23 தொழில்நுட்ப சேவைகளை துவக்கிவைத்துள்ளார் அமைச்சர் . அதில் கிராமப்புர அஞ்சலக அதிகாரிகளுக்கு Rural ICT - RICT – (handing over Post Terminals to rural Post Masters) வழங்கிடவும் முடிவு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. மேலும் 2017 மார்ச் மாதத்தில் அஞ்சலக வங்கி (Postal Bank) தனது பணபட்டுவாடாவை துவங்கும் என நமது இலாக்கா அமைச்சர் அறிவித்துள்ளார்.

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad Inaugurates Good Governance Week Celebration

23 New Products Launched

Payment Bank to Begin from March 2017 

A week-long celebration of Good Governance Week was organized by Department of Electronics and Information Technology starting from 25^th December 2015. A National event on Good Governance was inaugurated on 28th December 2015 by Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Hon’ble Minister of Communications & Information Technology (MoCIT) in India Habitat Centre at New Delhi. This event involved active participation from Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Department of Posts (DoP) and their agencies.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad reiterated the commitment of the Government towards the successful implementation of ‘Digital India’ which would help to transform India into a truly digitally empowered society and knowledge economy in the 21st century. He said the government is aiming at empowering people of India through digitalization. Millions of citizens have already joined in this initiative and invited others to do so. He said e-services should reach more people at the earliest and sought cooperation from State Governments, industry and acadmecia in the early achievement of this objective.

Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad also announced that India Post would be launching Payment Banking by March 2017. He said after the successful turn around of BSNL, new initiatives have been taken for improving performance of MTNL. He also announced launch of free incoming all over the Country by MTNL from New Year.

The event saw the launch / inauguration of new 23 products / eServices.

The key launches are as follows:

Department of Telecommunications ·    Inauguration of Wi-Fi hotspots at Har ki Pauri, Haridwar and Dargah Sharif, Ajmer. ·  Announcement of Pan India Free Incoming Roaming Facility for MTNL Customers.	Department of Posts ·   Launch of Post-Terminals (Rural ICT - RICT) – handing over Post Terminals to rural Post Masters.
Department of Electronics and Information Technology
·   Launch of National Centre of Geo-Informatics ·     Launch of e-Payment Portal ·     Launch of Olabs for Schools · Launch of Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Phase-II ·     All India BPO Promotion Scheme	· North East Business Process Outsourcing Promotion Scheme ·  Transfer of Technology for “ICT Centre on Tactile Graphics” at IIT Delhi ·    Announcement of Setting up of NIC Data Centre at Bhubaneswar

* The detail on each of 23 new products / eservices is available at the Digital India Portal (www.digitalindia.gov.in).

The awards for best performing States/Districts during the Digital India Week event (1^st July – 7^th July, 2015) were given to:

a.       State level – Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.

b.      District level – 77 Districts across 29 States/UTs.

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People new to city still prefer postal ID cards

அஞ்சலக அடையாள அட்டை,  அனைத்து அடையாள  ஆதாரங்களுக்கும் குறிப்பாக பாஸ்போர்ட் போன்ற ஆவணக்கள் பெறவும்  பயன்படுதிக்கொள்ளலாம். சென்னை பெருநகர மண்டலத்தில் மட்டும் 3.5 லட்சம் அடையாள அட்டைகள் வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. 

People new to city still prefer postal ID cards

Efforts on to make card valid proof for passport

Identity cards issued at post offices continue to be popular with people who have recently shifted to the city. On an average, post offices receive 4,000 applications for ID cards every month.

The cards are used to open bank and postal accounts, get LPG connections, ration cards and driving licences. However, residents demand that the cards used for address proof must be delivered soon. “Many people who migrated from north-eastern states apply for the cards. But, we do not provide cards to people who do not have proper accommodation. We ask for authorisation letter from house owners and our postal staff members also go on a verification drive,” said a postal official.

It is also an accepted ID proof to produce during train travel. Sources in the Transport department said they accept postal ID cards as an address proof document. But, the applicant also has to attach an affidavit as it is not listed as accepted document in the government procedure.

Efforts are on to have postal ID cards accepted as a valid document to get passports.

Since the launch of the service in 2008, nearly 3.5 lakh cards have been issued in Chennai city region. Customers need to pay Rs.270 to get ID cards and Rs.600 under tatkal system.

