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POSB Rates
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Item / Category
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Rate per unit
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1
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Savings Deposits
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205.59
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2
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Savings Certificates (NSC,KVP)
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70.25
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3
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Indira Vikas Patra
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18.60
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4
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Silent Accounts
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31.17
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Thursday, 21 May 2015
Rates of Remuneration payable to DoP for Savings Bank and Savings Certificates work for the Year 2015-16
Tuesday, 19 May 2015
Com.B.G.Tamhankar Ex-President of NFPE & AIPEU Group - C, CHQ no more
Com.B.G.Tamhankar Ex-President of
NFPE & AIPEU Group - C, CHQ breathed his last today (17.05.2015) at
07.30 AM. He was severely ill for last many days.
This is the second biggest shock to
the entirety of trade union fraternity after the sad demise of Com. S K
Vyasji, earlier this year. Even after his retirement, Com Tamhankar
remained active in union activities and was attending all programmes
conducted by our CHQ / NFPE. I had interacted with him for the last time
during the workshop on 7th CPC conducted by our CHQ in New Delhi in
May, 2014. He has compiled some useful guide books for S B Counter P As
and Supervisors. He will be remembered for ever for his contributions
towards the working class, his simplicity and soberness .
SAPOST conveys heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and the Comrades of Maharashtra Circle.
Let the departed soul rest in eternal peace.
Thursday, 14 May 2015
People still trust Postal department : Ravi Shankar Prasad
NEW DELHI: Underscoring the importance of India Post, Telecom
Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today claimed that even Maoists don't
target the postal network for the fear of losing people's support.
"People of the country still trust the postal department. I want to
tell you a very sensitive thing... there is so much of Maoist violence,
but still, the attacks on post is low because they (Maoists) also know
that if they try to attack it, the people will be unhappy with them,"
Prasad said during the launch of a mobile app for India Post.
The Minister suggested that India Post should strive to become the largest player in the e-commerce segment.
"I want that in e-commerce, India Post should become the largest
player and you have to do it... if you take 4 steps, I will take 10
steps with you because I am seeing that in India, e-commerce has got a
very good future," he said.
Prasad assured the staff that not even a single employee would lose his job even as he exhorted them to change with times.
The postal department has established the e-commerce centre at
Safdarjang in New Delhi which will handle e-retailing exclusively. It's
equipped with modern technology and is capable of handling 30,000
parcels per day.
Leading e-commerce players such as Amazon, Paytm, Yepme, Snapdeal and the like are already using services of India Post.
The mobile app for India Post is android-based and includes features
like real-time tracking, post office search and postage calculator.
India Post has over 1.55 lakh post offices, of which more than 1.39 lakh are in rural areas.
Prasad said in a Facebook post, "I am happy to share with you that
India Post collected Rs 500 crore from Cash on Delivery of eCommerce
parcels alone in 2014-15."
The Minister said he met the representatives of eCommerce majors and assured them of the best services from India Post.
Source : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
Postal department has decided to rope in professionals from the private sector for Post Bank of India (PBI)
As PBI is to use the department's infrastructure - real estate,
office premises, computers, information technology system and a large
part of its staff - to run the payments bank, the department expects to
earn a revenue of Rs 2,365 crore over the first five years of
operations, through transfer pricing. This will help the government
reduce the subsidy it annually gives the department for running its
operations.
The postal department's deficit for 2015-16 has been pegged at around
Rs 6,665.09 crore, according to Budget documents. This had stood at Rs
6,377.89 crore the previous year, and Rs 5,339.28 crore in 2013-14.
According to sources, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) could approve
issue of licence for this payments bank by August this year, after which
the process for setting it up might start.
Within three months of getting the licence, the department will hire
key resources like chief executive officer, chief financial officer,
chief operating officer, chief people officer and chief risk officer,
according to a presentation recently made before Communications Minister
Ravi Shankar Prasad.
This core team will take up the increased responsibility during the
first 12-18 months after approval of licence, and assume full charge
around the date of the launch. PBI is expected to become viable within
three years of operations and is projected to generate annual profits of
about Rs 91 crore by the end of five years.
The department will soon move a Cabinet note for approval of Rs 650 crore as investment in the proposed payments bank.
