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Sunday 28 May 2017

Fundamental Rules (FRs) in a nut shell


FR: 1-3, 5-A, 8:Applicability of FRs (FR-4, 5 deleted)
FR:6,7Delegation of power
FR:9Definitions
FR-10:Producing an MC of health mandatory before appointment
FR-11:The whole time of a Govt. servant is at the disposal of Govt. which pays him.
FR-12, 14Deleted
FR-12-A, 13,14-A, 14-BLien
FR-15Transfer to a lower post
FR-16Subscribing to a Provident Fund
FR-17Drawal of pay against a tenure post or recruited Overseas
FR-17-A:Unauthorised absence on strike etc.
FR-18Leave cannot be granted beyond 5 (five) years
FR-19, 20, 22, 22-B, 23, 24,26,
27,28,29,29-A, 31-A, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40:
Pay rules
(FR-21, 22-A, 22-C, 25, 30, 31, 32, 34, 38, 41, 42,
43-deleted
FR-44:Compensatory Allowance
FR-45-A:Standard Licence Fee for the purpose of a Govt. servant
FR-45-B:Standard Licence Fee worked out for a private person
FR-45-C:Emoluments for the purpose of FR-45-A/45-B
FR-46, 46-A, 47Fees and Honoraria
FR-48,48-A, 48-BReward
FR-49Combination of Appointments.
FR-50, 51Deputation out of India
FR-52,53,54, 54-B, 55:Dismissal, Removal and Suspension
FR-56:Retirement
FR-57:Deleted.
FR-58-104Substituted by CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972
FR-105-107Substituted by CCS (Joining Time) Rules, 1979.
FR-108, 108-A:Joining Time

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 7th CPC - BUNCHING OF STAGES IN THE REVISED PAY STRUCTURE

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 7th CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION - BUNCHING OF STAGES IN THE REVISED PAY STRUCTURE - REG. (Click the link below to view)


MACP - II UPGRADATION TO POSTMASTER GRADE-I OFFICIALS UNDER TELANGANA CIRCLE



Thursday 18 May 2017

Much cry, little wool ! Perhaps AIAPC now needs every Postmaster to cry in reality now. Either give us all posts of Sr. Postmaster or allow us to write Sr. Postmaster & PS Group-‘B’ both.

Dear Companions,

This is an appeal to all the officers of Postmaster Cadre (as a stakeholder) to download the “letter of prayer form” linked with this post, fill and send the letter individually with an advance copy to the Directorate, GS/CS (as the case may be). This is also for information to all that it will not be treated as unbecoming of a government servant and will not attract Rule 3 (I) (iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 as per Dte's letter No 20-5/2016-SPB-II dated 13/10/2016 as the Directorate is the only such other authority at the appropriate level who is competent to deal with the matter. The decision of this program has been taken by AIAPC-CHQ on evolution of opinions of almost all of the members. Success of this program is solely depending on your individual and volume of participation.

 All of you are, therefore, requested to participate directly in this program for your own interest as well as for the interest of whole Postmaster Cadre. To inform our fellow Postmasters regarding this matter is also our prime responsibility. The much letter reaches to the directorate the much probability of success secure.

N.B.: All letters referred in this context will be available by clicking on the links attached to this post.


*In those circles where Circle Association is yet to be formed will send an advance copy directly to GS and rest Circles to their Circle Secretary. It will help our GS while meeting with Directorate.


Truly yours,


TeamAIAPC




Letter of Prayer Form in JPG Format





ENCLOSURE








Please Download the Dte Letter No 20-5/2016-SPB-II dt 13-10-2016




Please Click Here to Download the PDF File of the Prayer




Please Click Here to Download the Word File of the Prayer


source://www.aiapcchq.blogspot.in

India Post receives appreciations galore from Twitterati!



Press Information Bureau 
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology
17-May-2017 13:24 IST

India Post receives appreciations galore from Twitterati! 
India Post has garnered immense appreciation from its customers on Twitter. In the last couple of months, India Post has started leveraging the potential of this channel for making instant communication with its customers. The main area where twitter is being used is in redressal of customer grievances. This Journey of grievances redressal started on 2nd August 2016 when the Ministry of Communications launched its Twitter Seva. Since then India Post has handled around 31,000 tweets with 100 % resolution.

Customers of the India Post have been approaching the Twitter profiles of India Post, Sh. Manoj Sinha, Minister of Communication (I/C) & Railways (@manojsinhabjp) and India Post CMD to share their feedback and grievances.

