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Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Former Finance Minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government said private investment had shrunk "as never before in two decades" while industrial production had all but collapsed."Agriculture is in distress, construction industry, a big employer of the workforce, is in the doldrums, the rest of the service sector is also in the slow lane
FORMER Finance Minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government said private
investment had shrunk "as never before in two decades" while industrial
production had all but collapsed."Agriculture is in distress,
construction industry, a big employer of the workforce, is in the
doldrums, the rest of the service sector is also in the slow lane- Yashwant Sinha, senior BJP leader, today ruffled the feathers of union government with
his strong critique on the state of Indian economy. According to Sinha,
the economy is heading towards a "hard landing". However, BJP has
rejected Sinha's piece, while the Congress has hailed his analysis.
Sinha, who has now estranged from the BJP, was the Finance Minister in
the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. In his piece for the Indian
Express, Sinha said, Prime Minister Modi "claims he has seen poverty
from close quarters (and) his Finance Minister (Arun Jaitley) is working over-time to make sure that all Indians also see it from equally close quarters".
Illustrating the picture of the economy today, Sinha said private
investment had shrunk "as never before in two decades" while industrial
production had all but collapsed.
"Agriculture is in distress, construction industry, a big employer of
the work force, is in the doldrums, the rest of the service sector is
also in the slow lane, exports have dwindled, sector after sector of the
economy is in distress."
He singled out demonetisation, saying spiking large currency notes "has
proved to be an unmitigated economic disaster" which coupled with "a badly conceived and poorly implemented GST" has played havoc with businesses and sunk many of them.
HEAVY BURDEN
The outspoken Sinha noted that Jaitley, who also holds the department of
disinvestment and Department of Corporate Affairs and earlier held the
Defence Ministry, was carrying the "heavy burden" of many extra
responsibilities and it was "perhaps too much to expect from" him.
Sinha said he was speaking about the mess after realizing that "I shall
be failing in my national duty if I did not speak up even now".
"I am also convinced that (it) reflects the sentiments of a large number
of people in the BJP and elsewhere who are not speaking up out of
fear."
Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram lauded Sinha's critique, saying he was absolutely correct when he wrote that "instilling fear in the minds of the people is name of the new game".
Chidambaram said the Congress had assiduously exposed the "many weaknesses and a terrible mismanagement" of the economy.
SINHA ECHOED OUR CRITICISM
"We are happy that Yashwant Sinha has echoed our criticism," said
Chidambaram, who added: "It is not often that from this platform the
principal opposition party will welcome a statement of a veteran leader
of the ruling party."
Chidambaram said Sinha's views were not different from what MPs
belonging to the BJP and other parties "have told us since many months
privately and in soft whispers".
He said it was a sad commentary on the times that MPs were afraid to
reflect what they see and hear around them, especially in their
constituencies. "Yet we call ourselves a free country."
Chidambaram said it were not only MPs who have become silent. "We have
witnessed numerous examples of news reports and articles being pulled
out before publication; of television interviews being taken off air; of
scheduled talks at universities being cancelled; of social activists
being investigated on trumped up charges; of editors and reporters being
unceremoniously sacked; of academics and scholars being threatened; of
judges being indirectly punished; and, most tragically, of authentic
voices of the people being silenced by brutal killings."
NOBODY DARES TO ASK QUESTIONS
Chidambaram said at least a dozen BJP MPs have "spoken to us" in the
Central Hall and in committees about the economy. "Nobody dares to ask
questions. An MP from Maharashtra who raised questions was asked to shut
up. In this atmosphere of fear, if Sinha speaks up then he is speaking
the truth."
The government rejected Sinha's criticism, saying the world acknowledged that India "is one of the fastest growing economies".
"No one should forget it. Our image at the international level is very strong," Home Minister Rajnath Singh told reporters.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said
Prime Minister Modi has given the "cleanest government" and had
attacked black money and corruption like no one else has done
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
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Monday, September 25, 2017
Postman may soon become the point of contact for all your financial work : A News from The Economic Times
Postman may soon become the point of contact for all your financial work : A News from The Economic Times
Your postman may soon become the point of contact for all your financial work. Read how
NEW DELHI: Come 2018 and the humble postman will be armed with a
high-tech device that will enable him to carry out various financial
transaction at the door step of people.
