Grant of Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners/family pensioners - Revised rate effective from 1.7.2011.

F. No.42/15/2011-P&PW(G)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan,

Khan Market, New Delhi - 110003

Date; 5th October, 2011

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Grant of Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners/family pensioners - Revised rate effective from 1.7.2011.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's OM No. 42/15/2011-P&PW(G) dated 29th March, 2011 on the subject mentioned above and to state that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Relief (DR) payable to Central Government pensioners/family pensioners shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 51% to 58% w.e.f. 1st July, 2011.

2.             These orders apply to (i) All Civilian Central Government Pensioners/Family Pensioners (ii) The Armed Forces Pensioners, Civilian Pensioners paid out of the Defence Service Estimates, (iii) All India Service Pensioners (iv) Railway Pensioners and (V) The Burma Civilian pensioners/family pensioners and pensioners/families of displaced Government pensioners from Pakistan, who are Indian Nationals but receiving pension on behalf of Government of Pakistan and are in receipt of ad-hoc ex-gratia allowance of Rs. 3500/- p.m. In terms of this Department's OM No. 23/1/97-P&PW(B) dated 23.2.1998 read with this Department's OM No. 23/3/2008-P&PW(B) dated 15.9.2008.

3.             Central Government Employees who had drawn lumpsum amount on absorption In a PSU/Autonomous body and have become eligible to restoration of 1/3 commuted portion of pension as well as revision of the restored amount in terms of this Department's OM No.4/59/97-P&PW (D) dated 14.07.1998 will also be entitled to the payment of DR @ 58% w.e.f. 1.7.2011 on full pension i.e. the revised pension which the absorbed employee would have received on the date of restoration had he not drawn lumpsum payment on absorption and Dearness Pension subject to fulfillment of the conditions laid down in para 5 of the O.M. dated 14.07.98. in this connection, Instructions contained in this Department's OM No.4/29/99-P&PW (D) dated, 12.7.2000 refer.

4.             Payment of DR involving a fraction of a rupee shall be rounded off to the next higher rupee.

5.             Other provisions governing grant of DR In respect of employed family pensioners and re-employed Central Government Pensioners will be regulated in accordance with the provisions contained In this Department's OM No. 45/73/97-P&PW (G) dated 2.7.1999 as amended vide this Department's OM No. F. No. 38/88/2008-P&PW(G) dated 9th July, 2009. The provisions relating to regulation of DR where a pensioner is in receipt of more than one pension , will remain unchanged.

6.             In the case of retired Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts, necessary orders will be issued by the Department of Justice separately.

7. It will be the responsibility of the pension disbursing authorities, including the nationalized banks, etc. to calculate the quantum of DR payable in each individual case.

8.             The offices of Accountant General and Authorised Public Sector Banks are requested to arrange payment of relief to pensioners etc. on the basis of these instructions without waiting for any further instructions from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Reserve Bank of India in view of letter No. 528-TA, 11/34-80-II dated 23/04/1981 of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India addressed to all Accountant Generals and Reserve Bank of India Circular No. GANB No. 2958/GA-64 (II) (CGL)/81 dated the 21st May, 1981 addressed to State Bank of India and its subsidiaries and all Nationalised Banks.

9.             In their application to the pensioners/family pensioners belonging to Indian Audit and Accounts Department, these orders Issue after consultation with the C&AG.

10.          This issues with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure conveyed vide their OM No. 1(4)/EV/2004 dated 5th October, 2011.

11.          Hindi version will follow.

Sd/-

(S. P. Kakkar)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Senior Postmaster Examination on 31.12.11

The Postal Directorate vide its notification No. A-34012/6/2011-DE dated 03.10.2011 announced about the conduct of the Senior Postmaster examination on 31.12.2011 . The following is the schedule for conducting the LDCE for promotion of Sr. Postmasters 2011.

