Monday, December 15, 2014
Union Ministers and their Constituencies as on 14/12/2014 - PDF Download
Friends..
In the recent Bank Exams it is seen that one question related to Union
Ministers and their Constituencies is being asked. Hence in this post we
are bringing you the list of important Union Cabinet Ministers, their
Portfolios and their constituencies. You can download this post as PDF
from the print friendly button below. Hope this help you.
2) Shri Rajnath Singh -Minister of Home Affairs -(Constituency : Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)
3) Smt. Sushma Swarajy - Minister of External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs - (Constituency: Vidisha , Madhya Pradesh)
4) Shri Arun Jaitley - Minister of Corporate Affairs, Finance -(Gujarat Rajya Sabha)
5)
Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu- Minister of Urban Development, Housing and
Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs - (Karnataka Rajya
Sabha)
6) Shri Nitin Gadkari - Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping - (Constituency: Nagpur, Maharashtra)
7) Shri D V Sadananda Gowda - Law & Justice - (Constituency: Bangalore North, Karnataka)
8)
Sushri Uma Bharati - Minister for Water Resources, River Development
and Ganga Rejuvenation - (Constituency: Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh)
9) Dr. Najma A. Heptulla - Minister of Minority Affairs - (Madhya Pradesh- Rajya Sabha)
10) Shri Ram Vilas Paswan - Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution - (Constituency: Hajipuri, Bihar)
11) Shri Kalraj Mishra - Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises- (Constituency: Deoria, Uttar Pradesh)
12) Smt. Maneka Gandhi - Minister of Women and Child Development - (Constituency: Pilibhit , Uttar Pradesh)
13) Shri Ananth Kumar - Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers- (Constituency : Bangalore South, Karnataka)
14) Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad - Minister of Communications & Information Technology- (Constituency: Bihar - Rajya Sabha)
15) Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati - Minister of Civil Aviation - (Constituency: Vizianagaram , Andhra Pradesh)
16) Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal - Minister of Food Processing Industries - (Constituency: Bathinda , Punjab)
17) Shri Anant Gangaram Geete - Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises - (Constituency: Raigad , Maharashtra)
18) Shri Jual Oram - Minister of Tribal Affairs- (Constituency: Sundargarh, Odisha)
19) Shri Radha Mohan Singh - Minister of Agriculture - (Constituency: Purvi Champaran , Bihar)
20) Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot - Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment - (Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha)
21) Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani - Minister of Human Resource Development - (Gujarat, Rajya Sabha)
22) Shri. Manohar Parrikar - Minister of Defence - (Uttar Pradesh, Rajya Sabha)
23) Shri Suresh Prabhu - Minister of Railways - (Haryana, Rajya Sabha)
24) Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda - Minister of Health & Family Welfare - (Himachal Pradesh, Rajya Sabha)
25) Shri Narendra Singh Tomar - Minister of Mines, Steel - (Constituency: Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh)
A post office in Kerala which 'delivers' mails to God
The post office is also open for 10 days during the Vishu season.
Functioning six days a week from 8 in the morning to 8 at night, the six
employees, led by 23-year-old Sai G Prakash, have a lot to do. Prakash
is happy to be here, and says he was a devotee of Lord Ayyappa.
"Our post office mostly gets invitation cards for weddings and shop
openings addressed to Lord Ayyappa, obviously to seek divine blessings,"
Prakash said.
The post office is also open for 10 days
during the Vishu season. Functioning six days a week from 8 in the
morning to 8 at night, the six employees, led by 23-year-old Sai G
Prakash, have a lot to do.
Most such mails come from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, he said. But the three letter boxes kept in the temple complex get more than post cards and envelopes. Every morning, the staff find scores of identity cards and wallets too in them.
"We make it a point to mail these cards to the individuals concerned," Prakash said. The employees often spend their own money to do this. "Since this season began, I have posted close to 20 PAN cards to the income tax office."
Police say all this is the work of pickpockets who operate in the temple town -- crowded during the pilgrimage season. The criminals pocket the money from the wallets and dump the cards -- and wallets -- in the post boxes.
Situated in the mountain ranges of the Western Ghats at 914 metres above sea level, the Sabarimala temple is four kilometres uphill from Pamba in Pathanamthitta district, around 100 km from Thiruvananthapuram.
