Monday, July 31, 2017
Aadhaar-PAN linking can be done till August 31
The
Central Board of Direct Taxes on Monday extended the linking of Aadhaar with
PAN (Permanent Account Number) till August 31.
The
income tax returns will be processed after the Aadhar-PAN linking, a release
said.
Under
pressure to push back the July 31 deadline for filing income tax returns due to
the inability of the online server to handle the traffic on the last day, the
Income Tax Department on Monday announced the extension of the deadline to
August 5.
“There
are some complaints that the taxpayers are not being able to log on to the
e-filing website of Income Tax Department or not being able to link Aadhaar
with PAN because of different names reflected in PAN and Aadhaar database,” the
Finance Ministry said in a statement. “While technical snags have been removed
already, the main reason for failure of people to log in is because of last
minute rush and panic in which those who have already logged in want to
continue for the entire period for fear of losing it.”
In
order to ease this situation, the government has decided to extend the return
filing deadline by five days to August 5.
“For
the purpose of e-filing return, it would be sufficient as of now to quote
Aadhaar or acknowledgement number for having applied for Aadhaar in e-filing
website,” the statement added. “The actual linking of PAN with Aadhaar can be
done subsequently, but any time before August 31, 2017. However, the returns
will not be processed until the linkage of Aadhaar with PAN is done.”
A
senior official of the department said the decision to extend the deadline
ending today was taken after a meeting of the revenue department and the
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) was held in the Finance Ministry on
Monday.
The
department, till Sunday, had maintained that no extension would be given as
already over 2 crore returns have been received and no major glitches on the
portal had been detected.
But,
the situation changed on Monday and the extension was declared.
This
time, the linking of the Aadhaar number with the PAN (Permanent Account Number)
of a taxpayer has been made mandatory for filing of an ITR, beginning July 1.
The
department has also asked taxpayers to declare cash deposits made in bank
accounts aggregating to ₹2 lakh or more, post demonetisation between November
9-December 30 last year, in the ITRs.
The
ITRs to be filed by July 31 pertain to 2016-17 fiscal or assessment year
2017-18.
(With
inputs from PTI)
Source
: http://www.thehindu.com/
ITR filing deadline extended till 5 August: income tax department
New
Delhi: The income tax (I-T) department said on Monday the deadline for
filing income tax returns (ITRs) for financial year 2016-17 has been extended
till 5 August.
On
Sunday, a top official had said the last date for filing of ITRs will not be
extended beyond 31 July deadline.
“The
last date for filing of ITRs remains 31 July. There are no plans to extend this
deadline. The department has already received over 2 crore returns filed
electronically. The department requests taxpayers to file their return in
time,” the official said.
The
department has also issued advertisements in leading national dailies in the
last few days stating that taxpayers should disclose their income “correctly”
and file their ITRs on or before 31 July.
The
linking of Aadhaar number with the PAN (Permanent Account Number) of a taxpayer
has also been made mandatory for filing of an ITR, beginning 1 July.
The
department has also asked taxpayers to declare cash deposits made in bank
accounts aggregating to Rs2 lakh or more, post demonetisation between 9
November-30 December last year, in the ITRs.
On reports of the e-filing website facing some glitches, the official said that no major glitches have been reported with the department's e-filing website -http://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/ - barring a few times when the portal was "interrupted for maintenance".
On reports of the e-filing website facing some glitches, the official said that no major glitches have been reported with the department's e-filing website -http://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/ - barring a few times when the portal was "interrupted for maintenance".
Friday, July 28, 2017
e-Book issued by Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy (RAKNPA)
To view the copy of e-Book (June 2017 issue) published by RAKNPA, please CLICK HERE. To turn the page, please CLICK at the bottom of right side page, so that next page will be opened automatically and to go back to previous page, click on bottom of left page.
To view the copies of the previous months, please CLICK ON FOLLOWING.
