Shri Anurag Thakur Ji,
Hon. Chairman, Standing Committee
Information Technology, Govt of India
Camp at Shimla
Sub:- submission
of memorandum on the issues of the postal employees
Respected sir,
The postal
employees of Himachal Pradesh extend heartiest welcome to your goodself and to
the members of the standing committee on kind visit to Himachal Pradesh. On behalf of the postal employees we are
submitting some important issues needs your kind intervention are as under:-
1. Acute
shortage of operative staff in post offices
Due
to the erratic recruitment policy and hiring of incredible outsource
recruitment agency M/s CMC Ltd , the Department is facing acute shortage of 70000
Group C staff as on date. In HP Circle, 600 posts of postal assistant are lying
vacant. The existing staff has avoidable job pressure which is deteriorating the
health of the staff and adversely affecting the quality of service. Surprisingly
enough, there is no shortage of officers in the Department of Posts. Whenever,
a post is vacated , it is filled up on short term basis and adhoc basis. The operative staff working in the field
offices doing multifarious duties is
under tremendous pressure and tension to meet the requirements of the
Department in providing the service
In
postal due to this job pressure, number of officials have sought voluntary
retirement and many have committed suicide. Recently, in West Bengal Circle a
Sub Postmaster who could not bear with the administrative pressure and
customers demand committed suicide. A Xerox copy of the print media is
enclosed.
The
situation is alarming in the Department of Post and there is an immediate
necessity to fill up the vacant posts by in house recruitment policy which was
being followed by the Department prior to switching over to outsourced
recruitment agency.
2. Erratic
functioning of McCamish software and Finacle
The
Department has installed McCamish Software for the purpose of Postal Life
Insurance and Finacle for small saving services from Infosys Pvt Ltd. The
McCamish software has not been providing trouble free service similarly the
Finacle is not smoothly working due to erratic networking and internet
connectivity being provided by M/s Siffy Pvt Ltd. The Postal Department has a
large number of officers in the Directorate but none is ready to shoulder the
responsibility whenever there is problem in the McCamsih and Finacle which have
been purchased from M/s Infosys Pvt Ltd spending crores of rupees. This erratic
functioning is compounding the miseries of the operative staff as well as the
customers. Surprisingly, the Department does not seem to be serious to provide
trouble free functioning of these softwares. Your intervention is solicited.
3. Non
Payment of incentive for working on Sunday / Gazetted Holiday during demonetization
drive to the postal staff
The postal
Department has done a remarkable job in implementing the demonetization drive of
Government of India. Despite infrastructural constraints viz shortage of man
power, non availability of cash currency notes counting machines and fake note
detecting machine, the staff has put its entire energy to work beyond duty
hours and on Sunday / Holiday during the drive. Whereas our counterparts in
banks were compensated with handsome incentive for this work. The orders issued
by the Postal Directorate are lying in the files as unimplemented. So kindly
intervene and cause grant of compensation to the postal staff at par with
banks.
4. Opening
of Passport Offices and India Post Payment Bank
The
Government has decided to open POPSK and as on date 49 POPSKs have been opened
across the nation in the premises of present post office building . it is a
welcoming step but since the staff has to be provided by the postal Department
from the existing strength , it will create more problem to the postal and to
the new offices. Therefore, adequate
staff for new POSPK be provided.
5. Non
Extending of CGHS benefit to the postal and telecom employees of HP Circle
The
Honorable Union Health Minister has granted this scheme to central Govt
employees of Himachal Pradesh and a CGHS dispensary is functioning at Shimla
which further empanel the hospitals for treatment to the central govt employees.
The CGHS dispensary is denying this facility to the postal and telecom
employees on the plea that we have separate postal dispensaries which is
untenable. Since, there is no P&T dispensary in Himachal Pradesh , the CGHS
facility like other central Govt employees may kindly be provided to postal and
telecom employees.
6. Provision
of closed Holiday on 2nd and Fourth Saturday in the post offices at
par with Banks
The RBI
has ordered closed Holiday in banks on 2nd and Forth Saturday. The
post offices except Administrative offices have six days week. This is discriminatory.
The postal employees solicite your intervention to kindly cause closed holiday
on 2nd and fourth Saturday in post offices at par with banks.
With regards
Yours faithfully,
(H S Guleria)