யார் சொல்வதை கேட்பது ? - மத்தளமா ஊழியர்கள் ?

சொல்கிறது இலாகா   - இரவு 10 மணிவரை கவுன்ட்டரை திறந்து வை 
சொல்கிறது CPC  -           மாலை 06 மணிக்குள் EOD கொடு என 
ஒருவேளை CPC - Infosys கட்டுப்பாட்டில் இயங்குகிறதா ?.

அதிகார மையம் எது ? புரியாமல் ஊழியர்கள்....................

இதோ மெயில் from CPC

Sir/Madam,

Important EOY(End of Year) instructions received from CPC is forwarded herewith for strict adherence at all level.

1. On 1.4.2016, no CBS Post Office will do any transaction but staff working on CBS will attend post office and follow instructions (as and when ) issued by CEPT Team Chennai. 

(A public notice should be put on the notice board of all CBS Post Offices that due to End of Year, no transaction will be accepted on 1.4.2016 and Monthly/Quarterly Interest of MIS/SCSS if due on 1st April 2016 will be paid on 2.4.2016)

2.CBS Post Offices should ensure that no unverified account or modification in  accounts of SB/PPF/SSA/NSS-87/NSS-92 remains unverified as interest is not calculated for any account if any modification is unverified. Concerned staff should be alerted so that such lapses may be avoided.

3.   All CBS Post Offices, on 31.3.2016, should do transactions latest up to  1700 hours and verify all the transactions simultaneously so that there may be no Blocking transaction at 1700 hours. All CBS Post Offices should complete HISCOD latest by 1800 hours and CPC should complete HSCOD latest by 1900 hours. Any blocking validation should be reported to FSI Helpdesk and CEPT Team immediately on noticing so that solution can be provided well in time.

5. CBS Head Post Office dealing with clearing house, should intimate cheque clearing intimation of the cheques cleared on31.3.2016 to other linked CBS HOs and SOs  well in time on 31.3.2016 either over mail or phone so that credit/debit can be afforded well in time.  

(please note that in case of PPF Accounts maturing on 31.3.2016, cheque cleared before 31.3.2016 will not be allowed to be credited after 31.3.2016)

6. Reports regarding Interest credited in SB/SSA/PPF/NSS-87 and NSS-92 accounts of a CBS post office, Silent Account maintenance Fee charged and Total number of accounts marked as silent (total amount and accounts  for a Post Office and not account-wise) will be intimated through CPCs by the end of first week.

இதோ மெயில் from Dept :

All PMs/SPMs/DSMs/MEs/PRI(P)s

SDHs/OAs

Directorate instructions regarding opening of POs till 10.00 PM today is forwarded herewith for strict adherence.

Looking to the financial year end rush, particularly for investment in Post Office Savings Schemes, it has been decided by the competent authority to keep the Post offices open till 10.00 p.m today.

All the necessary arrangements may please be made and resources deployed to achieve the objective of accepting the deposit/investment of all the customers who visit the post office today.

Divisional Office phone numbers may please be displayed in all the post offices for customer's convenience.

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CBS குறித்து தேசிய சங்கத்தின் கடிதம்

FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANISATIONS                                                        T-24, Atul Grove Road, New Delhi - 110 001. Phone : 011-23321378 

E-mail : theagarajannachi@hotmail.com                                                                                                       Ref : 120/2016                                                                                                        Dated : 28-3-2016 T To                                                                                                                                                         Mrs.Kavery Banerjee                                                                                                                 

Secretary,                                                                                                                                     Department of Posts                                                                                                                           

New Delhi 110 001 

     Sub; Excruciating state and intolerable stress among cadres due to the malfunctioning of CBS- reg

