NOC is not now a mandatory requirement for government employees to get a passport

New Delhi: No Objection Certificate (NOC) is not now a mandatory requirement for government employees to get a passport.

To streamline and check the undue delay in getting passports to the government employees, the Ministry of External Affairs has relaxed provisions for issue of passport and asked the government employees to attach the copy of prior intimation letter submitted by the government employees to their controlling authority before applied for passport.

The Ministry of External Affairs has recently issued an Office Memorandum No.VI/401/01/05/2014 making the ‘Prior Intimation Letter’ valid proof like ‘No Objection Certificate (NOC)’ to obtain passport for government employees, public sector undertakings (PSU) employees and autonomous body employees.

Government employees, who applies for passport with ‘Prior Intimation Letter’, they do not need to police verification.

The above provision is applied for getting passport only not for VISA, the government employees are required to obtain ‘No Objection Certificate (NOC)’ from their departments concerned for getting VISA from foreign embassies for travelling abroad as per CCS (Conduct) Rules and the instructions have been issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) from time to time.

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar

29 cities upgraded for higher HRA & Transport Allowance

The Union Cabinet today approved upgradation of 29 cities and towns on the basis of 2011 population census for providing higher house and transportation allowance to central government employees.

The revised classification of cities would be effective from April 1, 2014 and cost the exchequer approximately Rs 128 crore for 2014-15.

"The Cabinet has approved reclassification / upgradation of certain cities/towns on the basis of Census 2011 for the purpose of granting House Rent Allowance (HRA) and Transport Allowance to central government employees," Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters here.

One the basis of the census, 2 cities - Pune and Ahmedabad - have been upgraded to 'X' class from 'Y' and 21 cities to 'Y' from 'Z' for the purpose of HRA, an official statement read.

These 21 cities are Nellore, Gurgaon, Bokaro Steel City, Gulbarga, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kannur, Kollam, Ujjain, Vasai-Virar City, Malegaon, Nanded-Waghala, Sangli, Rourkela, Ajmer, Erode, Noida, Firozabad, Jhansi, Siliguri and Durgapur.

That apart, six - Patna, Kochi, Indore, Coimbatore and Ghaziabad - have been advanced to 'Specified Higher Class' from 'Other Places' for the purpose of transport allowance, the statement said.

So far, the Census 2001 has been used for deciding the HRA and transport allowance of central government officials posted in these towns and cities.

The existing qualifying threshold of population for HRA classification is 50 lakh and above for X, 5-50 lakh for Y and below 5 lakh for Z class cities.The employees are entitled for HRA of 30%, 20% and 10% respectively for X, Y and Z class cities

Transportation allowance is payable at 'higher rates' in 13 specified cities classified earlier as 'A-1' and 'A' (those with a population of 20 lakh and above) and 'lower rates' for the rest.

The cities and towns are classified as X, Y and Z for the purpose of HRA and 13 specified cities classified as A-1, A and Other Places for transportation allowance.

The postal department is readying its game plan to roll out payment banking services - Hoping to get a licence in a couple of months

NEW DELHI: The postal department is readying its game plan to roll out payment banking services — hoping to get a licence in a couple of months — and is closely looking at global models and preparing to hire top executives, people familiar with the matter said.

"Based on our discussions and interactions with the RBI ( Reserve Bank of India), we hope to get a nod by July," a senior official of the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology told ET. The central bank hopes to issue payment bank licences by the end of 2015, RBI Deputy Governor SS Mundra said recently.

The postal department expects to make the payment bank viable within three years of operations. Payment banks can accept deposits and can't offer credit. "Our calculations show that we will be able to generate profits of close to .`91 crore by the end of five years," the official said.

In February, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had thrown his weight behind India Post's application, saying the government hoped to utilise its vast network of about 1.55 lakh points of presence across the country to help promote schemes such as the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, aimed at promoting access to financial services.

