CEPT NEWS:-

Service Conditions for Mid Career Development Programme (MCDP) training at Postal Training Centres – Clarification :

Now your mail talks to you . How?? Read this vedio mail:-

Released in time for this past holiday season, Australia Post added a new capability to stamps placed on its Express Post and Express Courier International packages. Customers who want to offer a personal video message along with their items in the mail can do so using a Video Stamp. Do you think for marriage invitations, birth day parties, school functions etc. etc,  is this  QR coded stamps  should issue by India post ??? 

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 Circle Secretary of the association  Sri DSK Prasad  says:-

There will be a general body meeting on 09-02-14 (Sunday) at 10.00 hrs at Vijayanagar Colony Post Office, Hyderabad - 500057.  All are cordially invited to attend the meeting without fail and make the meeting a grand success.  Most of the members are willing to join All India Association of Postal Supervisors(GL).  A final decision will be taken on this regard on 09-02-14.  

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ONE  MEDICAL EXAMINATION APPLY TO ALL  PLI  PROPOSALS:-  

Postman / Mail Guard Examination to be held on 9/2/2014 in Karnataka Circle stayed by CAT

Bangalore Hon’ble CAT and GOT STAY ORDERS on DIRECT RECRUITMENT OF POSTMEN FROM OPEN MARKET -- CLICK HERE FOR COPY

 THE C.A.T has directed the Secretary, Department of Post to review the matter within 2 months and till such time the process will be in suspended animation.

    Dear,  Friends and viewers, same day one year       back the  blog was started. More than 10K viewers visited this blog.  I am very thnakful to you and please send your feed back, views and latest news in your divisions & circles to share more news.  The main concept  of this blog is  to share  Postal issues. The topics posted in this blog may verify with standard orders. Thank you all ..  ...     

Revised syllabi for Postman, Mail guard & MTS – LDCE and open market exam patterns : CLICK HERE

PM Grade-I  &  IP : LDCE result,  LGO exam results  likely to be released  by the end of this month. 

Road no.17 , Jubileehills with out ANR :-

Legendary actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao ( ANR), who is battling with cancer, passed away here on Wednesday.

Born on 20 September 1923, ANR began his acting career in 1941 in Telugu film "Dharmapatni." In a career spanning 73 years, ANR has starred in more than 250 films in various languages including Telugu, Tamil and Hindi. The legendary actor has won prestigious awards including Dada Saheb Phalke, Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibushan

In memory of the great ANR, I had the opportunity to talk with him several times. Even though he is a great person he respects all. Good human being.  He was a lovely man. He stated that   the Postal department is one of the good govt. organization  still in service to the people.  While asked him to play as a roll of  “Postmaster”  he replied with a big smile.   He will be missed by all Telugu people and millions of fans world wide.

C.O. NEWS:-

                  SB aptitude test (SBAT) for the entire circle will be held on 23.02.2014 (Sunday), Time: 10-00 to 12-00 noon.

Strike Notice by UFBU (United Forum of Bank Employees)  on 20th and 21st January 2014 - Deferred

Sb order – 2 / 2014 Released : on change in some procedures of POSB rules:-

HVMO Limit  increased from  Rs.400/-   to  Rs. 1000 /-

Juniors are Seniors:-

Great anomaly to   “Postmaster Cadre ” opted  officials :-   The postmaster cadre opted officials are now in a position (Grade-II postmasters) as juniors even though  they are  top seniors in the earlier gradation  list of  HSG-II. Now they are working with G.Pay of  Rs. 4200/-  and their juniors are drawing   G.Pay of  Rs. 4600/- and ready to drawn increment too in  next July.  The DPC  for PMGr-III has not been  finalized and  general HSG line is going on. Due to this junior most  than Postmaster grade opted are  promoting quickly and drawing more grade pay.  The Postmaster cadre opted officials are depriving state on this issues. There is a need to set right the issue by the dept. and do natural justice to them.  And all unions / associations should take up the this issue.

C.O news :- HSG-I promotions –orders issued:-Vide  C.O Memo No.ST/4-1(P)/2013   दिनांक Date :    17/1/2014 HSG-I Promotions / Postings issued   CLICK TO VIEW ORDERS

  CPMG visit  to  Jubileehills Post office:-

The Chief Postmaster General  Of  A.P Circle Sri B.V.Sudhakar, IPos, visited Jubileehills GR-I Post office on yesterday.  Enquired for launching  mee-Seva service from this office.  Asked the post man staff for new products of department and booking procedures.  And instructed the staff for procurement  of  PLI and other B.D products.  Thank you sir, for your kind visit to this office.   

