Whether the Government proposes to implement any scheme to terminate the services of the Central Government employees before the date of superannuation, for those who have completed thirty years of service or are above 50 years of age, or on any other grounds-Lok Sabha Q&A

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1654

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.09.2020)

PREMATURE RETIREMENT

1654. ADV. A.M. ARIFF:
SHRI V.K.SREEKANDAN:
SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:
SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:
Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to implement any scheme to terminate the services of the Central Government employees before the date of superannuation, for those who have completed thirty years of service or are above 50 years of age, or on any other grounds;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has discussed the issue of termination of employees with the employee organizations and solicited their views and if so, the details thereof;

(d) if not, whether the Government will consider the same and re-think the proposal; and

(e) whether the Government also proposes to amend the service rules to bring efficiency in administration in the wake of the recession in the economy and if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

Premature retirement of central government employees

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) to (d): Instructions have been in existence for review of Government employees under the Fundamental Rules (FR) 56(j), the Rule 48 of Central Civil Services (CCS) (Pension) Rules, 1972 and the Rule 16(3) (Amended) of All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) [AIS (DCRB)] Rules, 1958 and to pre-maturely retire a Government employee.

The objective of the review process is to bring about efficiency and to strengthen the administrative machinery.

(e): It is endeavour of the Government to review the service conditions of Central Government employees from time to time so as to respond to the challenges of improving performance, and for bringing efficiency and transparency in administration.

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Source: Lok Sabha

Filling of vacancies under Sports quota: Department of Posts Order Dt. 28 SEP 2020

 

No. 17-07/2017-SPN-I
Ministry of Communication
Department of Posts
Personnel Division

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi, Dated 28.09.2020

To,

1. All Chief Postmasters General / Postmasters General
2. Chief General Manager, BD Directorate / Parcel Directorate / PLI Directorate
3. Director, RAKNPA / GM, CEPT / Directors of all PTCs
4. Addl, Director General, Army Postal Service, New Delhi
5. All General Managers (Finance) / Directors Postal Accounts / DDAP

Subject: – Filling of vacancies under Sports quota- regarding.

Madam / Sir,

I am directed to refer to Directorate’s letters of even number dated 15.05.2019, 05.07.2019, 12.09.2019 and 11.10.2019 regarding filling up of the vacancies earmarked for sports quota in accordance with the instructions issued by the Department of Personnel & Training (DOP&T).

2. Vide aforesaid letter dated 15.05.2019, following was communicated: –

‘while making recruitment under sports quota, Circles are required to notify such vacancies without restricting them to a specific sport/ discipline or to specific gender. The notification shall invite all meritorious sports persons belonging to approved disciplines and recruitment to these vacancies shall thereafter be made based on criteria stipulated in DOP&T O.M. No. 14034/01/2013-Estt. (D) dated 03.10.2013.”

3. Despite these instructions, references were received from various circles conveying that recruitment of meritorious sport persons in all the approved disciplines included in the instructions of DOPT will hinder development of teams at national level in any particular discipline. Thus, Circles were seeking clarification in this regard.

4. The matter was examined in detail and It was decided by the Competent Authority to obtain the advice of DOP&T in the matter. DOPT has advised as under: –

“we may advise DoP that their pursuit of participating at major sporting events related to 13 identified sports disciplines has no bearing on appointment of meritorious sportsperson as per O.M. dated 03.10.2013, as the two are separate activities, DoP may participate In events relating to the proposed 13 sports disciplines by forming their own teams.  However, if any post is to be filled under the sports quota, meritorious sports persons relating to any of the 43 discipline are equally eligible to apply for such posts, in terms of O.M. dated 03.10.2013. Such appointment cannot be linked to development of a team to represent DoP at a national level.

6. With regard to O.M, dated 03.10.2013, it may be informed to the Administrative Department that the said instructions are issued to provide incentives to already meritorious sportsperson who have achieved in their respective sports in the form of recruitment, promotion, increment etc. No such provision of recruiting sportsperson for formation of team in particular sports discipline is available in the said instructions. Therefore, restricting sports disciplines to 13 (in place of total 43 disciplines given in DoPT instructions) by the AD with the motive of developing team in a particular discipline appears to be denying right to sports persons of other disciplines to get the above mentioned incentives which is not considered to be in consonance with the above mentioned instructions issued by DoPT.”