The temple is accessible only on foot from Pamba. During the last pilgrimage season, more than 4.5 million devotees visited the shrine. This season the authorities expect a 10 percent increase.
A feature of the post office is the special pictorial cancellation stamp of the 18 steps that led to the Lord Ayyappa shrine. "Some devotees come and buy covers or cards and write their own address and post them here," said Prakash. "This is their souvenir."
The post office helps pilgrims to post 'appom' and 'aravana' (the temple prasad). It also sells mobile recharge coupons.
Of the six employees, three walk down the hill daily carrying the outgoing mail on their heads. When they walk up, they carry bags of mail -- mostly addressed to Lord Ayyappa. "Overall we enjoy what we do here," said Prakash. "We are very happy we got this posting.
Most such mails come from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, he said. But the three letter boxes kept in the temple complex get more than post cards and envelopes. Every morning, the staff find scores of identity cards and wallets too in them.
"We make it a point to mail these cards to the individuals concerned," Prakash said. The employees often spend their own money to do this. "Since this season began, I have posted close to 20 PAN cards to the income tax office."
Police say all this is the work of pickpockets who operate in the temple town -- crowded during the pilgrimage season. The criminals pocket the money from the wallets and dump the cards -- and wallets -- in the post boxes.
Situated in the mountain ranges of the Western Ghats at 914 metres above sea level, the Sabarimala temple is four kilometres uphill from Pamba in Pathanamthitta district, around 100 km from Thiruvananthapuram.
The temple is accessible only on foot from Pamba. During the last pilgrimage season, more than 4.5 million devotees visited the shrine. This season the authorities expect a 10 percent increase.
A feature of the post office is the special pictorial cancellation stamp of the 18 steps that led to the Lord Ayyappa shrine. "Some devotees come and buy covers or cards and write their own address and post them here," said Prakash. "This is their souvenir."
The post office helps pilgrims to post 'appom' and 'aravana' (the temple prasad). It also sells mobile recharge coupons.
Of the six employees, three walk down the hill daily carrying the outgoing mail on their heads. When they walk up, they carry bags of mail -- mostly addressed to Lord Ayyappa. "Overall we enjoy what we do here," said Prakash. "We are very happy we got this posting.
Source : http://ibnlive.in.com/
RD Issues in Finacle - FAQ
RD Issues
(i) RD Premature Closure when requested within 3 years
Counter PA
should be careful while closing RD account. System will THROW EXCEPTION
if the RD account is closed within the lock in period and if exception
is accepted, it will allow premature closure. Therefore, Counter PA
should not accept the EXCEPTION and should not proceed further. If
EXCEPTION is accepted, Counter PA will be responsible for closure.
(ii) Death Closure of RD products
During closure
of RD once the customer dies, the user will have to update Date of death
in CIF after marking as "Deceased" and then invoke the menu CRDCAAC and
select death closure as ‘Yes’ and then select whether PSS closure is
applicable or not. Date of death will automatically be taken from CIF.
(iii) Is it possible to waive the default fee for defaulted RD accounts in Finacle?
Solution: No. Finacle will automatically calculate the default fee. It is not possible to waive the default fee.
(iv) Can RD accounts be extended?
Solution:
Extension is automatic in Finacle on the day of maturity. On the day of
maturity, during EOD, eligible RD accounts where 60 months intallments
are deposited will be extended for a further period of 60 months. If
any account is missed, it can also be extended manually using PRDCM menu
(v) Can the maturity date deferred
Solution:
Customer has the liberty to have maximum of 4 defaults on the day of
maturity. Maturity date can be deferred equivalent to the number of
defaults using the menu PMDDRD(Maturity Date Deferment for Recurring
Deposit). During the deferred period, defaults deposits can be paid
without default fee.
(vi) In case if there are cases of default and rebate in account, cheque should be prepared for what amount.
Solution: In
case if the monthly deposit is Rs.1000/- and there is a default of
Rs.10/- (one month default) and the customer is to pay for 7 monthly
deposits to get rebate of Rs.100/-. Total cheque amount should be
Total 7 months deposit – 7 x 1000 – Rs.7000
Default - Rs.10
Rebate - Rs.100
Total cheque amount - 7000+10-100=6910
(vii) Is it mandatory to open RD Loan account separately for taking half withdrawal
For Half
Withdrawal, RD Loan accounts needs to be opened in Finacle.
