Features Of Rural ICT Handheld Device Supplied To Branch Post Offices

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Combined Graduate Level Examination 2016

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released the notification for Combined Graduate Level Examination 2016 (SSC CGL 2016). You can ask your son, daughter, neighbors, any staff interested in the office etc. to apply online from 13th February 2016 to 14th March 2016. 

The SSC CGL 2016 Exam will be tentatively held on 8th and 22nd May 2016. Check complete details from below link. )

Name of the Exam : Combined Graduate Level Examination (SSC CGL 2016)

Qualification : Any Graduate

Important Dates :

Starting Date of Online Application : 13th February 2016

Closing Date of Online Application : 14th March 2016

Date of SSC CGL 2014 Examination  : 8th May 2016 & 9th May 2016

Application Fee : Rs 100/- (Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Physically Handicapped, and Ex-Servicemen eligible for reservation are exempted from paying application fee) 

Check detailed Notification of SSC CGL 2016 from here

Note : Official notification along with online application link will be available from 13th February 2016.

Features Of Rural ICT Handheld Device Supplied To Branch Post Offices

As a pilot phase Department of Post has started using solar powered, bio metric hand-held devices in rural post office with connectivity along with the application software in selected circles viz. Bihar, UP and Rajasthan. This move was the outcome of Rural ICT project declared by the Government of India.

Following re the important features or benefits of Hand-held device supplied to Branch Post Offices.

1. Electronic transactions- Booking and delivery of Speed Post, registered mail, money orders, sale of stamps and postal stationery will be done through these devices and paper receipt shall be generated

2. Instantaneously thereby eliminating chances of overcharging and other problems associated with manual transactions. Savings Bank deposits & withdrawals, PLI/RPLI premium deposits and loan/claim payments will also be done electronically on these devices.

3. Immediate uploading of transaction data and financial reconciliation- Using mobile connectivity, data pertaining to all transactions done on the hand-held devices shall be uploaded onto the central server. E-Money order will reach the destination post office instantaneously unlike present day where the money order is digitized at the nearest computerized Post Office and leads to delay in delivery. All financial transactions shall also be reconciled immediately without any manual intervention and Cash on Delivery amount collected in the village shall be immediately credited to the account of e-Commerce Company. Similarly the artisans would be able to fulfill e-commerce orders and receive immediate payment for their sold products online. This will have a positive impact on the overall economy of the villages.

4. Automatic track and trace- Speed Post and Registered letters/parcels and money remittances will be trackable at the Branch Post Office level and booking/delivery information will also be uploaded to central server immediately.

5. Fraud and leakage elimination- As Savings Bank and Postal Life Insurance transactions will be done on a real-time basis and through immediate generation of receipt and voice message, chances of fraud would be eliminated. Biometric authentication of MNREGS and social security beneficiaries at the time of pay-out would also reduce leakage in the schemes

6. Post Offices as Common Service Centres- Branch Post Offices shall be able to work as Common Service Centres and offer services such as Railway Reservation, online bill payment for electricity and water utilities, mobile and DTH recharge, insurance policy premium payments & transactions for partner banks/insurance companies/mutual funds etc.

Today SGFNPO met CPMG, UP Circle at Lucknow along with FNPO affiliated union Circle Secretaries and discussed various issues of UP Circle. Outcome of the meeting will be published in Sentinel.

1) Grants-in-aid for the year 2015-16 to the Central Government Employees Resident Welfare Association - Submission of Accounts for the year 2014-15 - regarding.

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2) Election Holidays 2016 – Grant of Paid Holiday for CG Employees

 Bye Election to the State Legislative Assemblies of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Telangana, Maharashtra, Punjab and Tripura — Grant of Paid holiday – regarding

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 3) Today S.G. FNPO addressed a meeting at kanpur GPO building

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10/02/2016

MEMORANDUM TO SECRETARY POSTS ON

7^th PAY COMMISSIONS RELATED ISSUES

POSTAL JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANISATIONS

No.PF-PJCA/2016                      Dated: 09^th February, 2016

To

            The Secretary,

            Department of Posts’

            Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001

 Sub:  Settlement of Pay Commissions related issues: regarding

Madam,

1.         The Finance ministry has constituted an implementation cell which will function as the Sectt. of the empowered Committee headed by  Cabinet Secretary in which  Secretary , Department of Post is also a member.

