SO FAR VISITED
Friday, January 14, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
The Postal Staff College-Ghaziabad
The Postal Staff College, India was set up on 27th September, 1977 to meet the training and development need of the managerial cadres of Postal and Accounts and Financial Wings of the Department, to provide leadership in the vocational training of the operative cadres through regional training centres, to undertake research in spheres of management of postal systems, and to build a postal data bank and documentation centre. The College imparts induction training to probationers of Indian Postal Service (Group 'A') & officers promoted to Postal Superintendents Group 'B' cadre. The College also organizes workshops and management and professional programmes for in-service officers and foreign delegates. Location This was necessary as adequate accommodation was required to enable it to carry out its functions properly and in line with the policy of the Government for decentralization of institutions to decongest the city of
Postal staff college - Ghaziabad
Expected DA from January, 2011.
All Central Government Employees are eagerly waiting to know what will be the increasing percentage of Dearness Allowance from January 2011, because the Dearness allowance is an important component of our salary. As per “Swamysnews”, expected Dearness Allowance from Jan-2011 is 51%.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Allowances and Advances shall be increased by 25% whenever the Dearness Allowance goes up by 50%
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| FESTIVAL ADVANCE |
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| NATURAL CALAMITY ADVANCE |
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| Note: I Rule 38F A- 38F relating to Table Fan Adance deleted. No. 12(1 )IE.II(A)12008 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Grant of advances Sixth Pay Commission recommendations- Amendment to Rules 31, 35, 38,53,58,66 of Compendium of Rules on Advances to Government Servants (Suchindra Misra) |
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
DETAILS OF EXAMINATION FOR INSPECTOR OF POSTS
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1. Minimum qualifying service 5 years in PA/SA cadre, as on 1st July of the year of exam. |
| Paper I - CCS CCA, CCS Conduct, GDS Conduct, Vol II, III, Vol IV. |
Paper II - PO Guide I & II, Vol V, VI 3 parts, VII, VIII |
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| Paper IV - Law papers. |
| Paper V - General Knowledge. |
Monday, January 10, 2011
Engagement of contingent staff at operative office
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Supdt of Pos
Mavelikara Division
No AIEPU Gr C dated at Mavelikara 04.01.2011
Sub : Engagement of contingent staff at operative office for sweeping ,scavenging etc.
Sir
A kind reference is invited to the above. Statedly , the direction are issued in pursuance of Directorate orders dated 29.01.2010 and RO order dated 20.12.2010. It may kindly be noted that the Directorate has issued subsequent clarification on 19.11.2010 (No 4-4/209 PCC dated 19.11.2010) that as far as operative offices are concerned, the work may be outsource wherever feasible to do so. This clarification has been conveyed by Circle office letter no EST/53-3/2009 Vol III dated 27.12.2010. A copy of circle office letter is enclosed.
It is requested that the direction issued in this division may kindly be reviewed in the light of the Directorate clarification and the implementation may kindly be deferred till the feasibility in respect of each separate office is ascertained.
Yours faithfully,
L Jayasree
Divisional Secretary (Class III)
Copy to 1. Circle Secretary , AIPEU GR C ,
2. The General Secretary, AIPEU Gr C, CHQ,
Saturday, January 8, 2011
DoP seeking to computerise all post offices by 2012-end
Vadodara, Jan 8 (PTI) Department of Post is seeking to computerise all the 1.55 lakh post offices in the country by the end of 2012, said Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Sachin Pilot today.
Pilot was talking to reporters after launching 3G services in seven cities of Gujarat through video conferencing here.
He said that of 1,55,015 post offices in the country, only 12,604 have been computerised so far, and Department of Posts aims to computerise the rest by the end of 2012.
Talking about telecom network, he said that only the government-owned companies such as BSNL were putting up infrastructure and providing connectivity in the remote areas, or Naxalism affected areas such as Jharkhand.
For facilitating e-governance in Gujarat, the Department of Information Technology, Government of India is contributing Rs 91.
Friday, January 7, 2011
PA / SA Induction training
I. The Dte instructions reg PA / SA Induction training vide Memo No : 60-9 / 2010 - SPB - 1 Dt. 30.12.10 is follows.
01. Issue : The Pre-appointment formalities like verification of Police, Dt Administration & Educational Boards will not be able to complete before 10.02.11.
Response : The time lines framed by Dte vide Lr No : 60-9/2010-SPB-1 Dt 10.11.10 may be strictly adhere to. The CPMGs may approach concern authorities to speed up & complete the process early.
