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DEPARTMENT OF POSTS ISSUED ORDERS TO ABOLISH 2/3rd POSTS KEPT VACANT FOR THE YEARS 2005 to 2008
Dear Comrades,
NFPE
- FNPO
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS ISSUED ORDERS
TO ABOLISH 2/3rd POSTS KEPT VACANT
FOR THE YEARS
2005 to 2008
TOTAL POSTS TO BE ABOLISHED - 17093
CONDUCT PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS IN
FRONT OF
ALL CIRCLE/REGIONAL/DIVISIONAL
OFFICES ON 28-12-2012
As per
Government of India orders on Downsizing of Central Government Services,
Screening Committee for filling up/aboliotion of posts was constituted in the
year 2001 and Annual Direct Recruitment (ADR) plan was approved by the
Screening committeefor each year from 2001 to 2008. Screening Committee cleared only 1/3rd
vacancies for direct recruitment and balance 2/3rd posts were ablished as per
its recommendations.
Accordingly
Department of Posts abolished 2/3rd vacant posts from 2001 to 2004. Regarding the abolition of 2/3 rd vacant
posts from 2005 to 2008, Postal Department & Communication Ministry
requested Finance Ministry to grant exemption to Department of Posts from
abolishing the vacant posts from 2005 to 2008, as it is an operative Department
dealing with the general public and customers.
2/3rd posts earmarked for abolition from 2005 to 2008 are kept vacant
(but not abolished) pending decision of the Finance Ministry.
The
ban on recruitment was lifted and the Screening Committee was abolished in the
year 2009. Government of India issued
orders to fill up all vacant posts for the year from 2009 onwards. Accordingly, Department of Posts, issued
orders to fill up all vacancies for the year 2009 and 2010. Orders are also issued to fill up all vacant
posts for the year 2011 and 2012. But,
at the same time, Directorate issued clear instructions to all Chief PMGs that posts
kept vacant for the year from 2005 to 2008 should not be filled up under any
circumstances but should be kept vacant. (for abolition).
Finance
Ministry has now made it clear that no permission or exemption will be granted
to any department including Department of Posts to fill up the posts kept
earmarked for abolition as per the Screening Committee recommendations. Accordingly Department of Posts has now
issued orders to abolish all the 2/3rd vacant posts (Total 17093 posts for four
years) for the year 2005 to 2008. Cadrewise break-up figure of the posts to be
abolished is furnished below:
IP Postal - 1 Driver
Grade III - 14
PA
Postal - 5010 Driver
MMS - 84
PA
SBCO - 385 Postal
Accounts - JA - 125
PA
CO/RO - 138 LDC - 186
PA
RLO - 11 Group
D - 118
PA
Fgn Post - 18 Sorter - 31
PA
MMS - 12 Hindi
Typist - 1
Steno - 2
SA
RMS - 1259 Steno
Group C - 43
POSTMAN - 3230 Jr. Hindi Translator - 8
Hindi
Typist - 1
Group
D Postal - 4407
Group
D RMS - 1336 All
others - 411
Group
D MMS - 81
Group
D CO/RO - 67 Total - 17093
Group
D PSD/CSD- 90
Group
D Others - 24
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SAVINGRAMS to Minister, Communications and Secretary, Department of Posts
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PROTEST THE ABOLITION OF 17093 POSTS in
Department of Posts XXX UNABLE TO MANAGE THE DAY-TO-DAY WORK XXX REQUEST
TO REVIEW THE ORDERS AND RESTORE THE POSTS WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT = ..........
Branch/Divisional/Circle Secretary.
D.
THEAGARAJAN M. KRISHNAN
Secretary General FNPO Secretary General NFPE
Promotion and postings in Postal Service Group 'B' cadre for the vacancy year 2012-13.
Dear Comrades,
The following Inspector line
officials(Odisha Circle) are appointed on regular basis in Postal Service Group 'B' cadre in the scale of PB- 2, Rs.9300-34800/- with Grade Pay Rs.4B00/-. with
effect from the date of assumption of charge vide Directorate Order No.
