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The Madras GPO beginnings

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Searching for information about one subject has often led me to information about another. This time, I was tracking the Anglo-Indian connections of St. George's School and Orphanage on Poonamallee High Road and discovered that Madras got its General Post Office 225 years ago this year. The link was Governor Sir Archibald Campbell (1786-1790) who established the Male and Female Orphan Asylums (that developed as St. George's School) as well as the Madras G.P.O. that made the postal service a Government facility. The Madras G.P.O. started functioning from June 1, 1786 and the first Postmaster-General was Sir Archibald's secretary, A.M. Campbell. Robert Mitford was appointed the Deputy Postmaster-General. The G.P.O. was served by one Writer (clerk), five sorters, a head peon and ten postmen. They worked out of a building that was “at the beach in (by?) Fort St. George square.” In October 1837 the post office moved to “the old Bank” building inside the Fort, what is now the Fo...

IPS Movements

Ms.Shipra Sharma, 2002, ADG (MO) Dte posted on promotion as Director (FS), Dte on Adhoc basis for a period of 11 months vice Ms.Manisha Sinha proceeding on Deputation Dte Memo No : 2-2 / 2011-SPG Dt. 31.10.11. Source :  http://www.sahuliyat.com/

SSP movements - Corrigendum

In partial modification of order of even No. Dt. 19.10.11, the following transfers ordered in SSP cadre.  01. Ms.R.Selvarani, SPOs, Pudukottai Dn allotted to Kerala (earlier allotted to PTC, Mysore).  02. Shri. R.Pandi, TN allotted to North East.  Dte Memo No : 4-8 / 2009-SPG Dt 28.10.11.  Courtesy :  http://tnipasp.blogspot.com/

Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy, Secretaty (Posts) is retiring Today (31/10/2011)

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Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy, Secretary (Posts) and Chairman Postal Services Board is retiring on 31-10-2011 on superannuation. Department has gone through so many radical changes during the regime of Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy as Secretary (Posts).   We wishes our Madam for a happy and peaceful retired life

Highlights of draft Post Office Bill 2011

1. Opening of market by reducing the exclusive privilege of Central Government: Gradual opening of the market by phase wise removal of the monopoly proposed. Exclusive privilege reduced up to 150 gm. In case of letters and up to 50 gm. in case of express mail. Couriers can carry letters even within 150 gm and 50 gm ( the reserve area) subject to them charging twice the postal rates for letters and twice the rates for express service. 2. Sunset clause: A 15 years SUNSET clause for complete removal of exclusive privilege in express service and Parliamentary Review of exclusive privilege in case of letters is proposed. 3. Universal Service Obligation of the Central Government: As proposed, USO is defined as the obligation of the Central Government to provide, through the Department of Posts, basic postal services at reasonable access, affordable price and with specified service parameters throughout the country. Commitment to provide postal service, delivery and access to post office ...

Weblink 7.6 - A useful internet tool

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The flash screen of Weblink is removed and it is fast to use Weblink. Just start using new weblink from today. Courtesy :   http://doputtur.blogspot.com/

How do I forward my Gmail to another email account automatically?

Log in to your GMail account. Click Settings (at the top) Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP (at the top of the Settings box) Enter the email address to which you'd like your Gmails forwarded. Click the drop-down menu (in the next line)            Choose "keep Google Mail's copy in the inbox" or            Choose "Archive GMail's copy" or            Choose "Delete GMail's copy" Click Save Changes.           You also can set up filters to forward selected GMails           You can create upto 20 filters

Make Your Mobile Number As Not Reachable!

