 Hindu Religion, From yesterday to today RIGVED: 6000 BC: Rigvedic mantras were composed. KALIYUG: -3102: Kaliyuga begins. Kali era, Hindu calendar also known as Yugabd starts. SINDH (HINDU): -3000: Hindu religion weaving in Sindh near East and Indus- (Sarasvati) Valley. DHRITRASTRA: -1472: Reign of Dhritarashtra, father of the Kauravas. Reign of Yudhisthira, king of the Pandavas. MAHABHARAT: -1316: Mahabharata epic poem is composed by Sage Vyasa. PANINI: -1300: Panini composes Ashtadhyayi, systematizing Sanskrit grammar in 4,000 terse rules. (Date according to Roy.) JEWIS - INDIA: -950: Jewish people arrive in India in King Solomon's merchant fleet. Later Jewish colonies find India a tolerant home. IRON AGE: -900: Iron Age in India. Early use dates to at least -1500. BRONZE AGE: -900: Use of iron supplements bronze in Greece. JYOTISH: -850: The Chinese were using the 28-nakshatra zodiac called Shiu, adapted from the Hindu Jyotisha Shastra. ZOROSTER: -700: Life of Zoroaster of Persia, founder of Zoroastrianism. His holy book, Zend Avesta, contains many verses from the Rig and Atharva Veda. GAUTAM BUDHA: -550-480: Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, born in Uttar Pradesh in a princely Shakya Saivite family. Date by Sri Lankan Buddhists. JAIN: -599-527: Mahavira Vardhamana, 24th Tirthankara and revered renaissance Jain master. KAPIL: -500: Kapila, founder of Sankhya Darshana, one of six classical systems of Hindu philosophy. SMRITI: -500: Over the next 300 years numerous secondary Hindu scriptures (smriti) were composed: Shrauta Sutras, Grihya Sutras, Dharma Sutras, Mahabharata, Ramayana and Puranas, etc. SOCRAT: -450: Athenian philosopher Socrates flourished (-470-400). ALEXENDER: -326: Alexander the Great of Greece invades, but fails to conquer, Northern India. CHANAKYA: -302: Kautilya (Chanakya), minister to Chandragupta Maurya, writes Arthashastra, a compendium of laws, administrative procedures and political advice for running a kingdom. MINAKSHI MANDIR: -300: Pandya kingdom (-300-1700) of S. India is founded and constructed magnificent Minakshi temple at its capital, Madurai. Builds temples of Shrirangam and Rameshvaram, with its thousand-pillared hall (ca 1600 ce). GUPTA EMPIRE: -320-520: Emperor Chandragupta abdicates to become a Jain Monk. ASHOK: -273: Ashoka (-273-232 reign), greatest Mauryan Emperor, grandson of Chandragupta, is coronated. Repudiating conquest through violence after his brutal invasion of Kalinga, -260, he converts to Buddhism. Then he spread the Budhism all around. GREAT WALL: -221: Great Wall of China is built, ultimately 2,600 miles long, the only man-made object visible from the moon. VEDANTA: -200: Jaimini writes the Mimamsa Sutras. EARTH GODDESS: -140: Emperor Wu begins three-year reign of China; worship of the Mother Goddess, Earth, attains importance. HINDU YEAR: -58: Vikrama Samvat Era Hindu calendar begins. JESUS: -00: Western Calendar Begins also understood as Common Era JESUS: -4: Jesus of Nazareth (-4-30), founder of Christian philosophy, was born in Bethlehem (current Biblical scholarship). SAINT THOMAS: 53: Legend records Saint Thomas' death in Madras, one of the twelve Apostles of Christ and founder of the Church of the Syrian Malabar Christians (Syrian Rite) in Goa. HINDU SAKA YEAR: 78: Shaka Hindu calendar begins, known as shalivahan year. JAIN DIVIDED: 80: Jains divided, on points of rules for monks, into the Shvetambara, "white-clad," and the Digambara, "sky-clad." CHARAK: 80-180: Charaka, the Court physician of the Kushan king, formulated a code of conduct for doctors of ayurveda and he wrote Charaka Samhita, a manual of medicine. PANCHRATNA: 100: Shandilya, first systematic promulgator of the ancient Pancharatra doctrines, whose Bhakti Sutras, devotional aphorisms on Vishnu, inspire a Vaishnava renaissance. HINDU KINGDOM: 200: Hindu kingdoms established in Cambodia and Malaysia. MANU: 400: Laws of Manu (Manu Dharma Shastras) written. Its 2,685 verses codify cosmogony, four ashramas, government, domestic affairs, caste and morality (others date at -600). VATSYANA: 400: Vatsyayana wrote Kamasutra, famous text on