2.         As per the minutes of implementation cell held on 2^nd February, Nodal Officers from our Department has not attended, it is reliably learnt.

3.         The implementation cell has fixed two weeks time for submission of any Departmental specific  Modification on 7^th CPC recommendations but it is  learnt  that Nodal Officer appointed  by the  Department is out of Delhi and will be returning after 12^th February , by that time, there will be  4 days time left  for cutoff date fixed by implementation cell..

4.         Further minutes says that any modification recommended by the Secretary Posts should be approved by the Minister (C) also before submission to implementation cell. We feel that if action is not taken on war footing it will be impossible for the Postal Department to submit modification proposal to the implementation cell after completing all the above formalities before the cutoff date

5.         Regarding  Cadre Restructuring  also if orders  are not issued before implementation of Pay Commissions report, there is every chance of returning the proposal by DOP&T  for  resubmission after signing fresh  agreement  taking in to consideration the 7^th CPC  orders issued  by the Government.

            In view of the above we request you to kindly act immediately to safe guard the interests of Postal Employees without giving room for any delay or omission or commission on the part of Postal Department.

            We have decided certain agitational programmes on which we will be giving a separate memorandum on 11th March 2016.

Yours faithfully

 Sd/_                                                                                               Sd/-

(D. Theagarajan)                                             (R.N. Parashar)

Secretary General                                       Secretary General

         FNPO                                                           NFPE

INDEFINITE STRIKE FROM 11^th APRIL-2016

NJCA

National Joint Council of Action

4, State Entry Road, New Delhi – 110055

No.NJC/2015/7^th CPC                     February 9, 2016

To

            All Constituents of NJCA

            Dear Comrade

            The NJCA met on 08.02.2016 as scheduled. The meeting after taking into account various factors decided that the proposed indefinite strike will commence from 11.04.2016 if no settlement is brought about on the charter of demands by that time. The meeting also took the following decisions.

1.    Strike notice will be served by the NJCA and all its constituents on 11.03.2016 by holding massive demonstration.

2.    There will be a massive Rally on 11.03.2016 at Delhi and leaders of NJCA will make it possible to attend the said rally and the strike notice will be served on Cabinet Secretary, Government of India.

3.    All the National JCA leaders will attend Rally at the State Capitals/big industrial centres during the month March and April, 2016. Dates will be finalised in consultation with the concerned State JCA.

4.    To strengthen the campaign, the NJCA will place on the website a pamphlet explaining the demands.

5.    Posters will be centrally designed and kept in the website for State JCAs and constituents to adopt.

6.    All Constituents will undertake independent campaign programmes in the month of March 2016 to popularize the demands.

7.    29^th March will be observed as solidarity day throughout the country unitedly by all the Constituents of NJCA.

8.    The indefinite strike will commence at 6 am on 11.04.2016.

9.    The updated Charter of Demands on which the indefinite strike is to be organized is enclosed.

10. The Constituent organizations may add sectional demands as Part B of the Charter of Demands of the NJCA

     The National JCA appeals all constituents to make intensive campaigns to make the strike an unprecedented success.