Deduction of CGHS contribution from Government Servant on change of Grade Pay by virtue of promotion/MACP — clarification by CPWD. 

                                                   Central Public Works Department

OFFICE MEMORANDUM 

No. DG/ESTT/33

ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR GENERAL, CPWD  

Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi      Dated the 16th January, 2014

Sub : Deduction of CGHS contribution from Government Servant on change of Grade Pay by virtue of promotion/MACP — clarification reg.

It has been brought to our attention that the CGHS/DGHS guidelines regarding the monthly subscription/contribution are not being followed properly. It has been observed that in cases where pay of aGovernment employee is revised from a retrospective date consequent upon grant of MACP etc., CGHS contributionare also being recovered from the retrospective effect.

In this connection, attention is drawn to the clarification given by Ministry Ministry of Health & Family Welfare vide letter No.S11030/55/2011-CGHS(P) dated 26/10/2012 wherein it has been made clear that in cases where pay of a Govt. employee is revised from a retrospective date, resulting in change of amount of CGHS contribution payable,contribution at the higher slab rate may be recovered only from the date of issue of the order and not the datefrom which the pay is being effected. A copy of the said clarification is enclosed.

All offices of CPWID/PWD are requested to comply the aforesaid instructions strictly.

Encl : As above           

( Raj Kumar )

Deputy Director (Admn)III

CGHS: Hospitals likely to stop cashless treatment

   Central government employees getting health treatment at specialty hospitals under Central Government Health Service (CGHS) might not be able to avail the health services under the scheme after a few months as AP Specialty Hospitals Association (ASHA) announced here in a press conference that they might stop cashless treatment as they are not getting reimbursed on time under the CGHS.

Bhaskar Rao, president, ASHA pointed out that the tariffs under the CGHS does not match with the actual expenses incurred by the hospitals which is posing a problem. “Last time tariffs  for different treatments were fixed in 2002 without any scientific basis. In the last 10 years,  the prices of all other commodities have gone up but not the tariffs of the CGHS,” he said. He added that though the rates were revised in 2010, some rates increased by 10-20 per cent and some were dropped by the same  percentage.  Members of ASHA and and Association of Healthcare Providers (India) (AHPI) discussed the course of action that need to be taken regarding the issue here today.

President of ASHA also mentioned that in the State alone, amounts around Rs 40 crore need to be paid to hospitals under the CGHS scheme, though the payments are supposed to be made within 10 days after a patient is treated. Devi Shetty, founder, AHPI questioned “half the patients we treat are under the CGHS. If we don’t get paid for the same for a period of one year, how can we pay salaries to our staff and run a hospital”.// By Express News Service – HYDERABAD//

The US  Postal Service is  testing Mobile Point-of-Sale (mPOS) Technology:-

The Postal Service is going mobile.  They tested a new point-of-sale technology over the busy holiday season and they say they processed more than a 100,000 transactions. Postal workers can scan and accept prepaid packages or sell stamps and other products before customers ever make it to the counter.   The goal is to cut down on the time customers spend waiting in line for most routine transactions. The new technology   is called Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS), and uses a modified iPod Touch and portable printer to "scan and accept prepaid packages, scan package pickups as delivered, or sell stamps, ReadyPost and other retail products." It'll also spit out Priority Mail flat-rate postage.

Merger of 50% DA may soon be considered - Source

Merger of 50 percent DA may soon be considered by Central Government –Sources - News by GServants.com

Sources close to the Central Government Employees Federations told that Merger of 50% DA will soon be considered by Central Government before the budget session of Parliament in February 2014. According to the sources, the central government is likely to consider the central government employees demand for merging of 50 % DA, for the reason that the DA will be crossing 100% level after January 2014.

The rate of dearness allowance to be paid to govt servants has been increasing consistently due to the rise in the prices of essential commodities for the past two years. In 2011 the rate of DA was at 50 % level. Since then all the Federation demanded the central government to merge the 50 Percent DA with basic Pay. But the government did not accept this demand to merge the DA with basis pay, as it was not recommended by sixth CPC.

