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Friday, July 13, 2012

RESULT OF THE LIMITED DEPARTMENTAL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR PROMOTION OF THE CADRE OF POSTMASTER GRADE-I , 03RD JUNE-2012{Click here to view full details - No. A-34013/04/2012-DE Dated 11.07.2012)

AMENDMENT OF DOP (MTS) RECRUITMENT RULES-2010{ CLICK HERE TO VIEW ORDER NO. 37-33/2009-SPB-I DATED 11.07.2012}

AMENDMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF POSTS (POSTMAN AND MAIL GUARD) RECRUITMENT RULES-2010{CLICK HERE TO VIEW ORDER NO. 44-14/2009-SPB-I DATED 12.07.2012

Tuesday, July 10, 2012


COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENT - CLARIFICATION REGARDING REGULATION OF CONDITION AND ADMISSIBILITY OF VARIOUS ALLOWANCES AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF 6TH CPC RECOMMENDATION - REGARDING.
No.19(7)/2012/D(Lab)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
New Delhi, the 18th June, 2012. 
              The undersigned is directed to refer to DoP&T O.M. No. F.No. 14014/2/2009-Estt(D) dated 3.4.2012 on the above subject circulated  vide this Ministry letter of even number dated 11.4.2012 and to forward the following clarifications received from DoP&T, for information, compliance, guidance and necessary action:-
S.No.
Point of Reference
Clarification


1
Cases where widows who were earlier engaged in Pay band-1 with Grade Pay Rs. 1800/- and given on job training and were later reverted to Trainee in - 1S Pay Band due to subsequent govt instruction recovery of excess payment has been effected: 





(i) Will they be entitled to arrears for the recovery effected from them.

(ii) Will their appointment after the latest instructions in Pay Band - 1 with Grade Pay Rs. 1800/- become effective from the date of initial appointment.

(iii) Will this entitle them to arrears of salary and Pay Fixation accordingly.
The status of a Government servant appointed on compassionate ground will be either a "Trainee" or a 'regular' government servant. Subject to clarification furnished vide OM dated 3.4.2012, the status of a widow appointed on compassionate grounds will be that of a 'regular' government servant from the initial day of appointment.


Yes.

Yes.


Yes.
2
Cases where widows were engaged as Trainees in the first instance due to non fulfillment of educational qualification. If appointing authority is satisfied that duties can be performed with the help of on job training then
(i) Can the widows be appointed in Pay Band - 1 with Grade Pay 1800/- with retrospective effect i.e. from the date of initial engagement as trainee.

(ii) Accordingly will they be entitled for arrears of pay and pay fixation accordingly.




Yes.


Yes.
sd/-
(K.K. Diamary)
Under Secretary to the Govt of India.

Friday, July 6, 2012


RESTRUCTURING OF POSTAL DEPARTMENT-LETTER TO SECRETARY GENERAL (NFPE)
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Posts
No.23-1/2012.PE-II                                      Dated 04.07.12
Sub:   Organizational Restructuring Committee-Regarding.
         A reference is invited to our earlier D.O. letter  of even no dated 09.05.12 vide which your considered views/comments on the possible organizational structure for all categories of offices were solicited.
        The Committee has decided to follow this with a meeting with you, and the same has been scheduled from 3.00 P.M. to 4.00 P.M. on 09.07.12 at K.R. Murthy Room (2nd floor) Postal Directorate. Kindly make it convenient to attend the sam
            Sd/-
            Kalpana Rajsinghot
            Director(Estt) &
            Member Secretary of the Committee.

Copy of D.G. Posts letter mentioned in para 1 above is placed below:


● ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING

D.G. Posts No. :  23-1/2012-PE – II, Dated: May, 2012
                 With the approval of the Secretary a Committee for Organizational Restructuring in the Department of Posts has been constituted under the Chairmanship of Shri Ashutosh Tripathi, CPMG, Madhya Pradesh Circle.  The Terms of Reference of the Committee are:
a)    To revisit the norms for creation of new Postal Divisions and Regions as well as upgradation of Class II Division into Class I Divisions;
b)    To study the feasibility of organizational restructuring of field formations (Circle and below) keeping in view the emerging needs for India Post in the new socio-economic environment;
c)      Review of norms for upgradation of Post offices;
d)   To study the feasibility of strengthening / creation of Postal Assistants /Sorting Assistants Posts in view of the increased need of Systems Administrators;
e)   Any other relevant issue as may be assigned by the Competent Authority later.
 2.         The Committee is at present examining the feasibility of Organizational Restructuring of field formations (Circle and below) keeping in view the emerging needs for India Post in the new socio-economic environment as well as induction of technology in the Department.  While deliberating on this, the Committee has decided to obtain valuable inputs from the concerned stakeholders.
  3.         In the light of the above, you are requested to kindly provide your considered views on what, according to you are the problems (both administrative and operational) in the current Organizational set up and what could be the possible revised structure for all category of Offices that could address these problems  with the given human & financial resources.
4.         On the basis of various discussions that the Committee Members have held with the other Officers, possibility of creation of Vertical Silos has also emerged.  You may also give your views on this clearly identifying the possible Silos given the nature of the work in the Department of Posts not only as per the current scenario but also the possible one in the next decade; along with their possible structures; responsibility, financial; and reporting system etc.  The possibility of extending the Silos till the Head Post Office may also be considered.
5.         Your views/comments on the above may kindly be sent so as to reach us latest by 21st May, 2012.

