Ministry of Home Affairs MHA GUIDELINES FOR SURVEILLANCE, CONTAINMENT

 Ministry of Home Affairs

MHA GUIDELINES FOR SURVEILLANCE, CONTAINMENT

AND CAUTION

ALL ACTIVITIES PERMITTED OUTSIDE CONTAINMENT ZONES
STATES/ UTS MANDATED TO CONTINUE TO ENFORCE CONTAINMENT MEASURES AND SOPS ON VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND COVID-APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR

Posted On: 27 JAN 2021 6:11PM by PIB Delhi

 

·         Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an Order today with Guidelines for Surveillance, Containment and Caution, which will be effective from February 1, 2021 and to remain in force upto February 28, 2021.

·         The main focus of the Guidelines is to consolidate the substantial gains that have been achieved against the spread of COVID-19 which is visible in the steady decline in number of active and new cases in the country over the last four months. It is, therefore, emphasised that to fully overcome the pandemic, there is need to maintain caution and to strictly follow the prescribed containment strategy focussed on surveillance, containment and strict observance of the guidelines/ SOPs issued by MHA and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW).

SURVEILLANCE AND CONTAINMENT

·         Containment Zones, if required, shall be carefully demarcated by the district authorities at the micro level, taking into consideration guidelines prescribed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) in this regard.  Within the demarcated Containment Zones, containment measures, as prescribed by MoHFW shall be scrupulously followed.

·         Local district, police and municipal authorities shall be responsible to ensure that the prescribed Containment measures are strictly followed and State/ UT Governments shall ensure the accountability of the officers concerned in this regard.

COVID-APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR

·         State/ UT Governments shall take all necssary measures to promote COVID-19 appropriate behaviour and ensure wearing of face masks, hand hygiene and social distancing.

·         National Directives for COVID-19 Management shall continue to be followed throughout the country, so as to enforce COVID-19 appropriate behavior.

 

STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE PRESCRIBED SOPS

 

·         All activities have been permitted outside Containment Zones, except for the following, which will be subject to strict adherence of SOPs, as indicated below:

o    Social/ religious/ sports/ entertainment/ educational/ cultural/ religious gatherings have already been permitted upto a maximum of 50% of the hall capacity, with a ceiling of 200 persons in closed spaces; and keeping of the size of the ground/ space in view, in open spaces. Now such gatherings will be allowed subject to SOP of the State/ UT concerned.

o    Cinema halls and theatres have already been permitted upto 50% of seating capacity. Now they will be permitted to operate at higher seating capacity, for which a revised SOP will be issued by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in consultation with MHA.

o    Swimming pools have already been permitted for use of sports persons. Now swimming pools will be permitted for use of all, for which a revised SOP will be issued by Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MoYA&S) in consultation with MHA.

o    Business to Business (B2B) exhibition halls have already been permitted. Now all types of exhibition halls will be permitted, for which a revised SOP will be issued by the Department of Commerce in consultation with MHA.

·         For further opening up of international air travel of passengers, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MOCA) may take a decision in consultation with Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) based on the assessment of the situation.

·         SOPs, as updated from time to time, have been prescribed for various activities. These include:  movement by passenger trains; air travel; metro trains; schools; higher educational institutions; hotels and restaurants; shopping malls, multiplexes and entertainment parks; yoga centres and gymnasiums, etc.  These SOPs shall be strictly enforced by the authorities concerned, who shall be responsible for their strict observance. 

LOCAL RESTRICTIONS

·         There shall be no restriction on inter-State and intra-State movement of persons and goods including those for cross land-border trade under Treaties with neighbouring countries. No separate permission/ approval/ e-permit will be required for such movements.

Protection of vulnerable persons

·         Persons above 65 years of age, persons with co-morbidities, pregnant women, and children below the age of 10 years are advised to take necessary precautions.

Use of Aarogya Setu                

·         The use of Aarogya Setu mobile App will continue to be encouraged.

NDW/RK/PK/AD/DDD (Release ID: 1692725) 

JOINT STATEMENT OF CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS

 

JOINT STATEMENT OF CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS

Call attention Day on 1st Feb 2021 by Central Govt Employees

 

Call attention Day on 1st Feb 2021 by Central Govt Employees ...............

