Friday, October 31, 2014
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LAUNCH OF SAME DAY
PARCEL DELIVERY- BY MEMBER (OPERATIONS.) PSB
Member (Operations) has
launched a special service to the customers of twin cities of Hyderabad and
Secunderabad on 29th October-2014. Customers serving from 7 post offices namely,
Hyderabad GPO, Humayunnagar, Himayathnagar, Saroornagar, Malakpet, Malkajgiri,
and Himmatnagar post offices will be provided same day delivery of parcel
service to the customers .
THE RISING FORCE OF POSTAL BANKING IN THE RETAIL BANKING MARKET
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The Minister for Communications & IT and Law and Justice
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that a group constituted by the Prime
Minister consisting of the Secretary of the Postal department is looking into
making of a financial institution for Postal savings. He was inaugurating the
Postal Savings Banks Forum being organised by World Savings and Retail Banking
Institute (WSBI), the National Savings Organisation of the Finance Ministry and
the Department of Posts in New Delhi today. He said the present government
wants to promote financial inclusion and the Jhan Dhan Yojana is a big effort
in this direction. Another programme of the government of ‘Digital India’,
which is steered by his ministry, also aims at digital inclusion and digital
empowerment of rural poor.
Shri Prasad informed delegates from various countries that Post
Office Savings Bank is one of the oldest and largest savings institution in the
country and it also has the largest outreach in rural India, and more so, in
backward and remote areas. The minister expressed happiness that the major
asset of the postal institution, that is its connectivity on the ground is
sought to be used for promoting e commerce in the country.
Secretary, Department
of Posts Srimati Kavary Banerjee, in her key note address informed that the
Department’s network of thousand post offices significantly out-numbers the
combined number of branches of all commercial banks taken together. The post
office savings schemes hold a total of 312 million accounts, which is more than
the number of accounts held by any commercial bank. More importantly, the
social sector disbursements done through the post offices have succeeded in
bringing a total of about 80 million previously unbanked individuals into the
fold of formal financial institutions in the last five years. All these have
led to a change in the perception about the Post Office among the public as
also within the organization. Consequently India Post is now perceived as a
potential key facilitator of financial inclusion in the country, having a role
in promoting the country’s socio-economic development, she added.
The theme of this year’s Postal Savings Banks Forum will be
"The rising force of postal banking in the retail banking market".
Thursday, October 30, 2014
EDITORIAL POSTAL CRUSADER
NOVEMBER-2014
JCM
STAFF SIDE UNITY SHOULD BE FOR STRUGGLE
History of Central Government Employees reveals that Government
has taken undue advantage to deny the justified demands of the Central
Government Employees, whenever there was disunity among the JCM staff side
organizations. On the contrary, whenever staffside stood solidly united the
Government was compelled to concede the legitimate rights of the employees to a
great extent.
After Fifth Pay Commission recommendations, the JCM
National council staffside submitted to Government a common charter of demands
for modifications of the recommendations of the Pay Commission, which included
upward revision of fitment formula and removal of certain glaring anomalies.
When Government refused to concede it , notice for indefinite strike was given
and finally the Government had to appoint a high-power Group of Ministers
Committee under the chairmanship of then Home Minister Shri.Indrajith Gupta and
negotiated with the staffside. In the
negotiations also the staffside took a united uncompromising stand which
ultimately resulted in Government accepting the demand for 40% fitment formula
and some other important demands.
Unfortunately, when the Sixth Pay
Commission recommendations were submitted to Government, the JCM National
Council Staffside miserably failed to take such a firm and united stand and no
serious agitational programme was conducted demanding modification of the
retrograde recommendations. Instead the dominant leadership of JCM staffside
took a compromising stand and depended only on negotiated settlement , without
mobilizing the entire rank and file membership behind the demands. Ultimately
Government took advantage of this weakness of the leadership and unilaterally
announced the implementation of the 6th CPC recommendations, without
conceding majority of the genuine demands raised by the staffside during
negotiations. Faulty formula adopted for calculation of Need Based Minimum Wage , glaring disparity
in fitment and fixation formula between lower level officials and Group- A officers, unscientific pay band
and grade pay system and serious anomalies arising out of it , MACP
anomalies everything remained as such which could not be settled even after seven
years.
