NPS: KYC document required for entry & exit and PAN Card mandatory for Tier II Account

PENSION FUND REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

PFRDA/ 2013/11/ PDEX/7

May 22, 2013

To, 
All POP's, Aggregators, CRA, Central and State Governments, 

Dear Sir/ Madam, 

Sub: 1. KYC documents required for entry & exit of National Pension System - Addendum

2. Making PAN Card a Mandatory requirement for opening and operation of Tier II account

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English Subject in Recruitment Examination: Lok Sabha Q&A

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 6880

ANSWERED ON 08.05.2013

ENGLISH SUBJECT IN RECRUITMENT EXAMINATIONS

6880 . Shri RAKESH SINGH
Will the Minister of PERSONNEL,PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state:-

(a) whether English subject is mandatory in the recruitment of examination for the Government jobs in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether candidates of rural, poor and lower middle-class, lacking knowledge of English subject, are deprived of these jobs as a result thereof;

(d) if so, whether the Government is likely to take action to do away with the compulsion of English subject for all such examinations; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken in this regard?

Pension Scheme for the employees of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs)

Number of various categories of posts in teaching as well as non-teaching categories in the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas..?

Whether persons appointed in JNVs prior to the year 2004 in teaching as well as non-teaching categories are not getting pension after retirement..?

The Ministry has replied to the questions above mentioned in Lok Sabha on 13.3.2013 as under...

"The number of teaching as well as non-teaching categories of posts sanctioned in the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) in the country is given below:-

Dopt Orders 2013 : Proper Monitoring of deputation by the lending Departments

No.6/8/2009-Estt (Pay-II)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi

Dated: 16th May, 2013.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Proper Monitoring of deputation by the lending departments.

Undersigned is directed to refer to this Departments OM of even number dated the 17th June, 2010 and to say that as per existing instructions no extension in deputation beyond the fifth year is allowed. Further, as per the OM No. 14017/30/2006-Estt (RR) dated the 29th November, 2006, the deputationist officer is deemed to have been relieved on the date of expiry of the deputation period unless the competent authority has with requisite approvals, extended the period of deputation, in writing, prior to the date of its expiry. These instructions were reiterated vide the OM of even number dated the 1st March, 2011.

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Whether Service Book of an Employee can be supplied under RTI

This question if gets an answer as ‘yes’ may sound a bit weird and unwarranted in employee’s point of view as nobody would like supply of personal records to public.

Of Course there is sense in employee’s case in this issue as Service book of an Government Employee contains very important information about his/her service including disciplinary proceedings taken against him/her.

More seriously, Service Book of a Government Employee would also contain certain personal information such as nominees, present health status, whether undergone any family planning procedures etc., which could be misused against an employee by unscrupulous elements under the cover of RTI.

However, Central Information Commission has decided in a case recently which came for appeal that PIO to supply a copy of the service record of employee under RTI after invoking Sec.10(1) of the RTI Act to sever all those portions that are exempt from disclosure u/s 8(1)(j) of the Act as personal information.

An Extract of order portion in this case is as follows.

“The Commission however, holds that the Public Authority is obligated under section 4(1)(b) the RTI Act to disclose information related to the service of its employees and is not convinced by Shri D’Costa’s argument that such disclosure will endanger his physical safety as all this information is anyway expected to be placed in the public domain.
The Commission accordingly directs the PIO to supply a copy of the service record of Shri Allan D’Costa to the Appellant after invoking Sec.10(1) of the RTI Act to sever all those portions that are exempt from disclosure u/s 8(1)(j) of the Act as personal information. The information should reach the Appellant within four weeks of receipt of this order.”

Though CIC ruling contains a rider for safeguarding private information of a Government employee out of purview of RTI, officials who actually supply information under RTI may find it difficult to differentiate between public and private information related to an employee. In the process, RTI information seeker with profit or malicious motive could sneak in with private information of Government employees.

