POSTAL JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION DECIDES TO GO FOR INDEFINITE STRIKE FROM 6^thMAY 2015

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WE ARE DEMANDING INCLUSION OF GDS IN 7^thCPC

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WE ARE OPPOSING SEPARATE COMMITTEE FOR GDS

RECOMMENDATIONS OF JUSTICE CHARANJIT TALWAR COMMITTEE FOR GDS (REPORT SUBMITED TO GOVT ON 30-04-1997)

.......... in its Report Chapter-IX para-1.1 “It is therefore recommended that when ever it required to review the service conditions and wage structure of the employees of Department of Posts, ED Agents be bracketed along with departmental employees. There is no need to set up a separate Committee or Commission for the Extra Departmental Agents”

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FOURTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN JUSTICE (RETD) SHRI SINGHAL OF SUPREME COURT OF INDIA –

“‘the matter is beyond controversy after the decision of Supreme Court of India in Gokulanda Das’s case where it has been declared that ‘an Extra Departmental Agent is not a casual worker but holds a post under the administrative control of the State and that while such a post is outside the regular civil service, there is no doubt that it is a post under the ‘State’. In view of this pronouncement we are unable to accept the contention that “extra departmental employees are outside the purview of the terms of reference of our Commission”

STAND TAKEN BY DEPARTMENT OF POSTS IN DO LETTER No.17-13/2014-GDS dated 17-02-2014 ADDRESSED TO DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING – 

“The demand for inclusion in 7^th CPC based on the definition of the expression ‘Central Govt. Employees adopted by 4^th Central Pay Commission in para 1.11 of the report “as all persons in the Civil Services of the Central Government or holding Civil Posts under the Government and paid out of the consolidated fund of India” and its observations in para 1.17 & 1.18  - besides Apex Court’s judgement dated 22-04-1977 in the matter of Superintendent of Post Offices Vs. P.K.Rajamma regarding Gramin Dak Sevak services (earlier called Extra Departmental Agents) as holders of the civil post outside the regular civil service”….. 4^th Central Pay Commission has categorically stated in para 1.10 that the expression ‘Central Govt Employees’ has not been defined in the Constitution or any other Law. It thus seems appropriate, if this term is duly defined based on which a final view over the inclusion of Gramin Dak Sevaks with in the purview of 7^th CPC becomes possible”

Now it is learnt that the ‘ inclusion of GDS in the purview of 7^th CPC’ rejected by MoF.

DoP Proposed to constitute a separate committee for GDS.

With this again we are going to face the dark age of another span of 10 years.

Besides --

Government and Postal board are totally negative and insensitive towards the demands of five lakhs Postal and RMS employees including Gramin Dak Sewaks and Casual, Part-Time Contingent employees.

EVERY DEMAND IS EITHER  REJECTED OR INDEFINITELY DELAYED
Inclusion of Gramin Dak Sewaks under 7thCentral Pay Commission and grant of civil servant status	Rejected. Government decided to appoint separate committee.
Casual Labour regularistaion	No progress
Cadre restructuring of Postal, RMS, MMS, Admin, Postal Accounts employees	Long pending in the Directorate. No improvement.
Merger of DA with Pay	Rejected by Government
Grant of Interim Relief	Rejected by Government
Date of effect of 7th CPC from 01.01.2014	Government not ready to give any direction to 7thCPC.
Scrap New Pension Scheme.	Rejected by Government
Remove 5% ceiling for compassionate appointments	Government not ready to remove the condition.
GDS Medical reimbursement scheme	Pending for last six years
MACP anomalies including promotees case	Rejected inspite of several CAT/Court Judgment
Postmaster Cadre related issues including permission to write IP/PS Group ‘B’ exam and parity with LSG, HSG-II regarding service length for promotion.	Still pending. Attitude of the Department is totally negative.
System Administration case	Rejected. Not ready to consider the demands on its merits.
RTP service regularization	Rejected. Inspite of CAT orders not ready to issue general order
SBCO related issues	Rejected on flimsy grounds.
Postmen related issues	No progress
Parity in cash handling allowance	Rejected.
Counting of Accountants special Allowance for pay fixation on promotion	Rejected.
Computer and Technology related several issues	No progress. Situation worsening day by day. Employees are suffering. Public agitated
Harassment of staff on account of CBS & CIS	Still continuing
Allotment of funds for sanctioning all pending Medical, TA, OTA and RPLI/PLI incentives	No progress. Bills pending for months together
Overtime allowance revision	Pending for 27years
Circle processing centers (CPO) of PLI/RPLI at CO/ROs and stop redeployment of posts	Rejected
Sunday, Holiday compulsory working	Still continuing in certain circles
Office Building and staff quarters cases	No progress. Situation worsening. Staff are suffering
MNOP related issues	Suggestion of staff side rejected
Quality of uniforms, Chapplas and kit-items	No improvement
Chennai Postal Accounts victimization	Still pending
Stop Postmen/MTS open market outside recruitment	Still pending. No progress
Filling up of all vacant posts including canteen employees	Slow progress
Creation of justified new posts	Total Ban imposed on creation of new posts
Prompt convening of Monthly meeting, Bi-monthly/four monthly meetings, JCM Regional Council meeting, JCM Departmental Council meeting, Formal meeting with Secretary (Posts)	Periodicity is not maintained. In many divisions. Circles no meeting is held for months together
Prompt holding of Departmental promotion committees (CPCs)	No progress

