Increase Your SATA Hard Drive Performance

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  Most of the latest machines supplied to Post offices using Vista operating system and SATA hard disks. Windows vista software has a built in support for SATA disk drives. You can speed up the performance of your serial ATA (SATA) disk drive by enabling write caching feature in windows vista. By default this feature is turned off. You can follow the below steps to increase the performance
  
  
• Right Click on My computer (computer)
• Select Manage
• Select Device Manager
• Open device manager go to disk drive portion

• Right Click on the hard disk select option properties
• Select the button policies tab
• Please check the box 'Enable Advanced Performance'
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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Management Studio in SQL Server 2005

On Yesterday I got a call from one of my post office saying that no applications are working . It shows an error that server is not exists. Firstly I thought that it is problem with network connections and I asked them to restart the server machine and try again but then also this error exists. I came to the office and tries to run the application. But seeing the error I thought that this problem with SQL server. On trying to open the SQL server 2005 management studio I got an error. The error is as follows

“A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) (.Net SqlClient Data Provider) “

First I wondered to see the error while connecting to server 2005. I never come up on such type of error during period as SA. While Contacting fellow Sys Admins they told that they had never come across such errors. While searching for the solutions on net But that not worked for me.

The main check points are

.Make sure your database engine is configured to accept remote connections
Start > All Programs > SQL Server 2005 > Configuration Tools > SQL Server Surface Area Configuration

Click on Surface Area Configuration for Services and Connections
Select the instance that is having a problem > Database Engine > Remote Connections
Enable local and remote connections

Enable the TCP/IP in surface area configuration

Check the fire wall status and off the firewall if it is on and allow exception for programs SQL server and SQL server browser

Enable SQL Server Browser (Start the SQL server browser n service)

But then also I am not able to connect to SQL server management studio. But while restarting the server machine I found that the windows server administrator password was missing. Earlier it requires a password for opening the windows server. Then I got to users (By right clicking computer---Manage----Local User) and set pass word for Administrator (Recreated the earlier Password) and restarted the server.

After this SQL Server is working and I can open management studio correctly.

 

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Ltc 80 Fares List May 2012

Bookings through Air India web site: 10% discount offered on the basic fares till 30th September,2012

1 a) EAP14 & SAP 7 Fare Levels are Advance Purchase Fares which are available for sale
upto 14 days, & 7 days respectively in advance before schedule date of departure of the flight.

2 Taxes, Fee & Charges
In addition to the above fares, Passenger Service fee, Airport Development Fee (wherever applicable) and Service Tax would be applicable.
a) Passenger Service fee is Rs. 233 except (a) Ex Jammu,Srinagar Leh where it is 207 & (b) ex Bangalore, Hyderabad & Kochi it is 225/-
b) Airport tax (UDF) ex Hyderabad Rs. 484, Bangalore Rs. 260, Jaipur Rs. 150, Delhi Rs.225
Amritsar Rs. 150, Trichy Rs. 150, Vishakapatnam Rs. 150, Udaipur Rs. 150, Ahmedabad Rs. 124, Mangalore Rs. 150, Varanasi Rs. 150.

c) Service Tax would be additional as applicable.

3 Fare Rules:
Fee for Refund/revalidation/re-issuance is levied as detailed under:
(i) First/Executive & Economy class under RBDs Y,B & M and LTC fares

(ia) On Refund - a processing fee of Rs.200 per coupon is levied.
(ib) No re-issuance and revalidation fee is applicable.

(ii) Tickets issued on fares under RBDs H to T

(iia) Refund – Permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of the flight against a Refund Fee of -Rs.500 per coupon . 

