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Update to Meghdoot 7.9.7
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Release
Document
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Centre for Excellence in
Postal Technology, Mysore 570010
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Friday, 28th
April, 2017
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Meghdoot Version 7.9.7
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Contents:
1.
Brief Description
2.
Application details
3.
Pre-Requisite
4.
General Instructions for up-gradation
5.
Detailed up-gradation procedure
6.
New features/modifications
1. Brief Description
Consequent on release of Megdhoot Update 7.9.6 on 04.11.2016, many new requirements have been received from
Directorate for incorporation in various Meghdoot modules. Based on those orders, following major modifications
have been carried out and included in this Meghdoot Update 7.9.7.
ü Booking
of Regd letters/parcels/Money orders/Speed post (both Foreign and domestic) through Debit/Credit Card Payment Option (Point of Sale)
ü Implementation
of discount structure in case of domestic Speed post and Express parcels booked
(both for retail customers and BNPL Parcel customers) (Point of Sale and BNPL
Parcel)
ü Separate
Account heads for eCommerce activities right from booking to Payment (All
Megdhoot modules).
ü Removal of option “Disaster Recovery” , as issue of Money Order has been stopped
w.e.f. 16.11.2016 (Postman)
ü Removal of option “Request for electronic Data”, as provision for Data Entry of COD articles has been made in
case of non receipt of electronic data (Postman)
ü Compulsory returns for all the Accountable
articles sent to Branch Posts Offices, before 30 days of invoicing (Postman)
ü
Handling SP COD articles booked for TNF
locations ([Postman, ePayment, RNet Communication).
ü
Separate
head of account ‘ATM Cash Pmts’ to account for the amount remitted to Bangalore
GPO against the cash deposited in ATM (Treasury and AccountsMIS)
ü Creation of separate head of accounts to
account for the Cash adjustments made with IPPB Counter by the Post Office
where IPPB Counter is co-located in the PO premises (Sub Accounts, Treasury and
AccountsMIS)
Besides the above major modifications many minor
modifications/enhancements have been made.
Complete details of modifications done in each application are furnished
in Section 6 [New features / Modifications].
This document acts as an upgrade guide for upgrading the Meghdoot applications
from 7.9.6.
2. Application details.
This Update of Meghdoot 7.9.7 consists of the
following applications:
1.
Point of sale
2.
ePayment
3.
Postman
4.
Treasury
5.
Subaccounts
6.
MO Compilation
7.
RNet Communication
8.
BNPL Parcel
9.
Accounts
10.
AccountsPBS
11.
Accounts MIS
3. Pre-Requisite
The pre-requisite is Meghdoot Update
7.9.6 released by CEPT on 04.11.2016, which is available on ftp site at
location ftp://cept.gov.in/Meghdoot7/Updates/meghdootupdate7.9.6/
4. General Instructions for Up-gradation
Ø Ensure
that Up-gradation is carried out after Day End in all modules.
Ø Ensure
that the office is upgraded with Meghdoot 7.9.6
Ø Ensure
that backups of all databases and mdb files are taken and securely preserved.
Ø Ensure
100% successful running of the database up-gradation. If any error occurs while executing any exl
file, please send the log file to CEPT Help Desk (Support@ceptmysore.net)
Ø Please upgrade the applications in the
following order:
v Point of Sale
v ePayment
v Postman
v Treasury
v Subaccounts
v MO Compilation
v RNet
Communication
v BNPL Parcel
v Accounts
v AccountsPBS
v AccountsMIS
5. Detailed Up- gradation Procedure (Please follow the order mentioned below strictly)
v
Point of Sale
ü Stop Point
of Sale application and ensure that other POS related applications are not
running.
ü Take a
backup of Counter, eMO databases
ü Run
Counter.exl file using script tool.
ü Run
emo.exl file using script tool
ü
If your office is McCamish enabled, then rename
the existing pointofsale.exe to pointofsale796.exe and copy the new
Pointofsale.exe available in “For McCamish Offices” folder in the same
location.
