Friday, November 14, 2014

Applications are invited from matriculation(10 std) passed candidate for the post of postman through online pl visit www.dopchennai.in with effect from 15.11.14. Age 27 years with relaxation of 5years  for SC/ST normal candidate and physical disabled person with 15 years.  Last date 7.12.14 with 
application fee for Rs 100/- examination fee exempted for SC/ST/Women candidates.
Department of Posts
O/o Chief Postmaster General, Tamilnadu Circle, Chennai 600 002.
Notification No: REP/5-1/DR/14 dated 14.11.2014.
Direct Recruitment of Postman / Mail Guard in Postal Divisions / RMS Divisions
Applications are invited online from eligible Indian nationals, to fill up the posts of Postman/Mail Guard in Postal/Railway Mail Service Divisions in Tamilnadu Postal Circle in the pay scale of Rs. 5200-20200 (Pay Band –I) with Grade Pay Rs.2000.
2.The registration of on-line application will commence by 00:00 hours on 15/11/2014 and close by 23:59 hours on 07/12/2014.
3.The details of category-wise vacancies in Postman/Mail guard cadre is furnished division-wise under the link “VACANCIES” in the website(www.dopchennai.in). The vacancies earmarked for PH/Ex-Serviceman are included in the total vacancies notified for a particular division.
4.Candidates selected against vacancies earmarked for PhysicallyHandicapped/Ex-serviceman will be adjusted against the total vacancies of the respective category viz., UR/SC/ST/OBC as the case may be depending upon the category to which the selected candidates belong to.
5.The vacancies notified are likely to vary/change without any prior intimation or assigning any reason. The department has the right to cancel the Recruitment Process or modify the selection process with the reasons recorded in writing at any stage.
6.Any person who claims to belong to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe or Other Backward Class will have to produce a certificate to the appointing authority/Selection Committee at time of selection in support of his/her claim so as to make him/her eligible for reservation and various relaxations and concessions, vide DOPT OM No.36012/6/88-Estt(SCT) dated 24/04/1990 and OM No.36012/22/93- Estt(Res) dated 15/11/1993, OM No.36011/3/2009-Estt(Res) dated 02/09/2009 and OM No.36036/2/2013-Estt(Res) dated 30/05/2014. The Caste/Community Certificate issued by the following authorities in the prescribed form SC’s/ST’s/OBC’s will only be accepted as proof in support of the claim.
i)District Magistrate/Addl. District Magistrate/ Collector / Deputy Commissioner/ Addl. Deputy Commissioner / Deputy Collector / First Class
Stipendiary Magistrate / Sub Divisional Magistrate / Taluka Magistrate / Executive Magistrate/ Extra Asst. Commissioner
ii)Chief Presidency Magistrate / Addl. Chief Presidency Magistrate / Presidency Magistrate
iii)Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar and
iv)Sub Divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and or his family normally resides
A format for the same is given in Annexure I, II for SC/ST & OBC respectively.
7.Scale of Pay: Rs. 5200-20200 (Pay Band -1) with Grade Pay of Rs. 2000
8.Promotional Avenues: Eligible for writing departmental examination for promotion to Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants after completion of prescribed minimum service of 3 years.
9.Age limit: 18-27 years.
Permissible relaxation of upper age limit as per Government of India orders are as indicated below:-
Category
Age relaxation permissible beyond

the Upper age limit.



Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes
5 years

(SCs/STs)





Other Backward Classes (OBC)
3 years




Physically Handicapped
PH+ Unreserved
10 years.

PH+SC/ST
15 years.

PH+OBC
13 years


Ex-servicemen
3 years after deduction of service

rendered in military from the actual age

as on the closing date for registration of

application.



Government servants
Upto 40 years of age (45 years for SC/ST
(who have rendered not less than 3 years’
and 43 for OBC).

regular continuous service as on closing


date for registration of application)