A well defined and systemic process deployed by India Post ensures that the complainants grievance with complete information is responded to within a couple of hours and sent to the respective for a time bound and effective resolution. For example, Sh. Niraj Kumar Singh tweeted on 27th April, 2017 that he had sent medicines for his father who is a cancer patient but status is not updated on tracking website. Bihar Circle promptly took action and got the medicines delivered on the day of receipt of the complaint itself. Overwhelmed by this gesture of the Department, Sh. Niraj Kumar Singh expressed his gratitude to India Post and became a loyal customer of the Department.

Similarly, that concerns of the customers are promptly addressed by providing them with information on the delivery of their articles containing PAN Cards, Roll numbers, medicines etc. issues relating to repairs of Post Office buildings, technical issues with saving banks accounts are also sorted out quickly. The public in general perceives a whiff of freshness in the manner in which the Government Department responds and cares for its citizens. Twitter Seva of India Post has truly touched the lives of the common man. 

Monthly Twitter Report 

Date
Total tickets
Open
closed
In-process
Awaiting response
Percentage
%
01.03.2017 to 31.03.2017
4721
0
4721
00
0
100

Postal services is the latest entrant to the world of smartphones.

KOCHI: Today, nearly everything is done with the help of the apps installed in smartphones. Postal services is the latest entrant to the world of smartphones.

The first phase of post delivery system digitisation under Ernakulam Postal Division was implemented from Monday.

From now on the post delivering officials will track down the addresses with the help of digital technology. N R Giri, Senior Superintendent with the Postal Department, said as part of digitisation, postmen and women have been provided with smartphones.

“Registered and speed posts will be delivered using digital delivery system. The address and name of the person, to whom the mail is addressed, will be entered in the computer at the post office.

These details will be later transferred to the smartphones of the postmen and women. Using the smartphone the address where the mail has to be delivered will be tracked,” he said.

Once the mail is delivered, details of the delivery will be made available on the online tracking system in the Indiapost website. 

While delivering the mail, the postman or woman will record the name, date and address of the person on their smartphone.

These details including the signature of the post delivering official and the addressee will be displayed on the Online Tracking System. This is to ensure the delivery is made at the right address and person.

Senior Postmaster A Anwarjan at a function held at the Ernakulam Head Post Office, distributed smartphones to post delivering officials. Lissy, Senior Superintendent with Ernakulam Postal Division said, “317 handsets have been given to postmen and women under Ernakulam division. Postmen in Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and Thrissur were also provided with handsets.”

“By the next phase more postmen and women in the state will be provided with smartphones. Also a project is underway to make postal banking facilities available on the door step for the elderly. The postal officials will help the elderly to complete banking procedures at home using the smartphone. The project is currently in the pipeline,” she said.

The Central government has decided to digitalise around 1.5 lakh post offices across India. Fund was allocated for the project in the budget. The postmen and women were given training in handling the application. In Kerala, the project will expand to all post offices by the end of this fiscal year.

संचय पोस्ट में खुले खातों की पासबुक पुरानी एंट्री किये बिना Finacle में कैसे बनाये Printing Passbook entries without printing the first page of passbook for migrated accounts

By default finacle will first print the first page of a passbook for all the accounts (New Accounts & Migrated Accounts ).

For migrated accounts we do not need to print the first page of passbook which is already written or printed in Sanchay Post. So, follow the below steps to print entries of a passbook without printing the passbook first page.


Printing Passbook entries without printing the first page of passbook for migrated accounts :

Invoke menu option HPBPA/c ID : ____________Click Modify


New Passbook : Select No Click Print

Now you will get a screen as shown below, insert the passbook into the printer Click Print


Click Yes

Friday 12 May 2017

The time limit to receive and dispose of pay anomalies of central government employees has been extended by the Centre by three months

7th Pay Commission: Centre Extends Time Limit To Receive, Dispose Anomalies.
New Delhi: The time limit to receive and dispose of pay anomalies of central government employees has been extended by the Centre by three months.

The deadline to resolve any discrepancy arising out of the implementation of 7th Pay Commission (7CPC) reports will be November 15, instead of August 15, an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said.

The Centre has accepted most of the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission, to be implemented from January 1, 2016.


“The time limit for receipt of anomalies is extended by three months from the date of expiry of receiving anomalies i.e. from February 15, 2017 to May 15, 2017,” the DoPT order F.No.11/2/2016-JCA, issued last week said.

The DoPT had last year asked all central government departments to set up committees to look into various pay related anomalies.

