GS visited to Directorate on 29/02/2012

Today, I along with Ex-GS Shri Roop Chand visited Directorate and met with the  Member (P), various DDGs and other concerned officers. The following issues were discussed with them. The present status in respect of the issues is furnished below for the information of all CHQ Office Bearers, Circle Secretaries and members.

 1.   Up-gradation of GP of IP from Rs. 4200/- to Rs. 4600/-.

File relating to implementation of Hon. CAT Ernakulam Bench judgement dated 19/10/2011 is still under examination in view of our letter dated 22/2/2012. File is likely to be sent to Ministry of Finance shortly.

Paid Holiday to employees on the day of Poll

Election Commission of India has declared to grant of paid holiday to employees on the day of poll in Punjab, Goa, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
The General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, 2012. As per the section 135B of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which provides for the grant of paid holiday to the employees on the day of poll. The rule of section 135B says, 

LEGAL BATTLE FOR JUSTICE CONTINUES FOR PENSIONERS

GOVERNMENT FILES APPEAL AGAINST PRINCIPAL CAT JUDGMENT ON MODIFIED PARITY IN PENSION TO PRE 1.1.2006 PENSIONERS

The Government has filed an Appeal against the 1ST November 2011 judgment of the Principal Bench of Delhi Central Administrative Tribunal on modified parity in pension to the pensioners retired prior to 1.1.2006. You may remember that the Principal Bench of Delhi CAT had directed implementation of OM dated 1.9.2008 based on the Government's Resolution dated 29.08.2008

Tamilnadu Post Offices Best in NATION

Dear all,

A news item published in the *Indian Express* with caption "* TAMIL NADU POST OFFICES BEST IN NATION*" is furnished hereunder with the congratulatory message from the Chief Postmaster General. The entire Technology Team consisting of CO, RO, Divisions and all other units deserves the appreciation as observed by the Chief PMG. “The team has to work hard to keep up the good work done” 

National Pension Schemes will be linked to Aadhar, says Jairam

Ministry of Rural Development

The Rural Development Minister Shri Jairam Ramesh today said that National Social Assisstance Programme, NSAP will be completely restructured and all payments under the scheme will be done through Aadhar-based payment system. Talking to a select group of media persons here, he said, the restructured system will be in place by 10th of March this year and it will ensure that each beneficiary under old age, disabilities and widow pension schemes will get one’s entitlement every month and there will be no delay in payments.

Dos Commands For System Managers

Networking

ipconfig – Windows IP Configuration

This has to the DOS command I use most today. ipconfig will tell you the IP settings for the current computer such as what your current IP is and what subnet/gateway you are on. It is great for troubleshooting. Here are the two most useful commands for ipconfig and usage:

ipconfig /release – This will release any IP information that the computer was given and make your IP address 0.0.0.0

Expected DA

ALL INDIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

INDUSTRIAL WORKERS

BASE YEAR 2001=100

Month	Base Year 2001=100	Total of 12 Months	Twelve Monthly Average	% increase over 115.76 for DA
December-2010	185	2111	175.92	51.97
January-2011	188	2127	177.25	53.12
February-2011	185	2142	178.50	54.20
March-2011	185	2157	179.75	55.28
April-2011	186	2173	181.09	56.44
May-2011	187	2188	182.33	57.51
June-2011	189	2203	183.58	58.59
July-2011	193	2218	184.83	59.67
August-2011	194	2234	186.17	60.82
September-2011	197	2252	187.67	62.12
October-2011	198	2269	189.08	63.34
November-2011	199	2286	190.50	64.56
Expected D.A. from 1-1-2012-65%

Congratulation to the participants in General Strike.

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MAGNIFICENT STRIKE BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES - PRESS STATEMENT

MAGNIFICENT STRIKE BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND WORK

Manishinath Bhawan, A/2/95 Rajouri Garden

 New Delhi. 110 027
Date: 28th February 2012

PRESS STATEMENT

The General Strike of Indian working class for which the call was given by the Central Trade Unions and endorsed by all the Federations and the Central and State Govt. Employees elicited the largest participation today. The increased participation of workers in the industrial action was indicative of the growing realization of the need to struggle against the present economic policies of the Govt. of India.

