ACC Appointment
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri Anant Narayan Nanda, IPoS (1982) as Secretary, Department of Posts, vice Shri Boyapati Venkat Sudhakar, IPoS (1981).
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Saturday, April 29, 2017
AIPEU GrC -- 31st ALL INDIA CONFERENCE (6th to 9th August 2017) BENGALURU (KARNATAKA)
RECEPTION COMMITTEE INVITATION
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO THE PARTICIPANTS
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO THE PARTICIPANTS
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
1st Floor North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi-110 001
Phone: 011.23092771 e-mail: nfpehq@gmail.com
Mob: 9868819295/9810853981 website: http://www.nfpe.blogspot.com
Ref:PF/Agitation/17-18 Dated – 26.04.2017
CIRCULAR
To,
All General Secretaries/NFPE Office bearers
All Circle/Divisional and Branch Secretaries
Comrades,
First of all I would like to congratulate you all for making the 16th March one day strike a grand success in Postal. The Strike has clearly exhibited the anger of employees against betrayal by the Govt. on 7th CPC related issues and not fulfilling the assurances given by Group of Ministers on Minimum wage and fitment formula. Besides this the report of Committees to look in to allowances, advances, Pension, NPS, Anomalies etc. has also not been declared. We have to continue our agitation further.
The National Secretariat of Confederation held on 13th April 2017 in New Delhi has decided the following programme of action.
(1) Protest Demonstration in front of office of Finance Minister on 23.05.2017.
(2) Formation of human chain at all important centres to exhibit our protest on 22.06.2017.
For protest demonstration in front of office of finance Minister at North Block, New Delhi, Confederation has allotted quota to NFPE – 500.
Therefore it is allotted to all affiliates as below.
P3- 200, P4-150, R3-100, R4-50,
Admn-20, Postal Accounts-20 SBCO-20, GDS-100
NFPE appeals to all to come with placards and assemble at NFPE office North Avenue by 10 AM on 23.05.2017.
CONFEDERATION TRADE UNION EDUCATION CAMP, TRIVANDRUM
As already informed the Confederation Trade Union Education Camp will be held at Trivendrum from 6th to 7th May 2017 from 10 AM. Venue - BTR Bhavan, Melai Thempanoor, Near Gandhari Amman Kovil, Manjalikulam Road, Trivendrum – (Walkable Distance from Railway Station & Bus Stand)
Delegate Fee – Rs.800/-
Quota of 100 Delegates was allotted to NFPE which we have already allotted to all of our affiliates.
All are requested to attend the camp well in time.
NATIONAL CONVENTION ON NPS AT NEW DELHI ON 10TH JUNE 2017
Confederation and All India State Govt. Employees Federation have decided to organize National Convention on NPS on 10 June 2017 from 2 PM to 6 PM at MPCU Shah Auditorium, Club Road, Ludlow Castle, Civil Lines, New Delhi – 110054 (Near Civil lines Metro Station).
Quota of 200 delegates has been allotted to NFPE Accordingly it is allotted to affiliates as under.
P3-60, P4-40, R3-30, R4-20,
Admn-20, Postal Actts.-20 SBCO-20
Delegate Fee – Rs.100/-
All General Secretaries are requested to allot quota to nearby circles and ensure their participation well in time.
NFPE-FEDERAL EXECUTIVE ON 12th MAY 2017 AT NEW DELHI
NFPE Federal Executive will be held at NFPE office North Avenue, New Delhi in which some serious programme action can be taken against non-settlement of long pending problems of Postal Employees.
With fraternal greetings,
Yours comradely,
(R. N. Parashar)
Secretary General
Friday, April 28, 2017
ALLOWANCES COMMITTEE SUBMITTED ITS REPORT TO UNION FINANCE MINISTER
The Committee on Allowances headed by Shri Ashok Lavasa, Finance Secretary and Secretary (Expenditure) submitted its Report to the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley yesterday; The Report will be now placed before the Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) to firm-up the proposal for approval of the Cabinet.