Let us fight for the right cause of GDS   … unitedly …. To erase the ambiguity over GDS by the Dept & Govt.

POSTAL INDEFINITE POSTAL STRIKE FROM 6TH MAY 2015

POSTAL INDEFINITE POSTAL STRIKE FROM 6TH MAY 2015

GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS – REVISION OF WAGES AND SERVICE CONDITIONS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN 7^TH CPC. 

WE DON’T WANT SEPARATE COMMITTEE. 

JOIN INDEFINITE STRIKE FROM  6^TH MAY 2015, AT THE CALL OF CENTRAL POSTAL JCA ( NFPE, FNPO & AIPEU GDS (NFPE) & NUGDS)

PROVIDENT FUND INTEREST RATE 2015-16 FIXED AT 8.7%

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

            Government Decides to Fix Interest Rates at 8.7% for General Provident Fund(GPF) and other Similar Funds Including Special Deposit Scheme, 1975(SDS,1975) for Non-Government Provident, Superannuation and Gratuity Funds for the Financial Year 2015-16.

            It was decided by the Government to link the interest rates of State PFs (General Provident Fund and other similar funds) including Special Deposit Scheme, 1975 (SDS, 1975) for Non-Government Provident, Superannuation and Gratuity Funds for the FY 2015-16 to Public Provident Fund (PPF) rates. In pursuance of that decision, the Government has decided to fix the rates 8.7% per annum applicable to the following:-

·         The General Provident Fund (Central Services).

·         The Contributory Provident Fund (India).

·         The All India Service Provident Fund.

·         The State Railway Provident Fund.

·         The General Provident Fund (Defence Services).

·         The Indian Ordnance Provident Fund.

·         The Indian Ordnance Factories Workmen’s Provident Fund.

·         The Indian Naval Dockyard Workmen’s Provident Fund.

·         The Defence Services Officers Provident Fund.

·         The Armed Forces Personnel Provident Fund.

           

         The rate of interest is applicable to the above funds w.e.f. 1^st April, 2015 and until further orders.

Recently, the Government had kept the interest rates for PPF and other Small Savings Schemes intact.  However, interest rates for 5 year Senior citizen Saving Scheme and Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme have been increased from 9.2 to 9.3% and 9.1 to 9.2% respectively, keeping in view the commitment of the Government towards the welfare of the girl child and the senior citizens.    DSM/KA : 21.04.2014

Ministry of Finance Rejected Inclusion of GDS under 7th CPC.

Ministry of Finance Rejected Inclusion of GDS under 7th CPC.

Postmasters should keep a vigil on delivery of Passport.

AP Cirle : Promotions of Postal Assistants to the cadre of LSG (Postal) General

Circle office Hyderabad has ordered Promotions of Assistants to the cadre of LSG(Postal) General vide CO memo no ST/6-3(P)/LSG Acts/DPC Dlgs/2014/vol.II dated 17.04.2015.

Courtesy : http://ipaspandhra.blogspot.in/

Now EPIC or Aadhaar document enough to get PAN card

An EPIC or Aadhaar document will now be enough for any individual to obtain PAN card as the Income Tax Department has relaxed the cumbersome procedure of having multiple documents to prove one's own identity. 

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex policy making body of the I-T Department, has recently issued a notification making the Elector's Photo Identity Card (EPIC) and Aadhaar, issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India, valid proof of "date of birth" for obtaining PAN card. 

Till now, both these photo ID cards were only considered as valid proof for substantiating the "identity" and "address" of an individual and not their date of birth. 

"The new notification, in simple terms, means that henceforth having only an EPIC or Aadhaar will be enough a document for any individual to obtain the PAN card. 

"These two documents will be valid as the proof an individual's identity, address and date of birth, thereby reducing the cumbersome procedure of having multiple documents to prove one's own identity. The EPIC and Aadhaar are now unique and all purpose identifiers," a senior I-T department officer told PTI. 

As part of the new notification, the government has also made a "photo identity card issued by the central government or state government or central public sector undertaking or state public sector undertaking or the central government health service scheme photo card or ex-servicemen contributory health scheme photo card" as the valid proofs for establishing the date of birth of an individual. 

