Manage Counter or day work during Finacle non accessible or Slow

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From morning itself Finacle is not working properly and it is also showing the error messages in most of the time. We can manage this situation by applying the following rule.

Please confirm your R.O/CO/CPC before follow the instructions available in the SB Order.

SB Order 2/2016:

Instructions

Discontinuation of Indian Postal Orders (IPOs)

 

No service charge on debit card & smartphone transactions till Dec 31, says government

The government has stepped in to ease the demonetisation pain by incentivising e-payments. Today, Economics Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das announced a slew of measures to lessen cash purge blow on consumers. Here's what was announced. 

 

1. No service charges on use of debit cards till December 31. 
2. For RUPAY cards all switching charges and other charges have been waived till December 31. 
3. No service charge will be levied on digital financial transactions using smartphones till Dec 31. 
4. New vehicles to come with Radio-Frequency Identification devices to ease e-payment of tolls at national highways. 
5. Service charge of Railway online ticketing has been waived off till 31st Dec 2016. 
6. All government organisations, have been advised to use only digital payment methods to make payment to their employees. 
7. Banks told to ensure chain of activities related crop loan sanction & flow of funds etc to be done in smooth manner. 

Das also stated that 82,000 ATMs have been re-calibrated so far. Further adding, that it is only a matter of few days by when all the ATMs will be re-calibrated.

Allotments/ Re-allotments in ASP cadre

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment of Dearness Allowance to Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) at 7%  w.e.f. 01.07.2016 onwards—reg.

FLASH NEWS

GDS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SUBMITTED ITs REPORT TO THE SECRETARY POSTS TODAY (ON 24.11.2016). 

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                                                                                           NFPE                                               NFPE

ALL INDIA POSTAL CASUAL, PART TIME CONTINGENT AND CONTRACT WORKERS FEDERATION

NEW DELHI.

PRESIDENT: Com. M. KRISHNAN                                                      WORKING PRESIDENT: Com.Y.NAGABHUSHANAM

GENERAL SECRETARY : Com. P. MOHAN

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CIRCULAR

TO

            ALL CIRCLE/DIVISIONAL SECRETARIES OF AIPCPCCWF &

            ALL CIRCLE/DIVISIONAL SECRETARIES

            NFPE AFFLIATED UNIONS[PIII,PIV,AIPEUGDS,RIII,

            RIV,ADMN,POSTAL ACCTS,SBCO & CIVIL WING]

Dear Comrades,

            Inspite of efforts by NFPE/POSTAL JCA till date neither specific orders are  issued nor funds released by DIRECTORATE for payment of revised wages & arrears from 1-1-2006 and other issues are pending. it is decided by POSTAL JCA to launch programme of action for settlement of the demands of casual labour along with other demands of regular employees which was already published in websites of unions.

            In addtion to the programme of POSTAL JCA it was decided to collect signatures of casual labour on memorandum and submit the same in December. copy of the memorandum is published in the website of NFPE and other all india unions website.

            All the circle/ divisional secretaries are requested to collect signatures of casual,part time contingent, daily rated mazdoors and contract workers working in your division on six copies of memorandum and the same may be sent to the address given below before 31ST JANUARY 2017 so that the same will be submitted to all concerned. 

ADDRESS FOR POSTING

Com. P. Mohan

General Secretary

AIPCPCCW, 2151/1, New Patel Road

New Delhi - 110008 

MOST IMPORTENT. PLEASE NOTE

ALL ARE REQUESTED TO DOWN LOAD 6 COPIES OF MEMORANDUM AND OBTAIN SIGNATURES ON ALL COPIES AND SEND BY 31ST JANUARY 2017. THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMME OF ACTION MAY BE IMPLIMENTED WITHOUT FAIL IN ALL CIRCLE/DIVISIONS.

 PROGRAMME OF ACTION:-

A] SUBMISSION OF MEMORANDUM BY CONDUCTING DEMONSTRATION BEFORE ALL DIVISIONAL OFFICES ON 27th December 2016.

