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Saturday, 5 September 2020
Friday, 4 September 2020
BPM/ABPM/GDS : Job, salary , promotion
Recently, Notification has been issued by Department of Posts, India for 2060 GDS posts in Odisha Circle. NOTIFICATION
Before applying for this job, here is something in brief about the job, salary and promotion.
Branch Post Offices (B.O.) are non-Departmental offices under one Sub-Post Office (S.O.).
Entire GDS posts brought under two categories.
1) Branch Postmasters (BPMs)
2) Other than Branch Postmasters
a) Assistant Branch Postmasters (ABPM)
(If working in Branch Post Offices)
b) Dak Sevaks
( If working in Departmental Offices)
Working Hours :
a) 4 Hours and b) 5 hours
Basic Salary:
Time Related Continuity Allowance (TRCA) Matrix
Annual Increase :
3% of basic salary increases each year.
As per the TRCA slab, each year one stage goes down in each level of the matrix.
Dearness Allowance :
As per recommendations of 7CPC
Other allowances : (as per table)
Productivity Linked Bonus:
Present calculation of ex-gratia bonus by applying the calculation ceiling of ₹7000/- as basic TRCA + DA shall continue until further orders.
Deduction :
Group Insurance (GIS)= 50
Union Subscription = 20
Promotion (through Dept exam)
Minimum Service Required for all Promotion Exams..
BPM/ABPM/Dak Sevak to MTS Exam - 3 Yrs
BPM/ABPM/Dak Sevak to Postman Exam - 5 Yrs
BPM/ABPM/Dak Sevak to Postal Assistant Exam - 5 Yrs
Leave :
Yearly 20 Days with Salary Leave
Maternity Leave for Ladies - 6 Month with Salary Leave
Group Insurance (GIS)= 50
Union Subscription = 20
Promotion (through Dept exam)
Minimum Service Required for all Promotion Exams..
BPM/ABPM/Dak Sevak to MTS Exam - 3 Yrs
BPM/ABPM/Dak Sevak to Postman Exam - 5 Yrs
BPM/ABPM/Dak Sevak to Postal Assistant Exam - 5 Yrs
Leave :
Yearly 20 Days with Salary Leave
Maternity Leave for Ladies - 6 Month with Salary Leave
Thursday, 3 September 2020
Promotion of Deputy Secretary to Joint Secretary
Prakash Chandra Das, Deputy Secretary, RD Department promoted to the rank of Joint Secretary.
OSSA submits memorandum for OSS cadre restructuring
A 17-page memorandum on behalf of Odisha Secretariat Service (OSS) cadre has been submitted by OSSA to Chief Secretary, Odisha. In view of change in work load and nature of work, some proposals including cadre review, creation/abolition of posts, re-nomenclature of posts etc. are there in the memorandum.
Key proposal :
- Base level post to be renamed as Sub-Assistant Secretary
- Merger of SO/DO to form a new post namely Assistant Secretary
- Assignment of 4(four) Sub-Assistant Secretary (presently ASO) per section.
- Creation of 5% ex-cadre posts for offices of different Commissions/ tribunals/ Ministers etc.
- Abolition of 245 SO/DO posts.
- Creation of 1570 base level posts and 374 promotional posts.
- Practice of deployment of OSS officers to other offices to be stopped
Cabinet approves "Mission Karmayogi" for Civil Servants
Cabinet
Cabinet approves "Mission Karmayogi"- National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB)
New National Architecture for Civil Services Capacity Building
Comprehensive reform of the capacity building apparatus at individual, institutional and process levels for efficient public service delivery
PM led HR Council to approve and monitor Civil Service Capacity Building Plans
Capacity Building Commission to harmonize training standards, create shared faculty and resources, and have supervisory role over all Central Training Institutions
Wholly owned SPV to own and operate the online learning platform and facilitate world-class learning content market-place.
Posted On: 02 SEP 2020 4:09PM by PIB Delhi
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approvedlaunching of a National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB)with the following institutional framework:-
(i) Prime Minister's Public Human Resources (HR) Council,
(ii) Capacity Building Commission.
(iii) Special Purpose Vehicle for owning and operating the digital assets
andthe technological platform for online training,
(iv) Coordination Unit headed by the Cabinet Secretary.
Salient Features
NPCSCB has been carefully designed to lay the foundations for capacity building for Civil Servants so that they remain entrenched in Indian Culture and sensibilities and remain connected, with their roots, while they learn from the best institutions and practices across the world. The Programme will be delivered by setting up an Integrated Government Online Training-iGOTKarmayogiPlatform. The core guiding principles of the Programme will be:
- Supporting Transition from 'Rules based' to 'Roles based* HR Management.Aligning work allocation of civil servants by matching their competencies tothe requirements of the post.
