Admissibility of severence and Ex-Gratia amount to GDS

 

Admissibility of Severance Amount to Gramin Dak Sevaks on Retirement, Death and on absorption on regular posts – Clarification regarding:

One of issues discussed with Secretary (P) by Central JCA along with strike demands

No. 6-31/2010-PE II

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

(Establishment Division)

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg.

New Delhi-110116

Dated: 05.08.2011

All Chief Postmaster General

All Postmasters General

Director, Postal Staff College, Ghaziabad,

Director, Postal Training Centers,

All General Managers (Finance)/ Director of Accounts (Postal)

Sub: Admissibility of Severance Amount to Gramin Dak Sevaks on Retirement. Death and on absorption on regular posts – Clarification regarding

Attention of all concerned is invited to Annexure-III of this Directorate order No. 6-1/2009-PE.II dated 08.10.2009 containing details of existing and revised benefits under nature of benefit named 'Severance Amount'.

2. In this context, it is to clarify that the present benefit shown against Severance Amount also includes Severance Amount on absorption on regular posts payable @ Rs. 20000/- (Rs. Twenty thousand only) to an EDA (now called GDS) absorbed on regular basis against a departmental post after 15 years of continuous service as ED Agent (now called GDS) in the light of the common recommendation made by the GDS Committee in Para 14.14.1. Therefore, the revised benefit indicated against nature of benefit 'Severance Amount' is applicable not only on retirement/death but also on absorption against departmental posts @ Rs. 1500 for every completed year of service subject to maximum of Rs. 60000 with reduction in minimum eligibility to 10 years.

3. Therefore, the words "Severance Amount on retirement/death" may be taken as inserted on the top as headline above the existing para under present benefits against 'Severance Amount' starting with "A lump sum severance amount and ending with amount paid is Rs. 20000." Below this para, a new headline as "Severance Amount on absorption on regular posts" & a para beneath it starting as "Severance amount of Rs. 20000 (Rs. Twenty thousand only) is paid on absorption on regular basis against a departmental post after 15 years of continuous service" may also be taken as inserted & accordingly the Annexure III to this Directorate Order No. 6-1/2009-PE II dated 09 Oct 2009 may be taken as amended. Revised Annexure III to this Directorate Order ibid is appended below:-

Nature of Benefit	Present Benefits	Revised Benefits
Ex-gratia Gratuity	Granted at the rate of half months basis TRCA drown immediately before discharge of service for each completed year of service subject to maximum of Rs. 18000 or 16.5 months basic TRCA last drawn whichever is less. Minimum service prescribed is 10 years	Continuance of the existing formula for grant Ex-gratis Gratuity subject to a maximum of Rs. 60000.
Severance Amount	Severance Amount on retirement/death A lump sum severance amount of Rs. 30000/- is paid on discharge provided a GDS has completed 20 years of continuous service. In case of a GDS completing 15 years of service but less than 20 years of continuous service the severance amount paid is Rs. 20000 Severance Amount on absorption on regular post Severance amount of Rs. 20000 (Rs. Twenty thousand only) is paid on absorption on regular basis against a departmental post after 15 years of continuous service	Severance amount shall be paid at the rate of Rs. 1500 for every completed year of service subject to a maximum of Rs. 60000 with reduction in minimum eligibility period to 10 years.

3. This may be brought to the notice of all concerned. This has the approval of the competent authority.

Sd/-

(Surender Kumar)

Assistant Director General (GDS)

RULE 38 TRANSFER OF ORISSA CIRCLE

Transfer under Rule-38 of Postal Manual, Vol. IV - Case of Orissa Circle :

Dear Comrades,

           Circle Office, Bhubaneswar,  vide its letter No.ST / 97 - 264 / 2011, dated 04.08.2011 has  approved  the transfer under Rule-38 of P&T Manual Vol. IV of the following officials in PA/ SA cadre from one Division to another as detailed below.

