WEB RATNA AWARDS 2012

 Time up for the second season of Web Ratna Awards 2012 ....! It is evident that the Indian Government has been amongst the frontrunners when it comes to initiatives towards adoption of best practices and integrated delivery of information and services to achieve ICT led development in the country. Today, almost every Government department is trying to leverage upon the benefits of ICT to provide better services to the common citizen. A number of e-Governance initiatives have been undertaken by the government departments at Central and State levels on a continuous basis. Many e-Governance projects are already running successfully in different parts of the country and many are in the process of achieving their maturity level.

An endeavor like the National Portal provides an ideal front-end for these initiatives as the citizen gets to access diverse services and information from a single point.
In order to promote more and more innovative e-governance initiatives and to give due recognition to the exemplary efforts in this direction, the Web Ratna Awards have been instituted under the ambit of the National Portal of India, http://www.india.gov.in/ .

GOVERNMENT FILES APPEAL AGAINST JUDGMENT ON MODIFIED PARITY IN PENSION

GOVERNMENT FILES APPEAL AGAINST JUDGMENT ON MODIFIED PARITY IN PENSION

LEGAL BATTLE FOR JUSTICE CONTINUES FOR PENSIONERS

The Government has filed an Appeal against the 1ST November 2011 judgment of the Principal Bench of Delhi Central Administrative Tribunal on modified parity in pension to the pensioners retired prior to 1.1.2006. You may remember that the Principal Bench of Delhi CAT had directed implementation of OM dated 1.9.2008 based on the Government's Resolution dated 29.08.2008 accepting the recommendation of 6th CPC for modified parity of pension to pre 1.1.2006 pensioners by nullifying the clarificatory orders issued subsequently that denied the real content of the 6th CPC recommendation as accepted earlier by the Union Cabinet through its Resolution dated 29.08.2008. However now the Government has filed an Appeal against the judgment of the CAT.

CAT-5 CABLE AND RJ45 CONNECTORS.

How to correctly assemble a CAT-5 cable to RJ45 connectors for regular network cables as well as crossover cables.

The CAT-5  is a standard cable which has four twistedpairs of colours. It is easy to crimp a RJ45 coonector to CAT-5 cable and makeit into a straight cable or cross the cable as required. To make a straightcable, the ends must be crimped in the same way at each end. When makinga crossover cable, some wires of certain colours have to be reversed. 

CAT-5 cable is usuallydivided into 4 twisted pairs of colours:

Orange / orange-white
Green / green-white
Blue / white and blue
Brown / brown-white

Straight Cable Colour Code

To make a straight cable, the tips must be crimped typically the same way ateach end by respecting the twisted pair size.

In general, the colour code used is:

1) orange-white
2) orange
3) green-white
4) Blue
5) blue-white
6) Green
7) brown-white
8) brown

Money Gram-Training Manual

In an attempt to serve the customers in the international money remittance market, the Postal Department has made a tie-up with Money Gram, international money transferring company.The Training Manual of MoneyGram is published below.


Money Gram Training Manual - Click here to View


Source:sysadmindop.blogspot

Employees should not be deprived of promotions arbitrarily, says HC

The Delhi High Court said though employees have no "vested" right to promotion but they should not be deprived of it "arbitrarily" and without any reasonable ground by their employers.
"It is true that no employee has a vested right for promotion but respondents (employer) cannot act arbitrarily and without any reasonable excuse defer the meeting of Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) and thereby deprive the employee of his legitimate expectations for being considered for promotion to a post if he is eligible for being promoted," a bench of justices B D Ahmed and V K Jain said.
The court's observations came in a verdict by which it allowed a plea of Sahadeva Singh and asked the Centre to treat him as promoted to the post of Deputy Commissioner (Crops) from January 1, 2005, against one of the two posts which were vacant since 2004 in the Agriculture Ministry.

MAGNIFICENT STRIKE BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES - PRESS STATEMENT

MAGNIFICENT STRIKE BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND WORK

Manishinath Bhawan, A/2/95 Rajouri Garden

 New Delhi. 110 027
Date: 28th February 2012

PRESS STATEMENT

The General Strike of Indian working class for which the call was given by the Central Trade Unions and endorsed by all the Federations and the Central and State Govt. Employees elicited the largest participation today. The increased participation of workers in the industrial action was indicative of the growing realization of the need to struggle against the present economic policies of the Govt. of India.

