Postal Exam (PA / SA) - Update as on April 16, 2014

Schedule of Examination (Paper I) for the following Postal Circles is as follows:

Postal Circles	Exam Date	Exam Time
Delhi (15), Kerala (22), Rajasthan (28)	27-Apr	02:00PM to 04:00PM
Haryana (17),  Karnataka (21)	27-Apr	02:00PM to 04:00PM
Assam (12), Chhattisgarh (14), North East (25), Odisha (26)	27-Apr	10:00AM to 12:00NOON

Candidates may download the Admit Cards for above stated Postal Circles by Logging into the website from today to exam date.


For more information : http://www.pasadrexam2014.in/

TN CIRCLE : HSG I PROMOTIONS ORDERS RELEASED

Postmaster Grade I Examination 2014-2015

Dear Comrades,

The Postmaster Grade I Examination is to be held on 15.06.2014 . The Department Circular is posted for kind reference.

There is a good career prospect for the Cadre and in future all Post offices will be manned only by the Postmaster Cadre officials.

Separate Pay structure is also proposed to be placed with the 7th Pay commission with reference to the duties and higher responsibilities in the Job.

The Present Cadre review also aims to bring all Single and double handed Post offices to the Grade of 2800/- ie LSG wherein 1/3 of the offices will be identified for Postmaster Grade I and all Triple handed and LSG Post offices will be brought under 4200/- grade pay ie Present offices will be upgraded.

Holiday to be observed in Govt. offices on 14.4.2014

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan

18, Institutional Area, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg,

New Deli-110016

F.No.10-1/2009-KVS(S&S)

Date : 09.04.2014

Holiday to be observed in Govt. offices on 14.4.2014.

In continuation of this office letter of even no. dated 13.1.14 the gazetted holiday on 14.4.2014 on account of birth day of Dr.BR.Ambedkar has been declared vide DOPT letter no. F.12/4/2014-JCA-2 dated 12.3.2014.

1. The above holiday is also being notified in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act of 1881 (26 of 1881).

2 This is for your Information and necessary action please.

sd/-

(BCD KUMAR)

Asstt. Commissioner(S&S)

Source: www.kvsangathan.nic.in

[http://kvsangathan.nic.in/GeneralDocuments/ANN-09-04-14(1).PDF]

SB Order No. 5/2014 : Changes in Statutory Rules in the backdrop of implementation of CBS- regarding.

Vide Directorate SB order No. 5/2014 dated 24.03.2014 the following Changes in Statutory Rules in the backdrop of implementation of CBS.

1) Deposits and withdrawals can be done through any electronic mode in CBS Post Offices.

2) Inter Post Office transaction can be done between CBS Post Office.

3) ATM/Debit Cards can be issued to Savings Account holders having prescribed minimum balance on the day of issue of card which will be circulated separately of CBS post offices.

4) In case of deposit made in RD Account by cheque. Date of credit of cheque into Government Accounts shall be treated as date of deposit.

HSG II - Promotion Orders

Notification for holding of LDCE for promotion to the cadre of Postmaster Grade-I 2014 on 15.06.2014 issued by Directorate.

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GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM IN GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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Facility of creche /Ladies Toilet for women employees

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IP Examination 2013 - Key answers - Paper I & II

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FM REPLIED IN RAJYASABHA---FAMILY PENSION SCHEME TO CONTINUE IN THE CASES OF CG EMPLOYEES UNDER NPS

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

RAJYA SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO-350

ANSWERED ON-18.02.2014

Family pension under NPS

350 . SHRI PRABHAT JHA

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) the details of cases of family pension sanctioned, so far, under the New Pension Scheme (NPS) to the families of deceased Central Government employees;

(b) whether family pension at the rate of old pension scheme to these family members of deceased employees has been stopped after coming into force of the New Pension Scheme;

(c) if not, the fate of those who have been receiving family pension under NPS at the rate of old pension scheme;

(d) whether some of the deceased employees have left behind them only few thousands rupees as Contributory Pension Fund (CPF) with the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL); and

(e) if so, how Government would pay them family pension from their CPF?

