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Wednesday 29 March 2017

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VERY IMPORTANT JUDGEMENT FROM HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF MADRAS - IMPLEMENTATION OF MACP



VERY IMPORTANT JUDGEMENT FROM HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF MADRAS - IMPLEMENTATION OF MACP RETROSPECTIVELY W.E.F. 01-09-2008 AND DENYING PROMOTIONAL HIERARCHY UNDER ACP FOR THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLE TED REQUIRED SERVICE DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN 01-09-2009 TO 19-05-2009 HELD NOT LEGAL

TO READ THE COMPLETE JUDGEMENT, PLEASE CLICK HERE. 
 

Latest news on submission of 7th CPC Allowance Committee Report

“Today(28.03.2017) in Parliament, Minister of State for Finance Shri Santhosh Kumar Gangwar said in a written reply to a question regarding the submission of Allowance Committee Report. He said that the Allowance Committee is now in the process of finalizing its Report. Decisions on implementing the Report will be taken after the Report is submitted by the Committee.”
 

Detailed Questions and Answers:
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
RAJYA SABHA
STARRED QUESTION No. 2986

TO BE ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, THE 28th MARCH, 2017
CHAITRA 7, 1939 (SAKA)

ALLOWANCE OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
2986. SHRI A. VIJAYAKUMAR
SHRI RAM KUMAR KASHYAP:

Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:

(a) Whether Government has formed a Committee for taking decision about the allowances to the Central Government employees and removal of anomalies in their pay scales announced by the Seventh Pay Commission;

(b) if so, whether the Committee has submitted its report;

(c) if so, the main features thereof and if not, the reasons for delay in submission of report;
and

(d) the time by which recommendations of Seventh Pay Commission regarding the allowances are proposed to be implemented?

ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)
(a) to (d): The Committee on allowances has been constituted vide order dated 22.07.2016 to examine and make recommendations as to whether any changes in the recommendations of the 7th CPC relating to allowances are warranted and if so, in what form. A separate anomaly committee at National Level has also been set up, vide O.M. dated 09.09.2016, to settle the anomalies arising out of the implementation of the 7th CPC recommendations.

The National Anomaly Committee has made recommendations on the calculation methodology of the Disability Pension for Defence forces personnel. The Committee on allowances has received a large number of demands on allowances and even now receiving such demands. All the demands have been diligently examined. The Committee has already held 13 meeting so far and interacted with the representatives of Central Nodal Ministries, National Council (Staff Side), Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) and officers and representatives of employee associations of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Home Affairs, Railways, Defence and Department of Posts. The Committee is now in the process of finalizing its Report. Decisions on implementing the Report will be taken after the Report is submitted by the Committee.

Source : Rajya Sabha

Meeting of Committee on Allowances held today remained inconclusive

No.AIRF/24(C)                                                                                              Dated: March 28, 2017
The General Secretaries,
All Affiliated Unions,
Dear Comrades!
Su
 Meeting of Committee on Allowances held today remained inconclusive
Meeting of Committee on Allowances took place on 28th March, 2017, discussion on Allowances remained inconclusive. Issue of House Rent Allowance didn’t come up during meeting.
I met Cabinet Secretary/GOI & urged him for early resolution of pending demands of Railwaymen that includes NPS, early disbursal of Allowances of 7th Pay Commission, Increase in Minimum wages and fitment formula. Issue of MACP was also discussed and removal of the provision of benchmark ‘Very Good’ for MACP, which has been recommended from ‘Good’ to ‘Very Good’ by the 7th Pay Commission, has also been demanded. Though Cabinet Secretary has given positive assurance on our demands yet we need our rank and file to be prepared for persistent struggle.
With Good Wishes
GS-Sign

INDIA POST PAYMENT BANK - NEWS


Press Information Bureau 
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology
27-March-2017 12:45 IST

More than 2 dozen companies want collaboration with India Post Payments Bank-Manoj Sinha 


Government has said that there are many companies who have approached the Department of Posts for collaboration with India Post Payments Bank. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha said that while the Department is in various stages of discussions with them, decision on formal partnerships will be taken after carefully evaluating the entire value proposition that they propose for the common man. The India Post Payments Bank had launched its two branches in Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Ranchi (Jharkhand) on 30/01/2017 with basic products and banking services in partnership with Punjab National Bank.

