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Bank and Central D.A. may be known exactly tomorrow

The labour bureau is going to announce AICPIN data for June 2012 tomorrow. This figure is necessary to arrive at the exact Dearness Allowance increase for Bank and Central Govt. employees. The state Govt.s also follow the central D.A. pattern.. It was already predicted a rise of 7% D.A. for central staff w.e.f 1st July 2012 by this blog.

Talk with IBA did not deliver result, Banks going on strike on 22 and 23rd August

Talks with IBA regarding various issues took place on 24.07.12 but the IBA failed to provide any commitment, they only insisted about pursuing the Govt. As a result the Unions decided to go with their planned agitation and strike programme. If nothing positive comes out within next 10 days, they will go into warpath again and observe strike on 22nd and 23rd August to press their demands.

Following is the circular published in the ABOC site reproduced here for your perusal.

"As informed earlier, consequent to our strike notice and the conciliation meeting held by the Dy. CLC, there was a bipartite meeting between IBA and UFBU in Mumbai on 24-7-2012.  IBA team was led by Mr. Alok Mishra, Chairman of IBA.  Leaders of all our constituent unions were present in the discussions.

Holding of PA/SA Recruitment 2012-Directorate issued orders.

Directorate has been issued orders for holding of PA/SA recruitment 2012 vide Memo No.A-34012/5/2011-DE dated 13/07/2012.  Some Important dates are placed here under for the information of the blog viewers.

1.Notification will be issued by the Circle Heads and Sale of Applications start from 11/08/2012

2.Last date of sale of application forms is 25/09/2012

3.Last date for submission of the application is 01/10/2012

4. cost of the application is Rs.50/- and fee for examination is Rs.200/-. Fee has to be paid in to UCR/ACG-17 in any of the Post Office. Fee relaxation will be there for Women/PH/SC/ST Candidates.

5.Completed applications has to be sent to Direct Recruitment Cell, New Delhi HO, New Delhi-110001 through Speed Post/Regd.Post only. Applications sent through couriers will not be accepted.

6.Age: between 18 to 27 years for General category candidates, relaxation will be up to 3 years for OBCs and 5 years for SC/ST candidates.

7.Qualification: 10+2 or equivalent passed with 60% marks for OCs, 55% for OBCs and 45% for SC/STs.

What is CADRE RESTRUCTURE IN POSTAL DEPARTMENT

MANY OF US IN CONFUSSION THAT WHAT IS CADRE RESTRUCTURING IN POSTAL DEPARTMENT THE WORD WHICH WE  HEAR FROM MANY SOURCES. TO MAKE YOUR SELF CLEAR ABOUT THE CONCEPT THE ENTIRE PROCEDURE IS COMPLIED AND PRESENTED HERE BELOW:

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS

CADRE REVIEW

Cadre review is an important aspect of cadre management. It ensures a healthy balance between the functional requirements of an organisation and legitimate career aspirations of its officers. The thrust of such an exercise is on scientific manpower projection and recruitment planning in order to rationalise the cadre structure as also to enhance efficiency, morale and effectiveness of the service/cadre. In terms of the extant guidelines, ideal periodicity of cadre review is once ever y five years .

MACP JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING AND DECISIONS – CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES & WORKERS

The joint Committee set up by the National Anomaly Committee to consider the MACP related issues met on 27th July, 2012.  The Staff Side was represented at the meeting by the following comrades:

Com. M. Raghaviah

Com. Umraomal Purohit

Com. S.K. Vyas

Com. C. Srikumar

Com. K.K.N. Kutty

Com. Shivgopal Misra

Com. Bhosle

The report prepared by the sub-committee after three rounds of discussions was reviewed at the meeting.  The points that came up for discussion and the decisions taken are as under:

Grant of MACP in the promotional hierarchy:  The Staff Side pointed out that the ACP which was in vogue till the advent of MACP had been on promotional hierarchy.  In the name of improvement of the scheme, the Government cannot unilaterally change it, especially when the concerned employees do not consider it as advantageous.  They suggested that the employees must be allowed to retain the ACP for the first two promotions and for the third promotion MACP can be extended.  However, the Official Side said that it would not be possible to have any hybrid scheme.  In fact, they added that the 6th CPC had suggested for two career progressions only and that too on grade pay hierarchy.  The govt. had improved upon and therefore it was not possible for them to agree for the suggestion of the Staff Side.  They also stated that the reason for bringing about grade pay hierarchy was to bring about uniformity in the scheme across the Departments as the promotional hierarchy varies from one department to another.  They declined to consider the suggestion for promotional hierarchy based MACP.