JUNE 2017 MAY 2017 APRIL 2017 MARCH 2017
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All members and track-in-viewers are requested to view the e-Book published by RAKNPA. It is very informative and useful.
Deputation to Directorate
Directorate vide memo No.
7-1/2017—SPB-II(D) dated 13.7.2017 has issued orders for posting of the following PAs/IPs/ASPs in Postal Directorate on
attachment basis for a period of one year.
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Sl. No.
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Name of officer
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Designation
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Present Circle
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Posting in Postal Directorate
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1
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Shri Gaurav Kain
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ASP
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Uttar Pradesh
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Estate Division
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2
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Shri Mahendra Kumar
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IP
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Punjab
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Estate Division
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3
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Shri Ankit Gupta
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PA (CO)
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Tamil Nadu
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Estate Division
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4
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Shri S. Aravind
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PA (SBCO)
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Tamil Nadu
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Estate Division
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5
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Shri Karam Singh Jhajholia
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ASP
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Haryana
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WS&MR Division
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6
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Shri Bhartendu Kaushik
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IP
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Maharashtra
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WS&MR Division
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7
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Shri Sandeep Pooniya
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IP
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Rajasthan
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FS Division
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8
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Shri Om Prakash
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ASP
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Rajasthan
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o/o Addl. DG
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9
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Shri Anokhe Lal
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ASP
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Himachal Pradesh
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PMU Division
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10
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Shri Ankit
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IP
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Telangana
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o/o DDG (P)
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Pay and
allowances of the above officials/officers will be drawn by their parent
office.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Amendment to the Rule 170(1) of General Financial Rules (GFR), 2017.
No.F.20/2/2014-PPD(Pt.)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
516, Lok Nayak Bhawan,
New Delhi
Dated : 25.07.2017.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Amendment to the Rule 170(1) of General
Financial Rules (GFR), 2017.
The
reference of Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) to exempt
Startups from submitting Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) has been considered and it
has been decided to revise the Rule 170(i) of GFRs, 2017 regarding Sid
Security’ as under:
“Revised
Rule 170 (1): To safeguard against a bidder’s withdrawing or altering its bid
during the bid validity period in the case of advertised or limited tender
enquiry, Bid Security (also known as Earnest Money) is to be obtained from the
bidders except Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) as defined in MSE Procurement
Policy issued by Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) or
are registered with the Central Purchase Organisation or the concerned Ministry
or Department or Startups as recognised by Department of Industrial Policy
& Promotion (DIPP). The bidders should be asked to furnish bid security
along with their bids. Amount of bid security should ordinarily range between
two percent to five percent of the estimated value of the goods to be procured.
The amount of bid security should be determined accordingly by the Ministry or
Department and indicated in the bidding documents. The bid security may be
accepted in the form of Account Payee Demand Draft, Fixed Deposit Receipt,
Banker’s Cheque or Bank Guarantee from any of the Commercial Banks or payment
online in an acceptable form, safeguarding the purchaser’s interest in all
respects. The bid security is normally to remain valid for a period of
forty-five days beyond the final bid validity period.”
2.This
OM is also available on our website http://doe.gov.in ->
Notification ->Circular –> Procurement Policy OM.
3.
Hindi version of this OM will follow.
S/d,
(Vinaya1
T. Likhar)
Under
Secretary to the Govt. of India
Tel.No.2462
1305.
To
All
Secretaries & Financial Advisers of Ministries/ Departments of the
Government of India.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
181 New Post Offices will be opened in this fiscal-Manoj Sinha : PIB Report
The
Government has planned to open 81 Sub-Post Offices and 100 Branch Post Offices
during the current financial year 2017-18 under the Scheme – “Rural Business
& Access to Postal Network”. Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha
said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today that the
Department of Posts has also planned to open 66 Branch Post Offices by creation
of new posts in 32 worst affected Left Wing Extremism (LWE) districts in the
country under the aforesaid scheme in the current financial year.
