NFPE Otappalam conveys strong protest againts PA 17 (a)

PROTEST AGAINST MANUAL PREPARATION OF PA-17(a)

  No. P-III/ Gnl/ 2013 - 01 dated 07.01.2013                                                              

 

 To

The Superintendent of Posts,

Ottapalam Division,

Ottapalam-679101.

Sub:- Maintenance of form Pa-17 Part 1 & II (SO Account ) in manual form

Sir,

It is noticed that the Divisional Administration has issued instructions to prepare Pa-17 form (Part 1&2) manually citing a letter No. DDG (Tech).Misc dated 20-11-2012, received from Directorate, vide No. RC1/Rlgs dated 20-12-2012 addressed to all Departmental Offices.

At the out set, this Union wishes to intimate that maintaining Pa-17 is merely unwarranted and irrelevant in the present set up, even in the inspection point of view, for the following reasons:

1)      In the present set up , as all the SOs are completely computerized, any information required will be available in the soft ware, back up  copies, and from the hard copies of reports.

2)      Before computerization, office copy of daily account was not prepared and kept on record and therefore copy of account was necessary to view and inspect the day’s transactions. Now office copy of daily account is being maintained and available on record in the shape of hard copy. The same can be available in the system also. Any inspecting officers can verify accounts easily than previously.

3)      Using the Treasury module there is provision to prepare “Sub Office Monthly Account “ which reflects all transactions of the month and is as good as Pa-17 form.

Hence, considering the above facts, it is requested the Divisional administration not to insist maintaining of Pa-17 Part 1&II manually hereafter, as our all Departmental Sub Offices are fully computerized.

An early action in the matter is solicited.

                                                                                                       Yours faithfully,

                                         

                                                                                                   (Abdul Rahiman T.P)                                                                                                               Secretary

Interest Rate on Advances to Central Government Staff - Revision

      Govt. of India, Ministry of Finance vide its memo no. 

5(2) - B(PD)/2012 dated 07.01.2013 had revised the rate of interest on the following advances available to central government employees. Memo is reproduced below

       The undersigned is directed to state that the rates of interest for advances sanctioned to the Government servants for purchase of conveyances during 2012-2013 i.e. from1st April, 2012 to 31st March, 2013 are revised as under


(i)         Advance for purchase of conveyance other than
motor car (viz. motor cycle, scooter etc.)                             9%
 
(ii)       Advance for purchase of motor car                      11.5%

(A.K. Bhatnagar)
Under Secretary (Budget)

 

Indefinite Strike by Kerala State Govt. Employees

        Kerala Government Employee's indefinite strike enters into 4th day against New Pension System which will be implemented from 01.04.2013. 

       Salute to striking employees



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Updates on PFRDA Bill 2011

Official amendments to the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill, 2011

The Union Cabinet  approved the introduction of certain official amendments to the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill, 2011. These official amendments have been necessitated in view of the recommendations of the Standing Committee on Finance which has examined the Bill. Based on the recommendations of the Standing Committee on Finance, the Government has decided to accept the following:

1. that the subscriber seeking minimum assured returns shall be allowed to opt for investing his funds in such schemes providing minimum assured returns as may be notified by the Authority;

2. withdrawals not exceeding 25 per cent of the contribution made by subscriber will be permitted from the individual pension account subject to the conditions, such as, purpose, frequency and limits, as may be specified by regulations by the Pension Fund Regulatory Authority and Development Authority (PFRDA)

3. the foreign investment ceiling in the pension sector at 26 per cent or such percentage as may be approved for the Insurance Sector, whichever is higher may be incorporated in the present legislation;

4. to establish a vibrant Pension Advisory Committee with representation from all major stakeholders to advise PFRDA on important matters of framing of regulations under the PFRDA Act.

5. the membership of the PFRDA will be confined to professionals having expertise in economics, finance or law only.

