Revision of OverTime Allowance

                   The railway board granted payment of overtime Allowance in the revised 6CPC Pay scale with effect from 01-9-2008.Why the issue of revision of OverTime Allowance has not been considered in importent ministries like Defence,Postal etc.? The Railway board’s order of grant of Overtime Allowance is given below for the referance

                 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA / MINISTRY OF RAILWAY

(RAILWAY BOARD)

S.No. PC-VI/189                                    RBE No. 29/2010
No. PC-V/2008/A/O/3(OTA)                 New Delhi, dated 17.02.2010



The General Managers
All Indian Railways and
Production Units.
(as per mailing list)

Sub: Grant of Overtime Allowance to Railway employees consequent upon revision of pay scales and allowances.

          Pursuant to the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission, the issue of revision of Over Time Allowance has been under consideration and in partial modification of the Board’s earlier orders on the subject, it has been decided by the Board that the Railway employees who are governed by the Statutory Acts like the Factories Act, Hours of Employment Regulations or those covered under rules for Departmental Overtime and who have opted for the revised scales of pay in terms of Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008, may be granted overtime allowance, on the basis of their emoluments in the revised scales of pay.

 2. The emoluments, for the purpose of computation of rates of OTA will comprise the following:

a) Railway employees governed by Factories Act
• Basic Pay (Pay in Pay Band + Grade Pay)
• Dearness Allowance
• House Rent Allowance
• Transport Allowance
• Cash equivalent of the advantage accruing through the concessional sale to workers of food grains and other articles, as the worker is for the time being entitled to (excluding wages for Overtime work or Bonus)
b) Railway employees governed by HOER
• All the items as shown in (a) above except House Rent Allowance
c) Railway employees governed by rules Under Departmental Overtime
(i) Employees working in Loco Sheds and C & W Depot
• All the items as shown in (a) above except House Rent Allowance
(ii) Other Railway employees governed under Departmental Orders
• Basic Pay (Pay in Pay Band + Grade Pay)
• Dearness Allowance
3. The revised rates of Overtime Allowance shall be effective from 01-9-2008.

4. With a view to minimize instances of OTA, General Managers may take following measures:-

(i) Prepare an action plan for systematic and efficient utilization of manpower covering various aspects viz. filling up of vacancies, especially in Running staff and operational categories, proper management of sanction of leave and rational deployment of staff.

(ii) Conduct a fresh job analysis of the duties of Motor Car Drivers who are presently classified as ‘Continuous’ to determine their actual period of working requiring sustained attention.

(iii) Prefer hiring of vehicles for official use, if necessary.

(iv) Allow compensatory off to the staff booked on holidays due to exigencies.

(v) Direct all the RRBs to follow a uniform pattern by giving compensatory off to their staff instead of OTA.

(vi) Review payment of OTA to supervisors in the Pay Band-2 except to those who are earmarked for breakdown duties, to minimize the incidence of OTA.

5. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

6. Hindi version is enclosed.

(N.P. Singh)

Deputy Director, Pay Commission-V

Railway Board.

source:gservants

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Incentive increment on achieving excellence in sports events

No.6/2/2009-Pay-1

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

(Department of Personnel and Training)

New Delhi dated the 18th May, 2010

                                                       OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:: Participation by Central Government servants in sporting events and tournaments of National or International importance.

                The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM No.6/1/85-Pay-1 dated 16.7.85 in terms of which employees are entitled to grant of incentive increment on achieving excellence in sports events of national/ international importance.

2. The question of defining the term ‘Excellence’ for grant of increment to a government servant has been examined in consultation with the D/Youth Affairs & Sports. It is clarified that sportspersons participating in sporting events (both individual and team events) of national and international importance will be treated as having achieved excellence for the purpose of grant of increment(s) if he/she achieves lst,2nd or 3rd position in the finals of sporting events if more than three individuals or teams have participated in the events. If only three or less individuals or teams have participated in the finals of a sporting event, the sportsperson/ team achieving first position will be treated.as having achieved excellence.

(Rita Mathur)

Director(Pay)

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Model RRs for The Post of Lower Division Clerk

NO.AB-14017/32/2009-Esst(RR)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)

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New Delhi dated the 17^th May, 2010

 

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:: Subject:- Model RRs for The Post of Lower Division Clerk   
              A reference is invited to this Department OM of even no. dated 7'October 2009 enclosing the Model RRs for the post of Lower Division Clerk.

2.    The matter relating to Skill Test norms for recruitment to the post of I,DC has been considered. Staff Selection Commission will conduct all skill tests in typing only on computers from the Financial Year 2010-11 onwards. Accordingly, the entries pertaining to Skill Test Norms prescribed in the Col. 8 of the Model RRs for the post of LDC may be modified to include the Skill Test Norms 'only on computers'. All the MinistrieslDepartments are, therefore, requested to amend the RRs for the post of LDC accordingly..

3.    Ministry of Home Affairs etc. are requested to bring the contents of this OM to the notice of their attachedlsubordinate offices also.

(J. Vaidyanathan)

Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of lndia

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Skill Test for recruitment to the post of LDCs and Stenographers.

