BSF goes hi-tech a "laser wall"to check infiltration of the India-Pakistan border.

BSF goes hi-tech to check infiltration

 

The Border Security Force is using Underground Sensors (UGS), a "laser wall" and "smart fencing", a system comprising modern surveillance equipment, along the unfenced areas of the India-Pakistan border to check infiltration.

The developments came to light on the sidelines of the BSF's annual press conference held on the force's 50th anniversary. The BSF was constituted on December 1, 1965, and the force claims that they are currently the world's largest border guarding force.

"Smart fencing" has been developed by the BSF's Research and Development (R&D) team, while the UGS and the "laser wall" have been procured. About 85 per cent of the India-Pakistan border is fenced, while about 70 to 80 kilometre along the border in Gujarat remains unfenced, according to the BSF.

"Fencing is not in some areas, because of the non-acquisition of the land for it,” said BSF Director General DK Pathak.

He said there had been no infiltration by militants along the International Boundary (IB) in Jammu for three years.

The UGS is placed two to three feet below the ground. "When a person steps over it, the UGS sends an alarm to the screen of the system at the control centre. The person who is watching the screen sends someone to examine what has caused the alarm to go off," said a BSF source.

"Smart fencing" consists of three surveillance equipment - the LORROS, Battle Field Surveillance Radar and Hand Held Thermal Imagers. "The company commander sitting at his office can examine if anyone is approaching the zero line (the International Boundary) and has crossed it. It has been installed along a four kilometre stretch along the IB in Punjab and an equally long stretch in Jammu," said Pathak, adding that "laser wall" was being used along the IB in Jammu. "If anyone passes through the wall, it sounds an alarm," he said.

The new gadgets

 

    Underground Sensors are placed two to three feet below the ground. "When a person steps over it, the UGS sends an alarm to the screen of the system at the control centre," said a BSF source

 

    Smart fencing consists of three surveillance equipment. "The company commander sitting at his office can examine if anyone is approaching the zero line (the International Boundary) and has crossed it," said BSF Director General DK Pathak

 

    Laser wall is being used along the IB in Jammu. "If anyone passes through the wall, it sounds an alarm," Pathak said

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Permission for Commercial Employment after Retirement of CG Employees

                                                            No. 27012/3/2014-Estt (A)

                                                                Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

(Department of Personnel and Training)

 

North Block, New Delhi the 19th November, 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Procedure for grant of permission to the pensioners for commercial employment after retirement — revision of Form 25.

The undersigned is directed to refer to Rule 10 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 and to say that retired Government servants proposing to take up commercial employment within a year of retirement are required to seek permission from the Government. They are required to apply for permission in Form 25 of CCS(Pension) Rules. Form 25 prescribed under the said rule has since been reviewed with a view to simplify the procedure. The revised Form 25 is enclosed.

2. The revised form incorporates the conditions prescribed in clauses (b) to (f) of sub-Rule 3 of Rule 10. There is now no requirement for obtaining an affidavit as prescribed in Para 2(d) of this Departments’ 0M No. 27012/5/2000-Estt.(A) dated 5th December, 2006.

3. All Ministries/Departments are requested to bring this to the notice of all concerned.

4. Formal Notification of Rules will follow.

Sd/-

(G. Jayanthi)

Director

Form Download : Permission to the pensioners for commercial employment – Revision of Form 25

LTC Air Travel for Group ‘B’ & Relaxation for NER, J&K, A&N extended from May 2014

BHARATIYA PRATIRAKSHA MAZDOOR SANGH
(AN ALL INDIA FEDERATION OF DEFENCE WORKERS)
(AN INDUSTRIAL UNIT OF B.M.S.)
(RECOGNISED BY MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, GOVT. OF INDIA)

 

REF: BPMS / DoP&T/ LTC / 50 (7/2/R)

Dated: 10.11.2014

 

To,
The Joint Secretary (E),
Govt of India, Min of P, PG & P,
Department of Personnel & Training (Establishment Wing),
North Block, New Delhi – 110001

 

Subject: Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 Relaxation to travel by air to visit NER/ J&K and A&N.

