சொல் ஒன்று செயல் மற்றொன்று - இதுவே மோ(ச)டி சர்க்கார்

RTI Reveals That 'Make In India' Logo Was Made By An American Firm

Logo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's much-hyped Make in India initiative, which aims to brand India as a manufacturing hub is designed by a foreign company's Indian arm, reveals a query under Right to Information Act.  

Replying to query by a Madhya Pradesh-based activist, Chandra Shekhar Gaur, Union commerce and industry ministry replied, "No tenders were invited for designing Make In India logo. In 2014-15, tenders were invited by the ministry for appointing a creative agency. And on its basis, Weiden+Kennedy India Limited, was chosen. And it's this company which designed the logo for Make In India".

Wieden+Kennedy, founded in Portland, Oregon, is one of the largest independently owned advertising agencies, with presence in Amsterdam, Beijing, London, New York, Portland, Shanghai, Tokyo and India. Activist Guar also sought information on total payment made for the creation of the Make In India logo, but the ministry said in its reply — No separate payment was made for creating the logo.
While replying to another query, the ministry informed that Weiden+Kennedy India Limited was hired for Rs 11 crore for advertising and promotion of Make In India, campaign, for 3 years — Rs 4.32 crore for financial year 2014-15, Rs 3.6 crore each for 2015-16 & 2016-17, said the reply in last week of December.
Gaur said, "It feels good to hear about 'Make In India' and the campaign also talks good about our country. It's a good initiative, but it would have been better and sent a stronger message if this was done by an Indian firm. There is no dearth of creative talent in India."
Originally published in the Times of India

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Wish You Happy Pongal 2016.

உலக தமிழர்கள் அனைவருக்கும் இனிய பொங்கல் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்

Thai Pongal (Tamil: taippongal) is a Tamil harvest festival. Thai Pongal is a four day festival which according to the Gregorian calendar is normally celebrated from January 13 to January 16, but sometimes it is celebrated from January 14 to January 17. This corresponds to the last day of the Tamil month Maargazhi to the third day of the Tamil month Thai.
Thai Pongal is one of the most important festivals celebrated by Tamil people in the India (state of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry), Sri Lanka, as well as Tamils worldwide, including those in Malaysia, Mauritius, South Africa,USA, Singapore, Canada and UK. Thai Pongal corresponds to Makara Sankranthi, the winter harvest festival celebrated throughout India.
The day marks the start of the sun’s six-month-long journey northwards (the Uttarayanam). This also corresponds to the Indic solstice when the sun purportedly enters the 10th house of the Indian zodiac Makara or Capricorn. Thai Pongal is mainly celebrated to convey appreciation to the Sun God for providing the energy for agriculture. Part of the celebration is the boiling of the first rice of the season consecrated to the Sun - the Surya Maangalyam<sup>.

The origins of the Thai Pongal festival may date to more than 1000 years ago Epigraphic evidence suggests the celebration of the Puthiyeedu during the Medieval Chola empire days. Puthiyeedu is believed to represent the first harvest of the year. Tamil people refer to Pongal as "Tamizhar Thirunaal," the festival of Tamizhs. Thai Pongal, also referred to as Makara Sankranti, is referred to in the classic work of Hindu astrology, the Surya Siddhanta.</sup>

Thai refers to the name of the tenth month in the Tamil calendar, Thai (தை). Pongal usually means festivity or celebration; more specifically Pongal is translated as "boiling over" or "overflow." Pongal is also the name of a sweetened dish of rice boiled with lentils that is ritually consumed on this day. Symbolically, pongal signifies the gradual heating of the earth as the Sun travels northward toward the equinox.
This day coincides with Makara Sankranthi which is celebrated throughout India.

Days of the festival 

Margazhi Kolam

Though rarely followed in cities, most villages in Tamil Nadu mark the arrival of Pongal festival a month before (Margazhi - mid December to mid January) by embellishing the floor space of their dwelling entrance with decorative patterns called Kolam - drawn using rice flour and different colour powders- by female members of the family on or before dawn. Traditionally dwellings are whitewashed with in the month of Margazhi to welcome the auspicious Thai Pongal.

