D.O. LETTER TO ALL CPMsG BY MEMBER (P) ABOUT FILLING OF VACANT POSTS OF SORTING POSTMEN, MAIL OVERSEER, CASH OVERSEER AND HEAD POSTMAN

-- Yesodhara Menon Member (P)

D.O. No. 37-4/2012-SPB                                                 Dated 19-04-2012

Dear

            IT has been brought to the notice of Secretary (Posts) that a large number of Posts of Sorting Postmen, Mail Overseer, Cash Overseer and Head Postman are lying vacant in all the Postal Circles including your Circle, making it difficult to carry out the assigned work.

2. The position has been reviewed in the Directorate and it has been decided that a review of all the vacant Posts of Sorting Postmen, Mail Overseer, Cash Overseer and Head Postman be carried out in your Circle, and immediate action be taken to get all the posts filled up by eligible Postmen working in your Circle. It is further requested that the aforesaid action may please be completed within three weeks and a compliance report in this regard be furnished to the Directorate positively.

SETTING UP OF RTI CALL CENTRE AND PORTAL (CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW FOR DETAILS

http://rti.gov.in/call_centre.pdf

SPECIAL RECRUITMENT DRIVE FOR FILLING UP BACKLOG RESERVED VACANCIES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. (CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW FOR DETAILS

http://circulars.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02adm/36038_2_2008-Estt.Res.-10052012.pdf

REVISED TOUR PROGRAMME OF CONFEDERATION

Dear comrades

            After considering the views conveyed by affiliates and State Committees and also by the leaders who have been assigned to different stations, the tour programme given along with Circular 05 is revisited and the final tour programme is given below.

 Other details such as how to utilise the visit of leaders etc shall be given in the next circular.

TOUR PROGRAMME [REVISED]

KERALA: Dates: June -  5, 6, 7 - Thiruvananthapuram, Calicut, Kochi

Coms M.Krishnan, K.Ragavendran, K.P.Rajagopal

************************

TAMILNADU:  Dates: June 12, 13, 14 & 15  Tiruchy, Madurai, Coimbatore, Chennai    

K.Ragavendran, K.V.Sreedharan, Ashok B Salunkhe, M.Duraipandian, K.Venkatasubramanian

************************

KARNATAKA:  Dates: June 19, 20 & 21 - Bangalore, Mangalore, Hubli & Goa.

K.V. Sreedharan,  T. Narasimhan, R. Sethuraman, V. Sreekumar & P. Prasad.     

************************

ANDHRA PRADESH: Dates: June 19, 20 & 21 - Hyderabad, Vizag & Vijayawada

K. Ragavendran, K.P. Rajagopal, Nageswar Rao, Humayun, Satyanarayana, N. Somaiah

************************

MAHARASHTRA: Dates: June 5, 6 & 7 - Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur.                

KKN Kutty, Ravi Nair, K.V. Sreedharan, D.K.Rahate, M.S. Bharne, Nageswara Rao,  RP Singh & P.K. Das

************************        

GUJARAT: Dates: June 12, 13 & 16 -  Ahmedabad, Baroda, Rajkot.                                     

K.K.N. Kutty, A.B. Salunkhe, D.K.Rahate, Ishwar Singh Dabas & VK Bhambhi

************************

MADHYAPRADESH & CHATISGARH : Dates: June 19, 20, 21 & 22 - Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Raipur 

Ishwar Singh Dabas, R.N.Parasar, T.K.R.Pillai & Yeshwant Purohit.

************************

RAJASTHAN: Dates: June 20,21,22,& 23 - Jaipur, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Udaipur

S.K.Vyas, Giriraj Singh, Ashok Kanojia & RS Shekhawat.

************************

PUNJAB, HARYANA, HP & CHANDIGARH : Dates: July 9, 10, 11,12,& 13 -Ambala,Amritsar, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Shimla

M.S. Raja, R.N.Parassar, Ashok Kanojia, Giriraj Singh.

