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Dopt Orders -  Relaxation in eligibility condition for Combined Section Officers/PS Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination-2012 & 2013 No. 4/4/2012-CS-II(A) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel & Training Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Dethi-110003. Date: 22nd November, 2013 ORDER Whereas the Central Secretariat Stenographers Service Private Secretary Grade (Limited Departmental Competitive Examination) Regulations, 2010 provide that for being eligible to appear in the Private Secretary Grade (Limited Departmental Competitive Examination) any regular Personal Assistant of the Central Secretariat Stenographers’ Service (CSSS) possessing a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University, on the crucial date, inter-alia, should satisfy the following condition :- He/She should have rendered not less than three years’ of approved and continuous service in the grade. Provided that if he/she had been appointed to the P...

Daily Current Affairs:  22 November 2013 1)  Magnus Carlsen  dethrones Anand, becomes new World Champion :  Five-time title holder Viswanathan Anand’s reign as the world champion came to a heart-breaking end on 21 Nov 2013 with Norway’s Magnus Carlsen taking the crown after a hard-fought draw in the 10th game of the World Chess Championship match, which ended in Chennai on Friday. Carlsen, who will be 23 years on 30th November, closed the championship with two games to spare by taking his tally to required 6.5 points out of a possible ten, winning three and drawing seven games. 2)  CNR Rao became first Indian scientist elected to Chinese academy : Eminent Scientist and Bharat Ratna awardee Prof CNR Rao has become the first Indian scientist to be elected as honorary foreign member of Chinese Academy of Science (CAS). “Prof Rao is the first Indian Scientist to be elected to this prestigious academy, which consists of several Nobel laureates and eminent s...

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Dopt Orders - Relaxation in eligibility condition for Combined Section Officers/PS Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination-2012 & 2013 No. 4/4/2012-CS-II(A) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel & Training Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Dethi-110003. Date: 22nd November, 2013 ORDER Whereas the Central Secretariat Stenographers Service Private Secretary Grade (Limited Departmental Competitive Examination) Regulations, 2010 provide that for being eligible to appear in the Private Secretary Grade (Limited Departmental Competitive Examination) any regular Personal Assistant of the Central Secretariat Stenographers’ Service (CSSS) possessing a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University, on the crucial date, inter-alia, should satisfy the following condition :- He/She should have rendered not less than three years’ of approved and continuous service in the grade. Provided that if he/she had been appointed to the Person...

Recruitment of Clerks 2014 in Tamilnad  Mercantile  Bank Ltd. Friends..Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd. has invited applications for its Clerical  Recruitment 2014 .  The details  are as follows: Posts:  Recruitment of Clerks 2014 Important dates: Opening date for Registering Online E-application: Nov 20, 2013. Closing date for Registering Online E-application: Dec 04, 2013. Qualification: A Graduate (Arts, Commerce & Science), other than Engineering category, with minimum of 55% marks or a Post Graduate from a recognized University in regular college course  with knowledge in Computer Operations. [OR] An Engineering Graduate with 60% marks from a recognized University in regularcollege course with knowledge in Computer Operations. Note: 1. Graduation from  Open University  and Correspondence courses are not eligible. Age: Maximum: For Graduates: 24 years and for Post Graduates 26 years as on Oct 31, 2013. Relaxation  for...

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Dopt issued orders on grant of incentive for acquiring higher qualifications. Inclusion of additional qualifications / Review of the qualifications listed in the Annexure to this Department’s OM No 1/2/89-Estt.(Pay-I) dated 9/4/1999... No.1/3/2008-Estt.(Pay-I)(Vol.II) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training North Block, New Delhi dated the 22nd November 2013 OFFICE MEMORANDUM  Subject:  Grant of incentive for acquiring higher qualifications - Inclusion of additional qualifications / Review of the qualifications listed in the Annexure to this Department’s OM No 1/2/89-Estt.(Pay-I) dated 9/4/1999 -reg. The undersigned is directed to refer this Department’s OM of even number dated 28.4.2009 and subsequent reminders of even number dated 17.6.2009, 20.8.2009, 30.10.2009, 7.1.2010 and 23.3.2010 calling for suggestions regarding addition / deletion of qualifications listed in the Annexure to this Department’s OM d...

