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ARTICLE 11 (i)-MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION SHALL BE Rs.60/- P.M. NFPE-RS.-4/-, CHQ RS. 12/-, CIRCLE RS.16/-, DIVISION/BRANCH RS.28/- PER MEMBER FROM JANUARY-2019

Friday, April 27, 2018

Immediate implementation of positive recommendations of Kamalesh Chandra Committee on Gramin DakSevaks. 2. Scrap NPS and restore old Pension Scheme for officials recruited after 01.01.2004. 3. Grant higher pay scale to Postmen enhancing qualification to (+2). 4. Increase Minimum pay and fitment factor and grant higher pay scale to MTS and corresponding increase to others. 5. Fill up all vacant posts. Create new posts to cope up with the extra workload. 6. Stop outsourcing by engaging Outsourced Postal Agency (OPA) for delivery of COD Parcels and Speed Posts. 7. Declare result of Membership Verification already conducted and conduct GDS membership verification. 8. Stop harassment of Postmen Staff by imposing unrealistic and unscientific business target for RD, SB, PLI etc. 9. Implement cadre restructuring for Postmen & MTS staff. 10. Abolish all delivery hubs 
ONE DAY HUNGER FAST BY AIPEUNION GDS IN FRONT OF DAK BHAWAN PARLIAMENT STREET NEW DELHI ON 26TH MAY 2018 FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF KAMLESH CHANDRA COMMITTEE REPORT.





SOME OF THE PHOTOS TAKEN DURING THE DHARNA ON 25.4.18 AT CHENNAI IN THE PREMISES OF O/O CPMG,TN. 





PUNJAB CIRCLE



Saturday, April 21, 2018

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY PRESCRIBES NEW NPS SUBSCRIBER REGISTRATION FORM: ADDITIONAL MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS 
            Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has been established by the Government of India for regulation and development of Pension Sector in order to protect the old age income security of subscribers. PFRDA takes various initiatives from time to time in order to simplify and improve the operational issues in National Pension System (NPS) like new functionality development under NPS architecture, simplification of account opening, withdrawal, grievance management etc. In this regard, it has been decided by the Authority to make bank account details and mobile no. mandatory to provide ease of operation for the benefit of subscribers and make the process of Exit from NPS hassle free.

             Further, in compliance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act guidelines issued by the Government of India, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Central Registry of Securitization Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest (CERSAI) have been made mandatory for new as well as existing subscribers. These have been made mandatory in the new Common Subscriber Registration Form (CSRF) forms that are required to be filled in by the new subscribers. The existing subscribers have been provided the facility to submit online FATCA Self-Certification in their login (www.cra-nsdl.com or https://enps.karvy.com/Login/Login ). The information regarding the said functionality is also made available on Central Record-keeping Agency (CRA) websites. The steps to be followed by the subscriber to submit online FATCA self-certification are also mentioned on the website.

             It is to be ensured by the subscribers to fill the mandatory fields correctly and not leave them blank in order to avoid rejection of their forms.
 DSM/RM /AS

(Release ID :178804) (20.04.2018)
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पेंशन कोष नियामक एवं विकास प्राधिकरण ने नया एनपीएस सदस्य  पंजीकरण फॉर्म - अतिरिक्त अनिवार्य आवश्यकताएं निर्धारित कीं

