Govt. cuts expenditure, bans post creation, restricts foreign travel

Austerity measures have been announced by the Finance Ministry to tackle the present economic scenario and better use of Govt. resources.
In this measure a blanket ban has been announced in any post creation and meetings and conferences in five star hotels. No new car can be purchased. Foreign travel should be restricted to minimum with small team. All ministries and departments are asked to cut their non plan expenditure a mandatory 10%.

View the Details in O.M. Dated 31.05.2012

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National Telecom Policy 2012 Approved : No Roaming Charges and Pan India MNP One Nation – One Mobile Number

The Govt of India today approved a National Telecom Policy 2012, which will replace more than a 12 years old telecom regulations and now mobile service users will be able to avail FREE Roaming and keep their Phone Numbers even if they switch service providers anywhere in the country with the Nation Wide Intra Circle MNP, proposed in the new Telecom Policy.

The cabinet has approved the new National Telecom Policy with some changes from what was proposed earlier, The New Telecom Policy recommends one Nation, one license policy across services and service areas to abolish Roaming charges. The distinction between local and STD calls would vanish, as the policy aims at a ‘one-nation-one-licence’ regime.

With the implementation of new National Telecom Policy,  Now Telecom operators/Mobile Service providers would not require any separate licences for operations in various parts of the country and a single licence would suffice.

Under the new telecom policy, telecom ministry also provisions for inter-circle Mobile Number Portability (MNP) i.e. Full MNP, which involves changing an operator while retaining the same phone number in different telecom circles.

Highlights : New National Telecom Policy 2012  :

• One Nation-One License to mean removal of Roaming charges on Mobile phone service.
• Full Mobile Number Portability and work towards One Nation – Free Roaming.
• Efforts Towards ‘Right to Broadband’
• Affordable and reliable Broadband on demand by 2015 and to achieve 175 million broadband connections by the year 2017 and 600 million by the year 2020 at minimum 2 Mbps download speed and making available higher speeds of atleast 100 Mbps on demand.
• To revise the existing broadband download speed of 256 Kbps to 512 Kbps by end of 2012 and subsequently to 2 Mbps by 2015 and higher speeds of atleast 100 Mbps thereafter.
• Mission is to have special coverage of Remote, Rural areas across India.
• Protect consumer interest by promoting informed consent, transparency and accountability in quality of service, tariff, usage etc.
• Optimize transmission of services to consumers irrespective of their devices or locations by Fixed-Mobile Convergence thus making available valuable spectrum for other wireless services.
• Convergence of services will cover voice, data, video, Internet, VAS
•  Cloud Computing, Next Generation Network including IPV6
• De-link licenses issuances & spectrum allocations
• Spectrum to be made available at market valuations
• Seek TRAI recommendation on license framework
• Will allow trading, sharing, pooling of spectrum
• Will enact a separate spectrum act

PAYMENT OF ARREARS TO THE SUBSTITUTES OF GDS WHO WORKED IN LEAVE VACANCIES FROM 1-1-2006 TO 9-10-2009

PAYMENT OF ARREARS TO THE SUBSTITUTES OF GDS WHO WORKED IN LEAVE VACANCIES FROM 1-1-2006 TO 9-10-2009

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New Telecom Policy Approved: Roaming charges to go, one-nation-one-number cleared

The Cabinet on Thursday approved a new telecom policy that proposes to abolish roaming charges on mobile phones and allow users to retain the same number across the country. 

The Cabinet approved the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012, a senior minister told reporters after the meeting of the Cabinet. 

The NTP 2012 aims to provide free roaming to telecom users and allow them to retain the mobile number even outside their circles without having to pay any extra charge. 

At present, users have to pay extra when they receive or make a call in a circle outside their home network, called roaming charges. 

Also mobile number portability is not permitted outside circle. 

The new policy aims to provide on demand broadband for all citizens and increase rural teledensity to 100% by 2020. 

The country overhauled its telecom rules after the once-booming sector was hit by a massive scandal over telecom's licence grants in 2008, which a state auditor estimated to have cost New Delhi as much as $34 billion in lost revenue. 

The new policy, which will separate licences and airwaves and will allow sharing of airwaves among carriers, also seeks to facilitate consolidation in the crowded market. 

Pricing of airwaves is, however, not part of the telecom policy, and will be set through an open auction process. 

Under NTP 2012, it has been proposed to de-link spectrum from licences, reduce number of different licences, give industry liberal mergers and acquisition norms and remove roaming charges burden from consumers. They will also be allowed to retain same number across country. 

