No. S-15013/3/SWBH/2014-SE (Part II)
Government of India
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
National Sample Survey Office
Field Operations Division
*****
East Block-6, Levels 4-7
R. K. Puram, New Delhi.
Dated: 02.04.2015
Applications are invited through e-mail followed by hard copy in the prescribed
format (see Annex-I) from the eligible candidate latest by 22.04.2015 to be taken as
Consultant in the Field Operations Division, National Sample Survey Office, Ministry of
Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.
2.
Number of positions of consultants: 01 Consultant and 01 Junior Consultant
3.
Job Requirement: As per details at Annex-II
4.
Consolidated emoluments, educational qualification, maximum age, experience
and other terms & conditions for the Consultant/Junior Consultant are as follows:
S. Category
Minimum
Maximum Experience Emoluments
No
Qualification
Age as on
(Per Month)
31.03.2015
1.
Junior
Consultant*
Post
Gradude 65 years
Degree from an
Indian University in
Statistics/ Applied
Statistics/
Mathematical
Statistics/
Economics
--
Rs. 25,000/- to Rs.
40,000/depending upon
educational
qualification and
Experience
Plus
Rs. 1500/- As
Local Conveyance
2. Consultant** Post
Gradude 65 years
10 years#
Rs. 40,000/- to Rs.
Degree from an
70,000/Indian University in
depending upon
Statistics/ Applied
educational
Statistics/
qualification and
Mathematical
Experience
Statistics/
Plus
Economics
Rs. 3000/- As
Local Conveyance
* Retired Govt. employees with i) Grade Pay of Rs. 6600/- and below and ii) having at
least 3 years’ experience in national level Census/ Surveys on social issues would also be
eligible for the post of consultant. The amount of fee in case of retired Govt. officials
would not exceed the ceiling of (Last Pay + DA Drawn) – (Basic Pension) and will have
to be within the remuneration band (Rs. 25,000/- to Rs. 40,000/-).
** Retired Govt. employees with i) Grade Pay of Rs. 7600/- and above and ii) having at
least 3 years’ experience in national level Census/ Surveys on social issues would also be
eligible for the post of consultant. The amount of fee in case of retired Govt. officials
would not exceed the ceiling of (Last Pay + DA Drawn) – (Basic Pension) and will have
to be within the remuneration band (Rs. 40,000/- to Rs. 70,000/-).
5.
Essential Skill: Capability to work with MS Excel, MS Access and any Statistical
Package/ Software.
6.
Desirable: Experience in data handling in computerized environment.
7.
Other terms and conditions:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
Selected candidate would be taken as a Consultant/Junior Consultant on
contract basis. The period of contract would be initially for a period of 6
months extendable to one year. However, the contract can be terminated
anytime during the period on the recommendation of the Additional
Director General (FOD), NSSO on account of unsatisfactory performance.
The contract service will not confer any right for further
assignment.
The monthly emoluments would be released on the recommendation of the
FOD, NSSO and on furnishing certificate that the work is progressing
satisfactorily. The Consultant/Junior Consultant would not be paid any
other allowances like DA/HRA/Travelling Allowance or any other
benefits, including government accommodation.
TA/DA will not be admissible either for joining or on expiry of the
contract. However, they will be entitled for local conveyance in relation to
performance of duty.
The Consultant/Junior Consultant will not be entitled for any kind of
leave, except four days’ casual leave in six months period and this will be
calculated on pro-rata basis. In case of unauthorized absence, FOD will be
free to reduce emolument on pro-rata basis and in case of absence from
office by more than eight days beyond entitled leave in six months period,
FOD will be free to terminate the services without any notice.
A retired Govt. official appointed as Consultant/Junior Consultant would
continue to draw pension and the dearness relief on pension during the
period of his/her engagement as consultant. His/her engagement as
consultant would not be considered as re-employment.
The Consultant/Junior Consultant would be subject to the provisions of
The Official Secrets Act, 1923. Any information gathered during the
period of consultancy shall not be divulged to anyone who is not
authorized to have the same.
The place of posting would be Field Operations Division (Headquarters),
NSSO, R. K. Puram, New Delhi.
8.