For PBI, the plan is to have a hub-and-spoke model. There will be 650
main branches where the department will have head or bigger post
offices. Subsequently, 25,000 'spoke' branches will be set up, while
some 130,000 post offices with act as business correspondents for the
payments bank.
The idea will be to target rural customers with products like small
savings accounts, payments/remittances services and assistance in
getting loans and insurance products from third-party institutions. For
urban customers, the products will include pre-paid wallets for easy
remittances and micro insurance products. Also, there will be an attempt
to tap micro and small businesses with their products. The focus will
be on high-volume, low-value transactions and providing small savings
accounts and payment services to migrant labour, low-income households
and the unorganised sector, according to the presentation.
The department had earlier proposed a fully-owned and new entity as
an umbrella firm for its four or five strategic business units, to look
after banking & financial services and insurance, and for offering
third-party products, besides e-commerce and management of government
services.
And, a few of these units will be hived off into separate entities; a
feasibility study for setting up new units will start sometime this
year.
The postal department has a 150,000-strong network of post offices
across the country which directly employ 500,000 people. The department
is largely moving in line with the report of a panel headed by former
Cabinet Secretary T S R Subramanian in this regard.
In the Budget speech this year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had
said the government was committed to increasing people's access to the
formal financial system. "The government proposes to utilise the vast
postal network, with nearly 154,000 points of presence across villages
of the country. I hope the postal department will make its proposed
payments bank venture successful, so that it contributes further to the
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana."
While remittance is a big segment, 55-60 per cent of this happens
through the unorganised sector. The department is looking to strengthen
its foothold in this space. Half of India's remittance market, estimated
to be worth Rs 2 lakh crore, is in the informal sector, and does not
reflect in official numbers (on remittances through India Post, mobile
wallets, etc) for want of clarity on definition of migrants.
Apart from India Post, other applicants for a payments bank licence
include Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, Uninor and
Reliance Industries. Unlike full-fledged banks that make money on float
through arbitrage - they lend money at higher interest rates than what
they pay depositors, and do not charge on transaction services - this
proposed payments bank will charge for services, primarily cash-outs and
cash-ins. The proposed entity could deposit the amount in government
securities and earn annual interest at 8-8.5 per cent, and it might give
customers three to four per cent on the amount. However, unlike
scheduled banks, they will not be allowed to use the cash for giving
loans.
Source : http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/post-bank-to-get-professionals-from-pvt-sector-115051100059_1.html
POST INFO OFFICIAL ANDROID APPLICATION FOR INDIA POST BY CEPT
Official Android Application Of India Post By CEPT
Download App from Google Play Store : Download
Demo Video : View
Description
Postinfo - Department Posts Android Mobile Application
Postinfo,
the citizen centric android Mobile application of Department of Posts
developed by Centre for Excellence in Postal Technology .The app
provides the following facilities;
1) Tracking
2) Post office search
3) Postage Calculator
4) Insurance premium calculator
5) Interest calculator
Brief description of each facility is given below;
TRACKING: The tracking facility is made available on this mobile app for the following types of mail items.
• Speed Post • Registered Letter • Insured Letter
• Value Payable Letter • Insured Value Payable Letter • Registered Packets
• Registered Periodicals • Registered Parcel • Insured Parcel
• Value Payable Parcel • Insured Value Payable Parcel • Business Parcel
• Business Parcel COD • Express Parcel • Express Parcel COD
• Electronic Money Order (e-MO)
The
users can view the status of the above mentioned type of articles by
entering the articles number and touching the Track button. The
following additional facilities are also available.
• Save the results for future reference
• Share it with others through Android native sharing apps viz. Bluetooth, WhatsApp, Facebook etc.
POST OFFICE SEARCH: By
entering first four character of the name of the Post office or by
entering the Pin code of the office the users can get a list of matching
Post offices. By clicking again on the row the user gets the details
like Name of Post office, Street address (location), contact details of
the Post office (where ever available) for the selected Post office. The
name of the Division and contact details of the Divisional
Superintendent (where ever available), details of Regional Postmaster
General and the Chief Postmaster General will also displayed.
POSTAGE CALCULATOR: The
app will calculate the Postage (tariff) to be paid for all types of
articles based on the weight entered by the user. The unique feature of
the Postage Calculator is that in single query it shows the tariff
chargeable for the following items..
