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Wishing You All A Very Very Happy and Prosperous New Year - 2011

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eMO Consolidation Software (for H.O)

 

Software developed by Technology cell Calicut for eMO Consolidation is a very useful software. Thanks a lot to the team who developed this software   Download the below software, it consists one exe and one backup file   1) Create a new database named emocons and restore with the given backup file.   2) double-click on the exe and enter the Server details.   Download Here

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Proceedings of the Interactive Session on e-service book - DOPT Order

No.21011/30/2009-Estt. (Allowance)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension

Department of Personnel & Training

New Delhi, December 24, 2010

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Proceedings of the Interactive Session on e-service book held on 14th December. 2010 at North Block, New Delhi.

The undersigned is directed refer to the D.O. of even number dated 2nd December, 2010 from Ms. Marnta Kundra Joint Secretary, regarding Interactive Session of Nodal Officers on e-service book on 14th December, 2010. The detailed discussion on various issues including the current status of the implementation was held. The Proceedings of the Session are enclosed. All Ministries/Departments are requested to take further necessary action.

s/d

(Simmi R. Nakra)

Director

Department of Personnel & Training

Proceedings of the two interactive Sessions on 14th December. 2010 at 10:30 AM and 03:OO PM in Room No.72, North Block, New Delhi in connection with e-service book

The Interactive Sessions of nodal officers on e-Service Book implementation was held on 14 12.2010 at 10:30 a.m. & 3.00 p.m. in Room No.72, North Block, New Delhi under the Chairpersonship of JS(Estt.), Ms. Mamta Kundra. The officials of this Department and NIC besides the representatives from the Ministries/Departments attended the session.

2. Smt. Simmi Nakra, Director, Department of Personnel & Training, welcomed all the participants to the Interactive Sessions. The background of the e-service book project was explained to them and the benefits of the system were outlined. It was stressed that employee profiles may be generated and employee feedback may be recorded. The participants were advised to start current entries in the e-service book format along with the previous entries, which could be taken care of in a phased manner by them. This would ensure that the e-Service Books become current quickly. The Joint Secretary (Establishment), Ms. Mamta Kundra, essayed that the basic objective of the Sessions was to seek suggestions and feedback on the issues related to e-Service Book. She stressed upon the importance of service book for the employee and how the e-format would be beneficial in facilitating quicker implementation.

3. The participants were also apprised of the MIS reports generated from the system. A brief was given to the participants with regard to the requirements for the Plan Scheme and they were requested to send the information as sought in the Questionnaire and prescribed proforma immediately. Shri G. K. Gaur, Sr. Technical Director, NIC, gave a brief presentation on the responses to the questionnaire and proforma received from some Ministries. He stressed upon the fact that his sample was too small to reach to some definite conclusion. It was therefore requested that remaining Ministries/ Departments may immediately forward their responses for better appreciation of the issues.

4. During the discussion various issues were raised by the participants. The representative of Ministry of External Affairs, Shri Arun Kumar Chatterjee, highlighted the security angle of the service book data. He requested the NIC to look into this aspect to ensure that the data may not be fiddled with. He also highlighted the specific issue of frequent postings abroad in case of MEA officials and associated maintenance of their service records. It was also mentioned that the Service Books of the officials joining the ministries from outside Delhi are manual service books compared to e-Service Book here and again after completion of their tenure they would have to be provided with manual service book. It was informed that the purpose of the Plan scheme is to introduce e-Service Book throughout the Government in a phased manner and hence all employees will be covered in due course.

5. Some of the suggestions received during the session include:

The ‘Help Desk’ has to be more proactive. A ‘Call Centre’ type help desk was suggested. Details of spouse, such as working or not working, place of work, date of birth, etc., may be added in the parameters to enable the user Ministry to have firsthand knowledge of status of spouse. Name & designation of the employee should be reflected automatically on all pages once the service book is opened. Service verification page is not user friendly. Mostly the Drawing & Disbursing Officer furnishes a certificate and on the basis of it service is verified as qualifying service or otherwise. Further discussion was held on the issue of verification. NIC was requested to devise a proper system for verification of the data as there is no provision of digital signature. LTC field is not restricted to one of the members of the family but instead names of all the members furnished in the family details are reflected. There needs to be some arrangement for e-service book to be sent electronically to the Pay & Accounts division for issuing “Qualifying Service” Certificate as well as at the time of settlement of retirement benefits. The leave format in the e-service book needs to be simplified and made more users friendly. At present it is just the replica of physical service book. The balance of leave does not reflect automatically. The previous account of leave is also not reflected. It was also decided to look at the leave format in the physical service book. Information entered in any field cannot be deleted. It was clarified by NIC that information once fed cannot be deleted. Only new information can be added

