10 Most Useful Microsoft Word 2010 Tips & Tricks

Microsoft Word 2010 is one of our favorite text editors. With such a big array of features, Microsoft Office Word 2010 can look complicated. There are many hidden tricks and shortcuts that make text editing easier. Here are some tips I think will help you when you are using Microsoft Word 2010.

Microsoft Word 2010 Tips And Tricks

1. Vertical Selection Of Text

Normally, we select a character, a word, a sentence or a paragraph. All these selections are horizontal selections. Sometimes you may need to select vertically. For example, if your text has numbers in the beginning, you may want to select only the numbers to delete them at one go (see figure).

To select text horizontally, press ALT and click to drag and make a selection. Remember to release ALT key before releasing mouse else it will open the Research dialog. Check out the different uses of vertical selections and let us know what all you did with this feature.

2. Default Line Spacing

The default line spacing in Microsoft Word 2010 is 1.15 against 1 in Microsoft Word 2003. Microsoft changed the line spacing to make your text more readable. If you want the default line spacing as 1, follow this procedure:

1.    While on the Home tab, right click on the Normal quick style button and select Modify

2.    In the Format list that appears, select Paragraph

3.    Under spacing, change the line spacing from 1.15 to 1

4.    Click OK

5.    Check the box against “New documents based on this template”

6.    Click OK

3. Changing The Default Save Location

By default, MS Word opens Documents folder when you press CTRL+S for first time. If you think this is irritating you, you can change the default file location to some other place where you normally store your documents.

1.    Click on File

2.    Click on Options

3.    Click Advanced in the left side of the window that appears

4.    In the right part of the window, scroll down to the button that says “File Locations”

5.    Select Documents and click on Modify

6.    In the Save File dialog box that appears, enter or select the new path and click on OK to close the Save File dialog box.

7.    Click OK to close the window.

4. Change Default Font

The default font for new documents in MS Word 2010 is Calibri. Though the font is good for online viewing, it creates problems when printing. You may be using Times New Roman or Arial for print jobs. One method is to change the font manually each time after you have typed the document. But then, it would involve formatting the document again. Another method is to change the default font.

1.    Right click on the Normal quick style button on Home tab.

2.    Click Modify

3.    In the dialog box that appears, click on Format… to open the drop down menu and select Font

4.    In the Font dialog box, select the font you wish to use with every document.

5.    Make any other changes you wish such as font size etc

6.    Click OK

7.    Click to select “New documents based on this template”

8.    Click OK to close the Modify dialog box.

5. Move Rows Of Text In Table

Sometimes when you are working on the table, you may want to move one or more rows in the table up or down without having to change the table formatting. One method is copy pasting but that risks formatting.

Another method is using ALT+SHIFT+UP arrow key to move entire row up. Similarly, to move the entire row down, use ALT+SHIFT+DN arrow key. Note that you have to select the row before you can move it using the ALT+SHIFT+Arrow keys. This method makes sure the formatting is not disturbed.

6. Quickly Change Line Spacing

Sometimes need arises that you have to change line spacing among different paragraphs. Here are the shortcut keys:

CTRL + 1 –> Change line spacing to 1

CTRL + 2 –> Change line spacing to 2

CTRL + 5 –> Change line spacing to 1.5

Note that you just need to place the cursor on the paragraph that needs to be styled. You need not select the paragraph.

7. Quickly Adding Borders to Paragraphs

If you wish to add borders to some paragraph, you can use the Borders and Shading dialog box. However, if your need is just to add bottom border to text/paragraph, you can do it by adding three special characters and hitting Enter.

Press – (hyphen) three times and press Enter to draw an underline border of 3/4 points

Press _ (underscore) three times and press Enter to draw an underline border of 1.5 points

Press ~ (tilde) three times and press Enter to draw a zigzag underline border

Press * (asterisk) three times and press Enter to draw a dotted underline border

Press = (equal to) three times and press Enter to draw a double underline border

8. Find Special Formatting

You can find text that is specially formatted. For example, you can find highlighted text or text whose font is Times New Roman. You can also search for bold text or italics. There are many more options when you use the Find option.

