Ms. P. Gopinath, IPoS-1977, has assumed the office of Secretary, Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology and Chairperson, Postal Services Board and Director General, Postal Services on 01-02-2013(F/N)

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IP Induction training for Departmental Officials at PTC, Mysore

The Induction Training for Inspector Posts (Deptl) will be held for a period of 13 weeks from04.03.2013 to 01.06.2013 at PTC, Mysore. 

The details of Seats allotted for the Circles are as under:

Sl No.	Name of the Circle	Seat allotment
1	Andhra Pradesh	18
2	Assam	11
3	Karnataka	13
4	Kerala	08
5	North East	02
6	Odisha	08
7	Tamil Nadu	01
	Total	61

Cash transfer from February 9

The direct cash transfer scheme (DCT) is going to be launched through post offices in Chittoor district. The seeding of the accounts of beneficiaries with Aadhaar numbers and biometrics is being completed and it would be launched by February 9, Chief Postmaster General AP Circle Karuna Pillai said.

Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for Information Technology and Communication Killi Kripa Rani, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and other Ministers and dignitaries are expected to attend the launch, she said speaking on the sidelines of the AP Postal Regional Cultural Selection Trials 2013 here on Saturday.

Further, the Department of Posts is launching its core banking service in Srikakulam district and Parvathipuram division this month, she said. With the linking of the postal savings bank accounts the users would be able to transact their accounts in any post office in the region for now and later it would be expanded to cover all the post offices. These accounts also would be seeded with the Aadhaar and biometric details to enable their unique identification and enable them to be used for the Centre’s DCT scheme.

Accepting the fact that there were delays in the delivery of Aadhaar cards to individuals she said that postmen were heavily burdened. In some cases the postmen have 8,000 articles to deliver. This would cause a delay in their delivery. In Hyderabad, the postmen have been delivering the Aadhaar cards on Sundays and holidays also, she said and added that the Department was also recruiting staff apart from provide postmen with two-wheelers to increase the efficiency in the last mile delivery, she added.

The Department will sett up two automatic mail sorting machines at its complex near the Hyderabad airport. One system would cater to the regular letters and the other to sort the parcels. The letter sorting machine would be able to handle 35,000 letters per hour and the other would be able to sort 25,000 parcels per hour.

Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh to launch the scheme

Recommendation of CRC(Compassionate Appointments) held on 21 and 22.11.2012

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'Merger of 50% of DA and DR with basic pay' - Finance Ministry not agreed to the Demand

The below explanation was presented by the Minister of State for Finance Shri.Namo Narain Meena to the questions regarding merger of DA / DR with basic pay of Central Government employees and Pensioners in the Parliament on 14.12.2012.

 

Q: Whether various Associations/ Organisations of Central Government employees demanded merger of 50 per cent Dearness Allowance into the basic pay of Central Government employees and pensioners and the recommendation of the Sixth Central Pay Commission in this regard and action taken by the Government thereto?

Reply:Yes, A number of representations have been received from Associations/Organizations of Central Government Employees/Pensioners and individuals demanding merger of 50% of Dearness AHowance/ Dearness Relief with basic pay/pension respectively. The demand has been considered by the Government and not agreed to since the 6th Central Pay Commission has not recommended as such. 

The 6th Central Pay Commission did not recommend merger of dearness allowance with Basic Pay at any stage. Government accepted this recommendation vide Government of India Resolution dated 29.08.2008.

Union Cabinet approved 8% DA hike wef 01.01.2013

The Union Cabinet on Friday approved 8% hike in the Dearness Allowance (DA) for central government employees and pensioners with effect from 01.01.2013.