With greetings,

Yours fraternally,

(Shiva Gopal Mishra)

Convener

Charter of Demands

1.    Settle the issues raised by the NJCA on the recommendations of the 7 CPC sent to Cabinet Secretary vide letter dated 10^th December 2015

2.    Remove the injustice done in the assignment of pay scales to technical/safety categories etc. in Railways& Defence, different categories in other Central Govt establishments by the 7 CPC

3.    Scrap the PFRDA Act and NPS and grant Pension/family Pension to all CG employees under CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 & Railways Pension Rules, 1993

4.    i) No privatization, /outsourcing/contractorisation of governmental functions

ii) Treat GDS as Civil Servants and extend proportional benefit on pension and allowances to the GDS

5.    No FDI in Railways & Defence; No corporatization of Defence Production Units and Postal Department.

6.    Fill up all vacant posts in the government departments, lift the ban on creation of posts; Regularise the casual/contract workers

7.    Remove ceiling on compassionate ground appointments

8.    Extend the benefit of Bonus Act,1965 amendment on enhancement of payment ceiling to the adhoc Bonus/PLB of Central Government employees with effect from the Financial year 2014-15

9.    Ensure Five promotions in the service career of an employee

10. Do not amend Labour Laws in the name of Labour Reforms which will take away the existing benefits to the workers

11. Revive JCM functioning at all levels

Today SGFNPO and President FNPO met the following officers in the Directorate:

Member(Tech), DDG(Finance), Director(Estt), Director(Staff) and Director (SR).

Out come of the meeting:

1)  Action is being taken by the Directorate to resolve CBS issues

2)  Flood Advance for Tamilnadu Circle: DDG(Finance) approved the file. Now the file is with JS &FA for final approval.

3)  MMS Cadre restructuring file is now with JS & FA.

PJCA meeting held in NFPE office at      3 p.m. Details of the meeting will be posted in our web. Shortly.

WITH BEST WISHES

B. Gouse Basha

Circle Secretary

1.15 Crore Subscribers for National Pension System (NPS) as on 23 January 2016

National Pension System (NPS) had 11,459,555 subscribers with a total corpus of Rs. 90, 327 crore as on 23rd January, 2016. The total Assets under Management are worth Rs. 109,140 crore while Assets under Management per subscriber is Rs. 95,000 on an average.

The number of NPS Subscribers of the Central Government are 1611,020 with a total corpus of Rs. 34,754 crore while subscribers from the different State Governments are 2,859,094 with a total corpus of Rs. 45,486 crore. The number of NPS subscribers in the Corporate Sector are 448,509 while in Unorganized Sector is 128,484, the total being 576,993. The number of subscribers under NPS Lite include 4,463,637 and under Atal Pension Yojana (APY) 1,948,811, with a total number of subscribers 6,412,448 in these two categories.

NPS subscribers of Central Government are 14.1% of the total subscribers while that of the State Governments are 24.9%. The NPS subscribers under NPS Lite constitute 39% while under APY 17% of the total subscribers.

Since PFRDA has completed two years of its statutory status on 1st February, 2016, to mark this occasion, PFRDA in collaboration with all its intermediaries in the National Pension System including Central and State Governments’ Nodal Offices, POPs, Aggregators, Central Recordkeeping Agency and NPS Trust etc. is observing NPS Service Week from 1st to 6th February, 2016. This week-long campaign is being dedicated to service-orientation towards the subscribers and aimed at awareness building and improved information dissemination. During this Service Week, besides sharing of information on the range of functionalities and services now available under the NPS, the subscriber community will be apprised about the need for constant updation of data/information to enable the system to operate at its optimum service level, so that the intended benefits can reach all the employees/subscribers under NPS. Besides, the subscribers will also be able to make best use of all the opportunities and facilities.

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) is organizing the 2nd Pension Conclave in national Capital on 4th February 2016 with the theme, “Towards Universal Pension: Coverage, Adequacy and Sustainability” in which all the stake holders are expected to participate and share their experiences. PFRDA proposes to use this occasion to acknowledge/award the best performing banks and Post Offices in mobilization and registration of subscribers under the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) up to 31st December 2015, and institute awards for best performing POPs under the Voluntary segment of the National Pension System.

Earlier, PFRDA launched NPS Awareness Programme for State autonomous bodies, Unorganized Sector, Corporate Sector and other categories in order to highlight the benefits of joining NPS and has requested the various State Governments to implement NPS more inclusively among the State Autonomous Bodies, Boards, Corporations, Societies, Universities and State aided institutions under various State Government departments. During the awareness programme, key features and benefits of NPS, details and process of joining NPS, details about NPS architecture investment and exit guidelines of NPS are highlighted.

