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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,...

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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...

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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.             ...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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