Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Restoration of recognition of our union - Directorate Orders.

Restoration of recognition of our union - Directorate Orders.




Congratulations to all our members!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With Greetings                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Appanraj S                                                        S.P.Kulkarni,President.
General Secretary

Inspector of Posts - Exams Postponed!!!

Tuesday 30 August 2011
LGO & IP Exams Postponed – Dates will be announced later
A- 34012/02/2011-DE

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

(Recruitment Division)

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi – 110001

Dated 30.08.2011

To,

1. All Heads of Circles

<!--[if !supportLists]-->2. <!--[endif]-->Addl. DG APS West Block III. Wing No. 5, R. K. Puram, New Delhi – 110067

<!--[if !supportLists]-->3. <!--[endif]-->BD and PLI Directorates

<!--[if !supportLists]-->4. <!--[endif]-->Directors, Postal Staff College India Ghaziabad and Postal Training Centres

Sub: - Holding of Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LGO) and Inspector of Postal Examination, 2011

Sir/Madam,

I am directed to refer to this office letters No. A-34012/02/2011-DE and No. A-34012/04/2011-DE dated 26.04.2011 wherein the dates of Examination were notified as 4th September 2011 for LGO and 3rd & 4th September 2011 for Inspector of Posts.

2. It is informed that the above mentioned two Examinations have been postponed until further orders. The dates of both the Examinations will be intimated very soon. Please inform all concern candidates.

3. Receipt of this letter may please be acknowledged.

Yours faithfully

Sd/-

(L. Mohan Rao)

Assistant Director General (DE)

Monday, August 29, 2011

Immediate steps will be taken by all affiliate to Confederation of Central Government of Employees to circulate the petition to the Prime Minister on PFRDA bill. During this month copy of the petition will be handed over to each member to obtain his signature as also his family members and friends.
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Stop the New Pensions Scheme and extend the statutory
defined benefit pension to all CGEs irrespective of the date of
recruitment.

The present defined benefit scheme of pension was introduced replacing the then existing contributory system. As part of the neo liberal
economic policies, the Government decided to reconvert the same into
contributory and make the fund available for the stock market
operations. It is the vagaries of the stock market which will
determine the pension returns from this fund. Before the introduction
of the PFRDA bill, the Government had set up a committee under the
chairmanship of Shri Bhattacharya, Chief Secretary of the State of
Karnataka. The bill has been drafted and presented to the Parliament
disregarding even the recommendation of the said committee to the
effect that the Govt. should consider introducing a hybrid system by
which the employees will have a defined benefit, if they choose to be
satisfied with the said return and can opt for a higher return through
stock exchange investments. The Bill could not be passed in the
Parliament as the Left Parties took the principled position that they
would not support a proposal detrimental to the interest of the
employees. Despite the non passage of the bill and the consequent
absence of a valid law to support the Pension Regulatory authority,
the Govt. has converted the existing pension scheme into a
contributory one and invested a percentage of the fund so generated
from the employees contribution in the Stock market,

Pension is earned by an employee by rendering service and therefore
there is no requirement of any payment by the employee for earning
pension. This statutory right of the employee is enforceable through
courts. The Supreme Court has declared pension as one of the
fundamental rights. The government should therefore retrace from its
avowed position, which is detrimental to the interest of the employees
and ensure that the employees recruited after 1.1.2004 is covered by
the existing statutory defined benefit scheme. The bill which was
earlier introduced in the Parliament got lapsed an d could not be
passed for want of a majority as the left parties were opposed to the
same. The Govt. has now sought and obtained the support of BJP and
other allies of the NDA. The Bill was reintroduced in the Parliament
in the last session. The introduction itself was opposed by Com.
Basudeb Acharya, M.P. and leader of the CPIM in the parliament. The
bill's introduction has to be through voting. With the support of BJP
and other parties the bill has now been introduced and would come up
for consideration at the next session of the Parliament

Friday, August 26, 2011

<>Revise wages of CGEs with effect from 1.1.2011 and every
five years thereafter<>.


