Cadre Restructuring of Group 'C' employees in Department of Posts

மகிழ்ச்சிகரமான செய்தி  நமது நீண்டநாளைய எதிர்பார்ப்பு பூர்த்தியாகிறது.  
Cadre Restructuring of Group 'C' employees orders issued.
பதவி உயர்வு வாய்ப்பு அதிகமாக உருவாகும். 
குறிப்பாக தமிழ்நாட்டில் 588 LSG பதவிகளுக்கு பதிலாக 2967 LSG பதவிகளும்  99 HSG II பதவிகளுக்கு பதிலாக 961 HSG II பதவிகளும் , 
147 HSG I பதவிகளுக்கு பதிலாக 238 HSG I பதவிகளாக அதிகரிக்கபடும்
புதிதாக 26 HSG I (NFG) பதவிகளும் உருவாக்கப்படும்.    

ஆனாலும் இடமாற்றம் தொடர்கதையாகும், பதவி உயர்வை மறுப்பவர்களுக்கு பாதகங்களும் உருவாகும். 

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FNPO& NUGDS tendered evidence on GDS Committee

FNPO tendered evidence before the GDS pay Committee headed by Sri Kamalesh Chandra, Chairman, from the official side Sri TQ Mohammad Secretary, Sri Susheel Member and from the staff side  Sri D Theagarajan, Secretary General FNPO, Sri TN Rahate, President FNPO, Sri Rajat S Das, working president , FNPO, Sri D Kishan Rao, Genral Secretary, NAPE Group-C,Sri PU Muraleedharan, General Secretary, NUGDS, Sri CH. Laxmi Narayana Prsident NUGDS Sri B Shivakumar, Asstt. General Secretary, NAPE Group-C, & Sri L LKrishna Prasad RR, NAPE Gr-C, AP Circle were tendered the evidence. A Video Presentation for 25 minutes was made before the commission showing the nature of duties of all the cadres of the GDS employees, usage of biometric devices for payment of MGNREGA, Social Security Pensions and the interview of the Hon’ble Communication Minister, Sri Ravi Sankar Prasadji covering the projects under took by the rural postal network present and future. Sukanya Samradhi Account, RPLI, sale of Godavari water, PM Suraksha Bhima Yojana were highlighted in the video. The Chairman and GDS committee keenly watched the video presentation and positively responded on the points raised in the memorandum. The Commission may call unions again in July 2016.

Some of the salient features of the evidence

1. Amending the rule 3A of the GDS conduct & Engagement Rules and allotting the GDS employees to work for 8 hours. Necessary documents obtained under RTI Act were submitted in support of the workload of the BPMs.

2. Dispensing with the unscientific point system for assessing the workload of BPMs and evaluations of new method for the GDSMC/MD/Packers keeping the future need of the rural postal system.

3. Reducing the cadres in the GDS System by making common cadre atleast two and suitably fixing the wages.

4. Fixing the wages of the GDS agents based on the scales implemented to the Central Govt. Employees in the 7^th CPC minimum of Rs 20,000/- basic pay.

5. Finding ways and means for providing rented standard accommodation by the Department paying suitable HRA.

6. Cash conveyance arrangement to be made by the Department with conveyance allowance.

7. Fixed quota for the GDS employees in the PA recruitment and allowing GDS employees in the vacant posts of Postal Assistants like postmen & Group-D.

8. 5%  LR

9. The compassionate appointment of the dependents in case of   voluntary/invalid retirements

10.       Liberal transfer facility in place of limited transfer facility.

11.       Medical facilities, Group Insurance

12.       Chapter wise discussion of our Memorandum .         

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New Initiatives taken by Karnataka Circle - Pencil type letter boxes

To attract the attention of youth and Children, 2 letter boxes have been redesigned with Pencil type stand at two prominent locations in Bengaluru, one at Bible Society of India, Anil Kumble Circle on M.G.Road and the other in front of Bishop Cotton Boys School.