erotics. ARYABHATTA: 500: Aryabhata I (476-ca 550), Indian astronomer and mathematician, using Hindu (aka Arabic) numerals accurately calculated pi () to 3.1416, and the solar year to 365.3586805 days. MOHMMAD: 570-632: Mohammed, preacher of the Quraysh Bedoin tribe, founder of Islam. Begen preaching in Mecca, calling for an end to the "demons and idols" of Arab religion and conversion to the ways of the one God, Allah. GRAVITY: 598-665: Brahmagupta, preeminent Indian astronomer, who writes on gravity and sets forth the Hindu astronomical system in his Brahma Sphuta Siddhanta. CHINESE MONK: 630-44: Chinese pilgrim Hiuen-Tsang (Huan Zang) traveled in India. More than 60 Chinese monks have traveled to India and her colonies. Four hundred Sanskrit works have been translated into Chinese, 380 survive to the present day. MUSLIM: 712: Muslims conquer original Sindh region (Pakistan), providing base for pillaging expeditions that drain North India's wealth. USE OF ZERO: 750: Hindu astronomer and mathematician travels to Baghdad, with Brahmagupta's Brahma Siddhanta (treatise on astronomy) which he translates into Arabic, bestowing decimal notation and use of zero on Arab world. YOGA VASISHTHA: 750: Valmiki wrote 29,000-verse Yoga Vasishtha. SHANKARACHARYA: 788: Adi Shankara (788-820) is born in Malabar, famous monk philosopher of Smarta tradition regularizes ten monastic orders called Dashanami. Preaches Mayavada Advaita, emphasizing the world as illusion and God as the sole Reality. INDUS VALLEY: 875: Muslim conquests extend from Spain to Indus Valley. NATH: 900: Matsyendranatha, exponent of the Natha sect emphasizing kundalini yoga practices. GORAKH NATH: 1000: Gorakshanatha wrote Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati, "Tracks on the Doctrines of the Adepts." The nature of God and universe, structure of chakras, kundalini force and methods for realization are explained in 353 verses. SINDH-RAJASTHAN: 1000: A few Hindu communities from Rajasthan, Sindh and other areas, the ancestors of present-day Romani, or Gypsies, gradually move to Persia and on to Europe. MATHURA TEMPLE SACKED: 1017: Mahmud of Ghazni sacked Mathura, birthplace of Lord Krishna, and established a mosque on the site during one of his 17 Indian invasions for holy war and plunder. SOMANATH TEMPE DESTROYED: 1024: Mahmud of Ghazni plundered Somanath Siva temple, destroying the Linga and killing 50,000 Hindu defenders. He later builds a mosque on the remaining walls. NIMBARKA: 1130-1200: Nimbarka, Telegu founder of the Vaishnava Nimandi sect holding the philosophy of dvaitadvaita, dual-nondualism. PUNJAB: 1185: Mohammed of Ghur conquers Punjab and Lahore. NALANDA DESTROYED: 1197: Great Buddhist university of Nalanda was destroyed by Muslim Ikhtiyar ud-din. MUSLIMS: 1200: All of North India is under Muslim domination. SURYA TEMPLE: 1230-60: Surya temple at Konarak, Orissa, India, is constructed. 1300: Muslim conquerors reach Cape Comorin at the southernmost tip of India and build a mosque there. MUSLIM IN HARDWAR: 1399: Hardwar, Ganga pilgrimage town, is sacked by Timur. CONVERTION: 1414: By force Hindu prince Parameshvara of Malaysia converted to Islam. MIRABAI: 1450?-1547: Mirabai and her devoted life to Lord krishna. GURU NANAK: 1469-1538: Guru Nanak Dev taught humanity and Om. SURDAS: 1483-1563: Surdas, sightless Hindi bard of Agra. CHAITANYA: 1486-1543: Chaitanya, Bengali founder of popular Vaishnava sect. COLUMBUS: 1492: Looking for India, Christopher Columbus landed on San Salvador island in the Caribbean, thus "discovering" the Americas and proving that the earth is round, not flat. VASCO DE GAMA: 1498: Portugal's Vasco de Gama sailed around Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala, first European to find sea route to India. TRAGIDY: ca 1500: Buddhist and Saiva Hindu princes were forced off Java by invading Muslims. Within 100 years they construct what many call a fairytale kingdom. GOA CHRISTIAN: 1510: Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire, beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans. BABAR: 1526: Mughal conqueror Babur (1483-1530) defeats the Sultan of Delhi