13/03/2016
Losses of Postal Department.
Railway, Central staff seek better deal
Delhi Postal Circle gets National Award for enhancing electoral participation by Election Commission of India
Losses of Postal Department.
Govt has the "absolute right" to fire, if necessary in the public interest, employee who joined service before the age of 35 and has crossed the age of 50 or 55
New Delhi: Employees of autonomous institutions like central universities and AIIMS will come under government scanner now which will keep track of their performance.
Under Fundamental Rule 56(J), the government has the "absolute right" to retire, if necessary in the public interest, any Group A and B employee who joined service before the age of 35 and has crossed the age of 50.
Also, a Group C government servant, who has crossed the age of 55, can be retired prematurely under the rule.
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) today asked all administrative ministries to ensure that autonomous institutions have adopted the provisions of FR 56 (j) and that they are strictly followed.
In case where the autonomous institutions have similar provisions in their rule books, the administrative ministry may ensure that they are followed in letter and spirit, it said.
In case there is no such provisions exist in regulations governing their working, the administrative ministry may ensure that the action is taken to put in place such rules as may be necessary, the DoPT said in a communique to all central government secretaries.
There number of autonomous institutions and bodies under the administrative control of central government that include Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), as per a government directory.
The Centre is conducting review of its employees working in ministries. While addressing a conference here in November last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said 45 senior officers have either been removed or faced pension cuts for "unsatisfactory performance and delivery in public service".
Source : http://zeenews.india.com/
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A massive lunch-hour demonstration before the Rail Nilayam here on Friday saw over 2,000 employees of the South Central Railway and other Central Government organisations coming together to showcase their demands that include among others, opposition to privatisation moves, better pay and working conditions. Following a call from the National Joint Council of Action (NJCA), similar demonstrations were organised across the country before Zonal offices to show their strength, said NJCA chairman and general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Railwaymen, M. Raghavaiah, while addressing the gathering. He said an estimated 42 lakh Central Government employees would go on an indefinite strike from July 11, notice for which would be served on June 9. The demands include minimum pay of Rs. 26,000 as against the Rs. 18,000 offered. The minimum pay, employees alleged, was fixed taking into consideration the average price of Labour Bureau, instead of actual prices in the market. For example, the employees were told that cost of rice was taken as Rs. 24 a kilo, while the price for a metre of cloth for the family was taken as Rs. 141. Others who addressed the gathering include chairman and general secretary of the Joint Council of Action, G. Prabhakar Andrew and Ch. Sankara Rao, respectively.
Source : http://www.thehindu.com/
Delhi Postal Circle gets National Award for enhancing electoral participation by Election Commission of India
With the aim to give final opportunity to cast vote using postal ballots through a dedicated set up at Post offices, on 8.2.2015, at the behest of Chief Election Officer, Delhi, the Department of Posts, Delhi Circle made a plan within few hours for exclusive arrangements with regard to collection and delivery of Postal ballots. The plan envisaged: a)Round the clock collection of Postal ballots on 09.02.2015 [upto 0600 hrs. 10.02.2015] at 9 identified Post Offices b) Exclusive drive for collecting ballots posted in more than 1300 letter boxes across Delhi by ensuring collection [clearance] from Letter Boxes 'thrice' on 9.2.2015. c) Exclusive logistical arrangement for delivery of all the postal ballots by deploying dedicated mail vehicles on the morning of 10.2.2015. For this purpose, It provided, for the first time in India, an unprecedented opportunity to electors to cast vote using postal ballots up to two hours before start of counting of votes. The 24 hour operational arrangement at Post Offices aided by dedicated logistical support for delivery resulted in a seamless and transparent system of collection and timely delivery of postal ballots. Entire arrangement was well coordinated and monitored and no complaint was received on this accord. Thus, for the best services rendered by the Department of Posts, Delhi Postal Circle was honored with the National Award by the President of India on 25th January 2016 for Enhancing the Electoral Participation under Government Organization/ PSU category.