Revised Recruitment Rules for PA/SA

The Department has revised the Recruitment Rules for PA/SA. The highlights of this revision are as follows-
1. Application KIT : 25/-
2. Examination Fee : 100/-  (SC/ST, PH & Women are exempted)
3. Examination will be done by M/s CMC Limited, New Delhi
4. No documents will be sent at the time of application. Documents will be verified after aptitude test.
5. Eligibility : OC   : 10+2   Min Marks 60 %
                    OBC : 10+2 Min Marks 55%
                  SC/ST : 10+2 Min Marks 45 %
Only the candidates having minimum percentage of marks will be called for Aptitude Test. Marks secured in 10+2 will not be counted for Final Merit Selection.
6. Pattern of examination           :
Paper-I
Candidates shall be subjected to an objective type Aptitude Test Covering the
following subjects/topics:
Total Marks-100
(1). Part ‘A’ - 25 questions on General Knowledge, which may include
questions on current events, sports, history, geography, basic economics,
general polity, Indian Constitution, science environment etc.- 25 marks
(2) Part ‘B’ - 25 questions of Mathematics of matriculation standard which
may cover number system, simplification, decimals, fractions, simple and
compound interest, percentage, average, profit and loss, discount,
mensuration, time and work, time and distance etc. - 25 marks
(3). Part ‘C’ - 25 questions on English, which may Cover grammar
(propositions, adverbs, conjunction, direct/indirect, singular/plurai, tense,
anonyms/synonyms etc.). - 25 marks
(4) Part ‘D’  25 marks on Reasoning and Analytical Ability. - 25 marks

The total duration of the Aptitude Test will be two hours.

The candidates are required to obtain marks as under for being considered
for further selection process:
I. Minimum Marks: Parts A/B/C/D- Minimum 10 marks by OC candidates, 8
marks by SC/ST candidates and 9 marks by OBC candidates in each part.

II. Minimum aggregate marks- For OC Candidates 40%, for SC/ST 33% and

for OBC candidates 37%.

Paper-Il
Computer/Typing Test
Test shall be of the duration of 30 minutes(15 minutes each for Typing and Data
Entry) consisting of (i) One passage of 450 words in English or 375 words in Hindi to
be typed with a minimum speed of 30/25 words per minute and (ii) Data Entry of
some figures and letters each carrying equal marks.

Qualifying Marks: Computer/Typing Test will be of qualifying nature with
minimum of 40% marks to be secured by OC candidates, 33% marks by SC/ST
candidates and 37% marks by OBC candidates.

7. All Candidates belonging to various categories who have obtained following
minimum marks in 10+2 or  class shall be called for the Aptitude test'.
OC : 60 %,  OBC : 55 %,   SC/ST : 45%
(ii). No weightage of marks secured by the candidates in 10+2 or 12th class will be
given while preparing the merit list.
(iii). Candidates numbering five times the number of vacancies in each category i.e.
OC, OBC, SC, and ST for each Circle shall be declared qualified for Computer
Test based on the marks secured by them in the Aptitude test.
(iv). The merit list shall be prepared on the basis of the marks obtained by the
candidates in the Aptitude Test subject to the condition that they have qualified
the Computer Test.

8. Allocation of Division. : The allocation of Division to the candidates will be given in order of their Merit in the aptitude Test and vacancy position in the Division.

The details can be downloaded from Here
Revised Recruitment Rules for PA/SA

Posting of IPO N 2nd Sub Division, Bhubaneswar

Smt. Smita Mohapatra, IP, Cuttack West Sub Division under Cuttack City Division is transferred and posted as IRM, RMS 'N' 2nd Sub-Divion, Bhubaneswar against the vacant post, at her own request, vide C.O. Memo No.ST/20-13/2011/Ch.II dated 16.05.2012.

Platform tickets to cost Rs 5 from May 1

Get ready to pay Rs 5 for platform tickets from next month.

Though railway minister Mukul Roy rolled back hike in passenger fares in most of the categories, it seems the increase in rate of platform tickets skipped his attention.

The railways on Wednesday issue a circular to implement the decision announced in railway budget by his predecessor Dinesh Trivedi by directing all general managers to ensure platform tickets are sold for Rs 5 from May 1.

Now, a platform ticket costs Rs 3. This move has inadvertently made journey tickets cheaper than platform tickets.

