Thursday, December 29, 2016

AIAPS -TN URGES THE CIRCLE ADMINISTRATION TO PROMOTE ALL THE PENDING/WITHHELD PROMOTIONS TO HAVE A SWEET 2017 NEW YEAR AHEAD

To,
          The Honorable Chief Postmaster General,
          Tamilnadu Circle,
          Chennai 600002.

Subject: Requesting immediate promotion of the Postmaster cadre officials against whom awarded with censure and completed currency period penalties – reg

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Reference 1: Tamilnadu Circle office letter no to promote the officials   REP/1-1/2008-Rulings Dated at Chennai – 600002 the 01.01.2016.
Reference 2: Recent DOPT order No .22011/4/2007-Estt. (D) Dated at New Delhi the 21st November 2016 regarding the role of Departmental promotional committee to the effect of penalties on promotion.
Reference 3: This association letter even no AIAPS/(GL)/TNC/ dated at Chennai 600005 the 30.08.2016
Reference 4: STA/2-7/16 dated at Chennai 600002 the 31.05.2016
Reference 5:Directorate letter No. 04-43/2013-SPB-II dated at Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi the 28.04.2016
Reference 6: PSS Group B promotion directorate letter No.9-14/2016-SPG – Para 5 dated 09.12.2016 at Dak Bhawan
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Respected sir,

          1. Vide Ref 1, REP/1-1/2008-Rulings Dated at Chennai – 600002 the 01.01.2016, Tamilnadu Circle office itself circulated the directorate order no.A-34020/08/2015-DE dated 10.12.2015 to follow the GOI decisions 7 and 10, for the promotions and as well as to appear in the LDCE examination where they had censure and currency period completed punishments.

Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) Public Notice regarding the mandatory requirement of Aadhaar Number in future Railway Recruitments.

Notification : Click Here

7th Pay Commission: Higher allowances to be delayed as committee gets extension till February 22

New Delhi, Dec 19: Central government employees will have to wait till February next year to get higher allowances under the 7th Pay Commission recommendations. The ‘Committee on Allowances’ has got extension till February 22, 2017 to give its report on higher allowances. The extension given to the ‘Committee on Allowances’ raises eyebrows because the panel in October said the report on higher allowances under the 7th Pay Commission recommendations is ready. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley then formed ‘Committee on Allowances’ for examination of the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission on allowances other than dearness allowance.

Monday, December 26, 2016

Restrictions on cash withdrawals may continue beyond December 30

HIGHLIGHTS

  • RBI, Currency printing presses have not been able to keep pace with demand of new notes.
  • Banks are not in a position to disburse even current limit of Rs 24,000 per week.
  • Finance Secretary had said withdrawal cap would be will be reviewed after December 30.
NEW DELHI: Restrictions on withdrawal of cash from banks and ATMs are likely to continue beyond December 30 as currency printing presses and RBI have not been able to keep pace with the demand of new currency notes.

Sunday, December 25, 2016

AIAPS - TAMILNADU WISH YOU ALL VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS


Announcement of new Passport Rules

  • In order to streamline, liberalize and ease the process of issue of passport, the Ministry of External Affairs has taken a number of steps in the realm of passport policy which is expected to benefit the citizens of India applying for a passport. The details of these steps are given below:-

    PROOF OF DATE OF BIRTH
  • As per the extant statutory provisions of the Passport Rules, 1980, all the applicants born on or after 26/01/1989, in order to get a passport, had to, hitherto, mandatorily submit the Birth Certificate as the proof of Date of Birth (DOB). It has now been decided that all applicants of passports can submit any one of the following documents as the proof of DOB while submitting the passport application:

Saturday, December 24, 2016

7th CPC – Departmental Anomaly Committee Meeting

Meeting of the Departmental Anomaly Committee to discuss the anomalies arising out of the implementation of the 7th CPC in respect of Defence Civilian Employees

F.No.17(01)/2016-D(Div-I)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
(Department of Defence)

Sena Bhawan, New Delhi,
Dated: 20 December 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Meeting of the Departmental Anomaly Committee to discuss the anomalies arising out of the implementation of the 7th CPC in respect of Defence Civilian Employees

Monday, December 19, 2016

ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS-CWC-MISSION DIRECTORATE-MISSION CONCERNED MINISTRY- WERE HELD AT NEW DELHI FROM 14TH TO 16TH DEC 2016!!!

