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Modernisation of Post Offices : Lok Sabha Q&A
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
STARRED QUESTION NO 17
ANSWERED ON 07.07.2014
MODERNISATION OF POST OFFICES
17 . Shri PRATHAP SIMHA
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-
(a) whether the Government has modernised, computerised and upgraded a number of post offices in the country and if so, the details of the post offices modernised/upgraded during the last three years and the current year, State/ UT-wise;
(b) whether the Government has achieved the targets fixed for modernisation/upgradation of the post offices in the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
(c) the time by which the remaining post offices are likely to be modernised/upgraded/ computerised; and
(d) the steps taken by the Government to expedite the modernisation process of all the post offices in the country?
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-
(a) whether the Government has modernised, computerised and upgraded a number of post offices in the country and if so, the details of the post offices modernised/upgraded during the last three years and the current year, State/ UT-wise;
(b) whether the Government has achieved the targets fixed for modernisation/upgradation of the post offices in the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
(c) the time by which the remaining post offices are likely to be modernised/upgraded/ computerised; and
(d) the steps taken by the Government to expedite the modernisation process of all the post offices in the country?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & LAW AND JUSTICE (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE OF THE LOK SABHA IN RESPECT OF PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 17 FOR 7TH JULY, 2014 REGARDING “MODERNISATION OF POST OFFICES”
(a) Yes, Madam. Government is upgrading the post offices by modernising and computersing the departmental post offices in a phased manner. The Department has conceived ‘Project Arrow’ in April 2008 for improving ‘Look and Feel’ of the post offices with a focus on infrastructure, branding, IT and human resource and also set-right the core areas under ‘Core Operations’ by improving the quality of service relating to mail delivery, remittances, Savings Bank and office service levels.
All the departmental post offices have also been computerised.
I. Circle-wise details of post offices modernised under ‘Look & Feel’ activities of Project Arrow in the last three years are given below:
I. Circle-wise details of post offices modernised under ‘Look & Feel’ activities of Project Arrow in the last three years are given below:
Sl. No.
|
Name of the Circle
|
2011-12
|
2012-13
|
2013-14
|
1.
|
ANDHRA PRADESH
|
15
|
48
|
8
|
2.
|
ASSAM
|
05
|
18
|
2
|
3.
|
BIHAR
|
15
|
48
|
2
|
4.
|
CHHATTISGARH
|
00
|
15
|
2
|
5.
|
DELHI
|
05
|
25
|
5
|
6.
|
GUJARAT
|
15
|
48
|
3
|
7.
|
HARYANA
|
05
|
22
|
2
|
8.
|
HIMACHAL PRADESH
|
03
|
15
|
2
|
9.
|
JAMMU& KASHMIR
|
02
|
20
|
5
|
10.
|
JHARKHAND
|
02
|
10
|
4
|
11.
|
KARNATAKA
|
11
|
49
|
3
|
12
|
KERALA
|
10
|
35
|
2
|
13.
|
MADHYA PRADESH
|
07
|
48
|
3
|
14.
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
20
|
49
|
3
|
15.
|
NORTH EAST
|
03
|
64
|
24
|
16.
|
ODISHA
|
08
|
20
|
2
|
17.
|
PUNJAB
|
00
|
35
|
2
|
18.
|
RAJASTHAN
|
25
|
50
|
3
|
19.
|
TAMIL NADU
|
10
|
49
|
3
|
20.
|
UTTAR PRADESH
|
25
|
49
|
3
|
21.
|
UTTARAKHAND
|
05
|
14
|
5
|
22.
|
WEST BENGAL
|
16
|
49
|
12
|
Total
|
207
|
780
|
100
|
II. The Circle-wise details of computerised post offices during the last three years are as under:
Sl. No.
|
Name of Circle
|
2011-12
|
2012-13
|
2013-14
|
1.
|
ANDHRA PRADESH
|
60
|
0
| |
2.
|
ASSAM
|
0
|
0
| |
3.
|
BIHAR
|
88
|
46
| |
4.
|
CHHATTISGARH
|
9
|
3
| |
5.
|
DELHI
|
33
|
3
| |
6.
|
GUJARAT
|
67
|
2
|
Nil#
|
7.
|
HARYANA
|
35
|
1
| |
8.
|
HIMACHAL PRADESH
|
0
|
0
| |
9.
|
JAMMU& KASHMIR
|
34
|
0
| |
10.
|
JHARKHAND
|
24
|
12
| |
11.
|
KARNATAKA
|
4
|
0
| |
12
|
KERALA
|
70
|
0
| |
13.
|
MADHYA PRADESH
|
16
|
6
| |
14.
