Friday, May 5, 2017
Contact details of AMC for Systems, Servers and Laser Printers in Kurnool Region
Click Here to view the contact details of AMC for the
Systems, Servers and laser printers in Kurnool Region. SPMs can directly contact with the AMC person
for any repairs/issues of Systems, Servers and Laser printers. After visit by AMC, SPM to obtain visit
report from person and send to D.O.
Cadre Restructuring Questions and Answers
You
may be aware of many speculations surrounding Cadre restructuring and its
implementation. This article had been drafted to put an end to such speculation
and to vent out the doubts in employee’s mind.
Consequent
on Cadre restructuring, Only the posts were been upgraded.(wef 15.4.17 for
Tamilnadu circle)
Post
of single handed and double handed had been upgraded to LSG
Post
of ‘A’ class and LSG had been upgraded to HSG-II
Post
of HSG-II had been upgraded to HSG-I
As
per Recruitment Rules,
Postal
Assistant with 5 Years of service are eligible for LSG
LSG
officials with 6 years of service in the cadre are eligible for HSG-II
HSG-II
officials with `5 years of service in the cadre are eligible for HSG-I
Senior
most HSG-I with minimum 2 years of service are eligible for HSG-I Non
functional Cadre.
As
such, Postal Assistant irrespective of their GP will first be promoted to LSG
only. Some comrades were raising a question that whether MACP III (4600 GP)
will directly be placed in HSG-I post. No not at all, For getting promoted to
HSG-I, one have to work in HSG-II cadre for at least 5 years of service. So
they will be placed in LSG first.
So
there are chances that, many HSG-II places may be vacant due to non
availability of elibilge officials. So union is asking for one time relaxation
to Recruitment rules for posting the officials.
Query
1:
Whether
MACP-II (Grade pay 4200) PA be placed in HSG-II(before Cadre restructuring A
CLASS OR LSG OFFICE) after Cadre restructuring?
Answer:
No. MACP is mere financial up gradation. MACP-II official is also should be
treated as PA. As such they will be getting promoted to LSG first.
Query
2:
What
is the tenure for single handed/Double handed offices, Treasury after Cadre
restructuring?
Answer:
2 years .As per Directorate order no 4-7/2009-vig dated 07.10.16 these Posts
comes under sensitive posts . So they will be rotated after 2 years.
Query
3:
Who
is competent for posting of PA in LSG post (previously single/double handed)
after Cadre restructuring?
Answer:
As LSG is a circle cadre, Posting for the LSG and above posts will be done by
Circle office. So Posting of SPM in single/Double handed will be done by circle
office. Divisional head can issue transfer orders only for Postal assistants
Posts.
Query
4:
Whether
System Administrator, Marketing Executive are LSG posts after Cadre
restructuring?
Answer:
As of now, they are PA cadre only. Only 59 Posts communicated vide SPOs letter
no A/Cadre rest/LSG/Dlgs-I dated 13.4.17 are LSG Posts in our division.
Query
5:
If
a time scale PA happens to officiate for more than 14 days in LSG post (i.e as
SPM in single hand/double hand), whether he is eligible for officiating pay?
Answer:
Yes, if an official officiating in higher post for less than 14 days, he is not
entitled for higher pay. However, even if the first spell is less than 14 days
but subsequently extended, the official officiating in the higher post is
entitled for higher pay as per the Directorate letter No. 9-25/82-SPG/SPB II
dt. 29.05.86.
Query
6:
Whether
MACP-I (2800 GP) official working in single handed office will get disturbed
after Cadre restructuring ?
Answer:
May or may not be. It is subject to grant and acceptance of LSG. As of now,
though he/she is placed in 2800 GP he/she is only PA. If that official was
granted LSG he/she may not get disturbed else LSG official will be posted in
that office.
Query
7:
A
LSG official working currently in APM (now upgraded HSG-II after Cadre
restructuring) can continue in his post?
Answer:
May or may not be. If another HSG-II official opts for that post he had to work
in other LSG Post. If no eligible officials, they may continue to officiate in
HSG-II.
Supply of POS (Swipe Machines) to all HOs in India
Click Here to view the list of Head Offices to which SBI POS
machines are being supplied for use in MPCM counter of Head Post Offices for
booking of registers/speed post articles.
Monday, May 1, 2017
Dearness Allowance from Jan-2017 @ 136% for Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS)
No. 144/2016-PAP
Government of
India
Ministry of
Communication
Department of
Posts (Establishment Divislon)/P.A.P. Section
Dak Bhawan, Sansad
Marg, New Delhi – 110001
Dated : 27.04.2017
To,
All
Chief Postmaster General
All
G.Ms. (PAF)/Directors of Accounts (Posts).
Subject:
Payment of Dearness Allowance to Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) effective 01.01.2017
onwards-reg.
