Monday 8 December 2014

TASK FORCE REPORT -- A REAL PICTURE AND TASKS AHEAD FOR US

TASK FORCE REPORT ON POSTAL

 TO VIEW THE ARTICLE BY Com.M.KRISHNAN 
Ex-SECRETARY GENERAL , NFPE----CLICK HERE

UNITED MOVEMENT OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

NATIONAL CONVENTION OF JCM
NATIONAL COUNCIL STAFF SIDE ORGANISATINS
ON 11TH DECEMBER 2014 AT NEW DELHI

Venue:    MPCU Shah Auditorium, Sree Gujarati Samaj, Raj Niwas Road, Civil Lines (Opposite Civil Lines Metro Stations) Delhi.

Time:       12:00 noon to 16:00 Hrs (12 AM to 4 PM)

JCM National Council Staff side organisations will be organizing a National Convention of all Central Government Employees at New Delhi on 11.12.2014. Railway. Defence and Confederation will participate in the convention. Convention will adopt a joint declaration on future course of agitational programmes on the following demands of the Central Government Employees.

1.      Effect of wage revision of Central Government Employees from 01.01.2014 accepting memorandum of staff side JCM, Grant interim relief and merger of 100% DA, Ensure submission of the 7th CPC report within the time frame of 18 months.
2.      Include the Gramin Dak Sewaks within the ambit of the 7th CPC.
3.      No privatization or FDI in Railways and Defence establishments.
4.      No ban on recruitment/creation of Posts.
5.      No outsourcing, contractorisation and privatization of government functions. Withdraw the proposed move to close down the printing presses, stationery offices and Medical Stores Depots. Regularise the existing daily rated/casual and contract workers.
6.      Scrap PFRDA and restore the defined benefit statutory pension scheme.
7.      No Labour reforms which are inimical to the interest of workers.
8.      Lift the arbitrary ceiling on compassionate appointments.
9.      Revise the JCM functioning at all levels as an effective negotiating forum for settlement of the demands of the CGEs.
10.  Remove the bonus ceiling.
11.  Ensure five promotions in service career.

ALL AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS OF CONFEDERATION ARE REQUESTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL CONVENTION WITHOUT FAIL


M. Krishnan
Secretary General
Confederation
CONFEDERATION ALL INDIA TRADE UNION CAMP
2015 JANUARY 5TH & 6TH – BANGALORE

Venue                          :           Income Tax office, Bangalore

Location                      :           Queens Road which is opposite to GPO building and near to Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly hall) 3 kilometers from city Railway Station)

Climate                        :           Day 20° C and night 8° C. Warm cloths advisable

Accommodation          :           1) State Government Employees Association Rooms – Less than 1 Km distance from Venue

                                               2) Shiskara Bhawan (Teachers Bhawan_ - Less than 1 km distance   from Venue.

Accommodation dates:          From 4th January morning to 7th January 2015.

Food                           :           Vegetarian. Only on 5th & 6th.

ID Proof                      :           Necessary in the City and for journey.

Help Desk                  :           At City RMS office near to main entrance of city Railway Station.

Delegate Fee             :           Rs. 600/- per delegate including Confederation CHQ office Bearers.


CONTACT NAME & PHONE NUMBERS

1
Com. P. S. Prasad, General Secretary, C-O-C, Karnataka, Bangalore
09480066620
2
Com. S. Radhakrishna, President
09448880921
3
Com. Venkataramani, Working President
09901935506
4
Com. Juliana Vincent, SOI (Reception)
09480425743
5
Com. Jawarayi Gowda, NFPE (Reception)
09980408757
6
Com. Vinod ITEF (Reception)
08762300111
7
Com. Janaki Raman, P3, NFPE (Reception)
09448087188
8
Com. Mallikarjuna, P4, NFPE (Reception)
09448433661
9
Com. Chandrasekhar, P3, NFPE (Accommodation)
09008025579
10
Com. Umesh Kamatagi, AICGWBEA (Accommodation)
09743232715
11
Com. D. K. Bharathi, Admin, NFPE (Accommodation)
09986365981
12
Com. M. B. Krishnappa, P4, NFPE (Accommodation)
09845758572
13
Com. Sethuraman, ITEF (Food)
08762300436
14
Com. Vidya Simha, AG’s (Food)
09448726753
15
Com. D. Jayaraman, ITEF (Food)
08762300876
16
Com. M. Ramakrishna, R3, NFPE (Transport)
09480109025
17
Com. Mohan Pai of Census (Transport)
09845210757
18
Com. Bhaskar, Central Excise (Transport)
09449021206
19
Com. Dominic Vidya Anand, NFPE Postal Accts (Credential)
09480069255
20
Com. C. A. Kameshwary, Meteorological IMD (Credential)
09611898423
21
Com. Ganeshan SOI

