GPF INTEREST RATES HIKED

GPF and SDS Interest Rates Revised for the Financial Year 2012-13

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Finance

24-May-2012 12:36 IST

                        GPF and SDS Interest Rates Revised for the Financial Year 2012-13
 
 
Government of India has revised the Interest Rates for the financial year 2012-13 in respect of State PFs (GPF) and Special Deposit Schemes (SDS) for non-government Provident, Superannuation and Gratuity funds (SDS), 1975, from 8.6% to 8.8%  with effect from 01.04.2012. The funds concerned are:-
 
1. The General Provident Fund (Central Services).
2. The Contributory Provident Fund (India).
3. The All India Services Provident Fund.
4. The State Railway Provident Fund.
5. The General Provident Fund (Defence Services).
6. The Indian Ordnance Department Provident Fund.
7. The Indian Ordnance Factories Workmen’s Provident Fund.
8. The Indian Naval Dockyard Workmen’s Provident Fund.
9. The Defence Services Officers Provident Fund.
10. The Armed Forces Personnel Provident Fund.

RE-REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

                                                   TAX ON RE-REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES


Tax on Re-Registration of Vehicles The Motor Vehicle(Amendment) Bill, 2012, which was passed by Rajya Sabha on 08th May, 2012 provides as under:-

“49A. Where an owner of a motor vehicle (other than transport vehicle) on which one-time or long-term tax has been paid, ceases to reside at the address recorded in the certificate of registration of the vehicle on account of his transfer on official duty or shift of residence,
 the registering authority shall, 

where the vehicle was registered prior to such transfer or shift of residence, on application for no objection certificate under section 48, refund the pro-rata unutilized tax on the vehicle; 

and 
the registering authority where the vehicle is being shifted shall levy and collect pro-rata tax for the remaining valid period of registration of such vehicle.”

This information was given by Dr. Tushar A. Chaudhary, the Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways in response a question in Lok Sabha today.


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Sanjay Kumar/M/o RT&H/14.05.12-1
(Release ID :83845)

Central Administrative Tribunal stays limted IPS exam

  The Cuttack bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Monday imposed a stay on the Indian Police Services Limited Competitive Examination (LCE) 2012, which was scheduled on May 20.
The CAT bench gave the direction in response to a batch of petitions filed by state police officers praying to quash the examination, which was introduced by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) this year.

Some DSP-rank police officers of Odisha had filed petitions, alleging that the "limited exam" conducted by UPSC to overcome shortage of IPS officers in the country will affect their careers. The petitioners alleged the exam would block promotion quota of Odisha Police Service (OPS) officers to IPS rank. Many of the DSP rank officers would not be able to appear the exam due to age limit constraints, they said. The petitioners alleged the exam was "arbitrary" and urged CAT to quash it.

Adjudicating the petitions, CAT had issued notice to the Union ministry of home affairs to file its reply to the matter but it did not respond. "CAT had issued notice to the centre government to file its reply but there was no response. The CAT heard the matter in detail and imposed a stay on the exam," said Aditya Das, the petitioners' counsel.

Recruitment to IPS is done through competitive examination from open market conducted by UPSC and promotion of state police service officers. While two-third of the vacancies is filled up through direct recruitment, the remaining is supposed to be filled up through the State Promotion Quota (SPQ). Last year, the Centre, with a view to overcome shortage of IPS officers and paucity of training facilities, decided to introduce a third method of recruitment by holding a 'Limited Competitive Examination (LCE)', in which only assistant commandants of central para-military forces (CPMF), captain and major or equivalent rank officers of defence services and deputy superintendent of police (DSP) of state police service having five years' experience and aged 35 years or less can appear.

"There being no direct recruitment of DSPs (stopped since 1976) in Odisha, there is no scope for recruitment from the state police into IPS through LCE. By the time sub-inspectors in the state reach the rank of DSP, they invariably cross the age of 35, which means they would never be eligible to appear for LCE," a police officer said.

