No Scholarships in Kendriya Vidyalayas: Government reply in Rajya Sabha

No Scholarships in Kendriya Vidyalayas: Government reply in Rajya Sabha

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF  HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1742

ANSWERED ON-26.08.2013

Scholarships in Kendriya Vidyalayas

1742 . SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE

(a) whether Government provides scholarships to students belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes in Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs);
(b) if not, the reasons therefor;
(c) whether there is a provision of giving admission to the wards of Government or non-Government employees in all KVs; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SHASHI THAROOR)

(a) & (b) No, Sir. There is no scholarship scheme for the students belonging to any specific category as the Kendriya Vidyalayas are substantially supported by the Government, due to which the fee structure of these Vidyalayas is much lower as compared to other schools.

(c) & (d) Yes, Sir. The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has laid down the following priorities in granting admissions under the Civil/Defence Sector:-

(i) Children of transferable and non-transferable Central Government employees including ex-servicemen. This will also include children of foreign national officials, who come on deputation or transfer to India on invitation by the Govt. of India.

(ii) Children of transferable and non-transferable employees of Autonomous Bodies/Public Sector Undertakings/Institute of Higher Learning of the Government of India.

(iii) Children of transferable and non-transferable State Government employees.

(iv) Children of transferable and non-transferable employees of Autonomous Bodies / Public Sector Undertakings/Institute of Higher Learning of the State Governments.

(v) Children from any other category including the children of foreign nationals who are located in India due to their work or for any personal reasons. They would be considered only in case there are no Indian Nationals wait-listed for admission.

Source: Rajya Sabha

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23rd meeting of the SCOVA to be held on 20th September, 2013 in New Delhi

23rd meeting of the SCOVA to be held on 20th September, 2013 in New Delhi

F. No. 42/6/2013-P&PW(G)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan,
Khan Market, New Delhi- 110003
Date: – 26th August, 2013

To,
All the Pensioners Associations under present SCOVA.

Subject: 23rd meeting of the Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies (SCOVA) under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble MOS (PP) to be held on 20th September, 2013 in New Delhi.
- Intimation regarding VENUE and TIME.

Sir,
In continuation to this Department’s letter of even No. dated 26th July, 2013 regarding holding of 23rd meeting of Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies (SCOVA) under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble MOS (PP), the venue, date and time of the meeting is indicated below.

Venue : Committee Room – A,
Ground Floor,
Vigyan Bhawan Annexe,
Maulana Azad Road,
New Delhi 110 011
(Near Nirman Bhawan)
Date: 20th September, 2013.
Time: 4.00 PM

3.Because of the consideration of space, only one representative may attend the above said meeting.

4.Only one outstation member will be paid TA/DA and local members will be paid conveyance charges in accordance with the rules/instructions. Outstation members will be paid TA/DA as per their last entitlement on retirement. Therefore, members are requested to bring copy of PPOfor determining the entitlement of their TA/DA claims.

5.This Department looks forward to your participation in the meeting.

Yours faithfully,
sd/-
(Sujasha Choudhury)
Dy. Secretary (P)

Source: http://pensionersportal.gov.in

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Demands of Staff of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas: Rajya Sabha Q&A

Demands of Staff of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas: Rajya Sabha Q&A

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF  HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
RAJYA SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO-237
ANSWERED ON-26.08.2013

 
Demands of Staff of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas


237 . SHRI MOTILAL VORA

a) the details of demands put forward by teaching and non-teaching staff of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas;

(b) the date from which the demands of the representatives of various staff associations of these vidyalayas would be considered in a time-bound manner and by when this process would be completed; and

(c) the reasons for not considering their demands so far?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI M.M. PALLAM RAJU)

(a)&(b) The teaching and non-teaching staff of some of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) had proceeded on strike with effect from 6.02.2013 for fulfillment of various demands relating to their service conditions. The studies of the students were seriously disrupted due to this strike close to the annual examinations and it was of serious concern to the Government as Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas have been set up to enable talented students from rural areas to progress at faster pace to compete with their urban counterpart on an equal footing. After detailed discussions with the representatives of various Staff Association of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, the strike was called off with effect from 15.2.2013 with an assurance to the employees for a sympathetic consideration of all the genuine demands. A list of 23 demands put forward by teaching and non-teaching staff of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas is annexed.

