N.F.P.E. and F.N.P.O. Jointly will go on 
2 (two) days' STRIKE 

on 12th & 13th February, 2014.

Make it a Grand Success.

SAD NEWS

Com. Tapash Chakraborty, Ex-Assistant Circle Secretary of R-III union from Kolkata Air Port Sorting Division, is no more with us. He passed away today (02-01-2014).

All India RMS & MMS Employees Union, group- 'C', West Bengal Circle conveys its heartfelt condolences to his bereaved family members and friends.

Notice of Circle Conference

     No.WB/52/C.C.                                                               Dated at Kol-13, the 01 /01/2014

N O T I C E

            It is hereby notified that the 33^rd Biennial Circle Conference of All India RMS & MMS Employees’ Union Group-‘C’, West Bengal Circle Branch will be held on and from the 6^th February to 9^th February, 2014 at Howrah. The Conference will be preceded by holding Circle Council Meeting on 6^th February, 2014 at 11-00 a.m. at Delegate Camp. The Agenda of the Circle Council will comprise the Agenda of the Circle Conference as notified. All Office Bearers of the Circle Union, all Divisional Secretaries & Branch Secretaries are requested to attend the Circle Council Meeting on the date and time positively.

The conference will be inaugurated at 14-00 hrs. on 6^th February, 2014 at “Gulmohor” Railway Institute, Howrah. Delegate session will be held at Howrah Medical Club Hall (Near Orthopedic Hospital), Howrah. Delegate Camp will be housed at “4 No. Sadar Bakshi Lane (House of Mr. S. K. Roy)”. All the Delegates are requested to reach the Delegate Camp by the 6^th February, 2014 before 9-00 a.m. morning.

            In this connection attention of all Branch and Divisional Secretaries is invited to article 16(a), 48(a) and 92 of the Union constitution to elect the delegates in the general Body Meeting only after receipt of this notice. The list of delegates should be forwarded to the Reception Committee along with the number of lady Delegates well in advance under intimation to the Circle Secretary.

            Item of agenda is enclosed herewith.

            All Branch and Divisional Secretaries are also requested to be well prepared to about their list of delegates with delegation fees, Circle Union funds etc. to the Reception Committee on the 6^th February, 2014 morning at 09.00 a.m. and have the Conference documents well in advance.

                                           

                                                                                               (S. K. Bardhan)

                                                                 Circle Secretary

Item of Agenda:

1. Confirmation of the proceedings of 32^nd Bi-ennial Circle Conference held at Salt Lake, Kolkata from 26^th December, 2011.
2. Adoption of the Biennial Report for the period from January, 2012 to December, 2013.
3. Adoption of Audited statement of Accounts for the year 2011(April) – 2012(March) and 2012(April) – 2013(March) and presentation of supplementary Accounts from 2012(April) – 2013(December) subject to Audit.
4. Approval of the Budget of Estimate for the year 2013-14 & 2014-2015.
5. R.M.S. Problems:

i) Closure/Merger of offices ii) Reorganization of MMS, MNOP, Sorting Hub & ICSH iii) Functioning of CRC’s, SPCC, EPP, Logistic etc., iv) A.M.P.C, v) Supply of Mail Van in Running Sections, vi) Functioning of TVP.

6. M.M.S. problems:

i) Recruitment of Drivers, ii) Supply of New vehicles, iii) M.M.S. Schedules, iv) Purchase of spare parts, v) Promotional prospects in different cadres, vi) Other Problems.

7. Postal problems.

i) Review of Strike for the year 2012 & 2013.  ii) Settlement of demands., iii) Introduction of New scheme in Postal Dept., iv) Promotion to LSG, HSG-II, HSG-I & MACP, v) Proposed Postal(Dak) Bill., vi) Proposed corporate plan in Postal Department including IT Modernization project.

8. C.G. Problems:

i) Pending of C.G. demands and Arbitration awards, ii) Privatization, Modernization, corporatization & out sourcing, iii) New Pension (PFRDA) Bill, iv) Anomaly in 6^th CPC, v) 7^th CPC.

