CCS LTC Rules, 1988 – Fulfillment of procedural requirements- Clarification reg.

Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 – Fulfillment of procedural requirements- Clarification reg.

 

No.31011/3/2015-Estt.(A.IV)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Personnel and Training

Establishment A-IV Desk

North Block, New Delhi-110001

Dated February 9, 2017

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 – Fulfillment of procedural requirements- Clarification reg.

The undersigned is directed to refer to para 8 and 9 of the Guidelines enclosed in this Department’s O.M. of even number dated 18.2.2016 on the above noted subject and to say that the issues have been revisited. It has been decided that the cases where a Government servant travels on LTC upto the nearest airport/railway station/ bus terminal by authorized mode of transport and undertakes rest of the journey to the declared place of visit by private transport/ own arrangement (such as personal vehicle or private taxi etc.), may be dealt with as follows:-

(a) In all such cases the Government servant may be required to submit a declaration that he and the members of the family in respect of whom the claim is submitted have indeed travelled upto the declared place of visit.

(b) If a public transport is available in a particular area, the Government servant will be reimbursed the fare admissible for journey by otherwise entitled mode of public transport from the nearest airport/railway station/bus terminal to the declared place of visit by shortest direct route.

(c) In case, there is no public transport available in a particular stretch of journey, the Government servant may be reimbursed as per his entitlement for journey on transfer for a maximum limit of 100 Kms covered by the private/personal transport based on a self-certification from the Government servant. Beyond this, the expenditure shall be borne by the Government servant.

(d) Furnishing of false information will attract disciplinary action under the CCS(CCA) Rules, 1965.

Note: For the purpose of these rules, the expression ‘Public Transport” means all vehicles, including trains and airplanes operated by the Tourism Development Corporations in the Public Sector, State Transport Corporations and Transport services run by other Government or local bodies.

Sd/-

(Surya Narayan Jha)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Source: http://dopt.gov.in/

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FNPO decided to go on Strike on 16.3.2017.

NAPE Group-C (FNPO) decided to go on Strike on 16.3.2017.

In the PJCA held on 19/12/2016 the NFPE appealed the FNPO to participate in the strike notice given by the confederation for the demands relating to CG employees. The FNPO affiliates refused to participate the call given by confederation in Feb 2017 thereafter postponed to16/3/17. Thereafter they appealed to participate along with PJCA. The FNPO made clear that for the demands of postal employees who are the part of the CG employees to consider giving a separate notice on the same day in March 2017. Accordingly the NAPE gr c on 7/2/2017 in its policy and program unanimously decided, in future to go with NJCA for 7th cpc related issues and with PJCA on sectional demands. Accordingly the FNPO decided to serve strike immediately and it is nothing to do the confederation call. There is some confusion with the rank and file of NAPE gr c following the confederation call (Left party afflicted unions) the strike call of FNPO is in the larger interest of Postal employees in particular and CG employees as a hole to protest against the Central Government attitude. This is to avoid confusion in some sections of NAPE Group- C

  D.Kishanrao

  General Secretary

  NAPE Group- c

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Operating Procedure of Swiping Machines at Post Offices

Merchant Acquiring Business Installation of POS Machines at Postoffices for provision of Cashless Transactions.

Preamble:

In order to provide digital payment options to the customers of India Post, the Department has approached the largest Bank in the country viz. State Bank of India to provide the Point of Sale (POS) terminals which can be used to make card-based payments. These POS machines will be initially used to book domestic and foreign speed post, Registered Letters/Parcels, Money Orders & buying stamps and any other transactions being done by Post Offices (except Banking/Insurance transactions).

 

 

OPERATING PROCEDURE:- 

1. The Postal Assistant (PA)/Sub Postmaster (SPM) in respect of counter operations will accept valid debit/credit & prepaid cards 

2. CEPT Mysore has release the updates to modify the Point of Sale module in Meghdoot to accept cash/card mode. 

3. PA/SPM will enter the category of transaction, Transaction number (eMO/SP/Regd) and amount for the transaction for which data will flow to CEPT server at the day end.

