Thursday 25 July 2013

Direct Recruitment PA/SA Examination - LATEST UPDATE UPDATE as on 17-JUL-2013

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Direct Recruitment PA/SA Examination - LATEST UPDATE

UPDATE as on 17-JUL-2013
I.
Aptitude Test (Paper I) for all the postal circles is completed. The List of shortlisted 
candidates for the Computer Typing / Data Entry (PAPER II) for Andhra Pradesh, 
Gujrat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, 
Madhya Pradesh, North East, Odisha, West Bengal Postal Circles is given in the 
link below:

The list in respect of the remaining Postal Circles will be published shortly.
II.
The above Short List has been prepared in accordance with the procedure published
in the Notification No 60-9/2009 SPB1 dated 8-5-2012. The candidates who figure
 in the above list have qualified for appearing in the Paper II based on marks in the 
Paper I.
III
The list is in order of Roll Number.
IV.
Paper II is tentatively scheduled on 10th,11th,24th,25th,31th August 2013 and
 1st September 2013
V.
Admit Card for Paper II will be dispatched shortly. Admit Card can also be generated
on this website by the candidates

Thursday 11 July 2013

CGHS Rates



Monthly Subscription for CGHS facility will be recovered from salary from the existing beneficiary of postal dispensary

w.e.f 1st August 2013.

Grade pay Drawn                       Contribution
by Officer per month                   per month
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Upto Rs.1650                                     Rs.50
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Rs.1800, Rs.1900, Rs.2000
Rs.2400 and Rs.2800                         Rs.125
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Rs.4200                                              Rs.225
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Rs.4600, Rs.4800, Rs.5400
and Rs.6600                                       Rs.325
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Rs.7600 and above                            Rs.500
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Home Town LTC to employees whose headquarter and home town and within the same district



CGDA Orders regarding the subject of 'Home Town LTC to the employees whose headquarter and home town and within the same district'. 

The below order said that Home Town LTC may be admitted to the employee whose headquarter and home town are within the same district provided they do not come within the purview of same station as has been defined under SR 116 of FRSR Part 11 TA Rules.

This department has already issued an order regarding the subject of 'LTC entitlement of fresh recruitson 12.02.2013 vide AN/XIV/14162/TA/DA/LTC/VOl.II, In this order, 'Fresh recruits would be entitled to All India LTC only in the fourth occasion i.e in the fourth year of a block irrespective of whether their home town and HQrs are same or different'.


Controller General of Defence Accounts
Ulan Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt- 110010

CIRCULAR

No. AN/XIV/14162/TA/DA/LTC 
Dated: 28/05/2013
To
All PCsDA/CsDA/IFA's
PCof A(Fys) Kolkata
(Through CGDA Mail server)

Subject :  Home Town LTC to employees whose headquarter and home town and within the same district.

The matter regarding admittance of Home Town LTC to employees whose headquarters and home town within the same district, are under examination at HQr’s office.

2. After taking into consideration of views and opinion of different Controllers, the matter has been examined at this HQr’s office and the undersigned has been directed to inform Home Town LTC may be admitted to employees whose HQr’s and Home Town are within the same district provided they do not come within the purview of same station as has been defined under SR 116 of FRSR Part-II TA Rules.

4. All LTC Claims may be regulated accordingly.

sd/-
(Chitra Mahendrar)
For CGD

Pension scheme: Cabinet to take call on new withdrawal rules tomorrow

Shishir Sinha
Subscribers with accumulated funds of Rs 2 lakh or less may be allowed to withdraw the entire amount on retirement.
The Cabinet may discuss changes in the withdrawal rules for the New Pension Scheme (NPS) on July 11.
The proposal is to permit a subscriber to withdraw his/her entire fund on retirement, if the amount is Rs 2 lakh or lower.
The condition in all such cases would be that a subscriber would have to make a request for an ‘opt-out’ option. At present, over 4,400 accounts have accumulated amounts of Rs 2 lakh or lower. Out of these, nearly 680 have made a request for withdrawal. However, the proposal, once approved, will not apply to accounts opened under the Swavalamban scheme.
Normally, an individual can exit either at or after the age of 60. However, from March 2013, subscribers were allowed to stay invested till the age of 70, but with some conditions, such as no contribution or part withdrawal between the ages of 60 and 70.
At the time of exit, 60 per cent of the total amount is given as lumpsum, while 40 per cent is used to purchase an annuity, which provides lifetime pension to an employee and his dependent parents/spouse at the time of retirement.
The problem being faced was that the accumulated amount was inadequate for pension payouts. “Accumulated funds of less than Rs 2 lakh are not enough to purchase an annuity or annuity providing for decent monthly income,” a senior Government official said.
He said subscribers who have not made a request for withdrawal as lumpsum may like to continue, which is why a specific ‘opt out’ option is being proposed, rather than a default option.
NPS is a contributory scheme, which was made mandatory for Union Government employees (except those joining the Armed Forces) joining on or after January 1, 2004. Under the scheme, an employee contributes 10 per cent of his/her salary and dearness allowance and an equal contribution is made by the Union Government.
However, there is no contribution from the Government in respect of individuals who are not Government employees.
Various States have also introduced NPS for their employees. Currently, there are nearly 27 lakh Central and State Government employees under the NPS. Individuals can also open accounts under the scheme.
(This article was published on July 9, 2013)

