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Monday, 8 June 2015

CASE FILED FOR III MACP TO PROMOTEES IN CHENNAI CAT
MACP CASE ADMITTED IN CHENNAI CAT

            AIPRPA is organising for a legal battle in Chennai Bench of CAT for the Promotees to get their III MACP in line with the Judgment of Jodhpur CAT. The first petition filed by Advocate Arun, who is also a member of Tamilnadu AIPRPA Legal & Defence Cell, has been admitted by the Honourable CAT today. 

Other Petitions on behalf of other Promotees who were retired without granting the benefit of III MACP are being filed by the Advocate by batches. 

This effort is because of the understanding that whatever be the final outcome of the Jodhpur CAT case that is now pending on appeal in the High Court of Jodhpur, the benefit may be applied only to the individuals who have fought legally a case in this matter. The Government had taken such a position not to extend the benefit to all and similarly placed candidates in the past on several cases. 

AIPRPA CHQ suggests all our State Units to take appropriate action in this matter
 K.Ragavendran
General Secretary AIPRPA

PHOTOS OF P-3 AIC: LUCKNOW FROM 04th JUNE TO 07th JUNE-2015


































LGO Examination result Declared

 The result of LGO Examination for promotion to the cadre of PA/SA held on 23.11.2014 has been declared.
Click here to view the list of selected candidates Division wise and the list of surplus qualified candidates.


30th AIC of AIPEU Gr.C - LUCKNOW

Day - (3) :: 06-06-2015

Morning session : Subject committee / Delegate session

Chair : Com.R.Sivannarayana, President, AIPEU Gr.C (CHQ)

Left over Circle secretaries addressed in the session.

About 30 delegates made deliberations on the agenda items.

Post Lunch session : 

About 40 delegates including 6 women delegates presented their discussion on agenda items.

Lucknow divison AIPEU Gr.C felicitated Com.M.Krishnan


 Nanjangud (Karnataka) division comrades felicitated Com.M.Krishnan

30 th AIC at Lucknow - New Office bearers

Fraternal GREETINGS to the newly elected office bearers of AIPEU GR' C' CHQ


30 th AIC at Lucknow - New Office bearers :

President:Com . J.RAMAMURTHI (TN)


GENERAL SECY : R.N.PARASHAR ( UP)

FINANCE SECY : Com.BALWINDER SINGH

DY GENERAL SECY : Com .J. MAJUMDHAR (W B)

AGS :Com A. VEERAMANI & Com S .RAGHUPATHI (TN)



Sunday, 7 June 2015

Bonus: Modi government to raise the salary threshold from Rs.10,000 to 15,000, ceiling limit from Rs. 3500 to 4500

Bonus: Modi government to raise the salary threshold from Rs.10,000 to 15,000, ceiling limit from Rs. 3500 to 4500
In bonus to workers, cap on salary set to be raised: Financial Express News

Several lakhs of workers in the organised sector will benefit as the Narendra Modi government is set to raise the salary threshold for mandatory bonus for workers from Rs 10,000 a month at present to Rs 15,000 and the minimum bounty from an annual Rs 3,500 now to Rs 4,500. The proposal, agreed to by employers’ associations at a recent meeting of an inter-ministerial group, would require Parliament’s approval as the Payments of Bonus Act, 1965, requires to be amended for this purpose.



While the minimum bonus is a legal liability on the firms concerned, whether or not they make a profits, these firms are also required to pay the workers a higher bonus if their “allocable surplus” exceeds the amount payable as minimum bonus, subject to a cap (20%) of the salaries.


If the new proposal takes affect, the maximum bonus payable by profit-making ventures would be close to Rs 11,000 as against Rs 8,400 now.

minimum+salary+for+bonus+minimum+annual+bonusThe salary ceiling for mandatory bonus eligibility was last fixed in 2007 and made effective retrospectively from April 1, 2006. While industry associations demanded exempting sick units from the requirement of paying bonus, trade unions have pitched for removal of the ceilings as “profits are not capped”, official sources said. The unions also asked for extending the benefit to workers under the Industrial Disputes Act, they added.

The revision of the bonus eligibility and the amounts is being done by factoring in the relevant price increases, the gauge used being the consumer price index-industrial workers or CPI(IW). This index stayed in the range of 6.4-12% since 2008. After hitting as high as 12% in 2010, CPI(IW) has maintained a roller-coaster ride — it eased to 8.9% in 2011 before rising to 10.9% in 2013 and dropping again to 6.4% in 2014. In the current calendar year, it has slowed almost consistently from 7.2% in January to 5.8% in April.

annual+change+in+consumer+prince+indexAn estimate is two-thirds of the 6 crore organised sector workforce in the country are eligible for the mandatory bonus given their salary levels. Analysts, however, say that actual number of beneficiaries could be less as many units practically circumvent the norm.

Under Section 10 of Payments of Bonus Act, “every employer (as defined in the Act) shall be bound to pay to every employee in respect of every accounting year, a minimum bonus which shall be 8.33% of the salary or wage earned by the employee during the accounting year”. All factories and establishments employing 20 or more persons are expected to pay the bonus compulsorily, provided the worker has worked in the establishment for at least 30 days. Employees in Life Insurance Corporation, seamen, dock workers and university employees are outside the Act’s ambit.

Although the country witnessed high inflation between 2009 and 2014, the move to raise the bonus amounts comes at a time inflation has come down (consumer price inflation is now below 5%). Consumer confidence is yet to be restored to the pre-2008-09 levels, while in recent months rural income growth has slowed.





