Launch of Flat Rate Box - on 04/02/2011

Launch of Flat Rate Box - on 04/02/2011

Hon'ble MOC & IT have launched Domestic Flat Rate Boxes today in the Dak Bhawan.

Details of the Flat Rate Parcel Boxes are given below:
Flat Rate Parcel Box size Dimension of boxes Weight Tariff
(in mm) (in Kg.) (in Rs.)
Small - S 250x50x300 - 0 to 1 - 125
Medium - M 250x100x300 - Above 1 to 2.5 - 200
Large - L 250x200x300 - Above 2.5 to 5 - 400

Customers can purchase and book the Flat Rate Parcel Boxes from any of the identified Computerised Post Offices (HO/SO). Flat Rate Parcel Boxes will be delivered at all addresses in India.

Courtesy: Sri. Venkat ragavan

Inspector Posts ,CEPT ,PTC, Mysore

SPL.RECTT. DRIVE FOR FILLING UP OF SC/ST/OBC BACK LOG VACANCIES

                                No. 360381112008-Estt-Estt (Res)

                                           Government of India
                     Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
                            Department of Personnel and Training
Cs. ' North Block, New Delhi                           Dated 30Ih December 2010

                    Subject : Special Recruitment Drive for filling up backlog reserved vacancies for
                                   SCs, STs and OBCs.

                                                                .......
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's OM of even number
dated 19.1 1.2008 whereby a Special Recruitment Drive was launched to fill up the
backlog reserved vacancies of SCs, STs andOBCs. It was expected that after completing
the process of selection of candidates for these vacancies, the selected candidates would
be issued offers of appointment by 30.6.2009 It is, however, observed that a large
number of backlog vacancies have not been filled up so far.


2. The position about the success of Drive was reviewed by the Minister of State for
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Keeping in view the fact that large number of
vacancies identified for the Drive are still to be filled, the Hon'ble Minister has desired
that each MinistryIDepartment should make concerted efforts to ensure that all the
backlog reserved vacancies in the MinistryDepartment and its AttachedOffices/
Subordinate Offices/Public Sector Undertakings/Autonomous Bodies etc., which have
 not been filled up so far, are filled up by the 30 June, 2011. The progress of the
Drive during this period may be monitored scrupulously and reported to the Minister-in-
Charge of the Ministry every month


3 The present position of the Drive is to be put before the Cabinet, It is, therefore,
requested that latest status of filling up of the vacancies through the Drive may be
reported to this department at the earliest but not later than 15.1.2011 in the proforma
prescribed vide OM dated 19.11.2008. A copy of  OM dt. 19.1 1.2008 is enclosed
for ready reference


Encl. OM dated 19.11 2008
KG VERMA
DIRECTOR.
Tel.No.23092158


To,
All Ministries/Departments, Govt. of India
 Union Public Service Commission,
Lok Sabha cretariatBajya Sabha SecretariatlCabinet
SecretariatlCentral 3 V' I ance Cornmission/PresidentsSectariat,Prime
Minister's Office, Planning Commission.

International Postal News: Canada Post

International Postal News: Canada Post

A smarter post office might thrive

Any business analyst, looking at Canada Post’s trend lines, would blanch. Mail volumes are dropping. Millions of Canadians have switched to the Internet to correspond, do business, pay their bills and manage their finances. In 2003, the post office delivered 8.1 billion letters. Last year it delivered 6.4 billion.

Costs are rising. Each year, Canada Post delivers to 200,000 new addresses as the nation’s population grows and cities sprawl further into the hinterland. Five years ago, Canada Post made a profit of close to $200 million. Last year, it broke even, but only by slashing costs.

Its plants and equipment are aging. Its 70,000 workers, most represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), are fighting to save their jobs. And it faces a massive pension shortfall. Its last chief executive, Moya Greene, resigned seven months ago head Britain’s Royal Mail, which she has a mandate to privatize.

Does Canada Post have a future? Can it survive as a government-owned business?

Deepak Chopra, who took over as chief executive this week, answers both questions with an enthusiastic yes.

The Indian-born accountant and former president of Pitney Bowes for Canada and Latin America, is confident the 144-year-old post office can become an efficient and profitable public enterprise. So is his boss, Rob Merrifield, minister of state for transport, who is responsible for Canada Post.

