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7th Pay Commission: Central Govt Employees Confederation want 7^th CPC implementation soon
7th CPC: Arrears of salary hike under 7th Pay Commission to be paid in August
7th Pay Commission: Simple pay structure likely to be introduced; no hurdle in cabinet
LTC norms eased; government employees to get reimbursement for rail fare of children
PM Modi to civil servants: Don’t work in silos, be agent of change
DA Orders
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7th Pay Commission: Central Govt Employees Confederation want 7^th CPC implementation soon

Oneindia.com 
May 27, 2016
With a new development coming almost every day on the Seventh Pay Commission, the central government employees are getting more ardent day by day.

More: Govt likely to table the 7th pay commission report before Cabinet next month; notification to come soon

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7th CPC: Arrears of salary hike under 7th Pay Commission to be paid in August

Zeenews.india.com
May 20, 2016
New Delhi: The central government is trying to balance out the burden of the 7th pay commission payout on the exchequer. As per reports, though the salaries of the government employees will be paid in July as per the 7th Pay Commission recommendations, the arrears from January 2016, will be disbursed only August onwards. …

7th Pay Commission: Simple pay structure likely to be introduced; no hurdle in cabinet

Oneindia.com
May 9, 2016
New Delhi, May 9: The much awaited Seventh Pay Commission is likely to propose a simpler pay structure for its employees, media reported.
The Seventh Pay Commission likely to be implemented from June-July may not face tough time in the cabinet next month. …

LTC norms eased; government employees to get reimbursement for rail fare of children

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Government will now reimburse full train fare incurred by its employees on purchase of tickets for their children aged between five and 12 years.
May 05, 2016
Relaxing Leave Travel Concession (LTC) rules, the Centre will now reimburse full train fare incurred by its employees on purchase of tickets for their children aged between five and 12 years. …

PM Modi to civil servants: Don’t work in silos, be agent of change   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 21, 2016
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked civil servants not to work in silos but as a team and act as an agent of change for welfare of the people and development of the country. …

DA/DEARNESS RELIEF ORDERS
DPPW O.M. dated 11.04.2016-Grant of Dearness Relief to Central Govt. pensioners/family pensioners-Revised rate effective from 1.1.2016 >>> Pension Rules
MOF O.M. dated 07.04.2016 – Payment of Dearness Allowance to Central Govt. employees-Revised Rates effective from 1.1.2016 * MOF O.M. dated 07.04.2016 – Payment of Dearness Allowance to Central Govt. employees-Revised Rates effective from 1.1.2016 (हिन्दी) >>DA Orders

7th Pay commission: From Cabinet approval to basic pay, what govt staff need to know about increment  

Oneindia.com
April 2, 2016
New Delhi, April 2: There is good news in the offing for Central Government employees as Seventh Pay Commission will be implemented soon. …

Central govt employees to declare details of foreign accounts  

Hindustantimes.com
Mar 31, 2016
All Central government employees have been asked to declare details of deposits in foreign bank accounts including those of their spouses and dependent children, as per the new rules under the Lokpal Act. …

According to the GOI Circular, it is primarily the responsibility of the Administrative Ministry to, inter alia, ensure that timely action is taken at each stage a Court case goes through and that a unified stand is adopted on behalf of Government of India at every such stage.

– DA increase by 6%
– 7th Pay Commission
– Take timely action to avoid prolonging of cases: Government to departments   

Economictimes.indiatimes.com
Mar 17, 2016
NEW DELHI: All central government departments have been asked to take timely action at each stage of a litigation and take unified stand in defending them so as to avoid prolonging of cases filed by employees. …

LTC: Centre Allows Non-entitled Employees To Travel By Air   

Profit.ndtv.com   
March 08, 2016
New Delhi: All non-entitled central government employees have been allowed to travel by air while availing Leave Travel Concession (LTC) with a condition that reimbursement in such cases shall be restricted to the fare of their entitled class of train or actual expense. …

7th Pay Commission: If not hefty pay hike, govt likely to restore allowances

Zeenews.india.com
March 7, 2016
New Delhi: Some good news for government employees anticipating Centre’s response to their demands on salary hike! As per reports, government may agree to reinstate some of the allowances that were subsumed by the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations. …

Rail Budget 2016: Highlights

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Feb 25, 2016
NEW DELHI: Presenting his second budget, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday unveiled pillars of strategy that would reflect the new thought process for the railways. Here are the highlights of the Rail Budget 2016 …

Share insights and pictures on return from LTC trip, Govt tells employees

Dtf.in : Feb 22, 2016
New Delhi. The Central Government employees may be encouraged to share interesting insights and pictures, if any, of the destination he/she visited while availing LTC, on an appropriate forum. (cf. para 5 of the DoPT O.M. dated 18.02.2016).
To remove the bottlenecks in the processing of the LTC claims, it has been decided by the Department of Personnel & Training to simplify the procedure of application and make the procedure of processing of LTC claims time-bound. The following time-limits shall be followed while processing the LTC applications/claims of the Government servants.

