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CBI to Probe scholarship scam - Rs.100-150 Crore Scam in Education Department 2018

CBI to Investigate scholarship scam
Rs.100-150 Crore Scam in Education Sector

This one is the Latest Education Scam in India. The CBI will investigate the multi-crore scholarship scam in the Education Department. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur had earlier assured that the matter would be thoroughly probed and could be handed over to the CBI. The scam was unearthed following reports that students of government schools in Spiti had not been paid scholarships for the past five years. Preliminary inquiry revealed that Rs 100-150 crore was involved in the mega scam. “Ineligible candidates were given admissions and fake bank accounts were opened for the payment of scholarships, but the scam remained hidden as the people, who created the online portal for amount disbursement and those who actually transferred the money, were the same,” Secretary (Education) Arun Kumar Sharma said.

FAKE BANK ACCOUNTS WERE OPENED
The scholarship scam was unearthed two months ago.

Ineligible candidates were given admissions and fake bank accounts were opened.

There are reports of discrimination in releasing the amount at the departmental level.

Some employees dealing with the matter have been shifted, it is learnt.

CBI to probe scholarship scam
Some accounts were tracked in Haryana, while a few in Karnataka were under the scanner. “Spiti is not the only area where the scholarship amount has not been paid and there are reports of discrimination at the departmental level.

“The scam remained hidden as the people, who created the online portal for amount disbursement and those who actually transferred the money, were the same”, said by Arun Kumar Sharma, SECY(EDUCATION).

Some employees dealing with the matter have been shifted,” sources in the Education Department said. The discrepancy came to light during the review of various schemes of the Education Department. Cabinet Minister Ram Lal Markanda, who is also the Lahaul-Spiti MLA, took up the matter with government officials. Taking serious note of the complaints, the government directed the Director, Higher Education, to probe whether the schemes had been adequately publicised and the beneficiaries were aware of these and those who got the scholarships were genuine scholars covered under the respective schemes.

Source: The Tribune

Government of India Proposed to Merge BOB, DENA and VIJAYA Bank - Governemtn News

Merger of three banks proposed by Centre

BoB, Dena, Vijaya boards to examine

Latest Government News 
New Delhi, September 18: The Centre government of India today said that the state-owned named as Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank would be merged to create the country’s third largest lender. The move follows top lender State Bank of India last year merging with itself five of its subsidiary banks and taking over Bharatiya Mahila Bank, a niche staterun lender for women.


The Finance Minister of India  Mr. Arun Jaitley said that the merger would make the banks stronger and sustainable as well as increase their lending ability. Finance Minister of India said in his statement that the bank lending was becoming weak day by day, hurting corporate sector funds. In his another statement he also said that the many banks were in a fragile condition due to excessive lending and ballooning NPAs.
Government of India Proposed to Merger BOB, DENA and VIJAYA Bank

As was in case of SBI, no employee would have service conditions adverse to present one. Centre Government of India also owns the majority stakes in 21 lenders, which account for more than two-thirds of banking assets. Financial Services Secretary Rajiv Kumar said boards of the three banks would examine the proposal. While the employees’ interest would be protected, brand equity would be preserved.

Source: The Tribune.

CBSE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES FOR SINGLE GIRL CHILD

MERIT SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES FOR SINGLE GIRL CHILD
The Central Board of Secondary Education invites ‘Online applications’ from eligible students who have passed Class X Examination 2018 from the CBSE affiliated Schools for the following Scholarship Schemes: -

1. CBSE Merit Scholarship Scheme for Single Girl Child for +2 studies – 2018.
2. Renewal of Online applications of CBSE Merit Scholarship Scheme for Single Girl Child X Pass awarded in 2017.

The details and eligibility conditions along with the application form are available on Board’s website i.e. www.cbse.nic.in at Scholarship Link.

1). Objective of this Scholarship Program
The Goal for this CBSE merit scholarship scheme for single girl child is to provide scholarships to the meritorious students, who are the only child of their parents; and have passed the CBSE Class X Examination with 60% or more marks and are continuing their further school education of Class XI and XII. The scheme is designed to identify the efforts of the parents in endorsing education among girls and to provide inspiration to meritorious students.
SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES FOR SINGLE GIRL CHILD

2). Allocation of scholarship
The number of scholarships for a particular year shall be variable and shall to awarded to all such "Single Girl Students" who have secured 60% or more marks in the CBSE Class X Examination in that year.

