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Cadre Restructuring of the Income Tax Department: Govt approved 20,751 additional post

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Government of India

Ministry of Finance 

Restructuring of the Income Tax Department 

The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal for creation of 20,751 additional posts in theIncome Tax Department in various cadres that is 1349 additional posts in the IRS cadre and 19,402 additional posts in the non-IRS cadres. This will help the Income Tax Department collectincreased revenue and provide better tax payers services. 

An additional expenditure of Rs. 449.71 crore per annum is likely to be incurred on creation of additional posts and upgradation of some existing posts. This additional expenditure would be more than compensated by the increased revenue of more than Rs. 25,000 crore per annum proposed to be generated as a result of this exercise. 

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Text of Business Standard News about CBEC Restructuring:
Meanwhile, there is another proposal for a cadre restructuring of Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC). This will add 20,000 officers to its existing workforce of 66,808 officers, taking it to 86,808, and this may give additional revenue of about Rs 68,000 crore. 

The CBEC's proposal may take a little longer as it is running behind CBDT proposal in terms of securing some key approvals. The proposal was recently approved by Chidambaram. It will now have to be cleared by the Department of Expenditure and then the Department of Personnel and finally the Cabinet.

So, both the proposals would add to extra over Rs 93,000 crore a year to the government kitty. This means that each employee will add to Rs 2.28 crore a year to the government kitty on an average.

The additional revenue will be over and above the Budget Estimates of Rs 6,68,109 crore for direct taxes and Rs 5,65,002 crore for indirect taxes. However, the entire workforce may not be added within this financial year even if the proposals are cleared soon.

 

http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/cabinet-okays-extra-20-750-staff-for-income-tax-dept-113052301002_1.html

Courtesy : http://karnmk.blogspot.in/

 

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Promotion and posting to the Grade of Member, Postal Services Board, Indian Postal Service, Group 'A'

Promotion and posting to the Grade of Member, Postal Services Board, Indian Postal Service, Group 'A'

 

Click here to view order no. 1-19/2013-SPG dated 21.05.2013

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CENTRAL GOVERNMENT POSTS – SANCTIONED POSTS, NUMBER IN POSITION (POSTS FILLED UP) AND VACANCY IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN GROUP A GROUP B AND GROUP C

As per available information, the details of number of sanctioned posts, number in position and vacancies in Central Government posts as on 1st March, 2011 was as under:

	Number of Sanctioned Posts	Number in Position	Number of Vacant Posts
Group A	98977	84474	14503
Group B	228755	192728	36027
Group C	3335797	2804736	531061
Total vacancies			581591

Details of vacancy position in respect of reserved posts and details of backlog vacancies in Central Government Departments is not centrally maintained.

A Special Recruitment Drive was launched in 2008 to fill up the backlog reserved vacancies of Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/ Other Backward Classes (OBC), which continued till 31.03.2012. The details of recruitment/ appointments made during the drive were as under:

	Direct Recruitment		Promotion		Total
	Backlog	Filled up	Backlog	Filled up	Backlog	Filled up
SC	10955	7797	13458	9655	24413	17452
ST	11400	7051	17637	9791	29037	16842
OBC	22072	13740	Not applicable	Not applicable	22072	13740
Total	44427	28588	31095	19446	75522	48034

The vacancies are filled as per the provisions of the Recruitment Rules and if Recruitment Rules permit lateral entry, the backlog vacancies may also be filled through the lateral entry route.

This was stated by Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office in written reply to a question by Shri Ashok Kumar today.

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THE INDIAN POST OFFICE ACT,1898

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ISSUE OF DUE MAIL & SORTING LIST- REG

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ISSUE OF DUE MAIL & SORTING LIST CONSEQUENT UPONIMPLEMENTATION OF REDESIGNED NETWORK FOR FIRST CLASS AND SECOND CLASS MAILUNDER MNOP

 

 

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ANOMALIES IN SALARY: GOVT. CLARIFICATION IN LOK SABHA 

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S B ORDER NO. 9 / 2013 - INTRODUCTION OF "BASIC SAVINGS ACCOUNT" UNDER POST OFFICE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS RULES, 1981 TO FACILITATE OPENING OF ZERO BALANCE ACCOUNTS BY BENEFICIARIES OF ANY GOVERNMENT WELFARE SCHEME – REGARDING  
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STAY GRANTED BY CAT (P.B) DELHI AGAINST ABOLITION OF POSTS OF POSTMEN & MTS.

