Wednesday, October 28, 2015

No interview for junior government jobs from January 1: PM Modi

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NEW DELHI: There will be no requirement of interview for junior-level jobs in the central government from January 1. The move is intended to curb corruption and ensure selection in a transparent manner. 

"The government has completed the entire process to do away with interviews. There will be no requirement of interview for Group D, C and Group B's non-gazetted posts in central government. It will come into effect from January 1, 2016," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.


Addressing the nation in his 'Mann ki Baat' programme on Sunday, Modi said there won't be any interruption in the ongoing (recruitment) processes, but the decision would come into effect from January 1. 

India to simplify income tax law to ease doing business

Dear Comrades,

India has set up a new panel to simplify the country's 55-year-old income tax law, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday, part of an effort to make it easier to do business in Asia's third-largest economy.
The panel will suggest ways to create predictability and certainty in tax laws without having a substantial impact on the tax base and revenue collection, Jaitley told reporters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked various ministries to review laws, aiming to improve country's ranking in the World Bank's index of the ease of doing business index.
India ranked 142 among 189 countries in the 2015 report, two notches lower than the previous year. The World Bank will release its latest annual report on Wednesday.
The 10-member panel, headed by a former judge of the Delhi High Court, has been asked to submit its first set of suggestions by the end of January 2016.
Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said the government plans to use the recommendations to introduce changes in the income tax law in the annual budget due the following month.
The panel has also been asked to identify provisions in the tax law which are leading to litigation because of different interpretations.
India remains locked in major back-tax battles with telecoms group Vodafone and Cairn Energy. Last month, the finance ministry decided not to press claims for a Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) against foreign portfolio investors.
The new panel will not, however, look into retrospective tax issues, Adhia said, adding the government will take a separate decision on those.

Jaitley has said previously that the government was trying to resolve pending tax disputes, many of them outside the courts.
http://in.reuters.com/

Mobile phones worth Rs 2,000 at India Post

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JAIPUR: After delivering goods of e-tailers, the India Post will now sell mobile phones to push its drive for Digital India. Costing just about Rs 1,999, the Penta cell phones will be available at specific counters. 

The phone comes with 1,999 minutes of free talk time from BSNL over a period of 18 months. Available with a replacement warranty of one year, the handset will have all basic features. 

According to the officials, the initiative is in line with Digital India. As per the arrangement, India Post and BSNL have entered into an agreement with Pantel Technologies Private Limited to sell Penta Bharat Phone PF 301 through the post offices, an official said. 



"After successful launch in various other states, the Penta mobile phones are available in Rajasthan too. We have not set any target for but expecting to sale minimum of 5,000 sets by the end of this month," said D K S Chauhan, chief postmaster general, Rajasthan. 

To start with, these phones will be sold in all the head post offices and some other major post offices in the state. The initiative will cover other post offices also in due course. 

Volunteers to work in CEPT-COD monitoring team from PA/SA cadre

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

DOWNLOAD ADMIT CARD : SSC CHSL 2015 IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION COMBINED HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL EXAMINATION-2015

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SSC CHSL 2015 IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION

COMBINED HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL EXAMINATION-2015
                         IMPORTANT INFORMATION
        Candidates are informed that - No Admit Card for the Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination-2015 will be issued / sent by post to the candidates who applied on line. They are advised to down load the same from the website of the concerned Regional Office of the SSC. However, for offline valid applicants, Admit Card will be issued through post as well.
                                                                                                Under Secretary (P&P1)
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DOWNLOAD ADMIT CARD / CALL LETTER FOR PA / SA EXAM 2015

Admit Card for SSC CHSL 2015

(Note: Before viewing the Call Letter, kindly make sure that A4 size paper is selected and both Top and Bottom margins of the print area will have only 5 mm)
Facility for downloading Admission Certificate (AC) from this website has been given only for candidates admitted for 1st & 15th November, 2015 . Facility for downloading AC for the candidates admitted for 20th December, 2015 will be given 10 days before the exam.

