List of Central Government Holiday Homes

This is the list of holiday homes operated by Directorate of Estates, Urban Development Ministry throughout India.

Most of these holiday homes can be booked online. Refer to following GConnect Articles that explains how to book Central Government Holiday home online.

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Holiday Homes under Ministry of Urban Development (Directorate of teEstates and CPWD)

Sl No	Name of stations	No. of Rooms	Location	Name of the Allotting Authority
1.	Agra (U.P.) Only on-line applications (Taj Mahal remains closed on Fridays)	14	Holiday Home for the Central Government Employees, Sikandra Sector 15, (Near Kar-Kunj Income Tax Colony), Sikandra, Agra (Pl. see location map on website)	Asstt. Director(Regions), Directorate of Estates, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi-11. Tel: 011-23062231
2.	Amarkantak (M.P.) [for details about Amarkantak, pl. access Photo Gallery Section on the website]	10	Central Govt. Holiday Home, Amarkantak Madhya Pradesh Tele: 07629-269416 Contact Nos.: MP Tourism Tele : (011) 23366528, 32599000, 23341185-87 Fax : (011) 23347264 email:delhi@mptourism.comwebsite:www.mptourism.com	Manager (Reservations) Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation, Room No.12, Hotel Janpath, G. Floor, 82-84, Janpath, Cannought Place, New Delhi. 110001 [Applications for booking to be routed thru AD(Regions), N.Delhi ##]
3.	Goa Only on-line applications (Pl. see location map on website)	13	Central GovernmentHoliday Home, Central Government Residential Complex, Bambolim [Near Nirman Bhawan and Holy Cross Church] [Oppo. Bambolim Cross on Panjim-Madgaon Highway] Goa. Tele : 0832-2458555 [No booking reqsts pl] [10 Km from Panjim, 25 km from Madgaon Rly Station on Panjim-Madgaon Highway, Landmark : Holy Cross Church]	Asstt. Director(Regions), New Delhi. ## [7 units] Estate Manager, Mumbai [*] [2 Units - both Dbl Bed] Estate Manager, Kolkata $ [2 units - both Dbl Bed] AEM, Chennai [2 units - both Dbl Bed] @ Maximum – 3 nights
4.	Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu)	22	Holiday Home for CentralGovernment EmployeesKovalam Road (near New Light House), Kanyakumari Tele : 04652-246994 [No booking reqsts pl]	Executive Engineer, Madurai Central Divn-I, Income Tax Staff Qtrs Campus, Meenambalpuram, CPWD, Madurai-625002 Tel: 0452-2535940, and AEM, Chennai@, and (Room Nos.103, 106) Only on-line applications AD(Regions), N.Delhi ## (Room Nos. 201, 206, 208, 209, 213) (w.e.f. 15.3.2010) Only on-line applications AEM, Kolkata $ (Room Nos.104) (4-bed)
5.	Mysore (Karnataka)	12	Holiday Home, CPWD Office Campus, T. Narasipur Road, Sidhartha Nagar, Mysore-570011	Executive Engineer, Mysore Central Division, CPWD, Nirman Bhavan, T. Narasipur Road, Sidhartha Nagar, Mysore 570011 Tel: 0821-2473649 Fax : 0821-2473539
6.	Mussorrie	05	Southwood Cottage in the ITBP campus (near library Chowk, Mall Road, Next to Dove Cottage), Mussoorie. Tele: 0135-2632271	Asstt. Director (Regions), Directorate of Estates, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi-11011 Tel: 011-23062231 #
7.	Nainital	13	Central Govt. EmployeesHoliday Home, Khurpatal (Nainital). Tele : 05942-240330	Asstt. Director(Regions), New Delhi-11. # Tel: 011-23062231
8.	Ooty	26	Holiday Home for CentralGovernment Employees, Good Shed Road, Near Railway Station, Udagamandalam, Nilgiris,Tamilnadu	@ Asstt. Estate Manager, Dte. of Estates, Shastri Bhavan, 26- Haddows Road, Chennai. Tel: 044-28277759
9.	Shimla	109	Grand Hotel, The Mall, Shimla-171001 Tel: 0177-2658121	Asstt. Estate Manager, Grand Hotel, Shimla-171001 Tel: 0177-2658121(Office) 0177-2652587(Reception)

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Get all Card based Transactions alert on Emal

Customers will get alerts on their e-mails for all transactions done through their debit or credit cards from June 30, 2011.

