Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Postings to Group B candidates in Hyd & Hyd City Regions
Posting orders have been issued to the following PS Group B candidates stands alloted to Hyd City and Hyderabad regions.
Sl.No. Name of the official Stands allotted to the region Posted
1 A Subrahmanyam, ASP (Hq) Medak Hyd City Manager SPC Begumpet
2 Gollamudi Hymavathi Hyd City A.D(Accounts) C.O
3 P Viswanadham Hyderabad SRM ‘Z” DN. Hyderabad
Grade I Postings in Gudur Division
Saturday 20 August 2011
CONFEDERETION CHARTER OF DEMANDS
EXPLANATORY NOTE
1. Stop price rise and strengthen the PDS.
The Economic crisis in nineties caused by theindiscriminate borrowings indulged in by the then Government of Indiafrom the world bodies like IMF World Bank etc. and the adherence totheir conditionalities created a conducive climate for the proponentsand champions of market economy to advocate the globalization path ofeconomic development. The State began to withdraw itself from varioussectors and the least governance was considered as the virtue andsynonym for good Government. In other words, the Government withdrewitself from the concept of welfare State governance and opted forfaster economic development through privatization, liberalization andglobalization. The agony and misery of common multitude, theconsequence of adoption of market economy was considered by the rulersas the price to be paid in the process. The various subsidiesprovided to ensure that the essential commodities needed for humanexistence is made available to the common people was treated asprofligacy and concerted efforts were made to cut them drasticallythrough budgetary proposals. The media, both print and electronic,which had gone into the hands of large corporate houses propagated theliberalization and globalization policies to the hilt and inside theParliament various legislations were moved and enacted by the rulingclass ably supported by almost all opposition parties, barring ofcourse the Left parties.
The Working class organizations except those affiliated toINTUC and BMS realizing the dangerous impact of the neo-liberaleconomic policies organized resistance through strike and otherdemonstrative actions. Between the period 1991 and 2010, thesponsoring committee of Central Trade Unions along with the differentFederations of employees organized strike actions on 13 occasionswhich indeed made deleterious impact over the pace with which theIndian ruling class wanted to usher in these policies. Not only thecommon people, but also the intellectual and the middle classes had toadmit, albeit reluctantly, that but for the consistent opposition ofthe left parties and the working class organizations, the globalfinancial crisis that engulfed the American and European Continentsand many other parts of the world would have destroyed the Indianeconomy. To tide over disastrous ripples it created in the IndianEconomy, the Government had to make outflow of crores of rupees in thename of bail-out packages to Indian Industry and corporate entities.Once the crisis blew over, the Government went back to its good oldways of implementing these discredited policies with a vengeance.
The unbridled accumulation of wealth in a few hands, thecardinal consequence of the capitalist economic development bringabout a pyramidal society giving no room for the poor people at thebase even to eke out an existence. This aspect became more and morepronounced over the years and reached a stage that it becameimpossible for anybody who is supposed to be representing the workersto continue to ignore this phenomenon. Those organizations which hadtaken a contradictory stand against the sponsoring committee had tocome together to voice their concern against the marginalization ofthe working people. Both BMS and INTUC had to join in the concertedefforts of the workers to oppose, if not the policies, at least themanifestation of it, i.e the escalation of prices of essentialcommodities. The inflationary impact in the economy created by thepursuance of the neo-liberal economic policies rather engineered wasconceived to effect transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich. Itreached an intolerable stage in as much as its incremental rate fromquarter to quarter was in two digits .Never in the past has itassumed the dimension of today with the result that all oppositionpolitical parties in the country had to rally round inside and outsidethe Parliament to denounce the Government of inaction and the5thAugust, 2010 Nationwide bandh became total and resonant.In the immediate years after independence, in order toensure food security to the people of India, the Indian ruling classunder pressure created the universal public distribution system forfood articles. It became an effective instrument in the years tocontain the artificial rise of market prices of essential commoditiesespecially in the face of hoarding and black market operations ofunscrupulous traders. The sweep and range of commodities madeavailable through these outlets, known as ration shops in the commonparlance even though beset with innumerable problems connected withleakages and corruption, was the most effective welfare measure of theGovernment of India, which in no small degree arrested and stopped thestarvation death in rural India. The advent of neo liberal economicpolicies ensured that this singular welfare measure of universalpublic distribution system was discarded.Both inside and outside Parliament our Present day rulersadvocated that the higher prices are inevitable given the shortfall indomestic production and due to prevailing higher prices of rice,wheat, pulses and edible oil in international market. Far from truththe statement of under production was, as the production offood-grains in 2006-07 in our country was 9.3 cr. tonnes, 9.6 croresin 2007-08 and 9.9 crores in 2008-09 despite the fact that ourinvestment in agricultural sector in the last ten years was less than2% of the GDP and constantly year after year the Government had beenwithdrawing subsidy to the farm sector.To ensure that the universal PDS is in operation, and the peasants doget remunerative price for their produce, the Government had created abuffer stock of food-grains through the FCI. The statutory norm fixedwas to have 200 lakh tonnes of wheat and rice as buffer stock.Presently the FCI godowns carry 475 lakhs of food-grains. Of it 3million tones are reported to be rotting for want of space in thewarehouses and rats the beneficiaries. This made the honourableSupreme Court to ask the Government as to why that which cannot bestored properly be distributed to the poor.While dismantling of the PDS destroyed the food securityenjoyed by the poor so far, the permission granted to speculators toindulge in forward trading in food articles with an intent toartificially boost the statistical growth of economy resulted in thesoaring of prices in the market. The fervent appeals made by theinformed public, intelligentsia in the society and theParliamentarians belonging to the left parties to ban forward tradingfell in the deaf ears for that would have entailed in the slowing downthe reforms, which course the UPA II Government had vowed tointensify. The present FM is on record to state that taminginflation will lead to blunting the economic growth. Despite thereportedly enviable growth rate of 8 to 9% over the past few years andthe consequent rise in the per capita income of our country, vastmajority of our countrymen have become poorer while the number ofdollar billionaires were doubled. According to Shri Arjun Senguptareport, 77% of Indian population have a daily income of less than Rs.20. And the Tax concessions, deduction and exemptions given away tothose who can afford to pay the levies and taxes was of the order ofRs. 6 lakh crores.
It is on the top of all these, the GOI hiked the petrolprices perhaps the nth time the UPA is in power on the specious pleaof helping the Public Sector Petroleum marketing companies out of theunder recoveries. In the context of IOL making a profit of 10998Crores in 2009-10 and the respective figure for HPCL and BPL being Rs.544 Cr and 874 crores and the Govt. of India making a neat additionaltax of Rs.86,000 crores (Rs. 110000 Crores minus State share of Rs.24,000 crores), an insensitive Government alone can allow thepetroleum companies to again rise the prices.This being the general scenario which must be of concernto us rather of grave concern, it would be pertinent to note theerosion in our real wages brought about by the unprecedentedescalation of retail prices of commodities of daily consumption. The6th CPC determined the minimum wage on the basis of the retail pricesof various commodities as existed on 1.01.2006. (Please see page 53 ofthe 6th CPC report). We are, unlike those in the unorganized sectors,in the company of those segment of the working class, who get theirwages cost indexed, howsoever, defective, trivial and insufficient itis. Therefore, we get 45% addition to our wages in the form of DA (raised to 51% by the recent hike). From the table given hereunder wecan see that the average rise in the prices of those commodities whichare taken for the computation of minimum wage has been of the order of175%.as on 1.9.2010, which is taken the present day rate might furtherescalate
Item No.2 and 3- Stop outsourcing, contractorisation, corporatisation and privatisation of Governmental functions. Fillup vacant posts and create posts on functional requirements.
The VI-CPC had recommended the abolition of Gr. D. posts numberingabout 9.4 lakhs in the Government of India.. The CPC raised all theGr. D employees existing in the Govt. sector to the status of askilled worker and placed them in Gr. C pay scale. The suggested payscale of the upgraded personnel is analogous to the pre-revised pay ofRs 2750-70-3800-75-4400. In fact the said pay scale was the fourthgrade of pay suggested by the V-CPC for the unskilled workers. Inpara 3.7.7 of the Pay commission recommendations the commission hasobserved that:
"Increasingly' basic work relating to cleaning, sweeping, maintenanceetc. is being outsourced. This is a welcome trend that needs to beencouraged by bringing about systematic changing in the existingscheme so that the employees in Govt. are only utilized for requiringa certain levels of skills".