4. Counter PA at the end of the day while handing over the transactions to the Treasurer will account for the card based transactions amount as part of cash and handover related vouchers along with the daily report thereof generated in the desktop application

5. The treasurer will enter the total of such card based swipe machine receipts in his Treasurer’s Cash Book (TCB) and preserve the daily consolidated report alongwith the receipts which are received from the counter PAs.

6. Respective entries will also be made in the HO summary and HO cash account.

7. Similarly in respect of Sub Post Offices (SO) the daily account will show the details of cash and swipe vouchers in respect of each category of accounts.

8. The entries will be entered in the SO summary at HO. Necessary fields of swipe machine receipts in the Treasury modules of Meghdoot can be customized by installing the updates released by CEPT.

 

Accounting Procedure:

1. One Nodal office for DOP (Hyderabad GPO) has been identified for the purpose of settlement of payments by SBI to the Postmaster Account. This settlement will be made on T+1 basis one consolidated entry (remittance to bank).

2. Accountant of the nodal HO will tally the T+1 settlement entry with reference to the MIS daily report provided by the CEPT and with the amount in the HO cash account under the head Card Swipe machine charges category wise provided to the user of the nodal office. The nodal office will also reconcile the information with reference to the Bank scrolls and take it into account of “Card Swipe machine receipts” in receipt side and as bank remittance towards the “Card Swipe machine payments”. Any discrepancy is to be reported by the Postmaster to settle the issue with SBI.

3. At accounts section, One schedule will be generated for the Card Swipe machine transactions and the same will be reconciled with the MIS provided by SBI.

4. For generation of MIS, SBI will share all the details of machine transactions like date, machine number, office name, office pincode, Transaction number, category of account and amount to CEPT server.

5. CEPT taking the transaction data from Meghdoot application of post offices where POS machines are installed will develop a MIS portal which shows all the MIS reports for the day and the fortnight and Month.

6. Circle DA(P) of each Circle will carry out the monthly reconciliation of payments by means of Schedules of “Card Swipe machine Receipts” and “Card Swipe machine Payments” received by each HO and consolidated amounts will be certified to the DA(P) of AP Circle so as to carry the consolidated reconciliation with the Bank Scrolls of the Nodal HO in respect of the All India Receipts and Payments.

7. CEPT Mysore should develop a module whereby reconciliation is automated by matching the card based transactions made by all Circles with the amount received by SBI.

Card Usage Instructions:

1) The Post Office should not levy any charges on the card holder for permitting the customer to use a valid card.

2) The Post Office shall not place any minimum transaction limit for using a valid card.

3) The Post Office shall ensure that the card is a Valid Card and shall swipe the card on the PoS terminal and enter the details of the transaction as displayed and ensure that Reserve Bank of India guidelines which requires entering of PIN (as applicable) as well as Non PIN cards are also accepted.

4) Post Office shall ensure entering of PIN by the card holder and to ensure that while entering of PIN sufficient privacy is given to the card holder.

5) The Post office shall obtain the signature of the card member on the charge slip and verify the same with the signature of the Card Member on the back of the Valid Card. In case of a photo card, Counter PA shall also verify that the photograph on the card matches with the card holder.

6) The Post Office will initially not allow or make any cash advances and/ or cash refunds directly to the Card Members. The Post Office will allow card holders to perform transactions equivalent to the amount utilized for the service.

7) DOP will be responsible to the demurrages due to official negligence otherwise the regular maintenance of the machine to be covered by AMC with SBI.

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Opening of the first batch of new Post Office Passport

Opening of the first batch of new Post Office Passport Seva Kendras 

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Department of Posts (DOP) announced on 24 January, 2017 their decision to utilize the Head Post Offices (HPO) in the various States as Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) for delivering passport related services to the citizens of our country. The objective of this partnership is to extend passport services on a larger scale and to ensure wider area coverage.

