Govt approves 7% DA hike; raises it to 107% from July 1
Government on Thursday approved 7 per cent hike in dearness allowance (DA), taking it to 107 per cent of basic pay, a move that will benefit around 30 lakh central employees and 50 lakh pensioners including dependents.
"The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for the release of an additional instalment of DA to general government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners with effect from July 1, 2014. This is an increase of seven percent over the existing rate of 100 percent of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise," a press statement said here.
Source :PTI
Government on Thursday approved 7 per cent hike in dearness allowance (DA), taking it to 107 per cent of basic pay, a move that will benefit around 30 lakh central employees and 50 lakh pensioners including dependents.
"The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for the release of an additional instalment of DA to general government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners with effect from July 1, 2014. This is an increase of seven percent over the existing rate of 100 percent of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise," a press statement said here.
Source :PTI
Results of MTS Examination held on 17/08/2014
Sl.No.
|
Roll No.
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Name
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Selected Quota
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RNAme of the division
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1
|
1023550012
|
Appala raju Ainala
|
OC
|
Rajahmundry Division
|
2
|
1023550150
|
Venkata Swamy Chintapally
|
OC (OBC)
|
--do--
|
3
|
1023550145
|
Jagadeeshwara rao Muddapu
|
OBC (Ex-SM)
|
--do--
|
4
|
1014300220
|
Kaila Venkateswar Rao
|
OC (SC)
|
Machilipatnam Division
|
5
|
1030560176
|
Jampani Ravi
|
OC (OBC
|
MMS, Hyderabad
|
6
|
1030560084
|
Molleti Kusuma
|
OBC
|
--do--
|
7
|
1010060105
|
G.Sandeep
|
OC(SC)
|
Nalgonda
|
8
|
1011160188
|
Dasari Rajasekhar
|
SC
|
Anantapur
|
9
|
1011470019
|
S.Shanthi
|
ST
|
RMS AG DN.
|
10
|
1030520034
|
Gudiseva Geethanjali
|
OC
|
PSD Hyderabad
|
11
|
1013180050
|
M.Bhargavi
|
OBC
|
Cuddapah
|
12
|
1023370382
|
Nela Srinivas
|
SC
|
Amalapuram
|
13
|
1022420132
|
Devadi Jaya Kishore
|
OC (OBC)
|
Srikakulam
|
14
|
1011200306
|
Mangali Manohar
|
OC(OBC)
|
Kurnool
|
15
|
1013170374
|
Bandi Sowjanya
|
OC
|
Chittoor
|
16
|
1009090146
|
Patlolla Aravind Rao
|
OBC
|
Sangareddy
|
17
|
1009090155
|
Mudavath Shankar
|
ST
|
--do--
|
18
|
1014330252
|
Sivakavi Subba Rao
|
OBC
|
Ongole
|
19
|
1010450189
|
Bhaskara Ravi Kumar
|
OC(OBC)
|
RMS Z Dn
|
20
|
1010450477
|
Kandula Sumanth
|
OBC
|
--do--
|
21
|
1010450291
|
Egala Malleswara Rao
|
OBC
|
--do--
|
22
|
1010450502
|
V.Siva Prasad
|
OBC
|
--do--
|
23
|
1010450336
|
Nerella Raju
|
OBC
|
--do--
|
24
|
1010450425
|
Gadela Anil Kumar
|
OBC
|
--do--
|
25
|
1010450176
|
Eeru Lavudiya
|
ST
|
--do--
|
26
|
1022400089
|
Adi Narayana Saripilli
|
OC(OBC)
|
Parvathipuram
|
27
|
1022400289
|
Penta Upendra
|
OBC
|
--do--
|
28
|
1007140649
|
Shyam Sundar Reddy Thappeta
|
OC
|
Hyd.South East Dn
|
LOK PAL AND LOKAYUKTA ACT: GOVT. MAY WITHHOLD CASH, JEWELIERY DETAILS IN PUBLIC DOMAIN
NEW DELHI: In what could bring relief to nearly five million Central government employees, the Narendra Modi government has decided to amend the Lokpal and the Lokayukta Act to give itself a statutory power to withhold certain information from the public.
All Central staff, as per the latest order of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), have to declare their assets and liabilities, both movable and immovable, as well as those of their spouses and dependents latest by September 15. All these information would then be put up by the respective ministries on their website accessible to everyone.
