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BULLETIN NO. 04

"STRENGTH & GROWTH COME ONLY THROUGH
CONTINUOUS EFFORT & STRUGGLE."

CLASSIFICATION ON FAMILY PENSION ADMISSIBLE TO NPS EMPLOYEES

DARPAN LAUNCHED FOR FINANCIAL INCLUSION

OF RURAL POPULATION

             The Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha today launched DARPAN – “Digital Advancement of Rural Post Office for A New India” Project to improve the quality of service, add value to services and achieve “financial inclusion” of un-banked rural population. He said, the goal of the IT modernization project with an outlay of Rs. 1400 Crore is to provide a low power technology solution to each Branch Postmaster (BPM) which will enable each of approximately 1.29 Lakhs Branch Post Offices (BOs) to improve the level of services being offered to rural customers across all the states. Shri Sinha said that as on date, 43,171 Branch Post Offices have migrated under the “DARPAN”projectwith the aim of financial inclusion to rural population and it is targeted to complete the project by March, 2018.

            The Project shall increase the rural reach of the Department of Posts and enable BOs to increase traffic of all financial remittances, savings accounts, Rural Postal Life Insurance, and Cash Certificates; improve mail operations processes by allowing for automated booking and delivery of accountable article; increase revenue using retail post business; provide third party applications; and make disbursements for social security schemes such as MGNREGS.

            As part of IT modernization project, the Department of Posts (DoP) has carried out business process reengineering across various functional areas and has created To-Be processes that will enable it to achieve these objectives. As an achievement, Department of Posts has established 991 ATMs across the country, which are interoperable with other banks and the common people has directly benefited with the wide network of Department of Posts especially in rural areas. Till now, 1,12,85,217 transactions have been carried out on the DOP’s ATMs out of which 70,24,214 transactions have been done by the non-DOP customers. Department of Posts is the only Government player in this space. 

            For more than 150 years, the Department of Posts (DoP) has been the backbone of the country’s communication and has played a crucial role in the country’s socio-economic development. It touches the lives of Indian citizens in many ways: delivering mails, accepting deposits under Small Savings Schemes, providing life insurance cover under Postal Life Insurance (PLI) and Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI) and providing retail services like bill collection, sale of forms, etc. The Department of Posts also acts as an agent for Government of India in discharging other services for citizens such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) wage disbursement and old age pension payments. With 1.5 lakh Post Offices (approximately), the Department of Posts has the most widely distributed postal network in the world.

            Trends such as urbanization, increased demand for financial services, increased funding by the government for the weaker sections and the rural sector, have opened up new opportunities for the Department of Posts,which in turn has necessitated development of new processes and supporting technology. The Department of Posts is also faced with twin challenges of increasing competition and continuing advances in communication technology, especially in mobile telephony and the Internet. In order to provide the best-in-class customer service, deliver new services and improve operational efficiencies,the Department of Posts has undertaken an end to end IT modernization project to equip itself with requisite modern tools and technologies. The IT modernization project intends to achieve the following:

1. Wider reach to the Indian populace through more customer interaction channels
2. Better customer service

III. Growth through new lines of business

1.    IT enablement of business processes and support functions

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Read more at : https://www.indiapost.gov.in/VAS/Pages/News/Darpan.pdf

Source : http://www.business-standard.com/

CENTRAL WORKING COMMITTEE MEETING AT PURI

CENTRAL WORKING COMMITTEE MEETING AT PURI, ODISHA ON

19th & 20th NOV., 2017

Dear Comrades,

The Central Working Committee Meeting of the AIPSBCOEA was held at Gundicha Bhakta Niwas, Puri, Odisha from 19th & 20th Nov., 2017 which was organised in a very grand manner by Odisha SBCO Comrades co-ordination with NFPE leaders of Odisha Circle.

The high profile leaders of CCGE&W & NFPE were present in the meeting viz. Com. M. Krishnan, Sec. General CCGE&W, Com. R.N. Parashar, S/G-NFPE, Com. Giri Raj Singh, President, NFPE with local NFPE leaders.

The representative of Association from all Circles have graced the CWC in a large numbers with delegates and participated in length debate & discussion on SBCO issues to save our separate identity by dedication to the extent of struggle action programmes.

The photographs of important events witnessed for CWC are as under :

NFPE CIRCULAR

National Federation of Postal Employees

1^st Floor North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi-110 001

Phone: 011.23092771                                                    e-mail: nfpehq@gmail.com

       Mob: 9868819295/9810853981                      website: http://www.nfpe.blogspot.com

  No.PF-01(a)/2017                                                              Dated: 10^th November, 2017

CIRCULAR

To

            All General Secretaries / NFPE Office Bearers     

           All Circle Secretaries of NFPE Unions

Dear Comrades,

            The Federal Secretariat meeting of NFPE with available General Secretaries and NFPE office bearers held at NFPE office North Avenue Post Office. Building New Delhi has reviewed the whole situation arisen out of so many policy offensive and attacks unleashed by the Government of India by the way of authorizing  nationalized banks and private banks for doing business of National small savings schemes, making  the IPPB (India Post Payment Bank) as a corporate entity proposal of closure of A.P.S appointment of out sourced Postal Delivery  agents, cancellation of G.D.S membership verification Delay in implementation of  GDS Committee  Report , Amendment in Rectt. rules of P.A. non filling up of vacant posts in all cadres, non implementation of  cadre restructuring  proposals for other categories and non declaration of result of regular membership verification and so many other issues.

