Friday 29 June 2012

FNPO  WISHES  HAPPY  RETIREMENT  LIFE   TO  THE  FOLLOWING  OFFICIALS  WHO  ARE  GOING  TO  BE  RETIRED  ON  30.06.2012 A/N



1.N.JAGAJJEEVANA RAO,SPM, ETUKURU ROAD SO,GUNTUR
2.M. KODANDA RAMAIAH, SPM,CHOWDARIPETA SO,GUNTUR
3.T.G.V.N.ACHARY, HEAD POSTMAN, GUNTUR HO


T.SIDDAIAH                      G.PARAMESWARACHARI     SK.MOULALI        T.VALMIKIRAO  
PRESIDENT,GROUP-C       SECRETARY,GROUP-C          SECRETARY        PRESIDENT   
                                                                                       PM & Gr-D            PM&Gr-D

NV.RAGHAVENDHRA                 VENKATESWARARAO       N.JOSEPHKUMAR       L.BALAJIRAO
SECRETARY,GDS UNION,          PRESIDENT,GDS UNION    ADS-1,GROUP-C          ADS-2,GROUP-C


                                                                                              S.SESHAGIRI
                                                                                              ADS-3,GROUP-C
                                            

MPCM Sticker

How to Adjust MPCM Sticker Settings(Receipt Printing)











To day In my office The configurations of MPCM Receipt Sticker Configurations are changed while they are printing a receipt. In the new form the receipt is printed in two stickers instead of one. This will cause the wasting of MPCM stickers and these are very difficult to paste in articles. We used various methods to change the configurations Changing the printer test option in MPCM applications,Re installation of printer drivers. But these methods were not worked in this case. We contacted many system administrators but none of them came across this type of problem. This occurs due to the rapid change in the printer settings. In my office we are using TVS MSP 240 classic printers.


To solve the problem we must change the printer settings using front panel menu in the printer
Switch on the Printer

Put it in off line and hold the Font key for about 5 seconds to print the menu
In the menu we cane set the keys by using online key
Please set the keys by using online key
(ie in the Macros select Macro I, and in style selection select draft, in ptich select 10 cp1, and in page length select 3.67inch)
and go to Line spacing . In the line spacing menus select 8 LP1
and save the parameters by pressing the PITCH button in the front panel menu.
Then switch off and then on the printer. Then you will get correct MPCM sticker.

Wednesday 27 June 2012

FNPO ZINDABAD

National Union of Postal Employees Group 'C',
 National Union of Postal Employees Postmen & Group 'D',
National Union of Grameen Dak Sevaks
 Guntur & Mangalagiri Branches Conference held on 24-06-2012 at Guntur HO
Successfully. New body was elected.







































Monday 25 June 2012

LIMIT FOR RECEIVING REMITTANCES THROUGH INTERNATIONAL MONEY TRANSFER SERVICE TO A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL BENEFICIARY IS RAISED FROM 12 TO 30.

 

Limit for receiving remittances through International Money Transfer Service to a single individual beneficiary is raised from 12 to 30.

Quick facts about money transfer service

01) Money Transfer Service Scheme ( MTSS ) is a quick and easy way of transferring personal remittances from abroad to beneficiaries in India.
02) Only personal remittances such as remittances towards family maintenance and remittances favoring foreign tourists visiting India are permissible.


The system envisages a tie-up between reputed money transfer companies abroad and agents in India who would disburse the funds to the beneficiaries at ongoing exchange rates. Such Agents can be Banks (Authorised Dealers) or Full Fledged Money Changer or registered Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC), IATA approved Travel agents ( having minimum net worth of Rs.25 lakhs ) with prior RBI approval.

As the remittances are towards family maintenance, there will not be repatriation of such inward remittances.


The India agent is also not allowed to remit any amount on account of exchange loss to the overseas principal.

Only personal remittances shall be allowed under this arrangement.

Donations/contributions to charitable institutions/Trusts shall not be remitted through
this arrangement. This is primarily to ensure proper tracking of funds for charitable institutions/trusts is followed.

