Promotions of CR upto Group-B Cadre (including Superintendent Cadre) issued in Hyderabad CCA

Dear comrades,

Our long waiting had a fruitful result and with blessings of our Hon'ble Chief Commissioner Ms.R. Shakuntala ji, Hyderabad zone and with great efforts of Shri. M.Srinivas, Commissioner, HYD-I and administration team today the orders of Promotions of CR upto Group-B Cadre (including Superintendent Cadre) were issued in Hyderabad CCA,.

The Details of Superintendent promotion order are as follows:

Order Nos. 69/2014-GO) and 70/2014-GO, dt. 30-9-2014.

Total promotions : 275

Ad-hoc regularised: 16

New Regular promotions: 245

New Adhoc promotions: 14

Total net promotions: 259

Out of the net promotions of 259, around 80 officers are from Vizag Zone. 

All the officers have to work at their present place of postings till their allotment/transfer orders are issued which are likely to be issued next week. 

On behalf of the Association i would like to congratulate all of you and wish you all the best for your bright future. 

 With regards,

Jaipal Singh

(AICEIA PRESIDENT).

LTC by Air to Jammu and Kashmir, NER and Andaman and Nicobar – DOPT relaxes norms for Central Government Employees who are not entitled other wise to travel by Air on LTC – Relaxation will be valid for Two Years till September 2016

After relaxation to travel by air on LTC to NER, and Jammu and Kashmir got expired in June 2014, Government has reintroduced the same for Central Government Employees who are not entitled for travelling by Air on LTC.  As per the LTC Rules, Central Government Employees who are in receipt of Grade Pay of Rs. 5400 above will be eligible to travel by Air while availing LTC. However, DOPT has issued Office Memorandumdated 26.09.2014 to extend the benefit of travelling by Air to all Central Government Emplyees irrespective of Grade Pay, when LTC is availed for travelling to Jammu and Kashmir, NER and Andaman and Nicobar

Highlights of this relaxation are as follows:

All eligible Government Employees can travel by Air to visit any place in North Eastern Region, Jammu and Kashmir and Andaman and Nicobar Islands against the conversion of one block of their Home Town LTC.

Fresh Recruits are also eligible to avail this air travel benefit against conversion of one of the three Home Towns in a block of four years

As this concession is in addition to All India LTC applicable to all Central Government Employees, the same will be also available to Central Government Employees who are entitled to Travel by Air while availing LTC. These Central Government Employees can avail this LTC relaxation to travel to NER, J&K and A&N, in addition to All India LTC and they can travel by Air from their respective Head Quarters itself to Destination.

Central Government Employees who are not entitled to travel by air may be permitted to travel by air in Economy class in the following sectors:

a. Between Kolkata/ Guwahati and any place in NER

b. Between Kolkata/ Chennai/ Bhubaneswar and Port Blair.

c. Between Delhi / Amritsar and any place in J&K

All Central Government Employees should use only LTC 80 Tickets as far as this relaxation is concerned

This relaxtion to travel by Air will also be applicable when Central Government Emplyees who are not entitled to travel by air, avail regular All India LTC to NER, J&K and A&N in 4 year block.

In other words, a Central Government Employee who is not entitled to travel by Air can fly twice by availing LTC in a 4 year block when he/she chose to travel by Air to NER, J&K and A&N by availing relaxation and also travel to one of these places under ALL India LTC.

The full text of office memorandum dated 26.09.2014 is as follows

No. 31011/3/2014-Estt.(A-IV)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi-110 001

Dated: 26th September, 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 — Relaxation to travel by air to visit NER and A&N.

The undersigned is directed to say that in relaxation to CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988, it has been decided by the Government to permit Government servants to travel by air to North East Region (NER) , Jammu and Kashmir and Andaman & Nicobar Islands (A&N) as per the following scheme.

(i) All eligible Government servants may avail LTC to visit any place in NER/ A&N againstthe conversion of one block of their Home Town LTC. Fresh Recruits are also eligible for this benefit against conversion of one of the three Home Towns in a block of four years applicable to them.

