Monday, 26 May 2014

President appoints Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and Ministers of State


President appoints Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and Ministers of State

Press Information Bureau 
Government of India
President's Secretariat 

26-May-2014 22:20 IST

President appoints Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and Ministers of State

The President of India has appointed Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi as the Prime Minister of India. Further, as advised by the Prime Minister, the President has appointed the following as members of the Council of Ministers:-

CABINET MINISTERS


1. Shri Raj Nath Singh

2. Smt. Sushma Swaraj

3. Shri Arun Jaitley

4. Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu

5. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari

6. Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda

7. Sushri Uma Bharati

8. Dr. Najma A. Heptulla

9. Shri Gopinathrao Munde

10. Shri Ramvilas Paswan

11. Shri Kalraj Mishra

12. Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi

13. Shri Ananthkumar

14. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad

15. Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati

16. Shri Anant Geete

17. Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal

18. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar

19. Shri Jual Oram

20. Shri Radha Mohan Singh

21. Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot

22. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani

23. Dr. Harsh Vardhan

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

1. General V.K. Singh

2. Shri Inderjit Singh Rao

3. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar

4. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik

5. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

6. Shri Sarbananda Sonowal

7. Shri Prakash Javadekar

8. Shri Piyush Goyal

9. Dr. Jitendra Singh

10. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

MINISTERS OF STATE

1. Shri G.M. Siddeshwara

2. Shri Manoj Sinha

3. Shri Nihalchand

4. Shri Upendra Kushwaha

5. Shri Radhakrishnan P

6. Shri Kiren Rijiju

7. Shri Krishan Pal

8. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan

9. Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava

10. Shri Raosaheb Dadarao Danve

11. Shri Vishnu Deo Sai

12. Shri Sudarshan Bhagat

The President administered the oaths of office and secrecy to the above members of the Council of Ministers at a ceremony held in the Rashtrapati Bhavan, today.

Source: PIB News

Sunday, 25 May 2014

CHARACTER OF POSTS : Ministerial or Non- Ministerial


CHARACTER OF POSTS : Ministerial or Non- Ministerial

Character of Posts of Ministerial or Non- Ministerial, Tenure posts, Gazetted and Non-Gazetted and Industrial& Non-Industrial...

CHARACTER OF POSTS 

Ministerial or non- ministerial 
Ministerial servant means a Government servant of a subordinate service whose duties are entirely clerical, and any other class of servant specifically defined as such by general or specific order of a local government. Local government does not include a Chief Commissioner. FR 9(17) 

(a) Those member of Group B service whose duties are predominantly clerical shall be called as 

(b) Having regard to the nature of the duties attached to them, the posts of Private Secretary to Secretaries and Joint Secretaries should be classified as ‘Ministerial’. 

(c) Unless already classified, all new posts should be classified into ‘Ministerial’. 

(d) Posts of Senior Gestetner Operator are to be classified as ‘Ministerial’ 

(e) All proposals regarding classification of posts as ‘Ministerial’ or ‘non-Ministerial’ should be referred to the Department of Personnel & Training who will, where necessary consult UPSC. 

Industrial& Non-Industrial
Such of the staff who come within the meaning of ‘Workmen’ for the purposes of the Industrial Disputes Act. 1964, as amended from time to time, should be classified as ‘Industrial employees’. 

Tenure posts 
Tenure post means a permanent post which an individual Government servant may not hold for more than a limited period. In case of doubt, the Central Government may decide whether a particular post is not a tenure post. FR 9(30A).

The Union Public Service Commission should be consulted before classifying a post, whether permanent or temporary, as a tenure post. 

STATUS (GAZETTED OR NON-GAZETTED) 
CRITERIA :
(i) Group A posts and Group B non-ministerial and executive posts should ordinarily be 

(ii) Group B ministerial posts may be given gazetted status only on very special considerations, such 

(a) The officer already had gazetted status before appointment. 

(b) The officer has commissioned or gazetted officers under his orders. 

(c) The officer performs duties of a technical character requiring special qualifications. 

(d) The office is periodically left in charge of the office during the absence of his superior on tour and 

has to dispose of business and to deal with gazetted officers or businessmen/ on behalf of his 

(iii) Group C posts to be treated as a rule, as non-gazetted. 