9-23/2012-SPG Dated 28/12/2012 and until further orders.
2. The officers (Odisha
Circle) on promotion to Postal Service Group 'B' cadre have been allotted to the
Circles mentioned against each:
Sl No
|
Name of
Officer (Odisha Circle)
|
Date of
Birth
|
Whether
SC/ST
|
Present
Circle
|
Circle
Allotted
|
23
|
Prasanna
Ku. Patra
|
05.04.57
|
Odisha
|
Assam
|
|
49
|
Ashwin
Ku. Panda
|
18.11.57
|
Odisha
|
Assam
|
|
54
|
P.K.
Sahoo
|
12.03.56
|
Odisha
|
Assam
|
|
57
|
Sarbeshwar
Mishra
|
16.04.58
|
Odisha
|
Assam
|
|
71
|
B.B.
Mohanty
|
17.08.63
|
Odisha
|
Assam
|
|
76
|
Sitanath
Dash
|
12.02.56
|
Odisha
|
Assam
|
|
80
|
R.K.
Mishra
|
01.02.61
|
Odisha
|
Assam
|
|
103
|
Ajit
Ku. Das
|
26.08.61
|
Odisha
|
North
East
|
|
112
|
B.K.
Patra
|
23.03.57
|
Odisha
|
North
East
|
|
129
|
Pramod
Ku. Nanda
|
02.02.55
|
Odisha
|
North
East
|
|
192
|
Bhgaabat
Sethi
|
04.03.57
|
SC
|
Odisha
|
North
East
|
193
|
Chaturbhuja
Meher
|
24.03.56
|
SC
|
Odisha
|
North
East
|
Modified specifications (version 02) for Remotely Managed Franking System Machine
Dear Comrades,
Modified specifications (version 02) for Remotely Managed Franking System Machine
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Year End Review for the Department of Communications & Information Technology
Dear Comrades,
The Telecom sector has
witnessed exponential growth, especially in the wireless segment, in the
last few years. With 937.70 million telephone connections at the end of
September 2012, the Indian telecom network is the second largest in the
world, only after China. Tele-density, which shows the number of
telephones per 100 population in the country, was 77.04% at the end of
September 2012.
The number of internet
subscribers increased from 22.39 million (including 13.35 million
broadband subscribers) to 23.01 million (including 14.57 million
broadband subscribers) during the period from January to June 2012. At
the end of September 2012, there were 15.08 million broadband
subscribers in the country.
Telecom has evolved as a
basic infrastructure like electricity, roads, water etc. and has also
emerged as one of the critical components of economic growth required
for overall socio economic development of the country. A study conducted
recently has found that, in India, 10% increase in internet subscribers
delivers, on an average, 1.08% increase in GDP. In the 10 states which
had higher penetration of Internet, the increase in growth was higher at
2.36% on a average, for 10% increase in Internet penetration. In the
year 2009-10, these 10 states, referred to as ‘relatively developed
States’ had internet penetration rate of 2.76% compared to the set of 9
‘Developing’ States having average internet penetration rate of only
0.61%. The study has also found that a 10% increase in mobile
penetration delivers, on an average, 1.5% increase in GDP.
National Telecom Policy – 2012 (NTP-2010)
The government approved National Telecom Policy-2012 (NTP-2012) on 31st May
2012 which addresses the Vision, Strategic direction and the various
medium term and long term issues related to telecom sector. The primary
objective of NTP-2012 is maximizing public good by making available
affordable, reliable and secure telecommunication and broadband services
across the entire country. The main thrust of the Policy is on the
multiplier effect and transformational impact of such services on the
overall economy. It recognizes the role of such services in furthering
the national development agenda while enhancing equity and
inclusiveness. Availability of affordable and effective communications
for the citizens is at the core of the vision and goal of the NTP-2012.
NTP-2012 also recognizes the predominant role of the private sector in
this field and the consequent policy imperative of ensuring continued
viability of service providers in a competitive environment. Pursuant to
NTP-2012, these principles would guide decisions needed to strike a
balance between the interests of users/consumers, service providers and
government revenue.