Refund of No-show ticket, permitted against a Refund Fee of -Rs.1500 per coupon
(iib) Revalidation /re-issuance – Permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of the flight against a Change Fee of -Rs.500 per coupon
Revalidation of No-show ticket, permitted against a Change Fee of -Rs.1000 per coupon

(iii) Tickets issued on fares under RBDs E & S
(iiia) Refund – Non-Refundable.
(iiib) Revalidation /re-issuance – Permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of the flight against a Change Fee of -Rs.750 per coupon
Revalidation of No-show ticket, permitted against a Change Fee of -Rs.1500 per coupon

4 Updated Fares as on 1st May , 2012

5 These fares are subject to Change without prior notice.

ltc80 fair list click here—View Table III

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Subscribers to NPS to Now have Choice of Annuity Service

Providers; PFRDA takes Important Step towards Providing an Exit Route to the Subscribers
Subscribers to the National Pension System (NPS) will now have a choice of Annuity Service Providers, from whom they can choose their annuity schemes on their exit from NPS on attainment of 60 years of age. Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has empanelled the following six IRDA approved life insurance companies for providing annuity services to the subscribers of National Pension System (NPS).

1. Life Insurance Corporation of India
2. SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
3. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
4. Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
5. Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
6. Reliance Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

under the provisions of NPS, a maximum of 60% of corpus accumulated at the time of exit, normally on the attainment of 60 years of age, can be withdrawn but a minimum of 40% corpus has to be utilized for purchasing an annuity from one of the empanelled annuity service providers. Subscriber can choose from any of the six above mentioned annuity service providers and can also make their choice of the annuity scheme from amongst the schemes being offered by these providers.

With the above empanelment, PFRDA has taken an important step towards providing an exit route to the subscribers.

Source:pib

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From Foreign Press on the India Post Bank

 Banking on ways to save postal service

Talk about killing two birds with one stone; here’s an idea that can take down a whole flock.

It’s called postal banking, and it could help rescue the Postal Service, make banks nicer to the little guy, raise the national savings rate and cut the cost of financing the national deficit.

This is not a new idea. A vast array of nations from Germany to India offer their citizens financial services through the post office. We do too, a little, by selling money orders and package insurance. But we used to do much more.

From 1910 to 1967 Uncle Sam ran the Postal Savings System. It paid 2 percent on deposits (which peaked at $3.4 billion in 1947) and reaped 2.5 percent by putting the money into local banks, thus covering the cost of operations. Customers could save as little as 10 cents at a time by filling a postal savings card with stamps and then turning it in for credit.

Consider the possibilities. The Postal Service is in financial trouble partly due to meddling by Congress, but also because the digital revolution is driving down mail volume. Congress wants the place run like a business, but won’t let the service set prices, close money-losing outlets or otherwise be businesslike. The government, meanwhile, backstops the for-profit banking system without charging for this valuable service. These same banks treat low-income customers like pinatas, beating fees out of them at every turn.

The postal banking alternative is old, established and could easily work here. There are post offices all over America, and they already handle lots of cash. Postal deposits could be invested in Treasury securities for ironclad safety, and these new funds would likely reduce Uncle Sam’s cost of borrowing, saving money for taxpayers. Instead of the certificates used by the old Postal Savings System, depositors would get debit cards.

A postal bank could make money in several ways. Users could pay modest fees for checking and other services, and the system could pay out less in interest than it earns on the Treasuries it would buy.

Since the goal isn’t to drive banks out of business, individual accounts could be capped at some appropriately modest sum, and there would be no loans except to Washington. Even so, this new postal competition should force banks to treat their smaller customers a little better — while rescuing many poor Americans from the teeth of costly check-cashing outlets and payday lenders.

Could postal banking be big enough to make a dent in Postal Service deficits? Well, the Japanese postal bank has more than $2 trillion in deposits, and the United States is nearly three times as populous. It’s not inconceivable to imagine an American postal bank throwing off an annual profit of $5 billion, which is what the Postal Service lost in its last fiscal year (although losses seem to be accelerating).

Besides, aiding the Postal Service is the least of the plan’s virtues — and postal banking by itself can’t save the system, which needs to change regardless. More important is that postal banking would put the government once again on the side of encouraging thrift. People with savings don’t need payday lenders, after all. Accumulating capital can help them weather emergencies, start businesses and buy homes.

A postal savings system would give people a trusted place to save right in their own communities, without outrageous fees or sales pitches for tricky products. Postal banking could take its place alongside other cherished non-market institutions, such as Social Security and public libraries, that help Americans help themselves. People love their libraries. Why not let them bank on their Postal Service?

