NFPE writes to Secretary (Posts) for grant of MACP ignoring promotion earned through Departmental competitive examination.

 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

1^st Floor North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi-110 001

             Phone: 011.23092771                                                       e-mail: nfpehq@gmail.com

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Ref: PF/NFPE/MACP                                                        Dated – 10.04.2017

To,

Shri B. V. Sudhakar

Secretary (P)

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001

Sub: -  Grant of MACP ignoring promotion earned through Departmental competitive examination.

Ref: -   Dte. No. 2-19/2015-PCC dated 01.03.20417.

Sir,

Your kind attention is invited towards Directorate letter No. referred above under which the instructions were issued to Chief PMG Tamilnadu Circle to grant MACP III to Sri. D. Siva Kumar Retd. SPM, Madras Medical College SO, Chennai ignoring his promotion earned through Departmental competitive examination based on the judgment given by Hon’ble Madras Tribunal in case No.1088/2011 vide order dated dated 14.03.2013 which was upheld by Supreme Court of India vide order in SLP No. 4848/2016 dated 16.08.2016.

As you are aware that in Department of Post about 50% of employees come through various departmental competitive examinations do not get the benefit of 3^rd MACP as the promotion earned through departmental competitive examination is counted as one MACP.

It is therefore requested to kindly cause suitable instructions according to this verdict of Supreme Court, so that all similarly placed officials may get the benefit of it to meet the end of justice as per spirit of constitutions of India.

With regards,

Yours faithfully,

(R. N. Parashar)

General Secretary

Answer Key of LDCE for promotion to the Cadre of MTS Exam 2015-16 held on 23.04.2017 in Bihar Circle

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Regarding treatment of Speed Post articles booked as local but carry outstation addresses of the senders

Now, Aadhaar-based digital payments at post offices in the country

By Express News Service  |   Published: 25th April 2017  |  

HYDERABAD: Taking a step towards Digital India, India Post is mulling over a proposal to provide Aadhaar-based payment services at post offices in the country. “The aim is to facilitate digital transactions,” said BV Sudhakar, secretary in the postal department (Hyderabad circle), here on Monday.

The enabling software for Aadhaar-based payment developed by AP Technology Services was tested at the General Post Office at Hyderabad successfully, said Sudhakar while showcasing progress on initiatives taken by the postal service in last nine months.

India Post has also tied up with UIDAI to facilitate issuance of Aadhaar cards through post offices. The service is expected to begin in June. The department has come up with many new initiatives aimed at optimising and cutting down operational costs. “We now have a core system integration software that will integrate different softwares that have been grounded. We tested the software at the General Post Office in Hyderabad.” Earlier this month the department extended the Speed Post booking facility to all branch post offices across the country. Through this move the department hopes to rake in an additional 10 pc profit, he added.

Under the Centre’s Rural Information and Communication Technology initiative, post offices will be supplied with hand-held devices that perform postal and savings bank operations. The devices have a solar power backup and are expected to reach all branch post offices by this year. The department is also trying to provide inter-operability of these hand-held devices, which also operate as micro ATMs, in a couple of months.

On the amendments made to the Indian Post Office Act 1898 in the 2017 finance bill, he said the amendment would now allow the postal department to set the tariff rates for postcards, envelopes, sample packets, registered newspapers and others. “The amendment now allows us to rationalise the prices but we will not unfairly hike the prices,” Sudhakar said.

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FILE SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY (POST) FOR APPROVAL AND ORDERS WILL BE RELEASED TODAY EVENING OR TOMORROW.

      R.N. Parashsr

SG NFPE and G/S P-III

CADRE RESTRUCTURING FOR LEFT OUT CATEGORIES

It has been told by the DDG (Estt) that the proposal for Cadre restructuring for left out categories i.e. SA, PA CO, PA SBCO, MMS etc have been submitted to Finance Ministry for approval which will be implemented after receipt of approval from Finance Ministry

CADRE RESTRUCTURING IMPLEMENTATION DEFERRED

Today on dated 25^th April-2017, Com. R.N. Parashar Secretary General NFPE & General Secretary P-III alongwith Com. Giriraj Singh, President NFPE & General Secretary, R-III met with Shri B.V. Sudhakar, Secretary (Posts) and discussed issues of Cadre Restructuring and appraised him the difficulties being faced by the staff and requested either to modify the Cadre Restructuring as per suggestions submitted by NFPE & P-III or defer till the issues are settled. Secretary called DDG (Estt) Smt. Smriti Sharan & Director Estt. Shri S.V. Rao and ordered to form a committee of officers of Directorate which will take views of all Chief PMGs and after that Convening a meeting with unions, issues will be settled. Till then he ordered to keep the Cadre Restructuring implementation in abeyance. 