A cap of USD 2500 has been placed on individual transaction under the scheme.

Amounts upto Rs.50,000/- may be paid in cash. Any amount exceeding this limit shall be paid by means of cheque/D.D./P.O. etc. or credited directly to the beneficiary’s account only.

Only 30 remittances can be received by a single individual during a year.

In exceptional circumstances, where the beneficiary is a foreign tourist, higher amounts may be disbursed in cash. Full record of such transactions should be kept on record for scrutiny by the auditors/inspector.

 

Friday 15 June 2012


FNPO & NUGDS HAVE DECIDED TO ORGANISE LUNCH HOUR DHARNA IN FRONT OF ALL CPMGS OFFICE ON 19/06/2012.
DEMANDS.
1) Declare GDS employees as civil servants and make them eligible for all service benefits at par with other central Government employees.
2) Take back the GDS Engagement Rule and re introduce GDS Service and Conduct Rules.
3) Issue orders to protect TRCA on the basis of MOS assurance.
4) Fix the norms of cash handling by BPMs as Rupees 5000 for one point of work.
5) Fix the Bonus ceiling pay limit as rupees 3500 for GDS employees. 
After the lunch hour dharna FNPO affiliated unions will submit a Memorandum to the Secretary Department of Posts through CPMG.
Copy of Memorandum will posted in our web on 16/06/2012.

Three per cent quota in Government Service for the Disabled is only for initial appointments not for Promotions - Madras High Court


Three per cent quota in Government Service for the Disabled is only for initial appointments not for Promotions - Madras High Court

Three per cent quota in government service for the disabledis only for initial appointments, and the government cannot be directed to extend it for promotions, ruled the Madras High Court on Monday.
Dismissing a petition seeking a direction to the government to reserve three per cent for promotions to physically handicapped persons, Justice K. Chandru said: “The provisions are contemplated only for initial appointments and not for promotions. The petitioner has not made out any case to seek a direction to provide for reservation for the disabled persons in the matter ofpromotions in respect of State services.”

The writ petition was filed by the South Arcot Vallalar District Handicapped Welfare Association, represented by its president S. Shanmugam, seeking reservation for the disabled in promotions. If suitable employees were not available in a particular year, the unfilled posts could be carried over for the next three succeeding years.
When the matter was heard, the State Commissioner for the Disabled stated that there was nogovernment policy to reserve three per cent of posts in promotions to be filled from the disabled category.
The disabled persons were considered only for the direct recruitment posts under three per cent reservation as per a G.O issued in 1981. Promotions were made in government departments based on seniority or transfer of service.
Mr. Justice Chandru said it could be seen from the G.O. that reservation for disabled persons was only horizontal and not vertical as contemplated in Article 16 of the Constitution.
He said that even in respect of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, it was only by virtue of amendments made to the Constitution and by introduction of Article 16(4A) that the State had been empowered to make provision for reservation in promotion to any class or classes of posts in the service

Source: The Hindu, via gservants.com

ndian Railways Unique Enquiry Number 139


Indian Railways unique Customer Care and Enquiry Number 139 provides a host of information to its customers like PNR status, train arrival/departure timing, accommodation availability, train fare, online ticket booking etc. Customers need to simply dial 139 and after selection of language following prompts are available in the system

“Press 1 to know about PNR status of waiting list reserved ticket” 

“Press 2 for Arrival/Departure of train” 

“Press 3 for accommodation availability” 

“Press 4 to know about Fare enquiry” 

“Press 5 to book your ticket through cash card and getting it delivered through courier or email” 

“Press 6 to know the status of Mumbai Central Railway Suburban trains” 

The system is so devised that a Customer need not wait will the entire announcement fed in the IVRS is completed. Customer can skip the same by pressing the desired code (viz., can press 1 for PNR status, 2 for Arrival/Departure etc.) after selection of the preferred language. In case of three unsuccessful attempts, the call is automatically transferred to Customer Care Executive for his further assistance. In addition, one can send different SMS formats to 139 to get information on PNR status, train arrival/departure timing, accommodation availability, train fare enquiry and location of running train. 

