MINUTES OF ANOMALY COMMITTEE MEETING

The anomaly committee meeting in respect of Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS ) was held on 15.03.2011.

The following is the gist of the minutes of the said meeting.

Grant of financial up-gradation in the promotional hierarchy instead of grade pay hierarchy under MACP Scheme

The Staff Side pressed this demand on the ground that the ACP 1999 had become a service condition in respect of all those who were in service as on 31st August 2008. The MACP Scheme being less advantageous could not be imposed upon them. They stated that to resolve this anomaly, the first 2 ACPs may be continued in the promotional hierarchy to be granted after 12 and 24 years of service from the date of induction, the third ACP on completion of 30 years service may be in the grade pay hierarchy.

The official Side did not agree with this proposal. The Staff Side then pointed out that the introduction of MACP Scheme in grade pay hierarchy 10, 20, 30 years of service from the date of induction will result that certain cadres would be placed in the grade pay which are not sanctioned in the structure of the departments and therefore it can not be treated as career progression at all. The official Side wanted the particulars of those cadres which are going to face this problem, so that they could consider how to overcome such anomalies. The Staff Side agreed to provide the necessary information and departments concerned may also be asked to provide such information.

Introduction of MACPS from 1.1.2006

The Staff Side also pressed for introducing MACP Scheme with effect from 1.1.2006 so that those who did not get any benefit under old ACP could at least get the MACP scheme benefit before their retirement during the period from 1.1.2006 to 31.8.2008. The Official Side stated that this item has been closed and concluded and can not be allowed to be opened / reviewed.

The Staff Side then stated that they would like to raise this issue in the meeting of National Anomaly Committee as the joint Committee on MACP Scheme is sub committee of the National Anomaly Committee. The Official Side stated that this may be raised as afresh item in the National Anomaly Committee.

Option to choose either ACP or MACPS:

The Staff Side also wanted that the option to choose ACP or MACP should be given to the individual employees and not the Department. The Official Side also did not agree to reopen this issue which has been concluded in the last meeting.

Ignoring the placement of Artisans of Ministry of Defence from HS grade II to HS grade I for the purpose of MACP Scheme

The Staff Side pointed out that this restructuring by keeping 50% of Artisans in the HS grade I and placing 50% in the HS grade II was by way of placement and therefore it could not be treated as promotion. The Staff Side cited Supreme Court ruling to this effect. However the Official Side did not agree with this. The case of restructuring in IA & AD in 1984 and in organized accounts were also cited in which it was clearly stated that those who are in the higher grade would be treated as placement only those who are promoted later on against vacancies would be treated as promotion. The official Side view was that only in those cases where the entire cadre is placed in the higher pay scale it would not be treated as promotion. This matter will also have to be raised in the meeting of National Anomaly Committee.

Promotion in identical Grade Pay

The decision that the normal promotions are in the same grade pay, they cannot be ignored for purpose off MACP Scheme and the specific cases would be examined separately.

Employees appointed limited competitive examination from lower to higher post may treated as direct recruits in the higher post ignoring the service in the lower posts

The matter is still being considered with reference to old ACP scheme clarification.

Counting of old service in the new establishments for the purpose off MACP

Orders have been issued on 1.11.2010.

Benchmark for financial up gradation under MACP

Orders have been issued on 1.11.2010.

It was agreed that action taken statement would be finalized and circulated so that further discussion thereon can take place in the meeting of National Anomaly Committee.
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SALIENT FEATURES OF JAN LOKPAL BILL

DRAFTED BY JUSTICE SANTOSH HEGDE, PRASHANT BHUSHAN AND ARVIND KEJRIWAL, THIS BILL HAS BEEN REFINED ON THE BASIS OF FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM PUBLIC ON WEBSITE AND AFTER SERIES OF PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS. IT HAS ALSO BEEN VETTED BY AND IS SUPPORTED BY SHANTI BHUSHAN, J M LYNGDOH, KIRAN BEDI, ANNA HAZARE ETC. IT WAS SENT TO THE PM AND ALL CMS ON 1ST DECEMBER.

1. AN INSTITUTION CALLED LOKPAL AT THE CENTRE AND LOKAYUKTA IN EACH STATE WILL BE SET UP

2. LIKE SUPREME COURT AND ELECTION COMMISSION, THEY WILL BE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT OF THE GOVERNMENTS. NO MINISTER OR BUREAUCRAT WILL BE ABLE TO INFLUENCE THEIR INVESTIGATIONS.