22
Com. L. R. Srinivasan, CGHS (Transport)
09449031962


NUMBER OF DELEGATES – QUOTA TO AFFILIATED ORGANISATIONS AND C-O-Cs

(a)   NFPE – 60, ITEF – 20, Audit & Accounts – 10, Atomic Energy – 10, Civil Accounts – 10, All other affiliated organizations – 2 each
(b)   Confederation State Units -
West Bengal – 10, Kerala – 15, Karnatak – 30, Tamilnadu – 10, Andhra – 10, All other state units – 2 each.

NB: While deciding delegates the concerned organizations shall include the All India office Bearers of Confederations also in their quota since the number of delegates fixed above includes the offices Bearers of Confederations CHQ also.

 
CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF ALL AFFILIATES ORGANIZATIONS & GENERAL SECRETARIES OF STATE COMMITTEES (COCs)
 

PLEASE ENSURE PARTICIPATION OF DELEGATES AS PER QUOTA FIXED BY THE NATIONAL SECRETARIAT
 
  
M. Krishnan
Secretary General
Confederation

PHOTOS OF CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS RALLY AT JANTAR MANTAR NEW DELHI ON 05-12-2014 










Ministry ofCommunication
TASK FORCE ON LEVERAGING THE POST OFFICES NETWORK OF THE COUNTRY
            A Task force on leveraging the post offices network of the country  among others had suggested setting up of three subsidiaries as a part of a holding company under the Postal Department under the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology for extending services in the fields of banking, insurance and e-commerce.  The Report of the Task Force headed by former Cabinet Secretary Shri T.S.R. Subramanian was submitted to the Minister for Communications and Information Technology Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad in New Delhi today.

            In all five subsidiary companies will be called Strategic Business Units (SBU)..Two other subsidiaries are for distribution of 3rd party products and services like providing e-services for general public for bill collections and providing of application forms, documents and certificates on commercial basis. Another subsidiary is for .delivery of government services like Aadhaar ration cards, Vikas patras, etc. on agency basis. It was also proposed that each SBU will have a separate  independent board to operate commercially as  a  profit  centre. Each one of the SBU over the time may go for public participation through public issue. It was proposed that a new postal law may be enacted to give statutory basis for these operations.

            After receiving the Report, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad said that there will be a structured response to the recommendations of the Task Force on priority basis.  He said after  having felt the need to rediscover the potential of the postal department  in the country, he had made a request to the Prime Minister to which Shri Narendra Modi had readily responded by constituting this Task Force. He hoped that the vast connectivity of the Postal Department would be fully exploited to be a part of the e-commerce boom in the country. The Minister said that not a single employee of the postal department will be removed as a part of any reformation of the Department. He also said that there will not be undue increase in the price of the post card and other postal services that are mostly used by the poor.

            Earlier the Chairman of the Task Force Mr. Subramanian said that as banking and financial services  are not available in most of over six  lakh villages of the country, it was felt that a ‘Post Bank of India’ which is professionally organized should contribute for a financial inclusion of the rural poor.  He also hoped that there could be a creation of over five lakh new jobs over next 3-5 years.  He pointed out that State Governments are also keen on the prospects of implementation of the recommendations of this Task Force.

