Monday, 4 March 2024

Inter-Department Volleyball Tournament 2024

Sad Demise of ASO, ST&SC Department


SHRI MUKTALAL MAJHI
Assistant Section Officer, ST&SC Department
(DOB: 12.07.1973  -  DOD: 04.03.2024)

Sri Majhi (1997 Batch) breathed his last due to sudden heart attack while attaining office work in Department. May his soul rest in peace. 

Sad demise of Senior Principal Private Secretary


PRASANTA KUMAR DAS
Senior Principal Private Secretary
(DOB: 11.06.1965 -  DOD: 03.03.2024)

Sri Das breathed his last yesterday night due to heart attack. May his soul rest in peace. 


Sad demise of Section Officer, H&UD Department


KRUSHNA CHANDRA BISWAL
Section Officer, H&UD Department
(DOB: 20.04.1967  -  DOD: 01.03.2024)

Sunday, 3 March 2024

IPS Reshuffle : New SP of Khurda and Kendrapara

Dr Deepak Kumar, IPS (RR-2004) 
At Present : IGP NCR, Talcher and Principal, PTC, Angul (Addl Charge) 
Posted as : IGP, Eastern Range, Balasore

Shri Satyabrata Bhoi, IPS (RR-2004) 
At present : IGP, Eastern Range, Balasore
Posted as : IGP NCR, Talcher and Principal, PTC, Angul (Addl Charge) 

Shri Binoth Jugal Kishore Kumar, IPS (RR-2011) 
At present : Superintendent of Police, Kendrapara
Posted as : Superintendent of Police, Khurda

Shri Siddharth Kataria, IPS (RR-2017) 
At present : Superintendent of Police, Khurda
Posted as : Superintendent of Police, Kendrapara

General Election : 195 Candidates declared by BJP

BJP announced candidates on 195 Loksabha seats out of which 51 seats from Uttar Pradesh, 20 from West Bengal, 24 from Madhya Pradesh, 15 each from Gujarat and Rajasthan, 12 from Kerala, 9 seats from Telangana, 11 from Assam, 11 each from Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, 5 from Delhi, 2 from J&K, 3 from Uttarakhand, 2 from Arunachal Pradesh and 1 each from Goa, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar and Daman & Diu.

Friday, 1 March 2024

State Cabinet approved 8 proposals of 3 Departments

29.02.2024 : The 75th State Cabinet today approved 08 proposals of 03 Departments as follows; 

1. Health & Family Welfare Department
Framing of Odisha Multipurpose Health Worker (Female) Service (Method of Recruitment & Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2024 : 
Existing sanction strength has been increased from 13966 to 15831 and restructured as follows. 
  1. MPHW(F) Level-II  : Gr. C, District Cadre (8280) 
  2. MPHW(F) Level-I   : Gr. B, District Cadre (4458) 
  3. MPHS(F) Level-II   : Gr. B, State Cadre (2547) 
  4. MPHS(F) Level-I    : Gr. B, State Cadre (545) 
  5. Assistant Director : Gr. A, State Cadre (1) 
# Minimum Residency Period for promotion to different posts has been reduced. (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

2. Health & Family Welfare Department
Framing of Odisha Multipurpose Health Worker (Male) Service (Method of Recruitment & Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2024 : 
Existing sanction strength has been increased from 6538 to 12341 and restructured as follows. 
  1. MPHW(M) Level-II  : Gr. C, District Cadre (6688) 
  2. MPHW(M) Level-I   : Gr. B, District Cadre (3267) 
  3. MPHS(M) Level-II   : Gr. B, State Cadre (1990) 
  4. MPHS(M) Level-I    : Gr. B, State Cadre (395) 
  5. Assistant Director : Gr. A, State Cadre (1) 
# Minimum Residency Period for promotion to different posts has been reduced. (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

3. Health & Family Welfare Department
Framing of Odisha Radiographer Service (Method of Recruitment & Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2024 : 
# Out of 695 base level posts, 40 posts shall be abolished in lieu of creation of 479 posts  at different levels. 
# Arriving total strength 1160.

4. Health & Family Welfare Department
Framing of Odisha Laboratory Technician Service (Method of Recruitment & Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2024 : 
# Out of 2235 base level posts, 790 posts shall be abolished in lieu of creation of 1030 posts  at different levels. 
# Arriving total strength 2581.
# Creation of posts ; Chief Technical Officer (MLT)  and Assistant Director (MLT) 
# Redesigned posts :
- Laboratory Technician --> Medical Laboratory Technician
- Senior Laboratory Technician --> Technician Officer (MLT) Level-II
- Technical Supervisor --> Technical Officer (MLT) Level-I 
# Minimum Residency Period for promotion to different posts has been reduced. 