(ii) Government servants entitled to travel by air can avail this LTC from their Headquarters in Economy class.

(iii) Government servants not entitled to travel by air may be permitted to travel by air in Economy class in the following sectors:

a. Between Kolkata/ Guwahati and any place in NER

b. Between Kolkata/ Chennai/ Bhubaneswar and Port Blair.

c. Between Delhi / Amritsar and any place in J&K

Journey for these non-entitled employees from their Headquarters up to Kolkata/ Guwahati/ Chennai/ Bhubaneswar / Delhi / Amritsar will have to be undertaken as per their entitlement.

(iv) Air travel is to be performed by Air India in Economy Class only and at LTC-80 fare or less.

(v) Air travel by non-entitled officers on the sectors mentioned in item (iii) above may be permitted while availing LTC to any place in India (4 year Block) also.

(vi) Air Tickets to be purchased directly from the airlines (Booking counters, website of airlines) or by utilizing the service of Authorized Travel Agents viz. ‘M/s Balmer Lawrie & Company’, ‘M/s Ashok Travels & Tours’ and ‘IRCTC’ (to the extent IRCTC is authorized as per DoPT’s O.M. No. 31011/6/2002-Estt.(A) dated 02.12.2009) while undertaking LTC journey. Booking of tickets through other agencies is not permitted.

2. These orders shall be in operation for a period of two years from the date of issue of this O.M.

3. All the Ministries/ Departments are advised to bring it to the notice of all their employees that any misuse of LTC will be viewed seriously and the employees will be liable for appropriate action under the rules. In order to keep a check on any kind of misuse of LTC, Ministries/ Departments are advised to randomly get some of the air tickets submitted by the officials verified from the Airlines concerned with regard to the actual cost of air travel vis-a-vis the cost indicated on the air tickets submitted by the officials.

4. In their application to the staff serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, these orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

sd/-

(B. Bandyopadhyay)

Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

Central Govt employees to take cleanliness pledge on Oct 2

All Central Government employees will have to be present in office on October 2, Gandhi Jayanthi, the day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch ‘clean India campaign, and take the cleanliness pledge, a directive issued by the Cabinet Secretary Ajith Seth said.

The employees will be administered ‘Swachhata Shapath’ (pledge of cleanliness) in government offices, public functions and events on October 2, the directive said. The cleanliness drives led by senior officials will be undertaken in all government and public offices, it said. The Centre had earlier declared October 2 (Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday) as gazette holiday.

There will be a special cleanliness drive in government offices from tomorrow till October 2 to get rid of clutter, garbage and weed out old and unwanted things from government premises, the directive said. The Cabinet Secretary had earlier also written to secretaries of central government departments pressing the need for clean working spaces.

“There are certain offices where construction material is lying for years. In some office premises, unused or junked vehicles are also parked. The departments have already been asked to make sure that no clutter, unused vehicles, rubbles or building material are lying in the office premises,” a Personnel Ministry official  said. There may be surprise inspections to ensure the effectiveness of cleanliness drive, he said. Senior officials have sprung into action and instructed their concerned supervisors to ensure that the office premises are clean.

PTI

FAQs on How to Mark your Attendance (BAS)

 

How to mark Attendance using the common biometric attendance system on wall mounted terminals

 

To get your Attendance ID, register online at attendance.gov.in. The Attendance ID will be generated from you Aadhaar number, the 6 digit number will be generated based on the last 6 or first 6 digits of your Aadhaar number. The attendance ID will only be active to mark attendance only when your Aadhaar information is verified by UIDAI and activated by you Nodal officer.

 

Attendance ID has been sent by SMS to your registered Mobile Number.

