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Rule 32 of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965- Advice of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to be communicated to the delinquent Government servant along with the final order of penalty- Amendment

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A BRIEF REPORT ON SILVER JUBILEE ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF AIPEU POSTMEN & MSE / Gr. D HELD ON 29th to 31st DEC 2013 AT CUTTACK, ODISHA.

            The 25th Silver Jubilee All India Conference of AIPEU Postmen & MSE Gr.D was held in the land of the great legendary leader Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at Com. Adinararayana Nagar(Cambridge School),Cuttack -Com.Bhagirathi Pattnaiak manch from 29th  to 31th  December 2013 under the presidentship of Com. S.K Humayun All India President P4,CHQ.

            The reception committee headed by Advocate Jagannath Patnaiak - Chairman, Com.R.N Dhal - Working chairman and Com.D.B Mohanty - General Secretary had made excellent arrangements for conducting the
 All India Silver Jubilee 25th Conference.

    The inaugural session commenced on 29th at
 10a.m with a colourful rally to the conference hall and unfurling of NFPE flag by Com. M.Krishnan & AIPEU P4 flag by Com. S.K Humayun President P-IV Union. After that floral tributes to the martyrs column were paid.Then the open session was held under the presidentship of Com. S.K Humayun All India President P4.The open session was inaugurated by Com. Basudev Acharya MP (LS) CPI (M). The chief guest SJ. Tilak De,IOPS,CPMG,Odissa circle, SJ. P.K Bisoi IPOS PMG Berhampur region,  SJ. J.Kanhar, IPOS PMG Sambalpur region greeted the conference
            *Chief Speaker-Com. M.Krishnan, Secretary General NFPE & CCGE&W, General Secretary  P3 and  *Hon'ble Speakers-Com. Janardhan Patil, Vice President CITU Odisha Com. Pranab Bhattacharjee, General Secretary AIPAOEU addressed the open session. The reception committee  organized cultural programme on 29th from 7pm to 10pm in which a beautiful odissi dance programme was also performed.

            On 30-12-2013(Monday) DELEGATE SESSION was held at Kalavikas Kendra Cuttack.

            
Com. A.K.Padmanabhan National President CITU inaugurated the delegate session. Com. K. Ragavendran, Ex Secretary General NFPE & National Convenor Pensioners Association , Com.Giriraj Singh General Secretary AIRMS & MMSEU Gr.C, Com. P.Panduranga Rao General Secretary AIPEU - GDS(NFPE) ,Com. Dusmant Das Convenor, OSKEM,Com. M.Krishnan Secretary General NFPE,Com. I.S Dabbas General Secretary AIPEU Postmen & MSE Gr.D, Com. Bishnu Mohanty  General Secretary CITU Odisha,Com. Jagadish Ch Jena General Secretary BEFI,Com.Pradeep Sarangi Joint General Secretary BEFI addressed the delegate session.,Com. Milon Battacharya Ex President P4 CHQ,Com. M.Neelappa Ex AGS P4 CHQ and other leaders of various organizations greeted the delegate session. Felicitation to outgoing All India Office Bearers & Senior retired Office Bearers of CHQ was also given. Com. S.K Humayun presided over the delegate session.

           The Biennial report which in itself is a valuable and comprehensive document and audited accounts were unanimously approved and adapted by the delegates.
            There after the election of office bearers was held. 25th AIC unanimously elected the following team of office bearers:

 President :                     
Com.Vikram Shah (Uttar Pradesh)

 Working President:      
 Com:Balkrishna Chalke (Maharashtra)

 Vice President:              
 (1)Com. Moinul Haq (Assam)
(2)Com.S T Terraiya (Gujarat)
(3)Com.Manoharlal (Rajasthan)

General Secretary          
Com.R.Seethalakshmi (Karnataka)

Dy. General Secretary       
Com.D.B.Mohanty (Odisha)

Asst. General Secretary   
 (1) Com.P.K.Sivadasan (Kerala)
 2) Com.K.Chandrasekhar (Andhra )
(3) Com.Tirumagan (Tamil Nadu)

Financial Secretary        
 Com.Mukul Chand Das (West Bengal)
Asst. Fin. Secretary           Com.Ramesh Dabas (Delhi)
Org. Genl. Secretary         
(1) Com.Jayaram (Punjab)                             
(2) Com. Amar Kumar Mishra (Jharkhand)                                       
(3) Com. Ranjit Kumar (Bihar)

            6 Members All India Mahila Committee was also formed


            275 Divisional Unions, 494 Delegates & 651 Visitors attended the 25th AIC. 52 Delegates, all  22 Circle Secretaries and 15 All India office bearers took part in the deliberations. There was all round appreciation about the functioning of the CHQ.

      The resolutions on policy and programme was unanimously adapted and many other resolutions adopted on problems facing by the Postmen & Gr. ‘D’ staff. The details will be published in ensuing journals (Postal Life).

