FNPO GUNTUR: July 2012

FLASH NEWS.
11/07/2012
Brutal attack on postal service.
The Government of India has proposed to set up postal Development Board shortly. The board will be chaired by the secretary , Department of Posts and in addition it will have three secretaries as full-time member and two members from other stake holder bodies and Ministries.
If we go through the draft of national postal policy it is visible that the Government desires to make the postal Department as public sector unit like Telecom . This means that the present postal employees will no longer Government employees.
Click below link to read the salient features of draft national postal policy 2012 and send your opinion to my email ID theagarajannachi@hotmail.com
NATIONAL POSTAL POLICY 2012
10/07/2012.
Today SGFNPO and NUGDS General Secratary met PS to Hon,ble MOC(IT &P) and discussed various issues of GDS. He has assured that he will forward our request to the DoP for redrassal. SGFNPO will address Tamilnadu NUR IV Conference at Coimbatore on 12.07.2012 and 13.07.2012. Detials will be published in Sentinel.
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COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENT - CLARIFICATION REGARDING REGULATION OF CONDITION AND ADMISSIBILITY OF VARIOUS ALLOWANCES AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF 6TH CPC RECOMMENDATION - REGARDING.
UNI P&L World Meeting Held in Nyon.

More than 70 UNI Post & Logistics activists meet to discuss challenges and work ahead in the sector.

Last week more than 70 post and logistics union activists convened in Nyon for the 2012 UNI Post and Logistics Global Union World Meeting. Coming from all corners of the globe and all four of UNI's regions, the participants met to discuss the challenges facing the world's post and logistics workers and the role for UNI and their unions in improving the outlook for the sector.

On the first day of the meeting, participants focused the discussion on the future of the industry. With a world-wide trend of rapidly declining letter mail volumes, many postal operators face significant financial challenges and workers are feeling the pinch. After presentations by guests from the Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne and Swiss Post - recognized as a global leader in innovative postal technology - participants debated how unions can help shape the discussion on the future of postal services.

Also on day one, the unions discussed UNI's role with the Universal Postal Union and its regional restricted unions. Pascal Clivaz, the UPU's Director of Finance and Strategy, presented on the upcoming Doha Congress and the UPU's goals for the next cycle. Affiliates discussed UNI's role as a member of the UPU's Consultative Committee and talked about the importance of UNI's cooperative memoranda of understanding with the restricted unions.

On the second day of the meeting, participants set their aim at the challenge of organizing more workers in the sector into unions. Either in new postal operators in liberalized markets or in the growing courier-express-parcel segments of the industry, unions recognized the need to grow their membership base and gain power for these unorganized workers. The discussion focused on the obstacles to organizing and how to overcome them.

The final main theme of the meeting was dealing with liberalization and regulatory issues. On this topic, participants heard a number of best practices from around the world - including legally-mandated sectoral minimum conditions, ways to expand the universal service obligation, and ways to prevent trade agreements from undermining existing standards in the sector.

Throughout the meeting, participants reviewed their progress on the goals set forth at the last World Conference in Washington last September and updated the working plan for the year ahead.
09/07/2012

Today the Directorate conducted the meeting on Organizational restructuring . Staff side was represented by R.N Parashar and Shri D. Theagarajan. The following was presented by the FNPO Federation.

1) Future Of Post Offices - ( Power Point Presentation)

Responses of FNPO to the Terms of refernces of the Meeting :-

TOR - (1)Revisiting the norms for creation of new Postal Division and Regions as well as upgradadtion of class II Division into Class I Division

Response of FNPO : Status Quo should be manitained

TOR - ( 2) Study the fesaibility of organizational restructuring of feild formations ( Circle and below) keeping in veiw the emerging needs for India Post in the New Socio Economic environment.

Response of FNPO : Under any circumstances the FNPO will not accept the organizational restructuring ( Indirect corporate model like telecom)

TOR -(3) Reveiw of norms for upgradation of Post Offices:-

Response of FNPO : FNPO agreed the proposal of department but before finalizing the norms staff side should be consulted.

TOR - (4) To study the fesiabilty of strengthening/ creation of Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants Posts in veiw of the increased need of System Administrators

Response of FNPO :- FNPO agreed veiws of the department . The officials may be selected keeping in veiw of the emerging need of Post Offices/Sorting Offices by suitably ammending the recruitment rules

Additional Suggestions given by FNPO:
1. Regional Offices should be meged with Circle Offices

2. Under any circumstances Postal Operations should not be divided as three groups such as mail business/ banking/Insurance

07/07/2012
UNI Global union organized programme against Foreign Direct Investment in retailed trade in India . SG FNPO addressed the meeting along with UNI affiliates at Navi Mumbai on 6^th July 2012 and Mumbai on 7^th July 2012 . For more details please read July isasue of Sentinel
06/07/2012
India Post, BSNL tie-up to offer money order service via mobile

NEW DELHI: The postal department has entered into a partnership with state-run telecom company BSNL to provide money order service using mobile phones.
"The Department has signed an agreement with BSNL for providing money remittance through mobile phones,"Department of Posts (DoP) said in an official statement today.
As per the pact, BSNL has been provided with the requirements of DoP for development of the software.
A DoP spokesperson said the software development is going on and rollout of the pilot is expected in August-September, 2012.
Initially, a pilot of the service will run for a period of 6 months in Punjab, Bihar, Delhi and Kerala Circles, the statement said.
As per the spokesperson, DoP will give commission to BSNL for each remittance made and the commission will vary on the amount transferred.

FNPO GUNTUR

Thursday, 26 July 2012

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Wednesday, 11 July 2012

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