Increase retirement age of government employees to 62

Increase retirement age of government employees to 62 On 21st March 2013, there was an unstarred question in Rajya Sabha, about whether there was a proposal to increase the retirement age of Central government employees. The relevant MOS answered there was no such proposal. That’s not quite true, because there is such a proposal floating around and it went to Cabinet sub-committee and an in principle decision to implement was taken by Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT). One should not mix up existence of a proposal with a decision about implementing it. Evidently, a decision has now been taken to increase the age from 60 to 62 years, the last time such an increase took place was in 1998, when there was an increase from 58 to 60 years. Whenever such a decision is taken, debates centre on the big picture. What are arguments for? First, life expectancies are increasing. There is a shortage of good people within government. Let’s tap this expertise. Second, in any case there are extensions in “exceptional circumstances”. But that’s arbitrary and can be shot down by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC). Why not formalize the system by allowing extensions to everyone? The trouble with this argument is that there will be no finality about 62 either and there will be “exceptional circumstances” beyond 62. Third, there should be parity. Professors now retire at 65. High Court judges retire at 62, Supreme Court judges retire at 65. The counter-arguments of the big picture are also obvious. India is a young country, young need employment opportunities. Promotional avenues of existing civil servants get blocked. Often, in the private sector, people retire at 60 and there are extensions, with the qualification that extensions are at consolidated monthly emoluments, with no perks. An increase in retirement age occurs with all perks. Therefore, there are significant fiscal costs. While these big picture arguments and counter-arguments are important, my problem is that such decisions aren’t taken because of logical coherence. They are ad hoc decisions, driven by myopic motives. First, increase in retirement age postpones the one-time superannuation burden of severance payments by around Rs 5000 crores. For a government that has drawn up red lines on deficit numbers, that’s a desirable objective, even though it is myopic because it increases fiscal costs on future governments. Second, there’s a clear political cum electoral motive. Outright, if we include Defence, we are talking about 1.5 million Central government employees. In a broader sense, we are talking about something like 6 million, excluding State governments and quasi-government, all urban. This is therefore a significant component in that 65 million urban household figure. These two points will also be made when the 62 decision is announced. But the one that bothers me most is a third element, one that is invariably never talked about. Such ad hoc decisions are taken because of specific individuals. There is one particular individual whom government wishes to place in one particular position. Once he is placed there, government wishes him to benefit from increase in retirement age. But to ensure he is placed there, one needs to ensure those who are senior to him get out of the way first. After all, supersession is not desirable. Hence, announce the decision after some people have retired at 60 and exited. This is the way decisions are taken. At one level, there is no point complaining, because we have accepted corruption of institutions and systems as fact of life. But when this 62 decision is announced, as it soon will, let us not pretend there are any big picture considerations involved. Source : www.blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com [http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/policypuzzles/entry/increase-in-government-retirement-age-to-62] this is a test message

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Revision of rate for Address Verification Service

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Revised Result of the Departmental Examination for selection to the posts of Inspectors of Posts Examination for the year 2012 held from 13th and 14th October 2012 of West Bengal Circle

 

Sl no	Name of Candidates	Name of Division	Presently posted as
1	Prasenjit Mitra	Central Kolkata	PA , Parkstreet HO
2	Niladri Basak	South Kolkata	OA, Divisional Office
3	Sourav Samaddar Chaudhury	East Kolkata	APS
4	Rita Chakraborty	Kolkata RMS	SA , Sarat Bose Road , Kolkata -29
5	Anindita Banerjee	South Kolkata	OA, Circle Trg Cell, Circle Office
6	Koushik Roy	Purulia	OA , Parulia Divisional Office
7	Buddhadeb Goswami	Burdwan	Offtg. IPO, Burdwan 2ndSub Dn
8	Satyabrata Roy Chowdhury	North Presy	Accountant , Belgharia HO
9	Tarak Nath Bhaduri	Murshidabad	Offtg. IPO, Murshidabad North Sub Dn
10	Bhim Bahadur Chetri	Darjeeling	Offtg. IPO, Kalimpong Sub Dn
11	Sushovan Bain	Malda	OA, Malda Divisional Office
12	Avijit Dey	Purulia	PA , Parulia
13	Dhiraj Tamnag	Gangtok	PA (SBCO), Gangtok H.O
14	Anjan Das	Purulia	PA, Parulia
15	Debojyoti Sanyal	Malda	PA, Malda H.O
16	Sunit Debnath	Kol A.P Sorting	SA, Kol A.P Stg
17	Anindya Bhattacharya	North Hooghly	RO , South Bengal Region
18	Chandan Karmakar	Asansol	PA, Dishergarh SO
19	Asis Halder	Murshidabad	Offtg. IPO, Jangipur Sub Dn
20	Rabindranath Murmu	South Presy	Offgt IP , Bishnupur Sdn
21	Saru Yalmo	Gangtok	OA, Divisional Officer, Gangtok

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Grant of Grade Pay of Rs. 4200/- to Stenographers Grade ‘D’ of CSSS - Dopt Orders

Grant of Grade Pay of Rs. 4200/- to Stenographers Grade ‘D’ of CSSS - Issuance of ‘Zone of Consideration’ for placement of eligible Stenographers Grade ‘D’ in Non Functional Selection Grade (NFSG) —regarding.

No.6/62011-CS-II(C)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension

Department of Personnel and Training

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market,

New Delhi date 27th May, 2013

Subject:- Grant of Grade Pay of Rs. 4200/- to Stenographers Grade ‘D’ of CSSS - Issuance of ‘Zone of Consideration’ for placement of eligible Stenographers Grade ‘D’ in Non Functional Selection Grade (NFSG) —regarding.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. of even number dated 22nd September, 2011 by which a Zone of Consideration for placement of eligible 98 Steno Grade ‘D’ in Non Functional Selection Grade (NFSG) was issued in the grade pay of Rs.4200/- in Pay Band-2 in CSSS Cadre.

