Opening Of Passport Seva Kendras

Under the Passport Seva Project, all the planned 77(seventy seven) Passport SevaKendras (PSKs) have been made operational across the country. There is no plan to open any new Passport Office in the country. However, the Government is   conducting a feasibility study to expand the network of passport delivery mechanism by means of additional Passport Seva Kendras/Passport Seva Laghu Kendras in various States/UTs, including Andhra Pradesh.   

The full implementation of Passport Seva Project (PSP) has transformed Passport Issuance System by way of adding 77 PSKs to the 38 Passport Issuing Authorities in India, including Andaman & Nicobar Administration and introducing online filing of applications.  The PSP has a centralised IT system linking all Passport Offices, PSKs, Police and India Post. The Passport infrastructure has also been upgraded. The Passport Offices have regular interaction with concerned police authorities to expediteverification reports of the applicants. Passport Adalats are also conducted by Passport Offices from time to time. Guidelines for quick scrutiny of passport applications and defining the roles of personnel manning the PSKs are being framed to reduce processing time. The Government has also taken steps to create a motivated workforce by improving working conditions, training, and staff welfare and career progression measures.  

The state-wise location of PSKs is given below.

STATE-WISE    LIST OF PSKs

S. No.	State/UT	No. ofPSKs	Location
1.	Andhra Pradesh	7	Hyderabad I, II & III, Nizamabad,Vijayawada, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam,
2.	Assam	1	Guwahati
3.	Bihar	1	Patna
4.	Chandigarh UT	1	Chandigarh
5.	Chhatisgarh	1	Raipur*
6.	Delhi NCT	3	Herald House, Shalimar Place, Bhikaji Cama Place*
7.	Goa	1	Panaji*
8.	Gujarat	5	Ahmedabad I& II, Baroda, Rajkot, Surat.
9.	Haryana	2	Ambala,  Gurgaon.
10.	Himachal Pradesh	1	Shimla*
11.	Jammu & Kashmir	2	Jammu*, Srinagar*.
12.	Jharkhand	1	Ranchi*
13.	Karnataka	4	Bangalore I & II, Hubli,  Mangalore.
14.	Kerala	13	Thiruvananthapuram, Thiruvananthapuram  (Rural), Kollam, Cochin,  Ernakulam Rural, Alapuzha, Kottayam, Malappuram, Thrissur, Kozhikode I & II, Kannur I & II.
15.	Madhya Pradesh	1	Bhopal
16.	Maharashtra	7	Mumbai I, II & III,  Pune, Nagpur,  Thane,Nashik.
17.	Odisha	1	Bhubaneswar*
18.	Punjab	5	Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar  I & II, Hoshiarpur.
19.	Rajasthan	3	Jaipur, Jodhpur, Sikar.
20.	Tamil Nadu	8	Chennai I, II & III, Trichy Thanjavur, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Coimbatore,
21.	Uttar Pradesh	6	Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur, Gorakhpur,Bareilly, Ghaziabad.
22.	Uttarakhand	1	Dehradun*
23.	West Bengal	2	Kolkata, Berhampore.
TOTAL		77

*Co-located PSK

The Minister of State in the Ministry Of External Affairs Shri E. Ahamed provided this information in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

Source : PIB, August 30, 2012

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Measures to Check Fall in Saving Deposits

The details of saving deposits with Banks and Gross and Net Small Savings Collections during 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and during the current year are given below:-(Rs. In Billion)

	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
Saving Deposits with Banks	11,367	12,855	14,442	15,578(April-August)
Gross Small Savings Collections	2509.3	2,747.2	2,190.0	516.7 (April-June)
Net Small Savings collections	643.5	586.5	6.5	(-) 19.2 (April-June)

           While the saving deposits with banks have a positive growth, there has been a decline in gross and net small savings collections.

            The Government, inter alia, has taken the following decisions with regard to interest rates and other measures for making small saving schemes attractive:-

1.         The rate of interest on small savings schemes has been aligned with G-Sec rates of similar maturity, with a spread of 25 basis points (bps) with two exceptions.  The spread on 10 year NSC (new Instrument) will be 50 bps and on Senior Citizens Savings Scheme 100 bps.

2.         The rate of interest on Post Office Savings Account (POSA) has been increased from 3.5 % to 4%.   The ceiling of maximum balance in POSA (Rs. 1 lakh in single account and Rs. 2 lakh in joint account) has been removed.

3.         The maturity period for Monthly Income Scheme (MIS) and National Savings Certificate (NSC) has been reduced from 6 years to 5 years.

4.         A new NSC instrument, with maturity period of 10 years, is being introduced.

5.         The annual ceiling on investment under Public Provident Fund (PPF) Scheme has been increased from Rs. 70,000 to Rs. 1 lakh.

6.         Liquidity of Post Office Time Deposit (POTD)-1,2,3 & 5 years – has been improved by allowing pre-mature withdrawal at a rate of interest 1% less than the time deposits of comparable maturity.  For pre-mature withdrawals between 6-12 months of investment, Post Office Savings Account (POSA) rate of interest will be paid.

The Reserve Bank of India has also deregulated the savings bank deposit interest rate effective October 25, 2011.  Banks are now free to determine their savings bank deposit interest rate, subject to the following two conditions: First, each bank will have to offer a uniform interest rate on savings bank balances up to Rs. 1 lakh, irrespective of the amount in the account within this limit.  Second, for savings bank balances over Rs. 1 lakha bank may provide differential rates of interest, if it so chooses.