Sl. No.	Name and Designation	Present Division	Division to which transfer
1	S.K Mohanty	Puri	Bhubaneswar
2	ArjunaTripathy	Puri	Bhubaneswar
3	K. N. Routaray	Cuttack South	Bhubaneswar
4	P. Satapathy	Cuttack South	Bhubaneswar
5	Dillip  Nayak	Koraput	Bhubaneswar
6	S. P.Pattanaik	Dhenkanal	Bhubaneswar
7	B. K.Lenka	Cuttack North	Bhubaneswar
8	Kailash Ch..Nayak	CuttackNorth	Bhubaneswar
9	T. K.Swain	Cuttack South	Bhubaneswar
10	R. K.Parida	Puri	Bhubaneswar
11	Niranjan Sethy	Puri	Bhubaneswar
12	Jitendra Ku.Mohanty	Puri	Bhubaneswar
13	Suchitra Naik	Cuttack North	Cuttack City
14	Sanjukta Mohanty	Bhadrak	Cuttack City
15	P.K.Mallick	Sambalpur	Cuttack City
16	S.N.Samal	Puri	Cuttack City
1 7	Satyaban Pattanaik	Cuttack North	Cuttack City
18	R.N.Mallick	Berhampur	Cuttack City
19	P.K.Bhoi	Berhampur	Cuttack City
20	M.Murmu	Aska	Mavurbhanj
21	Nanda Kishore Nayak	Cuttack City	Mavurbhanj
22	M.Majhi	Koraput	Mayurbhanj
23	R.Naik	Cuttack South	Mayurbhanj
24	P.C Murmu	Koraput	Mayurbhanj
25	K. K.Mohapatra	Sundargarh	Mayurhhanj
26	Kishore  Ku. Nayak	Cuttack North	Keonjhar
27	B. C.Naik	Berhampur	Keonjhar
28	Candra Mohan Naik	Cuttack North	Keonjhar
29	Dayanidhi  Behera	Balangir.	Bhadrak
30	G. N .Mahalik	Aska	Bajasore
3 1	Dwapayan  Sahoo	Cuttack South	Balasore
32	B.D. Naik	Koraput	Puri
33	Sarbeswar  Behera	Cuttack North	Dhenkanal
34	Dharanidhar  Sahoo	Balangir	Cuttack South
35	B. Lakra	Koraput	Sundargarh
36	S K Patua	RMS BG	RMS K
37	Rajeswari  Patra	Koraput	Sambalpur
38	S Das	Aska	Cuttack North

            The AIPEU, Group-C, Sambalpur Division congratulates all the staff members in general and gives a warm welcome to those opting for Sambalpur Division in particular.

Postal Directorate order to study Postman related Issue

TOP PRIORITY

No 25-20/2008-PE-I (Pt.)

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

(Establishment Division)

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg

New Delhi-110 001

Dated 22^nd July, 2011

To

All Heads of Circles

Subject:-                Study to be carried out on Postmen related issues.

Sir / Madam,

The Joint Council of Action of Staff Federations including Postmen Staff submitted their Agenda of demands to the Department for their resolution. As ordered by the Competent Authority, a separate Committee has been formed to look into the issues flagged by the Postmen Unions. A meeting of the said Committee held on 01.07.2011, wherein during the course of discussion, Staff Side put forward certain issues on which they are facing difficulties while discharging their duties.

2.             In this connection, therefore, the Competent Authority has decided that each Circle should carry out detailed study on following issues:-

(i)              Extraction of Data Entry Work from Postmen.

(ii)             Irregular computation of working hours for Postmen in the field units- assess all areas of work being handled by Postmen.

(iii)            Assess the average Beat Length of Postmen for deciding the maximum  Beat length as in some Circles it stretched up to 40 KMs or more.

(iv)            Postmen to carry all articles (first class, second class, Speed Post, Registered Post, Money Orders, EPP, etc.) in each Beat.

3.             It is requested to complete the Study on above points and send the report along with the comments of CIFA to this office by 19^th August, 2011 positively so that further suitable action could be taken.

4.             It may please be accorded Top Priority.

This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority.

Yours Sincerely,

Sd/-

Asst. Director General (Estt.I)

Government aims to modernise all post offices by 2013:

New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) :

Government has approved a project aimed at modernising all post offices in the country by 2013.
"The government has approved ''India Post Technology Project-2012'' for the IT modernisation of Department of Post to be implemented in a phased manner by 2012-13," minister of state for communications and IT Sachin Pilot said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.

"The project would cover all post offices across the country," he added.

Pilot also informed that 24,015 post offices in the country have been provided with computers till date and that 1279 post office are yet to be computerised.

In a reply to another question, Pilot said the Department of Post has set a target to open 125 franchisee outlets in the ongoing financial year.

A total of 21 states have been identified by DoP for opening franchisee of post offices.

Pilot also said that 5 new post offices will be opened during the ongoing financial year in hilly areas-- one in Karnataka and four in Jammu and Kashmir.

Courtesy: http://news.in.msn.com/

Instead of doubting the NSS data, policymakers would do well to heed it.

They have plenty of problems at hand.

The recent estimates of employment and unemployment from the 66th round (2009-10) of the National Sample Survey (NSS) belie any hopes that the growth of the Indian economy between 2004-05 and 2009-10 has been inclusive. Employment has expanded by only a million jobs during this period. Not only is this lowest ever growth recorded in any such period, the fact that it occurred during the period of highest growth in the economy makes it exclusionary. It is of little concern that this growth of employment is not even a fraction of the government’s claim of creating more than 50 million jobs during the same period.

