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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
GDS compassionate cases - CRC minutes
Click Here to view the CRC minutes dated 10.01.2017 and 11.01.2017 on GDS compassionate cases.
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Summary of GDS report
Summary
of GDS report
1.
The
minimum working hours of GDS Post Offices and GDS is increased to 4 hours from
3 hours.
2.
The
new working hours for GDS Post Offices will be 4 hours and 5 hours only.
3.
The
Level 1 GDS Post Offices/GDSs will have 4 hours as working hours and Level – 2
will have 5 hours as working hours.
4.
The
Point System for assessment of workload of BPMs has been abolished.
5.
The
new wage payment system is linked to revenue generation of GDS Post Offices.
Under the new system, there will be no increase in wagess of BPMs from Level-1
to Level-2 on the basis of workload but the same will be increased based on
achievement of prescribed revenue norms which is fixed at 100% for normal areas
and 50% for special areas which presently have 15% anticipated income norms.
6.
The
GDS Post Offices not achieving the prescribed revenue norm within the given
working hours will have to open GDS post offices for minimum of additional 30
minutes beyond the prescribed working hours.
7.
The
GDSs BPMs will be paid Revenue Linked Allowance @10% beyond Level 2 wage scale
if they will be successful in achieving revenue beyond prescribed norms
8.
The
GDS Post Offices has been categorized into A,B,C and D categories based on the
revenue generation norms. The GDS Post Office in A category will achieve 100%
revenue. The Committee has recommended a set of actions for each category of
GDS Post Offices.
9.
The
six approved categories of GDS are subsumed into two categories only. One
category will be Branch Post Master and all other 5 categories of GDSs are
subsumed into one multi tasking category.
10. The
job profile of Multi Tasking GDS is expanded to include work such as Business
Development and Marketing etc. Their jobs will no more be confined to their old
designations. The Assistant BPM will assist BPMs for increasing revenue
generation.
11. The
GDSs working in the GDS Post Offices will be known as Assistant Branch Post
Master (ABPMs) and those working in the Department Post Offices will be known
as Dak Sevak (DS).
12. The
minimum wage has been increased to Rs.10000/- per month and maximum to
Rs.35,480/- per month.
13. The
rate of annual increase is recommended as 3%.
14. A
composite Allowance comprising of support for hiring accommodation for GDS Post
Offices as well as mandatory residence, office maintenance, mobile and
electricity usage charges etc. has been introduced for the first time.
15. Children
Education Allowance @ Rs.6,000/- per Child per annum has been introduced for
GDS.
16. Risk
& Hardship Allowance @ Rs.500/- per month for GDSs working in the special
areas has also been introduced.
17. A
Financial upgradation has been introduced at 12 Years, 24 years and 36 Years of
services in form of two advance additional annual increases.
18. The
ceiling of ex-gratia gratuity has been increased from Rs.60,000 to
Rs.5,00,000/-
19.The
GDS contribution for service Discharge Benefit Scheme (SDBS) should be enhanced
maximum up to 10% and minimum up to 3% of the basic wage per month, whereas the
Department should contribute a fixed contribution of 3% of the basic wage of
the GDSs.
20. The coverage of GDS Group Insurance Scheme has
been enhanced from Rs.50,000/0 to Rs.5,00,000/-.
21. The
contribution of Department in Circle Welfare Fund (CWF) has been increased from
Rs.100/- per annum to Rs.300/- per annum.
22. The
Scope of CWF is extended to cover immediate family members such as spouse;
daughters, sons and dependent daughters in law in the scheme.
23. The
Committee also recommended 10% hike in the prescribed limits of financial
grants and assistance in the Circle Welfare Fund.
24. The
Committee has recommended addition of Rs.10,000/- for purchase of Tablet/Mobile
from the Circle Welfare Fund in the head ” Financial Assistance from Fund by
way of loans with lower rate of interest (5%)”.
25. Provision
of 26 weeks of Maternity Leave for women GDSs has been recommended.
26. The
wages for the entire period of Maternity Leave is recommended to be paid from
salary head from where wages of GDSs are paid.
27. The
Committee has also recommended one week of Paternity Leave.
28. The Committee has recommended 5 days of
emergency leave per annum
Leave accumulation and encashment
facility up to 180 days has been
introduced.
29. Online
system of engagement has been recommended.
30. The
maximum age limit of 50 years for Direct Recruitment of GDSs has been
abolished.
31.Minimum
one year of GDS service will now be required for GDSs for Direct Recruitment
into Departmental cadres such as MTS/Postman/Mail Guard.
