AN ASSOCIATION IN THE NAME AND STYLE- " ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EXCISE GR-A OFFICERS HAS BEEN FORMED. THE GR-A OFFICERS WHO ARE AT PRESENT IN SERVICE AND THE RETIRED GR-A& GR-B OFFICERS OF CENTRAL EXCISE , CUSTOMS AND SERVICE TAX DEPARTMENT ARE ELIGIBLE TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THIS ASSOCIATION.
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS.
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Monday, 29 September 2014
Re-institutionalizing the practice of leaving ‘note for the Successor’
No.13024/01/2014-Trg.( Tig. Ref.)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
Training Division
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
Training Division
Block-IV, Old JNU Campus.
New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi —110067
Dated: 26th September 2014
New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi —110067
Dated: 26th September 2014
OFFICE MOMORANDUM
Sub: Re-institutionalizing the practice of leaving ‘note for the Successor’.
Knowledge is a key driver of organizational efficiency and effectiveness, an intangible and one of the most valuable assets of an organization. Often, it is seen as the ‘hard’ information available In files, note sheets, correspondence, documents, SOPs, MOPs, and electronic databases. it ¡s much more than that, All employees have Invaluable knowledge of their areas of responsibility, which may be much more nuanced and Integrated than those mentioned earlier.
2. Such innate knowledge is at a risk of getting lost when the incumbent leaves the seat- gets transferred or demits office. New employee will take time to understand issues of current importance, appreciate urgency of actionable points, recognize strengths and weakness of different subordinates for suitable work allocation, and comprehend critical issues by trial and error. This time spent In negotiating the way In new environment, spent In trial and error, may turn Out to be the critical difference between success and failure of the unit, the department or even the organization.
3- Thus, knowledge continuity In wake 01 employee transition needs to be recognized as a key challenge: more so in the government where rule based Personnel polices mandate a fixed tenure. Problem of knowledge continuity can be significantly tackled if Incumbent employee, with overall goal of success of the organization in mind, considers the successor as a part of same team and transfers the knowledge that he/she considers critical. Such knowledge transfer can be by personal interaction and briefing. However, written Notes for the successor serve the purpose more effectively and also help build Institutional memory. In government, though this practice used to be in vogue, of late it is becoming rare.
4. A need for re-institutionalizing the practice of leaving ‘note for the Successor’ was highlighted by Hon’ble Prime Minister during the presentation of the M/o Personnel. PG & Pensions on 12 June 2014.
5. Accordingly, it has been decided that respective Competent Authorities may impress upon officers In their organizations to cultivate the habit of leaving behind “note for the successor” when they move out. It Is also emphasized that all CTIs/ATIs should include inputs on “note for the successor” in their training programs so that officers are sensitized towards this important organizational responsibility.
6. This department may be informed of the steps taken In this regard.
Sd/-
Rajesh Arya
Director(Trg)
Rajesh Arya
Director(Trg)
Source : DOPT
Thursday, 25 September 2014
Guidelines on framing / amendment/relaxation of Recruitment Rules for Organized Group ‘A’ Service
No.AB-14017/61/2008-Estt.(RR)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel P.G.& Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel P.G.& Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
North Block, New Delhi
Dated: 24.09.2014
Dated: 24.09.2014
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Attention is invited to this Department’s O.M. No. AB.14017/48/2010-Estt (RR) dated 31 December, 2010 vide which and Service Rules were issued.
2. Department of Personnel & Training, with the approval of the competent authority, has decided that henceforth all the Cadre Controlling Authority of Organized Group ‘A’ Service, before referring any proposal for framing/amendment in the Service Rules of the Organized Services, are required to put the proposed amendments/revision in the Service Rules on their website for 30 days for inviting comments from the concerned officers.
3. Thereafter, taking into account the comments so received, the proposal would be sent to DoPT, UPSC and Ministry of Law for finalization.
4. All the Cadre Controlling Authorities are, therefore, requested to adhere to these instructions scrupulously. Proposal referred to this Department without following the aforesaid procedure, would not be entertained.
(Jitendra r. Gaikwad)
Under Sedretary (RR)
Under Sedretary (RR)
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
FAQs on How to Mark your Attendance (BAS)
How to mark Attendance using the common biometric attendance system on wall mounted terminals
To get your Attendance ID, register online at attendance.gov.in. The Attendance ID will be generated from you Aadhaar number, the 6 digit number will be generated based on the last 6 or first 6 digits of your Aadhaar number. The attendance ID will only be active to mark attendance only when your Aadhaar information is verified by UIDAI and activated by you Nodal officer.