• Daniel Akst is a columnist for Newsday.

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Linking of GPF Interest Rates With EPFO

Ministry of Finance

04-May, 2012 17:05 IST

Linking of GPF Interest Rates With EPFO

The rates of interest on General Provident Fund (GPF) is 8% for the period from 1.4.2011 to 30.11.2011 and 8.6% from 1.12.2011 to 31.3.2012, whereas the rate of interest on EPF for the financial year 2011-12 is 8.25%. Rate of interest on EPF is fixed on the recommendation of the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) by the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Ministry of Labour and Employment based on the income earned on the accumulated fund during the financial year. However, rate of interest on GPF is generally fixed after taking into consideration the average secondary market yields on government securities of similar maturity.



This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri Namo Narain Meena in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

Source: PIB

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Introduction of facility of transfer of quarterly interest of SCSS accounts to any Bank Account through ECS - release of ECS for MIS & SCSS Ver 2.5.5 and Ver 3.1.5 by SDC Kolkatta

To view S B Order No. 6 / 2012 issued vide Directorate's letter No.113-01/2002-SB, dated 03.05.2012, 

 

please Click Here and see page 7 to 10

 



Posted by Bruhaspati Samal, Secretary, AIPEU, Gr.-C, Bhubaneswar ( Odisha )

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Highlight of Civil Services Exam, 2011 Results

Following are the important highlights of the Civil Services Examination, 2011, for which final result has been declared today.

Ø      The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2011 was conducted on 12^th June, 2011.  A record number of 4,72,290 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 2,43,003 candidates have actually appeared.

Ø      11984 candidates were declared qualified for the Main written examination held in October-November, 2011 out of which 2417 candidates were selected for the Personality Test conducted in March-April, 2012.  Finally, 910 candidates (715 male & 195 female) have been recommended for appointment to the IAS, IFS, IPS and other Central Services against 1001 reported vacancies.  Vacancies unfilled presently are on account of 91 reserved community candidates qualifying on general standards.  Depending on the options exercised by them finally, these vacancies will be filled by candidates recommended for the Reserve List that is maintained by the Commission.

Ø      The First two positions have been taken by female candidates.  The top 25 candidates include 19 male (including 01 visually challenged candidate) and 06 female candidates. In the top 100 candidates, there are 21 female candidates.

Ø      Ms. Shena Aggarwal (Roll No. 233541) has topped the Examination.  She has done MBBS from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi.  This is her 3^rd attempt.

Ø      The 2^nd ranker is Ms. Rukmani Riar (Roll No. 27895).  She has done Master of Arts (Social Entrepreneurship) from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.  The is her 1^st attempt.

Ø      The 3^rd position is bagged by Shri Prince Dhawan (Roll No. 1804).  He has done M. Tech (Elect. Engg.) from IIT, Delhi.  This is his 1^st attempt.

Ø      The result also showcases the pan-Indian distribution of successful candidates of this Examination. Amongst the top 25 candidates, there are candidates claiming domicile from as many as 16 States, i.e., Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamilnadu, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh.

Ø      The top 25 candidates include alumni from some of the premier educational institutions of the country including AIIMS, IIM and IITs.  An alumnus of London School of Economics also figures in the top 25.

Ø      The family background of top 25 candidates show diverse representation from all walks of the life which include farmer, teacher, businessman, army personnel, low and middle level govt. servants, doctors, advocate, professor & civil servants.

Ø      Amongst top 25 candidates, 6 have made to the merit lift in their 1^st attempt; 07 in 2^nd attempt; 09 in 3^rd attempt; and 01 each in 4^th, 5^th & 6^th attempts.  As many as 12 have already been recommended to services other than IAS on the basis of Civil Services Examinations of previous years.

Ø      Of the top 25 candidates – 13 appeared from Delhi; 3 from Jaipur, 2 each from Mumbai & Chandigarh; and 1 each from Hyderabad, Chennai, Dispur, Patna & Jammu Centres.