5. Health & Family Welfare Department
Framing of Odisha Pharmacist Service (Method of Recruitment & Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2024 : 
# Out of 3490 base level posts, 792 posts shall be abolished. 
# 107 new posts of Chief Pharmacy Officer created
# 1622 posts enhanced at the level of Senior Pharmacy Officer Level-II and Senior Pharmacy Officer Level-II
# Arriving total strength 5009
# Creation of posts ; Chief Pharmacy Officer (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

6. Health & Family Welfare Department
Restructuring of Odisha Nursing Service Cadre and further amendment of 
Odisha Nursing Service (Method of Recruitment & Conditions of Service) Rules, 2019 :
# Out of 28285 base level posts, 11943 posts shall be abolished. 
# 7997 new posts of Senior Nursing Officer created
# Arriving total strength 28684

7. Women & Child Development Department
Regularisation of 504 contractual  Supervisors : Regularisation of 504 Supervisors under W&CD Department (PRESS NOTE. PDF) 

8. Water Resources Department :
Establishment of State Water Information Center (SWIC) SWIC will seamlessly collaborate with the National Water Informatics Centre (NWIC) to facilitate the exchange of hydro-meteorological data between the central and state governments. (PRESS NOTE. PDF) 

Thursday, 29 February 2024

Retirement of OSS Officers on 29.02.2024

45172 Dt.18.11.2023

IAS Reshuffle : New Collectors for Mayurbhanj, Puri & Balasore

Shri Ashish Thakre, IAS (RR-2011) : 
At present : Collector & DM, Mayurbhanj
Appointed as : Collector & DM, Balasore

Shri Bijay Kumar Dash, IAS (SCS-2012) 
At present : Collector & DM, Puri
Appointed as : Commissioner, CMC
Additional Charge : Vice Chairman, CDA

Shri Siddhartha Sankar Swain, IAS(RR-2014) 
At present : Commissioner, CMC and Vice Chairman, CDA (Addl Charge) 
Appointed as : Collector & DM, Puri

Shri Duttatraya Bhausaheb Shinde (RR-2016) 
At present : Collector & DM, Balasore
Appointed as : Collector & DM, Mayurbhanj


Sunday, 25 February 2024

PRAN Account under National Pension System (NPS)

HISTORY : In 1999, the Government of India commissioned a national project, OASIS (an acronym for “old age social and income security”), to examine policies related to old age income security in India. Based on the recommendations of the OASIS report, the Government of India introduced a new Defined Contribution Pension System for the new entrants to Central / State Government service, except the Defence forces i.e. Army, Navy and Air Force, replacing the existing system of the Defined Benefit Pension System. This new system is called the National Pension System (NPS). 

The NPS is a voluntary defined contribution pension system administered and regulated by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA),  

The National Pension System, as we see it today, was notified by the Government of India on 22.12.2003 and given effect to from 01.01.2004. 

Government of Odisha have migrated to the “Restructured Defined Contribution Pension System” (NPS) for the new entrants to the State Government service w.e.f. 01.01.2005 vide Finance Department Notification No.44451 dated 17.09.2005

REGISTRATION OF SUBSCRIBERS:

1) Online facility has been provided in IFMS for submission of application by the newly joined employees to be enrolled under NPS. In this regard, the user Id/ login Id will be created in IFMS by the DDO.
# The mandatory pre-requisite is allotment of HRMS Id in respect of the employee.

2) The regular Government employees working under pensionable establishment and covered under NPS shall submit their application for joining NPS and allotment of PRAN in “Common Subscriber Registration Form” online along with the supporting documents prescribed to the concerned DDO of the Establishment after their joining and drawal of their salary for the 1st month. The supporting documents shall be self-attested by the subscriber.

3) Facility has also been provided in IFMS for processing of online applications (CSRFs) at the level of DDO, Treasury & NPS Cell of DTI.

4) The DDO shall verify “Common Subscriber Registration Form” along with the supporting documents and submit to respective District/ Special Treasury with due authorization in prescribed forwarding letter (Annexure-S5). 

5) The District/ Special Treasury shall authorize the application and forward the same to DTI for onward transmission to CRA for allotment of PRAN.

