Date : 31.12.2017
National Union
Wish You All
A Happy
New Year 2018
National Union
Wish You All
A Happy
New Year 2018
National Association of Postal Employees Group-C, Andrapradesh Circle, Vijayawada.
Sunday, 31 December 2017
Training Need Assessment (#TNA) of DoP End user through online survey for #IPPB operations.
Date : 31.12.2017
Training Need Assessment (#TNA) of DoP End user through online survey for #IPPB operations.
Gramin Dak Sevaks – Lok Sabha Q&A
Date : 31.12.2017
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1427
ANSWERED ON: 27.12.2017
Gramin Dak Sevaks
BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL
Gramin Dak Sevaks – Lok Sabha Q&A
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1427
ANSWERED ON: 27.12.2017
Gramin Dak Sevaks
BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL
Will the Minister of
COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:-
(a) whether the Government has constituted any Committee to look into the salary structure, other service matters and problems of Gramin Dak Sevaks and if so, the details and the composition thereof;
(b) whether the said Committee has since submitted its report and if so, the recommendations thereof; and
(c) the time by which these recommendations are likely to be implemented?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS &
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)
(a) Yes, Madam. A One Man Committee has been constituted to look into the salary structure, other service matters and problems of Gramin Dak Sevaks under the Chairmanship of Shri Kamlesh Chandra.
(b) Yes, Madam, the Committee has submitted its report to the Government. The salient features are given in the Annexure.
(c) The recommendations of the Committee have been considered by the Department. After getting the necessary approvals from all concerned, the recommendation of the Committee will be implemented.
Annexure
Salient features
of the One Man Committee Report headed by Shri Kamlesh Chandra
●The old system of payment of Time Related Continuity Allowance (TRCA) is dispensed with and replaced with a new wage payment system.
● Under the new wage payment system, 11 TRCA slabs are subsumed into 3 Wage Scales with two Levels each for BPMs and for other than BPMs. One wage scale would be common for both the categories of GDSs.
● The minimum working hours of GDS Post Offices and GDSs are increased to 4 hours from 3 hours.
● The new working hours for GDS Post Offices will be 4 hours and 5 hours only.
● The Level 1 GDS Post Offices / GDSs will have 4 hours as working hours and Level – 2 will have 5 hours as working hours.
● The Point System for assessment of workload of BPMs has been abolished.
● The new wage payment system is linked to revenue generation of GDS Post Offices. Under the new system, there will be no increase in wages of BPMs from Level -1 to Level -2 on the basis of workload but the same will be increased based on achievement of prescribed revenue norms which is fixed at 100% for normal areas and 50% for special areas.
● The GDS Post Offices not achieving the prescribed revenue norm within the given working hours will have to open GDS Post Offices for minimum of additional 30 minutes beyond the prescribed working hours.
● The GDS BPMs will be paid Revenue Linked Allowance @10% beyond level-2 wage scale if they will be successful in achieving revenue beyond prescribed norms
● The GDS Post Offices has been categorized into A, B; C and D categories based on the revenue generation norms. The GDS Post Office in A category will achieve 100% revenue norm. The Committee has recommended a set of actions for each category of GDS Post Offices.
● The six approved categories of GDSs are subsumed into two categories only. One category will be Branch Post Master and all other 5 categories of GDSs are subsumed into one Multi Tasking Category.
● The GDSs working in the GDS Post Offices will be known as Assistant Branch Post Master (ABPMs) and those working in the Departmental Post Offices will be known as Dak Sevak (DS).
● The minimum wage has been increased to Rs. 10000/- per month and maximum pay to Rs. 35480/- per month.
● The rate of annual increase is recommended as 3%.
● A Composite Allowance comprising of support for hiring accommodation for GDS Post Offices as well as mandatory residence, office maintenance, mobile and electricity usage charges etc. has been introduced for the first time.
● Children Education Allowance @Rs. 6000/- per child per annum has been introduced for GDSs.
●Risk & Hardship Allowance @Rs. 500/- per month for GDS working in the special areas has also been introduced.
●A Financial up-gradation has been introduced at 12 years, 24 years and 36 years of services in form of two advance additional annual increases.