1.    Press CTRL+F to open the Find pane. In Word 2010 it appears to the left side of the window.

2.    Click on the down facing triangle next to magnifying glass and click on Advanced Find…

3.    In the Find dialog box that appears, click on More.

4.    You can see plenty of options under Format.

5.    When you select anything, it appears under the “Find What” textbox. When you click Find Next without entering anything in the “Find What” text box, it searches for the format you have selected. For example, you can select Font and in the Font dialog box, select a font and its properties (bold, italics etc).

9. Merging Formatting When Pasting Across Documents

When you copy anything from another document and paste it in the current document, you will want the copied text to match the formatting of the current document. While you can manually format each time you copy text from other documents to the current one, you can also set the default paste to merge formatting so that the text copied from other sources acquires formatting of current document.

1.    To set the default formatting, click on the down facing triangle below Paste on Home tab

2.    Click Set Default Paste

3.    In the window that appears, Select Merge Destinations in: 1: When Pasting in Same Document and 2: When Pasting between Documents.

4.    Click OK to close the window

10. Copy Only Formatting

Sometimes you may want to apply an already existing formatting from one part of your document to another part. You have the Format Painter for the purpose. Using the Format Painter can be irritating when dealing with long documents.  Here is another method that is easier to use.

Press CTRL+SHIFT+C instead of CTRL+C. This will copy only the formatting and leave the text.

Move to the destination where the formatting is to be applied. Select the text to which formatting is to be applied. Press CTRL+SHIFT+V to paste the formatting to the selection.

Above are some Microsoft Word 2010 tips and tricks that make your working on the editor easy. If you have anything to share, please use the comments section.

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Answer Key for IPO Examination - 2011

Here  you  can  download   the  answer key of   IPO Examination  2011

Answer  Key           ----      DOWNLOAD

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National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) Syllabus

National Talent Search Examination – NCERT

● Scholarships

On the basis of the examination conducted, 1000 scholarships will be awarded for students appearing for Class VIII examinations. 

Awardees of NTS Examination will receive a sum of Rs. 500/- per month as per NTS rules.

● Reservation

150 scholarships will be reserved for students belonging to the SC category and 75 scholarships for students belonging to the ST category in respect of the class VIII examination. 

● Selection

There will be two-stage selection process for award of scholarship. For Stage-I, selection will be done by States/UTs through a written examination. Students who qualify Stage I will be eligible to appear for Stage-II examination conducted by NCERT.

● Eligibility

Students of Class VIII studying in recognized schools are eligible to appear for the Class VIII Stage I examination conducted by the States/UTs in which the schools are located. There will be no domicile restriction.

● Examination

The pattern of written examination for Class VIII will be as under—

* Stage–I : Examination at the State/UT level will comprise two parts, namely (a) General Mental Ability Test (GMAT) and (b) Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) covering Social Studies (History, Geography and Civics), Science (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) and Mathematics.

* Stage–II : Examination at the National level will comprise (a) General Mental Ability Test (GMAT), (b) Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) covering Social Studies (History, Geography and Civics), Science (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) and Mathematics, (c) Interview. Only those candidates who qualify the written examination at the National Level will be invited for interview.

● State Quotas

Based on provisional All India Educational Survey (AIES) data on enrollment of students 

in Class VIII, State/Union Territory quotas are fixed for qualification to appear for the Stage-II examination. Within the State Quotas there will be 15% reservation for Scheduled Caste candidates and 7.5% reservation for Scheduled Tribe candidates. There will be no State/Union Territory Quotas for the final award of scholarship after the Stage-II examination. Reservation will be as notified in para 2 above.

● Application Forms

Application Forms may be downloaded from NCERT’s website www.ncert.nic.in. All correspondence relating to Application Forms should be addressed to the State Liason Officers (LOs) whose addresses are given in the advertisement.

LOs of the respective States/Union Territories will notify the last date for submission of application forms. The completed application form duly signed by Principal of the school 

should be submitted to the LO before the last date.

● Fees

States and Union Territories may notify the fee required to be paid for Stage-I examination. However, NCERT does not charge any fee for the Stage-II examination.

● Announcement of Results

Results of the Stage-I examination will be announced by the respective State Governments / Union Territories. Results of Stage-II examination will be announced by NCERT. 

Indian Students Studying Abroad can appear directly for Stage-II NTS Examination under conditions prescribed in the NTS brochure for class VIII which is available on the NCERT website. Candidates may fill up relevant items of the Application Form available on the NCERT website and send to the undersigned along with a photocopy of the mark sheet of previous examination.

