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Union Government may stop Cash and Jewellery details of Central Staff
September 5, 2014 by admin
Union Government may stop Cash and Jewellery details of Central
Staff under Lokpal Act…Govt may withhold cash,
jewellery details of babus: Times of India
NEW DELHI: In what could bring relief to nearly five million
Central government employees, the Narendra Modi government has decided to amend
the Lokpal and the Lokayukta Act to give itself a statutory power to withhold
certain information from the public.
All Central staff, as per the latest order of the Department of
Personnel and Training (DoPT), have to declare their assets and liabilities,
both movable and immovable, as well as those of their spouses and dependents
latest by September 15. All these information would then be put up by the
respective ministries on their website accessible to everyone.
A number of representations received by the government from
officials expressed fear that putting details of movable assets such as
jewellery and cash in hand and bank would pose a security threat to them and
their dependents, leave their children vulnerable to kidnapping and ransom
demands. For instance, an official said he has put all savings in general
provident fund which has accumulated to Rs 75 lakhs over a period of time.
Putting this information in the public domain would leave him and his family
members vulnerable.
Sources said the amendments proposed only gives the government
the statutory power to withhold information related to officials’ movable
assets only, such as his cash in hand or bank and jewellery owned by him or his
family members. The government will not be empowered to hold back information
on immovable assets: house or land owned by him.
The amendment also makes it clear that it will have no impact on
the current asset declaration guidelines. The officials will have to continue
declaring all their assets – movable and immovable as per the previous
directive. Only difference the proposed amendment will make is to ensure
certain information is not made public.
The DoPT is working on the proposed amendment and has already
taken a view from the law ministry to bring in the required changes. Any fresh
amendment will not impact the current declaration deadline of September 15
which is applicable for all employees.
Once these declarations are received by the government, it is
for the respective ministries to put them up on its website accessible to all,
except those related to the movable assets for which an amendment is required
to implement it.
Source: Times of
India
Thursday, September 4, 2014
COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE UN-CLAIMED AMOUNT REMAINED IN PPF, POST OFFICE AND SAVINGS SCHEMES
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
03-September-2014 18:01 IST
Finance Minister Approves Setting-up of A Committee to Examine un-Claimed Amount Remained in PPF, Post Office and Savings Schemes and Recommend how this Amount can be Used to Protect and Further the Financial Interest of the Senior Citizens.
The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley has approved the setting-up of a Committee under the Chairmanship of Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India(RBI) to examine un-claimed amount remained in PPF, Post Office, Savings Schemes etc and recommend how this amount can be used to protect and further the financial interest of the senior citizens.
The Finance Minister, vide para 39 of his Budget Speech 2014-15, had announced that "a large amount of money is estimated to be lying as unclaimed amounts with PPF, Post Office, Savings Schemes etc. these are mostly out of investments belonging to the senior citizens and on their demise, remain unclaimed for want of relevant payment instructions" and has proposed to set-up a Committee to examine and recommend how this amount can be used to protect and further financial interest of the senior citizens.
Accordingly, with the approval of the Union Finance Minister, a Committee has been set-up with the following composition:
1) Deputy Governor, RBI - Chairman
2) Secretary, Department of Posts - Member
3) Joint Secretary (Law), M/o Law and Justice - Member
4) Dy. Managing Director of S.B.I - Member
5) Executive Director, Punjab National Bank - Member
6) Joint Secretary (Budget), DEA - Member
7) Joint Director, - Member Secretary
National Savings Institute
The Terms of Reference (TOR) of the Committee would be:
· Based on defined scope, by Reserve Bank of India, estimation of amount lying unclaimed under various scheme's (Small Savings and other Savings Schemes of banks) with Post Offices/ Public Sector Banks;
· Procedure for bringing such unclaimed deposits to a common pool to be suggested by the Committee. Changes, if any, required to be made in the legal framework may be suggested. Committee to also suggest if such a pool should be placed within Government account or outside it.
· Committee to recommend how this unclaimed amount can be used to protect and further financial interests of the senior citizens.
The Committee will submit its Report by 31st December 2014.
15th SEPTEMBER 2014 NATIONAL CONVENTION OF WORKERS AT CONSTITUTION CLUB ANNEX, NEW DELHI.
All the Central Trade Unions including BMS, INTUC, AITUC, CITU, HMS, UTUC etc have jointly decided to organise a National Convention of workers on 15th September 2014 at 10.30 AM at Constitution Club Annexe (Near Mavkankar Hall) Rafi Marg, New Delhi, to protest against the anti-labour policies of the NDA Govt. NFPE and confederation will participate in the convention.
MACP on Promotional Hierarchy-hearing
postponed to 19th November 2014
Dear friends,
The hearing on the WP(C)
No. 4662/2013 filed by the Government, against the principal CAT order for
granting MACP on promotional hierarchy to Shri Sanjay Kumar and 18 UDCs of
Defense Department has been postponed to 19th November 2014.
TKR Pillai
General Secretary
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
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