B] ONE DAY MASS HUNGER FAST INFRONT OF ALL CPMG OFFICES ON 25th January ,2017

C]  AFTER CONDUCTING SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN THE MEMORANDUM WILL BE SUBMITTED TO HONURABLE PRIME MINISTER,CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, LOKSABHA SPEAKAR, DURING THE BUDGET SESSION OF PARLIAMENT IN FEBRUARY.

D]     TO SUBMIT THE MEMORANDUM TO HON’BLE COMMUNICATION MINISTER BY TAKING APPOINTMENT TO MEET HIM.

 ALL ARE REQUESTED TO IMPLIMENT THE PROGRAMME WITHOUT FAIL. ALL GENERAL/ CIRCLE/ DIVISIONAL SECRETARIES OF NFPE AFFLIATED UNIONS TO GUIDE AND ASSIST CASUAL LABOUR IN IMPLIMENTING THE PROGRAMME.

 AIPCPCCWF ZINDABAD                              NFPE ZINDABAD

                            WORKERS UNITY ZINDABAD

                        Yours comradely,

M.KRISNAN                                                                    P. MOHAN

 PRESIDENT                                                      GENERAL SECRETARY

                                                               

                                                            

Directorate directed circles not to issue admit cards for PS Gr. B examination but preparatory work continue

Subject: PS Group B Exam to be held on 04.12.2016

Respected Sir/Madam,

This is regarding conduct of the P.S. Group B Examination scheduled to be held on 04.12.2016

2. It is informed that CAT Ernakulam Bench has issued following directions dated 24.11.2016 in OA No. 180/953/2016 filed by Sh. Ajith Kurian, ASP, CO Kerala and others:-

“The respondent is directed to hold the examination separately for each vacancy year with a gap of minimum 40 days advance notice as per Appendix 37 of Postal manual Volume IV so that the applicants can avail the year-wise chance of appearing in the Examination. The respondents can notify the dates of five Examinations, if necessary, in advance, so that the applicants appearing in each year would get prior information of the dates”

3. In this connection, 12 Circles were provided with the details of the eligible candidates for issue of admit cards so far. It is requested that admit cards may not be issued to the candidates till further instructions from this office as the order of the CAT is being examined by this office. Meanwhile the preparatory work may be continued.

4. This issues with the orders of competent authority.

Regards,

ADG (DE)

24.11.2016

THE GDS COMMITTEE SUBMITTED THE REPORT TO THE SECRETARY, POSTS & DIRECTOR GENERAL, POSTS TODAY (24-11-2016)

ALL DETAILS WILL BE PUBLISHED SOON

Hon'ble CAT Ernakulam Bench directed Department to hold examination separately for each vacancy year

GDS Compassionate appointment - clarification - DTE

Airtel launches India’s first Payment Bank with massive 7.25% interest on Savings Accounts

Airtel Bank’s services can be accessed by Airtel customers on their mobile phones through the Airtel Money app, through USSD by dialing *400#; or via a simple IVR by dialing 400. (Source: Reuters)

Airtel Payments Bank Limited or Airtel Bank, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Limited on Wednesday rolled out a pilot of its banking services in Rajasthan. The pilot is aimed at testing systems and processes ahead of a full scale pan Indian launch. With this, Airtel Bank became the first payments bank in the country to go live. Customers in towns and villages across Rajasthan will now be able to open bank accounts at Airtel retail outlets, which will also act as Airtel banking points and offer a range of basic, convenient banking services. Airtel Bank will commence the pilot with banking points at 10,000 Airtel retail outlets. Airtel Bank plans to expand its merchant network in Rajasthan to 100,000 by the end of the year, giving a big boost to digital payments ecosystem.

Airtel Bank’s services can be accessed by Airtel customers on their mobile phones through the Airtel Money app, through USSD by dialing *400#; or via a simple IVR by dialing 400. Both the USSD & IVR options are available in Hindi and English language and work on simple feature phones as well. Non Airtel customers can access Airtel Bank’s services by dialing 8800688006. Customers can also visit any designated Airtel retail outlet to access services (and not just the outlet where they have opened the account). Airtel Banking points will offer bank account opening services and cash deposit & withdrawal facilities.

