Com. B Samal, Divisional Secretary, AIPEU, Gr.-C, Bhubaneswar Division relieved from Sahidnagar MDG

Consequent upon regular promotion to HSG-I cadre, Com. B Samal, Divisional Secretary AIPEU, Group-C, Bhubaneswar Division was relieved from Sahidnagar MDG and joined as Postmaster ( H S G – I ), Ashoknagar M D G, Bhubaneswar – 751 009 on 20.05.2013 forenoon.

As such all the staff members of AIPEU, Group-C, Bhubaneswar Division are requested to make correspondence with the Divisional Secretary in the above new address.

Reaction of the staff members of Sahidnagar MDG 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bi-monthly meeting of the P.M.G., Sambalpur to be held on 30.5.2013

 Department of Post, India

 Office of the Postmaster General,

 Sambalpur Region, Sambalpur-768001

No. ST/RO/26-Genl. Meeting/2008

Dated at Sambalpur 21 May 2013.

Sub:                 Bi-monthly meeting of the P.M.G., Sambalpur to be held on 30.5.2013

           

The following Union/Association and their representatives have been permitted to attend the Bi-monthly meeting with the Postmaster General, Sambalpur Region, Sambalpur to be held on 30.5.2013 in the Conference Room of Regional Office, Sambalpur as per the programme noted against each. They may be relieved in time on individual application so as to enable them to attend the meeting on scheduled date and time.

Date: 30.5.2013 at 11.00 hours

NFPE  AIPEU Group ‘C’

1.                  Shri Ramesh Ch. Mishra, Circle Secretary -Cum-PRI (P), Bhubaneswar GPO-751001.

NFPE  AIPEU Postman & Group-‘D’

            1.         Shri Arjun Seth, Circle President-cum-O/S Mails, Bargarh Sub Division, Bargarh-768028

NFPE  AIRMS & MMS Group-‘C’

1.      Shri R.N. Dhal, Circle Secretary-Cum-SA, O/o the HRO, RMS ‘N’ Division, Cuttack

NFPE  AIRMS & MMS, MG & MTS, Gr-C

1.      Shri H.K. Mohanty, Circle Secretary-Cum-MG, O/o the HRO, RMS ‘N’ Division, Cuttack

NFPE  AIPAOEU Group-‘C’ & MSE

1.  Shri S.S. Samanta, Circle Secretary -Cum-Business Executive, Circle Office, Bhubaneswar-1

Date: 30.5.2013 at 15.00 hours

FNPO  NUPE Group ‘C’

1.      Shri Damodar Mishra, Circle Secretary-cum-PA, Balangir HO-767001

FNPO  NUPE Postman & Group-‘D’

1.  Shri Bamadev Tripathy, Circle Secretary-Cum-Postman, Jagatpur SO, Cuttack-754021.

FNPO  NURMS & MMS, Group ‘C’

1.                  Shri P.N. Khanda, Authorised Circle Secretary-Cum-SA (BCR), O/o HRO, RMS, ‘K’ Division, Jharsuguda-768201

FNPO  NURMS & MMS, MG & Group ‘D’

1.      Shri Jagadish Panigrahi, Circle Secretary -Cum-MG, HRO, RMS ‘K’ Division, Jharsuguda-768201

 

Date: 30.5.2013 at 16.00 hours

ASSOCIATION OF AIIPOs/ASPOs Association

1.      Shri Pitabas Jena, Manager (Project Arrow), Circle Office, Bhubaneswar-751001

 

Date: 30.5.2013 at 16.30 hours

AISBCO: AISBCO Employees Union

1.    Shri Srikanta Kumar Mallick, Circle Secretary -Cum-PA SBCO, Bhubaneswar GPO-751001.

Date: 30.5.2013 at 17.00 hours

AIPEDEU

1.        Shri Trilochan Panda, Circle Secretary-cum-GDSBPM I/C, Singhbrahmapur, Delanga, Puri-752015

(D. Rana)

Asst. Director Postal Services

O/o the Postmaster General

Sambalpur Region,

Sambalpur-768001

Finance Ministry implements amnesty scheme for service tax defaulters

NEW DELHI: Aimed at widening revenue from indirect tax, the Finance Ministry has implemented one-time amnesty scheme for service tax defaulters to pay their due without any penalty or late payment charges.

The 'Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme', which came into force after passage of Finance Bill on May 10, can be availed by a service tax defaulter by this year end.

