Thursday, February 28, 2013

New Measures for Welfare of SC/ST, Women and minorities

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Sharing the concerns of the Members of the House for the welfare of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes, the Finance Minister Shri P.Chidambaram announced that the Budget has sub plans for them and reiterated that the funds allocated to the sub plans cannot be diverted and must be spent for...
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Eligibility Conditions of Life Insurance Policies for Persons Suffering from Disabilities and Certain Ailments Relaxed

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The Finance Bill 2013 proposes relaxation in the eligibility conditions of Life Insurance Policies for persons suffering from disability or certain ailment. Presenting the Union Budget in the Lok Sabha today, the Finance Minister Shri P.Chidambaram proposed that the permissible premium rate is being...
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Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme(RGESS) Liberalised

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The Finance Bill 2013-14 proposes liberalisation of the Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme(RGESS) that was launched in FY 2012-13. The first time investors will now be allowed to invest in mutual funds as well as listed shares. This investment can be done not in one year alone, but in three successive...
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Basic Facilities to Persons with Multiple Disabilities

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The National Trust, a statutory body set up under the “National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999”, has been implementing various schemes to provide better education and other basic facilities to its target group as...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Railway to Introduce Next Generation E-Ticketing System

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The Minister of Railways Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal has that his Ministry will put in place a Next Generation e-ticketing system to bring about a paradigm shift in internet rail ticketing. Presenting the Railway Budget for 2013-14 in Parliament today he said, the new system will significantly improve...
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1.52 Lakh Vacancies in Railways to Be Filled up this Year

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The Minister of Railways Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal has announced that the Ministry of Railways will make concerted efforts to fill up approximately 1.52 lakh vacancies this year. While presenting Railways Budget for 2013-14 in Parliament today, he said that it is a measure of popularity of Railways as...
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Monday, February 25, 2013

One Rank One Pension Order: Revised Table 1 - Improvement in Casualty Pensionary Awards for pre- 2006 Armed Forces Officers and JCO/ ORs and equivalents.

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OFFICE OF THE PR. CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS) DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD – 211014 Circular No. 508. Dated: 19.02.2013 To, 1. The Chief Accountant, RBI & 12 others Subject: Implementation of Government decision on the recommendations of the Committee Secretaries Committee- 2012...
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Budget 2013: Exempt DA from income tax, says National Mazdoor Conference

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Exempt DA from income tax, says National Mazdoor Conference JAMMU: National Mazdoor Conference (NMC) is seeking exemption of Dearness Allowance from the ambit of income tax as DA is directly linked with the price index. "The price escalation is directly linked with the DA of the salaried class and...
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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Railways take Measures to improve Hygiene and Cleanliness in Coaches and Stations

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Indian Railways always endeavour to improve upon the standards of cleanliness and hygiene in coaches and stations. For improving upon the standards of cleanliness in coaches, schemes like ‘Intensive mechanized cleaning’ in maintenance depots, ‘On Board House-Keeping Services (OBHS)’ for cleaning of...
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FM to Dedicate Centralized Processing Cell for Tax Deducted at Source, CPC (TDS) Tomorrow

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The Union Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram, will dedicate the Centralized Processing Cell for Tax Deducted at Source, CPC (TDS) to the nation tomorrow.               The CPC (TDS) will be situated at Aayakar Bhawan, Sector-3, Vaishali, Ghaziabad (UP). It will...
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Thursday, February 21, 2013

TRAI Releases Pre-Consultation Paper on ‘Full Mobile Number Portability’

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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a Pre-consultation Paper on ‘Full Mobile Number Portability (Pan-India Number Portability)’. In accordance with the provisions contained in the National Telecom Policy-2012 regarding “One Nation- Full Mobile Number Portability”, TRAI received...
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Merger of Bharat Heavy Plate & Vessels Limited with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

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The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for merger of Bharat Heavy Plate & Vessels Ltd. (BHPV) Vishakhapatnam with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), New Delhi. The merger will facilitate BHPV to become a unit of BHEL. BHPV would be able to participate in tenders, obtain orders and attract...
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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Default ASP and Annuity Scheme for subscribers exiting from NPS and Seeking withdrawal of Accumulated Pension Wealth

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Pension Fund Regulatory and  Development Authority           CIRCULAR PFRDA/2013/5/PDEX/4  14th February’2013 To, All POP’s/Aggregators/CRA/ dealing offices of Central & State Governments, Subject: Default ASP and Annuity Scheme for subscribers exiting...
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Kendriya Vidyalaya - Revised Norms prescribed for opening of New KV

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KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN 18, Institutional Area, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg, New Delhi 110 016 CN No.5 F.1-23(3)/2004-KVSHQ (Admn-I) Date: 12.02.2013 OFFICE MEMORANDUM The Board of Governors, KVS in its 94th meeting held on 28.12.2012 has approved amendments in the norms prescribed for opening...
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Friday, February 15, 2013

EPFO accounts set to turn mobile

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 Soon, provident fund (PF) contributions of workers and their employers would be deposited uninterruptedly into PF accounts, irrespective of the employer. Currently, funds of PF subscribers who change jobs aren’t automatically transferred to new employers. A subscriber has to notify the Employees’...
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Minister appealed to withdraw the notice of proposed strike on FEBRUARY 20 and 21

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Mallikarjun Kharge Assure Central Trade Union Leaders to Brief Prime Minister about issues Raised by them  Appeal to the Central Trade Unions not to Inconvenience the General Public and the Workers and to Withdraw the Notice for the Proposed Strike. The Union Minister for Labour & Employment...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Revision of pension of pre-2006 pensioners – reg

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F.No.38/37/08-P&PW(A) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare 3rd Floor Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi-ll0 003. Dated the 13th February, 2013. OFFICE MEMORANDUM Sub:- .Revision of pension of pre-2006 pensioners...
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Awareness Programme under Pensioner’s portal at Jammu

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Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare in the Ministry of DOPT has been implementing a web based Mission Mode Project on Pension “Pensioner’s Portal” under the National e-governance Plan since March, 2007. Under the same, the Department has Centralized Pension Grievance Redressal and Monitoring...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Timely intimation about payment of additional fee under RTI Act 2005.

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F. No.12/31/2013-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel & Training North Block, New Delhi – 110001  Dated : 11.2.2013 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Timely intimation about payment of additional fee under RTI Act 2005. It...
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Friday, February 8, 2013

Franking Machine allowance has been withdrawn as per the recommendation of 6th CPC: ESIC clarification

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HEADQUARTERS OFFICE  EMPLOYEES' STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION A-27/17/6th CPC/1/2013-E-III  Dated:31.01.2013 Subject:- Franking Machine Allowances. References have come from different RO, SRO seeking clarification that whether Franking Machine allowances is still payable to the employees...
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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Agenda of PNM meeting with Railway Board to be held on 06-07/02/2013: AIRF

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AIRF-Railway Board  PNM Meeting has been fixed for 6-7 February, 2013: Agenda Item from Item No. 1 to 27 on various issues published by AIRF are reproduced here:- Item No.1: Sub: Transfer of staff working in sensitive post – Problem of Children Education Item No.2: A. Sub: Wrong implementation...
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