Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad Today Announced That India Post Would Be Launching Payment Banking By March 2017

Press Information Bureau 

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

28-December-2015 18:47 IS

Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad Inaugurates Good Governance Week Celebration

23 New Products Launched
Payment Bank to Begin from March 2017

 A week-long celebration of Good Governance Week was organized by Department of Electronics and Information Technology starting from 25^th December 2015. A National event on Good Governance was inaugurated on 28th December 2015 by Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Hon’ble Minister of Communications & Information Technology (MoCIT) in India Habitat Centre at New Delhi. This event involved active participation from Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Department of Posts (DoP) and their agencies.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad reiterated the commitment of the Government towards the successful implementation of ‘Digital India’ which would help to transform India into a truly digitally empowered society and knowledge economy in the 21st century. He said the government is aiming at empowering people of India through digitalization. Millions of citizens have already joined in this initiative and invited others to do so. He said e-services should reach more people at the earliest and sought cooperation from State Governments, industry and acadmecia in the early achievement of this objective.

Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad also announced that India Post would be launching Payment Banking by March 2017. He said after the successful turn around of BSNL, new initiatives have been taken for improving performance of MTNL. He also announced launch of free incoming all over the Country by MTNL from New Year.

The event saw the launch / inauguration of new 23 products / eServices.

The key launches are as follows:

Department of Telecommunications ·         Inauguration of Wi-Fi hotspots at Har ki Pauri, Haridwar and Dargah Sharif, Ajmer. ·         Announcement of Pan India Free Incoming Roaming Facility for MTNL Customers.	Department of Posts ·         Launch of Post-Terminals (Rural ICT - RICT) – handing over Post Terminals to rural Post Masters.
Department of Electronics and Information Technology
·         Launch of National Centre of Geo-Informatics ·         Launch of e-Payment Portal ·         Launch of Olabs for Schools ·         Launch of Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Phase-II ·         All India BPO Promotion Scheme	·         North East Business Process Outsourcing Promotion Scheme ·         Transfer of Technology for “ICT Centre on Tactile Graphics” at IIT Delhi ·         Announcement of Setting up of NIC Data Centre at Bhubaneswar

* The detail on each of 23 new products / eservices is available at the Digital India Portal (www.digitalindia.gov.in).

The awards for best performing States/Districts during the Digital India Week event (1^st July – 7^th July, 2015) were given to:

a.       State level – Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.

b.      District level – 77 Districts across 29 States/UTs.

Monday, December 28, 2015

EDITORIAL POSTAL CRUSADER: JANUARY-2016

MINIMUM WAGE STILL A DREAM FOR WORKERS

            68 years have passed after independence of India. But the need based minimum wage still appears a dream for working class. After reaching a tripartite agreement in 15^th Indian Labour Conference in 1957 a scientific formula called as Dr. Akroid formula based on minimum needs of a workers to survive and work, was accepted. Based on this formula all Central trade unions and independent federations are struggling since long to achieve the demand of minimum wage.

            This time also National council JCM demanded Rs. 26000 as minimum wage to a lowest class employees based on Dr. Akroid formula as on 01.01.2014 taking the commodity prices as Rs. 11344. The rates were taken as an average price of actual market from various cities throughout the India and actual receipts obtained from the shops and consumer stores were also produced as evidence. After adding component of housing, children education and social obligations it comes to 26000.

            But the pay commission has recommended Rs. 18000 as minimum wage taking 12 monthly average of commodity prices quoted by Labour bureau Shimla which is totally contrary to Dr. Akroid Formula and the figures are imaginary not realistic.

            The pay commission has also reduced the component of expenses on social obligation and children education as 15% contrary to the Supreme Court judgment of 25% on the plea that the employees are paid children Education allowance separately. The Children Education allowance is not fully reimbursed and expenses on education have increased heavily after liberalization of the education sector. The housing component has also been reduce by the pay commission stating that employees are paid HRA separately. House Rent Allowance is not full compensation of expenditure incurred on rent of accommodation obtained by an employee Earlier 3^rd Pay commission has given 7.5% as the factor for housing.

            Thus this 7^th CPC has drastically cut the minimum wage.

