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Monday, 25 May 2015

Headquarters/Home Town LTC: Central Government Employees’ Confusions Continue


Headquarters/Home Town Leave Travel Concession : Central Government Employees’ Confusions Continue
Headquarters / Place of Posting and Home Town LTC: Central Government Employees’ Confusions Continue on this matter
“The number of Central Government employees utilizing the LTC facilities has increased substantially thanks to the initiative of the tourism department to encourage the development of economically-backward states”
Not many would have know this message that there are a number of retired Central Government employees who had completed 40 years of their service without utilizing even a single LTC facility.
“Once upon a time, LTC was considered as a wasteful expense…things have changed, and now people treat it as an indulgence…!”
In the past, not many were interested in LTC because the families were big and only the lowest class journey fare was reimbursed by the Central Government. But, now, LTC includes travel in air-conditioned class and air-fare. Not surprisingly, employees are now very much interested and are utilizing the facility without fail.
Practical difficulties began when a number of employees began to travel. One of them was the situation where the office location and the employee’s hometown are the same. Usually, Central Government employees are posted in towns and cities that are away from their hometown, or their native place. At the time of joining, the employees are required to denote a village or town as their home Town. This cannot be changed.
Once in every four years, the Government would give the option to reimburse the to and fro travel tickets for the employee and his/her family to go to their hometown to meet their relatives and to look after the family’s immovable properties located there. This facility is called the Home Town LTC.
In the past, since only a few utilized this facility, there wasn’t any confusion in implementing them. When the Government announced that Home Town LTC could be converted as All India LTC, troubles began and clarifications were required.
LTC rules state that the headquarter/place of posting and the employee’s Home Town are the same, then he/she is not entitled to the conversion of Home Town LTC.
There are many questions in the minds of the employees about this clause.
Will the facility of Home Town LTC be denied if the headquarters and home town share the same Postal Pin code?
Does this apply if both come under the limits of the same municipality or Panchayat?
Will the 8 KM rule of CGHS apply to this?
Should the home town and headquarters not be located in the same district?
What does the phrase “irrespective of distance,” which is underlined in a number of orders, mean?
Will the interpretation differ from one office to the other?
A number of such doubts prevail among employees.
One thing is for certain – Central Government employees will now be very alert about definitions regarding hometowns.

No job cut in transformation of Postal Dept: 

Comm & IT Min




The DoP has plans to set up Post Bank of India under payments bank licence. The Reserve Bank of India has already issued licensing norms for niche banks - payments banks and small banks.


There will be no job losses during transformation of the Department of Posts, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad assured Friday. "I assure all employees that no one will lose their job during the transformation of Department of Post.

There is a need for capacity building," Prasad tweeted while sharing highlights of his address to circle heads of Department of Posts.

The Minister has been asking postal employees to transform themselves and help in transformation of post offices. "Computerisation of all Post Offices must be completed soon.

This is my priority and I will personally monitor the progress of this work," he tweeted. The minister said that proposed Post Bank of India will be a game changer for the department as it will take financial inclusion to a new level. "Post offices must gear up for this," he said.

The DoP has plans to set up Post Bank of India under payments bank licence. The Reserve Bank of India has already issued licensing norms for niche banks - payments banks and small banks.

Prasad said that DoP officers should reach out to eCommerce companies and offer them logistics services. "eCommerce is a great opportunity. India Post must use this opportunity to take eCommerce to the every corner of India," Prasad said.

India Post has launched a mobile application and an e-commerce centre at Safdarjang, New Delhi, that will handle e-retailing exclusively. The centre is capable of handling 30,000 parcels per day. Online retail players such as Amazon, Paytm and Snapdeal are using the Postal Department's services for their parcels.

He said that post offices in rural India must also improve their facilities and improve their visibility by placing sign boards so that people can locate it easily.

"Department of Post has to play a bigger & more active role in transformation of India. No other govt agency has such deep understanding of India," Prasad tweeted.