The age relaxation for reserved category applicants is admissible only in the case of vacancies reserved for such categories. The reserved category applicants, who apply against posts meant for UR category, are not entitled to get age relaxation.
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The crucial date for determining the age limit shall be the closing date for Online Registration of applications i.e., 07.12.2014 for all categories.
For PH, Ex-servicemen/Govt. Servants candidates, instructions/guidelines issued by DOPT from time to time are applicable.
10.Reservation and Definition for Persons with Disability:
(A)Visually Impaired: Categories of Visually Impaired applicants suitable for the posts: Low Vision, are those who suffer from either of the following conditions:
a. Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses;
b. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degrees or worse.
(B)Hearing Impaired: Categories of Hearing Impaired applicants suitable for the posts: Those having hearing loss of more than 90 decibels (db) in the better ear (Profound impairment) or total loss of hearing in both ears.
(C)Orthopedically Impaired: The Orthopedically Impaired are those having extent of 40% and above of physical disability. Categories of Orthopedically Impaired applicants suitable for the posts:
a.One Leg Affected
b.Muscular Weakness.
The Applicants should possess valid Medical certificate in the forms prescribed by the Government issued by competent Medical authorities for the purpose of employment, vide DOPT OM No.36035/1/2012-Estt (Res) dated 29/11/2013. Specimen format for Form II, III in Annexure III & IV
11.Educational Qualification:
(a)For Postman: Matriculation from a recognized board or University.
(b)For Mail Guard: Matriculation or Equivalent from a recognized board or University.
12.Probation period: Two Years
13.Disqualification: A person
(a)who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living or
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(b) who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person, will not be eligible for the said posts
Provided that the central Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.
14.Pattern and syllabus for the examination:
14.1. The applicants shall be subjected to an Aptitude Test (Multiple Choice Questions) covering the following subjects/topics. Aptitude Test will be comprising four parts (Part A, B, C (i) & C (ii)) for the total marks 100. There is no negative marking.
Part



Syllabus




A- General Knowledge
Geography, Indian History, Freedom Struggle, Culture
(25 marks with 25
& Sports, General Polity & Constitution of India,
questions of 1 mark each)
Economics, General Science, Current Affairs and

Reasoning & Analytical ability of 10th standard.
B- Mathematics (25 marks
Number Systems, Computation of whole Numbers,
with 25 questions of 1
Decimals & Fractions, Relationship between Numbers,
mark each)
Fundamental
arithmetical
operations, Percentages,

Ratio & Proportion, Profit & Loss, Simple Interest,

Average, Discount, Partnership, Time & Work, Time &

Distance, Use of Tables & Graphs, Mensuration.


C(i)-English (25 marks
Articles, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Tenses, Verbs,
with 25 questions of 1
Synonyms & Antonyms, Vocabulary, Sentence
mark each)
structure, Proverbs, Phrases, questions from small

passage. Etc














C(ii)- Tamil (25 marks
பெயர்
ப
ொà®±்ப
ொடர்

வினைத்ப ொடர்,
with 25 questions of 1

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கூட்டு
வொக்கியங்கள்,
mark each)
வொக்கிய
à®®ொà®±் à®™்கள்,
புணர்ச் ி,
அணிகள்,


ப ொà®±்ப ொடர், ெழபமொà®´ிகள் மற்à®±ுà®®் வட்டொà®°

வழக்கில்

உள்ள

ப ொà®±்ப
ொடர்கள்,

வொக்கியத்
ில்
உள்ள
ெினழநீக்கம்,

துனணப்ெொட உனரநனட.


The Part A and Part B will be in bilingual i.e. English and Tamil language.
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14.2. The duration of the Aptitude Test will be for 2 hours (120 minutes).
14.3. Qualifying Marks:
General
Minimum 10 marks in each part i.e Part A, B ,C(i) and C(ii) and
candidates
40
% in aggregate. The candidate has to qualify in each part

besides securing prescribed aggregate marks.


OBC
Minimum 9 marks in each part i.e Part A, B ,C(i) and C(ii) and
candidates
37
% in aggregate. The candidate has to qualify in each part

besides securing prescribed aggregate marks.


SC/ST
Minimum 8 marks in each part i.e Part A, B ,C(i) and C(ii) and
candidates
33
% in aggregate. The candidate has to qualify in each part

besides securing prescribed aggregate marks.