• Ordinary letter • Speed post Domestic *
• Registered letter • Ordinary Parcel
• Registered Parcel • Registered book packet
• Registered book packet containing Printed books • Ordinary Registered book packet
• Ordinary book packet containing Printed books • Book packet containing periodicals
• Book packet containing Registered News papers
• *Domestic Speed Post Tariff depends on distance between place of origin and destination.
• Based on tariff there are 5 slabs of tariff viz. local, up to 200 KM,
201 to 1000 KM, and 1001 to 2000KM and above 2000KM. The calculator
shows the tariff for all categories)
PREMIUM CALCULATOR The
Department is offering various types of Life Insurance Policies through
Postal Life Insurance and Rural Postal Life Insurance. The users can
check the premium payable for all the eligible types of Postal /Rural
Postal Life insurance Policies on the basis of the input entered.
INTEREST CALCULATOR Post office is offering different types of Small Savings Schemes as mentioned below:
• Sukanya Samriddhi yojaana • Recurring Deposit
• Time Deposit (1 year, 2 year, 3 year and 5 year) • Monthly Income Scheme
• Senior Citizen Savings Scheme • National Savings Certificate
• Kisan Vikas Patra
The calculator shows the interest rate for each savings scheme. By entering the amount
Click here to Download from Play store
Launching of e-commerce centre and Official India Post Mobile App at New Delhi
The Union Minister for Communications & Information Technology,
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad addressing at the dedication of the e-Commerce
Centre to the Nation and launch of India Post Mobile App, in New Delhi
on May 11, 2015. The Secretary (Posts), Ms. Kavery Banerjee and other
dignitaries are also seen.
India Post Partnering e-Commerce
Dedication of e-commerce Parcel Centre, Safdarjung, New Delhi &
Launch of India Post Mobile App by Hon'ble MOC&IT on 11th May, 2015
From L to R : Shri T. Murthy Member (O), Shri A. B. Joshi Member (Tech),
Hon'ble MoC & IT Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Ms Kavery Banerjee
Secretary (Posts)
Hon'ble MoC & IT Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad Ji launching the India Post Mobile App.
Hon'ble MoC & IT Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad Ji unveiling the plaque to
dedicate the e-commerce centre to the Nation on 11/5/2015
Saturday, 9 May 2015
E-Commerce Centre of Post to start from Monday
Press Information Bureau
Government Of India
Government Of India
Ministry of Communications &
Information Technology
(08-May, 2015 15:49 IST )
(08-May, 2015 15:49 IST )
E-Commerce Centre of Post to start from
Monday
Considering
the rapid growth of e-commerce business in the country in the recent past, the
Department of Posts, through Delhi Postal Circle has taken up a project to
establish the e-commerce Centre at Safdarjang, New Delhi-110003.This processing
centre will handle exclusively all the e-commerce business with the state of
the art technology driven facility for quick and smooth operation starting from
booking till dispatch from the centre.
The Centre is equipped with modern technology and newly introduced conveyor belt where parcels get sorted with the help of conveyor belt. As a result, the e-Commerce Centre is now capable of handling 30000 parcels/articles per day. The parcels are collected from the e-commerce customers, processed & dispatched within 24 hours to respective destination through quickest available flight/train, as the case may be.
The leading e-commerce customers, viz., Amazon, Paytm, Yepme, Snapdeal, etc are already availing the benefits of fast, reliable and safe processing of their e-commerce parcels at the newly established e-commerce Centre at Safdarjang in New Delhi.
The e-commerce Centre at Safdarjang, New Delhi -110003 is to be dedicated to the Nation by Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hon’ble Minister of Communications & Information Technology on 11th May 2015 .
India
Post Mobile App is also launched by the Hon’ble Minister of Communications
& Information Technology on the occasion. .This is an android based
application developed by Centre for Excellence in Postal Technology (CEPT),
Mysore. The application includes features like real time tracking of
accountable articles, Post Office search, Postage calculator, etc through
Mobile Phone.
NNK/MD
(Release ID :121431)
Friday, 8 May 2015
Inspector Posts Examination Results 2014 declared
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD WITH PJCA REPRESENTATIVES ON 30/04/2015 IN DAK BHAVAN, NEW DELHI
MINUTES
OF THE MEETING HELD WITH PJCA REPRESENTATIVES
ON
30/04/2015 IN DAK BHAVAN, NEW DELHI
No. 08/07/2014-SR
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Posts
(SR Division)
Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi, dated 5th
May, 2015
Subject:- Minutes of the meeting held with PJCA
representatives on 30/04/2015 in Dak Bhavan, New Delhi
Dear
Sir,
Kindly find enclosed the minutes of
the above meeting for information and necessary action at your end.