The pilot projects for this joint venture between MEA and DOP was inaugurated on 25 January, 2017 at the HPO at Mysuru in Karnataka by Shri Ananth Kumar, Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs; and at the Post Office at Dahod in Gujarat by Gen (Retd.) Dr. V.K.Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs, and Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, Government of India. The POPSK at these two places have been running successfully since their inauguration. One hundred appointments are being released every day for each of these POPSK.

With the successful operationalization of these two pilot projects, the Government has now decided to scale up this programme by opening 56 POPSKs at the following places in the first batch of expansion:
 

Locations	State	Passport Office
1. Kurnool	Andhra Pradesh	Vishakhapatnam
2. Kadappa
3. Silchar	Assam	Guwahati
4. Purnia,	Bihar	Patna
5. Gopalganj
6. Muzaffarpur
7. Bhagalpur
8. Siwan
9. Surguja	Chhattisgarh	Raipur
10.Daman	Daman	Mumbai
11. Diu	Diu	Ahmedabad
12. Silvasa	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	Mumbai
13. East Delhi,	Delhi	Delhi
14. Noth East Delhi,
15. North West Delhi
16. South Delhi
17. West Delhi
18. Bhuj	Gujarat	Ahmedabad
19. Palanpur
20. Hisar	Haryana	Chandigarh
21. Karnal
22. Faridabad		Delhi
23. Palampur	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla
24. Hamirpur
25. Leh	J&K	Srinagar
26. Udhampur
27. Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	Ranchi
28. Dhanbad
29. Deoghar
30. Belgaum	Karnataka	Bengaluru
31. Devangere
32. Hassan
33. Gulbarga
34. Pathanamthitta	Kerala	Trivandrum
35. Kasargod		Kozhikode
36. Kavaratti	Lakshadweep	Cochin
37. Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal
38. Satna
39. Jabalpur
40. Vidisha
41. Rourkela	Odisha	Bhubaneshwar
42. Sambalpur
43. Koraput
44. Kota	Rajasthan	Jaipur
45. Jaisalmer
46. Jhunjhunu
47. Bikaner
48. Jhalawar
49. Salem	Tamil Nadu	Coimbatore
50. Vellore		Chennai
51. Mehbubnagar	Telangana	Hyderabad
52. Warangal
53. Asansol	West Bengal	Kolkata
54. Nadia
55. North Dinajpur
56. North Kolkata

MEA and DOP are working closely for the early commencement of passport related services at the above mentioned POPSK. Once fully functional, applicants who apply for their passports on-line through the Passport Portal will be able to schedule an appointment at the above POPSK to complete the formalities necessary prior to the issue of the passport.

Following the liberalization of passport policies announced on 23 December, 2016, we have seen nearly 30% surge in demand for passports. For example, a record number of 53,400 applications were processed on 7.2.2017 out of which 49,259 were fresh applications. This is the highest since the commencement of the Passport Seva Project. Our Passport Offices are conducting special Passport Melas during the weekends to cater to the increasing demand for passports.

The pilot projects of the Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) have been running successfully at Mysuru and Dahod. We have been releasing 100 appointments for Mysuru and Dahod POPSK per day with cent per cent utilization. Appointments for Mysuru are now available in ten days while at Dahod it is available the next day. 

These are clear indicators that the liberalization of the passport policies and opening of the POPSK have been successful efforts of the Government that have been welcomed by our citizens. We expect that opening of these additional POPSK would further help our citizens in getting passports easily.

