Saturday 29 June 2024

Amarendra presents his sketch art to Hon'ble Chief Minister

Sri Amarendra Behera, Section Officer, Home Department has presented his sketchart to Hon'ble Chief Minister, Odisha. Earlier he has presented his art to the then Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik, Chief Secretary, Development Commissioner, different IAS Officers and famous personalities of different sectors across country also. (Visit his profile @ amarsketchart



Friday 28 June 2024

Shri Manoj Ahuja, IAS appointed as Chief Secretary, Odisha

On repatriation from Government of India, Shri Manoj Ahuja, IAS (RR-1990) is appointed as Chief Secretary, Odisha and Secretary to Government, General Administration and Public Grievance Department consequent upon the retirement of Shri Pradeep Kumar Jena, IAS w.e.f. 30.06.2024(AN).

18563 Dt.28.06.2024

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on  June 25, approved the repatriation of 1990-batch IAS officer Manoj Ahuja, Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, to his parent cadre at the request of the Odisha government. 
Shri Pradeep Kumar Jena, IAS (RR-89), Chief Secretary, Odisha and Secretary, GAPG Department is allowed to retire from Government Service with effect from 30.06.2024(AN) 

18567 Dt.28.06.2024

Relaxation in affidavit of legal heirs for pension in case of in-service death

Relaxation regarding submission of affidavit containing the consent of all legal heirs / nominees of the deceased employee for availing the benefits of family pension upon in-service death of the State Government employee covered under NPS. 

18016 Dt.27.06.2024

Wednesday 26 June 2024

Promotion of Under Secretary to the rank of Deputy Secretary

21798 Dt.25.06.2024

Tentative Answer Key : OSSC CGLRE - 2023 (Preliminary)

Tentative Answer Key

OSSC

Combined Graduate Level Recruitment Examination 2023

Examination Dt.23.06.2024 (Sunday) 















# Disclaimer : Answer key suggested above are unofficial and for information purpose only. 



















Tuesday 25 June 2024

OSSC CGL (Preliminary ) Examination 2023 : Tentative Answer Key

The OSSC CGL (Preliminary) Examination - 2023 was conducted by the Odisha Staff Selection Commission on 23rd June 2024 for filling up of 539 posts of different Departments.

Vacancy: 539 POSTS

Exam Pattern: 150 Questions / 150 Marks / 150 Minutes

Negative Marking:  @ 0.25 Marks per question

Question Paper OSSC CGL 2023 

OSSC Official Answer Key : Click here to download

Question Level:

A) Computer and IA:       20 Questions (Easy to Moderate) 

B) Current Affairs:           40 Questions (Easy to Moderate) 

C) Data Interpretation:    30 Questions (Difficult)

D) Logical Reasoning:    30 Questions (Easy)

E) Arithmetic:                  30 Questions (Easy)

Thursday 20 June 2024

7th Batch refreshers Training at OSTI commence from 24.06.2024


Smt Surama Padhy elected as new speaker unanimously

 

Smt Surama Padhy
Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly
DOB : 29 December 1960 (age 63)

Smt Padhy won the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election from Ranpur Assembly Constituency representing Bharatiya Janata Party. She defeated Satyanarayan Pradhan of Biju Janata Dal by a margin of 15,544 votes. 

Earlier, she lost thrice from Ranpur, the last time in the 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election to Pradhan by a narrow margin of 4,251 votes. She is also a former minister of state for cooperation in the 2004 Naveen Patnaik BJD government which had an alliance with BJP. 

Saturday 15 June 2024

Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System for Central Government Employees

F. No.11013/13/2023-Pers. Policy-A.II Government of India 
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions 
Department of Personnel and Training
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OFFICE MEMORANDUM 

North Block, New Delhi 
Dated 15th June, 2024 

Subject: Instructions regarding implementation of Aadhar Enable Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) for attendance of all Government employees, by various Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations (MDOS) 

Instructions have been issued by this Department from time to time for observing punctuality by the Government employees. Responsibility for ensuring punctuality in respect of their employees rests with the concerned Ministry/ Department/ Organization (MDO). In this regard, instructions on implementation of Aadhar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) by Ministries/Departments/ Orgarnizations (MDOs) have also been issued from time to time. In its instructions issued by this Department vide OM of even number dated 23rd June, 2023, all the MDOs were, Inter alla, advised to ensure strict implementation of AEBAS and periodically monitor the marking of attendance to ensure punctuality. However, it has been observed that despite clear instructions, several employees are not registering their attendance in Biometric Attendance System (BAS) and some of the employees have been coming late on a regular basis. 

