LTC by air extended for 2 more years: Daily Excelsior News

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Cancellation of PA/SA examination of Delhi Circle held on 27/4/2014

It has been decided by the Competent Authority to cancel the PA/SA Direct Recruit Examination held on 27-04-2014 for Delhi Circle.

A decision will be taken in due course for holding of re-examination in Delhi Postal Circle.

Authority : Postal Directorate No. A-34012/10/2014-DE (Delhi Part) dated 11.06.2014

Revision of monetary ceilings for purchase of Briefcases/Ladies Purses for offficial Purposes

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Now, apply for passports from post offices

Come July, the city’s residents can apply for passports online from post offices. The Department of Posts, in association with the Regional Passport Office, Chennai, is working out modalities to help customers register passport applications online and is identifying post offices to offer the facility.

Officials of the department said customers could get a printout of the application from the postal employees. Once the applicants submit filled-in forms, the staff will upload the data online. “It is better for applicants to bring necessary documents such as proof of age and residential address. The employees have also been trained to assist applicants in filling up the forms,” said an official.

Once registered, customers would be provided acknowledgment receipt generated with appointment date for personal interview at the Passport Seva Kendras.

Initially, the service will be launched in 25 post offices in the Chennai City Region (CCR), including some in Vellore and Puducherry.

Of this, a minimum of 10 post offices in Chennai will be identified and the service will be extended to more offices depending on the patronage. Applicants will have to pay Rs.100 for the online service.

At present, customers have the option of paying the fee through internet or State Bank of India. Mervin Alexander, Postmaster General, CCR, said: “We are also working out modalities for using our e-payment service for paying passport fee. However, the employees will not be involved in verification of the documents of applicants.”

The department is also seeking a unique user name ID to facilitate its employees to register multiple applications.

Source : http://www.thehindu.com/

e-IPO for seeking information under RTI

ALLAHABAD: To make filing of application for seeking information under the Right To Information Act-2005 hassle free and easier, the department of posts has launched an electronic Indian Postal Order (e-IPO). The scheme will facilitate citizens pay online fee for filing of application to seek information from various government departments. Earlier the department had launched the e-IPO facility for Indian citizens working across the globe. Providing information about this Director Postal Services, Allahabad region, Krishna Kumar Yadav said, "E-IPO is a facility to purchase an Indian postal order electronically for paying RTI fee on-line." He further said, after paying the fee on-line one just need to annex the print-out of the receipt to the RTI application. The service has been launched by the department in cooperation with National Informatics Centre (NIC) and the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). He added, under this service, the applicant needs to register at e-Post Office portal of India Post www.epostoffice.gov.in or through India Post web site www.indiapost.gov.in to create profile for first time. Both debit and credit cards of any banks can be accepted for the fee.

Know about Computer/Typing Test for Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam 2014

Friends.. Many queries are still being received in our facebook page regarding the pattern of Computer/ Typing Test for PA/SA Exam 2014. Here are the detailsfor your ready reference, as given the official Notification: 

The typing test will be for a duration of 30 minutes ( 15 minutes for typing and 15 minutes for data entry) consisting one passage of 450 words in English OR 375 words in Hindi to be typed with a minimum speed of 30 words per minute or 25 words per minute respectively. Test in Data entry will be of some figures and letters each carrying equal marks on computer . The above test will be conducted on Computer Key board, but not on a typewriter. Further, the candidates have to secure prescribed qualifying marks in this test. The marks will be based on speed, and accuracy. This is acombined test, and marks in both the components will be put together for qualifying.

Please note that typing test/data entry test is of qualifying nature and there is no marks for it. You have to just fulfill the minimum qualification in this test and final merit will be prepared based on the marks secured in Aptitude test only. But if you can't qualify typing/data entry and even if you get full 100 marks in Aptitude test you will be disqualified. So give due importance to Paper-2 and practice it as much as you can. You can download software for both from below link. All the Best..

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Current Affairs : 20 June 2014

1) Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh to get Jnanpith award: Noted Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh was chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award for 2013 on 20 June 2014. Singh is the 10th Hindi writer to receive the honour and joins the likes of Sumitra Nandan Pant, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar among others. He will be the recipient of 49th Jnanpith award. 80-year-old Singh, who has also written essays and stories, was born in Balia, UP, and 'Abhi bilkul abhi' and 'Yahan se dekho' are among his prominent works. The award includes Rs 11 lakh and a citation, a release from the Jnanpith award committee said.

2) Government hiked railway passenger fare by 14.2%, freight chargesby 6.5%

: The government has increased railway passenger fare by 14.2 per cent andfreight charges by 6.5 per cent on 20 June 2014. The increased rates will come effect from 25 June 2014. As much as 4.2 per cent of the fare hike is on account of a variable Fuel Adjustment Component (FAC) approved in last year’s rail budget. The remaining 10 per cent is a flat hike across all classes. Similarly,freight rates will have a five per cent hike flat over and above a 1.4 per cent of the FAC.