and captures the Koh-i-noor diamond. Occupying Delhi, by 1529 he founds the Indian Mughal Empire (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar. RAM TEMPLE DESTROYED: 1528: Emperor Babur destroys temple at Lord Rama's birthplace in Ayodhya, erects Muslim masjid, or monument. TULASIDAS: 1532-1623: Life of Monk-poet Tulasidasa. Writes Ramacharitamanasa (1574-77), greatest medieval Hindi literature (based on Ramayana). It advances Rama worship in the North. NATIVE CLERGY: 1542: Portuguese Jesuit priest Francis Xavier employ native clergy in Goa to spread Christianity in India. HINDU-MUSLIM: 1556: Akbar (1542-1605), grandson of Babur, becomes third Mughal Emperor at age 13. Disestablishes Islam as state religion and declared himself impartial ruler of Hindus and Muslims; encourages art, culture, religious tolerance. 1565: Muslim forces defeat and completely destroy the city of Vijayanagara. Empire's final collapse comes in 1646. COPERNICUS: 1565: Polish astronomer Copernicus' (1473-1543) Heliocentric system, in which the Earth orbits the sun, gained popularity in Europe among astronomers and mathematicians. RAJASTHAN: 1569: Akbar captures fortress of Ranthambor, ending Rajput independence. Soon controls nearly all of Rajasthan. SEIZED HINDU RASTRA: 1589: Akbar rules half of India, shows tolerance for all faiths. GURU ARJAN: 1603-4: Guru Arjun Dev compiles Adi Granth, Sikh scripture. HARIMANDIR: 1605: Sikh Golden Temple (Harimandir) at Amritsar, Punjab, is finished, completely covered with gold leaf. GALILEO: 1610: Galileo of Italy (1564-1642) perfects the telescope, with which he confirms the Copernican theory. Condemned a heretic by the Catholic Inquisition for his discoveries. DESTROY HINDU TEMPLES: 1619: Jaffna kingdom is annexed and Sri Lanka's ruling dynasty deposed by Portuguese Catholics who, between 1505 and 1658, destroy most of the island's Hindu temples. SHIVAJI: 1627-80: Sivaji, valiant general and tolerant founder of Hindu Maratha Empire (1674-1818). Emancipated large areas confiscated by Muslims, returning them to Hindu control. First Indian ruler to build a major naval force. 2 MILLIONS DIED: 1630: Over the next two years, millions starve to death as Shah Jahan (1592-1666), fifth Mughal Emperor, empties the royal treasury to buy jewels for his "Peacock Throne." TAJMAHAL: 1647: Shah Jahan completed Taj Mahal in Agra beside Yamuna River. Its construction has taken 20,000 laborers 15 years, at a total cost equivalence of US$25 million. RED FORT: 1649: Red Fort is completed in Delhi by Shah Jahan. PRETEND TO CONVERT HINDUS: 1650: Robert de Nobili (1577-1656), Portuguese Jesuit missionary noted for fervor and intolerance, arrives in Madurai, declares himself a brahmin, dresses like a Hindu monk and composes Veda-like scripture extolling Jesus. AURANGZEB: 1658: Zealous Muslim Aurangzeb (1618-1707) becomes Mughal Emperor. His discriminatory policies toward Hindus, Marathas and the Deccan kingdoms contribute to the dissolution of the Mughal Empire by 1750. GURU TEG BAHADUR: 1675: Aurangzeb executes Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur, beginning the Sikh-Muslim feud that continues to this day. TAX ON HINDUS: 1679: Aurangzeb levies Jizya tax on non-believers, Hindus. 60,000 HINDU TEMPLES DESTROYED: 1688: Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolished all temples in Mathura, said to number 1,000. During their reign, Muslim rulers destroy roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites. GURU GOVIND SINGH: 1708: Govind Singh, tenth and last Sikh Guru, is assassinated. His aim was to save Hindus. ASTRONOMY: 1708-37: Jai Singh II builds astronomical observatories in Delhi, Jaipur, Ujjain, Benares and Mathura. MONKS FIGHT: 1760: Saiva sannyasis fight Vaishnava vairagis in tragic battle at Hardwar Kumbha Mela; 18,000 monks are killed. 