Enter your 6-digit Attendance ID on Screen

 

A Red light will start to glow on Finger Print Scanner

 

Now put any one of your fingers on the Finger Print Scanner

 

DO NOT move your finger on scanner otherwise finger prints will not be properly scanned

 

DO NOT Press very hard on Finger Print Scanner

 

Once the screen shows “Authenticating, Please Wait”. Remove your finger from the scanner

 

A pop-up screen will show your Photo and Attendance Type as “Opening” for the first time you mark the attendance for that day

 

If Attendance Type is “Closing” then it will be counted as OUT Time. However, OUT time would be the LAST “Closing” time marked by you. Any “Closing” time in-between “Opening” time and Last “Closing” time would be ignored

 

If, you see a CROSS instead of your photo, then some ERROR has occurred while marking attendance.

 

You will be able to mark your attendance in any bio-metric terminal installed in various Central Government buildings

 

You can also mark your attendance in any of finger print devices, which have been connected on Windows 7 or Windows OS. Presently client attendance software is not available for MAC OS

 

If you are having difficulty in marking attendance-using fingerprints scanning devices, please try marking your attendance through Iris Device, which may be available with NIC In-charge in your organization

Aadhaar-based biometric attendance systems for central government employees by the end of this month

 

Aadhaar-based biometric attendance systems for central government employees will be fully operational by the end of this month.“The biometric attendance system for central employees will be fully functional by the end of this month,” Information Technology Secretary Ram Sevak Sharma told PTI. According to Sharma, the attendance of the employees can be tracked through a website, attendence.gov.in, which would be fully operational by the month-end.

The attendance web portal will use the information entered in the biometric devices and will act as a centralised management information system (MIS) for attendance.Under the new attendance system, the employees would be able to mark their attendance using biometric reading devices in various government offices.It will facilitate employees mark their attendance at other central offices also which would help the government to track their movements.

According to the information available on the attendance web portal, as many as 163 central government organisations have registered themselves for the same.At present, as many as 1,816 biometric attendance devices are operational in various central government offices. There are around 43,000 registered users (employees), out of which 18,262 are Aadhaar verified.

source : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/

Board issues instructions on functioning of Audit Commissionerates

Board has issued instructions on functioning of Audit Commissionerates.  Main features of the Audit Commissionerates are as follows:

1. In non-metros with multiple Executive Commissionerates located in different geographical regions, Audit Commissionerate HQRS will be situated in         the city where the Zonal office is situated. However, Circles on the lines of Divisions will be situated in the city where Executive                                  Commissionerates are      located. 

2. Audit Commissionerates will be divided into Circles on the lines of Divisions and each Division will be divided into may be Five Audit Groups on the     lines of Five Ranges in each CE Division. Each Circle will be headed by AC/DC.

3. Audit Commisisonerate will have four  Sections. 

     1. Planning and Coordination Section

     2. Administration, Personnel and Vigilance

     3. Technical Section

     4. Risk Management.

4.   HQRS of each  Audit Commissionerates will have two or thee Addl/Joint Commissioners who would be supported by four ACs/DCs.

5.   Audit Commissionerate shall issue the show cause notice, wherever necessary, after  the audit objections are confirmed in the MCMs. The SCN        shall be answerable to and adjudicated by the Executive Commissioner or the subordinate officers of the Executive Commissionerate as per the          adjudication limits prescribed by the Board. Audit function will end with the issuance of show cause notice and further action including adjudication      and follow-up shall be the responsibility of Executive Commissioner. 

6.  Litigation after adjudications, pre and post audit of Rebates/Refunds and AG Audit Correspondence will be attended by Executive                                   Commissionerates. 

   Click below for Board's instructions on functioning of audit commissionerates

http://cbec.gov.in/deptt_offcr/cadre-restruct/cadre-restructg-idx.htm

Trade Notices on Reorganisation of formations in Hyderabad Zone likely to be issued this week.

It is learnt that Trade Notices on Reorganisation of formations in Hyderabad Zone consequent to implementation of CR are likely to be issued this week. 

In Hyderabad Zone present Divisions from Hyderabad "A" to Hyderabad "N" are being replaced with names of area wise Divisions as detailed below Commissionerate wise.

I. Hyderabad-I Commissionerate:

 There will be Six Divisions as detailed below.