They face a legion of skeptics. The C.D. Howe Institute thinks mail delivery should be privatized. So does Michael Warren, who served as head of Canada Post from 1981 to 1985. So does the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Other countries, including Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden, have taken that route. Ottawa has ruled out privatization — for now at least.

So what options does Chopra have?

• He can upgrade Canada Post’s technology and redeploy its workforce. Greene left her successor a detailed restructuring plan, Postal Transformation, which the staff is now rolling out.

It calls for mail carriers, whose loads have shrunk, to take on new roles. They would pick up their bags in the morning, with the mail presorted by machine, then head out in Canada Post trucks to deliver both letters and parcels, empty the red letter boxes in their district and pick up mail from local postal outlets.

These moves would increase staff productivity, but not generate new income.

• He can convince the government to sell Purolater, Canada Post’s courier service. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty doesn’t seem to need much convincing. He has already held talks with top executives of FedEx.

This would solve Canada Post’s immediate financial woes — the sale could bring in as much as $1 billion — but deprive the Crown corporation of its only money-making business.

• He can increase the post office’s modest foothold in banking (it now sells money orders).

Canada Post could step into the domestic vacuum created by the chartered banks, which have closed branches in many rural and low-income areas. Internationally, it could provide lower-priced remittances. The banks charge immigrants astronomical fees — up to 35 cents on the dollar — to send money home to their families.

• He can improve Canada Post’s parcel service to make it the best choice for retailers serving online shoppers. Most now rely on couriers to deliver their products.

The union would support at least two of these possibilities. It has advocated for more than a year that Canada Post revitalize its once-ubiquitous postal banks. It also favours beefing up parcel delivery.

Whether any — or all — of these actions would generate enough revenue to turn Canada Post around is an open question. But it at least has a boss who’s willing to try.

Courtesy: thestar.com  (By Carol Goar  on Tue Feb 1,  2011 )

DECENTRALIZATION OR DESTABILIZATION?

PRESENTATION ON INTRODUCTION OF ACCRUAL ACCOUNTS IN DOP

&

RE-ORGANIZATION OF POSTAL ACCOUNTS

            PA Wing has arranged a presentation on Introduction of Accrual based accountancy and re-organization of Postal Accounts to the Staff Side in the Committee hall, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi on 01-02-2011. Sri. Manish Sinha, DDG(PAF) has given the out-line of the concept and DDG(Finance) made the presentation on the topic.

            Director(PA-Admn), Director(IA),Director(Book) and Director(FA) participated in the presentation. From the Staff Side AIPAEA has represented by Com.S. Santosh Kumar, President (CHQ), Com. T.Satyanarayana, General Secretary, and Com. D.S. Chauhan, A.G.S(CHQ)&C.S Delhi. Sri. S.K. Mishra and others represented the Gr.A Association, Sri.Murali represented the Accounts Officers Association, Shri. V. Pathak and others represented the BPEF.

            It is informed that ongoing technological changes in the DOP will also reflect in the Postal Accounts as all the B.O/S.O/H.Os in the country are going to be computerized and net connected by the year 2012. All the transactions will become online. In this backdrop the financial and accounting aspects will also undergo a sweeping change.

            The DoP is going for introduction of Accrual accounting system to meet the future requirements from the Regulatory Authorities in Insurance and Finance Sectors. Suitable software will be developed by the service provider for each system and a Core System Integrator will integrate all the operations in the Department.

            The present Cash based Accounting system will continue and the accounts will be submitted to the Finance Ministry as usual in the existing form in addition to the preparation of Accounts in the Accrual method for the specific use of the Department. Both streams will be delivered on line. The merits and demerits of the Accrual accountancy are presented. Intensive training to the PAO staff will be provided by Institute of Chartered Accountants.

            There after a presentation on the Re-organization of Postal Accounts is given. The Official Side is of the opinion that with the introduction of technology, online transactions and Accrual method, there is a need for identifying the Accounting Unit. The Committee has recommended that the Division is the Accounting unit instead of H.O. It may require the placement of some PAO personal at the Divisional level. The Official Side expressed that so far a concrete decision has not been taken with regard to the structure of the Accounting Unit. It is also intimated that they are not sure about the Accounting Unit i.e. Division or Region or H.O. Hence, they cannot predict the manpower deployment/requirement at present.

            It is assured that the presentation material will be supplied and the Associations are welcomed to submit their suggestions, objections etc. As put by the DDG (PAF), this presentation is only to serve the purpose of familiarizing the Staff Side with the concept of Accrual Accounting. Nothing more!

