‘2,000 postal department vacancies to be filled’

‘2,000 postal department vacancies to be filled’

Dear Comrades,

VISAKHAPATNAM: Around 2,000 vacancies in the postal department are going to be filled soon, said the Union minister for communications and information technology, Killi Kruparani.

About 1.5 lakh post offices in the country would be modernized and computerized by March 2014 at an estimated cost of Rs 4,700 crore, he said. An Automated Mail Processing Centre (AMPC) at Hyderabad, the third one in the country after Delhi and Kolkata, would come up soon near Golconda and have the capacity to sort 30,000 mails every hour, said the minister. 

Times of India 

Posted by: AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) Odisha Circle.

Opening of Kalinga Vihar B O in account with DDHB Colony under Bhubaneswar Division

Opening of Kalinga Vihar B O in account with DDHB Colony under Bhubaneswar Division

 DEPARTMENT OF POSTS, INDIA

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF POSTMASTER GENERAL

ODISHA CIRCLE, BHUBANESWAR – 751001.

Memo No.ESP/17-20/2011                                         Dated at Bhubaneswar the, 26.03.2013.

The competent authority is pleased to order for closure of Jharpada BO in account with Budheswari Colony SO under Bhubaneswar GPO of Bhubaneswar Division and to relocate the said Post Office at Kalinga Vihar Area, Bhubaneswar in the name of Kalinga Vihar BO in account with Dumduma H.B.Colony SO under Bhubaneswar GPO with the following establishment purely on redeployment of surplus posts on matching savings scheme.

Sl.No.	Name of posts of the proposed BO	Posts to be redeployed
1	GDSBPM-01	By redeployment of GDSBPM Jharpada BO.
T	GDSMD/MC-01	By redeployment of GDSMD of Jharpada BO.

A formal memo indicating authorized cash and stamp balance, hours of business, lines and stages etc. is to be issued by the SSPOs Bhubaneswar Division endorsing copies to all concerned. Till procurement of new set of date/name stamp and seals in the name of Kalinga Vihar the newly approved   BO will use TPO stamps/seals to be supplied by the Divisional Superintendent.

The BO should be opened on or before 30.03.2013 by the SSPOs, Bhubaneswar Division by observing usual formalities. The date of opening of the new BO be intimated to this office on or before 01.04.2013.

                                                                                                                        (G.C.Sahoo)

Asst. Director (Estt./Plg)

O/o the Chief Postmaster General,

Odisha Circle, Bhubaneswar – 751001.

Copy of this memo is issued for information and necessary action to:

1.(Regd.) The BPM, Jharpada BO in account with Budheswari Colony SO.

2.(Regd.) The BPM, Kalinga Vihar BO in account with Dumduma H.B.Colony SO.

3.(Regd.) The Sr Postmaster Bhubaneswar GPO

4.                   The Sr.Supdt. Of Post Offices, Bhubaneswar Division, Bhubaneswar – 751001 w.r.t. his letter No.H/Kalinga Vihar/2013 dated 11.03.2013. He will make all necessary arrangement to open the BO. It may also be ensured that the redeployment of the post as mentioned above shall be effected by issue of a single order and necessary entries be made in the register of establishment of Divisional Office as well as of  Bhubaneswar GPO. He is requested to utilize the fund of Rs 5000/- and book the same under the relevant Head as intimated on or before 30.03.2013. The particulars of TPO Stamp and seal may be intimated to this office in the formal memo of opening of the BO.

5-6               The PMsG Berhampur / Sambalpur Region.

7.                   The Director of Postal Accounts Cuttack – 753004.    

8-9.              The SPM Budheswari Colony SO/ Dumduma H.B.Colony SO.

10-11.         Establishment file of Jharpada BO

11-31.         All SSPOs/SPOs/SSRM/SRMs in Odisha Circle.

32-42          All Group Officers in Circle Office.

43-44.         Office copy & Spare.

