Dear Comrades,
For the preliminary information to all our GDS Comrades & well-wishers, a gist of recommendations have been extracted from the GDS Committee Report submitted by Shri Kamalesh Chandra.
= Categories
of GDS:
|
Present Nomenclature
|
Category
|
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BRANCH POST MASTER
|
All Branch Post Masters
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|
Assistant Branch
Post Master
|
GDS MD, GDS MC
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DAK SEVAK
|
GDSSV,GDS PkR
, GDSMM
|
..
= Viability
of GDS Post Offices:
New
norms for calculation of GDS Pos are recommended.
Further
Categorization of GDS POs based on proportion of Revenue / Expenditure
|
Category of GDS PO
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Revenue Norm
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Urban & Rural (Normal)
|
100% of its expenditure
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Rural (special)
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50% of its expenditure
|
..
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Category
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Colour
|
Proportion of Revenue to expenditure
|
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A
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Green
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100% or more of prescribed form
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B
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Orange
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75% to 99% of prescribed form
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C
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Pink
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50% to 74.99% of prescribed form
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D
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Red
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Less than 50% of prescribed form
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=Workload
assessment:
In
place of point system, the Committee recommends the new wage payment system.
The new system linked to revenue generation and not to work load.
=
Rural Business Development and Marketing:
The
Committee Recommended many items for successful realization of rural business
potentials.
=
Committee recommends to improve the accessibility, visibility and
infrastructure of GDS POs.
PO
are with 10’ X 10’ dimensions in ground floor.
Building owned by Gram
Panchayat
Building owned by
Central Govt or State Govt. ie.,schools or offices BPM’s own house
Proper rented
accommodation in a busy place of the village
Building owned by
NGOs.
With all furniture
and power supply.
= Legal status of GDS:
The Committee
observed that the matter is sub judice.
The Department should
take suitable steps to increase security of job, prevent exploitation and
increase income of GDSs so that they feel secure and live happily with in the
GDS system and with the existing legal status.
= Terms and
conditions of engagement.
The Committee
recommends changes in Rule-3A.
Introduce voluntary
discharge scheme on willing to leave the post before 65 years
Discharge from the
service on the last day of the month.
Relaxation on limited
transfer facility.
= Recommendations on
wage structure and fixation of wages.
Committee recommends raising
of minimum duty from 3 hours to 4 hours of all GDSs
Comparison : BPM =
Postman
Asst. BPM & Dak
Sevak = MTS
Minimum wage fixed at
:
Rs.10,000- for 4
hours & Rs.12,000- for five hours. (Level-I)
Rs.12,000- for 5
hours & Rs.14,500- for five hours (Level-2)
Annual increase @ 3%
on 1st January or 1st July
Wage matrix &
Wage Level Table & Arrears calculation Table are given in detail.
= Allowances:
Dearness Allowance –
no change
% of DA with regular
employees – no change
Increased rate of DA –
no change
Recommended allowances
:
Composite Allowance
Cash Conveyance
Allowance
Combined Duty
Allowance
Children Education
Allowance
Revenue linked
Allowance for eligible BPMs
Risk & hardship
allowance
Allowances to be
withdrawn:
Office Maintenance
Allowance
Fixed Stationery
Allowance
Boat Allowance
Cycle Maintenance
Allowance
Uttarakhand Allowance
Split Duty Allowance.
Composite Allowance
Includes:
Rent for housing GDS
PO, Rent for Accommodation, washing-repairs-maintenance of premises, furniture,
stationery charges, electricity usage charges for office, Mobile / Telephone
usage charges, Boat Allowance/ CMA/ TA, Hospitality charges for drinking water,
other incidental charges.
=Performance Related
Incentive
Revenue linked
allowance along with the present system of incentives with automatic payment at
the end of each month.
= Ex-gratia Bonus:
Dept should re-examine
the formula for payment of bonus and ex gratia bonus with reference to the
share of revenue generated by the departmental as well as GDS POs.
= Methods of
engagement
Method of selection :
on line method engagement should be introduced.
Recruiting Authority
: appended to the GDS (Conduct & Engagement) Rules, 2011
Qualification :SSC/SSLC
from State Board/CBSE/ICSE with certificate course or diploma course in IT
Knowledge of local
language.
Maintenance of
Reservation roster at divisional level.
Stop the security in
the form of FG bonds, introduce 5 year TD or NSC as security.
= Career Progression
There is need to
increase the Direct Recuitment quota of GDS in Postman & Mail Guard because
of large working strength of GDS and to provide them with better opportunities
for getting into departmental posts.
Introduce a guaranteed special increase in
wages after 12, 24 & 36 years of service with two annual increases.
Designation of GDSs
should be changed after each financial upgradation.
=Leave &
substitute arrangement:
Paid leave should be
renamed as ordinary leave and enhanced from 20 to 30 days in a year.
Introduce Encashment of
Ordinary leave.
Introduce ‘emergency
leave’ for 5 days in a calendar year, but no carry forward.
No full time
substitute will be engaged.
Women GDS – 26 weeks
of maternity leave and paid from salary head.
Paternity leave for 7
days.
= Disciplinary Rules:
Department should add a new punishment of ‘compulsory discharge
from the service’ in the list “major
penalties’ and the content of Rule-9 of GDS (Conduct & Engagement)Rules
2011.
= Social Security
Schemes:
Severance
Amount : @ Rs.4,000 from 01-01-2016 for every completed year of service subject
to maximum of Rs.1,50,000-.
Service Discharge
Benefit Scheme (SDBS):
GDS
contribution should be revised as minimum of 3% and maximum of 10% of the basic wage per month.
Department
contribution should be fixed as 3% of the basic wage.
Bring
the GDS under the purview of Gratuity Act with an upper limit of Rs.5,00,000-
Group Insurance
Scheme : enhance the rate of monthly subscription by Rs.500 per month with
insurance coverage of Rs.5,00,000-.
=Welfare Schemes:
GDS CWF subscription
should be enhanced from Rs.20- to Rs.100- pm.
Department grant
should be enhanced from Rs.100- to Rs.300- PA.
Point system should
not be applied to the compassionate appointment of dependents of GDS.
Photo identity cards
to all GDS with free of cost.
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