All newly created posts, whether permanent or temporary, should be classified, as soon as created in consultation with Department of Personnel & Training 

EX-OFFICIO SECRETARIAT STATUS
The instruction for the conferment of ex-officio secretariat status on officers holding non-secretariat posts are contained in the Ministry of Home Affairs O.M. No. 17/7/65-Estt(A) dated 16th November, 1967. According to these instructions, Secretariat status is necessary only for those officers who: 

(a) sign communication, orders or notifications on behalf of Government. 

(b) within the limits of the Rules of Business or secretariat Instructions, take decision on behalf of 

Whatever there is a departure from the conditions stated at (a) and (b) above; the ex-officio status would lapse with the transfer/retirement of the present incumbent. 

The conferment of ex-officio secretariat status on any non-Secretariat officer does not add to the status of the post held by him. 

Friday, 23 May 2014

Early Closure of Offices in connection with the Swearing in Ceremony of the newly elected Prime Minister of India on 26.05.2014


Early Closure of Offices in connection with the Swearing in Ceremony of the newly elected Prime Minister of India on 26.05.2014 

No.12/15/2014-JCA 2 
Government of India 
Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions 
(Department of Personnel and Training) 

North Block, New Delhi 
Dated the 23rd May, 2014 

OFFICE MEMORANDUM 

Sub: Early Closure of Offices in connection with the Swearing in Ceremony of the newly elected Prime Minister of India on 26.05.2014 

In connection with arrangements for the Swearing in Ceremony of the newly elected Prime Minister of India on 26.05.2014, it has been decided that the Government offices located in the North Block, South Block and Hutments would be closed early at 13:00 hrs. on 26th May, 2014 (Monday). 

2. Hindi version will follow. 

sd/-
(Ashok Kumar) 
Deputy Secretary (JCA) 

[http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/12_15_2014_JCA-2.pdf]

Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Expected DA- Status, as of March 2014

Expected DA- Status, as of March 2014

Expected Dearness Allowance from July 2014 : This time there is a considerable slackening in the pace of the expected DA. It looks as if there are plenty of reasons for it.

As of March, the AICPIN has increased by one point and is at 239. The rapid increase in Consumer Price Index (IW) has been brought under control now. Election is believed to be one of the reasons for it. Since price rise and inflation are under control, there is not much of an increase in All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers. With a fall in the prices of essential commodities, the AICPIN points have actually reduced.

Another reason is the reduction of AICPIN by 4 points in December 2013. The Consumer Price Index, which was steadily rising till then, slumped by 4 points. It wasn’t much of a shock then because the Additional DA for the month of January 2014 increased by 10% and had touched 100%.

The All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers Base Year 2001=100, which was at 243, fell by 4 points to end up at 239. It again fell by 2 points to touch 237, thus dampening the expectations surrounding the next additional Dearness Allowance announcements. It looks highly unlikely that the AICPIN would rise by 4 points to return to its previous levels.

To calculate the additional DA for July 2014 based on your expected or desired AICPIN points, click the link given below:

We are of the opinion that there will not be much of a change in what we had said last time(Expected da from Jul 14 - Feb)

The table given below will easily explain you why…

Month/
Year
AICPIN
(IW) Base Year 2001=100
Increased/
Decreased Points
in AICPIN
Total Points Increased
Total of 12 Months
12 Months Average
% Increase over 115.763
Approximate DA
Total DA %
DA%
Increase Month wise
Jan-13
221
2
2535
211.25
95.49
82.49
82
2
Feb-13
223
2
2559
213.25
97.49
84.22
84
4
Mar-13
224
1
2582
215.17
99.41
85.87
85
5
Apr-13
226
2
2603
216.92
101.16
87.38
87
7
May-13
228
2
2625
218.75
102.99
88.97
88
8
Jun-13
231
3
12
2648
220.67
104.91
90.62
90
10
Jul-13
235
4
2671
222.58
106.82
92.28
92
2
Aug-13
237
2
2694
224.5
108.74
93.93
93
3
Sep-13
238
1
2717
226.42
110.66
95.59
95
5
Oct-13
241
3
2741
228.42
112.66
97.32
97
7
Nov-13
243
2
2766
230.5
114.74
99.12
99
9
Dec-13
239
-4
8
2786
232.17
116.41
100.56
100
10
Jan-14
237
-2
2802
233.5
117.74
101.71
101
1
Feb-14
238
1
2817
234.75
118.99
102.79
102
2
Mar-14
239
1
0
2832
236
120.24
103.86
103
3
Apr-14
May-14
Jun-14


‘Expected DA from July 2014’ completed its third step..!