Now, Posts Offices can do Employment registration

JODHPUR: Post offices will now be acting as employment exchange for the unemployed youth. After the success of the pilot projects in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the project has been extended two nine more postal circles of the country, including Rajasthan. 

To begin with, Employment Registration Centres will be opened at the post offices under all these postal circles very shortly, where the interested unemployed youths will be able to get themselves registered. 

"This registration can be done by the youths on the portal of National Career Service by approaching post offices, where they will be charged of Rs 15 for registration, Rs 5 for updating job seeker profile and Rs 10 for getting printout of application form," said Krishna Kumar Yadav, director of postal services, Rajasthan Western Region, Jodhpur.

He said that once they are registered on this portal, they will have an access to the rich repository of career content on over 3,000 of occupations across 52 sectors with aplenty employment job opportunities matching with the skills and qualifications of the youths. 

The portal will not only provide job matching services in a highly transparent and user friendly manner but also build a bridge between a net-connected urban areas and non-connected rural areas, helping the youth to avail facility to register for employment at their doorstep hassle free.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between department of posts and ministry of labour and employment to leverage post offices as employment registration centres early this year, following which, a pilot project had been rolled out in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Circles in February this year.

Yadav said that the necessary training with regard to above project, has been imparted to the staff and on getting formal inauguration date, the registration will begin at all the post offices of the Rajasthan Circle.

Apart from Rajasthan, the project comprises Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Gujrat, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir and the North East Postal Circles whereas the remaining circles will be covered during the next phase of project.

Signing of Tripartite MOU for broadband services to Post Offices

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Government of India
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology 

28-April-2017 17:35 IST

Signing of Tripartite MOU for broadband services to Post Offices

A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding has been signed today among BBNL, Department of Posts and BSNL for providing broadband connectivity of BharatNet to Post Offices in rural areas. The MoU signed under the chairmanship of Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha is the first tri-partite agreement to provide broadband connectivity to about 1.3 lakh, post offices in rural areas and 25,000 sub-post offices for high speed internet connectivity to the rural masses.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Sinha said that the first phase of connecting about one lakh Gram Panchayats is nearing its completion and in the remaining one and a half lakh Gram Panchayats 100 mbps broadband connectivity will be completed by December, 2018. In reply to a question, the Minister said that BharatNet is one of the 9 pillars of realising the Prime Minister’s vision of Digital India.

Shri Sinha said that provision of citizen services is the focus of BharatNet and in the agreement signed today, BSNL is the service provider, that would provide broadband services, the cost of setting up of infrastructure and the operational expenses would be paid by the Department of Posts. Since the BharatNet is the National Network, BBNL would facilitate and coordinate this entire operation. In future, MoUs with other Government Departments are also proposed to be signed.

Shri A N Nanda is appointed as Secretary, Department of Posts

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri Anant Narayan Nanda, IPoS (1982) as Secretary, Department of Posts, vice Shri Boyapati Venkat Sudhakar, IPoS (1981).

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7TH CPC ALLOWANCES:- PRESS NOTE

The Committee on Allowances, constituted by the Ministry of Finance to examine the 7 th CPC recommendations on Allowances, submitted its Report to Shri Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister on 27.04.2017. The Committee was headed by Shri Ashok Lavasa, Finance Secretary and Secretary (Expenditure) and had Secretaries of Home Affairs, Defence, Health & Family Welfare, Personnel & Training, Post and Chairman, Railway Board as Members and Joint Secretary (Implementation Cell) as Member Secretary. The Committee was set up in pursuance of the Cabinet decision on 29.06.2016 when approving the 7th CPC recommendations on pay, pensions and related issues were approved. The decision to set up the Committee was taken in view of significant changes recommended by the 7th CPC in the allowances structure and a large number of representations received in this regard from various Staff Associations as well as the apprehensions conveyed by various Ministries / Departments. 

