20/05/2015
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1441 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8TH MAY, 2015
1)Clarification regarding eligibility
of Home Town Concession- Frequently Asked Questions.
No.
31011 /4/2007-Estt.(A-IV)
Government
of India
Ministry
of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department
of Personnel and Training
Establishment
(A-IV) Desk
North
Block, New Delhi-110 001
Dated:
May 18, 2015
OFFICE
MEMORANDUM
Subject: Central Civil Services
(Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988- Clarification regarding eligibility of
Home Town Concession- Frequently Asked Questions.
The undersigned is directed to say
that this Department receives a number of references from Government servants/
various Ministries/Departments seeking clarifications regarding the eligibility
of Government employees in respect of Home Town LTC. The point of doubts raised
and their clarifications are as under :-
S.No.
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Query
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Clarification
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1.
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Whether the employees whose
Headquarters/ Place of posting and Home Town are same, are eligible for Home
Town LTC?
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No. Government employees whose
headquarters/ place of posting and Home Town are one and the same are not
eligible for Home Town LTC.
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2.
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Whether the employees who are not
eligible for Home Town LTC may avail the Special Concession scheme of
conversion of Home Town LTC to travel to North East Region, allowed by DoPT’s
31011/3/2014-Estt.A-IV 26.09.2014?
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No. Employees whose Home Town
& Headquarters are same are not eligible for Home town LTC and hence, the
question of conversion of Home Town LTC to travel to these places under
special concession scheme does not arise.
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3.
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Whether the employees residing in
cities / towns outside Delhi which fall under other states of National
Capital Region (NCR) are eligible for Home Town Concession?
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Yes, Cities/Towns which outside
Delhi and fall in other states of NCR are not to be treated as Delhi
Headquarters. Hence, the Government employees whose headquarters are Delhi
and reside in cities/towns outside Delhi falling in other states of NCR, are
eligible for Jammu & Kashmir & Andaman & Nicobar Islands as
eligible for Home Town Concession.
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sd/-
(Surya
Narayan Jha)
Under
Secretary to the Govt. of India
OPENING OF NEW
POST OFFICES AND DETAILS OF COMPUTERIZATION OF POST OFFICE IN COUNTRY
GOVERNMENT
OF INDIA
MINISTRY
OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT
OF POSTS
RAJYA
SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1441 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8TH MAY, 2015
OPENING
OF POST OFFICES
1441. SHRI DILIPBHAI PANDYA:
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:
(a)
whether post offices have been opened in all the villages of the country;
(b) if so, the details
especially to that of Gujarat and the number of post offices likely to be
opened during the current financial year, State-wise;
(c) whether all post offices
of the country, including those of Gujarat, have been equipped with e-mail,
internet and computer facilities, if so, the details thereof; and
(d) if not, by when all post
offices are likely to be equipped with above mentioned facilities, the details
thereof?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS
AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) &(b) No Sir, However,
Department through a physical network of 1,39,182 rural post offices, 1,795
Franchise Outlets (FOs) and 2,795 Panchayt Sanchar Sewa Kendras (PSSKs) are
providing basic postal services to all the villages in the country. In addition
to delivery, sale of stamps and stationery is also being offered through
postmen/delivery agents, while they are on their regular visits to respective
beats. Expansion of postal services by relocation and redeployment is an
ongoing activity. This is taken up under Plan Scheme-“Rural Business &
Access to Postal Network” subject to fulfillment of certain norms prescribed by
the Department for opening of post offices, availability of Plan support and
manpower. Postal Circle-wise physical targets for opening of 92 Gramin Dak
Sewak Post Offices (GDSPOs) by relocation/redeployment including Gujarat for
the current financial year 2015-16 is at Annexure-I.
(c)&(d) Yes Sir, all
25,468 departmental post offices including those in Gujarat have been supplied
with computers & peripherals and out of this 24,465 post offices are having
e-mail & internet facilities and also have been switched over to the new
Wide Area Network as a part of “India Post IT Project 2012”. The remaining 1003
(including 9 post offices in Gujarat) do not have these facilities yet due to
technical reasons which are in the process of getting addressed and remaining
post offices will be provided with e-mail & internet facilities after
solving these issues. Postal Circle-wise details of number of Post Offices
Computerized and provided inter-net facilities is at Annexure-II.
NNEXURE-I
Postal Circle-wise given physical
targets for opening of Gramin Dak Sewak Post Offices (GDSPOs) by redeployment
& relocation during 2015-16
Sl. No.
|
Name of the Circle
|
Physical Target for 2015-16
(in number) |
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
including Telangana State
|
6
|
2
|
Assam
|
7
|
3
|
Bihar
|
8
|
4
|
Chhattisgarh
|
7
|
5
|
Delhi
|
0
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
4
|
7
|
Haryana
|
4
|
8
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
3
|
9
|
Jammu &
Kashmir
|
2
|
10
|
Jharkhand
|
5
|
11
|
Karnataka
|
4
|
12
|
Kerala
|
0
|
13
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
4
|
14
|
Maharashtra
|
4
|
15
|
North East
|
10
|
16
|
Odisha
|
4
|
17
|
Punjab
|
3
|
18
|
Rajasthan
|
4
|
19
|
Tamil Nadu
|
4
|
20
|
Uttarakhand
|
2
|
21
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
5
|
22
|
West Bengal
|
2
|
Total
|
92
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ANNEXURE-II
Postal
Circle-wise Number of Post Offices Computerized and provided e-mail & internet facilities.
Sl. No.
|
Name of the Circle
|
No. of Post Offices Computerized
|
No. of Post Offices
Provided e-mail & internet facilities. |
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
including Telangana State
|
2438
|
2439
|
2
|
Assam
|
626
|
582
|
3
|
Bihar
|
1046
|
1043
|
4
|
Chhattisgarh
|
343
|
335
|
5
|
Delhi
|
425
|
393
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
1335
|
1328
|
7
|
Haryana
|
493
|
490
|
8
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
464
|
418
|
9
|
Jammu &
Kashmir
|
263
|
251
|
10
|
Jharkhand
|
455
|
454
|
11
|
Karnataka
|
1715
|
1683
|
12
|
Kerala
|
1506
|
1506
|
13
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
1062
|
1061
|
14
|
Maharashtra
|
2212
|
2213
|
15
|
North East
|
329
|
268
|
16
|
Odisha
|
1195
|
1147
|
17
|
Punjab
|
758
|
760
|
18
|
Rajasthan
|
1345
|
1334
|
19
|
Tamil Nadu
|
2759
|
2578
|
20
|
Uttarakhand
|
388
|
341
|
21
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
2553
|
2540
|
22
|
West Bengal
|
1758
|
1301
|
Total
|
25468
|
24465
|