PHOTOGRAPS AND REPORT OF A HISTORIC MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF SBCO, 2nd ALL INDIA CONFERENCE HELD AT HARIDWAR (UTTARAKHAND)

REPORT OF 2ND ALL INDIA CONFERENCE

PHOTOGRAPS AND REPORT OF A  HISTORIC MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF SBCO, 2^nd ALL INDIA CONFERENCE HELD AT HARIDWAR (UTTARAKHAND)

Comrades,

           

First of all we would like to wish all the Comrades

a very happy Holi.

            With much enthusiasm and cheers the second All India Conference of AIPSBCOEA was held at Sri Akhil Bharatiya Maheshwari Sewa Sadan, Haridwar (Uttarakhand) from 2^nd to 4^th March 2013. Hundreds of delegates and visitors from all over India participated in the conference. It shows the growth of our organization during the last two years at national level.

            Ahead of the inauguration of the conference session, National Flag and NFPE Flag were hoisted by Comrade, M. Krishnan, Secretary General NFPE and Com. S.P. Kulkarni President AIPSBCOEA respectively. Com. Virendra Tewary General Secretary Reception Committee delivered welcome speech.Com.  M. Krishnan Secretary General NFPE inaugurated the conference  with valuable address, who described the effects of New Postal  policy, proposed IT management in the Department of Post and Core banking solutions in POSB. We came to understand from his speech that the SBCO Wing will continue as audit functionary and necessary software for SBCO will be developed for voucher check etc.

            Open session of the conference was held under the presidentship of Com. S.P. Kulkarni. Com. M. Krishnan Secretary General NFPE, Com. Ishwar Singh Dabas General Secretary NFPE P-4. Shri Madan Kaushik  M.L.A.(Chief Guest) Haridwar, Com. T.P. Mishra Patron of Reception Committee , Com. Joga Singh Chairman of Reception Committee and various leaders of NFPE of UP  Circle and Uttarakhand Circle i.e. Chandra Pal Circle Secretary P-IV Uttarakhand  Vikram Shah Circle Secretary P-IV, Com. Chaudhary Anil Kumar played a vital role to conduct this conference and greeted the conference. Com. Asit Das offered Vote of Thanks.

            After open session, the Subject Committee was held. Com. S. Appanraj, General Secretary, AIPSBCOEA presented the Annual report on the activities of our union and audited accounts which was approved by the house. All Circle Secretaries and delegates debated the issues concerned to SBCO cadre and participation in the struggles held in response to the call given by NFPE Confederation. Besides, the un deterred legal battle waged continuously during the over period of last two years and winning over it was remained by one and all. Copy of the Directorate orders on recognition to our union was supplied to all circles.

The AIC elected new set of office bearers unanimously for the year 2013-2015 as under:

President                   : Shri S.P. Kulkarni, Supervisor SBCO, Kolhapur H.O.(Mah)    

Working President      : Shri Atul Kumar Srivatsav, PA SBCO Kanpur H.O.(U.P.)

Vice President-1         : Shri S. Appanraj , Supervisor SBCO Mylapore H.O. Chennai

Vice President-2         : Shri Mohindernath Sharma, Supervisor SBCO, Ferozepur H.O.

Gener                   General Secretary : Shri Virendra Tewary, PA SBCO, Lucknow Chowk, HPO,                                                   Lucknow(UP), Camp at RJCM, CPMG Office Complex ,

                                                                             Lucknow -226001(UP).

Dy. Genl. Secretary    : Shri Asit Das PA SBCO Park Street H.O. (West Bengal).

Asstt. Genl. Secy.- 1   : Shri M.K. Mohanan, Supervisor SBCO, Calicut H.O. (Kerala).

                              -2   : Shri N.K. Bajpayee, PA SBCO Hajipur H.O. (Bihar)

                              -3   : Shri Subhash Jaiswal, PA SBCO, Jabalpur H.O.(MP).

                              -4   : Shri B. Naga Shastry, PA ICO(SB) Kurnool(AP).

                              -5   : Shri V.K. Jain, PA SBCO Jawarhar NagarH.O., Jaipur(Raj)

Financial Secretary   : Shri Rajiv Kumar Ambala Cantt GPO(Haryana).