************************

U.P & UTTARAKHAND: Dates: July 3,4,5 & 6 -  Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Dehradun

S.K.Vyas, K.P. Rajagopal, Ishwar Singh Dabas, Giriraj Singh, R.N.Parasar & JP Singh

************************

BIHAR & JHARKHAND: Dates: July 10, 11, & 12 - Patna, Ranchi, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur

Pijush Roy, V.Bhattacharya, Yeshwant Purohit S.K.Humayun, R.N.Dhal, Somaiah, Ratnesh Ratne

************************

ORISSA: Dates: June 26, 27 & 28 - Bhubaneswar, Puri, Cuttack 

Pijush Roy, V. Bhattacharya, S.K.Humayun, M Duraipandian, Somaiah, Rupak Sarkar & RN Dhal

************************

WEST BENGAL: Dates: June 19, 20, 21 -  Kolkata, Farakka, Siliguri

M.Krishnan, Pijush Roy, V.Bhattacharya, Rupak Sarkar.

N.E REGION: Dates: June 26, 27 & 28 - Guwahati, Shillong, Agartala,

M.S. Raja, K.P. Rajagopal, Tapandas Gupta. Pranab Bhattacharjee, Rehman & GK Gohain.

DELHI, MEERUT, GAZIABAD, FARIDABAD, GURGAON: Dates: July 16, 17, 18, 19 & 20

S.K. Vyas, K.K.N. Kutty, M.S.Raja, Ashok Kanojia, V. Bhattacharya. Ishwar Singh Dabas

Giriraj Singh.

Comradely Yours,

KKN Kutty

Secretary General

NEWLY ELECTED OFFICE BEARERS OF ALL INDIA RMS & MMS EMPLOYEES UNION GROUP `C`

         29^th All India Conference of All  India RMS & MMS Employees Union Group `C` held  at Kanpur (U.P.) from 3^rd to 6^thMay, 2012  unanimously elected the following New Set of Office Bearers:-

President                 

Shri S.K. Bardhan SA MACP III `WB` Dn. Howrah

Vice President          

1.Shri . Shri R.K.Gupta, SA  MACP III  RMS `KP` Dn. Kanpur

2.Shri P.V. Rajendran, SA  MACP II RMS `CT` Dn. Kerala

3. Shri B.P.Gana, SA MACP III `MP` Dn. Gwalior RMS

General Secretary        

Shri Giri Raj Singh  SA MACP III RMS Bhawan  Delhi Stg. Dn.

Assistant General Secy.     

1. Shri G.Talukdar, SA MACP III RMS `GH` Dn. Guwahati

2. Shri R.N.Dhal, SA MACP III RMS `N` Dn. Cuttack

3  Shri M.B. Sukumar LSG Sup. `M` Dn. Chennai.

4. Shri H.M. Gedam , SA MACP III  Mumbai Stg. D

5. Shri K.P. Singh, Driver Grade-I MMS Dn. Delhi.

6. Shri Swati Roy Bera SA MACP I Kolkata RMS Dn

7. Shri C.H. Koteshwar Rao SA MACP II  `Y` Dn. Vijaywada.

8. Shri M.P.Johan, HSG-I HSA `AM` Dn. Ahmedabad.

 Financial Secretary     

 Shri Jagdish Prasad III, SA MACP III Delhi Stg. Dn.

Asstt. Financial Secretary           

 Shri Anuj Kumar, Accountant % SSRM `PT` Dn. Patna

NFPE congratulates to the newly elected set of office bearers.

A REPORT ON 28TH BIENNIAL AIC OF ALL INDIA POSTAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES’ EMPLOYEES’ UNION GR-“C” AND “D” (NFPE), NEW DELHI HELD IN KOLKATA.

{Com. Pranab Bhattacharjee}

The 28^th Biennial AIC of All India Postal Administrative Offices’ Employees’ Union Gr – “C” and “D” (NFPE) was held on and from 28^th April’2012 to 30^th April’2012 at P&T Community Hall, Salt Lake, CC Block, Kolkata-700064, West Bengal.

