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Friday, 17 June 2016
Thursday, 16 June 2016
Delay In Taking Decision On The 7th CPC Award Will Rob The CG Employees' Increased Allowances For Ever – NJCA
June 16, 2016
Kalaivaraikalai
The 7th pay commission which was set up in Feb. 2014 was to submit its
report in August, 2016. However, at the intervention of the Government,
the report was further delayed and it ultimately reached the Government
only in November, 2015.
Their recommendations were to be effective from 1.1.2016. Except setting
up an empowered Committee of Secretaries, the Government did not do
anything so far on the report. It is now more than six months the report
is with the Government.
Normally the revised allowances which form part and parcel of the salary
of the employees are granted with prospective effect i.e. from the date
of the issue of the orders. The delay in taking decision on the 7th pay
commission report will rob the employees of the increased allowances
for ever, The NJCA press statement said. This apart, the report of the
7th pay commission was totally disappointing as it did not address any
of the issues projected before them in a proper manner and most of the
demands were rejected sans reasoning and logic.
The increase they recommended was a paltry 14%, the lowest any Pay
Commission had ever suggested. The NJCA in a detailed memorandum
submitted on 10th December, 2015, conveyed to the Government as to how
the recommendations on all major issues were bereft of logic and
reasoning and suggested as to what improvements were required thereon.
The NJCA had been pursuing to have a meaningful negotiation and
settlement of the issues. Except hearing the leaders, the empowered
Committee did not go further. It acted as if it was powerless and the
final decision will have to be taken by the Government. At the request
of the Cabinet Secretary on Ist March, 2016, when the NJCA deferred the
strike action which was to commence in April, 2016.
As there had been no fruitful negotiations or discussions and having
realized that the Government has no intention to settle the Charter of
demands, the NJCA decided to serve the notice for an Indefinite strike
action on 9th June, 2016. Accordingly, all the constituent organizations
have served the strike notice to their respective heads of Departments.
The indefinite strike will commence on 11th July, 2016, if no
satisfactory settlement is brought about on the charter of demands.
About 35 lakh workers and employees belonging to various Departments of
the Government of India will participate in the strike action, which is
to commence on11th July, 2016. It will certainly be the largest
participated strike action of the Central Civil Servants of the country
since its independence.
The determination of the Minimum wage on the basis of Dr. Aykhroyd
formula enunciated in 1957 to which the Government of India was a party
is the most significant issue in the charter of demands. A right
settlement thereon will have far reaching impact in the wage
determination of the entire working class in the country. The
confrontation is between the forces who wanted India to be the
destination for cheap labour and others who fight against the
exploitation.
The new Contributory Pension scheme introduced by the Government in 2004
has made one third of the Civil servants unsure of their entitlement at
the evening of their life even though they were to contribute huge sums
from their wages every month compulsorily.
The PFRDA bill became an Act in the country as the members of Parliament
both belonging to NDA and UPA voted in favour of the loot of the
workers. Even the recommendation made by the Standing Committee of the
Parliament to provide for a minimum guaranteed annuity pension was
rejected when the Bill was passed. The other issue which must have a
satisfactory settlement in the charter of demands is about the
contributory pension scheme.
There was perhaps only one and only one positive recommendation made by
the 7th pay commission. That was to give some relief in the pension
entitlement of the past pensioners. The Government has now proposed to
reject that recommendation on the specious plea that the relevant
records required for the verification of the claim of the individual
pensioners especially those retired long time back may not be available
with the Government.
The Government is duty bound to accept the recommendation of the
Commission it has appointed. If the Government chooses to accept such
also untenable advices from whichever quarter it emanates, it would not
only be unfortunate but will make the strike action an imminent
inevitability.
While the NJCA hopes that the good counsel will prevail upon the
Government to avert the strike action, it appeals all its constituents
and through them all Central Government employees to go ahead with the
preparation of the strike action, which is slated to commence from 11th
July, 2016 with courage and determination, Mr.SHIV GOPAL MISHRA said in
NJCA press statement.
