NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYOEES
1st Floor, North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi – 110001
FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANISATIONS
T-24, Atul Grove Road, New Delhi – 110001
ALL INDIA POSTAL EXTRA DEPARTMENTAL EMPLOYEES UNION
First Floor, Padam Nagar Post Office Building, Delhi – 110007
NATIONAL UNION OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS
Downhill, Malappuram, 676519 [Kerala]
JOINT PROGRAMME OF ACTION
DEMANDING IMMEDIATE APPROVAL OF GDS PAY COMMISSION
BY GOVERNMENT
Dear Comrades / Colleagues!
The extreme delay on the part of the Government in accepting and announcing implementation of GDS Committee Report is condemnable. The entirety of GDS Employees are agitated on the face of this unexplainable delay while the regular employees are released with their second instalment of 60% arrears amount of 6th CPC by the Government on 25th August 2009. The delay even after reported submission of Cabinet Memo by the Ministry of Communications & IT is causing extreme pain and frustration amongst the entire work force of Department of Posts.
The Postal Joint Council of Action comprising National Federation of Postal Employees, Federation of National Postal Organisations, All India Postal Extra Departmental Employees Union and National Union of Gramin Dak Sevaks has therefore decided to launch the following united programme of action demanding immediate acceptance by the Cabinet and release of orders for implementation of GDS pay commission. The Postal Joint Council of Action of the above organisations has also decided to resort to direct industrial action if the orders are not released before 16th September 2009.
PROGRAMME OF ACTION
1. Immediate Nationwide protest demonstrations in front of work spots
2. Mass Rally at Divisional Level on 3.9.2009.
3. March to RAJBHAWAN and submission of Memorandum to Hon'ble Governors in all State Capitals on 10.09.2009 and March to District Collectors where State level March to Governors is not feasible
4. Relay Dharna for 3 Days from 14.09.2009 to 16.09.2009
5. Direct Action will be declared by Postal JCA if GDS Pay Commission not implemented by 16th September 2009.
The Postal JCA therefore calls upon the entirety of Postal Regular Employees and Gramin Dak Sevaks to unify their ranks and launch the Programme of Action with total commitment and get ready for industrial action.
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[D.Theagarajan] [K.Ragavendran]
Secretary General Secretary General
FNPO NFPE
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P.U.Muraleedharan S.S.Mahadevaiah
General Secretary General Secretary
NUGDS AIPEDEU
GOVERNMENT HAS SET A PRECONDITION FOR PAYMENT OF SECOND INSTALMENT OF 60% PAY COMMISSION ARREARS FOR POST 1.1.2004 RECRUITED CG EMPLOYEES
NEW CG EMPLOYEES RECRUITED ON OR AFTER 1.1.2004 WILL NOT BE PAID 60% ARREARS UNLESS THEY SIGN THE FORM REGISTERING THEMSELVES UNDER THE NEW PENSION SCHEME
DDOs ARE ORDERED NOT TO PAY 60% ARREARS WITHOUT SUBMISSION OF REGISTRATION FORM FOR NPS FROM THOSE EMPLOYEES
THIS IS A MEASURE TO TAKE FORCEFUL REGISTRATION FROM ALL THE POST 1.1.2004 RECRUITED EMPLOYEES SINCE THE ACTION OF GOVERNMENT IN ANNOUNCING THE NPS IS DONE BY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS WITHOUT AMENDING PENSION ACT
http://finmin.nic.in/6cpc/NPS6thcpc.pdf
23rd AIC OF NFPE P4 UNION SUCCESSFULLY HELD IN KOLKATA
The 23rd All India Conference of All India Postal Employees Union - Postmen & Group 'D' was held in a grand manner in the city of Kolkata from 16th August to 19th August 2009 under the chairmanship of CHQ President Comrade Milan Bhattacharyya. The Reception Committee headed by Comrade Biswajiban Mazumdar as Chairman and Comrade Nirmal De Circle Secretary as the General Secretary had made excellent arrangements that attracted praise by all.
The Conference commenced with the flag hoisting. Comrade K.K.N.Kutty Secretary General Confederation hoisted the National Flag. Comrade K.Ragavendran Secretary General NFPE hoisted the NFPE Flag. Comrade Milan Bhattacharyya CHQ President P4 Union hoisted the Union Flag. Powerful slogans rented the air. After the flag hoisting all leaders and delegates respected the Martyrs Column with floral tributes and then reached the Purbashree Auditorium which was named as Subhash Chakroborti Nagar in memory of the departed Honourable Minister of Sports, Youth and Cultural Affairs of West Bengal in a big procession where the Conference Inaugural Session commenced. The AIC Dais was named after departed leader Comrade Chandra Gupta Manch.
