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AIPEU-GDS agitation programme on GDS issues

Dear Comrades,

The AIPEU-GDS 3rd All India Conference held in Allahabad (UP) has unanimously resolved to go for a series of agitation programmes on GDS issues viz., 

(i) immediate implementation of all positive recommendations of  Kamalesh Chandra Committee Report  

(ii) complete the process of Membership verification in GDS cadre.

For the last few weeks Govt. & Department playing tactics & drag the issue of implementation of the GDS Committee recommendations for the reasons best known to the concerned authorities. 

The resentment and anger over the situation is growing day by day among the 2.50 lakhs of Gramin Dak Sevaks all over India.

It suspects, some more hurdles may be created to conclude the process from Govt side. 

We have to built pressure to resolve our issues at the earliest.

Get ready for a higher form of action i.e., indefinite strike.

Make all the agitation programmes a grand success.

P.Pandurangarao

General Secretary

AIPEU-GDS

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Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)

Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)
and
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)

Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) were launched on 9th May, 2015. The cover period under these Schemes is 1st June of each year to 31st May of subsequent year. These Schemes are offered/administered through both Public and Private Sector Insurance companies, in tie-up with scheduled commercial banks, Regional Rural Banks and Cooperative Banks.

PMJJBY offers a renewable one year term life cover of Rupees Two Lakh to all subscribing bank account holders in the age group of 18 to 50 years, covering death due to any reason, for a premium of Rs.330/- per annum per subscriber, to be auto debited from subscriber’s bank account. Similarly, PMSBY offers a renewable oneyear accidental death cum disability cover to all subscribing bank account holders in the age group of 18 to 70 years for a premium of Rs.12/- per annum per subscriber to be auto debited from subscriber’s bank account. The scheme provides a cover of Rs. Two Lakh for accidental death or total permanent disability and Rs One Lakh in case of permanent partial disability.

PMJJBY and PMSBY provide insurance cover to common people, especially poor and the under-privileged sections of the society. The Government as well as the Public Sector Insurance Companies such as Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) had organized massive campaign to create awareness amongst large sections of population and also carried outreach efforts to facilitate access to the schemes. An exclusive website www.jansuraksha.gov.in, which hosts all relevant material / information including forms, rules etc. related to this scheme in English, Hindi and regional languages, was created. The progress of settlement of claims under the schemes is monitored regularly by the Government. Any complaints in respect of the schemes are dealt in coordination with banks and insurance companies in getting it resolved expeditiously.

The State/UT-wise details made under PMJJBY and PMSBY so far along with the percentage of beneficiaries covered in these schemes compared to India’s population are given in Annexure.