2. The major demand of the employees was for introduction of Pension-cum-GPF Scheme under Pension Rule 1972 for the employees recruited before 1.1.2004. For this inter-ministerial consultations have already been started and are presently at an advanced stage. Some demands related to service conditions like up-gradation of pay scales, sanction of additional posts, some allowances and other miscellaneous demands relating to day to day working conditions of the JNVs.

3. Detailed discussions have already been held by the Ministry and the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti with the representatives of the employees. Several demands require consideration by different Ministries/Department of Government of India and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS). 15 of the 23 demands have already been settled.

(c) Does not arise.

Source: Rajya Sabha Q&A

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Advanced increments on completion of Ph.Ds

Advanced increments on completion of Ph.Ds

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF  HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1734

ANSWERED ON-26.08.2013

Advanced increments on completion of Ph. Ds

1734 . SHRI ALOK TIWARI
ARVIND KUMAR SINGH

(a) whether Government has granted three advanced increments for Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors in Central universities on completion of their Ph.Ds;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether this facility is not being extended to Librarians, Physical Directors etc. posted in Central Universities like Jamia Milia Islamia and BHU;
(d) if so, the reasons therefor; and
(e) the steps Government would take to grant three increments to Librarians, Physical Directors etc.?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

(DR. SHASHI THAROOR)

(a) & (b) : Yes, Sir. As per the University Grants Commission (UGC) Regulations, 2010 on the subject, those teachers who complete their Ph.D. Degree while in service are entitled to 3 non-compounded advance increments if such a Ph.D. is in the discipline of employment and has been awarded by a University complying with the process prescribed by UGC for enrolment, course work, evaluation etc.

(c) to (e) : As MHRD has been informed by UGC, the benefit of three non-compounded advance increments has been extended to the Assistant Librarian / College Librarians but not to the Assistant / College Director of Physical Education of all the Central Universities including the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) and the Banaras Hindu University (BHU). However, as reported by JMI, the requests for the grant of advance increments to some of the Assistant Librarians could not be acceded to as they acquired their Ph.D. degrees prior to the notification of UGC Regulations, 2010.

Source: Rajya Sabha Q&A via www.centralgovernmentnews.com

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Posting of husband and wife at the same station.

Posting of husband and wife at the same station.

Concerning the posting at the same place of husband and wife who are working in Government service, the transfer issues have been raised in Parliament on several occasions. In 1980s these demands began to show its seriousness, because the percentage of women employees were increased in joining the Government services. The Central Government also observed this issue from various forums, a circular had been issued by the Department of Social Welfare in Feb 1976 to all Head of Departments to give serious consideration to the requests of posting of husband and wife at the same station. In order to that order, lot of women employees started to send their request to transfer at the place where their husbands are posted.

The Central Government gave its utmost importance to this issue and as far as possible and within the constraints of adminstrative feasibility, the husband and wife should be posted at the same station to enable them to lead a normal family life and to ensure the education and welfare of thier children. The Department of Personnel and Training issued an OM on 3.4.86, in accordance with the guidelines and instructions in the order given by the Government, all cadre controlling authorities should consider such requests with the utmost sympathy.

The Department of Personnel and Training issued various office memorandums regarding this matter from time to time. The motive of the Government on the petitioners, said in the orders repeatedly, to give utmost importance attached to the enhancement of women’s status in all walks of life and to enable them to lead a normal family life as also to ensure the education and welfare of the children.

Till recently, the persmin has issued total of six orders pertaining the above subject on its website. After implementation of the 6th CPC, the last order has been issued on 30.09.2009. The order said that “On the basis of the 6th CPC reprot, Government servants have already been allowed the facility of Child Care Leave which is admissible till the children attain 18 years of age”. The consolidated guidelines concerened this subject has been provided in the OM dated 12.06.1997. The consolidated guidelines has been amended and published in the last order after implementation of 6th CPC.

In the main guidelines, ”The husband & wife, if working in the same Department and if the required level of post is available, should invariably be posted together in order to enable them to lead a normal family life and look after the welfare of their children especially till the children attain 18 years of age. This will not apply on appointment under the central Staffing Scheme. Where only wife is a Govt. servant, the above concessions would be applicable to the Govt. servant. Complaints are sometimes received that even if posts are available in the station of posting of the spouse, the administrative authorities do not accommodate the employees citing administrative reasons. In all such cases, the cadre controlling authority should strive to post the employee at the station of the spouse and in case of inability to do so, specific reasons, therefor, may be communicated to the employee”.

