GDS CASE – MINISTER’S ASSURANCE

GDS CASE – MINISTER’S ASSURANCE

In order to implement the assurance given by Hon’ble Minister for States, Communications on 22.01.2012 to the staff side, the Postal Board has constituted a high level committee to examine the GDS cases including cash handling allowance and full protection of TRCA. The committee will submit its report within one month, Dept. of Posts Memo No. 5-1/07-WS-I dated 02.02.2012, constituting the committee, is published below: -

Click hereImplementation of Redesigned Network for First Class Mail

Minutes of the Meeting of the Postmen Committee held on 25.01.2012

Click here to view - Minute of the meeting - No. 09-01/2005-WS-I/PE.I dated  07.02.2012

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24TH COMBINED DIVISIONAL CONFERENCE

NFPE SECRETARY GENERAL COM. M KRISHNAN WILL INAUGURATE THE CONFERENCE

LET US MAKE SUCCESS 24TH COMBINED DIVISIONAL CONFERENCE ON 26TH FEBRUARY 2012, 09 AM AT CO-OPERATIVE COLLEGE, PATHANAMTHITTA 

PREPARE FOR FEBRUARY 28TH STRIKE

MAKE ALL PREPARATIONS FOR THE SUCCESS OF 28TH FEBRUARY ALL INDIA GENERAL STRIKE

 

MAKE ALL PREPARATIONS FOR ORGANISING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS IN 28th FEBRUARY 2012 GENERAL STRIKE

 

HOLD CONFEDERATION STATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND WHEREEVER NO CONFEDERATION IN EXISTENCE ORGANISE MEETINGS OF ALL ORGANISATIONS OF CONFEDERATION AND PLAN FOR STRIKE.

 

ORGANISE THE CONFEDERATION STRIKE PREPARATORY MEETINGS AS PER THE SCHEDULE EXHIBITED IN THE WEBSITE WITHOUT FAIL.

 

THE MEETINGS OF CONFEDERATION IS MEANT FOR ALL OFFICE BEARERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF ALL CIRCLE ORGANISATIONS AFFILIATED TO CONFEDERATION - IT IS A LEADERS MEETING FOR PLANNING TO ORGANISE SUCCESSFULLY THE STRIKE - MAKE IT COMPULSORY TO ALL OFFICE BEARERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF ALL ORGANISATIONS TO ATTEND WITHOUT FAIL.

 

THE STRIKE CHARTER OF DEMANDS IS ONCE AGAIN EXHIBITED - THERE WAS A CORRECTION  OF TYPING ERROR IN THE EARLIER CHARTER OF DEMANDS THAT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED AND RE-EXHIBITED HEREUNDER:

 

 

Charter of demands.

PART-A.

1)                  Concrete measures to contain price rise.

2)   Concrete measures for linkage of employment protection with the concession/incentive package offered to the entrepreneurs,

3)   Strict enforcement of all basic labour laws without any exception or exemption and stringent punitive measures for violation of labour laws.

4)   Universal social security cover for the unorganized sector workers without any restriction

5)   Creation of a National Social Security Fund with adequate resources in line with the recommendation, of NCEUS and Parliamentary Standing Committees on Labour, Stoppage of disinvestment in Central and State PSUs, the Central Trade Unions also demand immediate action by the Govt. of India to en sure:-

6)   No Contractorisatlon of work of permanent/perennial nature and payment of wages and benefits to the contract workers at the same rate as available to the regular workers of the Industry/establishment

7)   Amendment of Minimum Wages Act to ensure universal coverage irrespective of the schedules and fixation of statutory minimum wage at not less than Rs 10,000/-,

8)   Remove the ceilings on payment and eligibility of Bonus, Provident Fund; Increase the quantum of gratuity.

9)   Scrap PFRDA Bill/New Pension Scheme; Ensure pension for all.

10) Compulsory registration of trade unions within a period of 45 days and immediate   

      ratification of ILO conventions 87 and 98.