Make Your Mobile Number As Not Reachable! *** No need remove sim or battery*** Make Your Mobile Number As Not Reachable!We sometimes don't want to receive calls at a particular time. But the caller understands that we are not receiveing call. So make your phone as unreachable and the caller will thought that its a network problem. No need of removing sim card! Lets start the game! Go to Menu; Settings; Phone;Operator selection; Manual! Now your phone will search for available operators. Select any other network except your own network (i.e. If you are using Airtel, select vodafone in). You'll get an error message No network access! Now look at the signal bar. It is empty! But dont press back. If you press back, the phone will capture signal again. If any caller call you then, he will hear that your phone is out of network range! This trick works on almost every phone

Block / UnBlock Any Website in your Colleges & Offices Or Any Where You Want

Many times in schools, colleges & offices surfing some sites are banned. To overcome this you can unblock these or block some other websites and play pranks ! Follow the Instructions Below To Block a Website: Open the folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc There you will find a file named HOSTS Click on the file and right click. From the right click menu select Open with. Now, select Notepad to open the file from the list. Now, in the file under the line 127.0.0.1 localhost add another line as 127.0.0.2 http://www.facebook.com. File > Save. Follow the Instructions Below To UnBlock a Website: -> Do Same as above upto and then, Now, open your web browser and try opening http://www.facebook.com, it will not load. To unblock sites just do the opposite. ( means to remove : 127.0.0.2 http://www.facebook.com. )

Transfer policy for Physically Challenged Government Employees

A suggestion has been made that physically handicapped candidates appointed under the Government  should preferably be posted in their native places or at least in their  native district.  The matter has been examined carefully by DOPT and following decision was taken vide Office Memorandum   NO. A-B 14017/41/90-Estt (RR) dated 10.05.1990 It may not be possible or desirable to lay down that physically handicapped employees belonging to Group-A or Group-B who have all India transfer liability should be posted near their native places.   However, in the case of  holders of Group-C or Group-D posts who have been recruited on regional basis and who are physically handicapped, such persons may be given posting, as far as possible,  subject to administrative constraints, near their  native places within the region. Requests from physically handicapped employees for transfer to or near their native places may also be given preference. However, the r...

Transfer norms for employees who are parents of Special Children

While considering request of   Government Employees   who are parents of Special Children, regarding their place of posting, DOPT has given following guidelines to the all Central Government Departments. No. AB 14017/41/90-Estt. (RR) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) ******** New Delhi,  15th February, 1991 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject:   Posting of   Government employees   who have  mentally retarded children. The undersigned is directed to say that there has been a demand that an employed parent of a mentally retarded child should be given posting at a place of his/her choice.  This demand has been made on the plea that facilities of medical aid and education of such children are not available everywhere.  Also looking after such children does require special care and patience and is expensive.  Hence some concessions from the Government at least in mat...

BSNL plans to trim landline operations, cut jobs

State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) plans to sharply scale down the manpower strength of its beleaguered landline business, which accounts for nearly 65% of its 2.77 lakh-strong workforce, in one of the boldest moves to transform the loss-making telco into a nimble, profit-making organisation.  "Poor revenues coupled with a steep reduction in the number of landline connections over the past three years from some 34 million to under 25 million has made a sizeable number of positions and functions in the consumer fixed access (CFA) division redundant. A review of the manpower requirement is underway, but we are yet to take a call on which positions to retain and which to abolish," a top company executive with direct knowledge of the development told ET.  At present, BSNL is doing an internal assessment of whether its loss-making landline business justifies the existence of innumerable phone mechanics,telecom technical assistants, regular mazdoors and junior telecom offic...

PA CONFIRMATION EXAM - Model Question Paper

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How to Uninstall Symantec EndPoint Client If Uninstall Password is in place

Sometimes its hard to uninstall SEP client if uninstall password is lost or SEPM is down. In such cases you may follow these steps Start - Run type smc -stop ( If it prompts for password; navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\SMC, delete the smcexit key and then type smc -stop) Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\SMC look for smcinstdata key; delete it Go to add/remove program and uninstall the client.. This is also worked for removing symantec end point protection client which was installed from NIC site which was having a password.

