Online facility for passport application in every Taluk Office

Online facility for passport application in every Taluk Office

The external affairs department of the central government has been taking various measures to simplify the procedure to get a passport.

The zonal passport offices have been taking action to enable the passport applicants to apply without any difficulties in simplified procedures and get the passport quickly.

In Tamil Nadu, 3 passports centres are operating in Chennai city. There are centres in 5 cities – Trichy, Thanjavur, Madurai, Thirunelveli, and Coimbatore. Thus, there are totally 8 passport centres in the state of Tamil Nadu.

The urban public who are mostly educated are able to apply for passport online using the internet facility. However, most of the rural public are uneducated. They find it quite difficult to complete the procedure for passport applications.

Exploiting this weakness of the rural public, the middle-men or brokers charge them anywhere between Rs. 5000/- to Rs. 8000/- to get them passports. There were quite number of complaints received regarding this issue of simplifying the procedure for rural public to apply for passports.

An initiative was taken to introduce the facility for online application of passports through Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Company.

Chennai Regional Passport officer Mr. Balamurugan along with other officials had detailed discussions with the Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Company, Mr. Kumarkurubaran in order to extend the online application facility even in the rural areas.

E-service centres are already operating in 264 Taluk Offices throughout Tamil Nadu.Now, there are plans to include the facility to apply online for passport application in these e-service centres.

The facility to apply online for passports is scheduled to begin in all Taluk offices from tomorrow (Monday, 21st September).

Apart from all Taluk offices, online passport application facility will be available at Chennai secretariat, 15 regional offices of Chennai Corporation in Chennai city, Ripon Building in Chennai city, and the 4 regional offices in Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, and Trichy for a total of 285 centres where the facility of online passport applications will become functional.

Applicants will have to bring all the required documents for applying for passport.

Rs. 1655/- will be collected as the passport application fee. Rs. 100/- will go to the passport office. Rs. 100/- will go to Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV company. Rs. 60/- will go to Sate Bank of India.

The e-service centres are administered by Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Company. Chennai Regional Passport Officer Mr. Balamurugan informed that passport e-service centres will be functional from tomorrow (Monday, 21st September) for the benefit of rural citizens.

If the applicants visit the e-service centres withal the required documents, the counter person will check the documents and register the passport application. He will fill up the data like the time & date of visit to the passport office and send it online. The fees for this is Rs. 1655/- only. No other expenses are to be incurred.

All persons applying for new passports and those who are applying for renewal of passports canan apply here at the e-service centres. A receipt for the fees paid will be given.

Thus, the e-service centres would be extremely helpful for the rural citizens in simplifying the procedure for passport applications. There will be no room for middle-men or brokers from now. The applicants can directly go and use the e-service centre.

Source : http://livechennai.com/

Courtesy : SaPost

Missed the deadline for filing tax returns? Here's what to do

Filing your tax return has become very simple now but a lot of taxpayers still manage to miss the deadline. This year, the last date was extended twice. If you are among the lazy taxpayers who missed the 7 September deadline, there is no need to panic. You can still file your tax return by 31 March 2016.

Though there is no penalty for filing late if all your taxes have been paid, you will miss out on certain rights and privileges that a taxpayer enjoys if he files his return by the due date. For instance, you won't be allowed to modify your tax return if it has been filed after the due date.

If you had filed your return by the due date (7 September), you could have modified your return any number of times before the end of the assessment year (31 March 2016) or till the return is assessed. Any mistake in the form could have been rectified. If you had missed any deduction or exemption, you could have filed a revised return and claimed it.

Late filers also cannot carry forward any short-term or long-term losses. Taxpayers who filed by the due date can carry forward capital losses and adjust them against future capital gains. They can also carry forward these losses up to eight financial years. For instance, if someone suffered capital losses in 2014-15, these can be adjusted against gains made till 2022-23. However, this benefit is gone if the return is filed after the due date.

