Thursday 9 February 2012

Fixation of Pay of All India Services on the grant of proforma promotion - regarding


No.14021/12/2008-AIS-II
Government of India
Department of Personnel and Training
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension
North Block, New Delhi,
Dated 06.02.2012
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub: Fixation of Pay of All India Services on the grant of proforma promotion - regarding.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s instructions regarding fixation of pay of All India Service Officers on grant of proforma promotion, issued vide letter No. 14021/5/2008-AIS-II, dated 29.09.2008,wherein it is provided that:
‘In case an IAS officer on deputation to a post gets promoted in his cadre to a post in a higher grade, his pay in the pay band will be fixed with
reference to the pay in the pay band of the officer immediately junior to him in the cadre of his service. However, the officer in question would continue to draw the grade pay attached to the deputation post for the remaining duration of the deputation.”

2. However, in certain cases, it has been noticed that the pay of All India Service Officers, on grant of proforma promotion to a higher grade in the parent cadre, has been fixed with reference to the pay of a junior in the cadre who was already drawing more pay than the senior officer even before promotion on account of greater length of his service. It has also been noticed that officers, who get proforma promotion in relaxation of Next Below Rule in terms of DOPT O.M. No.8/8/84/Estt.(Pay. I), dated 15.07.1985 as no immediate junior is available for appointment to the higher grade against an available vacancy in the cadre, have sought to get their pay fixed with reference to the pay of a junior in the cadre who has not even been promoted to the higher scale in which they have got proforrna promotion.
3. The matter has been examined in consultation with the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure and it s clarified that fixation of pay on
grant of proforma promotion with reference to the pay of junior only means that the pay in pay-band or pay-scale may be fixed in terms of normal rules applicable in the case of fixation of pay of junior in State cadre by grant of one increment @ 3% of basic pay, subject to the maximum of pay band-4 or the pay scale. However, where the deputation post is in any pay band with a grade pay, the grade pay would remain unchanged and where the deputation post is in a pay scale, the pay scale would remain unchanged.
sd/-
(Deepti Umashankar)
Director (Services)

Release of Revised MNOP Script ( dtd 08/02/2012 )





Release of Revised MNOP Script
It is decided to keep both POS and SpeedNet MNOP Updation Script at a single point download. This script has to be used at all the offices using POS and SpeedNet.
Based on the latest Sorting Extract / Orders received from the Directorate and IC Hub Data received from Circles, the Revised MNOP Script is released and the details of the releases are as follows.
This script will contain the entire Hub Master data as per the requirement /modifications - including all the previous revisions. This document shows only the latest revisions.
Source & Download
ftp://ftp.ptcinfo.org/MNOP_Hubs_UpdationScripts_POS_SpeedNet/
via:- sa post

MINUTES OF POSTMEN COMMITTEE MEETING





SpeedNet Problems and Solutions


                                                                                                  Trouble Shooting in SpeedNet package:

The questions /problems in this FAQ is arranged in the order of :

· Installation
· Configuration
· Login
· Supervisory options
· Operator options
· MIS

(You may also use Find option (Ctrl+F) with error description to easily locate the solution in this post)

Problem
Solution
Installation
While installing error-
“Insert Disk”
There is an old speednet CAB file present in OS installation folder.
Please search for sp*.cab file in C:\Windows or C:\Winnt folder. If found delete them.
Then install the package afresh
While installing system is asked to be restarted every time.
Check whether Service Pack SP 4 for Windows 2000 or SP3 for XP systems are installed.

While installing – error MSDART.dll file
If the following error occurs during the Client installation –
“The Procedure entry point couldn’t be located in the dynamic link library MSDART.DLL.”
When the error occurs – Click on OK.
Then next it will show a file registration error – Click on Ignore.
Then again the MSDART.DLL error occurs . Click on OK
Then next it will show another file registration error – Click on
Ignore
Now it will install.
Now package gets installed. This error will not cause any problem in the package.
Note: If any Version Conflict messages appears, then keep the existing files in the system and continue the installation.
At the end of the installation error – “Path not Found”
Click on Retry button to continue. If this doesn’t solve the problem, reinstall the client component.
Active X Component Error –
Found at any stage during installation.
Check whether Service Pack SP 4 for Windows 2000 or SP3 for XP systems are installed. Also install MDAC 2.7
If using Speednet 3.1 then download the 3.1.1 version from site.
Installation problem in Vista System for the first time
Right click on the setup.exe file and select option. This will install the package without any problem.
Also register all the dll files which are in the SpeedNet Client Installation folder.
To register the dll:
· Right click on Dll file and select Open with
· Select Browse option and go to Windows\System 32 folder. Select Regsvr32 file
· Select open and ok button in the subsequent forms.
· This will show the successful registration message.
· If this process is not registering the Dll then :- please uninstall the SpeedNet client and ensure that old installation files doesn’t exist in the system. Then go to start->Run and type msconfig. A System Tools window opens. Click on Tools option. Search for option from the list. Select it and click on Launch. Restart the system then install the SpeedNet client and then register the Dlls. At the end don’t forget to go to msconfig ->Tools and select and launch and restart system.
Note: Enable User Account Control is a must as it is a new security component in Windows Vista.