Source : NJCA Press Statement
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June 16, 2016
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Secretary General's visit to Directorate.
June 16, 2016
Secretary, FNPO Tirunelveli
Today SG, FNPO and President FNPO met The Secretary, DDG EST, DDG (Po) and Director Est.
Outcome of the meeting:
Pension benefits to erstwhile T/S casual labour - file processed favoroubly and sent to IAF for approval.
Postman Norms: Detailed discussion held however final decision not yet arrived.
Pension benefits to erstwhile T/S casual labour - file processed favoroubly and sent to IAF for approval.
Postman Norms: Detailed discussion held however final decision not yet arrived.
Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Member Tech given instruction to TN CPMG to increase Bandwidth
June 14, 2016
Secretary, FNPO Tirunelveli
Today SG, FNPO met Member Technology
Requested for increase of bandwidth
at single handed and 1 + 1 Post Offices in Tamil Nadu Circle - NSP 1
from 256 kbps to 512 kbps.
Member Technology given instruction to CPMG Tamil Nadu Circle and City offices to increase the bandwidth immediately.
Member Technology given instruction to CPMG Tamil Nadu Circle and City offices to increase the bandwidth immediately.
Latest Development of Cadre Restructuring
June 14, 2016
Secretary, FNPO Tirunelveli
Cadre Restructuring for MMS : File has sent to Internal Audit Finance for approval. After approval of IAF it will be sent to Ministry of Finance shortly.
Cadre Restructuring for RMS / Circle Office / SBCO and Postmaster : Secretary wants to process it within 30 days time frame. He called for details from Circle Offices within 3 days notice.
Cadre Restructuring for RMS / Circle Office / SBCO and Postmaster : Secretary wants to process it within 30 days time frame. He called for details from Circle Offices within 3 days notice.
NJCA formed Joint Consultative Machinery.
June 14, 2016
Secretary, FNPO Tirunelveli
NJCA asked central government employees to be ready for strike on 11.07.2016 - Click here to view
GO AHEAD WITH THE
PREPARATION OF THE INDEFINITE STRIKE FROM 11th JULY-2016.
NJCA PRESS STATEMENT
NJCA
National Joint Council of Action
4, State Entry Road, New Delhi – 110055
PRESS STATEMENT.
Dated 9th June, 2016.
The National Joint Council of Action was formed as an apex level organization
of the under-mentioned Associations/Federations participating in
the negotiating body of the Central Government employees at the National level,
called the Joint Consultative Machinery.
1. All India Railway men
Federation.
2. National Federation of
Indian Railway men
3. All India Defence
Employees Federation
4. Indian National Defence
Workers Federation
5. Confederation of Central
Government employees and workers representing the
Unions and Associations in all Departments other than Railways and
Defence.
6. National Federation of
Postal Employees
7. Federation of National
Postal organizations.
Cadre Restructuring for Postmaster Cadre
June 14, 2016
Secretary, FNPO Tirunelveli
Postal Directorate asks for information from all Circle Heads in respect of RMS, SBCO, CO/RO, Postmaster Cadre and Mail Guard for Cadre Restructuring
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Monday, 13 June 2016
Steps To Be Taken To Prevent Frauds In CBS Offices - Directorate Order No.25-11/2016-FS-CBS Dated 10.06.2016
June 13, 2016
Secretary, FNPO Tirunelveli
Government
of India
Ministry of Communication & IT
Department of Post
Ministry of Communication & IT
Department of Post
Financial
Services Division
Dak
Bhawan, New Delhi -110001
Directorate Order
No.25-11/2016-FS-CBS
Dated
10.06.2016
Subject : Further steps to be taken
to prevent frauds in CBS Offices
1. It was requested earlier that all
SBCO staff should be given training at WCTCs by User Champions for End
User/Supervisor Module before SBCO training by Infosys. Please ensure that all
SBCO staff has been trained by User Champions as well as Infosys. A certificate
of completion of training should be obtained from all SBCO staff and kept in
their service book.