A defaulter may declare his due tax liabilities, including the cess charges, for a period between October 1, 2007 and December 31, 2012 and pay it to the government after making a truthful declaration and can avoid penalty, interest or any other penal proceedings.

The first-of-its-kind scheme was introduced by Finance Minister P Chidambaram while presenting budget for 2013-14.

Of the 17 lakh registered assesses under Service tax, only seven lakh were filing returns, Chidambaram had said.

"Many have simply stopped filing returns. We cannot go after each of them. I have to motivate them to file returns and pay the tax dues. Hence, I propose to introduce a one-time scheme called 'Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme'," the Finance Minister had said.

However, any person who has furnished return and disclosed his true liability, but has not paid the disclosed amount of service tax or any part thereof, will not be eligible to make declaration for the period covered by the said return, the Finance Bill says.

To further encourage voluntary compliance by defaulters, the Finance Ministry has also decided to "reject" any enquiry or investigation against an evader, if he comes forward to make truthful declaration under this.

"A person may make a declaration to the designated authority on or before the 31st day of December, 2013," it said. 

Source :  http://economictimes.indiatimes.com

Tax refund - A long wait? Here is how to ensure a timely receipt

Tax refunds - only few of us get on time, while most of us may have to wait for a long time. There could be several reasons for delays in tax refunds: mismatch in the tax paid details, error in bank account details, technical problems at the department, growing number of tax payers, change in mailing address etc.

Let us look into some basic things about tax refunds, the process and how you can ensure timely receipt of tax refunds:

When are you eligible for tax refunds?

Normally, employees declare their investments or the details of tax saving investments to their employers at the beginning of each Financial Year (FY). The employer deducts the tax based on the declaration provided by the employees. Failure to declare the investments leads to higher deduction of tax, which in turn results into tax refunds.

Other reasons could be excess deposit of advance tax on other income, change in the housing loan interest repayment, and claiming of deduction for donations at the time of filing the tax returns.

How the refund process works

Once the tax return is filed, the tax department verifies the information and process the return. If any excess tax is paid, the same will be granted to the tax payer. Ideally, the refund cheque will reach your mailing address or the refund amount will be credited to your bank account through the electronic clearing system (ECS).

Reasons for the delay in refund

Income tax refund can be delayed if the amount you claim as taxes paid does not match with the Government's online record (Form 26AS).

Incorrect bank account details: In case of refund through cheque, one should ensure that along with the account details, address mentioned in the return is correct.

Treaty claim in the tax return: In case of cross border employees claiming the tax relief, Centralised Processing Centre (CPC) may re-direct the returns to the respective ward to verify the claim and process the tax refunds. The additional procedure results in delay in issuing refunds.

Non submission of ITR-V within the prescribed timelines: ITR-V generated upon filing of the tax return has to be signed and delivered to the CPC within the prescribed timelines. The tax return is considered not filed until the ITR-V reaches the CPC.

Incorrect Permanent Account Number (PAN) and other personal details (name, assessment year etc)

Can you track your refund?

The 'Refund Banker Scheme' introduced in 2007 is now operational all over India and covers returns processed at CPC. As per this scheme, the refunds will be transmitted to the State Bank of India, Mumbai branch for further processing.

Status of refunds, being paid other than through 'Refund Banker,' can also be viewed at www.tin-nsdl.com by entering the 'PAN' and 'Assessment Year'.

An individual can track the refund status as given below :
-Visit tin.tin.nsdl.com/oltas/refundstatuslogin.html -Enter PAN -Select Assessment Year -Click Submit

Individual taxpayers can also send emails to itro@sbi.co.in or refunds@incometaxindia.gov.in for any refund related queries.

How to deal with delays in tax refund

If you do not receive your tax refund within a reasonable time frame (normally one year from the date of filing the tax return), you can visit the tax department for a follow up of the refund or you can write a letter to the concerned tax officer. However, if no action is taken by the concerned tax officer, the tax payer can move up the hierarchy and write to the jurisdictional Commissioner.

Important points for a faster refund

Verify the tax paid details as per Form 16/ 16A with the Government's online record (Form 26AS). In case of any discrepancy, contact your employer or the concerned person for the rectification. The Part A of recently notified Form 16 will have the tax paid details as per Form 26AS.

