PFRDA BILL LIKELY TO BE TAKEN UP IN PARLIAMENT ON 2nd SEPTEMBER 2013. ORGANISE TWO HOUR WALK OUT AND NATIONWIDE PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS

Thursday 29 August 2013

PFRDA BILL LIKELY TO BE TAKEN UP IN PARLIAMENT ON 2nd SEPTEMBER 2013. ORGANISE TWO HOUR WALK OUT AND NATIONWIDE PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS

It is reported that PFRDA Bill will be take up in Parliament for discussion and adoption on 2^nd September. Confederation National Secretariat once again calls upon all Central Government Employees to organize 2 hour walkout and nationwide protest demonstration on the day if bill is taken up or on the next day if information received late.

(M. Krishnan)

Secretary General

Confederation

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

1^st Floor, North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi - 110001

Dated - 29.08.2013

Dear Comrades,

NFPE WESTERN ZONE STUDY CAMP

The western Zone Study Camp of NFPE conducted on 25^th & 26^th August 2013 at Pushkar (Rajasthan) was a great success. About 220 delegates from Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan and Jammu & Kashmir attended the camp. Some delegates from Gujarat also attended. (Detailed report placed in the website).

NORTHERN ZONE STUDY CAMP

Northern Zone Study Camp will be conducted at Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) on 21^st & 22^nd September 2013. Delegates from Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand will attend the camp (For detailed circular see website).

NFPE FEDERAL SECRETARIAT DECISIONS

Federal Secretariat of NFPE met at Pushkar (Rajasthan) on 26.08.2013. The Secretariat took the following important decisions.

(i)        Confederation Campaign programmes:           - The Federal secretariat decided that NFPE should play a leading role in implementing the campaign programmes of Confederation. Relay Mass Dharna (September 2^nd to 7^th), state and District level convention and the strike ballot (September 25, 26, 27) should be made a grand success.

(ii)      Federal Secretariat decided to organise the strike ballot in a most effective manner. Intensive campaign should be undertaken at Branch/Divisional/Circle level. The model appeal and ballot is enclosed with the confederation circular. All employees including GDS may be contacted and requested to participate in the strike ballot (Full details available in the Confederation circular)

(iii)    Confederation All India Trade Union Education Camp – Mumbai 2013 November 15^th & 16^th

The following number of delegates should be participated from each affiliated unions. P3 – 30, P4 – 25, R3 – 10, R4 – 10, Postal Accounts – 5, Admn Union – 5, SBCO – 3, AIPEU-GDS(NFPE) - 5, Casual Labour – 2, Total – 95.

(iv)    Confederation All India Women’s Convention: 2013 November 25, 26 – New Delhi

The following number of delegates will be participated in the Women’s Convention P3 – 25, P4 – 10, R3-10, R4-5, Postal Accounts – 5, Admn – 2 SBCO – 2, AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) – 5, Casual Labour – 1, Total – 65.

Diamond Jubillee celebrations of NFPE & 109^th year of Postal Trade Union movement

As decided in the Hyderabad Federal Council, the Federal Secretariat decided to commence the celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee of NFPE and 109^th year of the Postal Trade Union movement on 24^th November 2013. The one year long celebrations shall end on 24^th November 2014. On 24^th November 2013, the inaugural ceremony of the celebrations will be held at New Delhi. Further details will be decided later.

AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) Parliament march on 11^th December 2013

AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) has decided to conduct a massive Parliament March on 11^th December 2013. All affiliated Unions of NFPE are requested to extend full support and participation to make the GDS Parliament March a grand success.

The AIC and CWCs of the following unions will be held on the dates and places noted against each

(a)   AIC of R4 Union – 2013 8^th, 9^th and 10^th November at Pune (Maharashtra)

(b)   CWC of AIPAEA – 2013 October 28, 29, 30 at Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

(c)    CWC of Admn Union on 2013 September 23 and 24 at Ranchi (Jharkhand)

(d)   CWC of P3 Union will be held at Guwahati (Assam) on 2013 December 14 and 15

(e)   AIC of P4 Union – AIC of P4 Union will be held at Cuttuck (Orissa) on 2013 December 29^th, 30^th & 31^st.

(f)     CWC of AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) will be held at Kolkata (West Bengal) on 26^th October 2013.

(g)   CWC of R3 Union will be held at Puri (Orissa) on 8^th & 9^th December 2013.

ALL INDIA CAMPAIGN JATHA

The Federal Secretariat has decided to explore the possibility of organizing five or Six All India Vehicle Campagin Jathas of NFPE from different part of the country, each Jatha covering 3 or 4 states, before 2014 January. All Circle Secretaries/Divisional Secretaries are requested to intimate their opinion about organizing All India Jathas against the policies of the Government of India.  Each Jatha is to be given grand reception at all important cities. Final decision will be taken by the next Federal Secretariat after reviewing the feedback received from Circles/Divisions.

