Extension of orders for officials above 50 years of age and pregnant women were allowed to avail commuted leave without Medical Certificate due
to Covid -19 pandemic
NFPE
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES 1st Floor
North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi-110001
Ref: PF/NFPE/ Commuted Leave
Dated 11.01.2021
To The Secretary Department of Posts Dak Bhawan, New Delhi 110001
Sub: Extension of orders for grant of commuted leave without Medical Certificate to eligible officials.
Sir,
In the orders issued in Covid-19 guidelines the officials above 50
years of age and pregnant women were allowed to avail commuted leave
without Medical Certificate due to Covid -19 pandemic.
The same may kindly be extended further till the Covid-19 Crisis is
over as there is no loss to the Department by giving this facility to
the elderly officials and pregnant women officials.
New version of DARPAN-PLI App deployed in Core Integration System
(CIS) with facility of processing various financial and non-financial
requests of PLI/RPLI insurants at 127115 Branch Post Offices
17,092 villages brought under the coverage of Bima Gram Yojana (BGY) From January, 2020 to November, 2020
Over 7 lakh Passport applications and more than 99 lakh requests for
Aadhar enrollments / updations processed from January, 2020 to
November, 2020
India Post tied-ups with Indian Drug Manufacturers Association,
Director General of Health Services and a number of private firms and
online pharmaceutical companies for delivery of medicines from their
facilities to hospitals and beneficiaries during COVID-19
31 crore financial transactions enabled through Post Office and IPPB accounts during COVID 19 period
India Post won India Today Healthgiri Award for providing the best logistic services during COVID 19
Posted On: 29 DEC 2020
YEAR END REVIEW 2020 DEPARTMENT OF POSTS
For more than 150 years, the Department of Posts
(DoP) has been the backbone of the country’s communication and has
played a crucial role in the country’s social economic development. It
touches the lives of Indian citizens in many ways: delivering mails,
accepting deposits under Small Savings Schemes, providing life insurance
cover under Postal Life Insurance (PLI) and Rural Postal Life Insurance
(RPLI) and providing retail services like bill collection, sale of
forms, etc. The DoP also acts as an agent for Government of India in
discharging other services for citizens such as Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) wage disbursement and old
age pension payments. In the year 2020, the Department strengthened its
supply chain through capacity upgradation and expanding Road Transport
Network. It played important role in countering impact of COVID-19
pandemic by enabling doorstep delivery of financial services and
medicines etc. The Year End Review for Department of Posts highlights
the achievements, and progress on various initiatives of department in
the year 2020.
Supply Chain and e-Commerce: Mail, Express Services and Parcel:
Capacity upgradation: Parcel handling capacity has increased from 6.0 crore per annum to 7.5 crore per annum.
Road Transport Network:
National level dedicated Road Transport Network rolled out on 56 routes
touching 80 cities. Approx. 15000 bags containing 75 tonnes of parcels
are being carried daily through the setup network.
Improvement in Pan – India Average Transit Time for Speed Post: Average Transit time of Speed Post reduced from 105 hrs. in July,2019 to 81 hrs. in Feb,2020.
Real-Time updation of Delivery:
Postman Mobile App implemented in 1.47 Lakh POs including 98,454 post
offices in rural areas. Real time delivery status of 14 crore Speed Post
and Registered articles done through the Postman Mobile App.
E-Commerce exports:
‘DakGharNiryat Kendra’ are being established at around 800 Post Offices
covering all District headquarters to promote exports of MSMEs.
International
Tracked Packet Service extended to 3 more countries Mongolia, Bhutan
and Sri Lanka taking the total from 12 to 15 countries.
Banking Services and Financial Inclusion:
Digital Financial empowerment of the public at large:
DOP serves more than 50 crore POSB customers through 1.56 lakh post
offices across length & breadth of the country and have an
outstanding balance of Rs. 10,81,293 crore under Post Office Savings
Bank (POSB) Schemes. The Post Office CBS system is the largest network
in the world with 23,483 Post Offices already on this network. Further
1,29,151 Branch Post Offices have been also enabled to access the
network on real time basis. The CBS has enabled the DOP in providing
24×7 services through ATMs, Internet & Mobile Banking.
Financial Empowerment of Rural Populace:
All the 9 Small Savings Schemes of MoF are available in 1.56 lakh Post
Offices. 5 Schemes, namely, Monthly Income Scheme, Senior Citizens
Savings Scheme, Public Provident Fund, National Savings Certificate
& KisanVikas Patra have been introduced in BOs through SB Order
27/2020 dated 23.07.2020. People living in rural India will not be
required to come to town & cities to do any Post Office Savings Bank
(POSB) transaction. The same will be available at their doorstep
through local Branch Post Offices.
Economic Empowerment of Girl Child:
Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA) scheme is also known as girl child
prosperity scheme and was launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
Ji on 22nd January, 2015 in Panipat, Haryana. SSA scheme ensures a
bright future for girl children. This scheme has facilitated them in
proper education, marriage expenses and securing their future. The
Sukanya Samriddhi Account can be opened in any post office. A total of
1.83 Crore Sukanya Samriddhi Accounts have been opened with deposits
amounting to Rs. 58,822.62 Crore, by the Department of Posts, till
November, 2020 since introduction of the scheme.
Insurance and Pension coverage of masses at reasonable rates:
The PM Jan Suraksha Schemes, namely, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima
Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeewan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) &
Atal Pension Yojana (APY) were launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister in
May, 2015. The DOP has been playing an active role under these
Government of India flagship schemes and had made 3.2 Lakh Atal Pension
Yojana (APY), 5.9 Lakh Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)
and 1.17 crore Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) enrolments so
far.
Simplified processing of deceased claim cases to expedite
deceased claim settlement process and help claimants to get the claim
amount expeditiously.
Post Bank of India: More
than 1.36 Lakhs Access Points enables for India Post Payments Bank
(IPPB) transactions thus creating largest single bank network across the
country. More than 2.90 Lakhs Gramin Dak Sewaks (GDS) and Postmen
enables to act as Doorstep Banking Service Providers taking Banking
services to the doorstep. More than 3.61 crore people benefitted from
Aadhar enabled Payment System (AePS) transactions involving an amount of
Rs.7,667 crore, majority of them during COVID-19 lockdown.
Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT):
More than 3.99 crores transactions were performed involving an amount
of Rs. 4,040 crore for a period from January, 2020 to November, 2020.
Disbursed benefits of more than 275 schemes of different Ministries to
beneficiaries including those in remote and rural areas.
Digital Inclusion: 1,29,159
Branch Post offices are using SIM based handheld POS devices. 40 crore
digital transactions have been facilitated through promotion of Remotely
Managed Franking Machines for a period from January, 2020 to November,
2020.
Postal Life Insurance (PLI)/ Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI) :
Bonus of PLI for the financial years 2016-17,
2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 have been declared in the month of
March, 2020. Similarly, Bonus of RPLI for the financial years 2016-17,
2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 have been declared in the month of
April, 2020.
A total of 26,54,652 transactions were done in
respect of PLI/ RPLI amounting to Rs. 5,15,14,03,966/- in the month of
April, 2020, inspite of nation-wide lockdown and extension of premium
payment period to June, 2020.
Since, April, 2020, there has been 48% increase in monthly PLI/RPLI online transactions.
