Thursday 12 July 2012

Sale of Special Rakhi Envelopes: A New Venture of India Post

For the benefit and convenience of its customers India Post has ventured to serve better by value addition to its core services. In an effort in this direction, Special Rakhi Envelopes are available for sale @ Rs. 7/- per Envelope in all the Post Offices in Delhi on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan falling on 2nd August, 2012. 

The special features of these Rakhi Envelopes include excellent strength, tear resistant, light weight and elegant printability/hand written, available in size 11cms x 22 cms and in different colors. Size very ideal for any ideal size of Rakhi available in the market. The flaps are with Peel & Seal mechanism to protect Rakhi from damages. The word ‘RAKHI’ is written in English on left hand top on the front side with India Post Logo. 


Source : PIB

Speednet version 15122011 (Patch 5)

SpeedNet_3.1.2(15122011)  Patch-5 dated 10/07/2012:
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THIS PATCH IS A MUST TO BE EXECUTED AT ALL OFFICES.


This patch is released to provide the following:
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1. Provision for redirection of UID Articles invoiced to BOs.
2. Provision for closing of direct UID bag with RTS articles (and Redirected articles to 
   Bangalore and Bangalore Catchment offices) from Sorting Hubs to 
   Bangalore GPO. 
3. Updation of BNPL BaseRates for One India One Rate Scheme.
4. Provision of virtual scanning for Speed Post articles including UID articles up to 
   25 days from the date of receipt of messages from the central server.


Pre-Requisite:
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Speednet 3.1.2 should have been upgraded with the latest release of SpeedNet on 15/12/2011
(ftp://ftp.ptcinfo.org/SpeedNet/speednet3.1.2_15122011/).


Those who are using speednet3.1.2_15122011, can directly upgrade to Patch5.

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 A small reporting tool named Total Viewer developed  by Sivakumar N.This tool will be very helpful for generating PLI/RPLI credit certificate in HOs and SOs, to know the dispatch details of registered article, etc.  


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Courtesy:Sivakumar N.
              System Administrator
              O/o Postmaster, Karunagappally
              Kollam Division  PIN 690518

MODEL QUESTIONS FOR IPO EXAM- POSTAL MANUAL VOLUME VII (QN-1-25)

POSTAL MANUAL VOLUME VII
(RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE)
1.         Mark correct option
            a)         DBO stands for District bag office(161(2)
            b)         The sorting assistant who is attending to regn dept of mail office is called   RSA
            c)         Daily report of MBC/Sections are received by  Sr/Superintendent of RMS
            d)         All the above are correct                                                                              Ans: d
2.         Mark correct option
            a)         For the purpose of bag account PO is a Unit Bag Office
            b)         Memo of authorized Bag balance is issued by Sr/Supdt of PO/RMS offices
            c)         Diagram of a sorting case is prepared by SRM
            d)         All the above are correct                                                                              Ans:d
3.         Metal token has to be returned , if the Sorting assistant
            a)         Goes on leave                                   b)         Transfer to other HRO
            c)         Dismissed/Removed from service d)         All the above                          Ans:d(14)
4.         Each set of a sorting office is divided into
            a)         Two departments                              b)         Three departments
            c)         Four departments                             d)         None of these                        Ans:c(1)
5.         A mail office may redirect any article or intercept or deliver any article to the addressee
            a)         With permission of the Divisional Head
            b)         With the permission of the incharge
            c)         On the authority of the DG  or Head of the Circle
            d)         None of these                                                                                                Ans: c(4)

6.         Information from RMS records asked for by any Govt officer be given
            a)         With the specific orders of the division head
            b)         With the specific orders of the DG posts
            c)         With the specific orders of the Head of the cirlcle
            d)         None of these                                                                                                Ans: c (5)
7.         The misconnection between air services should invariably be reported by Record Officer to
            a)         DG of Posts                                                   b)         The head of the division
            c)         The Head of the circle by first post  d)         None of these            Ans: c(9)
8.         Mark the correct option
           
a)                 Circulars of Head of the circle are issued by monthly
b)                 Monthly circulars which bear heading and a consecutive annual series of number
c)                  These circulars are issued and fwd to all Supervising  officers and Record officers
and should be filled in Guard books
            d)         All the above are correct                                                                              Ans: d(10)
9.         A metal of token authorized to type must be carried by all RMS officials except
            a)         Van attendants                                              b)         Mail guard
            c)         Supervising officer                                        d)         None of these            Ans: c(14)
10.       A metal token is supplied by
            a)         The supdt of RMS                                         b)         IRM
            c)         Record officer concerned                            d)         Incharge of the set     Ans: c(14)
11.       The memorandum of Distribution work is issued by
           