PART-B

1.         Stop downsizing, outsourcing, contractorisation, coporatorisation and privatization of     Governmental functions.

2.         Fill up all vacant posts and create posts on functional requirements.

3.         Revise wages of CGEs with effect from 1.1.2011 and every five years thereafter.

4.         Regularize the GDS, daily rated workers, contingent and casual workers by bringing  about a definite scheme of regularization.

5.         Remove restriction imposed on compassionate appointment ( end the discrimination

            on compassionate appointment between the Railway workers and other CGEs).

6.         Stop the move to introduce the productivity linked wage system; Performance related pay; introduce PLB in all Departments; remove the ceiling of emoluments for bonus computation.

7.         Settle all items of anomalies (including the MACP related anomalies) raised in the National and Departmental Anomaly Committee within a fixed time frame of two months; Set up the anomaly committees in those Departments where it has not been set up till date with the Standing Committee Members of the National Council; Convene the meeting of the Departmental Council in all Ministries / Departments once in three months as envisaged in the JCM Scheme.

8.         Make the right to strike a legal right and stop curtailment of TU Rights.

9.         Implement all Arbitration Awards.

10.       Raise the interest rate for GPF; Revise the OTA and Night Duty Allowance and Stitching and Clothing Rates of Uniforms.

11.       Merge DA with Pay for all purposes including Pension as and when the DA rates cross the 50% mark.

12.       Vacate all Trade Union Victimizations.

SB ORDER NO. 31/2011

F.No.113-01/2011-SB

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi-110001, Dated: 20.01.2012

CORRIGENDUM-III

To

All Heads of Circles/Regions

Addl. Director General, APS, New Delhi.

Subject:- Clarification regarding default fee in RD and calculation of Post Maturity Interest.

Sir / Madam,

The undersigned is directed to refer to this office letter of even number dated 13.12.2011 (SB Order No.31/2011) and Corrigendum-I issued on 20.12.2011 and Corrigendum-II issued on 02.01.2012 on the subject. This office is still receiving phone calls regarding charging of default fee in RD from 1.1.2012 under modified rules and calculation of PMI. Following further clarifications are issued on the subject:-

In case of RD

Since the rule of default fee and the software have not been amended, no default fee is to be charged if the above rule is not followed till the rule and software is amended. Default fee provision will remain the same. This rules has been got modified to avoid rush of RD work in the last week of a month. Amendment in the rule for charging default fee shall be taken up with Min. of Finance once the work of putting stamps on all the RD Passbooks is completed and depositors become familiar about the change.

In case of PMI

It is further clarified that PMI is to be calculated for the complete month from the date of maturity and remaining part of the month is to be ignored. Revised example is given below:-

if an account was matured on 26.8.2009 and the depositor attends the post office on 30.01.2012, he/she will be paid PMI at the rate 3.5% from 26.08.2009 to 25.12.2011 (28 complete months) and at the rate 4% from 26.12.2011 to 25.01.2012 (one complete month). Period from 26.1.2012 to 30.1.2012 (being part of month) will be ignored.

Yours faithfully,

(Kawal Jit Singh)

Assistant Director (SB)

The issue was seriously discussed during the talks held on 10.1.2012 while pointing out the irregular orders released without making necessary corrections in the softwares.

HOW TO OBTAIN RTI INFORMATION

HOW TO OBTAIN RTI INFORMATION

I am writing this column for those who are desirous of collecting information under RTI and what should be the correct format to have information. As all of us know that, citizen has a right to seek such information from a public authority which is held by the public authority or which is held under its control. It is not open to a requester to ask, in the guise of seeking information, questions to the public authorities about the nature and quality of their actions. The RTI Act does not cast on the public authority any obligation to answer queries, to elicit answers to his questions with prefixes, such as, why, what, when and whether. As an applicant, we can only seek information as defined in Section 2 (f) either by pinpointing the file, document, paper or record, etc., or by mentioning the type of information as may be available with the specified public authority. We can, for example, ask for all records /Copy of decision taken/Copy of note sheets to implement certain orders. We can ask for copy of orders pertaining to implementation period as per law under the rule but not “What would be the further maximum reasonable time required to implement orders?” The definition of information cannot include within its fold answers to the question "which" that would be same thing as asking the reason for a justification for a particular thing. The public information authorities cannot expect to communicate to the citizen the reason why a certain thing was done or not done in the sense of a justification because the citizen makes a requisition about information. Justifications are matter within the domain of adjudicating authorities and cannot properly be classified as information." So I request all my friends that we should call for information under the ambit of RTI rules so that there would not have been any denial to the sought information by the Public Authority.  

