Gmail, Yahoo, Live is Banned by Govt for Official Work

The email policy which is drafted by The Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY) in October 2013 is implemented by the Government after taking the views from all the ministries.This policy is aimed to protect the sensitive data of Government.

NOW GMAIL LOGIN IS NOT POSSIBLE IN GOVT. OFFICES

GMail Banned in Govt Offices : The Government said in the notification that “The e-mail services provided by other service providers shall not be used for any official communication,”. This decision is took by Central Government and will be followed by both government employees of both central government and state government including the UT also.

This policy strictly says that no Government employee should use the Gmail login or any other foreign E-Mail accounts like Yahoo mail, HotMail for the official work by the staff, And the staff should use the E-Mail services provided by only NIC.

Due to this policy all the government data shall be passing from the Government Servers covering nearly 5-6 lakh Central and State government employees.

And the notification also says that NIC will be Monitoring the activities of the staff and have the power to access the access, review, copy or delete any files on the server of any users (Govt. Staff) for security reasons.

Source : http://www.whatlauderdale.com/news/gmail-login-banned-govt-official-work/1442/

63% post offices ready for core banking in Chennai

Not only will they accept payments, but also disburse money to beneficiaries of various social welfare schemes, apart from old-age pension.

As part of its efforts to step into banking services, the postal department is already in the process of migrating to core banking solutions (CBS) and installing automated teller machines (ATMs).

At present, nearly 145 of the 230 post offices across the city and its fringes have been networked for CBS. Customers can carry out transactions in any of these post offices.

With their vast network in both urban and rural areas, post offices will function as payment banks to help people hold savings bank accounts, particularly in places where access to banks is limited.

In his speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the payment bank venture of the postal department would help contribute to the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.

Responding to this, officials of the postal department said they are prepared to provide more people with access to banking services.

At present, nearly 20 lakh people hold various types of savings accounts in the 230 post offices.

“Most of our head post offices are already networked with CBS. We are already disbursing old-age pension to over two lakh beneficiaries in the city and its fringes. With the payment bank facility, we will be able to disburse funds from other welfare schemes under the direct benefit transfer,” said Mervin Alexander, postmaster general (Chennai city region).

The facility will also help customers avail of overdraft facility. However, post offices cannot issue credit cards or undertake lending activities.

Source : http://www.thehindu.com/

Indian trainee got "Ms APPC" award at Asian Pacific Postal Union, at Bangkok

Ms Megha Gudekar, Asstt. Director Postal Services (Business Development) o/o PMG, Mumbai Region, Mumbai is selected and awarded as "Ms APPC" at Asian Pacific Postal Union, at Bangkok (Thailand) on 26th February 2015. Officer is nominated by Directorate for training for postal business development (PBD) for the period from 16-2-2015 to 6-3-2015.

GS Desk...

To,                                                                                          

The Director General,

Department of Posts, 

Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg, 

New Delhi 110 001. 

Subject : Promotion and postings in Postal Services Group ‘B’ cadre.  

Ref.        : Dte Memo No. 9-25/2014-SPG dated 20/2/2015

Respected Madam,

            We are enclosing herewith a copy of representation dated 23/2/2015 received from Shri Naveenchandar, ASP, Bantval Sub Division (Karnataka) regarding non  selection in PS Gr. B cadre in the DPC held for the year 2013-14.

          Shri Naveenchandar has passed Inspector Posts Examination-1992 in SC category. His name was not considered in the DPC held on 20/2/2015 for the promotion to the cadre of PS Gr. B the year vacancy year 2013-14, as his name was inadvertently seems to be shown the seniority list of IP batch 1993. The officer has already submitted his representation through proper channel on 4/11/2011 for correction in seniority list but due attention was found not given to officer’s representation either at Directorate level or CO level. In the above said memo, 8 junior officers to Naveenchandar are promoted to PS Gr. B cadre on regular basis.

          It is therefore earnestly requested to kindly convene the review DPC at the earliest to give appropriate justice to the applicant.  

          An early action and line in reply is requested.

                                                                                 Yours sincerely,

 Sd/-

(Vilas Ingale)

General Secretary

No Change in the Rate of Personal Income-Tax and The Rate of Tax for Companies on Income in Financial Year 2015-16

Highlights of the Union Budget 2015 - 16

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today (28 February 2015) presented the Union Budget 2015-16 in Parliament. Questions related to this budget will surely be asked in upcoming competitive Exams and mainly in Bank Exams. So in this post, we are sharing with you the highlights of the Union Budget 2015-16.

