Pre-Retirement counselling, LTC Simplified, Aadhaar Link with Pension and
Discontinuation of Interview - PERSMIN
Discontinuation
of Interview at Lower Level Posts - Procedural requirements for Leave
Travel Concession simplified - Seeding of Aadhaar numbers in Pensioners'
Accounts - Workshops on pre-retirement counselling on 'Sankalp' and
'Anubhav'
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Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions
27-December-2016 19:39 IST
Year End review: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Following are the highlights of the activities of Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions during the year 2016:
Prime
Minister confers awards for excellence in implementation of priority
programmes on 10th Civil Services Day, 21st April, 2016. For the
priority programme Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJSY), Nagaon, Assam
was awarded in North East and Hill States category, Chandigarh in UTs
and North 24 Parganas, West Bengal in Other States group. Under Swachh
Bharat Mission (Gramin), West Sikkim and Bikaner, Rajasthan were awarded
in North East & Hill states and Other States category respectively.
Under Swachh Vidyalaya programme, Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, Dadra
and Nagar Haveli and Ananthapuramu, Andhra Pradesh were awarded in North
East & Hill states, UTs and Other States group respectively. In the
implementation of Soil Health Card Scheme, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
and Balrampur, Chhattisgarh were conferred award in North East and Hill
states and Other States respectively.
Prime Minister addresses IAS Officers of the 2014 batch, August 02, 2016.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the 2014 batch of IAS
officers posted as Assistant Secretaries in the Government of India. He
advised the young IAS officers to remain sensitive to their
circumstances and surroundings, in order to be able to effectively
connect with the people of India. The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
chaired the Valedictory Session of Assistant Secretaries on October 27,
2016. Eight selected presentations on various themes of governance were
made by the officers, on themes such as DBT, Swachh Bharat, e-Courts,
Tourism, Health and Satellite Applications in Governance.
Launching of six major initiatives of DoPT.
On the occasion of ‘Good Governance Day’, coinciding with the birthday
of former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee on December 25, 2016,
Dr. Jitendra Singh launched six major initiatives of the DoPT. The
initiatives are:
Recruitment Rules Formation, Amendment
Monitoring System (RRFAMS), Immovable Property Return through Property
Related Information System (PRISM), announcement of E-Service Book,
Mandatory online filing of APAR by all AIS and Central Group ‘A’ Service
Officers, EO App on iPhone Operating System (iOS) and launching of
redesigned website of DoPT.
Employees Online (EO) Mobile App of DoPT.
Earlier, on October 28, 2016, MoS Dr.Jitendra Singh launched the
Employees Online (EO) App. EO App is a mobile application of the
Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions. The application would enable its users,
which may include officers, media persons and all stakeholders to stay
updated on real time basis with appointments and postings approved by
the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) and vacancies at senior
level in the Government of India.
MoS Dr Jitendra Singh launches the telephonic feedback system for grievance
redressal.
Setting a precedence, the MoS (PP) Dr Jitendra Singh initiated a
telephone feedback mechanism for grievance redressal of the citizens on
March 22, 2016. He personally calls some complainants chosen on random
basis weekly, who had registered their grievances in the Department of
Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) and their
grievances were disposed off. The Minister and senior officers of the
DARPG also seek their feedback regarding the response given by the
Government to the grievances. Dr Jitendra Singh also awarded
Certificates of Appreciation to the Ministries/Departments for their
performance in CPGRAMS during the year.
Seeding of Aadhaar numbers in Pensioners' Accounts.
MoS Dr Jitendra Singh directed that priority should be given to
pensioners visiting the bank branches for seeding Aadhaar number in
their bank account. Special AADHAAR Seeding Camps were held from May 30,
2016 to June 10, 2016. These camps were organised all over the country
in Pension disbursing banks and their branches. Eighty-seven percent of
Central Government pensioners of all age categories have seeded their
bank accounts with Aadhaar number.
Discontinuation of Interview at Lower Level Posts.
The Central Government has decided to dispense with the interview for
all Group C (including Group D) and non-gazetted Group B category in
Central Government by 31.12.2015. Accordingly, instructions have been
issued to the Staff Selection Commission mandated with the recruitment
of mainly Group B (Non-Gazetted) and Group C (Non-technical) posts in
the Central Ministries/Departments to discontinue the interview in all
mandated recruitments commencing from 1.1.2016.
The Government
decided that the issue of appointment letters need not be withheld
pending the verification of character and antecedents of the successful
candidates. The appointing authorities will issue provisional
appointment letters after obtaining the attestation form and self
declaration from the candidate.
Procedural requirements for Leave Travel Concession simplified.
The Department of Personnel and Training has eased the difficulties
faced by the Government employees in application and settlement of the
Leave Travel Concession (LTC) claims. A copy of guidelines, that needs
to be followed while availing LTC, is to be provided for the Government
servant while applying for LTC.