It is a fact that majority of the functions presently carried out bythe Gr.D employees across the Board is unskilled. What had actuallybeen done by the Commission is to abolish the unskilled functions inthe Governmental sector to pave way for more and morecontractorisation of these jobs while the existing employees (whoseworking strength has become less than 50% of the sanctioned strength)might be classified as Gr.C. and assigned to do functions which are ofskilled nature with lesser emoluments than what it could have beeneven as per the V-CPC recommendations. It is therefore, a disastrousrecommendation. In the days to come the unskilled nature of jobswould be either outsourced or would be contractorised. Thisrecommendation therefore, is not for the benefit of the existingemployees who are recruited as unskilled workers. Now the recruitmentwill hereafter become unavailable in the Governmental sector for thosewho are in the lower strata of the society who could not afford or whoare not provided even the primary education even though the universalprimary education is stated to be the objective and goal of a welfareGovernment as per our constitution.. In fact they are being punishedfor the social inability or abdication of the responsibility on thepart of the Government to provide them with a decent standard ofliving or the nascent requirement of primary education. Therecommendation is therefore, a by-product of the neo-liberal economicpolicies pursued by the Govt. since 1991 which we have been fightingagainst all these years along with other segment of the working class.As has been feared, the Government has now decided toensure that all unskilled jobs are contractorised. The guidelinesissued by the Department of Personnel for the Multi-tasking staffmakes it mandatory that the future recruitees in government servicemust have a minimum educational qualification of matriculation. Therecruitment will be done through the Staff Selection Commission.These personnel may not be deployed for the unskilled jobs like thatof sweeper, farash, Mali, watchmen etc. These functions wouldnaturally be contractorised. The Department of Personnel has alreadyadvised all concerned to go in for contractorisation of thesefunctions. The workers so recruited by the contractors are not to haveany job security as they will be liable for the hire and fire system.Outsourcing
In the background of the continuing ban on recruitment,many of the Government organizations has resorted to outsourcing oftheir functions which are of permanent and perennial nature toagencies on fixed rates. The very fact that the Government has madeavailable funds for the Departmental heads to resort to outsourcingestablishes the policy being pursued by the Government. The functionshitherto being carried out by the Group C employees and the Group BNon gazetted are liable to be outsourced. Once the system isestablished, there will be no likelihood of any fresh creation ofposts in these cadres. The large scale computerization has helped theoutsourcing as a feasible proposition.
Item No.4 - Revise wages of CGEs with effect from 1.1.2011 and everyfive years thereafter.
It is in the context of the ever increasing prices and the inactionon the part of the Government to tackle it for it might effectadversely the so-called economic growth and the dearness compensationbeing what it is, the National Council of the Confederation, which metat Mumbai on 2nd Dec 2010, decided to demand the next wage revisionimmediately. It also took note of the fact that the Government didconcede the demand of the workers in the Central Public SectorUndertakings, rightly so, to revise the wages every five years (2006-2011). In the absence of specific recommendation by the 6th CPCover the period in which the present Pay Structure should be invogue, , it was the unanimous opinion emerged in the deliberationsat the National Council that the wages must be revised without furtherdelay. Besides, the expert body on wage revision of Civil Servants i.ethe 5th CPC had categorically stated that an interim wage revision inthe form of merger of DA with Pay must take place as and when the DAcomponent in wages exceeds the 50% limit. As on 1.1.2011, the DA is51%. This apart the Council rightly noted that the Pay Band. Grade paysystem brought in the 6th CPC has created anomalies beyond correctionand had been designed and devised to benefit the personnel inGroup. A only services. In our submissions to the Government on the6th CPC recommendations, we had categorically with facts and figurespointed out that the wage increase will tapper off over a periodof 6-7 years and thereafter the wages would begin to compareunfavourably with the one determined by the 5th CPC The Governmentmust come forward to set up an expert committee with staff-siderepresentatives to revise the wages of CGEs immediately.
Item No 5 - Stop the New Pensions Scheme and extend the statutorydefined benefit pension to all CGEs irrespective of the date ofrecruitment.
The present defined benefit scheme of pension was introduced replacingthe then existing contributory system. As part of the neo liberaleconomic policies, the Government decided to reconvert the same intocontributory and make the fund available for the stock marketoperations. It is the vagaries of the stock market which willdetermine the pension returns from this fund. Before the introductionof the PFRDA bill, the Government had set up a committee under thechairmanship of Shri Bhattacharya, Chief Secretary of the State ofKarnataka. The bill has been drafted and presented to the Parliamentdisregarding even the recommendation of the said committee to theeffect that the Govt. should consider introducing a hybrid system bywhich the employees will have a defined benefit, if they choose to besatisfied with the said return and can opt for a higher return throughstock exchange investments. The Bill could not be passed in theParliament as the Left Parties took the principled position that theywould not support a proposal detrimental to the interest of theemployees. Despite the non passage of the bill and the consequentabsence of a valid law to support the Pension Regulatory authority,the Govt. has converted the existing pension scheme into acontributory one and invested a percentage of the fund so generatedfrom the employees contribution in the Stockmarket,
Pension is earned by an employee by rendering service and thereforethere is no requirement of any payment by the employee for earningpension. This statutory right of the employee is enforceable throughcourts. The Supreme Court has declared pension as one of thefundamental rights. The government should therefore retrace from itsavowed position, which is detrimental to the interest of the employeesand ensure that the employees recruited after 1.1.2004 is covered bythe existing statutory defined benefit scheme. The bill which wasearlier introduced in the Parliament got lapsed an d could not bepassed for want of a majority as the left parties were opposed to thesame. The Govt. has now sought and obtained the support of BJP andother allies of the NDA. The Bill was reintroduced in the Parliamentin the last session. The introduction itself was opposed by Com. Basudeb Acharya, M.P. and leader of the CPIM in the parliament. Thebill's introduction has to be through voting. With the support of BJPand other parties the bill has now been introduced and would come upfor consideration at the next session of the Parliament.
Item No. 6 - Regularise the Daily rated workers, GDS, remove ceiling oncompassionate appointments end discrimination in the grant of bonus toGDS employees.
In the background of the continuing ban on recruitment, most of thedepartments resorted to recruit persons on daily wage basis. Many ofthem have completed more than a decade in Government service. Theyhad been on the pay roll of the Government to carry out the functionsof a permanent and perennial nature. The resort to recruitment ofdaily waged workers to carry out the functions which are clearlypermanent and perennial nature is in clear violation of the extantinstruction in the matter. Having elicited their service for the pastseveral years, they should be regularized as permanent employees withall concomitant benefits. Retrenching them to be replaced with freshdaily rated workers is impermissible.
Similar is the case of GDS employees in the Postal Department. Thissystem, a colonial concept ought to have been discarded long timeback. The functions entrusted to the GDS in the Postal Department areof permanent nature. Some of them are required to do more than 8hours work a day. Many of the post offices, especially in rural areasare manned by the GDS and the postmen are required to functioncontinuously for more than 8 hours a day but still paid as a part timeemployee. There should be a system by which these employees who arerecruited as GDS are absorbed as regular employees after a predetermined number of years of service. Another issue pertaining tothe GDS is the unjust denial of the benefit of the raised quantumceiling on bonus calculation. While the Bonus Act was amended by theGovernment, raising the emoluments ceiling for the purpose ofcalculation of bonus from Rs. 2500 to 3500, it was extended to allcivil servants except the GDS. Most of the GDS has a monthlyemoluments beyond the limit of Rs. 3500. There is no justificationfor denying this benefit to them.
Item No.7 - Remove restriction imposed on compassionate appointment and the discrimination on such appointments between the Railway workersand the other sections of CGES.
On the pretext of the directive of the Supreme Court, Govt. introducedthe concept of a 5% ceiling on the compassionate appointment. Thefact was that there had been no such directive from the HonourableSupreme Court. There had been no rhyme or reason for thisstipulation. Despite the repeated discussion on the subject at theNational Council and its Standing Committee and the solemn assurancegiven by the Cabinet Secretary in the wake of the last strike action,nothing has been done in this regard to resolve the issue. It ispertinent to mention in this connection that the compassionateappointments in the Railways continue to be operated without any suchceiling. Moreover in the Department of Posts hundreds of compassionateappointment candidates selected by Selection Committee are beingdenied jobs and attempt to oust them is on. Through legal stay ordersthese candidates known as RRR Candidates are fighting the battle. TheGovernment should withdraw the SLP filed against them and absorb themall as regular employees and withdraw the orders imposing andarbitrary ceiling of 5% and non-consideration of the case ofcandidates whose applications are pending for more than 3 years.
Item No.8 - Stop the move to introduce the productivity linked wagesystem; performance related pay; introduce the PLB to all departments; remove the ceiling of emoluments for bonus computation.
The Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad, the country'sprestigious and prime business school was requested by the 6th CentralPay Commission to go into the question of the feasibility ofintroducing the performance related wage system in civil service. Onbehalf of theConfederation, a delegation had the opportunity to meet the persons incharge of the feasibility study and interact with them. Thedelegation drew the attention of the IIM Ahamedabad of theperformance related wage system introduced in many western countriesespecially after the Thatcher led conservative Government took theinitiative in this regard. She was of the opinion that the Governmentshould not be in the business and the Governments must be run onbusiness line. Over the years as was the case with many of thereforms she introduced in the U.K. the performance related wage systemalso failed. Same was the fate of many other western countries whofollowed the Thatcher Government. By the time the 6th CPC wanted tointroduce the said methodology of restructuring the wage system inIndian Civil service, the idea had already become discredited by itssheer non performance. Except stating that they were aware of whathas been presented by us, they never made any comment either insupport of in negative. The 6th CPC kept their report confidential aswas the case with many such reports which they had commissioned. Nomention is made in the voluminous report of the Commission of the prosand cons of a system which they wanted to introduce.
