Friday, October 31, 2014
The Rising Force of Postal Banking in the Retail Banking Market
The Minister for Communications & IT and Law and Justice Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that a group constituted by the Prime Minister consisting of the Secretary of the Postal department is looking into making of a financial institution for Postal savings. He was inaugurating the Postal Savings Banks Forum being organised by World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI), the National Savings Organisation of the Finance Ministry and the Department of Posts in New Delhi today. He said the present government wants to promote financial inclusion and the Jhan Dhan Yojana is a big effort in this direction. Another programme of the government of ‘Digital India’, which is steered by his ministry, also aims at digital inclusion and digital empowerment of rural poor.
Shri Prasad informed delegates from various countries that Post Office Savings Bank is one of the oldest and largest savings institution in the country and it also has the largest outreach in rural India, and more so, in backward and remote areas. The minister expressed happiness that the major asset of the postal institution, that is its connectivity on the ground is sought to be used for promoting e commerce in the country.
Secretary, Department of Posts Srimati Kavary Banerjee, in her key note address informed that the Department’s network of thousand post offices significantly out-numbers the combined number of branches of all commercial banks taken together. The post office savings schemes hold a total of 312 million accounts, which is more than the number of accounts held by any commercial bank. More importantly, the social sector disbursements done through the post offices have succeeded in bringing a total of about 80 million previously unbanked individuals into the fold of formal financial institutions in the last five years. All these have led to a change in the perception about the Post Office among the public as also within the organization. Consequently India Post is now perceived as a potential key facilitator of financial inclusion in the country, having a role in promoting the country’s socio-economic development, she added.
The theme of this year’s Postal Savings Banks Forum will be "The rising force of postal banking in the retail banking market".
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The Minister for Communications & IT and Law and Justice Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that a group constituted by the Prime Minister consisting of the Secretary of the Postal department is looking into making of a financial institution for Postal savings. He was inaugurating the Postal Savings Banks Forum being organised by World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI), the National Savings Organisation of the Finance Ministry and the Department of Posts in New Delhi today. He said the present government wants to promote financial inclusion and the Jhan Dhan Yojana is a big effort in this direction. Another programme of the government of ‘Digital India’, which is steered by his ministry, also aims at digital inclusion and digital empowerment of rural poor.
The theme of this year’s Postal Savings Banks Forum will be "The rising force of postal banking in the retail banking market".
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Monday, October 27, 2014
Postal Exam : Update as on October 26, 2014
Postal Exam : Update as on October 26, 2014
Postal Circles
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08 November to 13 November 2014
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Sunday, October 26, 2014
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Modi and labour reforms: Will be able to satisfy both the industries and unions? - - NEWS
When prime minister Narendra Modi unveiled some steps towards labour reforms, he was responding to long pending demands from business houses and international institutions such as the World Bank; but the critical question is if he has found the fine balance between the needs of the industry and labour.
A highlight of his announcement was the reform of the “inspection raj” in which labour inspectors visited industries according to their will. According to the new arrangement, the process will be automated, which will prevent inspectors from selecting the units to be inspected locally, while inspection reports have to be uploaded within 72 hours.
According to Modi, the old system harassed businesses while the new one will bring in transparency and ease in dealing with the government.
Another point is the announcement of an universal account number for labourers which will allow easy transfer of their Provident Fund accounts. Apparently, about Rs 27, 000 crore is lying idle because of the earlier immovability. "I need to return this money to the poor," Modi said, adding that it was a part of his vision. The reforms will also make paperwork easy - instead of 50 forms, companies will now need to fill only one form, that too online.
At first sight, Modi seems have combined the demands of the industry and welfare of the labourers, but going by the contradictory reactions from both, he certainly has a long way to go.
While ASSOCHAM complimented the "government for initiating the labour law reforms as it will create a conducive environment for growth of Trade and Industry and bring transparency in social security benefits to help workers,” Tapan Sen, General Secretary CITU and Rajya Sabha member said: “it’s only cheating of workers, as while the Government is launching these schemes, simultaneously it is changing the labour laws to push out the labour from their purview”.
Similarly, both FICCI and CII welcomed the measures, while Gurudas Gupta, General Secretary, AITUC, said: “the PM is going in for drastic changes which will ultimately benefit the employees to carry out a hire-and-fire policy and harm working people.
This is being done to give a free hand to the Corporates. This will depress wage levels and shall create a situation for low paid apprentices in place of permanent labour and even contract workers”.
