One more option given to GDS to enroll in Service Discharge Benefit Scheme (SDBS) – Directorate order:

One more option given to GDS to enroll in Service Discharge Benefit Scheme (SDBS) – Directorate order:

            The Service Discharge Benefit Scheme (SDBS) for GDS came into effect from 1^st April, 2011  (vide OM No.6-11/2009-PE-II dated 01-04-2011). It is noticed that only 70% of GDS has opted the Scheme.

              On request of Service Unions / Federations, it is now considered to give one more option to the remained willing GDS; the Directorate issued guidelines / instructions  on the subject on two items :

(i)   Extend one extra option for enrollment:

= GDS having less than 3years of service as on 01-01-2014 are not eligible.

= Enrolment must be made before 31^st January 2014

(Govt. contribution shall be commenced from that month only)

(ii) Personal subscription / contribution towards this scheme:

= It is now allowed to made personal contribution / subscription from GDS towards the Scheme.

= Same rate of Rs.200/- permonth can be made as personal subscription for the Scheme with effect from the month of October 2013.

= The personal contribution / subscription can be deducted from the monthly TRCA on application to the concerned DDO.

The interested GDS can now enroll themselves in the Scheme.

Copy of the Order:

New DPS Vijayawada assumed charge

Sri K.Soma sundaram, STS officer of Tamilnadu Circle who got adhoc  promotion to JAG cadre has assumed charge of DPS Vijayawada today i.e 09.11.2013.

IP(A)SP Andhra wishes the officer all success in his new assignment.

Most Imp 50 GK Questions about Mahatma Gandhi

Most Imp 50 GK questions about Mahatma Gandhi

1. When did Gandhiji born?
Answer: In 1869 October 2

2. When did Gandhiji went to South Africa to practice law?
Answer: in 1893

3. Where did Gandhiji's first Satyagraha experimented?
Answer: South Africa in 1906, September to protest against the Asiatic
Ordinance issued against the Indians in Transval

4. When was Gandhiji's first imprisonment?
Answer: 1908 at Johannesberg in South Africa

5. In which railway station where Gandhiji was humiliated and ousted ?
Answer: Peter Marits Burg Railway Station in SouthAfrica

6. When did Gandhiji started Tolstoy Farm (SouthAfrica)?
Answer: in 1910

7. Where did Gandhiji started the Phoenix Settlement ?
Answer: Durban in South Africa

8. What is the name of weakly started by Gandhiji in SouthAfrica?
Answer: Indian opinion (1904)

9. When did Gandhiji returned to India from South Africa ?
Answer: 9th January 1915.
January 9 is observed as Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

10. Where was Gandhiji’s first satyagraha in India?
Answer: It was for the right of Indigo workers in Champaran in 1917

11. Where was gandhiji’s first fast (Gandhiji’s second satyagraha in India)?
Answer: In Ahmadabad

12. Which causes Gandhiji to abandoned his title Kaiser-I-Hind?
Answer: JallianwalabaghMassacre (1919)

13. Who started weeklies named Young India and Navjeevan?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

14. Which is the only Congress session presided over by Gandhiji?
Answer: Congress session at Belgaum in 1924

15. Who started All India Harijan Samaj in 1932?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

16. Where is Wardha Ashram situated?
Answer: In Maharashtra

17. When did Gandhiji started the weekly Harijan?
Answer: 1933

18. Gandhiji called Subhash Chandra Bose as _________?
Answer: Patriot

19. Who called Gandhiji as “Half naked Seditious Fakir”?
Answer: Winston Churchill

20. Who gave the name ‘Gurudev’ to Tagore?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

21. Who called Gandhiji as ‘Mahatma’?
Answer: Tagore

22. Who is political guru of Gandhiji ?
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale

23. Who is considered as spiritual guru of Gandhiji?
Answer: Leo Tolstoy

24. When did Gandhiji assassinated?
Answer: 1948 January 30 by Nadhuram Vinayak Godse

25. What was called as 'Post Dated Cheque' by Gandhiji ?
Answer: Cripps's Mission (1942)

26. When did Gandhiji published 'Hind Swaraj' ?
Answer: In the year 1908

27. who gave Baba Amta the title 'Abhay Sadak' ?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

28. The period which is considered as 'Gandhian Era' in Indian Independence struggle ?
Answer: 1915 - 1948

29. Where was Gandhiji’s third satyagraha in India?
Answer: kheda satyagraha

30. What is the real name of Gandhi's Autobiography ?
Answer: Satya na prayogo

31. What is the period that referred in Gandhi's Autobiography ?
Answer: 1869 - 1921

32. When did Autobiography of Gandhiji first published ?
Answer: 1927 (in Navajeevan)

33. In which language Gandhiji wrote his Autobiography ?
Answer: Gujarati

34. Who translated Gandhi's autobiography into English ?
Answer: Mahadev Desai

35. Who founded Satyagrah Sabha ?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

36. Who was the secretary of Mahatma Gandhi after the demise of Mahadev Desai ?
Answer: Pyarelal

37. What is the real name of Mira Behn, the disciple of Gandhiji ?
Answer: Madeleine Slade

38. Who compared Gandhi's Dandi March to the legendary journey of Sri Rama to Lanka ?
Answer: Motilal Nehru
* Persons having nick name as Gandhi

