Thursday 6 December 2012

Half day clerical assistance to Sub divisional head


                                           DEPARTMENT OF POSTs,INDIA
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF POSTMASTER GENERAL, BIHAR CIRCLE, PATNA - 8OO OO1.
To
1. All Senior Supdt./Supdt. of Post Offices in Bihar Circle.
2. All Senior Supdt./Supdt. of RMS in Bihar Circle.
No: - Staff/l-11lP/Ch-XlV Dated at Patna the et111212012.
Sub: - Regarding issue of orders/instructions for half day clerical assistance to Sub Divisional
Heads.
The Chief Postmaster General, Bihar Circle, Patna has ordered to provide
assistance of one Postal Assistantfor half day'-to all Sub Divisional Heads from thb existing
establishment. Necessary action may be taken immediately.

For Chiefpostmaster Generat,
Bihar Circle, Patna - 800 001.
Copy to: -
1. The Postmaster General, North Region, Muzaffarpur.
2. The Assistant Director (PMU), Circle Office, Patna.

Proposal of raising the retirement age of government employees..!

Is raising retirement age of Central Government Employee a threat for employment prospects of youth ?
At the end of Every Year people used to talk about the proposal of raising the retirement age of government servants. Normally the people who are at theverge of retirement from government service are eagerly expecting the government to increase the retirement age. The Government servants especially those who are in the pay structure of Pay band –I will have to face financial burden as the Pension amount they will be paid after commutation will bevery meager and it is not sufficient enough to meet their expenses of day to day life. Because the Government employees those who are drawing grade pay of Rs.1800/-, 1900/-, 2000/-, 2400/-and 2800/- will get only around Rs.20000 as the gross salary of every month. It is understood that one cannot lead a financially successful life with this income alone. So many government servants, to run the life, forced to avail loans from where ever they can get. At the end, they are badly in debt at the time of retirement.

That is why the government servants don’t feel happy about retiring from service. But extending the service of two years from 60 to 62 will not solve all their problems. It will help them to put off facing the financial crisis for at least two years. But the Government does not consider this aspect any way to increase the retirement age of central government employees from 60 to 62.

Extension of Service to Bureaucrats
The Central Government always wanted to make better use of the knowledge and experience of its Bureaucrats even after their retirement. In other words Government wants to secure their top brass preferably IASofficers by giving service extension. Sometime extending their service for further period of two year is difficult task for the concerned department. Extension in service can be given only in “exceptional circumstances”. For example recently home Ministry wanted to give one year extension to its former Director-General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) as he has done commendable work in his stint . But it was denied by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). However, it was mainly the service rules that led to the ACC declining Home Ministry’s proposal. Normally IASofficers offered multiple service extension.

The Retirement Age of Professors
The Central Government has already increased the retirement age of professors in all the central universities from 62 to 65 years, two years back. Before that, the retirement age of professors of Central Universities was 62 with the provision for re-employment for three years after the superannuation. That time there was some allegation that this provision of re-employment was being “misused” by the authorities who took such decisions in an “arbitrary” manner. So Central Government decided to increase the retirement age of Professors to 65 uniformly.

One year extension for state government employees
Recently the Punjab government’s decided to offer an extension of one year in service to its retiring employees with effect from October 2012 . The condition laid down for this offer was 1.Employees will be given an option to continue at the same salary.2. They will get no increments in salary during the extension period but will get any due promotions. The decision to give the extension was taken to meet the shortage of 35,000 employees who are expected to retire in next one year. Since, the move may affect employment prospects of the youth, the government increased the maximum age limit for recruitment into government service from 37 to 38 years.

The Retirement Age of Judges
On August 18, 2012, The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, speaking at the 150th year celebrations of the Bombay High Court, said the government was in favour of raising the age of retirement of High Court judges. Presently, Supreme Court judges retire at 65 and High Court judges at 62.

Re engagement of Retired Employees in Railways
Whether it is true or not but it is believed that Railway gave its consensus to raise the retirement age of its employees, as it is already re-engaging their retired employee for daily remuneration after their retirement till the age of 62. It was followed from 1998 with the reference of Railway Board Letter No.E(NG)II/97/RC-4/8 dated 03.02.98. In 2009 the rates of Daily Allowances also revised for engagement of retired employees on daily remuneration basis.