3). Eligibility criteria
This scholarship Scheme shall be given on the basis of merit list, from the result of CBSE Class X Examination. The required eligibility criteria shall be as under:

i). All Single Girl Students of their parents, who have secured 60% marks in 10th class or more than 60% marks in CBSE board and now also studying in Class XI & XII in School (affiliated with CBSE) whose tuition fee is not more than Rs. 1,500/- p.m. during the academic year, shall be considered for the purpose.

ii) CBSE decide to provide scholarship to Indian Nationals only.

4. Rate of Scholarships and mode of payment
The rate of scholarship shall be Rupees Five Hundred (Rs. 500/-) per month to all the students who score 60% marks in 10th class. This Scholarship by the CBSE board shall be paid for maximum for 2 years. The Scholarship Payment will be made through ECS/NEFT.

The last date for submission of online applications is 5th October 2018 and hard copy of application form (renewal only) has to be submitted on or before 31st October 2018.  Hard copies received after the last date shall not be entertained.

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Supreme Court Stays Order On declaration of SSC CGL, CHSL 2017 Exam Results

Supreme Court stays On declaration of SSC 2017 results

1st Sept. 2018: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the declaration of results of Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Examination 2017, saying prima facie the entire system appeared to be tainted.

A Bench of Justice SA Bobde and Justice L Nageswara Rao stayed the declaration of results of Combined Graduate Level Examination and Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination after perusing a status report filed in a sealed cover by the CBI, which is investigating allegations of corruption in SSC examinations.
Supreme Court stays On declaration of SSC 2017 results


CALLS ENTIRE TEST TAINTED
The Supreme Court on Friday said it appeared from the first look that the entire test was tainted

It observed that it cannot permit people to benefit from the "tainted" 2017 Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level and senior secondary level examination and get into service

Advocates Prashant Bhushan and Govind Jee, appearing for petitioner Shantanu Kumar, alleged that the CBI in its first status report had itself admitted that the custodian of the examination paper had leaked the paper.

The Bench — which is seized of a PIL highlighting corruption, leakage of question papers, use of remote access software for solving papers and screen-sharing of candidates’ computer terminal to unknown persons — said the status report spoke volumes about the illegalities committed and the role of SIFY, its content head, students involved. Remote sharing of the server had been admitted, it noted.

The petition demanded a court-monitored probe and setting up of an expert panel to suggest systematic changes in SSC examination system to plug the loopholes.

The SSC conducts examinations for recruitment to various group B non-gazetted posts and group C non-technical posts in the government. It also selects candidates for group B gazetted posts of assistant accounts officer and assistant audit officer for the Indian Audit and Accounts Department. The CBI FIR alleged that among others, one SP Gupta, the content head of SIFY, the vendor of SSC examination was involved in it.

In 2017, the SSC conducted an online exam for Combined Graduate Level Tier-I examination in August. The candidate who made it to the cut-off list of Tier-I exam appeared for online combined graduate level Tier-II Exam in February 2018.

Source of Information: The Tribune Chandigarh.

Reserved Category SC/STs Candidates Can Not Claim Reservation Benefit in 2 States of India- APEX COURT

SC/STs can’t claim reservation benefit in 2 states: Apex court

New Delhi, August 30, 2018: Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates from one state can’t claim benefit of reservation in government jobs in other states. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi held that a person belonging to SC/ST in one state could not be deemed to be an SC/ST in another state where he might have migrated for employment or education. The Bench said the following statement, “If a person notified as a SC candidate in the state A than he cannot claim the same status in another state on the basis that he is declared as SC in state A.

SC/STs can’t claim reservation benefit in 2 states

The Bench said another statement related to this context which is as follow, “If in the opinion of a state it is necessary to extend the benefit of reservation to a class/category of SC/ST beyond those specified in the lists for that particular state, constitutional discipline would require the state to make its views in the matter prevail with the central authority so as to enable an appropriate parliamentary exercise to be made by an amendment of the Lists of SC/ST for that particular state”.