39. Who is known as Frontier Gandhi ?
Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

40. Who is known as Bihar Gandhi ?
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

41. Who is known as Modern Gandhi ?
Answer: Baba Amte

42. Who is known as Sri Lankan Gandhi ?
Answer: A.T. Ariyaratne

43. Who is known as American Gandhi ?
Answer: Martin Luther King

44. Who is known as Burmese Gandhi ?
Answer: General Aung San

45. Who is known as African Gandhi ?
Answer: Kenneth Kaunda

46. Who is known as South African Gandhi ?
Answer: Nelson Mandela

47. Who is known as Kenya Gandhi ?
Answer: Jomo Kenyatta

48. Who is known as Indonesian Gandhi ?
Answer: Ahmed Sukarno

49. Who wrote the book "The words of Gandhi" ?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

50. Who is the write of "Gandhi on Non-Violence" ?Answer: Thomas Merton

Thanks to : Shankar Tnpsc Specialist

List of books written by Indian politicians

List of books written by Indian politicians

•  Discovery of India, Bunch of Old Letters, - Jawaharlal Nehru
•  Freedom at Midnight - Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins
•  The Argumentative Indian - Amartya Sen
•  India after Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy - Ramachandra Guha
•  The Wonder That Was India - A L Basham
•  The Great Indian Novel - Shashi Tharoor
•  A Corner Of A Foreign Field - Ramachandra Guha
•  India: A history - John Keay
•  Alberuni’s India by Alberuni (Translated by Edward C. Sachau)
•  My Country My Life - L. K. Advani (Autobiography)
•  Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence - Jaswant Singh
•  India 2020 A Vision for the New Millennium , Turning Points -APJ Abdul Kalam- APJ Abdul Kalam
•  My Unforgettable Memories -Mamata Banerjee
•  "Muslim in Indian cities”- Hamid Ansari
•  A Bend in the River, A House for Mr.Biswas -V. S. Naipaul
•  Broken Wings - Sarojini Naidu
•  A Foreign Policy for India- I.K. Gujral

Logos and Punchlines of famous orgnisations

1. Like. No. Other. - SONY

2. Everyone's Invited or Its hard to Imagine - SAMSUNG

3. Life's Good - LG

4. The Indian Multinational - VIDEOCON

5. Born in Japan Entertaining The World - SANSUI

6. Inspired Living - HAIER

7. Sense and Simplicity - PHILLIPS

8. The Perfect Experience - JVC

9. Choose Freedom - TOSHIBA

1. Always low prices. Always. - WALMART
2. Like no other store in the world - BLOOMINGDALES
3. You can do it. We can Help. - HOME DEPOT
4. Every Little Helps - TESCO
5. The spirit of Commerce - METRO
6. Costs less to get more - KROGER
7. Is se sasta aur Achcha kahee nahee milenga - BIG BAZAAR
8. The stuff of life. - KMART

9. Shop. Eat. Celebrate - CENTRAL

1. Have You Met Life Today - Metropolitan Life Insurance Company or Metlife.

2. The Power on your side - Allianz Group

3. Growing and Protecting your wealth - Prudential Insurance Company

4.We know Money - AIG or American International Group Insurance Company

5.Trust thy name is ------- (The fill in the blank itself is the name of the organization) - LIC

6. Be Life Confident - AXA UK

7. You are in good hands - Allstate Insurance Company

8. Your Partner for life - Max NewYork Life Insurance

9. Positively Different. - Standard Insurance Company Limited.

1. India's International Bank -- Bank of Baroda

2. Good People to Bank with -- Union Bank of India

3. Higher Standards -- Bank of America

4. You and Us -- UBS
5. The Citi Never Sleeps -- CITIGROUP or CITIBANK
6. Where Vision Gets Built -- Lehman Brothers

7. The World's Local Bank -- HSBC
8. A Passion to Perform -- Deutsche Bank
9. Making More Possible -- ABN AMRO Bank

1. The Magazine of the Corporate World - BUSINESS INDIA
2. For Managing Tomorrow - BUSINESS TODAY
3. Intelligent Computing - CHIP
4. Your Technology Navigator - DIGIT
5. Play the Game - BUSINESS WORLD
6. Journalism of Courage - The Indian EXPRESS
7. The Power of Knowledge - THE ECONOMIC TIMES
8. The Name India trusts for News - HINDUSTAN TIMES
9. Read a Bestseller everyday - THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

1. Make Every Day Exciting - (FORD MOTOR)
2. Keep Discovering – (EMIRATES AIR)
3. Hum Hain Na !!! – (ICICI BANK)
4. SURPRISINGLY – (SBI)
5. Shop. Eat. Celebrate. – (CENTRAL MALL)
6. Gain from our Perspective – (FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENTS)
7. New you can Use. – (NDTV Profit) 
8. All you Desire. – (TOYOTA INNOVA)
9. We know your game – (STAR SPORTS)