Inspite
of lockdown and severe restrictions on transportation and staff
attendance in offices, more than 90% of Central Processing Centres
(CPCs) across the country were functional, more than 70,000 new
proposals were processed and more than 40,000 claims were sanctioned in
the month of April, 2020.
Wirecard, the then existing payment
gateway has been replaced by PayU for online premia payment, offering
multiple channel of payment by customers, namely Debit Card, Credit
Card, Net Banking, Wallets and UPI.
To simplify the process of
acceptance of new proposals and facilitate settlement of claims within
citizen charter’ norms, approver limits for acceptance of new proposals
and settlements of claims have been revised and has been decentralized
to Head Post Office/ GPO/ Divisional Level (except for early death
claims involving inquiry, for which approving authority is Director).
Accordingly, Rules 55, 55(1), 55(2), 58(1) and 59(2) of PLI (Postal Life
Insurance) Rules, 2011 were amended.
The process of settlement
of Death Claim, Maturity Claim and handing of Loan requests in PLI/ RPLI
has been simplified by prescribing Comprehensive Standard Operating
Procedure (SoP) for each.
To facilitate faster processing of
death claim cases, Rule 39 of PLI (Postal Life Insurance) Rules, 2011
has been amended keeping in line with the existing Industry practice.
A
new version of DARPAN-PLI App has been deployed in Core Integration
System (CIS) with facility of processing various financial and
non-financial requests of PLI/RPLI insurants at level of 127115 Branch
Post Offices including those in remote and rural areas.
Department has brought in more transparency in communication with customer by adding more SMSs relating to policy servicing.
Department
has removed 2 revival restrictions during the policy contract. Along
with this, provision for revival of policy in instalments has been
provisioned in the PLI system.
Business Performance of PLI and RPLI: As
on 30-11-2020, there were a total of 96.79 lakh active PLI and RPLI
policies with an aggregate sum assured of Rs. 2.05 lakh crores.
Investment Functions of PLI / RPLI Fund: The total corpus of PLI / RPLI fund has reached Rs 1.13 lakh crore by 30-11-2020.
Bima Gram Yojana:
From January, 2020 to November, 2020, 17,092 villages brought under the
coverage of Bima Gram Yojana (BGY). Each BGY village has at least 100
households covered by one RPLI policy.
Citizen Centric Services:
Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (PoPSK): With
the growing need of its citizens for a passport for various purposes,
Ministry of External Affairs and Department of Posts mutually agreed for
setting up Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (PoPSKs) in post offices
to utilise the post office infrastructure and reach for delivering
passport services. 426 PoPSKs have been made operational till date, of
which 02 PoPSKs opened in 2020 namely (i) Seoni, Madhya Pradesh and (ii)
Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Island. 7,27,329 applications have
been processed through PoPSKs from January, 2020 to November, 2020.
Aadhar Enrolment and Updation Centres:
The facility has brought convenience to the citizens by way of
generating new Aadhaar and updating their Aadhaar cards in case of any
change/ mis-match. More than 42,000 Postal Officials/ MTS/ GDS have been
trained/ certified to perform Aadhaar operations. The Aadhaar
Enrolments are done free of cost. A sum of Rs. 100/- is reimbursed by
UIDAI for every successful Aadhaar Enrolment to India Post. Aadhaar
Updations are chargeable and a sum of Rs. 50/- is collected from the
citizens for every demographic updation and Rs. 100/- is collected from
the citizens for every biometric updation.13,352 Post Office Aadhaar
Centres have been set up across the country. 99,25,630requests for
enrollments / updations have been processed by these Centres from
January, 2020 to November, 2020.
A total no of 3,43,296 Gangajal Bottles have been supplied for the period from January, 2020 to November, 2020.
Digital Advancement of Rural Post Offices for a New India (DARPAN): Carried
out 17.41 crores online Postal and financial transactions involving Rs.
23,251/- crores for a period from January, 2020 to November, 2020
through 1.29 lakh Branch Post Offices in the rural areas of the country.
More than 1.5 crores transactions per month are taking place through
DARPAN devices.
PO-CSC (Post Office-Common Service Centres):
A convergence of Post Offices and Common Service Centres (Part of CSC
e-Governance Services India Limited under Ministry of Electronics &
Information Technology) for effective delivery of various citizen
centric services is a part of the five-year Vision Document of the
Department of Posts. Accordingly,10136 Post Offices are now providing
services of Common Service Centres through the Digital Sewa portal of
CSC. As on 30.11.2020, 48234 transactions worth Rs. 4.62 Crore were
delivered through these Post Offices.
There are 100+ CSC
Services which are offered through these post offices which include
Government to Citizen Schemes(G2C) such as Pradhan Manthri Street
Vendors’ Athma nirbhar Nidhi Yojana (PMSVANIDHI), Pradhan Manthri Jan
Arogya Yojana (Ayushman Bharat), Pradhan ManthriShram Yogi
Maan-dhanYojana (PM-SYM), Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan-dhan Yojana
(PM-LVM), The Election Card Printing, E-Stamp Service, and Various
e-District Services. Some of B2C (Business to Citizens) Services offered
includes Bharat Bill Payment System Bills (Electric, Gas, Water bills
etc…), Renewal Premium collection for Life Insurance Policies and
General Insurance such as Motor Vehicle, Health and Fire Insurance etc,
Third party services such as EMI collections for various loans offered
by financial institutions and submission of online application forms for
loans and Travel services such as Ticket booking service is available
for Flight, Train and Bus Tickets.
Opening of new Branch Post Offices (BOs) in 90 identified Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts in the country:
In pursuance of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Note for Cabinet
Committee on Security(CCS), a proposal for opening of 4903 new Branch
Post Offices (BOs) in 90 identified LWE districts in the country was
under taken. In the first Phase, 1789 Branch Post Offices in Panchayats
not having post offices opened in LWE districts across the country, of
which 16 Branch Post Offices have been opened from January, 2020 to
November, 2020.
Public Grievances:
Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS):
Department of Posts processes complaints registered by consumers of
postal services in the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and
Monitoring System (CPGRAMS). Streamlining of CPGRAMS was done by mapping
over 1.55 lakh Post Offices till the level of Branch Post Offices by
intuitive navigation of complaints to the line-end offices for faster
resolution. This was done in collaboration with Department of
Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) and the new
version 7.0 was successfully launched in September 2019. Department of
Posts is the only Department selected for the pilot study for the
revamping by DARPG. The details of the complaints handled in 2020 upto
30.11.2020 are as under:
S. No.
Year
Complaints received during the period
Complaints settled during the period
% of settlement
Average disposal time (days)
1
01.01.2020 to 30.11.2020
57604
56935
98.8%
16
Social Media Cell: Social media Cell is an
independent entity and deals with the Twitter and Facebook accounts of
the Department of Posts. The social media cell monitors the complaints
sent to all the Circles on daily basis. The average first response time
is approximately 4 hours. The details of the complaints handled in 2020
upto 30.11.2020 are as under: –
S. No.
Year
Complaints received during the period
Complaints settled during the period
% of settlement
1
01.01.2020 to 30.11.2020
197801
195896
99%
India Post Call Centre (IPCC): ln wake of the
initiatives taken up by Prime Minister to bring transparency and
accountability in the Government, Department of Posts established
2ndIndia Post Call Centre with 24x7x365 IVRS (Interactive Voice Response
System) facility for the citizens in Patna on 01.07.2019. IPCC is
working in the four languages namely Hindi, English, Odiya and Bengali
for the convenience of the citizens. 36,72,136 calls were received in
IPCC from 01.01.2020 to 30.11.2020.