It is in the context of the ever increasing prices and the inaction
on the part of the Government to tackle it for it might effect
adversely the so-called economic growth and the dearness compensation
being what it is, the National Council of the Confederation, which met
at Mumbai on 2nd Dec 2010, decided to demand the next wage revision
immediately. It also took note of the fact that the Government did
concede the demand of the workers in the Central Public Sector
Undertakings, rightly so, to revise the wages every five years (
2006-2011). In the absence of specific recommendation by the 6th CPC
over the period in which the present Pay Structure should be in
vogue, , it was the unanimous opinion emerged in the deliberations
at the National Council that the wages must be revised without further
delay. Besides, the expert body on wage revision of Civil Servants i.e
the 5th CPC had categorically stated that an interim wage revision in
the form of merger of DA with Pay must take place as and when the DA
component in wages exceeds the 50% limit. As on 1.1.2011, the DA is
51%. This apart the Council rightly noted that the Pay Band. Grade pay
system brought in the 6th CPC has created anomalies beyond correction
and had been designed and devised to benefit the personnel in
Group. A only services. In our submissions to the Government on the
6th CPC recommendations, we had categorically with facts and figures
pointed out that the wage increase will tapper off over a period
of 6-7 years and thereafter the wages would begin to compare
unfavourably with the one determined by the 5th CPC The Government
must come forward to set up an expert committee with staff-side
representatives to revise the wages of CGEs immediately.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011





SB ORDER NO. 15/2011: - Settlement of deceased claim case in respect of Sr. Citizen’s Savings Scheme account- a clarification regarding.
SB ORDER NO. 15/2011

No.79-01/2011-SB

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

DakBhawan, SansadMarg,

New Delhi-110116.

Dated: 18.08.2011

To

All Heads of Circles/Regions

Addl. Director General, APS, New Delhi.




Subject:- Settlement of deceased claim case in respect of Sr. Citizen’s Savings Scheme account- a clarification regarding.

Sir / Madam,




The undersigned is directed to say that a RTI query regarding settlement of deceased claim when deposit is payable to two or more nominees and either of them is dead was referred to Min. of Finance (DEA) for clarification as there is no such provision in SCSS Rules 2004.

2. The Ministry of Finance (DEA) vide its O.M. No. 15/1/2009/NS-II dated 02.08.2011 has clarified that in such a case, the deposit shall be paid to the surviving nominee.

3. It is requested that this may be circulated to all post offices for information and necessary guidance to deal with such claim cases.

4. This issues with the approval of DDG(FS).


Yours faithfully,




(KawalJit Singh)

Assistant Director (SB)

Friday, August 19, 2011

MODERNISATION OF DEPARTMENT OF POSTS



Government has approved the 'IT MODERNIZATION PROJECT' of Department of Posts for computerization of Post Offices, Mail Offices, Administrative Offices and other field offices. This will involve establishment of required IT infrastructure, development of required software applications with an outlay of Rs.1877.2 crore. The project has the following salient features:



• It will establish IT infrastructure of Data Centre and Disaster Recovery Centre and networking of all Departmental Post Offices including appropriate connectivity in the Branch Post Offices in the rural area.



• The project envisages development of integrated modular scalable applications for Mail, kBanking, Postal Life Insurance, solutions for Accounts and HR operations of the department.



• The rural post offices will be provided with rural ICT devices with required applications for performing Postal, Savings Bank, Insurance, MGNREGS and Money Order operations.



• Provision has been made for training, change management, capacity building of the employees of the department along with Project Management activity for smooth and timely implementation of the project.



It is planned to network all Departmental Post Offices and Branch Post Offices in the country subject to availability of connectivity and resources under the "India Post Technology Project-2012".



The departmental Post Offices are proposed to be networked with appropriate connectivity. Branch Post Offices located in rural areas are proposed to be networked using available connectivity at these locations. The rural ICT Devices in the Branch Post Offices will have the capacity to work in both online/offline mode. The IT project is expected to be implemented by 2012-13 subject to the availability of funds.



This information was given by Shri Sachin Pilot, the Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.



Source: PIB


Saturday, August 13, 2011

Saturday, August 13, 2011Small Savings Accounts in Post Offices

The number of operational small savings accounts in the Department of Post as on 30/6/2011 are 264585266 and the amount deposited therein by the common man as on June 2011 is 3728154388 (Rs in thousands)

The number of accounts closed by customers during the last one year is 40950379.

The collections under all small savings schemes are credited to National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) and the opening balance as per Budget Estimates 2011-12 is Rs. 7,99,386.51 crore.

The small savings schemes continue to enjoy investor confidence as the risk-return equation of these schemes is favourable with the benefits of liquidity, accessibility, tax incentives and implicit sovereign guarantee. The Government has taken the following steps to make the small savings schemes more attractive and investor friendly:-

The restriction on opening of more than one account during a calendar month under the Senior Citizens Savings Scheme has been removed with effect from 24th May, 2007.