Fraternally yours,

(M. Krishnan)
Secretary General

CONFEDERATION DEMANDS INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA OF THE JCM NATIONAL COUNCIL

Tuesday 27 August 2013

CONFEDERATION DEMANDS INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA OF THE JCM NATIONAL COUNCIL

Agenda for next meeting of the JCM National Council has been finalized on 27.08.2013 in consultation with DOP&T Twelve demands raised by Confederation in the charter of demands are included. (including GDS employees demand) Next meeting of National Council JCM is expected by the end of October 2013.

The letter give by Com. Umraomal Purohit, Secretary, JCM (NC) and the 12 demands included in the agenda are given below:

M. Krishnan

Secretary General

Confederation

Abolition of Post in MTS Cadre is stayed by CAT Madras Bench

Saturday 24 August 2013

Abolition of Post in MTS Cadre is stayed by CAT Madras Bench

Copy of the order : -

Friday 23 August 2013

GDS SUBSTITUTE ARREARS - CLARIFICATION ISSUED BY THE DIRECTORATE CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS PAGE 1 2

MODEL RRS FOR THE POSTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (GROUP A & B). CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

LGO EXAMINATION FOR THE YEAR 2013 WILL BE HELD ON 15TH SEPTEMBER 2013. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

CONDUCTING OF LIMITED DEPARTMENTAL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR PROMOTION OF TO THE CADRE OF INSPECTOR POSTS (66.66%) DEPARTMENTAL QUOTA FOR THE YEAR 2013- REVISION IN THE EXAMINATION SCHEDULE CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

Wednesday 21 August 2013

COMPUTERIZATION IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HEALTH SCHEME (CGHS)CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

CONFEDERATION- ALL INDIA TRADE UNION EDUCATION CAMP AND ALL INDIA WOMEN’S CONVENTION

1. All India Trade Union Education Camp of Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers will be held at MUMBAI on 2013 November 15^th and 16^th(Friday and Saturday)

< !--[if !supportLists]-->2. All India Women’s Convention of Confederation will be held at NEWDELHI on 2013 November 25^thand 26^th (Monday and Tuesday)

Detailed Circulars will follow.

(M. Krishnan)

Secretary General

Confederation

N.F.P.E.                                              ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION, CLASS-III                                                           ASSAM CIRCLE, GUWAHATI-781001

 

President : Tiken Kalita                                                                                    Circle Secretary:  L.P.Saikia

Postmaster, Gr-I, Rangia MDG                                                                        Postmaster, Nagaon HO                               

Mobile No: 94355-12958                                                                                 Mobile No   : 94351-80490            

                                                                                                                                                      84719-19569

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     No:- P-III/ASM/ Corr                                                                                        Dated  10^th  August/2013

 

 

      To

      All Circle Office Bearers,

      All Circle Women forum Members,

      All Branch Secretaries,

      All Branch Secretaries, Gr C  Assam Circle

 

     Sub;- Convention of Gr C, Assam Circle

 

     Dear Comrade,

 

                    A Convention of Gr C, Assam  Circle will be held on 25.08.2013 at Guwahati GPO at 10.00 hrs to discuss the following  Items;-

 

1.       Central  Working Committee  Meeting  of  Gr C, AIPEU at Guwahati.

2.       CWC of Gr C, Assam Circle.

3.       Proposed agitational  programme at Circle level on burning Issue.

4.       Problems of Branch/Division/Circle.

5.       Mise, if any with due permission of Chair.

6.       Presidential Speach.

7.       Conclusion.

 

       You  are therefore  requested to attend the CONVENTION  without  fail.

       THIS  IS  VERY  URGENT.

 

      With thanks.

 

                                                                                                                         Comradely  Yours

 

 

                                                                                                                             (L. P. Saikia)

                                                                                                                      Circle Secretary,Gr C

                                                                                                                        AIPEU,Assam Circle

     

MOTHER OF COM. T. SATYANARAYANA, GENERAL SECRETARY, ALL INDIA POSTAL ACCOUNTS EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (CHQ), MRS PAPAYAMMA (70) EXPIRED ON 19.08.2013, MORNING. AIPEU,GR C ,ASSAM CIRCLE CONVEYS ITS HEARFELT CONDOLENCES=   LPS,C/S

LDCE RESULTS FOR PS Gr B 2012- LIKELY TO BE RECASTED

Saturday 17 August 2013

LDCE RESULTS FOR PS Gr B 2012- LIKELY TO BE RECASTED

CLICK TO SEE THE ORDER

Western Zone Study Camp

Friday 16 August 2013

better late, than never!!

at last department of posts and ministry of communications admitted that mckensey
model (mnop) l1, l2

is a total failure

orders issued to restore the old position

name remains (l1, L2) but the scheme stands scraped

the stand taken by the jca (nfpe & fnpo)

from the very beginning has been proved right.

it is a victory for our continuous campaign and struggles including the decision for indefinite strike which compelled the department to give an assurance that no rms offices will be closed.

nfpe congratulates the entire postal and rms

employees for this victory.

