TARGET ON OPENING OF FRANCHAIZEE POSTAL OUTLETS - PIB NEWS

Franchise Postal Outlets

During current financial year 2011-12, targets for opening of 125 Franchise Outlets have been issued to the Circles including Madhya Pradesh. Details of physical targets allotted to the Circles as under. Madhya Pradesh Circle has been allotted the target of 8 franchise outlets. These outlets are opened in areas where opening of post office is justified but it cannot be opened for some reasons. This is also subject to receipt of applications from suitable candidates.

The targets for opening of new franchise outlets have been given to Circles for the current financial year.

ANNEXURE

Circle-wise physical targets for opening of Franchise Outlets for the financial year 2011-12

Sl.No.	Name of the Circles	Physical Targets [in number]
1	Andhra Pradesh	8
2	Assam	4
3	Bihar	6
4	Chhattisgarh	3
5	Delhi	8
6	Gujarat	7
7	Haryana	7
8	Himachal Pradesh	5
9	Jammu & Kashmir	2
10	Jharkhand	4
11	Karnataka	7
12	Kerala	0
13	Madhya Pradesh	8
14	Maharashtra	8
15	North East	4
16	Orissa	6
17	Punjab	6
18	Rajasthan	7
19	Tamil Nadu	7
20	Uttarakhand	3
21	Uttar Pradesh	8
22	West Bengal	7
	Total	125

PROPOSED HOs IN AP FOR INSTALLATION OF ATMs - PIB NEWS

LIST OF POST OFFICES for ATM installation
Andhra Pradesh Circle
S. No	Name PO
1	Adilabad HO
2	Adoni HO
3	Amadalavalasa
4	Amalapuram HO
5	AMR HO
6	Anakapalle HO
7	Anantapur HO
8	Attili HO
9	Avanigadda
10	Bapatla HO
11	Bhadrachalam HO
12	Bhimavaram HO
13	Bhongir
14	Bobbili HO
15	Buckinghampet HO
16	Chandragiri HO
17	Chilakaluripet HO
18	Chirala
19	Chittoor HO
20	Cuddapah HO
21	Dharmavaram HO
22	Eluru HO
23	Gadwal HO
24	Gudivada HO
25	Gudur HO
26	Guntakal HO
27	Guntur HO
28	H`Konda
29	Hindupur HO
30	Huzurabad
31	HYD GPO
32	HydJubilee HO
33	Jagityal
34	Jangaon
35	Jangareddygudem HO
36	Kakinada HO
37	Kandukur
38	Kanigiri
39	Kavali HO
40	K'bad HO
41	Khammam HO
42	KM.Nagar
43	KMD HO
44	Kothagudem HO
45	Kovvur HO
46	Kurnool HO
47	M.H.Bad
48	Machilipatnam HO
49	Madanapalle HO
50	Mancherial HO
51	Mangalagiri HO
52	Markapur HO
53	MBNR HO
54	Medak HO
55	Miryalguda HO
56	Nalgonda
57	Nandyal HO
58	Narasaraopet HO
59	Narsipatnam HO
60	Nellore HO
61	Nuzvid HO
62	NZB HO
63	Ongole
64	P`Pally HO
65	Palakol HO
66	Parkal
67	Parvathipuram HO
68	Proddatur HO
69	Pulivendla H.O
70	Rajahmundry HO
71	Rajampet HO
72	Ramachandrapuram HO
73	Razole HO
74	Repalle HO
75	Samalkot HO
76	Sangareddy HO
77	Sattenapalle HO
78	Secunderabad HO
79	Siddipet HO
80	Srikakulam HO
81	Srikalahasti HO
82	Stn.JDCL HO
83	StnKacheguda HO
84	Suryapet HO
85	Tadepalligudem HO
86	Tanuku HO
87	Tekkali HO
88	Tenali HO
89	Tirupati HO
90	Trimulghery HO
91	Vijayawada HO
92	Vikarabad HO
93	Visakhapatnam HO
94	Vizianagaram HO
95	W.N.Parthy HO
96	Waltair RS HO
97	Warangal HO
98	Z`bad HO