Bhogi

The day preceding Pongal is called Bhogi. On this day people discard old belongings and celebrate new possessions. The disposal of worn-out items is similar to the traditions of Holika in North India. The people assemble at dawn in Tamil Nadu to light a bonfire in order to burn the discards. Houses are cleaned, painted and decorated to give a festive look. The horns of oxen and buffaloes are painted in villages. In Tamil Nadu farmers keep medicinal herb (neem, avram, sankranti)in northeast corner of each fields, to prevent crops from diseases and pests.
Bhogi is also observed on the same day in Andhra Pradesh. In the ceremony called Bhogi Pallu, fruits of the harvest such as regi pallu and sugar cane are collected along with flowers of the season. Money is often placed into a mixture of treats and is poured over children. The children then separate and collect the money and sweet fruits.
This day is celebrated in Punjab as Lohri and in Assam as Magh Bihu / Bhogali Bihu.

Thai Pongal

The main event, also known as Thai Pongal, takes place on the second of the four days. This day coincides with Makara Sankranthi, a winter harvest festival celebrated throughout India. It marks the start of the Uttarayanam, the day of the sidereal solstice when the sun purportedly enters the 10th house of the Indian zodiac i.e. Makara or Capricorn.
In the Tamil language the word Pongal means "overflowing," signifying abundance and prosperity.
During the festival milk is cooked in a vessel. When it starts to bubble and overflow out of the vessel, freshly harvested rice grains are added to the pot. At the same time other participants blow a conch called the sanggu and shout "Pongalo Pongal!" They also recite "Thai Pirandhal Vazhi Pirakkum" ("the commencement of Thai paves the way for new opportunities"). This is repeated frequently during the Pongal festival. The "pongal" is then served to everyone in the house along with savories and sweets such as vadai, murukku, paayasam.

Tamils decorate their homes with banana and mango leaves and embellish the floor with decorative patterns drawn using rice flour.^[3] kolams/rangolis are drawn on doorsteps. Family elders present gifts to the young.
 Newly cooked rice and savouries prepared for celebrating Pongal.

The Sun stands for "Pratyaksha Brahman" - the manifest God, who symbolizes the one, non-dual, self-effulgent, glorious divinity blessing one and all tirelessly. The Sun is the one who transcends time and also the one who rotates the proverbial wheel of time.

Maatu Pongal

Maatu Pongal is celebrated the day after Thai Pongal. Tamils regard cattle as sources of wealth for providing dairy products, fertilizer, and labor for plowing and transportation. On Maatu Pongal, cattle are recognized and afforded affectionately. Features of the day include games such as the Jallikkattu and taming wild bull.
Kanu Pidi is a tradition for women and young girls. During Kanu Pidi women feed birds and pray for their brothers' well being. As part of the "Kaka pidi, Kanu pidi" feast women and girls place a feast of colored rice, cooked vegetables, banana and sweet pongal on ginger or turmeric leaves for crows to share and enjoy. During this time women offer prayers in the hope that brother-sister ties remain forever strong as they do in a crow family.
On this day celebrants bathe and decorate their cattle with garlands. Cows are decorated with manjalthanni (turmeric water) and oil. Shikakai apply kungumam (kumkum) to their foreheads, paint their horns, and feed them a mixture of venn pongal, jaggery, honey, banana and other fruits. In the evening people pray to Lord Ganesh. One ritual is to light a torch of coconut leaves and carry it around cattle three times and then run to the border of the village to drop it. This is believed to remove the evil influences caused by the jealousy of other people over the cattle.

Kaanum Pongal

Kaanum Pongal, the fourth day of the festival, marks the end of Pongal festivities for the year. The word kaanum in this context means "to visit." Many families hold reunions on this day. Brothers pay special tribute to their married sisters by giving gifts as affirmation of their filial love. Landlords present gifts of food, clothes and money to their tenants. Villagers visit relatives and friends while in the cities people flock to beaches and theme parks with their families. Celebrants chew sugar cane and again decorate their houses with kolam. Relatives and friends receive thanks for their assistance supporting the harvest.
In Andhra Pradesh, Mukkanuma, the final day of Sankranthi festival, is celebrated by worshiping cattle. Mukkanuma is famous among non-vegetarians. People do not eat non-vegetarian dishes during the first three days of the festival, saving them for the day of Mukkanuma.