1. Digital Banking: Quick and paperless account opening using Aadhaar based e-KYC. This requires no documents at all, only the customer’s Aadhaar number is needed

2. Customer’s Airtel mobile number will be his/her bank account number

3. Interest rate of 7.25 % p.a. on deposits in savings accounts

4. Money transfer to any bank account in India (Free money transfer from Airtel to Airtel numbers within Airtel Bank)

5. Personal Accidental Insurance of Rs 1 Lac with every Savings Account

6. Deposit and withdrawal facility across a network of Airtel retail outlets

Vasundhara Raje, chief minister of Rajasthan, said, “Congratulations to Airtel for making Rajasthan the first state in India to have Airtel Payments Bank. This initiative, perfectly in sync with Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision for financial inclusion and Digital India, will be a boon to residents in far flung areas who are yet to have access to formal banking. I look forward to Airtel reaching every corner of Rajasthan.”

Shashi Arora, MD & CEO, Airtel Payments Bank, said, “Airtel Payments Bank is fully committed to the Government’s vision of financial inclusion and banking for all. Airtel Payments Bank will play an important role in taking banking services to the last mile in a quick and efficient manner and benefit millions of unbanked citizens of this country. With this pilot, we have taken a big step towards the launch of our banking services and will be testing our operational readiness for full-scale launch across India. We would also like to use feedback from our customers to further improve our processes and look forward to serving them.”

On April 11, 2016, Airtel Bank became the first entity in India to receive a payments bank license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Source : http://www.financialexpress.com/

7th Pay Commission: Higher allowances from January 2016

New Delhi: The central government employees to get their higher allowances under the 7th Pay Commission recommendations from January next, the top Finance Ministry sources told today.

When asked whether the arrears would be paid too, they said, “Higher allowances will be paid with retrospective effect from August 2016 but the central government employees unions demanded for implementation of the allowances with retrospective effect from January 2016.”

“The central government employees unions wanted that House Rent Allowance (HRA) be fixed at range 10, 20 and 30 per cent of the basic linked to the classification of the town of posting when the Pay commission recommended 24%, 16% and 8% respectively of new pay matrix, the union also asked to enhance children education allowance of Rs 3,000 and hostel subsidy of Rs 10,000 with tax exempt.” the sources said.

The union also demanded inclusion of post-graduate and professional courses in children education allowance and to hike the ‘Fixed Medical Allowance’ to Rs 2,000 with Dearness Allowance Indexation,” they added.

The unions put their demands before the Committee on Allowances headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa, which met last Thursday.

The Union Cabinet cleared the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission in respect of the hike in basic pay and pension on June 29 but decision on its suggestions relating to allowances has been referred to the Committee on allowances as the pay commission had recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming 37 others out of 196 allowances. So, there was resentment among employees over suggestions to scrap some allowances.

Fearing a jump in footfalls to deposit or withdraw cash following the demonetisation of Rs 500 and 1,000 banknotes, the Finance Ministry is likely to scale down the the higher allowances proposal.

“As people continue to suffer after demonetisation from November 9 on account of cash crunch, the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley compels to keep in abeyance the higher allowances till things normalize and it is likely to implement from January next,” Finance Ministry sources revealed.

Until acceptance of higher allowances, the allowances are now paid according to the 6th Pay Commission recommendations.

TST

Press Information Bureau 

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

23-November-2016 17:04 IST 

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Pay Hike

The 7th Central Pay Commission in its Report contained in Para 5.1.46 titled 'Withholding Annual Increments of Non-performers after 20 Years' has inter-alia recommended for withholding of annual increments in the case of those employees who are not able to meet the benchmark either for Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) or a regular promotion within the first 20 years of their service. The Government of India vide Resolution No.1-2/2016-IC dated 25.7.2016 has accepted this recommendation.

This was stated by the the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question by Shri Ram Charitra Nishad in the Lok Sabha today.

Cadre Restructuring Of Group 'C' Employees In Department Of Posts - Clarification - Reg

Source : http://utilities.cept.gov.in/dop/pdfbind.ashx?id=2165