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Amendments in Standard Operating and Commission for Marketing of My Stamp

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Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

Acceptance of POSB business in case Finacle CBS application is not accessible or slow to accept transactions presented at the counter invoking Business Continuity Plan (BCP)CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

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New System of Membership Verification of GDS

 

GDS  சங்க அங்கீகாரம் குறித்த உறுப்பினர் சரிபார்ப்பு  அறிவிக்கப்பட  உள்ளது . இதற்காக  வெளியிடப்படும் உறுப்பினர் படிவத்தில் கையெழுத்திடும் AUTHORISED  OFFICE BEARER  பெயர்  மற்றும் முகவரி குறித்த விபரங்கள்  DIRECTORATE இல் அளிக்கப்பட வேண்டும்.  

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Now penalty for urinating in open, spitting in govt offices

All government departments have been asked to ensure collection of waste, rubbish and debris inside and outside the building

Urinating in open and spitting on the government office premises will now attract a penalty as the Centre has issued a new Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for 'Swachh Bharat Mission' to ensure a clean, hygienic and healthy work environment.

Also, littering and non-collection of construction and demolition waste by the contractor will also attract the penalty.

These SOPs have been shared with all central government ministries recently asking them to follow the new procedures to ensure complete sanitation in office premises, senior government officials said.

It mandates every department to form a sanitation committee under the chairmanship of relevant Joint Secretary looking after the charge of administration to monitor compliance to the SOP.

The SOP casts an obligation on authority concerned to "impose penalty on defaulters for littering, spitting and open urinating" besides conducting surprise inspections of the office premises to ensure a clean, hygienic and healthy work environment.

"If contractors have the obligation to collect the construction and demolition waste, it should be done immediately after all work is finished. Failure to do so will attract penalty," says the SOPs, sent to secretaries of all central government ministries.

The central government departments have been asked to carry out self-assessment and ratings for the buildings on overall sanitation infrastructure by measuring their effort in removing paan and gutkha stains, providing dustbins and required number of urinals to meet the cleanliness needs.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in October 2014 launched the Swachh Bharat Mission with an aim to make the country absolutely clean by October 2, 2019.

All government departments have been asked to ensure collection of waste, rubbish and debris inside and outside the building and garden or open spaces and dispose as per set frequency, the SOP said.

An intensive cleaning of the entire office premises should be carried out at least once in two months which should also involve participation of all officials and staff (through Shramdaan) for disposal of redundant or unused hardware, furniture which can be added to inventory and re-allocated as per demand, it said.

"Weeding and recording of files should be resorted to at least once in six months. The records in the record room should be reviewed once a year and destroyed as per guidelines. This would ensure that constant space is created for keeping more recorded files. If necessary extra manpower for this purpose should be resorted to," the SOP said.

The purpose of this SOP is to improve current cleanliness levels in the government of India offices. The primary way to achieve cleanliness is through inculcating good sanitation and hygiene practices in employees and visitors, it said.

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Good News for all FINACLE Users :HCRT menu enabled

HCRT menu was enabled in Finacle to reverse/delete verified transactions which were done due to server failure or by mistake.

PA: HCRT→R-Request→A/C ID→Transaction ID→Go→Select→Submit 

(Note down Reference number).

SPM: HCRT→V-Verify→Ref. No→Go→Submit

Note: SSA transactions will not be reversed as they are debit freeze by default.

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Change of Role of SBCO in the backdrop of implementation of CBS (Addendum SB order 14/2015)

Change of Role of SBCO in the backdrop of implementation of CBS (Addendum SB order 14/2015)

The competent authority has reviewed the Annexure attached to the SB Order No.14/2015 and decided to replace point 5.1 of the Annexure from the date of receipt of this order. Content of point 5.1 shall be as under:- 

Examination of scheme-wise consolidation received from HO and SOs, Checking of entries in LOTs viewed from Finacle MIS server and checking the daily/ progressive totals in the Cash Book. 

