Announcement of new Passport Rules

• In order to streamline, liberalize and ease the process of issue of passport, the Ministry of External Affairs has taken a number of steps in the realm of passport policy which is expected to benefit the citizens of India applying for a passport. The details of these steps are given below:-
  
  PROOF OF DATE OF BIRTH
• As per the extant statutory provisions of the Passport Rules, 1980, all the applicants born on or after 26/01/1989, in order to get a passport, had to, hitherto, mandatorily submit the Birth Certificate as the proof of Date of Birth (DOB). It has now been decided that all applicants of passports can submit any one of the following documents as the proof of DOB while submitting the passport application:
  

7th CPC – Departmental Anomaly Committee Meeting

Meeting of the Departmental Anomaly Committee to discuss the anomalies arising out of the implementation of the 7th CPC in respect of Defence Civilian Employees

F.No.17(01)/2016-D(Div-I)

Government of India

Ministry of Defence

(Department of Defence)

Sena Bhawan, New Delhi,

Dated: 20 December 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Meeting of the Departmental Anomaly Committee to discuss the anomalies arising out of the implementation of the 7th CPC in respect of Defence Civilian Employees

Criteria to be followed while examining the lapses of authorities exercising judicial or quasi-judicial functions

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ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS-CWC-MISSION DIRECTORATE-MISSION CONCERNED MINISTRY- WERE HELD AT NEW DELHI FROM 14TH TO 16TH DEC 2016!!!

Dear Postal Supervisors and Postmasters,

All India Association of Postal Supervisors(AIAPS)-CWC - 14th to 16th Dec 2016 held at New Delhi

CWC was held from 14 to 16 December 2016 at New Delhi. Eleven All India Association of Postal Supervisors delegates from U.P, Telangana, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu have attended the CWC. 

          All India Vice President Smt.Savithri Venkateshan PM Grade III is preceded the CWC and our General secretary Shri.Manoj Bharadwaj APM have conducted the CWC in enthusiastic manner.

       All the attended delegates had briefly explained about the major 5 problems faced by the Postmaster cadre.

The following major problems faced by the Postmaster cadre were discussed in the CWC:

1. Higher stepped up Grade pay to PM 1/2/3/Sr.PM posts from the anomaly committee w.e.f 1.1.16.

2. Immediate implementation of Postmaster cadre restructure to enhance PM Grade 1/2/3/Sr.PM posts.

3. Immediate stopping of the Negative interpretation of PM cadre recruitment rules and allowing PM cadre officials to appear LDCE as like LSG officers.

4.Immediate amendment of PSS Group B recruitment rules to allot and enhancing PSS Group B posts to PM cadre.

5. All India PM Grade III seniority as per feeder grade seniority not as per the date of joining.

And the following remedial actions were also been discussed. 

    Till now, from the recognized forum none had represented our Postmaster cadre issues above things elaborately. So getting official meeting with the Postal directorate Administration and then to expedite the proceedings further meeting with honorable communication minister were also planned.

    As per the remedial actions derived by the AIAPS delegates, AIAPS team of 11 members had visited directorate on 15th December 2016.

Mission Directorate dated 15.12.2016

      Since we are having the recognized association banner, got the formal appointment with top level administration Member (P) Shri.Ashok Kumar Dash and have discussed about the 5 major problems gist.

  For that meeting, from the administration side Member (P), ADG(establishment), ADG(SPB) have participated and from the recognized association AIAPS staff side all the delegates have participated in that meeting. 

       Detailed memorandum on the 5 major problems faced by the Postmaster cadre officials with the remedial prayers had been submitted by hand to the Honourable Member (P) 

     Member (P) have assured to our recognized association to give the solid reply within the fortnight time

Mission-Ministry dated 16.12.2016

Encouraging usage of Debit Cards among Government employees-instructions regarding

Answer Key : LDCE PS Gr. B examination for the vacancy year 2012-13 to 2016-17 held on 18-12-2016

 ANSWER KEY FOR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 

LDCE for the promotion to the cadre of PS Gr. B for the vacancy year 2012-13 to 2016-17 held on 18-12-2016.

QUESTION BOOKLET SERIES : C

PAPER : I

Question No.	Question	Answer
101	Who was the flag bearer from India in the 2016 Rio Olympics?	A.   Abhinav Bindra
102	What is the India’s rank in the 2016 Global Innovation Index (GII)	B.   66
103	Who has been appointed as the new independent director on the board of India Post Payment Banks(IPPB)?	C.   R.S.Sodhi
104	Bishweshar Nandi, who has been chosen for the 2016 Dronacharya Award, is associated with which sports?	B. Gymnastics
105	India has recently launched Akashvani Maitree channel for the listeners from which of the following neighbouring countries?

AIAPS- CWC at NEW DELHI ON 14,15,16 DECEMBER 2016

Dear Postmasters and beloved supervisors,

            AIAPS - CWC is proposed at New Delhi from 14.12.16 to 16.12.16 to discuss about the following agendas

1. Approving the minutes of 19th All India Conference of AIAPS(GL) held at Hyderabad from 08.09.2015 to 11.09.2015

2. Problems of Postmaster cadre officials.

3. Position of amendments to the constitution of AIAPS(GL) passed during 19th AIC 

4. Adjoining the Postmaster cadre to Supervisory association

5. Regular remittance of quota money to CHQ for smooth running of association.

6. Organisational review regarding position of units and enrolment of new members etc.

7. Any other item with the permission of the chair.

           So Dear Postmasters and beloved supervisors willing officers may kindly be attended this CWC as per their own accommodation and their own leave arrangements. 

-G/S AIAPS CHQ

CWC notice of AIAPS is furnished below:

AIAPS- CWC at NEW DELHI ON 14,15,16 DECEMBER 2016

Dear Postmasters and beloved supervisors,

            AIAPS - CWC is proposed at New Delhi from 14.12.16 to 16.12.16 to discuss about the following agendas

1. Approving the minutes of 19th All India Conference of AIAPS(GL) held at Hyderabad from 08.09.2015 to 11.09.2015

2. Problems of Postmaster cadre officials.

3. Position of amendments to the constitution of AIAPS(GL) passed during 19th AIC 

4. Adjoining the Postmaster cadre to Supervisory association

5. Regular remittance of quota money to CHQ for smooth running of association.

6. Organisational review regarding position of units and enrolment of new members etc.

7. Any other item with the permission of the chair.

           So Dear Postmasters and beloved supervisors willing officers may kindly be attended this CWC as per their own accommodation and their own leave arrangements. 

-Tamilnadu AIAPS Team

CWC notice of AIAPS is furnished below:

Guidelines on treatment of effect of penalties on promotion — role of Departmental Promotion Committee

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The above order is mentioned to refer in the latest clarifications

7th CPC: Finmin gets 2 months more to issue higher allowances notification

“The October-November month is the scheduled for issuing notification for the Finance Ministry, but the time was extended by 2 months because the cash crunch on account of demonetisation, which is taking time to get normality. Therefor,unless the banks can begin to function with a modicum of efficiency, the government will not issue notification on higher allowances to save demonetisation chaos,” the official said.