All categories of pensioners have been allowed to open and maintain ‘Pension Account’ under Post Office Savings Account Rules, with effect from 11th July, 2007.

The penalty on pre-mature withdrawal of deposits under the Post Office Monthly Income Account (POMIA) scheme has been rationalised from 3.5% to 2% on withdrawal on or before expiry of three years and 1% on withdrawal after expiry of three years.

The maximum deposit ceilings of Rs. 3.00 lakh and Rs. 6.00 lakh under the Post Office Monthly Income Account (POMIA) scheme has been raised to Rs. 4.5 lakh and Rs. 9.00 lakh in respect of single and joint accounts respectively.

Bonus at the rate of 5 per cent on the deposits made under Post Office Monthly Income Account (POMIA) Scheme on or after 8th December, 2007 upon the maturity of the deposit had been reintroduced.

The benefit of Section 80C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 has been extended to the investments made under 5-Year Post Office Time Deposits Account and Senior Citizens Savings Scheme, with effect from 1.4.2007.

A website of the National Savings Institute under Government of India, Ministry of Finance has also been launched to facilitate interface with the public through wider dissemination of information on small savings and on-line registration and settlement of investors grievances. The website address is nsiindia.gov.in.

This statement was given by Shri Sachin Pilot, the Minister of State Communication and Information Technology in response to a question in Rajya Sabha today.


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Thursday, August 11, 2011

RESTRICTION ON OPENING OF MORE THAN ONE ACCOUNT IN THE SAME SCHEME IN THE NAME OF SAME DEPOSITOR OR ACCEPTANCE OF MORE THAN ONE PURCHASE APPLICATION OF THE SAME SCHEME IN THE NAME OF SAME DEPOSITOR IN ONE POST OFFICE ON A SINGLE DAY- A FURTHER CLARIFICATION.

D.G. Posts No. 116-35/2009-SB dated 05.08.2011 (S.B. Order No. 14/2011)

The undersigned is directed to refer to this office letter of even number dated 30.06.2011 (S.B. Order No. 11/2011) on the subject and to say that this order was issued on receipt of complaints in this office as well as Min. of Finance (DEA) regarding deliberate splitting of amount to increase number of accounts. On receipt of various representations the matter has been re-examined and it has been decided to withdraw the restrictions. However, it is requested that deliberate splitting of cash at the time of opening of account/purchase of certificate may be avoided.

2. This issue with the approval of DDG (FS)

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

NFPE Secretary Geneeral Wrote to the Secretary (P) on Recognition issue of AIPSBCOEA.

NFPE WRITES TO DEPARTMENT REGARDING RESTORATION OF RECOGNITION OF AIPSBCO EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION

No.PF-03(b)/2011   Dated: 10th August, 2011
To
            The Secretary,
            Department of Posts,
            Dak Bhawan,
            New Delhi-110116
Sub: Restoration of recognition of AIPSBCO Employees Association.
Ref:   Directorate No. 16/75/2010-SR dated 19.6.2011.
Madam,
            A kind attention is invited towards Directorate letter No.16/75/2010-SR dated 19.6.2011 under which the recognition of AIPSBCO Employees Association was withdrawn. The said order was challenged by the Association in the Hon`ble High Court Madras vide Writ appeal W.A. 1262/11. Hon`ble High Court Madras has stayed the impugned orders issued under above cited letter. Copy of the said Judgement of High Court Madras has also been sent to your office by General Secretary- AIPSBCO Employees Association.
            It is therefore, requested to kindly cause restoration of recognition of the said association and issue necessary instructions to all concerned
            With Regards
          M.Krishnan, Secretary General NFPE
Posted By S.P.Kulkarni, President

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

LET US GET RECOGNITION AGAIN

CHQ writes to Direcorate for restoration of Recognition

To, The Secretary Department of Posts Dak Bhavan New Delhi

Madam,
Sub; Restoration of recognition to All India Postal SBCO Employees Association -reg

Consequent upon the withdrawal of recognition granted to our union and despite our strong resentment this union has no alternate except to seek legal remedy in the Court of Law for rendering justice.
Accordingly, the Hon High Court of judicature at Madras has heard our plea and granted the INTERIM STAY of operation of the impugned order issued by the Directorate vide No. 16/75/2010-SR dated 19.06.2011 pending disposal of writ appeal W.A 1262/11.
In the light of the above developments, it is requested that the recognition which, withdrawn vide letter No 16/75/2010-SR dated 19.06.2011 may kindly be restored and necessary instructions be issued to all concerned. A copy of the order passed by the Hon High Court of judicature at Madras is enclosed.
Awaiting favourable action. With Regards
Yours faithfully
Sd/- Appanraj.S Genl.Secretary