SBCO PA

The designated Postal Assistant SBCO will receive Scheme-wise sealed and stitched Voucher Bundles with Consolidation placed at the top from Sub Account PA. He will generate fresh consolidation of each scheme from Finacle production server (HFINRPT) and compare the print out received from SOs with the system generated consolidation. Both the consolidations should be tallied with SO Daily Account and SO Summary. Bundle of HO will be received from APM(SB) of HO Counter and amount shown in the consolidation should also be tallied with the fresh consolidation generated from Finacle production server (HFINRPT) and HO Summary If there is any discrepancy in both consolidations or with SO Daily Account/Summary and the same is not supported by copy of error book or special report, it should immediately report to Incharge SBCO. All Voucher Bundles of each scheme will be handed over to Incharge SBCO.             

SBCO Incharge   

SBCO Incharge will examine the voucher bundles and verify that the Scheme- wise Consolidation bears signatures and designation stamp of the Supervisor (APM)/Sub Postmaster and number of vouchers written on the consolidation are tallied with number of vouchers attached with the bundle. He will countersign each consolidation and mark to concerned SBCO PA as per workload and availability of staff. In case of any shortcoming, he will write objection and send copy of objection to the Postmaster. Incharge SBCO will send immediate report on the difference in consolidation sent by SO or HO and consolidation generated from system by SBCO PA as well as SO Daily Account and SO/HO Summary to Postmaster, Divisional Head and Vigilance Branch of Regional/Circle Office.

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Cabinet approves cadre review for DoP

மகிழ்ச்சிகரமான செய்தி 
நமது நீண்டநாளைய எதிர்பார்ப்பு பூர்த்தியாகிறது.
Cabinet approves cadre review for Indian Postal Service.

The government today approved a proposal for undertaking cadre review of the Indian postal service, which will enable Department of Posts to meet the functional requirements and strengthening the cadre structure.
“The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Hon'ble Narendra Modiji today granted ex-post facto approval to the proposal for undertaking cadre review of the Indian Postal Service,” an official statement said.

The review will enable the department to meet functional requirements and strengthening the cadre structure both in the headquarters and in the field, it said.
It will also reduce the existing stagnation and improve the career prospects of Indian postal service officers.
The proposal will be implemented through measures that include creation of various posts at different levels.However, there will be no change in overall number of posts in the cadre as some positions will be decreased.“
 
the proposal will be implemented through measures that include 
creation of a post of DG(Postal Operations) in the Apex scale, creation of post of Addl DG(Coordination) in the HAG+ scale,
one post in HAG level, 5 posts in SAG level and 4 posts at the JAG level, and also increase of 84 posts at JTS level by down-grading from STS and overall decreasing STS posts by 96 for adjustment of new posts proposed to be created, without any overall change in the total number of posts in the cadre. 

For undertaking the exercise, necessary consultations on the CRC recommendations with Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions have been duly completed. The Department of Expenditure have conveyed their ‘no objection’ to the proposal,” the statement added

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மணவிழா வாழ்த்துக்கள்

 26.05.2016 அன்று மணநாள் காணும் தேசிய சங்கத்தின் நெல்லை கோட்ட முன்னாள் பொருளாளரும் விருதுநகர் கோட்ட தலைவருமாகிய  திரு.K.ஐயங்கன்னு D.M.E., Technical Manager (Ele) O/o SSPOs, Virudhunagar -

திருமதி.P.மீனாட்சி, B.Sc., B.Ed., Teacher, Govt High School InamReddiyapatti அவர்களின் புதல்வி மணமகள் : செல்வி.I.ஜனரஞ்சனி, M.Sc., B.Ed., Postal Assistant, திண்டுக்கல். மணமகன் : செல்வன்.K.கார்த்திக்,B.E., Thiagarajar Telecom Solution Ltd, Madurai அவர்கள் எல்லா வளமும் பெற்று பல்லாண்டுகள் வாழ்த்துகிறோம்.

