habit. The Prime Minister urged senior officers to ensure that experience does not become a burden that stifles innovation of younger officers. Shri Narendra Modi said that anonymity is one of the greatest strengths of the civil services. He cautioned officers that the use of social media should not lead to a decline in this strength, even as social media and mobile governance are leveraged for connecting people to benefits and government schemes. Speaking in the context of “reform, perform and transform”, the Prime Minister said that political will is needed for reform, but the “perform” part of this formulation must come from civil servants, while transformation is enabled by people’s participation. The Prime Minister said that civil servants must ensure that every decision is taken keeping national interest in mind, and this should be their touchstone for taking a decision. Recalling that the year 2022 would mark 75 years of independence, he urged civil servants to play the role of catalytic agents in fulfilling the dreams of freedom fighters. The Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the celebration of Civil Services Day has undergone a considerable change during the last three years and has now emerged as an effective platform for mutual exchange of best practices. He said that this year, 599 districts participated in the PM Awards competition, as compared to 74 districts last year. He said that this shows the trend towards competitive federalism and now more and more districts are competing for these awards by improving their performance in various Priority Programmes. The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances made an elaborate exercise through a platform for young officers and 615 IAS officers of four batches (2013-2016) spent about 2000 hours and provided their inputs on this platform, he added. The Minister said that this year’s theme of CSD is ‘Making New India’, which is on the lines of the Prime Minister’s vision of New India. Without good Civil Servants, we can never achieve good governance, he added. He also emphasised on the Maximum Governance and Minimum Government. Earlier, the Cabinet Secretary, Shri P.K. Sinha in his welcome address highlighted the entire process involved in the selection of awardees through different committees for initiatives under the various Priority Programmes. The Department organised workshops at different places for replication of identified good governance initiatives of the Government, he added. Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Shri Nripendra Misra, Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Dr P. K. Mishra, Secretary, DARPG Shri C. Viswanath, former Cabinet Secretaries were also present on the occasion, in addition to senior officers from the Central and State Governments. The two-day Civil Services Day programme was inaugurated by the Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh here yesterday. The inaugural session was followed by a Plenary Session on the topic ‘Creating value through Human Capital Management in Government’ and three Breakaway Sessions on subjects related to Agriculture, Energy and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship were also held. The links of the two books which were released during the function are:
New Delhi, March 08, 2017 : Dtf.in After a review the General Provident Fund Rules have been liberalized by the Government of India. It has been decided by the Government to permit withdrawals from the fund by the subscriber for the following purposes: (i) Education – This will include primary, secondary and higher education, covering all streams and institutions, (ii) Obligatory Expenses, viz. betrothal, marriage, funerals, or other ceremonies of self or family members and dependants, (iii) Illness of self, family members or dependants, (iv) Purchase of consumer durables. It has been decided by the Government to permit withdrawal of up to twelve months’ pay or three-fourth of the amount standing at credit, whichever is less. For illness, the withdrawal may be allowed up to 90% of the amount standing at credit of the subscriber. A subscriber may seek withdrawal after completion of ten years of service. (v) Housing including building or acquiring a suitable-house or a ready-built flat for his residence, (vi) Repayment of outstanding housing loan, (vii) Purchase of house site for building a house, (viii) Constructing a house on a site acquired, (lx) Reconstructing or making additions on a house already acquired, (x) Renovating, additions or alterations of ancestral house. A subscriber may be allowed to withdraw up to ninety percent of the amount standing at credit for the above purposes. It is also decided do away with the present instructions which lay down that subsequent to the sale of house for which GPF withdrawal has been availed, the amount. withdrawn has to be deposited back. GPF withdrawal for housing purpose will no