Refresh Rulings ( Published on 31/03/2012)

1.      What are the allowances exempted from attachment of salary? 

Ø  (i) All kinds of travelling allowances.

(ii)   All kinds of conveyance allowances.

(iii)    All allowances to meet the cost of uniform/rations.

(iv)     Compensatory Allowances for higher cost of living in expensive localities/hill stations.

(v)       All house rent allowances.

(vi)     Dearness allowance or other allowances to provide relief from increased cost of living

(vii)   Children Education Allowance described in any manner.

(viii) All reimbursement of medical expenses.

(ix)     Dearness pay if any.

The above allowances are exempted from court attachment.         (Rule 74 of CGA (R&P) Rules 1983)

2.      Where more than one penalties of withholding increments are imposed against an official at the same time, how it can be given effect to?

Ø  In such cases, one after the other, the first penalty order is given effect for the period specified in the order. Thereafter, the increment due to the employee will be allowed and then next penalty order will be implemented from the date of next increment due to him; and so on for third and subsequent penalties.

(DG P&T No. 230/308/75-Disc II dt. 03.05.76)

1.     Allowances & Quarters

3.      As per the Sixth CPC, whenever DA goes up to 50%, the special allowances shall be increased by 25%. Whether  HRA, Transport Allowance etc will cover under these orders w.e.f 01.01.2011 since the DA is expected to reach 51%

Ø  No. In respect HRA, Transport Allowance etc, there will be no revision.

In respect of the following allowances, there will be increase by 25%.

(i)        Daily allowance on Tour, mileage Allowance, transportation of Personal effects etc.

(ii)      Special compensatory (Remote Locality) Allowance.

(iii)    Special compensatory (Hill Area) Allowance.

(iv)     Split Duty Allowances to Central Secretariat & allied offices.

(v)       Bad climate Allowance.

(vi)     Project Allowance.

(vii)   Scheduled/Tribal Area Allowance.

(viii) Cycle Maintenance Allowance

(ix)     Conveyance Allowance.

(x)       Washing Allowance.

(xi)     Special Allowance for disabled women employees.

(xii)   Cash handling allowance to cashiers/Treasurers.

(xiii) Children Education Assistance & RTF.

(xiv) Advance for purchase of Bicycle, warm clothing, Festival & Natural Calamity Advance.

4.      Whether an official who is on long leave is entitled for drawal of HRA? If so up to what extent?

Ø  On medical leave, HRA is allowed for 8 months. Beyond that, it can be allowed by the controlling authorities. For other kinds of leave, HRA is allowed up to 180 days without any certificate. On furnishing required certificate, it may be drawn for remaining periods.

(MOF OM No. 11020/19/90-EII (B) dt. 05.02.1991)

5.      Whether the official placed under suspension is entitled for drawal of HRA?

Ø  Yes. As per MOF OM NO. F 2(37) EII (B)/by dt. 27.01.1965, HRA shall be drawn to the officials placed under suspension at the rate it was drawn before suspension.

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AIPEUP3, TN Circle
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INFOSYS, TCS, SIFY ,RELIANCE BAG POSTAL DEPARTMENT'S TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS

The Department of Post (DoP) has issued Letters of Intent (LoIs) to Infosys, TCS, Sify and Reliance Communications Infrastructure for different technology advancement projects.
"Department is trying to induct technology in a big way. There are eight RFPs (Request for Proposal) we have floated and issued Letter of Intent in five (projects) to companies which include Infosys, TCS, Sify and Reliance," Secretary (Posts) Manjula Parasher told reporters here.
The Department has got approval of Rs 1,877.2 crore to be spend across these projects over period of two years and will seek additional funds when the need arises.
"Funds of Rs 1,877.2 crore have been approved. We will go ahead with that. We may need more money because implemented in some of the cases may last over period of six and half to nine years," she said.

DoP has issued LoI to Infosys for two projects which are Rural System and Financial Services Integration, Tata Consultancy Services for Change Management, Sify for Network Integration and Reliance Communications Infrastructure for Data Centre.