The Conference began with the garlanding of Martyrs’ column and observance of 2 minutes silence in the memory of departed leaders and personality in various fields. Comrade M. Krishnan, Secretary General, NFPE, hoisted the flag of NFPE. Comrade T. Ramesh, President of the Union unfurled the flag of the Union. Comrade Sibsankar Roy, General Secretary, Reception Committee and a veteran leader of P&T movement garland the Martyrs’ column. Comrade P. Bhattacharjee, General Secretary of the Administrative Union paid homage to the Martyrs.

            In the afternoon session, Comrade Sibsankar Roy, General Secretary, Reception Committee and a veteran leader of P&T movement delivered his key note address expressing the present scenario.  Inauguration of the Conference was done on 28th April’2012 by comrade M. Krishnan, Secretary General, NFPE, by giving a detailed and elaborate lecture on the problems confronted by the cross sections of the Central Govt. employees in general and Postal employees in particular. He cited one after another incident of postal movements to combat with the onslaughts unleashed by the Govt. of India through its policy decisions. Comrade I. S. Dabas, General Secretary, Postman and MTS / Gr. –“D”, Comrade Giriraj Singh, Gen. Secretary, RMS –III, Comrade P. Suresh, General Secretary, RMS-IV and Comrade T. Satyanarayana, General Secretary, Postal Accounts graced the conference.

            From State level leadership of all central Govt. Employees, Comrade Pijush Roy, General Secretary of CGCC of Unions & Associations, delivered his address welcoming the delegates participated from almost every corner of the country. Comrade Tapan Dasgupta, President of CGCC of Unions & Associations, Comrade Janardan Majumder Circle Secretary, All India Postal Employees’ Union Gr- “C” , Comrade Nirmal Chandra De, Circle Secretary of Postman & MTS / Gr- “D” employees’ Union, Comrade Sanjay Chakraborty of RMS & MMS Employees’ Union, Comrade Bijoy Gopal Sur of ED Employees’ Union, Comrade Sankar Bhattacharjee, Circle Secretary, Postal Accounts Employees Union were also present in the meeting and actively helped to make the conference a grand success, even they contributed a huge amount of donations for the AIC of this Administrative Union. We acknowledge their generous contributions with gratitude. Comrade Arup Kumar Seal, Circle Secretary IPOs & ASPOs Association and Comrade Arabinda Pathak, General Secretary of Stenographers’ Associations were also present in the meeting. A nice cultural programme was organized depicting the cultural heritage of different states in the form of Regional dances.  Delegates from almost all of the Circles attended the Conference to make it a success.

All sectional problems pertaining to Administrative Offices’ Employees’ were discussed at length in the 28^th AIC.

The following Office Bearers were elected unanimously from the 28^th AIC of AIPAOEU, Gr- “C” & “D”.

President                              

Shri T. Ramesh, Section Supervisor, Circle Office (A.P Circle)

Vice- Presidents        :          

(1) Shri. M. Z. Khan, Sec. Supervisor, Jharkhand C.O (Jharkhand)

(2) Shri Umasankar Chakraborty, PACO, O/o the DPLI, Kolkata.

General Secretary     :          

(1) Shri. Pranab Bhattacharjee, PACO (WB Circle)

Asstt. Gen. Secretaries:      

(1) Shri. K. Ramchandram, PACO (A.P Circle)

(2) Shri. B. C. Deka, PACO (Assam Circle)

(3) Shri. Sohan Prasad, PACO (Bihar Circle)

(4) Shri R. S. Dabhi, MTS (Gujrat Circle)

Financial Secretary: 

(1) Shri. Mayaram, PACO (Haryana Circle)

Organising Secretaries:      

(1) Shri. S. S. Samanta, Business Executive, (Orissa Circle)

(2) Shri. P. Satheesh Kumar, PACO (Kerala Circle)

(3) Shri. T. P. Sharma, System Administrator, CO (H.P Circle)

(4) Shri. M. D. Narayan Murthy, Sec. Supervisor,

 South Karnataka Region,  (Bangalor

(5) Shri. P. Nagarajan, DO PLI, Circle office (Tamil Nadu Circle office)

(6) Shri Paritosh Kumar Das, PACO, O/o the Director, PLI, Kolkata.