6) After generation of “Permanent Retirement Account Number” (PRAN), that will be intimated to employee by SMS alert & mail. Employee can also verify the same in IFMS.

7) The application for registration of the employee under NPS shall be submitted to concerned Treasury by the DDO of the establishment prior to drawal of 1st month’s salary of the employee and DDO of the establishment shall submit a certificate in this regard at the time of submission of 1st month’s salary bill of the employee at Treasury.
(Vide F.D. O.M. No: 32720/F, dtd. 24.09.2019)

Shifting of PRAN from other sector to Government of Odisha: The regular Government employees shall use their previously generated PRAN by CRA to continue in their present job due to portable nature of the PRAN. In this regard, just after joining in pensionable establishment of Government of Odisha, the employee shall apply for inter sector shifting of that PRAN by submitting the application as prescribed by CRA (Form ISS-1) to his/her DDO who shall verify, authorize and submit to concerned District or Special Treasury for necessary shifting of the PRAN from previous sector to Government of Odisha. 



Government announces formation of 34 new NACs & upgradation of 5 NACs to Municipalities

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced the formation of 34 new Notified Area Councils (NAC) in 20 districts of the state and the upgradation of five NACs in four districts to municipalities.

Saturday, 24 February 2024

Friday, 23 February 2024

State Cabinet approved 16 proposals of 13 Departments

22.02.2024 : The 74th State Cabinet today approved 16 proposals of 13 Departments as follows; 

1. Electronics & IT Department
Amendment of the Odisha Semiconductor Manufacturing and Fabless Policy - 2023 : Proposal for upgradation / amendment of the Odisha Semiconductor Manufacturing and Fabless Policy 2023 to attract investors for setting up manufacturing of Semiconductor / Electronic Chips and fabless design of these products in the State of Odisha. (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

2. Sports & Youth Service Department
Revised funding for NUA-O initiative under the Scheme of “Integrated Youth Development Programme" : Revised Budget Provision of Rs.315 Cr for expanding programme activities like organisisng District & State Level sports competitions and increase participation in District Level NUA-O fest events  and introduce Scholarship. (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

3. Skill Development & Technical Education Department
"Odisha Laboratory Assistants in Government Engineering Schools and Polytechnics (Methods of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2024" : Pay Level of Laboratory Assistants working in Polytechnics increased from Level-7 to Level-9 of ORSP Rules, 2017. (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

4. Commerce & Transport (Commerce) Department
Development of Ro-Pax Jetty & allied infrastructures connecting Kaninali in Bhadrak and Talachua in Kendrapada under Sagarmala Programme :  Connectivity Project cost of Rs.146.39 Cr to accomodate boats, Launches & other Vessels for easy & safe landing and berthing of people of two Districts. (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

5. General Administration & Public Grievances Department
Regularisation of all single allotment cases : Execution of lease deed and other post allotment services in the category of Pre-possession cases and cases covered under under Annexure-II-A, II-B and II-C of the Task Force Report. (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

6. Agriculture & Farmers Empowerment  Department
Provision of funds for KALIA Scheme : Estimated budget of Rs.6029.70 Cr for the upcoming 3 years for “Support to cultivators for cultivation”, “Livelihood support to landless Agricultural Household” and “KALIA Scholarship” under farmers’ welfare KALIA scheme. (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

7. Agriculture & Farmers Empowerment Department
Modification in implementation mechanism of KALIA Scheme : The release dates of the KALIA can be changed than the dates fixed earlier. The assistance for LAH shall be released at the same time.  (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

8. Agriculture & Farmers Empowerment Department
Additional Financial Support under KALIA Scheme :  One time additional financial assistance of Rs.2000/- to the eligible landless agricultural households including earlier Rs.12500 being paid in three instalments. (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

9. Finance Department
Amendment of the Odisha Subordinate Finance Service (Commercial Tax Branch) Recruitment and Conditions of Service Rules, 1988 : 
1) Syllabus of Departmental Examination of ACT&GO will be amended.
2) The word "Orissa" appearing in the act "the Orissa Value Added Tax,2004" will be changed to "Odisha"
3) Nomenclature of "Commissioner of Commercial Taxes & GST, Odisha" will be amended to "Chief Commissioner of Commercial Taxes & GST, Odisha" (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

10. Higher Education Department
Revision of State Government Grant-in-Aid to institutions for eligible employees covered under Odisha(Non-Government Colleges, Junior Colleges and Higher Secondary Schools) Grant-in-Aid in the shape of Block Grant Order, 2014 : Extension of grant-in-aid at revised scale under 7th Pay w.e.f. 01 January, 2024. Nearly 1789 employees will be benefited. (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

