Following ASPs of Punjab Postal Circle have been elevated to PS Group "B" on the basis of recently held DPC alloted Haryana circle

 

 

Sl.No	Name of Officer S/Sh.	DOB	CASTE	CIRCLE Allottted	BATCH
1	SMT SHASHI BALA	26.11.56	OC	Haryana	1987
2.	K. PAUL DUTTA	16.11.56	OC	Haryana	1987
3	INDERJIT SHARMA	17.01.59	OC	Haryana	1987
4	DILBAGH SINGH SURI	01.04.60	OC	Haryana	1988
5	GURDEV SINGH	24.08.60	OC	Haryana	1988
6	BALJINDER SINGH	18.10.55	OC	Haryana	1988
7	AMARJIT SINGH	16.05.60	OC	Haryana	1988
8	DEV RAJ RATARA	14.04.54	OC	Haryana	1988

Pension Bill approved by Cabinet

Cabinet okays Pension Bill

NEW DELHI: The cabinet on Wednesday cleared the pension bill but decided not to limit foreign direct investment in the sector, retaining the flexibility to prescribe or change limit through an executive decision. 

The government will place the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill 2011 in the winter session of Parliament, beginning next wee

7th Pay Commission News

VII Pay Commission for Central Govt.Employees should be constituted at the earliest-INDWF

Today the INDWF –Indian National Defence Workers Federation is Celebrating its Golden Jubilee Year in New Delhi. A rally to Talkatora stadium is organized by the Federation as a part of the Golden Jubilee celebration. In which around 10000 of its delegates across India are expected to participate. Sources Close to the INDWF revealed that the Supreme command of the Congress Party Smt. Sonia Gandhi is also expected to participate in the Meeting to be held at Talkatora Stadium in the evening. The Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh, Defence Ministers and Shri.Ragul Gandhi.are also invited to attend the meeting.

A list of around 30 Demands also been published by the Federation to put before the Government in its Meeting.

The Federation Demands the Government, Particularly the Ministry of Defence that,

The Defence Procurement Policy to be reviewed, so that privatization and out sourcing may be avoided.

MACP should be granted to Central Govt.Employees on Promotional Hierarchy.

VII Pay Commission for Central Govt.Employees should be constituted at the earliest so that it can be reviewed and implemented in time.

Employment should be provided to the wards of employees those who are willing to go in VRS Scheme like in Railways.

The Bonus ceiling to be removed and one full month salary may be granted as Bonus to all Central Govt.Employees

One Increment should be granted to Central Govt.Employees whose annual increment falls between 01-02-2006 to 30-6-2006

Source : GServants

Minutes of the meetings of the Committee constituted to look into the promotional prospects of IPOs/ASPOs held on 18.10.2011 and 03.11.2011 in Dak Bhawan, New Delhi

Above minutes have been released by the Department vide No.01-01/2011-SR dated 14.11.2011 which are reproduced below for informaiton of allmembers.

Minutes of the meeting of the Committee constituted to look into the promotional prospects of IPOs/ASPOs.

In a meeting taken by Secretary (Posts) with All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents of Posts on 11.08.2011, it was decided to constitute a Committee which will look into promotional prospects of IPOs/ASPOs.  Accordingly, a Committee was constituted under the Chairpersonship of Member (Personnel) vide Department’s Office Order No.1/1/2011-SR dated 09.09.2011.  The Committee had its first meeting on 18.10.2011, followed by another meeting on 03.11.2011.  The following were present.

Official Side                                                            Staff Side                       

1.       Member(Personnel)                                             1. Shri  Dinesh Khare, President

2.       DDG(Estt.)                                                          2. Shri  Roop Chand, General Secretary

3.       Director(T&C)                                                     3.Shri  Hari Mohan, Circle Secy. Punjab

4.       Director(SR & Legal)

5.       Director (Establishment)

6.       Director (Staff)

The meeting started with the Chairperson welcoming the Staff side. Thereafter, the Staff side explained in detail the stagnation being faced by them in the cadre of IPOs/ASPOs and the long span of service running up to 26 years which they have to put in, before they get promotion to Group-B.  The Staff side also referred to the restructuring of IPOs/ASPOs cadre which the Department took long back but the proposal did not get through.  The Staff side also made a mention of the Grade Pay and promotional prospects of Inspectors in the Departments like Income Tax and Central Excise etc. and pleaded for parity with them.

