Cabinet approves Cadre Review of 8 organized Group 'A' Services in Railways

Cabinet approves Cadre Review of 8 organized Group 'A' Services in Railways

19 FEB 2019

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for Cadre Review of 8 organized Group 'A' Services in Railways namely Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS), Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS), Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS), Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE), Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE), Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME), Indian Railway Stores Service (IRSS), Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE).

Cabinet has also approved encadrement of the post of Member (staff) a cadre post for IRPS and re-designation of the posts of Director General (Signal & Telecom), Director General (Stores) and Director General (Safety) as Member(S&T), Member (Materials Management) as Director General (Safety) respectively.

This Cadre Review was pending since 2012 and will benefit 900 officers of these services.

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Cabinet approves Status-cum-Progress Report and constitution of Special Committee for Inter-Linking of Rivers in compliance of judgment of Supreme Court

Cabinet approves Status-cum-Progress Report and constitution of "Special Committee for Inter-Linking of Rivers" in compliance of judgment of Supreme Court

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to the Status-cum-Progress Report and constitution of “Special Committee for Inter-Linking of Rivers” in compliance of Supreme Court judgment dated 27.2.2012 in the matter of Writ Petition (Civil) 512 of 2002: Networking of Rivers along with Writ Petition No. 668 of 2002.

Approval of the Union Cabinet will help in monitoring of the precious Inter-linking of River Projects to be carried out under National Perspective Plan 1980 of Government of India. The Status-cum-Progress Report of Special Committee for Inter-linking of Rivers will be submitted bi-annually for information of Cabinet, which will facilitate faster and appropriate decisions in the interest of the country as expeditiously as possible.

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Centre Approves 100% Hike in the Salaries of Member of Parliaments, Bill Likely in Winter Session

Centre Approves 100% Hike in the Salaries of Member of Parliaments, Bill Likely in Winter Session

Parliamentarians can soon expect a steep hike in salary as the Centre has decided to provide them with a basic salary of Rs 1 lakh per month, a 100% hike from the current Rs 50,000.

The salary hike for the MP’s has been in demands from a while when the Delhi government approved the huge hikes in Delhi MLA’s salaries. But Government was looking to avoid the hike in the salaries of the Member of Parliaments.

But Now it Looks like that the government had bowed to the increasing demand by the MP’s.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is learnt to have agreed to consider a recommendation made by the Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament, which is headed by BJP MP Yogi Adityanath.

The panel had also demanded a slew of benefits like more air tickets and soft loans for cars.
A bill is expected to be passed in the upcoming winter session of Parliament to hike the MPs’ salary and allowances .

Not Just the MP’s but also the Governors and President will be benefitted with the salary hike. The government is also mulling over increasing the President’s salary from current Rs 1.5 lakh per month to Rs five lakh and the Governor’s salary from current Rs. 1.10 lakh to Rs. 2.5 lakh.

Source: northbridgetimes.com

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Status of Cadre Review Proposal as on 31th May 2015

Status of Cadre Review proposals processed in DoPT from 1^st January, 2011 to 31^th May 2015.

A. Approved by Cabinet

S. No.	Name of the Service	CRC* Meeting	Cabinet Approval
1.	CPWD Central Engineering Service, Central Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Service and Central Architecture Service	27th June, 2011	3rd January, 2012
2	Military Engineering Services (Indian Defence Service of Engineers, Architect Cadre and Surveyor Cadre)	22nd September 2011 and 23rd January 2012	18th April 2013
3.	Indian Radio Regulatory Service	19th Feb. 2013	3rd July 2013
4.	Indian Revenue Service	19th Feb 2013 and GoM** on 29th April 2013	23rd May 2013
5.	Indian Customs & Central Excise	27th Aug. 2013	5th Dec. 2013
6.	Indian Cost Accounts Service	29th October 2013	2nd January 2014
7.	Central Labour Service	19th Feb. 2013	17th July 2013
8.	Central Power Engineering Service	11th December 2013	13th May 2014
9.	Indian Ordnance Factory Service	19th March, 2014	29th October, 2014
10.	Indian Civil Accounts Service	17th July, 2013	16th January, 2015
11.	Border Road Engineering Service	26th February, 2015	7th April, 2015
12.	Defence Aeronautical Quality Assurance Service	8th January, 2015	6th May, 2015