Shri
Sinha informed that out of 25,350 post offices in the States of the Country,
25,348 are computerised. He said that the Department of Posts takes action,
from time to time, to induct technology and upgrade the system to cater to the
growing market requirements and to increase revenue earnings. The Minister said
that the increase or revision of rates of postal products and services is an
ongoing exercise carried out from time to time and that there is no proposal to
increase the rates of premium Business Development products at present...PIB
New Joint Secretary and Financial Adviser (JS&FA) joined in the Department of Posts
Ms.
Neelam Sanghi, IRAS:1989, has assumed the charge of the post of Joint Secretary
and Financial Adviser in the Department of Posts.
To view the copy of order issued by Directorate, please CLICK HERE.
To view the copy of order issued by Directorate, please CLICK HERE.
Trainpost
TRAINPOST is the training program designed by Universal Postal Union (UPC) for the employees of the postal administration.
Based
on a module training system that allows greater simplicity in course design and
a higher performance learning mode, the Trainpost programme comprises a series
of courses offered via internet and aimed at developing and enhancing the
proficiency of the postal staff of UPU member countries.
All are directed to register them self at Trainpost and get the Distant Training on various subjects/matters by attending daily exercise. To see the Trainpost site, please CLICK HERE.
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Please visit to RAKNPA sites regularly.
Voluntary retirement .....
He was our former Asst Treasurer in CHQ and also worked more than 9 years as Treasurer to Tamil Nadu Circle Branch.
He was close associated with the Association and helped a lot to develop Circle branch in Tamil Nadu. He was a very studied and hard worker.
I, on behalf of the CHQ extend him best wishes for his happy, healthy and peaceful retirement life.
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| Shri G. Babu Circle Secretary Tamil Nadu Circle arranged farewell of Mr T. Padmanabhan |
Requested member to open sealed cover and promote PS Gr, B officer
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ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF INSPECTORS AND ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENTS, POSTS
|
CHQ Qtr.
No. 12, P & T Colony, Khurshid Square, Civil Lines, Delhi 110 054.
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Nirmalya Mitra
President
ADPS (FS)
o/o CPMG WB Circle
Kolkata 700012
(M) 09433395342
|
Vilas Ingale
General
Secretary
Superintendent of POs
Palghar Division
Mira Road 401107
(M) 09869417961
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Yadagiri G. Nyalapelli
Treasurer
Assistant Sudpt. Posts
o/o PMG, Mumbai Region
Mumbai 400001
(M) 09869143819
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No.
CHQ/AIAIPASP/PS Gr.B/Review
DPC/2017 Dated
: 26/7/2017.
To,
Ms
Achala Bhatnagar,
Member
(P),
Department
of Posts,
Dak
Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New
Delhi 110 001.
Subject
: Regarding promotion to the PS Gr. B
cadre – Case of of
Sri P. Parisudda Rao, ASP, Vijayawada South Sub Division
Ref. : Directorate
No. 9-14/2016-SPGP dated 09/12/2016
Respected
Madam,
We are enclosing herewith a
copy of representation dated 08-05-2017 of Sri P. Parisudda Rao, ASP, Vijayawada
South Sub Division regarding his non-selection in PS Gr. B cadre.
It is to bring your kind
notice that DPS Vijayawada Region under memo No. ST-IV/31/PPR/PRK/2016 dated
22-8-2016 has issued charge sheet under Rule 16 of CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 against
the officer and consequently his case would have been kept in Sealed Cover due
to pending disciplinary case in the DPC
for promotion to PS Gr. B cadre held for the year 2016-17. Now the said disciplinary
case culminated into imposition of punishment of “CENSURE” vide Vijayawada
Region memo No. ST-IV/31/PPR/PRK/2016 dated 8/3/2017 (copy enclosed). The
officer has already made a representation to Directorate on 13/3/2017 requesting
to consider his case for promotion to PS Gr. B cadre. But till date nothing has
been materialized.