IMPORTANT DECISIONS:-

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Name of the union ''ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION-POSTMEN & MSE/Gr.D" to be changed as "ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION-POSTMEN & MTS/Gr.D"

>15Prime resolutions passed including "Strengthening of AIPEU  GDS(NFPE)      in all divisions of all circles with the support and cooperation of P4    union.

>Enhancement of quota and allocation to higher bodies as (Rs.40)

>Amendment in the designation of office bearers panel

>Formation of Mahila committees in all divisions from and among postwomen and women MSE Gr.D
 

            25th AIC placed its appreciations on record of the services rendered by the outgoing office bearers-Com.
 S.K Humayun President All India, Com. I.S Dabbas General Secretary , Com. Mahabir Singh Treasurer CHQ, Com. Subrato Banerjee Deputy General Secretary. 25th AIC recorded the services rendered by Sri. Sharma office assistant CHQ & Sri.Ramnaresh and the cooperation given by the family members of General Secretary I.S Dabbas and other CHQ office bearers.

            The P4 union is fully confident that with there will be total co-operation among all NFPE affiliates including AIPEU GDS(NFPE) in the future also. The huge troubles and challenges posed to us will be met with by building up rock-like unity and resisting it with all forces at our command. AIPEU Postmen and MSE Gr. C assure that we will strive hard to live upto the expectations of all our comrades and march ahead keeping in mind always the sacrifice, determination and commitment of our founder leaders and martyrs
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                                                                   With fraternal greetings,

                                                                         R.Seethalakshmi
                                                                        General Secretary

Expected DA from Jan 2014 - 11%

The one more and another additional Dearness allowance to Central Government employees and Pensioners from Jan 2014 will be announced in the middle of March 2014.
 
This is too early and predict the enhancement in percentage of Dearness allowance with effect from January 2014. The prediction and announcement of this hike make us cool, that the additional DA will jump to 101% and another word, an additional DA would be 11%.
 
 But, still we have to wait for one more month, that the magic number of AICPIN would be increased by 3% and more..! From the existing level of the AICPIN is now 243, if it becomes 246 in end of December 2013, out prediction will be right…or otherwise certainly we would cross century in total Dearness allowance…
 
 The table describes the prediction of additional DA from Jan 2014…
 
MonthYearAICPIN (IW) BY 2001=100Points Increasing in AICPINTotalAverageApp. DADA
Jun201323132648220.6790.6290
Jul201323542671222.5892.28
Aug201323722694224.593.93
Sep201323812717226.4295.59
Oct201324132741228.4297.32
Nov201324322766230.599.12
Dec2013Expected 24632793232.75101.06101
Source : www.7thpaycommissionnews.in


Roll Out Help Desk Management Systems(HDMS) by CEPT, Mysore

The center for Excellence in Postal Technology (CEPT) is providing technical support for the software developed by CEPT. Presently, the support is provided through e-Mail and over telephone.
       
The field units are sending the emails over the support email id (support@ceptmysore.net) for resolution of various technical issues to CEPT. This existing system has a number of limitations. Moreover a particular issue is being raised at various levels e.g. PO / Division /Region / Circle resulting in multiple handlings of same case thereby difficulty is being experienced to attend to fresh cases. Further there is very little scope to monitor the performance in the existing system.

In order to have a better system in place, CEPT has developed an application named "Help Desk Management System (HDMS)". This application is hosted at the CEPT website i.e. http://cept.gov.in under the 'Support' Menu. To access HDMS, registration to http://cept.gov.in is required.

The HDMS shall be made operational from 10.01.2014. The existing system of email support will be continued upto 31.01.2014. CEPT will attend on priority, the cases registered on HDMS and subsequently attend to email requests.

The salient features of this application are furnished below:


Letter to DDG (Estt.) i/c/w withdrawal of the mandatory condition of service of 2-3 years in RMS/Postal side for promotion to the cadre of ASP & PS Gr. B

No. GS/AIAIASP/Merger/IP-ASP/2013                             dated  :     6th Jan 2014.

To,
Ms Trishaljit Sethi, 
Dy. Director General (Estt),
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi 110 001.  

Subject :     Merger / de-merger of IPO/IRM cadre  minimum working experience  about Postal/RMS wing before promotion to Assistant Superintendent /Superintendent cadre.  

Ref.       :     Dte No. 25-02/2001-PE-I dated 9th September, 2013 

Respected Madam,  


Letter to Secretary (Posts) i/c/w Quota of General Line in PS Group ‘B’ Examination

No. CHQ/IPASP/CRC/2012                                            Dated :      6/1/2014. 

To,
Ms. P. Gopinath, 
Director General,
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi 110 001.  
 
Subject : Quota of General Line in PS Group ‘B’ Examination … reg. 
 
Ref.       : Directorate No. A.34012/06/2011-DE dated 13th April, 2012. 