Source: http://www.business-standard.com/

FLASH NEWS 09.02.2016

FLOOD ADVANCE CASE SUCCEEDED DUE TO THE SINCERE INTERVENTION OF OUR SECRETARY GENERAL SHRI. D. THEYAGARAJAN. 

WITH PROFOUND REGARDS !!!!

FNPO ZINDABAD !!!!!!!

B.GOUSE BASHA

CIRCLE SECRETARY

Special postal covers on Gandhi's life events released

Kolkata, Feb 8 (PTI) To commemorate various events in the life of Mahatma Gandhi, the postal department today released four special covers for philately lovers.

The covers, designed by Alok K Goyal, who runs the online stamp shop www.stamps-n-stamps.com, are based on the route to India followed by Gandhi in 1914 from South Africa, arrival in 1915, last meeting with Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in 1940 and Gandhi attending the second Round Table Conference in London in 1931.

Mit Kumar, Deputy Director of India Post, said "It is an excellent initiative in commemorating 76 years of Netajis last meeting with Gandhiji along with other special covers."

These covers have been issued in a very limited number of 1,000 each.

The covers are affixed with different materials like canvas, wool, silk, wood, etc.

Earlier in October 2015, the department had issued two covers during the West Bengal Philatelic Exhibition (Daker Saaj 2015).

Goyal said they have tied up with the postal department to release a total of 33 such postal covers, each one marking different events in Gandhis life. 

1)   NJCA MEETING

NJCA meeting was held today at NJCM office under the leadership of Dr.Raghavaiah.  FNPO was represented by Shri. T.N Rahate, President FNPO and SGFNPO.

Staff side decided to issue strike notice on 11.03.2016. Central Govt. Employees strike will commence on 11.04.2016. Other details will be  published soon.

2) Today President FNPO and SGFNPO met Member (P). Outcome of the meeting :

(a) Cadre restructuring: Finance Ministry called some clarification from Department of posts . File sent to Finance Ministry with clarifications two days before.

(b) Verification results: Till some circles not sent Annexure – IV.  The other details will be published in sentinel

____________________________

SGFNPO  Programme.

08/02/2016  to 09/02/2016 New Delhi.

10/02/2016  to 11/02/2016   U.P Circle.

13/02/2016 to 15/02/2016  AP Circle.

25/02/2016 to 27/02/2016  WB circle.

28/02/2016 to 03/03/2016 Bihar circle.

Our Secretary General's letter to The D.G. Posts regarding Flood Advance to Tamil Nadu Circle

FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANISATION

 T-24, Atul Grove Road, 

New Delhi - 110 001. 

Phone : 011-23321378 E-mail : theagarajannachi@hotmail.com 

Ref : TN/106/2016                         Date : 5-2-2016 

To 

Ms. Kaveri Banerjee 

Secretary 

Dept. of Posts 

Dak Bhavan 

New Delhi 110 001. 

Madam, 

SUB: Request for grant of Flood Advance to Tamilnadu Circle. 

Kindly recall our discussion on the subject on 8-12-2015. During the discussion you have told that report has been called from the Tamilnadu Circle on the matter on receipt of the report, the Directorate will do the needful. 

Tamilnadu Circle administration has sent a D.O. letter addressed to DDG (PAF) requesting for approval in granting Flood Advance to the affected officials of Tamilnadu Circle vide D.O. No. APB/Flood Advance/15- 16 dt. 4-2-2016. Hence it is requested necessary instructions my kindly be issued to the DDG (PAF) to accord necessary approval for grant of Flood Advance to the Tamilnadu Circle at the earliest. 

Thanking you, 

Yours sincerely,

                                                           Sd-

D. THEAGARAJAN 

Secretary General 

Copy to : 

1. Dr. Charles Lobo CPMG Tamilnadu Circle Chennai - 600 002. 

2. Shri Rajnish Kumar Jenaw DDG (PAF), Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan New Delhi 110 001.

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