The Chairperson brought to the notice of the Staff side the difference in the hierarchical structures that exists in the Department of Posts and other Departments like Income Tax and Central Excise as also Central Secretariat.  It was explained to the Staff side that, while in other Departments Inspectors get promotion direct to Group-B, in the Department of Posts there was an intermediary grade of ASPOs who had been conferred the gazetted status about 5 years ago.  The Staff side was also informed of the response of the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure in the matter of raising the Grade Pay of Inspectors from the existing Rs.4200 to Rs.4600 so as to bring them on par with Inspectors in other Departments. While discussing the possibility of upgrading certain posts in the Circle Offices and other field formations to Group-B so as to accelerate the promotional prospects of IPOs/ASPOs, it was made very clear to the staff side that in view of the response of the Department of Expenditure, they would first have to forego the gazetted status of ASPOs so as to have single level in the cadre as it may facilitate raising the grade pay of IPOs from the existing Rs.4200 to Rs.4600, and may pave way for speedier promotion due to upgrading of certain posts to Group-B.

The Staff side intimated that they are to have their next CWC meeting in the 2^nd half of January 2012 where they would discuss the proposal of foregoing the gazetted status of ASPOs and up- gradation of IPOs, as discussed in the preceding paragraph and would revert back to the Department with a final proposal.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair. 

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CHQ IS NOT IN A POSITION TO FINALISE THE PROPOSAL IN VIEW OF THE DECISION OF THE CWC PATNA DATED 23/24-09.2011 ON THE ISSUE. HENCE, IN VIEW OF ABOVE MINUTES, ALL CIRCLE SECRETARIES ARE ONCE AGAIN REQUESTED TO DELIBERATE/DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF  FOREGOING THE GAZETTED STATUS OF ASPOS WITH THEIR CIRCLE WORKING COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND ARRANGE FOR OBTAINING THE VEIWS OF EACH AND EVERY MEMBER AND CONVEY COSOLIDATED OPINION OF THIER CIRCLE TO THE CHQ IN BLACK AND WHITE  AS WELL AS THROUGH EMAIL, SO THAT FINAL DECISION AT CHQ LEVEL COULD BE TAKEN AND CONVEYED TO THE DEPARTMENT AT THE EARLIEST.

       ROOP CHAND

(GENERAL SECRETARY)

Interest Rates on Post Office Savings Scheme increased. Agent Commision reduced.

 

No. 6-1/2011-NS.II (Pt.)

Ministry of Finance

Department of Economic Affairs

(Budget Division)

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New Delhi, the 11th November, 2011.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub:  Decisions on the recommendations of the Committee for  Comprehensive  

         Review of National Small Savings Fund (NSSF).

The Thirteenth Finance Commission in its Report had, inter alia, recommended that all aspects of the design and administration of the NSSF be examined with the aim of bringing transparency, market linked rates and other much needed reforms to the scheme. As a follow up of this recommendation, the Government had constituted a Committee on 8th July, 2010, headed by Smt. Shyamala Gopinath, the then Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India for comprehensive review of NSSF. The terms of reference of the Committee included review of the existing parameters for the small saving schemes in operation and recommend mechanisms to make them more flexible and market linked; review of the existing terms of the loans extended from the NSSF to the Centre and States and recommend on the changes required in the arrangement of lending the net collection of small savings to Centre and States; review of other possible investment opportunities for the net collections from small savings and the repayment proceeds of NSSF loans extended to States and Centre; review of the administrative arrangement including the cost of operation; and review of the incentives offered on the small savings investments by the States.

2.            The Committee submitted its report to the Government on 7th June, 2011. Comments/views of Department of Posts, Department of Revenue, Department of Financial Services, Department of Expenditure and all State/Union Territory Governments were sought on the recommendations made by the Committee.

3.            The recommendations of the Committee have been considered in detail, taking into account the views/comments received from other Departments, States/UTs and representations received from various agents’ associations and others. After detailed examination the following decisions have been taken:- 

Rationalisation of Schemes:

(i)            The maturity period for Monthly Income Scheme (MIS) and National Savings Certificate (NSC) will be reduced from 6 years to 5 years.