1. Life is our Life's work - PFIZER

2. Because Health Matters - SANOFI AVENTIS

3. Today's medicines finance tomorrow's miracles - GLAXO SMITHKLINE

4. Where Patients come first - MERCK

5. Extending and enhancing human life - BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB

6. Life Inspiring Ideas - ASTRAZENECA

7. Life. Research. Hope - DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES

8. The difference lies in our DNA - BIOCON

9. Caring for life - CIPLA

1. The Edge is Efficiency - (Bombay Stock Exchange )

2. The world puts its stock in us - NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)

3. Stock market for the digital world (NASDAQ)

4. The Index Company (FTSE)

5. It's Your Hollywood (Hollywood Stock Exchange)

6. Tomorrow Market's Today. (Singapore Stock Exchange, SGX)

7. The World's Center for Non Ferrous Metal Trading

(London Metal Exchange)

8. Equities. Options. ETFs. (AMEX)

9. Go for Growth (EURONEXT) 

1. God's Own Country (Kerala) 
2. 365 days on a holiday (Goa) 
3. The Kohinoor of India (AP) 
4. The Very Heart of India (MP) 
5. Full of Surprises (Chattisgarh)
6. Simply Colorful (Rajasthan)
7. The Perfect Host (Himachal Pradesh) 
8. Amazing Heritage, Grand Experience (UP) 
9. Complete Destination (West Bengal)

1. Sun Microsystems; The Network is the Computer
2. Ernst and Young; Quality in Everything we Do
3. Barclays; Fluent in Finance; Its our business to know your business
4. Standard Chartered Bank; Your Right Partner
5. CNBC or NBC; Profit from it or Must See TV
6. Microsoft Office 2003; Microsoft Office has Evolved. Have You? Better, faster, and newer
7. AT&T; The World's Networking Company
8. Monster.com; Never Settle
9. Texas Instruments; Technology for Innovators.

Taking on the World’s Toughest Energy Challenges (Exxon Mobil)

Human Energy (Chevron Corporation)
Growth is Life (Reliance Industries Limited)

Beyond Petroleum (British Petroleum)

Making Tomorrow Brighter (ONGC)

Bringing Energy to Life (IOCL)
Pure for Sure (BPCL)

10 Years in Formula One. The World is watching us. (Petronas)

Pure bhi. Poora bhi (IBP)

Gas and Beyond (GAIL)

Always Moving Forward (LUKOIL)
Trademark of Energy (Total)

A positive a++itude (Essar Corp)

High Performance Petrol (Hint: Brand of BPCL) (SPEED)
100 % Performance. Everytime. (Brand of IOCL) (SERVO)

1. FORD – Built for the Road Ahead
2. GM – Only GM.
3. DAIMLER CHRYSLER – The Future of Automobile
4. BMW – The Ultimate Driving Machine
5. AUDI – Vorsprung Durch Technik
6. TOYOTA - Touch The Perfection
7. HYUNDAI - Drive Your Way
8. NISSAN - Shift_
9. HONDA - The Power of Dreams
10. SKODA – Obsessed with Quality since 1897.
11. VOLKSWAGEN - Drivers wanted
12. FIAT - Driven by Passion. FIAT
13. JAGUAR - Born to Perform
14. LEXUS – The Pursuit of Perfection
15. TATA MOTORS – Even More Car per Car

1. Microsoft - Where Do You Want to Go Today ; Your Potential Our Passion
2. Windows XP - Do More with Less
3. HP - Invent ; Everything is Possible
4. Computer Associates - The software that powers the E Business
5. CSC - Experience. Results. 
6. Accenture - High Performance. Delivered
7. IBM - ON DEMAND
8. LENOVO - We are building a new technology company.
9. Apple Macintosh - Think Different.
10. T.C.S - Beyond the Obvious
11. Infosys - Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values; 

       Improve your odds with Infosys Predictability

12. WIPRO - Applying Thought
13. EMC - Where Information Lives.
14. Adobe - Simplicity at work. Better by adobe.
15. Macromedia - What the web can be.

Is charging my phone/tablet with any USB charger safe for my phone?

These days, most phones or tablets comes with a USB data-cum-charging cable which is good for connecting with either computers for transferring data/syncing the device or the wall chargers supplied with the devices for charging. Since all these devices come with USB charging support, does it mean that it is safe or recommended to inter-change the chargers?

What Is The Problem?

Talking of a real world scenario, I have 5 gadgets at home including 3 phones and 2 tablets which charge via USB chargers. 4 of them have same charging connector (a micro-USB) which is not becoming a standard for most of the gadgets that we use (at least non-Apple and non-high end like Note 3 which uses a USB 3.0). With same kind of connector and not all the devices plugged in at the same time, I prefer leaving 2 of the USB chargers hooked to my wall port and keep charging all my phones and tablets using these two chargers. Also many a times, I use the external battery packs and computer USB ports for an emergency charge when I am running out of battery on phone.

The main concern is, are these chargers really interchangeable? Or am I doing some sort of damage to my gadget's battery life or circuitry by not using the supplied charger with it? 

What Is The Solution?

