Postal Exam (PA / SA) - Update as on 10/06/2014
Postal Exam (PA / SA) - Update as on 10/06/2014
Schedule of Examination (Paper I) for the following Postal Circles is as follows:
Postal Circles
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Exam Date
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Exam Time
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Madhya Pradesh (23)
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22-June 2014
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02:00PM to 04:00PM
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Candidates may download the Admit Cards for above stated Postal
Circles by Logging into the website.Please keep visiting the website for exam
schedules for other Postal Circles & updates
Candidate is to make sure that his/her Photo is printed on the
downloaded Admit Card. If the PHOTO is missing, candidate may download the
Admit Card again. If Photo is still found missing, please report the problem on
the admitcardhelpdesk.dopexam@gmail.com
Update as on 31/05/2014
Revised
Answer Keys of Paper I conducted at Chhattisgarh (14) & Odisha (26)
Postal Circles are now accessible. Candidates may Login to view till June 07, 2014.
Update as on 31/05/2014
Answer Keys of Paper I conducted on April 27, 2014 at Assam (12) & North East (25) Postal Circles are now accessible. Candidates may Login to view & post observations, if any, till June 05, 2014.
Update as on May 30, 2014
Answer Keys of Paper I conducted on April 27, 2014 at Karnataka (21) and Kerala (22) Postal Circles are now accessible. Candidates may Login to view & post observations, if any, till June 04, 2014.
Update as on May 26, 2014
Postal Circles
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Exam Date
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Exam Time
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Bihar (13),
Himanchal Pradesh (18) |
08-June 2014
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10:00AM to 12:00 Noon
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Candidates may download the Admit Cards for above stated Postal Circles by Logging into the website. Please keep visiting the website for exam schedules for other Postal Circles & updates.
Candidate is to make sure that
his/her Photo is printed on the downloaded Admit Card. If the PHOTO is
missing, candidate may download the Admit Card again. If Photo is still
found missing, please report the problem on the admitcardhelpdesk.dopexam@gmail.com
Update as on May 21, 2014
Answer
Keys of Paper I conducted on April 27, 2014 at Haryana (17), Odisha
(26) and Rajasthan (28) Postal Circles are now accessible. Candidates
may Login to view & post observations, if any, till May 25, 2014.
Update as on May 19, 2014
Postal Circles
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Exam Date
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Exam Time
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Uttar Pradesh (30)
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01-June 2014
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11:00AM to 01:00 PM
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Gujrat (16)
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01-June 2014
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02:00 PM to 04:00 PM
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Candidates may download the Admit
Cards for above stated Postal Circles by Logging into the website.
Please keep visiting the website for exam schedules for other Postal
Circles & updates.
Candidate is to make sure that
his/her Photo is printed on the downloaded Admit Card. If the PHOTO is
missing, candidate may download the Admit Card again. If Photo is still
found missing, please report the problem on the admitcardhelpdesk.dopexam@gmail.com
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Reserve Bank of India directive to help migrants open bank accounts
Migrants having no permanent address in their place of employment
will find it easier to open bank accounts following a directive by the
Reserve Bank of India. The regulator has asked banks to open accounts
with a single proof of permanent address and a mere declaration of the
local address or address for communication is adequate.
"The RBI has been receiving representations from various quarters,
especially migrant workers and transferred employees regarding problems
faced in submitting a proof of current/permanent address while opening a
bank account," said the central bank in a circular.
Bearing this in mind RBI has simplified the requirement of submission
of proof of address. "Henceforth, customers may submit only one
documentary proof of address (either current or permanent) while opening
a bank account or while undergoing periodic updation," the circular
added.
"In case the proof of address furnished by the customer is not the
local address or address where the customer is currently residing, the
bank may take a declaration of the local address," said RBI. It added
that no proof is required to be submitted for such address for
correspondence/local address.
Source : The Economic Times
MacCamish roll out at Tiruturaipundi HO ( TN Circle ) on 09.06.2014
Tiruturaipundi HO under Pattukottai division (Tiruchy Region - TN Circle ) Successfully migrated to McCamish on 09.06.2014.
