SB Order No. 33/2021 : Introduction of "PM CARES for Children Scheme, 2021
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Saturday 30 October 2021
Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in the Postal Sector
Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in the Postal Sector
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CHQ Writes to Chief GM PLI on modifying harsh conditions imposed on retiring staff and discharged GDS!
CHQ Writes to Chief GM PLI on modifying harsh conditions imposed on retiring staff and discharged GDS!
CHQ Writes to Chief GM PLI on modifying harsh conditions imposed on retiring staff and discharged GDS!
The PLI Directorate has issued an OM dated 25.06.2021 making the retired postal employees and discharged GDS officials ineligible to any incentive to PLI or RPLI procured by them. This condition is in contrast to LIC where the Agents are continue to be granted with commission even after their retirement by granting exemption to them.
The copy of the letter is given below:
No. AIPRPA / PLI Incentive of Pensioners - Dated 28.10.2021
To
The Chief General Manager (PLI)
Chanakyapuri
New Delhi – 110021
Sir,
Sub: Request to modify the harsh conditions imposed through your office OM No.F.No.2803/2019-LI(4) Dated 25.06.2021
This CHQ of All India Postal & RMS Pensioners Association would like to draw your personal attention to the harsh conditions imposed through your above-mentioned OM which are detrimental to the retired pensioners who had toiled for the growth of PLI and RPLI while in service.
The rate of commission fixed is very low in contrast to the public sector LIC where 35% commission is paid in the first year and 7.5% for the next five years and thereafter during the entire term of the live policy a commission of 5% is disbursed by the LIC. However, the purpose of this CHQ is not to point out the difference in the rate of commission between our PLI/RPLI and LIC. The purpose of this CHQ is mainly to point out the terms mentioned in Para 7.1 and 7.2 of the said OM as under:
1. Para 7.1 says that after the termination of the agency, no procurement/ renewal incentive will be paid. This condition puts a blanket ban on all terminations. Insurance companies like LIC had fixed a ceiling of five years and any termination of agency after five years will not debar the persons from receiving his or her commission on the policies procured earlier. The OM of the Department of Posts cancels any incentive irrespective of the years of service rendered by the terminated persons.
2. Para 7.2 is even harsher. Any retired or superannuated Postal Departmental Employee or the Gramin Dak Sewaks are made ineligible to draw any procurement or renewal incentive. This condition is forfeiting all the past services rendered by the retired officials to the growth of PLI / RPLI for years earlier and all those valuable services are made unremunerative. This is totally in contrast to the Insurance companies like LIC where the Agents even after retirement are exempted from continuing to procure policies and commission for the past policies procured are paid to them and after their death the commission if any is continued to be paid to the legal heir. The practice of PLI Directorate is akin to robbery which a Government Department is not expected to follow. This condition forgets the fact that every one is expected to pay income tax according to his or her income and any incentive paid along with the pension is taxable above the limits.
The right of termination of any employee or GDS from the job is not questioned by us as it is the prerogative of the Department after due process. But any termination after five years shall continue to render commission or incentive to the terminated agents also. Similarly, the retirement or discharge of employees or GDS shall not result in stoppage of incentive to them but continue to be paid till their death and to their legal heir if the policies procured by them are current.
This Association is hopeful that while PLI / RPLI Directorate tries to maintain the lower premium collected from customers, it will not harm the terminated or superannuated / discharged officials who had toiled for the growth of the PLI/RPLI. We are confident that necessary reconsideration of the above OM will be made and appropriate improvements ordered.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
(K.Ragavendran)
General Secretary
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Celebration of World Thrift Day on 30th October, 2021
Celebration of World Thrift Day on 30th October, 2021
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Friday 29 October 2021
Expected DA: AICPIN for the month of September, 2021 increased by 0.3 points and stood at 123.3
Expected DA: AICPIN for the month of September, 2021 increased by 0.3 points and stood at 123.3
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU
F.No. 5/1/2021-CPI
‘CLEREMONT’, SHIMLA-171004
DATED: 29th October, 2021
Press Release
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) – September, 2021
The Labour Bureau , an attached office of the Mio Labour & Employment , has been compiling Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers every month on the basis of retail prices collected from 317 markets spread over 88 industrially important centres in the country. The index is compiled for 88 centres and All-India and is released on the last working day of succeeding month. The index for the month of September, 2021 is being released in this press release.
The All-India CPI-IW for September, 2021 increased by 0.3 points and stood at 123.3 (one hundred twenty three and point three) . On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.24 per cent with respect to previous month compared to an increase of 0.62 per cent recorded between corresponding months a year ago.
The maximum upward pressure in current index came from Fuel & Light group contributing 0.21 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Cooking Gas, Fire wood & Chips, Match Box, Poultry/Chicken, Mustard Oil, Brinjal, Sugar-white, Doctor/ Surgeon’s Fee, etc. are responsible for the rise in index. However, this increase was largely checked by Rice, Apple, Petrol for Vehicle, etc. putting downward pressure on the index.