Again , when the Government
announced the New Contributory Pension Scheme with effect from 01.01.2004 for
the new entrants in Central Government Services without any consultation with
the JCM National Council Staffside, the dominant leadership of the JCM staffside did not
protest and kept silent. This has emboldened the Government to go ahead with
the implementation of the neo-liberal pension reforms. Had the entire JCM
Staffside including Railways, Defence and Confederation taken a united stand to
oppose the New Pension Scheme and given call for serious agitational programmes
including indefinite strike the Government would not have dared to implement
the NPS. Of course , Confederation of Central Government Employees and workers
opposed the New Pension Scheme and has gone to the extent of conducting one day
strike. JCM leadership raised the demand for roll-back of NPS after a very long
time and by that time Government succeeded in fully implementing the scheme.
Confederation of Central Government Employees and workers has
always stood for unity among the Central Government Employees .When
confederation submitted a 15 point charter to the UPA Government in 2011 demanding
appointment of 7 th CPC , 5 year wage revision , Merger of 50% DA, Inclusion of
Gramin Dak Sevaks under 7th CPC etc, the other major organizations in the JCM were not
ready to raise the demands in 2011. Finally confederation was forced to go it
alone and conducted series of agitational programmes including Parliament March,
one day strike and two days strike. Of course, the lonely struggle conducted by
confederation represented the mood of the entirety of Central Government
Employees and ultimately the Government was compelled to announce constitution
of 7th CPC in the month of September 2013.
Now NDA Government which
came to power after General Election
has rejected all the main demands of the Central Government Employees which
includes merger of DA , Interim Relief , Date of effect
from 01.01.2014 , inclusion of GDS in the terms of reference of 7th
CPC ,scrapping of New Pension Scheme etc. Further Government declared 100%
FDI in Railways and Defence. Public
Private Partnership in Railways was also announced in Railway budget. More than
five lakhs posts are lying vacant in various Departments out of which about 2.5
lakhs vacancies are in Railways alone. The UPA Government has unilaterally
announced the terms of reference of the 7th CPC rejecting the draft
proposal submitted by JCM staffside. The
memorandum submitted by JCM staffside to the NDA Government for grant of merger
of DA and Interim Relief also was totally neglected. The JCM Staffside
leadership could not do anything and the employees are suffering. In fact the
JCM staffside has become a laughing stock among the employees and its
credibility in the eyes of the employees has eroded like anything.
It is in this background
, eventhough belatedly , the JCM National Council Staffside has decided to
organize a National Convention at New Delhi on 11th December 2014 ,
to discuss and finalise its strategy to combat the above humiliation meted out
by the Government . Better late than never. The decision is well received by
the entire Central Government Employees and they are eagerly waiting for the
outcome of the convention.
NFPE firmly believes that if the present unity
among the JCM staffside organizations is not channelized for building up united
struggle including indefinite strike of entire Central Government Employees the
National Convention will become a futile exercise and an eye-wash to cool down
the growing discontentment among the employees. This shall not happen. We
firmly believe in the slogan raised by our late legendary leader Com K.G.Bose-
i.e “UNITY FOR STRUGGLE AND STRUGGLE FOR
UNITY”. Such a stand alone can restore the lost glory of the fighting potential
of the Central Government Employees and also shall regain the lost faith of employees
in the JCM staffside leadership. We cannot be a party to any compromise on the
genuine and justified demands of the workers. Let us hope that the JCM
staffside leadership shall rise up to the occasion.
