DIRECT RECRUITMENT OF POSTAL ASSISTANTS / SORTING ASSISTANTS / POSTAL ASSISTANT RETURNED LETTER OFFICE/POSTAL ASSISTANT MAIL MOTOR SERVICE / POSTAL ASSISTANT (FOREIGN POST ORGANIZATION) and POSTAL ASSISTANT (SAVINGS BANK CONTROL ORGANIZATION) (Click link below for details)

http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pdf/Recruitment/RE-77-8-2012_HP_Postal_Circle.pdf

NEW POSTAL POLICY 2012 ROADMAP TO PRIVATISATION (POSTAL CRUSADER – AUGUST - 2012 ISSUE - EDITORIAL)

Government of India has declared the New Postal Policy 2012. Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister Communications & IT has made a press statement also. Finally Govt. has decided to end the monopoly of Postal Department in collecting, processing, conveyance and delivery of letter mail articles and allow private couriers also to function legally.

As per the Govt’s. version – “the idea is to develop Indian Postal Sector as a full-fledged market, bring in more service providers to enhance employment (?) and contribution to nations GDP (?).” It further states that – “At present Department of Posts, which has around five lakhs employees, is the sole body responsible for policy making, regulation and providing postal service. The over 100 year old Indian Post office Act, which governs the Postal sector, bars any individual or entity from delivering letter for commercial purpose.” Communication Minister has asked Department of Posts to create a framework to support small and medium Postal Operators (i.e. couriers) and new models to encourage entrepreneurship in the sector.

One of the guiding principles of the National Postal Policy (NPP) is promotion of partnership between private and public postal sectors. (i.e between couriers and Department of Posts) and to promote cooperation, inter action, resource sharing and fair competition among stake holders.

The NPP says that – “Competition leads to consumer satisfaction through lower prices, more choice and better quality of service. Efforts are therefore required to promote competition in the provision of Postal Services so as to maximize benefits to customers, particularly in rural and inaccessible areas Therefore it is necessary to develop a governance and legislative system that promotes fair competition in the Postal market and offers customer ample choice”.

In order to implement the above stated privatization policy, the Government is planning to separate the functions of policy making, regulation and operations of the over 150 years old Department of Posts. An independent body named Postal Development Board (PDB) will be responsible for the overall development and governance of the Postal Sector (including courier services). The PDB will also draw a roadmap for unbundling (ending monopoly and allowing private participation) of Postal departments functions.

The PDB will be set up under Secretary (Posts) and will include secretaries of Department of Economic Affairs, Department of Electronics and Imformation Technology, Department of Commerce and two members from Postal Services Board. A Postal Advisory Board (PAB) will be constituted which will have representation from Government, Industry payers, academics and other stake holders, to provide inputs to PDB on policy matters.

If the NPP is implemented in its totality, then the Postal Department will definitely meet the fate of Telecom. The existence of Department and job security of the five lakhs Postal employees will be in danger. NFPE calls upon the Postal and RMS employees including GDS to be ready for serious trade union action if the Government take any unilateral decision to privatise postal sector.

PROPOSED CAMPAIGN PROGRAMME OF NFPE LEADERS FOR STRIKE DATED 12.12.2012

Circles	Name of leaders	Stations to be visited
Andhra Pradesh		Hyderabad 21.11.12	Kurnool 22.11.12	Vijaawada 23.11.12	Vishakhapatnam 24.11.12
Assam		Dibrugarh 20.11.12	Nagaon 21.11.12	Guwahati 22.11.12
Bihar		Patna 26.11.12	Gaya 27.11.12	Muzaffarpur 28.11.12	Begusarai 29.11.12	Motihari 30.11.12
Chhattisgarh		Raipur 28.11.12	Bilaspur 29.11.12	Rajgarh 30.11.12
Delhi		New Delhi 4.12.12
Gujarat		Ahmedabad 23.11.12	Vadodara 26.11.12	Rajkot 24.11.12
Haryana		Ambala 19.11.12
Himachal Pradesh		Shimla 26.11.12	Mandi 28.11.12	Dharmshala 29.11.12
Jharkhand		Ranchi 19.11.12	Jamshedpur 20.11.12
J&K		Jammu 24.11.12
Karnataka		Bangalore 26.11.12	Mysore 27.11.12	Hasan 28.11.12	Mangalore 29.11.12		Hubli 30.11.12
Kerala		Kannur 13.11.12	Trichur 14.11.12	Kollam 15.11.12
Maharashtra		Nagpur 19.11.12	Pune 20.11.12	Mumbai 21.11.12	Aurangabad 22.11.12		Goa 24.11.12
M.P.		Gwalior 26.11.12	Indore 27.11.12	Bhopal 28.11.12	Jabalpur 29.11.12
North East		Shillong 23.11.12	Agartala 25.11.12	Imphal 27.11.12
Orissa		Bhubaneshwar 17.11.12	Cuttack 20.11.12	Sundergarh 21.11.12	Sambhalpur 22.11.12		Berhampur 23.11.12
Punjab		Chandigarh 20.11.12	Ludhiyana 21.11.12	Jullandhar 22.11.12	Amritsar 23.11.12
Rajasthan		Jaipur 19.11.12	Ajmer 2-0.11.12	Jodhpu 21.11.12
Tamil Nadu		Trichey 19.11.12	Madurai 20.11.12	Coimbatore 21.11.12	Chennai 22.11.12		Pondicherry 24.11.12
Uttrakhand		Dehradun 24.11.12
U.P.		Meerut 5.11.12	Barelley 6.11.12	Agra 7.11.12	Jhansi 8.11.12		Lucknow 10.11.12
		Allahabad 19.11.12	Varanasi 20.11.12	Gorakhpur 21.11.12
West Bengal		Kolkata 26.11.12	Malda 27.11.12	Siliguri 28.11.12	Sikkim 29.11.12		Andman 24.11.12
		Asansol 21.11.12

Note: 1. The names of leaders will be intimated later.

2. All NFPR Office Bearers / All General Secretaries /All Circle Secretaries of NFPE Unions are requested to suggest any change if they require as per their convenience with in a week..

3. After getting feedback from leaders the programme will be finalized.