Court Orders against Govt of India instructions in service matters
DOPT has provided detailed situations in which comments or advice can be sought from DOPT whenever a Court Order is issued against the instructions of Govt on service matters
Payment of Arrears of Pension to Pre-2006 Pensioners – 8142 cases are still pending
Central Pension Accounting Office has issued an OM regarding pending cases in which action on revision of pension of Pre-2006 Pensioners are yet to be taken
Immovable Property Return by Group A officers for placing in public domain
Office of the Controller General of Defence Accounts has pointed out that in the case of property return submission of Group A Officers, some officers did not reflect the complete details of the property and reflected terms such as ‘Same as previous year’: or ‘ No change’. CGDA states that such formats are not acceptable.
Sports Quota Recruitment and out of Turn Promotion for Sports persons – Modification
Railway Board has withdrawn the condition for sports quota recruitment or promotion that prevented a sports person who represents as member of a team but has actually not played in the field, to be considered for recruitment against sports quota.
One Rank One Pension Definition changed by Govt – Military Veterans complain
Latest definition of One Rank One Pension – “OROP implies that uniform pension be paid to the Defence Forces Personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service, regardless of their date of retirement, which implies that bridging the gap between the rate of pension of current and past pensioners at periodic intervals”
Minimum Educational Qualification for open market recruitment to the post of Physiotherapists
Railway Board has revised the minimum educational qualification for the post of Physiotherapist, Gr.II. in pursuant to the issue raised by National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR) in the PNM meeting with Railway Board.
Revised Pay and Grade Pay for Fire Engine Driver of AOC
Controller General Of Defence Accounts order for revised pay scale from 01.01.2016 for Fire Engine Driver A and B grade.
AIRF to conduct secret ballot proposing Indefinite Strike against 7th CPC report
All-India Railwaymen’s Federation (AIRF) threatened to go ‘Indefinite Strike’ against the Seventh Pay Commission report. As per Secretary of this Railway Union, a secret ballot has been planned on February 11 and 12 to decide the date and future course of action (on strike)
Excess Commission charged by banks in Pension Accounts
RBI has clarified that agency banks are being compensated at Rs. 65 per transaction for handling pension computation, payment and related services on behalf of Central and State Governments up to 14 transactions per year. So, splitting up transaction for earning more commission by banks is not permitted
Facilitation Fee levied by authorized travel agents on Air Tickets
As per the instructions issued by Ministry of Finance, Facilitation fee is not be charged by authorised agents for booking Air Tickets which are reimbursed by Government
Travelling Allowance on training period while on Probation
DoPT clarifies that no Travelling Allowance may be allowed to the probationers for the onward journey for joining the training institute and while they are taken to outstation for training activity
Service Discharge Benefit Scheme for Gramin Dak Sevaks
Department of Posts clarifies to All India Gramin Dak sevaks Union (AIGDSU) that Gram Dak Sevaks are eligible for New Service Discharge Benefit Scheme (SDBS) utilizing the platform of the “NPS-Lite” Scheme of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)