Consequent upon grant of another
instalment of Dearness Allowance with effect from 1″ January, 2017 to the
Central Government Employees vide Government of India, Ministry of Finance,
Department of Expenditure’s O.M. No. 1/3/2008-E-II (B) dated 07.04 2017, duly
endorsed vide this Department’s letter No. 8-02/2011-PAP dated 12.04.2017, the
Gramin Dak Sevaks (GM) have also become entitled to the payment of Dearness Allowances
on basic TRCA at the same rates as applicable to Central Government Employees
with effect from 01.01.2017. It has, therefore, been decided that the Dearness
Allowance payable to the Gramin Dak Sevaks shall be enhanced from the existing
rate of 132% to 136% on the basic Time Related Continuity Allowance, with
effect from the 1st January, 2017.
2.
The Dearness Allowance payable under this order shall be paid in cash to all
Gramin Dak Sevaks.
3.
The expenditure on this account shall be debited to the Head “Salaries” under
the relevant head of account and should be met from the sanctioned grant.
4.
This issues with the concurrence of Integrated Finance Wing vide their Diary
No14/FA/2017/CS dated 27/04/2017.
Sd/-
(K.V. Vijayakumar) ,
Assistant Director
General (Estt)
Farewell to Sri B.V.Sudhakar, Secretary(Posts) on Superannuation on 30/04/2017
On
28.04.2017 a group of CHQ office bearers consisting of Sri D.Kishanrao, GS, Sri
B.Shivakumar, AGS, Sri Sivaji Vasireddy, AGS and Sri Sri Bahagavan, Financial
Secretary felicitated Sri Boyapati Venkata Sudhakar, Secretary & Chairman
Postal Services Board on his superannuation retirement. The NAPE Group-c
remembered the yeoman services rendered to the India Post and it's staff at all
levels especially last 9 months as head of the department. During his tenure he
recommended to the GDS pay commission, removal of point system, liberalised
compassionate appointments changed the transfer, policy introduced online GDS
recruitment curbing the corruption in the appointments. As CPMG AP Circle
introduced centralised tabulation in Departmental Promotion quota and announced
the results before the appointing authority knows the result in a jumbling
system. A new era ended today in the India Post progression towards new
heights. The NAPE Group-c bids a warm farewell to the officer.
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
LATEST RULES ON PROVIDENT FUND WITHDRAWAL YOU SHOULD KNOW: 10 FACTS
According
to provident fund norms, 12 per cent of an employee’s salary goes into the fund
along with a matching contribution from the employer.
The
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has been taking many steps to
ease the process of provident fund (PF) money withdrawal. The PF money can be
withdrawn after two months from the cessation of employment. The application
form can be filed with the PF authorities or through the employer. PF is meant
for saving towards retirement years. Financial planners advise not to withdraw
from the corpus before retirement. According to provident fund norms, 12 per
cent of an employee’s salary goes into the fund along with a matching
contribution from the employer. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation
every year announces interest rate to be paid on the accumulated provident fund
corpus.
Here
are 10 things to know:
1)
To encourage long-term savings, the government has formulated tax laws
accordingly. If the withdrawal from a recognised PF happens after five years of
continuous employment, it attracts no tax liability. In case of employment with
different employers, if the PF balance maintained with the old employer is
transferred to the PF account of the new employer, it is considered a
continuous employment.
2)
If an employee has been terminated because of certain reasons beyond his or her
control (such as ill health and discontinuation of business of employer), the
withdrawal does not attract any tax, irrespective of the number of years of
employment.
3)
In case of a withdrawal before five years, the amount becomes taxable in the
same financial year. Thus, the amount has to be shown in your tax return for
the next assessment year. The employer’s contribution to PF and interest earned
on it is added to one’s income and taxed accordingly.
4)
In addition, if you have claimed benefits under Section 80C on your own PF contribution,
it will be taxed as salary. The interest earned on your own contribution will
be taxed as ‘income from other sources’ and taxed according to the respective
tax slabs.
5)
TDS (tax deducted at source) – If the withdrawal is after a period of five
years of continuous employment, it attracts no TDS or any tax. What happens if
the period of service is less than five years? If PAN has not been submitted to
the EPFO authorities, TDS is deducted at 30 per cent. If PAN has been submitted
along with Form 15G/15H, no TDS is deducted. If form 15G/15H is not submitted
and PAN is submitted, TDS @ 10% is deducted. Form 15H or 15G is meant to
prevent TDS for those whose income falls below the taxable limit.
6)
The funds transferred from a recognised provident fund (PF) account to a
National Pension System (NPS) account will not attract any tax, Pension Fund
Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) said in a circular dated March 6.
“The amount so transferred from recognised Provident Fund/Superannuation Fund
to NPS is not treated as income of the current year and hence not taxable,” the
pension fund regulator said.
7)
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has come out with a single-page form
for provident fund related claims – from provident/pension fund withdrawal to
the advance facility.
8)
In addition, an Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation or EPFO subscribers can
submit the new one-page form directly to the retirement fund body without the
employer’s attestation if their accounts are seeded with Aadhaar and bank
account details.
9)
For subscribers who are yet to seed Aadhaar and bank details, a new composite
claim form has been introduced which has to be submitted with attestation of
employers for any claims.
10)
Also, no other document would be required to be submitted by the subscriber for
taking advances from the provident fund corpus. A provident fund subscriber can
go for partial withdrawal/advance from his or her corpus for specific purposes
like purchase of flat, construction, marriage/education of children etc.