First let's talk about the kind of damage that I may be doing unknowingly to my devices which may include:

• Poor battery performance in long run because of improper charging
• Too slow charging (low current) may take hours to charge the device
• Too fast charging (high current) may affect the circuitry, touch screen performance (not kidding, it may cause static charges which affect touch screen response)
• Overheating may damage the battery prematurely
• In worst case, damage to circuitry because of improper current (may kill the device gradually)

Too much current, like using a 2 Amp charger on a phone which is designed for 0.8 Amp or 1 Amp charging may heat up the battery, may hurt the circuitry or may make it misbehave because of static charge build up.

Too low current (using a 1Amp charger for a tablet designed to charge with 2 Amp charger) causes less damage, but slows down the charging cycle which may deteriorate the battery charging levels or performance in the long run.

Solution 1: Don't be lazy, use the matching charger only

This is the easiest way to sort such troubles, is to use the supplied charger only with each of the devices so that they are being fed on what they are supposed to eat. You may have a bunch of cables and chargers looking messy, but it is better for long life and safe operation of your gadgets.

Solution 2: Remember charging current for all devices (recommended)

You can also remember the charging currents and pick two chargers to charge all of them. Like for tablets, which charge on 2 Amp, use a 2 Amp charger of any of the tablets and use it to charge all your tablets. And your phones which may charge on 0.8 Amp or 1 Amp, you can use one charger of 0.8 Amp (pick the lower current one, as it is safer) and charge all your lower current devices with it.

This leaves you with fast charging for fast ones, slow for slow ones and less clutter on your wall ports.

Solution 3: Use lowers current charger for all devices (not recommended)

If you want to use only charger for all devices, which we don't recommend until they all have same (or very close) charging current, then you can pick the one with lower current rating. This way, you will be doing less damage to the devices compared to using the fast charger for all the devices.

Thumb Rule: Don't feed the devices with lower charging current ratings with high current chargers, it may degrade their battery, performance and functionality.

Source :http://www.gizmodo.in, ( contributed by Rohit Khurana )

Request For Proposal for Engagement of Media Agency/Agencies for Branding & Publicity of Life Insurance Products of the Department of Posts

Click Here to view the Letter of Invitation issued vide Postal Life Insurance Directorate's letter No.28-02/2013-LI , Dated: 05.11.2013

Most Important Computer Abbreviations

Most Important Computer Abbreviations

1.  ACE-Access Control Entry
2.  ACL- Access Control List
3.  ADO -Active Data Objects
4.  ADSL -Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
5.  AGP -Accelerated Graphics Port

6.  AI -Artificial Intelligence
7.  ALGOL- Algorithmic Language
8.  ALU- Arithmetic Logic Unit
9.  ANSI -American National Standards Institute
10. AOL- America Online
11. API -Application Program Interface
12. APIPA- Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing
13. APT -Automatically Programmed Tooling
14. ARD- Address Resolution Protocol
15. ARP- Address Resolution Protocol
16. ARPA- Advanced Research Projects Agency
17. ARPANET -Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
18. ASCII- American Standard Code For Information Interchange
19. ASF -Advanced Streaming Format
20. ASM -Association For Systems Management
21. ASP Active Server Pages
22. ATAPI -Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
23. ATM- Asynchronous Transfer Mode
24. AUI -Attachment Unit Interface
25. AVI -Audio Video Interleave
26. B2B- Business To Business
27. B2C- Business To Commerce
28. BASIC- Beginner`s All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
29. BCD -Binary Coded Decimal
30. BDPS- Business Data Processing Systems
31. BHTML- Broadcast Hyper Text Markup Language
32. BIOS -Basic Input Output System
33. BIU -Bus Interface Unit
34. BLOG -Binary Logic Object
35. BMP- Bitmap
36. BPS -Bytes Per Seconds
37. BS- Bulletin Board Service
38. C DAC -Centre For Development Of Advanced Computing
39. CAD -Computer Aided Design
40. CADD- Computer Added Drafting And Design
41. CAI- Computer Aided Instructuion
42. CAM- Computer Aided Manufacturing
43. CAR- Control Address Register
44. CASE- Computer Aided Software Engineering
45. CCIS -Common Channel Interoffice Signaling
46. CCNA- Cisco Certified Network Associate
47. CD-Compact Disc
48. CD RW-Compact Disc Re-Writable
49. CD WORM -Compact Disc- Write Once Read Many
50. CDMA- Code Division Multiple Access
51. CDONTS- Collabaration On Data Objects For Windows Nt Server
52. CDROM- Compact Disc- Read Only Memory
53. CFG -Control Flow Graph
54. CGI -Common Gateway Interface
55. CGM- Computer Graphics Metafile
56. CIDR -Classless Inter-Domain Routing
57. CIM -Computer Integrated Manufacture
58. CISC -Complex Instruction Set Computers
59. CIX -Commercial Internet Exchange
60. CLR -Common Language Runtime
61. CMOS- Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
62. CMS -Content Management System
63. CMYK-Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key (Black)
64. COBOL-Common Business Oriented Language
65. COM- Component Object Model
66. CORBA-Common Object Request Broker Architecture
67. CPI Clock Cycle Per Instruction
68. CPU Central Processing Unit
69. CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
70. CRM Customer Relationship Management
71. CROM-Control Read Only Memory
72. CRT-Cathode Ray Tube
73. CUI Character User Interface
74. DAC- Digital To Analog Converter
75. DAO -Data Access Objects
76. DARPANET Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
77. DAT-Digital Audio Tape
78. DBA-Data Base Administrator
79. DBMS-Data Base Management System
80. DCA-Defence Communication Agency
81. DCL Data Control Language
82. DCOM Distributed Component Object Model
83. DCP-Data Communication Processor
84. DDL-Data Definition Language
85. DDOS-Distributed Denial Of Service
86. DDP Distributed Data Processing
87. DFD Data Flow Diagram
88. DFS Distributed File System
89. DHCP Dynamic Host Control Protocol
90. DHTML Dynamics Hyper Text Markup Language
91. DLC Data Link Control
92. DLL Dynamic Link Library
93. DMA Direct Memory Access
94. DML Data Manipulation Language
95. DMTF Distributed Management Test Force
96. DNA Distributed Internet Architecture
97. DNS Domain Name System (Server)
98. DOD Department Of Defense
99. DOM Document Object Model
100. DOS Disk Operating System, Denial Of Service
101. DPI Dots Per Inch
102. DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
103. DSL Digital Subscriber Line
104. DSN Digital Subscriber Network
105. DTD Document Type Definition
106. DVD Digital Versatile Disc
107. E-Electronic
108. EAROM-Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory
109. EBCDIC-Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
110. EDC-Electronic Digital Computer
111. EDCDIC-Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
112. EEPROM-Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
113. EFS Encrypted File System
114. EJB Enterprise Java Beans
115. ENIAC Electronics Numerical Integrator And Calculator
116. EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
117. EROM Erasable Read Only Memory
118. ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
119. EULA End User License Agreement
120. FAT File Allocation Table
121. FDD Floppy Disk Drive
122. FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface
123. FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access