So keeping in view of the entire above aspects one can assume that the state and central governments and some Departments are in fovour of increasing the retirement age of Central and State government employees.

But Social Activists and youth associations are against this proposal and they expressed their dissatisfaction over this and telling that the retirement age of central government employees should not be increased to 62 as increasing the retirement age is a threat for employment prospects of the youth.Many of them opined that instead of increasing, the retirement age should be reduced to 58 so that the youngsters will be given opportunity to get into Central government services.

[http://www.gservants.com/2012/12/02/is-raising-retirement-age-of-central-government-employees-a-threat-for-employment-prospects-of-youth/]

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MACP TO PROMOTEES = DEPARTMENT’S STAND = LATEST POSITION

APPEAL FILED IN JODHPUR HIGH COURT AGAINST CAT JUDGEMENT
Para – 9 of the Annexure – I to DOP&T OM dated 19.05.2009 provides in clearest terms that “regular service for the purpose of MACPS shall commence from the date of joining of the post in direct entry grade on a regular basis or on absorption/re-employment basis.”
The existing statutory Recruitment Rules of Postmen and PA cadre provide for promotion quota to be filled up through LDCE (Limited Departmental Competitive Examination). Para – 5 of Annexure – I of DOPT Order on MACPS provides for ignoring only the promotions/upgradations granted under the ACP scheme (old scheme) in the past to those grades which now carry the same grade pay due to merger of pay scales/up gradation of posts recommended by 6th CPC. Thus the promotions earned through LDCE are not provided to be ignored.
As per the summary record of discussions of the meeting held on 27.07.2012 with the JCM National Council Staff side on issues relating to MACPS (Annexure III to DOP&T OM No 11/2/2008-JCA dated 13.09.2012) it was decided against item No. 4 that treatment of such cases would be on the lines as was under the ACP scheme (old scheme) and Ministry of Railways would examine the matter accordingly. Para 5.1 of Annexure-I to DOP&T OM dated 09.08.1999 relating to ACP Scheme (old scheme) provides for counting of regular promotions earned through LDCE.
So far as the common Judgment of the CAT Jodhpur in OA No. 382/2011, 353/2011 and 354/2011 dated 22.05.2012 is concerned, the CAT held that whenever and official appears in LDCE and gets selected to the post, them it starts new innings for him and for the purpose of counting his stagnation, if any, from the date of joining of the new post alone would be relevant and his previous career advancement cannot be called as promotion within the definition of the word “promotion” for consideration of his eligibility under MACP scheme.
The judgment referred to above is in contradiction to the provisions of the MACPS as also against the decision of the Government against item No. 4 referred to in Annexure – III to DOP&T OM No. 11/2/2008-JCA dated 13.09.2012.
MACP Scheme is the Scheme formulated by DOP&T, the nodal Ministry in this regard. Department of Posts cannot make any change in the scheme. The Department has accordingly referred the issue to the DOP&T and provided the required Recruitment Rules as called for by the DOP&T.
Keeping in view of the existing provisions of the MACP Scheme as also the decision of the Government against item No. 4, Department has filed writ petition (Appeal) before the Hon’ble High court of Jodhpur.
Source : http://www.aipeup3chq.com/

Check your cheque status, only those in new format will be honoured from January 1


