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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1784
ANSWERED ON-07.02.2014
Grameen Dak Sevaks1784 . SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH MAHRA
(a) the State-wise number of Grameen Dak Sevaks working throughout the country at present;
(b) whether the Ministry proposes to appoint these Grameen Dak Sevaks to the posts of postman and MTS on the basis of their seniority;
(c) if not, by when these Grameen Dak Sevaks are likely to be appointed to the posts of postman and MTS;
(d) whether the Ministry has received a demand letter from them demanding better facilities; and
(e) if so, the details of the action taken in this regard?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DR. (SMT.) KILLI KRUPARANI)
(a) As on
01.01.2013, the total working strength of various categories of Gramin
Dak Sevaks is 263326. State-wise and UT wise details is at Annexure-I.
(b) Statutory
recruitment rules of MTS already provide for their absorption to the
posts of MTS on the basis of seniority. However, there is no proposal
for their absorption to the posts of Postman on the basis of seniority.
(c) Absorption
of Gramin Dak Sevaks to the posts of postman and MTS can only be made
as per the provisions of statutory recruitment rules of postman and MTS.
(d) It is
not clear from the question, which specific letter is being mention.
However, some letters regarding inclusion of the category of Gramin Dak
Sevaks within the purview of 7th Central pay Commission have been
received.
(e) Gramin Dak Sevaks are not Central Government employees and this issue is within the domain of DoPT and Ministry of Finance.
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Grameen Dak Sevaks (GDS) - Working Strength, Service benefits & Welfare Schemes
Written By Admin on February 11, 2014 | Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Grameen Dak Sevaks (GDS) - Working Strength, Service benefits & Welfare Schemes
Written By Admin on February 11, 2014 | Tuesday, February 11, 2014
GOVERNMENT
OF INDIA
MINISTRY
OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LOK
SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1402
ANSWERED
ON 06.03.2013
GRAMEEN DAK SEVAKS
1402 . Shri DILIP SINGH JU
DEV
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-
(a) the number of Grameen Dak Sewaks working in post
offices in various States including Chhattisgarh tribal region, State-wise;
(b) the monthly stipend being paid to these Sewaks;
(c) whether the Government proposes to increase their
stipend in view of steep rise in inflation and also introduce welfare measures
for them; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons
therefor?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (Dr. (Smt.) KILLI KRUPA RANI)
(a) As on 01.01.2013, the total working strength of
various categories of Grameen Dak Sewaks is 263326 including 2458 Grameen Dak
Sewaks working in Chhattisgarh Tribal Region. State-wise and UT wise details is
at Annexure I.
(b) Grameen Dak Sewaks are paid Time Related Continuity
Allowance (TRCA) & other admissible allowances as approved by Cabinet and
not stipend, the details of which are at Annexure II.
(c) Grameen Dak Sewaks are in receipt of Dearness
Allowance which is linked to price rise/ inflation on the admissible TRCA at
the same rate as allowed to regular Central Government employees and which is
revised twice in a year based on price index. The Government has also
introduced various welfare measures for these Grameen Dak Sewaks.
(d) The details of welfare measures introduced for the
Grameen Dak Sewaks are at Annexure III.
LOK SABHA ANNEXURE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1402 DATED
6.03.2013
ANNEXURE I
S.
No.
|
Name of Circle/State/UTs
|
Working
Strength of Gramin Dak Sevaks as on 01.01.2013
|
|||||||
GDS
SPM
|
GDS
BPM
|
GDS
MD
|
GDS
MC
|
GDS
MP
|
GDS
SV
|
Others
|
Total
|
||
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
0
|
13139
|
4694
|
4242
|
1941
|
175
|
2646
|
26837
|
2
|
Assam
|
0
|
3216
|
2906
|
1639
|
283
|
39
|
371
|
8454
|
3
|
Bihar
|
0
|
6307
|
5165
|
2598
|
360
|
86
|
