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PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA 38 DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES, LAW AND JUSTICE THIRTY EIGHTH REPORT ON DEMANDS FOR GRANTS (2010-11) OF THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS _____________________________________________________________________ (PRESENTED TO THE RAJYA SABHA ON 29th APRIL, 2010) (LAID ON THE TABLE OF THE LOK SABHA ON 29th APRIL, 2010) RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI APRIL, 2010 / VAISAKHA 1932 (SAKA) 1 CS (P & L) - …… PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES, LAW AND JUSTICE THIRTY EIGHTH REPORT ON DEMANDS FOR GRANTS (2010-11) OF THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (PRESENTED TO THE RAJYA SABHA ON 29th APRIL, 2010) (LAID ON THE TABLE OF THE LOK SABHA ON 29th APRIL, 2010) RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI APRIL, 2010/ VAISAKHA 1932 (SAKA) 2 C O N T E N T S PAGES 1. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (i) 2. INTRODUCTION (ii) - (iii) 3. REPORT 1-72 CHAPTER – I OVERVIEW OF THE MINISTRY CHAPTER—II OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF THE DEMANDS FOR GRANTS OF THE MINISTRY CHAPTER –III MAJOR INITIATIVES, POLICIES AND SCHEMES OF THE MINISTRY • DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING (i) UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (ii) CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (iii) CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL (iv) STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION (v) LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ADMINISTRATION (vi) KENDRIYA BHANDAR (vii) CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSION (viii) CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION • DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS AND PUBLIC GRIEVANCES • DEPARTMENT OF PENSION AND PENSIONERS' WELFARE * 4. RELEVANT MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE * To be appended at printing stage. 3 COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE 1. Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan Chairperson RAJYA SABHA 2. Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi 3. Shri Shantaram Laxman Naik 4. Shri Balavant alias Bal Apte 5. Shri Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala 6. Shri Virendra Bhatia 7. Shri Tiruchi Siva 8. Sardar Tarlochan Singh 9. Shri Parimal Nathwani 10. Shri H.K. Dua LOK SABHA 11. Shri Bhajan Lal 12. Shri N.S.V. Chitthan 13. Smt. Deepa Dasmunsi 14. Smt. Jyoti Dhurve 15. Shri D.B. Chandre Gowda 16. Dr. Monazir Hassan 17. Shri Syed Shahnawaz Hussain 18. Smt. Chandresh Kumari 19. Shri Lalu Prasad 20. Dr. Kirodi Lal Meena 21. Kumari Meenakshi Natrajan 22. Shri Devji M. Patel 23. Shri Harin Pathak 24. Shri S. Semmalai 25. Shri Shailendra Kumar 26. Shri Vijay Bahadur Singh 27. Dr. (Smt.) Prabha Kishor Taviad 28. Shri Manish Tewari 29. Shri R. Thamaraiselvan 30. Adv. P.T. Thomas (Idukki) 31. Vacant SECRETARIAT Shri Shamsher Singh, Joint Secretary Shri K.P. Singh, Director Shri K.N. Earendra Kumar, Joint Director Smt Niangkhannem Guite, Assistant Director Smt. Catherine John L., Committee Officer (i) 4 INTRODUCTION I, the Chairperson of the Department related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, having been authorised by the Committee to submit the Report on its behalf, do hereby present this Thirty Eighth Report on Demands for Grants (2010-11) pertaining to the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. 2. The Committee heard the views of the Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training; Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances and Department of Pensions & Pensioners' Welfare; Secretary, Union Public Service Commission; Director, Central Bureau of Investigation; Chairman, Staff Selection Commission; Additional Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission, Managing Director, Kendriya Bhandar and Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in its sitting held on 30th March, 2010. 3. The Committee, while making its observations/recommendations, has mainly relied upon the following: - (i) Presentations made by the representatives of the Ministry; (ii) Detailed Demands for Grants of the Ministry for the year 2010-11; (iii) Detailed Demands for Grants of the Union Public Service Commission for the year 2010-11; (iv) Explanatory Notes on the Demands for Grants (2010-11) received from the Ministry; (v) Annual Report of the Ministry for the year 2009-10; (vi) Annual Report of the Union Public Service Commission for the year 2008-09; (vii) Annual Report of the Central Vigilance Commission for the year 2008; (viii) Annual Report of CBI for the year 2009; (ix) Annual Report of Staff Selection Commission for the year 2008; (x) Annual Report of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie for the year 2008-09; (xi) Annual