Courtesy : http://allexamguru.blogspot.in

Tips To Protect and Secure Your Privacy On Twitter

Twitter is one of the most popular and addictive social networking sites today, apart from Facebook. Originally thought of as a micro blogging site, Twitter soon turned out to be a site where people started to share everything – from what they eat to what they think, their habits, their obsessions, their ups and their downs, what they are doing, what they intend to do and more. You can look at the timeline of any person and get to know many facts about him or her.

Is Protecting Your Tweets A Good Idea?

So how do you go about protecting your privacy on a site so seductive!? These tips that will help you stay secure and protect your privacy while using Twitter.

One of the methods to protect your privacy on Twitter is to protect your tweets. You can protect your tweets by visiting Settings. This way, people who are not following you cannot read your tweets. You also get to select who all can follow you. If you want to interact with limited people and with people whom you know, you can go ahead and protect your tweets.

But protecting your tweets is not a good idea as you may miss upon on followers. People, in general, do not like following people with protected tweets. Also, if you represent a service or business, you need to keep the tweets in public domain so that others can see how you treat others. In other words, keeping your tweets open means you have nothing to hide from others – and this attitude brings in more followers.

Protecting Your Privacy

Protecting your tweets is not a good idea, unless you wish to interact with limited people. If you want more followers and wish to have more people for interaction, it is recommended that you do not protect your tweets.

Then how do you protect your privacy? Here are some tips:

Be careful while tweeting. Do not share personal information such as phone numbers and email addresses on Twitter.

Though the geo tagging feature (see image above) is useful, use it only when you want your friends to know where you are when tweeting. Do not enable it for all tweets.

If you are linking Twitter to other social networking sites, know that Twitter can cross post to those social networking sites. Tweet in mind keeping the fact. If you do not want Twitter to cross post, revoke access to Twitter from other social networking sites.

When uploading pictures, make sure they do not contain any kind of personal information. People can use these pictures to trackback your location and other details.

Understand that other people can always retweet your tweets. Do not tweet anything that others can manipulate for their own needs.

Under Settings, you may also to unceheck Let other find me by my email address.

Make sure that the Always use HTTPS box is checked.

If you want, you can also Block any user. To do so, visit his Profile page and click on the Block item from the drop-down menu of his Person icon.

The bottom line is that there are no specific rules to stay safe on Twitter. You have to stay secure on your own – by staying careful when tweeting.

Go here, if you’d like to know what to do if you are Locked out of Twitter or if your account is compromised.

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Govt considering action against officers who are yet to submit Annual IPR

Irked over non-submission of property details by some bureaucrats, the government is considering strict action, including withholding of annual increment, against the defaulters.

The government has already issued repeated reminders to a number of officials of Central Secretariat Service (Under Secretary and above level) seeking their Immovable Property Returns (IPRs).

Despite this, some of them have not submitted IPRs. It has been noted that many of them give details of the returns much beyond the due date which cause a lot of managerial inconvenience. The government is considering strict action against some officials,” a Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) official said.

He said there have been such instances of non-submission or delayed submission of IPRs by members of All India Services, including Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFS) also.

DoPT officials said the Ministry of Personnel has already told all the government departments that vigilance clearance and empanelment at the Centre would be denied to the officials who fail to give their IPRs in time.

Besides, it has directed that late submission or non-submission of IPR be included in the relevant Annual Performance Appraisal Report of the officer concerned. “The government is considering further stern action, including withholding the annual increment of the defaulter.

The DoPT will move a proposal in this regard soon,” the official said. According to a fourth reminder issued by the DoPT on May 30, as many as 32 such officials have not submitted their IPRs for 2011.

Of these, 10 are either on deputation or on long leave, four in Women and Child Development, three each of Health and Home Affairs, two each of Higher Education and Social Justice Empowerment and one each of Ayush, Coal, Corporate Affairs, Defence, Heavy Industries, Posts, Revenue and Telecommunications.

As per norms, property details of officials for the previous year has to be given by January 31 of next year. “Ministries or departments are well aware that the Immovable Property Returns in respect of CSS officers (Under Secretary and above level) are required to be furnished to this division by January 31, this year. However, despite reminders the IPR for the year 2011 (due date January 31, 2012) in respect of a few officers are yet to be received,” the reminder said.

