JUST ONE CLICK TO FIND THE NAMES OF CBS POST OFFICE.

Directorate has identified 1000 Post Offices all over the country for ATM implementation.

Click here to view the names of the 1000 identified post offices for installation of ATMs.

The summary of ATM locations circle wise is as follows.

Sl. No.	Circle	No of HO	No of SO	Total
1	Andhra Pradesh	95	0	95
2	Assam	19	7	26
3	Bihar	31	13	44
4	Chattisgarh	10	4	14
5	Delhi	12	14	26
6	Gujarat	34	7	41
7	Haryana	16	4	20
8	Himachal Pradesh	18	4	22
9	Jammu & Kashmir	9	4	13
10	Jharkhand	13	6	19
11	Karnataka	59	17	76
12	Kerala	51	5	56
13	Madhya Pradesh	43	9	52
14	Maharashtra	60	15	75
15	North-East	9	14	23
16	Orissa	35	9	44
17	Punjab	22	4	26
18	Rajasthan	48	16	64
19	Tamil Nadu	94	0	94
20	Uttar Pradesh	71	17	88
21	Uttarakhand	13	5	18
22	West Bengal	47	17	64
	Total	809	191	1000

Review of three years time limit for making Compassionate Appointment

F.No.14014/3/2011-Estt. (D)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi,
Dated the 26th, July 2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Review of three years time limit for making compassionate appointment.

The primary objective of scheme for compassionate appointment circulated vide O.M. No. 14014/6/94-Estt(D) dated 09.10.1998 is to provide immediate assistance to relieve the dependent family of the deceased or medically retired Government servant from financial destitution i.e. penurious condition. The Hon’ble Supreme Court in its judgment dated 05.04.2011 in Civil Appeal No. 2206 of 2006 filed by Local Administration Department vs. M. Selvanayagam ® Kumaravelu has observed that "an appointment made many years after the death of the employee or without due consideration of the financial resources available to his/her dependents and the financial deprivation caused to the dependents as a result of his death, simply because the claimant happened to be one of the dependents of the deceased employee would be directly in conflict with Articles 14 & 16 of the Constitution and hence, quite bad and illegal. In dealing with cases of compassionate appointment, it is imperative to keep this vital aspect in mind”.

2. This Department’s O.M. No. 14014/6/1994-Esst.(D) dated 09.10.1998 provided that Ministries/Departments can consider requests for compassionate appointment even where the death or retirement on medical grounds of a Government servant took place long back, say five years or so. While considering such belated requests it was, however, to be kept in view that the concept of compassionate appointment is largely related to the need for immediate assistance to the family of the Government servant in order to relieve it from economic distress. The very fact that the family has been able to manage somehow all these years should normally be taken as adequate proof that the family had some dependable means of subsistence. Therefore, examination of such cases call for a great deal of circumspection. The decision to make appointment on compassionate grounds in such cases was to be taken only at the level of the Secretary of the Department/Ministry concerned.

3. Subsequently vide this Department’s O.M. No.14014/19/2002-Estt.(D) dated 5th May, 2003 a time limit of three years time was prescribed for considering cases of compassionate appointment. Keeping in view the Hon’ble High Court Allahabad judgment dated 07.05.2010 in Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 13102 of 2010, the issue has been re-examined in consultation with Ministry of Law. It has been decided to withdraw the instructions contained in the O.M. dated 05.05.2003.

4. The cases of compassionate appointment may be regulated in terms of instructions issued vide O.M. dated 09.10.1998 as amended from time to time. The onus of examining the penurious condition of the dependent family will rest with the authority making compassionate appointment.

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(Mukta Goel)
Director (E-I)

IndiaPost gets into domestic and global marketing of Saffron, world's costliest spice

 Like the service 'Tea Post,' introduced couple of years back from Darjeeling, now Indiapostgets into marketing of Saffron, believed to be world's costliest spice. After national stepping, India post plans to launch the service at international level too. 

The service was launched today (Wednessday) by Jenab Gulam Hassan Mir, Hon'ble Minister of Agriculture of J & K at Pampore, the saffron hub of the state as well as Country. 

"J & K Postal department, in association with the local growers and dealers of Saffron, is getting involved in promoting and marketing world's best Saffron from Kashmir. The item will be marketed and delivered through India Post across the under the brand name 'Saffron post' after intensive quality control check by the State Government approved institution," said, Mr. John Samuel, Chief Post Master General. "Based upon the national level response, we will get into the international market too with this brand," said Mr. Samuel.

Saffron is believed to be the costliest spice in the world. As estimated, while costing Rs 1 lakh a kg in wholesale level, it sales at a price of Rs 200 per Gram at retail. Near 2 lakh people in J & k are directly dependent on Saffron cultivation. 

