Disbursement of Salary for the month of February 2017 on 27.02.2017 on account of Nation-wide Bank strike on 28.02.2017
Saturday, February 25, 2017
LSG MEMO OF ODISHA CIRCLE OUT - CADRE RESTRUCTURING
After cadre restructuring,Odisha circle released the LSG memo for all the eligible staffs of PA cadre. Posting orders will be issued by the concerned region. First Circle to implement LSG after cadre restructuring.
(N. b-last year Odisha circle became the first to release and implement the cadre restructuring memo of HSG-1(NFG) cadre)
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(N. b-last year Odisha circle became the first to release and implement the cadre restructuring memo of HSG-1(NFG) cadre)
Friday, February 24, 2017
Thursday, February 23, 2017
India Post Payment Bank's (IPPB) main exam results for recruitment to be out soon
THE MAINS WERE HELD ON JANUARY 29, 2017
The India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) is all set to announce the results of main exams conducted to recruit for 650 assistant manager posts in JMG Scale I. The main examination was conducted as per schedule on January 29, 2017.
The newly formed payments bank by India Post had announced the recruitment drive in the month of October 2016. The drive saw a huge response and several hundreds successfully registered for it.
Preliminary exams were conducted for two days on January 7 and 8, 2017. Eligible candidates who cleared the examinations were shortlisted for the mains. Results of the candidates who are finally selected for the last step of the process, i.e. interview, will be made available on the IPPB's website this week.
The new appointees will be remunerated as follows:
Pay scale, allowances and perquisites as applicable
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Scale
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Pay scale
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Approximate total monthly CTC
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JMGS – I
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Rs. 23,700 – Rs. 42,020
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Rs. 65,000
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IPPB officer scale I mains results
Candidates can check the results from the official website as soon as the results are declared.
Step-by-step guide on how to check the mains results:
1. Log on to the official website indiapost.gov.in
2. Click on IPPB Officer Scale I Mains results on the homepage, or
3. Click on Opportunities tab, and press IPPB Officer Scale I Mains Result tab
4. Enter all the required details such as roll number and date of birth in the provided fields
5. Click on submit button
6. Check the results that appear on the screen
7. Download and take a printout for further reference
Eligibility criteria
Interested candidates for the assistant manager posts in JMG Scale I had to be born not before September 2, 1986 and not later than September 1, 1996 (both dates inclusive), i.e. the age limit prescribed was between 20 to 30 years as on September 1, 2016. Maximum age indicated is for general category candidates. Applicants belonging to SC, ST and OBC category or those falling under PWD and ex-servicemen categories were eligible for age relaxation as per the Government of India guidelines.
The candidate had to be a graduate in any discipline and from University/ Institution/ Board recognized by the Government of India (or) approved by a Government Regulatory Body.
IPPB also considered the candidates who fulfilled the minimum education qualification and with postal services or sales of financial products/ rural banking/ with experience as Business Correspondent for banks.
Application process
Interested candidates who fulfill the eligibility criteria had to apply online though the official website and no other mode of application was accepted. Candidates had to make the payment of requisite fees / intimation charges through online mode as well.
Category of applicant
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Application fee
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SC/ST/PWD (Only intimation charges)
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Rs. 150
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For all others
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Rs. 700.00
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Qualified candidates are to be selected through a selection process comprising: (i) preliminary examination (ii) main examination (iii) interview. The final selection shall be made on the basis of interview.
