Resolution on Policy & Programme

The resolution on the Policy & Programme adopted in the 18th All India Conference of National Union of Postal Employees Group ‘C’ held at Ambaji (Gujarat) from 28.12.08 to 31.12.08.

The Postal Department is one of the oldest Departments of the Government of India and has been rendering effective services of mail delivery, remittance of Money Orders and Savings Bank for the members of public for more than 154 years. Whatever the policy decisions are taken by the Central Government is directly affecting the Postal Department. Since, 1984, there is a blanket ban on creation of posts for the past 25 years. The ban on recruitment was also there from 1984 to 1989. After that, during 1989-90, the ban on recruitment was lifted and the recruitments were made. But, after 1991 till now, there are so many restrictions being imposed against recruitment including the worst policy of ADR plan for the past 8 years under Screening Committee being adopted from 2000. had been paving the way for the abolition of 2/3rd posts in recruitment quota and allows only1/3rd recruitment in direct recruitment quota that too not exceeding 1 percent of the concerned Gr.’C’and Gr.D establishment of the particular units/divisions/. Due to this worst policy of the Central Government for 8 years, we have lost nearly 68000 posts rendering the department giving the poor quality of service to the members of public and shouldering the enormous work load and responsibilities by the employees of the department. Hence, this conference insists the Govt. of India either to abolish the Screening Committee or give exemption to the Postal Department from the purview of the Screening Committee and start recruitment to fill up the vacancies forthwith. Besides this, the world level economic recession which is the result of the pursuance of unethical economic activities of globalizations, privatization, liberalization by various Governments has severely affected the economic condition of so many countries including India and causing very much damage to employees’ resulting in lakhs and lakhs loosing their jobs. Especially, in United States, every month 5 lakh employees are loosing their jobs due to economic meltdown. Same is the case in Japan and European Union Countries. In India, this impact is slow down because of strong foundation of Public Enterprises including banks, Insurance etc. Though the successive Central Governments tried to disinvest those public sectors including banks and insurance sectors, because of the sustained and consistent struggle of those employees the menace of those sectors were stopped to certain extent.

In our department also, we have been resisting the Government’s proposal of licensing the Postal Services and franchise scheme etc. Therefore, as a part and parcel of the Central Govt. employees, we have to struggle to strengthen the Government and Public Sector services, for abolition of Screening Committee, scrapping of new pension scheme and effective implementation of compassionate appointment scheme, abolition of PRIS scheme, draw backs in commutation of pension policies etc and as a Postal employees we have to fight for filling up of all vacant posts, absorption of RRR candidates, implementation of revised p[ay to substitutes, ACP and cadre restructuring to remove the Bonus formula, filling up of LSG, HSG II and HSG I vacancies then and there and early formulation of HSG recruitment rules, removing the restrictions in posting the officials in single handed and double handed offices, separate and better pay scales to System Administrators and Marketing Executives, special pay to PO& RMS Accountants to be considered as a part if pay, early filling up of LSG Accountant posts, solutions to the adverse recommendations of the R.S.Natarajamurti’s GDS Committee, Treasurers are paid allowances as Cashiers, qualitative computer accessories and privatization of Postal Department by giving Franchise etc.

To realize the above genuine and serious demands we have to go for effective negotiations with the Government / Department. Id the negotiations are failed, we should not hesitate to go on serious struggles including strike etc.