            After a detailed and threadbare discussion the Federal Secretaries has reached to a conclusion that it is the need of hour to resist all these policy offensive and attacks by way of struggles and serious agitational  programmes culminating in to indefinite strike.

            The federal secretariat has decided the following programme of action to achieve the demands as mentioned in charter of demands.

1. Two days Relay hunger fast in front of all Divisional offices on 28^th and 29^th November 2017 (All Employees will wear Black Badges containing demands and will send resolution addressed to Prime – Minister. 

2. Mass Dharna in front of All C.P.M.G offices on 20^th December 2017

3. 5 Days Relay Dharna in front of Parliament from 12^th to 16^th February 2018. (All Circles will participates in Dharna day wise)..

4. After that Indefinite Strike will be declared

CHARTER OF DEMANDS

1. Implementation of positive recommendations of Kamlesh Chandra Committee Report for GDS

2. Membership verification of GDS and declaration of result of regular membership verification.

3. Filling up of all vacant posts in all Cadres of Deptt of Post i.e P.A.S.A, Postmen, Mail guard, mailmen, MTS,MMS Drivers and artisans, P.A CO. P.A. SBCO, Postal Actts and GDS. Drop the move of amendment in P.A. S.A., P.A.CO & P.A. SBCO Recruitment Rules.

4. Implement CSI, and RICT only after providing all required infrastructure including band width and stop harassment , victimization in the name of new schemes   , technology induction, under contributory negligence factor and trade union victimization.

5. Stop out sourcing privatization and Corporatization.

6. Payment of revised wages and arrears to the casual, part time, contingent and daily rated mazdoors as per  6^th & 7^thCPC  and settle other issues of Casual Laboures.

7. Implement cadre restructuring for left out categories i.e. RMS, MMS, PACO, PASBCO Postmaster Cadre, Postal Actts etc and accept the modifications suggested by federation before implementation of cadre restructuring in Postal Group ‘C’.

8. Withdraw N.P.S (contributory Pension Scheme) Guarantee 50% of last pay drawn as minimum pension.

9. Implement 5 days week in Postal Operative offices.

10.  Stop move of diversion of business of P.O SB Schemes to Banks (Nationalized and Private)

11. Stop move of closure of Army Postal Service.

12. Grant OSA and OTA to RMS staff and special allowances for P.O & R.M.S Accounts.

13. Finalization of Recruitment Rules of AAOS IN Postal Accounts with 40% S.C.F quota as approved by DOPT.

14. Status of Audit to SBCO.

15. Benefit of SDBS to retried GDS employees.

Yours Comradely,

                                                                                                     (R N Parashar)

Secretary General

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RESOLUTION

To

           

            The Hon’ble Prime Minister,

            Government of India,

            New Delhi-110 003

Hon’ble Sir,

            The Postal Employees are very much aggrieved and agitated due to the policy offensives and attacks unleashed on Postal Services and Postal Employees. The genuine demands of Postal, RMS and GDS employees are not being settled by the Postal Administration.

            Being aggrieved  we the Postal Employees _____________________ (Name of Division & Circle) have conducted 2 days relay hunger fast on 28^th & 29^th November -2017 for settlement of 15 points  charter of demands (Copy enclosed).

            We on behalf of entire Postal employees request you to kindly bestow your personal attention on the problems of Postal employees  and cause suitable  action to settle those problems.

With regards

Yours Sincerely

Signature of all Divisional Secretaries

 _______________________________________________________________________

CIRCLE WISE AND DATE WISE PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME FOR 5 DAYS RELAY DHARNA AT NEW DELHI

FROM 12^th TO 16th FEBRUARY-2018

DATE	CIRCLES	QUOTA FOR EACH CIRCLE	REMARKS
12.02.18	Andhra  Pradesh	100	(1) All NFPE Unions Circle Secretaries should convene meetings and allot quota to each union and book the tickets to and fro journey in advance to avoid inconvenience. (ii) All General Secretaries /NFPE Office bearers and All India leaders of All NFPE unions will remain present all the  days. Respective CHQ will make their arrangements for stay.
	Telengana	75
	J&K	15
	Himachal Pradesh	30
	Punjab	50
	Delhi	100
13.02.18	Kerala	100
	Karnataka	100
	Haryana	50
	Uttarakhand	30
	Rajasthan	100
14.02.18	Tamilnadu	100
	Maharashtra	100
	Assam	30
	North East	15
	UP(Eastern)	75
15.02.18	West Bengal	100
	Odisha	75
	Bihar	75
	Jharkhand	50
16.02.18	UP (West)	100
	Madhya Pradesh	100
	Chhattisgarh	50
	Gujarat	100