The India Post Payment Bank, which plans to launch nationwide operations
by March 2018, is coming up with a large contract to source such
devices for more than 1.5 lakh postmen.
The equipment, a micro-ATM of sorts, will have a biometric reader, a
printer and a debit card and credit card reader attached to it. A tender
for 2 lakh such devices is almost ready and will be released in a
month’s time, India Post Payment Bank chief executive AP Singh told ET.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has already been chosen to build the backend
for India Post Payment Bank as a system integrator.
“The idea is to streamline and focus on payments through the bank. We
have identified close to one dozen payments, including utility bills
such as gas and electricity, mobile, DTH, school fees, etc.”, which the
payments bank will seek to facilitate, Singh said. India Post is working
on an app that will enable these payments.
It will also allow booking of bus and unreserved train tickets,
categories which are highly cash dependant. “Even small payments such as
for fruits and vegetable, and welfare payment transfers under the
direct benefits transfer scheme are on the radar,” said Singh.
“We have to focus on payments rather than deposits,” said Singh. Reserve
Bank of India rules don’t allow payments banks to take deposits, the
key and cheap source of funds for conventional banks. To generate
revenue, India Post Payment Bank will charge each payment transaction
that happens through its app, either from the customer or the bill
company, Singh said.
“The Post Office already has 35 crore accounts, we are targeting around 8
crore households in the next five years (as customers for the payments
bank).”
At a recent UN conference, Singh had said while private sector rivals
such as Paytm and Airtel Payments Bank would skim the market from the
top, India Post would have a bottoms up approach. Arming the postman
with the micro-ATM and turning him into a sort of a banking
correspondent may be part of the plan to target rural and the semi-urban
areas.
“The micro ATM and the banking correspondent model has been tried and
may help in turning cash into digital at the last leg, even though it
may take some time,” said Vivek Belgavi, partner and India FinTech
Leader at PwC.
In a village, the nearest bank branch may be 10-25 kms away and the
India Post, with its huge network of post offices and postmen, may be
able to effectively cater to that audience, he added. The proposed India
Post app will allow person-to-person transactions.
In the dozen key bill payments it is targeting, those who aren’t
familiar with operating an app on their own can approach the postmen
armed with micro-ATMs to help them make payments.
Meanwhile, as opposed to the earlier plan of having separate branches
for the payment bank, India Post is looking to capitalise on the
existing network of 1.55 lakh post offices and 3 lakh employees on the
postal network.
Source:-The Economic Times
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UPU World Postal Chief Executives Forum develops “clear vision for postal transformation”
Thursday, September 21st, 2017
“After gathering our CEOs for a second time, it is clear that this forum is a vital space for our postal executives to put their heads together to find ways to drive the sector forward. With participants from all corners of the world represented at this forum, we have heard a diversity of proven strategies that CEOs can take back to their Posts,” said UPU Director General Bishar A. Hussein.
Russian Post CEO Nikolay Podguzov added: “The CEO Forum is a great place for exchanging thoughts on important topics and to meet our partners. We thank the UPU for this opportunity. We met here with our colleagues from Slovenian Post. Today we started test shipments from China to Slovenia via Mongolia by railroad. The first bulk of parcels and small packets reached Ulaanbaatar by truck, and then reloaded onto an RZD carriage to Moscow. After that the dispatches will be delivered to Slovenia by trucks.”
This year’s forum guided CEOs through the process of diagnosing the global environment in which Posts operate; examined how they are currently delivering stakeholder needs; and considered potential business models they could implement at their respective Posts.
In a statement sent to Post&Parcel today (21 January), the UPU said: “It became clear that growth of the economy and trade, changing demographics, the e-commerce explosion were all broad factors affecting the Post. These factors – in combination with customers’ desire for immediate, personalized digital services and government stipulations for universal service – have created both challenges and opportunities for the Post.
“CEOs noted that pressure from governments to deliver some services at a loss coupled with a lack of government investment in postal infrastructure, as well as limitations in managing capital, made it difficult for them to transform their service offering. In addition to this, they remarked on the challenge of raising employees’ awareness of the need for transformation. It became clear that some developing countries also faced the challenge of serving two different customers: the internet-connected urban client and the rural one relying on traditional paper-based services.