 

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The Officer Who Negotiated Pakistan’s Surrender In 1971, Lt Gen JFR Jacob passes away

           Lt Gen JFR Jacob (retd), who negotiated the surrender of Pakistani troops in Dhaka following the 1971 war, passed away today. Jacob, who was 92, breathed his last this morning after prolonged illness, army sources said.

Jack Farj Rafael Jacob was from a family of Baghdadi Jews and was born in Kolkata in 1923. In an interview to the Times of Israel, he had said that he joined the army to fight Nazis and said that the only place he ever encountered anti-Semitism was in the British Army, never in the Indian Army. 

Born in the Bengal Presidency under British India, Jacob joined the army at the age of 19 and also fought in World War II and the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965.
             Lt Gen Jacob when he had met with PM Modi in December 2014 | Source: @narendramodi However, Jacob is best known for his role in India's victory in the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971 and the liberation of Bangladesh. Jacob, then a Major General, served as the Chief of Staff of the Indian Army's Eastern Command during the war. While recounting to Rediff how the India-Pakistan surrender was arranged, Lt Gen Jacob had spoken of how he landed in Dhaka to negotiatate with his counterpart Lieutenant General Ameer Abdullah Khan Niazi for a surrender. He also spoke of how the Indian Army had proceeded directly towards Dhaka instead of taking the other cities.

He pointed out that when he initially sought a surrender, it was turned down by the other Pakistani officers there and he also realised there were way more enemy troops than he thought. 

And I was thinking, suppose he doesn't surrender, what do I do? He has 30,000 troops, we have 3,000, he can fight for three weeks at least!

Despite his worry about what would happen if his counterpart didn't accept, Jacob went back to meet with the general and convinced him to surrender.

But once the surrender was accepted the Pakistan general and he had a discussion about how it would be done:

I will surrender in my office, Niazi said.
I said no, I have already given instructions that you will surrender at the racecourse, in front of the people of Dhaka.
"I won't," he said.
"You will," I said. "You will also provide a guard of honour." 

He also ensured that the enemy general wasn't killed: 

Near the airport, I saw a few of our troops trickling in. I saw two para boys in a jeep and I took them with me. When I got to the airport, Tiger Siddiqi turned up with a truckload of Mukti Bahini. I don't know why, but I felt he wanted to shoot Niazi.
If Niazi was killed at the airport, there would be no surrender.
I told the two para boys to shield Niazi, walked up to Siddiqi -- I told the two para boys to point their rifles at him -- and ordered him off the airfield.
Then Aurora and his entourage, including his wife, landed. I was supposed to travel with Niazi and Aurora, but I was told to make way for Mrs Aurora. She was more important. Since everyone else had gone, and this was the last car, I hitched a ride in a truck.
After the signing, the crowd was wanting to lynch Niazi. We had very few troops there. So we had put a cordon around Niazi, put him in an army jeep which whisked him away.

Post retirement, he also served as the Governor of Goa and Punjab.

In the interview with the Israeli paper, Jacob was asked whether he had ever considered immigrating to Israel given his Jewish descent. Here's what he said: 

"I am very proud to be a Jew, but am Indian through and through. I was born in India and served here my whole life; this is where I want die.”

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NJCM Letter to Govt on Bonus issue.

Raising of Bonus Payment Ceiling to the Central Government Employees: National Council (Staff Side) (JCM) addressed to the Secretary Department of Expenditure, Government of India. 

போனஸ் உச்ச வரம்பை ரூபாய் 3500 லிருந்து ஆக 01.04.2014 முதல் உயர்த்தி வழங்கிட, பாராளுமன்றத்தில் உரிய சட்ட திருத்த மசோதா நிறைவேறிவிட்ட போதிலும் நிதியமைச்சகம் இன்னமும் உத்திரவுவிடவில்லை. எனவே அரசின் உத்திரவு உடனே வெளியிட வலியுறுத்தி NJCM (Staff Side) செயலர் கடிதம் எழுதியுள்ளார். 