19th National Conference on e-governance in
Nagpur.
The Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Shri
Nitin Gadkari and the Minister of State for Development of North
Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of
Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated the 19th National conference on
e-governance in Nagpur on January 21, 2016. The Chief Minister of
Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis presented the National Awards for
e-Governance for the Year 2015-16 in Nagpur on January 22, 2016. The
awards were given for exemplary implementation of e-Governance
initiatives.
Workshops on pre-retirement counselling on 'Sankalp' and 'Anubhav'.
The Department of Pensions and Pensioners' Welfare, Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions organized workshops on
issues related to Pre-Retirement counselling on 'Sankalp' and 'Anubhav'
during the year. Workshops are organized wherein the retiring employees
are counselled on issues regarding steps and precaution to ensure timely
payment of their retirement dues, the CGHS/medical facilities available
after retirement and other related issues, most important being
encouragement to employees to involve themselves in the social
activities by using the time and skill available with them.
National Symposium on Excellence in Training focuses on Citizen Centric
Governance.
Dr. P. K. Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
inaugurated the 2nd National Symposium on Excellence in Training (NSET)
on May 27, 2016. The Symposium was attended by more than 375 delegates
that included Heads of State ATIs/ Central Training Institutes (CTIs)
and the Faculty, Trainers and experts from Government and Private
Institutions. Over-arching theme of the Symposium was Citizen Centric
Governance and changing the mindset of Civil Servants to service
orientation.
Two-day Regional Conference on ‘Path Breaking and
High Impact Initiatives in Citizen Centric Services Delivery System’ in
Guwahati, Assam (15-16 September, 2016). The conference is being
organised by the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public
Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions, Government of India in collaboration with the Government of
Assam. Delegates from 8 states of North Eastern Region and 4 states of
Eastern Region i.e. West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha and Jharkhand and senior
officers of DARPG participated in the conference.
Workshop on
e-Office organised by DARPG (September 08, 2016). The workshop was
organised in the light of the fact that the e-Office is an important
tool of e-Governance for bringing efficiency and quality in public
service delivery and the DARPG is the nodal Department for
implementation of e-Office in Central Ministries/Departments.
Two-day
Regional Conference on ‘Innovations in Citizen Centric Services
Delivery' in Jaipur (December 21-22, 2016). The Department of
Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Government of India is
organising a 2-day Regional Conference on ‘Innovations in Citizen
Centric Services Delivery' in Jaipur, in collaboration with Government
of Rajasthan. he Conference at Jaipur is an effort to create a common
platform to share experiences in the formulation and implementation of
best practises in citizen centric governance, improved public service
delivery through e-Governance, transparent, accountable and
citizen-friendly effective administration.
Vigilance Awareness
Week observed. The Central Vigilance Commission, as part of its efforts
to promote probity in public life and to achieve a corruption free
society, observes Vigilance Awareness Week every year. The week in which
31st October, the birthday of late Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel falls is
observed as Vigilance Awareness Week. “Public participation in promoting
integrity and eradicating Corruption” was chosen as the theme for
Vigilance Awareness Week this year by the Commission. The Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi attended the Valedictory Function of Vigilance
Awareness Week 2016 on November 07, 2016. Speaking on the occasion, he
said that technology has a major role to play in bringing in
transparency, and curbing corruption. The National Seminar on the
occasion of the Vigilance Awareness Week-2016 was also held.
Annual
Convention of the Central Information Commission (CIC). Two-day Annual
Convention of the Central Information Commission (CIC) was organised on
November 07-08, 2016. The Conference was inaugurated by the Union Home
Minister Shri Rajnath Singh. The Annual Convention has contributed
immensely in generating awareness about innovative use of RTI provisions
for the benefit of the citizenry thereby strengthening public trust in
democracy.
Secretary, DARPG attends the Meeting of General Members
of CAPAM at Malaysia (22nd August, 2016). An Indian delegation led by
the Secretary, DARPG Shri C Viswanath visited Malaysia from August
17-20, 2016 to attend the Meeting of General Members of Commonwealth
Association for Public Administration & Management (CAPAM) &
CAPAM Biennial Conference at Putrajaya. Shri C. Viswanath was elected on
Board of Directors of CAPAM. DARPG is an institutional member of
Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management
(CAPAM) since 1997. CAPAM is an international network of senior public
servants, Heads of Governments, academics and researchers from over 50
Commonwealth countries.
Swachhta Pakhwada organised by DoPT. The
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions organised the Swachhta Pakhwada from
December 01 to December 15, 2016. During the Swachhta Pakhwada, various
activities were undertaken as a massive cleanliness drive by DoPT. A
Poster(s)/Slogan Competition was also organised on the theme of Swachha
Bharat during Swachha Bharat Pakhwada.
