സ്ത്രീകള്‍ എങ്ങിനെ വസ്ത്രം ധരിക്കണം എന്ന് പുരുഷന്‍ നിഷ്ക്കര്‍ഷിക്കുന്നത് ശരിയോ? അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ തിരിച്ചും?

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Should you buy Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana?





By Prashant Mahesh

The launch of Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY) by the government for the girl child has sparked considerable interest given its tax benefit and interest rate higher than Public Provident Fund. The SSY offers 75 basis points (bps) higher than the 10-year government bond as against 25 bps by the PPF. For 2014-15, the interest rate for PPF is 8.7% while the SSY offers 9.1%.
But, wealth planners believe subscribers should put money in this product along with an investment in equity products. This is because interest rates could fall in the future. Given that the investors are investing for a period of 10 years or more, a combination of equity mutual funds and SSY will generate better returns.
"Depending on their risk profile, investors could use SSY along with a combination of equity mutual funds/child funds to meet long-term asset allocation goals for their girl child," says Vishal Dhawan, chief financial planner at Plan Ahead Wealth Advisors.





Source : The Economic Times

Account Open With Wrong CIF & Account Name Change in DOP Finacle



Sometime, Account is opened with wrong CIF selection. After account opening we notice that the account name is mismatch with original account holder. Here two command is used for correcting this mistake.
1. HCCA command is used for "Change CIF of A/c"
2. HAALM command is used for "Account Abnormal Limits or Details Maintenance".



The following steps are taken in whole process.


  • Menu Shortcut - HCCA
  • GO
  • Function - M-Modify
  • A/c ID -
  • GO
  • Modify A/c Name - Yes
  • New CIF - Original CIF
  • Submit
  • Verify form supervisor in Same Command

  • HAALM is executed in supervisor only and verify from another supervisor
  • Menu shortcut - HAALM
  • GO
  • Function - M- Modify
  • A/c ID - 
  • GO
  • A/c Name - Change is required in this filed
  • A/c Short Name - Change as required
  • Submit.
  • Verify from another supervisor in same command.

Monday, March 23, 2015

UPSC Engineering Services Examination 2015 – Apply Online for 475 Posts:



Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is conducting Engineering Services Examination 2015 for the recruitment of 475 Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering. Vacancies. Eligible candidates may apply online from 14-03-2015 to 10-04-2015 till 11:59PM. Other details like age, educational qualification, selection process, application fee & how to apply are given below…

UPSC Vacancy Details:
Total No. of Posts: 475

Name of the Exam: Engineering Services Examination 2015

Name of the Posts:
1. Category I-Civil Engineering
2. Category II-Mechanical Engineering
3. Category III-Electrical Engineering
4. Category IV-Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering

Age Limit: Candidates age should be in between 21 to 30 years as on 01-01-2015. Age relaxations are applicable as per the rules.
Educational Qualification: Candidates should possess Degree in Engineering from a University or Degree/ Diploma in Engineering from such foreign University/ College/ Institution.
Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on written examination, interview/ personality test, medical exam.
Application Fee: Candidates should have to pay Rs.200/- in any branch of the SBI by cash or by using net banking facility of the SBI, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/ State Bank of Hyderabad/ State Bank of Mysore/ State Bank of Patiala/ State Bank of Travancore or by using Visa/ Master Credit/ Debit Card. No fee for Female/ SC/ ST/ PH candidates.
How to Apply: Eligible candidates may apply online through www.upsconline.nic.in from 14-03-2015 to 10-04-2015 till 11:59 PM.
Instructions to Apply Online:
1. Before applying online candidates should have their scanned copies of photo & signature.
2. Log on through the website www.upsconline.nic.in.
3. Click on “ONLINE APPLICATION FOR VARIOUS EXAMINATIONS OF UPSC”.
4. Click on “Part – I/ Part – II Registration”.
5. Read all the instructions carefully & click on “Yes”
6. Fill all the mandatory fields of the application & submit the application.
7. After successful registration, a unique registration ID will be displayed, note down the ID & password.
8. Now fill the personal profile, contact details, age relaxation if applicable, fill the details of qualification, experience, professional registration, language, miscellaneous module.
9. Now candidate have to choose the Recruitment Test Centre.
10. Then upload documents in Document Upload Module
11. After uploading photograph & signature preview the ORA form and check the details carefully.
12. Now click on the submit button
13. Candidates can Pay Online using the Internet banking facility in SBI or other associated banks or can pay through Visa/ Master Debit or Credit card issued by any Bank/ Institution.
14. Here the Transaction ID & Date of Registration details will directly uploaded automatically.
15. Now pay the fee through cash at any branch of State Bank of India through the Pay-in-Slip
16. A Transaction ID will be given, again revisit the website and click on the “Click here to view your Previous/ Currently active applications”.
17. Log in by registration ID & password, candidates can see “My Active Application (My draft Application)” link.
18. Now fill the details of transaction ID and Date of Transaction if paid through cash.
19. Click “Continue”, check the details of fee and submit the application.
20. Now take the printout copies of application & retain it for future it for future use.
Important Dates: 
Starting Date for Submission of Online Applications: 14-03-2015.
Last Date for Submission of Online Applications: 10-04-2015 till 11:59 PM.
Last Date for Payment of Fee by Cash mode: 09-04-2015 by 23:59 Hrs.
Last Date for Payment of Fee by Debit/ Credit Card/ Internet Banking payment mode: 10-04-2015 by 23:59 Hrs.
Date of Examination: 12-06-2015.
For more details like age, educational qualification, selection process, application fee, how to apply & other information click on the link given below…
UPSC ESEMore Information
UPSC ESE Exam 2015 NotificationGet Details..
Online ApplicationClick Here



Sukanya Samridhi Account / Sukanya Samridhi Yojana Poster 3







Yoga classes for central government employees from April 1 2015

Posted by binu P Friday, March 20, 2015


Yoga classes will be held for central government employees and their dependents across the country from next month onwards.
“The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is organising regular Yoga training sessions from April 1, 2015 for the benefits of central government employees and their dependents,” an official order issued on Friday said.
The sessions will be held all days except Sundays or gazetted holidays at Grih Kalyan Kendra, Samaj Sadan in association with Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga in New Delhi.
“No registration or training fees will be charged,” it said. There are about 31 lakh central government employees working across the country.
The central government has been emphasising on popularising use of traditional medicine and yoga among others.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had last year in his speech, at the United Nations in the US, appealed to the international community to adopt an international Yoga day. Following which, the United National General Assembly had in December last declared June 21 as the International Yoga Day.
The DoPT is also organising a two-day workshop for senior bureaucrats to help them learn stress management techniques.
The workshop, scheduled to begin from March 28, is being organised for officers working in the DoPT and the Cabinet Secretariat here.
The DoPT deals with works related to personnel matters of central government employees and anti-corruption initiatives like Lokpal and others while Cabinet Secretariat provides secretarial assistance to cabinet and cabinet committees.
- See more at: http://www.imyideas.com/2015/03/yoga-classes-for-central-government.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+imyideas+%28Central+government+employees+News%29#sthash.kvqBNsaW.dpuf