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சமத்துவ பொங்கல்

திருநெல்வேலி தலைமை அஞ்சலகத்தில் நடைபெற்ற சமத்துவ பொங்கல்
சிறப்பு விருந்தினராக தலைமை ஏற்று நடத்தி வைத்த நமது முதுநிலை கண்காணிப்பாளர் திரு.V.P. சந்திரசேகர்   அவர்கள்

பொங்கலிடம் நமது கோட்ட செயலாளர் திருமதி சூரியகலா உடன் தோழியர்
பின்னணியில் திரு கடற்கரையாண்டி

பொங்கலிடம் தோழியர் உடன் நமது முதுநிலை கண்காணிப்பாளர் திரு.V.P. சந்திரசேகர்   அவர்கள்,  அன்பு மாமா பாட்சா  மற்றும் தோழர்கள் 

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நம்மிடமே கருத்தும் கேட்கிறது GDS கமிட்டி.

தற்போதைய GDS கமிட்டியே வேண்டாம் என்கிறோம் நாம்.

நம்மிடமே கருத்தும் கேட்கிறது GDS கமிட்டி

Send your Suggestions / Feedback to GDS Committee through India Post Web Portal

The Department of Posts has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Shri Kamlesh Chandra, Retired Member of Postal Service Board to review the existing conditions of services, emoluments and other facilities such as discharge facilities, social security benefits welfare measures, methods of recruitment, minimum qualification for engagement, conduct and disciplinary rules of Gramin Dak Sewaks (GDS). The committee is constituted at a time when transformation is taking place in the rural post offices due to implementation of IT projects of the Department of Posts. The committee would like to know your views on the above issues to give its recommendations. 

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Post Bank likely to handle Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) schemes

The entire direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme for distribution of government subsidy is likely to be handled by the Post Bank - the new payments bank which will be under the Department of Posts. 

"Earlier initial capital approval sought for setting up Post Bank was about Rs 300 crore which has been increased to Rs 800 crore as there is proposal now that entire DBT scheme should be handled by it as well as saving accounts currently handled by DoP should also be moved under it," an official source told PTI. 

Public Investment Board ( PIB) will consider this proposal in its meeting on January 15 and then send its recommendation to Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs for final approval, the official said. 

The Reserve Bank of India has granted Payments Bank permit to the postal department, which has 1.55 lakh branches across country and already provides financial services. 

Pilot for the Payments Bank is set to start from January 2017 while full-fledged operations are to start from March 7, 2017. 

Under DBT scheme government directly transfer subsidies in to bank account of people eligible for it. Subsidies of around 35-40 government schemes are covered under it including that provided on domestic LPG connections. 

As per official data, till December 27 around Rs 40,000 crore was directly reaching the beneficiaries through various schemes. 

As many as 40 international financial conglomerates, including World Bank and Barclays, have shown interest to partner with Postal Department for the payments bank. 

The DoP has shortlisted six consultants including McKinsey, KPMG, Ernst and Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The postal department expects to finalise consultant for setting up of payment banks by end of this month. 

At the end March 2015, the DoP housed around 20 lakh saving accounts which held total deposit of about Rs 47,800 crore. The payment bank wing of DoP is also proposed to manage these accounts. 

As per RBI guidelines, payments banks would offer a limited range of products such as demand deposits and remittances. 

They will, however, not be allowed to undertake lending activities and will initially be restricted to holding a maximum balance of Rs 1 lakh per individual customer. 

They will be allowed to issue ATM or debit cards as also other prepaid payment instruments, but not credit cards.

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Delegation of powers to Heads of Offices for treatment availed in emergency circumstances- relaxation of rules regarding

Treatment availed in emergency circumstances – CGHS Orders

1967/2013/0EL/CGHS/SZ/DSZ-CGHS (P)
Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
CGHS (P) Section

Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi
Dated the 10th December, 2015

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Delegation of powers to Heads of Offices for treatment availed in emergency circumstances- relaxation of rules regarding.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s OM No. 5.12020/4/97-CGHS (P) dated 27/12/2006 and OM No. 5.14025/01/2014-MS dated 5/6/2014 vide which powers were delegated to the Head of Departments (HODs) to decide the cases of medical claims in respect of treatment obtained in emergency at private hospital/private nursing home/private clinics, subject to item-wise ceiling prescribed under CGHS/CS (MA) rules, 1944, irrespective of the financial limit on the total amount to be reimbursed.

