BSNL All Set To Launch Their New Website

BSNL the state run conglomerate has been upto something good nowadays it seems. Sources are to be believed that they are rebuilding their portal bsnl.co.in.

They are giving it a swanky new look. For decades we have seen the old fashioned portal full of scribbles running from here and there to banners at odd places. It looks pretty messed up and confusing at times.

News and updates seem to have been jumbled up and tangled with one another. But finally the bell has rang and now they are upto in bringing out an all new version of the portal in a few days.

To match with the trendy and eye catching websites of the private operators BSNL is doing sway with its old website and replacing it with an all flash and animated site. Its sister arm MTNL which operates in the two metros of Mumbai recently overhauled with portal and had given it a new look.

TelecomTalk has learnt that BSNL is now going to give an aggressive campaign through its new site. Many features has been enhanced and surfing has been made more user friendly. Down under we have attached some snapshots of the newly designed site.

Though it is unknown when the site is going to be launched since it is still in its beta version and no official date has been finalised yet we hope to see it in the near future.

Earlier DoT has directed BSNL to set a target of 25% revenue growth for all circles in current financial year. As a result BSNL Corporate Marketing team has now started various reforms including new web site to achieve targets with better product marketing.

We hope BSNL will succeed in its new reformation process and we can also look forward for some aggressive marketing strategy from the state run operator in coming day We wish them all the very best!

Now we ask you do you think BSNL can make a difference by revamping its portal in the long run, What else should BSNL improve do let us know via comments !

New Website Link :  http://www.new.bsnl.co.in:8080/opencms/bsnl/BSNL/index.html

 Courtesy : http://telecomtalk.info/

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10 Things To Do Before You Retire

Don’t put off today what you can’t afford to do tomorrow. In spite of the world wide pension crisis and a growing acceptance that we must plan and save for our retirement, the harsh reality is we are actually not saving enough. Research reports reveal that only 15% of the individuals are saving sufficiently for their retired life. Here are a few tips on things to do before you retire so that your retired life is more comfortable and enjoyable.

  

Get Rid of All Your Debts

Alcohol for Diabetics

Alcohol is everywhere – at family gatherings, at cookouts, after the cricket game, at parties…. "What would you like to have?" someone asks. If you have diabetes, what should you say?

It all depends. Start by asking yourself three basic questions: 

1. Is my diabetes under control?
2. Does my doctor agree that I am free from health problems that alcohol can make worse - for example, diabetic nerve damage or high blood pressure?

Checklist for exemption from filing IT returns

             It's time to file your income tax returns for the year 2010-11. In the current year, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has exempted certain segments of taxpayers from filing tax returns. However, there are certain conditions attached in order to be eligible for the exemption. So, before deciding on not filing the income tax returns, you need to be aware of the conditions. You may also be required to file the income tax returns, even if the income is less than Rs 5 lakh.

According to the amendment, salaried individuals with a taxable income of less than Rs 5 lakh will not have to file income tax returns in the current assessment year. The finance ministry has issued a notification to this effect. This was announced by the finance minister in the Union Budget speech for 2011-12. As such, individuals with a total taxable salary income of less than Rs 5 lakhs in the financial year 2010-11, after allowing all deductions, will be exempt from filing tax returns this year.

Some conditions to be met:

पुलिस आरक्षी एवं आरक्षी पी०ए०सी० के पदों पर सीधी भर्ती के लिए संयुक्त परीक्षा- 2011

अतिमहत्त्वपूर्ण सूचना :

उत्तर प्रदेश पुलिस आरक्षी एवं आरक्षी पी०ए०सी० के पदों पर सीधी भर्ती के लिए संयुक्त परीक्षा- 2011
                 शारीरिक मानक परीक्षण, प्रदेश के ७५ केन्द्रों पर दिनांक ०३.०१.२०१२ से आरम्भ किया जा रहा है| इस परीक्षा में सफल अभ्यर्थियों की शारीरिक दक्षता परीक्षा दिनांक ०६.०१.२०१२ से २५ केन्द्रों पर आरम्भ की जायेगी | इस सम्बन्ध में बोर्ड द्वारा बुलावा पत्र निर्गत कर दिए गए हैं, जिनकी प्रति इस वेबसाईट पर नीचे दिए गए लिंक से डाउनलोड की जा सकती है | डाउनलोडशुदा बुलावा पत्र के साथ अभ्यर्थी को फोटो पहचान पत्र परीक्षा केंद्र पर दिखाना अनिवार्य होगा