Termination of Service and Technical Resignation

• The rules for termination of service are elaborated in Chapter 3 (Termination of Service) of Indian Railway Establishment Code Vol I.
• Permanent railway servants -Show cause notice is necessary for the termination of the service of permanent railway servants.
• Temporary railway servants - For Temporary railway servants one month notice will apply if  he was engaged on a contract for a definite period and the contract does not provide for any other period of notice and a notice of 14 days if he was not engaged on a contract. Temporary railway servants with over three years continuous service, shall be entitled to a month notice. The periods of notice shall be applicable to either side.
• Apprentices - The services of an apprentice can be terminated on one week notice, except otherwise provided in the service agreement.
• Probationary officers and Group A & Group Brailway servants on Probation - 3 month notice.
• Gazetted railway servants on probation in the Medical department - 1 month notice.
• Group C and Group D railway servants on probation  -1 month notice.
• These notices  are not required in cases of dismissal or removal as a disciplinary or compulsory retirement due to mental or physical incapacity. 
• The services of a Railway staff can also be terminated without notice or a shorter notice. In this case the employee should be paid a sum equivalent to the amount of his pay plus allowances for the stipulated period of notice at the same rates at which he was drawing them immediately before the termination of his service, or for the period by which such notice falls short of the stipulated period of notice.  
• The notice of termination of service or order of forthwith termination of service under this rule should be given by an authority not lower than the appointing authority.
• No notice of termination will be necessary if a Railway employee remained absent on extraordinary leave beyond 5 years for whom no show cause notice is required.

Resignation

• Technical Resignation - Resignation submitted by the Railway employees on permanent absorption in PSUs is to be taken as Technical Resignation.
• The rules for resignation are elaborated in Chapter 3 (Termination of Service) of Indian Railway Establishment Code Vol I and Indian Railway Establishment Manual Vol I Rules 1403-1407.
• When a Railway servant working in an important post want to resign, the resignation will be accepted only after alternative arrangements have been made to fill the post.
• The resignation of a railway servant whose conduct is under investigation shall not be accepted without the sanction of the authority competent to dismiss him.
• Resignations of Group A & B railway servants, other than those holding administrative posts, serving on railways may be accepted by the General Manager.
• The resignation submitted by Group A probationers of different services undergoing probationary training in various Centralized Training Institutes may be accepted by the Heads of Centralized Training Institutes .
• Resignation of all other Group A & B railway servants on Indian Railways/Production Units shall be forwarded to the Railway Ministry.
• Resignation of a Group C & D Railway servant may be accepted by the authority competent to fill the post held by him at the time of resignation.
• The lien of a permanent Railway servant appointed under another Central /State Government  or office  may be retained on the Railway for a period of two years.  If he is not permanently absorbed within this period  in the new post, he should immediately on expiry of the said period, either resign from the Railway service or revert to his parent office. 
• A government servant who had originally joined government service prior to 1.1.2004 apply for posts in the same or other departments and on selection he is asked to render technical resignation the past services are counted towards pension under CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972/ Railway Services (Pension) Rules –1993 and he will be covered by these rules.
• Holiday Home facility & Pass- Facility of holiday homes as extended to retired Railway employees will also be available to the employees who resign technically from railway service for the purpose of permanent absorption in Public Sector Undertakings /Autonomous Bodies and are entitled to Post-Retirement Complimentary Passes(subject to minimum service conditions).
• Medical - Railway employees on Technical Resignation should be permitted to join RELHS-97 subject to fulfillment of the conditions.
• Leave - Where a railway servant applies for another post under the Government of India but outside the Railways, if such application is forwarded through proper channel and the applicant is required to resign his post before taking up the new one, such resignation shall not result in the lapse of the leave to his credit. 
• Where a railway servant who has been granted leave not due resigns from service or at his request permitted to retire voluntarily without returning to duty the leave not due shall be cancelled, his resignation or retirement taking effect from the date on which such leave had commenced and the leave salary shall be recovered. (528 of IRCM)

