Friday, March 31, 2017
Retirement on superannuation in Dhenkanal Division.
Com. Swarnalata Dash, Postmaster, Dhenkanal HO retired on 31.03.2017 on attaining the age of superannuation as per the provisions contained in Rule-74 of CCS (Pension) Rules-1972.
The AIPEU, Group-C, Dhenkanal Division wishes Com. Swarnalata Dash a peaceful, happy and healthy retired life.
Subject: Instructions for executing End of Year (EOY) in CBS post offices/CPCs
Respected Sir/Madam,
The competent authority has taken following decisions for executing End of Year (EOY) activities for 2016-17 in CBS Post Offices/CPCs:-
The competent authority has taken following decisions for executing End of Year (EOY) activities for 2016-17 in CBS Post Offices/CPCs:-
- 1. On 1.4.2017, no CBS Post Office will do any transaction but staff working on CBS will attend post office and follow instructions (as and when ) issued by CEPT Team Chennai.(A public notice should be put on the notice board of all CBS Post Offices that due to End of Year, no transaction will be accepted on 01.04.2017 and Monthly/Quarterly Interest of MIS/SCSS if due on 1st April 2017 will be paid on03.04.2017. ATMs will be operational on 01/04/2017). Salary & Pension uploads should be done after completion of EOD for 1st April 2017.2.CBS Post Offices should ensure that no unverified account or modification in accounts of SB/PPF/SSA/NSS-87/NSS-92 remains unverified as interest is not calculated for any account if any modification is unverified, as on 31/03/2017. Concerned staff should be alerted so that such lapses may be avoided.3. All CBS Post Offices, on 31.3.2017, should do transactions latest up to 1700 hours and verify all the transactions simultaneously so that there may be no Blocking Transactions at 1700 hours. All CBS Post Offices should complete HISCOD latest by 1800 hours, except those SOLs which await clearing information from the respective HOs. CPCs should monitor this activity and any blocking validation should be reported to FSI Helpdesk and CEPT Team, immediately on noticing so that solution can be provided well in time.4. CBS Head Post Office dealing with clearing house, should intimate cheque clearing intimation of the cheques cleared on 31.03.2017 to other linked CBS HOs and SOs well in time on 31.03.2017 either over mail or phone so that credit/debit can be afforded well in time. Late clearance activity and corresponding credits/debits should be handled by the clearing house POs without any delay. (Please note that in case of PPF Accounts maturing on 31.03.2017, cheque cleared before 31.03.2017 will not be allowed to be credited after 31.03.2017)5. CEPT FSI Team will be disabling certain menus according to the requirements during EOY Batch execution to control resource utilisation; CPCs will be kept informed from time-to-time on this and should coordinate with their SOLs on this exercise.5. Reports regarding Interest credited in SB/SSA/PPF/NSS-87 and NSS-92 accounts of a CBS post office, Silent Account maintenance Fee charged and Total number of accounts marked as silent (total amount and accounts for a Post Office and not account-wise) will be intimated through CPCs by the end of first week of April 2017.
6. All the concerned teams who are part of the EOY activity (CPC SPOCs, EOD Support Team, CEPT Team) should be available on 2nd April, 2017 and ensure that EOY activity are completed smoothly.Instructions for CPCs1. CPCs should call post offices under their jurisdiction on 31.03.2017, help in clearing blocking validations and ensure smooth completion of HISCOD.2. HSCOD will be executed by CEPT team centrally; CPC teams should be available till HSCOD is completed for all their respective SOLs.3. All CPCs will remain open during the night of 31.03.2017 and duties of staff should be notified in shifts.Circles/Regions/Divisions should ensure that these instructions are followed scrupulously by all CBS Post Offices and CPCs.
With regards,
Sachin Kishore
Director (CBS)
Sansad Marg,
Dak Bhavan
Sachin Kishore
Director (CBS)
Sansad Marg,
Dak Bhavan
How technology is revamping in India Post?
India has the largest Postal Network in the world with over 1.5 Lakh Post Offices. At the time of independence, there were 23,344 Post Offices, which were primarily in urban areas. Thus, the network has registered a seven-fold growth since Independence, with the focus of this expansion primarily in rural areas.
In the past two years, the Department of Posts has touched new horizons by accomplishing one milestone after another. Some of the laudable achievements include providing citizens with access to Core Banking Solutions, post offices providing services of Common Services Centers like online access to pension. Banking services like deposits, remittance, online payments to service providers, direct bank transfers, etc. are being done through Postal Banking system.