The demand would be considered in view of parliament elections

But federations kept on demanding the government that raising dearness allowance alone will not help to compensate the alarming rate of price rice. So they urged the government to consider their demand favorably. It is believed that after the defeat in the election of four state legislative councils, the UPA government has decided to reconsider about its decision on the issues which directly affects the common public. The high command of the ruling party thought that the reason for their defeat in the state election is mainly because of their government failed to contain the price rise. The gap between common public and UPA government has been considerably increased. To correct these failures the UPA government decides to do something to attract the voters.

After announcing the government’s proposal to constitute the 7th pay commission, the community of central government employees has been convinced to have soft view on this government. Further the 50 lakh central government employees would be made happy if the 50% DA is merged with Basic Pay. It is told that , as the central government staff association and federations demanding it very seriously, in case the government decides go with this demand, there will be around one crore voters will be in favour of UPA government. So the governmentmay consider the demand of merging of 50% DA with basic Pay in view of forthcoming Parliament elections.

wishing you a happy Pongal    

                        &
Eid – e – Milad un Nabi Mubarak

CBI news:-   CBI caught   O.S and one P.A in accepting a  bribe in AP circle.

    The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an Office Superintendent and a Postal Assistant both of Postal Department, Bhodan, Distt. Nizamabad(Andhra Pradesh) for demanding & accepting a bribe of Rs. 15,000/- from the complainant.   A case was registered U/s 120 B & 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 against Postal Assistant and Office Superintendent both of Department of Posts, Sub office, Bhodan, Nizamabad District (Andhra Pradesh) on the allegations of demanding illegal gratification of Rs. 30,000/- from the complainant for issue of employment order to his daughter who got selected to the post of BPM, in Postal Department.

            CBI laid a trap and the Postal Assistant, was caught red handed while demanding & accepting bribe of Rs. 15,000/- as a Ist installment out of total amount of Rs. 30,000/- from the complainant. During investigation, the Office Superintendent was also arrested. Both the accused were produced before the Designated Court and were remanded to judicial custody upto 17.01.2014.  //cbi presss release dated 07.01.2014//

Filling up of  Postmaster  Grade-II /  Grade-III   posts ::-

As per reliable sources of information some circles v.i.z, A.P and Karnataka has called for the  APARs/CRs  of  eligible candidates for filling up   Vacant Grade- II postmasters .  For filling up of Grade-III we may expect further decision from dept. by the end of this month.  

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POSTAL JCA CALL FOR STRIKE ON 12 & 13 FEB 2014

POSTAL JCA CALL

NFPE & FNPO (CENTRAL JCA) HAVE DECIDED TO ORGANISE TWO DAYS NATION WIDE STRIKE ON 12^th & 13^th FEB 2014 DURING PARLIAMENT SESSION DEMANDING. 

1. DA MERGER

2. INTERIM RELIEF

3. INCLUSION OF GDS UNDER 7^th  CPC

4. CASUAL LABOUR WAGE REVISION AND REGULARISATION

5. RESCIND PFRDA ACT

6. DATE OF EFFECT OF 7^th CPC – 01/01/2014 AS DEMANDED BY JCM STAFF SIDE

* PLUS OTHER DEMANDS

* STRIKE NOTICE WILL BE SERVED ON 21^st  JAN 2014 TO GOVT  & DEPT OF POSTS

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PAYMENT OF WAGES TO OUT SOURCING ENGAGED IN POST OFFICE WORKS : CLARIFICATION

 

CGEGIS table of  benefits  for the savings fund from  01.01.2014 to 31.12.2014. CLIK HERE FOR TABLE:-

Received with thanks ..   … …

Dear Members of  Postamasters cadre Association (A.P),

 == The half yearly subscription for Rs.300/-  each (monthly Rs.50) from the following  members are received and acknowledged with thanks.

1. Sri R.Anil Kumar, PM(Grade-I), Kankipadu (P.O)

2. Smt. M.Amala, PM(Grade-I), Nandigama    (P.O)

3. Sri O.Venkateswar Rao, PM(Grade-I), Tiruvuru (P.O)

Perhaps  heavy work pressure and other routine works the subscriptions from members are being received very poor. I here by request and  look forward to a prompt response from each and every member towards remittance of association subscriptions   either in monthly (or) quarterly/annually.

From:- M.S.Reddy, Treasurer, Postmasters cadre Association (A.P)., Jubileehills P.O, Hyderabad- 500 033.