Respected Madam, 

My Federation constrains to bring this issue again and again despite of our discussion and letters, there is no development in the field. Therefore I am once again forced to write this issue to you that is about the insurmountable misery our officials are doomed to suffer in the CBS enabled post offices. There appears to beno ray of hope for the respite to which our staff are overdue in all levels regardless of the hierarchy. But theofficials working in the post offices are put to rigorous exploitation and the resultant stress. Even though we are boasting of having brought as many 20500offices under the nexus of CBS operation and outwitted the digital connectivity of the other stake holders, the working condition of the workers are deterioted to such degree of exploitation forcing us to intervene for an immediate solution. The innovation does not lead to technological improvisation ensuring the best possible service to the customers. But, instead, had rendered our staff with an unsavory and humiliating experience of encountering the public wrath and curse on day to basis. Al the assurances the administration, had given in the past about the transient nature of the problems had not proved to be credible and worthy merit. Instead the problems are aggravating day by day making every one skeptic of the words from the authorities that be. The staffs are working up to midnight to see that the validation followed by EOD is given staring the computers most of the time for connectivity. There was a total collapse of the connectivity impounding our staff to stay as late as mid night. The system administrators of the divisional headquarters are doomed to monitor the completion of the work round the clock and in fact have to complete the validation and other work of the sub offices by obtaining the details of the transactions over phone.The staff of CPC are equally ordained to work tireless. The plight of the women employees is ineffable and RISK fraught especially when they are to return to home in the late hours. Apart from, becoming totally indifferent and inattentive to their domestic chores (including child care), their vulnerability to the undesirable incidents either while working alone in remote offices or on the way back to home in odd hours are to be borne in consideration and remedy found on a war - foot basis. Theemployers are not all paying any heed to serious state where in the security of women staff at stake attracting various provisions of the law of land in the event of any untoward incident. Request is hereby fervently made by the undersigned forfinding way and means to end this end this draconian travails meted to officials in CBS offices. • The connectivityspeed is said to be one of the prime reason for all these hardship faced by our staff some time back when the roll out was fewer. • The problem relating to the center server‘s imbibing capacity of the data being entered is now adduced to be the sole dominating reason for the presentlogjam. • But oblivious to what is in store for us by the action in higher echelons, it is requested to do some plausible measure in our domain to bring down the peril facing us by adapting some procedural changes . The over flooding of data reach out to server in the evening hours pertaining to BO transaction results in clogging and glitches, very typical of peak hour spurt in the traffic. The work in closing hours of the sub offices is to be reduced if at all any prima facie remedy is to be realized. The following measures are suggested for these can be done in our level as per the rules and with out causing any injury to customers interest. (i) The conversion of all BO in the CBS offices as one day transit offices with instruction to treat the bag received for the day as bags received after closing of the account bag to HO, except taking the cash as advance remittance. The contents of the bag except RL/mails are to kept overnight and to be incorporated in the next day account. The work of the BOS is therefore can be started right from the morning with the vouchers of previous day and can be put through in phased manner during office hours. The spread out entry of BOs transactions concurrently and leisurely with the sub offices work will avoid the accumulation in the evening and the crowding of data to server can be therefore be effectively eschewed. (ii) Even if there is any likelihood of delay due to unanticipated glitches, the work of the day can be planned and alternate measures of shifting the CBS related work to nearby offices where the verification can be done well within reasonable time. (iii) Constituting of special salvaging cell comprising of qualified staff with staggered attendance at focal points in order to complete the work of the Sub offices that cannot be accomplished for the aforesaid reason. As such it is a common sight that some of the sub office staffs are trying the validation in the HO in late evening hours as and when the total connectivity is lost in their office. (iv) After close of the SO transaction along with the BO transaction of the previous day (by changing the value date), the EOD should be given at once in order to facilitate the CPC to run EOD for the circle level. The DC can therefore be run on the same day.But in the present arrangement, the initiation of EOD at postoffice level after validating the BO transaction late followed by CPC EOD compliance drags the DC to be run on the peak hours of the next day. Eventually telling upon the flow of the SO transactions the morning itself. (v) Now the augmentation of server and providing additional serverare impossible instantly.The heavy data flow cripples the work as per the latest findings by the experts. It is true that with more than 20000 SOLS and more number of logins, it may not possible to access the server swiftly.Further the target related spurt in the opening of accounts etc has increased the data flow.With a net result the server what we have now in dearth of space over flooded withdata and is bound to delay the transaction. The roll out of the rest of the Non CBS offices is beyond imagination with the available capacity and in fact have to be dropped in the beginning of this week . Oflate, the Infosys have advised that the duration of idle sessions be minimized and further to keep session count under check by restricting the session users.Of this couple of findings, the idle session time has since been reduced to 5 mts for thepast 4 days.Nevertheless there is no improvement. As regards the restriction of the session users, not only for thepresent season, but till the server is added up the way out is to be found out by the Department. It is for sure the worker of the department cannot endure any more to undergothe rigors and drudgery of working late in the night to see the transactions are validated. My Federation of the strong conviction that the basic work of the POSB,as enshrined in our volume should be done manually on day to basis and the value added service like CBS and ATM can be performed periodically ,on turn basis, which will restrict the usersat optimum level conducive to server to serve swiftly. Thus the CBS will have to be termed and practiced as real time CBS. The slot should be apportioned among the sub offices with HO empowered to have access daily. The sub offices during the restricted day should accept the transactions as in the past duly maintainingthe Long book and RD journal etc to substantiate the receipt and payment in the daily account. The vouchers can be validated by sending the same to HO on the same day along a copy of the long book and RD journal as the case may be. At Ho there should be enough staff strength (drawing officialsrendered surplus from abolition of SOSB and from SBCO in staggered attendance) to do the validation and this team can be deployed in night hour attendance on par with CPC.The updation of SO transaction work during the non CBS days at HO should be timed in such way that it should not delay the EOD and DC of the day. The bandwidth of the HO can be raised considerably and thus the Core banking inclusion can be done on the same day, even though not instantly, for the costumer to get the value added service CBS uninterruptedly. This can be done till such time server capacity are enhanced or number added up.By doing so the much desired reduction in session login by the Infosys can be ensured by adapting the procedure already in vogue in our volumes without depriving the service of basic POSB to customers (in whatever way that deemed fit and plausible.) My Federation therefore request you to kindly look in to matter and save the official from exploitation, otherwise no other choice for officials but to leave the office as such after the close of working hours by duly incorporating the receipts and payment of the day towards POSB manually and thereby fulfilling the basic objective of the basic duty behold a Postoffice. Further my Federation request your good self to defer the RICT which will increase the logged in users multi-folded till such time server is added or amplified for seamless access. If the atrocities unleased on worker for no fault of them if goes unabated , we are left with no other choice of resorting to Trade Union action and judicial remedy drawing the attention of the Government about the barbaric way of treating the workers in the Department of Post.                                      Yours Sincerely,                                                                                                                                   (D. Theagarajan) Secretary General 

