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1) NJCA CIRCULAR - DATED - 12th AUGUST 2016 Click here to read.   
2) National Council (Staff Side) JCM writes to Cabinet Secretary on JCM functioning and compassionate appointments. Click here to read. 3) National Council (Staff Side) JCM writes to Finance Minister regarding setting up of a High Level Committee to review the minimum wage Multiplication FactorClick here to view -

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Promotion from PM GR. II to PM GR. III in WB

Promotion from PM GR. II to PM GR. III on One Time Relaxex condition ordered in WB Circle 

Tirunelveli National Union wishing all promoted officials for a Bright future. 

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70 வதுசுதந்திர தின வாழ்த்துக்கள்

இந்திய சுதந்திரத்துக்காக தன்னுயிர் ஈந்த எண்ணற்ற தியாகிகளை இந்த தருணத்தில் நினைவு கொள்வோம்.

ஜெய் ஹிந்து 

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முப்பெரும் விழா

அரக்கோணம் கோட்ட FNPO P IV & NUGDS சங்க மாநாட்டு துவக்க விழாவும் தொழிற்சங்க மாமேதை தலைவர் திரு. K. இராமமூர்த்தி அவர்களின் நினைவுக் கல்வெட்டு திறப்பு விழாவும் 15.08.2016 அன்று  (திங்கட்கிழமை) அரக்கோணம் தலைமை அஞ்சலகத்தில் நடைபெற உள்ளது. 

அதில் FNPO சமேளன மாபொதுச் செயலர்  திரு.D. தியாகராஜன் அவர்களும் NUGDS அகில இந்தியப் பொதுச் செயலர்  திரு.P.U.முரளிதரன் அவர்களும்  உள்ளிட்ட பல தொழிற்சங்கத் தலைவர்களும்  கலந்து கொண்டு சிறப்புரை ஆற்ற உள்ளனர்.  
இவ்முப்பெரும் விழா சிறக்க நெல்லை தேசிய சங்கம் வாழ்த்துகிறது

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Congratulation to PIV All India office bearers

20^th AIC NUPE-IV @ Kolkata

           The Closing ceremony of 20^th AIC of NUPE -4 &MTS was held in Colourful manner at Kolkata.  The AIC resolved to participate in the strike of 2^nd September based on the National situation.

The AIC passed more than 20 resolutions on different issues pertaining to Postman &MTS.

S/Shri G.M.Rabani ,T.N Rahate & Jagdish Sharma were reelected as President, General Secretary and Finance secretary respectively 
Tirunelveli FNPO wishes all the office-bearers a grand success in their endeavors in coming days.

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MACP Fixation - Switch over to revised pay structure at any time. - Clarification

Consulted with my many Accounts Officers

Read the option form word by word.
You are entitled to switch over to revised pay structure at any time.

Because I can continue on Pay Band and Grade Pay ( ie. In old pay structure) in my substantive / officiating post mentioned below until:

1. the date of my next increment

2. the date of my subsequent increment raising my pay to Rs. _______

3. I vacate or cease to draw pay in the existing pay structure

4. the date of my promotion

5. up-gradation to the post of _____


No ambiguity is there.

Without mentioning the date, you can give option to continue in old pay structure until my date of promotion under MACP II.

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ஜனவரி Increment யாருக்கு ? Option கொடுப்பதால் யாருக்கு இலாபம் ?

Clarification on 7th CPC regarding Jan Increment after consulting with Chief accounts officer, AP circle

1. Jan Increment applied to official s appointed after 1/1/2015 only i.e no increment drawn before 1/1/16  (1/1/2015 பிறகு பணியில் சேர்ந்தவருக்கு மட்டும்)

2. Regarding option for implementation of new pay : for any subsequent increment we can opt i.e for 7/2017 or 7/2018 etc . This is very benefit to the officials who will get 2ND MAPC in near future. Subject to benchmark very good for last 5 years (2வது MACP அதாவது 4200 GP க்கு Promotion 07/2018 க்குள் பெறப்போபவர்கள்  மட்டும் )

3.The officials who got MACP between Jan and June may opt for January.
(MACP Promotion 06/2016 க்குள் பெற்றவர்கள் மட்டும் )

Courtesy : Shri.Sivaji Vasireddy, Circle Secretary, NUPE Gr C (FNPO)  AP circle

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PM Gr III promotion orders released

Promotion from PM GR. II to PM GR. III on One Time Relaxex condition ordered in TN Circle 

Tirunelveli National Union wishing Shri.Venkateswaran (PM Gr II, Vallioor SO & Vice President of NAPE Gr C, Tirunelveli Division) and other promoted  officials for a Bright future.

