Increase in the number of chances to appear in LGO examination

Increase in the number of chances to appear in LGO examination

Orders have been issued to increase the number of chances to appear in LGO Examination.

Directorate vide order No: 60-10/ 2011-SPB-I dated 26.07.2011, has issued orders to increase the number of chances for candidates to appear in LGO Examination. As per the revised order, the number of chances for each catergory will be as follows:

1. For UR Candidates : 8 chances (instead of 6)

2. For SC/ ST Candidates: 10 chances (provided there are vacancies reserved for candidates belonging to SC/ ST). In case any SC/ ST candidate is appointed on the basis of his/ her 9^th or 10^th chance, he/ she shall be appointed against the vacancy reserved for SC/ ST, as the case may be, irrespective of his/ her merit in the examination.

The Directorate order is posted below:

No. 60-10/ 2011-SPB-I

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Posts

Dak Bhavan, New Delhi – 110116

Date the 26^th July, 2011

To,

1. All Chief Postmasters General

2. All Postmasters General

Sub: Increase in the number of chances to appear in the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LGO Examination) to fill up the posts of Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant.

Sir/ Madam,

I am directed to refer to the Directorate letter No. 37-63/ 98-SPB-I (Pt) dated 20/26.8.1999 regarding increasing the number of chances to appear in the Limited Departmental

Competitive Examination (LGO Examination) to fill up the posts of Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant from 5 to 6. The matter has since been reviewed and it has been decided by the competent authority to increase the number of chances for OC candidates to appear in the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LGO Examination) to fill up the posts of Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant from 6 to 8. It has also been decided to increase the chances for SC/ ST candidates to appear in the said examination to 10 provided there are vacancies reserved for candidates belonging to SC/ ST and in any case any SC/ ST candidate is appointed on the basis of his/ her 9^th or 10^th chance, he/ she shall be appointed against the vacancy reserved for SC/ ST, as the case may be, irrespective of his/ her merit in the examination.

2. It is requested that these instructions may be given wide publicity immediately.

Yours faithfuly,

Sd/-

(B P Sridevi)

Director (Staff)

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Imposing of statutory punishments for non-performance of overtime may be resorted to in rare and exceptional circumstances only

Government of India

Ministry of Communication & IT

Department of Posts

S R Section

Dak Bhawan, Sansad marg

New Delhi – 110 001

No. 8 – 9 / 2011 – SR, Dated 21st July, 2011

To

All Heads of Postal Circle

All Postmasters General
All Directors / De. Directors of Accounts ( Postal )

All Directors, Postal Training Centers

Postmasters general, Foreign mails, Mumbai

Director, Postal Staff College, Ghaziabad

Chief general manager, PLI, Chanakyapuri PO, New Delhi

Chiief general Manager, BD Dte., Dak Bhawan, new Delhi

Sub: Imposing of statutory punishments for non-performance of O T Duty – Reg.

............

I am directed to refer to the Department’s letter No.2 – 4 / 2005 – SR ( I ), dated 16.06.2006 and letter No. 2 – 6 / 2009 – SR, dated 26.10.2009 on the above subject.

2. The Staff Side again took up the matter of imposition of statutory punishments for non-performance of overtime.

3. In this regard attention is drawn to Item No. 4 of the minutes of the meeting circulated vide No.8 – 9 / 2011 – SR, dated 06.07.2011 and as decided , it is reiterated that imposing of statutory punishments for non-performance of overtime may be resorted to in rare and exceptional circumstances. This instruction may be complied with both in letter and spirit.


Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

( Subash Chander )

Director ( SR & Legal )

Original Order Below :

Central Government Pension and Family Pension-Uncommon Areas

These are certain uncommon areas in Central Government Pension and Family Pension Matters.

