The
government has formed a committee to review pay structure and social security
benefits provided to 'gramin dak sevaks'.
The one-man
committee will review and suggest changes in existing wage structures,
facilities and other social security benefits provided to 'gramin dak sevaks'
(GDS), according to a notification by the Communications and IT Ministry.Gramin
dak sevaks are extra-departmental agents recruited by the postal department to
serve in rural areas.
They have
been demanding pay and facilities at par with regular postal department
employees.
"The
question of examining the conditions of service and emoluments and other
facilities available to the Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) has been under the
consideration of the Government of India for some time.
The
Government has now decided to set up a one-man committee for the purpose,"
the notification dated November 19 said.
The
Committee headed by Retired Member of the Postal Services Board Kamlesh Chandra
will go into the service conditions of Gramin Dak Sevaks and suggest changes as
considered necessary, it said.
All India
GDS Union last week had demanded that the panel should be formed under retired
Supreme Court or High Court judge and not under chairmanship of a retired
officer.
In the
letter to Secretary, Department of Posts, the union said that it will go on
one-day hunger strike on November 27 at divisional offices, at circle offices
on December 4 and in New Delhi on December 10 if the demand is not met.
The
committee will examine the system of branch post offices, employment conditions
and the existing structure of wage and emoluments paid to GDS and recommend
necessary changes.
It will also
"examine and suggest any changes in the method of recruitment, minimum
qualification for appointment as Gramin Dak Sevaks and their conduct and
disciplinary rules, particularly keeping in view the proposed induction of
technology in the Rural Post Offices", the notification said.The Committee
will function for a period of one year.
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