02. Issue : Suggestion of Candidates be sent for Trg before completion of pre-appointment formalities as in Sl.1
Response : Not acceptable. Before Trg all necessary formalities should be completed.
03. Issue : In Merit List, the formalities of Junior candidates was completed whereas Seniors not completed, whether the Juniors can be deputed for Trg.
Response : No. Candidates should be deputed for Trg strictly according to the Merit List.
04. Duration of In-house Trg & Allowances : Duration to be decided by HoCs only. From the Dt of joining all Candidates will be entitled to Regular Pay & Allowances in the relevant Pay Band. No question of Stipend / allowance arise.
II. The Dte instructions reg PA / SA Induction training vide Memo No : 1-22 / 2010 - Trg Dt. 06.01.11 is follows.
The PA / SA Induction training will starts at PTC on 25.02.11. If the No. of candidates is not available in the 1st session commencing on 25.02.11, Circles can depute the PA LGOs candidates those are awaiting for Trg can be used in consultation with concern PTCs
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS TO INTRODUCE CREDIT CARDS FOR RURAL PEOPLE
The Department of Post (DoP) will introduce a prepaid credit card in association with leading banks including IDBI, HSBC and ICICI to rural people, which will facilitate non-cash transactions for purchasing products and services.
The card - 'White label Pre-paid Cards' - will come with pre-determined cash value and could be operated at merchant locations, ATMs and designated post offices subject to approval by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Disclosing his department's 100-day agenda, Telecom and IT Minister Kapil Sibal has said: "The department during the current fiscal year will introduce pre-paid parcel boxes for domestic parcels for one kg, 2.5 kg and five kg.
"The boxes will be sold through over 800 post offices across the country," he added He further said that the Government would complete the up-gradation of 15 speed post centres by March 31.
DoP will also finalise the vendors for information technology solutions, which include customer interaction management, mail operations, banking, postal life insurance, enterprise-wide human resource management, among others. The project is phased over the financial years 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Stepping up of pay of the promotee senior with direct recruited junior
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Child Care Leave
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| Child Care Leave is sanctioned to women employees having minor children, for rearing or for looking after their needs like examination, sickness etc. Hence Earned Leave availed specifically for this purpose only should be converted. |
| Whether all Earned Leave availed irrespective of number of days i.e. less than 15 days, and number of spells can be converted? In cases where the CCL spills over to the next year (for example 30 days CCL from 27th December), whether the Leave should be treated as one spell or two spells'? | No. As the instructions contained in the OM dated 7.9.2010 has been given retrospective effect, all the conditions specified in the |
| Whether those who have availed Child Care Leave for more than 3 spells with less than 15 days can avail further Child Care Leave for the remaining period of the current year'? | No. As per the |
| Whether LTC can be availed during Child Care Leave? | . LTC cannot be availed during Child Care Leave as Child Care Leave is granted for the specific purpose of taking care of a minor child for rearing or for looking after any other needs of the child during examination, sickness etc. |
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Calendar of Departmental Examinations scheduled to be held in the year 2011.
| | Name of Examination | Exam schedule to be held on | To be conducted by |
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| 1. | LGOs for PAs/SAs cadres & PAs cadre in Cos/ROs | February 2011 | Directorate |
| 2. | Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants Direct Recruitment | May 2011 | |
| 3. | Inspector of Posts Exam 2010 | June 2011 | |
| 4. | A. E. (C & E) Exam | | |
| 5. | J. E. (C & E) Exam | ||
| 6. | PS Group ‘B’ Examination, 2010 | ||
| 7. | Postmaster Grade – I | April 2011 | |
| 8. | LDCs to Junior Accountants in PAOs | August 2011 | Circle Offices |
| 9. | Confirmation Exam for Dr. Jr. Accountants in PAO It is intimated that the above schedule is tentative and examination will be held subject to availability of vacancies and as per the administrative convenience. | August 2011 |
Friday, December 31, 2010
Indian Postal Department and 2011
| A budget of Rs. 1800 cores has been earmarked for the project which is to be completed by the year end of 2013. |
| In this era of fast developing Information and Communication Technology, large scale induction and assimilation of modern means of communication has become vital for sustenance and growth of India Post. |
| In this era of fast developing Information and Communication Technology, large scale induction and assimilation of modern means of communication has become vital for sustenance and growth of India Post |
| Having created a base of more than 12000 computerised Post offices in the country and a pool of trained human resource, India Post is in the process of implementing mass scale computerization and networking of all Departmental Post offices and Branch Post offices on a single integrated and modular platform connected to a |
| This National infrastructure, so created will enable India Post to provide state-of-the-art ICT services including |