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL
EMPLOYEES
1st Floor North Avenue Post Office Building, New
Delhi-110 001
PF-o1(C)/NFPE Dated:
30th October, 2014
NOTICE
It is hereby notified
that the Federal Secretariat Meeting of
NFPE will be held at NFPE Office, 1st Floor North Avenue Post Office
Building, New Delhi-110 001 on 10th November, 2014 at 3PM.
All General Secretaries
of NFPE & NFPE Office Bearers available at HQ are requested to attend the
meeting in time:
The following will be the agenda:
AGENDA
1.
Postal JCA Charter of demands – Agitational programme- Review
and further course of action.
2.
Dec-4th -2014- PJCA –Parliament March –Review,
3.
Any other item with the permission of Chair,
(R.N. Parashar)
Secretary General
Copy to: All General
Secretaries of NFPE Unions and available NFPE Office Bearers at New Delhi.
POSTAL JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL
EMPLOYEES
1st Floor North Avenue Post Office Building New
Delhi-110001
FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL
ORGANISATIONS
T-24, Atul Grove Road, New Delhi-110001
No.PF-PJCA/2014 Dated : 30th
October,2014
NOTICE
It is hereby notified that the meeting of Postal JCA
consisting NFPE and FNPO will be held on 11th November, 2014 at 2PM
at NFPE Office, 1st Floor North Avenue Post Office Building, New
Delhi-110 001.
All General Secretaries of NFPE, FNPO and GDS Unions are
requested to attend the meeting in time.
The following will be the agenda:
AGENDA
1.
Postal JCA Charter of demands – Agitational programme- Review
and further course of action.
2.
Dec-4th -2014- PJCA –Parliament March –Review,
3.
Any other item with the permission of Chair,
(D. Theagarajan) (R.N. Parashar)
Secretary General Secretary General
FNPO
NFPE
Copy to : All General
Secretaries of NFPE/FNPO & GDS Unions.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
NFPE DIAMOND JUBILEE – SOUVENIR ADVERTISEMENT
Preparation for
the Grand Final Celebration of NFPE Diamond Jubilee is going on in full swing
in Dwarka (Gujarat) under the leadership of reception committee. CHQs of all affiliated
unions/Associations (P3, P4, R3, R4, Admin, Postal Accounts, SBCO, GDS) of NFPE
had already issued notice for the central Working committee on 23rd
& 24th November 2014. NFPE CHQ has invited all Ex-All India
Leaders to the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Reception Committee will honour
all leaders.
Please
Help Receiption Committee
Gujarat is a small
Circle. Total expenditure for the celebration will be around 15 Lakh rupees.
Receiption Committee has already requested all Circle/Divisional secretaries to
help them by collecting maximum advertisements for the souvenir. Tariff and
order forms are already sent. Please collect maximum amount as advertisement
and send it to Reception Committee before 15th November 2014.
Percentage of women in the Government Service and age limit for entering the Govt service
The Minister of State in
the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions was requested to answer the
following questions regarding status women employees in Central government
services. Singh Shri Bhola M.P (Question No.4934) has raised the following
questions in Parliament.
(a)
The percentage of women in the Government service and the increase in percentage during the last three years;
(b)
Whether the Government has taken/ contemplating to take any
policy decision to encourage women to join Government
service and if so, the details thereof;
(c)
Whether in several competitive examinations, the maximum age limit for general candidates is 27 years and
if so, the details thereof;
(d)
Whether there is a need for increasing the maximum age limit for women for entry in theGovernment
service; and
(e)
If so, the details thereof and the measures taken in this
regard?
In
his reply to the above questions the Minister of State in the Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime
Minister’s Office Shri .DR. JITENDRA SINGH submitted the following answer in Lok Sabha on 13.08.2014
(a):
Details of percentage of women in Government
service over the years, as per the Census of Central
Government Employees, 2012, released by Directorate General Employment &
Training are at Table-1 in the Annexure.