200,000 KILLED: 1761: Afghan army of Ahmad Shah Durrani routs Hindu Maratha forces at Panipat, ending Maratha hegemony in North India. As many as 200,000 Hindus are said to have died in the strategic eight-hour battle. NEPAL HINDU NATION: 1769: Prithivi Narayan Shah, ruler of Gorkha principality, conquers Nepal Valley; moves capital to Kathmandu, establishing present-day Hindu nation of Nepal. KUMBH MELA: 1796: Over two million worshipers compete for sacred Ganga bath at Kumbha Mela in Hardwar. Five thousand Saiva ascetics are killed in tragic clash with Sikh ascetics. DELHI CAPTURED: 1803: Second Anglo-Maratha war results in British Christian capture of Delhi and control of large parts of India. BHAGAVAD GITA: 1803-82: Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet helped to popularize Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads in US. NEPOLEON: 1812: Napoleon's army retreats from Moscow. Only 20,000 soldiers survive out of a 500,000-man invasion force. INDIANS IN AMERICA: 1820: First Indian immigrants arrive in the US. BIBLE.. VEDA: 1822-79: Life of Arumuga Navalar of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, renaissance activist who propounds Advaita Siddhanta, writes first Hindu catechism and translates Bible into Tamil so it can be compared faithfully to the Vedas and Agamas. SWAMI DAYANAND: 1824-83: Swami Dayananda Sarasvati, renaissance founder of Arya Samaj (1875), Hindu reformist movement stressing a return to the values and practices of the Vedas. Author of Satya Prakash, "Light on Truth." RAM MOHAN ROY: 1828: Ram Mohan Roy (1772-1833) founds Adi Brahmo Samaj in Calcutta, first movement to initiate religio-social reform. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, he denounces polytheism, idol worship; repudiates the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. RANJEET SINGH: 1831: British Christians defeat Ranjit Singh's forces at Balakot, in Sikh attempt to establish a homeland in N.W. India. ENGLISH: 1835: Macaulay's Minute furthers Western education in India. English is made official government and court language. MAURITIUS: 1835: Mauritius receives 19,000 immigrant indentured laborers from India. Last ship carrying workers arrives in 1922. PARAMHANSA: 1836-86: Shri Ramakrishna, God-intoxicated Bengali Shakta saint, guru of Swami Vivekananda. He exemplifies the bhakti dimension of Shakta Universalism. GUINEA: 1838: British Guinea receives its first 250 Indian laborers. RANADE: 1842-1901: Eknath Ranade, founder of Prarthana Samaj. His social-reform thinking inspires Gokhale and Gandhi. TRINIDAD: 1845: Trinidad receives its first 197 Indian immigrant laborers. KASMIR SOLD: 1846: British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for pounds1,000,000. AMRITSAR: 1849: Sikh army is defeated by the British at Amritsar. DARWIN: 1859: Charles Darwin, released controversial book, The Origin of Species, propounding his "natural selection" theory of evolution, laying the foundations of modern biology. U.S. CIVIL WAR: 1861: American Civil War begins in Charleston, S. Carolina. TAIGOR: 1861-1941: Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote beautiful poems Geetanjali. GANDHI: 1869-1948: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Indian nationalist and Hindu political activist who develops the strategy of nonviolent disobedience that forces Christian Great Britain to grant independence to India (1947). SWAMI RAM TIRTH: 1873-1906: Swami Rama Tirtha, who lectures throughout Japan and America spreading "practical Vedanta." FIJI: 1879: The "Leonidas," first emigrant ship to Fiji, adds 498 Indian indentured laborers to the nearly 340,000 already working in other British Empire colonies. SADHU VASWANI: 1879-1966: Sadhu T.L. Vaswani, altruistic Sindhi poet and servant of God, founds several Hindu missions in India and seven Mira Educational Institutions. RAMANA MAHARSHI: 1879-1950: Lifetime of Shri Ramana Maharshi, Hindu Advaita renunciate renaissance saint of Tiruvannamalai, South India. RADHAKRISHNAN: 1888-1975: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, renowned Tamil panentheist, renaissance philosopher, eminent writer; free India's first vice-president and second president. VIVEKANANDA: 1897: Swami Vivekananda founds Ramakrishna Mission. MUSLIM LEAGUE IN INDIA: 1906: Muslim League political party is formed in India. BALI: 1906: Dutch Christians overtake Bali after Puputan massacres in which