6.The participants were requested to intimate change of Nodal Officer/administrative officers/officials immediately for the security and authenticity of the data. They were informed that MIS reports generated with a perspective and the access to these would be provided to JS and above level officials in the Ministry, If the need for generation of some more reports was felt, the concerned Ministry may inform DOPT. It was also stressed that any other issues or suggestions which could not be highlighted in the Session could be mailed at eservicebook@nic.in.

7. The Ministries/Departments were requested to furnish the Questionnaire and Proforma A & B, including information in respect of attached and subordinate offices, at the earliest. For updated information on e-service book, the webpage, viz., persmin.gov.in/esbl23/html is required to be seen from time to time by the Ministries/Departments.

The Session ended with a vote of thanks

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Auto rickshaw fare fraud and meter tamper beware - Tips

     I bet at least once in a life time you would have argued with auto driver about the meter tampered and high auto fare, it is said that around 60% of the auto meters in the city are tampered to jump auto-fare by 20-30rs for every 100rs.

     Recently i took a auto from majestic railway station (Bangalore) to my house as it was late night 10.30 when i called the auto he said it will be one and half times the metered fare, since it is common rate between 10 pm and 5 am i agreed but when i reached my home i was astonished to see the meter showed 70rs and since it was one and half he demanded 105rs WTF? I came from majestic to my place few times recently and most of the time the charge was between 45-50rs and then i realized i was the victim of tampered meter though i argued with him, later gave the money and told him to GET LOST.

     Friends most of the times these kind of corrupt auto drivers will be swarming near railway and bus stations if your are new to bangalore or rarely travel in autos like me you will be royally robbed.

Below are few tips how not fall prey for these drivers.

1. First of all never ever take auto rickshaws that has mechanical meter since these meters do not have options to show kilometers travelled always try to take autos with digital meter.

2. Never get into autos who explicitly call you, remember face is index of mind.

3. Take prepaid Autos facility available 24hrs you have to pay Rs 1 at the terminal this goes to auto drivers welfare fund then you are given a slip which contain date, time, vehicle number and how much you have to pay to the destination well in advance, if there is any grievance you can call 24 hours railway police control room.

4. If you have a GPS enabled mobile phone make sure to mark the distance, because GPS Devices will accurately shows the distance traveled

     Whatever it is always try to take public transport such as public buses instead of autos if possible, and if your are confident and strongly believe auto you have taken has tampered metered or misbehaving or charging more than the metered fare just note down the rickshaw registration number and drivers badge number found behind the seat and complaint by dialing 080 - 25588444/555 or 080 - 22943030/3131, or email it to http://satish24k.blogspot.com/ else visit http://satish24k.blogspot.com/.in for additional information in their website.

     Have you faced this kind of situation in your life before than share your story or tips with us here, last but not least no all auto drivers are corrupt there are few gentlemen but because if few these guys are getting bad names.

Courtesy- Need to Know

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Spirit of every festive season

Hi folks,

Another Christmas has passed but the festive mood will remain until the NEW YEAR which is just a week away. This last week is the time to relax, unwind and look back at what the year was for each of us. The advent of every NEW YEAR fills us with hopes, positive energies, resolutions, etc. But all of us are aware that every year brings new joys, sorrows, fears, changes for better or worse. At the end of each year we should ask ourselves what are we doing to make world a better place to live in.

Each festival lifts up the spirit of humanity. We have hundreds of festivals celebrated in hundred different ways. But the spirit of each festival and the message conveyed across is more or less the same. The spirit of "universal peace, brotherhood, unity". Let us all get together and spread this message across by diminishing the barriers of caste, creed, religion.

" HAPPY NEW YEAR "



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Single Child: Alone or not?- Deepa Nagaraj's response which appeared in 'THE HINDU' Sunday Magazine

What was an exception in the yesteryears has become a rule now with the changing priorities of women. The women of today are more educated and career-minded and they look forward to achieving something in life and so they do not want to get bogged down by spending all the years bringing up the children. They feel that with a single child, they can give the best to him/her and also pursue their careers. But this is more prevalent in urban areas and metros and the population growth rate happens more in the rural areas in our country where the single child is not yet a norm. China implemented the rule of one-child norm and thus was able to reduce the growth rate significantly. This will not be easily possible in India, but if we educate and provide employment to the rural and poor women in our country, it will not only make our country prosper, but will also reduce the population growth rate, as their priorities will also change.

