Saturday, December 1, 2012

Meeting of Odisha Circle Postal Sports Board regarding holding of All India Postal Cricket Tournament 2012-13

Department of Posts, India

Office of the Chief Postmaster General, Odisha Circle

Bhubaneswar-751001

No .S.Cell/1-4/2011-13, Date: 27. 11. 2012

Sub: Meeting of Odisha Circle Postal Sports Board regarding holding of All India Postal Cricket Tournament 2012-13

It has been decided that the meeting of Odisha Circle Postal Sports Board will be held on 4^th December, 2012 at 03.00 PM. in the conference room, 2nd floor O/O The CPMG, Bhubaneswar to discuss conducting of All India Postal Cricket Tournament 2012-13 to be held from 16^th to 20^th Feb 2013.

Following members are requested to attend the said meeting in time. All out station members ( other than Bhubaneswar ) may be relieved on duty and they are entitled to draw T. A. and D. A. as admissible under rule.

All local members of Bhubaneswar may be granted suitable off from their duty to attend the said meeting in time.


		List of Members Circle Sports Board :-

1.		Shri S.K.Panigrahi, PA, Sambalpur H.O.

2.		Shri Pramod Kumar Sahu, OA, Divl. Office., Bhubaneswar

3.		Shri Debanand Pattanaik, PA, Cuttack G.P.O.

4.		Shri Shyam Sundar Patra, SPM, Puri Sea Beach SO.

5.		Shri Niladri Sahoo, SPO, Police Line S.O

6.		Shri Purna Chandra Moharana, PA, Jeypore (K) H.O

7.		Shri Pravakar Bardhan, St. Accountant, DA(P),Cuttack-4

8.		Shri Shatrughan Nahak, OA, Divisional Office, Berhampur

9.		Shri Satya Narayan Lakra, PA, Balangir H.O.

10.		Shri CH. Saptgiri, OA, RMS ‘BG’ Dn.,Berhampur

11.		Shri Shri Suvrakash Nayak, IP (West) Sub Dn.,Bhadrak

12.		Shri Shyam Sundar Samal, SA, HRO RMS ‘N’ Dn.,Cuttack

13.		Shri Ajay Kumar Patra, Postman, Rourkela-5

14.		Shri Phul Kumar Ekka, PA, Nalco Nagar MDG

		Hq. Members

15.		Shri S.S. Samant, PA, C.O.

16.		Shri Subeg Rath , PA,C.O.

		Union Representative :-

		Shri A.K. Mohapatra, PRI(P), Chandini Chauk H.O. - B.P.E.F. Shri Susanta Kumar Dalei, SA, SRO Bhubaneswar RMS ‘N’ Dn-FNPO Shri D. B. Mohanty, Overseer, Jajpur HO - NFPE

(Md. Asif Zake)

Asst. Director(Sports) & Secretary, OCPSB

O/o the Chief PMG, Odisha Circle

Bhubaneswar-751001

Revision of ePayment tariff structure

CHQ Notice for 29th All India Conference

Ref: - P/1-1/AIC Date: 29^th Nov 2012

NOTICE

Notice under Article 25 of the Constitution of All India Postal Employees Union Group 'C' read with Article 20(a) and 22 ibid is hereby given that 29^th All India Conference of this Union will be held at RDR Auditorium, Edappazhanji, Post – Thycaud Head Post Office, Thiruvananthapuram - 695014 (Kerala) from 10^th March 2013 to 12^th March 2013.

The following shall be the items of agenda for the All India Conference:-

1. Confirmation of the proceedings of the 28^th All India Conference held at Alandi (Pune), Maharashtra in January 2011.

2. Consideration and adoption of Biennial Report.

3. Consideration and adoption of the Audited Accounts 2010-11 & 2011-12 (01.04.2010 to 31.03.2012)

4. Adoption of Budget Estimates for the next session.

5. Organisational Review:-

(i) Organisational position/Local agitations at all levels.

(ii) Review of present membership & evolving strategies to improve membership.

(iii) Review of periodical meetings being held at All levels.

(iv) Functioning of RJCM/Departmental Council

(v) Our approach with sister unions in NFPE at all levels.

(vi) Trade Union workshop conducted by CHQ & Circle unions

6. Review of strikes: -

(i) Deferred Postal Indefinite Strike from 05.07.2011 & 17.01.2012

(ii) One Day Token Strike on 28.02.2012 & 12.12.2012

(iii) Two days strikes from 20.02.2013 to 21.02.2013.

7. Common Demands of C. G. Employees

(i) Formation of Seventh Pay Commission & Merger of 50% DA.