15.Application Fee: Rs. 100/- mandatory for all categories of applicants who have registered.
16.Examination Fee: The Examination fee prescribed for all male applicants in General and OBC categories is Rs. 400/-. Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes /
Scheduled Tribes / Physically Handicapped / Women are exempted from payment of Examination Fee.
17.How to Apply: The applicant can apply for only one division either choosing Postman cadre in Postal Division or Mail Guard cadre in Railway Mail Service Division. If an applicant registers more than one application on-line, his/her candidature is liable to be rejected without any communication.
1)The applicant has to visit the website www.dopchennai.in through internet enabled workstation or personal computer or laptop
2)The applicant has to go through the notification, instructions to candidates, vacancy position, FAQ carefully before filling up the application form.
3)The applicant has to keep ready
(i)The scanned image of photograph and signature in .jpeg, .jpg format in
specified file size as mentioned in the instructions.
(ii)10th Standard mark list.
4)The applicant has to fill up the data required online.
5)Finally before submitting the form, the applicant has to check all the entries made by him/her for its correctness and genuineness.
6)Once submitted, no data can be modified/altered.
7)After registration, fee challan will be generated as per the eligibility of the applicant.
8)The registered applicants should pay the required fee at any post office withE-Payment facility (listed under e-payment link of www.dopchennai.in) within 3 days from the closing date of online registration, i.e. 10/12/2014.
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9)After payment of fee, the candidate has to update the payment details in the portal through LOGIN for completion of registration process and to take a print out of his/her Application.
10)The applicants are advised to keep a copy of fee challan, receipt issued by the Post office and application, for future reference.
18.Mode of Payment: The fees are payable in cash through Post Offices having e- payment facility. The registered applicants should pay the required fee through system generated challan only, within 3 days from the closing date of online registration i.e. 10/12/2014. The applicants have to approach any Post Offices having e-paymentfacility during working hours, (listed under e-payment link of www.dopchennai.in) and to produce Fee Payment Challan printed by him & to pay the FEE in CASH (INR) only. Once the fee has been paid, the candidate has to update the payment detail through website before 23:59 hours of 10/12/2014 for completion of registration process. In case of non-payment of fee, the application registered will not be considered for further process.
19.Examination Centre:
(i)The Examination will be conducted in the following locations: Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore.
(ii)The Applicant is required to indicate his preference of examination location/City.
(iii)The Applicants are clearly informed that the allotment of Examination Centre/City is the prerogative of the Department and any request received for change in examination centre/venue will not be permitted under any circumstances. Examination Centre is allotted as per the preferences given by the applicant. However depending upon of the volume of the candidates, the candidates will be allotted other locations also.
(iv)The Department reserves the right to cancel any Centre and ask the candidates of that centre to appear from another centre. Department also reserves the right to divert candidates of any centre to some other Centre to take the examination.
20.The Applicants are advised not to enclose/upload copies of any certificates/documents. The application registered online will be treated as Provisionaland the selection/appointment is subject to Verification of respective Certificates/Documents. The Applicant has to furnish a declaration to the effect that the all statements / inputs furnished by him/her are true, complete and correct to best of his/her knowledge and they will be supported by the original documents/testimonials as and when required/demanded. Any false/incorrect information found/detected at any stage, his/her candidature/appointment will be summarily rejected/terminated.
21.Closing Date for Registration of Application: The registration of on-lineapplication will close by 23:59 hours on 07/12/2014.
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22.Selection procedure: The marks obtained in Aptitude Test will be taken to draw merit for each recruiting division and selection will be purely on merit basis. It is further stated that:
(a)if two or more candidates secure equal marks in Aptitude Test and they are standing in the last position in the merit list, then it is clearly stated that the candidate senior in Age will be considered for selection
(b)if two or more candidates secure equal marks in Aptitude Test and they are standing in the last position in the merit list & their ages are also the same, then candidates who secured higher percentage in the matriculation will be considered for selection.
23.Requirement to serve in the Army Postal Service: Any person appointed to the posts specified shall be liable to serve in the Army Postal Service in India or abroad, as required.
24.Power to relax: Where the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by order and for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.
25.Savings: Nothing in these Rules shall affect reservations, relaxation of age-limitand other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Ex-Servicemen, Other Backward Classes and other special categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Central Government from Time to time in this regard.
Chief Postmaster General,
Tamilnadu Circle, Chennai 600002.
Vacancies in Postal Division for Postman cadre
Sl.
Name of the Division
UR
SC
ST
OBC
Total

