Proposed Income Tax exemption Limit for the financial year 2013-14 (Assessment Year 2014-15).

Congress Leaders requested Finance Minister to raise Income tax exemption Limit to Rs.4 lakhs in the budget 2013-14

In a pre-budget meeting with Finance Minister P Chidambaram here on Thursday, Congress leaders have asked the UPA government to increase the taxable income exemption limit to Rs 4 lakh from the current Rs 2 lakh, while suggesting a pro-people budget with sops for the middle class and farmers keeping  the upcoming elections in mind.

The meeting was held at the Congress party headquarters. With the rise in fuel prices impacting the ‘aam aadmi’, the meeting saw suggestions for varied pricing of petrol, diesel and cooking gas for people living below poverty line and low income group.

Senior party leader Oscar Fernandes suggested there was a need to bring down the dependence on petroleum import and more focus on having alternative sources of energy like ethanol, sources said. Fernandes also wanted the government to reduce tax on bidis, noting that employment levels were coming down in the labour-intensive sector due to current tax slab.

Congress leader Jagdish Tytler suggested that the budget should be formulated in a way that helps the party to connect with people as elections were ahead, sources said.

AICC Secretary P Sudhakar Reddy mooted raising the tax exemption limit of Rs 2 lakh to Rs 4 lakh, which was endorsed by many other office bearers.

He also advised linking Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme with agriculture to help meet the shortage of farm labour in the sector, besides offering three-year interest-free loans to small farmers for their children’s education.

Suggestions were also made by party leaders for gender budgeting. Reddy advised the Finance Minister that female assessees could be given higher tax exemption limit.

There were also demands by many leaders for bringing more clarity on the service tax as it was being interpreted differently in various states.

Minority Department Chairman Imran Kidwai demanded increase in outlay of the Minority Affairs Ministry and allocation of more funds to minority institutions. He also advised formulation of special scheme for Most Backward Classes for their financial inclusion.

HOUSE BUILDING ADVANCE RATES OF INTEREST FOR CENTRAL GOVT EMPLOYEES TO PURCHASE OR CONSTRUCT HOUSES

No.1-17011/2(6)/2013-H.III

Ministry of Urban Development

(Housing-III Section)

*******

 Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.

 Dated:- the 17th January, 2013

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

 Subject:- Rates of interest on advances and loans to Govt. employees, for construction/purchase of houses/flats.

 The undersigned is directed to enclose herewith a copy of Ministry of Finance, Deptt. of Expenditure's O.M. No. 5(3)-B(PD)/2012 dated the 3rd January 2013 intimating the rates of interest on advances and loans given to Government employees for construction/purchase of houses/flats during 2012-13 i.e. 1st April, 2012 to 31St March, 2013 and until further orders, for information and compliance.

 Sd/-

 (S.K.Ram)

 Dy. Financial Adviser

No.5(3)-B(PD)/2012

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Economic Affairs

(Budget Division)

 Room No. 263-B, North Block,

 New Delhi dated the 3rd January, 2013.

Office Memorandum

        The undersigned is directed to state that the rates of interest on advances and loans given to Government employees for construction/purchase of houses/flats during 2012-13 i.e. 1st April, 2012 to 31st March, 2013 and until further orders will be as under:-

Slab                                       Interest Rate  percent per annum

 Advance upto Rs. 50,000/-        6.00

 Advance uto Rs. 1,50,000/-       7.50

 Advance upto  Rs. 500,000/-      9.00

 Advance upto  Rs. 7,50,000/-     9.50

Department of Post requested both the federations and its affiliated Unions to call off the strike

NOTICE OF TWO DAYS STRIKE ON 20^th & 21^st FEBRUARY, 2013.

LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT

No.8-4/2013/SR

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan , Sansad Marg ,

New Delhi-110001

Dated 13.02.2013

To

            Sh. M. Krishnan,

            Secretary General, NFPE

            Sh. D. Theagarajan,

            Secretary General, FNPO

Subject:        Notice of two days strike on 20^th & 21^st February, 2013.