We hope Government would come up with a meaningful classification of public and private information of a Government Employee and notifiy the same for effective implementation at lower level, which could find an effective soultion to this issue

Source: rtiIndia.org

TNTET- Teachers Eligibility Test 2013 - Notification

Paper I - 17.08.2013 Time 10 am to 1 pm

Paper II - 18.08.2013 Time 10 am to 1 pm

Recruitment Post = 13,000  (SGT+BT)

Application Sales Starts From 17.06.2013 to 01.07.2013

Application Cost: Rs. 50
Examination Fees: Rs. 500  
SC/ST/Disabled Fees: Rs. 250

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Question Paper of Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam Held on 19 May 2013 under Phase 4

Question Paper of Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam

Held on 19 May 2013

Circles covered: Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttarakhand and U. P. circles

Prepared by: http://currentaffairs4examz.blogspot.com

Published by: http://sapost.blogspot.in/

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Our special thanks: to our friend Pramod Yadav who has shared this Question Paper with us..

Disclaimer: markings & calculations shown in question paper are done by the candidate.

Shashi Kant Sharma, Defence Secretary Appointed as the New Comptroller & Auditor General of India

The President of India has appointed Shri Shashi Kant Sharma, IAS, as the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, in terms of Article 148 (1) of the Constitution of India. Shri Sharma is presently holding the post of Defence Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, Government of India. He will be taking over the charge of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India from 23rd May, 2013.

Shri S.K. Chakrabarti(IPoS-1978), Chief Postmaster General, Odisha Circle promoted to the grade of Member, Postal Services Board.

Shri S.K. Chakrabarti(IPoS-1978), Chief Postmaster General, Odisha Circle is posted as Principal Chief Postmaster General, Odisha Circle, Bhubaneswar on his promotion to the grade of Member, Postal Services Board vide Department of Posts(Personnel Division) order No. 1-19/2013-SPG dated 21/5/2013 against the post of Member (HRD) redeployed temporarily till 31.07.2013 (i.e.the date of retirement of Sh.S.K. Chakrabarti on superannuation). 

The Post of Member (HRD) will stand restored on 01.08.2013. 

To view the order please Click Here.

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO 582 ANSWERED ON 08.05.2013 - POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK

Department has decided to install 1000 ATM machines in Post Offices. Departmental staff is involved in 714 fraud cases whereas in 119 fraud cases, authorised agents are involved during the financial year 2012-13. As on 31/3/2013, 304259 authorised agents are attahced to Post Offices for mobilizing funds for small savings schemes. To see the details, please CLICK HERE.

Gramin Dak Sevak's son cleared Civil Service (Main) Examination 2012 (UPSC).

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on 3 May 2013 declared final result of Civil Service (Main) Examination 2013. A total of 998 candidates have been recommended for appointment to Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service, and Central Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’. CLICK HERE to see the result

In Tamilnadu Circle, Sri.R.Kesavan, S/o Sri.Ravindran, GDS MD, Sankarankudiyiruppu Branch Post Office, account with Satankulam SO in Tuticorin Division of Tamilnadu Circle has passed Civil Services Examinations with111th rank.

This SAPOST Team congratulate the candidate and wish best of luck to his future career.

Courtesy : http://postalinspectors.blogspot.in/

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INVITATION FOR THE 36TH CIRCLE CONFERENCE OF AIPEU GR.C TN CIRCLE

INVITATION FOR THE 36TH CIRCLE CONFERENCE OF AIPEU GR.C TN CIRCLE.

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Increment provision for retiring employees: Govt reply in Rajya Sabha

In written reply of question "whether Government proposes to modify the existing recommendation of the Sixth Pay Commission that Central Government employees will get an increment in the month of July in every calendar year to ensure that those Government employees who are retiring irrespective of the month of the calendar year and have at least put in more than six months of service get the last increment", Govt has submitted that there is no proposal under consideration of the Government to make any changes in increment date.

See full details of Rajya Sabha Q&A:-

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Promotions to the cadre of HSG I (Postal) of AP Circle

Circle Office, Hyderabad, vide memo no ST/4-1(P)/2013 dated 20.05.2013, has ordered the following promotions in   the cadre of HSG-I (Postal) in the pay band-2 of  Rs.9300-34,800 with Grade Pay Rs.4,600/- to the following HSG-II(Postal) officials  and allotted to the regions noted against their names with immediate effect until further orders.

The following promotions are subject to the outcome of  Hon’ble CAT, Hyderabad Bench interim orders dated 1/5/2013 of OA NO.582/2013 filed by K.Dayanand & 11 others. 

