Thursday 30 August 2018

Promotion and posting of Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) officers of Indian Postal Service, Group 'A' to the Member Grade of the Service

Wednesday 29 August 2018

Cabinet approves additional 2 percent Dearness Allowance (DA) for Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 1st July, 2018 (29-August 2018)

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Cabinet approves additional 2 percent Dearness Allowance (DA) for Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 1st July, 2018

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modihas approved to release an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 01.07.2018 representing an increase of 2% over the existing rate of 7% of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise.

The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both Dearness Allowance and Deamess Relief would be Rs.6112.20 crore per annum and Rs.4074.80 crore in the financial year 2018-19 (for a period of 08 months from July, 2018 to February, 2019).
This will benefit about 48.41 lakh Central Government employees and 62.03 lakh pensioners.
This increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission.

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Tamil Nadu postal Circle won the team championship in the 33rd All India Postal Chess Tournament at PURI (Odisha Circle)

Results

1.Tamilnadu Circle - 10points

2. Rajasthan Circle -7 points

3. Bihar Circle - 7 points

Fixation of pay on Promotion from the Date of Next Increment (DNI) in the lower post and method of fixation of pay from DNI - DoPT Clarification

Approval of MTS vacancies for the year 2018- Tamilnadu Circle

Technical resignation and lien in Central Services - Master Circular

DOPT

Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
North Block, New Delhi

No.28020/2/2018-Estt.(C)

Dated: 27th August, 2018

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Master Circular on Technical resignation and lien in Central Services-reg.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Departments OM No.28020/1/2010 dated 17.08.16 on the above subject and to say that guidelines/instructions regarding lien/technical resignation have been issued from time to time. It is now proposed to further consolidate these instructions to provide clarity and ease of reference.

2. Before the Master Circular is finalized, it is requested to furnish comments/views in this regard, if any, by 10.9.20 18 to the undersigned at the e-mail address: jha.sn@nic.in.

(Surya Narayan Jha)
Under secretary to the Government of India
Telefax: 23094248

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Chief Post Master General, Kerala Circle Smt . Sharada Sampath handing over a cheque for Rs. 27 lakhs to the Chief minister of Kerala, Shri. Pinarayi Vijayan as Tamilnadu Circle contribution till date to CM's Disaster Relief fund.

Tuesday 28 August 2018

Posting on adhoc promotion to PS Group 'B' cadre -Chennai Sorting Division

Answer keys of LDCE/CE from MTS/GDS to Postman/Mail Guard held on 08.07.2018

List of candidates selected on merit basis in DSC for the post of Staff Car Driver (Ordinary Grade)

Allocation of Division/Unit and Cadre/Post to the candidates selected for the post of Postal/Sorting Assistant in Delhi circle on the basis of SSC CHSLE 2016

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Transfers / postings of officers of Postal Service Group 'B' cadre.

Latest Orders issued by Department of Posts

Latest Orders issued by Department of Posts

Compiling of latest orders issued by India Post (Ministry of Communications)

Order No.	Date	Details
37-33/2009-SPB-I	27/08/2018	Department of Posts(Multi tasking Staff) Recruitment Rules,2018
3-37 / 2016/PACE/AAO-Part-II/1835	24/08/2018	Calling of options from the candidates of AAO LDCE’ 2018
5-19/Negative List/2004-Inv	24/08/2018	Updation of the Negative list of Lost/Stolen Cash Certificates
No.28-1/2018-PE-II	23/08/2018	Delegation of Financial Powers to Chief General Manager (CGM), Parcel Directorate equal to Head of Circle (HoC)
11-17/2016-SPG	21/08/2018	Reversion from the post of Private Secretary (Gazetted), General Central Service, Group ‘B’ to the post of Stenographer Grade-I – Case of Ms.Neelam Kathuria.
20-27/2015-SPB-II	20/08/2018	Grant of benefit of pay fixation at time of promotion to Inspector posts.
4-23/2013-SPG	10/08/2018	Final Seniority List of the Direct Recruit Officers of 2006 to 2009 batch and promotee officers of Select List Year – 2005 to 2008 in Junior Time Scale of the Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’ in accordance with rotation of vacancy
14-2/2018-SPG	09/08/2018	59th NDC Course at National Defence College commencing on 7th January, 2019 to 29th November, 2019
RE/1-26/2017-18/II	02/08/2018	Minutes of the Circle Relaxation Committee Meeting held on 24.07.18 & 25.07.18 to consider cases for compassionate appointment of dependents of deceased departmental officials under Compassionate Grounds in Relaxation of Recruitment Rules
2-16/2017-PAP	02/08/2018	Date of next increment – Rule 10 of CCS(RP) Rules, 2016
141-141/2013-SPB-II	31/07/2018	Guidelines for transfer to regulate transfers of Group ‘C’ officials, Group ‘B’ (non-gazetted) officials and Assistant Superintendent of Posts (Group ‘B’ Gazetted)
13-1/2018-SPG	31/07/2018	Retirement of Shri Kumar Krishnanand Bhagat (IPoS-1984), Postmaster General, Ranchi
28-07/2016-PE-II	30/07/2018	Duties and Responsibilities of Secretary (Posts), Director General Postal Services, Members of Postal Services Board and Additional Director General (Coordination) in the Department of Posts
13-6/2013-SPG	30/07/2018	Retirement of Shri E. V. Rao, DPS, Vijayawada Region, Andhra Pradesh Circle
4-23/2013-SPG (Pt.)	24/07/2018	Draft Seniority List between the Direct Recruit (DR) officers of 2012 & 2013 batches and promotee officers of Select List Year (SLY) – 2011 & 2012 in Junior Time Scale (JTS) of the Indian Postal Service (IPoS), Group ‘A’ in accordance with rotation of vacancy