Comrade K.K.N.Kutty Secretary General Confederation of CG Employees and Workers inaugurated the AIC and the Chief Guest Comrade Basudev Acharya Honourable Member of Parliament delivered his special address. Honourable Mayor of Kolkata Comrade Bikas Ranjan Bhattaharya delivered his special address in the AIC. Confederation Working President Comrade C.C.Pillai also addressed the inaugural session.
Comrade K.Ragavendran Secretary General NFPE; Comrades K.V.Sridharan General Secretary P3; Giriraj Singh General Secretary R3; P.Suresh General Secretary R4; S.P.Mukherjee General Secretary Admn; P.Rajanayagam General Secretary Postal Accounts; Comrade Pijush Roy General Secretary Confederation C-O-C and many other leaders addressed the AIC. Comrade Ishwar Singh Dabas General Secretary P4 presented an elaborate biennial report before the AIC.
ONE TIME ABSORPTION OF AAOs IN DOT – PROCESS KEPT IN ABEYANCE
Dear Comrades – The Department of Telecommunications has kept the process of one-time absorption of AAOs in DOT in abeyance in order to pursue the process of merger of Accounts of DOP-DOT. The orders keeping the process under abeyance is given below for the information of members:
17-1/2008-SEA=II
Government of India
Department of Telecommunications
Sanchar Bhawan
20, Asoka Road, New Delhi – 110001
Dated 17.08.2009
To
All Ministries / Departments of Government of India
Delhi / New Delhi
Sub: Appointment on permanent absorption basis of Assistant Accounts Officers (Group B Gazetted) in Department of Telecommunications (DOT) as a One Time Measure – regarding.
With reference to this Department's letter of even number dated 2.7.2009, calling for applications for appointment on permanent absorption basis of Assistant Accounts Officers (Group B Gazetted) in the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) as a One Time Measure, it has been decided to hold in abeyance the process of finalisation of the above said appointment for the time being due to administrative reasons.
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(Irene Cherian)
Under Secretary (SEA)
BSNL EMPLOYEES GO ON TWO DAYS STRIKE
NFPE CALLS UPON ITS RANK AND FILE TO EXTEND SOLIDARITY TO THE BSNL EMPLOYEES STRUGGLE
Dear Comrades! – The United Forum of BSNL EMPLOYEES consisting of 7 unions including the BSNL Employees Union, the major and recognised union of BSNL has served a strike notice for organising 48 Hours strike on 19th and 20th August 2009.
The Strike Notice has been served to protest against the adamant,, discriminative and lethargic attitude of the management in handling the wage negotiations. The United Forum of BSNL Employees has charged the BSNL Management that the wage negotiations have been put in cold storage by not appointing the replacement to the post of Chairman Wage Negotiating Committee for long time after the retirement of the earlier Chairman despite repeated requests from the unions.
The Agitating Unions have charged the attitude of the Management which had earlier allotted 70% wage rise for the officers themselves while treating the wage negotiations for the employees with discriminatory approach.
NFPE call upon our rank and file to extend our support and solidarity to the call given by the United Forum of BSNL Employees consisting of BSNL Employees Union; Telecom Employees Progressive Union; Bsnl Mazdoor Sangh (BPEF); All India Backward Classes Telecom Employees Sangathan; SC//ST Employees Welfare Association of BSNL; Bahujan Trade Union of BSNL; Sanchar Nigam Association of Telecom Technical Assistants by organising lunch hour demonstrations all over India in front of our work spots. NFPE also suggests our rank and file branches to invite leaders belonging to the unions in the United Forum of BSNL Employees to our above solidarity demonstrations and send Savingrams in support of the strike to the Honourable Minister of Communications & IT as follows:
TEXT OF SAVINGRAM TO BE SENT TO HON'BLE MOC&IT
ALL CROSS SECTION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES SUPPORT THE STRIKE OF BSNL EMPLOYEES AND URGE UPON HONOURABLE MOC & IT TO INTERVENE TO START WAGE NEGOTIATIONS IMMEDIATELY TO SETTLE THE JUSTIFIED DEMANDS WITH THE UNITED FORUM OF BSNL EMPLOYEES
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Branch ---------------------------------
To
Shri. A.Raja
Honourable Minister of Communications & IT
Government of India
Electronic Niketan
CGO Complex
<宜˘>Lodhi Road
New Delhi - 110003
LARGE NUMBER OF TELEPHONE CALLS FROM GDS
CABINET MEMO ON GDS COMMITEEE PROPOSALS STILL NOT CLEARED BY THE UNION CABINET
NFPE REQUESTED THE INTERVENTION OF HONOURABLE MOC & IT FOR TAKING UP THE ITEM ON PRIORITY
Headquarters is getting a lot of telephone calls from the GDS employees on the position of GDS Committee proposals. Comrades are asking as to when the orders would be released?