With regards,
Yours
sincerely,
(Arun Malik)
Director
(SR & Legal)
Shri R.N.
Parashar
Secretary
General
NFPE
Shri D.
Theagarajan
Secretary
General
FNPO
Minutes of the meeting held with the
representatives of Postal Joint Council of Action (PJCA) on 30/04/2015.
The meeting was held
with the representatives of PJCA on 30/04/2015 at 1100 hrs. in G.P. Roy
Committee Room, Dak Bhavan under the Chairpersonship of Secretary (Posts). A list of participants is annexed.
At the outset
Secretary (Posts) welcomed the participants and mentioned that we are meeting
in connection with the strike call given by the PJCA. She appealed to the PJCA not to go on strike
as this will help only our competitors.
Secretary General,
NFPE also welcomed the participants and thanked Secretary (Posts) for convening
this meeting. He requested that their
grievances are settled so that they do not have to go on strike.
With the permission of the Chair the
agenda items were taken up for discussion.
After detailed deliberations on each point, following decisions were taken:-
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Charter of Demands
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Decision taken
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1.
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Discussions on the recommendations of the Task Force.
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Secretary (Posts) assured the staff side
that there is no contemplation of corporatization or privatization at this
juncture. Further, before any structural
changes are contemplated in the organization, the staff side will be
consulted.
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2.
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Inclusion of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) in the terms of reference of
7th Central Pay Commission.
Grant of civil servant status to GDS and grant of all benefits of
departmental employees on pro-rata basis without any discrimination.
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It was decided that the proposal will be
strongly recommended and referred to D/o Expenditure for
reconsideration.
DDG (Estt)
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3.
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Revision of wages of Casual, Part time, Contingent employees w.e.f
01.01.2006 consequent on revision of wages of regular employees by 6th
Pay Commission and regularization of services.
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The services of Casual Labourers get
regularized as per the Recruitment Rules (RRs) of Multi-Tasking Staff
(MTS). The eligibility cut-off date
i.e. 01/09/1993 cannot be removed from the RRs as Causal Labourers engaged
upto this date are only to be regularized and there was total ban on
engagement of Casual Labourer after 01/09/1993. Further, Department has also issued Policy
on regularization of Casual Labourer in pursuance of Supreme Court judgement
in Uma Devi case of 2006 and if any Casual Labourer is covered by this
policy, he will be regularized.
Item closed
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4.
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Grant of merger of 100% DA with pay w.e.f 01.01.2014 for all
purposes, including GDS.
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The item does not relate to Department of
Posts alone and a decision on the same has to be taken by D/o Expenditure ,
Ministry of Finance for all Central Government employees.
DDG(Estt)
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5.
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Grant of 25% pay as Interim Relief (IR) w.e.f 01.01.2014 to all
employees including GDS.
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The item does not relate to Department of
Posts alone and a decision on the same has to be taken by D/o Expenditure,
Ministry of Finance for all Central Government employees.
DDG(Estt)
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6.
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Scrap the New Pension Scheme (NPS) and include all employees
recruited on or after 01.01.2004 under the old statutory pension scheme.
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The item does not relate to Department of
Posts alone and a decision on the same has to be taken by D/o Expenditure,
Ministry of Finance for all Central Government employees.
DDG(Estt)
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7.
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Remove 5% condition for compassionate appointment and grant
appointment in all deserving cases as in the case of railways. Remove the
minimum 50 points condition for GDS compassionate appointment.
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Regular
Employees:-
It is emphasized that this Department
follows the rules/instructions issued by the Nodal Department i.e.,
DOP&T. Condition of 5% of direct recruitment quota for
Compassionate Appointment has been fixed by the DOP&T. Department is not concerned with the rules / instructions of
Railways or any other Department.
Gramin
Dak Sevaks:-
The Department has constituted a Committee
for revisiting the 50 Point Criteria for compassionate appointment of
GDS. Report of the Committee is
awaited. Staff side has suggested that
the point system be discontinued, and this can be referred to the Committee.