Sunday, August 7, 2011

INTRODUCTION OF CORE BANKING :-

             For Introduction of Core Banking 2207 Departmental Post Offices have been identified. Similarly 810 Post offices will be provided with ATMs facility.
For  details link with 
(https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxNEVCvnmZdeYTRiMDc1MzMtODVhNS00NGQyLTg3MzEtY2VlNTllN2UyNzVk&hl=en_US)
By S.P.Kulkarni, President.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

GRANT OF LEAVE TO THE STAFF WORKING UNDER HSG-I POSTMASTER
D.G. Post No. 51-4/2011-SPB-II   Dated 01.08.2011
            It is observed that HSG-I Postmaster is competent to grant only casual leave to the staff working under him/her. The applicants for grant of other kind of leave to staff are forwarded by him/her to the Division Office for approval. It has been brought to the notice of the Directorate that at times the said procedure takes time and if such officials who do not have casual leave left in their accounts want to proceed on earned leave immediately due to some unforeseen circumstances, they face problems in proceeding on leave at short notice.
2.         The matter has been looked into. It has been decided by the competent authority in the Directorate that in such pressing circumstances HSG-I Postmasters while recommending earned leave may relieve the official of his duties in anticipation of grant of leave by the competent authority provided:
            i.          The earned leave applied for by the individual is not for more than the                                period of three days.
            ii.          No substitute is required in case the official proceeds on leave.
            iii.         The leave may be recommended by the HSG-I Postmaster by recording                                        that it is being recommended subject to the availability of leave in  credit of the            applicant.
         iv.        The official may be relieved after duly following the procedure   of                                       
                      handing/taking over the charge.
            v.       If later on the sanctioning authority finds that the official does not        have    the              leave applied for to his credit he should obtain the revised application from    the individual for the kind of leave he/she is entitled to at the earliest.
            vi.        If the official needs earned leave for more than three days or wants to extend                    the earned leave beyond three days he should apply for same well in                            advance so that it is sanctioned as per the existing procedure.
 Posted By Appanraj.S.Gen. Secretary

Thursday, August 4, 2011

PARLIAMENTARY PANEL RECOMMENDS HIKE IN THE RATE OF GPF

HIKE RATE OF RETURN ON GPF, PANEL ADVISES GOVT
Press Trust of India / New Delhi August 02, 2011, 19:32 IST<><><><>
Dear Comrades! you are aware that the Confederation has been demanding for the enhancement of the interest rate on the GPF of Central Government Employees and this had been one of the demands of the CG Employees Charter. Now according to the PTI, a Parliamentary Panel headed by the former Finance Minister Sri. Yashwant Sinha has recommended hike to the GPF interest rates. We are reproducing the news item [Central Government Employees News]:
A Parliamentary panel today asked the Central government to increase the rate of return on provident fund for its employees in the light of rising bank rates and EPFO's decision to hike its rate to 9.5% for 2010-11.
"The rate of interest on General Provident Fund (GPF) which is pegged at 8% may be reviewed so that government employees are not put to any disadvantage more so now when the interest rates for bank deposits has also been raised," the Standing Committee on Finance suggested in its report.
If the suggests of the panel finds favour from the government, over 50 lakh Centre's employees will stand to benefit.
The panel headed by former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, pointed out that retirement fund body Employees Provident Fund Organiation has also increased rate of interest on PF deposits to 9.5% for 2010-11 from 8%.
The EPFO had been paying 8.5% interest on PF deposits since 2005-06. In September last year, it had recommended an increase in interest rate to 9.5% for 2010-11 after discovering Rs 1,731 crore surplus in their books of accounts.
In the present scenario, the bank rates are also increasing. Reserve Bank of India has increased its short term lending and borrowing rates by half a percentage point to 8 and 7%, respectively in its recent quarterly review unveiled on July 26.
Following the central bank's rate hike, some private and public sector have also hiked their rates.