Our main objection to the so called performance oriented wage systemwas that it would be seldom based on objectivity. That had been theprima cause of its failure elsewhere. It is mentioned on manyoccasions that the Grade pay attached to the PB must be seen in factas a pay for performance of an individual employees. In other words,it can be withdrawn when it is felt that one has not performed well.It is also stated that the Grade Pay which is more or less 40% is theelement of rise the 6th Pay Commission chose to grant to the civilservants taking into account various factors that had diminished thewage structure of the CGEs since the 5th CPC recommendations wereimplemented. There had been a reduction of staff strength in alldepartments of the Government of India across the board through anexecutive fiat which was issued in 2001 by the NDA Government. Itcontinued till 2009-10. Only one-third of the vacancies were allowedto be filled up. The two thirds were to be abolished. In otherwords, the existing employees were asked to work more, performexponentially as the workload over the period had tremendouslyincreased and the ban on creation of posts ensured that the requiredhands are not allowed to be recruited from the market. This compelledmany departmental heads to outsource the Governmental functions toprivate contractors i.e. the backdoor entry of an unfair labourpractice in Governmental sector. The linking of Grade Pay to the socalled performance is nothing but reduction of wages, which we cannotand must not countenance.
The productivity linked bonus system was the result of the long drawnout struggles of Government employees, especially of the Railwaymen.The Railway employees under the banner of NCCRS braved all repressivemeasures of the Government in the indefinite strike action 1974 andthe major issue projected through the struggle was the illegitimacyof denying Bonus to workers in Government establishment. It wasgranted to Railwaymen and Postal workers in 1979 and the others had tofight against the unjust discrimination till 1982-83 when theGovernment had to ultimately extend it to all. The 4th and 5th CPCswent into the matter and their recommendations are quite commendable.They had categorically stated that the PLB must be introduced in allDepartments as it is feasible to measure it in almost all Governmentdepartments. The issue is still pending decision at the Department ofExpenditure.. While they assure to discuss the issue to reach afinality whenever the matter is raised in the JCM fora, theExpenditure division of the Finance Ministry had been dilly dallying.The adhoc bonus for 30 days continue for the past two decades withoutany increase while the PLB wherever it is in operation register anincrease every year. Some of the PLB covered employees were given morethan two months bonus last year. Another issue connected with thebonus payment is the arbitrary emoluments ceiling fixed by theGovernment of India in the computation of bonus. While most of theemployees receive salary far grater than the restrictive limitspecified in the Bonus Act, the bonus is computed on the notionalamount of Rs. 3500/- The oft repeated question is why must there be aceiling on bonus when no such ceiling is thought of in the case ofmaking profit,.
ItemNo.9 - Settle all anomalies including the MACP related ones raised in the Departmental and National Anomaly Committees and ensure thefunctioning of JCM in all departments.
Ever since the 1993 recognition rules were promulgated the JCM as anegotiating forum stopped meeting in various departments andMinistries. The Official side takes one pretext or the other to seethat the councils do not meet and the employees are denied any accessof negotiations of their legitimate demands. The anomalies that hadarisen over the recommendations of the 5th CPC were not subjected todiscussion in the JCM at the Departmental levels of many Ministries.This consequently resulted in the non removal of the anomalies. The6th CPC refused to consider any one of these issues and the anomalieswere carried forward. These anomalies were reflected in theassigning of Pay Band and Grade pay in many cadres. The Departmentof Expenditure while setting up the anomaly committees defined theterm anomaly differently from what was agreed upon by the Staff Sideand the Government (with the Group of Ministers ) in 1997. As per thenew definition the anomaly that has arisen from the recommendations ofthe 5th CPC will not come within the ambit of the anomaly committeesthat are being set up after the 6th CPC. This apart there had been nofunctioning of the JCM at the Departmental levels in variousMinistries and consequently no anomaly committee has been set up insuch departments. Despite the issue being raised in the NationalAnomaly Committee, and the National Council or Standing committeemeetings by the Staff Side, no steps are being taken to address theissue.. The National Anomaly Committee is yet to conclude though morethan a year is passed and the way the deliberations are conductedtherein, it is certain that no positive outcome could be expected formit, especially in the frame work of the definition of the very termanomaly itself.
Item No.10 - Make the right to strike legal
Continuing with the colonial concept of denying the Civilservants the privileges enjoyed by the other sections of the societyis a matter of great distress. Article 309 of the Constitution makesit incumbent upon the Government of India and the ProvincialGovernment to make enactments to regulate the service conditions ofthe civil servants. The Indian Parliament had no time to make suchenactment. In fact the Indian ruling class wanted no such enactments.The transitory provisions empowering the President of India to makerules till such time the enactment is made has been employed toregulate the service conditions of the Government employees.Once recruited as an employee, the ILO's conventions provide all tradeunion rights. India is a signatory to those conventions. Despite allthese legal and moral obligations on the part of the Government, theGovernment employees continue to be denied the right to collectivebargaining. No negotiation is worth the meaning, if the employeeshave no right to withdraw their labour in case of a non satisfactoryagreement on their service conditions. It is this legal lacuna whichwas employed by the Supreme Court to justify the arbitrary dismissalof lakhs of employees by the Tamilnadu State Government when theyresorted to strike action. In the judgment delivered by the SupremeCourt, it was observed that the Government employees do not have anylegal, fundamental or moral right to resort to strike action. It isall the more an injustice especially when the Government considersthat strike is a right of the workers in the Public Sector undertakingand that of the private enterprises in the country. It is paramountthat the Government employees do have the right to strike in order toforce upon an agreement for better wages and service conditions.
Item No. 11 - Implement all arbitration awards.
It was in the wake of the indefinite strike of the CentralGovernment employees in 1960, the Government thought of having apermanent forum for negotiation of the demands, problems andgrievances of the employees. After prolonged discussion with the thenexisting Federations and Unions, the JCM machinery came into being Onimportant issues like pay, allowances and leave, the Governmentoffered to have arbitration through an independent body in case noagreement could be reached between the organisations and the Governmentafter discussion in the JCM. Initially, the Govt. had beenimplementing the awards of the Board of Arbitration, which were infavour of the staff. The Staff Side was prohibited to raise the issuefor a prescribed period of time, in case the same has been found notacceptable by the Board of Arbitration. The scenario underwent adrastic change in the last two decades in as much as the Governmentrefused to implement any award and began to refer the same to theconsideration of the Parliament on the specious plea of adverselyaffecting the national economy. There were 16 such awards, which hadbeen referred to the Parliament but in the wake of negotiation, theGovernment agreed to withdraw these cases from the Parliament andfurther negotiate with the Staff Side with a view to reduce thefinancial implications. Several rounds of discussions were heldthereafter at the level of the Secretary (Personnel). In most of thecase the staff Side agreed to waive the arrear payments. Despite thesaid gesture, the Government did not think it fit to implement any oneof them except in the case of stenographers, for which orders werelater issued. Some of these awards have again come up before theParliament. Give the majority in the Parliament for the ruling party,these awards could be got rejected by the Govt .which if done would bea mockery of the JCM scheme itself. Having lost the case before anindependent body of juries, the Government should have the moralcourage to implement the awards.
Item No. 12. - Revise the rate of interest of GPF. Revise the OTA andnight duty allowances and stitching charges
It is ridiculous that the Overtime allowance of Central Governmentemployees except those in the Railways and Defence to be reckoned withthe pay structure that was obtaining in 1986 i.e. more than 25 yearsback. It is nothing but sheer exploitation of the workers. If anoutsider is employed the same Government pays three times than whatis given to a regular employee. If one refuses to work beyond officehears, the colonial rules comes into operation. He might face fordisobedience even dismissal. The matter was as per the jointconsultative machinery scheme before the Board of Arbitration. TheGovernment pleaded fervently but so feeble was their argument that thehonourable members of the Board of Arbitration ruled that the OTA mustbe based on the actual salary one received at the relevant point oftime. Elsewhere we have narrated the story of the awards ofArbitration in the hands of the present Government. They are nowseeking the Parliamentary mandate to reject this just and reasonableaward in the name of national economy. The pittance given to theemployees for extracting work is considered as a drain on the economywhile they merrily go around indulging in profligacy. The same is thecase with the Night duty allowance. The rate of interest in the caseof GPF was reduced from 12% to 8% under the specious plea that thebank rate of interest had been reduced as part of the new economicregime. It was assured that as and when the bank rates are raised itwould automatically follow. The Bank rates had to be raised.Presently an investment in any nationalised bank beyond 500 daysfetches an interest of more than 10% and the GPF deposit is for theservice life of an individual, spanning in many cases for more than35 years. It is high time that the Government is compelled to restorethe rate of interest on GPF back to 12% p.a.
