Retirement on Superannuation

Sri V R Harihar SPO's Chikodi Division Chikodi is retiring from service on 31-03-2013 on superannuation. AIAIPASP Karnataka  wishes a happy and peaceful retired life.

Launching of Electronic Indian Postal Order — eIPO.

No. 1/44/2009-lR
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

North Block, New Delhi

Dated the 22th March, 2013

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

 

Subject : Electronic Indian Postal Order — launching of.

 

On the initiative of Department of Personnel and Training, Department of Posts has launched a service called "elPO (Electronic Indian Postal Order) w.e.f. 22.03.2013. This is a facility to purchase an Indian Postal Order electronically by paying a fee on-line through e-Post Office Portal i.e. http://www.epostoffice.gov.in. It can also be accessed through India Post website www.indiapost.gov.in . As per RTI Rules, 2012, fees may be paid by electronic means, if facility for receiving fees through electronic means is available with the public authority.

 

2. At present, this facility is provided only for Indian Citizens abroad across the globe to facilitate them to seek information from the Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) under the RTI Act, 2005, Debit and Credit cards can be used to purchase elPO.

 

3. The user needs to get himself registered at the website. He has to select the Ministry/Department from whom he desires to seek the information under the RTI Act and the elPO so generated can be used to seek information from that Ministry/Department only. A printout of the elPO is required to be attached with the RTI application. If the RTI application is being filed electronically, elPO is required to be attached as an attachment.

 

4. It may be noted that this facility is only for purchasing an Indian Postal Order electronically. All the requirements for filing an RTI application as well as other provisions regarding eligibility, time limit, exemptions etc., as provided in the RTI Act, 2005 will continue to apply.

 

5. An elPO so generated must be used only once with an RTI application. To check any multiple use of the same elPO, the CPIOs shall maintain a record of the elPOs so received from Indian Citizens abroad. In case of any doubt, the details of elPO can be verified from the above mentioned site/portal of India Post.

sd/-
(Sandeep Jain)

Deputy Secretary

Source: www.persmin.nic.in 

Authorization of financial power to Sub Divisional Heads under Kolkata Region

Chief PMG West Bengal Circle Kolkata 700012 vide memo No EST/B/D-45/F.Power/Kol.Region dated 18.03.2013 has authorized financial powers of Divisional Heads to the “ASP Sub Divisional Head” under Kolkata Region.

To view the memo issued by West Bengal Circle, please CLICK HERE. 

    It is requested to CPMG Karnataka Bangalore to issue favorable order in this circle too.

LOK SABHA QUESTION-

VARIOUS SAVING FACILITIES IN POST OFFICE AND INTEREST THEREON...

To view the question and answer in connection with Lok Sabha question, please CLICK HERE. 

Delegation of Financial power to Heads of circle in the Department of posts

To view the copy issued by Directorate under Memo No. 6-1/2005-FC(Posts) (Pt) dated 13/3/2013, please CLICK HERE.

Details of Post Offices and Telegraph Offices functioning in own building or rented building

                      To view details, please CLICK HERE. 

Revision of provisional pension sanctioned under Rule 69 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 with illustration

                   To view details, please CLICK HERE 

Transfer order in the cadre of SPO's issued by Postmaster General North Karnataka Region Dharwad vide memo No NKR/STA-2/192/2011/kw dated 18.03.2013

New Rates for Undergoing Angioplasty

The Government has revised the CGHS package rates for coronary angioplasty and angioplasty with balloonw.e.f. 7/2/2013 as per the following details:

Coronary Angioplasty and Angioplasty with Balloon

 

Coronary Angioplasty - Rs. 50,000/-

 

Coronary Angioplasty with Balloon - Rs. 55,000/-

 

All the empanelled private hospitals have not discontinued to provide angioplasty treatment to CGHS beneficiaries. However, ‘3’ hospitals in Delhi & NCR have filed Writ Petitions inHon’ble High Court of Delhi against the revised rates.

Meanwhile, the continuous empanelment scheme has been revived on 14th February, 2013 to empanel more number of eligible private hospitals under CGHS to provide inpatient healthcare facilities to CGHS beneficiaries.

 

This information was given by the Minister for Health & Family Welfare ShriGhulamNabi Azad in written reply to a question in the RajyaSabha today.

Status of Eligibility of Applicants- Direct Recruitment of PA/SA examination.......

Identification of PPF (HUF) accounts and admissibility of interest in such accounts regarding.