“Despite the challenges, postal executives were quick to name potential solutions. For example, CEOs suggested that Posts work with governments to redefine their universal service obligation and increase awareness of the Post’s potential as a driver of socioeconomic sustainability. Another proposal was integrating employees more into the transformation process—whether through retraining or the creation of new positions—so that they become advocates of change within the Post.
“Postal leaders later examined specific business models they could use, discussing several dichotomies seen in successful postal strategies, namely margin-based vs. volume-based focus, progressive growth vs. leapfrogging, mono-product vs. diversification and competition vs. coopetition approaches.
“It was clear that spaces created by the UPU, such as the CEO Forum, would be important to give postal leaders the opportunity to benchmark. The UPU Director General reminded CEOs that the UPU was available to them to help countries define and redefine their universal service obligation, as well as to provide governments, regulators and operators with technical solutions and assistance toward postal infrastructure development.
“The UPU has already started preparations for the 2018 edition of the forum, announcing Turkey as the next host country. The UPU Director General said he was confident that next year’s event would be just as successful after Turkey’s seamless hosting of the 2016 Universal Postal Congress in Istanbul. The exact timing of the 2018 forum will be announced by the UPU at a later date.”
The Universal Post Union (UPU) has
reported that postal chief executives have wrapped up their discussions
at the second annual UPU World CEO Forum in Moscow with a “clear vision
for postal transformation”.
The event, organized by the UPU and hosted by Russian Post
between 17-19 September, gathered nearly 60 postal chief executives from
around the globe to discuss “Leading multidimensional growth: the hows
and whys of postal strategy”.“After gathering our CEOs for a second time, it is clear that this forum is a vital space for our postal executives to put their heads together to find ways to drive the sector forward. With participants from all corners of the world represented at this forum, we have heard a diversity of proven strategies that CEOs can take back to their Posts,” said UPU Director General Bishar A. Hussein.
Russian Post CEO Nikolay Podguzov added: “The CEO Forum is a great place for exchanging thoughts on important topics and to meet our partners. We thank the UPU for this opportunity. We met here with our colleagues from Slovenian Post. Today we started test shipments from China to Slovenia via Mongolia by railroad. The first bulk of parcels and small packets reached Ulaanbaatar by truck, and then reloaded onto an RZD carriage to Moscow. After that the dispatches will be delivered to Slovenia by trucks.”
This year’s forum guided CEOs through the process of diagnosing the global environment in which Posts operate; examined how they are currently delivering stakeholder needs; and considered potential business models they could implement at their respective Posts.
In a statement sent to Post&Parcel today (21 January), the UPU said: “It became clear that growth of the economy and trade, changing demographics, the e-commerce explosion were all broad factors affecting the Post. These factors – in combination with customers’ desire for immediate, personalized digital services and government stipulations for universal service – have created both challenges and opportunities for the Post.
“CEOs noted that pressure from governments to deliver some services at a loss coupled with a lack of government investment in postal infrastructure, as well as limitations in managing capital, made it difficult for them to transform their service offering. In addition to this, they remarked on the challenge of raising employees’ awareness of the need for transformation. It became clear that some developing countries also faced the challenge of serving two different customers: the internet-connected urban client and the rural one relying on traditional paper-based services.
“Despite the challenges, postal executives were quick to name potential solutions. For example, CEOs suggested that Posts work with governments to redefine their universal service obligation and increase awareness of the Post’s potential as a driver of socioeconomic sustainability. Another proposal was integrating employees more into the transformation process—whether through retraining or the creation of new positions—so that they become advocates of change within the Post.
“Postal leaders later examined specific business models they could use, discussing several dichotomies seen in successful postal strategies, namely margin-based vs. volume-based focus, progressive growth vs. leapfrogging, mono-product vs. diversification and competition vs. coopetition approaches.
“It was clear that spaces created by the UPU, such as the CEO Forum, would be important to give postal leaders the opportunity to benchmark. The UPU Director General reminded CEOs that the UPU was available to them to help countries define and redefine their universal service obligation, as well as to provide governments, regulators and operators with technical solutions and assistance toward postal infrastructure development.
“The UPU has already started preparations for the 2018 edition of the forum, announcing Turkey as the next host country. The UPU Director General said he was confident that next year’s event would be just as successful after Turkey’s seamless hosting of the 2016 Universal Postal Congress in Istanbul. The exact timing of the 2018 forum will be announced by the UPU at a later date.”