Now the question to be answered by the authorities are:

1. Who is responsible for the delay caused to the public mails due to back-routing for the last two years?

2. Who is responsible for the loss of public faith and trust in the Postal department due to heavy delay caused due to L1, L2 in processing and transmission of public mails?

3. Who is responsible for paying an amount of more than 100 crores to be Mckensey Consultancy for this anti-people, anti-worker, “Tuglak Model” reforms?

4. Who are those behind this shady deal with the Mckensy consultancy? Why are they not taken to task?

M. Krishnan

Secretary General NFPE.

Issue of Medical/disability certificate for allotment of Government accommodation - inclusion of AIIMS regarding

Wednesday 14 August 2013

Issue of Medical/disability certificate for allotment of Government accommodation - inclusion of AIIMS regarding

Click here to see order No 3/5/2013/CDN-II dated 08.08.2013

Finance ministry asks India Post to reroute bank proposal.

New Delhi: The expenditure department of the finance ministry has sent back India Post’s draft cabinet note seeking Rs.1,900 crore to set up a commercial bank to another wing of the ministry and asked it to first seek the approval of the expenditure finance committee (EFC). The entity is proposed to be named Post Bank of India.

The postal department is among 26 applicants that sought banking licences from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 1 July, part of the government’s initiative to expand the Rs.77 trillion banking industry and widen access to financial services among the 40% of the population that are yet not included in the system.

“Since the proposal has financial consequences, we have told India Post to first approach the expenditure finance committee with their proposal before going for an inter-ministerial consultation on the matter,” said a finance ministry official who didn’t want to be named.

A second finance ministry official confirmed this. He said the expenditure finance committee was yet to receive the note from the postal department. He said, however, that the committee was likely to clear the proposal once it’s received. 

“We cannot pre-empt how much money EFC will approve, however I am sure the proposal makes sense because they have such a vast network which they should utilize. The only thing is they have to develop the standards to meet the RBI guidelines,” he added.

Approval of the expenditure finance committee, headed by the expenditure secretary, is required for proposals involving spending of more than Rs.300 crore and the setting up of new autonomous organizations, regardless of the amount.

The postal department, faced with the dwindling of its main business as more people switch to electronic means of communication and courier companies, wants to leverage its extensive reach across India by entering the banking business. It’s currently involved in the financial industry to the extent that it runs post-office savings schemes, besides collecting deposits for tax-free savings programmes.

In its guidelines for new banking licences announced on 22 February, RBI required applicants to prove their eligibility on several fronts—from promoter holding to past experience to business plans. The minimum capital required by applicants for licences is Rs.500 crore, and foreign shareholding in the new banks is capped at 49% for the first five years.

The new banks have to be set up under a non-operative financial holding company (NOFHC), RBI said. They also have to maintain a minimum capital adequacy ratio—the ratio of capital to risk-weighted assets, a measure of financial strength—of 13% for the first three years. New banks also need to list their shares within three years of starting operations.

The finance ministry has been reluctant to allow India Post to enter the commercial banking business.

In order to apply for a licence, the department of posts will have to create a legal entity to segregate its banking and postal businesses, said a second finance ministry official.

“It will have to be a government-owned company or a bank under a statute since a government department cannot become a bank,” said the official, who didn’t want to be identified.

“Added to that, the postal department has no experience when it comes to giving credit. They have only been taking deposits till now. Sanctioning and disbursing credit needs an entirely different aptitude,” the official said. “We had conveyed our views to EY, when they had approached us on this issue,” he added. EY (formerly Ernst & Young) is consultant to India Post’s bid for a banking licence.

A third finance ministry official said it will be difficult for India Post to get a banking licence from RBI since the guidelines call for a non-operative financial holding company.

Besides that, although India Post boasts of a strong 150,000 branch network, a majority of these may not get converted into bank branches in the event it gets a licence, this official added.

“Expertise in (handling) National Savings Certificates will not be enough for giving credit,” he added, making the point that the department has no specialized experience in the business.

India Post had 154,822 branches across the country as of 31 March, the latest data available, the largest for any postal department in the world, and close to 90% of them—139,086—are in rural India. This is more than four times the number of rural branches run by India’s banks.