(ii) Sixth Pay Commission Anomalies

(iii) Functioning of JCM National Council, National anomaly committee & MACP committee.

(iii) Non Implementation of all pending Arbitration Awards.

(iv) Ban on recruitment and creation of Posts

(v) Non revision of OTA Rates.

(vi) Scrapping of PFRDA Bill

(vii) Medical Insurance Scheme

(viii) Right to Strike

8. Confederation of CG Employees & our role.

(i) Confederation’s 12.12.2012 one day token strike.

9. NFPE, State level Convention, & Coordinating Committees.

10. Cadre Restructuring in Postal

(i) Cadre review for Group 'C'

(ii) Creation of Separate cadre for Systems Asst. & Marketing Executive

(iii) Separate promotional avenues to PO & RMS Accountants.

(iv) Postmasters cadre & improvement thereon.

11. Filling up of (i) LSG/HSG II/HSG I vacancies & carving out of Postmaster Grade III.

( ii) New Recruitment Rules of PA, Postmen, MTS & LSG,

(iii) Proposed Revised HSG-I Recruitment Rules & its delay.

12. Systems Administrators & Marketing Executives.

13. RTP – Counting of Past service rendered for promotion.

14. Anomaly Committee in Department of Posts

15. Modified ACP Scheme – Anomalies & Settlement.

16. P.O & RMS Accountants

17. Policy offensives

(a) Revised Postal Policy 2012

(b) MNOP & Mckensy

(d) Closure / Merger of Post Offices.

(e) Corporate Plan of India Post

(f) Unrealistic targets of BD.

(g) Decentralisation of PLI/RPLI/RD/MIS etc.

18. (i) Modernisation of Postal Services & Technological advancement

(ii) Introduction of Core banking & Postal Bank

(iii) Project Arrow.

(iv) Optimisation of mail services, MNOP & Mckensy

(iv) Accenture & future expansion.

(v) Business activities & unrealistic targets

19. Shortage of Staff:-

(a) Mass Recruitment taken place in PA Cadre

(b) Non-Creation of new posts.

20. Bonus – Revision of formula – Removal of the Quantum ceiling etc.

21. Contributory Negligence & Problems due to minus balance.

22. Right to Information Act.

23. Bhartiya Post

24. Publication of Hand book 2013, GDS Refresher, Venture & others.

25. Compassionate appointments & removal of conditions there on.

26. Problems of GDS & Casual Labourers.

27. Policy and Programme.

28. Resolutions

29. Amendment to the Constitution – Notice of which should be given to CHQ at least 21 days prior to the conference.

30. Election of Office Bearers.

31. Election of Federal Councillors.

32. Appointment of Auditor.

33. Venue of Next AIC.

34. Any other item with the permission of Chair.

35. Vote of thanks

With fraternal greetings,

(R. Sivannarayana)

General Secretary

Copy to: -

1. Com. M. Krishnan, All India President, All India Postal Employees Union Group 'C', Thiruvananthapuram. 691001

2. Com. Jacob Thomas, General Convenor, Receiption Committee, Thiruvananthapuram - for information and N/A

3. All CHQ Office-bearers & Circle Secretaries

4. Circle Secretary, Kerala Circle for necessary arrangements of the AIC.

5. All Circle/Divisional/Branch Secretaries. They are called upon to hold their respective conferences where the last conference was held before 2 years

6. The Director General, Department of Posts, New Delhi 110001

7. All Chief Postmasters General - Requesting to grant Special Casual Leave to the delegates.

8. Spare

(R. Sivannarayana)

General Secretary

CHQ Notice for Central Working Committee Meeting

Ref: P/1-3/CWC Dated – 29.11.2012

NOTICE

Notice under article 25 of the Constitution of All India Postal Employees Union Group ‘C’ is hereby given that the meeting of the Central Working Committee of All India Postal Employees Union Group ‘C’ will be held at P&T House, Near GPO, Thiruvananthapuram - 695001 (Kerala) on 09.03.2013. The meeting of the Central Working Committee will commence sharply at 10:00 hrs on 09.03.2013.

The following shall be the items of Agenda of the Central Working Committee.

