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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Postings against vacant posts of JTS Gr.A & PS Gr.B

Posting orders in the posts of SSRM N Divn, Cuttack and SSPOs Koraput (which are now vacant due to retirement of incumbents) have been put on hold for the moment. SSPO Cuttack City and SSPOs Berhampur will hold additional charge of RMS N Divn and Koraput Divn respectively. Ad hoc arrangement in  the vacant posts is expected shortly.

In the meantime, posting orders of Sri S M Sukla on ad hoc promotion to PS Gr.B cadre have been changed. Sri Sukla is posted as SRM K Division Jharsuguda in place of Sri J Deep transferred as SPOs Bolangir on request.

Retirements

The following officers are retiring from service on 31.03.2011A/N on superannuation.
  1. Sri G Patra, SSRM, N Divn, Cuttack
  2. Sri B B Mishra, SSPOs, Koraput
AIAIASP, Odisha Circle Branch respectfully bids farewell to these officers and wishes them good health and peace of mind in their post-retirement period.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Updates on CAT case

OA No.381/2010 in CAT Ernakulam Bench due for hearing on 25.03.2011 could not be heard as the Counsel for the Respondents did not join court proceedings on health ground. Next date of hearing has not been fixed.

Friday, March 25, 2011

CWC meeting of AIPEU, Postman and MTS /Gr.D at Rourkela

The Reception Committee of 39th Central Working Committee Meeting of All India Postal Employees Union, Postman and MTS / Gr.D have extended invitation to the CS, AIAIASP, Odisha Circle Branch to join in their Open Session of the CWC meeting being held at Rourkela on 27.03.2011. Besides other dignitaries, top leaders of the NFPE /AIPEU are attending the CWC meeting.

AIAIASP, Odisha Circle Branch sincerely thanks the Reception Committee for the invitation and wishes all the best for the success of the CWC meeting.

Orders for revised DA released by MOF

Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure has released orders on 24.03.2011 for revision of Dearness Allowance effective from 01.01.2011. 
Please visit the following link to see the details of the orders.
http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_expenditure/notification/da/da01012011.pdf

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Updates on CAT case No.OA 381/2010

OA No. 381 / 2010 regarding GP of IPs is posted for final hearing in Hon'ble CAT Ernakulam Bench on 25.03.2011 (Friday).


Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Maternity grant to women Gramin Dak Sevaks out of welfare fund of the Department- instructions regarding


Copy of Directorate letter is reproduced below:
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Posts
(Establishment Division)
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg.
New Delhi-110001
No.17-9/2011-GDS Dated the 21-Mar 2011
To
All Chief Postmaster General,

Subject: MATERNITY GRANT TO WOMEN GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS OUT OF WELFARE FUND OF THE DEPARTMENT- INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING


Sir/Madam,
Reference is invited to this Directorate letter No.6-1/2009. PE.II dated 09 October 2009 providing for Maternity Grant to the women GDS.
2.         One man Committee under Shri RS Nataraja Murti constituted under Resolution No. 6-1/2007-PE II dated 23rd July 2007 examined the system of Extra Departmental Post Offices and wage structure of Gramin Dak Sevak & submitted its report on 29thOctober 2008. After approval of Cabinet, the Department issued orders under No. 6-1/2009 PE II dated 09 October 2009. It was prescribed under Para 9 of the ibid that "women GDS will be provided Maternity Grant equivalent to three months TRCA with DA for the birth date of issue of the order".


3.         The recommendations made by the One man Committee in Para 16.10.1have been examined further and it has been decided that Maternity Grant equal to three month's TRCA with DA out of welfare fund will be payable from the welfare fund at the disposal of the Circles effective from 09 October 2009 on fulfillment of the following conditions;-
(a) Maternity Grant will be payable to a woman GDS for each child up to the birth of maximum of two children limited to a maximum of two confinements resulting into birth of first two children only during the entire engagement of the following of a woman GDS.
(b) The women GDS must have rendered a minimum of one year service of becoming eligible for grant under the provision.
(c) No Financial Grant will be admissible for medical termination of pregnancy (abortion). Miscarriage and still births.
4.                   The scheme of allowing Maternity Grant is like any other ongoing welfare scheme paid out of welfare fund. Funds will be allocated for this scheme by welfare section of this Directorate to the Circles. Heads of the Division will be competent to sanction Maternity Grant to the women GDS out of welfare fund placed at their disposal by the Circle concerned.
5.                   Woman Gramin Dak Sevaks like Mil Deliverer and Mail Carrier may also be considered for lighter duties wherever possible during the pre and post confinement period for a maximum period of six months.
6.                   Woman GDS shall be granted Maternity Leave not exceeding six months covering the pre and post confinement period. For the period of Maternity Leave, Woman GDS will be paid Maternity Grant for three months and leave for another three months may be granted without allowances.
7. Existing powers of Divisional Heads for grant of leave beyond 180 days leave without allowances availed by GDS to work against in Group D and Postman vacancies would also cover period of three month Maternity Leave with allowances (Maternity Grant) and another period of leave for three months without allowances if availed by Woman GDS.
8.         The contents may be brought to the knowledge of all concerned. This has the approval of the competent authority.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-
(Surender Kumar)
Assistant Director General (GDS/PCC)

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Cabinet approves increase of Dearness Allowance (DA) by 6%

Today Central Cabinet approved increase of 6% DA to Central Govt. Employees w. e. f. 1/1/2011. Total DA is now 51%. As the DA crosses 50% following allowances will be increased by 25% as per accepted recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission: 

TA / DA Rates on Tour : 
1.Daily allowance on tour
2.Mileage allowance for journeys performed by taxi / autorickshaw/scooter/cycle (as per eligibility)
TA Rates on transfer :
1. For journeys performed by taxi/auto-rickshaw/scooter/cycle (as per eligibility)
2. Rates of transportation of house-holds on transfer 

Others : 
1. National Holiday Allowance 
2. Nursing Allowance, Uniform Allowance, Kit Maintenance Allowance & Washing Allowance
3. Project allowance and Compensatory (construction/Survey) allowance. 
4. Natural Calamity Advance. 
5. Bi-Cycle, Warm Clothing & Table fan advance
6. Festival advance 
7. Night Patrolling Allowance. 
8. Special Allowance for child care for women with disabilities and Education 
9.Allowance for disabled children 
10. Conveyance Allowance 
11. Children Education Assistance and Reimbursement of Tuition fee.


Source: http://ipaspmhandgoa.blogspot.com/

Performance Related Incentive Scheme (PRIS) for Central staff to be announced shortly


The incentives will be initially paid out of cost savings made by the department in that fiscal year
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has finally decided to implement the Performance Related Incentive Scheme (PRIS) recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission for all Central government employees. An announcement is expected in the next couple of days, government sources toldThe Hindu. Those government employees who make the cut will start earning their incentives in 2012.
A Committee of Secretaries (COS) chaired by Cabinet Secretary K. M. Chandrasekhar approved the broad contours of the PRIS on March 8, and asked the Department of Expenditure and Performance Management Division, Cabinet Secretariat, to work out guidelines to implement the scheme. Members of the COS included Finance Secretary Sushma Nath, who was also member-secretary of the Commission.
Any department, to qualify for financial incentives, will have to get a performance rating of 70 per cent or more on its Results-Framework Document (RFD) and implement a bio-metric access control system in its offices. As suggested by the Commission, the incentives will be initially paid out of cost savings made by the department in that fiscal year and hence there will be no additional burden on the exchequer for implementing the PRIS, government sources said. Initially, for every rupee saved by the department, it will allow to distribute up to 15 paise depending on its performance.
The PRIS will cover all employees of the department. While incentives paid to the Secretaries will depend entirely on departmental performance reflected in the RFD, incentives paid to Joint Secretaries will depend on a weighted average of their division's performance and departmental performance. Incentives for junior employees will depend primarily on their individual performance.
However, all employees will need to go through a rigorous performance appraisal system consistent with the RFD evaluation methodology.
Indeed, incentives will start rolling out only after a department has prepared two rounds of robust RFDs, so as to truly capture departmental performance. Given that 2010-11 was the first year for implementation of 12-month RFDs, performance incentives will be paid from 2012-13 to employees who make the cut.
The decision to implement the PRIS comes in the wake of the Prime Minister's Performance Monitoring and Evaluation System (PMES) for government departments that was approved in September 2009.
Interestingly, of the departments that have gone through the exercise, there have been some notable exceptions including the Ministries of Home, Finance, Defence, External Affairs, and the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
Objections
This has led to objections from officials of other Ministries: the feeling is that these key ministries and departments influence the work of other departments, and unless they, too, are brought under the scanner, the RFD will be redundant and unproductive.
The view from the Cabinet Secretariat is that the Prime Minister did not keep any department out of the ambit of the evaluation process, but it was felt that it would be better to implement it in phases for practical, operational reasons.
The original idea was to cover all 84 ministries and departments - it started with 59 departments in the last quarter of 2009-10, and currently covers 62 departments.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Holi Greetings


Directorate has notified Calendar of Departmental Exam for 2011 vide letter No. A-34012 / 02 / 2010-DE Dt. 16.03.11 in supersession of its earlier letter dated 29.12.10.
The details are as follows:

I.                    Centralized Exams :
Sl.
Name of Exam
Date of Exam
01.
LGOs exam for promotion to PAs / SAs
01.05.11
02.
PSS Gr B exam 2010
15.05.11
03.
PAs / SAs Direct Rect 2011
10.07.11
04.
Inspector of Posts
06 & 07.08.11
05.
Jr Engineer (C&E)
10.09.11
06.
Asst Engineer (C&E)
11.09.11
07.
Postmaster Grade I
15 & 16.10.11
08.
Senior Postmaster
16.10.11

II.            De-centralized Exams :
Sl.
Name of Exam
Date of Exam
09.
LDCs to Jr Acct in PAOs
05 & 06.11.11
10.
Confirmation exam for DR Jr Account in PAOs
12 & 13.11.11
11.
Postman Exam for Direct Rect &
Deptl Promotion
27.11.11
12.
Direct Rect Exam for appointment
as Multi Tasking Staff
11.12.11

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Induction Training for IPs (Direct Recruit)

Seat allotments & period for IP Direct Induction training as per Dte Memo No : 1-39 / 2009-Trg Dt. 08.03.11 are as follows:


Sl.
Circle
No. of seats allotted
PTC, Mysore
PTC, Saharanpur
PTC, Vadodara
05.04.11 to 16.07.11
04.04.11 to 16.07.11
04.04.11 to 16.07.11
01.
Andhra
6
02.
Karnataka
4
03.
Kerala
3
04.
Tamilnadu
1
05
Assam
4
06.
North East
1
07.
Orissa
3
08.
West Bengal
1
09.
Bihar
8
10.
Punjab
1
11.
Rajasthan
2
12.
Himachal Pradesh
2
13.
Uttar Pradesh
4
14.
Gujarat
4
15.
Bihar
8
16.
Chattisgarh
1
17.
Jharkhand
6
Total
23
17
19


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