10. Review of  i) Present situation, ii) United movement - 12^th July Committee, C.G.C.C., United movement Committee, iii) Other organizations:- Confederation, NFPE(CHQ), Circle, Divisions & Branches unions, iv) Local problems, v) D.R.M/Casual Workers in R.M.S. & M.M.S., vi) Working Women Group.
11. Policy & programme.
12. Adoption of Resolution.
13. Circle union Journal- RMS & MMS News.
14. Election of Office bearers for the year 2014 & 2015.
15. Venue of the next Circle Conference.
16. Any other item permission with the chair.
17. Vote of thanks.

                                                                                                                                (S. K. BARDHAN)

                                                                                                                                 Circle Secretary

Copy to:

1. General Secretary, AIRMS& MMS EU, Gr.-C(CHQ),New Delhi.
2. Secretary General, NFPE, New Delhi.
3. The Ch.PMG,W.B.Circle, Kolkata- 700012.
4. The PMG(MM)/The PMG(NB & Sikkim Region),
5. All Circle Working Committee members.
6. All Divisional Secretaries/Branch Secretaries.
   

                                                                                                                          (S. K. BARDHAN)

                                                                                                                          Circle Secretary

An informal Circle Working Committee meeting will be held on the 4th January, 2014 (Saturday) at Tarapado Memorial Hall, 37, G.C. Avenue, Kolkata-13 at 16-00 hrs.

Revised Delivery Norms for Speed Post

Revised Delivery Norms for Speed Post

 D.G. Posts No. 13-45/2008-D dated 10/11/.12.2013

The norms for delivery of Speed Post articles have in the past been revised from time to time and are also contained in the Citizen’s Charter of the Department. The existing delivery norms for Speed Post are follows:

(a)   Local (within municipal limits) : 2 days

(b) Between one to another metro city (included the six metro cities i.e. Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad) and limited to Municipal limits of these cities: 2 days

(c)    Rest of the country: 4 to 6 days.

2.       The norms mentioned above are further qualified by stating that they exclude the day of posting, Sundays and Holidays that they denote maximum time and apply only to the articles booked before the cut-off time.

3.       The matter relating to revision of the existing norms for delivery of Speed Post articles was under consideration of this Directorate, and the following has been decided in this regard:

(a)      New delivery (transit) norms have been worked out on a city-to-city      basis for 87 cities where Speed Post Sorting Hubs are located (excluding 1           CBPO & 2 CBPO). The new delivery norms are being circulated to all concerned by e-mail along with this O.M. The same may be downloaded.

(b)      The new norms for a pair of cities have been prescribed in terms of a range. For example,

 the delivery norms between Mumbai and Pune is “1 to 2 days, i.e. D+1 to D+2 where “D”  is the day of booking.

(c)      The new norms would be restricted to the municipal limits of a city       (covering only TD PIN codes) under reference.

4.       The new delivery norms for Speed Post would be subject to the conditions that:

*         They are limited to 87 cities, and municipal limit within these cities,

*         They do not apply to the articles booked after the cut-off time on a day(normally) taken as 3 or 4 pm for booking counters at post offices or as decided by the Circle concerned) and an extra day may be added in       such cases,

*         The delivery norms do not include Sundays and holidays,

*         Delay occurring due to curfew, bandh or strike in a particular city mayadversely affect delivery norms,

*         Delay occurring due to cancellation of flights/trains/buses/other means of transport for carriage of mail  or off-load / non-carriage of mail by the   carriers due to any reason is beyond the control of the Department, and therefore, the same may adversely affect delivery norms.

*         Beyond the cities mentioned under the delivery norms document, extra days may be required which would vary from place to place..

5.       Circles may give wide publicity to the new norms among the public and display the norms in the shape of a matrix of prominent/frequently-used destinations at the post office as display of entire matrix perhaps may not be possible.

6.       The new delivery norms would also be placed on India Post website in a user-friendly format so that a user could easily find delivery/transit norms between a pair of cities. In the interim, a PDF version of the document is being uploaded on the Departmental website.

7.       This O.M. supercedes all previous instructions on Speed Post Delivery Norms issued by this Directorate/Business Development Directorate.