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Introduction. Social schemes delivered by the Department MGNREGA CPI UIADI Security Pension NPS. Employment Guarantee Act: The Basic Idea.
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Introduction • Social schemes delivered by the Department • MGNREGA • CPI • UIADI • Security Pension • NPS Unit 1.4
Employment Guarantee Act: The Basic Idea The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 is a law whereby: (section 3) any adult who is willing to do unskilled manual work at the minimum wage is entitled to being employed on local public works within 15 days of applying. Unit 1.4
ROLE OF POST OFFICE • Main features of the revised scheme w.e.f. 01-07-2008 • Dept of Posts and the Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of India have agreed for payment of wages under NREGS through Rural Post offices in the country. • No payment of service charges to Department of Posts. • Reimbursement of all the expenditure incurred by DoP on this account. • Zero balance accounts introduced by amending the Savings Account Rules 1981. • Scheme is re-named as Mahatma “Gandhi GraminRozgaryogana” Unit 1.4
Roles and Responsibilities- DoP • Divisional Nodal Officers to facilitate linking of villages and attached habitations with the P.O. • Map the BOs under each SO • BPMs to accept applications for Ac/t opening and forward S.O. on date of receipt itself • SPMs to open the accounts and issue Pass Books in time. • Intimate account numbers to POs/APOs for incorporation in the NREGS records Unit 1.4
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF POSTS • SPM will ensure crediting of wage-amounts and send intimation of credit to each of the BPMs concerned without waiting for the clearance of the cheque. • Disburse the amount to all the wage earners within the prescribed time. • The Divisional Nodal Officer to watch receipt of weekly / fortnightly wage lists and the cheques for the wage amount ensure immediate credit into the SB accounts. Unit 1.4
Roles & Responsibilities of DoP • Provide adequate manpower at POs • Arrange for sufficient cash for wage payments • Provide effective mechanism at all levels for redressal of grievances and disposal of complaints. • Participate in the periodical co-ordination meetings Unit 1.4
Assignment • Prepare a chart showing flow of work related to MGNREGA Unit 1.4
Consumer Price Index • MoU is signed by DoP , CSO & MOSPI for using Postal Network for the collection of data on prices of consumer commodities in selected villages for the compilation of CPI. • Role of DoP – • Survey & Identify shops & outlets in villages • Submit the data of shops & outlets identified to CSO • Collection of prices of consumer commodities every month • Uploading the collected data to NIC. Unit 1.4
UIADI • MoU signed by the Deptt. Of Posts and UIDAI. • ROLE OF INDIA POST – • Premium service used – Print to Post • Printing • Booking • Transmission • Delivery of letters carrying Unique Identification Number of the residents. Unit 1.4
Social Security Pensions • Old Age Pension • Widow Pension • Physically handicapped persons Pension • Operating Procedure • Booking (ordinary MO / eMO) • Despatch (with cash) • Payment (person/SB A/c) • Accounting Unit 1.4
New Pension Scheme • Nodal Office • DoP has established a Nodal Office that has been registered with the CRA as POP. The Nodal Office is functioning from CEPT, PTC Mysore • The Nodal Office gets the registration of POP_SPs (PO) done with the CRA & communicates the Registration No to the PO concerned. Unit 1.4
Registration of POs as POP_SP • The post offices identified for carrying out NPS transactions are called POP_SPs (Point of Presence _ Service Providers) • POP_SPs have to be registered with the CRA (Central Recordkeeping Agency) – one time. • A pre-requisite for the POP_SP registration is that the Postal Division concerned has to capture the mandatory details of the POP_SP in the ‘India Post Info Site’ (Link available under Quick Links on India Post Home Page). ‘NPS Details’ option under the menu ‘Post Office Related’ has to be used. Unit 1.4
Registration of POP_SP • The Nodal Office communicates the POP_SP details to the CRA & gets the registration number, which is communicated to the PO concerned. • The PO has to enter the Registration No in the Meghdoot Point of Sale (Supervisor Option – ‘My Office’ menu --- ‘Environment’ option). One more number – FC Code also needs to be entered. (More details on Facilitation Centre will follow) Unit 1.4
Types of Transactions Handled by POP_SP • Subscriber Registration (‘Opening of Account’) • Initial Subscriber Contribution (‘First Deposit’) • Subsequent Subscriber Contributions (‘Subsequent Depoits’) • Handling Service Requests from subscribers (including withdrawal requests) • Grievance handling Unit 1.4
How the transactions are carried out? • All transactions are carried out through ePayment • A National level Biller called ‘NPS Trust’ has been created. This biller is operated by the Nodal Office • All transactions fetch a uniform service charge of Rs 20 + Service Tax. • Details with screen shots will be covered later Unit 1.4