Respected Madam,  


DoPT clarfication on Rule 32 of the CCS(CCA) Rules, 1965: Advice of the UPSC to be communicated along with final order of penalty


No. 11012/8/2011-Estt.(A) 
Government of India 
Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions 
Department of Personnel & Training 
North Block, New Delhi 
January 6, 2014 

OFFICE MEMORANDUM 

Subject:  Rule 32 of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965- Advice of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to be communicated to the delinquent Government servant along with the final order of penalty- Amendment - regarding 

The undersigned is directed to refer to the provisions of the Rule 32 of the Central Civil Services Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 and to say that the nature of consultation with the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and the manner of communication of the advice of the UPSC to the delinquent Government servant have been subject matter of litigation in some cases in CAT/High Courts etc. 

The Hon'ble Supreme Court in the T. V. Patel case, delivered on 19.04.2007, held that the Disciplinary Authority is not required to furnish a copy of the advice tendered by the Union Public Service Commission to the Charged Officer before the final order of penalty is passed. Accordingly, vide Office Memorandum No. 11012/10/2007- Estt.(A) dated 07.01.2008, the Ministries/ Departments/ Offices were requested to comply with the existing provisions of CCS(CCA) Rules, 1965 and bring the contents of the O.M. to the notice of all concerned for adopting a uniform stand. 

2. Now, the Hon'ble Supreme Court in its judgment on 16.03.2011, while dismissing the Civil Appeal No. 5341 of 2006 in the matter of Union of India & Ors. vs S. K. Kapoor, has held that it is a settled principle of natural justice that if any material is to be relied upon in departmental proceedings, a copy of the same must be supplied in advance to the charge sheeted employee so that he may have a chance to rebut the same. The Hon'ble Court also observed that there may be a case where the report of the Union Public Service Commission is not relied upon by the disciplinary authority and in that case it is certainly not necessary to supply a copy of the same to the concerned employee. However, if it is relied upon, then a copy of the same must be supplied in advance to the concerned employee, otherwise, there will be violation of the principles of natural justice. 

3. The matter has been examined in consultation with Department of Legal Affairs and it has been decided that in compliance of the judgement of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in S.K. Kapoor case, a copy of the advice of UPSC, in all cases where the Commission is consulted, may be provided to the Charged Officer, not withstanding the provisions of Rule 17 and Rule 32 of CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 before a final decision is taken by the Disciplinary Authority (DA). 

4.  Accordingly. it has been decided that in all disciplinary cases where the Commission is to be consulted, the following procedure may be adopted: 

(i)  On receipt of the Inquiry Report, the DA may examine the same and forward it to the Commission with his observations; 

(ii )  On receipt of the Commission's report, the DA will examine the same and forward the same to the Charged Officer along with the Inquiry Report and his tentative reasons for disagreement with the Inquiry Report and/or the advice of the UPSC; 

(iii) The Charged Officer shall be required to submit, if he so desires, his written representation or submission to the Disciplinary Authority within fifteen days, irrespective of whether the Inquiry report/advice of UPSC is in his favour or not. 

(iv) The Disciplinary Authority shall consider the representation of the Charged Officer and take further action as prescribed in sub-rules 2(A) to (4) of Rule 15 of CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965. 

5.  A flow chart indicating the present and revised procedure is annexed for ready reference. 

6.  All Ministries/ Departments/Offices are requested to bring the above guidelines to the notice of all Disciplinary Authorities under their control. All cases, where final orders have not been issued may be processed as per these guidelines. 

7.  Formal amendment to CCS (CCA) Rules will follow. 

8.  Hindi version will follow. 
Sd/-
( J A Vaidyanathan )
Director(E)

To 
All Ministries /Departments 


To view Department of Personnel & Training OM No. 11012/8/2011-Estt.(A) dated 6-1-2014 please Click Here.


List of sections in IPC, for the preparation to the IP exam Paper III




Indian Penal Code, 1860, sub-divided into twenty three chapters, comprises five hundred and eleven sections. The code starts with an introduction, provides explanations and exceptions used in the code, and covers a wide range of offences.

Chapter I
1 - Title and extent of operation of the Code

2 - Punishment of offences committed within India

3 - Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India

4 - Extension of Code to extraterritorial offences

5 - Certain laws not to be affected by this Act


6 - Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions

7 - Sense of expression once explained

8 - Gender

9 - Number of

10 - Man, Woman

11 - Person

12 - Public

13 - Queen

14 - Servant of Government

15 - British India

16 - Government of India

17 - Government

18 - India

19 - Judge

20 - Court of Justice

21 - Public Servant

22 - Moveable property

23 - Wrongful gain

24 - Dishonestly

25 - Fraudulently

26 - Reason to believe

27 - Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant

28 - Counterfeit

29 - Document 29A - Electronic record

30 - Valuable security

31 - A will

32 - Words referring to acts include illegal omissions

33 - Act Omission

34 - Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention

35 - When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention

36 - Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission

37 - Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence

38 - Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences

39 - Voluntarily

40 - Offence

41 - Special law

42 - Local law

43 - Illegal, Legally bound to do

44 - Injury

45 - Life

46 – Death
47 - Animal

48 - Vessel

49 - Year, Month

50 - Section

51 - Oath

52 - Good faith, 52A - Harbour
Chapter III

of Punishments

53 - Punishment, 53A - Construction of reference to transportation

54 - Commutation of sentence of death

55 - Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life, 55A - Definition of appropriate Government