CONDUCTING OF LIMITED DEPARTMENTAL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FORPROMOTION OF LOWER GRADE OFFICIALS TO THE CADRE OF POSTAL/SORTING ASSISTANTS FOR THE YEAR 2012.

When your Heart beats faster, Consult a Doctor


It's something like listening to Trance. A genre of chest thumping music, which maintains a tempo of 125 beats per minute steadily. Imagine when your heart beats like that continuously albeit for a minute or so. The inevitable conclusion, obviously, is that something is wrong with the heart.
Increased heartbeat is natural when someone is excited, frightened, anxious or exercising. The moment anxiety wears off or the person takes rest, heart beat returns to normal. But what if, it starts beating faster and faster for no apparent reason? Just like the steady beat in Trance music!
Modern living
Well! That does happen to many people and they call it palpitation, a condition which is being reported widely among youngsters and the elderly alike, thanks a variety of reasons, mostly attributed to the ways of modern living. It's not uncommon nowadays to hear about someone being rushed to hospital with the complaint of palpitation.
To put it simply, the erratic behaviour of the most vital organ could be due to a coronary blockage or the heart's intricate electrical system going haywire. The other causative reasons could be the heart being unable to pump blood with normal pressure, to compensate which the beat is increased, or endocrine causes like thyroid disturbances or even anaemic conditions too can trigger bouts of palpitations.
Cardiac arrest
A coronary blockage or a clot starves part of the heart of oxygenated blood damaging the heart muscle itself and it could lead to a heart attack, which could be lethal if not treated in time. (A cardiac arrest is different from a heart attack. Cardiac arrest, which could affect a healthy heart, simply means the heart suddenly stops pumping blood properly either due to heart's electrical system getting scrambled or for any other reason too).
Cardiologists say mostly people do not report palpitations as the episodes last for a few minutes. While there could be some benign inexplicable reasons causing palpitations, its better to undergo the coronary diagnostic tests.
“Having a block in the vessel is no big deal nowadays. We can treat them effectively, if only we know the condition of the heart. Sadly, people rush to hospital only when the situation worsens', rues Dr. Pramod Kumar Kuchulakanti, an interventional cardiologist in Yashoda Hospital. Not all people suffering from palpitations have clots in their vessels. Simply, heart's electrical system could have some problems, he explains.
SA Node
So what causes the heart beat? Heart contracts and expands on stimulation due to an electric impulse which is generated by a Sinus Atrial Node (SA Node). This impulse travels in a pre-determined path and ends up at the Atrio Ventricular Node (AV Node) and then to the Bundles and lands at the ventricles causing the heart to contract or expand. This activity continues ceaselessly as long as one is alive.
This SA Node controls the rate variations. For example, when you begin your morning exercise the SA Node generates more impulses. Let's say if you jog for 30 minutes the heart beat could reach 150 times a minute. Your anxiety levels (or perhaps during a job interview or when an elder sees you smoking), could force the SA Node to generate more electric impulses. When you sleep, the same node would reduce quantum of impulses and reduce the heart beat. These impulses are not randomly transmitted to the heart muscle. But they pass through a regulator called AV Node. This is something like a traffic light at a junction to regulate the movement of vehicles or impulses in this case.
Cardiologists are unable to pinpoint the reasons, but they say sometimes these electric impulses travel on a bypass tract unregulated without taking the normal route from SA Node to AV Node. When the unregulated impulses reach the muscle directly, heart beats faster. In such cases, specialists use small dose of radio frequency energy to burn the abnormal route forcing the impulses to use the original route.
Many causes
Causes for palpitations could be many. But if you see someone falling unconscious while complaining of palpitations, you must shift the patient to a hospital immediately. Falling unconscious means, the heart is beat faster without it actually pumping blood. That means there is diminished supply of oxygenated blood to the brain. Brain is like a hard drive which conks out when it starved of good blood. And when it conks out, it could be lethal. So the moral is that if you feel your heart is beating faster, it's better to consult a cardiologist and undergo basic diagnostic tests.