Sir,

            With reference to letter No. JCA 2013 dated 22^nd January, 2013 from Postal Joint Council of Action stating that all the Postal/RMS/MMS/Administrative and Postal Accounts Employees and all the Gramin Dak Sevaks will go on two days strike on 20^th & 21^st Feb, 2013 in support of Charter of Demands enclosed with the letter referred to above. Part-I of The Charter of Demands relates to the entire Government of India and perhaps will be examined by Department of Personnel and Training. Part-II of the Charter of Demands relating to the Department of Posts is being examined by us. The progress in respect of these demands will be intimated to you shortly.

2.         As you are aware the Department of Posts has a well established system to resolve the demands of the employees through discussions across the table. In the recent past, periodical meetings granted by Secretary (Posts),JCM Standing Committee Meeting and JCM Departmental Council Meetings were held where a number of issues have  been discussed  in detail and the minutes has been issued to all concerned for solving staff matters. It is felt that no fruitful purpose is served by agitation especially when the problems can be mutually discussed and resolved. Such disruptions also hamper our business and goodwill.

3.         In view of the above, it is requested that both the federations and its affiliated Unions may call off the strike so that the Postal Services are not hampered and public is not put to any avoidable inconvenience.

Yours faithfully,

                                                                                                                Sd/- 

                                                                                                                        (ANIL KUMAR)

                                                                                                             DDG(Establishment)

STRIKE DISCUSSION FAILED

Cabinet Minister for Labour Shri Mallikarjun Kharge and Minister of States for Labour Shri Kodikkunnil Suresh held discussion with Central leaders of various trade unions on 13-02-2013 on the charter of demands. Discussion failed as Central Government is not ready to concede the demands. All the Trade Union Leaders unanimously decided to go ahead with the two days strike on 20 & 21 February 2013.
         Hence as decided earlier  FNPO will also participate in the proposed 2 days Nationwide strike on 20th and 21st February 2013- Sri.D.Theagarajan,Secretary General,FNPO.

"Mail Network Optimization Project (MNOP)" selected for National E-Governance Award 2012-13

Mail Network Optimization Project (MNOP)" has been selected for National E-Governance Award 2012-13 under the category "Outstanding performance in citizen-centric service delivery" by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievance, Government of India.

 

National E-Governance Awards are given every year to "recognize and promote excellence in implementation of e-governance initiatives" by Government of India. The Department of Posts had applied for the awards sometime back, and after several rounds of scrutiny, MNOP has been selected for this prestigious award.

 

The awards would be given on 11th February, 2013 during 16th National E-Governance Conference at Jaipur (Rajasthan). Details of projects selected for awards may be seen in the attached file.

Stamp Issue Calendar of INDIA POST - 2013.

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Transfer and posting of Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) officer of the Indian Postal Service, Group A

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2013 FEBRUARY 20, 21 – ALL INDIA TWO DAYS STRIKE POSTAL JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION

2013 FEBRUARY 20, 21 – ALL INDIA TWO DAYS STRIKE

POSTAL JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANIZATIONS

ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION GDS (NFPE)

NATIONAL UNION OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS (FNPO)