//copy// Read at: Financial Express


30th All India Conference C of AIPEU Gr.C - LUCKNOW - 2n day 05-06-2015



Day : (2) 05-06-2015

Morning Session :

Chairperson : Com.R.Sivannarayana, President, AIPEU Gr.C (CHQ)

General Secretaries of NFPE affiliated unions addressed.

Chief Guest : Com.K.K.N.Kutty, Chairman, CCGEW addressed the Conference.

Com.K.V.Sridharan, former General Secretary, AIPEU Gr.C & Leader JCM (Staffside) addressed.

Post Lunch Session : 

Circle Secretaries / Deputized Circle Secretaries representing form 15 Circles made deliberations on Agenda items of the subject committee.







Evening session : Cultural programme  ::: Kavitha sammellanam

Friday, 5 June 2015

36th ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF AIPEU GR.C - LUCKNOW

            The 36th All India Conference of AIPEU Gr.C is being held at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University campus, Lucknow (UP).from 4th to 7th June 2015.

Day : 1 (04-06-2015)

Morning session : Delegate session / subject committee

Chairperson: Com.R.Sivannarayana, President, AIPEU Gr.C (CHQ)

Post Lunch Session : Open session :

Inauguration : Com.Tapansen, Hon'ble Member of Parliament, General Secretary, CITU.

Chief guest : Ms.Sarithasingh, Chief Post Master General, U.P Circle.

Welcome Address : Shri Ramnarayan Sahu, Chairman, Reception Committee, former M.P & former Mayor, Lucknow

Leaders attended: 

Com.Shivgopal Mishra, Secretary, NJCM, NFIR

Com.K.Raghavendran, General Secretary, AIPRPA & Former Secretary General, NFPE

Com.M.Krishnan, Secretary General, CCGEW

K.V.Sridharan, former General Secretary, AIPEU Gr.C & Leader JCM (staffside)

General Secretaries :

Com.Giriraj Singh, General Secretary, AIRMS MMSEU Gr.C
Com.R.Sitha lakshmi, General Secretary, AIPEU PM & MTS/Gr.D
P.Suresh, General Secretary, AIRMS MG MTS/Gr.C
Com.Pranab Bhattacharya, General Secretary, AIP AOEU
Com.T.Satyanarayana, General Secretary, AIP AEA
Com.P.Pandurangarao, General Secretary, AIPEU GDS (NFPE)
Com.Y.Nagabhushanam, Working President, AIPCPCCW

Senior Comrades, Leaders of other organizations also attended and graced the session.





















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IndiaPost inks deal to issue 1.5 crore debit cards


MUMBAI: India Post will soon issue debit cards to its 1.5 crore account holders with the Department of Post signing a Rs 30 crore deal with CMS Info System to supply Rupay enabled cards. The Department of Post (DOP) has over 10 crore account holders in India, and has already begun deploying ATMs across the country in a phased manner. 

The personalized debit cards for DOP will be issued on the NPCI platform and their usage would initially only be on ATMs installed at DOP branches, as a closed loop environment. The cards can later be used on other ATMs with Rupay affiliation. These cards will initially be of the magstripe variant, with the option of EMV being available to the account holders after a set period of time. 

"This deal will power issuance of personalized cards to complement India Post's ATM deployment plans over a three-year period. We expect this to benefit people using teller facilities at the branches, as they can now begin to use these cards for more convenient cash withdrawals," said Mokam Singh Matta, Head of Card Business, CMS Info System. In addition to financial cards, CMS also personalizes Smart Cards which are being increasingly used in large scale government projects, including National ID, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) and Employee's State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). Some of these form a critical backbone for financial inclusion projects in the country, he said. 

India Post which is a large mobiliser of deposits is currently awaiting approval from Reserve Bank of India to set up the Post Bank of India. The government department, which has the largest financial services distribution network across the country, is presently running a large deficit on postal services. With traditional mail services on a decline due to electronic communication, the department is looking for opportunity in logistics and financial services. 

The department has already embarked on deploying core banking solutions which will make it easier for customers to get service outside their home branch.

Source : The Times of India

RBI nod to Post Bank of India expected by July this year : Ravi Shankar Prasad




Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said he expects Reserve Bank of India(RBI) to grant payment license to proposed Post Bank of India by July. He said the network of 1,54,000 post offices (including 1,30,000 rural post offices) equipped with payment bank facility will bring new revolution.

On proposed Post Bank of India for which permission is pending with Reserve Bank of India, Union Minister said, “by July August the payment bank license is ought to be given. We have 1,54,000 post office. With opening of payment bank there will be new financial revolution. We have 1.5 lakh service sectors involved. We want our 1.30 lakh rural post offices also to be covered under this network.”

Briefing about one year achievements of his department Prasad said, “In last one year 27,215 post offices are networked into one national unit through computers. Money transfer etc facilities are available through this network. 1,30,000 solar powered handheld bio-metric devices to be provided to rural post offices. ”

“In previous year there were 4 ATMs, in this year 115 ATMs are installed. Core banking solution availability is up from 236 to 2590 post offices in one year.”

“E-commerce cash on delivery revenue has been up from Rs 100 crore to Rs 500 crore in a year. Parcel revenues grew by 37% this year from 2% decline in previous year. 28 new parcel centers are established to boost e-commerce.”

“CAG report laid in parliament on May 2015 highlights that speed post service is better than private couriers. The survey was conducted in 8 states before this conclusion.”