Revision of Interest rates for Small Savings Schemes : Deposits including PPF lowered by 0.1 percent from tomorrow
Revision of Interest rates for Small Savings Schemes : Deposits including PPF lowered by 0.1 percent from tomorrow
New Security Certificates for Communication applications released by CEPT on 27.03.2017
CEPT Client Certificate for all the Communication modules in Post OfficesClick below link to download from CEPT FTP
Mirror : google drive download link
Communication of data between different Meghdoot/SpeedNet applications and the CEPT Servers happens through the following communication modules running at the Client offices
Communication of data between different Meghdoot/SpeedNet applications and the CEPT Servers happens through the following communication modules running at the Client offices
- eMO Client
- ePayment Client
- AccountsMIS Client
- SpeedNet Communication
- RNet /ParcelNet Communication
Installation Procedure:
- Rename the ptcmyscs_root.cer file available in the application path of the folder
- Copy the new certificate (with the same name i.e., ptcmyscs_root.cer ) to the application path
- Run RegisterCACft.exe as Administrator and complete the registration. The below success screen will appear
Note: The installation of new security certificate can be started forthwith and there will not be any impact on data transfer. Therefore, the installation of new Security Certificate should be completed by 30.03.2017.
Aadhaar should not be undermined by critics: Ashok Lavasa
Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa
Amid mounting criticism by Opposition and civil society on the government’s efforts to make Aadhaar mandatory for a number of schemes, including to pay income taxes, Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa defended the move and said the government’s initiatives should not be undermined. Speaking at an industry body event on Wednesday, Lavasa said for many years Indians applauded developed economies which had common unique identification for their citizens.
“I think this platform of Aadhaar which has been created should not be undermined. It is very important. Linked to this is the whole gamut of public expenditure which is a matter of concern not only for those who want more efficiency in public spending but also all of us who are concerned with transparency and removal of corruption,” Lavasa said. “It (Aadhaar) is revolutionary in the sense and what it has done is something which has not been done anywhere in the world. You have 105 crore (1.05 billion) people who have a unique identity.”
Apart from central government schemes such as the rural employment scheme, employee pension benefit, food security act, livelihood missions, schemes for expecting mothers, small businesses, crop insurance policies, anganwadi schemes and various other programmes with or without direct benefit transfers, the Narendra Modi government has also passed rules or amended existing acts to make Aadhaar mandatory to pay taxes and to link with all mobile numbers. This even as the Supreme Court has stated that Aadhaar is not compulsory to avail benefits under central government schemes.
The criticism has increased after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tried to bring in additional amendments in the Finance Bill to make mandatory the linking of Aadhaar with PAN cards. Not only Opposition MPs like Derek O’Brien of the Trinamool Congress and Tathagata Satpathy of the Biju Janata Dal, but even Rajeev Chandrashekar, affiliated to the ruling party, raised concerns on privacy issues related to unique identification database.
Lavasa also said the direct benefits transfer (DBT) in various social sector schemes have resulted in savings to the tune of Rs 34,000 crore for the Centre. “There have been some palpable achievements in some of the schemes where DBT has been implemented. There is an assessment that in all these schemes, the quantum of savings would be about Rs 34,000 crore. So far, DBT has been implemented in 78 schemes and there are many more in which it has to be implemented,” he said.
Stating that use of technology has made the system more transparent, he said Aadhaar seeding has brought about efficiency and inter-linking of beneficiaries has enabled weeding out bogus and un-deserving people.
“About 1.73 lakh (173,000) public distribution scheme shops have point of sale machines and all these are Aadhaar-enabled. The fertiliser depots are in the process of installing PoS machines. The subsidy in fertiliser has remained where it was in previous years, but the subsidy in kerosene has come down tremendously, the finance secretary stated as an example.
Lavasa also reiterated India’s gross domestic product growth for 2016-17 was expected to be around seven per cent and could be higher than 7.5 per cent for 2017-18. Speaking on the increasing trend among western leaders stressing on protectionism, Lavasa said at a time when people were talking about building walls, literally and figuratively, and when global trade was expected to reduce as a share of global growth, Indian industry should focus on deepening and strengthening the local economy. “It is important for industry to look into the Indian market in a bigger way, how to strengthen the rural economy,” he said.
Business Standard.
One day strike/agitation on 16.03.17 & 16.11.16 - Case of Dhenkanal Division
Deparment of Posts: India
Office of the Supdt. of Post offices: Dhenkanal Division
Dhenkanal-759001
Regd/email.
To
1-The Asst.Supdt of Pos
Dhenkanal Sub-Division
Dhenkanal-759001
2-The I.P, Angul East/Angul West/Kamakhyanagar/Talcher Sub-Division.
