Precautionary measures to guard against fraud in PLI/RPLI
The directive addresses the rising instances of fraud in Postal Life Insurance (PLI) and Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI) within the Department of Posts. It urges heightened vigilance and preventive measures among departmental staff following recent cases of misappropriation. Recommendations include disseminating preventive vigilance materials, conducting in-house training, and implementing continuous monitoring of transactions, particularly on weekends and holidays.
File No 13-02/2023-LI
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department Of Posts
(Directorate of Postal Life Insurance)
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110021
Dated: 10/01/2024
To
All HOCs
Subject : Precautionary measures to guard against fraud in PLI/RPLI .
There have been repeated instances coming to light wherein departmental staffs have been identified to be indulged in misappropriation of public money in PLI/RPLI.
This office has been regularly issuing directions for taking guard and preventive measures to check occurrence of frauds time and again. Very recently a case has came into the cognizance of this Dte wherein fraud has been committed using Mccamish ID of one of the user/ operator after getting Rule-38 transfer to a different Circle.
2. In this regard, the under mentioned letters related to preventive vigilance (enclosed herewith) may please be disseminated among all and in-house training on preventive vigilance be organized sensitizing the staffs/officials to avoid any such recurrence in the future.
| Ser No | Letter No | Subject | Date of issuance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 29-34/2012/LI(Vol-II) | Password Policy-Setting Complex Passwords-Reg | 02-08-2016 |
| 02 | 29-34/2012/LI | Forwarding disbursement sanction memos generated by McCamish from one office to other office- reg | 13-07-2015 |
| 03 | 06-01/2011-LI(Pt) | Irregular transaction / activities in collection of premium in / core Insurance Solution | 21-12-2016 |
| 04 | 06-01/2011-LI(Pt) | Irregular transaction / activities in collection of premium in / core Insurance Solution | 02-01-2016 |
| 05 | 13-06/2019-LI | Precautionary measures to guard against frauds in PLI/RPLI | 09.01.2020 |
3. In addition to the above, the need to continuously monitor CSI transaction being done on Sunday/holiday for which CEPT has provided a separated dashboard may also be promulgated amongst all. The link of the same is shared herein again https://utilities.cept.gov.in/pli.
4. This issues with the approval of the competent authority.
Pranav Kumar
GM (Operations)
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