Corresponding RD account will be collateral for this RD Loan account. RD
Loan account number will be the same RD account number but suffixed by
“1”. If RD Loan Principal is outstanding during migration, RD Loan
account will be created automatically.
(viii)
Whether RD Loan account number will be created during migration if RD
PRINCIPAL IF FULLY PAID and Interest is pending or partially paid
No. RD Loan
account will not be created if the RD Loan Principal is fully paid. For
RD Loan interest, LIEN will be marked for the corresponding RD account.
Before closure, LIEN amount should be collected and LIEN to be removed
by invoking the menu HALM.
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(ix) Can the RD account be closed without closing the RD Loan Account?
No. RD accounts cannot be closed without closing the Loan account as this RD is marked as COLLATERAL for the RD Loan accounts.
(x) Can the RD account be transferred without transferring the RD Loan account?
solution -RD Account can be transferred only when loan account is closed.
(xi) What is the Procedure of RD account closure when RD Loan was taken?
Premature Closure
Invoke the RD
Closure menu CRDCAAC from Operator Login. System will automatically
deduct the RD Loan amount and interest will be calculated on SB Rate of
interest as per rule. Loan interest will not be calculated. RD Loan
account balance will become 0 but will not be closed. Loan account with
Zero balance should be remained as it is and not closed. No need to
invoke HLAUPAY or HPAYOFF for repaying the Loan amount.
On Maturity
RD Loan amount
should be adjusted before closing the RD account. Invoke the menu
HPAYOFF (Loan Pay Off Process) to pay the pending principal along with
interest. Interest will be calculated at the prescribed rate. Total
amount displayed to be collected from the customer. In case of transfer,
select the repayment account of customer or office account from where
the loan amount is adjusted. Supervisor need to verify the same. Invoke
the menu HCAAC to close the RD Loan account and verify the same. Invoke
the menu CRDAAC to close the RD Account.
(xii) Can the loan amount be less than 50% of sanctioned amount?
While opening
Loan Account invoking menu CAOLARD, 50% of RD balance will be
sanctioned. But the operator has the option to modify (reduce) the
sanction amount but the amount should be in multiples of Rs.5/- but
sanctioned amount cannot be increased. LARDD menu to be invoked to
disburse the loan amount.
(xiii) Is it mandatory that RD Loan amount to be accompanied with RD monthly deposit?
No. As per
existing rule, RD Loan cannot be made without depositing the monthly
deposits. But, in CBS Post Offices, since RD Loan is separate account in
Finacle, system will allow you to pay only the RD Loan amount without
paying the monthly deposits.
(xiv) Will system allow Loan / Half withdrawal in extended period?
Yes. As per
rule, only one Half withdrawal ie Loan is allowed in the entire life
term of RD account ie 60 months if the account satisfies the eligibility
conditions.
(xv) Why Default fee is displayed even after paying the current month deposit?
This is common
complaint made by Post Offices. In Finacle there is no concept of “PAID
FOR THE MONTH OF” like in Sanchay Post. From account open date to
current month, number of months will be calculated and if the number of
months paid is less than the number of months to be paid, then system
will consider it as DEFAULT. In case if there are gaps in between ie
intermittent gaps in sanchay post ie for eg - 3 intermittent defaults,
Finacle will push all the deposits and last three months will be shown
as default even though the current month deposit has been made.
Therefore, ask the customer to pay first for the defaulted month.
(xvi) How Default fee is calculated in Finacle?
In Finacle
Default fee will be calculated as per the new Default Fee structure as
per recently modified rate ie 5 paisa for every 5 rupees and Re.1/- for
Rs.100/- deposit instead of Rs.2/-
(xvii) Can the current month deposit be paid without paying the defaulted instalment or without paying the default fee?
No. Current
month deposit cannot be paid without paying the defaulted instalment.
Default fee also cannot be waived. Only in case of Maturity deferred
cases, defaulted instalments can be paid without default fee in the
deferred period.
(xviii) Error “A time stamp error occurred” during RD account closure?
