Gazetted officer’s attestation no longer required

You may no longer need a gazetted officer or a magistrate to attest documents sought by government departments. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked his bureaucrats to repeal all laws and rules which come in the way of effective governance. 

In a meeting with secretaries on Wednesday, the PM suggested government departments should adopt the system of self-attestation of certificates, photographs and marksheets, instead of asking for attested documents or filing of affidavits. He also told officials all government application forms should be made short and simple by doing away with unnecessary fields.

“The prime minister said self attestation should be enough because it is a hassle for the common man to get it attested from gazetted officers. Anyway, the original documents are required to be produced at the final stage,” a senior government official told Business Standard.

Central Government Officers may have to work 6 days a week

Speculation is rife in various union ministries that the new government under Narendra Modi may revert back to the six-days a week workdays in central government offices after about three decades.

Although there is no move yet by the government in this regard the issue is subject of much discussion among the bureaucrats. It was former PM Rajiv Gandhi who, in the mid-1980s, had decided to go in for the five-day week.

The aim at that time was to promote efficiency since it gave the bureaucrats much-needed rest over the weekend on the assumption that the work-culture would improve during week-days.

Trade Unions meet F.M., demand D.A. merger among other demands.

The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley said that skill development would be given priority so that more and more trained workers join the Indian economy. He said that the Government will give due consideration to the Ten Point Joint Charter of Demands given by the Central Trade Unions while formulating the budgetary proposals. The Finance Minister was speaking here today while interacting with the representatives of the Central Trade Unions as part of his Pre-Budget Consultation meetings.

Along with the Finance Minister, the meeting was attended by Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Ratan P. Watal, Expenditure Secretary, Shri Rajiv Takru, Revenue Secretary, Smt. Gauri Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment and senior officers of the Ministry of Finance among others.

Holding of Limited Departmental Examination for promotion to the cadre of Postmaster Grade-I 2014

Examination is re-scheduled on 20-07-2014. 

To view Directorate memo, please CLICK HERE.

POSTMASTER GRADE EXAM MATERIALS

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            We wish to inform you that latest edition of Master Guide to Paper I & II for POSTMASTER GRADE- I examination is released.  Price Rs.1200.00

PROCEDURE FOR ORDERING BOOKS: Kindly send Rs.1240/- in favour of “BOOK CENTRE” by EMO with your Name, address with PINCode and Phone number. Title of the book should be written clearly.Book will be sent by Registered Post. Book will NOT be sent without an advance payment.

Note: For those who have already sent the EMO, book has been dispatched.

PRICELIST OF OTHER BOOKS FOR POSTMASTER GRADE- I

	PAPER – I	PRICE
	CUSTOMER SERVICE & GRIEVANCES:-
1	Post Office Guide Part – I  (Downloaded from Indiapost)	160.00
2	G-31 Swamy’s Post Office Guide Part I	260.00
3	Right to Information Act, 2005 (Bare Act)	50.00
4	C-69 Swamy’s Right to Information Act	200.00
5	C-8 Swamy’s C.C.S (C.C.A) Rules	380.00
6	C-9 Swamy’s C.C.S Conduct Rules	215.00
7	C-13 Swamy’s General Financial Rules	310.00
	POSTAL OPERATIONS
1	P-5  Postal Manual Volume V	250.00
2	Postal Manual Volume VI Part I, II & III	N/A
3	C-29 P&T Financial Handbook Volume II	180.00
4	Post Office Savings Bank Manual Volume I & II By Kawaljit Singh	600.00
5	Master Guide to Paper I & II  by V.K.Balan( with MCQ)	1200.00

VIEWS/ SUGGESTIONS OF SHRI N. KAMARAJ FOR 7TH CPC

AIAPC convey its sincere thanks to Shri. N. Kamaraj for giving valuable suggestions for cadre restructure and 7th CPC recommendations.

N. Kamaraj,

Postmaster Grade I, Valangaiman-612804,

Ex-Branch Secretary, P3 Papanasam.

Mobile: +91 9486599983

Postmaster Cadre

Sir,

            In our Department of Posts, Promotional Opportunities are very low. IP Posts and Group ‘B’ Exams are only available for Promotion. Operative Employees are unable to get promotions in their Service. In State Government, Staff enters as Junior Assistant and they get step by step promotion in their service. At the time of Retirement, the staff in State Government retired as Gazetteer Officer like Thashildar, BDO, and Deputy Collector. But, in our postal Department, staff enter as Postal Assistant and finally retired as Senior Postal Assistant without getting any promotion like LSG, HSG II, and HSG I.

Thanks to Shri. Hoovappa of Karnataka Circle

1 there should be a separate pay scale for postmaster grade 1 , grade2 , grade 3 , sr postmaster cadre..

2. grade pay difference between grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, sr postmaster should be adequate

3. entry level postmaster cadre grade pay should be 4200 that is postmaster grade 1 grade pay should be 4200

4. pay scale for postmaster grade 1 should be equal to IP basic as both are the first promotion from  PA cadre.

Thanks to Com. Muthukrishnan M PM Grade II, Shenoy Nagar

Views,Demands and Grievances of all PostMasters

Submitted In Connection with 7^th CPC

1. The PostMaster Cadre Officials are shouldering with heavy work load listed with Innumerous types of duties with enormous sense of Responsiblities (Direct and Indirect).
2. It is requested to demand New Higher Pay Scales for Officials belonging to PostMaster Cadre in the forth coming 7^th CPC.
3. 10% Care Taker allowance, should be paid to all the Postmasters as per the Department of Posts guidelines.
4. Upto the 4^TH Central Pay Commission, the pay scale of an Inspector-Post and a LSG official was the same(1400-40-1600-50-2300-60-2600 ). But

Letter from our com. Smt. R. Sudha PM Grade I Mandaveli.

Dear Postmaster cadre friends,

           Various representations are received all over the India, giving precise views of Postmaster cadre officials regarding cadre restructure and 7th CPC proposals. Among them few of those shall be posted in this website to create the awareness. AIAPC sincerely thanks Smt. R. Sudha for giving ample examples to bring the issues of PM Cadre even stronger in future. Representation of Smt. R. Sudha is as follows.....

Sir,

I am R.Sudha, working as Postmaster Grade I, Mandaveli, Chennai 600 004.  I have seen your post in the postmastercadre blogspot regarding fixation of pay on promotion.  Last year itself, based on the said order of Ministry of Finance, myself and many of my friends in PM Grade I cadre have already requested our Divisional heads for grant of one notional increment, but we were denied of the increment with a written reply that you are not eligible for notional increment. But some of my other colleagues (Tirunelveli, coimbatore) have already obtained one notional increment based on the same order. It is felt that only if Ministry of Finance issues a clarification to our Department, the problem will be solved.

PACKING OF PARCELS - IPO RULES AMENDED

"A parcel wrapped with cloth should invariably either be packed in a carton or be covered with paper or plastic wrapper over the cloth wrapping so that the bar code sticker can be properly affixed on the parcel for track and trace purpose”. 

To view the Gazette notification , CLICK HERE