Whether it’s the Modi government or the previous UPA government, labour reforms have mostly been seen as reforms of the labour laws, which the country and states (labour being a concurrent subject) have in plenty. In fact, the UPA had initiated amending many of the labour laws, with a view to helping Indian industries to compete in the global market. In 2005, a tripartite discussion under the then common minimum programme had agreed that “the management would require operational flexibility which includes power to right-size the work force”
The myriad labour laws and the extremely disempowered conditions of labour, a majority of which is in the unorganised sector, makes labour reforms a very complicated endeavour. For instance, writing for the BBC Economist Kaushik Basu, highlights the case of the Industrial Disputes Act (IDA), 1947, which he says “is a good example of a well-meaning policy that is founded on antiquated economics and a handsome misunderstanding of the way markets function.”
“In fact an amendment made to the IDA in the mid-1980s requires that any firm employing more than 100 workers needs to get permission from the State Government before retrenching workers (and in practice that permission is seldom given), he adds.
His point is that IDA makes firing of workers very hard, which limits the flexibility of free contracting.
From the perspective of industries, and even from the point of view of the prospects of short term contracts for manufacture that companies undertake which require short term workers, it may be true; but from the point of view of labourers, it affects their welfare and security. There may be certainly some justification on tweaking laws to make more trained labour easily available to the industries, without considerable legal hassles, but then the labour also has a right to feel secure. It may also be true that because of the rigidity of some of our laws, companies are unable to expand and innovate. Experts such as Basu point out that labour data from the 1980s show that companies employing more than 100 people have gone down because of the labour laws.
While the labour unions fear a free hire and fire policy, what reformists want is the ability to write different types of contracts - some short term, some long term and an easy regime from the government in terms of controls and supervision.
Will Modi be able to convince both the businesses and the labour that he stands for growth as well as welfare?
A planning commission working group document that contributed to the 11th Plan (during the UPA) is worth a revisit in the present context, it said: “The UPA rejects the idea of automatic hire and fire. It recognizes that some changes in labour laws may be required but such changes must fully protect the interests of workers and families and must take place after full consultation with trade unions. The UPA will pursue a dialogue with industry and Trade Unions on this issue before coming up with specific proposals. However, labour laws other than the Industrial Disputes Act that creates an Inspector Raj will be re- examined and procedures harmonised and streamlined.
The UPA government firmly believes that labour-management relations in our country must be marked by consultations, cooperation and consensus, not confrontation.
Tripartite consultations with Trade Unions and Industry on all proposals concerning them will be actively pursued. Rights and benefits earned by workers, including the right to strike according to law, will not be taken away or curtailed.”
This sounds reasonable and sound in principle. Perhaps, this is the line that the Modi government should also pursue while pushing for reforms.
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Some leaders are advocating isolationism to the members of the GDS union.
They are frustrated …..…………. confused …………. demoralized…. antagonized.....
Their methodology and concept is not clear and transparent ….......
One side demanding departmental status to GDS and other side propagating they would not be affiliated to any federation or becomes members of departmental unions.
This is except provocation to establish the deviation from the unity of GDS and departmental employees and postal working class as well.
If it's so, why such conceptual leadership filed case against the NFPE for GDS affiliation.
The ambiguous strategy of such leaders giving advantage to the anti-GDS forces this time also. Because of their mischievousness and immature behaviour the GDS are facing untold troubles and miserable conditions.
Dear GDS comrades, don’t caught by the fangs of such leadership…..
By losing all the abilities and to suppress their incapability creating much noise to divert the attention of the structural and strategic methodology of NFPE.
This is the time for a decision and determination.
LET US MARCH FORWARD WITH NFPE AND CONFEDERATION
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Friday, October 24, 2014
பழம்பெரும் நடிகர் எஸ்.எஸ். ராஜேந்திரன் காலமானார்
பழம்பெரும் நடிகர் எஸ்.எஸ். ராஜேந்திரன் உடல் நலக்குறைவால் சென்னையில் இன்று காலமானார். அவருக்கு வயது 86.
இந்தியாவிலேயே திரைப்பட நடிகராக இருந்து, அரசியலில் களமிறங்கி, சட்டப்பேரவை உறுப்பினராக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட முதல் நபர் எஸ்.எஸ். ராஜேந்திரன்தான்.
1947-ஆம் ஆண்டு திரையுலகில் அறிமுகம் ஆன இவர், தொடக்க காலத்தில் சிறிய வேடங்களில் நடித்து வந்தார். 1952-ஆம் ஆண்டு கருணாநிதியின் கதை வசனத்தில் வெளியான, "பராசக்தி"யில் நடிகர் சிவாஜிகணேசனின் சகோதரனாக நடித்து புகழ் பெற்றார்.