A number of representations received by the government from officials expressed fear that putting details of movable assets such as jewellery and cash in hand and bank would pose a security threat to them and their dependents, leave their children vulnerable to kidnapping and ransom demands. For instance, an official said he has put all savings in general provident fund which has accumulated to Rs 75 lakhs over a period of time. Putting this information in the public domain would leave him and his family members vulnerable.
Sources said the amendments proposed only gives the government the statutory power to withhold information related to officials' movable assets only, such as his cash in hand or bank and jewellery owned by him or his family members. The government will not be empowered to hold back information on immovable assets: house or land owned by him.
The amendment also makes it clear that it will have no impact on the current asset declaration guidelines. The officials will have to continue declaring all their assets - movable and immovable as per the previous directive. Only difference the proposed amendment will make is to ensure certain information is not made public.
The DoPT is working on the proposed amendment and has already taken a view from the law ministry to bring in the required changes. Any fresh amendment will not impact the current declaration deadline of September 15 which is applicable for all employees.
Once these declarations are received by the government, it is for the respective ministries to put them up on its website accessible to all, except those related to the movable assets for which an amendment is required to implement it.
PRESS NEWS: TIMES OF INDIA
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hon’ble Minister of Communications & IT and Law & Justice, met 13 Probationers of the 2013 batch of the Indian Postal Service at Sanchar Bhawan on 4th September 2014. Secretary, Department of Posts and Director, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy were also present during the interaction.
While addressing the Probationers, the Hon’ble Minister highlighted the need to expose the young officers to the latest developments and emerging trends in the postal and logistics sectors. The Minister also highlighted the Digital India project of the Government of India to make broadband facility available in every village across the country. This would drive up e-Commerce business in villages. With its unparalleled rural reach, India Post would be best suited to offer delivery services to e-Commerce players. The Post Office can also become a focal point for delivering not only Government services but also e-services to the people as in e-service centres, apart from commercially remunerative services for corporate/private players including conducting market surveys, information dissemination, promoting digital literacy etc.
New Delhi, Sep 4, 2014, (PTI):
The Centre is considering a move to drop mandatory police verification of candidates selected for government jobs and may accept self-attestation certificates from them.
The issue of omitting the need of police verification of people getting selected for government jobs and applying for passports is under consideration of the Ministry of Home Affairs, official sources said.
The MHA is likely take a view of state governments and other stakeholders in the matter, they said.
A concept note on the matter by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions also favoured replacement of police verification in various works including for the purpose of issuance of passport and for government jobs.
It needs to be considered if this can be eliminated as (i) the police check is only about any criminal cases for which the persons concerned do provide necessary declarations and remain liable for false declaration; (ii) the police report is perfunctory as it covers the last place of residence only; (iii) in any case, neighbours' affirmation appears to have little meaning, the note says.
As part of its effort to reform the public service delivery system and bridging the governance deficit, the Centre is promoting self attestation in place of notarised affidavits for a big chunk of government-related work.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently sought minimum use of affidavits and a shift to self-certification, so as to benefit the common man.
"In a citizen-friendly initiative, all ministries and departments of the union government, and all state governments, have been asked to make provision for self-certification of documents in place of affidavits.
"The requirement of attestation by gazetted officer is also sought to be replaced by self-certification by the citizen," the Prime Minister's Office has said in a release.
The 12th report--'citizen centric administration-the heart of governance'--of the second Administrative Reforms Commission has also suggested simplifying procedures for self-certification provision
Postal Exam : Update as on September 05, 2014
Update as on September 05, 2014
The Paper II sessions to be held for Rajasthan (28) Postal Circle on September 23-24, 2014 at Jaipur are Re-scheduled.
All the affected candidates are required to download the admit cardafresh.
How to Fix: The Disk Is Write-Protected error for Removable Disks
We all use removable disks in Windows. Well, sometimes, you may came across such errors with these removable disks, that may make you believe that the disk has malfunctioned and can’t be used at all. Today, in this article, we’ll discuss on such scenario I recently faced with a USB Drive. Actually, whenever I plug that drive and perform any operation with this drive results in following error:
The disk is write-protected. Remove the write-protection or use another disk.
