Thursday, June 26, 2014
Closing of separate bags for TD and non-TD mails
DEPARTMENT
OF POSTS, INDIA
O/O THE SR.
SUPDT. OF POST OFFICES
BHUBANESWAR
DIVISION, BHUBANESWAR-751009
Memo No:-
G-2/Ch-I
Dated
at BBSR-9 the 24.06.2014.
To
The Sr. Postmaster, Bhubaneswar GPO/All
Poster Masters / SPMs under Bhubaneswar Division.
Consequent
upon the discussion made in the workshop on MNOP held on 17.06.2014 and
instruction received vide C.O letter no. ML/2-96/2012/Monitoring (Test letter)
dated 18.06.2014, separate bags to be closed for TD and Non TD mails of speed
post and registered post articles for Bhubaneswar NSH and Bhubaneswar RMS
respectively.
1.Puri
2.Khurda3.Nayagarh
4.Cuttack
5.Jagatsinghpur
6.Kendrapara
7.Jajpur
8.Bhadrak
9.Balasore
10.Mayurbhanj
11.Angul
12.Dhenkanal
13.Sundargarh
14.Keonjhar
Likely the
registered articles pertaining to Bhubaneswar Division should be included in
the TD Registered bag to be closed for Bhubaneswar RMS and the registered
articles pertaining to rest of the places should be included in the NTD
Registered bag to be closed for Bhubaneswar RMS.
All
other bags are to be closed as usual.
Sr. Supdt
of Post Offices
Bhubaneswar
Division
Bhubaneswar-751009
Copy for information and necessary action to:-
1.The Manager, NSH, Bhubaneswar.
2.All Sub Divisional Heads under Bhubaneswar
Division.3.The Asst.Director (Mails),O/o The Chief PMG, Odisha Circle, Bhubaneswar -751001 w.r.t C.O letter no. ML/2-96/2012/Monitoring (Test letter) dated 18.06.2014.
4.The DSRM, Bhubaneswar RMS,Bhubaneswar-751001.
Confederation News
NOTICE - NATIONAL SECRETARIAT CONFEDERATION
No. Confd/2014 Dated : 25th June,2014
NOTICE
It is hereby notified that National Secretariat Meeting of Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers will be held at Confederation H.Q. at 1st Floor North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi-110001 on 17th July 2014 at 2 PM.
All National Secretariat Members are requested to attend the meeting in time.
The following will be the agenda of the meeting:
AGENDA
(1) Organizational review.
(2) 7th CPC and related issues.
(3) 15 Point Charter of Demands and future course of action.
(4) Any other items with the permission of chair.
(M. KRISHNAN)
SECRETARY GENERAL
Copy to:
1. Com. S.K. Vyas, Advisor.
2. Com. K.K.N. Kutty President.
3. All National Secretariat Members.Odisha raises retirement age of its employees to 60
| Bhubaneswar Jun 25, 2014
Last Updated at 08:18 PM IST
The state government today raised the retirement age of its employees to 60 from 58 presently, fulfilling a long-standing demand. The move will benefit around 500,000 state government employees.
The decision to raise the retirement age was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet chaired by chief minister Naveen Patnaik. Recently, the state government had announced a raise in retirement age of doctors engaged with the government hospitals and also doctors in three state run medical colleges from 60 to 62. The hike in the retirement age was ratified by the cabinet. ...............
( extracts from Business Standard, dated 25.06.2014 )
NOTICE OF FEDERAL EXECUTIVE NFPE
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
CHQ: 1st Floor, North Avenue Post office Building, New Delhi - 110001
No.PF-01(b)/2014 Dated: 25th June, 2014
NOTICE
It is hereby notified in accordance with Article 12 of the Constitution of NFPE that the meeting of the Federal Executive of National Federation of Postal Employees shall be held at S. S. N. Engineering College, Ongole (Andhra Pradesh) on 21st August, 2014.The meeting shall commence at 11 A.M. on 21.08.2014. The following will be the agenda for discussion in the meeting:
AGENDA
1. Confirmation of the minutes of last Federal Executive meeting held at NFPE Office New Delhi on 01 June, 2014.
2. Organizational review..
3. 7th Pay Commission and related issues.
4. 15 Point Charter of Demands of Confederation – future course of action (not implementation of decisions taken by Confederation).