Another issue is the stitching charges. The Government refuses torecognise the need to revise the rates. The market rates are almost 4to 5 time what the employee gets reimbursed from the Government.Given the fact that most of the uniformed personnel are at the lowerlevels of the hierarchy, it is cruel that the Government extractsmoney from them for being in service, the condition of which is theyare to perform duties wearing the prescribed uniform.
Item No. 13 - Merge DA with pay for all purposes including pension asand when the DA rate crosses the 50% mark.
As on Ist January, 2011, the CGES are entitled to dearnesscompensation at the rate of 51% of their pay. As has been pointed outelsewhere in this memorandum the said compensation computed on thebasis of what the Labour Ministry calls the All India average ofconsumer price index is miles away from the real prices that rule themarket on commodities that goes into the basket of minimum wage. Inmost of the countries, the wages are price indexed on a year to yearbasis. However, we adopted a system of allowance called the Dearnessallowance to compensate the wage earners for erosion of the real valueof their wages through escalation of market prices. The successivePay commissions have recognised the need for merging the DA componentwith the pay so that the allowances which are reckoned with referenceto basic pay could be enhanced as otherwise it would be a drain on thewages of the worker. The 2nd CPC recommended for such merger when theCPI crosses over 272 points. The 3rd CPC merged the DA at 320 pointsand the IV CPC at 568. The 5th CPC suggested that as and when theDA percentage reaches the 50% mark, it must be merged and theallowances to be computed on Pay with the merged portion of DA. Thisrecommendation was accepted by the Government and the DA was mergedaccordingly. The 6th CPC however departed from this principle andrecommended that as and when the DA percentage exceeds 50%, allallowances are to be raised by 25%. There appears to be no rationalebehind this decision except that they intended that no wage revisionshould be automatic and any compensation due to inflation must bebeneficial to the employer and not the workers. No specific timeframe has been suggested by the 6th CPC to revise the wages.Elsewhere in this memorandum we have detailed the rationale andjustification for a periodical wage revision once in five years. Evenif the DA is merged we could see that it would not compensate theworkers for the great erosion that has already taken place in the realwages. So, the 25% compensation must not be acceptable and the leastthe Govt. Could do is to order for the merger of the 50% DA with thePay, which would be in consonance with the principle evolved throughsuccessive Pay Commissions.
Item No. 14. - Vacate All Trade Union victimization.
Vindictive actions against the Trade Union workers are as old as thecollective bargaining itself. In the post Independent India, thetrade union history is full of such atrocious behaviour on the partof the employers. The Govt. Of India had been in the forefront ofsuch uncivilised action in the Sixties and Seventies. There had beenterrific repression of the Union activists whenever the CGEs organisedcollective actions. The indefinite strike action of 1960, the one daytoken strike of 1968 and the great Railway Workers strike in 1974resulted in unprecedented brutal suppressive measures against theleaders. Thousands of employees lost their job, good number of themwas brutally killed and thousands were proceeded against undervarious rules and regulations, conceived and put in the rule book bythe colonial rulers. It is to the credit of those courageouscomrades who sacrificed their life and career that the Trade Unionmovement is what it is today. It is the demand for vacation of allvindictive actions that is more important and more significant thanany in the charter. Without resisting and defeating all nefariousattempts of the bureaucracy in this direction, we may not be able tosustain or build up a militant movement, which is the pre requisitefor onward march. Presently one of the founding affiliate of theConfederation the All India Audit and Accounts Association is facingnumerous vindictive actions initiated by the Audit bureaucracy. Withthe committed and united action of the entirety of the Central Govt.Em0ployees, we shall ensure that the vindictive actions wherever ittakes
SPECIAL PAY SHOULD COUNT FOR PAY FIXATION- FOR ACCOUNTANTS
Sunday, August 21, 2011
CHQ Letter to Secretary for Counting of Special Allowance for Pay Fixation
Ref: P/4-2/Spl Allowance Dated 21.8.2011
To,
Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy
Secretary,
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan New Delhi – 110001
Sub: - Counting of Special pay to PO & RMS Accountants on TBOP Promotions.
A kind attention is invited to the discussions we had on the strike Charter and while handing over the Hon. High Court orders, we requested your kind consideration to implement said order.
It is learnt that the Directorate is now seeking opinion from all the Circles about filing of SLP against the High Court orders even though the Ministry of law has opined that this is not a fit case by way of SLP before the Apex court.
There is a clear injustice cause to the Cadre, the PO & RMS Accounts cadre since 4 CPC and this is one of the major issues prevailing since 5th CPC.
We have already adduced various justifications in this regard and requested the Department to consider the same. There are not many cases in this regard and proposal to file SLP is causing concern.
It is therefore requested to kindly reconsider your decision and implement Karnataka High Court orders to all the similarly situated officials and render justice to the aggrieved cadre.
May I request you response Madam
With profound regards,
Yours sincerely,
(K. V. Sridharan)General Secretary
DIABETES TREATMENT
To avoid long-term complications of diabetes, it is essential to remain healthy by controlling blood sugar. Some people can successfully sustain their blood sugar level at desired levels with diet and exercise. Others may need insulin and some medications.
For type 2 diabetes, blood sugar can be controlled with a single medication that proves effective and sometimes combination of few medicines is necessary.
There are four ways to treat diabetes. The first priority treatment for diabetes patients is undoubtedly exercise and healthy diet. Secondly, alternative medications also aid in the treatment for diabetes, and third, please do follow the doctor’s treatment and prescription religiously, and last, people whose kidneys are failing or who aren’t responding to other treatments, pancreas or islet cell transplantation may be an option.
Goals for diabetes treatment:
A typical target for younger adults range might be 80 to 120mg/dl before meals, and below 180mg/dl. They will not suffer from any complications of diabetes then. For older adults, it can be more dangerous than in younger people because blood sugar levels fall too low. Their fasting target goal should be 100 to 140 mg/dL and below 200 mg/dL after meals. The type of sugar you have depends on how often you test your blood sugar. Test your blood sugar at least thrice a day. If you have type 2 diabetes don’t use insulin. You may need to test your blood sugar level only once a day or as little as twice a week.
Factors that affect your blood sugar include:
Food habits can raise your blood sugar level. What and how much you eat, and the time of the day, also affect your blood sugar level immensely. Physical activity is important to lower your blood sugar level. Physical activity causes sugar to be transported to your cells, where it is used for energy. By doing small works like gardening, house work and even taking a small walk can lower your blood sugar level by quite a margin. Medications like insulin and oral diabetes medications help to lower your blood sugar. Illness due to physical stress of cold or others may also secrete hormones that raise your blood sugar level. When you’re sick check your glucose level frequently. Alcohol happens to raise your blood sugar level at times as they count as calories in your diet.
Food choices:
Foodstuffs containing low glycemic carbohydrates, proteins or fats can initially help to lose body weight and maintain dancing blood sugar level. Prefer healthy foods which are low in fats and calories such as lean fish, lean chicken, turkey and fruits and vegetables. Go slow on fast and fried foodstuffs for prevention of diabetes. Avoid processed carbohydrates as much as possible. Try to increase high-protein food in your diet. And reduce eating refined flour i.e. white flour, bleached flour, treated flour and other kind of white flour.
There is no cure for Juvenile diabetes. The only treatment for juvenile diabetes is insulin injections or an insulin pump. The drawback of insulin is that it cannot be taken as a pill. It is compulsory for Juvenile diabetics to check their daily blood sugar levels with the help of glucometer (often 3 times / day). Diet and exercise holds a very significant role in the treatment of diabetes.
Treatment of Type 1 diabetes involves:
* Insulin* Self-monitoring of blood glucose* Exercise
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
Gist of the instructions/ Guidelines issued by Postal Directorate at three level for fruitful implementation of New Pension Scheme in respect of Employees appointed on or after 01.01.2004.
1. At Circle Level
Copy of every appointment letter and joining report of the new entrants to Government service on or after 01.01.2004 and onwards, must be endorsed to the concerned director of Accounts (Postal).
A monthly-consolidated statement of new entrants to Government service should be furnished to Directors of Accounts (Postal) in the Ist week of the month following the month of appointment/ Joining of the new entrants
The Head of Circles are also required to keep liaison so as to monitor the correctness of data regarding new entrants, their contribution and the matching contribution of the employer.
In case there is no appointment during a month, a NIL report must be sent to the Director of Accounts (Postal).
2. At DDO’s level:
DDO’s must obtain the Names, Designation, Scale of Pay, Date of Birth, nominee for the Fund, Relationship of the nominee etc. from the entrants on their joining.
DDO’s to paste one copy of the above in Service Book and another copy must be sent to Director of Accounts (Postal) concerned.
Ensure separate Pay Bill for new entrants.
First salary drawls intimation to Director of accounts (Postal) for Number of new entrants.
A NIL report must be furnished for non-recruitment.
First recovery from the salary of the month following the month of Joining of the Government servant.
Tier-I recovery is 10% Basic Pay+DP+DA+NPA now it is 10% of Band Pay+ Grade Pay+ DA+NPA.
Separate bill for drawing matching contribution i.e. Employer’s share.