32. Alternate
livelihood condition for engagement of GDSs has been relaxed.
33. Voluntary
Discharge Scheme has been recommended.
34. The
Discharge age has been retained at 65 years.
35. The
Limited Transfer Facility has been relaxed from 1 time to 3 Time for male GDSs.
There will be no restriction on number of chances for transfer of women GDSs.
The power for transfer has been delegated to the concerned Divisional head.
36. The
ex-gratia payment during put off period should be revised to 35% from 25% of
the wage and DA drawn immediately before put off.
37. The
committee has recommended preferring transfer before put off duty.
38. The
compassionate Engagement of GDS has been relaxed to give benefits to eligible
dependents in all cases of death of GDS while in service.
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Implementation of SBI-Buddy wallet in Post Offices
India Post to Start SBI Buddy Wallet Service in
Post Offices
In order to move towards digitization of cash
transactions at post offices for its Saving Bank Customers, Department of Posts
(DoP) has approached the State Bank of India to provide customized services of
State Bank Buddy wallet for branches of Post Offices. Cashiers/Postal Assistant
at authorized Post Offices will accept two kinds of withdrawal forms from their
Saving Bank customers. One for withdrawing cash and other for loading their
Buddy wallet.
1. DoP would like to open wallets for their
identified Post offices across India.
2. To begin with, DoP will start with 1000 Post
Offices and then extend to larger no. of Post Offices. All these Post Offices
will be provided with a smart phone, by the respective Divisional Heads/Chief
Postmaster/Sr. Postmasters. These phones Will be the assets of the post Office
concerned and Will be the deposited in the treasury at end of the day. At the
beginning of the day the phone will be given to the SB Cashier handling the
Buddy wallet.
3. State Bank Buddy wallet will be downloaded from
Google play /Apple store and wallet account will be registered on these (Post
Offices’ Official) Mobile Numbers.
4. Sansad Marg HO will be assigned as a nodal
office for SBl buddy. DoP will share with SBl the list of mobile nos. to be
used on Post Office counters. Against each mobile no. in the list, name &
address of PO along with other details considered important for accounting and
MIS.
5. SBI will prefund all 1000 post office e-wallet
accounts with Rs.20,000 (each wallet to be topped up with Rs.20,000).
6. Cashiers/Postal Assistant at Post Offices will
pay to their (PO) customers, through P2P facility (using “Send Money/Ask Money)
against special withdrawal forms presented by the customers.
7. At 4.30 pm each day, Buddy Team at GITC will
send MIS to NDMB (Sansad Marg) & Sansad Marg HO containing the amount
consumed by each PO wallet during the day.
8. At the closure of Post Offices? customer
dealing, 3:00 pm State Bank Buddy team will run a scheduled job and block all
these wallets so that no further transactions can be made on that day.
9. Buddy team will generate Daily Transaction MIS
of these wallets post office wise and share it with DoP
10. No PO wallet will be topped up during the day
for increased requirement etc.
11. Buddy team will unblock these wallets in SOD
(Start of Day) so that wallets will be operational for use.
1- Between Customer & Cashier/Postal Assistant
i. Customer should download buddy wallet from play
store or apple store. Assistance may be required. The cashiers/Postal Assistant
will be trained by SBI.
ii. Customer should use 'Ask Option" in Buddy
giving mobile number of the Cashier.
iii. The statement of transactions on the wallet of
the cashier can be made available by the Bank
At Post office
i. Debit SB account of customer
ii. Credit Wallet Account of customer
Reconciliation
The individual PO will download the Buddy report,
check it against the transactions made and will
(A) Either confirm that the report tallied with the
transactions done in the post offices, to the nodal office.
Saturday, January 7, 2017
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Income Tax Calculator for Financial Year 2016-2017
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PA,
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Video on IPPB
The
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has been recently incorporated as a Public
Limited Company under the Department of Posts with 100% GOI equity.
IPPB
will offer demand deposits such as savings and current accounts upto a balance
of Rs 1 Lac, digitally enabled payments and remittance services of all kinds
between entities and individuals and also provide access to third party
financial services such as insurance, mutual funds, pension, credit products,
forex, and more, in partnership with insurance companies, mutual fund houses,
pension providers, banks, international money transfer organisations, etc.
Postal ATM card can now be used in Bank ATM machine
Interoperable
transactions started successful between Banks and Post Office through ATM Machine w.e.f.
31/12/2016.
Now Postal ATM card can be accessed on other banks ATM machine and also Bank ATM card can be also accessed in Post Office ATM machine. Please give wide publicity of this news among the staff and customers.
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