At centre level , Haldia recorded maximum increase of 3.2 points followed by Tirunelveli and Darjeeling with 3 points each. Among others, 5 centres observed an increase between 2 to 2.9 points, 19 centres between 1 to 1.9 points and 36 centres between 0.1 to 0.9 points. On the contrary, Bokaro recorded a maximum decrease of 1.8 points followed by Chennai and Salem with 1.7 and 1.2 points respectively. Among others, 19 centres observed a decline between 0.1 to 0.9 points. Rest of 3 centres remained stationary.
Year-on-year inflation for the month stood at 4.41 per cent compared to 4.79 per cent for the previous month and 5.62 per cent during the corresponding month a year before. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 2.26 per cent against 4.83 per cent of the previous month and 7.51 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago.
All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for August and September, 2021
| Sr. No. | Groups | August, 2021 | September, 2021 |
| I | Food & Beverages | 122.3 | 122.4 |
| II | Pan, Supari, Tobacco & Intoxicants | 1 39.1 | 140.8 |
| Ill | Clothing & Footwear | 121.0 | 121 .5 |
| IV | Housing | 1 16.8 | 1 16.8 |
| v | Fuel & Light | 1 53. 1 | 1 56.9 |
| VI | Miscellaneous | 121 .3 | 121.7 |
| General Index | 123.0 | 123.3 |
The next issue of CPI-IW for the month of October, 2021 will be released on Tuesday, 30th November , 2021. The same will also be available on the office website www .labourbureaunew .gov.in.
(Shyam Singh Negi)
Deputy Director General
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Thursday 28 October 2021
Payment of incentive for PLI/RPLI Business procured in the month of September 2021
Payment of incentive for PLI/RPLI Business procured in the month of September 2021
F. No. 18-04/2020-LI Part (3)
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(Directorate of Postal Life Insurance)
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-lloo2l Dated: 28.10.2021
To
All Heads of Circles
Subject: Payment of incentive for PLI/RPLI business procured in the month of September 2021 - regarding.
Madam/Sir,
This is regarding payment of incentive for PLI and RPLI business procured by all categories of sales force in the month of September 2021.
2. In this connection, the undersigned is directed to convey approval of the competent authority for payment of the incentive due to all categories of sales force for PLI and RPLI business procured in the month of September 2021. Booking of incentive payment may be made in the correct head of account/GL code.
3. Circles are requested to make incentive payment for the month of September 2021 by 15th November, 2021 and send a compliance report to PLI Directorate. The incentive payment by Circles must not exceed the incentive liability as intimated by Circles for the month of September 2021.
4. This issues with approval of the competent authority.
(Shiv Kumar) Assistant Director (PLI)
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Conduct & Disciplinary Rules - 74 : Article from Mr. K.V.Shridharan, Ex General Secretary, AIPEU Group C
Conduct & Disciplinary Rules - 74 : Article from Mr. K.V.Shridharan, Ex General Secretary, AIPEU Group C
Conduct & Disciplinary Rules – 74
CCS Rules & Principles of Natural justice
II. Mala fide exercise of administrative powers - Contrary to natural justice
State action must be based on valid relevant principles applicable alike to all similarly situated and it must not be guided by any extraneous or irrelevant consideration because that would be denial of equality. Where the operative reason for State action, as distinguished from motive inducing from the antechamber of the mind, is not legitimate and relevant but is extraneous and outside the area of permissible considerations, it would amount to mala fide exercise of power and that is hit by Art. 14 and 16. Mala fide exercise of power and arbitrariness are different lethal radiations emanating from the same vice; in fact the later comprehends the former. Both are inhibited by Art 14 and 16 of the Constitution.
[E.P. Royappa v. State of Tamil Nadu, and another, AIR 1974 SC 555.]
III. Colourable exercise of powers - Contrary to natural justice
When an authority acts from some improper motive or ulterior consideration, under the colour of exercising statutory power, his act is said to have been done in the colourable exercise of power.
Thus, for example, the services of a Government servant may be terminated by a simple order of termination in the exercise of statutory, power, but if the intention is something else, i.e. imposing punishment of removal from service in the guise of a simple order it would be a colourable exercise of power.
When, therefore, a Government servant alleges that the order of compulsory retirement before the age of superannuation, especially during the pendency of disciplinary proceedings is mala fide and violative of service rules, it is sufficient for the Court to make out a prima facie case for the issue of Rule nisi.
[S. C. Sen v. State of W.B., 1968 Lab IC 731 (Cal.)]
IV. Perverse Finding - Contrary to natural justice
A perverse finding is a finding which is not supported by evidence and is impelled by arbitrariness or prejudice. If a finding of the Inquiry Officer is one which is not supported by evidence or is such that no rational or reasonable man can demonstrably reach on the evidence, it will be set aside on the ground that it is perverse.
[Central Bank of India v. P.C. Jain, 1969 II LLJ 377]
Where, in arriving at his findings, the Inquiry Officer has excluded materials which are relevant and/or taken into consideration materials which are irrelevant and/or based his findings on conjectures, surmises or suspicion, the findings will be held to be perverse.
