Federation of National Postal Organizations (F.N.P.O.) NAPE (Group-C), Postman & MTS Group-C, NUGDS, NUCP.
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
India Post opens 2 ATMs in Delhi, 2800 more pan-India by March 2015
NEW DELHI - March 1 : Postal bank savings account holders in Delhi can now avail of ATM services as India Post today launched automated teller machines at two locations here.
The department will open 2,800 more such ATMs by March 2015 which is part of its core banking system (CBS) project.
The initiative is part of modernisation project under which around 1.6 lakh post offices will be equipped with core banking system by 2015, Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal said while launching ATM at ITO post office. The other ATM has been opened at Kashmere Gate PO.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram inaugurated the first ATM of India Post network in Chennai on Thursday.
"Its not a short journey. It will take time but we have started this journey. There will be about 2,800 ATMs installed by March 2015," Sibal said.
"Some people only talk about common man but we are among those who work for common man without making noise. This ATM is for 'Aam Aadmi' at a common man's post officer. This is a gift for Aam Aadmi and I congratulate Aam Aadmi," he said.
The department is issuing ATM cards to postal savings bank account holders through which they can withdraw money.
"The ATM will serve only Post Office customers for first 6-8 months. After that we will link it with ATMs of other banks. Thereafter customers of any bank will be able to withdraw money and our customer will be able to use other ATM," Delhi Circle Chief Post Master General Vasumitra said.
Delhi will get 86 more ATMs by the end of this month and around 600 by 2015.
India Post has connected about 64 lakh savings accounts across seven states - Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Assam and Andhra Pradesh -- in select branches with CBS.
The department has also applied for banking licence. "I am trying that Post Office should get a banking licence to serve common man in rural area. I will keep by struggle on for banking licence," Sibal said.
India Posts also announced linking of Postal Life Insurance service which has corpus of close to Rs 40,000 crore with CBS that will enable people to pay premium online, check status of their policy.
India Posts has plan to roll out core insurance solution like CBS at pan-India level under which it will integrate 810 insurance processing centres for faster claim settlement and after sales service.
Under the insurance project, 11,000 post offices will be migrated to new technology by September 2014 and about 14,000 post offices by March 2015.
The government has earmarked about Rs 5,000 crore for modernisation of post offices which also includes equipping all branches with real time banking facility using service of private companies.
Source : http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-03-01/news/47799480_1_india-post-banking-licence-core-banking-system
7th Central Pay Commission - Gazette Notification of Resolution containing constitution and terms of reference
Finance Ministry issued Gazette Notification of Resolution containing constitution and terms of reference of 7th CentralPay Commission
Ministry Of Finance
(Department of Expenditure)
RESOLUTION
New Delhi, the 28th February,2014
No.1/1/2013-E.III(A)— The Government of India have decided to appoint the Seventh Central Pay Commission comprising the following :-
1. Chairman
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Justice Shri Ashok kumar Mathur
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2. Member
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Shri Vivek Rae
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3. Member
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Dr. Rathin Roy
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4. Secretary
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Smt. Meena Agarwal
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2. The terms of reference of the commission will be as follows :-
a) To examine, review, evolve and recommend changes that are desirable and feasible regarding the principles that should govern the emoluments structure including pay, allowances and other facilities/benefits, in cash or kind, having regard to rationalization and simplification therein as well as the specialized needs of various Departments, agencies and services, in respect of the following categories of employees:-
i. Central Government employees-industrial and non-industrial;
ii. Personnel belonging to the All India Services;
iii. Personnel of the Union Territories;
iv. Officers and employees of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department;
v. Members of regulatory bodies (excluding the Reserve Bank of India) set up under Acts of Parliament; and
vi. Officers and employees of the Supreme Court.
b) To examine, review, evolve and recommend changes that are desirable and feasible regarding principles that should govern the emoluments structure, concessions and facilities/benefits, in cash or kind, as well as retirement benefits of personnel belonging to the Defence Forces, having regard to historical and traditional parities, with due emphasis on aspects unique to these personnel.