Kids of widowed daughters to be included in CGHS

 It’s a move that will go a long way in empowering widowed/separated daughters dependent on their parents. Last month, the ministry of health and family welfare decided to expand the ambit of Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) to include dependent children of widowed/separated daughters as beneficiaries under the government’s comprehensive health scheme. Till now, serving central government employees, pensioners, current and former members of Parliament, serving and retired judges of Supreme Court and high court, freedom fighters, accredited journalists, former governor and former vice president of India could avail of CGHS benefits.

“The move has been initiated with the aim of empowering widowed and separated daughters who live with parents who are CGHS beneficiaries,” said a health ministry official.

New List of Postal Guide - By KAIRALI BOOKS SYNDICATE

KAIRALI BOOKS SYNDICATE, NEW DELHI

Books for Postmaster Grade I in PO’s 

1. V.K.Balan’s Master Guide for DC Exam for the Post of Postmaster Grade I in Po’s 2011-12 ed            Rs. 875/- 
Books for Postal Operations - For Detailed Study 
1. Nabhi’s RTI Act one should know 2011 ed             Rs. 190/- 

The world’s biggest ever strike, India, 28th February 2012

New Delhi, Feb28, 2012: Over 100,000,000 Indian workers  come out on strike today. Workers from many unions and sectors are trying to gain improvements in areas such as, pay, pensions, and employment rights.

The strike has been called because workers have said ‘enough is enough’, after two years of the government refusing to negotiate with unions on any issue. Indian’s are sick of the rich getting richer, record economic growth, whilst 400 million people have not got a pot to piss in. 

OBSERVE TODAY'S STRIKE AND UPHOLD THE DIGNITY OF WORKERS:

THE BIGGEST HISTORIC JOINT STRIKE OF

INDIAN WORKING CLASS ON 28.02.2012

MORE THAN 20 CRORES ORGANISED AND UNORGANISED WORKERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE STRIKE

CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES ALSO JOIN THE STRIKE AS PER THE CALL GIVEN BY CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS

FIVE LAKHS POSTAL AND RMS EMPLOYEES INCLUDING GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE STRIKE UNDER THE BANNER OF POSTAL JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION (NFPE, FNPO, AIPEDEU, NUGDS)

HC directs compensation to deceased CBI officer”s family

New Delhi, Feb 26,2012 (PTI): Nearly nine years after the death of a young CBI officer in a road accident, the Delhi High Court has directed the insurancecompany to pay Rs 23.5 lakh as compensation to his family.

It also directed the company to pay Rs 3.5 lakh to a senior officer, who became permanently disabled, and further ordered Rs 1.5 lakh to be paid to another CBI officer who had sustained injuries in the accident that had taken place on May 21, 2003.

While hearing the petition of Anita Pathak for enhancement of compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claimant Tribunal

Government official caught red-handed in Haryana

Jind, Feb 26, 2012(PTI): A state government official was caught red-handed by a team of vigilance officials allegedly accepting bribe from a customer in return for providing him relief in penalty amount.

A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against Randhir.

Randhir Singh, a Commercial Assistant with the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, was nabbed yesterday by the team while accepting a sum of Rs one lakh from a customer Ramanand for providing relief in the penalty by making changes in the official record.

Ramanand was found consuming more electricity than the alloted load in a departmental audit and was facing a penalty of around Rs six lakh.

A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against Randhir.

Eleven employees of AG office suspended for indiscipline

Allahabad, Feb 26, 2012 (PTI): An explosive situation has arisen at the office of the Accountant General of Uttar Pradesh here following the suspension of 11 employees on grounds of indiscipline and lodging of FIRs against 100 unnamed persons who had taken part in an agitation inside the office premises two days ago.