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Two additional servers to be installed on 01/04/2016 is for Finacle/Mccamish - Directorate.

01.04.2016 முதல் தீருமா Finacle/Mccamish பிரச்சனைகள் ? 

Today SG FNPO send the letter to Member (Tech) Copy of the letter reproduced.

Respected sir,

Kindly recall our discussion yesterday on CBS related issues.

While thanking for your reply through eMail, we discussed the remedies suggested therein with the field workers.

Based upon the feedback, we seek your clarification whether the two Servers assured to be installed on 01.04.2016 is going to be exclusively for Finacle/Mccamish or for RICT scheduled to be launched from the same day.

Thanking you,

D.Theagarajan

Directorate clarified that two servers to be installed on01/04/2016 is for Finacle/Mccamish not for RICT.

   SG FNPO met Member (P) and DDG SR more details pulished in our sentinel .

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Union Leaders met with Nodal Officer (CPC).

Today on dated 28.03.2016  a meeting of Secretary Generals  of NFPE , FNPO  and BPEF  was held  with the DDG(P) (Nodal Officer  of Department  with Pay Commission Implementation Cell) , DDG (Estt) and DDG(SR)at Dak Bhawan, New Delhi.

            A detailed discussion took place on the demands mentioned in the Memorandum submitted to Secretary (Post) for modification. We emphasized that all demands should be achieved.