      पेंशन क्षेत्र के नियमन और विकास के लिए भारत सरकार द्वारा पेंशन कोष नियामक एवं विकास प्राधिकरण (पीएफआरडीए) की स्थापना की गई हैताकि संबंधित सदस्योंस की वृद्धावस्था आय सुरक्षा सुनिश्चित की जा सके। राष्ट्रीय पेंशन प्रणाली (एनपीएस) में परिचालन संबंधी मुद्दों को आसान बनाने एवं संबंधित व्यलवस्थाप को बेहतर करने के उद्देश्यध से पीएफआरडीए की ओर से समय-समय पर विभिन्न पहल की जाती रही है। एनपीएस ढांचे के तहत नई कार्यक्षमता का विकासखाता खोलने एवं निकासी में आसानीशिकायत प्रबंधन इत्याकदि इन पहलों में शामिल हैं। इस संबंध में प्राधिकरण द्वारा बैंक खाते के विवरण और मोबाइल नंबर को अनिवार्य बनाने का निर्णय लिया गया हैताकि इसके सदस्यों  के हित में परिचालन को आसान बनाने के साथ-साथ एनपीएस से बाहर निकलने की प्रक्रिया को भी परेशानी मुक्त बनाया जा सके।
      इसके अलावाभारत सरकार द्वारा जारी मनी लॉन्ड्रिंग की रोकथाम अधिनियम संबंधी दिशा-निर्देशों के अनुपालन के तहत नए सदस्योंड के साथ-साथ मौजूदा सदस्यों  के लिए भी विदेशी खाता कर अनुपालन अधिनियम (एफएटीसीए) और प्रतिभूतिकरण परिसंपत्ति‍ पुनर्निर्माण एवं प्रतिभूति हित की केंद्रीय रजिस्ट्री (सीईआरएसएआई) को अनिवार्य कर दिया गया है। इन्हें नए सामान्य सदस्य् पंजीकरण फॉर्म (सीएसआरएफ) में अनिवार्य कर दिया गया है जिसे नए सदस्यों् द्वारा भरना आवश्यक है। मौजूदा सदस्योंि को अपने लॉग-इन (www.cra-nsdl.com or https://enps.karvy.com/Login/Login ) में एफएटीसीए स्व-प्रमाणन को ऑनलाइन जमा करने की सुविधा प्रदान की गई है। उपर्युक्तस कार्यक्षमता के बारे में जानकारी भी केंद्रीय अभिलेख-रखरखाव एजेंसी (सीआरए) की वेबसाइटों पर उपलब्ध करा दी गई है। एफएटीसीए स्व-प्रमाणन को ऑनलाइन जमा करने के लिए संबंधित सदस्यब द्वारा उठाए जाने वाले कदमों का भी उल्लेख वेबसाइट पर किया गया है।
      सदस्योंा अथवा ग्राहकों को अपने फॉर्म को अस्वीकृत होने से बचाने के लिए यह सुनिश्चित करना होगा कि वे समस्तो अनिवार्य खंडों या रिक्तच स्थाहनों को सही ढंग से भरें और उन्हें रिक्त कतई नहीं छोड़ें।
 
AIPEU GDS HUNGER FAST PROGRAMME
IN THE CIRCLES
17th, to 19th APRIL-18
Telangana
Tamilnadu
 Odisha
 
  Himachal Pradesh
 Bihar
 West Bengal

 Kerala


  

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Thursday, April 19, 2018

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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

DOP ORDER

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DARPAN-PLI APP WAS LAUNCHED BY SHRI MANOJ SINHA
Ministry of Communications
DARPAN-PLI App was launched by Shri Manoj Sinha

          Hon’ble Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha today launched here the DARPAN-PLI App, which will help in collection of premium for PLI and RPLI policies at Branch Post Offices anywhere in India, with online updation of the policies. Further, with launch of this App, indexing of maturity claims in respect of PLI and RPLI polices can be done at Branch Post Office itself, upon which the insurant will immediately be provided with the request number for further references. Shri Sinha said that these two initiatives will help Department of Posts in providing better after-sales service to customers of PLI and RPLI, particularly those living in rural areas of the country.

            Shri Sinha said, with a view to achieve total digitisation of postal operations in the country, under the IT Modernisation Plan, Department of Posts has launchedDIGITAL ADVANCEMENT OF RURAL POST OFFICE FOR A NEW INDIA (DARPAN) Project, which aims at connecting all 1.29 lakh Rural Branch Post Offices in the country to enable them to do online Postal and Financial Transactions. Hand held devices with SIM connectivity and solar power backup are being installed in all Branch Post Offices in the Country. The total Project cost is more than Rs.1300 crores. 61,941 Branch Post Offices have been rolled out under DARPAN Project as on 11th April 2018.
            The Hand-held devices installed under DARPAN Project will ensure improvement in the quality of Postal services being offered in remote rural areas. Customers in these areas can now avail the facility of online Core Banking, booking of Registered and Speed Post articles, booking of Money Orders, deposit of Postal Life Insurance / Rural Postal Life Insurance premium and indexing of PLI / RPLI maturity claims through hand-held devices being used at branch post offices.