PH*

Ex
No









SM*






VH
HH
OH











1
Anna Road HO
7
0
0
4
11
0
0
0
1











2
Arakkonam Division
5
0
0
3
8
0
0
0
0











3
Chengalpattu Division
5
1
1
1
8
0
0
0
0











4
Chennai City Central Division
25
3
0
21
49
0
1
0
5











5
Chennai City North Division
31
1
0
29
61
1
1
0
4











6
Chennai City South Division
38
11
1
17
67
0
0
3
7











7
Coimbatore Division
22
3
12
0
37
1
0
0
3











8
Cuddalore Division
17
9
1
0
27
1
0
1
1











9
Dindigul Division
4
2
1
0
7
0
0
0
2











10
Erode Division
8
2
3
0
13
0
0
0
1











11
Kanchipuram Division
8
3
0
4
15
0
0
0
2











12
Kanniyakumari Division
15
0
0
3
18
0
0
0
3











13
Karaikudi Division
4
2
0
2
8
0
0
0
1











14
Karur Division
4
1
1
0
6
0
0
0
0











15
Kovilpatti Division
10
3
0
6
19
0
0
0
3











16
Krishnagiri Division
3
0
0
2
5
0
0
0
0











17
Kumbakonam Division
6
1
0
4
11
0
0
0
1











18
Madurai Division
40
6
0
4
50
0
2
1
5











19
Mayiladuthurai Division
7
3
0
2
12
0
0
0
1











20
Nagapattinam Division
7
3
0
4
14
0
0
0
3











21
Namakkal Division
4
1
0
2
7
1
0
0
0











22
Nilgiris Division
7
2
2
2
13
0
1
0
2











23
Pattukottai Division
6
3
0
1
10
0
0
0
1











24
Pollachi Division
5
2
0
3
10
0
0
0
0











25
Pondicherry Division
7
4
0
3
14
0
0
0
0











26
Pudukottai Division
8
2
0
0
10
0
0
0
1











27
Ramanathapuram Division
7
2
0
5
14
0
0
0
1











28
Salem East Division
13
3
0
5
21
0
1
1
3











29
Salem West Division
8
2
3
0
13
0
0
0
1











30
Sivaganga Division
7
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
0











31
Srirangam Division
9
0
0
2
11
0
0
1
1











32
Tambaram Division
62
11
2
0
75
0
1
0
8











Sl.
Name of the Division
UR
SC
ST
OBC
Total

PH*

Ex
No









SM*






VH
HH
OH











33
Thanjavur Division
8
4
0
6
18
0
0
0
1











34
Theni Division
3
2
0
1
6
0
0
0
0











35
Tiruchirappalli Division
12
5
0
8
25
0
0
0
2











36
Tirunelveli Division
9
3
0
4
16
0
0
1
3











37
Tirupattur Division
4
3
1
0
8
0
0
0
0











38
Tirupur Division
13
3
3
0
19
0
0
1
3











39
Tiruvannamalai Division
7
2
0
4
13
0
0
0
0











40
Tuticorin Division
4
2
0
2
8
0
0
0
0











41
Vellore Division
6
2
0
2
10
0
0
0
1











42
Virudhunagar Division
7
7
0
5
19
0
0
0
2











43
Vriddhachalam Division
2
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
0












Total
484
120
32
161
797
4
7
9
73











Vacancies in Railway Mail Services Divisions for Mail Guard Cadre
Sl.
Name of the Division
UR
SC
ST
OBC
Total

PH*

Ex
No









SM*






VH
HH
OH











1
Chennai Sorting Division
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0











2
RMS M Division
5
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0











3
RMS MA Division
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0












Total
7
0
0
2
9
0
0
0
0











Note: * PH & Ex- Servicemen reservation is for Horizontal adjustment and included in the total vacancies notified for a particular division.
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Just 5% of Indian marriages are inter-caste: survey

30 per cent of rural and 20 per cent of urban households said they practised untouchability


Just five per cent of Indians said they had married a person from a different caste, says the first direct estimate of inter-caste marriages in India.
The India Human Development Survey (IHDS), conducted by the National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and the University of Maryland, also reported that 30 per cent of rural and 20 per cent of urban households said they practised untouchability. The IHDS is the largest non-government, pan-Indian household survey. It covers over 42,000 households, representative by class and social group. Its findings, yet to be made public, were shared exclusively with The Hindu. When married women aged between 15 and 49 were asked if theirs was an inter-caste marriage, just 5.4 per cent said yes, the proportion being marginally higher for urban over rural India.
There was no change in this proportion from the previous round of the IHDS (2004-05). Inter-caste marriages were rarest in Madhya Pradesh (under 1 per cent) and most common in Gujarat and Bihar (over 11 per cent).
source : The hindu dt 13 Nov-14

Thursday, November 13, 2014

gandhi is a bigot, a casteist and an agent of brit and corporation of the british India.




