Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Patch file released for New interest rate revision W.E.F 01.04.2012

New interest rate updation patch file is released by SDC chennai except for RD & NSC. For RD, NSC rate of interest revision patch file will be released soon


Click here to download the patch file

Monday, April 2, 2012

SB ORDER NO 04/2012-ORDER ON INTEREST RATES




SB Order No.04/2012

No.113-01/2011-SB
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110001.
Date: 30.03.2012

To
All Heads of Circles/Regions
Addl. Director General, APS, New Delhi.
Subject:- Revision in Interest Rates of Small Savings Schemes w.e.f 1st April 2012.
Sir / Madam,
The undersigned is directed to say that vide its OM No. 6-1/2011-NS-II (Pt.) dated 26.03.2012,
Ministry of Finance (DEA) has revised interest rates of Small Savings Schemes from 1st of April 2012.

Detail about old and revised rates is given below:-

INTEREST RATE TABLE
Name of Scheme
Period
Interest ratesfrom 1.12.2011
Interest rates
from 1.4.2012
Savings Account
General
4.00%
4.00%
Time Deposit
1 Year
7.7%
8.20%

2 Year
7.8%
8.30%

3 Year
8.0%
8.40%

5 Year
8.3%
8.50%
5 Years Recurring Deposit
5 years
8.0%
8.40%
Monthly Income Account
5 Years
8.2%
8.50%
Sr. Citizen Savings Scheme Account
5 Years
9%
9.30%
Public Provident Fund Scheme
Account
15 Years
8.6%
8.80%
National Savings Certificates (VIIIth) issue
5 Years
8.4%
8.60%
National Savings Certificate (IX-Issue)
10 Years
8.7%
8.90%

2.            This is for information of the field staff as well as general public andNotifications will be
circulated as an received from MOF(DEA).

 3.           This issues with the approval of DDG(FS)

Yours faithfully,

(Kawal Jit Singh)
Assistant Director (SB)
Copy to:-
1.                   DDG(FS)/DDG(VIG)/JS&FA/DDG(PAF)/DDG(RB)/DDG (Estt.)/DDG(PG & Inspections)/DDG (PCO)
2.            Director (FS)/Director (CBS), Dak Bhawan.
2.                  Director of Audit (P&T), Delhi.
4.            Resident Audit Officer, Room No.517-B, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi.

SpeedNet_3.1.2(15122011) Patch-2 dated 31/03/2012:



Click HERE to download speednet 3.1.2 patch-2
Courtesy: SA DOP

Sunday, April 1, 2012

MODEL QUESTIONS FOR IPO & PM GRADE 1


POST OFFICE GUIDE PART II
(RULE &REGULATION RELATING TO FOREIGN POST)

1.         Categories of Foreign postal articles are

            a)         Letter post & Parcel post                 b)         Airmail & Sea mail
             c)        Registration post & Ins post           d)         All of the above                    Ans:a(1)

2.         The abbreviation  ‘UPU’ stands for

            a)         United Postal Union                                    b)         Universal postal union
            c)         United Pacific Union                       d)         None of these                       Ans: b(3)

3.         Asian Oceanic Postal Union is having its head quarter at

            a)         Dacca                                                 b)         New Delhi
            c)         Singapore                                         d)         Mannilla(Phillipines)                       Ans:d(4)

Saturday, March 31, 2012

SB order No:3 dated 26.03.2012

Infosys, TCS, Sify ,Reliance bag Postal Department's technology projects

The Department of Post (DoP) has issued Letters of Intent (LoIs) to Infosys, TCS, Sify and Reliance Communications Infrastructure for different technology advancement projects.
"Department is trying to induct technology in a big way. There are eight RFPs (Request for Proposal) we have floated and issued Letter of Intent in five (projects) to companies which include Infosys, TCS, Sify and Reliance," Secretary (Posts) Manjula Parasher told reporters here.

Total CBS Ver 1.0/01.03.2012

Total CBS Ver 1.0/01.03.2012 (Sanchay Version)


TOTAL CBS  
(HO SANCHAY & SO SANCHAY BALANCE COMPARITION TOOL)

1. This Software aims at Total Solutions for CBS Reconciliation Work

2. Through this software Discrepency list can be generated at Head Office itself by obtaining Last Balance Report file (DAT files) from SO through e-Mails. By this,  physical movement of CBS Team members can avoided to the extent posible.  This reduces finacial incurrence in form of TA/DA.

3. Head office can have a check on SO balance whenever desired.  HO can save lot of man power and time by concentrate only on discrepent a/c.