AGENDA

1. Finalisation of agenda for the 29^th All India Conference to be held from 10.03.2013 to 12.03.2013

2. Preparation of Biennial Report on the activities of the Union for presentation in the 29^th All India Conference.

3. Consideration and approval of Audited Accounts for presentation to the All India Conference.

4. Preparation of Budget estimates for next session for presentation to the All India Conference for its approval.

5. Preparation of resolutions to be placed before the All India Conference for adoption.

6. Amendments to the Constitution

7. Any other item with the permission of the Chair.

(R. Sivannaryana)

General Secretary

Copy to: -

1. Com. M. Krishnan, All India President, All India Postal Employees Union Group ‘C’ (CHQ)

2. All Members of Central Working Committee

3. Director General, Department of Posts, New Delhi 110001 – for information

4. All Chief PMsG – They are requested to grant Special Casual Leave to the members of the working committee.

(R. Sivannaryana)

General Secretary

Appeal for success of one day strike on 12.12.12

Settlement of T A claims of the officials deputed for training at PTC, Mysore

12.12.12 STRIKE - WHY ?

Strengthening of Vigilance set-up in Ministries/Departments - reg.

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IPS officer penalized in postal order theft case

PATNA: A 1994-batch IPS officer, Amitabh Kumar Das, has been found guilty in connection with the postal order robbery case worth crores in Patna by an inquiry team constituted by the state home (police) department. Subsequently the department, with the consent of the UPSC, has decided to lower his salary by two grades for the next two years. Das is presently posted as SP (rail) at Jamalpur in Munger district.

According to the inquiry team's findings, Das, during his tenure as SP (rail), Patna, between August 2001 and May 2003, had shown negligence towards his duty. He did not supervise the case and didn't even give report-2 in connection with the case related to theft of postal orders lodged with the Patna junction railway police station. The report said that he mishandled the case and helped the accused to get a clean chit.

Following the punishment imposed, Das would get a salary two grades lower than his current salary for the next two years and he would be disallowed any increment from the department till the punishment period is over.

However, when contacted, Das told TOI, "I got clean chit in the postal order case way back in 2008. In the inquiry report submitted by the 1974-batch IAS officer, S P Keshav, who is now retired, it was clearly mentioned that it was simple issue of pending case and nowhere was it found that I had any wrong intention behind not giving report-2. Hence, I shall challenge the decision of state government at the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Patna bench."

He said, "Presently I have been working as an Election Commission observer in Gujarat. I have no idea how could a closed case be reopened in the absence of the officer concerned and, moreover, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI) regulations no state government can take such decision when the officer is working for ECI."

He added, "I had not only got a clean chit in the case, but the state government was also ordered by the CAT to grant me promotion. I had filed a case against the Bihar chief secretary and the home secretary for contempt of the order of CAT with the CAT's Patna bench. A hearing would take place in a couple of days."

"I had worked as a whistle-blower and exposed scams in the railways when I was posted as the superintendent of rail police in Patna. Contracts worth several crores were awarded to notorious criminals of Bihar during Nitish Kumar's tenure as the railway minister and this new punishment order is a follow-up of the CM's grudge," he said.

Source : The Times of India, 1 Dec, 2012

Condition of Carrying Identity Card Extended to All Classes of Reserved Train Tickets Including Reserved Second Class and Sleeper Class

The New Provision will Come into Effect from Tomorrow (1^st December 2012)

The Move Aims to Facilitate the Travel of Bonafide and Legitimate Passengers and to Reduce the Scope for Misuse of Reserved Ticketing System by Unscrupulous Elements/Middleman

The List of Prescribed Proofs of Identity has been Expanded to Cover More Variety of Photo Identity Cards for the Convenience of the Passengers

In a major initiative to further facilitate the travel of bonafide and legitimate passengers and to reduce the scope for misuse of reserved ticketing system by unscrupulous elements/middlemen, the Ministry of Railways has decided to extend the condition of carrying original proof of identity during train travel on reserved tickets issued through Passenger Reservation System (PRS) for all reserved classes including ‘Reserved Second Class (2S)’, ‘Sleeper Class (SL)’, ‘III Economy Class (3E)’ and ‘First Class (FC)’. This change in policy will come into effect from tomorrow i.e. 1^st December 2012.

Further, the Ministry of Railways has also decided to expand the list of prescribed proofs of identity to include photo identity cards having serial numbers issued by public sector undertakings of State/Central Government, District Administrations, Municipal Administrations and Panchayat Administrations.

The expanded list of the prescribed proofs of identity for undertaking journey on Tatkal ticket and other reserved classes will now be as follows:

1. Voter Photo identity card issued by Election Commission of India.

2. Passport.

3. PAN Card issued by Income Tax Department.

4. Driving Licence issued by RTO.

5. Photo identity card having serial number issued by Central/State Government which include the following:

(i) Pension Pay Order s(PPO)

(ii) Ration Card with photographs

(iii) Senior Citizen cards

(iv) Below Poverty Line (BPL) cards

(v) ESI cards (with photograph) issued for taking treatment in ESI dispensaries.

