7th Central Pay Commission : Committee to Submit Report this Week

7th Pay Commission: Govt employees to get revised allowances from Oct 1; committee to submit report this week

Government employees will have a real festive bonanza this year. As per media reports, central government employees will get the revised allowances as per recommendations made by 7th Pay Commission from October 1.

The Committee on Allowances under the chairmanship of Union Secretary, Finance (Expenditure) had on September 1 met with representatives of the Central government unions.

The committe is expected to give its reports on revised allowance to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley this week.

On July 22, the Committee on Allowances was set up to decide on revision of allowance as Justice A K Mathur panel had earlier recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming 37 others.

“The 7th Pay Commission examined a total of 196 existing allowances and, by way of rationalization, recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming of 37 allowances. Given the significant changes in the existing provisions for allowances which may have wide ranging implications, the Cabinet decided to constitute a Committee headed by Finance Secretary for further examination of the recommendations of 7th CPC on allowances,” a press release issued by the government after the Cabinet approval to Pay Commission recommendations had said.

The government has notified a 2.57-time hike in basic salary for 1 crore government employees and pensioners as per the 7th Pay Commission recommendations. The pay hike has been made effective January 1, 2016.

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Revised Schedule for Inspector Posts Examination 2015-16......

On the Way to Ujjain......

From Left to Right.... Mr B. Srinivasu AGS (CHQ), Mr. P Varaprasad ACS and Mr. Y.Venkateshwarlu Circle Secretary.

APPEAL TO MEMBERS...

All the members are requested to donate amount to Circle Branch, so that the amount will be remitted to CHQ on behalf of our Branch to meet expenditure for CAT Cases/Legal expenses , and in c/w implementation of up gradation of Grade Pay from 4200/- to 4600/- from 01.01.2006.

 Kindly credit the amount in the following account and send photocopy of pay-in-slip on whatsApp to Treasurer with name, designation and office address to enable him to publish on this blog. 

Account Details
Name of Account Holder : 1) H.Sharath Kumar
                                    2) Y.Venkateshwarlu

POSB Account No         :  3367102288
Name of the PO              :  Hyderabad GPO

Filling of contempt in Hon'ble CAT Ernakulam Bench in OA 289/2013

It is to intimate to all members that,  today, two petitioners signed contempt petition and forwarded to 3rd petitioner for signature and submission in Hon'ble CAT Ernakulam Bench. It will be filed very soon. 

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Driving Licenses and Vehicle Registration Certificates can now be accessed through Mobile App

Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping and Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice jointly launched a new service - integration of DigiLocker with Driving Licenses (DL) & Vehicle Registration Certificates (RC) in New Delhi today. With this integration people will no longer need to carry around physical copies of their RCs and Driving Licences. They can instead access digital copies of the same on their mobile phones via the DigiLocker mobile app. Driving Licenses and Vehicle Registration documents can now be issued directly to the DigiLockers of individuals in digital formats. These digital copies can be shared with other departments as identity and address proof. They will also be used for on the spot verification through the cittizen’s mobile, by various law enforcement authorities like the Traffic Police. Besides being convenient for people, this will also result in assured authenticity of such documents and reduction of administrative overhead.

Speaking on the occasion Shri Nitin Gadkari said that this platform is a major step forward towards ensuring greater transparency and cutting down corruption and red-tapism. He said the move will benefit a large number of people by facilitating ease of access to the documents.

Launching the service Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the integration will bring a paradigm shift in the vision of paperless governance. It will serve to bring agility and efficiency to the entire process of issuance of driving licenses and vehicle registration certificates through IT enablement.

