Friday, September 30, 2016

Government approves 78-day wages as bonus to railway employees

Government has granted 78 days wage as bonus to 12 lakh railway employees. Since last 5 years, railway employees are getting same days productivity linked bonus (PLB). The financial implications will be about Rs. 2090.96 crore. 

Payment of PLB would result in motivating a large number of railway employees to improve the performance of the Railways and enhance the productivity levels further besides maintaining industrial peace.

The payment of this Bonus to eligible Railway Employees will be made before Dussehra/Puja holidays.

Greetings : Happy Navratri to all members and track-in-viewers


Naturepex-2016 at Bhubaneshwar from 30-9-2016 to 2-10-2016


Special cover released by Dr. S. C. Jamir, Hon'ble Governor, Odisha State  

Revision of interest rates for Small Savings Schemes to be effective from third quarter of Financial Year 2016-17

Savings Bank rates for the period from 1-10-2016 to 31-12-2016 revised by MoF. To view, please CLICK HERE. 

Fixation of pay and grant of increment in the revised pay structure - clarifications - regarding

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Clarification on treating the investment by guardian on behalf of minor and his own investment in Post office monthly income scheme(SB order No.08/2016)

To SB order, please CLICK HERE.

India Post Payments Bank starts recruitment

Press Release

India Post Payments Bank has started its recruitment drive with the release of the advertisement for the post of the Chief Executive Officer/ Managing Director, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), other CXOs who will be heading its Operations, Risk and Compliance, Finance, HR & Administration and Sales and Marketing Departments. It has also advertised for some contractual positions across multiple Departments. Regular recruitment for other positions across scale I-VII will also be announced in the coming weeks. IPPB has also called for deputations from Public Sector Banks for some corporate HQ positions and will shortly be seeking deputations from banks, post office & other Govt Depts for its branch locations. IPPB plans to recruit about 3500 professionals in the coming months. Details are available on the India Post website.

IPPB will be headquartered in New Delhi and plans to launch 650 branches across the country by the next year. The India Post Payments Bank will leverage the widespread reach and the trust that the Post office enjoys in the minds of the citizen to truly drive financial inclusion. With all 1.54 lac Post offices, including 1.39 lac rural post offices as its access points and 650 Payments bank branches in district HQ locations it will be the most accessible bank in the world in terms of reach. It will deploy state of the art technology to make banking both simple and convenient to its customers.

IPPB calls upon dedicated and committed professionals who would want to be part of the journey to create a national financial architecture which will connect every citizen with the financial services that they need to access.  

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Reminder issued to Secretary (Posts) to issue instructions to DA (P) to draw GP Rs. 5400/- to incumbents working on Sr.Postmaster post

No. CHQ/AIAIPASP/GP-TPA/2016                                 Dated :     27/9/2016

To,
Shri B. V. Sudhakar,
Secretary (Posts),
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi 110001.

Sub:  Non drawal of Grade Pay of Rs.5400/- in pre-revised pay scale of Rs.9300-34800 as per the admissible pay band fixture to PS Group B officers working on the post of Sr. Postmaster.

Respected Sir,

IP/ASP Association would like to invite your kind attention to its letter of even number dated 31/8/2016 vide which it was reported that most of the Director of Accounts (Postal) in the country has not drawn GP of Rs. 5400/- to the incumbents working on Sr. Postmaster post w. e. f. 1/1/2016.

In accordance with the recommendation of 7th Pay Commission and as accepted by the Govt. of India the pre-revised of Grade Pay of PS Group ‘B’ Officers has been revised from Rs.4800/ to Rs.5400/- in the pay scale of Rs.9300--34800 in PB-2 w.e.f. 01-01-2016.

It is pertinent to mention here that none of the officers presently working as Sr Postmasters were promoted in Sr Postmaster Cadre. Rather they were promoted in PS Group B Cadre. As such all the Group B officers presently working on the post of Sr. Postmasters are entitled to Grade Pay benefit of Rs. 5400/- in pre-revised scale w.e.f. 01.01.2016 and accordingly their pay fixture would be fixed in the revised matrix. There may be interpretation in understanding the meaning of the enhancement of GP of PS Gr. B from Rs. 4800/- to 5400/-. Sr. Postmaster cadre is also a PS Gr. B cadre like ADPS working in RO/CO and Dy. Directors working under Director GPOs.