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3) Salman Rushdie wins PEN Pinter prize: Salman Rushdie is to receive the 2014 PEN Pinter prize, following in the footsteps ofTony Harrison, Hanif Kureishi, David Hare, Carol Ann Duffy and Tom Stoppard. The prize was established in 2009 by the campaigning group English PEN in memory of the playwright Harold Pinter. It is given annually to a writer who, in the words of Pinter's speech on receiving the Nobel prize, casts an "unflinching, unswerving" gaze on the world and shows a "fierce intellectual determination ... to define the real truth of our lives and societies". Rushdie will be presented with the award at the British Library on 9 October.

4) India 143rd on Global Peace Index: Ranking India among 20 most violent places in the world, a global study on 18 June 2014 said the country's economy took a hit of over Rs 1 lakh crore in containing and dealing with cases of violence last year. In the latest annual ranking of Global Peace Index, India has been ranked at 143rd position out of 162 countries surveyed.While India has slipped two positions, Iceland continues to top the list as the world's most peaceful place. However, Syria has replaced Afghanistan as the most violent place.

Courtesy : http://www.currentaffairs4examz.com/

Important Financial Organizations & their foundation

1955: Industrial credit and Investment Corporation India Ltd(ICICI)

1962: Deposit Insurance Corporation
1963: Agricultural Refinance Corporation

1964: Unit Trust of India
1964: Industrial Development Bank of India
1969: National Institute of Bank Management
1971: Credit Guarantee Corporation
1978: Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (The DIC and
CGC were merged and renamed as DICGC)
1982: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
1982: Export-Import Bank of India
1987: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
1988: Discount and Finance House of India
1988: National Housing Bank
1990: Small Industries Development Bank of India
1994: Securities Trading Corporation of India
1995: Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited
1996: Institute for Development & Research in Banking Technology
2001: Clearing Corporation of India Limited
2008: National Payments Corporation of India

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THINK DIFFERENT: (A Beautiful Story)

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were u the one who changed my sign this morning? What did u write?"

The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what u said but in a different way."

What he had written was: "Today is a beautiful day & I cannot see it."

Do u think the first sign & the second sign were saying the same thing? Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

Moral of the Story :

Be thankful for what you have.
Be creative. 
Be innovative. 
Think different and positive.

Useful Books for Civil Service Preliminary Examination

Dear friends… Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has on 31 May 2014 issued notification for Civil Services Examination 2014 for a total 1291 posts in various services (click Here to see details). Preliminary examination is scheduled on 24 August 2014. As you know it the most glamorous job and at the same time the toughest exam in India. Planned studies, hard work and inner motivation are the keys to success in CSAT. Work hard as there is no short cut to success and hard work never goes unrewarded. Every drop of sweat of your brow through hard work adds to the splendour of your bright career. Remember that there is no substitute to hard work. Civil Service competition is like a marathon race and you have to stay motivated till the exam is over. Some friends start the preparation with huge motivation but will lose everything as the time goes and withdraw themselves from this marathon. So friends stay motivated, dream every day yourself as a Civil Servant and your splendour career, say to yourself I will do it. All the Best

Here is a list of useful books which will help you crack the exam. Prepare well!!

1) General Studies for Civil Services Preliminary Examination Paper - 1 (2014) 1st Edition

Publisher: Tata McGraw-Hill Education

Length: 1328 Pages

Price: Rs. 875

Contents

- History of India

- Indian National Movement

- Indian and World Geography

- Indian Polity and Governance

- Economic and Social Development

- Environmental Ecology, Bio-Diversity and Climate Change

- General Science

- General Knowledge

- Current Events

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2) Prelims Special - Reading Comprehension for Civil Services Preliminary Examination(CSAT) Paper 2 1st Edition

Author: Nagendra Pratap, Ashok Kumar Singh

Length: 384 Pages

Price: Rs. 192

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3) Manorama Year Book PB 2014

Publisher: Malayalam Manorama

Length: 1040 Pages

Price: Rs. 145

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4) CSAT - 19 Years General Studies

Publisher: Disha Publication - New Delhi

Length: 400 Pages

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5) Cracking the CSAT Paper - 2 : Civil Services Aptitude Test 4th Edition

Publisher: Arihant Publications

Length: 999 Pages

Price: Rs. 450

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6) General Studies for Civil ServicesPreliminary Examination Paper - II 2014 1st Edition

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7) Pratiyogita Darpan General Studies: Indian Economy

Publisher: Pratiyogita Darpan

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8) Current Affairs 2014 for Civil Services PCS and All Other Examination 6th Edition

Publisher: Kalinjar Publications

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Disbursement of interest on the amount of Fixed Deposit of a person with disability by Money Order

No.110-01/2012-SB

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

(F.S. Division)

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, 

New Delhi, Dated 16.11.2012

To

The Chief Commissioner

O/o The Chief Commissioner For Person with Disabilities

Min of Social Justice and Empowerment

Department of Disability Affairs

Sarojini House, 6, Bhagwan Dass Road

New Delhi -110001

Sub: Disbursement of interest on the amount of Fixed Deposit of a person with disability by Money Order.

