Dopt Clarification Orders on Joining Time Rules :

 Dopt has issued some clarifications as in the type of Questions and Answers.

Joining Time Rules 

1. Whether Joining time / Joining Time pay is admissible in case of technical resignation of a Government servant to join another Government organization? 

For appointment to posts under the Central Government on the results of a competitive examination and or interview open to Government servants and others, Central Government employees and permanent/provisionally permanent State Government employees will be entitled to joining time. 

A Government servant shall be treated on duty during the period of joining time and shall be entitled to joining time pay equal to the pay and allowances like DA, HRA, CCA, drawn before relinquishment of charge at the old post. But temporary Central Government employees with less than 3 years of regular continuous service, though entitled to joining time would not be entitled to joining time pay. {Rule 4 (4) of CCS(JT) Rules}

Dopt clarification orders on Honorarium

Honorarium 

I. Upto what amount the Head of Department can grant honorarium? 

The Ministries/Departments can grant honorarium upto Rs.5000/- per annum per employee and the Head of Department can grant honorarium upto Rs.2500/- per annum per employee. O.M. No.1711/9/85-Estt (Allowance) dated 23.12.1985 refers.

2. What are the rates of honorarium for translation work from regional language to English/Hindi and vice versa? 

The rates for translation from regional languages to English/Hindi and vice-versa is Rs.120/- per thousand words of Ordinary Material and Rs.130/- per thousand words of Technical Material (including Codes / Manuals, etc.). This is subject to a maximum of Rs.5000/- per annum in each case, whether recurring or non-recurring. O.M. No.17011/04/2011-Estt.(AL) dated 1.4.2011 refers.

Source : www.persmin.nic.in
[http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/Allowance-25032013.pdf]

Old Cheque : RBI extends deadline for four more month.

RBI extends deadline for issuance of new format cheques.

RBI asked banks to issue new cheque books only under the new format and gave them time till July-end to withdraw the old format cheques.

All cheques currently with customers in the old format (non-Cheque Truncation System) will continue to be valid for another four months (the earlier deadline was March 31), the apex bank said.

TCS set to bag Rs 1,100-cr contract from India Post

The five-year deal would make TCS accountable for overall implementation of ‘India Post 2012’, an IT automation programme announced by the Department of Posts.

Mumbai, March 24:  

Tata Consultancy Services is close to bagging a Rs 1,100-crore systems integration contract from India Post as part of the latter’s drive to modernise its technology infrastructure, it is reliably learnt.

The five-year deal would make TCS accountable for overall implementation of ‘India Post 2012’, a multi-faceted IT automation programme announced by the Department of Posts (DoP) three years ago.

Consolidated instructions relating to action warranted against Government servants remaining away from duty without - authorisation/grant of leave — Rule position

Payment of product promotion allowance to the staffs engaged in booking of WNX articles:-Regarding

POSB Interest Calculator

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Central D.A hike from January'13 to be announced in coming week

The cabinet will approve 8% D.A. hike for Central Govt. employees and pensioners in it's next meeting in the coming week and subsequently announcement will be made. The next date of cabinet meeting is not yet decided. Usually the hike of January installment of Dearness Allowance is approved within March but due to recent political turmoil and P.M's foreign visit, the cabinet could not meet on the last week of March.

Execution of SCS - SI entries for 30/03/2013

Unzip the file to DBAnalyzer folder in server.
Logout of Sanchay Post from all the clients and server.
Backup POST database
Execute "MarchScs_Si.exe"
This exe should be executed before day-end of 30/03/2013
The exe will display the total amount after finishing SI posting. This amount should be added to the counter transactions LOT.

Click here to download patch file

Source : http://tamilnadupost.nic.in/sdc/index.htm

Revision of Tatkal Charges for Train Journeys to be Effective From 1st April 2013 Onwards.

As per announcement made in the Railway Budget 2013-14, it has been decided by the Ministry of Railways to revise Tatkal charges.  These charges will be applicable for journey starting from 01.04.2013 onwards. Now, the Tatkal charges will be realized @ 10% of basic far for reserved Second (2S) class and 30% of basic fare for all other classes subject to minimum and maximum as given below:-

Class to Travel	Minimum Tatkal Charges (in Rs.)	Maximum Tatkal Charges (in Rs.)
Reserved Second Sitting (2S)	10	15
Sleeper	90	175
AC Chair Car	100	200
AC-3 tier	250	350
AC-2 tier	300	400
Executive	300	400

Revised Cancellation Charges & Clerkage Charges for Train Journey w.e.f. 1st April, 2013

Press Information Bureau 

Government of India

Ministry of Railways 

26-March-2013 12:49 IST

Revised Clerk age Charges and Cancellation Charges for Train Journeys to be Effective From 1st APRIL 2013