Ref:

• Indian Railways Establishment Code Volume- I
• Indian Railways Establishment Manual Volume-I
• Bd’s letter No. E[NG]II/68/AP/6 dated 19-5-72 , E[NG] II-69/AP/21 dated 7-3-75 and E[NG]I-96/AP/2 dated 18-12-2000
• Board’s letter No. 2004/AC II/21/1 dated 22.6.04 (RBE No.19/04)
• Bd's letter No. E[W]2008/WE-2/8 dated 13.08.2008   (RBE No.96 /08)
• Copy of Board’s ltr. No. F[E]III/2005/PN1/35 dated 04.11.2009 (RBE No.196/09)
• Copy of  Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare [DOP&PW]’s O.M. No. 28/30/2004-P&PW[B] dated 28th October, 2009
• Board’s ltr. No. 2007/H/28/1/RELHS/Misc dated 30.11.2009    S.No.8 Health/2009

Courtesy : http://indianrailwayemployee.com

Counting of Training Period ( Prior to Posting) for Drawing Increments - Clarification

Counting of Training Period ( Prior to Posting) for Drawing Increments

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Charter of demands for the 7th Central Pay Commission

1) Providing proper minimum wage of Rs 25000/- for CG Employees including that of GDS employees.

 2) Increment rate should be 10% of basic pay. The present grade pay system should be removed, the time scale gap between one posts to another should be at-least Rs 1000/ not Rs 100/ at present and it should be uniform rate of increment  from starting to end. The Group B post should start from Rs 5400/- GP. there should be uniform pay scales for similar posts. Removal of Grade Pay Rs.2000.  

3) Proper promotion policy that is in a career and   in same grade pay providing additional increment for those who got MACP promotion. Provide five promotion to all. Promotional benefit should be at-least Rs 2000/- per month.

 4. Providing proper DA for CG employees & rectification of DA formula etc.

5) There are three demands of working women 

a)Flexi working  working hours due to traffic problems.

b) CCL not granted as loop holes are their in the order.

c)Posting  on promotion at same place.

6) ) Proper entitlement of wards in hospitals under CGHS and proper health care system.

 7)  Increasing tour TA/ DA  rates for field staff. 

8 Increase in rate of all Allowances it should be doubled.

9) Increase in OTA rates on par with Railways. 

10) Night Duty Allowance on par with Railways.

11) Stitching charges for uniforms should be doubled. 

12) Transport Allowance for all field staff without any conditions. 

13) VRS scheme on par with Railways. 

14) Compensate appointment on par with Railways remove ceiling.  

15) Ensure 8.33% of the Gross salary as Bonus, Removal of ceiling on Bonus, etc 

16) Merger of Jr. Clerk (LDC) and Sr. Clerk (UDC) and allotment of Grade Pay Rs.2800 as entry level in Clerical Cadre.

17) Pay parity in pay scales of the Ministerial and Stenographers   between Field and Secretariat offices.

18) Provide additional increment w.e.f. 01.01.2006 to staff working in old pay scale Rs.7450-11500.

19) Pay parity of Drivers on par with Central Secretariat Drivers. 

20) To fill up all vacancies in all Central Government Establishments and remove ban on recruitment.

21) To exempt Children education Allowance from Income Tax.

22) To remove the anomalies in the pay of Direct Recruitees and the promotees in the all cadre.

23) Providing good quality uniforms.

24) The daily wages of the casual labour are to be fixed as 1/30th of the monthly salary of a regular employee working in the same kind of job.

25) Exemption of Transport Allowance from the purview of Income Tax - enhancement of exemption limit from Rs.800 to Rs.3200 plus DA thereon.

26 To abolish the license fee for the Departmental Quarters allotted to the employees since the HRA is recovering fully.

   27 For improvement in the House Building Advances – To reduce the rate of interest, One more chance to avail HBA who already taken earlier to improve the existing accommodation, allowing to avail HBA for extension, renovation of exiting own accommodations, HBA for purchasing resale flats/houses.

   28 To revise various Allowances such as Winter Allowances, Hill Compensatory Allowances, Tribal Allowances, etc. and to ensure the rate on par with the concerned state Governments.

29 To revise the Gratuity equal to last drawn one month salary and to extend the gratuity to the employees joined after 01.1.2004.