Hyderabad ,C.O:  news:-

 Addition of  two more Restricted holidays -  C.O., Hyderabad orders issued:-

The following festivals in the list of RH for 2014 in addition to the Restricted Holidays already notified. 

1.                                                                           Bhogi        on    13-01-2014.

2.                                                                           Kanuma   on    15-01-2014

First SB order of  the year – 2014 issued on SB Passbook modified standardized  Printing for  CBS – Post offices.

CLICK TO VIEW ORDER 

Bank employees to go on 2-day strike from January 20:

Operations at all the public sector banks (PSBs) and regional rural banks are likely to be affected for two days from January 20 as the United Forum of Banks Unions (UFBU) has given a strike call, demanding wage revision as well as the resolution of certain other issues.  UFBU national convener M V Murali on Sunday said the Centre and the Indian Banks Association have failed to settle the 14-month long pending demand of 32 per cent wage revision for about a million strong staff in the banking sector.//business standard.com//

Central Governent is in the Process of revising the CGHS Rates:- 

In a good news for lakhs of beneficiaries under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), the Government is in the process of revising the rates of medical procedures offered by empanelled hospitals and diagnostic centres and giving them early payment assurance to encourage more medical institutions join the scheme. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has floated e-tenders for empanelment of hospitals and decided that the rates of various medical procedures would be fixed by an average of rates quoted in e-tenders instead of the old system where the lowest quotation became the rate. Rates of all medical procedure centres under CGHS would be revised by April next year.

Not just that, the Government is also revising its policy by providing empanelled hospitals assured upfront payment of 70 per cent of the total bill within five days of its presentation and balance admissible amount within a maximum period of 30 days. The direction for a 10 per cent deduction in case of early/cash payment to hospitals under CGHS has also been done away with, highly-placed sources in the Ministry told PTI.Source: http://www.business-standard.com

7^th cpc – news:-

Retirement Age 62, Merger of DA, Scrapping of NPS, inclusion of federation leaders in 7th CPC etc. - Memorandum submitted to PM

A confederation of recognised federations has submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh putting forth demands like extention of the age of superannuation of Central Government employees to 62 years. Other demands of the federations include scrapping of the new pension scheme, inclusion of departmental nominees and federation leaders in the Seventh Pay Commission, merger of 50 per cent of DA with basic pay, etc. // By Express News Service - KOCHI//

CEPT NEWS

Help Desk Management System (HDMS) developed :-

                                               As part of the ongoing efforts to provide better services, CEPT designed and developed an online Helpdesk Management System (HDMS).  HDMS facilitates online submission of issues to CEPT and online settlement. The system will bring complete transparency and provide better support to field units.    As registered user you can now raise issues from 10.1.2014 onwards regarding software related issues against the software developed by CEPT athttp://cept.gov.in.   From 31.01.2014, CEPT will not respond to emails as priority will be given to tickets registered on HDMS.

Expected  Dearness Allowance  (DA) from  January – 2014  will be  101  %  ( 11% hike) :

Expected DA from Jan 2014 - Additional DA from Jan 2014 likely to hike by 11%  .  The one more and another additional Dearness allowance to Central Government employees and Pensioners from Jan 2014 will be announced in the middle of March 2014.  This is too early and predict the enhancement in percentage of Dearness allowance with effect from January 2014. The prediction and announcement of this hike make us cool, that the additional DA will jump to 101 % and another word, an additional DA would be 11%. 

I don't think I'm going to come in today, tomorrow, or ever.,

Postal delivery truck driver won California Lottery  worth nearly  Rs.2000/- Crores

A delivery truck driver unaware for weeks that he was a new multi-millionaire has come forward as the second winner of a huge Mega Millions jackpot, California Lottery officials said. Steve Tran of Northern California will split last month's $648 million jackpot — the second largest in U.S. history — with a Georgia woman who already claimed her share. If he chooses a one-time payment, Tran will pocket $173.8 million before taxes.   According to the news release, Tran said he added the winning ticket to a pile of other lottery tickets he had purchased in other towns on his delivery route. The pile wound up, "just sitting in my house, on top of my drawer,'" the release quoted Tran as saying. Tran's family then went on vacation without checking the tickets. Tran told lottery officials after he returned from vacation, he "woke up in the middle of the night" and remembered: "I think I went to San Jose."   At 3 a.m. Monday, he checked his tickets and found the winner.  Tran said he phoned his boss and left a message that went something like this: "I'm really sorry boss. I hit the jackpot. I don't think I'm going to come in today, tomorrow, or ever “ and resigned his job. //nbc news//

