Friday, August 28, 2015
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RULING BOOKS IN PDF FORMAT
1. CCS (CCA) Rules
2. CCS (CCA) Rules
3. CCS (Leave) Rules
4. Pension Rules
5. New Pension Scheme
6. GPF Rules
7. Medical Attendance Rules
Saturday, August 22, 2015
INITIATIVES TO BE UNDERTAKEN FOR PROMOTION OF POSB SCHEMES-REG.
F.No.63-01/2015-SB
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Posts
(F.S. Section)
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated: 30.06.2015
To
Shri R.N. Parashar
Secretary General
National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE)
1st Floor, North Avenue Post Office Building
New Delhi-110 001
Shri D. Theagarajan
Secretary General
Federation of National Postal Organization (FNPO)
Sub: Initiatives to be undertaken for promotion OF POSB schemes-reg.
D.G. Posts letter No. F.No. 63-01/2015-SB dated 30.06.2015.
Sir,
The undersigned has been directed to forward herewith a copy of letter No. F. No.63-01/2015-SB dated 30.06.2015 on the subject cited above.
2. It is, therefore, requested to disseminate the contents of the aforesaid letter through your newsletters/magazines among all the members for taking active participation in the initiatives to be undertaken for promotion of POSB Schemes and fulfillment of mandate of financial Inclusion in rural India.
Sd/-
L.K. Sinha
AGD(FS-I)
F.No.63-01/2015-SB
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Posts
(F.S. Section)
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi
Dated: 30.06.2015
To
All Heads of Circles,
Sub: Initiatives to be undertaken for promotion OF POSB schemes-reg.
This is regarding promotion of Post Office Savings Schemes to meet the financial inclusion mandate in the rural areas. There are some initiatives which may promot the opening of POSB accounts. Some of the steps to be taken are suggested as blow:
i. PO staff salary and wages accounts can be opened in the Post Offices with cheque facilities. The PO staff can continue to keep their bank accounts and enjoy loan and card facilities by simply issuing the POSB cheque towards their bank accounts and transfer whatever amount and may carry on banking activities.
ii. All staff (Departmental, GDS/contingency paid and outsiders) may be paid salary and wages through POSB accounts.
iii. POSB accounts may be opened in the name of social security beneficiaries (OAP) for crediting the social security benefits into their respective accounts. (SOP enclosed).
iv. POSB accounts may be opened in the name of Landlords who have given their building on rent to the Post Offices, for crediting the monthly rent to be paid to them.
v. POSB accounts may be opened to all the pensioners who are getting pension from the Post Offices for crediting their monthly pension in their respective accounts.
vi. Maturity payments to RD, TD,PPF,PLI,RPLI etc. may be paid through POSB accounts. Postmasters may be instructed to persuade the customers to take payment through POSB accounts.
vii. Delivery staff may be motivated to carry SB-3 application forms and receipt book so that they may bring in at least one account per day.
viii. A few GDS may be appointed exclusively to work as pygmy collectors from 5 PM to 9 PM in the whole sale or retails market area collecting daily cash from small vendors (Vegetable vendors,Hawkers, Petty shops/stores etc). SOP is enclosed with a certain arrangements of solidity and amenability to monitoring.
ix. Deceased claim cases settlement and payments may be routed through POSB accounts, Beside this all discharge payment of certificates can also be routed through POSB and no coercion shall be used.
x. Opening of POSB accounts by the proponents of PLI/RPLI and Identification of POSB promoters in each Division to exclusively promote POSVB Schemes.
xi. Under the Member of Parliament village adoption programme, the entire village may be got covered-“Samporna Bachat/Bima/Sukanya Scheme “ with necessary support from the concerned Hon`oble Member of Parliament.
xii. Advance SMS may be sent in case of maturity instrument and request be made to the customer to open SB account.
xiii. Reinvestment by the existing customers may also be ensured.
xiv. The SB account can be opened in CBS Post Office without taking KYC documents again, if the earlier investment /account opening has been done after obtaining KYC documents. It will get linked to CIF, SB Account can be opened at the time of maturity of any instrument/investment also, if before maturity, KYC documents are to be collected, wherever applicable. A single AOF form will have to be filled.
xv. As per prevailing banking practice, having SB account has many benefits. Internet Banking, Debit card etc. facilities will also become available in all CBS Account for easy fund transfer to/from other accounts/instruments, held by him.