Grant of Cycle maintenance allowance to postmen-Regarding

D.G. Posts F. No. 1-02/2012-PAP dated 17^th January, 2012

 

            The undersigned is directed to say that the issue of grant of Cycle Maintenance Allowance to Postmen without any limitations of distance of their beats has been under consideration of a Committee on special Allowance, headed by Shri Santosh Gauriar, Chief Postmaster General, Madhya Pradesh Circle.

2.         The recommendations of the Committee have been examined in consultation with the Integrated Finance Wing of the Department and the Competent Authority is please to approve that all the postmen, who are utilizing cycles for delivery of mails, be granted Cycle Maintenance Allowance without any distance criteria, after due approval of the Divisional Heads concerned subject to satisfaction of prescribed conditions. This will be further subject to strict adherence to the instructions on rotation of postmen beats.

3.         These orders shall take effect from the date of their issue.

4.         This has been vetted by the Departmental IFW vide their Diary No. 20/FA/12/CS dated 17.1.2012.

Grant of Travelling & daily allowance to mail overseers in place of night halt allowance-reg

D.G. Posts F. No. I-o2/2012-PAP dated 17^th January, 2012

 

            The undersigned is directed to say that the issue of granting full travelling and daily allowances to the Mail Overseers in this Department has been under consideration of a Committee on special Allowances, headed by Shri Santosh Gauriar, Chief Postmaster General, Madhya Pradesh Circle.

2.         The recommendations of the Committee have been examined in consultation with the Integrated Finance Wing of the Department and the Competent Authority is pleased to accept the recommendations as below:

(i)         The Mail Overseers will be entitled to normal Travelling and Daily allowances for their journeys beyond Eight Kilometers from their Headquarter Stations and reimbursement of Actual Travelling Expenses for their journeys with the sphere of Eight Kilometers from their Headquarter Stations, in accordance with the Fundamental and Supplementary Rules(Part-II TA Rules)

(ii)        The existing Night Halt Allowance payable to the Mail Overseers is ordered to be withdrawn with immediate effect.

3.         These orders shall take effect from the date of their issue. Expenditure on the TA and DA of the Mail Overseers shall be debited to the normal Travelling Allowance Expenditure Head of the concerned Units/Divisions and be met from their sanctioned grants.

4.         This has been vetted by the Departmental IFW vide their Diary No. 21/FA/12/CS dated 17.1.2012.

Tenure Posting of officials in single handed & double handed post offices – Preventive Vigilance Measure.

D.G. Posts No. 8-4/2005-Inv dated 12^th January, 2012.

 

            Instructions were issued vide this letter of even No. dated 22.9.2005 to the effect that officials who have been posted as SPM /PA in single handed or double handed Post Offices irrespective of period of posting/completion of tenure should not be posted back to the same office after a break as is being done now. In other words officials of single handed and double handed post offices can have only one posting in such offices during their service period. The letter however vested powers personally with the CPMG/PMG for relaxation of the provisions only in respect of double handed post offices in a specific case if warranted by exceptional administrative exigencies.

2.         For quite some time past, this office has been receiving reports/representations expressing difficulties faced in the implementation of these instructions in respect of single handed SOs. As such it has been decided that the powers of the CPMsG/PMsG for relaxation in respect of double handed SOs if warranted by exceptional administrative exigencies would be applicable in respect of single handed SOs also.

3.         This issues with approval of Secretary (Posts).

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