CGHS SCHEME IMPLIMENTED FOR PUNE W.E.FROM 1ST AUGUST, 2014

Monday 1 July 2013

FIGHT AGAINST THE POLICY FIGHTING FOR THE ALTERNATIVE

EDITORIAL - POSTAL CRUSADER, JULY 2013

FIGHT AGAINST THE POLICY
FIGHTING FOR THE ALTERNATIVE
Postal employees have always taken it as their motto to render best possible services to the people at large. We are conscious of our duties and responsibilities to the Nation. Inpsite of all limitations, we shall continue to discharge our duties towards the people and the Nation. But on the same breath, we want to make it clear that contended staff are always an asset to the Nation and discontentment if allowed to grow, it is bound to affect the services. We do claim that further improvement in the services can be brought out if joint endeavours are made by both Administration and unions. While we have successfully built up a strong movement through our united efforts, we do claim to maintain cordial relations with the administration at different levels – branch/Divisional/Circle and All India.
But our experience hitherto shows that maintaining cordial relation with administration alone will not solve the basic problems faced by the Postal employees. Most of the issues agitating the minds of the Postal employees are due to the overall policy of the Government. Proposed move to permit entry of private sector into Postal services by granting licences to the transnational courier companies, Denial of legitimate rights of the Gramin Dak Sevaks including Civil Servant status and bonus-parity, Non-payment of revised wages to the casual labourers, unjustified abolition of vacant Posts, Refusal to appoint Seventh Pay Commission and Inclusion of GDS under its purview, merger of 50% DA, inhuman 5% restriction on compassionate appointments, introduction of share-market oriented contributory Pension Scheme, non-removal of bonus ceiling, downsizing, outsourcing, contractualisation, corporatization etc are all directly linked with the polices of the Government. Inspite of our sincere cooperation, if things are not moving in the proper direction, we have to be ready for a serious course of action. We can never allow the situation to continue like this which is bound to cause deterioration in services and also adversely affect the interest of the employees. We should analyse and understand the root cause of the problems and shall find out remedy.
The logic of the neo-liberal reforms is maximization of profit and minimization of cost of labour as well as people. Being a capitalist agenda, it operates in that direction in a spontaneous manner. It maximizes profit by keeping the wages suppressed and also by generating a huge army of unemployed as reserve, to facilitate such suppression of wages. Under neo-liberal order it promotes speculation to multiply profit, thereby  further aggravating unemployment, price rise and poverty. When it falls into crisis, as have happened at the present juncture, it seeks to shift the entire burden of the crisis to the people and workers. That is why our genuine demands are denied. Hence the fight against the galobalisation policies assumes paramount importance. We have to change this policy and we should continue our fight for an alternative policy.
Alternative to the imperialist globalization policy is nothing else but socialism, complete emancipation of society from all exploitation. Change in the system, or transition of the society, does not happen automatically. The working class, including the Postal employees, has to play a pro-active role in intensifying the struggle and prepare itself to lead the struggle for change in the system. It has to sharpen the struggle further, unifying the entire working class against the neo-liberal policies and rally the people around it to achieve the change. When struggle intensifies, at some point of time they may concede some of our demands. But that is not the end. We should continue our struggle further, till these policies are reversed completely and an alternative system comes into existence. For this we should elevate the consciousness of the workers and heighten the quality of the struggle further. Let us have a clear understanding that the fight against the policy is nothing but fighting for an alternative in the long run, an alternative society which bring an end to the exploitation of one human being by another. Therefore our present day activities must continue to target the present exploitative system, expose its anti-people, anti-working class character.

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