In this regard, Department of Posts has circulated dated 29th April 2020 in the Office Memorandum on the above subject
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Monday, 27 April 2020
INDIA POST KEEPS DELIVERING DURING COVID-19 CRISIS
India Post provides essential services like AePS, Registered and speed post, cash withdrawals and deposits from POSB/IPPB, eMO payments, PLI/RPLI settlements, booking and delivery of parcels containing important commodities, medicines, etc., and it was the need of the hour, even though it was a Herculean task..
Really, we proud to be a tiny part of the Majestic Postal Organisation
Really, we proud to be a tiny part of the Majestic Postal Organisation
Sunday, 26 April 2020
NATIONAL COUNCIL (JCM) STAFF SIDE WRITES TO THE CABINET SECRETARY PROTEST AGAINST FREEZING OF DEARNESS ALLOWANCE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND DEARNESS RELIEF TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PENSIONERS
No.NC-JCM-2020/CS/PM April 23, 2020
The Cabinet Secretary
Government of India,
Cabinet Secretariat
Rashtrapati Bhawan,
New Delhi
Sub: Protest against freezing of Dearness Allowance to Central Government Employees and Dearness Relief to Central Government Pensioners.
Ref: Department of Expenditure OM No.1/1/2020-E-II(B), Dt: 23/04/2020
Dear Sir,
The constituent organizations of the National Council(JCM) are very much shocked to note the arbitrary decision taken by the Government to freeze the DA to Central Govt. Employees and Dearness Relief to the Central Govt. Pensioners up to 30/06/2021. Before taking such a major policy decision the Govt. has not bothered to consult the staff side of the NC(JCM) and without even hearing the views of the staff side, the decision taken especially on a policy matter which effects the wages of the employees and the pension of the senior citizens is against the spirit of the JCM scheme. The entire 48 lakh Central Govt. Employees (including Armed Forces Personnel) and the 65 lakh Pensioners are very much disappointed against the most drastic decision taken by the Govt. against is own employees.
The Central Govt. and State Govt. employees are the one who are playing their front line role in the fight against COVID-19 Virus, by taking all risk and working in the field exposing themselves without any sufficient Personal Protective Equipments. The Railway employees, Defence Civilian employees, Postal employees and all other Central Govt. employees have already contributed their one day wages to the PM-CARES Fund. The Ordnance Factory Employees have contributed their two days wages, In the Railways , Employees belonging to different categories are deployed for various activities such as PW Tracks, signaling, Electrical and Mechanical assests, running freight trains, parcels special trains, Transport essential goods etc. Almost all the Central Government Departments are involved in one or other activities during the entire lockdown period. The Ordnance Factory Employees are directly involved in manufacturing of various Protective Equipment required for the Doctors, Nurses & Health Care Workers and for other Civil Authorities. Ignoring all these contribution of the Govt. Employees, the Govt. is targeting them on the plea of “Crisis arising out of COVID-19”. The Staff side of the National Council (JCM) is of the firm view that the 48 Lakh Central Govt. Employees (including Armed Forces Personnel) and 65 lakh Pensioners do not deserve such a treatment from the Government.
A part from that many of all our affiliates of JCM Staff Side have contributed to PM-CARES Fund crors of rupees. As well as they are providing shelter, Food, Transport etc to mitigate the problem of poor employees / workers who have lost their job and everything in this Lockdown.
Moreover the freezing of DA will have a serious impact of the HRA of the Central Govt. employees. In accordance with 7th CPC recommendations and as approved by the Govt. the HRA rates will be revised from 24% to 27% in “X” cities, and from 16% to 18% in “Y” Cities and 8% to 9% in “Z” cities. The manner in which the price for the essential commodities are rocketing sky high, DA is expected to cross 25% from 01/07/2020 onwards. Since the DA is freezed the employees will loose this hike in the HRA also.
You will appreciate that the Pensioners who are senior citizens are most vulnerable in the fight of the COVID-19 virus and any stoppage of DA in their case at this juncture is not an appreciable decision on the part of the Government.