3. CASES AGAINST CORRUPT PEOPLE WILL NOT LINGER ON FOR YEARS ANYMORE: INVESTIGATIONS IN ANY CASE WILL HAVE TO BE COMPLETED IN ONE YEAR. TRIAL SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN NEXT ONE YEAR SO THAT THE CORRUPT POLITICIAN, OFFICER OR JUDGE IS SENT TO JAIL WITHIN TWO YEARS.

4. THE LOSS THAT A CORRUPT PERSON CAUSED TO THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE RECOVERED AT THE TIME OF CONVICTION.

5. HOW WILL IT HELP A COMMON CITIZEN: IF ANY WORK OF ANY CITIZEN IS NOT DONE IN PRESCRIBED TIME IN ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LOKPAL WILL IMPOSE FINANCIAL PENALTY ON GUILTY OFFICERS, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN AS COMPENSATION TO THE COMPLAINANT.

6. SO, YOU COULD APPROACH LOKPAL IF YOUR RATION CARD OR PASSPORT OR VOTER CARD IS NOT BEING MADE OR IF POLICE IS NOT REGISTERING YOUR CASE OR ANY OTHER WORK IS NOT BEING DONE IN PRESCRIBED TIME. LOKPAL WILL HAVE TO GET IT DONE IN A MONTH’S TIME. YOU COULD ALSO REPORT ANY CASE OF CORRUPTION TO LOKPAL LIKE RATION BEING SIPHONED OFF, POOR QUALITY ROADS BEEN CONSTRUCTED OR PANCHAYAT FUNDS BEING SIPHONED OFF. LOKPAL WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE ITS INVESTIGATIONS IN A YEAR, TRIAL WILL BE OVER IN NEXT ONE YEAR AND THE GUILTY WILL GO TO JAIL WITHIN TWO YEARS.

7. BUT WON’T THE GOVERNMENT APPOINT CORRUPT AND WEAK PEOPLE AS LOKPAL MEMBERS? THAT WON’T BE POSSIBLE BECAUSE ITS MEMBERS WILL BE SELECTED BY JUDGES, CITIZENS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITIES AND NOT BY POLITICIANS, THROUGH A COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT AND PARTICIPATORY PROCESS.

8. WHAT IF SOME OFFICER IN LOKPAL BECOMES CORRUPT? THE ENTIRE FUNCTIONING OF LOKPAL/ LOKAYUKTA WILL BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT. ANY COMPLAINT AGAINST ANY OFFICER OF LOKPAL SHALL BE INVESTIGATED AND THE OFFICER DISMISSED WITHIN TWO MONTHS.

9. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EXISTING ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCIES? CVC, DEPARTMENTAL VIGILANCE AND ANTI-CORRUPTION BRANCH OF CBI WILL BE MERGED INTO LOKPAL. LOKPAL WILL HAVE COMPLETE POWERS AND MACHINERY TO INDEPENDENTLY INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE ANY OFFICER, JUDGE OR POLITICIAN.

ANNA HAZARE FASTS UNTO DEATH STARTING 5TH APRIL.

HE IS DEMANDING ENACTMENT OF A STRONG ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW - JAN LOKPAL BILL - TO ENSURE SWIFTNESS AND CERTAINTY OF PUNISHMENT TO THE CORRUPT.

WILL HIS FAST HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE DEAF GOVERNMENT OF INDIA?

YES, IT CERTAINLY WOULD. BECAUSE, LAST TIME WHEN ANNA SAT ON FAST -

 • 6 CORRUPT MINISTERS IN MAHARASHTRA HAD TO RESIGN

• 400 CORRUPT OFFICERS WERE DISMISSED FROM JOB

• 2002 - MAHARASHTRA RTI ACT WAS PASSED

• 2006 - CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WITHDREW ITS PROPOSAL TO AMEND CENTRAL RTI ACT.