Hindu Balinese royal families are murdered. DADA LEKHRAJ: 1909-69: Dada Lekhraj (1909-1969), Hindu renaissance founder of Brahma Kumaris, Saivite social reform movement stressing meditation and world peace. FIJI AND TRINIDAD: 1917: Last Hindu Indian indentured laborers are brought to British Christian colonies of Fiji and Trinidad. WORLD WAR: 1918: World War I ends. Death toll is estimated at ten million. SATYAGRAHA: 1920: Gandhi formulates the satyagraha, "firmness in truth," strategy of noncooperation and nonviolence against India's Christian British rulers. Later resolves to wear only dothi to preserve homespun cotton and simplicity. TAIGORE: 1922: Tagore's school at Shantineketan (founded 1901) is made into Vishva Bharati Univ. Becomes national Univ., 1951. DEVADASIS: 1927: Maharashtra bars tradition of dedicating girls to temples as Devadasis, ritual dancers. BHARATIYA VISHYA BHAVAN: 1938: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is founded in Bombay by K.M. Munshi to conserve, develop and diffuse Indian culture. HITLER: 1939: Adolph Hitler's Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"), manifesto of Nazism, published 1925, sells 5 million copies in 11 languages. It reveals his racist Aryan, anti-Semitic ideology, strategy of revenge and Socialist rise to power. 1939: World War II begins September 3, as France and Britain declare war on Germany after Germany invades Poland. JINNAH: 1939: Mohammed Ali Jinnah calls for a separate Muslim state. SIX MILLION KILLED: 1945: Germany surrenders to Allied forces. Ghastly concentration camps that killed 6 million Jews are discovered. NAGASHAKI & HIROSHIMA: 1945: US drops atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan, ending World War II. Total war dead is 60 million. INDEPENDENCE: 1947: India gains independence from Britain August 15. Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation, and 600,000 die in clashes during subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries. NO DISCREMINATION: 1949: India's new constitution, authored chiefly by B.R. Ambedkar, declares there shall be no "discrimination" against any citizen on the grounds of caste, jati, and that the practice of "untouchability" is abolished. HINDU LAW: 1955-6: Indian government enacts social reforms on Hindu marriage, succession, guardianship, adoption, etc. EINSTEIN - NATARAJ: 1955: Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German physicist formulator of the relativity theory dies. He declared Lord Siva Nataraja best metaphor for the workings of the universe. DALAI LAMA: 1959: Dalai Lama flees Tibet and finds refuge in North India as China invades his Buddhist nation. FEW IMMIGRANTS: 1960: Since 1930, 5% of immigrants to US have been Asians, while European immigrants have constituted 58%. 1963: US President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. VHP: 1964: India's Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), a Hindu religious nationalist movement, is founded to counter secularism. MEDITATION: 1964: Rock group, the Beatles, practice Transcendental Meditation (TM), bringing fame to Maharshi Mahesh Yogi. MARTIN LUTHER KING: 1968: US Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King is assassinated. ON THE MOON: 1969: US astronaut Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon. BANGLADESH: 1971: Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis, mainly Hindus, flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh. INDIANS EXPEL: 1972: Muslim dictator Idi Amin expels Indians from Uganda. SURINAM: 1975: Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions. COW: 1981: India has one-half world's cattle: 8 cows for every 10 Indians. EELAM: 1983: Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results. IMMIGRANTS: 1984: Since 1980, Asians have made up 48% of immigrants to the US, with the European portion shrinking to 12%. In 1988 US allows annual influx of 270,000 Asian immigrants. INDIRA GANDHI: 1984: Indian soldiers under orders from Prime Minister Indira Gandhi storm Sikh Golden Temple in Amritsar to crush rebellion. She is assassinated this year by her Sikh bodyguards