VACANCIES FOR Sr.POSTMASTER EXAM NOTIFIED

Postal Directorate has notified following vacancies for the Sr. Postmaster examination-2011 scheduled to be held on 31.12.2011 vide No. A-34012/6/2011-DE dated 15.12.2011.

YEAR	OC	SC	ST	TOTAL
2011	68	13	06	87

SB ORDER NO. 31/2011 : Modifications in PORD Rules 1981, Post Office Monthly Income Account Rules 1987, POTD Rules 1981, KVP Rules 1988, NSC (VIII-Iss

SB ORDER NO. 31/2011
F.No.113-01/2011-SB
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110001, Dated: 13.12.2011
To
All Heads of Circles/Regions
Addl. Director General, APS, New Delhi.
Subject:- Modifications in PORD Rules 1981, Post Office Monthly Income Account Rules 1987, POTD Rules 1981, KVP Rules 1988, NSC (VIII-Issue) Rules 1989-regarding.
Sir / Madam,
The undersigned is directed to enclose copies of Min. of Finance (DEA) Notification No. GSR 740(E), GSR 741(E), GSR 742(E), GSR 743(E) and GSR 744(E) dated 04.10.2011 for information and necessary action. Changes made through these notifications are listed below:-
(1) In case of RD accounts opened between 1st Day and 15th Day of a calendar month, the each subsequent deposit in the account shall be made up to 15th day of the next month and in case of RD accounts opened between 16th day and last working day of the calendar month, the each subsequent deposit in the account shall be made up to the end of the next calendar month.
Procedure:- This change should be made applicable from 1.01.2012 to all old as well as new accounts. In the month of January 2012, as and when any depositor/MPKBY agent attends the post office for subsequent deposit, a rubber stamp should be fixed on the cover and first page of the Passbook informing the last date up to which the depositor can deposit his monthly installment in the next month. Following is the sample of stamps:-
Sample-1 Sample-2
LAST DATE OF DEPOSIT IS
15th DAY OF NEXT MONTH
LAST DATE OF DEPOSIT IS LAST
WORKING DAY OF NEXT MONTH
Sample-1 is to be fixed on the passbooks of the accounts opened between 1st and 15th Day of a month and Sample-2 is to be fixed on the passbooks of the accounts opened between 16th day and the last day of a month. Till the software is amended, penalty should be charged as per old procedure i.e if the amount is not deposited up to the last working day of the month.
(2) In case maturity value of a discontinued RD account is retained after the date of maturity, the depositor shall be entitled to a simple interest at the rate applicable from time to time to post office savings account on the amount deposited from the date of maturity till date of payment.
Procedure:- At present, interest at the rate of 9.25% was being paid on such accounts. This amendment will be made applicable from 1.01.2012 to all old as well as new accounts. This calculation is to be made manually till the software is modified. Difference of interest calculated by the software and and interest calculated manually should be noted in the Register to be maintained in manuscript for future reference.
(3) In case of premature closure of RD accounts, simple interest at the rate applicable to post office savings account from time to time shall be payable.
Procedure:- Presently, interest is being calculated by the software by compounding the rate of savings account every year. This shall be applicable to the existing RD accounts also. This calculation shall be made manually from 1.01.2012 till the software is amended. Difference of interest calculated by the software and interest calculated manually should be noted in the Register to be maintained in manuscript for future reference.
(4) In case maturity value of RD Account is retained after 10 years, Post Maturity Interest shall be payable at simple rate of interest applicable from time to time to savings account from date of maturity to date of payment.
Procedure:- This is a new provision which does not exist in the software. This calculation shall be made manually from 1.01.2011 till the software is amended. This will be applicable for existing RD accounts also. Entry of such accounts in which PMI is paid should be made in a register to be maintained in manuscript for PMI for future
reference.
(1) Maximum limit of 2 years fixed for admissibility of Post Maturity Interest has been removed.
Procedure:- Now PMI should be paid from the date of maturity to date of payment at the simple interest rate applicable to savings account from time to time. The rate of interest shall be equal to the rate applicable from the date of maturity to the date of payment at different times. For example, if an account was matured on 26.8.2010 and the depositor attends the post office on 15.12.2011, he will be paid PMI at the rate 3.5% from 26.8.2010 to 30.11.2011 and at the rate 4% from 1.12.2011 to 14.12.2011. This shall be applicable to the existing as well as new investments in all schemes. Calculations’ are to be made manually till software is amended and recorded in the Register to be maintained in manuscript for future reference. Following formula should be adopted while calculating the Post Maturity interest for the number of days:-
To calculate simple interest for number of days:- MV×R÷100×N÷365
MV= Maturity Value
R= Rate of interest
N=Number of days the account stands
Note:- While calculating number of days, the day on which account matures shall be counted in number of days but the day on which payment is being taken shall not be counted.
This issues with the approval of DDG(FS)
Yours faithfully,
(Kawal Jit Singh)
Assistant Director (SB)