PIB

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First MY STAMP with Fragrance!!! To be launched on 14th Feb 2017

First MY STAMP with Fragrance!!! To be launched on 14th Feb 2017. Pre-Booking available @ Rs 500/- per sheet. For more info..
Please contact Anna Road, Philatelic Bureau @ 044 28520509

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Draft Seniority List of PAs in Tamilnadu Circle as on 1.04.2016

Draft Seniority List  of Postal Assistants in Tamilnadu Circle as on 1.04.2016 who were confirmed after 1.4.1988 and appointed prior to 4.11.1992

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திருநெல்வேலி பட்டியல் தனியே  Sheet 2 ல் உள்ளது 

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FNPO to go on Strike on 16/03/2017.

Dear colleagues,

You are aware that we conducted a protest week from 12.12.2016 to 19.12.2016 demanding to change minimum pay and fitment formula.

In this connection, we submitted a memorandum to the Honourable Prime Minister.  We have not received any response from Prime Minister office till this date.

Therefore, FNPO is decided to go on Strike on 16/03/2017.  A separate strike notice will be issued by the FNPO affiliated unions General Secretaries shortly.

Shri.D.Theyagarajan,
Secretary General FNPO 

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GDS Online Recruitment Notification - Apply Online

Sorry for the inconvenience to the Viewers.

We had posted unconfirmed news of GDS Online Recruitment Notification and Its details. FNPO Tirunelveli regret for the inconvenience caused to the our beloved viewers.

We will update the News after Proper Notification Issued.

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RBI raised withdrawal limit from savings banks accounts to Rs 50,000 from Rs 24,000

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Wednesday it would remove the cash withdrawal limit from ATMs and savings accounts from March 13.

Cash withdrawal limit from savings bank accounts will be relaxed to Rs 50,000 from February 20 to March 13, after which it will be removed, RBI deputy governor R Gandhi said after the monetary policy meeting.

Several limits on cash withdrawals from banks and ATMs were imposed after the government’s surprise move to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 on November 8, 2016.

Earlier, on January 30, RBI had allowed withdrawal upto Rs 24,000 from savings accounts. This was preceded by the relaxation on January 16 when the limit was raised to Rs 10,000 per day from Rs 4,500.

The government has been saying the amount of currency in circulation would remain lower that what it was before November 8 even after remonetisation is completed, a move aimed at encouraging people to go cashless and adopt digital payment methods.

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Services offered by India Post Payments Bank

India Post Pa​y​ments Bank​

Aapka bank, aapke dwaar

At India Post Payments Bank, we believe that a nation can grow only when its people prosper together. With financial inclusion, trustworthy banking advice and reliable services at the heart of our philosophy, we envision a future full of promises and possibilities. Even a little saving can go a long way if channelized correctly. That’s why, at IPPB, we aim to ensure equal financial access to every Indian, regardless of who they are and where they live. Here is a glimpse of what IPPB offers.

Banking Services for Everybody​​

Domestic Remittance Services​​

Direct benefit Transfer​​

Doorstep Banking​​

​​Banking Services for Everybody:

IPPB offers 3 distinct accounts, tailored to suit the requirements of people everywhere.

Regular Account – Safal
Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) - Sugam
BSBDA Small - Saral​

While the Safal Account is packed with features, the Saral account is aimed at people with limited banking experience. ​

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The following services are availables across the different accounts.

Domestic Remittance Services:

IPPB will provide an inexpensive and secure medium to transfer funds via its domestic remittance offering. All customers of IPPB would be eligible to avail a host of different modes of domestic remittance subject to the stipulated constraints – NEFT, IMPS, AEPS, UPI and *99#

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​​Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT):

DBT program aims to transfer subsidies directly to the people through their bank accounts, which will in turn reduce leakages, delays and other similar challenges.

Funds from the disbursing agency are automatically credited into the beneficiary accounts through NACH/APBS instead of cash disbursal. IPPB will provide cash out of the subsidies at the customer's doorstep by combining this service with Doorstep Banking.