The Committee on Allowances, constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India to examine the 7th CPC recommendations on Allowances, submitted its Report to the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley yesterday. The Committee was headed by Shri Ashok Lavasa, Finance Secretary and Secretary (Expenditure),M/o Finance, Government of India and had Secretaries of Home Affairs, Defence, Health & Family Welfare, Personnel & Training, Post and Chairman, Railway Board as its Members and Joint Secretary (Implementation Cell) as its Member Secretary.
The Committee was set-up in pursuance of the Union Cabinet decision on 29.06.2016 when approving the 7th CPC recommendations on pay, pensions and related issues were approved. The decision to set-up the Committee was taken in view of significant changes recommended by the 7th CPC in the allowances structure and a large number of representations received in this regard from various Staff Associations as well as the apprehensions conveyed by various Ministries / Departments. The 7th CPC had recommended that of a total of 196 Allowances, 52 be abolished altogether and 36 be abolished as separate identities by subsuming them in another allowance.
The Committee took note of all the representations received from various stakeholders on the 7th CPC recommendations on Allowances. Representations and demands for modifications were received in respect of 79 allowances which have been examined in detail by the Committee. In doing so, the Committee interacted with all the members of the Standing Committee of National Council (Staff Side), Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) as well the representatives of various Staff Associations of Railways, Postal employees, Doctors, Nurses, and Department of Atomic Energy. It also interacted with the representatives of the Defence Forces, DGs of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) namely CRPF, CISF, BSF, ITBP, SSB, and Assam Rifles as also senior officers from IB and SPG to understand the viewpoint of their personnel. As mentioned in the Report, the Committee held a total of 15 meetings and was assisted by a Group of Officers headed by Additional Secretary (D/o Expenditure) in examining the representations.
Based on such extensive stakeholder consultations and detailed examination, the Committee has suggested certain modifications in the 7th CPC recommendations so as to address the concerns of the stakeholders in the context of the rationale behind the recommendations of the 7th CPC as well as other administrative exigencies. Modifications have been suggested in some allowances which are applicable universally to all employees as well as certain other allowances which apply to specific employee categories such as Railway men, Postal employees, Scientists, Defence Forces personnel, Doctors and Nurses etc.
The Report, now being examined in the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, will be placed before the Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) set-up to screen the 7th CPC recommendations and to firm-up the proposal for approval of the Cabinet. It may be recalled that while recommendations of the 7th CPC on pay and pension were implemented with the approval of Cabinet, allowances continue to be paid at old rates. After consideration by the E-CoS, the proposal for implementation of 7th CPC recommendations on Allowances after incorporating the modifications suggested by the Committee on Allowances in its Report shall be placed before the Cabinet for approval.
DSM/VKS
(Release ID :161372)
The Committee was set-up in pursuance of the Union Cabinet decision on 29.06.2016 when approving the 7th CPC recommendations on pay, pensions and related issues were approved. The decision to set-up the Committee was taken in view of significant changes recommended by the 7th CPC in the allowances structure and a large number of representations received in this regard from various Staff Associations as well as the apprehensions conveyed by various Ministries / Departments. The 7th CPC had recommended that of a total of 196 Allowances, 52 be abolished altogether and 36 be abolished as separate identities by subsuming them in another allowance.
The Committee took note of all the representations received from various stakeholders on the 7th CPC recommendations on Allowances. Representations and demands for modifications were received in respect of 79 allowances which have been examined in detail by the Committee. In doing so, the Committee interacted with all the members of the Standing Committee of National Council (Staff Side), Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) as well the representatives of various Staff Associations of Railways, Postal employees, Doctors, Nurses, and Department of Atomic Energy. It also interacted with the representatives of the Defence Forces, DGs of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) namely CRPF, CISF, BSF, ITBP, SSB, and Assam Rifles as also senior officers from IB and SPG to understand the viewpoint of their personnel. As mentioned in the Report, the Committee held a total of 15 meetings and was assisted by a Group of Officers headed by Additional Secretary (D/o Expenditure) in examining the representations.
