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Date: 2020-12-18 Category: Not Applicable State: Union Government Country: India

Circulars dated 18 December 2020

Issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare · Central Drugs Standard Control Organization

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Executive Summary & Key Takeaways

What it means

  • The circular addresses the irregular attendance and adherence to working hours by contractual functionaries within the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO).
  • It mandates that all contractual employees must adhere to the standard 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM working hours on a 5-day week basis, as was the practice before the lockdown.
  • The circular emphasizes that guidelines issued by the Department of Personnel and Training and the Department of Expenditure related to COVID-19 are not applicable to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and its subordinate offices like CDSCO.

Key Changes

  • Contractual functionaries are now required to attend office during standard working hours (9:30 AM to 6:00 PM) on a 5-day week basis.
  • Remuneration will be deducted for each day of absence for those who do not comply with the attendance requirements.
  • The circular reinforces that CDSCO must function without restrictions, as per the Ministry of Home Affairs guidelines dated 15.04.2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Impact Analysis

Impact on Contractual Functionaries

  • The circular may improve the overall work environment by ensuring consistent staffing levels and reducing workload imbalances.

Impact on CDSCO Divisions

  • The organization's ability to play a proactive role in addressing the COVID-19 crisis will be enhanced.

Suggested Action Items

  • Ensure all employees are aware of the MHA guidelines dated 15.04.2020, clarifying that CDSCO should function without restrictions.

Key Entities Referenced

CDSCO: Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation, the national regulatory body for pharmaceuticals and medical devices in India. Ministry of Home Affairs: The ministry that issued consolidated guidelines on 15.04.2020, clarifying the functioning of Health and Family Welfare offices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Directorate General of Health Services: The parent organization of CDSCO. Deptt. of Personnel and Training and Deptt. of Expenditure: Government departments that issued guidelines for government staff to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, which are not applicable to CDSCO.
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MOST IMMEDIATE F. No.D.21013/22/2020-DC DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF HEALTH SERVICES CENTRAL DRUGS STANDARD CONTROL ORGANISATION (DRUGS CONTROL SECTION) FDA Bhavan, Kotla Road, New Delhi Dated 18th December, 2020 CIRCULAR It has been observed that the entire lot of contractual functionaries deployed in this office are attending office irregularly at their own will. They are also not following the normal working hours prevalent in this office i.e. from 9:30 A.M to 6:00 P.M and some people come quite late and leave early. This obviously interrupts normal and smooth functioning of the Divisions and results in huge pendency almost everywhere. This sort of situation sometimes causes embarrassment to senior officers when various important issues concerning CDSCO are reviewed by the Ministry as CDSCO has to playa very important and proactive role in the prevailing crisis that has arisen due to COVID-19 pandemic. It is important to note that the Ministry of Home Affairs vide its consolidated guidelines dated 15.04.2020 has clarified that offices of Health and Family Welfare and its autonomous/subordinate offices will have to function without any restrictions and as such, the orders issued by the Deptt. of Personnel and Training and Deptt. of Expenditure laying down various guidelines for the Govt. staff to combat the said pandemic are not applicable to that Ministry and the Autonomous/Subordinate offices functioning under it. 2. In the circumstances, it has been decided that the contractual functionaries shall with immediate effect start attending office as per usual working hours on 05-day week basis as was the practice before the lockdown was imposed by the Govt. Those not complying with these instructions will not be paid full remuneration and remuneration will be deducted for each day of their absence as was the practice earlier. ~l/1z..ou> (Ziley Singh Vical) Director (Admn.) To All Zones, Sub-Zones, Port offices and Laboratories of CDSCO. Copy to:­ (i) 0/0 DCG(I). (ii) All Officers/Divisions in CDSCO(HQ) including Sadiq Nagar. (iii) PA to Director(Admn.) and DDA(D).

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