The tax department even accommodates the uber lazy taxpayers who have not filed their tax return for the previous year (financial year 2013-14). They can still file delayed returns till 31 March 2016. There is no difference in the filing procedure before or after the deadline. But you have to mention that the return is a belated return in the tax form.

This means the tax return for the financial year 2014-15 can be filed till 31 March 2017. However, this will be treated as a belated return. There could also be a Rs 5,000 penalty for late filing (after 31 March 2016) depending on the discretion of the assessing officer.

However, tax experts say the penalty is rarely slapped if all taxes have been paid. The assessing officer invokes that provision only when there is an additional tax liability. For salaried individuals and retirees whose income is subjected to tax deduction at source are on dry ground.

However, keep in mind that there may be some income on which you have not paid tax. Although there is now a Rs 10,000 deduction on interest earned on savings bank deposits under Section 80TTA, the income from other bank deposits and infrastructure bonds bought a few years earlier is fully taxable.

Though the tax authorities are lenient towards lazy taxpayers, there is a price to be paid for missing the deadline. If there is some unpaid tax, the taxpayer will have to pay a 1% late payment fee for every month of delay since April 2015. If the tax due is more than Rs 10,000, the taxpayer should have paid an advance tax. Advance tax is payable in three tranches—30% is to be paid by 15 July of the financial year, 60% by 15 December and 100% by 31 March. If advance tax has not been paid, the penalty per month will be applicable from the due date of the advance tax.

Source : The Economic Times

How to Activate UAN using Mobile App, SMS | Missed Call Service to Get PF Details

Employee provident fund organization has over 3.54 crore subscribers, 49.22 lakh pensioners and 6.1 lakh employers (as per government’s official source). In order to ease the pain of its subscribers from transferring EPF account from one employer to another, EPFO had launched Universal Account Number (UAN) which is a unique 12 digit number allocated to the member by the employer. EPFO provides this number to the employer which they provide to their employees who opt for EPF contribution. After this, employee has to activate their UAN number.

Till now, to activate the UAN number and get provident fund details, EPF subscriber had to visit http://uanmembers.epfoservices.in/ and activate the same. But what if the member does not have access to computer and they want to activate UAN and/or get their provident fund details? Considering this, EPFO has moved to being a tech savvy organization by launching three new mobile based services which can be used by employers, employees and pensioners.

The organization now offers following two ways to activate UAN number using mobile phone:

1. Official mobile app
2. SMS
3. Apart from this missed call service was also launched to get PF details over phone.

Here’s how it will benefit following users:

• Employee: Get details of EPF account such as PF balance, credit alerts etc.
• Pensioners: This app will be useful for accessing the pension disbursement details
• Employer: To track provident fund remittances

Let’s explore these in detail:

UAN activation using Mobile App: This was launched on 15th Sep, 2015. This mobile application should be downloaded from the official website of EPFO only. You can download the app from the official link: “http://search.epfoservices.org:81/EPFOMobileApp/mobileApp_en.php”
After downloading the app, user needs to enter UAN number and registered mobile number. By doing this, they can get details of EPF account.

(Note): There are many apps available online in the name of EPF which may not be safe for the users.

SMS Based UAN activation: In order to activate UAN using SMS, member has to send SMS to 7738299899. This service is an extension to the already existing short code SMS service used for accessing details such as PF contribution amount, PF balance and others. This service can be used using the same number as mentioned above i.e. 7738299899. But it can be used by the members who already have already activated UAN number.

Here’s how to do get the details:

1. Enter the number 7738299899
2. Type “EPFOHO UAN <LAN>” (do not use quotation sign while smsing). LAN means language and member has to enter 3 initial letters. The languages available are:
   English: ENG, Hindi: HIN, Telugu: TEL, Punjabi: PUN, Gujrathi: GUJ, Marathi: MAR, Kannada: KAN, Malyalam: MAL, Tamil: TAM, Bengali: BEN.

Missed Call Service: This method is free of cost and the member has to give a missed call on the number 011-22901406 to get all the details related to his/her PF account.