Employment News for this week - (10 DEC 2011 - 16 DEC 2011)

Union Public Service Commission invites applications for the posts of Deputy Director (Administration/Insurance/ Training etc.) and Deputy Director (Finance).
Navodya Vidyalaya Samiti, New Delhi invites applications for recruitment of Post Graduate Teachers for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas.
Rifles Factory, Ishapore requires Durwan and Fireman.
Air India Air Transport Service Limited requires Customer Agents, Sr. Ramp Service Agents, Ramp Service Agents and Security Agents.
412 Air Force Station, New Delhi invites applications for Group ‘C’ posts.
Indian Oil Corporation Limited, requires experienced Non-Executive Personnel.
NMDC Limited, Hyderabad invites applications for various posts.
Machine Tool Prototype Factory, Ambarnath invites applications for Group ‘C’ posts.
Pharmacopoeia Commission for India Medicine Ghaziabad invites applications for various posts.
Public Service Commission, Uttar Pradesh notifies Combined State Engineering Services Examination-2011.
KLE Krishi Vigyan Kendra requires Programme Coordinator, Assistants, Subject Matter Specialist etc.
MP Power Transmission Company Limited requires Deputy Directors and Executive Trainees.
Source : http://www.employmentnews.gov.in

CBSE Conducts All India Pre-Medical/Dental Entrance Examination

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Medical Entrance Examination
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination only for 15 per cent seats in the Government Medical/Dental Colleges in the country and candidates can opt for question paper either in English or in Hindi. For the remaining 85 per cent seats, the States conduct their own entrance examination and have the liberty to conduct it in their respective regional languages and, as such, there is no ban on use of regional languages as a medium for medical entrance examination
The Supreme Court, in Simran Jain case, has accepted the proposal of the Medical Council of India (MCI) to conduct common entrance test viz. National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to Under Graduate (UG) and Post Graduate (PG) medical courses in the country and directed the Council to take such steps as are necessary to implement the NEET. Accordingly, the Central Government has constituted a Committee to finalize the modalities for implementation of NEET
A few State Governments have expressed apprehensions about the proposed NEET inter alia relating to medium of the test. The Central Board of Secondary Education, which is the agency for conducting NEET for UG, has constituted an Advisory Committee consisting of Members from States to address the issues of admission processes prevalent in various States like reservation, medium of test, etc.
The above information was given by the Minister of Health & Family Welfare Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Rajy Sabha today.

Day end Problem in Postman Module after Upgradation 7.0 Update 1

Postman Module an error "Syntex error converting the varchar value "." to a column of data type int."is received. A solution received from CEPT, Mysore is attached herewith. Download

New Pension Scheme

New Pension Scheme (NPS) is a defined contribution scheme, its pay out depends upon the amount of contribution and the growth on the investment over a period of time for an individual while defined benefit schemes pay out is defined and is based on salary and number of years in service etc. at the time of retirement of an individual. At the time of normal retirement after attaining 60 years, the subscriber can withdraw 60% of the accumulated wealth and will be required to invest remaining 40% of the accumulated wealth to buy a life annuity from insurance company approved by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA). The mandatory provision of annuitisation will be invested to buy life annuities as per various options available to him. The amount of annuity varies depending upon the option selected by him. Registration of ASPs (Annuity Service Providers) is under process and as soon as they get registered, other details will be made available. In old pension scheme government pays pension after retirement as its liability while in NPS government co-contributes to employee during his service period to build up a corpus on which annuities will be paid. This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri Namo Narain Meena in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today. Source : PIB