List of Additional Candidate admitted

CABINET APPROVES BONUS CALCULATION CEILING TO RS 7,000/-

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                  The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to double the wage ceiling for calculating bonus to Rs 7,000 per month for factory workers and establishments with 20 or more workers.
         “The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015 to enhance the monthly bonus calculation ceiling to Rs 7,000 per month from existing Rs. 3,500 was approved by Union Cabinet here,” a source said after the Cabinet meeting.
            The amendment bill will be made effective from April 1, 2015. Now the bill will be tabled in Parliament for approval.
                The bill also seeks to enhance the eligibility limit for payment of bonus from the salary or wage of an employee from Rs. 10,000 per month to Rs. 21,000.
             The Payment of Bonus Act 1965 is applicable to every factory and other establishment in which 20 or more persons are employed on any day during an accounting year.
         The bill also provides for a new proviso in Section 12 which empowers the central government to vary the basis of computing bonus.
             At present, under Section 12, where the salary or wage of an employee exceeds Rs. 3,500 per month, the minimum or maximum bonus payable to employees are calculated as if his salary or wage were Rs. 3,500 per month.
           The last amendment to both the eligibility limit and the calculation ceilings under the said Act was carried out in 2007 and was made effective from April 1, 2006.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

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CAMPAIGN TOUR PROGRAMME OF ALL INDIA LEADERS FOR TWO DAYS STRIKE ON 1ST & 2ND DECEMBER-2015

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NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
CAMPAIGN TOUR PROGRAMME OF ALL INDIA LEADERS
 FOR TWO DAYS STRIKE ON 1ST & 2ND DECEMBER-2015


SL No.
Circle
Place
Leaders attending
Date
1.
ANDHRA PRADESH
Hyderabad
Com. P. Suresh , G/S R-4
Com. T. Satyanarayana G/S  Postal Accounts
10.11.15
2.
ASSAM
Guwahati
Com. R.N. Parashar, S/G
28.11.15
3.
BIHAR
Patna
Com. Giriraj Singh President NFPE  & GS-R-3
02.11.15
4.
CHATTISGARH
Raipur
Com. R. Seetha Lakshmi Dy. S/G NFPE &G/S P-4
08.11.15
5.
DELHI
Delhi
All General Secretaries
Date will be decided later
6.
GUJARAT
Ahmedabad
Com. R. Seethalakshmi Dy. S/G NFPE &G/S P-4
20.11.15
7.
HARYANA
Ambala
Com. Raj Kumar, Treasurer NFPE  & Com. K.K. Sharma V/P NFPE
06.11.15
8.
HIMACHAL P
Shimla
Com. Raj Kumar, Treasurer NFPE 
Com. Balwinder Singh, Treasurer P-3
07.11.15
9.
JAMMU &KASHMIR
Jammu
Com. Virendra Tiwari G/S SBCO
16.11.15
10.
JHARKHAND
Ranchi
Com. R.N. Parashar, S/G
28.10.15
11.
KARNATAKA
Bangalore
Com. S. Ragupathy, Asstt. S/G, NFPE
12.11.15
12.
KERALA
Trivandrum
Com. A Manoharan, W orking President NFPE
12.11.15
13.
MADHAY PRADESH
Bhopal
Com. Giriraj Singh President NFPE  & GS-R-3
07.11.15
14.
MAHARASHTRA
Mumbai
Com. Giriraj Singh President NFPE  & GS-R-3
Com. R.N. Parashar S/G NFPE
08.11.15
15.
NORTH EAST
Shillong
Com. R.N. Parashar, S/G
29.11.15
16.
ODISHA
Bhubaneshwar
Com. Pranab Bhattacharya, G/S Admn.
06.11.15
17.
PUNJAB
Chandigarh
Com. K.K. Sharma , V/P (NFPE)
Com. Balwinder Singh, Treasurer P-3
17.11.15
18.
RAJASTHAN
Jaipur
Com. Virendra Tiwari G/S SBCO
26.11.15
19.
TAMILNADU
Chennai
Com. T. Satyanarayana G/S  Postal Accounts
06.11.15
20.
UTTAR PRADESH
Lucknow
Com. Pranab Bhattacharya, G/S Admn.
18.11.15
21.
UTTARAKHAND
Dehradun
Com. R. Seetha Lakshmi Dy. S/G NFPE &G/S P-4
17.11.15
22.
WEST BENGAL
Kolkata
Com. R.N. Parashar, S/G
02.11.15