             We demanded upgraded pay scales for PA, SA, Postman, Mail Guard, MTS, MMS (All categories), Admn, SBCO, Postal accounts and Civil Wing staff etc.

            Next meeting with Empowered Committee under Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary will be held on 30.03.2016 at Cabinet Secretariat, Committee Room, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.FNPO will represented by President FNPO & SGFNPO.

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Functioning of CBS - Discussed by Union

            Today on dated 28.03.2016, Com. R.N. Parashar Secretary General NFPE along with Sri. D. Theagarajan Secretary General FNPO met with Shri B.V. Sudhakar, Member (Technology) and Shri Ashutosh Tripathi, Member (Personal) and apprised of the worst situation being faced by Postal Staff due to CBS.

            After detailed discussion, the following remedial measures have been declared by the Department.

Director (Technology) directortech@indiapost.gov.in    (Email: 28.03.2016)

1:58 PM (53 minutes ago)

            In response to your concerns regarding CBS functioning, I am directed to inform the following:

    1. Two to three levels of EOD will be done centrally from CEPT,     Mysuru from 1st April, 2016.

    2. Two additional servers are being provided at the Data Centre today so that additional load can be absorbed.

    3. The Business Continuity Plan (BCP) has been permitted by the     FS Division from 23.03.2016. This will enable operations to be     done across the counter.

    4. An Emergency Response Team (ERT) has been constituted at  CEPT, Mysuru to deal with outages.

    5. A top to bottom review of the Application is being undertaken     to ensure smooth operations.

        Your co-operation is sought for effective implementation of CBS.

This issues with approval of Member (Technology).

sd/-
B.P.Sridevi

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I-T Department wants you to declare all interest income in your ITR

BENGALURU: In a circular released on Tuesday, the Central Board of Direct Taxes has warned the taxpayers who do not declare all their interest income in their ITRs to correct their ways. They have been asked to re-file and rectify their returns for FY 2013-14 onwards.

You'll have to declare even those interest incomes where Form 15 G/H have been filed and the total exceeds the maximum amount not chargeable to tax, that is, Rs 2.5 lakh. Only interest income up to Rs 10,000 exempted under Section 10 may be left out. The deadline for this is 31st March 2016. If missed, you will be liable to pay a Rs 5,000 penalty under avoid penalty Section 271F of the I-T Act.

While form 26AS reflects only those payments on which tax has been deducted, the department can track your other deposits and interest payments received without deduction of tax too via information received from banks and other financial institutions. "Information regarding interest earned by individuals and business entities on term deposit is filed with the Income Tax Department by banks including co-operative banks and other financial institutions and state treasuries, etc," said the circular.

In an online survey conducted by www.economictimes.com last August, 30% of the 2,168 respondents believed that interest of up to Rs 10,000 from bank FDs is tax free in a year. However, as per the rules,the exemption under Section 80TTA is only for the interest on the savings bank accounts. What one earns from on fixed deposits and recurring deposits is fully taxable. You also need to declare all those interest income where TDS has been deducted or you have filed Form 15 G/H.

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No proposal under consideration to replace the National Pension System (NPS) with old pension scheme - Govt. replied in Lok Sabha

No proposal under consideration to replace the National Pension System (NPS) with old pension scheme - Govt. replied in Lok Sabha

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1524

ANSWERED ON: 04.03.2016

Replacement of New Pension Scheme

SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA
Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government proposes to replace the New Pension Scheme (NPS) with old pension scheme; and

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

ANSWER

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

(a) & (b) there is no proposal under consideration to replace the National Pension System (NPS) with old pension scheme in respect of Central Government employees recruited on or after 01.01.2004.

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Excruciating state and intolerable stress among cadres due to the malfunctioning of CBS

Excruciating state and intolerable stress among cadres due to the malfunctioning of CBS- reg.
Our letter to Secretary Post.
Click the above link to read the letter.

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Proposal for coaching class for PO&RMS Accountant Exam at Madurai and Chennai.

