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A new course for government employees in the country was launched Thursday by the Indira Gandhi National Open University ( IGNOU) and the training division of department of personnel and training (DoPT), an official said. The new programme is called ‘Distance and E-Learning Programme for Government Employees’ (DELPGE) for which a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between IGNOU and the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and the DoPT. ‘The main objective of DELPGE is to increase the availability and flexibility of options open to employees for enhancing their knowledge and skills in order to improve the functioning of government organisations and the delivery of services to the public,’ said an official of the IGNOU. The programme includes a masters programme in distance and e-learning, post-graduate advanced diploma, post-graduate diploma and diploma programmes in the subject, among others. Open to central government employees working in ministries, departm...

PIN Codes in India Postal Index Number (PIN) is a 6 digit code. There are 8 PIN regions in the country. The first digit indicates one of the regions. The first 2 digits together indicate the sub region or one of the postal circles. The first 3 digits together indicate a sorting / revenue district. The last 3 digits refer to the delivery Post Office. The first digit of PIN indicates the following: Regions indicated by first digit of PIN First Digit Region States Covered 1 Northern Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir 2 Northern Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand> 3 Western Rajasthan and Gujarat 4 Western Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh 5 Southern Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka 6 Southern Kerala and Tamil Nadu 7 Eastern West Bengal, Orissa and North Eastern 8 Eastern Bihar & Jharkand The first 2 digits of PIN indicates the following: Sub regions indicated by first 2 digits of PIN First 2 Digits of PIN Circle 11 Delhi 12 and 13 Haryana 14 to 16 Punjab...

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS COMMITTEE A committee to discuss about system administrators issue has already been constituted. The content of the letter is as follows: Government of India Ministry of Communications & IT Department of Posts (SR Section) Dak Bhawan Parliament Street New Delhi 11001 No. 1/1/2010-SR Dated – 19 July, 2010 Subject: - Secretary (P)’s meeting with Postal Joint Council of Action on 12.07.2010 at 11 hrs. in Dak Bhawan- Item No. 12 creation of System Administrators Cadre and financial compensations for special work performed by System Administrators Please refer to minutes of Secretary (P)’s meeting dated 12.07.2010 on the above – mentioned subject. 2. It was decided to constitute a Committee comprising DDG (Estt), DDG (P) and DDG (Technology) to consider creation of System Administrators cadre. As regards grnat of Road Milleage Allowance, the matter was reported to be already under examination. 3. In the light of the above, a Committee comprising the following is c...

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How to Enable Plug and Play detection ( LPT Port ) To enable Plug and Play detection: Right-click the My Computer icon on your desktop, and then click Properties . Click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager . Click to expand Ports , right-click Printer Port (LPT1) , and then click Properties . Note If have more than one printer port installed on your computer, click LPT2 or LPT3 . Click the Port Settings tab, click Enable legacy Plug and Play detection , and then click OK . Restart your computer when you are prompted to do so. After you restart your computer, Windows detects your Plug and Play hardware and the New Hardware Installation Wizard starts if the hardware is connected to the computer.

Taxpayers will now have to procure a 'new number' for filing returns and making any communication with the Income Tax department. The unique Document identification number (DIN), on the lines of numbers like PAN and TAN, will be quoted on "every" income tax-related communication, including returns to be filed next year for the financial year 2010-11. According to the new guidelines brought out by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the DIN will be mandatory "in respect of every notice, order, letter or any correspondence" with the department, by the taxpayers. "The DIN will be generated by the I-T department and will be useful, essentially, for error-free filing of tax returns, claiming refunds and other communication with the department by the assesses," a senior Finance Ministry official said. The 'Aykar Sampark Kendras' will hand out the DIN from this month, the official said. Assesses will not be put to any trouble, as the number...

Leave Travel Concession - LTC rules : reference Eligibility : Any employee with one year of continuous services on the date of Journey performed by him/his family is eligible . For eg: an official appointed on 31-12-2008 will be eligible for the two year block 2008-09, but those appointed on or after 01-01-2009 will not be eligible for that block. Government servants whose spouses are working in Indian railways, National Airlines are not eligible for LTC and if an official is under suspension, his family members only can avail LTC. When both the husband and wife are central government servants  then: 1. They can claim LTC for their respective families. eg: while the husband can claim for his parents/minor brothers/sisters, the wife can avail for her parents/ miner brother/sisters. 2. The husband / wife who avails LTC as a member of the family of the spouse, cannot claim independently for self. 3. They can declare separate Home town’s independently. Salient Points regarding L...

No.20011/1/2008-Estt.(D) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) ... New Delhi, dated the 11 th November 2010 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: SENIORITY - Consolidated orders on... The undersigned is directed to say that instructions have been issued by this Department from time to time laying down the principles for determining seniority of persons appointed to services and posts under the Central Government. For facility of reference, the contents of the important orders on the subject have been consolidated as a compilation "Instructions and Guidelines on Seniority" . The number and date of the original O.M.'s has been referred in the relevant instructions* for easy reference to the context. The consolidated instructions include revised instructions on the following: i. Seniority of persons appointed on direct recruitment from the reserved panel at a later date, specifically when the officers from...