No	Name of State / UT	PMJJBY			PMSBY
		PMJJBY Enrolments	Claim Settlement Ratio	Percentage to eligible population	PMSBY Enrolements	Claim Settlement Ratio	Percentage to eligible population
1	ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS	13,417	100.00%	6.12%	25,939	N/A	9.64%
2	ANDHRA PRADESH $$	180,40,161	94.35%	5.39%	267,94,786	95.45%	17.70%
3	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	33,871	94.67%	5.87%	54,557	N/A	8.28%
4	ASSAM	5,84,825	98.01%	3.88%	15,42,341	91.67%	8.24%
5	BIHAR	12,66,498	93.74%	3.65%	44,35,787	95.21%	9.97%
6	CHANDIGARH	49,270	93.33%	4.66%	1,80,897	91.84%	13.38%
7	CHHATTISGARH	11,20,568	96.43%	9.32%	48,78,782	93.16%	32.42%
8	DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI	18,100	96.88%	5.56%	38,729	100.00%	10.59%
9	DAMAN AND DIU	13,611	100.00%	7.16%	30,015	N/A	13.91%
10	GOA	1,13,053	97.77%	6.64%	2,34,179	96.83%	11.00%
11	GUJARAT	21,42,005	92.47%	7.34%	50,85,989	95.77%	13.66%
12	HARYANA	8,03,608	94.49%	5.25%	27,16,634	91.49%	13.59%
13	HIMACHAL PRADESH	2,44,435	96.70%	7.57%	9,70,141	91.89%	22.04%
14	JAMMU AND KASHMIR	2,62,659	98.08%	3.33%	6,06,542	97.73%	8.38%
15	JHARKHAND	4,39,311	96.75%	3.17%	17,33,879	95.30%	10.97%
16	KARNATAKA	29,02,855	98.50%	8.60%	63,87,312	95.79%	14.82%
17	KERALA	7,59,384	97.89%	5.35%	36,73,381	97.02%	18.02%
18	LAKSHADWEEP	1,147	N/A	2.95%	4,510	N/A	9.73%
19	MADHYA PRADESH	18,22,529	96.59%	5.08%	74,07,563	95.33%	17.42%
20	MAHARASHTRA	34,49,919	95.82%	6.07%	80,03,951	95.22%	11.39%
21	MANIPUR	30,031	97.87%	2.75%	87,690	100.00%	6.09%
22	MEGHALAYA	36,681	89.86%	3.41%	77,784	66.67%	5.98%
23	MIZORAM	46,453	98.78%	7.47%	72,568	100.00%	9.70%
24	NAGALAND	19,076	96.36%	3.51%	48,569	N/A	7.45%
25	DELHI	8,74,887	94.65%	5.89%	22,21,327	95.47%	11.47%
26	ODISHA	9,18,132	96.69%	4.36%	35,93,515	94.77%	13.89%
27	PUDUCHERRY	64,443	96.00%	7.83%	1,93,922	94.87%	17.97%
28	PUNJAB	6,04,813	96.51%	4.28%	32,88,932	94.05%	17.38%
29	RAJASTHAN	13,45,160	89.33%	5.07%	47,74,162	94.59%	13.88%
30	SIKKIM	26,355	100.00%	6.51%	46,679	75.00%	9.32%
31	TAMIL NADU	23,26,177	97.35%	5.06%	68,65,370	92.97%	11.50%
32	TELENGANA	16,78,284	96.21%	6.44%	55,26,435	98.17%	16.35%
33	TRIPURA	99,101	83.62%	4.45%	3,11,420	90.00%	10.85%
34	UTTAR PRADESH	31,63,381	93.11%	3.50%	116,66,598	94.76%	10.33%
35	UTTARAKHAND	3,30,352	93.02%	5.12%	12,93,280	95.60%	16.25%
36	WEST BENGAL	12,51,194	97.18%	2.80%	55,91,359	86.77%	9.74%
37	Others & Non-CBS Enrolments **	61,08,451			136,27,812
	Grand Total	530,04,197	95.13%	5.05%	1340,93,336	94.62%	13.20%

**Beneficiaries converged from Ministry of Textiles, Women & Child Development, MSME and Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries from their respective erstwhile Insurance schemes. Non-CBS enrolments pertain to urban cooperative bank subscribers which were not migrated to CBS system. 

$$ includes 1.65 crore and 1.99 crore beneficiaries which have been converged from AABY to PMJJBY and PMSBY respectively in the state of Andhra Pradesh This was stated by Shri Ship Pratap Shukla, Minister of State for Finance in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. 

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Travelling and Daily Allowances for GDS on Training

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Plan Training activities for GDSs under 'Human Resource Development'- Re-reimbursement of Traveling, Board and Lodging expenses etc

CHQ ENGLISH AND HINDI CIRCULAR DATED 18.03.2018

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Direct Recruitment to the cadre of Postman/Mail Guard : Telangana Circle

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LATEST POSITION OF GDS COMMITTEE REPORT

Dear Comrades,

It is learnt that even though Cabinet Note was submitted earlier after the approval of Communication's Minister, it is returned, as Finance Ministry has raised some queries.

The Postal Board has replied to the queries of Finance Ministry and resubmitted to Finance Ministry after the approval of Communication's Minister.

Now the file is with Finance Ministry. After approval of Finance Ministry, again Cabinet Note is to be prepared and submitted for Cabinet, after the approval of Communication's Minister.


yours fraternally

(P.Pandurangarao)
General Secretary
AIPEU-GDS

Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2018 passed by Parliament

The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2018 has been passed by parliament today.The bill ensures harmony amongst employees in the private sector and Public Sector Undertakings/Autonomous Organizations under Government who are not covered under CCS (Pension) Rules. These employees will be entitled to receive higher amount of gratuity at par with their counterparts in Government sector. The bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha today and the Lok Sabha on 15th March, 2018.