S.No.     Course of action                 Time limit
1     Leave Sanction                         5 working days + 3 working days*
2    Sanction of LTC advance/       5 working days + 3 working days*
      Leave Encashment
3   Time taken by Administration  10 working days + 3 working days*
for verification of LTC claim
after the LTC bill is submitted by
the Government employee for
settlement.
4   Time taken by DDO                  5 working days + 3 working days*
5   Time taken by PAO                  5 working days + 3 working days*
* (a) Additional 3 days transit-time may be allowed where the place of posting of the Government employees is away from their Headquarters. The Government employee may proceed on LTC after action on S.No.1.
(b) Efforts should be made to reduce the duration of processing of LTC application/claims at the earliest. The maximum time limit should be strictly adhered to and non-compliance of time limit should be adequately explained. 
The Government servants are required to inform their Controlling Officer before the journey(ies) on LTC to be undertaken.
It has been decided by that Department that the Leave Sanctioning Authority shall obtain a self-certification from the employee regarding the proposed LTC journey. The pro forma for self-certification has been annexed to the aforesaid DoPT O.M. dated 18.02.2016.
It has also been decided by that Department that whenever a Government servant applies for LTC, he/she may be provided with a copy of the guidelines (enclosed with the aforesaid O.M. dated 18.02.2016) which needs to be followed while availing LTC.
More: DoPT O.M. dated 18.02.2016 – CCS (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 – Fulfillment of procedural requirements >>> LTC Rules

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Maharashtra first state to grant 180 days maternity leave in surrogacy cases   

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. …

New rule limits babus’ foreign trips to four a year   

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. …

No quota in promotion in PSU banks: SC   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 9, 2016
NEW DELHI: Exactly a year after holding that officers belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes can claim reservation in promotion from level 1 to level VI grade, the Supreme Court on Friday admitted that it had committed a mistake while passing the verdict and clarified that there can be no reservation in promotion. …

No suspension of IAS officers without PM nod   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 31, 2015
NEW DELHI: IAS officers working under the central government can now be placed under suspension only with approval of the Prime Minister, according to new All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Amendment Rules, 2015. …
More: DoPT Notification dated 21.12.2015 – Amendments to the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969 >>> AIS – Rules/Circulars

Government Considers Gratuity To Employees Under National Pension System   

Ndtv.com
December 22, 2015
New Delhi: Government is considering a proposal to provide gratuity to its employees covered under National Pension System (NPS) on retirement, Parliament was informed today. …

Why implementing the Seventh Pay Commission recommendation is a herculean challenge   

Economictimes.indiatimes.com
20 Dec, 2015
Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur, a former Supreme Court judge and chairman of the Seventh Central Pay Commission (CPC), has returned to his home town Jodhpur in Rajasthan after spending two years in Delhi and submitting a 900-page humongous report recommending a hike in pay, allowances and pension for 47 lakh government employees and 52 lakh pensioners. …

Central govt employees to enjoy adventure activities; tourism to grow   

Financialexpress.com
Central government employees will now enjoy adventure tourism, under special casual leave, granted by the Government of India …
December 9, 2015

Non-gazetted posts: In line with PM’s resolve, only online tests 

Indianexpress.com
December 1, 2015
A month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared his government’s resolve to do away with interviews for non-gazetted jobs in the central government from January 1, online tests are set to replace the objective-type written examinations as a “viable and practical alternative”. …

All 50000 retiring babus in 2016 to get dues, pension orders on day of retirement

Economictimes.indiatimes.com
Nov 27, 2015
NEW DELHI: Remember the iconic scene in the Munnabhai sequel of movies where a senior citizen strips in an office to get his pension? Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh did not have to do that but did concede on Thursday that he too had to wait for a year for his pension to start after taking voluntary retirement. …

RTI replies should be timely, transparent and trouble-free: PM Modi

Dnaindia.com
16 October 2015
“RTI replies should be timely, transparency and trouble- free. It will help in reducing possibilities of errors,” he said at the function which was boycotted by leading RTI activists, including Aruna Roy, after authorities restricted the invitations to some activists citing security reasons. …

Now, retired babus to probe serving ones in the govt   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Oct 9, 2015
NEW DELHI: It is often seen that departmental enquiries against government servants involved in illegal activities don’t make much headway. However, to make sure that enquiries are conducted in a fair manner, the government has decided to engage retired officers with “impeccable integrity” and a “clean service record” to probe serving officers. …

