DOP DOT MERGER OF ACCOUNTS - GAZETTE NOTIFICATION

Order amalgamation of IP & TAFS Group 'B' cadre consisting of Assistant Accounts Officer, Accounts Officers and Sr.Accounts Officers of both the Department of Posts and Department of Telecommunication of Ministry of Communications and Information Technology with effect from Ist September, 2009.

2. The salient features of amalgamation of IP&TAFS Group 'B' Accounts cadre are as follows:-

(i) The existing R/Rs, existing R/Rs would be followed.

(ii) Till notification of new R/Rs, existing R/Rs would be followed,

(iii) The detailed instructions regarding modalities pertaining to service conditions such as training needs,transfer policy, etc, would be issued subsequently.

(iv) The codified powers of the appointing authority and cadre controlling authority of amalgamated IP&TAFS Gr.'B' Accounts personnel at Apex level would be exercised by the member (Finance), Telecom Commission.

(iv) Head of POstal Accounts Organisation (at present DDG PAF), Department of Posts would be the nodal authorityfor day to day adminstrative matters relating to maintaining seniority of the merged cadre, conducting DPC for promotion and implementation of policy decisions of the cadre controlling authority mentioned in (iii) above.
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All India Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) on base 2001=100 for the month of June, 2009

increased by 2 points and stood at 153 (one hundred and fiftythree).

Calculation upto June only

DA will be increased from 22 to 27 per cent

Hike will be applicable from 1.7.2009

Month	Year	Base Year 2001=100	Total	Average	App. DA	DA
May	2008	139	1613	--	--	--
June	2008	140	1623	135.25	16.84	16
July	2008	143	1634	--	--	--
August	2008	145	1646	--	--	--
Sep	2008	146	1659	--	--	--
Oct	2008	148	1673	--	--	--
Nov	2008	148	1687	--	--	--
Dec	2008	147	1700	141.67	22.38	22
Jan	2009	148	1714	--	--	--
Feb	2009	148	1727	--	--	--
Mar	2009	148	1738	--	--	--
Apr	2009	150	1750	--	--	--
May	2009	151	1762	--	--	--
June	2009	153	1775	147.92	27.78	27

All India Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) on base 2001=100 for the month of July, 2009

increased by 7 points and stood at 160 (one hundred and sixty).

Biometric Attendance Control System installed in Home Ministry

As a systems improvement initiative, a Biometric Attendance Control System has been installed in Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The Web-based system consists of 15 machines installed at various gates in three buildings where offices of MHA are housed, namely – North Block, Jaisalmer House and Lok Nayak Bhawan.

The system was inaugurated by the Union Home Minister Shri P.Chidambaram here this morning and became operational immediately thereafter. Under this system, all officers/officials of the Ministry will be registering their arrivals in the morning and departure for the day.

Clarification regarding Biometric Attendance Control System introduced in Home Ministry

Some queries have been raised in various quarters regarding the Biometric Attendance Control system installed in the Ministry of Home Affairs. These are clarified as below:

A working day consists of 8 hours ( 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m with half an hour lunch break in MHA) and all officers/officials are expected to work for this minimum period. The purpose of introducing the system is to regulate this aspect, i.e. 8 hours of work in a day and 40 hours in a week. It is noted that some persons may get delayed due to transport/traffic problem or some other reasons. Such late arrivals within a reasonable period of 15-25 minutes will be acceptable subject to their adjusting their working hours upto 8 hours by delayed departure.

PFRDA sees ally in post offices to offer NPS services

Post offices will soon offer services under the new pension system as the department of posts is set to sign an agreement with the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) in this regard. Initially, the services will be available only in computerised post offices, an official in the ministry of communications & IT said.

After the agreement, the postal department will act as an agency to enrol NPS customers, the official said requesting anonymity. Technically known as ‘points of presence’ (PoPs), these agencies serve as contact and collection centres where pension contributions are collected under the NPS scheme. There are 21 PoPs providing NPS services including banks such as State Bank of India, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Oriental Bank of Union Bank of India.

The pension regulator is now convinced that some of the post offices have the IT infrastructure to serve the scheme.

Earlier, the watchdog had expressed doubt due to the poor IT penetration in the postal system, post offices may not be able to provide NPS services. “But around 3,000 post offices were found to be fully equipped,” the official said. The official didn’t specify the time frame within which the agreement will be signed. The PFRDA opened up the new pension system to all citizens from May 1, 2009. It is compulsory for all government employees joining service on or after January 1, 2004.

Under the new pension system, instead of agents selling the scheme, the regulator has banks and other financial institutions as points of presence, where an account could be opened. As a result, the marketing cost of the pension plan remains low and the fees applicable are disclosed upfront. The scheme offers a social security net for workers in the unorganised sector too.

The regulator is now in talks with the government to bear the transaction cost for the unorganised sector, which would make the scheme even more attractive.
Source: The Economic Times