Manufacturing of Telecom Equipment
With the advent of
next-generation technologies and operators rolling out 3G and broadband
wireless access services, the demand for telecom equipment has
increased. In an attempt to capitalize on this opportunity, the
government and policymakers are focusing on developing the domestic
manufacturing industry. Despite significant growth of the telecom
network and the subscriber base over the last decade, the telecom
manufacturing sector has not shown corresponding increase.
The NTP-2012, inter-alia, has following objectives on promoting Telecom Equipment Manufacturing:
· Create
a corpus to promote indigenous R&D, IPR creation, entrepreneurship,
manufacturing, commercialization and deployment of state-of-the-art
telecom products and services during the 12th five year plan period.
· Promote
the ecosystem for design, Research and Development, IPR creation,
testing, standardization and manufacturing i.e complete value chain for
domestic production of telecommunication equipment to meet Indian
telecom sector demand to the extent of 60% and 80% with a minimum value
addition of 45% and 65% by the year 2017 and 2020 respectively.
· Provide
preference to domestically manufactured telecommunication products, in
procurement of those telecommunication products, which have security
implications for the country and in Government procurement for its own
use, consistent with our World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments.
Auction of Spectrum
Auction of Spectrum in 1800MHz band that commenced on 12.11.12 has been completed. Five companies participated in auction.
National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) project
· NOFN
Project is envisaged as a Centre-State joint effort. State governments
are expected to contribute by way of not levying any RoW charges. This
requires suitable tri-partite MoU to be signed by GOI, state governments
& BBNL.
· Tri-partite
MoU has been signed on 26.10.2012 with 13 states and 3 Union
Territories. A total of about 1,40,727 Gram Panchayats will get covered
by Optical Fiber Network in these States and UTs.
· Three
Pilot Projects have been completed to cover all Gram Panchayats of
Arain Block in Ajmer District (Rajasthan), Panisagar Block in North
Tripura District (Tripura), Paravada Block in Vishakhapatanam District
(A.P.). As on 15.10.2012, each of the 58 Gram Panchayats in these three
Pilot Project Blocks have provided with 100 Mbps bandwidth.
· Survey work for ‘laying of incremental OFC’ has commenced based on GIS data made available by NIC.
Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF)
Various initiatives have
been taken by DoT to cover the uncovered rural and remote areas of the
country, with the support from USO fund. The achievements are listed
below:
· 424
Village Public Telephones (VPTs) have been provided during the year
2012 till October 2012. at the end of October 2012, 5.80 lakh (97.76%)
villages were covered with VPTs.
· As
on 31.10.2012, 53452 VPTs out of the 62443 i.e. 85.60% VPTs have been
provide under VPTs in newly identified uncovered villages as per Census
2001.
· 14
Mobile Towers and 209 Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) have been
commissioned by Infrastructure Providers and Universal Service Providers
respectively under the Shared Mobile Infrastructure Scheme, during the
year 2012 till October 2012. Under this scheme, 7310, (99.42%) towers
were set up by the end of October 2012.
· 52,628
wire-line broadband connections and 3,347 kiosks have been set up in
rural and remote areas under the scheme, during the year 2012 till
October 2012 under theRural Broadband Scheme for expanding provision of Wireline Broadband Connectivity up to village level.
· A
subsidy of Rs 330.13 crore has been disbursed through USOF during the
year 2012 till 31.10.2012, A total fund of Rs 47035.33 crore has been
collected under USOF till 31.10.2012. A total of Rs 22438.17 crore of
USO fund has been utilized till 31.10.2012 and available potential
balance of Rs 24597 crore.
National Policy on Electronics (NPE) 2012
Unlike the IT and Telecom
Sector, wherein India has already been recognized as a global player,
the performance of our electronic hardware manufacturing has lagged on
account of specific challenges.
It is estimated that by the year 2020 our domestic demand for the Electronics products and systems (this includes electronic products, hardware as well as components) would be USD 400 Billion as against domestic production of USD 100 billion only.