National Pension Schemes will be linked to Aadhar, says Jairam

The Rural Development Minister Shri Jairam Ramesh today said that National Social Assisstance Programme, NSAP will be completely restructured and all payments under the scheme will be done through Aadhar-based payment system. Talking to a select group of media persons here, he said, the restructured system will be in place by 10th of March this year and it will ensure that each beneficiary under old age, disabilities and widow pension schemes will get one’s entitlement every month and there will be no delay in payments. He said, the Central government spends nearly 8,000 crore rupees under the NSAP scheme, but the devolvement of funds is being done in a complicated process in a layered manner, which he said will be rectified and only one State Agency will be identified for receipt of funds for final disbursement to pass book holders through Aadhar-based system.

The Minister informed that he had already written to the Finance Ministry for relaxation of certain norms like reducing the criteria for disability to 40% from the existing 80%, which leads to exclusion of a very large number of disabled persons in rural areas

NSC Encashment error-Problem in updating Negative list

In One of the B class Offices, while going for NSC/KVP Encashment an error occurs. It shows Run Negative list. But while updating negative list. It shows Negative list not updated. The solution for this error is follows

Download the latest exe of DBAnalyzer from sdc chennai website. Unzip the file and copy it to DBAnalyzer folder.
Run DBAnalyzer software.
a) Select ‘Database Discrepancies >> NSC >> Details of Negative List Updation'.
b) Wait for the message 'Run Patch for Negative List from Sanchay Post'
c) Exit from DBAnalyzer
d) Select 'Sanchay Post >> Upgrade DB >> Patch for Negative List' option from Sanchay Post menu (version 6.0) and run the patch.
e) Then, once again run DBAnalyzer software.

Rural Consumer Price Index-Data Collection through Post Office

The postman in rural areas across the country has his hands full. Apart from his regular job, he now has to go out three to four times a week to collect data from retail outlets which is then used to calculate the rural consumer price inflation. Faced with an acute manpower shortage, the ministry of statistics and programme implementation tied up with the department of posts to get over the problem of collecting such massive amount of data from rural areas across the country. "When we were discussing about the comprehensive CPI data we were looking for a department which had reach across the country. We zeroed in on the postal network," said Pronob Sen, adviser in the Planning Commission and former chief statistician of the country.

It was a perfect opportunity for the postal department, which readily accepted the offer. Rising competition and new technology has posed serious challenges for the department of posts. It is working on several ideas to maximize revenues and use its vast network to help other government departments. "We were looking at new avenues for raising our revenue and we entered into a memorandum of agreement with the ministry of statistics and progamme implementation," said Sachin Pilot, minister of state for communications and information technology.

NATO Spelling Alphabet/Phonetic Alphabet

NATO spelling alphabet and also called the ICAO phonetic or spelling alphabet, the ITU phonetic alphabet, and the international radio telephony spelling alphabet, is the most widely used spelling alphabet. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) alphabet assigns code words to digits and acrophonically to the letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet (Alfa for A,Bravo for B, etc.) so that critical combinations of letters and numbers can be pronounced and understood by those who transmit and receive voice messages by radio or telephone regardless of their native language, especially when navigation or persons might be endangered due to transmission static.

Installing Active Directory(Domain) in Windows Server 2008

Installing Active Directory Domain Services (AD-DS)

In Windows Server 2008, unlike previous server operating Systems, there is an additional step that needs to be taken before running DCPROMO to promote the server to Domain Controller and installing Active Directory on it. This step is the installation of Active Directory Domain Services (AD-DS) role on the server. In fact, the AD-DS role is what enables the server to act as a Domain Controller, but you will still need to run DCPROMO the regular way.

AD-DS can be installed in one of 3 methods:

Method 1 – Server Manager/Initial Configuration Tasks

Roles can and should be added from Server Manager (but they can also be initiated from the Initial Configuration Tasks wizard that auto-opens the first time you log on to the server).

1. Open Server Manager by clicking the icon in the Quick Launch toolbar, or from the Administrative Tools folder.
2. Wait till it finishes loading, then click on Roles > Add Roles link.

How to Install Windows Server 2008 Step by Step

1. Insert the appropriate Windows Server 2008 installation media into your DVD drive. If you don't have an installation DVD for Windows Server 2008, you can download one for free from Microsoft's Windows 2008 Server Trial website.
2. Reboot the computer.


3. When prompted for an installation language and other regional options, make your selection and press Next.

Healthy tips for DIABETICS

Healthy tips for DIABETICS~
(simple natural tips which can b followed easily)

1. Eat food at fixed hours.
2. Do not eat immediately after a workout.
3. Do not overeat.
4. If you are on insulin, make sure you have three
proper meals with light snacks in between.
5. Do not eat fast; masticate and munch your food well before you swallow.
6. Drink a lot of water that will help flush the toxins
off your system.
7. Make sure the gaps between your meals are
short.
8. Avoid fried foods and sweetmeats.
9. Include fresh vegetable salad in every meal.
10. Have at least 20 to 25 grams of raw onion daily.