 Reference: DoP&T O.M. No. 31011/3/2014-Estt.(A-IV), dated 26.09.2014
Respected Madam,

With due regards, it is submitted the Govt has issued the OM. cited under reference to travel by air to visit NER, J&K and A&N but the para (iii) of the OM. restricts the facility for Group ‘B’ employees, which is reproduced as under:-

i) All eligible Government servants may avail LTC to visit any place in NER/A&N/J&K against the conversion of one block of their Home Town LT C. Fresh Recruits are also eligible for this benefit against conversion of one of the three Home Towns in a block of four years applicable to them.

 

(ii) Government servants entitled to travel by air can avail this LT C from their Headquarters in Economy class.

 

(iii) Government servants not entitled to travel by air may be permitted to travel by air in Economy class in the following sectors:

a. Between Kolkata/ Guwahati and any place in NERb. Between Kolkata/ Chermai/ Bhubaneswar and Port Blair.c. Between Delhi / Amritsar and any place in J&K

 

Journey for these non-entitled employees from their Headquarters up to Kolkata/ Guwahati/ Chennai/ Bhubaneswar / Delhi / Amritsar will have to be undertaken as per their entitlement.”

It is worth to mention here that earlier instruction on the subject matter issued vide DoP&T F.No. 31011/412007-Estt.(A), dated 02.05.2008 stipulates as under:

 

 

 

 

“The undersigned is directed to say that in relaxation of CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988, the Government have decided to permit Government servants to travel by air to North Eastern Region on LTC as follows:-

 

(i) Group A and Group B Central Government employees will be entitled to travel by Air from their place of posting or nearest airport to a city in the NER or nearest airport,
(ii) Other categories of employees will be entitled to travel by air to a city in the NER from Guwahati or Kolkata.

 

From above it is being interpreted that earlier the Group ‘B’ Central Government employees were entitled to travel by Air from their place of posting or nearest airport but now only eligible Government servants may travel from their place of posting or nearest airport.

 

Further, vide DoP&T F.No. 31011/4/2007-Estt (A), Dated 30.04.2012 the Air travel relaxation under LTC for NER was extended for 02 yrs from 01.05.2012, i.e., applicable upto 01.05.2014 and vide DoP&T F. No. 31011/2/2003-Estt.A-IV, dated 15.06.2012 the Air travel relaxation under LTC for J&K was extended for 02 yrs from 18.06.2012, i.e., applicable upto 18.06.2014 whereas this order grants the relaxation for air travel w.e.f. 26.09.2014.

 

There are some of the employees who have travelled by Air under LTC in the intervening period, i.e., 01.05.2014 / 18.06.2014 and 26.09.2014 in anticipation of extension of such relaxation as per prevailing practice. To mitigate the financial hardships of such employees, the DoP&T O.M. No. 31011/ 3/ 2014-Estt.(A-IV), dated 26.09.2014 should have retrospective effect, i.e., 01.05.2014.

 

Therefore, you are requested to issue necessary clarification so that the Group ‘B’ employees may be entitled to travel by Air from their place of posting or nearest airport and reimbursement claim submitted by the employees who have travelled by Air under LTC in the intervening period, i.e., 01.05.2014 / 18.06.2014 and 26.09.2014 may be allowed as one time relaxation.

 

Thanking you.
Sincerely yours
SADHU SINGH
Member, National Council (JCM)

Digital Life Certificate for Pensioners-PM launches Jeevan Pramaan

Huge relief for senior citizens who have to produce Life Certificates each year to continue receiving pension

 

 

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today launched “Jeevan Pramaan” – an “Aadhar-based Digital Life Certificate” for pensioners, in a move that could eventually benefit over a crore pensioners. The Prime Minister said that after the push towards self-certification, this digital life certificate was another enabling mechanism which would benefit the common man.

 

The proposed digital certification will do away with the requirement of a pensioner having

 to submit a physical Life Certificate in November each year, in order to ensure continuity of pension being credited into his account. The Department of Electronics and IT has developed a software application which will enable the recording of the pensioner’s Aadhar number and biometric details from his mobile device or computer, by plugging in a biometric reading device.