The decision of the Govt. has subjected the Central Govt. Employees and the Pensioners to unnecessary financial hardship and mental agony when they all are on the field fighting from the frontline against the spread of COVID-19 Virus through various official activities. Therefore we request you to convey our feelings to the Hon’ble Prime Minister and also our request to reconsider the above decision of the Govt. and withdraw the same, so as to motivate the Central Govt. employees to perform their responsibilities, especially in this crisis period.
Yours faithfully,
(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
Secretary
Copy To:- The Secretary, Department of Personnel &Training, for information & necessary Action
The Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance for information & necessary Action
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS TO DELIVER ESSENTIAL ITEMS THROUGH NATIONAL ROAD TRANSPORT NETWORK WITH 22 ROUTES OF OVER 500KM
Ministry of Communications
Posted On: 24 APR 2020 7:25PM by PIB Delhi
Due to the prevailing situation arising out of lock-down due to COVID-19, the supply chain management of essential items in the country got disrupted as the passenger airlines, railways and state roadways stopped plying. Union Minister for Commmunications, Electronics& Information Technology and Law and Justice ,Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad while addressing the senior officers of the Department of Posts ,encouraged the department to think out of the box in the crisis period. As a result of this encouragement, the idea of starting a road network with the existing fleet of departmental vehicles, primarily used for intra- city delivery , was conceived and a National Road Transport Network was designed with 22 long routes of over 500 km interspersed with 34 interstate/intra-state schedules touching over 75 cities across the country. This initiative will now ensure that there is a movement of essential items within the country as Department of Posts will be able to deliver parcels carrying essential items anywhere in the country.
The Department of Posts has already taken a number of initiatives to ensure supplies of essential items including medicines , Covid- 19 testing kits, masks , sanitizers, PPEs and medical equipments including ventilators and defibrillators to all corners of the country. The Department has also been delivering cash at doorsteps specially of old , divyangjan , pensioners through Adhar enabled payment system. This National Road Transport Network is yet another initiative of the Department to reach out to people across the country. RJ/NG
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MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE ASKS POSTAL DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE THEIR UNTIRING EFFORTS FOR SERVING THE PEOPLE DURING COVID-19 CRISIS
OVER 15 LAKH AEPS TRANSACTIONS VALUED AT RS. 300 CRORES CARRIED OUT DURING LOCKDOWN PERIOD
Posted On: 24 APR 2020 12:19PM by PIB Delhi
The Minister of State for Communications and HRD, Shri Sanjay Dhotre reviewed the initiatives taken by the Department of Posts during Covid-19 lockdown through a Video Conference. The Minister expressed satisfaction at the various measures undertaken and exhorted the Postal Department to exert itself to the utmost in the service of the Nation while observing all norms of social distancing.
Shri Sanjay Dhotre further said that many government departments may also be requiring to make use of the robust delivery system of Department of Posts and inter departmental coordination can offer new opportunity to Department of Posts. The Minister emphasized that the AePS should be widely popularized by the Postal Department and that Divisional heads of Postal Divisions may coordinate with District Collectors and State Administrations for doorstep delivery of cash.
The Minister was informed that most of the Post Offices across the country except those in containment zone are functional and delivering services. Special priority is being given to delivery of essential items including medicines, COVID-19 test kits, masks, sanitizers, PPEs and medical equipment including ventilators and defibrillators.
The Minister was informed that during the lockdown period till the 20th April 2020, around 1.8 Crore Post Office Saving Banks transactions with a value of Rs. 28000 Crores apart from IPPB transactions numbering 84 lakhs with a value of Rs. 2100 Crores have been carried out. Further, ATM transactions numbering 4.3 lakhs with a value of Rs. 135 Crores have been carried out across the country.
