National Level AwardS for MGNREGS

Sub :-National Level Award for MGNREGS - regarding.

Please refer to this Directorate’s letter No.01-07/2003-RB dated 25.09.2014 on the above mentioned subject. In this connection it is informed that following 15 (Fifteen) officials have been selected for MGNREGA award by Ministry of Rural Development.

Sl. No	Name of the officials	Designation	Circle/State
1	Shri Manoj Kumar Murmu	Branch Post Master	Jharkhand
2	Shri Alpesh Shah	Asst. Supdt. Posts	Gujarat
3	Shri Niranjan Das	Branch Post Master	West Bengal
4	Shri Jagadish Prasad Yadav	Branch Post Master	Madhya Pradesh
5	Shri  Gokul S. Alokar	Branch Post Master	Maharashtra
6	Shri Saurbh Shrivastava	Inspector Posts	Chhattisgarh
7	Shri P.L. Pradhan	Sub Post Master	Chhattisgarh
8	Shri M. Surya Srinivasa Sarma	Inspector Posts 0/0 PMG Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh
9	Shri G.V.A.S.S. Purushotham	Sub Post Master	Andhra Pradesh
10	Shri D. Prakasa Rao	Branch Post Master	Andhra Pradesh
11	Shri Loknath Mandal	Branch Post Master	Jharkhand
12	Shri Yugal Kishore Sahu	Branch Post Master	Chhattisgarh
13	Shri Nirangan Pramod Gramopadhye	Asst. Supdt. Posts	Andhra Pradesh
14	Shri K Bhaskara Rao,	SPM Kakumanu SO Guntur Dn	Andhra Pradesh
15	Shri Md. Ramzan Ali	Branch Post Master	Andhra Pradesh

              

The award function will be held at Vigyan Bhawan ,New Delhi on 2^nd February, 2015 on the occasion of MGNREGA Diwas. The awardees are advised to be present at the meeting at 9.00 AM on 1^st February, 2015 (Sunday) at Krishi  Bhawan, New Delhi and also to take part at the Rehearsal on the same day at Vigyan Bhawan. On03.02.2015, the Awardees have to attend Dak Bhawan also. Kindly ensure that all the awardees will reach New Delhi on 31.01.2015 itself.

3.    The concerned Circles should make arrangements for their travel to Delhi and back and bear the cost for the same including those in GDS category.

4.  Delhi Circle will make arrangements for their boarding and lodging at Delhi (including food bills ),   as well as pick up  arrangement and drop to the place of accommodation from their point of arrival in Delhi. Delhi Circle will meet the above expenditure within the funds allotted for the purpose vide letter no. 01-04/2014-RB dated 16.07.2014.

5.  Kindly intimate the travel programme and contact numbers of all the officials immediately by e-mail. Contact persons of RB Division are: Shri K.K. Devis, ADG (RB) - 09560479799, and Shri Ajit Kumar, ASP (RB) – 9582425999.

      This is issued with the approval of the competent authority.

(K.K.Devis)

ADG (Rural Business Division)

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Printing & supply of IPOs

Single smart card soon for workers' social security benefits

New Delhi: Labour Ministry plans to issue a single smartcard for formal sector workers to help them avail of a host of benefits under different social security schemes such as pension, provident fund and health insurance.

The ministry will seed employees' details such as Universal PF Account Number (UAN), Employees State Insurance, Aadhaar, PAN, bank account numbers as also the IFSC codes of the bank branches, with the smartcard that will benefit employees.

    

"The Labour Ministry has worked out a scheme to provide a single smartcard for availing various benefits of social security schemes available for the organised sector workers," a senior Labour Ministry official said.

This card will be used as a tool to verify identity, age, address, bank account and dependents for providing benefits to those workers and their dependents under various social security schemes run by the government through its agencies and bodies like Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), he added.

    

He further said the scheme would be rolled out after all UANs issued by the EPFO get operationalised and stabilisation of the database.

    

EPFO had issued over four crore UANs to its subscribers and started seeding these portable PF account numbers with the various know-your-customer details like bank account, PAN and Aadhaar in July last year.

    

At present, out of the 4.26 crore UANs issued as many as 31,41,173 PF accounts were activated by the subscribers. For activating the UAN, the EPFO subscriber has to log into his account on the web portal after KYC details are verified.

A senior EPFO official said that though over 1.7 crore subscribers' KYC detail is verified, a large number of accounts are not activated because many members are not that tech savvy.