11. Housing & Urban Development Department
Settlement of Displaced Persons Tenements, Sunabeda in favour of Displaced Persons of East Pakistan and Burma Repatriates ; Government waived off Rs.5,11,94,700 out of which Rs.8,65,200 towards loan amount of 206 families and Rs.5,03,29,500 towards the market value of 1,64,000 sq ft land.  (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

12. Housing & Urban Development Department
Housing Project at Gadakana : Approval of the tender for award of contract in favour of L1 bidder Shree Balaji Engicons Limited, Belpahar, Odisha for construction of “Affordable Housing project at Mouza-Gadakana, Bhubaneswar” comprising of 216 MIG, 115 LIG, 20 EWS Flats and 25 shops on EPC mode with an amount of at Rs.134,85,00,000/-. (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

13. Industries Department
Hindi film "12th Fail" made tax free  : Reimbursement of State GST applicable on the tickets for the Hindi feature film titled ‘12th Fail’. (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

14. Panchayatiraj & Drinking Water Department
Framing of restructuring proposal of “Odisha Panchayat Executive Officers Service (Method of Recruitment & Conditions of Service) Rules, 2021 : 
# Existing PEOs will be upgraded to 3 categories:
1) PEO         : (Pay Level-5) 3500 posts
2) PEO L-II   : (Pay Level-7) 2030 posts
2) PEO L-I    : (Pay Level-9) 1264 posts
# Promotion of PEO to PEO L-II after 8 years
# Promotion of PEO L-II to PEO L-I after 5 years
# Minimum Educational Qualification for PEO Recruimet will be Graduation / +3 (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

15. Revenue & Disaster Managment Department
National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) at Padanpur, Jatni : Proposal for sanction of alienation of Government land measuring Ac.7.818 dec. in Mouza-Padanpur under Jatni Tahasil of Khordha district in favour of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India for setting up of National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) on free of premium, free of incidental charges and free of capitalized value of land revenue & measurement fees and also by way of exemption of interest on the said dues. (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

16. School & Mass Education Department
Extension of State Government Grant-in-Aid to eligible employees of Non-Government New-Aided High Schools and Sanskrit Tols on the basis of Odisha Revised Scale of Pay Rules, 2017 (7th Pay) : About 7796 teaching and non-teaching employees of 627 Non-Government New-Aided High Schools and 39 Sanskrit Tols will be benefited. (PRESS NOTE.PDF)

Thursday, 22 February 2024

Full State Honours during the funeral of Organ Donors

To promote and encourage voluntary Organ Donation in the State, an annual award namely "SURAJ AWARD" was instituted by Health & Family Welfare Department in the memory of Late Suraj Behera, whose parents voluntarily donated the organs of their brain-dead son to save lives of other people.

The organ donors' families are also being given a cash award of Rs 5.00 Lakh each from CMRF, and the families of organ donors from the State are being felicitated every year on the occasion of World Organ Donation Day (13th August).

In addition to the above, Odisha Government is pleased to decide that the last rites of organ donors of Heart, Kidneys, Liver, Pancreas, Lungs and Intestines will be conducted with full State Honours during the funeral. 

Transfer & posting of OAS Officers

Tuesday, 20 February 2024

14th Secretariat Open Badminton Tournament : Applications invited

Odisha State Secretariat Badminton Association is going to organise 14th Secretariat Open Badminton Tournament (Team Championship) from 16th-17th March, 2024 at Biju Pattnaik Indoor Stadium, Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar.
Interested participants may send their willingness to the Association by 7th March, 2024. 
RULES & REGULATIONS

ସଚିବାଳୟ ସେବା ସଂଘ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟବନ୍ଦ ଆନ୍ଦୋଳନ ପ୍ରତ୍ୟାହୃତ

 

Monday, 19 February 2024

OSSA Pen Down Protest to be continued : Press Meet

 