Activity	Scheduled
Receipt of Application on plain paper from willing candidates with service details to decide his eligibility to DO /RO/CO/ Controlling unit.	Latest by 15.10.2011
2. Receipt of Application Form Kits by Nodal Officer DPS(HQ) from CMC	Latest by 21.10.2011
3. Receipt of Application Form Kits by DO /RO/ CO / Controlling unit from Nodal Officer of Circle for making available to the eligible candidates.	Latest by 25.10.2011
4. Last date for receipt of Application Form Kits at DO /RO/ CO / Controlling unit.	Latest by 02.11.2011
5. Receipt of duly filled in application forms by Nodal officers of the Circle sent by DO /RO/ CO / Controlling unit.	Latest by 05.11.2011
6. Despatch of duly filled in application forms by Nodal officer of the Circle to CMC.	Latest by 08.11.2011
7. Issue of Hall Permits by CMC to eligible candidates .	Latest by 05.12.2011
8. Date of Sr. Postmaster Examination	31.12.2011

(No. A-34012/6/2011-DE dated 03.10.2011)

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The UPU welcomes the Republic of South Sudan as a new member country.

South Sudan becomes 192nd member country

South Sudan officially became the 192nd country to join the UPU this week. Its membership became effective on 4 October 2011.

The new country gained membership following an official government request and declaring its accession to the Constitution and the Acts of the Union.

As a prerequisite for UPU membership, South Sudan first became the 193rd United Nations member state in July, on the basis of resolution 65/308.

“The Universal Postal Union is pleased to welcome South Sudan as a member of the global postal family,” said its director general, Edouard Dayan. “The postal network is an important infrastructure that helps respond to inhabitants' communication needs as well as a country's socioeconomic development. We will be delighted to work with government and postal officials to help them develop their national postal network and provide technical and regulatory advice.”

Following a referendum on self-determination, the Republic of South Sudan seceded on 9 July 2011, becoming independent from the Republic of Sudan.

South Sudan has 8.26 million inhabitants. It is a federation of ten states, each subdivided into 86 counties. It covers around a third of the area of the former unified Sudan.

Source: http://www.upu.int, October 6, 2011

Postal leaders deliver 2020 vision

Postal leaders from across the planet told attendees of the UPU’s World Postal Business Forum yesterday at Post-Expo 2011 that the postal future has technology written all over it.

This year’s annual three-day conference, being held in Stuttgart, Germany, challenged postal leaders to offer their vision of the postal world in 2020, and several of them talked about their adaptation or transformation strategies.

“Things are heating up,” said Thomas Baldry, senior vice-president of Deutsche Post Global Mail, who opened the CEO Forum attended by nearly 400 people.  He warned the audience to “constantly expect the unexpected” and confirmed the German postal operator’s intention to continue to invest heavily in technology. He talked about the new digital letter Deutsche Post launched a year ago, admitted to some teething problems but said the Post was in it for the long run. He also talked about the parcel business opportunities that come with the expansion of e-commerce and said Deutsche Post was busy “turning bytes into packets”.

UPU Director General Edouard Dayan talked about exploring the Post’s future role in modern social communication, a key theme of this year’s three-day conference. “Far from being a threat to the postal sector’s development, the digital society is an opportunity to provide better services, introduce new ones, and respond to or even anticipate demand,” Dayan said.

Trust an asset

As Posts diversify their strategies and services, he urged them to develop postal services in a sustainable way. Above all, “trust is the number one asset of postal operators, but trust must be a two-way street,” he said. “Beyond the trust customers and users have in Posts, let us also build our own confidence in the postal sector’s capacity as a key player in the communication world of today and tomorrow.”

Looking to the future, Harry Koorstra, CEO of the Netherlands’ PostNL, said his organization underwent a business transformation recently by splitting its mail and express operations. He said it was always difficult to predict the future, given the many “disruptive elements” that can wreak havoc in any operator’s best laid strategy.

Other operators, like Saudi Post, cannot imagine the future without making a major technological leap. Saudi Post has already given all citizens an e-mail address and developed a virtual mall where small entrepreneurs and craftsmen in the most remote areas can sell their goods, delivered by the Post. With 50 per cent of Saudis already connected to the Internet, the Post’s president and CEO, Mohammed Benten, sees a real opportunity for the Post to become a major deliverer of government services. “Seventeen million people are served by government departments in Saudi Arabia. This could be a huge revenue generator if the Post could provide these services,” he underlined.

The UPU’s World Postal Business Forum continues until Thursday. More than 3,000 people and exhibitors participate in Post-Expo and the conferences and workshops held alongside the postal technology exhibition.

 Source: http://www.upu.int, September 28,, 2011

List of old and new Items to be discussed by JCM Departmental Council Meeting

Next meeting of Cadre Resrtucturing Committee for Group-C Employees