IPPB WORKSHOP IN NEW DELHI EIGHT REPRESENTATIVES FROM AIGDSU ATTENDED. Department of Posts arranged workshop on IPPB at civil service officers institute in New Delhi on 07.03.2018 from 10-00 A.M. to 5-00 P.M. Com. S.S. Mahadevaiah, General Secretary, Com. B.V. Rao, Asst. General Secretry and Circle Secretary A.P. Circle, Com. M.D. Aereh, Working President, Com. Lakhwinder Pal Singh, CHQ Treasurer, Com. R.P. Diwaker, Asst. General Secretary, Com. C.B. Tiwari, Asst. General Secretary and Circle Secretary Uttar Pradesh Circle, Com. B. Jayaraju, Circle Secretary, Telangana Circle, Com. Jagdish Rawat, Cicle Secretary, Uttarakhand Circle attended as AIGDSU representatives. At 10-00 A.M. welcome address was given by Sri DDG (PBI) Later Secretary (Posts) Sri A.N. Nanda presented opening remarks. Sri Suresh Sethi CEO & MD, IPPB Shri Sachin Kishore, DDG (FS), Ms. Madhumitha Das DDG (PBI-I) Sri T.Q. Mohamad, DDG (PBI-II) gave lecture on various topics of payment Bank. General Secretary vehemently opposed the proposed commission/ remuneration to GDS for Payment Bank work. With the initiation of AIGDSU, All the federations and GDS unions handed over the letter to the Secretary Department of posts appealing for enhancement of working hours of B.Os and GDS officials after introducing the Payment Bank instead of granting incentive/remuneration to GDS for payment bank work. Sri Tilak Day, Additional D.G, Smt. Usha Chandrasekhar, Member (O), Sri Uday Krishna, Member (Banking),   Dr. Y.P. Rai, Member (PLI) and other senior officers attended.   The workshop was ended at 5-00 P.M. with vote of thanks by Sri T.Q. Mohammad, DDG (PBI-II). LATEST POSITION OF THE GDS COMMITTEE AIGDSU General Secretary and other representatives discussed about the implementation of GDS committee with Secretary (Posts) Sri A.N. Nanda in IPPB workshop more than half an hour. Secretary (Posts) told that Department of posts prepared cabinet note giving replies to all queries raised by Ministry of Finance. Secretary (Posts) also informed that he signed on the cabinet note on late last night and was sent to the Minister Communication for his signature. After Ministers signature it was again sent to Finance and there  after to the cabinet. Secretary (Posts) told that there is a chance to implement the GDS Committee report at an earliest date.   Dharna at Prime Minister’s residence on 15-03-2018 at 10-00 A.M. Dharna at Prime Minister’s resident on 15-03-2018 will be conducted as it is. All the C.W.C. members, Circle Secretaries, Divisional and Branch Secretaries are requested to bring more number of GDS officials to Delhi.