It is most important to state
that the officer is going to superannuate w.e.f. 31/10/2017. It is therefore
earnestly requested to kindly look into it personally and issue his promotion
order by opening sealed cover if any at the earliest, so that officer may
retire from PS Gr. B cadre.
Hoping for an early and
positive action.
With esteem regards,
Yours sincerely,
Sd/-
(Vilas Ingale
General Secretary
Monday, July 24, 2017
Farewell of The President Shri Pranab Mukherjee
The
President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee being presented a souvenir by the Vice
President and Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri M. Hamid Ansari and the Speaker, Lok
Sabha, Smt. Sumitra Mahajan, during his farewell ceremony, at Central Hall of
the Parliament, in New Delhi on July 23, 2017.
Simplification in procedure for getting passports - Total number of Annexes has been reduced to 9 from the present 15. Annexes
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-495
ANSWERED ON-20.07.2017
Simplification in procedure for getting
passports
495
. Shri Ranjib Biswal
Will
the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a)
whether Government has decided to print personal details of individuals on
passports, both in Hindi and English;
(b)
if so, the details thereof;
(c)
whether Government proposes to reduce passport fee for children and elderly
people and if so, the details thereof; and
(d)
the other steps taken by Government to simplify the procedure for getting
passports?
ANSWER
THE
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
[GEN.
(DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]
(a)
& (b) Yes. The Government has decided to print personal details on
passports in both Hindi and English languages. The pre-printed portion of the
passport is already in Hindi and English languages.
(c)
Yes. The Government has implemented with effect from 24 June, 2017 a new scheme
under which senior citizens of the age of 60 years and above and minor children
upto the age of eight years would be given a discount of 10 per cent on the
applicable passport fee on fresh application for passports.
(d)
The Government has taken several steps to simplify the procedure for getting
passports by general public. These involve simplification of the passport rules
and outreach to the people in the delivery of passport related services. The
steps taken in this direction are as follows:
A. Outreach
(i)
The Government has opened 14 Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) since May 2014 which
includes all the States in the North East of India. Two more PSK at Siliguri in
West Bengal and at Sholapur in Maharashtra are scheduled to be inaugurated
shortly to take the total number of PSK in the country to 93.
(ii)
The Ministry of External Affairs in association with the Department of Posts
has taken an innovative initiative and has decided to open Passport Offices at
the Head Post Offices (HPO) in the country called ‘Post Office Passport Seva
Kendra’ (POPSK). The Government has announced the opening of 235 POPSK in two
phases – 86 in Phase-I and 149 in Phase-II. 55 POPSK out of the 86 announced in
Phase-I have become functional as on 15 July, 2017. With the addition of 235
POPSKs, the total number of Passport Seva Kendras including POPSK to have been
set-up since May 2014 for the benefit of the citizens would be 251.
(iii)
There will be 93 PSK and 235 POPSK after the operationalization of all the PSK
and POPSK announced in Phases I and II. The Government intends to open POPSK in
the HPO in the country in such a manner that Passport Seva Kendra facility is
available to citizens within a radius of 50 kms.
B. Simplification of rules
In
order to streamline, liberalize and ease the process of issue of passport, the
Ministry of External Affairs has announced steps in the realm of passport
policy to ease the process of issue of passports. The details of these steps
are given below:-
(I)
Documents in support of proof of Date of Birth
As
per the extant statutory provisions of the Passport Rules, 1980, all the
applicants born on or after 26/01/1989, in order to get a passport, had to,
hitherto, mandatorily submit the Birth Certificate as the proof of Date of
Birth (DOB). It has now been decided that all applicants of passports can
submit any one of the following documents as the proof of DOB while submitting
the passport application:
(i)
Birth Certificate (BC) issued by the Registrar of Births & Deaths or the
Municipal Corporation or any other prescribed authority whosoever has been
empowered under the Registration of Birth & Deaths Act, 1969 to register
the birth of a child born in India;
(ii)
Transfer/School leaving/Matriculation Certificate issued by the school last
attended/recognized educational board containing the DOB of the applicant;
(iii)
PAN Card issued by the Income Tax Department with the DOB of applicant;
(iv)
Aadhaar Card/E-Aadhaar having the DOB of applicant;
(v)
Copy of the extract of the service record of the applicant (only in respect of
Government servants) or the Pay Pension Order (in respect of retired Government
Servants), duly attested/certified by the officer/in-charge of the
Administration of the concerned Ministry/Department of the applicant, having
his DOB;
(vi)
Driving license issued by the Transport Department of concerned State
Government, having the DOB of applicant;
(vii)
Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC) issued by the Election Commission of India
having the DOB of applicant;
(viii)
Policy Bond issued by the Public Life Insurance Corporations/Companies having
the DOB of the holder of the insurance policy.
