Wednesday 7 August 2013

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES & WORKERS

1^st Floor, North Avenue PO Building, New Delhi– 110001

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WITHDRAW CONTRIBUTORY PENSION SCHEME

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SCRAP PFRDA BILL

PFRDA BILL LISTED IN THE AGENDA OF THE CURRENT SESSION OF THE PARLIAMENT

CONFEDERATION CALLS UPON THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES TO ORGANIZE TWO HOURS WALK-OUT PROGRAMME ON THE DAY WHEN THE BILL IS

TAKEN UP FOR DISCUSSION

IN PARLIAMENT

As you are aware, Central Government is going ahead with their agenda on pension privatization. The controversial PFRDA Bill (Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill) is listed as an agenda item for the current Parliament session. The bill may be taken up for discussion in Parliament on any day. Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers has opposed the Contributory Pension Scheme and also the PFRDA Bill from the very beginning.

We have conducted so many agitational programmes including strike. The left parties in the parliament have also strongly opposed the Bill. Inspite of the opposition from employees (both Central Government and State Government Employees & Teachers) and also from left political parties, the Central Government is not ready to withdraw the contributory Pension scheme or to scrap the PFRDA Bill.

The National Secretariat of the Confederation has viewed the move of the Government with grave concern and decided to call upon the entirety of the Central Government Employees & Workers to organize mass protest demonstration in front of all offices throughout the country after walking out from offices for two hours, on the day when the bill is taken up for discussion in Parliament or on the next day if information is received late.

All India office bearers, State level COCs and other COCs are requested to make the two hours walk out programme a grand success.

(M. Krishnan)

Secretary General

Confederation

To
 All Circle Office Bearers/Dvnl/Branch Secretaries/Circle Woman Forum Members of Gr C,Assam Circle =

       Please attend the convention of Plll,Assam Circle at Guwahati on 25.08.2013 at 10.00 hrs to discuss some importat items. Please ensure your attendance without fail.
 L.P.Saikia,C/S
 

NATIONAL CONVENTION OF WORKERS

Wednesday 7 August 2013

Soon, post offices to be like banks

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The HinduThe Anna Road head post office is one of four in the city that have been selected for the project — File Phot

Under new project, select head post offices will have ATMs, offer internet and mobile banking

Postal customers may soon be able to access their savings bank account in any post office in the city.

The department of posts is putting in place core banking solutions (CBS) at four of its head post offices in Chennai, and the process is expected to be completed by September. This means these post offices will become like banks and offer a range of services.

The head post offices on Anna Road and in T. Nagar, Mylapore and Tambaram will soon be networked via CBS, which is one of the postal department’s flagship projects.'

At present, customers who have postal savings accounts have to go to the post office where their account is, to carry out any transaction. They also have to wait in long queues to withdraw cash or to get their monthly pensions.

But once CBS is implemented, customers can go to any post office covered under the system and carry out transactions. The project also envisages installing ATMs at these four post offices by October, so that their 2.5 lakh account-holders will be able to access their accounts at the swipe of a card.Customers who have invested in savings

certificates too, can encash them using CBS.

Officials of the postal department said they had tied up with Infosys to eventually implement CBS in 110 post offices across the city and its suburbs. Currently, software testing for the project is in progress.

Welcoming the move, 70-year-old D. Sriraman, a resident of Villivakkam, said this would benefit several people who now spend at least half an hour just to withdraw cash.

The CBS project will be rolled out in all post offices over the next two years in a phased manner. Services offered will include internet banking, mobile banking and mobile transfer of money. The department also is mulling over a proposal to integrate other postal services with CBS.

Postmaster general, Chennai city region, Mervin Alexander said there are nearly 3.3 crore savings account-holders in the region. All postal employees are now being given extensive training in CBS, he added.

Keywords: post offices, savings bank accounts at post offices

POSTAL/SORTING ASSISTANT EXAMINATION (PA/SA) RESULTS 2013 UPDATE

Postal Department today published the list of candidates short listed from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttrakhand Postal Circles for Paper-II based on their performance in Paper-I. Update available in India Post website is as follows:

I. The List of shortlisted candidates for the Computer Typing / Data Entry (PAPER-II) for Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttrakhand Postal Circles is added in the given link below.