The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 applies to establishments employing 10 or more persons. The main purpose for enacting this Act is to provide social security to workman after retirement, whether retirement is a result of superannuation, or physical disablement or impairment of vital part of the body. Therefore, the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 is an important social security legislation to wage earning population in industries, factories and establishments.

The present upper ceiling on gratuity amount under the Act is Rs. 10 Lakh. The provisions for Central Government employees under Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 with regard to gratuity are also similar. Before implementation of 7th Central Pay Commission, the ceiling under CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 was Rs. 10 Lakh. However, with implementation of 7th Central Pay Commission, in case of Government servants, the ceiling has been raised to Rs. 20 Lakhs.

Therefore, considering the inflation and wage increase even in case of employees engaged in private sector, this Government decided that the entitlement of gratuity should also be revised in respect of employees who are covered under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. Accordingly, the Government initiated the process for amendment to Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to increase the maximum limit of gratuity to such amount as may be notified by the Central Government from time to time.

In addition, the Bill also envisages to amend the provisions relating to calculation of continuous service for the purpose of gratuity in case of female employees who are on maternity leave from 'twelve weeks' to such period as may be notified by the Central Government from time to time.

After enactment of the Act, the power to notify the ceiling of the amount of gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 shall stand delegated to the Central Government so that the limit can be revised from time to time keeping in view the increase in wage and inflation and future pay commissions.

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PIB

Clarification regarding verification of membership for recognition of Service Associations representing Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) under Extra Departmental Agents (Recognition of Associations) Rules, 1995

Clarification regarding verification of membership for recognition of Service Associations representing Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) under Extra Departmental Agents (Recognition of Associations) Rules, 1995.

AIGDSU PROGRAMME 15.03.2018

PHOTOS OF OPEN SESSION OF ALL INDIA CONFERENCE OF ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION GDS AT ALLAHABAD (UP) ON 16 MARCH 2018

CHQ ENGLISH AND HINDI CIRCULAR DATED 16.03.2018

Gramin Dak Sevaks One Man Committee Report under consideration: LokSabha Q&A

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3216
TO BE ANSWERED ON 14th MARCH, 2018

GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS

3216. SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:
SHRI A. ANWHAR RAAJHAA:
SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:
SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:
SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:
SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:
SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:
KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:
SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of Grameen Dak Sevaks working in the country at present, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether pay/remuneration of Grameen Dak Sevaks has not been increased as per 7th Pay Commission recommendation and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(c) whether the Government has received any representation’s from people representatives to increase their pay/ remuneration as per 7th Pay Commission recommendations;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government thereto; and

(e) the time by which their pay/ remuneration is likely to be increased?

ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS &
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) The number of Grameen Dak Sevaks working in the country at present, State/UT-wise is given in Annexure – I.

(b) Grameen Dak Sevaks are not covered under the purview of the 7th Pay Commission. Therefore a separate one man Committee was constituted to examine the wage structure and service conditions of the Grameen Dak Sevaks. The Committee has submitted its report and the recommendations are presently under consideration of the Government. The details of the recommendations are given in Annexure – II.

(c) Yes, Madam. Government has received several representations from people’s representatives to implement the recommendations of the GDS Committee Report.

(d) & (e) 34 such representations were received between January 2017 to February 2018.

The recommendations of the one man Committee are presently under active considerations of the Government, and action will be taken after following due procedure.

ANNEXURE – I

STATE WISE LIST OF NUMBER OF GRAMEEN DAK SEVAKS WORKING IN THE COUNTRY

SI	NAME OF THE STATE	NUMBER OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS WORKING IN THE COUNTRY
1	Andhra Pradesh	15627
2	Arunachal Pradesh	462
3	Assam	7794
4	Bihar	15325
5	Chhattisgarh	4645
6	Delhi	139
7	Goa	330
8	Gujarat	13294
9	Haryana	3764
10	Himachal Pradesh	5916
11	Jammu & Kashmir	2495
12	Jharkhand	6041
13	Karnataka	14128
14	Kerala	9532
15	Madhya Pradesh	11513
16	Maharashtra	17807
17	Manipur	1797
18	Meghalaya	857
19	Mizoram	926
20	Nagaland	785
21	Odisha	14193
22	Punjab	5535
23	Rajasthan	12844
24	Sikkim	473
25	Tamil Nadu	19236
26	Telangana	8356
27	Tripura	1248
28	Uttar Pradesh	26691
29	Uttarakhand	5485
30	West Bengal	16035

