STATEWISE DETAILS REGARDING DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES’ WORKING STRENGTH

S. No.	Name of Circle	Permanent employees  Working Strength (as on 31-3-2013)
1.	Andhra Pradesh	13430
2.	Assam	4048
3.	Bihar	9236
4.	Chhatisgarh	2095
5.	Delhi	8191
6.	Gujarat	13447
7.	Haryana	3657
8.	Himachal Pradesh	2285
9.	Jammu & Kashmir	1446
10.	Jharkhand	2767
11.	Karnataka	13230
12.	Kerala	10098
13.	Madhya Pradesh	7224
14.	Maharashtra	26146
15.	North East	2001
16.	Orissa	5777
17.	Punjab	6069
18.	Rajasthan	7791
19.	Tamilnadu	19829
20.	Uttar Pradesh	19451
21.	Uttarakhand	2307
22.	West Bengal	17916
	Total	198441

Revision of Pre mailing Rates under Business Post from 01st April 2015

To view Directorate memo, please CLICK HERE. 

Will there be a HIKE in 6% DA this week?

The Union Cabinet is likely to approve hiking dearness allowance (DA) to 113 per cent from existing 107 per cent benefiting 30 lakh central government employees and 50 lakh pensioners in its meeting scheduled in this week.

“The Union Cabinet will take a proposal to hike Dearness allowance for its employees and dearness relief for its pensioners to 113 per cent in next week as per agenda listed for the meeting,” a source said. The hike in DA would be effective from the January 1st this year.

CBS FINACLE - GETTING SB BRANCH STATISTICS IN ONE MENU FOR ALL SCHEMES

In CBS finacle migrated offices, it is very hard to get, monthly SB branch statistics figures for various reports submissions like SMR, SB revenue target statement, etc., To get number of New accounts opened/closed, deposited/withdrawn, certificates issued/discharged, by following below procedures, we could get statistics easily in single menu in Finacle report URL. In HPO also, they could get sub office above statistics for any period by typing concerned SOL IDs by following below procedures.

Copy and paste the following report URL in internet explorer

https://dpdcpflmis.fsi.indiapost.gov.in:1443/finbranch/ui/SSOLogin.jsp

Please login with your CBS finacle user id and password

Please go to HFINRPT Menu

In the HFINRPT menu list please choose 18th report Common statistical statement report like below screen shot

Modi Govt May Implement Seventh Pay Commission Report From April 2016

Modi Govt May Implement Seventh Pay Commission Report From April 2016.

The Seventh Pay Commission drafted in to make a new pay structure for the 30 lakh Central government employees would not be able to submit its report in August this year, the Commission is likely to seek extension till October.

The reports of Seventh Pay Commission will be implicated from April next year as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in the Parliament on February 27, “The 7th Pay Commission impact may have to be absorbed in 2016-17.”

Tax Rebate on Sukanya Samriddhi Account.

To view Directorate memo No. 116-57/2014-SB dated March 2015, please CLICK HERE. 

BANKING SERVICES IN POST OFFICES

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF POSTS  

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.533

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27th FEBRUARY, 2015

BANKING SERVICES IN POST OFFICES

†533. SHRI BHUPENDER YADAV:                                                    

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

(a)       whether Government proposes to entrust banking related services to the Department of Posts;

(b)       whether all post offices in the country would also function as a bank; and

(c)        if so, by when this work is likely to be completed?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a)       Yes Sir. The Department of Posts applied to the Reserve Bank of India for issuance of license for setting up of Payments Bank on 30.01.2015.

(b)       No Sir. The Government does not propose to convert all post offices in the country to function as a bank. However, Department of Posts applied for license for setting up a Payments Bank on 30.01.2015, which may utilize a part of existing resources /infrastructure of the Department.

(c)        Date of completion of the above work will be depended on the decision of the Reserve Bank of India.