நாள்   : 26.05.2016 நேரம் காலை 0900 மேல் 1030 க்குள்  

இடம் : சேர்ந்தமரம் கற்பகம்தாஸ் கலையரங்கம்  

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நிறம் மாறினால் போதுமா ?

Redesigning The Uniform Of Postman

நிறம் மாறினால் போதாது. ஊழியர்களின் நிலை மாறவேண்டும். 

மாற்றம் ஒன்றே நிலையானது என்பதற்காக மாறிக்கொண்டே இருக்க வேண்டுமா ?   
மாற்றம் அதிகாரிகளின் மனங்களில் ஏற்படவேண்டும்.  
நிலையான கொள்கை இல்லையா ? 
அதிகாரி மாறினால் கலரும் மாறுமா ? 

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Hyundai Motor India Announces Special Offer For Central Government Employees

Hyundai Motor India Announces Special Offer For Central Government Employees

The customers will get a benefit of Rs 7,000 on Grand i10 and Xcent and Rs 5,000 on i10 and Eon in addition to the existing promotional offers.

NEW DELHI: Hyundai Motor India on Tuesday has announced 20 Years Celebration offer exclusively for Central Government Employees. The customers will get a benefit of Rs 7,000 on Grand i10 and Xcent and Rs 5,000 on i10 and Eon in addition to the existing promotional offers. The Central Government Employees are significant prospective customers for Hyundai across urban and rural India.

Rakesh Srivastava, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, HMIL, said, "Pride of India celebration offer is especially for the Central Government Employees who value Hyundai as a tried and trusted brand with very strong customer affinity. With this initiative, Hyundai aspires to increase its engagement towards becoming the lifetime partners of Central Government Employees."

This promotional offer will be supported by Hyundai Motor India's large sales and service network in the country with 449 dealers to support the sales and 1163 Service Points to fulfill service requirements of customers. The pre-owned certified car dealerships of Hyundai Motor India, 'H-Promise' has a wide presence of 386 dealerships across India.

The company recently conducted 'Mega Experience Hyundai Program' which will let Hyundai customers to experience the services and product. It will provide free 18 point check-up conducted at locations like, malls, residential societies, parking lots and petrol pumps.

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Single Window Service for Central Government Pensioners

CPAO to launch Single Window Service for Central Civil Pensioners to provide them access to pension process status and all the required information about their Pension & revision details

Central Pension Accounting Office is in the final stages of developing a new single window system for speedy processing of Pension claims and an online pension status accessible by the pensioners.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE
CENTRAL PENSION ACCOUNTING OFFICE
TRIKOOT-II, BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE,

NEW DELHI-110066

PHONES : 26174596, 26174456, 26174438 
CPAO/IT&Tech/Single Window Service/2016-17/38 
17th May, 2016

Office Memorandum

Subject:- Development of Single Window Service for Central Civil Pensioners.

CPAO is in final stage of developing a single window service for Central Civil Pensioners providing them access to pension process status and all the required information about their Pension & revision details, also providing for Grievance Registration facility and its status to pensioners. This service also intends to track each pension case from the initial stage of preparation of list of all government servants who are due to retire within next twelve to fifteen months on quarterly basis and its submission to concerned Pay & Accounts Officer to the stage of first credit of Pension by the bank.

2. In this context, Rule 56 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 provides that:-

(i) Every Head of Department shall have a list prepared every three months, that is, on the 1st January, 1st April, 1st July, 1st October each year, of all Government servants who are due to retire within the next twelve to fifteen months of that date.

(ii) A copy of every such list shall be supplied to the Accounts Officer concerned not later than 31st January, 30th April, 31st July or 31st October, as the case may he, of that year.

3. Joint Secretary (Admn) of all the Ministries/Departments (copies endorsed to Pr. CCAs/ CCAs/CAs) have already been requested to provide the above lists to their concerned Accounts Officer vide CPAO’s OM No. CPAO/Tech/Jeevan Pramaan/2015- 16/515-662 dated 10.07.2015 followed by OM No. CPAO/Tech/Jeevan Pramaan/ 2015-16/1770 dated 07.03.2016.

