Saturday, April 27, 2013
Friday, April 26, 2013
ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION GROUP ‘C’
CHQ:
Dada Ghosh Bhawan, 2151/1, New Patel Road, New Delhi - 110008
Ref: P/3-2/Federal
Council Dated – 25.04.2013
To,
All CHQ office bearers/
Circle Secretaries
Dear Comrades,
Sub: - Nomination of Federal Councilors – reg.
The following CHQ office bearers/circle secretaries
and Mahila Committee Members shall participate as Federal councilors in the
ensuing federal council to be held at Hyderabad from 09.06.2013 to 12.06.2013.
OFFICE
BEARERS
1.
Com. R. Sivannarayana President CHQ
2.
Com. Mangesh Parab Working President CHQ
3.
Com. N. Gopalakrishnan, Working President CHQ
4.
Com. R. C. Mishra, Vice President CHQ
5.
Com. C. P. Shobhana Vice President CHQ
6.
Com. N. Subramanian Dy. General Secretary CHQ
7.
Com. Gaurang Dev Maity Asst. General
Secretary CHQ
8.
Com. A. Veeramani Asst.
General Secretary CHQ
9.
Com. Balwinder Singh Financial Secretary CHQ
10. Com.
H.P. Diwakar Asst.
Financial Secretary CHQ
11. Com.
S. A. Hameed Org.
General Secretary CHQ
12. Com.
U. K. Tiwary Org.
General Secretary CHQ
13. Com.
L. P. Saikia Org.
General Secretary CHQ
(Note: -
Com. M. Krishnan, General Secretary, Com. R. N. Parashar, Asst. General
Secretary, Com. C. Chandrasekhar, Working President NFPE and Com. K. Ragupathy,
Asst. Secretary General, NFPE will attend the Federal Council as office bearers
of the Federation)
CIRCLE
SECRETARIES
14. Com.
D. A. S. V. Prasad Circle
Secretary Andhra Pradesh
15. Com.
Rashmin Purohit Circle
Secretary Gujarat
16. Com.
Naresh Gupta Circle
Secretary Haryana
17. Com.
H. S. Guleria Circle Secretary Himachal Pradesh
18. Com.
Kuldeep Raj Sharma Circle
Secretary Jammu & Kashmir
19. Com.
Prabhat Ranjan Circle
Secretary Jharkhand
20. Com.
S. S. Manjunath Circle
Secretary Karnataka
21. Com.
Ramani Kanta Bhattacharjee Circle
Secretary North East
22. Com.
Jagdhish Dhiman Circle
Secretary Punjab
23. Com.
J. Ramamoorty Circle
Secretary Tamilnadu
24. Com.
Subash Mishra Circle
Secretary Uttar Pradesh
25. Com.
Vinod Kentura Circle
Secretary Uttarakhand
26. Com.
Janardhan Mazumdar Circle
Secretary West Bengal
27. ………………………………………….. Circle Secretary Madhya Pradesh
MAHILA
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
28. Nanda
Sen Chairperson
29. K. Pushpeswari Devi Member
30. R. Manimegalai Member
31. Mausumi Mazumdar Member
32. P. Rema Member
33. Manali Daundkar Member
34. Manju Srivashtava Member
35. G. Srimathi Member
36. Angel Sathyanathan Member
As we are entitled to 41 Federal Councilors as per
quota remitted, one additional Federal councilor each is allotted to the
following circles.
37. Maharashtra
Circle - 1
38. Andhra
Pradesh Circle - 1
39. West
Bengal Circle - 1
40. Kerala
Circle - 1
41. Madhya
Pradesh Circle - 1
The Federal council notification will be published
in the Postal Crusader and also in NFPE website.
Let us meet in the Federal council on 09.06.2013.