(vi) CGHS Cards (with photograph) issued to individual family members of Central Govt. employees.

6. Student Identity Card with photograph issued by recognized School/College for their students.

7. Nationalized Bank Passbook with photographs.

8. Credit Cards issued by Banks with laminated photograph.

9. Unique Identification Card “Aadhaar”.

10. Photo identity cards having serial number issued by Public Sector Undertakings of State/Central Government, District Administrations, Municipal bodies and Panchayat Administrations.

In this way, the new provision to be effective from tomorrow i.e. 1^st December, 2012 will be as follows :-

“Any one of the passengers booked on a PNR for undertaking journey in any reserved class on Indian Railways has to produce any one of the above mentioned prescribed proofs of identity in original during the journey failing which all the passengers booked on that ticket will be treated as travelling without ticket and charged accordingly. The existing provision of the Tatkal scheme where the passenger is required to show the same original proof of identity as indicated on the ticket shall continue.”

It may be mentioned that presently only the following categories of passengers travelling in reserved classes have to produce original proof of identity during the journey:-

· Passengers travelling on e-tickets.

· Passengers travelling on Tatkal tickets.

· Passengers undertaking journey in AC classes on the tickets issued through the computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS) {except in III Economy -3E class}.

With the new provision, coming into effect from tomorrow i.e. 1^st December 2012 the condition of carrying one of the prescribed identity cards in original has now been extended additionally to other classes of travel namely - Reserved Second Class (2S), Sleeper Class(SL), III Economy Class(3E) and First Class(FC) also.

The above change in the policy is aimed at facilitating the travel of bonafide and genuine passengers and simultaneously to check the scope for travel on transferred tickets. It is also considered that the proposed change shall also be useful from the security point of view.

Source : PIB, 30 Nov 2012

Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) October 2012

The All-India CPI-IW for October, 2012 rose by 2 points and pegged at 217 (two hundred and seventeen). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.93 per cent between September and October compared with 0.51 per cent between the same two months a year ago.

The largest upward contribution to the change in current index came from food items which increased by 0.43 per cent, contributing 0.45 percentage points to the total change. At item level, largest upward pressure came from Rice, Wheat & Wheat Atta, Milk, Tea (readymade), Snack Saltish, Snack Sweet, Onion, etc. The other items like Cooking Gas, Electricity Charges, Fire wood, Medicine (Allopathic), Doctors’ Fee, Bus Fare, Cinema Charges, etc. also put upward pressure in total change.

The largest downward contribution to the change in current index came from Oils and Fats with a decline of 1.08 per cent, contributing (-) 0.10 percentage points to the total change. The main downward pressure came from Groundnut Oil, Coconut Oil, Vanaspati Ghee and Palm Oil.

The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 9.60 per cent for October, 2012 as compared to 9.14 per cent for the previous month and 9.39 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 9.91 per cent against 11.00 per cent of the previous month and 8.72 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.

At centre level, Monger Jamalpur and Siliguri recorded the largest increase of 6 points each followed by Labac Silchar, Guntur, Salem, Jharia, Coimbatore, Sholapur, Jalpaiguri, Kodarma, Mariani Jorhat, Bengluru and Tripura (4 points each). Among others, 3 points rise was registered in 7 centres followed by 2 points in 21 centres and 1 point in 11 centres. Hubli Dharwar centre reported a decline of 4 points followed by Goa with 3 points, Chennai and Varanasi with 2 points each and other 6 centres registered a fall of 1 point. Rest of the 16 centres’ indices remained stationary.

The indices of 38 centres are above All-India Index and other 39 centres’ indices are below national average. Bokaro’s index remained at par with all-India index.

The next index of CPI-IW for the month of November, 2012 will be released on Monday, December 31, 2012.

Source : PIB, 30 Nov 2012

No Comparison between pay Structure of Central Government Employees and of Bank Employees

The pay scales of employees in Public Sector Banks (PSBs) are determined as per the agreement between the management and Associations/Unions every five years. Besides the pay, employees in banks are also entitled to a number of other allowances and benefits. The pay scale of the Central Government employees are finalised by Government taking the recommendations of Central Pay Commission into consideration and these pay scales are reviewed generally after ten years. The terms and conditions of service of Central Government employees and Bank employees are entirely different and are regulated in terms of the respective service conditions. Hence, no comparison can be drawn between pay structure of Central Government employees and of bank employees.

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

Source : PIB, 30 Nov 2012

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The List of Prescribed Proofs of Identity has been Expanded to Cover More Variety of Photo Identity Cards for the Convenience of the Passengers