Yoga classes for central government employees from April 1 2015

Posted by binu P Friday, March 20, 2015


Yoga classes will be held for central government employees and their dependents across the country from next month onwards.
“The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is organising regular Yoga training sessions from April 1, 2015 for the benefits of central government employees and their dependents,” an official order issued on Friday said.
The sessions will be held all days except Sundays or gazetted holidays at Grih Kalyan Kendra, Samaj Sadan in association with Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga in New Delhi.
“No registration or training fees will be charged,” it said. There are about 31 lakh central government employees working across the country.
The central government has been emphasising on popularising use of traditional medicine and yoga among others.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had last year in his speech, at the United Nations in the US, appealed to the international community to adopt an international Yoga day. Following which, the United National General Assembly had in December last declared June 21 as the International Yoga Day.
The DoPT is also organising a two-day workshop for senior bureaucrats to help them learn stress management techniques.
The workshop, scheduled to begin from March 28, is being organised for officers working in the DoPT and the Cabinet Secretariat here.
The DoPT deals with works related to personnel matters of central government employees and anti-corruption initiatives like Lokpal and others while Cabinet Secretariat provides secretarial assistance to cabinet and cabinet committees.
- See more at: http://www.imyideas.com/2015/03/yoga-classes-for-central-government.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+imyideas+%28Central+government+employees+News%29#sthash.kvqBNsaW.dpuf

Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Seventh Pay Commission likely to submit report in October 2015



After 14th Finance Commission, 7th pay panel’s report looms : LiveMint

Finance ministry fears that its revenue will be affected in 2016-17 as it has to absorb new pay panel recommendations

New Delhi: After the recommendations of the Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) forced the government to reduce its plan expenditure in the 2015-16 budget, the Union finance ministry fears its revenues will remain constrained in 2016-17 as well since it has to absorb the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission (SPC) in that year. 

The Seventh Pay Commission will submit its report by October 2015. 

“The 7th Pay Commission impact may have to be absorbed in 2016-17. The phase of consolidation, extended by one year, will also be spanning out in this period. Thus, in the medium-term framework, the fiscal position will continue to be stressed,” the finance ministry said in the macroeconomic framework statement laid before Parliament along with the budget on Saturday. 
The government appointed the Seventh Pay Commission on 28 February 2014 under chairman justice Ashok Kumar Mathur with a timeline of 18 months to make its recommendations. Though the deadline for submitting the report ends in August this year, the Seventh Pay Commission is likely to seek extension till October. 
The Sixth Pay Commission which was constituted in October 2006 had submitted its report in March 2008.
As a result of the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission, pay and allowances of the Union government employees more than doubled between 2007-08 and 2011-12—from Rs.74,647 crore to Rs.166,792 crore, according to the Fourteenth Finance Commission estimates. 
“As a ratio of GDP, it jumped from a little over 0.9% in 2007-08 to 1.2% in 2008-09 and about 1.4% in 2009-10 on account of both pay revision and payment of arrears. However, it moderated to little over 1% in 2012-13,” the Finance Commission said. 
The recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission were implemented by states with a delay mainly between 2009-10 and 2011-12, with “significant expenditure outgo” in arrears on both pay and pension counts, the FFC said. 
The FFC said that while the finance ministry projects an increase in pension payments by 8.7% in 2015-16, a 30% increase is expected in 2016-17 on account of the impact of the Seventh Pay Commission, followed by an annual growth rate of 8% in subsequent years. 
However, it maintained that given the variations across states and the lack of knowledge about the probable design and quantum of award of the Seventh Pay Commission, it is neither feasible, nor practicable, to arrive at any reasonable forecast of the impact of the pay revision on the Union government or the states. “Further, any attempt to fix a number in this regard, within the ambit of our recommendations, carries the unavoidable risk of raising undue expectations,” added the Finance Commission. 
A senior Pay Commission official, speaking under condition of anonymity, said its recommendations will surely have significant impact on the revenues of the central government. “The 14th Finance Commission was at a disadvantage since it did not have the benefit of the recommendations of the Pay Commission unlike its predecessors,” he added. 
N.R. Bhanumurthy, professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, said the FFC has tried to factor in the impact of the recommendations of the SPC on the central government expenses. “The FFC report shows the capital outlay of the central government will dip in 2016-17 to 1.4% of GDP from 1.64% a year ago due to the implementation of the Pay Commission recommendation before it starts rising to 2.9% of GDP by 2019-20,” he added. 
The FFC said that all states had asked it to provide a cushion for the pay revision likely during the award period. The FFC advocated for a consultative mechanism between the centre and states, through a forum such as the Inter-State Council, to evolve a national policy for salaries and emoluments. 
The FFC also recommended that pay commissions be designated as Pay and Productivity Commissions, with a clear mandate to recommend measures to improve productivity of employees, in conjunction with pay revisions. “We recommend the linking of pay with productivity, with a simultaneous focus on technology, skills and incentives. We urge that, in future, additional remuneration be linked to increase in productivity,” it said. 
The Pay Commission official quoted earlier said it has been mandated to recommend incentive schemes to reward excellence in productivity, performance and integrity, which it will do. “Though previous Pay Commissions have talked about linking pay with productivity, the earlier governments have not accepted such recommendations. Since this government has shown strong political will, we hope they will accept our recommendations,” he added.