Trouble had begun on Friday morning when Deputy Accountant General (Administration) Sachin Kapoor, in a bid to fix the late-comers, got the gates of the premises locked and asked those who had reported for duty in time to sign the attendance register, police said.

IRM/ASRM association merged into IP/ASP Association

Circle Working Committee Meeting held on 26/02/2012 at Mumbai with a grand success.  Shri Ramamurti C/S of IRM/ASRM Association, Maharashtra Circle Branch along with his team attended CWC meeting and requested for merger of All India Association of IRM / ASRM, Maharashtra Circle Branch in to All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents, Posts Maharashtra Branch. CWC has granted the permission for merger.

Trade Unions Reject PM's Appeal to Call off Strike

Trade unions have rejected Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's appeal to call off the all-India strike on Tuesday.

Dr. Singh reportedly got in touch with the Congress-backed Indian National Trade Union Congress president G. Sanjeeva Reddy and urged him to convey his appeal to the apex body of the unions coordinating the strike.

It is the first time since independence that trade unions of all hues have got together to register their protest on a wide range of issues stemming out of the liberalisation policy.

Increment issue - Dopt order for Granting one increment to the Central Government Employees may be issued very soon...

The order for Granting one increment to the Central Government Employees may be issued in the first week of March 2012

Sources close to the DOP&T informed that the issue of granting one increment to the government servants, whose increment date falls between February 2006 and June 2006, has been forwarded to Finance Ministry for its approval. According to the sources, the Finance Ministry gave its approval to this proposal as agreed by the Government in the National Anomaly Committee.

System Administrators and Operators in Computerized Post Offices, How much you know about Security Guidelines in Department of Posts?

Copy of C.O. letter No. INV / 150-118 / wr/08 Dated the 20th April, 2010

Several systematic shortcomings are being noticed in the operational methods of Sanchay Post, giving scope for possible manipulation with malafide intentions. It has been observed that the instructions issued to manage the data entry module of Sanchay Post securely were not followed by many of the units leading to frauds in Sanchay Post software.

2. It is once again reinterated that the following aspects should be taken care of by all concerned without any deviation.

House Building Advance – How to calculate the interest for HBA

House Building Advance to Central Government Employees

1.The Scheme of House Building Advance to Central Government Employees is aimed at providing assistance to the Government employees to construct/acquire house/flats of their own.

The scheme was introduced in 1956, as a welfare measure. Ministry of Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation act as the nodal Ministry for the same.

2. House Building Advance is admissible to all those temporary employees also who have rendered 10 years of continuous service.

Feedback on draft National Postal Policy

Feedback on draft National Postal Policy in India Post Website can be viewed through the following link.


http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Postal_Policy/

Various Advances for Central Govt Employees

*  Festival Advance : 

Amount of Rs 3000/- to be recovered in 10 monthly instalments. Can be sanctioned once in a financial year. Maximum grade limit 4800/- PM. It may be granted to any one of the festival irrespective of the community to which it belongs:

(i)                  Payments will be effected 21 days prior to the festival

(ii)                Will be eligible for one festival during one financial year

BSNL Introduces Tablet computers

BSNL ( Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited ) has launched three tablets which   includes two 7-inch screen tablet with resistive screen  and it runs on  Android 2.3 operating system, while the third tablet comes with an 8-inch capacitive touch screen but with a higher price.

J. Sathyanarayana appointed Secretary (Information Technology)

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Shri J. Sathyanarayana, IAS (AP:77), against the post of secretary, department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology that has been taken out of the Central Staffing scheme. The appointment of Shri Sathyanarayana as Secretary (Information Technology) would be for a period of two years or until further orders, whichever is earlier, on deputation basis.

Features Of Akash Tablet ( Computer )

Features

• Anytime & Anywhere Internet access with Cellular connectivity for only Rs. 98/- per month (in India only)
• Connect via GPRS or WiFi
• GPRS: Embedded modem eliminates the need for external dongles and allows Internet access everywhere
• WiFi: Allows fast Youtube videos at hotspots
• Fast web access even on GPRS networks, across the country using DataWind's patented acceleration technology

What is the difference between DDR3, DDR2, DDR, and SDRAM?