Based on such extensive stakeholder consultations and detailed examination, the Committee has suggested certain modifications in the 7th CPC recommendations so as to address the concerns of the stakeholders in the context of the rationale behind the recommendations of the 7th CPC as well as other administrative exigencies. Modifications have been suggested in some allowances which are applicable universally to all employees as well as certain other allowances which apply to specific employee categories such as Railway men, Postal employees, Scientists, Defence Forces personnel, Doctors and Nurses etc.
The Report, now being examined in the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, will be placed before the Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) set-up to screen the 7th CPC recommendations and to firm-up the proposal for approval of the Cabinet. It may be recalled that while recommendations of the 7th CPC on pay and pension were implemented with the approval of Cabinet, allowances continue to be paid at old rates. After consideration by the E-CoS, the proposal for implementation of 7th CPC recommendations on Allowances after incorporating the modifications suggested by the Committee on Allowances in its Report shall be placed before the Cabinet for approval.
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DSM/VKS
(Release ID :161372)
Thursday, April 27, 2017
.............Flash News.........
DA orders 4% released to GDS today wef 01-01-2017
For GDS who worked as substitutes in postman/MTS vacancies arrears will be paid from 01-01-2016
Post man
21700/- from 01-01-2016 to 30-06-2016
21700/- +2% DA from 01-07-2016 to 31-12-2016
21700/- +4% DA from 01-01-2017 onward
MTS
18000/- from 01-01-2016 to 30-01-2016
18000/- + 2% DA from 01-07-2016 to 31-12-2016
18000+4% DA from 01-01-2017 onward
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Grant of MACP ignoring promotion earned through Departmental competitive examination - NFPE write to Secreary, DOP
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
1st Floor North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi-110 001
Phone: 011.23092771 e-mail: nfpehq@gmail.com
Mob: 9868819295/9810853981 website: http://www.nfpe.blogspot.com
Ref: PF/NFPE/MACP Dated – 10.04.2017
To,
Shri B. V. Sudhakar
Secretary (P)
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001
Sub: - Grant of MACP ignoring promotion earned through Departmental competitive examination.
Ref: - Dte. No. 2-19/2015-PCC dated 01.03.20417.
Sir,
Your kind attention is invited towards Directorate letter No. referred above under which the instructions were issued to Chief PMG Tamilnadu Circle to grant MACP III to Sri. D. Siva Kumar Retd. SPM, Madras Medical College SO, Chennai ignoring his promotion earned through Departmental competitive examination based on the judgment given by Hon’ble Madras Tribunal in case No.1088/2011 vide order dated dated 14.03.2013 which was upheld by Supreme Court of India vide order in SLP No. 4848/2016 dated 16.08.2016.
As you are aware that in Department of Post about 50% of employees come through various departmental competitive examinations do not get the benefit of 3rd MACP as the promotion earned through departmental competitive examination is counted as one MACP.
It is therefore requested to kindly cause suitable instructions according to this verdict of Supreme Court, so that all similarly placed officials may get the benefit of it to meet the end of justice as per spirit of constitutions of India.
With regards,
Yours faithfully,
(R. N. Parashar)
General Secretary
Implementation of Cadre Restructuring has been deferred
CADRE RESTRUCTURING
IMPLEMENTATION DEFERRED
Today on dated 25th April-2017, Com. R.N. Parashar Secretary General NFPE & General Secretary P-III alongwith Com. Giriraj Singh, President NFPE & General Secretary, R-III met with Shri B.V. Sudhakar, Secretary (Posts) and discussed issues of Cadre Restructuring and appraised him the difficulties being faced by the staff and requested either to modify the Cadre Restructuring as per suggestions submitted by NFPE & P-III or defer till the issues are settled. Secretary called DDG (Estt) Smt. Smriti Sharan & Director Estt. Shri S.V. Rao and ordered to form a committee of officers of Directorate which will take views of all Chief PMGs and after that Convening a meeting with unions, issues will be settled. Till then he ordered to keep the Cadre Restructuring implementation in abeyance.