According to officials, a total of 209 IPS officers have not submitted their IPRs for 2010. “The DoPT will take up the issue with cadre controlling authorities including states governments in this regard,” the official added.

Source: Economic Times  via : www.gconnect.in

Medical and Dental Counselling 2012 in Tamil Nadu

Medical and Dental Counselling 2012 in Tamil Nadu

Counselling for Medical and Dental courses will be started from 2nd July 2012 in Tamil Nadu.

Admission process is going on for 839 seats available together in 17 Government Medical colleges and 11 private Medical colleges in Tamil Nadu. Whereas in Dental seats except the All India allocation, 85 seats are available in Government Dental colleges and 800 seats in private Dental colleges.

Yesterday Random Numbers for the applicants has been published through online by the Department of Health & Family Welfare. The two online webpages link are given below to check for your ready reference. 

http://tnhealth.org/mbbsappl2012.php?action=1

http://www.tn.gov.in/results/dme/PG_2012_2013/HS/hsmark.php

Rank List is the next movement of admission for MBBS/BDS courses, the list will be expected to publish on 25.6.2012 by the selection committee.

And the special reservation counselling may be started on 5.7.2012.

Courtesy : http://centralgovernmentemployeesnews.in/

MINUTES OF THE 21ST MEETING OF THE POSTAL SPORTS BOARD HELD ON 05.06.2012 AT HYDERABAD UNDER THE CHAIRPERSONSHIP OF SECRETARY (POSTS)

D.G. Posts No. 2-10/2012-WL/Sports Dated 18.06.2012.

            The meeting started with introductory remarks of Secretary (Posts). In her address, Secretary (Posts) apprised of the Postal Sports Board about the sports activities being organized by the Department as also its budgetary provisions. Shri M. Krishnan, Secretary General, NFPE and Shri D. Theagarajan, Secretary General, FNPO thanked the Chairperson for taking follow up action on the decisions taken during in the wake of 20^th Meeting of the Postal Sports Board and convening the 21^st meeting of the Postal Sports Board. Thereafter, the Chairperson allowed discussions on the agenda items and the following decisions were taken.

            Confirmation of the minutes of the 20^th Meeting of the Postal Sports Board held on 5^th July, 2010.

            Confirmation of the action taken statement on the minutes of the meeting. Thereafter agenda items of the current meeting were taken up for discussion and the gist of discussions is as follows.

Agenda items for 21^st Meeting of the Postal Sports Board.

1.         Women Team in Chess event needs to be introduced. The number of women is increasing due to new recruitment and new entrants are showing interest in this game.

            The Board agreed to the proposal of introducing women team in Chess event subject to the stipulation that nomination of players will be made on merit and only those players will be nominated who have the skill of competing at the all India level. For this purpose it would be desirable to have scrutiny of players by professionals.

2.         All the players representing circle teams in All India Postal events may be allowed to travel in AC-III/AC-II Tier class irrespective of their posts as it will be boost their morale.

            The members of the Postal Sports Board were apprised that the proposal has financial implications to the tune of Rs. 40 lakhs (approximately) and it may not be feasible to meet this extra expenditure out of the present budgetary allocation. The possibility of effecting saving in the overall sports activities, in order to meet the expenditure on this proposal was also discussed but without any conclusion. On the suggestion of the staff side, it was agreed to take up the matter with the Railways for providing concession to the players travelling by train to participate in All India Postal Meets. The matter will be reviewed in the light of response received from the Railways.

3.         Provision of economic class Airfare for the winning team.

            No comments in view of item No. 2.

4.         Holding of all 14 selected events at Circle/Regional level.

            The proposal was discussed in details could not be agreed to. No action.

5.         Enhancement of TA/DA and Refreshment allowance.

            The members of the Board were explained that in the light of prevailing rate of TA/DA in case of officials on tour, it may not be possible to revise the existing rate of daily allowance being paid to the players at the rate of Rs. 150/- per day (Rs. 75/- per day in case local participants) . However the Board agreed to enhance the rate of refreshment allowance from the existing Rs. 60/- per day to Rs. 75/- per day even in case of All India Postal Meets so as to bring it on par with the refreshment allowance being paid in case of National tournaments.

