Beware of PAN Frauds

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Beware of PAN Frauds

The increasing importance of PAN has increased the likeliness of PAN Card identity theft. The safeguarding of the physical copy of the PAN card no longer assures that your card is not being misused. As a majority of transactions demand a photocopy of your PAN card, or simply quoting the Permanent Account Number, it is very easy for your information to be misused for high ticket purchases or benami property transactions. A copy of your PAN card or simply its number can be quoted in transactions, which you are not even a part of.

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Setting up of automatic mail processing centre (AMPC) at Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: To sort out mail quickly, the postal department (India Post) will set up its state-of-the art automatic mail processing centre (AMPC) at Pedda Golkonda village near Shamshabad. The integrated facility will sort out letters and parcels at a central place.

On Monday, Union minister of state for communication & information technology Dr Smt Killi Kruparani visited a three-acre site where the AMPC would be built at a cost of Rs 40 crores over a period of two years. Hyderabad would become the third city in the country after Mumbai and Chennai to have an AMPC. 

The AMPC would have two machines, one for sorting letters and another for large size articles. The letter sorting machine (LSM) would have the capacity to sort about 35,000 letters per hour, while the mixed mail sorting (MMS) machine could handle 20,000 articles per hour. In Andhra Pradesh Circle, 20 lakh mails are handled daily, with 8.2 lakh of mail pieces handled in Hyderabad city alone.

Another uniqueness feature of these machines is the latest optical character recognition (OCR)-Video Coding System (VCS) that can read address written on mail and sort them to the correct destination.

Source:-The Times of India

Differential treatment in fixing pension unfair, rules SC

In fixing pension, no differential treatment can be made among government employees who retired in different periods while taking into consideration their ‘dearness pay’, the Supreme Court has held.

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Monday, January 28, 2013

Transfers and postings of Junior Administrative Grade (NFSG) officers of Indian Postal Service, Group A

Directorate has ordered the following transfers & postings in JAG(NFSG) cadre of IPoS Group A vide order no 2-8/2011-SPG dated 28.01.2013.

Sl no	Name of the Officer	Present Post held	Posting on Transfer	Remarks
1	Sri M.Venkateswarlu	Director(VP &DE), Postal Directorate, New Delhi	DPS, Vijayawada Region	Vice Sri D.S.V.R Murthy transferred
2	Sri D.S.V.R.Murthy	DPS, Vijayawada Region	DPS, Kurnool Region	Against post vacant

Click here to view the said Directorate order in original.

IP (A)SP ANDHRA congratulates both the Officers and wishes them every success in their new posts.

Transfers and postings of the officers of the Grade of Member (Postal Services Board), lndian Postal Service, Group A

Directorate has ordered the following transfers & postings of the officers of the Grade of Member(Postal Services Board) of IPoS Group A vide order no 1-10/2009-SPG dated 28.01.2013.

Sl no	Name of the Officer	Present Post held	Posting on Transfer	Remarks
1	Sri Kamleshwar Prasad (IPoS-1977)	Member (HR), Postal Services Board	Member (Operations), Postal Services Board	Vice Sri S.Sarkar transferred
2	Sri S.Sarkar (IPoS-1978)	Member (Operations), Postal Services Board	Member (Personnel), Postal Services Board	Against vacant post
3	Ms Kavery Banarjee (IPoS-1978)	Member (PLI), Postal Services Board	Member (Technology), Postal Services Board	On relief of Ms P.Gopinath

Sri Kameshwar Prasad will also hold the charge of Member(PLI) on relief of Ms Kavery Banarjee and Sri S.Sarkar will hold the charge of Member(HRD)in addition to their own  duties.

Click here to view to view the said Directorate order in original.

Promotion and postings in the Non-Functional Selection Grade (NFSG) of the Junior Administrative Grade officers of Indian Postal Service Group A

Click here to view Department of Posts (Personnel Division) Notification dated 28th January, 2013

Revision of pension of pre-2006 pensioners - reg. (Revised concordance table)

Click here to view Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions, Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare OM No.38/37/08-P&PW(A) dated 28th January, 2013.

Transfers & Postings in IP Cadre in Vijayawada Region

R.O Vijayawada has issued the following transfers and postings in Inspector Posts Cadre vide R.O memo no ST-I/9-1/11 dated 28.01.2013.

Sl no	Name	Present Post held	Posted as
1	V.S.L.Narasimha rao	IP Chilakaluripet Sub Dn	IP(PMI), O/O PMG, Vijayawada
2	A.V.R.K.R.Chitanya	IP(C&PG), Nellore	IP, Nellore East Sub Dn
Postings to the IP candidates of 2012 IP Examination  who stands allotted to Vijayawada Region
1	C.Kalyan Ram	P.A, Hindupur Dn	I.P(C&PG), O/O  SPOs Nellore
2	Madan Mohan	P.A, Chittor Dn	I.P(C&PG), O/O  SPOs Khammam Dn.
3	D.V.N.Pratap	P.A, Visakhapatnam Dn	I.P(C&PG), O/O  SPOs Tadepalligudem  Dn.
4	G.Ravi Kumar	P.A, Guntur Dn	I.P(C&PG), O/O  SPOs Gudivada Dn.

