Rotational Transfer, 2015 : Circular issued by SSPOs : Last date of receipt of application at Divisional Office is 28.1.2015

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SSPOs, Jeypore vide Letter No.B/G-10/2015 dated 19.1.2015 has issued circular for submission of applications for rotational transfer, 2015. Application must reach Divisional Office on or before 28.1.2015. Late received applications will not be entertained.

Tenure completion date is 30.9.2015.

Directorate issued various orders for GDS

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Directorate issued various orders for GDS on the basis of  DKS  CHAUHAN COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

Review of approved categories of Gramin Dak Sevaks - Filling up of vacant posts of GDS Mailman.   CLICK HERE

Consideration of Married Son as dependent family member for the purpose ofcompassionate engagement to GDS posts 

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Review of merit points under compassionate Engagement Scheme, under attribute ‘own agricultural land and house’CLICK HERE

Revised selection process for engagement to all approved categories of GDS Posts.

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Review of Penalties specified in Rule 9 of  GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules, 2011.

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Revised eligibility criteria for engagement to GDS posts.CLICK HERE

Preference to casual labourers in the matter of engagement as Gramin Dak Sevaks – review thereof.CLICK HERE

Result of Direct Recruitment of Postman/Mail Guard Examination-2014 of Odisha Circle

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Result of Direct Recruitment of Postman/Mail Guard Examination-2014 of Odisha Circle

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Adhoc Promotion of PS Group-B Officers to JTS (Gr-A) Cadre and posting thereof

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Adhoc Promotion of PS Group-B Officers to JTS (Gr-A) Cadre and posting thereof

The following PS Group-B Officers are promoted to JTS (Gr-A) cadre on temporary and ad hoc basis from the date of assumption of charge and allotted to the Region / posted as mentioned against each below vide C.O. Memo No. ST/2-34(3)/2012 dated 14/01/2015.

Sl No	Name of Officer S/Shri	Present place of posting	Allotted to the Region	Posted on adhoc Promotion
1.	N.K. Samal	Dy.Manager, Postal Printing Press, Bhubaneswar	Berhampur Region	SSPOs, Berhampur Division w.e.f. 01/02/2015
2.	S.C. Shukla	Asst. Manager (Admn), Postal Printing Press, Bhubaneswar	Bhubaneswar HQ Region	SSRM, RMS ‘N’ Division, Cuttack

Immovable Property Return for the year 2014 (as on 31.12.2014)- submission through cscms.nic

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Immovable Property Return for the year 2014 (as on 31.12.2014)- submission through cscms.nic regarding

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Various Important Circulars

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Declaration of Assets and Liabilities under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 - Clarification on filing of property returns in accordance with existing service rules for different categories of public servants – Reg.

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Introduction of postal stamps as RTI fee/cost – seeking comments from public regarding

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Introduction of Aadhar Enabled Bio-metric Attendance System(AEBAS) – regarding

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POSB ATM Card/e-Banking/Mobile Banking request Form & Customer Information Updation Form for existing customers

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REVISION OF RATES OF HONORARIUM TO INQUIRY OFFICERS (SERVING PART TIME/RETIRED) AND PRESENTING OFFICERS (Click the link below for details)

http://www.indiapost.gov.in/DOP/Pdf/Circulars/Revision_Rate_Hon_Inq_Off_1826_Pub_Upload.PDF

FUNDAMENTAL (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2014

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FUNDAMENTAL (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2014. CLICK HERE 

Meeting of PJCA will be held at NFPE Office North Avenue New Delhi on 04th February, 2015

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To all General Secretaries of NFPE and FNPO Unions.

DOP has fixed meeting for discussion on PJCA Charter of Demands on 05^th February, 2015. In this connection a meeting of PJCA will be held at NFPE Office North Avenue New Delhi on 04^th February, 2015 at 4 P.M.

 All are requested to attend the meeting in time.

      

R.N. Parashar S/G NFPE & D. Theagarajan S.G. FNPO

MEETING ON CHARTER OF DEMANDS SUBMITTED BY PJCA

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MEETING ON CHARTER OF DEMANDS SUBMITTED BY PJCA

DEPARTMENT OF POSTS INVITES PJCA LEADERS FOR DISCUSSION ON 40 POINTS CHARTER OF DEMANDS

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DEPARTMENT OF POSTS INVITES PJCA LEADERS FOR DISCUSSION ON 40 POINTS CHARTER OF DEMANDS.

Extension of Public provident Fund ( PPF ) Scheme up to Post Offices with sanctioned strength of 1+1 (double handed Post Office) (SB order No.01/2015)

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Extension of Public provident Fund ( PPF ) Scheme up to Post Offices with sanctioned strength of 1+1 (double handed Post Office) 

(SB order No.01/2015)

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Review of Model Constitution in respect of Resident Welfare Associations recognized by DOPT

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Review of Model Constitution in respect of Resident Welfare Associations recognized by DOPT

(Click the link below for details)

http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02adm/x.pdf

INDIA POST - TOUCHING LIVES.IN MANY WAYS

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INDIA POST - TOUCHING LIVES.IN MANY WAYS

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BEST WISHES ON THE EVE OF HAPPY MAKAR SANKRANTI AND PONGAL

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BEST WISHES TO ALL 

ON THE EVE OF 

HAPPY 

MAKAR SANKRANTI

AND

PONGAL

By pass RBI, create India Post Bank through law, PM's task force told govt

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PRESS NEWS:

A task force set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to review the operations of India’s postal department has mooted the creation of a full-fledged Postal bank.

