Sunday, March 30, 2014

Revision of monetary limits for handling cases of Loss / Fraud cases for conducting Investigations at DO/RO/CO level

Postal Directorate vide letter No. 8-03/2012-INV dated 24.03.2014 has revised the monetary limits for handling cases of Loss / Fraud cases for conducting Investigations at DO/RO/CO level.

The revised limits will be applicable for cases detected on or after 01.04.2014. Earlier limits will be applicable in respect of all investigations pending on 31.03.2014.

The revised limits are as follows:

Friday, March 28, 2014

Quote of the Day March 28

Daily Current Affairs Updates: 26 March 2014

1) Lok Sabha polls: Congress released 2014 people's manifesto: The Congress on Wednesday released its 2014 Lok Sabha election manifesto. The document focuses on inclusive growth, agriculture, education and health. Party president Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi were present at the party office to release the manifesto. Speaking at the party office in New Delhi, Rahul Gandhi said that UPA has delivered 90% of the promises of our 2009 manifesto.

2) Laureus World Sports Awards 2014 winners revealed: Three of the most exciting young sports stars of their generation, who have proved world-beaters despite their age, have been honoured at the 2014 Laureus World Sports Awards in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

>> Germany’s Sebastian Vettel, the youngest four-time Formula One world champion in history at 26, was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, US swimmer Missy Franklin, at 18, became the youngest ever winner of the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award, while Spain’s Marc Márquez received the Laureus Breakthrough of the Year Award, after winning the World MotoGP Championship at just 20 years and 266 days.

Other winners are as follows:

>> Formula one champion 'Sebastian Vettel': Sportsman of the Year

>> US swimmer Missy Franklin: World Sportswoman of the Year (youngest ever)

>> Marc Marquez (Spain): Breakthrough of the Year Award

>> Bayern Munich: World Team of the Year Award

>> Rafael Nadal: Laureus Comeback Award

>> Marie Bochet (France): World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability

>> Jamie Bestwick (UK): World Action Sportsperson of the Year

Two additional Awards were also presented

>> Spirit of Sport Award: Afghanistan Cricket Team

>> Sport for Good Award: Magic Bus (a sports-based community project in India)

The annual award, widely considered as the "Oscars of sports, was established in 1999.

3) Facebook to buy virtual reality firm Oculus for $2bn: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is definitely not finished with his shopping. Barely a month after Facebook spent $19 billion on WhatsApp, the company on Wednesday announced that it was buying Oculus VR, a firm that was working on a virtual reality headset for video gamers. For Oculus, Facebook is forking out around $2 billion. According to the company, "this includes $400 million in cash and 23.1 million shares of Facebook common stock."

4) Jude Felix Appointed As New Coach Of Senior Men's Hockey Team: Former India captain Jude Felix has been appointed as coach of the senior men's national hockey team and the Olympian will work under Chief Coach Terry Walsh, Hockey India (HI) said. Felix will join the training camp of the senior men hockey team at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi for preparations of the FIH Men's World Cup 2014 to be held at The Hague, Netherlands from May 31 to June 15.

5) Kotak Mahindra Bank links current accounts to Twitter: Digitally-savvy customers of private lender Kotak Mahindra Bank will soon be able to check their balance and do a host of non-financial services transactions using the microblogging website Twitter. The bank on Wednesday launched a new current account product directed at the younger lot that will enable the account holders to undertake 21 such services like cheque bookrequisitioning, checking last few transactions, etc, using their Twitter accounts.

6) Bayern Munich clinch Bundesliga title with seven games to spare: Bayern Munich wrapped up the Bundesliga title in record time on Tuesday night with a 3-1 win over Hertha Berlin at the Olympic Stadium. After being crowned champions with six games to spare last season, the Bavarians have gone one better this year, winning with seven still left to play.

7) Investment limit in inflation bonds doubled to Rs 10 lakh: The Reserve Bank on Wednesday said the investment limit in the inflation indexed bonds for individuals has been doubled to Rs 10 lakh.

8) Turkish court orders lifting of Twitter ban: A Turkish court on Wednesday ordered the lifting of last week's Twitter ban which came after the social media site was used to spread audio recordings implicating Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in corruption.