  

M CEPT Mysore

No. STA-2-27/12-13 dated 21-1-2013

Sub: Deputation of PA/SA/IP/ASP to CEPT Mysore as Programmer/Helpdesk administrator/OA NPS Nodal office/OA IRU/ System Administrator

            General Manager, Centre for Excellence in Postal Technology, Mysore  invite applications from officials from the above mentioned cadre to work as CEPT, Mysore as

Programmer/Helpdesk administrator/OA NPS Nodal office/OA IRU on deputation basis.

TO WORK AS PROGRAMMER the following is required:

1.         KNOWLEDGE OF c#.NET/asp.NET/vb.NET AND SQL 2008

2.         Ability to complete the assigned project within the deadlines given.

TO WORK AS FHELP DESK ADMINISTRATOR/OA NPS Nodal office/OA IRU:

1.         Must have working knowledge of most of the software developed by CEPT,

            Mysore

2.         Should enjoy interacting with field staff

3.         Able to fluently converse in English and understand Hindi also.

TO WORK AS SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR:

            The official should have worked as System Administrator previously.

2.         Applications in the enclosed format may kindly be obtained and forwarded to this office by 11-02-2013, However, the candidate can also submit an advance copy of the application to GM,CEPT,Mysore.

3.         Short listed officials will be called for an interview and a test before their services are requisitioned by CEPT.

4.         It is requested to give wide publicity to this information by circulating to all Postal/RMS Divisions under your control

            This is issued with the approval of GM, CEPT Mysore

Sd/-

Dy. Director CEPT, Mysore

Application to work as Helpdesk administrator/OA NPS Nodal office/OA IRU/ System Administrator on deputation basis at Centre for excellence in Postl technology, Mysore-570 010

1.         Name )in block Letters)                                    :

2.         Designation, Office/Division with PIN    :

3.         Date of birth                                                     :

4.         Date of joining as PA/SA                                  :

5.         Work experience in the Department                  :

6.         Educational Qualification & experience  :

            (a)        Academic                                             :

            (B)       Technical                                              :

7.         Experience as a System administrator    :

Place:                                                                                                   Signature

Date:

Application to work as Programmer

On deputation basis at

Centre for excellence in postal technology, Mysore-5470 010

1.         Name (in block Letters)                                    :

2.         Designation, Office/Division with PIN    :

3.         Date of birth                                                     :

4.         Date of joining as PA/SA                                  :

5.         Work experience in the Department                  :

6.         Educational Qualification & experience  :

            (a)        Academic:

            (B)       Technical         

7.         Experience in programming

            (Attach copy of certificates)     

8.         Details of projects completed/ any

            other useful information

            (Attach extra sheets if required)

9.         Experience as a System administrator

Place:                                                                                       Signature

Date                                                                                                                                                                                                               

TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013

REVISED NORMS FOR THE OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT SPEED POST SORTING HUBS, INTRA-CIRCLE HUBS AND COMPUTERISED REGISTRATION CENTRES.

D.G. Posts No. 28-8/2011-D Dated 17.01.2013.

Reference is invited to the Directorate Memo No. 30-64/2009-D dated 08.10.2009, vide which ad-hoc norms for processing of Speed articles at Speed Post Centres were circulated. Attention is also drawn to the Directorate Memo No. 28-5/2006-D dated 13.09.2006, vide which norms for processing of registered articles at Computerized Registration Centres (CRs) were circulated.

2.         The matter relating to revision of norms for various activities at Speed Post Sorting Hubs, Intra-Circle Hubs and CRCs was under examination at this Directorate . Based on the Wok Study undertaken by the Directorate with respect to Speed Post operations at Speed Post Centres (restructured as ‘Sorting Hubs’ as part of Mail Network Optimization Project) and extension of operational processes followed at  Speed Post Hubs and Intra-Circle Hubs to the CRCs, norms for various activities have been revised. The revised norms are given at the Annexure and would be applicable to Speed Post Sorting Hubs and Intra-Circle Hubs as well as CRCs.

3.         The revised norms for activities at Speed Post Sorting Hubs, Intra-Circle Hubs and CRCs would be applicable with immediate effect.

            This issues with the concurrences of Integrated Finance Wing and approval of Secretary (Posts)

Sd/-

(Rishikesh)

Director (Mail Management)

Annexure

REVISED NORMS FOR ACTIVITIES AT SPEED POST SORTING HUBS, INTRA-CIRCLE HUBS AND COMPUTERIZED REGISTRATION CENTRES (CRCS).