The important dates were as follows:
Activities
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Dates
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On-line registration including edit/modification of application by candidates
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October 4 to October 25, 2016
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Online payment of application fees
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October 4 to October 25, 2016
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Download of call letters for preliminary examination
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January 1, 2017
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Dates of preliminary examination (Online)
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January 7 and 8, 2017
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Download of call letters for main examination
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January 20, 2017
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Dates of main examination (Online)
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January 29, 2017
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Selection procedure
Preliminary examination was an online test conducted for an hour with a total of 100 questions from English, reasoning and quantitative aptitude sections. The structure of the preliminary examination
Name of test
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No of Qs
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Maximum marks
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Duration
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English language
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30
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30
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Composite time of 1 hour
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Reasoning ability
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35
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35
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Quantitative aptitude
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35
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35
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Total
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100
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100
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1 hour
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Candidates had to qualify in each of the three tests by securing cut-off marks to be decided by IPPB. Depending upon requirements, IPPB shortlisted candidates for the online main examination. The structure of the main examination:
Name of tests (Not by sequence)
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No of Questions
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Maximum Marks
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Medium of Exam
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Time allotted for each test
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Reasoning
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50
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50
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English & Hindi
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40 minutes
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English language
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40
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40
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English
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30 minutes
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Computer knowledge
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20
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20
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English & Hindi
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10 minutes
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General awareness (with special reference to banking)
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40
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40
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English & Hindi
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20 minutes
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Quantitative aptitude
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50
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50
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English & Hindi
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40 minutes
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Total
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200
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200
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140 minutes
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Candidates who have been shortlisted in the main examination for IPPB will subsequently be called for an Interview to be conducted by IPPB. Interviews will be conducted at select centres. The centre, address of the venue, and time and date of Interview will be informed to the shortlisted candidates in the call letter. Candidates are required to download their interview call letters from the website.
The total marks allotted for Interview are 100. The minimum qualifying marks in interview will not be less than 40% (35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates). While appearing for the Interview, the candidate should produce valid prescribed documents. In the absence of documents candidature of the candidates shall be cancelled.
The weightage (ratio) of mains and interview will be 80:20 respectively. The combined final score of candidates shall be arrived at on the basis of scores obtained by the candidates in the main examination and interview.
IPPB recruitment
The bank has been scouting for enthusiastic and committed banking and payments technology professionals. In the current phase, the 100% owned undertaking of the Department of Posts, Government of India, is looking at recruiting about 3,500 personnel across the country in the next few months.
About IPPB
A proposed state-owned commercial bank in India, IPPB was incorporated as a public limited company under the Department of Posts, Government of India on August 17, 2016.
IPPB became India's first-ever financial institution to crowd-source its brand identity According to official sources, almost 5000 entries were received from citizens for the logo and tagline contest conducted.
Currently, the bank is using the existing network of the public-sector postal service - India Post. As proposed by the task force, the existing Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) will continue to run parallel to the new bank initially. Later, it will be merged with the bank.
On January 30, 2017, IPPB inaugurated branches in Ranchi and Raipur. The objective of the bank is to establish nation-wide presence by the end of the year.
16th March 2017 strike is inevitable, FNPO
We are forced to go on a day's strike on 16thMarch 2017 due to the inaction of the Government. Seven months have lapsed still the committee has not submitted any report.
A group of ministers comprising Home Minister Shri.Raj Nath Singh, Finance Minister Shri. Arun Jaitley & Railway Minister Shri. Suresh Prabhu called NJCA leaders on 30/06/2016 and assured that a high power committee will be constituted to look into the matter regarding revision of wages and fitment formula. Based on the assurance, the JCM Constituent deferred the Strike action to 06th July 2016.Though our Federation appealed PJCA to continue the strike as decided on July 11 2016, it was not considered in the larger interest of Central Government employees unity.
As assured a Committee was constituted under the chairmanship of Addl. Secretary (Exp), Ministry of Finance and discussions held, the response was very much disappointing. Against this we conducted a protest week from 12th December to 19th December 2016 and submitted a memorandum to our Honourable Prime Minister through state Governors as well as in his office, there is no response till date.On 19/01/2017 A meeting was held with the Cabinet Secretary, Government of India, wherein Staff side secretary and the president were present.The staff side explained Cabinet secretary about various Issues of the Central Government Employees pending at the Government level. The main issues were NPS, Minimum Wage and Fitment Formula, Allowances, Pension and enhancing Benchmark from good to Very Good. The Cabinet Secretary informed staff side that, Pension issues have already been referred to the Cabinet, and the report of the Committee on Allowances is likely to be submitted in the next month. It is not certain whether there will be any revision in minimum wage and Fitment formula & arrears of allowances from 01/01/2016.