It is therefore once again requested your kind honour to direct all the DAPs/GM Finances in the Department to allow to draw GP of Rs. 5400/- to Sr. Postmasters and allowances as appropriate to the grade pay from 01-01-2016.

With regards,
                                                         Yours faithfully      

                Sd/-  
(Vilas Ingale)
General Secretary

Railway employees to get 78 days' bonus before festive season

The Addl. Member Staff Railway Board, Shri Anand Mathur, has intimated today, i.e. 26.09.2016, AIRF leadership that, Railway Board’s orders for Restructuring of Technicians, to which an agreement was arrived at in Full Board Meeting held on 22.07.2016, will be issued in this week, and payment of 78-day PLB @ Rs.7000 p.m. will be made to all the Group `C’ and `D’ railwaymen well before Pooja Festival.

Revision of Inspection Questionnaire for MGNREGS at BO and SO


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Eligibility service for promotion to ASPs cadre .... regarding


Monday, September 26, 2016

Retirement in the month of September 2016

Following officers are retiring from Govt. service on superannuation on 30/9/2016.

S.No.  
Name of officer S/Shri
Designation & Office
Circle
1
Daitari Ram
SSPOs, Koraput Division
Odisha
2
V K Mishra
Sr. PM, Faizabad HPO
UP
3
H R Vakharia
SSP, Bhavnagar Division
Gujarat

CHQ is wishing them happy, healthy and peaceful retired life.

TELANGANA POSTAL CIRCLE INAUGURATION FUNCTION AT HYDERABAD ON 26-9-2016

Today, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Hon'ble  Minister of Urban Development, in august Presence of Shri Manoj Sinha, Hon'ble Minister of State for Communications (I/C) and Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, Hon,ble Minister of State for Labour & Employment (I/C) Inaugurated newly formed Telangana Postal Circle at Ravindra Bharathi Auditorium, Hyderabad .

Few Photos of this inaugural Function......









Commemorative Postage Stamp on Lady Hardlinge Medical College New Delhi : 23/6/2016



Shri manoj Sinha, Hon'ble Minister of State for Communications (Independent Charge) and Railways released Commemorative Postage Stamps on Lady Hardlinge Medical College New Delhi on 23/6/2016. The said college established in 1916 for women only and funded by Govt. of India 

Special Cover released on the occasion of 500th Test match of Indian Cricket team played at Kanpur between India and New Zealand


This special cover is released to mark the occasion of the 500th Test match of Indian Cricket team. The match is being played at Kanpur from September 22 onward against New Zealand. The price of the cover is Rs 35/- 

The Captains of few major Test Matches are: 

1st - Shri CK Nayudu,

100th - Shri M. A. K. Pataudi

200th - Shri Sunil Gavaskar

300th - Shri Sachin Tendulkar

400th - Shri Rahul Dravid

500th - Shri Virat Kohli. 

RIO PARALYMPICS - India's Medal Winners - Nation's Pride (KTK/16/2016) - 24 
September 2016 - Bangalore 

This special cover is released to commemorate Medal winners of India in Rio Paralympics. The Paralympics Games is a quadrennial multi-sport event, involving athletes with range of disabilities that include impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, vision impairment etc. All the winners are the first time Medal winners except Javelin thrower Shri Devendra Jhajharia - became the first Indian to clinch two gold medals (including a gold medal won earlier in 2004 Athens Paralympics). 

Source - Suresh R - Bangaore : email : suresh.hobbies@gmail.com

WORLD POST DAY-2016 AND NATIONAL POSTAL WEEK:

World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October. The event was declared by the 1969 Universal Postal Congress in Tokyo as a means to mark the anniversary of the Universal Postal Union's (UPU) creation in 1874.