This is
happening due to Verification pending for some modification made in the
respective account. Verify the account by invoking the menu CRDACM by
supervisor and then proceed for closure.
(xix) Error “Parent record does not exist for the record 0000123456” during bulk posting by invoking the menu HAGTXP.
This happening due to following reason:-
When single cheque is given for multiple RD accounts,
(a) cheque number will be available in first record under the field “CHEQUE NO. FOR RD INSTALMENT” in HAGTXP menu.
(b) For all other accounts linked to this cheque, the cheque number will be available in the field “CHEQUE Remarks”
(c)
Ready for Posting flag should not be removed for the record which has
“Cheque No. for RD instalment” (a) If this record is removed, balance
records will fail with above error.
Solution
The above error
occurs when the balance is not zero for the loan account. This means
that payoff has not been done for the account. Please complete the
payoff process and then close the loan account
(xxi) Error P39 coming in RD loan account payoff done through cash receipt
This error will be thrown in offices migrated in the middle of the month. (ie on or after 2nd)
In case of Loan Disbursement or Loan Repayment, the value date will be automatically changed to 01st of the month as interest is calculated from the 1st of the month for loans. As Cash account of that office will not be available as on 1st (since
the office has migrated in the middle of the month) this error is
thrown in Supervisor while verification. This error will be thrown only
in the month of migration and from 2nd month cash mode can be used for repayment or disbursement.
Workaround to overcome this error
“In case of
Loan disbursement – Instead of Cash (even if it is below Rs.20,000)
select Transfer and show RD Loan Disbursement office account (Account
number ending with 323) and pay by cheque or cash from this office
account. ( CTM menu is to be used for this )
In case of Loan
repayment – Instead of repaying through cash accept loan repayment
through Transfer. Transfer can be from RD Loan Repayment office Account
(Account number ending with 323) or SB account of customer (if
available) (CTM Menu to be used for this).
(xxii) Why RD SI executing after EOD of 15th?
While
configuring standing instructions of SB to RD, option should be selected
as (B) i.e. After change of Date. Otherwise, SI execution will happen
after EOD of 15th.
(xxiii) How to execute RD Trial Closure:-
For invoking
Trial Closure of RD account, user has to invoke CRDAAC menu. Select,
trial closure and go to HPR to see amount to be paid after closure.
Customer should
be told about the amount of interest and if he agrees, fill up amount
in SB7A and get the signatures of customer on receipt portion. After
that, actual closure should be invoked.
In case, SB7A
is received from BO alongwith Passbook for sanction, amount of principle
and interest should be entered on the Warrant of Payment Side under
signatures of APM/SPM and a remark on the top of the SB7A should be
written as "Sanction Valid till last working day of the month only".
Other procedure as laid down in BO Procedure document should be followed
(xxv) Issue Reported : When the user tried to invoke HAGTXP menu in Modify mode, an error is displayed as“Invalid Agent Type and Scheme Code Combination”.
Solution : SAS
type of Agents do not have access to post RD bulk posting. The Agent
Type for that particular Agent ID needs to be modified as either PRS or
MPB in HDSAMM menu. Post this modification, user will be able to do
posting in HAGTXP menu. Appropriate Agent ID need to be modified as the commission structure differs for both.
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Tuesday, December 09, 2014
FILING ASSETS AND LIABILITIES BY PUBLIC SERVANTS ASPER THE SECTION44 OF THE LOKPAL AND LOKAYUKTAS ACTS,2013
FILING ASSETS AND LIABILITIES BY PUBLIC SERVANTS
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
03-December-2014 13:44 IST
Filing Assets and Liabilities
Section
44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 mandates that every public
servant (as defined in the Act, which includes Ministers, Members of
Parliament, Government employees, employees of statutory bodies, PSUs,
etc.) shall make a declaration of his assets and liabilities as well of
his spouse and dependent children in the manner as provided by or under
the said Act. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1)
read with clause (k) and clause (l) of sub-section (2) of section 59 of
the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of 2014), read with section 44
and section 45 of the said Act, the Central Government has notified the
Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets
and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing
Returns) Rules, 2014 in the official Gazette on 14th July, 2014, which,
inter alia, contain the forms in which such information/return is
required to be filed.