2. Divisional Heads should ensure
that SBCO staff is comparing LOT generated through MIS server with the vouchers
received from SO/HO. Wherever, there is shortage of staff in SBCO, necessary
help should be provided from Post Office staff to SBCO (spared from SBSO branch)
to complete voucher checking.
3. Any objection received from SBCO
by Divisional Head or Vigilance Branch of RO/CO should be investigated
promptly.
4. Transfer of account from one CBS
PO to another CBS PO should be carried out at HO only. If any application for
transfer is submitted at any CBS SO, that SO has to verify genuineness of the
customer by taking fresh KYC documents (if required). Application should
entered in a register to be maintained in manuscript and forward with KYC
documents to its HO for transfer of account. In HO, one designated PA should
transfer the account and Supervisor has to verify the same. After transfer,
Application of transfer and KYC documents should be returned to SO duly entered
in SO slip. SO should make entry in the register and maintain separate Guard
File for keeping such applications.
5. All visiting/ inspecting officers
should check this register and guard file at SO.
6. No SO should transfer any account
from one scheme to another. Any such request should also be sent to HO along
with documents and recommendations by SO. This activity should be done only by
Supervisor at HO and verify by another Supervisor at HO. All such requests
should be entered in a register HO and kept in n separate guard file. This
should also be checked and verified by inspecting / visiting officers.
7. SBCO staff should sing in each
and every voucher after tallying with LOT generated through the system in token
of having checked TRAN ID, Account number and Amount.
8. SBCO should also see the value
date printed in LOT and if any value date of more than 3days of the LOT date is
used, objection should be raised if no error book entry of approval of
competent authority is not attached with the voucher.
9. Postmaster of HPO shall designate
one PA who will generate LOT of Office accounts of Single/ Double handed SOs
and see if any transaction of more than Rs.25,000/- is shown in these LOTs.
Customer Account details of such transactions should be generated from HACLI
Menu and sent to PRI(P) / Inspection Post / ASP(Post) for verification.
10. All CBS Post Offices should be
instructed that BO transactions should not be entered if BO Bag is received
after 3.30 PM. These transaction should entered on the next day
11. All CBS Post Offices should be
directed to complete their transactions maximum by 5 PM and no new transactions
should be entered after 5 PM. All supervisors should verify transactions
regularly without delay so that EOD can be started by 5 PM.
12. All Supervisors should tally
teller account with each counter PA with Treasurer’s Cash book and ensure that
teller account has become 0 before start of EOD.
13. Teller Cash Account of each
Single/ Double handed SO should be checked at HO by a designated PA to ensure
that balance has been made as 0.
14. SOs should not lodge cheques in
Finacle. Cheques received from New Investment and subsequent deposit should be
sent to HO by preparing manual list. HO should lodge cheques presented at SOs
for new investment against clearing office account of SO and for subsequent
deposits in its own clearing account. SOs should check their New Investment
Clearing Office account daily to see clearance received at HO and open accounts
with value date as clearing date and fund the account.
15. Activities of security pledge or
release in case of TD or NSC or KVP should also be carried out at HOs only. In
case such request is submitted at SO, SO can verify the facts and recommend
security pledge or release on the application and send to HO. At HO, a
designated Supervisor will use HAFSM menu and execute the request. Another
Supervisor or Postmaster has to verify the same. Application should be returned
to SOs which will do necessary entries on the original certificates and keep
requests in a separate guard file.
This has the approval of competent
authority.
Sachin
Kishore
Director(CBS)
Group of Secretaries meeting is expected to take place on Tuesday, June 14
June 13, 2016
Secretary, FNPO Tirunelveli
The meeting of the
Empowered Group of Secretaries reviewing the 7th Pay Commission, to
finalize the payout to the central government employees did not take
place as scheduled earlier on Saturday.