DigiLocker, launched by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in July last year, aims at transforming India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. It is a platform for issuance and verification of documents and certificates digitally. When a person signs up for a DigiLocker he gets access to a dedicated cloud storage space for his important documents. DigiLocker currently has 21,26,332 registered users with 24,11,702 uploaded documents and has issued over 4,26,73,232 documents as on 01 September 2016. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is actively digitizing driving licences and registration certificates and maintaining a National Register System. With today’s launch this National Register System has got integrated with DigiLocker, making over 19 crore Vehicle Registration Certificates and over 9 crore driving licenses available in the citizens’ lockers. Once the data from the remaining RTO’s is updated in the National Register Systems, the digital copies of those driving licenses and vehicle registration certificates will also be available via DigiLocker.

In order to access the digital RC and DL a person needs to first sign up for a DigiLocker. He then needs to download the DigiLocker Android App from Google PlayStore. In the Mobile App he will have to select the Issued Documents section and then the DL/RC. Field staff like the Traffic Police can do offline verification of RC/DL using QR Code. Apart from the mobile view version, digitally signed documents can also be accessed electronically, and these will be at par with the physical issued documents as per IT Act 2000.

Shri Ajay Kumar, Additional Secretary, MeitY informed that with today’s integration, MoRTH becomes the 17th issuer to issue its documents to DigiLocker. He also informed that this is the largest such integration since DigiLocker was launched last July.

Shri Abhay Damle, Joint Secretary, MoRTH said that the Ministry is working towards intergrating even documents like vehicle insurance and fitness certificates to DigiLocker .

The integration is the result of continuous coordination between MoRTH and MeitY with technical support from National Informatics Centre and National e-Governance Division (NeGD) under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology. Secretary MeitY and senior officials of NIC were also present on the occasion.

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Recommendations of the 7th Pay commission-bunching of stages in the revised pay structure under CCS (revised Pay)Rules,2016

On 06.09.2016  Postal Officers Association(India) AP & T Circle Branch, Hyderabad credited  Rs.18000/- towards donation  to All India Association of IP and ASP(CHQ). On behalf of our Association We Thanks to Officers Association. 

Change of date of holiday on account of Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) during 2016 for all Central Government administrative offices located at Delhi/New Delhi.

Change of date of holiday on account of Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) during 2016 for all Central Government administrative offices located at Delhi/New Delhi.

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Today , CS and IP/ASPs met CPMG Telangana Circle and welcomed with bouquet

NEW MAIL ID FOR FINACLE HELPDESK/MEOPS

Sir/Madam,

I am hereby directed by competent authority to convey the following

As part of streamlining Finacle Helpdesk and MEOPS, a separate email helpdesk.cbs@indiapost.gov.in is created.

Finacle Operational issues, MEOPS escalations, queries / clarification in Finacle may kindly be sent to this mail id henceforth.

Thanks and Regards

Gopinath S

Inspector Posts

DMCC

Chennai 600 002

Revision of Financial powers to Heads of Circles in the Department of Posts.

Consolidated Instructions on compassionate appointment — Review of FAQs dated 30.05.2013/25.02.2015 with regard to married son.

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Inspector Posts Examination 2015-16 will be held on 15-16/10/2016

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Filling up of three instructors (Two Postal and one RMS side) at Postal Training Center, Vadodara

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Shri E. V. Rao DPS Mumbai Region relieved today to Vijayawada

As per Directorate Memo No. 2-5/2016-SPG dated 31/8/2016 Shri E. V. Rao, DPS, Mumbai Region, Mumbai transferred and posted as DPS, Vijayawada Region, Andhra Pradesh Circle. Today, he has been relieved from Mumbai. CO and RO Mumbai staff has arranged farewell function to him. 

Commemorative Postage Stamp on 'Saint Teresa' will be released on 4/9/2016 at Mumbai

Mumbai: The Department of Posts will release a commemorative stamp in the city to mark Mother Teresa's canonisation in the Vatican on September 4.

Mother Teresa will be declared a saint on Sunday.

Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Communications and Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha will release the stamp at a function organised at Divine Child High School auditorium, Near J.  B. Nagar, Metro Station, Andhere (East), Mumbai 400059, which would be attended by the Chief Post Master General of Maharashtra and Goa circle, a senior India Post official said.

