Saturday 22 February 2014

Transfers & Postings in PS Group B cadre in Hyderabad Region

The following Transfers and Postings are ordered in the cadre of PS Group B in Hyderabad Region.


Sl no
Name of the Officer
Present post held
Posting on Transfer
1
M.V.Muralidhar
AD o/o PMG Hyd Region
SPOs Suryapet Dn
2
P.Siddaiah
SPOs Suryapet Dn
AD o/o PMG Hyd Region
3
P.N.V.Bala Satyanarayana
Realloted from Maharastra Circle and apptd SPOs Nalgonda Dn
SPOs Wanaparthy Dn

Wednesday 19 February 2014

LGO Examination-2013 Results

Circle Office, Hyderabad has announced the result of limited Departmental Examination of Lower Grade Officials for promotion to the cadre of Postal Assitant / Sorting Assistant held on 15.09.2013 vide CO memo no RE-2-2/LGOExam/CON/2013 dated 18.02.2014.
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Monday 17 February 2014

Proposal for raising Retirement Age to 62 waits for Cabinet Approval

We have heard it so many times . Every one of us got tired of hearing this rumour again and again. But this time this news may not fade away just as a rumour.

Because the series of events that had happened until now listed below are telling that it will be come true soon.

1. Though there is no any demand from any corner to raise the retirement age of central government employees to 62 years, a parliamentary panel has recommended a proposal to increase the retirement age of government servants to 65 years. The report of the standing committee of Parliament on social justice and empowerment tabled in the Parliament on 7th of this month. Ample justification also was given for their recommendation to increase the retirement age.
2. A reliable source close to a Cabinet Minister told that, the Cabinet Minister himself, while addressing to the Trade Union Wing of his party told ‘the Central Government would announce some important decisions in respect of central government employees within a week or two. This will be good news for all the central government employees.’

3. A close ally of a Central Minister told that, in a meeting held with the leaders of the state unit of his party day before yesterday, the Minister told the Leaders ‘a proposal of increasing retirement age of central government employees to 62 years has been waiting for Cabinet nod. It is expected that the cabinet will clear this proposal within a week. After it gets the Cabinet Nod, the formal announcement will be made by Central Government before the Election announcement.’

The above information clearly indicates that some Good News for central Government Employees are waiting to be announced within a week or two. All the central government employees know what that good news is!

 The expected good news will be either increasing retirement age or Merging 50% DA with Basic Pay or Both!

Ongole Division Bi-ennial conference

Ongole Division bi-ennail conference was held at Head Post Office, Ongole on 16.2.2014 under the presidentship of Sri K.Veeraswamyreddy divisional president. Sri D.Kishanrao, GS, Sri G.Nageswararao Circle president Sri CH.Lakshminarayana CS NUGDS were attended along with our CS. The developments in the department and other important issues were discussed. Finally Sri K.Veeraswamy Reddy and Sri K.Mark were elected as Divisional President and Secretary respectively. The Circle union congratulates the newly elected office bearers.



Saturday 15 February 2014

Declaration Form

Annexure-II
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS – IT
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS INDIA, SR SECTION
LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION
To
The Superintendent of Post Offices,

………………………………………………… Division,

………………………………………………………………..

                        Through  the DDO/ Postmaster………………………………………… HO

            I,……………………………………………………………………………(Name and Designation) being a

member of National Association of Postal Employees, Group-C hereby authorize for deduction of monthly subscription of Rs.40/- (Rupees Forty only) per month from my salary starting from the month of July-2014, payable on 31.7.2014 and authorize it’s payment to the above mentioned service Association.
                                                                                                                      
            I hereby certify that I have not submitted authorization in favor of any other service Association. If the above information is found incorrect, I fully understand that my authorization for the Association becomes invalid.

Station:                                                                                    Signature:

Date:                                                                           Name of the member & Designation

To be filled by the Association

            It is Certified that Sri/Smt……………………………………………………………………………..

Is a member of National Association of Postal Employees, Group-C,  it is further certified that, the above authorization has been signed by

Sri/Smt.............................................................................................. in my presence.


