All India Association of Postmasters & Supervisors

BEWARE OF HALF-TRUE AND MISLEADING PROPAGANDA (Article written in aiapcchq.blogspot.in) Now it is being noticed that our old pathfinders become hyperactive not only for taking up our issues with the Directorate, but also highlighting our matters through different channels like Blogs, Journals etc who once described the order for creation of Postmaster Cadre as a “Retrograde Decisions- Denial to the seniors”. If it would be possible at this moment, they would visit the Directorate both in the morning and evening and cry for the Postmaster Cadre.  This kind of action on their part is quite natural. It may be construed as their desperate efforts to regain the sympathy of Postmaster Cadre. It reveals from the history that they never like intelligent people. To them seniority is always preferable than merit. To them same rate is applicable for all commodities which is practically unnatural. “Democracy” is a great term that perhaps does not suite in their voice. They are habituated...

India Post to setup hybrid model Post Bank with separate employees  The Department of Posts, which has applied for a payments bank licence, has a hybrid model in mind to operate Post Bank of India. Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan yesterday had said while the banking sector is set to undergo changes in the next few years, "we are going to possibly have postal bank". According to a source, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has approved hybrid model suggested by Ernst & Young which prepared detailed project report on Post Bank of India (PBI). "E&Y has come out with three models but suggested preference to a hybrid model. Under which about 600 branches will be directly operated by PBI staff in post office premises and transactions in other parts of the country will be supported by India post staff," the official said. Post Bank of India is proposed to have its own employees and IT infrastructure. The transaction handled...

PM launches Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana PM: The biggest capital of the poor is their integrity PM: Combination of integrity with MUDRA – capital - will be the key to success for small entrepreneurs. पूंजी सफलता की कुंजी The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today said that supporting the small entrepreneurs of India is the biggest way to help the Indian economy grow and prosper. He was speaking at the launch of the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency) Yojana in New Delhi. Stressing the contribution of small entrepreneurs in the economy, the Prime Minister expressed confidence that within a year’s time, the major banks would also adopt the MUDRA model. The Prime Minister said that in our country, one often experiences that things revolve around mere perceptions, while the details often paint a different picture. Giving the example of the perception that large industries create more employment, he said that a look at the details reveals the reality ...

INDIA POST PAYS TRIBUTE TO PANDIT JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 125th BIRTHDAY.  CLICK HERE

DEPARTMENT OF POSTS DOESN'T HAVE MAN POWER TO EXECUTE "RTI" ACT Nearly 13 months after Central Information Commission (CIC) directed to issue Right to Information (RTI) stamps instead of Indian Postal Orders and bank drafts or cheques to seek information from government departments, the Department of Posts has said printing presses don't have papers to print stamp papers. The reply, which the Department of Posts has given for non-compliance to the RTI filed by Delhi-based civil activist Subhash Chandra Agarwal, says: "Both the security printing presses at Nasik and Hyderabad do not have paper to print RTI stamps!'' To this reply, Agarwal took a dig at the postal department saying, "these two presses have sufficient paper to print postal stamps for some foreign countries, apart from adequately equipped for printing commemorative and definitive-series stamps regularly with some stamps like on Sachin Tendulkar printed within a few days of decisi...

POST MASTER RESIGNS TO SERVICE DUE TO FREQUENT FAILURE OF SERVER 

Meeting of the Hon’ble MoC&IT with Indian Postal Service Probationers  Sh Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hon’ble Minister of Communications & IT and Law & Justice, met 13 Probationers of the 2013 batch of the Indian Postal Service at Sanchar Bhawan on 4 th September 2014.  Secretary, Department of Posts and Director, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy were also present during the interaction. While addressing the Probationers, the Hon’ble Minister highlighted the need to expose the young officers to the latest developments and emerging trends in the postal and logistics sectors. The Minister also highlighted the Digital India project of the Government of India to make broadband facility available in every village across the country. This would drive up e-Commerce business in villages. With its unparalleled rural reach, India Post would be best suited to offer delivery services to e-Commerce players. The Post Office can also become a focal point for delivering n...

President releases a set of eight Commemorative Postage Stamps on Indian Musicians  The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee released a set of eight Commemorative Postage Stamps on Indian Musicians at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (September 3, 2014). The set of stamps brought out by the Department of Posts feature luminaries in the field of classical Indian music namely Pandit Ravi Shankar, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Ms. D.K. Pattammal, Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur, Ms. Gangubai Hangal, Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Ustad Vilayat Khan and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Speaking on the occasion, the President stated that as we pay tribute to eight of the greatest music maestros of contemporary India, we celebrate their life and work and their matchless legacy. These eight maestros are, without a doubt, among the tallest luminaries in the history of world music. They have not only achieved personal perfection but have made extraordinary contributions, in their respective fields, ...