SSP movements - Tamilnadu Circle

The following SSP Regular / Adhoc arrangements. CO Memo No : STC / 1-5 / 2010 Dt.27.10.11. Regular Promotions : 01. Shri. S.Ramamurthy, SSPOs, Madurai Dn posted as Kanyakumari Dn vice vacant post. 02. Shri. P.L.Raghunathan, SSRM, RMS "MA" Dn posted as SSPOs, Madurai Dn. 03. Shri. N.Inbalagan, SSPOs, Pondicherry Dn posted as SSRM, RMS "T" Dn. 04. Shri. N.Ramar, SSPOs, Bankura DN, WB posted as SSRM, RMS "MA" Dn. 05. Shri. V.Ramasamy, SSPOs, Shilong Dn, NE posted as APMG Staff, RO, Coimbatore. 06. Shri. A.K.Firoze Mohideen, Offg SSPOs, Thanjavur Dn posted as SSPOs, Thanjavur Dn. 07. Shri. V.Sampath, SPOs, Tirupur Dn posted as CPM, Chennai GPO. Adhoc Promotions : 01. Shri.V.S.Mani, AD PLI Prop, CO posted as APMG (Mails & Est), CO, Chennai vice Shri.S.Ranganathan, Offg APMG (Mails & Estt), CO posted as AD (Tech), Dte on regular promotion. 02. Shri.P.K.Natarajanm AD (Mails), RO, COimbatore posted as APMG (Staff), RO, CCR vice temporary upgradation conseq...

New Cluster Policy for IPs & ASPs in TN Circle.

CO Memo No : STA / 3-2 / 2010 Dt. 25.10.11. A. Chennai City Region :  Cluster 1 - Anna Road HO / Chennai GPO / Ch City Central Dn / Ch City North Dn / Ch City SOuth Dn / RO / CO / Foreign Post / PSD, Chennai / CSD, Chennai / Airmail Stg / Ch Sorting / RMS M Dn. Cluster 2 - Tambaram Dn / Kanchipuram Dn / Chengalpattu Dn / Arakkonam Dn. Cluster 3 - Pondicherry Dn / Tiruvannamalai Dn / Vellore Dn. B. Central Region : Cluster 1 - Cuddalore Dn / Vriddachalam Dn / Kumbakonam Dn / Mayiladuthurai Dn. Cluster 2 - Nagapattinam Dn / Pattukottai Dn / Pudukottai Dn / Thanjavur Dn. Cluster 3 - Karur Dn / Srirangam Dn / Trichy Dn / RO / RMS T Dn / PSD, Trichy. C. Southern Region : Cluster 1 - Dindigul Dn / Theni Dn. Cluster 2 - Madurai Dn / Madurai RMS / PSD Madurai / Virudunagar Dn. Cluster 3 - Ramnad Dn / Sivaganga Dn / Karaikudi Dn. Cluster 4 - Tirunelveli Dn / Kanyakumari Dn / PSD, Tirunelveli Dn. Cluster 5 - Kovilpatti Dn / Tuticorin Dn. D. Western Region :  Cluster 1 - Coimbatore Dn / ...

Settlement of Savings Banks Claims - Revised Procedures

Types of Claims WITH NOMINATION WITH OUT NOMINATION / LEGAL EVIDENCE WITH LEGAL EVIDENCE NORMS FOR SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS 7 days from the date of Receipt WITH NOMINATION CLAIMS What the customer should present? Claim Application – SB 30  Death Certificate – in original  Passbook  Copy of ID Proof and address proof of the claimant(s) WITHOUT NOMINATION/ LEGAL EVIDENCE   What the customer should present? Claim Application – SB 30 Death Certificate – in original Passbook Letter Indemnity ( signed by the claimant(s) and Suritie(s) and attested by the Notary Public) Affidavit (Executed before Oath Commissioner) Letter of disclaimer on Affidavit (Executed before the Oath Commissioner) Copy of ID Proof and address proof of the claimant(s) With legal evidence What the customer should present? What the customer should present? Claim Application – SB 30 Death Certificate – in original Passbook Legal evidence in original or certified copies or attested copies with original (Origi...