- To emphasize on 'on-site learning' to complement the ‘off-site’ learning,
- To create an ecosystem of shared training infrastructure including that oflearning materials, institutions and personnel,
- To calibrate all Civil Service positions to a Framework of Roles, Activities and Competencies (FRACs) approach and to create and deliver learningcontent relevant to the identified FRACs in every Government entity,
- To make available to all civil servants, an opportunity to continuously build and strengthen their Behavioral, Functional and Domain Competencies intheir self-driven and mandated learning paths.
- To enable all the Central Ministries and Departments and their Organizations to directly invest their resources towards co-creation and sharing the collaborative and common ecosystem of learning through an annual financialsubscription for every employee,
- To encourage and partner with the best-in-class learning content creators including public training institutions, universities, start-tips and individualexperts,
- To undertake data analytics in respect of data emit provided by iGOT- Karmayogi pertaining to various aspects of capacity building, content creation, user feedback and mapping of competencies and identify areas for policy reforms.
Objectives
It is also proposed to set up a Capacity Building Commission, with a view to ensure a uniform approach in managing and regulating the capacity building ecosystem on collaborative and co-sharing basis.
The role of Commission will be as under-
- To assist the PM Public Human Resources Council in approving the Annual Capacity Building Plans.
- To exercise functional supervision over all Central Training Institutions dealing with civil services capacity building.
- To create shared learning resources, including internal and external faculty and resource centers.
- To coordinate and supervise the implementation of the Capacity Building Plans with the stakeholder Departments.
- To make recommendations on standardization of training and capacity building, pedagogy and methodology
- To set norms for common mid-career training programs across all civil services.
- To suggest policy interventions required in the areas of HR Management and Capacity Building to the Government.
iGOT-Karmayogi platform brings the scale and state-of-the-art infrastructure to augment the capacities of over two crore officials in India. The platform is expected to evolve into a vibrant and world-class market place for content where carefully curated and vetted digital e-learning material will be made available. Besides capacity building, service matters like confirmation after probation period, deployment, work assignment and notification of vacancies etc. would eventually be integrated with the proposed competency framework.
Mission Karmayogi aims to prepare the Indian Civil Servant for the future by making him more creative, constructive, imaginative, innovative, proactive, professional, progressive, energetic, enabling, transparent and technology-enabled. Empowered with specific role-competencies, the civil servant will be able to ensure efficient service delivery of the highest quality standards.
Financial implications
To cover around 46 lakh Central employees, a sum of Rs.510.86 crore will be spent over a period of 5 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The expenditure is partly funded by multilateral assistance to the tune of USD 50 million. A wholly owned Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for NPCSCB will be set up under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013. The SPV will be a "not-for-profit" company and will own and manage iGOT-Karmayogi platform. The SPV will create and operationalize the content, market place and manage key business services ofiGOT-Karmayogi platform, relating to content validation, independent proctored assessments and telemetry data availability. The SPV will own all Intellectual Property Rights on behalf of the Government of India. An appropriate monitoring and evaluation framework will also be put in place for performance evaluation of all users of the iGOT-Karmayogi platform so as to generate a dashboard view of Key Performance Indicators.
Background
Capacity of Civil Services plays a vital role in rendering a wide variety of services, implementing welfare programs and performing core governance functions. A transformational change in Civil Service Capacity is proposed to be affectedby organically linking the transformation of work culture, strengthening public institutions and adopting modern technology to build civil service capacity with the overall aim of ensuring efficient delivery of services to citizens.
A Public Human Resources Council comprising of select Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, eminent public HR practitioners, thinkers, global thought leaders and Public Service functionaries under the Chairmanship of Hon'ble Prime Minister will serve as the apex body for providing strategic direction to the task of Civil Services Reform and capacity building.
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VRRK/AKP (Release ID: 1650633)
Eleven new posts (1 US + 10 SO) en-cadred in O/o the Lokayukta
Government has been pleased to en- cader 1 post of Under Secretary and 10 posts of Section Officer in O/o the Lokayukta.
Now the sanction strength of Under Secretary and Section Officer in OSS Cadre is 254 & 712 respectively.
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
No physical printing of Calendars, Diaries etc
All calendars, diaries, schedulers and similar other materials, which were earlier printed in physical format, will now be done digitally by Ministries / Departments / PSUs / PSBs.
Ministries/Departments/PSUs/PSBs and all other organs of the government to adopt innovative means to use digital or online methods
Recruitment for Gramin Dak Sevaks in India Post
Apply online :
01.09.2020 to 30.09.2020
Website :
Notification
Age : 18-40 yrs (as on 01.09.2020)
Fee : ₹100/-
Qualification: 10th Standard or equivalent
Selection Criteria: Marks in 10th Examination
Salary :
Government of India blocked 118 Mobile Aaps
Ministry of Electronics & IT
Government Blocks 118 Mobile Apps Which are Prejudicial to Sovereignty and Integrity of India, Defence of India, Security of State and Public Order
Posted On: 02 SEP 2020 5:26PM by PIB Delhi
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India invoking it’s power under section 69A of the Information Technology Act read with the relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009 and in view of the emergent nature of threats has decided to block 118 mobile apps (see Appendix) since in view of information available they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has received many complaints from various sources including several reports about misuse of some mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers which have locations outside India. The compilation of these data, its mining and profiling by elements hostile to national security and defence of India, which ultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India, is a matter of very deep and immediate concern which requires emergency measures.