The guidelines issued to the lenders by the Reserve Bank is aimed at checking fraudulent transactions and encouraging usage of cards by customers.

Presently, only some banks are intimating their customers through SMS and email about transactions done on their debit and credit cards.

"It is decided that banks make take steps to put in place a system of online alerts for all types of transactions, irrespective of the amount, involving usage of cards at various channels," the RBI said.

This measure is expected to encourage further usage of cards at various delivery channels. Banks may implement this measure latest by June 30, 2011, it added.

RBI's initiative comes amid incidents of fraudulent withdrawals at ATMs. It is important to arrest the incidents of frauds in order to further encourage card based transactions in the country.

At present, banks are required to alert customers on transactions above Rs 5,000 using card numbers or while making online payments.

Source: Economic Times & http://www.investmentkit.com

New PAN Rules by RBI

Be ready to mandatorily flash your PAN card, for any purchase of jewellery worth Rs five lakh or more from tomorrow — a move that would help the tax department keep an eye on such high value transactions.

As per the amendments in the income tax rules, coming into effect from July 1, quoting PAN (Permanent Account Number) will be mandatory for any payment of Rs five lakh or more for purchase of bullion or jewellery.

High-value purchase of jewellery, among valuables, have often been feared to be a much favoured route for circulation of black money and quoting of PAN would help the tax authorities in tracking such transactions.

Recently, RBI had also asked the banks to consider the jewellers and bullion dealers as high-risk customers and to keep an enhanced vigil on their transactions.

The business transactions of jewelers and bullion dealers are highly cash intensive in nature and it is feared that they could be used for flow of black money into the system.

In order to check any possible money laundering, the banking sector regulator in January wrote to banks and financial institutions to treat the accounts of entities dealing in the jewellery and bullion trade as 'high-risk'.

Besides jewellery purchase of Rs five lakh and above, furnishing of PAN would be mandatory for some other transactions also with effect from tomorrow.

These include issue of a debit card by any bank, as against the current practice of the PAN being asked for issuing credit cards only.

The payment of Rs 50,000 or more in a year for life insurance premium would also require PAN from tomorrow.

These also include telephone connection applications, opening of bank accounts, hotel an restaurant bills of over Rs 25,000 and mutual fund investments of Rs 50,000 and above, among others.The transactions that already require PAN include sale or purchase of any immovable property valued at Rs five lakh or more, sale or purchase of motor vehicles other than two- wheelers and bank deposits exceeding Rs 50,000.

Source: Economic Times

Now get Admission into IIM directly after Class12th

Now, IIM aspirants don't have to wait to get a bachelor's degree before taking the entrance test; at least a few can hope to step into India's top management school right after school.

The Indian Institute of Management-Indore has launched a five-year integrated post-graduate programme in management — a three-year degree programme followed by masters. The first batch scheduled this year will have 120 students.

The five-year residential programme allows students to drop out after the degree course, designed to be a mix of essential skill subjects — maths and statistics, history, literature and political science, biological sciences, languages, finance and accounting, economics and information technology. Apart from classroom lectures, IIM-I has a component on international exposure and an internship at a social organization.

The minimum eligibility is 60% in Class XII, and final selection will be based on an aptitude test and interview. The details will be revealed in a few days. The tuition fee for the first three years will be Rs. 3 lakh per annum; for next two years, it will be Rs 5 lakh a year. "IIM Indore wants to have a dominating presence, both in terms of size and impact, in all segments of management education, including under-graduate programmes," said IIM-Indore director N Ravichandran. "We identified four streams — top-end research programmes, executive education programme, the flagship post-graduate programme and an integrated PGP where we'll have the time and opportunity to shape young minds towards management education."