Add one more item — get a new cheque book — to your list of 'things to do' before the New Year. You may not be able to use your old cheques from next year with the implementation of the new Cheque Truncation System (CTS-2010), which will eliminate physical movement of cheques for clearing. Instead, only their electronic images, along with key information, will be captured and transmitted. It will make the clearing process more efficient, secure and quicker; but for that, you must switch to new cheques with prescribed standard features before December 31.
"Customers need not worry about the impending CTS implementation. I am sure they will not be inconvenienced due to the migration process. Some transitory period, from January 1 to March 31, could be given during which both types of cheques will be accepted. Banks are sending messages to customers now so that they comprehend the urgency and act upon it," says AC Mahajan, chairman, Banking Codes and Standards Board of India(BCSBI).
CHECK YOUR CHEQUE'S STATUS
If you have ordered your cheque books recently, say, a month ago, you may already have the new cheque leaves with you. Since most banks have already migrated to the new system, chances are that your bank would have sent you CTS-compliant cheque leaves.
However, if you have received the cheque book more than two or three months ago, you need to run a status check. For instance, the compliant ones will have the new rupeesymbol (.`) inscribed near the numerical 'amount' field.
"Visibly, there will only be the following difference: "Please sign above" is mentioned on the cheque leaf on right had side bottom; and, void pantograph (wavelike design) is embossed on left hand side of the CTS cheque leaf," explains Anindya Mitra, senior vice-president, retail liabilities group, HDFC BankBSE -1.77 %.
GET YOUR OLD CHEQUE BOOKS REPLACED
If you haven't received the new form of cheque books already, speak to your bank as early as you can. "Banks could adopt two methods to replace the old cheques. One is to send new cheque books by registered post and ask users to cancel the old ones. Customers may be asked to show proof of the same to the bank. They may also ask customers to surrender the older ones. Or, the customers can visit the bank branchthemselves to surrender the old cheques and receive the CTS-compliant ones," says Mahajan. Banks will not charge any fee for replacing the old cheque leaves.
ISSUE NEW POST-DATED CHEQUES FOR EMIS
If you have issued post-dated cheques (PDCs) for your home or auto loan EMIs, you will have to issue fresh cheques. "RBI's guidelines to NBFCs state that if they have accepted post-dated cheques from their customers for future EMI payments, they should get them replaced with CTS-2010 standard compliant cheques before December 31, 2012. This will be applicable to banks as well," explains VN Kulkarni, chief credit counsellor with the Bank of Indiabacked Abhay Credit Counselling Centre.
"Most of our customers have opted for the ECS (electronic clearing system) mode for their EMI payments. So, the new sys-tem will not impact them. Only a small percentage of borrowers pay their EMIs through post-dated cheques. We are asking them to give us new cheques and accept their older cheques back," says Abhijeet Bose, head, retail assets and strategic alliances, Development Credit BankBSE 2.35 %.
Not all banks will return your older cheques, though. You needn't be concerned about it as these cheques will be non-compliant with CTS standards and hence not be valid.
To avoid these hassles, you can simply switch to the ECS mode, where the EMI amount is debited from your account every month. It will also save you the trouble of altering the amount on PDCs in case of any change in EMIs.
Source :- The Economic Times

FAQ on Policy of Reservation to SCs STs and OBCs…Dopt orders

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS) on the Policy of Reservation to SCs STs and OBCs :
Q.1 : What is the Government on reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs?
And; Reservation to the SCs.  STs  and OBCs in case of direct recruitment on all India basis by open competition is given at the rate of 15%,  7.5% and 27% respectively. In case of direct recruitment on all India basis otherwise than by open competition, reservation for SCs. STs and OBCs is 16.66%, 7.5% and 25.84% respectively. In case of direct recruitment to Group C and D posts which normally attract candidates from a locality or a region, percentage of reservation for SCs/STs is generally fixed in proportion to the population of SCs and STs in the respective States/UTs. For OBCs it is fixed keeping in view the proportion of their population in the concerned State/UT and the fact that total reservation for SCs/STs/OBCs remains within the limit of 50% and reservation for OBCs remains within the limit of 27%.

