Friday, December 7, 2018
Prevention of frauds in Pension payments: EPFO's instructions
Employees' Provident Fund Organisation
Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India
Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi - 110066
No. Pen.II/14/Bkg.Arg/2018/11660
Date: 04 DEC 2018
To
All Additional Central P.F. Commissioner (Zonal Offices),
All Regional P.F. Commissioner (In-charges of Regional Offices).
Sub: Prevention of frauds in Pension payments ~ regarding.
Sir/ Madam,
This is with reference to occurrence of frauds and its prevention in the process of payment of pension to pensioners in the field offices. It is suggested to take the actions as detailed below:
(i) Rotation policy of staff may be followed. The maximum tenure of three years may be followed in all Regional Offices without any exceptions. Records of charge allocation including deputing special messengers’ alongwith CD/BRS to the bank should be maintained and periodically verified by officer In-charge concerned.
DoPT: The Fundamental Amendment Rules 2018 - Amendment in FR 22(I)(a)(1)
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Personnel and Training)
(Department of Personnel and Training)
New Delhi, the 19th November, 2018
G.S.R.370.- In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 and clause(5) of article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in relation to the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Fundamental Rules. 1922, namely:-
1. (1) These rules maybe called the Fundamental (Amendment) Rules, 2018.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Fundamental Rules. 1922, in rule 22. in sub-rule (1), in clause (a). for sub-clause (I). the following sub-clause shall be substituted, namely:-
"(1) where a Government servant holding a post, other than a tenure post, in a substantive or temporary or officiating capacity is promoted or appointed in a substantive. temporary or officiating capacity, as the case may be, subject to the fulfillment of the eligibility conditions as prescribed in the relevant Recruitment Rules, to another post carrying duties and responsibilities of greater importance than those attaching to the post held by him, his initial pay in the time-scale shall be fixed by giving one increment in the level from which the Government servant is promoted and he or she shall be placed at a cell equal to the figure so arrived at in the level of the post to which promoted or appointed and if no such cell is available in the level to which promoted or appointed, he shall be placed at the next higher cell in that level.
Save in cases of appointment on deputation to an ex cadre post. or to a post on ad hoc basis or on direct recruitment basis, the Government servant shall have the option, to be exercised within one month from the date of promotion or appointment, as the case may be, to have the pay fixed under this rule from the date of such promotion or appointment or to have the pay fixed initially at the next higher cell in the level of the post to which he or she is promoted on regular basis and subsequently, on the date of accrual of next increment in the level of the post from which Government Servant is promoted, his pay shall be re-fixed and two increments (one accrued on account of annual Increment and the second accrued on account of promotion) shall be granted in the level from which the Government Servant is promoted and he or she shall be placed. at a cell equal to the figure so arrived, in the level of the post to which he or she is promoted; and if no such cell is available in the level to which he or she is promoted, he or she shall be placed at the next higher cell in that level.
In cases where an ad hoc promotion is followed by regular appointment without break, the option is admissible from the date of initial appointment or promotion. to he exercised within one month from the date of such regular appointment.
In cases where an officer has retired as ad hoc before being regularised to that post and later on has been assessed during the process of regularisation and found fit by the competent authority along with his or her juniors, who are still in service and are eligible to avail of the option facility from a date on which the retired employee was still in service, the same option facility shall also be extended to the retired employee, to be exercised within three months from the date when his or her junior became eligible to avail of option facility and in cases where such retired employee was
himself the junior most, he or she may exercise the option facility within three months from the date when his or her immediate senior became eligible to avail of option facility:
Provided that where a Government servant is immediately before his promotion or appointment on regular basis to a higher post, drawing pay at the maximum of the level of the lower post, his initial pay in the level of the higher post shall be fixed at the cell equal to the figure so arrived at in the level of the post to which promoted or appointed by increasing his pay in respect of the lower post held by him on regular basis by an amount equal to the last increment in the level of the lower post and if no such cell is available in the level to which he is promoted or appointed, he shall be placed at the next higher cell in that level."
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Fundamental Rules. 1922, in rule 22. in sub-rule (1), in clause (a). for sub-clause (I). the following sub-clause shall be substituted, namely:-
"(1) where a Government servant holding a post, other than a tenure post, in a substantive or temporary or officiating capacity is promoted or appointed in a substantive. temporary or officiating capacity, as the case may be, subject to the fulfillment of the eligibility conditions as prescribed in the relevant Recruitment Rules, to another post carrying duties and responsibilities of greater importance than those attaching to the post held by him, his initial pay in the time-scale shall be fixed by giving one increment in the level from which the Government servant is promoted and he or she shall be placed at a cell equal to the figure so arrived at in the level of the post to which promoted or appointed and if no such cell is available in the level to which promoted or appointed, he shall be placed at the next higher cell in that level.
