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JK Govt Issues Social Media Guidelines For Employees

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SRINAGAR: The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has issued a circular regarding the use of social media by its employees. An elaborate set of guidelines regarding the use of social media by government employees has been notified for strict adherence/compliance. The circular has been issued in compliance with Government Order No. 1646-JK (GAD) of 2017, dated 26.12.2017, and the provisions relating to the issue incorporated in the Jammu and Kashmir Employees Conduct Rules, 1971.
According to the guidelines, no government employee shall, by any utterance, writing or otherwise discuss or criticize in public or in any meeting of any association or body any policy pursued or action taken by the government nor shall he in any manner participate in any such discussion or criticism. Additionally, no government employee shall, in any radio broadcast or in any document published in his own name or anonymously, pseudonymously, or in the name of any other person or in any communication to the press or in any public utterance make any statement of fact or opinion that has the effect of adverse criticism of any current or recent policy or action of the Government of India, Government of Jammu and Kashmir, or any other State Government.
The circular also lists out the activities that are not to be carried out by the employees on social media. It warns that violation of the conduct rules can be punished under rule 30 of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Classification, Control, and Appeal) Rules, 1956. Punishments for violations include censure, fines, withholding of increments and/or promotion, reduction to a lower post and/or time-scale, recovery from pay of the whole or part of any pecuniary loss caused to the government by negligence or breach of orders, premature retirement on proportionate pension, and removal from the service of the state that does not disqualify from future employment.
The circular also cites the Information Technology Act, which makes users liable should they post any incriminating or illegal content or material on social media. The guidelines have been welcomed by citizens, who have expressed hope that the employees will follow them strictly to maintain public trust in the government.

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

March 24, 2023
Amazon deepens tech gloom as 503 firms lay off 1.5 lakh employees

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New Delhi: As Amazon deepened the tech gloom with firing another 9,000 employees (it previously sacked 18,000), over 500 companies have laid off nearly 1.5 lakh workers to date this year.
According to latest data from layoff.fyi, a website that is tracking tech sector job cuts, 503 tech companies have laid off 148,165 employees to date.
After a dismal year for tech companies and startups in 2022 which saw at least 1.6 lakh employees being shown the door, 2023 started on a similar note.
About 1,046 tech companies — from Big Tech to startups — laid off more than 1.61 lakh employees last year.
In January alone, close to 1 lakh tech employees lost jobs globally, dominated by companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Salesforce and others.
Companies in the US cut 77,770 jobs in February, compared to 1,02,943 in January, with technology companies continuing to lead the layoff race, cutting 21,387 jobs last month, accounting for 28 per cent of all cuts.
Last week, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced to sack an additional 10,000 employees via several job cut rounds in the coming months.
The fresh cuts come just four months after he laid off 11,000 employees, or 13 per cent of the company, in November last year.

Zuckerberg said that after restructuring, Meta plans to lift hiring and transfer freezes in each group.
Amazon on Monday announced to lay off another 9,000 employees in Amazon Web Services (AWS), Twitch, advertising, and HR.
The e-commerce giant initially eliminated 18,000 positions in January and as “we completed the second phase of our planning this month, it led us to these additional 9,000 role reductions”.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 21, 2023
In another setback, Amazon to lay off 9,000 employees