Reservation in promotion by non-selection method is available to SCs and the STs in all groups of services viz. A, B, C and D at the rate of 15% and 7.5% respectively. In case of promotion by selection method reservation is available upto the lowest rung of Group ‘A’ at the same rates.In promotion by selection to posts within Group ‘A’ which carry an ultimate salary of Rs. 18,300/- or less (in pre-revised scale), there is no reservation, but the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe officers who are senior enough in the zone of consideration for promotion so as to be within the number of vacancies for which the select list is to be drawn up, would be included in that list provided they are not considered unfit for promotion.
Q.2 What are the key provisions of Reservation Policy?
Ans: Following are the key provisions of Policy of Reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs:
(i) SCs/ STs get reservation in all groups of posts under the Government in case of direct recruitment and in case of promotions made by non-selection method. In case of promotions made by selection, reservation is available to them when promotions are made in Group B, C, D posts and from Group B to the lowest rung in Group ‘A’ posts.
(ii) SC/ST/OBC candidates appointed by direct recruitment and SC/ST candidates also promoted on their own merit are adjusted against unreserved posts.
(iii) In promotion by selection to posts within Group ‘A’ which carry an ultimate salary of Rs. 18,300/- or less (pre-revised), there is no reservation, but the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe officers who are senior enough in the zone of consideration for promotion so as to be within the number of vacancies for which the select list is to be drawn up, would be included in that list provided they are not considered unfit for promotion.
(iv) There is a general ban on dereservation of posts in case of direct recruitment.
(v) In case of direct recruitment various relaxations, like relaxations in age limit by 5 yerar; exemption from payment of examination/application fees; relaxation in qualification of experience at the discretion of UPSC/competent authority; relaxation in standard of suitability, etc. are available to members of SCs and STs.
(vi) In case of direct recruitment, OBCs get relaxation of 3 years in upper age limit, relaxation in standards of suitability, etc.
(vii) In case of promotion, zone of consideration is extended upto five times the number of vacancies in case suitable candidates are not available within normal zone of consideration; minimum qualifying marks/ standards of evaluation are relaxable; upper age limit is relaxable by five years where upper age limit for promotion is prescribed not more than 50 years.
(viii) There is a provision of appointment of liaison officers in all Ministries/ Departments to ensure proper implementation of reservation policy.
Q. 3:  What are the relaxations available to SCs/STs?
Ans:The relaxations that are available for the SCa and STs in direct recruitment are as follows:- 
a) Relaxation in the upper age limit by five years; 
b) Exemption from payment of examination / application fees; 
c) Where interview is a part of the recruitment process, SC / ST candidates should be interviewed separately; 
d) Qualification regarding experience can be relaxed in respect of SC / ST candidates at the discretion of UPSC / Competent Authority; 
e) Standards of suitability can be relaxed etc. 
The relaxations that are available for the SCs / STs in promotions are as follows:- 
a) The zone of consideration is extended to five times the number of vacancies in case suitable SC / ST candidates are not available within the normal zone of consideration; 
b) Minimum qualifying marks / standards of evaluation are relaxable; 
c) Upper age limit relaxable by five years where upper age limit for promotion is prescribed not exceeding fifty years. etc.
Q.4.  What are the relaxations available to OBCs?
Ans: Relaxations available to OBCs in direct recruitment are as follows: 
(i) Relaxation in the upper age limit by 3 years. 
(ii) Qualification regarding experience can be relaxed at the discretion of Competent Authority. 
(iii) Standards of suitability can be relaxed, etc.
Q.5. Who is an own merit candidate?
Ans: A candidate belonging to SC/ST/OBC who is selected on the same standard as applied to general category candidates and who appears in the general merit list is treated as own merit candidate. Such candidate is adjusted against unreserved point of the reservation roster. Department of Personnel and Training O.M. No.36011/1/98-Estt.(Res.) dated 1-7-1998 clarifies that only such SC/ST/OBC candidates who are selected on the same standard as applied to general candidates shall not be adjusted against reserved vacancies. In other words, when a relaxed standard is applied in selecting an SC/ST/OBC candidate, for example in the age limit, experience qualification, permitted number of chances in written examination, extended zone of consideration larger than what is provided for general category candidates, etc., the SC/ST/OBC candidates are to be counted against reserved vacancies. Such candidates would be deemed to be unavailable for consideration against unreserved vacancies.
Q.6. What is the difference between post based reservation and vacancy based reservation?
Ans: Reservation to SCs. STs and OBCs prior to 2.07.1997 was implemented through vacancy based rosters in which case calculation of reserved vacancies depended on the total number of vacancies to be filled. The Supreme Court in the case of R.K. Sabharwal held that reservation in a cadre should be calculated on the basis of total number of posts in the cadre and not the vacancies. It means that  if reservation for SCs is 15% and cadre strength in a grade is 100, 15 posts will be reserved for SCs i.e. at any point of time 15 posts in this cadre should be held by SCs appointed by reservation. Whenever their representation comes down, it would be completed.
