5 ways to become a better listener at workplace

Anumeha Chaturvedi, ET Bureau

The art of listening is often thought of as one of the most under rated virtues in the corporate world as professionals try to outdo each other and relying on talking more to get ahead. ET shows how one can become a better listener.

Develop Respect and Empathy

Listening is the most abused process in personal and corporate life, says Sameer Dixit, chief learning officer at Allied Blenders and Distillers. He suggests developing and working on behavioral characteristics like treating others with respect and empathising, which can help improve learning habits. 

'Empathy enables you to listen to others with lot of care, compassion and openness which further engages people mutually,' he says.

Focus on Postures, Make Eye Contact

Dixit says a relaxed demeanour is important in a conversation. 'Maintaining eye contact and relaxed postures are important non-verbal cues that will convey that you are interested in hearing the other person,' he says.

Calendar of Departmental Examinations 2014

Sl No.	Name of the Examination	Proposed Schedule tentatively
(A) Centralised Examination
1	Inspector of Posts Examination	23rd and 24th August 2014
2	Ps Gr ‘B’ Examination	15-06-2014
3	Postmaster Grade – I Exam	15-06-2014
4	LGO Examination for PAs/SAs in Circle	24th August 2014 Sunday
5	Junior Engineer( C&E)Examination	Will be notified after receipt of Question Banks and syllabus revised . For the vacancies of previous years.
6	Assistant Engineer ( C&E)Examination	Same as Above
7	Sr. Postmaster Examination	Tentatively proposed to be held on October 2014, by which time it is expected thatcourt verdicts will be pronounced.
8	PAs/SAs Direct RecruitmentExamination	March 2014 for 2013 vacancies. Another recruitment in November 2014 for 2014 vacancies.
9	Assistant Manager ( MMS)	Will be notified after receipt of revised Recruitment Rules /Question Banks and syllabusrevised.
10	Assistant Accounts Officer (AAO)	As Above.

 

Treat three lakhs Gramin Dak Sevaks as civil servants for all purposes - Supreme Court

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION GDS (NFPE)

FLASH!                 FLASH!!                      FLASH!!!

FIRST MILESTONE ON legal fight for GDS DEPARTMENTALISATION

Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has ordered the Delhi High Court to decide the prayer of NFPE & AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) in writ petition No. 1003 of 2013 to treat the three lakhs Gramin Dak Sevaks as civil servants for all purposes at par with other regular employees as per 1977 SC Judgment & to quash the GDS (Conduct & Engagement) Rules 2011.

This is a TURNING POINT IN THE HISTORY OF GDS

NFPE & AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) DID IT

FINAL LEGAL BATTLE HAS BEGUN

We shall fight for GDS both legally and organizationally

Join AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) and strengthen further the fight for the cause of GDS. Nobody can break the unity among NFPE & GDS. Isolate and expose those renegades who betrayed GDS and joined anti-NFPE camp and tried to break the unity between GDS & NFPE. Participation of more than 10000 GDS in the GDS (NFPE) Parliament March proved that we are already recognised by the GDS Employees all over India.

LIST OF CLOSED HOLIDAYS FOR THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN TAMIL NADU FOR THE YEAR 2014

SL.NO	HOLIDAY	DATE	DAY
1	PONGAL	14.01.2014	TUESDAY
2	MILA-UN-NABI OR ID-E-MILAD (BIRTHDAY OF PROPHET MOHAMMAD)	14.01.2014	TUESDAY
3	REPUBLIC DAY	26.01.2014	SUNDAY
4	UGADI/TELUGU NEW YEAR'S DAY	31.03.2014	MONDAY
5	MAHAVIR JAYANTI	13.04.2014	SUNDAY
6	GOOD FRIDAY	18.04.2014	FRIDAY
7	BUDDHA PURNIMA	14.05.2014	WEDNESDAY
8	IDU'L FITR	29.07.2014	TUESDAY
9	INDEPENDENCE DAY	15.08.2014	FRIDAY
10	VINAYAGA CHATURTHI/ GANESH CHATURTHI	29.08.2014	FRIDAY
11	MAHATMA GANDHI'S BIRTHDAY	02.10.2014	THURSDAY
12	DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI)	03.10.2014	FRIDAY
13	ID-UL-ZUHA (BAKRID)

The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011

The Rajya Sabha passed the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 on December 17, 2013 and the Bill has been passed by the Lok Sabha today. 

 Some of the important features in the Bill are as below:-

·         Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayukta at the level of the States.

·         The Lokpal will consist of a Chairperson and a maximum of eight Members, of which fifty percent shall be judicial members.

·         Fifty per cent of members of Lokpal shall be from amongst SC/ST/OBCs, Minorities and Women.