(b):
In order to encourage the women to join Government
service, they are provided some special facilities as under:
(i)
maternity leave (ii) child care leave (iii) child adoption leave (iv) special
allowance to women with disability (v) provision of crèche facility (vi)
posting of husband and wife at the same station (vii) special priority in allotment of residential accommodation (viii)
provision for protection of women from acts of sexual harassment (ix)
age relaxation for appointment to widows, divorced woman and woman judicially
separated from their husbands and who are not remarried (x) special
dispensation for woman officers of All India Services of North East cadre (xi)
change of Cadre in case of marriage of All India Service Officer and (xii)
exemption from payment of fee for examinations conducted by the Union Public
Service Commission and Staff Selection Commission.
Also,
as per the recommendations of the 62nd Department Related Parliamentary
Standing Committee, publicity to encourage women to prefer/ join Government Service is being given.
(c):
The upper age limit for general candidates for entry in
the Government Service is as at Table-2 of the Annexure.
(d)
& (e): There is a provision for age relaxation for appointment in Government service for Widows, divorced Women and Women
judicially separated from husbands and not re- married, upto 35 years for posts
of Group C filled through Staff Selection Commission/ Employment Exchange (upto 40 years for members of
Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes).
ANNEXURE
REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4934 FOR ANSWER ON 13.08.2014.
ANNEXURE
TABLE-
1
WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT OVER THE YEARS
|
Year
|
Total No. of employees
(in
lakhs)
|
No. of Women employees (in
lakhs )
|
Percentage
|
|
1991
|
38.13
|
2.88
|
7.58
|
|
2001
|
38.76
|
2.91
|
7.53
|
|
2009
|
30.99
|
3.11
|
10.04
|
TABLE-
2
UPPER AGE LIMIT FOR DIFFERENT POSTS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE
|
S.No
|
Posts
|
Age Limits
|
|
I
|
Posts having Grade Pay more than Grade Pay Rs.7600/-
|
Preferably below 50 years
|
|
II
|
Posts having Grade Pay Rs.7600
|
50 years
|
|
III
|
Posts having Grade Pay Rs.6600
|
40 Years
|
|
IV
|
Posts having Grade Pay Rs.5400
|
35 Years
|
|
V
|
Posts having Grade Pay Rs.4200, 4600 and 4800
|
30 Years
|
|
VI
|
Posts having GP Rs. 1800, 1900, 2000, 2400 and
2800
|
Between 18 and 25 years
|
Note: The upper age
limit for recruitment by the
method of Direct Open Competitive Examination to the Central Civil Services and
Civil posts specified in the relevant Service/ recruitment rules shall be
increased by two years.
Grant of House Rent Allowance to Central Government Employees on Transfer from one station to another station – MoD orders
Tele :
23012408
No.
A/81397/DGQA/ADM/RMD (CW)
9 Oct 2014
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
DGQA/ADM/RMD (CW)
GRANT OF
HRA TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ON TRANSFER FROM ONE STATION TO ANOTHER –
INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING
1. As per
the instructions contained in Min of finance (Departments of Expenditure) OM
No. 11014/2/Ell(B)/82 dt 19 Mar 1983 read in conjunction with Min of Finance OM
No. F2(37)-Ell(B)/64 dt 27 Nov 1965, ” A Government servant, who, on transfer,
has been permitted to retain Government accommodation at the old station on
payment of normal rent or penal rent or retains Government accommodation unauthorisedly
on payment of market rent etc, will not be entitled to HRA at the new station
for the period beyond 8 months from the date of his transfer”.
2. It may
be ensured that the provisions and procedures for claiming HRA as per MoF
letters under reference and after obtaining NAC as governed by SRO-31 for DGQA
Pool of Accommodation.
3. This
may be disseminated to all Establishments under your control for information
and necessary action.
4. This
has the approval of DGQA.
sd/-
(OP Singh)
Col
Dir (Works)
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