            a)         The Head of the circle                                  b)         The Record officer
            c)         The sub divisional inspector                        d)         The Supdt. Of RMS   Ans: d(16)
12.       The period of preservation of invoices of articles received from stock depot is
           
            a)         Six months                                                     b)         Eighteen months
            c)         Two years                                                      d)         Three years                Ans:d(17)
13.       Mark correct option related to preservation period
            a)         Order book of mail office and section is three years
            b)         Work paper of RMS offices and section is eighteen months
            c)         Correspondence related to robberies, theft etc is one year after the case
                        closed.
            d)         All the above are correct                                                                              Ans: d(17)
14.       Among the postage stamp kept in the stock of mail offices for sale if any stamp cannot be disposed of within a reasonable time the mater should be reported to
            a)         The record officer                                          b)         The local Postmaster
            c)         The Sub divisional IRM                                 d)         The Supdt. Of RMS   Ans:d(18)
15.       Mark correct option
a)         In Head Record offices one key of the safe will be retained in the custody of HRO and other one is Accountant.
b)         The insured seal supplied to the set of mail office should be kept in the personal custody of Head Sorting assistant
c)         Each set of section is supplied with a portfolio with lock & key bearing designation of section
d)         All the above are correct.                                                                             Ans:d
16.       The Head sorting Assistant of each set of the various sections attached to a Record Office will be supplied by the ________, in once in a _______
            a)         The supdt of RMS,    week               b)         The Record officer, month
            c)         Head of the Circle, yearly                 d)         None of these                        Ans: b(23)
17.       The authority competent to relax the provision of office attendance at RO is
            a)         The supdd of RMS                            b)         The record/sub record officer
            c)         The sub divisional Inspector            d)         The Head of the circle          Ans:d(26)
18.       The supervisor Speed post centre will send his daily report to Manager speed post
            a)         By means of a letter                          b)         By fax message
            c)         By email                                             d)         By using format MS 83         Ans:d(28)
19.       The following are the more important irregularities and occurrences which must be mentioned in the daily report
            a)         All irregularities reported by telegraph/fax.
b)         Absence of carrier appointed to receive or deliver mails, the mails detained in consequence being mentioned.
c)         Receipt or dispatch of special bags;
d)         All the above                                                                                      Ans: d(29)
20.       At all stations except changing stations the set about to proceed
a)                 Should be present one hour before the departure of the train
b)                 15 min before the departure of the train
c)                  At the hour fixed by the Supdt. which will be at least half an hour before the departure of the train
d)                 None of these                                                                                                Ans: c(33)
21.       The staff of a mail office may leave the office at any period during the working hour
            a)         With the permission of HAS            b)         With the permission of the IRM
            c)         For attending mail exchange           d)         All the above              Ans:d(35)
22.       The window of the mail van of a section should be kept closed
a)                 Throughout the beat of the section
b)                 When the train is in motion
c)                  When the train is drawn up at railway station platform till the train starts
d)                 None of these                                                                                                Ans: c(36)
23.       When an official on duty in a mail van is attacked with any serious illness, the Mail Agent / Mail Guard should communicate the fact to
            a)         The Guard of the train                       b)         The Superintend
            c)         The Record officer                            d)         All the above              Ans:d(38)
24.       The cage TB addressed to the Mail office of Terminal Station is to be opened at the terminal station personally by
            a)         The mail agent                                   b)         The mail guard
            c)         The HSA                                            d)         None of these                        Ans: c(41)
25.       Protecting bags containing articles marked ‘By parcel post”
a)                 To be entered in the mail list under unusual mail
b)                 To be entered under due mails
c)                  To be included in the total unusual mails entered at the top of the mail list with suitable remakes
d)                 None of these                                                                                                Ans:c(44)
(Prepared and published by AB Kantharaja for more question visit abkantharaja.blogspot.in & http://katiharho.blogspot.in)

eMO Communication Error





Sir,
Please do the following carefully.

warning ! Please do the following carefully.


1. stop the eMO Client application if running.
2. Open the data folder Inside RXD Folder of eMO client installation path.
3. Select details option in View menu on the top of explorer.(View->details). All files will be shown with file type and date modified.
4. Sort the files by modified date(Click on date modified column once or twice).
5. Select and cut all the files received on oldest date and time and  copy into to seperate folder on desktop.( these file might be corrupted).
6. Delete all the files with file type qsq_tmp in data folder of rxd.
7. start the eMO client application.
8. Check the eMO after 10-15 minutes.

Results of Postmaster Grade-I Examination held on 03/06/2012 - Directorate orders


Directorate announced results of Postmaster grade -I Examination held on 03/06/2012 vide Memo No.A-34013/04/12-DE dated 11/07/2012. 

Please Click here or Link2 to get the details.

Source: www.indiapost.gov.in