Thursday, 31 December 2020

Chief Secretary on his last day in Secretariat...

Sri Asit Kumar Tripathy, IAS got retired from Government Service as the Chief Secretary of Odisha on 31.12.2020. On his last day in Secretariat there was a photo session with the Officers of GA&PG Department as well as the members of Odisha Secretariat Service Association (OSSA). 




Night Curfew u/s 144 on 31st December


Promotion of 35 IAS Officers to Higher Ranks

STATE GOVERNMENT PROMOTES INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE (IAS) OFFICERS TO HIGHER RANKS  

ON PROMOTION TO APEX SCALE (ACS) 
  • SANJEEV CHOPRA, IAS -  ACS HOME AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION  

PROMOTION TO THE GRADE OF PRINCIPAL SECRETARY IN IAS
  • SASWAT MISHRA, IAS - PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HIGHER EDUCATION  AND CHAIRMAN, OSSSC
  • VIR VIKRAM YADAV, IAS - PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, FOOD SUPPLY AND CONSUMER WELFARE AND COOPERATION  
  • VISHAL KUMAR DEV, IAS - PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, SPORTS YOUTH AFFAIRS AND TOURISM  

PROMOTION TO THE GRADE OF SUPER TIME SCALE IN IAS
  • R VINEEL KRISHNA, IAS - DIRECTOR SPORTS MD OMC AND OSD CMO  
  • RATNAKAR ROUT, IAS - COMMISSIONER CUM DIRECTOR ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND VETERINARY SERVICES  
  • DASARATHI SATAPATHY, IAS - SECRETARY ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY  
  • PRAFULLA CHANDRA PRADHAN, IAS - SPECIAL SECRETARY HOME  
  • ANJAN KUMAR MANIK, IAS - EXCISE COMMISSIONER 
  • BENUDHAR BEHERA, IAS - SPECIAL SECRETARY RURAL DEVELOPMENT  
  • SURESH CHANDRA DALAI, IAS -  SPECIAL SECRETARY HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT  
  • DEBENDRA KUMAR JENA, IAS - SPECIAL SECRETARY PLANNING AND CONVERGENCE   

PROMOTION TO THE GRADE OF SENIOR SCALE IN IAS
  • BHUPENDRA SINGH POONIA, IAS - STATE PROJECT DIRECTOR OSEPA 
  • YAMINI SARANGI, IAS - MD OSMCL 
  • M MUTHU KUMAR, IAS - DIRECTOR AGRICULTURE  
  • B PARAMESWARN, IAS - DIRECTOR DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION 
  • GUHA POONAM TAPAS KUMAR, IAS - DIRECTOR TRAIBAL AFFAIRS 
  • MAGUNI PATRA, IAS - ADDL SECRETARY TOURISM 
  • BRUNDABAN BEHERA, IAS - , DIRECTOR, HIGHER EDUCATION
  • DHANNJAY HEMBRAM, IAS - SECRETARY RDC CENTRAL 
  • GANGADHAR PATRA, IAS - SECRETARY HOUSING BOARD 
  • PABITRA MANDAL, IAS - ADDL SECRETARY SC ST DEVELOPMENT  
  • SUNIL KUMAR NAYAK, IAS - SECRETARY OHRC
  • BATAKRISHNA DEHURY, IAS -  SECRETARY STEEL AND MINES

PROMOTION TO THE JUNIOR ADMINISTRATIVE GRADE IN IAS
  • ANUPAM SAHA, IAS - COLLECTOR GAJAPATI 
  • NIKHIL PAVAN KALYAN, IAS - COLLECTOR SUNDARGARH 
  • MANISH AGARWAL, IAS - DEPUTY SECRETARY PLANNING AND CONVERGENCE 
  • VINEET BHARDWAJ, IAS - COLLECTOR, MAYURBHANJ  
  • POMA TUDU, IAS - COLLECOR, NAYAGARH 
  • SMRUTI RANJAN PRADHAN, IAS - DIRECTOR, FISHERIES
 
