Important Recommendations made by
GDS Committee
Dear Comrades,
For the preliminary
information to all our GDS Comrades & well-wishers, a gist of
recommendations have been extracted from the GDS Committee Report submitted by
Shri Kamalesh Chandra.
= Categories of GDS:
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Present
Nomenclature
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Category
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BRANCH POST MASTER
|
All Branch Post Masters
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ASSISTANT
BRANCH POST MASTER
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GDS
MD, GDS MC
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DAK SEVAK
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GDSSV,GDS
PKR
, GDSMM
|
..
= Viability of GDS Post Offices:
New norms for calculation of GDS Pos
are recommended.
Further Categorization of GDS POs
based on proportion of Revenue / Expenditure
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Category of GDS PO
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Revenue Norm
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Urban & Rural (Normal)
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100% of its expenditure
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Rural (special)
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50% of its expenditure
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..
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Category
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Colour
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Proportion of Revenue to
expenditure
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A
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Green
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100% or more of prescribed form
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B
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Orange
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75% to 99% of prescribed form
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C
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Pink
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50% to 74.99% of prescribed form
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D
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Red
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Less than 50% of prescribed form
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=Workload assessment:
In place of point system, the
Committee recommends the new wage payment system. The new system linked to
revenue generation and not to work load.
= Rural Business Development and
Marketing:
The
Committee Recommended many items for successful realization of rural business
potentials.
=
Committee recommends to improve the accessibility, visibility and
infrastructure of GDS POs.
PO are with 10’ X 10’ dimensions in
ground floor.
Building owned by Gram Panchayat
Building owned by Central Govt or
State Govt. ie.,schools or offices BPM’s own house
Proper rented accommodation in a
busy place of the village
Building owned by NGOs.
With all furniture and power supply.
= Legal status of GDS:
The Committee observed that the
matter is sub judice.
The
Department should take suitable steps to increase security of job, prevent
exploitation and increase income of GDSs so that they feel secure and live
happily with in the GDS system and with the existing legal status.
= Terms and conditions of
engagement.
The Committee recommends changes in
Rule-3A.
Introduce voluntary discharge scheme
on willing to leave the post before 65 years
Discharge from the service on the
last day of the month.
Relaxation on limited transfer
facility.
=
Recommendations on wage structure and fixation of wages.
Committee recommends raising of
minimum duty from 3 hours to 4 hours of all GDSs
Comparison : BPM = Postman
Asst. BPM & Dak Sevak = MTS
Minimum wage fixed at :
Rs.10,000- for 4 hours &
Rs.12,000- for five hours. (Level-I)
Rs.12,000- for 5 hours &
Rs.14,500- for five hours (Level-2)
Annual increase @ 3% on 1st January
or 1st July
Wage matrix & Wage Level Table
& Arrears calculation Table are given in detail.
= Allowances:
Dearness Allowance – no change
% of DA with regular employees – no
change
Increased rate of DA – no change
Recommended allowances :
Composite Allowance
Cash Conveyance Allowance
Combined Duty Allowance
Children Education Allowance
Revenue linked Allowance for
eligible BPMs
Risk & hardship allowance
Allowances to be withdrawn:
Office Maintenance Allowance
Fixed Stationery Allowance
Boat Allowance
Cycle Maintenance Allowance
Uttarakhand Allowance
Split Duty Allowance.
Composite Allowance Includes:
Rent for housing GDS PO, Rent for
Accommodation, washing-repairs-maintenance of premises, furniture, stationery
charges, electricity usage charges for office, Mobile / Telephone usage
charges, Boat Allowance/ CMA/ TA, Hospitality charges for drinking water, other
incidental charges.
=Performance Related Incentive
Revenue
linked allowance along with the present system of incentives with automatic
payment at the end of each month.
= Ex-gratia Bonus:
Dept
should re-examine the formula for payment of bonus and ex gratia bonus with
reference to the share of revenue generated by the departmental as well as GDS
POs.
= Methods of engagement
Method of selection : on line method
engagement should be introduced.
Recruiting
Authority : appended to the GDS (Conduct & Engagement) Rules, 2011
Qualification :SSC/SSLC from State
Board/CBSE/ICSE with certificate course or diploma course in IT
Knowledge of local language.
Maintenance of Reservation roster at
divisional level.
Stop the security in the form of FG
bonds, introduce 5 year TD or NSC as security.
= Career Progression
There is need to increase the Direct
Recuitment quota of GDS in Postman & Mail Guard because of large working
strength of GDS and to provide them with better opportunities for getting into
departmental posts.
Introduce a guaranteed special
increase in wages after 12, 24 & 36 years of service with two annual
increases.
Designation of GDSs should be
changed after each financial upgradation.
=Leave & substitute arrangement:
Paid leave should be renamed as
ordinary leave and enhanced from 20 to 30 days in a year.
Introduce Encashment of Ordinary
leave.
Introduce ‘emergency leave’ for 5
days in a calendar year, but no carry forward.
No full time substitute will be
engaged.
Women GDS – 26 weeks of maternity
leave and paid from salary head.
Paternity leave for 7 days.
= Disciplinary Rules:
Department should add a new
punishment of ‘compulsory discharge from the service’ in the list “major
penalties’ and the content of Rule-9 of GDS (Conduct & Engagement)Rules
2011.
= Social Security Schemes:
Severance
Amount : @ Rs.4,000 from 01-01-2016 for every completed year of service subject
to maximum of Rs.1,50,000-.
Service Discharge Benefit Scheme
(SDBS):
GDS
contribution should be revised as minimum of 3% and maximum of 10% of the
basic wage per month.
Department contribution should be
fixed as 3% of the basic wage.
Bring
the GDS under the purview of Gratuity Act with an upper limit of Rs.5,00,000-
Group
Insurance Scheme : enhance the rate of monthly subscription by Rs.500 per
month with insurance coverage of Rs.5,00,000-.
=Welfare Schemes:
GDS CWF subscription should be
enhanced from Rs.20- to Rs.100- pm.
Department grant should be enhanced
from Rs.100- to Rs.300- PA.
Point system should not be applied
to the compassionate appointment of dependents of GDS.
Photo identity cards to all GDS with
free of cost.
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