Hooky players to face music: GOvt
New Delhi: With its staff back to their old ways, the Government has directed them to strictly observe punctuality in attendance. All Ministries and Departments besides autonomous bodies, CBI, the lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha Secretariats and the Union Territories administrations have been asked to issue necessary directions to all employees at all levels to mark their attendance in the Biometric Attendance System (BAS) portal on regular basis. It reiterated that the BAS is only an enabling platform and there is no change in the instructions relating to office hours, late attendance among others. Citing provisions under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Centre pointed out that disciplinary action may be taken against all latecomers.
Rlys to float tenders to procure solar power
New Delhi: Indian Railways will float tenders to procure at least 200 mega watt of solar energy in the next two months, a step which will promote use of non-conventional energy in its daily functioning. Union Minister of State for Railways Manoj Kumar Sinha said the Centre is currently working out details of the plan. The tender is part of the Railways’ plan to procure 1,000 mega watt of solar energy in next five years.
Now, sms alerts on train cancellation
New Delhi: The Ministry of Railways has started yet another passenger-friendly measure on pilot basis, under which SMS messages would be sent to passengers informing about train cancellation in case the train in which they have booked their tickets for is cancelled due to unavoidable circumstances. Under this pilot project, the SMS messages are being sent to those who are boarding at originating station. later, this will be extended to cover en route station also. This exclusive SMS-based service has been commenced on all-India basis.
Take service-related cases seriously: CBI
New Delhi: The CBI has taken strong exception to its officers not taking seriously service-related litigations filed by their colleagues in CAT and various courts and warned them against seeking repeated adjournments. Asking the officials to pull up their socks, CBI headquarters has asked them to avoid the practice of seeking adjournments in such matters and inform the head office on progress “promptly”. In a circular, Deputy Director (Personnel) has written to all the branches, “A number of cases have been filed by the CBI officers/officials in connection with service matters in various CAT/High Courts. Similarly, the CBI has also filed writ petitions against the orders passed by the CAT/High Courts.”