Spouses may mislead, say bureaucrats against asset disclosure norms

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Oct 09, 2015
Security fears, dowry demands and the possibility of their spouses giving misleading information about their assets were some of the reasons cited by desperate bureaucrats trying to avoid disclosing their as well as immediate family’s wealth. …

Verify employees service 5 years before retirement: Government to departments

India.com
September 21, 2015
All central government departments have been asked to verify services of employees working under them mandatorily five years before retirement in order to check delay in processing pension cases. …

Government forms expert panel to review civil services exam pattern

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sep 27, 2015
NEW DELHI: An expert committee has been formed by the government to examine various issues related to age relaxation, eligibility, syllabus and pattern of civil services examination to select IAS and IPS officers. …
More: DPPW O.M. dated 16.09.2015 – Verification of qualifying service after 18 years service and 5 years before retirement >>> Pension Rules 

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CONSUMER FORUM NEWS

Law student granted 50k as compensation from university
Builder gets 3 years in jail for defying consumer court orders
Consumer forum issues bailable warrants against Sony MD
Consumer complaint? Courts aside, social media’s the new activism forum
Consumer forum slaps Southern Railway with Rs 30,000 fine
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LANDMARK JUDGEMENT – Sec. 13(2)(a) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – Supreme Court has ruled that a party will not get more than 45 days for replying to a complaint in a consumer forum. The court said this period cannot be extended under any circumstances. – SC Judgment dated 04.12.2015 – New India Assurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd. >>> Supreme Court Judgments

Law student granted 50k as compensation from university

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 23, 2016
Panaji: The North Goa consumer disputes redressal forum recently granted compensation of 50,000 to a law student as CMJ University Meghalaya failed to conduct the examination of the course in 2013 after the student had paid fees. …

Builder gets 3 years in jail for defying consumer court orders

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
May 12, 2016
Pune: The consumer court here sentenced a developer to three years’ imprisonment on Wednesday for wilful and deliberate defiance of its order and orders passed by the state and national consumer commissions. …

Consumer forum issues bailable warrants against Sony MD

Tribuneindia.com
Jalandhar, May 4, 2016
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has issued bailable warrant of arrest against the MD of Sony India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, for failing to appear in a case pertaining to a defective 3D LED TV purchased by a local resident since the past nearly four and a half years. …

Consumer complaint? Courts aside, social media’s the new activism forum

Hindustantimes.com  
Apr 18, 2016
The best bet for a swift response over a faulty product or service is to drag it to social media — the people’s court in this digital age — and share it extensively and force the brand to take notice. …

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Consumer forum slaps Southern Railway with Rs 30,000 fine 

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 15, 2016
CHENNAI: A consumer forum in Chennai has slapped Southern Railway with a fine of Rs 30,000 for wrongly fining a couple for ticketless travel.
Thendral Kumar and Saranya Thendral Kumar said they were travelling in a first class ticket in Rockfort Express from Trichy to Egmore on September 6, 2013. …

Panel fines S Rly Rs15k for allowing unreserved travel   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Mar 30, 2016  
Chennai: A consumer forum has slapped Southern Railway with a fine of Rs 15,000 for allowing unreserved passengers to travel by a reserved coach. A Srinivasan of Hasthinapuram said he and his wife – both senior citizens – were travelling by the Sanghamaitra Express from Bengaluru to Chennai Central in a sleeper class coach on February 24, 2015. …

Failure to provide veg food trays to 2 children costs Railway Rs 15,000   

Indianexpress.com   
March 07, 2016
Jagjit Singh, 47, a resident of Mohali, was travelling along with his family.
Not providing vegetarian food trays to two children travelling by Kalka Shatabdi has cost the Northern Railway as the consumer court has directed it to pay a compensation of Rs 15,000, including the cost of litigation, to the complainant….

Refund Rs 466, pay Rs 10,000 relief, CCD (Cafe Coffee Day) told    

Tribuneindia.com
Mohali, February 29, 2016
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum here has directed Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) to refund Rs 466 to a Chandigarh resident along with interest at 9 per cent and pay a lump sum compensation of Rs.10,000 for mental agony, harassment and cost of litigation. …

Pay Rs 64,000 to woman robbed on train to Vapi, Mumbai consumer forum tells Western Railway   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 19, 2016
MUMBAI: In a rare instance, a consumer forum has ordered the Western Railway to pay a compensation of Rs 64,000 to a Valsad woman and her four-year-old son after they were robbed at knifepoint in the first-class compartment of the Vapi passenger train as it left Bandra station in 2014. …