PROMOTION TO THE GRADE OF SENIOR TIME SCALE IN IAS
  • SIDDHARTHA DAS, IAS - JOINT SECRETARY FINANCE  
  • P ANVESHA REDDY, IAS - SUB COLLECTOR BARIPADA
  • PATIL ASHISH ISHWAR, IAS - SUB COLLECTOR BALASORE
  • DIVAKARA T S, IAS - SUB COLLECTOR DHARAMGARH
  • HEMA KANTA SAY, IAS - SUB COLLECTOR JEYPORE

Wednesday, 30 December 2020

Covid-19 Guidelines for the State during January, 2021

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Retirement of 4(four) OSS Officers on 31.12.2020


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Promotion to the grade of Principal Secretary : IAS Cadre


Promotion to the rank of Super Time Scale : IAS Cadre


Scrutiny of CCR for promotion : Discontinued for Group-C employees

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Restrictions on Congregation & celebration of new year day in State

Restriction on congregation and celebration of New Year day 2021 in Government offices


75% Staff in Government Offices for January, 2021

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Tuesday, 29 December 2020

"Zero Night Celebration" banned in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar


Appointment of Member, OPSC

Government of Odisha has appointed two Members of Odisha Public Service Commission after their retirement. 

  • Prof. (Dr) Sangita Rath, Presently working as Adjunct Professor, IIT Bhubaneswar
  • Sri Niranjan Sahu, IAS, Presently working as RDC(ND), Sambalpur
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Monday, 28 December 2020

Exit from NPS through self declaration

PENSION FUND REGULATORY

AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
B-14/A, Chhatrapati Shivaji Bhawan,
Qutub Institutional Area,
Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi – 110 015
Ph: 011-26517501, 26517503, 26133730
Fax: 011-26517507
Website: www.pfrda.org.in

Circular

Circular No.: PFRDA/2020/54/SUP-CRA/23

Date: December 22, 2020

To,
All Stakeholders under NPS
Subject: Exit through self-authorization by e-NPS subscribers
PFRDA vide its earlier circular dated 4th September 2017 No. PFRDA/17/01/08/0001/2017-SUP-CRA had allowed exits from NPS based on ‘Self Authorization by the Subscribers themselves using Aadhaar if the corpus in their Account was up to Rupees Five lacs. This mode was disabled post SC Judgement on Aadhaar e KYC. However post launch of Off line Aadhaar. PFRDA has digitally enabled opening of NPS accounts by using Off line Aadhaar with the explicit consent of the prospective Subscribers which offers instant account opening experience to such Subscribers.

2. It has now been decided by PFRDA to make the exit process more agile and seamless by extending the off line Aadhaar for the purpose of self-authorizing the exit requests of e NPS Subscribers. Under the process, the eNPS Subscribers with a corpus up to Rs.10 lacs (Rupees Ten Lacs) in their NPS Accounts, can furnish their off line Aadhaar details for the purpose of exit, in compliance with PFRDA’s exit regulations.

3. In addition, for eNPS Subscribers whose corpus is more than Rs.10 Lacs (Rupees Ten Lacs) as well as for the subscribers who are associated to POPs (Points of Presence) an online platform has recently been enabled. In this process, the exit requests of All citizen/Corporate sector subscribers would be verified by POPs, while exits of enps subscribers (not associated to any POP) would be verified by their respective banks which are registered as POPs with PFRDA.


4. The process of Self Authorization using Off line Aadhaar is given at the Annexure Central Record Keeping Agencies (CRAs) are advised to make available the feature at the earliest in the interest of Subscribers.

5. This circular is issued under Section 14 of PFRDA Act 2013 is available at www.pfrda.org.in and its contents overrides the provisions laid out on the subject by PFRDA vide its Circular No. PFRDA/17/01/08/0001/2017-SUP-CRA dated 4th Sep 2017.