Source:-The Economic Times

Rates of Dearness Allowance applicable w.e.f. 01.01.2012 to the employees of the Central Government and the Central Autonomous Bodies continuing to draw their pay in the pre revised scale as per 5th CPC

No. 1(3)/2008-E.II (B)

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Expenditure

North Block, New Delhi

                                                    Dated: 20th April 2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:-               Rates of Dearness Allowance applicable w.e.f. 01.01.2012 to the employees of the Central Government and the 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 17th October, 2011 revising the Dearness Allowance w.e.f. 1.7.2011 in respect of the employees of the Central Government and the Central 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 the Central Government and the Central Autonomous Bodies shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 127% to 139% w.e.f. 01.01.2012. 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.

4.         Hindi version is also attached.

Sd/-

(Subhash Chand)

Deputy Secretary to Govt. of India

Department of IT renamed as Department of Electronics and Information Technology

The Department of Information Technology, DIT (Ministry of Communications and Information Technology) has been renamed Department of Electronics and Information Technology, DeitY.

Recently, the Cabinet Secretariat amended the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules 1961 and renamed the Department of Information Technology as Department of Electronics and Information Technology (IN Hindi it is Electroniki aur Soochana Praudyogiki Vibhag).

In the early days, the Department of Information Technology was called Department of Electronics. In October 1999, it was initially made Ministry of Information Technology. But with the merger of Departments of Telecommunications and Posts in the Ministry, in December 2001, the Department acquired its current name of Department of Information Technology.

However, in recent years, there has been a feeling that the electronics sector has not been given adequate importance by the Government. This resulted in a demand from various quarters of industry, academia and other stakeholders that the Department should provide increased focus to the electronics sector. The renaming of the Department is a symbolic move in that direction.

The Department is in the process of initiating several measures to renew the thrust to the Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) in the country. A new National Policy on Electronics is under finalization and a draft of the same was released by the Minister of Communications & IT last October. The Policy outlines the rationale and road map for the development of ESDM sector in the country. One of the declarations made in the draft National Policy on Electronics is that the Department would be renamed as Department of Electronics and Information Technology. Accordingly, a proposal for the renaming was taken up. This change is a result of that effort.

It is expected that this move will send a positive signal to domestic as well as foreign investors in the sector. Moreover, within Government and within the Department, it will help provide higher priority to policy initiatives relating to electronics.

The rechristening of the Department of Information Technology (DIT) as Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) would be ceremonially formalized at the hands of Sh Kapil Sibal , Minister of Communications and Information Technology) at an event on 19th April 2012 ( Thursday) at Electronics Niketan, New Delhi .

BK:AT:PM

(Release ID :82358)

Source : PIB dtd 18/04/2012

Joining of new ASP(OD)

Sri Sushen Ch. Peda has joined as our new ASP(OD) w.e.f. 16.04.2012 F/N. We welcome him to our Division.

Closed Holiday on 14.04.2012

Closed Holiday on 14th April 2012 on account of birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar...

To view the Department of Posts (PE-II Section) order Click here.

Joining of new ASP (HQ)

Smt. Arunabala Mohanty has joined as our new ASP(HQ) w.ef. 09.04.2012 F/N. We welcome her to our Division.

IPO 2011 Result Declared

To view the result Click here.

Letter of Intent to Sify, TCS, Infosys & Reliance for various Tecnological projcets

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.
The Department has got approval of Rs 1,877.2 crore to be spend across these projects over period of two years and will seek additional funds when the need arises.
"Funds of Rs 1,877.2 crore have been approved. We will go ahead with that. We may need more money because implemented in some of the cases may last over period of six and half to nine years," she said.

DoP has issued LoI to Infosys for two projects which are Rural System and Financial Services Integration, Tata Consultancy Services for Change Management, Sify for Network Integration and Reliance Communications Infrastructure for Data Centre.

She said contract agreement with these companies will be signed shorty after these projects will start.
Under technology advancement program, DoP will put all necessary softwares in place along with procurement of requisite IT hardwares.
Secretary (Posts) added that the department will computerise all its 1.55 lakh post offices across country by 2013 with over 24,000 department post offices already computerised by month end.

Source: Economic Times.

Five years absence is considered as Resignation

New Delhi, Mar 30, 2012(PIB): The CCS (Leave) Rules has been amended by the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) vide Notification F.No.13026/2/2010-Estt.(L)] dated 29.03.2012. You can't take leave excess five years.

According to the new amendment, the Government Servants cannot be granted any kind of leave for a continuous period more than 5 years. It has been further laid down that any government servant if absent from duty for more than 5 years continuously with or without leave (other than on Foreign Service), they shall be deemed to have resigned from their post. The said notification is placed below for your ready reference.