COMBINED CAMPAIGN TOUR PROGRAMME OF ALL INDIA LEADERS NFPE/FNPO

Sl. No.	Circle	Place & Date	Leaders attending  (Comrades)
1.	Andhra Pradesh	14.02.2013 Hyderabad	NFPE	R. Sivannarayana G/S P-3 S.K. Humayun  P-4 C.H. Koleshwa AGS R-3 A.N. Srinivas AGS-R-4 T Satyanarayana GS P/A K. Ramachandran, AGS(CHQ)- Admn. Kishan Singh , SBCO  P. Pandurangarao, G/S,GDS (NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri T.N. RAHATE, President FNPO & Sri D. Theagarajan, Secretary General, FNPO
2.	Assam	11.02.2013 Guwahati	NFPE	L.P. Saikia- Org. G/S-P-3 Ramani Bhattacharjee P-3 Moinul Huqe P-4 G. Talukdar AGS R-3 Ajit Ch. Das VP R-4 Biswajit Das C/S P/A B.C. Deka , AGS(CHQ) – Admn. Ramesh Sharma C/S (GDS) G. Acharya V/P , GDS(NFPE) G. Gohain, AG/COC
			FNPO	Sri Deepak Mukherjee, Working President, NUR ’C’
3.	Bihar	13.02.2013 Patna	NFPE	U.K. Tiwari  Org. G/S P-3 S.K. Humayun  P-4 S.K. Bardhan President R-3 Rajesh Kapoor AGS R-4 Gopal Krishna Sharma AGS-P/A Sohan Prasad, AGS (CHQ), Admn. N.K. Bajpai, SBCO Chandra Narayan Chaudhary, C/S –GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri Ashok Kumar, Circle Secretary, P-IV
4.	Chattisgarh	14.02.2013 Raipur	NFPE	S.A. Hameed Org. G/S P-3 B.R. Kumbhkar P-4 B.P. Ganak V/P R-3 P. Suresh G/S R-4 K. Krishna Rao, Org. Secy. P/A
			FNPO	Sri Sunilkumar Pandey, Circle Secretary,NUR ’C’
5.	Delhi	15.02.2013 New Delhi	NFPE	R. Sivannarayana G/S P-3 Giri Raj Singh G/S R-3 P. Suresh G/S R-4 D.S. Chauhan, AGS, P/A
			FNPO	Sri O.P. Khanna, General Secretary, AIPAOA
6.	Gujarat	14.02.2013 Ahamedabad	NFPE	Mangesh Parab Working President P-3 S.T.Terryia P-4 M.P. John AGS R-3 K.L. Thadvi AGS R-4 S.K. Brahmania Asst. Fin. Secy. , P/A R.S. Dhali, AGS (CHQ) Admn. V.K. Valand, SBCO Smt. Ashaben V. Joshi, GSD(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri C.P. Nayi, President, NUPE PM & MTS
7.	Haryana	08.02.2013 Ambala	NFPE	Balwinder Singh Financial Secy. P-3 Mahabir Singh Treasurer P-4 Giri Raj Singh G/S R-3 K.K. Sharma Treasurer R-4 Jasbir Singh C/S , P/A Manjit Singh , Ex-GS (Admn) Rajiv , SBCO Akshaya Kumar, GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri T.N. RAHATE, President FNPO
8.	Himachal Pradesh	11.02.2013 Shimla	NFPE	H.P. Diwakar ,P-3 Jagdish Prasad Treasurer R-3 K.K. Sharma Treasurer R-4 K.S. Rana Sin. Secy. , P/A T.P . Sharma OS,(CHQ) Admn.
			FNPO	Sri Ashok Sharma, Circle Secretary, NUPE PM & MTS
9.	Jammu & Kashmir	06.02.2013 Jammu	NFPE	Balwinder Singh Financial Secy. P-3 Jagdish Prasad Treasurer R-3
			FNPO	Sri O.P. Khanna, General Secretary, AIPAOA
10.	Jharkhand	14.02.2013 Ranchi	NFPE	U.K. Tiwari Org. S/G P-3 B.R. Kumbhkar P-4 Anuj Kumar ATS R-3 Manoj Kumar R-4
			FNPO	Sri Ashok Singh, Circle Secretary, NUR ’C’
11.	Karnataka	08.02.2013 Bangalore	NFPE	K.V. Sridharan Ex. G/S  P-3 R. Seethalaxmi  P-4 P.V. Rajendran V/P R-3 K. Lakshmi Pathi VP R-4 D.K. Shivanna Woring President, P/A T. Satyanarayana, G/S P/A M.D/. Narayanmuthy OS (CHQ) Admn. B.R. Jagdeesh, AGS, GDS(NFPE) K. Kalpesh C/S GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri Shivakumar, Asst Secretary General, FNPO
12.	Kerala	06.02.2013 Trivandrum	NFPE	C. P. Shobana Vice President P-3 T.K. Sivadasan P-4 P.V. Rajendran V/P R-3 P Sugesh AGS R-4 T.P. Ravindran, AGS , P/A P. Satheesh Kumar, OS(CHQ), Admn. V. Murukan, Fin. Secy. GSD(NFPE) Mohanan, SBCO Abhilesh Babu, SBCO
