GOVERNMENT(not the Dept.of Post) FORMS PANEL TO REVISIT GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS (GDS) PAY, BENEFITS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (PTI) 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. PTI PRS MR ABM STS
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