Annual Increment is to be accounted for reckoning employees as well as Employer’s contribution.
DA arrear /arrear of Pay reckoned for employees and employers contribution.
Indicate Unique (PPAN) number now (PRAN) and month up to which government Employees as well as Employer’s Contribution transferred in LPC of the officer / officials transferred.
No GPF Contribution for new entrants.
The DDO will be held responsible for any lapse in following of the above instructions.
Noting of PPAN/PRAN in Service Book of the officials.
Forwarding of S1 (physical forms) for registration of subscribers with CRA to PAOs
3. At Director of Accounts (Postal) level :
Assignment of PRAN No. to subscribers by NSDL on receipt of first information from DDO’s well before drawl of II salary. Previously it was 16 digits unique number and now it is 12 digits unique number.
To match the number of the new entrant’s figures on the basis of reports received with the Circle figures.
To reconcile the difference in number of new entrants.
To ensure correct classification of Contribution.
Branch Officers of the concerned Postal Accounts Office should ensure that the complete information is sent and must certify the correctness of the information.
Submission of physical form (S1) to NSDL Facilitation Centers.
Uploading of SCF to NPS-CAN (NSDL Software) for transfer of funds through Trustee Bank.
Strict over matched and booked figures.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
MODERNIZATION OF POST OFFICES
Government has approved the ‘IT MODERNIZATION PROJECT’ of Department of Posts for computerization of Post Offices, Mail Offices, Administrative Offices and other field offices. This will involve establishment of required IT infrastructure, development of required software applications with an outlay of Rs.1877.2 crore.
The project has the following salient features:
• It will establish IT infrastructure of Data Centre and Disaster Recovery Centre and networking of all Departmental Post Offices including appropriate connectivity in the Branch Post Offices in the rural area.
• The project envisages development of integrated modular scalable applications for Mail, kBanking, Postal Life Insurance, solutions for Accounts and HR operations of the department.
• The rural post offices will be provided with rural ICT devices with required applications for performing Postal, Savings Bank, Insurance, MGNREGS and Money Order operations.
• Provision has been made for training, change management, capacity building of the employees of the department along with Project Management activity for smooth and timely implementation of the project.
It is planned to network all Departmental Post Offices and Branch Post Offices in the country subject to availability of connectivity and resources under the “India Post Technology Project-2012”.
The departmental Post Offices are proposed to be networked with appropriate connectivity. Branch Post Offices located in rural areas are proposed to be networked using available connectivity at these locations. The rural ICT Devices in the Branch Post Offices will have the capacity to work in both online/offline mode. The IT project is expected to be implemented by 2012-13 subject to the availability of funds.
This information was given by Shri Sachin Pilot, the Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
MODEL PAPERS FOR LGO EXAMS
Suggested Questions from Postal Manual Volume- VI, PO Guide, Postal Manual Volume-V
1. Money order paid returns are prepared: -(a) Daily (b) Weekly (c) Fortnightly (d) Monthly
Ans: - (c)
(Rule-79 Volume-VI, Part-III)
2. Which letter is to be prefixed to a TMO paid in the Journal of MO s paid: -(a) R (b) S (c) T (d) None of the above.
Ans: - (c) (Rule-44 Volume-VI, Part-III)
3. The currency of an Indian Postal Order is normally: -(a) 6 months from the last day of the month in which it was sold,(b) 2 years from the last day of the month in which it was sold,(c) 5 years from the last day of the month in which it was sold,(d) 10 years from the last day of the month in which it was sold,
Ans: - (b) (Rule-195 Volume-VI, Part-III
)4. The amount of commission to be realized at the time of sale of an IPO of denomination of Rs.100/ - is:-(a) Rs. 10/- (b) Rs. 5/- (c) Re.1/- (d) Rs.2/-
Ans: - (a) (Clause-244 PO Guide Part-I)
5. The 1st class mails handed by the Post Office are of: -(a) 3 types-Letters, Letter Cards & Post Cards,(b) 4 types--- Letters, Letter Cards, Book Packets & Post Cards,(c) 5 types---- Letters, Letter Cards, Book Packets, Parcels & Post Cards,(d) None of the above.
Ans: - a (Clause-98 PO Guide Part-I)
6. The maximum admissible weight of a Book Packet posted in Post is: -(a) 2 KG (b) 3 KG (c) 4 KG (d) 5 KG.
Ans: - (d) (Clause-98 PO Guide Part-I)
7. A Franking Machine has: -(a) 1 meter (b) 2 meters (c) 3 meters (d) 4 meters
Ans: - (b) (Clause-11 PO Guide Part-I)
8. In case of each Business Reply article, the Post Office will charge an additional postage of:(a) Re. 1/- (b) Rs. 2/- (c) Rs. 3/- (d) Rs.4/
-Ans: - (a) (Clause-11 PO Guide Part-I)
9. The Postal Index Number (PIN) must contain: -(a) 5 digits (b) 4 digits (c) 7 digits (d) 6 digits
Ans: - (d) (Rule-107 Postal Manual Volume-V)
10. The postal articles refused by the addressee are to be: -(a) Returned to sender or to RLO(b) To be kept in deposit in the office of delivery(c) To be handed over to the Overseer for delivery(d) None of the above.
Ans: - (a)
11. Minimum amount taxed on unpaid / insufficiently paid articles posted in post is: -(a) Re. 1/- (b) Rs. 2/- (c) Rs.5/- (d) Rs. 6/-
Ans: - (a)
12. Addressee's Instructions are of: -(a) 1 type---permanent instruction(b) 2 types-temporary instruction & permanent instruction(c) 3 types--- temporary instruction, semi- permanent instruction & permanent instruction(d) None of the above.
Ans: - (b) (Rule-133 Postal Manual Vol.-VI Part-I)
13. Poste Restante are to be kept in deposit for: -(a) 7 days from the date of receipt,(b) 15 days from the date of receipt,(c) 1 month days from the date of receipt,(d) 2 months days from the date of receipt
Ans: - (c)
14. Undelivered Acknowledgements cards are to be destroyed after: -(a) 15 days (b) 1 month (c) 4 months (d) None of the above.
Ans: - (c)
15. Redirection Fee for Parcel is: -(a) 50% of the ordinary postage,(b) Nil,(c) 25% of the ordinary postage,(d) None of the above.
Ans: - (a) (Clause 67-71 PO Guide Part-I)
16. Any postal article can be redirected: -(a) By the office of posting(b) By both the office of posting & the office of destination(c) By any intermediate office/section handling the article(d) Only by the office of destination.
Ans: - (d) (Clause 67-71 PO Guide Part-I)
17. Ordinary postal article received in damaged condition in the o/o delivery: -(a) Should be returned to the o/o posting(b) Should be sent out for delivery at once(c) Should be forwarded to the o/o the Divisional Superintendent(d) Should be enclosed in a protecting cover with a remark made on the top & the sent out fordelivery.
Ans: - (d) (Rule-145 Postal Manual Volume-V)
18. An Inland Parcel must be Registered if its weight exceeds: -(a) 1 KG (b) 2 KG (c) 4 KG (d) None of the above.
Ans: - (c) (Clause 164 PO Guide Part-I)
19. Currency Notes, Coins, precious stones can be sent by: -(a) Insured Post (b) Registered Post (c) Ordinary Post(d) Under Certificate of Posting
.Ans: - (a) (Clause 184 PO Guide Part-I)
20. The maximum limit of Insurance is: -(a) Rs. 10, 000/-, (b) Rs. 50, 000/- (c) Rs. 1 lakh (d) None of the above.
Ans: - (c) (Clause 184 PO Guide Part-I)
21. An Insured Bundle is prepared when there is: -(a) More than 2 insured articles addressed to the same office of delivery(b) More than 3 insured articles addressed to the same office of delivery(c) More than 5 insured articles addressed to the same office of delivery(d) More than 1 insured article addressed to the same office of delivery.
Ans: - (d) (Rule-89A Postal Manual Volume-V)
22. Delivery Slip in respect of Registered Articles to be delivered at the Window of the Post Office is prepared in: -(a) Single Copy (b) Duplicate, (c)Triplicate (d) Not at all prepared.
Ans: - (a) (Rule-164 Postal Manual Volume-VI Part-I)
23. The addressee of Registered Article to which an Acknowledgement Card is attached must sign: -(a) Delivery Slip only (b) Acknowledgement Card only(c) Both the Delivery Slip & the Acknowledgement Card (d) None of the above.
Ans: - (c) (Rule-183 Postal Manual Vol.-VI Part-I)
24. The addressee of a Value Payable (V.P.) article may request the Post Office to detain his article in the Post Office by payment of warehousing charges for a period of: -(a) 7 days (b) 5 days (c) 14 days (d) 1 month.