Retain all the supporting documents for the investments, deductions and expenditures. This will help hassle free audit by the tax department and speedy processing of tax refunds

Provide permanent mailing address where refund has opted through cheque

Submission of ITR-V within the prescribed timelines

Ensure accurate bank account details are mentioned in the tax return, like bank account number, MICR code, ECS facility etc.

Other details in the tax return, like PAN, name, assessment year etc.

One of the main objectives of introducing e-filing of the tax returns is speedy processing of tax refunds. The Government had recently issued a notification for setting up of Centralised processing cells for computerized processing of TDS statements which may help to reduce the processing time of tax refunds.

The delay in processing tax refund claims, besides causing inconvenience to taxpayers, is also resulting in higher interest outgo for the Government. Hence, the Government is taking various steps to reduce the processing time of tax refunds. Also, the tax payers should ensure that accurate details are mentioned in the tax returns to avoid any delays resulting from their end and also to receive refunds on time. 

Source :  http://economictimes.indiatimes.com

Proper Monitoring of deputation by the lending departments.

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NFPE News : AGITATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR AIPEU GDS (NFPE)-UNIONS

As per decision of the 1^st AIC of AIPEU GDS (NFPE) MASS DHARNA IN FRONT OF ALL DIVISIONAL OFFICES will be conducted on 28^th  MAY 2013, TUESDAY as the first phase of the agitational programme culminating in indefinite strike .

 NFPE calls upon all India /Circle/Divisional Unions to make it a joint programme of NFPE, extend full support and also to make it a grand success

 = M. Krishnan, SG NFPE =

EMS providers garner top marks in 2012

21.05.2013 - Performance levels for express mail services (EMS – the courier service of the Posts) have reached new heights, despite increasing demands.

 Members of the EMS Cooperative receive certificates from UPU Director General Bishar A. Hussein (centre) and Patrick Richon, cooperative chair (right)

This was confirmed by 38 countries being commended on the quality of their EMS offerings for 2012.

Twelve countries won gold awards: Azerbaijan, Great Britain, Hongkong (China), Hungary, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Macao (China), Malaysia, Poland, Spain and Sweden.

Silver winners were: Australia, Barbados, El Salvador, Finland, Kiribati, Lithuania, Maldives, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vanuatu and Vietnam.

Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Israel, Italy, Moldova, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, and Serbia took bronze.

Performance is measured using a variety of factors, such as the percentage of on-time deliveries and timely responses to customer inquiries.

Gold recipients, for example, need to meet an on-time delivery-rate of 95 per cent and a tracking delivery rate of 98 per cent. Other factors include inbound item-tracking and timely transmission of tracking data.  

Silver recipients need to score 95 per cent in at least four of the criteria, while bronze winners need to reach 95 per cent in at least three.

The criteria to win awards have become progressively harder to meet over the years, said Julia Bazukina, EMS standards and measurement manager.

“The Cooperative is always trying to push for excellence,” she added.

All countries received their awards at a special ceremony during the Postal Operations Council session at the UPU in April. “The distribution of these certificates during the EMS General Assembly highlighted the work of these operators in front of their peers, thus creating healthy competition within the EMS Cooperative,” said Patrick Richon, EMS Cooperative board chair.  

Germany, Switzerland, and Macao (China) each received a special award for excellent customer care towards other members of the EMS Cooperative.  These awards were voted on by the latter.

The EMS Cooperative has 176 member countries.  Its network handled 52.7 million items in 2011, according to the latest figures.

Source :  http://news.upu.int

Government urges all tax Payers to Disclose their True income and pay Appropriate taxes within the Current Financial Year;

A Compliance Management Cell has been set-up to Ensure Follow-up Action and Track Return Filing and Tax Payment of the Target Segment; 70,000 Letters are being sent in 2 Batches to High Priority Cases in this Month 

The Union Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram has repeatedly emphasized that there is need for a non–intrusive tax administration to enable the tax payer to file his/her return and pay appropriate taxes.

In the statement made by the Revenue Secretary, Government of India to the media on 11th February 2013, he had mentioned that the Directorate of Systems has undertaken a business intelligence project to identify PAN holders who have not filed Income Tax Return and about whom specific information is available in Annual Information Return (AIR), Central Information Branch (CIB) data and TDS/TCS Returns. Information in the Cash Transaction Reports (CTRs) of FIU-IND was also included as part of this data matching exercise. This data analysis has identified target segment of 12,19,832 non-filers linked to more than 4.7 crore information records. Rule based algorithms were used to identify high priority cases for follow-up and monitoring.