இதன் பின்னர், 1957-ல் வெளியான "முதலாளி" திரைப்படம் இவருக்கு மிகப்பெரிய திருப்புமுனையாக அமைந்தது. இந்த படத்தில் இடம்பெற்ற "ஏரிக்கரையின் மேலே போறவளே பெண் மயிலே" என்ற பாடல், ரசிகர்களிடேயே பெரும் வரவேற்பை பெற்றது.
இதன் பின்னர், அவர் கதாநாயகனாக நடித்த பல படங்கள் தொடர்ச்சியாக வெற்றி பெற்றன. 1958-ல் இவர் நடித்த "தை பிறந்தால் வழி பிறக்கும்" என்ற படம் மிகப் பெரிய வெற்றியை தேடித் தந்தது. எம்ஜிஆரின் நெருங்கிய நண்பரான இவர், அவருடன் "ராஜா தேசிங்கு", "காஞ்சித் தலைவன்" உள்ளிட்ட பல படங்களில் இணைந்து நடித்துள்ளார். எனினும் நடிகர் சிவாஜிகணேசனுடன்தான் அதிகப் படங்களில் இணைந்து நடித்திருக்கிறார்.
"குங்குமம்", "பச்சை விளக்கு", "கை கொடுத்த தெய்வம்", "சாரதா" போன்ற பல படங்கள், எஸ்.எஸ்.ராஜேந்திரனுக்கு புகழை தேடி தந்தன. 1950 மற்றும் 60-களில் தமிழ்த் திரையுலகின் முடிசூடா மன்னர்களாக திகழ்ந்த எம்.ஜி.ஆர், சிவாஜிகணேசன் ஆகியோருக்கு அடுத்தபடியாக எஸ்.எஸ்.ராஜேந்திரன் புகழ்பெற்றிருந்தார்.
1960-ல் "தங்க ரத்தினம்" என்ற படத்தை இயக்கிய ராஜேந்திரன், அதில் கதாநாயகனாகவும் நடித்தார். எஸ்.எஸ்.ராஜேந்திரன். ஏராளமான பாடல்களையும் பாடியுள்ளார். கணீர் குரல், தெளிவான உச்சரிப்பு, நீண்டவசனத்தை ஒரே மூச்சில் பேசி முடிக்கும் திறமை போன்றவற்றின் காரணமாக, வரலாற்றுப் பின்னணியைக் கொண்ட படங்களில் அதிக அளவில் நடித்தார்.
கருணாநிதியின் கதை வசனத்தால் பெரிதும் ஈர்க்கப்பட்ட எஸ்.எஸ்.ராஜேந்திரன், திராவிடக் கொள்கைகள் மீது தீவிர பற்றுக் கொண்டவராக திகழ்ந்தார். தமது கொள்கைகளை தாம் நடித்த திரைப்படங்களிலும் கடைபிடித்தார்.
இதன் காரணமாக, "லட்சிய நடிகர்" எனவும் புகழப்பட்டார். இதன் தொடர்ச்சியாக, திமுகவில் இணைந்த அவர், 1962-ஆம் ஆண்டு தேனி தொகுதியின் சட்டமன்ற உறுப்பினராக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். இந்தியாவிலேயே திரைப்பட நடிகராக இருந்து, அரசியலில் களமிறங்கி, சட்டப்பேரவை உறுப்பினராக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட முதல் நபர் எஸ்.எஸ். ராஜேந்திரன்தான்.
திமுக சார்பில் 1970 முதல் 1976-ஆம் ஆண்டுவரை, நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினராகவும் பொறுப்பு வகித்துள்ளார். இதன் பின்னர், அதிமுகவில் இணைந்த எஸ்.எஸ்.ராஜேந்திரன், 1980 ஆம் ஆண்டு ஆண்டிப்பட்டி சட்டமன்ற உறுப்பினராக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார்.
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Sr Postmaster CAT case : Punjab Circle
Although Directorate has directed to apprise Hon'ble CAT Bench Chandigarh on 21/10/2014 that the Revised Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B which was submitted to DoPT for approval are returned back with certain objections. Therefore the amendment rules are under process and would likely take some time. Yet, no development took place in the last proceeding and matter posted to 11/11/2014 without any arguments.
