Payment of renewal incentive to PLI/RPLI Direct Agents and RPLI Sales force: Orders from PLI Directorate

Dear Comrades,

C.O., Bhubaneswar vide L No.LI/1-2/Rlg/Corr/ch.IV dated 19.10.12 through email dated 23.10.10 has forwarded Letter No.35-15/2010-LI dated 4.10.12 received from PLI Directorate, New Delhi regarding payment of renewal incentive to PLI/RPLI Direct Agents and RPLI Sales force.

Postmaster General, Berhampur Region is in Koraput Division for yearly inspection

Dear Comrades,

Shri S P Rajalingam, 

Postmaster General, Berhampur Region is in Koraput Division for yearly inspection.

Introduction of facility of automatic credit of PLI/ RPLI monthly premium from savings account of insured persons.

Dear Comrades,

Introduction of facility of automatic credit of PLI/ RPLI monthly premium from savings account of insured persons. 

Copy of PLI Directorate letter No. 29-08/2009-LI (Pt) dated 25.10.2012

To

All Heads of Circles

Addl. DG (APS)

Sub: Introduction of facility of automatic credit of PLI/ RPLI monthly premium from savings account of insured persons.

   In the last few years, there has been massive expansion of Postal Life Insurance (PLI) and Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI). However, it has been noticed that a number of policies particularly in RPLI lapse after a while. One of the reasons for lapsation is absence of convenient ways of depositing premia of the policy(ies). As such, it was under consideration of the Department to provide facility of automatic deduction of premia from Savings Account so that (i) the policy holder(s) need not have to visit Post Office every month for depositing premia of his PLI/ RPLI policy and (ii) lapsation of PLI/ RPLI policies gets reduced.

2. The competent authority has now approved the proposal for providing the facility to the policy holder of PLI and RPLI to get premium deposited/ credited by deduction of the same directly from his Savings Account standing in Post Offices. However, this facility can be opted by only those policy holders of PLI and RPLI whose Savings Accounts are maintained in the Departmental Post Offices (GPOs, HOs, MDGs or 50s).

3. It is requested to kindly take necessary action for implementation of aforesaid scheme and wide publicity may also be given for this scheme through various publicity channels.

4. Accounting and operating procedure for automatic transfer of premium of PLI/ RPLI from Savings Accounts of the policy holder is enclosed for information and action accordingly.

5. It is further informed that till the provisions are made in the software, automatic credit of PLI/ RPLI monthly premium by deduction from savings account of the policy holder will have to be done manually.

(A.K. Poddar)

General Manager (O)

New set of Ministers for "Communications & Information Technology"

Dear Comrades,

In the reshuffle of portfolios, Sri Pallam Raju of AP was made human resource development (HRD) minister in place of Sri Kapil Sibal, who was left only with communication and IT.

Ministry of "Communications & Information Technology"

Cabinet Minister : Sri KAPIL SIBAL

State Minister : Smt Killi. Krupa Rani

(M.P of Srikakulam A.P State)

 
The portfolios of newly-inducted and reshuffled ministers are as follows:

CABINET MINISTERS

 
K. Rahman Khan - Minority Affairs

Dinsha J. Patel - Mines

Ajay Maken - Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation

M.M. Pallam Raju - Human Resource Development

Ashwani Kumar - Law & Justice

Harish Rawat - Water Resources

Chandresh Kumari Katoch - Culture

M. Veerappa Moily - Petroleum & Natural Gas

S. Jaipal Reddy - Science & Technology and Earth Sciences

Kamal Nath - Urban Development & Parliamentary Affairs

Vayalar Ravi - Overseas Indian Affairs

Kapil Sibal - Communications & Information Technology

C.P. Joshi - Road Transport & Highways

Kumari Selja - Social Justice & Empowerment

Pawan Kumar Bansal - Railways

Salman Khursheed - External Affairs

Jairam Ramesh - Rural Development

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

 
Manish Tewari - Information & Broadcasting

K. Chiranjeevi - Tourism

Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia - Power

K.H. Muniappa - Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki - Drinking Water & Sanitation

Sachin Pilot - Corporate Affairs

Jitendra Singh - Youth Affairs & Sports

MINISTERS OF STATE

 
Shashi Tharoor - Human Resource Development

Kodikunnil Suresh - Labour & Employment

Tariq Anwar - Agriculture & Food Processing Industries

K. J. Surya Prakash Reddy - Railways

Ranee Narah - Tribal Affairs

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury - Railways

Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury - Health & Family Welfare

Sarvey Sathyanarayana - Road Transport & Highways

Ninong Ering - Minority Affairs

Deepa Dasmunsi - Urban Development

Porika Balram Naik - Social Justice & Empowerment

Kruparani Killi - Communications & Information Technology

Lalchand Kataria - Defence

E. Ahamed - External Affairs

D. Purandeswari - Commerce & Industry

Jitin Prasada - Defence & Human Resource Development

S. Jagathrakshakan - New & Renewable Energy

R.P.N. Singh - Home Affairs

K.C. Venugopal - Civil Aviation

Rajeev Shukla - Parliamentary Affairs & Planning

Extension of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Ministry of Railways and Department of Posts for issuing of reserved tickets through computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS) terminals provided in Post Offices.

