Monday, 30 May 2016
Sunday, 29 May 2016
ORAL EVIDENCE TO GDS COMMITTEE
A delegation of NFPE & AIPEU-GDS consisting of Com. R.N.Parashar,
Secretaryy General, Com.P. Pandurangarao, General Secretary, AIPEU-GDS,
Com.M.Krishnan, Secretary General, Confederation Com.K.V.Sridharan,
former General Secretary, AIPEU Gr.C., Com. Giriraj singh President, NFPE and
Com. Balwinder Sing, Financial Secretary, Gr.C (CHQ) tendered oral evidence
before the Chairman, GDS Committee, headed by Shri Kamalesh Chandra
in New Delhi on 26-05-2016.
BRIEF NOTE FOR DISCUSSION
IN THE GDS COMMITTEE
SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON
26.05.2016
1. 1. MAIN
DEMANDS
The GDS are ‘holders of
civil post’ as per the Supreme Court judgement and they can not be kept apart
as a separate class with in the class. They should be covered under Article 309
& 311 of the Constitution of India. They should be treated as ‘civil servants’
apart from regular service but within the ambit of ‘Civil service’ with pro
rata benefits as applicable to the regular employees according to the working
hours and also the workload.
Notwithstanding our claim
for departmentalization of GDS and Grant of Civil status, under Article 309
& 311 of union constitution the following issues are requiring
consideration.
(i) The Nomenclature of GDS
shall be declared as ‘Rural Postal Employees’ or Gramin Dak Karmachari”.
(ii) Make GDS full time job by
extending various innovative schemes.
(iii)
Prorata wages at par with regular civil servants.
2. NORMS
Norms may be introduced
for calculation of wages instead of honorarium & incentives.
(i)
Work related to RPLI like procurement of proposal & issuing receipts
(ii) Work
related to verification of Electoral & Election work
(iii) Work
related to collecting statistics for Census etc.
(iv) Work
related to M.G.National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
(v) Verification
of Mobile Phone Bill Connections of various companies & BSNL
(vi) Collection
of Telephone Bills at BOs
(vii) Acceptance
of Electricity Bills at BOs
(viii) Acceptance
of Water Bills at BOs
(ix) Carrying
out business activities through BOs like delivering of E-post etc.
(x) Various
social security schemes & Direct Benefit Transfer schemes introduced in
various States through BOs.
(xi) Cash
remittance from BOs to Accounts office.
(xii) Opening
of new accounts
(xiii) Marketing
activities.
(xiv) Old
age Pension & Disability Pension
3. WAGE
STRUCTURE
(i) No
GDS should be employed less than 5 hours work, per day.
(ii) Maximum
of 8 hours with ½ hour lunch break.
(iii) Pay equations:
GDS BPM :
Postal Assistant
GDS MD/SV:
Postmen
GDS
MC
MTS
GDS MM
(iv) Increment
shall be at par with regular employees.
(v) The
Nomenclature of TRCA shall be replaced with pay.
(vi)
Weightage:The length of service shall be taken and Point to Point
fixation for GDS.
(vii) Date
of effect shall be 1.1.2016
(viii) Wages
should not be reduced under any circumstances.
4. ALLOWANCES
(i) HRA
must be granted to GDS at Par with regular employees.
(ii) Transport
Allowance proportionate to regular employees.
(iii) For
attending holiday & Sunday duties, double the allowance shall be paid
(iv) TA/DA
shall be granted to seasonal Post offices.
(v) Split
Duty Allowance for GDS Packrs in Sub Offices
(vi) Children
Educational Allowance has to be introduced.
(vii) Boat
allowance shall be Rs.350/- PM.
(viii) Special
Duty Allowance to GDS (NE) – Proportionate to regular employees.
(ix) Revival
of Uttarakhand Allowance @ Rs.1000/- PM.
(x) Grant
of Remote Area/Naxalite Threat Area/Hill Area Allowance to GDS.
(xi) Miscellaneous
Allowances viz., bad climate Allowance, Project allowance may be extended.
5. WELFARE
(i) Medical Attendance
facilities – Reimbursement of Medical Claims for in Patient & out Patient eatments.
(ii) Funeral Allowance of
Rs.10,000/- to the family of deceased GDS.