c) To work out the framework for an emoluments structure linked with the need to attract the most suitable talent to Government service, promote efficiency, accountability and responsibility in the work culture, and foster excellence in the public governance system to respond to complex challenges of modern administration and rapid political, social, economic and technological changes, with due regard to expectations of stakeholders, and to recommend appropriate training and capacity building through a competency based framework.
d) To examine the existing schemes of payment of bonus, keeping in view, among other things, its bearing upon performance and productivity and make recommendations on the general principles, financial parameters and conditions for an appropriate incentive scheme to reward excellence in productivity, performance and integrity.
e) To review the variety of existing allowances presently available to employees in addition to pay and suggest their rationalization and simplification, with a view to ensuring that the pay structure is so designed as to take these into account.
f) To examine the principles which should govern the structure of pension and other retirement benefits, including revision of pension in the case of employees who have retired prior to the date of effect of these recommendations, keeping in view that retirement benefits of all Central Government employees appointed on and after 01.01.2004 are covered by the New Pension Scheme (NPS).
g) To make recommendations on the above, keeping in view:
i. the economic conditions in the country and need for fiscal prudence;
ii. the need to ensure that adequate resources are available for developmental expenditures and welfare measures;
iii. the likely impact of the recommendations on the finances of the State Governments, which usually adopt the recommendations with some modifications;
iv. the prevailing emolument structure and retirement benefits available to employees of Central Public Sector Undertakings; and
v. the best global practices and their adaptability and relevance in Indian conditions.
ii. the need to ensure that adequate resources are available for developmental expenditures and welfare measures;
iii. the likely impact of the recommendations on the finances of the State Governments, which usually adopt the recommendations with some modifications;
iv. the prevailing emolument structure and retirement benefits available to employees of Central Public Sector Undertakings; and
v. the best global practices and their adaptability and relevance in Indian conditions.
h) To recommend the date of effect of its recommendations on all the above.
3. The Commission will devise its own procedure and may appoint such advisors, Institutional Consultants and Experts, as it necessary for any particular purpose. It may call for such information and take such evidence, as it may consider necessary. Ministries and Departments of Government of India shall furnish such information and documents and other assistance as may be required by the commission. The government of India trusts the State Governments, Service Associations and other concerned will extend to the Commission their fullest cooperation and assistance
4. The Commission will have Headquarters in Delhi
5. The Commission will make its recommendations within 18 months of the date of its constitution. It may consider, if necessary, sending interim reports on any of the matters as and when the recommendations are finalised.
Saturday, 1 March 2014
Updates on the 7th Central Pay Commission.
7th Central Pay Commission Terms of Reference approved by union cabinet
The Commission will make its recommendations within 18 months of the date of its constitution
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to the Terms of Reference of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) as follows:-
a) To examine, review, evolve and recommend changes that are desirable and feasible regarding the principles that should govern the emoluments structure including pay, allowances and other facilities/benefits, in cash or kind, having regard to rationalization and simplification therein as well as the specialized needs of various Departments, agencies and services, in respect of the following categories of employees:-
i. Central Government employees-industrial and non-industrial;
ii. Personnel belonging to the All India Services;
iii. Personnel of the Union Territories;
iv. Officers and employees of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department;
v. Members of regulatory bodies (excluding the Reserve Bank of India) set up under Acts of Parliament; and
vi. Officers and employees of the Supreme Court.
b) To examine, review, evolve and recommend changes that are desirable and feasible regarding principles that should govern the emoluments structure, concessions and facilities/benefits, in cash or kind, as well as retirement benefits of personnel belonging to the Defence Forces, having regard to historical and traditional parities, with due emphasis on aspects unique to these personnel.
c) To work out the framework for an emoluments structure linked with the need to attract the most suitable talent to Government service, promote efficiency, accountability and responsibility in the work culture, and foster excellence in the public governance system to respond to complex challenges of modern administration and rapid political, social, economic and technological changes, with due regard to expectations of stakeholders, and to recommend appropriate training and capacity building through a competency based framework.
d) To examine the existing schemes of payment of bonus, keeping in view, among other things, its bearing upon performance and productivity and make recommendations on the general principles, financial parameters and conditions for an appropriate incentive scheme to reward excellence in productivity, performance and integrity.