Doorstep Banking:

We look forward to extending our relationship with banking at your doorstep. Doorstep banking allows a customer for a nominal fee to request and avail banking and related services at their door. The services currently offered are as follows:

1. Cash deposit
2. Cash withdrawal
3. Balance enquiry
4. Aadhaar to Aadhaar funds transfer

With “Aapka bank, aapke dwaar”, what you see is what you get.

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Did black money end? - Congress demanding an apology from PM

Did black money end? Did fake currency come out?” How and why the note ban decision was “leaked” to people and industrialists close to the government.

Opposition and Treasury benches went head-to-head in the Lok Sabha on Monday, with Leader of the Congress Legislative Party in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjuna Kharge demanding an apology from PM Narendra Modi for “the trouble ... caused to all sections of people” by his decision to demonetise ₹1,000 and ₹500 notes.

The remarks came during the Lok Sabha debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President for his address to both Houses of Parliament. The PM is expected to respond to the debate on Tuesday.

In a 90-minute speech, Mr. Kharge sharply attacked the ruling party, with some of his remarks referring to what he termed the “paucity of martyrs to the country” in the BJP. “Gandhiji sacrificed his life for the country, Indraji too sacrificed her life. Who came from your house? Not a single dog came from your house,” said Mr. Kharge evoking a shocked response from Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.

The government countered the Opposition’s charges on its failures with speeches by Union Minister Mahesh Sharma and BJP’s Kisan Morcha chief and MP from Uttar Pradesh Virendra Singh Mast extolling the government’s achievements.

Rule 352 invoked

Mr. Kharge’s charges against the government, however, did create a flutter with Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar invoking Rule 352 of parliamentary procedure that overruled a member’s right to speak if it disrupted the business of the House.

A large part of Mr. Kharge’s speech was a critique of demonetisation which, he said, had been declared by almost all economists as a bad idea. “If anybody speaks on note ban, he is accused of supporting black money. When it comes to surgical strikes, the government questions our patriotism. Have you [the government] taken the contract of patriotism,” he asked.

“The least he [Prime Minister] should have done was to introduce a resolution to condole the deaths [of 125 people in bank queues] or should have said that he wants to apologise to the people for the hardships caused to them,” Mr. Kharge added.

Accusing Mr. Modi of keeping his own government and the RBI in the dark on the issue, Mr. Kharge said, “Did black money end? Did fake currency come out?” He also alleged that the note ban decision was “leaked” to people and industrialists close to the government and BJP leaders bought vast tracts of land before the decision was announced.

Source: The Hindu

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Non-filers of income tax returns will now face a steep fine.

NEW DELHI: Non-filers of income tax returns will now face a steep fine.

For people earning below Rs 5 lakh, filing returns after July will attract a fine of Rs 1,000 and those with earnings above Rs 5 lakh would face a fine of Rs 5,000. “Those who have an income over Rs 5 lakh and file returns after July but till December will face a fine of Rs 5,000. This fine will be raised to Rs 10,000 if the return is filed after December,” revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia said at a post-budget event organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. 

At present, there is no fine if the returns are filed with a delay within the assessment year, but a penalty of Rs 5000 could be imposed if the filing was after it. But the income tax department did not aggressively pursue this. Adhia said that there are 50 lakh companies registered in the country of which just 6.9 lakh filed income tax returns. He asked members of the institute to encourage their clients to file returns. 

NO RESPITE FROM POEM AND GAAR 

Adhia made it clear that these antiabuse measures were here to stay. Industry has pitched for deferral of these provisions seeking some more time for preparation so that investors are not caught on the wrong foot. “PoEM (Place of Effective Management) and GAAR (General Anti-Avoidance Rule) norms are here to stay….GAAR has already been deferred for the last five years,” he said. 

He said suitable clarifications have been provided and adequate safeguards put in place to allay apprehensions of the industry that there will be harassment by tax authorities. “PoEM is for those companies that are creating structures outside just to make passive income outside India to escape tax net,” he said.