1.    All General Secretaries of NFPE will consult with Circle leaders and if any change is required can make suitable change.
2.    Leaders whose names are given should compulsorily attend the meeting.
3.    Circle Secretaries of NFPE should take initiative to arrange the joint meeting.  They should consult each other and finalise the programme and arrange grand meetings..
4.    Maximum publicity should be given to campaign programme and maximum participation of employees should be ensured.
5.    Circle Unions / Divisional Unions should make maximum effort to make the strike a grand success.  Joint campaign programme by Circle / Divisional Union Leaders may be organized in all Circles / Divisions.
6.    Strike notice will be served to Secretary, Department of Posts on 06.11.2015.  Copy may be served to all Circles / Divisional heads also by organizing demonstrations at all places.  Copy of the strike notice may be down loaded from websites of NFPE& affiliated unions of NFPE.
7.    All the affiliated of NFPE are participating in Two Day Strike on 1st & 2nd December, 2015.
                                                                                                                       
20.10.2015
 (R.N. Parashar)
Secretary General

Procedure for grant of permission for commercial employment after retirement – DoPT Gazette Notification on 15.10.2015

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Procedure for grant of permission for commercial employment after retirement – DoPT Gazette Notification on 15.10.2015 CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

Policy for supply of Staff cars and Inspection Vehicles to CPMG/ PMG/ DPS/ SSPOs/ SPOs

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Policy for supply of Staff cars and Inspection Vehicles to CPMG/ PMG/ DPS/ SSPOs/ SPOs

कर्मचारी के इस्तीफे पर भी नहीं रोक सकते पेंशन: सुप्रीम कोर्ट

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कर्मचारी के इस्तीफे पर भी नहीं रोक सकते पेंशनसुप्रीम कोर्ट CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

Promotion taking place in the pre-revised pay structure between 1.1.2006 and the date of notification of CCS (RP) Rules, 2008 and the subsequent merger of the pre-revised pay scales of the promotional and the feeder posts in a common Grade - Fixation of Pay

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Cases of promotion taking place in the pre-revised pay structure between 1.1.2006 and the date of notification of CCS (RP) Rules, 2008 and the subsequent merger of the pre-revised pay scales of the promotional and the feeder posts in a common Grade - Fixation of Pay  CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

A LETTER OF NFPE ON NON-SETTLEMENT OF PENDING ISSUES

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

CONFEDERATION NATIONAL SECRETARIAT DECIDED TO ORGANIZE NATION WIDE CAMPAIGN AND PROTEST PROGRAMME AGAINST THE NEGATIVE ATTITUDE OF THE NDA GOVERNMENT TOWARDS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES DEMANDS

Dear Comrades,

CONFEDERATION NATIONAL SECRETARIAT DECIDED TO ORGANIZE NATION WIDE CAMPAIGN AND PROTEST PROGRAMME AGAINST THE NEGATIVE ATTITUDE OF THE NDA GOVERNMENT TOWARDS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES DEMANDS

2015 NOVEMBER 2nd TO 6th
INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN AMONG THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES BY ORGANIZING GENERAL BODY MEETINGS, CONVENTIONS, OFFICE TO OFFICE SQUAD WORK, DISTRIBUTION OF PHAMPLETS AND POSTERING

2015 NOVEMBER 6th
NATIONWIDE MASS DHARNA AT ALL IMPORTANT CENTRES

2015 NOVEMBER 19th
(a)   MASSIVE DHARNA AT JANTAR MANTAR, NEW DELHI. ALL NATIONAL JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION LEADERS (RAILWAY, DEFENCE & CONFEDERATION) AND ALL STANDING COUNCIL MEMBER WILL SIT ON DHARNA.
(b)   NATIONWIDE PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS IN FRONT OF ALL WORK SPOTS AND OFFICES.