Source: PTI, Courtesy : http://www.moneycontrol.com/

NPS New Subscriber Regn. form

From: ADG (FS I)
Sent: 21 May 2015 16:40
To: CPMG Andhra Pradesh Circle; CPMG Assam Circle; CPMG Bihar Circle; CPMG Chattisgarh Circle; CPMG Delhi Circle; CPMG Haryana Circle; CPMG Gujrat Circle; CPMG Himachal Pradesh Circle; CPMG Jammu & Kashmir Circle; CPMG Jharkhand Circle; CPMG Karnataka Circle; CPMG Kerala Circle; CPMG Madhya Pradesh Circle; CPMG Maharashtra Circle; CPMG North East Circle; CPMG Punjab Circle; CPMG Orissa Circle; CPMG Rajasthan Circle; CPMG Tamilnadu Circle; CPMG Uttarakhand Circle; CPMG West Bengal Circle; CPMG Uttar Pradesh Circle

Cc: Director (CBS); Director (Financial Services); director@ceptmysore.net; "ADG FS-I"; nps.dop

Subject: FW: NPS New Subscriber Regn. form
IMPORTANT

Respected Sir / Madam,

This is regarding the revised NPS (All Citizen Model) Application Form renamed as CSRF 1 (of 4 Pages), Annexure I (for Tier II Details), Annexure II (for Additional Request Details) and Annexure III (for Additional Nomination Details) in English & Hindi language. The screen shot of the forms available for this NPS model is also attached for ready reference. These NPS forms can be accessed through PFRDA website i.e. www.pfrda.org.in - Forms – All Citizen Model Forms:- select the relevant form.
 

It is requested to arrange to communicate the matter to all the field units i.e. HPOs (Points of Presence - Service Provider (POP-SPs)) at the earliest for accepting new NPS (All Citizen Model) Account Opening Applications in future. It is further informed that all CRA FCs will accept this new form from 01 Jun 15 onwards. It is also requested to kindly arrange to ensure the timely PRAN generation of new NPS registrations. Your kind cooperation is highly solicited in this regard. 

S. Manik Lakra
Assistant Director General (FS-III)

THE DOP HAS PLANS TO SET UP POST BANK OF INDIA UNDER PAYMENTS BANK LICENCE.

            The Reserve Bank of India has already issued licensing norms for niche banks - payments banks and small banks.


            There will be no job losses during transformation of the Department of Posts, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad assured Friday. "I assure all employees that no one will lose their job during the transformation of Department of Post.

            There is a need for capacity building," Prasad tweeted while sharing highlights of his address to circle heads of Department of Posts.

            The Minister has been asking postal employees to transform themselves and help in transformation of post offices. "Computerisation of all Post Offices must be completed soon.

            This is my priority and I will personally monitor the progress of this work," he tweeted. The minister said that proposed Post Bank of India will be a game changer for the department as it will take financial inclusion to a new level. "Post offices must gear up for this," he said.

            The DoP has plans to set up Post Bank of India under payments bank licence. The Reserve Bank of India has already issued licensing norms for niche banks - payments banks and small banks.

            Prasad said that DoP officers should reach out to eCommerce companies and offer them logistics services. "eCommerce is a great opportunity. India Post must use this opportunity to take eCommerce to the every corner of India," Prasad said.

            India Post has launched a mobile application and an e-commerce centre at Safdarjang, New Delhi that will handle e-retailing exclusively. The centre is capable of handling 30,000 parcels per day. Online retail players such as Amazon, Paytm and Snapdeal are using the Postal Department's services for their parcels.

            He said that post offices in rural India must also improve their facilities and improve their visibility by placing sign boards so that people can locate it easily.

            "Department of Post has to play a bigger & more active role in transformation of India. No other govt agency has such deep understanding of India," Prasad tweeted.


Source: PTI, Courtesy : http://www.moneycontrol.com/

10th Bipartite Settlement - Wage Agreement for Bank employees: IBA inked with Employee Unions and Officers' Association


Indian Banks' Assassination
10th Wage Agreement

Indian Banks Association inked wage settlement with Employee Unions and Officers’ Associations today, 25th May, 2015. The settlement gives 15% increase in salary and Allowances to about 10 lakh bank employees. 