To focus on Electronics System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) in the country, a separate policy for the sector i.e. the National Electronic Policy (NPE) 2012 was approved for implementation by the Cabinet on 25.10.2012.
The NPE provides for a
comprehensive set of policy initiatives to revive the Electronics System
Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) sector in the country, which include,
broadly:
- Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) Scheme
- Modified Special Incentive Package (M-SIPS) Scheme
- Setting up Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication Units
- Preference to Domestically Manufactured Electronic Goods (Preferential Market Access)
- Scheme for mandatory registration of identified Electronic Products for meeting specified safety standards
- Human Resource Development initiatives in ESDM
National Policy on Information Technology (NPIT) - 2012
The National Policy on Information Technology 2012 was approved on 14th September
2012. The policy aims to leverage Information & Communication
Technology (ICT) to address the country’s economic and developmental
challenges. The policy inter alia envisages creation of additional 10
million employments by 2020.
Under this Policy the objectives for HR Development include:
· Creation of a pool of 10 million additional skilled manpower in ICT.
- Make at least one in every household e-literate.
- Enable access of content and ICT applications to foster inclusive development.
- Leverage ICT for expanding the workforce and enabling life-long learning.
- Produce 3000 PhDs annually in specialized areas by 2020.
National Policy on Skill Development
Government
of India had announced a National Policy on Skill Development, which
has set a target of skilling 500 million people by 2022 and a target of
training 10 million persons in IECT sector has been assigned to this
Department.
In the year
2011-12, about 2.25 lakh persons were trained by NIELIT and CDAC. The
PM’s National Council on Skill development has set a target of skilling
4.4 lakh persons for 2012-13. As of July 2012, a total of 1,25,792
candidates have been trained/undergoing training at NIELIT and CDAC.
Development of North-Eastern Region
The Cabinet approved on 12th April
2012 the implementation of Deity’s scheme for development of NER by
enhancing training and education capacity in the information,
electronics and communication technology (IECT) area through the
National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT)
(formerly DOEACC Society). The total budget outlay for the project is Rs
388.68 crores spread over a period of five years.
NIELIT has
also initiated projects for setting up Regional Institutes for
e-Learning and Information Technolgy (RIELIT) at Kohima (Nagaland),
Agartala (Tripura): and NIELIT Centres at Shillong (Meghalaya), Gangtok
(Sikkim) and Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh).
Social Media and Citizen Engagement Framework
The advent of
internet and social media has brought in paradigm change in which
citizens engage with each other as well as with government.
In order to help
government organizations engage more fruitfully with the various social
media platforms, Citizen Engagement Framework and Social Media Framework
has been created and notified on 8thSeptember 2012.
Information Technology Investment Regions (ITIRs)
Government
of India has accorded in-principle approval for setting up of three
Information Technology Investment Regions (ITIRs) in the States of
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
Setting up of National Internet Registry (NIR)
Indian
Registry for Internet Names and Numbers (IRINN) under National Internet
Exchange of India (NIXI) was recognized as the National Internet
Registry during March, 2012 by Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
(APNIC).
National Supercomputing Mission
High Performance Computing (HPC), also known asSupercomputing, plays
an important role in both scientific advancement and economic
competitiveness of a nation because it is a powerful tool for
accelerating a nation’s R&D programs by increasing the productivity
of scientists and researchers. It enables them to produce scientific and
industrial solutions faster, less expensively, and with higher quality
than traditional theory and experimentation alone.
The national
mission on supercomputing proposes to take an application centric
approach for future HPC activities in the nation.
Parallely, an
initiative to upgrade the computing power of the current PARAM Yuva
system installed at C-DAC, Pune from 54 Teraflop to 500 Teraflop has
been undertaken.
Major on-going Plan scheme/programmes of the Department
E-Governance: Of
the 31 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs), 24 have been approved by the
Government of India. 22 MMPs have gone live and are delivering services
electronically.
State Data Centre (SDCs): As on date 17 SDCs have been made operational and SDCs in 3 states are under implementation.
Common Service Centers (CSCs): The
CSCs are ICT enabled kiosks with broadband connectivity to provide
various government, private and social services at the doorstep of the
citizen. As on date,more than of 98,055 CSCs have been made operational in thirty five States/UTs.