"Indiapost's direct intervention from entire field to market of saffron under 'Saffron post' brand initiative, will diminish the presence of middlemen in te entire chain and ensure higher pricing for the growers," said Mr. Samuel. 

According to botanists, Saffron has a long medicinal benefit history with anticarcinogenic (cancer-suppressing), anti-mutagenic (mutation-preventing), immunomodulating or antioxidant -like properties. 

At present, 'Saffron Post' is available as ready stock in packets of 0.5 grams, 1 gram and 5 grams at select post offices in Kashmir. "But, people from any corner of the country can order and pay for the exclusive spice through major post offices or book through E Post office portal to get the item delivered through speed post,"" said Mr. Samuel.

Railway comes up with special rakhi envelopes

 For the safe and sure delivery of 'rakhis', the postal department has
 introduced special tamper proof and waterproof 'rakhi' envelopes. 
These envelopes are available at the post offices across the country.
Director, postal services, Allahabad Region,Krishna Kumar Yadav said
 since Rakshabandhan is celebrated during monsoon season, when the
 weather is very humid, and paper envelopes get moist, these specially 
designed rakhi envelopes offer a better option.
These rakhi envelopes are offered in dimension of 11 cm x 22 cm these
 envelopes are priced at Rs. 7/- per envelop excluding Postal charges.
These designer envelopes are available in six varieties.
Special feature of these envelopes is "Peal and Seal" mechanism which 
do not require use of gums or adhesives and are easy to use and dispose off.
Yadav said that special arrangements have been made at all Head Post Offices
 of Allahabad Region including Allahabad Head Post Office and 
Allahabad Kutchery Head Post Office for safe and time bound delivery of
 Rakhi Mail.Besides this Special Post Boxes are arranged in the premises 
of these offices for the purpose of sending Rakhis and which are not mingled
 with other mails. Once sorted out they are dispatched to their respective 
destinations to ensure timely delivery.
Apart from this separate boxes are made available for metro cities 
like Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai to save time in sorting and 
speed up delivery on time. He further told that if the mail volume
 increases, additional arrangements will be made for delivery on time.

Brutal attack on postal service.

The Government of India has proposed to set up postal Development Board shortly. The board will be chaired by the secretary , Department of Posts and in addition it will have three secretaries as full-time member and two members from other stake holder bodies and Ministries.

If we go through the draft of national postal policy it is visible that the Government desires to make the postal Department as public sector unit like Telecom . This means that the present postal employees will no longer Government employees.

Click below link to read the salient features of draft national postal policy 2012 and send your opinion to my email ID : napepuri@gmail.com

NATIONAL POSTAL POLICY 2012

CPMG ODISHA,Sri P.K.BISOI EMPHASISED ON THE AFTER SALE SERVICE OF PLI/RPLI FOR 100% TARGET ACHIVEMENT.

PLI & RPLI WORKSHOP ON DTD 07/07/2012 HELD AT KHURDA.

GOVT TELLS ALL DEPTS TO IMPROVE BABU S’ COMPETENCE

Aimed at improving competence of government officials, the Centre has asked all its ministries, public sector units and departments to “urgently undertake” a detailed training programme for the purpose.

It will also carry out a thorough review after three years of training and skill development programme conducted by each of them as part of the initiative under the National training Policy (NTP).

“The overarching training framework enunciated in the National Training Policy, (NTP) 2012 is ‘Competency Framework’.“Implementation of this concept by ministries or departments would bring to light various competency gaps of employees that need to be bridged through a range of training interventions to enhance their performance,” the DoPT said in an office memorandum.

To meet the quantum of training requirement arising out of the adoption of competency framework, each ministry, department or Cadre Controlling Authority would have to urgently undertake the appointment of training manager and creation of training cell to institutionalise the training and development activities, it said.

The government has also suggested development of Annual Training Plan (ATP) by each ministry or department for all employees working under it, development of domain or sector specific trainers and training institutions as ‘Centre of Excellence’.

“A review of the impact of these training and development activities should be undertaken once in 3 to 5 years to ensure that there is a conscious periodic effort of critically evaluating them to meet the needs of the individual and aligning them with those of the organisation,” said Upma Srivastava, Joint Secretary (Training).

SRI DEBI PRASAD DASH JOINED AS ASP(HQs) OF PURI DIVISION OF PURI DIVISION TO RELIVE SRI B.M.DASMAHAPATRA.