(ii)           A new NSC instrument, with maturity period of 10 years, would be introduced.

(iii)          Kisan Vikas Patras (KVPs) will be discontinued.

(iv)         The annual ceiling on investment under Public Provident Fund (PPF) Scheme will beincreased  from Rs. 70,000 to Rs..1 lakh.

(v)          Interest on loans obtained from PPF will be increased to 2% p.a.from existing 1% p.a. 

 (vi)         Liquidity of Post Office Time Deposit (POTD) – 1, 2, 3 & 5 years – will be improved by allowing pre-mature withdrawal at a rate of interest 1% less than the time deposits of comparable maturity. For pre-mature withdrawals between 6-12 months of investment, Post Office Savings Account (POSA) rate of interest will be paid. 

Interest Rates on Small Savings Instruments :

(i)            The rate of interest paid under Post Office Savings Account will be increased from 3.5% to 4% p.a.

(ii)        The rate of interest on small savings schemes will be aligned with G-Sec rates of similar maturity, with a spread of 25 basis points (bps) with two exceptions. The spread on 10 year NSC (new instrument) will be 50 bps and on Senior Citizens Savings Scheme 100 bps. The interest rates for every financial year will be notified before 1st April of that year.

(iii)          Assuming the date of implementation of the recommendations of the Committee as1st December, 2011  the rate of interest on various small savings schemes for current financial year on the basis of the interest compounding/payment built in the schemes, will be as given below:-

Instrument	Current Rate (%)	Proposed Rate (%)
Savings Deposit	3.50	4.0
1 year Time Deposit	6.25	7.7
2 year Time Deposit	6.50	7.8
3 year Time Deposit	7.25	8.0
5 year Time Deposit	7.50	8.3
5 year Recurring Deposit	7.50	8.0
5-year SCSS	9.00	9.0
5 year MIS	8.00 (6 year MIS)	8.2
5 year NSC	8.00 (6 year NSC)	8.4
10 year NSC	New Instrument	8.7
PPF	8.00	8.6

  

(iv)          Payment of 5% bonus on maturity of MIS will be discontinued.

  

Commission to Agents

(i)               Payment of commission on PPF schemes (1%) and Senior Citizens Savings  Scheme (0.5%)will be discontinued.

(ii)              Agency commission under all other schemes (except MPKBY agents) will be  

reduced from existing 1% to 0.5%.

(iii)            Commission at existing rate of 4% will continue for Mahila Pradhan Kshetriya Bachat Yojana (MPKBY) agents.

(iv)             Incentives, if any, paid by the State/UT Governments will be reduced from the

            commission paid by the Central Government.

Investments from NSSF :

(i)               The minimum share of States in net small savings collections in a year, for

investment in State Governments Securities, will be reduced from 80% to 50%. The remaining amount will be invested in Central Government securities or lent to other willing States or in securities issued by infrastructure companies/agencies, wholly owned by Central Government.

(ii)              Yearly repayment of NSSF loans made by Centre and States, will be reinvested in Central and State Government securities in the ratio of 50:50.

(iii)            The period of repayment of NSSF loans by Centre and States will be reduced to 10 years, with no moratorium.

(iv)             For the current financial year the prevailing interest rate of 9.5% will continue. From 1st April, 2012 revised interest rate will be notified.

(v)              Half yearly payment of interest by the Centre and the States will be

introduced.

(vi)             Interest rate on existing investments from NSSF in Central Government securities till 2006-07 will be re-set at 9% and on those from 2007-08 till 2010-11 will be re-set at 9.5%.

Operational Issues of NSSF

(i)            A Monitoring Group drawn from Ministry of Finance, Reserve Bank of India, Department of Posts, State Bank of India, other select banks and select State Governments will be set up to resolve various operational issues like reducing the time lag between collection and investment, etc.

4.            Necessary notifications, including those requiring amendments to rules of various small saving schemes and National Small Savings Fund (Custody & Investment) Rules, 2001 will be notified separately. The above decisions will take effect from the dates to be specified in the notifications.