Dear Comrades,

The National Secretariat Meeting of the Confederation held at Hyderabad on 09th October 2015 while endorsing the decision of the National Joint Council of Action (Railway, Defence & Confederation) to organize massive protest dharna at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on 19th November 2015 and also Nationwide Protest Demonstration in front of all works spot & offices, has decided to further intensify the protest action against the negative attitude of the NDA Government by organizing the following programmes: -
(1)   2015 November 2nd to 6th - Campaign Week.
(2)   2015 November 6th – Nationwide Mass Dharna at all Important centres.

The Campaign and Protest Dharna will be organized mainly on the following three issues: -
(1)   Non Settlement of any of the legitimate demands raised by the JCM Staff Side, National Council by the NDA Government.
(2)   Causing engineered delay by the Government in the submission of 7th CPC report by granting four months extension upto 31st December 2015, even when the Pay Commission was ready to submit its report within the stipulated time i.e. 28th August 2015.
(3)   Unwarranted intervention of the Finance Ministry in the independent functioning of the Pay Commission by issuing a statement asking the 7th CPC to factor into its report the fiscal concern of the government and thereby to pressurize the commission not to recommend wage rise on the basis of a sound and scientific formulation.

All affiliated organizations and C-O-Cs are requested to implement the above campaign and protest programme throughout the country in a most befitting manner.

Yours fraternally,

(M. Krishnan)
Secretary General

Brief Note on JCM National Council Standing Committee Meeting held on 9th October 2015 at New Delhi.

Dear Comrades,

            The Standing Committee of the JCM National Council met on 9th October, 2015.  As you are aware, earlier, the National JCA had decided to defer the strike action and organize a massive Dharna programme at Jantar Mantar on 19th November, 2015 to register its strongest protest over the Government’s engineered delay in the submission of the 7th CPC Report.   Later, the Finance Ministry has issued a statement asking the 7th CPC to factor into its report the fiscal concern of the Government, which was an unwarranted interference in the independent functioning of the Commission and to pressurise the Commission not to recommend wage rise on the basis of a sound and scientific formulation. 

            The Staff side on receipt of the invitation to have the meeting on 9thOctober, decided to respond and convey to the Government their strong resentment over the virtual dilution of the negotiating forum as also the above concerns.  In the meeting the Staff side was informed that the Secretary Personnel would be meeting the Standing Committee soon and the meeting on 9thwas in fact only a prelude to understand each other’s points of views. It was in the background the meeting was held on 9th October, 2015. 

            The leader and Secretary, Staff Side conveyed the unanimous decision of the National JCA as under to the Government.

      (a)    The Standing Committee, as per procedure evolved, must be chaired by the Secretary Personnel.
      (b)   The JCM Machinery’s functioning should not be diluted.
      (c)    The promised meeting of the National Council has not taken place so far.
      (d)   The minutes of the last two meetings of the National Anomaly Committee have not been formally issued.
      (e)   ‘The Official side Secretary must convene a meeting of the Staff Side to iron out any difference in the draft minutes.’
      (f)     Normally meetings are held after circulation of the ATS.  This has not been done.
      (g)    The Official Side must convey the anguish of the employees over the delay in the submission of the report by the 7th CPC which they rightly feel has been engineered by the Government.  They also pointed out that they are constrained to believe that the Govt. was unnecessarily interfering in the functioning of the Pay Commission.
            We give hereunder a brief resume of the discussions held on the agenda items.
            After the initial remarks made by the Staff Side all issues in the charter of demands were discussed.  There had been however, no final settlement on any issue as the meeting itself was not convened for that purpose.  The Staff Side stated that even the promises held out in the last meeting that the Departmental Council meeting would be held soon was not honoured. 

