SEVENTH PAY COMMISSION REPORT ‘TOTAL RUBBISH’, SAY EMPLOYEES’ LEADERS

New Delhi: Central government employees’ leaders have trashed the Seventh Pay Commission report on pay and allowances hike of central government employees and officers, saying it was ‘total rubbish’ and ‘not worth the paper it was printed on’.

The Seventh Pay Commission report was presented to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in November.

A Trade Union leader said he finds it hard to believe that the 900-page report had failed to find any government employees’ welfare motive behind the issuance of such type of pay hike recommendations, which has given nothing, not even proper minimum pay hike.

Postal Department Has Overtaken SBI on Digital Connectivity: Ravi Shankar Prasad

MUMBAI: The postal department has surpassed the country's largest lender, SBI, in terms of digital connectivity even before its payments bank launch, Union IT and Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said.

"The core banking solution (CBS) or digital connectivity of the postal department has surpassed the State Bank of India's digital connectivity," Prasad said at a special session on the third day of the ongoing Make in India week here.

There are over 1.50 lakh post offices across the country, of which 1.25 lakh are in rural areas, and the department had embarked on CBS connectivity a few years ago.

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FAQ On Procurement Of High Value PLI Policies

Frequently Asked Questions on procuring High Value Policies in PLI issue by CPMG TN Circle

01.   What is High Value Policy in PLI?

If Sum assured is more than 20 Lakhs in PLI, It is called High value policy.

02.   Who is the accepting authority for High value policies?

For Single proposals more than 20 lakhs and up to 50 lakhs, the accepting authority would be the Chief Postmaster General.

New proposals of existing policy holders whose aggregate exceeds Rs 20 lakhs and up to 30 lakhs, the accepting authority would be DPS (HQ). 

New proposals exceeding Rs 20 lakhs  up to  50 lakhs and new proposals of existing  policy holders whose aggregate exceeds Rs  30 lakhs  and  up to  50 lakhs, the accepting authority would be the Chief Postmaster General.

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Entering into any financial transaction – Are you required to disclose PAN?

By Shalini Jain 

One of the biggest agenda of the current Government is to curb black money menace in India and one of the step forward in this regard is the change made in the requirement of mandatory quoting of Permanent Account Number ('PAN") in designated financial transactions. 

The need for some pro-active measures to check the black money was highlighted by our Finance Minister in October 2015, wherein he had said "the bulk of black money is still within India. We thus need a change in national attitude where plastic currency becomes the norm and cash an exception". 

New Pension System Touches 1 Crore Membership

National Pension System (NPS) had 11,459,555 subscribers with a total corpus of Rs. 90, 327 crore as on 23rd January, 2016. The total Assets under Management are worth Rs. 109,140 crore while Assets under Management per subscriber is Rs. 95,000 on an average.

The number of NPS Subscribers of the Central Government are 1611,020 with a total corpus of Rs. 34,754 crore while subscribers from the different State Governments are 2,859,094 with a total corpus of Rs. 45,486 crore. The number of NPS subscribers in the Corporate Sector are 448,509 while in Unorganized Sector is 128,484, the total being 576,993. The number of subscribers under NPS Lite include 4,463,637 and under Atal Pension Yojana (APY) 1,948,811, with a total number of subscribers 6,412,448 in these two categories.

AIAPC writes to the Nodal Officer DOP Pay Commission Cell in connection with Para 4 of the Minutes of the Meeting of the Joint Secretary (IC) with Nodal Officers held on 02.02.2016

INDIA POST JOINS WITH THE FESTIVAL OF KUMBAKONAM MAHAMAHAM

AIAPC TAMILNADU CIRCLE CONGRATS SHRI.KRISHNAMOORTHY AVL - SUPDT OF KUMBAKONAM POSTAL DIVISION FOR THIS PROJECT AND WISHES A GRAND SUCCESS OF THIS INDIA POST INITIATIVE. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

Flash news Minutes of the Meeting of Joint Secretary (IC) with Nodal officers dated 02.02.16 regarding 7th CPC Implementation.