           

STEEPEST FALL IN POSTAL DEPT’S DEFICIT IN 10 YEARS

                Mirroring signs of revival, the Department of Posts (DoP) has registered the highest decline in deficit in more than 10 years at Rs 550.73 crore in 2011-12 on the back of increase in revenues, mainly from financial services.
            Total revenues of the department in 2011-12 rose by 13.62 per cent to Rs 7,910.51 crore while expenditure stood at Rs 13,705.4 crore, leaving a deficit of Rs 5,794.89 crore.
            In the previous fiscal, DoP had revenues of Rs  6,962.33 crore and expenditure of Rs 13,307.95 crore, reflecting a gap of Rs 6,345.62 crore.
            DoP's deficit had jumped over 80 per cent to 6,641.30 crore in 2009-10 from 3,593.09 crore in 2008-09 due to implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations.
            “In the last one year we have developed an integrated strategy to make India Post, commercially and socially relevant. The financial performance of the last year indicates that we have succeeded to an extent. But a lot more need to be done,” Minister for Communications and IT Kapil Sibal told the news agency.
According to the Financial Performance report prepared by Department of Posts for 2011-2012, revenues from financial services grew by 20.8 per cent at Rs 4,304.07 crore in 2011-12 compared to Rs 3,562.77 crore in FY'11.
            Revenue from postal operations grew by 6.08 per cent to Rs 3,606.44 crore in 2011-12 from Rs 3,399.56 crore it registered in FY'11.
            Sibal said that he is expecting revenue of DoP to grow by 20 per cent in the current financial year.
            “This financial year we are targeting revenue increase of plus 20 per cent. I am happy that India Post is moving in the right direction. Now we need to increase our speed,” he said.
            DoP has appointed Boston Consulting Group to prepare an appropriate business structure for the emerging and premium services of India Post.
            The postal department has floated expression of interest to appoint a consultant for preparing detailed project report (DPR) of its ambitious Post Bank projects and this report is expected to be finalised by end of this calendar year.
            “The Post Bank project will rejuvenate financial services offered through post offices,” Sibal said.DoP has already announced to set-up 1000 ATMs across country as part of its financial services.
            Sibal has also asked DoP introduce premium logistics services in select 80 to 90 cities within six months to tap the expanding e-commerce market in the country and enhance its revenue by 15 per cent.
Press Trust of India / New Delhi Jul 05, 2012,  

MONEY ORDER SERVICE THROUGH MOBILE PHONES 
NEW DELHI: The postal department has entered into a partnership with state-run telecom company BSNL to provide money order service using mobile phones.
"The Department has signed an agreement with BSNL for providing money remittance through mobile phones," Department of Posts (DoP) said in an official statement today.
As per the pact, BSNL has been provided with the requirements of DoP for development of the software.
A DoP spokesperson said the software development is going on and rollout of the pilot is expected in August-September 2012.
Initially, a pilot of the service will run for a period of 6 months in Punjab, Bihar, Delhi and Kerala Circles, the statement said.
As per the spokesperson, DoP will give commission to BSNL for each remittance made and the commission will vary on the amount transferred.
Under this facility, receiver of the money will get SMS for transaction and initially get cash at the nearest authorised post office by showing the message, the spokesperson said.
Source: Times of India

Thursday, July 5, 2012


INTEREST SUBVENTION OF 1% ON HOUSING LOANS
          The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal for extending the scheme of interest subvention of 1% on housing loans upto Rs.15 lakh where the cost of the house does not exceed Rs.25 lakh for the year 2012-13 and to amend the operational part of guidelines for release of funds.
A budgetary provision of Rs.400 crore has been made for Financial Year 2012-13 for implementing the scheme.
          Consequent upon the extension of scheme, the limit of subsidy for an individual borrower would be Rs.14912 for a loan of Rs.15 lakh and Rs.9925 for a loan of Rs.10 lakh.
          The extended scheme will benefit all house loans availed in Financial Year 2012-13.
Background:
          The original scheme of 1% Interest Subvention on Housing Loans upto Rs.10 lakh, provided the cost of the housing unit does not exceed Rs.20 lakh was approved by the Cabinet in September, 2009. The scheme was revised by liberalizing the limit of housing loan upto Rs.15 lakh where cost of house does not exceed Rs.25 lakh in financial year 2011-12 which was approved by the Cabinet in October 2011. The scheme is further extended for another year that is financial year 2012-13. National Housing Bank (NHB) is the nodal agency for implementing the scheme both for Scheduled Commercial Banks and Housing Finance Companies.
Source: PIB