SSA A/c Opening List View/Print (HACSP) : Finacle Solution

As you Know SSA scheme is new Added in POSB. There is no report in HFINRPT menu, so many SOLs are preparing List manually. Here we are give a remedy to all to print the Account Open List of SSA. You can use HACSP command to View/Print List of Account of SSA. The following process is used to execute this command. This command can be used in CPA/SU/SA level.

• Menu Shortcut - HACSP
• GO
• The following screen will be appeared

• Give SOL ID
• Scheme Code is SSA

INSURANCE IS COMPULSORY FOR VP ARTICLE ABOVE Rs 1500/-

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE THE NOTIFICATION

DUE TO SHORTAGE NEWLY RECRUITED PA/SAs ARE DIRECTED TO JOIN PROVISIONALLY

NO MORE SPLITED ACCOUNTS TO ACHIEVE THE TARGET- CPMG STRICTLY INSTRUCTED.

SALE OF PENTA MOBILES THROUGH POST OFFICE

The offer includes bundled free talk time of 1999 minutes for 1 year. The bundled free talk time offer is available only with BSNL SIM cards. The focus of the company was on providing affordable devices. DOP has already started the sale of Penta Bharat mobile phones from 07-October-2014 onwards.

Penta Mobile Images

Specification

Conducting of PA/SA Aptitude Test (Re-examination) for Madhya Pradesh Circle

Friends.. Postal Directorate vide letter No.NO. A-34012/10/2014-DE ( MP Part)

dated 5 March 2015 has published that the PA/SA Direct Recruitment Examination, 2013-14 held on 22-06-2014 in Madhya Pradesh Circle was ordered by the competent authority to be cancelled. The re-examination will be conducted on 15-03-2015 and 22-03-2015.

The message displayed in official site http://pasadrexam2014.in/ read as follows:

Aadhar Linked Digital Locker to save mark sheets, license and important documents.

Press Information Bureau 

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

04-March-2015 18:17 IST

Aadhar Linked Digital Locker

Digital Locker is one of the key initiatives under the Digital India Programme. A beta version of the same has been released on 10.02.2015 by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Government of India. Digital Locker is aimed at minimising the usage of physical documents and enable sharing of e-documents across agencies. The sharing of the e-documents will be done through registered repositories thereby ensuring the authenticity of the documents online. Residents can also upload their own electronic documents and digitally sign them using the e-sign facility. These digitally signed documents can be shared with Government organisations or other entities.

This information was given by the Minister of Communication and Information Technology Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad in Lok Sabha today.

I T Modernization Project Update # 15 (January & February, 2015)

AIAPC Delegates visited the Directorate on 26-02-2015.

Dear Postmaster Friends,

 AIAPC wises you all Seasonal Greetings !

It is time for all Postmaster Cadre friends to stand united, 7th Pay Commission’s consideration is upon the anvil, we have to project and protect the interest of Postmaster Cadre.

            We are sharing greater responsibilities as Postmasters, keeping in view of responsibilities of AIAPC. It is only the Postmasters in Postmaster Cadre who can fight by heart for the benefit of their own cadre.

7th Pay Commission : Highlights of the demands of Central Government Employees to 7th CPC

1. Pay scales are calculated on the basis of pay drawn pay in pay band + GP + 100% DA by employee as on 01-01-2014.

2. 7th CPC report should be implemented w.e.f. 01-01-2014.

3. Scrap New Pension Scheme and cover all employees under Old Pension and Family Pension Scheme.

4. JCM has proposed minimum wage for MTS (Skilled) Rs.26,000 p.m.

Union Budget 2015: Postal Department to use its vast network for proposed Payment Bank

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Postal Department will utilise the services  of its vast network for the proposed Payment Bank.

"Government proposes  to utilise vast postal network with nearly 1.55 lakh points of presence across  villages of the country.

"I hope postal department will bring the  proposed Payment Bank venture successfully so that it can contribute in Pradhan  Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana," Jaitley said while presenting the Budget for 2015 in Parliament.