longer be linked with the limits prescribed under HBA rules. A subscriber may be permitted to avail the facility at any time during his service. (xi) Purchase of motor car/motor cycle/ scooter, etc., or repayment of loan already taken for the purpose, (xii) Extensive repairs /overhauling of motor car, (xiii) Making deposit to book a motor car/motor cycle/scoter, moped, etc. Further, a subscriber may be permitted to withdraw three-fourth of the amount standing at credit or cost of the vehicle, whichever is less for the above purposes. Withdrawal for the above purpose will be permitted after completion of 10 years of service. Presently, withdrawal of up to 90% of balance without assigning reasons is allowed for Government servants who are due for retirement on superannuation within a year. It is proposed that this may be allowed for up to two years before superannuation. In all cases of withdrawal from the fund by the subscriber, the declared Head of Department is competent to sanction withdrawal. No documentary proof will be required to be furnished by the subscriber. A simple declaration form by the subscriber explaining the reasons for withdrawal would be sufficient. As per the GPF(CS) Rule 1960, no time limit has been prescribed for sanction and payment of withdrawal amount. Therefore, it has been decided by the Government to prescribe a maximum time limit of fifteen days for sanction and payment of withdrawal from the Fund. In case of emergencies like illness etc., the time limit may be restricted to seven days. Necessary amendment to the GPF(Central Service)Rules 1960, giving effect to the above provisions will be issued in due course. See the original DPPW O.M. >>> Pension Rules
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Livelaw.in March 6, 2017 Bombay High Court refused to grant relief to a MSEDCL (Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd) employee who was charged with accepting a bribe of Rs.5000 in 2007. The concerned employee was a Junior Engineer with MSEDCL, he sought. The concerned employee was a Junior Engineer with MSEDCL, he sought directions from the court to his employers to pay a sum of Rs.20 lakhs (approx.) towards his salary and other allowances from December 2008 to February 2012. …
7th Pay Commission: Tomorrow’s Meeting Likely To Give Clues On Allowances
The Ashok Lavasa committee on allowances, which examined the 7th pay commission’s recommendations on allowances, submitted its report to the finance ministry on April 27.
May 02, 2017
With the allowance report already submitted to the finance minister, all eyes are on when it will be taken up by the Cabinet. Employee union leaders are scheduled to meet top government officials tomorrow, an union leader told NDTV, adding that they are likely to enquire about the progress on the allowance report. Officials from the finance ministry are also likely to be also present at the meeting, he added. The Ashok Lavasa committee on allowances, which examined the 7th pay commission’s recommendations on allowances, submitted its report to the finance ministry on April 27. …
imes.com Mar 1, 2017 NEW DELHI: The Centre has decided to amend rules to allow online filing of performance reports of IAS and IPS officers. The move will help in checking delayed submission of the confidential reports and claims of bias in giving low ratings to an officer to affect his or her career growth. “Performance Appraisal Report shall be generated and written by the officer reported upon electronically as prescribed by the central government,” as per the draft rules formed by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). …
Deccanherald.com NEW DELHI: Feb 19, 2017 The Supreme Court has said the Union Public Service Commission cannot reject a candidate for misspelling or entering a wrong date of birth on the job application. A bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and U U Lalit dismissed a special leave petition filed by the UPSC against a Delhi High Court judgement, directing the country’s highest recruitment body to clear the selection of Ajay Kumar Mishra to the National Defence Academy. …
Deccanchronicle.com Feb 17, 2017 New Delhi: A 63-year-old retired government servant has been awarded a seven-year jail term by a special court for depositing Rs 13.67 lakh of public money into her daughter’s bank account, using her as a ghost employee. Special CBI Judge Gurdeep Singh, who also imposed a fine of over Rs 15 lakh on CGHS staffer Neelam Sehgal, awarded a five-year-jail term to her 77-year-old husband Jagdish Sehgal, a retired government servant too, for being part of the criminal conspiracy in the offence. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Feb 16, 2017 CHENNAI: Can the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) ask government to reconsider a transfer of a government employee? Yes, said the Chennai bench of CAT recommending the authorities concerned to consider an officer’s representation to stay transfer on the basis of some health conditions in his family. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Feb 16, 2017 NEW DELHI: In its judgment deflating Sasikala’s ambition to become CM of Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court has dealt a blow to gift-loving public servants by ruling that presents could not be counted as income from lawful sources. A bench of Justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Amitava Roy said: “Gifts to Jayalalithaa, a public servant in the context of Sections 161to 165A of Indian Penal Code now integrated into the Prevention of Corruption Act, are visibly illegal and forbidden by law. The endeavour to strike a distinction between ‘legal’ and ‘unlawful’ as sought to be made to portray gifts to constitute a lawful source of income is thus wholly misconstrued.” …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Feb 3, 2017 HYDERABAD: Stating that if a government servant goes missing and remains untraceable for seven years, it should be presumed that the person died, the Hyderabad High Court has directed the central government to pay pension and all other relevant benefits to the spouse of a missing government servant who remained untraceable for more than seven years. …
India.com New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI). Action will be taken against the officers concerned in cases of delay in processing payment of General Provident Fund (GPF) to retiring employees, the Centre has said. …
Indianexpress.com January 12, 2017 The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has no power to pass orders directing the Centre to grant promotion to an employee, the Delhi High Court has said. The court said this while allowing a petition filed by the Centre challenging the April 30, 2015 order passed by the NCST directing that Ram Kishore Meena, an employee of the National Crime Records Bureau, be promoted to the post of lower division clerk from 2006. …
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Livelaw.in January 10, 2017 There cannot be any discrimination between a natural mother and a mother who has begotten child by surrogacy procedure, the Chhattisgarh High Court has observed while holding that a female government servant, who has begotten a child by procedure of surrogacy, is entitled to avail of maternity leave under Rule 38 of the Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 2010. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Dec 23, 2016 CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that ex gratia or compensatory appointments cannot be treated like lollipops, which the court can give to a crying adult to pacify. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Dec 16, 2016 The terminal benefits, including death-cum-retirement gratuity, due to a government servant, cannot be given to her/his brothers if they are 18 at the time of being nominated to receive them, the Madras high court has ruled. …
Thehansindia.com Dec 05, 2016 The Annual Confidential Report (ACR) system is an old system started in the 1940s but is still used in the public sector organizations of many middle- and low-income countries (MLICs) such as India, Swaziland (Africa), and Sri Lanka. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jan 15, 2016 NEW DELHI: Bureaucrats can go on a maximum of four overseas trips in a year, the finance ministry has directed in fresh guidelines which also say secretaries should only undertake foreign travel when no one else can be deputed. …
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Prime Minister presents awards, addresses civil servants on Civil Services Day
10 awards under the five Priority Programmes and 2 awards under Innovation category presented
“April 21, 2017 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, presented awards for Excellence in Implementation of Priority Programmes and addressed Civil Servants on the occasion of the eleventh Civil Services Day here today. The Prime Minister presented a total of 12 awards, which include 10 under the five Priority Programmes and 2 under Innovation category. These awards were given in three Groups, the first group consisting of eight North-Eastern States and the three Hill States of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, second group comprising of the seven Union Territories and the remaining 18 States constituting the third group. Under Innovation category, Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh was awarded for initiative “Cashless Village Palnar“ and Dungarpur district of Rajasthan was given award for initiative “Solar Urja Lamps Project”. Under the Priority Programme Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana, Siaha district of Mizoram was awarded in North East and Hill states category and Banaskantha district of Gujarat was awarded under the category of other states. Under the Priority