DDG(P)
DDG(Estt)
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8.
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Fill up all vacant posts in all cadres including MMS & GDS.
(a) By direct recruitment.
(b) By holding DPC and granting promotions.
(c) By conducting departmental promotional examination.
(d) Replace all condemned vehicles in MMS.
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Recruitment Rules of Manager / Sr. Manager
have been notified recently and further action is being taken to fill up all
such DR / promotion quota vacancy.
Recruitment Rules of Dy. Manager and Asstt.
Manager in MMS will be submitted to DOP&T next week for their approval.
RRs of Diver Spl. Grade have been approved
by the DOP&T and now, these are being sent to UPSC for their
approval. As regards RRs of Driver Gr.
I, II & III, file is being resubmitted to M/o Law after doing the needful
as required by them.
RRs of Artisan are being prepared
On notification of these RRs, further
action will be taken to fill up the vacancies in these cadres.
DDG(P)
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9.
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Implement cadre restructuring in postal, RMS, MMS and Postal
Accounts as per the proposal signed with the JCM (DC) staff side.
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The proposal for cadre restructuring of Gr.
‘C’ employees, will be sent to DOP&T next week. The proposal for MMS and DAP will be sent to
DOP&T within a period of two months.
DDG (Estt) / DDG(PAF)
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10.
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Settle issues relating to Postmaster Cadre officials.
(a) Allow to write IP and PS Group ‘B’ examinations.
(b) Relaxation in service conditions for promotion from one grade
to another, at par with general line promotions to identical posts.
(c) Filling up of all PS Group ‘B’, PM Grade III and Grade II
posts by eligible officials and till that time adhoc- promotion may be
granted.
(d) Other related issues such as filling up of 100% senior
Postmaster/Chief Postmaster posts earmarked for PM cadre by PM cadre
officials alone and maintenance of circle gradation list etc.
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(a)This will be examined.
(b) The proposal
for relaxing the RRs of Postmaster Grade II & III was sent to DOP&T,
which has returned the proposal seeking certain information /
clarification. Accordingly,
information called for from Circles and examined. After analysis, it is observed that Circles
have not done DPCs for HSG-II & HSG-I, which may be taken adversely by
the DOP&T for instant relaxation proposal. Therefore, Circles have been asked to
conduct HSG-II & HSG-I DPCs on priority so that proposal could be
resubmitted to DOP&T with better facts.
(c) As
above. As regards PS Group B, DPC for
2014-15 was conducted recently and order issued. Letter has already been issued to Circles
for PS Group B DPC for 2015 -16 for keeping the required documents
ready. Ad hoc appointment can only be
made from eligible officers, whose regular promotion has been delayed. For relaxing any condition of RRs, even for
ad hoc promotion, DOP&T approval is required. A proposal is already moving for relaxation
as indicated above.
(d)Due to an OA filed before Hon’ble CAT, Chandigarh
Bench, the matter has become sub-judice and as such action to fill up posts
in Sr. Postmaster cadre cannot be taken till the OA is disposed off.
DDG(P)
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11.
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Reimburse full mileage allowance to system Administrators and fix
duty hours and responsibilities of SAs. Create separate cadre for system
administrators.
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Instructions regarding provision of
Conveyance Allowance issued by PAP Division letter No.1-02/2011-PAP dated
17/01/2012 already exist. The rates
for Conveyance Allowance (within 16 kms) are already provided under the
FRSR. Regarding reimbursement of full
mileage, the Circle Heads are empowered to sanction reimbursement of Travel
Allowance as per rules.
The issue of creation of separate cadre for
System Administrators has been examined and not found feasible.
Item closed.
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12.
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Grant of cash handling allowance to Treasures in Post Offices at
par with cashiers in RMS & Administrative offices.
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The matter was taken up with DOE, Ministry
of Finance earlier also. It was not
agreed to by DOE. On the request of
Union, the matter is being reexamined.
Comments from the Circles have been called for.
DDG(Estt)
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13.
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Counting of Special Allowance granted to PO & RMS Accountants
for pay fixation on promotions as the promotional post involves higher
responsibilities.
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Post Offices and RMS Accountants are not
granted any special pay which can be included for their pay fixation /
promotion. They are only granted a
special allowance which cannot be included as pay for their promotion.