Source:- The Economic Times

No Station Tenure - Clarificatory orders on RT

Children Educational Allowance / Hostel Subsidy - Clarification

No.12011/07/2011-Estt.(AL)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension

Department of Personnel & Training

New Delhi, May 31, 2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Children Education Allowance/Hostel Subsidy — Clarification

Subsequent to clarifications issued vide O.M. No.12011/3/2008-Estt.(Allowance) dated 11.11.2008 and O.M. No.12011/08/2010-Estt.(AL) dated 30.12.2010, on the captioned subject, references have been received on (i) definition of the term "station" and (ii) admissibility of Hostel Subsidy and Children Education Allowance in respect of children pursuing diploma/certificate courses from Polytechnic/ITI/Engineering College, after passing 10th standard.

2. After due consideration of the references in consultation with the Department of Expenditure, the following has been decided:

a. The term Hostel Subsidy would mean expenses incurred by the Government servant if he/she keeps his/her children in a hostel of a residential school/institution located beyond a distance of 50 kilometres from his/her residence. The reimbursement would be subject to other conditions laid down in the O.M. dated 2.9.2008 and subsequent instructions issued from time to time. It is further clarified that grant of hostel subsidy is not related to transfer liability of the Government servant.

b. To allow reimbursement of Children Education Allowance/Hostel Subsidy for the initial two years of a diploma/certificate course from Polytechnic/ITI/Engineering College, if the child pursues the course after passing 10th standard and the Government servant has not been granted CEA/Hostel Subsidy in respect of the child for studies in 11th and 12th standards. This is further subject to fulfillment of other conditions laid down in the O.M. dated 2.9.2008 and subsequent instructions issued from time to time.

3. This comes into effect from the current academic year.

Hindi version will follow.

Sd/-

(Vibha G. Mishra) 

Director

Gr B Exam : Downloading Admit Card

Today CMC have uploaded the Gr B Exam Admit Cards for the Gr B Exam to be held on 03.06.12.

How to download : 
a. Enter www.indiapost.gov.in - Employee Corner - Recruitment & Results - Download Admit Card
                    OR
Direct URL - http://www.indiapost.gov.in/DOP/Recruitment_Results.aspx

b. Enter www.indiapost.gov.in - Employee Corner - News & Events - Download Admit Card
                    OR
Direct URL - http://www.indiapost.gov.in/DOP/Announcements.aspx

c. Enter www.indiapost.gov.in - Previous version (just below IPS Web Tracking icon) - Departmental Examinations.
                     OR
Direct URL - http://emodeapply.com/indiapost/index1.asp

All Candidates download the Admit Cards & get the Attestation Signature.

Advance congrats to all the Candidates.


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Clarification dated 31.05.12 on Children Education Allowance

".....Subsequent to clarifications issued vide O.M. No.12011/3/2008-Estt.(Allowance) dated 11.11.2008 and O.M. No.12011/08/2010-Estt.(AL) dated 30.12.2010, on the captioned subject, references have been received on (i) definition of the term "station" and (ii) admissibility of Hostel Subsidy and Children Education Allowance in respect of children pursuing diploma/certificate courses from Polytechnic/ITI/Engineering College, after passing 10th  standard. ...."
View The Clarification No.12011/07/2011-Estt.(AL) Dated 31.05.12

Vacancy position for PS Gr. B Examination scheduled to be held on 3/6/2012.

Vacancy position for PS Gr. B Examination scheduled to be held on 3/6/2012.

IP Line          :   OC - 14, SC -1 and ST - Nil    ..... Total  = 15

General Line :   OC -  6,  SC - Nil and ST - 1  ...    Total  =  7 

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RList with Pincode Database

To download RList with Pincode database,click the below button.

New Users:

1. Download RList version 1 complete setup and install. Download

2. Download the latest updated RList.exe with RList.mdb. Replace the RList .exe and RList.mdb in C:\Program Files\RList folder

3.Configure Office Details,email settings,Branches

4.Start using.

Existing users:

1.Download the latest updated RList. exe with RList.mdb. Replace only the RList .exe C:\Program Files\Rlist folder

Pl do not replace RList.mdb

2.Open downloaded RList.mdb. Select Pincode Table

3.Right click on Pincode Table Select the option Export.

4.Browse the destination for export as C:\Program Files\Rlist\Rlist.mdb

5.After export,confirm that Pincode table available in C:\Program Files\Rlist\Rlist.mdb

6.Start working.

7.If you are using Rlist 1.0, pl execute RList-Patch to get the database upgraded to version 2.0

TIPS for work:

1. Pl change your paper size to “Letter” in printer setting. Else ,you will get error while printing the report.

2. When you click, Bulk booking menu, Data entry window will appear with a delay.Pl wait for it appearing. This is because of loading of Pincode database.

3.While booking the RL, in destination field-type first a few letters of the PO and press Down arrow. Select the correct PO.Then Press Enter. Then the Pincode will appear automatically.

4. If any modification is needed in the Pincode database, you can do it in menu-Pincode data

5. If Station articles are booked, book them with Pincode 000000

6. While sending email, please send zipped file only. Never send the text file as it is.

If sent as text file, it will get junk characters and cannot be uploaded to Despatch.

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