 

 Key details of the pensioner, including date, time, and biometric information will be uploaded to a central database on real-time basis, ultimately enabling the Pension Disbursing Agency to access a Digital Life Certificate. This will conclusively establish that the pensioner was alive at the time of authentication.

 

 

The earlier requirement entailed that a pensioner either personally presents himself before the Pension Disbursing Agency, or submits a Life Certificate issued by authorities specified by the Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO).

 

 

At present, 50 lakh individuals draw pension from the Central Government alone. A similar number draw pension from State and Union Territory Governments. Several PSUs also provide pension benefits. Over 25 lakh retired personnel draw pension from the Armed Forces. The Aadhar-Based Digital Life Certificate will go a long way in reducing hardship which so many senior citizens have to go through to produce a Life Certificate every year.

 

 

The software application system will be made available to pensioners and other stakeholders on a large scale at no extra cost. It can be operated on a personal computer or a smartphone, along with an inexpensive biometric reading device. This facility will also be made available at Common Service Centres being operated under the National e-Governance Plan, for the benefit of pension

Pre-retirement Counseling for BSF Personnel

                                                       “Training of Trainers”

Under the initiative ‘Sankalpi the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare organizes Pre-retirement Counseling (PRC) workshop for the benefits of retiring employees of the Government of India as a welfare measure. Accordingly the tentative Schedule Programme for conducting the Pre-retirement Counseling for BSF at different places are as follows:

Accordingly, the “PRC” along with “Training of Trainers” is scheduled to be held on 28th October, 2014 at BSF Frontier, Jalandhar.

 

Place	Month
I . Jalandhar	October, 2014
Srinagar	November, 2014
BSFAcademy, Tekanpur, Gwalior	December, 2014
Jodhpur	January, 2015
Gandhinagar	February, 2015
Kolkatta	March, 2015

Accordingly, the “PRC” along with “Training of Trainers” is scheduled to be held on 28th October, 2014 at BSF Frontier, Jalandhar.

GRANT OF HRA TO ON TRANSFER – INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING

GRANT OF HRA TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ON TRANSFER FROM ONE STATION TO ANOTHER – INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING

 

 

Tele : 23012408
No. A/81397/DGQA/ADM/RMD (CW)

9 Oct 2014

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
DGQA/ADM/RMD (CW)

 

GRANT OF HRA TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ON TRANSFER FROM ONE STATION TO ANOTHER – INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING

1. As per the instructions contained in Min of finance (Departments of Expenditure) OM No. 11014/2/Ell(B)/82 dt 19 Mar 1983 read in conjunction with Min of Finance OM No. F2(37)-Ell(B)/64 dt 27 Nov 1965, ” A Government servant, who, on transfer, has been permitted to retain Government accommodation at the old station on payment of normal rent or penal rent or retains Government accommodation unauthorisedly on payment of market rent etc, will not be entitled to HRA at the new station for the period beyond 8 months from the date of his transfer”.

 

2. It may be ensured that the provisions and procedures for claiming HRA as per MoF letters under reference and after obtaining NAC as governed by SRO-31 for DGQA Pool of Accommodation.

 

3. This may be disseminated to all Establishments under your control for information and necessary action.

 

4. This has the approval of DGQA.

(OP Singh)
Col
Dir (Works)

MACP ON PROMOTIONAL HIERARCHY-STEERING COMMITTEE CONSTITUTED

 

MINUTES OF THE MEETING CONDUCTED ON MACP ON PROMOTIONAL HIERARCHY DATED 25TH SEPTEMBER 2014 AT NEW DELHI

 

A meeting of the organizations/individuals who won the cases of MACP on promotional hierarchy in principal CAT/High Courts and other Associations, demanding to grant MACP on promotional hierarchy was convened on 25/09/2014 at NFPE office, North Avenue Post Office to discuss and decide the course of action to be taken to defend the SLP filed by the DoPT against the MACP cases of MV Mohanan Nair of Ernakulam CAT, Babu Ram, Reeta Devi and Dirender Singh of CAT Chandigarh.