5. In view of the above, Circles are requested to fill up the vacancies earmarked for sports quota in strict compliance with DOP&T O.M. No. 14034/01/2013-Estt. (D) dated 03.10.2013, as amended from time to time. Further, Circles may note that DOP&T vide O.M. No. 140341/2013 (D)-Estt. dated 01.09.2020 (copy enclosed) has provided a list of 63 sports disciplines which have been identified for recruitment under sports quota.

6. The notification issued by the circles shall invite applications from meritorious sports persons belonging to all approved disciplines. If any circle has already notified sports quota vacancies for a limited number of sports disciplines and selection of candidates against such notification has not been finalized , such notification may be cancelled forthwith and a fresh notification accordance with the guidelines.

7. Further, as communicated vide letter of even number dated 15.05.2019, field trial shall not be conducted and selection of candidates will be done as per the criteria outlined in the guidelines issued by DOPT from time to time.

8. Circles may take note that no further reference on the issue of restricting the recruitment to a limited sports discipline and conducting field trial shall be entertained by the Directorate.

Yours faithfully,

(Satya Narayana Dash)
Director (SPN)

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Request to regularize the period of absence of the officials who could not attend the duty due to lockdown/ officials’ residence came under containment Zone or non availability of transport facilities- S.G FNPO letter

 

 

 

 

 

FILLING UP OF VACANCIES UNDER SPORTS QUOTA

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Extending the recognition of the trade Union facilities of service unions up to 31.03.2021 at the grass-root level; that is the Circle/Division Union- Directorate issued OM

 

How To Open IPPB Digital Savings Account Online in 5 Minutes?

 

How To Open IPPB Digital Savings Account Online?

• Indiapost Payments Bank (IPPB) offers 3 types of savings accounts. 
• Digital Savings Account
• Basic Savings Account and
• Regular Savings Account

IPPB Digital Savings account can be opened at the convenience of your mobile phone. There is no need to go to post office for opening this account. Sounds nice isn't it? Just download the IPPB Mobile app and the rest is pretty straight forward. For opening the other two types of accounts we need to go to the post office. 

The good thing in these accounts is that there is no minimum balance to maintain in the account. There is no monthly average balance required to be maintained and the account can be opened with zero balance. There are also many other attractive features to these accounts one of which is door step banking. Just raise a request via your mobile and a bank official will come to your home to complete your transaction. It's pretty nice actually if you think about it.

But lets get into the topic of how to open IPPB digital savings account online. Below are the steps to follow. 

• Keep your Aadhar and PAN Card ready with you. You will need them. 
• Go to play store and search for IPPB Mobile Banking or you can follow this link to download the app.
• Click on Open Your Account (New) link on the home screen. 

4. You will get the above screen. In this screen you have to enter your mobile number and PAN Number. Enter the mobile and PAN numbers and click on the Continue button.

5. Upon clicking the continue button, an OTP will be sent to your mobile number to verify the mobile number. Enter the OTP after you receive it. 

6. In the next screen you have to enter your Aadhar number. Click on "I DO NOT HAVE AADHAR BASED OTP ACCOUNT WITH ANY BANK" and "I HEREBY GIVE CONSENT FOR AUTHENTICATION FOR OPENING OF ACCOUNT THROUGH OTP" check boxes. Then click on Submit button. You will get an OTP to the mobile number which is linked with your Aadhar number to verify the genuineness of the Aadhar number.

7. Enter the OTP after you receive it. 

8. That's it you will get your IPPB Digital Savings account number and other details in the next screen. 

Key Points to remember while opening a IPPB Digital Savings Account:

1. Individuals must be above 18 years of age
2. Complete the KYC formalities within 12 months
3. KYC formalities can be done by visiting any of the access points (post office) or with the help of the Postman, after which the Digital Savings Account will be upgraded to a Regular Savings Account
4. A maximum yearly cumulative deposit of Rs. 2 lakhs is allowed in the account
5. The account is subject to closure if the KYC is not completed within 12 months of account opening
6. The Digital Savings account can be linked to a POSA (Post Office Savings Account) after completion of KYC within 12 months.

You probably wanted to open an IPPB digital saving account to transfer money online to your Sukanya/PPF/RD accounts. Click on the links to know the step by step procedure.