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Revision of Interest rates in Samll Savings

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 rates from 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 and Notifications 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)

Utkal Divasa Abhinandan

Bande Utkal Janani
We feel proud to be an Odia

Happy Ram Navami

Wishing you all very Happy Ram Navami.

Discontinuance of Bag Number System

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

Mail Business (Development & Operations) Division

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,New Delhi-110 001

No. 18-7/APS-D Dated 22.03.2012
To
All Heads of Circles
Subject:_-Introduction of New system of bag number in Mail System

This has reference to Directorate memo of even number dated 15.11.2006 on the subject cited above, vide which a new system of bag number was introduced with effect from 1st January, 2007.

1. After a review of the functioning of the bag numbering system, it has been decided to discontinue the bag number system with immediate effect.

2. This may be brought to the notice of all concerned.

Relieving of Sri K.S.Panda, ASP(HQ)

Sri Krupasindhu Panda, ASP(HQ) RMS N division has been relived on 27.03.2012 A/N. He has been posted as ASP(OD) Baripada. All the staff of Dvl. office and HRO bed him farewell. We remember his untiring service towards this Division.

Interest Rates on small savings may be raised by 0.25% from April 1

Interest rates on small savings schemes may go up by 0.25%

The government is likely to hike the interest rates on deposit schemes offered by post offices, like savings account, Monthly Income Scheme (MIS), Public Provident Fund (PPF), etc by about 0.25 per cent from April 1.
A circular on revised interest rate on small savings scheme will be issued by March 28, official sources said, adding that there could be a 0.25 basis points hike in the rates.
"We are in the process of calculating the rates. The new rates will be applicable from April 1," they added.

The government had in December, 2011 hiked interest rates on post office savings accounts (POSA) to 4 per cent, from 3.5 per cent. Similarly, the interest rates on the MIS and PPF was fixed at 8.2 per cent and 8.6 per cent respectively.
The decision to hike interest rates in December was in line with the recommendations of the Shyamala Gopinath Committee which had suggested linking of interest rates on small savings with that of the market. The panel had also suggested that the interest rates on small savings schemes should be revised annually.

The revision in the interest rates is aimed at maintaining the attractiveness of the small savings schemes vis-a-vis fixed deposit schemes operated by banks.

The government, as part of economic liberalisation process, had freed the interest rates on banks deposits giving freedom to lenders to fix rates depending upon the asset-liability position, but continued to fix rates for small savings schemes.

Pursuant to the recommendations of the Gopinath Committee, the government had introduced the National Savings Scheme (NSC) with a 10-year maturity to attract long-term funds.

The annual investment ceiling in PPF savings was increased to Rs 1 lakh from Rs 70,000.

Source:- The Economic Times

New DA declared

Giving relief to its employees and pensioners from inflation, the central government on 23.03.2012 (Friday) announced a seven percentage point increase in dearness allowance (DA).
The new DA rate of 65 per cent of basic pay against 58 per cent earlier will be applicable retrospectively from January 1, 2012.
The decision, was taken by the Union Cabinet. It will benefit about 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners.
The government periodically hikes the DA, which is linked to consumer price index for industrial workers. The CPI is hovering around 7 per cent.

Distribution list of Gr.C officials for 2012

The Distribution list of Gr.C officials for 2012 can be downloaded from the link below-
Distribution List

Transfer Postings

Department of Posts: India.

Office of the Senior Superintendent

RMS N Division, Cuttack – 753001

 

  No:  B/3-8/2008-Ch-I                                     Dated at Cuttack the 20.03.2012

The following transfer and posting in Gr-C cadre of RMS N Division are hereby made to have immediate effect.

Sl no	Name of the official	Present place of posting	Place of posting on transferred
01	Naba Kishore Naik	SA SRO N Division, Bhadrak	OA, Divisional Office, Cuttack
02	Tushar Kanta Sahoo	SA SRO N Division, Balasore	SA SRO N Division Jajpur Road
03	Nrusingha Mishra	SA SRO N Division, Bhubaneswar	SA SRO N Division Dhenkanal
04	Pramodini Senapati	SA SRO N Division, Bhubaneswar	SA HRO N Division, Cuttack
05	Bairagi Ch Nayak	SA SRO N Division, Bhubaneswar	SA SRO N Division, Keonjhar
06	Debadasi Nayak	SA SRO N Division, Keonjhar	SA SRO N Division Bhubaneswar
07	Fani Bhusan Tripathy	SA SRO N Division, Bhubaneswar	SA HRO N Division Cuttack
08	Amiya Ranjan Behuria	SA HRO N Dvn Cuttack	SA SRO N Division, Bhubaneswar
09	Basudev Sahoo	SA SRO N Division, Bhubaneswar	SA HRO N Division, Cuttack

          The officials at sl no. 03 to 09 are not entitled to get TA/TP as their transfer have been considered on their own request.