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Govt. clears pay panel’s revised pension benefits

The minimum pension is fixed at Rs. 9,000 per month
 

After keeping pensioners and family pensioners on tenterhooks for nearly a fortnight, the Centre has cleared the revised pension benefits as recommended by the 7th Pay Commission.

An order of the Department of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions on Thursday said that the benefits stand revised from January 1, 2016.

The pension shall be calculated by multiplying the pension/family pension, as had been fixed at the time of implementation of 6th Central Pay Commission (CPC) recommendations, by 2.57.

By way of illustration the order gave two specific examples.

In case one pensioner ‘A’ retired at last pay drawn of Rs. 79,000 on May 31, 2015 under the 6th CPC regime in the scale of Rs. 67,000-79,000. The basic pension fixed in the 6th CPC was Rs. 39,500. Now it stands revised under the 7th CPC (using a multiple of 2.57) at Rs. 1,01,515.

In case II pensioner ‘B’ retired at last pay drawn of Rs. 4,000 on January 1989 under the 4th CPC regime in the pay scale of Rs. 3000-100-3500-125-4500, the basic pension fixed in the 4th CPC was Rs. 1940, it was revised in the 6th CPC to Rs. 12,600 and now stands at using a multiple of (2.57) Rs. 32,382.

The order said the existing pension/family pension will be the basic pension/family pension only without the element of additional pension available to the old pensioners/family pensioners of the age of 80 years and above.

The additional pension/family pension payable to the old pensioners/family pensioners will be worked out in accordance with norms under the consolidated pension and will be inclusive of commuted portion of pension, if any.

The commuted portion will be deducted from the said amount while making monthly disbursements.

Minimum pension

The minimum pension is fixed at Rs. 9,000 per month (excluding the element of additional pension to old pensioners). The upper ceiling on pension/family pension will be 50 per cent and 30 per cent respectively of the highest pay in the government (The highest pay in the government is Rs.2,50,000 with effect from January 2016).

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Cabinet to decide on allowances under Pay Commission: Arun Jaitley

As far as allowances are concerned, 51 have been abolished while 37 have been subsumed

The Union Cabinet will take a decision on the suggestions of a special committee which has been set up to look into the provision of allowances under the 7th Central Pay Commission recommendations, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday.

Replying to a question on the pay commission in Rajya Sabha, the minister said the government has decided that the recommendations on allowances, other than dearness allowance, will be examined by a committee headed by Finance Secretary as chairperson and Secretaries of Home Affairs, Defence, Health and Family Welfare among others as its members.

The committee, which was constituted on July 22, has been asked to submit its report within four months. Its first meeting took place on August 4.

"As far as allowances are concerned, 51 have been abolished while 37 have been subsumed. As the measures are radical in nature, even the employees' unions have given their suggestions in the matter and therefore a special committee has been formed to look into it. Whatever the committee decides, it will go to the Cabinet," Jaitley said.

The matters relating to pay and pension as decided by the government have been implemented with effect from January one this year.

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20th NUPM&MTS AIC.

NUPE-IV AIC held at BINANI BHAVAN, Kolkata on 10.08.2016 . SHRI. Rajendra Prasad Singh former Minister of State was present in the meeting. SGFNPO inaugurated the meeting. Sri Ramen Pandey , President INTUC addressed the audience and appealed to all delegates to make grand success of the 2nd September, 2016 strike. General Secretary T.N. Rahate, P.U.Muralidharan ,K.Sivadoss FNPO affiliated union were addressed the meeting.Shri G.M.Rabbanni presided over the meeting. Smt. Soma Ghosh C/S NUPE IV delivered the vote of thanks.Details of the Conference will be posted shortly.

