LIST OF HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2011

WISH YOU HAPPY DUSSEHRA

LTC-SOME IMPORTANT TIPS

LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION WHAT THE GOVERNEMENT SERVANT SHOULD DO…

1. He should ensure that his home town is correctly indicated in his service records. Otherwise he should take action to have his home town entered therein.

2. Whenever he intends to avail of the concession under this scheme, he should inform the Controlling Officer before commencement of the journeys.

3. When he intends to avail of the concession to visit “anywhere in India” by himself or by any member(s) of his family, he should declare the intended place of visit to the Controlling Officer. The official and / or member(s) of the family must visit the place to become eligible for reimbursement of the claim.

4. If there is any change in the intended place of visit, he should intimate the same to the Controlling Officer before the commencement of the journey.

5. He should produce evidence of his having actually performed the journey, for example, serial numbers of Railway tickets, etc.

6. If he takes an advance under this scheme, he should ensure that the outward journey is commenced within 30 days from the date of grant of the advance, or refund the full advance. In case of journeys by rail, advance can be drawn sixty days before the proposed date of outward journey. In all cases, Railway/Bus tickets should be produced within ten days of drawal of the advance.

7. He should see that half the advance is refunded if the period of absence exceeds 90 days.

8. He should prefer the bills adjusting the advance taken within one month from the completion of the return journey. In all cases, the claim will stand forfeited or deemed to have been relinquished if the same is not preferred within three months of the return journey. WHAT THE

CONTROLLING OFFICER SHOULD DO…

1. A record of all assistance granted under the scheme should be maintained. Entries should be made in the service books indicating the dates of commencement of the outward journey.

2. He should maintain, for his own convenience, a register of home town in respect of the staff under his control.

3. Relaxations of a minor nature, viz., waival of prior intimation of journey can be made by the Head of Department in genuine cases.

4. He should keep a watch over the position of outstanding advances paid up to the end of the previous month and issue necessary orders regarding recovery of advances due for adjustment.

60 DAYS BONUS FOR POSTAL EMPLOYEES

60 DAYS BONUS FOR POSTAL EMPLOYEES

Department of Posts has released order today for 60 days Bonus for regular employees as well as for Gramin Dak Sewak subject to the ceiling of Rs. 3500/- and Rs.2500/- respectively.

Deptl. employees -- Rs.6908/-

GDS employees -- Rs.4934/- ( ceiling directorates memo No.26-04/2010-PAP dated 01/10/2010 2500)

DA ORDERS RELEASED

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

GDS LATEST ORDERS

RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO GDS

THE PROPOSAL FOR INTRODUCTION OF ANNUITY SCHEME IN LIUE OF PENSION FOR THE GDS EMPLOYEES HAS BEEN CLEARED BY THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE ON 15-07-2010. THE POSTAL BOARD HAS ALSO APPROVED THE SAME. THE NEXT PROCESS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHEME IS TO GET APPROVAL FROM PFRDA. THEREAFTER THE SCHEME WILL BE NOTIFIED. OPTION WILL BE CALLED FOR AMONG THE EXISTING GDS EMPLOYEE WHETHER HE / SHE IS WILLING TO SWITCH OVER TO THE NEW ANNUITY SCHEME OR TO CONTINUE IN THE PRESENT SEVERANCE AMOUNT SCHEME. ACCORDING TO THE SCHEME THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTRIBUTE RS.200/- PER MONTH FOR EACH GDS AND ACCUMULATION WILL BE ANNUITISED AND BENEFITS PAID TO GDS.

SYMBOL FOR INDIAN RUPEE

The Indian rupee will soon have a unique symbol -- a blend of the Devanagri 'Ra' and Roman 'R' -- joining elite currencies like the US dollar, euro, British pound and Japanese yen in having a distinct identity.

The new symbol, designed by Bombay IIT post-graduate D Udaya Kumar, was approved by the cabinet today -- reflecting that the Indian currency, backed by an over-trillion dollar economy, was finally making its presence felt on the international scene.

Though the symbol will not be printed or embossed on currency notes or coins, it would be included in the 'Unicode Standard' and major scripts of the world to ensure that it is easily displayed and printed in the electronic and print media.

Among currencies with distinctive identities, only the pound sterling has its symbol printed on the notes.Unicode is an international standard that allows text data to be interchanged globally without conflict. After incorporation in the global and Indian codes, the symbol would be used by all individuals and entities within and outside the country.

NEW PENSION SCHEME