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1. D.O.P ISSUED D.A. ORDERS

F.No. 8-01/2012 -PAP

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & I.T.

DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

(ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION)

DAK BHAWABN, SANSAD MARG, NEW DELHI-110116

28th SEPTEMBER,2012

1/10

TO

ALL HEADS OF CIRCLES,

ALL HEADS OF POSTAL ACCOUNTS OFFICES,

DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL (PAF)/CGM, PLI/CGM BD,

ADG (ADMN.) POSTAL DIRECTORATE,

ALL HEADS OF POSTAL STAFF COLLEGE/P.T.C.s

Subject: Rates of Dearness Allowance applicable w.e.f. 1.7.2012 to the employees of Central Government-     payment thereof REG.

Sir/Madam,

I am  directed to forward herewith a copy of Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) Office Memorandum NO. 1(8)/2012-E.II (B) dated 28th SEPTEMBER, 2012 on the above said subject for information, guidance and further necessary action.

       This issues with the approval of the competent authority.

Yours faithfully,

----Sd---

(L.K.GANGADHARAN)

ASSTT. DIRECTOR GENERAL (ESTT)                                                                                                         Posted by: AIPEU GDS (NFPE) Odisha Circle.                                                                                 

1. 7th Biennial Conference of AIPEU, Gr.-C, Odisha Circle branch conducted successfully

The 7^th Biennial Conference of AIPEU, Gr.-C, Odisha Circle branch  was conducted  successfully from 29.09.2012 to 01.10.2012 at the historic city of Sambalpur situated on the bank of river Mahanadi and supported with the unending blessings of Maa Samaleswari. The Circle Working Committee meeting was held at Parsuram Bhawan, Sambalpur on 29.09.2012 followed by the Subject Committee and the Open Session on 30.09.2012 in Sambalpur Town Hall.

All the issues confronting  India Post and its employees were discussed in thread bar as per the agenda and several resolutions were adopted. While all India  issues like Postmaster Cadre, Cadre restructuring, Corporate Plan of India Post, National Postal Policy, Organizational Restructuring of India Post, Core Banking Solution, MACP anomalies, introduction of various new products and services etc were seriously debated, the problems of LSG, HSG-II, HSG-I, Accountant, APM (Accounts), System Administrator, Business Executive were highlighted and day to day difficulties faced by the  staff members due to Project Arrow, non-availability of required forms, non-supply of computer consumables, non-maintenance of Post Offices, postal colonies and staff quarters, contributory negligence etc. by the Circle Union Office bearers and Divisional Secretaries/delegates. A memorandum was prepared by the CWC covering four major issues like provision of police escort in cash van, special arrangement for huge conveyance of cash to rural SOs/BOs for payment to job card holders under MGNREGA, dequarterization of Post Offices having post attached quarters below schedule of accommodation and in dilapidated condition and organizing meetings/melas on Sundays and holidays. The said memorandum was handed over to the Chief Postmaster General, Odisha Circle ( who had attended the Conference as Chief Guest )  on the spot by the Circle Secretary soon after the Open Session was over.

In his welcome address as the Chairman of the Reception Committee, Sri Suresh Pujari, Ex-President, Odisha State BJP narrated the role and importance of Sambalpur in the freedom struggle of India. His deliberation included the contribution of Veer Surendra Sai to the freedom struggle and the importance of Samblapuri dance and cotton to Indian culture and heritage. He described India Post as the least corrupt Department.

Inaugurating the Open Session, Com. M Krishnan, our beloved Secretary General, National Federation of Postal Employees, New Delhi criticized the faulty and anti-welfare policies adopted by India Post. He appealed the Govt. to stay away from privatizing India Post failing which as many as  six lakh postal employees from 155000 post office will come forward to save India Post and its employees.

Attending the Conference as Chief Guest, Sri S K Chakrabarti, Chief Postmaster General, Odisha Circle suggested for a new mindset to accept the changes now going on around the world with technological advancement to which India Post has since been a part through computerization since there can be no progress without change.

Com. K V Sridharan, our beloved ex-General Secretary addressed the Open Session as Chief Speaker. Nicely describing all the issues related to the Postal employees, he appealed one and all to stand united to fight not only for the cause of the  postal employees but even for the common people. Stating the philosophy of Lenin, he suggested everybody to become the privileged sufferer for the benefit of the mass.

Sri P K Bisoi, Postmaster General, Sambalpur Region while addressing the gathering as Hon’ble Guest, appealed one and all to work hard with full integrity and sincerity to keep up the good will of India Post intact.  

Com. Ramesh Ch. Mishra, Circle Secretary presented the Biennial Report and the meeting was presided by Com. K C Pattnaik, President, AIPEU, Group-C, Odisha Circle branch.

Among others, Com. R N Dhal, leader RJCM(Staff Side), Com. D B Mohanty, Circle Secretary , P-IV and Com. N C Singh, Circle Secretary, AIPEU GDS ( NFPE) had also attended the Conference.

The following set of office bearers were unanimously elected for the ensuing session.