The New Pension Scheme (NPS) has been made mandatory for all the Central Government employees (except Armed Forces) entering service with effect from 1.1.2004. 27 State / UT Governments have notified NPS for their employees. NPS has been launched for all citizens of the country including unorgnised sector workers, on voluntary basis, with effect from 1st May, 2009. Further, to encourage people from the unorganised sector to voluntarily save for their retirement, Government has launched the co-contributory pension scheme titled "Swavalamban Scheme" in the Budget of 2010-11. As on 7th September, 2012 the number of subscribers under NPS is 37.45 lakh with a corpus of Rs. 20535.00 crore.

In order to effectively invest and manage such huge funds belonging to a large number of subscribers and to ensure the integrity of the NPS, creation of a statutory PFRDA with well defined powers, duties and responsibilities is considered absolutely necessary and would benefit all NPS subscribers.

The official amendments to the Bill will be moved in the next session of the Parliament.

Background:

The following recommendations of the SCF have not been accepted:

• As regards the recommendation of SCF for compulsory insurance of the funds of subscribers by pension fund managers, a provision has already been made in the PFRDA Bill, to protect the interest of the subscribers by ensuring safety of contribution of subscribers and also by keeping the operational costs in check,

• As regards the selection of pension fund managers in such a manner that one third of all such fund managers are from the public sector, since a provision has already been made in the PFRDA Bill that at least one of the pensions fund shall be from the public sector which sets a floor, the ceiling can be any number based on objective criteria.

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill, 2005 was initially introduced in the Lok Sabha in March, 2005 to provide for a statutory PFRDA. However, since the Bill and the official amendments, based on the recommendations of the Standing Committee on Finance, could not be considered by the Lok Sabha, and the Bill lapsed on dissolution of the 14th Lok Sabha. The Government had announced in the Budget 2011-12 that the revised PFRDA Bill would be moved in Parliament. Accordingly, the PFRDA Bill, 2011 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on the 24th March, 2011 to provide for a statutory regulatory body, the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) under the provisions of the Bill. The legislation sought to empower FRDA to regulate the New Pension System (NPS). The PFRDA Bill, 2011 was referred to the Standing Committee on Finance on the 29th March, 2011 for examination and report thereon. The Standing Committee on Finance gave its Report on 30th August, 2011. Based on the recommendations of Standing Committee, a Cabinet Note, to introduce additional recommendations of the Standing committee on Finance was moved on 19th December, 2011. Since the PFRDA Bill, 2011 was deferred in the Winter Session of the Lok Sabha, therefore the Cabinet Note was withdrawn

Results of Postman Exam Held on 06.01.2013

The following GDS official of Palakkad division have been selected for Postman vacancies in Palakkad Division for the year 2010

M GOPAKUMAR,            BPM MULANGOT

SUMESH P,                    BPM ATHIPOTTA

A R PRAKASINY,            BPM CHIMBUKAT

Congratulation to all winners

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Direct Recruitment of Postal/ Sorting Assistants

Applications are invited from the eligible Applicants for filling of vacancies of Postal Assistants/ Sorting Assistants/ Postal Assistants in Savings Bank Control Organizations.

Total No of Vacancies in Kerala Circle:

GENERAL 93 

SC             21 

ST              02 

OBC          41 

EX SER     17 

PH I           03 

PH II          02

 Scale of Pay: Rs. 5200-20200 with Grade pay of Rs. 2400 + admissible allowance.

 Age Limit: 18-27 years; The Age limit is relaxable for Applicants belonging to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe Applicants up to 5 years and for Applicants belonging to Other Backward Classes up to 3 years and for Government servants up to the age of 40 years in accordance with the Instructions or orders issued by Government of India from time to time.

Age relaxation for Ex-servicemen would be as per extant orders of government of India issued from time to time.

Note: The crucial date for determining the age limits shall be the closing date for receipt of Applications from Applicants in India (and not the closing date prescribed for those Applicants residing in Assam/Meghalaya/Arunachal Pradesh/Mizoram/Manipur//Nagaland/Tripura/Sikkim/ Ladakh division of J&K state, Lahul & Spiti District of HP and Pangi sub division of Chamba Dist in HP, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep).

