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.

No

Category

Minimum

Qualification

Maximum

Age as on

31.03.2015

Experience Emoluments

(Per Month)

1. Junior

Consultant*

Post Gradude

Degree from an

Indian University in

Statistics/ Applied

Statistics/

Mathematical

Statistics/

Economics

65 years -- Rs. 25,000/- to Rs.

40,000/-

depending upon

educational

qualification and

Experience

Plus

Rs. 1500/- As

Local Conveyance

2.

Consultant** Post Gradude

Degree from an

Indian University in

Statistics/ Applied

Statistics/

Mathematical

Statistics/

Economics

65 years 10 years#

Rs. 40,000/- to Rs.

70,000/-

depending upon

educational

qualification and

Experience

Plus

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) 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.

(ii) 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.

(iii) 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.

(iv) 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.

(v) 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.

(vi) 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.

(vii) 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: fodhq.se@gmail.com

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. Fathers/ Husbands name:

4. Sex: Male/Female

5. Nationality:

6. Whether Retired Govt. Employee: If yes, last pay drawn:

7. Educational Qualification (Graduation Onwards):

S. N. Name of the University/ / Subjects Year of

o

f Marks

course Institution 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 Nature of Work Remarks

From To

Paste your

passport-size

signed photo

here

9. Work experience on data handling, if any:

Sl.

No. Name of Statistical application

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)

10. Experience in survey related work, if any:

11. Present residential address:

12. Address for communication:

13. Email id:

14. Contact No:

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) 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.

(ii) Collection and scrutiny of the reports/MIS to check for availability of data on sanitation, cleanliness and hygiene.

(iii) Preparation of the list of tables which show data as mentioned in (i) and (ii) above.

(iv) Coordination of the survey for the purpose of collecting SBM related data. (v) 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.

(vi) Data analysis and preparation of draft Swachhta Status Report. (vii) Supervision of the work of Junior Consultant and guide him/her on day-to-day

basis.

(viii) 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

(ii) Preparation of tables/ charts/ graphs for draft Swachhta Status Report

(iii) Provide assistance to the Consultant in data analysis and report writing and any

other work assigned by him/her

(iv) Any other SBM related work assigned by DDG/ADG.