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CADRE RESTRUCTURING
FOR LEFT OUT CATEGORIES
It has been told by the DDG (Estt) that the proposal for Cadre restructuring for left out categories i.e. SA, PA CO, PA SBCO, MMS etc have been submitted to Finance Ministry for approval which will be implemented after receipt of approval from Finance Ministry
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R.N. Parashsr
SG NFPE and G/S P-IIIIndia Post considers Aadhar-based cashless payment for postal services
The India Post is examining an Aadhar-based cashless payment mode for postal services to facilitate digital transactions. (PTI)
The India Post is examining an Aadhar-based cashless payment mode for postal services to facilitate digital transactions, a senior official said today. “If you give your credit card, debit card or Aadhar number in a post office, your bank link will come when your Aadhar number is entered,” B V Sudhakar, secretary, Department of Posts, told reporters here.
“Suppose, you have to make a registered post with some Rs 50 or Rs 20. That amount will be debited to you and credited to us. You don’t have to carry cash. This is being worked out to facilitate digital payments…It will be expanded all over India,” he said.
A software has been developed for the purpose by AP Technology Services and successfully tested at the General Post Office in Hyderabad, he said. “We will test this on a pilot basis in some selected post offices in North, South, East and West (before rolling out),” Sudhakar said. The Department of Posts is examining a proposal to allow installation of ATMs by any bank on the premises of the post offices.
“The proposal we are examining is, anybody can come and set up ATMs in the departmental post offices. They should pay us on the basis of transactions. It (the proposal) would be out approximately in one month,” he said. The ATMs can be started in the 4,500 departmental buildings and the India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) is also working on having tie-ups with others, he said.
- The IPPB, started with an initial capital of Rs 800 crore, has so far opened two branches at Ranchi and Raipur.
- Sudhakar said 650 branches of IPPB would be opened with one being set up in every district by September 2017.
- The IPPB would primarily focus on financial inclusion, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and third party products. The IPPB would emphasise on “door-step banking,” he said while expressing hope that the payment bank would be a “game- changer in rural economy.”
Noting that the Department of Posts has been aggressively pursuing financial inclusion by encouraging people to open savings accounts in post offices, he said the number of accounts increased from 33.03 crore in 2014-15 to 35.17 crore in 2016-17 upto February 2017. “Rs 7.02 lakh crore is the outstanding balance in all these (35.17 crore) accounts. It speaks volumes about the efforts being made by India Post in the direction of financial inclusion,” he said.
The Department of Posts had a revenue of Rs 13,000 crore and an expenditure of Rs 19,000 crore in 2015-16. The gap in expenditure and revenue is around Rs 6,000 crore. Observing that the expenditure is expected to rise in 2017 due to the implementation of the Pay Commission, he said the department would be able to make up for the deficit due to the new services.
He said 978 stand-alone ATMs have been installed at different post offices in the country and they have been made inter-operable from December 31, 2016. India Post has worked with UIDAI to issue Aadhar cards through post offices and the service would commence from June 2017, Sudhakar added.
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India Post Payment Bank to open 650 branches this year.
India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) is planning a major expansion with the addition of 650 new branches in the next four months, from just two – in Ranchi and Raipur – opened in January 2017.
India Post Payment Bank branches will be opened in 650 districts across the country during next four months. The plan is to cover all districts in the country with at least one branch and linking these with post offices in the surrounding areas.
``We intend to open at least one branch per district across the country. Each branch will be networked with about 1,200 to 1,500 post offices in a district,'' B V Sudhakar, secretary, department of posts, told news persons at a press conference in Hyderabad yesterday.