Employees and officers from 43 banks including public sector banks, old private sector banks and some of the foreign banks benefit from the wage revision. The current wage revision is effective from 1st November 2012 and will be valid for 5 years. In all 11 All India Employees Unions and Officers’ Associations participated in the wage revision exercise.

The scale pay of Officers has been revised from Rs.14500 - Rs.52000 to Rs.23700 - Rs.85000. (Special allowance for officers ranging from 7.75% to 11% of basic pay along with applicable Dearness allowance has also been introduced)

The scale pay of Workmen - non-subordinate has been revised from Rs.7200-Rs.19300 to Rs.11765-Rs.31540, also the scale pay of Subordinate staff has been revised from Rs.5850-Rs.11350 to Rs.9560-Rs.18545. (Special allowance for workmen @7.75% of basic pay along with applicable Dearness allowance has also been introduced)

Another important feature of the settlement is that a medical insurance scheme is being introduced for families of employees.

The 15% wage revision would cost the Public Sector banks Rs.4725 crores as incremental Salary and allowances in a year. Banks have been making provision for wage revision from November 2012. Mr. T M Bhasin, Chairman, IBA and Mr. Rajiv Rishi, Chairman, Negotiating Committee of IBA led the Management team in the negotiations. IBA expects banks will implement the revision immediately. 

IBA expects the salary revision to improve the moral of the bank employees, leading to better productivity.

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Source: http://www.iba.org.in/Documents/10th_Wage_Agreement.pdf

Connecting rural India- Network-connected handheld devices for postal delivery soon

The Department of Posts is likely to soon start a Rs 1,370-crore mega project that will allow India's 1.3 lakh postmen in rural regions to use network-connected handheld terminals for postal delivery.


The project, awarded last year to a consortium that includes state-run Telecom Consultants of India (TCIL), system integrator Ricoh India and Hyderabad-based VisionTek, which provides handheld devices, was delayed due to unavailability of components. 

Big IT companies such as HP and Wipro were also in the running for the contract rolled out by the ministry of communications & information technology. 

"Based on terminal devices on network, the DoP initiative is likely to happen later this month. The project was delayed as the private company took time to deliver the components," TCIL's chairman and managing director Vimal Wakhlu told ET. 

The devices will have a biometric module to authenticate an individual's identity using the Aadhaar number, solar-powered panel for charging terminals and a thermal printer to instantly print receipts. "This is completely an indigenous project, including devices and components, and strengthens the concept of `Make in India'," said Wakhlu. 

The initiative is aimed at preventing postal losses and minimizing procedural delays. The service will require a digital signature of the addressee that can be automatically transferred to a central server and an acknowledgement sent to the person. 

TCIL is roping in state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd for providing network connectivity. 

The movement of postmen can be tracked using GPS on this device. It will help monitor the entire system and ensure more efficiency as post offices play a vital role in India's rural economy, Wakhlu said. "This programme is a step towards financial inclusion of the people of rural India as it will facilitate financial transactions. Money can be delivered and accepted through this device, with proper bank account and receipts delivery," he said. 

Ricoh will act as the systems integrator, managing installations, maintaining hardware and supplying peripheral devices for the project. 

"We have won the Rs 1,370-crore contract from DoP for the supply of hardware solutions under the department's modernization initiatives. Ricoh will be providing maintenance services for rural ICT devices for a period of five years," said Ricoh India's managing director Manoj Kumar.

Source : The Times of India
[ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/network-connected-handheld-devices-for-postal-delivery-soon/articleshow/47392063.cms ] 


Brief procedure of outward clearing at Sub office and Head office in DOP Finacle

Outward clearing procedure involves at Sub office and Head office level. 