(iii) Circle Welfare Fund
Scheme – Subscription shall be Rs.50/- per month.
````6. LEAVE :All kinds of leave to be
granted at par with regular employees-
(i)
Encashment of leave salary to be extended to GDS.
(ii) Provision of Commuted
leave facilities.
(iii) Retrograde Provisions of
180 days shall be dispensed with.
(iv) Maternity leave – 180
days from Government exchequer and not from the Circle Welfare
Fund. Circle Welfare fund shall meant for grant for illness, education etc.
(v) Child care leave, Child
Adoption leave to GDS.
(vi) Special disability leave
to GDS – can also be extended from Dog, Snake bite etc. as in the case of Postmen.
``7. SOCIAL
SECURITY SCHEME
(i) Proportionate Minimum
pension/Family Pension at par with regular employees.
(ii) GDS shall be brought
under the Gratuity Act.
(iii) SDBS Pension Scheme shall
be replaced with regular scheme. At least 10% of Pay shall be recovered from
GDS & 20% shall be credited by Government as a Welfare Scheme. The present
sanction of Rs.1500/- per year for Severance Amount to Pre 2011 GDS shall be enhanced.
(iv) Commutation Pension shall
be introduced.
(v) Group Insurance Scheme –
Monthly subscription Rs.100/- for the insurance coverage of Rs.2,00,000, 50% of
Subscription shall be borne by the Department. Savings Fund shall be reviewed
and enhanced.
8. APPOINTMENT & PROMOTIONS
(i) The
word ‘engagement’ shall be replaced with appointment.
(ii) 100%
Posts in MTS & Postmen cadres shall be reserved for GDS.
(iii) GDS
shall be permitted to write LGO Exam alongwith Postmen/MTS for recorded
vacancies.
(iv) Three
Financial upgradations after completing 10, 20 & 30 years of service.
(v) No
Minimum service for appearing Postmen examination.
9. CONDUCT
& DISCIPLINARY RULES
(i) The
existing GDS Engagement & Conduct Rules, 2011 shallbe replaced with CCS
(CCA) Rules, 1965 & Conduct Rules 1964.
(ii) The
GDS Rules must be declared as statutory Rules as per proviso of
Article 309.
10. MISCELLANEOUS
(i) Present
income & cost of BOs calculation should be reviewed along with all the new
items of work
(ii)
Foot beat & cycle beat may be revived.
(iii)
Idle wait of GDS MCS shall be include in the work norms.
(iv) Uniforms
to outdoor staff.
(v) Rationalisation
of GDS into three categories of GDS one Postmaster, the second Postmen and
third auxiliary MTS staff. They may be fixed with only two scales of running
pay (Minimum 5 hours & for upto 8 hours with uniform annual increase of 3% per
annum.
(vi) BO
shall open for minimum 5 hours and maximum of 8 hours.
(vii) GDS
in Metropolitan cities shall be upgraded to MTS Posts.
(viii) All
GDS MM Posts in larger Platforms shall be upgraded to Mailmen MTS posts.
(ix) FSC
at par with Departmental Post offices to BOs.
(x) LTC
facilities may be extended to GDS
(xi) Lunch
break/Tea break shall be provided
(xii) Total
length of the GDS Service shall be taken as Qualifying service for all
purposes.
(xiii) Rescind the
restrictions and restore status Quo ante in case of
compassionate appointments in GDS cadre.
(xiv) Advances like
Festival, HBA, Motor Car, Computer Advance shall be introduced to GDS. Flood
Advance shall be revised to Rs.10000/-.
(xv) Rent for
BOs shall be fixed as per the market rates and paid by the Department.
(xvi) Office
Maintenance Allowance shall be modified as ‘office rent’.
(xvii) Electricity
charges for BO shall be borne by the Department.
(xviii) Combination
of duty which is having adverse effect shall be dispensed with.
(xix) Alternate
source of Income shall not be insisted for GDS appointments.
(xx) Incentive
for promoting small family norms shall be introduced to GDS also.
(xxi) Incentive
to GDS Sports Person has to be introduced.
(xxii) Grant
of TA/DA for conveyance of cash – At least Rs.100/- per occasion shall be
granted.