30  Restore two increments or more  on acquiring additional qualifications.

31  To enhance – double the CEGIS coverage limit.

32  To enhance all Allowances such as DA, HRA, Special Allowances by 25% from the date of attaining DA 50%                                                                                              

33  To modify the OM issued by Dept of Expenditure to fix the Pay on promotion to a post carrying higher duties and responsibilities carrying the same grade pay by deleting the reference previous OM by the Department issued in the year 2000, i.e. prior to the implementation of 6^th CPC

34  To stepping up the Pay Scale of Seniors on par with the juniors who are elevated on account of ACPs

35 Rectification of all anomalies. 

Source : http://karnatakacoc.blogspot.in/

CCS (CCA) RULES - Resignation from Service procedure

CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES (CCA) RULES, 1965

CCS (CCA) RULES - Resignation from Service

(12) Resignation from Service procedure in respect of :- 

Instructions have been issued from time to time on the subject of resignation. These instructions have now been consolidated for facility of reference and guidance of all the Ministry/Departments of the Government of India.

1. Resignation is an intimation in writing sent to the competent authority by the incumbent of a post, of his intention or proposal to resign the office/post either immediately or from a future specified date. A resignation has to be clear and unconditional.

2. it is not in the interest of Government to retain an unwilling Government servant in service. The general rule, therefore, is that a resignation of a Government servant from service should be accepted, except in the circumstances indicated below :-

(i) Where the Government servant concerned is engaged on work of importance and it would take time to make alternative arrangements for filling the post, the resignation should not be accepted straightway but only when alternative arrangements for filling the post have been made.

(ii) Where a Government servant who is under suspension submits a resignation the competent authority should examine, with reference to the merit of the disciplinary case pending against the Government servant, whether it would be in the public interest to accept the resignation. Normally, as Government servants are placed under suspension only in cases of grave delinquency, it would not be correct to accept a resignation from a Government servant under suspension. Exceptions to this rule would be where the alleged offences do not involve moral turpitude or where the quantum of evidence against the accused Government servant is not strong enough to justify the assumption that if the departmental proceedings were continued, he would be removed or dismissed from service, or where the departmental proceedings are likely to be so protracted that it would be cheaper to the public exchequer to accept the resignation.

In those cases where acceptance of resignation is considered necessary in the public interest, the resignation may be accepted with the prior approval of the Head of the Department in respect of Group ‘C’ & ‘D’ posts and that of the Minister in charge in respect of holders of Group ‘A’ and ‘B’ posts. In so far as Group ‘B’ officers serving in Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, the resignation of such officers shall not be accepted except with the prior approval of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. Concurrence of the Central Vigilance Commission should be obtained before submission of the case to the Minister-in-charge/Comptroller and Auditor General, if the Central Vigilance Commission had advised initiation of departmental action against the Government servant concerned or such action has been initiated on the advice of the Central Vigilance Commission.

3. A resignation becomes effective when it is accepted and the Government servant is relieved of his duties. If a Government servant who had submitted a resignation, sends an intimation in writing to the appointing authority withdrawing his earlier letter of resignation before its acceptance by the appointing authority, the resignation will be deemed to have been automatically withdrawn and there is no question of accepting the resignation. In case, however, the resignation had been accepted by the appointing authority and the Government servant is to be relieved from a future date, if any request for withdrawing the resignation is made by the Government servant before he is actually relieved of his duties, the normal principle should be to allow the request of the Government servant to withdraw the resignation. If, however, the request for withdrawal is to be refused, the grounds for the rejection of the request should be duly recorded by the appointing authority and suitably intimated to the Government servant concerned.

4. Since a temporary Government servant can sever his connection from a Government service by giving a notice of termination of service under Rule 5 (1) of the Central Civil Services (TS) Rules, 1965, the instructions contained in this Office Memorandum relating to acceptance of resignation will not be applicable in cases where a notice of termination of service has been given by a temporary Government servant. If, however, a temporary Government servant submits a letter of resignation in which he does not refer to Rule 5 (1) of the CCS (TS) Rules, 1965, or does not even mention that it may be treated as a notice of termination of service, he can relinquish the charge of the post held by him only after the resignation is duly accepted by the appointing authority and he is relieved of his duties and not after the expiry of te notice period laid down in the Temporary Service Rules.

5. The procedure for withdrawal of resignation after it has become effective and the Government servant had relinquished the charge of his earlier post, are governed by the following statutory provision in sub-rules (4) to (6) of Rule 26 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 which corresponds to Art. 418 (b) of the Civil Service Regulations:-

“(4) The appointing authority may permit a person to withdraw his resignation in the public interest on the following conditions, namely :-

(i) that the resignation was tendered by the Government servant for some compelling reasons which did not involve any reflection on his integrity, efficiency or conduct and the request for withdrawal of the resignation has been made as a result of a material change in the circumstances which originally compelled him to tender the resignation;

(ii) that during the period intervening between the date on which the resignation became effective and the date from which the request for withdrawal was made, the conduct of the person concerned was in no way improper;

(iii) that the period of absence from duty between the date on which the resignation became effective and the date on which the person is allowed to resume duty as a result of permission to withdraw the resignation is not more than ninety days;

(iv) that the post, which was vacated by the Government servant on the acceptance of his resignation or any other comparable post, is available;

(v) request for withdrawal of resignation shall not be accepted by the appointing authority where a Government servant resigns his service or post with a view to taking up an appointment in or under a corporation or company wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Government or in or under a body controlled or financed by the Government;

(vi) When an order is passed by the appointing authority allowing a person to withdraw his resignation and to resume duty the order shall be deemed to include the condonation of interruption in service but the period of interruption shall not count as qualifying service.”

