FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS(FAQS) ON NPS

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FIXATION OF THE PAY OF THE PRE-REVISED PAY SCALE OF 1S SCALE GRANTED TO CANDIDATES APPOINTED AS TRAINEES ON COMPASSIONATE GROUNDS IN THE SEVENTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION (7^TH CPC)-REG.

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ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF ALL INDIA CIVIL ACCOUNTS EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATIONS AT KOCHI (ERNAKULAM) KERALA FROM 10TH TO 12TH OCTOBER 2017

Payment of Dearness Allowances to Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) effective from 01.07.2017 onwards

World Postal Day 2017 - Launch of International Tracked Packet and eIPO

COM M. KRISHNAN , SECRETARY GENERAL,  CONFEDERATION INAUGURATING DELEGATE SESSION OF JOINT CIRCLE CONFERENCE OF RMS UNIONS AT HUBLI (KARNATAKA).

IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT DECISION ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE VII^th PAY COMMISSION ON CCS (EXTRAORDINARY PENSIONS) RULES, 1939 – CONSTANT ATTENDANT ALLOWANCE – REGARDING(click the link below to the view) http://document.ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D3/D03ppw/ppwf_03102017.pdf

" Idea Box Contest" on the occasion of National Postal Week for all Employees & Gramin Dak Sevak of Department of Posts. (Click the link below to view)   http://utilities.cept.gov.in/dop/pdfbind.ashx?id=2548

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Recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission - Revision of rates of Post Graduate Allowance in respect of Central Health Service Officers (Click the link below to view)  

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Reservation for Persons with Disabilities (Click the link below to view)

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Rate of Dearness Allowance applicable w.e.f 01.07.2017 to employees of Central Government and Central Autonomous Bodies continuing to draw their pay in the pre-revised pay scale/Grade Pay as per 6th Central Pay Commission
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Minutes of committee on compassionate engagement met on 22.09.2017 to consider claims for engagement on compassionate grounds in respect of deceased Gramin Dak Sevaks (Click the link below to view)

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Revision of Commission payable to SAS agents on Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) (Click the link below to view)

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MODIFIED ASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION SCHEME (MACPS) FOR THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES IMPLEMENTATION OF   THE 7^TH CPC RECOMMENDATION-CLARIFICATION REGARDING REVISED BENCHMARK OF “VERY GOOD” OF APAR GRADING.

FEDERAL SECRETARIAT MEETING  POSTPONED.

As most of the General Secretaries are out of Delhi. Therefore the Federal Secretariat Meeting scheduled to be held on 7th October is postponed.

Next date will be decided later.

    R.N. Parashar

Secretary General

EMERGENT

NOTICE FOR FEDERAL SECRETRIAT

To

            All General Secretaries and office bearers of NFPE Unions

EMERGENT FEDERAL SECRETARIAT MEETING OF NFPE

            An emergent Federal Secretariat Meeting of NFPE is decided to be held at NFPE office North Avenue Post Office Building New Delhi at 04 PM on 7th October 2017 to discuss some important  issues emerged recently

            .All available G.S. & office bearers at Delhi H.Q. should attend meeting compulsorily and those are out of station should also try to come.

R.N.Parashar

Secretary General

VERIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP FOR RECOGNITION OF SERVICE ASSOCIATIONS REPRESENTING GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS (GDS) (EARLIER CALLED EXTRA DEPARTMENTAL AGENTS) UNDER EXTRA DEPARTMENTAL AGENTS (RECOGNITION OF ASSOCIATION) RULES-1995

FELICITATION OF COM. R.N. PARASHAR S/G NFPE IN 100^th AGM OF UP POSTAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD. LUCKNOW ON 04-10-2017

 

Revision of Interest rates for Small Savings - for 3rd Quarter of Financial Year 2017-2018

Treatment of CGHS ben4eficiaries in Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram due non availability of facilities in empanelled private Hospitals under CGHS , Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram , for treatment and fixation of packages rates.

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GENERAL INFORMATION AND FACTS ABOUT INDIAN POSTAL SERVICES

Indian postal service also known as Indian post office is a most widely distributed postal system in the world (second is china). Indian postal service is run by Indian government. It is a part of Ministry of communications and information technology.

1.   The first post office in India was established by British East India company in Bombay in 1764.

2.   Postage stamps were first used in India in 1852 at district of scinde (also known as scinde dawk). On 1st October 1854, the first all India stamp was issued. Post independence, India's first postal stamp was issued on 21 November 1947. Independent India's first postal stamp depicted the picture of national flag of India. Mahatma Gandhi was the first person whose picture was depicted on free India's stamp (1948).

3.   India is divided into 23 postal circles. Each circle is divided into regions. Regions are also further divided into divisions and subdivisions. Beside 23 circles, there is also a base circle. Which provides postal services to Indian armed forces. Each circle is headed by chief postmaster general and region is headed by postmaster general.

4.   Pincode system was introduced in India on 15 August 1972 by Shriram Bhikaji Velankar. In 1880 money order service was first started.

5.   Indian pincode is six digits long. The first digit represents the region, second digit represents the subregion, the third digit identifies the district of the region and last three digits are assigned to the post offices.

6.   On 18 February 1911, world's first official airmail flight was started. World's highest post office is located in Hikkim, Himachal Pradesh, India ( height is 4,700 m).

7.  Due to the increase of digital services, Indian Post had terminated two important services - Telegram (in 2013) and Money order (in 2015).

8.   In 2008, Project Arrow was launched to reform the Indian Postal Services to make it more people friendly and digital.

9.   Beside postal services, Indian post offices also offers different financial services too.  

QUICK INFORMATION ABOUT POSTAL SERVICES

First Post Office of India	Bombay in 1774
Founder of Postal in India	Governor General Lord Dalhousie
First postage stamp of India	Sinde Dawk in 1852
First airmail	From Allahabad to Naini in 1911
First Post office outside India	Dakshin Gangotri, Antarctica in 1983
Postal staff collage	Ghaziabad
Indian Postal Day	10th October

IMPORTANT YEARS OF INDIAN POSTAL SERVICES

Year	Event
1774	First post office of India was established in Bombay
1852	First postal stamp was introduced
1863	First Railway mail service was started
1879	First Post Card was introduced
1880	Money Order service was started
1911	Airmail service was started
1972	Pin code was adapted
1986	Speed Post service was started
2004	E post service was started
2008	Electronic Money order and Instant Money Order services were started