Saturday, October 31, 2020
Display of result of recruitment of Staff Car Driver (Ordinary Grade) at MMS, Nagpur against recruitment notification no. MSE-13/Direct Rectt/Driver/Vacancy Year 2018/08 dated 06.12.2019.
Cut off date for submitting representations on provisional answer keys of Paper I&II of GDS to MTS Exam, 2020 held on 11.10.2020 in r/o HP Circle.
Friday, October 30, 2020
Income-tax Exemption for payment of deemed LTC fare for non-Central Government employees
Ministry of Finance
Income-tax Exemption for payment of deemed LTC fare for non-Central Government employees
In view of the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant nationwide lockdown as well as disruption of transport and hospitality sector, as also the need for observing social distancing, a number of employees are not able to avail of Leave Travel Concession (LTC) in the current Block of 2018-21.
With a view to compensate Central Government employees and incentivise consumption, thereby giving a boost to consumption expenditure, the Government of India allowed payment of cash allowance equivalent to LTC fare to Central Government employees subject to fulfilment of certain conditions vide OM No F. No 12(2)/2020-EII (A) dated 12th October 2020. It has also been provided that since the cash allowance of LTC fare is in lieu of deemed actual travel, the same shall be eligible for income-tax exemption on the lines of existing income-tax exemption available for LTC fare.
In order to provide the benefits to other employees (i.e. non-Central Government employees) who are not covered by the above mentioned OM, it has been decided to provide similar income-tax exemption for the payment of cash equivalent of LTC fare to the non-Central Government employees also. Accordingly, the payment of cash allowance, subject to maximum of Rs 36,000 per person as Deemed LTC fare per person (Round Trip) to non-Central Government employees, shall be allowed income-tax exemption subject to fulfilment of conditions specified in para 4.
The income-tax exemption to receipt of deemed LTC fare by a non-Central Government employee (‘the employee’) shall be allowed subject to fulfilment of the following conditions:-
(a) The employee exercises an option for the deemed LTC fare in lieu of the applicable LTC in the Block year 2018-21.
(b) The employee spends a sum equals to three times of the value of the deemed LTC fare on purchase of goods / services which carry a GST rate of not less than 12% from GST registered vendors / service providers (‘the specified expenditure’) through digital mode during the period from the 12th of October, 2020 to 31st of March, 2021 (‘specified period’) and obtains a voucher indicating the GST number and the amount of GST paid.
(c) An employee who spends less than three times of the deemed LTC fare on specified expenditure during the specified period shall not be entitled to receive full amount of deemed LTC fare and the related income-tax exemption and the amount of both shall be reduced proportionately as explained in Example-A below.
The DDOs shall allow income-tax exemption subject to fulfilment of the above conditions after obtaining copies of invoices of specified expenditure incurred during the specified period. Further, as this exemption is in lieu of the exemption provided for LTC fare, an employee who has exercised an option to pay income tax under concessional tax regime under section 115BAC of the Income-tax Act, 1961 shall not be entitled for this exemption.
The clarifications issued by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance for the Central Government employees vide OM F. No 12(2)/2020-EII (A) Dated 20th October, 2020 and subsequent clarification, if any, issued in this regard shall apply mutatis mutandis to non-Central Government employees also subject to fulfilment of conditions specified in the preceding paras.
The legislative amendment to the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961 for this purpose shall be proposed in due course.
Example-A
Deemed LTC Fare : Rs.20,000 x 4 = Rs. 80,000
Amount to be spent : Rs. 80,000 x 3 = Rs. 2,40,000
Thus, if an employee spends Rs. 2,40,000 or above on specified expenditure, he shall be entitled for full deemed LTC fare and the related income-tax exemption. However, if the employee spends Rs. 1,80,000 only, then he shall be entitled for 75% (i.e. Rs. 60,000) of deemed LTC fare and the related income-tax exemption. In case the employee already received Rs. 80,000 from employer in advance, he has to refund Rs. 20,000 to the employer as he could spend only 75% of the required amount.
Posted On: 29 OCT 2020 8:11PM by PIB Delh
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Thursday, October 29, 2020
Display of result of recruitment of Staff Car Driver (Ordinary Grade) at MMS, Nagpur against recruitment notification no. MSE-13/Direct Rectt/Driver/Vacancy Year 2018/08 dated 06.12.2019.
Cut off date for submitting representations on provisional answer keys of Paper I&II of GDS to MTS Exam, 2020 held on 11.10.2020 in r/o HP Circle.
SB Order No 35/2020 : Regarding supply of specimen of various forms to be used in operation of National (Small) Savings Schemes in Hindi and English.
DOPT REFORMS REGARDING CHILD CARE LEAVE
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions
DoPT reforms regarding Child Care Leave
However, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the provision and privilege of Child Care Leave (CCL) will be available only for those male employees who happen to be “single male parent”, which may include male employees who are widowers or divorcees or even unmarried and may therefore, be expected to take up the responsibility of child care as a single - handed parent.
Describing it as a path-breaking and progressive reform to bring ease of living for government servants, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the orders regarding this had been issued quite some time back but somehow did not receive enough circulation in the public.