553
|
15069
|
4
|
Chhattisgarh
|
0
|
2423
|
855
|
1545
|
147
|
13
|
26
|
5009
|
5
|
Delhi
|
0
|
77
|
26
|
14
|
24
|
30
|
6
|
177
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
0
|
6768
|
4619
|
1396
|
702
|
63
|
296
|
13844
|
6a
|
Dadar & Nagar Haveli (UT)
|
0
|
5
|
45
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
50
|
6b
|
Daman & Diu (UT)
|
0
|
7
|
17
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
26
|
7
|
Haryana
|
0
|
1972
|
1050
|
708
|
233
|
18
|
4
|
3985
|
8
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
0
|
2247
|
2614
|
1068
|
312
|
13
|
61
|
6315
|
9
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
0
|
1368
|
506
|
754
|
95
|
8
|
0
|
2731
|
10
|
Jharkhand
|
0
|
2461
|
1539
|
1286
|
154
|
35
|
407
|
5882
|
11
|
Karnataka
|
0
|
7777
|
4681
|
1235
|
1789
|
66
|
249
|
15797
|
12
|
Kerala
|
0
|
3443
|
5765
|
852
|
1259
|
138
|
165
|
11622
|
12a
|
Lakshadweep (UT)
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
12b
|
Puducherry (UT)
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
13
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
0
|
5632
|
2498
|
4056
|
290
|
22
|
229
|
12727
|
14
|
Maharashtra
|
0
|
10122
|
6939
|
1644
|
1115
|
46
|
27
|
19893
|
14a
|
Goa (State)
|
0
|
147
|
128
|
21
|
54
|
1
|
2
|
353
|
North East
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
15
|
Arunachal Pradesh (State)
|
0
|
198
|
166
|
27
|
30
|
2
|
11
|
434
|
16
|
Manipur (State)
|
0
|
591
|
495
|
627
|
40
|
1
|
1
|
1755
|
17
|
Meghalaya (State)
|
0
|
332
|
389
|
262
|
41
|
0
|
0
|
1024
|
18
|
Mizoram (State)
|
0
|
285
|
234
|
281
|
12
|
0
|
98
|
910
|
19
|
Nagaland (State)
|
0
|
279
|
254
|
237
|
35
|
3
|
0
|
808
|
20
|
Tripura (State)
|
0
|
514
|
416
|
290
|
53
|
1
|
65
|
1339
|
21
|
Orissa
|
1
|
5798
|
4863
|
3209
|
929
|
41
|
110
|
14951
|
22
|
Punjab
|
0
|
2831
|
1642
|
960
|
227
|
15
|
0
|
5675
|
22a
|
Chandigarh (UT)
|
0
|
8
|
13
|
0
|
16
|
2
|
0
|
39
|
23
|
Rajasthan
|
0
|
7460
|
2371
|
3014
|
439
|
37
|
49
|
13370
|
24
|
Tamil Nadu
|
0
|
8656
|
8475
|
1325
|
2168
|
269
|
682
|
21575
|
24a
|
Puducherry (UT)
|
0
|
41
|
49
|
0
|
15
|
4
|
0
|
109
|
25
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
0
|
12659
|
10991
|
4127
|
1311
|
315
|
1262
|
30665
|
26
|
Uttarakhand
|
0
|
2122
|
2218
|
1322
|
236
|
9
|
217
|
6124
|
27
|
West Bengal
|
0
|
5370
|
4985
|
3337
|
777
|
315
|
339
|
15123
|
28
|
Sikkim (State)
|
0
|
53
|
74
|
19
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
151
|
28a
|
Andaman & Nicobar (UT)
|
0
|
171
|
203
|
102
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
484
|
Total
|
3
|
114483
|
81891
|
42198
|
15098
|
1775
|
7878
|
263326
|
|
Chhattisgarh Tribal Region
|
0
|
1068
|
422
|
911
|
48
|
2
|
7
|
2458
|
|
Annexure II
Time Related Continuity Allowance (TRCA) of Gramin Dak
Sevaks
[Implemented w.e.f. 01.01.2006]
S.
No.
|
Category of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS)
|
TRCA effective from 01.01.2006
|
For Work load ( in hours )
|
1
|
GDS Branch Postmaster
|
Rs 2745-50-4245
|
Up to 3 hours
|
Rs 3200-60-5000
|
More than 3 hours and up to 3 hours 30 min
|
||
Rs 3660-70-5760
|
More than 3 hours 30 min and up to 4 hours
|
||
Rs 4115-75-6365
|
More than 4 hours and up to
4 hours 30 min
|
||
Rs. 4575-85-7125
|
More than 4 hours 30 min and up to 5 hours
|
||
2
|
GDS Mail deliverer/
Stamp
vendor
|
Rs 2665-50-4165
[for new entrants]
|
Up to 3 hours
|
Rs 3330-60-5130
|
More than 3 hours and up to 3 hours 45 min
|
||
Rs 4220-75-6470
|
More than 3 hours 45 min and up to 5 hours
|
||
3
|
GDS Mail Carrier/
Packer/ Mailman
|
Rs 2295-45-3695
[for new entrants]
|
Up to 3 hours
|
Rs2870-50-4370
|
More than 3 hours and up to 3 hours 45 min
|
||
Rs 3635-65-5585
|
More than 3 hours 45 min and up to 5 hours
|
Note:
Besides the TRCA, the GDSs also get Dearness Allowance at
the same rate as admissible to Central Government employees. Gramin Dak Sevak
Branch Postmasters get Office Maintenance Allowance @Rs.100/- per month &
Fixed Stationery Charges @Rs.25/- per month. Other categories like
Gramin Dak Sevak Mail Deliverers and Mail Carriers get Cycle Maintenance
Allowance @ Rs.60/- per month.