Implementation of Dynamic Queue Management System (DQMS) in Post Offices: Dynamic
Queue Management System (DQMS) has been installed in 57 Head Post
Offices in the last one year having six or more than six working
counters. Overall DQMS have been installed in 340 Post Offices. The
Objectives & scope of DQMS are given below:-
To reduce waiting time.
To increase processing capacity.
To reduce miscommunication among customers.
To give a comfort level to staff and customers.
To monitor customer flow.
Initiatives taken by the Department in the COVID-19 situation:
Postal services were identified as essential services during
lockdown. The vast network of post offices had been galvanized to
respond to the challenges in coordination with State Governments and
local bodies. Control Rooms at India Post HQ and Circle (State) HQs were
established to manage, receive and respond for immediate needs.
Supply Chain: Road
Transport Network connecting 56 routes and 75 cities was commenced in
April, 2020 utilizing Departmental Mail Vans. The network came handy to
delivery essentials, medicines and medical equipment including
ventilators, defibrillators, COVID 19
testing kits, masks and PPE kits. Around 36,000 tonnes of material were
delivered through postal channels which also include use of Parcel
Trains. Supply chain arrangements were also made for farmers to connect
their farm produce to markets.
Financial Inclusion:
During lockdown and initial phase of unlocking more than 33.95 crore
transactions valuing around Rs. 7.02 lakh crore were made through POSB
accounts. Around 78 lakh POSB ATM transactions amounting to Rs. 2389
crore were made.
Instructions issued during lockdown for the ease of customers:
Waive
off penalty/ revival fee (default fee) in RD/ PPF/ SSA Accounts for the
deposits due in FY 2019-20 and April, 2020, till June, 2020.
Relaxation in guidelines in respect of PPF/ SSA Accounts for a Single Deposit pertaining to FY 2019-20 till June, 2020.
Extension
of the prescribed time limit of one month post retirement for retirees,
of Feb 2020 to April 2020, to invest in Senior Citizen Savings Scheme
(SCSS) till June, 2020.
Relaxation in provisions for rebate on
RD Advance deposits & default fee for the month of March 2020 to
May, 2020 without default/ revival fee, till June, 2020.
Reduction in TDS rate in POSB Schemes for the period from 14.05.2020 to March, 2021.
Various relaxation under POSB schemes extended till 30.07.2020 instead of 30.06.2020.
India Post tied-ups with Indian Drug Manufacturers Association,
Director General of Health Services and a number of private firms and
online pharmaceutical companies for delivery of medicines from their
facilities to hospitals and beneficiaries.
During COVID period,
Rs. 5200 crore disbursed to 2.5 crore beneficiaries through AePS at the
doorstep who were not able to access banking facilities.
31 crore financial transactions enabled during COVID19 period through Post Office and IPPB accounts.
Taking
initiative in public interest, special features have been added to Post
info App for accepting emergent service requests from people. More than
60,000 service requests have been attended by Department of Posts
during lockdown.
Activated Mobile Post Offices across the country to provide basic postal services, food and masks distribution etc.
Free distribution of around 10 lakhs food and ration packets was made to the needy.
Launched
dedicated Road Transport Network in April, 2020 on 56 long haul routes
and connected farm produce of farmers to markets by activating postal
supply chain.
India Post won India Today Health giri Award for
providing the best logistic services during COVID19. The selfless
service of the employees of India Post did not go unnoticed!
Special
Covers, Post Cards and Special Impressions were issued with messages to
create awareness about social distancing and to express gratitude to
Corona Warriors.
A grace period was provided to all the
Registered Newspapers from March, 2020 to November, 2020 for printing
and posting of their editions as per their convenience.
Department
of Posts has extended the Postal Life Insurance (PLI) / Rural Postal
Life Insurance (RPLI) premium payment period due on March, 2020, April,
2020 and May, 2020 upto 30.06.2020 without penalty/default fee due to
outbreak of COVID19.Due to outbreak of COVID19, date for revival of
lapsed policies, in which premia have not been paid during the last 5
years, was extended in phases.
CPGRAMS Portal: A
separate category for ‘COVID-19’ grievances was created on CPGRAMS to
address and monitor grievances of the public with regard to their postal
needs in the backdrop of the pandemic. 1235 grievances have been
resolved within the prescribed timeline of 3 days since the creation of
the category i.e. from 30.03.2020.
Social Media: Social
Media (Twitter handle of India Post) had a mitigating effect in this
pandemic by providing immediate relief to the citizens by redressing
their concerns in booking and delivering medicines and arranging
financial transactions in post offices. 1.54 lakh grievances have been
resolved during the period of lockdown.
Separate category of
COVID 19 Grievances provided on the Online portal. IPPC services over 25
Lakh calls during COVID 19 lockdown.
Miscellaneous:
Human Resource Management: The Department has
conducted various training sessions and a total no of 92,824 officers /
officials were trained for the period from January, 2020 to November,
2020.
Filling of vacancies under Sports quota – Department of Posts
Central Government Jobs
No. 17-07/2017 -SPN-I Ministry of Communication Department of Posts Personnel Division
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg New Delhi, Dated 28.09.2020
To,
1. All Chief Postmasters General / Postmasters General 2. Chief General Manager, BD Directorate / Parcel Directorate / PLI Directorate 3. Director, RAKNPA / GM, CEPT / Directors of all PTCs 4. Addl, Director General, Army Postal Service, New Delhi 5. All General Managers (Finance) / Directors Postal Accounts / DDAP
Subject: Filling of vacancies under Sports quota- regarding.
Madam / Sir,
I am directed to refer to Directorate’s letters of even number dated
15.05.2019, 05.07.2019, 12.09.2019 and 11.10.2019 regarding filling up
of the vacancies earmarked for sports quota in accordance with the
instructions issued by the Department of Personnel & Training
(DOP&T).
2. Vide aforesaid letter dated 15.05.2019, following was communicated: –
‘while making recruitment under sports quota, Circles are
required to notify such vacancies without restricting them to a
specific sport/ discipline or to specific gender. The notification shall
invite all meritorious sports persons belonging to approved disciplines
and recruitment to these vacancies shall thereafter be made based on
criteria stipulated in DOP&T O.M. No. 14034/01/ 2013-Estt. (D) dated
03.10.2013.”
3. Despite these instructions, references were received from various
circles conveying that recruitment of meritorious sport persons in all
the approved disciplines included in the instructions of DOPT will
hinder development of teams at national level in any particular
discipline. Thus, Circles were seeking clarification in this regard.
4. The matter was examined in detail and It was decided by the
Competent Authority to obtain the advice of DOP&T in the matter.
DOPT has advised as under: –
“we may advise DoP that their pursuit of participating at
major sporting events related to 13 identified sports disciplines has
no bearing on appointment of meritorious sportsperson as per O.M. dated
03.10.2013, as the two are separate activities, DoP may participate In
events relating to the proposed 13 sports disciplines by forming their
own teams. However, if any post is to be filled under the sports quota,
meritorious sports persons relating to any of the 43 discipline are
equally eligible to apply for such posts, in terms of O.M. dated
03.10.2013. Such appointment cannot be linked to development of a team
to represent DoP at a national level.