୧୯।୦୨।୨୦୨୪ : କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ ବନ୍ଦ ଆନ୍ଦୋଳନର ୫ମ ଦିନରେ ଓଡିଶା ସଚିବାଳୟ ସେବା ସଂଘ (ଓସା) ପକ୍ଷରୁ ଏକ ସାମ୍ବାଦିକ ସମ୍ମିଳନୀ ସ୍ଥାନୀୟ ଓସା ହାଉସରେ ଆୟୋଜନ କରାଯାଇଥିଲା। ଏଥିରେ ଦାବୀ ପୂରଣ ନହେବା ପର୍ୟ୍ଯନ୍ତ କିମ୍ବା ମୁଖ୍ୟମନ୍ତ୍ରୀଙ୍କ ଦପ୍ତରର ହସ୍ତକ୍ଷେପ ନହେଲା ପର୍ୟ୍ଯନ୍ତ ଆନ୍ଦୋଳନ ଚାଲୁ ରହିବ ବୋଲି ସାଧାରଣ ସଂପାଦକ ପ୍ରଜତ୍ନ ବରାଳ ସୂଚନା ଦେଇଥିଲେ। ସେହିପରି ସାଧାରଣ ଜନତା ର ସେବା ରେ ବ୍ୟାଘାତ ସ୍ରୁଷ୍ଟି ହେଉଥିବାରୁ ସେ କ୍ଷମା ପ୍ରାର୍ଥନା କରିଥିଲେ। 

Click the following YouTube links for details:

୧) https://youtu.be/pqT0ictEQLA?si=AWuQlUBk7udSARtb

୨) https://youtu.be/trk1VwRJJro?si=LdPbUrhS-u71fSsj

Annual Function of GA&PG Department

 


Pendown Protest of OSSA : Day 5


"କେନ୍ଦ୍ର ସଚିବାଳୟ ହାରରେ ଦରମା"   ଦାବୀ ସହିତ ରାଜ୍ଯ ସଚିବାଳୟ ସେବା ସଂଘ ଗତ ତା ୧୩।୦୨।୨୦୨୪ରିଖ ଠାରୁ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ ବନ୍ଦ ଆନ୍ଦୋଳନ ଜାରି ରଖିଛି। ସ୍ଥାନୀୟ ପଞ୍ଚାୟତିରାଜ ପଡିଆ ରେ  ଚାଲିଥିବା ଏହି ଶାନ୍ତିପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଧାରଣା ପଞ୍ଚମ ଦିନରେ ପହଞ୍ଚିଥିବା ବେଳେ ସରକାର-ସଂଘ ଆଲୋଚନା ସନ୍ତୋଷଜନକ ହୋଇପାରିନାହିଁ। ଏଣୁ ଏହି ଆନ୍ଦୋଳନ ଚାଲୁ ରହିବାର ସମ୍ଭାବନା ରହିଛି। 
ଆଗକୁ ନିର୍ବାଚନ ଆଚରଣ ବିଧି ଲାଗୁ ହେବାର ଅଛି। ଆର୍ଥିକ ବର୍ଷ ସରିବାକୁ ଯାଉଛି। ମାସ ଶେଷ ବେଳକୁ କର୍ମଚାରୀ/ଅଧିକାରୀ ମାନଙ୍କ ଦରମା କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ ମଧ୍ଯ ହେବାର ଅଛି। ଏଭଳି ଏକ ଘଡିସନ୍ଧି ମୂହୁର୍ତ୍ତରେ ସଚିବାଳୟ ଭଳି ଏକ ଗୁରୁତ୍ୱପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଦପ୍ତରର କାର୍ଯ୍ୟବନ୍ଦ ଯୋଗୁଁ ସରକାରୀ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ ଗଭୀର ଭାବେ ପ୍ରଭାବିତ ହୋଇଛି। ପରୋକ୍ଷରେ ସାଧାରଣ ଜନତା ମଧ୍ଯ ଅନେକ କ୍ଷେତ୍ରରେ ପ୍ରଭାବିତ ହେଉଛନ୍ତି। ଅନ୍ୟପଟେ ପ୍ରଚଣ୍ଡ ଖରାରେ ସାରାଦିନ ଖୋଲା ଆକାଶ ତଳେ ଏତେ ଦିନ ବସିରହିବା ଫଳରେ କିଛି ଆନ୍ଦୋଳନକାରୀ ମାନଙ୍କର ସ୍ୱାସ୍ଥ୍ୟାବସ୍ଥା ବିଗିଡିଯିବାର ସମ୍ଭାବନା ଏଛି (ଭଗବାନ ନ କରନ୍ତୁ)। ଏଣୁ ଖୁବଶୀଘ୍ର  ସମାଧାନର ବାଟ ବାହାରିବା ନେଇ ସମସ୍ତେ ଆଶାବାଦୀ।