Closing of Post and Telegraph Offices: Lok Sabha Q&A

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 6865

ANSWERED ON 08.05.2013

CLOSING OF POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES

6865 . Shri MANICKA TAGORE
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-

(a) whether many post and telegram offices have been closed/shut down across the country without any prior notice/ announcement by the Government;

(b) if so, the details of such posts and telegram offices separately closed during the last three years and the current year;

(c) the reasons for closing such posts and telegram offices;

(d) whether people from all walks of life are facing great hardships as a result thereof;

(e) if so, whether the Government proposes to reopen the closed Post and Telegraph Offices; and

(f) if so, the details thereof along with the Post and Telegraph Offices reopened/ likely to be reopened?

Agenda Items for Pensioners : AIRF published eight important agenda items on pensionary matters

Agenda Items for Pensioners : AIRF published eight important agenda items on pensionary matters

All India Railwaymen's Federation General Secretary Shri.Shiva Gopal Mishra have posted a letter on his official blog regarding that the eight agenda items has sent to Secretary, Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare for the forthcoming meeting with Secretary(Pension). We have reproduced full text of the letter and given below for your ready reference...

Snail mail: Navsari doctor receives letter after 31 yrs

SURAT: Can something be both touching and hilarious at the same time? Well this one is. A letter sent from Anand was delivered in Navsari town after 31 years. The postal department may not be very proud of this feat but the recipient says he is grateful to it for delivering the letter, though tattered from the sides.

Dr Ashok Shroff, 63, an eye specialist in Navsari, on Thursday morning received an inland letter delivered by a postman of Navsari head post office. The letter was posted by his doctor-friend based in Anand on January 1, 1982. This left Shroff shocked. He shared this news 'over telephone' with Kumar, who too was left dazed.

Empanelment of private hospitals (including dental clinics and eve care centres) and diagnostic centres under CGHS, DELHI & NCR

Click here to view No: S.11045/23/2013-CGHS D.II/HEC/CGHS(P), dated 30.04.2013 issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India

Answer Key of Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam held on 19 May 2013- General Awareness Section

Solved Questions of Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam held on 19 May 2013

General Awareness Section: Questions with Answer Key

Circles Covered: Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttarakhand and U. P. circles

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Published by www.sapost.blogspot.com

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Details of Abolished Post and Shortage of Staff in Postal Department

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 6875

ANSWERED ON 8.05.2013

SHORTAGE OF STAFF IN POSTAL DEPARTMENT

6875 . Smt. DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH, ASHOK TANWAR
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government has abolished 17093 posts across the cadres in the department of posts during the period from 2005 to 2008; 

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; 

(c) whether there is a shortage of staff in various cadre in the department and in the post offices in the country; 

(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and 

(e) the steps proposed to be taken to fill the vacant posts expeditiously, so as to ensure prompt and quality service to customers?

RMS employees son cleared Civil Service (Main) Examination 2012 (UPSC).

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on 3 May 2013 declared final result of Civil Service (Main) Examination 2013. A total of 998 candidates have been recommended for appointment to Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service, and Central Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’. CLICK HERE to see the result.

Shri Yogesh Gunaji Loke s/o Shri Gunaji Loke, Sorting Assistant, AMPC, Mumbai has declared successful in the said examination. He appeared under Roll No. 308689 and secured 963 marks.

This SAPOST Team congratulate the candidate and wish best of luck to his future career.

TN TET Syllabus, Study Material and Model Question Papers 2013 (Tamilnadu)

TN TET Syllabus, Study Material and Model Question Papers 2013 with Answers

TNTET  Tamil Nadu Teachers Eligibility Test examination for the year 2013 will be announced within a week. The Candidates those who are appearing for TNTET 2013 examination can download study material given below. TNTET study material here is provided with answers. Click the following links to download study materials.

TNTET 2013 Notification - Click here

How to prepare yourself for TNTET 2013 examination  -  Click here 

SAPOST Team wishes all the best to all the candidates of TNTET 2013.

Assam 12th Exam Result 2013

Assam 12th exam result 2013 / Assam HSSLC - Higher Secondary – Class 12 Results 2013 to be announced on Monday 20th May 2013 at 10 AM

Assam 12th exam result 2013 likely to be announced on 20th MAY, 2013. AHSEC Assam Higher Secondary Education Council will release results in the official websites.

Assam 12th examination was conducted in the month of March / April 2013. Around 4 lakh candidates had appeared for Assam 12th examination. Presently they are waiting for results.

The Assam 12th Candidates can check results here :

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