Irregularities in central government employees fixation of seniority - PIB

                                               

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Irregularities in Fixation of Seniority

21 NOV 2019

The Department of Personnel & Training (DoP&T), being the nodal Department on policy relating to seniority, has prescribed guidelines on determination of seniority in Central Civil Services and Civil Posts, which are to be followed by the Administrative Ministries / Departments.

Whenever complaints regarding fixation of seniority are received, these references are forwarded to the respective Cadre Controlling Authorities with whom the details of the cases are available, for taking appropriate action. Details regarding action taken by the Cadre Controlling Authorities on such references are, however, not maintained centrally.

Wherever clarifications/ interpretation of Rules/Instructions are sought by the Cadre Controlling Authorities, DoP&T renders its advice in respect of such references.

This information was provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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Passenger Amenities and Cleanliness in Trains and Toilets

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Government of India
Ministry of Railways
30 JUL 2018 3:26PM by PIB Delhi

Passenger Amenities and Cleanliness in Trains and Toilets

Provision of adequate passenger amenities and cleanliness is a continuous process and every endeavour is made to keep the coaches including toilets in a clean condition. However, few complaints regarding cleanliness in coaches and foul smell from toilets are received from time to time. Foul smell in bio-toilets is generally due to improper use by passengers. For this, corrective measures are being taken.

            All efforts are made by Indian Railways (IR) to address the complaints enroute and during coaching depot maintenance.

Several initiatives have been taken by IR towards improvement of cleanliness in coaches, including sleeper class coaches. Some of them are listed below:

1. Cleaning of coaches including toilets of trains at both ends including mechanized cleaning.
2. On Board Housekeeping Service (OBHS) has been provided in more than 1000 pairs of trains including Rajdhani, Shatabdi and other important long distance Mail/Express trains for cleaning of coach toilets, doorways, aisles and passenger compartments during the run of the trains.
3. In ‘Clean My Coach’ scheme, for any cleaning requirement in the coach in trains having OBHS service, passenger can send a message through mobile (SMS) on a specified mobile number.  Alternatively, passenger can also use an android app or webpage for logging the request.
4. ‘Clean My Coach’ service is now being upgraded to ‘Coach Mitra’ facility which is a single window interface to register coach related requirements of passengers such as cleaning, disinfection, linen, train lighting, air conditioning and watering of coaches. ‘Coach Mitra’ facility has been introduced in about 900 pairs of trains.
5. Clean Train Station (CTS) scheme has also been prescribed for limited mechanized cleaning attention to identified trains including cleaning of toilets during their scheduled stoppages enroute at nominated stations. 
6. Provision for dustbins is also being made in sleeper class coaches of trains in addition to Air Conditioned Coaches.
7. Provision of mugs with chains has also been made in toilets of sleeper class coaches.
8. Steps are being taken to improve ventilation in bio-toilets and provide dustbin inside toilets. Awareness is being created for proper use of bio-toilets.
9. A third party survey for assessment of cleanliness of 210 important trains is presently being carried out.

This information was given by the Minister of State of Railways Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

Development of Waterways

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Government of India
Ministry of Shipping
30 JUL 2018 5:31PM by PIB Delhi

Development of Waterways

The Minister of State for Shipping, Road Transport and Chemical & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh L Mandaviya in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today informed that theGanga, Yamuna, Narmada, Kaveri, Sone, Gandak and Kosi rivers etc. are among the 111 inland waterways declared as National Waterways (NWs) under the National Waterways Act, 2016.

The Minister said that the Inland Water Transport being a fuel efficient and environment friendly mode of transport, the intent of the Government is to develop shipping and navigation on viable NWs for movement of cargo and passenger vessels. 

The NW-1 on river Ganga, NW-2 on river Brahmaputra, NW-3 in Kerala, NW-4 from Vijaywada to Muktiyala in Andhra Pradesh, NW-9 in Kerala, NW-10 on river Amba in Maharashtra, NW-27, 68 and 111 in Goa, NW-85 in Maharashtra, NW-97 Sunderbans waterways and NW-100 river Tapi are operational.

As of now, the details of National Waterways targeted to be made operational during the next two years is as follows-

Sl. No.	National Waterway	Length	State
1.	NW-53: Kalyan-Thane-Mumbai Waterway, Vasai Creek and Ulhas River System	145	Maharashtra
2.	River Gandak (NW-37):Bhaisalotan Barrage near TriveniGhat to confluence with Ganga river at Hajipur	296	Bihar and UP.
3.	River Rupnarayan (NW-86): Confluence of Dwarkeshwar and Silai rivers (Pratappur) to confluence with Hooghly river (Geonkhali)	72	West Bengal
4.	NW-8:Alappuzha- Changanassery Canal	29	Kerala
5.	NW-16: Barak River (Silchar to Bhanga)	71	Assam

Setting up of LPG Distributors

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Government of India
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
30 JUL 2018 5:38PM by PIB Delhi

Setting up of LPG Distributors

Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan has said that as on 01.07.2018, there are 20585 LPG distributorships in country. With a view to strengthen the LPG distribution infrastructure, Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have advertised 6351 locations including 26 locations in the State of Punjab for selection of new LPG Distributorships under Unified Guidelines for Selection of LPG Distributorships 2016.

In a written reply in Lok Sabha today, he said that new distributors are selected through online process which includes online receipt of application, processing and online draw of lots. Online draw of lots is conducted by M/s Metal Scrap Trade Corporation Ltd.(MSTC), a Public Sector Undertaking under the administrative control of Ministry of Steel, with the assistance of National Informatics Centre(NIC).