E-District: The
Department has approved 16 Pilot e-District projects covering 41
districts. Pilot project has been launched/gone live in all the 41
districts across the country. The scheme for National Roll Out of
e-District Mission Mode Project (MMP) was approved by the Cabinet
Committee for Infrastructure on 20th April 2011.
Mobile Governance: DeitY has developed and notified the Framework for Mobile Governance in February 2012.
Cyber Security
· Indian
Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has been operational as a
national agency for cyber security incident response.
- National Crisis Management Plan for countering cyber attacks and cyber terrorism has been prepared and is being updated annually.
- To enable comprehensive cyber security policy compliance, the govt has mandated implementation of security policy within govt in accordance with the Information Security Management System (ISMS) Standard ISO 27001. In addition, Computer security guidelines have been issued for compliance within Govt. A Common Criteria based IT product security testing facility has been set up at Kolkata.
- During the Year 2012, Cyber Regulation Advisory Committee has been reconstituted and notified under Section 88 of Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008. The first meeting of the re-constituted committee was held on 29th November 2012.
National Knowledge Network
· 915
links to Institutions have been commissioned and made operational. This
includes 266 links to institutions under NMEICT, which have been
migrated to NKN.
- 61 virtual classrooms have been setup.
Research & Development
Cloud Computing
Recognizing
the potential of cloud computing, in areas such as e-governance,
education, etc, CDAC has completed Cloud Stack – named Meghdoot using
open source softwares. The Meghdoot Cloud stack has been deployed in the
State Data Centre, Chennai as a Proof of Concept, along with some State
Government Applications.
IT Applications by National Informatics Centre (NIC)
Amongst the important initiatives by NIC during the year were:-
Open Government Platform (OGPL): The
National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP) has been
notified by the Government. NIC has developed a technology solution for
establishing an Open Data Portal for Government Departments. It will
facilitate access and use of Government data by citizen to foster
innovation and promote transparency.
Central Public Procurement Portal (CPP): NIC
has developed a portal to provide a single point access to the
information on tenders published by various Ministries/Departments,
Public Sector Undertakings and Statutory Bodies. CPP is expected to
bring in greater transparency in tendering process and gradually move
towards adoption of electronic procurement solution for their
procurement needs on a continuing basis.
Co-operative Core Banking Solution (CCBS): NIC has launched a Co-Operative Core Banking Solution (CCBS) for Co-Operative banks. It is being offered as ‘Application As a Service’ and
is hosted at National Data Centre of NIC. It will enable co-operative
banks to go for core banking solution at affordable cost and in a faster
manner.
Department of Posts
Contributing to the financial inclusion of the rural people:
(A) Wage disbursal under Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA): Extensive
rural postal network of the country is actively engaged in disbursal of
wages of MGNREGA with high levels of efficiency. During the year
2012-13 the Post Offices disbursed about Rs 9,133 crore by October, 2012
through about 5.53 crore savings accounts of MGNREGA workers standing
in the Post Offices. Thus, the Department of Posts significantly
contributed towards the success of this unique social security
arrangement of unprecedented scale.
(B) Financial Inclusion of Below Poverty Line (BPL Household: Department
of Posts leveraged its network and outreach to financially include BPL
households by targeting them for opening their savings accounts in the
Post Offices and thus providing them with access to savings services.
During the Year 2012-13 more than 1.53 crore households were financially
included through this initiative by October, 2012.
Introduction of e-enabled services
(A) 24,969 Departmental post offices have been computerized as on date
(B) India
Post has introduced Remotely Managed Franking System in place of
existing electronic Franking Machines. Around 5681 RMFS machines have
been licensed and activated as on date.
(C) e-Post
office Portal was commissioned during 2011. During the current year PLI
premia payment has also been added apart from sale of philatelic
material.
