RAJYA SABHA Q & A-ON GDS DESIGNATION ETC

 

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS

DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.220

 

TO BE ANSWERED ON 3RD FEBRUARY, 2017

 

CHANGING THE NAME OF POSTMAN AS POSTMASTER

†220. SHRI MOTILAL VORA:

 

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

 

(a) whether Government has changed the designation of Postman distributing letters in villages to Postmaster;

 

(b) whether this change in designation has been done only in the State of Rajasthan or it has been done at national level;

 

(c) whether it is a fact that the pay scale of Postmaster ranges from ` 4500 to ` 13,000;

 

(d) whether this pay scale remains even lower than that a Central fourth class employee; and

 

(e) if so, the steps being taken by Government to provide proper pay scale to Postmaster distributing mails from one village to another?

 

ANSWER

 

THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS &

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

 

(a) No, Sir. Gramin Dak Sevak Branch Postmaster (GDS BPM) or Gramin Dak Sevak Mail Deliverer distribute letters in villages.

 

(b) Does not arise in view of (a) above.

 

(c) No, Sir.

 

(d) Yes Sir. However, there is no comparison in the pay scales of these two cadres since Central fourth class (now termed as Multi Tasking Staff – MTS) are regular employees whereas Gramin Dak Sevaks are part-time sevaks.

 

(e) The allowances of Gramin Dak Sewaks are revised periodically as in the case of Central Pay Commission. 

VANDEMATRAM

BHARATIYA POSTAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION

Group-C, Andhra Pradesh Circle, VIJAYAWADA.

(Affiliated to B.P.E.F./B.M.S.)  (H.Q.—Kandukur-523105) 

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Circle President         : Sri J.Venkateswarlu.

Circle Secretary         : Sri G.Syam Kumar.

NO.BPEA/GR-C/AP Circle/Misc/2015-16                               Dated at Kandukur the 15.02.2017.

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TO

The Chief Postmaster General,

A.P. Circle, VIJAYAWADA.

Sir,

Sub:-    Request for clarification in r/o PAs joined under surplus quota----- Transfer of Divisional Cadre officials of Andhra Pradesh Circle and Telangana Circle---reg.

Ref:-    DOPT letter NO.12-01/2017.SPB-II dated 10.02.2017.

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            This union submits that as per the letter cited under reference above, the Chief Postmaster Generals of both Andhra Circle and Telangana Circle are directed to call for the options from Divisional Cadre officials i.e. PA/SAs working in operative/administrative offices of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Circles by 31.03.2017 for Inter Circle Transfer under Rule 38 under one time measure.

            It is further submitted that some relaxations are conveyed by the competent authority while sending the above orders. The eligibility of minimum service of 5 years for the above one time measure Inter Circle Transfer under Rule 38, has been relaxed to 2 years only in respect of Direct Recruits in PA/SA cadre. But there is no any specific mention about the cadre of officials of PA/SAs who joined under Surplus quota, for whom the condition of eligibility of minimum service of 3 years is to be required for general Rule 38 transfers. Their minimum service condition of 3 years might have been relaxed to at least to 1 year for the above one time measure Inter Circle transfer under Rule 38.

            Hence this union requests you kindly to see that the eligibility condition of minimum service of 3 years for the above one time measure Inter Circle Transfer under Rule 38, is relaxed to 1 year only in respect of the officials of PA/SA cadre who joined under Surplus Quota, by taking into the consideration of above things, for which act of kindness, I shall be ever grateful to you Sir.

            Thanking you Sir.

                                                                                                Yours faithfully,

Former President A P J Abdul Kalam passes away...

Abdul Kalam collapsed during a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong at around 6.30 pm and was taken to the hospital

Former President A P J Abdul Kalam, a popular head of state between 2002 and 2007, died today after he collapsed during a lecture in Shillong.

84-year-old Kalam was rushed to Bethany hospital in Nongrim hills after he collapsed during the lecture in the Indian Institute of Management at around 6.30 PM.

Chief Secretary P B O Warjiri told reporters outside the hospital that he had spoken to Union Home Secretary L C Goyal asking for necessary arrangements to be made for carrying Kalam’s body from Guwahati to Delhi tomorrow morning.

“The former President has been admitted to Bethany hospital in a critical condition,” M Kharkrang, SP Khasi Hills said earlier. The former President collapsed during a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management at around 6.30 PM and was rushed to the hospital in Nongrim hills in the capital city of Meghalaya, where he is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). 

Doctors from the army hospital and North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) rushed to Bethany hospital. Governor V Shanmughanathan, Speaker Abu Taher Mondal, Home Minister Roshan Warjiri, the Chief Secretary and DGP Rajiv Mehta rushed to the hospital. 

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S NO	Name of the candidate	Category	Division to which allotted
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2	Swarna Suresh babu	SC	Hyderabad South East
3	Yallapalli Nagaraju	ST	Narsaraopet

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Identity proof not required to book Tatkal ticket from September 1st.

Passengers booking tatkal train tickets would not be required to produce identity proof anymore as Railways have decided to discontinue with this provision. 

The modified provision could come into effect by September 1. 

"Under the modified rules, there will be no need to furnish photocopy of proof of identity while booking Tatkal ticket from computerised reservation counter or to indicate its number at the time of booking of tatkal ticket at the counter or through internet," said a railway statement. 

However, one of the passengers has to produce the original proofs of identity during the journey to avoid being penalised. 

Officials said the decision to do away with producing identity card while purchasing tatkal ticket was taken to avoid any duplicity as the passengers had to produce identity proof at the time of the journey too. 

The present provision also led to harassment of those passengers carrying a different identity proof at the time of the journey than the one produced at the time of booking tickets, thus being penalised in the process, they said. 

Currently, passengers at the time of booking a ticket has to provide a photocopy of identity card which he/she will carry during the journey.

The number of this identity card is indicated on the ticket as well as reservation chart and during the journey the passenger has to carry the same original proof of identity during the journey.

Source : The Economic Times

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