             The Task Force was constituted on 21st August this year  had the following members:-

1.      Shri T.S.R. Subramanian, Retd. Cabinet Secretary       -  Chairman
2.      Shri T.V. Mohandas Pai, Bangalore                             -  Member
3.      Dhri G.N. Bajpai, Mumbai Former Chairman, SEBI   -  Member
4.      Dr. Ravindra H.Dholakia, IIM, Ahmedabad               -   Member
5.      Shri R S. Sharma, Secretary (E&IT),Govt.of India      -   Member
6.      Shri L.C. Goyal, Secretary, Deptt. of Rural                 -   Member
                        Development, Govt. of India
7.      Shri Rakesh Garg, Secy. Deptt. of Telecom,G.O.I      -   Member
8.      Ms. Kavery Banerjee, Secretary, Deptt. of Posts        -    Member
9.      Shri Kamleshwar Prasad,Member (O),Deptt.of  Posts-   Member
10.  Shri Vasumitra, CPMG,Delhi Circle,Deptt.of Posts    -Member Secretary

For the full report of the Task Force pls. click the link below

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KSP/SG
(Release ID :112625) 04.12.2014






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GDS CASE IN HON’BLE SUPREME COURT I.A No.1 OF 2014 FILED BY NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES IN W.P No.17/2009 LISTED FOR FINAL HEARING ON 09-12-2014.
IN ADDITION TO THE WRIT PETITION FILED IN SUPREME COURT WHICH STANDS TRANSFERRED TO DELHI HIGH COURT (LISTED FOR HEARING ON 04-02-2015) NFPE HAS FILED ANOTHER PETITION IN SUPREME COURT (I.A No.1/2014 IN WP(C) 17 OF 2009) IMPLEADING IN ANOTHER CASE PENDING IN SUPREME COURT.

THE CASE CAME UP FOR HEARING ON 02-12-2014 BEFORE HON’BLE SUPREME COURT IN COURT No.6 AS ITEM No.22 BEFORE A BENCH COMPRISING OF HON’BLE Mr.JUSTICE DIPAK MISHRA & HON’BLE Mr. UDAY UMESH LALIT. SHRI M.R.CALLA (Sr. ADVOCATE & RETD. JUSTICE OF GUJRAT AND RAJASTHAN HIGH COURTS) AND ADOVACE Mr.UDAY GUPTA APPEARED ON BEHALF OF NFPE ON 02-12-2014.

THE HON’BLE SUPREME COURT GAVE THE FOLLWING ORDER :

“LIST THE WRIT PETITION ALONG WITH I.A No.1/2014 FILED BY NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES IN W.P (C) No.17 OF 2009, NEXT TUES DAY (09-12-2014).

Argument on behalf of NFPE will take place in the Hon’ble Supreme Court on 09-12-2014. Shri M.R.Calla (Sr. Advocate & Retired Justice of Gujrat & Rajasthan High Court) will argue the case on behalf of NFPE.

LEGAL BATTLE 
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUGGLE
BY
NFPE & AIPEU GDS (NFPE)

Postal JCA (NFPE, FNPO, AIPEU GDS (NFPE) & NUGDS) has already declared indefinite strike from 6th May 2015 for the settlement of 39 point charter of demands in which “INCLUSION OF GDS UNDER 7th CPC” is the demand No.1, in the Parliament March conducted by Postal JCA more than 15,000 Postal, RMS employees including Gramin Dak Sevaks participated.

WHERE IS THE RESPECTFUL AGREEMENT OF THE RECOGNIZED GDS UNION ............  ????????

Nine months are over after appointment of 7th Pay Commission, but GDS are not included in the 7th CPC and no action is taken to review the wages and service conditions of 2.76 lakh GDS.

The recognized GDS Union leader (shri Mahadevaiah) has claimed that he has signed a “RESPECTFUL AGREEMENT” with the Govt. and he garlanded and gave bouquet to the Hon’ble Communications Minister and Secretary, Department of Posts.

But where is the “RESPECTFUL AGREEMENT” .....?????

Is the word  “WILL CONSIDER” can be called as “respectful agreement”.......??????

When ever some body submit some memorandum to Minister or Postal Board, the reply given as “will consider”. 

