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POST OFFICE GUIDE PART II (RULE &REGULATION RELATING TO FOREIGN POST) 1.         Categories of Foreign postal articles are             a)         Letter post & Parcel post                 b)         Airmail & Sea mail              c)        Registration post & Ins post           d)         All of the above                    Ans:a(1) 2.         The abbreviation  ‘UPU’ stands for    ...

The Ministry of Railways has revised passenger fares with effect from tomorrow i.e. 1st April 2012 in AC-First Class, AC-2 tier, Executive Class and First Class only. There is no revision in other classes of travel. The revised fares in these classes would be applicable to all types of trains on Indian Railways network.  The revised fares will also apply to tickets issued in advance for journeys to commence on or after 1st April 2012. In the case of tickets already issued at pre-revised rates, the difference in fares from 1st April 2012 will be recovered from passengers either by TTEs in the trains or by the booking offices before commencement of the journey by the passengers as per the usual practice in case of such fare revisions.

New Delhi, Mar 30, 2012(PIB):  The CCS (Leave) Rules has been amended by the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) vide Notification F.No.13026/2/2010-Estt.(L)] dated 29.03.2012.  You can't take leave excess five years. According to the new amendment, the Government Servants cannot be granted any kind of leave for a continuous period more than 5 years. It has been further laid down that any government servant if absent from duty for more than 5 years continuously with or without leave (other than on Foreign Service), they shall be deemed to have resigned from their post. The said notification is placed below for your ready reference. Click here for the notification.

SB Order No.04/2012 No.113-01/2011-SB Government of India Ministry of Communications & IT Department of Posts Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110001. Date: 30.03.2012 To All Heads of Circles/Regions Addl. Director General, APS, New Delhi. Subject:- Revision in Interest Rates of Small Savings Schemes w.e.f 1 st  April 2012. Sir / Madam, The undersigned is directed to say that vide its OM No. 6-1/2011-NS-II (Pt.) dated 26.03.2012, Ministry of Finance (DEA) has revised interest rates of Small Savings Schemes from 1 st  of April 2012. Detail about old and revised rates is given below:- INTEREST RATE TABLE Name of Scheme Period Interest rates from 1.12.2011 Interest rates from 1.4.2012 Savings Account General 4.00% 4.00% Time Deposit 1 Year 7.7% 8.20% 2 Year 7.8% 8.30% 3 Year 8.0% 8.40% 5 Year 8.3% 8.50% 5 Years Recurring Deposit 5 years 8.0% 8.40% Monthly Income Account 5 Years 8.2% 8.50% Sr. Citizen Savings Scheme Account 5 Years 9% 9.30% Public Provident Fund Scheme Accou...