Signature:                                                                                            Signature;

Name in capitals of member                                                  Name in capital of authorized office bearer 
                                                                                                      ( Divisional Secretary)

Thursday 13 February 2014

48 Hours Strike Success

 AP CIRCLEOSTRIKE INFORMATION AS FOLLOWS DATE WISE 
ON 12-2-2014   
 TOTAL EMPLOYEES 39202 ON STRIKE 22777 ON DUTY 16425
 TOTAL GDS 26505 ON STRIKE 12184 ON DUTY 14321
CADRE  WISE %
GROUP C 86% POSTMEN 81% MG 77% MTS 76% GDS 46%
ON 13-2-2014
TOTAL EMPLOYEES 39202 ON STRIKE 27749 PERCENTAGE 70.29%
ON DUTY 11453 PERCENTAGE 29.21%
CADRE WISE %
GROUP C 85.74% POSTMEN 79.10% MG 91.94% MTS 77.88% GDS 77.885          
     ON BEHALF OF National union of postal employees, group-c AP CIRCLE, EXPRESS OUR SINCERE THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE CIRCLE OFFICE BEARERS ,DIVISIONAL SECRETARIES/BRANCH SECRETARiES LEADERS AND ACTIVE WORKERS WHO MADE THE 48 HOURS STRIKE A HISTORIC SUCCESS IN AP CIRCLE.  WE ARE PROUD OF YOU, COMRADES.

LET US KEEP UP THIS FIGHTING SPIRIT AND ROCK-LIKE UNITY AND PLEDGE TO CONTINUE OUR STRUGGLE IN THE COMING DAYS.

Strike photos of amalapuram and kakinada is as follows


Wednesday 12 February 2014

Strike on 12th Feb 2014 a Grand Success

ALL THE CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES INCLUDING POSTAL, RMS & GRAMIN DAK SEWAKS EMPLOYEES WHO MADE THE  BEGINNING OF THE TWO DAYS STRIKE A MARVELOUS AND THUNDERING SUCCESS. THE HISTORIC 48 HOURS NATION WIDE STRIKE COMMENCED AT 00:00 HRS ON 12.02.2014

13 LAKHS  EMPLOYEES INCLUDING 5 LAKHS POSTAL EMPLOYEES  JOINED  THE BIGGEST STRIKE OF CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES AFTER 1968 ON CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES COMMON DEMANDS.

FUNCTIONING OF ALL CENTRAL GOVT. OFFICES (OTHER THAN RAILWAYS & DEFENCE) COMPLETELY PARALYSED AND CAME TO A STANDSTILL. 1,55,000 POST OFFICES AND RMS OFFICES INCLUDING BRANCH POST OFFICES CLOSED. WARNING AND THREAT OF VICTIMISATION BY THE GOVT COULD NOT DETER THE EMPLOYEES FROM JOINING THE STRIKE. PENT UP DISCONTENTMENT AND ANGER OF THE EMPLOYEES BURST OUT LIKE A VOLCANO.

EVERYWHERE ENTIRE EMPLOYEES ARE ON STRIKE AND IN MAJORITY OF THE STATES/CIRCLES AND DEPARTMENTS IT IS ALMOST NEAR TOTAL.

UPA GOVERNMENT  IS NOT READY TO CONCEDE ANY OF OUR DEMANDS, JUST AS IN THE CASE OF BANK EMPLOYEES.

CONTINUE THE STRIKE ON 13TH FEBRUARY ALSO.

        In our Circle up to 90% of the employees participated in the strike.  The Circle union congratulates all the participants  who made strike a grand success.

Monday 10 February 2014

No developments on demands

 Fnpo affliated General secretaries discussed  and decided  to go on strike as per the schedule. The Branch/Divisional Secretaries are requested  to go with strike programme seriously and make thundering success.

V sivaji                   G.Rabbani          Ch.Lakshminarayana
CS NUPE Gr-c      CS NUPE PM& MTS    CS NUGDS

Sunday 9 February 2014

Organisation meeting at Hyderabad on 9.2.2014

An important meeting with all CWC members and Divisional/Branch secretaries of National Union of Grup-c and National Union of Grameena Dak Sevaks of Andhra Pradesh circle was held on 9.2.2014 at RJCM office, Chikkadapally under the presidentship of Sri D.Kishanrao, GS NUPE Gr-c. Sri G.Nageswararao  President NUPE Gr-c AP Circle, Sri G.Shankargoud ASG, FNPO, Sri M.Murali President NUGDS, Sri Ch.Lakshminaryana CS NUGDS and CS NUPE Gr-c addressed the meeting on GDS organizational issues. Many of the divisional secretaries and CWC members expressed their view for strengthening the GDS union to got recognisation in general verification 2015. All are decided to go on Feb 12th and 13th strike and made it a grand success.

After that sri D.Kishanrao GS NUPE gr-c explained the latest developments in the department and Cadre Restructuring meeting issues. Our Circle union thanked Sri D.Kishanrao  for his valuable advises. 




