Filling up of vacancies on deputation in Centre for Excellence in Postal Technology

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Deputation of Inspector Posts/Assistant Superintendent of Posts in the Directorate

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CHQ News : Merger of ASP cadre in to PS Gr. B cadre.....updates!!!

Meeting regarding merger of ASP cadre into PS Group B cadre was held in the chamber of DDG (Estt) on 28/11/2014 .

Following were present.

Smt. Trishaljit Sethi, DDG (Estt)

Shri Harinder Singh Director (Estt)

Shri Tarun Mittal, ADG (PE-1)

Shri Vilas Ingale, General Secretary

Shri Roop Chand, Ex General Secretary

Shri Santosh Kulkarni, Ex CHQ Treasurer

Shri Yadagiri G. Nyalapelli, CHQ Treasurer

Shri P. Ajith Kumar, Asstt. General Secretary-I

Shri Parmanand Kumar, ASP (PMU), Directorate

 

DDG (Estt) welcomed the representatives of the Association and requested for healthy and fruitful discussion to resolve this vital and long pending issue. The proposal submitted by the Association on 20/11/2013 was discussed in detail. Official side expressed their difficulties in implementing the proposal in toto. It was stated by the official side that there are 2106 posts of Inspector Posts and 1990 posts of ASP in the Department. During the course of discussion, it was proposed to upgrade few posts of ASP in Divisional Office into PS Group B cadre in Group A Postal / RMS divisions, CO/RO etc. as well as to retain the Gazetted status of remaining ASPs in their personal capacity till their retirement / promotion in case of merger of IP cadre and ASP cadre into a single cadre. Inspector, Posts will get Grade Pay of Rs. 4600/- after merger at par with Inspectors in CBDT/CBEC as per our demand. Meeting was held in a cordial atmosphere.

In view of the discussions held in the meeting, official side desired a fresh proposal from the Association. The same will be submitted very soon.

Age before duty: Babus to retire at 58 instead of 60

 

In a move that would help curb the relentless increase in the Centre’s non-Plan spending and ease the way for infusion of more young blood and professionalism into the country’s largely moribund bureaucracy, the Narendra Modi government is planning to reduce the retirement age of central government employees from the present 60 to 58.

The move that comes at a time when the Seventh Pay Commission is mulling another sharp boost to the pay structure of the Centre’s 5-million-strong workforce is also aimed at creating the requisite space for lateral entry of technically qualified professionals into the government, official sources told FE.

The retirement age was last revised in 1998, when the then NDA government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee raised it from 58 to 60 years. The last UPA government had reportedly considered enhancing the retirement age further to 62 just before the general elections, but dropped the move.

The superannuation age was increased from 55 to 58 way back in 1962.

The total wage and salaries bill of the central government, excluding PSUs but including the railways, rose sharply between 2008 and 2010 due to the revised pay scales (along with payment of arrears) implemented as per the Sixth Pay Commission’s proposals.

The wage bill rose from Rs 1.09 lakh crore in 2007-08 to Rs 1.4 lakh crore in 2008-09, and further to Rs 1.7 lakh crore in 2009-10, before the growth moderated to Rs 1.84 lakh crore in 2010-11. The government spent Rs 2.54 lakh crore in wages and salaries in 2013-14. The railways (with 1.4 million employees), defence (civil), home affairs, India Post and revenue account for more than 80% of the total spending of the Centre on pays and allowances.

Thanks to successive pay commissions, the salaries and other emoluments of government employees have, on average, more than doubled in every decade since independence even though lack of sufficient performance incentives is still considered to be a drawback.

A merger of 50% of the dearness allowance with the basic salary, likely to be part of the Seventh Pay Commission’s award, which is to implemented from 2016, is expected to hike the Centre’s wage bill by a third and strain its fiscal situation. In February this year, the government hiked DA to 100%, from 90%, benefiting both its employees and 3 million pensioners.

The Centre’s expenditure on pension stood at Rs 74,076 crore in 2013-14 and the estimate for the current fiscal is Rs 81,983 crore. However, growth in the outgo on pension is expected to moderate due to the National Pension System based on the concept of defined contribution, launched in January 2004. The NPS has been accepted by large sections of central government employees and most state governments have shifted their employees to the new system.

According to Madan Sabnavis, chief economist at CARE Ratings, reducing the retirement age will give the government an opportunity to outsource more jobs, including by bringing in people as temporary consultants, who will then have to be paid only a fixed salary but not pension or provident fund. Their salary component will then show up as administrative costs, rather than as wage bill.

The finance ministry is weighing the pros and cons of the proposal to cut the retirement age. The move, sources said, is also in line with the BJP’s manifesto, which had promised to rationalise and converge ministries, departments and other arms of the government, open up government to draw expertise from industry, academia and society and tap the services of the youth in particular to contribute to governance.

Source : http://www.financialexpress.com/

Issue of revised RRs of PS Gr. B cadre and reduce share of GL officials from 6% to 3%.