The anomaly committees were to be formed at two levels– national and departmental–consisting of representatives of the official side and the staff side of the national council and the departmental council respectively.

The Departmental Anomaly Committee is chaired by the additional secretary or the joint secretary (administration) concerned.

“The National Anomaly Committee will deal with anomalies common to two or more departments and in respect of common categories of employees.

“The Departmental Anomaly Committee will deal with anomalies pertaining exclusively to the department concerned and having no repercussions on the employees of another ministry or department in the opinion of the Financial Adviser,” the DoPT had said.

The committees have been mandated to receive anomalies through secretary, staff side of respective council.

Cases where there is a dispute about the definition of anomaly and those where there is a disagreement between the staff side and the official side on the anomaly will be dealt by an “arbitrator”, to be appointed out of a panel of names proposed by the two sides, it had said.

The arbitrator will consider the disputed cases arising in the anomaly committees at the national as well as department level.
PTI

Income Tax (IT) Department simplifies linking PAN with Aadhaar for taxpayers using Income Tax India website

No need to login or be registered on the E-filing website for linking

The Income Tax (IT) Department has made it easy for taxpayers to link their PAN with Aadhaar. Responding to grievances of taxpayers regarding difficulties in linking PAN with Aadhaar as their names did not match in both systems (e.g., names with initials in one and expanded initials in another), the IT Department has come out with a simple solution now.


Taxpayers can go to http://www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in and click on the link on the Left Pane à Link Aadhaar, provide PAN, Aadhaar number and ENTER NAME EXACTLY AS GIVEN IN AADHAAR CARD (avoid spelling mistakes) and Submit. After verification from UIDAI, the linking will be confirmed.


Figure 1: Linking Aadhar with PAN on the Income Tax website


Figure 2: Linking Aadhar with PAN simplified

In case of any minor mismatch in Aadhaar name provided by taxpayer when compared to the actual data in Aadhaar, a One Time Password (Aadhaar OTP) will be sent to the mobile registered with Aadhaar. Taxpayers should ensure that the date of birth and gender in PAN and Aadhaar are exactly same. In a rare case where Aadhaar name is completely different from name in PAN, then the linking will fail and taxpayer will be prompted to change the name in either Aadhaar or in PAN database.

There is no need to login or be registered on E-filing website. This facility can be used by anyone to link their Aadhaar with PAN.

This facility is also available after login on the e-filing website under Profile settings and choose Aadhaar linking. The details as per PAN will be pre-populated. Enter Aadhaar number and ENTER NAME EXACTLY AS GIVEN IN AADHAAR CARD (avoid spelling mistakes) and Submit.

Taxpayers are requested to use the simplified process to complete the linking of Aadhaar with PAN immediately. This will be useful for E-Verification of Income Tax returns using OTP sent to their mobile registered with Aadhaar.

Source: PIB News

How to Pay Postal Life Insurance (PLI) Premium Online @indiapost.gov.in

India Post is giving Online Payment facility for Postal Life Insurance Premium | Now you can pay PLI Premium Online at http://indiapost.gov.in | Postal Insurance Customers can pay their Monthly/Quarterly/Half Yearly Premium for PLI Online by using Debit Card/ Credit Cad/ Net Banking| Step by Step Process to Pay PLI Premium Online how-to-pay-pli-postal-life-insurance-premium-online


How to Pay PLI - Postal Life Insurance Premium Online @indiapost.gov.in


How to Pay PLI Premium Online @indiapost.gov.in-Step by Step Process


<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.         <!--[endif]-->Visit Postal Department Official Website www.indiapost.gov.in
<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.         <!--[endif]-->Go to POstal Life Insurance
<!--[if !supportLists]-->3.         <!--[endif]-->Click on Customer Login
<!--[if !supportLists]-->4.         <!--[endif]-->Click on Generate Customer Id
<!--[if !supportLists]-->5.         <!--[endif]-->Submit your Policy Details along withyour Mobile Number and Enail ID
<!--[if !supportLists]-->6.         <!--[endif]-->Customer ID and Link will be sent to your Mail within 24 hours
<!--[if !supportLists]-->7.         <!--[endif]-->Click on the Link sent to your Mail ID and set Password
<!--[if !supportLists]-->8.         <!--[endif]-->With that Customer ID and Password you can Pay PLI Premium Online by using Debit/ Credit/ Net Banking

Thursday 11 May 2017

7th Pay Commission Allowances: Updates On Empowered Committee Meeting

7th Pay Commission Allowances: Updates On Empowered Committee Meeting - By NDTV


The allowance committee which examined 7th pay commission's recommendations has suggested some modifications.

The Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) is likely to meet soon to screen the allowance committee report on 7th pay commission recommendations, an employee union leader said. He expects the Empowered Committee of Secretaries to firm up the proposal in a fortnight for approval of the Cabinet. The Ashok Lavasa committee on allowances, which examined the 7th pay commission's recommendations on allowances, submitted its report to the finance minister on April 27. The allowance committee has suggested some modifications in some allowances that are applicable universally to all employees as well as certain other allowances which apply to specific employee categories, the finance ministry said in a statement. 


The 7th pay commission had recommended that house rent allowance or HRA be paid at the rate of 24 per cent, 16 per cent and 8 per cent of the new basic pay, depending on the type of city. The 7th pay commission had also recommended that the rate of HRA be revised to 27 per cent, 18 per cent and 9 per cent when DA crosses 50 per cent, and further revised to 30 per cent, 20 per cent and 10 per cent when DA crosses 100 per cent. With regard to allowances, employee unions have demanded HRA at the rate of 30 per cent, 20 per cent and 10 per cent. 

The 7th pay commission had recommended that of a total of 196 allowances, 52 be abolished altogether and 36 be abolished as separate identities by subsuming them in another allowance. 

The Cabinet had earlier approved modification in recommendations of the 7th pay commission relating to the method of revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners and family pensioners based on recommendations of a high-level panel. The decision will benefit over 55 lakh pre-2016 civil and defence pensioners and family pensioners.


Read at: NDTV


Clarification on Recently Notified Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act,2017

Press Information Bureau 
Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment
08-May-2017 16:46 IST

Clarification on Recently Notified Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act,2017 

The Government has notified the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act,2017 on 28th March,2017 and the provisions of the Amendment Act have come into force with effect from 1st April,2017, except those relating to crèche facility {Section 4(1)} which would come into force from 01.07.2017. 

Keeping in view queries received from various quarters, the Ministry of Labour & Employment, on 12.04.2017, had issued certain clarifications on various provisions of Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017. One of the clarifications issued by the Ministry stated that the enhanced maternity benefit, as modified by the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) bill, 2016 can be extended to women who are already under maternity leave at the time of enforcement of this Amendment Act. 


Having received further queries and to remove doubts, it is further clarified that it is mandatory on the part of employers to extend the benefit of enhanced maternity leave to those women workers who were already on maternity leave on the date of enforcement of the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act,2017 i.e. as on 01.04.2017.

List of Post Offices where Speed Post booking facility is available 24×7

Tuesday 9 May 2017

Postman Mobile Application Bridge Version 1.0.0.5













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Authorization of Branch Post Offices for Booking of Speed Post

Addendum SB order No.06/2016 - Change of Procedure on issue of KVPs & NSCs from 01.07.2016.

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Standard Operating Procedure and other material on Postman Mobile Application

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Report On Allowances To Be Placed Before Secretaries Panel Next Week

New Delhi: The report on allowances will be placed before the empowered committee of secretaries in the next week for screening, a finance ministry official told on Monday.

The empowered committee of secretaries to take up all issues of allowances, including house rent allowance (HRA), which has been submitted by Committee on Allowances headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa on its report under the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.

The Cabinet approved the setting up of Empowered Committee of Secretaries on January 13, 2016 to process the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission in an overall perspective. Accordingly, the report of allowances will be screened by that Empowered Committee of Secretaries, the official said.


The finance ministry has set up a 13-member Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha on January 27, 2016 on cabinet nod for processing the report of the 7th Pay Commission, which has bearing on remuneration of 47 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners.

The other members in the panel include secretaries from the Home Affairs and Defence ministry and secretaries of department of personnel and training, pension and PW, revenue, expenditure, posts, health, and science and technology. Chairman of Railway Board, Deputy CAG and Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariat are also on the panel.

“It will look at all the issues of allowances, including HRA and it will function as a Screening Committee to process the Committee on Allowances report with regard to all relevant factors,” the official said.

“The report on allowances is now being examined in the Department of Expenditure. It will be completed shortly, we expect, the finance minister Arun Jaitley next week will hand over it to the Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS) to examine it and after consideration by the empowered committee of secretaries, the higher allowances shall be placed before the Cabinet for approval.,” the official added.

The employees now get all allowances except dearness allowance at the old rates until the cabinet approval of higher allowances.