Saturday 31 March 2018

In A First, IRCTC Opens Luxury Saloon Car To Public, Calls It A ‘Moving House’

In A First, IRCTC Opens Luxury Saloon Car To Public, Calls It A ‘Moving House’

Opening its doors to common man for the first time, IRCTC operated Railway Saloon Coach departed for its maiden tour to Katra. The privately-occupied coach which was earlier available for only top railway officials had six passengers on board when it pulled out of the Old Delhi Railway Station. The private coach was attached to the Jammu Mail train.
irctc

The coach is equipped with amenities like two exclusive air-conditioned bedrooms with attached bath, a large living cum dining room, kitchenette and rear window for unobstructed views. IRCTC has even called it a ‘moving house’. The privately-occupied saloon coach comes with valet service.
According to IRCTC, the cost of chartering this saloon coach is around Rs 2 lakh.
The six customers were the first passengers to experience the grandeur of travelling in a saloon car, after the facility, which till now was primarily reserved for railway officials to reach places not connected by road or air, was opened to public, the IRCTC said.
The first charter service was been booked by M/s Royal India Train Journeys for its six customers for a saloon travelling from Delhi to Jammu.
“This will be an all inclusive tour where the guests will be offered all the comfort of a hotel. Exclusive staff will be available for services on board. Railway also provides one AC attendant and one saloon attendant for ensuring hassle free travel,” the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) said.
The four-day tour started on Friday and the saloon will be back on April 2. It was attached to the Jammu Mail at the Old Delhi Railway Station for onward journey to Katra.
From now on, the saloons are available for charter for the common people and the details are available on the IRCTC website, it said.
The decision to make such saloons available to people was taken soon after a meeting of Chairman of the Railway Board, Ashwani Lohani, with travel and trade associations in Delhi in January this year.
The Railways has a total of 336 saloon cars across railway zones, among them 62 are air-conditioned.
with PTI inputs
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Online Tracking System for Pension

Online Tracking System for Pension

DoPPW has implemented an online system called ‘BHAVISHYA’ for retiring central government civil employees to Provide on-line tracking of pension sanction and payment process
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 5339
ANSWERED ON: 28.03.2018

Online Tracking System for Pension

P. C. MOHAN
Will the Minister of PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state:-
(a) whether the Government is having any proposal for online Pension Sanction and Payment Tracking System;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the departments covered under the scheme;
(c) whether payment of pension through Public Sector Banks will be revamped and their data bases are updated for the existing pensioners;
(d) if so, the details thereof;
(e) whether the Government has received any report of payment of pension even after the death of pensioner in all categories; and
(f) if so, the details of amount paid and the steps taken for recovery of the excess pension paid?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
(DR. JITENDRA SINGH)
(a) & (b): Yes Madam. Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has implemented an online system called ‘BHAVISHYA’ for retiring central government civil employees. The system provides for on-line tracking of pension sanction and payment process. Tracking can be done by the individual as well as the administrative authorities for all actions preparatory to grant of pension and other retirement benefits. This is in line with the priorities of Government to ensure transparency and accountability in systems and processes.
At present, Bhavishya is implemented in main secretariat of 89 Ministries/ Departments except Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Defence, Department of Post, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Tele communication and some security related sensitive organizations.
(c)& (d): There is no such proposal to revamp the payment of pension through Public Sector Banks. However, the data base for the existing pensioners is being updated by the Authorized Banks for pensions’ payment once in a year through master data reconciliation with Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO) and from time to time based on the Special Seal Authority (SSA) issued by CPAO to Central Pension Processing Centers (CPPCs) of Banks.
(e) & (f): Yes Madam. The Authorized Banks submit the report of payment of pension through e-scrolls to CPAO after making the payment of pension. Life Certificate is submitted by the Central Civil Pensioners/ Family Pensioners in the month of November every year and excess payment of pension may happen if the pensioner dies before the coming November, i.e., the next due date of submission of Life Certificate. If excess/ wrong payment of pension is paid to the pensioner by Public Sector Banks then entire amount is recovered by the Banks from the pensioners/ family pensioners as per the guidelines of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in this regard. During the financial year 2016-17, an amount of about Rs. 73 crore was received/ recovered from the Authorized Banks by the Central Pension Accounting Office in respect of central civil pensioners/family pensioners.
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Extension of time period for submission of Postal Circle preference from - Selected Candidates of SSC 2016

Extension of time period for submission of Postal Circle preference from - Selected Candidates of SSC 2016

Extension of time period for submission of Postal Circle preference from selected candidates for appointment as Postal/Sorting Assistant on the basis of Combined Higher Secondary level Examination, 2016 conducted by SSC : Department of Posts.