56 - Sentence of Europeans and Americans to penal servitude - Proviso as to sentence for term exceeding ten years but not for life

57 - Fractions of terms of punishment

58 - Offenders sentenced to transportation how dealt with until transported

59 - Transportation instead of imprisonment -

60 - Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple

61 - Sentence of forfeiture of property

62 - Forfeiture of property, in respect of offenders punishable with death, transportation or imprisonment

63 - Amount of fine

64 - Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine

65 - Limit to imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and fine awardable

66 - Description of imprisonment for non-payment of fine

67 - Imprisonment for non-payment of fine when offence punishable with fine only

68 - Imprisonment to terminate on payment of fine

69 - Termination of imprisonment on payment of proportional part of fine

70 - Fine levied within six years, or during imprisonment- Death not to discharge property from liability

71 - Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences

72 - Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that it is doubtful of which

73 - Solitary confinement

74 - Limit of solitary confinement

75 - Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII after previous conviction
Chapter IV

General Exceptions

76 - Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law.

77 - Act of Judge when acting judicially

78 - Act done pursuant to the judgment or order of Court

79 - Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law

80 - Accident in doing a lawful act

81 - Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm

82 - Act of a child under seven years of age

83 - Act of a child above seven and under twelve of immature understanding

84 - Act of a person of unsound mind

85 - Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will

86 - Offence requiring a particular intent of knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated

87 - Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent

88 - Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person's benefit

89 - Act done in good faith for benefit of child or insane person, by or by consent of guardian

90 - Consent known to be given under fear or misconception

91 - Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused

92 - Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent

93 - Communication made in good faith

94 - Act to which a person is compelled by threats

95 - Act causing slight harm

96 - Things done in private defence

97 - Right of private defence of the body and of property

98 - Right of private defence against the act of a person of unsound mind, etc.

99 - Act against which there is no right of private defence

100 - When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death

101 - When such right extends to causing any harm other than death

102 - Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of the body

103 - When the right of private defence of property extends to causing death

104 - When such right extends to causing any harm other than death

105 - Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of property

106 - Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person twtwt 9iy

Chapter IX

Of Offences by or relating to Public Servants

161-165A - Repealed

166 - Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person

166A - Public servant diobeying direction under the law

166B - Punishment for non-treatment of victim

167 - Public servant farming an incorrect document with intent to cause injury

168 - Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade

169 - Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property

170 - Personating a public servant

171 - Wearing grab or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent 171A - Candidate, Electoral right defined, 171B - Bribery, 171C - Undue influence at elections, 171D - Personation at elections, 171E - Punishment for bribery, 171F - Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election, 171G - False statement in connection with an election, 171H - Illegal payments in connection with an election, 171I - Failure to keep election accounts,

Chapter X

Of Contempts of Lawful Authority of Public Servants

172 - 173 - Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof

174 - Non-attendance in obedience to an order form public servant, 174A - Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 82 of Act 2 of 1974

175 - Omission to produce to document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it -

176 - Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it

177 - Furnishing false information

178 - Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it

179 - Refusing to answer public servant authorized to question

180 - Refusing to sign statement

181 - False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorized to administer an oath or affirmation

182 - False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another person

183 - Resistance to the taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant

184 - Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant

185 - Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servan

186 - Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions

187 - Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance

188 - Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant

189 - Threat of injury to public servant

190 - Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant

Chapter XIX

Of the Criminal Breach of Contracts of Service

490 - Breach of contract of service during voyage or journey

491 - Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person

492 - Breach of contract to serve at distant place to which servant is conveyed at master's expense

493 - Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage


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Help Desk Management System ( HDMS ) by CEPT Mysore



The newly developed ‘Help Desk Management System (HDMS)’ to be made operational from 10.01.2014 is an attempt to standardize the mechanism of providing support to the field units in respect of various technical issues in a number of application packages developed by CEPT, Mysore. At present the technical support is being provided through email using the support email id (support@ceptmysore.net).

This existing system has a number of limitations of which the most important is the limit of sending emails via Gmail on a particular day resulting in delayed replies to the field units. Moreover a particular issue is being raised at various levels e.g. PO / Division / Region / Circle multiple times resulting in multiple handlings of same case thereby delaying the new cases. “Help Desk Management System (HDMS)" is developed as a solution to a number of such issues. This application is hosted over the website of CEPT i.e. http://cept.gov.in under the ‘Support’ Menu.
The Salient features of this application are as follows:
1. Only registered users having valid user id and password (registered for logging into the CEPT website) can raise a technical issue, called “Ticket”, in respect of pre-defined modules. Any departmental employee can register as a user of CEPT Website & resultantly use the HDMS following due procedure detailed under the Signup link on the Home Page of http://cept.gov.in.
2. The technical issues can be raised for all types of applications developed / maintained by CEPT & being used at all types of offices in the department. However in the first phase of HDMS, a ticket can be raised in respect of 25 major modules / application / website being used at 06 major types of operative offices. The remaining applications / office type is planned to be included under HDMS in second phase subsequently.
3. Each technical issue raised is allotted a unique identity called “Ticket Number” automatically. All correspondences in connection with a particular issue may be seen under this unique ticket number. The user / ticket raiser may remind the CEPT in case the ticket raised by him is not replied within a pre-fixed time frame.
4. Each operative unit shall be mapped to the concerned Division / Region / Circle, which in turn will be able to view the tickets raised for the units under their administrative control. They can also remind on the pending tickets.
5. All the issues raised and solution provided by CEPT will be available for scrutiny at any time and thus in long run, the replies furnished by CEPT will be used to build a knowledge base.
6. The users are encouraged to provide their feedback on the application as well as on the individual tickets.
7. Please click on User Manual for Ticket Raiser to understand the functionality of the various options under HDMS
Source: cept.gov.in