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

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The Official Address & Telephone Numbers of Officers

To view Department of Posts Circular No.29-l/2011-GA dated 23-8-2012 wherein the official address & telephone numbers of DDG[Establishment & Secretary(PSB)], DDG(Personnel) and DDG(Technology) has been circulated please Click here.

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Vacancy Postition in Nationalised Banks

There is no proposal to revive Banking Service Recruitment Board as recruitment is done by individual Banks on an ongoing basis, which takes into account the results in common examination conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS).

The requirement of manpower in Nationalized Banks, inter alia, depends upon the business volume, business growth, existing employee strength, retirements etc. Accordingly, the Banks undertakenrecruitment of staff to fill vacancies on ongoing basis as per their requirements. Vacancy position in Nationalized Banks as on 31.03.2012 is as under:

S.No.	Name of the Bank	Officers	Clerks	Sub staff
1.	Allahabad Bank	1431	1100	0
2.	Andhra Bank	98	152	135
3.	Bank of Baroda	0	0	0
4.	Bank of India	2802	2267	1953
5.	Bank of Maharashtra	445	277	76
6.	Canara Bank	0	0	0
7.	Central Bank of India	2854	3615	386
8.	Corporation Bank	157	116	0
9.	Dena Bank	232	141	330
10.	Indian Bank	1197	82	102
11.	Indian Overseas Bank	0	0	0
12.	Oriental Bank of Commerce	1551	372	583
13.	Punjab & Sind Bank	2500	1119	1171
14.	Punjab National Bank	779	1497	2166
15.	Syndicate Bank	0	0	0
16.	UCO Bank	3747	0	0
17.	Union Bank of India	0	0	0
18.	United Bank of India	1260	1251	555
19.	Vijaya Bank	1732	706	209

This was stated by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri   Namo Narain   Meena in written reply to a question in the  Rajya  Sabha

Source: PIB

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Problem: Sanchay Post :every transection takes too much of time to proceed. The counter operators are fed up due to this. Shrink the databases, cleared log files of sanchay databases. Also used create recreate index utility, still, such problem is as it is.

BPRO : make it fast

Solution: You may try this

 

Use BPLOG
GO
truncate table dcl.user_tran_master_log_table
truncate table dcl.user_tran_child_log_table
GO
Use POST
truncate table dcl.print_sticker
GO
Use BPRO
truncate table dcl.form_preserve_table
GO
Use SODBNAME
truncate table dcl.chq_closure_detls
GO[For SO databases in HO]
Use Master
GO
DBCC Shrinkdatabase ('BPLOG',10)
DBCC Shrinkdatabase ('POST',10)
DBCC Shrinkdatabase ('BPRO',10)
DBCC Shrinkdatabase ('SODBNAME',10)[For SO databases in HO]
GO
Dump transaction BPRO with no_log
Dump transaction BPLOG with no_log
Dump transaction POST with no_log
Dump transaction SIGN with no_log
Dump transaction SOSB with no_log
Dump transaction SODBNAME with no_log[For SO databases in HO]

Please run query one by one .....
After this Sanchay post BPRO database size will srink to smaller .

Transaction will become more fast .

 

Thanks MR.PRASIT KUMAR MUKHERJEE CIRCLE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR,WB CIRCLE  

 

(POSTED BY ME ABHIJIT CHANDA,SA KRISHNANAGAR HO,WB CIRCLE)

courtsey:http://sapostaliporeho.blogspot.in

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SIBAL FOR SEPARATING REGULATORY SERVICES FUNCTIONS OF DOP

Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal has called for restructuring of 150-year-old Department of Post by separating its regulatory and services functions to meet challenges of technological age.

“The postal department should also restructure itself to meet challenges of 21st century. The Department of Post (DoP) should look into prospect of bifurcating the Ministry from the regulator and the operator, just as was done in the telecom sector,” Sibal told PTI.

He said that the DoP should explore possibility of having different entities namely policy making, regulator and service provider.

“No decision has been taken yet. It is all a matter of debate and dialogue at the moment,” Sibal said.

DoP, which has around 5 lakh employees, is responsible for policy making, regulation and providing postal services, at present.

The over 100-year old Indian Post Office Act bars any individual or entity from delivering letters for commercial purpose. The business of private courier companies is built around delivering documents, parcels and others items which do not fall under the category of ‘letter’.

Sources in the Ministry said that Sibal held a meeting with DoP officials early this week on the issue of finanlisation of the National Postal Policy 2012 and asked them to prepare roadmap for restructuring as well.

They said that next meeting on the issue is expected to take place in 15 days.

They said that the Minister, in June, had asked DoP to set up a body to oversee the unbundling of its functions.

An independent body named Postal Development Board (PDB) will be responsible for the overall development and governance of the postal sector, they added. The PDB will also draw a road-map for unbundling of postal department functions.

The Minister had also instructed DoP to constitute a Postal Advisory Board (PAB), in line with Telecom Commission, which should have representation from Government, industry players, academics and other stakeholders, they said. The role of PAB will be to provide inputs to PDB on policy matters.

The government in 1997 created the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to regulate the sector. Under New Telecom Policy 1999, Government further restructured DoT by separating service providing function from it.

 
Source :  http://www.thehindubusinessline.com

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