9) Dendroid virus threatening Android phones in India: Indian cyber security sleuths have alerted users of Android smartphones about the malicious activities of a tricky virus called 'Dendroid' whose infection could "completely compromise" their personal phone device. The virus of the Trojan family, once activated, could change the command and control server of a user's personal Android phone and intercept private SMSes coming in or going out. Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In) said "Do not download and install applications from untrusted sources, install applications downloaded from reputed application market only."

10) J&K becomes first state to declare poll booths as 'no smoking zones': Jammu and Kashmir becomes the first state in the country to declare all election booths as 'no smoking zones' with chief electoral officer (CEO) Umang Narula on Tuesday directing all returning officers (ROs) and district election officers (DEOs) to ensure that all booths are 'smoke free'.

11) Arjun Kapoor named national ambassador for Earth Hour 2014: Young actor Arjun Kapoor has been named the national ambassador of the Earth Hour to be observed March 29. He is glad that he can influence young minds and bring about positive change.

Source : http://www.currentaffairs4examz.com/

General Knowledge Questions for PA/SA Exam: Part 4

1) Dr. Julius K. Nyerere was the first winner of which award?

(A) Gandhi Peace Prize

(B) Bharat Ratna

(C) Ramon Magsaysay Award

(D) Pulitzer Prize

Ans. (A) Gandhi Peace Prize

2) Which Indian state has the largest tribal population in India?

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Uttar Pradesh

(C) Arunachal Pradesh

(D) Goa

Ans. (A) Madhya Pradesh

3) Due to which physical property does the water drop take round (spherical) shape?

(A)Viscosity

(B)Surface Tension

(C)Polarization

(D)Buoyancy

Ans. (B)Surface Tension

4) Who authored the 'Buddhacharita', a Sanskrit narrative on the life of Gautam Buddha?

(A)Kalhana

(B)Banabhatta

(C)Bhavabhuti

(D)Ashvagosh

Ans. (D)Ashvagosh

5) Jerry Young and David Flio are associated with the foundation of which of the following companies?

(A)Seiko

(B)Google

(C)Intel

(D)Yahoo

Ans. (D)Yahoo

6) Who wrote the novel 'Train to Pakistan'?

(A)R.K.Narayan

(B)Mulk Raj Anand

(C)Khushwant Singh

(D)Dharamvir Bharti

Ans. (C)Khushwant Singh

7) Who is the first indian cricketer to take Hat Trick in Test Cricket?

(A)Chetan Sharma

(B)Kapil Dev

(C)Harbhajan Singh

(D)Irfan Pathan

Ans. (C)Harbhajan Singh

8) In history, how do we better know Mughal empress Arjumand Banu Begum?

(A)Mumtaz

(B)Noorjahan

(C)Hazrat Mahal

(D)Manmati

Ans. (A)Mumtaz

9) Suva is the capital of which of the following countries?

(A)S Africa

(B)Fiji

(C)Canada

(D)West Indies

Ans. (B)Fiji

10) Tehri Hydro Power Complex is built on which of the following rivers?

(A)Yamuna

(B)Ganga

(C)Gomati

(D)Bhagirathi

Ans. (D)Bhagirathi

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REASONS FOR NON SHOWING PAYMENT STATUS ON www.pasadrexam2014.in WEB PORTAL !

REASONS FOR NON SHOWING PAYMENT STATUS ON www.pasadrexam2014.in WEB PORTAL !

1	Receipts with credited amount as “0” ( zero)
2	In certain cases the amounts credited is more than 100 or 500
3	Generation of separate Receipts for application cost and Examination fee in regard to same Registration number
4	Collection of service charges and service tax on application fee/Examination fee
5	Certain e payment Post offices issued manual receipt and kept the amounts with them under un classified receipts.
6	Improper scanning of registration number. The prefix to the registration number was wrongly mentioned as ‘jop’ OR ‘DIP’ OR “JIG” ’dkp’ ’dpo’ ‘dob’ dox % cop bop etc. The correct prefix is ‘dop’ in small caps.
7	Not running the e-payment communication on daily and regular basis. The 13^th March 2014 transactions included that of Account date 7.3, 6.3 also

SAURABH TRIPATHI

Minimum working experience in Postal / RMS wing orders withdrawn by Directorate

Directorate vide Memo No. 25-02/2001-PE-I dated 20th March 2014 has withdrawn the orders issued regarding compulsory minimum working experience in Postal / RMS wing for IPs and ASPs before their higher promotions issued under letter dated 9th September 2013.