Source: upliftthem.blogspot.in

Students, scholars condemn ABVP threat

Ms. Sathe was arrested in April 2013 on charges of supporting naxal activities

A day after Mumbai’s St. Xavier’s College retracted its invitation to Dalit activist Sheetal Sathe following threats from Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, Ms. Sathe sent a statement on Thursday clarifying that she stayed away only because she did not want to jeopardise the college festival ‘Malhar’.
“The only reason she is not on stage is not out of fear but out of deep appreciation for the courage and integrity of St. Xavier’s College,” said documentary film-maker Anand Patwardhan, on her behalf. Ms. Sathe’s statement said the college principal, Father Frazer Mascarenhas, had merely warned them of the threat and not told them not to attend.
Radhika Talekar, a student of arts faculty said, “This is cultural censorship. She is innocent until proven guilty by the law and it is her right to speak as she is out on bail.”
Ms. Sathe was arrested in April 2013 on charges of supporting naxal activities. She was released on bail two months later.
The moderator of the panel discussion, S. Anand, founder of the Navayana publishing house, said preventing Ms. Sathe from attending the event was a collective shame. Kancha Ilaiah, former head of political science at Osmania University, said the increase in communal atrocities by the organisations affiliated to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh shows that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no control over them.
source : The Hindu dt 15-8-14

Install CCTVs at police stations to prevent custodial deaths: HC.


Taking serious view of the rising cases of custodial deaths in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the State government to install CCTV cameras in all the rooms and corridors of every police station in the State.
The court has also directed the State to conduct magisterial inquiry against the police officials accused in a custodial death case.
Spelling out a slew of measures for controlling custodial deaths, the court directed the State government to file a compliance report within four weeks. It also said that custodial death cases should be treated on “high-priority basis and a special public prosecutor should be appointed, who should be assisted by a woman public prosecutor.”
Maharashtra records 23.48 per cent of the custodial deaths in the country. The conviction rate is zero in these cases.
“You should stop custodial interrogation at night,” the Division Bench of Justices V.M. Kanade and P.D. Kode told the government representative. When he said that the question will be solved after the installation of CCTV cameras, the court observed, “Technology is not the answer. The answer should come from within.”

  • ‘Preserve the CCTV footage of the police stations for at least one year’
  • ‘In custodial deaths, the post-mortem process should be videographed’

  • Source: The Hindu dt 14-8-14

    Just 5% of Indian marriages are inter-caste: survey

    30 per cent of rural and 20 per cent of urban households said they practised untouchability

    Just five per cent of Indians said they had married a person from a different caste, says the first direct estimate of inter-caste marriages in India.
    The India Human Development Survey (IHDS), conducted by the National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and the University of Maryland, also reported that 30 per cent of rural and 20 per cent of urban households said they practised untouchability. The IHDS is the largest non-government, pan-Indian household survey. It covers over 42,000 households, representative by class and social group. Its findings, yet to be made public, were shared exclusively with The Hindu. When married women aged between 15 and 49 were asked if theirs was an inter-caste marriage, just 5.4 per cent said yes, the proportion being marginally higher for urban over rural India.
    There was no change in this proportion from the previous round of the IHDS (2004-05). Inter-caste marriages were rarest in Madhya Pradesh (under 1 per cent) and most common in Gujarat and Bihar (over 11 per cent).
    Survey finds practice of untouchability
    The India Human Development Survey said what female respondents interpreted as a “different caste” is likely to have been subjective, but ultimately closer to the lived reality of an inter-caste marriage.
    “Questions on caste are some of the most complex questions Indian surveys can ask. The same person will say ‘I am Baniya’ today and say ‘I am Modh Banik’ tomorrow; both would be correct,” Sonalde Desai, a demographer who is Senior Fellow at NCAER and Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, who led the IHDS-II, told The Hindu.
    “So the IHDS took a simple approach and asked women whether their natal family belongs to the same caste as their husband’s family, allowing us to bypass the complex issue of defining what caste means and get subjective percept-ions from our respondents,” Dr. Desai said.
    The NCAER survey also asked respondents if they practised untouchability, following it up with a question on whether the respondent would allow a lower caste person to enter their kitchen or use their utensils.
    A third of rural respondents and a fifth of urban respondents admitted to practising untouchability. The practice was most common among Brahmins (62 per cent in rural India, 39 per cent in urban), followed by Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and then non-Brahmin forward castes.
    The only other estimate on the extent of inter-caste marriage came from an indirect method. Comparing the answers that the husbands and wives of the same household gave to the National Family Health Survey, researchers Kumudini Das, K.C. Das, T.K. Roy and P.K. Tripathy found that 11 per cent of couples in the 2005-06 NFHS stated different caste groups.
    “This was an indirect way of estimating the extent of inter-caste marriages. We cannot say if it was accurate, but it was a way to approach the truth,” Dr. K.C. Das, Professor in the Department of Migration and Urban Studies at the Mumbai-based International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), explained to The Hindu.
    Source: The Hindu dt 13-11-14