The results were shocking to many senior policymakers, but more than that they were embarrassing. This reflected amply in their anger against NSS and claims of problems about the data quality. Not only were the claims unverified and untrue, they did great disservice to the statistical system of the country.

But what did the data show that offended policymakers so much? It showed that employment increased by merely one million with male employment expanding by 22 million, but female employment declining by a drastic 21 million jobs. It also reconfirmed what was already known: that a large part of the employment created was in the informal sector with casual workers accounting for more than 80% of all the new jobs generated. Regular employment also showed deceleration. A large number of the jobs created were in the low productivity construction sector while the remaining were in the non-farm sector that contributes more than three-fourths of the growth accounting for less than one-fourth of total employment increase. In a nutshell then, there is overwhelming evidence that not only did growth fail to create a sufficient quantity of jobs, but the quality of employment also deteriorated.

The data, however, showed that one possible reason for the slow growth of employment could be the significant increase in attendance in educational institutions by the younger population, particularly female. It also showed a respectable increase in the wage rate of casual workers with real wage of male workers increasing by 3.6% and rising by 5% per annum for female workers. It also showed increase in participation in public works, particularly the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme with participation improving by almost eight times during this period. Further, unemployment rates fell for all categories of population. Unfortunately, having sullied the data, policymakers failed to take note of the positive features that emerged from the same data.

Later commentators have obviously picked up positive features to claim that there is no cause for worry. Probably some of this is true. It is now acknowledged that the previous period—1999-2000 to 2004-05—was a period of severe distress. This could have led females to move out of household in numbers to the job market, leading to a large increase in female employment. Since the subsequent period was one of high growth, the situation did improve and, therefore, some women went back from being workers to non-workers. Also, the shift of younger population to educational institutions explains a small part of the low growth of workforce.

Unfortunately, none of these explanations is new or unexpected. But if these were known, why did the government claim that the economy will generate more than 50 million jobs per year?

However one views the data, there are reasons to worry. This is not only due to the fact that high growth has failed to create jobs, but also that planners and policymakers are clueless about long- term employment patterns. The fall in unemployment rate from 2.6% to 2.1% is of little significance in a country where more than one-third of the population is poor and three-fourths is economically vulnerable. Remaining unemployed is not a luxury that the poor of this country can afford. They will take whatever jobs that come their way, even if they are not remunerative, but are casual and informal. The problem is not that of those who are unemployed, but that of the large majority of the working poor.

As far as female employment is concerned, it is true that they enter the labour market when there is severe distress. But if that is the case, this signals vulnerability and should not be looked as employment creation. But why should they move back from being workers to non-workers when the situation improves? It takes courage for the women of this country to move into the labour market, breaking patriarchal and social barriers. It is a shame if women are forced to move away from the labour market because there is marginal improvement in incomes. It is symptomatic of the vulnerability of female workers where they are needed only to fill the gap in case of distress. If not, the other possible reason can only be that even those jobs that were available to them have been taken away. Either way, a sufficient cause for worry.

But the trend that should worry them the most is the trend of younger population staying away from the labour market to acquire better degrees. Because while they gave breathing space to the government this time, they will be a restless and aggressive lot when they enter the job market in the coming five years armed with skills and degrees.

Courtesy: livemint.com, August 2, 2011

Admissibility of interest in PPF(HUF) accounts matured between 13.5.2001 to 7.12.2010 -a clarification regarding :

SB ORDER NO. 13/2011

No.32-01/2010-SB

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi-110001, Dated: 01.08.2011

To

All Heads of Circles/Regions

Addl. Director General, APS, New Delhi.

Subject:- Admissibility of interest in PPF(HUF) accounts matured between  13.5.2001 to 7.12.2010 -a clarification regarding.

Sir / Madam,

The undersigned is directed to refer to this office SB Order No.23/2010 dated 13.12.2010 vide which, MOF(DEA) GSR 956 (E) dated 7.12.2010 ( F.No. 7/4/2010-NS-II dated 7.12.2010) was circulated. Now, MOF(DEA) vide its letter No. 7/4/2008-NS-II dated 01.06.2011 has further clarified the  following:-

Interest at PPF rate would be paid on those PPF(HUF) accounts which had attained maturity after 13.5.2005 but closed by the subscribers before7.12.2010 subject to the conditions that the accounts had not been extended after maturity and the deposits were retained in such accounts without further subscription during this period.

2. This may kindly be circulated to all post offices for guidance and necessary information. If any such account was closed either without interest or with interest @ Post Office Savings Account, that may be settled according to this clarification.