Child adopted even after retirement is entitled to get family pension

QA retired employee due to demise of his wife and son legally adopted one of his grand sons after his retirement. He submitted the adoption deed to the Pension Sanctioning Authority with the request to add the name of his legally adopted son in the list of his family members so that he could receive family pension in case of his death. Whether the same is permissible as per law.

Also kindly clarify as to whether the children of post-retiral spouse born to the retired employee are eligible for family pension.

AThe stipulation that adoption should be "before retirement" has been deleted vrideNotification No.1(66) P & PW/89-E, dated 18-1-1993. Hence as per Rule 54 (14)(b)(ii) of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, son/daughter legally adopted after retirement and children of post-retiral spouse are eligible for the grant of family pension vide Rule 54 (14) of CCS(Pension) Rules and GIDs (18) to (20) thereunder in Swamy's Pension Compilation.

No family pension to the parents, if the deceased employee had left behind a widow or a child.

QConsequent of demise of one employee family pension to his widow was sanctioned. Later on, the widow of the deceased has got re-married with other person. As the widow of the deceased has no children, family pension was stopped from the date of re-marriage. Whether the mother/father of the deceased is entitled to family pension.

AAs per Para 7.2 of the OM, dated 27-10-1997, parents are eligible for Family Pension only if the deceased employee had left behind neither a widow nor a child. Hence, in the case referred to by you, the parents are not entitled to Family Pension.

Pension cannot be stopped, even though pensioner acquires foreign citizenship

QA retired Central Govt. Employee who is in receipt of pension emigrated to Canada with Non-Resident Indian status. He was getting his pension continuously when he was a NRI. But now he opts to take the citizenship of that country and as such it may be clarified whether he may continue to get his monthly pension as usual or will it be stopped after his acquiring citizenship of a foreign country.

AThere is no provision in the Rules, viz., CCS(Pension) Rules, Central Treasury Rules for the stoppage of pension drawn by a Govt. pensioner on his acquiring the citizenship of a foreign country. As such the retireed employee will continue to get his monthly pension as usual even after his getting foreign citizenship.

Fresh application not required for payment of arrears of commutation due to revision of pension.

QAn employee after his reirement got all the retirement benefits including 1/3rd commuted value of pension. Subsequently he expired. After his demise pay commission recommendation was implemented and his pay was retrospectively revised. His wife who is a family pensioner received the arrears of pay, pension, gratuity, etc. But the arrears of the additional commuted value of pension which has become due based on the quantum of 1/3rd revised pension was not paid to her on the grounds that the concerned employee need to applyafresh for such payment. Since the employee had applied for 1/3rd commutation of pension while he was alive whether his origianl application would cover any revision which may become due subsequent to his death

AAs per Rule 10 of CCS(Commutation of Pension) Rules, 1981, the said family pensioner is entitled to the difference between the commutation amount received by her husband for the original pension and the commutation amount admissible on the revised increased pension. For this purpose, no fresh application is necessary.

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അമേരിക്കയിലും പോസ്റ്റല്‍ സംവിധാനം തകര്‍ച്ചയിലേക്ക്‌

അമേരിക്കയിലും പോസ്റ്റല്‍ സംവിധാനം തകര്‍ച്ചയിലേക്ക്‌

Posted on: 27 Jul 2011

വാര്‍ത്താവിനിമയവിപ്ലവം ഇന്ത്യയിലെന്ന പോലെ ലോകത്തെങ്ങും പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസുകള്‍ക്ക് ഭീഷണിയാവുകയാണ്. അമേരിക്കയില്‍ 3651 പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസുകള്‍ അടച്ചിടാന്‍ സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ ആലോചിക്കുകയാണ്. ഇതോടെ ഒരുപാട് ഉള്‍നാടന്‍ പട്ടണങ്ങളില്‍ പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസേ ഇല്ലാതാകുമെന്ന ആശങ്ക ഉയര്‍ന്നിട്ടുണ്ട്.