 

Scheme for compassionate appointment – Relative Merit Points and Procedure for selection.

 

No.17-4/2018-SPG.II
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts

Dak Bhavan, Parliament Street
New Delhi-110001

Dated the 28th Sep 2020

To

1. All Chief Postmasters General / Postmasters General
2. Chief General Manager, BD Directorate / Parcel Directorate / PLI Directorate
3. Director, RAKNPA / GM, CEPT / Directors of all PTCs
4. Addl. Director General, Army Postal Service, New Delhi
5. All General Managers (Finance) / Directors Postal Accounts /DDAP

Sub: Scheme for compassionate appointment – Relative Merit Points and Procedure for selection.

Madam / Sir,

I am directed to refer to Department of Posts letter No.37-36/2004-SPB-1/C dated 20.1.2010 on the above subject providing for Relative Merit Points and procedure for compassionate appointments in the Department of Posts. The matter has been reviewed keeping in view the instructions issued by Department of Personnel and Training, the changes in various factors for calculating Relative Merit Points and the changes in financial status of the family of the deceased employees consequent upon increase in the terminal benefits.

2. The Relative Merit Points (RMP) for assigning weightage to various attributes of the applicants for compassionate appointment have been reviewed. The revised RMP is based on 100 points of 10 variables with provision of additional 15 maximum bonus points for the applicant if she is the widow of the deceased employee/wife of an employee who has retired on medical grounds. The revised RMP to be applied are as laid down in Annexure 1.

3. Periodicity of CRC meeting: In respect of all applications for compassionate appointments received from January to December of a calendar year, the CRC meeting will be held by all circles once in a year, between January to March of the next calendar year.

4. Cut-Off Date: Date of death or date of retirement on medical grounds will be considered as cut off date for the purpose of assessing the indigent condition of the applicant under RMPS for compassionate appointment.

5. Circle specific vacancy: The vacancies to be utilised by a Circle for compassionate appointment in a year should not be more than 5% of the vacancies in Direct Recruitment Quota in Group C Posts in a year.

6. Place of Posting: As far as administratively feasible, applicant appointed on compassionate grounds will be posted at a place as per preference indicated or near his /her home town or in same division in which the applicant is residing, subject to availability of vacancies.

8. Date of effect of these guidelines: These revised guidelines will come into effect from 1st October 2020. Cases recommended by previous CRC to be considered by subsequent CRC will be considered based on these revised point system. All cases closed so far will not be reopened.

9, Instructions issued by DoPT from time to time related to compassionate appointment will continue to be guiding factor while deciding the cases.

10. This issues with the approval of Secretary (Posts).

Yours faithfully,

(G. Rajeev)
Director (Staff)
Tel. No. 23096103

Copy to:

1) PS to Minister of Communications
2) PS to Minister of State for Communications (I/C)
3) Sr. PPS to Secretary (Posts) / Sr. PPS to Director General Postal Services
4) PPS/PS to Addl. DG (Coord.)/ Member (Banking)/ Member (Tech)/ Member (P) /Member (O) / Member (PLI) / Member (Planning & HRD)
5) Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor
6) Sr. DDG (Vigilance) & CVO/ Sr. DDG (PAF)
7) Director General (P&T Audit)
8) Secretary, Postal Services Board/ All Dy. Directors General
9) Chief Engineer (Civil), Postal Directorate
10) All Sections of Postal Directorate
11) All recognized Federations/ Unions / Associations
12) GM, CEPT for uploading the order on the India Post website
13) Guard file
14) Spare copy

 

Annexure 1

New Relative Merit Point System (RMPS) for consideration of cases for Compassionate appointments

100 Point Criterion with 10 variables

(i) Basic family pension/pension/monthly amount received under NPS (Max 20 Points)

SN		Slabs	Points
01		Up to 9000/-	20
02		9001/- to 12000/-	18
03		12001/- to 15000/-	16
04		15001/- to 18000/-	14
05		18001/- to 21000	12
06		21001/- to 24000/-	10
07		24001/- to 27000/-	08
08		27001/- to 30000/-	06
09	‘	30001/- to 33000/-	04
10		33001/- to 36000/-	02
11		Above 36000/-	00

Note: To be verified from service records and certified by the Divisional/Regional/Circle Authorities.

