Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Monday, May 30, 2016
Retirement in the month of May 2016
Following
officers are retiring from Govt. Service on superannuation today i.e. on 31/5/2016 A/N.
Sl. No.
|
Name of Officer
|
Designation
|
Circle
|
1
|
Shri Sanjeev Thapar,
|
Member (PLI)
|
Directorate
|
2
|
Shri Ramamurthy
|
DPS
|
Kerala
|
3
|
Shri S. N. Sharma
|
ADPS(Rectt) CO Jaipur
|
Rajasthan
|
4
|
Shri Jiraman Deep
|
SSP, Sundargarh
|
Odisha
|
5
|
Shri R. K. Rakate
|
SSP, Pune City West
|
Maharashtra
|
6
|
Shri Murali
Mohannarao
|
SP, Vizianagaram Div.
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
7
|
Shri D.S. Patil
|
SRM HB Division
|
Karnataka
|
8
|
Shri P. V. Rangaiah Naidu
|
ADPS, CO, Hyderabad
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
9
|
Shri C. V. Raju
|
SP, Tiruvalla Division
|
Kerala
|
10
|
Shri S. D. Gameti
|
SP, Mehsana Division
|
Gujarat
|
11
|
Shri B. K.
Ninama
|
SP, Bharuch Division
|
Gujarat
|
12
|
Shri Kannakmalleshwar Rao
|
ASP, Gadwal Sub Div, Mehabubnagar
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
13
|
Shri Newton Balkrishan
|
President TN Circle
|
Tamil Nadu
|
14
|
Shri T. G. Naik
|
SSP, Puttur Division
|
Karnataka
|
CHQ wishing them happy, healthy and peaceful retired life.
No TDS for PF withdrawals of up to Rs 50,000 from June 1
No
tax would be deducted at source for PF withdrawals of up to Rs 50,000 from June
1.
The
government has notified raising the threshold limit of PF withdrawal for
deduction of tax ( TDS ) from existing Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000, a senior
official told PTI.
"The
Finance Act , 2016 has amended section 192A of Income Tax Act, 1961 to raise
the threshold limit of PF withdrawal from Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000 for Tax
Deducted at Source (TDS)," the notification stated.
The
provision will come into effect from June 1, 2016, providing relief to
subscribers of retirement fund body EPFO .
The
government had introduced the proposal to deduct TDS on PF withdrawals in order
to discourage pre-mature withdrawal and to promote long term savings.
According
to existing provisions, TDS is deducted at the rate of 10 per cent provided PAN
is submitted.
TDS
will be deducted at the rate of 10 per cent provided PAN is submitted.
However,
in case Form 15G or 15H is submitted by the member, then TDS is not deducted.
These forms are to declare that their income would not be taxable after
receiving payment of their PF accumulations from retirement fund body
EPFO.
While
Form 15H is submitted by senior citizens (above 60 years of age), Form 15G is
submitted by claimants below the age of 60 years.
TDS
is deducted at the maximum marginal rate of 34.608 per cent if a member fails
to submit PAN or Form 15G or 15H.
However,
there are certain exceptions to deduction of TDS by EPFO. TDS shall not be
deducted in case of transfer of PF from one account to another PF
account.
Also,
no tax is deducted if employee withdraws PF after a period of five years.
Source:-The
Economic Times
Reminder to Directorate i/c/w providing clerical assistance to Sub Divisional Head.
No. CHQ/AIAIASP/AIC-Reso/6/2016 Dated: 31/5/2016.
To,
Shri V. Ramaswamy,
Assistant Director General (SR
& Legal)
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110 001.
Subject : Providing clerical
assistance to Sub Divisional Head.
Ref. :
Directorate letter No. 10-01/2016-SR dated 15th March, 2016
Respected Sir,
Your
kind attention is invited to your above cited letter addressed to DDG (P) and copy
endorsed to this Association on the subject.
In
this context, it is bring to your kind notice that this Association has neither
received any reply from DDG (P) nor from SR section of Directorate.
It
is therefore requested to kindly intimate the present status of the issue to
this Association.
An
early action will be appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
Sd/-
(Vilas Ingale)
General Secretary
Payment of CHQ Quota .....
39th
Biennial Conference of our Association was held in grand success at Jaipur
on 13th and 14th February 2016.
During
Biennial Conference following circles are not paid their due CHQ quota. Many
Circle Secretaries assured that they will remit the same after returning to HQ,
but till date CHQ has not received a single rupee from them.
1.
Andhra Pradesh 2. Assam 3. Bihar 4. Delhi 5. J&K
6. Jharkhand 7. Kerala 8. North-East 9. Madhya
Pradesh 10. Rajasthan and 11. Uttarakhand.