Call for applications - P 4 post of Quality of Service Fund Projects Programme ilanager in rhe Development Cooperalion Direclorate

Promotion of Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) to the grade of CPMG, Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) for of the year 2010-11 & year 2011-12

Rates of interest on advances and loans to Govt. employees, for construction/purchase of houses/flats

INSPECTOR POSTS INDUCTION TRAINEES 2013 OF KARNATAKA CIRCLE @ PTC MYSORE

{(From left Krishna Mohite, Satish N (Haveri), Ravindra B L (Challakere), Girish(Mysore), Narendra Naik(Chitradurga), B S Dasar(Bagalkot), A B Kantharaja(Somwarpet, Kodagu), Basavaraj(Chikkamagalur), Somashekar Sarapure (Chikodi), Smt Anusha (Bangalore), Manik Rao (Gulbarga), Nagaraj Gurum(Haveri), Gopi Sagar N (Bellary)}

7th CPC News : Central Minister in favour of seventh pay commission

New Delhi : With a little over a year to go before the next general election, the demand for a Seventh Pay Commission has started to gather momentum. Union housing and urban poverty alleviation minister Ajay Maken has taken the lead in endorsing the Central government employees' request for setting up of the new pay panel, citing the erosion of real wages due to high inflation since implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations.

In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Manmohon Singh, Maken underlined how every pay panel since the Second Pay Commission, barring the Sixth Pay Commission, were set up in the third year of the decade. "We are again in the third year of the ongoing decade and Central government employees are justifiably looking forward to the Seventh Pay Commission," he said.

Recalling that it was under Singh that the last pay panel was set up in 2005, after the NDA government failed to do so in 2003, Maken, in the communication dated March 14, requested that a decision be "taken on priority" for constitution of the Seventh Pay Commission. A notification for constitution of the 7th Central Pay Commission is the need of the hour, which is bound to have bearing upon about 20 million employees," he said.

Maken concluded by emphasizing that setting up of the new pay panel was in "larger interest of government employees as well as the (Congress) party".

To view the copy of letter, please CLICK HERE. 

Declination of regular promotion to PS Group B

Postal Directorate has accepted the request of the following 23 officers for declining their promotion to PS Group “B” ordered vide Directorate order number 9-23/2012-SPG dated 28.12.2012. This is incontinuation to the earlier 14 refusal accepted and orders issued on 29-01-2013.

Name of Officer	Sr. No. In order	Parent Circle	Circle allotted on promotion	Date of Declination
V Thangavelu	10	Tamilnadu	Kerala	23.01.2013
E.R.Palanisami	82	Tamilnadu	Utter Pradesh	24.01.2013
S.Subba Rao	77	Tamilnadu	Gujarat	30.01.2013
S.Sanmugham	200	Tamilnadu	Uttar Pradesh	24.01.2013
D.Sreeramulu Naik	196	Andhra Pradesh	Gujarat	01.01.2013
P.S.Chandrasekhar	145	Andhra Pradesh	Kerala	04.01.2013
Ms P. Bharatha Laxmi	151	Andhra Pradesh	Kerala	15.01.2013
T.V.Raghavulu	127	Andhra Pradesh	Maharashtra	16.01.2013
R.Krishnan	108	Karnataka	Madhya Pradesh	24.01.2013
G.C.Eligar	157	Karnataka	Bihar	18.01.2013
K.S.Telkar	109	Karnataka	Bihar	18.01.2013
S.M.Bhat	168	Karnataka	Bihar	28.01.2013
S.H.Deshbhandari	65	Karnataka	Madhya Pradesh	04.02.2013
Rajaram R Bhat	169	Karnataka	Bihar	18.01.2013
Parmod K  Nanda	129	Odisha	North East	15.01.2013
K.Chandrasekharan	21	Tamilnadu	Delhi	17.01.2013
G.C.Srinivas	163	Karnataka	Bihar	07.01.2013
Abdul Haque	13	West Bengal	West Bengal	24.01.2013
Manoj Halder	178	West Bengal	West Bengal	01.01.2013
Awadesh Kumar	195	West Bengal	North East	10.01.2013
N.S.Patel	19	Chhatishgarh	Jharkhand	28.01.2013
P.S.Ramaswamy	12	Tamilnadu	Kerala	23.01.2013
K.Dinakar	90	Karnataka	Madhya Pradesh	23.01.2013