Posted by Appanraj.S General Secretary

NFPE Federation leaders congratulated AIPSBCO Employees Assn on its move to get Stay Orders on withdrwing Recognition-

AI PSBCO EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION WINS COURT CASE FOR RESTORATION OF RECOGNITION


HONOURABLE FULL BENCH OF HIGH COURT OF MADRAS STAYED THE DEPARTMENT'S ORDER OF WITHDRAWAL OF RECOGNITION TO AI PSBCO EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION

HONOURABLE HIGH COURT OF MADRAS HAS GRANTED STAY ORDERS AGAINST THE ORDERS OF THE DEPARTMENT WITHDRAWING THE RECOGNITION GRANTED TO ALL INDIA POSTAL SBCO EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION [NFPE] ON 26TH JULY, 2011. EARLIER, THE DEPARTMENT HAD ISSUED A SHOW-CAUSE TO AIPSBCO EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION FOR WITHDRAWING RECOGNITION AND DESPITE REPLYING TO THE SHOW-CAUSE, THE DOP HAD WITHDRAWN THE RECOGNITION GRANTED UNDER THE RECENT VERIFICATION PROCESS.

NFPE CONGRATULATES THE AIPSBCO EA FOR TAKING EFFECTIVE STEPS TO SAFEGUARD THE RECOGNITION OF THE ASSOCIATION.




--
M.Krishnan
Secretary General NFPE-

Posted By S.P.Kulkarni, President

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Minister of Communications & IT Sets Revenue Targets to all Postal Circles

Secretary Posts DO letter to all Chief PMsG is reproduced below :
DO No. 15 / Secy (P) / 11 Dt. 29.07.11
MoC & IT has set a target for the Dept for the next 100 days. The target for each Circle is attached. Besides usual revenue targets, the targets will be on opening of SB A/c’s for BPL families, opening of franchisee outlets, enrolment of Aadhar, and on RPLI. You should take every effort to achieve this target.
2. As advised earlier reg BPL SB A/c’s, RPLI and Aadhar targets they may be passed on to the Divisions and to the Sub Divisions. I will be reviewing weekly progress of targets and achievements every 10 days. MoC & IT will be taking up a review of your performance mid-October.
With regards,
Yours sincerely
Sd (Radhika Doraiswamy)
To
All Chief PMsG (by name)
Sl.
Circle
Zone
Annual target
100 days target
Revenue from POSB
Revenue from PO
BPL A/c’s opened
No. of RPLI Policies
Aadhar Project
in crores
in crores
in lakhs
in lakhs
in lakhs
Central Zone – Member (HRD)
01.
Chattis
Central
50.78
30.00
1.50
0.27
2.50
02.
MP
Central
256.19
83.00
4.13
0.70
2.00
03.
Orissa
Central
140.86
48.00
2.96
0.60
0.50
Total
447.83
161.00
8.59
1.57
6.00
East Zone – Member (Personnel)
04.
Assam
North
87.69
27.00
0.92
0.30
0.00
05.
Bihar
North
228.26
74.00
6.18
0.50
1.00
06.
NE
North
17.86
17.00
0.20
0.18
0.20
07.
WB
North
421.19
210.00
3.50
0.60
0.20
Total
755.00
328.00
10.80
1.58
1.0
North Zone – Member (Operations)
08.
Haryana
North
95.44
82.00
0.53
0.45
0.50
09.
Himachal
North
70.99
38.00
0.10
0.21
1.00
10.
J & K
North
23.92
20.00
0.09
0.18
0.00
11.
Punjab
North
117.33
94.00
0.50
0.30
0.50
Total
307.68
234.00
1.22
1.14
2.00
North Eastern Zone – Member (PLI)
12.
Delhi
NE
62.79
360.00
0.38
0.03
0.20
13.
Jharkhand
NE
61.62
33.00
1.93
0.45
0.00
14.
UP
NE
507.34
275.00
9.77
1.50
2.00
15.
Uttar
NE
82.41
38.00
0.59
0.33
0.20
Total
714.16
706.00
12.67
2.31
2.40
South Zone – Member (Planning)
16.
Andhra
South
493.93
274.00
2.10
2.40
2.00
17.
Karnataka
South
215.33
350.00
2.30
1.05
2.00
18.
Kerala
South
183.28
260.00
0.82
0.45
2.00
19.
Tamilnadu
South
415.19
566.00
2.41
1.50
0.00
Total
1307.73
1450.00
7.63
5.40
6.00
West Zone – Member (Technology)
20.
Gujarat
West
249.79
204.00
1.60
0.60
0.50
21.
Mah
West
455.78
830.00
5.26
1.20
5.00
22.
Rajasthan
West
207.77
150.00
2.23
1.20
1.50
Total
913.34
1184.00
9.09
3.00
7.00
Posted by Appanraj.S General Secretary