CHQ News- Holding of supplementary DPC for the cadre of PS Gr. B against residual vacancies of 2015-16

As everybody knows that 122 officers have already been promoted to the cadre of PS Gr. B by the Directorate vide memo no. 9-02/2015-SPG dated 10/11/2015. In the said memo Directorate has directed to all circles to relieve the promoted officers within 15 days to their new place of posting. These officers were promoted against the vacancies of 2015-16.

Yesterday, Directorate vide memo No. 4-2/2015-SPG dated 31/12/2015 has promoted 36 PS Gr. B officers to the cadre of JTS Gr. A against the vacancy year 2015-16. It means that 36 PS Gr. B posts are vacant during the year 2015-16. 

Posting in Junior Time Scale (JTS) of Indian Postal Service, Group' A'

The following transfer / posting of the officers of Junior Time Scale (JTS) of Indian Postal Service, Group' A' allotted to Odisha Circle has been issued vide Circle Office Memo No. ST/2-34(1)/2015 dated 01-01-2016.

Sl No	Name of Officer S/Shri	Present place of posting	Allotted to the Region	Posted on regular Promotion
1.	Sanjay Ku. Mohapatra	Oftg APMG(Vig), O/o the Chief PMG, Odisha Circle, Bhubaneswar	Bhubaneswar HQ	APMG(Vig), O/o the Chief PMG, Odisha Circle, Bhubaneswar
2.	Jeeraman Deep	Oftg SSPOs, Sundargarh Division, Sundargarh	Sambalpur Region	SSPOs, Sundargarh Division, Sundargarh

HC-Centre:Foot medical bills of retired employees

Shimla, Dec 31 (PTI) The Himachal Pradesh High Court has asked the Centre to take care of medical needs of its retired employees, observing that their "genuine" medical requirements cannot be permitted to be buried in the labyrinth of red tape.

Dismissing an appeal filed by the central government, challenging an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal in favour of Shankar Lal Sharma, who underwent heart surgery after retirement and incurred an expenditure of Rs. 1.8 lakh that the government declined to reimburse, the bench of justices Rajiv Sharma and Sureshwar Thakur said "the right to health is a human right".

"An employee cannot be left high and dry immediately after retirement for want of medical care. His medical issues are required to be looked into with more sensitivity, compassion and sympathy and action of the Union government not to reimburse the medical bills to the respondent (Sharma) and also not giving option to him and similarly situated people residing in a city not covered under the CGHS (Central Government Health Scheme) is illegal, arbitrary, capricious, and discriminatory," the 101-page order said.

Not providing post-retirement medical care to retired government officials in a city not covered by the CGHS at par with in-service employees would result in violation of Article 21 of the Constitution, the court said.

Moreover, they said, employees need most medical care after retirement.

The court said all central government pensioners residing in non-CGHS areas would be covered either under the Central Services (Medical Attendance) Rules of 1944 or CGHS as per their option to be sought for by the government within six months.

Henceforth, option of the employees be sought by the central government at the time of their retirement whether they want to be covered under either the Central Services (Medical Attendance) Rules or the CGHS.

In order to avoid litigation, the judgement was made applicable to all retired government officials residing in non-CGHS areas.

Committee set up to Review Wage Structure of Gramin Dak Sevaks

A one man Committee to examine the wage structure, service conditions, etc. of the Gramin Dak Sevaks in the Department of Posts has been constituted by the Government of India.

Shri Kamlesh Chandra, Retired Member of Postal Services Board, will constitute the Committee. The Committee will be assisted by Shri T.Q. Mohammad, a Senior Administrative Grade Officer, who will act as Secretary to the GDS Committee. The Committee will go into the service conditions of Gramin Dak Sevaks and suggest changes as considered necessary. The terms of reference of the Committee will, inter-alia, include the following:-

a)      To examine the system of Branch Post Offices, engagement conditions and the existing structure of wage and enrolments paid to the Gramin Dak Sevaks and recommend necessary changes;

b)      To review the existing Services Discharge Benefits Scheme/other social security benefits for the Gramin Dak Sevaks and suggest necessary changes;

c)      To review the existing facilities/welfare measures provided to the Gramin Dak Sevaks and suggest necessary changes;

d)     To examine and suggest any changes in the method of engagement, minimum qualification for engagement as Gramin Dak Sevaks and their conduct and disciplinary rules, particularly keeping in view the proposed induction of technology in the Rural Post Offices.

The Department of Post has 2.6 lakh Gramin Dak Sevaks. All these GDSs will come under the purview of GDS Committee.

SourceË-PIB

Prabhu asks FM to handhold railways through Pay Comm'n burden

New Delhi, Jan 1 (PTI) Railways has sought a financial grant of about Rs 32,000 crore from Finance Ministry to tide over the the impending impact of 7th Pay Commission recommendations on the public transporter.