AT SUB OFFICE LEVEL

  1. The following steps are involved in the SOs they are menioned below 
  2. Entering the insturments by using the menu option HOMSO in counter PA login. 
  3. Verification of the instruments which are lodged by counter PA using the menu HOMSO in supervisor login. 
  4. Generation of text file using the menu HOMSOEX (by clicking on report radio button) 

AT HEAD OFFICE LEVEL

  1. The following steps are involved in HOS for handling both SOs cheques and HO cheques as mentioned below. 
  2. Open the Outward zone using the menu HMCLZOH 
  3. Generation of text file foe each SO by using the menu HOMSOEX (by selecting on file radio button) 
  4. Invoke the menu HPR to select the generated file, click on the icon and view the file path. 
  5. Download the files at HO by using the menu HTRFTOPC i.e., enter the file path and destination path where we want to save in our PC(computer). 
  6. Upload the instruments of all the Sub Offices by using the menu HCLUPLD 
  7. Entering the cheques received by HO in the same uploaded zone by using the menu HOCTM 
  8. Suspending the Zone 
  9. Release to Shadow balance 
  10. Regularization of Zone.
Courtesy : http://dopfinacle.blogspot.in/

FIRST CONFERENCE OF AIPSBCOEA, ODISHA CIRCLE ON 24-05-2015 AT BHUBANESWAR

 


Uttar Pradesh Post Office Recruitment 2015, 932 Vacancies, Uttar Pradesh Post Office Jobs 2015

            Government of India, Ministry of Communications & IT, Department of Posts, Uttar Pradesh Postal Circle has invited applications for the recruitment of 932 Postman, Mail Guard, MTS( Administrative Office & Subordinate Office) vacancies. Interested and eligible candidates may apply online from June 1, 4 pm to June 30 by 11.59 pm or offline on or before June 30.
Post details:
[[[Name and number of posts:
Postman: 602
Mail Guard: 20
MTS (Administrative Office): 42
MTS (Subordinate Office): 268
Eligibility:
Educational qualification:  
For Postman and Mail Guard posts:  The candidates should have passed Matriculation from recognised board.
For MTS posts: Candidates must have passed Matriculation or equivalent or ITI from recognised Boards.
Age limit: The candidates' age should be between 18 to 27 years as on June 30. Age relaxation is applicable for 5 years for SC/ST category, 3 years for OBC and Government Servants up to 40 years in accordance with Government rule.
Selection process: Candidates will be selected based on their performance in an aptitude test.
Application fee: Candidates have to pay Rs 500 (OC/OBC candidates) and Rs 100 (SC/ST/PH/Women candidates).
How to apply: The OMR application form will be available at Post Offices of UP Circle from June 1 to June 30. The eligible candidates may apply online through the official website of India Posts www.indiapost.gov.in or send their application along with OMRapplication form number, photocopy of e-payment receipt and examination fee. Candidates must mention in bold letters on the cover of the envelope "Application for the post of MTS in Administrative Offices or Application for the Post of MTS in Subordinate Offices or Application for the Post of Postman or Application for the Post of Mail Guard". The letter should be mailed through speed post/registered post to 'The Direct RecruitmentCell, Office of the Chief Postmaster General, Uttar Pradesh Circle, Lucknow-226001' on or before June 30.
Important dates:
Starting date for submission of online applications: June 4 at 4 pm
Last date for submission of online application: June 30 till 11.59 pm
Last date for receipt of applications: June 30
Last date for payment of fee: July 3
Check Official Advertisement
Source: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/uttar-pradesh-postal-circle/1/439784.html


MEMORANDUM ON ASSAM AND NORTH EASTERN REGION ISSUES SUBMITTED TO THE 7TH CPC BY REGIONAL CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNIONS, ASSAM AND NE CIRCLES, GUWAHATI 781001.


NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

REGIONAL CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNIONS,
ASSAM AND NE CIRCLES, GUWAHATI 781001

No. RCC (P)/Assam & NE/7th CPC Memorandum                                         Dated 11/05/2015

To
            The Hon’ble Chairman
            7th Central Pay Commission
            Camp at Shillong

Subject: - Memorandum on Assam and North Eastern Region Issues.

Respected Sir,

On behalf of the Regional Co-ordination Committee of Postal Employees Unions comprising all the Circle Units of Assam and NE Circles of the Postal, RMS&MMS unions affiliated to National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE) we like to submit before the 7 CPC the following issues specific to North Eastern Region including Assam for careful consideration and positive recommendation.