Payment of dearness relief to re-employed pensioners and employed family pensioners: Clarification thereof.(Click the link below to view) http://pcdapension.nic.in/pcdapension/6cpc/Circular-200.pdf

CONSTITUTION OF FORMULARY COMMITTEE FOR NEW EDITION OF POSTAL FORMULARY FOR THE YEAR 2018-2020 – REG(Click here to view)
PROPOSAL OF THE STAFF SIDE TO RECORD DISAGREEMENT OF THE UNSETTLED 6TH CPC ANOMALIES AND TO REFER THE SAME TO ARBITRATOR.(Click here to View)

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

FIXATION OF PAY OF GROUP D OFFICIALS PROMOTED TO POSTAL ASSISTANTS


XI  SIGTUR  CONGRESS
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
2018 APRIL 3RD TO 5TH
              
11th Congress of SIGTUR (Southern Initiative on Globalisation and Trade Union Rights) was held at Buenos Aires, a Capital City of Argentina from 3rd to 5th April 2018.  Delegates from the following countries attended the Congress - Argentina, Australia, India, Japan, Brassil, South Korea, South Africa, Malaysia, Fillipines, Tunesia, Paraguay and Uruguay.  The leaders from the Canada and United States Trade Union movement also addressed the congress. Indian delegation was represented by Com: Pradip Biswas (BEFI), Com.M.Krishnan (Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers) and Com. Sreekanth Misra (AIIEA). The host organisation was CTA Autonoma Argentina (Confederation of Workers of Argentina - Autonomous).
               The opening session of the Congress was held on 3rd April 2018 at 3 PM.  Leaders of the delegations of each country made a brief address in opening session. On behalf of India, Com. Pradip Biswas addressed. The delegate session of the Congress commenced on 4th April at 10 AM.  In the begining, “country reports” were presented by the laders of each delegation. Com: Pradip Biswas, leader of Indian delegation presented the country report of India.  In the brief report about Indian situation, the slow down of the economy, unemployment, job loss, decline in real income, price rise of essential commodities, agricultural crisis, widening disparity between rich and poor, privatiation of public sector undertakings and Government departments, Labour reforms, attack on social security, large scale outsourcing and contractorisation etc. are explained. The united resistance of the Trade Union movement against the neo-liberal policies including seventeen All India Strikes, the three days maha dharna with the participation of lakhs of workers which stormed the capital city, New Delhi, country-wide struggle of the farmers with special mention of Mumbai March was also reported.
               After the presentation of country reports, a presentation on global campaign on Asbestoes-free world was made by the Australian delegation with power-point presentation explaining the ill-effects of Asbestoes and demanding complete ban on use of Asbestoes in all countries.  A resolution was also adopted in the Congress extending the full support of the SIGTUR for the campaign against asbestoes and for an Asbestoes free world.
               In the afternoon session, the CTA - Autonomous and the representative of Labour Ministry of Argentina, made a presentation on the subject - “G-20 in Argentina: Perspective and Challenges.  The agenda of the Argentina Presidency and the Labour 20 role”.  The paper presented in the session on this topic stated as follows:
               “One decade after the last big crisis of contemporary capitalism, it seems the leadership of the G-20 in the international system could barely guarantee a relative stabilisation of the financial system, but could not achieve substantial changes in order to improve workers lives.  We now-a-days assist to a context of wealth concentration and growing inequality even in the advanced economies.  G20 proposals in favour of “Structural reforms” actually mean a direct attack to worker’s rights, disintegration of collective negotiation, increase in working hours-labour flexibility and hostility towards Trade Unions.
               G-20 is both a challenge and an opportunity:  trade unions have the chance for presenting their agenda and promote global policies with real effectiveness for workers welfare.  We also must select the best strategies to work together in this context of technological change and social relations transformation.  The G-20 events in Buenos Aires constitute a historical opportunity to think on new alternatives against Neo-liberalism that goes on concentrating wealth and marginalizing the people”.
               The SIGTUR Congress also adopted a resolution to organise massive rally of workers at Buenos Aires during the G-20 sumit protesting against the neo-liberal policies.
               The concluding session of the 2nd day was presentation of the futures Commission booklet “Challenging Corporate Capital: Creating an Alternative to Neo-liberalism”.  The Futures Commission report was based on the key issues identified by the 2013 SIGTUR Conference.  The contents of the booklet included Alternative to neo-liberalism, Labour and Tax justice.  From free trade to fair trade, Democracy-driven public sector transformation, Alternative Conceptions for a “just transition” from fossile fuel capitalism and movement of the dispossessed.  The presentation of the Future’s Commission booklet was made by Robert O’Brien of Canada.
               The third day of the Congress mainly devoted to panel presentation and discussions.  Three countries were included in each panel and one to chair the session.  The first panel presentation was on the subject - “Reduction of working hour without income or rights reduction”.  The need for reorganisation of Trade Unions according to global value chains and the role of the SIGTUR was also discussed. On behalf of Indian delegation Com: Sreekanth Misra participated in the discussion.
               The second panel discussion was on the subject - “Universal Basic Income”.  On behalf of Indian delegation Com.M.Krishnan presented the view points for discussion.  In the discussion introduction of maximum income and ideas to tackle inequality was also focussed.
               The third panel discussion was on the subject - “The impact of 4th Industrial revolution and the role of labour plays in it”.  The panel discusion was chaired by Com: Pradip Biswas, leader of Indian delegation.
               The final session included building a plan of action for the next years based on a resolution called SIGTUR XIth Congress resolution and also discussion about implementation/plan of action based on XI Congress resolutions.  The following resolutions are adopted in the Congress.
1.     Common resolution covering all the main issues discussed in the Congress and Programme of action for the future.
2.     Resolution demanding immediate release of Com. Lula, Ex-President of Brazil from jail and allowing him all democratic rights as none of the charges against him are proved.
3.     Resolution demanding immediate release of Korean Trade Union leaders who are imprisoned for participation in Trade Union activities.
4.     Resolution condemning the fascist, undemocratic Government of Phillipines and demanding restoration of peoples democratic rights. 
5.     Resolution on campaign for Universal ban on Asbestoes.
               In the paper circulated by the organisors of the Congress the main theme of the XI SIGTUR Congress is summarised as follows:
               “Since the beginning of discussions, the ILO agenda on the future of work has been dominated by the northern, industrialised countries, in conjunction with increasing participation from employers group.  There are two main scenarios being debated in this context: a threat to job creation due to advance of technology; and an increase in labour flexibility due to changes in the organisational work.
               For our perspective, coordination like SIGTUR should be able to intervene on this debate and take a stance, from the south, regarding the future of work we want.  This stance should include radical proposals that strengthen labour and trade union rights, and that place decent work at the centre of the debate.
               For the upcoming XI Congress, the broad framework for discussion will be based on the idea of “Another work is possible”.  This title intends to centre debates not on whether there will be work available in the future, but rather to put forward the kind of society we want to live and where work will be placed in that society”.
               A photo session was arranged and all the delegates participated in the photo session with the play-card written “Free Lula”.
               The XI SIGTUR Congress was a serious business and the topics it discussed are of universal importance.  Intellectual and educative debate took place on each subject affecting the working class. The host organisation, CTA - Autonomous made excellent arrangements for the accommodation, food, transportation and conference halls, cultural programme etc.  No doubt the XI SIGTUR Congress will be a milestone in the struggle of the working class against the neo-liberal globalisastion policies and also for the protection of trade union rights.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF NGO ASSOCIATION ANDAMAN NICOBAR ISLANDS.