The Ceiling of ex-gratia gratuity has been increased from Rs. 60,000 to Rs. 5,00,000
● The GDS Contribution for Service Discharge Benefit Scheme (SDBS) should be enhanced maximum up to 10% and minimum up to 3% of the basic wage per month, whereas the Department should contribute a fixed contribution of 3% of the basic wage of the GDSs.
● The coverage of GDS Group Insurance Scheme has been enhanced from Rs. 50000/- to Rs. 5,00,000/
● The contribution of Department in Circle Welfare Fund (CWF) has been increased from Rs. 100/ per annum to Rs. 300/ per annum.
● The scope of CWF is extended to cover immediate family members such as spouse; daughters, sons and dependent daughters in law in the scheme.
● The Committee also recommended 10% hike in the prescribed limits of financial grants and assistances in the Circle Welfare Funds.
●The Committee has recommended addition of Rs. 10,000/ for purchase of Tablet / Mobile from the Circle Welfare in the head “Financial Assistance of Fund by way of loans with lower rate of interest (5%)”.
● Provision of 26 weeks of Maternity Leave for women GDS has been recommended.
● The wages for the entire period of Maternity Leave is recommended to be paid from salary head from where wages of GDSs are paid.
● The Committee has also recommended one week of paternity leave.
● Leave accumulation and encashment facility up to 180 days has been introduced.
● Online system of engagement has been recommended.
●Alternate livelihood condition for engagement of GDSs has been relaxed.
Voluntary Discharge scheme has been recommended.
● The Discharge age has been retained at 65 years.
● The Limited Transfer Facility has been relaxed from 1 time to 3 times for male GDSs. There will be no restriction on number of chances for transfer of women GDSs. The powers for transfer has been delegated to the concerned Divisional head.
● The ex-gratia payment during put off period should be revised to 35% from 25% of the wage and DA drawn immediately before put off.
●The Committee has recommended preferring transfer before put off duty.
Source :Loksabha.
Saturday, 30 December 2017
Notification for appointment of Meritorious Sports persons in the Department of Posts in Andhra Pradesh Circle in the cadre of Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant, PA(CO/RO),Postman and MTS
Date : 31.12.2017
Notification for appointment of Meritorious Sports persons in the Department of Posts in Andhra Pradesh Circle in the cadre of Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant, PA(CO/RO),Postman and MTS.
Friday, 29 December 2017
Approval of Competent Authority is hereby conveyed for the setting up of PTC, Nashik
Date : 29.12.2017
Approval of Competent Authority is hereby conveyed for the setting up of PTC, Nashik
Minimum educational qualification for appointment in Level-l of the pay matrix of 7th CPC on compassionate grounds
Date : 29.12.2017
Minimum educational qualification for appointment in Level-l of the pay matrix of 7th CPC on compassionate grounds : Railway Board.
Thursday, 28 December 2017
Posting of Medical Officers to the Postal Dispensaries.
Date : 28.12.2017
Posting of Medical Officers to the Postal Dispensaries.
Posting of Medical Officers to the Postal Dispensaries.
The following doctors are posted as Medical Officers to the Postal Dispensaries indicated against their names
Wednesday, 27 December 2017
Filling up of vacancies in Assistant Accounts Officer (AAO) cadre in the Postal Accounts Offices on deputation basis amongst the officers working in Central Govt. & State Govt
Date : 28.12.2017
Filling up of vacancies in Assistant Accounts Officer (AAO) cadre in the Postal Accounts Offices on deputation basis amongst the officers working in Central Govt. & State Govt.
National Unions Joint Circular : Andhra Pradesh Circle
Date : 27.12.2017
National Unions Joint Circular : Andhra Pradesh Circle.
Revision of interest rates for Small Savings Schemes from 01.01.2018 to 31.04.2018
Date : 27.12.2017
Revision of interest rates for Small Savings Schemes from 01.01.2018 to 31.04.2018
Tuesday, 26 December 2017
Implementation of interim order dated 10.03.2017 of Hon'ble High Court of AP & Telangana in WP MP No.21403/2016 in WP No.17400/2016 and WP No.21429/2016 in WP No.17425/2016-Reg.
