Friday, 14 August 2020

Address to the nation by Honble President of India

President's Secretariat

Address to the Nation by the Hon’ble President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, on the eve of India’s 74th Independence Day

Posted On: 14 AUG 2020 7:30PM by PIB Delhi

My Dear Fellow Citizens,

 

 Namaskaar!

 

  1. It gives me great pleasure to greet all the people of India, living in the country and abroad, on the eve of the 74th Independence Day.  August 15 fills us with the excitement of unfurling the tricolour, taking part in celebrations and listening to patriotic songs. On this day, the youth of India should feel the special pride of being citizens of a free nation. We gratefully remember our freedom fighters and martyrs whose sacrifices have enabled us to live in an independent nation.

 

Monday, 10 August 2020

Congratulations : Sj Sweta Kumar Dash, OAS for his short film 'MASK'

 

Source : CMO Twitter / sambad dt. 09.08.2020

OSSC announces examination calendar for 2020 (Sep - Nov)

 

Clarification about an advertisement by a private agency

Ministry of Railways

Clarification about an advertisement by a private agency in a newspaper regarding alleged recruitment in eight categories of posts on Indian Railways.

Advertisement for any Railway recruitment is always done by Indian Railways ONLY. No private agency has been authorized to do the same.

The said issuance of said advertisement in question is illegal and tantamounts to fraud.

Railways to initiate strict against the agency.


Posted On: 09 AUG 2020 7:13PM by PIB Delhi

It has come to notice of Ministry of Railways that one organization by name of “Avestran Infotech” having  website address www.avestran.in has given an advertisement in a prominent  news paper  on 8th  August 2020 calling for applications against a total number of 5285 number of post in eight categories on outsourcing basis on Indian Railways on 11 years contract. The applicants have been asked to deposit Rs.750/-as online fee and last date for receipt of applications has been mentioned as 10th  Sept.2020.

It may be informed to all that Advertisement for any Railway recruitment is always done by Indian Railways ONLY. No private agency has been authorized to do the same. The said issuance of said advertisement in question is illegal.

 In this connection, it is also clarified that the recruitment  of various categories of Group ‘C’ and erstwhile Group ‘D’ posts on Indian Railways is presently catered to by 21 Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) and 16 Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC) only and not by any other agency. Vacancies on Indian Railways are filled up by giving wide publicity through Centralized Employment Notifications (CENs). Railways 

On-line applications are called for from eligible candidates all over the country. CEN is published through Employment News/Rozgar Samachar and an indicative notice is given in National Daily and Local Newspapers. The CEN is also displayed on the official websites of RRBs/RRCs. The website address of all RRBs/RRCs is mentioned in the CEN. 

 It is further clarified that the Railways have not authorized any private agency as yet to do the recruitment of staff on its behalf as  alleged by the above named agency.

Railways has initiated it's investigation and is going on to take strictest action as per law against the above agency/persons involved in above matter.

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DJN/MKV(Release ID: 1644617) 

Saturday, 8 August 2020

Shri G. C. Murmu takes over as C&AG of India

Ministry of Finance

Shri G C Murmu Takes over as C&AG of India

Posted On: 08 AUG 2020 4:21PM by PIB Delhi

Shri Girish Chandra Murmu assumed office as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India here today. He belongs to Indian Administrative Service of Gujrat cadre (1985 batch). Shri Murmu succeeds Shri Rajiv Mehrishi, who demitted office on Friday. Prior to this, Shri Murmu was the first Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.

Honorable President Shri Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office and secrecy to Shri Murmu at a function in the Rashtrapati Bhavan this morning. Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, outgoing CAG Shri Rajiv Mehrishi, were among the dignitaries present at the occasion.

After the oath ceremony, Shri Murmu came to the CAG office, where he was welcomed by the senior officers of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department. He then offered floral tributes at the statues of Mahatma Gandhi and B R Ambedkar at the CAG office.

Before moving to J&K, Shri Murmu served as Joint Secretary in the Department of Expenditure, Additional Secretary in the Department of Financial Services and Department of Revenue and then Special Secretary before serving as full-fledged Secretary of the Department of Expenditure. Before his tenure in Delhi, Shri Murmu has served on important assignments in the State Government of Gujrat. He has wide experience in administrative, economic and infrastructure fields.

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RM/KMN (Release ID: 1644389) 

Wednesday, 5 August 2020

Silent prayer & oath taking in Lokseva Bhawan for COVID WARRIORS




Arrangements for mass silent prayer and oath taking in different Departments


Silent Prayer @ 6pm on 05.08.2020

Covid19 warriors family assistance to government employees

Government in Finance Department has issued resolution on Covid19 warriors family assistance to Government employees who succumb to COVID19 in line of duty under active deployment by the state authorities. 

Specially two separate resolutions are published for two types of government employees. 
Family Assistance Spouse or eligible family members of the deceased Government employee shall be provided with COVID-19 Warrior Family Assistance at the rate of the last pay drawn/due along with DA as admissible from time to time till the normal date of superannuation of the deceased Government servant, had he/she remained live. 

Family Assistance Spouse or eligible family members of the deceased Government employee shall be provided with COVID-19 Warrior Family Assistance at the rate of the last remuneration drawn/due till the normal date of superannuation of the deceased Government servant, had he/she remained live. 

AICPIN declared for June, 2020 : DA may hike by 3%

In the meantime, the AICPIN has been declared for the month of June, 2020 which reaches 332 with an increase by 2%.
Hence, after calculation, (how to calculate DA) the dearness allowance w.e.f  July, 2020 is found to be 24%. It was 21% w.e.f. January, 2020. Now we can expect increase of 3% w.e.f. July, 2020. The Central Government employees are availing salary with 17% DA w.e.f. June, 2019. But due to CIVID19 pandemic, Government of India have freezed DA for the period January, 2020 to June, 2021.