Draft Postal Training Policy

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CHILD CARE LEAVE - FAQ

Q Who are entitled for Child Care Leave?
A Child Care Leave can be granted to women employees having minor children below the age of 18 years, for a maximum period of 2 years (i.e. 730 days) during their entire service, for taking care of up to two children whether for rearing or to look after any of their needs like examination, sickness etc. Child Care Leave shall not be admissible if the child is eighteen years of age or older.
Q Am I eligible to draw Salary for the period for which Child Care leave is availed?
A During the period of such leave, the women employees shall be paid leave salary equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave.
Q Whether CCL can be debited against any other type of Leave admissible to the employee?
A Child Care Leave shall not be debited against the leave account. Child Care Leave may also be allowed for the third year as leave not due (without production of medical certificate).
Q Whether Child Care Leave can be combined with any other leave?
A It may be combined with leave of the kind due and admissible.
Q Whether Child Care Leave is applicable for third child?
A No. CCL is not applicable to third Child.
Q How to maintain Child Care Leave account?
A The leave account for child care leave shall be maintained in the proforma prescribed by Govt, and it shall be kept along with the Service Book of the Government servant concerned.
Q Whether CCL can be claimed as a matter of right?
A The intention of the Pay Commission in recommending Child Care Leave for women employees was to facilitate women employees to take care of their children at the time of need. However, this does not mean that CCL should disrupt the functioning of Central Government offices. The nature of this leave was envisaged to be the same as that of earned leave.
Q Whether we can prefix or suffix Saturdays, Sundays, and Gazetted holidays?
A As in the case of Earned Leave, we can prefix or suffix Saturdays, Sundays, and Gazetted holidays with the Child Care Leave.
Q Should we have any Earned Leave in Credit for the purpose of taking Child Care Leave?
A There was a condition envisaged in the Office Memorandum relevant to Child Care Leave to the effect that CCL can be availed only if the employee concerned has no Earned Leave at her credit. However, this condition was withdrawn by the Government and as such there is no need for having EL in credit to avail CCL.
Q Whether CCL can be availed without prior sanction?
A Under no circumstances can any employee proceed on CCL without prior approval of the Leave sanctioning authority.
Q Can we avail CCL for the children who are not dependents?
A The Child Care Leave would be permitted only if the child is dependent on the Government servant.
Q Is there any other conditions apart from the total number of holidays and the age of the child?
A The Conditions regarding spell of CCL, imposed upon by the Government are that it may not be granted in more than 3 spells in a calendar year and that CCL may not be granted for less than 15 days.
Further, CCL should not ordinarily be granted during the probation period except in case of certain extreme situations where the leave sanctioning authority is fully satisfied about the need of Child Care Leave to the probationer. It may also be ensured that the period for which this leave is sanctioned during probation is minimal.
Q Whether Earned Leave availed for any purpose can be converted into Child Care Leave? How should applications where the purpose of availing leave has been indicated as 'Urgent Work' but the applicant claims to have utilized the leave for taking care of the needs of the child, be treated?
A Child Care Leave is sanctioned to women employees having minor children, for rearing or for looking after their needs like examination, sickness etc. Hence Earned Leave availed specifically for this purpose only should be converted.
Q Whether all Earned Leave availed irrespective of 'number of days i.e. less than 15 days, and number of spells can be converted? In cases where the CCL spills over to the next year: for example 30 days CCL from 27th December, whether the Leave should be treated as one spell or two spells'?
A No. As the instructions contained in the OM dared 7.9.2010 has been given retrospective effect, all the conditions specified in the OM would have to be fulfilled for conversion of the Earned Leave into Child Care Leave. In cases where the leave spills over to the next year, it may be treated as one spell against the year in which the leave commences.
Q Whether those who have availed Child Care Leave for more than 3 spells with less than 15 days can avail further Child C31.e Leave for the remaining period of the current year'?
A No. As per the OM of even number dated 7.9.2010, Child Care Leave may not be granted in more than 3 spells. Hence CCL may not be allowed more than 3 times irrespective of the number of days or times Child Care Leave has been availed earlier.
Q Whether LTC can be availed during Child Care Leave?
A LTC cannot be availed during Child Care Leave as Child Care Leave is granted for the specific purpose of taking care of a minor child for rearing or for looking after any other needs of the child during examination, sickness etc.
Q Whether Child Care Leave is applicable to All India Services?
A Yes. Child Care Leave is applicable to employees under All India Services.
With regard to the documents for family pension, including certificate of income, required to be submitted by a claimant member of family (other than spouse) along with application form (Form 14), PPO and death certificate after the death of a pensioner/family pensioner, the Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare has clarified that the claims submitted by a claimant member of family (other than spouse) for family pension after the death of a pensioner/family pensioner, in Form 14 and supported by the death certificate and PPO of the pensioner/family pensioner, may be processed in consultation with the Pay and Accounts Officer, who is the custodian of the pension file which contains all relevant Forms and information of the pensioner. In a very rare case where the name of the claimant member is not available in the records of the Head of Office as well as the Pay & Accounts Officer concerned and the claimant member also fails to submit a copy of PPO or Form 3 containing 'Details of Family submitted earlier by the deceased employee/pensioner, the certificates prescribed at serial number 9(v) of Form 14 may be accepted. In addition to these certificates, PAN Card, Matriculation Certificate, Passport. CGHS Card, Driving License Voter's ID card and Aadhar Number may also be accepted. Acceptance of voter's ID card and Aadhar Number is subject to the condition that the pensioner/family pensioner certifies that he/she is not a matriculate and he/she does not have any of the documents mentioned in Form 14 or above Apart from these documents, the Ministries/Departments may accept any other document submitted by the claimant, which may be relied upon and which establishes the relationship of the claimant with the pensioner and/or contains his/her date of birth.
The applicant has also to prove that no other surviving member in the family, who may have a prior entitlement for family pension is eligible. For this purpose, the above and/or any other documents, such as marriage/death/income certificates of the other members which may be essential in a given situation may be used.Courtesy : http://nfpe.blogspot.com/