Item	Item of Work	Revised time factor(  in minutes)
01	Switching on and opening of computer by user	2.00
02	Receipt of bag	0.166 rounded to 0.17
03	Examination & opening of bags	0.5
04	Examination of articles received	0.11
05	Scanning of article in receipt	0.44 (25 articles per minute or 1500 per hour)
06	Sorting of articles	0.063 (950 articles per hour)
07	Scanning of article for dispatch	0.04 (25 articles per minute)
08	Generation of list	0.40
09	Closing of bags	1.00
10	Preparation of mail  lists	0.20
11	Opening/examination/sorting and preparation of bundles	0.15
12	(i) Dispatch of Mail (ii)Receipt of bag from sorter (iii) Preparation of TBs (iv)Dispatch of mail	1 minute per bag
13	Misc. work/irregularities	10% of total work hours.
14	Clicking shift end and switching off computer by SA/RSA	1.33
15	Supervisor	1 on 6 SAs/RSAs. On less than 6 SAs/RSAs, coefficient of 1.20 hrs. is required to be given on each SA/RSA

Note: Articles for the purpose of CRC include ‘High Value Money Orders (HVMOs).

MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2013

DG No. 2(1)/09/PA Admn I/414-434 dated 9-1-2013

Sub: Diversion of vacant post of SA cadre into DR quota of JA

I am directed to refer on the above subject and to state that as per the existing instructions the vacancies in the cadre of Senior Accountants are operated in Junior Accountants cadre against DR/SCF quota only. However, a number of proposal for allowing the diversion of vacant posts in SA cadre into DR quota of JA has been received through PAOs and Staff Associations on account of non filling of the retirement vacancies in S cadre.

The matter has been examined and it has been decided by the competent authority for diversion of vacancies in SA cadre to DR quota as one time measure only for smooth function fo PAOs upto the limit of 60% of vacancies of Senior Accountants minus the total number of eligible candidates available in JA cadre who has completed more than 2 years and 3 years, of vacancies as on 1-1-2012.

This has approval of DDG(PAF)

Sd/-

(R Magadevan),Asst. Director General (PA Admn)

Min of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions

No. 1/33/2012-P&PW(E) dated 16-1-2013

Office Memorandum

Sub: (i) Eligibility of disabled children for family pension after marriage and   

        (ii)            Eligibility for two family pensions – clarification regarding.

            The undersigned is directed to state that the Government has decided to allow continuance of family pension to mentally/physically disabled children who drew, are drawing or may draw family pension even after their marriage. Further, the Government has also decided to allow to family pensions where the pensioner drew, is drawing or may draw two pensions for military and/for civil employments.

2.         In order to implement these decisions, Explanations 1 and 3 after sub-rule 6 of Rule 54 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 have been suitably amended and sub-rules 13-A and 13-B have been omitted. A copy of Gazette notification, GSR No. 938 (E) dated 27^th December , 2012 , giving effect to these amendments is issued.

3.         For the sake of clarity, the old and new explanations 1 and 3 are reproduced as under highlighting the changes made therein:

Old: EXPLANATION 1 – An unmarried son or an unmarried or widowed or divorced

daughter shall become ineligible for family pension under this sub-rule from the date

 he or she gets married or remarried.

        EXPLANATION 3 -  It shall be the duty of son or daughter or siblings or the        guardian to furnish a certificate to the Treasury or Bank, as the case may be, once in a year that (i) he or she has not started earning his or her livelihood and (ii) he or she has not yet married or remarried. A similar certificate shall be furnished by a childless widow after her re-marriage or parents to the Treasury or Bank s the case may be, once in a year that she or he or they have not started earning her or his or their livelihood.

New: EXPLANATION 1 – An unmarried son or an unmarried or widowed or divorced daughter,except a disabled son or daughter, shall become ineligible for family pension under this sub-rule from the date he or she gets married or remarried.

           EXPLANATION 3 – It shall be the duty of son or daughter or siblings or the guardian to furnish a certificate to the Treasury or Bank, as the case may be, once in a year that (i) he or she has not started earning his or her livelihood and (ii) he or she has not yet married or remarried. A similar certificate shall be furnished by a childless widow after her re-marriage or by the disabled son or daughter or parents to the Treasury or Bank s the case may be, once in a year that she or he or they have not started earning her or his or their livelihood.

4.         Sub-rule 13-A regulates the grant of family pension to a military pensioner after his re-employment in a civil service or a civil post. Grant of two family pensions had been prohibited under this sub rule. Similarly, sub rule 13-B prohibits grant of two family

pensions to a person who is already in receipt of Family Pension or is eligible therefore under any other rules of the Central Government or a State Government and/or Public Sector Undertaking/Autonomous Body/Local Fund under the Central or a State Government. The sub-rules 13-A and 13-B have since been omitted vide the above mentioned Gazette notification.

5.         It is clarified that financial benefits in past cases will accrue with effect from 24^thSeptember, 2012.

6.         As regards pensioners / family pensioners belonging to the India Audit and Accounts Department, these Orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

Sd/-

(Sujasha Choudhury), Dy. Secretary to the GoI