Thursday, 6 August 2015

Rural Solution in 130,000 ED Post Offices


Calendar of Departmental Examinations scheduled to be held in the year 2015


EXPECTED DA FROM JULY 2015′ IS FINALIZED AS HIKE BY 6%.



AICPIN For The Month Of June 2015 – Expected DA July 2015 Finalized

3 Points increased and pegged at 261.

As per the press release of Labour Bureau today, the All India Consumer Price Index (IW) is increased by three points from the existing level and stands at 261.

So, ‘Expected DA from July 2015′ is finalized as hike by 6%.



Friday, 17 July 2015

7 CPC Report is expected to be submitted on or before 14th August 2015



Expected Date for Submission of 7th Pay Commission Report and its important recommendations – Sources


The 7th pay commission has been given 18 months’ time from date of its constitution to make its recommendation. Hence the tentative date for submission of Report will be 30th August 2015.

According to the Sources the important Points of the Pay Commission’s Recommendations are ..
               1. There will be no running Pay band and Grade Pay System
2. The uniform multiplication factor for arriving revised pay will be 2.86
3. The Pay scales will be open ended to avoid stagnation in the scales
4. The Minimum Pay will be Rs. 21000
5. The CCA will be separated into two components as it was in the fifth CPC
6. Percentage of HRA will remain same.
7. The Criteria for retirement age will be either completion of 33 Years of service or at the age of 60 Years whichever is earlier.
8. CGEGIS Insurance Coverage and Monthly premium will be increased
9. Classification of Posts will be Modified
10. The 7th Pay Commission recommendation will be implemented with effects from 1.1.2016.
Further ,the sources told that the Committee of Secretaries will be appointed to study the report and analyze the financial implications upon implementation of 7th pay commission recommendation. An ally of NCJCM Staff Side told that the Staff Side also will be invited by the third week of September 2015 by this Committee before giving its final nod for approval for this Recommendation.


Tuesday, 30 June 2015

RBI may give payment bank licence to postal department in August: Ravi Shankar Prasad


ATAL PENSION YOJANA – BENEFITS AND FEATURES BY PFRDA


Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
First Floor, ICADR Building, Plot No 6, Institutional Area Phase II,
Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070

ATAL PENSION YOJANA – BENEFITS AND FEATURES

1. Anybody in the age group of 18-40 years can join !!

2. You can choose your pension plan from Rs 1,000/- to Rs 5,000/- per month.

3. Your contribution depends on your age and the pension plan you choose!

4. You can be a member of any existing PF/Pension scheme such as EPF/PPF/Govt. pension and still join APY!

5. You can be an Income tax payer and still join APY.

6. For (4) and (5) above, Govt. Co-contribution is not available but Govt. guarantee for pension will be available!

7. Govt. Co-contribution of 50% of subscribers’ contribution or Rs 1,000/- per annum, whichever is lower will be available for five years only to subscribers joining by 31st December 2015.


The monthly contribution chart for different age groups and pension amounts is given below:
Joining Age
Years of Contribution
Indicative Monthly Contribution under APY (Rs.)
Monthly pension of Rs. 1000.Indicative return of corpus Rs 1.70 lacs
Monthly pension of Rs. 2000.Indicative return of corpus Rs3.40 lacs
Monthly pension of Rs. 3000.Indicative return of corpus Rs 5.10 lacs
Monthly pension of Rs. 4000.Indicative return of corpus Rs6.80 lacs
Monthly pension of Rs. 5000.Indicative return of corpus Rs 8.50 lacs
18
42
42
84
126
168
210
19
41
46
92
138
183
228
20
40
50
100
150
198
248
21
39
54
108
162
215
269
22
38
59
117
177
234
292
23
37
64
127
192
254
318
24
36
70
139
208
277
346
25
35
76
151
226
301
376
26
34
82
164
246
327
409
27
33
90
178
268
356
446
28
32
97
194
292
388
485
29
31
106
212
318
423
529
30
30
116
231
347
462
577
31
29
126
252
379
504
630
32
28
138
276
414
551
689
33
27
151
302
453
602
752
34
26
165
330
495
659
824
35
25
181
362
543
722
902
36
24
198
396
594
792
990
37
23
218
436
654
870
1,087
38
22
240
480
720
957
1,196
39
21
264
528
792
1,054
1,318
40
20
291
582
873
1164
1454

SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION FORM AT YOUR BANK BRANCH
For more information, Please call on our APY Toll free No. 1800110069

Source: PFRDA

LOAN CONDITION ON PLI


PLI Loan Condition
  1. Loan is admissible on Whole Life Assurance (WLA), Endowment Assurance (EA) and Convertible Whole Life Assurance (CWLA) policies.
  2. Currency of policy should be minimum of 3 years in case of EA and CWLA.
  3. Currency of policy should be minimum of four years in case of WLA.
  4. Policy should be unencumbered/ unassigned.