The card is valid for three years. While cards applied under tatkal process are delivered in a fortnight, customers complain that they have to wait for more than a month under the regular process.

A consumer activist said the service needs to be popularised in suburban areas. “The department must also introduce a system to alert customers about expiry of the validity period. The procedure to renew the card must be hassle free and done at a less cost,” he said. Officials said the cards are now delivered through registered posts.

Source: The Hindu/Chennai

 25.12.2015 கிறிஸ்து பிறப்பு வாழ்த்துக்களை தெரிவித்துக்கொள்கிறோம் 

 

போஸ்ட்மேன் மற்றும் மெயில்  காட் காலிடங்களுக்கு GDS ஊழியர்களின் கோட்டா ஆள் எடுப்பதில் கால தாமதம் குறித்து CPMG  அவர்களுக்கு இன்று கடிதம் அனுப்பட்டுள்ளது.

தமிழக GDS சங்கத்தின் மிலாடி நபி பெருநாள் வாழ்த்துக்களை தெரிவித்துக்கொள்கிறோம் 

போனஸ் உச்சவரம்பு ரூ .3500/- இல் இருந்து ரூ.7000/- ஆக மாற்றி பாராளுமன்றத்தில் குரல் வாக்கு மூலம் ஒப்புதல் பெறப்பட்டது. கடந்த ஏப்ரல் 2014 முதல் வழங்கப்படும் என எக்கனாமிக்ஸ் டைம் பத்திரிக்கையில் செய்தி வந்துள்ளது. இன்னும் அரசு ஆணை வழங்கப்படவில்லை.

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Tuesday, 22 December 2015 - 9:00pm IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI

 

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill allowing doubling of wage ceiling for calculating bonus to Rs 7,000 per month for factory workers with establishments with 20 or more workers, with the benefits being applicable retrospectively from April 2014.

 

The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015, was passed by a voice vote, with some members objecting to the raising of eligibility limit for payment of bonus from a salary of Rs 10,000 per month to Rs 21,000.

 

Replying to a debate on the legislation, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said the Government has ensured that the interest of workers are protected and there is no infringement on their rights.

 

"Because of Bihar Elections this bill got delayed... The Prime Minister spoke to me and asked why should the benefits of this Act should accrue to workers from 2015. It should be made available from the April 2014," he said while moving an official amendment to the Bill.

 

The official amendment provides that the benefits of the Act would be deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2014, instead of April 1, 2015. Dattatreya said the Ministry has held 21 tripartite meetings with all central trade unions while arriving at a decision.

 

The Bill provides for enhancing monthly bonus calculation ceiling to Rs 7,000 per month from the existing Rs 3,500. It also seeks to enhance the eligibility limit for payment of bonus from Rs 10,000 per month to Rs 21,000 per month.

 

"The Government's paramount intention is to safeguard the interest of workers... There is no infringement of workers' rights and whatever the government does will be in the interest of workers," Dattatreya said.

 

After the bill was passed, Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai, who was in the Chair, said the government should be congratulated for bringing the measure as also for effecting the benefits retrospectively. 

 

Terming the legislation as historic, Dattatreya said the outgo from government coffers would be about Rs 6,203 crore.

 

The Minister said the Bill would benefit crores of organised sector worker. He said unorganised sector constitute 93 per cent of the workforce or about 40 crore people.

 

Participating in the discussion, Mumtaz Sanghamita (TMC) said "it will benefit vast majority of poor workers. Bonus is the thing which is extra and over regular pay". She, however, wanted to know whether the increase in ceiling was commensurate to the inflation rate.

 

M Srinivas Rao (TDP) observed that labour laws in India were very weak and government should ensure safety and security for workers.

 

K Visheweshwar Reddy (TRS) said the sharp cut off of Rs 21,000 per month was flawed and added that contractual workers in factories are overworked and underpaid.

 

Sankar Prasad Datta (CPI-M) too echoed similar views saying that Rs 21,000 per month ceiling should not be there. Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav (SP) said there should be a special provision for women workers while providing bonus.

 

Prahlad Singh Patel (BJP) asked the government to fix a minimum ceiling and not the maximum one. "We can also think of linking it with the Pay Commission, so that we do not have to come again and again to Parliament to make changes". He said bonus should not be linked to profit or losses.