COD Article Delivery Procedure - Powepoint Presentation

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Postal Department launches cash on delivery for business post


ALLAHABAD: Postal Department has entered the growing market of parcel business with 'Cash on Delivery' now.

This new 'Business Parcel' service aims to promote the e-commerce market in India by offering reliable and cost efficient delivery solutions. This service will provide add-on facilities to customers, which include online end-to-end tracking of consignments, cash on delivery facility, insurance, etc.

Giving this information, Director Postal Services, Allahabad Region, Krishna Kumar Yadav said that Business Parcel is only for bulk customers and is a contractual service designed to suit the requirements of business customers. It provides an economical and reliable distribution solution for bulk customers. Minimum chargeable weight for business parcel is 2 kg and maximum is 35 kg, whereas at present ordinary parcels and registered parcels can be booked for 4 kg and up to 20 kg respectively.

Yadav further added that business parcels can be booked for delivery from any post office in the country providing a national coverage. All business parcel consignments will be given door to door delivery irrespective of their weight. He added that corporate customers are also provided with pick-up facility from premises. Corporate customers can choose from advance deposit facility, credit facility, or payment at the time of booking.

In order to meet the requirements of bulk customers for collection of amount for costlier goods, cash on delivery facility is available. COD facility provides collection of amount up to Rs 50,000/- at the time of delivery of consignments. He said that for business parcels, customers will have to pay in the range of Rs 45 to Rs 115 for items weighing up to 2 kg, Rs12 to Rs30 for additional 1 kg up to 5 kg and Rs 14 to Rs 32 thereafter for every 1 kg.

Source : http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com





Sunday, 5 January 2014

Central Government Employees Holiday Calendar 2014 PDF Download


Here is the Central Government Employees Holiday Calendar 2014 including Central Government Holidays/ Restricted Holidays. Here we have prepared calendar in PDF Format of Delhi Region, Tamil Nadu Circle and Kerala Circle.
For other Regions/Circles a calendar including only the compulsoryholidays has been prepared. It has been prepared in such a friendly manner that they can download and print the calendar and mark theirholidays. Hope this helps you all....

If you notice any mistakes please bring it to our notice so that we can update it....
Delhi Region Calendar
Download As PDFClick Here

Tamil Nadu Circle Calendar
Download As PDF: Click Here
Kerala Circle Calendar
Download As PDF: Click Here

Calendar for other Circles/Region: Click Here


SHORT ARTICLE ON IT MODERNIZATION - CBS implementation of INDIA POST PROJECT 2012


Introduction
                In the changed scenario, modernization of Post office is mandatory to give enhanced service to the costumer, by avoiding duplication of work, better staff management with cost efficiency. For those modernization following methodologies are essential to implement the IT modernization of India Post, and for every below fields, vendors are called and approved by the department of Posts, India. I write this article to the common staffs of department of posts to know easily about the future course of action of our department under IT modernization


IT MODERNIZATION IS CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING

1.   Rural ICT Hardware Provider
Providing infrastructure like hand held device, mobile transmission infrastructures to the rural sub  post offices including BOs. M/s Infosys is signed as vendor

2.  Rural ICT mobile device platform provider – Supplying mobile hand held device software to the rural POs _ M/s Infosys is signed as vendor

      3. Core System Integrator (Except Banking and PLI) – Integrating and maintaining the software and datas for Mails, staff management, Accounts and auditing M/s TCS is signed as vendor

4.       Financial System Integrator (For Banking and PLI) – Integrating and maintain the software and datas for Savings Bank operations(CBS Finacle), PLI and RPLI & ATM installations – M/s INFOSYS is signed as vendor

5.        Data centre Facility – proposed to maintain the centralized main server at PTC Mysore and back  server at Mumbai – M/s Reliance is signed as vendor

6.       Network Integrators – connecting all the post office thro network – SIFY is signed as vendor

7.    Mail office Hardware supply – Supplying required infrastructure for 15000 postmen like hand held devices and hard ware for Mail offices and TMOs _ Still no vendor is nominated

8.     Change Management – Project management units (PMUs) shall be deployed upto regional level to suggest innovative ideas to grow better and effective management to the Postal administrators. – M/s Sai is nominated for that purpose as vendor

CBS implementation
CBS(Core Banking solutions) is one of the areas for FSI, and to migrate to the CBS finacle following pre migration activities like, Database discrepancies cleaning, Circle processing centres(CPC), Signature scanning are required to the migrate the sanchay post data to the CBS finacle centralized server server. PLI/RPLI credit particulars updation are also in FSI and that’s why we are obtaining and updating the omitted credit particulars of PLI/RPLI nowadays.