Dear Postal Supervisors and Postmasters,

All India Association of Postal Supervisors(AIAPS)-CWC - 14th to 16th Dec 2016 held at New Delhi

CWC was held from 14 to 16 December 2016 at New Delhi. Eleven All India Association of Postal Supervisors delegates from U.P, Telangana, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu have attended the CWC. 


          All India Vice President Smt.Savithri Venkateshan PM Grade III is preceded the CWC and our General secretary Shri.Manoj Bharadwaj APM have conducted the CWC in enthusiastic manner.

       All the attended delegates had briefly explained about the major 5 problems faced by the Postmaster cadre.

The following major problems faced by the Postmaster cadre were discussed in the CWC:

1. Higher stepped up Grade pay to PM 1/2/3/Sr.PM posts from the anomaly committee w.e.f 1.1.16.

2. Immediate implementation of Postmaster cadre restructure to enhance PM Grade 1/2/3/Sr.PM posts.

3. Immediate stopping of the Negative interpretation of PM cadre recruitment rules and allowing PM cadre officials to appear LDCE as like LSG officers.

4.Immediate amendment of PSS Group B recruitment rules to allot and enhancing PSS Group B posts to PM cadre.

5. All India PM Grade III seniority as per feeder grade seniority not as per the date of joining.

And the following remedial actions were also been discussed. 

    Till now, from the recognized forum none had represented our Postmaster cadre issues above things elaborately. So getting official meeting with the Postal directorate Administration and then to expedite the proceedings further meeting with honorable communication minister were also planned.

    As per the remedial actions derived by the AIAPS delegates, AIAPS team of 11 members had visited directorate on 15th December 2016.

Mission Directorate dated 15.12.2016

      Since we are having the recognized association banner, got the formal appointment with top level administration Member (P) Shri.Ashok Kumar Dash and have discussed about the 5 major problems gist.

  For that meeting, from the administration side Member (P), ADG(establishment), ADG(SPB) have participated and from the recognized association AIAPS staff side all the delegates have participated in that meeting. 

       Detailed memorandum on the 5 major problems faced by the Postmaster cadre officials with the remedial prayers had been submitted by hand to the Honourable Member (P) 



     Member (P) have assured to our recognized association to give the solid reply within the fortnight time

Mission-Ministry dated 16.12.2016

Encouraging usage of Debit Cards among Government employees-instructions regarding



Answer Key : LDCE PS Gr. B examination for the vacancy year 2012-13 to 2016-17 held on 18-12-2016

 ANSWER KEY FOR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 

LDCE for the promotion to the cadre of PS Gr. B for the vacancy year 2012-13 to 2016-17 held on 18-12-2016.

QUESTION BOOKLET SERIES : C

PAPER : I

Question No.
Question
Answer
101
Who was the flag bearer from India in the 2016 Rio Olympics?
A.   Abhinav Bindra
102
What is the India’s rank in the 2016 Global Innovation Index (GII)
B.   66
103
Who has been appointed as the new independent director on the board of India Post Payment Banks(IPPB)?
C.   R.S.Sodhi
104
Bishweshar Nandi, who has been chosen for the 2016 Dronacharya Award, is associated with which sports?
    B. Gymnastics
105
India has recently launched Akashvani Maitree channel for the listeners from which of the following neighbouring countries?