Check out how to get UAN number and other details.

As per the government data (http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=126952), 1.8 crore UAN are activated and with the launch of new service, this number is expected to increase, speeding up the activation process.

Courtesy : http://www.allonmoney.com/

Source Sapost

AP Circle : Examination for filling the posts of Postman/Mail Guard with GDS/MTS - Examination schedule announced

Circle office Hyderabad has announced the schedule for Postman/Mail Guard Examination for the year 2015 vide CO letter dated 15.09.2015. The last date for submission of applications by the eligible GDS and MTS staff  to appear for the examination is 15.10.2015. The schedule date of limited departmental competitive examination is 01.11.2015. The examination centres are Hyderabad, kurnool,vijayawada and Visakhapatnam. 

Total Postman vacancies are 332 and Mail Guard vacancies are 13. 

Click here to view the Co letter dated 15.10.2015 containing the details like Examination pattern & Syllabus, Eligibility criteria, Division wise details of vacancies, Proforma Application  etc. 

Source:  SaPost blog

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam Questions - 20 September 2015 Morning Shift

Friends.. Here are the GK, General Awareness and Banking questions asked in today's (20 Sept. 2015) IBPS RRB Office Assistant Exam. Thanks to Gauri Sangeetha, Amal Mishra, Arun Shankar, Parvathy Devi for sharing the questions with us. If would like to share more questions please comment below or share with us at currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com. Evening Shift Questions will be shared soon.

1. Marissa Ann Mayer is the current president and CEO of? - Yahoo

2. Capital of Myanmar? - Naypyidaw

3. CAR stand for? - Capital Adequacy Ratio

4. Capital of Madhya Pradesh? - Bhopal

5. May Day is celebrated on? - 1 May

6. Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing? - Harsimrat Kaur Badal

7. 2016 ICC World Twenty20 will be held in? - India

8. Dhyan Chand is related to? - Hockey

9. Which country will host the next BRICS Summit in 2016? - India

10. Which airport has been adjudged the world's best airport for the year 2014? - Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA)

11. Who is the Union Home minister? - Rajnath Singh

12. Prime Minister inaugurated which bank in china this year? - ICICI

13. The monk who sold his ferrari is the book written by? - Robin Sharma

14. India's first credit rating agency? - Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited (CRISIL)

15. Asian Games 2018 will be held in? - Indonesia

16. EMV full form? - Europay Mastercard And Visa

17.  Which bank recently launched a paperless instant loan plan? - HDFC Bank

18. In which state India’s first earthquake early warning system installed? - Uttarakhand

19.  ‘Khoya Paya’ Potal is used to? - track missing children

20. Jatun Oil Refinery is established in which State? -  Rajasthan

21. Largest State in India as per area? - Rajasthan

22. Capital of Malaysia? - Kuala Lumpur

23. Godavari Pushkaralu are termed as Maha Pushkaralu which occurs once in? - 144 years

24. ISRO successfully launches PSLV-C28 carrying 5 satellites of which country? - United Kingdom

(More questions will be added soon...)

If would like to share more questions please comment below or share with us at sapost2@gmail.com

Source:  SaPost blog

Finacle Solution Anddroid App update 3.0.2

Finacle Solution Android App Update 3.0.2 is released on 21.09.2015. It is upgraded with more features. Now it can work both online and offline base. It is filled with all Finacle command. The process of using command is also given in this App. It can easily install in android and work better than previous version. You can download it from this blog and share you views about it with us.

Source : http://finaclesolution.blogspot.in/

Supreme Court judgement on Aadhar card

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Aadhar card is not mandatory for the citizens.

Here are five important things you should know:

1. A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court ruled today that the citizens of India are not mandatorily required to have Aadhar card. The court has even instructed the Central government to publicise the decision widely.
2. The court ruled that Aadhar card will remain optional for availing various welfare schemes of the government.
3. However, Aadhar card will continue to be required for PDS and LPG distribution system.
4. The court also directed the authorities to ensure that no personal information of Aadhar card holders is shared.
5. The court has allowed the use of details of Aadhar card holders for criminal investigations.

