SBI waives minimum balance criteria for Savings Bank Account

In order to attract new customers, State Bank of India (SBI) has done away with minimum balance criteria for saving banks account.

The bank will not levy any charge for breaching minimum balance criteria.

Central D.A. is heading towards 7% again from 1st July'12

With the announcement of AICPIN number for the month of May'12 as 206 (increase of 1 point) by the Labour Dept., it is obvious that Central D.A. is going to be hiked @7% again with effect from 1st July 2012. There is still one months' (June'12) number is yet to be announced , which is needed for final calculation but in can be predicted that D.A. is going to be hiked by 7% taking it to a overall 72%.

INJUSTICE CAUSED TO PROMOTEES IN MACP – QUASHED

FANTASTIC ORDERS PRONOUNCED BY CAT, JODHPUR


v Promotion as PA from Group ‘D’/Postmen should not be construed as Promotion under MACP
v MACP shall be granted afresh from PA cadre based on 10, 20, 30 years in PA cadre
v Any promotions under LDCE shall not be brought into no. of promotions under MACP
v Applicant should be paid arrears with interest applicable to GPF

The full text of the judgment is furnished below in the link. What we are demanding all along (i.e) to exclude the promotions acquired by exam has been categorically declared by the Hon’ble judge. A remarkable decision.

The CHQ is referring the CAT decision to the Directorate requesting to implement the same to all without further appeal in High court or other forums.

Thanks to Com. Sohan Lal Asst. Circle Secretary, Jodhpur & Com. H. P. Diwakar, Circle Secretary, Rajasthan Circle

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source : aipeu chq

ANOTHER REMARKABLE JUDGMENT QUASHING

RECOVERY IMPOSED UNDER CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS

Please make use of it

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Source: aipeu

Increment Day for Central Government Employees – 1st July of Every Year

1st July of every year – ‘Increment Day’ for Central Government employees

As per the 6th Pay Commission CCS (Revised Pay) Rules 2008, provisions of Rule 10 with effect from 1.1.2006, uniform date of increment was implemented for all Central Government employees i.e. 1st July of every year. One more condition for getting increment is provided in this rule, completing six months in the same pay as on 1st of July are only eligible to be granted the annual increment.  Who have not rendered six months period of service as on first of a year will not be eligible to draw increment on that day and their date of increment will fall 12 months later on the next 1st of July.

6 New Postal Training Centres to start in 12th Plan period.

VADODARA: The department of posts will start six postal training centres (PTCs) across the country during the 12th Five Year Plan. Kamleshwar Prasad, member, human resource development in the Postal Services Board, New Delhi informed media persons here on Sunday. 

MODEL QUESTIONS FOR IPO EXAM

POSTAL MANUAL VOL IV

(ESTABLISHMENTS)

1.         A Candidate within the maximum age limit at the time of recruitment , but is over aged at the time of appointment
            a)         Cannot be appointed                                    b)         Can be appointed in service
            c)         Can be appointed after getting sanction     d)         None of these            Ans: d (10)
2.         Office establishment will not include
            b)         Non gazetted  servants engaged for clerical duties
            b)         Group D servant employed in service
            c)         Sweeper
           d)         All the above                                                                                                  Ans: c(11)

Bank Strike on 25th and 26th July 2012

Employee unions of public sector banks have decided to call a two-day nationwide strike on July 25-26 to protest reforms in the banking sector and outsourcing of jobs, United Forum of Bank Unions convener G.D. Nadaf said. “About 10 lakh employees and officers will participate in the strike,” 

DB Analyzer & CC Bridge Latest Updates (as on 28.06.12)

DB analyzer dated 28.6.2012-SO Balance agreement option, report modified.

CCBridge Version 6.0 This version has the option to enter NSC-IX Issue transactions and to generate returns & reports accordingly. In addition to the journals, summary reports are also generated as binary files for submission of returns.

Revised exe for DB analyser and CC Bridge Version is available for download at  http://tamilnadupost.nic.in/sdc/indextm

Amendment in Tatkal Scheme

With a view to further improve the delivery of Tatkal tickets to passengers, the Ministry of Railways has decided that with effect from 10.07.2012 booking of Tatkal ticket will start at 1000 hours on the previous day of journey from train originating station instead of 0800 hours at present.

No authorised agents, including agents of IRCTC and RTSAs/RTAs will be allowed to book Tatkal tickets from 1000 hours to 1200 hours. The existing restriction of not allowing these agents booking of general tickets on the opening day from 0800 hours to 1000 hours will also continue

Source : PIB

NEXT NATIONAL ANOMALY COMMITTEE MEETING ON 17.7.2012

Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) referred their OM No. 11/2/2008-JCA Dated  02.12.2011 and decided that the next meeting of National Anamoly Committee shall be held at New Delhi on 17th July 2012.

Full Text of OM No. 11/2/2008-JCA Dated 18.06.2012 is reproduced below :

INCENTIVE OF Rs.50/- PER PASS PORT DELIVERY TO POSTMAN

NEW DELHI: The TOI campaign on the passport logjam has made the government put reforms on the fast track. In an unprecedented move, the ministry of external affairs on Thursday announced a 'Passport Mela' this weekend at many PSKs countrywide - the kendras will remain open on Saturday and Sunday and people can just walk in, without an appointment. This practice will continue till the entire backlog has been cleared.

In a special briefing to TOI, Raghavendra Shastry, adviser to external affairs minister S M Krishna, gave details of fresh measures that are expected to address the concerns raised by the people - and reported by this newspaper to help make the new passport application process smoother and transparent.

REVISED CHARGES OF BANK AND ITS IMPACT ON CUSTOMERS

After petrol, the price hike bug has bitten the banks too, with several of them raising their charges in the recent past. "Banks have increased the service charges as the RBI has imposed several conditions on services, such as the daily interest payment and five free ATM transactions. As a result, the interest outflow of banks has increased and added to the cash flow. This has to be recovered," says K Unnikrishnan, deputy chief executive, Indian Banks' Association.

Banks have also introduced fees for services which were available for free till now. For instance, ICICI Bank had allowed inter-bank mobile payments for free, but will now charge Rs 5 per transaction. Here are some services that will be more costly.