*CRC – Cadre Review Committee **GoM – Group of Ministers

B. Pending Proposals

S. No.	Name of the Service	Status
(i) With Cadre Controlling Authority/Ministry Concerned – CRC meeting held but Cabinet approval pending (6)
1.	Railway Protection Force	CRC meeting held on July 29, 2013. Decision with the approval of MoS (PP) and FM has been communicated to the Ministry of Railways on October 9, 2013 for takinq Cabinet approval.
2.	Indian Naval Material Management Service	The CRC meeting held on 24th October, 2013. Comments of DoPT on Cabinet Note have been provided on 21st January, 2015.
3.	Indian Statistical Service	CRC meeting held on 24th June, 2014. Comments of DoPT on Cabinet Note have been provided on 27th February, 2015.
4.	Indian Trade Service	CRC meeting held on 06.05.2014. Approval of MoS (PP) and FM has been conveyed to Ministry of Commerce & Industry for taking Cabinet approval.
5.	Indian Information Service	CRC meeting held on 30.07.2014. Approval of MoS (PP) and FM has been conveyed to Ministry of Information & Broadcasting for taking Cabinet approval.
6.	DGET & Women Training Directorate	CRC Meeting held on 10.04.2015. Approval of MoS (PP) and FM has been conveyed to Ministry of Labour & Employment for taking Cabinet approval.
(ii) With Cabinet Secretariat (2)
7.	Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)	Approval of Secretary (P) & Secretary (Exp) has been obtained and the cadre review committee meeting is scheduled for 11.06.2015.
8.	Indian Postal Service	Approval of Secretary (P) & Secretary (Exp) has been obtained and the Note for cadre review committee has been sent to Cabinet Secretariat.
(iii) With Department of Personnel & Training (4)
9.	Indian Telecom Service	Proposal received on 13.05.2015 and is under examination
10.	Central Reserve Police Force	Proposal received on 21 .05.2015 and is under examination.
11.	Indian Defence Accounts Service	Proposal received on 22.05.2015 and is under examination.
12.	Indian P&T Acctt. and Fin. Service	The issue of cadre strength! creation of post has been received from DoE and the matter is under examination.
(iv) With Department of Expenditure (8)
13.	Indian Railways Personnel Service	The issue of Work Charge posts has been referred to DoE.
14.	Indian Railways Accounts Service	-do-
15.	Indian Railways Stores Service	-do-
16.	Indian Railways Service of Signal Engineers	-do-
17.	Indian Railways Service of Electrical Engineers	-do-
18.	Indian Railways Traffic Service
19.	Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineers	-do-
20.	Indian Railways Service of Engineers	-do-
(v) With Ministry concerned for clarifications (2)
21.	Indian P&T Building Works	Clarifications are awaited from DoT.
22.	Central Engineering Service (Roads)	The Proposal was received on 24.04.2014 but lacked many essential information. Clarifications were sought from MoRTH, and based on reply received on 16.10.2014 a revised structure was proposed and sent to MoRTH for their comments. Reply from MoRTH is awaited.

Note:
1. In all the remaining cadres, letters have been written to the Cadre Controlling Authorities to send the cadre review proposals for the services/cadres pertaining to their departments.
2. By letter dated 20^th April 2015 suggestions have been invited from the cadre Controlling Authorities on Cadre Review on email id singh.mona@nic.in
3. A presentation dated 19^th December 2014 on “Reforming Personnel management in Gujarat” has been uploaded on the site for information as it contains many new initiatives of the Government of Gujarat. Slide number 16-47 has the details of restructuring and the recruitment calendar. The link is http://persmin.gov.in/DOPT/CSWing/CRDivision/HRReforms_Guj.pdf.

Source: http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02adm/3105.pdf

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Cabinet clears bill to check benami transactions

Cabinet clears bill to check benami transactions

New Delhi: The Cabinet today approved the new Benami Transaction (Prohibition) Bill which aims at curbing the generation of domestic black money.

“The Union Cabinet has approved the new Benami Transaction (Prohibition) Bill to curb generation of black money,” said a source after the Cabinet meeting here.

Apart from confiscation, the Bill provides for prosecution and aims to act as a major avenue for blocking generation and holding of black money in the form of benami property, especially in real estate.

The government had in Budget 2015-16, presented at the end of February, announced that it would come out with a new and more comprehensive Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Bill.

The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act was earlier enacted in 1988, but the rules under that Act could not be formulated due to inherent infirmities in it.

Following this, in 2011 the government introduced in Parliament a Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Bill, which proposed replacing the 1988 Act.

The Bill was referred to the Standing Committee on Finance for examination, which submitted its report in June 2012.

However, the Bill lapsed with the dissolution of 15th Lok Sabha.

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Cabinet to take up stock-limit extension today

Cabinet to take up stock-limit extension today

The cabinet is meeting today to consider a proposal to extend stock holding limit on pulses, edible oils and oil seeds for one more year beyond September 30,2013 to ensure their availability and check prices.

A proposal to this effect was moved by the Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry.

The objective is to enable state governments to continue taking effective de-hoarding steps under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 by fixing stock limits.

The Cabinet is also likely to approve a proposal to hike dearness allowance for government employees and pensioners to 90% from existing 80% of basic pay and house rent allowance. The move would benefit about five million central government employees and three million pensioners.

The hike would be effective retrospectively from July 1, this year.

Officials said the increase in DA to 90% would result in additional annual expenditure of Rs 10,879 crore on the exchequer. However, there would be additional burden of Rs 6,297 crore on exchequer during 2013-14 on account of this hike in DA.

There would be a double digit percentage point hike in DA after about three years, due to rise in prices as reflected in the consumer price index for industrial workers. It was last in September, 2010, that the government had announced a hike of 10% to be given with effect from July 1, 2010.

DA was hiked to 80% from 72% in April, 2013, effective from January 1, this year.

Source: http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/cabinet-to-take-up-stock-limit-extension-today-113092000180_1.html

Via: http://www.centralgovernmentnews.com/cabinet-to-take-up-stock-limit-extension-today/

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