Can’t give beyond 45 days for replying to complaint in consumer cases: Supreme Court   

Indianexpress.com
December 9, 2015
On receiving the complaint, the court said, the opposite party is required to be given notice directing him to give his version within 30 days.
In what will help speed up decisions in consumer cases, Supreme Court has ruled that a party will not get more than 45 days for replying to a complaint in a consumer forum. …
More: LANDMARK JUDGEMENT – Sec. 13(2)(a) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – Supreme Court has ruled that a party will not get more than 45 days for replying to a complaint in a consumer forum. The court said this period cannot be extended under any circumstances. – SC Judgment dated 04.12.2015 – New India Assurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd.  >>> Supreme Court Judgments

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Consumer Forum penalises private bank for deficiency in service

Tribuneindia.com
November 21, 0215
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has found HDFC Bank Ltd deficient in service and directed it to pay a compensation of Rs 25,000, including litigation costs, for mental agony and harassment caused to the complainants in a draft case. …

Consumer court awards Rs 15 lakh to Emami’s Fair and Handsome user for ‘psychological’ harm

Legallyindia.com
Nov 09, 2015
Amity Law School student Paras Jain recovered Rs 15 lakh in damages from India’s first and biggest fairness cream brand Emami, for causing psychological hardship to his brother Nikhil Jain, through its allegedly false claims of fairness, reported The Telegraph. …

Air India fined for offloading passenger

Thehindu.com
Sep 28, 2015
Offloading a passenger due to overbooking has cost Air India Rs. 50,000 with a consumer forum holding that the airlines did it for commercial gains. …

Airlines fined Rs 55,000 for losing baggage 7 years ago

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sep 7, 2015
CHENNAI: The state consumer commission has slapped Emirates Airlines with a fine of 55,000 for losing the baggage of a passenger about seven years ago, and said, payment of damages could not be restricted to the terms of any act, as “there is no bar to grant justifiable compensation for causing mental agony.” …

Pay compensation for poor stitching, forum tells tailor  

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 14, 2015
INDORE: District Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum ordered a tailor and a garment shopkeeper to compensate a consumer for goofing up in stitching a school dress of complainant’s daughter. …

Win your consumer cases

Moneylife.in
March 31, 2015
Consumer is King, they say. But that is only until you buy a product or service. …

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PASSPORT NEWS

Father’s name not needed for passport, Delhi HC says
Govt won’t accept handwritten passports from Wednesday (25.11.2015)
PUNE: Passport process made simple for govt employees  
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Father’s name not needed for passport, Delhi HC says

TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
May 20, 2016
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has held that in certain cases, mother’s name is sufficient for a child to apply for a passport, especially because a single woman can be a natural guardian as well as a parent. …

Govt won’t accept handwritten passports from Wednesday (25.11.2015)

TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Nov 24, 2015
NEW DELHI: From Wednesday, the government will stop considering handwritten passports from Indian citizens. …

PUNE: Passport process made simple for govt employees    TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Jun 1, 2015
PUNE: A new ‘prior intimation’ feature introduced by the ministry of external affairs for government servants and public sector undertakings/ autonomous body employees seeking passports is expected to simplify the procedure for them. …

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Soon, passport authorities to verify applicant identity with Aadhaar database   TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
May 1, 2015
PUNE: The inter-linking of Aadhaar numbers with the passport issuance process is set to become a reality. …

Passport rules on including father’s name being revised: Centre   TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Feb 23, 2015
MUMBAI: The union government on Monday told the Bombay high court the passport authorities are compiling various judgements to re-formulate the mandatory rule regarding the inclusion of biological father’s name by an applicant in the passport application form. …

Madras HC: Passports should have provision to name stepparent   TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Jan 25, 2015
CHENNAI: Holding that relationships constantly get redefined and legal issues become more complex as society evolves, the Madras high court has said passport applications must have suitable columns to indicate names of biological parents or adoptive parents or stepparents, or all of them, as the situation demands. …

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RTI NEWS

Osmania University PIO fined 10,000 for failure to reply to query
Huda official delays RTI reply, fined 25,000
Officials reduce RTI Act to a farce?
Disclose bio-safety data of under-test GM mustard: CIC
Central Information Commission does away with need of hard copies for online appeals
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Osmania University PIO fined 10,000 for failure to reply to query

Thehansindia.com 
May 24, 2016
Hyderabad: The Public Information Officer (PIO) of Osmania University was fined Rs 25,000 on Monday, for “non compliance” of Telangana Information Commission’s orders and for his failure to provide information to the appellant even after six months. …

Huda official delays RTI reply, fined 25,000

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 15, 2016|
Gurgaon: The chief information commissioner of Haryana has imposed a penalty of Rs 25,000 on estate officer-II of Huda, Gurgaon for delaying a piece of information sought under the RTI Act for over 11 months. …

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Officials reduce RTI Act to a farce?