He said issuing of the stamp is a gesture of respect and gratitude for the Nobel laureate nun for her exemplary humanitarian service towards the mankind.

A commemorative stamp is a postage stamp, often issued on a significant date, such as an anniversary, to honour or commemorates a place, event, person or object.

"The decision to release a commemorative stamp on the canonisation for Mother Teresa has been taken by the advisory committee of Philately. September 4 is going to be a special day for India too, the day several other countries are also honouring the great lady," the official said, adding India has been the karmabhoomi of Mother Teresa.

The Vatican had earlier chosen Mumbai-based graphic designer Karen Vaswanis logo as the official emblem for the canonisation ceremony.

Vaswanis design depicts the classic pose of Mother Teresa looking affectionately at a child whom she holds in her arms.

Source : Deccan Chronicle

Bonus order 2014-15 issued by Directorate

Reliance Jio Plan details – In depth analysis

At a time when Mukesh Ambani finally announced Jio commercial launch in front of their shareholders in its 39th AGM today, the company also revealed pricing and plans for people who want to join the all IP next gen network.

Inviting people to join the network, Mukesh Ambani announced ‘Jio Welcome Offer‘ which will be available from 5th September, Monday from Reliance Retail stores, under which people can get a Jio SIM with unlimited access to data (4GB per day at 4G speed thereafter 128 Kbps), 100 SMS per day, unlimited HD voice and video calls as well as unrestricted access to jio digital media apps till December 31st.

Existing customers who are enjoying Jio Preview Offer will also get rewarded with unlimited access to the network till end of this year, after which Jio will start charging and people can recharge with any of the 10 Jio recharge packs which are priced from Rs 19 to Rs 4999.

Here are the details of Jio prepaid and postpaid plans:

Jio small plan priced as Rs 149 is the most affordable monthly pack as it offers unlimited calling & 100 free SMS to any number in India with free roaming facility. For data needs, it also offers 300 MB of 4G data. Considering the current market, situation the pack offers more value for money for common people who don’t use data services heavily. Unlike other operators who have hundreds of plans or packs in each circle, Jio has launched simplified tariff plans for its users. Seven of these primary packs come with a validity of 28 days while the remaining 3 come with 1, 7 and 21 days validity.

Jio medium pack comes at a price of Rs 499 with 4GB of 4G data perfect for youth and data hungry people who prefer to connect through social network and spend hefty amount for calling. With this pack they would also get unlimited calling, SMS and unlimited night data for a period of 28 days.

Jio Medium L pack is twice the price at Rs 999 offers 10GB of 4G data for day and unlimited night data, perfect for data hungry customers. Also with this you’re getting unlimited benefits such unlimited SMS, voice and video calls to near and dear ones. The pack also comes with additional 20 GB data for access to Jio Net WiFi.

Jio Large pack which is going to be a good reason to switch from existing operators which are charging Rs 1500 – 2000 for offering unlimited calls and only 10 GB data, as it offers unlimited calling, roaming, sms, night data for absolutely free that too at Rs 1499. Once you recharge or subscribe to this plan you will get 20 GB data which is sufficient for daily needs.

Jio XL or Extra Large pack targets the people who pay premium for getting hefty amount of data with voice call needs. The pack, priced at Rs 2499 is perfect for business customers who use data in multiple devices through tethering. The pack offers 35 GB data while in WiFi hotspots, you can use 70 GB of data. It also offers unlimited night data and voice calling to any domestic number with easy roaming feature. The plan will also offer dedicated customer service representative for any help on priority.

Jio XXL priced at Rs 3999 offers 180 GB of data of which 120 GB can be consumed through thousands of Jio WiFi hotspots across everywhere. Like other plans it also has unlimited calling, sms and night data benefits.