Date of PO&RMS Accountant Examination is notified as 22.05.2016 in the Calendar of Examinations for the year 2016. Shri. P.Karunanithy, Supdt. of Pos (Retired) proposes to conduct Coaching class for PO&RMS Accountant Examination as detailed below:

Tentative schedule for coaching class for three days (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday)  

                         

Date	Venue
01.05.2016 03.05.2016	Tamilnadu Government Employees Union building West Melaperumal Maistry Street, Madurai 625001
08.05.2016 10.05.2016	Rajiv Gandhi Telecom Training Centre Meenambakkam Chennai 600027

 The candidates are requested to inform the following the particulars early.

(a) Name, male or female,  designation, Division and cell number

(b) Place at which coaching class is to be participated

(c) Whether the candidate wants accommodation for three days

Willing candidates  are requested to send a SMS regarding above particulars  in Cell No: 94433 29681 early.

Further details please contact 

Shri. P.Karunanithy, B.Sc., 

Supdt. of Post Offices (Retired), 

No. 5, Moovendar Nagar East, 

Madurai Reserve Lines, 

Madurai 625 014.                     

Cell number : 94433 29681.

 

Courtesy : sapost.

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வாழ்த்துகிறோம்.....

பொள்ளாச்சி கோட்ட 25 வது தேசிய அஞ்சல் ஊழியர் சங்க மாநாடு 20.03.2016 அன்று காலை  10.00 மணிக்கு பொள்ளாச்சி HPO ல் நடைபெற்றது கோட்ட மாநாட்டில்  மாநில சங்கத்தின் சார்ப்பாக 

திரு.J.குணசேகரன், உறுப்பினர் இடைக்கால குழு அவர்களும் 
 திரு துரைசாமி P3 கோட்ட செயலாளர்   சேலம் கிழக்கு  அவர்களும்,  
திரு G. சவுந்தர பாண்டியன்  P3 கோவில்பட்டி  செயலாளர் அவர்களும், 
திருமதி ஜெயலக்ஷ்மி P3 கோவை கோட்ட செயலாளர் அவர்களும், 
திரு C.குமரன் முன்னால் P3 கோவை மண்டல செயலாளர் அவர்களும்,
கலந்து கொண்டு சிறப்புரை ஆற்றினார்கள்.

 மாநாட்டில்  புதிய நிர்வாகிகளாக
திரு.S.வரதராஜன்  P3  -தலைவர்
திரு. C.மோகன்ராஜ் P3  -செயலாளர்
திரு. P.N.நடராஜன் P3 - பொருளாளர் ஆக தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டனர்.
அவர்களுக்கு நெல்லை கோட்டசங்கத்தின் சார்ப்பாக மனம் நிறைந்த வாழ்த்துக்கள்

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6 சதவிகிதம் DA உயர்வு அறிவிப்பு

Release of additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Pensioners due from 1.1.2016

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Cabinet

23-March-2016 16:29 IST  

Release of additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Pensioners due from 1.1.2016

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to Pensioners w.e.f. 01.01.2016. This represents an increase of 6 percent over the existing rate of 119 percent of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise.

This will benefit about 50 lakh Government employees and 58 lakh pensioners.

The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission (CPC). The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief would be of Rs. 6796.50 crore per annum and Rs.7929.24 crore respectively, in the financial year 2016-17 (for a period of 14 months from January, 2016 to February, 2017).

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Appeal from Secretary General to alll Circle Division and Branch Secretaries

It is learnt from Directorate that they called for the reports from the Circles about Finacle and McCamish issues some of the Circles sent D.O. letters to the Directorate explaining the ground reality. Let us hope Department will find the solution. If not, our federation will discuss the issue with NFPE and appropriate decision will be taken to find the solution, till such time our cadres are requested not to resort any local agitations.