Loan Limit:

(a) Whole Life Assurance
Currency of Policy Percentage of surrender value on which loan is admissible
More than 4 years to 7 years 60% More than 7 years to 12 years 80%
More than 12 years 90%
(b) Endowment Assurance and Convertible Whole Life Assurance

Currency of Policy Percentage of surrender value on which loan is admissible
More than 3 years to 5 years 60%
More than 5 years to 10 years 80%
More than 10 years 90%

  • Insurant should apply on LI-35 (loan application) and send to nearest CPC (at any HPO) along with policy document and premium receipt book or PDOC. Second and subsequent loan is admissible. (can be availed any time after repayment of previous loan) 
  • Second and subsequent loan is admissible after a year if the first loan is fully repaid. 
  • Loan interest @ 10% p.a is calculated on six monthly basis.

Direct PA / SA through Staff Selection Commission- pattern




The scheme of the examination is detailed below:



General Intelligence (Reasoning)
50 marks
General English
50 marks
Mathematics
50 marks
General Knowledge and Current Affairs
50 marks
Total
200 marks
Negative marks for each wrong answer
0.25 mark 
English Tpye: Speed  35 words per minute

Monday, 15 June 2015

PA / SA Notification 2015







Postal Assistant Exam now through of SSC CHSL (Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam)


Friends..Good News. From this year onwards Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam (PA/SA Exam) will be part of Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam. Department of Post has decided to conduct the exam through SSC and Gazette Notification in this regard was issued on 21 May 2015. Till now, for the last 02 years exam was conducted through a private company called CMC Limited and there were lot of complaints regarding the conduct of examination. Malpractices were detected at many Circles and Re-Exams are now being held in those Circles. In view of candidates it’s a welcome move because now onwards you have to prepare for one less exam every year. SSC CHSL + Postal Assistant Exam Preparation now onwards at one go.

Notification for SSC CHSL 2015 is expected today (12 June 2015) or tomorrow (13 June 2015). It is expected that Postal Assistant Exam 2015 will also be part of this year's notification. Let's wait and See. More details in this regard will be posted soon.


Anyway Check the Postal/Sorting Assistant Recruitment Rules 2015 in Official Gazette.

Sunday, 10 May 2015

Postal Exams in 2015


Sl. No
Name of Examination
Proposed Schedule tentatively
(A)                       Centralized Examinations
1.
IPOs Exam
19th and 20th September 2015
2.
PS Group B Examination 2013
21-06-2015 Sunday
3.
PM Grade I Exam
19-07-2015 Sunday
4.
LGO Exam for PA/SA in circles
20-08-2015
5.
PS Group B Examination 2014
18-10-2015 Sunday
6.
Junior Engineer  (C&E) Exam
Notify later
7.
Asst. Engineer (C&E) Examination
8.
Senior PM Exam
Tentatively proposed to be held in Nov 2015, by which time court verdicts are expected to be received.
9.
PA/SA Direct Recruitment Exam
August 2015 for 2015 vacancies
10.
Asst. Manager (MMS)
Will be notified after receipt of revised Recruitment Rules.
 (B)Decentralized Examinations
1.
Confirmation Exam for Direct recruit Jr. Accountants in PAOs
16th & 17th May 2015
2.
LDCs to Jr . Accountants in PAOs
13th & 14th June 2015
3.
LGOs Exam for promotion to Assistants of other wings ie, MMS, Foreign Post, RLO, Stores Depot and CO/RO
19th July 2015
4.
Postman Examination
May be held in October 2015 for 2015 vacancies
5.
Direct Recruitment to MTS
6.
PO & RMS Accountant Exam
17th May 2015
7.
SB Aptitude Test
This is a Circle level exam and conducted by circles as per their schedule.
8.
Promotion Exam to LDCs in PAOs from Sorters and MTS
26.07.2015
9.
Promotion Exam to LDCs in PAOs from MTS qualified in 12th class pass or equivalent.
16-08-2015