OFFICIATING PAY & ALLOWANCES TO SELECTION GRADE OFFICIALS

GRANT OF LEAVE BY HSG-1 POSTMASTER -GUIDELINES

Minister of Communications & IT Sets Revenue Targets to all Postal Circles

Secretary Posts DO letter to all Chief PMsG is reproduced below :
DO No. 15 / Secy (P) / 11 Dt. 29.07.11
MoC & IT has set a target for the Dept for the next 100 days. The target for each Circle is attached. Besides usual revenue targets, the targets will be on opening of SB A/c’s for BPL families, opening of franchisee outlets, enrolment of Aadhar, and on RPLI. You should take every effort to achieve this target.
2. As advised earlier reg BPL SB A/c’s, RPLI and Aadhar targets they may be passed on to the Divisions and to the Sub Divisions. I will be reviewing weekly progress of targets and achievements every 10 days. MoC & IT will be taking up a review of your performance mid-October.
With regards,

HIKE IN GPF RATES -- PANEL CONSTITUTED

At last the long pending plea of Government Employees has been taken up by a Parliamentary Panel headed by Mr.Yashwant Sinha, Former Finance Minister and recommended to Central Government.
"The rate of interest on General Provident Fund (GPF) which is pegged at 8% may be reviewed so that government employees are not put to any disadvantage more so now when the interest rates for bank deposits has also been raised," the Standing Committee on Finance suggested in its report.
The panel pointed out that retirement fund body Employees Provident Fund Organiation has also increased rate of interest on PF deposits to 9.5% for 2010-11 from 8%.
The EPFO had been paying 8.5% interest on PF deposits since 2005-06. In September last year, it had recommended an increase in interest rate to 9.5% for 2010-11 after discovering Rs 1,731 crore surplus in their books of accounts.
If the suggestion of the panel finds favour from the government, over 50 lakh Centre's employeeswill stand to benifit.
In the present scenario, the bank rates are also increasing. Reserve Bank of India has increased its short term lending and borrowing rates by half a percentage point to 8 and 7%, respectively in its recent quarterly review unveiled on July 26.

Govt decides not to confer Padma Awards to babus - News

NEW DELHI, 2 AUG:

The government has decided not to confer Padma Awards to serving babus, the Lok Sabha was informed today.

Minister of state for home Mr Mullappally Ramachandran said a decision has been taken by the government to keep its Babus and employees out of the category of Padma Awards. “Serving government servants are not eligible for Padma Awards as per decision taken by the government,” he said in reply to a question.

Mr Ramachandran said the government of India has instituted the Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration to acknowledge, recognise and reward the extraordinary and innovative work done by the Babus of the Central and state governments.

“First such awards were given in 2007. All serving Babus of the Central and state governments, either individually or as a team or as organisation are eligible for the awards,” he said. The awards, carrying a medal, scroll and cash, are presented by the Prime Minister on the occasion of Civil Services day on 21 April every year.

10% CEILING ON GDS COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENTS REMOVED

No. 17-17/2010-GDS

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

(GDS Section)

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg.

New Delhi-110116

Dated: 01 Aug 2011

Chief Postmaster General

Postmaster General

General Manager (Finance)

Director of Account (Postal.)

Subject: SCHEME FOR ENGAGEENT OF GDS ON COMPASSIONATE GROUNDS-MERIT POINTS AND PROCEDURE FOR SELECTION – REVISED PROVISIONS THEREOF.

Attention of all concerned is invited to this Directorate letter of even number dated 14 Dec 2010 under which the scheme for engagement of GDS on compassionate grounds with merit points & procedure for selection was circulated and made effective for all the compassionate engagement cases to be considered on or after 01.01.2011

2. The Scheme has recently been reviewed in this Directorate and in partial modification to the existing provisions contained in Para 7 of the Scheme, the following revised provisions may be substituted:-

(a) The existing ceiling of 10% is removed. All requests for compassionate engagement would be considered by the Circle Relaxation Committee on application of the relative merit points prescribed in this Directorate letter dated 14.12. 2010 in hard and deserving cases only subject to availability of the vacancy for the purpose & fulfillment of the terms and conditions of the GDS post. The term "hard and deserving cases" would mean cases over and above 50 merit points.

(b) All cases that are more than 5 years old or in which there is/are earning members(s) in the joint families hithertofare considered initially by the Circle Relaxation Committee and prescribed to be referred to this Directorate for approval would also be decided by the Circle Relaxation Committee concerned without further reference to this Directorate.