The Conference ended on 30th April’2012 with a vote of thanks

INDIA POST CELEBERATES 25 YEARS OF SPEED POST SERVICE

Shri Kapil Sibal gives away Awards to Top Postal Circles

            Shri Kapil Sibal ,Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology today inaugurated the two day annual conference of Heads of Circle of the Department of Posts. A special cover to mark 25 years of Speed Post was also released by the Minister on the occasion. The Minister gave away prizes to top three Postal Circles for generating highest rate of revenue growth in Speed Post during 2010-11, on the occasion.

            While Karnataka Circle walked away with the first prize and DG Post’s Rolling Trophy, Jammu and Kashmir Circle and Jharkhand Circle secured the second and third position respectively. Speed Post is the premium Express Mail Service of India Post. It was launched in August, 1986 to meet the “felt-need” of the developing Indian economy. It offers a time-bound and assured delivery of letters, documents and parcels up to 35kg across the nation and around the world.

            The Speed Post network is the largest Express Service Network in India. It covers all major towns & cities. Web-based Track and Trace service is provided for Speed Post articles on the India Post website (www.indiapost.gov.in). Insurance facility is also available for sending valuable items under Speed Post, Regular customers enjoy free pick up, credit facility under Book Now Pay Later Scheme and attractive volume based discounts.

            Over the past 25 years, Speed Post has steadily continued to grow in terms of volumes with monthly volumes exceeding 2.5 crore articles in 2011-12. The Department of Posts set-up a Business Development Directorate in 1996 which was re-organized as Business Development & Marketing Directorate in 2005, to provide impetus to business activitie4s concerning Speed Post and a number of other business products.

            The last 25 years have been a journey of success for Speed Post with economical rates, safety and reliability as the hallmarks of the service.

TWO DAY CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF POSTAL CIRCLES BEGINS

            Shri Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology(C&IT) has said that India Post is in an enviable position due to its reach and has the potential to transform rural economy and life. Shri Sibal said this while inaugurating the two day annual conference of Heads of Circle of the Department of Posts.

            During the 2-day event, discussions will focus around the challenges being faced by India Post in the 21sth Century. India Post is faced with the twin challenges of induction of various modes of technology in communication and also the proliferation of couriers on the other.

            The organization has geared itself to assimilate technology in its operations in a big way. It has also embarked upon the path of providing quality postal services to its customers. The Speed Post is already a brand to reckon with. Other initiatives like introduction of Core Banking Solutions in the Post Office Savings Bank, expansion of Postal Life Insurance and streamlining of the parcel service area also on the anvil. Apart from this, India Post is preparing itself to have a vast technological network to connect all the rural Post Offices. The organization hopes to be a reliable partner for various Government Departments for delivery of their services in the villages where no other network has the kind of reach which India Post has got.

            Training of the Postal Staff to adapt itself to the use of technology in a big way is also a major challenge. Plans are being worked out by India Post to provide adequate training to all its personnel in use of technology. This is going to be the thrust area in the next couple of years.

            India Post has a vast network of 1,54,866 post offices in the country. It handles over six billion articles of mail every year with the help of nearly half a million employees. India Post also runs Post Offices Savings Bank (POSB). Apart from offering various saving scheme, to the common man, POSB also disburses Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme ( MGNREGS) wages. It has 5.4 crore accounts which disbursed Rs. 7430 crore as MGNREGS wages during 2011-12.