These issues with the approval of Member (Banking & HRD)
Sd/-
(Sachin Kishore)
Director (FS)
RBI GIVES IN-PRINCIPLE NOD TO 11 APPLICANTS INCLUDING RIL, INDIA POST, ADITYA BIRLA NUVO & AIRTEL FOR PAYMENTS BANK LICENCE CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS/ET NEWS
POSTAL DEPARTMENT SHOULD BECOME VEHICLE OF FINANCIAL INCLUSION: RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
Monday, August 17, 2015
ISSUE OF IDENTITY CARDS TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PENSIONERS – PENSIONERS PORTAL ORDERS. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
Thursday, August 13, 2015
PAID LEAVE FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT VICTIMS
((PMIN OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS
Instructions have been issued by this Department vide Office Memorandum dated 27.11.2014 regarding Alignment of Service Rules with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013. As per para 6 of the said Office Memorandum, the Complaint Committee will have the powers to recommend to the employer (a) to transfer the aggrieved woman or the charged officer to any other workplace; or (b) to grant leave to the aggrieved woman up to a period of three months, which will be in addition to the leave she would be otherwise entitled to.
As per Section 9 of Chapter IV of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013, any aggrieved woman may make, in writing, a complaint of sexual harassment at workplace to the Internal Committee within a period of three months from the date of incident and in case of a series of incidents, within a period of three months from the date of last incident.
The Committee may, for the reasons to be recorded in writing, extend the time limit not exceeding three months, if it is satisfied that the circumstances were such which prevented the woman from filing a complaint within the said period.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri P.Nagarajan and Shri B. Vinod Kumar in the Lok Sabha today.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri P.Nagarajan and Shri B. Vinod Kumar in the Lok Sabha today.
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(Release ID :124861) 12th August,2015
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
BRIEF OF THE MEETING HELD 7th AUGUST 2015 WITH THE VII CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
STRIKE NOTICE
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION-GDS (NFPE)
1st FLOOR NORTH AVENUE POST OFFICE BUILDING
NEW DELHI-110 001
No.PF-JCA-12/2015 Dated: 11th ,August, 2015
To
The Director General
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan
New Delhi – 110001
NOTICE
Madam,
In accordance with the provisions of Sub Section (1) of Section 22 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, we hereby notify that all the Postal/RMS/MMS/Administrative & Postal Accounts Employees and the Gramin Dak Sewaks will go on One Day Strike on 02nd September, 2015.
The Charter of Demands is enclosed herewith.
(R.N. Parashar) (R.N. Parashar)
Secretary General General Secretary NFPE AIPEU Group-C
R. Seethalakshmi Giriraj Singh
General Secretary General Secretary
AIPEU Postmen, MTS/Group ‘D’ AIRMS & MMS EU Group ‘C’
(P. Suresh) Pranab Bhattacharjee
General Secretary General Secretary
AIRMS & MMS EU MTS &Group ‘D’ AIPAOEU (Admin Union)
T. Satyanaryana Virendra Tewary
General Secretary General Secretary
AIPAEA (Postal Accounts) AIPSBCOEA
S. A. Rahim P. Pandurangarao
General Secretary General Secretary
AICWEA (Civil Wing) AIPEU-GDS (NFPE)
CHARTER OF DEMANDS
ANNEXURE – I
PART-I
1. Urgent measures for containing price-rise through universalisation of public distribution system and banning speculative trade in commodity market.
2. Containing unemployment through concrete measures for employment generation.
3. Strict enforcement of all basic labour laws without any exception or exemption and stringent punitive measure for violation for labour laws.
4. Universal social security cover for all workers
5. Minimum wages of not less than Rs. 15,000/- per month with provisions of indexation.
6. Assured enhanced pension not less than Rs. 3000/- P.M. for the entire working population.
7. Stoppage of disinvestment in Central/State PSUs.
8. Stoppage of contractorisation in permanent perennial work and payment of same wage and benefits for contract workers as regular workers for same and similar work.
9. Removal of all ceilings on payment and eligibility of bonus, provident fund; increase the quantum of gratuity.
10. Compulsory registration of trade unions within a period of 45 days from the date of submitting applications; and immediate ratification of ILO Convention C 87 and C 98.