5.            This has the approval of Finance Minister.

(Shaktikanta Das) 
Addl. Secretary to the Govt. of India

Expected DA from January-2012

Perhaps it is very early to calculate the status of  additional Dearness allowance from January, 2012 for Central Government employees and Pensioners, before releasing the AICPIN for the balance of three months i.e.October, November and December. Enquiries are being poured as comments and received emails to our inbox about the expected DA from Jan, 2012. We can assume that the AICPIN will certainly go up, because of the essential commodities prices are going high with non stop. Anyway we can assume the additional Dearness allowance from January 2012 will be minimum 7%. The existing Dearness allowance is 58%, it will become as 58% + 7% = 65%.

 

Source :CGEN

CENTRAL SECRETARIAT SERVICE (CSS)

Central Secretariat Service (CSS)

History
The Central Secretariat Service (CSS) is one of the earliest organized services in the country.  The origin of the service can be traced back to the year 1919, when the Imperial Secretariat Service came into being as one of the off-shoots of the Lewllyn-Smith Committee which had been set up on the eve of the introduction of the Montague Chelmsford Reforms.  The Committee envisaged the Secretariat Organization in the nature of a pyramid, the apex of which was “the Secretary” and the base of the body of “Assistant Secretaries”.
  In March 1946, a Committee set up under the Chairmanship of Sir Richard Tottenham, diagnosed the then situation prevalent in the Secretariat as one characterized by “too few officers of the right kind and too many clerks of the wrong kind”.  The Committee suggested that “to improve quality and reduce quantity, each Under Secretary’s branch should contain two sections and each section should consist of one Superintendent and three Assistants.  Each Superintendent should have a smaller charge, but would be expected to do much more original work.  He would not just supervise the work of number of Assistants.
  The Central Secretariat Service (Reorganization and Reinforcement) Scheme, submitted by Sir R.A. Gopalaswamy Iyengar, which can be regarded as the precursor of the service as it stands today, was evolved in 1949.  The Scheme gave concrete shape to the service which was designed to consist of following grades which is produced in the accompanying table.

 

Grade	Designation & Scale of Pay	Class
Grade-I	Under Secretary (Rs.800-50-1150)	Class-I
Grade-II	Superintendent (Rs.530-30-800)	Class-I
Grade-III	Asstt. Superintendent (Rs.275-325-25-500)	Class-II (Gazetted)
Grade-IV	Assistant (Rs.160-450)	Class-II (Non-Gazetted)

The designations of “Assistant Secretary” and ‘Assistant-in-charge’ ceased to exist.  The scheme provided for 100 percent promotion to Grade-I and II from the ranks of Superintendent and Asstt. Superintendent, respectively.  Induction to Grade-III of the service was to the extent of 50 percent by direct recruitment based on the results of the IAS etc. examinations, 25 percent by the Annual Departmental Examination and 25 percent by promotion from amongst senior most Assistants.  But in 1959, both the grades of Grade-II (Superintendent) and Grade-III (Asstt. Superintendent) were merged and became known as Section Officer Grade-II.   The two grades were merged following II Central Pay Commission’s recommendation.  But the merged grade was classified as Class-II post (Gazetted).
  The Central Secretariat Service in its present form was constituted with effect from 1st October 1962, with the notification of CSS Rules 1962.  Rule 3 which deals with composition of the service, states that there would be four grades in the service, classified as follows:-

Sl. No.	Grade	Classification
1	Selection Grade (Deputy Secretary or equivalent)	Central Civil Service Group ‘A’
2	Grade-I (Under Secretary or equivalent)	Central Civil Service Group ‘A’
3	Section Officer Grade	Central Civil Service Group-‘B’ (Ministerial)
4	Assistant Grade	Central Civil Service Group ‘B’ (Ministerial)

  

Pay structure of officers at different Grades of CSS at different point of time and strength of each Grade was as under:

Pay scales given at different point of time (in Rupees)
 