 

Happy Republic Day

 

 

LIMITED TRANSFER FACILITY FOR ALL CATEGORIES OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAK (GDS)

 LIMITED TRANSFER FACILITY FOR ALL CATEGORIES OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAK (GDS)

CALL ATTENTION DAY BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AS THE DAY OF PRESENTATION OF BUDGET 2021 ON 01.02.2021

 CALL ATTENTION DAY BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AS THE DAY OF PRESENTATION OF BUDGET 2021 ON 01.02.2021

NOTICE FOR OBSERVING (DAY OF PRESENTATION OF CENTRAL BUDGET 2021) AS CALL ATTENTION DAY BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES 

CIRCULAR

 , January 23, 2021

 

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No. Confd./Circular-2021                                    

                                CIRCULAR                   Dated: 22.01.2021

Dear Comrades,                       

            During our campaign to make the 26^th November one day General Strike a grand success, we faced innumerable queries over the long pending demands of the Central Government employees, especially,  the freezing and denying the DA/DR payment upto 30^th June, 2021,  the continuing impasse over the NPS; the dubious attitude of the Government over honouring the assurance held out in 2016 etc.  The lamenting of the Cabinet Secretary over the financial health of the Government when the Staff Secretary met him recently would be considered by the rank and file of the membership as nothing but a pitiful distraction.  There had been no such situation when the promise was held out in 2016 .  In fact the Government had been boasting of the steady growth of the economy then.  Even during covid days they merrily went ahead with the privatisation spree; On the contrary the Government had been taking advantage of a pathetic situation of the people at large in pushing through their agenda.  There had been no response from the Government to very many issues and problems of the employees faced with the covid-19 pandemic.  They had no qualms in pushing through the despised legislations over the labour code during this period. 

The Indian farmers has no doubt shown the way as to how to combat the situation emanating from sheer chicanery.  They have proved that the unflinching determination is the only way forward.  We must salute them and imbibe the qualities they have demonstrated in no uncertain terms.

We are, therefore, happy to note that the National JCA has decided to hold a protest demonstration on 1st Feb. 2021, the day when the Finance Minister will rise to present her budget proposal before the Parliament.  We would like to name the programme as protest day rather than the call attention day for this Government  has no intention to  listen to any legitimate grievances of the people.  The protest day may be organised in front of all offices, eliciting the participation of the entirety of the employees.  The occasion must be used to explain the chicanery indulged in by the Government by not honouring the assurances held out on revision of minimum wage;  how unprecedented and wrong was it to deny the Dearness Allowance/Relief to employees and pensioners; how the NPS will deny the requisite pension to the employees even after collecting contribution from them; as to how the privatisation of public sector and Government run organisations is amounting to selling away the Nation’s assets for a song to the cronies of the ruling party; as to how the negotiating forum has been permanently shut down etc. etc.  Above all it must  be the occasion to congratulate the farmers of the country  for their determination, courage, conviction  and unflinching faith in struggles as the certain way to success.  While explaining the grievances of the farmers emanating from the enacted farm laws, we must also  point out as to how the parliamentary system was overturned by dubious methods, when the Government had no majority in Rajya Sabha. 

It will also be pertinent to point out that the enacted legislation has the strange provision in as much as the farmers are not entitled to approach the judiciary (the courts of law at any level) to settle their dispute with the giant corporates.  The Law stipulates that such disputes are to be brought before the Government appointed bureaucrats, whose decision would be deemed to be  final.  For not anything, at least for this obnoxious and extremely untenable provision alone, the enactment must be scrapped

In the charter of demands, prepared by the NJCA and endorsed, all important demands have been included.  For the sake of uniformity, we would not like to incorporate any other issue.  We would like to convey a strong message of unity of the Central Government employees to the Government.

We request all affiliates, State COCs to immediately convey to the Branches and through them to all members of the programme slated for Ist Feb. 2021 and take immediate steps required to make the programme a grand success on Ist Feb. 2021.  All Branches, divisions, regions of all affiliates, the district and state units of COCs must ensure that each and every member of the unit and present on that day at the office takes part in the demonstration adhering to the norms and stipulations made by the concerned Governments to arrest the spread of Covid 19. 

