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MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS5. IMPORTANT INITIATIVES/DECISIONS:5.1 THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005In order to promote openness, transparency and accountability in administration,Parliament had enacted the Freedom of Information Act, 2002 so as to enable acitizen of India to secure access to information under the control of PublicAuthorities. The National Common Minimum Programme of the Governmentenvisaged that ‘the Right to Information will be made more progressive, participatoryand meaningful’, following which it was decided to repeal the ‘Freedom ofInformation Act, 2002’ and enact a new legislation in its place. Accordingly, ‘theRight to Information Bill, 2004’ was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 23 December,2004. The Bill was passed by both the Houses of Parliament in May 2005 and, onreceiving the assent of the President on 15 June, 2005, the Right to InformationAct, 2005 was notified in the Gazette of India on 21 June, 2005. The Act hasbecome fully operational from 12 October, 2005.5.2 CADRE TRAINING PLANOne of the major events of this year has been the finalization of the Cadre TrainingPlan for the CSS Officers of various grades. It may be stated that a Committee ofSenior Officers was set up in February, 2001 for devising a Comprehensive TrainingPlan for CSS officers. The Committee submitted its Report in February, 2005,making far reaching recommendations. The Report has been examined andapproved by the Hon’ble Minister of State for Personnel with certain modifications.Further, action to implement the various recommendations contained in the Reportof the Committe is being pursued vigorously.5.3 NON-FUNCTIONAL SCALE TO SECTION OFFICERSIt may be stated that the Government’s decision to grant Non-functional Scale toSection Officers of CSS and Private Secretaries of CSSS after 4 years’ approvedservice in the grade w.e.f. 3 October, 2003 is under review vis-à-vis its applicabilityretrospectively, w.e.f. 1 January, 1996 notionally, with actual benefits from3 October, 2003 the date of restructuring of CSS.5.4. CADRE STRUCTURING OF CSSSThe Government had constituted a ‘Group of Officers’ on Cadre Structure of CentralSecretariat Stenographers Service (CSSS) on 16 October, 2003. The Groupsubmitted its report in February, 2004. The recommendations of the ‘Group ofOfficers’ on Cadre Structure of CSSS were considered by the Government and6DOPT AR 2006 PG-1-176N-FINAL.pmd67/15/2006, 11:53 AM
INTRODUCTIONseveral decisions have been taken with the approval of the Cabinet on 16 June,2005. In order to implement/operationalize the decisions taken by the Governmenton Cadre Structure of CSSS, 9 orders have been issued from June to November,2005. With this, orders for operationalization of most of the Government decisionshave been issued. As a result of implementation of the decisions taken by theGovernment, 13 Sr. PPS and 83 PPS have been promoted on ad-hoc basis videOMs dated 6 December, 2005 and 22 December, 2005 respectively.5.5 AMENDMENT OF RULE 37 OF CCS (PENSION) RULESSub-rule (8) of Rule 37 A of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 has been amended tofacilitate employees absorbed in PSU or Autonomous Body to exercise optioneither to get pro rata pensionary benefits or to continue to get combined servicebenefits. Prior to above amendment, employees were eligible for combined servicebenefits only.5.6 PENSIONERS’ PORTALThere are over 37 lakh pensioners of various Ministries/Departments of the CentralGovernment. Ministries/Departments are having a variety of mechanisms forredressal of pensioners’ grievance, which are not uniform and compatible witheach other. Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has accordingly takenup a proposal for putting in place a ‘Pensioners’ Portal’ which would adopt a uniformsystem by harnessing IT resources. The portal will be used for monitoring pensionsanction process of retiring employees as also for registration, redressal andmonitoring of grievances of civilian pensioners (excluding Railways). The Portalwill also provide updated information on pension matters for the guidance ofpensioners.5.7 CAPAM HIGH LEVEL SEIMNAR:The Ministry, at the instance of Commonwealth Association of Public Administrationand Management (CAPAM), hosted a meeting of Public Service Training Institutesin the Commonwealth in the form of a High Level Seminar on 4-5 October, 2005,and the CAPAM Board of Directors’ meeting on 6 October, 2005 in Hotel MauryaSheraton, New Delhi. Secretary (P) as a member of the Board of Directors ofCAPAM in ex officio capacity, on behalf of Government of India, attended the Boardmeeting. The theme of the Seminar was “In Pursuit of Excellence: Developing andMaintaining a High Quality Public Service”. 27 Countries in the Commonwealthparticipated in the High Level Seminar.REPORT 2005 - 2006AL REPORANNUAL7DOPT AR 2006 PG-1-176N-FINAL.pmd77/15/2006, 11:53 AM
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