II. PAPER-II for Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, North East, Odisha and West Bengal Postal Circles is scheduled on 24th and 25th August 2013. The Admit cards for the same have been dispatched. If not received by 13 August, 2013 then it can be downloaded from this website from August 14, 2013. Click Here to check the results

EPFO DISAGREES WITH FINANCE MINISTRY’S PROPOSAL TO SHIFT EPFO SUBSCRIBERS TO NPS

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) says it disagrees with finance ministry’s proposal to encourage its subscribers to shift to New Pension System saying it does not provide better returns than its Employees Pension Scheme-1995.

The retirement fund body has said this in response to a letter written by Financial Services Secretary to Labour Secretary.

“If we take return of EPS as indicative return on the fund managed under EPS then the annualised return for the period May 2009 to May 2013 will be 10.47 per cent, which on the face of it, is higher than the return declared by NPS in its scheme for central government”, EPFO said.

Finance Ministry has written to the Labour Ministry saying: “The subscribers (of EPS) may be given an option to either remain with EPS or join NPS with the same contribution.”

The ministry argued that NPS, which is a self sustaining pension system, could be a good substitute for EPS and would be beneficial for subscribers as they would get decent returns and adequate pension wealth.

Moreover, the Finance Ministry said,“The government would be free from any open ended and financially unsustainable liability of EPS.”

Disagreeing with the contention of the Finance Ministry, EPFO said that EPS scheme provides social security for lower income group people in their old age. In addition, it also provides pension to widow, children and dependents in case of death of the subscriber.

Under the EPS scheme, many interim benefits are provided.

Subscribers can withdraw their contribution towards pension while withdrawing his or her EPF money. There is a lock in period of 15 years in NPS.

Moreover EPS subscribers get bonus of two years on completion of 20 years of service and there is provision of commutation or part withdrawal also. That is not available in NPS.

EPS’s corpus size stood at Rs 1.83 lakh crore as on March 31, 2013. Under the NPS, total corpus was at Rs 29,852 crore as on March 31, 2013 with a subscribers’ base of 47,70,507 members.

EPFO has a subscriber base of over 5 crore and manages PF corpus of Rs 3.7 lakh crore excluding the pension fund of Rs 1.83 lakh crore. Source : The Hindu

Tuesday 6 August 2013

NATIONAL CONVENTION OF WORKERS

CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS HELD NATIONAL WORKERS CONVENTION

AT NEW DELHI ON 06^TH AUGUST 2013

A massive National convention of all Central Trade Unions, Central and State Government Employees and ; Teachers Federations and Public Sector employees Unions etc was held at Mavlankar Hall New Delhi on 6^th August 2013. The convention was addressed by the leaders of BMS, INTUC, AITUC, CITU, HMS, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, UTUC, LPF. Presidium consisted of the leaders of all the above Central Trade Unions. The resolution adopted by the National convention called upon the workers to organize following.

1. Demonstration/Rallies/Satyagraha at all state capitals with respective statewide mobilization on 25^th September 2013

2. Massive Demonstration before Parliament with main mobilization from neighbouring states on 12^th December, 2013

3. On the same day of Demonstration before Parliament (12^th December 2013), District-level Demonstrations at all District Headquarters all over the country.

4. Sectoral programme of joint actions for effectively opposing Restructuring, Outsourcing etc. and on sector-specific issues/demands and against Divestment of shares in Pubic Sector Enterprises.

5. Exclusive Joint Action Programmes on the demand of Minimum Wage and Contract Workers related other demands.

Copy of the resolution and Photos are published below.

(M. Krishnan)

Secretary General

Confederation

POSTMASTER’S CADRE

Saturday 3 August 2013

POSTMASTER’S CADRE

Consequent on granting permission by the DOP&T to fill up HSG-I vacancies as per existing recruitment rules, HSG-II officials with three year service are considered for HSG-I promotion. But the Postmaster Grade II officials with minimum five years service are only considered for PM Grade-III promotion as per the Postmaster Grade Recruitment Rules approved by DOP&T. This DISCRIMINATION was brought to the notice of the Directorate by AIPEU Group ‘C’ (CHQ) earlier. On 02.08.2013, detailed discussion was held with Member (P), Postal Services Board. It is informed that Directorate has already called for the detailed particulars, from Circles. On receipt of information the case will be submitted to DOP&T for RELAXATION of five years to three year at par with HSG II officials.

