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BANKING SERVICES IN POST OFFICES -- RAJYA SABHA Q & A

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.533

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27th FEBRUARY, 2015

BANKING SERVICES IN POST OFFICES

†533. SHRI BHUPENDER YADAV:                                                        

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

(a)       whether Government proposes to entrust banking related services to the Department of Posts;

(b)       whether all post offices in the country would also function as a bank; and

(c)        if so, by when this work is likely to be completed?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a)       Yes Sir. The Department of Posts applied to the Reserve Bank of India for issuance of license for setting up of Payments Bank on 30.01.2015.

(b)       No Sir. The Government does not propose to convert all post offices in the country to function as a bank. However, Department of Posts applied for license for setting up a Payments Bank on 30.01.2015, which may utilize a part of existing resources /infrastructure of the Department.

(c)        Date of completion of the above work will be depended on the decision of the Reserve Bank of India.

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.547

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27th FEBRUARY, 2015

DEPARTMENT OF POSTS ENTERING INTO BANKING SERVICES

†547. SHRI RAM NATH THAKUR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state?

(a)       whether Government plans to establish Post Bank of India by converting the wide network of post offices spread across the country into commercial banks, if so, the details thereof;

(b)       whether the Department of Posts had expressed its intention before the Government of entering into banking services in the rural areas during a discussion on the suggestions of a task force constituted on India Post; and

(c)        if so, the details thereof and the action plan made by Government in this regard?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a)      The Government does not propose to convert the wide network of post  offices spread across the country into commercial banks. The proposed Post Bank of India is envisaged as an independent entity.

(b)     During the discussions on the suggestions put forward by task force constituted for leveraging the Post Office Network, the Department of Posts expressed the view that it is ready to enter into the banking space with focus on rural areas.

(c)    Based on a consideration of all relevant aspects, the Department of Posts has submitted an application to Reserve Bank of India seeking License for setting up a Payments Bank as an independent entity.

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EXAMINATION OF GDS ISSUES

Department has constituted a committee headed by Shri. DKS .Chauhan CPMG Rajasthan Circle under No.17-103/2007/GDS dated 24-02-15 with the following terms of reference.

a) Examining /Revision of existing provisions for filling up of vacant GDS posts (other   than GDS BPM)

(b) Examination / Review of existing point based system of assessing indigence for compassionate engagement.

The Committee has been allowed a time of one month to submit its recommendations.

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Central Government staff demand early implementation of wage revision - Chennai

Central Government staff demand early implementation of wage revision - Chennai

Members of the Joint Council of Action South Zone which represents employees from the Railway, Defence, Postal and other Central Government departments organised a protest meeting near the Collectorate premises here on Monday.

More than 300 members of various associations, including Southern Railway Mazdoor Union (SRMU), All India Defence Employees’ Federation (AIDEF) and National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE), participated in the protest meeting. Zonal president Raja Sridhar and divisional secretary J.M. Rafiq addressed the meeting.

The members also submitted a petition at the Collectorate along with a copy of the demands adopted by the National Convention of the Central Government Employees in December 2014.

In their 37-point charter of demands, the employees asked for the implementation of wage revision for Central government employees, which should be done once in every five years.

‘No privatisation’

They also demanded that no privatisation or Foreign Direct Investment should be allowed in railways and defence establishments, and opposed corporatisation of postal services.

Among other things, they also opposed outsourcing and privatisation of governmental functions and asked the government to withdraw the proposed move to close down printing presses.

Stating that many residential quarters needed renovation, the employees urged the Central government to carry out repairs, not to compel staff to stay in inhabitable quarters, and pay house rent allowance.

Source : http://www.thehindu.com/

Employees of Central government organisations staging a protest near the Collectorate in the city on Monday.

BOOK ON COM. S. K. VYAS, THE LEGENDARY LEADER OF CENTRAL GOVT EMPLOYEES

BOOK ON COM. S. K. VYAS, THE LEGENDARY LEADER OF CENTRAL GOVT EMPLOYEES

Confederation CHQ has decided to publish a book on Com Vyasji, who had been the Secretary General & President of Confederation for about 45 years. Interested leaders and other comrades are requested to send their BRIEF WRITE-UPS ON THE RARE AND SPECIAL INCIDENTS/ MOMENTS EXPERIENCED BY THEM IN CONNECTION WITH COM:  VYASJI'S TRADE UNION LIFE. Photographs of Com. Vyasji, which deserves special attention, may also be sent. All write-ups and photos should reach Confederation CHQ (1st Floor, North Avenue Post Office, New Delhi- 110001) on or before 31^st March 2015. All are requested to send by EMAIL ALSO (confederationhq@gmail.com OR mkrishnan6854@gmail.com).