The panel is headed by former cabinet secretary, TSR Subramanian and comprising of experts that includes former Infosys board member TV Mohandas Pai,

The recommendations will be submitted to the government soon, according to a government official in the know of the development. In fact, the task force has recommended to launch the proposed Post bank through an Act of the Parliament and not by approaching the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

“The task force has is not in favour of permitting India Post to run a payments bank but wants the department to run a full-fledged commercial bank, which it believe will help push the cause of financial inclusion in the country,” the official said.

An announcement in this regard is likely to be made as early as Thursday at Dak Bhavan, the headquarters of department of postal services in Delhi, the official said.

The task force, set up in August, has also made several other recommendations to leverage the vast network of India Post and its local knowledge across regions in India, the official said.

For India Post, which has been cherishing the dream of becoming a bank, the Subramanian panel recommendation will be a huge boost for its demand for a full service banking permit.

The Postal department, which was among the 25 contenders for a full service banking licence last year, didn’t get into the final list since the UPA government at the time wasn’t keen on backing the move and refused to provide the department with the minimum capital required to set up a commercial bank.

Last year, while issuing licenses to IDFC and Bandhan, the RBI had observed that India Post can be given banking licence if government, technically the promoter of the proposed Post bank, gives its nod.

India Post has argued that the department’s entry to banking can contribute massively to the cause of financial inclusion, or the process of spreading banking services to the unbanked population of the country, using its vast network of 1,55,000 post offices.

Of its total network, about 1,39,040 post offices are in rural areas. Going by a 2011 estimate of the postal department, about 6,000 people are covered on average by post-offices in rural areas and about 24,000 in urban areas.

Through its various saving schemes, Postal department handles deposits to the tune of Rs 6,00,000 crore.

As Firstbiz noted earlier, India Post’s entry into banking can be game changer in rural banking given the massive reach of Post in the far-flung areas of the country and local knowledge.

The department has already commenced the process of linking all its branches through technology, besides setting up ATMs across the country.

The development has come at a time the RBI is opening up the banking sector to differentiated banks or banks with specific areas of focus such as payments banks and small banks. Payment banks can engage in accepting small deposits, offer ATM/debit cards, payments and remittance services through various channels. They can also offer financial products like mutual fund units and insurance products.

Small finance banks, on the other hand, are almost like full service commercial banks. However, these banks cannot engage in large value transactions since 75 percent of their loans must be lent to the so-called priority sector. For existing banks, this requirement is 40 percent. Also, at least 50 percent of their loan portfolio should constitute loans and advances of up to Rs 25 lakh.

India Post, however, is not keen to set up a small bank or payments bank and, instead, wants a full service banking licence, the official quoted earlier said.

PM likely to approve India Post revival plan - PRESS NEWS

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Task Force proposes to divide India Post into five biz verticals

NEW DELHI, JANUARY 6:  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to review a report on the revival of India Post soon.

Official sources said that Minister for Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad has approved the task force report and will submit it to the prime minister for a review.

The task force had submitted its report to Prasad in December, recommending division of India Post into five verticals, including one each for banking, insurance and e-commerce, with India Post being the holding company.

“The minister is expected to meet the prime minister on Wednesday for an in-principle approval. The task force has highlighted priority areas, which would give a fillip to our postal department,” an official told BusinessLine.

The Centre is also investing ₹5,000 crore for IT modernisation in India Post.

He said priority tasks include providing banking and insurance services to the public and making e-commerce companies such as Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal use India Post’s services.

“The main purpose is to utilise the network in line with the Prime Minister’s vision of reaching rural areas for financial services through innovation and digital connectivity instead of mere postal services,” the official added.

The task force, chaired by former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanian, was set up by the Prime Minister last year.

The idea was to leverage India Post’s wide reach across India.

Snapdeal has already partnered with India Post to work on bringing thousands of weavers and artisans from Varanasi on its website. The online company has launched a pilot with India Post to set up facilitation desks at Varanasi post offices to enable local weavers to sell their products on its platform.

