ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018 A n n u a l R e p o r t 2 0 1 7 - 1 8 MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS GOVERNMENT OF INDIA GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Design-2 ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Government of India CONTENTS List of Chapters Page Nos. Vision and Mission Executive Summary DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING 1 Overview 1 2 Major Initiatives/Achievements/Events during the year 7 3 Personnel Policies 25 4 Reservation in the Central Government services 47 5 Cadre Management 54 a) Indian Administrative Service (IAS) 54 b) Central Secretariat Service (CSS) 60 c) Central Secretariat Stenographer Service (CSSS) 65 d) Central Secretariat Clerical Service (CSCS) 68 e) State Reorganization 69 6 Senior Appointments under Government of India 72 7 Training Policy and Programmes 77 8 Training Institutions 86 9 Administrative Vigilance Division 106 10 International Cooperation 119 11 Central Bureau of Investigation 123 12 Joint Consultative Machinery 134 13 Administrative Tribunals 136 14 Staff Welfare 142 15 Right to Information 151 16 Grievance Redressal Mechanism & Citizens’ Charter 157 17 Progressive Use of Hindi in Offi cial Works 159 18 Financial Management 163 19 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS AND PUBLIC 169 GRIEVANCES 20 Administrative Reforms 176 21 Public Grievances 179 22 Organisation and Methods Division 186 List of Chapters Page Nos. 23 E-Governance 188 24 International Exchange & Cooperation (IE&C) 192 25 Documentation and Dissemination Division (D&D) 198 26 Hindi Section 203 27 DEPARTMENT OF PENSIONS AND PENSIONSERS’ WELFARE 204 ANNEXURES 219 28 Department of Personnel and Training 221 Annexure I – Incumbency Position of Under Secretary level Offi cers and above in DoPT 29 Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances 225 (DARPG) Annexure II – Organisational Chart of DARPG Annexure III – Incumbency position of Under Secretary level offi cers and 226 above in DARPG Annexure IV – Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace 227 Annexure V – Welfare of SC, ST, OBC and Person with Disability(PWD) 228 30 Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare 229 Annexure VI – Organisation Chart Annexure VII – Incumbency Position of Group ‘A’ offi cers in D/o PPW 230 Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel & Training Vision To create an enabling environment for the development and management of Human Resources of the Government for effi cient, effective, accountable, responsive and transparent and ethical governance. Mission Development and management of government personnel by attracting the best talent, providing excellent career advancement opportunities, encouraging competence and innovation, adopting a dynamic framework of personnel policies and procedures, ensuring capacity building at all levels, inculcating and supporting a culture of transparency, accountability and zero tolerance of corruption in public affairs, and institutionalizing a system of continuous and constructive engagement with stake-holders to make the public services in India more effi cient, effective, accountable and responsive. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions is the nodal Ministry responsible for 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. The Ministry comprises three Departments: (i) Department of Personnel and Training (DoP&T) (ii) Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) (iii) Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare (DPPW) Department of Personnel & Training Various wings of DoP&T are as under: Establishment Offi cer’s (EO) Wing Services & Vigilance (S&V) Wing Establishment (Estt.) Wing Training (Trg.) Wing Administration Wing The Establishment Offi cer’s Wing deals with the matter relating to senior appointments under the Government of India requiring approval of the ACC. The Services & Vigilance Wing handles matters relating to Administration of Rules on all the service matters in respect of All India Services and acts as the nodal agency in the arena of vigilance and anti–corruption. This wing in addition to governing the implementation of RTI Act, also handles the administrative matters relating to the Administrative Tribunals and Central Information Commission. This wing also handles the work related to Cadre Restructuring in respect of the other Central Services. The Establishment Wing is responsible for framing and revising rules and regulations regarding service conditions of the employees and personnel policies of the Central Government employees other than All India Service Offi cers. This wing also handles the work related to Reservation Policy of the Government, Joint Consultative Machinery (JCA) and Civil Services Offi cers’ Institute (CSOI). The Training Wing acts as the nodal agency for training of Government functionaries and is primarily responsible for formulating policies with regard to training. Administration Wing deals with the matters related to Cadre Management of the Central Secretariat Service, Central Secretariat Stenographers Service and the Central Secretariat Clerical Service. This wing also handles the administrative matters relating to the State Reorganization and Welfare Activities for benefi t of the employees of the Government except CSOI. The Department of Personnel & Training also handles the administrative work relating to the following Institutions: - • Union Public Service Commission • Central Vigilance Commission • Lokpal • Central Administrative Tribunals • Central Information Commission • Central Bureau of Investigation • Staff Selection Commission • Public Enterprises Selection Board • Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration • Institute of Secretariat Training & Management Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances is the nodal agency of the Government of India for administrative reforms as well as redressal of public grievances relating to the States in general and those pertaining to the Central Government agencies in particular. The Department endeavours to document and disseminate successful governance practices by way of audio-visual media and publications. The Department also undertakes activities in the fi eld of international exchange and cooperation to promote public service reforms. There are 7 Divisions in the Department namely Administrative Reforms, Organization & Methods, E-Governance, Documentation & Dissemination, International Cooperation, Administration & Coordination and Public Grievances. Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare was set up in 1985 as part of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions to formulate policy and coordination of matters relating to retirement benefi ts of Central Government employees (except Defence, Railway and Post & Telecommunication Pensioners). 1 OVERVIEW CHAPTER 1.0 The Department of Personnel and upliftment and welfare of the Scheduled Castes Training acts as the formulator of policies and Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes pertaining to recruitment, regulation of service and Persons with Disabilities, the Department conditions, and deputation of personnel frames policies to provide reservation to these besides advising all organizations of the Central groups in various Central Government services Government on issues pertaining to personnel and for monitoring its implementation. management. The Organizational chart of the Department is at next page. Cadre Management (Chapter 5) 1.4 This Department is responsible for Major Initiatives / Achievements / management of the cadres of All India Services Events during the year (Chapter 2) (AIS) (IAS, IPS and IFS) and all three Secretariat 1.1 Major Initiatives/Achievements during Services namely Central Secretariat Services the period January 2017 - January, 2018 have (CSS), Central Secretariat Stenographers’ been brought out in Chapter 2. Services (CSSS) and Central Secretariat Clerical Services (CSCS). In addition, this Department Personnel Policies (Chapter 3) frames and also revises Rules and Regulations 1.2 The Department is responsible for regarding conditions of the All India Services, framing rules and regulations governing such as Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian service conditions including recruitment Forest Service (IFS), in consultation with the rules, promotions and seniority, Flexible Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Complementing Scheme, Leave Travel Environment, Forest and Climate Change Concession, deputation and Child Care Leave respectively. This Department is also responsible of employees. Personnel are recruited for the for cadre review of 61 Central Group ‘A’ Central Government by the Union Public Service Services on a periodic basis. Commission through competitive examinations Senior Appointments under the conducted by them for appointments to higher civil services and through the Staff Selection Government of India (Chapter 6) Commission of non-gazetted staff in Group ‘B’ 1.5 The Department deals with & ‘C’ categories. appointments at senior level and personnel policies of the Government of India. All Reservation (Chapter 4) proposals for senior appointments under