ஓய்வு பெற்ற அதிகாரி திரு கமலேஷ் சந்திரா அவர்கள் தலைமையில் GDS குழு அமைப்பு
Govt forms panel to revisit Gramin Dak Sevaks pay,
benefits
The government has formed a committee to review pay
structure and social security benefits provided to 'gramin dak sevaks'.
The one-man committee will review and suggest changes in existing wage
structures, facilities and other social security benefits provided to 'gramin
dak sevaks' (GDS), according to a notification by the Communications and IT
Ministry.
Gramin dak sevaks are extra-departmental agents recruited by the postal
department to serve in rural areas. They have been demanding pay and facilities
at par with regular postal department employees.
"The question of examining the conditions of service and emoluments and
other facilities available to the Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) has been under the
consideration of the Government of India for some time. The Government has now
decided to set up a one-man committee for the purpose," the notification
dated November 19 said.
The Committee headed by Retired Member of the Postal Services Board Kamlesh
Chandra will go into the service conditions of Gramin Dak Sevaks and suggest
changes as considered necessary, it said.
All India GDS Union last week had demanded that the panel should be formed
under retired Supreme Court or High Court judge and not under chairmanship of a
retired officer.
In the letter to Secretary, Department of Posts, the union said that it will go
on one-day hunger strike on November 27 at divisional offices, at circle
offices on December 4 and in New Delhi on December 10 if the demand is not met.
The committee will examine the system of branch post offices, employment
conditions and the existing structure of wage and emoluments paid to GDS and
recommend necessary changes.
It will also "examine and suggest any changes in the method of
recruitment, minimum qualification for appointment as Gramin Dak Sevaks and
their conduct and disciplinary rules, particularly keeping in view the proposed
induction of technology in the Rural Post Offices", the notification said.
The Committee will function for a period of one year.
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