Restricted Holiday for Holi on 28th March, 2013
28th March, 2013 has now been declared as Restricted Holiday. But, the Holiday for Holi will be on 27th March, 2013 as declared earlier
Revision of Interest Rates for Small Savings Schemes With Effect from 1ST APRIL, 2013
Based on the decisions taken by the Government on the
recommendations of the Shyamala Gopinath Committee for Comprehensive Review of
National Small Savings Fund (NSSF), the interest rates for small saving schemes
are to be notified every financial year, before 1st April of that year.
Accordingly, the rate of interest on various small savings schemes for the
financial year 2013-14 effective from 01.04.2013, on the basis of the interest
compounding/ payment built-in in the schemes, shall be as under :
Scheme
|
Rate of Interest
w.e.f. 01.04.2012
|
Rate of Interest
w.e.f. 01.04.2013
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
Savings Deposit
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
1 Year Time Deposit
|
8.2
|
8.2
|
2 Year Time Deposit
|
8.3
|
8.2
|
3 Year Time Deposit
|
8.4
|
8.3
|
5 Year Time Deposit
|
8.5
|
8.4
|
5 Year Recurring Deposit
|
8.4
|
8.3
|
5 Year SCSS
|
9.3
|
9.2
|
5 Year MIS
|
8.5
|
8.4
|
5 Year NSC
|
8.6
|
8.5
|
10 Year NSC
|
8.9
|
8.8
|
PPF
|
8.8
|
8.7
|
Interest rates for post office savings schemes reduced
The interest rate of Public Provident Fund (PPF) has been
lowered from 8.8 per cent to 8.7 per cent with effect from April 1, said a
Finance Ministry statement. However, the rates on savings deposit schemes
and fixed depositsup to one year operated by the post offices have been
kept unchanged at 4 per cent and 8.2 per cent, respectively.
Further, Monthly Income Schemes (MIS) of 5-year
maturity will earn an interest of 8.4 per cent.
The National Savings Certificates (NSC) having
maturity of five and 10 yearswill now attract 8.5 per
cent and 8.8 per cent interest respectively, down 0.10 per cent each.
The interest rates would be applicable for the entire 2013-14 fiscal.
The rate for senior citizens savings scheme (SCSS) has
been fixed at 9.2 per cent, down from 9.3 per cent.
The revision in interest rates follows a decision taken
by government last year to link the small savings returns with the market rate.
The new rates are required to be announced at the beginning of a financial
year.
The decision was in line with the recommendations of
Shyamala Gopinath Committee, which had suggested that returns should be in sync
with market rates determined by the returns offered by other securities.
QUESTION PAPER POSTAL /SORTING ASSISTANT 2009
APTITUTDE TEST- DECEMBER 2009 PART 1 – ENGLISH
( Select the most appropriate word/set of words)
1. The word most nearly opposite in meaning to Valor
a. admonition b.
Injustice c. Cowardice d . Generosity
2. The word most nearly similar in meaning to tentative
a. Prevalent b.
Portable c. Making d. Experimental
3. The pair whose relationship is most like the relationship
expressed in the pair beggar: beg
a. Medium- Advise
b. Mediator: Disagree C.
Mercenary : Demand d. Mentor :
Guide
Fill in the Blanks ( Question 4-10 )
4. We list confidence in him because he never
------------------his promise.
5. Her true feelings --------------- themselves in her
sarcastic asides; only then was her ------------- revealed
6. Technically glass is a mineral and ---------------
a. Water so
b. water is so c.
so is water d. so water is
7. Rajasthan --------------- a very climate
a. has b. being c. having d. with
8 One of the least effective ways of storing information is
leaning
a. how repeat
b. repeating c.
to repeat d. Repeat
9 Many modern architects insist on------------------
materials native to the region
that will blend in to surroundings landscape .
a. use b. to use c. the use d. using
10. By the time a baby has reached its first birthday , he
should , without the help of an
adult ----------------- sit up or even stand up.
a. to be able
b. able to c.
to be able d. be able to
PART II: MATHEMATICS
11. A jar contains 10 red marbles and 30 green Ones. How
many red marbles must be added to the jar so that 60 % of the marbles will be
red?
a. 25 b. 30 c. 35 d. 40
12. Driving at 48 miles per hour, how many minutes will take
to drive 32miles.
a. 23 b 32 c. 40 d. 45
13. If a = 9*8321 and b=9*7321 what is the value of a –
a. 8000 b. 9000 c. 7000 e. 6000
14. From 1989 to 1990, the number of applicants to a college
increased 15 % to 5000.