Friday, March 30, 2012

ONE TIME INCREMENT ARREAR CALCULATION

Dear friends,

                      Arrears calculation excel file created for the viewers of Postmaster Grade Website. To calculate the one time increment Click the following links.

when accessibility given in online, some of the viewers Interrupted the formulas so calculation became wrong. So access to edit restricted in online excel sheet, and you could view the excel file by clicking the following links. After excel sheet opened click file menu and choose download as excel option. Save the file in your system and then enter old fixation and new fixation please.


Postman/ Mail Guard Exam Postponed

Directorate has  postponed the Postman / Mail guard Examination and Direct Recruitment Examination for Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) scheduled to be held on 20.05.2012 Indefinitely, since the Recruitment Rules for the posts of Postman/Mail Guard and Multi Tasking Staff are under revision. Copy of the said  Directorate letter is reproduced below. 

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Refresh Rulings (Published on 29/03/2012)



1.      Whether Dies non, EXOL without MC etc will cause postponement of increment which was available earlier?

Ø  As per the R. P. Rules 2008, the date of increment will be 1st July every year for all employees. If an employee has completed six months or more after his last increment in July, he is entitled for next annual increment. As such there is no effect for Dies non, EXOL without MC etc up to six months in one year starting from July to June next year.

New DB analyser Dated 29.03.2012 Released!


Available in the following link http://tamilnadupost.nic.in/sdc/DBA2012.htm

Error Showing "'Encashment of other office KVP / NSC'," solution provided.
Available in SDC site
http://tamilnadupost.nic.in/sdc/faqsp66.htm


Email issues related to this software to : sblansupport@hotmail.com
Software Development Centre
O/o the Chief Postmaster General
Tamilnadu Postal Circle
Chennai - 600002
Phone: 044-65850861

SB ORDER 03/2012




Central Civil Services (Leave) (Amendment) Rules, 2012.


[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II,
SECTION-3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training

New Delhi. the 29th March, 2012.

Notification

GSR.......(E) .... In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 read with clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in relation to the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, namely:-

I. (i) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Leave) (Amendment) Rules, 2012.

  (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, for rule 12, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-

“12.(I) No Government Servant shall be granted leave of any kind for a continuous period exceeding five years.

     (2) Unless the President, in view of the exceptional circumstances of the case, otherwise determines,  a Government servant who remains absent from duty for a continuous period exceeding five years other than on foreign service, with or without leave, shall be deemed to have resigned from the Government service :

Provided that a reasonable opportunity to explain the reasons for such absence shall be given to that Government servant before provisions of sub-rule (2) are invoked”.
[F.No.13026/2/2010-Estt.(L)]

sd/-
(Mamta Kundra)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India

Source: www.persmin.nic.in

Pre data migration activities for CBS Implementation



NISG in consultation with CEPT, Mysore has developed a CBS pre-migration monitoring website where post offices should enter data on a daily basis. The website can be accessed in the link http://www.ptcinfo.org/cbsmonitoring/LOGIN.aspx.

The data once saved cannot be edited so the user should be careful when entering the data. The user should fill data in all text boxes and successfully save the data, NULL value might cause errors.
The segments covered under monitoring are ELECTRONIC ACCOUNT DETAILS’, ‘INTEREST POSTING’, ‘MINUS BALANCE DETAILS’, DB ANALYZER and ‘SBCO OBJECTIONS’. The tolerance levels are also specified in the manual. The screenshots of the daily DB Analyzer reports from the Head Post Offices may kindly be arranged to sent to their respective RO (copy to CO)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD CBS WEBSITE FOR PREMIGRATION-USER MANUAL 

Syllabus for PO and RMS Accountant Exam



 Paper I ( With Books)  3  Hours  100  Marks 

Part I

FRS 1 to 56
SRS 1 to 203
CCS ( Joining Time) Rules 1979
CCS ( Leave) Rules 1972
CCS( Pension) Rules 1972
GPF (CS) Rules 1960

Part II

DA , HRA , CCA, CEA and allowance to GDS employees 
                 

Discontinuation of Bag Numbering System


Model questions for PM Grade I & IPO exam



POST OFFICE GUIDE PART I
(RULE &REGULATION RELATING TO INLAND POST)

1.         Night Post Office may extend up to  and by


a)         0830 pm ,DG posts                b)       0700pm,HOC
c)         1000pm, PMG                         d)       0600pm,SSP                                    Ans: a


2.         Franking machine has


a)         Value die                               b)         License die
c)         Both a&b                               c)         None of this                                        Ans :c


3.         Franking article can be posted                                                                                                  a)         Any post office                       b)         Only two post office                                                           c)         Head office                            d)         All sub offices                                    Ans :b