Promotion on Public Rating

Lok Sabha : Promotion on Public Rating

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1406ANSWERED ON: 19.12.2018

Promotion on Public Rating

1406 . SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA:
SHRI MATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT:
SHRI SUM EDHANAND SARSWATI:
SHRI RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER:
SH RI A.T. NANA PATIL:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to promote the Government officials based on public rating/feedback and if so, the details thereof along with the time by which the said system is likely to be put into place;

(b) whether the Government is considering adoption of some other system for the promotion of Government officials who do not have direct dealings with the public and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has started Aadhaar based authentication of life certificates for pensioners and if so, the details thereof;

(d) the number of pensioners who have availed the benefit of the said scheme along with the State-wise details thereof; and

(e) whether the Government has formulated any policy to prevent misuse of Aadhaar based authentication of life certificates and if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE

(DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) & (b):- No Madam. There is no such proposal under consideration.

(c): Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has informed that an “Aadhar-based Digital Life Certificate (DLC)” for pensioners was launched on 10th November, 2014.

Aadhaar is used for authentication of pensioners. As a result of this facility the pensioner is not required to present himself before his pension disbursing agency or produce other documents that he is alive.

After generation of the DLC, the pension disbursing agencies integrated with the system will get access to the submitted DLC for processing and release of pension there after.

(d): Number of DLCs submitted since November, 2018 to till date is enclosed as annexure.

(e): Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has informed that it has a well-designed, multi-layered robust security system in place to maintain the highest level of data security and integrity in accordance with the Aadhaar Act, 2016 and the Regulations notified under the Act. Some of the security measures include provision of secure channel, implementation of Aadhaar Data Vault, Hardware Security Module, Registered Devices, Virtual ID-UID Token, biometric locking etc.

10 days EL is allowed alongwith LTC on civil side-ENCASHMENT

Leave encashment of 10 days EL is allowed alongwith LTC on civil side

PC-VII No. 121/2018RBE. No.157/2018

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA(BHARAT SARKAR)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No.D-43/15/2018-F(E)III

New Delhi, dated: 11/10/2018.

The GMs/PFAs,
All Zonal Railways/Production Units.
(As per mailing list)

Sub: Encashment of Leave on Average Pay along with All India Leave Travel Concession (AILTC) in a block of four years (i.e. 2018-2021 onwards) on surrender of Privilege Passes (PP).

In terms of the instructions issued vide Board’s letter No.E(VV)2017/PS 5-1/3 dated 10.09.2018, railway employees have been allowed the facility of All India LTC facility in accordance with the Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988. As Leave encashment of 10 days EL is allowed alongwith LTC on civil side, the matter of allowing encashment of upto 10 days LAP to Railway employees availing AILTC as per the aforesaid orders dated 10.09.2018 has been under consideration of the Board.

2. The Board, after due consideration, has decided that since the Railway employees have been allowed optional AILTC in accordance with the Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988, Railway servants availing the facility of AILTC, In terms of Board’s instructions dated 10.09.2018 mentioned En para 1 above may also be allowed to encash LAP upto 10 days.

3. In terms of para 2(ix) of the Department of Personnel & training’s G.M. No.31011/15/2017 dated 27.03.2018, in case of the Government employees whose spouse is working in Railways, want to avail All India LTC, either independently or with family members, then he/she/they may be allowed subject to the condition of surrendering privilege passes admissible in that calendar year for him/her/them and an undertaking in this regard shall be given by the Government servant to his office.

4. In the cases mentioned in para 3, too, the spouse of the Government employees working in Railways may be allowed to avail encashment of leave upto 10 days on the All India LTC availed by the Government employee in terms of para 2(ix) of DOP&T’s G.M. dated 27.03.2018 mentioned above.

5. All the other existing laid down conditions on encashMent of LAP shall remain the same.

(G. Priya Sudarsani)
Director Finance(Estt.)
Railway Board.