100% Aadhaar linking of GPF, PPF & EPF by Dec, 2017 and using Aadhaar for portability: Decision of Cabinet Secretariat Meeting
Sunday, September 24, 2017
100% Aadhaar linking of GPF, PPF & EPF by Dec, 2017 and using Aadhaar for portability: Decision of Cabinet Secretariat Meeting
100% Aadhaar linking of
GPF, PPF & EPF by Dec, 2017 and using Aadhaar for portability: Decision of
Cabinet Secretariat Meeting
No.
D-11011/36/2016- DBT (Cab.)
Govt.
of India
Cabinet
Secretariat
DBT
Mission
Subject: Aadhaar linking and interoperability of
General Provident Fund (GPF), Public Provident Fund (PPF) and Employees’
Provident Fund (EFF) accounts regarding.
A meeting was held under
the chairmanship of Joint Secretary, DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat on 25th
August, 2017 at 11:00 A.M in the Conference Hall, 4th floor, Shjvaji Stadium
Annexe Building, Rajiv Chowk, New Delhi on the subject mentioned above. The
list of participants isplaced at Annexure I.
2. Joint
Secretary, DBT Mission welcomed the participants and stated that the
objective of the meeting is to deliberate on Aadhaar linking of GPF, PPF and
EPF accounts of employees, examine the possibility of a centralised repository
of employees" fund details with Aadhaar as the primary identifier and
establishing portability of fund accounts across organisations. He requested
all stakeholders to share comments and suggestions in this regard.
3. Deputy CGA,
Govt. Banking Arrangements, D/o Expenditure informed that an on-line salary
application system, Employee Information System (EIS) is being
developed within PF MS for implementation in all Drawing and Disbursing
Offices (DDOS) and Pay Accounts Offices (PAOS) of Central Ministries. EIS
is envisaged to be a central repository of details of all salaried
employees, and it can also maintain details of GPF of
government employees. He fiirther stated that at present, Aadhaar number
is not a mandatory field in employee information records, due to which
Aadhaar seeding may be low. it was discussed that if the employee data on E13
are linked with Aad’naar, it may serve the purpose of establishing
interoperability of salary and GPF accounts across DDOs. It was highlighted
that Railways and Defence departments are not covered under £18. An
example of e-Samarth was cited, which is a centralised database of CRPP
(Central Reserve Police Force) in MHA, which may be studied for this
purpose. Dy CGA also mentioned that M/o Railways and Defence may also be
consulted in this context.
4. Senior Audit
Officer, Office of Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India,
Delhi stated that at present, State AG (Auditor General) offices
assign new GPF numbers to employees while moving across different FAQs and
there is no centralized mapping system with Aadhaar as the primary identifier.
JS. DBT Mission requested that the matter may be taken up with the Office
of C&AG, with the concerned Dy C&AG to examine the possibility of
mapping all State GPF subscribers across the country. It was suggested that the
role of a third party such as NSDL to create and maintain this database
may also be examined.
5. Assistant
Director, D/o Posts stated that that presently, around 25 lakh PPF
accounts out of 27.2 lakh accounts are on Core Banking Solution (CBS) network
and these accounts are portable across Post Offices. It was informed that every
PPF account is associated with a PPF number and a Customer Identification Form
(CIF) number, which is a unique number that holds all personal as well as
account related information of the customer. ideally, a customer can have
one CIF number in one post office. though the customer can have multiple
accounts under these numbers. It was further informed that Aadhaar linking
with individual accounts and CIF numbers is being undertaken and 4.7 crore
ClFs out of total 56 crore CIFs (which also include savings certificates,
term deposit accounts, etc) have been seeded with Aadhaar. JS, DBT pointed
out that Aadhaar seeding is very low in this case, and the Department may
undertake necessary actions to expedite the same to achieve 100% seeding by
December 31, 2017. It was further suggested that all PPF accounts and CIF
numbers may be linked with Aadhaar and the Department may share its
suggestions on establishing a common repository of all PPF accounts using
Aadhaar as the identifier.
6. Deputy
Director, M/o Labour & Employment stated the Universal
Account Number (UAN) provides portability for the employees covered under
EPF. It was informed that 14 crore out of 4 crore active subscribers’
records have been seeded with Aadhaar. It was discussed that this will
enable portability of EPF accounts when the details of Bank Account,
Aadhaar and PAN are seeded in UAN database of the employees and are
verified by employer on change of job. It was suggested that Aadhaar seeding
of all may be taken up priority.