Aadhaar enabled Payment Systems (AEPS) of India Post Payment Bank, enables withdrawal of money from accounts standing in any scheduled banks at the doorstep. 15 lakh AEPS transactions valued at Rs. 300 Crores have been carried out during this period. Around 52 lakhs Direct Benefit Transfer payments valued at Rs. 480 Crores have been made during the lockdown period. The Aadhaar enabled Payment System has been of great help to old, divyangjan and pensioners, apart from people living in rural areas.
Shri Sanjay Dhotre was further apprised of special interstate and intra state mail arrangements made to deliver essential items to the customers. India Post has been using cargo flights, parcel trains and its own fleet of Red Mail Motor Vans and road transport networks to ensure timely delivery of essential items. All employees of the Department of Posts have been sensitized so that no one faces difficulty in sending and receiving medicines during lockdown. Several State Postal units like Gujarat, UP, Kerala, Maharashtra and West Bengal have entered into tie-ups with Indian Drug Manufacturers Association, Director General of Health Services, online pharmaceutical companies and suppliers of COVID-19 test kits.
The Minister was further informed about the Post Offices on wheels which are functioning in various parts of the country providing basic Postal services as per requirements. Food and dry rations are also being supplied to the less advantaged by the Postal Department through voluntary contributions and by partnering with NGOs and District administration to provide logistic services. Stitching of masks is being carried out by some Circles for distribution among Postal employees, Sanitation workers and general public.
The Minister was further apprised of the various individual initiatives taken up by some Circles. For instance, in Ratnagiri the Department is providing Mango farmers logistic services including pickup of mango produced from their farms and loading, transportation and unloading at destination points. In Karnataka the farmers have been provided facilities of booking mango boxes at Bangalore GPO for delivery within the city. All deliveries are being made within the time frame. On 17th April 2020, the Karnataka Circle of India Post launched ‘Anche Mitra’, a bilingual web application for the benefit of people who are unable to come out of their houses due to the lock down.
' Dak Mitra' App developed by IT Team of Haryana Circle has been integrated with the Portal of Haryana Government launched by the Chief Minister of Haryana on 21st of April. The purpose of this portal is crowd management in Banks and it gives option to the people to get their money from Post Offices through AEPS. 310 requests were already received in this App. through this portal.
The Minister asked various Circles/ State units to widely disseminate the helpline numbers among the public so that they can avail the services easily. He concluded on the note that everyone especially the staff on the field must take all precautions like use of masks , sanitizers and social distancing norms and that the senior officers should endeavour to take care of the foot soldiers and keep them motivated. RJ/NG (Release ID: 1617729)
Thursday, 23 April 2020
Tuesday, 21 April 2020
Regarding preventive measures to contain the spread of coronavirus COVID-19-maintenance of Postal Services essential services: The request for precautions towards COVID-19 or provision of transport facility, Curfew Pass and preventive welfare measures.
No. MH/RIII/
COVID-19/Lockdown/01/2020-21 Dated:
20/04/2020
To
Hon. Shri H C Agarwal (IPoS)
Chief
Postmaster General,
Maharashtra Circle,
Mumbai
400001
Subject: Regarding preventive
measures to contain the spread of coronavirus COVID-19-maintenance of Postal
Services essential services: The request for precautions towards COVID-19 or
provision of transport facility, Curfew Pass and preventive welfare measures.
Ref: Your No.
O&M/FNPO/PIV/CoronaVirus/20-21 dated 08/09-04-2020 addressed to Circle Secretary
NUPE-PIV copy on email to this union with an appeal to direct members to join
duties.
Respected sir,
This
has reference to your communication cited above. In this regard, it is
requested to please refer this union communication dated 13-03- 2020, 20-03-2020, 22-03-2020 and 28-03-2020 wherein
this union has demanded some welfare issues towards preventive measures and
transport facility for staff to attend duty.
Your
honour is well aware that the Mumbai and Pune are declared as Red Zone for COVID-19
and most of the area is declared as contentment area for Coronavirus and sealed
by the local authority to curb out increasing cases day by day.