6. Since the CCS (Pension) Rules are applicable only to holders of permanent posts, the above provisions would apply only in the case of a permanent Government servant who had resigned his post. The cases of withdrawal of resignation of permanent Government servants which involve relaxation of any of the provisions of the above rules will need the concurrence of the Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions, as per Rule 88 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972.

7. Cases of quasi-permanent Government servants requesting withdrawal of resignation submitted by them would be considered by the Department of Personnel and Training on merits.

8. A Government servant who has been selected for a post in a Central Public Enterprises/Central Autonomous body may be released only after obtaining and accepting his resignation from the Government service. Resignation from Government service with a view to secure employment in a Central Public enterprise with proper permission will not entail forfeiture of the service for the purpose of retirement/terminal benefits. In such cases, the Government servant concerned shall be deemed to have retired from service from the date of such resignation and shall be eligible to receive all retirement/terminal benefits as admissible under the relevant rules applicable to him in his parent organisation.

9. In cases where Government servants apply for posts in the same or other Departments through proper channel and on selection, they are asked to resign the previous posts for administrative reasons, the benefit of past service may, if otherwise admissible under rules, be given for purposes of fixation of pay in the new post treating the resignation as a ‘technical formality’.

[Deptt. Of Personnel & Training OM No. 28034/25/87-Ests. (A) dated 11th February, 1988]

In and Out of 3G

Definition of 3G:

3G is the third generation of wireless technologies. It comes with enhancements over previous wireless technologies, like high-speed transmission, advanced multimedia access and global roaming. 3G is mostly used with mobile phones and handsets as a means to connect the phone to the Internet or other IP networks in order to make voice and video calls, to download and upload data and to surf the net.

How is 3G Better? :

3G has the following enhancements over 2.5G and previous networks:

·     Several times higher data speed;

·     Enhanced audio and video streaming;

·     Video-conferencing support;

·     Web and WAP browsing at higher speeds;

·     IPTV (TV through the Internet) support.

3G Technical Specifications :

The transfer rate for 3G networks is between 128 and 144 kbps (kilobits per second) for devices that are moving fast and 384 kbps for slow ones(like for pedestrians). For fixed wireless LANs, the speed goes beyond 2 Mbps. 3G is a set of technologies and standards that include W-CDMA, WLAN and cellular radio, among others.

3G follows a pattern of G's that started in the early 1990's by the ITU. The pattern is actually a wireless initiative called the IMT-2000 (International Mobile Communications 2000). 3G therefore comes just after 2G and 2.5G, the second generation technologies. 2G technologies include, among others, the Global System for Mobile (GSM) - the famous mobile phone technology we use today. 2.5G brings standards that are midway between 2G and 3G, including the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) etc.

What is Required for Using 3G?:

The first thing you require is a device (e.g. a mobile phone) that is 3G compatible. This is where the name 3G phone comes from - a phone that has 3G functionality; nothing to do with the number of cameras or the memory it has. An example is the iPhone 3G. 3G phones commonly have two cameras since the technology allows the user to have video calls, for which a user-facing camera is required for capturing him/her. 

Unlike with Wi-Fi which you can get for free in hotspots, you need to be subscribed to a service provider to get 3G network connectivity. We often call this kind of service a data plan or network plan.

Your device is connected to the 3G network through its SIM card (in the case of a mobile phone) or its 3G data card (which can be of different types: USB, PCMCIA etc.), which are both generally provided/sold by the service provider. Through that, you get connected to the Internet whenever you are within a 3G network. Even if you are not in one, you can still use 2G or 2.5G services provided by the service provider.

What Does 3G Cost?:

3G is not very cheap, but it is worthwhile for users that need connectivity on the move. Some providers offer it within a somewhat costly package, but most of them have plans where the user pays for the amount of data transferred. This is because the technology is packet-based. For example, there are service plans where there is a flat rate for the first Gigabyte of data transferred, and a per minute cost for each additional Megabyte.

3G and Voice:

Wireless technologies are a way for mobile users to make free or cheap calls worldwide and save a lot of money due to the latest telephony applications and services. 3G networks have the advantage of being available on the move, unlike Wi-Fi, which is limited to a few meters around the emitting router. So, a user with a 3G phone and a 3G data plan is well-equipped for making free mobile calls. She will only have to download one of the free applications and install on her mobile phone and start making calls.

Using VoIP is a great way of saving money on phone calls. 

Courtesy : http://voip.about.com/ & http://akulapraveen.blogspot.in/