Revision of Financial powers of Heads of Postal Divisions
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Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Extension of date for payment of fee for the Postman DR exam - 2016 - AP& Telangana Circle
- Extension of date for payment of fee for the Postman DR exam - 2016
- Last date for payment of fee extended from 04.09.2016 to 10.09.2016.
2% DA for the month of July 2016 - AICPIN for the month of July 2016
2% DA for the month of July 2016 - AICPIN for the month of July 2016:
No. 5/1/2016-CPI
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU
CLEREMONT, SHIMLA-171004
DATED: 31st August, 2016
Press Release
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) — July, 2016
The All-India CPI-IW for July, 2016 increased by 3 points and pegged at 280 (two hundred and eighty). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 1.08 per cent between June, 2016 and July, 2016 when compared with the increase of (+) 0.77 per cent between the same two months a year ago.
Indian Postal Bank would be a game changer for the Banking & Financial system in the country: Secretary, DFS
Banks need to take advantage of such rapidly changing positive growth opportunities
“Launch of Indian Postal Bank is going to be a game changer for banking sector and the operationalisation of its 1.5 lakh branches would give a massive fillip to the Banking & Financial system in the country. Banks need to take advantage of such rapidly changing positive growth opportunities in the country and contribute further to development of nation” said Ms. Anjuli Chib Duggal ,Secretary, Department of Financial Services Government of India .. at the 69th AGM of Indian Bank Association ( IBA) in Mumbai.,
Holding of Current charge of CPMG, A.P.Circle
Sri M.Sampath PMG Vijayawada will hold current charge of CPMG, AP circle
It was ordered by Postal Directorate vide memo dated 30.08.2016 that Sri M.Sampath, PMG, Vijayawada region will hold current charge of CPMG, AP circle in addition to his own duties on relinquishment of charge of the CPMG, AP circle by Sri Y.P.Rai. This arrangement will be effective till further orders.
Transfers and Postings in JAG of IPoS Group A
Transfers and Postings in JAG of IPoS Group A
The following transfers and Postings are ordered by Postal Directorate vide memo dated 31.08.2016.
1.Sri E.V.Rao, DPS Mumbai region is transferred and posted as DPS Vijayawada region.
2.Sri K.Somasundaram, DPS VIjayawada is transferred and posted as DPS (M& BD) Chennai.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Monday, August 29, 2016
Promotion and Postings of SAG officers to HAG of IPoS Group A and transfers / postings of regular HAG officers
1. Brig. B. Chandrashekhar (lPoS-1987) CPMG, UP Circle is transferred and posted as CPMG, Telangana Circle Against vacant post (newly created).
2. Sh. Y.P. Rai (IPoS 1984) CPMG, Andhra Pradesh Circle is transferred and posted as CPMG, UP Circle vice Sri B.chandrasekhar transferred.
Promotion and Posting of Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) officers of Indian Postal Service, Group 'A' to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) of the service
1.Ms. T.M. Sreelatha (lPoS:1996) DPS (Mails & BD), AP Circle is promoted to SAG and posted as PMG, Vishakhapatnam Region, Andhra Pradesh Circle Against vacant post.
2. Ms. Radhika Chakravarthy (lPoS - 1996) DPS(HQ), AP Circle is promoted to SAG and posted as PMG, Chennai, TN Circle Against vacant post.
2. Ms. Radhika Chakravarthy (lPoS - 1996) DPS(HQ), AP Circle is promoted to SAG and posted as PMG, Chennai, TN Circle Against vacant post.
INFORMATION PORTAL FOR MUTUAL TRANSFER FOR POSTAL EMPLOYEES
A portal has been created for the purpose of mutual transfer for postal staffs (PA, SA, PASBCO, PAROCO, PAMMS, PAFPO, PARLO, MTS, Postman).
- Click below link and fill the form then submit.
- Click on View Complete List to see the friends requested for mutual transfer. Already more than 500 members are added in the list. click below to see the complete list.
Link to the portal is given below
GENERAL PROVIDENT FUND (GPF) INTEREST RATES
GENERAL PROVIDENT FUND (GPF) INTEREST RATES (CONSOLIDATED)
GOOD NEWS - NPS COVERED EMPLOYEES WILL GET BENEFITS OF RETIREMENT GRATUITY / DEATH GRATUITY
NPS Employees eligible for Retirement
Gratuity and Death Gratuity
No.7/5/2012-P&PW(F)/B
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare
Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market,
New Delhi — 110 003, Dated the 26 August, 2016.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM.
Subject : Extension of benefits of ‘Retirement Gratuity and Death Gratuity’ to the Central Government employees covered by new Defined Contribution Pension System (National Pension System) — regarding.
The undersigned is directed to say that the pension of the Government servants appointed on or after 1.1.2004 is regulated by the new Defined Contribution Pension System (known as National Pension System), notified by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) vide their 0.M No. 5/7/2003-ECB & PR dated 22.12.2003. Orders were issued for payment of gratuity on provisional basis in respect of employees covered under National Pension System on their retirement from Government service on invalidation or death in service, vide this Department’s OM No. 38/41/2006- P&PW(A) dated 5.5.2009.