(G.C.Sahoo)

Asst. Director (Estt./Plg)

O/o the Chief Postmaster General,

Odisha Circle, Bhubaneswar – 7510
Posted by: AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) Odisha Circle.

1st ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF AIPEU-GDS (NFPE), CHENNAI (21st & 22nd MARCH, 2013)

1st ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF AIPEU-GDS (NFPE), CHENNAI (21st & 22nd MARCH, 2013)

The 1st All India Conference of ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION-GDS(NFPE) has been held on 21st & 22nd of March, 2013 in Dharma Prakash Kalyana Mandapam, Purushawakkam, Chennai-600 084.

The Conference was presided by Com.Bijoy Gopal Sur, President, AIPEU-GDS(NFPE). More than 1,000 GDS Comrades attended and represented from all 22 Circles in this 1st All India Conference of GDS NFPE.

The following office bearers were elected unanimously for the CHQ:

President                               : Com.Bijoy Gopal Sur (West Bengal)

Working President                : Com.JaiPrakash Singh (Uttar Pradesh)

                                                 : Com.Smt. Asha Ben Joshi (Gujrat)

Vice President                       : Com.Nirmal Ch. Singh (Orissa)

                                                 :Com.Gana Acharya (Assam)

General Secretary              : Com.P.Pandurangarao (Andhra Pradesh)

Deputy Genl. Secy.               :Com.R.Dhanaraj (Tamil Nadu)

Asst. Genl. Secy.                   : Com.B.R.Jagdeesh (Karnataka)

                                                : Com.K.C.Ramachandran (Tamil Nadu)

                                                :Com.Virendra Kumar Yadav (M.P)

Financial Secretary            :Com.V.Murukan (Kerala)

Asst. Fin. Secy.                    :Com.Avtar Singh (Punjab)

Orgg. Genl. Secy.                  :Com.Roshanlal Meena (Rajasthan)

                                                :Com.Chandranarayan Chaudhary (Bihar)

                                                :Com.Virender Sharma (Himachal Pradesh)

Auditor.                                  :MS.Deepak Gour & Co., New Delhi-110 041

Special Invites: 

Com.Bipin Majumdar (Assam)

Com.Akshay Kumar (Haryana)

Com.K.Muktar Ahmed (Andhra Pradesh)(RMS 'Z' division)

Com.M.Durai, (TamilNadu) (RMS 'T' division)

Circle Secretary, Maharashtra 

Circle Secretary, Chattisgarh

Circle Secretary, Jharkhand

Circle Secretary, Jammu & Kashmir

Circle Secretary, Uttarakhand

Circle Secretary, Delhi

Mahila Sub Committee:

Chairperson  : Com.Supravapal (Agartala, Tripura State)

Convener       : Com.Yashmin Taj (Karnataka)

Members       :Com.D.Padmavathi, (Andhra Pradesh)

                       : Com.Saly George (Kerala)

                       : Com.B.Parvathi (Karnataka)

                       : Com.V.I.Lakshmi (Tamil Nadu)

                       : Com.Kaladevi Rajak (Madhya Pradesh)

Posted by: AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) Odisha Circle.

Let’s join the Earth Hour Movement, the world’s largest voluntary action for the environment

Let’s join the Earth Hour Movement, the world’s largest voluntary action for the environment

Bruhaspati Samal

 Secretary, AIPEU, Group-C, Bhubaneswar

e Mail : aipeup3bbsr@gmail.com

Dear Comrades,

As you know, to raise awareness about the need to take action on climate change, Earth Hour Movement which is being celebrated worldwide on the last Saturday of March every year, has in the mean time remained more than a lights-off campaign since its humble inception in 2007 in Sydney with only 2.2 million participants  to an event that reached an estimated 1.8 billion people in 2012. While by 2008, 279 cities and towns in 35 countries and by 2009, 4,000 cities and towns in 88 countries had participated, it is expected that more than 7,000 cities and towns across 152 countries and territories on all seven continents will participate this year.