31 871 പോസറ്റ് ഓഫീസുകളാണ് രാജ്യത്തുള്ളത്. യു.എസ് പോസ്റ്റല്‍ സര്‍വീസിന്റെ ഈ വര്‍ഷത്തെ ധനക്കമ്മി എണ്ണൂറുകോടി ഡോളറാണ്. ഇപ്പോള്‍തന്നെ എഴുപതിനായിരം ഇടങ്ങളില്‍ സാധാരണ കടകളോട് അനുബന്ധിച്ചാണ് പോസ്റ്റല്‍ സേവനം ലഭ്യമാക്കിയിട്ടുള്ളത്. പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസുകള്‍ അടച്ചാലും ഈ നിലയിലുള്ള പോസ്റ്റല്‍ സേവനം ജനങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് ലഭ്യമാകുമെന്ന് ആശ്വസിപ്പിക്കാന്‍ ശ്രമിക്കുകയാണ് അധികൃതര്‍.ഏതെല്ലാം പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസുകളാണ് അടയ്ക്കുക എന്ന ജനവരിയോടെയാണ് തീരുമാനിക്കുക.

ജനങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് വേണ്ടാത്തതുകൊണ്ടാണ് ഞങ്ങള്‍ പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസുകള്‍ വേണ്ടെന്ന് വെക്കുന്നത് എന്ന് ഉയര്‍ന്ന പോസ്റ്റല്‍ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥന്‍ ക്രിസ്ത്യന്‍ സയന്‍സ് മോണിറ്റര്‍ പത്രത്തോട് പറഞ്ഞു. സാധാരണ അര്‍ത്ഥത്തിലുള്ള പോസ്റ്റല്‍ സേവനം ആളുകള്‍ക്ക് വേണ്ടാതായിരിക്കുകയാണ്. ഇപ്പോള്‍ തന്നെ പോസ്റ്റല്‍ വരുമാനത്തിന്റെ 35 ശതമാനം ഐഫോണ്‍, ആന്‍ഡ്രോയിഡ് തുടങ്ങിയ സേവനങ്ങളിലൂടെയും ഉപഭോക്തൃ വസ്തുക്കളുടെ വില്്പനയിലൂടെയുമാണ് വകുപ്പ് നേടുന്നത്. അടക്കാന്‍ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്ന 3061 പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസുകള്‍ ഓരോന്നും ദിവസം രണ്ടുമണിക്കൂറില്‍ താഴെയേ പ്രവര്‍ത്തിക്കുന്നുള്ളൂ.

2009 ല്‍ 1200 പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസുകള്‍ അടച്ചിടാന്‍ തീരുമാനിച്ചിരുന്നെങ്കിലും 160 എണ്ണമേ ഒടുവില്‍ അടക്കുകയുണ്ടായുള്ളൂ.

പരാതികളുടെ കൂമ്പാരം: റെയില്‍വേ പോര്‍ട്ടലില്‍ ഇ-ടിക്കറ്റിങ് നിര്‍ത്തി

പരാതികളുടെ കൂമ്പാരം: റെയില്‍വേ പോര്‍ട്ടലില്‍ ഇ-ടിക്കറ്റിങ് നിര്‍ത്തി

കൊട്ടിഘോഷിച്ച് ആഴ്ചകള്‍ക്ക് മുമ്പ് റെയില്‍വേ ആരംഭിച്ച പോര്‍ട്ടലില്‍ ഇ-ടിക്കറ്റിങ്ങ് സംവിധാനം താത്കാലികമായി നിര്‍ത്തി. ആയിരക്കണക്കിന് ഉപഭോക്താക്കളുടെ നിരന്തരമായ പരാതിയെത്തുടര്‍ന്നാണ് റെയില്‍വേ ഈ സംവിധാനം പിന്‍വലിച്ചത്. എന്നാല്‍ സമീപഭാവിയില്‍ത്തന്നെ ഇ-ടിക്കറ്റിങ്ങ് സംവിധാനം പോര്‍ട്ടലില്‍ ലഭ്യമാക്കുമെന്ന് റെയില്‍വേ അധികൃതര്‍ അറിയിച്ചു.