In a letter to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu cited the prevailing financial position of railways, efforts at cost cutting and possible gradual adjustment of fares and other non-tariff revenue measures to absorb the impact while requesting the exchequer's help for implementation of the Commission recommendations.

"I would therefore earnestly request you to help the Ministry of Railways and handhold it for the implementation of 7th CPC recommendations," the Railway Minister said in the letter.

"This may be done either through compensation of loss for coaching services (Rs 31,727 crore in 2013-14) or directly by virtue of a revenue grant, matching the amount of the 7th CPC's liability placed upon railways for the next 3-4 years," he said.

Prabhu hoped that during this 3-4 years period, railways would be able to absorb the impact from their resources through gradual adjustment of fares and other non-tariff revenue measures.

However, Railway Minister has expressed his reservation about increasing the freight rate in the given scenario contending that it would have a "deleterious impact" on national economy.

He said, "In order to maintain these expenses at the current proportion - at 51.5 per cent of the gross receipts, the railway revenues will need to grow substantially by 40 per cent in 2016-17 which is well nigh impossible given the fact that till October 2015 growth was only 8.4 per cent.

"The first factor of freight earnings originating loading is demand driven and is largely not within the control of railways. The second factor that is freight rates, though is within railways competence, there is hardly any headroom available for increasing the same without affecting railways competitiveness adversely."

He said, "Moreover, exercising this option will have a deleterious impact on the national economy as well as on critical sectors such as coal, cement, foodgrains.

PM Narendra Modi asks top bureaucrats to focus on execution, delivery

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday set the tone for the New Year by identifying eight key thrust areas for governance at a year-end meeting with all GoI secretaries at his residence.

Modi, sources told ET, said eight subgroups would be formed on the lines of his priority areas comprising secretaries of different departments.

These groups would have to give their recommendations in a time-bound manner, leading to the creation of a grand action plan. The PM is believed to have laid emphasis on "product, process and delivery".

He told the top babus that his emphasis in 2016 would be on execution and delivery as that's what "citizens judge". 

A bureaucrat, who did not wish to named, said the PM asked them to focus on faster implementation of projects. "He advised us not to bother about the state of politics. If there is a good practice in any state, we must adopt it."

The interaction lasted for over an hour and included Union ministers Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Nitin Gadkari, besides senior officers of the Cabinet Secretariat and the PMO. In course of the interaction, the prime minister also appreciated the work done by the top babus and said it should now be leveraged to bring about "breakthroughs, rather than incremental change".

The PM is said to have urged the secretaries to "prioritise schemes, set targets and formulate a monitoring framework". As a top babu put it: "He told us the vision for the country is ready, and now is the time for execution. The talk was aimed at getting us enthusiastic about work."

The eight thrust areas are: good governance, employment generation, education and health, farmer-centric initiatives, innovative budgeting, accelerated inclusive growth, Swachh Bharat and Ganga rejuvenation; and energy efficiency. It is learnt that subgroups of secretaries will have to give their reports in the next two weeks.

"We have been asked to share ideas, and encourage convergence and not work in silos," a bureaucrat said. The PM is said to have spoken at length about improving the state of agriculture and is said to have told the secretaries that eastern India should be the focus of the next green revolution. A secretary said the PM also asked them to look at energy efficiency in whichever offices they work in and set an example for others. "He said the budget should not just be a statement of account but more .. 

Source:-The Economic Times 

Options from the officers of Indian Postal Service (IPoS), Group 'A' invited for posting on rotational transfer for the year 2016-17 - Order dated 31.12.2015

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Transfers/postings of the STS/JTS officers of Indian Postal Service (IPoS), Group 'A' - Order dated 31.12.2015

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Posting and allotment of Postal Service, Group 'B'officers on their promotion to Junior Time Scale (JTS) of Indian Postal Service, Group 'A'

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All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Supdts of Posts, Odisha Circle Branch congratulates Shri Sanjay Ku. Mohapatra and Shri Jeeraman Deep on their promotion to Time Scale (JTS) of Indian Postal Service, Group 'A' and allotment to Odisha Circle. 

New Year Message to the Members of the Association

Dear friends,

All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents of Posts, Odisha Circle Branch has a great pleasure to wish you, your family and Staff a wonderful, Happy, healthy and Promising New Year!!!

On the road to success, the rule is, always to look ahead. With courage, faith and efforts we shall conquer everything we desire.  New Year comes to give us a fresh hope, for a better future and success. On this New Year our resolution may be to face our challenges with courage and confidence, to lead a life of success and victory and to pray to the God for all those blessings. 

“Happy New Year-2016”

Pitabasa Jena

Circle Secretary