The purpose of World Post Day is to bring awareness to the Post's role in the everyday lives of people and businesses, as well as its contribution to global social and economic development.

As a result, the UPU's member countries are encouraged to organize their own national activities to celebrate the event, including everything from the introduction or promotion of new postal products and services, to the organization of open days at post offices, mail centres and postal museums.

INTERNATIONAL LETTER-WRITING COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE:

For countries participating in the UPU International Letter-Writing Competition, national winners are often honoured on 9 October. The theme selected for the 2016 competition is: "Write a letter to your 45-year-old self." This topic was chosen to mark the 45th edition of the international contest. Children around the world are warmly encouraged to give flight to their imagination, while writing a letter to themselves in the future. 

NATIONAL POSTAL WEEK:

INDIA POST is celebrating National Postal Week from 9th to 15th of October-2016 and week days celebrated as::

09.10.2016: World Post Day

10.10.2016: Savings Bank Day

13.10.2016: Mail Day & Philately Day

14.10.2016: PLI Day

15.10.2016: Business Development Day

Indian Police Service (Pay) Rules, 2016.

To view gazette notification, please CLICK  HERE. 

IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVT'S DECISION ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF 7TH CPC - DOP CIRCULAR DATED 12.09.2016

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Govt is actively considering central D.A. increase from 01.07.2016

Sources close to Finance Ministry told that the initial installment of DA to central government employees on the revised pay structure w.e.f 1.7.2016 is under consideration.

There is a confusion about percentage of D.A. payable from 1st July 2016 to Central Govt. employee and pensioners. There may be a hike of 2 to 3 percentage point, which is to be announced very soon, probably in this week.
Meanwhile Govt asked the Pay Research Unit to calculate exact financial implication for every percentage of D.A. increase, which is a routine matter.



Sunday, September 25, 2016

Good News ! Good News !!!!

Contempt Petition filed by CHQ under No. CP/180/137/2016 at Hon’ble CAT Ernakulam Bench regarding up-gradation of Grade Pay of Inspector Posts of Rs. 4600/- w.e.f 01.01.2006 has been heard on 23/9/2016 and admitted. Two weeks time granted to respondent to file reply.

It is once again appealed to all members to donate amount to CHQ to make the fund position healthy for further course of action and development of CHQ activities. The willing IP/ASPs and Offg. PS Gr. B officers can only donate the amount.The details of CHQ account is as under;

POSB Account No. : 3049419758

Name of PO          : Dadar Head Post Office

SOL ID                 : 40001400

A/C Holders name : Vilas Ingale and Yadagiri N.G.

Photocopy of pay-in-slip duly date stamped by PO may be sent to GS through whatsApp on his mobile No. 9869417961, so that name/s can be published on CHQ blog. 

Direct Recruit Inspector Posts position from 2013 to 2016

During the course of Biennial Circle Conference of Maharashtra Circle Branch it was brought to the notice of GS that there is acute shortage of Inspector Posts in few Regions of Maharashtra circle and therefore available Inspector Posts are holding dual charge of Sub Divisions for months/years together. Few members also told that ASPs are forcibly asked to hold the additional charge of vacant Sub Division of Inspector Posts. This situation may be in other circle.

All are aware that Directorate has already issued following number of candidates allotment under Direct Recruit Inspector Posts quota (33.33%) to all Circles with a direction to complete the pre-appointment formalities and give them required field, induction training and appointment. It has also brought to the notice of CHQ that, many allotters either not responded to the notices issued by circles or quit the service within the short period of joining. It means that there are number of unfilled vacancies are still available in the Direct Recruit Inspector Posts quota.

The year wise allotment and present status in recruitment is as under:

Year 2013 : 122 candidates allotted to circles. Recruitment process said to be completed.

Year 2014 : 102 candidates allotted to circles. In few circle recruitment process is yet to complete.

Year 2015 : 67 candidates recently allotted to circles. Process of pre-appointment formalities is yet to start in all circles.