Clarification in filling up of HSG-I and Postmaster Grade-III Post - No way, it is useful

NOTICE FOR FEDERAL SECRETARIAT

No. PF-01(c)/2012                Dated 09^th May, 2012

NOTICE

          It is hereby notified that the Federal Secretariat of NFPE will be held at NFPE Office, 1^st Floor North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi 110001 on 21.05.2012 at 05.00 P.M.

          All General Secretaries and All India Office Bearers of NFPE available at Delhi HQ are requested to attend the same as per schedule.

         The Agenda of the Federal Secretariat is mentioned below:

AGENDA

1.      Implementation of Confederation decisions.-26^thJuly, 2012 Parliament March.

2.    Consideration of the application for the grant of Associate membership to newly   

       formed GDS Union.-AIPEU GDS(NFPE).

3.    Review of JCA agitation – regarding.

4.    Any other item with the permission of Chair.

Yours Comradely,

Sd/-

{M. Krishnan}

Secretary General

NFPE CIRCULAR

No. PF-1(e)/02/2012                             Dated: 09^th May 2012

CIRCULAR

To

            All General Secretaries/NFPE Office Bearers.

            All Circle Secretaries of NFPE Unions.

Sub:    ONE DAY HUNGER FAST ON 21^st MAY, 2012.

           

Dear Comrades,

            It has been decided by the JCA of NFPE and FNPO that all the General Secretaries and available All India Office Bearers of both the Federations will sit on hunger fast in front of Dak Bhawan, New Delhi on 21^stMay 2012. (Monday) from 10.00 A.M. to 05.00 P.M. against non-settlement of agreed items of strike charter of demands.

            Similarly all the Circle Secretaries will sit on hunger fast on the same day i.e. 21.05.2012 in front of all Chief PMG Offices. (Copies of both the letters addressed to Secretary Department of Posts in this regard are enclosed.)

            With revolutionary greetings.

A BRANCH POSTMASTER BECOMES AN IAS OFFICER

ONE SELVI S.ARUNADEVI, GDS BPM, URALPATTI BO A/W KOMARALINGAM SO, UDAMALAPET HPO, TAMIL NADU HAS COME OUT SUCCESSFUL IN ALL FORMS OF IAS (INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE) EXAMINATION (PRELIMINARY, MAIN & INTERVIEW) IN ONE ATTEMPT. SHE DID HER SCHOOL STUDIES IN A RURAL SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDIES IN A PRIVATE COLLEGE AT UDAMALAPET. SHE BROUGHT UP FROM A POOR FAMILY BACKGROUND. SHE PREPARED FOR THE IAS ON HER OWN WITHOUT ANY COACHING. A VERY POOR GDS FROM A RURAL BACKGROUND, STUDIED NOT IN ANY REPUTED CORPORATE INSTITUTIONS AND WITHOUT ANY COACHING, COMING OUT SUCCESSFUL IN IAS, IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT.

NFPE   CONGRATULATE HER AND CONVEY GREETINGS.

Mrs. Sayeeda Afthar mother of Comrade S.A. Raheem General Secretary, AIPCWEA expired yesterday (7th May-2012) evening. NFPE convey its heartfelt condolences.

SUBSCRIBERS TO NPS TO NOW HAVE CHOICE OF ANNUITY SERVICE PROVIDERS; PFRDA TAKES IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS PROVIDING AN EXIT ROUTE TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

           Subscribers to the National Pension System (NPS) will now have a choice of Annuity Service Providers, from whom they can choose their annuity schemes on their exit from NPS on attainment of 60 years of age. Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has empanelled the following six IRDA approved life insurance companies for providing annuity services to the subscribers of National Pension System (NPS).

1. Life Insurance Corporation of India

2. SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

3. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

4. Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

5. Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

6. Reliance Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

         Under the provisions of NPS, a maximum of 60% of corpus accumulated at the time of exit, normally on the attainment of 60 years of age, can be withdrawn but a minimum of 40% corpus has to be utilized for purchasing an annuity from one of the empanelled annuity service providers. Subscriber can choose from any of the six above mentioned annuity service providers and can also make their choice of the annuity scheme from amongst the schemes being offered by these providers.

