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DEPARTMENTAL EXAMINATIONS

Calendar of Departmental examinations for the year 2023 was issued on 26/09/2022.
Issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on 11/08/2022 to bring uniformity in the conduct of Departmental Examination across all Circles.
The result of LDCE for promotion to the cadre of PS Group B for the vacancy year 2017-2018, 2018, 2019 and 2020 held on 29/11/2020 has been declared on 01/06/2022.

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DEPARTMENTAL EXAMINATIONS (CONT.)

The LDCE for promotion to the cadre of Inspector Posts for the vacancy year 2019, 2020 and 2021 successfully held on 25^th and 26^th June, 2022 and the declaration of result is in the final stage.

Monitored conduct of decentralized examinations for promotion to the cadre of PA/SA, Postmen / Mail Guard & MTS up to the vacancy year 2022.

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INITIATIVES BY PERSONNEL DIVISION

Filling up of all vacant posts under Mission Recruitment:

Plan for 1.06 Lakh Recruitment / Promotion in addition to GDS engagements.
67,500 vacancies to be filled by Promotion and through GDS
38,500 vacancies to be filled by Direct Recruitment (open market)
14,000 vacancies of MTS (all pending vacancies covered)
21,500 vacancies of Postman / Mail Guard (all pending vacancies covered)
25,000 vacancies of PA / SA
Comfortable staff strength by June 2023

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INITIATIVES BY PERSONNEL DIVISION�[RECRUITMENT STATUS]

Recruitment for maximum vacancies to overcome shortage as well as to provide career prospect to feeder grade employees.

Cadre	2021	2022
Postal Asstt. / Sorting Asstt.	2947	7178
Postman / Mail Guard	3948	21693
MTS	2527	14455
Total	9422	43326

Direct recruitment of PA/SA through Staff Selection Commission
Vacancy Year	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
No. of vacancy	3730	3414	3181	3378	9838

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INITIATIVES BY PERSONNEL DIVISION

Rationalization of Recruitment Rules / Procedures:

Revised PA / SA RRs notified in June 2022 [All cadres from Level-1 to Level-3 are now eligible for promotion to PA / SA Cadre].
Revision of RR’s of MTS / Postman / Mail Guard / Artisan Cadre in Final stage.
Common examination for recruitment to MTS / Postman / Mail Guard.
Timely conduct of examinations.
GDS of Divisions sharing boundary with Delhi Circle will be considered for appointment in Delhi Circle (less number of GDS in Delhi Circle).

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INITIATIVES BY PERSONNEL DIVISION

Streamlining Rule-38 Transfer:

Cadre management of PA/SA rationalized to facilitate more transfers.
Online portal developed to promote transparency.
12500 (approx.) backlog requests migrated to online system.
2500 (approx.) employees approved for transfer approved in one go on 04.10.2022.
Eligibility Criteria reduced to 1 year.
Option for 10 Divisions.
Provision for time bound relieving (20 days extendable to 60 days).

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INITIATIVES BY PERSONNEL DIVISION

Online Portal for Circle Allocation of PA / SA Candidates (DR)
Online Portal for Recruitment of Sports Persons
Online Portal for Compassionate Appointment (concept stage)

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INITIATIVES BY GDS SECTION

MoHFW has been requested to include GDS as one of the beneficiaries under the PM-JAY scheme(Ayushman Bharat) of the Government of India.
GDS online engagement process has been improvised resulting in faster filling of GDS vacancies in Cycle IV of Online GDS Engagement.
Provisions have been made for representing against the decision of CCE in the matters of compassionate engagement.

(Letter No. 17-01/2017-GDS (Pt-I) dated 06/06/2022).

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INITIATIVES BY GDS SECTION (CONT.)

Provisions made for grant of Combined Duty Allowance to Branch Postmasters (BPMS) working at Single-handed Branch Post Offices

(Letter No. 17-31/2016-GDS dated 01/02/2022).

Discontinued the condition of obtaining FG/Security Bonds from GDS

(Letter no. 17-18/2018-GDS dated 17/11/2021).

Transfer of GDS to be done online through web-application

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MERGER OF PA(SBCO) & PA(FPO) WITH PA(PO)

The merger of PA (SBCO) and PA (FPO) with PA (PO) has been made with effect from 01/01/2023.

Existing employees may opt to merge with PA(PO) or continue in existing cadre

No fresh recruitment will be made in cadre of PA(SBCO) and PA(FPO)

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NEW POSTAL DIVISIONS CREATED W.E.F 01.01.2021 TILL DATE

Sl	Circle	Name of newly created Division	By bifurcation of
1.	Odisha	Kendrapara Postal Division	Cuttack North Postal Division (renaming the same as Jajpur Division)
2.	Madhya Pradesh	Satna Postal Division	By bifurcation and reorganization of Chhattarpur, Rewa and Shahdol Divisions
3.	Rajasthan	Jaisalmer Postal Division	Jodhpur Postal Division
4.	Jharkhand	B.Deoghar Postal Division	Santhal Pargana Division
5.	Chhattisgarh	Surguja Postal Division	Raigarh Postal Division
6.	Karnataka	Yadgiri Postal Division	Kalaburagi Postal Division
7.	Karnataka	Davangere Postal Division	Chitradurga Postal Division