Sr. No.	Grade	Classification	Strength as on 01.03.2001	V Central Pay Commission	IV Central Pay Commission	III Central Pay Commission	II Central Pay Commission	Prior to II Central pay Commission
1	Deputy Secretary	Group-‘A’	288 including in-situ	12000-16500	3700-5000	1500-2000	1100-1800	N.A.
2	Under Secretary	Group-‘A’	766	10000-15200	3000-4500	1200-1600	900-1250	800-1150
3	Section Officer	Group-‘B’ (Gazetted)	2353	6500-10500	2000-3500	650-1200	350-900	530-800* 275-500
4	Assistant	Group B (Non-Gazetted)	4906	5500-9000	1640-2900	425-800	210-530	160-450

*Before the II Central Pay Commission there existed a designation, namely, superintendent in Grade II/Class-I. 
 The Role of CSS

While important structural changes have been made several times since 1919, one common thread running through all the stages of the evolution of the service, has been the role of the service in ensuring continuity of administration in the Central Secretariat  which is in common parlance called “Secretariat Administration  and House Keeping”. In the areas of policy making, where specialized unifunctional services are available and also in areas where these are not available, there is need at middle levels of the Government personnel who are especially trained to coordinate various expert’s opinions, ideas to present a balanced picture.  Presently, these jobs are being largely handled by officers of the CSS, and it is because of this new role that the service today is different from what was originally envisaged for. There is also a need to have a strong permanent bureaucratic set up at middle levels of the Government who would be able to provide necessary continuity to its administration and policies.

The ultimate objective of all Government business is to meet the citizens’ needs and to further their welfare without undue delay.  At the same time, those who are accountable for the conduct of that business have to ensure that public funds are managed with utmost care and prudence.  It is, therefore, necessary, in each case, to keep appropriate record not only of what has been done but also of why it was so done. The permanent bureaucratic set up should provide a delivery system for policy formulation, continuity in policy administration, monitoring & review of the implementation of policies/schemes, coherent institutional memory etc., which are germane to good governance at the Headquarters' of the Central Government. The CSS Officers as per their duties defined in Manual of Office Procedure (MOP) and other relevant documents, are expected to perform on all counts viz. prompt action, checks on delays, linking of all relevant material including rules, precedents etc. and put up alternative solutions along with possible consequences and conclusions.

The better skills in noting and drafting and in interpretation of  rules and regulations by members of CSS is well-recognized.  As a matter of fact, they facilitate maintaining the vital link between Parliament and the Central Secretariat, especially when it comes to handling of Parliament Questions, Assurances, Government Bills, etc.  Another important area where they substantially contribute is the work relating to cadre management of various organized services, work relating to financial management and preparation of the budget of various Departments of the Central Government and litigation work of the Central Government, which are also largely being handled by the CSS officers. Thus, the CSS ensures continuity in the policies of the Government of India.

The lowest functionary of the CSS i.e. Assistant, besides routine noting and submission of cases, is required to locate and collect other files or papers, information, data and material, if any, referred to in the receipt, or having a bearing on the issues raised therein, identify and examine the issues involved in the case and record a note. The section consisting of Assistant and Section Officer, while putting up a case, are required to see whether all the statements, so far as they are open to check, are correct; point out mistakes,  incorrect statements, missing data or information(if any), draw attention to the statutory or customary procedure and point out the relevant law and rules; furnish other relevant data or information available in the Department; state the questions for consideration and bring out clearly the points requiring decision; draw attention to precedents; evaluate relevant data and information; and suggest, where possible, alternative courses of action for consideration.

The observations of the Central Pay Commissions(CPC), two Cadre Restructuring Committees of CSS and Parliamentary Standing Committee on MHA in its 83rd Report about the role of Central Secretariat Service are as under:

The CSS Officers at the middle and lower management levels of the administrative machinery are responsible for assisting in the formulation and monitoring implementation of policies concerning subjects, which are the main responsibility of the centre.

     
The CSS ensures continuity of administration in the Central Secretariat, which is in common parlance called “Secretariat Administration and House Keeping”.

     
The service is well recognized for better skills in noting and drafting and interpretation of rules and regulations.

      The lower and middle level CSS Officers skillfully coordinate, analyze and dissect the Reports of Commissions/Committees; and opinions, ideas and experiences of various experts to present a balanced view/picture on their noting after considering the programme and policy of the Govt. in office. These analysis later leads to policy formulation.

     
The CSS facilitates in maintaining the vital link between Parliament and Central Secretariat, especially in handling of Parliament Questions, Assurances, Government Bills etc.

