Nuakhai Juhar

Nuakhai Juhar to All

From Com. P.K. Satpathy

                   &
Com. Pravat Kumar Pujari

 

Retirement Of Com.P.K.Pujari,PRI(P),Sambalpur HO

Com. Pravat Kumar Pujari, a veteran and frontline leader of AIPEU(Gr-C), Sambalpur Division as well as known face of Circle union is going to retire from service on superannuation on 31.08.2014.Tomorrow being sunday, he will formally relinquish his charge today after noon.

          Words are too short to explicate his contribution made for the unity and development of the Postal fraternity especially for Sambalpur Postal Division. Like a moon on the starry sky, spring among the seasons, Indra among the Gods and Vasistha among the sages, such is the pre-eminence of Com. Pravat Kumar Pujari among the union leaders and union activities of Sambalpur Postal Division. AIPEU(Gr-C), Divisional Branch, Sambalpur will always solicit his precious guidance for moving ahead in the union activities even after his retirement.
      All the members of AIPEU(Gr-C),Sambalpur Divisional Branch wish all the very best for the post retirement life of Com.P.K.Pujari. May "Maa Samaleswari" shower her blessings upon Com.Pujari for the tussle free post retirement life.

 

 

Nuakhai

   Nuakhai, a festival which is celebrated with great eagerness by the people of  Western Odisha to acknowledge the benevolence of the Mother Earth. “Nua” means “New” and “Khai” means “to have”. The festival is also known as “Nabanna”.”Naba” means “New” and “anna” means “Rice”. Since cultivation is the major means of livelihood for people of western odisha especially for the inhabitants of Sambalpur, Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Deagarh, Bolangir, Sundargarh, Nuapada, Sonepur, Boudh District, Nuakhai is observed in every family with jollity and zeal to welcome the new paddy crop on the fifth day of “Bhadraba” month of Odia calendar, the day after “Ganesh Chaturthi”. Moreover, it is a great festival which tells about the unity, brotherhood, social harmony. All the people irrespective of their caste, creed and colour forget their past differences by greeting each other on that day which is  popularly called “Nuakhai Juhar”.

       For the current year, this great festival is going to be celebrated on 30th of August-2014. May “Maa Samaleswari” shower her blessings upon all of you and your family for healthy and prosperous life on this occassion. On the eve of Nuakhai, AIPEU(Gr-C),Sambalpur Divisional Branch hereby offer all of you “Nuakhai Juhar” well in advance.

 

Agitational Programme for settlement of long pending issues of PO/RMS Employees

Modification of Rule-26(C) of Post Office Guide part-I

       Directorate, New-Delhi vide its letter no-1-3/2014-PO Dated 22.8.2014 has modified the Rule-26(C) of Post Office Guide part-I. The Copy of the Directorate letter as mentioned above is furnished below.

 

Revision of maximum limit of subscription in PPF Account

      Directorate, New-Delhi vide its SB Order No.9/2014 has notified about the revision of maximum limit of subscription in a Financial Year in respect of PPF Account. The copy of SB Order no-9/2014 is as under.

 

Bus Fare of Odisha

      The Government of Odisha has recently enhanced the Bus Fare to be made effective from 1st of September-2014.The details of Bus Fare prevailing from the year 2010 are furnished below for reference.

Sl No	Category  of Bus	Period
		13.4.2010 to 18.7.2011	19.7.2011 to 31.10.2012	1.11.2012 to 05.10.2013	06.10.2013 To 31.08.2014	w.e.f 01.09.2014  onwards
1	Ordinary Bus	Rs0.46/KM	Rs0.50/KM	Rs0.55/KM	Rs0.59/KM	Rs0.64/KM
2	Express Bus	Rs0.48/KM	Rs0.53/KM	Rs0.58/KM	Rs0.62/KM	Rs0.67/KM
3	Deluxe Bus	Rs0.64/KM	Rs0.70/KM	Rs0.76/KM	Rs0.82/KM	Rs0.89/KM
4	Deluxe AC Bus	Rs0.77/KM	Rs0.85/KM	Rs0.93/KM	Re.1.00/KM	Re.1.08/KM