Portfolio	Name of the newly elected Circle Union Office bearer	Division to which belong.
President	Com. K C Pattnaik	Sambalpur
Vice-President	1.     Com. U K Pothal	Sundergarh
	2.     Com. B K Pathi	Ask
	3.     Com. R N Mohakud	Bhadrak
Circle Secretary	Com. R C Mishra	Bhubaneswar
Assistant Circle Secretary	1.     Com. Bruhaspati Samal	Bhubaneswar
	2.     Com. Ashutosha Mohapatra	Sundergarh
	3.     Com Sibananda Das	Berhampur
	4.     Com. Rajesh Bohidar	Puri
	5.     Com. R K Raipalli	Koraput
Financial Secretary	Com, Bishnu Prasad Dash	Cuttack City
Assistant Financial Secretary	Com. Kunja Bihari Das	Balasore
Organizing Circle Secretary	1.     Com. P K Pujari	Sambalpur
	2.     Com. G C Padhiary	Balasore
	3.     Com. P Suresh Kumar	Koraput
Auditor	Com. B N Rath	Mayurbhanj
Supreme Councilor	Com. K C Das	Keonjhar

The members of Bhubaneswar Divisional branch congratulate all the newly elected  Circle Union Office bearers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Memories of London 2012

 Royal Mail is issuing its final set of stamps marking the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games today. Entitled Memories of London 2012 the set is the first to feature the much-praised Games Makers – the army of volunteers who are credited with helping make London 2012 one of the most successful Games ever.

  More than 70,000 people volunteered to help the millions of visitors who flocked to London during the summer. Now the Games Makers are commemorated on a stamp featuring an image of a group of volunteers, in their distinctive purple and red uniforms, with the famous London 2012 Olympic stadium in the background.

 Other memories featured on the stamps include the spectacular fireworks display during the Paralympic Opening Ceremony and a First Class stamp shows the ParalympicsGB team entering the stadium to conclude the procession of the participating athletes.

 The final stamp shows a scene from the Olympic Closing Ceremony, in which athletes and officials of all the countries formed a human version of the Union Flag in the Olympic Stadium.

 The stamps are printed within a miniature sheet, the border of which features a quote from Lord Coe, reflecting on the success of both Games.

Two First Day of Issue handstamps are available to accompany this issue.

 For more information on the Memories of London 2012 stamp issue visit www.royalmail.com/memories.

Courtesy : http://postalheritage.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/memories-of-london/ 

Posted by: AIPEU GDS (NFPE) Odisha Circle.                                                                          

25th Universal Postal Congress officially opens

24.09.2012 - The 25th Universal Postal Congress officially opened in Doha, Qatar, today, marking the beginning of the three-week meeting, which gathers postal leaders and stakeholders from the UPU’s 192 member countries to decide on the global postal sector’s future every four years.

 (Congress is expected to adopt the Doha Postal Strategy, the UPU's future roadmap)

A number of crises have characterized the last four years, bringing new, unprecedented challenges for the postal sector and the UPU, said Edouard Dayan, director general of the Universal Postal Union, during the opening plenary session. “These new realities have known no borders and have extended to all postal operators worldwide, regardless of their level of development. The Congress that opens today must champion the values of our organization: universality, solidarity and communication among peoples,” Dayan said. “This Congress embraces the values of the postal community, but also heralds the future, that of a modernized, efficient and solid organization, and of global postal services at the heart of the economy, trade and the information society,” he added.

Held under the theme “New world, new strategy”, the 25^th Universal Postal Congress hopes to adopt the Doha Postal Strategy, the UPU’s strategic document for the future. It underlines the postal network’s three dimensions – physical, electronic and financial – as well as interconnection, governance and development as key axes to strengthen postal services worldwide.

Over the next three weeks, more than 2,200 registered delegates will examine many proposals to modify the rules and regulations governing the exchange of international mail as well as major documents recommending the way forward in areas such as postal financial services, quality of service, postal security, e-commerce and trade facilitation.

During the opening plenary, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recognized the role of the global postal network in social and economic development in a message to Congress. “Postal services are universal. They connect people throughout the world,” he said. The UPU is a specialized agency of the United Nations for postal services.

Abdul Rahman Ali Al-Aqaily, chairman of the General Postal Corporation of Qatar, was also officially designated as Congress chairman during the opening plenary.

Opening ceremony

Earlier in the day, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Heir Apparent, attended the morning’s opening ceremony organized by the State of Qatar, alongside Qatar’s minister of culture, arts and heritage, Dr Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Bin Ali Al Kuwari, the UPU’s Edouard Dayan, and Saudi Arabia’s minister of telecommunications and information technology, Mohammed Jamil Bin Ahmed Mulla, and other dignitaries.

As host of the Congress, Qatar will also automatically assume the chairmanship of the UPU’s Council of Administration for 2013-2016. Countries will be elected to the UPU’s official bodies, the Council of Administration and the Council of Postal Operations, on 10 October, following the election of a new director general and deputy director general for the UPU whose mandate will run for four years starting in January 2013.

Source : http://news.upu.int

Posted by: AIPEU GDS (NFPE) Odisha Circle.                                                                                                                          

1. Bank ATMs stop sucking in cash after RBI direction

Next time you go to an ATM to withdraw cash, don't worry about the banknotes getting sucked back by the machine if not collected immediately, as RBI has asked all banks to immobilise the 'cash retraction facility'.