·         The selection of Chairperson and Members of Lokpal shall be through a Selection Committee consisting of:-

§  Prime Minister;

§  Speaker of Lok Sabha;

§  Leader of Opposition  in the Lok Sabha;

§  Chief Justice of India or a sitting Supreme Court judge nominated  by CJI;

§  Eminent jurist to be nominated by the President of India on the basis of recommendations of the first four members of the Selection Committee.  

Six lakh posts vacant in central government

NEW DELHI: More than six lakh posts are lying vacant in different central government departments and ministries, Rajya Sabha was informed today. 

Minister of State for Personnel V Narayanasamy said as on March 1, 2012, there were 36,84,543 sanctioned posts in various central government ministries, departments and Union territory administrations. 

Out of these sanctioned posts, 6,00,013 posts are lying vacant, he said. 

"The Ministries/Departments are required to fill the vacancies as per recruitment rules and extant guidelines. This department issues instructions from time to time to all Ministries/Departments to fill up the vacant posts on timely basis," the Minister said. 

Source : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/

COACHING CLASSES FOR IPO EXAMINATION

Shri. P.Karunanithy, ASPOs (HQ), Karaikudi Division, Karaikudi 630 003 is conducting coaching classes for the above examinations as detailed below:

Venue
Tamilnadu Government Employees Association building, No. 11, Mela Perumal Maistry veethi, near old Thangam theatre, Madurai625 001
Date	Subject
15.12.2013	CCS(CCA), Conduct Rules, Pay, Pension, TA, Leave and other IPO Miscellaneous subjects.
22.12.2013	Law subjects for IPO Paper III Subject  Constitution.  It will be conducted by a Law teacher. Last two years Law question papers will be discussed.

• Coaching classes will be conducted from 0930 hours to 1700 hours.

•  For further details, please contact Shri. P.Karunanithy, ASPOs (HQ), Karaikudi Division, Karaikudi 630 003.

        ( Cell number : 94433 29681).

         

• Willing officials are requested to post a postcard to Shri. P.Karunanithy for their participation.

Important Differences between Sanchaypost and Finacle (latest 2.12.2013)

Major issues where the process in Sanchay Post and Finacle CBS Application differs.

Issues	Process in Sanchay Post	Process in Finacle
Post Office	For each Post Office, PO Code is allotted.	●           In Finacle, each Departmental Post Office is called as Service Outlet (SOL) and allotted a ID which is called as SOL ID. ●           Combinations of different SOLs in Finacle is called SOL Set and separate SOL Set ID is allotted for each type of sets. ●           Each Branch Post office will be allotted a separate Code during migration which needs to be selected at the time of doing BO transactions from account opening screen.
Account number	In Sanchay Post, account number is generated from the block of accounts allotted for different schemes.	●           In Finacle, account no. is called as Account ID. Account number will be generated by the Finacle CBS application randomly and will be in 10 digits. ●           From the Account ID, you cannot identify the scheme as it has no such indication. ●           Every Transaction will be given a Transaction ID in Finacle CBS and Counter PA has to write Transaction ID on the voucher. ●           Supervisor has to ensure while verifying that Tran-ID is written on the voucher. ●           From the Tran-ID, anyone one can see the details of the transaction.

Letter to PMG, Southern Region c/o S.Ramesh, PA, Madurai Dn.

லட்சக்கணக்கான தொழிலாளர்கள் பேரணி : தில்லி சிவந்தது!

நாடு முழுதுமிருந்து செங்கொடி ஏந்திய வண்ணம் திரளாகத் திரண்டிருந்த மக்கள் வெள்ளத்தால் புதுதில்லி சிவந்தது.

சிஐடியு, ஏஐடியுசி, தொமுச உட்பட மத்திய தொழிற் சங்கங்களும், மத்திய மாநில அரசு ஊழியர் சம்மேளனங்கள், வங்கி, இன்சூரன்ஸ் மற்றும் பொதுத்துறை ஊழியர்களின் சம்மேளனங்கள் விடுத்த அறைகூவலுக்கிணங்க பல லட்சக்கணக்கான தொழிலாளர்களும் ஊழியர்களும் தில்லி ராம் லீலா மைதானத்திலிருந்து நாடாளு மன்ற வீதி நோக்கி நடத்திய பிரம்மாண்ட மான பேரணியால் தில்லி சிவந்தது. நாடு முழுதும் இருந்து தொழி லாளர்கள் டிசம்பர் 8இலிருந்தே தில்லியை முற்றுகையிடத் தொடங்கி விட்டனர்.