EPFO likely to provide 9% interest for 2014-15
NEW DELHI: Retirement fund body EPFO is likely to provide nine per cent
rate of interest on PF deposits for the current fiscal to its over five
crore subscribers, slightly higher than 8.75 per cent paid in 2013-14.
"The initial estimates indicate that the Employees' Provident Fund
Organisation (EPFO) can easily provide nine per cent rate of interest on
PF deposits for 2014-15," a source said.
According to him, the improved market conditions, especially after the
formation of a new government at Centre last month, have raised
expectations of higher yields on various investments by the body.
EPFO manages a corpus of over Rs 5 lakh crore. It has received Rs 71,195
crore as incremental deposits from its subscribers under social
security schemes run by it during 2013-14, which is 16 per cent higher
than Rs 61,143 crore collected by it in 2012-13.
The source said EPFO also plans to unlock its investment of around Rs
55,000 crore in Special Deposit Scheme (SDS). The government pays a
fixed rate of eight per cent on SDS to EPFO which is lower than other
investment options available in the present legal frame work.
EPFO is also expected to improve yields or returns on its investment
under the new norms prescribed under an investment pattern notified by
the Labour Ministry last year.
According to the new pattern, EPFO can invest up to 55 per cent of its
funds in debt securities issued by banks and financial institution and
other body corporates.
The new investment pattern also allows EPFO to invest up to five per
cent of its corpus into money market instruments, including units of
mutual funds, equity linked schemes regulated by Securities and Exchange
Board of India.
The new investment norms also provide for parking up to 55 per cent of
the EPFO funds in a new category comprising government and state bonds.
Revision of Medical Reimbursement Claim (MRC) Form for CGHS beneficiaries
Revision of Medical Reimbursement Claim (MRC) Form for CGHS beneficiaries
Medical Reimbursement Claim Form has been reviewed and further
simplified. Separate forms have been developed for serving beneficianes
and pensioner beneficiaries with requirement of minimum information
required for processing of the claims. The CGHS beneficiaries are
required to submit their medical reimbursement claims in the prescribed
forms with requisite documentary evidences to their Department / office
or CGHS, as the case may be for further processing and settlement as per
approved CGHS rates and guidelines.
The following forms have been prescribed:
Form MRC(S) — For Serving CGHS beneficiaries,
Form MRC(P) — For Pensioner CGHS beneficiaries.
Specimen Forms are enclosed...
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INDIAN STATE GOVERNMENT EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE TO HAVE OFFICIAL STATUS
Madhya Pradesh becomes first Indian state government to give legal status to email correspondence.
All civil servants are now able to communicate with citizens and one
another without reaching for the postage stamps or fax machine.
According to senior officials with the state government, email will
enable faster decision-making by cutting out the average five day
delivery time for inter-city postal services within the state.
Source : http://www.futuregov.asia/
Central employees with differently abled kids exempted from transfers
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| Minister of State for Personnel Dr Jitendra Singh |
Central government employees who have differently abled children to
take care of will be exempted from routine transfers and they will not
be asked to take voluntary retirement on refusing such postings, the
Centre has said.
A central government employee with a disabled child serves as the
main caregiver and any displacement of such employee will have a bearing
on the systemic rehabilitation of the child since the new environment
or set up could prove to be a hindrance for rehabilitation process, it
said.
“Therefore, a government servant who is also a caregiver of disabled
child may be exempted from the routine exercise of transfer or
rotational transfer subject to the administrative constraints,” the
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said in Order No.42011/3/2014-Estt.(Res.) dated June 6, 2014.
The word ‘disabled’ includes blindness or low vision, hearing
impairment, locomotor disability or cerebral palsy, leprosy, mental
retardation, mental illness and multiple disabilities, it said.
“Upbringing and rehabilitation of disabled child require financial
support. Making the government employee to choose voluntary retirement
on the pretext of routine transfer or rotation transfer would have
adverse impact on the rehabilitation process of the disabled child,” the
DoPT said in its directive issued to all central government ministries
and departments for compliance.