The postal offices will function as payment banks, he  added.

Seventh Pay Commission likely to submit report in October 2015

After 14th Finance Commission, 7th pay panel’s report looms : LiveMint

Finance ministry fears that its revenue will be affected in 2016-17 as it has to absorb new pay panel recommendations

New Delhi: After the recommendations of the Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) forced the government to reduce its plan expenditure in the 2015-16 budget, the Union finance ministry fears its revenues will remain constrained in 2016-17 as well since it has to absorb the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission (SPC) in that year. 

The Seventh Pay Commission will submit its report by October 2015. 

Click here for details of provision for 7th CPC in union Budget -2015-16

“The 7th Pay Commission impact may have to be absorbed in 2016-17. The phase of consolidation, extended by one year, will also be spanning out in this period. Thus, in the medium-term framework, the fiscal position will continue to be stressed,” the finance ministry said in the macroeconomic framework statement laid before Parliament along with the budget on Saturday.

Provision for 7th Pay Commission in Budget 2015-16

The Budget is also gravely silent on fund allocations for the Seventh Pay Commission award, due for implementation in 2016.  The budgetary documents are stressing upon likely burden from the report of the 7th Pay Commission.  However the funds are allocated for Commission'ss establishment.  The extract of budgetry documents which are related to 7th CPC are mentioned below:-

Speech of Finance Minister - Heading Fiscal Roadmap para 23:-

Budget  2015-2016

Speech  of

Arun Jaitley

Minister of Finance

February 28,  2015

Fiscal Roadmap

23. I want to underscore that my government still remains firm on achieving the medium term target of 3% of GDP.  But that journey has to take account of the need to increase public investment.  The total additional public investment over and above the RE is planned to be `1.25 lakh crore out of which `70,000 crore would be capital expenditure from budgetary outlays.  We also have to take into account the drastically reduced fiscal space; uncertainties that implementation of GST will create; and the likely burden from the report of the 7th Pay Commission.  Rushing into, or insisting on, a pre-set time-table for fiscal consolidation pro-cyclically would, in my opinion, not be pro-growth.  With the economy improving, the pressure for accelerated fiscal consolidation too has decreased.  In these circumstances, I will complete the journey to a fiscal deficit of 3% in 3 years, rather than the two years envisaged previously.  Thus, for the next three years, my targets are: 3.9%, for 2015-16; 3.5% for 2016-17; and, 3.0% for 2017-18.  The additional fiscal space will go towards funding infrastructure investment.

***

APPRECIATION AND MOBILE PHONE PRIZE TO POSTMASTER GRADE OFFICIAL !!!

Dear Friends,

                    As the preamble given by the GOI, while constituting postmaster cadre, as a front runners of the DOP, all over the India, qualified Postmaster grade officials are standing high in the performances and devotion in duty and getting appreciations from the administration and as well as from the member of public.

                  In the same way, we are very glad to publish that Shri.Rajesh Kanna H, Postmaster Grade-1 Sholinghur SO-631102 under Arakkonam Division received a prize-Micromax Mobile from Shri. Mervin Alexandar, Postmaster General, Chennai City Region for Best Performance in Western Union Money Transfer on 27 Feb 15.

Modification in PLI/ RPLI software to implement the service Tax and Sales Tax module

Click  here to view the details.

Appeal to all our Postmaster fraternity

      RT-2015 of Tamilnadu circle is under process and in this connection, We request all the Postmasters especially the Postmasters who are going out of their present office on completion of their tenure to send their office photos .

       For example a photo containing the Postmaster and his staff and his office in the background. The same shall be published in this website. If you like the idea, just send the same to gradepostmaster@gmail.com.

DEPARTMENT’S DELAYING TACTICS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. POSTAL JCA SHOULD NOT FAIL IN ITS RESPONSIBILITY.

