National Federation of Postal Employees

MINUTES OF THE MEETING WITH STAFF SIDETO DISCUSS

THE POSTMAN ISSUES, CHAIRED BY MS.KALPANA TEWARI, CGM (MB),

ON 21^ST JANUARY, 2011 AT DAK BHAWAN, NEW DELHI-1

 

 

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

(SR Section)

 

                                  Dak Bhawan, Sansad marg

                                              New Delhi, dated 28^th January, 2011

No. 1/2/2010-SR

 

Subject: Meeting of the Committee held on 21.01.2011 to consider issues relating to               the Postman-Circulation of Minutes.

 

            Please find enclosed a copy of Minutes of the meeting of committee constituted under chairpersonship of CGM, MB&O to discuss issues relating to Postmen, which was held on 21.01.2011 at Dak Bhawan, New Delhi, for information and necessary action.

 

2.         Action Taken Report on the decisions taken may be furnished by MB Division at the earliest

 

                                                         Sd/-

                                                                                  (Subhash Chander)

                                                                                      Director (SR & Legal)

 

 

MINUTES OF THE MEETING WITH STAFF SIDETO DISCUSS THE POSTMAN ISSUES,

CHAIRED BY MS.KALPANA TEWARI, CGM (MB),

ON 21^ST JANUARY, 2011 AT DAK BHAWAN, NEW DELHI-1

 

The management side was represented by the following officials:

 

Sh. Subhash Chander, Director (SR)

Sh. Aman Sharma,ADG MO

 

The Staff Side was represented by the following Union Office bearers:

 

1.         Sh. M.Krishnan, Secretary General, NFPE

2.         Sh.I.S. Dabas, General Secretary, AIPEU Postman.

3.         Sh. D.Theagarajan, Secretary General, FNPO

4.         Sh.T.N. Rahate, General Secretary, NUPE Postman & Gr. D

 

The following issues were discussed during the meeting:

 

1.         Extraction of data entry work from Postmen- It was pointed out that a lot of PA recruitment has being and being done by the Department to reduce the shortfall in this cadre. Also the impact of the ICT project will also reduce the data work as data shall increasingly be captured at source. However, in order to assess the data entry work being taken from Postman staff, report shall be called from the Circles and a study can also be considered to find out the kind of additional work that is being done by the Postman staff.

 

2.         Irregular computation of working hours for Postman in field units- The actual shortfall in Postman cadre shall be ascertained by the management and Circles shall be requested to provide their feedback on the letter issued by DDG Estt. The staff side was requested to clearly point out their perceived shortfalls in the reports of the Work Study group. Thereafter, management to consider if further work study is required for which staff side can be requested to provide their inputs.

 

3.         Renewal of minimum cycleable distance for grant of Cycle Maintenance Allowance to postmen. It was decided that the matter shall be discussed with Establishment division in orde to decide on this issue.

 

4.         Scheme of payment of incentive to postman for delivery of Speed Post – It was decided that management shall assess the Speed Post delivery workload of the postman staff in order to understand the issue and come up with a solution.

  

5.         Maximum Beat length of the postman-Management agreed to undertake a study to assess the average beat length of postmen across the country. The data will be collected and analyzed to consider any changes as may be desirable in the changed scenario.

 

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M.Krishnan
Secretary General NFPE