6. With regard to O.M, dated 03.10.2013, it may be informed to the
Administrative Department that the said instructions are issued to
provide incentives to already meritorious sportsperson who have achieved
in their respective sports in the form of recruitment, promotion,
increment etc. No such provision of recruiting sportsperson for
formation of team in particular sports discipline is available in the
said instructions. Therefore, restricting sports disciplines to 13 (in
place of total 43 disciplines given in DoPT instructions) by the AD with
the motive of developing team in a particular discipline appears to be
denying right to sports persons of other disciplines to get the above
mentioned incentives which is not considered to be in consonance with
the above mentioned instructions issued by DoPT.”
5. In view of the above, Circles are requested to fill up the
vacancies earmarked for sports quota in strict compliance with DOP&T
O.M. No. 14034/01/2013 -Estt. (D) dated 03.10.2013, as amended from
time to time. Further, Circles may note that DOP&T vide O.M. No.
140341/2013 (D)-Estt. dated 01.09.2020 (copy enclosed) has provided a
list of 63 sports disciplines which have been identified for recruitment
under sports quota.
6. The notification issued by the circles shall invite applications
from meritorious sports persons belonging to all approved disciplines.
If any circle has already notified sports quota vacancies for a limited
number of sports disciplines and selection of candidates against such
notification has not been finalized , such notification may be cancelled
forthwith and a fresh notification accordance with the guidelines.
7. Further, as communicated vide letter of even number dated
15.05.2019, field trial shall not be conducted and selection of
candidates will be done as per the criteria outlined in the guidelines
issued by DOPT from time to time.
8. Circles may take note that no further reference on the issue of
restricting the recruitment to a limited sports discipline and
conducting field trial shall be entertained by the Directorate.
Relative Merit Points and procedure for compassionate appointments in the Department of Posts
Central Government Employees News
No.17-4/2018-SPG.II Government of India Ministry of Communications Department of Posts
Dak Bhavan, Parliament Street New Delhi-110001 Dated the 28th Sep 2020
To
1. All Chief Postmasters General / Postmasters General 2. Chief General Manager, BD Directorate / Parcel Directorate / PLI Directorate 3. Director, RAKNPA / GM, CEPT / Directors of all PTCs 4. Addl. Director General, Army Postal Service, New Delhi 5. All General Managers (Finance) / Directors Postal Accounts /DDAP
Sub: Scheme for compassionate appointment – Relative Merit Points and Procedure for selection.
Madam / Sir,
I am directed to refer to Department of Posts letter No.37-36/2004-
SPB-1/C dated 20.1.2010 on the above subject providing for Relative
Merit Points and procedure for compassionate appointments
in the Department of Posts. The matter has been reviewed keeping in
view the instructions issued by Department of Personnel and Training,
the changes in various factors for calculating Relative Merit Points and
the changes in financial status of the family of the deceased employees
consequent upon increase in the terminal benefits.
2. The Relative Merit Points (RMP) for assigning weightage to various
attributes of the applicants for compassionate appointment have been
reviewed. The revised RMP is based on 100 points of 10 variables with
provision of additional 15 maximum bonus points for the applicant if she
is the widow of the deceased employee/wife of an employee who has
retired on medical grounds. The revised RMP to be applied are as laid
down in Annexure 1.
3. Periodicity of CRC meeting: In respect of all applications for
compassionate appointments received from January to December of a
calendar year, the CRC meeting will be held by all circles once in a
year, between January to March of the next calendar year.
4. Cut-Off Date: Date of death or date of retirement on medical
grounds will be considered as cut off date for the purpose of assessing
the indigent condition of the applicant under RMPS for compassionate
appointment.
5. Circle specific vacancy: The vacancies to be utilised by a Circle
for compassionate appointment in a year should not be more than 5% of
the vacancies in Direct Recruitment Quota in Group C Posts in a year.
6. Place of Posting: As far as administratively feasible, applicant
appointed on compassionate grounds will be posted at a place as per
preference indicated or near his /her home town or in same division in
which the applicant is residing, subject to availability of vacancies.
8. Date of effect of these guidelines: These revised guidelines will
come into effect from 1st October 2020. Cases recommended by previous
CRC to be considered by subsequent CRC will be considered based on these
revised point system. All cases closed so far will not be reopened.
9, Instructions issued by DoPT from time to time related to
compassionate appointment will continue to be guiding factor while
deciding the cases.
10. This issues with the approval of Secretary (Posts).
New Relative Merit Point System (RMPS) for consideration of cases for Compassionate appointments
100 Point Criterion with 10 variables
(i) Basic family pension/ pension/ monthly amount received under NPS (Max 20 Points)
SN
Slabs
Points
01
Up to 9000/-
20
02
9001/- to 12000/-
18
03
12001/- to 15000/-
16
04
15001/- to 18000/-
14
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18001/- to 21000
12
06
21001/- to 24000/-
10
07
24001/- to 27000/-
08
08
27001/- to 30000/-
06
09
30001/- to 33000/-
04
10
33001/- to 36000/-
02
11
Above 36000/-
00
Note: To be verified from service records and certified by the Divisional/ Regional/ Circle Authorities.
(ii) Lump sum amount received by the family on death/
retirement on medical grounds of the Government servant (DCRG, CGEGIS,
GPF/Lump sum amount received under NPS & Leave Encashment) – (Max 10
Points)
SN
Slabs
Points
01
Up to 300000/-
10
02
300001/- to 400000/-
09
03
400001/- to 500000/-
08
04
500001/- to 600000/-
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05
600001/- to 700000/-
06
06
700001/- to 800000/-
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800001/- to 900000/-
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900001 to 1000000
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1000001/- to 1100000/-
02
10
1100001/- to 1200000/-
01
11
Above 1200000/-
00
Note: To be verified from service records and certified by the Divisional/ Regional/ Circle Authorities.
(iii) Monthly income of earning member of family and income from property (Max 05 Points)
SN
Slabs
Points
01
No income
05
02
7500/- or less
04
03
7501/- to 10500/-
03
04
10501/- to 13500/-
02
05
13501/- to 16500/-
01
06
16501/- and above
00
Note: To be verified from the documents (like, bank
statement, ITR, certificate from Revenue Authorities) and affidavit
produced by the applicant and verified by the Divisional/ Regional/
Circle Authorities.
(iv) Immovable/ Movable Property including fixed deposit/
bank deposits /investments etc but excluding the Lump sum amount as
mentioned in (ii) above – (Max 05 Points)
SN
Slabs
Points
01
Nil/-
05
02
Up to 500000/-
04
03
500001/- to 1000000/-
03
04
1000001/- to 2000000/-
02
05
2000001/- to 3000000/-
01
06
Above 3000000/-
00
Note: To be verified from the documents/ affidavit/
certificate from Revenue/ Municipal Authorities/ concerned departments
etc produced bythe applicant and verified by the Divisional/ Regional/ Circle Authorities.