The 7th CPC had recommended that of a total of 196 Allowances, 52 be abolished altogether and 36 be abolished as separate identities by subsuming them in another allowance. The Committee took note of all the representations received from various stakeholders on the 7th CPC recommendations on Allowances. Representations and demands for modifications were received in respect of 79 allowances which have been examined in detail by the Committee. In doing so, the Committee interacted with all the members of the Standing Committee of National Council (Staff Side), Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) as well the representatives of various Staff Associations of Railways, Postal employees, Doctors, Nurses, and Department of Atomic Energy. It also interacted with the representatives of the Defence Forces, DGs of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) namely CRPF, CISF, BSF, ITBP, SSB, and Assam Rifles as also senior officers from IB and SPG to understand the viewpoint of their personnel. 

As mentioned in the Report, the Committee held a total of 15 meetings and was assisted by a Group of Officers headed by Additional Secretary (D/o Expenditure) in examining the representations. Based on such extensive stakeholder consultations and detailed examination, the Committee has suggested certain modifications in the 7th CPC recommendations so as to address the concerns of the stakeholders in the context of the rationale behind the recommendations of the 7th CPC as well as other administrative exigencies. Modifications have been suggested in some allowances which are applicable universally to all employees as well as certain other allowances which apply to specific employee categories such as Railwaymen, Postal employees, Scientists, Defence Forces personnel, Doctors, Nurses etc. The Report, now being examined in the Department of Expenditure, will be placed before the Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) set up to screen the 7th CPC recommendations and to firm up the proposal for approval of the Cabinet. It may be recalled that while recommendations of the 7th CPC on pay and pension were implemented with the approval of Cabinet, allowances continue to be paid at old rates. After consideration by the E-CoS, the proposal for implementation of 7 th CPC recommendations on Allowances after incorporating the modifications suggested by the Committee on Allowances in its Report shall be placed before the Cabinet for approval.

Circle Conference : Himachal Pradesh Circle

It has been reported by Rattan Chand Sharma, Circle Secretary, All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendent Posts, Himachal Pradesh Circle branch that their Circle is holding 19th Circle Conference on 29-4-2017 at Ksli Bali Hall, Shimla. 

Retirement in the month of April 2017

Following JTS Gr. ‘A’ and PS Gr. ‘B’ Officers are retiring from Govt. Service on superannuation on 30/4/2017.

Sl. No.	Name of Officer	Circle
1	Y M Vora	Gujarat
2	Prakash Kumar Patra	Odisha
3	C L Chhipa	Rajasthan
4	A K Bhatt	Jammu & Kashmir
5	R Loganathan	Tamil Nadu
6	Santosh Kumar Gosh	West Bengal
7	Shekhar S	Tamil Nadu

If any officer’s name is not included in the list, please intimate to GS.

Shri Boyapati Venkat Sudhakar (IPoS Batch 1981) Secretary to Govt. of India, Postal Department and Chairperson, Postal Services Board is also retiring on 30/4/2017. 

Shri Manohar Lal Kalia (IPoS Batch 1985), Chief Postmaster General, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla is also retiring on 30/4/2017.

Shri Surendra Kumar (IPoS Batch 2005), Director, Kolkatta GPO, Kolkatta also retiring on 30/4/2017. 

Deputation to Directorate in IP/ASP cadre

Retirement ....

Shri Girishkumar Batuklal Khara (IP Batch 1992) holding charge of Superintendent of Post Offices, Jamnagar Division, Jamnagar 361001 retired voluntarily from Govt. Service on 17/4/2017 F/N. He was very hard worker and loyal to the administration. 

DoPT denies Media News about extension of working hours of Central Government employees

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Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions 

18-April-2017 16:06 IST

DoPT denies Media News about extension of working hours of Central Government employees 

The attention is drawn to the media news about extension of working hours of Central Government employees by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India. It has been stated in the news item that Central Government employees’ working hours will be changed from 09.00 AM to 07.00 PM. It was also stated that the holiday of Saturday will also be done away with for the Central Government employees.

In this regard, the DoPT clarifies that there is no such proposal under consideration of the Central Government. The media news regarding the extension of working hours and abolition of holiday on Saturday for Central Government employees is false and baseless. There is no oral or unwritten order issued in this regard.

