Monday 29 April 2013

Proposal for functioning of post offices as banks: Govt reply in Rajya Sabha




Department of Posts raised a proposal for setting up the Post Bank of India and providing banking services with a network of 1.55 lakh post offices with special focus on rural areas and financial inclusion. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has informed that all commercial banks have been constituted by the Government by various Acts of the Parliament. Hence, to set up the Post Bank of India (PBI) by an Act of Parliament, necessary legislation will need to be framed and passed by the Parliament. Or to set up the Post Bank as banking company, the same would require a banking licence from RBI as per RBI’s extant guidelines issued in February, 2013. RBI is of the view that it is useful to take up a detailed Cost Benefit Analysis on the proposal. In addition, viability and strategic study, market research, business plan and profitability analysis including business projections for next 4-5 years needs to be carried out to assess the commercial viability of the proposal.

The above information was submitted by Fin Min in reply of undermentioned Rajya Sabha Questions:-

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF  FINANCE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3153
ANSWERED ON-23.04.2013
Functioning of post offices as banks
3153 .  SHRI C.P. NARAYANAN
(a)        the reasons for not allowing Indian Post Office system to function as a banking system to mop up moneylying idle with people while the declared policy of the Union Government is inclusive development and extension of banking operations to all rural people;
(b)        whether post would be enrolled as one among the new banks with about 1,55,000 branches all over the country and with a good track record of successfully running Post Office Savings Bank for many years; and
(c)        whether it is possible to substantially improve the quality of service of post offices in the process if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (Shri Namo Narain Meena)

(a)        to (c): **see above**

Source: Rajya Sabha Q&A [qref=191160]

Via : http://karnmk.blogspot.in/2013/04/proposal-for-functioning-of-post-office-as-banks.html

Friday 26 April 2013

DA ORDERS -2013




DIRECTORATE OF ESTATES ORDERS 2013 : INTRODUCTION OF ONLINE RESERVATION SYSTEM IN THE RESERVATION / ALLOTMENT OF CASUAL HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION IN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TOURING OFFICER’S HOSTEL/HOLIDAY HOME / GUEST HOUSE AT DELHI.





No.2/5/Online - System/FCRH — 2013
Government of India
Ministry of Urban Development
Directorate of Estates

F-Block, C.R.Hostel
New Delhi, the 18.04.2013

Subject: Introduction of online reservation system in the reservation/allotment of casual hostel accommodation in the Central Government Touring Officer’s Hostel/Holiday Home/Guest House at Delhi.

With a view to provide for choices & convenience of the applicants for reservation of casual hostel accommodation in the Central Government Touring Officer’s Hostel/Holiday Home/Guest House at Delhi, it has been decided to introduce automated online reservation / allotment system w.e.f. 01/05/2013.

2. For this purpose only online applications will be accepted henceforth. Applicants will apply for reservation by filling up the required application form online. After completing the process online, the applicant will have to take a print out of his/her application and get it verified / forwarded from his/her office and send it along with payment (Demand Draft) & other allied details/documents ete.. to “Online Reservation Cell, F - Block, C.R.Hostel Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi - 110001" for confirmation of his/her booking request. On receipt of the filled up application with payment of room rent (Demand Draft), duly verified & forwarded by the controlling office of the applicant (in case of Retd. Government Officers attested copy of PPO), his/her booking request will be processed. Applicant can monitor the status of his/her booking request online through the website.

3. With effect from 16/04/2013 onward, only online applications for reservation of casual accommodation in the Central Government Touring Officer’s Hostel/Holiday Home/Guest House at Delhi will he accepted.

4. No manual application will he accepted from 16/04/2013 onwards for the reservation of casual accommodation in the Central Government Touring officer’s Hostel/Holiday Home/Guest House at Delhi seeking reservation for the period from 01/05/2013 onwards.

5. Manual applications received up to 15/04/2013 for the reservation of casual accommodation in the Central Government Touring Officer’s Hostel/Holiday Home/Guest House at Delhi seeking reservation for the period upto 30/04/2013 have been accepted and casual accommodation is reserved subject to availability.

6. Detailed procedure/guidelines as laid down in the OM dated 21/12/2013 and terms & conditions and other relevant information regarding reservation of Delhi central Government Touring officer’s Hostel/Holiday home/Guest House accommodation are available on the website of this Directorate i.e.www.estates.nic.in / Holiday Homes website and holidayhomes.nic.in shall be applicable.

7. This issues with the approval of Director of Estates.

sd/-
(DAYA NAND)
Deputy Director of Estates [O&M]

Click here to view the ANNEXURE - A

Source: www.holidayhomes.nic.in
[http://holidayhomes.nic.in/WriteReadData/Circulars/24OmDelhiHostel.pdf]




Monday 22 April 2013

postal asst direct recrument 2013 quest pqper















Friday 19 April 2013






sri. Balachandran , BMS  palakkad  dist. secretary  -  ദീപം തെളിയിച്ച്‌ പരിപാടി ഉത്ഘാടനം ചെയ്തു 



sri. RAGHAVAN. 




sri ramesh on speech






OFFICE BEARERS/ P-3 UNION – 2013



PRESIDENT                       :        Shri. M.Umasankara Menon,
                                                Sub Postmaster, Kotambu.

VICE PRESIDENT                :        Shri. K.P.Parthasarathy
                                                OA, SSPO’s Office, Palakkad.

                                      :        Shri. V.R.Thangappan, Postal Asst.,
                                                Treasurer, Alatur HO.

SECRETARY                       :        Shri. A.Rajendran,
                                                PA, Olavakkot HO.

JOINT SECRETARY              :        Shri. M.Abhilash,
                                                PA., Palakkad.

