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Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Saturday, May 4, 2019
UPU News
25.04.2019 - The Universal Postal Union’s 145th Anniversary is a
cause for celebration across the international postal sector, but also an
opportunity to pause, to reflect and to appreciate the organization’s
achievements in the 21st Century.
Certainly, the
representatives of the 22 countries who founded the organization in Berne,
Switzerland, could not have foreseen the UPU’s immense impact on the postal
sector. The UPU is a byword for postal innovation and creativity, and our
influence on the postal sector is acknowledged throughout the world.
In the last 145 years,
we have seen many transformations, but the breakneck pace of today’s change is
such that postal operators are redefining their role within the new digital
economy and the e-commerce world.
We are helping in
these efforts through numerous projects and programmes that help both developed
and developing countries.
Against this
background, the theme we have chosen for our 145th anniversary year, which best
exemplifies our commitment to our member countries and postal operators, is
“delivering development.” This phrase captures our ceaseless search to find new
and innovative ways to deliver value to the international postal network.
Delivering
development was also chosen because the phrase reinforces the UPU’s role and
relevance; and it highlights the close links between the UPU and the wider UN
family, including global efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development.
In the coming
months, we will hold celebrations culminating on 9th October when we will
gather at our headquarters in Berne for our anniversary on World Post Day. I
hope you will join us in these celebrations not just of the Universal Postal
Union, but also the universal service obligation delivering one network, one
world.
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Friday, May 3, 2019
Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) – FAQs
The scheme of Joint Consultative
Machinery is a platform for constructive dialogue between the representatives
of the staff side and the official side for peaceful resolution of all disputes
between the Government as employer and the employees. The scheme was introduced
in 1966 with the objectives of promoting harmonious relations and securing the
greatest measure of cooperation between the Central 1 Government as the employer
and the employees in matters of common concern and with the object of further
increasing the efficiency of the public service combined with the well being of
those employed. The scheme is a non statutory one mutually agreed upon between
the staff side and the official side.
What is the applicability of the
JCM Scheme?
The scheme covers all regular
civil employees of the Central Government, except:
(a)The Class -I services;
(b)The Class-II services, other
than the Central Secretariat Services and the other comparable services in the
headquarters organisation of the Government;
(c) Persons in industrial
establishments employed mainly in managerial or administrative capacity, and
those who being employed in supervisory capacity drawing salary going beyond
grade pay of Rs.4200/- per month;
(d)Employees of the Union
Territories; and
(e) Police personnel.
3. What is the structure of the
Joint Councils under the JCM Scheme?
The scheme provides for setting
up of Joint Councils at the National, Departmental and Regional / Office
levels. The National Council, chaired by the Cabinet Secretary, is the apex
body.
4. How are staff side members
selected for various Joint Councils?
The representatives of the staff
side for various Joint Councils are chosen / selected from members of the
recognized service associations/ unions.
5. What is the time schedule for
holding meetings of the National/Departmental Councils?
As per the JCM Scheme, ordinary
meeting of the National Council/ Departmental Council may be held as often as
necessary as but not less than once in four months.
6. How recognition is granted to
the staff associations?
The Department of
Personnel 86 Training being the nodal department for matters relating to
Joint Consultative Machinery and Compulsory Arbitration, has notified Central
Civil Services (Recognition of Associations) Rules, 1993 for the purpose of
granting recognition to various service associations. Recognition is actually
granted by the concerned Ministry/ Department in accordance with the CCS (RSA)
Rules, 1993.
In case of any doubt or
confusion, the matter is referred to the JCA Section of the Department of
Personnel 8.5 Training for clarification/ advice.
7. What are the facilities
available to recognized associations?
The recognized associations/ unions enjoy certain facilities like:
(a) Negotiations with the employer;
(b)Correspondence
and meetings with the head of the administrative departments;
(c) Provision of accommodation
for the associations subject to availability;
(d)Facility of special casual
leave up to 20 days in a year to the office bearers of the associations.
(e)Payment of T.A/ D.A for
attending officially sponsored meetings; and
(f) Facility of seeking transfer
of Chief Executive of the Union / association to the Headquarters of the appropriate
head of administration.
8. What will happen if there is
no agreement between the staff and the official side?
If there is no agreement between
the staff and the official side on an arbitrable issue, then the matter is to
be referred to the Board of Arbitration if so desired by the staff side.
9. What are the issues on which
arbitration is possible? The arbitration is limited to the following issues:
(a) Pay and allowances;
(b)Weekly hours of work ; and
(c) Leave
10. Is the award given by the Board
of Arbitration binding on the parties?
The award given by the Board of
Arbitration is binding on the Government as well as the staff side subject to
the overriding authority of the Parliament. The award can be modified/ rejected
only with the approval of the Parliament through a formal resolution on grounds
affecting national economy or social justice.
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019
What is a DO letter?
It is short form of Demi Official
Letter. It is written by the Ministers and senior officers of the State or
Central Government to other officers, who are either one rank below or above
them. In case, the addressee is a senior officer, he will be addressed as Sir,
otherwise his first name like ‘My Dear Rajesh’ will be mentioned in the
beginning. It is written as a reminder after numerous official letters (Letter
or Official Memorandum) fail to get a work expedited. It is also written to
Members of Parliament, Ministers, Members of State Legislatures for furnishing
the information asked by them. D.O. letters end with ‘My best regards’, ‘Happy
New Year / Diwali’ etc. While in the official letters, the writing officers
write as ‘Yours Faithfully’, the D.O. letter ends with ‘Yours Sincerely’. It
has got a personal touch to the official work. Both the addressees - senior or
junior, and ‘with regards’ at the conclusion of letter will be written in his
own handwriting by the officer signing it. I remember a Joint Secretary in the
Ministry of Human Resource Development writing to his wife, who was also a
Joint Secretary in other Ministry of the Government of India addressing his
wife as ‘My Dear XXXXX’.
Besides the above major differences,
while the official letters may be fully typed on plain paper, D.O. letters are
typed on a special letter head called D.O. Pad in which the name and address of
the Ministry / Department is printed on top right corner and the emblem of
Government is embossed in Gold on the Right top corner. In official letters,
the name and address of the addressee is generally mentioned on top, in
D.O.Letter, the same is mentioned at the bottom on right side.
Drafting of a D.O. letter requires
skills and command of the language as the facts of the whole case are not mentioned
in this form of letter in chronological order. Still it required clarity on the
issued involved and brevity of sentences, so as not to leave any important
aspect of the matter as the purpose of writing a D.O. letter is that the
addressee, generally Minister/senior officers, should be apprised of the issues
involved without wasting their precious time.
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