COM. M.KRISHNAN

EX SECRETARY GENERAL NFPE

Cadre Restructuring agreement of the Group ‘C’ employees of the Department of Posts was signed by both the official side and staff side on 28.04.2014 after protracted discussions and hard-bargaining by the leadership of NFPE & FNPO. By 30.04.2015 first anniversary of the signing of the agreement will be over. Even after a lapse of nine months the proposal is still pending in the Postal Directorate. In all other departments like Railways, Income Tax, Central Secretariat etc. cadre.

restructuring is already approved by Government and implemented. Employees got the benefits months back. Postal JCA has included this demand in its charter of demands. The reply given by the Department is really shocking and shameful. After keeping the file in the cold-storage for ten months now the Postal Board says it want six months more time to process the proposal for submission to the DOP&T. Reply given by the Department in the minutes of the strike charter discussion is reproduced below:

PRESS NEWS:- INFOSYS WAS PENALISED OF RS.9.33 CRORES FOR DEFAULT IN SERVICE

BANGALORE MIRROR cover story.

Blame it on Infosys, says Bescom MD on excess power bills

By Niranjan Kaggere, Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Apr 22, 2014, 02.00 AM IST

Pankaj Kumar Pandey says power utility had identified 150 issues based on consumer complaints, but Infosys was able to rectify just 85. Only govt can scrap the contract

In February this year, some United Bank of India employees had reportedly blamed inherent deficiencies in 'Finacle', the financial software provided by Infosys, the Bangalore based IT bellwether giant, for the bank's mounting NPAs. The NPA controversy had led to the exit of Archana Bhargava, chairman of the bank. Now, Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) has called into question the reliability of the company's billing software.

Sukanya Samriddhi Account - Your best gift for your Girl Child...

TAMILNADU CIRCLE : POSTMASTER Grade I Exam 2014 Results Declared

"CONGRATULATIONS "

TO NEWLY SELECTED GRADE -I POSTMASTERS

Tamilnadu Circle : Results of Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant Direct Recruitment Examination 2014

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE RESULTS

Results of Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant Direct Recruitment Examination 2014 held on 11.05.2014 (Paper I) and 24.09.2014 to 30.09.2014 (Paper II) released on 18.02.2015.

Selected candidates are requested to await further communication from the Divisions / Units concerned.

Bank unions want FM to step in to resolve wage hike

Days ahead of a proposed strike by PSU banks' employee unions, a top union leader today sought the intervention of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to resolve the over two-year-old wage hike issue.

Public sector bank employee unions have threatened to go on a nationwide four-day strike beginning February 25 over the wage hike issue.

C H Venkatachalam, General Secretary of All-India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA), said Jaitley should intervene immediately to settle the long-pending issue.

Source : PTI

Discontinue the Sale of CRF Stamps

Discontinue the Sale of  CRF Stamps  through out the country w.e.f.  01.04.2015.

Sale of  Central Recruitment stamps through  Post offices will discontinue from 1^st April -2015. These stamps are losing their identity in this electronic era .  

CLICK TO VIEW ORDER

PATCH 10 FOR SANCHAY POST 7.5 : Sukanya Samruddhi Account (SSA)

Prerequisite:

1. Ensure that Backup of all databases relating to Sanchay Post are taken and stored in external storage devices. 

2. Ensure that Sanchay Post Version 7.5 and all the patches related to it (in the same order given below) have been installed in the system.

Service Pack 1 dated 29_May_2014

Patch 5 dated 07_Nov_2014

Patch 6 dated 23_Sep_2014

Patch 8 dated 20_Nov_2014

Patch 8.1 dated 03_Dec_2014

Patch 7 dated 23_Sep_2014

If not installed please install the above patches in the same order

3. DO NOT RUN UpgradeDB / UpgradeDB PPF RD / KVP_Tool again. (As your POST DB is upgraded already at the time of installation of Sanchay Post 7.5/ Service Pack 1/ Patch 8 respectively)

4. Sanchay Post Version 7.0 should not be available in the system.

Note : Patch 10 should be installed in server and all client machines. 