The
staff is residing away from the office of posting and required to utilize the Local
railway or Public transport like BEST and provided by other authority. Due to
lockdown and curfew, there is no sufficient transportation available to staff
who wish to attend duty. The BEST bushes were marked RESERVED could not allow
to staff except Police, Medical and other without proper passes or there are
limited seats available. Hence this union has demanded transport facility from
residence to workplace and back along with curfew passes. There is another
problem faced by the staff who attended duty by making requests and other
things while return journey. After your honours appeal some divisional
secretaries approached the respective divisional head for the same but
divisional heads instead of making a transport arrangement directed to resume
duty with own aim or by BSET by observing self-distancing whereas they are
working from home or from their office cabin.
It
is learnt that SRM Mumbai Sorting has taken some initiatives last week for the arrangement
of transport facility for the staff of Mumbai RMS we appreciate for the same
and requested to please ask other divisional head to take steps accordingly so
as to staff can attend duty with keeping social distancing.
The
staff residing nearby the office has also afraid to attend duty for want of proper
preventive measures for the safety of staff. This union has demanded provision
of Hand wash, Sanitizers, Soap, Masks, hand Gloves etc to the staff deployed on
duty with ensuring of Cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation of offices. In this regard, it was brought to notice of
your honour that some divisional heads are ignored the guidelines given by the
directorate and issued orders that the staff attending the duty can purchase
sanitizers or Mask worth Rs. 200 one time measures during this lockout period.
It is not understood why the administration side is depressed towards the
welfare of staff. There are no precautions were taken for sanitation of mail
offices, mail van, MMS vehicles hence staff feels insecure to discharge their
duty.
1. It is, therefore, requested to please arrange
special transport facility to exclusively for staff working in RMS division
for following a route from residence to workplace and back by hiring BEST or
any other private transport so as to attend their duties by observing social
distancing.
a. From
Mira Road to Air Mail Sorting (APSO Building) & Back
b. From Badlapur Kalyan Thane Sion
to Airmail Sorting Division &
Back (Because staff
residing at Badlapur Kalyan Thane required to change three stops to reach the workplace
i.e. APSO Premises)
c. From Mira Road, Parel to Mumbai GPO
& Back (For the staff of Central Sorting, Mumbai Sorting Division & MMS)
d. From Badlapur Kalyan Thane Sion,
Parel to Mumbai GPO & Back (For the staff
of Central Sorting, Mumbai Sorting
Division & MMS)
2. Following precautions
to be taken at workplaces.
a. Sanitizer tunnel should be established at APSO premises
and Mumbai GPO premises.
b. Sanitizers, Hand wash, Mask to be provided to staff
working mail offices.
c. Two pairs of disposable hand gloves please supplied.
d. Thermal scanning and temperature screening may be
arranged.
e.
All Mail offices/Mail Vans should be sanitized between two shifts.
3. No salary should be held
over in the name of absentee during the period of lockdown and settled after
normalization of the situation.
4. Duty should be drafted as
per the required workload and proper roster should be maintained.
5. Avoid forcefully drafting duty in
respect of officials who residing at contentment zone.
6. All leave under relaxed
CCS Leave Rule 1972 i.e. Commuted leave without medical leave may please be
sanctioned.
7. PwD staff (DIWYANGA), the
officials having a medical history and the staff who have children below 5
years should be exempted for attendance of duty.
8. Wages/Salary of all staff
including outsiders who unable to attend duty should be drawn for the period of
lockdown.
9. Withdraw notices issued
under rule 56 of disaster management act 2005, if any.
10. Issue Police/Curfew pass
to all RMS staff.
11. The divisional head/Superintendents/
APSOs on duty may remain present or make frequent visits at mail offices during
the working hours instead of staying at inspection quarters or their office
cabin.
Your honour is again requested to please
establish control room and monitor daily for welfare measures provided by the
divisional head or otherwise to staff attended for duty. It is once again brought to notice of your
honour that this union has not denied for attendance for duty as essential
service but only demanded welfare /preventive measures and transport facility
to the staff of RMS. We shall remain highly thankful for favourable action by
your kind honour.
