Interactive Awareness Workshop Under Pensioners’ Portal

Interactive Awareness Workshop Under Pensioners’ Portal

The Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions is implementing a web based mission mode project on pensions namely Pensioner’s Portal under the National e-Governance Plan. The Department has also started initiative called SANKALP for channelizing the experience and skill of Pensioners towards meaningful social activities.

The Department is proposing to conduct the next such Awareness Programme for Pensioners at Assam Rifles Garrison, Near D.C. Office, Kohima (Nagaland) on 25.03.2015. The meeting will be chaired by Secretary (P,AR&PG).

The basic objective of the project is to facilitate redressal of Pensioners’ Grievances as also to provide information and guidance to pensioners on various pension and retirement related matters. User Ministries/Departments, Pensioners, Banks, Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO), Post Offices etc. are the stakeholders in this venture aimed at welfare of the Pensioners.

With a view to providing know how about the operational aspects of this Portal and the Grievances Redressal Mechanism in particular, the Department of Pensions is conducting Awareness Programmes at different locations in the country.

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RTI fees under the Right to Information Act

Payment of RTI fees under the justify to Information Act

Stamps as RTI Fee

The Government has constituted a committee consisting of representatives of Department of Personnel & Training, Central Information Commission, Department of Posts and Office of Controller of Accounts (Department of Personnel & Training) to examine whether postal stamps can be used for payment of RTI fees under the justify to Information Act, 2005. The Committee has given its report on 24.02.2015. The Committee has observed that the use of postage stamps as mode of payment for RTI fee/costs is neither legally feasible nor feasible from the accounting point of view. Moreover, it would not be in line with the Government initiatives towards Digital India. Hence, the Committee has recommended that postage stamps may not be used as mode of payment for RTI fee/costs. The report of the Committee has been accepted by the competent authority.

The Central Government has already launched RTI Online portal for online filing of RTI applications, including online payment of RTI fee/costs. Moreover, the facility of eIPO (electronic India Postal Order) has been launched for purchase of IPOs electronically by online payment.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in Prime Minister’s office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri Dhananjay Mahadik, Shri Satav Rajeev, Dr. Heena Vijaykumar Gavit and Shri Mohite Patil Vijayasinh Shankarrao in the Lok Sabha today

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No proposal under consideration for including more places under the conversion of Home Town LTC to All India LTC

No proposal under consideration for including more places under the conversion of Home Town LTC to All India LTC

LTC to Some Countries

A proposal to provide Leave Travel Concession (LTC) to Government employees to visit some SAARC countries is in its initial stage of consideration. The details are yet to be finalized.

The purpose behind the proposal is to enhance people-to-people contact and bilateral ties in the SAARC region through increase in tourism in the region.

As per the Government’s order dated 26.09.2014, the Government has extended the facility of conversion of home town LTC to visit the states in the North East Region, Jammu & Kashmir and the UT of Andaman & Nicobar Islands for a period of two years up to 25.09.2016. This facility was first introduced in the year 2008.

Presently, no other proposal is under consideration for including more places under the conversion of Home Town LTC to anywhere in the country.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in Prime Minister’s office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri M. Raja Mohan Reddy in the Lok Sabha today

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MACP Scheme – Employees joining in Grade Pay of Rs.4600 on direct recruitment

Clarification on MACP Scheme – Employees joining in Grade Pay of Rs.4600 on direct recruitment

G.I., Ministry of Railways, Railway Board Letter No.PC-V.2010/MACP/7ECR, dated 4.9.2014

Subject: Grant of financial upgradation under MACP Scheme – Clarification reg.

Ref: ECR’s letter No.E/205(A)/O/ECR/HJP, dated 11.07.2014

In context of E.C.Railway’s letter under reference, it is stated that the matter has been examined and it is clarified that:-

(a) The employees joining a post in Grade Pay of Rs.4600, on direct recruitment basis may be considered for grant of financial upgradation in Grade Pay of Rs.4800, Rs.5400 of PB-2 and Rs.5400 of PB-3, provided that no two successive grades i.e., feeder and promotional are in the same Grade Pay.

(b) Similarly, the employees joining a post in Grade Pay of Rs.4200, on direct recruitment basis may be considered for grant of financial upgradation in Grade Pay of Rs.4600, Rs.4800 and Rs.5400 of PB-2, provided that no two successive grades i.e., feeder and promotional are in the same Grade Pay.

(c) Accordingly, the employees joining a post in Grade Pay of Rs.2800, on direct recruitment basis may be considered for grant of financial upgradation in Grade Pay of Rs.4200, Rs.4600 and Rs.4800 of PB-2, provided that no two successive grades i.e., feeder and promotional are in the same Grade Pay.

2. Further, the grant of financial upgradation under MACP Scheme is subject to fulfilment of terms and conditions contained in Board’s letter dt. 10.06.2009 (RBE No.101/2009) and clarifications issued in context thereof and the same may please be ensured while considering cases for financial upgradation under MACP Scheme.

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Authority: NFIR