e) To review the variety of existing allowances presently available to employees in addition to pay and suggest their rationalization and simplification, with a view to ensuring that the pay structure is so designed as to take these into account.
f) To examine the principles which should govern the structure of pension and other retirement benefits, including revision of pension in the case of employees who have retired prior to the date of effect of these recommendations, keeping in view that retirement benefits of all Central Government employees appointed on and after 01.01.2004 are covered by the New Pension Scheme (NPS).
g) To make recommendations on the above, keeping in view:
i. the economic conditions in the country and need for fiscal prudence;
ii. the need to ensure that adequate resources are available for developmental expenditures and welfare measures;
iii. the likely impact of the recommendations on the finances of the State Governments, which usually adopt the recommendations with some modifications;
iv. the prevailing emolument structure and retirement benefits available to employees of Central Public Sector Undertakings; and
v. the best global practices and their adaptability and relevance in Indian conditions.
h) To recommend the date of effect of its recommendations on all the above.
The Commission will make its recommendations within 18 months of the date of its constitution. It may consider, if necessary, sending interim reports on any of the matters as and when the recommendations are finalised.
The decision will result in the benefit of improved pay and allowances as well as rationalization of the pay structure in case of Central Government employees and other employees included in the scope of the 7th Central Pay Commission.
Background
Central Pay Commissions are periodically constituted to go into various issues of emoluments’ structure, retirement benefits and other service conditions of Central Government employees and to make recommendations on the changes required.
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram inaugurated the ATM service at Thiyagaraya Nagar Head Post Office.
Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday inaugurated the country’s first post office savings bank ATM at the Head Post Office in Thyagaraya Nagar here. The ATM was part of an Information Technology (IT) modernisation project of the Department of Posts.
Mr. Chidambaram said a total of Rs. 4909 crore had been allotted for the modernisation in the interim budget. “The launching of the ATM was a step towards making the department a completely technology oriented one,” he said adding that the Core Banking Solutions (CBS) scheme would benefit as much as 1,55,000 post offices.
Mr. Chidambaram said the ATM would run on a trial basis for six months. Afterwards, it would become an interoperable where cards of other banks could be used.
Commenting on the future of post offices in the IT era where sending letters and post cards had become a rarity, Mr. Chidambaram said the department was inventing new strategies to keep itself on the growth trajectory. For parcel services, people still preferred the post office, he observed.
Secretary of Department of Posts Padmini Gopinath said about 2800 such ATMs would be installed by end of 2015. Sixty-two post offices covering 64 lakh accounts had already migrated to CBS. “Over 26,840 post offices will adopt CBS by 2016. All account holders will be provided with an ATM card,” Ms. Padimini said. She said the department was also toying with the idea of starting e-commerce services in rural areas to improve its earnings.
Department of Personnel and Training New Delhi, NOTIFICATION
Department of Personnel and Training New Delhi,
No. 13026/4/2012-Estt.(L) the 18th February, 2014
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Execution of Bond for availing Study Leave under rule 53(4) of the CCS(Leave) Rules, 1972 -regarding
The undersigned is directed to state that Government servants are allowed to avail "Study Leave" in terms of the provisions of rules 50-63 of the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972. The provisions of rule 53(4) mandates for execution of a bond by the Government Servant who is granted such leave in the relevant format prescribed for the said purpose i.e. Forms 7-10 of the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972.
2. The said Bond executed by the Government servant requires putting in specified period of service after expiry of the Study Leave as prescribed by provisions of rule 50(5) of the said rules.
3. . It has come to the notice of this Department that the provisions of the aforesaid bond are being circumvented and officers who have availed Study Leave proceed on prolonged spells of leave due and admissible to them and thus do not put in active service for the requisite period as indicates; in the bond executed by them.
