7th PAY COMMISSION NEWS - CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES NEWS

Representation of SCs STs in All India Services Ministry of Dopt has given an explanation on representation of SCs STs in All India Services The percentage of reservation in the matter of direct recruitment to IAS is ensured by way of a roster, which is maintained as per the policy of the Government for reservation in the matter of direct recruitment to IAS. The information regarding the number and percentage of Indian Administrative Service(IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service(IFoS) officers in Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) categories is as follows :-   SC ST IAS$ 479(14.13%) 250(7.37%) IPS# 347(13.71%) 158(6.24%) IFoS# 268(13.30%) 155(7.69%) $ Direct Recruits, as on 04.03.2013. Direct Recruits, as on 01.01.2012. # Direct Recruits, as on 01.01.2013. As per the policy of the Government the percentage of reservation for SC and ST is 15% and 7.5% respectively. Actual representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes may

Age Relaxation for Central Government Services Any relaxation of five years in age limit to the candidates of all categories in the Government and Semi-Government services... Whether the Central Government has taken or proposes to take any steps to give relaxation of five years in age limit to the candidates of all categories in the Government and Semi-Government services in view of universalisation of education and increasing number of educated unemployed youths..? The Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions said in the Lok Sabha that the Department of Personnel & Training has already issued instructions for relaxation in the upper age limit to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes/Other Backward Classes candidates and persons with disability for appointment to all civil posts/services under Central Government which are filled through open competitive examination. Relaxation in the upper age limit is also allowed to departmental candidates and Ex-service men for some

Demanding capitation fee and donation in affiliated CBSE Schools Whether it is fact that demanding capitation fee and donation in affiliated CBSE Schools The concerned ministry has given reply to the question above quoted that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) receives sporadic complaints against schools affiliated with it involving demanding of capitation fee and donation. A list indicating the number of complaints received during the last three years and the current year is as below: Sl. State 2010 2011 2012 2013 1 Kerala 8 1 7 0 2 Karnataka 1 0 1 0 3 Delhi 1 1 0 0 4 Punjab 0 1 0 0 5 Tamilnadu 0 1 0 0 6 Maharashtra 0 1 0 0 7 Uttar Pradesh 0 0 5 0 8 Haryana 0 0 1 0 9 Andhra Pradesh 0 0 3 0 After examination of explanations submitted by the schools, suitable action was taken against the defaulting schools, depending on the merits of each case i.e. issue of advisory, refund of the amount to the com

Interest on Excess Tax  - Interest on IT Refund The Income Tax Act 1961, stipulates that refund to a taxpayer shall include interest on excess collection of taxes, as under: i.In case of processing of the return of income: From 1st April of the Assessment Year to the date of processing of return, and ii.In case of giving effect to appellate orders etc: From the date/s of payment of excess tax to the date of giving effect to the appellate order. It is hence submitted that payment of interest on refund is not on account of delay in issuance of refunds but is a statutory obligation arising on account of provisions inbuilt in the law itself. The amount of funds spent on payment of interest on excess tax in past three years is tabulated as under: Financial Year Interest paid on refund (in Rs. Crores) 2009-10 6876 2010-11 10499 2011-12 6486 2012-13 Not Available The outgo towards interest on refunds is treated as “reduction from gross tax collections” and is

151 Employees State Insurance (ESI) Hospitals in India The Minister of Labour and Employment has given reply to a question about the ESI Hospitals in the Parliament on 4.3.2013 as follows... Total number of Employees State Insurance (ESI) Hospitals in the country including those run by the State Governments is 151. The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation has approved setting up of 23 new hospitals in the country. While the proposal for setting of ESI hospital at Perumbavoor in Kerala have been approved in the 159th Meeting of ESI Corporation held on 08.02.2013, no new hospital is proposed to be set-up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh). Details of the 23 new hospitals approved by the ESI Corporation along with proposed capacity and present status is at Annex.-I. There are some vacancies of doctors & paramedical staff in ESI Hospitals in the country. The details of such vacancies in State run ESI Hospitals and those directly run by ESI Corporation are at Annex.II and III respective

Cloud Services Computing - Software as a Service (SaaS) The Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology said that cloud based Services present an opportunity for opening of new avenues to Organizations to offer a variety of services like Software as a Service (SaaS). Remote application hosting Services such infrastructure as a Service (laaS) and Platform as Service (PaaS). It also promises to change the way Government and Industry use this technology to its benefit for effective implementation of E-Governance initiative and IT enabled services sectors. It is envisaged that the Cloud computing will also offer larger benefits to education and health sector. The cloud based science models can be deployed in a number of ways through private sources, community, public and in hybrid manner. However, there are challenges in implementation of Cloud Services in respect of infrastructure, security and privacy of information. Considering the potential offered by the Cloud

More than one year the Minister said again and again the project will run within this month, this time in the month of April project will commission and generate electricity, said in the Parliament. All efforts are being made to commission the units 1 & 2 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power project by April 2013 and October 2013 respectively. The power from Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant to the beneficiary states in the southern Electricity Region has been allocated by the Ministry of Power in line with the prevailing guidelines. The details in this regard are as under : Government  has also  agreed to consider providing additional 100 MW power to Tamil Nadu. State Entitlements (MW) Tamil Nadu 925 Kerala 266 Karnataka 442 Pondicherry 67 Unallocated 300 Total 2000