Retirement of DG Posts

Smt. Radhika Doraiswamy, DG(Posts) has retired from her service on superannuation on 31.10.2011 A/N. We wish her a happy post retirement life.

Wishing you all a happy Diwali

Assuming charge of new SSRM

Sri Loknath Sahani, an approved Gr. A officer has assumed the charge of new SSRM N Division on 24.10.2011 F/N. We welcome our new SSRM and hope for a better change for our Division.
All the staff bed farewell to Sri T.Ray,SRM  who relieved today.

Solved Question Paper of IPOs Examination (Q1-87)

The solved question paper of IPOs Examination 2011 (From Q 1 to 87) prepared by S.Jayachandran, SA, Mavelikara Division, Kerala is given in sapost.blogspot.com. Kindly visit the link below -
http://sapost.blogspot.com/2011/10/solved-question-paper-ipo-exams-2011-q.html

Upgradation of the Division and posting of new SSRM

The status of the Division is now upgraded to SSRM and Sri L.N. Sahani , now Dy. Manager PPP is posted as SSRM 'N' Division, Cuttack with immediate effect.
Sri Trilochan Roy, the present SRM is posted as Dy. Manager PPP, Bhubaneswar

GDS DA Order issued

No.14-01/2011-PAP

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

(Establishment Division)

Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-110001

Dated 18^th October, 2011

To

           

            All Chief Postmaster General

            All GMs (PAF) Director of Accounts (Postal)

Subject: Payment of Dearness Allowance to Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) at revised                  rates w.e.f. 01.07.2011 onwards-reg.

            Consequent upon grant of another installment of Dearness allowance , with effect from 1^st July, 2011 to the Central Government Employees vide Government of India , Ministry of Finance , Department of Expenditure, OM No. 1(14)/2011-E-II(B) dated 3^rd October,2011, the Gramin Dak Sevaks(GSD) have also become entitled to the payment of dearness allowance on basic TRCA at the revised rate with effect from 01.07.2011. It has, therefore, been decided that the dearness allowance payable to the Gramin Dak Sevaks shall be enhances from the existing rate 51% to 58% on the basic Time Related Continuity Allowance with effect from the 1^st July, 2011.

2.         The additional installment of dearness allowance payable under this order, shall be paid in cash to all Gramin Dak Sevaks. The payment of arrears of dearness allowance for the months of July to September, 2011, shall not be made before the date of disbursement of TRCA for the month of September, 2011.

3.         The expenditure on this account shall be debited to the Head" Salaries" the relevant head of account and should be met from the sanctioned grant.

4.         This issues with the concurrence of Integrated Wing vide their Dairy No. 123/FA/II/CS dated 18^th October, 2011.

Sd/-

(Kalpana Rajsinghot)

Director  (Estt.)

Tele o11-23096036

Rates of DA to Central Govt. employees continuing their pay in the pre revised payscale

No.1(3)/2008-EII (B)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

New Delhi, the 17th October, 2011

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject- Rates of Dearness Allowance applicable w.e.f. 01.07.2011 to the employees of Central Government and Central Autonomous Bodies continuing to draw their pay in the pre-revised scale as per 5th CPC.

           The undersigned is directed to refer to this Departments O.M. of even No. dated 31st March, 2011 revising the Dearness Allowance w.e.f. 1.1.2011 in respect of employees of Central Government and Autonomous Bodies who continue to draw their pay and allowances in the pre-revised scales of pay as per 5th Central Pay Commission.

2.         The rates of Dearness Allowance admissible to the above categories of employees of Central Government and Central Autonomous bodies shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 115%  to 127%  w.e.f. 01.072011. All other conditions as laid down in the O.M.of even number dated 3rd October, 2008 will continue to apply.

3.         The contents of this Office Memorandum may also be brought to the notice of the organizations under the administrative control of the Ministries/Departments which have adopted the Central Government scales of pay.

sd/-
(Anil Sharma)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Source: www.finmin.nic.in

Original Order 

Out Station Allowance to RMS Staff

No.28-2/2010-D

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS &IT

DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

MAIL BUSINESS (DEVELOPMENT & OPERATIONS) DIVISION

DAK BHAWAN, SANSAD MARG,

New Delhi-110001 Dated: 13.10.2011

Sub:     Outstation allowance for RMS Staff-revision of rates thereof.

            This has reference to Directorate memo of even no. dated 19.07.2011 on the subject noted above and reference received from the staff side.

            The mater has been examined and it has been clarified in this regard that the higher rate of OSA is admissible only to the LSG Supervisors of the Transit/Mail Sorting Sections holding norms-based LSG Posts and not to the LSG/Sorting Assistants who have been placed in higher grade of pay under MACP Scheme.