2. The matter has been examined in this Ministry. In view of undue hardships being faced by the employees whose offices are located in far flung areas and whose HoD are at New Delhi or at any other place far away from the respective offices, if has been decided to further delegate the powers as follows:

“The Heads of Office not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Govt.of India may decide the cases of medical claims in respect of treatment obtained in emergency at private hospital/private nursing home/private clinics, as per the item-wise ceiling prescribed under CGHS/CS (MA) rules, 1944, subject to an overall limit of Rs. 2 lakhs per case.

3. Other contents of OM No. 5.12020/4/97-CGHS (P) dated 27/12/2006 and OM No. S.14025/01/2014-MS dated 5/6/2014 will remain unchanged.

4. This issues with the approval of Additional Secretary & Director General, CGHS and shall be effective from the date of its issue.

(Sunil Kumar Gupta)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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ஆறு மாதங்களுக்குள் Recruitment பணியை முடித்து ஆணை வழங்க DoPT உத்திரவு

Entire recruitment process to be completed within six months – Dopt Instructions on 11.1.2016

Entire recruitment process including and starting from advertisement, conducting written examination or holding of interview may be completed within six months.

F. No. Misc-14017/15/2015-Estt. (RR)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
North Block, New Delhi

Dated: 11.1.2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Instructions regarding time limit for holding examinations / interviews from the date of advertisement for the post under direct recruitment – reg.

The undersigned is directed to refer to the subject and to say that it has come to notice of this Department that there are instances of a long time lag between the date of advertisement for the vacancy and date of examination or interview. This delay may deny the opportunity to fresh candidates who become eligible during that period, while creating an atmosphere of uncertainty to candidates who have applied. .

2. All Ministries / Departments are, therefore, requested that while initiating the recruitment process to fill vacant posts(s) by the method of direct recruitment in their Ministries / Departments, it may be ensured that the entire recruitment process including and starting from advertisement, conducting written examination or holding of interview may be completed within six months.

3. The administrative Ministries / Departments may issue similar instructions to autonomous bodies / PSUs / statutory bodies under their administrative control.

(Mukesh Chaturvedi)

Director (E-I)

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CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988 – Fulfillment of Procedural requirements

No.31011/3/2015-Estt (A.IV)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
Establishment A-IV Desk

North Block, New Delhi-110 001
Dated: January 11, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Central Civil Services (Leave Travel concession) Rules, 1988 – Fulfillment of Procedural requirements.

This Department is in receipt of a number of references regarding the procedural difficulties faced by the Government employees in application and settlement of the LTC claims. Sometimes, the Government servants claim that failure to follow the correct procedure was on account of a lack of knowledge of the rules/instructions while in the other cases the delay is caused in the late processing of LTC claims.

2. To remove these bottlenecks, this Department has decided to simplify the procedure of application and make the procedure of processing of LTC claims time bound. The following time-limits shall be followed while processing the LTC applications/claims of the Government servants.

S.No.	Course of action	Time limit
1.	Leave Sanction	5 days + 2 days*
2.	Sanction of LTC advance	5 days + 2 days*
3.	Time taken by Administration for verification of LTC claim after the LTC bill is submitted by the Government employee for settlement.	10 days + 2 days*
4.	Time taken by DDO	5 days + 2 days*
5.	Time taken by PAO	5 days + 2 days*

 

It may be noted that in cases where the place of posting of the Government employees is away from their Headquarters, additional 2 days transit-time may be allowed. The person proceeds on LTC after S.No.1 and 2 i.e. after ten days of applying LTC.

3. Under CCS (LTC) Ruler, the Government servants are required to inform their Controlling Officer before the journey(s) on LTC to be undertaken. It has now been decided that the Leave Sanctioning Authority shall obtain a self-certification from the employee regarding the proposed LTC journey. The proforma for self-certification has been annexed with this O.M.

4. In addition to the above, it has been decided that whenever a Government servant applies for LTC, he/she may be provided with a copy of the guidelines (enclosed) which needs to be followed while availing LTC.

5. Employees may be encouraged to share interesting insights and pictures, if any, of the destination he/she visited while availing LTC on an appropriate forum.

6. Comments of the above proposal may be furnished within 15 days via e-mail to email address jha.sn@nic.in.

Enclosures:

1) Proforma for self-certification.