5. Pending Postal Demands.
6. Any other items with permission of the chair.
(M. Krishnan)
Secretary General
Copy to:
1. The Secretary, Deptt. Of Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-110001
2. All the Office Bearers of NFPE and all General Secretaries.
3. Chief Postmaster General: Andhra Circle,Hyderabad-500001 / Chief Postmaster General, Delhi Circle, New Delhi-110001 / Chief Postmaster General Karnataka, Bangalore-560001 / Chief Postmaster General, Kerala Circle, Trivandrum-695033 / Chief Postmaster General , Tamil Nadu Circle, Chennai-600 002 / Chief Postmaster General, UP Circle, Lucknow-226001 / Chief Postmaster General, West Bengal Circle,Kolkata-700 012 : They are requested to grant Special Casual Leave to the Office Bearers / General Secretaries for attending the Federal Executive Committee Meeting at Ongole (Andhra Pradesh) on 21st August,2014.
5. File.
(M. Krishnan)
Secretary General
Passport counters at head post offices
BHUBANESWAR: The regional passport office (RPO) here has decided to start 'passport facilitation centres' at head post offices across Odisha to guide applicants fill up forms online.
"We have written to the department of posts to identify the head post offices and speed post centres where we can start the facilitation service. Applicants need to pay only Rs 100 to the postal department towards the service," regional passport officer Padma Mahanti told TOI.
"The postal employees will check the requisite documents. The move is aimed at preventing the non-computer savvy applicants from approaching the touts," Mahanti said.
After filling up forms, the applicants need to visit the RPO where the authorities will collect their biometric fingerprints.
Till June 2012, the head post offices used to receive passport applications in the state, but the practice was discontinued after collection of biometric fingerprints was introduced at passport seva kendra.
"The post offices were only receiving applications. They were not guiding the applicants. The process was discontinued as post offices did not have the device to collect biometric fingerprints," Mahanti said.
"We have written to the department of posts to identify the head post offices and speed post centres where we can start the facilitation service. Applicants need to pay only Rs 100 to the postal department towards the service," regional passport officer Padma Mahanti told TOI.
"The postal employees will check the requisite documents. The move is aimed at preventing the non-computer savvy applicants from approaching the touts," Mahanti said.
After filling up forms, the applicants need to visit the RPO where the authorities will collect their biometric fingerprints.
Till June 2012, the head post offices used to receive passport applications in the state, but the practice was discontinued after collection of biometric fingerprints was introduced at passport seva kendra.
"The post offices were only receiving applications. They were not guiding the applicants. The process was discontinued as post offices did not have the device to collect biometric fingerprints," Mahanti said.
Source : The Times of India
Snail mail costs postal department Rs 4,000 in consumer court
The next time your mail arrives late, don't fume, just do what Mumbaikar Prakash Sheth did.
Based on his complaint, a consumer forum recently pulled up the postal department for failing to deliver his parcel on time and directed it to pay Sheth Rs 4,000 as compensation.
The South Mumbai district consumer disputes redressal forum directed the postal department to not only refund the cost of postal charge (Rs 267), it has also ordered it to pay Sheth Rs 3,000 for mental agony caused and another Rs 1,000 for litigation costs.
According to his complaint, Sheth sent three articles by speed post to three different locations in New Delhi on August 24, 2010. As per its norms, the postal department would deliver any consignment within two days, and would refund the client if it failed to do so. "I approached the postal department to send my parcel to New Delhi. They failed to deliver it on time and even delayed it by a day," Sheth told dna.
On September 13, 2010, Sheth had addressed a letter to the postal department requesting them to refund the postal charges. However, the department on October 19, 2010, rejected his request, claiming that there was no delay from its end, and that the delay was caused because Sheth had failed to mention the correct pin-code on the parcel.
Sheth however claimed that the pin-code was wrongly mentioned by an employee of the postal department who had accepted the parcel.
He finally approached the forum and filed a complaint. After going through the complaint, the forum asked the department to file its reply, in which it stuck to its stand.
After going through the evidence, the forum held the postal department guilty of failing to provide the services promised to its consumers, and penalised it for the same.
Source : http://www.dnaindia.com
Pre-retirement counseling programme by MoS (Personnel) Dr. Jitendra Singh
Press
Information Bureau
Government of
India
Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
25-June-2014
21:25 IST
MoS (Personnel) Dr. Jitendra Singh addresses
pre-retirement counseling programme
The retirement issue is to be handled with social
mindset – says Dr. Jitendra Singh
The
Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare conducted a pre-retirement
counseling for retirees here today. Addressing the concluding session the
Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension Dr. Jitendra
Singh said that the issue of retirement is to be handled with social mindset.
The MoS stated that the society should feel good about it. He stated that the
issue is too large to handle by the government itself and hoped that social
organization should come forward to help.
The Department of Pensions has
institutionalised regular conduct of pre-retirement Counseling workshops. These
workshops target retiring personnel two to two-and-a-half years before the
retirement date. Topics covered are (i) Formalities to be covered for timely
payment of retirement dues (ii) Financial planning for the amounts received at
retirement (iii) Preparation of Will (iv) CGHS facilities after retirement and
(v) Post-retirement opportunities through Sankalp.