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ATM : Migration of Magnetic Stripe cards to EMV chip and Pin Cards as mandated by RBI

ATM : Migration of Magnetic Stripe cards to EMV chip and Pin Cards as mandated by RBI

Department of Posts F.No.25-06/2018-FS-CBS(pt.2) dated 28.03.2018
Sub : Regarding Migration of Magnetic Stripe cards to EMV Chip and Pin Cards as mandated by RBI
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Account Opening Procedure in RICT Devices

Account Opening Procedure in RICT Devices

Below video clearly explaining about account opening process in RICT Devices by the GDS BPM.
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How to Change CSI Password for All Application

How to Change CSI Password for All Application

  • Logout from all CSI applications ( Offline and Online)
  • Go to
  • Login with current CSI user ID and password
  • Click on Change SSO Password
  • Under Set New Password
  • Type new password (Password Complexity should be maintained)
  • And Confirm password both must be same
  • Than click on Submit
  • Login in SAP after 10-15 minutes
For POS Application
  • Run Daily Sync 
  • Run High Sync Repeatedly (certain interval)
  • Than try to login in POS BO and POS Counter with new password after 30- 45 minutes.
  • Don't try more than once if password is not permit to login. In this case you should execute Run High in regular interval to receive the password from central server.
For precautions
  • Don't wait until password getting expiry. The password should be changed 2days before expiry.
  • The change of password should be done at the end of the day.
  • The POS Server should in UP atleast 30 after changing the password and the execution of Sync should be done in regular interval.
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MACP “very good” benchmark – date of effect – Delhi High Court office order

MACP “very good” benchmark – date of effect – Delhi High Court office order

MACP “very good” benchmark – date of effect – Delhi High Court office order

High Court of Delhi Ordered that upgradation of benchmark from "Good" to "Very Good" under the Modified Assured Carrier Progression Scheme (MACPS), is applicable withe effect from 01st January, 2018. The required grading of "Very Good" will be applicable only in respect of ACRs from the current year, i.e. 2017 onwards. For earlier years grading of "Good" up to the grade pay of Rs.660/- (Pre-revised), will be treated as qualifying/eligibility criteria for the benefit under the MACP Scheme 


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Friday 30 March 2018

Vigilance Clearance for obtaining Passport – DOPT Instruction

Vigilance Clearance for obtaining Passport – DOPT Instruction

It has been decided by the Central Government that vigilance clearance for obtaining Passport can be withheld only under the following circumstances provided in the DoPT Order
F. No. 11012/7/2017-Estt.A-III
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension
Department of Personnel & Training
Establishment A-III Desk
North Block, New Delhi – 110001
Dated 28th March, 2018
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Grant of vigilance clearance for obtaining passport.
The undersigned is directed to say that matter regarding guidelines for granting vigilance clearance to members of the Central Civil Service holding Central Civil Posts have been reviewed and it has been decided to lay down guidelines for grant of vigilance clearance to the Government servant for obtaining Indian Passport.
2. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has issued the guidelines for issuance of ordinary Passport to the Government servant vide O.M. No. VI/401/01/05/2014 dated 26.05.2015 in connection with procedures to be the followed in case of passport to be issued to Government servant.
3. In view of the above, it is mandatory for the administrative Department/ Controlling Authority to check whether any provision of the Section 6(2) of the Passport Act, 1967 are attracted in the case of employee, who are working under them, while obtaining Indian Passport. As such, it is required to check the vigilance  clearance of such Government servant.

4. Accordingly, it has been decided that vigilance clearance can be withheld only under the following circumstances:

(i) The officer is under suspension;
(ii) A charge sheet has been issued against the officer in a disciplinary proceeding and the proceeding is pending.
(iii) Charge sheet has been filed in a Court by the investigating Agency in a criminal case and the case is pending.
(iv) Sanction for investigation or prosecution has been granted by the Competent Authority in a case under the PC Act or any other criminal matter.
(v) An FIR has been filed or a case has been registered by any Government entity against the officer, after a preliminary fact finding inquiry.
(vi) The officer is involved in a trap/ raid case on charges of corruption and investigation is pending.
5. Vigilance clearance shall not be withheld due to an FIR filed on the basis of a private complaint unless a charge-sheet has been filed by the investigating agency provided that there are no directions to the contrary by a competent court of law.
However, the information regarding FIR may be provided to the Passport Office. The final decision will be taken by the concerned Passport Issuing Authority.
6. There may be situations wherein wards and relatives of the civil servants residing abroad (for education and other purposes) could be having medical emergencies or family events. The officer himself/ herself may require to visit abroad for medical reasons. Therefore, as a policy, ordinarily, a passport will not be granted if a disciplinary proceeding is pending against the officer. However, the competent authority can take a view wherein a foreign travel is necessitated due to extreme urgent situation like medical emergencies etc. on case to case basis.
7. All Ministries/ Departments/Offices are requested to bring the above guidelines to the notice of all Disciplinary Authorities under their control.
8. Hindi version will follow.
(Sanjiv Kumar)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