Speaking on the sidelines of the launch of Core System Integrator in Hyderabad to integrate all postal activities to speed and improve efficiency of postal services, Sudhakar said that one branch per district will be set up initially to provide doorstep banking, especially in rural areas.
The Ranchi and Raipur branches, set up in January this year, are making significant strides by enabling financial inclusion, through direct benefit transfer services and also sale of third party products like insurance, he said.
Sudhakar said all branch post offices in the country will be covered under the Rural Information and Communication Technology and will be given solar-backed hand-held devises, which will function like a micro ATM.
These devices will perform both postal and savings bank operations.
As of now, the department has 978 standalone ATMs. The payment bank is expected to install more ATMs with tie-ups with other banks. "By December 2017, we will integrate core system software including core banking, postal operations and savings bank which will also help us,'' he added.
The focus of the payment bank will be on door-step banking, for which a survey conducted by the department showed `huge' potential.
It will primarily focus on three products of financial inclusion, direct benefit transfer and door step banking.
The department will also be recruiting 55,000 Gramin Dak Savekas in rural areas out of which the process for filling up of 14,406 vacancies has already commenced.
Further, he said, Passport Seva Kendras will be opened at all over 800 Head Post Offices in the country by March next year.
The department is also ramping up its focus on speed post as a premium product for revenue generation. "Speed post facility will be made available in all branch post offices across the country by end of April,'' Sudhakar said.
The revenue from speed post services had gone up from Rs1,605 crore during 2015-16 to Rs1,740 crore in 2016-17.
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Passports to be given by the Post Department
Hyderabad: This Monday at Daak Sadan Abids, BV Sudhakar, Secretary, Department of Posts said MoU has been signed with the External ministry for issuing of passports by the Postal Department to citizens.
He said that Postal Department of India has been receiving huge responses from the public for citizen centric schemes. Says the Secretary for now 42 Head Post Office has this service by March 31 next year it would be available in 811 postal departments. Head Post Office plans to issue 100 passports at an average collecting 300 Rupees per passport giving the department a revenue of 750 crores rupees.
Public has been using this service at both Seva Kendras at Hanamkonda and the Mahbubnagar one which were organized last month at these two offices.
Registration for new Adhaar cards is now available at few post offices, a proposal to include the services in the Departments services. The department looks forward to enrollment, modifications and issuing of new Adhaar Cards in the next two months.
Speed post booking is the active service given by the head post office and sub post offices. Around 34.70 crore accounts have been opened in the year 2015 – 2016 and some 35.17 crore accounts have been opened in the year 2016-2017 making the total balance of these accounts to Rs 7.02 lakh crore, the highest balance so far after the department issued orders to provide speed post booking services to the customers on April 14.
The department launched its own Payment bank and two branches made operational from this January one in Raipur the other at Ranchi. The new Payment bank introduced would focus mainly on financial inclusion.
source :siasat
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
CADRE RESTRUCTURING
IMPLEMENTATION DEFERRED
Today on dated 25th April-2017, Com. R.N. Parashar Secretary General NFPE & General Secretary P-III alongwith Com. Giriraj Singh, President NFPE & General Secretary, R-III met with Shri B.V. Sudhakar, Secretary (Posts) and discussed issues of Cadre Restructuring and appraised him the difficulties being faced by the staff and requested either to modify the Cadre Restructuring as per suggestions submitted by NFPE & P-III or defer till the issues are settled. Secretary called DDG (Estt) Smt. Smriti Sharan & Director Estt. Shri S.V. Rao and ordered to form a committee of officers of Directorate which will take views of all Chief PMGs and after that Convening a meeting with unions, issues will be settled. Till then he ordered to keep the Cadre Restructuring implementation in abeyance.
India Post Payment Bank to open 650 branches this year
Hyderabad, April 24:
India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) is planning mega expansion to open 650 branches this year.