Jio XXXL targets those audience who wants to get a perfect network to stream shows directly on high end 4G televisions. The pack comes with 225 GB data of which 75 GB is regular data, rest of the benefits can be used through connecting Jio Net WiFi hotspots. The pack comes with unlimited data at night, sms and voice call benefits inbuilt at Rs 4999.

Jio has also launched three short validity packs exclusively for prepaid which come as 1 day, 7 days and 21-day validity with benefits. These packs are targeted to those users who prefer to recharge with smaller denominations. These are not available as first recharge denomination for new prepaid users. Those who prefer to do a top up weekly, can go for Rs 199 pack which offers true unlimited voice calls, unlimited 4G data at night and SMS for a week. The pack offers 750 MB 4G data with 1.5 GB data for hotspot access. Night data refers to data consumed between 2-5 AM (4GB at 4G speed and thereafter 128 Kbps).

For a day 4G benefits, customers can top up with Rs 19 which will let you enjoy benefits like unlimited calling for the day, unlimited night data, 100 SMS and 100MB 4G data. If you connect your phone with JioNet WiFi hotspot, you will get additional 200 MB data. Considering the daily packs available in the market currently it is going to be the best daily pack which is easy and has all benefits. While Small Mini pack will cut the cost if you’re planning for weekly data recharge as the pack offers much lower rate with longer validity (of 21 days) than other mini packs. With this pack you will get upto 6 GB of data (2GB regular) with unlimited benefits like voice calls, sms and unlimited 4G data at night during the validity period.

On the postpaid front, Jio offers 7 plans with the corresponding prepaid denominations but with one month validity instead of 28 days and with taxes applicable over and above the plan denomination. But if you choose to register for auto debit payment of bills online through debit/credit card and opt for e-bill, Jio will give an additional 15% discount on the bill value.

Important:

As many readers needed a clarification about data usage of voice and video calls as well as Jio digital media apps and whether it will be deducted from the main data balance, Jio has clarified that data used for HD voice calls will not be deducted from main balance but data used for video calls as well as for accessing digital content in its media apps will be deducted from the main data balance.

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Inspector Posts Examination 2016 will be held in this year....

Directorate vide letter No. 7-14/2011-SPB-II dated 9-3-2011 has circulated revised Pattern and Syllabus for Limited Department Competitive Examination for the post of INSPECOR POSTs for filling up 66.66% vacancies in the Department.

It is learnt from reliable source that pending Inspector Posts examinations will be held definitely and notification is expected soon along with details of syllabus and other instructions. There may be only one examination and according to eligibility and marks candidates will be declared successful. 

There will be 4 papers and that too without the aid of books with 150 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) in each paper. Examination will be held like previous one and from next year it is likely to be held 'ON LINE'. 

source:CHQ

Revision of financial powers of Heads of Postal Division in the Department of Posts

Directorate circulated list of officers in ZoC for promotion to the PS Gr. B cadre and allotted dates to circles.

Constitution of a Task Force for a comprehensive study on the cadre structure of organised Group A Central Services

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KYC Norms for India Post Payment Bank

Just a few months before the new crop of payment banks start their operations, their chiefs are a worried lot.

The banking regulator's ask in terms of meeting the Know Your Customer (KYC) norms has put them at par with traditional banks, and firms are concerned that the preference for "paper-based" KYC will be a cost-intensive and time-consuming exercise — and therefore a major impediment to the growth of the new age banks. 

Paytm payment bank's CEO Shinjini Kumar told ET that the industry is very "aggrieved" with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asking all entities to adhere to the centralised KYC system instead of just relying on the Aadhaar-based eKYC for payment banks. "We are grappling with that problem right now and we are talking to different people. We are hoping that there will be some understanding. Anyway our accounts are capped at Rs 1,00,000. There should be no reason why eKYC should not be the only way to do KYC. It is also digital and more authentic."