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Apr 17, 2016
Hyderabad: The Right to Information Act (RTI) has been enacted with a lofty goal of ensuring transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority and is considered a powerful instrument in the hands of citizens to expose corruption.

Disclose bio-safety data of under-test GM mustard: CIC   

Economictimes.indiatimes.com  
Apr 6, 2016
NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission has directed the environment ministry to share a copy of the bio-safety document related to genetically-modified mustard and the raw data of studies with the caveat that provisions of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety as well as confidentiality should be kept in mind. …

Central Information Commission does away with need of hard copies for online appeals

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. …

Ministers are answerable under RTI Act, Central Information Commission says

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 13, 2016
NEW DELHI: Ministers in the Union and state cabinets are “public authorities” liable to answer public questions addressed to them under the Right to Information Act, the Central Information Commission has ruled. …

SIC issues show-cause notice to DEO

Tribuneindia.com   
February 28, 2016
State Information Commissioner Ravinder Singh Nagi has issued a show-cause notice to the District Education Officer (Secondary) for not providing the information to the appellant Hardeep Singh, a resident of Dabwali Road area, sought under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. …

Supreme Court dismisses plea for information on pending judgements under RTI Act   

Livemind.com

Feb 16, 2016
Delhi and Bombay high courts, however, mention on their judgements both dates—on which judgement was reserved and when judgement was delivered
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday confirmed a Delhi high court verdict which said the court registry couldn’t be directed to collect information on how long judgements on cases remained pending under the Right to Information Act. …

Penny wise, pound foolish? New CIC resurrects Rs 2 absurdity of RTI Act  

Hindustantiems.com 
Feb 15, 2016
Should a government department spend Rs 27 to get an RTI applicant to pay a fee of Rs 8?

Yes, said chief information commissioner RK Mathur in a controversial decision this week, overruling a “common sense” decision delivered by his predecessor, Satyananda Mishra. …

Don’t disclose students’ information without consulting parents: CIC    

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. …

Delhi HC sets aside order asking SC to share info on reserved verdicts   

RTI activist Commodore Lokesh Batra had filed an RTI request seeking data on the number of judgments reserved and kept pending between 2007-09.

Indianexpress.com
The Delhi High Court on Thursday set aside the order of its single judge bench that had required the Supreme Court registry to provide information under the RTI Act on the pending cases in the apex court on which orders had been reserved. …

Disclosure of Govt Email IDs National Security Threat: CIC   

Outlookindia.com
New Delhi | Jan 03, 2016
Email IDs of all government officials cannot be provided under the Right to Information Act as it could cause a serious security threat, the Central Information Commission has ruled. …

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INCOME TAX NEWS

Concealed income by mistake? No I-T penalty
Income tax department to pay interest on TDS refund
Choose the correct income tax return form
Rules regarding quoting of PAN for specified transactions amended
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Concealed income by mistake? No I-T penalty   

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. …

Income tax department to pay interest on TDS refund   

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. …

Choose the correct income tax return form   

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. …

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Rules regarding quoting of PAN for specified transactions amended   

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. …

I-T dept to use email for issuing notices

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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Study finds cancer-causing chemicals in Delhi bread
KFC, Pizza Hut, Domino’s, McDonald’s outlets selling toxic breads: CSE study
Heart stops for 45 minutes, man lives
Gym goer Vs physically active person
A glass of water contains ten million bacteria!
Easy ways to cure acidity
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Study finds cancer-causing chemicals in Delhi bread

Economictimes.indiatimes.com
May 24, 2016
New Delhi. The bread you eat every day may contain cancer-causing chemicals, a study conducted by a public interest research and advocacy organisation has indicated. Its findings, based on samples collected from Delhi, have prompted the union health minister to seek a report, even as bread manufacturers denied use of harmful ingredients in their products. …

KFC, Pizza Hut, Domino’s, McDonald’s outlets selling toxic breads: CSE study

Except Domino’s, others deny use of potassium bromate and potassium iodate
Business-standard.com
New Delhi, May 24, 2016
Major multinational fast food outlets – KFC, Pizza Hut, Domino’s, Subway and McDonald’s – are selling pizzas and burgers made of breads laced with toxins such as potassium bromate and potassium iodate, says the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). …

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Heart stops for 45 minutes, man lives   

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Apr 20, 2016
For nearly 45 minutes, despite doctors’ aggressive efforts to resuscitate him at Fortis Malar here, heart monitors attached to Jaysukbhai Thaker, 38, simply refused to register even a blip on a flatline -his heart had stopped. …

Gym goer Vs physically active person   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 22, 2016
We pit a gym rat against a moderately active and health conscious person and deliver a verdict on who is fitter.
For years, we have believed that the only way to keep yourself fit and healthy is to stick to an exercise regimen. …

A glass of water contains ten million bacteria!   