     
There is substantial contribution by CSS Officers in financial management and preparation of the budget of various Departments of the Central Government and also in monitoring the plan schemes funded and contributed by Government of India but executed by States and other Implementing Agencies.

      The CSS Officers have been handling various litigation works quite effectively and protect the interests of the Central Government.

      The Service provides a set of trained personnel, who serve as carrier of the Secretariat tradition of institutional memory and bridge between the past and the present and between lower rung and top management of the Government. Such coherence facilitates exploring and establishing the best practices and techniques for future governance.

      The service personnel has been lauded for their changing role by Central Pay Commission (5th CPC):

      
The CSS has undergone radical and qualitative changes and the tasks performed by it have become more complex, varied and function specific; and

     
CSS Officers have revealed their potentialities for being able to perform much larger and complex tasks and have acquainted themselves as creditably as members of other services.

     
In a nutshell, the service provides a strong permanent bureaucratic set up at lower and middle levels of the Central Government.

Source : CGEN

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Revoking the suspension of Sh. M. S. Bali, the then CPMG, Maharashtra Circle

Consequent upon order issued by Vigilance Division vide their No. 16-2/CBI/2010-Vig datad 03.11.2011 revoking the suspension of Sh. M. S. Bali, the then CPMG, Maharashtra Circle, orders of the Competent Authority are hereby conveyed for transfer and posting of Sh. M. S. Bali as CPMG, West Bengal Circle vice Sh. S. K. Chakrabarti, CPMG, West Bengal Circle who is proceeding on leave, with immediate effect and till further orders vide Postal Directorate No. 1-10/2010-SPG dated 03.11.2011.

Meeting of the committee for looking into promotional prospects of IPOs/ASPOs constituted under the Chairpersonship of Member(P)-regarding.

 

As notified by the Department, I along with Sh. Dinesh Khare, President and Sh. Hari Mohan, CS, Punjab Circle Branch attended the meeting. The same was held under the chairpersonship of the Member(P).

It was apprised to us that data called from Circles on 20-10-2011 has not been received  so far from Bihar, J&K, Rajasthan, UP& Uttrakhand Circles.It was disclosed by the official side that about 500 posts of ASP will be upgraded into PS Group"B" cadre and remaining posts of ASP will be amalgamated with the posts of IP in order to make it comparable with the Inspectors in CBDT/CBEC and to allow GP of Rs.4600/- for the amalgamated cadre. At present, 1765 incumbents are working in ASP Grade. 

On our demand for allowing Gazetted status for the existing incumbents as on date in ASP grade, it was categorically made clear by the Chairperson that it is not possible to allow the same. However, she agreed to allow nomenclature of ASP without Gazetted Status for the present incumbents. By creation of additional posts in PS Group "B' cadre, the existing incumbents in ASP Grade will get absorbed in Group'B' cadre to the extent of 500 posts and some of them get retired over a period of time so that within a span of 4 years there will no ASP Grade in IP cadre and only feeder cadre of IP with GP of Rs.4600/- will remain for promotion to PS Group"B"/Sr. Postmaster as in case of other analogous post of CBDT/CBEC.

It was agreed that next meeting will be fixed only after the All India Conference at Bangalore during Jan 2012. In that meeting, the Association has to submit its proposal in black and white on the issue of merger of IP&ASP with Non Gazetted status in the larger interest of the IP cadre.

We are of the view that this is the right opportunity to get restructuring of the IP cadre and also to increase its promotional avenues in the larger and long run benefit to cadre in the form of MACP.

PS GROUP 'B' DPC FOR THE YEAR 2011

The last successful OC candidate is Shri R M Vora of 1988 Batch from Gujarat Circle. His serial No. in the zone of consideration was 219.

Reallotment/Allotment orders are expected soon

PSCI renamed as RAKNPA

 

Postal Staff College India (PSCI) is renamed as Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy (RAKNPA) vide Postal Directorate No.2-04/2009-Trg dated 31.10.2011

Ms. Manjula Prasher is new Secretary, Posts

Ms. Manjula Prasher, an IPoS (1976) has taken over the charge of the Secretary (Posts)/ Chairperson, PSB/ DG (Posts), Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-110001 wef 01.11.2011F.N.