            On the question of Pay revision related issues, viz. Interim relief, DA merger, inclusion of GDS etc . elaborate discussions were held.  It has come out clearly that on all these issues, the Finance Ministry has taken an nugatory Stand, even though the arguments put forth were extremely untenable.  It was pointed out by the Staff Side that the Interim relief and DA merger was denied on the specious plea of submission of the report in the stipulated time.  Having extended the time, the Govt. ought to have considered the grant of these two demands.  There had been a very elaborate discussion on the question of inclusion of the GDS within the purview of the 7th CPC.  The Postal Department’s representatives narrated the efforts made by them to the Government for conceding this demands.  The Finance Ministry has stood firm and objected to the demand being agreed to.  The Staff Side has, in the given situation of the 7th CPC having finalised its report, requested the Government to refer the matter to a Judicial Committee headed by the present Chairman, 7th CPC as he has now been fully apprised of the functioning of various ministries and Departments of the Government through the interaction with the Staff and official sides.    No commitment was however made by the Government to the above suggestion.

            On the question of induction of FDI in Railways, Corporatisation of Postal Department and Defence organisations, the representative of the Railway Ministry stated that they are constantly discussing the issues with the Railway Federations and was exploring the possibility of reaching an agreement.  In the case of corporatisation of the Postal Department, it was stated that the recommendations made by the Committee was discussed with the Federations and it has been agreed that except induction of  certain professionals at the managerial level to fine tune the functioning of the Department in the changed scenario, the Federations have been assured that no structural changes would be made without consulting them.  However, in the case of Defence, no discussions with the Federations have been held so far.
            PFRDA.  The Staff Side pointed out the present scenario in the Government offices, where the number of employees and officers who are outside the ambit of the statutory pension scheme has grown and have reached in certain organisations to the extent of 25 to 30%.  These employees are extremely concerned of the new scheme and their anguish have been expressed in many forms.  The Unions would be compelled to take drastic action if the Government refuses to heed to their plea to effect a relook or revisit on the matter.  The representatives of the Railways pointed out that the Honourable Minister for Railways was convinced of the situation and that was the reason why he had written to the Finance Ministry that in the given situation of the Railway functioning, the new scheme would not only jeopardise the interest of the Railwaymen but also of the Railway Industry itself.

            On the specific question raised by the Staff side in the last meeting in respect of resolving the issues of Medical Store Deport and the Printing and Stationery department,  the Staff Side stated that only the meeting of the Medical Store Depot was held and the issues have been resolved to some extent.  The Printing and Stationery Department has now sent a communication to the Staff Side fixing the meeting on 15th October ‘15. The general issues emanating from the policy of outsourcing and contractorisation was also discussed at length
            JCM functioning had been the central point of discussions.  The Staff Side has pointed out that unless the Government makes up its mind that the machinery should be put on operation, no industrial peace would come in the functioning of the various departments of the Govt. of India.  The Staff side asked the Department of personnel to collect the information of the number of cases litigated in the courts by the Government employees in 1991 and 2015 and make a comparison to know the seriousness of the problem.

            On compassionate ground appointments question, it was  stated by the Staff Side that despite advancing no cogent argument by the official side for retaining the 5% ceiling,  the Department of personnel does not want to make a relook into the matter.  The Staff Side pointed out that large number of applications were pending in various Departments, and the concerned department would not be able to clear them even after 20 years for want of the requisite vacancies.  They also pointed out that the decision of the Government to impose the 5% ceiling was amounting to a cruelty imposed on the family members of the Government servants who dies in harness.

            The Labour Ministry representative was present at the meeting. The meeting did not discuss the merits and demerits of the labour reforms as the Trade Unions in the country has rightly concluded that it has been conceived to favour the corporate houses and to take away the existing privileges of the workers.  The point at issue, however, at the meeting was as to why the Labour Ministry did not cause a consultation with the Industrial Federations in the Government of India, for whom the Industrial Disputes Act is applicable. The Labour Ministry has assured to convene a meeting of the representatives of such organisations soon. 

            The Labour Ministry representative also stated that the government has agreed to raise the bonus ceiling but it would not be appropriate for him to make a mention of the quantum as the Cabinet is yet to give its clearance.  The Government would be able to take a decision in the matter only after the Bihar elections are over.

            The Staff Side explained the background of the demand for five promotions.  The reaction of the official side was that the matter must be appropriately discussed only after the 7th CPC report is made available. 
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