Central Government employees threaten to go on strike

Central government employees and workers today threatened to observe a daylong strike on December 12 if their charter of demands such as setting up of the seventh pay commission is not addressed "expeditiously".

The employees, who participated in 'march to Parliament' programme here under the banner of confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers hoped the Prime Minister, to whom a memorandum containing their charter of demands has been submitted, would "consider and settle the issues within a reasonable time frame".

CURRENT AFFAIRS 2012 FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1. Who took over as Vice-Chief of Indian Air Force?

Air Marshal D.C. Kumaria
2. Who took charge of command of the Western Air Command (WAC)?
Air Marshal Arup Raha
3. Name the Indian American girl who won the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee crown.
Snigdha Nandipati
4. Name the spacecraft which returned to earth to end historic trip.
SpaceX Dragon
5. Global rating agency Fitch downgraded which banks credit rating outlook to negative from stable?
Indian Bank
6. Which 2 countries signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement to promote economic cooperation
and joint investment to boost bilateral trade?
India and Bahrain

State Bank Of India (SBI) Recruitment 2012 – 2013: 7740 Vacancies For Clerical Cadre Online Application

SBI Associate bank clerk Recruitment 2012 Notification issued to recruit 7740 vacancies in State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur (SBBJ), State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH), State Bank of Mysore (SBM), State Bank of Patiala (SBP) and State Bank of Travancore (SBT) across India. Eligible candidates can apply online on or before 13-08-2012. SBI Associates bank online application form 2012 submission starts from 30th of July, 2012.

Cadre of Recruitment: Clerical Cadre
Total Number of Vacancies: 7740
Post Name: State Associate Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 Advertisement/Notification
1. State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur (SBBJ) :1400 vacancies
2. State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH):1880 vacancies
3. State Bank of Mysore (SBM):800 vacancies
4. State Bank of Patiala (SBP): 1160 vacancies
5. State Bank of Travancore (SBT):2500 vacancies

MASSIVE RALLY - PRESS STATEMENT AND MEMORANDUM TO PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA BY CONFEDERATION

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL

GOVT. EMPLOYEES & WORKERS.

A-2/95,Manishinath Bhawan,

Rajouri Garden,

New Delhi-110 027

Website: confederationhq. Blogspot.com.

E mail:confederation06@yahoo.co.in.

Dated: 26th July 2012

PRESS STATEMENT              

                More than 20000 Central Government employees participated in the March to Parliament programme organised by the Confederation of Central Government employees and workers.  Every State in the country and organisation in each Department of Government of India took part in this programme.  The rally was addressed by Com. Basudeb Acharya and Com. Tapan Sen, Members of Parliament and leaders of CITU. Leaders of AITUC,  BMS and INTUC also addressed the gathering. Besides, the following leaders of the Confederation spoke at the rally.

                Com. S.K. Vyas, President, Confederation, Com. K.Raghavendran, Working President, Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General, National Federation of Postal Employees, Com. K.P. Rajagopal, Secretary General, Incometax Employees Federation, Com. M.S. Raja, Secretary General, All India Audit and Accounts Association, Com. Brighu Bhattacharya, Secretary General, All India Civil Accounts Employees Association,  Com.Somayya, Vice President, Confederation, Com. Madan, Organising Secretary, Confederation and many others.

LIST OF IDENTIFIED POST OFFICES FOR INSTALLATION OF ATMS UNDER CBS

Directorate has identified 1000 Post Offices all over the country for ATM implementation.

Click here to view the names of the 1000 identified post offices for installation of ATMs.
The summary of ATM locations circle wise is as follows. 

From Post Office Clerk to President- Pranab Mukherji

Mr Pranab Mukherjee took the oath of office and secrecy as the 13th President of the country at the Central Hall of Parliament here on Wednesday.The Chief Justice of India, Mr Justice S.H. Kapadia, administered the oath, at an elegant ceremony attended by top leaders and officials.

Mukherjee was born on 11 December 1935 in  Birbhum district in the Bengal province of British India. His father Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, was a member of the Indian National Congress during the Indian Independence movement and had spent more than ten years in British jails. Mukherjee’s mother’s name was Rajlakshmi Mukherjee.

He holds a Master of Arts degree in History and Political science and also a degree in Law from the University of calcutta.

Mukherjee began his career as an upper-devision clerk in the office of the Deputy Accountant-General (Post and Telegraph) in Culcutta. After getting above academic degrees, he became professor in a college in Birbhum district and later he also worked as a journalist for the Bengali publication Desher Dak.