தில்லி, நாடாளுமன்ற வீதியினருகே அமைந்துள்ள ஜந்தர் மந்தரில் 9ஆம் தேதியிலிருந்தே பல்வேறு சங்கங்களின் சார்பில் ஆர்ப்பாட்டங்கள் மற்றும் தர்ணா போராட்டங்கள் நடைபெறத் துவங்கிவிட்டன. வங்கி ஊழியர் சங்கங்கள், கிராமிய வங்கி ஊழியர்கள், அஞ்சல் துறை ஊழியர்கள் ஆகியோர் தங்கள் கோரிக்கைகளை வலியுறுத்தி ஆர்ப்பாட்டங்களில் ஈடுபட்டார்கள்.தமிழகத்தில் இருந்து நூற்றுக்கணக்கான தோழர்கள் அஞ்சல் மூன்றின் மாநில செயலர் JR தலைமையில் கலந்து கொண்டனர். கூடுதலாக புதுச்சேரி, ஆங்கிலோ பிரெஞ்சு தொழிலாளர்களும் தங் கள் ஆலை நவீனப்படுத்தப்பட வேண் டும் என்று முழக்கமிட்டார்கள். நாடு முழுதும் பணியாற்றும் மின் துறை ஊழியர்களும் எரிசக்தி உரிமைமனித உரிமை என்பதை வலியுறுத்தி சிறப்பு மாநாடு நடத்தினார் கள்.

கோவை மண்டல செயலர் தோழர் C.சஞ்சீவி அவர்களின் துரித நடவடிக்கை!

ஏழாவது ஊதியக் குழுவிற்கான ஆய்வெல்லை வரையறையில் விட்டுக் கொடுப்பதற்கும், சமரசத்திற்கும் தொழிற்சங்கம் தயாரில்லை! கோரிக்கைகள் சேர்க்கப்படாவிட்டால் வேலைநிறுத்தம்!

IMPORTANT STAFF RULING REGARDING POSTING OF OA IN DIVISIONAL OFFICE

Dte's no-SPB/ 20-14/50 dated new delhi, the 31st March, 1950 communicated vide CO(WB) letter no- SFA /R-771 dated calcutta, the 10th April, 1950.

The director general has decided that only those clerks who have put in at least five years service as such and are suitable should be selected for working in Offices of Suptd of Post Offices and RMS. This condition of five years service limit may be relaxed only in the case of a time scale clerk who is to be employed as a typist in the Divisional Office.

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A.R.Chatterjee 

ADDG(SP)

May the dream will come true ? Yes.TRIAL TRANSACTION AT BANGALORE GPO ATM

Please see the following images that may raise our pride further as we are edging towards the modern facility of withdrawing cash by our own device so called ATM.....!!!

GUIDE ON THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005 – UPDATED VERSION

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Composition of 7th Pay Commission

Some Blogs have said that Shri. Raminder Singh Gujral ,IAS, the Finance Secretary , might be appointed as Member secretary of 7th Pay Commission. But the fact is he is retiring from the service on 30th November 2013. New Finance Secretary will be appointed after the approval of the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet. But the issue here is not regarding who will be the next Finance secretary. The issue is ‘can the retiring official be appointed as Member secretary to the 7th Pay Commission? . It is needed to mention that the previous pay commissions did not have retired bureaucrats as its Member secretary. The serving bureaucrats only appointed as Member Sectary of all the Pay commissions except the First Pay Commission.

The first pay Commission did not have a Member secretary. Its secretary was Shri. K.R.P.Aiyangar

The Member Secretaries of later Pay commissions were…

The Second Pay Commission- Shri. L.P. Singh, ICS.
The Third Pay Commission – Shri . Shri H.N. Ray, ICS.
The Fourth Pay Commission – Shri .A.K. Majumdar, IAS.
The Fifth Pay Commission – Shri M.K Kaw,IAS.
The Sixth Pay Commission- Smt.Sushma Nath,IAS.

DEVELOPMENTS ON 27 TH NOVEMBER MEETINGS

JCM (DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL) MEETING

JCM Departmental Council meeting was held on 27.11.2013 under the Chairpersonship of Ms. P. Gopinath, Secretary, Department of Posts at Dak Bhawan, New Delhi. The discussion lasted for more than four hours. All the notified items of the agenda are discussed. The minutes will be published on its receipt. Secretary, Posts and Chairperosn, JCM (DC) has made it clear that no circle level item will be entertained in the JCM (DC) and all the Circle level items should be discussed in the circle level JCM (Regional Council) meetings. Only those items which are not settled at circle level JCM will be discussed in the JCM (DC). For that the reply given by the Chief PMGs in the Circle JCM should be submitted. All General Secretaries and Circle Secretaries, Please note.

COM. M. KRISHNAN, ELECTED AS LEADER, JCM STAFF SIDE

The JCM (DC) staff side meeting held on 26.11.2013, elected unanimously Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General, NFPE, as the Leader, JCM Staff Side, in the place of Com. K. V. Sridharan who retired from service. Com. Giriraj Singh, General Secretary, R-3 NFPE will continue as Secretary, JCM Staff Side.