Q.7: What is a Backlog vacancy and why are so many backlog vacancies in services?
Ans: Backlog Revered Vacancies of a category are those vacancies which were earmarked reserved for that category in and earlier recruitment year but remained unfilled in the previous recruitment attempt on account of non-availability of suitable candidates belonging to that category and are still lying unfilled. 
As per instructions issued by the DoP&T, if sufficient number of suitable SCs, STs and OBC candidates do not become available to fill up the vacancies reserved for them in the first attempt of recruitment, a second attempt is made for recruiting suitable candidates belonging to the concerned category in the same recruitment year or as early as possible before the next recruitment year so that backlog reserved vacancies are not created. However, even after making such efforts the reserved vacancies are not filled up and backlog vacancies are created which are carried forward to the subsequent recruitment year, in which concerted efforts are made to fill up the backlog reserved vacancies as soon as possible. 
It may be observed that reason of creation of backlog reserved vacancy is non-availability of reserved category candidates for some posts.
Q.8  Whether the ceiling of 50% reservation would apply to backlog reserved vacancies of SCs, STs and OBCs.
Ans.  Backlog reserved vacancies are treated as special and distinct group and ceiling of 50% reservation in a recruitment year does not apply to backlog reserved vacancies.
Q.9  What is the policy of Government about appointment of less qualified SCs, STs and OBCs candidates?
Ans: Instructions provide that in direct recruitment whether by examination or otherwise, if sufficient number of Scheduled Caste candidates are not available on the basis of the general standard to this community should be selected to fill up the remaining vacancies reserved for them provided they are not found unfit for such post or posts. Thus, to the extent the number of vacancies reserved for Scheduled Castes cannot be filled on the basis of general standard, candidate belonging to SC community are taken by relaxed standard to make up the deficiency in the reserved quota, subject to the fitness of these candidates for appointment to the post/posts in question.
In addition to the concession referred to above, instructions further provide that in cases where the requisite number of SC candidate fulfilling even the relaxed standards admissible in their cases are not available to fill the vacancies reserved for them in non-technical and quasi-technical Group C and D services/posts required to be filled by direct recruitment otherwise than by written examination, the selecting authorities should, to the extent of the vacancies reserved for SC. select for appointment the best among the SC candidates who fulfil the minimum educational qualification laid down in the notice for recruitment of advertisement. In order to bring such candidates to the minimum standard necessary for the posts and for the maintenance of efficiency of administration, they should be given in-service training.
Where some period of experience is prescribed as an essential qualification for direct recruitment to a post, an where, in the opinion of the Ministry/ Department concerned, the relaxation of the experience qualification is not inconsistent with efficiency, a provision is inserted under the "essential qualification’ in the relevant recruitment rules to the effect that UPSC/ Competent Authority may relaxed the experience/qualification in the case of SC/ST/OBC candidates.
Q.10. Why there is no reservation in case of promotion within Group A?
Ans: Reservation to SCs and STs is available at all levels in the matter of promotion by non-selection method. In case of promotion by selection they get reservation up to the lowest rung of Group ‘A’.  Though there is no reservation in promotion by selection within Group A, in ease of promotion by selection from a Group ‘A’ post having a maximum salary of Rs. 18,300/- or less( in pre-revised scale), the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe officers who are senior enough in the zone of consideration for promotion so as to be within the number of vacancies for which the select list is to be drawn up, are included in that list provided they are not considered unfit for promotion. Thus sufficient care is taken to ensure that the SC/ST officers get promotion to such higher posts even if they do not meet the criterion laid down for general category candidates.
The Supreme Court in Indra Sawhney’s case had declared reservation in promotion ultra virus. However, in order to continue reservation in promotion, the 77th Amendment was made to the Constitution incorporating clause (4A) in Article 16 of the Constitution which enabled the State to continue reservation in promotion. The statement of Objects and Reasons of the Constitution (Eight-Sixth Amendment) Bill which became the Constitution (77th Amendment) Act, stated that the object was to continue the then existing dispensation. Since reservation in promotion was not available when promotions were made by selection within Group ‘A’ posts even before the judgment of the Supreme Court in Indra Sawhney case, the Department’s O.M. dated August 13, 1997 issued in pursuance of Article 16 (4A) has restored the previously existing dispensation, which did not provided for reservation in promotion by selection within Group ‘A’ posts.
Q.11  What is the objective behind the issuance of caste certificates to Scheduled Casts and Scheduled Tribes?
Ans. The main objective of issuance of caste certificate is to facilitate access of bonafide candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Class to the reserved posts and services under the State and other facilities provided by the State to them.
Q.12. Whether the Government have achieved the objective behind the issue of caste certificate?