D.Theagarajan S.G. FNPO

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SAVINGRAM from Secretary General to DG

To
Mrs.Kaveri Banerji,
Chairperson, Postal Board
Department of Post,
Dak Bhavan ,New Delhi 1 .

secretary-posts@indiapost.gov.in; membertech@indiapost.gov.in; 

Respected Madam,
My Federation is in receipt of thousands of telephonic calls from various Postoffices across India about the drudgery the staff of Post offices are subjected to ,due to the Finnacle and Mcamish related problems AAA Your immediate intervention is required and requested for, to save our staff from working late up to 9 and guarding them against the wrath of members of public AAA Heads of Circles are pleading helplessness showing the fingers towards Directorate for solution to the present crisis AAA Added to these woes staff are forced to come on duty on Holiday and Sunday in the name of special drive ,thereby ,depriving them of the off from office work and stress AAA Detailed letter follows AAA Pray your immediate intervention .
Thanking  you ,
D.Theagarajan
Secretary General
FNPO  

Copy to:CPMG Andhra Pradesh Circle; CPMG Assam Circle; CPMG Bihar Circle; CPMG Chhattisgarh Circle; CPMG Delhi Circle; CPMG Gujarat Circle; CPMG Haryana Circle; CPMG Himachal Pradesh Circle; CPMG Jammu & Kashmir Circle; CPMG Jharkhand Circle; CPMG Karnataka Circle; CPMG Kerala Circle; CPMG Madhya Pradesh Circle; CPMG Maharashtra Circle; CPMG North East Circle; CPMG Orissa Circle; CPMG Punjab Circle; CPMG Rajasthan Circle; CPMG Tamilnadu Circle; CPMG Uttar Pradesh Circle; CPMG Uttarakhand Circle; CPMG West Bengal Circle

Savingram ஐ தொடர்ந்து அடுத்த கடிதம்

secretary-posts@indiapost.gov.in; membertech@indiapost.gov.in;  

To 

Mrs. Kaveri Banerji, 

Chairperson, Postal Board, 

Department of Posts, India, 

Dak Bhavan, New Delhi 110001. 

Respected Madam, 

I am extremely sorry to disturb you on the auspicious day of Holi. But, situation compelled me to write this few lines for your kind consideration. 

The officials working in Post Offices are making numerous issues relating to Finacle/Maccamish. 

This was not solved by your office despite of our favorable discussion and writings. 

Members have suggested the following:- 

(i) Work to Rule in the Post Offices. 

(ii) Leave the Post Offices by the closing hours as it is or 

(iii) Strike. 

My Federation is of no other alternate except abide the justified and overdue wishes of members. 

Kindly intervene otherwise spontaneous strike is unavoidable beyond our control over the cadres.  . 

Thanking you, 

Yours sincerely, 

[D.Theagarajan] 

SGFNPO

Copy to:CPMG Andhra Pradesh Circle; CPMG Assam Circle; CPMG Bihar Circle; CPMG Chhattisgarh Circle; CPMG Delhi Circle; CPMG Gujarat Circle; CPMG Haryana Circle; CPMG Himachal Pradesh Circle; CPMG Jammu & Kashmir Circle; CPMG Jharkhand Circle; CPMG Karnataka Circle; CPMG Kerala Circle; CPMG Madhya Pradesh Circle; CPMG Maharashtra Circle; CPMG North East Circle; CPMG Orissa Circle; CPMG Punjab Circle; CPMG Rajasthan Circle; CPMG Tamilnadu Circle; CPMG Uttar Pradesh Circle; CPMG Uttarakhand Circle; CPMG West Bengal Circle

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நெல்லை பாளையில் ATM திறப்பு

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Declaration of Holiday on 14th April - Birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambethkar
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Minutes of the 2nd meeting of Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS)

Minutes of the 2nd meeting of Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS)

Subject: Implementation of the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission — 2nd meeting of the E-CoS

Venue: Committee Room, Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan
Date of Meeting: Thursday, the 1 st March, 2016
Time of Meeting: 6:45 PM

A meeting of the Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) was held on 1 st March, 2016 in the Cabinet Secretariat under the chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary to discuss issues raised by Staff„side of JCM

2. Welcoming the members of E-CoS and JCM Staffrside, Cabinet Secretary observed that the meeting had been called to take a note of concerns of Stäff-$ide of JCM regarding recommendations of the 7th CPC and invited the members Of Staff-side of JCM to share their views on the recommendations.

