7th PAY COMMISSION NEWS - CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES NEWS

Relaxation of requirement of 4 APARs for Section Officer LDCE 2012 & 2013 No.6/1/2013-CS-I(P) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi October 23, 2013 ORDER Whereas the Central Secretariat Service Section Officers’ Grade (Limited Departmental Competitive Examination) Regulations, 2010 provide that for being eligible to appear in the Section Officers’ Grade (Limited Departmental Competitive Examination) (hereinafter referred to as ‘examination’) an officer of the Assistants’ Grade of the Central Secretariat Service (CSS) or of Personal Assistants’ Grade (Stenographer Grade ‘C’) of the Central Secretariat Stenographers’ Service (CSSS) possessing a Bachelor’s Degree of a recognised university or equivalent shall, inter-alia, satisfy the following condition on the crucial date: "He shall have rendered not less than five years’ approved service and shall also have, earned at...

APAR SYSTEM FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES SYSTEM TO BE REVISED The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has finally kicked in a process to change the Performance Appraisal (PAR) system for bureaucrats, asking for the views of other ministries on an improved system which borrows heavily from the model followed in Singapore. As per a DoPT note circulated to other ministries, the new system will make the annual appraisal process more objective in nature than the numerical rating system followed at present. Also, any superior giving an “outstanding” ranking to a junior will have to cite a “specific achievement” to justify the ranking, as per the note. The new system will also follow the model of the Singapore Civil Service that links the pace of promotions to an estimation of the highest level of work an offence can competently handle before his retirement and considers the official’s intellectual qualities, result orientation and leadership qualities for appraisal. DoPT will...