We, the National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE) represent more than 98% of 17000 odd regular Postal, RMS, MMS and GDS employees working in Assam and NE Circles of the Department of Posts. Geographically the North Eastern Region is encompassed by international borders except being connected by a very small corridor to rest of the country. Almost 90% of the areas under NE Region spread over to hazardous hilly tracks and dense forests. Most of the areas are terrorist affected and normal life is a distant dream for common peace loving people. Even after 67 years of independence there was no rail connectivity to the state capitals of NE Region except Guwahati in Assam. Only a few months back, the state capitals of Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh were fortunate enough to have a rail connectivity, that too with a mere obsolete Metre Gauge connection to Agartala. Even today, there is no double railway line in the region resulting in snail pace momentum of the trains in the region. NE Region cannot dream of electric railway line at a time when elsewhere in the country bullet trains are going to be a reality. Four-lining of the Highways has almost lost its direction in the region. Naturally the movement of Goods and Services has become dearer and dearer resulting in higher cost of living in comparison to other parts of the country.

During the last decade or so, the North Eastern region could not attract even 1% of Total Investment of India, whether it is private or public.  Banking expansion and Credit-Deposit Ratio in the region is far below the all India average (1.81% against all India average of 2.45%). Per capita availability of electricity in the region is only 153 KW against an all India average of 879 KW. Investment plus CDR is only -0.24% against all India average of 4.25%. Consequently there is no industrial development; almost nil public investment and rise in unemployment is alarming in the region.

In a nutshell, this region is far behind the other parts of the country in respect of development as well as access to government and public services. Facing all these odds, our employees are serving the people day and night even in the most difficult terrains of the hilly tracks of the region.

Under these circumstances while endorsing the Common Memorandum submitted by the National Council Staff Side, JCM and Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers on general issues of the Central Government employees andNFPE-FNPO Joint Memorandum on Postal Employees common issues, we hereby submit the following issues specific to North Eastern Region including Assam for careful consideration and positive recommendation.

Special Duty Allowance

            (a) We fully endorse the views expressed in the common Memorandum submitted by both the National Council Staff Side JCM and also the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers.
            In view of the peculiar circumstances still prevailing, rather the increasing hazardous situation and regional disparities as explained in our para 2-4 above, we also reiterate that in consideration of such peculiar situation prevailing in the North Eastern States i.e insurgency, high cost of living, inaccessibility etc .and continued discontents amongst the CG employees working in this region , the staff side in the National Council raised the demand for a special allowance to be granted to employees posted in North Eastern States. The Government agreed to set up a committee to look into the grievances. The committee suggested for grant of such an allowance. However, when the Government issued orders, the allowance was in fact granted only to those personnel with an all India transfer liability or only for Officers in Group A services. The said decision generated resentment amongst the other segment of employees. The North Easter region witnessed tumultuous agitations including a 38 days continuous strike by the postal employees, the longest ever strike of the government employees in the country. Some employees approached the Court and obtained favourable orders. But the Government refused to implement those court orders for similarly placed employees.
The matter was brought before the 6th CPC. The 6th CPC recommended extension of the said benefit to all sections of the employees. Ultimately the Government issued orders to cover all employees with the special duty allowance in 2008 by which all personnel posted in N E Region become entitled for special duty allowance at 12.5%.
But on 10th February, 2009, the Government suo moto issued an O.M (F.No.14017/4/2005 AIS(11) according to which an additional monetary incentive to officers belonging to North East Cadres of the All India Services @ 25% of their basic pay + Grade Pay was granted. The additional monetary incentive was given the nomenclature “Special allowance for Officers belonging to North East Cadres of all India Services”. If the grant of the allowance is justified on the ground of remoteness, arduous environment, endemic insurgency etc, how then it could be denied to the employees who are to face the same situation throughout their service career. The order is discriminatory and repetition of the efforts of DOPT while granting SDA earlier, which had to be rescinded on the recommendation of 6th CPC. We request the 7th CPC to recommend that in the light of the above cited order dated 10-2-2009 the employees may be granted Special Duty Allowance @ 37 ½ % of pay.