The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, Ministry of Home Affairs has also sent an exhaustive recommendation for blocking these malicious apps.. Likewise, there have been similar bipartisan concerns, flagged by various public representatives, both outside and inside the Parliament of India. There has been a strong chorus in the public space to take strict action against Apps that harm India’s sovereignty as well as the privacy of our citizens.
On the basis of these and upon receiving of recent credible inputs that information posted, permissions sought, functionality embedded as well as data harvesting practices of above stated Apps raise serious concerns that these Apps collect and share data in surreptitious manner and compromise personal data and information of users that can have a severe threat to security of the State.
In the interest of sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India and security of the State. And using the sovereign powers, the Government of India has decided to block the usage of certain Apps, used in both mobile and non-mobile Internet enabled devices. These apps are listed in the attached appendix.
This move will safeguard the interests of crores of Indian mobile and internet users. This decision is a targeted move to ensure safety, security and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace.
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RCJ/M (Release ID: 1650669)
Request for immediate shifting of ASO to Covid Hospital
50 ASOs along with 15 DEOs were deployed to BMC for Covid Management till 19.09.2020. (Deployment Order. Pdf)
They were attached to different wards of BMC as well as some Covid Hospitals.
In the meantime one ASO deployed at Ward-46 has symptoms such as severe headache, high fever etc. In this regard, BMC has been requested to intervene in the matter and make necessary arrangements to shift the ASO to a Covid Hospital immediately.
In addition to this, OSSA has written letter to Principal Secretary, Home Department with request to advice BMC Authorities to take proper care of the deployed ASOs.
Two young IAS officers relieved from Ganjam (Covid Management)
While 2015 Batch IAS Parul Patawari is appointed as Special ADM Bhubaneswar, 2016 Batch IAS Vishal Singh is appointed Special ADM Khurda.
Ms.Patawari will handle Urban Zones of Capital City and Mr.Singh will oversee Covid Management in Rural Zones of the District.
Tuesday, 1 September 2020
Important circulars on HRA and Retention of Government quarter after death or retirement
01.12.2013 : e-Quarter system introduced
Sept. 2014 : Allotment in ratio 3:2:1
Aug. 2018 : Allotment as per 7th PC
Details on : e-Quarter application system
Licence fee (House Rent)
51758 Dt. 15.12.2010 : Fixation of license fee for Government quarters (except BBSR/CUTTACK)
Retention of Govt Quarter
959 Dt. 04.02.2016 : Uniform policy for retention of GA pool quarter
3266 Dt 27.08.2020: Retention of Govt quarter after death/retirement (4 months only)
House rent Allowance
No.2/5/2017-E.II(B) Dt.07.07.2017 : Implementation of House Rent Allowance to CG Employees as per 7CPC
8745 Dt.31.03.2017 Revision of norm for sanction of House Allowance within the limits of Municipal Corporation of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar.
8741 Dt.31.03.2017 : Revision of norm for sanction of House Rent Allowance for urban areas.
Monday, 31 August 2020
Farewell ceremony in Works Department
A farewell ceremony was organised by Cultural Association if Works Department in the Conference Hall. Sri Rabindra Kumar Acharya, Additional Secretary and Sri Kishore Kumar Sahoo, Jr Gr Diarist got retired from Government service on attaining age of superannuation on 31.08.2020.
We wish them a happy retirement life...
Retirement of officers in Secretariat on 31.08.2020
Odisha Secretariat Service (OSS) Officers
Works Department
Er. Rabindra Ku. Acharya, Addl. Secretary
Shri Kishore Kumar Sahoo, Jr. Gr. Diarist
Wishing all a happy retirement life...
Periodic review of Central Government Employees
Instructions have been issued from time to time for undertaking periodic review of performance of Government servants with a view to ascertain whether the Government servant should be retained in service or retired from service prematurely, in public interest, as per Fundamental provisions/Rule. In order to bring in better clarity to the existing instructions and enable uniform implementation, an effort has been made to review, consolidate and reiterate the guidelines so far issued on the subject at one place.
Review of a Government servant for the purposes of these Rules can be undertaken even after he has attained the age of 50/55 years in cases covered by FR 56 (j) or after he has completed 30 years of qualifying service under FR 56(l) / Rule 48 of CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972.
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