    

In the present scenario, EPFO does not issue any card or passbook to its subscribers. But they can login into their PF accounts online and can take print out of the statement.

    

The ESIC, which has a subscriber base of over 1.8 crore, issues smartcards to formal sector workers for availing health insurance benefits under the scheme run by it.

    

The Labour Ministry official said that with seeding of different data of subscribers of social security schemes together into a single chip, the ministry will be able to use it for providing benefits such as pension, PF and deposit linked insurance.

    

He said it will take at least one year to make the new smart card a reality as all depends on stabilisation of UAN database.

 India News Desk

President cautions government against ordinance route - NEWS

New Delhi: With the Modi government opting for ordinances eight times in as many months, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday cautioned against the "ordinance route" being taken for normal legislations.

Ordinances are meant for specific purpose "to meet an extraordinary situation under extraordinary circumstances", the President said citing the Constitution.

     
Amidst talk that the government may convene a joint session of Parliament to pass legislations in view of the deadlock in the Rajya Sabha where it does not have a majority, Mukherjee said passage of legislations in that manner "is not practicable because I have seen from 1952 till today only four times laws were passed  by joint session".

The remarks of the President, who was answering questions during an address to Central varsities and research institutions, come against the backdrop of the Modi government having issued eight ordinances including those for raising the FDI limit in the insurance sector and  e-auctioning of coal mines.

The President had recently called three senior ministers including  Arun Jaitley and raised  questions over the urgency of the ordinance relating to acquisition of land. However, he later gave assent to it.

 India News Desk

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SELECTION / ENGAGEMENT OF GDS IN THE VACANT POSTS IS NOW EXTENDED TO CIRCLE LEVEL SELECTION THROUGH OBJECTIVE TYPE TEST CONDUCTED THROUGH AN OUT SOURCED AGENCY TWICE IN A YEAR:

GUIDELINES ON AGE, QUALIFICATION & OTHER ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS, EXAMINATION PATTERN ETC., FOR THE FILLING UP OF GDS POSTS IN CIRCLE LEVEL :

Now the Department recognized the significance of GDS Mail Men as was treated as "wast group" and ordered to fill up the justified vacant posts of GDS Mail Men, .........from 01-04-2015...

PREFERENCE FOR CASUAL LABOURERS FOR VACANT GDS POSTS (UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS):

CONSIDERATION OF THE CANDIDATURE OF 'MARRIED SON' FOR COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENT W.E.F THE DATE OF ISSUE OF ORDER: 

REVIEW OF MERIT POINTS IN COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENT CASES :

PENALTIES IMPOSED ON GDS IN DISCIPLINARY CASES DIVIDED AS MAJOR & MINOR PENLAITIES 

PONGAL GREETINGS ----

POSTAL STAMPS AS RTI FEE/COST - SEEKING COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC

No.1/3/2014-IR

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pensions

Department of Personnel and Training

(IR Division) 

North Block, New Delhi

Dated 14th January, 2015

Circular 

Subject:       Introduction of postal stamps as RTI fee/cost - seeking comments from public regarding 

RTI Rules, 2012 prescribe payment of RTI application fee/Cost through four Modes i.e. IPO, Demand Draft, Bankers Cheque and Cash against receipt. Apart from regular modes of payments, Information seekers can use the facility of e-IPO and also use Debit/Credit Card for filing online RTI application. 

2.         CIC in its full bench decision in the case No. CIC/BS/C/2013/000149/LS dated 27.08.2013 had inter-alia urged DoPT to consider acceptance of RTI stamps as a mode of payment of RTI Fee and Costs. The issue was examined in consultation with Department of Posts and the latter expressed its inability to print exclusive RTI stamps. Subsequently, Department of Posts recommended use of definitive series of postal stamps which are ubiquitously available in the Post Offices across the country in different denominations. It further added that, the RTI applicants would also need to affix the said stamp(s) on the RTI application. The RTI applicant(s) by putting his signature or thumb impression shall cancel the said postage stamp(s) to prevent it from misuse/re-use. 

3.         It was decided with the approval of the then MoS (PP) that acceptance of postal stamps as mode of payment of RTI fee and cost would require amendment in the RTI Rules notified on 31.7.2012 only, the recommendations of CIC may be noted and considered as and when amendment to RTI Rules are considered. 

