Postal Basics

Interest rates of small savings schemes w.e.f 01.04.2020 to 30.06.2020

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No Extension of the Financial Year 2019-20 – Clarification by Ministry of Finance Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Finance 30-March-2020 22:48 IST No Extension of the Financial Year There is a fake new circulating in some section of media that the Financial Year has been extended. A notification issued by the Government of India on 30th March 2020 with respect to some other amendments done in the Indian Stamp Act is being misquoted. There is no extension of the Financial Year. The Finance ministry said that a notification has been issued by the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance on 30th March, 2020 which relates to certain amendments to the Indian Stamp Act. It pertains to putting in place an efficient mechanism for collection of Stamp Duty on Security Market Instruments transactions through Stock Exchanges or Clearing Corporation authorized by Stock Exchanges Depositories. This change was earlier notified to be implemented from 1st...

Ministry of Communications Premium payment period for Postal Life Insurance & Rural Postal Life Insurance extended upto 30th April 2020 Posted On: 30 MAR 2020 5:16PM by PIB Delhi In view of the threat posed by the outbreak of Corona Virus (COVID-19), and the complete lockdown across India, Directorate of Postal Life Insurance(PLI), Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications has given an extension of period for payment of their due premium of March 2020 upto 30 th  April 2020 without charging any penalty/default fee. Directorate of PLI said that although many Post Offices are functional as part of essential services, Postal Life Insurance/Rural Postal Life customers are facing difficulty in  approaching post offices for payment of premium. Therefore, as a measure of convenience to all the PLI / RPLI customers, the period of payment has been extended.  The decision is likely to benefit approximately 13 lakh policy holders (5.5 Lakh PLI and 7.5 Lakh RP...

No Penalty In RD/SSA Scheme Till 30.06.2020 As informed by MoF, Sir/madam  This has a reference to proposal/requests received from Deptt. of Posts, banks, depositors and Agents Associations to waive default fee/revival fee applicable on National Savings RD/PPF/SSA accounts on non deposit of monthly/yearly deposit and period of calculation/payment of interest on Small Savings Accounts due to the lock down situation in the country to contain spread of COVID19 infection. In this connection, it has been approved by the Ministry of Finance (DEA) and conveyed vide email Dated 30.03.2020 that; A) The subscribers of RD A/c/ SSA/ PPF A/c may deposit the mandated due amount, if any of Current FY (2019-20) and April, 2020 (as the case may be) in their respective accounts till 30th June, 2020 and no penalty/ revival fee shall be charged.  B) The last day of the Current FY i.e. 31st March, 2020 shall be considered by the Operating Agencies for the purpose of calculati...

Dear Comrades, As you have noticed, we, on behalf of NFPE, Odisha State CoC have already written to the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha requesting him to appraise the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India for complete closure of Post Offices to contain spread of COVID-19. We are still awaiting a response for Chief Minister's Office.  Further, witnessing issuance  frequent orders from the Directorate and Circle office in the recent past with arbitrary instructions to the grass root level which will help to spread the corona virus rather to contain the spread, we finally decided to appeal our Hon'ble  Ministers  to Govt. of India and Members of Parliament from Odisha to  appraise the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India for complete closure of Post Offices to contain spread of COVID-19. Accordingly, today we submitted our appeals through eMail to the following Ministers and MPs. 1. Sj. Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon'ble Cabinet Minister, Ministry of PNG & ...

Insurance cover of Rs 50 Lakh per health worker fighting COVID-19 to be provided under Insurance Scheme 80 crore poor people will to get 5 kg wheat or rice and 1 kg of preferred pulses for free every month for the next three months 20 crore women Jan Dhan account holders to get Rs 500 per month for next three months Increase in MNREGA wage to Rs 202 a day from Rs 182 to benefit 13.62 crore families An ex-gratia of Rs 1,000 to 3 crore poor senior citizen, poor widows and poor disabled Government to front-load Rs 2,000 paid to farmers in first week of April under existing PM Kisan Yojana to benefit 8.7 crore farmers Central Government has given orders to State Governments to use Building and Construction Workers Welfare Fund to provide relief to Construction Workers The Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Niramla Sitharaman today announced Rs 1.70 Lakh Crore relief package under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana for the poor to help them fight the battle ...

Is Postal Department Much Essential at the time of spread of COVID19 ? As a government employees we are even ready to go with Military or Police to control these type of situations and making awareness in public. That is essential What is essential in booking letters and kept in our office in safe custody? What is meaning of using IPPB withdrawal by using BIO-METRIC of customer (which is more danger?) What is the meaning of Letters delivery in PMA app delivery slip in this type of Panic Situations? If we give only Withdrawals that can be understandable. Here it is not about our health or our family health.  One thing all should understand that if we do letters booking, letters delivery and IPPB transactions or making OAP payments 1.who can guarantee that we are not yet having CORONA? 2.who can guarantee that the customers we dealt with don't have CORONA? If any of the above situations is true (if Either official having CORONA or Customer havin...

Instructions for COVID-19 from CO,Bhubaneswar

List of what will remain open all over India during the Lockdown Period of 21 Days || Post Office is not listed in Essential Service

Dearness Allowance Hiked for Central Government Employees! Modi Cabinet approves 4% DA increase Dearness Allowance Hiked for Central Government Employees! The Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today approved the proposal to increase the Dearness Allowance for Central Government Employees by 4 per cent Dearness Allowance Hiked for Central Government Employees:  Good news for Central Government Employees! The Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister  Narendra Modi  today approved the proposal to increase the Dearness Allowance for Central Government Employees by 4 per cent, news agency ANI reported. This comes days after the Government has told the Rajya Sabha that Dearness Allowance was due to Central Government Employees from January 1, 2020.

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