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Saturday 29 June 2013

SELF-CERTIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS INSTEAD OF ATTESTATION OF DOCUMENTS BY GAZETTED OFFICERS – DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS RECOMMENDS SELF-CERTIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS IN LIEU OF GAZETTED OFFICER’S ATTESTATION.

SELF-CERTIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS INSTEAD OF ATTESTATION OF DOCUMENTS BY GAZETTED OFFICERS – DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS RECOMMENDS SELF-CERTIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS IN LIEU OF GAZETTED OFFICER’S ATTESTATION. 

    No.K-11022/67/2012-AR
    Government of India
    Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
    Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances
    Sardar Patel Bhavan, Sansad Marg,
    New Delhi-110001. Dated the 10th May, 2013

    
    OFFICE MEMORANDUM


Subject: Self-certification

The Second Administrative Reforms Commission in its 12th Report titled “Citizen Centric Administration – The Heart of Governance”, has recommended, adoption of self-certification provision for simplifying procedures. (www:darpg.gov.in)

2. Taking a cue from this some Ministries/State Governments have adopted the provision of self-certification of documents like marksheet, birth certificate etc. by the applicants/stakeholders instead of asking for an attested copy of the documents by a Gazetted Officer or filing of affidavits. Under the self attestation method, the original documents are required,to be produced at the final stage.

3. You will appreciate that the above method is citizen friendly and obtaining either an attested copy or affidavit not only cost money but also involves wastage of time of the citizens and the Government officials.

3.  It is requested to kindly review the existing requirements of attested copy or affidavit in various application forms in a phased manner and wherever possible make provision for self-certification of documents, after obtaining the approval of the competent authority.


Sd/-
(Sanjay Kothari)
Secretary to the Government of India
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Windows 8.1: Everything You should Know

Windows 8.1: Everything You should Know

Microsoft rolled out the next version of windows, 8.1, at its annual Build developers conference on 28 June, 2013. It's a big deal. Windows 8 was a crazy ambitious step, what follows is just as important. This is what Microsoft's taken from your months of feedback (or just, yelling).

Almost everything coming in 8.1 seems like a genuine improvement. The question, then, is exactly how much improvement. It's not so much good news/bad news as good news and wait that's all the good news?

We'll be updating this post throughout Microsoft's keynote (refresh to see the latest updates), but we've started you with an overview of what's going into the update.

To Start
Well, you can boot to desktop now. You can also boot basically anywhere else you want, too-the All Apps screen, individual apps, the Start Menu.

The Start button also returns, but it only flings you into the Start Screen-no old school Start menu.
There are also some new tile sizes: The smaller square tiles (like Windows Phone 8's), which let you cram more stuff onto your homescreen, and the gigantic square tile, which can display a bunch of information, like emails or calendar appointments.

You can select a group of tiles at once and drag them into their own group, which you can name, like a folder.

Swiping up from the Start screen brings up All Apps, which can now be sorted in more ways. This is a nice improvement from the swipe-then-tap required to bring this up in Windows 8.
The start screen can be customized to more colors and has some ""motion accents"" that move as you scroll through the metro tiles. Or, blessedly, you can just put your desktop wallpaper behind the Start screen.

As a whole, the changes to the Start screen are pretty indicative of the update as a whole. A few functional improvements, some of which are highly anticipated, but just as much window dressing and little flourishes.

Wider Customization

Microsoft's big push for 8.1 is to make Windows feel more customizable, and that goes beyond the Start screen.

The most visible change is the tweak to multitasking. ""Snap View"", or the ability to pin a Metro app to either side of the screen, has been changed to let you drag to resize the apps. Meaning: If you want to have, say, Mail on the left side and a browser on the right, you can have each app take up 50 percent of the screen, or drag the divider around to your liking.

In addition to this, you can have up to four apps snapped as vertical columns on your screen. All screens can take four apps, but obviously you're going to want a larger monitor to handle them (16:9 or 21:9 being ideal).

Microsoft has looked into allowing you snap apps as horizontal rows-either at the top and bottom of the screen, or within columns created by snapped apps-but that's not currently possible. Yell about this some more and maybe it'll show up in an update down the road.

The lock screen can now be a moving collage of photos from your PC, SkyDrive, and Phone.

SkyDrive

SkyDrive features more prominently in 8.1. You can decide in all your apps whether to view files on your PC or on SkyDrive, and where things are saved. We'll add further features as they're announced.

Settings

We're going to see a lot of new APIs today that will allow developers tomake apps more customizable. We're also told that the first party Microsoft apps will have more options as well. We'll have more details as the specific APIs are announced.

Search

Search is a big addition for Windows 8.1. Well, ""change"" is probably more appropriate.
In Windows 8, Search was broken down to search by applications, on the web, in the store, through your files. You decided which you'd see.