Sd/----

(R.Kumar Raj)

Asstt Director (Task Force) 

LSG Posting

Two of the officials of this Division have been approved for LSG (Accounts Line) by C.O. vide memo No. ST/26-6(1)/2011 (RMS) in the payscale 5200-20200 with GP 2800 and posted at HRO Cuttack.

Sl No	Name	Division	Posting on Promotion
1.	Smt.Gayatri Sahoo	N’Dn.,Cuttack	AHRO A/Cs I, O/O the HRO N’Dn.,Cuttack
2.	Smt.Rekha Dash	N’Dn.,Cuttack	AHRO A/Cs II, O/O the HRO N’Dn.,Cuttack

We congratulate both the officials.

Joining of New SRM

Our new SRM Sri Trilochan Roy has taken charge on 12.10.2011 A/N. All the staff of Dvl. office and HRO Cuttack welcomed the new head . Farewell has given to our Ex-SRM Sri P.K.Nanda in this occasion.

Co Founder of Apple Inc. Mr. Steve Jobs is no more

The co-founder of Apple Inc. and the Inventor of Apple's Ipod, Ipad, Iphone Mr. Steve Jobs is no more. The facts shown in apple website about Mr. Jobs are as follows.
Full name: Steven Paul Jobs
Birthdate: 24 February 1955
Birth location: San Francisco, California
Social background: lower middle-class. Father was fixing cars for a living.
Education: high-school certificate. Dropped out of Reed College after one semester.
Occupations: chairman & CEO at Apple Inc. + Director at The Walt Disney Company
Net worth: $5.5 billion according to Forbes' 2010 ranking — 136th richest man on Earth
Annual salary: $1
We can see how a College drop out student became the co founder of Apple Inc. and invented the Ipod, Ipad and Iphone, world's most loved electronic gadgets. He is an example of Karmayogi. We deeply mourn at the sad demise of Mr. Jobs.

New email Id of IPOs

The new email ids of the three IPOs of RMS N division created by Dte are as follows -
1. IPOs N 1st Sub- Division, Cuttack   - s1771nfirstncutt@indiapost.gov.in
2. IPOs N 2nd Sub-Division, Bhubaneswar - s1772nsecondncut@indiapost.gov.in
3. IPOs N 3rd Sub-Division, Howrah - s1773nthirdncutt@indiapost.gov.in

Bhasani Utsav at Cuttack

Today the most awaited bhasani utsav will be celebrated at Cuttack. After the Vijaya Dashami, today the idols will come in a procession for immersion at Debigada. The bhasani of Cuttack is very famous and lakhs of devotees from other places come to Cuttack to take the last darshan of Maa Durga.Enjoy with your family. Watch Live on OTV from 4 PM onwards.

Laptop @ 1700/-

India released a Rs.1,700 ($35) laptop / Tablet PC (AKASH TABLET PC) for students and teachers in colleges and Universities. The device is currently not available for sale in the market as government has decided to launch it for students in 2012 National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology is supporting this project to enlighten the more and more students. There may be many methods to spread education but this one would prove to be an innovative style of imparting knowledge.
The education which would touch the lives of every student through this mode of technology would be possible easily. Thus, these laptops would be available at lesser cost. This style is meant to edify the large population to widen the horizon of knowledge among all in every aspect of life. This project has plans to sell the laptops at remarkably lesser rate.

Features:

• Open Office
• SciLab
• Internet browsing
• Video web conferencing facility,
• Multimedia content in a variety of formats (pdf, docx, ods, adp, xls, jpeg, gif,png, bmp, odt, zip, AVCHD, AVI, AC3)
• Inbuilt PDF reader
• Internet browsing with flash plug-in, JavaScript.
• It is enabled with a touch screen.
• An in-built keyboard is attached with this laptop.
• The laptop can store the data of up to 2 GB memory. It is a RAM memory.
• Wifi connectivity and USB port are this laptop’s additional features.
• 2 watt system is used up by this laptop so that it can even perform in areas where power supply is low.
• 80% shock resistant 

Specifications:

• Display: 7” colour LCD/TFT
• Keyboard: Built in
• RAM: 2GB
• Hard Drive: 32GB
• Connectivity: Wifi, USB 2.0 (2), Ethernet port.
• Operating System: Android
• Power: 2 watt
• Processor: Unknown
• Expandable Memory upto 8GB (SD Card)
• VGA Port (For connecting to Projector)

DA order issued

DA order has been issued by DOP

DA Order by Ministry of Finance

DA Order by DOP

Sad Demise of Manguli Charan Swain, MTS

Sri Manguli Charan Swain, MTS, Cuttack RMS has expired at SCB Medical College & Hospital on 03.10.2011 at about 12 hours. We express our deep sorrow for his grieved family and pray for the heavenly soul.May his soul rest at peace.

Wishing you all a happy Durga Puja

Wishing you all and your family members a happy Durga Puja. May maa bless you all.