Department of Posts ordered abolition of 17093 posts of various cadres. Out of which about 7500 posts were related to Postmen & MTS. AIPE Union Postmen & MSE/Gr. ‘D’ filed a case No. 1736/21.05.13 in CAT (P.B) Delhi along with NUPE Postmen & MTS and AIPEU GDS (NFPE). The Hon’ble CAT Delhi has granted stay against the abolition of posts of Postmen & MTS.

Next date of hearing is fixed as 11.6.2013.

Orders will be exhibited in web-site on receipt.

If there is any imposition of orders of abolition of posts in any Circle. They can take up the matter with the authorities concerned on the basis of CAT (PB) Delhi orders.

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+2 marks obtained by the children of the Postal staff at GPO

On behalf of Chennai GPO , we congratulate the children of our Postal Staff for passing the examination successfully. The below list is for your views .

 

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Minutesof the Meeting on GPO

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WHY INDIA POST SHOULD GET A BANKING LICENCE


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Finance ministry opposes India Post’s banking licence plan

The finance ministry has opposed India Post’s plan to seek a commercial banking licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on grounds that the postal service doesn’t have the expertise needed in relevant areas, such as handling credit.

India Post is keen to set up a commercial bank called the Post Bank of India, arguing that it can significantly boost financial inclusion in Asia’s third largest economy through its nationwide network of 155,000 post offices.This will also allow the organization, which posted a loss of Rs.6,346 crore in fiscal 2012, to make up for business dropping off over the years as letter writing dwindled and private courier firms took away market share.

 

Losses have significantly increased in recent years on account of higher expenses.

However, the finance ministry’s department of financial services doubts India Post’s ability to set up and run a bank, according to a senior postal department official who didn’t want to be named.Some of the country’s large public sector banks have also been lobbying against the proposal, concerned that India Post, with its vast branch network, could pose a threat to their business, said the official, who’s directly involved with the proposal. 

 

“The larger idea of setting up a bank is to further the cause of financial inclusion. Entry of India Post into banking can significantly help address this situation,” the official said.

However, “They (finance ministry officials) are asking too many questions. Why (do) you need a bank? What is your expertise to run a bank?” the official said.

 

India Post is engaged in several related functions, such as running a savings bank scheme, selling tax-saving instruments and accepting public provident fund deposits. The government also uses post office accounts to route payments to beneficiaries as part of the rural jobs programme and the direct transfer of subsidies.

A former government official said the postal department should focus on its existing business.

 

“It is totally illogical for the postal department to enter into banking. They do not have the experience in handling credit or the ability to manage a bank,” said D.K. Mittal, who was finance secretary till recently.

“Mere experience in collecting deposits under the post office scheme is not enough. The department should ideally focus on improving their core activity.”

 

According to Mittal, the department should adopt new technology and try to become profitable instead of diversifying operations.Emails to financial services secretary Rajiv Takru last week remained unanswered.

RBI invited applications from private and public sector entities in February to set up banks, three years after former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee made the suggestion and nine years after the last round of licences were issued. 

 

The application deadline expires on 1 July. The minimum capital required by applicants is Rs.500 crore.

Companies that have expressed interest in starting banks include L&T Finance Holdings Ltd, India Infoline Ltd, Religare Enterprises Ltd, Aditya Birla Financial Services Group, Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services Ltd, LIC Housing Finance Ltd, Bandhan Financial Services Pvt. Ltd, Janalakshmi Financial Services Pvt. Ltd, Tata Capital Ltd, IDFC Ltd, Reliance Capital Ltd, India Infrastructure Finance Co. Ltd, Bajaj Finserv Ltd and Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd.

 

Despite the finance ministry’s reservations, India Post is determined to go ahead with its application and has appointed consultancy firm Ernst and Young (E&Y) India to advise it on the plan, officials said.

The department is still in consultation with various ministries on the modalities of setting up a new bank.

While the plan is almost two decades old, the department got serious about it sometime in 2006, conducting internal viability studies and seeking the opinion of consultancy firms. 

 

The move gathered momentum when RBI announced final licensing norms for new banks in February.