DDG(Estt)
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14.
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Settle all issues related to IT Modernization Project-
computerization, Core Banking Solution, Core Insurance Solution etc.
(a)
Replace
out dated computers and peripherals with new ones.
(b) Increase network capabilities and Bandwidth.
(c) Set right the users
credentials problems in leave arrangements etc.
(d) Stop hasty “Go Live” of CBS, CIS till cleansing of data pucca.
(e) Provide all assistance and stop harassment in the
implementation of CBS & CIS.
(f) Grant enhanced financial powers to Head Postmasters.
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(a) The proposal for an outlay of Rs.493.88 crores for
supply of computer hardware and peripherals has been sent to D/o Expenditure,
M/o Finance for principle approval.
(b) Bandwidth of 1032 locations has been
increased. Circlewise details of the
locations where bandwidth has been increased is given under:-
DDG
(Tech)
(c)Necessary process for creation of users
is already in place and is attended by CEPT team. However, this will be reviewed.
(d) The CBS rollout is planned in a phased
manner and post office are migrated to CBS platform only after completion of
all pre-migration activities including Data Cleansing.
(e) The implementation
of CBS is being carried out in planned manner at Directorate level as per Project
Governance Structure. Some of the
issues like EOD, CPC workflow etc., have been reviewed and suitable
modifications in the processes have been made to ease the functioning. There is no harassment in implementation of
CBS.
The staff side had informed that there is
some difficulty in single handed offices.
It was decided that this will be discussed separately by the staff
side with DDG (FS).
DDG(FS)
(f)
The proposal for giving financial powers to Postmaster of all
categories is under examination and comments from all Circles have been
called for.
DDG(P)
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15.
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Prompt and regular holding of
JCM, Departmental Council Meeting, Periodical meeting with Secretary
Department of Posts, Sports Board meeting and Welfare Board meeting. Ensure
representation of recognized
Federations in Sports Board and Welfare Board by calling for nominations.
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Action has been taken regarding holding JCM
/ Periodical meetings regularly.
Postal Sports Board meeting was held on
11/02/2015. Postal Staff Services
Welfare Board meeting is going to be held shortly.
Members of Federations are nominated
members in the Postal Services Staff Welfare Board. As regards the Postal Sports Board, the
present constitution does not include any Federation / Unions as members. However, nominees of federations may be
co-opted by Chairman, Postal Service Board.
DDG (Trg).
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16.
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Ensure full protection of
existing allowance (TRCA) of GDS employees and introduce Medical
Reimbursement scheme to GDS. Existing
monthly emoluments (TRCA) drawn by GDS should not be reduced under any
circumstances. Revision of cash
handling norms.
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Provisions already exist for protection of
TRCA as personal pay in respect of all categories of GDS to the extent of
maximum of the lower TRCA slab (in case workload is found reduced to a lower
slab in the Establishment Review as compared to the previous Establishment
Review).
The suggestion of
the staff side was to protect the TRCA on permanent basis. DDG(Estt)
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17.
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(a) All Circle offices/ Regional
offices/DPLI office, Kolkata must be allowed to function as Circle Processing
Centres (CPCs) while implementing Core Insurance Solutions (CIS) through
McCamish for steady growth of PLI/RPLI Business.
(b) Stop diversion of 615 posts
(576 posts of Pas from C.O.s and 39 posts of Pas from APS PLI CELL) ordered
vide Department of Posts, Establishment Division No. 43-47/2013-PE-II dated
the 9th June, 2014.
(c) Stop harassment and
victimization of staff of Circle Administrative offices in the name of
decentralization of PLI/RPLI.
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The proposal will be examined after the
roll out of the project is completed.
No such order has been issued. The nitty-gritty of issue of manning CPCs
is still under examination.
Specific concerns will be examined.
CGM (PLI)
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18.
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Allot sufficient funds to circles
for carrying out constructions, repairs and maintenance of Departmental
buildings/Postal Staff Quarters and RMS Rest Houses.
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Sufficient funds are allotted to the
Circles for carrying out constructions/ repairs. The instructions will be issued to all
CPMsG to utilize the allotted funds as far as possible.
DDG (Estates & MM)
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19.
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Make substitute arrangement in
all vacant Postmen and MTS Posts. Wherever GDS are not available, outsiders
should be allowed to work as substitutes.