The revision of Clerk age Charge and Minimum Cancellation charge was announced in the Railway Budget 2013-14. The revision will come into effect on tickets cancelled on and after 1st April 2013. The details of the revision are as under:-

(i) Clerk age Charges

Class	Clerkage charge in case of cancellation of waiting list and RAC tickets (in Rs.)
	Existing	Revised
Second (Unreserved)	10	15
Second (reserved)	20	30
AC Chair Car	20	30
AC-3 Economy	20	30
AC-3 Tier	20	30
First Class	20	30
AC-2 Tier	20	30
AC First	20	30
Executive	20	30

(ii) Cancellation 

Class	Minimum cancellation charges in case of cancellation of confirmed tickets (in Rs.)
	Existing	Revised
Second	20	30
Sleeper	40	60
AC Chair Car	60	90
AC-3 Economy	60	90
AC-3 Tier	60	90
First Class	60	100
AC-2 tier	60	100
AC-First	70	120
Executive	70	120

Source : PIB  (Release ID :94295)

RECOMMENDATION OF DEPARTMENT RELATES PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENT-REG.

Click link below for details :
http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/41013_1_2013-Estt-D.pdf

Revision of Interest Rates for Small Savings Schemes w.e.f 01.04.2013

Click here to view Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs (Budget Division) OM No. 6-1/2011-N.S II (Pt) dated 25th March, 2013

Nomination called for reconstitution of Postal Services Staff Welfare Board

To view the memo issued by Postal Directorate, please CLICK HERE. 

RTI: Department of Posts Launches e-IPO for Indian Citizens Abroad

Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications & IT, today in association with Department of Personnel and Training launched Electronic Indian Postal Order (eIPO) to enable Indian citizens abroad to pay RTI fee online. This is a facility to purchase an Indian Postal Order electronically by paying a fee on-line through e-Post Office Portal i.e. https://www.epostoffice.gov.in. It can also be accessed through India Post website www.indiapost.gov.in.

Launching of Electronic Indian Postal Order — e'IPO'

No. 1/44/2009-lR 

Government of India 

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions 

Department of Personnel & Training

North Block, New Delhi

Dated the 22th March, 2013

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Electronic Indian Postal Order — launching of.

On the initiative of Department of Personnel and Training, Department of Posts has launched a service called "elPO (Electronic Indian Postal Order) w.e.f. 22.03.2013. This is a facility to purchase an Indian Postal Order electronically by paying a fee on-line through e-Post Office Portal i.e. http://www.epostoffice.gov.in. It can also be accessed through India Post website www.indiapost.gov.in . As per RTI Rules, 2012, fees may be paid by electronic means, if facility for receiving fees through electronic means is available with the public authority.

VP Intimation v2.0 - Tool for Preparation of Intimation Slip VPL/VPP/EPP

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DB Analyzer Revised dated 22/03/2012

DBAnalyzer has a new feature to generate a consolidated report of all discrepancies in the database. Unzip the additional exe & all the DLL files included in the DBAnalyzer zip file and copy to the DBAnalyzer folder.

NOTE: Generation of Consolidated Report is a TIME CONSUMING PROCESS. All offices are advised to generate this report after completing the daily routines like DAY-END process, Database Backup, etc.

To Download:  http://tamilnadupost.nic.in/sdc/xfiles/DBAnalyzer.zip

Delegation of Financial power to Heads of circle in the Department of posts

Cash Assistance to Pregnant and Lactating Women

The Government of India in the Ministry of Women & Child Development is implementing a centrally sponsored scheme namely, Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY), Conditional Maternity Benefit (CMB) for pregnant and lactating (P & L) women to improve their health & nutrition status to better enabling environment by providing cash incentives to pregnant and nursing mothers. It is being implemented using the platform of ICDS. 

S B Order No. 03 / 2013

 Identification of PPF(HUF) accounts and admissibility of interest in such acconts
Click here to view S B Order No. 03 / 2013

LOK SABHA QUESTIONS - VARIOUS SAVING FACILITIES IN POST OFFICE AND THEIR INTEREST THERE ON

To view the question and answer in connection with Lok Sabha question, please CLICK HERE. 

Railway reservation under Tatkal Scheme

Under Tatkal Scheme, tickets are sold only to genuine passengers on production of self attested photocopy of one of the prescribed proofs of identity. While booking Tatkal tickets through internet, the details of the specific proof of identity have to be indicated. The passenger has to carry the same in original during travel. Further, Tatkal scheme has been rationalized and a number of modifications have been made with a view to avoid misuse of Tatkal scheme, which include no refund on cancellation of confirmed Tatkal tickets, non-issue of duplicate Tatkal ticket under normal circumstances, change of timings of opening of booking of Tatkal tickets, etc.