Attendance ID has been sent by SMS to your registered Mobile Number.
Enter your 6-digit Attendance ID on Screen
A Red light will start to glow on Finger Print Scanner
Now put any one of your fingers on the Finger Print Scanner
DO NOT move your finger on scanner otherwise finger prints will not be properly scanned
DO NOT Press very hard on Finger Print Scanner
Once the screen shows “Authenticating, Please Wait”. Remove your finger from the scanner
A pop-up screen will show your Photo and Attendance Type as “Opening” for the first time you mark the attendance for that day
If Attendance Type is “Closing” then it will be counted as OUT Time. However, OUT time would be the LAST “Closing” time marked by you. Any “Closing” time in-between “Opening” time and Last “Closing” time would be ignored
If, you see a CROSS instead of your photo, then some ERROR has occurred while marking attendance.
You will be able to mark your attendance in any bio-metric terminal installed in various Central Government buildings
You can also mark your attendance in any of finger print devices, which have been connected on Windows 7 or Windows OS. Presently client attendance software is not available for MAC OS
If you are having difficulty in marking attendance-using fingerprints scanning devices, please try marking your attendance through Iris Device, which may be available with NIC In-charge in your organization
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
Bureaucrat can't be victimized for crtiticising govt: SC
New Delhi: A bureaucrat cannot be victimized for criticising Government before a judicial forum, as it does not amount to service misconduct, the Supreme Court has said while slapping a fine of Rs. 5 lakh on Centre and UP government forharassing an IAS officer who approached it on the black money issue.
“The right to judicial remedies for the redressal of either personal or public grievances is a constitutional right of the subjects (both citizensand non-citizens) of this country. Employees of the State cannot become members of a different and inferior class to whom such right is not available,” the bench headed by justice J Chelameswar said.
The bench, also comprising Justice A K Sikri said it is “astounding” that Centre and the state government consider that a complaint to theapex court of executive malfeasance causing debilitating economicand security concerns for the country amounts to inappropriate conduct for a civil servant.
“We are at a loss to comprehend how the filing of the writ petitioncontaining allegations that the Government of India is lax in discharging its constitutional obligations of establishing the rule of law can be said to amount to either failure to maintain absolute integrityand devotion to duty or of indulging in conduct unbecoming of a member of the service,” the bench said.
The bench said that the Constitution declares India as a sovereign democratic Republic and “The requirement of such democratic republic is that every action of the State is to be informed with reason. State is not a hierarchy of regressively genuflecting coterie of bureaucracy.”
“The right to judicial remedies for the redressal of either personal or public grievances is a constitutional right of the subjects (both citizensand non-citizens) of this country. Employees of the State cannot become members of a different and inferior class to whom such right is not available,” the bench headed by justice J Chelameswar said.
The bench, also comprising Justice A K Sikri said it is “astounding” that Centre and the state government consider that a complaint to theapex court of executive malfeasance causing debilitating economicand security concerns for the country amounts to inappropriate conduct for a civil servant.
“We are at a loss to comprehend how the filing of the writ petitioncontaining allegations that the Government of India is lax in discharging its constitutional obligations of establishing the rule of law can be said to amount to either failure to maintain absolute integrityand devotion to duty or of indulging in conduct unbecoming of a member of the service,” the bench said.
The bench said that the Constitution declares India as a sovereign democratic Republic and “The requirement of such democratic republic is that every action of the State is to be informed with reason. State is not a hierarchy of regressively genuflecting coterie of bureaucracy.”
MANGALYAAN
September 24 will go down in history as a red letter day.
India successfully placed its spacecraft in orbit around Mars, becoming the first country in the world to succeed in such an inter-planetary mission in the maiden attempt itself.
At 7.17 am, the 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor sizzled with life as it burnt along with the thrusters to slow down the Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft to be capturedby the Red Planet.
"MOM has met Mangal," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said announcing the mission's success, after nerve-wracking final moments at the command centre of Indian Space Research Organisation in Bangalore.
Modi, who witnessed the operation along with the space scientists, said the odds were stacked against "us with only 21 of the 51 missions to Mars being successful," but "we have prevailed."
An elated Prime Minister patted the back of Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K Radhakrishnan and complimented the Indian space scientists for making space history.