Earth Hour 2013 will be held on March 23, 2013 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. during participants' local time when Cape Town’s Table Mountain, the Statue of David in Florence, Tokyo Tower, Taipei 101, the Bird’s Nest in Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers, the Gateway of India in Mumbai, the walls of Dubrovnik, Buckingham Palace in London, Times Square in New York, Niagara Falls, Toronto’s CN Tower and the Las Vegas Strip, among others will go dark as a symbolic gesture marking each nation’s commitment to sustainability in 2013 in honor of Earth Hour. Each will turn all nonessential lights off for one hour today between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. local time. After that, it’s up to everyday citizens to take the movement “beyond the hour.”

In this context, India is not also lagging behind. More than 150 cities in India are set to participate in the Earth Hour today between 8.30 pm and 9.30 pm. India observed its first Earth Hour in 2009 with people in 56 cities switching off the lights. Last year there was a competition amongst the big important cities in India and the National Capital of Delhi was declared as champion. India could be able to save 295 megawatt electricity last year during Earth Hour celebration of one hour only.

Internationally acclaimed Odia sand artist Mr. Sudarsan Patnaik has extended his support by becoming the brand ambassador for Earth Hour campaign in Odisha. In Odisha, the 28 Hours of Earth Hour Campaign has already started with a Cyclothon from Lord Jagannath Temple at 4:30PM on 22nd Mar 2013. The Cyclothon is going to end by 8:30PM on 23rd Mar 2013 at the huge sand sculpture in Puri beach built by Sudarsan. Personalities like Ajay Devgan, Venkatesh Prasad, Shruti Hassan, Mary Kom, Parambrata Chatterjee and Jiva etc. are supporting this campaign as brand ambassadors from different regions.

 The initiative by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is to encourage individuals, businesses and governments around the world to take accountability for their ecological footprint and engage in dialogue and resource exchange that provides real solutions to our environmental challenges. As we know, the speed of climate change, fuelled by the ever increasing consumption of earth's resources, is having a bad impact on the world. Unless we take efforts to transform our energy production to renewable energy, we will head for climate instability and energy insecurity. This will affect all of us.

At this critical juncture, the All India Postal Employees Union, Group-C, Bhubaneswar Divisional branch takes this opportunity to appeal sincerely every individual who are viewing this blog to give his/her best  to make this transition by taking small yet significant steps.

Let’s promise to sacrifice one hour for our Mother Earth.

 (By  inputs from : www.earthhour.org,  http://www.odishareporter.in, http://zeenews.india.com

UPU News : Youth asked to write about why water is precious

UPU News : Youth asked to write about why water is precious

22.03.2013 - As the world marks World Water Day, the UPU is urging youth to think about water’s role on this planet as part of the 42nd edition of its global competition.

(42 years and counting... the UPU letter-writing competition began in 1971)

This year the competition asks young people up to age 15 to write a letter about why water is precious. Up to 60 UPU member countries and an estimated 1.5 to 2 million youth normally participate in the competition annually.

“Coming from Africa, I fully appreciate the importance of water for our planet and the social and economic implications this resource can have in countries and the world,” says UPU Director General Bishar A. Hussein, who hails from Kenya. “We are delighted that our competition is focusing attention on a very relevant global issue among millions of people around the world, and we’re looking forward to reading about young people’s perspective on the matter.”

Participating member countries are currently holding the competition at the national level. They have until 30 April 2013 to submit the letter that will represent them at the international level. International finalists will vie for the UPU’s gold, silver or bronze medals.

This year, the compositions will be judged by a jury of experts including Ivan Draganic, water programme specialist at the United Nations Development Programme Office in Geneva, Stefanie Neno, communications manager at UN-Water, Adrián Puigarnau, programme manager at the Stockholm International Water Institute, and Ryan Rowe, communications officer at The Water Institute of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Winners are expected to be announced in August 2013.