Can we allow disintegration of Postal Accounts in the name of Technology?

            We are open to the changes in the technology. This is the declared understanding of the AIPAEA. But can we allow destabilization of the Postal Accounts, its independent status and functional autonomy in the name of the technology? No, we cannot. With the sweeping changes in the IT the trend world over is the centralization and centralized activity. Hence, now re-organizing in the name of technology has little meaning. As per the presentation, now there will be no physical voucher …. Voucher will travel in the electronic form. So the voucher which can travel up to the Accounting Unit i.e. Division can also travel up to Circle PAO. Hence, there will be no additional benefit in Divisionalization.

            Hence, AIPAEA categorically made it clear that DECENTRALIZATION OF POSTAL ACCOUNTS IN ANY FORM IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. The Authorities themselves at this stage are not sure of the proposed structure and many questions have gone unanswered. We are not prepared to meet the same fate of the SBICO employees which they met years ago in the name of decentralization. AIPAEA has called for its Central Working Committee Meeting at Thekkady and this issue will be thoroughly discussed and appropriate response will be given to the Department.

            We have faced many such situations in the past and emerged victorious. This time too we will stand up unitedly and oppose any move to weaken the Postal Accounts organization.

AIPAEA ZINDABAD !! INQUILAB ZINDABAD !! NFPE ZINDABAD !!

            The above article is published in the web site of the AIPAE Association. It requires deep study over the structural changes being proposed by the department in the name of complete modernization.

"The workers are angry!" - Press release from CTUWS, Cairo

"The workers are angry!" - Press release from CTUWS, Cairo

CENTER FOR TRADE UNION WORKERS AND SERVICES (CTUWS)
Winner of the Prize of the French Republic for Human Rights

Press Release On 1/2/2011 

The workers are angry!

Tens of thousands of Egyptian workers (men and women) join the Millions Persons demonstration/protest events being organized today in the capital, Cairo, in Alexandria and in other parts of Egypt with the aim of overthrowing the regime.

Meanwhile, the Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) in Egypt which has always been against workers ... the federation which has continued to betray the workers since its creation ... the federation has won rigged elections and has always complied with the orders of the Egyptian Secret Service ... the federation dares to go out in the darkness of the night to announce that workers support the current regime, this is the same regime that has been effectively overthrown and actually we are waiting for the departure of one who represents it.

We proclaim loudly that we have turned the page away from this ETUF federation that is full of corruption and despotism when we have turned a new page away from the former regime. Egyptian workers, men and women, announced on January 30, 2011, the creation of the founding committee of the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions, determined to build a federation based on the principles of democracy and an organization that will be managed with full transparency. Our new Federation will defend workers' rights and will work to improve their living conditions.

Source: labourStart

A democratic federation in a democratic society.

The Circle Union Write to CPMG to Cancel the Defective Postman Examination. 

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ENCASHMENT OF EARNED LEAVE TO BE GRANTED

TO OFFICERS APPOINTED ON CONTRACT IN VARIOUS POSTS

UNDER THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT - REG.

No. 1201 615i2009-Estt (L)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, P C and Pensions

(Department of Personnel & Training)

New Delhi, the: 3 I "January, 2011

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub:   Encashment of Earned Leave to be granted to officers appointed on

             contract in various posts under the Central Government - reg.

            The undersigned is directed to state that matter regarding allowing leave encashment, on termination of contract, to such officers who are appointed on contract basis after retirement; even within two years has been considered in consultation with Department of Expenditure. It has now been decided that encashment of Earned Leave will be allowed to retired officers. Appointed on contract basis after retirement even within the first two years, subject to the condition that the total number of days for. which encashment allowed on termination of contract together with the number of days of Earned  Leave or Full Pay Leave for which encashment had already been allowed in previous appointments under the Government shall not exceed 300 days. The O.M.

No.12016/2/99-Estt. (L) dated 12Ih July, 1999, stands modified to the extent mentioned above.

2.         These orders take effect from the date of issue.

3.         So far as persons serving in the Indian Audit & Accounts Departments are concerned, these orders are being issued after consultation with the C&AG of India.

4. Hindi version will follow.

                                                                                                                         Sd/-

(Zoya C. B.)

Under Secretary to Government of India

To

All Ministries/Departments of the Govt. of India (As per list)