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PLI - Central Processing Centre

NFPE SECRETARY GENERAL ADDRESSED DG(POSTS) ON CBS IMPLEMENTATOIN

Ref: PF/NFPE/CBS                                                             Dated – 27.06.2014 To Ms Kaveri Banerjee Secretary Department of Posts Dak Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001 Madam, Sub: -  Incalculable miseries and untold suffering to the operative staff in CBS rolled out offices – Immediate remedial and rescue operations sought for – reg. At the outset, we appreciate the efforts leads to technological advancements and extend our fullest cooperation in the journey to reach the desired goals of implementing innovative customer centric services and operational efficiency enhancement by inducting state of art technology. But to our dismay, the CBS migrated offices are now facing incalculable miseries and untold sufferings due to lack of adequate network capabilities and software support of the vendors. The following are the issues to be set right in war foot manner at the initial stage itself otherwise leads to garboil and distress among the stake hold

POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE TO SELL POLICIES ON LINE.....

HYDERABAD: Postal Life Insurance (PLI) and Rural Postal Life Insurance(RPLI) will soon allow its users to purchase and view policies status online and even pay the premium.   Completing 130 years, Postal Life Insurance, the oldest Life Insurance scheme in the country, is all set to roll out Core Insurance Solutions (CIS) across all its 812 head post offices/CPCs and sub post offices as its second phase of technology upgradation, said Faiz-ur-Rahman, chief general manager, PLI. The CIS is set to be fully operational in the next six months and has been operating in over 100 head post offices across the country as a pilot project.   During an interaction in the backdrop of an award ceremony to felicitate the outstanding business performers in PLI and RPLI, the CGM said that they have set a target premium of `9,500 crore to be raised in 2014-15. It had raised `7,500 crore in 2013-14 and `5,200 crore in 2012-13. ‘’We are unique in the sense that we assure highest return fro
NARASARAOPET HO, KAVALI HO, TENALI HO UNDER VIJAYAWADA REGION ROLLED OUT TO CBS SUCCESSFULLY. GUDIVADA AND BUCKINGHAMPET HO WILL BE ROLL OUT TO CBS ON 27.06.2014.
Ministry of Railway modifies the passenger fare revision circular in connection with Monthly Season Tickets (MST) and second class suburban fare The circular for revision of passenger fares issued by Ministry of Railways that was to come into effect from 25.6.2014 had among other things made a change in the way the fare for monthly season tickets (MSTs) was to be calculated.  In the existing system, the MST is 17-15 times the value of a single journey ticket for the same distance slab whereas the circular indicated that MSR fare would be now equivalent to 30 single journey fare for the same distance slab.  Inclusive of the 10% fare hike and 4.2% FAC, the new MST fares ranged 1.7 times to 3.5 times of the old MST fare.  Despite the fact that MSTs are highly subsidized,  Ministry of Railway has now decided to modify the fair revision circular and hence a decision has been taken to increase the cost of existing MST fare by only 14.2% inclusive of FAC, i.e., the Monthly Season Tickets

DISBURSEMENT OF INTEREST ON THE AMOUNT OF FD(MIS) OF A PERSON WITH DISABILITY BY MONEY ORDER

No.110-01/2012-SB Ministry of Communications & IT Department of Posts (F.S. Division) Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,  New Delhi , Dated 16.11.2012 To The Chief Commissioner O/o The Chief Commissioner For Person with Disabilities Min of Social Justice and Empowerment Department of Disability Affairs Sarojini House, 6, Bhagwan Dass Road New Delhi -110001 Sub: Disbursement of interest on the amount of Fixed Deposit of a person with disability by Money Order. Kindly refer to your office letter No. 29/1102/12-13 dated 12.09.2012 on the subject. The undersigned is directed to say that there is a scheme called   Monthly   Income Scheme in   post offices   where money is deposited for a fixed period of 5 years and interest is paid on the   monthly   basis @8.5%.  In this Scheme, payment of   monthly   interest can be taken either by coming to   post office   or by giving a Standing Instruction for credit of monthly interest into   post office   savings account of the deposito

LTC BY AIR TO J & K AND NORTHERN STATES EXTENDED 2 MORE YEARS

The Union Ministry for Tourism today extended by another two years a proposal to grant Leave Travel Concession (LTC) to Jammu and Kashmir and North East by air. Though the scheme, which was earlier extended was to expire yesterday, the state government had requested the Union Ministry of Personnel and Training to extend the benefits for another two years. The move will allow all categories of central government employees to travel to Jammu and Kashmir by air, using either Air India or private airlines. But, they can travel only in 'Economy Class', irrespective of their entitlement. The extension in package by another two years will allow all categories of Central Government employees to travel to Jammu and Kashmir by air, using either Air India or private airlines by Economy class only, irrespective of their entitlement. The proposal would not only provide the Central Government employees an additional facility as an incentive but also give boost to tourism in Jammu and Ka

RAIL PASSENGER FARE HIKED BY 14.2 PERCENT

In an unpopular decision, the railway passenger fare was increased by 14.2 per cent in all classes while freight charge was hiked by 6.5 per cent with effect from Friday. File photo The railways sought to correct the long running distortion in the fare structure by hiking passenger fares by 14.2 per cent across all classes and freight charges by 6.5 per cent. The increase takes effect immediately. The previous government had decided to hike fares from May 20, but its implementation was stayed because the announcement was made on the same day as declaration of election results. However, the speed with which this government took the decision caught senior railways officials by surprise because just a day earlier, Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda had told them that some rounds of consultations were still pending. Senior officials said the hike in passenger fares will help pare down the diversion of profits from the freight to passenger segment. Successive Governments have shie

LETTER FROM DIRECTOR GENERAL(POSTS) TO CHIEF PMsG

CBS- MPKBY AGENTS PORTAL - FAQ

CORE BANKING SOLUTION ( MPKBY AGENTS )           Core Banking Solution (CBS) is a network of post offices, which enables customers to operate their accounts and avail account related services from any post office. It replaces the existing sanchay post. The difference between sanchay and CBS is very simple. Sanchay Post is a LAN (Local Area Network) based application . CBS on the other hand is a centralized application with internet base.          MPKBY agents canvas customers and procure RD business. At present agents are preparing bulk lists either manually or through RD Customer package provided by DOP.              As Finacle CBS is implemented in DOP, MPKBY/PRSS agents need to prepare bulk list through Web Portal https://dopagent.indiapost.gov.in by using the user name and password. Every MPKBY/PRSS agent will be provided with user name and password.             Once the agent logons to web portal, all the accounts linked to the particular agent will be displ