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Directorate announced results of Postmaster grade -I Examination held on 03/06/2012 vide Memo No.A-34013/04/12-DE dated 11/07/2012.  Please  Click here Source: www.indiapost.gov.in

 1687  The first Municipal Corporation in India was set up in Madras.   1772  Lord Warren Hastings created the Office of District Collector.  1829  The office of the Divisional Commissioner was created by Lord William Bentick.   1859  The Portfolio System was introduced by Lord Canning.   1860  A system of Budget was introduced.  1870  Lord Mayo's resolution on financial decentralisation, visualised the development of local self-government institutions in India.   1872  First Census in India was conducted during Lord Mayo's period.   1881  First regular Census was conducted during Lord Mayo's period.   1882  Lord Ripon's resolution was hailed as the 'Magna Carta' of local self-government. He is regarded as the 'Father of local self-government in India'.  1905  The tenure system was introduced by Lord Curzon.  1953  The first linguistic st...

  No.19(7)/2012/D(Lab) Government of India Ministry of Defence New Delhi, the 18th June, 2012. Subject:- Compassionate appointment - Clarification regarding regulation of condition and admissibility of various allowances after implementation of 6th CPC recommendation - regarding.  The undersigned is directed to refer to DoP&T O.M. No. F.No. 14014/2/2009-Estt(D) dated 3.4.2012 on the above subject circulated  vide this Ministry letter of even number dated 11.4.2012 and to forward the following clarifications received from DoP&T, for information, compliance, guidance and necessary action:- S.No. Point of Reference Clarification 1 Cases where widows who were earlier engaged in Pay band-1 with Grade Pay Rs. 1800/- and given on job training and were later reverted to Trainee in - 1S Pay Band due to subsequent govt instruction recovery of excess payment has been effected: (i) Will they be entitled to arrears for the recovery effected from them. (ii) Will thei...

The internet revolution has allowed rapid exchange of communication through email. However, the internet has not reached most of the rural India and other remote areas. To bridge this digital divide, and to bring the benefit of the revolutionary internet technology to people living in these areas, Department of Posts has introduced epost.  The epost was initially launched in 5 States on experimental basis. In the wake of the experience gained, a tie up has been established with National Informatics Centre (NIC) who have developed the software, and the service is being launched on national basis.  epost is a service under which printed or even handwritten messages of customers are scanned and transmitted as email through internet. At the destination offices, these messages are printed, enveloped and delivered through postmen like other letters at the postal addresses.  For this purpose, epost ...

MODEL QUESTIONS FOR IPO - (Postal Manual Vol IV Qn 51-71) 51.       Qualification of Inspector of Post office is             a)         An inspector must be a man of active habits and physically able to stand the  strain of constant traveling, by night as will as day.             b)         He must be thoroughly acquainted with the work of post office and the positions  of Post office and mail lines c)         He must be able to conduct efficiency the investigation that are entrusted to him d)         All the above                            ...

51.    What is the position in case if no casual leave on account for debiting to late attendance? If the leave sanctioning authority does not want to condone the delay, what action can be taken? Ø    If an official who has no casual leave to his credit comes late without sufficient justification and the administrative authority is not prepared to condone the late coming, he may inform the official that he will be treated as on unauthorized absence for the day on which he came late and leave it to the official himself either to face unauthorized absence or to apply for earned leave or any kind of leave due and admissible for the entire day, the same may be sanctioned. This is the order of the Ministry of Home Affairs dt. 05.03.82. As such Question of Dies non will not arise in such cases. 52.    How many days an official can avail Earned leave at a stretch? Ø    Since 12.10.1990, it has been increased to 180 days. 53.    Whether the Fitn...