SAD DEMISE OF SMITA RAJPURKAR

SMITA RAJPURKAR  WORKING AT MARINE LINE POST OFFICE EXPIRED TODAY AROUND 2.30AM

APJ ABDUL KALAM NO MORE SALUTE TO THIS GREAT PERSON

Salute to the greatest man...
Born in a simple family...
Selfless, loving, caring..
A great professor...
A great scientist..
A true Indian..
A man of dreams..
He who lived the dream..
The man who made us dream...
A man of humbleness.
A man of simplicity..
A hero of revolutionary reputation..
A winner of youth hearts..
A writer of great quotes...
A great leader....
A great orator...
The word will miss u...
India will miss u..
We, will miss u...
Though you leave us now..
You, your thoughts and your quotes will remain in our hearts until the world ends...
Heart pains to say it,  but it is time to......
Good Bye Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam.. Salute to the great leader...

UNION MONTHLY MEETING HELD ON 24/07/2015

UNION MONTHLY MEETING WAS HELD AT CHURCHGATE POST OFFICE ON 24/07/2015 AT 6.30 PM MEETING WAS PRESIDED BY HON PRESIDENT COM S R PATIL AND WAS CONDUCTED BY HON SECRETARY COM S A R MAJGAONKAR

MOST OF THE UNION REPRESENTATIVES AND EXECUTIVE MEMBER ATTENDED THE MEETING BY RAISING BURNING ISSUES OF SOUTH DIVISION AND WAS ANSWERED BY SECRETARY COM MAJGAONKAR POSITIVELY.
MEETING WAS CONCLUDED ON HAPPENING NOTES.

POEM BY SUSHANT GHATE PA SOUTH DIVISION MUMBAI

RAMADAN EID GREETINGS 2015

CASH HANDLING ALLOWANCE PAYABLE TO THE SPM OF SINGLE AND DOUBLE HANDED POST OFFICES

Cash handling allowance payable to the SPMs of single handed and double handed Post Offices.
File No. 5-06/2011-PAP
Government of India
Ministry of Communication & IT
Department of Posts
(Establishment Division) Dak Bhawan New Delhi
Dated 22nd June 2015
To,

All Chief Postmasters General,
All Postmasters General,
All Regional Postmasters General

Subject: Cash handling allowance payable to the SPMs of single handed and double handed Post Offices.

            Cash handling allowance to the Sub Postmasters in single and double handed Post Offices responsible for handling/custody of cash is being paid with effect from 13.05.1989 at the rates given as below:-

Amount of cash handled on an average per day
Special pay/allowance payable per month
Rs.10001 to 20000
20
Rs. 20001 to 50000
25
Rs. 50001 to 100000
30
Above 1 Lakh
35

2.         On recommendations of the Vth Pay Commission, these rates were doubled with effect from 01-08-1997. On recommendations of the VIth Pay Commission, these rates were again doubled with effect from 01-09-2008 and further increased @ 25% with effect from 01-01-2011 & with effect from 01-01-2014 as per recommendations of the VIth Pay commission on an increase of D.A @ 50% each time. Current rates with effect from 01-01-2014 are given as below:-

Amount of cash handled on an average per day
Special pay/allowance payable per month
Rs.10001 to 20000
120
Rs.20001 to 50000
150
Rs.50001 to 100000
180
Above 1 Lakh
210

3.         The other terms and conditions will be same as laid down in this Directorate letter No. 6-4/80-PAP dated 25-02-1992 and other instructions issued from time to time on the subject.

This has the approval of the competent authority
                        Sd/-     
(Maj S. N. Dave)

Asst. Director General (Estt.)

GDS PRINCIPAL VAT CASE

GDS PRINCIPAL CAT CASE
DATE FOR FINAL ARGUMENTS IN GDS COURT CASE IN PRINCIPAL BENCH CAT, NEW DELHI FIXED AS ON 10-09.2015

DIGITAL INDIA WEEK

Friday, 3 July 2015
DIGITAL INDIA WEEK
TODAY UNDER DIGITAL INDIA WEEK PROGRAM OUR LADY HIGH SCHOOL  STUDENTS FROM MUMBAI 400002 VISITED KALBADEVI HEAD POST OFFICE

UNDER ESTEEM GUIDANCE OF SENIOR POSTMASTER SHRI PATEL SAHEB
THE SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE EDUCATED LIVELY ON WORKING OF POST OFFICE WITH ALL MAJOR ASPECTS OF WORK AND ONLINE SERVICES OF KALBADEVI POST OFFFICE THEY WERE SHOWN ENTIRE POST OFFICE AND OFFICE STAFF ANTICIPATED IN WHOLE PROCESS

PRIP KALBADEVI HPO SHRI N R SORTE CORDINATED THE EVENT SUCESSFULLY

POSTAL INFORMATION

The Department of Posts, which forms a part of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, is responsible for the planning, development, expansion of operation and maintenance of Postal Services in the country.  It also discharges certain agency functions in respect of Savings Bank and other Small Savings Schemes, collection of customs duty on Postal articles and disbursement of pension to Military and Railway pensioners, Family pension to Industrial Employees of Coal Mines etc. 