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The Establishment Division has issued
instruction to the Circles to fill up all vacancies of GDS BPM &
justified posts of all other approved categories. Guidelines regulating substitute
arrangements to be made in place of regular GDS already stand issued vide
letter No.17-115/2001-GDS dated 21/10/2002, in case it is not possible to
manage the work with combination of duties.
Substitute arrangements against vacant
Postman and MTS posts are made at the local level as and when required.
Powers have been delegated to Heads of
Circles for outsourcing of work.
DDG(P)
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20.
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Modify the orders dated 22/5/1979
regarding existing time factor given for delivery of articles taking into
account the actual time required for door to door delivery.
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The proposal has been referred to the Work
Study Division for further necessary action. Staff side was suggested to meet
DDG(WS) in this regard.
DDG (WS) /
Staff side.
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21.
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Open more L1 offices as
recommended by CPMsG. Eg.- Guntakal RMS in A.P. Circle.
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The
proposal for upgradation of Guntakul RMS as L-1 Mail Office was not found
justified.
Item closed.
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22.
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Powers for writing APARs of SBCO
staff may be delegated to AO (SBCO) instead of Divisional heads and stop
imposing the work of SB Branch on SBCO.
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After roll out of CBS, the role and responsibility of SBCO is to be
re-designed and fixed. The issue will
be examined in detail thereafter.
DDG(FS)
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23.
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Prompt supply of good quality
uniform and kit items and change of old specification.
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Instructions are regularly issued to Heads
of Circles for prompt supply of good quality uniforms. The Directorate has also called for
suggestions from all Circles for improvement in the specifications of
different items of uniform for further taking up with BIS in the matter. Staff side was also requested to send their
suggestions with regard to improvement of specifications.
DDG (Estates & MM)/
Staff side.
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24.
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Stop vindictive actions of GM
(Finance) Postal Accounts Chennai. More than hundred Postal Accounts
employees are charge sheeted. GM (Finance) even refused to heed the
instructions of DDG (PAF).
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The
Member (Finance), Telecom Commission has been apprised of the whole situation
and CPMG, Tamil Nadu Circle has also been requested to resolve the
matter. The staff side informed that
no action has been taken at the ground level.
The case is subjudice and in respect of the
officials charge sheeted, 72 Senior/ Junior Accountants have already filed a
case in the Hon’ble CAT Madras Bench.
Madras Bench OA No.310/01062/2014.
As per the current position, the case is listed for 03/06/2015.
DDG (PAF)
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25.
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Review of marks of JAO (P)
Part-II examination held in December 2012 in r/o SC/ST candidates. As the
exam was conducted on the basis of old recruitment Rules i.e. JAO and the
said posts are Group ‘B’ (Non- Gazetted) review may be held.
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Opinion of the Law Ministry will be
obtained.
DDG (PAF)
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26.
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Revise Postmen / Mail Guard / MTS Recruitment Rules. Stop open market recruitment. Restore seniority quota promotion:-
This item was earlier discussed
in the JCM (DC) and it is assured by Secretary (Posts) that the Recruitment
Rules will be reviewed after one or two Recruitment / Promotional exam are
over, as DOP&T may not approve immediate revision of Recruitment Rules
already approved by it. Now more than two
Postmen/MG/ MTS recruitment / examination is over and hence it is requested
to take action to revise the Recruitment Rules and stop open quota
recruitment. Entire vacancies may be
earmarked for GDS and Casual Labourers as existed in the pre-revised Recruitment
Rules.
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As decided in earlier JCM, the said RRs are
to be relooked after seeing the outcome of one or two exams. The process is
still going on. Most of the Circles have completed one round of recruitment
process for direct recruitment quota, and others on their way to completing
the same. Subsequently, pre-appointment formalities, trainings etc. would
require to be completed in case of newly recruited officials. Therefore,
Circles need time to judge the capabilities and skills of these officials and
furnish proper and accurate feedback thereto to this Directorate for further
consideration in the matter. Hence, time is not ripe to revisit the said RRs.
As regards RRs of Postman, open market
quota of 25% has already been given to GDS.
Now, as per the existing RRs, only the unfilled vacancies, which could
not be filled by the MTS/GDS, go to open market for filling up.
DDG(P)
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