Friday, December 9, 2016

AIAPS- CWC at NEW DELHI ON 14,15,16 DECEMBER 2016

Dear Postmasters and beloved supervisors,

            AIAPS - CWC is proposed at New Delhi from 14.12.16 to 16.12.16 to discuss about the following agendas

1. Approving the minutes of 19th All India Conference of AIAPS(GL) held at Hyderabad from 08.09.2015 to 11.09.2015

2. Problems of Postmaster cadre officials.

3. Position of amendments to the constitution of AIAPS(GL) passed during 19th AIC 

4. Adjoining the Postmaster cadre to Supervisory association

5. Regular remittance of quota money to CHQ for smooth running of association.

6. Organisational review regarding position of units and enrolment of new members etc.

7. Any other item with the permission of the chair.

           So Dear Postmasters and beloved supervisors willing officers may kindly be attended this CWC as per their own accommodation and their own leave arrangements. 

-G/S AIAPS CHQ
CWC notice of AIAPS is furnished below:

AIAPS- CWC at NEW DELHI ON 14,15,16 DECEMBER 2016

Dear Postmasters and beloved supervisors,

            AIAPS - CWC is proposed at New Delhi from 14.12.16 to 16.12.16 to discuss about the following agendas

1. Approving the minutes of 19th All India Conference of AIAPS(GL) held at Hyderabad from 08.09.2015 to 11.09.2015

2. Problems of Postmaster cadre officials.

3. Position of amendments to the constitution of AIAPS(GL) passed during 19th AIC 

4. Adjoining the Postmaster cadre to Supervisory association

5. Regular remittance of quota money to CHQ for smooth running of association.

6. Organisational review regarding position of units and enrolment of new members etc.

7. Any other item with the permission of the chair.

           So Dear Postmasters and beloved supervisors willing officers may kindly be attended this CWC as per their own accommodation and their own leave arrangements. 

-Tamilnadu AIAPS Team
CWC notice of AIAPS is furnished below:

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Guidelines on treatment of effect of penalties on promotion — role of Departmental Promotion Committee

Please click here to view the DOPT order

The above order is mentioned to refer in the latest clarifications

7th CPC: Finmin gets 2 months more to issue higher allowances notification

“The October-November month is the scheduled for issuing notification for the Finance Ministry, but the time was extended by 2 months because the cash crunch on account of demonetisation, which is taking time to get normality. Therefor,unless the banks can begin to function with a modicum of efficiency, the government will not issue notification on higher allowances to save demonetisation chaos,” the official said.

From now, no OTP will be required for payments under Rs 2,000

In a move that will make it easier for cab aggregators like Uber and Ola and other online merchants to accept cards, the RBI has relaxed two-factor authentication for online payments below Rs 2,000. 

The RBI's insistence on a second factor authentication (in the form of a one-time password, or OTP) had prompted cab aggregators to tie up with digital wallets like Paytm. While customers can even now pay by card, they need to wait for a text message containing the OTP before concluding the transaction.In future, if they register with the merchant, they can complete the payment by entering a password authenticated by the card network. 

S B Order No.14 / 2016 regarding cash requirements of Post Offices

CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 - Clarification regarding effect of warning, censure etc on promotion.

Friday, December 2, 2016

GRANTING OF PROVISIONAL PENSION AT REVISED RATES FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNDER SUSPENSION/DEPARTMENTAL PROCEEDINGS

Withdrawal of Legal Tender from SBNs: RBI cautions against Information received on Unsecured/Unofficial Channels

In the wake of withdrawal of legal tender character from the Specified Bank Notes (SBNs), the Reserve Bank of India has, from time to time, been issuing instructions to the banks which are sent directly to banks through an official mail. These are also placed on the Reserve Bank’s official website (https://www.rbi.org.in).

It has been reported that certain guidelines/instructions purported to be issued by the Reserve Bank are being circulated in the social media by some unscrupulous elements creating confusion in the minds of the public/bank personnel.

Indian Postal Service officer under scanner for fraudulent transactions

HYDERABAD: Indian Postal Service (IPoS) officer K Sudheer Babu reportedly made fraudulent cash exchange transactions at different post offices in Greater Hyderabad, according to investigators, in fresh revelations following raids at post offices.