The filled in application should reach at the following address within fifteen days
of issue of this notice through email (containing scanned copy of the mark sheet &
certificate of Graduation and Post Graduation, Certificate of Matriculation/School
examination for age verification, certificate showing basic knowledge of computer
programming having capability to work with MS Excel, MS Access and Statistical
Package or undertaking by the applicant) followed by the signed hard copy of these
papers through registered/Speed Post only to:
Sh. Alok Kumar Singh, Assistant Director
Field Operations Division (Headquarters)
National Sample Survey Office
Ministry of Statistics and PI
Room No. 408, Level-4
East Block-6, R K Puram
New Delhi – 110 066
------------------------------------------------------Email: [email protected]
Note: The subject of e- mail/ letter should be labeled as “Consultant/Junior Consultant for
SBM”
Annex-I
FORMAT FOR APPLICATION
(Consultants for Swachh Bharat Mission)
1.
Name of the Applicant (in Capital Letters):
2.
Date of birth:
3.
Father’s/ Husband’s name:
4.
Sex: Male/Female
5.
Nationality:
6.
Whether Retired Govt. Employee:
7.
Educational Qualification (Graduation Onwards):
S. N.
Paste your
passport-size
signed photo
here
Name of the
University/
course
Institution
If yes, last pay drawn:
/ Subjects
Year of
o
Marks
f
passing
obtained
(%)/Grade
6.
Computer Skill: (MS-Word/ Excel/ Access/PowerPoint)
7.
Additional information on Skills: (specific to the job requirement as per annex I)
8.
Work experience:
S. N.
Organization
Period
From
Nature of Work
To
Remarks
9.
Work experience on data handling, if any:
Sl.
No.
Name of Statistical application
10.
Experience in survey related work, if any:
11.
Present residential address:
12.
Address for communication:
13.
Email id:
14.
Contact No:
Details of level of proficiency possessed
(indicate one of the levels Very Proficient/
Proficient/ Familiar But Not Proficient , as the
case may be, for each statistical application)
Signature of the Applicant
Date:
Place:
Annex-II
Job Requirement
Government of India, on 2nd October, 2014 has launched “Swachh Bharat
Mission” (SBM) aimed at making India a clean country by 2019, the 150th birth
anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation (MoS&PI) has prepared an Action Plan for creating appropriate
statistical framework to assess the country-wide progress in the broad area of
‘Cleanliness and Hygiene’ as part of SBM. Additional Director General, Field Operations
Division (ADG, FOD), National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has been declared as
nodal officer for the statistical activities envisaged in the aforesaid Action Plan. The
expected outcome of this work, which is now the responsibility of Field Operations
Division (FOD), is to compile the existing data available from the published reports of
Ministries/ Departments and bring Swachhta Status Report anually starting from October
2015.
2.
The proposed work involves planning and designing the survey instruments to
monitor the progress of SBM, developing methodology of data collection through various
agencies including FOD and mechanism to cull out relevant data from existing sources,
data processing, data integration and finally coming up with publication Swachhta Status
Reports on time.
3.
The work of monitoring the progress of SBM is dedicated in nature and requires
specialized personnel with background having experience in survey related work,
handling data, analysis of data and adequate exposure to computerized environment.
4.
The scope of work for the Consultants is broadly mentioned below:
(a)
Term of References (ToR) for consultant: The consultant will undertake the
following items of work:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
Correspondence and coordination with the Central Ministries and other data
producing agencies of Government of India pertaining to indicators finalized
to monitor the progress of SBM.
Collection and scrutiny of the reports/MIS to check for availability of data on
sanitation, cleanliness and hygiene.
Preparation of the list of tables which show data as mentioned in (i) and (ii)
above.
Coordination of the survey for the purpose of collecting SBM related data.
Coordination with Computer Centre and National Informatics Centre (NIC) to
arrange, manage and analyze data related to development of web portal for
field level data entry and database management.
Data analysis and preparation of draft Swachhta Status Report.
Supervision of the work of Junior Consultant and guide him/her on day-to-day
basis.
Any other SBM related work assigned by DDG/ADG.
(b)
Term of References (ToR) for junior consultant: The junior consultant will
undertake the following items of work:
(i)
Compilation and data entry of the data on SBM indicators available from various
sources
Preparation of tables/ charts/ graphs for draft Swachhta Status Report
Provide assistance to the Consultant in data analysis and report writing and any
other work assigned by him/her
Any other SBM related work assigned by DDG/ADG.
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)