Letters were sent in three batches to 1,05,000 high priority cases seeking to know whether the person had filed his Income Tax return or not. The letter contained the summary of the information of financial transaction(s) along with a customized response sheet.

Preliminary assessment of the results show that a large number of taxpayers have filed return of income and paid self assessment tax after initiation of this exercise. Taxes of more than Rs. 600 crore has been paid as self assessment tax and advance tax by the target segment in last three months.

This exercise is now being expanded and a compliance management cell has been set up to ensure follow-up action and track return filing and tax payment of the target segment. Another 70,000 letters are being sent in 2 batches to other high priority cases in this month, of these, the first batch of 35,000 letters has been dispatched on 20/5/2013.

This data analysis initiative has also helped in defining the scope and requirements of a comprehensive Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence (DW & BI) Project of the Income Tax Department. The DW&BI Project will develop a comprehensive integrated platform for effective utilisation of available and accessible information to promote voluntary compliance, deter non-compliance and impart confidence that all eligible persons pay appropriate tax. The project will integrate enterprise data warehouse, data mining, web mining, predictive modelling, data exchange, master data management, centralised processing, compliance risk management and case analysis capabilities.

Government once again urges all tax payers to disclose their true income and pay appropriate taxes within the current financial year.  

Source : PIB Rwelease, 21 May, 2013

Promotion of Regular HSG-II to HAG-I cadre in Sambalpur Region

Department of Posts: India

Office of the Postmaster General, Sambalpur Region, Sambalpur-768001

Memo. No-ST/RO/150-7/2009

Dated at Sambalpur the 20 May 2013

In pursuance to C.O. memo no. ST/26-15/2013 dated 16.5.2013, the competent authority is pleased to approve the promotion of the following HSG-II(Postal) officials to HSG-I cadre on regular basis to the scale of pay Rs.9,300/- to Rs.34,800/- with G.P.Rs.4600/- from the date of assumption of charge and post them as mentioned against their names below.

Sl. No	Name of Official	Present Place of Working	Posting on promotion
1.	Sri Nirmal Ch.Mohapatra	Postmaster, Rourkela HO	Postmaster, Rourkela-2 MDG
2.	Sri Sansar Mukhi	DPM, Sambalpur HO	DPM, Sambalpur HO
3.	Shri Shibanarayan Sahoo	DPM, Rourkela HO	DPM, Rourkela HO
4.	Shri Bimbadhar Khadia	Postmaster, Rourkela-11 MDG	DPM, Uditnagar HO
5.	Shri Nabaghat Rout	DPM, Uditnagar HO	Postmaster, Rourkela-11 MDG
6.	Shri Lambodar Mishra	DPM, Balangir HO	DPM, Balangir HO
7.	Shri Mrutyunjaya Hota	Postmaster, Uditnagar HO	Postmaster, Uditnagar HO
8.	Shri Harihar Naik	DPM, Keonjhargarh HO	DPM, Keonjhargarh HO
9.	Shri Maheswar Sahoo	Postmaster, Dhenkanal HO	Postmaster, Dhenkanal HO

The officials may exercise option choosing the date of fixation of their pay under FR-22(1)a(i) within a month from the date of assumption of charge.

Relevant charge reports may be sent to all concerned.

(D. Rana)

Asst. Director Postal Services,

O/o the Postmaster General,

Sambalpur Region,

Sambalpur -768001

INCREMENT PROVISION FOR RETIRING EMPLOYEES: GOVT REPLY IN RAJYA SABHA

In written reply of question "whether Government proposes to modify the existing recommendation of the Sixth Pay Commission that Central Government employees will get an increment in the month of July in every calendar year to ensure that those Government employees who are retiring irrespective of the month of the calendar year and have at least put in more than six months of service get the last increment", Govt has submitted that there is no proposal under consideration of the Government to make any changes in increment date.

See full details of Rajya Sabha Q&A:-

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  FINANCE

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-4380

ANSWERED ON-07.05.2013

Increment provision for retiring employees

4380 . SARDAR BALWINDER SINGH BHUNDAR

(a)  whether Government proposes to modify the existing recommendation of the Sixth Pay Commission that Central Government employees will get an increment in the month of July in every calendar year to ensure that those Government employees who are retiring irrespective of the month of the calendar year and have at least put in more than six months of service get the last increment;

(b)  if so, by when a revised notification will be issued to benefit those retiring Government employees as it affects their pensionary benefits etc.; and

(c)  if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA)

(a) to (c) : The existing provision for uniform date of annual increment on 1st July every year is based on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission which went into the service conditions of the Central Government employees taking into account all relevant factors. There is no proposal under consideration of the Government to make any changes therein.