ü If your
office is McCamish disabled, then rename the existing pointofsale.exe to
pointofsale796.exe and copy the new Pointofsale.exe available in “For Non McCamish
Offices” folder in the same location.
ü Replace
the existing EbillHOLib.dll file with the new EbillHOLib.dll file of Meghdoot
7.9.7 in the same location and register the dll file.
v
ePayment
ü
Stop ePayment Client application.
ü
Ensure that other ePayment related applications
are not running.
ü
Replace the existing ePaymentClient.exe with the
new one in the same location.
ü Upgrade
eCounter database by running eCounter.exl file with script tool.
ü Afterwards,
run eCounter_POCodes.exl file with script tool.
v
Postman
ü
Replace existing Postman.exe with new one.
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Replace existing EMODelivery.dll with new one.
ü
Replace existing EVPDelivery.dll with new one.
ü
Register both EMODelivery.dll and
EVPDelivery.dll with administrator credentials.
ü
Run Postman.exl file with script tool.
v
Treasury
ü
Rename the existing Treasurer.exe and copy the
new Treasurer.exe in the same location.
ü Run
the Treasury.exl file using the script tool.
v
Subaccounts
ü Rename
the existing SubAccounts.exe and copy the new SubAccounts.exe in the same
location.
ü Run
Supplysubaccounts.exl file with script tool.
v
MOCompilation
ü Replace
the old 7.9.3 exe with the attached MOCompilation.exe of 7.9.7 version.
ü
Run MOCompilationDBversion7.9.7.exl using scrip
tool
v
RNet Communication
ü Replace
existing RNet Communication.exe with the new one in the same location.
v
BNPL Parcel
ü Rename
existing exe and replace it with the new PBC_Project.exe in the same location.
ü Run
BNPLParcel.exl file using script tool.
v
Accounts
ü Rename
the existing Accounts.exe and replace it with latest Meghdoot 7.9.7 Accounts.exe
v
AccountsPBS
ü Rename
the existing Schedule.exe and replace it with latest Meghdoot 7.9.7
Schedule.exe
ü First,
run Schedule1.exl file and then run Schedule2.exl file with script tool in same
order.
v
AccountsMIS
ü Stop
Accounts MIS Client application if running.
ü Rename
the existing AccountHeads.xml and copy the new AccountHeads.xml in the same
location.
6. New Features/Modifications done in this Update 7.9.7
I) Point of Sale
ü
Provision for booking Regd letters/parcels,
Money orders and Speed post articles of Foreign and domestic through
Debit/Credit Card Payment Option.
ü
Provision for booking EMS articles to Finland.
ü
Provision to accept Jeevan - Praman Life
certificate request from the EPFO pensioners through UCR
ü
Provision to accept employment Registration
Charges through UCR. As per the orders received vide Dte lr
no.10-13/2016 RB dated 15.03.2017, a new UCR purpose has been added as
Employment Registration Charges for registering the unemployed youth in the NCS
portal based on the request received from unemployed youth. For doing
registration with NCS portal a fee of Rs.15/- has to be charged under UCR by
selecting the purpose as Employment Registration Charges.
ü Provision
of discount in case of domestic Speed post and Express parcel bookings as per the
Dte letter no. 10-23/2013-BD & MD dated 23.01.2017.
ü As
per the Ministry of communications, Gazette notification dated 10.08.2016
regarding revision of foreign postage rates a new service has been introduced.
i.e, Sending of Blind Literature packets through SAL has been introduced. And
the same has been provided in this release. The option is available under
Foreign Mail àSALàRegistered
Blind Literature
ü Amount
validation while accepting Sovereign Gold Bond [SGB] applications from the
Customers.
ü
New ecommerce related heads are added for doing
UCR transactions as mentioned below.
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Sl. No.