Kindly refer to your office letter No. 29/1102/12-13 dated 12.09.2012 on the subject.

The undersigned is directed to say that there is a scheme called Monthly Income Scheme inpost offices where money is deposited for a fixed period of 5 years and interest is paid on the monthly basis @8.5%.  In this Scheme, payment of monthly interest can be taken either by coming to post office or by giving a Standing Instruction for credit of monthly interest into post office savings account of the depositor standing in same post office.

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Keeping in view the requirement of the customer and the circumstances mentioned in the representation forwarded by your office, this office has taken a decision to provide additional facility of payment of interest at the doorstep through Money order after deducting MO Commission and cost of MO forms.  In this connection, instructions have been issued to all post offices to offer this facility as and when any customer requests for the same.

It is requested that the Sh. Kanan may be advised to approach any nearby post office to avail this facility.

This issues with the approval of DDG(FS)

Yours faithfully,

sd/-

(Kawal Jit Singh)

Assistant Director

Savings Bank

Source: http://ccdisabilities.nic.in/content/en/docs/postal.pdf

India Post new logo ( launched on 23 Sep 2008 )

It is in the shape of an envelope with the image of birds’ wings

Launch: M.P. Rajan, Chief Postmaster General, releasing the new logo of India Post in Bangalore on Tuesday. - Photo: K. Gopinathan 

      Bangalore: Modern, vibrant and dynamic with flowing bold strokes in bright yellow on a red background. That is the new logo of India Post, which was launched by the Chief Postmaster General of Karnataka Circle here on Tuesday.

     The new logo has a rectangle in the shape of an envelope in deep red with the image of birds’ wings in bright yellow. It sends the message of India Post as a dynamic organisation with modern and professional approach in its service to the common man, business and corporate clients.

       It has “Bharatiya Dak” in Hindi and “India Post” on the top left and bottom right corners.

The idea

       Speaking at the launch, Chief Postmaster General of Karnataka Circle M.P. Rajan said the philosophy and guiding principle behind the new logo was that India Post acted as a bridge across physical distance and was committed to deploying efficient means to reduce the time betweensending and receiving mails. “The refurbishment aims at an element of modernity combined with continuity. The wings are the anchoring element that has been retained.

     The choice of colours — red and yellow — also have some significance.

    Red was chosen for its traditional association with the postal service, which also symbolises passion, power and commitment; while yellow which stands for hope, joy and happiness.

New initiatives

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A corporate logo was launched on World Post Day in 1993 (October 9, 1993), representing dynamism and action. Various new initiatives were introduced thereafter, including CorporateMoney Order (1995), Business Post (1999), Express Parcel Post (1999), Retail Post (1999),Electronic Fund Transfer (2001), e-bill Post (2002) and others. “During this period, the department has also entered into partnerships — both in the government and private sector — to provide a multitude of services. It has come to a stage when the department is said to be also offering postal services,” said Karuna Pillai, Postmaster General (Business Development).

Shanthi Nair, Postmaster General, South Karnataka Region, said that India Post embraced change and incorporated services to fulfil the requirements of all its customers.

Source : http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/24/stories/2008092461560400.htm

Grade II Stenographers are also eligible to appear for IP Examination - Clarification

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Renamed Indian cities

1. Chennai, formerly Madras, renamed in 1996

2. Jabalpur, formerly Jubbulpore, renamed in 1947

3. Kanpur, formerly Cawnpore, renamed in 1948

4. Kochi, formerly Cochin, renamed in 1996

5. Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, renamed in 2001

6. Mumbai, formerly Bombay, renamed in 1995

7. Puducherry, formerly Pondicherry, renamed in 2006

8. Thiruvananthapuram, formerly Trivandrum, renamed in 1991

9. Vadodara, formerly Baroda, renamed in 1974

10. Varanasi, formerly Benares

11. Guwahati, formerly Gauhati

12. Indore, formerly Indhur

13. Kozhikode, formerly Calicut

14. Panaji, formerly Panjim

15. Pune, formerly Poona

16. Sagar, formerly Saugor

17. Shimla, formerly Simla

18. Thanjavur, formerly Tanjore

19. Thoothukudi, formerly Tuticorin

20. Thrissur, formerly Trichur

21. Tiruchirapalli,formerly Trichinopoly or its shortened version, Trichy

22. Udhagamandalam,formerly Ootacamund or its shortened version, Ooty

23. Vijayawada, formerly Bejawada

24. Visakhapatnam, formerly Waltair and before that, Vizagapatnam or its shortened version, Vizag

25. Avantika to Ujjain

26. Vorugallu to Warangal

27. Cambay to Khambhat

28. Bulsar to Valsad

29. Bangalore to Bengaluru (change effective from 1 November 2006)

30. Bhopal Bairagarh to Sant Hirda Ram Nagar, Bhopal

31. Jullunder to Jalandhar

32. Ropar to Rupnagar

33. Mohali to SAS Nagar

34. Nawan Shahar to Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar

35. Cape Comorin to Kanyakumari

Courtesy : http://www.tnguru.com/