On interrogating Babu, the senior superintendent of post offices, Hyderabad, CBI sleuths found that in addition to exchanging 36 lakh demonetised currency in a fraudulent manner at Himayatnagar sub-post office, in cahoots with his office assistant G Ravi Teja and Himayatnagar sub-postmaster G Revathi, the IPoS officer had also exchanged lakhs of rupees of demonetised currency at other post offices in his jurisdiction.

Holiday to be observed in Administrative/Operative Offices during the year 2017 - TN Circle



Thursday, December 1, 2016

Revised date for holding of PS Gr. B examination is 18-12-2016

PS Group-B Examination scheduled to be held on 04/12/2016 has been postponed

FAQ on Specified Bank Notes – Emergency needs of cash then what I should do?

I have emergency needs of cash (hospitalisation, travel, life saving medicines) then what I should do?
Till the December 15, 2016, specified banknotes of only 500 denomination can be used as under:—

PM Grade Petitioners will do the needful to re-present the case again at Supreme court if not allowed them in the upcoming PSS Group B exams!!!

Dear Postmasters,

           Because of the learned counsel's defects, supreme court case was dismissed against the plea of Postmaster Grade officials to allow them in PSS Group B exams.

            How ever petitioners will represent the case again, with another counsel soon.

Case history:
Hon'ble Madras CAT had given the verdicts favorable to the Postmaster Grade Officials to allow them to appear in PSS Group B during 2012

Hon'ble Madras High Court had given the verdicts favorable to the Department in the appeal suit during 2014.

The Case was again appealed to the Supreme court during the period of 2015, and that was not properly put forth to the supreme court by the learned counsel.

Supreme court order copy is furnished below:

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

REGISTER SHOULD BE MAINTAINED FOR THE LEGAL TENDER NOTES DEPOSITS - RBI GUIDELINES

Respected Sir/Madam,

Please find attached the RBI Notification regarding relaxation in the limit of withdrawal of cash from bank deposit accounts. The instructions of RBI stipulates that withdrawals may be allowed for deposits made in current legal tender notes on or after 29.11.2016 beyond the current limits preferably, available higher denomination bank notes of Rs. 2000/- and 500/- are to be issued for such withdrawals. 

This instructions of RBI is applicable only for those depositors who deposits valid legal tender notes and seeking withdrawal, for whom the current limit of (Rs. 24000/-) is relaxed. 

The following are the procedure to be followed:-

1.The withdrawal exceeding the current limits may be allowed only in the home SOL of the account holder.

2.The Finacle application should validate the withdrawals exceeding the limit for those depositors who deposit the current legal tender notes on or after 29.11.2016. For this purpose a Patch needs to be deployed.

3.The counter PA should maintain a separate register for entering details of such deposit transactions.

The proforma of the register is as follows:-

S.No.
Date
Name of the Account Holder
SB Account Number
Amount Deposited through current legal tender notes
Deno. of legal tender notes
Counter PA Sign.
PM/SPM/ Counter Supervisor Signature, Date and amount of withdrawal, if any


4. The depositors who are depositing current legal tender notes on or after 29.11.2016 should write the denomination of currency notes on the pay in slip.

5. After acceptance of deposit by post office, the concerned PA should acknowledge the tendering of currency notes on the back side of the counterfoil of the pay in slip and write the Sl. No. of the entry in above mentioned register.

6. While allowing withdrawal the Counter PA should consult the prescribed Register and make necessary entries for the cash withdrawal from the respective account.

7. Counter PA should maintain the details of cash received and remitted to Treasurer separately for WOS Notes and Current Legal Notes.

CEPT team/FSI vendor is requested to put in place necessary validation by deploying a Patch in Finacle application. Further detail will be intimated in due course. 

In the meanwhile, necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned. 

With regards,

Sachin Kishore
Director (CBS)
Sansad Marg,
Dak Bhavan

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Hon'ble CAT Ernakulam Bench directed Department to hold examination separately for each vacancy year



Cabinet moves in to tax post demonetisation deposits.