परीक्षा केंद्र पर इन्टरनेट द्वारा डाउनलोड किये गए बुलावा पत्र के साथ फोटो पहचान पत्र प्रस्तुत करना अनिवार्य होगा ।बिना फोटो पहचान पत्र के यह प्रवेश पत्र मान्य नहीं होगा ।

             महत्त्वपूर्ण जानकारी

Enrolling for obtaining Aadhar Identification Number- Through Post Office

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

Aadhaar is a unique number, and no resident can have a duplicate number since it is linked to their individual biometrics; thereby identifying fake and ghost identities which result in leakages today

It was established in February 2009

The UIDAI is part of the  Planning Commission of India . Nandan Nilekani former co-chairman of Infosys  was appointed as the first Chairman of the authority in June 2009

SEVEN TAX-EFFICIENT FINANCIAL SERVICES IN THE POST OFFICE

When was the last time you visited a post office branch? It's been over a decade that the e-mail replaced the written word, so there's no need to buy stamps, envelopes or inland letters. Besides, thousands of private couriers have mushroomed in the past 15-20 years, giving stiff competition to speed post & parcel. But you should because the bouquet of services offered by India Post has some very interesting and cost-effective products. ET Wealth looks at the financial services that can be availed of at a post office branch and how these compare with similar products from other organisations.

The interest your balance earns in a regular savings account with a bank is taxable. But if you open a savings account in a post office, the interest is tax-free. If you maintain an average balance of Rs 50,000 in your bank account, you would earn roughly Rs 2,000 as interest income in a year. In the highest tax bracket, the taxman will shave off 30% (or Rs 600) from this income, leaving you with only Rs 1,400. However, if it is a postal savings bank account, the interest earned is tax-free. There is, of course, a ceiling of Rs 3,500 per account on this exemption in a year. In case of joint accounts, the ceiling is higher at Rs 7,000 a year. But this is a reasonable limit because very few people would keep more than Rs 1 lakh in their savings account.
There are other benefits of opening a postal savings account. You don't have to lock up Rs 5,000-10,000 in maintaining an average quarterly balance. The post office does not mind if you have emptied out your account as long as you leave Rs 500 as balance. This low-ticket convenience works in case of recurring deposits as well. If you open a recurring deposit with a bank, the minimum monthly deposit is Rs 500. In the post office, the monthly contribution can be as low as Rs 10, making it an ideal option to start your child on the savings habit. The 7.5% interest is compounded quarterly and compares well with what banks offer. The only hitch is that the post office deposit is for a minimum of five years. However, you can withdraw 50% of the balance after one year.

Even so, the very mention of the post office conjures images of a stodgy organisation with long queues and obdurate babus filling up pass books manually. That's true to a certain extent, but things are fast changing. India Post is working on a core banking solutions project that will offer state-of-the-art facilities to customers, including ATMs, Net banking, debit cards and e-payment services. AS Prasad, deputy director-general (financial services), told ET Wealth that by the end of the year, account holders will be able to access their accounts at any ATM across the country ( India Post's AS Prasad on how it to transform into a dominant financial services player ).

Life insurance is the lynchpin of a financial plan. The post office offers life insurance, but it is open only to employees of the Central and state governments, public sector undertakings and semi-government organisations. In October 2010, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority allowed the post office to sell insurance policies of private companies. It was a tremendous opportunity for both the insurance industry as well as India Post. The industry suddenly had access to India's largest distribution network of 1.55 lakh offices while India Post could stand to earn good commission from selling insurance policies. However, the proposal has not taken off because the India Post does not want to push policies of other companies and instead wants to focus on its own Postal Life Insurance. The Rural Postal Life Insurance can be bought by any citizen of India provided he is residing in a rural area, which is any location outside the limits of a municipality. India Post has sold 1 crore RPLI policies since they were launched in 1995. But almost 40% of these are micro insurance policies where the life cover is less than Rs 25,000. That's just enough to take care of a middle-class urban family for about a month.

The India Post is also a distributor of the New Pension Scheme. You can open an NPS account at designated post office branches. In fact, with very few agents interested in selling the low-cost scheme because of the niggardly commission it offers, the post office has become the biggest seller of the NPS. It has opened almost 20,000 voluntary accounts till now, which is almost a third of the total voluntary Tier I NPS. The scheme is available at nearly 800 post office branches across the country. Incidentally, the India Post has stopped selling mutual funds after the entry load was removed in August 2009. Says Prasad: "If Sebi brings the upfront selling commission of 2.25% back, we would sign a memorandum of understanding to sell mutual funds again."