Passports to be given by the Postal Department
Hyderabad:
This Monday at Daak Sadan Abids, BV Sudhakar, Secretary, Department of Posts
said MoU has been signed with the External ministry for issuing of passports by
the Postal Department to citizens.
He
said that Postal Department of India has been receiving huge responses from the
public for citizen centric schemes. Says the Secretary for now 42 Head Post
Office has this service by March 31 next year it would be available in 811
postal departments. Head Post Office plans to issue 100 passports at an average
collecting 300 Rupees per passport giving the department a revenue of 750
crores rupees.
Public
has been using this service at both Seva Kendras at Hanamkonda and the
Mahbubnagar one which were organized last month at these two offices.
Registration
for new Adhaar cards is now available at few post offices, a proposal to
include the services in the Departments services. The department looks forward
to enrollment, modifications and issuing of new Adhaar Cards in the next two
months.
Speed
post booking is the active service given by the head post office and sub post
offices. Around 34.70 crore accounts have been opened in the year 2015 – 2016
and some 35.17 crore accounts have been opened in the year 2016-2017 making the
total balance of these accounts to Rs 7.02 lakh crore, the highest balance so
far after the department issued orders to provide speed post booking services
to the customers on April 14.
The
department launched its own Payment bank and two branches made operational from
this January one in Raipur the other at Ranchi. The new Payment bank introduced
would focus mainly on financial inclusion.
Now, Aadhaar-based digital payments at post offices in the country
HYDERABAD:
Taking a step towards Digital India, India Post is mulling over a proposal to
provide Aadhaar-based payment services at post offices in the country. “The aim
is to facilitate digital transactions,” said BV Sudhakar, secretary in the
postal department (Hyderabad circle), here on Monday.
The
enabling software for Aadhaar-based payment developed by AP Technology Services
was tested at the General Post Office at Hyderabad successfully, said Sudhakar
while showcasing progress on initiatives taken by the postal service in last
nine months.
India
Post has also tied up with UIDAI to facilitate issuance of Aadhaar cards
through post offices. The service is expected to begin in June. The department
has come up with many new initiatives aimed at optimising and cutting down
operational costs. “We now have a core system integration software that will
integrate different softwares that have been grounded. We tested the software
at the General Post Office in Hyderabad.” Earlier this month the department
extended the Speed Post booking facility to all branch post offices across the
country. Through this move the department hopes to rake in an additional 10 pc
profit, he added.
Under
the Centre’s Rural Information and Communication Technology initiative, post
offices will be supplied with hand-held devices that perform postal and savings
bank operations. The devices have a solar power backup and are expected to
reach all branch post offices by this year. The department is also trying to
provide inter-operability of these hand-held devices, which also operate as
micro ATMs, in a couple of months.
On
the amendments made to the Indian Post Office Act 1898 in the 2017 finance
bill, he said the amendment would now allow the postal department to set the
tariff rates for postcards, envelopes, sample packets, registered newspapers
and others. “The amendment now allows us to rationalise the prices but we will
not unfairly hike the prices,” Sudhakar said.
India Post sells Coffee scented stamps priced at Rs.100/-
Bengaluru: Coffee scented postage stamps, priced at Rs 100,
were released here today at the General Post Office.
Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and
Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha released the stamps at a function at the post
office .
India had introduced aromatic sandalwood stamp, priced at Rs
15, in 2006. Nearly 30 lakh such stamps were sold out within two weeks.
Rose-scented stamps were also released in four varieties of
flowers in 2007.
The varieties were Jawahar, Neelam, Delhi Princess and Bhim,
each priced at Rs five.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Conduct of Limited Department Competitive Examination for LGOs for promotion to the cadre of PA/SA from Postman/Mail Guard and MTS Cadre to APS - Vacancy position
Department of
Posts :: India
%the Chief
Postmaster General, AP Circle, Vijayawada-520013
To
The Postmaster General,
Kurnool/Vijayawada/Visakhapatnam
No:
RE/APCO/3-1/2017-18 dated at VJA-13 the 24.04.2017
Sub:-
Conduct of Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for LGOs for promotion
to the cadre
of PA/SA from Postman/Mail Guard and MTS Cadre to APS - reg.
In continuation of this office
letter of even no. dated 27.03.2017 on the subject, the division-wise vacancy
position of AP Circle is furnished hereunder for wide publicity.
|
Name of the Region
|
Name of the Division
|
OC
|
SC
|
ST
|
|
Kurnool
|
Chittoor
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Cuddapah
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
|
Kurnool
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
|
Nandyal
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Tirupati
|
1
|
|
|
|
Vijayawada
|
Bhimvaram
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Eluru
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Gudivada
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
|
Gudur
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
Guntur
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Machilipatnam
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Prakasam
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Tenali
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Vijayawada
|
2
|
|
|
|
Visakhapatnam
|
Kakinada
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
Parvathipuram
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Rajahmundry
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Srikakulam
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Visakhapatnam
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
Total
|
20
|
3
|
3
|
Sd/-
Assistant Director
(Rectt.)
%the Chief
Postmaster General
AP Circle,
Vijayawada-520013
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