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New York: Amazon announced on Monday it will lay off 9, 000 corporate and technology workers, eliminating jobs in addition to the 18,000 job cuts undertaken by the company in the last few months.
“As we’ve just concluded the second phase of our operating plan (OP2) this past week, I’m writing to share that we intend to eliminate about 9,000 more positions in the next few weeks mostly in AWS, PXT (People, Experience, and Technology), Advertising, and Twitch. This was a difficult decision, but one that we think is best for the company long term,” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in a statement.
The 9,000 job cuts, which will be completed by mid to late April, are in addition to the massive 18, 000 layoffs that the company undertook since November last year.
Jassy said that “given the uncertain economy in which we reside, and the uncertainty that exists in the near future, we have chosen to be more streamlined in our costs and headcount” adding that the “overriding tenet of our annual planning” this year was to be leaner.
Jassy acknowledged people may question why the additional 9,000 job cuts were not announced together with the previous lay-offs.
“The short answer is that not all of the teams were done with their analyses in the late fall; and rather than rush through these assessments without the appropriate diligence, we chose to share these decisions as we’ve made them so people had the information as soon as possible,” Jassy said.
Technology giants Google, Microsoft, and Facebook have announced massive job cuts in the last few months, amid global economic uncertainty. Digital consumption soared during the years of the pandemic, prompting companies to diversify portfolios and scale up hiring.
But as consumers cut back on their digital footprint as normalcy returned after the pandemic, companies have been forced to restructure and cut costs.

Last week, Facebook parent Meta said it will lay off another 10,000 workers and will not fill another 5,000 positions, announcing the second round of significant job cuts by the tech major in four months.
The latest move came after Meta slashed approximately 13 percent of its workforce, or 11,000 jobs in November last year, in the single largest round of cuts in the company’s history.
In a Facebook post, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the job cuts will take place “over the next couple of months.”
“We expect to announce restructurings and layoffs in our tech groups in late April, and then our business groups in late May,” he wrote.
In January this year, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the company was slashing 12,000 jobs.
A day before Google’s announcement, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said his company will lay off 10,000 workers, or less than five per cent of its total workforce, as the technology giant aligns its cost structure with revenue and customer demand.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 20, 2023
Maha govt agreeable to OPS, employees call off weeklong strike

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Mumbai: Following a successful round of negotiations with the Maharashtra government, around 18 lakh government employees in the state called off their weeklong indefinite strike to press for the contentious issue of implementing the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), a top leader said here on Monday.
The convenor of the striking unions’ coordination committee, Vishwas Katkar, said that the state government has agreed in principle’ to consider the issue of bringing back OPS, which was discontinued in 2005 owing to various reasons.
The much-awaited discussions were held on Monday afternoon between Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, top state officials, Katkar and other union representatives.
“The government has assured that OPS will definitely be implemented, and our salaries shall not be affected. This has also been given to us in writing… They will also withdraw the show-cause notices issued to the strikers. We will also fully cooperate with the government on this issue,” Katkar told mediapersons.
In view of the positive outcome, Katkar and other leaders said that the strike has been called off with immediate effect and all employees will resume normal duties from Tuesday.
Later on Monday, Shinde informed about the development and reiterated that the government is completely positive towards the employees’ demands.
“We have constituted a committee to examine this matter and its report will be received soon, after which we shall take an appropriate decision,” Shinde said.
The Chief Minister said that all the state government and semi-government employees have been on strike since March 14, while the Maharashtra State Gazetted Officers’ Federation has given a separate notice of strike from March 28.

“After the discussions today, the employees and gazetted officers’ associations have responded positively to our appeal and have decided to withdraw their strike,” said Shinde among thumping of benches by the ruling alliance legislators.
Katkar also thanked the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) for supporting the strikers and raising their issue in the legislature, and appreciated the government for positively considering the staffers’ pending demand on OPS.
From Tuesday, all government, semi-government offices, schools, junior colleges, government hospitals and other departments where Class III-IV employees had gone on strike are expected to resume normal functioning.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 20, 2023
DA Hike Update: Dearness Allowance to central employees