Want to invest in gold? The yellow metal is set to soar higher as uncertainty returns to the capital markets and inflation goes through the roof. You can buy 24-carat gold coins at the post office. The coins are available in three sizes: 500 mg, 1.5 g and 8 g. Don't worry about the purity issues. These coins have been imported from Switzerland and have the backing of the World Gold Council. There is no price advantage if you buy from the post office or from a bank or jeweller.
forex cards in seven currencies, demand drafts in 11 currencies and wire transfer in 13 currencies. What's more, you can apply for your passport through the post office.

इतिहास हो गयी चवन्नी

महंगाई के आगे चवन्नी का बस नहीं चल सका और वह इतिहास का हिस्सा बनने जा रही है। बुधवार शाम बैंकों में चवन्नियां जमा कर उनके स्थान पर बड़ी मुद्रा के सिक्के या नोट हासिल करने की अंतिम तिथि थी। भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक(आरबीआई) ने चवन्नी को चलन से बाहर करने की घोषणा करते समय सूचना दी थी कि 30 जून के बाद 25 पैसे और उससे कम मूल्य के सिक्के वैध नहीं रहेंगे।

रिजर्व बैंक के अनुसार 31 मार्च 2010 तक बाजार में पचास पैसे से कम मूल्य वाले कुल 54 अरब 73 करोड़ 80 लाख सिक्के प्रचलन में थे, जिनकी कुल कीमत।,455 करोड़ रुपये मूल्य के बराबर है। यह बाजार में प्रचलित कुल सिक्कों का 54 फीसद है। केंद्र सरकार ने सिक्का अधिनियम, 1906 की धारा 15ए का इस्तेमाल करते हुए 25 पैसे और उससे कम मूल्य के सिक्कों को बाजार से वापस लेने का निर्णय किया था। चवन्नी और इससे कम मूल्य के सिक्कों के इस्तेमाल पर प्रतिबंध के बाद सबसे कम मूल्य का सिक्का 50 पैसे का होगा। चवन्नी के बाद अठन्नी भी खतरे में पड़ती दिखाई दे रही है। सरकार ने काफी पहले ही 25 पैसे से कम मूल्य के सिक्कों को बाजार से वापस ले लिया था, क्योंकि उनकी ढलाई में उन पर अंकित मूल्य से कहीं अधिक का खर्चा आता था। सिक्के बनाने में मुख्य रूप से तांबा, निकल, जस्ता और स्टैनलेस स्टील का इस्तेमाल किया जाता है। वैश्विक बाजार में इन प्रमुख धातुओं की कीमतों में बढ़ोतरी के कारण अधिकतर देश कम मूल्य वाले सिक्के बनाने से कतराने लगे हैं।

एक अर्से से बाजार में चवन्नी की कोई महत्ता नहीं रह गई थी। चवन्नी में मिलने वाली चीजें जैसे माचिस, टाफी, पोस्टकार्ड के मूल्य न जाने कब पचास पैसे या उससे अधिक हो गए। आने-दो आने की तरह चवन्नी का भी एक समृद्ध इतिहास रहा है। एक समय कांग्रेस का सदस्यता शुल्क चवन्नी हुआ करता था। चवन्नी में बहुत कुछ मिल जाया करता था। चवन्नी के विदा होते ही सवा रुपये के प्रसाद की धारणा भी खत्म हो जाएगी। चवन्नी खत्म होने के बाद चवन्नी छाप जुमला भी खतरे में पड़ सकता है, लेकिन .राजा दिल मांगे चवन्नी उछाल के. जैसे गीतों के जरिये चवन्नी अपनी याद दिलाती रहेगी।

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya

NEW: JNV Selection Test for Admission in JNVs

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
Location
All over India
Information
Type	Public
Established	1985
Grades	Class 6 - 12
Campus size	5-acre (20,000 m2)
Campus type	Rural
Affiliation	C.B.S.E.
Information	600 branches
Official Website Allumni’ website	www.navodaya.gov.in www.navodaya.nic.in www.navodaya.net www.jnvalumni.com

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya known as JNV are Indian schools for talented children and form a part of the system of gifted education. The objectives of the scheme are to provide good quality modern education to the children predominantly from rural areas, without regard to their family's socio-economic condition.

