HRA TO CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF DGQA

No. A/99172/DGQA/ADM/RMD (CW)                                                   09th Dec 2013

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
DGQA/ADM/RMD(CW)

UPLOADING OF COURT VERDICT REGARDING PAYMENT OF HRA TO CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF DGQA

   1. Payment of HRA to DGQA Civ employees is governed SRO 1 E as amended by SRO-31. Recently, some DGQA employees obtained order from Hon’ble CAT, Kolkata Bench in their favour for payment of HRA without requirement of NAC. However Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka and Hon’ble Madhya Pradesh High Court have given judgments on the similar issue in favour of the department.

Setting Up of Kendriya Vidyalayas in Railways

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Government of India

Setting Up of Kendriya Vidyalayas

   The Ministry of Railways have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Harnaut (Bihar), Cast Wheel Plant, Bela for setting up 50 new Kendriya Vidyalayas during 11th and 12th Plan periods.

CGHS Facilities

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Government of India

   CGHS Facilities

   CGHS is basically providing the dispensary services through its Wellness Centres manned by the General Duty Medical Officers. However, CGHS also provides the services of medical specialists through the Polyclinics and Central Government hospitals. In addition, the CGHS medical specialists also visit designated dispensaries on stipulated days in each week to provide medical consultation to the beneficiaries. Due to shortage of specialists in CGHS it is practically not feasible and financially viable to provide Specialist facilities in each CGHS Wellness Centre. Moreover, CGHS is also engaging contractual specialists against the vacant posts of specialists to provide the medical consultation services to its beneficiaries. CGHS has a dedicated wing of specialists at the Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi for its beneficiaries. The CGHS beneficiaries are also allowed to consult specialists at Dr. RML Hospital and other Government hospitals in NCR in respective specialties. In addition, CGHS has empanelled a large number of private hospitals to provide inpatient medical care to its beneficiaries on the advice of Government specialists.

Criteria for Setting up of CGHS Dispensary

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Government of India

Criteria for Setting up of CGHS Dispensary

   The criteria fixed for setting up a Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) dispensary in a particular area are as under:
 
   (i) In an existing CGHS city: For opening of a new Allopathic CGHS dispensary in an existing CGHS city, there has to be a minimum of 2,000 Card holders (serving employees of Central Government and Central Civil pensioners).
 
   (ii) Extension of CGHS to a new City: For extension of CGHS to a new city there has to be a minimum of 6,000 Card holders.

Government Mechanisms to Maintain Transparency in Admission Process in Private Medical Colleges

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Government of India

Government Mechanisms to Maintain Transparency in Admission Process in Private Medical Colleges

   In order to streamline and also to make transparent the admission process, the MCI, with the previous approval of the Central Government, notified amendments to its Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 1997 introducing the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET). However, on the directions of the Supreme Court of India, NEET has been discontinued for the current academic year and presently, the matter is sub-judice.

Free Roaming Services

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Government of India

Free Roaming Services

            One of the objectives of the New Telecom Policy – 2012 is to work towards ‘one nation – free roaming’. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, said that as per the provisions of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Act, 1997 as amended from time to time, TRAI prescribes tariffs for telecommunication services in India. Taking into consideration the declared intent of the New Telecom Policy – 2012 for roaming charges, TRAI undertook a comprehensive consultation process to prescribe roaming charges. TRAI had decided not to mandate the implementation of a system in which the calling party pays for a national roaming call in view of  the high costs and operational complications involved and had also concluded that it may not be feasible to remove charges for the incoming call while on national roaming. Further, as a result of a comprehensive consultation process, TRAI issued 55th amendment to Telecom Tariff Order (TTO) 1999 on 17.06.2013, which came into effect from 01.07.2013. This amendment brought about the following changes in the tariff regime for national roaming service:

Issuance of corrigendum Pension Payment Order of Pre-2006 Defence Civilian Pensioners/ Family pensioners in terms of the recommendations of 6th CPC.

OFFICE OF THE PR. CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS)
DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD- 211014

Circular No. 114

Dated: 09/12/2013

Subject: Issuance of corrigendum Pension Payment Order of Pre-2006 Defence Civilian Pensioners/ Family pensioners in terms of the recommendations of 6th CPC.

Reference: This office circulars Nos. 57, 62 & 102 dated 17-09-2008,12-11-2008 and 11-02-2013 respectively.

   Attention is invited to this office Circulars no. 57, 62 and 102 dated 17-09-2008, 12-11-2008 and 11-02-2013 respectively, under which orders regarding revision of pension/family pension of pre-2006 pensioners have been circulated for immediate implementation of Government orders. Further, it is intimated that the issue of corrigendum PPO in respect of Pre-2006 Defence Civilian Pensioners/Family Pensioners is under Progress. To issue corrigendum PPO in case of living pensioners, it has been decided by the competent authority to call for an application through Head of the Office in the prescribed format available on the website of PCDA (Pension), duly verified by PDA. It is brought to the notice that No application is required from Pensioner/family pensioner whose corrigendum PPO has already been issued as per 6th CPC.

Continuance of ad-hoc appointments in PA Grade of CSSS - regarding.

No.5/3/2013-CS-II(C)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pension
Department of Personnel and Training

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan,
Khan Market, New Dethi-110003.
Date: 12th December, 2013

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Continuance of ad-hoc appointments in PA Grade of CSSS - regarding.

   The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. of even no.dated 11.6.2013 whereby Cadre Units were permitted to continue the ad-hoc appointments in the PA Grade of CSSS upto 31.12.2013 and to say that the continuation of the ad-hoc appoìntments in the PA Grade made by the Cadre Units has been reviewed in this Department. Since availability of regular PAs against SLY-2012 of PA Grade through normal modes of recruitrnent (LDCE and SQ) prescribed under the CSSS Rules is likely to take some more time, it has been decided that the period of ad-hoc appointments of those PAs who have already been working as PAs on ad-hoc basis may be extended upto 30th June, 2014 or till regular PAs become available, whichever is earlier.