WELFARE SCHEMES FOR GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS

EXISTING  WELFARE SCHEMES INTRODUCED FOR GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS

1	Maternity Grant	Women GDS are provided Maternity Grant for each child up to the birth of maximum of two children limited to maximum of two confinements resulting into birth of first two children only during the entire engagement period of a Woman GDS equivalent to three months TRCA with DA.  Women GDS’s like Mail Deliverer and Mail Carrier have also been prescribed to be considered for lighter duties wherever possible during the pre and post confinement period.
2	Maternity Leave	Women GDS have also been provided to be granted maternity leave not exceeding six months covering the pre and post confinement period.
3	Extra Departmental Group Insurance Scheme	Gramin Dak Sevaks are provided with insurance coverage of Rs. 50000/- under the Group Insurance Scheme available to them on death.
4	Service Discharge Benefit Scheme	A Service Discharge Benefit Scheme has been introduced by the Government for the benefit of Gramin Dak Sevaks working in the Department of Posts on monthly contribution basis (from Department’s side only @ Rs. 200/-pm) devised on the basis of New Pension Scheme (NPS)-Lite scheme launched by the Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority (PFRDA). This Scheme has been offered in lieu of the existing Severance Amount Scheme on an optional basis for the existing Gramin Dak Sevaks while it is mandatory for the new Gramin Dak Sevaks entering into service with effect from 01.01.2011. The Scheme provides a certain percentage as lump sum at the time of discharge plus mandatory investment of certain percentage in annuity that would provide them monthly benefits in the shape of pension.
5	Leave	Gramin Dak Sevaks are allowed to be granted 20 days paid leave in a year without accumulation.
6	Limited Transfer Facility	Gramin Dak Sevaks are provided with the facility of limited transfer in cases of posting at a distant place on redeployment in the event of abolition of the post, on being appointed on compassionate grounds and posted at distant place, on marriage/remarriage of woman GDS, on suffering extreme hardship due to a disease and for medical attention/treatment of self on production of valid medical certificate from the medical officer of a Government Hospital and on requirement of looking after the welfare of a physically handicapped/mentally handicapped person/dependant requiring to move to different places to give support to such dependant. Such facility is provided for only one transfer during the entire career and on rendering a minimum service of 3 years subject to fulfillment of other conditions. Based on recommendation made by one man Committee, an exception has been made for women Gramin Dak Sevaks, who availed the transfer facility on the ground of extreme hardship due to a disease and for medical attention/treatment before their marriage and now they can avail the facility for a second time in the event of their marriage/re-marriage.
7	Assistance from Welfare Fund	Following assistance from welfare fund are allowed to the Gramin Dak Sevaks:-   S. No. Name of Welfare Scheme Admissible amount of Financial Assistance 1 Financial Assistance in case of death Rs. 7000/- 2 Death occurring due to enemy action in war or border skirmishes or action against militants, terrorists, extremists, etc. Rs. 1,50,000/- 3 Funeral Expenses* Rs.500/- 4 Nutritional diet to the GDS suffering from Tuberculosis : (a)     Indoor treatment. (b)   Outdoor treatment. Rs.400/- p.m. Rs.200/- p.m. 5 Financial Assistance in case of prolonged and serious illness / major surgeries Rs. 5000/- 6 Scholarship and book award scheme To ensure better coverage for GDSs, their wards be granted relaxation by 10% marks as in case of SCs/STs and OBCs, in so far as grant of book award is concerned. *Payable from the Circle Welfare Fund, only in cases in which last rites of deceased Postal Employee are performed by brothers or sisters or near relatives in the absence of any other next of kin.
8	Compassionate Engagement	A new transparent Scheme for engagement of dependents GDS on compassionate grounds with merit points and procedure for selection has been introduced allocating points for each attribute of indigence on a 100 Point Scale. Spouse [widows] has been allowed 15 grace points over and over. Hard and deserving cases have been prescribed as cases over and above 50 Points.
9	Medical Facilities	GDS being a separate and distinct category, they are not covered by CS (MA) Rules and they are also not extended the CGHS facility. Under the existing provisions, they are allowed financial assistance to the extent of Rs. 5000/-from Circle Welfare Fund provided such GDS must have put in at least six years of service in the Department, treatment should have been taken from Government hospital and produced medical certificates and the illness is at least 2 months old. Regional/Circle Heads have been conferred discretionary powers to sanction financial assistance to the extent of Rs. 10000/- in each case. In rare and exceptional circumstances, further financial assistance can also be considered from Central Welfare Fund.
10	Avenues for absorption on regular departmental posts	GDS being Extra Departmental, their absorption as departmental employee to the cadre of MTS/ Postman /PA is through direct recruitment under the statutory recruitment rules. Under the statutory Recruitment Rules of the cadre of MTS, GDS are considered for 25% vacancies against seniority quota and further 25% vacancies through Limited Departmental Examination (LDE). As per Recruitment Rules of Postman cadre, GDS are considered against 50% vacancies through LDE. In addition, GDS can also be considered for direct recruitment to the post of Postal Assistant (PA) / Sorting Assistant (SA) against unfilled promotion quota vacancies of PA/SA on the basis of examination subject to fulfillment of the following conditions as on 01st January of the vacancy year:- (i) GDS should have obtained at least 50% marks in 10+2 standard or 12th class with English as a compulsory subject (excluding vocational streams) and have put in a minimum service of 5 years (ii) They should be within 30 years of age (35 years for SC/ST & 33 years for OBC)

Authority:
Annexure III to LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1402

INTRODUCTION TO INDIA POST, 2012 PROGRAM

To view the slide prepared by Directorate, please CLICK HERE.

Holding of PA / SA Direct Recritment for the vacancies of 2011 and 2012--Tentative Schedule.