They are located all over the country, except Tamil Nadu. There are approximately 593 JNVs across India as of 2010. They offer quality education to all students who get selected through the admission process which includes an All India Entrance Exam, held at district level.

History

First established in 1985 at Amravati, Maharashtra, they are the brain child of P. V. Narasimha Rao.They were started during Prime Ministership of Rajiv Gandhi to find and foster talented children from the rural parts of India.They started with the name Navodaya Vidyalayas and renamed later as Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in the birth-centenary year of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru.

 Objectives

• To impart good quality modern education to talented children (selected on the basis of a written merit test) predominantly from rural areas, without regard to their family's socio-economic condition.
• To ensure that all students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas attain a reasonable level of competence in three languages as envisaged in the Three Language Formula.
• To serve, in each district, as focal points for improvements in quality of school education in general through sharing of experiences and facilities.

 Regions

Eight Regional Offices are established at Bhopal, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Patna, Pune & Shillong with jurisdiction over different States and UTs.

There are total 600 JNVs as on 31 august 2010.

 Admission procedure

Talented students from each district are selected through an All India Level Entrance Exam conducted each year by CBSE and are given admission to 6th standard/class in the JNVs of respective districts. Till 1998, the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST) was conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education. The test is largely non-verbal and objective in nature and is designed to prevent any disadvantage to children from rural areas. Now admissions are also taken in Class IX and XI. During academic year 2008-09 admissions will be allowed in Class VIII. These admissions are conducted through an objective and descriptive test containing questions on English, Mathematics, Science, & Social Sciences. This "Lateral Entry" system is devised to fill the vacancies that arise due to withdrawal of admissions of the children who are admitted in class VI.

            ADMISSION TO CLASS IX AGAINST VACANT SEATS

In view of the need for optimum utilization of the infrastructure and facilities available in the Vidyalayas, it has been decided by the Samiti to fill up the vacant seats in IX class through an All India level Selection Test.  The district-wise vacant seats in the Vidyalayas have been separately notified in the local newspapers.

              HOW TO APPLY FOR JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SELECTION TEST FOR ADMISSION IN CLASS IX

Vidyalaya wise vacant seats in class IX have already been notified.  The eligible candidates may apply for their admission to class IX in the prescribed application form, which is attached with this Prospectus, and can be obtained free of cost from the office of the Principal of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya of the concerned district.  The Application Form can also be downloaded from the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti website, http://www. navodaya.nic.in

          HOW TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION FORM

Application Form duly completed in all respect must reach the office of the Principal, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya of the concerned district on or before due date through registered post A/D.  If the candidate prefers to submit Application Form in person, he/she is required to get the acknowledgement receipt from the office of the Principal of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya.

       RESULT OF SELECTION TEST

Result of the Selection Test will be notified on the Vidyalaya Notice Board as well as published in selected local newspapers. Selected candidates will also be intimated by post.

 Eligibility

Since the Vidyalayas have an objective of providing opportunity and education to the underprivileged children of rural areas, the entrance examination has a list of eligibility criteria. They require the student to be:

1. a student of V standard by a Government recognised school
2. in the age group of 9-13
3. a student of III, IV and V in a Government recognised school in a rural area, to apply for a rural quota.
4. a first time appearer in the entrance exam

 Fees

Since 2005, a moderate and uniform fee structure is implemented across all JNVs to reduce the dependency on Government. However, girls are exempted from paying any fees. A monthly Rs 200 is collected for Navodaya Nidhi from class 9th onward from boy students. Also, boys from Scheduled Communities(SC), Scheduled Tribes(ST) and Other Backward Communities(OBC), who parents do not fall into creamly layer as specified by the Government are exempted from paying any fees.

 Reservation

Seats are reserved for the children of rural areas. At least 80% of the seats in a district are filled by candidates selected from rural areas and remaining seats are filled from the urban areas of the district.Reservation of seats in favour of children belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is also provided in proportion to their population in the concerned district. These reservations are interchangeable and over and above the candidates selected under open merit. Efforts are made to ensure that one-third of the total seats are filled up by girls.

These students are given free accommodation, food and clothing and are allowed to continue their studies till class 12. All expenses are borne by the Government of India.