Economictimes.indiatimes.com
28 Dec, 2015
London: A glass of clean drinking water contains ten million ‘good’ bacteria which may help purify the water and keep it safe, a new study has claimed. …

Easy ways to cure acidity

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com

This is what ready to eat meals do to you

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Nov 25, 2015
This is what ready to eat meals do to you
Ready meals can raise risk of memory loss, says scientific study.
There’s more reason to grouse. Apart from preservatives and additives affecting your physical health, ready meals can raise your risk of memory loss, a new study has found. …

Frequent Breaks, Not Exercise, Best to Cut Long Sitting Hours

Ndtv.com
September 22, 2015
London: If you want to remain fit and healthy, try to go for frequent breaks from prolonged sitting at workplace or home as daily morning exercise alone may not help you ward off the ill-effects of sitting for long hours. …

Don’t sit at one place, just hop around your workplace!   Economictimes.indiatimes.com
13 May, 2015
Every morning, after arriving at her office in Adyar, Divya Mohandoss heads to her department where she can choose from a Japanese-style low seating area, hanging rope chairs or comfortable seats at the coffee shop. …

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SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS

Soon, you may not need your phone to use WhatsApp
How to protect yourself from social media frauds
Facebook Messenger tips and tricks everyone should know
Facebook expands ‘Instant Articles’ to Android
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RECENT COURT JUDGEMENTS
* Mere expression of any words without any intention to cause alarm would not be sufficient to bring in the application of section 503 of IPC. But material has to be placed on record to show that the intention is to cause alarm to the complainant. “…in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the court should be extremely cautious to interfere with the investigation or trial of a criminal case and should not stall the investigation, save except when it is convinced beyond any manner of doubt that the FIR does not disclose commission of offence and that continuance of the criminal prosecution would amount to abuse of process of the court.” –  SC Judgment dated 20.01.2015 – Manik Taneja & Anr. Vs. State of Karnataka & Anr. >>> Court Judgments
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Soon, you may not need your phone to use WhatsApp   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 7, 2016
NEW DELHI: Boasting over one billion users, the Facebook owned WhatsApp is arguably the most popular chat application out there. Although WhatsApp can be accessed on PC through a web client running in the browser, it’s largely used on smartphones only. …

How to protect yourself from social media frauds   

Telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com
Keep in mind that it is not just friends or followers who are interested in what you post, but also fraudsters and hackers on the prowl.
07 March 2016
Do you flaunt restaurant visits and vacations on Facebook? …

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Facebook Messenger tips and tricks everyone should know   

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December 23, 2015 

Facebook expands ‘Instant Articles’ to Android   

Dnaindia.com
19 December 2015
Facebook has said it had signed up 350 global media partners, including from India, for its “Instant Articles” service as it expanded the programme to Android devices. …

Facebook set to launch professional version   

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Dec 11, 2015
Facebook at Work, Facebook Inc’s professional version of its social network, is expected to launch in the coming months after spending a year in tests, a company executive said. …

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33 Facebook tips and tricks everyone should know

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Nov 27, 2015

 Now, anyone can search for your public Facebook posts

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Oct 23, 2015
Facebook has fed everyone’s public posts into its search engine, meaning that most updates will now be readily available for everyone — no matter how old they are.. …

YouTube paid version launched: 6 things to know   

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Oct 22, 2015
After months of speculation, Google has announced YouTube Red, a paid service based on the company’s free video-sharing platform, and music streaming app YouTube Music. Here are 6 things you should know about the two new versions of YouTube. …

Skype Translator is now available for everyone

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
13 May, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft-owned Skype has cleared the way for anyone to use a new feature that translates video chats or instant messages in real time. …

Facebook is ruining marriages, says study   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 6, 2015
One in seven Britons have contemplated divorce because their partners spend too much time on various social media platforms, a top British legal firm has revealed. …

Supreme Court of India quashes FIR filed against couple for Facebook comment    Medianama.com
January 22, 2015
The Supreme Court of India upheld a Bangalore-based couple’s right to vent their frustrations on the Bangalore Police Facebook page, reports The Times of India. The court ruled that it was a public forum and the commoner had every right to complain against the authorities. …

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SERVICES NEWS

7th Pay Commission: Simple pay structure likely to be introduced; no hurdle in cabinet
LTC norms eased; government employees to get reimbursement for rail fare of children
PM Modi to civil servants: Don’t work in silos, be agent of change
DA Orders
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7th Pay Commission: Simple pay structure likely to be introduced; no hurdle in cabinet