4. In view of the above position, the provisions of the prescribed format of the Bond have been reviewed in consultation with the Department of Legal Affairs and it has been decided that the prescribed forms 7, 8. 9 and 10 of the CSS (Leave) Rules, 1972 may be revised by incorporating a specific clause confirming commitment of the Government servant to put in requisite active service after expiry of the Study Leave. The copies of the revised formats are enclosed herewith. The grant of Study Leave shall continue to be regulated in terms of the relevant provisions of the rules as indicated in para 1 above. Ministry of Home Affairs, etc are requested to ensure that the necessary Bond in respect of grant of Study Leave under the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972 may henceforth be obtained in the revised formats.
5. These orders are being issued after consultation with the C&AG of India in respect of persons serving in the Indian Audit & Accounts Department.
6. Formal amendments to CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972 are being issued separately
Sd/-
(Mukul Ratra)
Director (L&A)
Department of Personnel &Training
F No. 42011/2/2014-Estt.(Res) dated the 13" February, 2014
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Representation of SC, ST, OBC, Minorities and the Women on Selection Board/Committees.
The undersigned is directed to draw attention of the Ministries/Departments to this Department's O.M. No.4201111511995-Estt(SCT) dated 1lthhly, 1995. Para 2 provided as follows:-
“Para 2: In partial modification of the above instructions it has now been decided that wherever a Selection Committee Board exists or has to be constituted for making recruitment to ten or more vacancies in Group 'C' or Group 'D' posts or services it shall be mandatory to have one Member belonging to SCISTIORC and one Member belonging to Minority Community in such Committees/Boards. Further, one of the Members of the Selection Committees/Boards whether from the general category or from the minority community or from SC, ST,OBC should be a lady failing which a lady member should be co opted on the Committee/Board. It may please be ensured that where the number of vacancies against which the selection is to be made is less than ten no effort should be spared in finding SCISTIOBC officer, minority community officer and a lady officer as explained in para (2) for inclusion in such Comrnittees/Boards. "
2. The matter has been reviewed and in partial modification of above instructions, it has now been decided that wherever a Selection Committee/Board exist or has to be constituted for making recruitment to 10 01. more vacancies in any level of posts or services, it shall be mandatory to have one Member belonging to SCIST, one Member belonging to OBC category and one Member belonging to Minority Community in such Committees/ Boards. Further, one of the members of the Selection Comrnittee /Board, whether from the general category or from the minority community or from the SCISTIOBC community should be a lady failing which a lady member should be co-opted on the Committee Board. It may also be ensured that where the number of vacancies against which selection is to be made is less than ten, no effort should be spared in finding the SCIST, OBC officer and the Minority Committee Officer and a lady officer, for inclusion in such Comrnittees/ Boards. -,
3. Similar instructions in Public Sector Undertakings and Financial Institutions including Public Sector Banks will be issued by Department of Public Enterprises and Ministry of Finance respectively.
Sd/-
(Sandeep Mukherjee)
Under Secretary to FOI
Department of Personnel and Training)
D N0.41034/1/2014-Estt(D) dated-30.01.2014
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Action Taken on 62nd Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice on the Status of Women Government Employees, Service Conditions, Protection against exploitation, Incentives and other related issues -regarding. ***
The undersigned is directed to refer to Para 20.1 and Para 20.2 of the 62nd Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice wherein, the Committee has drawn attention to extant instructions of the Government on age relaxation for appointment of widows, divorced woman and woman judicially separated from their husbands and who were not remarried allowing age concession up to the age of 35 years (40 years for member of SCs/STs) for the post of Group 'C' and erstwhile Group 'D' filled through SC/ Employment Exchange and has directed scrupulous compliance of these instructions by all administrative authorities.
2. The Department of Personnel and Training's O.M. No. 15012/13/79- Estt.(D) dated 19.1.1980 provides that for purposes of appointment to Group C and D posts under the Central Govt. filled through the SSC and the Employment Exchange, the upper age limit in the case of widows, divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands who are not remarried shall be relaxed upto the age of 35 years (upto 40 years for members of Scheduled Castes/Schedules Tribes) by invoking the provisions in
the relevant recruitment rules, subject to production of a certified copy of the judgment/ decree of the appropriate court to prove the fact of divorce or the judicial separation, as the case may be (provided through DoP&T O.M. No. 15012/1/82-Estt.(D) dated 06.09.1983) . Further, this relaxation has been extended to Group 'A' & '0' posts except where recruitment is made through open competitive examination vide DoP&T O.M. No. 15012/1/87-Estt.(D) dated 05.10.1990. 3. All Ministries/Departments are requested to bring these instructions to the notice of all concerned including attached and subordinate offices for strict compliance.