The office of the Cabinet Secretary confirmed that the meeting did not take place on Saturday. It did not reveal either when would the secretaries panel meet again to give the final shape to the salaries of central government employees
The office of the Cabinet Secretary confirmed that the meeting did not take place on Saturday. It did not reveal either when would the secretaries panel meet again to give the final shape to the salaries of central government employees
The role of all employees, including Grameen Dak Sevaks
June 13, 2016
Secretary, FNPO Tirunelveli
Government
is firming up plans to set up 650 branches of India Post Payments Bank
at all major district headquarters by September 2017, Telecom and IT
Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said in a letter to all postal
employees.
"The
India Post Payments Bank shall be set up with an investment of Rs 800
crore. The plan is to roll out 650 branches at all major district
headquarters so that it may leverage the extensive outreach of the
Department of Posts," Prasad said in the letter.
The
Cabinet on June 2 cleared the proposal to set up India Post Payments
Bank (IPPB) with a corpus of Rs 800 crore and a plan for 650 branches
operational by September 2017. It will be scaled up further to cover the
entire country by the end of 2018-19.
"The Prime Minister has urged that these 650 branches shall be made fully functional by September 2017," Prasad said. DoP is gearing up to launch the payments bank with a workforce of 3.5 lakh.
Prasad, in his letter, reached out to all postal employees for support.
"I
earnestly appeal to all employees of the department and the Grameen Dak
Sevaks to take pride and ownership in establishing the India Post
Payments Bank which truly serves the cause of Antyodaya - serving the
last man standing," he said.
He reasoned that the postman has a vital emotional connect and is almost part of every family in villages.
"In
coming days, the role of all employees, including Grameen Dak Sevaks,
will be very significant in successful rollout of the Payments Bank to
make financial inclusion possible for every Indian," Prasad said.
DoP at present manages around 1.55 lakh post offices, of which about 1.3 lakh are in rural areas.
"I
have no doubt in my mind that given your capabilities and your
whole-hearted co-operation, we can accomplish the task. India Post has a
footprint in every corner of the country," Prasad said.
IPPB
will offer digitally-enabled payments, banking and remittance services
of all kinds among entities and individuals as also provide access to
insurance, mutual funds, pension and credit products in partnership with
third-party financial service providers and banks.
"IPPB
is being set up primarily to achieve the goal of full financial
inclusion of the people in our country. It shall be a
technologically-enabled banking platform that gives a wide range of
services such as direct benefit transfers and all kinds of payments and
remittances," the minister added.
India Post Equips Its Men With Handheld Devices For Taking Customers' Signatures
June 13, 2016
Secretary, FNPO Tirunelveli
India Post Equips Its Men With Handheld Devices For Taking
Customers' Signatures
Next time if your postman
happens to ask you for your signature on a handheld device, don't think it's
forgery. Postmen have actually been equipped with new tools to take down
people's signatures and immediately upload the deliveries.
On Friday, chief
postmaster general Ashok Kumar Dash announced that 'Pilot Postman Mobile
Application' for real-time mail delivery has been initiated.
This move will cover
speed post, registered letter, and registered parcels, among others. India Post
has launched the app that will keep a tab on movement of your article to its
destination.
"In Maharashtra
Circle 18, postmen working at Bhandup east post office have been supplied with
the smartphone loaded with Postman app, which has features of receiving the
articles, obtaining e-signatures, uploading the data on the spot to the central
server, etc," said Dash.
Once you 'ink' your
signature on the smartphone, the details of delivery will be immediately
uploaded to the central server, thereby, updating the records that the article
has been delivered.
This system is similar to
what's used by some of the private premium courier agencies, which update
pick-up to delivery of any article on the palmtops.
The plan is to gradually
increase the use of smartphones, but only after the results of the pilot
project.
Meanwhile, an e-Commerce
Parcel Processing Centre in Airoli is being developed on a plot of 4,000 sqmt.
The complex would also house Airoli Post Office.