സെന്‍റര്‍ ഫോര്‍ റെയില്‍വേ ഇന്‍ഫര്‍മേഷന്‍ സിസ്റ്റം (ക്രിസ്) രണ്ടുവര്‍ഷം കൊണ്ട് രൂപപ്പെടുത്തിയെടുത്തതാണ് www. indianrailways.gov.in എന്ന പോര്‍ട്ടല്‍. റെയില്‍വേയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട എല്ലാ സേവനങ്ങള്‍ക്കുമായി ഒരു സംവിധാനം എന്ന നിലയ്ക്കാണ് ഇത് ആരംഭിച്ചത്. ജൂലായ് ഏഴിന് കൊല്‍ക്കത്തയില്‍ മുന്‍ റെയില്‍വേ മന്ത്രിയും കൊല്‍ക്കത്ത മുഖ്യമന്ത്രിയുമായ മമത ബാനര്‍ജിയാണ് ഉദ്ഘാടനം ചെയ്തത്.

എന്നാല്‍, തുടക്കം മുതല്‍ തന്നെ പോര്‍ട്ടലിനെക്കുറിച്ച് പരാതികളുടെ പ്രവാഹമായിരുന്നു. ദിവസേന ആയിരക്കണക്കിന് ആളുകളാണ് പരാതിയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടതെന്ന് റെയില്‍വേവൃത്തങ്ങള്‍ സൂചിപ്പിച്ചു. റെയില്‍വേ ടിക്കറ്റിനും മറ്റു സേവനങ്ങള്‍ക്കുമായി ഓണ്‍ലൈനില്‍ പണമടയ്ക്കാന്‍ ശ്രമിച്ച് പലരും പരാജയപ്പെടുകയായിരുന്നു. എസ്.ബി.ഐ. കാര്‍ഡ് അല്ലാതെ മറ്റ് ബാങ്കുകളുടെ ക്രഡിറ്റ് കാര്‍ഡുകളൊന്നും സ്വീകരിക്കാനുള്ള സംവിധാനം പോര്‍ട്ടലില്‍ ഇല്ലാതിരുന്നതാണ് പ്രധാനപ്രശ്‌നം. ഇതുമൂലം നാലു ദിവസങ്ങള്‍ക്കുള്ളില്‍ തന്നെ റെയില്‍വേക്ക് ഇ-ടിക്കറ്റ് സംവിധാനം പോര്‍ട്ടലില്‍ നിന്ന് പിന്‍വലിക്കേണ്ടി വന്നു. എല്ലാ ബാങ്കുകളുടെയും കാര്‍ഡുകളും സ്വീകരിക്കാന്‍ കഴിയുന്ന രീതിയിലായിരിക്കും പോര്‍ട്ടല്‍ വീണ്ടും പുറത്തിറങ്ങുക എന്നാണ് റെയില്‍വേ വിശദീകരിക്കുന്നത്.

''ഇ-ടിക്കറ്റിങ് സംവിധാനത്തിലെ ചില സാങ്കേതികപ്രശ്‌നങ്ങള്‍ കാരണമാണ് തത്കാലം ഇത് നിര്‍ത്തിവെച്ചത്. ഉടന്‍ തന്നെ സംവിധാനം പുനരാരംഭിക്കാന്‍ കഴിയും. പക്ഷേ, എന്നുതുടങ്ങുമെന്ന് പറയാന്‍ കഴിയില്ല''- റെയില്‍വേ ബോര്‍ഡ് പബ്ലിക് റിലേഷന്‍സ് വിഭാഗം അഡീഷണല്‍ ഡയറക്ടര്‍ ജനറല്‍ അനില്‍ കുമാര്‍ സക്‌സേന '