Courtesy : http://tkbsen.blogspot.com/

IPO Examination to be held on 6th&7th August2011

Examination for promotion to the cadre of Inspector Posts for the year 2010 to be held on 6th & 7th August 2011

As per DG, Posts letter No.A-34012/02/2010-DE dated 16-03-2011, the examination for promotion to the cadre of Inspector Posts for the year 2010 will be held from 6^th to 7^th August 2011. The examination will be held for the vacancies of the year 2010. There are no vacancies in the cadre IP for the year 2010 in Kerala Circle.

The revised Pattern & syllabus for Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for the post of Inspector of Posts communicated vide DG, Posts letter No.7-14/2011-SPB-II dated 9^th March 2011 has already been circulated vide Circle office letter No. Rectt/48-1/Rlgs dated 16^th March 2011.

Eligibility condition:

(a) Not less than five years of regular service in the grade of Postal/Sorting Assistants, Lower Selection Grade officials, Stenographers in:

- Post offices, Railway Mail Services

- Postal/Railway Mail Service, Divisional offices, Circle Office

- Foreign post

- Returned Letter Offices

- Postal Stores Depots

- Savings Bank Control Organization

- Internal Check Organization of the Circle.

(b) (i) Not less than five years regular service in Postal Accounts Office in the grade of:

- Stenographers,

- Junior Accountants:

Provided that they may opt for appearing in the Inspector Posts line in case of selection while appearing in the Inspectors Examination.

(b) (ii) Not less than nine years regular service in the grade of Lower Division Clerks in Postal Accounts Office

Provided that they may opt for appearing in the Inspector Posts line in case of selection while appearing in the Inspectors Examination.

© Postal Assistant and/or Junior Accountant with 5 years regular service is eligible to Departmental Examination of Inspector of Posts.

3. Age limit

The applicant should not be over 40 years of age as on 01-07-2010. Relaxation of Upper age limit is permissible as indicated below:

(i) SC/ST: 5 years i.e. the age should not exceed 45 years as on 1.7.2010

(ii) In respect of officials who are on deputation to APS and officials who have served in APS, the period of service rendered in the APS will be reduced from their age for the purpose of upper age limit.

4. Number of chances:

(i) A candidate is allowed a maximum of four (4) chances to appear in the examination provided that those candidates who secure more than 70 % aggregate marks in the 4^th chance may be allowed one more chance as a special case and provided further that a candidate belonging to SC/ST may, subject to his eligibility, be allowed a maximum of six (6) chances to appear in the examination provided further that the said candidate shall, if he is successful in the examination on his 5^th or 6^th chance be entitled to be appointed only to a post reserved for the SC/ST as the case may be.

(ii) The following concessions are admissible to officials who are serving or have served in the Army Postal Service.

(a) The period of service rendered in the Army Postal Service will be deducted from their age for purposes of the upper age limit.

(b) If they have not already availed themselves of the maximum number of chances before joining the Army Postal Service, they will be allowed to have a maximum of two chances while serving in Army Postal Service, which will not be counted against the maximum number of four chances admissible.

5. Ability to ride a bicycle:

The applicant should be able to ride a bicycle. If the applicant is unable to ride a bicycle at the time of application, he will be given two months time to learn it after he has been selected. If he fails to learn it within two months his name will be removed from the approved list.

6. Submission of application by willing candidates:

(i) Application from willing candidates may please be obtained from 1^st July 2011 onwards on plain paper (specimen enclosed) with his service details to decide his eligibility by Divisional office /Regional Office/Circle Office/Controlling units. Receipt of such application form at Circle Office is fixed on 11-07-2011

(ii) In respect of applicants working in the Office of the Chief Postmaster General, RLO Trivandrum and Office of the Postmaster General Kochi/Kozhikode the applicants may submit the applications to the Asst.Director (Rectt) , Office of the Chief Postmaster General, Kerala Circle, Trivandrum- 695 033 on or before 11-07-2011

(iii) The applications in respect of willingness of candidates received should be forwarded to this office duly checked, so as to reach this office on or before 11-07-2011. The fact of recommendation/Non recommendation should be mentioned in the application under the signature of the Divisional Superintendent etc. The word Recommended/Not Recommended should be scored out accordingly and in the case of non-recommendations the reason therefore in respect of each of the official should be furnished in the forwarding letter/statement. If no application is received a Nil report may be sent. The last date for receipt of application by Heads/Units shall be 08-07-2011. If no report is received by 11-07-2011 it will be presumed that there are no applications from that unit.