We have made a table of orders for your kind consideration:

S.No.	O.M. No.	O.M. Date	Subject	Link
1.	No. 28034/7/86-Estt. (A)	03/04/1986	Posting of husband and wife at the same station.	Click here
2.	No. A-B 14017/41/90-Estt. (RR)	10/05/1990	Posting of Physically Handicapped Candidates.	Click here
3.	No. AB 14017/41/90- Estt. (RR)	15/02/1991	Posting of Government employees who have mentally retarded children.	Click here
4.	No. 28034/2/97-Estt. (A)	12/06/1997	Posting of husband and wife at the same station.	Click here
5.	No.14017/16/2002-Estt(RR)	13/03/2002	Posting of physically handicapped candidates	Click here
6.	No. 28034/9/2009-Estt.(A)	30/09/2009	Posting of husband and wife at the same station	Click here

The affected employees feel that although the all guidelines for implementing the facility issued by the Government, the Head of Departments are not feasible to make it clear to stricken employees.

Source: http://centralgovernmentemployeesnews.in/2011/10/posting-of-husband-and-wife-at-the-same-station-4/ via http://centralgovernmentstaffnews.blogspot.in/2013/08/posting-of-husband-and-wife-at-same.html

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Health scheme for Railway Employees

Health scheme for Railway Employees

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF  RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO-208
ANSWERED ON-23.08.2013

Health scheme for railway employees

208 . SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR

(a) whether Government has conducted a pilot project under the Railway Employees Liberalised Health Scheme on the line of the CGHS;
(b) whether Government seeks to replace this with a more broad-based Scheme;
(c) the likely time-frame within which the Medical Directorate of the Railway Board seeks to implement this Scheme; and
(d) whether Government presently has any system in place to provide medical benefits to railway employees since the pilot project ended in 2011 and the new broad based Scheme is yet to come into effect and if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER
MINISTER OF RAILWAY
(SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE)

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
*****

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 208 BY SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR TO BE ANSWERED IN RAJYA SABHA ON 23.08.2013 REGARDING HEALTH SCHEME FOR RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.

(a) to (c): Yes, Sir. A pilot project for providing cashless medical facility in an emergency for Retired Employees Liberalized Health Scheme (RELHS) card holders, in private recognized hospitals over National Capital Region was introduced by Northern Railway in 2008. The scheme was subsequently extended upto August 2011.

Based on experience gained during the pilot project, Ministry of Railways has decided to extend this scheme to RELHS beneficiaries in all Metros, State Capitals and Zonal Headquarters of Indian Railways. Zonal Railways have been instructed to implement the scheme. Depending upon the different local conditions and spread of retired employees over different Zones, all the beneficiaries are likely to be covered in two to three years. Further, extending the treatment facility in case of medical emergency to RELHS beneficiaries to all cities where hospitals are empanelled either with Central Government Health Scheme or with Railways, has been proposed in the Railway Budget 2013-14.

(d) : Yes, Sir. Railway employees both serving and retired and their eligible dependants are provided health care services through Railway hospitals and health units spread across the rail network of the country. In addition, Private Hospitals have been recognized on need basis.
Source: RAJYA SABHA

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Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan: Performance and Region-wise result analysis

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan: Performance and Region-wise result analysis

(a) & (b) Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) are administered by an autnonomous organization namely Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS). The apex body for monitoring the performance of KVs in the country is the Board of Governors (BOG). The Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development (HRD), Government of India, is the Chairman of BOG which comprises of educationists, educational administrators, and Members of Parliament. Ministry of HRD is adequately represented in the BOG. For effective management of monitoring, the BOG is supported by four standing committees headed by Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Human Resource Development viz. Academic Advisory Committee, Finance Committee, Administration & Establishment Committee and Works Committee.Through its Annual Report, KVS apprises its performance as well as its other important achievement / activities of the whole year to the BOG. The performance of KVs during the last three years, region-wise, is given in Annexure-I.