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Department of Posts - Multi Tasking Staff Recruitment Rules, 2018 [Gazette Notification]

Age: No upper age limit for GDS & Casual Labourers

Qualification: 10th Standard pass from a recognized Board

Quota :

50% - Seniority cum fitness from GDS - with five years service - (cut off date :1st Jan)

25% - Direct recruitment by competitive examination - only from GDS - with 3 years of service

25% - Casual Labourers - by seniority cum fitness - with temporary status/full- time/part-time (no educational qualification required)

open recruitment : 18 to 25 years (relaxation to SC/ST/OBC)

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Saturday 25 August 2018

Holding of Competitive Examination for MTS in West Bengal Circle 2018

This is regarding notification in connection with holding of Competitive Examination for filling up the posts of Multi Tasking Staff for the vacancies of the year 2018 (25% vacancies by direct recruitment on the basis of competitive Examination restricted to the GDS of the Division/unit) as per instructions contained in Postal Directorate’s letters No. 37-33/2009-SPB-I dated 5-6-2015 & 31-07-2015. The examination is scheduled to.be held on 30-09-2018.

1. Conduct of examination:

(a) For direct recruitment in Multi Tasking Staff Cadre, an examination will be held as per Department of Posts, MTS, Recruitment Rules, 2015 to fill up 25% of the vacancies on the basis of competitive Examination limited to the Gramin Dak Sewaks of the Division or Unit.

(b) There will be no exam for filling up 25% quota of vacancies for deputation to APS as per Directorate’s instruction.

(c) As per instructions in the Dte. letter No. 37-33/2009-SPB-J dated 31-07-2015 eligible GDSs may apply for filling up 25% quota of MTS vacancies in Division/Unit. The vacancies will be filled from GDS ranked higher in the merit list to the extent of vacancies.

2. Vacancies for holding the exam:

The Examination for filling up the 25% vacancies for the year 2018 of Multi Tasking Staff will be conducted, which is communicated to all the Divisions! Units vide this office letter no. Rectt I R-46/2018 dated 14-08-2018. The Head of the Divisional Units are requested to submit the community wise break up of the vacancies of MTS cadre communicated in this office letter dated 14-08-2018 referred to above, to this office immediately.

3. Eligibility Criteria:

The age limit for the GDS candidates shall be 50 years as on the I st day of April of the year of the vacancy, in this case, 01.04.2018 (relaxable for SC/ST candidates up to 5 years and OBC candidates up to 3 years). The age concession for SC/STIOBC candidates is applicable only against respective reserved quota of vacancies. The GDS candidates who joined in the service on or after 01-04-2018 would not be permitted to appear in the MTS Recruitment Examination 2018.

4. Pattern & Syllabus for the examination:

In accordance with the instructions contained in Directorate letter No. 45- 14/2012-SP8-f dated 17-01-2014, the revised pattern and syllabus for the examination is furnished below:

I. Candidates shall be subjected to an Aptitude Test covering the following

subjects/topics:

Total Marks-l00

Revised Pattern & Syllabus

II. DURATION OF EXAMINATION: 120 minutes.

Ill. One blank page will be kept at the end of Question Paper Booklet for . rough work by the candidate.

2 IV. QUALIFYING MARKS:

In accordance with Dte. Letter No. 4S-14(i)/2012-SPB-I dated 31-07-2012 for Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) the terms and conditions regarding qualifying marks IS furnished below :-

a. Parts A and B – Minimum 10 marks for OC, 8 marks for SC/ST and 9 marks for OBC candidates in each part.

b. Parts C (Two segments)- Minimum 10 marks for OC, 8 marks for SC/ST and 9 marks for OBC candidates in each segment.

c. 40% marks for OC, 33% marks for SC/ST and 37% marks for OBC candidates in aggregate.

5. Venue of Examination:

The examination will be held at Kolkata centre (for candidates of Kolkata Region, M & BD Region, South Bengal Region , HQ Jurisdiction except A&N Islands), Siliguri centre (for candidates of North Bengal Region) , Port Blair Center ( for A&N Islands ) & Gangtok ( for Sikkim State) .