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Option for Revising 7th CPC pay on Increment date is Beneficial in Rare cases

Workout before Giving Option for Revising 7th CPC Pay

Giving Option for revision of 7th CPC Pay is a must and important thing to be done by Central Government Employees in respect of implementation of 7th Pay Commission recommendations

Your 7th CPC Pay will be revised as per the Option you choose to revise your Pay

There are Two options provided in option form

1 . I ___________________________________ hereby elect the revised pay structure with effect from 1st January 2016

2. I, __________________________________ hereby elect to continue on Pay band and Grade Pay of my substantive / officiating post mentioned below until:

* the date of my next increment/the date of my subsequent increment raising my pay to Rs ________________ / I vacate or cease to draw pay in the existing pay structure / the date of my next promotion/upgradation to the post of _________________________

Normally it has been advised by the administrative Department that …

For Option -I

The Government servants those who are not getting Promotion or Upgradation between 1st January 2016 to 1st July 2016 should select No.1 Option i.e electing to revise the Pay with effect from 1.1.2016

For Option -II

The Government servants those who got Promotion / upgradation in the Period between 2st January 2016 and 1st July 2016 will have to select any one of the conditions given in Option No.2 after working out their Pay as per the choices given. Because which Option is beneficial to them is depends on the Basic Pay and Period of Service in the Pre revised Scale. The cases may vary individual to individual.

It is to be noted that one can choose to revise his pay from his next Increment date in Normal Conditions also. Because if revising the pay after granting one increment is beneficial than revising pay from 1st January 2016, he will be allowed to choose the option of I elect to continue on Pay band and Grade Pay of my substantive post until the date of my next increment.

It is observed that selecting revising pay from the Date of next increment in second Option is beneficial in rare cases.

But one important thing to be kept in mind before opting Options other than 1st January 2016

In all Options other than 1st January 2016 YOU SHOULD BE READY TO FORGO ARREARS FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1ST JANUARY TO THE DATE YOU SELECT TO REVISE YOUR PAY.

If you are ready to forego arrears, then you calculate your pay on 1st January 2016 and 1st July 2016 with an increment and select which one is beneficial to you and go according to that.

How to calculate in normal conditions if there is no promotion involved

A. As on 1.1.2016

Your Basic Pay x 2.57
And Select the Cell same or nearest Higher to this amount arrived at in corresponding Level

B. As on 1.7.2016 after One Increment in sixth CPC

Your Basic Pay x 2.57
And Select the Cell same or nearest Higher to this amount arrived at in corresponding Level

If A is Higher than B, you can select No. 1 option i.e Revising the Pay with effect from 1st January 2016.

If B is Higher than A , You can select the date of my next increment Date in Option no.2. i.e Revising the Pay with effect from 1st July 2016.

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Outsourcing of Pickup articles.

Outsourcing of pick up, booking and delivery of Speed Post, Registered Post (including Parcel) and Business and Express Parcel - instructions for implementation of the scheme

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Women May Get Maternity Leave for 26 Weeks

Labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya may table the much-awaited amendment to Maternity Benefit Act, 1961bill in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday , paving way for 26 weeks of maternity leave to working women. Move is also aimed at providing 12 weeks of maternity leave to commissioning mothers and introducing an enabling provision of “work from home“ for nursing mothers. The changes proposed by the labour ministry have been recently approved by the Cabinet, a senior labour ministry official told ET.
Since these changes proposed to the Act are women friendly the ministry is hopeful that the amendment bill will sail through the Upper House. Following its passage in Rajya Sabha the bill will be tabled in Lok Sabha where the Modi government enjoys a majority.
“As per the proposed amendments, maternity leave for women working in both private and public sector will be enhanced to 26 weeks as against the existing 12 weeks,“ the official said, adding that the 26-week leave, however, will be not be available to those women employees who have two or more children.
According to the official, the amended Act will also propose 12 weeks of maternity leave to commissioning mothers who use surrogates to bear a child as well as to working women adopting a baby below the age of three months.“Additionally , the amended Act will have an enabling provision that would allow nursing moms to work from home even after 26 weeks of maternity leave, depending upon their job profile,“ the official added.
But, work-from-home option will be available where the nature of work assigned to the employee permits her to do so.The woman employee and her employer have to mutually agree on the duration of the `work from home' arrangement.
The “women-friendly“ steps also include making it must for firms with 50 employees to have creches individually or a few firms can set up a common facility within a prescribed distance.
The employer will have to allow four visits to the creche which will include the interval of rest allowed to women employees.