Access to water

The 2013 competition theme was chosen to coincide with the International Year of Water Cooperation and the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” 2005-2015. Access to water ensures the health and well-being of humans and protects nature. According to the United Nations, the world has achieved the Millennium Development Goal of halving the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water. Despite this, 11% of the world population still does not have access to safe drinking water.

Since 1971, millions of young people all over the world have participated in the competition at national and international levels. The competition aims to make young people aware of the role postal services play in our societies, develop their skills in composition and the ability to express their thoughts clearly, and foster their enjoyment of letter writing.

GRAMIN DAK SEVAK ISSUES IN PARLIAMENT - LOK SABHA

GRAMIN DAK SEVAK ISSUES IN PARLIAMENT - LOK SABHA

FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2013

Grameen Dak Sevaks (GDS) - Working Strength, Service benefits & Welfare Schemes

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1402

ANSWERED ON 06.03.2013

GRAMEEN DAK SEVAKS

1402 . Shri DILIP SINGH JU DEV
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-

(a) the number of Grameen Dak Sewaks working in post offices in various States including Chhattisgarh tribal region, State-wise;

(b) the monthly stipend being paid to these Sewaks;

(c) whether the Government proposes to increase their stipend in view of steep rise in inflation and also introduce welfare measures for them; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (Dr. (Smt.) KILLI KRUPA RANI) 

(a) As on 01.01.2013, the total working strength of various categories of Grameen Dak Sewaks is 263326 including 2458 Grameen Dak Sewaks working in Chhattisgarh Tribal Region. State-wise and UT wise details is at Annexure I.

(b) Grameen Dak Sewaks are paid Time Related Continuity Allowance (TRCA) & other admissible allowances as approved by Cabinet and not stipend, the details of which are at Annexure II.

(c) Grameen Dak Sewaks are in receipt of Dearness Allowance which is linked to price rise/ inflation on the admissible TRCA at the same rate as allowed to regular Central Government employees and which is revised twice in a year based on price index. The Government has also introduced various welfare measures for these Grameen Dak Sewaks.

(d) The details of welfare measures introduced for the Grameen Dak Sewaks are at Annexure III.

LOK SABHA ANNEXURE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1402 DATED 6.03.2013

ANNEXURE I

S. No.	Name of Circle/State/UTs	Working Strength of Gramin Dak Sevaks as on 01.01.2013
		GDS SPM	GDS BPM	GDS MD	GDS MC	GDS MP	GDS SV	Others	Total
1	Andhra Pradesh	0	13139	4694	4242	1941	175	2646	26837
2	Assam	0	3216	2906	1639	283	39	371	8454
3	Bihar	0	6307	5165	2598	360	86	553	15069
4	Chhattisgarh	0	2423	855	1545	147	13	26	5009
5	Delhi	0	77	26	14	24	30	6	177
6	Gujarat	0	6768	4619	1396	702	63	296	13844
6a	Dadar & Nagar Haveli (UT)	0	5	45	0	0	0	0	50
6b	Daman & Diu (UT)	0	7	17	0	0	0	2	26
7	Haryana	0	1972	1050	708	233	18	4	3985
8	Himachal Pradesh	0	2247	2614	1068	312	13	61	6315
9	Jammu & Kashmir	0	1368	506	754	95	8	0	2731
10	Jharkhand	0	2461	1539	1286	154	35	407	5882
11	Karnataka	0	7777	4681	1235	1789	66	249	15797
12	Kerala	0	3443	5765	852	1259	138	165	11622
12a	Lakshadweep (UT)	2	1	1	0	5	0	0	9
12b	Puducherry (UT)	0	3	5	1	1	0	0	10
13	Madhya Pradesh	0	5632	2498	4056	290	22	229	12727
14	Maharashtra	0	10122	6939	1644	1115	46	27	19893
14a	Goa (State)	0	147	128	21	54	1	2	353
	North East	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Arunachal Pradesh (State)	0	198	166	27	30	2	11	434
16	Manipur (State)	0	591	495	627	40	1	1	1755