Shri Sinha also said that the Payments Banks are different from regular Banks in the following fundamental ways as per RBI guidelines for Licensing of Payments Banks:

(i) Payment Banks are not allowed to undertake lending activities directly. It can accept demand deposits only that is savings and current accounts and will initially be restricted to holding a maximum balance of Rs. 100,000(Rupees one lakh only) per individual customer.

(ii) Payment Banks cannot accept Non Resident Indian (NRI) deposits.

(iii) The Payment Banks cannot set up subsidiaries to undertake non banking financial services activities.

A list of companies interested in partnering with India Post Payments Bank is attached at Annexure

Annexure A
List companies keen to partner with India Post Payments Bank.
1
YES Bank
2
Union Bank
3
Punjab National Bank
4
IDBI Bank (Industrial Development Bank of India)
5
SBI (State Bank of India)
6
Axis
7
Bank of Baroda
8
IDFC Bank (Industrial development finance company)
9
Deutshe Bank
10
Barclays Bank
11
Citibank
12
NABARD (National Bank For Agriculture & Rural Development)
13
HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation)
14
MICRO SAVE
15
Allahabad Bank
16
Indian Overseas Bank
17
Dena Bank
18
FIA (Financial Inclusion)
19
Kotak Mahindra Bank
20
United Bank of India
21
HDFC Life (Housing Development Finance Corporation)
22
Royal Sundaram
23
PNB Metlife (Punjab National Bank)
24
ICICI Lombard ( Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Bank)
25
ICICI Prudential ( Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Bank)
26
Bajaj Allianz Life
Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi-powered panel proposes India Post revamp to boost e-commerce; Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal set for windfall

A panel of key secretaries, set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has proposed a major “revamp” of India Post to help expand the reach of e-commerce to every corner of the country, official sources told FE.
India Post boasts of more than 1.5 lakh post offices across the nation, with 90% of them located in rural areas—a reach, if encashed properly, can be a potent weapon in revolutionalising e-commerce in the country. (PTI)
A panel of key secretaries, set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has proposed a major “revamp” of India Post to help expand the reach of e-commerce to every corner of the country, official sources told FE. Any such step will not just boost operations of players such as Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal that are struggling to supply to remote areas due to high logistics costs but also help reverse the sliding fortune of India Post, which was once the lifeline of communications in India.
At present, areas covered by close to a half of the PIN (Postal Index Number) codes in the country are beyond the reach of e-commerce players. While there is no regulatory hurdle for post offices to handle consignments of e-commerce companies now, India Post has to liaise with such players more aggressively, rationalise staff in remote areas and deliver items even faster (at reasonable rates) to be able to grab more orders from them, a senior government official said. “India Post has to firm up a long-term strategy fast and make suitable changes internally to tap e-commerce. It has started taking orders from e-commerce players, but miles to go,” said the official.
The limited reach of e-commerce reflects the serious bottlenecks in providing last-mile deliveries to customers in rural areas, obstructing the growth of the otherwise booming e-commerce sector, the panel has observed in its report submitted with the Prime Minister
The panel includes secretaries of the departments of commerce, industrial policy and promotion, external affairs, steel, labour, textile, MSME and tourism, and the chairman of the central board of excise and customs. Commerce secretary Rita Teaotia was the rapporteur of the panel, a source said
In fact, the postal department’s revenues due to cash-on-delivery consignments from e-commerce players jumped to Rs 1,300 crore in 2015-16 from Rs 500 crore in 2014-15 and just Rs 100 crore in 2013-14, according to official data. It has also tied up with all major e-commerce players in the country. Still, there is a huge scope for India Post to tap the e-commerce boom and improve its revenues, the official added.
However, boosting the reach of e-commerce through India Post will require a massive rationalisation of costs by the state-run communication behemoth. For instance, while the average cost of a delivery by speed post cost it almost Rs 67 in 2015-16, the revenue earned was just Rs 39, showed the data by the postal department. Importantly, while the average cost rose Rs 8 from Rs 59 in 2014-15, the revenue increased by only Rs 2. This means India Post was unable to pass on the rise in costs to customers, partly due to the fact that private players in cities and semi-urban areas are giving it a tough competition. Similarly, while the average cost of a parcel for India Post was Rs 68 in 2015-16, the revenue earned was just Rs 44.
However, the sources said in rural areas, where the penetration of other logistics providers is very low, India Post can be the prime driver of e-commerce.
India Post boasts of more than 1.5 lakh post offices across the nation, with 90% of them located in rural areas—a reach, if encashed properly, can be a potent weapon in revolutionalising e-commerce in the country. On an average, a post office serves an area of 21.23 Sq Km and a population of 8,086 people.
The e-commerce market in India is growing at a brisk pace. Last year, a report by industry body CII and consultancy firm Deloitte forecast that the Indian e-commerce (B2C) market could grow to almost $102 billion by 2020 from just $16 billion in 2015, riding factors such as government initiatives like Digital India, increase in internet penetration, growth in the adoption of smartphones and evolution of new payment solutions, among others. The number of online shopper could rise to 220 million by 2020 from just 39 million in 2015, the report said.
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Probation and/or confirmation of Direct Recruit Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant in Department of Posts-Qualifying test.