Obviously, the Try again button shown in above error box does nothing significant to fix the hitch. Due to this, you might feel that the disk is not usable and you should throw it to dustbin. But wait! If you’re really going to do so, why not try something to make this disk again this writable. Here are the two fixes you can try to make your USB drive working again:
The Disk Is Write-Protected
FIX 1
1. Press Windows Key + R combination, type put regedit in Run dialog box and hit Enter to open the Registry Editor.
2. In the left pane, navigate here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
3. In the left pane of this location, right click Control key and select New -> Key. Name the new sub-key so created as StorageDevicePolicies. Now come to the right pane of this sub-key i.e.StorageDevicePolicies, right click and select New -> DWORD Value. Name the newly createdDWORD as WriteProtect. In some cases, you might find that this DWORD under the sub-key already exists and the DWORD has a Value set to 1. Double click on the DWORD to modify itsValue data:
4. In the above shown box, change the Value data to 0 from 1. Click OK. Close the Registry Editor and check if the issue is resolved, else try FIX 2 mentioned below.
FIX 2
1. Open administrative Command Prompt.
2. Type these commands one by one and press Enter key after each:
diskpart
list disk
select disk # (# is the number of USB drive with which you’re getting error and is plugged in, see screenshot below)
attributes disk clear readonly
You may now close Command Prompt and re-plug the USB drive and check if the issue is resolved. If the disk is still showing same error, there could be a possibility that the chip-set of this drive is broken. If your data on the drive is of paramount importance, you may need to consult a data recovery professional.
Courtesy : http://bnjho.blogspot.in/
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF AUGUST 2014
★ Vishal Sikka took over the charges as first non-founder chief executive officer of India's second largest software firm Infosys.
★ Vikas Gowda becomes the first Indian man to clinch athletics gold in 56 years after winning gold medal of the 20th Commonwealth Games in men's discus throw competition.
★ CBI arrested SK Jain (Chairman-cum- Managing Director of Sydicate Bank) and five others for allegedly taking bribe of Rs 50 lakh for enhancement of credit limit to some companies bypassingrules and regulations.
★ PM Narendra Modi starts two day visit to Nepal.
★ 150 people were killed when a powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck southwest China's Yunnan province.
★ Two Indian officials of the Indian Olympics Association, including its secretary Rajeev Mehta, have been arrested in Glasgow on charges of alleged assault.
★ Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa created history by winning the first-ever gold medal in squash in commonwealth games.
★ India finishes fifth position with 64 medals, including 15 gold medals at Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014.
★ The government said that marks in English language comprehension skills in CSAT would not be included while preparing the merit list for the UPSC civil services exam.
★ Former Indian Foreign Service officer Arvind Gupta was on Monday appointed as deputyNational Security Adviser.
★ Indian Smartphone maker Micromax has ousted Samsung Electronics Co Ltd as the leading brand in all types of mobile phones in the April-June quarter.
★ Spain midfielder football player Xavi Hernandez announced his retirement from international football.
★ Union Cabinet cleared the proposal for raising Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in Defence to 49 per cent and 100 per cent FDI in Railway infrastructure segment.
★ The Union Cabinet decided to amend Juvenile Justice Act that will empower Juvenile Justice Board to decide on whether a juvenile above 16 years involved in heinous crimes is to be sent to an observation home or tried in a regular court.
★ Union Cabinet sacked Kamla Beniwal as Mizoram's governor.
★ Cartoonist Pran the creator of cartoon character, Chacha Choudhury died due to cancer of the intestine at the age of 75.
★ US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel reach India on a three-day visit.
★ The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria to be an international public health emergency.
★ Ivory Coast forward player Didier Drogba announced his retirement from international football.
★ 39 dead in floods in Odisha and around 33 lakh affected across 23 districts in the state.
★ TRS MP and daughter of Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhara Rao, K Kavitha booked for sedition for saying J&K and Telangana forcefully annexed to India.
★ Iraq President nominated the deputy parliament speaker Haider al-Ibadi as new Prime Minister.
★ German striker Miroslav Klose, the all-time World Cup top scorer, announced his retirement frominternational football.
★ Senior AIADMK leader M. Thambidurai filed his nomination and is set to be elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha unopposed.
★ Hollywood comedian and Academy Award-winning actor Robin Williams died at his home in Marin County, California at the age of 63.
★ Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav felicitated with Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards by President of India.
★ Indian-Origin Manjul Bhargava wins Fields Medal Award also known as the "Nobel Prize of mathematics" in Seoul, South Korea.
★ Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene retires from Test cricket.