Thursday 7 June 2012

పెట్రోల్ ధర రూ.1.19 తగ్గింపు!

పెట్రోల్ ధర రూ.1.19 తగ్గింపు!
వ్యాట్ తగ్గింపునకు ఈసీ ఆమోదం
2 శాతం మినహాయిస్తూ.. సీఎం నిర్ణయం
గురువారం నుంచే అమల్లోకి?

హైదరాబాద్, జూన్ 6 : రాష్ట్రంలో పెట్రోల్ వాహనదారులకు మరింత ఊరట. పెట్రోల్ ధర లీటరు కు రూ.1.19 తగ్గనుంది. ఎన్నికల సంఘం అనుమతివ్వడంతో.. పెట్రోల్‌పై రెండు శాతం వ్యాట్‌ను తగ్గిస్తూ రాష్ట్ర ప్రభుత్వం నిర్ణయించింది. ఇది గురువారం నుంచే అమల్లోకి వచ్చే అవకాశం ఉంది. చమురు సంస్థలు పెట్రోల్ లీటరుకు రూ. 7.50 పెంచడంతో దేశవ్యాప్తంగా గగ్గోలు చెలరేగిన విషయం తెలిసిందే. దాంతో పెంచిన ధరలో లీటరుకు రూ. రెండు చొప్పున తగ్గిస్తూ.. చమురు సంస్థ లు నిర్ణయం తీసుకున్నాయి. 

మరోవైపు.. తాము విధిస్తు న్న వ్యాట్‌ను తగ్గించుకుంటే, పెట్రోల్ ధరలు మరింత త గ్గుతాయని కేంద్రం రాష్ట్ర ప్రభుత్వాలకు సూచించింది. ఈ ప్రతిపాదనపై రాష్ట్ర ప్రభుత్వం కసరత్తు చేసింది. పెట్రోలుపై ప్రస్తుతం వసూలు చేస్తున్న 33 శాతం వ్యాట్‌లో కొంత తగ్గించాలని నిర్ణయించింది. దీనిపై వాణిజ్య పన్ను ల శాఖ ఉన్నతాధికారులతో సమావేశం నిర్వహించిన సీఎం కిరణ్ మూడు శాతం మినహాయింపు ఇవ్వాలని ప్రతిపాదించారు. అయితే, రాష్ట్రంలో ఉప ఎన్నికలు జరుగుతున్న నేపథ్యంలో.. అనుమతి కోసం కేంద్ర ఎన్నికల సంఘానికి లేఖ రాశారు. 

దీనిపై బుధవారం ఈసీ నుంచి అనుమతి లభించింది. దీంతో సీఎం కిరణ్ వాణిజ్య పన్ను ల శాఖ ఉన్నతాధికారులతో సమావేశం నిర్వహించారు. పెట్రోల్‌పై రెండు శాతం వ్యాట్ తగ్గిస్తూ నిర్ణయం తీసుకున్నారు. తక్షణమే దీనికి సంబంధించి ఉత్తర్వులు జారీ చేయనున్నట్లు ముఖ్యమంత్రి కార్యాలయం పేర్కొంది. కాగా.. రాష్ట్ర ప్రభుత్వానికి పెట్రోల్‌పై వ్యాట్ రూపంలో ఏటా రూ. నాలుగు వేల కోట్ల ఆదాయం లభిస్తోంది. ప్రస్తుతం వ్యాట్‌ను రెండు శాతం తగ్గించడం వల్ల ఖజనాకు 186 కోట్ల రూపాయల ఆదాయం తగ్గనుంది.