The Union Cabinet on Thursday night is believed to have discussed amending laws to levy close to 60 per cent income tax on unaccounted deposits in banks above a threshold post demonetisation of high-denomination currency notes.

The move comes amid banks reporting over Rs. 21,000 crore being deposited in zero-balance Jan Dhan accounts in two weeks after the Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes were banned, which authorities apprehend may be the laundered black money.

There was no official briefing on what transpired in the meeting that was called at short notice as Parliament is in session. Traditionally, there could no disclosures outside on any policy decision taken during the sitting of Parliament.

Withdrawal of cash from bank deposit accounts - Relaxation

RBI/2016-17/163
DCM.No.1437/10.27.00/2016-17

November 28, 2016

The Chairman / Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer,
Public Sector Banks/ Private Sector Banks / Foreign Banks / 
Regional Rural Banks / Urban Cooperative Banks/
State Cooperative Banks/ District Central Cooperative Banks

Dear Sir,
Withdrawal of cash from bank deposit accounts - Relaxation

LDCE : PS Gr 'B' Examination Material compiled by Sri C C Chaluvaraya Assistant Manager (ASP) CEPT Mysore....

Monday, November 28, 2016

Directorate directed circles not to issue admit cards for PS Gr. B examination but preparatory work continue

Subject: PS Group B Exam to be held on 04.12.2016

Respected Sir/Madam,

This is regarding conduct of the P.S. Group B Examination scheduled to be held on 04.12.2016

2. It is informed that CAT Ernakulam Bench has issued following directions dated 24.11.2016 in OA No. 180/953/2016 filed by Sh. Ajith Kurian, ASP, CO Kerala and others:-

Minimum Balance in Savings Accounts

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide its circular dated August 10, 2012 on Financial Inclusion – Access to Banking Services – Basic Saving Bank Deposit Account, advised all Scheduled Commercial Banks to offer a ‘Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account’ which shall not have the requirement of any minimum balance. In terms of aforesaid circular, banks have been advised to offer Facility of ATM card or ATM-cum-Debit Card to all BSBD account holders without any charges.

7th Pay Commission: Enhanced allowances with arrears to be paid in January

New Delhi: The government is going to pay of enhanced allowances to its 4.8 million central government employees according to 7th Pay Commission recommendations in January along with five months arrears, when situation will return to normalcy after cash crunch period.

The payments will be made after cabinet nod following the the committee on allowances report, the finance ministry source said.

Meager financial Benefit of 14% in 7th CPC - Parliament Q & A

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1755
ANSWERED ON: 25.11.2016

Meager Benefits of 7th CPC

PINAKI MISRA
Will the Minister of

FINANCE be pleased to state:-

(a) whether the Government employees got only a meager financial benefit of 14 per cent or less after implementation of 7th CPC;

(b) if so, the details of percentage of salary they got before and after implementation of Seventh CPC and the reasons for such meager hike in their salaries; and

Goa will be First State to go Cashless from December 31, 2016

Highlights

While cash transactions are not being banned, the move is to encourage a cashless society. 
People will be able to buy perishables such as fish, meat, vegetables or anything else at the press of a button on their mobile.


PANAJI: Goa is likely to become the first state in India to go cashless from December 31, as people will be able to buy perishables such as fish, meat, vegetables or anything else at the press of a button on their mobile. 

Withdrawal of cash per week - RBI Instructions on 25.11.2016

RBI/2016-17/158
DCM (Plg) No.1424/10.27.00/2016-16

November 25, 2016
To,
The Chairman / Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer,
Public Sector Banks/ Private Sector Banks / Foreign Banks/ Regional Rural
Banks / Urban Cooperative Banks/ State Cooperative Banks/ District Central Cooperative Banks

Dear Sir,

Withdrawal of cash – Weekly limit

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Guidelines on treatment of effect of penalties on promotion - role of Departmental Promotion Committee.

To view DoPT OM dated 21st November 2016, please CLICK HERE. 