Guidelines to be followed on re-allotment of Postal Service Group 'B' officers from one Circle/ Unit to other Circle/Unit - reg.

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Clarification regarding admissibility of flexi-fare in Shatabdi/Rajdhani/ Duronto trains while availing LTC.

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India Post Payment Bank - Products for the Youth

Appointment of MD and CEO of IPPB

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New WPTC at Tiruchirappalli inaugurated by PMG Central Region

Inauguration of Work Place Training Centre Tiruchirappalli in the renovated building on 12.04.2017 by  Shri J.T. Venkateswarlu PMG Central Region-TN in presence of Shri G. Natarajan DPS, Central Region-TN

Renovation of NSH Tiruchirappalli

Inauguration of National Sorting Hub Tiruchirappalli in the renovated building on 12.04.2017 by  Shri J.T. Venkateswarlu PMG Central Region (Tamil Nadu) in presence of Shri G. Natarajan DPS, Central Region (Tamil Nadu).

Request to hold review DPC for PS Gr.B cadre against vacancies of 2016-17

No. CHQ/AIAIPASP/PS Gr.B/DPC-AP/2017                       Dated :    15/4/2017.

To,

Shri Brajesh Kumar

Director (Staff),

Department of Posts, 

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, 

New Delhi 110 001.

Subject : Promotion and postings of Postal Service Gr. B cadre.

Ref.        : Directorate No. 9-14/2016-SPG dated 9-12-2016

Respected Sir,

I am enclosing herewith a copy of an application dated 13-3-2017 received from  Shri P. Parisudda Rao, ASP, Vijayawada South Sub Division regarding non consideration of his name for promotion to PS Gr. B cadre.

It is to intimate that the above named officer has passed Inspector Posts Examination in the year 1994 under SC category. His name was not reflected in above captioned memo due to pending disciplinary case, but now the disciplinary case has been disposed of by disciplinary authority by awarding CENSURE punishment vide PMG Vijayawada memo No. ST-IV/31/PPR/PRK/2016 dated 8/3/2017.

In view of the above lines, it is earnestly requested to conduct the review DPC immediately by opening the sealed cover if any to promote the officer to PS Gr. B cadre against the vacancies of 2016-17.

Hoping for a positive action and line in reply. 

Yours sincerely,

Sd/-

 (Vilas Ingale)

General Secretary

Inter-Circle Transfer of Inspectors of Posts under Rule 38 of P&T Manual Vol. IV from Punjab to Uttar Pradesh

No. CHQ/AIAIPASP/Tfr-38/UP/1/2017                                            Dated :    15/4/2017

To,

The Director General,

Department of Posts,

Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi 110 001.

Subject :  Inter-Circle Transfer of Inspectors of Posts under Rule 38 of P&T Manual Vol. IV-Reg.

Respected Sir,

          We are enclosing herewith a copy of application received from Shri Sachin Sharma, Manager NSH Amritsar Division (Punjab) regarding transfer under Rule 38 of Postal Manual Vol. IV from Punjab Circle to Uttar Pradesh Circle. 

The applicant is a direct recruit Inspector Posts of LDCE 2011 batch and allotted to Punjab Circle. The applicant is working in Punjab circle since 31/12/2012 and has already applied for Inter-Circle transfer under Rule 38 to Uttar Pradesh Circle on family ground. There are sufficient vacancies at Uttar Pradesh Circle to accommodate the official. Secondly, the transfer of this official can also be adjusted against Shri Naresh Bara, IP, Khaga Sub Division under Fatehpur Division (UP) who applied for his transfer from UP Circle to Jharkhand Circle. The official has already completed more than 4 years in Punjab circle.

This Association would like to bring to your kind notice that Directorate vide their memo No. A-141-177/2009-SPB-II dated 14^th December, 2010 has issued guidelines for Inter-Circle transfer of Inspectors of Posts under Rule 38 of P&T Manual Vol. IV.  In the said memo it has stated that CPMG of the Circle where the IPs are working would be competent to permit such transfer in consultation with the CPMG of the Circle where the transfer is sought for by the individual.

