Govt employees to soon get health cards

Minister for health and family welfare Naseemuddin Siddiqui said that the government would soon issue health cards for making available better medical facilities to the state employees and pensioners and also for identification of their dependants.

He said that now there would be no need to obtain doctor's verification for getting treatment in government hospitals and medical colleges. An arrangement, he informed, has also been made for government employees to get reimbursement of the expenses incurred for getting treatment in private hospitals.

Alumni meet: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Old Boys' Association, Lucknow branch, is organising a national meet of AMU alumni at Hindi Sansthan auditorium on September 28. Delegates from various states are expected to take part in the meet. A seminar on 'Stress on technical and professional education of Muslims' will also be organised on the occasion.

Body found: A mutilated body of a woman apparently murdered was fished out from river Gomti near Sankalp Vatika under Hazratganj police station area on Monday morning. However, the woman's identity could not be ascertained, as only skull bones were left on the face side while her hands and legs have been eaten by animals.

Party has criticised BSP government for sanctioning Rs two crore for flood affected areas in Purvanchal districts. State SP spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary in a statement said that torrential rains and floods have caused colossal devastation rendering thousands of people homeless.

He said that chief minister Mayawati instead of undertaking a visit of the marooned districts announced a meagre relief of just Rs two crore, which is insufficient for relief and rehabilitation of the people of the flood-affected areas.

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Providing Air Travel Facilities to Personnel of Armed Forces


In consideration of various proposals from Army Headquarters, sanction has been accorded for hiring of 648 charter flights per year to extend Air Travel facility to personnel in Armed Forces to the following destinations:-
S. No.
Route
Total flights per year
1.
Delhi-Leh-Delhi
260
2.
Delhi-Srinagar-Delhi
•208
3.
Delhi-Thoise-Delhi
104
4.
Kolkata-Imphal-Kolkata
52
5.
Chennai-Kolkata-Port Blair and Back
24

TOTAL:
648
These flights are expected to reduce travel time and reduce stress of the troops.
            This information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri Motilal Vora and Shri SatyavratChaturvedi in Rajya Sabha today.

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ESI Hospitals being Allowed for Treatment of General Public

The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has decided that facilities in ESI Hospital having bed occupancy of less than 60% can be opened to non Insured Persons (IPs) on payment of user charges.

For utilization of spare capacity in Employees State Insurance (ESI) Hospitals, a scheme has been framed and circulated to all concerned for implementation.

The Minister of Labour and Employment Shri Mallikarjun Kharge gave this information in reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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Guidelines to Streamline Pension Payment Issued; Banks Advised to Formulate Pension Friendly Measures

Guidelines regarding dealing with pension related matters have been issued by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide their circular dated 1.10.2008. These guidelines, inter-alia, stipulate that to streamline pension payment arranged in banks, it would be necessary to establish and operationalise the Central Pension Processing Centers (CPPCs) at an early date. The arrangement of disbursement of pension through the CPPCs would entail following advantages:

A centralized pension cell in a bank would be in a position to; (a) focus exclusively on pension matters; (b) acquire expertise in payment and calculation matters; (c) interact as a single window with the Government Departments; and (d) ensure accuracy and speedy payments every month and thus avoid innumerable complaints from the pensioner.

Further banks have also been advised to formulate following pensioner friendly measures:-

(i) Consequent on establishment of the CPPCs, pension payment branch would not have any pension related papers and therefore would not be able to settle pensioners’ complaint directly. Banks should evolve a system so that the pensioners have a regular forum for interaction and settlement of grievances;

(ii) At locations outside the CPPC there should be designated nodal Officers for pension related complaints who should be easily accessible to the pensioners and who should hold regular meetings at different locations in their jurisdiction on the lines of Pension Adalat:

(iii) Each bank should establish a toll-fee dedicated pension-line manned by trained persons with access to the database to answer queries, note-down and redress complaints, etc;

(iv) Bank’s internal inspections of its branches should include specific points such as, delays in the start of pension, payments of Dearness Relief, correctness of pension/ family pension etc;

(v) Nodal Officer/ Inspection Officers should randomly contact the pensioners who visit the branch during inspection and check on the quality of service provided or any problem faced by the pensioners;

(vi) Regular training sessions for bank personal dealing with pension maters may be organized in consultation with the concerned Government Department.

Further, the Government advises all Public Sector Banks to attend to the issues concerning pensioners on priority. As and when any grievance of a pensioner is received, the matter is taken up with the concerned bank for expeditious and effective redressal of the same.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance Shri Namo Narain Meena in a written reply to a question raised in Rajya Sabha today.

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Reservation for Ex-Servicemen

There is no provision for earmarking of posts exclusively for ex- servicemen therefore the data on the actual number of reserved posts and unfilled vacancies earmarked for the Ex-servicemen are not maintained. However, percentagewise reservations ranging from 10 to 24.5% of the total available vacancies in Group C & D posts in Government jobs and Public Sector Undertakings have been provided for the willing and eligible Ex- servicemen.

It is the responsibility of concerned organization to fill the vacant posts. However the government endeavours to explore every possible avenue for increasing employment opportunities for the Ex-servicemen through various initiatives including trainings and awareness programmes. Moreover, the State Governments have also been advised to fill up the vacancies reserved for Ex-servicemen expeditiously. Since the Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare has no mandate to monitor the job reservations for Ex-servicemen, the matter has been taken up with Cabinet Secretariat in consultation with Department of Personnel & Training to empower Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare to monitor the same through appropriate changes in relevant rules.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Shri MM Pallam Raju in a written reply to Shri Ananth Kumar and Shri Devji M. Patel in Lok Sabha today.

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Army Central Welfare Fund


Army Central Welfare Fund

Donations are received in Army Central Welfare Fund from citizens ranging from Rs.50/- and above. The amount so received is utilized to pay demise grants to the dependents of retired JCOs and ORs as immediate succour, as also distress grant as financial assistance to those ex- servicemen and dependents living in state of penury. Donations received during last three years under this fund are as under:-
Financial year
Donation Received (Rs)
2008-09
10,84,818.00
2009-10
13,79,862.00
2010-11
18,24,387.58
No financial assistance is given to the martyrs of Kargil War from the above fund. However, the financial assistance is being provided to the dependents of the martyrs of the Kargil War from National Defence Fund (Kargil).
No other scheme has been formulated.
                This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Shri MMPallam Raju in a written reply to Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal and Shri Ashok KumarRawat in Lok Sabha today.


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