Save in cases of appointment on deputation to an ex cadre post. or to a post on ad hoc basis or on direct recruitment basis, the Government servant shall have the option, to be exercised within one month from the date of promotion or appointment, as the case may be, to have the pay fixed under this rule from the date of such promotion or appointment or to have the pay fixed initially at the next higher cell in the level of the post to which he or she is promoted on regular basis and subsequently, on the date of accrual of next increment in the level of the post from which Government Servant is promoted, his pay shall be re-fixed and two increments (one accrued on account of annual Increment and the second accrued on account of promotion) shall be granted in the level from which the Government Servant is promoted and he or she shall be placed. at a cell equal to the figure so arrived, in the level of the post to which he or she is promoted; and if no such cell is available in the level to which he or she is promoted, he or she shall be placed at the next higher cell in that level.
In cases where an ad hoc promotion is followed by regular appointment without break, the option is admissible from the date of initial appointment or promotion. to he exercised within one month from the date of such regular appointment.
In cases where an officer has retired as ad hoc before being regularised to that post and later on has been assessed during the process of regularisation and found fit by the competent authority along with his or her juniors, who are still in service and are eligible to avail of the option facility from a date on which the retired employee was still in service, the same option facility shall also be extended to the retired employee, to be exercised within three months from the date when his or her junior became eligible to avail of option facility and in cases where such retired employee was
himself the junior most, he or she may exercise the option facility within three months from the date when his or her immediate senior became eligible to avail of option facility:
Provided that where a Government servant is immediately before his promotion or appointment on regular basis to a higher post, drawing pay at the maximum of the level of the lower post, his initial pay in the level of the higher post shall be fixed at the cell equal to the figure so arrived at in the level of the post to which promoted or appointed by increasing his pay in respect of the lower post held by him on regular basis by an amount equal to the last increment in the level of the lower post and if no such cell is available in the level to which he is promoted or appointed, he shall be placed at the next higher cell in that level."
[F.No. 13/1/20 17-Estt.(Pay-I)]
RAJEEV BAHREE, Under Secy.
Note: The Fundamental Rules came into force from 1st January, 1922 and these rules were amended earlier as per details below:-
1. Ministry of Finance Notification No.2(9)-E.III/61 dated 01.02.1963;
2. Ministry of Finance Notification No.1(1 )-E.III(A)/65 dated 20.02.1965;
3. Ministry of Finance Notification No. l(25)-E.IlI(a)/64 dated 30.11.1965;
4. Ministry of Finance Notification No. F.1(25)-E.ITT(A)/64 dated 01.10.1966;
5. Ministry of Finance Notification No. I (3)-E.TTI(a)/64-Pt.1I dated 18.07.1967;
6. Ministry of Finance Notification No. I (6)-E.TII(A)/68 dated 26.04.1968;
7. Ministry of Finance Notification No. l(25)-E.IIJ(A)/64 dated 27.05.1970;
8. Ministry of Finance Notification No. 18(13)-E.IV(A)/70 dated 29.01.1971;
9. Ministry of Finance Notification No. l(9)-E.1II(A)/74 dated 30.10.1974;
10. Ministry of Home Affairs Notification No. l(6)-P.U.1179 dated 23.11.1979;
11. Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms Notification No. F. I (8)-P.U.T/80 dated 29.01.1981;
12. Ministry of Home Affairs Notification No. l/9/79-Estt.(Pay-I) dated 06.10.1983;
13. Ministry of Home Affairs Notification No.1 3/5/84-Estt.(Pay-T) dated I 7.08.1984;
14. Department of Personnel and Training Notification No. I3/5/84-Estt.(Pay-I) dated 24.09.1985;
15. Department of Personnel and Training Notification No. Il/I /85-Estt.(Pay-t) dated 24.04.1986; and
16. Department of Personnel and Training Notification No. I / I 0/89-Estt.(Pay-I) dated 30.08.1989.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Now bank ATMs can encash your cheque within one minute, 24x7; Interesting details here
What if the ATM machine near you start clearing cheques and do all other routine works done by humans at banks? Believe it or not, but this has now been made possible. Leading ATM maker NCR Corporation has developed an ATM that can encash cheques - That too within just one minute!
Two private banks have deployed the new ATM as a pilot project in Gurugram and Bengaluru.
Instructions to follow CBS Finacle Application User [Delete temporary files due to update of Java file]
Dear Circle SPOC's,
Subsequent to the near expiry of the CBS application Jar files, FSI has proposed to update JAR files(JAVA) on 02-12-2018 at DC level.
