NOTICE FOR FEDERAL EXECUTIVE
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National Federation of Postal Employees
1st Floor North Avenue Post Office Building,
New Delhi-110 001
Phone: 011.23092771 e-mail: nfpehq@gmail.com
Mob: 9868819295/9810853981 website: http://www.nfpe.blogspot.com
No.PF-01(b)/2015 Dated: 05 August, 2015
NOTICE
It is hereby notified in accordance with Article 12 of the
Constitution of NFPE that the meeting of the Federal Executive of National
Federation of Postal Employees shall be held at NFPE Office 1st
Floor North Avenue Post Office Building,
New Delhi-110 001) on 21st
September, 2015.The meeting shall commence at 11 A.M. on
21.09.2015. The
following will be the agenda for discussion in the meeting:
AGENDA
1. Organizational
review.
2. Review
of 2nd September, 2015 National Strike.
3. Proposed
Indefinite Strike from 23rd Nov, 2015.
4. Non
inclusion of GDS in 7th C.P.C. Next course of action.
5. Other
Cadre related issues and PJCA Charter
of Demands.
6. Venue
of next Federal Council.
7. Other
items with the permission of Chair.
(R.N. Parashar)
Secretary General
Copy to:
1. The Secretary, Deptt. Of Posts, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-110001
2. All the Office Bearers of NFPE and all General Secretaries.
3. Chief Postmaster General: Andhra Circle,Hyderabad-500001 / Chief
Postmaster General, Delhi Circle, New
Delhi-110001 / Chief Postmaster General Karnataka, Bangalore-560001 / Chief Postmaster General, Kerala Circle, Trivandrum-695033 / Chief Postmaster General , Tamil Nadu Circle, Chennai-600 002
/ Chief Postmaster General, UP Circle, Lucknow-226001 / Chief
Postmaster General, West Bengal Circle,Kolkata-700
012 : They are requested to grant Special Casual Leave to the Office Bearers /
General Secretaries for attending the Federal Executive Committee Meeting.
5. File.
(R.N. Parashar)
FACILITIES TO
DIFFERENTLY ABLED AT GOVERNMENT OFFICES
The Department of
Personnel and Training has informed that as per information submitted on-line
by 71 Departments/Ministries, as on 01.01.2013, there were 9341 number of
persons with disabilities who were employed in the Departments/Ministries of
the Central Government. State/UT-wise information is not compiled.
As per
section 46 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of
Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, the appropriate Governments and the
local authorities are required to provide for-
(a) ramps in public buildings;
(b) adaptation of toilets for wheel chair users;
(c) braille symbols and auditory signals in elevators or
lifts;
(d) ramps in hospitals, primary health centers and other medical
care and rehabilitation institutions.
All the
Ministries/Departments have been requested to comply with this provision. The
Ministry of Railways provides concessional fare for various classes of persons
with disabilities as under:
S.No.
|
Category
of Persons
|
Percentage
of Concession
|
1
|
Orthopaedically
Handicapped/Paraplegic persons who cannot travel without escort –for any
purpose
|
|
2
|
Mentally
retarded persons who cannot travel without escort- for any purpose.
|
|
3
|
Blind persons
travelling alone or with an escort- for any purpose
|
|
4
|
Deaf & Dumb
persons (both afflictions together in the same person) travelling alone or
with an escort- for any purpose.
|
· 50% in
2nd , Sleeper and 1st Class
· 50% in
Monthly Season Ticket & Quarterly Season Ticket
· One
escort is also eligible for same element of concession.
|
Similarly, State
Governments have their own schemes for providing concessional fare for persons
with disabilities while travelling by the buses owned by State transport
undertakings.
As per
Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of
Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, every appropriate Government are
required to appoint in every establishment such percentage of vacancies
not less than three per cent for persons or class of persons with disability of
which one per cent each is reserved for persons suffering from blindness or low
vision; (ii) hearing impairment; (iii) locomotor disability or cerebral palsy,
in the posts identified for each disability.
This
information was given by the Minister of State for Social Justice and
Empowerment, Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar in a written reply to a question in Lok
Sabha here today.
Source: PIB Release, 04.08.2015