Need for CBS,
1. Cost efficiency ( For every Banking deposit/withdrawal transaction Nearly Rs 45-50 cost is occurred ) After IT modernization implementation thro ATM (Rs 15-18) and by net banking we could do transactions for Rs4)

2. Improved customer service – By alternate channels like ATM, net banking, mobile banking we could serve 24*7*365 to the customers
Value add on services like, SMS alerts, eBanking, eCommerce facilities can be offered to the postal customers

3. AML/KYC
By assigning Customer Identification File No(CIF) detect multiple accounts of the depositor can be detected, opened across the india.
Avoidance of submitting kyc documents whenever open the accounts by indicating the CIF no (Customer Identification File number assigned by CBS software)

4. Electronic Payment systems like NEFT (National electronic fund transfer), RTGS(Real time gross settlement) facilities can be enabled to the customers to transfer the funds of their account to inter/intra bank beneficiaries.

Benefits to the Department
1.       Financial inclusion can be effected efficiently up to the bottom line of the people
2.       Better decision making by centralized server MIS (Management Information system)
3.       Reduction of cost and availability of man power for redeployment in marketing and other revenue generating capabilities
4.       Increased Productivity and accountability
For employees:
1.       Learn, build and enhance new skills and experiences,
2.       Reduction in Manual work and enhance productivity
3.       IT enabled services to avoid customer complaints
4.       Opportunity to work in an innovation based culture like Banking sectors
5.       Growth and strong Auditing

In FSI (Financial system integrator), for banking activities, CBS finacle software is designed by the INFOSYS, and gradually rolling out to the Pilot offices like T.Nagar HPO, Greames road P.O, Karaikkudi HPO etc.,
                After migration to CBS finacle the following important differences are there with our regular Sanchay Post software. Visit this site to read the differences

Conclusion:
                In the changing scenario, change is the only thing unchangeable. Department of Post is also not exceptional. By implementing IT enabled services, definitely shortage of staffs shall be eliminated and department is assured not to lift the excess man power and to utilize them for marketing and other growth oriented activities. To survive our best in the twin challenges like increasing competition and continuing advances in communication technology, IT modernization is much essential to uphold the 160 years glories of India post.

Source : Various articles of DOP regarding IT modernization
Shortened and compiled by, K.Kalimuthu PM Grade I, Madurai

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Income Tax new version 3.8 of the Return Preparation Utility (RPU) and version 4.1 & 2.137 of the File Validation Utility (FVU)


a new version 3.8 of the Return Preparation Utility (RPU) and version 4.1 & 2.137 of the File Validation Utility (FVU) have been released by NSDL. 
  
As the due date of filing of quarterly TDS statement for third quarter of FY 2013-14 is approaching fast, you are advised to use the new version of RPU to prepare statements and validate the file with new FVU to submit TDS statements, well before due date (15th January for Non-Government deductors and 31st January for Government deductors). 
  
The new versions features following significant changes from the previous: 
  

  • Discontinuation of functionality to delete Deductee records: For the purpose of correct reporting, deletion of Deductee rows is no longer permissible in the TDS statements. Accordingly, the delete option available under “Updation mode for Deductee” has been removed from the RPU.
  • Date of deduction should not pertain to previous quarter: The relevant quarter in a TDS statement is determined by the date of deduction. Further, to correct any transaction having a Default, there would be a necessity to report transactions, where date of deduction may be of subsequent quarter. In the light of above, Date of deduction in deductee records should not be that of previous quarter. For example, if the statement pertains to Q3 of FY 2013-14 (i.e. Oct- Dec 2013), then the date of deduction should not be earlier than 01/10/2013.
  • Please note that the challan paid with a specific section code can be utilised for consumption with any other section code in the Deductee rows. For example, a challan with Section Code 192 can be used for any other sections 193, 194, 194A etc. in the challan detail row.
  • Change in the  column header for “Interest Amount” in challan details of RPU: The heading of column no. 20 under Challan details has been changed as “Interest to be allocated/apportioned”. Please note that CPC (TDS) will consume Interest as reported in the above stated column and therefore, it is important to quote the same correctly.
  • Generation of Form 27A by TDS/TCS FVU: An acknowledgement in form 27A can now be generated and printed using the new versions of RPU and FVU. 
     
Please click here to download new versions of the RPU and FVU.  