(c) All other provisions contained in the Scheme dated 14.12.2010 shall continue to apply as already prescribed and all compassionate engagement shall be approved within the ambit of the prescribed Scheme only.

3. The revised provisions shall take effect from the date of application of the original Scheme. However, no past case decided in accordance with the original scheme prior to issue of this order shall be reopened. All cases lying undecided for whatever reasons may be decided only by the Circle Relaxation Committee without any further reference to this Directorate.

Sd/

(Surender Kumar)

Asst. Director General (GDS)

EMERGENCE OF POSTAL BANKS - MINISTER

Telecom Minister wants POs to function as modern banking utilities in rural areas
The humble post office is all set to undergo a radical change with a proposal to convert over 1.5 lakh post offices across the nation into full fledged banks on the anvil.
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal wants to reach out to the masses in the rural areas with modern banking facilities through the post offices.
"We want to commercialise the department. We will seek a licence from the RBI to convert all our post offices into banks," Sibal told PTI.
The lack of modern banking facilities in rural areas and dependence of villagers on informal sector for their credit requirements has prompted the government to work on financial inclusion by way of setting up 'postal banks'.
"The State Bank of India can't build branches all over India, but there are post offices across India. The branches are already there, so infrastructure expenditure is not required. So you can actually give banking facilities at relatively lower costs, which would be extremely beneficial to people," he said.
The post offices currently offer financial services like savings bank, postal life insurance, pension payments and money transfer services. Its total corpus stood at Rs 5,82,832.9 crore as on March 31, 2011.
DoP's revenues grew 11 per cent to Rs 6,954.09 crore in 2010-2011 from Rs 6,266.70 crore in the previous fiscal.
However, negative growth rate in some circles has pushed the Department's deficit to Rs 6,625 crore in FY'11, almost equal to the annual revenue of the Department.
"I want to make the (postal) system commercialised. By corporatising over 1.5 lakh post offices across the country, the ministry is expecting to improve the quality of services, increase profitability and reduce prices," Sibal said.
Out of the 22 DoP circles, some circles like Chhattisgarh have reported a negative growth of 19 per cent, Jharkhand 18 per cent and North East 15.9 per cent, whereas Assam (23.7 per cent), Haryana (19.5 per cent), Karnataka (13.5 per cent) and Tamil Nadu (13.9 per cent), recorded positive growth.
Among other steps, the Minister has asked members of Postal Services Board (PSB) to ensure 20 per cent revenue growth on sustainable basis.
Each member of the PSB has been asked to identify, commercialise and operationalise five major schemes of the Indian government, and partner with 5 PSUs and 10 corporate houses for commercial tie-ups with India Post with revenue potential of at least Rs 50 crore each.
DoP is also believed to be working towards setting up ATMs and offer debit cards for its customers.
"My vision is that post offices must become banks, so that an ordinary man can with Rs 10 open an account. We can set-up ATM machines for the e-banking...we can do e-retail," Sibal said.
According to officials, work for setting up 1,000 India Post ATMs is at an advanced stage and DoP has already held parleys with vendors on this front.
The Department is also working on providing skill development courses to its over 4.75 lakh employees with the Human Resources Development Ministry.
"The postman should also learn e-banking so that he can actually help the consumer on the ground. So, we are developing specialised skill development courses with the HRD Ministry," Sibal said.

Reconveyance for House Building Advance

Reconveyance for House Building AdvanceReconveyance:-After the advance together with interest thereon is repaid in full , the property mortgaged to the Govt. will be reconveyed to the official in the prescribed format [Form No.7 - Vide Rule 8 (d)]. The reconveyance deed shall be executed by this Head of department who ge'nerally accepts the mortgage deed on behalf of the President. Registration of reconveyance deed is compulsory.
The Expenses in connection with the exection and registration of the reconveyance deed shall be borne by the official concerned. After the reconveyance deed has been executed and registered, it shall be made over to the concerned along with the mortgage deed, sale deed and other documents deposited by the official. In case of Govt. servant dies interest and the advcance is recovered from gratuity or otherwise, reconveyance may be made to the heir. If there are more than one legal heir reconveyance can be done in favour of one them, after obtaining no objsction affidavit from others.

On non-performance of OT - Dte. instructions