Thursday, July 26, 2012

RALLY OF CG EMPLOYEES

IMPRESSIVE AND HISTORIC RALLY OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES MORE THAN 20000 PARTICIPATED ON 26TH JULY 2012

ONE DAY ALL INDIA STRIKE ON 12TH DECEMBER 2012

Demanding 7th Pay Commission, 50% merger of DA, Departmentalise Gramin Dak Sevaks, Regularise casual labourers, Compassionate appointment 5% condition removal, Five Promotions, Scrap PFRDA Bill, Fill up all vacant Posts and Create New Posts Etc. Etc.

NFPE ALL INDIA CONVENTION HELD ON 26TH JULY 2012 CALLED UPON THE ENTIRETY OF THE POSTAL WORKERS TO MAKE THE STRIKE CENT PERCENT SUCCESS

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Clarification on Stepping up of Pay

Clarification on Stepping up of Pay at par with Juniors:

In the issue of Stepping up of pay of the promotee senior with direct recruited junior appointed on or after 01.01.2006, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has clarified that stepping up the basic pay
Stepping up the basic pay of seniors under the above provision can be claimed only in the case of those cadres which have an element of direct recruitment and In cases where a directly recruited junior is actually drawing more basic pay than the seniors. In such cases, the basis pay of the seniors will be stepped up with reference to the basic pay of the junior.

The full text of this Clarification is as follows.

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN(HQ),

18, INSTITUTIONAL AREA SHAH EED JEET SINGH MARG,

NEW DELHI-110016

F.110239/58/2008/ KVS (Budget) Dated: 20.07.2012

The Dy. Commissioner

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan

All Regional Offices

Subject: Stepping up of pay of the promotee senior with direct recruited junior appointed on or after 01.01.2006

Sir,

This is regarding stepping of pay of promotee senior with reference to direct recruited junior appointed after 01.01.2006.

1. The issue was examined in this office and referred toMinistry of HRD for clarification. Ministry of HRD vide letter No.F.3-43/2008/UT.2 dated 20th March 2009 has clarified that the stepping up of pay of the promotee senior with direct recruited junior appointed on or after 01.01.2006 may be agreed to subject to fulfillment of the following conditions:

(a) Stepping up the basic pay of seniors under the above provision can be claimed only in the case of those cadres which have an element of direct recruitment and In cases where a directly recruited junior is actually drawing more basic pay than the seniors. In such cases, the basis pay ofthe seniors will be stepped up with reference to the basic pay of the junior.

(b) Using the above provision, Government servants cannot claim stepping up their revised basic pay with reference to entry pay in the revised pay structure for direct recruitsappointed on or after 1.1.2006 as laid down in Section II of Part A of First Schedule to the CCS (RP) Rules, 2008, if their cadre does not have an element of direct recruitment, or in cases were no junior is drawing basic pay higher than them.

(C) Stepping up of pay of the seniors in accordance with the above provision shall not be applicable in cases where directrecruits have been granted advance increments at the time ofrecruitment.

The issues prevailing in the region may be decided as per above clarifications.

Yours faithfully

sd/-

(M.A Arumugam)

Joint.Commissioner (Fin)

OUR COMRADES AT DELHI

PARLIAMENT MARCH 26^th JULY-2012

NFPE ALL INDIA CONVENTION 26^th JULY- 2012

PARLIAMENT DHARNA BY AIPEU- GDS (NFPE) ON 27^th JULY, 2012

Thousands of Comrades are reaching Delhi to participate in 26^thJuly March To Parliament called by the Confederation demanding 7^thPay Commission, 50% DA Merger etc.

An All India NFPE Convention will be held on the same day afternoon in Ambedkar Bhawan, Rani Jhansi Road, New Delhi – 110055 in front of VIDEOCON TOWER [ near Jhandewalan Metro Rail Station].

Dharna before Parliament exclusively on GDS Demands will be held on 27^th July as per the call of the AIPEU GDS NFPE in which all NFPE comrades coming to March to Parliament shall also participate.