II. Other steps:
(i)
The online passport application form now requires the applicant to provide the
name of father or mother or legal guardian, i.e., only one parent and not both.
This would enable single parents to apply for passports for their children and
to also issue passports where the name of either the father or the mother is
not required to be printed at the request of the applicant.
(ii)
The total number of Annexes prescribed in the Passport Rule, 1980, has been
reduced to 9 from the present 15. Annexes A, C, D, E, J, and K have been
removed and certain Annexes have been merged.
(iii)
All the annexes that are required to be given by the applicants would be in the
form of a self-declaration on a plain paper. No attestation/swearing by/before
any Notary/Executive Magistrate/First Class Judicial Magistrate would be
henceforth necessary.
(iv)
Married applicants would not be required to provide the erstwhile Annexure K or
any marriage certificate.
(v)
The passport application form does not require the applicant to provide the
name of her/his spouse in case of separated or divorced persons. Such
applicants for passports would not be required to provide even the Divorce
Decree.
(vi)
In case of children not born out of wedlock, the applicant for the passport of
such children should submit only extant Annexure C while submitting the
passport application.
(vii)
In case of issue of passport to in-country domestically adopted children,
submission of the registered adoption deed would no longer be required. In the
absence of any deed to this effect, the passport applicant may give a
declaration on a plain paper confirming the adoption.
(vii)
Government servants, who are not able to obtain the Identity Certificate
(extant Annexure-A)/ No-Objection Certificate (extant Annexure-G) from their
concerned employer and intend to get the passport on urgent basis can now get
the passport by submitting a self-declaration in extant Annexure-‘H’ that
he/she has given prior Intimation Letter to his/her employer informing that
he/she was applying for an ordinary passport to a Passport Issuing Authority.
(viii)
Sadhus/ Sanyasis can apply for a passport with the name of their spiritual Guru
mentioned in the passport application in lieu of their biological parent(s)
name(s) subject to their providing of at least one public document such as
Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC) issued by the Election Commission of India,
PAN card, Aadhaar Card, etc wherein the name of the Guru has been recorded
against the column(s) for parent(s) name(s).
(ix)
Orphaned children who do not have any proof of DOB such as Birth Certificate or
the Matriculation Certificate or the declaratory Court order, may now submit a
declaration given by the Head of the Orphanage/Child Care Home on their
official letter head of the organization confirming the DOB of the applicant.
GSR
1170(E) and 1171(E) dated 26.12.2016 and other executive instructions have been
issued bringing into force these changes with effect from 26 December, 2016.
All the above changes are expected to benefit the citizens of India applying
for a passport.
C. Others
(i)
An applicant for a passport has to submit any one of the documents as mentioned
in B (I) above as proof of Date of Birth (DOB) while submitting the passport
application. The DOB mentioned in the document would be recorded in the
passport. In case there is a discrepancy between the DOB previously recorded in
the passport and the new proof of DOB submitted by the applicant, the Passport
Issuing Authorities (PIA) have been authorized to consider the explanation of
each applicant seeking change in the DOB (irrespective of the period that would
have lapsed after the issue of the passport) to find the genuineness of the
claim and if the PIA is satisfied with the claim and with the document(s)
submitted by the applicant in support of the claim, the PIA shall accept all
such requests made by the applicant to issue the passport with revised DOB.