[A.J. Vaswani v. Union of India 1983 II LLJ 122]
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Important Department of Post Circular regarding proposed AAO Exam
Important Department of Post Circular regarding proposed AAO Exam
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National Council (Staff Side) JCM writes to the Secretary DoP&T on misinterpretation of DoP&T OM dated 27.02.2020 and 05.08.2019 regarding holding of office in the Service Associations by Postal Department
National Council (Staff Side) JCM writes to the Secretary DoP&T on misinterpretation of DoP&T OM dated 27.02.2020 and 05.08.2019 regarding holding of office in the Service Associations by Postal Department
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Wednesday 27 October 2021
Facility of Online APY Subscription through Aadhaar e KYC
Facility of Online APY Subscription through Aadhaar e KYC
Circular no. PFRDA/2021/44/SUP-CRA/17
27th October 2021
To,
CRA, APY-SPs
& other stake holders for information
Subject: Facility of Online APY Subscription through Aadhaar e KYC
The Government of India had introduced Atal Pension Yojana (APY), with effect from 1st June, 2015, pursuant to the announcement in the budget for 2015-16 on creating a Universal Social Security system for all Indians, especially the under-privileged and the workers with limited means. APY is being administered by the PFRDA under its administrative and institutional architecture of the NPS.
2. APY notification: APY was notified under Gazette Notification dated the 16th October, 2015 and amended vide notifications dated the 19th January, 2016 and 22nd March, 2016. By use of Aadhaar as identity document, for delivery of services or benefits under APY, it simplifies the Government’s delivery processes, brings in transparency and efficiency of the scheme.
3. APY under Section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016: GoI had notified APY under Section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 as on 11th May, 2017 and further clarified vide UIDAI circular dt 25th November 2019.
4. APY through e KYC: As of now, the enrolment of Subscribers happens through physical, net banking or other digital modes provided by the respective APY-SPs (APY Service Providers). Now in order to further increase the outreach and simplify the process of Subscription, CRA (Central Recordkeeping agency) would be providing digital on boarding based through Aadhaar eKYC as an additional option. Aadhaar XML based on boarding has already been made available for the benefit of Subscribers. These processes are paperless.
5. Information flow between CRA & APY-SP Banks: The information fetched from the prospective subscribers through e KYC technology framework viz Aadhaar details, demographic information, pension amount, mode of payment, spouse/nominee name and bank account information etc. shall be shared with the respective banks where the Subscribers’ Savings Bank account is maintained through online information exchange for setting up of auto debit for the specified amount/mode based on the guaranteed pension amount opted by the subscriber. Post opening of APY Account, the subsequent servicing of the Subscribers would be offered by the respective APY-SP.
6. Aadhaar seeding of APY Accounts: All the APY accounts are to be seeded with Aadhaar number for which the CRA will be providing a functionality for facilitating the Aadhaar seeding of the existing APY subscribers through the proper consent mechanism. Additionally, APY-SPs can also collect the Aadhaar details from their associated subscribers with due consent which would then be shared with CRA for seeding.
7. All APY- SP Banks are encouraged to provide e APY link in their respective corporate website for the benefit of their customers and facilitate them with ease of on boarding.
CRA is advised to engage with all APY-SPs for system level integration so as to provide the functionality viz e KYC based APY on-boarding and consent framework for Aadhaar seeding at the earliest.
Yours sincerely,
(K. Mohan Gandhi)
Chief General Manager
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Air Travel on official account (Tour/LTC) – Stoppage of credit facility by Air India: FinMin OM dated 27.10.2021
Air Travel on official account (Tour/LTC) – Stoppage of credit facility by Air India: FinMin OM dated 27.10.2021
No.19024/1/2021-E.IV
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 27th October, 2021.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Air Travel on official account – Stoppage of credit facility by Air India.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. No.19024/01/2009-E.IV dated 13.07.2009 wherein it has been mentioned that in all cases of air travel (both domestic and international) including LTC where the Government of India bears the cost of air passage, the officials concerned may travel only by Air India.
2. Recently, the Government of India has decided to disinvest Air India, the process of disinvestment of Air India and Air India Express is ongoing. Air India has stopped extending credit facility on account of purchase of air tickets. Therefore, all Ministries/Departments are directed to clear Air India’s dues immediately. Air tickets from Air India, may be purchased in cash till further instructions.
3. Ministries/ Departments are directed to brought out these instructions to the notice of their Subordinate offices/ Institutes etc. under their administrative control, for compliance.
4. This is issued with the approval of Finance Secretary & secretary (Expenditure).
(Nirmala Dev)
Director
All Ministries/ Department of the Government of India (as per standard distribution list).
Copy to : C&AG, UPSC, Rajya Sabha/ Lok Sabha etc. as per standard endorsement list.
CMD, Air India Limited.
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Payment of Dearness Allowance to GDS effective from 01.07.2021 onwards
Payment of Dearness Allowance to GDS effective from 01.07.2021 onwards
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