With the success of Mangalyaan, India has become the first country in the world to go to Mars in the very first try. European, American and Russian probes have managed to orbit or land on the planet, but after several attempts.
Mars Orbiter Insertion was carried out automatically by commands loaded onto the spacecraft after its velocity was slowed down from 22.1 km per second to 4.4 km per second to be captured by the Martian orbit.
The spacecraft had entered the Martian neighbourhood on Monday.
At the time of MOM's orbital insertion, its signals took about 12 minutes and 28 seconds to travel to Earth for reception by NASA's Deep Space Network Stations in Canberra and Goldstone that relayed the data in real time to ISRO's station in Bangalore.
The first sign of success in the final moments came when ISRO announced that burn of engines on India's Mars orbiter had been confirmed. "All engines of Mars orbiter are going strong. Burn confirmed," said ISRO signaling that history was in the making.
Igniting the main engine was critical as it had been lying in slumber for about 300 days and was woken up briefly for four seconds on Monday.
It was a make or break tricky manoeuvre as even the slightest error would have pushed the orbiter into deep depths of space.
Much of the spacecraft's manoeuvre took place behind Mars, as seen from Earth. This meant that from a point four minutes into the Mars Orbiter Insertion burn until three minutes after the scheduled end of the manoeuvre, teams on Earth had no insight into the spacecraft's progress.
The orbiter will keep moving in an elliptical path at least for six months with its instruments sending their gleanings back home.
The success in placing the spacecraft in the Martian orbit has made India the fourth space power after the United States, Europe and Russia to orbit or land on the Red Planet.
The Rs 450-crore Mangalyaan aims to study Mars' surface and mineral composition, and scan its atmosphere for methane, a chemical strongly tied to life on Earth. The spacecraft was launched on November 5, 2013 on homegrown PSLV rocket from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on its nine-month long odyssey. It had escaped the earth gravity pull on December 1, 2013.
India's MOM is the cheapest inter-planetary mission. It cost about a tenth of NASA's Mars mission Maven that entered the Martian orbit on September 22.
The 1,350 kg spacecraft is equipped with five instruments including a sensor to track methane or marsh gas -- a possible sign of life, a colour camera and a thermal imaging spectrometer to map the surface and mineral wealth of the Red Planet.
United States' NASA and its MAVEN team have congratulated ISRO on its Mars arrival, the Indian space agency said.
Friday, 19 September 2014
All India Association of Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers to stage protest
-With nothing left to be happy about in terms of career prospects, pay or any other service matter, superintendents of central excise, service tax and customs will gather before the residences of Joint Secretary (Administration) and Member (PandV) of the Central Board of Excise and Customson September 20 in a symbolic manner to highlight their pain through a Satyagraha programme in New Delhi. The same programme will be observed before the residences of CBEC chairperson and the Revenue Secretary on September 21. Despite disappointment, job dissatisfaction, demotivation, humiliation and frustration, the revenue targets are regularly being achieved above the set targets by the sincere, committed and dedicated efforts of these officers but nobody is worried about their career prospects. These officers are forced to retire at a PB2 (the lowest Group B gazetted) post with only single promotion in the service career of 35-40 years after joining as Inspector whereas their common entry counterparts are easily enjoying PB4 levels (Joint Secretary and Commissioner, top level Group A posts) after getting 5-6 promotions. These officers are getting promotion (if any) merely to Junior Time Scale while their counterparts of CPWD, CSS, CSSS, AFHQS, Railway Board, Rajya Sabha Secretariat and many others like administrative services, police services, forest services, engineering services, state services etc. to senior time scale. The employee grievance redressal mechanism has totally failed. These poor officers are also forced to work under the extreme juniors of Customs belonging to the same cadre. Not only it, they are also deprived of the due pay scales in comparison to their analogous counterparts. The rights to grow, make progress and live with dignity have been snatched from them. There is no change in the scenario regarding their career prospects despite of the repeated representations and requests made to the administration. "If career prospects were disclosed at the time of the recruitment, these officers would have never joined this job," said Ravi Malik, Secretary General, All India Association of Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers. Malik also disclosed the facts that the direct IRS officers have been ensured up to nine promotions to upgrade them within the standard residency periods prescribed by DOPT by creating the posts at apex, HAG+ etc. levels in the higher scales even without availability of the eligible officers but no measures are being taken for the actual