Parliamentary panel urged to raise the retirement age to 65 years

NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has urged the Centre to raise the retirement age to 65 years, noting that growing lifespan was adding to the need for "productive ageing".
The recommendation for increase in retirement age comes with a reminder that senior citizens would form 12.4% of the total population in 2026 from 7.5% in 2001.
"The committee feels
that with the increase in life expectancy and relatively better state of health of people, the government needs to look at continuity of employment up to 65 years," said the report of standing committee of Parliament on social justice and empowerment tabled on Friday. 
It also recommended that government look at greater post-retirement opportunities for senior citizens and create greater financial support for the elderly by hiking the old age pension to Rs 1,000 per month from the present Rs 200 for those above 60 years and Rs 500 for those above 80 years.
While suggesting immediate redressal for the ageing population, the panel sought to train the government’s focus on the 60-plus group by pointing out that its growing numbers would be a serious challenge in health and social care.
Specifically, it underlined that as per population projections, the 80-plus bloc, the most-vulnerable group, would see a sharper rise in numbers.
The urgency of parliamentarians towards senior citizens comes amid growing global realization that increasing lifespan is creating a new demographic bloc requiring state intervention.
Seeking government attention, the committee noted that senior citizens comprised 7.5% of the total population in 2001 but their share is likely to increase to 12.4% in 2026. Importantly, UN projections say while India’s population will rise by 55% by 2050, that of 60-plus would increase by 326% and that of 80-plus would go up by 700%.
Given the rising challenge, the panel headed by Hemanand Biswal found the government response inadequate, noting that "issue of rapid population ageing in the country has not received due attention of the government and the community at large".
The panel said special focus should be on the octogenarian bloc. "This age group is the most vulnerable and runs the risk of getting dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson disease, depression in their older years," it said, and asked the Centre to constitute an expert group of relevant government departments to devise specialized healthcare programme for them.
Source: www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Cadre restructuring Committee Meeting - Proposals arrived

The cadre restructuring committee meetings were held on  04-02-14 and 05-02-14 and Department mooted the  following final  proposals.
1.The C& B class offices will be placed in the  in the LSG with Grade Pay of Rs 2800
2.The offices in Tripple hand and LSG will be placed in the grade pay of Rs 4200
3.The HSG-II Postmasters and Sub postmasters will be placed in the Grade pay of  Rs 4600
4.After carving out the proposal the HSG-II will be placed in the Grade pay of Rs 4800 after 4 years
based on the percentage in the postal side the same ratio and percentage will be maintained in RMS/Admn./SBCO etc.
 The demand of the postal class -III General Secretaries is that the APM and APM Accountant posts are to be upgraded and the percentage should be arrived. Staff side will submit revised proposals on it. Final agreement is yet to be arrived on these proposals.
 

Friday 7 February 2014

Ispector Posts 2013 Examination Results

Directorate has declared the result of limited Departmental competitive Examination for promotion to the post of  Inspector Posts (66.66%) held on 14/15.09.2013 for the year 2013.From AP Circle 20 candidates came out successful out of the total 21 vacancies announced.The result of one OC vacancy will be announced later. Out of 20, 7 candidates belongs to APS.

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Anantapur Division conference photos




update on strike

Today the department called for a meeting to discuss the charter of demands. The following attended from FNPO side:
1. Sri D.Theagarajan
2. Sri T.N.Rahathe
3. Sri D.Kishan Rao
4. Sri P.U.Murlidharan
5. R.K.Tripathi
 The Department is not  ready to discuss part-I of the charter of demands. Staff side demanded to record our protest on the charter of demands relating to part-I. It was agreed by the official side that the Postal board will inform our displeasure to the Government.
 In  regard to Postal demands under part-II, 9 items were discussed in detail. The Department is not ready to consider Postal demands seriously. FNPO recorded a protest that the earlier agreements were also not honored fully. After the meeting, General secretaries discussed the developments and decided  to go on strike as per the schedule.
The Branch/Divisional Secretaries are requested  to go with strike programme seriously and make thundering success.

Inspector Posts Examination 2013 - Result declared

Directorate has declared the result of limited Departmental competitive Examination for promotion to the post of  Inspector Posts (66.66%) held on 14/15.09.2013 for the year 2013.From AP Circle 20 candidates came out successful out of the total 21 vacancies announced.The result of one OC vacancy will be announced later. Out of 20, 7 candidates belongs to APS. The names of the selected candidates are as follows.
Click here to view the complete list of selected candidates announced vide Directorate memo no A-34013/02/2014-DE dated 07.02.2014.