She said contract agreement with these companies will be signed shorty after these projects will start.
Under technology advancement program, DoP will put all necessary softwares in place along with procurement of requisite IT hardwares.
Secretary (Posts) added that the department will computerise all its 1.55 lakh post offices across country by 2013 with over 24,000 department post offices already computerised by month end.

Source: Economic Times.

INTERNET AROUND THE WORLD MAY SHUT DOWN ON 31.3.2012

Come Saturday and there is a strong possibility that you won't be able to indulge in your favourite internet activities like shopping and surfing due to a hacking group - Anonymous - which has threatened to shut down the net.

"Operation Global Blackout 2012 looks to shut down the internet for a whole day tomorrow (Saturday) by disabling its core DNS servers, making websites inaccessible," said Interpol's Secretary General, Ronald K. Noble.

Noble was speaking at the thirteenth DP Kohli memorial lecture on "Multijurisdictional Investigation: Operation Unmask" in the capital.
According to Noble, "Anonymous" is protesting against several reasons including the crash of Wall Street and irresponsible leaders.
"Investigations have already been launched by Colombia, Chile and Spain as their private and public websites have been attacked by the group," he added.

Meanwhile, Interpol has launched Operation Unmask to deal with the group and arrested 31 alleged members in two different phases in February and March, 2012.
However, Anonymous vowed vengeance and retaliated through a global wave of cyber-attacks on Interpol Feb 28.
"At its peak, the wave reached 400,000 attacks per minute. My parents' home address and phone number were published on websites," said Noble.
According to Noble, there are around 2.3 billion internet users in the world and more than one million of them are affected by cybercrime every year while $388 billion dollars is the global cost of such crimes

Source: Hindustantimes.com, 

 via  katiharho.blogspot.in

Combined Medical Services Examination, 2012

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will hold  the Combined Medical Services Examination, 2012 on 17th June, 2012.  The examination will be held at various Centers across the country.

            Candidates are required to apply only through online mode.  No other mode is allowed for submission of application.  For details regarding the Eligibility Conditions, Syllabus and Scheme of the examination, Centers of examination, Guidelines for filling up online application form etc., aspirants must refer to the Detailed Notice of the examination published in the Employment News/Rozgar Samachar dated  24th March, 2012  or the UPSC website  www.upsc.gov.in

 Source  : PIB dtd 30/03/2012

Total CBS Ver 1.0/01.03.2012

Total CBS Ver 1.0/01.03.2012 (Sanchay Version)

TOTAL CBS  

(HO SANCHAY & SO SANCHAY BALANCE COMPARITION TOOL)

1. This Software aims at Total Solutions for CBS Reconciliation Work

2. Through this software Discrepency list can be generated at Head Office itself by obtaining Last Balance Report file (DAT files) from SO through e-Mails. By this,  physical movement of CBS Team members can avoided to the extent posible.  This reduces finacial incurrence in form of TA/DA.


3. Head office can have a check on SO balance whenever desired.  HO can save lot of man power and time by concentrate only on discrepent a/c.

4. This software compares the HO Sanchay Balance & SO Sanchay Balance

5. This software will not calculate any Closing Balance.  It uses the Last Balance Report of SOSB Sanchay & SO Online Sanchay Post.

6. This software will generate discrepency list as on a "Given Date"
 
7. Update all the patches in Sanchay software before generation of Last Balance Report.  Last Balance report file (SB.DAT/RD.DAT/MIS.DAT etc) will be usually stored at sub folder path "SP5\OT" if generated  through Online option, or  at "SP5\DE\RD" etc if generated using Data Entry Modules or at "SP5\SOSB" if generated using SOSB Module or at "SP5\SD\SB" ETC if generated using SOSB Data entry Module
 
8. This software treats "Non Listed Sanchay A/cs in Last Balance Report" as discrepency.  As such kindly give importance for "View Excluded A/cs" option in "Last Balance Report" and take corrective steps to include "Live A/cs" into the list.
 