From our Division, Com. M.Aravindakshan, Com. M.C.Velayudhan, Com. V.P.Sreedharanunni are reached New Delhi to participate in the struggle.

REVISED NORMS FOR POSTMEN ESTABLISHMENT.

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

GDS CONVENTION ON 22-07-2012

IMAGES OF GDS CONVENTION HELD AT CHERPALCHERI ON 22-07-2012

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Tax Returns-Excemption

EXEMPTION OF SALARIED EMPLOYEES FROM REQUIREMENT OF FILING OF RETURNS FOR ASSESSMENT YEAR 2012-13

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) vide its Notification No. 9/2012 dated 17th February, 2012 has exempted salaried employees from the requirement of filing the returns for assessment year 2012-13. The exemption is applicable only if all the following conditions are fulfilled:-

• Employee has earned only salary income and income from savings bank account and the annual interest earned from savings bank account is less than Rs. 10 thousand.

• The total Income of the employee does not exceed Rs. 5 Lakh (Total Income means Gross Total Income Less deductions under Chapter VIA).

• The Employee has reported his PAN to the employer.

• Employee has reported his income from interest on savings bank account to employer.

• Employee has received Form 16 from his employer.

• Total Tax Liability of employee has been paid off by employer by way of TDS and employer has deposited TDS with central government.

• Employee has no refund claim.

• Employee has received salary only from one employer.

• Employee has not received any Notice from Income Tax Department for filing of Income Tax return.

Department of Personnel & Training has come up with detailed guidelines to check the delay in grant of sanction of Prosecution by the competent authorities in various Ministries and Departments.

Saturday, July 21, 2012

TRCA FIXATION TO NEWLY APPOINTEE D GSD-CLARIFICATION

Friday, July 20, 2012

GDS CONVENTION

DIVISIONAL GDS CONVENTION

ON 22-07-2012

AT CHERPALCHERI

FROM 10 AM

Inauguration: Com. M. HAMZA, MLA, Ottapalam

Key Note Speech: Com. V.Murugan, Treasurer, AIPEU

GDS(NFPE)

= All are invited =

ALL INDIA PROGRAMMES

PARLIAMENT MARCH 26^th JULY-2012

NFPE ALL INDIA CONVENTION 26^th JULY- 2012

PARLIAMENT DHARNA BY AIPEU- GDS (NFPE) ON 27^th JULY, 2012

DELHI CHALO – PREPARATIONS IN ALL CIRCLES HECTIC

Thousands of Comrades are reaching Delhi to participate in 26^thJuly March To Parliament called by the Confederation demanding 7^thPay Commission, 50% DA Merger etc.

An All India NFPE Convention will be held on the same day afternoon in Ambedkar Bhawan, Rani Jhansi Road, New Delhi – 110055 in front of VIDEOCON TOWER [ near Jhandewalan Metro Rail Station].

COME IN LARGE NUMBERS AND MAKE THESE PROGRAMMES A GRAND SUCCESS

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

DIRECT RECRUITMENT PROCESS STARTED

HOLDING OF PA/SA DIRECT

RECRUITMENT FOR 2011 & 2012

THROUGH APPROVED OUTSOURCED

AGENCY

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

GDS Convention

DIVISIONAL GDS CONVENTION

ON 22-07-2012

AT CHERPALCHERI

FROM 10 AM

Inauguration: Com. M. HAMZA, MLA, Ottapalam

Key Note Speech: Com. V.Murugan, Treasurer, AIPEU GDS(NFPE)

= All are invited =

Special Recruitment

Special Recruitment Drives for filling up backlog reserved vacancies for SC/ST/OBC and Persons with Disabilities : Notice of meeting (Click Here for details)

Friday, July 13, 2012

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

MEETING ON SUNDAY/HOLIDAYS-OUR PROTEST

No. PIII/PIV/GDS/Gnl/12 09-07-2012

The Supdt. Of Post Offices,

Ottapalam Division,

Ottapalam -679101

Sub:- RPLI/PLI Awards-reg

Sir,

Ref:- SPOs No. L12/RPLI/Dlgs dated 03-07-2012

It is noticed that the Divisional Administration is planned to convene a meeting of all SPMs and staff on 15-07-2012 (Sunday) at Ottapalam Head Post Office from 10 AM. It is also learnt that a Business review meeting with SPMs is also arranged in this occasion.