                                                Shri. K.Ravindranathan,
                                                 SPM, Pudunagaram
                                               
TREASURER                         :      Shri. N.Krishnaswamy
                                                   pa , olavakkot

  
OFFICE BEARERS/ P-4 UNION - 2013

PRESIDENT              :        Shri. C.Vidhuran,
                                      Postman, Palakkad HO.

VICE PRESIDENT       :        Shri. P.Jayadevan,
                                      Postman, Kalpathi.

                                         Shri. K.Chandran,
                                         Postman, Tattamangalam

SECRETARY             :        Shri. M.Masilamani,
                                      Postman, Palakkad HO.

JOINT SECRETARY     :        Shri. A.Ramachandran, 
                                        Postman, Kollengode.

TREASURER              :        Shri. C.Raveendran,
                                         Postman, Palakkad.


 OFFICE BEARERS/ GD SEVAK UNION - 2013

PRESIDENT              :        Shri. M.Sasikumar,
                                      GDS MD, Kudalur.

VICE PRESIDENT       :        Shri. V.Lakshmanan,
                                      GDSMD, Kinasseri.

                                      Shri. A.Sivadasan,
                                      BPM., Nanniode.

SECRETARY             :        Shri. N.K. E.Nidhinraj, ,
                                      GDSMC, Anakkal.

JOINT SECRETARY     :        Shri. T.Damodaran,
                                        GDS PKR, Polpulli.
                                                         
TREASURER             :         Shri. A. Sudevan,
                                        BPM, Thenari.



Thursday 18 April 2013

practice test paper for postal / sortting asst.

Examination for Direct Recruitment to the posts of Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant




Examination for Direct Recruitment to Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant is scheduled to be held on 21.04.2013 Sunday from 10 hrs to 12 hrs in the following five postal circles selected under 1st phase. The Approved Outsourcing Agency  will conduct the  Examination.
The Examination for eligible Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) to fill up the unfilled vacancies of LGO Examination 2010 will also be held on the same day.
 Candidates attended late beyond 15 minutes of the scheduled time will not be allowed  to take the examination.   
Sl no
Name of the Circle
No of Cities in which Exam is conducting
Names of Cities in which Exam is conducting
Total no of Examination Venues
Total no of candidates attending the Exam
1
Andhra Pradesh
5
Hyderabad, Sec’bad, Kurnool,Vijayawada, Viskhapatnam
157
89,219
2
Gujarat
3
Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodra
101
69,576
3
Karnataka
3
Bangalore, Dharwar, Mysore
53
42,362
4
Maharastra
5
Aurangabad,Pune, Nagpur, Panaji, Mumbai
229
1,08,528
5
Tamilnadu
5
Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai,Tiruchurapalli, Puducherry
52
52,418


Courtesy : http://ipaspandhra.blogspot.in/

Monday 8 April 2013

COMING SOON: ATMS, INTERNET BANKING AT POST OFFICES



There is a good news for around 200 million post office saving bank (POSB) account holders. 
The Department of Posts (DOP) has launched a project to provide account holders with ATM facility. Under the project, all post offices throughout the country will be connected through an IT network. Besides, account holders will also be able to avail Internet banking facilities.
“We will connect the network of 1.55 lakh post offices that includes 1.2 lakh in rural areas,” said Kavery Banerjee, member, technology, postal services board. “Our central data centre is ready and vendors are developing customised banking service solutions.”
POSB operates small savings schemes on behalf of the ministry of finance and has over 260 million account holders, out of which about 200 million are saving and recurring deposit account holders. Total outstanding balance under all accounts in the POSB stood at around Rs.3,96,664 crore as on March 2012.
At present, an account holder has to go to a post office during office hours to withdraw money. Moreover, there is no facility of electronic transfer of money to a third-party account.
“Once customers are provided with the ATM facility, they will be able to withdraw money from any ATM, including that provided by banks,” said Banerjee.
Customers will, however, have to wait for more than a year to avail the ATM facility. POSB will start implementing core banking solution in limited number of post offices by the end of this year. Next year, it will be implemented in large number of post offices once the system is perfect.
For rural post offices, the department will provide handheld devices that will enable one to perform all banking operations.
Courtesy: Hindustan Times, 06.04.2013
Racing against time to make the ambitious Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) visibly effective before the 2014 general elections, the government will bring money transaction through post offices under the DBT ambit. This desperate move is aimed as a remedy to banks opening accounts of DBT beneficiaries at snail’s pace.
Ahead of the Prime Minister’s review meeting with key ministers, the government announced that post offices will also be included from October 1 while three pension schemes — for old age persons, widows and the disabled — would now be covered under DBT from July 1. The list would also include districts where the beneficiaries’ biometrics were collected under the National Population Register (NPR). They include Odisha, West Bengal, UP, Uttarakhand, Bihar and Chhattisgarh.
Several complaints had poured in after the scheme was launched from January 1 about the problems of the banks to open zero-balance accounts of the beneficiaries, especially in rural areas.
The government also targets to expand the DBT to cover 78 more districts in the next phase of the DBT rollout which will begin from July 1.
To plug the loopholes, PM’s focus will be on digitisation of databases and opening of more bank accounts. “There will be a thrust on digitisation of data of beneficiaries in all districts, irrespective of the rollout of DBT as this is a critical activity which need not wait and can be done in parallel,” said a press release.
“The department of financial services will be asked to ensure coverage of all beneficiaries with bank accounts. It will ensure that all Micro-ATMs that are procured will have specifications such that they are inter-operable and are Aadhaar enabled,” the release added.
Courtesy: Hindustan Times, 06.04.2013