NO COMPROMISE ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF 7th CPC SUBMITTED BY THE STAFF SIDE- GET READY FOR STRIKE

GET READY FOR STRIKE

CONFEDERATION NATIONAL SECRETARIAT DECIDES TO ORGANIZE PHASED AGITATIONAL PROGRAMMES CULMINATING IN STRIKE

NO COMPROMISE ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF 7^th CPC SUBMITTED BY THE STAFF SIDE

1.         The National Secretariat of the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers met at New Delhi on 28.11.2013 and reviewed the situation arising out of the Government’s announcement of Seventh Central Pay Commission and the subsequent developments thereon.

2.         Eventhough Government has announced constitution of 7^th Central Pay Commission, the appointment is yet to take place. In the meanwhile one round of discussion was held with Secretary, DOP&T on terms of reference. Subsequently, the staff side, JCM National Council has submitted a unanimous proposal on the items to be included in the terms of reference of the 7^th CPC, which includes (i) date of effect as 01.01.2014 (2) merger of DA with pay (3) grant of interim relief (4) inclusion of GDS under the ambit of 7^th CPC (5) statutory pension for those entered into service on or after 01.01.2004 (6) settlement of anomalies of 6^th CPC (7) cashless/hassle-free medicare facilities etc.

Government while announcing the 7^th CPC has made it clear that the date of effect will be 01.01.2016. Further nothing has been mentioned about DA merger and interim relief. Regarding GDS the declared stand of the Government is that GDS are not civil servants and in the past also every time when CPC is appointed, the Government refused to include them in the Pay commission. Last time also inspite of the strong protest and agitational programmes conducted by NFPE and Postal JCA, the Government has appointed a bureaucratic committee. Regarding statutory pension to those who entered into service on or after 01.01.2004, the Government’s stand is well known and it may refuse to include this item also in the terms of reference.

This being the position, our past experience shows that unless and until the demands raised in the staff side proposal submitted to Government on terms of reference of the CPC is backed by serious agitational programmes, rallying the entire Central Government Employees and create compulsion on the Government to accept our justified stand, there is every possibility of Government rejecting the above proposal.

EXPRESS AND BUSINESS PARCEL RATES REVISED.

 NEW RATES COME INTO FORCE wef  2/12/2013

 "CASH ON DELIVERY  SYSTEM"  INTRODUCED

TARIFF FOR BUSINESS PARCEL

Weight slab Distance	Upto  2 Kgs	Every additional 1 Kg up to 5 Kilograms	Every additional 1 Kg Above  5 Kilograms
Local	45	12	14
Within State	80	20	22
Neighbouring State	100	25	28
Other State	115	30	32
Between Metro and State Capital*	105	25	28
National Capital Region-Delhi/ Ghaziabad/ Noida/Greater Noida/ Faridabad	70	15	18
* Provided it is not covered under, within State or neighbouring State The above tariff shall be exclusive of taxes and the taxes,

TARIFF FOR EXPRESS PARCEL

PLI / RPLI COMMISSION THROUGH SB ACCOUNT ONLY

SAS / MPKBY AGENTS COMMISSION THROUGH SB ACCOUNT ONLY

I.T. MODERNISATION PROJECT 2012 - SIFY TAKING OVER ENTIRE WAN NETWORK

NFPE & AIPEU GDS (NFPE) filed Writ Petition in S.C to grant of civil servant status to GDS

NFPE & AIPEU GDS (NFPE) filed Writ Petition in the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India for implementation of the 1977 Judgment and grant of Civil Servant status to GDS

NFPE & AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) has filed a Writ Petition (Civil) No. 1003 of 2013 in the Hon’ble Supreme Court. The Writ Petition is likely to be listed for “ADMISSION HEARING” before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on 13.12.2013 or any day thereafter. Our main submission before the Hon’ble Supreme Court is implementation of the 1977 Judgment and grant of Civil Servant status and all other benefits of Departmental Employees to Gramin Dak Sewaks as per the 1977 judgment. Let us hope that the Writ Petition will be admitted.

Source : AIPE

R S Gujral, is likely to be appointed Member-Secretary of 7th Pay Commission

R S Gujral, is likely to be appointed Member-Secretary of 7th Pay Commission. The present Secretary Expenditure may be appointed as Member- Secretary of 7th CPC. The Central Government is likely to notify the the pay commission within the next two months The timing is in such a way that it is well before the model code of conduct for the general elections comes into force. Such a move will bring a positive mood for the central government employees towards the government.

Additionally the Center is expected to give the panel enough time to prepare its report in the hope that the government would be a lot more comfortable vis-a-vis the fiscal deficit by the time the panel submits its report. Government employees have also asked the Center to consider merging dearness allowance with their pay,