Most desktops and notebooks use one of four popular types of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) for the main system memory.

Single data rate (SDR) SDRAM is the older type of memory, commonly used in computers prior to 2002.

Double data rate (DDR) SDRAM hit the mainstream computer market around 2002 and is a straightforward evolution from SDR SDRAM.

SEMINAR & STUDY CAMP ON RULING & DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS ON 10-11th MARCH 2012 AT KOLKATA GPO

As decided by the Kalyani Circle Conference and communicated in the Circle Zonal Meetings on 12th February 2012, West Bengal Postal Circle Unions, NFPE, is holding a Seminar and an Extended Circle Working Committee to discuss Disciplinary Proceedings and Departmental Rulings on 10th & 11th March 2012 at Kolkata GPO. Smt. Sharda Sampath, PMG, Kolkata Region, has kindly consented to deliver the topic of the seminar on 10th March. Com. K.V.Sridharan, General Secretary, Group-C and Com. I.S.Dabas, General Secretary, Postmen & Group-D/MSE will be present and speak on the subjects of the Study Camp.

     The subjects to be covered in the study camp are:

Upgradation of Grade Pay of Inspector, Posts from Rs.4200/- to Rs. 4600/-

No. CHQ/IPASP/1/2012 Dated : 22/2/2012. 

To, 
Ms Yesodhara Menon, 
Member (P),
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg, 
New Delhi 110 001. 

Subject : Minutes of the meeting taken by the Member (Personnel) with All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts on 3/11/2011. 

Ref. : Directorate Letter No. 01/01/2011-SR dated 14/11/2011. 

Task Force on an Aadhaar Enabled Unified Payment Infrastructure Submits Report to Finance Minister; FM Calls for Upscaling and Implementation of Pilot Projects in More Areas

The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee said that Aadhaar-Enabled E-payment system would help not only in ensuring the timely payments directly to the intended beneficiaries but would also help in reducing the time taken, transaction costs and the leakages among others.  The Finance Minister said that this would also help in bringing transparency in the system and reducing avoidable delays.  The Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee was speaking after receiving the Final Report of the Task Force on Aaadhar-Enabled Unified Payment Infrastructure presented to him by Shri Nandan Nilekan, Chairman UIDAI and the Task Force, here today.

Income Tax Deduction on your Children’s Education u/s. 80C and 80E of the Income Tax Act, 1961

The cost of educating our children is rising consistently. It’s a matter of concern for all of us. One relief is the tax benefit provided for spending on children’s education. The Income Tax Act provides a direct deduction on account of fees paid for the education of dependent children. The act also provides for deduction on account of interest on loans taken for higher education of children.

Under Section 80C on Tuition Fees Paid

This deduction in respect of school fees is covered under Section 80C of the I-T Act. A parent can claim a deduction of payment made for tuition fee to any university, college, school or any other educational institution.

Ready Reckoner : NSC

Five / Six Year National Savings Certificate ( VIII Issue ) 1. Maturity period reduced from six to 5 years w.e.f 01.12.2011
2. Maturity value of NSC ( VIII Issue ) issued in between ( For denomination of Rs.1000/- )
6 Years NSC					5 year NSC
01.01.1999 to 14.01.2000	15.01.2000 to 28.02.2001	01.03.2001 to	01.03.2002 to	01.03.2003 to	From 01.12.2011 onwards
		28.02.2002	28.02.2003	30.11.2011
1956	1901.2	1745.2	1695.9	1601	1509
3.Premature encashment of NSCs under Rule 16(1) of NSC( VIII) Issue Rules, 1989
a. Within one year from the date of issue - Face value
b. After one year but before 3 years - Face Value + Simple Interest at the rate applicable from time to time for completed months