6.         Players participating in the All India Postal meets who are paid sleeper class fare may also be paid local conveyance from home to Railway station and back.

            The board agreed to the proposal. The expenditure will be met out of the sports funds.

7.         As per the current FIFA rules, the strength of the Football team should be 11+7. Changes may be made in our rules to raise the strength of our circle teams for All India Postal Meets from the present 11+4 to 11+7(Eighteen).

            He Board agreed to the proposal of raising the strength of Football team to 11+7 in place of the existing 11+4, so as to bring it in line with the rules being followed by Football Federation of India.

8.         Reallocation of posts of Sports Development Officer and Sports Coach to the Circles which send the maximum number of teams for All India Tournaments, as per existing guidelines.

            The proposal was agreed to in principle. The following decisions were taken in this regard.

(i)         The posts of Sports Development Officer and Sports Coach will be relocated in a manner that no Circle will have more than one post.

(ii)        The relocation of posts which are lying unmanned as on date will be done immediately, to provide relief to the Circles which are actively participating in sports. There will be no disturbance to the existing incumbents till such time they compete their normal/extended tenure or retire on superannuation, whichever is earlier.

9.         Sanctioning and filling up the posts of Sports Inspectors in Uttarakhand for proper handling the sports activities.

            The creation of post of Sports Development Officer did not find favour with the Postal Sports Board. However the Circle will be asked to entrust the work to a responsible official, as per existing instructions.

10.       Increase in the number of players in Table Tennis Women and Veteran (Men) Teams to 4 and 2 respectively.

            The Board agreed to increase the number of Table Tennis Women players to 4. However there will be no change in so far as participation of Vereran (Men) in the tournament is concerned.

11.       Guidelines or Circle teams to participate in local league matches/tournament.

            The members of the Board were informed that the Department never issued any instructions which would disallow the team to participate in the local league matches/tournaments. As per discussions, it was decided to issue suitable instructions to Heads of Circles.

12.       Affiliation of all Postal Teams in National Federation.

            The Board Members were informed that the Department is not averse to the ides of affiliation if the Department has really competitive teams. The members of the Board were also apprised of the inability expressed by Kabaddi Federation to affiliate the team of Department of Posts. The Board decided to make another attempt with the Kabaddi Federation of India. It was also decided to try to get the Volleyball teams affiliated to the National Federation.

13.       Arranging for practice matches during the coaching camp before start of the All India Postal meets.

            The item was agreed to; to the extent it is possible and practicable.

14.       Grant of practice time for the players and treating the period of tournament/coaching camp etc. as duty.

            The members of the Board were informed that instructions of the Department of Posts were based on the general instructions issued by the Department of Personnel & Training (DOPT) which is the nodal department in this regard. It was decided to reiterate the standing instructions on the subject.

15.       Nominations of NIS Coaches duly approved by Sports Authority of India to be sent with Postal teams participating in national tournaments and All India Postal meets.

            The proposal was agreed to in principle.

16.       Revision of rate of increment for showing excellence in sports.

            The Board was informed that the new rate of increment in the wake of implementation of recommendations of 6^th Central Pay Commission, in regard to persons showing excellence in sports have yet to be issued by the DOPT. Necessary action will be taken immediately after the instructions have been issued by the DOPT.

17.       Players should be sent for participation in all State/National sports events so that they can improve their skill and bring laurels to the Department.

            The Board was informed that the Department is quite liberal in sending players for participation in States/National sports events, provided the proposal is received in time and the Department has a team which can be nominated for participation at that level.

18.       Extend the tenure period of Sports Development Officer and Sports Coaches to 6 years instead of existing 3 years.

            It was decided to examine the proposal in the light of existing instructions of DoP&T and take a final view with the approval of Chairperson Postal Sports Board.

18(ii)    The official recruited under the sports quota should be exempted from deputation and tenure transfer as it adversely affects the performance of the players.

            .The proposal was not agreed to. However, the Board was apprised of the instructions issued by the Department in the matter of giving due opportunity to the players recruited under sports quota so as to improve their performance.

19. Outstanding sports persons recruited against sports quota in different circles may be allowed to undergo their training locally instead of at Postal Training Centre.

            The Chairperson explained that the officials appointed against sports quota basically belong to Department of Posts and it is the responsibility of the Department to make their work foundation strong. It is in this background that training in the Postal Training Centre is imparted for all, including sports persons.