Com. Giriraj Singh, Vice President, Confederation of Central Govt Employees and Workers, New Delhi inaugurating the 2-day Annual Conference of the Non-Gazetted Govt Officers Association, Andamanand Nicobar Islands at Port Blair at 4 p.m on 14.04.2018.


CALENDAR OF DEPARTMENTAL EXAMINATION SCHEDULED TO BE HELD IN THE YEAR 2018-19 WRITTEN BY ADMIN ON APR 16, 2018 | APRIL 16, 2018


REIMBURSEMENT OF MEDICAL CLAIMS UNDER THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HEALTH SCHEME (CGHS) : SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT.

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EMPLOYEES’ DEPOSIT LINKED INSURANCE (AMENDMENT) SCHEME, 2018


APPEAL

 

All Circle/Divisional and Branch Secretaries of NFPE affiliated unions are requested to extend full co-operation, solidarity and support for GDS agitational programmes.

 

     R.N. PARASHAR

Secretary General-NFPE

 

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AIPEU-GDS - AGITATION PROGRAMME

FROM 17th TO 19th APRIL 2018

 

AIPEU-GDS LAUNCHED A SERIES OF AGITATION PROGRAMMES DEMANDING

(i) Immediate implementation of all positive recommendations of Kamalesh Chandra Committee

(ii) Complete the process of Membership verification in GDS cadre.

          The 3rd All India Conference of AIPEU-GDS held in Allahabad unanimously decided to hold phased manner agitational programmes.

1st PHASE

3 DAYS RELAY HUNGER FAST 
FROM 17th TO 19th APRIL 2018

IN FRONT OF ALL CHIEF POSTMASTERS GENERAL OFFICES,, IN ALL CIRCLES  

       All CHQ Office bearers, Circle, Divisional/Branch Secretaries are requested to mobilize and organize the GDS members to make the programme a grand success.

P.PANDURANGARAO
GENERAL SECRETARY