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- DoPT O.M. dated 15.06.2016 – CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988 – Relaxation to travel by private airlines to visit Jammu & Kashmir – Extension reg. * DoPT O.M. dated 13.05.2016 – Revision of time limit for drawal of advance for the purpose of LTC journey by train * DoPT O.M. dated 12.05.2016 – CCS (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988-Admisibility of catering charges in respect of rail journey performed on LTC-Clarification regarding >>> LTC Rules
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Private persons can now seek nod to prosecute IAS officials
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jul 22, 2016
New Delhi: Empowering private persons to seek sanction for prosecution of IAS officers in corruption cases, the Modi government has outlined the procedure for handling such requests and set a three-month deadline for their disposal.
As per the proposed guidelines, a request for prosecution sanction may be routed through either the state government or the central ministry/department where the civil servant is employed, allowing them to conduct a preliminary probe before it is taken up by the department of personnel and training for a decision. …
7th Pay Commission unable to solve pay parity issue between IAS, non-IAS, dept to examine
Dnaindia.com
19 Jul 2016
“Government is responsive to the concerns of the Employees Association,” Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal said.
As the 7th Pay Commission could not arrive at a consensus on the issue of parity between IAS and non-IAS officers, the matter will be examined in detail by the department concerned, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. …
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7th Pay Commission: For now only 14.27% hike in basic pay, not overall 23.5%
Zeenews.india.com
July 18, 2016 New Delhi: The Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on June 29 cleared the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission. ..
7th Pay Commission: Know the new salary of central govt employees for pay band Rs 9,300-34,800
Zeenews.india.com
July 11, 2016
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government on June 29 approved the implementation of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) on pay and pensionary benefits. …
7th Pay Commission: Govt to study demands raised by employee unions
Seeking better pay and higher allowances, at least 33 lakh central government employees threatened to go on strike on July 11.
Indianexpress.com
The Central Government Wednesday assured representatives of employee unions to look into the issues raised by them, following the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations.
Seeking better pay and higher allowances, at least 33 lakh central government employees threatened to go on strike on July 11. …
IAS Prelims 2016: Download admit card at upsconline.nic.in, Exam on August 7
Indiatoday.intoday.in
July 01, 2016
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the IAS Prelims 2016 admit card on its website.
The IAS prelims examination is scheduled to take place on August 7, 2016 and Main examination on December 03, 2016. …
7th pay Commission: Good News! Govt employees to get revised pay scales ‘increment’ from Aug 1
Oneindia.com
June 9, 2016
New Delhi, June 9: Government employees who are waiting for the implementation of Seventh Pay Commission, will get good news soon. Reportedly, Government will disburse revised pay scales ‘increment’ in the first week of August. …
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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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
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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
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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. …
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. …
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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