(b) We further request the Commission to consider the fact that SDA was being paid to the postal employees from 01-11-1983 as result of court verdicts and agitations. But suddenly the same was stopped wef 01-06-2002 without any valid reason causing further accumulation of resentment, that was somewhat diluted when the 6th CPC regularized wef 01-09-2008. But recently All India Radio Directorate has issued an order vide its Memo No 15(8)2008-A&G Dated 30/31 March, 2015 to pay the arrear up to 31-08-2008 in respect of its employees similarly placed with the Postal Employees.(copy enclosed)
We, therefore, request the Commission to recommend in favour of ending this discrimination by paying the entire arrear  upto 31-08-2008 in respect of postal employees also.
Compensatory City allowance
We fully endorse the views expressed by the Confederation in para 15.3 in its Memorandum in respect of admissibility CCA.
We further reiterate that 
“There is a condition that CCA is not admissible in respect of the cities in the regions where employees are getting Special Compensatory Allowance (SCA) in the entire region. The restriction that two compensatory allowances (CCA and SCA) are not admissible at a time should be withdrawn considering the fact that cost of living in the cities in the regions is higher than the suburban and the rural areas. That means, CCA should be admissible the cities in addition to SCA which is admissible for whole of the region.”
Transport allowance.

We fully endorse the views expressed in the common Memorandum submitted by both the National Council Staff Side JCM and also the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers as under:

The 5th CPC had introduced transport allowance for employees working in classified towns on account of various factors like unprecedented growth of city limits, increase in volume of traffic and non availability of residential accommodation at reasonable rents near offices, which are usually located in the heart of cities. If these were the factors it appears that the 5th CPC did not take into account that it is usually a low paid employee who finds residence at a very long distance from his office whereas officers are offered residences very near to their offices. If, therefore, transport allowance was meant to defray the transportation charges from residence to office and back the higher rates should have been recommended for the low paid employees who were residing at a distant places. Since the 6th CPC’s recommendation in this regard was implemented, there had been several rounds of increase in the fuel charges making a cascading impact on the public transport fares. Taking these factors into account, we suggest that the following rates of transport allowance may please be recommended.

Pay Range                    X classified city             Other places.
Pay upto Rs. 75,000      Rs. 7500 + DA Rs.         3750 +DA
Above Rs. 75,000          Rs. 6500 +DA    Rs. 3500+ DA
Considering the communication bottleneck still prevailing in the region as explained in our para 2-4 above, we request the Commission to recommend Transport allowance in respect of all places of North Eastern Region at par with an uniform rate of X classified cities.
Additional Monetary Incentive for Personnel Posted in N E Region

In accordance with the MOF/DOE OM No 20014/3/83-E.IV Dated 14th Dec,   1983 Paragraph IX and reiterated from time to time the employees transferred to NE Region  from other parts of the country and also transferred within the region are enjoying the benefits of Double HRA and Hostel Subsidy etc whereas these are denied to the local employees in respect of transfer from one state to another.

We therefore request the Commission to recommend extension of same facilities to the local employees of the region in respect of inter-state transfer also.

Rent Free Accommodation

Often, the employees are asked to be stationed at remote/inhospitable areas for operational purposes. They are not provided with any facility. We suggest that they must at least be provided with rent free residential accommodation, for it is difficult for them to get any residential accommodation in view of the peculiar situation as described in para 2-4 above.

Leave Travel Concession

Leave Travel Concession is a facility extended to the Government employees, which enables them to avail holidays and undertake travel as a tourist . The facility provides him with an opportunity to be away from the monotonous daily routine and be with his family members without the tension of the official duties. It is an established fact that if employee is encouraged to take such holidays they will reform rejuvenated and the employer is benefitted through his increased productivity.
Over the years, on representation from employees, the concession has been widened. However, some aspects of this facility require certain further relaxations/improvements. We enumerate those as under:-
1. Permission for air journey for all categories of employees to and from NE Region.
2. Permission for personnel posted in NE Region for a journey within NE Region.
3. To increase the periodicity of the LTC to once in two years.
4. Explore the possibility of allowing an employer to undertake tour outside India, once in his service career in lieu of the LTC.

