Cancellation of PA/SA examination of Delhi Circle held on 27/4/2014
It has been decided by the Competent Authority to cancel the PA/SA Direct Recruit Examination held on 27-04-2014 for Delhi Circle.
A decision will be taken in due course for holding of re-examination in Delhi Postal Circle.
Authority : Postal Directorate No. A-34012/10/2014-DE (Delhi Part) dated 11.06.2014
Now, apply for passports from post offices
Officials of the department said customers could get a printout of the application from the postal employees. Once the applicants submit filled-in forms, the staff will upload the data online. “It is better for applicants to bring necessary documents such as proof of age and residential address. The employees have also been trained to assist applicants in filling up the forms,” said an official.
Once registered, customers would be provided acknowledgment receipt generated with appointment date for personal interview at the Passport Seva Kendras.
Initially, the service will be launched in 25 post offices in the Chennai City Region (CCR), including some in Vellore and Puducherry.
Of this, a minimum of 10 post offices in Chennai will be identified and the service will be extended to more offices depending on the patronage. Applicants will have to pay Rs.100 for the online service.
At present, customers have the option of paying the fee through internet or State Bank of India. Mervin Alexander, Postmaster General, CCR, said: “We are also working out modalities for using our e-payment service for paying passport fee. However, the employees will not be involved in verification of the documents of applicants.”
The department is also seeking a unique user name ID to facilitate its employees to register multiple applications.
Source : http://www.thehindu.com/
e-IPO for seeking information under RTI
ALLAHABAD: To make filing of application for seeking information under the Right To Information Act-2005 hassle free and easier, the department of posts has launched an electronic Indian Postal Order (e-IPO). The scheme will facilitate citizens pay online fee for filing of application to seek information from various government departments. Earlier the department had launched the e-IPO facility for Indian citizens working across the globe. Providing information about this Director Postal Services, Allahabad region, Krishna Kumar Yadav said, "E-IPO is a facility to purchase an Indian postal order electronically for paying RTI fee on-line." He further said, after paying the fee on-line one just need to annex the print-out of the receipt to the RTI application. The service has been launched by the department in cooperation with National Informatics Centre (NIC) and the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). He added, under this service, the applicant needs to register at e-Post Office portal of India Post www.epostoffice.gov.in or through India Post web site www.indiapost.gov.in to create profile for first time. Both debit and credit cards of any banks can be accepted for the fee.
CLARIFICATION REGARDING PURCHASE OF AIR TICKETS FROM AUTHORIZED TRAVEL AGENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF LTC.
AMENDMENT IN PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE AND PROTECTION OF INFORMERS (PIDPI) RESOLUTION-REGARDING.CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