ONLY SELECTED ITEMS WILL BE PUBLISHED

M. Krishnan

Secretary General

Confederation

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Validity of Self Attested Documents

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

26-February-2015 13:49 IST

Validity of Self Attested Documents

It is a constant endeavour of the Government to simplify procedures by introduction of self certification. For this, all Central Ministries / Departments as well as State Government / UTs have been requested to review the existing requirement in this regard and make provision for self certification, wherever possible. Response from 25 States / UTs has been received indicating action taken by them. Different organizations prescribe different criteria for attestation, subject to statutory and legal provisions. As per its mandate, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances has been requesting them to adopt self-certification, wherever possible, as a measure of administrative reform. This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in Prime Minister’s office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question by Shri Narendra Kumar Kashyap in the Rajya Sabha today.

PRESS NEWS:- INFOSYS WAS PENALISED OF RS.9.33 CRORES FOR DEFAULT IN SERVICE

PRESS NEWS:- INFOSYS WAS PENALISED OF RS.9.33 CRORES FOR DEFAULT IN SERVICE

தொடர்ந்த  சேவைக் குறைபாட்டுக்கு  INFOSYS   மீது  BESCOM  ரூ. 9.33 கோடி  தண்டம் (PENALTY ) வசூலித்ததாக  பத்திரிக்கை  செய்தி . 

 அஞ்சலில் உள்ள சேவைக் குறைபாட்டுக்கு  நம் அதிகாரிகள்  தண்டத்தொகை வசூலிப்பார்களா  அல்லது மேலும்  'BILL'  போட்டு  கொடுப் பார்களா ? காலம்தான்  பதில் சொல்ல வேண்டும் !

பார்க்க  பத்திரிக்கை  செய்தி :-

BANGALORE MIRROR 

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Blame it on Infosys, says Bescom MD on excess power bills

By Niranjan Kaggere, Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Apr 22, 2014, 02.00 AM IST

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Pankaj Kumar Pandey says power utility had identified 150 issues based on consumer complaints, but Infosys was able to rectify just 85. Only govt can scrap the contract

In February this year, some United Bank of India employees had reportedly blamed inherent deficiencies in 'Finacle', the financial software provided by Infosys, the Bangalore based IT bellwether giant, for the bank's mounting NPAs. The NPA controversy had led to the exit of Archana Bhargava, chairman of the bank. Now, Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) has called into question the reliability of the company's billing software.

Under heavy criticism from consumers and the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) for persistent errors in the billing system, Pankaj Kumar Pandey, managing director, Bescom, blamed Infosys for the mess. Making his submission before KERC on Monday during a public hearing over a tariff review petition submitted by all the five Escoms for the year 2014-15, Pandey said, "We are not satisfied with the software."

Pandey admitted that he has been aware of the faulty software for some time, but claimed his hands were tied. "We have received several complaints about the variations in bills generated by the software," Pandey told the panel of KERC members. "We are not satisfied with the software. In fact, we had issued several notices to them (Infosys) and even penalised them by levying a penalty of Rs 9.33 crore. Even then they have not done anything. Based on the complaints, we identified about 150 issues and asked them to sort them out. However, they were able to address only 85 of them. They blame the glitches on the server not working properly."

When the KERC panel asked Pandey why the software hadn't been changed despite being aware of the glitches, Pandey said, "The government has to take a decision on it as it was the government which handed Infosys the contract. We have written to the chief secretary about the burgeoning problem pertaining to billing and we will soon hold a meeting with the chief secretary in this regard. The government has to take a decision on it."

The problem had snowballed into a major controversy with several individual consumers, consumer rights activists complaining to both Bescom and KERC. "It is not just one or two issues, but several," N Chandra Shekhar, a consumer activist, told BM. "Ever since Bescom switched over from their previous billing software to Infosys billing software, payment of bills online has become a major problem. A few months ago, RR numbers were mixed up resulting in the erroneous calculation of consumption."

The shadow-boxing between Bescom and Infosys over billing-related issues has been going on for quite some time. It turned into a slanging match when the billing system crashed in October last year. The bug was fixed, but the problem again resurfaced in November. And while Bescom has been blaming Infosys, the latter has claimed that the power utility owes it crores of rupees.

COM: M. KRISHNAN ELECTED TO THE DIRECTIVE COMMITTEE OF TRADE UNION INTERNATIONAL-- PUBLIC SERVICES (WFTU)

COM: M. KRISHNAN ELECTED TO THE DIRECTIVE COMMITTEE OF TRADE UNION INTERNATIONAL-- PUBLIC SERVICES (WFTU)

Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General, Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers and Ex-Secretary General, NFPE is elected to the Directive Committee of the Trade Union International (Public Services) which is a part of World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) in the international Congress held at Kathmandu (Nepal) on 13th & 14th February 2015. Full report of the International Congress will be published shortly. A delegation of six comrades including Com. K. K. N. Kutty (President, Confederation), Com M. S. Raja ( SG, Audit & Accounts Association), Com. K. P. Rajagopal (SG, ITEF), Com. R. N. Parashar (SG, NFPE), Com. Vrigu Bhattacharjee (Civil Accounts Employees Association) & Com. M. Krishnan attended the Congress representing Confederation.

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