      R.N. Parashsr

SG NFPE and G/S P-III

PFRDA smoothens the Process of Registration of Retirement Advisers

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Ministry of Finance 25-April-2017 18:26 IST

PFRDA smoothens the Process of Registration of Retirement Advisers; Process of submitting application transformed from Physical Mode to Online Mode. 

In order to smoothen the process of registration of Retirement Advisers, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has transformed the process of submitting application from physical mode to online mode. 

The applicants can now submit their application online and upload scanned images of all the required documents. This will reduce the application processing time. PFRDA is registering Retirement Advisers for widening the coverage of NPS by facilitating on boarding of the subscribers and also providing advisory services to them for allocating assets under NPS and choosing Pension Fund Managers. 

“Retirement Adviser” can be any individual, registered partnership firm, body corporate, or any registered trust or society, which desires to engage in the activity of providing advice on National Pension System or other pension schemes regulated by PFRDA to prospects / existing subscribers or other persons or group of persons and is registered as such under the PFRDA (Retirement Advisers) Regulations. 

NISM and FPSB India are providing necessary certification in order to become eligible for registration as Retirement Adviser. However, Investment Advisers registered with SEBI are exempted from the requirement of such certifications and they can directly submit their application to PFRDA for registration.

7th Pay Commission Allowance News: ‘Bureaucratic cause for delay, political intervention required’

The National Joint Council of Action (NJCA) chief Shiv Gopal Mishra while talking to India.com said, that a vast majority of central government employees are upset with the Ashok Lavasa Committee who had not yet submitted its final report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

New Delhi, April 25: Almost 10 months have been passed and the ‘Committee on Allowance’ is yet to submit its report on minimum wages and higher allowance under the 7th Pay Commission to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. A large number of Central Government employees have been eagerly waiting for the higher allowances and are also upset as there is no news on the minimum wage hike. The National Joint Council of Action (NJCA), which is leading the negotiation on behalf of central government employees, believe that the bureaucratic clutches has become one of the biggest reason for the delay in fulfilment of the demands and believe that political intervention is required.  

The National Joint Council of Action (NJCA) chief Shiv Gopal Mishra while talking to India.com said, that a vast majority of central government employees are upset with the Ashok Lavasa Committee who had not yet submitted its final report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. “Once the report is submitted to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley then only any action can be taken by the government. The government can’t is blamed for the delay,” Shiv Gopal Mishra said while talking to India.com.

When asked whether ministers are to be blamed for the non-fulfillment of the demands, Shiv Gopal Mishra said to India.com, “We are not blaming the ministers for the delay in fulfilment of our demands. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley could only approve our report if the bureaucrats submit it on time. The delay is causing frustration among the employees. How long should they wait? We are persuading the ministers to intervene. We have already met Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, we were not able to meet Mr Arun Jaitley due to the Budget Session and if required we will also meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well”. 

Last week, the NJCA convenor was quoted by a news organisation where he said, “We believe in Prime Minister Narendra Modi he is our last hope”. In the video, Shiv Gopal Mishra also claimed that a large number of central government employees have hopes with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that he will not take any confrontation with the government employees. “To maintain a good industrial relation in the country, PM Modi will find a good negotiative settlement for us,” Mishra reportedly said.

Source : http://www.india.com/

India Post Payment Bank to open 650 branches this year

Hyderabad, April 24:  

India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) is planning mega expansion to open 650 branches this year.

The first two branches of IPPB have been opened in January 2017 in Ranchi and Raipur.