7th CPC News - Minimum wage & Pay fixation forumala for 7th CPC worked out by COC Karnataka


7th CPC News - Minimum wage & Pay fixation forumala for 7th CPC worked out by COC Karnataka

Minimum wage & Pay fixation forumala for 7th CPC worked out

Providing proper minimum wage of Rs 27000/- for CG Employees including that of GDS employees and pay fixation formula for 7th CPC worked out .

Providing proper minimum wage of Rs 27000/- for CG Employees including that of GDS employees and pay fixation formula:

The staff side of the JCM had given representation demanding Rs 10,000/- as minimum wage for Central Government Employees. The 6th CPC in its report vide para no 2.2.15 had calculated a minimum wage of Rs 5478/- today if we are calculate the minimum wage it should be more than Rs 21,000/- apart from HRA and other allowances. Hence there is three times increase in actual prices calculated by the 6th CPC and the current prices. The current wages of the CG Employees should be doubled at least including that of GDS.
The most comprehensive criteria for covering all the basic needs were evolved by the 15th Indian Labour Conference (ILC) in 1957 for fixing minimum wages. The norms are that a need-based minimum wage for a single worker should cover all the needs of a worker’s family consisting of a spouse and two children. The food requirement was to be 2,700 calories, 65 grams of protein and around 45-60 grams of fat as recommended by Dr Wallace Aykroyd for an average Indian adult of moderate activity. Dr Aykroyd pointed out that animal proteins, such as milk, eggs, fish, liver and meat, are biologically more efficient than vegetable proteins and suggested that they should form at least one-fifth of the total protein.

Dr Aykroyd worked on nutrition for nearly 30 years and was director of the Nutrition Division, Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations. In 1935, he was appointed Director of the Government's Nutritional Research Centre in India, situated in Coonoor in the south. The 15th ILC further resolved that clothing requirements should be based on per capita consumption of 18 yards per annum, which gives 72 yards per annum for the average worker's family. For housing, the rent corresponding to the minimum area provided under the government's industrial housing schemes was to be taken. Fuel, lighting and other items of expenditure were to constitute an additional 20% of the total minimum wage.

The Supreme Court upheld these criteria in the case of Unichoy vs State of Kerala in 1961. In the later Raptakos Brett Vs Workmen case of 1991, the SC went one step further, and held that besides the five components enunciated by the 15th ILC, minimum wages should include a sixth component, amounting to 25% of the total minimum wage, to cover children's education, medical treatment, recreation, festivals and ceremonies. The SC also observed that a wage structure including the above six components would be “nothing more than minimum wage at subsistence level” which the workers must get “at all times and under all circumstances”.

Minimum Salary-Analysis &Recommendations para 2.2.15
The Commission, however, agrees that the norms set by the 15th International Labour Conference (ILC) are appropriate for computing minimum salary. It is also observed that the minimum salary is applicable at the time a person joins the Government which will usually be at a young age when a person may be just married and will not have responsibility of parents or many children. Accordingly, the family unit for minimum salary can only be taken as three.

The Minimum Salary should be based on 6 units not three units as per 6th CPC calculation. As both parents and two children are depending on the salary of Government servant apart from spouse. the additional burden the employees will carry after a few years of service as his parents would have retired from service and are wholly dependent on him also his children would have stepped into school / college level, even small baby requirements are much unlike in the past years, the hence the minimum wage he gets will not compensate with the family financial burden. Hence the whole calculations needs a undergo a drastic change in next CPC taking into account of 6 units rather than 3 units.  

The Sixth Central Pay Commission has recommended a minimum wage of Rs 6600/- per month against the demand of Rs 10,000/- per month as worked out by Staff side of JCM. Today the minimum need based wage works out to Rs 21,000/ per month+ HRA+ allowances. The general minimum expenses per month for a family of four members are as follows when a Government servant joins the duty with two small children: 
a) Vegetables Rs 3000/-
b) Food Grains /Groceries Rs 7000/-.
c) House rent single room Rs 6000/-
d) Clothing Rs 3000/-
e) Children education and their expenses Rs 2000/-
f) Electricity Chargers Rs 800/-
g) Water Charges Rs 250/-
h) Transportation charges Rs 1000/-
i) TV cable rent Rs 300/-
j) Medical Expenses Rs 500/-
k) Mobile expenses Rs 250/-
l) Cooking Gas Rs 450/-
m) Recreation charges Rs 500/-
n) Personal expenses Rs 1000/- 
Total Rs 26500/-Hence minimum wage works out to Rs 27,000/-

The expenses will increase as the age of Government servant goes up and family responsibility will increase as he has to educate the children in professional courses, marriage of his children has to be performed, his medical expenses will increase, his parents will stay with him and now there are quite dependent on the Government servant for their lively hood. As such the salary should be more to meet his expenses. The Government is a model employer hence the wages should be provided with the needs.

Table: 
Fixation of Minimum wage as on 1.1.2006 as per 15 ILC norms as per Table 2.2.1 of the 6th compare minimum wage should be three times the 6th recommendations.