20.       Recruitment of sports quota so as to enable the Circle to form its own team.

            The above item was taken up with particular reference to the Circles which are small and where the recruitment under sports quota does not enable them to form its own team. In this context, the possibility of clubbing the Circle with some other Circle for the purpose in participation in All India Postal sports meet was discussed. The Chairperson decided to deal with the issue and issue suitable instructions at the Department level.

21.       Provision of sports club, gym, common room in all the Circles.

            Members of the Board were advised to teke up the matter at the Circle level.

22.       Provision of auditorium in the vacant land of Postal colonies.

            The item did not find favour with the vacant land Sports Board.

23.       Provision of medical facilities to players during plays/practice.

            The proposal was agreed to. Suitable instructions will be issued to all concerned.

24.       Increase in Kit allowance for All India Postal Tournaments.

            It was agreed to increase the Kit allowance in case of players participating in the National Tournaments from the existing Rs. 750/- to Rs. 1500/-.

25.       Supply of good quality sports track suit with Departmental Logo from the Postal Sports Board centrally.

            The proposal did not find favour with the Postal Sports Board.

26.       Nomination of Coaches for Circle Team.

            The proposal is to give preference to international players of the particular discipline in the matter of nomination of coaches and was agreed to.

27.(a) Rolling Trophies.

            In the interest of uniformity the proposal is that in case of All India tournaments Trophies may be supplied by the Directorate.

            The Board did not approve  the proposal.

27(b)   Institution of Rolling Trophies for the Winners and Runner up teams instead of shields, in all India Postal Tournaments.

            The proposal was agreed to.

28.       Promotion of GDS to Group ‘D’ and ‘C’.

            The members of the Board were informed that there was no provision for promotion of GDSs to Group ‘D’ and ‘C’ under sports quota, GDSs have to compete with the outsiders in the form of open competition.

29.       Formation of India Post Team in disciplines like Volleyball, Hockey, Football and Carrom.

            This will be examined keeping in view the strength of the players working in various Circles in the Department of Posts. For this purpose, required input will be asked for from the Circles.

30.       Recruitment under sports quota in the discipline of Hockey and Football.

            The Board felt that in the matter of recruitment under sports quota in various disciplines, it is for the Circles to take a final view.

31.       Introduction of Women Veterans in All India Postal Badminton and Table Tennis tournaments.

            The proposal did not find favour with the Postal Sports Board.

32.       Payment of Kit Allowance to Artists participating in All India Postal Cultural Meet.

            The Board decided to grant Kit Allowance of Rs. 500/- to the artists participating in the cultural events. This allowance is to meet expenditure on costumes etc.which the artists are required to wear during performance.

33.       Grant of prize money to players and artists securing first, second and third positions in the Postal meets.

            The Board opined that the issue falls within the purview of Circles and may be taken up at that level. However, there is no scope to release any grant for the purpose, out of the Central Sports Fund.

34.       Treat the players as on duty for participation in All India Postal Tournaments as well as in camp.

            The proposal was agreed to as it is as per existing instructions issued by the DOP&T.

35.       Uniformity in awarding prizes to the winners/runners of All India Events.

            The subject matter falls within the purview of Circle office and, therefore, the Board decided not to intervene in the matter.

36. Action may be taken for filling up of the vacant post of Sports Coach/Sports Inspector in Odisha Circle.

            Necessary action will be taken in the light of action that becomes due in regard to the proposal at serial number 8.

37.       Funds under Sports head may be allotted much earlier for proper utilization of money in time.

            Members of the Board were informed that any delay in allotment of funds occurs due to late receipt of audited accounts of previous year from the Circles, which is mandatory for release of funds for the subsequent year. In order to avoid hardship to the Circles which send the audited accounts in time, it has been decided to process their cases in the first phase so as to release funds to these Circles by mid July. The issue of release of funds to Circles which are late in submission of audit accounts will be taken up separately.

38.       All teams irrespective of events may be allowed to participate in All India Tournament/Meet without fail.

            The proposal did not find favour with the Members of the Board as it is very important that the team participating in the All India event has adequate level of performance.

39.       The Circles organizing All India Meet may also make arrangements for site-seeing and get-together program.

            Does not merit any consideration. However get-together programme is generally there. No further action is required.