How to Increase the Size of C Drive (Primary Drive) without formatting

One day when I reached one of my offices I found a message in computer screen “low disk space”. The free space in c drive is very low. But there is enough space in other drives.

1,My First step to free up the c drive is Emptying recycle bin

Deleting the files in temp folder and using CC Cleaner But with these operations only a small space is free.

Then I found a technique in Internet to free up space in C Drive

Right-click the recycle bin.
Select Properties
Move the size slider down to about 2%
Click OK.

2,Other technique is using Gparted software.GParted is a free partition editor for graphically managing your disk partitions.With GParted you can resize, copy, and move partitions without data loss, enabling you to:

How to recover desktop icons from a blank desktop

Today morning when I log on the computer , the Desktop screen shows as Blank . The task bar is active in the window.















How to recover your Desktop Icons?

STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE TO INSTALL NEW IMO CENTRE

STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE TO INSTALL NEW IMO CENTRE

Difference between Offline UPS and Online UPS

Offline UPS

Offline UPS supply grid power to electrical and electronic devices during normal power supply. It switches to battery power only during power failures and other power problems. As the grid power is bypassed to the load during normal power supply, it is known as Offline UPS. As the UPS is used only during power problems it is also known as Standby UPS. Offline UPS is also spelled as Off-Line UPS or Off Line UPS.

Apart from bypassing power to the load, Offline UPS also 

charges the connected batteries during normal power supply. The bypassing of power results in exposing the load to electrical noises and surges. Therefore, they are not recommended for very sensitive and critical electronic devices. During power failures and other power problems, they switch from grid power to battery power fast enough to prevent computers from rebooting. The switch over time is usually between 2 to 20ms.

Online UPS

System Administrators and Operators in Computerized Post Offices, How much you know about Security Guidelines in Department of Posts?

Copy of C.O. letter No. INV / 150-118 / wr/08 Dated the 20th April, 2010

Several systematic shortcomings are being noticed in the operational methods of Sanchay Post, giving scope for possible manipulation with malafide intentions. It has been observed that the instructions issued to manage the data entry module of Sanchay Post securely were not followed by many of the units leading to frauds in Sanchay Post software.

2. It is once again reinterated that the following aspects should be taken care of by all concerned without any deviation.

a) Operationalization of the data entry module should be limited to

the assigned supervisor only.

b) Only one data entry operator should be there in an office/

 network.

Sanchaya Post- Error in taking Withdrawal in MIS,SB,NSC

Yesterday I got a call from one of our sub offices they told problem in Sanchya post . That is while taking Withdrawal in SB, MIS and for Encashment of NSC an error occurs and exits from sanchya post. “Violation of PRIMARY KEY Constraint' PK_Flow_Table_1367E606' Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.Flow_table'” The error message is Some times this error message changes and shows fatal error not fatal disk error. Me send the copy of this error Software Development Centre Chennai for Solution. Then send Three patches and that solved the problem. 

The patch can be downloaded fromClick here

Please extract the downloaded file. Exists from all modules of Sanchaya post. Copy the patches to Db Analyser Folder and execute one by one. 

Important : BEfore doing any updation/execution of patches take the back of the databases

RTI QUERIES DON'T AFFECT GOVT. WORK

The time spent by government officials replying to RTI is so little that it cannot be a pretext for them to shirk that task 
In August 2011, the Supreme Court made an observation which had some unintended consequences on the Right to Information (RTI) process. The judgement by Justice R.V. Raveendran is turning out to be a seemingly legitimate excuse for government officials to restrict information.

Aditya Bandopadhyay went to court when the Central Board of Secondary Education declined to provide his examination answer sheets under the RTI Act. While the court allowed access to answer sheets, it also observed that the cherished right to information should not affect administrative efficiency.

BSNL Introduces Tablet computers

BSNL ( Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited ) has launched three tablets which   includes two 7-inch screen tablet with resistive screen  and it runs on  Android 2.3 operating system, while the third tablet comes with an 8-inch capacitive touch screen but with a higher price.

These tablets are designed keeping in mind the students need , the tablet come with a promotional offer of 3 month free data download. BSNL is also giving 2G sim along with tablet.