workforce of CBEC in the form of Central Excise Superintendents and Inspectors to promote/upgrade them within the standard residency periods prescribed by DOPT. Their counterparts of Income Tax (CBDT) and the Assistants of CSS under the same Department of Revenue are able to reach the post of Commissioner and Joint Secretary. Almost all other counterparts of them are also reaching the PB4 levels. The CBEC is even unable to conduct the DPC for promotions from Group 'B' to Group 'A' at prescribed intervals. Nothing has been done for these poor officers for decades to improve their career prospects. They are given false assurances but nothing has ever happened. All of other cadres below Group 'A' except Inspectors and Superintendents are also already getting 5 to 6 promotions in CBEC. Malik added that the cadre restructuring, which should have been implemented immediately after its notification on 18.12.13 particularly keeping in view the monthly mass level retirements of our officers without getting even IInd promotion, is still pending even after more than eight months of its notification. "Now under the prevailing circumstances, we have no option other than the revival of the Satyagraha programme to sit before the residences of the authorities including Commissioners/ADG's, Chief Commissioners/DG's, Joint Secretary, Members, Chairperson, Revenue Secretary, Minister of State (Revenue) and Finance Minister requesting them for immediate implementation of cadre restructuring and taking concrete measures independent of cadre restructuring to retire our officers also in PB4 under the hope of being listened in a better way at the residences of the authorities," he said. "In view of the above, our officers limited to 51 in number will gather peacefully before the residences of the Joint Secretary (Admn.) and Member (PandV) of the CBEC on 20.09.14 (Saturday) and the Chairperson of CBEC and Revenue Secretary on 21.09.14 (Sunday) under the '51 programme' requesting these authorities to fulfill our demands as per the charter of demands enclosed herewith," he added. "Under next step, such programmes will be observed before the residences of the Commissioners and Chief Commissioners throughout India and before the residences of other higher authorities in Delhi, if our demands are not acceded," said Malik.
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
6 things we do every day that are illegal
When was the last time you got caught for breaking the law?
Did you know that something as harmless as singing 'Happy Birthday' to someone you love could land you in trouble?
Surprised?
Maybe you should also be careful about downloading your favourite music tracks from the internet.
Still don't get it?
Well, then, here's a list of things most of us do in our daily life that can get us punished. Read on...
Photograph: Reuters
Speeding
Speeding is a traffic offence. Photograph: Mohamed Al Hwaity/Reuters
Did you think this existed only abroad?
Speeding constitutes a major section of traffic offences that are committed every day, all the time in India.
You see speed signs on roads?
Those are not for decoration.
To illustrate, the Bandra-Worli sea link in Mumbai has become a speedway for car owners, with cars speeding above 80km/h during peak hours on a prescribed limit of 50km/h.
Smoking in public
Avoid smoking in public places, including malls and college campuses. Photograph: Beawiharta Beawiharta/Reuters
No, you can't smoke at a bus stop. Nor at a train station. Nor even inside a taxi or an auto-rickshaw even if you’re the sole person riding it.
Smoking in public places is banned.
And in this context 'public places' means cinemas, offices, hotels, restaurants, markets, shopping malls, hospitals, college campuses, parks, bars and clubs.
You're allowed to smoke only on roads, inside your house and vehicle, and other places with a designated smoking area.
Internet piracy
It is against the law to download movies off the internet. Photograph: Vivek Prakash/Reuters
Globally, India is one of the largest hubs for online piracy.
Downloading movies, music and copyright content from the internet is absolutely against the Indian copyright law, as are uploading copyright content to the web.
By the way, saving images off the web, uploading them elsewhere like Reddit, making memes out of them, using them in your projects, etc are illegal too.
That image does not belong to you; its copyright belongs to someone else, so you can’t profit from it without their permission.
Littering
You could be fined for littering in public places. Photograph: Juan Carlos Ulate/Reuters
The Indian mentality -- if it isn't useful, toss it out.
Littering the streets is an offence is certain cities in India.
Throwing garbage, spitting or urinating in public places could get you caught and burden you with a heavy fine coupled with an intense lecture from your local sweeper or municipal official on why keeping streets clean is important.
Helmetless rides
Speeding is a traffic offence. Photograph: Mohamed Al Hwaity/Reuters
The thrill of riding with the breeze in your hair and the city speeding by is simply out of this world and also absolutely illegal.
Under Section 129 (read with Section 177) of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988, it is compulsory to wear protective headgear while riding a bike.
In Delhi, even the pillion rider must wear a helmet.