3. Opening the discussion, representative of Staff-side of JCM expressed gratitude to Cabinet Secretary for inviting them for interaction regarding the recommendations of the 7th CPC and requested that more frequent interactions of JCM may be held to resolve outstanding issues across the table. It was expressed that 7th CPC has recommended a meager increase of 14% in the minimum pay as against increase ranging up to 54% during previous Pay Commissions. It was further stated that the recommendations on minimum pay, allowances, advances etc. will cause difficulty to employees. Representative of Staff-side informed that they have already submitted a charter of demands to the Cabinet Secretary bringing out the issues. These have also been discussed in the meeting of JS (IC) with Staff-side of JCM held on 19.02.2016.

4. Major concerns expressed by JCM Staff-side were as under:

The minimum pay of Rs. 18000/- p.m. recommended by the Commission is on lower side and needs to be revised upward by taking into account the prices of commodities as on 01.07.2015 and appropriately factoring in for social obligations & housing.

(ii) New Pension Scheme should be done away with. Persons governed by the NPS are deprived of Family Pension and do not have provision of provident fund. As a result they are at a disadvantageous position as compared to the persons governed by the old system.

(iii) Recommendations on allowances need to be properly examined before taking a decision.

(iv) Fixed Medical Allowance should be increased from existing Rs. 500 p.m. to Rs. 2000 p.m. as majority of cities are not covered under CGI-IS and people residing outside the CGHS covered area are unable to meet their medical needs with meager amount of Rs. 500 p.m.

(v) Recommendation regarding withdrawal of non-interest bearing advances may not be accepted.

(vi) Outsourcing of services should be discouraged as the contract workers are being exploited by contractors and at the game time the service delivery is being compromised due to inefficiency and lack of accountability of low aid contractual staff.

(vii) Enhancement in contribution towards Group Insurance Scheme, is not justified as this would reduce the actual increase in take home salary considerably. If the rates are to be raised, the Government should bear the insurance premium

(viii) The recommendation regarding grant of only 80% of salary for the second year of Child Care Leave need not be accepted as this would deter women from availing of CCL, which was introduced as a welfare measure.

(ix) Annual increments be granted @ 5% instead of existing 3% and increments may be granted on two dates viz., 1 st of January and 1 st of July of every year as in the present system of grant of increment on 1 st July of every year, employees joining/promoted after 1 st January, who do not complete 6 months services as on 1 st July, have to wait for up to 18 months for grant of increment.

(x) The Commission’s recommendation of downgrading the Assistants of Central Secretariat for bringing in parity with their counterparts in the field offices is not appropriate.

(xi) Recommendation regarding PRIS need not be accepted as no scientific mechanism has been devised to assess the performance of employees and the same could e courage favoritism.

5. Issues regarding financial upgradation under MACPS in promotional hierarchy without grading stipulation. grant of two increments on promotion introduction of Productivity Linked Bonus, treating Grameen Dak Sevak as Government employees, removal of pap of 5% on compassionate appointment 8i full pay and allowances In case of Work Related Illness and Injury Leave improving promotional avenues for technical and supervisory staff etc. were also raised by members of JCM.

6. During the discussion, representatives of JCM also suggested that the Nodal Officers nominated by various Ministries/Departments may hold interactions with recognized Staff Associations and other stakeholders under their purview so as to identify issues specific to those Ministries/Departments for redressal.

7. After hearing the participants, Cabinet Secretary observed that the deliberations have helped E-CoS in understanding the major concerns of the Staff-side and said that all issues have been taken note of. He assured that fair consideration will be given to all points brought out by JCM before taking a final view. He further stated that the E-CoS needs to examine the Report of the Commission in entirety as well as the issues raised by JCM in consultation with all other stakeholders. As such, it may take some time to take a final call on the recommendations of the Commission.

8. Cabinet Secretary also advised the members of E-CoS to hold interactions with their Staff Associations and other stakeholders under their purview preferably within a week.

9. Meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair.

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