The Department administers Postal Life Insurance for the benefit of Postal, Telecom and other Central Govt. Employees and Employees of State Governments, Public Sector Undertakings, Nationalized Banks and Local bodies etc. Planning and Policy-making at Headquarters. The Postal Services Board is the apex management body of the Department, comprising the Chairman (who is also the Secretary, Department of Posts and Director General) and six Members.  The six members of the Board hold functional portfolios of Operations, Personnel,   PLI, HRD, Technology and Planning.  The Joint Secretary and Financial Advisor to the Department is a permanent invitee to the Board.  The Secretary, Postal Services Board, assists the Board.  Deputy Directors General, Directors and Assistant Directors General provide necessary support to the Board at the Headquarters. 

Postal Circles For providing postal services, the whole country has been divided  in to 22 Postal circles extending postal services to 30 States and 6 UTs. Each circle is co-terminus with a State except (i) the North Eastern Circle, which comprises six North Eastern States, (ii) Maharashtra circle which includes Goa, (iii) West Bengal Circle includes Sikkim and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, (iv) Kerala circle includes the Union Territory of Lakshadweep and Mahe District of Puducherry (UT), (v) Punjab Circle includes the Union Territory of Chandigarh, (vi) Gujarat circle includes Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli (UT), (vii) Andhra Pradesh Circle includes  Telangana State and (viii) Tamil Nadu Circle includes Union Territory of Puducherry ( Except Mahe District).

 The Chief Postmaster General heads each Circle.  Each Circle is divided into Regions comprising groups of field units, called Divisions (Postal / RMS Divisions).  Each Region is headed by a Postmaster General.  In the Circles , DAP and Regions, there are other functional supporting logistics units like Circle Stamp Depots,  Postal Store Depots and Mail Motor Service.  

Army Postal Services Over and above these 22 Circles, the communication needs of the armed forces are catered to by the Base Circle.  Base Circle is headed by the Additional Director General, Army Postal Service.  The officer cadre of Army Postal Services is drawn on deputation from the Indian Postal Service.  75 % of the other ranks of the Army Postal Service are drawn from the Department of Posts and the remaining personnel are recruited by the Army. 

Operational Units :-There are 21 GPOs presently functioning in the country. They are:  Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh Circle), Guwahati (Assam Circle), Patna(Bihar), Delhi (Delhi), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Ambala (Haryana), Shimla (Himachal Pradesh),Sri Nagar (Jammu& Kashmir), Ranchi (Jharkhand),Bangalore (Karnataka),Thiruvanantapuram (Kerala), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh),Mumbai (Maharashtra),Shillong(North East),Bhubaneswar Orissa), Chandigarh(Punjab), Jaipur (Rajasthan),Chennai(Tamil Nadu), Dehradun (Uttrakhand), Lucknow Uttar Pradesh) and Kolkata (West Bengal Circle).
[6/29/2015, 10:00 PM] Kausik chennai: Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy (RAKNPA), Ghaziabad is the Apex Training Institution and caters to the training needs of the managerial cadres of India Post. It conducts induction training of Indian Postal Service officers and mid-carrier training programmes for Indian Postal Service officers. It also conducts Induction Training for Gr.`B‟ officers besides some specialized need based training's on technology, Marketing and other fields of importance.  

There are six Postal Training Centers at Darbhanga, Guwahati, Madurai, Mysore, Saharanpur and Vadodra. These Training Centres cater to the training needs of Inspectorial cadre (Inspector Posts/Assistant Superintendents of Posts) and all Gr. `C‟ employees (Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants. They also conduct induction training for the Inspector Posts and for Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants. 

 383 Workplace Training Centres (WTCs) in circles are operational.  These WTCs cater to the training needs of various categories of staff near their work place.

There are also 5 Zonal Training Centres (ZTCs) which cater to training needs of the Postal Accounts Personnel. Engineering wing comprising of Architectural, Civil and Electrical Engineering disciplines is entrusted with design and construction of all Major & Minor building projects and maintenance of buildings in the Department.