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Category
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Account Head Name
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Account Head Description
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Receipt/ Payment
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Purpose
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1.
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Speed Post
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ecomsprevenue
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eCom SP Revenue
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Receipt
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Revenue on Booking of Speed Post articles
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2.
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Speed Post
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ecomspadvdep
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eCom SP Adv Dep
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Receipt
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Advance Deposit made for Speed Post
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3.
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Express Parcel
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ecomeprevenue
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eCom EP Revenue
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Receipt
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Revenue on Booking of Express Parcel articles
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4.
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Express Parcel
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ecomepadvdep
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eCom EP Adv Dep
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Receipt
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Advance Deposit made for Express Parcels
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5.
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Business Parcel
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ecombprevenue
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eCom BP Revenue
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Receipt
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Revenue on Booking of Business Parcel articles
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6.
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Business Parcel
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ecombpadvdep
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eCom BP Adv Dep
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Receipt
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Advance Deposit made for Business Parcels
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Detailed procedure for
booking of transactions with Credit/Debit card payment option is furnished under
Section 1 of the “Annexure” document.
II) Postman
ü As per Directorate Orders, issue of eMO for
the COD articles delivered is stopped w.e.f.16.11.2016. Therefore, option of Disaster Recovery is disable in this Update.
ü As provision is already available to create
the data of COD articles manually where electronic data is not received, option of Requesting for electronic data is disabled
in this Update.
ü COD
Data Entry form modified, so that day entry can be done even if Booking
Office/Booking Date information is not available at the time of invoicing the
articles.
ü ECommerce
heads added in submit accounts
ü Change in reasons for Registered article
return NOT KNOWN --- NOT KNOWN RETURN TO SENDER.
ü TNF
location included for delivery of SPCOD.
ü Checking
of BO Articles Return during Day End process
ü BO
Delivery performance captured for KPI.
III) Treasury
ü Creation of separate head of account ‘ATM
Cash Pmts’ under General Payment’s category to account for the amount remitted
to Bangalore GPO against the cash deposited in ATM.
ü Provision
to account for the amounts of ‘ATM
Cash Pmts’ in Post Office accounts in the relevant Daily Account, Summary, Cash
Book etc.
ü Creation of separate head of account ‘RSRPL
Sale Comm’ under General Receipt’s category to account for the amount deducted
from the Net amount paid to the RSRPL Biller towards COD payments.
ü Creation of separate head of account ‘RSRPL
Comm Paid’ under General Payment’s category to account for the amount paid to
the BPM/DoP Staff/DoP as per the rates fixed towards Sales Commission.
ü Provision to show the amount of ‘RSRPL
Sale Comm’ deducted from the RSRPL Biller in respect of each COD article paid
in the COD Payment Report of the Biller.
ü Provision
to account for the amounts of ‘RSRPL
Sale Comm’, ‘RSRPL Comm Paid’ in Post Office accounts in the relevant Daily
Account, Summary, Cash Book etc.
ü Modifications
for handling the Swipe Machine vouchers collected from POS Counter in Treasury.
ü In
case of GPOs/HOs where transaction amount for single account head exceeding the
100 crore, currently HO summary showing only amount up to 99 crore, the same is
modified for showing the amount above 100 crore.
ü While
login into treasury module the users will be listed as per day begin status of
treasury i.e. before day begin in treasury module only supervisor login name
will be available. Once day begin over all users will be shown in login name.
ü The
following new account heads are created for the purpose of eCommerce COD.
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Sl. No.
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Category
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Account Head Name
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Account Head Description
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Receipt/ Payment
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Purpose
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1.
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Speed Post
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ecomsprevenue
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eCom SP Revenue
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Receipt
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Revenue on Booking of Speed Post articles
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2.
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Speed Post
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ecomspadvdep
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eCom SP Adv Dep
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Receipt
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Advance Deposit made for Speed Post
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3.