Dear Comrades,

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(RAILWAY BOARD)

No.2012/TG-I/20/P/NRH PRS                                                New Delhi, dated 16.10.2012

The General Managers,

All Zonal Railways.

(Commercial Circular No.63 of 2012)

Sub: Extension of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Ministry of Railways and Department of Posts for issuing of reserved tickets through computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS) terminals provided in Post Offices.

Please refer to this office letter of even number dated 08.08.2007 forwarding therewith a copy of MoU signed by Ministry of Railways with Department of Posts on 31.07.2007 for issuing of reserved tickets through computerized PRS terminals provided in the post office. This MoU was valid for a period of five years.

2. The issue regarding extension of this MoU has been examined in consultation with Finance Directorate of Board Office and it has been decided to grant post facto sanction for extension of this MoU for another five years on the existing terms and conditions.

3. Necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned.

sd/-

(Dr. Monica Agnihotri) Director Passenger Marketing, Railway Board

Source: www.indianrailways.gov.in

Holiday List 2013

Dear Comrades,

Imporatant Directorate Orders

Dear Comrades,

1. Contributory Negligence - Department's recent orders

2. No Need to wait for Directorate orders for payment of DA revision to pensioners.

3. Holiday 2012 - Postal Directorate orders

4. Disbursement of Social through Post office accounts

5. SB Order 12/2012 - Revision of Interest rates of small Savings Schemes w.e.f 01.04.2012 T. D. Accounts. 

Eid Mubarak

Dear Comrades,

Best wishes to all on the occasion of Eid.

Valley to have 25 post offices by this fiscal end

Dear Comrades,

Srinagar, Oct 24: Kashmir Valley will have at least 25 modern Post Offices by the end of this fiscal.

Chief Post Master General, John Samuel said this at a function here today.

He said five modern Post Offices would be made operational in November including four in the City alone. He said many other postal facilities like ‘same day delivery’ are also being introduced. 

An attraction at the post offices, John said, would be introduction of “Singapore Pattern” of mail delivery. “Under this, mails would be delivered on the same day, a first of its kind facility in the country,” he said.

“We are going to provide new services including Speed Post and Parcel Delivery.  The mails or couriers for this should reach the Post Offices up to 8 AM only. This is the Singapore Pattern and J&K will be the first place in entire India to offer the facility,” he said, adding that the facility of delivery of such assignments would be intra-state.

“There will also be a special facility for inter-district courier services. The consignment should reach us by 11 AM for this service,” John said.

John said launching of these schemes would create many jobs in the department. “The posts would be filled up on merit especially in the rural areas.” “Rural Post offices will be focal point for the development,” he added.

He said the post offices shall operate round the week without observing any holiday including Sunday. He said the post offices shall remain off only on three days a year namely October 2, January 26, and August 15.

greaterkashmir.com

THOUSAND LIES CAN NEVER BECOME A TRUTH NOBODY CAN BREAK THE UNITY OF POSTAL WORKERS * LESSONS OF THE FRAGMENTED STRIKE *

Dear Comrades,

POSTAL CRUSADER EDITORIAL: NOVEMBER-2012

THOUSAND LIES CAN NEVER BECOME A TRUTH

NOBODY CAN BREAK THE UNITY OF POSTAL WORKERS 

* LESSONS OF THE FRAGMENTED STRIKE *

                   The GDS strike of Mahadeviah group ended on 22.10.2012.  In fact it was fizzled out.  Eventhough from 16.10.2012 onwards the leaders claimed 100% participation in all circles, the truth was entirely different.  Out of 22 circles, in 10 circles it was less than 5% and 6 circles only less than 10% of the Gramin Dak Sevaks went on strike.  In the remaining six circles it varied from 12% to 27% of the GDS. All India average of the strike is 18.1% of the total GDS.  This is the real picture of the strike.  All other claims are false and naked lies.  The percentage came down day-by-day and on 22nd the All India average was only 5% of the total of about three lakhs GDS.  Thus the strike fizzled out without any settlement.  (Those who have doubt about the figures can get it under RTI from all Circles and verify the truth).  Senior officers of the Department including Secretary, Department of Posts, Member (Personnel) and Minister Communications and Minister of State for Communications also rejected the request of the leaders for a last minute face-saving settlement.

                   NFPE has not made any adverse comment or statement against the strike or against the false claim of the leaders regarding All India Strike percentage, eventhough the Mahadevaiah group spread canards against NFPE and its leaders before the strike and also during the strike.  If NFPE had put it in its website the actual percentage of the strike in each circle, the strike would have fizzled out in the second day itself.  But NFPE never wants to break any strike, whether percentage is less or large.  Breaking the strike is not the tradition of NFPE.  So we tolerated every malicious attack against NFPE and its leaders till the strike is over.  Even now, while exposing the lies and hidden agenda of the Mahadevaiah group, we respect the sentiments of the GDS who participated in the strike without knowing the evil designs of the leadership.  We hope that those GDS who are misguided by the leaders, shall join the united struggle of the Central Govt. Employees on 12th December 2012 and also join the united movement of the Postal Employees led by National Federation of Postal Employees.