2, The matter of strict implementation of AEBAS has recently been reviewed and taking a serious note of the laxity in implementation of AEBAS, it is hereby reiterated that al MDOS will regularly monitor the attendance reports of their employees after downloading the same from the portal (attendance.gov.in). The MDOs will also ensure the following: 

a. All employees mark their attendance using AEBAS without fail. This will ensure that there will be no discrepancy between 'registered and 'active' employee on AEBAS. 

b. In case any employee is not registered over AEBAS, immediate steps should be taken to register his/her biometric data on BAS portal; MDOs may also reconcile the data of registered employees on AEBAS with the employee data on other portals such as eHRMS portal/PFMS portal and the list of employees maintained by the Department. 

C. In respect of Divyaang employees, MDOs will make appropriate arrangements for providing convenient and easily accessible machines for capturing biometrics through sultable alternative modes. 

d. HODs of the MDOs shall sensitize their employees to adhere to the instructions relating to office hours, late attendance etc. They would download the consolidated report from the portal ona regular basis and identify the defaulters. Habitual late attendance and early leaving of office should be viewed seriousty and be essentially discouraged. Strict action against the defaulters may be initiated under the extant GOI rules. 

e. MDOs shall ensure that the biometric machines remain functional at all times. 

3. Besides above, it may be noted that UIDAI has now rolled out face-based authentication applications using Android/i0S based phones. The face Authentication offers robust features like faster authentication, live location detection, geo-tagging, etc. The Nodal Officer of respective MDO shall configure personal mobile policy in attendance portal for the employees of their Organizations and get the geo-coordinates fed into the entry locations of the office. The minimum OS requirements for smart phones would be OS 9.0 or above for Androld smartphones and OS 14.0 or above for iOS Smartphones. NIC officers and staff of the respective MDOs will facilitate registration of their Departmental employees on such ioS/android applications. 

4. It may kindly be noted that BAS 0s only an enabling platform and there is no change in the punctuality instructions relating to Office Hours, late attendance etc. which will continue to apply. As per extant Instructions contained in DOPT OM No. 28034/8/75-Estt(A) dated 04.07.1975; DOPT OM No. 28034/10/75-Estt(A) dated 27.08.1975 and DOPT OM No. 28034/3/82-Ests(A) dated 05.03.1982, half-a-day's Casual Leave (CL) shouid be debited for each day of late attendance, but late attendance upto an hour, on not more than two occasions in a month, and for justifiable reasons may be condoned by the competent authority. In addition to debiting Casual Leave (or Earmed Leave, when no CL is available), disciplinary action may also be initiated against Government servants coming to office habitually late as it amounts to 'misconduct under the CCS(Conduct) Rules, 1964. Early leaving is also to be treated in the same manner as late coming. The data relating to punctuality and attendance of an employee should also be taken into account, while considering him/her for important assignments, trainings, deputations and transfers/postings. 

5. Secretaries of the Ministries/Departments etc. are, therefore, requested to kindly bring the contents of these instructions to the notice of their employees and put in place a robust monitoring mechanism to ensure complete compliance by the employees and initiate suitable action against the defaulting employees. 
(Manoj Kumar Dwivedi) 
Additional Secretary to the Government of India 
Tel. +91-11-23092158 
Emall: as-pers.pollcy-dopt@gov.in 
To, 
All Secretaries of Ministries/Departments (As per standard list) 

Odisha Cabinet : Portfolios announced



Friday 14 June 2024

Courtesy visit of Odisha Secretariat Service Officers

ଗତକାଲି ସଚିବାଳୟ ସେବା ସଂଘର ସଭ୍ୟବ୍ରୁନ୍ଦ ନୂତନ ଭାବେ ଦାୟୀତ୍ୱ ଗ୍ରହଣ କରିଥିବା ଓଡିଶାର ମାନ୍ୟବର ମୁଖ୍ୟମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ଶ୍ରୀ ମୋହନ ଚରଣ ମାଝିଙ୍କୁ ସୌଜନ୍ୟ ମୂଳକ ସାକ୍ଷାତ କରିବା ସହିତ ଶୁଭେଚ୍ଛା ଓ ଅଭିନନ୍ଦନ ଜଣାଇଥିଲେ।