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--> No change in personal Income Tax * Health Insurance Premium deduction hiked from Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 25,000; for senior citizens to Rs. 30,000

--> Transport allowance exemption hiked to Rs. 1,600, from Rs. 800 per month

--> Additional 2% surcharge on people earning over Rs. 1 cr; to fetch Rs. 9,000 cr

--> Wealth tax abolished

--> Direct Taxes Code (DTC) dropped

--> Rs. 50,000 deduction for contribution to New Pension Scheme

--> To lower Corporate Tax to 25% over next four years

--> GAAR implementation deferred by 2 years to April 2017

--> Service Tax rate hiked to 14%, from 12.36%

--> Tax free bonds for roads, railways, irrigation projects

--> 2015—16 growth between 8—8.5%, double digit growth feasible

--> Retail inflation close to 5% by March, room for monetary policy easing

--> To achieve fiscal deficit of 3% of GDP by 2017—18

--> Fiscal Deficit target 3.9% in 2015—16, 3.5% in 2016—17

--> Revenue Deficit to be 2.8% in 2015—16

--> Current Account Deficit for 2014—15 to be below 1.3% of GDP

--> To introduce comprehensive law to deal with black money

--> Benami property transaction bill to tackle black money transaction in real estate soon

--> 100% deduction for contribution to Swachh Bharat, Clean Ganga projects

--> GST to be put in place by April 1, 2016

--> Internationally competitive direct tax regime to be put in place to incentivise saving

--> Incentivise use of credit, debit cards; disincentivise cash transaction to curb black money.

Here are sector-wise highlights:

TAXATION

* Abolition of Wealth Tax.

* Additional 2% surcharge for the super rich with income of over Rs. 1 crore.

* Rate of corporate tax to be reduced to 25% over next four years.

* No change in tax slabs.

* Total exemption of up to Rs. 4,44,200 can be achieved.

* 100% exemption for contribution to Swachch Bharat, apart from CSR.

* Service tax increased to14 per cent.

AGRICULTURE

* Rs. 25,000 crore for Rural Infrastructure Development Bank.

* Rs. 5,300 crore to support Micro Irrigation Programme.

* Farmers credit - target of 8.5 lakh crore.

INFRASTRUCTURE

* Rs. 70,000 crores to Infrastructure sector.

* Tax-free bonds for projects in rail road and irrigation

* PPP model for infrastructure development to be revitalised and govt. to bear majority of the risk.

* Atal Innovation Mission to be established to draw on expertise of entrepreneurs, and researchers to foster scientific innovations; allocation of Rs. 150 crore.

* Govt. proposes to set up 5 ultra mega power projects, each of 4000MW.

EDUCATION

* AIIMS in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Assam.

* IIT in Karnataka; Indian School of Mines in Dhanbad to be upgraded to IIT.

* PG institute of Horticulture in Amritsar.

* Kerala to have University of Disability Studies

* Centre of film production, animation and gaming to come up in Arunachal Pradesh.

* IIM for Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh.

DEFENCE

* Allocation of Rs. 2,46,726 crore; an increase of 9.87 per cent over last year.

* Focus on Make in India for quick manufacturing of Defence equipment.

WELFARE SCHEMES

* GST and JAM trinity (Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and Mobile) to improve quality of life and to pass benefits to common man.

* Six crore toilets across the country under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

* MUDRA bank will refinance micro finance orgs. to encourage first generation SC/ST entrepreneurs.

* Housing for all by 2020.

* Upgradation 80,000 secondary schools.

* DBT will be further be expanded from 1 crore to 10.3 crore.

* For the Atal Pension Yojana, govt. will contribute 50% of the premium limited to Rs. 1,000 a year.

* New scheme for physical aids and assisted living devices for people aged over 80 .

* Govt. to use Rs. 9,000 crore unclaimed funds in PPF/EPF for Senior Citizens Fund.

* Rs. 5,000 crore additional allocation for MGNREGA.

* Govt. to create universal social security system for all Indians.

RENEWABLE ENERGY

* Rs. 75 crore for electric cars production.

* Renewable energy target for 2022: 100K MW in solar; 60K MW in wind; 10K MW in biomass and 5K MW in small hydro.

TOURISM

* Develpoment schemes for churches and convents in old Goa; Hampi, Elephanta caves, Forests of Rajasthan, Leh palace, Varanasi , Jallianwala Bagh, Qutb Shahi tombs at Hyderabad to be under the new toursim scheme.

* Visa on Arrival for 150 countries.

FINANCIAL SECTOR

* Forward Markets Commission to be merged with the Securities and Exchange Board of India.

* NBFCs registered with the RBI and having asset size of Rs 500 crore and above to be considered as ‘financial institution’ under Sarfaesi Act, 2002, enabling them to fund SME and mid-corporate businesses

* Permanent Establishment norms to be modified to that mere presence of offshore fund managers in the country does not lead to “adverse tax consequences.”

Courtesy in preparing this article: The Hindu

Official Budget Speech: English and Hindi

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