New Delhi, Nov 22 (PTI) : 144 officials working in various central government departments have been penalised by Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for their alleged involvement in corruption. Of them, a maximum of 55 are working in Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), 16 in Department of Telecommunications, 11 in Ministry of Railways and six each in Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board, UCO Bank and Bank of Maharashtra, the CVC said in its performance report for September.

Country's insurance giant Life Insurance Corporation has decided to stop selling as many as 14 policies, including Jeevan Mitra and Anmol Jeevan.  Of this 14 products, LIC has already withdrawn seven policies, including Convertible Term Assurance, Children Deferred Endowment Assurance, with effect from November 16.  As many as five policies including Jeevan Mitra, Jeevan Paramukh Plan, LIC's Bima Account I and II will go off LIC's shelves from November 23.  Besides, two policies New Jeevan Nidhi and Anmol Jeevan I will be discontinued from November 30.  Many of these policies are being discontinued as part of regulatory compliance, a senior official of LIC said.  The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) had extended the deadline for implementation of new individual product regulations for the life insurance industry by three months to December 31.  The new guidelines are aimed at making insurance policies more customer-friendly.  "All ...

NFPE IS 60 YEARS YOUNG                  National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE) is a class-oriented militant organisation of above five lakhs postal employees. NFPTE was formed on 24.11.1954                    The P&T trade union movement in India has inherited a history of struggles and sacrifices right from the days of British Raj.  During 1905 when there was no freedom to form unions, Babu Tarapada Mukherjee started this organisation in the name of a Postal Club at Kolkata GPO.  Tarapada was dismissed from service by the British Government for delivering a speech against the British Government in the year 1921 at Lahore All India Conference.  During the last more than one hundred years many leaders and workers of this organisation has been tortured, arrested and put under jail both by the British and Indian Governments. ...

As part of efforts to improve infrastructure of post offices and make them more customer friendly, the postal department is constructing new buildings for three post offices this financial year. Photo: K. Pichumani ONLY 10 PER CENT OF THE POST OFFICES IN CITY FUNCTION FROM THEIR OWN BUILDINGS. THERE ARE NEARLY 230 POST OFFICES IN THE CITY AND SUBURBS People think twice before entering the cramped Anna Nagar Western Extension post office on School Road. This may change soon as the post office is all set to move into a new building. As part of efforts to improve infrastructure of post offices and make them more customer friendly, the postal department is constructing new buildings for three post offices this financial year. The post office in Anna Nagar Western Extension now functions from a rented premises. The new facility, being constructed at a cost of Rs. 65.56 lakh, will be spread over nearly 3,000 sq. ft. The postal department is also preparing to construct new buildings for post ...

Article Published in November, 2013 issue of “Postal Life”, the monthly journal of AIPEU, Postman & Gr. D ( CHQ ), New Delhi Written By :Bruhaspati  Samal Secretary, AIPEU, Gr.-C, Bhubaneswar Oh ! Thanks a lot.  At last, I could be able to get my Aadhaar Card after a period of 7 months. Greeting the Postman when Mr. Hussain wanted to share his feelings, he became surprised to notice the Postman going out of his premises hurriedly in the bicycle with a disturbed mood. Hello Dear ! Mr. Hussain called  back the Postman – “Are you in a hurry?” “Yes Sir.” – replied the Postman. “I see today you are also late. But why? – Asked Mr. Hussain.                   With a heavy heart and pensive mood, the Postman replied, “Though our office starts at 9 AM, we started working in the computer 2 hours late today due to load-shading. Since the UPS is not under AMC nobody is attending for repairing...