India Post has studied models of various postal bank models of China, Japan, Vietnam and France to chart out its growth plan. "We have set a target of opening around 650 branches by the fifth year of operations. Additionally, we hope to have around 25,000 spokes and 1.3 lakh access points across India," the official said.

According to guidelines issued by the RBI in November, payment banks can accept demand deposits, subject to a cap of .`1 lakh per customer, and provide payment and remittance services through the Internet, branches, business correspondents and mobile banking.

Payment banks cannot offer credit facilities directly, although they can act as agents of commercial banks for credit and other services.

Source: Economic Times

Speed Post Tariff increases w.e.f. 01.06.2015

Budget 2015 has increased the service tax from 12.36 to 14% . So the SPEED POST  tariff  increases from 01.06.2015  for   (LOCAL up to 50 gr) Rs. 17 to Rs.17(Rs15+Rs.2 ST) ,  (Other Place up to 200 gr ) from Rs 39 to Rs.40/-(Rs.35+ Rs.4 ST)  Other rates will change on adding service tax rate.

Flash : SP Regional allotments

CO issued the following regional allotments on regular officers.
1. Mr.K.Ezhil, SP, Tirupur Dn allotted to CR.
2. Mr.Mohanarangam, AD BD, RO, Coimbatore to SP, Foreign Post, Chennai.
3. Mr.T.R.Baskaran, SP Salem West Dn allotted to CCR.

CO issued the following regional allotments on adhoc basis.
1. Ms. Vijaya, ASP, LP, Chennai allotted to CCR.

2. Mr.Sivaprakasam, offg SP, Krishnagiri Dn allotted to CR.
3. Mr.R.Rajendran from CCR allotted to CR.
4. Mr.T.Rajasekaran, ASP HQ, Namakkal Dn from WR allotted to CR.

5. Mr.V.Chandrasekaran, ASP, Thanjavur allotted to WR.
6. Mr.Kalyana Varadarajan, Offg SP, Nilgiri Dn (upgraded to SSP) allotted to WR.
7. Mr.John Baptist, ASP, Coimbatore Sub Dn allotted to WR.
8. Mr.Balasubramanian, offg ASP, Erode North Sub Dn allotted to WR.
9. Mr.Dharmaraj, ASP, Inv, RO, Coimbatore allotted to WR.
10. Mr.Arunachalam, ASP OD, Erode Dn allotted to WR.
11. Mr.Gopinath, ASP, Tirupur South Sub Dn allotted to WR.

12. Mr.Panneerselvam, offg Sr PM, Thanjavur allotted to SR.
13. Mr.Swaminathan, offg Sr PM, Nagercoil HO allotted to SR.
14. Mr.Uday Singh, offg SP, Ramanathapuram Dn allotted to SR.

Congrats to all the Officers.

SSP movements

Notification for Central Working Committee meeting at Trivandrum

No. CHQ/AIAIPASP/CWC/TRV/2015                          Dated :          22/5/2015. 

NOTIFICATION

Under the provisions of the Article 30 of the Constitution of the Association, it is hereby notified that the Central Working Committee meeting of the Association will be held at Trivandrum (Kerala) on 25^th July and 26^th July 2015.

Venue : Hotel The Capital, Near Trivandrum GPO,  Pulimood Junction, Trivandrum 695001.

Agenda :

1.    Confirmation of the minutes of the last CWC held at Ahmedabad on 7/2/2014.

2.    Cadre restructuring of Inspector Posts cadre and merger of ASP cadre in to PS Gr. B cadre.

3.    Meeting with Hon’ble Chairman 7CPC and submission of Memorandum.

4.    Organizational review.

5.    Ernakulam CAT case - Up-gradation of GP of Inspector Posts from Rs. 4200/- to Rs. 4600/- w.e.f. 1/1/2006.

6.    Senior Postmaster examination CAT cases.

7.    DPC for promotion to the cadre of PS Gr. B.

8.    Inter-circle transfer of Inspector Posts under Rule 38 of Postal Manual Vol. IV.

9.    Combined Seniority list of Inspector Posts cadre.

10. Revised Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B cadre / Asst. Manager MMS.

11. LDCE for promotion to the cadre of Sr. PM and PS Gr. B.

12. Financial review of CHQ.

13. Any other item with the permission of chairs.

All the CHQ office bearers and Circle Secretaries are requested to attend the meeting at scheduled date and time.