Source: -The Economic Times

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NJCA Will launch protest if Centre hikes allowances with no arrears.

"The total amount pending from January 1, 2016 should be given to the employees. But we are not sure whether they would release the arrears as well," Shiv Gopal Mishra said.

New Delhi, Feb 3: Central Government employees are expected receive their hiked allowances from the month of April. National Joint Council of Action (NJCA), which has been raising the demands of central government employees before Committee of Secretaries, claims that Centre would implement the hike by April 1. However, NJCA convenor Shiv Gopal Mishra has confirmed that a protest would be launched if arrears are not provided on hiked allowances.

“Government is expected to hike the allowances from April 1. We have demanded them to provide the arrears as well. The total amount pending from January 1, 2016 should be given to the employees. But we are not sure whether they would release the arrears as well.” Shiv Gopal Mishra said while speaking to India.com. “Arrears are unlikely, but protests would be launched if they fail to release (the arrears),” he further added.

The date of implementation for 7th Pay Commission was fixed as January 1, 2016. The pay panel report of Justice (retd) AK Mathur was approved by Union Cabinet in first week of July. However, only the basic component of salary was hiked, as employee unions had raised several anomalies related to allowances.

Along with the hike in basic salaries, central government employees were also provided arrears for the months of January to June. Similarly, the employees are also seeking arrears on allowances from January 2016. However, the populist demand, if implemented, may adversely impact the exchequer.

NJCA also expressed disappointment against the Finance Minister for making no reference to central government employees during the Budget speech. “The speech of Finance Minister made no reference to central government employees. We were expecting Mr Jaitley to make some positive announcement, but all of us are upset,” Mishra said.

NJCA has also been spearheading the demand of revising minimum salary. Through the 7th Pay Commission, the minimum pay was hiked from Rs 7,000 to Rs 18,000. However, the Joint Council (staff side) has reiterated that the minimum salary should be revised to Rs 26,000.

Implementation of 7th Pay Commission directly impacts nearly 47 lakh central government employees and 53 lakh pensioners. The total hike approved by Centre was 23.4 per cent. However, the actual hike realised so far by the employees is 14.3 per cent, which is related only to their basic pay. The remaining portion of the hike would be realised upon the hike in allowances.

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ஜனவரி முதல் 2% DA உயர்வு எதிர்பார்க்கப்படுகிறது

Central government employees expect 2% DA for January 2017

New Delhi: Central government employees expect a 2 percent dearness allowance in the salary from January 2017.

As per a blog of central government employees, "In case All India Consumer Price Index(AICPIN) is less than 277 for Nov and Dec 2016, then Dearness Allowance from January 2017 will be 2 percent. The employees feel that due to the impact of demonetisation, AICPIN Value may be volatile in the coming months.

The AICPIN for December 2016 was released by the Labour Department on January 31 at 275.

Though this is not the final figure because the Union are protesting against the DA %, added the blog.

The move is likely to bring relief to around 50 lakh employees working with the central government as well as 58 lakh more pensioners.

Provision of dearness allowance and dearness relief is made to the employees and pensioners so as to neutralise the effect of price rise on their salary and saving. 

Source : http://zeenews.india.com\

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22 nd NAPE Group -C All India Conference.

22 nd NAPE Gr-C All India Conference open session was held at Bhagyamala Auditorium, Tiruvanthapuram on 5.2.2017 at 5 PM. 

Sri.D.Kishan Rao General Secretary P3 inaugurated the open session and addressed the gathering. Sri.D.Theagarajan Secretary General FNPO addressed the gathering on 7 th CPC issues and other related issues.

Sri.T.N.Rahate General Secretary NUPE Postman & MTS, Sri.P.U.Muraleedharan General Secretary NUGDS,   Sri.N.Ramappa General Secretary NURMS, Sri.P.S.Babu Ex.General Secretary NAPE Gr-C, Sri.Rajat S Das were addressed the meeting.

 

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