- (Arunoday Goswami)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of lndia
DG Posts No. 34012/10/2014-DE dated 21-2-2014
NOTIFICATION
Applications are invited from the eligible applicants for filling up of posts of Postal Assistants / Sorting Assistants / Postal Assistants (SBCO)/ Postal Assistants (Foreign Post Organization)/ Postal Assistants (RLO) / Postal Assistants (MMS) and Postal Assistants (Circle / Regional offices) for the year 2013-2014 in 22 Postal Circles in the Country in Pay Band 5200-20200 with 2400 Grade Pay + other admissible allowances for the year 2013-2014.
2. Age limit: 18-27 years for General category (unreserved Applicants) the applicable relaxation is provided to persons belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PH/Ex-Servicemen candidates as per the extant orders. The age limit will be as on 27-03-2014.
3. Educational Qualification: (1) 10+2 Standard or 12th class pass from a recognized university or Board of School Education or Board of Secondary Education with English as a compulsory subject (excluding vocational streams).
(2) The applicant should have studied local language of the state or union Territory of the concerned Po0stal Circle or in Hindi as a subject at least in matriculation level or equivalent.
The aspiring candidates are requested to access the website: wwwpasadrexam2014.in for further details like vacancies, eligibility, criteria, details of fee etc. The Applications are to be submitted on line and the last date for registration of applications on line is 23:59 hours of 27th March, 2014.
Sd/-
(V.Santhanaraman)
Director (VP & DE)
Min of Finance (deprtment of Economic Affairs)
No. 5(2)-B(PD)/2013 dated 12th nov, 2013
(Circulated vide DG Post No. 9-1/2008-F(Posts) dated 6-2-2014)
The undersigned is directed o state that the rates of interest for advances sanctioned to the Government Servants for purchase of conveyance during 2013-2014 i.e. from 02 April, 2013 to 31st March, 2014 are revised as under;
(i) Advance for purchase of conveyance other than motor car (viz. Motor Cycle, Scooter etc.) - 9% per annum
(ii) Advance for purchase of motor car - 11.5% per annum
(AK Bhatnagar)
Under Secretary (Budgets)
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Cadre Restructuring Latest News
We reproduce minutes of the strike meeting below :
Agenda item: Finalization of Cadre Restructuring of Postal RMS, CO, SBCO, System Administrators, ME and Civil Electrical Wing.
Decisions Taken: The Cadre Restructuring Committee of Group ‘C’ employees has been reconstituted under the chairmanship of Shri VP Singh DDG(P), vide this office letter No. 25-04/2012-PE.I dated 23/10/2013 to look into the matter.
The staff side was informed that the Committee has met on 4th and 5th February and agreed on the recommendations to be made by the Committee. As informed by DDG(P), the report would be submitted before 28th February. 2014. DDG(P)
Agenda item: Implement MMS Restructuring proposal.
Decisions Taken: The report of the Committee of Cadre Restructuring in MMS I being examined in the Establishment Division in consultation with personnel Division. The staff side was assured hat all out efforts will be made to finalize the proposal by 31st March, 2014. DDG(Estt)
This week may bring cheer to central employees and pensioners
Central Govt. employees and pensioners will find reasons to celebrate this week. The union cabinet is likely to clear some long awaited demands for it’s staff in the next meeting later this week The F.M., currently on foreign tour, likely to return India today and after which cabinet meeting is likely to take place.
According to information available with us, merger of 50% D.A., an additional hike of 10% D.A. from 01.01.2014, granting of Interim Relief and enhancing retirement age to 62 years are under the consideration of Govt. and some of these are to be approved in the next cabinet meeting.
As the notification of Loksabha poll may be issued in the first week of March, this would be the last cabinet meeting before the code of conduct comes into force.
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Monday, 24 February 2014
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