In this connection, we wish to register our vehement protest against the decision of the Divisional Administration as the action is a mere violation of the agreement reached with the Service Unions by the DG Posts, during the recent strike settlements.

It is therefore, requested that the meeting proposed may be deferred and arranged on week days at different locations in our Division.

Yours faithfully,

(Abdul RahimanT.P) (M.Aravindakshnan) (M.C.Velayudhan)

Secretary PIII Secretary PIV Secretary GDS

Copy to: 1) Com. M.Krishnan Circle Secretary, AIPEU Gr.C, P&T House, Trivandrum

2) Com. P.K.Muralidharan, Circle Asst Secretary, at Manjeri

POST BANK INDIA

Post office bank proposal awaits RBI nod

Dear Comrades,

Chennai, July 9 (IANS) The government is awaiting the Reserve Bank

of India's nod on a proposal to spin off the savings account operations

of post offices into a bank, Sachin Pilot, union minister of state for

communications and information technology, said Monday.

Pilot also said the government is drawing up a plan to revive the

loss-making Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and will soon roll

out a new policy on electronics hardware manufacturing.

"We are waiting for a reply from RBI on our proposal to float post office

bank," Pilot told reporters here.The government, however, does not

have any plans to spin off the postal life insurance business into a

separate company. "The postal life insurance is doing well in providing

affordable policy for rural people," he added.

Pilot was in the city to inaugurate a new research and development

(R&D) facility of Alcatel Lucent India.Asked about the turnaround

plans for BSNL, he said: "We are drawing up the plan. Some circles are

now earning profit. We are looking at BSNL floating joint ventures to

use its assets in an efficient way."On the proposed electronics policy,

he said the Indian electronics (mobile phones, consumer durables and

others) market is around $45 billion now and expected to grow to

around $400 billion in 10 years time.Pilot said the government is planning

to stipulate certain percentage of components to be locally sourced,

but declined to specify any number.

He said the merging of IT and telecom is creating a new opportunity

for India and the focus of the government is on boosting the electronics

manufacturing in a major way.About the IT industry, Pilot said the sector

is expected to grow 17 percent next year and the target is $300 billion

by 2020 from the current $100 billion.

He urged the domestic IT companies to diversify their exports rather

than focusing just the US market.

Referring to the rural connectivity plans, Pilot said the centre has
written to all the states to provide right of way free of cost for
laying the optic fibre connecting villages across the country.

-- Indo-Asian News Service

Monday, July 9, 2012

FURTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

The following are the further achievements by the Unions intervention

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1) The Allowance of GDS SV, Ottapalam revised.

2) Proposals for filling up of GDS SV, Cherpalcheri and Shornur submitted to RO

PMG OFFICE MARCH POSTPONED

PMG office March proposed to be conducted on 17-07-2012 has been postponed . Next Date will be announced later.

Saturday, July 7, 2012

DIVISIONAL ISSUES AND SETTLEMENTS

APPROVED COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENTS

==============================================

1. Smt. Premakumari W/O Late Vijayaraghavan, GDSMC, Pulasseri

2. Smt. Jyothilakshmi S\W/O Late Ramakrishnan, GDSBPM, Attasseri

CREATION OF NEW POSTS AS PER OUR DEMANDS

· Creation of one post of GDS MD at SG Press
(Action is in progress to collect statictics)

(Monthly Meeting Item No. 04/ 2012 of PIV Union)

· Creation of Additional Post of GDS Packer at Katambazhipuram
(Approved by RO)

(Monthly Meeting Item No. 03/2011 of ED Union)

· Creation of Additional Post of GDS MD at Naduvattom (Approved by RO)

(Monthly Meeting Item No. 17/2011 of ED Union)

DEMAND OF OTTAPALAM DIVISION ON CANTEEN EMPLOYEES

LETTER TO DG POSTS ON TA OF SAS

STEEPEST FALL IN POSTAL DEPT’S DEFICIT IN 10 YEARS

Mirroring signs of revival, the Department of Posts (DoP) has registered the highest decline in deficit in more than 10 years at Rs 550.73 crore in 2011-12 on the back of increase in revenues, mainly from financial services.

