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
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
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S.
No.
|
Name of Circle/State/UTs
|
Working Strength of
Gramin Dak Sevaks as on 01.01.2013
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|
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
|
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|
Rs 3660-70-5760
|
More than 3 hours 30 min and up to 4 hours
|
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|
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
|
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|
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
|
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|
Rs 4220-75-6470
|
More than 3 hours 45 min and up to 5 hours
|
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|
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
|
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|
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.
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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.
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3
|
Extra Departmental
GroupInsuranceScheme
|
Gramin Dak Sevaks are provided
with insurance coverage of Rs. 50000/- under the
Group Insurance Scheme available to them on death.
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|
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
mandatoryinvestment of certain percentage in annuity that
would provide them monthly benefits in the shape of pension.
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|
5
|
Leave
|
Gramin Dak Sevaks are allowed to be granted 20 days paid leave
in a year without accumulation.
|
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|
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.
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|
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.
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|
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.
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|
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.
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|
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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