Ans: - (a) (Rule-222 Postal Manual Vol.-VI Part-I)
25. The maximum weight/aggregate weight of Parcel (s) (except VP Parcels and Parcels marked Poste Restante) that can be delivered at the premises of an addressee is: -(a) 5 KG (b) 10 KG (c) 15 KG (d) 20 KG
Ans: - (b) (Clause 41 PO Guide Part-I)
26. The amount of commission charged on a Service Money Order amounting to Rs. 1000/- is(a) Rs. 25/- (b) Rs.50/- (c) Rs. 100/- (d) NIL
Ans: - (d)
27. A Family Allotment Money Order is remitted by the: -(a) Defence authorities (b) Telecom authorities(c) General members of public (d) None of the above.
Ans: - (a)
28. The maximum limit of a single ordinary Money Order is: -(a) Rs. 2000/- (b) Rs. 5000/- (c) Rs. 10,000/- (d) Rs. 1 lakh.
Ans: - (b) (Clause 217 PO Guide Part-I)
29. A Money Order (MO-8) form is divided into: -(a) 2 parts (b)3 parts (c) 4 parts (d) 5 parts
Ans: - (c) (Rule-8 Postal Manual Vol. VI Part-II)
30. A Money Order paid to an illiterate payee is paid: -(a) After obtaining the thumb impression of the payee and getting it attested by a reliable witness other than the paying official(b) After obtaining the thumb impression of the payee(c) To a literate family member of the payee(d) After obtaining the thumb impression of the payee and getting it attested by the paying official.
Ans: - (a) (Rule-38 Postal Manual Volume VI Part-II)
31. The name of the payee of a Money Order can be altered: -(a) On payment of a second commission in cash,(b) On payment of a second commission in the shape of Postage Stamps(c) Free of cost(d) None of the above.
Ans: - (b) (Clause 227 PO Guide Part-I)
32. The Broken Amount of an Indian Postal Order can be made up by affixing: -(a) 3 unused Postage stamps (b) 4 unused Postage stamps(c) 5 unused Postage stamps (d) Not permissible.
Ans: - (a) (Clause-245 PO Guide Part-I)
33. Maximum amount of compensation admissible in case of loss/destruction of a Registered article is: -(a) Amount of actual loss (b) Rs. 50/- (c) Rs. 100/-(d) As claimed either by the addressee or by the sender.
Ans: - (c) (Clause-170 PO Guide Part-I)
34. Advance Remittance (or Minus Entry) is: -(a) Cash is received prior to the receipt of the SO/ BO daily account(b) Cash is received after to the receipt of the SO/ BO daily account(c) Cash is received in short than as mentioned in the SO/BO daily account(d) None of the above.
Ans: - (a) (Rule-74, Postal Manual Vol.-VI, Part-III)
35. The word "in transit" means: -(a) The value of cash/stamps which has been remitted and already accounted at the Cash Office(b) The value of cash/stamps which has been remitted but not yet accounted at the Cash Office(c) The value of cash/stamps which has not been remitted to the Cash Office on the same day(d) None of the above.
Ans: - (b) (Rule-74, Postal Manual Vol.-VI, Part-III)
36. Amount due from a Brach Post Office is: -(a) Total of closing balance of BO + total amount of transit(b) Total of closing balance of BO(c) Authorized cash balance of BO(d) Total amount of transit of the BO.
Ans: - (a) (Rule-74, Postal Manual Vol.-VI, Part-III)
37. The Sub Office (S.O.) daily account is prepared by the: -(a) Treasurer of the S.O. (b) Sub-Account PA of the S.O.(c) Sub-Postmaster of the S.O. (d) None of the above.
Ans: - (c) (Rule-29, Postal Manual Vol.-VI, Part-III)
38. S.O. slip is prepared and sent: -(a) From H.O. to S.O. (b) From S.O. to B.O. (c) From S.O. to H.O. (d) From S.O. to the o/o the Divisional Superintendent.
Ans: - (a) (Rule-18, Postal Manual Vol.-VI, Part-III)
39. The Treasurer's Cash Book is divided into: -(a) Only 1 part--- "receipts" (b) Only 1 part--- "payments"(c) 2 parts---"receipts" & "payments" (d) 3 parts---"receipts", "payments" & "cash/stamps in transit".
Ans: - (c) (Rule-86, Postal Manual Vol.-VI, Part-III)
40. The maximum weight of an article sent by "Express Parcel Post" is: -(a) 10 KG (b) 25 KG (c) 30 KG (d) 35 KG.
Ans: - (d)
41. Registered articles addressed to Shri Ramesh, 27, Highway Road, Chegunta will be delivered(a) only to Shri Ramesh his residential address(b) to any one residing at the address given above(c) to a messenger from Shri Ramesh without any authorization letter(d) none of a, b, c.
Ans. (a) (Clause 36-PO Guide Part-I)
42. If the payee refuses to take Money order, it should be returned for repayment to the remitter(a) on the same day (b) after keeping it in deposit for 3 days(c) after keeping it in deposit for 7 days (d) after keeping it in deposit for 15 days
Ans. (c) (Rule 62 of Postal Man, Vol. VI Pt.II)
43. Registered letter addressed to Shri Srinivas could not be delivered as the addressee has left India. In such a case, who will make the remarks on the article for the cause of non- delivery?(a) Registration Delivery PA (b) APM (Delivery)(c) Postmaster (d) Postman of that beat
Ans. (d) (Rule 183(2) of Postal Man. Vol.VI Pt.I)
44. Machine franked articles received from the local bank for dispatch indicating the place of origin & date of posting will be date stamped on(a) Address side (b) back side (c) near the franked impression(d) need not be date stamped.
45. Money order payable to a person without fingers & suffering from leprosy and living in asylum shall be paid(a) to the payee only after getting witness from literate persons.(b) to any of the family members of the payee duly witnessed by a literate person.(c) to a messenger authorized by the family members(d) to the Head of Asylum on his signing the MO on behalf of such a person
.Ans. (b) (Rule 35 of Postal Man. Vol.VI Pt.II)
46. Franked articles bearing previous day date stamp impressions presented for despatch(a) can be accepted. (b) can be rejected.(c) can be accepted after getting date stamp impression of the day of dispatch.(d) none of a, b, c.
Ans. (c) (Clause11 (10) (viii) (b) of PO Guide Part-I)
47. Who is incharge of Sorting Mail Office?(a) Mail Guard (b) Mailman (c) Head Record Office (d) Head SorterAns. (d) (Rule 15 of Postal man. Vol.V)48. Forward bag containsa) Only closed bags b) bags to be opened by sectionc) Articles containing fully prepaid articles d) none of a, b, c.
Ans. (a) Rule 9 of Postal Man. Vol.V)
WISH U ALL THE BEST
NFPE
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011EFFECT OF NEO-LIBERAL ECONOMIC POLICIES - AN EXAMPLE - NEWS
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
BANK EMPLOYEE & CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEE - A COMPARISON IN WAGES
A SIMPLE COMPARISON BETWEEN
BANK EMPLOYEE & CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEE
– A REFERENCE .
BANK EMPLOYEE & CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEE
– A REFERENCE .
Prior to 1979, Group ‘A’ Officers of Central Government were earning less than bank officers. In 1979, the Pillai Committee was constituted to study the salary structures of bank officers and Group ‘A’ Officers of the Central Government and bring equity among various banks.
The Committee observed that the functions and responsibilities of bank officers in the new set-up were comparable to those of Group ‘A’ Officers in the Central Government and suggested pay parity between them.
The Pillai Committee recommendations were implemented in banks with effect from July 1, 1979, and the pay scale of the lowest rung of officers in banks were equated with pay scales of the lowest rung of Group ‘A’ Officers of Central Government at Rs 700.
The parity which was established by implementing the Pillai Committee Recommendations was distorted by subsequent Pay Commission revisions. In the Sixth Pay Commission, the wages of Group ‘A’ Officers zoomed past the bank officers’ wages. External relativity was given a quiet burial.
It is quite appropriate to compare the salary of bank officers with Group ‘A’ Officers of the Central Government to ascertain whether bank officers constitute a high-wage island.
The basic pay according to the Fifth Pay Commission for Group ‘A’ Officers was Rs 8,000 and the corresponding pay for bank officers was Rs 7,100. But in the Sixth Pay Commission the basic pay for Group ‘A’ Officers of the Central Government went up to Rs 21,000 (basic pay Rs 15,600 + grade pay Rs 5,400) whereas the pre-revised basic pay of bank officers was only Rs 10,000.
Between the Fifth and the Sixth Pay Commissions, the basic pay of Group ‘A’ Government officers went up by 162.5 per cent.
The gross salary of government officers was Rs 31,312, whereas the bank officer’s salary was only Rs 16,110. It can be seen that a bank officer draws a gross salary which is just 51.45 per cent of the gross salary of Group ‘A’ officers at the lowest rung.
Even house rent allowance was paid at 30 per cent of basic pay for government officers, whereas bank officers were getting a maximum of 8.5 per cent in metros. The pre-revised salary of the bank clerk was Rs 6,600 as compared with the Central Government clerk’s salary of Rs 11,000.
Many State Governments have adopted the Sixth Pay Commission Recommendations. A number of public sector undertakings have implemented the Pay Commission recommendations as a benchmark for their salary revision.