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Govt mulls to execute compulsory retirement to Central Government employee for better administration

Govt mulls to execute compulsory retirement to Central Government employee for better administration

Compulsory Retirement to Central Government Employees on the Basis of their Efficiency may be a Difficult Task for the Government….

Recently, the Central Government had issued an order (No.25013/01/2013-Estt.A-IV) regarding strengthening of administration by executing compulsory retirement to the central government employees who are found to be inefficient, incapable or unable to fulfill the targets set by their higher authorities, after completing certain years of service.

The order brought panic among employees and questions arise how to identify those employees who are given compulsory retirement. The order was issued on the basis of CCS (Pension) Rule 56 (j) and Rule 48 which explains the above points. The government had clarified that if the order comes into effect, it won’t be treated as a punishment to the employees.

Article 311 of the Constitution of India says that the government should ensure security to an employee. As per the Rule, an employee should be well informed of any actions to be taken against him and be to given opportunity to explain on his part. But this rule is not applicable to criminal offences or against the security of the country.

The order which was released by DOPT, with some Supreme Court orders was a little bit strong than the previous ones. But it will not be an easy exercise for the government to implement the order as it has to face strong opposition from the employees, Trade Unions and Federations.

To analyze and determine employees’ efficiency was always a headache for the government. In the 6th CPC, the commission recommended special yearly increment to 20% of the central government employees in each department for outstanding performance on their field. But no such appreciations had happened so far in any of the departments.

Let us wait and see what will happen next….!

Source: http://www.govtstaffnewsportal.in/

Pros and Cons of extending the term of 7th Pay Commission

Pros and Cons of extending the term of 7th Pay Commission

Recently the central government announced the extension of term of 7th pay commission by four months till 31st December 2015. By the time there were news started coming about seventh Pay Commission that it would ask one month extension to submit the report, Unexpectedly the central government itself granted four month extension to 7th central pay commission in its Cabinet Meeting held on 26th August 2015

One day before the announcement made by central government on granting extension to the pay commission, according to PTI news report, Justice A.K.Mathur, Chairman, 7th Pay Commission, said that by the end of September 2015 the Pay commission report would be submitted to the government.

Why the central government granted four month extension when the commission itself if asked one month time?

What will happen if the 7th pay commission submits its reports on 31st December 2015?

Before to answer that, It will be very useful to know that what happened in sixth pay commission, after submission of report and how much time it took to get announced the implementation of pay commission recommendation.

The Sixth Central Pay commission was set up by Union Cabinet of India on 5th October 2006. The Commission, headed by Justice B.N.Srikrishna.The Other members of the commission were Prof. Ravindra Dholakia, Mr. J.S.Mathur and Member-Secretary Ms Sushama Nath, IAS.

The Pay Commission submitted its report to Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on 24 March 2008.

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government headed by Manmohan Singh, approved the Sixth Pay commission recommendations with some modifications. In the cabinet meeting held on 14th August 2008, the Union Cabinet headed by Manmohan Singh gave its approval for implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission.

It was announced that the revised pay scales will come into effect from 1/1/2006 and revised rates of allowances from 1/9/2008.

The Gazette Notification for implementation of sixth pay commission published on 29th August, 2008.

From the above reference it is known that after submission of report it will take six month time to get its approval from Central Government for implementation of pay commission recommendation.

The decision of extending the term of seventh pay commission could be a major blow to central government employees by the way as follows

1. The 7th pay commission has been made to submit its report on 31st December 2015. The stipulated time is extended as 22 Months instead of 18 months for 7th pay commission to submit its report

2. As the central government would like to ground upon the Precedents and it will take six month time from the date of submission of report to announce its approval for implementation of 7th pay commission recommendations

3. So the Cabinet approval for implementation of 7th pay commission recommendation will be granted by the Month of June 2016

4. Only the Revised Pay Scale will come into effect from 1.1.2016

5. The revised rate of allowances will come into effect from prospective date that is with effect from the day of Order is issued.