7. The Application Form kits will be issued to the eligible candidates on receipt of willingness from the eligible candidates.

8. Concessions to officials serving in APS.

The concessions regarding absorption as Inspector Posts on certain conditions in respect of candidates serving in the APS who secure minimum qualifying marks will continue as may be decided by the Central Government, from time to time.

9. It is noticed that quite a large number of officials request for withdrawal of candidature under one or other reasons. These are received months after the exam. In future, such applications received will be considered only if they satisfy the conditions in Rule 279 (5) of Postal Manual Volume IV (Pt-1).

APPLICATION TO BE SUBMITTED BY WILLING CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION TO THE EXAMINATION FORTHE INSPECTOR OF POSTS - 2010

1	Name of the Applicant (In Block letters)
2	Date of Birth and Age (As on 1/7/2010 in Christian Era)
3	Whether SC/ST. If reply is `Yes` indicate the name of the Caste/Tribe
4	Educational Qualification
5	Whether you are Ex-Servicemen?
6	Have you served in the APS? If so furnish details	From To
7	Are you now serving in APS? If reply is yes, date from which serving
8	Date from which continuously working as PA/SA/LDC/LSG and the name of the office where working at present	Postal Assistant from………. Sorting Assistant from………. LDC……….. Office from……… UDC ………. Office from…….. LSG…………Office from………
9	Date of appointment to a departmental Post in the P&T Department and the name of the cadre thereof.	Appointed as……………….. From…………………………….
10	Date from which pmt/QP & the name of cadre thereof	Pmt/QP in the………………. w.e.f ………………..
11	Have you appeared for the IPO/IRM Examination previously, If so furnish details such as year of Examination and Roll No while in Civil Services & APS Services separately	1.…………..Exam Roll No………….. 2…………….Exam Roll No………….. 3…………….Exam Roll No……………
12	Do you wish to answer any paper(s) in Hindi
13	Can you ride Bicycle?

I…………………………………………………………………..hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Place.

Date.

Signature of candidate

The information furnished against questions 2 to 10 have been verified and found correct/corrected.

Place.

Date.

Signature of authority maintaining Service Book

The information furnished against question 11 has been checked and found correct. The candidature of the applicant is Recommended/Not Recommended.

(Signature of)

Divisional Supdt/Supdt. PSD/CSD/

Asst.Director CO/RO

What is differances between EPF,GPF and PPE ?

EPF / GPF / PPF

EPF- Employees Provident Fund
GPF - General Pension Fund
PPF - Public Provident Fund

GPF - General Provident Fund which is for the Government Employees
PPF - Individuals can save to a maximum of Rs.70000/- in a year in the account. Account can be maintained in a Post Office.
EPF - Employees Provident Fund for Private sector where 12% of Employees share and 12 % of Employer's share of Basic Salary + DA is deducted and remitted to PF Authorities

PF vs PPF: What's the difference ?

1. What is PPF and PF?
EPF/ PF (Employees Provident Fund / Provident Fund)

The Employee Provident Fund, or provident fund as it is normally referred to, is a retirement benefit scheme that is available to salaried employees.

Under this scheme, a stipulated amount (currently 12%) is deducted from the employee's salary and contributed towards the fund. This amount is decided by the government.

The employer also contributes an equal amount to the fund.

However, an employee can contribute more than the stipulated amount if the scheme allows for it. So, let's say the employee decides 15% must be deducted towards the EPF. In this case, the employer is not obligated to pay any contribution over and above the amount as stipulated, which is 12%.