The Committee observed that the functions and responsibilities of bank officers in the new set-up were comparable to those of Group ‘A’ Officers in the Central Government and suggested pay parity between them.
The Pillai Committee recommendations were implemented in banks with effect from July 1, 1979, and the pay scale of the lowest rung of officers in banks were equated with pay scales of the lowest rung of Group ‘A’ Officers of Central Government at Rs 700.
The parity which was established by implementing the Pillai Committee Recommendations was distorted by subsequent Pay Commission revisions. In the Sixth Pay Commission, the wages of Group ‘A’ Officers zoomed past the bank officers’ wages. External relativity was given a quiet burial.
It is quite appropriate to compare the salary of bank officers with Group ‘A’ Officers of the Central Government to ascertain whether bank officers constitute a high-wage island.
The basic pay according to the Fifth Pay Commission for Group ‘A’ Officers was Rs 8,000 and the corresponding pay for bank officers was Rs 7,100. But in the Sixth Pay Commission the basic pay for Group ‘A’ Officers of the Central Government went up to Rs 21,000 (basic pay Rs 15,600 + grade pay Rs 5,400) whereas the pre-revised basic pay of bank officers was only Rs 10,000.
Between the Fifth and the Sixth Pay Commissions, the basic pay of Group ‘A’ Government officers went up by 162.5 per cent.
The gross salary of government officers was Rs 31,312, whereas the bank officer’s salary was only Rs 16,110. It can be seen that a bank officer draws a gross salary which is just 51.45 per cent of the gross salary of Group ‘A’ officers at the lowest rung.
Even house rent allowance was paid at 30 per cent of basic pay for government officers, whereas bank officers were getting a maximum of 8.5 per cent in metros. The pre-revised salary of the bank clerk was Rs 6,600 as compared with the Central Government clerk’s salary of Rs 11,000.
Many State Governments have adopted the Sixth Pay Commission Recommendations. A number of public sector undertakings have implemented the Pay Commission recommendations as a benchmark for their salary revision.
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICES - PRESENT SITUATION -- A NEWS ITEM
United States Postal Service proposing cutting 120,000 jobs
updated 8/12/2011
The financially strapped U.S. Postal Service is considering cutting as many as 120,000 jobs.
Facing a second year of losses totaling $8 billion or more, the agency also wants to pull its workers out of the retirement and health benefits plans covering federal workers and set up its own benefit systems.
Congressional approval would be needed for either step, and both could be expected to face severe opposition from postal unions which have contracts that ban layoffs.
The post office has cut 110,000 jobs over the last four years and is currently engaged in eliminating 7,500 administrative staff. In its 2010 annual report, the agency said it had 583,908 career employees.
The loss of mail to the Internet and the decline in advertising caused by the recession have rocked the agency.
Postal officials have said they will be unable to make a $5.5 billion payment to cover future employee health care costs due Sept. 30. It is the only federal agency required to make such a payment but, because of the complex way government finances are counted, eliminating it would make the federal budget deficit appear $5.5 billion larger.
If Congress doesn't act and current losses continue, the post office will be unable to make that payment at the end of September because it will have reached its borrowing limit and simply won't have the cash to do so, the agency said earlier.
In that event, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said, "Our intent is to continue to deliver the mail, pay our employees and pay our suppliers."
Postal officials have sought congressional assistance repeatedly over the last few years, including requests to be allowed to end Saturday mail delivery, and several bills have been proposed, but none has been acted on.
In addition the post office recently said it is considering closing 3,653 post offices, stations and other facilities, about one-10th of its offices around the country, in an effort to save money. Offices under consideration for closing are largely rural with little traffic.
And in June the post office suspended contributions to its employees' pension fund, which it said was overfunded.
In its 2010 annual report the post office reported a loss of more than $8 billion on revenues of $67 billion and expenses of $75 billion.
And even while total mail volume fell from 202 billion items to 170 billion from 2008 to 2010 the number of places the agency has to deliver mail increased by 1.7 million as Americans built new homes, offices and businesses.
The latest cutback plans were first reported by The Washington Post, which said a notice to employees informing them of its proposals stated: "Financial crisis calls for significant actions, we will be insolvent next month due to significant declines in mail volume and retiree health benefit prefunding costs imposed by Congress."
updated 8/12/2011
The financially strapped U.S. Postal Service is considering cutting as many as 120,000 jobs.
Facing a second year of losses totaling $8 billion or more, the agency also wants to pull its workers out of the retirement and health benefits plans covering federal workers and set up its own benefit systems.
Congressional approval would be needed for either step, and both could be expected to face severe opposition from postal unions which have contracts that ban layoffs.
The post office has cut 110,000 jobs over the last four years and is currently engaged in eliminating 7,500 administrative staff. In its 2010 annual report, the agency said it had 583,908 career employees.
The loss of mail to the Internet and the decline in advertising caused by the recession have rocked the agency.
Postal officials have said they will be unable to make a $5.5 billion payment to cover future employee health care costs due Sept. 30. It is the only federal agency required to make such a payment but, because of the complex way government finances are counted, eliminating it would make the federal budget deficit appear $5.5 billion larger.
If Congress doesn't act and current losses continue, the post office will be unable to make that payment at the end of September because it will have reached its borrowing limit and simply won't have the cash to do so, the agency said earlier.
In that event, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said, "Our intent is to continue to deliver the mail, pay our employees and pay our suppliers."
Postal officials have sought congressional assistance repeatedly over the last few years, including requests to be allowed to end Saturday mail delivery, and several bills have been proposed, but none has been acted on.
In addition the post office recently said it is considering closing 3,653 post offices, stations and other facilities, about one-10th of its offices around the country, in an effort to save money. Offices under consideration for closing are largely rural with little traffic.
And in June the post office suspended contributions to its employees' pension fund, which it said was overfunded.
In its 2010 annual report the post office reported a loss of more than $8 billion on revenues of $67 billion and expenses of $75 billion.
And even while total mail volume fell from 202 billion items to 170 billion from 2008 to 2010 the number of places the agency has to deliver mail increased by 1.7 million as Americans built new homes, offices and businesses.
The latest cutback plans were first reported by The Washington Post, which said a notice to employees informing them of its proposals stated: "Financial crisis calls for significant actions, we will be insolvent next month due to significant declines in mail volume and retiree health benefit prefunding costs imposed by Congress."
Saturday, August 13, 2011
OPPORTUNITY TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITY FOR PROMOTION - DOPT ORDERS
DOPT HAS ORDERED THAT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES SHOULD NOT BE EXCLUDED FROM COMPETITION WITH OTHERS FOR PROMOTION TO GROUP 'A' & 'B' POSTS
Dear Comrades! The orders of the DOPT is furnished below that stipulates that the Government Employees with disabilities shall also be allowed to compete with others for promotion against unreserved vacancies, if the posts are identifid suitable to persons with disability. This clarification is issued in the background of complaints from different departments that persons with physical disability are not allowed to compete for Group A and B unreserved Posts. The full text of the orders are as follows:
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS DEPARTMENT
OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING,
NORTH BLOCK, NEW DELHI,
O.M. NO.36035/4/2010-ESTT. (RES)DATED 1ST AUGUST 2011
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Consideration of persons with disabilities for promotion against unreserved vacancies-reg.
The undersigned is directed to say that representations have been received stating that some Ministries/Departments etc. do not consider the persons with disabilities for promotion to Group 'A' and Group 'B' posts, even if such posts are identified suitable for them, on the ground that there is no reservation for persons with disabilities in the matter of promotion to such posts. In this regard, attention is invited to para 6 of this Department's OM No. 36035/3/2004-Estt.(Res) dated 29th December, 2005, which provides that a person with disability cannot be denied the right to compete for appointment against an unreserved vacancy in a post identified suitable for persons with disability of the relevant category. It is hereby clarified that if promotions are made to a Group 'A' or Group 'B' post, which is identified suitable for persons with disability of a specific category, the persons with disability of relevant category in feeder grade, if any, shall be considered for promotion to the post by applying the same criterion as applicable to other persons.
“Education Allowance Scheme”.
Central Government has come up with a new scheme called “Education Allowance Scheme”. The Sixth Pay Commission recommendation for enhancing the Children Education Allowances and merger of the same with Reimbursement of Tuition Fees has been accepted by the Central Government as such.
As a result, all Central Government Employees are to be given a reasonable reimbursement of Educational Expenses unlike earlier restriction like reimbursement of only tuition fees of up to Rs. 40 per month.
Main Features of this Education Allowance Scheme:
Children Education Allowance and Reimbursement of Tuition fees have been merged and the new scheme is known as Children Education Allowance Scheme.
This scheme can be availed by Central Government employees up to a maximum of Two Children
This is applicable for School going children only (nursery to 12th Std including 11th and 12th std conducted by Junior colleges)
The Scheme has no nexus with the performance of the children in the class.
The reimbursement is applicable for admission fees, laboratory fees, special fee charged for agriculture, music, electronics or any subject, fee charged for practical work, fees for use of any aid or appliance by the child, library fees, games/sports fees, fees for extra curricular activities, purchase of one set of text books and notebooks, two sets of uniforms and one set of school shoes.