			FNPO	Sri P.U. Muralidharan, General Secretary, NUGDS
13.	Madhya Pradesh	13.02.2013 Bhopal	NFPE	S.A. Hameed  Org. G/S P-3 R.K. Yadav P-4 B.P. Ganak V/P R-3 N R Malivya VP R-4 J.S. Rajput, V/P. , P/A S.K. Jaiswal, SBCO Vijay Kumar4 Sharma , GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri Jaiswal, Circle Secretary, NAPEC
14.	Maharashtra	13.02.2013 Mumbai	NFPE	Mangesh Parab Working President P-3 N. Gopalkrishnan Working President P-3 I.S. Dabas G/S P-4 H.M. Gedam AGS R-3 D.M. Sonwane President R-4 B.M. Kishore, V /P..P/A U.S. Chakraborty (Admn) S.P. Kulkarni, President, SBCO
			FNPO	B.S. Kashid, Dy Secretary General, FNPO
15.	North East	12.02.2013 Shillong	NFPE	L.P. Saikia- Org. G/S-P-3 Ramani Bhattacharjee P-3 Moinul Huqe P-4 G. Talukdar AGS R-3 Ajit Ch. Das VP R-4 Biswajit Das C/S P/A B.C. Deka AGS (CHQ), Admn. G. Acharjee , GDS(NFPE) Smt. Supravapal, AGS (GDS) NFPE G. Gohain, AG/COC
			FNPO	Sri Doling, Asst Circle Secretary, NAPEC
16.	Orissa	15.02.2013 Bhubaneswar	NFPE	R.C. Mishra P-3 D.B. Mohanti  P-4 R.N. Dhal AGS R-3 Dipenkar Dey AGS R-4 Nanda Kishore Das , Org. Secy. P/A S.S. Samant, OS (CHQ), Admn. Nirmal Ch. SinghWorking President, GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri T.N. RAHATE, President FNPO
17.	Punjab	07.02.2013 Chandigarh	NFPE	Balwinder Singh Financial Secy. P-3 Mahabir Singh Treasurer P-4 K.P. Singh AGS R-3 K.K. Sharma Treasurer R-4 K.S. Deepa , C.S. , P/A Manjit Singh , Ex. GS (Admn) Baldev Raj Sharma, SBCO Avtar Singh, C/S GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri T.N. RAHATE, President FNPO
18.	Rajasthan	16.02.2013 Jaipur	NFPE	H.P. Diwakar ,P-3 Manohar Lal Sen ,P-4 Giri Raj Singh, G/S R-3 Tirath Prakash, AGS R-4 R.S. Gujar, V/P , P/A V.K. Jain, SBCO
			FNPO	Sri Muthu, Circle Secretary, AIPAOA, FNPO
19.	Tamil Nadu	09.02.2013 Chennai	NFPE	A. Veeramani AGS P:-3 Gopugovindrajan ,P-4 M.B. Sukumar ,AGS R-3 K. Rajendran , AGS R-4 Santosh Kumar, President, P/A Com. T.N. Nagrajan (Admn) S. Appanraj, SBCO R. Dhanraj Dy. GS, GDS(NFPE) KC Ramachandran AGS, GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri D. Theagarajan, Secretary General, FNPO
20.	Uttar Pradesh	14.02.2013 Lucknow	NFPE	Subhash Mishra AGS P-3 Vikram Shah P-4 Giri Raj Singh G/S R-3 Dinesh Chand Goutam AGS R-4 S.B. Yadav, Dy. G/S. , P/A Virendra Tewary, SBCO Promod Kumar Singh, Working President,GSD(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri. A.H. Siddiqui, General Secretary, R-IV
21.	Uttarakhand	12.02.2013	NFPE	Subhash Mishra AGS P-3 Vikram Shah P-4 R.K. Gupta R-3
			FNPO	Sri. N.K. Tyagi, Asst General Secretary, NUR ‘C’
22.	West Bengal	14.02.2013 Kolkata	NFPE	G.D. Maity AGS P-3 Subroto Banarjee P-4 S.K. Bardhan President R-3 Dipenkar Dey AGS R-4 P.K. Das Gupta, AGS, P/A S.P. Mukherjee, V.P. (NFPE) (Admn) Asit Das, SBCO Bijoy Gopal Sur, President, GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri Sekar Mukherji, Asst Secretary General, FNPO

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1.    All General Secretaries are requested to suggest the name of their leaders for each circle and also any change in dates.  Name of the same leader should not be given for the same date in another circle.