We have convened the meeting of the National Sectt. to discuss and decide as to how to make the programme participative of all members and a grand success.

With greetings,

 

Yours fraternally, 

   R.N. Parashar

Secretary General.

Encl: Charter of demands.

CHARTER OF DEMANDS

1.      Withdraw the decision to corporatize Railway Production Units, 41 Ordnance Factories, GOCO Model in Army Base Workshops and stop Privatization and Outsourcing of permanent and perennial jobs.

 

2.      Immediate release of three installments of DA / DR due to the Central Government Employees and Pensioners from 1/1/2020, 1/7/2020 and 1/1/2021

 

3.      Implementation of the assurances given by the Group of Ministers on 7^th CPC demands including minimum pay and fitment factor etc.

 

4.      Settle all the 7^th CPC Anomalies pointed out by the Staff Side of NC – JCM including extension of one more option to switch over to 7^th CPC, restoration of certain allowances and advances and grant of two increments while on promotion / MACP etc.

 

5.      Withdrawal of NPS and restoration of the Guaranteed defined Pension under CCS (Pension) Rules 1973.

 

6.      Withdrawal of FR 56(j) which is being misused as a measure of punishment

 

7.      Issue Government Orders on all the demands agreed in the meeting of the Standing Committee of NC JCM and in the 47^th Meeting of the NC-JCM

 

8.      Settle the demands of the Staff Side with regard to regularization of the absence of the employees during COVID-19 pandemic and Lock down Period due to non-availability of Public Transport and home quarantine etc.

 

9.      Payment of compensation to the Central Government employees who died due to COVID – 19 Virus infection.

 

10.  Ensure 100% Compassionate Appointment to the wards of the deceased Central Government Employees and those who are medically invalidated from service

 

11.  Implement the following Supreme Court Judgments for the similarly placed employees:-

(i)                 Grant of Notional Increment to those employees who retired / retiring on 31^st January / 30^th of June.

(ii)               Implementation of MACP Scheme w.e.f. 1/1/2006

 

12.  Payment of Night Duty Allowance to the employees detailed on Night shift duty without any basic pay ceiling limit

13.  Reimbursement of the Actual Amount charged by the CGHS empanelled Hospitals for the treatment of COVID-19 infection

Extension of grant of Advance - Special Festival Package to all approved category of Gramin Dak Sevaks

 Extension of grant of Advance - Special Festival Package to all approved category of Gramin Dak Sevaks

Click the below link to view PDF

http://utilities.cept.gov.in/dop/pdfbind.ashx?id=5255

PERIODICAL MEETING OF SERVICE ASSOCIATIONS IN DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

 

PERIODICAL MEETING OF SERVICE ASSOCIATIONS IN DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

 

BRIEF OF THE MEETING HELD TODAY WITH CABINET SECRETARY (GOVERNMENT OF INDIA)

 BRIEF OF THE MEETING HELD TODAY WITH CABINET SECRETARY (GOVERNMENT OF INDIA)

WARM GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES

 WARM GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES

ON THE AUSPICIOUS OCCASION OF

 

LOHRI, MAKAR SANKRANTI,

PONGAL AND BIHU

Provision of compensation of Rs.10 lakh to GDS Employees due to cover death due to Covid-19 while discharging official duties – Not agreeing to the proposal by Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

 

Provision of compensation of Rs.10 lakh to GDS Employees due to cover death due to Covid-19 while discharging official duties – Not agreeing to the proposal by Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

Request to reconsider the decision of Freezing DA /DR – Letter to Prime Minister&FM

 Request to reconsider the decision of Freezing DA /DR – Letter to Prime Minister

Provision of compensation of Rs.10 lakhs to all categories of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) to cover death due to Covid-19 while discharging official duties : Not agreeing to the proposal by DoE, MoF

 GDS : Provision of compensation of Rs.10 lakhs to all categories of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) to cover death due to Covid-19 while discharging official duties : Not agreeing to the proposal by DoE, MoF

 

Issuance of Pre-Loaded Rupay Cards for Government Servants as part of Special Festival Advance.