All are aware that CHQ has objected this issue vide their letter No. GS/AIAIASP/Merger/IP-ASP/2013 dated 21-9-2013, 17-10-2013 & 6-1-2014. Besides this, as per the directions from Secretary (Posts) the issue was also discussed with Member (P) and DDG (Estt) at length on 27th November 2013 and thereafter Department has called for fresh views / comments from all HOCs and now decided to withdraw the mandatory condition of service made essential vide Directorate memo No. 25-02/2001-PE-I dated 9th September 2013.

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FAMOUS PERSONS & THEIR NICKNAMES

1. Bengali Tiger –- Bibin Chandra Pal

2. Punjab Lion, Punjab Kesari –- Lala Lajpat Rai

3. Sher- e -Punjab –- Ranjit Singh

4. Lion of Kashmir –- Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah

5. Mysore Tiger –- Tippu Sultan

6. Bard of Avon –- William Shakespeare

7. Sage of Kanchi –- Sankaracharya

8. Bird man of India –- Salim Ali

9. Maratha Kesari –- Bal Gangadhar Tilak

10. Bapu –- Gandhiji

11. Babuji –- Jagjeevan Ram

12. Indian Machiavelli –- Chanakya

13. Indian Napoleon –- Samudragupta

14. Indian Bismarck –- Sardar Vallabhai Patel

15. Indian Shakespeare –- Kalidasa

16. Deenabandhu –- C.F Andrews

17. Deshabandhu –- C.R Das

18. Who is known as Prince of Beggars –- Madan Mohan Malaviya

19. Who is known as Prince of Patriots –- Subash Chandra Bose

20. Who is known as prince of Martyrs –- Bhagat Singh

21. Who is known as prince of Builders –- Shahjahan

22. Who is known as prince of Pilgrims –- Hiuen Tsang

23. Who is known as prince of Autobiography –- Babur

24. Who is known as prince of Money Makers –- Muhammad bin Tughlaq

25. Who is known as prince of Pilgrims –- Hiuen Tsang

26. Who is known as Grand old man of Indian Journalism –- Tushar Kanti Ghosh

27. Man of Destiny –- Napoleon Bonaparte

28. Andhara Kesari –- T. Prakasam

29. Lok Nayak –- Jayaprkash Narayan

30. Father of Medicine –- Hippocrates

31. Lady with the lamp –- Florence Nightingale

32. Poet's Poet –- Edmund Spencer

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Quote of the Day March 27

THINGS TO NOTE AFTER ONLINE REGISTRATION

For the help of those candidates who have applied for PA/SA Exam 2014 and paid the fees in ePayment Post Offices. But payment status not updated yet even after 04-05 days and hence cannot print the registration slip.

As per the information available in www.pasadrexam2014.in website, those candidates whose payment status not updated has to do the following.

1. Send a mail to feehelpdesk.dopexam@gmail.com along with scanned copies of following:

a. Print Challan (Candidate's copy) for fee payment.

b. Receipt issued by Post Office.

c. Also mention PIN CODE of Post Office where you have paid the FEE.

Question paper of Postal Asst./Sorting Asst. Exam-Kerala Circle held on 12.5.2013

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Finance Ministry Issued Orders on Payment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees - Revised Rates effective from 1.1.2014

Finmin Orders on DA - Payment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees - Revised Rates effective from 1.1.2014

No.1/1/2014-F-II (B)

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Expenditure

North Block, New Delhi

Dated: 27th March. 2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Payment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees - Revised Rates effective from 1.1.2014.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s Office Memorandum No.I-8/2013-E-II (B) dated 25th September, 2013 on the subject mentioned above and to say that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 90% to 100% with effect from January, 2014.

2. The provisions contained in paras 3, 4 and 5 of this Ministry’s O.M. No.1(3)/2008-E-11(B) dated 29th August, 2008 shall continue to be applicable while regulating Dearness Allowance under these orders.

3. The additional installment of Dearness Allowance payable under these orders shall be paid in cash to all Central Government employees.

4. The payment of arrears of Dearness Allowance shall not he made before the date of disbursement of salary of March. 2014.

5. These orders shall also apply to the civilian employees paid from the Defence Services Estimates and the expenditure will be chargeable to the relevant head of the Defence Services Estimates. In regard to Armed Forces personnel and Railway employees, separate orders will he issued by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways, respectively.