Source : PIB Release, May 4 , 2012

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Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2011 Results Announced

The result of the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2011 has been announced. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) had held written part of the examination in October-November, 2011 and the interviews for Personality Test in March-April, 2012. A total number of 910 candidates have been recommended for appointment to –

(i)             Indian Administrative Service;

(ii)           Indian Foreign Service;

(iii)        Indian Police Service; and

(iv)         Central Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’.

The list of selected candidates includes 420 General (including 21 Physically Challenged candidates), 255 Other Backward Classes (including 8 Physically Challenged candidates), 157 Scheduled Castes (including 4 Physically Challenged candidate) and 78 Scheduled Tribes  candidates.

            Appointment to the various Services will be made according to the number of vacancies available with due consideration to the provisions contained in Rules 2 and 19 of the Rules of the Examination and subject to the final decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court / Hon’ble High Courts / Hon’ble C.A.Ts. on the S.L.Ps / R.As / W.Ps. / O.As. pending therein. 

The number of vacancies reported by the Government for the Indian Administrative Service is 170 (85 General, 46 Other Backward Classes, 26 Scheduled Castes and 13 Scheduled Tribes);  for the Indian Foreign Service is 40 (23 General, 9 Other Backward Classes, 5 Scheduled Castes and 3 Scheduled Tribes); for the Indian Police Service is 150 (78 General, 37 Other Backward Classes, 21 Scheduled Castes and 14 Scheduled Tribes); for the Central Services Group ‘A’ is 543 (273 General, 148 Other Backward Classes, 81 Scheduled Castes and 41 Scheduled Tribes) and for Central Services Group ‘B’ is 98 (52 General, 15 Other Backward Classes, 24 Scheduled Castes and 7 Scheduled Tribes).  This includes 33 vacancies for Physically Challenged candidates.

            The candidature of 66 candidates with the following Roll Numbers is provisional:-

000551	001200	002430	003755	006785	010855	011520
017787	023411	025534	028538	035697	039853	044438
045476	067612	072543	075393	076245	076400	081658
082304	082459	086967	092150	112280	115085	116528
140733	147789	151403	151641	153371	178577	190181
190326	210067	216644	219573	219974	231108	239206
247554	270870	276680	276851	279593	284753	290710
298203	300098	304194	306745	311458	318116	324239
362913	365392	375655	388398	395482	421481	425340
429398	429576	448439

            In accordance with Rule 16(4) & (5) of the Civil Services Examination Rules, 2011, the Commission is maintaining a consolidated Reserve List of 182 candidates which includes 91 General, 72 Other Backward Classes, 12 Scheduled Casts and 7 Scheduled Tribes candidates ranking in order of merit below the last recommended candidate under respective category.

            UPSC has a “Facilitation Counter” near Examination Hall Building in its campus.  Candidates can obtain any information / clarification regarding their examinations / recruitments on the working days between 1000 hours to 1700 hours in person or over telephone Nos.23385271 / 23381125 / 23098543. Result will also be available on the UPSC’s Website i.e. http//www.upsc.gov.in.  However, marks are likely to be available on the website within 15 days from the date of declaration of results.

 Clickhere for list of successful candidates, in order of merit.

Source : PIB Release, May 4, 2012

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Change in designation of Sorting Postman

Posted by Bruhaspati Samal, Secretary, AIPEU, Gr.-C, Bhubaneswar ( Odisha )

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PACS : POSTAL ACCOUNTS CURRENT SYSTEM

               To generate file through Account PBS Module

 Accounts PBS >>>>>Schedule >>>>>> Tools>>>>> Generate filefor DAP and see screen shot attached.Once file is generated we can send /upload this file to PACSserver...

                                       FILE UPLOAD TO PACS SERVER 




BANK SCHEDULE OF HPO TO BE UPLOAD ON-LINE USING ONLY NIC WAN.

URL : http://10.102.144.114/pacscircle(OPEN ONLY NIC NOT BROAD BAND AND OTHER )

User ID:       Provide by you from DAP

Password:    Provide by you from DAP

 Enter user name :-

 password           :-

                For your HEAD POST OFFICE 

                 to get 'Schedule ' upload page

Now click on 'File upload for PACS server" and browse the drawn/remittance schedule file  and clock on ADD button.
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