Oneindia.com
May 9, 2016
New Delhi, May 9: The much awaited Seventh Pay Commission is likely to propose a simpler pay structure for its employees, media reported.
The Seventh Pay Commission likely to be implemented from June-July may not face tough time in the cabinet next month. …

LTC norms eased; government employees to get reimbursement for rail fare of children

Financialexpress.com
Government will now reimburse full train fare incurred by its employees on purchase of tickets for their children aged between five and 12 years.
May 05, 2016
Relaxing Leave Travel Concession (LTC) rules, the Centre will now reimburse full train fare incurred by its employees on purchase of tickets for their children aged between five and 12 years. …

PM Modi to civil servants: Don’t work in silos, be agent of change   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 21, 2016
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked civil servants not to work in silos but as a team and act as an agent of change for welfare of the people and development of the country. …

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7th Pay commission: From Cabinet approval to basic pay, what govt staff need to know about increment  

Oneindia.com
April 2, 2016
New Delhi, April 2: There is good news in the offing for Central Government employees as Seventh Pay Commission will be implemented soon. …

Central govt employees to declare details of foreign accounts  

Hindustantimes.com
Mar 31, 2016
All Central government employees have been asked to declare details of deposits in foreign bank accounts including those of their spouses and dependent children, as per the new rules under the Lokpal Act. …

According to the GOI Circular, it is primarily the responsibility of the Administrative Ministry to, inter alia, ensure that timely action is taken at each stage a Court case goes through and that a unified stand is adopted on behalf of Government of India at every such stage.

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– Take timely action to avoid prolonging of cases: Government to departments   

Economictimes.indiatimes.com
Mar 17, 2016
NEW DELHI: All central government departments have been asked to take timely action at each stage of a litigation and take unified stand in defending them so as to avoid prolonging of cases filed by employees. …

LTC: Centre Allows Non-entitled Employees To Travel By Air   

Profit.ndtv.com   
March 08, 2016
New Delhi: All non-entitled central government employees have been allowed to travel by air while availing Leave Travel Concession (LTC) with a condition that reimbursement in such cases shall be restricted to the fare of their entitled class of train or actual expense. …

7th Pay Commission: If not hefty pay hike, govt likely to restore allowances

Zeenews.india.com
March 7, 2016
New Delhi: Some good news for government employees anticipating Centre’s response to their demands on salary hike! As per reports, government may agree to reinstate some of the allowances that were subsumed by the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations. …

Rail Budget 2016: Highlights

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Feb 25, 2016
NEW DELHI: Presenting his second budget, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday unveiled pillars of strategy that would reflect the new thought process for the railways. Here are the highlights of the Rail Budget 2016 …

Share insights and pictures on return from LTC trip, Govt tells employees

Dtf.in : Feb 22, 2016
New Delhi. The Central Government employees may be encouraged to share interesting insights and pictures, if any, of the destination he/she visited while availing LTC, on an appropriate forum. (cf. para 5 of the DoPT O.M. dated 18.02.2016).
To remove the bottlenecks in the processing of the LTC claims, it has been decided by the Department of Personnel & Training to simplify the procedure of application and make the procedure of processing of LTC claims time-bound. The following time-limits shall be followed while processing the LTC applications/claims of the Government servants.

S.No.     Course of action                 Time limit
1     Leave Sanction                         5 working days + 3 working days*
2    Sanction of LTC advance/       5 working days + 3 working days*
      Leave Encashment
3   Time taken by Administration  10 working days + 3 working days*
for verification of LTC claim
after the LTC bill is submitted by
the Government employee for
settlement.
4   Time taken by DDO                  5 working days + 3 working days*
5   Time taken by PAO                  5 working days + 3 working days*
* (a) Additional 3 days transit-time may be allowed where the place of posting of the Government employees is away from their Headquarters. The Government employee may proceed on LTC after action on S.No.1.
(b) Efforts should be made to reduce the duration of processing of LTC application/claims at the earliest. The maximum time limit should be strictly adhered to and non-compliance of time limit should be adequately explained. 
The Government servants are required to inform their Controlling Officer before the journey(ies) on LTC to be undertaken.
It has been decided by that Department that the Leave Sanctioning Authority shall obtain a self-certification from the employee regarding the proposed LTC journey. The pro forma for self-certification has been annexed to the aforesaid DoPT O.M. dated 18.02.2016.
It has also been decided by that Department that whenever a Government servant applies for LTC, he/she may be provided with a copy of the guidelines (enclosed with the aforesaid O.M. dated 18.02.2016) which needs to be followed while availing LTC.
More: DoPT O.M. dated 18.02.2016 – CCS (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 – Fulfillment of procedural requirements >>> LTC Rules