Chiefs of Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank, Sudhakar Ramasubramanian and Vodafone M-pesa payments bank Suresh Sethi also aired similar concerns to ET. They argue that payment banks do not have the same manpower to collect paper-based KYC like traditional banks and given that they are capped at a balance Rs 1,00,000, they do not share the same amount of risk. While RBI had earlier accepted eKYC as a means for customer authentication at the time of opening accounts, the new norms mandate a common KYC across all financial services entities for which detailed KYC is required to be collected and uploaded as a paper form to a central KYC repository — Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India, or CERSAI.

The idea is to streamline the KYC process and avoid duplication of KYC for customers at multiple agencies. But, for payment banks to be cast under the same net, it means that instead of just relying on the biometric based eKYC they will have to collect more details of their customers and upload them to the central registry. Sudhakar who is the CEO (designate), of Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank said that in the case of payment banks a phased approach towards KYC will be better received since the whole idea behind the payment banks is towards financial inclusion.

"If we have too many restrictions for someone who keeps Rs 5,000 in the account, it could prevent many of the unbanked from experiencing the benefits of financial services. KYC norms can be applied in a layered manner as the customer's balance and transactions increase," he said.

Digital KYC will help ease the "entry barrier" for such people along with being a more authentic means of KYC than a physical KYC. "Currently, over 90% of all retail transactions are through cash in the country, if these transactions have to be converted into the electronic format, banking will have to be relived from some of these troubles," he added.

Source : The Economic Times

Definition of Important Postal Terms asked in Department Exam

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Grant of Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) and non-productivity Linked Bonus (Ad-hoc) in case of Central Government employees for the accounting year 2014-15 - enhancement of the calculation ceiling - Regarding

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Income Tax Slabs & Rates for Financial Year 2016-2017 (Assessment Year 2017-2018)

INCOME TAX SLABS & RATES FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2016 - 2017 (ASSESSMENT YEAR 2017 - 2018)

Additional tax benefit of Rs.5000/- under Section 87A, if Income is upto Rs.5,00,000/-.

3% Extra Surcharge on total Tax.

Section 80GG: Deduction amount under 80GG increased from Rs 24,000 per annum to Rs 60,000 per annum. Section 80GG is applicable for all the individuals who do not own a residential house & do not get HRA (House Rent Allowance). 

Section 87A Rebate : Benefit of Rs 5,000 upto the income of Rs 5,00,000. If you are earning below Rs 5 lakh, you can save an additional Rs 3,000 in taxes. Tax rebate under Section 87A has been raised from Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000. Effectively, this means now the basic exemption is of Rs 3 lakh. 

Surcharge : 15 % Surcharge on income of more than 1 crore rupees yearly has been proposed, earlier it was 10 %. 

National Pension System : 40% of corpus withdrawal at the time of retirement will be tax exempted. 

Section 80EE – First time Home Buyers can claim an additional Tax deduction of up to Rs 50,000 on home loan interest payments u/s 80EE. 

The home loan should have been sanctioned in FY 2016-17 

Loan amount should be less than Rs 35 Lakh 

The value of house should not be more than Rs 50 Lakh 

INCOME TAX RATES FOR GENERAL CATEGORY (NON SENIOR CITIZENS):

INCOME TAX RATES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS (60 YEARS & ABOVE, BUT BELOW 80 YEARS):

INCOME TAX RATES FOR VERY SENIOR CITIZENS (80 YEARS & ABOVE):

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DETAILS OF MEETING HELD ON 27.08.2016

Our Association meeting was held on 27.08.2016 at Hyderabad Sri. B. Suresh Kumar, Vice President, Sri. Y. Venkateswarlu, Secretary, Sri. H. Sharath Kumar, Treasurer, Sri. P.B. Srinivas, Sri. P. Varaprasad Asst. Circle Secretaries and Sri. B. Srinivasu, Asst. General Secretary(CHQ) attended and Sri. S. Prasada Rao our Ex-Circle Secretary also participated in the meeting  and disused on the issues of  Implementation of Upgrade of pay of Rs. 4600/-  w.e.f 01.01.2006 and cadre restructure  and other issues.