40.       Instructions may be reiterated to the Circles to ensure that good accommodation as per the guidelines circulated by Directorate is provided for Manager/Coach and teams during the All India events, with special attention to the safety of women, children participants.

            It was decided to reiterate the instructions.

41.       Circulation of booklet of guideline and update ruling in c/w All India Postal Tournaments /events.

            Needful has been done. The participants were supplied copy of the compendium containing guidelines of welfare and sports.

42.       Streamline of Sports Quota vacancies. Request for circulation of guidelines for filling up of sports quota vacancies.

            The instructions are available on DOP&T website www.persmin.nic.in. No further action is required.

43.       The strength of the shuttle team is at present only 4. Now the Veterans doubles are conducted by forming teams from different circles. In order to enable better team participation in singles and doubles the strength of the team be increased to 5 members with provision for two Veterans.

            The proposal did not find favour with the Members of the Board.

44.       ‘Mohiniattam’ a dance form for Kerala may also be included in the all India Cultural meet in future.

            The proposal did not find favour with the Members of the Board, as no State is having more than one Dance form in All India Postal Cultural Meets.

45.       The national records with Departmental records and current achievements of sports events may be consolidated at National level and circulated with an intention that it reaches every sportsman and sports lover at grass root level. This will help our sportspersons for self assessment and become more aware of their position and to strive harder to scale up.

            The Members of the Board were informed that the Departmental records will be circulated and will also be displayed on the Department’s web-site. National records may be seen on the inter net.

46.       Provision of 15 days coaching camps and 2 hours daily off to be strictly observed so that players get adequate time for practice.

            The Board was apprised that instructions regarding 2 hours off to players who actually practice are issued from time to time and the last reiteration of the instructions was done on 25.07.2011. The Chairperson directed to reiterate the instructions was done on 25.07.2011. The Chairperson directed to reiterate the instructions once more. As regards 15 days coaching time, the Board was informed that this item was earlier considered in 2008 and it was decided to maintain the coaching period of 7 days for participation in the National Tournaments.

47.       Appointments under Sports Quota.

            Issue of suitable instructions to the Circles to have field trials for making appointment against sports quota.

            The Board was informed that the existing instructions on the subject issued by the DOPT are silent on the subject of conducting trials, though the instructions issued by Indian Audit and Accounts Department provide for it. It was decided to have detailed examination of the matter before taking a final view.

The meeting ended with a Vote of thanks to the Chair.

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Petroleum Minister Launches LPG Transparency Portal to Empower and benefit Consumers

At a launch function in the capital today, Mr. S. Jaipal Reddy, Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, dedicated a unique initiative - the ‘LPG Portal’ - that will host data on the last mile delivery of domestic LPG cylinders, supplied by PSU Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to nearly 14 crore households in the country. 

For decades, the OMCs have delighted consumers by reaching the convenient cooking fuel at their doorsteps. To empower LPG users through a public accountability system – Indian Oil, BPCL, HPCL - have now introduced through a web-platform, complete visibility of the LPG cylinder transactions to all citizens across the country. 

The LPG Transparency portal can be accessed through the official website of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas : www.petroleum.nic.in. Access is also available through respective OMC websites, www.indane.co.in; www.ebharatgas.com and www.hindustanpetroleum.com. Through a single click, consumers can now know their individual pattern of LPG usage, LPG booking status, LPG refill history or request for surrender of their connection, highest consumption consumers, subsidy availed etc. The information on the portal can also be sorted by consumer number, consumer name and by distributors’ name easily. 

This initiative is expected to emerge as a powerful tool for social audit for all domestic LPG supplies. This portal not only benefits consumers but is also a unique resource for civil society to access LPG distribution information, report discrepancies and register their feedback on the anomalies in supply, if any. To enable the OMCs to improve their services, the portal also gives opportunity to consumers to rate the services of their LPG distributor, thus helping the oil companies to focus on areas of improvement and enhance consumer satisfaction. 

By informing, educating & empowering LPG consumers across India, the transparency of information on the websites is intended to make all the stakeholders accountable, thus leading to a just and equitable distribution of the subsidized LPG fuel. Nearly 14 crore households across India covering urban, semi-urban and even rural India are expected to benefit from this initiative. 

Source : PIB