There may be no issue in accessing Finacle application on 03-12-2018
If any of the POs face an issue on 03-12-2018 to access the application, user shall follow the below referred steps to clear the Temporary files cached.
Subsequent to the near expiry of the CBS application Jar files, FSI has proposed to update JAR files(JAVA) on 02-12-2018 at DC level.
There may be no issue in accessing Finacle application on 03-12-2018
If any of the POs face an issue on 03-12-2018 to access the application, user shall follow the below referred steps to clear the Temporary files cached.
GL Code finder with revised GL codes as on 04.12.2018 is available in the link given below.
https://drive.google.com/
Thanks to Shri. SOORAJ KS
OFFLINE PROCEDURE TO UPDATE THE APPS IN RICT DEVICES
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DoPT: Launching /Introduction of UPSC module in RRFAMS portal
AB- 14017/ 19/2018-Estt.(RR)(3141620)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
Estt(RR) Section
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
Estt(RR) Section
North Block, New Delhi
Dated: 3rd December, 2018
Dated: 3rd December, 2018
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Launching /Introduction of UPSC module in RRFAMS portal - reg.
The undersigned is directed to say that the RRFAMS portal has been in operation since 25.12.2016 for framing/amendment of Recruitment Rules by DOP&T.
The proposals received on this portal are scrutinized in DOP&T through online consultation with the user ministries/departments. Once the RRs become error free, approval of DOPT is conveyed through the system. Simultaneously, the Recruitment Rules are also frozen. Under the existing system after the RRs are frozen, the Ministries/Departments send the proposals along with necessary Annexure, hierarchy chart etc. in physical file to UPSC and DoLA.
Thursday, November 1, 2018
AIAPS detailed representation letter submitted to Postmaster cadre committee!!!
As on outcome of DG Posts meeting by AIAPS(GL) representatives, a separate committee was constituted to examine the entire issues faced by the Postmaster cadre officers including cadre restructure of PM cadre.
In this regard, a detailed 15 pages representation was submitted by AIAPS to redress all the grievances faced by the Postmaster cadre officers including cadre restructure of Postmasters.
Our sincere thanks to DG Posts madam for her speedy benevolent action
- General Secretary
All India Association of Postmasters and Supervisors.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Model Proforma to claim 3% fitment pay benefit by individual request !
From,
______________________________ ,
______________________________ ,
_______________________________ ,
_______________________________.
To,
The Sr./Postmaster,
__________________________ HO,
Pincode: _____________________ .
Subject: Grant of benefit of pay fixation at time of promotion to Postmaster Grade I – reg
Reference: Directorate sanction letter No.20-27/2015-SPB-II dated at Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg the 15th October 2018 (Published in India post official website and attached with this letter for quick reference)
Sir/Madam,
A kind reference is invited to the above cited Dte letter, vide above reference, 3% fitment benefit of pay was allowed to Postmaster Grade I official at the time of fixation of pay on promotion to the post of Postmaster Grade I even after availing financial upgradation under MACP.
One more good news as an outcome of the DG Posts meeting dated 4.10.18
Dear Postmasters and beloved members of AIAPS,
1. As one of the outcome of AIAPS representatives, two hours depth discussion with DG Posts madam, one more mile stone is achieved followed by 3% fitment pay benefit.
2. Yes Postmaster cadre restructure process is accelerated vide directorate letter dated 26.10.18.
3. We could see many positive aspects in the dte order dated 26.10.18.
a) Already PM cadre restructure related committee is constituted vide DTE order dated 12.10.18. Within 14 days three orders issued related to PM CR viz on 12.10.18, 26.10.18 and again 26.10.18
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Good News - Postmaster cadre committee to examine the issues relating to Postmasters cadre !!!
Dear beloved Postmasters,
As already said in the AIAPS minutes after DG Posts meeting dated 04.10.2018, a Postmaster cadre committee is constituted to examine the issues faced by the Postmaster cadre officers and as well as to complete the cadre restructure as assured by DG Posts madam on 04.10.2018 to AIAPS representatives.
This committee will deal entire things related to Postmaster cadre viz., 1. efficacy of having separate cadre of Postmasters, cadre restructure of PM cadre and as well as operative and administrative issues faced by the Postmaster cadre officials.
It is definitely a huge relief to all the Postmaster cadre officials since now department has initiated a remarkable thing to settle all the grievances of Postmaster cadre officers.
This committee will deal entire things related to Postmaster cadre viz., 1. efficacy of having separate cadre of Postmasters, cadre restructure of PM cadre and as well as operative and administrative issues faced by the Postmaster cadre officials.
It is definitely a huge relief to all the Postmaster cadre officials since now department has initiated a remarkable thing to settle all the grievances of Postmaster cadre officers.
Order copy is produced below
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