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
138
|
5
| |
15.
|
NORTH EAST
|
13
|
0
| |
16.
|
ODISHA
|
7
|
0
| |
17.
|
PUNJAB
|
3
|
1
| |
18.
|
RAJASTHAN
|
47
|
14
| |
19.
|
TAMIL NADU
|
63
|
30
| |
20.
|
UTTAR PRADESH
|
175
|
27
| |
21.
|
UTTARAKHAND
|
9
|
0
| |
22.
|
WEST BENGAL
|
59
|
26
| |
Total
|
954
|
176
|
# All the departmental post offices have been computerized.
(b) The targets under modernisation have been achieved to the extent of availability of Plan funds.
During 11th Plan, 1735 post offices were modernised under Project Arrow against the target of 1759 post offices. The minor shortfall was due to curtailment of Plan funds.
During the 12th Plan, 2,500 post offices are proposed to be modernised under Project Arrow with an outlay of 284.00 crores. During the first two years of the 12th Plan, 880 post offices have been modernised under Project Arrow. Thus, so far, 2615 post offices have been modernised under the 11th and 12th Plan.
(c) & (d) All departmental post offices have been computerized. Modernisation by way of improvement of post office infrastructure and ‘Look & Feel’ is a continuous process dependent on availability of funds.
Source: Lok Sabha Q&A
Courtesy : http://karnmk.blogspot.in/
Postal Exam : Update as on July 07, 2014
Update as on July 07, 2014
Revised Answer Keys of Paper I conducted on April 27, 2014 at North East (25) and on June 04, 2014 at Jharkhand (20) Postal Circles are now accessible. Candidates may LOGIN to view till July 12, 2014
Source : http://www.pasadrexam2014.in/
India Post ATMs to dot Thiruvananthapuram landscape
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| A model of the Automated Teller Machine centre to be opened by the Postal Department. |
Automated teller machines (ATMs) are no longer the monopoly of the banking sector. A year ago, the Postal Department too introduced the machine to its customers as part of a modernisation programme. The district will shortly join a select group of places in the country to house ATMs of the department.
In the initial phase, ATMs will be installed at the GPO in the city and sub post offices at Poojappura, Neyyattinkara, and Attingal. The facility will be provided in some other post offices in the city and also at Kottarakara, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Kozhikode and Kannur later. Work had commenced to set up the machines at the GPO and Neyyattinkara, Assistant Postmaster General, Kerala Circle, K.V Vijayakumar told The Hindu. The machine would become functional within a month, he added
Initially the facility would benefit 11.77 lakh postal savings account holders in the city and after the ongoing Core Bank Solution process initiated by the department gets integrated with other banks, it would become interoperable giving access to bank account holders too.
The core banking facility enables customers to operate their accounts and avail themselves of account-elated services from any of the networked post offices. It would also provide postal saving account holders online banking and mobile banking facilities, Officer on Special Duty, Kerala Circle, Ravindranath, said.
The department’s scheme of transferring money instantly through mobile phone, he said, was getting good patronage with nearly 200 people using the facility monthly. “When we launched the scheme a year ago, there were not many takers. In the first three months, the number of people opted to use the facility was below 10. Now, we were able to carryout more than 200 transactions every month,” Mr. Vijayakumar said.
Source : http://www.thehindu.com/
REVISION OF PRE-2006 PENSION WITH EFFECT FROM 01.01.2006 AS PER CAT ORDER DATED 01.11.2011 FOR ALL PRE-2006 PENSIONERS AND NOT LIMITED ONLY TO PETITIONERS
REVISION OF PRE-2006 PENSION WITH EFFECT FROM 01.01.2006 AS PER CAT ORDER DATED 01.11.2011 FOR ALL PRE-2006 PENSIONERS AND NOT LIMITED ONLY TO PETITIONERS
Bharat Pensioners Samaj has pointed out Government’s mis-interpretation of Hon’ble Princpal CAT’s Order for revising Pre-2006 Pension with effect from 01-01-2006, to the effect that the order would be applicable only to the petitioners who have filed the case before CAT and not to all Pre-2006 Pensioners. However, the contention of Bharat Pensioners Samaj in this regard is that Hon’ble CAT’s Order was confirmed by Hon’ble High Court and reached finality after Hon’ble Supreme Court dismissed Government’s SLP, Review Petition and as well as Curative Petition. Hence the same is not an order In personam
No.SG/PBS/Legal/014/1
Dated 02.07.2014
Shri Sanjay Kothari
IAS
Secretary,
Secretary,
M/O Personnel PG AR & Pensions
Dear Sir,
Sub: Implementation of the order dated 1.11.2011 of Hon’ble CAT, Principal Bench, New Delhi in OA No. 655/2010.