1 నుంచి డిజిటైజేషన్ అమలు కావాలి: ఎన్‌బీఏ

న్యూఢిల్లీ, జూన్ 6: వచ్చే నెల ఒకటి నుంచి టీవీ ప్రసారాల డిజిటైజేషన్ అమలయ్యేలా చూడాలని న్యూస్ బ్రాడ్‌కాస్టర్స్ అసోసియేషన్(ఎన్‌బీఏ) కేంద్రాన్ని కోరింది. బుధవారం సమావేశమైన ఎన్‌బీఏ కార్యవర్గం.. డిజిటైజేషన్ అమలుపై కేంద్రం నిర్ణయాన్ని సమర్ధించింది. డిజిటైజేషన్ అమలు తేదీని పొడిగిస్తారన్న ఊహాగానాలపై స్పందిస్తూ.. నిర్దేశిత నిర్ణయానికి ప్రభు త్వం కట్టుబడి ఉంటుందని ఎన్‌బీఏ ఆశాభావం వ్యక్తం చేసింది. ప్రసారభారం, ప్లేస్‌మెంట్ ఫీజుపై నిషేధం కేబుల్ పరిశ్రమ ను దెబ్బ తీస్తున్నాయని పేర్కొంది.

PROCUREMENT OF BICYCLE FOR POSTMEN

07 June 2012


DG(POSTS) No 1-6/2011                                                               Dated 04th June 2012
            The Department intends to provide specially designed bicycles to the Postmen all over the country during 12th Five Year Plan to help delivery staff carrying the mail of various sizes of articles in their beats for delivery to the public.
            It is proposed to design and develop the box of fiberglass or any other light weight durable material for carrying the mail/articles to be attached with the postal bicycle.
            A committee has been constituted comprising of PMG, Agra Region, Agra as a Chairperson, Director Postal Service (Mails & Speed post), O/o CPMG, Delhi Circle, Director (MV), Mail Business Dn. Postal Directorate and two representative of recognized postmen service unions, Shri. I.S.Dabas, General Secretary, AIPE, Postman & Group 'D', NFPE and Shri T.N. Rahate, General Secretary, N.U.Federation of National Postal Organizations are nominated as members who will look into the design, development of the bag/box of fiberglass/PBC or any other light weight durable material for carrying the mail/articles to be provided  with the postman bicycles.  The bicycles design should also look like as the brand ambassador of Department of Posts.
            The committee will submit their report within 3 months.


This issues with approval of Secretary (P)
 

Stop charging prepayment penalty on home loans: RBI to banks

In a relief to borrowers, the RBI on Tuesday  asked banks to immediately stop charging penalty on pre-payment of home loans taken on floating interest rates.

"It has...been decided that banks will not be permitted to charge foreclosure charges\pre-payment penalities on home loans on floating interest rate basis, with immediate effect," the Reserve Bank said in a communication to banks.

The RBI noted that the Damodaran Committee had observed that foreclosure charges levied by banks on prepayment of home loans were resented by home loan borrowers.

This is particularly so considering that banks were found to be hesitant in passing on the benefits of lower interest rates to the existing borrowers in a falling interest rate scenario, it added.

"As such, foreclosure charges are seen as a restrictive practice deterring the borrowers from switching over to cheaper available source," the RBI said.

The removal of the charges or penalty, the RBI said, will lead to reduction in the discrimination between existing and new borrowers and competition among banks will result in finer pricing of the floating rate home loans.

"Though many banks have in the recent past voluntarily abolished pre-payment penalties on floating rate home loans, there is a need to ensure uniformity across the banking system," it added.

Some banks were charging pre-payment penalty of 1-2 per cent of the outstanding loans.

With an aim to ensure uniformity across the banking system in home loan segment, the RBI in the annual monetary policy for 2012-13 had proposed "not to permit" banks to levy the charges.

It had said that detailed guidelines in this regard would be issued separately.

Last year, a consensus was reached at the Banking Ombudsmen Conference that banks should not impose pre-payment charges on loans with a floating rate of interest.

Earlier, housing finance regulator National Housing Bank (NHB) had directed all housing finance companies to desist from imposing a pre-payment penalty.

Source: DDI News