E K Bharath Bhushan is new Kerala Chief Secretary

The present Special Secretary and financial adviser to the Union Ministry of Steel, E.K.Bharath Bhushan will be appointed as the state's Chief Secretary. The decision was arrived at a cabinet meeting held on  Wednesday. 

Bharath Bhushan will succeed the present Chief Secretary of Kerala K.Jose Syriac, whose tenure in the post expires on April 30.  An IAS officer of 1979 batch, Bharath Bhushan will be able to continue in the post till January 31, 2015. 

As Director General of Civil Aviation, Bharath Bhushan had adopted several cleansing measures in the department as well as in the ministry; expelling pilots with fake license being one among them. 

PA/SA Direct Recruitmnet exam will be held on 21/04/2013--For A P, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu

As notified by Postal Directorate Aptitude Test (Paper I) for Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu circles is scheduled on 21st April 2013. CMC has started to dispatch Admit Cards to all eligible candidates of these circle by ordinary post. In case candidate is not received the Admit Card by 11/4/2013, then he can download the same online from www.indiapost.gov.in using Direct Recruitment PA/SA Examination link from 12th April 2013 onwards. Candidate can also report discrepancy in Admit Card data from 12th April 2013 using the link GENERATE ADMIT CARD on the same web site.

Bharat Ratna Holders

Bharat Ratna  Indias   Highest Civilian Award

	Name	Image	Birth / death	Awarded	Notes
1.	Chakravarti Rajgopalachari		1878–1972	1954	Independence activist, last Governor-General
2.	Sir C. V. Raman		1888–1970	1954	Physicist
3.	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan		1888–1975	1954	Philosopher, India's First Vice President (1952-1962), and India's Second President(1962-1967)
4.	Bhagwan Das		1869–1958	1955	Independence activist, author
5.	Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya		1861–1962	1955	Civil engineer, Diwan of Mysore
6.	Jawaharlal Nehru		1889–1964	1955	Independence activist, author, first Prime Minister
7.	Govind Ballabh Pant		1887–1961	1957	Independence activist, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Home Minister
8.	Dhondo Keshav Karve		1858–1962	1958	Educator, social reformer
9.	Bidhan Chandra Roy		1882–1962	1961	Physician, Chief Minister of West Bengal
10.	Purushottam Das Tandon		1882–1962	1961	Independence activist, educator
11.	Rajendra Prasad		1884–1963	1962	Independence activist, jurist, first President

SAVINGS BANK INTEREST RATES AT A GLANCE-Past 2 years

INTEREST RATE TABLE
Name of scheme	Period	Up To 30/11/2011	w.ef 1/12/2011	w.e.f 1/4/2012	w.e.f 1/4/2013
Savings Account	General	3.50%	4.00%	4.00%	4.00%
Time Deposit	I yr	6.25%	7.70%	8.20%	8.20%
	2 yr	6.50%	7.8%	8.30%	8.20%
	3 yr	7.25%	8.00%	8.40%	8.30%
	5 yr	7.50%	8.30%	8.50%	8.40%
Recurring Deposit	5 yr	7.50% 10-728.90	8.00% 10-738.62	8.40% 10-746.51	8.30% 10-744.53
M I S	5 yr	8.00% (6 Yr)	8.20%	8.50%	8.40%
S C S S	5 yr	9%	9.00%	9.30%	9.20%
P P F	15 yr	8%	8.6%	8.80%	8.70%

PA/SA Direct Recruitment exam Postponed--Kerala

While checking the status of one of PA/SA direct recruitment application number  it is shown that the PA/SA  Direct Recruitment exam which is scheduled on 21 st April 2013 for Kerala Circle ( Ist phase) has been postponed to 12 May 2013 

Apptitude Test (Paper I) is tentatively scheduled on 12-05-2013.

Admit card is/ will be despatched on 12-04-2013.

If you do/have not received the Admit Card by 27-04-2013 then

you can download the admit card on line from the 29-04-2013.

 Also report any discrepancy (if any) in Admit Card data from 29

-04-2013 using the link GENERATE ADMIT CARD

INTEREST RATES/TABLE W.E.R 01.04.2013

INTEREST TABLE W.E.F 01.04.2013

RD Maturity Value for Denomination of Rs.100

Maturity Value before 01.12.2011	Maturity Value w.e.f 01.04.2012 to 31.03.2013	Maturity Value w.e.f 01.04.2013
Interest @ 7.5 %	Interest @ 8.4 %	Interest @ 8.3 %
Rs. 7289/-	Rs. 7465/-	Rs. 7445/-

RD Maturity Value for Denomination of Rs. 100/-

in case of extension after 5 Years

Maturity Period	Interest @ 8.40 % 01.04.2012 to 31.03.2013	Interest @ 8.30% w.e.f 01.04.2013
5 Years	7465	7445
6 Years	9368	9338
7 Years	11436	11392

Instructions for Accepting BSNL bills through e Payment-Kerala Circle

Bsnl bills -Mobile and Landline- bills can be accepted at Post offices from Ist April 2013. For this you have to scan the Barcodes in bill and accept the transaction.Dos and Don'ts are given below

8% DA hike likely for central government employees

8% hike likely to be approved on 2.4.2013

Union Cabinet is likely to approve tomorrow a proposal to increase dearness allowance (DA) to 80 per cent from existing 72 per cent benefiting about 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners of the central government.

"The Union Cabinet may consider the finance ministry proposal to increase the DA by 8 per cent to 80 per cent in its meeting scheduled for tomorrow", a source said.

The hike would be effective from January 1, 2013 and the employees and pensioners would be entitled for arrears, he said.

The government had hiked DA to 72 per cent in September last year, which had come into effect from July 1, 2012.

"It is good that they are increasing DA. We demand that they should merge up to 50 per cent DA with the basic pay as per the practice and set up the seventh pay commission at the earliest", Secretary of Confederation of Central Government Employees, K K N Kutty said.

Commemorative Postage Stamps on GPO Buildings.

Postage stamp, begun as a piece of paper in token of receipt of postage, has assumed additional functions. It is a mode of commemorating, celebrating and promoting national heritage and events, it plays a great role as an ambassador, a brand image of postal administration and a statement of sovereignty of a nation. After independence, the medium of postage stamps was initially used to highlight the country's achievements in science and technology as well as its socio-economic Development by depicting themes like the Five Year Plans, Steel Plants, Dams etc. Subsequently, the country's rich cultural and natural heritage came to be showcased and many beautiful stamps were issued in thematic sets on art, architecture, crafts maritime heritage, science, technology, defence and cinematic. Great leaders of national and international standing have also been honoured with commemorative stamps, the most prominent being Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation has been honoured with commemorative and definitive stamps. Personalities, who have made immense contributions in areas like painting, literature, science, music, social upliftment etc.have also been honoured.

Interest Change Patch Error ???

While Running interest patch on some offices before 01/04/2013  it shows an error . Error Code L1. It shows some primary key constraint error and interest patch cannot be done properly.

Solution: Run the interest rate patch once again on 01/04/2013. This will solve your problem.