I           Up gradation of Grade Pay of Rs.4600/- with effect from 01.01.2006.

1.      It is decided to extend full support to CHQ team to go for a contempt on implementation of GP or otherwise in all respects.  It is opined by all the members to donate Rs.1000/- to circle body in the first week of Septemeber,2016.  All the RRs and ASP(HQ)/CWC members  are requested to take initiative and collect/credit the amount to Treasurer  POSB account . Account number will be intimated in the blog/WhatsApp within two days. On basis of further discussions amount will be remitted to CHQ on behalf of our circle

II.Cadre Restructure:

1.      As the GP of IP upgraded  from Rs.4200/- to Rs.4600/- all the opined to continue the ASP cadre.

2.      It is opined by members that there is no scope for increase of no of ASP/SP cadre , there should be  Financial  up gradation  for every five years.

3.      Revision/revamping  of Establishment norms for sub divisional IP/ASP posts – BD and all such new activities may taken into account.

4.      Bifurcation of larger Sub divisions depending upon the no. of BOs/SOs in to by increasing no of Sub divisions.

5.      Setting up of   teams for inspection/investigation and BD separately at divisional level.

The fowling some Other issues to take up with circle/Directorate level.

1.      Victimized the IP/ASPs by issuing charge sheets on the day of retirement and other higher cadres are spared  on similar such lapses.  Lapses of all other cadres may also be inquired impartially.

2.      Timely conducting of DPCs for ASP Cadre and SP cadre without postponing with petty reasons.  Otherwise action may be called for on officers/erring officers. 

3.      Restoration/Filling up  of IP(PG) posts in the divisional offices

4.      Revamping of inspection questionnaire by deleting un-wanting /unnecessary questions and increase of inspection days because of additional  questionnaire   on FInacle/McCamish /RMFS/AML/CFT norms/MMTs etc.,

5.       Provision of separate  inspection tool for IP/ASPs in all software like Finacle, McCamish, Meghdoot  etc.,

6.      Constitution of a committee by the directorate to define the role of IP/ASP/SPs in the context of  introduction of Finacale/McCamish and further incorporating  all the duties of IP/ASP by amending volume -VIII as discussed for norms in  para no 3 under the head Cadre Restructure

As the carom was not available in the meeting  it was decided to request all the members to offer their important suggestions/views about cadre restructuring by 04.09.2016 through e-mail to our association mail ID “IPASPAP@GMAIL.COM” or through WhatsApp  Especially all senior members are  further requested to give their valuable suggestions to protect the interest of cadre.  Final opinion of the our circle will be submitted to CHQ before CWC.

Extension of benefits of (Retirement Gratuity and Death Gratuity) to the Central Government employees covered by new Defined Contribution Pension System (National Pension System)- regarding.

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Promotion and Postings of Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) officers of Indian Postal Service, Group 'A' to Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) of the Service and transfers / postings of regular HAG officers of Indian Postal Service, Group 'A' - order dated 26th August 2016

ON BEHALF OF THE IP/ASP ASSOCIATION WE CONGRATULATE ALL THE OFFICERS ON THEIR PROMOTION/POSTINGS

Promotion and Posting of Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) officers of Indian Postal Service, Group 'A' to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) of the service - order dated 26th August 2016

ON BEHALF OF THE IP/ASP ASSOCIATION WE CONGRATULATE ALL THE OFFICERS ON THEIR PROMOTION

Transfer / Postings in the Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) of Indian Postal Service, Group 'A' - order dated 26.08.2016

OUR GS AND TEAM VISIT TO DIRECTORATE DATED 22.08.2016

L to R : Shri Yadagiri G. Nyalapelli CHQ Treasurers, Shri  Vilas Ingale General Secretary, Shri P. Ajit Kumar AGS-I and Shri Ashutosh Tripati Director General, 

L to R : Shri Roop Chand President Delhi Circle, Shri Vilas Ingale General Secretary and Shri A. K. Dash Member (P)

Vilas Ingale, General Secretary visited Postal Directorate on 22/8/2016. He was accompanied by Shri Yadagiri G. Nyalapelli CHQ Treasurer, Shri Roop Chand President Delhi Circle Branch, Shri P. Ajit Kumar AGS-I and Shri Permanand ASP (PG) Postal Directorate. Team met with Director General, Member (P) and other senior officers in the Postal Directorate and discussed the following issues. It was assured and told by all officers that Directorate is looking into these issues and few of them are at final stage of settlement. Letters on pending issues handed over personally to DG and Member (P).