Asstt. Financial Secy   .Shri S.M. Brahmbhatt PA SBCO, Anand H.O.(Gujarat).

Org. Secretary             : Shri P.N. Dwivedi Supervisor SBCO Patna GPO (Bihar)

                                    :  Shri S.S. Sathe PA SBCO, Mumbai H.O.(Mah)

General Secretary, 

AIPSBCOEA ( CHQ ) 

Grant of recognition our union ( AIPSBCOEA )

GRANT OF RECOGNITION TO THE ALL INDIA POSTAL SBCO EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION

Sub: MP No. 1/2011 in WA No. 1262/2011 filed in Madras High Court by All India  Postal SBCO Employees Association V/s UOI and others.

D.G. Posts No. 16/75/2010-SR dated 27^th February, 2013.

            In compliance with order of the Hon’ble High Court of Madras passed on 03.09.2012 in the WA No. 1262 of 2011,  the concerned Heads of Circles were asked to review the membership of the Unions/Associations in the SBCO Staff category and furnish the information of membership as on 25.06.2010. As per the revised results, the All India SBCO Employees Association could secure 16.20% membership which is more than the minimum percentage of membership (i.e. 15% membership required for recognition.

2.         In the light of above, the competent authority has decided to grant recognition to the All India Postal SBCO Employees Association. With the issue of this communication, the association is entitled to avail the facilities of a recognized association as permissible under the CCS (RSA) Rules,1993.

                                                                                                                                Sd/-

(Arun Malik)

Director (SR/Legal)

Thursday 14 March 2013

India Post readies plan to start bank

The postal department has appointed Ernst & Young as consultant for the project and based on the detailed project report, it will approach the Union cabinet for a final go ahead.

Sidhartha & Saurabh Sinha, TNN | Mar 14, 2013, 01.09AM IST

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India having opened the window for new bank licences, the postal department is finalizing the blueprint to set up a bank of its own at yourneighbourhood post office, a move that will challenge the dominance of large public sector lenders in smaller towns and rural India.

While the department already has a balance sheet of Rs 6.18 lakh crore, which includes deposits of around 5.5 lakh crore, it is expected to set up a new entity that will function as the bank. Transferring the existing deposit base to the bank or converting the entity into a bank will entail an initial capital base of around Rs 55,000 crore to meet RBI's requirement, which the government will find difficult to provide. So, the proposed bank will start with the minimum capital requirement of Rs 500 crore, said a source familiar with the development.

"This will benefit rural areas enormously. There are nearly 1.55 lakh post offices and no capital cost of building is required. We are connecting post offices. As it is, we are offering savings bank in post offices and this is a natural progression. The matter is under discussion with the finance ministry and RBI," communications and IT minister Kapil Sibal told TOI.

The postal department has appointed Ernst & Young as consultant for the project and based on the detailed project report, it will approach the Union cabinet for a final go ahead.

A source said that the new entity will have its own board and guidelines that comply with RBI regulations. Although there are several examples of postal departments getting into banking — ranging from the German and Italian model, to those in South Africa and Japan — sources said the India model will be a lot different given the country's vast geographical spread and low level of banking penetration.

Among the various suitors, the postal department has one of the strongest cases to set up a bank given its massive reach across the country with 1.53 lakh post offices, almost all offering savings bank facilities. In all, there are 23.3 crore savings bank accounts with deposits adding up to Rs 3.8 lakh crore at the end of March 2012. "In a way it is already a savings bank. All that we want to do is make it a commercial bank," said a source.

The plan is to penetrate rural areas and smaller towns, which is also in line with the government's stated aim of offering banking facilities in the hinterland. Over a period of time, services such as investment banking will be added so that the bank becomes a full-fledgedfinancial services entity.

The postal department has already initiated steps to connect post offices through an electronic network, which will be useful while setting up a bank. Connectivity ensures that customers can transact business through any branch in the country. It has also ordered the procurement of over 800 ATMs

But manpower issues are going to be a big challenge. "Getting direction is one thing, developing or procuring capability is another thing altogether. If the regulator is convinced, capability will follow," said Ashvin Parekh, partner and national leader for financial services at consulting firm E&Y. Parekh, however, refused to discuss the issue further as his firm is advising the postal department on its banking foray. Source Times of India 14 March 2013.