4. All the PAOs must have these lists with them by now. Accordingly, all Pr. CCAs/CCAs/ CAs/AGs/Administrators of UTs are requested to ensure that the lists of all such government servants as on 1st April, 2016 are provided to CPAO latest by 3rd June, 2016 positively through PAO login provided on the CPAO’s website cpao.nic.in in the annexed format.

5. The facility of generating PPO Nos. through the list itself is also being developed by CPAO.

(Subhash Chandra)
(Controller of Accounts)

Download CPAO OM CPAO/IT&Tech/Single Window Service/2016-17/38 dated 17.05.2016

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Special Cover On 2560th Birth Anniversary Of Gautama Buddha

Buddha Jayanti or also known as Buddha Purnima is the most sacred festivals of Buddhist. The Buddha’s birthday known as the Buddha Purnima is celebrated on the full moon of the fourth lunar month (month of Vaisakh) i.e. April or May. 

This day commemorates three important events of Buddha's life. (1) His birth in 623 BC, (2) His enlightment i.e. attainment of supreme wisdom, in 588 BC and (3) His attainment of Nirvana i.e. the complete extinction of his self at the age of 80.

 This day is a thrice blessed day. 2560th Buddha Jayanti, the birth anniversary of the Gautam Buddha was celebrated on 21st May 2016 to pay immense respect to the epitome of peace and non-violence. On the occasion of 2560th Birth Anniversary of Gautama Buddha a Special Cover was released at Hyderabad on 21st May 2016. (Special Cover approval no. AP/06/2016). The Buddha Statue having height of 58 feet in Hyderabad is the world's tallest monolith of Gautama Buddha

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Advantages and Need for filing NIL Income Tax Return

What Is Nil Income Tax Return?How to file Nil Income Tax Return?

Here Is Why You Should File It

Did you know that you can file a tax return even if your income for the year is below the taxable limit? If your taxable income is less than the threshold limit of Rs 2.5 lakhs in a year, you are not mandated to file income tax return. But if you want to, you can file a nil return.

But you may wonder why get into the hassle of filing a tax return when you don’t have to pay any taxes. There are certain benefits of filing tax returns that you may not be aware of

1) To carry forward losses

The only condition to carry forward losses is that you have to file tax return on time. If you file your income-tax return after due date which is generally July 31 of the year, you will not be allowed to set off your capital losses against capital gains in a belated return

For example, you have incurred a loss suppose on sale of equity shares. To carry forward these losses for future adjustment with capital gains you must file tax returns.

2) To claim TDS refund

If your bank has deducted tax deducted at source (TDS) on your interest income over Rs 10,000, despite the fact that your income is below the taxable limit, you can claim a refund only if you have filed a tax return. Also, in case your rental income is more than Rs 1.8 lakhs in a year, your tenant is liable to deduct TDS. You will have to file a tax return for refund of TDS.

3) To show proof of your income

If you are applying for any kind of loan, most lenders ask for your income tax return of the past few years as a proof of income. Even if you are applying for a visa, foreign countries often ask for your income-tax return to know your financial position before issuing visa

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Clarification of refund of RD Default fee when Finacle is down in CBS Post offices

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ஜூன் 30 தில் தாக்கலாகிறது 7th CPC Empower Committee's Report

7th Pay Commission Latest News – Empowered Committee Meeting likely on 11th June 

Empowered Committee Meeting likely on 11th June – Staff Side JCM, Nodal Officers from all Ministries to participate – Committee’s report may be handed over govt by June 30.

New Delhi: The Empowered Committee of Secretaries (CoS) headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha processing the report of the Seventh Central Pay Commission is expected to meet on June 11 to finally wrap up its report on the remuneration of government employees.

It is reported that the secretaries panel will finally hear out all the stakeholders, including the Central ministries and Departments, and finalise its report, which will be handed over to the government on June 30.

Sources added that even the Prime Minister's Office is keen on a favourable pay hike for the central government employees, so the panel is likely to recommend a minimum salary at Rs 24,000 and the highest salary at Rs 2,70,000.