Meanwhile, on 10.02.2017 NPS committee has called the JCM Staff Side for a second round of discussion, during the discussion they want to discuss only notified agenda, such as (1) scrapping of NPS (2) Guaranteed Minimum pension to NPS Pensioners ie; 50% of the last pay drawn should be guaranteed by the Government as minimum pension, even if the returns from annuity insurance scheme amount is less than 50%.
Unfortunately, the main demand of Exemption of Central Govt. Employees from the purview of NPS, was not included in the agenda.
With regard to GDS, our Federation and NUGDS warmly welcome the welfare measures which were recommended by Sri.Kamalesh Chandra committee. At the same time, our Federation strongly oppose the non‘Removal of 3 -A (I) of GDS Conduct & Engagement Rules, 2011.
Regarding Casual Labours, the revised wages and its arrears have not been paid in many Circles.
In view of the above, we cannot remain silent just conducting a protest week and Dharna. As we have to show a strong protest against the attitude of the Government, the FNPO affiliates decided to go on a day`s strike on March 16th, 2017.
We appeal all our colleagues to organise the one-day strike and make it a thundering success.
Seventh Pay Commission: Talks On HRA Held Today, Report Likely Soon - NDTV Profit
The panel headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa is reviewing Seventh Pay Commission allowances.
Seventh Pay Commission: Talks On HRA Held Today, Report Likely Soon - NDTV Profit
A union body of central government employees today met members of the Ashok Lavasa committee over HRA or housing rent allowance related to Seventh Pay Commission. Shiv Gopal Mishra, the convenor of National Joint Council of Action (NJCA), a joint body of unions representing central government employees, said the union body held final round of talks with the panel members on HRA related to Seventh Pay Commission. The panel on allowance related to HRA will soon finalise its recommendations to the government, the union leader said.
The panel headed by Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa is reviewing Seventh Pay Commission allowances. The government had in June accepted the recommendation of Justice AK Mathur-headed Seventh Pay Commission in respect of the hike in basic pay and pension but its suggestions relating to allowances were referred to the committee. The Seventh Pay Commission had examined a total of 196 existing allowances and, by way of rationalisation, recommended abolition of 51 allowances and subsuming of 37 allowances.
The committee on allowances was initially given a time of four months to submit its report to the finance minister. Till a final decision is taken, all existing allowances are being paid at the Sixth Pay Commission rates.
The Seventh Pay Commission had recommended that HRA be paid at the rate of 24 per cent, 16 per cent and 8 per cent of the new Basic Pay, depending on type of cities.
The Seventh Pay Commission had also recommended that the rate of HRA be revised to 27 per cent, 18 per cent and 9 per cent respectively when DA crosses 50 per cent, and further revised to 30 per cent, 20 per cent and 10 per cent when DA crosses 100 per cent.
Typically, in case of housing allowance, arrears are not paid.
Allowances form a significant chunk of government employees' salary. Some analysts had earlier said that implementation of the housing allowance portion of the Seventh Pay Commission as well as GST or Goods and Services Tax could push up average inflation.
"At worst, if the government is under pressure, this allowance can be pushed to the next year, as was done in the previous pay commissions. The housing allowance does not attract arrears," HSBC Securities had said in an earlier report.
The Cabinet had also decided to constitute two separate committees to suggest measures for streamlining the implementation of National Pension System (NPS) and to look into anomalies likely to arise out of implementation of the Commission's Report.