``We intend to open at least one branch per district across the country. Each branch will be networked with about 1200 to 1500 post offices in a district,’’ B V Sudhakar, Secretary, Department of Posts, Government of India told newspersons at a press conference here on Monday.

When asked whether such a ramp was possible in a short span of time, the official said: ``Technology will allow us to do so.’’

There are 978 standalone ATMs for the Department now. The payment bank is also expected to install more ATMs with tie-ups with other banks. ``By December 2017, we will integrate core system software including core banking, postal operations and savings bank which will also help us,'' he added.

The focus of the payment bank will be on door-step banking, a survey conducted by the department showed `huge’ potential for door-step banking.

It will primarily focus on three products of financial inclusion, direct benefit transfer and door step banking.

The department will also be recruiting 55,000 Gramin Dak Savekas in rural areas out of which the process for filling up of 14,406 vacancies has already commenced.

SPEED POST

The department is also ramping up its focus on speed post as a premium product for revenue generation. ``Speed post facility will be made available in all branch post offices across the country by end of April,’’ Sudhakar said.

The revenue from speed post services had gone up from Rs 1605 crore during 2015-16 to Rs 1740 crore in 2016-17.

PASSPORT

Post office passport seva kendras will also be opened in all 811 head post offices across the country in country by March 2018. As of now, the service is available in 42 post offices across India.

The issue of passports in post offices have commenced in January 2017. So far 31,500 passports have been issued.

``Apart from convenience to people, issue of passports could bring us (projected) revenue of Rs 750 crore,’’ Sudhakar said.

REVENUE

India Post is also expecting to bridge the gap between revenue and expenditure in next two years with a slew of initiatives being taken. For year 2015-16, it reported a revenue of Rs 13,000 crore and an expenditure of Rs 19,000 crore.

Source : http://www.thehindubusinessline.com

Dharana by NFPE and AIPEU, GDS on 27.04.2017

Central govt. employees plan stir on May 23

HYDERABAD April 22, 2017 

The Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers, along with other employee federations from Railways and Defence, will hold a massive demonstration in front of the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s office at New Delhi on May 23, demanding a decision on the amendments to pay revision.

The All India Postal Casual, Part time, Contingent and Contract Workers Federation, New Delhi too will throw in its lot with the demonstration, demanding regularisation of contract, casual, part time and contingent employees.

M. Krishnan, the Secretary General of the Confederation, who was here as the chief guest for the central working committee meeting of the Federation, shared the details with the media. The central government employees have been agitating, demanding amendments in minimum wages, fitment formula and other provisions of the Pay Revision Commission. The centre, responding to the protests, had constituted high level committees to consider the demands with regard to the PRC, allowances and pensions, with the deadline of four months. However, even after 10 months, no report has come forth, and the demands remained unsettled.After the strike and march to Parliament on March 16, the Confederation has decided for a demonstration on May 23. “If the government does not concede, we shall go on indefinite strike, as we will be left with no option,” Mr.Krishnan said.

India Post releases coffee scented stamps

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Apr 23, 2017,

NEW DELHI: Any coffee connoisseur will agree that what makes a cup of the dark, rich brew truly great is its aroma. Now, coffee-lovers will be able to enjoy the heady aroma while going through their mail, thanks to the newly launched coffee scented postage stamps. 

At an event organised by the India Post, commerce and industry minister Nirmala Seetharaman and telecom minister Manoj Sinha released the coffee scented stamps at the General Post Office in Bengaluru on Sunday. 

Seetharaman also took to Twitter to celebrate the launch of the coffee-flavoured stamps. 

The stamps, which are being printed at the India Security Press, will be priced at Rs 100. Already, one lakh stamps have been printed for sale to collectors.

These stamps will be made available at the Philately Bureau, Bangalore General Post Office, and all other head post offices.

Bhutan was the first country to release aromatic stamps in 1973. New Zealand, Thailand and Switzerland joined in later.

In 2006, India introduced its first aromatic stamp, with a Rs. 15 sandalwood-scented stamp where 30 lakh of these sold out within two weeks.

In 2007, rose-scented stamps were released in four varieties of flower- Jawahar, Neelam, Delhi Princess and Bhim- each priced at five bucks and a jasmine fragrance in 2008.