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HOW NUCLEAR RADIATION EXPOSURE EFFECTS HUMAN BODY

THE TSUNAMI AND EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN HAS DEVASTETED THE NUCLEAR PLANTS AND AS THE FEAR OF NUCLEAR RADIATION BEING RELEASED IN THE AIR RISES SO DOES THE FEAR OF EXPOSURE TO NUCLEAR RADIATION RISES. THE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR RADIATION ON HUMAN BODY IS DEMONSTRATED HERE:-

THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON HUMAN BODY

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JAPAN NUCLEAR RADIATION A POSSIBLE THREAT TO UNITED STATES

A SERIOUS NUCLEAR INCIDENT THAT FOLLOWED FRIDAY'S CATASTROPHIC JAPAN EARTHQUAKE HAS RAISED FEARS OF RADIATION LEAKAGE, A WEATHER-DEPENDENT MATTER THAT COULD HAVE A FAR-REACHING IMPACT.

WERE THERE TO BE A SIGNIFICANT RELEASE OF RADIATION, TRACKING THE FALLOUT WOULD BECOME A METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEM.

JAPAN LIES IN THE MID LATITUDES OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, AS DOES THE UNITED STATES.

LIKEWISE, ITS WEATHER IS DOMINATED BY PREVAILING WESTERLY WINDS, BUT WITH SIGNIFICANT VARIATION NEAR THE EARTH SURFACE. EXACTLY WHERE A HYPOTHETICAL "RADIATION CLOUD", FROM EITHER FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI OR ONAGAWA, WOULD GO SHOULD DEPEND UPON THE WEATHER PATTERN AT THE TIME OF, AND FOLLOWING, THE RELEASE.

MOREOVER, IT SHOULD DEPEND UPON HOW HIGH THE CLOUD ROSE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. THIS IS BECAUSE THE WINDS NORMALLY VARY WIDELY BETWEEN THE NEAR-SURFACE AND THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE, HOME TO THE EASTWARD-FLOWING JET STREAM.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, ANY RADIOACTIVE CLOUD RISING SIGNIFICANTLY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE WOULD TRAVEL ESSENTIALLY EASTWARD AND NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN, EVENTUALLY REACHING NORTH AMERICA ANYWHERE BETWEEN ALASKA AND CALIFORNIA.

THE PRECISE DETAILS AS TO TIMING AND PATH TAKEN WOULD DEPEND UPON THE STATE OF THE ATMOSPHERE AT THE TIME OF THE HYPOTHETICAL RADIATION RELEASE.

ALTHOUGH SUCH A CLOUD WOULD POSE VIRTUALLY NO THREAT WHILE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE, THE FALLOUT AT THE GROUND OF RADIOACTIVE PARTICLES FROM IT SHOULD BE A CONCERN FOR ANY MONITORING AUTHORITY.

A HYPOTHETICAL RELEASE OF RADIATION STAYING NEAR THE GROUND WOULD BE SUBJECT TO LOW-LEVEL WINDS, WHICH ARE MORE PRONE TO VARYING.

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN AREA WINDS BLOW ON SHORE, AND A HYPOTHETICAL RELEASE AMID A SETTING OF ONSHORE WIND WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY BE OF GREAT CONCERN TO AUTHORITIES IN JAPAN.

FOLLOWING FRIDAY'S MAJOR EARTHQUAKE EAST OF JAPAN, FEARS WERE RAISED OF RADIATIONS LEAKS AND NUCLEAR MELTDOWNS AT POWER PLANTS.

RADIATION WAS REPORTED TO BE LEAKING OVER THE WEEKEND FROM THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT FROM ONE OF THE REACTORS THAT HAD LOST ITS COOLING SYSTEM.

CNN REPORTS THAT A COOLING SYSTEM OF A SECOND REACTOR AT THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT FAILED ON SUNDAY, FORCING OFFICIALS TO EXPAND THE EVACUATION ZONE OF SURROUNDING RESIDENTS FROM 10 KM TO 20 KM (6 MILES TO 12 MILES).

COMPLICATING MATTERS, A SECOND HYDROGEN EXPLOSION OCCURRED AT THE PLANT EARLY MONDAY. FRIDAY'S QUAKE AND TSUNAMI DAMAGED TWO NUCLEAR REACTORS AT A POWER PLANT IN THE PREFECTURE, AND AT LEAST ONE OF THEM APPEARED TO BE GOING THROUGH A PARTIAL MELTDOWN, RAISING FEARS OF A RADIATION LEAK.

A STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED ON SUNDAY AT A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN ONAGAWA, JAPAN, AS WELL.

EXCESSIVE RADIATION LEVELS HAVE BEEN RECORDED FOLLOWING FRIDAY'S EARTHQUAKE, ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS' ATOMIC WATCH-DOG AGENCY.

THREE REACTOR UNITS AT THE ONAGAWA PLANT ARE BEING WATCHED AND CONTROLLED FOR RADIATION LEAKS AND POSSIBLE MELTDOWN.

THE WIND DIRECTION MAY IMPACT WHERE THE RADIATION GOES BOTH AT A LOCAL LEVEL AND EVEN ACROSS THE GLOBE. THE WIND DIRECTION AT BOTH OF THESE LOCATIONS ARE SIMILAR SINCE THE ONAGAWA POWER PLANT IS LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF FUKUSHIMA POWER PLANT.

"THE EXACT DIRECTION OF THE WINDS WOULD HAVE TO BE KNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE RELEASE OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF RADIATION TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE THE RADIATION WOULD GO," ACCORDING TO EXPERT SENIOR GLOBAL METEOROLOGIST JIM ANDREWS.

IT IS UNKNOWN WHEN A LARGE RELEASE OF RADIATION WOULD OCCUR, IF AT ALL, AT THIS POINT. "YOU CAN CALCULATE HOW LONG THE RELEASE OF A RADIATION WOULD TAKE TO CROSS THE PACIFIC FROM JAPAN TO THE U.S. BY CHOOSING DIFFERENT SPEEDS THAT THE RADIOACTIVE PARTICLES MIGHT BE MOVING AND USING THE DIRECT DISTANCE BETWEEN GIVEN LOCATIONS- SAY SENDAI, JAPAN, AND SEATTLE, WASH.," ANDREWS ADDED.

HOWEVER, EVEN THAT CALCULATION MAY NOT REFLECT HOW LONG THE PARTICLE WOULD TAKE TO CROSS THE PACIFIC, SINCE IT WOULD NOT LIKELY CROSS THE OCEAN IN A DIRECT PATH. THIS IS THE CASE BECAUSE THE WIND FLOW IS OFTEN A COMPLICATED PATTERN.

A TYPICAL WIND TRAJECTORY ACROSS THE PACIFIC IS WESTERLY, SINCE THERE IS OFTEN A LARGE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PACIFIC AND AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE GULF OF ALASKA.

ANY STORM SYSTEMS MOVING ACROSS THE PACIFIC WOULD ADD KINKS IN THE WESTERLY FLOW THAT WOULD MAKE THE PATH OF A PARTICLE CROSSING THE PACIFIC LONGER. "IN OTHER WORDS, IT WOULD BE A VERY INTRICATE AND DIFFICULT CALCULATION," SAID ANDREWS. "WE ARE GETTING INTO THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE ONSHORE WINDS OCCUR MOST OFTEN," SAID ANDREWS.

THIS IS NOT GOOD NEWS, SINCE AN ONSHORE DIRECTION WOULD BLOW MOST OF THE RADIATION TOWARD POPULATED AREAS.

AN ADDED THREAT IS THAT WITH HIGHER ELEVATIONS JUST ABOUT 4 MILES INLAND FROM THE POWER PLANTS, IF A TEMPERATURE INVERSION SETS UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE, RADIATION COULD BE TRAPPED.

AUTHORITIES HAVE WARNED RESIDENTS TO KEEP WINDOWS AND DOORS CLOSED AND AIR-CONDITIONING FANS SWITCHED OFF TO ELIMINATE THE INTAKE OF AIR FROM OUTSIDE.

CALCULATED TIME FOR RADIOACTIVE PARTICLES TO CROSS THE PACIFIC FROM THE POWER PLANTS IN JAPAN TO BIG WEST COAST CITIES IF THE PARTICLES TAKE A DIRECT PATH AND MOVE AT A SPEED OF 20 MPH:

    CITIES               EST. DISTANCE (MILES)      EST. TIME TO CROSS PACIFIC (DAYS)
ANCHORAGE                3,457                                                                           7
HONOLULU                   3,847                                                                           8
SEATTLE                        4,792                                                                          10
LOS ANGELES              5,477                                                                          11

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