Rate of interest on advances and loans to Govt. employees, for construction / purchase of houses/flats.

To view details, please CLICK HERE.

Status of application for Direct PA/SA Recruitment

Please click on the following link to know the status of your application for Direct PA/SA Recruitment. : http://www.eonlineapply.com/dop/pages/doplogin.aspx

7th CPC News : Central Minister in favour of seventh pay commission

Ajay Maken backs cry for seventh pay panel

New Delhi : With a little over a year to go before the next general election, the demand for a Seventh Pay Commission has started to gather momentum. Union housing and urban poverty alleviation minister Ajay Maken has taken the lead in endorsing the Central government employees' request for setting up of the new pay panel, citing the erosion of real wages due to high inflation since implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations.

In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Manmohon Singh, Maken underlined how every pay panel since the Second Pay Commission, barring the Sixth Pay Commission, were set up in the third year of the decade. "We are again in the third year of the ongoing decade and Central government employees are justifiably looking forward to the Seventh Pay Commission," he said.

DBAnalayzer Revised including Report Consolidator

DBAnalyzer exe dated 15/03/2013 has a new feature to generate a consolidated report of all discrepancies in the database. Unzip the additional exe & all the DLL files included in the DBAnalyzer zip file and copy to the DBAnalyzer folder.

Download : Exe including Report Consolidator (zipped)

CIRCULAR ON REPLACING THE EXISTING FACILITY OF ‘PHASED WITHDRAWAL” WITH “DEFERRED WITHDRAWAL

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

INDIA POST PLANS TO START POST BANK

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India having opened the window for new bank licences, the postal department is finalizing the blueprint to set up a bank of its own at your neighbourhood post office, a move that will challenge the dominance of large public sector lenders in smaller towns and rural India.

While the department already has a balance sheet of Rs 6.18 lakh crore, which includes deposits of around 5.5 lakh crore, it is expected to set up a new entity that will function as the bank. Transferring the existing deposit base to the bank or converting the entity into a bank will entail an initial capital base of around Rs 55,000 crore to meet RBI's requirement, which the government will find difficult to provide. So, the proposed bank will start with the minimum capital requirement of Rs 500 crore, said a source familiar with the development.

Postal Department announces tentative schedule of PA/SA Direct Recruitment for the vacancies of 2011 and 2012

India Post 2012 Vision and Initiatives

Click here to view the slide prepared by the Directorate on the above subject matter.

MORE Gr "B" REFUSALS ACCEPTED

Director General (Posts) accepted the request of the following 23 officers for declining their promotion to PS Group “B” ordered vide Directorate order number 9-23/2012-SPG dated 28.12.2012. This is incontinuation to the earlier 14 refusal accepted and orders issued on 29-01-2013.

Name of Officer	Sr. No. In order	Parent Circle	Circle allotted on promotion	Date of Declination
V Thangavelu	10	Tamilnadu	Kerala	23.01.2013
E.R.Palanisami	82	Tamilnadu	Utter Pradesh	24.01.2013
S.Subba Rao	77	Tamilnadu	Gujarat	30.01.2013
S.Sanmugham	200	Tamilnadu	Uttar Pradesh	24.01.2013
D.Sreeramulu Naik	196	Andhra Pradesh	Gujarat	01.01.2013
P.S.Chandrasekhar	145	Andhra Pradesh	Kerala	04.01.2013
Ms. Bharatha Laxmi	151	Andhra Pradesh	Kerala	15.01.2013
T.V.Raghavulu	127	Andhra Pradesh	Maharashtra	16.01.2013
R.Krishnan	108	Karnataka	Madhya Pradesh	24.01.2013
G.C.Eligar	157	Karnataka	Bihar	18.01.2013
K.S.Telkar	109	Karnataka	Bihar	18.01.2013
S.M.Bhat	168	Karnataka	Bihar	28.01.2013
S.H.Deshbhandari	65	Karnataka	Madhya Pradesh	04.02.2013
Rajaram R Bhat	169	Karnataka	Bihar	18.01.2013
Parmod K  Nanda	129	Odisha	North East	15.01.2013
K.Chandrasekharan	21	Tamilnadu	Delhi	17.01.2013
G.C.Srinivas	163	Karnataka	Bihar	07.01.2013
Abdul Haque	13	West Bengal	West Bengal	24.01.2013
Manoj Halder	178	West Bengal	West Bengal	01.01.2013
Awadesh Kumar	195	West Bengal	North East	10.01.2013
N.S.Patel	19	Chhatishgarh	Jharkhand	28.01.2013
P.S.Ramaswamy	12	Tamilnadu	Kerala	23.01.2013
K.Dinakar	90	Karnataka	Madhya Pradesh	23.01.2013