7. Deputy
Secretary, Budget, D/o Economic Affairs stated that a host of small
saving schemes including PPF are Operated by post offices, public sector banks
and select private secror banks and Aadhaar seeding is being undertaken in
all these accounts. JS, DBT Mission enquired if the. Department is taking
any initiative to have a centralised platform for all savings schemes,
given that all banks use different systems and Operate in silos. It
was discussed that the Department may examine the matter and share updates
in this regard.
8. After detailed
deliberations, the following were agreed upon.
i. All stakeholder
Departments to ensure 100% Aadhaar seeding of GPF, PPF and EPF accounts by
December 31, 2017.
ii. All Departments to
examine the possibility of developing common platforms for their respective
service subscribers/employees/account holders using Aadhaar as the unique
identifier to ensure portability across the financial system.
iii. DBT Mission to hold a review meeting with senior officers of all stakeholder Departments in the second week of September. 2017 to discuss the issue further.
Annexure-I
List of Participants
1. Shri Peeyush Kumar, Joint Secretary, DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat-in Chair
2. Shri Amn Shanna, Director, DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat
3. Shri Neeraj Kumar Sharma, Deputy CGA, Govt. Banking Arrangements. D/o Expenditure
4. Ms. AnjanaVashishtha, Deputy Secretary, D/o Economic Affairs
5. Shri Dinesh Dharni, Deputy Director, M/o Labour & Employment
6. Shri Vijay Kumar Kanojia, Senior Audit Officer, Office of Comptroller & Auditor General of India
7. Dr.Ajinkya Kale, Assistant Director General, D/o Posts
8. Ms Disha Pannu, Assistant Director General, D/o Posts
9. Ms.Tulsipriya Rajkumari, Assistant Director, DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat
10. Ms. Jaya Kurnari, Assistant Audit Officer, Office of Comptroller & Auditor General of India
11. Shri Kamlesh, Assistant Audit Officer, Office of Comptroller & Auditor General of India
****
No.
D-11011/36/2016-DBT (Cab.)
Government
of India
Cabinet
Secretariat
DBT
Mission
4th
Floor, Shivaji Stadium Annexe
Rajiv
Chowk, New Delhi- 110001
Dated:
29th August, 2017
Subject: Aadhaar linking
and interoperability of General Provident Fund (GPF), Public Provident Fund
(PPF) and Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) accounts-regarding.
The undersigned is
directed to forward herewith a copy of record of discussion of the meeting held
under the chairmanship of Joint Secretary, DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat on
25.08.2017 at 11.00 AM on the subject mentioned above for information and
further necessary action, please.
Sd/-
(Tulsipriya
Rajkumari)
Assistant
Director
DBT
Mission
*****
Employees'
Provident Fund Organisation
(Ministry
of Labour, Govt. of India)
Head
Office
Bhavishya
Nidhi Bhawan, 14- Bhikaiji Cama Place, New Delhi - 110066
(CENTRAL
ANALYSIS & INTELLIGENCE UNIT)
No.CAIU/011(44)2016/Aadhar/10273
Date:
22.09.2017
To
All ACCs (Zones) including ACC (ASD),
All RPFC-I/ RPFC 11 (Regional Offices),
Sub:- Aadhaar linking and interoperability of
General Provident Fund (GPF), Public Provident Fund (PPF) and Employees’
Provident Fund (EPF) -regarding.
Sir,
Please find enclosed
herewith a letter No.D-11011/36/2016-DBT (Cab.) dated 29.08.2017 received from
Assistant Director, Cabinet Secretariat, DBT Mission forwarding therewith
record of discussions of the meeting held under the Chairmanship of Joint
Secretary, DBT Mission on 25.08.2017, wherein it has been directed that all the
Departments should ensure 100% of Aadhaar seeding by December 31,2017.
2. It is requested to
implement the instructions issued by the Cabinet Secretariat, DBT Mission, New
Delhi for seeding of Aadhaar by December 31, 2017.
[This
issues with the approval of ACC-II (CAIU)].
Yours
faithfully,
Encl:
As above
(A.K.
Mandal)
Regional
P. F. Commissioner-I(CAIU)
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