As everybody knows that CHQ has already taken up issue with Directorate for release of revised Recruitment Rules of PS Gr. B cadre and series of reminders were also issued but there is no progress. CHQ has ready appealed to all Circle Secretaries, CHQ Office Bearers and ASP (HQ)s of each division to intimate the details of PS Gr. B posts created after 1993 onwards. It is a fact that, administration has to do it but it is also our prime duty to support administration and get the problem/s solved, as this issue is linked with examination and quota distribution matters.
LGO Examination, 2014
Conducting of LDCE for promotion to the cadre of Inspector Posts (66.66%) Departmental quota for the year 2014 and LGO Examination, 2014
Department of Posts (DE Section) Letter No.A-34012/04/2014-DE dated 17/10/2014 communicated vide C.O. Letter No.RE/30-6/2014 dated 22/10/2014.
LDCE for promotion to the cadre of Inspector Posts for the year 2014.
Date of Examination
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Paper No.
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22/11/2014 (Suturday)
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Paper-I & II
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23/11/2014 (Sunday)
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Paper-III & IV
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LDCE for promotion of LGOs to the cadre of Postal Assistants / Sorting Assistants for the year 2014.
Date of Examination
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Paper No.
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23/11/2014 (Sunday)
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Paper-I & II
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Monday, October 20, 2014
இனிய தீபாவளி நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் !
அன்புத் தோழர் / தோழியர்களுக்கு இனிய தீபாவளி நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் !
P3 P4 GDS
R.PERUMAL S. IYYAPPAN B.THAMBIRAJ
C.PRABAKAR V.KALAIVANAN K.SELVAKUMAR
K.DHANUSURANI R.MANIKKAM V.MUTHUMURUGAN
P3, P4, GDS-NFPE இணைந்த NFPE சம்மேளனம்
கும்பகோணம் டிவிசன்
Speed Post Award & Best Postman Award function at CO
தமிழகத்தில் சிறந்த தபால் காரருக்கான விருதுகள் 3 பேருக்கு வழங்கப்பட்டன.
தேசிய அஞ்சல் வாரம் கடந்த 9-ம் தேதி தொடங்கி கடைபிடிக்கப்பட்டு வருகிறது. இதையொட்டி சென்னை அண்ணா சாலையில் உள்ள தலைமை தபால் அலுவலகத்தில் நேற்று ‘வணிக வளர்ச்சி தினம்’ கொண்டாடப்பட்டது. தபால் துறையில் பல்வேறு பிரிவுகளில் சிறப்பாக பணியாற்றிய 9 பேருக்கு விருதுகள் வழங்கப்பட்டன.
ஒசூரைச் சேர்ந்த எஸ்.ஸ்ரீநிவாச ராவ், சேலம் எஸ்.வள்ளி, சென்னை கமலேஸ்வர ராவ் ஆகியோர் சிறந்த தபால்காரர் விருதுகளை பெற்றனர். 31 வயதாகும் எஸ்.வள்ளி கடந்த 11 ஆண்டுகளாக தபால்துறையில் பணிபுரிந்து வருகிறார். விருது பற்றி அவர் கூறும்போது, ‘‘தபால்காரர் சீருடையை அணிந்து பணிக்கு செல்லும்போது அனைத்து இடங்களிலும் மரியாதை யாக நடத்துகிறார்கள். இளம் வயதிலேயே எனக்கு இந்த விருது கிடைத்திருப்பது மிகவும் ஊக்கம் அளிப்பதாக உள்ளது’’ என்றார்.
ஸ்ரீநிவாச ராவ் கூறும்போது, “ஏழை, பணக்காரர் என்று எந்த வித்தியாசமும் இல்லாமல் அனைவருக்கும் ஒரேவிதமான சேவை வழங்கி வருவது தபால் துறை மட்டும்தான். இந்தப் பணியில் இருக்கும்போது பலருக்கு பணி நியமன கடிதங்களையும், மருத்துவக் கல்லூரியில் இடம் கிடைத்த கடிதங்களையும் எனது கையால் கொடுத்திருக்கிறேன் என்பது மிகவும் மகிழ்ச்சியாக உள்ளது’’ என்றார்.
இந்நிகழ்ச்சியில் அஞ்சல் சேவைகள் துறையின் முன்னாள் உறுப்பினர் வத்சலா ரகு, தமிழ்நாடு வட்டார தலைமை தபால் அதிகாரி த.மூர்த்தி, சென்னை வட் டார தபால் சேவைகள் இயக்கு நர்கள் ஜே.டி.வெங்கடேஸ்வரலு, ராமலிங்கம், ஏ.கோவிந்தராஜன் உள்ளிட்டோர் கலந்துகொண்டனர்.
Source : The Hindu Tamil.
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