The
“Sankalp’ programme has been initiated by the Department towards this end and a
web portal of the same name has also been launched. Pensioners, Pensioner
Associations and NGOs can register on the website
http//www.pensionersportal.gov.in/sankalp.
Recognising
the fact that a retiring government employee is very often unprepared to face
the fact that he may be without a daily routine and a meaningful existence the
day after he retires, the Government is looking for ways to engage the retired
employees in meaningful social work.
There
are approximately 40,000 fresh retirees every year from the Central Government
Civil establishments alone. This number could be close to 1,00,000
including defense, railways, posts and telecom. In addition there is a pool of
around 50 lakh existing pensioners. This group of personnel can, by and large,
offer greater maturity, experience and stability. With improved living
conditions and the best of medical facilities, most of these retiring government
employees would be capable of putting in a good 5-7 years of active service.
Further, the financial requirements are by and large taken care of by the
regular monthly pension payments which are also inflation indexed. What that
hurts is a sense of not being wanted anymore and the lack of a daily routine.
Realising
the potential of such a large section of experienced, capable and productive
workforce, the Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare has
conceptualised such pre-retirement counseling sessions for retirees. This
serves as a platform for exchange of information between retiring employees and
voluntary or other organisations working towards building society looking for
expertise, skill and maturity which can be offered by these retired government
servants. The forum will serve to facilitate matching of broad parameters of
geographical location and basic skills/ expertise required/ available. Both
employees and organisations will have to register on to this portal.
Another
possibility is to bring together groups of like-minded pensioners /Pensioners’
Associations and the ministries which are looking for concurrent audit or
evaluation of development schemes being implemented all over the country.
The
stakeholders identified for the project are:
Supply side:
a)
Pensioners
b)
Pensioners Associations identified by the Department involved in pensioners
welfare
Demand side:
a)
Organisations involved in Social welfare projects
b)
Government Departments having Social welfare schemes
c)
Indian Institute of Corporate affairs for CSR activities
d)
Corporate-Public and Private with CSR funds
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
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Banks like SBI, HDFC Bank, Punjab National Bank and others to secure ATMs by live CCTV monitoring
Over 50,000 of the 1.62 lakh automated teller machines in India are likely to be secured through remote CCTV surveillance without round-the-clock physical security. Several banks have floated tenders for offsite surveillance and are looking at it as a more cost-effective method of safety at ATMs. However, non-availability of bandwidth is proving to be a major challenge.
The decision to go for offsite monitoring is driven primarily by cost. The system triggers alarms at the control room when there are too many people in the room or if the machine is tampered. It also allows two-way communication from the command centre. As against this, having round-the-clock security could cost banks almost three times as much. An offsite surveillance system costs between Rs 4,500 to Rs 9,000 depending on the level of services that a bank chooses to avail.
According to Pramoud Rao, promoter and MD of Zicom Group, based on the request for proposals, banks are going for offsite surveillance for close to 50,000 ATMs. "Banks are very happy with the offsite surveillance as this comes with a quick response team which includes motorcycle-borne guards who will arrive at the site within minutes of an incident," said Rao. "Also, banks do not need to incur any capital expenditure for this service as the infrastructure is already in place," he added.
Leading banks that have initiated the process include State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Punjab National Bank, and Union Bank of India. The Reserve Bank of India has also encouraged banks to put in place surveillance systems. While the RBI has not insisted on guards at every ATM, it has advised banks to try and have guards at all ATMs. Banks, however, say that under the present cost structure it is more economical to shut their ATMs at night rather than have round-the-clock security.
The decision to go for offsite monitoring is driven primarily by cost. The system triggers alarms at the control room when there are too many people in the room or if the machine is tampered. It also allows two-way communication from the command centre. As against this, having round-the-clock security could cost banks almost three times as much. An offsite surveillance system costs between Rs 4,500 to Rs 9,000 depending on the level of services that a bank chooses to avail.
According to Pramoud Rao, promoter and MD of Zicom Group, based on the request for proposals, banks are going for offsite surveillance for close to 50,000 ATMs. "Banks are very happy with the offsite surveillance as this comes with a quick response team which includes motorcycle-borne guards who will arrive at the site within minutes of an incident," said Rao. "Also, banks do not need to incur any capital expenditure for this service as the infrastructure is already in place," he added.
Leading banks that have initiated the process include State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Punjab National Bank, and Union Bank of India. The Reserve Bank of India has also encouraged banks to put in place surveillance systems. While the RBI has not insisted on guards at every ATM, it has advised banks to try and have guards at all ATMs. Banks, however, say that under the present cost structure it is more economical to shut their ATMs at night rather than have round-the-clock security.
Source:-The Economic Times
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