"So, effectively now, there are a total of 12 identity documents which could be used to establish the date of birth of an individual who is applying for a PAN card as compared to the eight earlier. But for a common man, who is not in government service, only an EPIC or Aadhaar is required," the officer explained. 

The officer said this new arrangement has been made possible as the government has embarked on a mission to bring the three unique identifiers - EPIC, Aadhaar and PAN - on one platform and have inter-links between their databases in order to thwart attempts of duplicity or forgery in any of these three documents which are the most essential when it comes to taking legitimate benefits of government schemes. 

PAN is a ten-digit alphanumeric number, issued in the form of a laminated card, by the Income Tax Department, to any person who applies for it or to whom the department allots the number without an application. 

The EC and the Income Tax Department had recently made announcements that they would be sharing their respective databases and getting on-board with the Aadhaar platform, whose numbers have swelled to 76.83 crore till February 15 this year. 

An individual has to apply, either manually or electronically, with copies of proof of identity, address and date of birth along with the application form to obtain a PAN whose government stipulated fee is Rs 105. 

The EPIC and Aadhaar fulfil all the three mandatory requirements. 

Source: : The Economic Times

Pension by linking Aadhaar with Bank Accounts and PPO – Pensioners Portal Orders

Aadhaar-based biometric verification system – Jeevan Pramaan

G.I., DPPW, Min. of PPGP, Message, dated 22.4.2015

Message

In November, 2014, the Prime Minister has launched an Aadhaar-based biometric verification system “Jeevan Pramaan” to enable pensioners to submit a digital Life Certificate on-line. This is an important step in realising the vision of Digital India. This facility has been provided in addition to the other existing methods of submitting Life Certificate.

2. “Jeevan Pramaan” aims at sparing the pensioners and family pensioners the trouble of visiting bank or any other pension disbursing agency for submission of Life Certificates. It is possible to submit the Life Certificate from personal computers and laptops or by visiting a conveniently located Common Service Centre. Further, banks will ensure authenticity of pension and other payments by linking Aadhaar number with bank accounts and PPO numbers.

3. All the pensioners/family pensioners are, therefore, advised to get themselves and their family members registered for Aadhaar and furnish this information to the Pension Disbursing Authority. This exercise may be completed at an early date so as to avoid inconvenience at the time of submission of Life Certificate in November, 2015.

4. For further details please visit https://jeevanpramaan.gov.in.

Source : Pensioners Portal Orders

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FNPO - NUGDS) INDEFINITE STRIKE FROM

FNPO - NUGDS) INDEFINITE STRIKE FROM

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AIPRPA'S REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE

AIPRPA IS REGISTERED UNDER SOCIETIES ACT

AIPRPA IS GRANTED WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION BY THE OFFICE OF REGISTRAR OF SOCIETIES, CENTRAL CHENNAI

 

Draft Notification relating to the amendment in the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules 1969 - reg.

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GDS COURT CASE - AN UPDATE

GDS COURT CASE IS LISTED ON 08-05-2015.

 

March to Parliament on 28th April, 2015 against injustice to C G employees.

   

 

UNCH HOUR DEMONSTRATION IN FRONT OF BANGALORE EAST DIVISIONAL OFFICE ON 16.04.2015

 

DA ORDER FOR GDS --(@113% from Jan 2015)

 

Golden Jubilee Celebration of PTC Mysore - 20-04-2015 

 

Special concessions to Central Government Employees working in Kashmir Valley in attached/subordinate offices or PSUs falling under the control of Central Government. 

 

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Inviting suggestions for changes in the existing guidelines on Cadre Review - DOPT Orders 

 

Inviting suggestions for changes in the existing guidelines on Cadre Review

G.I., Dept. of Pers. & Trg., O.M.No.1-11019/17/2013-CRD, 20.04.2015

Subject: Inviting suggestions for changes in the existing guidelines on Cadre Review.

The Instructions and the Monograph on Cadre Review were last revised in 2010 and since then cadre review of 11 services have been completed and 16 proposals of cadre review are in various stages of consideration.

2. Certain changes are being proposed in the existing guidelines to make the Cadre Review exercise more scientific and comprehensive. Therefore all the Cadre Controlling Authorities are requested to send their suggestions on the existing guidelines and procedures to the undersigned on email id singh.mona@nic.in by 1st May 2015.