Senior Superintendent

RMS N Division, Cuttack – 753001

International Womens' day

Wishing you all Happy Holi

Feedback on Draft Postal Policy

Kindly register your Feedback on draft National Postal Policy in India Post Website , which can be viewed through the following link.
http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Postal_Policy/

Central DA from January 2012 is 7%

With the availability of All-India Average Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers from July to November 2011, It is almost certain that Central workers are going to get another 7% D.A. from January 2012.
The Index No.s from July to November is given below for ready reference.
193 194 197 198 199
If the Index No. is in between 192 and 204 for he month of December 2011[Data to be published by Labour Bureau on 31.01.2012], the Dearness Allowance will be same - 7%
So all probabilities keeping in mind it can be safely predicted that D.A. from January 2012 will be 65% of pay.

Source : http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com

Classification of cities for HRA

'X' Cities - 30% HRA

States	Cities Classified as "X"
Andhra Pradesh	Hyderabad (UA)
Delhi	Delhi (UA)
Karnataka	Bangaluru (UA)
Mahrashtra	Greater Mumbai (UA)
Tamilnadu	Chennai (UA)
West Bengal	Kolkatta (UA)

'Y' Cities - 20% HRA

States	Cities Classified as "Y"
Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada (UA, Warangal, (UA), Vishkhapatnam (UA), Guntur
Assam	Guwahati (UA)
Bihar	Patna (UA)
Chandigarh	Chandigarh
Chattisgarh	Durg-Bhilai Nagar (UA), Raipur (UA)
Gujarat	Ahmedabad (UA), Rajkot (UA), Jamnagar (UA), Bhavnagar (UA), Vadodara (UA), Surat (UA)
Haryana	Faridabad*
Jammu & Kashmir	Srinagar (UA), Jammu (UA)
Jharkhand	Jamshedpur (UA), Dhanbad (UA), Ranchi (UA)
Karnataka	Belgaum (UA), Hubli-Dharwad, Mangalore (UA), Mysore (UA)
Kerala	Kozhikode (UA), Kochi (UA), Thiruvananthapuram (UA)
Madhya Pradesh	Gwalior (UA), Indore (UA), Bhopal (UA), Jabalpur (UA)
Maharashtra	Amravati, Nagpur (UA), Aurangabad (UA), Nashik (UA), Bhiwandi (UA), Pune (UA), Solapur, Kolhapur (UA)
Orissa	Cuttack (UA), Bhubaneswar (UA)
Punjab	Amritsar (UA), Jalandhar (UA), Ludihiana
Pondicherry	Pondicherry (UA)
Rajasthan	Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur (UA), Kota (UA)
Tamilnadu	Salem (UA), Tiruppur (UA), Coimbatore (UA), Madurai (UA)
Uttarkhand	Dehradun (UA)
Uttar Pradesh	Moradabad, Meerut (UA), Ghaziabad*, Aligarh, Agra (Ua), Bareilly (UA), Lucknow (UA), Kanpur (UA), Allahabad (UA), Gorakhpur, Varanasi (UA)
West Bengal	Asansol (UA)

only for the purpose of extending HRA on the basis of dependency

Remaining cities/towns which are not covered under "X" or "Y" are classified as "Z" for the purpose of HRA.

Approximate Arrear for the loss of one increment

The approximate arrear amount calculation has been made for the loss of one increment in pre-revised scale, for those date of increment falls between Feb-Jun. The table express the total amount of arrear from 1.1.2006 according to the increment amount. 

This is the general calculation for all Central Government employees, not included the Overtime, Incentive and other benefits. 

Increment	HRA
-	10%	20%	30%
75-(3050 - 4590)	16,000	17,000	18,000
100-(4000 - 6000)	20,000	22,000	24,000
125-(4500 - 7000)	26,000	28,000	30,000
150-(5000 - 8000)	31,000	33,000	36,000
175-(5500 - 9000)	36,000	40,000	42,000
200-(6000 - 9500)	42,000	45,000	48,000

Courtesy: CGServants.in