With regards,
DA: as above
Comradely yours,
(M. Krishnan)
General Secretary
Copy to: -
Com. R. Sivannarayana, President CHQ
Secretary General, NFPE
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Friday, April 19, 2013
EDITORIAL - BHARTIYA POST, MAY 2013
Seventh Pay Commission
Get ready for indefinite strike
The demand for
setting up of the Seventh Central Pay Commission (CPC), five year wage
revision, merger of 50% DA with Pay was first raised by the Confederation of
Central Govt. Employees and workers, of which National Federation of Postal
Employees is a major affiliate. At that time, in 2010, no other Central Govt.
Employees organisation including Railways and Defence raised this demand.
Phased programme of action and campaign was organised throughout the country.
The justification for the next CPC was also well explained to the rank and file
membership with well founded facts and figures. The demand catched the imagination
of the workers, cutting across union affiliation by and large they are
convinced that the injustices done by the Sixth CPC can be undone only by
setting up another pay commission. The erosion in wages due to the
unprecedented price rise is very much felt by each and every employee. Further
the demand of five year wage revision and the discrimination in wage revision
between public sector employees and Central Govt employees is not at all
acceptable to the employees.
It is in this background, the confederation has decided
to step up the campaign and to organise a massive Parliament March on 26th
July 2012 before the parliament, to exhibit before the highest forum of
democracy that the entire employees are restive and any delay in setting up of
the 7th CPC is not at all justified. The largest participation of
Central Govt. employees of about more than 20000 in the Parliament March, has
proved beyond doubt that the pay commission cannot be delayed any further. In
that Parliament March a call for nation wide one day Strike on 12th
December 2012 was given by Confederation.
Hectic campaign was unleashed throughout the length and
breadth of the country for making the 12th December strike a
thundering success. The fact that confederation alone is organising a strike
exclusively on CG demands after 1968, has given added importance to the
struggle. Finally when the strike took place on 12th December, it
became one of the biggest strike of CG employees with the participation from
every section, surpassing the estimation of the leadership.
It is at this stage only, the leadership of other Central
Govt organisations are convinced that it is high time to demand the setting up
of the 7th CPC. Only because of the sustained and determined effort
made by the Confederation, such a situation has emerged. In the meantime, all
the Central Trade Unions including INTUC, BMS, AITUC, CITU, HMS etc. has also
submitted a memorandum to the Finance Minister setting of 7th CPC in the 2013 budget itself. And now the
biggest Railway Federation (AIRF) and Defence employees Federation (AIDEF) has
come forward for a joint programme of action on the two major demands of the CG
Employees, viz. Setting up of 7th CPC and scrapping the PFRDA Bill.
A joint call is given by AIRF, AIDEF and confederation to organise nation wide
protest demonstration, rallies etc on 29th April 2013 and also for
sending telegrams to Prime Minister.
Thus, now the Govt cannot any longer
delay or deny the demand for setting up of 7th CPC. If the Govt
still deny the demand, there is only one alternative left before the employees,
i.e. indefinite strike. Let us start mobilising the workers now onwards, so
that we can jump into action, if situation warrants.Thursday, April 18, 2013
OUR DEMAND NOW REALISED
Filling up the vacancies in Higher Selection Grade-I (HSG.I) in post Offices (POs) and Railway Mail Service (RMS) Offices
DA HIKE
Union Cabinet today
approved the proposal to increase dearness allowance (DA) to 80 per cent, from
existing 72 per cent, benefiting about 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners
of the central government.The hike would be effective from January 1, 2013 and
the employees and pensioners will be entitled to arrears.