★ Real Madrid wins the UEFA Super Cup after defeating Sevilla 2-0.
★ India's highest peacetime gallantry award, the Ashok Chakra will be awarded posthumously to Major Mukund Varadarajan tomorrow on Independence Day.
★ Parliament approved a new proposal for appointment of judges where the responsibility given to a committee of six members: the Chief Justice of India, the next two most senior judges of the Supreme Court, the Law Minister, and two eminent persons.
★ A total of 919 central and state forces police personnel were awarded gallantry and distinguished service medals on the eve of Independence Day.
★ RBI imposing a limit of 3 transactions per month from ATMs of other banks and 5 from the same bank in six metropolitan cities. A customer will be required to pay a fee of up to Rs 20 for using Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) beyond the permitted numbers of transactions in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Hyderabad.
★ Borussia Dortmund beat Bayern Munich 2-0 to win the German Super Cup.
★ France midfielder Franck Ribery announces his retirement from international football.
★ India celebrates 68th Independence Day. PM Narendra Modi gives his maiden independence speech from Lal Quila.
★ Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday commissioned the country's largest indigenously-built destroyer warship INS Kolkata into the Indian Navy.
★ Rajni Razdan became the new Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission.
★ India lost the test series against England by 3-1 in England.
★ India has cancelled talks with Pakistan scheduled for next week in Islamabad after series of ceasefire violations by Pakistan troops along the Line of Control and invitation of Kashmiri separatists for talks by Pakistan.
★ Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan formally ruled out the Leader of Opposition post to Congress.
★ The Board of Control for Cricket in India appointed former cricketer Ravi Shastri as director of the Indian Cricket team for ODI series against England.
★ The Iron woman of Manipur, human rights activist Irom Sharmila release from Manipur jail after 14 years. Sharmila had been on a fast for the last 14 years demanding repeal of the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA).
★ Famous Indian yoga guru BKS Iyengar died in Pune after suffering kidney failure at the age of 95.
★ American photojournalist James Foley killed by ISIS militant in middle east.
★ Jnanpith award winner and renowned Kannada writer UR Ananthamurthy died at a hospital in Bangalore.
★ Defence Minister Arun Jaitley commissioned India’s first indigenously-built stealth Anti-Submarine warfare INS Kamorta to the Indian Navy.
★ US swimmer Katie Ledecky breaks 400-metres freestyle world record to win the Pan Pacific championships title in 3 minutes 58.37 seconds.
★ Maharashtra governor K. Sankaranarayanan resigned from the post after he has been transferred to Mizoram.
★ Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt set a new record of 9.98sec for the rarely run 100m indoors at Warsaw's national stadium.
★ The coalition party of Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar along with the Congress party won six of ten assembly seats in Bihar by-elections.
★ The Supreme Court declared coal blocks allocations by governments since 1993 as illegal.
★ Richard Attenborough, Oscar winning British Actor-Director and maker of the famous Film "Gandhi" died at the age of 90.
★ BJP leader LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee have been dropped from the new BJP Parliamentary board.
★ Sheila Dikshit has resigned as the Governor of Kerala.
★ Kalyan Singh appointed as Governor of Rajasthan, while former union minister Vidyasagar Rao will be Governor of Maharashtra.
★ Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala and Mridula Sinha will take charge as the governors of Karnataka and Goa respectively.
★ Israel and the Palestinians have reached a Gaza ceasefire deal to end month long war between the two sides.
★ 66th annual Emmy Award given at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
★ England midfielder Frank Lampard retired from England's national team.
★ The Union Cabinet lifted the monthly cap on subsidised LPG cylinders, but retained the overall annual limit at 12 cylinders. LPG consumers can avail 12 cylinder quota anytime in the year.
★ Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scheme named "Jan Dhan Yojana" to provide a bank account to every household where account holders will get a debit card and accidental insurance cover of up to a lakh.
★ Wayne Rooney named as captain of the England national football team.
★ India's GDP growth in the first quarter is 5.7 percent which is highest in last 2 and half years.
★ CBI Files charge-sheet in Aircel-Maxis deal which includes name of Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran and seven others.
★ Prime Minister Narendra Modi will fly to Kyoto on Saturday on a five-day visit to Japan, his first trip outside South Asia since he took office.
★ National Sports Day is celebrated on the occasion of birthday of Hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand on August 29.
★ India and Japan sign MoU to develop Varanasi into 'smart city' during the first day of Visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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