NO MERGER OF DA – FINANCE MINISTRY REPLY TO NATIONAL COUNCIL SECRETARY

The All India Audit & Accounts Association has published a letter from Finance Ministry to National Council Secretary Shri Shiva Gopal Mishra on 17.6.2014, regarding the main demand of merger of dearness allowance with basic pay.

Finance Ministry said in the letter, 6th Central Pay Commission did not recommend merger of dearness allowance with basic pay at any stage and the recommendations has accepted by the Central Government vide resolution dated 29.8.2008.

Minister surprise visit – found many officials late  to office.

Taking a cue from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s advice to inculcate discipline and punctuality amongst officials, Information and Broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday made surprise round of his ministry to check punctuality and asked missing and late coming officials to put in application for causal leave. The minister also took several officials for task for lacking in punctuality.

Sources said the minister arrived at the Shastri Bhawan office of I&B ministry around 9.05 a.m. and went on a round to check on late arriving officials. It is understood that the minister expressed his displeasure at fining many officials missing officials and instructed his staff to ask these missing and late comers to put in their request for casual leave.

The minister also instructed officials to be punctual and avoid getting late for office as it hurt the productivity and functioning of government, sources stated. The minister reportedly expressed his displeasure at finding several sections in the ministry to be empty.

“It was found that many persons had not reached office even by 10 am and the minister pulled up those,” sources said. From now on all I&B ministry officials have been told to report to office on time.

Source : http://www.asianage.com

D.A news:-

The Dearness Allowance given to Central Government employees is expected to rise to 107% in July.

POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE (PLI)  AVAILABLE THROUGH ON LINE SHORTLY:  

Postal Services Board member (PLI) Anjali Devasher presenting postal life insurance award to Maj. R Subramani in Hyderabad on Thursday. Chief postmaster-general BV Sudhakar in the middle. 

HYDERABAD: Postal Life Insurance (PLI) and Rural Postal Life Insurance(RPLI) will soon allow its users to purchase and view policies status online and even pay the premium.

Completing 130 years, Postal Life Insurance, the oldest Life Insurance scheme in the country, is all set to roll out Core Insurance Solutions (CIS) across all its 812 head post offices/CPCs and sub post offices as its second phase of technology upgradation, said Faiz-ur-Rahman, chief general manager, PLI. The CIS is set to be fully operational in the next six months and has been operating in over 100 head post offices across the country as a pilot project.

MIS interest payable through  money order (with commission)  to the disabled customers - clarification by  DOP

No.110-01/2012-SB

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

(F.S. Division)

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, 

New Delhi, Dated 16.11.2012

To
The Chief Commissioner
O/o The Chief Commissioner For Person with Disabilities
Min of Social Justice and Empowerment
Department of Disability Affairs
Sarojini House, 6, Bhagwan Dass Road
New Delhi -110001

Sub: Disbursement of interest on the amount of Fixed Deposit of a person with disability by Money Order.

Kindly refer to your office letter No. 29/1102/12-13 dated 12.09.2012 on the subject.

The undersigned is directed to say that there is a scheme called Monthly Income Scheme in post offices where money is deposited for a fixed period of 5 years and interest is paid on the monthly basis @8.5%.  In this Scheme, payment of monthly interest can be taken either by coming to post office or by giving a Standing Instruction for credit of monthly interest into post office savings account of the depositor standing in same post office.

Keeping in view the requirement of the customer and the circumstances mentioned in the representation forwarded by your office, this office has taken a decision to provide additional facility of payment of interest at the doorstep through Money order after deducting MO Commission and cost of MO forms.  In this connection, instructions have been issued to all post offices to offer this facility as and when any customer requests for the same.

It is requested that the Sh. Kanan may be advised to approach any nearby post office to avail this facility.

This issues with the approval of DDG(FS)

Yours faithfully,

sd/-

(Kawal Jit Singh)

Assistant Director

Savings Bank

LTC by  AIR EXTENDED FOR 2 – More years is  NOT AUTHIENTIC NEWS : -

A news agency 'Daily Excelsior' from Jammu & Kashmir is  published a news on 17.06.2014 about the extension of air travel to J&K and NER under LTC for further two years.  But it is not authentic news.

Clarification regarding purchase of Air Tickets from Authorized Travel Agents for the purpose of LTC.

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LTC to NER or JK – Air Travel concession ends today

Concession of Air travel, which the Central Government employees have been enjoying for the past 6 years, comes to an end today. It is saddening to see that a scheme, that was so popular and enjoyed by all across ranks, has come to an end.  Travelling by airplane with the entire family is still not an ordinary feat for the majority of Indians. It therefore comes as no surprise that the ones who didn’t utilize this opportunity are regretting it. For countless Central Government employees who completed a year in service and took their parents and siblings on a plane journey, it will be a memory worth cherishing for a very long time.

e – Mail has the same status as    Postal Mail :-

Madhya Pradesh, one of India’s less developed states, has taken a step in to the 21st century by giving government email communications the same status as postal correspondence.  Last month Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan approved the landmark decision which, surprisingly, puts the state of 75 million at the forefront of India’s public sector.  All civil servants are now able to communicate with citizens and one another without reaching for the postage stamps or fax machine. According to senior officials with the state government, email will enable faster decision-making by cutting out the average five day delivery time for inter-city postal services within the state.   The email services will be provided by India’s National Informatics Centre.