“SSA-Upgrade” should be executed only once in SERVER. It shouldn’t be run in client machines. 

Download : Software Patch 10

SB Order 02/2015 : Introduction of new scheme "Sukanya Samriddhi Account" under Small Savings Scheme from 22.01.2015.

Sukanya Samruddhi Account

Under the scheme, the account can be opened from the birth of the girl child till she attains the age of 10. A girl child who attained the age of 10 years, one year prior to notification, will also be eligible. The account can be opened by an amount of Rs 1,000 and in a financial year investment ceiling is Rs 1.5 lakh. The child can close the account earliest at the age of 21 years with option of keeping the account till marriage.

Introduction of Sukanya Samriddhi Account from 22.01.2015.

SB Order No.2/2015 has been released regarding Introduction of Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA) by Ministry Of Finance (DEA). This scheme is being launched by Hon'ble Prime Minister on 22nd January 2015 afternoon. 

Patch from Sanchay Post will be available in DMCC website by end of day today which needs to be downloaded and deployed in all Sanchay Post offices. Solution for post offices on CBS platform is being tested and will be deployed by Tomorrow.

If any customer comes to any post office for opening of account under SSA will be attended to by the Post Offices from tomorrow onward, Account will be opened with Rs.1000/- and Passbook will be given to him/her. Birth certificate of the Girl child will be obtained from the Guardian alongwith Account Opening Form and Identity as well as Address Proof of the Guardian. 

TOOL FOR RD BULK ACCOUNT SCANNER BY POTOOLS

RD Account Signature Scanner For Non CBS Office

1. Download RD Scanner from PoTools.
2. Copy and Paste the Same on SSScanner Folder.
3. Create Shortcut on Desktop and Connect your scanner to scan RD Bulk Number of Account.
4. After Scan Open Sanchay Post and Click on Verify then Store.

Download

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COLLECTION OF SERVICE TAX FROM ALL PLI / RPLI EXCEPT J &K : ORDER

Order Copy For Collection Of Service Tax From All PLI /RPLI (Except J &K)

In continuation of this Directorate. Letter of even no. dated- 23/12/2014 it is intimated that the Service Tax/ Sales Tax shall be calculated manually till necessary arrangement to this effect is made in the software system.

Download Order Copy Of PLI RPLI Service Tax Collection

Download

Calendar for departmental examinations scheduled to be held in the year 2015

AIAPC Membership list dated 08.01.2015 AIAPC ZINDABAD

All India Association of Post Master Cadre , Tamil Nadu Circle    

KUTTALAM LSG  so  609 801                                     08.01.2015

Membership

no

AIAPC -TN 1 VE .Chennakkesavalu Post master Gr III TIRUVOTTIYUR                  600 019 09444565554

AIAPC- TN 2 R.RAJENDRN  PM I KUTTALAM                        609 801 09600841933

AIAPC-TN  3 K KALIMUTHU PM I SUBRAMANIYAPURAM   625 011 09566330927

AIAPC-TN  4 P SENGODAN PM II RASIPURAM                      637 408 09486350931

AIAPC-TN  5 M MUTHUKRISHNAN SHENOY NAGAR               600 030 09677292861

AIAPC-TN  6 G AJIKUMAR PM II MARTHANDAM                629 165 09489285151

AIAPC-TN  7 A CHINNADURAI PM I AUTTOOR                          628 151   09442253132

AIAPC-TN  8 P H SHOFIYA RANI PM I ARUMBAKKAM                600 106 09940062088

AIAPC-TN  9 M KALLEISWARI PM I KARUTHATTANKUDI       613 002 09894840767

AIAPC-TN10 R JOTHILAKSHMI GR I MADHAVARAM MILK CO 600051 09940406504

AIAPC-TN11 M SANKAR PM I ARCOT                               632 5 03 08220776339

AIAPC-TN12 M MOHAN BABU GRI PATTABIRAMAM              600 072 09840303723

PLI Premium Calculator updated wef 01.01.2015

Revised PLI Calculator with Service Tax for First Year Premium and also Renewal Premium.