2) Guidelines

(Surya Narayan Jha)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

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Monthly Meeting with SSPOs

                The monthly meeting of our union with SSPOs is to be held on 21st Jan 2016 at O/o SSPOs, Tirunelveli Division, Palayankottai 627002. The Subject may please be send to Divisional Secretaries on or before 18.01.2016.
N.Venkatachalam,                             S.Suriyakala
Secretary P4 9790616111                 Secretary P3 9994649107

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India Post expects to collect Rs 1,500 cr through CoD in FY16

India Post had already collected Rs 1,000 cr through cash-on-delivery till December

                 The Department of Posts, which has tied-up with top e-commerce companies, expects to meet the target of Rs 1,500 crore collection through cash-on-delivery this fiscal. The Department of Posts has already collected Rs 1,000 crore through cash-on-delivery (CoD) till December. "The Postal Department has collected Rs 1,000 crore so far through CoD and this figure is likely to cross Rs 1,500 crore by the end of the current fiscal," Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told PTI. The Department has partnered with e-tailers, including Flipkart, Snapdeal, Amazon, YepMe, Shopclues, for delivering pre-paid as well as CoD orders. Amazon is its largest business partner in e-Commerce. The Minister said complete revival of the postal department is his top-most priority. "I want to see India as a big hub of ecommerce, delivery and digital services," Prasad said.  Average business provided per month by major players including Amazon is 3 lakh articles, Snapdeal 80,000 articles, Myntra 50,000 articles, Flipkart 30,000 articles and Yepme 60,000 articles. 

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All the offices will migrate by 2nd Week of March 2016

CBS Roll Out - Status and Action Points

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India Post to Issue Digital Life Certificate for Pensioners

India Post is getting ready to issue Digital Life Certificate to pensioners.  This facility can be availed from selected Post Offices across the country.  These Post Offices are already supplied with fingerprint scanner for Aadhaar authentication.

Digital life Certificate for Pensioners, the scheme of the Government of India known as Jeevan Pramaan is a biometric enabled digital service for pensioners. Pensioners of Central Government, State Government or any other Government organization can take benefit of this facility. 

Digital life Certificate for Pensioners scheme of the Government of India known as Jeevan Pramaan seeks to address this very problem by digitizing the whole process of securing the life certificate. It aims to streamline the process of getting this certificate and making it hassle free and much easier for the pensioners. With this initiative the pensioners requirement to physically present himself /herself in front of disbursing agency or the certification authority will become a thing of the past benefiting the pensioners in a huge way and cutting down on unnecessary logistical hurdles. 

Pensioner’s information like Pension Aadhaar number, Pensioner Name, PPO Number, Bank Account detail, Address, Mobile number etc are fed into the system though web based / client interface and finally pensioners person information are authenticated using the Aadhaar number and pensioner has to put his finger on to the finger print scanner or eye on the Iris scanner. 

After successful authentication, Pramaan ID / the transaction number is displayed on the screen and same has is sent to Pensioner’s mobile as SMS from the portal. 

The portal generates Electronic Jeevan Pramaan for the successfully authenticated pensioner and it is stored in the central Life Certificate Repository database. 

The disbursing Post Office or Bank can access and get the Jeevan Pramaan certificate from the portal for his pensioners though the electronic data transfer mechanism created between the portal and Bank server. 

Pensioner has to inform to the Post Office or Bank that his Jeevan Pramaan has been generated through online registration from Jeevan Pramaan portal inorder to get the benefit

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e-Bikes and e-Parcel Delivery Van to Give New Look to India Post

Moving away from the classic image of a cycle-riding Postman, The Department of Post has introduced e-bikes and e-parcel delivery van for the delivery of Postal Articles as a pilot phase in Gurgaon.  It has also provided solar energy panel to two Post Offices in Gurgaon.

The project has been initiated on experimental basis, and other Post Offices will be absorbed over time, senior officials said.  Six rented e-bikes have been introduced as of now and the average running cost of each comes up to Rs 1.50/km, inclusive of electricity and maintenance.

As part of the project, the Gurgaon Postal Division as also installed solar energy panel of 2KVA at Post Office in DLF Qutub Enclave and DLF phase II.  The solar panels have been connected with commercial inverters to provide uninterrupted electricity to the two Post Offices.

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