Developed by the Noida based company – pantel Technologies. The tablet will be sold at data plans from BSNL at reduced cost. The cost of these tablet will be Rs 3250, Rs 10,999 and Rs 13,500.

Timeout Expired???- The solution

Most of the Postmaster/sys administrators under go an error called “Timeout expired. Timeout period elapsed”. The main reason for this error is failure in network connection/Sql server is not working etc. But even if there is no failure in connection and sql server is properly working then also this error occurs. Some solutions for this problem is

Clear the log files of databases

Check network connections

Check the Firewall Status

One Simple solution (and the most worked one)is Check the ip address of the server (note the ip address). Then go to the machine which has come the error Timeout expired. Then open C Drive(The drive in which windows is installed, in my case it is C Drive)-----Go to Windows-----Open System 32-----------drivers---------------etc---------------open hosts (open with notepad)---- add an additional entry at the end ------Enter your servers ip address and server name(192.168.1.11 server)-----Then save hosts. Close all the open folders. Restart the Machine . This will solve the error Timeout expired.

All in one Driver Solution

While formatting a machine/server many times I faced a problem is that the concerned drivers are missing . In order to fix this problem I have to search internet over hours to get correct driver software. One day while I am searching over net I found an interesting this Driver Pack solution. An all in one solution for all driver issues.

Features :-

• Supports most of the systems including Desktops, Laptops, Printers
• No need to worry about search around the internet for drivers
• Automatic detection of missing drivers
• Silent installation
• All in one single DVD image for free.

The Site address for driverpacksolution ishttp://drp.su/

For Downloading DriverpacksolutionClick here

Subaccountsfield links not created for------- Error in Non BO SubOffices

One day I got a call from one Sub office. Which dont have a branch office. They tell that while viewing the daily account an error occurs. It shows sub account field links has not created for that day. This error occurs mostly in offices which do not have a Branch office. The particular sub accounts field links table for that day is not created is the problem. In this situation most of system administrators firstly go to table open sub treasury table and rename the previous sub account field links table to today’s table. This procedure was not proper. When you do this there is a chance for repeating the error. A simple SQL query can solve this problem. The query is shown below.

Use Subtreasury

select *into subacfieldlinkstodaysdate from subacfieldlinkspreviousdate


If Any one want this  solution/Query  Please mail to me ---saparavur@gmail.com




When we have  this problem occurs in more than days. Then the following will solver the problem

Use Subtreasury

Drop table subacfieldlinks281111 ---The problem dates

select *into subacfieldlinks281111 from subacfieldlinks221111--The date in which daily account is properly taken

Drop table subacfieldlinks291111 

select *into subacfieldlinks291111 from subacfieldlinks221111

Drop table subacfieldlinks301111 

select *into subacfieldlinks301111 from subacfieldlinks221111

Note: Before doing any database operations. Please take the backup of the database

BlackBerry launches new PlayBook OS

Canada's Research In Motion (RIM) on Friday introduced its new operating system (OS) for its BlackBerry PlayBook tablets with additional functionalities, including the ability to run Android-based applications. The BlackBerry Playbook is available at an offer price of Rs.19,990 for the 64 GB model.

“The BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, now available as a free download, delivers an enhanced tablet experience and allows you to use the PlayBook in new ways throughout the day, at work and at play. It will add advanced messaging features, increased social integration and better browser, among other things,” RIM's Manager (Carrier Product), India, Ranjan Moses, told journalists here.

e-payment for all govt transactions over Rs 1,000

ALL GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS OVER RS 1,000 SHOULD BE MADE OR RECEIVED ELECTRONICALLY.

New Delhi, Feb24,2012 (TNN): A Nandan Nilekani-headed panel has recommended that all government payments over Rs 1,000 should be made or received electronically as this would help reduce graft and bring about greater transparency and accountability.

The final report of the task force on Aadhar-Enabled Unified Payment structure has also recommended that beneficiaries of all social safety net programmes such as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and recipients of direct subsidy transfer payments (cooking gas, fertilisers, kerosene, etc) can benefit by receiving their payments electronically, directly into their accounts at either banks or post offices.
In order to reduce the use of cash in the economy, the task force has said that government and government owned institutions accept electronic payments at all locations where they collect payments from citizens, without any additional surcharge.

DBAnalyzer exe dated 24/02/2012

DB Analyzer exe dated 24/02/2012: Download

source: sdc chennai

Release of Revised MNOP Script (23/02/2012)

Release of Revised MNOP Script

It is decided to keep both POS and SpeedNet MNOP Updation Script at a single point download. This script has to be used at all the offices using POS and SpeedNet.