The same words are used in the agreement signed by Shri Mahadevaiah, is it a “Respectful agreement”   …..????

Now the recognized GDS union leader is telling Govt has violated the agreement and misguiding the GDS to save his face.

Shri Mahadevaiah now understood that only a joint struggle by NFPE and Postal JCA can settle the GDS demands. 

With out NFPE & AIPEU GDS (NFPE) the fragmented strike of recognized GDS Union will not yield any result.

Recognized GDS union should admit it openly without cheating the GDS, any further.

RECOGNIZED GDS UNION HAS LOST ITS CREDIBILITY.
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 PAYMENT OF DEATH GRATUITY TO MINOR-REGARDING (Click the link below for details) http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D3/D03ppw/ppwf_041214.pdf

FILING ASSETS AND LIABILITIES BY PUBLIC SERVANTS
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

03-December-2014 13:44 IST
Filing Assets and Liabilities

Section 44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 mandates that every public servant (as defined in the Act, which includes Ministers, Members of Parliament, Government employees, employees of statutory bodies, PSUs, etc.) shall make a declaration of his assets and liabilities as well of his spouse and dependent children in the manner as provided by or under the said Act. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (k) and clause (l) of sub-section (2) of section 59 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of 2014), read with section 44 and section 45 of the said Act, the Central Government has notified the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Rules, 2014 in the official Gazette on 14th July, 2014, which, inter alia, contain the forms in which such information/return is required to be filed.

Subsequently, concerns and apprehensions were raised by several Ministries/Departments and other stakeholders, inter alia, about the complexity involved in furnishing the desired details in the forms prescribed under the Rules. Accordingly, the Government of India vide its order dated 28-08-2014, constituted a Committee to simplify the forms and the process in which public servants shall make declaration of assets and liabilities. The said Committee has submitted its First Report on 01-10-2014, recommending simplified formats for declaration of moveable property and for declaration of debts and other liabilities by public servants.

The Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Rules, 2014 have also been amended by a notification dated 8th September, 2014, by which the time limit, for furnishing of such information/return by public servants, has been extended till 31st December, 2014.

This was stated by Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to Shri Sudheer Gupta & others in the Lok Sabha today.

OBCS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

OBCs in Government Services

As per information received from various Ministries/ Departments till date, the representation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs), as on 01.01.2013, in 69 Central Government Ministries/Departments was 5,23,721 which is 17.74% of 29,52,080 employees.

The reasons for lower representation of Other Backward Classes in services are identified as under-:

(i) Reservation for Other Backward Classes started only from the year 1993.

(ii) Other Backward Classes candidates who were appointed up to 1993, that is before introduction of reservation for the Other Backward Classes, are not included for counting the representation.

(iii) There is generally a time gap between occurrence of vacancies and filling thereof as recruitment is a time consuming process.

(iv) Some reserved posts for Other Backward Classes remain vacant due to non-availability of suitable candidates of reserved category.

(v) Some of the selected Other Backward Classes candidates do not join the service or leave the service after joining because they get better opportunities elsewhere.
Reservation in Central Government jobs for Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes employees is provided at the rate of 27%, 15% and 7.5%, respectively. As per information received till date from 69 Ministries/ Departments, the representation of Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as on 01.01.2013, was 17.74%, 17.57% and 7.73%, respectively.

Instructions have been issued  in June, 2013 to all concerned to make concerted efforts to fill up the backlog reserved vacancies. A committee was constituted under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to analyse the reasons for less employability of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes in Government sector and to suggest remedial measures. Keeping in view the recommendations of the Committee, various time bound measures have been identified and intimated to concerned Ministries/Departments to fill up such backlog vacancies.
This was stated by Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to Kumari Shobha Karandlaje in the Lok Sabha today.

REVISED DELIVERY NORMS FOR VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF MAIL (OTHER THAN SPEED POST).

D.G. Post O.M. No. 13-45/2008-D dated 26.11.2014

            Reference is invited to the Directorate O.M.  of even no.  dated 10.12.2013 (and Addendum dated 21.01.2014 and 03.06.2014) , vide which revised delivery norms for Speed Post were communicated . Since then, the revised norms have also been hosted on India Post website in a PDF as well as in the shape of an interactive “MS Excel” tool.