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Gratuity Ceiling Increase came into force from 29th March 2018

Gratuity Ceiling Increase came into force from 29th March 2018

The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act, 2018 passed in Parliament to increase the Gratuity Ceiling to Rs.20 Lakh brought in force on 29th March, 2018

Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act, 2018 brought in force on 29th March, 2018

Ministry of Labour & Employment
Decision:The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2018 has been passed by Lok Sabha on 15th March, 2018 and by the Rajya Sabha on 22nd March, 2018, has been brought in force on 29th March, 2018.
Background: The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 applies to establishments employing 10 or more persons. The main purpose for enacting this Act is to provide social security to workman after retirement, whether retirement is a result of superannuation, or physical disablement or impairment of vital part of the body. Therefore, the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 is an important social security legislation to wage earning population in industries, factories and establishments.
2. The present upper ceiling on gratuity amount under the Act is Rs. 10 Lakh. The provisions for Central Government employees under Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 with regard to gratuity are also similar. Before implementation of 7th Central Pay Commission, the ceiling under CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 was Rs. 10 Lakh. However, with implementation of 7th Central Pay Commission, in case of Government servants, the ceiling has been raised toRs. 20 Lakhs.
3. Therefore, considering the inflation and wage increase even in case of employees engaged in private sector, this Government decided that the entitlement of gratuity should also be revised in respect of employees who are covered under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. Accordingly, the Government initiated the process for amendment to Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to increase the maximum limit of gratuity to such amount as may be notified by the Central Government from time to time. Now, the Government has issued the notification specifying the maximum limit to Rs. 20 Lakh.
4. In addition, the Bill also envisages to amend the provisions relating to calculation of continuous service for the purpose of gratuity in case of female employees who are on maternity leave from ‘twelve weeks’ to ‘such period as may be notified by the Central Government from time to time’. This period has also been notified as twenty six weeks.
Major Impact: The Bill as passed by both the Houses of Parliament, and assented to by the Hon’ble President and notified by the Government. This will ensure harmony amongst employees in the private sector and in Public Sector Undertakings/ Autonomous Organizations under Government who are not covered under CCS (Pension) Rules. These employees will be entitled to receive higher amount of gratuity at par with their counterparts in Government sector.
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Gratuity Amendment Act 2018 to increase Gratuity Ceiling is Notified

Gratuity Amendment Act 2018 to increase Gratuity Ceiling is Notified

This Notification ensures that the  employees of private sector and in Public Sector Undertakings/ Autonomous Organizations under Government who are not covered under CCS (Pension) Rules will be entitled to receive higher amount of gratuity at par with their counterparts in Government sector.
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th March, 2018
S.O. 1419(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act, 2018 (12 of 2018), the Central Government hereby appoints the 29th day of March, 2018 as the date on which the said Act shall come into force.
[No. S-42012/02/2016-SS-II]
MANISH GUPTA, Jt. Secy.
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th March, 2018
S.O. 1420 (E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 4 of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (39 of 1972), the Central Government hereby specifies that the amount of gratuity payable to an employee under the said Act shall not exceed twenty lakh rupees.
[No. S-42012/02/2016-SS-II]
MANISH GUPTA, Jt. Secy.
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th March, 2018
S.O. 1421 (E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (iv) of the Explanation to sub-section (2) of section 2A of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (39 of 1972), the Central Government hereby specifies for the purposes of the said clause that the total period of maternity leave in the case of a female employee shall not exceed twenty-six weeks.
[No. S-42012/02/2016-SS-II]
MANISH GUPTA, Jt. Secy.
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RList 1.4 for Windows 10

RList 1.4 for Windows 10

RList+ Version 1.4 released on 19.03.2018 is compiled in Windows 10 and uploaded on 24.03.18. This version works on both Windows10 and Windows7 (I have not tested in other OSs)

Features: 

  • This can be used by both DOP (DO, CPC, HO) and Bulk Customers.
  • When any article is deleted the SL no will be reset.
  • At the startup, it will ask Prepaid Bulk or Bulk. Depending on selection other option will be hidden.
  • Before installation, please run the following Registry settings files. (Not mandatory, if the settings are already made). These settings do not harm any dop settings.
1.Set the Defender off
2.Regional settings
3. Set the paper as LETTER in Printers Printing preferences.