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Maharashtra first state to grant 180 days maternity leave in surrogacy cases   

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. …

New rule limits babus’ foreign trips to four a year   

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. …

No quota in promotion in PSU banks: SC   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 9, 2016
NEW DELHI: Exactly a year after holding that officers belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes can claim reservation in promotion from level 1 to level VI grade, the Supreme Court on Friday admitted that it had committed a mistake while passing the verdict and clarified that there can be no reservation in promotion. …

No suspension of IAS officers without PM nod   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 31, 2015
NEW DELHI: IAS officers working under the central government can now be placed under suspension only with approval of the Prime Minister, according to new All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Amendment Rules, 2015. …
More: DoPT Notification dated 21.12.2015 – Amendments to the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969 >>> AIS – Rules/Circulars

Government Considers Gratuity To Employees Under National Pension System   

Ndtv.com
December 22, 2015
New Delhi: Government is considering a proposal to provide gratuity to its employees covered under National Pension System (NPS) on retirement, Parliament was informed today. …

Why implementing the Seventh Pay Commission recommendation is a herculean challenge   

Economictimes.indiatimes.com
20 Dec, 2015
Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur, a former Supreme Court judge and chairman of the Seventh Central Pay Commission (CPC), has returned to his home town Jodhpur in Rajasthan after spending two years in Delhi and submitting a 900-page humongous report recommending a hike in pay, allowances and pension for 47 lakh government employees and 52 lakh pensioners. …

Central govt employees to enjoy adventure activities; tourism to grow   

Financialexpress.com
Central government employees will now enjoy adventure tourism, under special casual leave, granted by the Government of India …
December 9, 2015

Non-gazetted posts: In line with PM’s resolve, only online tests 

Indianexpress.com
December 1, 2015
A month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared his government’s resolve to do away with interviews for non-gazetted jobs in the central government from January 1, online tests are set to replace the objective-type written examinations as a “viable and practical alternative”. …

All 50000 retiring babus in 2016 to get dues, pension orders on day of retirement

Economictimes.indiatimes.com
Nov 27, 2015
NEW DELHI: Remember the iconic scene in the Munnabhai sequel of movies where a senior citizen strips in an office to get his pension? Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh did not have to do that but did concede on Thursday that he too had to wait for a year for his pension to start after taking voluntary retirement. …

RTI replies should be timely, transparent and trouble-free: PM Modi

Dnaindia.com
16 October 2015
“RTI replies should be timely, transparency and trouble- free. It will help in reducing possibilities of errors,” he said at the function which was boycotted by leading RTI activists, including Aruna Roy, after authorities restricted the invitations to some activists citing security reasons. …

Now, retired babus to probe serving ones in the govt   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Oct 9, 2015
NEW DELHI: It is often seen that departmental enquiries against government servants involved in illegal activities don’t make much headway. However, to make sure that enquiries are conducted in a fair manner, the government has decided to engage retired officers with “impeccable integrity” and a “clean service record” to probe serving officers. …

Spouses may mislead, say bureaucrats against asset disclosure norms

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Oct 09, 2015
Security fears, dowry demands and the possibility of their spouses giving misleading information about their assets were some of the reasons cited by desperate bureaucrats trying to avoid disclosing their as well as immediate family’s wealth. …

Verify employees service 5 years before retirement: Government to departments

India.com
September 21, 2015
All central government departments have been asked to verify services of employees working under them mandatorily five years before retirement in order to check delay in processing pension cases. …

Government forms expert panel to review civil services exam pattern

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sep 27, 2015
NEW DELHI: An expert committee has been formed by the government to examine various issues related to age relaxation, eligibility, syllabus and pattern of civil services examination to select IAS and IPS officers. …
More: DPPW O.M. dated 16.09.2015 – Verification of qualifying service after 18 years service and 5 years before retirement >>> Pension Rules 

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Refund development fee, DGCA tells airlines   

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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. …

Now, extra round of frisking just ahead of boarding plane 

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. …

59 Countries every Indian can visit without a visa!

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. …

Air India forms ‘speedy’ grievance redressal mechanism in image-salvaging exercise

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. …

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Govt changes name of visa-on-arrival scheme to e-tourist visa   Timesofindia.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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Income tax department to pay interest on TDS refund
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Rules regarding quoting of PAN for specified transactions amended
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Income tax department to pay interest on TDS refund   

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. …

Choose the correct income tax return form   

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. …

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Rules regarding quoting of PAN for specified transactions amended   

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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. …

I-T dept to use email for issuing notices

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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