Monday, August 22, 2016
Counting of Pre-appointment training for direct recruit PA/SA for MACPs - Clarifications
MACP Scheme to Central Government Civil Employees W.e.f. 01/09/2008
Thursday, August 18, 2016
India Post to offer Net banking facility soon
India Post is on a technology upgradation mode to provide a host of financial services to the public, besides strengthening its hold on the logistics sector.
As part of its strategy to get closer to people and make India Post one stop shop for logistics and financial services, including banking and insurance, it plans to provide internet banking facility shortly, reveals its Senior superintendent of Ongole postal division Sri T.A.V. Sarma.
“The online banking facility is presently available to its agents who can generate token number on their own online and transact on behalf of their customers,” he says in a conversation with The Hindu here.
“The facility will be provided to all account holders in a month or two after setting right teething troubles so that the account holders can log into indiapost.gov.in and transact without any hassles,” he adds.
Enhancement of Pension for Freedom Fighters under the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme
Enhancement of Pension for Freedom Fighters under the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme
The revised scale shall take effect from 15.08.2016.
The existing pension scheme for Central freedom fighter pensioners and their eligible dependents has been restructured as per the table below:
Sl. No.
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Category of freedom fighters
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Present amount of pension (per month)
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Enhanced amount of pension(per month)
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1
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Ex-Andaman Political Prisoners/ spouses
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Rs.24,775/-
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Rs.30,000/-
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2
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Freedom fighters who suffered outside British India/spouses
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Rs.23,085/-
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Rs.28,000/-
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3
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Other Freedom Fighters/ spouses including INA
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Rs.21,395/-
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Rs.26,000/-
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4
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Dependent parents/ eligible daughters (maximum 3 daughters at any point of time)
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Rs.3,380/- (dependent parents) Rs.5,070/- (daughters)
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50% of the sum that would have been admissible to the Freedom Fighter i.e. in the range of Rs.13,000/- to Rs. 15,000/-
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India Post Payments Bank Incorporated
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology
India Post Payments Bank Incorporated
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology
18-August-2016 16:18 IST
India Post Payments Bank Incorporated
The India Post Payments Bank Limited has received the Certificate of Incorporation from the Registrar of Companies, Ministry of Corporate Affairs yesterday under the Companies Act 2013. This would be the first PSU under the Department of Posts. This has happened in the wake of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address, raising the expectations of the people from the soon to be set up India Post Payments Bank. With this move the Department of Posts has cleared an important milestone on this journey.
With the incorporation, the Board of the India Post Payments Bank Limited is likely to be constituted soon. The incorporation of the IPPB Ltd is a significant step forward as this also paves the way for the bank to begin hiring of banking professionals to set up the bank and begin its operations in 2017. The Department of Posts is expected to complete the roll out of its branches all over the country by September 2017. This could be the fastest roll out for a bank anywhere in the world.
The aspiration for the India Post Payments Bank is to become the most accessible bank in the world riding on state of the art banking and payments technology. Coupled with the physical presence across 1.55 lakh post offices and the reach of “The Dakiya”, the India Post Payments Bank aims to become a powerful and effective vehicle of real financial inclusion in the country. It is poised to create a national payments architecture riding on a modern payments platform and ubiquitous information and communication technologies that can be accessed by all users and service providers like never before. The stakeholders of the India Post Payments Bank within the Government and outside are looking at this new entity as a catalyst to social and financial inclusion.
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Commemorative Stamps on Orchids – 8th August 2016.
Stamps on six species of orchids found in India
Department of Posts has issued a set of 6 Stamps, Miniature Sheet and Sheetlets on six species of Orchids found in India. Two each stamps are in denomination of Rs. 5, Rs. 15 and RS. 25 respectively. Species depicted on stamps are Esmeralda cathcartii (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Dendrobium gibsoni Lindl., Cypripedium himalaicum Rolfe, Paphiopedilum villosum (Lindl.) Stein, Esmeralda clarkei Rchb.f. and Dendrobium falconeri Hook.
Esmeralda cathcartii (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
Common Name is Cathcart's Arachnanthe. Flower Size is 7.5 to 8.75 cm. It is found in the northeastern India, Sikkim, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan in tropical broadleaf forests near streams in cool shade at elevations of 600 to 2000 meters this genus was formerly known as Esmeralda cathcartii. It is a giant sized, warm to cool growing, vandanaceous, epiphytic plant with an elongate stem carrying alternate, oblong, coriaceous leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a stout, axillary, 18 cm long, pendulous or horizontal, 3 to 6 flowered inflorescence with waxy, very fragrant, long-lived.