RList+ 1.4 Complete Setup:

Exe and MDB only:
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Invoice of COD/VP/SPEED article invoicing issues and Solution

Invoice of COD/VP/SPEED article invoicing issues and Solution

In CSI, all the COD articles and VP articles are treated as normal articles. Be cautious about COD articles because you have to change the article status and add the COD/VP amount before invoicing to the beat or to the BOs. If any insured article is received as normal then you have the option to make as insured also.
You can change the article type if any article is received as a speed but actually, it is a registered article (In CSI, sometimes it happens so, speed article may be invoiced in a registered bag or vice versa).

In some cases, you may have invoiced the article to the beat but it is not showing in the delivery slip and if you find the article, it might show as taken out for delivery. In such cases, you can change the Article Status as Received in the same option.

Once all the post offices are migrated to CSI then this option may becomes redundant.
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FNPO GDS Union invites other GDS Union

FNPO GDS Union invites other GDS Union




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RICT Device Training for BPM by BPM - Video

RICT Device Training for BPM by BPM - Video

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Thursday 29 March 2018

Vacancies in Postal Department as on dated 28th March 2018

Vacancies in Postal Department as on dated 28th March 2018

54263 VACANCIES IN POSTAL DEPARTMENT AS ON DATED 28th MARCH 2018



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Payment of interest and maturity value of Small Savings Investments through Savings Account : Ministry of Finance

Payment of interest and maturity value of Small Savings Investments through Savings Account : Ministry of Finance


Payment of interest and maturity value of Small Savings Investments through Savings Account : Ministry of Finance.
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RBI fines ICICI Bank Rs 58.9 crore for treasury violations

RBI fines ICICI Bank Rs 58.9 crore for treasury violations

MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has fined ICICI Bank Rs 58.9 crore for violating norms relating to sale of government securities from the held-to-maturity category of its bonds portfolio. This is the highest penalty imposed by RBI on a bank for a single incident.


Shares of ICICI Bank were down nearly 2 per cent to Rs 278 in early morning trade in the Bombay Stock Exchange. In a press release issued on Thursday, RBI said that it has imposed a penalty on ICICI Bank Limited for “non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on direct sale of securities from its HTM portfolio and specified disclosure in this regard”.


“This action is based on the deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank with its customers,” RBI said.


Under RBI guidelines banks have to split their holding of government securities into `held-to-maturity’ (HTM) and available for `available-for-sale’ category. If the market value of bonds in the HTM category falls (due to an increase in interest rates in the market) banks do not need to make provisions. The rationale is that since banks are mandatorily required to invest certain part of their deposits in government bonds they will not be selling any bonds in this category and therefore there is no market loss. Banks are however required to make provisions for losses in the market value of bonds in the AFS category since this is their trading or liquid portfolio.
Under existing guidelines, banks can shift investments to/from HTM with the approval of the Board of Directors once a year, and such shifting will normally be allowed at the beginning of the accounting year. In order to enable banks to shift their excess government securities from the HTM category to AFS/held for trading (HFT) RBI had allowed such shifting of the excess securities and direct sale from HTM category. However, this relaxation came into force only in October 4, 2017.


In its press statement on the penalty RBI has not indicated which period the violation pertained to. The October 17 relaxation allows banks to transfer g-secs in addition to the shifting permitted at the beginning of the accounting year, i.e., in the month of April.
“Such transfer to AFS/HFT category as well as sale of securities from HTM category, to the extent required to reduce the SLR securities in HTM category in accordance with the regulatory instructions, would be excluded from the 5 per cent cap prescribed for value of sales and transfers of securities to/from HTM category,” RBI had said.
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Biggest Let Down Of Government – It’s No Easy Task To Upset Voters Across Such Wide Demographies

Biggest Let Down Of Government – It’s No Easy Task To Upset Voters Across Such Wide Demographies

