Plea by Punjab Public Service Commission aspirant upheld
The NCDRC also upheld the State commission’s order for compensation of ₹1 lakh to the aspirant.
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Disqualified from exam The aspirant had alleged that despite sending his application form for the examination on time the post office had failed to deliver it on time to the authorities concerned, which led to his disqualification from the examination.
“The citizen’s charter of India Post has declared the time for speed post within same circle as one or two days. Patiala, where the speed post was to be delivered, is just 70 km from Mohali. He [the complainant] came to know that the speed post was wrongly sent to Delhi,” read the order dated October 6.
In defence, the respondents contested the claim citing relevant sections from the Indian Post Office Act stating that “no officer shall incur any liability by reason of any such loss, misdelivery, delay or damage unless the same was caused fraudulently or by wilful act or default”.
Rejecting the claim, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum in Mohali had in 2013 directed the post office to compensate the complainant by paying ₹50,000.
“Not delivering the speed post article to its addressee clearly constituted a wilful act of deficiency in service on their part,” the order had read.
The opposite parties contested the claim and appealed to the State commission. However, the State forum not only upheld the order but also increased the compensation amount to ₹1 lakh.
Aspirant traumatised
“The complainant had prepared for the examination and had undergone trauma when his application was received late. In our view, ₹1 lakh will be adequate compensation,” read the State commission’s order.Upholding the same, the NCDRC said the postal service “cannot take shelter behind Section 6 of the Indian Postal Act to absolve of its responsibility by merely stating that the complainant should have kept track of the article on the postal website. There is a clear cut of deficiency of service on their part.”
Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant Examination 2013 Result 2013 shortlisted candidates
PA / SA examination 2013 List of shortlisted candidates.
View the details from the below linkhttp://www.eonlineapply.com/dop/pages/cwresult.aspx#
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Aptitude Test (Paper I) for all the postal circles is completed.
The List of shortlisted candidates for the Computer Typing / Data Entry
(PAPER II) for Andhra Pradesh, Gujrat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil
Nadu, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, North East,
Odisha, West Bengal Postal
Circles is given in the link below:
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The above Short List has been prepared in accordance with
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No 60-9/2009 SPB1 dated
8-5-2012. The candidates who figure in the above list have qualified for
appearing in the Paper II based on marks in the Paper I.
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The list is in order of Roll Number.
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Paper II is tentatively scheduled on 10th,11th,24th,25th,31th August 2013 and 1st September 2013
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Admit Card for Paper II will be dispatched shortly. Admit Card can also be generated on this website
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Report of Expert Committee on Harnessing the India Post Network for Financial Inclusion.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
While the phrase 'financial inclusion' is relatively new, it is obvious that post offices were working on problems of financial inclusion many decades before the phrase was coined. The National Postal Policy1 also visualises an important continued role for India Post in delivering broad based banking and financial services:
“Nearly 16 crore people use India Post to save Rs. 3,23,781 crore as on March 31,2007. Out of this, deposits in savings bank account alone is Rs.16,789 crore. There is, therefore, a need for India Post to computerize and connect all its savings bank accounts so as to widen and deepen the level of financial transactions and offer banking services to the rural population. India Post sees a great opportunity for increasing the number of accounts and volume of savings.”
This Expert Committee was constituted to examine potential synergies between the efforts at broadbased banking and financial services delivery at India Post and the larger policy goal of financial inclusion. The Expert Committee examined the role for the postal network in financial inclusion in the context of the presently unmet demand for financial services, the core strengths and capabilities of India Post, as well as of the emerging policy, regulatory and business environment in this area.
Recommendation 1:
India Post should deliver lightweight, low-cost
bank accounts to all Indian citizens and especially to the financially excluded population.
Recommendation 2:
India Post should look for ways to leverage its low cost platform by providing India Post branded accounts to other strategic partners, such as MFIs, mutual fund and insurance companies, and telecom operators.
Recommendation 3:
India Post should apply itself towards the challenge of achieving high volumes of moneyorders where payments of as little as Rs.10 are achieved at a charge of less than Rs.0.1 while requiring no subsidy from the exchequer.
Download the Full Report on Harnessing India Post for Financial Inclusion.