ANSWER

Message from Directorate

          *Cadre Restructuring Committee Meeting is

                    Scheduled to be convened on

                              28/4/2014

                                      at

                                1100 AM*

Meghdoot Updater 29.03.14 by SRFIX

Meghdoot Updater 29.03.14 For Post Office

Meghdoot Updater 29.03.2014 for Update the Parcel Net Update dated 29.03.2014 

For use in Post Office only.
Updated on 04.04.2014, Includes new Postman application and eMO scripts .

Post Bank of India: a missed opportunity for UPA-II

Armed with all necessary approvals from various stakeholders, including the Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance, the DoP had submitted its application with the Public Investment Board to be put before the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) for its approval in January this year. But the matter is yet to be taken up.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Wednesday, decided to keep in abeyance its decision to grant banking licence to the Department of Posts (DoP) for setting up the Post Bank of India (PBI), thanks to sheer indecisiveness on the part of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government that has been sitting on the issue for the past three months.

Pass Book Interest Entry Verification Tool - Revised

Features

• No need to restore passbook database.
• After giving the server details the database will be created automatically.
• The error while saving the name which contains apostrophe rectified.

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Revised Exe

Source : http://potools.blogspot.in/

Merging of DA with basic pay of Central Government employees - Rajya Sabha News

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  FINANCE

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2062

ANSWERED ON-11.02.2014

Merging of DA with basic pay of Central Government employees

2062 . SHRI PRABHAT JHA, ARVIND KUMAR SINGH, KUSUM RAI
Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) whether Government is actively considering to merge existing dearness allowance payable to Central Government Employees with basic pay;

(b) if so, the details thereof, and if not, the reasons therefor; 

(c) whether Government has received any representation from employees associations in this regard;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the details of action taken thereon; and

(e) the reasons for delay in constitution of 7th Central Pay Commission?

ANSWER

OFFICE MANAGEMENT TIPS FOR POSTMASTER CADRE OFFICIALS

Work study at Post offices :

It is the basic need for every Postmaster on assuming charge of the Post Office to understand its staff , transactions , mail arrangements , area of service , volume of mails , the people and the culture in and around the Jurisdiction . It will provide a clear idea about what is what .

SCS – SI FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 2014

Post Offices For Which 31.03.2014 Is Holiday

1. Ensure that 31.03.2014 is available in the Holiday List initialized in Sanchay Post. If not, initialize the same before Day End of 29.03.2014.
2. Perform Day Begin for 01.04.2014
3. Download the Patch “SCS_April_SI.exe” from SDC site & run the exe.
4. SI will be executed on 01.04.2014 as per the new rule in the SB order 05/2014 dated 24.03.2014.
5. Correctness of SI entries posted may be ensured at your end.

Post Offices For Which 31.03.2014 Is Not Holiday

1. SI entries will be executed on Day Begin of 31.03.2014 as per the usual procedure.
2. Payment may be made as per the new rule in the SB order 05/2014 dated 24.03.2014.
3. Note: In case of offices failing to follow the above said procedure(s), no support will be extended by SDC.

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SDC Website: Download
or

PoTools: Download 

Source : http://potools.blogspot.in

TOOL FOR INTEREST RATE UPDATE - SANCHAY POST 01/04/2014

Download (Interest Rate Configuration Tool For 01/04/2014)

SDC Chennai: Download

Steps For Update

a) Close/Exit all screens in Sanchay Post application in all systems. Make sure that application is not running in any of the system.

b) Double Click on ‘spintratetool.exe’ file. Provide the server name and click on ‘Upgrade Interest Rates’

MEGHDOOT 7 UPDATE 9.1 RELEASED BY CEPT

ParcelNet Update29032014 ( Meghdoot Version 7.9.1 )

Modified Modules :

1	ePayment
2	Point of Sale
3	Despatch
4	Postman
5	RNet Communication
6	Treasury
7	BNPL-Parcel
8	eMO

Download For Post Office

Download - CEPT FTP Post Office

Download - Post Office Support File

Upgrade Instructions

Previous year question paper - Postal/Sorting Assistant Examination (2013-GK) with answer Key

1. Government of India has recently granted "Maharatna Status to two more Navratna Public Sector enterprises. Which are the these new companies joining the club of Maharatna public sector undertakings.