| Computerised and connected network of Post office on a single integrated platform will also help India Post to retail products and services of other service providers viz. Banks, Government & Non Government financial institutions, Government Agencies and Mutual Fund houses in the rural and remote areas. |
| The Services of the newly recruited 15000 Postal Assistants will also be utilized to the maximum extent. The Branch Post offices will not be provided with computers, instead they will be provided with modern-technology oriented hand devices |
| 1800 ATMs will be established after the introduction of Core banking. Call centers to collection of logistics, MO etc will be formed. Track & trace facilities will be implemented for all services. |
| 1. ATM 2. Modernization of class III and Branch Office. 3. Core Banking 4. Creation of |
| Creation various cadre including Postmaster’s Cadre |
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Replacement of Rule-87 of POSB Manual Vol-I and Rule 50 of POSB MAnual Vol-II-New Procedure for POSB Claims settlement to be followed from 01/01/2011
| SB ORDER NO 25/2010 No 113-7/2008 SB dated 23.12.2010 Main Points Form of preferring claim has been revised. New claim form has been devised. |
There will be only one claim form for all the three types of claims ie (a) with nomination (b) with legal evidence SB- 84 claim form will be discontinued . In case of no nomination /legal evidence , the claimant has to produce three documents ie (a ) Affidavit (b) letter of indemnity and (c) Letter of disclaimer on Affidavit as prescribed in SCSS-2004 by MOF (DEA). |
| No Separate sanction memo will be issued and no account closure form will be required after sanction as both these options are available in the claim form itself |
| Proof of death is to be given by the claimant in original after which no further enquiry is required to be done by the sanctioning authority. |
| Claimant has to give two witnesses on the claim form and his /her ID as well as Address proof along with claim form. After acceptance of witnesses by BPM/SPM/PM or SR PM on the claim form no further enquiry will be required to be done about genuiness of claimant by the sanctioning authority |
| Every Post office where the claim will be preferred has to forward the claim to the post office where the account stands by service insured post on the very day of its receipt . |
| The post office where the account stands , on receipt of the claim either directly or by insured Post will issue acknowledgement to the claimant on the same day and settle financial powers or forward the same to the sanctioning authority by service insured post on the day of its receipt. |
| Every administrative office will dispose off the claim case within 7 working days of the receipt of the same . |
| Responsibility will be fixed for delay in settlement beyond 7 working days |
| Taking a proof of death in original. Two witnesses , ID and address proof of the claimant and three legal documents ie (a) affidavit (b) Letter of indemnity and (c) Letter of disclaimer on Affidavit will be the safe procedure to absolve the post office from any legal responsibility. |
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| SB- 84 has been discontinued and in case of no nomination or legal evidence , the claimant has to submit the new prescribed form along with three legal documents as prescribed in case of SB accounts |
| All other features will be same as of POSB accounts |
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
INDIAN POSTAL DEPARTMENT AND SERVICES
| Project Arrow The Department has launched “Project Arrow”, to lay the foundation for a comprehensive, long term transformation of India Post. Project Arrow aims at comprehensive improvement of the core operations of the post office as well as the ambience in which postal transactions are undertaken. The response of the general public and the staff of the Department to the initiative has been overwhelmingly positive and Project arrow offices have shown significant increase in revenue earnings. The initiative Project Arrow- Transforming India Post has also won the Prime Minister’s award for Excellence in Public Administration for the year 2008-09. So far 1530 Post Offices have been covered under this project. |
| Mail Operations In order to streamline the processes relating to processing, transmission and delivery of mail and to improve the quality of service of mail products used by the public, the Department of Posts has undertaken a number of new initiatives. Mail Network Optimization Project has been launched to optimize the existing mail network of Department of Posts and streamline core mail operations. It also seeks to bring in greater standardization and improvement in the operational processes relating to mail processing, transmission and delivery. The Department has undertaken a project to set up Automated Mail Processing Centers (AMPCs) in The Department has inducted a dedicated cargo aircraft for carriage of mail, parcels and logistics to the North East Region in order to bring in consistency in mail transmission. The India Post aircraft operates on Kolkata-Guwahati-Imphal-Agartala-Kolkata route on a regular basis. This initiative has provided a vital communication link for the NE region in terms of its linkages with the rest of the country and helped the Department e-solve the problems associated with mail transmission to and from this region. The Department has also undertaken an initiative to put in place a National Address Database Management System with an objective to effectively manage the address database of public/customers, update the addresses online, and helping the customers in locating correct addresses. The Department has also mechanized the mail delivery processes in the North-East Region of the country with a view to expedite the mail delivery process in hilly and difficult terrains of the Region. GPS device has been provided in all Mail Motor Vehicles in NE region for better and safe monitoring of mail movement in the region. |