Educational Qualification: (i) 10 +2 Standard or 121h Class pass with at least 60 % marks and above, from any recognized University/Board of School Education, Board of Secondary Education with English as a compulsory subject (excluding vocational streams) for OC candidates, 55 % and above for Other Backward Classes and 45% and above for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes shall apply.

(ii) Should have studied local language of the State or Union Territory of the Postal Circle concerned or Hindi as a subject at least in Matriculation or equivalent.

 Pattern of Examination:- The Applicants shall be subjected to an Aptitude Test with a total 100 marks covering the following subjects/topics.

Aptitude Test (PaperI) will be comprising following four parts (A/B/C/D). The total duration of the Aptitude Test will be 2 hrs (120 Minutes).There is no negative marking.

Part 'A': 25 Questions on General Knowledge - Questions on current events, sports, history, geography, basic economics, general polity, Indian Constitution, science environment etc. - 25 Marks

Part 'B': 25 Questions on Mathematics of matriculation standard which may cover number system, simplification, decimals, corrections, simple and compound interest, per centage, average, profit & loss, discount, menstruation, time & work and time & distance etc. - 25 Marks

Part "C": 25 Questions on English covering grammar (prepositions, adverbs, conjunction,direct/ indirect speech, singular & plural, tenses, antonyms/synonyms etc - 25 Marks

Part “D": 25 Questions on Reasoning and analytical Ability - 25 Mark

 Computer/ Typing Test (Paper-II):

The Typing Test shall be for a duration of 30 minutes (15 minutes each for Typewriting and data entry) consisting of one passage of 450 words in English or 375 words in Hindi to be typed with a minimum speed of 30/25 words per minute respectively & Data entry of some figures and letters each carrying equal marks on Computers. The typing test and test of data entry operations will be conducted on Computer key board but not on type writer.

Selection Process:

All Applicants belonging to various categories who have obtained the following marks in 10+2 examination shall be called for appearing in the Aptitude Test.

OC - 60 % and above

SC/ST - 45 % and above

OBC - 55 % and above

Applicants numbering five times the No. of vacancies in each category shall be declared qualified for appearing Computer/Typing Test based on the marks secured by them in Aptitude Test (Paper I). The minimum qualifying marks to be obtained in each part of Aptitude Test is:

OC 40% i.e., 10 marks in each part & 40 % in aggregate

SC/ST 33% i.e., 8 marks in each part & 33 % in aggregate

OBC 38% i.e., 9 marks in each part & 38 % in aggregate

The final merit shall be prepared on the basis of the aggregate marks obtained by the Applicants in the Aptitude Test (Paper I) only subject to their qualifying in Computer/Typing test( Paper 11). Allocation of successful candidates will be as per SI. 25.1 of the Information

Brochure/ Instruction sheet.

 Cost of Application Form:

The Application Form is sold at a Price of Rs. 50/- and the sale will be through All Head Post offices and identified Post offices in the Circles. The sale will commence from 11-08-2012 and last date for sale closes on 25-09-2012. There will be no sale after 25/09/2012. Details of all Head Post Offices and identified Post Offices in the Circle, which are authorised to sell the Application Form is enclosed to this Notification.

Examination Fee:

The Applicants have to pay the prescribed Examination fee of Rs. 200 and it should be deposited in an identified Post Office of this circle and obtain ACG-67/UCR receipt.

ALL FEMALE CANDIDTES AND APPLICANTS BELONGING TO SCHEDULED CASTE/SCHEDULED TRIBE /PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CATEGORIES ARE EXEMPTED FROM PAYMENT OF EXAMINATION FEE. NO EXAMINATION FEE EXEMPETION HOWEVER AVALABLE TO OBC APPLICANTS AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PAY THE EXAMINATION FEE

Last date for receipt of Applications by the Recruitment agency is fixed as 01-10-2012 and for those residing in Assam/ Meghalaya/Arunachal Pradesh/Mlzoram/Manipur/ /Nagaland/Tripura/Sikkim/ Ladakh Division of J &K state, Lahaul & Spiti District of Himachal Pradesh and Pangi sub division of Chamba Dist in Himachal Pradesh Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep will be 11-10-2012.