Subsequently,
concerns and apprehensions were raised by several
Ministries/Departments and other stakeholders, inter alia, about the
complexity involved in furnishing the desired details in the forms
prescribed under the Rules. Accordingly, the Government of India vide
its order dated 28-08-2014, constituted a Committee to simplify the
forms and the process in which public servants shall make declaration of
assets and liabilities. The said Committee has submitted its First
Report on 01-10-2014, recommending simplified formats for declaration of
moveable property and for declaration of debts and other liabilities by
public servants.
The
Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets
and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing
Returns) Rules, 2014 have also been amended by a notification dated 8th
September, 2014, by which the time limit, for furnishing of such
information/return by public servants, has been extended till 31st
December, 2014.
OBCs in Government Services
OBCS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
OBCs in Government Services
As per
information received from various Ministries/ Departments till date, the
representation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs), as on 01.01.2013, in
69 Central Government Ministries/Departments was 5,23,721 which is
17.74% of 29,52,080 employees.
The reasons for lower representation of Other Backward Classes in services are identified as under-:
(i) Reservation for Other Backward Classes started only from the year 1993.
(ii)
Other Backward Classes candidates who were appointed up to 1993, that is
before introduction of reservation for the Other Backward Classes, are
not included for counting the representation.
(iii)
There is generally a time gap between occurrence of vacancies and
filling thereof as recruitment is a time consuming process.
(iv)
Some reserved posts for Other Backward Classes remain vacant due to
non-availability of suitable candidates of reserved category.
(v)
Some of the selected Other Backward Classes candidates do not join the
service or leave the service after joining because they get better
opportunities elsewhere.
Reservation
in Central Government jobs for Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes employees is provided at the rate of 27%, 15% and
7.5%, respectively. As per information received till date from 69
Ministries/ Departments, the representation of Other Backward Classes,
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as on 01.01.2013, was 17.74%,
17.57% and 7.73%, respectively.
Instructions
have been issued in June, 2013 to all concerned to make concerted
efforts to fill up the backlog reserved vacancies. A committee was
constituted under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment to analyse the reasons for less employability of
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes in
Government sector and to suggest remedial measures. Keeping in view the
recommendations of the Committee, various time bound measures have been
identified and intimated to concerned Ministries/Departments to fill up
such backlog vacancies.
This
was stated by Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to Kumari Shobha
Karandlaje in the Lok Sabha today.REVISED DELIVERY NORMS FOR VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF MAIL
REVISED DELIVERY NORMS FOR VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF MAIL (OTHER THAN SPEED POST).
D.G. Post O.M. No. 13-45/2008-D dated 26.11.2014
Reference is
invited to the Directorate O.M. of even no. dated 10.12.2013 (and
Addendum dated 21.01.2014 and 03.06.2014) , vide which revised delivery
norms for Speed Post were communicated . Since then, the revised norms
have also been hosted on India Post website in a PDF as well as in the
shape of an interactive “MS Excel” tool.
2. The matter
relating to revision of delivery norms for various categories of mail
(other than Speed Post) was under consideration at this Directorate,
Accordingly, the delivery norms for mail and parcels have been revised
as under:
(a) For Registered (First Class) Mail:
(i) Local (within Municipal City Limits): 2 days.
(ii) Between Metro cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and
Hyderabad) : 2 to 3 days.
(iii) Same state: 3 to 4 days.
(iv) Neighbouring state: 3 to 4 days.
(v) Rest of the country (for cities not covered in the category of: same state” and
“neighbouring state”) : 5 to 6 days.
(b) For First Class (Unregistered) Mail:
i) Local (within Municipal City Limits): 2 days.
(ii) Between Metro cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and
Hyderabad): 2 to 3 days.
(iii) Same state: 3 to 4 days.
(iv) Neighbouring state: 3 to 4 days.
(v) Rest of the country (for cities not covered in the category of: same state” and
“neighbouring state”) : 5 to 6 days.
(c) For Express Parcel:
(i) For 84 cities: Specific norms on city –to-city basis (being communicated
by e-mail)
(ii) Local (for cities other than the 84 cities covered under revised norms for city-to-
city norms and covering only Municipal limits): 2 days.