DA - Latest Position
Cabinet meeting being held today afternoon. DA issue is on agenda. Likely to be announced today
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
CONFEDERATION CIRCULAR
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
FROM THE STATE COMMITTEE OF CONFEDERATION WEST BENGAL FOR DELEGATES TO THE ALL
INDIA CONFERENCE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
CHANGE OF VENUE FOR THE INAUGURAL SESSION DUE TO REFUSAL OF PERMISSION BY STATE
GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION ABOUT KOLKATA
COMRADES WHOM SHOULD BE CONTACTED BY DELEGATES OF DIFFERENT ORGANISATIONS
E-mail : cgeccwb@yahoo.co.in Phone
: 2236-1002,2212-0506 FAX : 2212-0700
The Co-ordination Committee of Central Government Employees &
Workers' Unions & Associations, West Bengal
President : Tapan
Dasgupta K.G. Bose
Bhavan,
General Secretary : Pijush
Roy
68-B,Malanga Lane, Kolkata-700012
Dated: 09.04.2013.
To
Com. K.K.N. Kutty
Secretary General
Confederation of Central
Govt. Employees & Workers,
New Delhi.
Comrade,
In minor modification of our previous communication it is to inform you
that consequent upon State Government's refusal to allow us to hold inaugural
session of 24th Conference of Confederation at Shramik
Mongal Kendra, it is decided that Inaugural Session will be held at Sukanta
Mancha, Foolbagan. Delegate Session will be held at the same place as notified
earlier.
Accommodation has been booked for Delegates from 4th May, 2013 to 6th May, 2013 at The
Institute of Co-operative Management for Agriculture & Rural Development
(IGMARD), Block No. 14, CIT Scheme VIII (M), Ultadanga Road, Kolkata-700067.
[Near Bidhannagar Railway Station].
Delegates reaching Kolkata may please intimate their arrival particulars
to the following Comrades by SMS or by mail to this Co-ordination Committee:
Com. Subhas
Dasgupta : 0 98049 81044
Com. Mahesh
Bhattacharya : 0 94321 21683
Com. Sambhu
Sarkar : 0 98049 25428/094328 51039
However, Comrades of Postal and RMS Unions may kindly intimate such
particulars to the following Comrades:
Com. Janardan
Majumdar : 0 94334 59963
Com. Nirmal
De : 0 94334 54173
Com. Samir
Bardhan : 0 98317 18340
ITEF Comrades may communicate to :
Com. Rupak
Sarkar : 0 89021 98000
Com. Ujjal
Hore : 0 89021 99795
Com. Sumit Bose : 0 89021 97908
E-mail : cgeccwb@yahoo.co.in
Comradely yours,
[Pijush
Roy]
General
Secretary
ECI to strike deal with Department of Posts
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to enter into an agreement with the Department of Posts for timely delivery of postal ballot to over 3.37 lakh personnel, including 37,000 in the defence, enabling them to exercise their franchise.
Source : http://newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article1531413.ece
Mumbai gets its first Mahila Dak Ghar
The first Mahila Dak Ghar – a post office entirely operated by women staff was inaugurated today by Ms. P Gopinath, Secretary, Post and Chairperson, Postal Services Board, Government of India, in Mumbai.
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This Post Office is located at New Customs House on the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road in the busy office area of South Mumbai, in close proximity of the Collectorate, Old Customs House, Asiatic Library and RBI.
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The office, which will be open from 10 am to 6 pm, offers both traditional and modern postal services like booking of all registered and speed post articles, e-Money Order, Western Union Money Transfer, e-payment of utility bills of MTNL, BEST And Mahanagar Gas Ltd, besides the Post Office Savings Bank transactions.
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As of now, 12 female employees will run the Mahila Dak Ghar, headed by a Senior Superintendent of Posts.
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Currently, the Maharashtra Postal Circle has a total staff strength of 26,468, out of which 5,008 are women. “As a mark of respect to the women of Maharashtra, we decided to launch the first Mahila Dak Ghar in this circle in Mumbai “ said Col. K C Mishra, Chief Post Master General, Maharashtra and Goa Circle.
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Earlier this year, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day on March 8, Union Minister for Communication & IT, Kapil Sibal had inaugurated the first all-women post office in the country in New Delhi.
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At the time, Mr Sibal had announced that more such offices would be opened in the country, especially in the metro cities. The new office in Mumbai is part of the same initiative.