            The website of Agriculture Ministry also maintains the record of prices of commodities which are required to compute the minimum wage. Though these prices also vary from the real retail market. But if these prices had been taken by the pay commission as an all India average of the prices as on 01.07.2015. It will work out Rs. 10810. Thus the computation of minimum wage will arrive as Rs. 19880. After adding 25% for arriving at MTS scale it will come as Rs. 24850 and to convert it as on 01.01.2016 after adding 3% as suggested by 7^th CPC. The final computation will come as 25596 when rounded off it shall be Rs. 26000/-

            Without modification of minimum wage, no improvement is expected in the higher pay scales. Therefore it requires recomputation and revision. If it is revised consequently the fitment formula, multiplication factor and pay matrix will have to be revised.

            Thus it is the urgent need to revise the minimum wage.

            The NJCA, Confederation and NFPE have given charter of demands to the Government of India seeking modification in so many demands failing which all Central Government Employees will be compelled to go on indefinite strike from 1^st week of March-16.

            NFPE call upon the entirely of Postal, RMS and GDS employees to act as per the agitational programme given by the Confederation and NFPE and make the Government ready to accept the genuine demands of Central Government Employees

R-4(NFPE) CIRCULAR ON  34TH ALL INDIA CONFERENCE HELD AT ATTIRUPATHI (ANDHRA PRADESH).

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GOVT. CONSIDERING GRATUITY FOR NPS SUBSCRIBERS

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ADMISSION OF CHILDREN OF GDS IN KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

Thursday, December 24, 2015

MERRY CHRISTMAS &

Happy new year-2016 

LETTER SUBMITTED TO SECRETARY (POSTS) ON 08-12-2015 AND THE MATTER WAS DISCUSSED AND DELIBERATED UPON IN DETAILS

Thursday, December 10, 2015

LETTER SUBMITTED TO SECRETARY (POSTS) ON 08-12-2015 AND THE MATTER WAS DISCUSSED AND DELIBERATED UPON IN DETAILS

Phone: 2336 – 3334

ALL INDIA POSTAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES’ EMPLOYEES’ UNION GROUP – ‘C’ & ‘D’

Affiliated to NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

(Now TO BE KNOWN As “ALL INDIA POSTAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES EMPLOYEES’ UNION (GROUP ‘C’INCLUDING ‘MTS’)” VIDE POSTAL

DIRECTORATE’S LETTER NO. 15/03/2014-SR DATED 11^TH NOVEMBER, 2014)

AU/7^th CPC Recommendation  Dated 04-12-2015

To

Ms Kavery Banerjee

Secretary, Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan, Samsad Marg,

New Delhi-110001

Sub: Process to examine the recommendations made in report of the 7^th CPC.

Ref:- Postal Dte’s communication 7-1/2015-PCC dtd 26-11-2015.

Respected Madam,

            In response to your kind communication regarding comments on the recommendations made by the 7^th CPC, this organization expresses its great displeasure and offers the following views/observation on the 7^th CPC recommendations.

1)     So far as the cadre of PA (CO/RO) is concerned, there are separate recruitment rules for the cadre notified vide Gazette Notification No. 43 dtd 27-01-2014 under G.S.R. 63 (E) wherein it has been mentioned that 75% of posts are for direct recruitment and rest 25% through a Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LDCE), which makes this cadre distinctly different from the PA/SA cadre of the Department of Posts. In spite of the stated fact, there is no specific mention for the Postal Assistants (Circle and Regional offices) cadre in the 7^th CPC recommendation, though we had submitted the Memorandum to the 7^th CPC and offered oral evidence explaining our views in this regard with facts and figures. We are again enclosing a copy of a brief representation of facts in connection with 7^th CPC memorandum submitted by us to the Honourable Chairman of the 7^th CPC, which will speak for itself.

Department of Posts may therefore take this matter seriously and suggest to upgrade the pre-revised grade pay for PA (CO/RO) cadre from Rs 2400/- to Grade Pay Rs 4200/- i.e. corresponding to 7^th CPC Pay Matrix Level from 4 to 6 and may also suggest enhancement of minimum educational qualification from existing 10+2 to Graduation level if needed in this context.

Hope that you will not dishearten us and do justice.

With regards,

Enclosure: As stated above.   

Yours faithfully,

 

(Pranab Bhattacharjee)

General Secretary