Regulation of the Date of Next Increment in case of Extra-ordinary leave This clarification is regulation of the Date of Next Increment in case of Extra-ordinary leave (without medical certificate) after implementation of the CCS(RP) Rules, 2008. Consequent upon the implementation of CCS(RP) Rules 2008, the increments in the revised pay structure are to be regulated in terms of Rule 10 of the CCS (RP) Rules 2008. This rule states that 'there will be a uniform date of annual increment viz. 1st of July every year. Employees completing 6 months and above in the revised pay structure as on Ist July will be eligible to be granted the increment." 2. The issue of regulation of date of next increment in case of EOL (without medical certificate) after implementation of CCS(RP) Rules 2008, has been examined in consultation with the Department of expenditure. 3. It is clarified that except as provided under the conditions laid down in this Department's OM dated 18.2.1986, qualifying ...

Different Types of Leave available to central government employees and a brief description of each leave 1.   Earned Leave: 2.   Half Pay Leave: 3.   Commuted Leave: 4.   Leave Not Due: 5.   Maternity Leave: 6.   Paternity Leave: 7.   Study Leave: 8.   Extra Ordinary Leave: 9.   Casual Leave: 10. Child Care Leave: 11. Hospital Leave:: 12. Vacational Department Staff Leave: 13: Special Disability Leave: 14. Child Adoption Leave: 1. Earned Leave: The credit for earn leave will awarded at a rate of 15 days on the 1st of January and 1st of July every year. It can be accumulated up to 300 days in addition to the number of days for which encashment has been allowed along with LTC. Maximum of 180 days at a time can be availed in the case of Earned Leave. Some exceptions are also there. Earned leave exceeding 180 days but not exceeding 300 days at a time may be granted to Group 'A' and Group 'B' officer...

Leave Travel Concession - CCS Rules 1. LTC Rules is allowed all Government servants irrespective of the distance between headquarters and their home town. 2. LTC Rules is allowed Hometown" means the town, village or any other place declared as such by the servant and accepted by the controlling officer. 3. LTC Rules is allowed only to those who have completed one year of service on the date of journey. 4. LTC Rules is allowed for self and family. 5. LTC Rules is allowed only to the family (in the case of an employee under suspension). 6. LTC Rules is allowed to journey to “ Home Town ” once in a block of two years. 7. LTC Rules is allowed journey to “Any place in India ” once in a block of four years. 8. LTC Rules is allowed to expression "any place in India " will cover any place within the territory of India whether it is on the mainland, or overseas. 9. LTC Rules is allowed journey to “Any place in India ” in lieu of one journey to Home Town . 10. LTC Rules is al...

CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES (LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION) RULES LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION - RULES Types of leave travel concession:- 1. Home Town :-The leave travel concession to hometown shall be admissible irrespective of the distance between the headquarters of the Government servant and his hometown, once in a block of two calendar years, such as 2006-2007, 2008-2009 and so on. (Hometown" means the town, village or any other place declared as such by the Government servant and accepted by the controlling officer) 2. Any Place in India :-The leave travel concession to any place in India shall be admissible irrespective of the distance of the place of visit from the headquarters of the Government servant, once in a block of four calendar years, such as 2006-2007, 2008-2009 and so on: (The expression "any place in India" will cover any place within the territory of India whether it is on the mainland, or overseas. If there are any local restrictions on visits to places in border...

House Building Advance to Central Government Employees 27-11-2008 . 3.The maximum limit for grant of HBA shall be 34 months' of pay in the pay band . 4.Subject to a maximum of Rs. 7.50 lakh or cost of the house or the repaying capacity whichever is the least, for new construction/purchase of new house/flat. 5.The maximum limit for grant of HBA for enlargement of existing house shall be 34 months' pay in the pay band . 6.Subject to a maximum of Rs. 1.80 lakh or cost of the enlargement or repaying capacity, whichever is the least. 7.The cost ceiling limit shall be 134 times the pay in the pay band . 8.Subject to a minimum of Rs.7.50 lakh and a maximum of Rs.30 lakh relaxable up to a maximum of 25% of the revised maximum cost ceiling of Rs.30 lakh. 9.The rate of interest on House Building Advance is between 5% to 9.5% ,depending on the loan amount. 10.The repaying capacity of Govt. servants who have more than 20 years of remaining service has been revised from 35% to 40% of pay. ...

Department of posts issued orders on creation of   POSTMASTER  cadre in Postal wing. The orders are issued by Ministry of Communications and IT, Department of Posts. In spite of the long existence of the post offices and challenges being faced by the Department from private players in the field, there had been never been an exclusive cadre for postmasters. The postal assistants , LSG/HSG-II etc are posted to man the posts of postmasters. This system serves the Department quite well till some time back. But now in order to improve/upgrade the functioning  of the post offices  , meet the present day requirement of specialization in postal management in the wake of introduction of technology, challenges from market and to increase productivity it has absolutely become essential to ensure that key post offices headed by professional mangers. Thus in order to insure that professionally qualified trained officials head the key post offices, it has been decided to introdu...