3. This issues with the approval of DDG(FS).

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

(Kawal Jit Singh)

Assistant Director (SB)

I C T in Post Offices :

It is proposed to introduce the segments of Core Banking Solution relevant to Post office Savings Bank Scheme (POSB) in 2207 departmental post offices initially.

          The Government proposes to provide ATM facility in 810 Post offices. The complete list of identified Post offices, can be viewed by  clicking on :  https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxNEVCvnmZdeYTRiMDc1MzMtODVhNS00NGQyLTg3MzEtY2VlNTllN2UyNzVk&hl=en_US

          However, the list of identified Post Offices in Orissa Circle are given below.

Sl. No.	Name of the PO	Sl. No.	Name of the PO	Sl. No.	Name of the PO
1	Angul HO	13	Chandinchowk HO	25	Koraput HO
2	Aska HO	14	Chharapur HO	26	Nayagarh HO
3	Athgarh HO	15	Cuttack GPO	27	Paralakhemundi
4	Balangir	16	Dhenkanal HO	28	Phulbani HO
5	Balasore HO	17	Jagatsinghpur HO	29	Puri HO
6	Baragarh HO	18	Jajpur HO	30	Rairangpur HO
7	Baripada HO	19	Jaleswar HO	31	Rayagada HO
8	Berhampur HO	20	Jeypore(K) HO	32	Rourkela HO
9	Bhadrak  HO	21	Jharsugda HO	33	Sambalpur HO
10	Bhanjnagar HO	22	Kendrapara HO	34	Sundargarh HO
11	Bhawanipatna HO	23	Keonjhargarh HO	35	Uditnagarh HO
12	Bhubaneswar  GPO	24	Khurda HO

Source: PIB Release, August 3, 2011

Ms. Hilda Abraham, Chief PMG, Orissa Circle relieved for Karnatak Circle :

           Ms. Hilda Abraham, Chief PMG, Orissa Circle relinquished her charge and left in the afternoon of 03.08.2011 for taking over her new assignment at Bangalore.

          Ms. Devika Kumar, the new Chief PMG of Orissa Circle is expected to join on 10.08.2011. Till then local arrangement is likely to continue.

Inclusion of names of family in the PPO and proof of age for additional quantum of family pension - requirement of certificates etc. - regarding :

To view the complete order, please click on :https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxNEVCvnmZdeYzc4YmNmYzktM2JmYy00YjFhLTg5MjYtYTQ0MDIwZTA3NjJl&hl=en_US

Opening of Post offices in Hilly Areas :

In the existing guidelines for opening of new post offices, there is already relaxation in the norms for opening of post offices in hilly areas in comparison to plain areas. There is no proposal for further relaxation in the existing norms.

                The number of Post Offices opened (Circle-wise) in hilly areas during the last three years and current year are as follows:

Sl. No.	Name of Circles	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
1.	Himacla Pradesh	-	1	-	-
2.	Karnataka	4	4	2	1
3.	North East	3	7	12	-
4.	Uttarakhand	4	2	6	-
5.	Jammu & Kashmir	1	2	1	4

This reply was given by Shri Sachin Pilot, the minister of State in the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in response to a question in Parliament.

Source : PIB Release, August 3, 2011

Franchise Postal Outlets :

During current financial year 2011-12, targets for opening of 125 Franchise Outlets have been issued to the Circles including Madhya Pradesh. Details of physical targets allotted to the Circles as under.  Madhya Pradesh Circle has been allotted the target of 8 franchise outlets. These outlets are opened in areas where opening of post office is justified but it cannot be opened for some reasons. This is also subject to receipt of applications from suitable candidates.

The targets for opening of new franchise outlets have been given to Circles for the current financial year.

This reply was given by Shri Sachin Pilot, the minister of State in the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in response to a question in Parliament.

ANNEXURE

Circle-wise physical targets for opening of Franchise Outlets for the financial year 2011-12

Sl. No.	Name of the Circles	Physical Targets [in number]
1	Andhra Pradesh	8
2	Assam	4
3	Bihar	6
4	Chhattisgarh	3
5	Delhi	8
6	Gujarat	7
7	Haryana	7
8	Himachal Pradesh	5
9	Jammu & Kashmir	2
10	Jharkhand	4
11	Karnataka	7
12	Kerala	0
13	Madhya Pradesh	8
14	Maharashtra	8
15	North East	4
16	Orissa	6
17	Punjab	6
18	Rajasthan	7
19	Tamil Nadu	7
20	Uttarakhand	3
21	Uttar Pradesh	8
22	West Bengal	7
	Total	125

Source : PIB Release, August 3, 2011