1 Kindly connect DOP &PW letter No. 38/7 7-A/09-P8.PW (A) dated 29th May 2014 addressed to the Secretary (Shri Sant Bhushan Lal) Central Government SAG (S-29) on the above subject.
2. At the outset, we will like to point out that the above letter is in the nature of continuation of willful defiance of the CAT’s order by DOP &PW and is intended to GO AGAINST THE judicial directives. What is displayed in this letter under reference is a deliberate mis-interpretation and distortion of the Hon’ble CAT’s order dated 15. 5.2014. Para 2 of the above letter states that ‘As directed by the Hon’ble CAT, the order dated 01.11.2011 of Hon’ble CAT, Principal Bench, New Delhi is required to be implemented in respect of petitioners in OA No. 655/2010″ which is factually incorrect and misleading. Hon’ble CAT-PB vide its order dated 01.11.2011 quashed clarificatory OM dated 03.10.2008 and directed to refix the pension of all pre-2006 retirees w.e.f. 1.1.2006, based on the Resolution dated 29.08.2008. While dismissing WP (C) No 153512012 of UOI on 29-4-2013, Hon’ble Delhi High Court upheld the verdict of the CAT PB. Dismissing SLP (C) No.23055/2013 filed by UOI against the judgement of Hon’ble Delhi High Court on 29-7-2013 and then Review Petition (C) No 2492/2013 on 12-11-2013 and finally Curative Petition (C) No 12612014 on 30.4.2011, Hon’ble Supreme Court upheld the Judgement of the Hon’ble Delhi High Court with this, CAT verdict dated 1-11-2011. referred to 1 has attained legal finality.
3. On 15.05.2014, the Hon’ble CAT-PB disposed of Contempt Petition No 158/2012 directing the UoI to implement the directions of the Tribunal Honble Delhi High Court upholding the verdict of CAT PB, took note of DOP letter F.No. 38137/08-P&PW (A) dated 28th January, 2013 whereby the pension of all pre-2006 pensioners was stepped up from an arbitrary date of 24-9-2012 as per the Resolution dated 29-8-2008. Further in Para 2 & 3 of the Judgement it is noted that the Government of India has tacitly admitted that it was in the wrong and that the Tribunal is correct and the only issue that survives are the denying arrears to be paid to the pensioners with effect from January 01, 2006
4. The operative part of the Honble CAT’s order dated 15-5-2014 is contained in Para 3 and reads as “It would be appropriate to dispose of the matter with direction to the respon-dents to implement the directions of the Tribunal expeditiously, preferably within three months.” (Emphasis added). The direction of the Tribunal is with reference to its order dated 1-11-2011. The Hon’ble CAT never diluted its order dated 1.11.2011 nor could it have done so in its contempt jurisdiction especially when its order dated 1.11.2011 had got merged with the judgment dated 29.4.2013 of the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in WP (C) No. 1535/2012.
4.1 Consequently, contention of implementing this directive only in respect of the members of the SAG S-29 Association up to the date of filing of OA No. 06550010 is not valid. All retired Central Government employees covered under the category of pre-2006 pensionersare entitled for re-fixation of pension from 1-1-2006 as per the directive of the CAT-PB dated 1-11 -2011, which has been upheld right up to the Apex Court while dismissing SLP/Review petition/curative Petition in this case.
5. We, therefore, earnestly request you to please implement judicial verdict in its true spirit and content by issuing necessary instructions to the concerned authorities to disburse the arrears of pension tor the period 1-1-2006 to 23-9 2012 and stop further harassment and hardship to the aged pensioners in 70s and 80s (and a number of them being above 80-85 years at age) in their sunset years. For this, all that is required is to issue a corrigendum to your OM No 38140/12-P&PW(A) dated 28-1-2013 making it effective w.e.f. 1-1-2006.