Annexure III
EXISTING WELFARE SCHEMES INTRODUCED FOR GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS
1
|
Maternity Grant
|
Women GDS are provided Maternity Grant for each child
up to the birth of maximum of two children limited to maximum of two
confinements resulting into birth of first two children only during the
entire engagement period of a Woman GDS equivalent to three months TRCA with
DA. Women GDS’s like Mail Deliverer and Mail Carrier have also
been prescribed to be considered for lighter duties wherever possible during
the pre and post confinement period.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
2
|
Maternity Leave
|
Women GDS have also been provided to be granted
maternity leave not exceeding six months covering the pre and post
confinement period.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
3
|
Extra Departmental Group Insurance Scheme
|
Gramin Dak Sevaks are provided with insurance coverage
of Rs. 50000/- under the Group Insurance Scheme available to them on death.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
4
|
Service Discharge Benefit Scheme
|
A Service Discharge Benefit Scheme has been introduced
by the Government for the benefit of Gramin Dak Sevaks working in the
Department of Posts on monthly contribution basis (from Department’s side
only @ Rs. 200/-pm) devised on the basis of New Pension Scheme (NPS)-Lite
scheme launched by the Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority
(PFRDA). This Scheme has been offered in lieu of the existing Severance
Amount Scheme on an optional basis for the existing Gramin Dak Sevaks while
it is mandatory for the new Gramin Dak Sevaks entering into service with
effect from 01.01.2011. The Scheme provides a certain
percentage as lump sum at the time of discharge plus mandatory investment of
certain percentage in annuity that would provide them monthly benefits in the
shape of pension.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
5
|
Leave
|
Gramin Dak Sevaks are allowed to be granted 20 days
paid leave in a year without accumulation.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
6
|
Limited Transfer Facility
|
Gramin Dak Sevaks are provided with the facility of
limited transfer in cases of posting at a distant place on redeployment in
the event of abolition of the post, on being appointed on compassionate
grounds and posted at distant place, on marriage/remarriage of woman GDS, on
suffering extreme hardship due to a disease and for medical
attention/treatment of self on production of valid medical certificate from
the medical officer of a Government Hospital and on requirement of looking
after the welfare of a physically handicapped/mentally handicapped
person/dependant requiring to move to different places to give support to
such dependant. Such facility is provided for only one transfer during the
entire career and on rendering a minimum service of 3 years subject to
fulfillment of other conditions. Based on recommendation made by one man
Committee, an exception has been made for women Gramin Dak Sevaks, who
availed the transfer facility on the ground of extreme hardship due to a
disease and for medical attention/treatment before their marriage and now
they can avail the facility for a second time in the event of their
marriage/re-marriage.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
7
|
Assistance from Welfare Fund
|
Following assistance from welfare fund are allowed to
the Gramin Dak Sevaks:-
*Payable from the Circle
Welfare Fund, only in cases in which last rites of deceased Postal Employee
are performed by brothers or sisters or near relatives in the absence of any
other next of kin.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
8
|
Compassionate Engagement
|
A new transparent Scheme for engagement of dependents
GDS on compassionate grounds with merit points and procedure for selection
has been introduced allocating points for each attribute of indigence on a
100 Point Scale. Spouse [widows] has been allowed 15 grace points over and
over. Hard and deserving cases have been prescribed as cases over and above
50 Points.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
9
|
Medical Facilities
|
GDS being a separate and distinct category, they are
not covered by CS (MA) Rules and they are also not extended the CGHS
facility. Under the existing provisions, they are allowed financial
assistance to the extent of Rs. 5000/-from Circle Welfare Fund provided such
GDS must have put in at least six years of service in the Department,
treatment should have been taken from Government hospital and produced
medical certificates and the illness is at least 2 months old.
Regional/Circle Heads have been conferred discretionary powers to sanction
financial assistance to the extent of Rs. 10000/- in each case. In rare and
exceptional circumstances, further financial assistance can also be
considered from Central Welfare Fund.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
10
|
Avenues for absorption on regular departmental posts
|
GDS being Extra Departmental, their absorption as
departmental employee to the cadre of MTS/Postman/PA is through direct
recruitment under the statutory recruitment rules. Under the statutory
Recruitment Rules of the cadre of MTS, GDS are considered for 25% vacancies
against seniority quota and further 25% vacancies through Limited
Departmental Examination (LDE). As per Recruitment Rules of Postman cadre,
GDS are considered against 50% vacancies through LDE. In addition, GDS can
also be considered for direct recruitment to the post of Postal Assistant
(PA) / Sorting Assistant (SA) against unfilled promotion quota vacancies of
PA/SA on the basis of examination subject to fulfillment of the following
conditions as on 01st January of the vacancy year:-
(i) GDS
should have obtained at least 50% marks in 10+2 standard or 12th class
with English as a compulsory subject (excluding vocational streams) and have
put in a minimum service of 5 years
(ii) They
should be within 30 years of age (35 years for SC/ST & 33 years for OBC)
|
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