(v) No. of dependents (Max 08 Points)
SN
No. of Dependents
Points
01
2 and above
08
02
01
04
03
00
00
Note: To be verified from service records and certified by the Divisional/ Regional/ Circle Authorities .
(vi) No. of Unmarried Daughters (Max 08 Points)
SN
No. of unmarried daughters
Point
01
2 and above
08
02
01
04
03
00
00
Note: To be verified from the
documents/affidavit/certificate issued by Revenue/ Municipal Authorities
produced by the applicant and verified by the Divisional/ Regional/
Circle Authorities.
(vii) No. of Minor Children (Max 08 Points)
SN
No. of minor children
Point
01
2 and above
08
02
01
04
03
00
00
Note: To be verified from service records and certified by the Divisional/ Regional/ Circle Authorities.
(viii) Left over Service (Max 14 Points)
SN
Left over service
Points
01
Over 25 Years
14
02
Over 20 years & up to 25 Years
12
03
Over 15 years & up to 20 years
10
04
Over 10 years & up to 15 years
08
05
Over 05 years & up to 10 years
06
06
over 02 years & up to 05 years
04
07
Less than 02 years
02
Note: To be verified from service records and certified by the Divisional/ Regional/ Circle Authorities.
(ix) Points for immediate relief (Max 12 Points)
SN
Age of cases
Points
01
less than 03 years old
12
02
03 years to less than 06 years
08
03
06 years to less than 09 years
06
04
09 years to less than 12 years
04
05
12 years to less than 15 years
02
06
15 years and above
00
Note: To be verified from service records and
certified by the Divisional/ Regional/ Circle Authorities. Age of the
case will be worked out from the date of death of employee/ retirement
on medical grounds. In case a minor applies for compassionate
appointment after becoming major, the period of the case will be counted
from the date on which he became a major.
f the dependent family member (other than the applicant) of the deceased’s PWD
06
03
If
the dependent family member of the deceased is suffering from AIDS,
Cancer, Kidney failure, heart attack, liver cirrhosis, Organ
transplantation of liver/ heart/ kidney , Alzheimer
03
Note: The disability as defined by DoP&T for
reservation for persons with D1sabilites from time to time for
appointment in Central Government will be ensured. Related certificates
to be obtained accordingly.
(B) Bonus Points
Bonus Points to Widow/Wife: In addition to the
points allotted under RMP, 15 Bonus points will be allotted to applicant
if she is the widow of the deceased employee/ wife of an employee who
has retired on medical grounds.
F.No: 28-03/2019-L1(3)Government of India
Ministry of Communications Department of Posts
(Directorate of Postal Life Insurance)
Chanakyapuri P.O Complex,
New Delhi-110021 Dated 31.08.2020
Sub: Promotional and Incentive Structure of PLI / RPLI - Clarification in respect of sales force - reg
This is regarding the promotional and incentive structure of PLI/RPLI, circulated vide PLI Directorate OM No. 28-03/2019-LI dated 19.06.2020 and implemented in Circles w.e.f. 01.07.2020.
2. In this connection, the following is clarified in respect of sales force procuring, PLI/ RPLI business:
Order of preference in payment of incentive to sales force of PLI/RPLI.
Direct Agents are not Departmental Employees and majority of them are dependent on incentive for their livelihood. Therefore, there is a need to nurture and handhold Direct Agents by way of giving priority to them in incentive payment. Accordingly, the following order of preference shall be followed by Circles while making payment of incentive to sales force of PLI/RPLI:
(i) Direct Agents
(ii) Gramin Dak Sevaks
(iii) Field Officers
(iv) Departmental Employees
(ii)
Nomination facility for sales force of PLI/RPLI.
(i) Nomination facility may be provided to sales force of PLI/RPLI. In the event of unfortunate death of a sales force, incentive will be paid to the nominee of that sales force for the PLI/RPLI business procured by that sales force for the period she/he was alive.
(ii) Further, if the nominee of the deceased sales force wants to procure PLI/RPLI business, she/he may apply for fresh direct agency licence. If found suitable, the concerned Division may issue fresh licence to her/him. Procurement/renewal incentive shall be paid only for the business procured by her/him subsequent to the issue of fresh licence.
(iii)
Abolition of group agency system of incentive
(i) Earlier, Group Leader was paid group incentive @ 7 % of the total procurement and renewal incentive payable to sales force under his jurisdiction. Resultantly, out of the total incentive on a PLI policy, the sales force used to get only 93% of the incentive and the remaining 7% used to be payable to the Group Leader.
(ii) In the new incentive structure, the group incentive structure has been abolished and done away with.
(iii) As a result, sales force of PLI and RPLI will get 100% of procurement and renewal incentive payable on PLI/RPLI policies as per prescribed rates effective from 01.07.2020.
(iv) In the new structure, Development Officer will be paid procurement incentive @ 1 % of total PLI/RPLI new business premium procured by Direct Agents attached to that Development Officer. The incentive payable to Development Officer will be over, and above the incentive payable to Direct Agents working under her/him.
(iv)
Procurement of business by family members of Development Officer.
In order to avoid conflict of interest, members of family of business by family of Development Officer are not allowed to procure PLI/RPLI business and claim incentive. Members of the family for this purpose would include the following:
(a) The spouse, but not including a separated spouse or one living separately while judicial separation proceedings are on;
(b) Children and stepchildren but not including children and stepchildren of whose custody the serving postal employee has been deprived by law;
(c) Other persons such as wards and parents, who are dependent on and live with the Development Officer.
(v)
Rate of incentive payable on PLI/RPLI policies.
Incentive payable on PLI/RPLI policies is being explained with the help of following illustration:For a PLI policy procured on 1st November 2009, the procurement and renewal incentive payable on this policy is detailed as under: (i) 01.11.2009 to 31.10,2010 (First Year Premium):
PLI Procurement Incentive during this period will be paid as per the procurement incentive rate applicable during that period. (ii) 91.11.2010 to 30.06.2020:Renewal Incentive during this period will be paid as per the renewal incentive rate applicable during that period. (iii) 91.07.2020 onwards:
Renewal Incentive from 01.07.2020 onwards will be paid @ 1% of renewal premium.
3. This issues with approval of the competent authority.
India Post delivers Covid-19 testing kits from ICMR regional depots to testing labs across the country including remote
areas
08 MAY 2020
India Post has entered into a tie up with ICMR for delivery of its Covid-19 testing Kits from its 16 regional depots to the 200 additional labs designated for Covid-19 Testing
across the length and breadth of the country. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has set a target of carrying out around 1 lakh tests
across the country per day. For this crucial work, India Post with its vast network of 1,56,000 post offices has once again geared up for
performing as a strong COVID warrior. India Post has delivered consignments to remote areas such as Imphal, Aizawl apart from Dungarpur, Churu,
Jhalawar, Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar, Ranchi, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Kota and other places.
Union Minister of Communications, E & IT and Law and Justice Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad appreciated the renewed commitment and partnership
between ICMR and Department of Posts. He said that India Post has been delivering mails, medicines, financial assistance at doorsteps and even
distributing food and ration to needy during lockdown. He further acknowledged that postmen of India Posts Department have risen to the occasion
and stood shoulder to shoulder with the nation during these challenging times.