In a further relaxation to this provision, Dr Jitendra Singh informed that an employee on Child Care Leave may now leave the head quarter with the prior approval of Competent Authority. In addition, the Leave Travel Concession (LTC) may be availed by the employee even if he is on Child Care Leave. Elaborating further, he informed that Child Care Leave can be granted at 100% of leave salary for the first 365 days and 80% of leave salary for the next 365 days.
Based on the inputs over a period of time, Dr Jitendra Singh said, another welfare measure introduced in this regard is that in case of a disabled child, the condition of availing Child Care Leave up to the age of 22 years of the child has been removed and now Child Care Leave can be availed by a government servant for a disabled child of any age.
With the personal intervention and indulgence of Prime Minister Sh Narendra Modi and his special emphasis on governance reforms, Dr Jitendra Singh said, it has been possible to make several out-of-box decisions in the DoPT over the last six years. Basic purpose behind all these decisions has always been to enable a government employee to contribute to the maximum of his potential, although at the same time there will be no leniency or tolerance toward corruption or non-performance, he said. SNC (Release ID: 1667647)
कार्मिक, लोक शिकायत एवं पेंशन मंत्रालय
कार्मिक एवं प्रशिक्षण विभाग द्वारा बच्चों की देखभाल से संबंधित अवकाश में सुधार
Posted On: 26 OCT 2020 7:11PM by PIB Delhi
मोदी सरकार के तहत कार्मिक एवं प्रशिक्षण विभाग (डीओपीटी) द्वारा लाए गए कुछ प्रमुख सुधारों के बारे में जानकारी देते हुए, केंद्रीय पूर्वोत्तर क्षेत्र विकास राज्य मंत्री (स्वतंत्र प्रभार), प्रधानमंत्री कार्यालय, कार्मिक, लोक शिकायत, पेंशन, परमाणु ऊर्जा एवं अंतरिक्ष राज्यमंत्री डॉ. जितेंद्र सिंह ने आज कहा कि सरकार के पुरुष कर्मचारी भी अब बच्चों की देखभाल से संबंधित अवकाश के हकदार होंगे।
हालांकि, डॉ. जितेंद्र सिंह ने कहा कि बच्चों की देखभाल से संबंधित अवकाश (सीसीएल) का प्रावधान और विशेषाधिकार केवल उन पुरुष कर्मचारियों के लिए उपलब्ध होगा जो "एकल पुरुष अभिभावक" हैं। इस श्रेणी में वैसे पुरुष कर्मचारी शामिल हो सकते हैं जो विधुर या तलाकशुदा या अविवाहित हैं और इस कारण एकल अभिभावक के रूप में उन पर बच्चे की देखभाल की जिम्मेदारी है।
इस कदम को सरकारी कर्मचारियों के जीवन यापन को आसान बनाने की दिशा में एक महत्वपूर्ण और प्रगतिशील सुधार बताते हुए, डॉ. जितेंद्र सिंह ने कहा कि इस संबंध में आदेश कुछ समय पहले जारी कर दिए गए थे, लेकिन किन्ही वजहों से जनता में इसका पर्याप्त प्रचार नहीं हो पाया।
इस प्रावधान में थोड़ी और ढील दिये जाने की जानकारी देते डॉ. जितेंद्र सिंह ने बताया कि बच्चों की देखभाल से संबंधित अवकाश पर जाने वाला कोई कर्मचारी अब सक्षम प्राधिकारी की पूर्व स्वीकृति से मुख्यालय छोड़ सकता है। इसके अलावा, उस कर्मचारी द्वारा छुट्टी यात्रा रियायत (एलटीसी) का लाभ उठाया जा सकता है, भले ही वह बच्चों की देखभाल से संबंधित अवकाश पर हो। इस बारे में और अधिक जानकारी देते हुए, उन्होंने बताया कि बच्चों की देखभाल से संबंधित अवकाश की मंजूरी पहले 365 दिनों के लिए 100% सवेतन अवकाश और अगले 365 दिनों के लिए 80% सवेतन अवकाश के साथ दी जा सकती है।
डॉ. जितेंद्र सिंह ने कहा कि कुछ समय से प्राप्त जानकारी के आधार पर, इस संबंध में उठाया एक अन्य कल्याणकारी कदम यह है कि एक दिव्यांग बच्चे के मामले में, चाइल्ड केयर लीव को बच्चे की 22 वर्ष की आयु तक ही दिए जाने के प्रावधान को हटा दिया गया है और अब किसी भी उम्र के दिव्यांग बच्चे के लिए सरकारी कर्मचारी द्वारा चाइल्ड केयर लीव का लाभ उठाया जा सकता है।
डॉ. जितेंद्र सिंह ने कहा कि प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेन्द्र मोदी के व्यक्तिगत हस्तक्षेप एवं संलग्नता और शासन सुधारों पर उनके विशेष जोर की वजह से पिछले छह वर्षों में डीओपीटी में कई उल्लेखनीय निर्णय लेना संभव हुआ है। उन्होंने कहा कि इन सभी फैसलों का मूल उद्देश्य हमेशा एक सरकारी कर्मचारी को अपनी अधिकतम क्षमता के साथ योगदान करने में सक्षम बनाना रहा है। वहीं, भ्रष्टाचार या काम में खराब प्रदर्शन के प्रति कोई ढिलाई या उदारता नहीं बरती जायेगी। एमजी/एएम/आर/एसके (Release ID: 1667695)
Posted On: 26 OCT 2020 7:11PM by PIB Delhi