(ii) Lump sum amount received by the family on death/ retirement on medical grounds of the Government servant (DCRG, CGEGIS, GPF/Lump sum amount received under NPS & Leave Encashment) -(Max 10 Points)

SN	Slabs	Points
01	Up to 300000/-	10
02	300001/- to 400000/-	09
03	400001/- to 500000/-	08
04	500001/- to 600000/-	07
05	600001/- to 700000/-	06
06	700001/- to 800000/-	05
07	800001/- to 900000/-	04
08	900001 to 1000000	03
09	1000001/- to 1100000/-	02
10	1100001/- to 1200000/-	01
11	Above 1200000/-	00

Note: To be verified from service records and certified by the Divisional/Regional/Circle Authorities.

(iii) Monthly income of earning member of family and income from property (Max 05 Points)

SN	Slabs	Points
01	No income	05
02	7500/- or less	04
03	7501/- to 10500/-	03
04	10501/- to 13500/-	02
05	13501/- to 16500/-	01
06	16501/- and above	00

Note: To be verified from the documents (like, bank statement, ITR, certificate from Revenue Authorities) and affidavit produced by the applicant and verified by the Divisional/Regional/Circle Authorities.

(iv) Immovable/Movable Property including fixed deposit/bank deposits/investments etc but excluding the Lump sum amount as mentioned in (ii) above – (Max 05 Points)

SN	Slabs	Points
01	Nil/-	05
02	Up to 500000/-	04
03	500001/- to 1000000/-	03
04	1000001/- to 2000000/-	02
05	2000001/- to 3000000/-	01
06	Above 3000000/-	00

Note: To be verified from the documents/affidavit/certificate from Revenue/Municipal Authorities/concerned departments etc produced by the applicant and verified by the Divisional/Regional/Circle Authorities.

(v) No. of dependents (Max 08 Points) 

SN	No. of Dependents	Points
01	2 and above	08
02	01	04
03	00	00

Note: To be verified from service records and certified by the Divisional/Regional/Circle Authorities .

(vi) No. of Unmarried Daughters (Max 08 Points)

SN	No. of unmarried daughters	Point
01	2 and above	08
02	01	04
03	00	00

 Note: To be verified from the documents/affidavit/certificate issued by Revenue/Municipal Authorities produced by the applicant and verified by the Divisional/Regional/Circle Authorities.

(vii) No. of Minor Children (Max 08 Points)

SN	No. of minor children	Point
01	2 and above	08
02	01	04
03	00	00

Note: To be verified from service records and certified by the Divisional/Regional/Circle Authorities.

(viii) Left over Service (Max 14 Points)

SN	Left over service	Points
01	Over 25 Years	14
02	Over 20 years & up to 25 Years	12
03	Over 15 years & up to 20 years	10
04	Over 10 years & up to 15 years	08
05	Over 05 years & up to 10 years	06
06	over 02 years & up to 05 years	04
07	Less than 02 years	02

Note: To be verified from service records and certified by the Divisional/Regional/Circle Authorities.

(ix) Points for immediate relief (Max 12 Points)

SN	Age of cases	Points
01	less than 03 years old	12
02	03 years to less than 06 years	08
03	06 years to less than 09 years	06
04	09 years to less than 12 years	04
05	12 years to less than 15 years	02
06	15 years and above	00

Note: To be verified from service records and certified by the Divisional/Regional/Circle Authorities. Age of the case will be worked out from the date of death of employee/retirement on medical grounds. In case a minor applies for compassionate appointment after becoming major, the period of the case will be counted from the date on which he became a major.

(x) Physically/Mentally Challenged and chronic disease Cases (Max 10 Points)

SN	Description	Points
01	If the applicant is a Person with Disability	10
02	f the dependent family member (other than the applicant) of the deceased’s PWD	06
03	If the dependent family member of the deceased is suffering from AIDS, Cancer, Kidney failure, heart attack, liver cirrhosis,Organ transplantation of liver/heart/kidney , Alzheimer	03

Note: The disability as defined by DoP&T for reservation for persons with D1sabilites from time to time for appointment in Central Government will be ensured. Related certificates to be obtained accordingly.

(B) Bonus Points

 Bonus Points to Widow/Wife: In addition to the points allotted under RMP, 15 Bonus points will be allotted to applicant if she is the widow of the deceased employee/ wife of an employee who has retired on medical grounds.

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