CCS (Classification, Control and Appeal) Amendment Rules, 2011

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CCS (Classification, Control and Appeal) Amendment Rules, 2011
[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)]
Government of IndiaMinistry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions(Department of Personnel and Training)
New Delhi, dated the 5th December, 2011
Notification
G.S.R.........(E), ---- In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 and clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution, and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in relation to persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, namely :-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Amendments Rules, 2011.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, in rule 14-
(a) in sub-rule (2) for the Explanation, the following Explanation shall be substituted, namely :-
"Explanation - (i) Where the disciplinary authority itself holds the inquiry, any reference in sub-rule (7) to sub-rule (20) and in sub-rule (22) to the inquiring authority shall be constituted as a reference to the disciplinary authority.
(ii) Where the disciplinary authority appoints a retired Government servant as inquiring authority, any reference in sub-rule (7) to sub-rule (20) and in sub-rule (22) shall include such authority",
(b) in sub-rule (5), after clause (c), the following Explanation shall be inserted, namely :-
"Explanation :- For the purpose of this rule, the expression 'Government servant' includes a person who has ceased to be in Government service".
[F.No.11012/2/2005-Estt. (A)]
sd/-(U.S.CHATTOPADHYAY)Under Secretary to the Government of India
Source: www.persmin.nic.in
CCS (Classification, Control and Appeal) Amendment Rules, 2011