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(K Mohan Gandhi)
General Manager

Annexure
(Exit process flow through Self-authorization by e-NPS subscribers)

1. Subscribers login into CRA system using their PRAN and I-PIN

2. Select Exit menu and provide the details viz Allocation of corpus, Annuity Service Provider (ASP) details, Annuity Scheme etc.

3. Bank Details will be shown in non-editable mode. Other details such as subscriber name, gender, father name, address details will be auto-populated in non-editable mode.

4. Document Upload : Subscriber will upload KYC documents, Withdrawal Documents, Bank Proof etc.

5. e-sign Authentication : After providing all the details, Subscriber will request do the e-sign.

6. Generation of Acknowledgement ID: On submission of the Exit request and Acknowledgment ID will be provided to the subscriber.

7. Self-authorization option: If the corpus is below Rs.10 lacs, then Self-Authorization option will be provided to the subscriber.

8. If subscriber opts for Self-Authorization, below process will be followed:

a. Subscriber will download the Offline Aadhaar XML File from UIDAI website. UIDAI Link and help page will be provided to the subscriber for download of Offline Aadhaar XML File.

b. Upload the Offline Aadhaar XML file in CRA system and provide the Aadhaar Share Code, Mobile Number and Email ID.

c. CRA system will validate the Aadhaar Share Code and Mobile Number with the Offline Aadhaar XML file.

d. Subscriber name in CRA records should match Aadhaar.

e. After successful validation, self-authorization withdrawal request will be accepted in CRA system for execution.

f. ‘Instant Bank Acct verification’ through penny drop shall be undertaken by CRAs and the cost shall be borne by the respective subscribers.

9. CRA system provides the subscriber’s details to concerned ASP.

10. ASP will issue the annuity policy to the Subscribers and will upload the Annuity details in CRA System.

STA extends the validity of Learner's Licence to 31.3.2021

 

Friday, 25 December 2020

Suresh Chandra Mohapatra to replace Asit Kumar Tripathy as Chief Secretary, Odisha

Senior IAS officer Suresh Chandra Mohapatra has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary and Chief Development Commissioner of Odisha. DOWNLOAD. PDF

Sri Mohapatra is a 1986-batch IAS officer who has served the state government in various capacity. He who is currently serving as Development Commissioner will replace Asit Kumar Tripathy. Sri Tripathy was appointed state chief secretary in August 19, 2019 and he is scheduled to retire on December 31, 2020.

After retirement, Tripathy is being rehabilitated as the chairman of Western Odisha Development Council. A communique from the Chief Minister’s Office has been issued on Friday stating that Tripathy will be appointed as the chief of Western Odisha Development Council and he will also be the principal advisor to the Chief Minister on regional development, tourism, agri-business and industry, said the CMO.

Meanwhile, state government has elevated 1989-batch IAS officer Pradeep Kumar Jena who is currently serving as the Special Relief Commissioner as development commissioner-cum-additional chief secretary.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

May Christmas bring joy to your heart and happiness to your home. 

Thursday, 24 December 2020

Transfer and posting in the rank of IPS officers

In a major reshuffle in the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre, the State Government on 23 December changed SPs in at least 13 districts.


According to an official notification issued by Department of Home as many as 21 IPS officers and a Senior OPS officer have been transferred.

Wednesday, 23 December 2020

Final Gradation list of ASOs as on 01.11.2020


Similarly, click the below links for Final Gradation List for the year 2020-21
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Basing on above final gradation lists, the present position and respective sanction strength in different ranks is as follows. 

Assistant section officer : 1312 / 1564
Under Secretary        : 243 / 254
Deputy Secretary      : 64 / 70
Joint Secretary          : 22 / 22
Additional Secretary : 08 / 08

No physical printing of calendar, 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

New Coronavirus strain in UK

As per this letter of Union Health Secy Rajesh Bhushan, State governments concerned are being asked separately to set up help desks at the airports. Adequate arrangements for RT-PCR tests of of passengers arriving from UK at airports may be made.