He was the UPA’s ‘little big man’, the crisis manager, the consensus builder, Mr Dependable, and Mr fix-it. He first became an Rajya Sabha MP 43 years ago. He became a minister 39 years ago. His first stint as Finance Minister of India began 30 years ago. His political career spans four decade. He has been a minister under every Congress Prime Minister in the last four decades.

Pranab Mukherjee learnt the art of politics from the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. It was Indira who noticed Pranab’s talent — making him minister first time in 1973. He was re-elected to the Upper House in 1975, 1981, 1993 and 1999.

During the dark emergency in India, he stood by Indira Gandhi. He was also accused of favouring Reliance group and building up strong relationship with Dhirubhai Ambani.

After Indira’s assassination in 1984, the darkest phase in Pranab’s career began. Accused of conspiring to be Prime Minister he leaved the Congress party in 1985 and formed his own political party Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress.

In the regime of PV Narasimha Rao in 1991, he returned as Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission and subsequently a Union Cabinet Minister. From 1995 to 1996, he served as External Affairs Minister. A year later, in 1997 he was voted as an Outstanding Parliamentarian.

He has been the chief troubleshooter of the Congress party as well as the government. With Congress-led United Progressive Alliance returning to power in 2004, he ideally played the role of consensus builder to lead a coalition government.

It was in 2004, Pranab was appointed as the Leader of the House in the Lok Sabha after he was elected to the lower house for the first time from Jangipur constituency. He was expected to handle the political fallout of all difficult situations.

First Citizen

From holding some of the most powerful posts in the government, Pranab Mukherjee is India’s President. “Soon, I will not be a political entity,” Pranab Mukherjee had said in his farewell speech last week.

As Finance Minister

Pranab Mukherjee’s first stint as the Finance Minister of India was in 1982. He presented the first annual budget in 1982-83. He became the Finance Minister again in Manmohan Singh’s cabinet. He presented the Union Budget in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Best Finance Minister

In 1984, Pranab Mukherjee was rated as the best Finance Minister of the World according to a survey of Euro money magazine. In 2010, he was awarded Finance Minister of the Year for Asia by Emerging Markets, the daily newspaper of record for the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Last year, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by University of Wolverhampton. He has been a member of the Board of Governors of the International MonetaryFund, of the World Bank, of the Asian Development Bank, and of the African Development Bank.

Mirati’s Poltu

Poltu, a village boy from a small village in West Bengal always says that he is straight from village and indeed his story is great. He was educated in a village school. In 1946, Pranab Mukherjee was admitted to class 5th in Kirnahar Shib Chandra High School, Mirati as Poltu. As a young boy, Pranab used to swim across a river to go to school. He always came second in class, he never came first.

Every year, without any delay Pranab visits his home to keep alive the family traditions. He has done this for more than 30 years.

Family

Apart from the average 18 hours of work, he likes to read, garden and listens to Rabindra Sangeet. His favourite food is fish curry. He is married to Suvra and has two sons – Abhijit and Indrajit and a daughter – Sharmistha.

He was the sharpest mind in Manmohan Singh’s cabinet with deep understanding of politics, economic policies and strategic issues. He is also the consummate politician, seasoned politician – he played game on the ground and he has the potential to live up to his initials.

HISTORICAL DELHI CHALO EVENT; PRECIOUS PHOTOGRAPHS

Current affairs 2012 for All Competitive exams

1. Who took over as Vice-Chief of Indian Air Force?
Air Marshal D.C. Kumaria
2. Who took charge of command of the Western Air Command (WAC)?
Air Marshal Arup Raha
3. Name the Indian American girl who won the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee crown.
Snigdha Nandipati
4. Name the spacecraft which returned to earth to end historic trip.
SpaceX Dragon
5. Global rating agency Fitch downgraded which banks credit rating outlook to negative from stable?
Indian Bank

6. Which 2 countries signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement to promote economic cooperation
and joint investment to boost bilateral trade?
India and Bahrain

How to Pass Post Office Savings Bank Aptitude Test

Syllabus for Savings Bank Aptitude Test

Paper - I

Marks-100

Time-2 Hours

Total No. of Questions-50

Qualifying Marks:- 50%

Note:- The examination will be held with the aid of books approved by the department. All the questions will be objective type with four options. The candidate has to choose the correct option as per his knowledge and quote the rule from the books approved for the examination to support his/her decision.

