Friday 17 February 2017
Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 220 : Change in the name of Postman
GOVERNMENT
OF INDIA
MINISTRY
OF COMMUNICATIONS
DEPARTMENT
OF POSTS
RAJYA
SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.220
TO BE
ANSWERED ON 3RD FEBRUARY, 2017
CHANGING THE NAME OF POSTMAN AS
POSTMASTER
†220. SHRI MOTILAL VORA:
Will the Minister of
COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government has
changed the designation of Postman distributing letters in villages to
Postmaster;
(b) whether this change in
designation has been done only in the State of Rajasthan or it has been done at
national level;
(c) whether it is a fact that
the pay scale of Postmaster ranges from ` 4500 to ` 13,000;
(d) whether this pay scale
remains even lower than that a Central fourth class employee; and
(e) if so, the steps being
taken by Government to provide proper pay scale to Postmaster distributing
mails from one village to another?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
&
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)
(a) No, Sir. Gramin Dak Sevak Branch Postmaster (GDS BPM) or
Gramin Dak Sevak Mail Deliverer distribute letters in villages.
(b) Does not arise in view of (a) above.
(c) No, Sir.
(d) Yes Sir. However, there is no comparison in the pay scales
of these two cadres since Central fourth class (now termed as Multi Tasking
Staff – MTS) are regular employees whereas Gramin Dak Sevaks are part-time
sevaks.
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