Absence of emplyee for 5 years- Deemed resignation- Amendment to C.C.S.(C.C.A.) Rules1972

Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training

New Delhi. the 29th March, 2012.

Notification

GSR.......(E) .... In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 read with clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in relation to the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, namely:-

I. (i) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Leave) (Amendment) Rules, 2012.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of theìr publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, for rule 12, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-

“12.(I) No Government Servant shall be granted leave of any kind for a continuous period exceeding five years.

(2) Unless the President, in view of the exceptional circumstances of the case, otherwise determines, a Government servant who remains absent from duty for a continuous period exceeding five years other than on foreign service, with or without leave, shall be deemed to have resigned from the Government service :

Provided that a reasonable opportunity to explain the reasons for such absence shall be givne to that Government servant before provisions of sub-rule (2) are invoked”.

[F.No.13026/2/2010-Estt.(L)]

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(Mamta Kundra)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India

Declaration Of Holiday on 14th April 2012, Birthday of Dr B. R. Ambedkar.

The Government of India has declared 14th April 2012 as a closed holiday  on account of Birthday of
 Dr. B.R.Ambedkar, to all Central Goverbment  offices including the Industrial establishments through
out India.

The above holiday is also being notified under Negotiable Instruments Act 1981.

Govt. Increases Rates on Small Savings and PPF

The Finance Ministry (Budget Division) has issued an Office Memorandum O.M.No: 6-1/2011-NS.II (Pt) dated 26.03.2012 for revision of Interest Rates for various small saving schemes operated mainly through post offices and PPF.

Based on the recommendations of Shyamala Gopinath Committee for comprehensive review of National Small Savings Fund (NSSF), Government had earlier taken the decision that interest rates of various small savings shall be reviewed every financial year and revsions in the same to be notified before 1st of April of that year.

Accordingly the present revision in the interest rates of various small saving scheme has been made. The following table provides the revision made:

Scheme	Interest Rate w.e.f 1.12.2011	Interest Rate w.e.f 1.4.2012
Savings Deposit	4.0	4.0
1 year Time Deposit	7.7	8.2
2 year Time Deposit	7.8	8.3
3 year Time Deposit	8.0	8.4
5 year Time Deposit	8.3	8.5
5 year recurring deposit	8.0	8.4
5 year SCSS	9.0	9.3
5 year MIS	8.2	8.5
5 year NSC	8.4	8.6
10 year NSC	8.7	8.9
PPF	8.6	8.8

Release of additional instalment of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
23-March-2012 19:37 IST

Release of additional instalment of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief

The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to release an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 1.1.2012 representing an increase of 7% over the existing rate of 58% of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise.

The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission.


The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both dearness allowance and dearness relief would be of the order of Rs.7474.53 crore per annum and Rs.8720.32 crore in the financial year 2012-13 (i.e. for a period of 14 months from January, 2012 to February, 2013).

Introduction of Annual Medical Examination for the Group ‘A’ officers of Central Civil Services of age 40 years and above

No. 21011/1/2009-Estt (A)- Part

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

(Department of Personnel and Training)

North Block, New Delhi,1st February, 2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Introduction of Annual Medical Examination for the Group ‘A’ officers of Central Civil Services of age 40 years and above.

The undersigned is directed to say that a scheme of Annual Medical Check-up is already operating in respect of All India Service officers. This Department had taken up the issue of covering Group A’ officers of Central Civil Services/posts for Annual Medical Check-up in consultation with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure). It has now been decided that Group ‘A’ officers of Central Civil Services/Posts of and above the age of 40 years will be covered by the Annual Medical Check- up scheme. The following package rates for the above purpose have been approved:-

(i) Annual Medical Examination of Men officers- Rs. 2000/-
(Rupees Two Thousand only)
(ii) Annual Medical Examination of Women officers- Rs, 2200/-
(Rupees Two Thousand and Two Hundred only)

2. The regime of medical tests for the above purpose will be as given in the ANNEXURE-I.

3. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has informed that the above rates were offered to CGHS empanelled private hospitals in Delhi and NCR and the 26 hospitals given in ANNEXURE-II have accepted the offer and agreed to conduct the Annual Medical Examination of the Group ‘A’ Officers of Central Civil Services of 40 years and above. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is in the process of empanelling hospitals in other CGHS cities on the same terms and conditions. In non-CGHS cities the offer is being made to the hospitals recognized under CS(MA) Rules, 1944. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has indicated that it will require atleast three months time for empanelling the hospitals for other places outside Delhi/NCR where CGHS/CS(MA) recognized hospitals are available. This will be communicated later. There are places where there are no empanelled hospitals. In such places, the administrative Departments/offices may engage quality local hospitals on the same terms and conditions to get the Annual Medical Examination of their officers conducted subject to ceiling of Rs.2000/- and Rs.2200/- for men and women officers respectively or actual whichever is less.