We further request the 7th CPC to consider recommending our suggestions for improvements to the Government.

1.     Home town conversion facility should be made available to all irrespective of whether home town is in the HQ station or outside the HQ station.
2.     LTC by air should be made available to all employees working in the NE Region irrespective of whether it is Home Town or All India LTC.
3.     LTC by air should be provided all over India after reaching certain scale of pay.

Medical Facilities [CGHS/CS(MA) Rules]


We fully endorse the views expressed by the Confederation in para 16.10 in its Memorandum in respect of medical facilities under CGHS and CS (MA) Rules.
Considering the serious transport bottleneck in the NE Region and due to lack of proper medical facilities in the NE Region, Air Lifting Facilities should be provided to referred medical cases of NE Region in and outside the region.

Grameen Dak Sewaks (GDS)

(a) We fully endorse the following views expressed in in the common Memorandum submitted by both the National Council Staff Side JCM and also the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers in respect of inclusion GDS in the 7 CPC and also consideration of their causes by the 7 CPC .

“We solicit the kind reference of the 7th CPC to the observation made by the 4th CPC in Page No.4 Part-I, Vol-I of their report, which is reproduced for ready reference:

“The matter is however beyond controversy after the decision of Supreme Court in Gokulananda Das Case (1957 1SCR679) where it has been declared that an extra Departmental labour 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 services, there is no doubt that it is a post under the “state”. In view of the pronouncement, we were unable to accept the contention that the Extra Departmental Employees were outside the purview of the terms of our Commission. They no doubt have their own peculiar conditions of their own service and in that sense their case is somewhat special. We therefore could not exclude them from our consideration, but we accepted the Government suggestion for the setting up of a one man committee to look into their conditions of service as was done in the 2nd and 3rd Pay Commission. Accordingly, a one man’s Committee under Shri R.R. Savoor was set up vide DGPNT’s Resolution No. 6/29/83 PA.II dated 5.11.1984.”

The argument advanced by the Postal Department that they are outside the civil service except for the purpose of CCS(CCA) Rules (disciplinary purposes) is untenable. That being so, the Gramin Dak Sevaks deserve to be in the purview of the 7th CPC terms of reference. The experiment of getting their wages revised through a one man Committee in the past had resulted in a total deprivation of all benefits other than pay which as civil servants all employees of the Government of India have been bestowed.

The organizations in the Postal Department who represent the Gramin Dak Sevaks will be submitting an elaborate memorandum containing the proposal for wage revision, revision of the existing benefits and allowances including grant of pensionery benefits for GDS. We request the 7th CPC to consider their memorandum and make appropriate recommendations. We also request that the Commission not to agree with the probable suggestion of the Government to set up a separate committee as was done earlier.”

We, therefore, request the Commission to consider the Memorandum submitted by All India Postal Employees Union, GDS (NFPE) and to recommend favourably to the Government to improve the living conditions of lowest paid employees of the Department of Posts.

(b)  We also request the Commission to bring the GDS employees of this region at par with other postal employees in respect Special Duty Allowance, CCA, Transport allowance, LTC, Medical facilities etc.

With regards,

Yours faithfully
    D. K. Debnath            Garga Talukdar              Saifur Zaman               Pankaz Kr Das
   Convenor RCC             CS R III Assam             CS P III Assam   CS Admin Union Assam

Biditmoy Barman       Mainul Haque          Intazur Rahman                   Pankaj Bharali
 CS SBCO Assam     CS P IV Assam          CS R IV Assam                CSGD (NFPE)Assam

Ramani Bhattacharyya  B K Sharma          Lakhamti Wahlang            Uttam Chanda
    CS P III NE           CS Admin Union NE    CS P IV NE                      CS GDS (NFPE)NE


Rule-38 transfers - list of 22 approved cases is released by Circle Office, Hyderabad

Circle office, Hyderabad has approved rule 38 transfer cases of 22 officials in Postal assistant/Sorting assistant cadre vide CO memo dated 20.05.2015.
Click here to view the CO memo containing the list of officials whose cases are approved for rule -38  tranfer. 



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