Tuesday, 28 July 2015

FORMER PRESIDENT A P J ABDUL KALAM PASSES AWAY. A BIG SALUTE TO THE MISSILE MAN

FORMER PRESIDENT A P J ABDUL KALAM PASSES AWAY. A BIG SALUTE TO THE MISSILE MAN




            News: Bharat Ratna APJ Abdul Kalam Passed Away: Former Indian President Bharat Ratna APJ Abdul Kalam (Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam) Passed Away today(27.07.2015). He was reportedly collapsed on stage while giving a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong and immediately rushed to hospital. Doctors say he suffered from a cardiac arrest.

            Dr Kalam was born in Rameswaram on October 15, 1931, to a boatman. He played a pivotal role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear test in 1998, the first since the test by India in 1974. He was known as Missile Man India for ensuring the success of Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP). For his achievements, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna, and then he became the 11th President of India in 2002. He was THE BEST and the ONLY president of India who inspired youth. His life itself is a motivational lesson for the modern youth

APJ Abdl Kalam : Timeline of Important Dates : 

1931 : A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was born on 15th October. 
1954: Graduated from Saint Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli. 
1955: Enrolled at the Madras Institute of Technology to study aerospace engineering. 
1960: Joined Aeronautical Development Establishment of Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) as a chief scientist. 
1969: Was transferred to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). 
1981 : Honored with Padma Bhushan 
1990 : Honored with Padma Vibhushan 
1992-1999: Served as the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of Defence Research and Development Organisation. 
1997 : Honored with Bharat Ratna 
1997 : Honored with Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration 
2002-2007: Served as the 11th President of India. 
2015 : Passed Away on 27th July. 

Famous Books by Abdul Kalam :

Developments in Fluid Mechanics and Space Technology (1988) 
India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium (1998) 
Wings of Fire: An Autobiography (1999) 
Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India (2002) 
The Luminous Sparks (2004) 
Mission India (2005) 
Inspiring Thoughts (2007) 
Indomitable Spirit (2007) 
Envisioning an Empowered Nation (2010) 
You Are Born To Blossom: Take My Journey Beyond (2011) 
Turning Points: A journey through challenges (2012) 
Target 3 Billion (2011) 
My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions (2013) 
A Manifesto for Change: A Sequel to India 2020 (2014) 

Sunday, 8 March 2015

7th Pay Commission : Highlights of the demands of Central Government Employees to 7CPC

7th Pay Commission : Highlights of the demands of Central Government Employees to 7CPC

1. Pay scales are calculated on the basis of pay drawn pay in pay band + GP + 100% DA by employee as on 01-01-2014.

2. 7th CPC report should be implemented w.e.f. 01-01-2014.

3. Scrap New Pension Scheme and cover all employees under Old Pension and Family Pension Scheme.

4. JCM has proposed minimum wage for MTS (Skilled) Rs.26,000 p.m.

5. Ratio of minimum and maximum wage should be 1:8.


6. General formula for determination of pay scale based on minimum living wage demanded for MTS is pay in PB+GP x 3.7

7. Annual rate of increment @ 5% of the pay.

8. Fixation of pay on promotion = 2 increments and difference of pay between present and promotional posts (minimum Rs.3000).

9. The pay structure demanded is as under:-

Existing Proposed (in Rs.)
PB-1 GP Rs.1800 - 26,000

PB-1 GP Rs.1900  - 33,000
PB-1 GP Rs.2000  - 33,000

PB-1 GP Rs. 2400 - 46,000
PB-1 GP Rs.2800 - 46,000

PB-2 GP Rs.4200  - 56,000

PB-2 GP Rs.4600 - 74,000 
PB-2 GP Rs.4800 - 74,000

PB-2 GP Rs.5400  - 78,000

PB-3 GP 5400 - 88,000

PB-3 GP 6600 - 1,02,000

PB-3 GP 7600 - 1,20,000

PB-4 GP 8900 - 1,48,000

P4-4 GP 10000 - 1,62,000

HAG - 1,93,000

Apex Scale - 2,13,000

Cabinet Secretary - 2,40,000

10. Dearness Allowances on the basis of 12 monthly average of CPI, Payment on 1st Jan and 1st July every year.

11. Overtime Allowances on the basis of total Pay+DA+Full TA.

12 Liabilities of all Government dues of persons died in harness be waived.

13. Transfer Policy – Group `C and `D Staff should not be transferred. DoPT should issue clear cut guideline as per 5th CPC recommendation. Govt. should from a Transfer Policy in each department for transferring on mutual basis on promotion. Any order issued in violation of policy framed be cancelled by head of department on representation.