The annual ceiling for reimbursement of children education allowance is fixed at Rs.15,000/-.
Hostel subsidy will be reimbursed up to maximum limit of Rs.3750/- per month per child. However, both hostel subsidy, and children education allowance can not be availed concurrently.
The maximum limits in Children Education allowance and Hostel subsidy would be automatically raised by 25% every time the dearness allowance on the revise pay structure goes up by 50%.
Reimbursement of the children education allowance and Hostel subsidy would be made on production of original receipts self certified by the employee.
The annual ceiling for reimbursement of education allowance for disabled children of Government employees to Rs.30, 000 per annum per child and the rates of Hostel Subsidy for disabled children of Government employees to Rs.7500- per child per month
Reimbursement of the children Education Allowance is admissible only for the first child born after failure of sterilization operation
Government servant can get 50% of the total amount subject to the overall annual ceiling in the first quarter and the remaining amount in third and or fourth quarter. Frontloading of the entire amount in the first and second quarters is not allowed.
A Government servant can claim full amount subject to the annual ceiling of Rs.15000/- in the last quarter.
This scheme is effective from 01-09-08 but New rate is applicable with effect from 1' January, 2011
SMALL SAVINGS SCHEME ACCOUNTS IN POST OFFICES
The number of operational small savings accounts in the Department of Post as on 30/6/2011 are 264585266 and the amount deposited therein by the common man as on June 2011 is 3728154388 (Rs in thousands)
The number of accounts closed by customers during the last one year is 40950379.
The collections under all small savings schemes are credited to National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) and the opening balance as per Budget Estimates 2011-12 is Rs. 7,99,386.51 crore.
The small savings schemes continue to enjoy investor confidence as the risk-return equation of these schemes is favourable with the benefits of liquidity, accessibility, tax incentives and implicit sovereign guarantee. The Government has taken the following steps to make the small savings schemes more attractive and investor friendly:-
The restriction on opening of more than one account during a calendar month under the Senior Citizens Savings Scheme has been removed with effect from 24th May, 2007.
All categories of pensioners have been allowed to open and maintain ‘Pension Account’ under Post Office Savings Account Rules, with effect from 11th July, 2007.
The penalty on pre-mature withdrawal of deposits under the Post Office Monthly Income Account (POMIA) scheme has been rationalised from 3.5% to 2% on withdrawal on or before expiry of three years and 1% on withdrawal after expiry of three years.
The maximum deposit ceilings of Rs. 3.00 lakh and Rs. 6.00 lakh under the Post Office Monthly Income Account (POMIA) scheme has been raised to Rs. 4.5 lakh and Rs. 9.00 lakh in respect of single and joint accounts respectively.
Bonus at the rate of 5 per cent on the deposits made under Post Office Monthly Income Account (POMIA) Scheme on or after 8th December, 2007 upon the maturity of the deposit had been reintroduced. The benefit of Section 80C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 has been extended to the investments made under 5-Year Post Office Time Deposits Account and Senior Citizens Savings Scheme, with effect from 1.4.2007.
A website of the National Savings Institute under Government of India, Ministry of Finance has also been launched to facilitate interface with the public through wider dissemination of information on small savings and on-line registration and settlement of investors grievances. The website address is nsiindia.gov.in.
This statement was given by Shri Sachin Pilot, the Minister of State Communication and Information Technology in response to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
. Can the ACP/MACP denied to those who had refused regular promotion ?
1For ACP : (from clarification issued for ACP) “The ACP Scheme has been introduced to provide relief in cases of acute stagnation where the employees, despite being eligible for promotion in all respects, are deprived of regular promotion for long periods due to non-availability of vacancies in the higher grade. Cases of holders of isolated posts have also been covered under ACPS, as they do not have any promotional avenues. However, where a promotion has been offered before the employee could be considered for grant of benefit under ACPS but he refuses to accept such promotion, then he cannot be said to be stagnating as he has opted to remain in the existing grade on his own volition. As such, there is no case for grant of ACPS in such cases. The official can be considered for regular promotion again after the necessary debarment period”.
For MACP (from MACP Order) “ lf a regular promotion has been offered but was refused by the employee before becoming entitled to a financial up-gradation, no financial up-gradation shall be allowed as such an employee has not been stagnated due to lack of opportunities. If, however, financial up-gradation has been allowed due to stagnation and the employees subsequently refuse the promotion, it shall not be a ground to withdraw the financial up-gradation. He shall, however, not be eligible to be considered for further financial up-gradation till he agrees to be considered for promotion again and the second the next financial up-gradation shall also be deferred to the extent of period of debarment due to the refusal”.
2. Disclosure of APAR
As per DOPT instruction, grading of APAR should be disclosed to the official concerned. does it mean that photocopy of the APAR should be given to the individual. Is there any format prescribed (covering letter) for disclosure of APAR ?
"Full APAR" is to be communicated. Hence it should be a Photostat copy.
3. Can Govt dues be adjusted against final payment of GPF with the consent of a Govt servant ?
Never come across any such restriction. Moreover, when GPF become due as final payment it is employees booty which he may consensually get adjusted in regard to outstanding govt. dues.
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MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS
The Government has issued instructions that with effect from the reporting period 2008-09, the full Annual Performance Assessment Report (APAR) (earlier known as ACR) after completion shall be communicated by the Section entrusted with the maintenance of APAR to the concerned officer. No instructions have been issued to merely show the APAR and obtain any certificate to this effect.
This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Shri V.Narayanasamy in written reply to question in the Lok Sabha today.
This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Shri V.Narayanasamy in written reply to question in the Lok Sabha today.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
INtroduction RSBY for GDS employees
A reference is invited to the proposal of introduction RSBY for GDS employees as intimated vide your letter under reference. We had proposed certain improvements in the proposed scheme keeping in view the ground realities prevailing in the rural area where the GDS employees work vide our letter no dated 24.02.2010. Since then nothing has been heard and we donot know the fate of the proposal.
You will kindly agree that the low paid GDS employees urgently deserve some scheme for provision of health services. The proposed scheme of RSBY, in its present form with certain improvements as suggested by us is a right step in providing health services to the GDS employees, though a small step. We strongly hold the view that every big journey starts with a proposed RSBY was a step in the right direction and should have been brought in place small step taken is the right adirection. The with the improvement suggested by us. We are of strong view that this scheme should not be allowed to die a natural death.
We, therefore, request you kindly to vitalize the proposal in the interest of the employees. We shall always be available to offer further inputs as and when required.
An expeditious action is requested.
Yours faithfully,
-- S.S.MahadevaiahGeneral SecretaryAll India Postal Extra Departmental Employees Union
No proposal to increase the Retirement Age of Central Government Employees from 60 to 62
The Central Government clarified that there is no proposal to extend the retirement age of Central Government Employees.In Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena told that the total number of Central Government Employees as on March, 2010 was 32.24 Lakh and “at present we have no idea to increase the retirement age of Central Government Employees from 60 to 62”.
ALL INDIA CONVENTION -Contingent Employees
ALL INDIA CONVENTION OF CASUAL PART-TIME & CONTINGENT EMPLOYEES
FIRST ALL INDIA CONVENTION OF CASUAL , PART-TIME ,CONTINGENT EMPLOYEES WILL BE HELD AT TIRUPATI (ANDHRA PRADESH) ON 13th & 14th NOVEMBER, 2011.FURTHER DETAILS WILL FOLLOW.
FIRST ALL INDIA CONVENTION OF CASUAL , PART-TIME ,CONTINGENT EMPLOYEES WILL BE HELD AT TIRUPATI (ANDHRA PRADESH) ON 13th & 14th NOVEMBER, 2011.FURTHER DETAILS WILL FOLLOW.
Employment Growth
Employment Growth
The Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has informed the Rajya Sabha that reliable estimates of employment and unemployment are obtained through quinquennial labour force surveys conducted by National Sample Survey Office. As per the two most recent surveys, employment estimated on usual status basis has increased from 459.10 million in 2004-05 to 465.48 million in 2009-10 which shows that about 6.4 million persons were able to find employment during the period 2004-05 to 2009-10. The number of youth job seekers in the age group of 15-29 year, all of whom may not necessarily be unemployed, registered with employment exchanges as on 31-12-2008 was 270 million.
In order to bridge the employment gap and to harness the benefit of demographic dividend, Government of India has undertaken skill development in a big way.
The coordinated Action Plan for Skill Development has set a target of 500 million skilled persons by the year 2022, and all concerned Ministries and Departments have been mandated to undertake skill development programmes accordingly. All the Government (ITIs) Industrial Training Institutes are being modernized. New Govt. and Private ITIs and ITCs are being setup to augment training capacity. A new scheme, titled Skill Development Initiatives has been started to train one million persons in five years and then one million every year in short term modular employable skills. In addition, Government has also been implementing Employment generation Programme some of which are Swarnjayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojna, Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Guarantee Act and Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme.
The Minister was replying to a written question in the Rajya Sabha today.
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