in retaliation. Her son Rajiv takes office. KRISHNAMURTI: 1986: Jiddha Krishnamurti, anti-guru guru, semi-existentialist philosophical Indian lecturer and author, dies. HINDU EXODUS: 1990: Hindus flee Muslim persecution in Kashmir Valley. RAM MANDIR: 1990: Foundation stones are laid in Ayodhya for new temple at the birthplace of Lord Rama, as Hindu nationalism rises. OVER 50,000 TEMPLES DESTROYED: 1992: Hindu radicals demolish Babri Masjid built in 1548 on Rama's birthplace in Ayodhya by Muslim conqueror Babar after he destroyed a Hindu temple marking the site. The monument was a central icon of Hindu resentment toward Muslim destruction of 50,000 temples. DUSTRUCTION OF ALL TEMPLES: 2001: Afganistan Government has declared "Jehad" that they shall destroy each and every Hindu temple in the country. Sarve bhavantu sukhinah, Sarve santu niramaya; Sarve bhadrani pashyantu, maa kaschit dukhbaagbhvet. May all be happy and contented. May all be heatly and prosperous. May all experience good things in life. 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Central Civil Services ( Recognition of Service Associations ) Rules, 1993
No. 2/10/ 80-JCA (Vol. IV) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) New Delhi , the 5th November, 1993. NOTIFICATION - - - - - - - - - - - - In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 and clause (5 ) of article 148 of the Constitution, after consultation with the comptroller and Auditor General in relation to persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department , and in suppression of the Central Civil Services ( Recognition of Service Associations ) Rules, 1959 except as respects things done or Omitted to be done before such super session, the president hereby makes the following rules, namely : 1. Short title and commencement: ( 1 ) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services ( Recognition of Service Associations ) Rules, 1993. 2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official gazette. 2. Definition : In these rules , unless the context otherwise requires, - ( a ) “ Government “ means the Central Government. ( b ) “Government servant” means any person to whom the Central Civil Services ( Conduct ) Rules, 1964, apply. 3. Application: These rules shall apply to Service associations of all Government servants including civilian Government servants in the Defence Services but shall not apply to industrial employees of the Ministry of Railways and workers employed in Defence Installations of Ministry of Defence for whom separate Rules of Recognition exist. 4. Service Associations already recognized : A Service Association or a federation which has been recognized by the Government before the commencement or these rules and in respect of which the recognition is subsisting at such commencement , shall continue to be so recognized for a period of one year form such commencement or till the date on which the recognition is withdrawn, whichever is earlier. 5. Conditions for recognition of Service Associations: A service Association which fulfills the following conditions may be recognised by the Government, namely :- ( a ) An application for recognition of Service Association has been made to the Government containing Memorandum of Association , Constitution , Bye-laws of the Association , Names of Office-Bearers , total membership and any other information as may be required by the Government ; ( b ) the Service Association has been formed primarily with the object of promoting the common service interest of its members ; ( c ) membership of the Service Association has been restricted to a distinct category of Government servants having common interest , all such Government Servants’ being eligible for membership of the Service Association ; ( d ) ( i ) The Association represents minimum 35 percent of total number of a category of employees provided that where there is only one Association which commands more than 35 per cent membership , another Association with second highest membership , although less than 35 per cent may be recognised if it commands atleast 15 per cent membership ; ( ii ) The