3- Postmaster, Dhenkanal H.O/Angul HO/Talcher MDG/Nalco Nagar MDG
4- Office Supervisor, Divisional Office, Dhenkanal.
5-All SPMs, Dhenkanal Division
No: -A-33 Dated at Dhenkanal the 17.03.2017.
Sub: - One day strike/agitation on 16.03.2017 & 16.11.2016 - information regarding.
Please submit the list of the officials under your unit/jurisdiction participated in the last strike/agitation on 16.03.2017 & 16.11.16. The list may be prepared separately for Departmental staffs and GDS with names. The list along with strike situation report to be submitted by 1100 hrs 17.03.17 positively without fail.
Supdt. of Post Offices
Dhenkanal Division
Dhenkanal-759001
Supdt. of Post Offices
Dhenkanal Division
Dhenkanal - 759001
73 COMPANIES KEEN TO PARTNER WITH INDIA POST PAYMENTS BANK (IPPB) - LOK SABHA
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS
LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO.400
TO BE ANSWERED ON 29TH MARCH, 2017
INDIA POST PAYMENTS BANK
400. SHRI PASHUPATI NATH SINGH:
SHRI NINONG ERING:
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has set up the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) as a Public Limited Company under the Department of Posts and if so, the details and the status thereof along with the benefits accrued/likely to be accrued therefrom;
(b) the number of IPPB branches opened so far, State/UT-wise along with the time by which branches of the said bank are likely to be opened in all the States;
(c) whether IPPB has installed ATMs and issued Debit Cards across the country and if so, the details thereof including the number of ATMs installed and Debit Cards issued, State/UT-wise;
(d) whether many firms including global banking institutions like the World Bank have reportedly expressed interest for being associated with IPPB and if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government thereon; and
(e) whether IPPB has signed any Memorandum of Understanding with British lender Barclays regarding banking operations and if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS &
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)
(a) to (e) 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
(e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.400 FOR 29TH MARCH, 2017 REGARDING
“INDIA POST PAYMENTS BANK ”.
(a) & (b) Yes Madam, Department of Posts (DoP) has set up India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) as a Public Limited Company on 17/08/2016 under the Companies Act 2013, to further the financial inclusion objectives of the Government. IPPB has launched operations in Raipur (Chattisgarh) and Ranchi (Jharkhand) with 8 access points on 30/01/2017. It is proposed to set up access points co-located with district level post offices in up to 650 districts with linkages to all the post offices throughout the country by September, 2017, subject to feasibility and fulfillment of regulatory requirements. Thus after complete roll-out, approximately, 1.55 lakh post offices will become access points for the IPPB.
(c) IPPB has not installed any ATM, as of now. IPPB has issued 1619 Debit Cards of which 832 Debit Cards have been issued in Jharkhand and 787 Debit Cards have been issued in Chattisgarh. However, the Department of Posts has installed 976 ATMs which are mostly located in the rural areas of India.
(d) Yes Madam, many companies have approached the Department of Posts for collaboration with India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) which include domestic and international financial entities in the field of banking, insurance, international money transfer, mutual funds etc. Some preliminary discussions had taken place with International Finance Corporation (World Bank); no formal proposal to this effect has been received. While the Department is in various stages of discussions with them, decision on formal partnerships will be taken after carefully evaluating the entire value proposition that they propose for the common man. A list of companies interested in partnering with India Post Payments Bank is attached at Annexure A.
(e) No Madam, IPPB has not signed any Memorandum of Understanding with Barclays
7th Pay Commission – Report on allowances after comments from Ministries and departments
The Lavasa Committee was constituted in June last year after the government implemented the recommendation of the 7th Pay Commission.
A high-level committee headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa will finalise its report on payment of allowances to 47 lakh government employees after receiving comments from ministries on treatment of over a dozen such benefits. The panel, which was asked to examine the 7th Pay Commission recommendation for abolition of 53 allowances out of a total of 196 and subsuming another 36 into larger existing ones, at its meeting today sought comments from the ministries of defence, railways and posts on treatment of 14 allowances
A high-level committee headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa will finalise its report on payment of allowances to 47 lakh government employees after receiving comments from ministries on treatment of over a dozen such benefits. The panel, which was asked to examine the 7th Pay Commission recommendation for abolition of 53 allowances out of a total of 196 and subsuming another 36 into larger existing ones, at its meeting today sought comments from the ministries of defence, railways and posts on treatment of 14 allowances.
Sources said these 14 allowances had not been factored in previously and the concerned ministries have been asked to give their views on what is to be done with them. The panel will finalise its report after it gets the comments, they said, adding one more meeting of the committee is likely for doing so. The government is keen to give out the revised allowances from the fiscal year beginning April 1 but will take a call on payment of arrears in case the rollout is delayed, they said.