ItemsPer day PCU (In grams)Per month 3CU (In kg)Price per kg. taken by 6th CPC (In Rs)Total cost as per rates of 6th CPC (in Rs) As on 1/1/2006Price per kg. as per prevailing market rates (in Rs) 1/6/13 At BangaloreTotal cost as per prevailing rates (in Rs) 1/6/2013
Rice/wheat47542.7518769.5552351
Dal (Toor/ Urad / moong807.24028880576
Raw Veg.1009.00109060600
Greenleaf Veg12511.2510112.540400
Other Veg.756.751067.545450
Fruits12010.803032480864
Milk200 Ml18 Lt.24.0043235630
Sugar and Jaggery565.0024.0012045225
Edible Oil403.650180100360
Fish2.5120300180450
Meat5.001206003751875
Egg900218004360
Detergents etc200200400400
Clothing5.5 Mt.80/Mt4402001100
Total4103.510641
Misc. @ 20%*8272660
Total4930.513301
Addl. Exp @ 25%**4003325
Total5330.516626
Housing @ 10%***148600^
Grand Total5478.517226

Source: Average market rates in Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai as indicated in the Economic Times & Other major dailies (element of 20% has been added to cover the increase in cost in retail sale).

Notes PCU = Per day Consumption Unit 3CU = Three Consumption Units that is wife, husband and a child no parents or second child is taken into account.

* 20% Miscellaneous charges towards fuel, electricity, water etc.

** Additional Expense at the rate of 25% includes expenditure towards education, Medical treatment, housing, recreation, festivals etc.

# Has been taken as Rs.400 because separate allowances for education, medical

Treatment and housing exist in the Government. Consequently, only the expenditure

Towards recreation & festivals need to be taken in account.

^ Being the license fee chargeable for government accommodation at an average rate of 3% of the basic pay.

Total minimum wage is Rs 17225+ HRA Rs 7000/- + Transportation Allowance Rs 2500/-= Rs 26725 that is Rs 27,000/-.

The fixation of minimum basic pay of Rs 21000/- is taking into the account of minimum skill and education requirement as 10th Standard as prescribed by the 6th CPC. As the education requirement is more such as Diploma in Engineering or Degree in Science or Commerce, then the minimum basic pay should be Rs 40,000/- (8700+4200) X 3 = Rs 39,000/-. For Engineering Graduates and Master Degree it should be Rs 65,000/- .

The pay scales should start with a minimum basic pay including Grade Pay of Rs 21,000/- to end with 2, 10,000 with a ratio of 1:10 of minimum scale and maximum scale. Since government is a model employer they should provide minimum wages as per the 15 ILO conference and other wages as per the educational qualification & skill requirement of the job.

The multiplying factor is calculated as below:

The existing basic pay + Grade pay + DA 100% + weightage of 100% ( that is the difference between the actual price rise and the DA paid) that is the multiplying factor works out to three.
Note: The actual price rise is over 200% the DA is only 90%.

Or

The existing basic pay + grade pay+ DA 100%+DA merger = Net wage + weightage of 70% (that is the difference between the actual price rise and the DA paid).

The pay scales should have a multiplying factor of three, that means the existing pay scales and pay (basic pay + GP) should be multiplied by three. The pay scales arrived should not have any bunching of basic pay as done in the 5th there is no stagnation.

The concept of fair wages has been deprived to CG Employees. Usually pay commissions had adopted a multiplying factor of 3.2 to 3.8 to arrive at the new scales compared to earlier scales. But the VI CPC adopted conversion factor of about 2.6 at the lowest where as it was about 3.6 at the highest scale. By this method well established ration 1:12 between the lowest scale and highest scale was disturbed by the VI CPC.

The minimum pay & band pay fixed by the 6th compared all other pay commissions for example a new recruit for the post of LDC his pay is Rs 5200+ 1900 = Rs 7100/- + allowances, that should have been actually Rs 3050 multiplied by 3.6 times which works out to Rs 11000/- .

In case of a Graduate or Diploma holder as per 6th + 4200= Rs 13500/- + allowances, that should have been actually Rs 5000 multiplied by 3.6 times which works out to Rs 18000/- .

In case of a Master degree holder as per 6th 4800= Rs 14100/- + allowances, that should have been actually Rs 6500 multiplied by 3.6 times which works out to Rs 23000/- .

Hence the justification of multiplying factor of three is justified.  

The ratio between the lowest and highest scales should not more than 1:10





The existing basic pay should be multiplied by factor three, so that there is no bunching of basic pay. The existing GP of Rs 2000/- and Rs 2800/- should be removed. Likewise there are GP of Rs 5400/- in both PB-2 and PB-3 one of them is to be removed.

There are 34 scales recommended by the 6th Pay has been not in existence, as such 30 GP are right now available.

With the merger of pay scale from S9 to S12 into Grade Pay of Rs 4200/-.

There are many pay scales which was merged into single GP of Rs 4200/- which has created anomalies, the promotions have been made in same grade pay without financial benefits.

There should be time scale rather than grade pay system, these time scales should long enough.

Source: http://karnatakacoc.blogspot.in/
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