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Strong protest letter to the Secretary,DoP

Our  Federation sent a strong protest letter to the Secretary,Department of Posts.....Click here to view

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NAPE-C Maharashtra Circle conference

NAPE-C Maharashtra Circle conference was held from 06/08/2016 to 08/08/2016 at Beed .
Shri Jayalattaji kshirsagar  former  Minister & MLA Beed  ingrated the conference.  S/Shri V.B.Mahadik President   NAPE-C Maharashtra Circle preside the conference, J.K Sardesai Circle secretary presented report on activities for the period of 2014 to 2016 & RH Gupta Treasurer  submitted accounts both are adopted by the house.
S/Shri D.Theagarajan SG FNPO, D,Kishan rao General secretary NAPE-C, Sunil zunzarrau CS NUP-4, Nisar muzawar ASG FNPO& AY Salve ex circle secretary addressed the conference.
Tak M.R. president Beed Division, Nawale S.R Division secretary and their team made excellent arrangements for conference.  
Shri, J.K Sardesai reelected as  Circle secretary

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Center forms panel to study enhanced allowance for retired employees

To examine fixed medical allowance from Rs. 500 per month and increasing `Constant Daily Allowance’, paid to those with 100 p.c. disability, from Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 6750 per month.

The Union government has constituted a high-level committee to examine enhancement of `Constant Daily Allowance’, paid to retired employees with 100 per cent disability where the person is completely dependent on somebody else for day-to-day functions, from Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 6750 per month and fixed medical allowance to retired employees from Rs. 500 per month.

Constant Daily Allowance is paid only if disability is attributable to or aggravated during the course of service. A notification issued by the Department of Personnel and Pensions said that the Committee would also examine the `fitment formula’ on revision of pension.

Follow-up to CPC recommendations

The decision is a follow-up to the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission which among other issues had examined the principles which should govern the structure of pension and other retirement benefits.

On Fixed Medical Allowances, the Commission had noted that it was enhanced from Rs.300 per month to Rs.500 per month from November 2014 and hence further enhancement of this allowance is not recommended. However the government has decided that it be examined by a Committee comprising Finance Secretary and Secretary (Expenditure) as Chairman and Secretaries of Home Affairs, Defence, Posts, Health & Family Welfare, Personnel & Training and Chairman, Railway Board as Members. Till a final decision is taken based on the recommendations of the Committee, Fixed Medical Allowance shall be paid at existing rates.

Constant Attendance Allowance

On Constant Attendance Allowance, the Commission had recommended that it may be increased by a factor of 1.5 i.e. to Rs. 6,750 per month. It had said that the allowance needs further increase by 25 per cent each time DA rises by 50 per cent.

The government has decided that it would be examined by a Committee comprising Finance Secretary and Secretary (Expenditure) as Chairman and Secretaries of Home Affairs, Defence, Posts, Health & Family Welfare, Personnel & Training and Chairman, Railway Board as Members. Till a final decision is taken based on the recommendations of the Committee, Constant Attendance Allowance shall be paid at existing rates.

Revision of pension

On revision of Pension, the Commission recommended two formulas. It had said that pension for all the civilian personnel including Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) shall first be fixed in the Pay Matrix being recommended by this Commission, on the basis of the Pay Band and Grade Pay at which they retired, at the minimum of the corresponding level in the matrix.

This amount shall be raised, to arrive at the notional pay of the retiree, by adding the number of increments he / she had earned in that level while in service, at the rate of three per cent. Fifty per cent of the total amount so arrived at shall be the revised pension.

Second calculation

The second calculation to be carried out is as follows. The pension, as had been fixed at the time of implementation of the VI CPC recommendations, shall be multiplied by 2.57 to arrive at an alternate value for the revised pension.

“Pensioners may be given the option of choosing whichever formulation is beneficial to them. It is recognized that the fixation of pension as per formulation in (i) above may take a little time since the records of each pensioner will have to be checked to ascertain the number of increments earned in the retiring level. It is therefore recommended that in the first instance the revised pension may be calculated as at (ii) above and the same may, be paid as an interim measure. In the event calculation as per (i) above yields a higher amount, the difference may be paid subsequently,” it had said.

The government has said that both the options recommended by the 7th Central Pay Commission as regards pension revision be accepted subject to feasibility of the implementation. A Committee comprising Secretary (Pension) as Chairman and Member (Staff), Railway Board, Member (Staff), Department of Posts, Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Home Affairs and Controller General of Accounts as Members would take a call on this recommendation.

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Relaxation in norms for opening Post Offices - Rajya Sabha Q&A

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Marks of Candidates appeared for DR Exam

Marks of candidates appeared for Direct Recruitment Examination for Multi Tasking Staff held on 24.04.2016. 
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New system of Postal Delivery - Rajya Sabha Q&A (05-08-2016) 

New system of Postal Delivery - Rajya Sabha Q&A (05-08-2016) 

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