1.	Issue of combined seniority list of Inspector Posts cadre since 2003 onwards.
2.	Holding of DPC for promotion to the cadre of PS Gr. B for the year 2016-17.
3.	Issue of revised Recruitment Rules for the post of Assistant Manager in MMS.
4.	Holding of PS Gr. B Examination for the year 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
5.	Inter Circle Rule 38 transfer cases of Inspector Posts cadre.
6.	Holding of periodical meeting with Hon’ble Secretary (Posts).
7.	Completion of appointment formalities of candidates nominated by Staff Selection Commission for appointment as Inspector Posts 2014.
8.	Vigilance enquiry in the death case of Ms Mohini Gupta Ex-ASP Ajmer (Rajasthan).

 
BRIEF ON IMPORTANT ISSUES :
                                                     

A)   PS Gr. B examination will be held before 31^st December 2016. Directorate is yet not finalised vendor to conduct examination ‘ON LINE’. So examination is expected like previous one only and our circle / regional departmental officers will conduct. There will be (expected) only one examination for the entire vacancies of 2013 to 2016. Eligibility criteria for appearing in each year’s examination will be different and result will be declared year wise vacancies. Inspector Post Examination will there and that will be before PS Gr. B examination. Notification is expected soon.

B)   Revised recruitment rules of Assistant Manager MMS is said to be sent to Nodal Ministry for approval.

C)  For holding of DPC for promotion to the cadre of PS Gr. B for the year 2016-17, Directorate has already directed all Circles to keep the information ready. Only Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh circle has reported that their information is ready and waiting for the allotment of slot for submission of information by hand.As there was no response from remaining circles to Directorates letter dated 5/7/2016,reminder was issued on 22/8/2016 with a request to send required information by return of email. The information of 5 officers (who selected in regular DPC for the year 2015-16 vide memo No. 9-02/2015-SPG dated 10/11/2015) about their date of joining B cadre  is not reported by concerned circle to Postal Directorate despite series of reminders through email. Similarly, date of joining of 4 officers selected in supplementary DPC under Memo No. 9-02/2015(I)-SPG dated 9-6-2016 is also required at Directorate for updation of record and calculation of vacancies for ensuring DPC. GS has posted the details of these officers posted on this blog on 23/8/2016 with a request to ensure submission of information at once.

D)  Cadre restructuring issue also discussed and some inputs gathered which will help the Association at the time of finalisation of proposal at ensuing CWC.

E)   Directorate is working on representations received from IPs in connection with objection on gradation list of Inspector Posts 2001 and 2002. After finalization of these two years gradation list, remaining years gradation lists will be circulated.

F) JTS DPC file for the year 2016-17 is still at Directorate. After implementation of revised RRs of IPoS Gr.A cadre (which was circulated under memo No.4-10/2013-SPG dated 11^th December 2014), some technical problems arised in calculation of correct vacancies. As on date 156 JTS Gr. A offices are available (working) against the sanction strength 151. To resolve this issue, the result of DPC of STS Gr. A cadre is expected by the end of this week. Nearly 20 to 22 officers are likely to be promoted to STS and technical resignation of 3 STS Officers is under process of acceptance and thereafter JTS DPC file with correct vacancy position is said to be submitted to UPSC.

   Full support and co-operation was found extended by the officers  of Directorate to CHQ team. CHQ thanks to all.