How many applications were there in 1989?
a. 759 b. 4301 c. 4400 d. 5819
15. Find two numbers whose sum is 27 and product is 182
a. 11, 12 b. 12, 13 c. 13, 14 d. 14, 15
Launching of Electronic Indian Postal Order — e'IPO'.
No. 1/44/2009-lR
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances
& Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
North Block, New Delhi Dated the 22th March, 2013
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Electronic Indian Postal Order — launching of.
On the initiative of Department of Personnel and Training,
Department of Posts has launched a service called "elPO (Electronic Indian
Postal Order) w.e.f. 22.03.2013. This is a facility to purchase an Indian
Postal Order electronically by paying a fee on-line through e-Post Office
Portal i.e.http://www.epostoffice.gov.in. It can also be accessed through India
Post website www.indiapost.gov.in . As per RTI Rules, 2012, fees may be paid by
electronic means, if facility for receiving fees through electronic means is
available with the public authority.
2. At present, this facility is provided only for Indian Citizens
abroad across the globe to facilitate them to seek information from the Central
Public Information Officers (CPIOs) under the RTI Act, 2005, Debit and Credit
cards can be used to purchase elPO.
3. The user needs to get himself registered at the website. He has
to select the Ministry/Department from whom he desires to seek the information
under the RTI Act and the elPO so generated can be used to seek information
from that Ministry/Department only. A printout of the elPO is required to be
attached with the RTI application. If the RTI application is being filed
electronically, elPO is required to be attached as an attachment.
4. It may be noted that this facility is only for purchasing an
Indian Postal Order electronically. All the requirements for filing an RTI
application as well as other provisions regarding eligibility, time limit,
exemptions etc., as provided in the RTI Act, 2005 will continue to apply.
5. An elPO so generated must be used only once with an RTI
application. To check any multiple use of the same elPO, the CPIOs shall
maintain a record of the elPOs so received from Indian Citizens abroad. In case
of any doubt, the details of elPO can be verified from the above mentioned
site/portal of India Post.
sd/- (Sandeep Jain)
Deputy Secretary
The impact of Price rise will take Dearness Allowance to 100% soon
By the end of
this month the rate of Dearness Allowance is getting ready to touch
80% level. We can expect that the rise in prices will take it to 100%
level with in a couple of year.
Dearness Allowance Vs Price Rise
The central
government employee’s confederation opined that The Dearness allowance which
the cg employees are receiving now is not enough to meet the price rise of
essential commodities.
The effect of 50% Dearness allowance on our Pay
The sixth pay commission
recommended that Whenever the DA reaches 50% level , Some allowances have to be
increased by 25 % . Where as in Fifth CPC , it had been recommended that when
the DA reaches 50% it should be merged with Basic Pay. It has been implemented
with effect from 2004. And the fifth cpc also recommended that the Pay and
Allowance should be revised after every five years. But it was not accepted by
the Government.
The objectives of
increasing Allowances by 25% as per the 6 CPC or merging DA with Basic pay as in
the case of 5CPC, when DA reaches 50% level, is to make the central
government employees to balance the financial burden caused by Price Rise
through increasing their pay package.
The impact of DA Reaches 100%
According to
fifth CPC, the 50 % DA had been merged with Basic Pay and in 6CPC , some allowances
have been increased by 25%. But
5th CPC didn’t say anything about what should be done when DA touch 100% level.
Because the govt servants receiving their pay as per pre revised pay were not
granted merging of another 50% of DA in 5th CPC scale.
7th Pay commission
Even after the
rate of DA is increased to 50% level it is not enough to increase some
allowance by 25% as it will not help to handle the expenses caused by
inflation. So The central government employees are expecting that government
should constitute 7th pay commission immediately.
source
: govtempdiary
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