11. Against Labour Law Amendments
12. Against FDI in Railways, Insurance and Defence.
PART-II
1. Effect wage revision of the Central Government Employees from 01.01.2014 accepting memorandum of the staff side JCM; ensure 5-year wage revision in future; grant interim relief and merger of 100% of DA; Include Gramin Dak Sevaks within the ambit of 7th CPC. Settle all anomalies of 6th CPC.
2. Implement Cadre restructuring proposal in all Cadres including MMS.
3. Implement arbitration awards and revise OTA Rates.
4. No Privatisation, PPP or FDI in Railways, Defence Establishment and no corporatization of Postal services.
5. No ban on creation of new posts. Fill up all vacant posts.
6. Scrap PFRDA Act an re-introduce the defined benefit statutory pension scheme.
7. No outsourcing, contractrisation, privatization of governmental functions; withdraw the proposed move to close down the printing presses, the publications, form stores and stationery departments and medical stores Depots; regularize the existing daily-rated/casual and contract workers and absorption of trained apprentices.
8. Revive the JCM functioning at all level as an effective negotiating forum for settlement of the demands of the Central Government Employees.
9. Remove arbitrary ceiling on compassionate appointment.
10. No labour reforms which are inimical to the interest of the workers.
11. Remove the ceiling on payment on bonus
12. Ensure five promotions in the service career.
Saturday, August 8, 2015
FREE HEALTH CHECK-UP CAMP FOR THE BENEFIT OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS (Click the link below for details)http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02adm/012015.pdf
Government of India has started a RTI online web portal whereby Right to Information (RTI) applications can be filed online by Indian citizens, including those who are living abroad. The detailed procedure in filing of on-line RTI application is as under:
An Indian citizen can file RTI application online through RTI online web-portal, having Uniform Resource Locator (url) www.rtionline.gov.in. The prescribed fee for RTI application can also be paid online through a payment gateway of State Bank of India by way of internet banking of State Bank of India and its associate banks and by using Rupay card, debit/credit cards of Master/Visa. This facility at present is available for 431 Public authorities of Government of India.
All the States have been requested vide this Department’s letter dated 3rd December, 2013 to explore the feasibility of implementing online RTI in their respective States. National Informatics Centre (NIC) has been requested to provide technical support such as software and source code to the State Governments who desire to replicate the web portal for online filing of RTI applications at state level.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Adv. Joice George in the Lok Sabha today.
INDIA POST ATM FAQ (FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS)
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
FACILITIES TO DIFFERENTLY ABLED AT GOVERNMENT OFFICES
The Department of Personnel and Training has informed that as per information submitted on-line by 71 Departments/Ministries, as on 01.01.2013, there were 9341 number of persons with disabilities who were employed in the Departments/Ministries of the Central Government. State/UT-wise information is not compiled.
As per section 46 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, the appropriate Governments and the local authorities are required to provide for-
(a) ramps in public buildings;
(b) adaptation of toilets for wheel chair users;
(c) braille symbols and auditory signals in elevators or lifts;
(d) ramps in hospitals, primary health centers and other medical care and rehabilitation institutions.
All the Ministries/Departments have been requested to comply with this provision. The Ministry of Railways provides concessional fare for various classes of persons with disabilities as under:
S.No.
|
Category of Persons
|
Percentage of Concession
|
1
|
Orthopaedically Handicapped/Paraplegic persons who cannot travel without escort –for any purpose
|
|
2
|
Mentally retarded persons who cannot travel without escort- for any purpose.
| |
3
|
Blind persons travelling alone or with an escort- for any purpose
| |
4
|
Deaf & Dumb persons (both afflictions together in the same person) travelling alone or with an escort- for any purpose.
|
· 50% in 2nd , Sleeper and 1st Class
· 50% in Monthly Season Ticket & Quarterly Season Ticket
· One escort is also eligible for same element of concession.
|
Similarly, State Governments have their own schemes for providing concessional fare for persons with disabilities while travelling by the buses owned by State transport undertakings.
As per Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, every appropriate Government are required to appoint in every establishment such percentage of vacancies not less than three per cent for persons or class of persons with disability of which one per cent each is reserved for persons suffering from blindness or low vision; (ii) hearing impairment; (iii) locomotor disability or cerebral palsy, in the posts identified for each disability.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha here today.
Source: PIB Release, 04.08.2015
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