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launches Cyber Swachhta Kendra – Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre
Extending the ‘Swachh Bharat’ campaign to the cyber world, the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad, today launched the Cyber Swachhta Kendra–Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre for analysis of malware and botnets that affect networks and systems. This is a part of MeitY’s Digital India initiative aimed at creating a secure cyber space by detecting botnet infections in India and to notify, enable cleaning and securing systems of end-users to prevent further infections. The centre is operated by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In).The Centre aims to enhance coordination between the Government and industry in order to encourage cyber hygiene among all end-users and to create a secure and safe internet ecosystem in India.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hon’ble Minister of Electronics and Information Technology said, “India is going to take a lead in the digitization process of the world. India today joined the distinguished club of countries that have malware cleaning systems for the use of its citizens. As of now, we have 13 Banks & internet service providers using this facility. With the expanding digital footprint in the country, I see a surge in start-ups in the area of cyber security by the end of the year”
“With the expanding role of Information and Communication technology across sectors and growth in volume of transactions and data exchange via internet, Cyber Security as reiterated by Hon’ble Prime Minister, has emerged as the most critical factor when we move towards Digital India. Combating cyber threats is not something that can be done just by the government or an organisation or an individual alone. It requires a partnership approach. This centre being launched today will work in coordination with the Internet Service Providers and Industry. This Kendra will also enhance awareness among citizens regarding botnet and malware infection along with measures to be taken to secure their devices”, added Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad.
The Hon’ble Minister made the following announcement at the launch of Cyber Swachhta Kendra:
- The National Cyber Coordination Centre to be operational by June 2017
- Sectoral CERTs to be created, that would operate under CERT-In
- CERTs are to be set up in the state level as well
- 10 more STQC (Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification) Testing Facilities to be set up
- Testing fee for any star-up that comes up with a digital technology in the quest of cyber security, to be reduced by 50%
Empower designated Forensic Labs to work as the certified authority to establish cyber crime
The Centre will operate in close co-ordination and collaboration with Internet Service Providers (ISP) and Anti-Virus companies. Whenever an infection is detected, the Centre will send alerts on the infected IP addresses to the Internet Service Providers, who in turn will inform the end-user about the malware and botnet infections on their system. The Centre will also work in close collaboration with the Banks to detect malware infections in their banking network and enable remedial actions. The launch of the Centre will help the Internet service providers and the banks to keep their networks clean and prevent cases of cyber fraud and theft.
Ms. Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said, “With the increased penetration of ICT infrastructure in our country, the threat of cyber security has become more serious and visible. Today, the common man is confronted with hacking, spamming, malware and loss of data, yet public awareness about these issues and how to protect themselves is extremely low. There is a need to collaborate and come forth with solutions like the Cyber Swachhta Kendra in order to ensure a safe and secure cyber world for the citizens of India.”
With the growth in digitalization and proliferation of broadband and mobile internet, security of end users’ systems is vital for enhancing their trust in ICT and online transactions. User information from the computer and the mobile devices can be compromised if systems get affected with Bots. Users therefore need to practice a rigid cyber hygiene regimen to prevent malware infections on their systems and to ensure security of their systems through suitable anti-malware tools. The Cyber Swachhta Kendra will provide free tools for detection and removal of malicious programmes. More than 3500 users have currently downloaded and tried the free bot removal tools till date. The end-user can log on to the Cyber Swachhta Kendra Portal (www.cyberswachhtakendra.gov.in) and clean their systems using the free cleaning tools. Users can also educate themselves about the various cyber threats and get information on the security tips in order to secure their computers, mobiles and prevent infections in their systems.
Given below are details of some of the tools released for citizens:
- USB Pratirodh -A desktop security solution, which protects from USB mass storage device threats.
- AppSamvid – A desktop solution which protects systems by allowing installation of genuine applications through white listing. This helps in preventing threats from malicious applications.
- M-Kavach – An indigenously developed solution to address the security threats in mobiles.
For downloading the free bot & malware removal tools, please visit: (www.cyberswachhtakendra.gov.in)
Source: PIB News
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