റെയില്‍വേ പോര്‍ട്ടലില്‍ ഇ-ടിക്കറ്റ് ലഭിക്കാതെ ഐ.ആര്‍.സി.ടി.സി. പോര്‍ട്ടലില്‍ ശ്രമിച്ചെങ്കിലും അതും ഫലവത്തായില്ലെന്നും ചൂണ്ടിക്കാട്ടപ്പെടുന്നു. കുറച്ചു ദിവസങ്ങളായി ഈ പോര്‍ട്ടലും മന്ദഗതിയിലാണ് പ്രവര്‍ത്തിക്കുന്നതെന്നാണ് പരാതി.

Prepare Yourselves For Slow Internet Speed in India

India broadband users be ready to face slow internet speeds starting today to 30th July 2011.This is due to a planned maintenance activity in BSNL’s international Bandwidth for internet equivalent to 19 STM-16(47.5Gbps) will be down during this maintenance activity period.

Its is believed that STM-16 12.5Gbps bandwidth has been restored by Tata Communication thus out of total planned outage of 47.5 Gbps international bandwidth 35Gbps of bandwidth will be affected.

So what does this mean we believe BSNL broadband users will be most affected during the downtime.

Source : http://telecomtalk.info/

CENTRE ISSUES DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR PROCUREMENT OF AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR CGHS

CENTRE ISSUES DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR PROCUREMENT OF AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR CGHS

The Central government has issued a set of draft guidelines for procurement of ayurvedic medicines for the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS). The procurement shall be done through rate contract (RC) and normal validity of RC will be for a period of two years, which may be extended for a period of six months in one instance and upto a period of one more year on the discretion of the ministry.

The procurement of medicines will be recommended by a provisioning committee and shall be approved by the ministry. A panel of medical inspection committee shall be constituted, comprising of three members each for two years with two months tenure will be prepared and approval for the same will be obtained from the director CGHS to compare the bulk supply of medicines in two phase.

According to the draft the ayurvedic medicines that are manufactured by Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited (IMPCL) may be procured without inviting tender or rate enquiry at rates finalised by the cost and account branch of Department of Expenditure/Ministry of Finance. However this is applicable only if IMPCL provides barcode for their list of manufacturing medicines from next financial year.

Apart from getting ayurvedic medicines from IMPCL, CGHS will also procure medicines from open market through tendering process by following two bid procedure. These medicines would be generic medicines that are not in the list of medicines being produced by IMPCL or medicines which are certified by the IMPCL having not produced for the period and proprietary medicines as per approved CGHS formulary under disease category.

The draft mentions that the procurement of the medicines shall also be done through approved local chemists if a formulary medicine is not available in the store dispensaries, units or hospitals and even the medicines of equal therapeutic value is is not available in the existing formulary.

It has been notified that the medicines shall be procured only from the firm that has a manufacturing unit with an average annual turnover of rupees 50 lakh per year for three years. Interested firm should be able to pay Rs 25,000 and performance security of Rs 50,000 EMD for a period of four to five months and performance security for a period of three years. The firm should possess for the last three years the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certificate issued under Schedule T of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 rules there under in force. The draft specifies that all the firms catering should be able to provide barcode system for the selected medicines on the label and packaging unit.

“Procurement of ayurvedic medicines for CGHS, Delhi will be made as per annual provisioning worked out on the pattern of daily patients attendance rate (DPAR) formula and annual demand submitted by the hospitals. The provisioning of classical and patent proprietary medicines of IMPCL and other firms will be made on the assumption of the last three years,” the draft states.

It states that the first preference for the procurement of the medicines shall go to IMPCL. However the draft clarifies that CGHS may procure medicines which are not supplied by the IMPCL from state government or co-operative pharmacies provided they are willing to supply medicines on CGHS rate contract. It states that the ratio of 60:40 in terms of value in classical and propriety medicines will be maintained in the CGHS procurement.

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