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Central employees and pensioners can get a gift of 4 per cent dearness allowance in Navratri, after which the total DA will increase from 38 per cent to 42 per cent.
This increase in DA and DR will be from January 2023 to June 2023 i.e. for the first half. The new DA can be implemented from January 1, 2023, in such a situation, the arrears of January and February can be given to the employees in April by adding them to the salary of March. This will benefit 50 lakh employees and 65 lakh pensioners.
Central Employee DA Hike Update: There is good news for central employees and pensioners. After the figures of AICPI index, dearness allowance and dearness relief are expected to increase by 4 percent, it is expected that the Modi government at the center may announce DA hike next week, the new DA will be implemented from January 1, 2023. Can be implemented, although not officially confirmed yet.
According to media reports, central employees and pensioners can get a gift of 4 percent dearness allowance in Navratri, after which the total DA will increase from 38 percent to 42 percent. This increase in DA and DR will be from January 2023 to June 2023 i.e. for the first half. The new DA can be implemented from January 1, 2023, in such a situation, the arrears of January and February can be given to the employees in April by adding them to the salary of March. This will benefit 50 lakh employees and 65 lakh pensioners.

Salary will increase from 27000 to 1.20 lakh
If media reports are to be believed then if DA becomes 42% then the employee will get Rs 7,560 as DA. That means he will get Rs 720 more. That is, there will be a benefit of Rs 8,640 per year. If the basic salary of a government employee is Rs 56,000, then DA at the rate of 38% is Rs 21,280. After 4% increase it will become Rs.23,520. There will be a profit of Rs 26,880 annually.
If the basic salary of any employee is Rs 30,000 per month, then his salary will increase by Rs 1200 every month, according to this the annual gross salary will increase by Rs 14,400. If the basic salary of an employee is Rs 2.50 lakh per month, then his The annual salary will increase by Rs 1,20,000.
DA increases twice a year
Actually, the dearness allowance of central employees and pensioners increases twice a year, depending on the AICPI data released by the Labor Ministry. The Modi government increases the DA of employees every six months, Dearness Allowance (DA) is a part of the salary structure of government employees.
In the last half year, the government had increased the DA of central employees by four per cent, after which the DA of the employees had increased from 34 per cent to 38 per cent. At present the central employees are getting the benefit of 38% dearness allowance and dearness relief, after this increase it will be 42%.
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( With inputs from : kashmirpublication.in )

March 20, 2023
Telangana govt reduces work hours for Muslim employees for Ramzan

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Hyderabad: The Telangana government has issued orders permitting all Muslim government employees/contract/out sourcing/boards/ public sector employees to leave offices/schools early by an hour during the month of Ramzan to offer prayers.
The orders will be in force from 23 March to 23 April.
The orders were issued by Chief Secretary Telangana, Santhi Kumari following a representation made by TS – MS Central Association Hyderabad.
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March 20, 2023
AJBRCEA Employees Suspend Strike After 290 Days

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SRINAGAR: All Jammu Based Reserved Category Employees Association (AJBRCEA) suspended its 290 day long strike on Friday at Panama Chowk.
The employees, who were protesting for a comprehensive transfer policy after the targeted killing spree in Kashmir, said that they have been assured of a time bound redressal to their long pending demands by the LG administration.
“We have decided to suspend our ongoing protest for now and we will chalk out a way to resume our duties soon,” the association members said.
We are suspending our peaceful protests on assurances of LG administration that we will be provided with proper accommodation and our security will be taken care of, they said.
“However, our demand for a comprehensive transfer policy will never end and we will keep fighting for it till it is achieved,” AJBRCEA members added.

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

March 18, 2023
Seven Arrested For Illegal Mining, Attacking Govt Employees

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SRINAGAR: Soon after a video went viral on social media, Kulgam Police arrested at least seven people involved in illegal mining and thrashing mining officials as well as lease holders in Khrewan area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said on Saturday.
Sources told the news agency KNO that a video went viral on social media in which the accused people were seen thrashing government employees on duty and lease holders in Khrewan Ashmuji.
They said several mining officials and lease holders suffered injuries in the incident.
The accused were also involved in illegal mining in the area, which is a threat to the environment, they said.
“Acting tough upon the video, Kulgam Police arrested all the seven accused involved in the incident and an FIR has been registered at Kulgam Police Station,” they added. (KNO)