Finance Minister Approves Setting-up of A Committee to Examine un-Claimed Amount Remained in PPF, Post Office and Savings Schemes and Recommend how this Amount can be Used to Protect and Further the Financial Interest of the Senior Citizens.              The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley has approved the setting-up of a Committee under the Chairmanship of Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India(RBI) to examine un-claimed amount remained in PPF, Post Office, Savings Schemes etc and recommend how this amount can be used to protect and further the financial interest of the senior citizens. The Finance Minister, vide para 39 of his Budget Speech 2014-15, had announced that "a large amount of money is estimated to be lying as unclaimed amounts with PPF, Post Office, Savings Schemes etc. these are mostly out of  investments belonging to the senior citizens and on their demise, remain unclaimed for want of relevant payment instructio...

SNAP-DEAL AND INDIA POST JOIN HANDS IN  SELLING OF POSTAL STAMPS World's largest postal service, India Post has tied up with online marketplace major Snapdeal to sell stamps to reach out to larger audiences. Under the partnership, targeted especially at philately enthusiasts, Snapdeal will sell stamps and collections priced between Rs 300-5,500. "While stamp collection has been a popular hobby, we found consumers who said they found it difficult to buy stamps. India Post has an amazing collection of stamps that we feel we our consumers will be delighted to have," Snapdeal co-founder and COO Rohit Bansal told   PTI. Also, with Snapdeal's extensive reach, India Post will be able to reach a large number of customers, he added. "Miniature works of art, documenting human history and endeavours, cultures, traditions and national heritage, postage stamps can be window to the world. The partnership with Snapdeal will enhance the ease of purchasi...

CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES SHOULD IMPROVE PUNCTUALITY IN ATTENDING OFFICES Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth has asked Secretaries of all central departments to intensify the crackdown on government employees who are found to be “habitually late” in reaching office. Seth, in his July 31 missive, has specifically cited concerns expressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard.      Stating that the onus lies on the Secretaries to make the staff more work-oriented, the letter says that Modi has taken cognizance of some official reports which say that there has been no visible improvement in the ambience of the workplaces while “some officials have been habitually coming late” to work. “In some departments, the ministers have noticed the laxity in this regard. The PM has expressed concern over these reports,” says the letter. The government is waiting for the success of its drive to make its employees punctual, which can happen on “continued perseverance by ...

COMPETITION TO DESIGN LOGO, NAME AND TAG LINE FOR COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL INCLUSION PLAN - FINANCE MINISTRY'S INITIATIVE  CLICK HERE TO VIEW

Citizens will no longer be required to get documents attested by a gazetted officer or file affidavits for government-related work, with the Centre deciding to settle for self-attested documents such as birth certificate and marksheets.  The Centre has also written to the state governments to do away with the requirement of attaching affidavits issued by notary or documents attested by gazetted officers with applications made to government departments.  This will save the common man the trouble of finding a gazetted officer or from spending money to get affidavits from a notary. Applicants to the government now only need to attach self-certified copies of their marksheet, birth certificate, etc. Self-attestation norms, however, will require them to produce the original documents at the final stage.  The switch to self-attestation in government-related work is based on the recommendation of second Administrative Reforms Commission in its 12th report titled 'C...

Here are the highlights of Union Budget 2014 tabled by finance minister Arun Jaitley on today:  * Rs 37, 800 crore allotted for National Highways. * Revision of rate of royalty on minerals to be taken up on request from the states.  *  In order to complete gas grid, 15000 km of additional pipeline to be developed through PPP mode. * ​New and renewable energy deserves high priority; ultra modern power projects to be taken up in Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Ladakh with Rs 500 crore. *  Rs 4200 crore set aside for Jal Marg Vikas project on river Ganga connecting Allahabad to Haldia , over 1620 km.  * Scheme for development of new airports at tier II and III cities through PPP mode. *  Rs 200 crore set aside for 6 more textile clusters in Rae Bareily, Lucknow, Surat, Bhagalpur. Rs 50 crore set aside for Pashmina Production program in J&K.   * MSMEs are the backbone of the economy; to be revived through a Committee to examine and report in three months....

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," ...

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‘My Stamp’ facility of the Department of Posts (DoP) seems to be serving as a good gifting option for many. Ever since the DoP launched the service, wherein one can get one’s photograph embedded on the postage stamp, the initiative appears to be a big hit. Many people utilise the service to gift personalised stamps to friends and relatives on special occasions such as birthdays, marriage anniversaries and retirement. “Every day, we get about six applications for My Stamps. In April and May, when many marriages were performed, nearly 600 applications were filed,” says M. Sampath, Postmaster General, Vijayawada Region. M. Hari Prasada Sarma, Senior Post Master(Gazetted),  displaying 'My Stamp' at the Head  Post Office in  Vijayawada. Unique initiative “It is a commendable initiative from the department. People, who wish to get personalised My Stamps need to submit applications at any post or the Head Post Office along with passport photographs. ...

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 Mon...