4.         The CIC in its recent decision dated 12.12.2014 in File No.CIC/SA/C/2014/000038 has again recommended to DoPT to adopt the proposal of the Deptt. of Posts of use of ordinary Postal Stamps for payment of RTI fee. 

5.         Introduction of Stamps as one of modes of payment for RTI application fee would require amendment to the RTI Rules, 2012. In addition, the following issues need to be sorted out before taking any decision. 

i.               Use of ordinary postal stamps for the purpose of RTI may lead to accounting problem, as it would not be possible to account amount collected for RTI through ordinary stamps. Section 25(3)(e) of the RTI Act lays down that each public authority is required to communicate to CIC/SIC, as the case may be, the amount of charges collected under this Act for incorporation in their Annual Report. 

ii.               There is apprehension of misuse of ordinary stamps for the purpose of RTI, in the absence of specific procedure for crossing such stamps. 

iii.             Whether postal stamps may be considered for initial RTI fees only or for payment of additional fee also. 

6.         A Committee has been formed to look into the above and other related issues. It has been decided to invite views/suggestions from the citizens in the subject matter, for the consideration of the Committee. The views/suggestions, preferably not exceeding more than one page, may be sent latest by 7.2.2015 through email only to Shri R.K. Girdhar, Under Secretary (RTI), North Block at usrti-dopt@nic. in.

Sd/-

(Sandeep Jain)

Director - IR

Tele. No. 011-23092755

Shri Bandaru Dattatreya Chairs Tripartite Meeting with State Governments, Central Trade Unions and Employer Organizations

Shri Bandaru Dattatreya Chairs Tripartite Meeting with State Governments, Central Trade Unions and Employer Organizations

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment

13-January-2015 20:24 IST

Shri Bandaru Dattatreya Chairs Tripartite Meeting with State Governments, Central Trade Unions and Employer Organizations

The Union Minister of State for Labour and employment (Independent Charge) Shri Bandaru Dattatreya today chaired a tripartite meeting with state governments, central trade unions and employer organizations in New Delhi.

The Minister made an earnest appeal for pro-active involvement of all stakeholders in the labour matters. He said that the Ministry of Labour follows proud legacy of social dialogue. He informed that the Ministry is undertaking a special drive to cover contract and construction workers under formal social security cover. He said that another nationwide campaign is being initiated for the settlement of inoperative provident fund accounts. He appealed to the Worker’s and Employer’s Organisations to be a partner in this drive with renewed vigor. The Ministr is aiming at making this drive an effective tool to cover more and more people in the ambit of Social Security System and the success of this initiative will only be ensured with cooperation from all.

The Trade Unions raised the issue of the 10 point charter of demands given by them and invited the government for more consultations on labour issues.

Employers unanimously agreed that the vision of industrial development can be achieved only when workers’ interest coincides and taken into account in a holistic manner.

The Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Smt Gauri Kumar said that the Minister (MOLE) has all sincere intent of getting stakeholders on board. Mentioning the meeting held with state secretaries today she talked about initiatives to bring about more transparency and accountability as well as making the labour administration more effective. She also invited the employers and workers join MOLE in this movement. She informed that the Ministry is working on a National Identity Card for unorganized workers with portability features and including Jan-Dhan initiative and the ministry would urge all stakeholders to come on board to make it a success.

Shri Bandaru Dattatreya said that he was happy to see the increased positive response from Trade Unions. The key focus for the Ministry is employment generation for the youth. Increasing competitiveness and skill training is our challenge to fulfill the aspiration of the new generation. He mentioned the initiative by the Government to bring a National Vocational Training Institute. He emphasized the need for consultations so that points and concerns may be taken up to move forward. Government is neutral and is committed to transparency and accountability.

Minister reiterated the commitment of the government to take forward the consultative mechanism and thanked the social partners for the constructive deliberations. He said that interest of labour is paramount for the Government. He invited the social partners to join this movement of nation building.

From Employers Group following organizations attended the meeting: Council of Indian Employers, All India Manufacturers’ Organization, Laghu Udhyog Bharati, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Confederation of Indian Industry, The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India, FASII.

From Workers Group following organizations attended the meeting: Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, Indian National Trade Union Congress, All India Trade Union Congress, Hind Mazdoor Sabha, Centre of Indian Trade Unions, All India United Trade Union Centre, Trade Union Co-ordination Centre (TUCC), Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), Labour Progressive Federation (LPF), United Trades Union Congress (UTUC) and National Front of Indian Trade Unions –Dhanbad (NFITU-DHN). 

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