According to an interim report submitted by E&Y India in April, the proposed Post Bank of India will focus on the bottom of the pyramid, or the poor, in non-metro centres and avoid urban areas that are already well served by large banks.

 

“The existing deposit holders under the post office savings bank scheme will have an option to transfer their deposits to the bank if they choose to do so,” said the postal department official cited earlier in the story.

In the initial phase, the Post Bank will have 300-400 branches and a specific number of postal outlets will be managed by each of them.

 

According to the official, the department of posts plans to introduce an advanced technology platform that will connect all post office branches. It has also studied models of post offices that run banks in Germany and Japan.E&Y will soon submit its final report to the postal department, said Ashvin Parekh, partner (financial services).

 

“There have been some concerns raised by the finance ministry regarding the proposal,” he said. “We are in the process of submitting our final report, which will...answer all...concerns.”

Financial inclusion, or ensuring that more of the country’s citizens become part of the banking system, has been a key aim of both the central bank and the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government for several years. About 40% of India’s population still do not have access to formal financial services.

RBI introduced a three-year financial inclusion programme in April 2010 that saw banks opening outlets in 200,000 villages. RBI has advised banks to draw up a financial inclusion plan for 2013-2016 to further broaden access.

 

India Post will pitch its vast branch network as an advantage in this direction, although the current state of some of these outposts isn’t likely to inspire much confidence in those looking for a safe place to keep their money.

Out of the total 154,866 post offices, 139,040 are in rural areas. About 6,000 people are covered on average by a post office in rural areas and about 24,000 in urban areas, according to a 2011 estimate by the postal department.As of 31 March, the outstanding balance under the post office savings scheme stood at Rs.6.05 trillion, which is equivalent to half the deposits of government-owned State Bank of India, the country’s largest commercial bank, and double that of the largest private lender, ICICI Bank Ltd.

E&Y’s Parekh said: “The idea is not to convert the existing post office savings into a bank. The plan is to create a completely new bank. Hence there won’t be any large requirement of capital in the beginning,”

 

As for the finance ministry’s concerns about lack of credit experience, Parekh said: “This can be built up gradually.”

 

SOURCE: http://www.livemint.com/Politics/lLLBYN3n5qQBxgg8bjjlRK/Finance-ministry-opposes-India-Posts-banking-licence-plan.html

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Transfers and Postings in JAG cadre of IPoS Group A

Directorate has issued the following transfers and Postings in JAG cadre of IPoS Group A vide Memo No. No 2-8 / 2013 - SPG (pt) dated 10.05.2013.


1. Shri.J.T.Venkateswaralu, (IPoS1994), DPS (HQ) TN Circle, Chennai posted as DPS, CCR, TN Circle.
2. Dr.N.Vinod Kumar, (IPoS1994), Director, PLI Investment Dn, Mumbai, Maharashtra posted as DPS (HQ), Maharashtra Circle.
3. Ms.Shoba Madhale, (IPoS1994), Director, Mumbai GPO, Maharashtra Circle posted as Director (Mails & SP), Maharashtra Circle, Mumbai.
4. Shri.T.Manmingthang, (IPoS1994), DPS, Manipur (Imphal), NE Circle posted as Director, Mumbai GPO, Maharashtra Circle.
5. Ms.S.S.Kujur, (IPoS1995), DPS (HQ), Jharkhand Circle, Ranchi posted as Director, PLI, Kolkatta, West Bengal Circle.
6. Shri.M.U.Abdali, (IPoS1995), DPS (HQ), Bihar Circle, Patna posted as Director (PMU), Dte, New Delhi.
7. Ms.Manisha Mishra,(IPoS1997), DPS Gurgaon, Haryana Circle posted as Director (Tech), Dte New Delhi.
8. Shri.V.S.Jayasankar, DPS, Southern Region, Madurai posted as DPS, Western Region, Coimbatore.
9. Shri.A.Govindarajan,(IPoS 2000), DPS (HQ), Kerala Circle, Thiruvananthapuram posted as DPS (HQ), Tamilnadu Circle, Chennai.
10. Shri.Parimal Sinha, (IPoS2001), Director (Mails & SP), Tamilnadu Circle, Chennai posted as DPS (HQ), Bihar Circle, Patna.
11. Shri.Ashok Kumar Yadav, IPoS2004) adhoc, Jt Director, RAKNPA, Ghaziabad posted as DPS, Gorakhpur, UP Circle.
12. Shri.Sayeed Rashid, (IPos2003), on deputation to Govt of Kerala posted in adhoc JAG as DPS (HQ), Kerala Circle, Thiruvananthapuram.

