24x7 School Education Channel

National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) have submitted a proposal for launching 24X7 television channel to cater to the needs of school education and adult literary.

The details are as under:
(i)    Upgradation of equipment
(ii)    Establishing production facilities (studio and communication link with the earth station)
(iii)    Augmenting manpower requirement
(iv)    Development of e-content
(v)    Mapping of programme available with other agencies (Private, NGO and other government agencies)

The Central Institute of Educational Technology, National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi and the National Institute of Open Schooling, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh will be the lead partners. The Department of Adult Education and its sister agencies in the States, State Institutes of Educational Technology, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan, Novodaya Vidyalaya Samiti and other educational agencies in the Centre and the States will be invited to participate and contribute.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Dr. D. Purandeswari, in a written reply to a question, in the Lok Sabha today.

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On-line processing of Recruitment Rules - Formulation/amendment

DOPT ORDERS 2011

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No. AB.14017/63/2007-Estt(RR)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training

New Delhi
Dated the 28th July, 2011

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- On-line processing of Recruitment Rules - Formulation/amendment.

             The Department of Personnel and Training in consultation with NIC has developed a software package for submitting the proposals for framing/amendment of RRs in the on-line process In the first phase, 15 Ministries/Departments had been included and proposals on RRs from these Ministries/Departments are being processed on line before considering them for final approval in the concerned file received physically. A copy of the User Manual on Recruitment Rules Formulation
Amendments Monitoring system (RRFAMS) prepared by the NIC, DOPT is enclosed

2. It is now proposed to extend the software to all the Ministries/Departments for which a Workshop is proposed to be conducted in ISTM during September, 2011 for hands-on experience of the software package. The proposals on framing/amendment of RRs from the Ministries/Departments shall require to be submitted on-line and which shall be examined by this Department on-line. Once it is approved in the on-line system, the files need to be sent along with the printout of the RRs approved for formal approval by this Department.

3. It is requested that the Ministries/Departments may identify the concerned nodal officers (not below the level of Section Officer) who shall be dealing with formulation of Recruitment Rules etc for deputing them to the Workshop alongwith the officers from NIC in the Ministry/Department. The exact dates of the workshop will be intimated soon.

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(Smita
Director)
Director (E.I)

http://persmin.gov.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/14017_63_2007-Estt-RR-28072011.pdf

Amendment in Rule 5 of AIS (Death-Cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958.


THE GAZETTE OF INDIA. EXTRAORDINARY -               [PAST II Sec. 3(í)]



MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Personnel and Training)
NOTIFICATION

New  Delhi, the 28th July, 2011

G.S.R. 585(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of
the All India Services Act. 1951 (61 of 1951), the Central Government, after consultation with  the Governments of the States concerned, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958. namely :—

1  (1) These rules may be caned the All India Services (Death-Cum-Retirement Benefits) Amendment Rules. 2011.

       (2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.In the All India Services (Death-Cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958, in rule 5,after sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:


         (`1A) (I) The Central Government may permit a member of service to withdraw his resignation in the public interest on the following conditions, namely :-


(a) that the resignation was tendered by the member of service for some compelling reasons which did not involve any reflection on his integrity, efficiency or conduct and the request for withdrawal of the resignation has been made as a result of a material change in the circumstances which originally compelled him/her to tender the resignation;

(b) that during the period intervening between the date on which the resignation became effective and the date from which the request for withdrawal was made, the conduct of the member concerned was in no way improper;

(e) that the period of absence from duty between the date on which the resignation became effective and the date on which the member is allowed to resume duty as a result of permission to withdraw the resignation is not more than ninety days

(d) that the post, which was vacated by the member of service on the acceptance of his/he resignation or any other comparable post, is available

(ii) Request for withdrawal of a resignation shall not be accepted by the Central Government where a member of service resigns his/her service or post with a view to taking up an appointment in or under a private commercial company or in or under a corporation or company wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Government or in or under a body controlled or financed by the Government.


(iii) Request for withdrawal of resignation shall not be accepted by the Central Government where a member of the Service resigns from his/her service or post with a view to be associated with, any political parties or any organisation which takes part in politics, or to take part in, or subscribe in aid of, or assist in any other manner, any political movement or political activity or to canvass or otherwise interfere with, or use his/her influence in connection with, or take part in, an election to any legislature or local authority.

(iv) When an order is passed by the Central Government allowing a member to withdraw his/her resignation and to resume duty, the order shall be deemed to include the condonation of interruption in service but the period of interruption shall not count as qualifying service

 

[F No. 24012/10/2010-AIS (II)]

DEEPTI UMASHANKAR, Director (Services)

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