Rajasthan
Circle is exempted for paying CHQ quota, as they conducted All India Biennial Conference.
It is requested to deposit their CHQ quota immediately in CHQ account and
photocopy of the counterfoil of the pay-in-slip may be sent through CHQ
whatsApp group.
The
details of CHQ account is as under:
Name
of PO : Dadar Head Post Office, Mumbai
40014
Name
of A/c holder : Vilas S. Ingale and Yadagiri G. Nyalapelli
SB
Account No. : 3049419758
SOL
ID No. :40001400
Hoping
for positive response. The above note was already posted on this blog on 25th April 2016.
Health Tips : How to keep stress at bay.
There
are a lot of times when one is stressed and you don't even come to know about
it. This can aggravate the condition and cause uneasiness. Here are a few
simple ways to manage it.
Confide about your problems to someone
The
best way to make sure that you don't carry around unnecessary baggage along
with you is by speaking to someone who is close to you. This will automatically
free your mind of troubles and will help you to cope better. However, make sure
that the person you are talking to is a close friend of yours, parents or
siblings who you can trust.
Exercise on a regular
basis
A
strict and daily routine of simply walking or running can make you feel so much
better about yourself. If you are upset or worried about something, just head
out for a walk. Carry soothing or peppy music numbers with you - whatever your
choice of songs are.
Switch off from work
Once you get back home from work, it is better to keep any work-related issues out of your mind. Unless it is absolutely necessary, do not take calls from colleagues or answer work emails. This is a great way to ensure that you keep any professional stress out of your mind.
Watch your favourite movie/ TV series
Sometimes the best way to relax is just sit down and watch your favourite sit-com or movie. Even if for a while, it takes you away from unwanted thoughts and lets you explore a world which is completely different from the one that you are presently living in.
Special Cover on Main Snan Ghats of Simhastha Mahaparv – 21st May 2016.
Lakhs
of devotees, including mahants and sadhus of various akharas along with other
pilgrims, took the holy dip in the Kshipra river on 21st May 2016 on the
occasion of third and last 'Shahi Snan (royal bath)' as a part of the century’s
second 'Simhastha Mahakumbh'. Sadhus from Shree Panchdanshnam Juna Akhara were
the first to take the royal bath at Dutt Akhara Ghat. They were followed by
Agni, Avahan, Nirmohi and other akharas.
Every
12 years, during the Kumbh Mela, along the Ujjain city’s elaborate riverside
ghats, Goddess Kshipra, which symbolizes purity, clarity and chastity, is
worshipped by thousands and thousands of devotees. Along the banks of River
Kshipra, many bathing ghats are located. The Shri Ram Ghat, also known as Ram
Ghat is the most ancient bathing ghat and is very popularly visited during the
Kumbh Mela. It is located near the Harsiddhi Temple. Other important Ghats are
Triveni Ghat, Gau Ghat, Mangalnath Ghat, Siddhwat Ghat, Kabir Ghat,
Rinmukteshwar Ghat, Bhukimata Ghat, Datt Akhada Ghat, Chintaman Ghat, Prashanti
Dham Ghat, Sunheri Ghat and Narsingh Ghat
A
Special Cover was released on Main Snan Ghats of Simhastha Mahaparv on 21st May
2016 at Ujjain.
7th Pay Commission award to go to Cabinet next month
New
Delhi: Finance Ministry plans to put up the 7th Pay Commission award for
cabinet approval by fourth week of June.
7th
Pay Commission award is likely to be sent to the Union Cabinet for approval
next month, a top Finance Ministry official said on Thursday asked not to be
named because he was not authorized to release the information.
“Implementation
cell of the 7th Pay Commission met all stakeholders and took their inputs. The
Empowered Committee or Secretaries group will be holding discussions internally
on the inputs of 7th pay commission recommendations on June 11 and hope to put
up the 7th Pay Commission award before cabinet by fourth week of June,” the
official said.
The
Finance Ministry received huge comments from various stakeholders on 7th pay
commission recommendations.
The
official also said 7th Pay Commission award for central government employees
and pensioners will be implemented within July.
“The
Secretaries group now is reviewing the Implementation cell’s observation and
the process of 7th Pay Commission award is in the last stage,” he added.
He
said Implementation cell in Finance Ministry has already sent its observation
on 7th pay commission recommendations after vetting to the Secretaries group.
Indian post will soon deliver Gangajal at your door steps
New
Delhi: The Narendra Modi government will soon launch a new initiative under
which Indian post will deliver Gangajal at your door steps.
Addressing
a press conference in the capital today, telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
said that he has instructed postal department to chalk out a plan to deliver
gangajal at people's door stepsby using e-commerce platform.
He
said the concerened department has assured him of proactive steps to address
the cultural unperniing of people of India about Gangajal.