International Remittance services
Recognizing
the spurt in the volumes of international remittances into India in the
recent years and the notable contribution of remittance inflows to the
country’s economy, the Department of Posts has taken a project to revamp
its international money order services. Currently, DoP provides
electronic money remittance services on two platforms, viz. the IFS
(developed by the Universal Postal Union) and Eurogiro. The following
action has been completed in this regard:
- Setting up an International Remittances Unit (IRU) at CEPT, Mysore.
- Starting the inward international money order transactions from France on 22 November, 2012.
Expansion of Clientele Base of Postal Life Insurance(PLI)
In order to provide
insurance coverage to persons of various organizations which were
earlier out of purview of PLI schemes and to scale up business revenues
employees of following organizations have also been brought under PLI
scheme w.e.f. 18.10.2012:
(i) Joint ventures having Govt/PSU stake
(ii) Credit Co-operative Societies registered under Co-operative Societies Act
(iii) Scheduled Commercial Banks
(iv) Deemed Universities and Educational Institutions accredited by recognized bodies i.e. AICTE, MCI, NAAC etc.
“Sampoorna Jeevan Bima Gram” and “Sampoona Bima Sangathan”
For better
insurance coverage of eligible population, a targeted approach to cover
villagers under RPLI and organizations under PLI has been started from
November 2012 as under:-
(i) to
identify and cover minimum 75% of employees of 20 organizations up to
31.10.2012 and 30 organisations/units up to 31.10.2012 as “Sampoorna
Jeevan Bima Sangthan/Unit” under Postal Life Insurance;
(ii) To
identify and cover 1000 villages up to 31.10.2012 and 2000 villages up
to 31.03.2013, as “Sampoorna Jeevan Bima Gram” wherein at least one
member of each house hold is to be enrolled under Rural Postal Life
Insurance.
Financial Services
The Department
successfully completed the vendor selection for its Financial System
Integration project. The vendor selected was M/s Infosys who will be
involved with the Core Banking solution and setting up of ATMs for the
Department. The project has started on 28th September 2012.
UIDAI Aadhar letters:
Department of Posts is
working as Register with UIDAI for providing Aadhar enrolments through
Post Offices for phase-II operations also. A total of 80,84, 181
successful enrolments have been completed.
ePost:
New and enhanced version of ePost software has been launched on 12th December
2012. The enhanced version will have facility of sending multilingual
messages apart from sending PDF files as attachment. During the year
2012 (upto Nov 2012), 13.64 lakh messages have been sent and Rs 104.50
lakhs earned as revenue.
Sale of Gold Coins:
Under retail post, India
Post sells 24 carat gold coins of the denomination of 0.5 g, 1g, 5g, 8g,
10g, 20g and 50g through selected Post Offices. During the year 2012
(upto Nov 2012), 708 kg of gold coins were sold and Rs 10.99 crores
earned as revenue.
Project Management Unit
The Government
has approved the IT Modernization Project of the Department of Posts
for computerization of all the non-computerized post offices, Mail
Offices, Administrative and other offices, establishment of required IT
infrastructure, development of required software applications. IT
modernization Project – India Post will enable Department to enhance and
provide value additions to Mail, Savings Bank and Insurance, customer
service while providing a platform to launch new initiatives and provide
new rural services.
Money remittance through Mobile phone service:
An
agreement has been signed with BSNL for providing money remittance
through mobile phones. This is joint endeavor of Department of Posts
& BSNL. BSNL has been provided with the requirements of DOP for
development of the software. This service specially tailored for those
who have a need to remit money regularly up to a sum of Rs 10,000. Under
the Scheme, a remitter can go to any Post Office in the Circle enabled
for the Mobile Money Transfer Service and remit an amount from Rs 1000/-
to Rs 10,000/- to be paid to another mobile subscriber at the
designated Post Office. The Slabs for money transfer is as follows:
Slabs
|
Charges of Remittance
|
Rs 1000 to 1500
|
Rs 40
|
Rs 1501 to 5000
|
Rs 70
|
Rs 5001 to 10,000
|
Rs 100
|
The service initially has been launched on 15th November
2012 in four Circles viz. Kerala, Bihar, Delhi and Punjab and this
service is provided in 18 selected Post Offices in each Circle.
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