14. Transport Allowance –
X Class Cities Y Class Cities
Pay up to Rs.75,000 Rs.7500 + DA Rs.3750 + DA
Pay above Rs.75,000 Rs.6500 + DA Rs.3500 + DA

13. Deputation Allowance double the rates and should be paid 10% of the pay at same station and 20% of the pay at outside station.

14. Classification of the post should be executive and non-executive instead of present Group A, B, C.

15. Special Pay which was replaced with SPL/Allowance by 4th CPC be bring back to curtail pay scales.

16. Scrap downsizing, outsourcing and contracting of govt. jobs.

17. Regularize all casual labour and count their entire service after first two year, as a regular service for pension and all other benefits. They should not be thrown out by engaging contractors workers.

18. The present MACPs Scheme be replaced by giving five promotion after completion of 8, 15, 21, 26 and 30 year of service with benefits of stepping up of pay with junior.

19. PLB being bilateral agreement, it should be out of 7th CPC perview.

20. Housing facility:-
(a) To achieve 70% houses in Delhi and 40% in all other towns to take lease accommodation and allot to the govt. employees.
(b) Land and building acquired by it department may be used for constructing houses for govt. employees.

21. House Building Allowance :-
(a) Simplify the procedure of HBA
(b) Entitle to purchase second and used houses

22. Common Category – Equal Pay for similar nature of work be provided.

23. CP appointment – remove ceiling of 5% and give appointment within Three months.

24. Traveling Allowance:-
‘A1’ and ‘A’ Class Cities Other Cities
A. Executives Rs.5000+DA per day Rs.3500+DA per day
B. Non-Executives Rs.4000+DA per day Rs.2500+DA per day

25. Composite Transfer Grant :-
Executive Class 6000 kg by Goods Train/ Rate per km by road 8 Wheeler Wagon Rs.50+DA(Rs.1 per kg and single container per km)
Non-Executive Class 3000 kg – do – -do-

26. Children Education Allowance should be allowed up to Graduate, Post Graduate, and all Professional Courses. Allow any two children for Children Education Allowance.

27. Fixation of pay on promotion – two increments in feeder grade with minimum
benefit of Rs.3000.

28. House Rent Allowance
X Class Cities 60%
Other Classified Cities 40%
Unclassified Locations 20%

29. City Allowance
`X’ Class Cities `Y’ Class Cities
A. Pay up to Rs.50,000 10% 5%
B. Pay above Rs.50,000 6% minimum Rs 5000 3% minimum Rs.2500

30. Patient Care Allowance to all para-medical and staff working in hospitals.

31. All allowances to be increased by three times.

32. NE Region benefits – Payment of Special Duty Allowance @ 37.5 of pay.

33. Training:- Sufficient budget for in-service training.

34. Leave Entitlement
(i) Increase Casual Leave 08 to 12 days & 10 days to 15 days.
(ii) Declare May Day as National Holiday
(iii) In case of Hospital Leave, remove the ceiling of maximum 24 months leave and 120 days full payment and remaining half payment.
(iv) Allow accumulation of 400 days Earned Leave
(v) Allow encashment of 50% leave while in service at the credit after 20 years Qualifying Service.
(vi) National Holiday Allowance (NHA) – Minimum one day salary and eligibility criteria to be removed for all Non Executive Staff.
(vii) Permit encashment of Half Pay Leave.
(viii) Increase Maternity Leave to 240 days to female employees & increase30 days Paternity Leave to male employees.

35. LTC – Leave Travel Concession
(a) Permission to travel by air within and outside the NE Region.
(b) To increase the periodicity once in a two year.
(c) One visit outside country in a lifetime

36. Income Tax:
(i) Allow 30% standard deduction to salaried employees.
(ii) Exempt all allowances.
(iii) Raise the ceiling limit as under:
(a) General – 2 Lakh to 5 Lakh
(b) Sr. Citizen – 2.5 Lakh to 7 Lakh
(c) Sr. Citizen above 80 years of age – 5 Lakh to 10 Lakh
(iv) No Income Tax on pension and family pension and Dearness Relief.

35. (a) Effective grievance handling machinery for all non-executive staff.
(b) Spot settlement
(c) Maintain schedule of three meetings in a year
(d) Department Council be revived at all levels
(e) Arbitration Award be implemented within six month, if not be discussed with Staff Side before rejection for finding out some modified form of agreement.

36. Appoint Arbitrator for shorting all pending anomalies of the 6th CPC.

37. Date of Increment – 1st January and 1st July every year. In case of employees retiring on 31st December and 30th June, they should be given one increment on last day of service, i.e. 31st December and 30th June, and their retirements benefits should be calculated by adding the same.