RBI has clarified that the conditions it has set are merely the necessary ones and that all applicants meeting them won’t be given a licence. The central bank will screen the applications, refer them to an advisory committee and take a final call on licences based on its recommendations.

If the focus is financial inclusion, the focus should be on looking for solutions rather than raising barriers, said Ashvin Parekh, national leader, global financial services at EY.

“Nobody is saying to convert the existing Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) into a commercial bank. Post Bank of India has to be a subsidiary which needs to be registered as a company and the government equity in this new entity could be diluted,” he said. Through the POSB, India Post collects deposits starting as low as Rs.20 with an annual interest rate of 4%.

Naina Lal Kidwai, country head of HSBC India and president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry lobby group, said in an interview that though she is opposed to creating any more public sector banks, she supports the idea of the Post Bank of India.

“The postal authority is a very interesting one because of its ability to deliver cash where banks have never been able to reach. To create a post bank, which many countries have done, is quite interesting. So for those exceptions, we could and should look at giving (it a) banking licence,” she added.

However, Kidwai wants the government to reduce its share in the banking system from 70% now to 30-50%, besides which she’d like to see consolidation of the sector.

“We have to fund such banks through taxpayers’ money. These banks can rarely raise money from the capital market. Some of those can actually be merged so that we create fewer banks. So we should see a restructuring of our entire banking sector,” she added.

Change in PAN card details: Things to know

The permanent account number (PAN) has to be quoted in the income tax returns and for various financial transactions, such as investments, and purchase/sale of property. As such it should be updated at all times. In case of an error in the photo or signature mismatch, the holder must ensure that a new, revised card bearing the same number is issued with the changes.

Application form The applicants have to fill the online 'Request for new PAN card and/or changes or correction in PAN data form' on the NSDL website (www.tin-nsdl.com). The holder must check the box on the left where the change/correction is required.

Acknowledgement: An acknowledgement screen will be displayed on submission, which the applicant must save, print and sign. The applicant must affix two colour photographs on this.

Documents: It is mandatory to provide identity and address proofs with the change request. Any changes or corrections in the card details should be supported by relevant documents, as required by the income tax rules.

Fee: The fee for processing the change request is Rs 85, besides the applicable service tax. It can be paid through demand draft, cheque, credit/debit card or via Net banking.

Points to note

> If one loses a PAN card and is applying for a new one, all the columns in the application form must be filled without ticking any box in the left margin. A copy of an FIR must also be submitted along with the form.

> The acknowledgement, payment and documents should reach NSDL within 15 days of filing the online application.

Source:-The Economic Times

LTC TICKETS BOOKED THROUGH WEBSITES WILL NOT BE REIMBURSED – EMPLOYEE STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION, MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT CLARIFIES

HQ, ESIC, New Delhi

No. F/26/27/1/Misc/06/Acct-3

Dated 29-07-2013

Sub: Booking of Tickets for LTC.

Attention is invited on the subjected bringing out the provisions that ESIC has no separate LTC rules therefore CCS (LTC) Rules are applicable to ESIC in toto but with the only exception approved that employees of ESIC can travel by a private airline.

2. As per GoI provisions for booking of tickets for LTC, only two travel agencies namely M/s Balmer Lawrie Company and Ashoka travels are authorized to provide travel tickets. Ticket scan also be booked through official counter/website of the airline and IRCTC website. Bookingof tickets on account of LTC through any private agent/agent’s websites like Yatra, Makemytrip etc. is strictly prohibited.

3. Inspite of clear provisions, cases are being received in this HQrs office seeking clarification/relaxation on admissibility of LTC claims on journeys performed on tickets procured through private agents/websites. It is reiterated that all cases of LTC where guidelines have not been followed for booking of tickets, are to be disallowed at regional level without any reference to HQrs office.

DA FORMULA MAY GOING TO BE CHANGED

            New series of Consumer Price Index (Base for calculation of D.A) under preparation :

            Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India has decided to prepare a new series of Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers. 

         For this purpose, Government has set up a Standing Tripartite Committee (STC) to advise the Government on issues pertaining to the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (New Series).

           The STC will go into details of various parameters that are taken into consideration for updation of the base year such as the weighting diagram, consumption basket, selection of centres, sample size of establishments for price collection etc.

Government has no specific information about the skilled/semi-skilled worker outsourced by the Central Government /State Governments through contractors not being paid as per the CPI. 

          However, the Contract Labour Act, 1970 inter-alia, contains provisions for payment of wages to these category of workers. 

           The contract workers are also entitled to receive minimum wages as notified by the appropriate Governments from time to time.

          This information was given by Minister of State for Labour & Employment Shri Kodikunnil Suresh in the Lok Sabha today in reply to a written question.