 

The following persons/organisations were present in the meeting.

 

1.	B S Negi	All India CPWD Engineers Association
2.	R.K. Singh	All India CPWD Engineers Association
3.	Sanjay Kumar	Ministry of Defence
4.	R.M.S. Pillai	Survey of India
5.	A S Bhatnagar	Survey of India
6.	Vijayendra Kumar	Survey of India
7.	R.K.  Shrivastava	All India CPWD Office Staff Association
8.	Madhav Goswami	All India CPWD Office Staff Association
9.	D P Singh	AE © CCW AIR
10.	V M Tripathi	AE © CCW AIR Min. of I & B
11.	Pranjit Singh Sethi	Kendriya Vidhyalaya Sangathan
12.	Hamed Husain	DPR, Ministry of Defence
13.	Rohit Jain	Indian Ordinance Factory Gazetted Officers Association.
14.	Om Prakash	NCERT New Delhi
15.	Sunil Kumar	NCERT New Delhi
16.	Yogiraj Chandiliya	Kendriya Vidhyalaya
17.	Bhupendra Singh	CPWD Engineers Association
18.	P R Charan Babu	CPWD Engineers Association
19.	P Surender nath	Defence
20.	R Ramesh Chawdrd	Indian Information Service Association
21.	A S Chaudhary	Statistical Service Officers Association
22.	Subodh Kumar	SOI
23.	H S Bist	SOI
24.	TKR Pillai	All India Association of Administrative Staff (NG), Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

Besides, top leaders of the Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers, namely, Shri S. K Vyas Advisor, Shri M Krishnan, Secretary General, KKN Kutty, President, M S Raja Secretary etc. were present in the meeting. The leaders of Confederation elaborated the presentation before the MACP Anomaly Committee by them and said that the Government is not willing to consider any of the pending demands/anomaly including the anomaly of MACP, the only way left to us, at this stage is to intervene in the SLP pending before the Hon’ble Supreme Court by presenting our case through reputed advocates. The leaders of the Confederation have spelt out the merits and demerits of the MACP. However they are unanimous on the matter of intervening in the SLP filed in the Supreme Court as there is no alternative left with the employees.

 

The meeting discussed the issue in its breadth and length and decided to intervene in the SLP filed by Shri Mohanan Nair which is listed for hearing on 8th of October 2014 after assessing the merits of the case. Otherwise to intervene in the SLP of Shri Babu Ram/Dhirender Singh on its listing for hearing in the Hon’ble Supreme Court.

 

While discussing the course of action to be taken to defend the case and also raising funds for the expenses, All India Ordinance Factory Gazetted Officers Association, CPWD Engineers Association and All India CPWD Engineers Association have assured the meeting to provide one lawyer each at their own expenses to defend the case at Supreme Court. It was also decided that a legal fund to meet the expenses for conducting the case will be raised from the Central Government Employees.

The meeting unanimously decided to constitute a Steering Committee to conduct the case smoothly and elected the following persons as its members:-

 

1.	Shri TKR Pillai	Min. of Statistics & Programme Implementation(MoS&PI)	Convener
2.	Shri  B S Negi	CPWD	Joint Convener
3.	Shri Bhupender Singh	CPWD	Joint Convener
4.	Shri Rohit Jain	Ordinance Factory	Joint Convener
5.	Shri Hamed Husain	Min. of Defense	Member
6.	Shri Sanjay Kumar	Min. of Defense	Member
7.	Shri A Bhatnagar	Survey of India	Member
8.	Shri A S Chaudhary	MoS&PI	Member
9.	Shri Madhav Goswamy	CPWD	Member
10.	Shri Om Prakash	NCERT	Member
11.	Shri D P Singh	AIR	Member

It has decided that a meeting of the steering committee will be held on 27th September in All India CPWD Engineers Association’s Office, IPO New Delhi. It has also decided that Shri B S Negi, Joint Convener will convene meetings of the steering committee/emergency meetings in the absence of Shri TKR Pillai, Convener in Delhi

 

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks
(TKR Pillai)
Convener