It’s not easy to upset business tycoons, salaried employees and small traders all at the same time. Finance minister Arun Jaitley has, however, accomplished this feat with customary aplomb.
Businessmen say “inspector raj” is back with a vengeance. Demonetisation has had unintended consequences. Lakhs of Indian businessmen and traders proved more imaginative than the government had thought. They contrived to convert virtually all their black money to white, depositing crores of rupees in cash into their bank accounts, preferring the risk of income tax scrutiny and raids to losing unaccounted cash holdings.
Deluged with income tax returns that didn’t match assessees’ new black cash deposits, the authorities are now stuck in a quagmire of their own making. There just isn’t enough manpower to chase all the dodgy cash deposits. Those who took the risk of income tax scrutiny by declaring all their black money are busy “settling” matters. Since there are lakhs of such assessees, most slip through the net.
Distraught bureaucrats in the Ministry of Finance (MoF) have reacted in the time-honoured way of bureaucrats: raid and prosecute. Their victims have reacted in the way the Indian system works: go to court. With multiple tribunal appeals and court challenges available, black money-newly-turned-white in bank accounts is safe for an indefinite period of time.
Meanwhile, the tax terrorism the NDA government had pledged to end is back.
As TV Mohandas Pai and S Krishnan wrote acerbicly in The Economic Times on March 22: “One of the major promises made by the BJP government when it came to power in 2014 was to stop tax terrorism. Finance minister Arun Jaitley proclaimed before the 2014 election that tax terrorism was the biggest threat to India and he would stop it. The problem of tax terrorism persists in this regime as well. Tax disputes have risen massively due to high target setting by the political establishment over the years. The I-T department collects tax on a perverse assessment by force and when taxpayers protest, officers agree, but confess that they have a collection target to achieve. They instead suggest that taxpayers appear against the assessment and obtain refunds.
“When the NDA government came to power, the amount of tax disputes in March 2014 was Rs 4.10 lakh crore, which has gone up to Rs 6.10 lakh crore in March 2017, a 50 per cent increase. The FM also agreed that injustice was done to Vodafone, but has not remedied it yet. If promises made in Parliament are not kept, the credibility and trust in government will suffer. It’s time our FM kept his promise.” The same promise applies to the central government employees, whose salary increase will be considered, Arun Jaitley said in the parliament, however there is no news after that.
While delivering his Union Budget speech in 2015, Jaitley promised to cut corporation tax from 30 per cent to 25 per cent. He still hasn’t done it. As a sop, in the 2018-19 Union Budget last month, Jaitley cut corporation tax to 25 per cent – but only for companies with an annual turnover of less than Rs 250 crore. This, Jaitley declared, covered 99 per cent of Indian companies. What he didn’t say is the remaining one per cent of companies with an annual turnover of over Rs 250 crore account for over 90 per cent of corporate tax revenue.
Because extending the 25 per cent corporation tax rate to all companies would mean a loss of an unaffordable Rs 70,000 crore in revenue. By reducing tax to 25 per cent on 99 per cent of companies with an annual turnover below Rs 250 crore, but which account for only 10 per cent of corporation tax revenue, Jaitley got the optics right but broke his 2015-2016 Budget pledge.
Tax terrorism helps nobody. Most cases go into long-term litigation. They take years or even decades to conclude. India doesn’t have separate commercial courts (as, for example, Britain does) to fast-track revenue disputes.
There is one silver lining though for the government – businessmen and traders who deposited large amounts in cash into their bank accounts but never filed tax returns in the past will now have to pay taxes regularly.
One business leader tells the story of a friend whose entire business is not on the books – there is ostensibly no revenue, no profits, no taxes, no factory. All transactions are done in cash. He now wants to go legit, but doesn’t know how. If he declares his factory, located in the hinterland where tax officials rarely venture, there will be back taxes and penalties to pay. If he doesn’t declare it, he risks being caught anyway as many of his customers are now GST-compliant. He will soon be outed based on matched invoices.
Yet India remains under-taxed. Farmers pay no tax. There are some “no-go” areas where I-T officials admit they dare not venture. As one officer says sheepishly, “Some community enclaves don’t allow us to step in – they threaten violence. Business here carries on in cash. No books of account exist.”
Many of the scams unearthed over the past decade originated in the finance or defence ministry. It is here where the politician-bureaucrat nexus is most toxic. Scams where investigations have been mysteriously stalled include income tax cases against television channels and the national spot exchange (NSEL). The bank fraud by Mehul Choksi and Nirav Modi took place under the watchful eyes of the banking department which is a part of the MoF.
The MoF has in five Union Budgets over four years consistently disappointed salaried employees. Schemes that have succeeded – financial inclusion through Jan Dhan Yojana, Mudra loans for small entrepreneurs and direct benefit transfers (DBT), which sideline middlemen who used to siphon off subsidies for the poor – were created by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The MoF for its part stalled one rank, one pension (OROP) for several months, reduced defence allocations, delayed farm loan waivers and alienated small business traders with a needlessly complex GST.
It’s no easy task to upset voters across such wide demographies. This government has managed to do just that.
Courtesy: Minhaz Merchant, Media group chairman and editor (views are his personal)
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Expected DA July 2018: AICPIN for Feb 2018