The aim of establishing these institutes was to find and nurture the talented students from rural India could not afford a good education. To ensure this, The ratio of 80% from rural to 20% urban students is maintained by the schools.

 Student life

 Academics

The successive academic results of JNVs in public examinations conducted by CBSE and the records about placement of students after passing out from the Vidyalayas are a clear pointer that the establishment of the Javahar Navodaya Vidyalays is a step in the right direction. The results of class X and XII examinations of the Vidyalayas have been consistently better than the overall CBSE national averages. These results are remarkable and shows the success of the Vidyalays despite the rural background.

 Scouting, Guiding and NCC

Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti is recognised as a State for Scouting and Guiding activities by the Bharat Scouts and Guides. Navodaya students regularly and actively participate in various programmes of BSG. NCC is being introduced in JNVs in a phased manner. Samiti had a total cadet strength of 9420 during 2003-2004. As part of NCC training, students of the JNVs attended several camps and excelled themselves.

 Games and sports

Games and sports are encouraged in the JNVs to develop fitness, physical and neuro-muscular skills and promote the spirits of co-operation and sportsmanship. Vidyalayas organize National Sports Meets to identify talented children in sports. The meets happen at cluster and regional levels every year where students from different JNVs compete. Students picked at regional level compete at national level. Based on the performance at National level, children get a chance to play on behalf of Navodaya team, which is considered as a State, in Sports and Games Federation of India competitions. Specialised sports like archery, Judo and Gymnastics are encouraged in some of the JNVs. JNV Bangalore Urban of Hyderabad region is one of such schools that has proved excellence in games like archery. There are also various exhibitions where the schools bring models and ideas which are then judged and awarded prizes.

 Migration

One of the important features of the Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme is a scheme of exchange of students from one Vidyalaya in a particular linguistic region to another in a different linguistic region to promote understanding of the diversity and plurality of India's culture and its people. The Aim of the Migration in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas is focused on National Integration. According to the Scheme, selected 30% of 9th class students are exchanged between JNVs of non-Hindi speaking region and Hindi speaking region, for one year.

 Other courses

In 1999, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti and Intel joined hands to conduct a pilot program for few selected schools on integration of technology in teaching and learning process. After the success of pilot project, around 3486 teachers across all the schools of the Samiti were trained during their summer and autumn vacations during the period 2001-2002.

The various initiatives undertaken jointly by Intel and Samiti are:

• Smart School Project: Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, has launched a major initiative called the “Smart Schools Project” with the aim encouraging and promoting technology use in government schools of India.
• Joint Contest: The duo launched a Joint contest for acknowledging the Best Integration of Technology in Education in 2004.
• Technology Plan Workshops: Technology Model schools and making them use the available resources judiciously. Keeping the same in mind Intel and the Samiti decided on conducting following set of activities:
• Workshop for NVS officials: In July 2005, Intel conducted a workshop on IT skills for Samiti officials.
• IT Curriculum Review Committee: Intel was invited to take part in curriculum review committee.

recently after the kargil war its become some problamatic to migrate students of Hindi speaking areas to kashmir, like jnv mahoba regulated migration is one sided only i.e. these students are not getting the chance to migrate baramula region.

This year Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti signed an MOU with Bharatiya Jain Sangathan(BJS), a Pune based NGO, for implementation of EDUQIP (Educational Quality Improvement Project). EDUQIP was successfully implemented by BJS in Andaman Nicobar Island Schools. It contains a basket of programs aimed at enhancing the contributions of all the stake holders of the Navodaya Vidyalayas to improve the quaility. These project will be implemented in all the Navodayas during 2007-11. During these three years BJS will establish and operate the program with the help of selected trained teachers of Navodya Vidyalayas and later the project will be handed over to NVS.

NVS signed a MOU with an NGO, The Dakshana Foundation in year 2007,according to which the foundation will provide free IIT-JEE coaching to selected students,a batch of forty students from each region of NVS.Accordingly, coaching classes at fifteen sites,including one batch of 70 XII pass students is under operations.Seven batches out of which are to appear in IIT-JEE 2009.

 Faculty

Well trained teachers are reqruited through a national level competitive examination. Trained Graduate Teachers teach from Class VI to X and Post Graduate Teachers teach XI and XII class students. Vice Principal assists the Principal in administration. Committees of teachers are formed to effectively implement the programs. Duties of Teachers;They have to work some more extra duties along with normal duties of teaching.They have to work as housemaster/housemistress