                    INDIA POST  CALEDAR – 2014 Released

India Post has started this year with a Calendar of 2014 (wild flowers of India)  priced at Rs.250/- which is available at all Philatelic Bureaus and other Main Post office across India. For more information and details visit www.indiapost.gov.in

Post Office Switching to Three-Day delivery Schedule

       New Zealand Post is known as an innovative organization, offering a range of services including travel insurance, travel SIM cards for mobile phones, and a foreign currency exchange.  In addition to expanding its lineup of services, the Post announced that it will be reducing the number of days in which it delivers mail to as little as three per week. 

The switch, expected to take place in June 2015, will prompt urban delivery to drop to no less than three days per week while rural area delivery will decrease to no less than five per week. Customers could still choose to have their mail delivered up to six days per week for an extra courier fee.   As the world’s population continues to integrate additional electronic communication alternatives into their lives, Post Offices are likely to seek creative means to cater to their shifting demands.

THREE YEARS RIGOROUS IMPRISONMENT TO  THE  THEN SPM IN CASE  OF CORRUPTION  ::

CBI, Press Release New Delhi , 02.01.2014

The Special Judge for CBI cases, Visakhapatnam has convicted Sri Nemana Jagannadham, the then Sub Post Master, Bobbili Bazar Sub Post Office, Bobbili, Vizianagaram District U/s. 420, 467, 468, 471, 477-A IPC and Sec.13(1)(c)(d) r/w.13(2) of PC Act, 1988 and sentenced him to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs. 10,000/- in a fraud case.             It was alleged that during the period 23.01.2006 to 24.09.2007, Sri N. Jagannadham, the then Sub Post Master, Bobbili Bazar Sub Post Office, Bobbili cheated the depositors and defrauded the Department of Posts to the tune of Rs.12,38,242/-(approx). The accused fraudulently withdrew the deposits from the accounts of the depositors by forging their signatures on withdrawal vouchers and not accounting for the deposits in the accounts of the depositors.

Major post office fraud :-

Chennai: The enforcement directorate has begun prosecution proceedings in one of the biggest post office frauds reported in the state where Rs 1.5 cr­ore government mo­ney was gobbled up by five employees of a post off­ice in Dindigul district.

“We have attached a property in Vedansa­nd­ur village in Dindigul, worth over Rs 40 lakh, belo­nging to Shan­mu­gh­am, father of Karthika, a woman employee of the post office of the same village,” a enior officer from the enforcement dir­ectorate told this newspaper on Thursday.  The fraud surfaced three years ago when it was found that all five employees, including G. Varadarajan, Karthika and three others had colluded in siphoning off Rs 1.5 crore from the government exchequer.   They had manipulated the recurring deposit ac­c­ounts. “If you deposit Rs 500 every month as a recurring deposit, the staff shows it as Rs 5,500 and supporting documents are also created. At the time of withdrawal, the genuine depositor is given only his due, the rest of the money go­es into the pockets of the employees,” expl­a­in­ed the ED official wh­en asked about the modus operandi of the five em­ployees who managed to swindle such a huge am­ount while working in a post office in a small village.

Though the CBI pr­obed the case, they could not track the pattern in parking of the illegal funds.

Our investigation revealed that Shanm­ug­h­am had purchased pro­perty using the money generated by his daughter along with her colleagues, the official said. //deccanchronical.com//date 03.01.2014.

Wish you a Happy New Year 

Postage increase 2014: USPS rate increase of stamps to 49 cents

December 30, 2013  : A postage increase for 2014 will soon go into effect through the U.S. Postal Service.MyFoxDC.com reported Dec. 28 that the cost for a First Class stamp will go from 46 cents to 49 cents effective Jan. 26. This change was announced on Christmas Eve after the Postal Regulatory Commission voted to raise the price of USPS postage. The USPS rate increase for sending letters, magazines, and packages by six percent is aimed to only be temporary, according to the report. The rates are not expected to be permanent, ending in less than two years. It is being implemented to help the Postal Service recover from significant financial losses. Many, especially businesses, are against the postage increase in 2014 since it is over the above-inflation adjustment amount.