| Computerization and Networking of Post Offices Under the plan project of computerization and networking of Post Offices, Department of Posts has supplied computer hardware, peripherals and power back up equipments to 14324 Post Offices till date. Under XI Plan Scheme, upgraded computer hardware viz. servers, desktops peripherals etc and power backup equipments like UPS and gensets have been supplied to 1939 Post Offices computerized during earlier five year plans. 1308 sites/ locations have been connected under Wide Area Network (WAN). All Head Post Offices, Administrative Offices, Major Speed Post Centres and Accounts Offices have been connected under WAN. 10530 Offices have been provided with broadband facilities. The IT Modernization Project Phase II of India Post under XI plan envisages computerization of all the non-computerized Post Offices in the country (Departmental single handed Post Offices) and all GDS Post Offices phased over the financial years 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13. Extensive computerization of the post offices have allowed the introduction of many e-enabled services such as: |
| iMO An on-line domestic money transmission service called iMO was launched in January 2006 which enables the customer to receive money in minutes from any of the post offices providing this service. Under this service, a person can send amount from Rs.1000/- up to Rs.50,000/- in one transaction. It is already functional in 9250 Post Offices across the country |
| e-Money Order (eMO) The electronic money order, which has been launched in October 2008, facilitates transmission of ordinary money orders through electronic media. eMO have the same tariff structure as the existing money order service. India Post has also signed bilateral agreement for exchange of electronic international money order service with Emirates posts, UAE. |
| e-Payment e-Payment is a ‘Many to One’ service through which bills (telephone, electricity, municipal dues, taxes etc.) are paid by customers in Post Offices which are then electronically consolidated and paid to the service provider. The service is presently available in more than 8,000 Post Offices across the country and will soon be extended to all computerized Post Offices. |
| FINANCIAL SERVICES India Post is pursuing the objective of financial inclusion through its 1,39,182 post offices in rural areas and 15,797 post offices in urban areas. The total number of accounts with post office has increased from ` 14.23 crore in 2003-04 to 24.10 crore in 2009-10. The outstanding balance in Post Office Savings Bank accounts in 2009-10 was ` 5,83,789 crore. India Post has already computerised its Savings bank operations in 11,000 post offices. Some of the new initiatives in provision of Financial Services are |
| Postal Finance Mart Postal Finance Mart (PFM) offer all the financial products and services under one roof “One Stop Shop for Financial Services” in a fully computerized office supported by technology, at par with reputed banking institutions. During 10th Five Year Plan, a total of 313 postal finance Marts have been set up across the country. A target for setting up of 500 postal Finance Marts has been fixed for the 11th Five Year Plan, out which 122 have already been set up. |
| Core Banking solution for Post Office Small Savings Scheme customers Any-where, Any-time and Any branch banking i.e. Core Banking Solutions (CBS) is included in the X1 Five Year Plan with a financial outlay of Rs. 106 crores for development of CBS software, Customer Relations Management, Training Project Management Unit, Centrallized Bank Office, etc. which support Post Office Savings Bank and Saving Certificates business with improved operational efficiency with delivery channels like ATM, internet, phone and mobile banking services to Small Savings Scheme customers. |
| PLI/RPLI. The post offices also provide insurance services to Government and semi-government employees and to the rural populace under the banner of POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE (PLI) and RURAL POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE (RPLI). The number of Rural Postal Life Insurance policies has increased from 26.66 lakhs in 2003-04 to more than 70 lakhs in 2008-09 and more than 99 lakhs in 2009-10. Postal Life Insurance policies were more than 44 lakhs as on 31.3.2010 |
| PREMIUM SERVICES Premium services such as Speed Post, Bill Mail Service, Business Post, Express Parcel Post, Logistics Post, Media Post and retail Post etc. are being provided through the postal Network across |
| A new cadre for the Postmasters has been created so as to bring in professionalism in management of the post offices. This cadre will play a critical role in making post offices vibrant and user friendly organizations as well as in successful implementation of the flag ship project |
| International Remittance Services The contribution of international remittances to the country’s GDP has been gaining increasing recognition in recent years. According to World Bank estimates, |
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