Source : http://utilities.cept.gov.in/dop/pdfbind.ashx?id=2306

Thursday 23 March 2017

The IInd CWC meeting of AIPEU,Gr-C, Telangana Circle has Commenced to-day at "Sundarayya Vignana Kendram" Hyderabad at 10am. Com.Ch.Pratapareddy,Circle President is presided over the CWC meeting. Com.P.PandurangaRao, Gen/sec AIGDS(NFPE),CHQ,Delhi has attended as Chief Guest and addressed the Open-Session. Com. SSRA Prasad, Offtg. Circle Secretary, Telangana Circle, Com. T.SureshKumar, Adviser of Circle Union are also addressed the meeting.
                     All  Circle Office Bearers, Br/Dvn. Secretaries, Mahila Committee members, Circle Union Advisory members and Supreme Councillors and other active comrades also attended the Open Session.       

                                                       PHOTOS OF IInd CWC













VERY IMPORTANT JUDGEMENT FROM HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF MADRAS - IMPLEMENTATION OF MACP


VERY IMPORTANT JUDGEMENT FROM HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF MADRAS - IMPLEMENTATION OF MACP RETROSPECTIVELY W.E.F. 01-09-2008 AND DENYING PROMOTIONAL HIERARCHY UNDER ACP FOR THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLE TED REQUIRED SERVICE DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN 01-09-2009 TO 19-05-2009 HELD NOT LEGAL

7th CPC Allowance Committee Report – Minister once again replied in Parliament on 22.3.2017

 

DoPT Minister replied in Lok Sabha on 22nd March 2017 regarding the status of the Committee on Allowances.

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Shri DR. JITENDRA SINGH said in a written reply to various questions regarding the report of allowance committee in Parliament on 22.3.2017 as follows…

“Several representations have been received from various employees’ associations on allowances by the Committee on Allowances. Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) has also requested to resolve the pending issues including allowances as soon as possible.

To examine the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission on Allowances (other than Dearness Allowance), a Committee of Secretaries under the Chairmanship of Finance Secretary and Secretary, Expenditure has been set up by the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure on 22.07.2016.