Configuration – Database Creation
While creating the database, message appears as – “Unable to load the configuration file”
Uninstall the SpeedNet Client component from Control Panel –Add Remove Programs and reinstall it.
While creating the database, “Speed Net found an illegal tampering of information... Quitting”
Uninstall the SpeedNet Client component from Control Panel –Add Remove Programs and reinstall it.
While creating database error –
“SQL Server error. Please close all applications”
This is the error related to Hard disk. Check the following.
· Drive letter provided is wrong
· POSPCC and POSPCCBackup files exist in hard disk
· No space in the hard disk.
While creating the database error – “Specified SQL Server not found”
The Server name provided is wrong. Please also check whether you have installed SQL as Instance. If so, edit the SQL Server name with SQL Instance name.
While creating the database error “Login failed for user SA”
The SQL Password typed is wrong.
In vista – shared file is not being accessed at the end of client installation.
In cases where new systems are supplied to project arrow offices, some problems in accessing server component folder even after sharing this folder may occur due to architecture of new OS installed in these systems.
IN such case system administrator should overwrite defaults permissions given to SpeedNet server folder :
To do this they can follow the procedure below:
If it is vista operating system do the following steps before configuring the permissions:
1. Go to Start->Run and type msconfig
2. Under Tools, select Disable UAC and click on Launch button given below.
3. Restart the system.
4. Applying the permission changes to SpeedNet server folder as given below.
Permissions:
7) Right click SpeedNet Server folder, select Properties ->Security tab and click on button therein.
2) Select the user if already present in the list there or Click on Edit and then button. Type everyone and click on OK.
3) In the next screen, check on permission for Allow.
4) Click on advanced
5) Uncheck the check box . A new option screen appears wherein click on remove button
6) Now click on OK button and Ok button in the previous screen.
7) Share the SpeedNet server folder and assign full permission to user
on shared folder.
Give similar permissions to user as above.


Configuration – Other Issues
While configuring, the required SPC name is not found for selection. Then how to install?
The procedure is explained in the SpeedNet Hand Book supplied along with 3.1 version release and the copy of the same is available in Speednet 3.1 CD. (Refer 2.8)
Error Inserting Offices to OfficeMaster –Could not bulk insert. File ‘SPCMaster.txt’ does not exist
This problem is solved in Speednet 3.1.1.
You are using older version. Please download the 3.1.1 version and upgrade.
While configuring at linked office, Linked office name not found for selection. How to install?
The procedure is explained in the SpeedNet Hand Book supplied along with 3.1 version release and the copy of the same is available in Speednet 3.1 CD. (Refer 2.9)
“Automation Error” at the time of configuration
Solution 1:
Dll Registry problem. Please open the Speednet client folder path (C:\Program Files\Speednet default folder) . Register all the dll files using the regsvr32 file.
Procedure to register:
1. Right click on The dll file
2. Click on – Open with option
3. Browse – C:\Windows\System32
4. Select the file regsvr32.dll
5. Click on Ok to register.
If it is Vista System and there is problem in registration of Dll files, please see the solution given at the heading – as to how to register the dll files in vista.
While configuring Error -
"Text property read only"
This is the problem with old cab file remaining in the system during fresh installation of SpeedNet 3.1.1
Uninstall Speednet client from Add Remove programs
Search for C:\Program Files\Speednet folder ( Its default path of client folder) . If exists delete it.
Now go to search option ( or Find) of windows and search for spcl*.cab file in C:\Windows folder. If any such file exists delete it.
Then install the Speednet Client 3.1.1 afresh.
Login
While starting the package itself, there is error
“Error in Opening the Connection 70. Permission denied”
This problem would have occurred in Vista systems.
As a solution, right click on the SpeedNet exe and click on Run As Administrator option and click on Allow to run the package.
While logging in it says the user is already logged in other system.
This problem is solved in Speednet 3.1.1.
You are using older version. Please download the 3.1.1 version and upgrade.
Error while logging in –
“Not a valid Password”
This is mdb file access error through the client system.
Check the sharing permissions of the SpednetServer folder at server system. Whether the XP client user has been given full permission to access the folder.
If by giving permission if the problem is not solved, then reinstall the SpeedNet Server component and share it afresh with full permission to
(BNPL Module – old bill data will be lost with the re installation of SpeedNet Server)
Error while login –
“BNPL Database is not found in the specified path”
This problem is solved in Speednet 3.1.1.
You are using older version. Please download the 3.1.1 version and upgrade.
Login is very slow and takes too much time.
Login as Supervisor – Use Tools->Delete Old data option. Use Truncate option to truncate the log files of POSPCC and POSPCCBackup. (Please ensure that no one uses SpeedNet at that time, else DB will be corrupt)
While Logging in Vista Systems, when selected user, given password and click on OK, package simply exists without any message or error
Right Click on the Speednet.exe which is in the SpeedNet client path (default client path is C:\Program Files\SpeedNet) and click on.
If this is not working then please share the SpeedNet Server folder in the Server System with Special Permission as given in the instruction at the heading
Shift Begin /Shift End