2. Based on the Common Seniority List of Stenographers Grade ‘D’, a List containing names of Stenographers Grade ‘D' who are eligible to be considered for grant of NFSG is annexed to this O.M. Stenographers Grade ‘D’ from S.No. 1 to 19 of Annexure to this O.M. who had already completed the approved service of 5 years as on 1st July, 2012 are eligible to be considered for grant of NFSG w.e.f. 1st July, 2012 and Stenographers Grade ‘D’ from S.No. 20 to S.No. 89 of Annexure to this O.M. who will be completing the 5 years of approved service on 1st July, 2013 are eligible to be considered for grant of NFSG w.e.f. 1st July, 2013, subject to suitability.

3. Accordingly, the Cadre Units of CSSS are requested to place the eligible Stenographers Grade ‘D’ as given in Annexure to this O.M. in the NFSG after following the procedure as prescribed in O.M. No. 20/49/2009-CS-II(B) dated 22nd June, 2011 and also furnish the details of Stenographers Grade ‘D’, if any, whose name is not in the list attached but eligible to be considered for grant of NFSG. A copy of the order granting NFSG to eligible Stenographers Grade ‘D’ may please be furnished to this Department for the purpose of record.

4. Cadre Units should send a report to CS-II Division, detailing the officers who have been granted NFSG, by 15th July, 2013.

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(K.Suresh Kumar)

Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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TCS lands Rs.1,100-cr India Post deal

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Wednesday said it has bagged a six-year contract from theDepartment of Posts (DoP) worth over Rs 1,100 crore.

The end-to-end IT modernisation programme to be implemented by TCS will equip India Post with modern technologies and systems to enable it to provide services to customers in an effective manner, TCS said in a statement.

The scope of the project, dubbed India Post 2012, includes developing and supporting mail, finance and accounts, HR, and customer interaction management solutions for all channels including Rural ICT platform.

Under the deal, TCS will also manage data migration, infrastructure, Service Level Agreement (SLA), call centre and centralised 24x7 service desk operation for DoP, it said.

The end-to-end security solutions, Enterprise Management System (EMS) and over all integration for entire system is the responsibility of core system integrator ( CSI), the statement said.

"India Post has a vision of being a technology-enabled self-reliant market leader and is looking to move from a government service provider to a customer-enabled service provider where the customer will be the focus of multifarious service delivery platforms," DoP Secretary P Gopinath said.

Increased urbanisation, demand for financial services, increased funding by the government for the weaker sections and the rural sector have opened up new opportunities for India Post, which has necessitated development of new processes and supporting technology.

"The core system integrator project is about service delivery transformation through a technology-led, service- oriented approach to offer world class delivery of postal services to Indian citizens," TCS Vice President and Global Head (Government Industry Solutions Unit) Tanmoy Chakrabarty said.

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Shortcuts to master for Windows 7

Want to be more productive while using Windows 7? While some of these might be old hat as they worked with past Windows operating systems, you might discover a new one or two among the 45 shortcuts listed here. Plus, it’s always a good idea to have a quick refresher, no? Save time and frustration while on your personal computer with these handy Windows 7 shortcuts, provided by Microsoft. Mastering these simple keyboard strokes can really speed up your computing tasks, whether you rely on your PC for work or play (or likely, a bit of both). What are your favourites? Have any of your own to share in the Comments section? Do tell! Press this key   To do this     F1   Display Help     Ctrl+C (or Ctrl+Insert)   Copy the selected item     Ctrl+X  Cut the selected item     Ctrl+V (or Shift+Insert)  Paste the selected item     Ctrl+Z  Undo an action     Ctrl+Y  Redo an action     Delete (or Ctrl+D)  Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin     Shift+Delete  Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first     F2   Rename the selected item     Ctrl+Right Arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word     Ctrl+Left Arrow  Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word     Ctrl+Down Arrow  Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph     Ctrl+Up Arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph     Ctrl+Shift with an arrow key Select a block of text     Shift with any arrow key  Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text within a document     Ctrl with any arrow key+Spacebar   Select multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop     Ctrl+A  Select all items in a document or window     F3   Search for a file or folder     Alt+Enter  Display properties for the selected item     Alt+F4  Close the active item, or exit the active program     Alt+Spacebar  Open the shortcut menu for the active window     Ctrl+F4 Close the active document (in programs that allow you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)     Alt+Tab Switch between open items     Ctrl+Alt+Tab  Use the arrow keys to switch between open items     Ctrl+Mouse scroll wheel   Change the size of icons on the desktop     Windows logo key  +Tab Cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D     Ctrl+Windows logo key  +Tab  Use the arrow keys to cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D     Alt+Esc Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened     F6   Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop     F4   Display the address bar list in Windows Explorer     Shift+F10  Display the shortcut menu for the selected item     Ctrl+Esc   Open the Start menu     Alt+underlined letter  Display the corresponding menu     Alt+underlined letter  Perform the menu command (or other underlined command)     F10  Activate the menu bar in the active program     Right Arrow   Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu     Left Arrow Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu     F5 (or Ctrl+R)   Refresh the active window     Alt+Up Arrow  View the folder one level up in Windows Explorer     Esc  Cancel the current task     Ctrl+Shift+Esc   Open Task Manager     Shift when you insert a CD   Prevent the CD from automatically playing     Left Alt+Shift   Switch the input language when multiple input languages are enabled     Ctrl+Shift Switch the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are enabled     Right or Left Ctrl+Shift  Change the reading direction of text in right-to-left reading languages Courtesy : http://bnjho.blogspot.in

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