Expected DA July 2018: AICPIN for Feb 2018

Expected DA July 2018: AICPIN for Feb 2018
Press Release of All India Consumer Price Index for the month of February 2018 has been released by Labour Bureau on 28.3.2018. The index decreased by one point and stands at 287. (Check DA with Tool – Click the below image)
No.5/1/2018-CPI
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU
‘CLEREMONT’, SHIMLA-171004
DATED: 28th March, 2018
Press Release
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) — February, 2018
The All-India CPI-IW for February, 2018 decreased by 1 point and pegged at 287 (two hundred and eighty seven). On 1-month percentage change, it decreased by (-) 0.35 per cent between January and February, 2018 which was static between the two months a year back.
The maximum downward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing (-) 1.87 points to the total change. At item level, Wheat & Wheat Atta, Gram Dal, Groundnut Oil, Egg (hen), Poultry (Chicken), Pure Ghee, Garlic, Onion, Brinjal, Cabbage Carrot, Cauliflower, Palak, Peas, Tomato, Sugar, Flowers/Flower Garlands. etc. are responsible for the decrease in index. However, this decrease was checked by Rice, Goat Meat, Apple, Banana, Coconut, Tea Leaf, Bidi, Cigraette, Electricity Charges, Kerosene Oil, Medicine (Allopathic), Cinema Charges, Bus Fare, Petrol, Repair Charges, Hair Oil, Hand Bag/Brief Case, Tailoring Charges, etc., putting upward pressure on the index.
The year-on-year inflation uneasured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 4.74 per cent for February, 2018 as compared to 5.11 per cent for the previous month and 2.62 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the food inflation stood at 2.36 per cent against 3.36 per of the previous month and 1.71 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.
At centre level, Bokaro reported the maximum decrease of 5 points followed by Mumbai (4 points). Among others, 3 points decrease was observed in 16 centers, 2 points in 14 centres and 1 point in 16 centres. On the contrary, Coimbatore and Jamshedpur recorded a maximum increase of 4 points each followed by Lucknow, Goa and Chennai (3 points each). Among others, 2 points increase was observed in 3 centres and 1 point in 4 centres. Rest or the 18 centres indices remained stationary.
The indices of 38 centres are above All-India Index and 37 centers’ indices are below national average. The index of Varanasi, Bengaluru and Chandigarh centres remained at par with All-India Index.
The next issue of CPI-IW for the month of March, 2018 will released on Friday 27th April, 2018. The same will also be available the on the office website www.labourbureaunew.gov.in.
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(AMRIT LAL JANGID)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Authority: http://labourbureaunew.gov.in/
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CSI Installation Guide for Post Office

CSI Installation Guide for Post Office

Two Different Softwares are available for Post Office in CSI Environment namely POS Software which is offline software for Counter operations with IVPS and another one is SAP online software which will handle all other operations in the Department of Posts. 

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Easy and Clear TCB Generator for Post Office Migrated with CSI

Easy and Clear TCB Generator for Post Office Migrated with CSI

Easy & Clear CSI TCB , Stamp Balance Register, Emo-Paid  for Sub Offices in Excel Format

How to use this utility? Easy CSI TCB ( Version 1.0)?



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Income Tax benefits in Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA)

Income Tax benefits in Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA)




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SAP Login Issue and Solution - Logon balancing parser error

SAP Login Issue and Solution - Logon balancing parser error

Issue 1: 
When User is logging to SAP and getting the below Error 
Solution for Resolving the issue 

Please follow the below steps to resolve the issue. 
Step 1: 
Download the below file 
Step 2: 

Extract the logon.zip to logon folder 
Logon folder will be created .Copy the logon folder and replace it at the below location 

Step 3: 
Go to C: Install_Common -> and open Logon folder 
Once logon folder is opened another logon folder will be available inside. Replace this logon folder with Extracted logon folder in Step2 
  • Close the sap Logon and try to login now. User should be able to login SAP . 
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