NO.AB-14017/20/2008-Esst(RR)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)

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                                                                                        New Delhi dated the 17^th May, 2010

 

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

 

Subject:: Subject:- Skill Test for recruitment to the post of LDCs and Stenographers.

            A reference is invited to this Department OM of even no. dated July 8, 2008 prescribing the skill test norms on manual typewriters and computers for recruitment to the posts of LDCs and Stenographers. The
matter has been reviewed in consultation with the Staff Selection Commission and it has been decided that from the Financial Year 2010-11 onwards, the skill tests for recruitment to the posts of LDC and
Stenographers shall be conducted only on computers. The norms for the same are as prescribed below:

POST	SKILL TEST NORMS ON COMPUTER
Lower Division Clerk	English Typing @ 35w.p.m. Hindi Typing @ 30 w.p.m. (Time allowed-10mts) (35 w.p.m. and 30 w.p.m. correspond to 10500 KDPH/9000 KDPH on an average of 5 key depressions for each word)
Stenographer Gr.D	Dictation:10 mts @ 80 w.p.m. Trans:50 mts(Eng) 65mts(Hindi)
Stenographer	Dictation:10 mis @100w.p.m. Trans:40 mts (Eng) 55 mts(Hindi)

2.    All MinistrieslDepartments are requested to kindly amend the Recruitment Rules for the posts of LDC and Stenographers accordingly. Formal amendment to the Model RRs for these posts will be notified
separately.

3.    Ministry of Home Affairs etc. are requested to bring the contents of this OM to the notice of their attachedlsubordinate offices also.

(J. Vaidyanathan)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of lndia

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Policy on fixing an upper limit on the number of years for which officers can work in the personel staff of Ministers

NO.31/11/2010-EO(MM-I)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)

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                                                                    New Delhi dated the 13^th May, 2010

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

           Subject:: Policy on fixing an upper limit on the number of years for which officers can
work in the personal staff of Ministers in their entire careers.

             The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has laid out a policy for fixing an upper limit on the number of years for which officers/officials can work in the personal staff of Ministers. This was conveyed by DOP&T's O.M.No. 31/65/2009-EO (MM-I) dated 04.03.2010.

2.     Ministries have raised certain queries regarding the applicability of these instructions.
They are:.
  (i)  Whether these instructions are applicable only to serving officers or also to those from the open market, retired and officers of PSU/Autonomous bodies etc.
  (ii)  Whether these instructions will apply from retrospective or prospective effect and whether they are applicable to new cases of appointments only or to officials working at present in the personal staff of Ministers too..
3.    In clarification, the ACC has approved that:
  (i)  The 10 years limit would be applicable to all appointments in the personal staff of Ministers even for retired or private persons.
  (ii)  The ACC directions would be applicable with prospective effect and not with retrospective effect as these instructions are clearly for processing 'future' appointments. It would not be practical to open cases of all appointments with Ministers at all levels and recalculate their tenure or cancel their appointments
as the case may be. These instructions would be effective from the date of issue of the 0.M mentioned in para 1 above. No future appointments will be made which are not in accordance with these instructions.

(Trishaljit Sethi)

Director

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Army Decides to Take 124 More MBT Arjun

           The Army has decided to place fresh order for an additional home-built 124 Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun. This is over and above the existing order of 124 tanks. The development follows the success of the indigenous MBT Arjun in the recent gruelling desert trials.


            The project for the design and development of the MBT Arjun was approved by the Government in 1974 with an aim to give the required indigenous cutting edge to our Mechanised Forces. After many years of trial and tribulation it has now proved its worth by its superb performance under various circumstances, such as driving cross-country over rugged sand dunes, detecting, observing and quickly engaging targets, accurately hitting targets – both stationary and moving, with pin pointed accuracy. Its superior fire-power is based on accurate and quick target acquisition capability during day and night in all types of weather and shortest possible reaction time during combat engagements.
source:pib

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RBI permits 926 branches of banks to accept advance income tax

            To make it convenient for the income tax assessees, the Reserve Bank of India today allowed 926 branches of public and private banks to collect advance income tax in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.


             Till now, only RBI used to collect advance income taxes. Of the 926 branches, 862 branches of public sector banks, 35 of HDFC Bank, 10 of ICICI and 19 of AXIS Bank, RBI Assistant Manager J D Desai said in a statement here.

            The step has been taken for the convenience of the assessees in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, so that they could utilise the services being made available at various designated branches of the authorised banks, he added.

            Mumbai, being headquarters of many corporates, gets the largest chunk of advance income tax.
source:ET

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Recruitment criteria for NCERT director to be changed

              Unable to find suitable candidates, the government is set to modify the recruitment criteria for the post of director of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).


            The premier educational body is currently headed by in-charge director Prof G Ravindra after the government failed to find a suitable candidate for the post.

           HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has favoured modification in the recruitment rules which state that a candidate needs to have at least ten years of experience as a professor, including five years of administrative experience.
            HRD Ministry had advertised for the post last year.

          Though it got 72 applications, 46 were not eligible as they did not have five years of administrative experience.

        The ministry has now written to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) for relaxing the criteria of administrative experience.

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