Programme Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, the awards were given to Gomati district of Tripura in North East and Hill states category and Jalna district of Maharashtra under the category of other states. Under the Priority Programme e-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM), Solan district of Himachal Pradesh was awarded in North East and Hill states category and Nizamabad district of Telangana was awarded under the category of other states. Under the Priority Programme Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, the awards were given to Sivasagar district of Assam in North East and Hill states category and Nalanda district of Bihar under the category of other states. For Start-Up India, the award was given to Gujarat state under other states category and for Stand-Up India, the award was given to North and Middle Andaman of Andaman & Nicobar islands under Union Territories category. The Prime Minister also released two books “New Beginning” on Innovations for the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence and “Fostering Excellence” for initiatives under identified Priority Programmes. During the function, “Making New India-2017”, a film by DARPG was also screened. Addressing the Civil Servants on the occasion, the Prime Minister described this day as one of “rededication,” and said that civil servants are well aware of their strengths and capabilities, challenges and responsibilities. He said conditions prevailing today are quite different from about two decades ago, and would evolve much further over the next few years. Elaborating on this, the Prime Minister said that earlier, Government was almost the sole provider of goods and services, which left a lot of scope for ignoring one’s shortcomings. However, now, very often, people perceive that the private sector offers better services than Government. The Prime Minister said that with alternatives now being available in several areas, the responsibilities of Government officers have increased. He added that this increase is not in terms of scope of work, but in terms of the challenge. The Prime Minister emphasized the importance of competition, which brings qualitative change. He said that the sooner the attitude of Government can change from regulator to enabler, the faster this challenge of competition will become an opportunity. The Prime Minister said that while the absence of Government in a sphere of activity should be perceptible, its presence in a sphere of activity should not become a burden. He asked civil servants to strive towards such arrangements. Noting the quantum jump in the applications for Civil Service Day awards, from less than 100 last year to over 500 this year, the Prime Minister said that the focus should now be on improving quality, and making excellence a habit. The Prime Minister urged senior officers to ensure that experience does not become a burden that stifles innovation of younger officers. Shri Narendra Modi said that anonymity is one of the greatest strengths of the civil services. He cautioned officers that the use of social media should not lead to a decline in this strength, even as social media and mobile governance are leveraged for connecting people to benefits and government schemes. Speaking in the context of “reform, perform and transform”, the Prime Minister said that political will is needed for reform, but the “perform” part of this formulation must come from civil servants, while transformation is enabled by people’s participation. The Prime Minister said that civil servants must ensure that every decision is taken keeping national interest in mind, and this should be their touchstone for taking a decision. Recalling that the year 2022 would mark 75 years of independence, he urged civil servants to play the role of catalytic agents in fulfilling the dreams of freedom fighters. The Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the celebration of Civil Services Day has undergone a considerable change during the last three years and has now emerged as an effective platform for mutual exchange of best practices. He said that this year, 599 districts participated in the PM Awards competition, as compared to 74 districts last year. He said that this shows the trend towards competitive federalism and now more and more districts are competing for these awards by improving their performance in various Priority Programmes. The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances made an elaborate exercise through a platform for young officers and 615 IAS officers of four batches (2013-2016) spent about 2000 hours and provided their inputs on this platform, he added. The Minister said that this year’s theme of CSD is ‘Making New India’, which is on the lines of the Prime Minister’s vision of New India. Without good Civil Servants, we can never achieve good governance, he added. He also emphasised on the Maximum Governance and Minimum Government. Earlier, the Cabinet Secretary, Shri P.K. Sinha in his welcome address highlighted the entire process involved in the selection of awardees through different committees for initiatives under the various Priority Programmes. The Department organised workshops at different places for replication of identified good governance initiatives of the Government, he added. Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Shri Nripendra Misra, Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Dr P. K. Mishra, Secretary, DARPG Shri C. Viswanath, former Cabinet Secretaries were also present on the occasion, in addition to senior officers from the Central and State Governments. The two-day Civil Services Day programme was inaugurated by the Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh here yesterday. The inaugural session was followed by a Plenary Session on the topic ‘Creating value through Human Capital Management in Government’ and three Breakaway Sessions on subjects related to Agriculture, Energy and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship were also held. The links of the two books which were released during the function are:
Thehansindia.com Mar 18, 2017 The New Pension Scheme works on defined contribution basis and will have two tiers – Tier-I and II. Contribution to Tier-I is mandatory for all government servants joining government service on or after 1-1-2004 (except the armed forces in the first stage), whereas Tier-II will be optional and at the discretion of government servants. …
New Delhi, March 08, 2017 : Dtf.in After a review the General Provident Fund Rules have been liberalized by the Government of India. It has been decided by the Government to permit withdrawals from the fund by the subscriber for the following purposes: (i) Education – This will include primary, secondary and higher education, covering all streams and institutions, (ii) Obligatory Expenses, viz. betrothal, marriage, funerals, or other ceremonies of self or family members and dependants, (iii) Illness of self, family members or dependants, (iv) Purchase of consumer durables. It has been decided by the Government to permit withdrawal of up to twelve months’ pay or three-fourth of the amount standing at credit, whichever is less. For illness, the withdrawal may be allowed up to 90% of the amount standing at credit of the subscriber. A subscriber may seek withdrawal after completion of ten years of service. (v) Housing including building or acquiring a suitable-house or a ready-built flat for his residence, (vi) Repayment of outstanding housing loan, (vii) Purchase of house site for building a house, (viii) Constructing a house on a site acquired, (lx) Reconstructing or making additions on a house already acquired, (x) Renovating, additions or alterations of ancestral house. A subscriber may be allowed to withdraw up to ninety percent of the amount standing at credit for the above purposes. It is also decided do away with the present instructions which lay down that subsequent to the sale of house for which GPF withdrawal has been availed, the amount. withdrawn has to be deposited back. GPF withdrawal for housing purpose will no longer be linked with the limits prescribed under HBA rules. A subscriber may be permitted to avail the facility at any time during his service. (xi) Purchase of motor car/motor cycle/ scooter, etc., or repayment of loan already taken for the purpose, (xii) Extensive repairs /overhauling of motor car, (xiii) Making deposit to book a motor car/motor cycle/scoter, moped, etc. Further, a subscriber may be permitted to withdraw three-fourth of the amount standing at credit or cost of the vehicle, whichever is less for the above purposes. Withdrawal for the above purpose will be permitted after completion of 10 years of service. Presently, withdrawal of up to 90% of balance without assigning reasons is allowed for Government servants who are due for retirement on superannuation within a year. It is proposed that this may be allowed for up to two years before superannuation. In all cases of withdrawal from the fund by the subscriber, the declared Head of Department is competent to sanction withdrawal. No documentary proof will be required to be furnished by the subscriber. A simple declaration form by the subscriber explaining the reasons for withdrawal would be sufficient. As per the GPF(CS) Rule 1960, no time limit has been prescribed for sanction and payment of withdrawal amount. Therefore, it has been decided by the Government to prescribe a maximum time limit of fifteen days for sanction and payment of withdrawal from the Fund. In case of emergencies like illness etc., the time limit may be restricted to seven days. Necessary amendment to the GPF(Central Service)Rules 1960, giving effect to the above provisions will be issued in due course. See the original DPPW O.M. >>> Pension Rules
Note:- The above information is subject to the Disclaimer of Dtf.in.