NFPE earlier learnt that any time the Cabinet might clear the proposals. wE got the confirmed information that the Cabinet Note on the proposals of GDS Committee had gone to Central Cabinet but due to large number of issues being numbered for Cabinet consideration, the GDS Cabinet Memo is not yet taken up for approval by the Cabinet.
We also learnt that only by the intervention of our Honourable Minister of Communications & IT for taking up the issue on PRIORITY, there is a chance of early approval.
NFPE therefore sent a letter by FAX to Sri. A.Raja Honourable Minister of Communications & IT today evening requesting his kind intervention for facilitating approval of GDS proposals on PRIORITY. NFPE also once again requested the Honourable Minister to intervene to sanction the entire arrears in one instalment.
We hope that the Honourable Minister of Communications & IT would intervene and ensure early approval of the Cabinet Memo on GDS Committee proposals and issue of early orders. The full text of the letter sent by FAX today evening to the MOC & IT is reproduced below for the information of the rank and file workers:
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
1st Floor, North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi - 110001
No. PF-15/2009 Dated 14th August 2009
To
Shri. A.Raja
Honourable Minister of Communications & IT
Government of India
New Delhi
Sub: Request for expediting Cabinet decision on GDS Committee on priority basis – reg.
Sir,
National Federation of Postal Employees seeks your personal intervention and use of your good offices for expediting the decision of the Union Cabinet on implementation of GDS Committee recommendations.
The proposals of the Postal Department on the recommendations of the Nataraja Murti Committee for three lakhs of GDS Employees have been submitted for the approval of the Union Cabinet after acceptance of the same by the Ministry of Finance.
There has been a long delay in processing the recommendations and even after one year of implementation of 6th CPC recommendations for the regular employees, the wage increase for three lakhs of Gramin Dak Sewaks has not been implemented so far. The Gramin Dak Sewaks are eagerly awaiting the announcement from the Government.
We are afraid that due to a number of pressing problems the Government of India is burdened to take decisions in the Union Cabinet, the acceptance of the proposals on GDS Committee might be further delayed. We therefore seek your kind intervention and use of your good offices for treating the issue on priority by the Cabinet to avoid further delay. We also seek your personal intervention to facilitate a decision for payment of entire arrears due in one single instalment taking into consideration that already one full year has lapsed in taking a decision.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
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[K.Ragavendran]
Secretary General
Central Government Employees & Pensioners Health Insurance Scheme (CGEPHIS).
GOVERNMENT IS GOING FOR A SCHEME OF HEALTH INSURANCE CALLED " CG EMPLOYEES & PENSIONERS HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME"
ELIGIBLE HEALTH INSURERS AND OR HEALTH INSURANCE CONSULTANTS ARE ASKED TO SEND IN THEIR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE
Dear Comrades!
The Government is moving ahead with the introduction of Health Insurance Scheme in lieu of CGHS in a big way. This stand is the fall out of the recommendations of the 6th CPC for introducing such a medical insurance scheme. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has called for Expression of Interest from Health Insurers / Health Insurance Consultants by providing the following information.
Confederation of Central Government Employees has taken a position that strengthening of CGHS will be the better option instead of going for such Health Insurance Schemes. The stand of the Government is a fall out of the neo-liberalisation policy under which the State is withdrawing more and more from its commitment towards providing health services.
Comrades are requested to read the under-mentioned points and also read the full text of the Health Ministry document placed in its website by clicking the link at the bottom of this blog. After reading please send your comments to the NFPE through emails to nfpehq@gmail.com
SOME PARAGRAPHS FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH DOCUMENT CALLING FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST:
All personnel of the Central Government including All India Service officers, serving, newly recruited, retired and retiring and others who are covered under the existing CGHS(Central Government Health Services) and under CS (MA) [Central Services (Medical Attendance) Rules] Rules shall be offered Health Insurance Scheme on voluntary or on compulsorily basis . This could be:
The full text of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare document calling for Expression of Interest can be downloaded by clicking the under-mentioned Link:
