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Notification for Circle Conference
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ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF
INSPECTORS & ASST.
SUPERINTENDENTS OF POSTS
ODISHA CIRCLE BRANCH,
BHUBANESWAR 751001
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Shri Prasanta Ku. Patra
President
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Shri Pitabasa Jena
Circle Secretary
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Shri Amulya Pd Panda
Treasurer
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NOTIFICATION
No.
AIAIASP/CC/2020 Dated
17th December, 2019
Under
the provisions of
Article-44 and Article-46 of
the Constitution of All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant
Superintendents Posts, it is hereby notified that the 42nd Circle Conference of the Odisha
Circle Branch Association will be held at Bhubaneswar on 01-02-2020 (Saturday) and 02-02-2020 (Sunday) with its open session on 02-02-2020 at 10.30
hrs.
01-02-2020(Saturday):- Pre-Circle
Conference CWC at 10:30 hrs
Venue:-
SOM Auditorium
Campus-7(Krishna), KIIT
Bhubaneswar-751024
Agenda
1.
Confirmation
of proceedings of last CWC.
2.
To
discuss, consider and adopt the Annual Report of the Circle Branch Association
to be placed before the Circle Conference.
3.
Approval
of audited accounts and Budget estimates of Circle Branch Association to be
placed before the Circle Conference.
4.
Any
other item with permission of the Chair.
02-02-2020(Sunday):-
Circle Conference
Venue:-
SOM Auditorium
Campus-7(Krishna), KIIT
Bhubaneswar-751024
Agenda
A. First Half : Open
Session from 10:30 hours
B. Second Half from 14:30 hours
1.
Confirmation
of proceedings of the 41st Circle Conference held at Bhubaneswar on
4th February, 2018.
2.
Subjects
for discussion: i) Cadre Restructuring, ii)Grant of Rs.5,400/- GP on completion
of 4 Years in Rs.4,800/- GP, iii)Organizational Review, iv)Financial Review
3.
Approval
of Draft Resolutions
4.
Election
of Office bearers for the next term
5.
Any
other item with permission of the Chair
All office bearers, CWC members and local members of the
Circle Branch Association are requested to attend the pre-Circle Conference CWC
on 01-02-2020 and the Circle Conference on 02-02-2020.
All members of the Circle Branch Association are requested
to attend the Circle Conference on 02-02-2020 (Sunday) at 10:00 hrs.
(Pitabasa Jena)
Circle Secretary
Copy to:
- The Chief Postmaster General, Orissa
Circle, Bhubaneswar-751001 for kind information. Necessary orders may
kindly be issued to all concerned for grant of admissible special casual
leave to members of the Association.
- The PMsG Berhampur & Sambalpur for
kind information.
- Sri Arup Seal, General Secretary, AI Assn of Inspectors &
ASPs, CHQ, New Delhi for information.
- The President and all office-bearers
and members of the Association of Odisha Circle Branch.
- All SSPOs/SPOs/SSRM/SRM in Odisha
Circle for kind information.
- The Superintendent, PSD/CSD,
Bhubaneswar-751001.
(Pitabasa Jena)
Circle Secretary
Friday, December 20, 2019
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Wednesday, October 30, 2019
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Friday, October 25, 2019
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Friday, October 18, 2019
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Sunday, October 13, 2019
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Friday, October 4, 2019
Monday, September 30, 2019
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Monday, September 23, 2019
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Monday, September 16, 2019
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Monday, September 9, 2019
Saturday, September 7, 2019
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Saturday, August 31, 2019
Monday, August 26, 2019
Saturday, August 24, 2019
The new face of philately
Innovations and digitization are offering Post’s philatelic programmes increasing opportunities in what has become a multi-billion dollar market.
The invention of postage stamps revolutionized the postal service, simplifying the tariff system for paying the cost of letters service and cutting losses to postal operators. The world’s first adhesive postage stamp was released in the United Kingdom in 1840, known as the Penny Black for its price and colour.
Today stamps are so much more than just a means of paying for a service; they have become the focus of a global market comprising many different stakeholders.
According to UPU statistics, designated operators’ philatelic revenues reached 1.8 billion SDR (2.5 billion USD) in 2016 compared to just under 1 billion SDR (1.4 billion USD) in 2004. The secondary market – occupied by traders, dealers, collectors and others buying second-hand philatelic products – is estimated to be worth as much as between 3 billion SDR (4.2 billion USD) and 10 billion (13.8 billion USD).
Olfa Mokaddem, manager of the UPU’s Philately Programme, explains that the invention of the Internet and e-commerce has contributed to increased interest in philatelic products.
“Online activities have opened up the market and accelerated growth,” says Mokaddem. “Philately has become a good business and Posts are starting to take advantage of this.”
Introducing stamps to the e-commerce market has granted global collectors easy access to purchase international stamps they may have had difficulty finding through traditional dealers.
Whereas traditional collectors were philatelists interested in the heritage and cultural value of stamps, she explains that e-commerce has led to the development of new types of collectors. For example, someone interested in collecting all items related to a specific subject can now simply search for the subject online and find numerous thematic products for purchase, including stamps.
Some 65 percent of 95 responding Posts in a recent UPU survey answered that they operated an online shop, showing that postal operators are working to take advantage of the opportunity to reach collectors. Posts have also ramped up their online marketing and communication efforts to reach new consumers, with 69 percent of respondents answering that they now use social networks to promote their products.
Though the Post has a monopoly on the primary market, Mokaddem emphasizes that they should not ignore what happens to their products after they’re sold.
“Posts have an indirect role to play in the secondary market and more operators are beginning to monitor the activities of dealers, collectors and other stakeholders in the second life of their stamps,” she explains.
As a result, more operators are beginning to improve their philatelic programmes, increasing the quality of their stamps with innovations in printing, materials and technological supports.
The World Association for the Development of Philately – led by the UPU – is working to facilitate relationships between all philatelic stakeholders through conferences and forums to ensure both markets continue to thrive and fuel each other’s growth.
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Sunday, August 11, 2019
UPU News:-The new face of philately
Innovations and digitization are offering Post’s philatelic programmes increasing opportunities in what has become a multi-billion dollar market.
The invention of postage stamps revolutionized the postal service, simplifying the tariff system for paying the cost of letters service and cutting losses to postal operators. The world’s first adhesive postage stamp was released in the United Kingdom in 1840, known as the Penny Black for its price and colour.
Today stamps are so much more than just a means of paying for a service; they have become the focus of a global market comprising many different stakeholders.
According to UPU statistics, designated operators’ philatelic revenues reached 1.8 billion SDR (2.5 billion USD) in 2016 compared to just under 1 billion SDR (1.4 billion USD) in 2004. The secondary market – occupied by traders, dealers, collectors and others buying second-hand philatelic products – is estimated to be worth as much as between 3 billion SDR (4.2 billion USD) and 10 billion (13.8 billion USD).
Olfa Mokaddem, manager of the UPU’s Philately Programme, explains that the invention of the Internet and e-commerce has contributed to increased interest in philatelic products.
“Online activities have opened up the market and accelerated growth,” says Mokaddem. “Philately has become a good business and Posts are starting to take advantage of this.”
Introducing stamps to the e-commerce market has granted global collectors easy access to purchase international stamps they may have had difficulty finding through traditional dealers.
Whereas traditional collectors were philatelists interested in the heritage and cultural value of stamps, she explains that e-commerce has led to the development of new types of collectors. For example, someone interested in collecting all items related to a specific subject can now simply search for the subject online and find numerous thematic products for purchase, including stamps.
Some 65 percent of 95 responding Posts in a recent UPU survey answered that they operated an online shop, showing that postal operators are working to take advantage of the opportunity to reach collectors. Posts have also ramped up their online marketing and communication efforts to reach new consumers, with 69 percent of respondents answering that they now use social networks to promote their products.
Though the Post has a monopoly on the primary market, Mokaddem emphasizes that they should not ignore what happens to their products after they’re sold.
“Posts have an indirect role to play in the secondary market and more operators are beginning to monitor the activities of dealers, collectors and other stakeholders in the second life of their stamps,” she explains.
As a result, more operators are beginning to improve their philatelic programmes, increasing the quality of their stamps with innovations in printing, materials and technological supports.
The World Association for the Development of Philately – led by the UPU – is working to facilitate relationships between all philatelic stakeholders through conferences and forums to ensure both markets continue to thrive and fuel each other’s growth.
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Sunday, August 4, 2019
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Saturday, July 27, 2019
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Deadline to file income tax return for FY2018-19 extended to August 31
The finance ministry has extended the deadline for filing income tax return (ITR) for FY2018-19 by individuals to August 31, 2019 from July 31, 2019. The extension is a much needed relief as there were multiple problems being faced by individuals in filing returns by July 31. July 31 was the deadline to file income tax returns for most individuals and HUFs. This is that category of individuals and HUFs who are not mandatorily required to get their accounts audited for tax purposes.
Many chartered accountant/tax practioner societies had appealed to the government to extend the ITR filing deadline to provide sufficient time to individuals to file ITR properly. There are many reasons for this.
This year CBDT had extended the deadline for employers to file their TDS returns, i.e., Form 24Q, from May 31, 2019 to June 30, 2019 and consequently deadline of issuing Form 16 by the employer was also extended from June 15, 2019 to July 31, 2019. Consequently, employees waiting to get their Form 16s to file their ITRs were left with only 21 days to file their tax return by the earlier deadline of July 31.
Even though it is easier to fill salary details in ITR-1 this year as individuals are required to just copy-paste the same from Form 16, sources of interest income are required to be provided in greater detail. This could be a tedious process.
Further, while the tax department has started providing pre-filled XML for ITR forms 1 to 4, the pre-filled XML file for ITR-2 does not contain salary details which individuals have to fill-in by themselves. ITR-2 asks individuals to provide detailed break-up of salary such as basic, HRA and so on received by choosing the options from the drop-down menu.
The calculation of long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax on equity shares and equity mutual funds is also a complicated process due to the grandfathering clause which came into effect from FY2018-19 onwards. In addition to that, individuals were also required to provide details such as ISIN code/Folio number, name of shares/units and so on for sale of equity shares and equity mutual funds. However, later on this was made optional.
Source:The Economic Times
UPU News: Writing powerful letters: A youth skill that can help change the world
In late 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day. The day offers a welcome opportunity for the world to recognize the importance of young people having the necessary skills to prosper and succeed in life.
On this day, the Universal Postal Union (UPU) adds its own voice to all those wanting to help young people acquire the skills and experience enabling them to work and thrive. However, we also wish to raise awareness about our own efforts to promote literacy and the ability of young people to express themselves in writing.
Since 1971, the UPU has encouraged young writers, aged 9-15, to write letters on a given theme to win exciting prizes. On average over 1.2 million young people take part and the competition is an excellent way of making young people aware of the important role postal services play in our societies. Letter writing can develop their skills in composition, foster enjoyment of the written word and help strengthen the bonds of international friendship.
Letters can move the world. Martin Luther King, Jr. (“Letter from Birmingham Jail”), Siegfried Sassoon (“A Soldier’s Declaration”) and Emile Zola (“J’accuse!”) have all written letters that had a profound impact on their readers. Last year, the thirteen-year-old winner of the UPU’s 47th International Letter-Writing Competition, Chara Phoka from Cyprus, added her own voice on a powerful and moving subject.
Chara’s letter tells the story of a violent event and how the letter is forced on a deadly journey. During its perilous travels, the letter changes hands several times: from its author to a courageous young refugee who dies in a harsh sea crossing and finally, in a positive ending, to a relative living abroad.
“Her letter—the letter of an invisible life—tells a harrowing story that speaks to this painful period in the 21st century; a powerful modern allegory that informs as much as it distresses—a story of conflict, of migrant smuggling, of loss and finally of hope,” Deputy Director General of the UPU Pascal Clivaz said.
Mr. Clivaz was speaking during last year’s awards ceremony for UPU’s 47th International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People. The awards ceremony was held on World Post Day, 9th October, which raises awareness about the international postal sector’s role in the lives of people and businesses, as well as its contribution to global social and economic development.
“Through my letter, I wanted to express the way young people feel about instability, conflict and migrant smuggling. I hope that my letter sends a timely message that we need to solve these problems, not just for young people but for everyone,” Chara commented after receiving the gold medal.
Mr. Clivaz told the audience of distinguished guests and staff, “The message is therefore not only a letter of our times, but also a lesson for our times: We must not give up on the “greatness of human life,” we must not give up our humanity, and we must not give up our hope…” The theme of last year’s competition was, “Imagine you are a letter travelling through time. What message do you wish to convey to your readers?”
“With my letter, I wanted to give a voice and an identity to refugee children and give meaning to their lives,” said Chara.
Sunday, July 21, 2019
Friday, July 19, 2019
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
UPU News:-From A to B: how your mail flies around the world
When ordering an item online, many of us expect our package to arrive quickly to our front door, but few of us consider how it crosses continents to get there – that is because cooperation between Posts and airlines, facilitated by the UPU and IATA, means customers don’t have to worry.
Cooperation between Posts and airlines goes back more than 60 years, with the UPU and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) – which today represents some 290 airlines – having worked together since 1956.
“In the ‘global supply chain’ items are moved across the globe and airline transport is one of the most efficient modes of moving items across continents, so the air transport sector is not only considered a partner, but a central and integral section of the supply chain,” explains Noor Adan, the UPU’s Supply Chain Management Coordinator.
“Today, the vehicle for postal-airline cooperation is the UPU-IATA Contact Committee,” he adds.
Through the Committee, the two organizations are able to coordinate their efforts to move postal items through the air. It has a work plan, which, over the past several years, has focused on electronic data exchange, safety and security standards, and operational matters, such as mail handover and quality of service.
It also develops guidelines on air transport and organizes capacity-building workshops for Posts and airlines.
Completing the communication loop
Facilitating the exchange of electronic data interchange (EDI) messages between Posts, airlines and Customs has been a priority over the last several years as e-commerce drives up international parcel volumes.
UPU Transport Programme Manager Jan Bojnansky explains that the UPU envisions a future where all supply chain partners are able to send, receive and search for data for each leg of an item’s journey – something he refers to as the “global postal model”. The model includes two flows for airlines – pre-loading and pre-arrival information.
In the last two years, the Contact Committee has doubled the number of Posts and airlines able to exchange electronic data to more than 120 designated postal operators and over 60 airlines.
“The information received helps with the visibility and traceability of items while in the airline’s custody – they get a list of items in each dispatch, addresses, information needed for identifying security risks or for Customs purposes,” he says.
In April, the UPU’s Postal Operations Council and Council of Administration approved a proposal to let some supply chain partners, such as airlines and Customs, have access to the organizations technical solutions for EDI.
“Right now we are simply pushing data to each other. The wider access policy approved by the UPU Councils allows for a centralized platform so stakeholders can access what they need on demand and pull the data required,” says Bojnansky.
Airlines should be fully connected to exchange data with Posts in two steps by March 2023 to meet all new regulatory requirements, with two pilot projects already underway – one between Qatar Airways and La Poste France, and one between Swiss International Air Lines and Swiss Post.
In the long term, Adan and Bojnansky say that the UPU will need to work on a volume-forecasting tool as more airlines request pre-advice on shipment volumes.
The Contact Committee is working on the new monitoring and reporting system to measure transportation times on the dispatch and consignment levels. It will also measure the compliance of transport messages to all EDI standards once more Posts and airlines are connected and exchanging the new data elements focused on security and critical operational times.
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