Thursday 6 February 2014

NUGDS delegation met Sri Kapil Sibal, union minister for communications & IT

A delegation consisting of office bearers of "National Union of Gramin Dak Sevaks" led by the  Union Minister of State (Independent Charge)for Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises,Mr K H Muniyappa called on the Union Minister for telecommunication Mr Kapil Sibal in New Delhi on Feb-06 and appealed the Union Government for

1) Proportionate Wages (By all Means)
2) GDS Pension Scheme(Service Discharge Benefit Scheme) is to be restructured as similar to contributory pension scheme of Central Government Employees 10% contribution from TRCA of GDS Employees and matching amount from Government should be ordered.  Now it is Rs. 200/- at flat rate.  
3) GDS gratuity is to be revised maximum as 16.5 times. 
4) In the case of maternity grant the scheme should be restructured so as to get them the benefit now granted to regular employees. i.e., six months maternity leave + two years child care leave for 2 child births. 

Wednesday 5 February 2014

Cadre Restrturing meeting latest update

Cadre Restructuring meeting held on 4.2.14 and 5.2.14  and some proposals are placed before the unions. some of them are
1. Post offices in the cadre of A and B will be merged and upgrades to LSG cadre with grade pay 2800.
2. Tripple handed and LSG offices will be upgraded HSG and grade will be given 4200
3.  SPM's and HSG-II PM's will be upgraded with grade pay 4600
4. After carving out cadre the officers drawing grade pay 4600 will be given 4800 after 4 years of service.
5. The same proportionate will be given in Admin/RMS/SBCO cadre also . Same will be applied to postman cadre and no cadre restructuring in MTS cadre.

In this regard All requested to give suggestions to the union to take up with higher levels.

Tuesday 4 February 2014

7th Pay Commission Committe Announced by The Primeminister today

7th CPC approved by Prime minister of India today.

Chairman: Justice Ashok kumar Mathur, Retd. Jude of Supreme Court

Members: 1. Vivek Rae   2.Dr Rathin Roy   3. Smt Meena Agarwal 

If DA reaches 100% allowances will be raised as follows


Revised rate of some allowances on increase of DA by 50%&100%
Name of the Allowances & Advances
Original Allowance as per 6CPC
Existing amount of Allowance after DA increases by 50%
Revised Allowances per month if DA increases by 100%
Children Education Allowance
Rs. 1,000
Rs. 1,250
Rs. 1,500
Hostel Subsidy Allowance
Rs. 3,000
Rs. 3,750
Rs. 4,500
Special Compensatory Hill Area Allowance
Rs.600 / Rs.480
Rs.750 / Rs.600
Rs. 900 / 720
Washing Allowance
Rs. 60
Rs. 75
Rs. 90
Cycle Maintenance Allowance
Rs.60 (Per month)
Rs.75 (Per month)
Rs. 90
Mileage for road journey/all components of daily allowance on tour/reimbursement for transfer of personal effects
Rs.500 / Rs.300 / Rs.200 / Rs.150 / Rs.100
Rs.625 / Rs.375 / Rs.250 / Rs.190 / Rs.125(TA for personal effects-Rs.22.50 per km / Rs. 11.25 per km / Rs.6.90 per km)
Rs.555 / 450 / 300 / 225 / 150(TA for personal Effects – Rs. 27 per km / 13.50 per km / 6.90 per km)
Advances for purchase of Bicycle
Rs. 3,000
Rs. 3,750
Rs. 4,500
Festival Advance
Rs. 3,000
Rs. 3,750
Rs. 4,500
Natural Calamity Advance
Rs. 3,000
Rs. 3,750
Rs. 4,500



                            DA rates applicability  ON TOUR


Pay range
(EXCLUDING GRADEPAY)

X cities
Hyderabad
Y cities
Visakhapatnam
Vijayavada
Mysore
Madurai
Ghaziabad
Anakapalli
Z cities
(local offices in the Dn)
30500 &above
260
170
135
15000to 30499
230
150
120
12500to 14999
200
130
105
8000 to 12499
170
110
90
Below
8000
105
70
55

(CITY CLASS OF ANAKAPALLI  IS  AT PRESENT ‘Z” AND WILL BE  RECLASSIFIED AS ‘Y” ON  MERGER IN  GVMC )


Hotel  rates per day   (CHANGES   WHEN DA CROSSES 50%&100%)

Grade pay
hotel
food
Local journey
Below4200
300(+25%)%)(+25%)
100(+25%)(+25%)
50(+25%)%)(+25%)
4200to
4800
500(+25%)%)(+25%)
150(+25%)%)(+25%)
100(+25%)%)(+25%)





Class of journey by  train  


Grade pay
                eligibility
Below4200
AC-III TIER
CHAIR CAR
 IST CLASS
4200TO 4800
ACII TIER
CHAIR CAR
IST CLASS

JOURNEY BY ROAD

GRADE PAY 
 Eligibility
 1800,1900,2000,2400
Ordinary bus
2400 , 2800
Express bus
4200,4600,4800
AC BUS