CRPF WOMEN CONSTABLE

Woman constable found dead

A 27-year-old Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) woman constable was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside the paramilitary force’s camp in Dwarka area of south west Delhi during the wee hours of Sunday morning, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Siuli Patra, who hailed from West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district. She was presently posted with the 88 Mahila Battalion of CRPF and was staying at their barracks in Dwarka Sector 8.

“We received a call at police control room at around 5.30 am reporting that Siuli was found lying in a pool of blood by one of her colleagues.

“She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared her as brought dead. She had suffered multiple gunshot wounds,” a police official said.
As no suicide note was recovered from the spot, police are investigating the matter under section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CRPC) to ascertain whether it was an accidental death or suicide.

“A crime team has inspected the spot and forensic experts collected samples.
“Post-mortem has also been conducted, but the exact cause behind her death can only be ascertained after we receive the report,” the official said.
Initial probe has also revealed that she was carrying her SLR (Self Loading Rifle) and was assigned to be on duty from 2 am to 4 am on the watch tower inside the camp.

“We have questioned many of her colleagues to ascertain the sequence of events,” the official added.

Siuli, along with some other women constables, was earlier moved from CRPF's 135 Battalion --based in Vikashpuri-- to 88 Mahila Battalion on April 7.
Police have informed her family members in West Bengal about the incident.

LTC-80 MAY 2012 FARE LIST

Ltc 80 Fares List May 2012

Bookings through Air India web site: 10% discount offered on the basic fares till 30th September,2012

1 a) EAP14 & SAP 7 Fare Levels are Advance Purchase Fares which are  available for sale 
upto 14 days, & 7 days respectively in advance before schedule date of departure of the flight.

2 Taxes, Fee & Charges
  In addition to the above fares, Passenger Service fee, Airport Development Fee (wherever applicable) and Service Tax would be applicable.
a) Passenger Service fee is Rs. 233 except  (a) Ex Jammu,Srinagar  Leh where it is 207 & (b) ex Bangalore, Hyderabad  & Kochi it is 225/-
b) Airport tax (UDF)  ex  Hyderabad Rs. 484, Bangalore Rs. 260, Jaipur Rs. 150, Delhi Rs.225
Amritsar Rs. 150, Trichy Rs. 150, Vishakapatnam Rs. 150, Udaipur Rs. 150, Ahmedabad Rs. 124, Mangalore Rs. 150, Varanasi Rs. 150.  
 
c) Service Tax  would be additional as applicable.

3 Fare Rules:
Fee for Refund/revalidation/re-issuance  is levied as detailed under:
(i) First/Executive & Economy class under RBDs Y,B & M and LTC fares

(ia) On Refund -  a processing fee of Rs.200 per coupon is levied.
(ib) No re-issuance and revalidation fee is  applicable.

(ii) Tickets issued  on fares  under RBDs H to T 

(iia) Refund – Permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of the flight against a Refund Fee of -Rs.500 per coupon .
  Refund of No-show ticket, permitted  against a Refund Fee of -Rs.1500 per coupon
(iib) Revalidation /re-issuance – Permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of the flight against a Change Fee of -Rs.500 per coupon
  Revalidation of No-show ticket, permitted  against a Change Fee of -Rs.1000 per coupon

(iii) Tickets issued  on fares under RBDs E & S 
(iiia) Refund  – Non-Refundable.
(iiib) Revalidation /re-issuance – Permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of the flight against a Change Fee of -Rs.750 per coupon
  Revalidation of No-show ticket, permitted  against a Change Fee of -Rs.1500 per coupon

4 Updated Fares as on 1st May , 2012

5 These  fares are subject to Change without prior  notice.

ltc80 fair list click here—View Table III

BSF WOMEN CONSTABLES

BSF women constables awarded for valour

Gurdaspur, April 30
Aarti and Reena , BSF constables, have become the talk of the town. They displayed unusual valour in gunning down two Pakistani intruders, one of them 50 metres from the border fencing in the Dera Baba Nanak Sector, last evening.