6. So the central Government employees will be losing the benefit of revised rate of allowances for the period of six months , which they supposed to get from 1.1.2016, provided the order for implementation of 7th pay commission will be issued on 1.7.2016.

Source: www.gservants.com

7वें वेतन आयोग ने सिफारिशें केंद्र को सौंपी- दैनिक भास्कर का दावा

7वें वेतन आयोग ने सिफारिशें केंद्र को सौंपी- प्रमुख हिंदी समाचार पत्र दैनिक भास्कर ने दावा किया है कि वेतन आयोग की रिपोर्ट की प्रति उसके पास उपलब्ध है।  समाचार पत्र ने दावा किया है कि 31 दिसंबर तक इन पर आखिरी फैसला होगा।  केंद्र सरकार ने हाल ही में 7वें वेतन आयोग के समय में 4 महीने विस्तार दिया है।  

  

7th पे कमीशन में तीन गुना तक बढ़ सकती है केंद्रीय कर्मचारियों की सैलरी: दैनिक भास्कर

रायपुर/नई दिल्ली. Sep 23, 2015 7th पे कमीशन ने केंद्र सरकार को सिफारिशें सौंप दी हैं। 31 दिसंबर तक इन पर आखिरी फैसला होगा। जरूरी हुआ तो कुछ बदलाव भी संभव है। इसके बाद इसे वित्त विभाग को भेजा जाएगा। नए वेतन आयोग में आईएएस, आईपीएस व आईआरएस अफसरों के वेतन में एकरूपता का प्रस्ताव है। साथ ही अफसरों-कर्मचारियों के वेतन को तीन गुना तक बढ़ाने का भी प्रस्ताव है।

आयोग के अध्यक्ष अशोक कुमार माथुर, सचिव मीना अग्रवाल व सदस्य डॉ. राथिन राय व विवेक राक ने ये रिपोर्ट तैयार की है। रिपोर्ट की सिफारिशों के अनुसार इस समय कर्मचारियों के 32 पे-बैंड हैं। इसके अलावा भारत सरकार के सचिव तथा कैबिनेट सचिव के अलग से पे-बैंड हैं। इन्हें घटाकर 13 किए जाने का प्रस्ताव है। पे-बैंड कम हो जाने से आईएएस, आईपीएस और आईआरएस के पे-बैंड एक समान हो जाएंगे। एक रूपता आने से आईपीएस व आईआरएस की यह शिकायत दूर हो जाएगी कि उन्हें आईएएस से कम वेतन मिलता है।

बच्चों को एजुकेशन अलाउंस

> केंद्रीय कर्मचारियों के कक्षा पहली से दसवीं तक के बच्चों को 40 रुपए और 11वीं व 12वीं के बच्चों को हर महीने 50 रुपए शिक्षा भत्ता देने का प्रस्ताव।

> बच्चा विकलांग या मानसिक रूप से अक्षम है तो 100 रुपए शिक्षा भत्ता मिलेगा। बच्चा माता-पिता के साथ न रहकर दूसरी जगह रह रहा है तो भी उसे सौ रुपए देने का प्रस्ताव।

> बच्चा हाॅस्टल में है तो अलग से हर माह 300 रुपए मिलेंगे। शर्त यह है कि जो बच्चे 1987 के पहले पैदा हुए हैं उनमें तीन संतान और 1987 के बाद संतान हुई है तो दो बच्चों को ही यह सुविधा मिलेगी।

नए पे-बैंड में क्या है खास

> ग्रेड बी और सी के लिए एक-एक रनिंग पे-बैंड।

> ग्रुप ए के पदों के लिए दो रनिंग पे-बैंड होंगे।

> केंद्रीय सचिव व कैबिनेट सचिव के लिए अलग स्केल देने का प्रस्ताव।

> पे-बैंड में एक के लिए कम से कम पे स्केल 21, 200 रु. सचिव के लिए कम से कम 2 लाख रु तक करने की सिफारिश।

