Saturday 19 July 2014

Bi-Monthly Union meeting held with Worthy PMG Punjab Region on 18.07.2014 in the chamber of Worthy PMG Punjab Region Chandigarh.

Following members were present from Admin Staff:

Ms.Sukhwinder Kaur, PMG Punjab Region
Ms.Meenakshi Yadav, DPS, Punjab Region
Sh.Inderjit Sharma, A.D Staff
Sh.R.K.Joshi, A.D Mails

Following members were present from FNPO Staff Side:

Sh.Saurabh Mittal, Circle President, NAPE C Punjab
Sh.Baljinder Singh, Circle Secretary NAPE C Punjab
Sh.Dharam Pal Singh, Divisional Secretary NAPE C Jalandhar
Sh.Harpal Singh Maluka, Vice President NAPE C Punjab
Sh.Ajmer Singh, Circle President NUPE P-IV
Sh.Surinder Sethi, Circle Secretary NUPE P-IV

Following items were the discussed during the meeting:

1.Replacement of faulty UPS batteries in many computerised post offices of Jalandhar Division:
Reply :  Requirement of UPS batteries and estimated funds required has been intimated to Circle Office and Circle Office further took the matter with Directorate for allotment of funds.

2.Provision of inverters and batteries at Sub Post Offices where Genset is not available:
Reply: Requirement of funds for Rs.1 Lakh has been received from Jalandhar Division and Sr.A.O Budget was requested to allot necessary funds to Jalandhar Division.

Thursday 3 July 2014

Next Additional Dearness Allowance Hike Almost Confirmed at 7%..!

The Labour Bureau released the AICPIN points for the month of May yesterday. The AICPIN points, which had remained stagnant at 242 has increased by 2 points to touch 244 now. This has led to an increase of the Dearness Allowance for the month of May from 105.02 to 106.17.

With only one month left for the calculation of the second installment of additional Dearness Allowance of the year, one can be almost sure that it would bring a hike of 7%.
 
The two previous rounds of Dearness Allowance revision brought hikes of 10% each. One could sense an air of disappointment and lack of enthusiasm among the employees this time.

Another reason for the disappointment is the fact that despite the Dearness Allowance increasing by more than 100%, it has still not been merged with the basic pay. There was a lot of expectation that the new Government at the Centre will implement this much-awaited and much-expected change.