Schedule for Holding of PA/SA Direct recruitment Examination for the Vacancies of 2011 & 2012

Tentative schedule for holding of PA/SA Direct recruitment for the vacancies of 2011 and 2012 has been announced & the examination will be held in three phases across the country for different circles vide Order No.A-34012/5/2011-DE dated 15.03.2013 of DE section.The Schedule has been given below.

21.04.2013 (Sunday) -  Gujarat,Kerala,Karnataka,Maharashtra,Andhra Pradesh & TamilNadu.


05.05.2013(Sunday)  -Assam,Madhya Pradesh,Chattisgarh,Jharkhand,North East,Odisha &West Bengal.


19.05.2013(Sunday) -Delhi,Haryana,Himachal Pradesh,J & K,Punjab,Rajasthan,UP & Utharakhand.


The examination will be held in 75 cities across the country.There would be multiple examination centres in each city.There would be a total of 1500 examination centres across the country.The Circle-wise list will be circulated shortly.

India Post readies plan to start bank

The postal department has appointed Ernst & Young as consultant for the project and based on the detailed project report, it will approach the Union cabinet for a final go ahead.

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India having opened the window for new bank licences, the Postal Department is finalizing the blueprint to set up a bank of its own at your neighbourhood post office, a move that will challenge the dominance of large public sector lenders in smaller towns and rural India.

While the department already has a balance sheet of Rs 6.18 lakh crore, which includes deposits of around 5.5 lakh crore, it is expected to set up a new entity that will function as the bank. Transferring the existing deposit base to the bank or converting the entity into a bank will entail an initial capital base of around Rs 55,000 crore to meet RBI's requirement, which the government will find difficult to provide. So, the proposed bank will start with the minimum capital requirement of Rs 500 crore, said a source familiar with the development.

"This will benefit rural areas enormously. There are nearly 1.55 lakh Post Offices and no capital cost of building is required. We are connecting Post Offices. As it is, we are offering savings bank in Post Offices and this is a natural progression. The matter is under discussion with the finance ministry and RBI," communications and IT minister Kapil Sibal told TOI.

First Phase locations identified for CBS & PLI

It is learnt from Directorate that following 7 Postal Circles have been identified for CBS and PLI as pilot Circles in phase I project. 

1. Assam    2. Delhi    3. Karnataka   4. Maharashtra   5. Rajsthan   6. Tamil Nadu   7. Uttar Pradesh 

CSB Project likely to be implemented in 110 HOs and 12 SOs. (i.e. 122 locations) 

PLI Project likely to be implemented in 8 HOs and 192 SOs. (i.e. 210 locations)