नोट: एस 31 से 36 जो 6ठवें वेतन आयोग में था जिसमें केंद्र के ज्वाइंट सेक्रेटरी, एडिशनल सेक्रेटरी व केबिनेट सेक्रेटरी शामिल थे विलोप कर दिया गया।

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Fixation of Pay of re-employed ex-servicemen pensioners: Clarification by DoPT

Clarification regarding fixation of Pay of re-employed ex-servicemen pensioners retiring before attaining age of 55 years and who hold post below commissioned officer rank in the Defense Forces.

Department of Personnel & Training

Establishment (Pay-II)

Reference preceding notes

D/o Posts may please refer to their proposal on preceding page seeking clarification regarding fixation of pay of re-employed/ex-servicemen pensioners retiring before attaining the age of 55 years, who held posts below commissioned officer rank in the Defence Forces and also whether the last pay drawn before retirement is subject to protection.

2. The. matter has been examined in this Department. It is pointed out that paras 4(a), 4(b)(i) and 4(d)(i) of DOS (Fixation of Pay of Re-employed Pensioners) Orders, 1986 as amended vide this Department’s OM. No.3/19/2009-Estt.(Pay.ll) dated 5.4.2010, provide that in case of ex-servicemen

who held post below Commissioned Officer rank in the Defence Forces and in the case of civilians who held posts below Group ‘A’ posts at the time of their retirement before 55 years of age, the entire pension and pension equivalent of retirement benefits shall be ignored, that is, no deduction on this count is to be made from the initial pay fixed on re-employment. Also, in terms Of the Para flin) of CCS (Fixation of Pay of Re-employed Pensioners) Orders, 1986, as amended vide this Department’s O.M. No.3/19/2009-Estt.(Pay.ll) dated 5.4.2010, the initial pay on re-employment shall be fixed as per the entry pay in the revised pay structure of the re-employed post applicable in the case of direct recruits appointed on or after 1.1 .2006. as notified vide Section II, Part A of First Schedule to CCS(Revised Pay) Rules, 2008. These instructions do not provide for protection of last pay drawn before retirement, in such cases.

3. Deputy Secretary (Pay) has seen.

sd/-

(Pushpender Kumar)

Under Secretary (Pay)

D/o Posts [ADG (Estt.)], Dak Bhawan, New Delhi
DoPT ID Note No. 1101965/2015-Estt.(Pay-II) dated 28th August 2015

Forwarding letter by Deptt. of Posts:-

FILE NO. 01-01/2011-PAP

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND IT.

DEPARTMENT OF POST S(ESTABLISHMENT DIVISION)

DAK BHAWAN, SANSAD MARG,NEW DELHI-110001.

THE: 15th September, 2015.

TO
All Chief Postmasters General,
Chief General Managers, PLI, BD&MD,
Deputy Director General (PAF), Postal Dte.,
All General Managers(Finance),
All Directors of Accounts (Postal),
The Director Postal Staff College of India, Ghaziabad,
All Directors of PTCs.

Sub: Clarification regarding fixation of Pay of re-employed ex-servicemen pensioners retiring before attaining age of 55 years and who hold post below commissioned officer rank in the Defense Forces.

Sir/Madam,

I am directed to forward herewith a copy of clarification issued by the Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training, New Delhi, DoPT ID Note No. 1101965/2015-Estt.(Pay-II) dated 28th August 2015 on the subject cited above, for kind information and further necessary action at your end.

2. Clarification may be circulated to all sub-ordinate offices concerned, with direction to dispose all cases of pay fixation of re-employed ex-servicemen pensioners retiring before, attaining age of 55 years and who hold post below commissioned officer rank in the Defense Forces, in light of clarification issued.

Enclosed: As above

Yours faithfully,

sd/-

(Major S.N. Dave)

Assistant Director General(Estt.)

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