(xxiii) Any
GDS summoned for witness in Inquiry shall be paid TA/DA
(xxiv) All terminal
benefits shall be paid to GDS on the date of retirement at par with regular
employees.
(xxv) The
date of retirement of shall be the last date of the month.
(xxvi) If any
additional work is entrusted, the establishment review must be under taken to
enhance the pay.
(xxvii) Security
Bond system to be dropped, as per Vth CPC report.
(xxviii) Co-operative
dues can be recovered from GDS.
(xxix) BO
Rule book with updated correction shall be supplied once in two years.
(xxx) The
exam fee shall be waived.
(xxxi) Identify card
to the GDS shall be supplied by the Department at departmental cost.
(xxxii)There should be no
loss of annual increase/increment on availing the transfer facilities to GDS.
(xxxiii)Revenue generated
from all items of work has to be added for apportioned income of
BOs.
(xxxiv)BPM should be
treated as a skilled worker as it requires a technical certificate for the
recruitment.
(xxxv)Training &
retraining must be given frequently in the guise of Rural ICT and introduction
of various new schemes.
11. TRADE
UNION
(i) All
Trade Union facilities like meetings, special casual leave etc. as if available
to regular staff at all levels.
(ii) The
Facility of Foreign Service and JCM Provision shall be extended the GDS.
Allocation of seats in the JCM (DC) for GDS shall be considered.
DATED : 26-05-2016
NEW DELHI
(P.PANDURANGARAO)
GENERAL SECRETARY
AIPEU-GDS
AIPEU-GDS
The Chairman, GDS Committee gave a patience
hearing on the above all items and assured consideration.
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad addressed the Heads of Circles ( CPMGs ) Conference of Postal department at Hyderabad on 22-05-2016.
Awarded the best performing circles / divisions.
L to R 1) M. S. Ramanujan Member (HR) 2) T. Murthy Member (O) 3) S. K. Sinha Secretary (Posts) 4) Hon'ble MoC Shri Ravishankar Prasad 5) Ashutosh Tripathi Member (P) 6) Sanjeev Thapar Member (Tech)
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Dr. Charles Lobo CPMG Tamil Nadu Circle receiving award from Hon'ble MoC. Shri Stephen Mervin Alexander PMG Chennai City Region also seen in picture
Brig. B. Chandrasekhar, CPMG UP Circle receiving award from MoC
He categorically said, Government is committed to reform the postal department. Two unique qualities of Department of Posts are Extensive network spread in nook and corner of the nation and Emotional connect of Postman with the rural life.
India is at the tipping point of digital revolution and Postal department should be the fulcrum of economic development esp in rural life.
Postal department's share in E-commerce is around 15% only, which needs to be improved drastically. The entire ecosystem to reform the postal department needs to change..
1. Pick up points to reach the customers proactively to collect and deliver posts/ parcels.
2. India Post Payments Bank need to be flawlessly implemented . It should act as a platform for 3rd party services. Human Resource Training needs to be given. Postal Payment Bank should be started definitely by March 17
3. Implementation of IT modernization solutions needs to be improved. We keep getting complaints of glitches leading to harassment to customers
4. Parcel Delivery .. New ideas to generate revenue with Technology infusion. Geo tagging and better location identification needs to be considered.
5. Human Resource capacity building ... Need to incentivize the performance... Gud incentive at right time will be a big motivation. Best practices should be replicated pan India.
6. Good sign boards pan India should be ensured.
7. Metamorphosis of postal department should be branded well.
8. Surety of punishment is more important than Severity of punishment... in case of disciplinary cases. Any laxity in timely completion of disciplinary proceedings should be viewed seriously.
9. Philately should be ventured as a new source of revenue generation. My Stamp, Commercialisation of stamps need to be tried to earn revenues.
10. Social Media should be effectively used for complaint redressal and creation of awareness regarding departmental initiatives/ schemes.
11. He expect all of us to work hard.. to achieve the goals of government.
12. Recruitment to fill up vacant posts should be done in a transparent and fair means. Any irregularity should be viewed seriously and responsibility should be fixed..
13. Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad Congratulated the Department of Posts for good work done in the last 2 years in different schemes like Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, CBS, Postal ATMs, E-Commerce.
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