The Government is taking all measures to ensure timely delivery of kits. Special arrangements has been made by India Post with ICMR for kits
being delivered from 16 depots (located in 14 postal Circles/ States), to 200 labs located across the country even in remote areas such as
Shivamogga, Tirunelveli, Dharmapuri, Tirupati, Darjeeling, Gangtok, Leh, Jammu, Udhampur, Jhalawar, Bhavnagar Sholapur , Darbhanga, Rishikesh,
Faridkot to mention a few. These kits are being delivered packed in dry ice.
The India Post staff
is working round the clock to ensure timely deliveries. Rising to the call of duty, deliveries are being made even at 11:30 pm. India Post is
committed to ensure that the delivery of kits is made as per requirements even in far flung areas like Zoram Medical College , Mizoram.
Nodal officers have been identified from both the agencies (DoP & ICMR ) for each regional depot to ensure smooth operations . The Circles
have made necessary arrangements with timelines for the priority transportation of the consignments to the concerned laboratories either as per
the existing system or new arrangements depending on the requirement and have communicated the same to the ICMR nodal officers.
Each booking circle has opened a BNPL (Book Now Pay Later) account of Speed Post with the concerned Depot to make the arrangement hassle free
for the agency. The delivery information is shared with the labs on daily basis through whatsapp. A Google spreadsheet has been shared with all
nodal officers to update the details of booking and delivery of the testing kits to flag any operational glitches.
Union Minister of Communications, E & IT and Law and Justice Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad called upon the Department to continue with its good
work and leave no stone unturned in making timely delivery of medicines, testing kits and other medical equipments. He asked the Department to
galvanise its vast network and leave no gaps in delivery of essential items.
16 Depots of ICMR are NIMR, New Delhi, PGI Chandigarh, KGMU Lucknow, RMRI Patna, NIRNCD Jodhpur, NIOH Ahmedabad, NIREH Bhopal, NICED Kolkata,
NIV Pune, NIV field unit Bangalore, NIN Hyderabad, NIE Chennai, RMRC Dibrugarh, RMRC Bhubaneswar, NIRRH Mumbai, GMC Guwahati.
No. X-20/15/2020-SPN-II
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(Personnel Division)
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi - 110 001
Dated: 13th March, 2020
To,
All Head of Postal Circles.
Subject: Applicability of CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972.
Sir/Madam,
A
number of references have been received from Postal Circles seeking
clarification regarding applicability of Fourth amendment to CCS (Leave)
Rules, 1972 notified in Gazette of India vide GSR 1209(E) dated
11.12.2018.
2. Central Civil Service (Leave) Rules,
1972 are statutory rules and administered by Department of Personnel and
Training (DoPT). Amendment to statutory rules is carried out by the
administrative Ministry / Department. Therefore, once an amendment is
notified by the administrative Ministry / Department and those
amendments are made part of principal rules, the rules to the extent
amended are automatically applicable to all such persons to whom the
principal rules were applicable prior to the amendment.
3.
In the instant case, principal rules have been amended vide
notification dated 11.12.2018 published in Gazette of India;
Extraordinary vide G.S.R. 1209(E). Therefore, the principal rules, as
amended, are effective from the date the amended rules were notified in
official Gazette. There is no need of further circulation of the
amendment / modification carried out by the administrative Ministry
/
Department, viz. DoPT in this case, by the Directorate.
4.
Therefore, it is requested to bring to notice of all concerned to visit
website of DoPT (www.dopt.gov.in) for instructions related to CCS
(Leave) Rules and there is no need of re-circulation.
No.4-7/MACPS /2019-PCC
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of
Posts
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110001
Date: 10.02.2020
To
All Heads of Circles.
Sub: Modified Assured Carrier Progression Scheme to Central Government Civil Employees, clarification
for constitution of Screening Committee - reg.
Sir/ Madam,
The undersigned has been directed to invite your kind attention to the para 4 & 5 of DoP&T OM
No.350341312015-Estt.(D) MACP 22nd October, 2019 circulated vide this Directorate OM of even No. dated 30.
10.2019 regarding constitution of Screening Committee.
2. Keeping In view of the difficulties experienced by various Circles for constitution of the Screening
Committee due to non availability of officers of the rank of prescribed status, the issue was re-examined in
the changed scenario of 7th CPC, and it has been decided by the competent authority to modify
the clarification, issued vide this Directorate OM No. 4-7/ MACPS/2009 - PCC dated 09.12.2009, corrigendum
dated 11.12.2009 and dated 09.04.2010, as follows:
"The Chairperson should be one grade above the member of the Committee. The officer holding the post in JTS
in Pay Matrix Level-10 (in the event of non-availability of STS
Officer) can act as Chairperson of the Screening Committee. The officer of PS Group 'B' in Pay Matrix Level-9 can act as Member of the Screening Committee at Divisional level."
3. This issues with the approval of the Secretary (Posts).
(S.B.Vyavahare)
Assistant Director General (PCC/GDS)
No.7-2/2016-PCC
Government of India
Ministry of Communications Department of Posts
(PCC Section)
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi - 110001
Dated: 05.02.2020
To
All Chief Postmasters General / Postmasters General
Subject: Continuation of Outstation Allowance to the staff working in RMS Sections of Railway lines -
reg.
Sir / Madam,
The Outstation Allowance payable to the RMS staff was discontinued w.e.f. 01.07.2017 vide Department of
Expenditure, Ministry of Finance OM No. 29/1/2017-E.II (B) dated 11.07.2017 and circulated vide Directorate
letter No. 7-2/2016-PCC dated 14.07.2017.
The proposal for continuation of Outstation Allowance to the staff working in RMS Sections of Railway lines
was referred to Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance for consideration and approval. The Department
of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance has considered and approved for continuation of Outstation Allowance
(OSA) at the following revised rates for a period of absence from their headquarters, on duty, exceeding six
hours (for every six hours or part thereof) as given below:-
SL. No.
Categories of RMS Staff
Revised
rates (Amount in Rs.)
i
MTS
61.87 or 62/-
ii
Mail Guard
61.87 or 62/-
iii
Head Mail Guard
66.82 or 67/-
iv
Sorting Assistant
66.82 or 67/-
v
LSG Sorting Assistant
70.875 or 71/-
The revised Outstation Allowance (OSA) would be payable with effect from 01st July, 2017.
This issues with the approval of Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance vide their ID No. A-27023/
5/2017/E.IIB (7th CPC) dated 04th Feb, 2020.
(SB Vyavahare)
Assistant Director General (GDS/PCC)
GDS – Limited Transfer Facility for all categories of Gramin Dak Sevaks (DoP)
No.17-3112016-GDS
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(GDS Section)
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110001
Dated- 22.01.2020
Office Memorandum
Subject: Limited Transfer Facility for all categories of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS).
The undersigned is directed to convey approval of Competent Authority on the following guidelines to regulate the Limited Transfer facility of Gramin Dak Sevaks GDSin supersession of all previous orders:-
Conditions of Transfer
(i) The maximum number of chances to be provided for male GDSs is ONE only and TWO for female GDSs.
(ii) The transfer will be at his/her own request and own cost to a vacant post at his/her place of choice to his/he r/ spouse home village or home division or a place recommended for medical treatment.
(iv) A minimum engagement period of ONE year from the date of regular engagement on GDS post will be mandatory for female GDS.