It is requested to kindly arrange to issue necessary directions to CPMG Punjab and Uttar Pradesh Circle to consider Inter-Circle transfer of above named official immediately.   

Hoping for a favourable action and line in reply is requested. 

Yours sincerely,

Sd/-

(Vilas Ingale)

General Secretary

Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to : -

1.   The Chief Postmaster General, Punjab Circle, Sandesh Bhawan, Sector-17/e, Chandigarh 160017

2.  The Chief Postmaster General, Uttar Pradesh Circle, 4, Hazratganj, Lucknow 226001.

Inter-Circle Transfer of Inspectors of Posts under Rule 38 of P&T Manual Vol. IV from UP Circle to Jharkhand Circle

No. CHQ/AIAIPASP/Tfr-38/JHR/1/2017                                            Dated :    15/4/2017

To,

The Director General,

Department of Posts,

Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi 110 001.

Subject :  Inter-Circle Transfer of Inspectors of Posts under Rule 38 of P&T Manual Vol. IV-Reg.

Respected Sir,

          We are enclosing herewith a copy of application received from Shri Naresh Bara, Inspector Posts, Khaga Sub Division, Fathehpur Division 212655 regarding transfer under Rule 38 of Postal Manual Vol. IV from UP Circle to Jharkhand Circle. 

The applicant is a direct recruit Inspector Posts of LDCE 2011 batch and allotted to Uttar Pradesh Circle. The applicant is working in Punjab circle since 09-07-2011 and has already applied for Inter-Circle transfer under Rule 38 to Jharkhand Circle on family ground. There are few vacancies available at Jharkhand Circle to accommodate the official. The official has now completed 5 years in UP Circle.

This Association would like to bring to your kind notice that Directorate vide their memo No. A-141-177/2009-SPB-II dated 14^th December, 2010 has issued guidelines for Inter-Circle transfer of Inspectors of Posts under Rule 38 of P&T Manual Vol. IV.  In the said memo it has stated that CPMG of the Circle where the IPs are working would be competent to permit such transfer in consultation with the CPMG of the Circle where the transfer is sought for by the individual.

It is requested to kindly arrange to issue necessary directions to CPMG Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand Circle to consider Inter-Circle transfer of above named official immediately.   

Hoping for a favourable action and line in reply is requested. 

Yours sincerely,

Sd/-

(Vilas Ingale)

General Secretary

Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to : -

1.   The Chief Postmaster General, Jharkhand Circle, Doranda Complex, Rachi 834002.

2. The Chief Postmaster General, Uttar Pradesh Circle, 4, Hazratganj, Lucknow 226001.

Release of Commemorative Postage Stamps on 'Deekshabhoomi' at Nagpur on 14-4-2017

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and other dignitaries releasing the commemorative postal stamp on ‘Deekshabhoomi of Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar’ in Nagpur, at Indoor Sports Complex, Mankapur on April 14, 2017.

7th Pay Commission report: Big changes expected from Ashok Lavasa panel recommendations

Apart from abolishing or subsuming various allowances, the committee is most significantly revising the rates of House Rent Allowances (HRA), which a fixed amount paid to the employees for their accommodation needs. (Reuters)

With the Ashok Lavasa committee set to recommend changes in allowances under the seventh pay commission, the salaries of central government employees will be witnessing major changes. Apart from abolishing or subsuming various allowances, the committee is most significantly revising the rates of House Rent Allowances (HRA), which a fixed amount paid to the employees for their accommodation needs.

While the HRA is a crucial part of the salaries of government employees, it currently constitutes 30 % of the salries of employees working in metro areas. In the revised rates, the committee will be reducing the HRA to 24% in the metros. The seventh pay commission has further mentioned that the HRA will be extended as per the type of the city where the employee is living in. The cities across the country have been classified into three classes, X, Y and Z.