Leave Rules and Procedure for Central Govt. Employees

Leave Rules and Procedure for Central Govt. Employees
Some important questions are arising among the serving employees of Central Government regarding their leave, the nodal Department of Central Government has now clarified as a method of Question and Answer, Frequently Asked Questions. We have reproduced and given below for your easy convenience to read the clarifications about Leave Entitlement, Earned Leave, Child Care Leave, Leave Encashment, EL Encashment, Encashment on LTC, Calculation of Encashment, CCL for Public Sector Employees…
Frequently asked Question by Departmental of Personnel and Training…
1. What are the leave entitlement of Govt. servants serving in a vacation Department w.e.f. 1.9.2008? Earned leave for persons serving in Vacation Departments:-
(1) (a) A Government servant(other than a military officer) serving in a Vacation Department shall not be entitled to any earned leave in respect of duty performed in any year in which he avails himself of the full vacation.
(b) In respect of any year in which a Government servant avails himself of a portion of the vacation, he shall be entitled to earned leave in such proportion of 30 days, as the number of days of vacation not taken bears to the full vacation: Provided that no such leave shall be admissible to a Government servant not in permanent employ or quasi-permanent employ in respect of the first year of his service. (c) If, in any year, the Government servant does not avail himself of any vacation, earned leave shall be admissible to him in respect of that year under rule 26.
For the purpose of this rule, the term ‘year’ shall be construed not as meaning a calendar year in which duty is performed but as meaning twelve months of actual duty in a Vacation Department. A Government servant entitled to vacation shall be considered to have availed himself of a vacation or a portion of a vacation unless he has been required by general or special order of a higher authority to forgo such vacation or portion of a vacation: Provided that if he has been prevented by such order from enjoying more than fifteen days of the vacation, he shall be considered to have availed himself of no portion of the vacation.
When a Government servant serving in a Vacation Department proceeds on leave before completing a full year of duty, the earned leave admissible to him shall be calculated not with reference to the vacations which fall during the period of actual duty rendered before proceeding on leave but with reference to the vacation that falls during the year commencing from the date on which he completed the previous year of duty.
As per Rule 29(1) the half pay leave account of every Government servant (other than a military officer shall be credited with half pay leave in advance, in two installments of ten days each on the first day of January and July of every calendar year.
2. Whether encashment of leave is allowed after LTC is availed.
Sanction of leave encashment should, as a rule, be lone in advance, at the time of sanctioning the LTC. However, ex-post facto sanction of leave encashment on LTC may be considered by the sanctioning authority as an exception in deserving cases within the time limit prescribed for submission of claims for LTC.
3. Whether encashment of Leave with LTC can be availed at the time when the LTC is availed by the Government servant only or can leave be encashed at the time when LTC is availed by family members?
A Govt. servant can be permitted to encash earned leave upto 10 days either at the time of availing LTC himself or when his family avails it, provided other conditions are satisfied.
4. Whether leave encashment should be revised on retrospective revision of pay/D.A?
In terms of 38-A of CCS(Leave) Rules, encashment of EL alongwith LTC is to be calculated on pay admissible on the date of availing LTC+DA admissible on that date. If pay or DA admissible has been revised with retrospective effect, the Govt. servant would be entitled to encashment of Leave on the revised rates.
5. Whether encashment of Earned Leave allowed to a Govt. servant prior to his joining the Central Govt. is to be taken into account while retiring ceiling of leave encashment on his superannuation and retirement from Central Govt.?
Encashment of EL allowed by the State Governments, Public Sector Undertakings, Autonomous Bodies for services rendered in the concerned Govt. etc. need not be taken into accounl for calculating the ceiling of 300 days of Earned leave to be encashed as per CCS(Leave) Rule.
6. Whether leave encashment can be sanctioned to a Govt. servant on his superannuation while under suspension?
Leave encashment can be sanctioned, however Rule 39(3) of CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972 allows with holding of leave encashment in the case of a Govt. servant who retires from service on attaining the age of superannuation while under suspension or while disciplinary or criminal proceedings are pending against him, if in view of the authority there is a possibility of some money becoming recoverable from him on conclusion of the proceedings against him. On conclusion of the proceedings he/she will become eligible to the amount so withheld after adjustment of Government dues, if any.
7.Whether leave encashment can be sanctioned to a Govt. servant on his dismissal/removal, from service? A govt. servant who is dismissed/removed from service or whose services are terminated ceases to have any claim to leave at his credit from the date of such dismissal, as per rule 9(1). Hence he is not entitled to any leave encashment.
8. Whether interest is payable on delayed payment of leave encashment dues? No, there is no provision in the CCS (Leave) Rule 1972 for payment of interest on leave encashment.
9. Whether a Govt. servant who has been granted study leave may be allowed to resign to take up a post in other Ministries/Department of the Central Govt. within the bond period? Yes, As per rule 50(5)(iii) a Govt. servants has to submit a bond to serve the Govt. for a period of 3 years. As the Govt. servant would still be serving the Govt. / Department he may be allowed to submit his technical resignation to take up another post within the Central Govt.
10. Whether women employees of Public sector undertakings/Bodies etc. Are entitled to CCL?
Orders issued by DOPT are not automatically applicable to the employees of Central Public Sector Undertakings/Autonomous Bodies, Ranking industry etc. It is for the PSUs/ Autonomous Bodies to decide the applicability of the rules/instructions issued for the central Government employees to their employees in consultation with their Administrative Ministries.
11. Whether Govt. servant can be permitted to leave station/go abroad while on CCL?
Child care leave is granted to a woman employee to take care of the needs of the minor children. If the child is studying abroad or the Govt. servant has to go abroad for taking care of the child, she may do so subject to other conditions laid down for this purpose.
12. What is the intention behind the instruction that CCL is to be treated like EL and sanctioned as such?
The intention is that CCL should be availed with prior approval of leave sanctioning authority and that the combination of CCL with other leave, if any, should be as per the restriction of combination with EL. The restriction of the limit of 180 days at a stretch as applicable in the case of EL will not apply in case of CCL. The other conditions like CCL may not be granted for less than 15 days or in more than 3 spells, etc., in a year, will apply.
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