GDS Committee Report: Key Recommendations of Kamlesh Chandra Committee
GDS Committee Report: Key Recommendations of Kamlesh Chandra Committee Kamlesh Chandra Committee submitted its report to the Government – Details of Recommendations To examine the system of Branch Post Offices, engagement conditions, existing structure of allowances and all other welfare issues pertaining to Gramin Dak Sevaks, a one-man Committee under the Chairmanship of Shri Kamlesh Chandra, Retired Member Postal Services Board was set up. The Committee has submitted its report to the Government. Details of the recommendations made by the Committee The old system of payment of Time Related Continuity Allowance (TRCA) is dispensed with and replaced with a new wage payment system. Under the new wage payment system, 11 TRCA slabs are subsumed into 3 Wage Scales with two Levels each for BPMs and for other than BPMs. One wage scale would be common for both the categories of GDSs. The minimum working hours of GDS Post Offices and GDSs are increased to 4 hours from 3 hours. ...