PPF (Public Provident Fund)

The Public Provident Fund has been established by the central government. You can voluntarily decide to open one. You need not be a salaried individual, you could be a consultant, a freelancer or even working on a contract basis. You can also open this account if you are not earning.

Any individual can open a PPF account in any nationalised bank or its branches that handle PPF accounts. You can also open it at the head post office or certain select post offices.

The minimum amount to be deposited in this account is Rs 500 per year. The maximum amount you can deposit every year is Rs 70,000.

2. What is the return on this investment?

EPF: 8.5% per annum

PPF: 8% per annum

3. How long is the money blocked?

EPF

The amount accumulated in the PF is paid at the time of retirement or resignation. Or, it can be transferred from one company to the other if one changes jobs.

In case of the death of the employee, the accumulated balance is paid to the legal heir.

PPF

The accumulated sum is repayable after 15 years.

The entire balance can be withdrawn on maturity, that is, after 15 years of the close of the financial year in which you opened the account.

It can be extended for a period of five years after that. During these five years, you earn the rate of interest and can also make fresh deposits.

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4. What is the tax impact?

EPF

The amount you invest is eligible for deduction under the Rs 1,00,000 limit of Section 80C.

If you have worked continuously for a period of five years, the withdrawal of PF is not taxed.

If you have not worked for at least five years, but the PF has been transferred to the new employer, then too it is not taxed.

The tenure of employment with the new employer is included in computing the total of five years.

If you withdraw it before completion of five years, it is taxed.

But if your employment is terminated due to ill-health, the PF withdrawal is not taxed.

PPF

The amount you invest is eligible for deduction under the Rs 1,00,000 limit of Section 80C.

On maturity, you pay absolutely no tax.

5. What if you need the money?

EPF

If you urgently need the money, you can take a loan on your PF.

You can also make a premature withdrawal on the condition that you are withdrawing the money for your daughter's wedding (not son or not even yours) or you are buying a home.

To find out the details, you will have to talk to your employer and then get in touch with the EPF office (your employer will help you out with this).

PPF

You can take a loan on the PPF from the third year of opening your account to the sixth year. So, if the account is opened during the financial year 1997-98, the first loan can be taken during financial year 1999-2000 (the financial year is from April 1 to March 31).

The loan amount will be up to a maximum of 25% of the balance in your account at the end of the first financial year. In this case, it will be March 31, 1998.

You can make withdrawals during any one year from the sixth year. You are allowed to withdraw 50% of the balance at the end of the fourth year, preceding the year in which the amount is withdrawn or the end of the preceding year whichever is lower.

For example, if the account was opened in 1993-94 and the first withdrawal was made during 1999-2000, the amount you can withdraw is limited to 50% of the balance as on March 31, 1996, or March 31, 1999, whichever is lower.

If the account extended beyond 15 years, partial withdrawal -- up to 60% of the balance you have at the end of the 15 year period -- is allowed.

Courtesy : rediff.com & CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES NEW

List of Holidays during the year2011for Central Goverment Employees

The Text of OM No. 12/3/2011-JCA 2 dated 27-6-2011 is reproduced below :

F.No.12/3/2011-JCA-2
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 27th June, 2011

Subject: Holidays to be observed In Central Government Offices during the year 2012.

It has been decided that the holidays as specified in the Annexure —I to this O.M. will be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government located at Delhi/New Delhi during the year 2012.
In addition, each employee will also be allowed to avail himself/herself of any two holidays to be chosen by him/her out of the list of Restricted Holidays in Annexure — II.

2. Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following holidays compulsorily in addition to three holidays as per para 3.1 below:
1. REPUBLIC DAY
2. INDEPENDENCE DAY
3. MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
4. BUDHA PURNIMA
5. CHRISTMAS DAY
6. DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI)
7. DIWALI (DEEPAVALI)
8. GOOD FRIDAY
9. GURU NANAK’S BIRTHDAY
10.IDU’L FITR
11.IDU’L ZUHA
12.MAHAVIR JAYANTI
13.MUHARRAM
14.PROPHET MOHAMMAD’S BIRTHDAY (ID-E-MILAD)

3.1. In addition to the above 14 Compulsory holidays mentioned in para 2, three holidays shall be decided from the list indicated below by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee in the State Capitals, if necessary, in consultation with Coordination Committees at other places in the State. The finai list applicable uniformly to all Central Government offices within the concerned State shall be notified after seeking prior approval of this Ministry and no change can be carried out thereafter. It is also clarified that no change is permissible in regard to festivals and dates as indicated.

1. AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA
2. HOLI
3. JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)
4. RAM NAVAMI
5. MAHA SHWRATRI
6. GANESH CHATURTHI / VINAYAK CHATURTHI
7. MAKAR SANKARANTI
8. RATH YATRA
9. ONAM
10. PONGAL
11. SRI PANCHAMI / BASANTA PANCHAMI
12. VISHU / VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI / CHAITRA SAKLADI / CHETI CHAND / GUDI PADA 1st NAVRATRA / NAURAJ/CHHATH POOJA/KARVA CHAUTH.

3.2 No substitute holiday should be allowed if any of the festival holidays initially declared subsequently happens to fall on a weekly off or any other non working day or in the event of more than one festivals falling on the same day.

4. The list of Restricted Holidays appended to this O.M. is meant for Central Government Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi. The Coordination Committees at the State Capitals may draw up separate list of Restricted Holidays keeping in view the occasions of local importance but the 9 occasions left over, after choosing the 3 variable holidays in para 3.1 above, are to be included in the list of restricted holidays.

5.1 For offices in Delhi / New Delhi, any change in the date of holidays in respect of Idu’l Fitr, Edu’l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad, if necessary, depending upon sighting of the Moon, would be declared by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions after ascertaining the position from the Govt. of NCT of Delhi.

5.2 For offices outside Delhi / New Delhi, the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committees at the State Capitals are authorised to change the date of holiday, if necessary, based on the decision of the concerned State Governments / Union Territories, in respect of ldu’l Fitr, Idu’l Zuha, Muharram and ld-e-Milad.

5.3 It may happen that the change of date of the above occasions has to be declared at a very short notice. In such a situation, announcement could be made through T.V. / A.I.R. / Newspapers and the Heads of Department / Offices of the Central Government may take action according to such an announcement without waiting for a formal order, about the change of date.

6. During 2012, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 (Kartika 22). In certain States, the practice is to celebrate the occasion a day in advance, i.e., on ‘Narakachaturdasi Day”. In view of this, there is no objection if holiday on account of Deepavali is observed on "Naraka Chaturdasi Day (in place of Deepavali Day) for the Central Government Offices in a State if in that State that day alone is declared as a compulsory holiday for Diwali for the offices of the State Government.

7. Central Government Organisations which include industrial, commercial and trading establishments would observe upto 16 holidays in a year including three national holidays viz. Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, as compulsory holidays. The remaining holidays / occasions may be determined by such establishments / organisations themselves for the year 2012, subject to para 3.2 above.

8. Union Territory Administrations shall decide the list of holidays in terms of Ministry of Home Affairs letter No.14046/27/83- GP-I dated 15.2.1984 by which they would observe a total of 16 holidays including the three National Holidays Viz. Republic Day, Independence Day & Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday.

9. in respect of Indian Missions abroad, the number of holidays may be notified in accordance with the instructions contained in this Department’s O.M. No.12/5/2002-JCA dated 17th December, 2002. In other words; they will have the option to select 10(Ten) holidays of their own only after including in the list, three National Holidays and Milad-un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad, Buddha Purnima, Idu’l Zuha (Bakrid) and Muharram included in the list of compulsory holidays and falling on days of weekly off.

10. In respect of Banks, the holidays shall be regulated in terms of the extant instructions issued by the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.

11. Hindi version will follow.

sd/-
(DINESH KAPILA)
Director (JCA

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