 

Issuance of Pre-Loaded Rupay Cards for Government Servants as part of Special Festival Advance.

Office of Controller General of Accounts
Ministry of Finance,
Department of Expenditure
Mahalekha Niyantrak Bhawan
E-Block, GPO Complex, INA,
New Delhi-110023

No. R-1106/3/2020-GBA-CGA/ 958-1003

31st December 2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub : Issuance of Pre-Loaded Rupay Cards for Government Servants as part of Special Festival Advance

Reference is invited to the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure, OM no. F.No.12(2)/2020-EII(A) dated 12th October 2020 notifying that all Government employees will be given an interest free special festival advance of Rs. 10,000/- to meet expenses related to ensuing festivals. It was decided that the amount would be released through pre-loaded Rupay Cards issued by SBI.

2. The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for disbursal of pre-paid UTSAV Card has also been circulated by DoE vide its OM dated 13th October 2020 (copy enclosed). The timeline for utilizing the advance is till 31st March 2021. Vide said OM, it was desired to send the requisite details in standard indent format for UTSAV Card to be mailed to agm2debitcards.dtb@isbi.co.in with a copy to dgmdebitcards.dtb@sbi.co.in.

3. Chief General Manager, Govt. Banking Unit, SBI is coordinating with Ministries/Departments to take the Government’s initiative forward so that maximum members of Central Government Employees take the benefit of the interest free advance.

4. A Nodal Officer has also been designated from SBI for this purpose as per detail given as under:

Mr. Sujay Kumar Yadav, DGM (D&TB P&O), SBI, Corporate Centre, Mittal Tower, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400021
Tel :- 022-22835514, E-Mail address : dgmdebitcards.dtb@sbi.co.in.

5. All the Pr. CCAs/CCAs/CAs (Independent Charge) of Ministries/Departments are, therefore, requested to bring the contents of OM dated 13th October 2020 to the notice of all its attached and subordinate Office for their information/necessary action and arrange for early submission of indents as per SOP, If not already done.

(Padamsing Patil)
Asst. Controller General of Accounts (GBA)

Signed Copy

Notice of Federal Executive Meeting of NFPE on 13th February 2021

 

Notice of Federal Executive Meeting of NFPE on 13th February 2021

 

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A LEGENDARY LEADER FORMER SECRETARY GENERAL, NFPTE COMRADE D.GNANIAH'S CENTENARY BIRTH DAY!

             Birth Centenary of Com. D.Gnanaiah, Ex Secretary General of NFPTE ( 1921 - 2021 )

7th January 2021 is the Birth Centenary of Com. D. Gnaniah, a veteran leader of P&T and Central Govt. Employees T U Movement.

He was the Secretary General NFPTE for the periods from 1965 to 1970 and from 1976 to 1978. He led the historic 19th September 1968 one day token strike as Secretary General NFPTE, and was arrested and jailed in Tihar.

He signed the historic bonus agreement on 14.3.1980 as Leader Staff Side, JCM on behalf of NFPTE.

He was dismissed from service once, suspended twice and retired compulsorily once for trade union activities. He was a very effective orator in many languages including Tamil, English and Hindi.

After retirement he wrote several books. In fact, he continued to write till his death at the age of 96. He could not think of taking rest without any work.

Some of his books like Islam and India, and Dalits of India and Obamas of America were very widely read and appreciated.

On the day of his birth Centenary on 07.01-2021we have to remember his services and sacrifices to the movement .

Let us respect his memory . Let ud salute to the great leader of the movement.

            On his 100th birth anniversary on 7.01.2021 we on behalf of AIPEU Postmen and MTS Odisha circle pay rich tributes to Comrade Gnaniah.