With warm regards,
Yours
sincerely,
Sd/- sd/-
(S
N Jadhav) (A
B Shivtare)
Circle Secretary Circle
Secretary
AIRMS& MMS Emp EU MG MTS Gr C AIRMS& MMS Emp EU Gr C
Maharashtra
and Goa Circle Maharashtra and Goa Circle
PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN BY MINISTRY/DEPARTMENTS OF GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ,STSTE/UT GOVERNMENT FOR CONTAINMENT OF COVID-19
REIMBURSEMENT OF OPD MEDICINE CGHS
Delivery of Medicines through Speed Post
PRESS NEWS
Delivery of Medicines through Speed Post
Posted On: 13 APR 2020 6:49PM by PIB Delhi
Minister of Communications, Law & IT Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad, has instructed Secretary Posts to ensure that delivery of medicines through Speed Post is given the highest priority during lockdown. He has further directed that all employees of Department of Posts are sensitised so that no one should face difficulty in receiving or sending medicines during lockdown. The entire postal network across the country has been galvanised for the purpose. Intra state and interstate mail arrangements have been made for the purpose. The iconic red mail vans and Road Transport Networks are rendering yeoman Service in point to point delivery of essential medicines, Covid 19 testing kits, medical equipment including ventilators. Mail arrangements are also being made with operating cargo flights and special parcel trains to ensure timely delivery. Thousands of tones of medicines and medical equipment is being delivered in tie ups with Indian Drug Manufacturers Association, Directorate General of Health Services and online pharmaceutical companies. Postal officers and employees are working round the clock across the country to ensure timely delivery of medicines at doorsteps of hospitals and individual customers.
Regarding Preventive measures to contain the spread of coronavirus COVID-19-maintenance of Postal Services essential services: The request for suspension of work of all mail offices till the normalises the situation for precautions towards COVID-19 Coronavirus due to the critical situation in Maharashtra state or provision of transport facility, Curfew Pass and preventive welfare measures.
No.
MH/RIII/ COVID-19/Lockdown/50/2019-20 Dated: 28/03/2020
To
Hon. Shri H C Agarwal (IPoS)
Chief Postmaster General,
Maharashtra
Circle,
Mumbai 400001
Subject: Regarding Preventive
measures to contain the spread of coronavirus COVID-19-maintenance of Postal
Services essential services: The request for suspension of work of all mail
offices till the normalises the situation for precautions towards COVID-19
Coronavirus due to the critical situation in Maharashtra state or provision of
transport facility, Curfew Pass and preventive welfare measures.
Ref: Dte No.
1. Z-92011/25/2020-Coord/O&M
dated 25-03-2020 & 26-03-2020
2. The appeal of Honorable
Secretary Posts
3. Your O&M/Corona virus/instructions 19-20 dated
21-03-02020
4. The Appeal of Honourable
Prime Minister for lockdown up to 14th April 2020
Respected sir,
This
is in continuation of this union letter even
Dated 13-03-2020, 20-03-2020 and 22-03-2020 and other development as above.
This union has received
various complaints regarding the pressurisation to a staff of RMS to resume
duty without considering the ground reality or the without adopting any welfare
measures. While ordering the duties to staff the administration has neglected
to welfare measure to be given the staff.
Your honour is well aware
that the condition of Mumbai and Pune is very critical due to spreading of Coronavirus
and imposing curfew under section 144 and lockdown up to 14th April
2020 as per appeal of Honorable Prime Minister.
The staff is unable to
attend their duty due to non-availability of transportation due to lockdown and
shutdown of Local trains as well as public transport provided by the Municipal
or state authority. Even though the
staff wishes to attend duty but they could not do the same due to total
shutdown the same. Moreover, the administration has pressurised to staff to
attend duty by adopting various tactics like appeal, threatening of action, withheld of payment
treating absence due to lockdown from duty as absent or non granting of leave.