                   Everybody knows that the attack against the Postal Employees, whether it is GDS regularization or New Postal Policy 2012, is due to the neo-liberal economic policies pursued by the Central Government.  To fight against these policies, the largest unity of the employees and workers is the need of the hour.  Other than united struggle there is no shortcut.  When NFPE is trying to build up such a united struggle, unfortunately everytime the Mahadevaiah group is trying to break the unity at any cost.  During 2008 when NFPE and all its affiliated unions decided to go on indefinite strike from 06.01.2009, against the retrograde recommendations of the Natarajamurthy Committee, Mahadevaiah gave a call for indefinite strike from 17.12.2008, i.e.,  20 days ahead of the joint strike of NFPE.  Now again, due to our efforts when all the employees unitedly decided to go on strike on 12th December 2012, in which GDS demand is also one of the main demands, Mahadevaiah gave another sudden indefinite strike call from 16.10.2012.  He is playing in the hands of the ruling class and deliberately trying to break the unity among the departmental employees and Gramin Dak Sevaks.  The leader is behaving as an agent of the Government and poor GDS are the victims.  GDS are not going to be benefited by such sectarian strike.  Realising this majority of the GDS refused to join the ill-motivated strike this time.

                   On 10.05.2012, Sri. Mahadevaiah made following comments in his signed circular, copy of which is available with us:-  “The AIPEDEU is the single largest Postal Union, larger than all other Postal organisations, including NFPE......  They are afraid of AIPEDEU” (!!!).  When somebody claims that I am bigger than everyone else and all are afraid of me, we can imagine the mindset of such a person.  NFPE leaders will never make such egoistic statements.  Again in another circular which was circulated among the GDS throughout the country without putting name, the following derogatory and insulting comments are made against the legendary leader of the Postal Trade Union movement Late Com: K.Adinarayana - “Nobody including the great person repeatedly mentioned as the messiah of Postal workers including EDAs could even stir.  What was he doing?”  Thus it is very clear that the intention of Mahadevaiah is to project himself above all the leaders of the Postal Trade Union movement right from Tarapada to Adinarayana.  In fact he was elected in the year 1999 and became the General Secretary of the only recognised Union with the help of Com. Adinarayana and NFPE.  But after 1999, there was no gain for GDS, eventhose benefits achieved by NFPE through several years of struggle upto 1999, was taken away by the Government during  the tenure of Mahadevaiah.  He continued his attack against NFPE.  His number one enemy is NFPE.  This time the leader thought he can score through making it a fragmented game.  He want to avoid larger unity of entire Postal employees (Departmental and GDS) and also he want to avoid NFPE as he thought that if he join the joint struggle with NFPE he cannot become the hero.  He wanted to play one-upmanship over NFPE.

                   Naturally those who loved NFPE said “goodbye” to such a leader who is undemocratic, anti-NFPE, egoistic and decided to form separate GDS Union called AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) declaring themselves that they will work under the banner of NFPE and will be a part and parcel of NFPE.  NFPE decided to give associate membership to the new GDS Union led by Com. Panduranga Rao.  After formation of the new NFPE GDS Union Gramin Dak Sevaks of majority of the Circles joined the new union enbloc.  Remaining circles also GDS stated deserting Mahadevaiah group in a big way and joined NFPE GDS Union.  The very existence of the so-called recognised union was challenged due to the mass-scale exodus of the GDS.  Even in Karnataka which is the home-circle of the leader, 60% of the GDS joined the new union.  (Anybody can collect the strike percentage of Karnataka Circle under RTI and verify the fact).  It is at this moment the leader decided to declare a sudden strike from 16.10.2012 for his own existence and to prevent remaining GDS from deserting him.  But majority of the GDS realised his hidden agenda and refused to join the ill-motivated strike.  That is why the strike fizzled out and ended without any settlement.

                   NFPE calls upon the entire Postal Employees including Gramin Dak Sevaks to draw lessons from this fragmented strike and guard against those elements who are trying to break the unity of Postal employees again and again by spreading hatred among Departmental employees and Gramin Dak Sevaks.  Let us defeat such forces of destruction and unite together under the banner of our great organisation, National Federation of Postal Employees.  Let us strengthen the new GDS Union, AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) and ensure cent per cent unity among all Postal employees.  Let us work unitedly to make the historic strike of 12 December 2012 a grand success.

                   Remember, we are fighting against the anti-people, anti-working class policies of the Central Government.  Only a class oriented militant trade union like NFPE can alone build the unity of the entire Postal Workers and lead such a struggle in the Postal department.  Fragmented strike will create disunity and disappointment and will weaken the striking potential of the Postal employees and ultimately the Govt. will take advantage of it.  Our enemy is the ruling class and all the toiling masses are our comrades-in-arms in the struggle against the imperialist neo-liberal globalisation policies of the ruling class.  Let us not allow anybody to break this unity.

NFPE