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Fixation of Pay on MACP as per CCS(RP) rules 2016 in 7th CPC Scales- 3 Options with Illustrations
Fixation of Pay on MACP as per CCS(RP) rules 2016 in 7th CPC Scales- 3 Options with Illustrations
| For illustration purpose date of 2nd financial up-gradation under MACPS of a PA is taken as 18.1.2016 | ||
| (i) | Pre-revised Basic Pay as per VI CPC Scale on 1.1.2016 (13950 + 2800 G.P) | 16750/- |
| (ii) | Granted 2nd MACP financial up-gradation on 18.1.2016 & Basic pay as per (13950 + 4200 G.P) VI CPC Scales on 18.1.2016 (Opted to fix pay from DNI on 1.7.2016) | 18150/- |
| (iii) | Basic pay as per VI CPC Scales on 1.7.2016(14980 + 4200 G.P) (Pay Fixation done 2ndMACP financial up-gradation in VI CPC Scales) | 19180/- |
Pay Fixation (in 3 different options exercise as per Rule 5 of CCS(RP) Rules, 2016) in 7th CPC Scales :-
Monday, August 8, 2016
DELEGATION OF BPEF MET NEW SECRETARY (POSTS) SHRI B.V. SUDHAKAR JI IN HIS CHAMBER
DELEGATION OF BHARATIYA POSTAL EMPLOYEES FEDERATION (BPEF) MET NEW SECRETARY (POSTS) SHRI B.V. SUDHAKAR JI IN HIS CHAMBER AT DAK BHAWAN DATED 5-8-2016
Sunday, August 7, 2016
MoC Shri Manoj Sinha unveils postage stamps on Rio Olympics
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
05-August-2016 18:55 IST
Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha today unveiled the Commemorative Postage Stamps on Rio Olympic Games and said the unique initiative will motivate the Rio-bound Indian athletes.
Issuing stamps on games of wrestling, badminton, shooting and boxing, the Minister said, the Department of Posts had always issued special stamps on important occasions to rekindle the spirit of patriotism and for advancement of National Interest. He said that this time a record number of players from India are participating in Rio and expressed the hope that it will lead to positive outcome.
Shri Sinha said that by issuing stamps the postal department will be able to attract the attention of the countryman towards this sporting event as there are more than one and half lakh post offices in the country which will sell the stamps.
Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (I/C) Shri Vijay Goel joined Shri Sinha in unveiling the Stamps. Secretary, Department of Sports Shri B.V.Sudhakar and Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Rajiv Yadav were also present on the occasion.
Simplification of withdrawal process - Documentary requirements for subscribers belonging to Grameen Dak Sevaks (GDS)
Simplification of withdrawal process - Documentary requirements for subscribers belonging to Grameen Dak Sevaks (GDS) who are covered under NPS-Lite-Swavalamban
PENSION FUND REGULATORY
AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
B-14/A,Chhatrapati Shivaji Bhawan
Qutab Institutlona Area,
Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi-110016
CIRCULAR
PFRDA/2016/12/Exit/04
08.06.2016
To,
NPS Trust/CRA/Aggregators & other stakeholders
NPS Trust/CRA/Aggregators & other stakeholders
Simplification of withdrawal process - Documentary requirements for subscribers belonging to Grameen Dak Sevaks (GDS) who are covered under NPS-Lite-Swavalamban
This is with reference to feedback received from the concerned stakeholders comprising the subscribers belonging to NPS-Lite-Swavalamban including Grameen Dak Sevaks (GDS) on simplification of the procedural requirements basing on the low contribution levels and the level of awareness and literacy among the target segment of population covered under this category. The Authority has examined the matters pertaining to this category basing on the withdrawal applications received and the feedback from the withdrawal processing of these applications in order to identify the difficulties being faced and with a view to reduce the procedural burden in the interest of the subscribers.
Availing of Home Town LTC for other places
Vide DoPT’s O.M. No. 31011/3/2014-Estt.(A-IV) dated 26.09.2014, Government employees have been allowed to convert their Home Town LTC to visit Jammu & Kashmir, North-East Region and Andaman & Nicobar Islands under the present scheme upto 25.09.2016.
Government servants entitled to travel by air can avail this LTC from their Headquarters to the destination. While, the Government servants not entitled to travel by air may travel by air in Economy class in the following sectors:
(a) Between Kolkata/Guwahati and any place in NER
(b) Between Kolkata/Chennai/Bhubaneswar and Port Blair.
(c) Between Delhi/Amritsar and any place in J&K.
Journey for the non-entitled employees from their Headquarters up to Kolkata/ Guwahati/ Chennai/ Bhubaneswar/ Delhi/ Amritsar will have to be undertaken as per their entitlement.
Reimbursement under the Leave Travel Concession scheme does not cover incidental expenses and expenditure incurred on local journeys.
This was stated by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri Pramod Tiwari in the Rajya Sabha today.
Thursday, August 4, 2016
What is Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
03-August-2016 15:32 IST
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Following are the answers to the various frequently asked questions relating to GST:
Question 1.What is GST? How does it work?
Answer: GST is one indirect tax for the whole nation, which will make India one unified common market.
GST is a single tax on the supply of goods and services, right from the manufacturer to the consumer. Credits of input taxes paid at each stage will be available in the subsequent stage of value addition, which makes GST essentially a tax only on value addition at each stage. The final consumer will thus bear only the GST charged by the last dealer in the supply chain, with set-off benefits at all the previous stages.
Question 2. What are the benefits of GST?
Answer:The benefits of GST can be summarized as under:
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