Thanking you in anticipation.
With regards
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully.
sd/-
S.C. Maheshwari
Secretary Gent Bharat Pensioners SamajPromotions and Allotments in the cadre of Accounts Officer
Directorate has ordered the following Promotions/Transfers/Postings in the grade of Accounts Officer Accounts & Finance Service Group B.
Postal Services beat revenue target three years in a row
| New Delhi Jul 07, 2014 ( Last Updated at 09:08 PM IST )
Postal Services in the country has beaten its revenue target three years in a row, exceeding the target by 9.5 per cent in fiscal 2013-14, Parliament was informed today. The government had set a revenue target of Rs 7,522.02 crore for the Postal Services in 2011-12, while the Department registered revenue of Rs 7,899.40 crore. "The revenue generation of Postal Services is increasing every year and the targets for each coming year are raised by the Government," Minister of Communications and IT
Postal Services in the country has beaten its revenue target three years in a row, exceeding the target by 9.5 per cent in fiscal 2013-14, Parliament was informed today.
The government had set a revenue target of Rs 7,522.02 crore for the Postal Services in 2011-12, while the Department registered revenue of Rs 7,899.40 crore.
"The revenue generation of Postal Services is increasing every year and the targets for each coming year are raised by the Government," Minister of Communications and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad today said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
In the year 2012-13, the revenue stood at Rs 9,366.50 crore against a target of Rs 8,762.75 crore, he added.
In 2013-14, the revenue stood at Rs 10,720.94 crore as against the target of Rs 9,787.52 crore, he said.
Responding to a separate query, the Minister said 1,735 post offices were modernised under Project Arrow against the target of 1,759 post offices during the 11th Plan.
"During the 12th Plan, 2,500 post offices are proposed to be modernised under Project Arrow with an outlay of Rs 284 crore," Prasad said.
During the first two years of the 12th Plan, 880 post offices have been modernised and so far, 2,615 post offices have been modernised under the 11th and 12th Plan, he added.
Proposal for Rs 1,000 minimum monthly pension approved: Government
NEW DELHI: Government has approved minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000 under Employees Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95) run by the retirement body Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Parliament was informed today.
The decision of the government would immediately benefit 28 lakh pensioners including 5 lakh widows getting less than Rs 1000 as pension every month. In all, there are 44 lakh pensioners under the EPS-95 scheme.
"Yes, Government has approved mi"Yes, Government has approved minimum pension of Rs 1000 per month to the pensioners under the EPS-95," Minister of state for Steel, Mines, Labour and Employment Vishnu Deo Sai said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
According to the Minister, several representations have been received for enhancement of pension under EPS-95 and based on those, "government has approved minimum pension of Rs 1,000 to pensioners under the EPS-95."
Earlier, Labour Minister Narendra Singh Tomar had discussed the proposal with trade unions on June 24 and assured the government will take a decision within two weeks.
As per the proposal, pensioners were to get the benefit with effect from April 1 this year. The government would have to provide an additional amount of around Rs 1,217 crore to ensure a minimum pension of Rs 1,000 for 2014-15.
A senior official said the new government did not want to provide this entitlement merely for one financial year and wanted this to be implemented for all times to come. That is why the proposal was reviewed.
The proposal was already approved by the UPA government for the current financial year but could not be implemented as it was not notified.
However a senior EPFO official, when contacted, said that the body has not yet received any notification or official order in this regard from the Labour Ministry.
According to him, the government could formally announce this entitlement in the forthcoming budget on Thursday.
Besides, the EPFO is also awaiting government's approval for enhancing the wage ceiling for organised sector workers under EPFO ambit to Rs 15,000 per month from the existing Rs 6,500. This was also approved by the previous government but could not be notified due
to coming into force of the model code of conduct during that time.
The decision to increase basic wage ceiling to Rs 15,000 per month is expected to bring in 50 lakh more workers under the EPFO's ambit.
The notification regarding the decision of the EPFO trustees to reduce administrative charges paid by employers to EPFO is also awaited. It was proposed to reduce administrative charges paid by employers to EPFO is also awaited. It was proposed to reduce administrative charges from 1.10 per cent of basic wage to 0.85 per cent.
Source : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com
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