Read at: http://www.livemint.com

Advance reservation period increased from 60 days to 120 days w.e.f.1.4.2015 - Railway Board Order


Advance reservation period increased from 60 days to 120 days w.e.f.1.4.2015 - Railway Board Order
It has been decided to increase the advance reservation period from 60 days to 120 days (excluding the date of journey) w.e.f. 01.04.2015. CRIS will make necessary changes in the software for this purpose under intimation to all Zonal Railways as well as Board’s office.
There will be no change in case of certain day time Express Trains like Taj Express, Gomti Express, special trains, etc. where lower time limits for advance reservations are at present in force. There will also be no change in case of the limit of 360 days for foreign tourists.
Board desire that the above change may be given wide publicity well in advance of its implementation. Suitable instructions to all concerned may be issued to ensure smooth change-over to the new time limit.

Gmail, Yahoo, Live is Banned by Govt for Official Work



GMail Login: With increase in the cyber snooping on the Governments around the world, The Government of India had banned usage of GMail for Official work by the Govt. Staff to protect the users ( Govt. Staff) and Govt Data.

The email policy which is drafted by The Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) in October 2013 is implemented by the Government after taking the views from all the ministries.This policy is aimed to protect the sensitive data of Government.

NOW GMAIL LOGIN IS NOT POSSIBLE IN GOVT. OFFICES

GMail Banned in Govt Offices
The Government said in the notification that “The e-mail services provided by other service providers shall not be used for any official communication,” .This decision is took by Central Government and will be followed by both government employees of both central government and state government including the UT also.

This policy strictly says that no Government employee should use the Gmail login or any other foreign E-Mail accounts like Yahoo mail, HotMail for the official work by the staff, And the staff should use the E-Mail services provided by only NIC.

Due to this policy all the government data shall be passing from the Government Servers covering nearly 5-6 lakh Central and State government employees.

And the notification also says that NIC will be Monitoring the activities of the staff and have the power to access the access, review, copy or delete any files on the server of any users (Govt. Staff) for security reasons.

Source : http://www.whatlauderdale.com/news/gmail-login-banned-govt-official-work/1442/

‘Go India’ Smart Card for Train Tickets



‘Go-India’ smart card scheme has been launched on pilot basis on two sectors i.e. New Delhi-Mumbai and New Delhi-Howrah. At present, the Go-India smart card enables passengers to pay for reserved and unreserved tickets. The smart card can be used at nominated Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS)/Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters and at Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVMs) on these two sectors for issuing tickets. The salient features of the Go-India smart card are as under: 

Initially, the card can be get issued by paying minimum Rs.70/- where passenger will get Rs.20/- balance.After that, card can be recharged for Rs.20/- or in multiple of Rs.50/- upto Rs. 5000/-.

Maximum limit on Go-India smart card is Rs.10,000/-.

Go-India smart card has life time validity. In case of no usage in six months from the date of last transaction, smart card will be temporarily deactivated which can be activated again by paying Rs.50/- as activation fee.

The scheme is intended to reduce the transaction time at the booking counters for the convenience of passengers as it facilitates cashless transaction.             

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.