The 7th pay panel headed by AK Mathur had recommended the minimum salary at Rs 18,000 and maximum salary at Rs 2,50,000.

Sources added that the government is exploring options for meeting the additional payout over and above what was recommended by the 7th pay panel. The payout could be substantial with salary hike and arrears adding up to a Rs 1.02 lakh crore burden on government finances.

However, it seems that the government employees will have to wait more for the salary hike. Once the report moves from the table of the empowered group of committee to the cabinet, it is likely to take another month before the notification on pay hike will eventually come.

Even the Finance Ministry is keen that higher salaries reach government employees just before the festive season starting mid-August, as spurt in consumption during the festive period will have a domino effect on the economy.

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அஞ்சல் வங்கி - உங்கள் பார்வைக்கு

India Post Payment Bank at a glance

Rs. 800 cr. for Postal Payments Bank

Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad has stated that the Centre would invest Rs.800 crore in the proposed India Post payments bank, which is expected to become operational by March next. Half of it would be from the Department of Posts/Centre and the remaining would be equity.

RBI clearance

An additional Rs.400 crore would be mobilised as equity for the payments bank, to which the Reserve Bank of India had already given clearance, the Minister said here on Sunday while speaking on the sidelines of the three-day annual conference of heads of circles of the Department of Posts.

The payments bank would also offer third-party services of about 50 Indian and overseas financial institutions including insurance products, mutual funds, banking instruments and debt-equity and the board of the bank would decide the modalities of extending such services. “World Bank, Citi Bank, Deutsch Bank, Barclays and several others have already expressed their intent to partner with the India Post payments bank”, the Minister said.

Financial inclusion

Stating that payments bank would become a big platform for financial inclusion in the country, the Union Minister said performance of the Department of Posts had improved considerably during the last two years. He pointed out that from 2 per cent negative growth in revenue from parcel service as part of e-commerce in 2013-14, it went up by 45 per in 2014-15 and by 81 per cent in 2015-16.

The CAG had termed India Post speed post service best courier service in the country and its revenue was up by 8 per cent during 2015-16 compared to the previous year. With 1,54,939 post offices across the country, including 1,29,379 in rural areas, the Department of Posts had played a key role in financial inclusion by having 85.28 lakh accounts with a deposit of over Rs.4,500 crore in Sukanya Samriddhi accounts against just 4 lakh accounts achieved by all other banks put together, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

As part of digitisation and technological up-gradation, the department would soon introduce hand-held devices to 1.3 lakh rural postal staff for speedy and efficient banking, insurance and delivery services.

The Minister said 4,000 devices were already being used on pilot basis in six States including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.

World Bank, Citi Bank, ready to partner with India Post: Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

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President conveys his appreciation and admiration for India’s unparalleled postal network.

Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India held a meeting with Shri Ravishankar Prasad, Minister for Communications and IT at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on 20th May 2016, in which the central topic of discussion was the ongoing transformation of the postal network. The President enquired about the modernisation project, and was happy to learn about how the induction of IT was making service delivery at post offices contemporary. He also used the occasion to convey his fondness and admiration for the postal network to the postal staff, through the Minister.

Details of this interaction with the President were revealed by Shri Prasad himself, during his keynote address on 22^nd May 2016, at the Conference of the Heads of Postal Circles at Hyderabad.

There have been a few other occasions in the past also when the Department has had the opportunity to benefit from President Mukherjee words of guidance and came in for praise from him. While inaugurating an international postal event at New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhavan in 2013, he had commended the unparalleled network of the Post Office and advised that there is a huge scope for postal services to be engaged in e-commerce, and that it should capitallise on the rising demand for such business products. On that occasion, he had also highlighted the need to move with the times, and said that globalization and easier movement of workforce across nations have opened a great window of opportunity for the postal sector in parcel and money remittance businesses. Further, he had emphasised that worldwide, postal administrations enjoy the trust of people and advised that the Post Office must leverage this and other strengths to provide improved quality of service to the people.