Year 2016 : 92 vacancies reported to SSC by Directorate. Circle wise vacancy position is as under:

To ascertain the exact vacancy position of Direct Recruit Inspector Posts as on date, all circle secretaries and CHQ office bearers are requested to furnish the information in the following format to GS through email on vilasingle01@gmail.com

Year 2013
Year 2014`
IPs allotted
IPs Joined
Vacancy
IPs allotted
IPs Joined
Vacancy







Please ensure submission of information on or before 30/9/2016.

40th All India Postal Football Meet at Shillong ... Results of final matches

In the final match Tamil Nadu beat Karnataka by 1-0

In third position match Kerala beat North East by 6-1

The final position of the Football Meet is a under :

1. Winner        : Tamil Nadu 
2. Runners-up : Karnataka 
3. 3rd position : Kerala 
4. 4th position : North East 

CHQ congratulate all the team members 

Friday, September 23, 2016

Army to get revised salary from September onwards

Sources said that during the meeting with the chiefs, Manohar Parrikar told them that the government cares for the forces and all concerns raised by them will be addressed.

Fourteen lakh army personnel will receive revised salaries, recommended by the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC), September onwards. The three service chiefs have given the government more time to separately resolve "core pay anomalies" at a later date.

Government decides to shift the issue date of the Sovereign Gold Bonds 2016-17 Series-II from September 23, 2016 to September 30, 2016

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Finance

23-September-2016 11:32 IST

Government decides to shift the issue date of the Sovereign Gold Bonds 2016-17 Series-II from September 23, 2016 to September 30, 2016 in view of large number of applications being received by banks and post offices 

The Government of India in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India(RBI), had notified the issuance of Sovereign Gold Bonds, 2016-17 Series II vide Notification F.No.4(7)-W&M/2016 dated August 29, 2016. The tranche was open for subscription from September 01, 2016 to September 09, 2016. The bonds were to be issued on September 23, 2016.

Large number of applications have been received by banks and post offices. To enable smooth uploading of applications into RBI’s E- Kuber system, particularly by the post offices, it has since been decided to shift the issue date of the Sovereign Gold Bonds from 23rd September,2016 to 30th September, 2016.

All other terms and conditions of the above Notification remain unchanged.

SB Order : 08/2016 - Clarification on treating the investment by guardian on behalf of minor and his own investment in Post Office Monthly Income Scheme - Regarding

Celebration of National Postal Week-2016 from 9th Oct’16 to 15th Oct’16.

To view the details of circular and day to day celebration of postal week program, please CLICK HERE. 

Discontinuation of PPF Agency Scheme, commission under Pay Roll Scheme (PRSS) and Sanchiyaka Scheme w.e.f.1/10/2016 (SB order 09/2016)




Good News ! Good News !

Contempt Petition filed by CHQ under No. CP/180/137/2016 at Hon’ble CAT Ernakulam Bench regarding up-gradation of Grade Pay of Inspector Posts of Rs. 4600/- w.e.f 01.01.2006 has been heard today and admitted. Two weeks time granted to respondent to file reply.

It is once again appealed to all members to donate amount to CHQ to make the fund position healthy for further course of action and development of CHQ activities. The willing IP/ASPs and Offg. PS Gr. B officers can only donate the amount.The details of CHQ account is as under;

POSB Account No. : 3049419758

Name of PO          : Dadar Head Post Office

SOL ID                 : 40001400

A/C Holders name : Vilas Ingale and Yadagiri N.G.

Photocopy of pay-in-slip duly date stamped by PO may be sent to GS through whatsApp on his mobile No. 9869417961, so that name/s can be published on CHQ blog. 

DPC : PS Gr. B for the year 2016-17 .... updates

As we know that Directorate vide memo No. 9-14/2016-SPG dated 01.09.2016 has directed all circles to handover APARs of officers who are in ZoC for promotion to the cadre of PS Gr. B for the vacancies of 2016-17.

A)   As on date following circles are said to be handed over the APARs and required documents to Directorate.