(iii) Same state (for cities other than the 84 cities and local mail covered under
revised norms): 3 to 4 days
(iv) Neighbouring state: (for cities other than the 84 cities covered under
revised norms): 3 to 4 days
(v) Rest of the
country (for cities other than the 84 cities covered under revised norms
and not covered I “same state” and “neighbouring state”): 5 to 6 days.
(d) For Business Parcel:
(i) Local (within Municipal City Limits): 2 to 3 days.
(ii) Between Metro cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and
Hyderabad): 3 to 4 days.
(iii) Same state: 4 days.
(iv) Neighbouring state: 4 days.
(v) Rest of the country (for cities not covered in the category of: same state” and
“neighbouring state”) : 5 to 7 days.
(e) For Second Class Mail:
(i) Local (within Municipal City Limits): 3 days.
(ii) Between Metro cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and
Hyderabad): 4 days.
(iii) Same state: 4 days.
(iv) Neighbouring state: 4 days.
(v) Rest of the country (for cities not covered in the category of: same state” and
“neighbouring state”) : 5 to 7 days.
3. The new
delivery norms for Express Parcels on a city-to-city basis for 84
cities, which are being communicated by e-mail, are also limited to the
local municipal limit of the cities concerned. Further, the new delivery
norms for various categories of mail referred to above would be subject
to the conditions that:
(i) They do not
apply to the articles booked after the cut off time on a day (normally
taken as 3 or 4 pm for booking counters at post offices or as decided
by the Circle concerned) and an extra day may be added in such cases,
(ii) The delivery norms do not include Sundays and Holidays.
(iii) Delay occurring due to curfew, bandh or strike in a particular city may adversely affect delivery norms.
(iv) Delay
occurring due to cancellation of flight/trains/buses/other means of
transport for carriage of mails or off-loading /non-carriage of mail by
the carriers due to any reason is beyond the control of the Department,
and therefore, he same may adversely affect delivery norms.
4. Circles may
give wide publicity to the new norms among the public and display the
norms in the shape of a matrix of prominent/frequently-used destinations
at the post office as display of entire matrix perhaps may not be
possible.
5. The new
delivery norms would also be hosted on India Pos website in a
user-friendly format so that a user could easily find delivery/transit
norms. In the interim, a PDF version of the document will be uploaded by
CEPT on the Department’s website.
6. This O.M.
supersedes all previous instructions on delivery norms for mail and
Parcels (other than Speed Post) issued by this Directorate/Business
Development and Marketing Directorate.
Monday, December 08, 2014
Annual Income Limit for Non-Creamy Layer
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Government of India
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
04-December-2014 16:42 IST
The
current annual income limit of creamy layer in OBC reservation is Rs. 6
lakhs per annum with effect from 16.05.2013. The parameter/criteria
fixed for revision of said annual income limit of creamy layer is
Consumer Price Index.
At present, there is no proposal to hike the annual income limit of creamy layer in OBC reservation.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha here today.
Thursday, December 04, 2014
India Post collects over Rs 280 crore via Cash-on-Delivery for e-commerce firms
While the amount of revenue generated for itself could not be
ascertained, government officials said India Post is very keen on
developing its e-commerce related services as a major revenue model
going ahead.
"India Post collected over Rs 280 crore from consumers and gave it to
e-commerce firms, since CoD facility was started in December 2013. The
department with its huge network can serve as the best agency for not
just delivering products, but also collecting money," a government
official said.
However, this is a small chunk of the overall market size for e-commerce
in India, which runs into billions of dollars already and is growing at
a fast pace every year.
CoD has emerged as one of the most sought after services for e-commerce
entities and 50-75 per cent of orders are placed with various online
retailers with this payment option, while the remaining opt for credit
card or bank payments.
In India, customers tend to prefer CoD as the online payment modes are
yet to catch up in many parts of the country while many people are not
comfortable with advance payments for products purchased online.
India Post's cash handling services like core banking solutions, money
transfer and a robust account system can further help e-commerce firms
in collecting cash from users in urban as well as rural areas, the
official said.
India Post has about 1.55 lakh post offices, making it the world's
largest postal network. On an average, a post office serves 21.21 sq km
area and about 7,175 people.