In the 13 meetings held so far, the Committee has interacted with National Council (Staff Side), Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) and the representatives of All India Railwaymen Federation (AIRF), National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR), All India Train Controllers Association (AITCA), All India Guards Council (AIGC), Federation of National Postal Organization, National Federation of Postal Employees, Bhartiya Postal Employees Federation, Bhartiya Postal Employees Association (Group-C), Joint Action Council of Service Doctors Organization (JACSDO), All India GDMO Association (AIGDMOA), Delhi Administration Doctors Welfare Association (DADWA), Faculty Association (Maulana Azad Medical College and associated hospitals), Faculty Welfare Association (Lady Hardinge Medical College), Safdarjung Hospital Medical Officers Association, All India Government Nurses Federation (AIGNF), Railway Nurses of India, All India ESIC Nurses Federation, PGI Nurses Welfare Association, Trained Nurses Association of India (TNAI), National Federation of Atomic Energy (NFAEE).

The Committee has not yet submitted its report to the Government. Decisions on implementing the Report will be taken after the Report is submitted by the Committee.”

Authoirty: Lok Sabha

Postal JCA requests the Chief PMG, Odisha to keep the implementation of Cadre Restructuring proposal in abeyance

Postal JCA (NFPE & FNPO) requests the Chief PMG, Odisha to keep the implementation of Cadre Restructuring proposal in Odisha Circle in abeyance till amicable settlement of the issues raised by the Staff Side

Postal Joint Council of Action
National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE)
Federation of National Postal Organizations (FNPO)
All India Postal Employees Union, Group-C
National Association of Postal Employees, Group-C
Odisha Circle Branch, Bhubaneswar – 751 009
No. PJCA-Odi/Cadre Restructuring/2017
Dated at Bhubaneswar the 21st March, 2017
To
Dr. S K Kamila, IPoS
Chief Postmaster General, Odisha Circle
Bhubaneswar – 751 001

Sub : Request to keep the implementation of Cadre Restructuring proposal in Odisha Circle in abeyance till amicable settlement of the issues raised by the Staff Side 

Sir, 
This is to bring your kind notice that Com. R. N. Parashar, Secretary General, NFPE and Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General, Confederation & Ex-Secretary General, NFPE & Shri. D. Theagarajan, Secretary General, FNPO met Shri B. V. Sudhakar Secretary, Department of Posts on 17.03.2017 and submitted a detailed letter (No. PJCA/Cadre Restructuring/2017, dated 17.03.2017) explaining the issues arising out of implementation of Cadre Restructuring proposals of Postal Group ‘C’ employees with the suggestions of the staff side to mitigate the grievances of the staff and held discussion with him. The Staff side requested the Secretary, Department of Posts to keep the implementation of Cadre Restructuring proposal in abeyance till the issues raised by the staff side are sorted out amicably.

The Secretary (Posts) assured for positive consideration. 

Accordingly, Shri Tilak De, Member (P) (Additional Charge) has also been requested on 18.03.2017 by the Staff Side to issue instructions to all Circle Heads to keep the implementation process of Cadre Restructuring in abeyance.

The copes of both the letters addressed to the Secretary(Posts) and Member(P) are attached here with for kind reference.

Under the circumstances, we would like to request you again kindly to wait for a definite reply from the Directorate in this regard and not to issue posting orders of the approved LSG officials till receipt of a clearance from the Secretary (Posts) on the issues raised by NFPE and FNPO which is presently pending at Directorate level and both NFPE and FNPO are jointly pursuing the issue.

A line of reply on the action taken is highly solicited.

With regards.
Attached : As above.
Yours faithfully,


(MANORANJAN SARANGI)
Circle Secretary, NAPE, Group-C
Odisha Circle 
(BRUHASPATI SAMAL)
Circle Secretary, AIPEU, Group-C
Odisha Circle

IP/ASP's,Adhoc-body for newly formed Telangana Circle



No. CHQ/AIAIPASP/Adhoc-body/Telangana/2017                      Dated :   22/3/2017.

To,
Brig. B. Chandrasekhar,
Chief Postmaster General,
Telangana Circle,
Hyderabad 500001.

Subject :  Request for grant of Trade Union facilities to an adhoc-body of All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts, Telangana Circle Branch..reg.