(A) Steel authority of India Limited and National Thermal Power Corporation Limited
(B) Bharat heavy Electrical Ltd and Gas authority of India Limited
(C) Indian Oil Corporation and Coal India Limited
(D) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited and Oil and Natural gas corporation

 Ans: B

REASONS FOR NON SHOWING PAYMENT STATUS ON www.pasadrexam2014.in WEB PORTAL !

1	Receipts    with   credited   amount    as  “0”   ( zero)
2	In  certain  cases  the  amounts  credited  is  more than  100  or 500
3	Generation  of  separate  Receipts  for  application  cost   and Examination  fee in regard  to  same  Registration  number
4	Collection  of service  charges   and  service tax   on  application  fee/Examination  fee
5	Certain  e payment   Post  offices  issued   manual  receipt  and kept  the  amounts   with them   under  un classified  receipts.
6	Improper scanning of registration  number.   The  prefix  to  the registration number   was  wrongly  mentioned as  ‘jop’ OR ‘DIP’  OR “JIG” ’dkp’ ’dpo’ ‘dob’    dox  %  cop  bop  etc.   The  correct prefix  is  ‘dop’  in  small  caps.
7	Not   running the  e-payment communication  on  daily  and  regular  basis.  The   13th          March   2014   transactions  included   that  of Account  date  7.3, 6.3  also

General Knowledge Questions for PA/SA Exam

1) Dr. Julius K. Nyerere was the first winner of which award?
(A) Gandhi Peace Prize
(B) Bharat Ratna
(C) Ramon Magsaysay Award
(D) Pulitzer Prize
Ans. (A) Gandhi Peace Prize

2) Which Indian state has the largest tribal population in India?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Goa
Ans. (A) Madhya Pradesh

Finance Ministry Issued Orders on Payment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees - Revised Rates effective from 1.1.2014

No.1/1/2014-F-II (B)

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Expenditure

North Block, New Delhi

Dated: 27th March. 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Payment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees - Revised Rates effective from 1.1.2014.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s Office Memorandum No.I-8/2013-E-II (B) dated 25th September, 2013 on the subject mentioned above and to say that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 90% to 100% with effect from January, 2014.

2. The provisions contained in paras 3, 4 and 5 of this Ministry’s O.M. No.1(3)/2008-E-11(B) dated 29th August, 2008 shall continue to be applicable while regulating Dearness Allowance under these orders.

3. The additional installment of Dearness Allowance payable under these orders shall be paid in cash to all Central Government employees.

4. The payment of arrears of Dearness Allowance shall not he made before the date of disbursement of salary of March. 2014.

5. These orders shall also apply to the civilian employees paid from the Defence Services Estimates and the expenditure will be chargeable to the relevant head of the Defence Services Estimates. In regard to Armed Forces personnel and Railway employees, separate orders will he issued by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways, respectively.

6. In so far as the employees working in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders are issued with the concurrence of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

sd/-

(A.Bhattacharya)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Source: www.finmin.nic.in

[http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_expenditure/notification/da/da01012014.pdf]

CADRE RESTRUCTURING OF GROUP ‘C’ EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF POSTS CADRE RESTRUCTURING – DEPARTMENT’S PROPOSALS

The Committee constituted by the Department on cadre restructuring of Group ‘C’ employees vide No. 25-04/2012-PE I dated 23rd Oct 2013 held its discussions on 04th Feb 2014 at 1500 hours & on 05th Feb 2014 at 1430 hours under the Chairmanship of Shri V. P. Singh, DDG (Personnel).

 The representatives of the Staff side informed that Postal Assistant cadre officials are getting promotions in promotional hierarchy to Grade Pay of Rs. 2800/- (PB-1) in Lower Selection Grade at a time when they are already placed in the Grade Pays’ of Rs. 4200/- (PB-2) or Rs. 4600/- (PB-2) on award of financial upgradation(s) under MACPS. At this, the official side asked Staff side to furnish copies of the orders on above lines from few Circles to corroborate the above claim. The Committee recommends that before processing these recommendations, Establishment Division may obtain the same from Staff Side. After discussions, the following recommendations in respect to the cadre restructuring of Group ‘C’ employees were agreed to by the Department.