UNION TERRITORY WISE LIST OF NUMBER OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS WORKING IN THE COUNTRY

SL.NO	NAME OF THE UNION TERRITORY	NUMBER OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS WORKING IN THE COUNTRY
1	Andaman and Nicobar	162
2	Chandigarh	50
3	Daman and Diu	17
4	Dadar and Nagar Haveli	48
5	Lakshdweep	6
6	Puducherry	161

Annexure- II

Salient features of the One Man Committee Report headed by Shri Kamlesh Chandra

• The old system of payment of Time Related Continuity Allowance (TRCA) is dispensed with and replaced with a new wage payment system. Under the new wage payment system, 11 TRCA slabs are subsumed into 3 Wage Scales with two Levels each for BPMs and for other than BPMs. One wage scale would be common for both the categories of GDSs.
• The minimum working hours of GDS Post Offices and GDSs are increased to 4 hours from 3 hours.
• The new working hours for GDS Post Offices will be 4 hours and 5 hours only.
• The Level 1 GDS Post Offices / GDSs will have 4 hours as working hours and Level – 2 will have 5 hours as working hours.
• The Point System for assessment of workload of BPMs has been abolished.
• The new wage payment system is linked to revenue generation of GDS Post Offices. Under the new system, there will be no increase in wages 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.
• 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.
• The GDS BPMs will be paid Revenue Linked Allowance @10% beyond level-2 wage scale if they will be successful in achieving revenue beyond prescribed norms
• 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 norm. The Committee has recommended a set of actions for each category of GDS Post Offices.
• The six approved categories of GDSs 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.
• The GDSs working in the GDS Post Offices will be known as Assistant Branch Post Master (ABPMs) and those working in the Departmental Post Offices will be known as Dak Sevak (DS).
• The minimum wage has been increased to Rs. 10000/- per month and maximum pay to Rs. 35480/- per month.
• The rate of annual increase is recommended as 3%.
• 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.
• Children Education Allowance @Rs. 6000/- per child per annum has been introduced for GDSs
• Risk & Hardship Allowance @Rs. 500/- per month for GDS working in the special areas has also been introduced.
• A Financial up-gradation has been introduced at 12 years, 24 years and 36 years of services in form of two advance additional annual increases.
• The Ceiling of ex-gratia gratuity has been increased from Rs. 60,000 to Rs. 5,00,000
• 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.
• The coverage of GDS Group Insurance Scheme has been enhanced from Rs. 50000/- to Rs. 5,00,000/
• The contribution of Department in Circle Welfare Fund (CWF) has been increased from Rs. 100/ per annum to Rs. 300/ per annum.
• The scope of CWF is extended to cover immediate family members such as spouse; daughters, sons and dependent daughters in law in the scheme.
• The Committee also recommended 10% hike in the prescribed limits of financial grants and assistances in the Circle Welfare Funds.
• The Committee has recommended addition of Rs. 10,000/ for purchase of Tablet / Mobile from the Circle Welfare in the head “Financial Assistance of Fund by way of loans with lower rate of interest (5%)”.
• Provision of 26 weeks of Maternity Leave for women GDS has been recommended.
• The wages for the entire period of Maternity Leave is recommended to be paid from salary head from where wages of GDSs are paid.
• The Committee has also recommended one week of paternity leave.
• Leave accumulation and encashment facility up to 180 days has been introduced.
• Online system of engagement has been recommended.
• Alternate livelihood condition for engagement of GDSs has been relaxed.
• Voluntary Discharge scheme has been recommended.
• The Discharge age has been retained at 65 years.
• The Limited Transfer Facility has been relaxed from 1 time to 3 times for male GDSs. There will be no restriction on number of chances for transfer of women GDSs. The powers for transfer has been delegated to the concerned Divisional head.
• 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.
• The Committee has recommended preferring transfer before put off duty.