At the same time, customers will have to be extra careful in collecting the cash dispensed by the ATM, as they cannot later claim the money from the bank, which was the case when this 'cash retraction facility' was in place at the ATMs.

Most of the banks, including HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and Canara Bank, have already removed the cash retraction facility from all their ATMs, while the withdrawal process for this facility is underway for few remaining ATMs.

As per RBI directions, the banks are communicating to their customers about the withdrawal of this facility, under which the cash goes back into the ATM machine if not collected within a stipulated time, which is generally 10-15 seconds, but varies from bank to bank.

The facility was initially implemented to avoid the cases of someone else getting the money, if the actual cardholder forgets to collect the withdrawn cash before leaving the ATM.

However, RBI in the past one year has come across banks reporting several instances of frauds pertaining to mis-use of cash retraction facility at the ATMs.

The typical modus operandi has been to hold on to a few pieces of notes in ATM machines that have cash retraction system, while allowing one or two pieces of notes to be retracted and then claiming non-receipt of cash.

Since retracted transactions are credited back to the customer's account, the balance in the fraudster's account remains unaffected even after collecting bulk of the delivered cash.

The ATMs do not have the capability to count the pieces of retracted notes, thus leaving a loophole for committing such frauds.

Source:-The Times of India

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

1. 1. TYPES OF ALLOWANCES ALLOWED TO GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS

VARIOUS TYPES OF ALLOWANCES – ALLOWED TO GDS

1)      Dearness Allowance (DA) :

The rate of  Dearness Allowance is granted at par with Central Govt. employees twice in a year.

2)      Office Maintenance Allowance (OMA):

The Office Maintenance Allowance is granted to the BPMs @ Rs.100 per month

3)      Cycle Maintenance Allowance (CMA) :

The Cycle Maintenance Allowance is granted to GDS MD / GDSMC (irrespective of distance traversed) who performs the duty on bicycle @ Rs.60 per month (now it is enhanced @Rs.75/-  after all other allowances of regular employees  raised to 25% when DA crossed 50%.)

4)      Cash Conveyance Allowance (CCA) :

The Cash Conveyance Allowance is granted to BPMs @ Rs.50 per month (for cash conveyance to SO to BO vice versa)

5)      Combined Duty Allowance (CDA) :

Where the BPM is entrusted with the duty / duties of GDSMD and / or GDSMC the CDA is granted as :

      (a) BPM entrusted with the duty of Delivery :

               (i)  delivery only in cusba village @ Rs.250/- per month

               (ii) having delivery in the BO jurisdiction i.e., other than cusba @ Rs.500/-

      (b) BPM entrusted with the duty of bag conveyance :

               (i) from SO / AO to BO @ Rs.500/- per month

               (ii)from Road point / MMS @Rs.250/- per month

           If both the duties viz., Delivery & Bag Conveyance are entrusted to BPM, he is  eligible for both allowances as reckoned by the duty entrusted..

In case of GDSMD / GDSMC attached with the duties of BPM, @ Rs.25 per day subject to the maximum of Rs.625 per month would be paid (temporary office arrangement for shorter periods)

     

6)      Boat Allowance :

Actual charges paid to the Boatman subject to a maximum of Rs.50 per month for conveyance of mail.

7)      Compensation to Mail Carriers :

If the GDSMC detained beyond office hours for mail conveyance are allowed to grant Rs.6/- per hour per day subject to the maximum of Rs.12/-

8)      Fixed Stationery charges  (FSC) :

(i)                  In case of BPMs FSC is allowed @ Rs.50/- per month

(ii)                In case of GDSMD, GDSMC/MD. GDSSV @ Rs.10/- per month.

      9) Training Allowance : 

While imparted training to GDS BPMs and other GDSs some allowance is sanctioned according to the TA/DA rules.

(Author's opinion)

10) TIME RELATED CONTINUITY ALLOWANCE (TRCA)

The basic pay itself for the GDS  is also called as an allowance. 

Is there any provision in our Constitution or CCA Rules or State Laws or  any pay rules that the basic allowance of an employee (?) in a Central Govt. department is allowed with many other allowances besides for calculation of retirement benefits ( eg: ex gratia gratuity) and ex gratia bonus with ceiling. 

An employee (?) in this country drawing some amount for his service to the management as is viz., pay, wage, salary, remuneration, allowance, perks etc., perhaps this type of (pay) structure is exceptional to Gramin Dak Sevaks.

After a keen constitutional and judicial observation on the attitude of the Department , Justice Chandrajit sing Talwar(1996) has rightly pointed out that the department is still under ambiguity and confusion to decide the status of the EDAs (now called GDS) and except to accept that EDAs (GDS) are holders of civil post by extending all benefits to them.

source:GDS REFRESHER & CRUSADER TO GDS compiled by Com.K.V.SRIDHARAN, General Secretary, AIPEU Gr.C (CHQ)

Posted by:AIPEU GDS (NFPE)Odisha Circle.