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No.K-11022/67/2012-AR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances Sardar Patel Bhavan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110001, Dated the 10th May, 2013 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject : Self-certification   The Second Administrative Reforms Commission in its 12th Report titled "Citizen Centric Administration - The Heart of Governance", has recommended, adoption of self-certification provision for simplifying procedures. ( www.darpg.gov.in ) 2. Taking a cue from this some Ministries / State Governments have adopted the provision of self-certification of documents like marksheet, birth certificate etc. by the applicants / stakeholders instead of asking for an attested copy of the documents by a Gazetted Officer or filing of affidavits. Under the self attestation method, the original documents are required to be produced at the final stage. 3. You will appreciate that the above method is citizen fr...

10% Dearness allowance and 3% Increment from July 2013…   Central Government employees will get ten percent Dearness allowance from July 2013 and also will get three percent annual increment from the same date.   Expected DA from July 2013 : AICPIN for the month of May 2013 Expected Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief from July 2013 : Central Government employees and Pensioners will get one more installment of additional DA and DR from July 2013 will be 10%, as per the release of AICPIN for the month of May 2013. Though the requirement of one more month of AICPIN for June to finalise the enhancement of Dearness allowance, there is possible to get 90% Dearness allowance and Dearness Relief from July 2013. The calculation table describes the steps as under... Month / Year B.Y. 2001 =100 Total of 12 Months 12 Months Average % Increase over 115.763 App. DA DA % Dec-12 219 2512 209.33 93.57 80.83 80 Jan-13 221 2535 211.25 95.49 82.49 82 Feb-1...

Shortage of staff in Postal Department - Minister replied in Lok Sabha On 8th May 2013, there was a unstarred question in Lok Sabha, regarding the details of abolition of posts in Postal Department during the period from 2005 to 2008. The Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Dr.Killi Kruparani replied as follows... The details of abolition of posts are placed at Annexure-I. The reasons for abolition of posts were in accordance with Department of Personnel & Training OM No. 2/8/2001-PIC dated 16.5.2001 vide which the Scheme of Optimization for Annual Direct Recruitment Plan was launched. As per this Scheme, the direct recruitment was to be limited to 1/3rd of the direct recruitment vacancies arising in a year subject to a further ceiling that it does not exceed 1% of the total sanctioned strength of the Department. The remaining direct recruitment posts were required to be abolished. Manpower requirement and regular recruitment is an on going process i...

Central government employees’ retirement age to be extended by 2 years to 62 - Financial Express “An In-Principle decision has been taken to increase the retirement age by two years within this year itself…” The government is planning to extend the retirement age of all central government employees by two years — from the current 60 to 62 years. Sources said that an in-principle decision has been taken in this regard and the department of personnel and training (DoPT) has begun the work to implement the same. A formal announcement to this effect is expected this year itself. The last time the government extended the retirement age of central government employees was in 1998. It was also a two-year extension from 58. This was preceded by the implementation of the 5th Pay Commission, which had put severe strain on government’s finances. Subsequently, all state governments followed the Centre’s policy by extending the retirement age by two years. Public sector undertakings followed sui...

Cadre Review Notification issued - Additional 1349 ACIT posts to be filled in 5 Years span F.No.A- 11013/1/2013-Ad.VII Government of India/Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes New Delhi, 31st May, 2013 All the Chief Commissioners of Income-tax All the Directors General of Income-tax Subject : Additional Manpower for the Income Tax Department.  Sir/Madam, I am directed to state that the Government has approved, as per decision taken in Cabinet Meeting held on 23rd May, 2013 (Minutes issued on 27th May, 2013), additional manpower for the Income Tax Department in various cadres as per Annex A of this communication. These posts are created in addition to the existing posts as per restructuring of the Department vide F.No.A-11013/3/98-Ad.VII dated 24th October, 2000 and 7051 additional posts created vide order F.No.A-11013/3/2006-Ad.VII dated 20.11.2006. 2. All the additional posts at different levels as per Annex A stand created with effect ...