The recently new amendment was received that the staff who are above 50 years
can be applied for commuted leave without medical certificates for
self-quarantine but it is learnt that some authority has denied for grant the
leave for the same. In this regard, your honours kind attention is invited on
the para No. 4 of letter of directorate dated 25 & 26th March
2020 that (i) In a place where
transportation problem being faced by the staff, the appropriate arrangement
will be made by using inspection vehicles, staff Car and hiring of vehicles.
(ii) The state government can also be approached for facilitating the
transport. Instead of making a transport
arrangement the administration directed to resume duty with own aim by
observing self-distancing where as they are working from home.
It is also brought to notice
of your honour that even though as per guidelines from directorate for the
issue of curfew passes from concerned State/Local administration to all
RMS/Postal and outsourced staff but no initiatives taken by the administration
side.
While issuing guidelines the
directorate has directed that Hand
Sanitizers, Soap, Masks, hand Gloves etc
May be provided to the staff deployed on duty. Cleanliness, hygiene and
sanitation of offices will also be ensured. Directed to keep social distance
between a counter clerk and customers along with the provision of soap and
water outside of the office for the customer. In this regard, it is brought to
notice of your honour that some divisional heads are ignored the guidelines
given by the directorate and issued orders that the staff attending the duty
can purchase sanitizers or Mask worth Rs. 200 one time measures during this
lockout period. There is no any steps are taken for sanitation of RMS offices
or Post offices by the administration side. Where Central Government has issued
insurance policy of RS. 20 Lakh to 50 Lakh in respects of staff working in this
disaster management system and our divisional heads were states that staff can
spend rs. 200 one time measure means they can not take any responsibility for
the safety of their staff. It is not understood why the administration side is
depressed towards the welfare of staff.
Since the staff could not
attend their duty due to non-availability transport system, not allowing by
police authority also it is not possible to staff working in the mail offices
to keep safe distancing due to nature of work of post offices and RMS offices
totally different and there is teamwork is required to be done for disposal of
mail. There are no precautions were taken for sanitation of mail offices, mail
van, MMS vehicles hence staff feels insecure to discharge their duty. Your
honour is requested to please provide transportation facility, proper safety of
staff by the provision of sanitizers, hand gloves, masks to staff and
sanitation of mail offices. It is also learnt that MMS service will be runned
between two states or two districts. The willingness of driver with escort
and care of other welfare measures may
be please taken for long distance MMS service.
The administration is being
forced to semi skill workers, Coolies and College students to perform duty and
they are performing duties due to their unemployment and fear of loss of a job.
It is our responsibility for the security of their life also. We are ready for discharge our duty towards
social responsibility and as per appeal of our honourable Secretary Posts but
the welfare issue as per directions of WHO and DOPT, Curfew pass form Police
authority and transportation issue may please solve. We are ready for work as
an essential service department but it should be ensured to provide essential
preventive infrastructure to the staff. We should be ready for war against
CORONA but will enter the battlefield without weapons. Honourable Prime
Minister has appealed for lockdown for 21 days for the safety of people and
breaks the chain of corona but inviting staff of Postal and RMS for duty will
increase the same and it will be the responsibility of administration if any
casualty arises due to non taken proper care of staff.
We, therefore, request your kind honour by both
hands folded to take care of your staff and life their family members and issue
instructions to all divisional heads not to pressurise the staff to attend duty
their own aim and keeping self-distancing otherwise provide transportation
facility and take all precautions towards coronavirus to save the life of your
staff. I shall remain highly thankful to you for favourable action by your kind
honour.
With warm regards,
Yours
sincerely,
Sd/- sd/-
(S
N Jadhav) (A
B Shivtare)
Circle Secretary Circle Secretary
AIRMS& MMS Emp EU Gr C MG
MTS AIRMS& MMS Emp EU Gr C
Maharashtra and Goa Circle Maharashtra and Goa Circle
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