Issue of Duplicate Passbook - Clarification

Single and double handed SPMs cannot issue duplicate passbooks of RD/MIS/SCSS
Postmasters of ‘A’ Class and above post offices can issue the duplicate passbooks of all categories
Single and double handed SPMs can issue the duplicate passbooks of SB/TD

DIRECTORATE VIEW ON POSTMASTERS

S B Order No. 04/2014 : Revision in interest Rates of Small Savings Schemes w.e.f. 01.04.2014

March 22 – World Water Day 2014: Water and Energy

Water and energy are closely interlinked and interdependent. Energy generation and transmission requires utilization of water resources, particularly for hydroelectric, nuclear, and thermal energy sources. Conversely, about 8% of the global energy generation is used for pumping, treating and transporting water to various consumers.

In 2014, the UN System - working closely with its Member States and other relevant stakeholders - is collectively bringing its attention to the water-energy nexus, particularly addressing inequities, especially for the 'bottom billion' who live in slums and impoverished rural areas and survive without access to safe drinking water, adequate sanitation, sufficient food and energy services.It also aims to facilitate the development of policies and crosscutting frameworks that bridge ministries and sectors, leading the way to energy security and sustainable water use in a green economy. Particular attention will be paid to identifying best practices that can make a water - and energy-efficient 'Green Industry' a reality.

FIXATION OF NORMS FOR DUTIES PRESCRIBED FOR THE POSTMASTERS

Details of transfer policy of the Government pertaining to the physically disabled / challenged employees

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO 4037

ANSWERED ON   19.02.2014

TRANSFER POLICY

4037 . Shri SAJJAN SINGH VERMA

Will the Minister of PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS  be pleased to state:-

(a) the details of transfer policy of the Government pertaining to the physically disabled/challenged employees;

(b) whether the Government has issued any instructions to all the State Governments including the National Capital Territory of Delhi in this regard;

(c) if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government has received any representation with regard to the irregularities in the transfer of physically disabled/challenged employees;and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken in the matter?

FLASH NEWS FROM NFPE

1. Revision of HSG I Recruitment Rules -- On the Way:

 It is informed that the Revised HSG-I Recruitment Rules has been approved by the DoPT. Now the clearance of Law Ministry is pending. As per the DoPT instructions, minimum 5 years service is required for promotion from HSG II to HSG I. All Circle Secretaries /Divisional Secretaries are instructed to take immediate action to fill up all the HSG I vacancies as per the existing HSG I Recruitment Rules if not already done especially before notification of revised rules.

               2.  Cadre Restructuring Committee— Present Stage:

The DDG(P) & Chairman, Cadre Restructuring Committee intimated that the current Proposal (Click to see)  submitted by the Staff side is to be put for discussion under internal meeting of the official side (Govt.side). Thereafter formal Cadre Restructuring Committee Meeting with the Staff side (Union side) will be convened shortly to finalize our current proposal.

Source : http://nfpe.blogspot.in/

KIND ATTENTION OF POSTMASTER CADRE TN OFFICIALS - SUBMIT YOUR CONSENT LETTERS

Dear Postmasters

         Already NFPE/FNPO federations are barred to bring other cadre issues like GDS, and CCS Revised Service Association (CCS-RSA) rules are mandating one cadre one union concept separate association for postmaster cadre is necessary. 

        To Take up the genuine issues to the Directorate for the carrier progression of the Postmaster cadre, The non federal association has been formed on 01.10.2012 at first ever meet of Postmasters at Maharastra and collective consent letters are handed over to the CHQ for directorate recognition. But recognition of AIAPC is badly affected at directorate, alternative local labour commission office registration is opted at Trichy PMs meeting on 16.03.14 to bring our issues and file CAT cases to get stay orderS which are against to the betterment of Postmaster cadre.

            Since this is the high time to bring forth postmaster cadre issues, during 7th CPC and cadre restructure meetings, at least local level registration is mandatory to bring our issues thro recognized forum letter pads. There fore consent letters shall be despatched soon with circulars. Before that consent letter is attached with this post. Please give consent letters by post to Shri. R. Rajendran, Circle Secretary, AIAPC PM Grade I, Kuttalam 609801. and the yearly subscription amount of Rs500 as eMO/MMTS to Shri. K.Kalimuthu, PM Grade I, Vadipatti 625218 for fund raising purpose. 

Please click here to download the consent letter

Comradely yours

R. Rajendiran

Circle Secretary