• Enable Macro in your Excel then use the Calculator.

PLI Premium calculator  : Download


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SOLUTION FOR IMO NOT WORKING IN WINDOWS XP

IMO Issues In Windows XP (Not Open)

Last few days iMO (Instant Money Order) Not Opened in Internet Explorer of Windows XP Service Pack 1 or Lower Version. 

https://indiapostimo.gov.in

iMO Website Not Opening is not an Sify or Network problem, it is due to Operating System issues.

Solution

• Download Windows XP SP3 Update from Official site for Windows XP.

Download

• Check Internet Explorer Settings like below

Note : Enable all addons under ActiveX controls and Plug-ins in Trusted Site Zone.

• Restart your Machine, then Visit below Site to access IMO

https://indiapostimo.gov.in

Note : iMO is Perfectly working in Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Higher version

Courtesy : http://potools.blogspot.in/

Highlights of the demands of Central Government Employees to 7CPC

7th Pay Commission : Highlights of the demands of Central Government Employees to 7CPC

1. Pay scales are calculated on the basis of pay drawn pay in pay band + GP + 100% DA by employee as on 01-01-2014.

2. 7th CPC report should be implemented w.e.f. 01-01-2014.

3. Scrap New Pension Scheme and cover all employees under Old Pension and Family Pension Scheme.

4. JCM has proposed minimum wage for MTS (Skilled) Rs.26,000 p.m.

5. Ratio of minimum and maximum wage should be 1:8.

6. General formula for determination of pay scale based on minimum living wage demanded for MTS is pay in PB+GP x 3.7

7. Annual rate of increment @ 5% of the pay.

8. Fixation of pay on promotion = 2 increments and difference of pay between present and promotional posts (minimum Rs.3000).

9. The pay structure demanded is as under:-

TRANSFER IN BETWEEN POST OFFICE CBS TO CBS : FINACLE

Menu : Transfer And Verify

HACXFSOL - Account Transfer between SOL

1. Customer will visit the home branch and submit the request for PPF transfer of his PPF account from his branch to another CBS branch.
2. Maker will validate the PPF account details and then invoke HACXFSOL (Transfer Menu between CBS Sol’) menu and choose option “T-Transfer” and click Go button.
3. Maker will then fill in the following details such as account number, Target sol id (To Sol (CBS Branch) where the account is going to be transferred) and press the submit button.
4. System will do all basic validation on the account during this process such as Pending transaction on the account not authorized includes teller transaction, clearing transaction, standing instruction, account related transaction etc. This error message will be shown on the report.
5. Maker can invoke HPR menu and see all the details and authorize all the transaction which are pending for the account. Once all pending transaction are verified, Maker will again reinitiate the process of transfer by invoking the menu HACXFSOL.
6. A transfer request number will be generated on submitting the request. Maker user will see HPR report and check there are no pending transaction for the account. If the report has no pending transaction for the account. Maker can submit to verifier for authorization.
7. Verifier can check all details such as account number, from branch, to branch and verify the transfer request through the menu HACXFSOL menu (V-Verify option).
8. On press of verify button, the account get transferred from the CBS home branch to CBS branch as requested by customer.
9. Customer can visit the new CBS branch where he has requested for the account and collect the passbook and operate the account.
10. PPF Account number remains the same, as the transfer happens between the CBS branches. 
11. There will not be any interest application during account transfer.
12. It was discussed that account can be transferred by the SOL also where the customer wants transfer. That process also needs to be shown here.

The Same Menu have to Invoke by Supervisor and Verify the Same.

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