4. All Ministries/Departments are accordingly requested to cater the estimated expenditure in their budget for reimbursement of the amount to the concerned officer and implement the scheme during the financial year 2012-13 for the officers located in Delhi and NCR. Instructions with respect to officers located outside Delhi/NCR where CGHS/CS (MA) recognized hospitals are available would follow. The concerned officer may be handed over the copy of complete Medical Report and the summary of the Medical Report in the enclosed proforma (Annexure-III) separately prepared by the Medical Authority is to be attached to the APAR of the concerned officer.

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(C.A. Subramanian)

Joint Secretary to the Government of India

Dearness Allowance for Central Government Employees and Pensioners...

Dearness Allowance for Central Government Employees and Pensioners...

Rate of additional Dearness Allowance from January 2012, Cabinet Ministry will decide in the next meeting which will be held on 15th March 2012...

DA from Jan 2012 – Cabinet will decide in the next meeting…

DA from Jan 2012 – Cabinet will decide in the next meeting wich is held on 15.03.2012 …
The additional Dearness allowance which is announced every six months by the Central Government to the Central Government employees and the Pensioners is based depending upon the price hike of essential commodities all over the nation.

The statistics of All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (AICPIN-IW) is increased on account of the proportionate rise in twele-month as of December 2011, regarding the additional DA to be announced from 1.1.2012, which is based on the price rise from July 2011 to Dec 2011 in about 70 selected areas throughout India. These calculation are done by the Labour Ministry and it was sent to the Finance Ministry and discussed in the meeting of the Cabinet Ministers. The decision is expected to be finalised in the next meeting.

DA from 1.1.2012 may increase 7% form the existing rate is expected. Now all the Central Government employees and pensioners are getting 58% from their basic pay (Pan in the pay band + Grade Pay), it will become as 65% from 1.1.2012. The minimum of the enhanced amount of DA will be Rs.500 to the existing employees.

After the final decision is taken from the Cabinet Committee, order will be issued by the Finance Ministry in the end of this month and the DA for the month of March will be included in the salary and the previous two month’s DA will be paid as arrears in the month of April 2012.

Coutesy- Central Government employees news

Local purchase of stationery and other articles from Kendriya Bhandar, NCCF and other Multi-State Cooperative Societies having majority shareholding by the Central Government.

No. 14/1/2009-Welfare

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Personnel and Training,

(Welfare Section)

Room No.361, 3rd Floor,

Lok Nayak Bhawan,

New Delhi, the 5th March, 2012.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Local purchase of stationery and other articles from Kendriya Bhandar, NCCF and other Multi-State Cooperative Societies having majority shareholding by the Central Government.

The Ministries/Departments may kindly refer to Department of Personnel and Training 0.M. No.14/12/94-Welfare (Vol.II) dated 5.7.2007 on the above subject. It is stated that the validity of the O.M. dated 5.7.2007 beyond 31.3.2010 was extended with the approval of competent authority for a period of two years i.e. upto 31.3.2012 vide O.M. N0.14/1/2009-Welfare dated 16.3.2010.

2 The validity of the O.M.No.14/12/94-Welfare (Vol.ll) dated 5.7.2007 has been further extended with the approval of the competent authority for a period of one year beyond 31.3.2012 i.e upto 31.3.2013.

3. This issues with the concurrence of the Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure vide their l.D. No.8(6)/2010-E.II (Pt.) dated 16-2-2012.

4 The contents of this Office Memorandum may be brought to the notice of all concerned.

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(Suresh Pal)

Joint Secretary & Chief Welfare Officer

GOVERNMENT FILES APPEAL AGAINST JUDGMENT ON MODIFIED PARITY IN PENSION

GOVERNMENT FILES APPEAL AGAINST JUDGMENT ON MODIFIED PARITY IN PENSION

LEGAL BATTLE FOR JUSTICE CONTINUES FOR PENSIONERS

The Government has filed an Appeal against the 1ST November 2011 judgment of the Principal Bench of Delhi Central Administrative Tribunal on modified parity in pension to the pensioners retired prior to 1.1.2006. You may remember that the Principal Bench of Delhi CAT had directed implementation of OM dated 1.9.2008 based on the Government's Resolution dated 29.08.2008 accepting the recommendation of 6th CPC for modified parity of pension to pre 1.1.2006 pensioners by nullifying the clarificatory orders issued subsequently that denied the real content of the 6th CPC recommendation as accepted earlier by the Union Cabinet through its Resolution dated 29.08.2008. However now the Government has filed an Appeal against the judgment of the CAT.

The legal battle therefore is not over for the pensioners.