Ans. On the basis of caste certificates, large number of reserved category candidates have been able to secure employment in Government establishments, PSUs, Banks, autonomous bodies ets.; secure admissions to educational institutions; and get other facilities provided by the Government to the members of Scheduled Castes. Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.
Q.13  What is the procedure for issuing of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/other Backward Class certificates? Who is the competent authority to issue the same?
Is any other authority other than specified, in any circumstances allowed to issue such certificates, If so, elaborate. 
Ans. The instructions contained in this Department’s OM No.36012/6/88-Estt.(Res.) dated 24.4.90 and OM No.36012/22/93-Estt,(Res.) dated 15.11.1993 provide the Authorities who are competent to issue of caste certificates and also the proforma However, the Central Government accepts the certificates issued only by the following authorities in the prescribed proforma: 
(1) District Magistrate / Additional District Magistrate/Collector/Deputy Commissioner/Additional Deputy Commissioner/Deputy Collector/1st class stipendiary Magistrate/Sub Divisional Magistrate/Taluka Magistrate/Executive Magistrate/Extra Assistant Commissioner. 
(2) Chief Presidency Magistrate/Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/Presidency Magistrate. 
(3) Revenue Officer not below the rank of Thasildar and 
(4) Sub-Divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and /or his family normally resides.
Q.14  What are the guidelines that have been issued to the appointing authorities in regard to scrutiny and verification of caste certificates of candidates at the time of their entry into Government service?
Whether the present guidelines on the subject are fool proof so that genuine SC/ST are not deprived of their Constitutional rights.
Ans. The Government of India has issued instructions regarding scrutiny and verification of the caste certificates of the candidates at the time of initial appointment and at every important upturn of employee’s career. This Department re-iterated the instructions vide O.M. No.36011/3/2005-Estt.(Res.) dated 9th September 2005.
Q.15  What are the guidelines in case of migration of a reserved category person from one state to another State?
Ans. When a person migrates from the portion of the State in respect of which his community is Scheduled to another part of the same State in respect of which his community is not scheduled, he will continue to be deemed to be a member of the Scheduled Caste or the Scheduled Tribe or the Other Backward Class, as the case may be in relation to that State; When a person who is a member from one State to another, he can claim to belong to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe only in relation to the State to which be originally belonged and not in respect of the State to which he has migrated.
Q.16  What action is taken when complaints are received about the genuineness of caste certificate once the appointments have been given or on detection of a prima facie case of a false SC/ST certificate at any stage of employment? Is there a set procedure to be followed for punish in such an employee?
Ans. The instructions contained in The Department of Personnel & Training’s O.M. No.11012/7/91-Estt.(A) dated 19-5-93 provide that wherever it is found that a Government servant, who was not qualified or eligible in terms of the recruitment rules etc. for initial recruitment in service or had furnished false information or produced a false certificate in order to secure appointment, he should not be retained in service. If he in a probationer or a temporary Government servant, he should be discharged or his services should be terminated. If he has become a permanent Govt. Servant, an inequity as prescribed in Rule 14 of CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 may be held and if the charges ar proved, the Government servant should be removed or dismissed from service. In no circumstances should any other penalty be imposed.  Necessary action may also be taken under the provisions of the IPC for priduction of false certificates.
Q. 17  What is ‘Creamy Layer’ amongst OBCs?
Ans. The Supreme Court in Indra Sawhney case has unheld 27% reservation for OBCs in civil posts and services under the State subject to exclusion of socially advanced persons/ sections (creamy layer) from OBCs within 4 months form the date of judgment. 
2. Following the above judgment of the Supreme Court, the Government had constituted an Expert Committee to make recommendations on the socio-economic criteria to be adopted for excluding the creamy layer amongst OBCs. The report of the Expert Committee was considered and accepted by the Government and the categories of the persons/ selections to be excluded from the purview of reservation orders for OBCs were notified in the Schedule to the OM dated 8.9.1993 issued by this Department. Initially, the Income limit of ‘creamy layer’ vide the aforesaid O.M. for exclusion of reservation was fixed Rs. 1 Lakh. 
3. Last time, this income ceiling was revised from Rs.2.5 lakh to 4.5 lakh vide OM No.36033/3/2004-Estt.(Res.) on 14.10.2008.
Q.18 What is the criteria to determine the ‘creamy layer’ amongst OBCs Employees working in PSUs?
Ans. The criteria prescribed for determining creamy layer status of some and daughters of persons in Government service mutatis mutandis applies to the sons and daughters of persons holding equivalent or comparable posts in PSUs, Banks, Insurance Organisation, Universities etc. and also holding equivalent or comparable posts and positions under private employment. The creamy layer status of the sons and daughters of employees of organizations where evaluation of the posts on equivalent or comparable basis has not been made is determined on the basis of ‘Income/ Wealth Test’ given in the Schedule. The income/ wealth Test prescribes that the gross annual income of Rs. 4.5 lakh or above or possessing wealth above the exemption limit as prescribed in Wealth Tax Act for a period of three consecutive years would be treated to fall in creamy layer.

