ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION
GDS (NFPE)
CHQ: Dada Ghosh Bhawan, 2151/1, New Patel Road, New
Delhi - 110008
President: Bijoy Gopal Sur E-mail
: aipeugdsnfpe@gmail.com
General Secretary: P. Pandurangarao Website:
http://www.aipeugdsnfpe.blogspot.com
No.AIPEU-GDS(NFPE)/DG/ALLOWANCES/2012
Dt.24-07-2012
To
The Secretary
Dept. of Posts
Dak Bhawan
NEW DELHI-110 001
Sub:- Reduction of allowances to
GDS BPMs arbitrarily at lower levels –
request guidelines - regarding .
Madam,
I would like to
draw your kind attention that the monthly allowances of GDS BPMs are being
drastically reduced by taking up the cases for Revision of allowances to BPMs
in many divisions of all Circles.
It is reported
that the item of Rs.20,000 for one point is being taken into account while
calculating the work load of the BPMs. The cash remittances from AO to BO vice
versa has not been included despite the facts that the BPMs have to handle
lakhs of rupees for disbursement of NREGS. Even the incentive to NREGS work has
not been given for the first 20 transactions.
The reduction is
now to the tune of rs.1200 to Rs.1800 per month even after protection of
allowances is applied. The situation is very discouraging and pathetic to the
family of GDSs.
It is well aware
that the said item was earlier discussed with the Staffside and agreed to
revise the norms as well as taking the cash remittance for TRCA purpose and it
is still under consideration of the Dept. and further instructions are awaited.
DA detailed note
is furnished along with this letter on the issue for your kind consideration.
Hence, it is
requested to issue suitable instructions to the authorities concerned to keep
the orders in abeyance on revision of allowances of BPMs till finalization of
the same by the Directorate.
A line in reply
about the action taken is highly solicited.
With regards,
DA : ( 1)
Yours faithfully,
(P.PANDURANGARAO)
GENERAL SECRETARY
Madam,
I
have the honour to draw your kind attention to this letter regarding the
revision on evaluation of work norms for
GDS BPMs, such work assigned to a Committee needs to consider some valid points
on the items from GDS side.
Item :(a) the revised cash handling norm
of granting one point for Rs.20,000/-
This
is a big task for BPMs at present as the department expected the flow of money
into BOs by making such arrangements and tie-ups with other financial or
insurance companies/ financial organizations in future. Where at present, the
cash handing in BOs merely depending upon the small savings schemes viz., POSB,
PORD, POTD, RPLI which could never suffice the norm for Rs.20,000 / one point
and where the cash regarding NREGS and other business development schemes are
not being taken into account.
Eg.
Previously, a BPM had made transactions on the above said items of work @ Rs.1000- / one point and with some difficult he got 50 points
of work load by achieving Rs.50,000- per month to get the TRCA in higher slab
including with other items of work viz., No. of transactions, sale of stamps
etc.,
The
same 50 points now has to reach by making cash transactions to the tune of
Rs.10 lakhs per month (@Rs.20,000- / one point) i.e, an average of Rs.40,000-
to 50,000-cash should be made under the said transactions in a BO, which is
highly impracticable except manipulation
of transactions for statistical figures.
And
we can say to go for increase of transactions (@10 transactions / 1 point), the
BPM has to do at least 900 - 1000 per month with an average of 35 per day is
also not practicable as one transaction takes 5 mts for Deposit and 7 mts for
With drawl and place high burden on SPMs for preparing of LoT and other
statements caused disruption between our staff.
Further
to make high value transactions to
certain BPMs / BOs, the line limit of conveyance of cash has not been revised
besides the with drawl power to a BPM
increased to Rs.5000-
Now,
there is no scope for sale of stamps in BO as the one-man committee expected
Rs.900- / 1 point.
Item : (b) exclusion of the cash received
and sent from / to Account office by Branch Post Office from “cash handled”.
Still
there are transactions with lower denominations, relating cash handled at
BOs takes much time to count and process
of remittance to Account Office. Similarly cash received from the AO has to be
made to lower denominations for transactions. The time taken for such cash
handling needs to given weightage in the norms of workload.
Item : (c) giving protection of
allowances to GDS BPM based on five TRCA slabs in place of two TRCA slabs.
The
concept of protection of allowances based on natural justice as the work load
falls down, related allowance reduced to the corresponding workload thrown the
GDS in to discourage besides the family into starvation. The fluctuation in
workload depending upon so many factors such could not be derived in any manner
except the ill efforts made by GDS. We all well aware that depending upon the
viability of economic and financial conditions prevailing in and around the
BO caused the increase / decrease in workload.
However, the workload falls down, the
protection should be given to the corresponding TRCA (in five TRCA slabs)
instead of basing on points. Otherwise the BPM will be discouraged and seeking
further source of income for his livelihood, leaving the concentration on BO
work and may try to increase the work in succeeding 3rd year where
further revision of periodicity is going to takes place.
Apart from the above, there are further related
items needs to be taking into consideration: -
(i)
Cash line
limit has to be revised depending upon the mode of transactions in the BO.
(ii)
Memo of
Authorised Balance of the BO needs to be revised depending upon the quantum of
transactions.
(iii)
Revision of
allowances to be taken up with a periodicity of 3 years with half-yearly /
quarterly mode instead of the month where the past revision taken place.
(iv)
At least two
years average (24 months) work load of the BO should be calculated instead of
four quarterly months of the preceeding year of periodical revision.
(v)
All items of
work needs to be taken into consideration for workload of the BO as there is diversity of schemes being
introduced in the BO varied from division to division or region to region and
circle to circle.
I
hope that the kind authority may consider my view points in a positive way and
result oriented revision of norms will be offered to the GDS.
New Delhi
Date:24-07-2012
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