The
Ganga water from Haridwar and Rishhikesh will be made available to the buyers.
The
move is also seen as an effort to revive the ailing Indian postal service which
has been on downward spiral in last few years.
Source
: http://www.indiatvnews.com
Annual Sports Calendar of Dept of Posts for the year 2017
Directorate Memo No. 6-01/2016-WL&Sports dated 16.05.2016 has finalized Annual
Sports Calendar for the year 2016-17.
Friday, May 27, 2016
Secretaries Group To Revise 7th Pay Commission Recommendations
New
Delhi: Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha who is heading the Empowered Committee or
Secretaries group is likely to hand over a report on the revised pay structures
of 7th pay commission recommendations to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley by the
end of next month.
Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley said government had requisite fund to implement 7th pay
commission award. Cabinet Secretary Sinha will finally make his appearance
before the the Empowered Committee or Secretaries group on June 11 to make a
proposal on the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission before cabinet nod.
recommendations
to be submitted by June “The proposal will be placed before the Cabinet after
the finance ministry’s review. We don’t think it will take more time for
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s consideration and the new pay structures will
be implemented from July after cabinet nod,” said a top official from the
Finance Ministry who did not wish to be named.
The
7th Pay Commission headed by Justice A K Mathur submitted the report on
November 19. It had proposed the highest salary at Rs 250,000 and the lowest at
Rs 18,000. The commission also recommended 14.27 per cent increase in basic
pay, 23.55% overall increase in salary, allowances and pensions.
The
increase in allowances was recommended 63% while pension was proposed to rise
24%. Finance Minister Jaitley is likely to agree with the Secretaries group. “I
think it should not be touched again,” the official said. Once the new
structure is implemented, salaries of around 48 lakh central government
employees and 52 lakh pensioners will rise by 30 percent. The Finance Minister
already said the 7th pay commission award would not make the commodity prices
to go up.
The
central government employees and pensioners will also spend more money on a
variety of goods after receiving the 7th Commission award with arrears from
January 2016. “This means higher consumption similar to what happened in the
past. But the previous two Pay Commission awards came with a lag of two years.
So the arrears were large.
This
time, it will not be so,” says Pronab Sen, former Chief Statistician,
government of India and now Country Director, International Growth Centre, a
think tank based at LSE, run in partnership with University of Oxford.
The
official also agrees with Sen and said there was no possibility of any impact
of the report on the market at this stage of implementation as there were no
impacts when the Pay Commission had first submitted the report. The government
formed a 13 member secretary-level Empowered Committee or Secretaries group
headed by Sinha in January to review the report of the 7th Pay Commission
before cabinet nod. The 7th pay commission was set up by the UPA government in
February 2014. It submitted the report after around 22 months. After getting
the 7th pay commission report, the finance minister Jaitley while introducing
the Seventh Pay Commission report on November 19, already said that the final
decisions on the Seventh Pay Commission report took five and a half months
including the process of Secretaries group. Finance Minister also said,
government had requisite fund to implement it.
The
secretary group is likely to propose pay structure of minimum at Rs 21,000 and
the maximum at Rs 2,70,000 Accordingly, the Secretaries group is likely to
reach the conclusion to propose 30 percent basic pay raise instead of 14.27 per
cent, which was recommended by 7th Pay Commission.
They
are also mulling for doubling of existing rates of such allowances and
advances, which has been recommended for abolition by the 7th Pay Commission,
sources said. TST
Source: Indian Military Veterans
Cadre Restructuring of Group 'C' employees in Department of Posts
D.G.
Post letter No. 25-04/2012-PE-I dated 27th May, 2016.
The
Cadre Restructuring of Group-C employees of Department of Posts has been
undertaken in consultation with Department of Expenditure , Ministry of Finance
in pursuance of the approval concurrence of the Department of
Expenditure vide ID No. 2(45)E.III Desk/2015 dated 12th May,2016 , a
list at distribution of the posts containing the existing and revised
posts of Postal Assistants, Lower Selection Grade, Higher
Selection Grade II & I and also a few HSG-I (Non-Functional Grade) is
enclosed for implementation with the following instructions:
a)
The post of SPMs in Single Handed and Double Handed Post
Offices to the cadre of LSG posts (GP Rs.2800) shown in the
annexure now allotted to the Circle , will be placed in the Grade Pay of
Rs.2800/- in the Pay Band-I..
b)
The post of SPMs in Triple Handed Post Offices, in the extent of HSG-II
posts (GP4200) shown the annexure now allotted to the Circle and
all other existing norms based LSG Posts in Post offices will be placed
in the Grade Pay of Rs.4200- in the Pay Band-II. In no case, the total
number of HSG-II posts shall exceed the number of posts allotted to the Circle.