38. General Insurance: Active Insurance Scheme covering risk upto Rs. 7,50,000/- to Non Executive & Rs. 3,50,000/- to Skilled staff by monthly contribution of Rs. 750/- & Rs. 350/- respectively.

39. Point to point fixation of pay.

40. Extra benefits to Women employees (i) 30% reservation for women.
(ii) Posting of husband and wife at same station.
(iii) One month special rest for chronic disease
(iv) Conversion of Child Care Leave into Family Care Leave
(v) Flexi time

41. Gratuity:
Existing ceiling of 16 ½ months be removed and Gratuity be paid @ half month salary for every year of qualifying service.
Remove ceiling limit of Rs.10 Lakh for Gratuity.

42. Pension:
(i) Pension @ 67% of Last Pay Drawn (LPD) instead of 50% presently.
(ii) Pension after 10 years of qualifying service in case of resignation.
(iii) Increase pension age-based as under:
65 years – 70% of LPD
70 years – 75% of LPD
75 years – 80% of LPD
80 years – 85% of LPD
85 years – 90% of LPD
90 years – 100% of LPD
(iv) Parity of pension to retirees before 1.1.2006.
(v) Enhanced family pension should be same in case of death in harness and normal death.
(vi) After 10 years, family pension should be 50% of LPD.
(vii) Family pension to son upto the age of 28 years looking to the recruitment age.
(viii) Fixed Medical Allowance (FMA) @ Rs.2500/- per month.
(ix) Extend medical facilities to parents also.
(x) HRA to pensioners.
(xi) Improvement in ex-gratia pension to CPF/SRPF retirees up to 1/3rd of full pension.

Source: NC JCM Staff Side

Thursday, 5 March 2015

PRESERVATION OF POSTAL RECORDS

PRESERVATION OF POSTAL RECORDS

1.     
1)POST OFFICE ACCOUNT AND SUB ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT


SL
NO
DESCRIPTION OF FORM
FORM NO
PERIOD OF
PRESERVATION
1
H.O. Summery
ACG 1
3 Years
2
H.O. Cash Book
ACG 4
3 Years
3
Treasury Voucher
ACG 14
3 Years
4
Treasury Receipt
ACG 13
3 Years
5
Sub Office Account
PA 17(A)
3 Years
6
Treasury Cash Book
ACG 2
10 Years
7
Treasury Passbook
ACG 8
10 Years
8
S.O. Summery
ACG 3
18 Months
9
B.O. Summery
ACG 3A
18 Months
10
S.O. Daily Account
ACG 22
18 Months
11
S.O. Slip
PA 3
18 Months
12
Remittance Advice & Acknowledgement
ACG 15
18 Months
13
B.O. Daily Account
ACG 22
2 Years
14
B.O. Slip
PA 5
2 Years
15
General Receipt Book
ACG 67
5 Years

2)POSTAL ORDER DEPARTMENT


1
List and Journals of IPO Sold

18 Months
2
Register of IPOs & BPOs in stock

18 Months
3
List of IPOs & BPOs Paid

18 Months

3)MONEY ORDER DEPARTMENT


1
Book of MO Receipts
MO 1

2
Journal of MOs issued
MO 2

3
Register of MOs Received for Payment
MO 3

4
Journal of MOs Paid
MO 4(s)

5
Compilation of MOs Paid
MO 20/23

6
Compilation of daily totals of MOs issued
MO 22

7
TMO Advice
MO 21

8
TMOs Received and conformations


9
Postman’s Book
MS 27

10
Files of cases containing Paid MOs Received from
Audit Office
Files

10
Files of cases containing Paid MOs Received from
Audit Office
Paid MOs

11
List Of MOs Presented in bulk for Booking


12
Records relating to Inward and out ward Foreign
MOs in Exchange Office








4) Registration and Parcel Department



SL
NO
DESCRIPTION OF FORM
FORM NO
PERIOD OF
PRESERVATION
1
Register and Parcel Lists Received and Dispatched

2 Years
2
All other record Except above of Registration and
Parcel Department And Mail Department

1 Years
3
Speed Post Department

6 Months

5)SORTING,DELIVERY,DEPOSIT AND MISC DEPT.