No. CHQ/IPASP/CRC/2012 Dated : 19/11/2014

 

To,

Ms Kavery Banerjee,

Secretary (Posts),

Department of Posts,

Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi 110 001.

 

Subject : Issue of revised Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B Cadre and reduce share of General Line officials from 6% to 3%…reg

 

Respected Madam,

Your kind attention is invited to this Association’s letter of even number dated 4/7/2011 vide which a detailed proposal regarding share of GL officials and IP Line officials for appearing in the LDCE was submitted to Directorate. But I am sorry to point out that, in-spite of reminders dated 15/7/2013, 19/11/2013, 6/1/2014, 17/4/2014, 16/5/2014, 21/6/2014 and 29/8/2014 no positive steps have been taken by Department to resolve this long pending vital issue.

 

Directorate vide memo No. 4-26/2009-SPB-II dated 27^th August 2014 has finalized and circulated revised Recruitment Rules of HSG-I in Post Offices and RMS offices. Actually, as per the clause 3.1.5 of DoPT OM No. AB-14017/48/2010-Estt (RR) dated 31^st December 2010 “The Recruitment Rules should be reviewed once in 5 years with a view to effecting such changes as are necessary to bring them in conformity with the changed position, including additions to or reduction in the strength of the lower and higher level posts”.

 

Now, it is learnt that Department has submitted the proposal of issue of revised RRs of PS Gr. B cadre to Nodal Ministry for approval.

It is therefore requested to get the approval of Nodal Ministry at the earliest, so that Department can hold pending LDCEs for the promotion to the cadre of PS Gr. B and Sr. Postmaster’s Examination as per the revised recruitment rules only.

 

With profound regards,

Yours sincerely,

(Vilas Ingale)

General Secretary

 

Copy forwarded for necessary action to :

 

The Director (R & P), Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi 110001. He is requested to refer SR Division letter No. 09-01/2014-SR dated 11^th January 2014. LDCE for the promotion to the cadre of PS Gr. B for the year 2013 and 2014 may be conducted separately only after revision of Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B cadre and reduction of share of General Line officials from 6% to 3%.

Transfers/Postings in the Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) of Indian Postal Service, Group 'A'.

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Re-launch of KVP in Department of Post

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Commemorative Postage Stamp on Unit Trust of India released on 12.11.2014

To mark UTI’s Golden Jubilee Year, the Hon’ble Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad released a Commemorative Stamp at the function held at Hotel Leela Palace, New Delhi-110023 on 12th November, 2014. Ms Anjali Devasher, Member PLI, Postal Services Board, Department of Posts and Mr Leo Puri, Managing Director, UTI AMC were present on the occasion.

UTI was set up by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and functioned under its Regulatory and administrative control. It commenced its operations from 1st February, 1964 with the objective of mobilizing savings of the community and providing the small investors with a means of acquiring a stake in the industrial growth of the country. The first scheme launched by UTI was Unit Scheme 64. UTI Mutual Fund is a SEBI registered mutual fund whose Sponsors are State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda and Life Insurance Corporation of India. UTI Mutual Fund is one of the largest mutual funds in India with investor accounts of 9.58 million under its 128 domestic schemes / plans as on September 30, 2014.

On 1st February, 2014, UTI completed 50 years of its glorious journey in pioneering wealth creation. 50 years marks a major milestone in the history of UTI and its eventful journey over the past 5 decades has been chronicled in UTI’s Coffee Table Book which was unveiled on 2nd February, 2014.

L to R : Ms Ajali Devashar Member PLI, Hon'ble MoC and Mr Leo Puri Managing Director UTI

Inspector Posts Examination 2014 vacancy position

LDCE for Inspector Posts 2014 scheduled to be held on 22 and 23rd November 2014. The following is the vacancy position.

S. NO.	Name of the Circle	Vacancies notified			Total
		OC	SC	ST
1	Andhra Pradesh	5	0	0	5
2	Assam	3	0	0	3
3	Bihar	5	0	0	5
4	Chhattisgarh	6	0	0	6
5	Delhi	0	0	0	0
6	Gujarat	8	1	0	9
7	Haryana	0	0	1	1
8	Himachal Pradesh	9	0	0	9
9	Jammu & Kashmir	7	1	0	8
10	Jharkhand	7	0	0	7
11	Karnataka	12	0	0	12
12	Kerala	6	4	2	12
13	Madhya Pradesh	10	4	1	15
14	Maharashtra	27	5	1	33
15	North East	3	2	1	6
16	Odisha	2	2	1	5
17	Punjab	5	1	1	7
18	Rajasthan	15	0	0	15
19	Tamil Nadu	0	0	0	0
20	Uttarakhand	4	2	1	7
21	Uttar Pradesh	5	0	1	6
22	West Bengal	12	0	0	12
	Total	151	22	10	183

Note:- However the Circles are to verify the above vacancy Position and confirm the same to Directorate.