Haryana / Himachal Pradesh / Punjab / Uttar Pradesh / Gujarat / Delhi / Rajasthan / Madhya Pradesh / Odisha / Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.

B) Following circles turn has not come so far to submit the documents:

On 26/9/2016, Karnataka Circle and West Bengal Circle will submit their documents to Directorate and on 28/9/2016 Tamil Nadu Circles turn will come.

It is learnt that J&K and Bihar Circle has not submitted their officers APARs and documents on due date to Directorate.

Shri Rajeev Kumar Circle Secretary Bihar Circle and Shri Sandeep Bhat / Rauf of J&K may meet their circle administration and request them to send the requisite information/documents to Directorate before 28/9/2016.

40th All India Postal Football Meet at Shillong ... Results of Semi-final matches

In the first semi-final, Karnataka beat North East by 3-1.


Second semi-final was played between Kerala Vs Tamil Nadu. Match was tie by score 1-1 and then in tie breaker Tamil Nadu beat Kerala by 5-4. 

Tomorrow 3rd position and final matches will be played. 

3rd Position match will be between North East Vs Kerala T 10.00 hours and Final will be between Karnataka Vs Tamil Nadu at 13.00 hours.

Holding of supplementary DPC for promotion to the cadre of Dy. Manager MMS

No. CHQ/IPASP/DPC-Dy MMS/2016                                    Dated :  23/9/2016

To,                                                                                 
Shri A. K. Dash,
Member (P),
Department of Posts, 
Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg, 
New Delhi 110 001. 

Subject : Holding of supplementary DPC for promotion to the cadre of Dy. Manager MMS.

Ref.        : Directorate Memo No. 6-7/2015-SPG dated 3rd August 2016

Respected Sir,

IP/ASP Association would like to convey its sincere thanks to you and staff of SPG division for convening long pending DPC for promotion to the cadre of Dy. Manager MMS.

           It is bring to your kind notice that the following three officials selected through DPC were posted against the vacant posts shown against them, and now it is learnt that S/Shri Gautam Rudra and Aninda Chatraborty have declined the promotion and submitted their applications to Directorate through proper channel.  

Sl. No.
Name of the officer
Present Circle
Posted on promotion
1
Gautam Rudra
West Bengal
Dy. Manager, Kolkata
2
Aninda Chatraborty
West Bengal
Dy. Manager, Chennai
3
Prasanta Mondal
West Bengal
Dy. Manager, Delhi

It is therefore requested to kindly issue instructions to SPG Division of Directorate to convene the supplementary DPC immediately to fill up the vacant posts.  

          With regards,  
                                                                                 Yours sincerely,

 Sd/-
(Vilas Ingale)
General Secretary


Bellari District Level Philately Exhibition 2016



Thursday, September 22, 2016

​Stamp design competition on theme "PICNIC" to be released on the occasion of Children's Day 2016

To view, please CLICK HERE.

40th All India Postal Football Meet at Shillong

North East Circle is hosting 40th All India Postal Football Meet at Shillong from 20-9-2016 to 24-9-2016. 

Tomorrow first semi-final match will be played between Karnataka Vs North East  and 2nd semi-final match between Kerala Vs Tamil Nadu. 

Today's results are as under: 

1. Karnataka beat West Bengal 2-0
2. Kerala beat Delhi 3-0
3. Assam beat Maharashtra 6-0
4. Tamil Nadu beat Odisha 3-0. 

Photographs of teams : 





CAT Case : Listing of contempt petition

Contempt Petition bearing No.C.P/180/137/2016 regarding up-gradation of Grade Pay of Inspector Posts of Rs. 4600/- w.e.f 01.01.2006 has been listed for tomorrow in Court No. 1 of Hon'ble CAT Ernakulam Bench.

Special cover released on Keyur Vyaya Bank (KVB) a legacy of 100 years of Trust



Dr. Charles Lobo CPMG Tamil Nadu Circle released the special cover 

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Maharashtra Circle Conference Photos ....