The first two branches of IPPB have been opened in January 2017 in Ranchi and Raipur.
``We intend to open at least one branch per district across the country. Each branch will be networked with about 1200 to 1500 post offices in a district,’’ B V Sudhakar, Secretary, Department of Posts, Government of India told newspersons at a press conference here on Monday.
When asked whether such a ramp was possible in a short span of time, the official said: ``Technology will allow us to do so.’’
There are 978 standalone ATMs for the Department now. The payment bank is also expected to install more ATMs with tie-ups with other banks. ``By December 2017, we will integrate core system software including core banking, postal operations and savings bank which will also help us,'' he added.
The focus of the payment bank will be on door-step banking, a survey conducted by the department showed `huge’ potential for door-step banking.
It will primarily focus on three products of financial inclusion, direct benefit transfer and door step banking.
The department will also be recruiting 55,000 Gramin Dak Savekas in rural areas out of which the process for filling up of 14,406 vacancies has already commenced.
SPEED POST
The department is also ramping up its focus on speed post as a premium product for revenue generation. ``Speed post facility will be made available in all branch post offices across the country by end of April,’’ Sudhakar said.
The revenue from speed post services had gone up from Rs 1605 crore during 2015-16 to Rs 1740 crore in 2016-17.
PASSPORT
Post office passport seva kendras will also be opened in all 811 head post offices across the country in country by March 2018. As of now, the service is available in 42 post offices across India.
The issue of passports in post offices have commenced in January 2017. So far 31,500 passports have been issued.
``Apart from convenience to people, issue of passports could bring us (projected) revenue of Rs 750 crore,’’ Sudhakar said.
REVENUE
India Post is also expecting to bridge the gap between revenue and expenditure in next two years with a slew of initiatives being taken. For year 2015-16, it reported a revenue of Rs 13,000 crore and an expenditure of Rs 19,000 crore.
7th Pay Commission Allowance News: ‘Bureaucratic cause for delay, political intervention required’
The National Joint Council of Action (NJCA) chief Shiv Gopal Mishra while talking to India.com said, that a vast majority of central government employees are upset with the Ashok Lavasa Committee who had not yet submitted its final report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
New Delhi, April 25: Almost 10 months have been passed and the ‘Committee on Allowance’ is yet to submit its report on minimum wages and higher allowance under the 7th Pay Commission to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. A large number of Central Government employees have been eagerly waiting for the higher allowances and are also upset as there is no news on the minimum wage hike. The National Joint Council of Action (NJCA), which is leading the negotiation on behalf of central government employees, believe that the bureaucratic clutches has become one of the biggest reason for the delay in fulfilment of the demands and believe that political intervention is required.
The National Joint Council of Action (NJCA) chief Shiv Gopal Mishra while talking to India.com said, that a vast majority of central government employees are upset with the Ashok Lavasa Committee who had not yet submitted its final report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. “Once the report is submitted to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley then only any action can be taken by the government. The government can’t is blamed for the delay,” Shiv Gopal Mishra said while talking to India.com.
When asked whether ministers are to be blamed for the non-fulfillment of the demands, Shiv Gopal Mishra said to India.com, “We are not blaming the ministers for the delay in fulfilment of our demands. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley could only approve our report if the bureaucrats submit it on time. The delay is causing frustration among the employees. How long should they wait? We are persuading the ministers to intervene. We have already met Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, we were not able to meet Mr Arun Jaitley due to the Budget Session and if required we will also meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well”.
Last week, the NJCA convenor was quoted by a news organisation where he said, “We believe in Prime Minister Narendra Modi he is our last hope”. In the video, Shiv Gopal Mishra also claimed that a large number of central government employees have hopes with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that he will not take any confrontation with the government employees. “To maintain a good industrial relation in the country, PM Modi will find a good negotiative settlement for us,” Mishra reportedly said.
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