Another official said various e-commerce firms have been using India
Posts CoD facility since it was introduced. Firms like Flipkart,
Snapdeal, Amazon, Shopclues, Naaptol, Telebrands and Homeshop18 are some
of them.
India Post has set up booking counters in the premises of some customers
like Amazon and Naaptol, while for Snapdeal it is exploring setting up
of e-commerce booking kiosks in post office locations.
Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has also said
previously that India Post is best suited to offer delivery services to
e-commerce players, given its wide reach across rural, urban and
semi-urban areas.
The Minister has directed officials from the Department of Posts to focus on opportunities in e-commerce sector.
India Post is also ramping up its infrastructure to grab a major chunk
of the distribution, delivery or logistics, which will touch about $9
billion by 2021. According to market experts, e-commerce business in
India was about $6 billion in value in 2012 and is expected to touch $76
billion by 2021 of which distribution, delivery and logistics
constitutes around 12 per cent.
Source : The Economic Times
Saturday, November 29, 2014
More Likes for the New Post
THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN MAKING EFFORTS AT EXPANDING ITS
REPERTOIRE OF SERVICES TO BE MORE CUSTOMER-CENTRIC IN CHANGING TIMES.
‘Penta Phones for sale’ says the banner before the district head
post-office here, located near the old bus stand. Another of the Postal
Department’s efforts at a makeover, the Penta Phone seems to have got
off on the right foot. In the last one month, post offices at Sangareddy
and Zaheerabad sold about two hundred phones, the stock being cleared
within just an hour.
The phones, which can be booked by paying Rs.500, come with a BSNL-to-BSNL talk time offer of Rs.1,999.
That’s not all. Targeting the corporate customer and their needs for fast and end-to-end, reliable transportation across the nation, the department launched ‘Logistic Post’.
Tie-up with Railways
Another service of the Postal Department is the Book-Now Pay Later (BNPL) scheme, where customers can first avail of the service, and pay their bills later. More than a dozen organisations, including private sector units, have already been using this service.
The Passenger Railway Reservation System (PRRS) was introduced at Sangareddy and Jogipet post offices. However, reservations can only be made during working hours of the department, making it inconvenient for customers.
The E-seva, similar to MeeSeva, introduced by the department provides services to the public at a cost fixed by the government. “Other services being offered by the department include My Stamp – where one can get his or her printed photo on the stamp and use it, Direct Post for distribution of pamphlets, Media Post through which customers can put up advertisements in the department premises, and e-Post which enables a customer to send a scanned copy of a letter to the remotest part of the country where a post office exists,” says Postal Superintendent K. Janardhan Reddy.
The phones, which can be booked by paying Rs.500, come with a BSNL-to-BSNL talk time offer of Rs.1,999.
That’s not all. Targeting the corporate customer and their needs for fast and end-to-end, reliable transportation across the nation, the department launched ‘Logistic Post’.
Tie-up with Railways
With a tie-up with the railways, and its own strong nationwide
network to back it, Logistics Post transports the customer’s goods to
the nearest post office. Four routes were launched two months ago,
including Hyderabad-Adilabad-Mancherial, Hyderabad-Chennai (via
Vijayawada), Hyderabad-Bangalore, and Vijayawada-Visakhapatnam and eight
vehicles roped in exclusively for this purpose. The industrial estate
at Patancheru in Medak district serves as the Logistics Post Centre.
Another service of the Postal Department is the Book-Now Pay Later (BNPL) scheme, where customers can first avail of the service, and pay their bills later. More than a dozen organisations, including private sector units, have already been using this service.
The Passenger Railway Reservation System (PRRS) was introduced at Sangareddy and Jogipet post offices. However, reservations can only be made during working hours of the department, making it inconvenient for customers.
The E-seva, similar to MeeSeva, introduced by the department provides services to the public at a cost fixed by the government. “Other services being offered by the department include My Stamp – where one can get his or her printed photo on the stamp and use it, Direct Post for distribution of pamphlets, Media Post through which customers can put up advertisements in the department premises, and e-Post which enables a customer to send a scanned copy of a letter to the remotest part of the country where a post office exists,” says Postal Superintendent K. Janardhan Reddy.
Source : http://www.thehindu.com/
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