A Pakistani cell phone and a SIM card were recovered from the encounter site.

Almost 24 hours after the incident, BSF officials here are cock-a-hoop over the feat of their women colleagues. The DIG, PS Bains, who was quick to reach the encounter site and hand over cash awards to the women constables yesterday, has written to the Director-General, BSF, New Delhi, urging him to felicitate the brave duo.

A senior BSF officer, pleading anonymity, said considering that it was the first incident of its kind, a gallantry award may be conferred upon the women constables by the President.

An elated Bains said: “These women showed exemplary courage. I salute my brave daughters as they did not panic at the sight of the intruders. On the contrary, they displayed nerves of steel. Aarti and Reena displayed both wisdom and strength.

“I am sure their feat will motivate other women working with the BSF at difficult terrains where no quarters are given and
none asked for.” Talking of one of the intruders, Aarti said he was well-built. “We asked him to surrender but he charged at us. We pumped four bullets into his body,” she recalled. Aarti hails from Tanda in Hoshiarpur district while Reena is a native of Baghapurana in Moga district. Both joined the BSF in 2008 and after 36 months of rigorous training, which included both tactical and weapon training, they were inducted into the 74th Battalion and given charge of the difficult border outpost in the Dera Baba Nanak Sector.

RICHEST POLITICIANS

List: World's Richest Politicians

World Luxury Guide’s List of the World’s Richest Politicians

Name	Country	Position	Wealth
Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz	Saudi Arabia	King	$21 billion
Hassanal Bolkiah	Brunei	Sultan	$20 billion
Michael Bloomberg	USA	Mayor of New York	$18.1 billion
Sonia Gandhi	India	President, Indian National Congress (political party)	$2-19 billion
Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan	United Arab Emirates	President (And emir of Abu Dhabi)	$18 billion
Vladimir Putin	Russia	Prime Minister	$180,000-40 billion
Savitri Jindal	India	Member of the Legislative Assembly in  Haryana	$13.2 billion
Zong Qinghou	China	Member, National People’s Council	$10.8 billion
Serge Dassault	France	Senator	$8 billion
Silvio Berlusconi	Italy	Member of Parliament	$7.8 billion
Hans-Adam II	Liechtenstein	Prince	$4-7.6 billion
Wu Yajun	China	Member, National People’s Council	$6.67 billion
Suleiman Kerimov	Russia	Member, Federation Council (upper house of Duma/parliament)	$5.5 billion
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum	United Arab Emirates	Prime Minister/ Vice President of United Arab Emirates; absolute monarch of Dubai	$4.5 billion
Sebastian Piñera	Chile	President	$2.5 billion
Lu Guanqiu	China	Member, National People’s Council	$2.4 billion
Andrei Molchanov	Russia	Member, Federation Council (upper house of Duma/parliament)	$1.8  billion
Kostyantin Zhevago	Ukraine	Member of Parliament	$1.2 billion
Asif Ali Zardari	Pakistan	President	$1-$4 billion
Darrell Issa	USA	Member, House of  Representatives	$195-700 million
Michael McCaul	USA	Member, House of  Representatives	$258-380 million
Jane Harman	USA	Member, House of  Representatives	$160-326 million
John Kerry	USA	Senator	$181-281 million
Sources: OpenSecrets.org, Forbes.com, Bloomberg.com, Wikipedia.org, Guardian.co.uk; Current as of March 2012

LTC RELAXATION FOR NORTH EAST REGION EXTENDED

CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988 — Relaxation for travel by air to visit NER

F.No. 31011/4/2007-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training

New Delhi, dated 30th April, 2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject- CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988 — Relaxation for travel by air to visit NER.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department O.Ms of even No. dated 02.05.2008 and 20.4.2010 on the subject mentioned above and to say that the relaxation for LTC travel to visit North Eastern Region under CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988 contained in the O.M. dated 02.5.2008 is extended further for two more years beyond 1st May, 2012.

2. Hindi version follows.

(B.Bandyopadhdyay)
Under Secretary to the Government of India