Reiterating the traffic police’s much loved road safety campaigns, 'Raavan had 10 heads, you have only 1, so wear a helmet!'
Photograph: Saad Shalash/Reuters
Singing 'Happy Birthday to You' in public
You must resist the temptation to sing 'Happy Birthday' in public. Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters
That birthday song you wait for every year is under copyright!
Corporate bigwig Warner Music owns the copyright and has made illegal any public performance of the song.
Can you sing it in a house with only family and a handful of close friends around? Sure.
In your college campus? Nope.
On the streets? No way.
The next time you want to loudly serenade your friend on their birthday, think about paying royalties to Warner.
That explains why nobody sings the song in films and TV shows.
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
CBEC ISSUED CR NOTIFICATION ON CENTRAL EXCISE AND SERVICE TAX EFECTIVE FROM 15.10.2014
[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 CENTRAL BOARD OF EXCISE AND CUSTOMS
NOTIFICATION NO
29/2014-CX (N.T.), Dated : September 16, 2014
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government hereby delegates the powers of the Central Board of Excise and Customs under rule 3 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, to the Principal Chief Commissioner of Central Excise or the Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, to specify within his jurisdiction, the jurisdiction of a Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals) or a Commissioner of Central Excise (Audit) and the jurisdiction of such Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals) or Commissioner of Central Excise (Audit) shall be limited to the jurisdiction so specified.
2. This notification shall come into force on 15 th October, 2014.
[F.No.96 /42 /2014-CX.1]
(Pankaj Jain)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
[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 CENTRAL BOARD OF EXCISE AND CUSTOMS
NOTIFICATION NO
28/2014-CX (N.T.), Dated : September 16, 2014
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of section 2 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) read with sub-rule (1) of rule 3 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), namely:-
“Table
2. This notification shall come into force on 15 th October, 2014.
[F.No. 96/42/2014-CX.1]
(Pankaj Jain)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Foot Note:- 1. The principal notification no. 38/2001-Central Excise (N.T), dated the 26 th June, 2001 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number GSR 467( E) dated the 26 th June, 2001 and last amended vide notification no. 8/2013-Central Excise (N.T.) dated the 23 rd May, 2013 vide number GSR 336(E) dated the 23 rd May, 2013.
2. The principal notification no. 28/2008-Central Excise (N.T.) dated the 5 th June, 2008 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number GSR 431(E) dated the 5 th June, 2008.
[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 CENTRAL BOARD OF EXCISE AND CUSTOMS
NOTIFICATION NO
27/2014–CX (N.T.), Dated : September 16, 2014
In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 3 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002 and in supersession of Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) notification No. 14/2002-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 8 th March, 2002, published vide number G.S.R.182(E), dated the 8 th March, 2002, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby specifies in the Tables below, the jurisdiction of the Principal Chief Commissioners of Central Excise as specified in column (3) of the Tables I(A) and I(B), the jurisdiction of the Chief Commissioners of Central Excise as specified in column (3) of the Tables II(A) and II(B), the jurisdiction of the Principal Commissioners of Central Excise as specified in column (3) of Table III(A), the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of Central Excise as specified in column (3) of Table III(B), the jurisdiction of Commissioners of Central Excise (Appeal) or the Commissioners of Central Excise ( Audit ) as specified in column (3) of Table IV and appoints the officers specified in columns (2) and (3) of Table V and the subordinate officers posted under them as Central Excise Officers having jurisdiction over the Central Excise assessees registered in the territorial jurisdiction of the Principal Commissioners or the Commissioners of Central Excise, as the case may be, specified in column (4) of the said Table, for the purposes of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) and the rules made there under, namely :-
Table-I(A)
Table-I(B)
Table-II(A)
Table-II(B)
Table III(A)
Table III(B)
Table-IV
Table V
Provided that the jurisdiction of the Principal Commissioner or the Commissioner of Central Excise specified in Table-III(A) or Table-III(B) under whose jurisdiction there is an assessee who has obtained a centralised registration for more than one premises in terms of the notification issued under rule 9 of Central Excise Rules, 2002, shall also extend to the jurisdiction of such other Principal Commissioner or Commissioner of Central Excise specified in Table-III(A) or Table III(B) in whose jurisdiction the premises other than the centrally registered premises of the said assessee are located.
2) This notification shall come into force on 15 th October, 2014.
[F.No. 96/42/2014–CX.1]
(Pankaj Jain)
Under Secretary to the Government of India |