Special invitees :

1.    Shri Roop Chand, Ex-GS and Sr. PM, Sansad Marg HO, New Delhi 110001

2.    Shri Permanand Kumar, ASP (PMU), Postal Directorate, New Delhi 110001

Sd/-

 (Vilas Ingale)

General Secretary

Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to : -

1.    The Director General (SR Division), Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi 11001.

2.    All Chief PMsG (through concerned Circle Secretaries)

3.    Sri Amrendra Kumar, President & ASP (Inv) % the CPMG, Bihar Circle, Patna 800001

4.    All CHQ Office Bearers / Circle Secretaries

5.    Special invitees

Pay fixation of Direct recruits appointed after 1.1.2006

http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02csd/Reconvery.pdf

Providing materials to DOP Facebook & Twitter

Revision of PLI Service Tax from 1.6.2015

Inclusion of Aadhar number in service book

Source : http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/aadhar.pdf

Distribution of DAVP Booklets booked as Speed Post articles

Achievement of the Postal Employees wards in SSLC / 10th Exam 2015 in Tamilnadu State

S. Gowtham S/o Srinivasan, OA O/o SSPOs, Pondicherry Division ( First Language French, Centum in all Subject , English 98 ) Rank : State 3rd  & School 2nd School Name : Petit Seminarie Higher Secondary School, Pondicherry	498  /500
Selvi. ....  D/o  Perumbadaiyan, SPM, New Colony, Tuticorin Division	497
Selvi. Delbin D/o Smt. Mebel Jeya Rathina, PA Palayankottai HPO,	497
Selvi. Swetha, D/o Smt. Kanagavalli, PA, Ambasamuthram HO, Tirunelveli Division	497
Selvi. R. Priyadharshini,Smt. S.Devika OA O/o SSPOs Dindigul division, Dindigul Tamil :97 English :99 Maths :100 Science :100 Social Science :100
Selvi. Kavya.S D/o  Sri. Sudeeskumar S, DSM Virudhachalam Division (Reg No: 5065951) Fathima Matric Hr. Sec. School	496
B.R Srinath S/o P.Ravi, PA Annamalainagar , ( NFPE Div. Sec )	496
Selvan.   S/o G.Rajendran, SBCO, Tambaram HPO	490
Sri.G.C Sudhishraj S/o Com. S.Jayalakshmi SPM, chenbakkam, Vellore Division	492
Selvi M.V.Sashvardhini D/O P.Mohanasundaram, SPM Gobi South -638476 Erode division.	491
Selvan. A.ARUN SANTHANARAJ,S.ARULDOSS, ASP (HQ)., O/o the SPOs., Pattukottai Division, PATTUKOTTAI - 614 601 &  CIRCLE SECRETARY, ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF IPs/ASPs., TN CIRCLE.	488
Selvi. M.R. Abinaya, D/o S.Kalaivani, Postal Assistant, Kanchipuram HO Centum. in Science , and Social science	488
Master. R.K.BALAJI, S/o T.MAHESWARI, PA., Thanjavur HPO-613 001	480
Selvi GOWRI@KAVYA D/O C.C.MURUGAN PA Virudhunagar HPO, 626001	493

Source : sapost

List of Banks using Finacle worldwide

Finacle is the universal banking solution of choice of all leading banks and large regional banks across the world. Leading universal, retail and corporate banks worldwide leverage the power of Finacle to transform their business.

 

Banks using Finacle Platform  are spread across 78 countries globally from Far East Asia to Middle East and Western Europe as the following stats depicts.