Date : 27.12.2017
Implementation of interim order dated 10.03.2017 of Hon'ble High Court of AP & Telangana in WP MP No.21403/2016 in WP No.17400/2016 and WP No.21429/2016 in WP No.17425/2016-Reg.
Seventh Central Pay Commission's recommendations - revision of Pay Scales - Meeting regarding Amendment of Service Rules/Recruitment Rules : DoPT
Date : 26.12.2017
Seventh Central Pay Commission's recommendations - revision of Pay Scales - Meeting regarding Amendment of Service Rules/Recruitment Rules : DoPT
Sunday, 24 December 2017
Clarification on family pension admissible to NPS employees on their death attributable to Govt.service -Reg.
Date : 25.12.2017
Clarification on family pension admissible to NPS employees on their death attributable to Govt.service -Reg.
Saturday, 23 December 2017
Consideration of previous rejected GDS Compassionate engagements : Memorandum submitted to Hon'ble MoC
Date : 24.12.2017
Consideration of previous rejected GDS Compassionate engagements : Memorandum submitted to Hon'ble MoC
Compassionate engagement on GDS posts to the dependents of GDS employees discharged on medical grounds : Memorandum submitted to MoC
Date : 24.12.2017
Compassionate engagement on GDS posts to the dependents of GDS employees discharged on medical grounds : Memorandum submitted to MoC
Directorate Order No.19-19/2009-GDS Dated 21.02.2012 : Compassionate engagements on GDS posts discharged on Medical Invalidation
Memorandum submitted to Hon'ble Minister of Communications & IT Sri.Manoj Sinha Dated 21.12.2017 for early implementation of GDS Pay Committee Report.
Date : 23.12.2017
Memorandum submitted to Hon'ble Minister of Communications & IT Sri.Manoj Sinha Dated 21.12.2017 for early implementation of GDS Pay Committee Report.
Wednesday, 20 December 2017
FNPO DELEGATION MET HONOURABLE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS&IT
Date : 21.12.2017
FNPO DELEGATION MET HONOURABLE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS&IT
On 21.12.2017 a delegation consisting Sri D.Kishanrao, General Secretary, NAPE Group-c, Sri B.Shivakumar, AGS, Sri Sivaji Vasireddy, AGS, Sri Ch.Lakshminarayana, President, All India NUGUS and Sri L.Krishna Prasad, RR, Visakhapatnam Region AP met Sri Manoj Sinha ji, Hon’ble Minister for Communications & Information Technology at his residence and submitted memorandum on the following issues.
■Implementation of Kamalesh Chandra Committee report on GDS: The Hon’ble Minister assured to take up with the cabinet in next week. We can expect cabinet approval next week.
■Permitting the GDS employees to work for more than 5 Hours.
■Detailed memorandum on the GDS compassionate cases which were rejected before implementation of new scheme from 30.5.2017.
■Revocation of DG orders dated 21.2.2012 allowing compassionate engagement of dependents discharged on Medical grounds a defined in section 47 of the Persons disabilities Act 1995.
D.Kishanrao,
General Secretary,
NAPE Group-c, CHQ
New Delhi
Allocation of Postal Circle as PA /SA on the basis of Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination, 2015 conducted by SSC
Date : 21.12.2017
Allocation of Postal Circle as PA /SA on the basis of Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination, 2015 conducted by SSC
NAPE Group'C' GS Letter to Secretary ,DoP on Problems faced by the employees in c/w CSI
Date : 20.12.2017
NAPE Group'C' GS Letter to Secretary ,DoP on Problems faced by the employees in c/w CSI
Issues arising out of implementation of Cadre Restructuring orders of Postal Group 'C' employees : Request for immediate intervention and negotiated settlement - NAPE Group'C' GS Letter to Secretary,DoP
Date : 20.12.2017
Issues arising out of implementation of Cadre Restructuring orders of Postal Group 'C' employees : Request for immediate intervention and negotiated settlement - NAPE Group'C' GS Letter to Secretary,DoP