While making Shift End error – it gives
BNPL Error /
Pending Message error
This problem is solved in Speednet 3.1.1.
You are using older version. Please download the 3.1.1 version and upgrade.
While making the Shift Begin – it shows the error that system date and time is incorrect.
Please check whether the System date is Current Date.
From SpeedNet 3.1 onwards , package will not allow to make the Shift Begin for a date for which already Shift Begin and Shift End are done.
While making shift End – it shows a big list of non dispatched bags.
This is not an error.
Please read the SpeedNet User Manual or for details on Non Dispatched Bag List.
While making the Shift End – Package exists automatically
Please read the SpeedNet User Manual for details on Shift End for Non Dispatched Bag List. If the list contains huge number of pending bags due to incomplete work in the package, then this happens.
Reinstallation is the solution.


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Mobiles can affect pacemakers: DoT


NEW DELHI: People with medical implants like pacemakers must not keep their cellphones on their shirt pockets.

The latest directive by the department of telecommunication (DoT) says that "people having active medical implants should preferably keep the cellphone at least 15cm away from the implant."

An office memorandum, circulated by the ministry of communications and IT on January 25, says manufacturer's mobile handset booklets will have to contain the safety precaution.

MoS for communications and IT Sachin Pilot said this was one of the recommendations made by the inter-ministerial committee that the DoT has accepted.

"Necessary changes in the design and packaging for compliance with this instruction will have to be in place on or before September 1," Pilot told TOI.

Senior cardiologist at Escorts Heart Research Centre Dr Aparna Jaswal said it is safe for patients with implants to talk on a cellphone, but they must avoid placing it directly over the pacemaker implantation site when the device is turned on.

"The pacemaker could misinterpret the cellphone signal as a heartbeat and withhold pacing, producing symptoms such as sudden fatigue. The mobile phone must be kept six inches away from pacemaker site and the patient must talk on the phone from the other ear and not the one close to the site," Dr Jaswal said.

India has over 900 million cellphone users.

According to the US FDA, radio frequency energy (RF) from cellphones can interact with pacemakers which are called electromagnetic interference (EMI). If EMI were to occur, it could affect a pacemaker in one of three ways: stopping the device from delivering the stimulating pulses that regulate the heart's rhythm, cause it to deliver the pulses irregularly or cause the implant to ignore the heart's own rhythm and deliver pulses at a fixed rate.

Pilot suggested that it would be mandatory for all mobile phone manufacturers to warn patients about keeping their cellphones away from implants, besides some other safety messages.

The memorandum circulated by the ministry says cellphone manufacturers must mention the following: use wireless and hands free systems like headphones with a low power blue tooth emitter, make sure the cellphone has a low Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), keep your calls short or send a text message instead. This advice applies especially to children, adolescents and pregnant women. "Use cellphone when the signal quality is good," the note says.

The rate at which RF energy is absorbed by the body is called SAR. According to Pilot, the recommendations accepted include, "SAR level for mobile handset shall be limited to 1.6 watt/Kg, averaged over a mass of one gram of human tissue, SAR levels have to be displayed on the handset, all cell phones will have to comply with BIS standards and shall come with hands free services with the manufacturers providing a self declaration of SAR value of the handset."

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) had recently said talking on cellphone could cause a malignant form of brain Cancer classifying radiation emanating from mobile phones alongside gasoline engine exhaust, lead and DDT as "possibly carcinogenic to humans".

It said, "The WHO/IARC has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (group 2B), based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer, associated with wireless phone use."

Pilot said, "We are not going to compromise with radiation limits since it has health-related concerns. The department of telecommunications set-up an Inter Ministerial Group in August, 2010, to evaluate the evidence, revisit radiation guidelines for mobile towers and adopt guidelines for radiation emission by cellphones. This group has recommended radiation limits more stringent than that of the United Nations."

He added, "We had called for self certification of all mobile towers."

Circle allotments to 2010 PS Group B Exam candidates

Directorate has issued Circle allotments to the following  candidates selected against  the two unfilled OC vacancies from General line qouta of PS Group B examination for the year 2010.

Sl no
Name of the selected candidate
Circle to which alloted
1
K.Janardhan Reddy, SPM
Repalle MDG
Andhra Pradesh
2
R.Rama lingam (TN circle)
Jammu & Kashmir