Shri Ganesh Sawaleshwarkar PMG Pune Region lighting the lamp 

Ms Ayodhya Madam, DPS Pune Region lighting the lamp 

Vilas Ingael GS Lighting the lamp 




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NOTE ON ALLOWANCES SUBMITTED TO ALLOWANCE COMMITTEE

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CGHS: LATEST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

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REVISION OF RATES OF DAMAGES FOR UNAUTHORIZED OCCUPATION OF GENERAL POOL RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION AND DAMAGES FOR SUBLETTING W.E.F. 01.07.2016

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Cabinet approves merger of rail budget with general budget

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Finance

21-September-2016 15:59 IST

Cabinet approves merger of rail budget with general budget;

advancement of budget presentation and merger of plan and non-plan classification in budget and accounts  

The Union Cabinet has approved the proposals of Ministry of Finance on certain landmark budgetary reforms relating to (i) the merger of Railway budget with the General budget, (ii) the advancement of the date of Budget presentation from the last day of February to the 1st of February and (iii) the merger of the Plan and the Non-Plan classification in the Budget and Accounts. All these changes will be put into effect simultaneously from the Budget 2017-18.

Merger of Railway Budget with the General Budget:

The arrangements for merger of Railway budget with the General budget have been approved by the Cabinet with the following administrative and financial arrangements-

(i)  The Railways will continue to maintain its distinct entity -as a departmentally run commercial undertaking as at present;

(ii) Railways will retain their functional autonomy and delegation of financial powers etc. as per the existing guidelines;

(iii)The existing financial arrangements will continue wherein Railways will meet all their revenue expenditure, including ordinary working expenses, pay and allowances and pensions etc. from their revenue receipts;

(iv)The Capital at charge of the Railways estimated at Rs.2.27 lakh crore on which annual dividend is paid by the Railways will be wiped off. Consequently, there will be no dividend liability for Railways from 2017-18 and Ministry of Railways will get Gross Budgetary support. This will also save Railways from the liability of payment of approximately Rs.9,700 crore annual dividend to the Government of India;
The presentation of separate Railway budget started in the year 1924, and has continued after independence as a convention rather than under Constitutional provisions.

The merger would help in the following ways:

· The presentation of a unified budget will bring the affairs of the Railways to centre stage and present a holistic picture of the financial position of the Government.

· The merger is also expected to reduce the procedural requirements and instead bring into focus, the aspects of delivery and good governance.

· Consequent to the merger, the appropriations for Railways will form part of the main Appropriation Bill.

Advancement of the Budget presentation:

The   Cabinet   has   also   approved, in principle, another   reform   relating   to   budgetary   process,   for advancement of the date of Budget presentation from the last day of February to a suitable date.  The exact date of presentation of Budget for 2017-18 would be decided keeping in view the date of assembly elections to be held in States.

This would help in following ways:

· The advancement of budget presentation by a month and completion of Budget related legislative business before 31st  March would pave the way for early completion of Budget cycle and enable Ministries and Departments to ensure better planning and execution of schemes from the beginning of the financial year and utilization of the full working seasons including the first quarter.

· This will also preclude the need for seeking appropriation through 'Vote on Account' and enable implementation of the legislative changes in tax; laws for new taxation measures from the beginning of the financial year.

Merger of Plan and Non Plan classification in Budget and Accounts:

The third proposal approved by the Cabinet relates to the merger of Plan and Non Plan classification in Budget and Accounts from 2017-18, with continuance of earmarking of funds for Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan/Tribal Sub-Plan. Similarly, the allocations for North Eastern States will also continue.
This would help in resolving the following issues:

· The Plan/Non-Plan bifurcation of expenditure has led to a fragmented view of resource allocation to various schemes, making it difficult not only to ascertain cost of delivering a service but also to link outlays to outcomes.

· The bias in favour of Plan expenditure by Centre as well as the State Governments has led to a neglect of essential expenditures on maintenance of assets and other establishment related expenditures for providing essential social services.

· The merger of plan and non-plan in the budget is expected to provide appropriate budgetary framework having focus on the revenue, and capital expenditure.