Deepa Nagaraj Bengaluru

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Now, banks face threat from Postal Dept ATMs

NEW RIVAL.

K. Ram Kumar

Mumbai, June 20 Banks had better be prepared for some serious competition from a formidable ‘non-bank’ rival. The good old Department of Posts, also called India Post, which has an on-the-ground presence at 1,55,000 locations across the country, is taking baby steps to invade their turf by establishing ATMs. To begin with, the Department plans to provide the convenience of on-site ATMs to its savings bank (SB) account holders at select Head Post Offices across various States. This move will save post office (PO) SB account holders, including pensioners, the bother of standing in long queues for withdrawing/ depositing money, making routine enquiries regarding outstanding balance, request for a cheque-book, transfer money to another PO SB account, etc. Further, once the Department completes its ambitious networking exercise, SB account holders could walk into any ATM attached to a PO to access their accounts. At a later stage, the Department may also consider linking up its ATMs with the National Financial Switch to which all banks’ ATMs are hooked up.

Major step

While ATMs may be passé in the case of banks, for the 150-year old Department of Posts, which embarked on computerisation not too long ago, it is a giant leap in providing value addition to its customers. Clearly, the Department has woken up to the fact that the only way to retain its existing customers and attract new ones is to embrace the information technology paradigm of the 21st century. As on March-end 2009, the Department of Posts had 22.89 crore savings bank accounts and the aggregate outstanding amount in these accounts was Rs 22,217 crore.

A PO SB account (individual/joint and group) currently earns 3.5 per cent interest. The minimum balance to be maintained in an SB account is Rs 50 for a non-cheque account and Rs 500 for a cheque account. The maximum balance in the case of an individual account is Rs 1 lakh and Rs 2 lakh for joint account. There is no limit on group/institutional or official capacity accounts. Interest earned is completely tax free under section 10 of Income Tax Act.

“As part of the information technology revamp of our department, we will be gradually moving the operations of our extensive network of post offices on to a core banking platform. With the Post Office emerging as a focal point for the delivery of all social security schemes such as National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and Old Age Pension, establishing ATMs at select head post offices will follow as a natural corollary,” said Mr M.S. Bali, Chief Postmaster General (Maharashtra & Goa).

Besides providing a comprehensive gamut of financial services including postal savings, sourcing small loans for banks, selling insurance products, etc, Mr Bali said his Department can help other financial services providers sell their products and services through the vast postal network.

The Hindu Business Line

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Employees may not be able to challenge CAT judgement in SC

NEW DELHI: Bad news is in store for government employees contesting matters relating to their service conditions in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) as they may not be able to challenge the judgement in the Supreme Court.

Government employees not satisfied with CAT orders on their service matters will continue to appeal in High Courts as government's plan to enable them approach the apex court directly has received a thumbs down from the top law officer.

Recently, the Department of Personnel had asked the Law Ministry whether the present system of CAT orders being challenged in High Courts be changed to fast track disposal of cases of government employees relating to their service conditions and employment rules.

The Law Ministry referred the matter to Attorney General Ghoolam Vahanvati who opined against the move saying a 1997 Supreme Court judgement on the issue should continued to be followed.

"As of now, the buck stops here (on the issue)," Law Minister M Veerappa Moily told PTI when asked to comment on Vahanvati's opinion.

He said his ministry was trying to find a solution. "But I would not like to add anything more to it," he added.

When the CAT was established in 1985 by an Act of Parliament, its rules clearly stated that its judgements on service related matters of state and central government employees can only be challenged in the apex court.

While the same rules is in operation even today, a 1997 Supreme Court ruling held that judicial review is the basic feature of the Constitution and a High Court's power on judicial review cannot be taken away.

After the judgement, appeals against CAT rulings were entertained in High Courts.

"The Armed Forces Tribunal Act has been borrowed from CAT. Appeals against Tribunal's orders can only be challenged in the Supreme Court. But in CAT's case, it has become a three tier system...the entire purpose of CAT has been defeated," said a CAT functionary.

He said while CAT usually disposes off a case in six months, appeal in High Court often takes years.