Following Banks are using Finacle , The list is large but we brought you some of leading Banks using this Platform.

India Post

ALEXBANK,

ANZ BANK,

ARAB NATIONAL BANK,

BANK DHOFAR,

CO-OPERATIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES,

CREDIT SUISSE,

DBS BANK,

EMIRATES BANK,

FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA,

HATTON NATIONAL BANK,

ICICI BANK,

NATIONAL AUSTRALIA GROUP EUROPE,

NYKREDIT,

POSTBANK UGANDA LTD,

RAIFFEISSENBANK,

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE

ZURICH FINANCIAL SERVICES.

ABN AMRO

NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK OF SAUDI ARABIA

MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK

FEDERAL BANK

BANK OF INDIA

BANK OF BARODA

ANDHRA BANK

PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK

UNION BANK OF INDIA

IDBI BANK

INDUSIND BANK

SBI INTERNATIONAL OPERATION

VIJAYA BANK

UCO BANK

ING Vysya Bank Ltd.

Oriental Bank Of Commerce

Courtesy : http://finaclesolution.blogspot.in/

SSA Award Function at RO, Trichy on 25.05.2015

Directory of Departmental Canteens and Tiffin Rooms

<< Click Here >> to download the memo.

CS Desk : Our CS Son scored 488 in SSLC

My Son  Master.A.ARUN SANTHANARAJ has secured   488/500   marks in the SSLC Examination held during March-2015.

S.ARULDOSS

ASP (HQ).,

O/o the SPOs., Pattukottai Division,

PATTUKOTTAI-614 601 & 

CIRCLE SECRETARY,

ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF IPs/ASPs.,

TAMILNADU CIRCLE.

Congrats to Arun.

SSP Adhoc postings in TN

Flash : SSP Promotions

TN Circle : 

Shri. Major R Subramani - TN - allotted to TN.

Shri. M.Balasubramani - TN - allotted to TN.

Shri. V.M.Sakthivelu - TN - allotted to TN.

Shri. R.Raju - TN - allotted to TN.

Shri. K.Gunasekaran - TN - allotted to TN.

Congrats to all the Officers.

SSP transfers

Procedure for forwarding proposal for extension of tenure, pre mature, repatriation etc

http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02ser/383_1_2011-AVD-III-14052015.pdf

Preservation of Records related with delivery and payment of COD articles

Special Offer from snapdeal for India Post Employees

Department of Posts has initiated action in association with Snapdeal.com to provide an online platform to benefit rural artisans and accordingly started at Varanasi w.e.f. 25.12.2014. In order to promote the sale from this portal, Snapdeal has come up with a special offer for the staff of the Postal Department.

Under this DoP employees can get attractive discount for purchase made from http://www.snapdeal.com/offers/india-post-varanasi#4thPage by using promo code

IndiaPost15.

This promo code is valid until 30.06.2015 for first 1000 redemptions for the products priced upto 20,000/- only.

Click on the image to visit the portal contains special offer for India Post Employees

CSI Fiance & Accounting flyer

Postal department in Chennai sells custom-made stamps online

Chennai, May 08 (ANI): The 'My stamp' facility, launched about a year-and-a-half ago, has become a hit among residents in Chennai city. 'My stamp' allows one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmHTwXTuUd8

Willingness to work as SPOs on temporary basis in TN

Pension persons with disabilities

http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/15012_1_2003-Estt.D-12052015.pdf

CHQ : Cadre restructuring of Inspector Posts Cadre and merger of ASP cadre in to PS Gr. B cadre

No. GS/AIAIASP/Merger-ASP/2013                                  dated 11/5/2015

To,

The Director General,

Department of Posts,

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi 110 001.

          

Subject : Cadre restructuring of Inspector Posts Cadre and merger of ASP cadre in to PS Gr. B cadre…reg.

