EXAMINATION FOR POSTMEN/MTS DATES ANNOUNCED

HOLDING OF LIMITED DEPARTMENTAL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR FILLING THE POSTS OF POSTMEN/MAIL GUARDS AND MULTI    TASKING STAFF AS PER REVISED RECRUITMENT RULES.

DG (POSTS) No A-34012/01/2012-DE                            Dated 08^th October 2012

            I am directed to invite a kind reference to the SPB-I Section Circular No 37 -33/2009-SPB-I dated 11.07.2013 and No 44-14/2009-SPB-I dated 12.07.2012 wherein the amendment to RRs of 2010 in respect of Postmen/Mail Guard and Multi Tasking Staff respectively were circulated to all the concerned..

2          Further attention of the Circles is also invited to SBPB-I Section Circular No 45-14(ii)/2012-SBP-I dated 31.07.2012 wherein the pattern and syllabus for the above said two Examinations were communicated.  The Directorate vide letter No 45-14/2012-SPB-l dated 31.07.2012 issued detailed guidelines for conduct of the Examination to fill up the posts of Postmen/Mail guard and Multi Tasking Staff.

3. The SPB-I Section has ordered that the dates for holding the Examination will be communicated separately by DE Section.

4.         Accordingly, the Competent Authority has now ordered to conduct the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for Postmen/Mail Guard and Multi Tasking Staff as per the following schedule.

Schedule of activity	Postmen/Mail Guard	Multi Tasking staff
Issue of notification	15.10.2012	15.10.2012
Last date for receipt of Application	02.11,2012	16.11.2012
Issue of Admit cards	05.01.2013	10.01.2013
Date of Admit cards	05.01.2013	27.01.2013
Date of Examination	20.01.2013	27.01.2013
Timing of Examination	10.00 AM to 11.30 AM	10.00 AM to 11.30 AM
Date of declaration of result	31.01.2013	10.02.2013

5.         The Competent Authority further ordered that the vacancies for the year 2013 may also be included while notifying the Examination and also notifying the vacancies.

6.         The Circles are requested to adhere to the pattern and syllabus and other instructions communicated by the SPB-I Section in the communication No 45.14/2012-SBP-I dated 31.07.2012 scrupulously.  It is further requested for issuing the notification and to follow the other schedule of activity strictly.  A copy of the Circular issued may be endorsed to Directorate for reference.

7.         This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority

Mangalore: India Post Conducts Business Meet, Interaction with Customers

Mangalore, Oct 13: The Indian post organized a business meet at their head office here in Pandeshwar on Thursday October 11.

The business meet also turned out to be a grievance meet as many of the customers came forward with their woes placing deficiency in postal services.

Speaking on the occasion, Harish TB, manager of speed post briefed on the services provided by Indian post. He said the main aim of the business meet was to create awareness among the people on the postal services.

Marking its history for 150 years, Indian post has been upgrading and adding new services depending on the customer needs at affordable cost, he added.

Services like speed post, express parcel post mainly for the corporate sector with large volume of parcels, business post, bill mail service, direct post, e-post, IMO (instant money order), logistic post (parcel beyond 35 kgs with door to door facility), e-payment, media post, retail post, new pension scheme (18 to 55 years), postal life insurance and many others are being offered, he said.

Customers also came forward to place their grievances during the meet.

Prakash Bhat, one of the customers, said that the postal services are lacking in various aspects. Despite providing a number of services at affordable costs, it lacks efficiency in operation, he alleged.

Bhat said that there is delay in delivery of speed post, insufficient postal orders, poor operations at the post office and many others.

Another customer stated that a consignment worth Rs 1.5 lac sent by him has been misplaced.

In response to this, Chandrashekar K, senior superintendent of post offices assured its customers with return of the cost for their lost articles. Sometimes there is a delay in speed post as the postmen are not guided properly, he added.

He also assured customers to expect the best services in the future.

Maxi G Pinto, KRN Moorthy, senior post master, Laxminarayan, Harish TB, Purandar, Niranjan and other officials of the Indian post were present.

OVER RS. 750 CR LYING IN INACTIVE POST OFFICE SAVING ACCOUNTS : GOVERNMENT.

The government today said around Rs 752 crore is lying as unclaimed deposits in more than 2.49 crore inactive savings accounts in post offices.

"Rs 752,44,57,414.03 is the amount lying in all inactive (silent) accounts as on March 31, 2011 in 2,49,59,446 accounts," Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.

West Bengal led the tally of unclaimed deposits with over Rs 107 crore lying in 20.16 lakh accounts, followed by Tamil Nadu (Rs 105.87 crore in 62.72 lakh accounts) and Uttar Pradesh (Rs 68.61 crore in 21.74 lakh accounts).

"The depositor of such account can activate the account at any time by transaction. Notices are issued every year to the account holder of such accounts who are not maintaining minimum balance. Special drives are launched to re-activate such accounts by issuing notices and giving information through electronic media," Sibal said.

Responding to another query, Sibal said 79,604 complaints for non-delivery of Registered Letters, 41,794 for Speed Post and 8,257 related to Parcels were received in the April-June, 2012 period.

"Of these, 73,077 complaints for registered post, 38,154 for Speed Post and 6,147 for Parcels were addressed. As on June 30, 2012, 6,527 complaint cases of Registered Letters, 3,640 cases of Speed Post and 2,110 cases of Parcels are pending," Sibal said.

The major reason for the pendency are involvement of more than one postal circle/state in processing the complaints, time taken in making detailed inquiry or investigation and non-submission of the required details by the complainant in some cases, he added.

The Minister added that during 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12, departmental action has been initiated in 1,287 cases against postal employees and penalties have been imposed in 1,157 cases for non-delivery and loss of articles etc.

In a separate reply, Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot said the Department of Posts' (DoP) volume as well as revenue from speed post has continuously increased over the years.

"The volume of Speed Post has increased from 21.14 crore in 2008-09 to 24.08 crore in 2009-10, 27.45 crore in 2010-11 to 39.19 crore in 2011-12," Pilot said.

Revenues from speed posts have also grown from Rs 515 crore in 2008-09 to Rs 614 crore in 2009-10, Rs 749 crore in 2010-11 and Rs 900 crore in 2011-12, he added.

Source : The Economic Times, August 22, 2012