GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.220
TO BE ANSWERED ON 3RD FEBRUARY, 2017
CHANGING THE NAME OF POSTMAN AS POSTMASTER
†220. SHRI MOTILAL VORA:
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government has changed the
designation of Postman distributing letters in villages to Postmaster;
(b) whether this change in designation has
been done only in the State of Rajasthan or it has been done at national level;
(c) whether it is a fact that the pay scale of
Postmaster ranges from ` 4500 to ` 13,000;
(d) whether this pay scale remains even lower
than that a Central fourth class employee; and
(e) if so,
the steps being taken by Government to provide proper pay scale to Postmaster
distributing mails from one village to another?
ANSWER
THE
MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS &
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI
MANOJ SINHA)
(a) No, Sir. Gramin Dak
Sevak Branch Postmaster (GDS BPM) or Gramin Dak Sevak Mail Deliverer distribute
letters in villages.
(b) Does not arise in view of (a) above.
(c) No, Sir.
(d) Yes Sir. However, there is no comparison in the pay scales of
these two cadres since Central fourth class (now termed as Multi Tasking Staff
– MTS) are regular employees whereas Gramin Dak Sevaks are part-time sevaks.
(e) The
allowances of Gramin Dak Sewaks are revised periodically as in the case of
Central Pay Commission.
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