(c) & (d) The performance of teachers is assessed as reflected in the academic performance, which is reviewed from time to time by the BOG and Academic Advisory Committee. Apart from this the performance is regularly monitored by in-house mechanism of KVS. Activities in schools are regularly monitored and supervised by the Principal concerned. Further, performance of KVs is monitored through a system of Academic Supervision and surprise inspection of schools by respective Regional Offices of KVS. At least two inspections viz. one annual academic supervision and one surprise inspection is carried out by the Deputy Commissioner / Assistant Commissioner of the Regional Offices in respect of each KV of that region. Besides, Senior Officers of KVS (HQ) also visit the KVs from time to time on need basis.

(e) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced various innovations for all the CBSE affiliated schools to improve the quality of education. In KVS the quality of education is maintained and monitored through a continuous and rigorous system of Academic inspection of schools by its respective Regional Offices. Moreover, teachers are trained through 21/22 days In-Service course periodically besides small duration workshops by five Zonal Institutes of Educational Training in collaboration with 25 Regional Offices of KVS.

ANNEXURE-I

REGION-WISE RESULT ANALYSIS (PASS PERCENTAGE) CLASS - X & XII (CBSE)
FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS i.e. 2010 TO 2013  

		Class - X				Class - XII
Sl.No	Region	2010	2011	2012	2013	2010	2011	2012	2013
1	Agra	*	*	99.45	99.88	*	*	93.82	93.6
2	Ahmedabad	96.11	99.68	99.48	99.86	88.79	90.48	91.93	90.9
3	Bangalore	99.18	99.8	99.91	100	97.02	95	95.53	97.92
4	Bhopal	95.8	99.61	99.74	99.91	92.39	91.83	92.58	93.32
5	Bhubaneswar	96.92	98.6	99.8	99.97	90.01	93.28	93.48	95.08
6	Chandigarh	96.54	99.44	99.68	99.94	94.86	94.75	95.6	96.14
7	Chennai	99.11	99.94	99.69	99.95	97.51	97.58	95.84	96.09
8	Dehradun	96.4	99.2	99.6	99.7	87.48	94.15	97.2	96.16
9	Delhi	96.5	99.15	99.55	99.91	91.87	95.54	95.43	97.21
10	Ernakulaum	*	*	100	100	*	*	98.49	99.31
11	Guwahati	96.9	97.75	99.3	99.83	93.54	94.68	95.57	93.52
12	Hyderabad	98	99.51	99.86	100	93.58	95.71	97.43	97.23
13	Jabalpur	94.06	99.1	98.91	99.87	85.52	88.75	91.99	91.2
14	Jaipur	92.98	99.55	99.59	99.97	90.99	90.8	92.49	95.28
15	Jammu	95.86	99.39	99.28	99.82	86	91.1	87.73	89.18
16	Kolkata	98.05	99.69	99.52	99.91	91.03	93.1	94.21	95.22
17	Lucknow	96.59	99.61	99.32	99.84	90.39	93.92	93.02	93.13
18	Mumbai	96.68	99.27	99.41	99.7	90.68	91.9	95.16	95.41
19	Patna	95.06	99.76	99.68	99.74	88.48	92.68	95.98	90.53
20	Raipur	*	*	99.23	100	*	*	90.67	95.34
21	Ranchi	*	*	99.55	99.92	*	*	92.47	94.48
22	Silchar	98.01	97.54	99.23	99.93	89.33	92.09	94.76	93.3
23	Sirsa	*	*	99.09	99.92	*	*	92.22	94.21
24	Tinsukia	*	*	98.94	100	*	*	91.2	95.28
25	Varanasi	*	*	99.54	99.94	*	*	92.43	92.08
26	KVS(HQ)	96.64	94.74	100	100	91.13	91.38	98.18	100

The information was sbumitted by Min of HRD in reply of undermentioned Lok Sabha Question:-

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO 127
ANSWERED ON 14.08.2013

PERFORMANCE OF KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS

127 . Shri ADAGUR H VISHWANATH
Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government/CBSE monitors the performance of Kendriya Vidyalayas in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof including the performance of Kendriya Vidyalayas registered during the last three years and the current year, region-wise;

(c) whether the Government has any mechanism to assess the performance of the teachers in these Vidyalayas;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the measures taken/being taken by the Government/CBSE to ensure quality education in these Vidyalayas?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI M.M. PALLAM RAJU)

(a) to (e) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 127 RAISED BY SHRI ADAGOORU VISHWANATH, HON’BLE MP TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.08.2013 REGARDING PERFORMANCE OF KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS.

** see above ***

Source: Lok Sabha
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