Sri Debi Prasad Das joined as the ASP(HQs) of Puri Division to relive Sri B.M.Mahapatra , who was earlier been transfered  as DPM,Bhubaneswar GPO, will now join as ASP (HQs) Keonjhar division with a partial modification in earlier memo .

"NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES, Gr-'C' & POSTMEN " PURI DIVISIONAL BRANCH WISHES A HEARTY CONGRATULATION TO SRI DEBI PRASAD DASH   , WITH A HOPE FOR IMPROVEMENT OF PURI DIVISION.

" MOBILE MONEY ORDER " ! ,send money order from your mobile

With a very clear intension to fight for its existence , the Dept. of Posts is going to launch an excellent product for its customers who have their faith with Post offices.
                                       The postal department has entered into a partnership with state-run telecom company BSNL to provide money order service using mobile phones. 

The postal department has entered into a partnership with state-run telecom company BSNL to provide money order service using mobile phones. 

                                       "The Department has signed an agreement with BSNL for providing money remittance through mobile phones," Department of Posts (DoP) said in an official statement today. 

                                         As per the pact, BSNL has been provided with the requirements of DoP for development of the software. 

                                         A DoP spokesperson said the software development is going on and rollout of the pilot is expected in August-September 2012. 

                                         Initially, a pilot of the service will run for a period of 6 months in Punjab, Bihar, Delhi and Kerala Circles, the statement said. 

                                         As per the spokesperson, DoP will give commission to BSNL for each remittance made and the commission will vary on the amount transferred. 

                                        Under this facility, receiver of the money will get SMS for transaction and initially get cash at the nearest authorised post office by showing the message, the spokesperson said. 

New Service Tax regime to make speed post, holidaying costlier

Speed post and express parcel service of post office, earnings of TV and theatre artists will come under the 12 per cent service tax bracket from July1 with the government embracing the new Service Tax regime based on negative list.

From now, with the exception of 38 services, which figure in the negative list, all other activities would attract 12 per cent tax.

Besides, air tickets and overseas holiday package bought from online portals would be subject to the levy. Also tests like GMAT and GRE would get more expensive as the institutions which conduct these exams would be subject to tax. However, entrance tests of institutions such as IITs and IIMs will be exempted from the levy.

While private tuition providers will now be subject to service tax if their annual turnover exceeds Rs 10 lakh, although the tax will not be levied on school, university education and approved vocational courses.

As per the negative list, services like metered taxis, auto rickshaws, betting, gambling, lottery, entry to amusement parks, transport of goods or passengers and electricity transmission or distribution by discoms have been kept in the negative list.

Other important services which will not attract the tax include funeral, burial, mutate services and transport of deceased.

However, rail freight and passenger fares are kept out of the ambit for the time being after Railway Minister, Mr Mukul Roy, wrote to Prime Minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, who is now looking after the finance portfolio, requesting him not to introduce service tax on passenger fare and freight traffic from July 1.

Special concession/facilities to Central Government Employees working in Kashmir Valley

F.No.18016/3/2011-Estt.(L) 

Government of India 

Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions 

(Department of Personnel and Training)

New Delhi, the 27th June, 2012.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Special concession/facilities to Central Government Employees working in Kashmir Valley in attached / subordinate offices or PSUs falling under the control of Central Government.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this to this Department's O.M. No.18016/3/2012-Estt.(L) dated 27th January, 2011 on the subject mentioned above and to state that it has been decided to extend the package of concession/incentives to Central Government employees working in Kashmir Valley for a further period of one year w.e.f.01.01.2012 upto 31.12.2012. The revised package of incentives is as per annexure.

2. The package of incentives is uniformly applicable to all Ministries/Departments and PSUs under the Government of India and they should ensure strict adherence to the rates prescribed in the package. The concerned Ministry/Department may ensure implementation and monitoring of the package in conformity with the approved package, and therefore, all Court cases in which verdicts are given contrary to the package would have to be contested by the Ministries/Departments concerned.

Encls : As above.

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(Zoya C.B.) 

Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

ANNEXURE to DOPT’s O.M. No 18016/3/2011-Estt.(L) dtd 27th June, 2012.

DETAILS OF PACKAGE OF CONCESSIONS/FACILITIES TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WORKING IN KASHMIR VALLEY IN ATTACHED / SUBORDINATE OFFICES OR PSUs FALLING UNDER THE CONTROL OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.

[Kashmir Valley comprises of ten districts namely, Anantnag, Baramulla, Budgam, Kupwara, Pulwama, Srinagar, Kulgam, Shopian, Ganderbal and Bandipora]

I. ADDITIONAL H.R.A. AND OTHER CONCESSIONS:

(A) Employees posted to Kashmir Valley:

(i) These employees have an option to move their families to a selected place of their choice in india at Government expense. T.A. for the families allowed as admissible in permanent transfer inclusive of transportation of personal effects, lump-sum payment for packing etc.