Syllabus:-

Acts

(1) Government Savings Bank Act 1873 (amended from time to time)

(2) Government Savings Certificates Act 1959 (amended from time to time)

(3) Public Provident Fund Act 1968 (amended from time to time)

Postmasters meeting at Andhra Pradesh Circle

APPEAL TO ALL POSTMASTER CADRE OFFICIALS

APPEAL

IT IS PROPOSED TO HOLD CIRCLE LEVEL POSTMASTER CADRE GET-TOGETHER MEETING AT KHAIRATABAD HO ON 19.08.2012(SUNDAY).PLEASE INFORM ALL ACCORDINGLY.

source :postmasterdopblog

MODEL QUESTIONS FOR IPO EXAM PAPER II CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES (CONDUCT) RULES 1964

1.         CCS Conduct Rules come into force on

            a)         1965                                       b)         1964

            c)         1956                                       d)         None of these                                    Ans:b

2.         CCS Conduct Rules apply to

a)                 Every person appointed to a civil service

b)                 Every civilian in defense service

c)                  Both A & B

d)                 None of these                                                                                                Ans:c

3.         CCS conduct Rules not apply to

a)                 A member of All India Service

b)                 A holder of any post in respect of which the president has, by a general or special order

c)                  A Railway servant as defined in Section 3 of the Indian Railways act 1890

d)                 All the above                                                                                                  Ans:d

4.         Short title, commencement and application defined in _____ of CCS conduct rules.

            a)         Sec 2.                                                 b)         Sec 3.

            c)         Sec 1                                                  d)         Sec 4                                      Ans:c

5.         Definitions defined in  ______of CCS Conduct rules

            a)         Sec 2.                                                 b)         Sec 3.

            c)         Sec 1                                                  d)         Sec 4                                      Ans:a

Central Government Employees to march to Parliament

CONSTITUTE 7TH PAY COMMISSION - Central staff to march to Parliament...

Central staff to march to Parliament

The Confederation of Central Government Employees will take out a march to Parliament on July 26, demanding constitution of the Seventh Pay Commission and dismantling of the new pension scheme.

Talking to reporters in Chennai, general secretary of the Confederation M. Duraipandian said though the Centre had trumpeted that the Sixth Pay Commission had increased the salary of the employees by 28 to 40 per cent, increase in petrol prices and hike in the price of essential commodities had proved that salary hike was not adequate.

MODEL QUESTION FOR IPO EXAMINATION - PAPER III

1      The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by     Elected members of the legislative assembly

2     The power to decide an election petition is vested in the High Courts

3     The preamble says that the state in India will assure the dignity of the individual. The constitution seeks to achieve this object by guaranteeing Equal fundamental rights to each citizen

4     The minimum age of the voter in India is      18    Years

5 The president addresses both the Houses of Parliament assembled together First session after each general election and the first session of each year

6 . The president can dissolve the Lok Sabha on Advice of the prime minister

7 . The oath of office is administered to the Governor by the Chief justice of high court

8. The parliament can legislate on the subject in the state list If the Rajya Sabha passes a resolution by two-third of its to legislate on a state matter in the national interest

9 The president can expend out of the Contingency Fund of India Without the approval of the Parliament

10 The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected for a term  Six years

11 The Objectives Resolution was unanimously adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 22nd January 1947

Pranab Mukherjee elected as new President

Pranab Mukherjee was on Sunday elected as the 13th President, marking a new journey for the veteran Congress leader after over four decades of life in active politics.

He declared elected as President, polling 69.3% votes with a value of 7,13,763, said Returning Officer.

Mukherjee, UPA nominee, got 5,64,469 vote value, well beyond the half-way mark of 5,25,140 in an electoral college of over 10.5 lakh when counting of votes polled by the MPs and MLAs of 20 of the 30 states was completed.

Postmaster Cadre Coordination Members of Southern Region, Tamilnadu

In the Successful Meeting of Postmasters, Southern Region, Tamilnadu circle the following Co ordination members are appointed in southern Region to promote the event to the next stage. All the Postmaster Cadre comrades requested to contact the coordination members over phone frequently to update the further developments in Postmaster cadre and for its betterment.

Coordinators in Southern Region

1. Shri. Rajuselvam PM Gr II  for Madurai Division 9487035808

2. Shri. Chandrasekar PM Gr II, for Theni division 9843921106

3. Shri. Edward PM Gr I,  for Tuticorin Division 9443138328

4. Shri. Premkumar PM Gr I,  For Ramnad division 9003750695

5. Shri Justin Jose, PM Gr I, Nagercoil division 9442139289

6. Shri Sankar PM Gr I, Dindigul Division, 9380873137

7. Shri Chandru PM Gr I, Tirunelveli division 9442226131

REVISED NORMS FOR POSTMEN

A look at the six most asked questions on UID

For more than 4 years, the 12-digit number called Aadhaar has generated more debate than action.

But now that 18 crore Indians do have this number and 42 crore more should have it by April 2013, it's time to focus more on what the number will—and can—really do.