The cities under class X are Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune and under class Y comes Agra, Ajmer, Aligarh, Allahabad, Amravati, Amritsar, Asansol, Aurangabad, Bareilly, Belgaum, Bhavnagar, Bhiwandi, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bikaner, Bokaro Steel City, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Dhanbad, Durg-Bhilai Nagar, Durgapur, Erode, Faridabad, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Gulbarga, Guntur, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hubli-Dharwad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jammu, Jamnagar, Jamshedpur, Jhansi, Jodhpur, Kannur, Kanpur, Kakinada, Kochi, Kottayam, Kolhapur, Kollam, Kota, Kozhikode, Kurnool, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Malappuram, Malegaon, Mangalore, Meerut, Moradabad, Mysore, Nagpur, Nashik, Nellore, Noida, Patna, Pondicherry, Raipur, Rajkot, Rajahmundry, Ranchi, Rourkela, Salem, Sangli, Siliguri, Solapur, Srinagar, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Tiruchirappalli, Tiruppur, Ujjain, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vasai-Virar City, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Warangal. While all other cities in all states and union territories fall under class Z.

While, as per the Ashok Lavasa committee recomendation, the HRA rates will be fixed on the basis of the living costs in different cities, the committee is also planning to set the rates on the basis of the Dearness Allowance (DA) paid to the employees. As reported by India.com, it stated that if the DA to an employee crosses 50% the HRA rates will be 27 per cent, 18 percent and 9 per cent. And if the DA rate crosses 100 % the HRA rates will be 30 per cent, 20 per cent and 10 per cent.

The Ashok Lavasa committee is expected to present the final report on the revised rates on April 18.

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Adhoc body approved for Jharkhand Circle

No. CHQ/AIAIPASP/Adhoc-body/JHR/2017                      Dated :   13/4/2017.

To,

The Chief Postmaster General,

Jharkhand Circle,

Ranchi 834019

Subject :  Request for grant of Trade Union facilities to an adhoc-body of All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts, Jharkhand Circle Branch..reg.

Respected Sir, 

The following adhoc-body of All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendent  Posts, Jharkhand Circle Branch duly approved by the undersigned is sent herewith to carry on the affairs of All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts, AP Circle Branch for the time being is for 3 months. The adhoc-body has to conduct the General Body and elect new set of office bearers within 3 months.

S. No.	Name	Designation	Post
1	Shri Anil Prasad Gupta	ASP (Legal Cell) o/o CPMG Ranchi	Convener
2	Shri Shantanu Azad	ASP B. Deoghar	Member
3	Shri Ashutosh Kumar Sinha	IP Khunti	Member
4	Shri Praveen Chandra Pant	IP (C) Ranchi	Member

It is requested that necessary Trade Union facilities may kindly be granted to it under intimation to the undersigned.

.                                                                                  Yours sincerely,

Sd/- 

(Vilas Ingale)

General Secretary

Copy forwarded for information to : 

The convener and members

INSTRUCTIONS FROM CPMG, TN CIRCLE FOR RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION FOR CABLE TV & ITS RULES

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No documentary proof for GPF advance, withdrawal

No documentary proof is required for getting advance or withdrawal from General Provident Fund (GPF), Union Minister Jitendra Singh today said. 

The government has with effect from March 7, 2017, simplified and liberalised the conditions for taking advance from the fund for education, illness and purchase of consumer durables. 

"Conditions and procedures for withdrawal from the fund for the purpose of education, illness, housing, purchase of motor vehicles etc. have also been liberalised.

"No documentary proof is required to be submitted now for advance and withdrawal applications. A simple declaration by the subscriber is sufficient," the minister said in a written reply to Lok Sabha. 

A time limit for sanction and payment of advance or withdrawal has also been fixed, said Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel. 

He said there is no proposal under consideration of the government to increase/link the rate of interest on GPF at parity with that of Employees' Provident Fund (EPF).

"The interest rates on EPF are decided on the recommendations of the Central Board of Trustees taking into account the yearly income from the investment made by EPFO. The GPF interest rate is presently fixed at par with that of PPF interest rate," said Singh.

Source:-The Economic Times