2.         The matter relating to revision of delivery norms for various categories of mail (other than Speed Post) was under consideration at this Directorate, Accordingly, the delivery norms for mail and parcels have been revised as under:

(a)        For Registered (First Class) Mail:
            (i)         Local (within Municipal City Limits): 2 days.
            (ii)        Between Metro cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and  
                        Hyderabad) : 2 to 3 days.
            (iii)       Same state: 3 to 4 days.
            (iv)       Neighbouring state: 3 to 4 days.
            (v)        Rest of the country (for cities not covered in the category of: same state” and
                       “neighbouring state”) : 5 to 6 days.
(b)       For First Class (Unregistered) Mail:
            i)          Local (within Municipal City Limits): 2 days.
            (ii)        Between Metro cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and  
                        Hyderabad): 2 to 3 days.
            (iii)       Same state: 3 to 4 days.
            (iv)       Neighbouring state: 3 to 4 days.
            (v)        Rest of the country (for cities not covered in the category of: same state” and
                       “neighbouring state”) : 5 to 6 days.

 (c)       For Express Parcel:
            (i)         For 84 cities: Specific norms on city –to-city basis (being communicated
                       by e-mail)
            (ii)        Local (for cities other than the 84 cities covered under revised norms for city-to-
                       city norms and covering only Municipal limits): 2 days.
            (iii)       Same state (for cities other than the 84 cities and local mail covered under
                        revised norms): 3 to 4 days
            (iv)       Neighbouring state: (for cities other than the 84 cities covered under
                        revised norms): 3 to 4 days
(v)        Rest of the country (for cities other than the 84 cities covered under revised norms and not covered I “same state” and “neighbouring state”): 5 to 6 days.
(d)       For Business Parcel:
            (i)         Local (within Municipal City Limits): 2 to 3 days.
            (ii)        Between Metro cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and  
                        Hyderabad): 3 to 4 days.
            (iii)       Same state:  4 days.
            (iv)       Neighbouring state: 4 days.
            (v)        Rest of the country (for cities not covered in the category of: same state” and
                       “neighbouring state”) : 5 to 7 days.
(e)        For Second Class Mail:
            (i)         Local (within Municipal City Limits): 3 days.
            (ii)        Between Metro cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and  
                        Hyderabad): 4 days.
            (iii)       Same state: 4 days.
            (iv)       Neighbouring state: 4 days.
            (v)        Rest of the country (for cities not covered in the category of: same state” and
                       “neighbouring state”) : 5 to 7 days.
3.         The new delivery norms for Express Parcels on a city-to-city basis for 84 cities, which are being communicated by e-mail, are also limited to the local municipal limit of the cities concerned. Further, the new delivery norms for various categories of mail referred to above would be subject to the conditions that:
(i)         They do not apply to the articles booked after the cut off time on a day (normally taken as 3 or 4 pm for booking counters at post offices  or as decided by the Circle concerned) and an extra  day may be added in such cases,
(ii)        The delivery norms do not include Sundays and Holidays.
(iii)       Delay occurring due to curfew, bandh or strike in a particular city may adversely affect delivery norms.
(iv)       Delay occurring due to cancellation of flight/trains/buses/other  means of transport for carriage of mails or off-loading /non-carriage of mail by the carriers due to any reason is beyond the control of the Department, and therefore, he same may adversely affect delivery norms.
4.         Circles may give wide publicity to the new norms among the public and display the norms in the shape of a matrix of prominent/frequently-used destinations at the post office as display of entire matrix perhaps may not be possible.
5.         The new delivery norms would also be hosted on India Pos website in a user-friendly format so that a user could easily find delivery/transit norms. In the interim, a PDF version of the document will be uploaded by CEPT on the Department’s website.
6.         This O.M. supersedes all previous instructions on delivery norms for mail and Parcels (other than Speed Post) issued by this Directorate/Business Development and Marketing Directorate.

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