Source : http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?release Id=E2013PR524
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NFPE FEDERAL SECRETARIAT MEETING ON 26th APRIL-2013
It is hereby notified that the Federal Secretariat meeting of NFPE will be held on 26th April, 2013(from 11 A.M.) at Guwahati (Assam).
All General Secretaries and available office bearers are requested to attend the meeting in time. The following will be the agenda for the meeting:
AGENDA
(i) Organizational review.
(ii) Federal Council.
(iv) Any other items, if any with the permission of the Chair.
(M. Krishnan)
Secretary General
Thursday, April 11, 2013
DA – LATEST POSITION
The
D. A. proposal is pending clearance of cabinet. PM is reaching Delhi on 12th.
We expect it to be cleared by Tuesday next.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Friday, April 5, 2013
Coming soon: ATMs, Internet banking at post offices
There is a good news for around 200 million
post office saving bank (POSB) account holders.
The Department of Posts (DOP) has launched a project to provide account holders with ATM facility. Under the project, all post offices throughout the country will be connected through an IT network.
The Department of Posts (DOP) has launched a project to provide account holders with ATM facility. Under the project, all post offices throughout the country will be connected through an IT network.
Besides,
account holders will also be able to avail Internet banking facilities.
“We will connect the network of 1.55 lakh post offices that
includes 1.2 lakh in rural areas,” said Kavery Banerjee, member, technology,
postal services board. “Our central data centre is ready and vendors are
developing customised banking service solutions.”
POSB operates small savings schemes on behalf of the ministry of
finance and has over 260 million account holders, out of which about 200
million are saving and recurring deposit account holders. Total outstanding
balance under all accounts in the POSB stood at around Rs.3,96,664 crore as on March 2012.
At present, an account holder has to go to a post office during
office hours to withdraw money. Moreover, there is no facility of electronic
transfer of money to a third-party account.
“Once customers are provided with the ATM facility, they will be
able to withdraw money from any ATM, including that provided by banks,” said
Banerjee.
Customers will, however, have to wait for more than a year to
avail the ATM facility. POSB will start implementing core banking solution in
limited number of post offices by the end of this year. Next year, it will be
implemented in large number of post offices once the system is perfect.
For rural post offices, the department will provide handheld devices
that will enable one to perform all banking operations.
Courtesy: Hindustan
Times, 06.04.2013
DBT funds in post offices soon
Racing
against time to make the ambitious Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) visibly
effective before the 2014 general elections, the government will bring money
transaction through post offices under the DBT ambit. This desperate move is
aimed as a remedy to banks opening accounts of DBT beneficiaries at snail’s
pace.
Ahead of the Prime Minister’s review meeting with key ministers,
the government announced that post offices will also be included from October 1
while three pension schemes — for old age persons, widows and the disabled —
would now be covered under DBT from July 1. The list would also include
districts where the beneficiaries’ biometrics were collected under the National
Population Register (NPR). They include Odisha, West Bengal, UP, Uttarakhand,
Bihar and Chhattisgarh.
Several complaints had poured in after the scheme was launched
from January 1 about the problems of the banks to open zero-balance accounts of
the beneficiaries, especially in rural areas.
The government also targets to expand the DBT to cover 78 more
districts in the next phase of the DBT rollout which will begin from July 1.
To plug the loopholes, PM’s focus will be on digitisation of databases
and opening of more bank accounts. “There will be a thrust on digitisation of
data of beneficiaries in all districts, irrespective of the rollout of DBT as
this is a critical activity which need not wait and can be done in parallel,”
said a press release.
“The department of
financial services will be asked to ensure coverage of all beneficiaries with
bank accounts. It will ensure that all Micro-ATMs that are procured will have
specifications such that they are inter-operable and are Aadhaar enabled,” the
release added.
Courtesy: Hindustan Times, 06.04.2013