Based on the latest Sorting Extract / Orders received from the Directorate and IC Hub Data received from Circles, the Revised MNOP Script is released and the details of the releases are as follows.

This script will contain the entire Hub Master data as per the requirement /modifications - including all the previous revisions. This document shows only the latest revisions.

Source & Download
ftp://ftp.ptcinfo.org/MNOP_Hubs_UpdationScripts_POS_SpeedNet/ 

How to Assign a Static IP Address in XP, Vista, or Windows 7

When organizing your home network it’s easier to assign each computer it’s own IP address than using DHCP. Here we will take a look at doing it in XP, Vista, and Windows 7.
If you have a home network with several computes and devices, it’s a good idea to assign each of them a specific address. If you use DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), each computer will request and be assigned an address every time it’s booted up. When you have to do troubleshooting on your network, it’s annoying going to each machine to figure out what IP they have.
Using Static IPs prevents address conflicts between devices and allows you to manage them more easily. Assigning IPs to Windows is essentially the same process, but getting to where you need to be varies between each version.
Windows 7
To change the computer’s IP address in Windows 7, type network and sharing into the Search box in the Start Menu and select Network and Sharing Center when it comes up.

Then when the Network and Sharing Center opens, click on Change adapter settings.

JOINT CONSULTATION AND COMPULSORY ARBITRATION FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES…

Volumetric Weight Calculation

Volumetric Weight:

1. Wherever the postage, tariff or charges are fixed for a postal article based on weight , the weight shall mean the gross weight or the volumetric weight whichever is more.
2. Gross Weight: Gross weight is the weight shown by a standard weighing scale. When the Article is appropriately placed on to or suspended from the said scale.
3. Volumetric Weight: volumetric weight of the article shall be arrived at from the volume of that article using the appropriate formulae.
4. Exception: Volumetric weight need not be determined in following cases.
(a) If the sum of the length, breadth and height is not more than 90 centimeters, and any of the dimensions is not more than 60 centimeters.
(b) In case of an article is in roll form (Cylindrical) if the length and diameter each are less than 90 centimeters.
These exceptions will also applicable to Speed Post article.

PFRDA CALLS FOR FUND MANAGERS TO LOOK AFTER CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (NPS)

 Pension fund regulator PFRDA has invited bids from financial institutions to manage funds of Central Government Employees under the New Pension Scheme (NPS) for the next three years beginning April 1, 2012.

            The fund managers will be required to manage the pension assets of Central government employees, according to Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).

            The three pension fund managers will have to submit bids by March 15, PFRDA said. At present, pension funds of government employees are managed by three pension fund managers (PFMs) — LIC Pension Fund, SBI Pension Fund, and UTI Retirement Solutions. The total corpus of the government employees as on December 2011 was Rs 12,769 crore.

            These three fund managers are also eligible for participating in the bidding process, the regulator said. The total average monthly subscriptions of government employees is around Rs 500 crore.

Hand Washing

Dear  Friends,   This will tell the actual benefits of hand washing.  Lot of Germs and Bacteria become friends to our hands, When we have contact with people,   systems and keyboads etc. 

When we see our hands it may be seen as clean.  But still there are lot of Germs  .  So  Please wash your hands before eating anything.    When we enter into Kitchen for eating or for preparing food we must wash our hands well.  We must inculcate this habits to Our lovable kids also. 

• Hand washing lowers the risk of diarrhea
• Prevents eye infections
• Reduces the risk on respiratory diseases

Concession Available to Central government Women Employees

Provision for protection of women as kept in CCS  
Conduct Rules,1964
                        Rule 3.3(c) of the Central Civil services (Conduct) Rules 1964 explicitly prohibits acts of sexual harassment of any women women at her work place. For this purpose, "Sexual harassment" includes such unwelcome sexually determined behavior, whether directly of indirectly or otherwise,as (a) physical contact and advances, (b) demand or request for sexual favours, (c) Sexually coloured remarks, (d) showing any pornography or (e) any other unwelcome physical,verbal or non verbal conduct of a sexual nature


Rule 13-A of the said rules says, no Govt servant shall:-
           (i)  Give or take or abet the giving  or taking of dowry
           (ii) Demand directly or indirectly, from the parent or guardian of a bibe or bridegroom, as  
the case may be, any dowry


Age Relaxation for appointment
                 widows, divorced women and woman judicially separated from their husband and who are not remarried are allowed age concession up to the age of 35 years (40 years for member of SC/ST) for posts of Group 'C' & 'D' filled through SSC/Employment exchange (O.M) No 15012/6/98-Esst(D), dated 21.12.1998)