It is no surprise then that hearing from the Minister about developments like the networking of post offices, postal savings coming on a CBS platform and the Post Office preparing to set up a Payments Bank would have been a matter of satisfaction for him. His sending a message a message to the postal staff through the Minister is a rare gesture, which is sure to inspire them to higher standards of service delivery.

The words of appreciation from the President represent the increasing significance of the Postal network in the national mainstream and in public perception. With it also comes a higher responsibility for the management and staff of India Post, the responsibility of living up to the expectations of the country’s First Citizen.

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Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad addressed the Heads of Circles ( CPMGs ) Conference

Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad addressed the Heads of Circles ( CPMGs ) Conference of Postal department at Hyderabad on  22/05/2016 

Awarded the best performing circles / divisions.

He categorically said, Government is committed to reform the postal department . Two unique qualities of Department of Posts are Extensive network spread in nook and corner of the nation and Emotional connect of Postman with the rural life.

India is at the tipping point of digital revolution and Postal department should be the fulcrum of economic development esp in rural life.

Postal department's share in E-commerce is around 15% only, which needs to be improved drastically. The entire ecosystem to reform the postal department needs to change..

1. Pick up points to reach the customers proactively to collect and deliver posts/ parcels.

2. India Post Payments Bank need to be flawlessly implemented . It should act as a platform for 3rd party services. Human Resource Training needs to be given. Postal Payment Bank should be started definitely by March 17

3. Implementation of IT modernization solutions needs to be improved. We keep getting complaints of glitches leading to harassment to customers

4. Parcel Delivery .. New ideas to generate revenue with Technology infusion. Geo tagging and better location identification needs to be considered.

5. Human Resource capacity building ... Need to incentivize the performance... Gud incentive at right time will be a big motivation. Best practices should be replicated pan India.

6. Good sign boards pan India should be ensured.

7. Metamorphosis of postal department should be branded well.

8. Surety of punishment is more important than Severity of punishment... in case of disciplinary cases. Any laxity in timely completion of disciplinary proceedings should be viewed seriously.

9. Philately should be ventured as a new source of revenue generation. My Stamp, Commercialisation of stamps need to be tried to earn revenues.

10. Social Media should be effectively used for complaint redressal and creation of awareness regarding departmental initiatives/ schemes.

11. He expect all of us to work hard.. to achieve the goals of government.

12. Recruitment to fill up vacant posts should be done in a transparent and fair means. Any irregularity should be viewed seriously and responsibility should be fixed..

13. Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad Congratulated the Department of Posts for good work done in the last 2 years in different schemes like Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, CBS, Postal ATMs, E-Commerce.

          Dr. Charles Lobo CPMG Tamil Nadu Circle receiving award from Hon'ble MoC.        Shri Stephen Mervin Alexander PMG Chennai City Region also seen in picture

 The best performing circles / divisions are awarded

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Minimum Pension – Ministry Of Labour & Employment

Minimum Pension – Ministry Of Labour & Employment

Minimum Pension – Ministry of Labour & Employment

Minimum Pension

The Government has notified a minimum pension of Rs. 1000/- per month to the pensioners under Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995 vide Notification No. G.S.R. 593 (E), dated 19th August, 2014 effective from 01.09.2014 for the year 2014-15 which is continued beyond March, 2015 without any break.

However, no proposal is under consideration of the Government at present for providing inflation-linked Dearness Allowance (DA) to pensioners of EPS, 1995. The issue of index-linking of pension by fully neutralizing inflation was considered by the Expert Committee constituted by the Government in the year 2009 for review of EPS, 1995 and the same was found not feasible in the case of a funded scheme like EPS, 1995 wherein the contribution of the employer and Government is at a fixed rate of 8.33 per cent and 1.16 per cent respectively. Therefore, the value of benefits cannot be left open-ended by linking it with inflation which is variable.

 This information given by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment, in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

 

Source : PIB

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