C)
Existing posts in HSG-II to the extent of posts now
allotted and shown in the annexure , will be placed in the
Grade Pay of Rs.4600/- in the Pay Band-II along with the existing
HSG-I Posts . Remaining HSG-II posts if any shall remain in the GP of Rs.4200
only. In no case, the total number of HSG-I posts shall exceed the number of
posts allotted in the Circle.
d)
The Cadre Restructuring of these posts are only in respect of the
posts from Postal Side other than the posts of RMS ., Circle and
Regional Offices and SBCO Wings.
e)
If the revised number of posts is in excess of the existing strength of a particular
grade the difference will be deemed as newly sanctioned posts in that
grade . Similarly, if the revised number of posts is in a grade is less
than the existing strength the number of posts equal to the difference
will be treated as having been abolished in that grade.
f)
The vacancies arising out of the restructuring will be filled up only from the
amongst the official who fulfill the eligibility criteria laid down in
the recruitment rules for the post.
g)
The new HSG-I (Non Functional Grade) with the grade pay of
Rs.4800/- is only for those who are senior
most and completed not less than a minimum service of 2 years
in HSG-I subject to the number of posts specified for the
Circle in HSG-I (Non Functional Grade) (for example the
number of NFG officials in AP Circle should never exceed (17) after
following usual procedure of non functional upgradation(s).
2.
These instructions will be effective from the date of issue of the orders. The
actual benefit would however be admissible to the eligible officials from the
date of actual promotion.
3.
Receipt of the order may be acknowledged. Immediate action initiated and
compliance report sent at the earliest.
Sd/-
(Tarun Mittal)
Assistant Director General (PE-II)
Verification of Membership for recognition of Service Association under CCS (RSA) Rules, 1993
No.
CHQ/AIAIASP/Verification/2016
Dated : 27/5/2016
To,
Shri Arun Malik,
Director (SR & Legal),
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi 110 001.
Subject : Verification of Membership for
recognition of service Association under CCS (RSA) Rules, 1993 – Instructions -
Regarding.
Ref. : Directorate Memo No.
13-1/2015/SR dated 9/6/2015, 23/6/2015 and 5th August 2015
Respected
Sir,
Kindly refer to this Association’s letter
of even number dated 21/4/2016 on the above cited subject and arrange to
intimate the final outcome of re-verification process Union / Association wise
for the information to the members of this Association.
An early action
is requested.
Yours sincerely,
Sd/-
(Vilas
Ingale)
General Secretary
Combined All India Seniority list of Inspector Posts for the year 2001 and 2002
No. CHQ/AIAIASP/Seniority List/2016 Dated: 27/5/2016.
To,
Shri G. Rajeev,
Director (SPN)
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110 001.
Subject : Preparation of Combined All India Seniority
list of Inspector Posts for the year 2001 and onwards - regarding.
Ref. :
Directorate memo No. 7-1/2015-SPB-II dated 17th May 2016
Respected Sir,
This Association conveys its sincere
thanks to the staff of SPB-II Division of Directorate for issue of long
pending combined All India Seniority list of Inspector Posts for year 2001 and
2002.
Most of the
members of this Association noticed that combined seniority lists of Inspector
Posts cadre for the year 2001 and 2002 circulated vide above captioned memo are
not prepared correctly. Further, due attention is found not bestowed while fixing
the seniority among the promotee and direct recruit Inspectors of the same year
of the recruitment etc. Therefore many Inspector posts are going to submit
their representations to Directorate through proper channel.
It is therefore
requested to accept and consider the representations received from Inspectors
and settle their grievances according to the rules and regulations framed by
the nodal ministry. It is also requested to release remaining years combined
seniority lists in phased manner only.
A positive
action is requested.
Yours sincerely,
Sd/-
(Vilas Ingale)
General Secretary
Requested Directorate to circulate Association's Constitution to all circles
No. CHQ/AIAIASP/Constitution/2016 Dated: 27/5/2016.
To,
Shri V. Ramaswamy,
Assistant Director General (SR
& Legal)
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110 001.
Subject : Submission of fresh copy of constitution of
All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts.
Ref. :
Directorate memo No.
15/03/2016-SR dated 22nd March 2016
Respected Sir,
It is bring
to your kind notice that in response to above captioned letter, this
Association has submitted a fresh copy of Constitution (corrected upto 1st
April 2016) to Directorate under letter of even number dated 6/4/2016 with a
request to circulate the same to all circles, but till date no action is found
taken thereon.
It is
therefore requested to kindly circulate this Association’s Constitution to all
Circles at the earliest.
Hoping for a
positive action and line in reply.
Yours sincerely,
Sd/-
(Vilas Ingale)
General Secretary