POSTPONEMENT OF SENIOR POSTMASTER EXAM

F. No. A-34012/6/2011-DE

Government of India

Ministry of Communication & IT

Department of Posts, Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi, the 26^th December, 2011

Sub: - Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for promotion to the cadre of senior Postmaster (Gazetted).

Sir/Madam,

I am directed to refer to this office letter No. of even dated 03.10.2011, wherein a notification was issued for conducting Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for promotion to the cadre of Senior Postmaster (Gazetted)on 31.12.2011.

2. The Competent Authority has now ordered to postpone the above examination until further orders. All the concerned may be informed suitably.

Yours faithfully,

SD/-

(K. Rameswara Rao)

Asstt. Director General (DE)

THIS IS THE TIME TO WISH

POSTAL PHOENIX'S VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY  WISHES TO  SRI K.MAGESH, SUB POSTMASTER, AKKUR-609301 .

List of Holidays for 2012

LIST OF HOLIDAYS DURING THE YEAR 2012 

 

S.No.	Holiday	Date	Day
1	Republic Day	January 26	Thursday
2	Milad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad	February 05	Sunday
3	Mahavir Jayanti	April 05	Thursday
4	Good Friday	April 06	Friday

5	Tamil New Year	April 13	Friday
6	Buddha Prunima	May 06	Sunday
7	Independence Day	August 15	Wednesday
8	Idu'l Fitr	August 20	Monday
9	Vinayagar Chadurthi	Septemper 19	Wednesday
10	Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday	October 02	Tuesday
11	Saraswathi Pooja	October 23	Tuesday
12	Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami)	October 24	Wednesday
13	Idu'l Zuha (Bakrid)	October 27	Saturday
14	Diwali (Deepavali)	November 13	Tuesday
15	Muharram	November 25	Sunday
16	Guru Nanak's Birthday	November 28	Wednesday
17	Christmas Day	December 25	Tuesday

10 year NSC-(IX) ISSUE

In accordance with the decisions taken by the Government on the basis of the recommendations of the Committee for Comprehensive Review of National Small Savings Fund (NSSF), headed by Smt Shyamala Gopinath, the then Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, Notifications on changes made in various small saving schemes except 10-Year National Savings Certificate, have already been issued on 25^th November 2011. 

                The Notification for launch of new savings instrument, namely 10-Year National Savings Certificate (IX-Issue), 2011, has been issued today, the 29^th November, 2011. 

                The major highlights of this scheme are as follows:

·         Investments in Certificate will earn Interest at the rate of 8.7% p.a. compounded semi-annually.

·         On investment of Rs. 100, the depositor will get Rs. 234.35 on maturity of the Certificate.

·          This Certificate will be available in the denominations of Rs. 100, Rs. 500, Rs. 1000, Rs. 5000 and Rs. 10,000. 

·         There is no upper limit for investment in the Certificate. 

·         This Certificate can be transferred from a post office where it is registered to any other post office and it can be pledged as a security.

                The scheme will come into effect from 1^st December 2011. Details of the notification are attached herewith and can also be seen on the website of the Ministry of Finance i.e. http://www.finmin.nic.in.

Source : PIB Release, November 29, 2011