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NEW POSTAL DIVISIONS CREATED W.E.F 01.01.2021 TILL DATE

S.No.	Circle	Name of newly created Division	By bifurcation of
8.	Uttar Pradesh	Baghpat Postal Division	By bifurcation/reorganization of Meerut and Muzaffarnagar Postal Divisions
9.	Andhra Pradesh	Markapur Postal Division	Prakasam Postal Division
10.	Rajasthan	Jhalawar Postal Division	Kota Postal Division
11.	Maharashtra	Baramati Postal Division	Pune Mfl. Postal Division
12.	Maharashtra	Karad Postal Division	Satara Postal Division
13.	West Bengal	Uttar Dinajpur Postal Division (Hq. Raiganj)	Dinajpur Postal Division (Hq. Balurghat)

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NEW POSTAL SUB-DIVISIONS CREATED W.E.F 01.01.2021 TILL DATE

S.No.	Circle	Name of newly created sub- Division
1.	Madhya Pradesh	Central Sub-Division, Bhopal
2.	Rajasthan	West Sub-Division Bikaner
3.	Maharashtra	Guhagar Sub-Division, Ratnagiri, Goa Region
4.	Punjab	Central Sub-Division, Chandigarh

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UPGRADATION OF MDG INTO HPO W.E.F 01.01.2021

S.No.	Circle	Name of MDG upgraded to HPO
1.	Uttar Pradesh	upgradation of Tetari Bazar MDG into a Head Post Office renaming it as Siddharth Nagar HO by simultaneous downgradation of Bansi HO into LSG SO
2.	Uttar Pradesh	Upgradation of Robertsganj MDG into a Head Post Office at District Headquarters of Sonbhadra District of Uttar Pradesh

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INITIATIVES BY ESTATES DIVISION

Post attached quarters of Postmasters has been delinked from concerned Postmaster

In case, Postmaster is not interested to accept the quarter, it will be offered to other willing employees.

Clarification has also been issued that the order will be applicable for all categories of Postmasters, including Sub Postmasters and Sr. Postmasters.

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Sl.	Association	Agenda Items
1.	National Union of RMS & MMS Employees Mail Guards & Group ‘D’	Item 1: Abnormal delay in approval of CRC cases Item 2: Request to maintain roaster register for Mail Guard, MTS cadre at Circle level for Rule-38 Transfer purpose only.

Items related to Personnel Division

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Sl. No.	Association	Agenda Items
1.	National Union of RMS & MMS Employees Group ‘C’	Item 3: Non-grant of financial upgradation to MACP-III to officials denying LSG Promotion granted after prolong period and grant of MACP-II.

Items related to Establishment Division

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Sl. No.	Association	Agenda Items
1.	National Union of RMS & MMS Employees Group ‘C’	Item 1: Withdrawal of Proposal of Merger of CRC with NSH / ICH Item 2: Stop abolition of Sections – Restore all the Running Sections for the effective mail operation, besides discontinue of private RTN.

Items related to MO Division

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Sl. No.	Association	Agenda Items
2.	National Union of Postal Employees Postmen and MTS	Item 2: Provide new mobile to Postmen staff

Items related to MO Division

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Sl. No.	Association	Agenda Items
3.	National Union of RMS & MMS Employees Mail Guards & Group ‘D’	Item 3: Restoration of sections service above 500 kms

Items related to MO Division

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Sl. No.	Association	Agenda Items
1.	National Association of Postal Employees Group ‘C’	Item 1: Discontinuing Reports like ECB, SMR, Half Margin Memos etc. Item 3: Password Mechanism and Roll Assignment

Items related to Tech Division

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Sl. No.	Association	Agenda Items
2.	National Union of Postal Employees Postmen and MTS	Item 2: Provide new mobile to Postmen staff

Items related to Tech Division

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Sl. No.	Association	Agenda Items
1.	National Union of Postal Employees Postmen and MTS	Item 3: The problems at NDC should solve on priority by considering the demands of Union

Items related to Parcel Directorate

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Sl.	Association	Agenda Items
1.	National Association of Postal Employees Group ‘C’	Item 1: Discontinuing Reports like ECB, SMR, Half Margin Memos etc. Item 2: Discontinuing the concept of Impression of Date Stamp in Pass Book Item 3: Password Mechanism and Roll Assignment

Items related to FS Division

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Sl. No.	Association	Agenda Items
1.	National Association of Postal Employees Group ‘C’	Item 2: Discontinuing the concept of Impression of Date Stamp in Pass Book

Items related to PBI Division

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Sl. No.	Association	Agenda Items
2.	National Union of Postal Employees Postmen and MTS	Item 1: Provide norms for the services delivered through IPPB and enlist in duty hours of Postman instead of delivering services on incentive basis.

Items related to PBI Division

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Sl	Association	Agenda Items
1.	National Union of Postal Civil Wing Non-Gazetted Employees	Item 1: Implementation of Cadre restructuring committee Report of Civil Wing Item 2: Requirement of Junior Engineers, Junior Draughtsman and All vacant posts in Civil Wing Item 3: Inclusion of Civil Wing staff to the Postal Departmental Exams

Items related to Civil Wing

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