DOP proposes to open 80 Branch Post Offices and 50 Sub-Post Offices in the country during 2012-13

India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world. However, 5,00,327 villages are without Post Offices in the country. Opening of Post Offices is an on-going process. New Post Offices are opened as per the prescribed norms and subject to availability of Plan funds and manpower. It has been proposed to open 80 Branch Post Offices and 50 Sub-Post Offices in the country during the current financial year (2012-13).
24,969 departmental Post Offices have been computerized, out of which 21,606 Post Offices have been provided electronic money order facilities. The Department has a plan to provide these services through all Post Offices in phased manner and it is expected to be completed during the current Plan. 
This information was given by Dr. (Smt.) Killi Kruparani, Minister of State for C&IT in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

Source : PIB

Aadhar without Date of Birth – Could not be used as sole document for ID proof

The Government’s initiative to issue identification cards (Aadhar) with unique identification number (UID) to all citizens of India is really a mammoth work considering the population in India.
As per the statistics issued about Aadhar, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIAI) has spent more than Rs.2000 crores for issuing Aadhar to nearly 23 crore people.
As such the Aadhar system is stated to be one of the full-proof technology to prevent duplication.  Three biometric attributes i.e face, fingerprints and iris images of the card holder are collected to maintain uniqueness.
Government has also taken all steps to officialize Aadhar Card for its acceptance an identification card by all government as well as private authorities.
Railways has already notified Aadhar as an acceptable identification card. But Banks say Aadhar alone is not enough for opening new account as it does not contain date of birth.
However, for opening a new account Banks are not accepting Aadhar alone as a documentary proof for the reason that date of birth of the card holder is not mentioned in Aadhar.  Hence,Banks insist additional documents such as PAN to verify the date of birth.
Aadhar is supposed to eliminate an individual’s difficulty of carrying multiple identification documents.  But in this case Aadhar is not alone enough as it could not produced as a document for certifying one’s age.
Better late than never:  Many feel, mentioning date of birth in Aadhar would
not be a problem as UIAI collects date of birth of an individual in the initial application itself.  In fact the year of birth is mentioned in Aadhar.
Source:  Times of India

Modification in minimum amount for National Biller for CBSE in ePayment module

It is noticed that the minimum exam fee for CBSE NEET-UG-2013 exam is Rs. 550/- (For SC/ST/PH). Whereas it was configured as Rs. 1000/- while configuring the National Biller. Hence this exl file is provided to modify the minimum amount to Rs. 561/-(550/- + 11/-)
 
1. Download the file ECounter_CBSE_03122012.rar and extract to get the exl file ECounter_CBSE_03122012.exl. 
 2. Run the exl file ECounter_CBSE_03122012.exl using scripttool.

Download ECounter_CBSE_03122012.rar



Codes for new categories of clientele of PLI

Some new categories of clientele under PLI have been added in Rule 6 of Post Office Life Insurance Rules-2011 vide Notification of even No. dated 18.10.2012 published in the Gazette of India No. 240 dated 18.10.2012 circulated vide this office letter of even No. dated 29.10.2012.

2.       Rule 16 of Manual for Circle Offices provides for suffixing letter(s) to the PLI policy number as per the organization to which the insured is belonging. As such, following codes may be assigned (sufficed) to policy numbers of PLI issued to the insured belonging to new categories added vide Notification ibid:

SI. No.
Category
Code

i
Employees on contract basis by Central Govt.
CC

ii
Employees on contract basis by State Govt.
CS

iii
Employees of Joint Ventures:
Central
State
Bank

CC
CS
B

iv
Members of credit cooperative societies
CS

v
Employees of Universities:
Central
State


CC
CS

vi
Employees of Scheduled Commercial Bank
B


Source:-Directorate of Postal Life Insurance Letter No. 25-l/2011-L1 (Vol-II) 03.12.2012