“Unilateral action by states on the touchstone of Article 16(4) of the Constitution could be a possible trigger point of constitutional anarchy and, therefore, must be held to be impermissible under the Constitution,” the top court said. Another issue before the Bench was whether SC/ST candidates of other states could seek quota in government jobs in Delhi.

With a majority of 4:1, the Bench held that so far as Delhi is concerned, the central reservation policy regarding SC/ST would be applicable here. It ruled that Pan India Reservation Rule in force in National Capital Territory of Delhi was in accordance with the constitutional scheme relating to services under the Union and the States/UTs. Justice Banumathi, however, delivered a dissenting verdict on central reservation policy in Delhi.

Source of Information: The Tribune Chandigarh News Paper.

CBSE To Provide Digital Mark sheets & Certificates 2018

CBSE To Provide Digital Mark sheets & Certificates
Kerala Flood Victims
To help the flood affected students during Kerala Flood, under CBSE board of education, they decide to provide digital mark sheet and certificate to all the victim candidates. Those who lost their board exam academic documents such as marksheets/ migration certificates/ pass certificates, during the KERALA FLOOD, the CBSE Education board has decided to provide the Digital certificate and Form to the candidates.

There are over 1,300+ schools in Kerala state under the CBSE Education board. Now CBSE board provide the digital certificate to the students because all these educational documents are important for taking admission for higher studies, employment etc.

cbse to provide digital marksheet
CBSE education board Kerala had established first of its kind digital academic source called ‘Parinam Manjusha’ which has been joined with DigiLocker.
In this process all the academic documents are digitally signed by the Controller of Examination of CBSE through a digital signature, which make these document legally valid as per the IT act.

All these document which are digitally signed by the Examination controller have a PKI based QR codes and they can be verified using the DigiLocker mobile app.


What is the process to get digital academic documents from CBSE’s Academic Repository?
1.    You have to visit the official website of CBSE department www.cbse.digitallocker.gov.in.

2.    After that you have to login to the website by using their credentials provided at the time of declaration of exam results on their registered mobile numbers.

3.    After that you will be able to download your own academic documents.

4.    If you don’t have your Credentials with you, than CBSE department will re-send login-id and password of Parinam Manjusha/DigiLocker to the pertaining to students of the year 2016-2018 on their mobile numbers provided with Class 10/12 data.


5.    Those who pass out the during the years of 2004-2015 (or) the students of 2016-2018 who did not provide mobile number at the time of Class 10/12 data or students who have changed their mobile numbers they can do the following things to get their digital certificate:

— First of all you have to visit to Parinam Manjusha website: www.cbse.digitallocker.gov.in and after that you have to link your Aadhaar Card to their account and get their digital documents by providing their roll number, class and year of examination.

Support HELP desk
If you have any issue you can contact on to the following Mail ID:  support@digitallocker.gov.in.

Increment in Dearness Allowance (DA) BY 2 % - Union Cabinet increase the Dearness allowance from 29th Aug. 2018

Union Government of India increases DA Today
Dearness Allowance By 2 per cent
For All Central Government Employee
The Dearness allowance (DA) has been increased by the Government of India. Great news for all Central Government employee who work for Government of India. 
This is the latest news related to the DA increment by the Union cabinet of India. For such type of news on regular basis keep checking this website. we will share latest news and updates related to the Government of India.

da increment
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday accepted an increase of two per cent in the dearness allowance (DA) on the request of central Government employee.  Earlier in the of month July Union cabinet decide to give DA allowance to the central Government employee with 7th Pay commission, but today they come with a new update related to the increment in the DA allowance by 2%.


Union Cabinet earlier decide to provide the dearness allowance of 7 per cent which is now going to be 9% after this DA update.

Currently there are more than 48 lakh Government of India employees. There are also more than 60 lakh pensioners. All these employees and pensioners will be benefited from this growth in DA.

Now you must know that what is DA (Dearness allowance) is actually.  DA/ Dearness allowances is a price of living adjustment payment payed by the Government to the employees as well as to the pensioners.