Information Bureau Government of IndiaMinistry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions 03-April-2013   The Government has approved the following modifications in the Civil Services Examination, 2013 notified on 5.3.2013: 1.    A candidate is allowed to use any one regional language from the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India or English as the medium of [...]

Press Information Bureau Government of IndiaMinistry of Railways 26-March-2013 Revision of Tatkal Charges for Train Journeys to be Effective From 1stApril 2013 Onwards             As per announcement made in the Railway Budget 2013-14, it has been decided by the Ministry of Railways to revise Tatkal charges.  These charges will be applicable for journey starting from [...]

Press Information Bureau Government of IndiaMinistry of Finance 25-March-2013 Revision of Interest Rates for Small Savings Schemes With Effect from 1ST APRIL,2013             Based on the decisions taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Shyamala Gopinath Committee for Comprehensive Review of National Small Savings Fund (NSSF), the interest rates for small saving schemes [...]

Press Information Bureau Government of IndiaMinistry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions 24-March-2013 Web Based Pensioner Portal to Facilitate Grievance Redressal of Pensioners, 17 Lakh Hits Received on the Portal  The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has developed a web-based ‘Pensioners’ Portal’, under the National e-Governance Plan for dissemination of pension related information as [...]

Press Information Bureau Government of IndiaMinistry of Labour & Employment 24-March-2013 Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana(RSBY)-Highlights                        Shri Anil Swarup Additional Secretary and Director General (Labour Welfare) in the Ministry of Labour & Employment today had a presentation on the Flagship Programme- Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY). Shri Swarup was addressing the concluding session of [...]

Special Trains to Clear Holi Rush Indian Railways have made elaborate arrangements to clear extra rush of traffic for Holi festival. More than 360 trips of special trains have been planned to handle the rush during the Holi festival period. These special trains have been planned over approximately 17 different popular routes to clear extra [...]

Restriction on Issue of Cheques from Saving Bank Accounts Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a Master Circular dated 02.07.2012 on ‘Customer Service in Banks’ which, inter-alia, provides that banks may issue cheque books with larger number of leaves (20 or 25) if a customer demands the same and also ensure that adequate stocks [...]