STAMPS ISSUE CALENDER BY DEPT OF POSTS FOR THE YEAR 2013

                    

Stamp Issue Calendar - 2013

Sl. NO.	NAME OF PROPOSAL	DATE OF RELEASE
1.	INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS ASSOCIATION	03.01.2013
2.	PGIMER, CHANDIGARH	07.01.2013
3.	CENTENARY OF GHADAR PARTY	08.01.2013
4.	UTTAR PRADESH VIDHAN MANDAL	08.01.2013
5.	C. ACHYUTHA MENON	13.01.2013
6.	SILK LETTER MOVEMENT	11.01.2013
7.	SWAMI VIVEKANANDA (SET OF 4 STAMPS)	12.01.2013
8.	ADITYA VIKRAM BIRLA	14.01.2013
9.	SHRINE BASILICA VAILANKANNI	22.01.2013
10.	DEFENCE THEME -3 PARA	02.03.2013
11.	DEFENCE THEME -OTA, CHENNAI	07.03.2013
12.	SAHIR LUDHIANVI	08.03.2013
13.	MALAYALA MANORAMA	16.03.2013
14.	JHULELAL	17.03.2013
15.	SHIVRAM HARI RAJGURU	22.03.2013
16.	ARCHEOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF INDIA	11.04.2013
17.	100 YEARS - MUMBAI GPO & AGRA HPO (SET OF STAMPS)	12.04.2013
18.	CHAITYA BHOOMI	14.04.2013
19.	HARI SINGH NALWA	30.04.2013
20.	HEADGEARS OF INDIA	April 2013
21.	STEPWELLS OF INDIA	April 2013
22.	100 YEARS OF INDIAN CINEMA (SET OF STAMPS)	03.05.2013
23.	DR. NILRATAN SIRCAR	18.05.2013
24.	GAIETY HERITAGE CULTURAL COMPLEX, SHIMLA	30.05.2013
25.	WILD ASS OF KUTCHH & LADAKH (SET OF STAMPS)	May 2013
26.	WILDLIFE AND FLORA & FAUNA OF THE COUNTRY (SET OF STAMPS)	June 2013
27.	TRADITIONAL INDIAN HANDFANS	June 2013
28.	DELHI GYMKHANA CLUB	13.07.2013
29.	MUSICIANS 1. PT. MALLIKARJUN MANSUR 2. KUMAR GANDHARVA 3. GANGUBAI HANGAL 4. D K PATTAMAL 5. ALI AKBAR KHAN 6. BHIMSEN JOSHI 7. PT. RAVISHANKAR 8. USTAD VILAYAT KHAN	21.07.2013
30.	BOATS OF INDIA (SET OF STAMPS)	August 2013
31.	WILD FLOWERS	August 2013
32.	MEANS OF TRANSPORT THROUGH THE AGES (SET OF STAMPS)	August 2013
33.	LALA JAGAT NARAIN	09.09.2013
34.	GURAJADA APPA RAO	21.09.2013
35.	RAJ BAHADUR	22.09.2013
36.	PRATAP NARAYAN MISHRA	24.09.2013
37.	GOLDEN JUBILEE OF BHAKRA DAM	22.10.2013
38.	175 YEARS OF TIMES OF INDIA	October 2013
39.	PHILATELY DAY	October 2013
40.	BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL & COLLEGE, ALLAHABAD	05.11.2013
41.	75 YEARS OF BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN	07.11.2013
42.	CHILDREN’S DAY	14.11.2013
43.	RAILWAY WORKSHOPS AT KANCHRAPARA & JAMALPUR (SET OF STAMPS)	25.11.2013
44.	INDIAN METAL CRAFTS (SET OF STAMPS)	November 2013
45.	ACHARYA GYANSAGAR	November 2013
46.	INTELLIGENCE BUREAU	23.12.2013
47.	TRIBAL DWELLINGS (SET OF STAMPS)	December 2013
48.	TRADITIONAL EMBROIDERIES OF INDIA (SET OF STAMPS)	December 2013
49.	INDIAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS	December 2013
50.	SOUTH-ASIAN POSTAL UNION (SAPU)	2013
51.	INDIA-PERU JOINT ISSUE (SET OF 2 STAMPS)	2013
52.	GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, AJMER	2013
53.	DEFENCE THEME – INS VIKRAMADITYA	2013
54.	PEERJADA GHULAM AHMAD MEHJOOR	2013

Note: Dates are subject to change without any prior notice by Department of Posts.