9. At the end of the discrepency report a summary will be generated. The total number of a/cs in summary is "sum of HO Sanchay Live A/cs and Number of SO Sanchay A/cs in excess of HO Sanchay a/cs" as this software compares HO Sanchay Balance to SO Sanchay Balance and also SO Sanchay Balance to HO Sanchay Balance.
 
10. Excess of Sanchay a/c  Accounts are mainly because of
    a. non marking of Closed or Transfer remarks
    b. No entry in common index a/cs
    c. Non effecting of inward transfers either in HO or SO
    d. Listing of accounts having Zero Balance.
 
11. It is possible with this software to tally the Amount and also number of accounts at HO & SO.

12. At most care is taken before release of this software.  However if any drawbacks are found in the software please give your feed backs through any of the contact details provided in next window.

Note :  Download from the link below and extract the files to any location.  Create a shortcut for the Totalcbs.exe on the desktop


User guidence :


1. Generate last balance report for the required category for the range of account number and the date as on which you want discrepency report. A .dat file will be created.


2. Get the .DAT file from the sub office generating the last balance report for the same category and for the same account range and the date.


3. In the fetch data menu first show the path of HO Sanchay DAT file and then show the path of SO Sanchay DAT file


4. Process the file


5. Get the discrepency report.


Those who are already using CBSTOTAL Tool (V2 Version) can download and extract the file to any location and copy only Totalcbs.exe & Tothelp.hlp file to CBSTOTAL folder and create a short-cut for the Totalcbs.exe on the desktop.
 
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   ALL THE USERS OF THIS SOFTWARE ARE REQUESTED TO REGISTER THEIR E-MAIL IDs WITH THIS SOFTWARE'S E-MAIL ID   cbstotal@gmail.com FURTHER QUERIES/ENHANCEMENTS/UPDATIONS WILL BE DIRECTLY DELIVERED ONLY TO REGISTERED E-MAIL IDs.  AS SUCH REGISTER YOUR E-MAIL IDs WITHOUT FAIL.
   
                                             T H A N K   Y O U

TOTALCBS DOWNLOAD LINK : Total CBS Ver 1.0/01.03.2012 (Sanchay Version)

Courtesy : http://www.cbstotal.blogspot.in/

SanchayPost Version 6.6.1 Updates as on 30/03/2012

DBAnalyzer (30/03/2012)

Patches for Version 6.6.1 (30/03/2012)

Frequently Asked Questions (30/03/2012)

ECS for Salary Credits (30/03/2012)


Source :

Software Development Centre
O/o the Chief Postmaster General
Tamilnadu Postal Circle
Chennai - 600002
Phone: 044-65850861

Definition of “Permanent Absorption” in PSU etc

The Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) has decided to  introduce a new clause regarding “Permanent absorption” in the CCS (Leave) Rules vide Notification dated 28.03.2012.  As per the new amendment, the term ‘permanent absorption’ used in rule 39-D of CCS Leave Rules, shall mean the appointment of a Government servant in a Public Sector Undertaking or an Autonomous Body, for which he had applied through proper channel and resigns from the Government service to take up that appointment.

Complete text of DOPT Notification dated 29.03.2012  is reproduced below :

Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
New Delhi. the 28th March, 2012.

NOTIFICATION

GSR……., In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 read with clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in relation to the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, namely:-

I. (i) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Leave) (Amendment) Rules, 2012.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of theìr publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972, in rule 39-D. the following Note shall be inserted, namely:-

“Note.- The expression ‘permanent absorption’ used in rule 39-D shall mean the appointment of a Government servant in a Public Sector Undertaking or an Autonomous Body, for which he had applied through proper channel and resigns from the Government service to take up that appointment.”

F. No.13026/3/2011-Estt.(L)

Sd/-      (Mamta Kundra)
Joint Secretary to the Govemment of India

Courtesy : http://www.gconnect.in/