(iii) A minimum engagement period of TWO years from the date of regular engagement on GDS Post will be mandatory for male GD , before transfer request can be entertained.
(v) For PwD GD and GDS having PwD dependents/ Mentally retarded dependents, a minimum engagement period of ONE year from the date of regular engagement on GDS Post will be mandatory.
(vi) Transfer request of GDS who are under put off duty or against whom any disciplinary action, Police case or Court case is pending will not be entertained.
(vii) Past engagement period will be counted for assessing the eligibility for appearing in departmental examination as well as for annual increment. GDS will not have any claim to go back to the previous engagement /recruitment Unit/Division in any circumstances.
(viii) When a GDS is transferred at histher own request and the transfer is approved by the competent authority, she/he will rank junior in the seniority list of the new unit, to all the GDS of that unit who exist in the seniority list on the date on which the transfer is ordered, except in case of transfer within the same engagement/recruitment Sub Division/ Unit /Division.
(ix) Mutual Exchange facility can be provided to all GDS on completion of ONE year (for FemaleGDS) and TWO years (for Male GDS) engagement period as the case may be.
(x) The GDS can be transferred on herthis request in following circumstances:-
"(a) BPM Level 2 to BPM Level-2 in TRCA slab 3 (b) BPM Level-1 to BPM Level-1 in TRCA slab-2. (c) ABPM/Dak Sevaks Level-2 to ABPM/Dak Sevaks in TRCA slab-2 – Level-2 (d) ABPM/Dak Sevaks Level-1 to ABPM/Dak Sevaks Level-1 in TRCA slab-1. (e) BPM Level-1 to ABPM/Dak Sevak Level-2(Postal/RMS) m same TRCA slab. (f) ABPM/Dak Sevak Level-2 (Postal) to BPM Level-1 in the same TRCA slab provided that, the GDS has to make accommodation arrangement for managing BO as per standard prescribed for BO and fulfilling the condition of educational qualification , Compu ter certificate etc. prescribed by the Department from time to time. Before joining as BPM Level-1, he/she has to undergo prescribed training for BPM. (g) Request transfer of ABPM/Dak Sevak from Postal to RMS in the same TRCA slab. (h) Transfer from RMS to Postal i.e. from Dak Sevak to ABPM/Dak Sevak in the same TRCA level. However, Dak Sevak from RMS should not be transferred to Postal Dn as BPM. (xi) There will not be any drop in TRCA slab on account of a request transfer and numbers of increments earned by GDS will be retained. (xii) All request transfers are to be considered subject to condition that verification formalities viz (Caste, Education and Police verification report etc.) should have been completed.
2. Competent Authority
The transfer of GDS will be approved by Regional PMG, if the transfer is within the Region and by the Head of the Circle, if the transfer is within the Circle. The approval of two concerned Head of Circle will be required, if the transfer is between two Circles.
3. Process of Transfer
(i) Application for transfer should be called for during April -June of every year. (ii) An application will be submitted to the Divisional Head on a prescribed Proforma attached herewith as Annexure-I. The application will be submitted through head of the recruitment/ engagement Unit/ Division duly recommended. (iii) Divisional Head will submit all the applications to approving authority through proper channel with factual report and recommendations . (iv) A separate register in prescribed Proforma attached herewith as Annexure-II is to be maintained at Circle Office/Regional Office/Division al Office for recording transfer requests of all categories of GDS. (v) All the applications received will be arranged in order of seniority from the date of engagement of GDS and the orders for transfer may be issued during July.
4. The above instructions will come into effect from the date of issue of this O.M.
5. Hindi version will follow.
Sd/-
(S.B.Vyavahare)
Assistant Director General (GDS/PCC)
Annexure-I
APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER FROM ONE POST TO ANOTHER POST IN GRAMIN DAK SEVAK
Name of the GDS
Post held by GDS with name of Sub Dn/Division/Circle
Date of engagement as regular GDS
Educational qualification
Whether Single or married
Existing TRCA Level with Slab
GDS Post for which transfer is sought for along with name of BO/SO/HO/ RO
Name of Sub Dn/Division/Circl e to which tra nsfer is sought:
Reasons for which transfer is sought for :
Documentary
evidence for the place of choice being his /her /spouse /Home village
/Home Division/ place recommended for medical Treatment. Please attach
any of the following documents:-
Aadhar Card
PAN Card
Voter ID Card
Driving licences
Passport/ Electricity Bill/ Water Bill/ Gas Bill
11. I, Shri/ Smt/ Miss _ _ _ _ declare that above information
furnished by me are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. I am
agreeable to accept all the terms and conditions as per para 2 of the
Dept. of Posts 0 M No. 17-31/2016-GDS dated 20.01.2020 amended from time
to time.
Signature of the GDS
with post held by GDS
Date
Place
The above application of Shri/Smt./Ms. _ _ _ _ seeking transfer on own cost and request has been scrutinised by me and certified that the information furnished by the official in the application is correct. This is also to certify that :-
The GDS is involved/ not involved in any loss, fraud, criminal cases
No disciplinary case is pending against the GDS
12. The transfer is recommended I not recommended
Signature & Designation of the
Head of the Division Station
Date
DECLARATION FOR TRANSFER FROM ONE POST TO ANOTHER POST BY GDS
(i) I hereby declare that in the event of my limited transfer from _ _ _ _ to _ _ _ _ I will rank junior in the gradation list of new unit to to all the GDS of that unit on the date of joining that unit.
(ii) I will not claim any TA or Transit. I will not have any claim to go back to my old post in any circumstances. I will also abide by these conditions as amended from time to time.
DoP - Deduction of TDS in respect of Cash Withdrawal above One Crore by a National Savings Schemes account holder
SB Order No. 02/2020
F.No 109-27/2019-SB
Govt. of India Ministry of Communication
Department of Posts (F.S. Division)
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-110001
Dated: 09.01.2020
To,
All Head of Circles / Regions
Addl. Director General, APS, New Delhi
Subject :- Deduction of TDS in respect of Cash Withdrawal above Rs. 1 Crore by an account holder of National Savings
Schemes regarding .
Sir / Madam,
The undersigned is directed to inform that Government of India has inserted Section 194 N in the Income Tax Act, 1961,
through Finance Act (No.2) 2019 for deduction of TDS @2% on cash withdrawals in excess of Rs. 1 crore in a year, from 1.9.20
19, and the new provision mentioned in Section 194 N is applicable from the financial year 2019·20. Text of the new Section
is reproduced below :-
Payment of certain amounts in cash.