Let us cherish his memory on the occasion of his 100th birth anniversary.

grant of one Notional Increment to employees who havecompleted one year of service as on their retirement on Superannuation fallingon 30th June

 

NPS: PAYMENT OF LUMPSUM COMPENSATION TO EMPLOYEES COVERED UNDER NPS ON RETENTION IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE: DOPP&W OM DTD. 1 JUNUARY 2021

 

NPS: PAYMENT OF LUMPSUM COMPENSATION TO EMPLOYEES COVERED UNDER NPS ON RETENTION IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE: DOPP&W OM DTD. 1 JUNUARY 2021

1/3/2019-पी और पीडब्लू (एफ)
भारत सरकार
कार्मिक लोक शिकायत और पेंशन मंत्रालय
पेंशन और पेंशनभोगी कल्याण विभाग

तीसरी मंजिल, लोक नायक भवन
खान मार्केट, नई दिल्ली -११०००३
दिनांक 1st जनवरी २०२१

कार्यालय ज्ञापन

 

Subject: Payment of lump sum compensation to employees covered under NPS on retention in Government service in spite of disablement attributable to Government service in accordance with Rule 9(3) of CCS (Extra Ordinary Pension) Rules, 1939-regarding.

 

The undersigned is directed to say that on introduction of National Pension System with effect from 01.01.2004, among others, the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 and CCS (EOP) Rules, 1939 were amended vide Notification No.38/16/2003 -P&PW (A) dated 30.12.2003 to the effect that the provisions of the aforesaid Rules would not be applicable to the Government employees appointed on or after 01.01.2004. However, considering the hardships being faced by the employees covered under National Pension System and their families, orders were issued vide this Department’s OM No 38/41/06-P&PW dated 05.05.2009 for provisionally extending the benefits of invalid pension, disability pension and family pension under CCS (Pension) Rules and CCS (EOP) Rules on discharge of such employees from service on invalidation/disability or on their death during service. 

 

2.         Representations/references have been received in this Department for extending the benefit under Rule 9(3) of CCS (EOP) Rules, to the employees appointed on or after 01.01.2004 and covered under NPS. In accordance with Rule 9(3) of CCS ( EOP) Rules, applicable to Government employees appointed before 01.01.2004, if a Government employee is retained in service in spite of a disablement attributable to Government service, a lump sum compensation is paid to him by arriving at the capitalized value of the disability element of disability pension, with reference to the commutation table in force from time to time. The broad-banding under Rule 8(3) of those rules is, however , not applicable in such cases. In accordance with the OM dated 05.05.2009, the benefit of disability pension is available to the employees covered under the National Pension System only on being boarded out on account of the disability attributable to Government service, however, the benefit under Rule 9(3) of the CCS ( EOP) Rules, is presently not available to an employee covered under NPS, if he is retained in service in spite of a disablement attributable to Government service.

 

3.         The matter has been examined in consultation with Department of Expenditure. It has now been decided that if a Government employee appointed on or after 01.01.2004 and covered under NPS is disabled, he shall also be eligible to receive a lump sum compensation computed in terms of rule 9(3) of CCS (EOP) Rules, if the disablement is attributable to Government service and the Government employee is retained in service in spite of such disablement. The provisions of this Department‘s OM No 38/41 /06-P&PW (A) dated 05.05.2009 shall stand amended to that extent.

 

4.         The provisions of this O.M. shall take effect from 01 .01.2004.

 

5.         The is issues with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure vide their ID No 1 (6)/EV/2020 dated 23.12.2020. 

 

6. In their application to the persons belonging to Indian Audit and Accounts Department, these orders are issued under Article 148(5) of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India vide their “यु.ओ.संख्या-232-स्टाफ हक़ (नियम)/ए.आर./09-२०१९ दिनांक 27.11.2020.

 

7. The Administrative Divisions of all Ministries/Departments and attached/subordinate offices are requested to bring the contents of these instructions to the notice of all concerned for compliance. The cases for payment of lump sum compensation to the employees covered under NPS and who have been retained in service in spite of disability attributable to Government service on or after 01.01.2004 may be processed accordingly.

संजय शंकर
भारत सरकार के उप-सचिव

To-

i. All Ministries/Departments of the Government of India

2. President’s Secretariat

3. Vice President’s Secretariat

4. Prime Minister’s Office

5. Comptroller & Auditor General of India

6. Cabinet Secretariat

7. Union Public Service Commission

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