1
Correspondence Register

3 Years
2
Deposit Account
ACG 45
18 Months
3
Letter Postage Account
ACG 44
18 Months
4
Register of Post Box Holders
M 23
3 Years
5
Book of Postmarks
MS 19
18 months
6
Postmaster’s Order Book
Ms 1
3 Years
7
Monthly Statistical Register

3 Years
8
Monthly Statistical Abstract
MS 14
3 Years
9
Record Relating to Identity cards

18 months (after
validity of cards)
10
Nominal Roll
MS 12
10 Years
11
Attendance Register
MS 37
5 Years
12
Enumeration Returns
MS 6
2 Years
13
Post Office Order Book

Permanent
14
Telegram “A” Message

2 months
15
Traffic Book of Telegrams

3 Years


6) Savings Bank Department


1
S.B. Ledger in H.O

Permanent
2
Closed, used up and transferred Ledger cards
(If ledger agreement o.k.)

6 Years
3
S.O. S.B. Journals

Permanent
4
S. O. S. B. Ledgers(after last account closed)

6 Years
5
S.O. RD Journals

6 Years (after Last
entry)
6
Guard File containing letters of Pledging deposits in security account

Permanent
7
Register of undeliverable passbooks

Permanent
8
Special Error Book maintained is S.B. branch

Permanent
9
S.B. P.R.
SB 26
3 YEARS
10
Monthly Statistical Register

3 Years
11
List of Silent accounts

Permanent
12
Application for Duplicate Passbooks

10 Years
13
List of withdrawals above Rs 2500/- by Single
Handed S.O.

1 Year
14
Stock Register of Passbooks

18 Months
15
Index of Ledger Cards
(after closed of all accounts)

6 Years
16
Ledger Cards of Silent Accounts

Permanent
17
Application for Local Transfer of Accounts

2Years
18
Index of P.R.

2 Years
19
S.B. Slips

18 Months
20
Duplicate of A.T.

2 Years
21
Register of A.T.
(after obtaining certificate of no pending)

2 Years
22
Register of Rectification of Interest

3 Years
23
S.B. Voucher List
SB 22
2 Years
24
Objection Register (after rectification of objection)
SB 61
2 Years
25
Register of No of passbooks received for interest

2 Years
26
Duplicate copies of S.B.P.R received from B.O.

18 Months
27
Record Relating to D. D. Cases
(Except indemnity Bond)

3 Years
(after closer of  all cases )
28
Record Relating to D. D. Cases
(Where indemnity Bond Received)

6 Years
(after closer of all cases )
29
Duplicate copies of credit/debit transfer journals

2 Years
30
Register of Collection of Cheques

2 Years
31
Stock Register of S.B. Cheques

2 Years
32
Register of returned Cheques

2 Years
33
Register of sanction of B.O. withdrawals
SB 45
2 Years
34
Register containing Photographs and other
particulars of depositor

3 Years
(After all
accounts closed)
35
Applications for issue of new passbooks in lieu of spoilt ones

3 Years
37
Court attached orders of SB Deposits

2 Years
(After close ofa/c)
38
Applications for issuing of SB Cheque Books

2 Years
(After close of  a/c)
39
Copies of Lists of Collection of Outstation
Cheques

2 years (
Following
financial year)
40
Record relating to collection of Local Cheques

2 Years
41
SB 28 Receipt Books

2 Years
42
Document Lists

2 Years
43
Long Books

2 Years
44
Application for Revival of Silent accounts

2 Years
45
Error Book maintained in connection with the
deposit by auto transfer from S.B. Account to RD Account

5 years
46
Nominal roll of SB Branch

10 years
47
LOT Lists

6 Years after last entry



7)SAVINGS CERTIFICATES


1
Application for cancellation or variation of
Nomination
NC 53
5 Years (after
discharger of
certificate)
2
Register of Nomination
NC 52
5 Years (after
discharger of
certificate)
3
Preliminary Receipt Book
NC 4
3 Years
4
List of Yearly Unsold Certificates

2 Years
5
Provisional Receipts for Savings
Certificates
NC 11
3 Years
6
Counter Foils of Identity slips of
Certificates

18 Months (after
discharge of Certificate)
7
Special error book for Certificates

3 years
8
Monthly Statistical Register

3 Years
10
Journals of Certificates Issued and
Discharged

18 Months
11
Monthly Summaries of Certificates Issued
& Discharged

18 Months
12
Stock Register of Certificates

Permanent
13
Application for Purchase or transfer in lieu
of Duplicate have been issued

6 Years (after
discharge of
Certificate)
14
Journals of Certificates issued
through Authorized Agents

18 Months
15
Ledger for Payment of Authorized Agent’s
commission

3 Years
16
Partly used up AGENT’S RECEIPT BOOK

5 Years

8)ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH


1
Correspondence Register

3 Years
2
Personal Files

3 Years after
retirement or death

9)OTHER RECORDS


1
Counter foils of Receipts and Daily lists of
Telephone Revenue Collection
Eng 9
2 Years
2
Pension Schedule

3 Years