194 N. Every person, being,-
a banking company to which the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949) applies (including any bank or banking
institution referred to in section 51 of that Act);
a co-operative society engaged in carrying on the business of banking; or
who is re possible for paying any sum, or, as the case may be, aggregate of sums, in ca h, in excess of one crore rupees
during the previous year, to any person (herein referred to as the recipient) from one or more accounts maintained by the
recipient with it shall, at the time of payment of such sum , deduct an amount equal to two per cent of sum exceeding one
crore rupees, as income tax:
Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply to any payment made to,
the Government;
any banking company or co-operative society engaged in carrying on the business of banking or a post office.
any business correspondent of banking company or co-operative society engaged in carrying on the business of banking, in
accordance with the guidelines issued in this regard by the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 ( 2 of 1934);
any white label automated teller machine operator of a banking company or co operative society engaged in carrying on
the business of banking, in accordance with the authorization issued by the Reserve Bank of India under the Payment and
Settlement Systems Act, 2007 (51of 2007);
such other person or class of persons, which the Central Government may, be notification in the Official Gazette,
specify in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India ;
Further Clarification issued by CBDT on 30.8.2019
(extract from press release of CBDT dated 30.08.2019)
“…..The CBDT, having considered the concerns of the people, hereby clarifies that section 194N inserted in the Act, is to
come into effect from 1st September, 2019. Hence any cash withdrawal prior to 1st September, 2019 will not be subjected to
the TDS under Section 194N. However, since the threshold of Rs. 1crore is with respect to the previous year, calculation of
amount of cash withdrawal for triggering deduction under section 194N shall be counted from 1st April, 20 19. Hence, if a
person has already withdrawn Rs. 1crore or more in cash up to 31st August , 2019 from one or more accounts maintained with a
banking company or a cooperative bank or a post office, the 2% TDS shall apply on all subsequent cash withdrawals made on or
after 1st September, 2019.”
2. With this amendment, now TDS @2% will be applicable on all cash withdrawals above Rs. One Crore taken by an account
holder in his/ her all type of Small Savings Schemes Accounts / Certificates taken together, from 1.4.2019 onwards. However,
for the current financial year (2019-20) as per clarification issued by CBDT, TDS will be deducted on cash withdrawals taken
on or after 1.9.2019, even if cash withdrawals are taken in excess of Rs.1 Crore from 1.4.2019 to 31.8.2019. The TDS @ 2% is
to be deducted on all subsequent cash withdrawal (from 01.09.2019) to be taken by a customer who has taken cash withdraw als
in excess of Rs. lcrore during 2019-20 in his/ her all accounts.
3. Necessary changes in FINACLE will be done in due course to automatically deduct TDS at the time of such cash withdrawal.
Till these changes are done, CEPT Team will inform details of such Account Holders in the first week of every month to the
respective CPC which will inform the concerned Post Office to deduct TDS @2%. Post Offices have to ensure that PAN number of
such account holder are invariably taken and fed in Finacle. TDS so deducted should be accounted under Section 194N and
incorporated in TDS return of HO (for HO and its SOs). Account holder should be informed of such deduction at the time of
cash withdrawal.
4. It is requested to circulate this amendment to all concerned for information and guidance and necessary action.
5. This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.
Yours Faithfully,
(Devendra Sharma)
Assistant Director (SB)
Change of Nomenclature of Junior Senior Translators - DoP
No. 17-3/2019-PE-II
Government of India
Ministry of Communications Department of Posts
Establishment Division
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi- 110001
Dated: the 27th Dec, 2019
ORDER
Subject: Change of Nomenclature of Jr./Sr. Translators.
Approval
of the Competent Authority is hereby conveyed for change of
nomenclature of the Posts of Senior Translators and Junior Translators
in subordinate offices the Department of Posts as following:
SI. No.
Existing nomenclature of the post
New nomenclature
(i)
Senior Translator
Senior Translation Officer (STO)
(ii)
Junior Translator
Junior Translation Officer (JTO)
2. The change in nomenclature comes into force with immediate effect.
However, change in designation would not lead to Upgradation of pay
scale/ level in future.
Also check the Latest DoPT Orders 2020
3. The necessary amendments in Recruitment Rules will be Carried out in due course.
Sd/-
(D. K. Tripathy)
Assistant Director General (Estt.)
Grant of benefits of MACP Scheme w.e.f. 01.01.2006 to civilian employees – Hon’ble CAT Jaipur Bench – DoP
MACP
No.2-24/2019-PCC
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi – 110001
Date : 22/11/2019
To,
Chief Postmaster General
Rajasthan Circle, Jaipur – 302 007.
Subject: Hon’ble CAT Jaipur Bench OA No. 291/558/2019 titled as Bharu Ram Siklitgar Vs UOI & Ors. -regarding grant of benefits of MACP Scheme w.e.f. 01.01.2006 to civilian employees.
Sir,
On the above noted subject, I am directed to inform you that this Directorate has received an OA bearing No. 291/558/2019 titled as Bharu Ram Siklitgar Vs UOI & Ors. and your office might be received the same being a respondent in the case.
2. In the instant OA, the applicant has sought for relief for grant of benefit of MACP Scheme with effect from the commencement of 6th CPC i.e. 01.01.2006 instead of 01.09.2008, by quoting the. judgement dated 08.12.2017 of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in case of Balvir Singh Civil Appeal Diary No. 3744 of 2016.
3. In this regard, I am directed to forward herewith a copy of Department of Personnel & Training Office Memorandum No. 43019/5/2019-Estt.-D dated 01.11.2019 containing facts / grounds for defending the issue involved in the OA, and request you to kindly get the counter reply prepared and filed on the basis of the facts / grounds provided by the DoP&T.
4. It is also requested to defend the case properly and to intimate the outcome of the proceedings periodically to this Directorate.
Seventh Central Pay Commission Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance
File No.06-4/2018-PAP
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(Establishment Division)
P.A.P. Section
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi -110001
Dated: 17th October, 2019.
To
The Chief Postmaster General,
Mumbai 400001
Sub: Implementation of the recommendations of Seventh Central
Pay Commission - Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance - Clarifications.
A reference has been received in the Directorate
seeking clarification regarding admissibility of Cash Handing and Treasury Allowance on DOPT OM No - 4/6/2017-Estt. (Pay-II) Date 18.01.2019
,circulated vide Directorate letter No. 06-04/2018-PAP dated 22.01.2019, on the following issues from Chief Postmaster General Mumbai vide
his letter No.Estt/19-1/Cash Handling Allowance/2008-14 dated at Mumbai 28.06.19
The matter has been considered in the Directorate and clarified the queries are as under.
Query No.1. Whether the
revised rates of 7th CPC for Cash Handling Allowance and Treasury Allowance are also applicable for cash handling to the Sub Postmasters in
single and double handed Post offices and to those Sub Postmasters in Post Offices where there is no separate Treasury is justified.
Clarification: Not applicable. Already clarified in para 2 (iv) and (v) of DOPT OM No. 4/6/17- Estt.(Pay-II) dated
18.01.2019.
Query No.2: Whether Rs. 700/- rate of Cash Handling Allowance and Treasury Allowance is to be granted directly
to all eligible operative staff as it fixed for amount <=5 lakh average monthly cash handled or whether it is to be calculated and fixed
every year based on the statistics of previous financial year’s average quantum cash disbursed for the Treasurers and Sub Postmasters in
Post Offices where there is no separate Treasurer is justified.
Clarification: As per para 2(iii) of the said OM dated
18.01.2019 ” the Cash Handling and Treasury Allowance should be reviewed every financial year.”
Query No.3. Whether Cash
Handling Allowance and Treasury Allowance will be allowed to all Treasurers in big offices if more than one Treasurer is working in those
offices.
Clarification: No. Already clarified in para 2(vi) of the of the aforesaid mention OM dated 18.01.2019 that “not
more than one official should be allowed the Cash Handling Allowance and Treasury Allowance in an office.”
(D.K.Tripathi)
Assistant. Director General (Estt.)
Phone No - 011-23096191