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भारत सरकार

वित्त मंत्रालय

व्य्य विभाग

राज्य सभा

अतारांकित प्रश्न। संख्याक-4380 

 मंगलवार, 07 मई, 2013/17 वैशाख, 1935 (शक) 

सेवानिवृत्त हो रहे कर्मचारियों हेतु वेतन-वृद्धि संबंधी प्रावधान 

4380. श्री बलविंदर सिंह भुंडर:  

क्यान वित्त मंत्री यह बताने की कृपा करेंगे कि:

(क) क्या सरकार का प्रत्येक कैलेंडर वर्ष के जुलाई माह में केन्द्र सरकार के कर्मचारियों की वेतन-वृद्धि होने संबंधी छठे वेतन आयोग की मौजूदा सिफारिश में बदलाव करने का विचार है, ताकि सुनिश्चिेत किया जा सके कि एक कैलेंडर वर्ष में किसी भी माह में सेवानिवृत्ता होने वाले तथा उस वर्ष में कम से कम छ: माह तक अपनी सेवाएं प्रदान कर चुके सरकारी कर्मचारियों को अन्तिम बार वेतन-वृद्धि मिल सके; 

(ख) यदि हां, तो सेवानिवृत्र हो रहे ऐसे सरकारी कर्मचारियों को लाभान्वित करने हेतु संशोधित अधिसूचना कब तक जारी कर दी जाएगी, क्योंकि इसका प्रभाव उनके पेंशन संबंधी लाभों आदि पर पड़ता है; और 

(ग) यदि नहीं, तो इसके क्या, कारण हैं? 

उत्तर

        वित्त राज्य़ मंत्री (श्री नमो नारायन मीना)

(क) से (ग): प्रत्येक वर्ष 1 जुलाई को वार्षिक वेतन-वृद्धि की एक समान तारीख का वर्तमान प्रावधान, छठे केन्द्री य वेतन आयोग की सिफारिशों पर आधारित है जिसे सभी संबंधित कारकों को ध्यान में रखकर, केन्द्र सरकार के कर्मचारियों की सेवा शर्तों में शामिल कर दिया गया है। सरकार इसमें परिवर्तन के किसी प्रस्ताव पर विचार नहीं कर रही है। 

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Source: Rajya Sabha Q&A

SHORTAGE OF STAFF IN POSTAL DEPARTMENT

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 6875

ANSWERED ON 8.05.2013

SHORTAGE OF STAFF IN POSTAL DEPARTMENT

6875 . Smt. DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH, ASHOK TANWAR
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government has abolished 17093 posts across the cadres in the department of posts during the period from 2005 to 2008; 

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; 

(c) whether there is a shortage of staff in various cadre in the department and in the post offices in the country; 

(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and 

(e) the steps proposed to be taken to fill the vacant posts expeditiously, so as to ensure prompt and quality service to customers?

ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (Dr. (SMT) KILLI KRUPARANI)
(a) Yes, Madam.

(b) The details of abolition of posts are placed at Annexure-I. The reasons for abolition of posts were in accordance with Department of Personnel & Training OM No. 2/8/2001-PIC dated 16.5.2001 vide which the Scheme of Optimization for Annual Direct Recruitment Plan was launched. As per this Scheme, the direct recruitment was to be limited to 1/3rd of the direct recruitment vacancies arising in a year subject to a further ceiling that it does not exceed 1% of the total sanctioned strength of the Department. The remaining direct recruitment posts were required to be abolished. 

(c) Manpower requirement and regular recruitment is an ongoing process in the Government. Shortage of staff in the Department and in the Post offices in various cadres arises mainly due to promotion, retirement, death, leave or transfer. 

(d) Does not arise in view of (c) above..

(e) Vacancies in the Department are filled up by promotion or by direct recruitment as per extant procedures regularly.

ANNEXURE-I

Abolition of posts across various cadres in the Department of Posts during 2005-2008.

Year	No. of direct recruitment vacancies abolished
2005	2121
2006	5426
2007	4957
2008	4589
Total	17093