Ref.      : Dte. File No. 25-35/2011-PE-I dated 3rd December, 2014

Respected madam,

        

           In continuation to this Association’s letter of even number dated 20/11/2013 and 9/1/2015, further submissions on the following issues are as under:

        

1. Back ground of service of IP/ASP in the department.

    1.1  As per the revised recruitment rules of Inspector Posts and Asst. Supdt. Posts, the sanctioned strength of the cadre is as under:

          I. Inspector Posts                                                        :        2187

          II. Assistant Superintendents Posts                               :        1824

          III. HSG-I Postmasters (IP line)                                  :          141

          IV. Asst. / Dy. Managers (Mail Motor Service)            :            45

Total                             :        4197

1.2 It is a fact that not a single post of Inspector or Assistant Superintendent Posts has been sanctioned in the Department of Posts since 1980 despite full justification based on the existing Staff Inspection Units (SIU) norms. The work load and job description of Inspectors / Asst. Superintendents Posts have increased manifold due to subsequent diversification of business activities by the Department in different spheres.

Not possible to provide minimum monthly pension of Rs 3,000: Government

It is not possible to provide minimum monthly pension of Rs 3,000 under the Employees' Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95), run by retirement fund body EPFO, Parliament was informed today.

"The EPS, 1995 being a contributory scheme, obligations of all payments are met from the assets of the fund. The higher level of minimum pension of at Rs 3,000 is not possible without compromising the financial viability of the scheme," Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha.

In a separate reply, the Minister said "providing a minimum pension of Rs 3,000 to lakhs of existing pensioners and crores of prospective pensioners has very huge financial implications and could jeopardize the existence of the pension fund itself."

The Minister added: "If the government's share is increased from 1.16 per cent to 8.33 per cent, as recommended by the Committee, it would involve a substantial increase in the financial burden. It was estimated to involve Rs 16,417 crore for the year 2013-2014 to implement this recommendation."

According to the reply, the 147th Report of the Committee on Petitions, Rajya Sabha had recommended increasing the government's share of contribution to EPS-95 from 1.16 per cent of the basic wages to 8.33 per cent to support the minimum pension level of Rs 3,000 per month.

The Minister informed the House that EPFO is providing Rs 1,000 minimum monthly pension under the scheme since September 1, 2014. It is benefiting around 20 lakh pensioners.

There are around 47 lakh pensioners under the scheme run by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).

Source:-The Economic Times

CHQ : Directorate has called for ACR/APARs of following "ST" category candidates for conducting supplementary DPC for PS Gr B 2014-15.

These officers ACRs have also been called for holding of regular DPC for the year 2015-16.

It is therefore directed to concerned Circle Secretaries to ensure submission of requisite information to Directorate immediately.

PAUL ZORM THANGA	06.01.61	ST	North East	1994
SMT. FIDALIS KHONGBRI	17.12.56	ST	North East	1994
DIBAKAR SINGH	20.01.61	ST	Odisha	1994
KHAWL THANGA SAILO	01.03.63	ST	North East	1994
C. LALDINLUAIE	02.06.62	ST	North East	1994
S. SIDDANAIK	01.06.59	ST	Karnataka	1994
L.B. KAMBLE	01.06.59	ST	Maharashtra	1994
K.K. CHAUHAN	21.05.62	ST	Punjab	1994
URYAN VANSHI.B.D		ST	Maharashtra	1994
S. DAMODARAN		ST	Tamilnadu	1994
M.MURALI		ST	Tamilnadu	1994
K. ARUNACHALAM		ST	Tamilnadu	1994
R.L.MEENA		ST	Rajasthan	1994
K. RAMAKRISHNA		ST	Andhra Pr.	1994
P. SUBRAMANIAN  IV		ST	Tamilnadu	1994
YOGENDRA PRASAD		ST	Bihar	1994
LIKHAR.M.V		ST	Maharashtra	1994
S.MUTHUSAMY		ST	Tamilnadu	1994
A.K. NATARAJAN		ST	Tamilnadu	1994
K.P.DORAISAMY		ST	Tamilnadu	1994

Source : CHQ Blog.