 

The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, is applicable to every factory and other establishment in which 20 or more persons are employed on any day during an accounting year. The last amendment to the eligibility limit and the calculation ceiling was carried out in 2007 and made effective from April 1, 2006.

 

This amendment in the Act to increase wage ceiling and bonus calculation ceiling was one of the assurances given by the Centre after 10 day central trade unions went on one-day strike onSeptember 2. 

Source : http://www.dnaindia.com/

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NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha has approved amendments to the Payment of Bonus Act that seeks to make more workers eligible for bonus by raising the monthly pay eligibility limit of employees to Rs 21,000 from Rs 10,000. 

The bill, tabled in the house earlier this month, also seeks to enhance monthly bonus calculation ceiling to Rs 7,000 per month from Rs 3,500, thus substantially increasing amount of bonus. 

Both the proposed changes are in line with the demands of 10 central trade unions, which had observed a daylong strike on September 22. "We are thankful to the government for fulfilling one of its commitments made to our 10-point charter of demands and hope that it continues to work towards fulfilling its other commitments as well," said Vrijesh Upadhaya, general secretary of the RSS affiliated Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh. The bill will now be tabled in Rajya Sabha. Once approved, it will bemade effective from April 1, 2014. 

The Payment of Bonus Act 1965 is applicable to every factory and other establishment in which 20 or more people are employed on any day during an accounting year. 

The amendments bill also provides for a new proviso in Section 12, which empowers the central government to vary the basis of computing the bonus. 

As it stands today, Section 12 says that where the salary or wage of an employee exceedsRs 3,500 per month, the minimum or maximum bonus payable to the employee shall be calculated as if his salary or wage was Rs 3,500 per month. 

This amendment in the Act to increase wage ceiling and bonus calculation ceiling was one of assurances given by the Centre after 10 central trade unions went on a daylong strike on September 2. 

=The Economic Times.

GDS ஊழியர்களுக்கு கமலேஷ் சந்திரா என்ற ஓய்வுபெற்ற அதிகாரி தலைமையில் ஊதியக்குழு

GDS ஊழியர்களுக்கு கமலேஷ் சந்திரா என்ற  ஓய்வுபெற்ற  அதிகாரி தலைமையில் ஊதியக்குழு நேற்று 21.12.2015 அன்று அதிகாரபூர்வமாக வெளியிடப்பட்டுள்ளது.

(செவிடன் காதில் ஊதிய சங்காக ) அரசுக்கு இரண்டரை ஆண்டுகளாக நாம் கேட்பது இப்படி ஆகிவிட்டது. வழக்கம்போல் TRCA, POINTS , தூரம் கணக்கீடு, பணிமுறிவு தொகை, சேமநல தொகை, வழக்கம்போல் Conduct & service rule 1964 போய்,  Conduct & Employment 2001 போய், போய்!!  Conduct & Engagement 2011 போய்விட்டு வேறு என்னதான் வரும்? பொறுத்திருந்து பாப்போம்!!!  

இலாக்கா  ஊழியர்கள் தான் முடிவு செய்யவேண்டும் என்பதே ஒவ்வொரு  GDS  ஊழியரின் கோரிக்கை 

(ரூ . 92,000.00 ) தொண்ணுற்று  இரண்டாயிரம் கோடியை சுமார் 10 சதம் உள்ள உயர்மட்ட அதாவது  ஆகாயத்தில் பறப்பவர்களுக்காக,  தரையில் அதாவது தண்டவாளத்தில் பறக்கவைக்க போகிறார்களாம் நமது இந்திய ஆட்சியாளர்கள்.

ஒவ்வொரு அடிமட்ட குடிமகனும் உயர்ந்தால் தான் இந்தியா உயர்ந்ததாக கருதமுடியுமே தவிர இப்பெரும் தொகையை குறிப்பிட்ட நபர்களுக்காக செலவு செய்வதினால் இந்தியநாடு நிச்சயம் பெருமைப்பட வாய்ப்பு இருக்க முடியாது என்பதுதானே உண்மையிலும் உண்மையாக இருக்கமுடியும்!!!!!! 

என்று தணியும் இந்த சுதந்திர தாகம் ( அஞ்சல் இலாக்காவில் )