(ii)
Police Verification of the applicants plays an important role in timely
dispatch of passports. The Ministry along with the Passport Offices continues
to engage closely with the Police Departments across States/Union Territories
and with concerned Home Departments to reduce time taken in police
verification.
(iii)
In order to speed up passport issuance, Walk-in facility has been allowed for
certain categories of services/ citizens having Application Registration Number
(ARN) to enable them to apply for Tatkaal services ; issue of Police Clearance
Certificate (PCC); deletion of Emigration Check Required(ECR) status; inclusion
of name of spouse in passport and new booklets where pages have been exhausted.
Senior citizens (above 60 years); minors below 15 whose parents hold valid
passports; differently-abled persons; central/state government servants and
their spouse/dependent minor children, have also been permitted walk-in
facility.
(iv)
With a view to meet heavy and seasonal demand for passport services, Passport
Melas are being organized on weekends from time to time by Passport Offices.
(v)
In order to provide closer and speedier passport services to people located far
away from PSKs, Passport Seva Camps are being organized at various locations in
the country.
(viii)
Passport Adalats, on need basis, are also being conducted by Passport Offices
to redress passport service grievances by dealing with citizens directly.
CWC Shimla 7th and 8th September 2017 ..... Notification thereof
All Circle Secretaries and CHQ Office Bearers are directed to take out the print of above notification and give copy to their circle administration for issue of special casual leave and relief order.
CWC Shimla notification
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ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF INSPECTORS AND ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENTS, POSTS
|
CHQ Qtr.
No. 12, P & T Colony, Khurshid Square, Civil Lines, Delhi 110 054.
Nirmalya Mitra
President
ADPS (FS)
o/o CPMG WB Circle
Kolkata 700012
(M) 09433395342
|
Vilas Ingale
General
Secretary
Superintendent of POs
Palghar Division
Mira Road 401107
(M) 09869417961
|
Yadagiri G. Nyalapelli
Treasurer
Assistant Sudpt. Posts
o/o PMG, Mumbai Region
Mumbai 400001
(M) 09869143819
|
No.
CHQ/AIAIPASP/CWC/SHIMLA/2017 Dated
: 24/7/2017.
NOTIFICATION
Under
the provisions of the Article 30 of the Constitution of the Association, it is
hereby notified that the Central Working Committee meeting of the Association
will be held at Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) on 7th and 8th
September 2017.
Venue : Grand Hotel, Mall Road, Near Ramakrishna
Bhavan, Shimla 171001
Agenda
:
1. Confirmation of minutes of the last CWC held
at Jaipur on 13/2/2016.
2. Organizational review of each circle.
3. Inter-circle transfer of IPs under Rule
38 of Postal Manual Vol. IV.
4. Combined Seniority list of Inspector
Posts cadre.
5.
LDCE for promotion to the cadre of
Sr. PM and PS Gr. B.
6. DPC for promotion to the cadre of PS Gr.
B.
7. CAT case : Eligibility and Quota for
appearing in Sr. Postmaster Examination.
8. Ernakulam Bench CAT case : Up-gradation
of GP of Inspector Posts from Rs. 4200/-
to Rs. 4600/- w.e.f. 1/1/2006.
9. Cadre
restructuring of Inspector Posts cadre.
10. Financial review of CHQ.
11. Any other item with the permission of
chair.
All
the CHQ office bearers and Circle Secretaries are requested to attend the
meeting at scheduled date and time.
Sd/-
(Vilas
Ingale)
General Secretary
Copy
forwarded for information and necessary action to : -
1. The
Director General, Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi 11001.
2. All
Chief PMsG (through concerned Circle Secretaries)
3. Sri
Nirmalya Mitra, President and ADPS
(FS), o/o CPMG WB Circle, Kolkata 700012
4. All
CHQ Office Bearers / Circle Secretaries