Respected Sir, 

The following adhoc-body of All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts, Telangana Circle Branch duly approved by the undersigned is sent herewith to carry on the affairs of All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts, AP Circle Branch for the time being is for 3 months. The adhoc-body has to conduct the General Body and elect new set of office bearers within 3 months.

S. No.
Name
Designation
Post
1
Sri Y Venkateshwarlu
ASP Kazipet RMS Kazipet
Convener
2
Sri B Suresh Kumar
ASP (R) Hyderabad City Division
Member
3
Sri P. Vijaya Baskar
ASP (Vig.) CO Hyderabad
Member
4
Sri P B Srinivas
ASP (BD) RO Hyderabad
Member
5
Sri H Sharath Kumar
IP RO Hyderabad
Member
6
Sri P Vara Pradesh
ASP (R) Peddapalli Division
Member
7
Sri Niranjan Gramopadyaya
ASP Nizambad
Member

It is requested that necessary Trade Union facilities may kindly be granted to it under intimation to the undersigned.
.                                                                                                           
           Yours sincerely,

 Sd/-
(Vilas Ingale)
General Secretary
Copy forwarded for information to : 

The convener and members

Minutes of the Departmental Council (JCM) meeting held on 20.12.2016 under the Chairpersonship of Secretary (Posts)

CLICK HERE  FOR FULL COPY OF MINUTES (106 items & 67 pages)


Issues related to GDS taken up in the meeting :

Items:

Sl.No.4 - Item No.4 :
Non supply of Postage stamps and stationeries to Post offices – reg.

S.No.5. Item No.6 :
Issue of Departmental Identity Cards to all staff, including GDS – Reg.

Sl.No.10- Item No.11:
Enhancement the amount of immediate death relief from welfare fund.

Sl.No.19 – Item No.23 :
Spot payment of incentive to SPM / BPM for securing RPLI business

Sl.No.45 – Item No.51
Problems arisen due to implementation of Core banking solution

Sl.No.49 – Item No.59:
Maintaining Waiting list of qualified GDS\ MTS for promotion to Postman Cadre

Sl.No.52 – Item No.58
Revision of Postmen Norms assessment of scientific measurement of beats

Sl.No.55 – Item No.61:
Minor Changes in Postman Remarks for Returned Articles Speed Post & Register and all Accountable Articles

Sl.No.56 – Item No.62:
Delegation of Powers of Limited Transfers of GDS Staff to PMG:

List of participants for the JCM (DC) meeting held on 20.12.2016

Official Side:-

1. Shri B. V. Sudhakar - Chairperson
2. Shri T. Murthy - Member (O)
3. Shri Tilak De - Member (Tech.)
4. Smt. Meera Handa - Member (Plg.)
5. Shri A.K. Dash - Member (P)
6. Smt. Saroj Punhani - JS & FA
7. Shri S. Dashora - DDG (Estates &MM)
8. Shri Manish Sinha - DDG (PAF)
9. Dr. Alok Pande - DDG (FS)
10. Shri Ashish Kumar - DDG (Tech.)
11. Shri Harpreet Singh - DDG (MB)
12. Shri Abhinav Walia - DDG (PO)
13. Smt. Smriti Sharan - DDG (Estt. & SR & Legal)
14. Shri Vineet Pandey - CGM(BD) & CVO
15. Shri Vishvapavan Pati - CGM (PLI)
16. Smt. Sheuli Burman - GM (PLI)

Staff Side:-

1. Shri R.N. Parashar - Leader, Staff Side
2. Shri D. Theagarajan - Secretary General, FNPO
3. Shri Giri Raj Singh - Secretary, Staff Side
4. Shri D. Krishna Rao - Member
5. Shri T.N. Rahate - Member
6. Shri J. Ramamurthy - Member
7. Ms. R. Seethalakshmi - Member
8. Shri Subhash Chakraborty - Member
9. Shri Pranab Bhattacharjee - Member
10. Shri T. Satyanarayana - Member
11. Shri N. Ramappa - Member
12. Shri P.K. Muralidharan - Member
13. Shri Shivkant Mishra - Member