The Lavasa Committee was constituted in June last year after the government implemented the recommendation of the 7th Pay Commission. The Pay Commission had recommended abolition of or subsuming of allowances like acting, assisting cashier, cycle, condiment, flying squad, haircutting, rajbhasha, rajdhani, robe, shoe, shorthand, soap, spectacle, uniform, vigilance and washing.
Out of a total of 196 allowances, it had recommended abolition of 53 and subsuming of another 36 into larger existing ones. Sources said the committee in its next meeting will also finalise its views on pay commission recommendation of reducing the house rent allowance (HRA) to 24 per cent of basic pay as against the 30 per cent of basic pay employees were drawing under the Sixth Pay Commission.
Source;- Indian Express
India Post Payments Bank targets 1.55 Lakh outlets by September 2017
IPPB targets 1.55lakh outlets by Sep2017
In a written response to questions in Parliament by Members of Parliament Pashupati Nath Singh and Ninong Ering, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha said that the India Post Payments Bank, as of the end of January 2017, was operational only with 8 access points in total, in Raipur (Chhatisgarh) and Ranchi (Jharkhand). The Payments Bank intends to set up access points in post offices in up to 650 districts with linkages to all post offices (around 1.55 lakh of them) across India, by September 2017, “subject to feasibility and fulfillment of regulatory requirements.”
Remember that AP Singh, interim managing director and CEO of the India Posts Payments Bank had said that it intends to allow sending money from one Aadhaar number to another, and Aadhaar will be made a payment address which can work with or without a bank account linked to it. However, the payments bank does offer bank accounts of three types: Safal, which is a regular account, with a maintenance fee of Rs 100 from the second year, and Sugam and Saral which are basic savings deposit accounts. Sugam accounts have a maximum balance of Rs 1 lakh. Saral account has a maximum balance of Rs 50,000.
According to the filing, the India Post Payments Bank has issued 1619 Debit Cards so far: around 832 in Jharkhand and 787 in Chhatisgarh. While the Payments Bank hasn’t installed any ATMs, the Department of Posts has around 976 ATMs in rural India. The Minister stated that the Payments Bank has had “preliminary discussions” for collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (World Bank), but “no formal proposal to this effect has been received.”
Other companies have approached the India Post Payments Bank for collaboration, including “domestic and international
financial entities in the field of banking, insurance, international money transfer, mutual funds etc. The Minister shared a list of 98 companies that he said are “keen to partner” with the India Post Payments Bank, which, surprisingly, included Obopay, which we didn’t know was still around, after its disastrous history; I just checked and its investor Elephant Capital’s August 2016 report says that the company “has no value”.
Important- Annual interest Run-Request to instruct SOLs to verify all unverified transactions
You are all aware that we are nearing the end of the financial year 2016-2017 & annual interest calculation and posting are due for Savings Accounts- SB, SSA, PPF, NSS 87 & NSS 92 .
It is requested to kindly cause to instruct all CBS Offices to verify all the accounts which have been modified but verification is pending since interest posting for such accounts will fail resulting in complaints and tickets being raised for non-posting of interest.
Unverified accounts can be listed by respective offices using the HAFI menu. Following are the fields to be entered in HAFI for finding out unverified transactions:
SOLID: Default SOLID
Ref. No.: Enter one or two spaces
Table Short Name: GAM
General Ledger Subhead Code: 30001
Authorize: Select the radio button 'Not Authorized'
Function Code: M
Following are the GL Heads
SB - 30001
PPF - 33001
NSS87 -30021
NSS92 -30022
SSA - 30042
Accounts thus identified have to verified to ensure interest is calculated and posted in them on 1st April 2017
Validity of Self Attested affidavits
The second Administrative Reforms Commission in its 4th Report titled ‘Ethics in Governance’ and 12th Report titled ‘Citizen Centric Governance’ had stressed on the need for simplification of Government procedures. As a part of simplification, the State Government of Punjab in the year 2009-10 decided to do away with the practice of submitting of affidavits and also allowing of self-attestation of copies of certificates for small level Government jobs. However, this decision did not have any bearing on the requirement of submission of affidavits in the Courts as per the law. This initiative of State Government of Punjab had won the Prime Minister’s Civil Services Award. As the part of replication of the aforesaid initiative, the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances has been requesting on a regular basis the Central Ministries/ Departments and the State/UT Governments to adopt the similar procedure. This is a continuous process.
This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri Mahesh Poddar in the Rajya Sabha today.
PIB.