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Speed Post
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ecomspcodrects
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eComSPCODRects
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Receipt
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Collection on Delivery of SPCOD Delivered articles
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4.
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Speed Post
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ecomspcodfee
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eCom SPCOD Fee
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Receipt
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Fee Deducted on Payment of COD amount to the Customer
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5.
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Speed Post
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ecomspcodpmts
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eCom SPCOD Pmts
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Payment
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SPCOD Payment to Customer
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6.
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Express Parcel
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ecomeprevenue
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eCom EP Revenue
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Receipt
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Revenue on Booking of Express Parcel articles
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7.
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Express Parcel
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ecomepadvdep
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eCom EP Adv Dep
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Receipt
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Advance Deposit made for Express Parcels
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8.
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Express Parcel
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ecomepcodrects
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eComEPCODRects
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Receipt
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Collection on Delivery of EPCOD Delivered articles
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9.
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Express Parcel
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ecomepcodfee
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eCom EPCOD Fee
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Receipt
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Fee Deducted on Payment of COD amount to the Customer
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10.
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Express Parcel
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ecomepcodpmts
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eCom EPCOD Pmts
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Payment
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EPCOD Payment to Customer
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11.
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Business Parcel
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ecombprevenue
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eCom BP Revenue
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Receipt
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Revenue on Booking of Business Parcel articles
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12.
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Business Parcel
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ecombpadvdep
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eCom BP Adv Dep
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Receipt
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Advance Deposit made for Business Parcels
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13.
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Business Parcel
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ecombpcodrects
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eComBPCODRects
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Receipt
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Collection on Delivery of BPCOD Delivered articles
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14.
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Business Parcel
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ecombpcodfee
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eCom BPCOD Fee
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Receipt
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Fee Deducted on Payment of COD amount to the Customer
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15.
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Business Parcel
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ecombpcodpmts
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eCom BPCOD Pmts
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Payment
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BPCOD Payment to Customer
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ü Provision
to account for the amounts of the
above mentioned 15 eCommerce COD account heads in Post Office accounts in the
relevant Daily Account, Summary, Cash Book etc.
ü Creation of separate head of accounts to
account for the Cash adjustments made with IPPB Counter by the Post Office
where IPPB Counter is co-located in the PO premises.
Detailed
Procedure for ATM Cash Replenishment, handling Swiped vouchers, Cash adjustment
with IPPB Counters in Treasury module
are furnished under Section-2 of Annexure document.
IV) MOCompilation
ü “Overflow error” fixed while fetching emo
issue or paid entry delete or modify option for offices having number of
transactions more than 32767.
V) RNet Communication
ü
Option
provided for viewing the Office ID of BNPL, Postman, PoS applications through
ToolsàOffice
Configuration
VI) BNPL Parcel
ü
Revised
discount structure implemented.
ü
1%
additional discount will be offered to contractual customers who provide
booking data in the prescribed electronic format at the time of booking.
ü
In case
monthly revenue is more than 25 lakhs additional discount for such customers
will be 2%.
ü
In
respect of booking data received with a paper manifest only, the discount amount
offered to the contractual customer would be reduced by half.
ü
Customers
are differentiated as Ecommerce and Non Ecommerce customers. This will be
reflected in all the reports as ECom and NonECom.
VII) AccountsPBS
ü Creation of Encrypted files for pension upload in
Finacle.
ü New Schedule for Account Head ATM Cash Payments.
ü Income Tax integration for Pensioners.
ü Additional quantum calculation error for converted
pensioners fixed
ü Doubling of Number of transactions for certain billers
is fixed while fetching from HO counter
Detailed
Procedure for the above modifications done in AccountsPBS application are
furnished under Section 3 of Annexure document.
VIII) AccountsMIS
ü Capturing the details of Cash Transferred
for ATMs and IPPB Cash remittance details
ü Separate reports “Cash transferred for
ATMs” and “Cash to/from IPPB” provided in Accounts MIS website.
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