POST BANK OF INDIA

Eventhough full details of the proposed Post Bank of India is not made public, it is learnt that

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(M. Krishnan)

General Secretary

Friday 2 August 2013

11th ALL WOMEN POST OFFICE INAUGURATED IN GUJARAT CIRCLE

Rajkot Race Course Road SO of Rajkot Division in Rajkot Region (Gujarat Circle) ALL WOMEN POST OFFICE was inaugurated on 01.08.2013 by Madam Neelam Gupta Ms Rambharosa Postmaster General Rajkot Region Rajkot. Shri Rambharosa Hon’ble Post Master General Rajkot, Shri D. R. Vankar Dy.Accountant General, Shri K. Mohanchandra Sr. AO, Shri R.M Parmar SSPO’s Rajkot Division, Shri G.R Bhanani, P.M.Rathod, G.A Bhat ADPS o/o PMG Rajkot were present on the occasion along with other officers of RO Rajkot and staff of R.O, DO and post offices around Rajkot HO. Rajkot Race Course Road SO is located at most prominent place centrally situated near Race Course in the building premises of Accountant General Office. The establishment of this office is SPM + 2 Postal Assistant & 1 MTS. The post office is fully computerized and having full proof security arrangement and all amenities pertaining to women employees.

In Gujarat Circle it is Second All-Women Post office established. First was established at IIT Ahmedabad on 02.07.2013. The post office is part of a national initiative to set up all-women post offices to empower women and encourage gender equality in various sectors. This is the Eleventh All-Women Post Office in the country. The first such office was inaugurated at Shashtri Bhavan in Delhi on 8th March 2013, International Women Day.

A FLASH NEWS

DISCUSSIONS WITH SECRETARY, DEPT OF POST

DISCUSSIONS WITH SECRETARY, DEPT OF POST, TOOK PLACE TODAY ON THE MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED EARLIER BY THE JCA .

REGARDING THE POSTMAN RELATED ISSUES, DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD SEPARATELY WITH MEMBER (P).

SECRETARY-GENERALS AND ALL GENERAL SECRETARIES OF BOTH THE FEDERATIONS PARTICIPATED.

DETAILS WILL BE PUBLISHED LATER ON.

Amendment to the Right to Information Act, 2005
WITH REGARD TO POLITICAL PARTIES

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10% of Additional DA from July 2013 to CG Employees...

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Review of Forms for Pensionary/retirement benefits and Nominations under various Rules of the Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare.

Thursday 1 August 2013

Review of Forms for Pensionary/retirement benefits and Nominations under various Rules of the Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare.

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Children Education Allowance - Reimbursement of Examination Fee

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JCM STANDING COMMITTING (DEPARTMENTAL) ON 23-08-2013

UOI SLP against Pre-2006 Pensioners dismissed by Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court has dismissed the SLP (Civil) 23055/2013 filed by Union of India against Delhi High Court judgement in pre-2006 pensioners casein WP 1535/2012 upholding the CAT PB judgement and Delhi High Court judgement. The above SLP came up for hearing on 29/7/2013 and the apex court dismissed the SLP on the same day.

Pensioners will now get arrears w.e.f. 1/1/2006 if their revised pension was fixed at less than 50% percent of the minimum of the pay in the pay band including grade pay thereon in the revised scale corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale from which the pensioner has retired.

JUDGEMENT :

UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following order :

“We are not inclined to interfere with the order passed by the High Court. Consequently, the special leave petitions are dismissed. However, the petitioners are at liberty to raise all points before the Tribunal as and when the appeal”.

Wednesday 31 July 2013

DATE FOR FILING IT RETURNS EXTENDED UPTO 5th AUG 2013

Online Filing of RTI Application: Facility extended to 37 Ministries/Departments

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Tuesday 30 July 2013

A SAD NEWS

Com. D.K. MUKHARJEE, President, AIPAEA, PATNA (Bihar Circle) passed away this morning as he suffered with a massive heart attack while in office.
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He is a very committed leader of AIPAEA and NFPE . He faced compulsory transfer for his Union Activities. It is a great loss to AIPAEA and NFPE.

He left behind his wife and only daughter. No words to console except sharing their sorrow.

NFPE and AIPAEA dip our flag in memory of this valiant comrade.