Wednesday, July 4, 2012






SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT  EVENTS OF DOP FOR THE MONTH OF MAY-2012
The significant events pertaining to Department of Posts (DoP) for the month May, 2012  include disbursal of wages amounting to  Rs. 933 crores to 5.62 crores MGNREGS account holders across the country except in  Bihar, Haryana and M.P. Circles During April 2012.
2.         The following stamps were issued in the month of May 2012 :

S.No.
Name of Stamps
Date of issue
1.
Karpoor Chandra ‘Kulish’
16.05.2012
2.
M.B. Kadai
17.05.2012
3.
800th URS. DargahSharif, Ajmer
27.05.2012

3.         As part of  IT project (Information Technology Project), the  Department of Posts plans to provide a Postal Core Banking  solution in major Post Offices for the Post Office Savings Bank Customers.  A comprehensive overhaul of the remittance service delivery is also planned taking into account the changing customer preferences and expectations of improved service delivery. The vendor for the implementation of the above i.e. Financial Service Solution Integrator (FSI) has been selected and the Letter of Intent has been issued. The contract is under finalization and it is expected to be finalized in the month of June 2012.
 4.        Implementation Report on the recommendations of 15th Report of Standing Committee Communications & IT captioned ‘Modernisation of Post Offices has been laid on the Table of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabja on 16.05.2012 & 18.05.2012 respectively by Hon’bleMinister of State for Communications & IT along with a statement.
5. Till Apriil 30, 2012., 24969 departmental post offices have been computerized. This comprises 99.69% of all the departmental post offices in the country.
6.        The Department has signed an agreement with BSNL for providing money remittance through mobile phones.  BSNL has been provided with the requirements of DoP for development of the software.  Initially a pilot of the service will run for a period of 6 months in Punjab, Bihar, Delhi and Kerala Circles.  The rollout of the pilot is expected in August-September 2012.
7.         Postal Joint Council of Action (PJCA) comprising National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE) and Federation of National Postal Organization (FNPO) threatened to observe one day hunger fast on 21.5.2012 (from 10.00 AM to 05.00PM) in front of the Dak Bhawanas well as all CPMsG (Chief Post Masters General) Offices. The Department took all necessary measures against the proposed agitation.  As a result of Department’s efforts, the PJCA was dissuaded from their agitation programme and resorted to attend a meeting taken by Secretary (P) on that date at 11 AM.  The work continued smoothly and the agitation programme was called off.
8.         An agreement was signed with a reputed consultancy firm (selected through a transparent tendering process) on 17.05.2012 to formulate recommendations on an appropriate business structure for the emerging and premium services of DoP.
9.         MoU was signed with LBS Centre   for Science and Technology, Thiruvanthapuram for sale of application of SET 2012(State Eligibility Test 2012) through Post Offices across Kerala.
10. Action for a tie –up with Kerala Medical Science Cooperation Ltd. initiated  for supply of their medicines and equipments through logistics Post across Kerala.
BK/AT
(Release ID :85124)

INJUSTICE CAUSED TO PROMOTEES IN MACP – QUASHED
FANTASTIC ORDERS PRONOUNCED BY CAT, JODHPUR

*Promotion as PA from Group ‘D’/Postmen should not be construed as          Promotion under MACP
*MACP shall be granted afresh from PA cadre based on 10, 20, 30 years in PA           cadre
*Any promotions under LDCE shall not be brought into no. of promotions under      MACP
* Applicant should be paid arrears with interest applicable to GPF.
  The full text of the judgment is furnished below in the link.
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CONFEDERATION CIRCULAR NO. 08/2012 DATED 03.07.2012
Dear Comrades,    
This is to inform all National Sectt. Members that a meeting of the National sect. Will be held on 25th July, 2012 at the Confederation CHQ.  The meeting will discuss and approve the draft memorandum  on demands to be submitted to the Prime Minister.  As per the decision of the National Executive, we are also to finalise the date for the strike action so that it could be announced at the rally after the March to Parliament on 26th July, 2012.  All Sectt. members are therefore requested to make it convenient to be present on 25th July, 2012 at 3.00 PM at the Confdn. CHQ so that we can finally decide upon the date. 
                4th December and 11th Decembers are the two dates suggested by many comrades for the proposed strike action. On both the dates, the Parliament is expected to be in session. We must finalise the date on 25th inst. 
                In the meantime, queries have been raised by many comrades of the desirability of organising the March to Parliament on 26th July, 2012, in the background of the decision of the Government to postpone the Parliament session to August, 2012 in view of the proposed election of Vice President of India.  It is our firm opinion that under no circumstances, we should postpone or defer the programme slated for 26th July, 2012.  Many comrades from far and distance places have booked their ticket to participate in the programme and the campaign undertaken by our comrades have made a great impact.  All affiliates and State Secretaries may kindly inform the members that the programme of March to Parliament slated for 26th July 2012 stands and no change is possible at this point of time. 
                The State Secretaries may kindly send us a report over the campaign programme undertaken so far, as the Sectt. would like to review it in the first week of July, 2012.
                With greetings,
Yours fraternally,
K.K.N. KUTTY
Secretary General.

Tuesday, July 3, 2012


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