membership of the Government Servant shall be automatically discontinued on his ceasing to belong to such category ; ( e ) Government employees who are in service shall be members or office bearers of the Service Association ; ( f ) the service Association shall not be formed to represent the interests , or on the basis , of any caste , tribe or religious denomination or of any group within or section of such caste , tribe or religious denomination ; ( g ) the Executive of the Service Association has been appointed from amongst the members only ; and ( h ) the funds of the Service Association consist exclusively of subscriptions from members and grants , if any made by the Government , and are applied only for the furtherance of the objects of the Service Association. 6 Conditions subject to which recognition is continued : Every Service Association recognized under these Rules shall comply with the following conditions , namely :- ( a ) the Service Association shall not send any representation or deputation except in connection with a matter which is of common interest to members of the Service Association ; ( b ) the Service Association shall not espouse or support the cause of individual Government servants relating to service matters ; ( c ) the Service Association shall not maintain any political fund or lend itself to the propagation of the view of any political party or a member of such party ; ( d ) all representations by the Service Association shall be submitted through proper channel and shall be addressed to the Secretary to the Government / Head of the Organisation or head of the Department or office ; ( e ) a list of members and office hearers , and up-to-date copy of the rules and an audited statement of accounts of the Service Association shall be furnished to the Government annually through proper channel after the general annual meeting so as to reach the Government before the 1st day of July each year ; ( f ) the Service Association shall abide by , and comply with all the provisions of its constitution / bye-laws ; ( g ) any amendment in the constitution / bye-laws of the Service Association , after its recognition under these Rules , shall be made only with the prior approval of the Government ; ( h ) the Service Association shall not start or publish any periodical , magazine or bulletin without the previous approval of the Government ; ( i ) the Service Association shall cease to publish any periodical , magazine or bulletin , if directed by the Government to do so , on the ground that the publication thereof is prejudicial to the interests of the Central Government , the Government of any state or any Government authority or to good relations between Government servants and the Government or any Government authority , or to good relations between the Government of India and the Government of a foreign State ; ( j ) the Service Association shall not address any communication to , or enter into correspondence with , a foreign authority except through the Government which shall have the right to withhold it ; ( k ) the Service Association shall not do any act or assist in the doing of any act which , if done by a Government servant , would contravene any of the provisions of the central Civil Services ( Conduct ) Rules, 1964 ; and ( l ) communications addressed by the Service Association or by any office-bearer on its behalf to the Government or a Government authority shall not contain any disrespectful or improper language. 7 Verification of Membership : ( 1) The verification of membership for the purpose of recognition of a Service Association shall be done by the check-off-System in pa-rolls at such intervals and in such manner as the Government may by order prescribe. ( 2 ) The Government may, at any time, order a special verification of membership if it is of the opinion , after an enquiry , that the Service Association does not have the membership required under sub-clause (i ) of clause ( d ) of rules 5 . 8 Withdrawal of Recognition : If , in the opinion of the Government , a Service Association recognized under these rules has failed to comply with any of the conditions set out in rule 5 or rule 6 or rule 7 the Government may after giving an opportunity to the service Association to present its case, withdraw the recognition accorded to such Association. 9 Relaxation : The Government may dispense with or relax the requirements of any of these rules to such extent and subject to such conditions as it may deem fit in regard to any Service Association. 10. Interpretation : If any question arises as to the interpretation of any of the provisions of these rules or if there is any dispute relating to fulfillment of conditions for recognition it shall be referred to the Government , whose decision thereon shall be final. Sd/- (J.S.Mathur) Joint Secy. to the Govt. of India Courtesy : postmasterpunjab.blogspot.in |
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DA Rate w.e.f. 1.1.12 is 65% - increase 7% from the existing 58%.
Labour Bureau, Government of India has announced the All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial workers (AICPI (IW)) for the month of December 2011 as 197. In the previous month (November-2011), AICPI (IW) was 199. A summary of All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial workers for the months from January 2011 to December 2011 is given below.
We know that to estimate Dearness Allowance Rate applicable for central government employees, All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial workers (AICPI (IW)) for the previous 12 months are required. So, based on the AICPI (IW) for the months from Jan-2011 to Dec-2011 we can easily estimate the expected dearness allowance for the Central Government employees with effect from 1.1.2012 using the following formula. In the recent past, many were guessing the applicable DA rate with effect from 1.1.2012, using AICPI (IW) for the months from Jan-2011 to Nov-2011 only as the same for Dec 2011 was not announced. Since, the AICPI (IW) for December 2011 is also out last week, there is no need for any wild guess regarding the DA Rate for central government employees from 1.1.2012 any more. The DA rate with effect from 1st January 2012 by entering the AICPI (IW) for the month of December 2011 which is 197, in the relevant field. Thus, the applicable DA rate with effect from 1.1.12 is estimated to be 65%, which an increase of 7% from the existing DA rate of 58%. The official announcement by the Government for eligible DA rate for central government employees with effect from 1.1.2012 can be expected in the month of March-2012. Courtesy :http://aipeup3tn.blogspot.in/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Postal Department has applied to the Reserve Bank of India for a banking licence
NEW DELHI, FEB. 1: The Postal Department has applied to the Reserve Bank of India for a banking licence, the Communications Minister, Mr Kapil Sibal, said here on Wednesday. Mr Sibal said he had written to the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, to expedite the granting of licence. Speaking on the sidelines of the postal policy round table organised by FICCI, Mr Sibal said, “A national postal policy targeting expansion and modernisation of the postal network would be announced during this year. The Government does not intend to issue licences to courier service companies, but would make it mandatory for them to register.” Aimed at modernising postal services, the policy is expected to make the department adopt a more financially viable revenue model. It would also provide affordable services at all points in the country as part of its Universal Service Obligation, the Minister said. The Department is also expecting large-scale private sector participation in providing value added services and extending its product range beyond the current core functions. “There are tremendous opportunities for the private corporate sector to use its ingenuity to create innovative products and delivery mechanisms through the Indian postal network,” Mr Sibal said. India currently has 1.55 lakh post offices, 95 per cent of which are located in rural areas. Source : thehindu dtd 01/02/2012 | ||
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