In Maharashtra, six locations have been identified for setting
up of first year roll-out of India Post Payment Bank. This will be rolled out
between January 2017 and March 2017. The six locations are Girgaum in Mumbai,
Thane RS Sub-Office, Nagpur GPO, Cidco Colony in Aurangabad, Pune City Head
Office and Satara Head Office.
Protest on the non-implementing of agreement on Cadre Restructuring.
June 13, 2016
Secretary, FNPO Tirunelveli
DoP inviting logo design
June 13, 2016
Secretary, FNPO Tirunelveli
Department of Posts on Friday started a contest inviting logo design and tagline for its payments bank from the public with a prize money of Rs.50,000 for the winner.
"The Department of Posts on June 10, 2016, launched a logo and
tagline design contest for the soon to be set up India Post Payments
Bank on the MyGov website. The contest is open to all Indian citizens,
institutions, agencies and entities for one month until July 9, 2016,"
the Postal Department said in a statement.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared proposal to set up India Post
Payments Bank (IPPB) with a corpus of Rs.800 crore and a plan for 650
branches operational by September 2017. It will be expanded further to
cover the entire country by the end of 2018-19.
"The best entry will be awarded Rs.50,000. A panel of eminent
designers and experts will help shortlist 20 best entries which will
thereafter be put up for voting on the MyGov platform for the final
selection of the winner," the statement said.
The government has earlier accepted new sign of the rupee and the Swachh Bharat logo from public contests.
The department said it wants to connect with and involve the people
of India in designing "the DNA" of the India Post Payments Bank.
"One of the guiding principles of the India Post Payments Bank would
be co-creating value propositions and products with its customers and
other stakeholders. The present contest is the first step towards this
ongoing engagement. It has also initiated a nationwide survey to
understand the needs of different segments of customers," the statement
said.
The India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) will offer digitally enabled
payments, banking and remittance services of all kinds between entities
and individuals and also provide access to insurance, mutual funds,
pension and credit products in partnership with third-party financial
service providers and banks.
Initially most of the 3.5 lakh workforce will be posted on deputation who will be gradually be replaced by fresh recruits.
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has asked the Postal Department
to hire an MD and CEO of the IPPB by August and set up a selection
committee for hiring a chief financial officer by June 15.
Now, collect mail at your convenience
June 13, 2016
Secretary, FNPO Tirunelveli
Newly launched ‘Own your post box’ scheme by Department of Posts to benefit IT employees
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Postmaster General Mervin Alexander presents keys of dedicated post boxes to an IT employee.
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Here is a way to protect your privacy and receive mail without any
hassle. Instead of worrying about the timings of mail delivery,
individuals can now have their own post box that will keep mail safe
until they are ready to collect it.
As a step to reach out to IT employees who have issues in receiving
letters and parcels during work hours, ‘Own your post box’ scheme was
launched by Chennai City Postal Region along with Nasscom (National
Association of Software and Services Companies) on Friday. This will
also reduce the burden of postmen and women who face challenges
delivering mails to IT firms.
The service is now open for all individuals. These post boxes with
dedicated numbers are nothing but row of pigeon-hole facilities at post
offices where mail will be stored.
“I still depend on postal services for communication from banks and
receive bills by post. I hired a post box Rs.150 a year,” said M.
Ramalakshmi, an IT employee from Taramani. Some of her colleagues too
have availed service.
Mervin Alexander, Postmaster General (CCR), said instead of full
postal address, people could just use their post box number and not
worry about change of address. An intimation slip will be dropped in the
post box to facilitate customers to collect parcels. “We will write to
HR departments of IT companies about the facility for their employees,”
he said. The department has rented out nearly 2,500 post boxes and post
bags to many companies in the city. It earns a revenue of Rs.3.90 lakh a
year in this manner.
K. Purushothaman, Nasscom’s senior director —Tamil Nadu and Kerala —
noted that not all IT firms had mail rooms where employees could collect
personal mail. More awareness would be created about the initiative to
help seamless delivery of mail to IT employees.