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March 18, 2023
Govt Forms Panels For Verification Of Service Records Of Employees

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SRINAGAR: The government on Friday constituted Committees at Administrative Department Level and District and Directorate Level for verifying the service records in respect of employees in whose cases initial appointment orders are available, albeit, the promotion orders are not available.
The administrative Departmental level Committee will be headed by Special Secretary/Additional Secretary as Chairman, Director Finance/FA&CAO, and Nodal Officer JKHRMS.
District/Directorate level Committee comprises Deputy Commissioner/Head of the Department Concerned as Chairman while the Director of Finance /FA&CAO/Accounts Officer and an officer not below the rank of Deputy Secretary shall be its members, according to a government order, a copy of which lies with GNS.
The committees have been asked to verify the promotions of the employees following their entries recorded in service books vis-a-vis their promotion orders and another service record available with the Department/ Directorates. “The committees shall furnish report along with its recommendations to the Administrative Department on case to case basis, with explicit reasons, where discrepancy concerning promotions is observed,” the order reads, adding, “Salaries shall be drawn only after the approval of concerned Administrative Secretary, in respect of only those employees whose initial appointment orders are available and promotions are in order.”(GNS)

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March 17, 2023
UP electricity employees threaten strike, govt threatens ESMA

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Lucknow: Electricity department employees of Uttar Pradesh have announced a three-day strike starting Thursday night over the selection process for chairman and the managing director in power companies and other issues, including “pay anomalies”.
Taking a tough stand, the government said if the strike creates problems for the public, the government will take action against the protesting employees under the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) and warned of sacking contractual workers who do not return to work.
It also said action would be initiated under the National Security Act in case vandalism occurs during demonstrations.
The employees began their protest under the umbrella of Vidyut Karmacharis Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti, a union of electricity department employees, on Wednesday and held demonstrations across the state on Thursday.
About 1 lakh employees would participate in the strike starting at 10 pm, Samiti Convenor Shailendra Dubey told PTI.
Dubey said the government and the employees had agreed on some points on December 23 last year but several of those have not been implemented even after three months.
He claimed the government had agreed that the chairman and the managing director of the power companies would be selected through a committee headed by the chief secretary but these posts are now being filled on the basis of transfers.
Some other points of the agreement yet to be fulfilled are implementation of the Power Sector Employees Protection Act, stopping outsourcing of operation and maintenance of power sub-stations for transmission, equal honorarium for different corporations, revision of allowances and removal of salary anomalies, he said.

The samiti office-bearers say the employees were forced to go on strike because of the “stubbornness” of the top management of energy corporations. Those who would go on strike include engineers, junior engineers, technicians, operating staff, clerical and contractual employees, they added.
In a late evening press conference, State Energy Minister Arvind Kumar Sharma took a tough stand regarding the strike.
He said if the contractual employees join the strike, they will be sacked. In view of the strike, an alert has been declared across the state. Many employees want to work. If someone stops the power workers from working then action will be taken against such people and if any damage is caused during the strike then action will also be taken under NSA.
The government has made arrangements to keep the state’s electricity system in order, he added.
The power minister said that the government is in talks with the group which has announced the strike.
“We even held a meeting with them today for two hours but they are not ready to listen,” Sharma said.
“However, the government has still kept the door open for talks,” he added.
“He said that the government has taken action on many points of the agreement signed with the electricity workers on December 3. Rest of the points are also being discussed,” he said.
On the other hand, Dubey said after about 23 years, a complete strike of electricity department employees is taking place in the state.
Earlier, employees of emergency services were exempted from boycotting work on different occasions, but this time all 1 lakh employees will participate in the strike, he said.
As per the plan, the employees on strike will boycott work in their respective departments as part of the strike.
Dubey said on the call of the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE), about 27 lakh electricity department employees from across the country have extended support to the strike.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 16, 2023