SAVE BSNL; SAVE POSTAL & SAVE INDIA

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The forum of BSNL unions and Associations of Non-Executives and executives has decided programme of agitations  stage by stage from Jan 2015 –(1) 3 days Dharna at all District & Circle level from 6^th Jan 2015 to 08^th January 2015 (2) Parliament March of BSNL workers on 25^th Feb 2015 (3) Indefinite  Strike from 17^th March 2015. It is also decided to submit a memorandum signed by more than one Crore people and employees to the Prime Minister on the day of Parliament March with demands for taking necessary measures for revival  of BSNL. A massive “ Save BSNL Campaign” is also being organized. BSNL Union / Associations are seeking our full support and solidarity in the Save BSNL Campaign and the programmes of action. Yes, it is also being our responsibility to save BSNL along with Postal as a citizen of India & as a Central Govt.  Employees. P&T Services in India have a long history spanning more than one and half century (1851), Since 1851 it is providing communications in all parts of country along with Postal. Till 1985 It was the Posts & Telegraph combined to serve the nation by providing telegraph and telephone services. In both services new technologies were introduced one after another which not only improved  the services, but made it faster and faster, which was the requirement of the Govt. and the People.  In 1985 breaking  the connection of Postal Department of telecommunication was formed.  After 1990, The new liberalization  policy  of the  Central Govt. had its affect  on the telecom services also – In 1994-95 Private companies were given license for providing mobile services In 2000 by formation of VSNL/MTNL/BSNL. It was corporatized. Corporatization was the first step towards privatization, as already seen in the  case of VSNL which has been handed over to TATA’s and now a Private Company, TATA Communications. BSNL & MTNL are still now PSU fully owned by the Central Government, while MTNL provided service in Delhi & Mumbai, BSNL providing Telecom  Services all over India.

                Now what is wrong with BSNL? Why it is under loss? Why it is facing difficulty of Services?. It is very easy  to find out answer     (1) while  at the time of formation. BSNL was having about forty thousand crores  cash balance  at its disposal, this was not allowed to use effectively for expansion and development (2) BSNL is providing maximum Telecom Services in rural area with huge losses and risk. Each land line provided and maintained will result loss to company (3) at the time of corporatization Govt. assured for financial support was not fulfilled but it was extended to Private Telecom companies... (4) While BSNL working under the directions of Govt. and implementing the policy decisions of Govt. for universal service and work for security  of the country and  people , How can  it equated with the private company to pay license  fee ? Instead of giving priority to its own  company “BSNL Govt. have been helping and favouing the private Tellecoms i.e. Private companies were given mobile license in 1994-95 while BSNL got license after six years in 2002- when the  3G BWA spectrum was allotted BSNL was compelled to shell out 18500 crore for private company. It was 5000  to 7000 crore only  for the same & BSNL was allotted spectrum of lesser standard. While Govt. preaches about  equal field why it is discriminated against BSNL. In the race of competition to provide better and  efficient  services for growth and expansion. The procurement of necessary equipment is important. The latest technology should be used when and where latest innovation have taken place. Even BSNL is having biggest market share in the land line and Brand Bond Services. It is not enough to give service in fast growing mobile upto the  customers’ the delight. Because of all these reasons BSNL is under loss for the last four years. Now BSNL unions took the initiatives in fighting against the anti-BSNL policies of the Govt. for an efficient management and for active participation of the workers.

                Comrades, While task force report in our door step to corporatize the Postal. Let us learn a lesson from BSNL and think about our future. To day BSNL Tomorrow may Postal?

                Kindly cooperate  and support with BSNL struggle at all levels without fail. Let us  unitedly give a slogan  ‘SAVE POSTAL -  SAVE BSNL FOR PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY AND SECRUITY AND SOVEREIGNTY OF  OUR COUNTRY.

Reservation for the persons with disabilities in Group 'A' or Group ‘B’ posts - Amendment in Para 15(i) of OM dated 29.12.2005

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Reservation for the persons with disabilities in Group 'A' or Group ‘B’ posts - Amendment in Para 15(i) of OM dated 29.12.2005

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PM makes appointments to NITI Aayog

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The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has made the following appointments to the NITI Aayog: Vice Chairman Shri Arvind Panagariya, Economist Full-Time Members Shri Bibek Debroy, Economist Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Former Secretary Defence R&D Ex-officio members Shri Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Shri Arun Jaitley, Union Minister Shri Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister Special Invitees Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot, Union Minister Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Union Minister

CBS MIGRATION ON ITS WAY WITH FULL SWING

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Post offices migrated to CBS as on 05.01.2015

Statistical details of offices migrated to CBS as on 05th Jan 2015
Name of the Circle	HO migrated	SOs migrated	Total
Andhra Pradesh	82	2	84
Assam	13	14	27
Bihar	1	0	1
Chhattisgarh	1	0	1
Delhi	9	40	49
Gujarat	4	0	4
Haryana	4	1	5
Himachal Pradesh	3	0	3
Jammu Kashmir	1	0	1
Jharkhand	8	0	8
Karnataka	58	222	280
Kerala	13	0	13
Madhya Pradesh	14	0	14
Maharashtra	55	59	114
North East	1	0	1
Odisha	13	1	14
Punjab	18	7	25
Rajasthan	48	221	269
Tamil Nadu	94	289	383
Uttarakhand	1	0	1
Uttar Pradesh	62	175	237
West Bengal	5	0	5
Total	508	1031	1539