6. In so far as the employees working in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders are issued with the concurrence of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

sd/-

(A.Bhattacharya)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Source: www.finmin.nic.in

[http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_expenditure/notification/da/da01012014.pdf]

Both the SPOUSES, if Posts are available- BE POSTED IN THE SAME PLACE -

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Quote of the Day March 26

Daily Current Affairs Updates: 24 March 2014

1) ‘World Tuberculosis Day’ observed: ‘World Tuberculosis Day’ is celebrated every year on March 24 to commemorate the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (the agent which causes TB) by Robert Koch in 1882. The day is designed to build public awareness about the global resurgence of tuberculosis and efforts to eliminate the disease. In 2014, the slogan for World Tuberculosis Day is "Reach the 3 million".

2) Supreme Court demolishes Aadhaar card: Judges rule card NOT mandatory for government subsidies- The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to immediately withdraw the instruction, if any, issued by it for making Aadhaar card mandatory for citizens to avail government services. "If there are any instructions that Aadhaar is mandatory, it should be withdrawn immediately" a bench of justices BS Chauhan and J Chelameswar said while staying the order of the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court directing sharing of data collected for issuing Aadhaar card to citizens with CBI for solving a rape case. The bench said biometric or any other data should not be shared with any authorities unless the accused gives consent in writing.

3) Britain Royal Mail issued a postage stamp of Noor Inayat Khan: Royal Mail in Britain issued a postage stamp of Noor Inayat Khan, World War II heroine of Indian origin, on 25 March 2014. She fought fascism and died in the Dachau concentration camp. The stamp issued was a part of a set of 10 stamps in the Remarkable Lives series which honoured Noor on her centenary year. Royal Mail commemorated Noor with a stamp to ensure that her sacrifice and bravery will not be forgotten. Other honoured in the set include actor Sir Alec Guinness, poet Dylan Thomas, Kenneth Moore, Joe Mercer, Barbara Ward and Joan Littlewood.

4) Jaswant Singh quits BJP, files nomination as an independent candidate from Barmer: The BJP’s bitter veteran Jaswant Singh filed his nomination as an independent candidate from his home turf of Barmer on Monday as he accused top leaders of the party of backstabbing him and said the BJP’s decision-making process was similar to the arrogance of the Emergency era. Although he did not openly attack the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, he took a dig at what he said was the “Namo, Namo chants” in the party.

5) Bharatiya Mahila Bank opens branch in Hyderabad: Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) opened its first branch in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. Speaking at the inauguration, its Chairperson and Managing Director Usha Ananthasubramanian said the bank would close the current financial year with 25 branches. It also plans to add over 55 new branches next year.

6) T20 World Cup: South Africa wins last ball thriller against New Zealand: SA had Dale Steyn to thank as his four wickets helped the Proteas claim a thrilling two-run victory over New Zealand in Chittagong. After losing their opening Group 1 clash to Sri Lanka, South Africa were staring another defeat in the face with the Black Caps requiring just seven runs to win off Steyn's final over. But the pace king held his nerve brilliantly, dismissing Luke Ronchi and Nathan McCullum with his first five deliveries and then running out Ross Taylor with the final ball to spark wild celebrations from the men in gold and green.

7) Shikhar Dhawan to lead Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 7: India opener Shikhar Dhawan will captain Sunrisers Hyderabad in the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) which starts April 16. West Indian allrounder Darren Sammy will be the vice-captain, the franchise announced on Monday.

8) Bank of India launched instant money transfer scheme: Bank of India, on Monday, launched IMT (Instant Money Transfer), which allows cardless cash withdrawal at its IMT-enabled ATMs, a first-of-its-kind initiative by any public sector bank. IMT is an innovative domestic money remittance facility that allows the customer to send money to a receiver only by using the receiver’s mobile number through the bank’s ATM and retail internet banking facility. The receiver can withdraw money from a Bank of India’s ATM without using a card.

9) Vodafone launched M-Pesa in Tamil Nadu: Augmenting the m-commerce platform, telecom service provider Vodafone launched its popular mobile money transfer and payment service M-Pesa partnering with private sector ICICI Bank. With the use of an M-Pesa account, mobile customers in Tamil Nadu and Chennai circles, can deposit and withdraw cash; transfer money to any mobile phone; remit cash to any bank account; and can also make payments to utility bills, Vodafone said in a statement.

Source : http://www.currentaffairs4examz.com/