Livelaw.in March 6, 2017 Bombay High Court refused to grant relief to a MSEDCL (Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd) employee who was charged with accepting a bribe of Rs.5000 in 2007. The concerned employee was a Junior Engineer with MSEDCL, he sought. The concerned employee was a Junior Engineer with MSEDCL, he sought directions from the court to his employers to pay a sum of Rs.20 lakhs (approx.) towards his salary and other allowances from December 2008 to February 2012. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Mar 1, 2017 NEW DELHI: The Centre has decided to amend rules to allow online filing of performance reports of IAS and IPS officers. The move will help in checking delayed submission of the confidential reports and claims of bias in giving low ratings to an officer to affect his or her career growth. “Performance Appraisal Report shall be generated and written by the officer reported upon electronically as prescribed by the central government,” as per the draft rules formed by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). …
Deccanherald.com NEW DELHI: Feb 19, 2017 The Supreme Court has said the Union Public Service Commission cannot reject a candidate for misspelling or entering a wrong date of birth on the job application. A bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and U U Lalit dismissed a special leave petition filed by the UPSC against a Delhi High Court judgement, directing the country’s highest recruitment body to clear the selection of Ajay Kumar Mishra to the National Defence Academy. …
Deccanchronicle.com Feb 17, 2017 New Delhi: A 63-year-old retired government servant has been awarded a seven-year jail term by a special court for depositing Rs 13.67 lakh of public money into her daughter’s bank account, using her as a ghost employee. Special CBI Judge Gurdeep Singh, who also imposed a fine of over Rs 15 lakh on CGHS staffer Neelam Sehgal, awarded a five-year-jail term to her 77-year-old husband Jagdish Sehgal, a retired government servant too, for being part of the criminal conspiracy in the offence. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Feb 16, 2017 CHENNAI: Can the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) ask government to reconsider a transfer of a government employee? Yes, said the Chennai bench of CAT recommending the authorities concerned to consider an officer’s representation to stay transfer on the basis of some health conditions in his family. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Feb 16, 2017 NEW DELHI: In its judgment deflating Sasikala’s ambition to become CM of Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court has dealt a blow to gift-loving public servants by ruling that presents could not be counted as income from lawful sources. A bench of Justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Amitava Roy said: “Gifts to Jayalalithaa, a public servant in the context of Sections 161to 165A of Indian Penal Code now integrated into the Prevention of Corruption Act, are visibly illegal and forbidden by law. The endeavour to strike a distinction between ‘legal’ and ‘unlawful’ as sought to be made to portray gifts to constitute a lawful source of income is thus wholly misconstrued.” …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Feb 3, 2017 HYDERABAD: Stating that if a government servant goes missing and remains untraceable for seven years, it should be presumed that the person died, the Hyderabad High Court has directed the central government to pay pension and all other relevant benefits to the spouse of a missing government servant who remained untraceable for more than seven years. …
India.com New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI). Action will be taken against the officers concerned in cases of delay in processing payment of General Provident Fund (GPF) to retiring employees, the Centre has said. …
Indianexpress.com January 12, 2017 The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has no power to pass orders directing the Centre to grant promotion to an employee, the Delhi High Court has said. The court said this while allowing a petition filed by the Centre challenging the April 30, 2015 order passed by the NCST directing that Ram Kishore Meena, an employee of the National Crime Records Bureau, be promoted to the post of lower division clerk from 2006. …
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Livelaw.in January 10, 2017 There cannot be any discrimination between a natural mother and a mother who has begotten child by surrogacy procedure, the Chhattisgarh High Court has observed while holding that a female government servant, who has begotten a child by procedure of surrogacy, is entitled to avail of maternity leave under Rule 38 of the Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 2010. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Dec 23, 2016 CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that ex gratia or compensatory appointments cannot be treated like lollipops, which the court can give to a crying adult to pacify. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Dec 16, 2016 The terminal benefits, including death-cum-retirement gratuity, due to a government servant, cannot be given to her/his brothers if they are 18 at the time of being nominated to receive them, the Madras high court has ruled. …
Thehansindia.com Dec 05, 2016 The Annual Confidential Report (ACR) system is an old system started in the 1940s but is still used in the public sector organizations of many middle- and low-income countries (MLICs) such as India, Swaziland (Africa), and Sri Lanka. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jan 15, 2016 NEW DELHI: Bureaucrats can go on a maximum of four overseas trips in a year, the finance ministry has directed in fresh guidelines which also say secretaries should only undertake foreign travel when no one else can be deputed. …
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