"They pay Rs 50 as fee to move CAT, but they have to pay thousands of rupees in High Court...if the matter reaches Supreme Court, the time and cost involved is massive," he said.

Source: Economic Times

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Revision in the rates of Family Planning Allowance for adoption of small family norms following the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission w.e.f.1st September 2008

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G.I. Min. of Fin. (Dep. of Exp.)

F.No.7(20(/2008-E.III(A) dated 24th September, 2008

Revision in the rates of Family Planning Allowance for adoption of small family norms following the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission.

Consequent upon the implementation of the revised pay structure by the Government with effect from 1st January, 2006 on the basis of recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission and in partial modification of this Ministry's O.M.No.6(39)/98-IC.II dated 6th July, 1999, the president is pleased to sanction the revised Family Planning Allowance at double the existing amount of the Family Planning Allowance, subject to a minimum of Rs.210/- per month as indicated in Column 7 of Annexure to this Office Memorandum.
3. These orders will be effective from 1st September, 2008.Annexure to O.M.No.7(20)/2008-E.III(A) dated 24th September, 2008
Revised Rates of Family Planning Allowance (FPA) with reference to Revised Pay Bands and Grade Pays for posta carrying present scales in Group 'A','B','C','D'

2. The allowance will be related to the Grade Pay corresponding to the post against which the employee concerned had initially earned or will earn the Family Planning Allowance. All other terms and conditions governing the grant of Family Planning Allowance shall remain unchanged.
4. In so far as persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
5. Hindi version of this O.M. will follow.
The new rates of Family Planning Allowance according to the grade pay as follows…

No.	Post/ Grade	Present Scale	Pay Band/ Scale	Corresponding Pay Bands	Grade Pay	Rate of F P A
(1)	S-1	2550-55-2660-60-3200	-1S	4,440 – 7,440	1,300	210
(2)	S-2	2610-60-3150-65-3540	-1S	4,400 – 7,440	1,440	210
3.	S-2A	2610-60-2910-65-3300-70-4000	-1S	4,440 – 7,440	1,600	210
4.	S-3	2650-65-3300-70-4000	-1S	4,440 – 7,440	1,650	210
5.	S-4	2750-70-3800-75-4400	PB-1	5,200 – 20,200	1,800	210
6.	S-5	3050-75-3950-80-4590	PB-1	5,200 – 20,200	1,900	210
7.	S-6	3200-85-4900	PB-1	5,200 – 20,200	2,000	210
8.	S-7	4000-100-6000	PB-1	5,200 – 20,200	2,400	210
9.	S-8	4500-125-7000	PB-1	5,200 – 20,200	2,800	250
10.	S-9	5000-150-8000	PB-2	9,300 – 34,800	4,200	400
11.	S-10	5500-175-9000	PB-2	9,300 – 34,800	4,200	400
12.	S-11	6500-200-6900	PB-2	9,300 – 34,800	4,200	400
13.	S-12	3500-200-10500	PB-2	9,300 – 34,800	4,200	400
14.	S-13	7450-225-11500	PB-2	9,300 – 34,800	4,600	450
15.	S-14	7500-250-12000	PB-2	9,300 – 34,800	4,800	500
16.	S-15	8000-275-13500	PB-2	9,300 – 34,800	5400	550
17.	NewScale	8000-175-13500	PB-3	15600 – 39100	5400	550
18.	S-16	9000	PB-3	15600 – 39100	5400	550v
19.	S-17	9000-275-9550	PB-3	15600 – 39100	5400	550
20.	S-18	10325-325-10975	PB-3	15600 – 39100	6600	650
21.	S-19	10000-325-15200	PB-3	15600 – 39100	6600	650
22.	S-20	10650-325-15850	PB-3	15600 – 39100	6600	650
23.	S-21	12000-375-16500	PB-3	15600 – 39100	7600	750
24.	S-22	12750-375-16500	PB-3	15600 – 39100	7600	750
25.	S-23	12000-375-18000	PB-3	15600 – 39100	7600	750
26.	S-24	14300-400-18300	PB-4	37400 – 67000	8700	800
27.	S-25	15100-400-18300	PB-4	37400 – 67000	8700	800
28.	S-26	16400-400-20000	PB-4	37400 – 67000	8900	900
29.	S-27	16400-450-20900	PB-4	37400 – 67000	8900	900
30.	S-28	14300-450-22400	PB-4	37400 – 67000	10000	1000
31.	S-29	18400-500-22400	PB-4	37400 – 67000	10000	1000

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