3. In this regard a presentation dated 19th December on “Reforming Personnel Management in Gujarat” by Shri Dhananjay Dwivedi, Secretary (Services, ARTD, NRI), Government of Gujarat (osd1syc@gmail.com) is being uploaded for information. This presentation has the details of many new initiatives of the Government of Gujarat including the details of restructuring and recruitment calendar (slide number 16-47). The link is http://persmin.gov.in/DOPT/CSWing/CRDvision/HRReforms_Guj.pdf

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(Mona Singh) 

Dir (CRD)

Source  : www.persmin.gov.in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check SSC CHSL Exam 2014 Results Published

Check SSC CHSL Exam 2014 Results Published

Friends.. Staff Selection Commission has published the result of its Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) examination held on 02.11.14, 09.11.14, 16.11.14, and re-examination of some candidates on 15.02.2015 & 11.04.2015 for recruitment to the post of Data Entry Operators and Lower Division Clerks at various centres all over the country. As per write up of SSC 24,38,010 candidates appeared in the exam of which 50780 have declared qualified for the Descriptive Paper.

The descriptive paper of the Combined Higher Secondary Examination, 2014 is scheduled to be held on 10.05.2015.

Check Result of SSC CHSL Exam 2014: Click Here

Press release of SSC & cut off details: Click Here

Portable vs external hard drive: Which one to buy

I am looking to buy an external hard drive for extra storage. Could you tell me about the advantages of owning a desktop external drive over a portable hard drive?

—Kunal Chopra Rohan Fernandes, Anita Singh, Raiz Sheikh

At the very basic level, desktop external hard drives need to be plugged into a power socket, while the portable variety draws power from the USB port when it's connected to your PC or laptop.

The desktop variety uses a 3.5-inch drive that operates at 7200rpm, while portables use a 2.5-inch drive that run at 5400rpm. Theoretically, the faster speeds (rotations per minute) in the former translate to lower read and write times and therefore, faster file transfers.

Byte-for-byte, desktop hard drives are generally more economically priced when compared to portable versions.

In desktop drives, you also get networked models that can be connected to an Ethernet (RJ45) port that allows you to access and store your data over an internet connection.

For a simple backup solution

Buy the WD Elements Wired External Hard Drive: Rs 6,400 for 2TB; Rs 8,200 for 3TB Seagate Backup Plus Desktop Drive: Rs 7,400 for 2TB; Rs 10,000 for 3TB, Rs 12,400 for 4TB If you need greater capacity, you could look at the... WD My Book: Rs 19,900 for 6TB For fast speeds ensure that you connect these to your desktop's or laptop's USB 3.0 ports.

For 'anywhere access' to your data

Opt for models that come with an Ethernet port. As noted above, these drives can be used to store data from all the devices on your home network. Besides, you can access your stored content from remote locations over an internet connection.

WD My Cloud Personal Storage: Rs 9,600 for 2TB; Rs 11,500 for 3TB Seagate Central Shared Storage: Rs 9,300 for 2TB; Rs 11,000 for 3TB The WD My Cloud comes with a USB 3.0 port which allows you to connect additional USB drives to expand storage; while the Seagate Central's USB 2.0 port supports the attachment of an external hard drive or a printer.

Both devices support the DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) standard that allows you to stream multimedia over a home network on compatible devices.

But if you're looking for something that is lightweight and easier to carry around, we suggest you opt for a portable hard drive from manufacturers such as Adata, Seagate, Transcend and WD with prices starting at Rs 3,500 for a 500GB hard drive, going up to Rs 8,200 for a 2TB model.

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

A.P Circle : Postman / Mail Guard Recruitment Examination 2015 – Answer Key

Postman / Mail Guard Recruitment Examination 2015 – A.P CIRCLE Key - SET-A

Postman / Mail Guard Recruitment Examiniation 2015 - A.P CIRCLE Key - SET-B

PROPOSED NEW PAY SCALES MINIMUM (AFTER MERGER) SUBMITTED TO 7TH PAY COMMISSION – INDWF

PROPOSED NEW PAY SCALES MINIMUM (AFTER MERGER) SUBMITTED TO 7TH PAY COMMISSION – INDWF

Oral evidence submitted by National Council(JCM) Standing committee and the VII CPC on 23.03.2015, 24.03.2015 and on 31.03.2015 respectively.

The JCM(NC), JCM Constitutents including INDWF jointly prepared the memorandum on pay Structure, Pay determination, Allowances, leave, women issues, LTC, TA/DA and Retirement benefits etc., on 30.06.2014. Similarly, on behalf of INDWF, we have submitted matters relating to Defence Civilian Employees on service matters on 28.07.2014.

Defence Federations were invited from 30th to 31st march, 2015. INDWF met the VII CPC on 31.03.2015 in the VII CPC office, New Delhi from 1030 HRs to 1200 HRs. [Click here to view the issues discussed by the Staff side National Council Staff side Standing Committee (JCM) and by INDWF]

Proposed new pay scales after removal of existing Grade Pay Rs.1900, Rs.2400, Rs.4600 and Rs.8700 in order to reduction of pay scales from 19 to 14.

Proposed Pay Scale INDWF

PROPOSED NEW PAY SCALES MINIMUM (AFTER MERGER)

Proposed Pay Scale Minimum after Merger INDWF

Source: INDWF