For, it is the utility of the card that will make all the struggle in its implementation worthwhile—or worthless.

Here's a look at the six most asked questions on UID

1) What is Aadhaar authentication ? Is an individual's right of privacy ensured? 
Aadhaar authentication is a process through which the number, along with other attributes (demographics , biometrics or One-Time Pin), is submitted to UIDAI's Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) for verification ; the CIDR verifies whether the data submitted matches the data available in CIDR and responds with a "yes/no" . No personal identity information is returned as part of the response.

DISCUSSION CORNER

DEAR POSTMASTER,

DISCUSSION CORNER # 02

THE COMMENTS RECEIVED FROM THE VISITORS OF THIS BLOG IS ANALYSED BELOW FOR THE  BETTERMENT OF THE POSTMASTER CADRE

Anonymous17 July 2012 09:23

Sincere work attempted to create awareness among the postmasters. Hats off to this website

Y.NAGABHUSHANAM17 July 2012 11:30

POST MASTER CADRE WAS CREATED HASTILY WITHOUT PROPER UNDERSTANDING AND VISION AND WITHOUT CREATING RULES PERFECTLY. THIS IS THE ROUTE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. YOU CANNOT SEE EACH PROBLEM SEPERATELY. IT IS BETTER TO ABOLISH THAT CADRE AND MERGE IT WITH LSG/HSGII/HSGI AFTER CADRE RESTRUCTURAING BECAUSE THERE IS NO NEED TO HAVE SEPARATE CADRE OF POST MASTER. IT WAS CREATED ONLY TO DEVIDE THE POSTAL EMPLOYEES.

MAHENDRA SHARMA17 July 2012 12:14

After copmletion of more than four years, HSG-I recruitment rules have not been finalised where as within less than 12 months PM Grade Recruitment rules have been framed and posting in the cadre of Grade-I & II have been done.The only object was to debarr the qualified officials from Adhoc HSG-I posts with grade pay of Rs.4600-.No any other reason would be there because of their quality.

After framing of HSG-I Recruitment Rules, fresh options will be invited from newly promoted HSG-I officials(the juniors to the PM Grade-II officials in the equivalent grade) to fill up the PM Gr-III posts.If any vacancy will be still there (the chances are very few), it will be filled up as per Col. 12 of respective rect't rules. We should be given chance of withdrawal of option from PM Grade because PM Grade-III posts have not been filled up through the initial constitution even after completion of more than 14 months. Endless waiting is clear injustice.-M K Sharma PM Grade-II Baloda Bazar(CG)493332.

PA/SA EXAMINATION 2012 NOTIFICATION DATE 11.08.12

A Notification for Direct recruitment of Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants is to be issued on 11-08-2012 in leading news papers in English/Hindi.

The cost of Application form is Rs. 50/- sale of Application forms will commence from 11-08-2012 and closes by 25-09-2012 in all Head post offices. Examination fee Rs. 200/- is to be paid in ACG 67/UCR.

Last date for receipt of Applications 01-10-2012

GDS to PA/SA

The Examination for eligible Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) to fill up the unfilled vacancies of LGO Examination will also be held as per extant Rules/guidelines of the department on the same day and time decided for Direct Recruitment as per the same syllabus etc.

Source : http://ruralpostalemployees.blogspot.in/

Clarification on fixation of allowance of newly appointed GDS

Bank employees' strike on 25th and 26th July 2012 postponed

UFBU has  temporarily postponed / deferred the bank employees' proposed  strike on 25th and 26th July 2012.

Click here to view UFBU circular 

LAND MARK JUDGEMENT ON CHILD CARE LEAVE TO DEPRIVED WOMEN EMPLOYEES

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL CHANDIGARH BENCH

ORIGINAL APPLICATION NO.931-CH-2011

Chandigarh, this the 30th day of September, 2011

CORAM: Hon'ble Mrs. Shyama Dogra, Member (J). Hon'ble Mrs. Promilla Issar, Member (A).

Mrs. Aarti Rani, wife of Shri Ashwani Kumar, aged 39 years, presently working as Postal Assistant in Post Office Sector-15, Chandigarh (U.T.)-160015.

Applicant

Versus

1. Union of India through Secretary, Ministry Communication & Information Technology, Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110016.

2. Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Chandigarh Division, Sector-17, GPO Building, Chandigarh (UT)-160017.

Respondents

Present: Sh. D.R. Sharma, the counsel for the applicant.

Sh. Rohit Sharma, vice Sh. Deepak Agnihotri, the counsel for the respondents.

O R D E R(Oral)

By Hon'ble Mrs. Shyama Dogra, Member (J):-