In 8.1, Search is universal. Searching for any term will bring up a ""hero"" display if you press enter, showing you results from the web, in your files, and anywhere else, which you scroll through.
If you just type into the field, though, the pane on the right hand side of the screen will display results in real time, a lot like Apple's Spotlight. This is a good thing, in theory, but we still want to see how it works in a day to day setting.

3D Printing

Microsoft is partnering with Makerbot, 3D Systems, Form Labs, Autodesk, and several other software and hardware companies to add 3D printing support to 8.1.

Good thing? Bad thing?

Windows 8.1 brings good stuff to the table. The question isn't really if it's good, but if it's good enough. A lot of that will depend on how the new developer tools are implemented going forward, and how much developer support overall improves this year.

Source : http://www.gizmodo.in

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India Post applies for banking licence

India Post applies for banking licence 

MUMBAI: With the Reserve Bank of India's deadline for applying for a bank licence fast approaching, the number of companies that have joined the list is rising. IndiaInfoline, Bajaj Finserv and the India Post are among the recent entities that have joined the ranks of licence seekers.

"Bajaj Finserv Ltd has submitted its application to Reserve Bank of India on June 26, 2013 for a Licence to commence banking business in terms of section 22 of the Banking Companies Act, 1949. It is proposed to do this by converting its subsidiary Bajaj Finance Ltd into a Bank in terms of RBI Guidelines for Licensing of New Banks in the Private Sector dated February 22, 2013" the company said in a statement.

Although the postal department has been expressing its ambitions to float a bank for long, RBI would have to create a special dispensation for India Post as it does not fit into several of the criteria prescribed by the central bank. Besides the prescribed norms, the postal department would face a huge challenge in putting in place a core banking solution that would facilitate a centralized view of all its accounts. However, there are many who feel that the postal department is ideally suited to spread RBI's objectives of financial inclusion. The department already mobilizes small investments through the postal saving scheme and it has a network that is larger than any bank.

IFCI, Bajaj Finserv, India Infoline would join a host of other entities like Religare Enterprises,Aditya Birla group, JM Financial and Srei, which have lined up plans to foray into the banking sector.

Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/

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Dopt orders 2013 : Guidelines regarding grant of vigilance clearance to members of the Central Civil Posts / Central Civil Services

Dopt orders 2013 : Guidelines regarding grant of vigilance clearance to members of the Central Civil Posts / Central Civil Services


No. 11012/11/2007-Estt.A
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training



North Block, New Delhi
Dated: 21st June 2013


Office Memorandum


Subject : Guidelines regarding grant of vigilance clearance to members of the Central Civil Services/Central Civil Posts.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s O.M. of even number dated 14.12.2007 on the above subject and to say that it has been decided to modify Para 2(c) thereof as under:

"(c) Vigilance clearance shall not be withheld unless (i) the officer is under suspension (ii) the officer is on the Agreed List, provided that in all such cases the position shall be mandatorily revisited after a period of one year (iii) a charge sheet has been issued against the officer in a disciplinary proceeding and the proceeding is pending (iv) orders for instituting disciplinary proceeding against the officer have been issued by the Disciplinary Authority provided that the charge sheet is served within three months from the date of passing such order (v) charge sheet has been filed in a Court by the Investigating Agency in a criminal case and the case is pending (vi) orders for instituting a criminal case against the officer have been issued by the Disciplinary Authority provided that the charge sheet is served within three months from the date of initiating proceedings (vii) sanction for investigation or prosecution has been granted by the Competent Authority in a case under the PC Act or any other criminal matter (viii) an FIR has been filed or a case registered by the concerned Department against the officer provided that the charge sheet is served within three months from the date of filing / registering the FIR / case (ix) the officer is involved in a trap / raid case on charges of corruption and investigation is pending."


sd/-
(J.A. Vaidyanathan)
Director (Establishment)


Source : www.persmin.nic.in
[http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/11012_11_2007-Estt-A-1.pdf]
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Indian Employment News Weekly Updates : Job Highlights for the week from 22 June 2013 to 28 June 2013

Indian Employment News Weekly Updates : Job Highlights for the week from 22 June 2013 to 28 June 2013

Employment News Weekly is updating some important opportunities under the title of ‘Job Highlights’ on its portal to the young Indian Job Seekers…

In this respect, this week six fantastic opportunities are given below…

Job Highlights  (22 June- 28 June 2013)

1. Sashastra Seema Bal requires 645 Constable Driver. Last Date : 01.08.2013

2. Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai requires 68 Security Guard. Last Date : 12.07.2013

3. Medical Officer Selection Board (CAPFS) requires 608 specialist Medical Officers (Deputy Commandant), Medical Officers (Assistant Commandant) and Dental Surgeons(Assistant Commandant) Last Date : 13.07.2013

4. Andhra Bank requires Company Secretary. Last Date : 13.07.2013

5. Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (MHA) requires Dy. Judge Attorney General (Dy. Commandant). Last Date: 22.07.2013
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