Report of Kendriya Bhandar for the year 2008-09; (xii) Annual Report of Indian Institute of Public Administration for the year 2008-09; (xiii) Annual Report of Central Information Commission for the year 2006-07; (xiv) Written Explanatory Notes on the Demands for Grants (2010-11) submitted by the Departments and attached organizations/offices of the Ministry; (xv) Action Taken Notes on the recommendations of Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice contained in its Thirty First Report on Demands for Grants (2008-09) of the Ministry; (xvi) Written replies furnished by the Ministry on the Questionnaire prepared by the Secretariat; and (xvii) Written clarification furnished by the Ministry to the points/issues raised by Members in the meeting of the Committee. (ii) 5 4. The Committee thanks the Secretaries in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and the officers of the organizations for deposing before the Committee and also for making available the papers for its consideration. 5. The Committee considered and adopted the Report at its meeting held on 27th April, 2010. 6. For the facility of reference and convenience, the observations and recommendations of the Committee have been printed in bold letters in the body of the Report. NEW DELHI; JAYANTHI NATARAJAN 27th April, 2010. Chairperson, Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice (iii) 6 R E P O R T CHAPTER I OVERVIEW OF THE MINISTRY 1.0. The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions is the coordinating agency of the Central Government in all personnel matters, especially in respect of issues concerning recruitment, training, career development, staff welfare and the post retirement dispensation. The Ministry also works towards promotion of responsive, people-oriented and modern administration. 1.1. This Ministry is under the over all charge of the Prime Minister, assisted by a Minister of State and two Secretaries, who are assisted by three Additional Secretaries, five Joint Secretaries and other supporting officers and staff. 1.2. The Ministry comprises following three Departments: (i) Department of Personnel and Training; (ii) Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances; and (iii) Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare. 7 DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING 2.0. The role of the Department of Personnel and Training can be conceptually divided into two parts. In its larger nodal role, it acts as the formulator of policies and the watchdog of the Government to ensure that certain accepted standards and norms pertaining to recruitment, regulation of service conditions and deputation of personnel as well as other related issues, as laid down by it, are followed by all ministries / departments. Towards this end, guidelines have been issued by it for the benefit of all ministries/departments. The implementation of these guidelines is also monitored by the Department. 2.1. The Department advises all organisations of the Government of India on issues of Personnel Management. The Department has the direct responsibility of being the cadre controlling authority for the Indian Administrative Service(IAS) and the Central Secretariat Service (CSS), Central Secretariat Stenographer Service (CSSS) and Central Secretariat Clerical Service (CSCS). It also operates the Central Staffing Scheme under which suitable officers from All India Services and Group ‘A’ Central Services are selected and then placed in posts at the levels of Deputy Secretary/ Director and Joint Secretary, on the basis of tenure deputation. The Department also deals with cases of appointment to the posts of Chairman, Managing Director, full time functional Directors /Members of the Boards of 8 Management of various Public Sector Undertakings/Enterprises, Corporations, Banks and Financial Institutions. It also looks into the assignment of Indian experts to various developing countries. 2.2. This Department is headed by Secretary (Personnel) and has six divisions namely:- (i) Establishment Officer; (ii) Services and Vigilance; (iii) Establishment; (iv) Administrative Tribunal and Administration; (v) Training; and (vi) Central Services. 2.3. The Department also has under its administrative control four attached offices, namely: (i) Staff Selection Commission (SSC) : Set up by a Resolution of the Government and is entrusted with conducting of examinations for recruitment of non- Gazetted staff in Group ‘B’ and ‘C’ categories in Central Ministries/Departments etc.; (ii) Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM): Provides induction as well as in - service training to members of the Central Secretariat Service; 9 (iii) Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration(LBSNAA),Mussoorie: Responsible for providing induction training to the recruits of the Indian Administrative Service, other All India Services and Central Services and professional