Total revenues of the department in 2011-12 rose by 13.62 per cent to Rs 7,910.51 crore while expenditure stood at Rs 13,705.4 crore, leaving a deficit of Rs 5,794.89 crore.

In the previous fiscal, DoP had revenues of Rs 6,962.33 crore and expenditure of Rs 13,307.95 crore, reflecting a gap of Rs 6,345.62 crore.

DoP's deficit had jumped over 80 per cent to 6,641.30 crore in 2009-10 from 3,593.09 crore in 2008-09 due to implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations.

“In the last one year we have developed an integrated strategy to make India Post, commercially and socially relevant. The financial performance of the last year indicates that we have succeeded to an extent. But a lot more need to be done,” Minister for Communications and IT Kapil Sibal told the news agency.

According to the Financial Performance report prepared by Department of Posts for 2011-2012, revenues from financial services grew by 20.8 per cent at Rs 4,304.07 crore in 2011-12 compared to Rs 3,562.77 crore in FY'11.

Revenue from postal operations grew by 6.08 per cent to Rs 3,606.44 crore in 2011-12 from Rs 3,399.56 crore it registered in FY'11.

Sibal said that he is expecting revenue of DoP to grow by 20 per cent in the current financial year.

“This financial year we are targeting revenue increase of plus 20 per cent. I am happy that India Post is moving in the right direction. Now we need to increase our speed,” he said.

DoP has appointed Boston Consulting Group to prepare an appropriate business structure for the emerging and premium services of India Post.

The postal department has floated expression of interest to appoint a consultant for preparing detailed project report (DPR) of its ambitious Post Bank projects and this report is expected to be finalised by end of this calendar year.

“The Post Bank project will rejuvenate financial services offered through post offices,” Sibal said.DoP has already announced to set-up 1000 ATMs across country as part of its financial services.

Sibal has also asked DoP introduce premium logistics services in select 80 to 90 cities within six months to tap the expanding e-commerce market in the country and enhance its revenue by 15 per cent.

Press Trust of India / New Delhi Jul 05, 2012,

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Send money order from your mobile

MONEY ORDER SERVICE THROUGH MOBILE PHONES - NEWS

The postal department has entered into a partnership with state-run telecom company BSNL to provide money order service using mobile phones.

NEW DELHI: The postal department has entered into a partnership with state-run telecom company BSNL to provide money order service using mobile phones.

"The Department has signed an agreement with BSNL for providing money remittance through mobile phones," Department of Posts (DoP) said in an official statement today.

As per the pact, BSNL has been provided with the requirements of DoP for development of the software.

A DoP spokesperson said the software development is going on and rollout of the pilot is expected in August-September 2012.

Initially, a pilot of the service will run for a period of 6 months in Punjab, Bihar, Delhi and Kerala Circles, the statement said.

As per the spokesperson, DoP will give commission to BSNL for each remittance made and the commission will vary on the amount transferred.

Under this facility, receiver of the money will get SMS for transaction and initially get cash at the nearest authorised post office by showing the message, the spokesperson said.

source:Times of India

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

REVISED MATURITY VALUE WITH EFFECT FROM 01-04-2012

INJUSTICE CAUSED TO PROMOTEES IN MACP – QUASHED

FANTASTIC ORDERS PRONOUNCED BY CAT, JODHPUR

MACP shall be granted afresh from PA cadre based on 10, 20, 30 years in PA cadre

Any promotions under LDCE shall not be brought into no. of promotions under MACP

Applicant should be paid arrears with interest applicable to GPF

The full text of the judgment is furnished below in the link. What we are demanding all along (i.e) to exclude the promotions acquired by exam has been categorically declared by the Hon’ble judge. A remarkable decision.

The CHQ is referring the CAT decision to the Directorate requesting to implement the same to all without further appeal in High court or other forums.

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