The move comes in the wake of demand that a government employee who
is a caregiver of the disabled child should not suffer due to
displacement by means of routine transfer or rotational transfers.
“This demand has been made on the ground that a government employee
raises a kind of support system for his or her disabled child over a
period of time in the locality where he or she resides which helps them
in the rehabilitation,” it said.
The matter was examined by the DoPT which found that rehabilitation
is a process aimed at enabling persons with disabilities to reach and
maintain their optimal physical, sensory, intellectual, and psychiatric
or a social functional level.
“The support system comprises preferred linguistic zone, school or
academic level, administration, neighbours, tutors or special educators,
friends, medical care including hospitals, therapists and doctors, etc.
“Thus, rehabilitation is a continuous process and creation of such support system takes years together,” the DoPT said.
Source : PTI
Work without fear, I’ll protect you, PM Modi tells senior bureaucrats
EW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday assured the bureaucracy of protection against malicious prosecution for bona fide decisions, saying secretaries to the government can approach him or mail him directly with inputs and ideas on any issue for deciding matters quickly.
At
his first direct interaction with some 72 secretaries who head the
bureaucracy in various ministries on Wednesday, the message from Modi
was clear: Top officers must take their leadership role seriously and be
decisive to make things happen quickly and improve governance.
This
is the first time in eight years that a PM has undertaken such an
exercise and indicates Modi's aim of establishing a direct connect with
the bureaucracy.
The
message was also directed at Modi's ministers: that they could not
treat their portfolios as their personal fiefs and the bureaucrats as
their vassals. By pepping up the bureaucrats to approach him directly,
the PM has sought to open a direct line with the bureaucratic
leadership: perhaps a significant step towards the evolution of
'presidential premiership'.
The
PM's exhortation came after some secretaries said the erosion of the
role of PMO and Cabinet committee on appointments had rendered
bureaucrats vulnerable to ministerial whims, and had narrowed the room
for professional inputs.
(The PM interacts with secretaries of the central government before their meeting on Wednesday)
Sources
said the PM's primer, delivered in a friendly note, made the
secretaries open up. Some 25 secretaries spoke. Fear of prosecution for
doing their job emerged as the main bugbear and the CBI the virtual
elephant in the room.
Section
13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act was particularly
identified as one of the main stumbling blocks. This section broadly
makes a person liable for prosecution if a decision taken by him or her
benefits any party. It was pointed out that nearly all decisions benefit
some section or the other.
(Narendra Modi holding meeting with the secretaries of the central government on Wednesday)
This
section is like a Damocles' sword that hangs over bureaucrats' heads
even long after retirement, which made officials wary of taking
decisions in the wake of telecom spectrum and Coalgate scams. This
brought governance to a standstill during the fag end of the UPA-2
government.
Modi
set an informal tone for the meeting, starting with a free seating plan
around a square table running along the hall. He then put the top
bureaucrats at ease by walking up to each official to shake hands. The
fact that he remembered the names of a number of secretaries helped
break the ice further.
'10-year fatigue'
In
his 20-minute primer, Modi told the secretaries that he would protect
them against negative repercussions of honest decisions. "You don't have
to fear (while doing your job) ... I am available (to protect you),"
sources quoted the PM as saying.
Pointing
out that he was a "team player", Modi asked the secretaries to build
their teams and lead from the front by focussing on issues of
governance. Referring to demoralization in the bureaucracy, sources
said, the PM unequivocally told the officials that their "10-year
fatigue will end ... now you will enjoy working ... you all are talented
people".
Sources
said Modi also quoted former home secretary PC Sethi that "politicians
should learn to say no, while bureaucrats should learn to say yes" to
drive home the point that they must take decisions without fear or
favour. "Work for the people, not for the PM," sources quoted the PM as
saying.
Another
message was to simplify procedures and cut paperwork by weeding out
"outdated and archaic rules, which, instead of serving the process of
governance, are leading to unnecessary confusion". The PM suggested the
secretaries make a beginning by cleaning up offices to "improve the
workplace, which would automatically improve work culture".