          With the above empanelment, PFRDA has taken an important step towards providing an exit route to the subscribers. Source: PIB

LINKING OF GPF INTEREST RATES WITH EPFO

                The rates of interest on General Provident Fund (GPF) is 8% for the period from 1.4.2011 to 30.11.2011 and 8.6% from 1.12.2011 to 31.3.2012, whereas the rate of interest on EPF for the financial year 2011-12 is 8.25%. Rate of interest on EPF is fixed on the recommendation of the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) by the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Ministry of Labour and Employment based on the income earned on the accumulated fund during the financial year. However, rate of interest on GPF is generally fixed after taking into consideration the average secondary market yields on government securities of similar maturity.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri Namo Narain Meena in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today. Source: PIB

DEPARTMENT CALLED EOI TO CREATE POST BANK OF INDIA

          Postal department invited Expression of Interest from the Bidders to submit detailed Project report to Create Post Bank Of India. The last date for submitting the applications are 24/05/2012 and the bids will be opened on 25/05/2012. In the tender document it is clearly mentioned the objectives for setting up the Post Bank Of India are as follows:

(i) Provide banking which means the accepting, for  the purpose of lending or investment, of deposit of money from the public, repayable on demand or otherwise, and withdrawal by Cheque, draft, order or otherwise. PBI will be engaged in various types of banking as mentioned in Section 6 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

(ii)  Provide banking services with special focus on rural areas.

(iii) Provide means of additional revenue generation for the DoP.

(iv) Ride on the Core Banking Solution which is proposed to be provided in all the post offices.

(v)  Provide a platform for financial inclusion.

(vi) Provide higher order value added services to over 250 Million existing Post Office Savings Bank account holders.

MONTHLY SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF POSTS FOR MARCH, 2012

Postal Network to be leveraged to Financially Include BPL Households

Given below is a brief summary of significant events pertaining to Dept of Posts for the month March ,2012.

Department of Posts have disbursed wages amounting to Rs. 540 crores to 5.45 crores MGNREGS account holders across the country (except in Bihar Circle) during February this year.

An MoU was signed with UIDAI for enrolment and dispatch/ delivery of Aadhaar letters. As per the UIDAI portal, 53.31 lakhs enrolments have been done till 26.03.2012 at post offices. And approx. 9.01 crore Aadhaar letters have been booked till 03.04.2012.

Under the IT modernization project of the Department approved by the CCEA, 8 RFPs have been issued for selection of vendors. 5 LOI (Letter of Intent) have been issued and in 2 RFPs the financial evaluation is in progress.

MoU signed between Kerala water Authority and Kerala Postal Circle for acceptance of water charges through Post Offices.

Preliminary discussions were held with Idea Cellular Pvt. Ltd. for accepting payment for recharge of pre and post paid connections through e-payment.

Training for Savottam Certification of officials of five selected Head Post Offices was arranged by PTC Vadodara .

Project Arrow initiated to improve the “core activities” of the Department and “Look and Feel” aspect of post offices has been implemented in 15597 post offices and 1759 post offices, respectively.

The Department of Posts ( DoP) has decided to leverage its extensive network in rural as well as in urban areas to financially include BPL households by opening their savings accounts at their nearest Post Offices. These accounts will not only serve the purpose of financial inclusion but also constitute critical infrastructural support to transfer cash benefits to the BPL households. This will go a long way in reducing their poverty and furthering the mandate of Government of India and the State Governments. More than 1.2 crore such accounts have already been opened so far across the country. Various Ministries and Departments of Government of India have been addressed to consider delivering cash components of their social security and welfare schemes targeting the BPL households through these accounts.

Stamps were issued on Vasant Dada Patil ( 1st March), Shyama Charan Shukla (9th March) and 100 years of Civil Aviation (14th March).