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Delegation of powers to Ministries / Departments / Borrowing Organisations to extend deputation tenure upto 7 years in cases of Deputation covered by DOPT OM No. 6/8/2009-Estt.(Pay-II) dated 17th June 2010 - reg.

Delegation of powers to Ministries / Departments/Borrowing Organisations to extend deputation tenure upto 7 years

F. No. 2!6I2016-Estt. (Pay-II)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Personnel and Training

North Black, New Delhi

dated 20 January, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Delegation of powers to Ministries / Departments/Borrowing Organisations to extend deputation tenure upto 7 years in cases of Deputations covered by DoP&T’s OM No. 6/8/2009-Estt.(Pay-ll) dated 17th June 2010 regarding.

This Department proposes to delegate powers to Ministries / Departments/Borrowing Organisations to extend deputation tenure upto 7 years in cases of Deputations covered by DoP&T’s OM No. 6/8/2009-Estt.(Pay-ll) dated 17th June 2010. Draft OM proposed by this Department in this regard is enclosed with this communication.

2. Comments / suggestions are invited from Central Government Ministries Departments and other lending/borrowing Organisations on the proposed delegation as in the draft OM. Comments / suggestions, if any, may be sent to this Department latest by 3.02.2016, by e-mail to Shri Ashok Kumar Jain, Deputy Secretary (Pay) on e-mail address: ashok.jain62@nic.in

(Pushpender Kumar)

Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

DRAFT OM

F. No. 21612016-Estt. (Pay-II)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi

dated January, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Delegation of powers to Ministries / Departments/ Borrowing Organisations to extend deputation tenure upto 7 years in cases of Deputations covered by DoP&T's OM No. 6/8/2009-Estt.(Pay-II) dated 17th June 2010 - regarding.

This Department's OM No. 6/8/2009-Estt.(Pay-II) dated 17 th June 2010 regulates Pay, Deputation (Duty) Allowance, Tenure of Deputation / Foreign Service and other terms and conditions on the subject of deputation / foreign service of Central Government employees to ex-cadre posts under the Central Government, State Governments, Public Sector Undertakings, Autonomous Bodies, Universities/ UT Administration, Local Bodies etc. and vice-versa. Subject to its applicability as provided in para 2 of the OM, these instructions cover cases of deputation/ foreign service where Central Government is either lending authority or borrowing authority or both. It provides for duration of maximum Deputation Tenure as 5 years at a stretch. As per para 8.3.1.(iii) of this OM, no further extension beyond the fifth year shall be considered.

2. Various administrative Ministries/ Departments/ Borrowing Organisations have been approaching this Department for relaxation of the 5 year deputation tenure condition, on case to case basis, citing exigencies, quoting provisions of para 10 of the OM dated 17.6.2010 ibid.

3. It has been decided that if the administrative Ministries / Departments and other borrowing organizations wish to retain an officer beyond 5 years, they may  extend tenure of deputation covered by OM No. 6/8/2009-Estt.(Pay-II) dated 17th June 2010,where absolutely in public interest, upto a period not exceeding 7 years at a stretch. This shall be done with the approval of the Minister of the borrowing Ministry / Department concerned and in respect of other organizations with the approval of the Minister of the borrowing Ministry/Department with which they are administratively concerned, keeping in view the exigencies and subject to fulfillment of all other requirements such as willingness and vigilance clearance of the Officer concerned, NOC of the lending authority, UPSC / ACC approval wherever applicable.

4. All other terms and conditions issued vide OM No. 6/8/2009-Estt.(Pay-II) dated 17th June 2010 will remain unchanged.

5. In cases where the necessity to have deputation tenures longer than seven years is felt, the concerned administrative Ministries / Departments/ borrowing organisations may amend the relevant Recruitment Rules of such deputation post accordingly, after following the requisite procedure.

6. It is also clarified that cases which are not covered by the OM dated 17.6.2010 including those where Central Government is neither lending authority nor borrowing authority, will continue to be decided in terms of the relevant provisions/ rules/ instructions etc. governing them.

7. These orders shall come into effect from the date of issue of this OM.

8. In so far as persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders will apply for deputation outside Indian Audit and Accounts Department as concurred in by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

(       )

Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India

Source: www.persmin.nic.in

[http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/2_6_2016_Estt.-Pay-II-20012016.pdf]

Surrender of BSNL Broadband connections

Swachh Bharat Service Tax 0.5% from 15.11.2015

Source : http://www.indiapost.gov.in/dop/pdfbind.ashx?id=1707

Swach Bharat Cess @ 0.5 % from 15.11.2015

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) 

New Delhi, the 6^th November, 2015

Notification No. 22/2015-Service Tax

G.S.R. ---(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) read with sub-section (5) of section 119 of the Finance Act, 2015 (20 of 2015), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all taxable services from payment of such amount of the Swachh Bharat Cess leviable under sub-section (2) of section 119 of the said Act, which is in excess of Swachh Bharat Cess calculated at the rate of 0.5 percent. of the value of taxable services:

Provided that Swachh Bharat Cess shall not be leviable on services which are exempt from service tax by a notification issued under sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 or otherwise not leviable to service tax under section 66B of the Finance Act, 1994. 

This notification shall come into force from the 15^th day of November, 2015.

 [F.No. 354/129/2015 - TRU]

(K. Kalimuthu)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Discontinuation of interview for Junior Level Posts in the Government

F. No.39020/09/2015-Estt(B)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

(Department of Personnel & Training)

New Delhi, the 27th October, 2015

To

The Chief Secretaries of all the State Governments/Administrators of the Union Territories. (As per list attached).

Subject: One day workshop scheduled for 29.10.2015 at Civil Services Officers Institute (CSOI), New Delhi, to be conducted for the Principal Secretaries of GAD of States/UTs, in connection with discontinuation of interview for Junior Level Posts in the Government

Madam/Sir,

In continuation of this Department’s letters of even number dated 20.10.2015 and 23.10.2015 on the above subject, it is informed that due to unavoidable administrative reasons the One day workshop scheduled to be conducted on 29.10.2015 at Civil Services Officers Institute (CSOI),New Delhi, for the Principal Secretaries of GAD of States/UTs, in connection with discontinuation of interview for Junior Level Posts in the Government, has been postponed to 16.11.2015.

2. It is also informed that the venue for the Workshop i.e. CSOI, New Delhi, will remain same.

3. You are therefore requested to kindly depute the concerned officer to participate the Workshop. As requested earlier, the details of the Officer being deputed may be sent to this Department, on the following e-mail:

Jssv1-dopt@nic.in

4. Inconvenience caused is regretted.

Yours faithfully,

(Dr.Devesh Chaturvedi)

Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India