  1. Patancheru Division

  2. Pashamylaram Division

  3. Jinnaram Division

4.    Sadashivapet Division

5.   Ramchandrapuram Division

6.   Nizamabad Division.

II. Hyderabad-II Commissionerate:

     There will be Five Divisions  without any Service Tax with ICD in Thimmapur Division as detailed below.

  1. Secunderabad Division

  2. Hyderabad Division

  3. Shamshabad Division

  4. Thimmapur Division

 5.  Kothur Division

III.  Hyderabad-III Commissionerate:

     Six divisions are proposed three City based (Two CE and one ST) and  three  Mofussil Divisions  (New Division in Karimnagar Dist.) as detailed below.

      1. Uppal C.E.Division

     2.  Cherlapally C.E.Division.

    3.   Service Tax Division (Ranga Reddy Dist.)

    4.   Nalgonda CE and ST Division

    5.  Warangal CE and ST Division

    6.  Kareemnagar CE and ST Division

IV. Hyderabad-IV Commissionerate:

    Six Divisions are proposed – Four Central Excise and Two Service Tax as detailed below. 

    1.  Medchal Division

    2. Kukatpally Division

    3. Balanagar Division

    4. Jeedimetla Division

   5.   Service Tax Division-I

   6.   Service Tax Division-II

     

Govt. approves fourteen senior Chief Commissioners as Principal Chief Commissioners w.e.f. 15-10-2014.

Government has approved fourteen senior IRS Offices to the rank of Principal Chief Commissioners to the  top pay scale of Rs 80,000 per month, bringing them on par with top secretaries and DGPs thus meeting their long pending demand to bring their senior most officers on par with those in the IAS and IPS.

The Finance Ministry issued an order to appoint 14 Principal Chief Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise on last December 18. The top  post in theIRS cadre in field formations till now used to be either a Chief Commissioner (CC) or a  Director General which is equivalent to an Additional Chief Secretary rank  officer but the government last year approved a massive cadre restructuring of the Customs and Central Excise department after which the senior most officers stand to get a pay scale on par with the DGPs and top secretaries of the government.

A total of 14 Chief Commissioners will be designated as Principal Chief Commissioners with a salary of Rs 80,000 per month and 38 Chief Commissioners will be upgraded Chief Commissioners under cadre restructuring with a salary of Rs 75,500-80000 from their present salary Rs 67000-79000.

An IRS cadre officer now can get salary on par with his bosses, Chairman and members of Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), when he will be posted as Principal Chief Commissioner from October 15.

As the cadre restructuring of the Customs and Central Excise department is still being done by the CBEC, the 14 officers will officiate from their incumbent posting as there are no new charges to be held. All these officers will now be equivalent to the Special Secretary rank to the central government.

Sources said, close to a dozen more senior Chief Commissioners and Director Generals are expected to be appointed as the Principal Chief Commissioners shortly.

Tkbsen

Govt. issues Orders on DA increase

F.No. 1-2/2014-E-II (B)

Government of India Ministry of Finance

Department of Expenditure

North Block, New Delhi,

Dated: 18th September, 2014.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

 

Subject: Payment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees – Revised Rates effective from 1.7.2014.

     The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s Office Memorandum No. No. 1/1/2014-E-II (B) Dated: 27th March, 2014 on the subject mentioned above and to say that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 100 % to 107 % with effect from 1st July, 2014.

 

2     The provisions contained in paras 3, 4 and 5 of this Ministry’s O.M. No. 1 (3)/2008-E-II(B) dated 29th August, 2008 shall continue to be applicable while regulating Dearness Allowance under these orders.

3     The additional installment of Dearness Allowance payable under these orders shall bepaid in cash to all Central Government employees.

 

4     These orders shall also apply to the civilian employees paid from the Defence ServicesEstimates and the expenditure will be chargeable to the relevant head of the Defence Services Estimates. In regard to Armed Forces personnel and Railway employees separateorders will be issued by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways, respectively.

 

5     In so far as the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

 

Sd/-

(K.R. Sharma)

Under Secretary to the Government of India