SOURCE: WWW.INDIAPOST.GOV.IN

CLARIFICATION ON CHILDREN EDUCATION ALLOWANCE

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DA HIKE @ 8% W.E.F 1.1.2013 WAS APPROVED BY UNION CABINET FOR CG EMPLOYEES & PENSIONERS

Finally, on 18.04.2013, the Union Cabinet  gave its approval to release an additional installment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners with effect from 01.01.2013 at the rate of 8 percent over the existing rate of 72 percent. 

Thus, the combined impact on the exchequer on account of both DA and DR would be of the order of Rs.8629.20 crore per annum and Rs. 10067.36 crore in the financial year 2013-14 (that is for a period of 14 months from January, 2013 to February, 2014).

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Postal department launches service to transfer money via cellphone

ALLAHABAD: Sending and receiving a money order will be easier now than ever as India Post introduces money order facility through mobile phones. Under the Mobile Money Transfer Service (MMTS) minimum amount of Rs. 1,000 and maximum of Rs. 10,000 can be sent in a single transaction, whereas there is no limit to the maximum number of transactions made in a day.

Inaugurating the service at Allahabad Kutchery Head Post Office, Krishna Kumar Yadav director Postal Services Allahabad region said Mobile Money Transfer is a financial service is a facility for remittance and receiving of money at selected post offices. The director launched the service by sending money from Allahabad Kutchery Head Post Office to Pratapgarh Head Post Office.

Yadav said rates of the service have been fixed low, keeping in mind needs of customers. A person sending money through MMTS will be charged Rs 45 for sending money in the range of Rs 1,000-Rs 1,500, Rs 79 for an amount between Rs 1,501 and Rs 5,000 and Rs 112 for money transfer for an amount from Rs 5,001 to Rs 10,000.

In the pilot phase this service has been started in 136 post offices of Uttar Pradesh, whereas 19 offices of Allahabad Region have been covered in this phase. It will be the priority of the department to cover offices in rural and remote areas under the service. In Allahabad, the service has been started in Bamaila, Atraura and Aura branch post offices, Mau Aima Sub Office and Allahabad Kutchery Head Post Office.

Yadav added that the Department of Post had partnered with state-run BSNL to launch the mobile money transfer service. BSNL will handle the technology backend for the department and provide connectivity.

Under Mobile Money Transfer Service, customers will have the facility to send money anywhere in the country. Specially designed mobile handsets with preinstalled mobile money transfer application have been provided to the offices selected to carry out this service.

The sender needs to visit the identified post office where the service is available, deposit the amount and give the receiver's details in the prescribed form. After this, the sender would get a six-digit transfer code on the mobile phone, which one would need to send to the recipient via SMS or through any other mean. Similar SMS will also be sent to the receiver and the counter clerk automatically by the system, but only the SMS sent to the sender will contain the six-digit secret code. The recipient can claim the money at a nearby post office, by showing the transaction code and verifying one's identity. Recipient also needs to withdraw money within seven days of transaction.

On the occasion of inauguration of the service senior superintendent of Post Offices, Allahabad, Rahmatullah, assistant directors R N Yadav and M P Mishra, Postmaster Allahabad Kutchery, HPO A K Shukla, and others were present along with other officials.

Source : The Times of India, 5 April, 2013

Delay in DA Hike W.e.f. Jan-2013

               The decision of hike in DA for all Central Government employees @ 8% w.e.f January-2013 was delayed. Awaiting for the orders of approval.

EXPECTED DA W.E.F JULY 2013

The expected Dearness Allowance for Central Government Employees with effetc from July 2013 will be 9-10%.

Source. www.igecorner.com