Source : http://sapost.blogspot.in/2013/05/transfers-and-postings-in-jag-cadre-of.html

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GRANT OF EX-SERVICEMEN STATUS TO APS PERSONNEL

The officials who were on deputation to APS for more than 6 months prior to 14.04.1987 would also be considered as Ex-Servicemen with  all benefits / consequential benefits .  To see the  orders of the Defence Ministry , please  'click' the  link below :-

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Square Communications wins creative mandate of India Post

Government postal agency India Post has empanelled Square Communications as its creative partner. The multi-agency pitch process began in early 2012 in Delhi. The agency will handle all above the line and below the line requirements of the overall brand (India Post) and its five product services - IMO (instant money order, EMO (electronic transmission of money order), speed post, postal life insurance and parcels - across India.
The business size is said to be in the range of Rs 5-10 crore.
In 2009, afaqs! had reported how India Post had given its creative and media mandate to Span Communications. Prior to that, the account was being serviced by Ogilvy, which helped in India Post's new branding makeover and created its new logo in 2008.

Navneet Kapoor, president and CEO, Square Communications, says the agency will conceptualise and create a complete 360 degree campaigns for the postal service. Besides, TV, radio and outdoor, the agency will handle digital requirements. In fact, the agency is in talks to create a postal app and a microsite for each of the products offered by India Post. "We are aiming to emphasis on the concept of India Post delivering values," he says.
While, the agency has suggested a branding activity at airports, there are also talks on intra-communication solution within the organisation. Out of its 1,55,015 post offices, only 25000 are in urban areas. In rural areas, there is a lack of communication among the staff, who don't have in-depth knowledge about the different services. So, we have suggested workshops in India Post's 22 circles in India," Kapoor explains. He also points out that a TV, print and radio campaign is expected to come out by June.
As for the branding challenges India Post might face, Kapoor states that while speed post and courier service is a challenge for the organisation, it has a huge spread and network across the country in terms of money order and parcels, especially in non-urban areas.
Square Communications is a Delhi-based creative agency and is empanelled with Indian Oil, NBCC, NHPC, NHAI, STC, NTC, Delhi Govt., Uttarakhand Tourism, Engineers India Ltd., ITDC, Niftem, DFCC.

Source : http://www.afaqs.com/news/story/37466_Square-Communications-wins-creative-mandate-of-India-Post

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PLI RATE OF BONUS FOR THE YEAR 2010-2011

MGNREGA PAYMENT THROUGH POST OFFICES

State Governments have entrusted post offices to disburse wages to workers under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Such disbursal of wages is done either through worker’s wage accounts or Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) accounts. On receipt of the wage list and funds from the State Government, the post offices credit the amount to the worker’s accounts. Workers withdraw the amount from the accounts at their convenience. 

         Department of Posts has rolled out Electronic Fund Management System (eFMS) in 46 pilot districts of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) through post offices enabling electronic credit of wages in worker’s accounts for speedy disbursal of wages to workers.

         This information was given by Dr. (Smt.) Killi Kruparani, Minister of State for C&IT in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. 

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(Release ID :95794) 08^th May 2013 PIB

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CONFEDERATION OF 24TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE, COM. M. KRISHNAN ELECTED AS NEW SECRETARY GENERAL

The 24th National Conference of the Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers held at Kolkata from 4th to 6th has elected following as main office bearers. 

Com. S. K. Vyas (Advisor),

Com. K. K. N. Kutty (President),

Com. M. S. Raja (Working President),

Com. M. Krishnan (Secretary General),

Com. K. P. Rajagopal (Secretary),

Com. Vrighu Bhattacharjee (Finance Secretary), 

13 lakhs Central Government employees of 106 affiliated organisation are members of Confederation

 

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Rates of Dearness Allowance applicable w.e.f. 01.01.2013 to the employees of Central Government and Central Autonomous Bodies continuing to draw their pay in the pre-revised scale as per 5th CPC

Rates of Dearness Allowance applicable w.e.f. 01.01.2013 to the employees of Central Government and Central Autonomous Bodies continuing to draw their pay in the pre-revised scale as per 5th CPC 

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