(ii) Departmental arrangements for stay, security and transportation to the place of work for employees.

(iii) HRA as for Class ‘Y’ city applicable for employees exercising option at (1). Such employees will be eligible for drawing the normal HRA as well at their place of posting provided Departmental arrangement is not made for his/her stay.

(iv) The period of temporary duty extended to six months. For period of temporary duty daily allowance at full rate is admissible, apart from departmental arrangements for stay, security and transportation.

(B) Employees posted to Kashmir Valley who do not wish to move their families to a selected place of residence:

A per diem allowance of Rs.l0/- is paid for each day of attendance to compensate for any additional expense in transportation to and from office etc. This will be in addition to the transport allowance, which the employee is otherwise eligible for under Ministry of Finance order No. 2l(2)/2008-E.II(B) dated 29.08.2008.

II. MESSING FACILITIES:

Messing Allowance to be paid to the employees of a uniform rate of Rs. 15/- per day by all Departments, or in lieu messing arrangements to be made by the Departments themselves. This rate of allowance will have to be adhered to uniformly by all the Ministries/Departments with effect from 01.07.1999. The slightly higher rate of Rs.25.50/- adopted by the Department of Telecom and Posts and allowed to be continued as a special case by the Department of Personnel in consultation with the Ministry of Finance, would, however, continue to be paid at the said rate.

III. PAYMENT OF MONTHLY PENSION TO PENSIONERS OF KASHMIR VALLEY:

Pensioners of Kashmir Valley who are unable to draw their monthly pensions through either Public Sector Banks or PAO treasuries from which they were receiving their pensions, would be given Pensions outside the Valley where they have settled, in relaxation of relevant provisions.

NOTE :- 1. The package e of concession/facilities shall be admissible in Kashmir Valley comprising of ten districts namely, Anantnag, Baramulla, Budgam, Kupwara, Pulwama, Srinagar, Kulgam, Shopian, Ganderbal and Bandipora.

2. The package of concessions/facilities shall be admissible to Temporary Status Casual labourers working in Kashmir Valley in terms of Para 5(1) of the Causal Labourers (Grant of Temporary Status and Regularization) Scheme of Government of India, 1993.

3. The benefit of additional HRA admissible under the Kashmir Valley package shall be admissible to all Central Government employees posted to Kashmir Valley irrespective of whether they are natives of Kashmir Valley, if they choose to move their families any where in India subject to the conditions governing the grant of these allowances.

4. The facilities of Messing Allowance and Per Diem Allowance shall also be allowed to natives of Kashmir Valley in terms of the Kashmir Valley package.

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(Zoya C.B) 

Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

Source: www.persmin.nic.in
[http://circulars.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/18016_3_2011-Estt-L-27062012.pdf]

THE GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA LAUNCHED "ELECTRONIC FUND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM" WITH THE HELP OF RBI.

The Reserve Bank launched the facility to make payments to the beneficiaries of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) electronically in Odisha. RBI deputy governor Harun Rashid Khan launched the facilty for the Odisha government in Bhubhaneswar, RBI said in a statement.

The objective of the scheme is to make electronic payment of wages to MGNREGA beneficiaries in the state of Odisha. He also launched a new model of government receipts to provide safe and efficient mechanism for government business and timely credit of government receipts. The e-FMS (electronic Fund Management System) went live for the districts of Ganjam, Gajapati and Mayurbhanj and one block Bolagarh of Khurdha district.

The e-FMS scheme involves disbursement of wages of MGNREGA beneficiaries directly to their bank accounts. Reuters

It will be launched in respect of at least one block each from the remaining 27 districts from 2 July , 2012. The remaining blocks of 27 districts would be taken up in the next phase so that the entire state is covered by Gandhi Jayanti, i.e., 2 October , 2012.

Implementation of e-FMS is expected to drastically cut down the delays in payment of wages to MGNREGA beneficiaries and also bring about transparency in the system apart from resulting in savings in operational costs, RBI said.

The e-FMS scheme involves disbursement of wages of MGNREGA beneficiaries directly to their bank accounts through the Regional Electronic Clearing Service (RECS) provided by the Reserve Bank, Bhubaneswar.

Based on the information provided by various nodal agencies (Gram Panchayat/block/district level), authorised officials of the Sponsor Bank (State Bank of India in this case) download the files and send to the Reserve Bank for processing on the same day on RECS. This will be done so that accounts of beneficiaries, maintained with different banks, can be credited the next day.