Declaration of undisclosed Black Money

Declaration of undisclosed Black Money
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Finance

22-November-2016 17:53 IST 

A total number of 64,275* declarants have made declaration of undisclosed income of Rs.65,250* crore under the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016. (*Provisional). Under the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 the amount of tax, surcharge and penalty is payable in three instalments. The notified date for payment of first instalment is 30th November, 2016. Hence, the quantum of tax collected as part of the Scheme cannot be quantified at this stage.

Government has taken several measures, by way of policy initiatives and enforcement action, to curb black money. Such measures include –

PM invites views from the people, on decision taken regarding currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Prime Minister's Office

22-November-2016 13:33 IST 

PM invites views from the people, on decision taken regarding currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has invited views from the people, on the recent decision taken by the Union Government regarding currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000. 

People can submit their views through a survey consisting of 10 questions, which is available through the Narendra Modi App. Sharing the link to this survey, the Prime Minister tweeted today that he wants a first-hand view from the people, regarding this decision. 

Cadre Restructuring of Group 'C' employees in Department of Posts - Clarification - reg.

To view, please CLICK HERE. 

Regarding exchange of currency notes at post offices - DO from Directorate

Government Committee for consideration of issues of 7th CPC recommendations

Government Committee for consideration of issues of 7th CPC recommendations

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-713
ANSWERED ON-22.11.2016

Government Committee for consideration of issues of 7th CPC recommendations

713 . Shri Neeraj Shekhar

(a) whether Group of Ministers including Union Minister for Finance had assured the representatives of various trade unions/JCM to set up a Committee to consider the demand of revision of Minimum Wage and Fitment Formula under 7th CPC with a mandate to finalize its report within four months;
(b) if so, the present status of the Committee;
(c) the reasons for the delay in report by the said Committee even after elapsing of more than four months;
(d) whether the Committee on Allowances has finalized its report;
(e) if so, the details thereof along with the salient recommendations thereof; and
(f) if not, the reasons therefor?

Efficient booking, transmission and delivery arrangements for parcels during upcoming festive season - reg

SB order no 13/2016 dated 23.11.16 to accept WOS notes only in SB accounts

Withholding Annual Increments of Non-performers after 20 Years

Press Information Bureau 
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

23-November-2016 17:04 IST 

Pay Hike

     The 7th Central Pay Commission in its Report contained in Para 5.1.46 titled 'Withholding Annual Increments of Non-performers after 20 Years' has inter-alia recommended for withholding of annual increments in the case of those employees who are not able to meet the benchmark either for Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) or a regular promotion within the first 20 years of their service. The Government of India vide Resolution No.1-2/2016-IC dated 25.7.2016 has accepted this recommendation. 

Sunday, November 20, 2016

10 developments after Rs.500/1000 demonetisation


Here’s a round-up of all the important developments

Ten days after demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there seems to be little respite for those thronging ATMs and banks to withdraw or exchange what is now illegal tender.
Here’s a round-up of all the important developments:

1. On November 19, banks served only their respective customers and did not exchange old notes from customers of other banks. However, the restriction was not applicable to senior citizens.

2. The Supreme Court on Friday warned that there “may be riots” and refused the government’s plea to stay cases filed against demonetisation in High Courts and lower courts across the country, saying “how can we shut our doors to people when there is a problem of such magnitude.”

3. The exchange limit has been reduced to Rs. 2,000 to ease some pressure on cash demand. Families can withdraw up to Rs. 2,50,000 for weddings.

4. The withdrawal limit from ATMs has been increased from Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 2,500, but this will apply only to the recalibrated ATMs.

5. Several measures were announced to ease the burden on farmers. To ensure sowing in the Rabi season, the government has allowed farmers to withdraw Rs. 25,000 a week against crop loan/kisan credit card. Traders in agricultural mandis will be permitted to draw Rs. 50,000 in cash per week to pay for sundry expenses like wages. While the time limit for payment of crop loan insurance premium has been extended by 15 days, government employees up to Group C have been given an option to draw salary advance in cash.

6. To stop repeat money exchange with invalid currency notes, banks have started applying indelible ink mark on the right index finger of customers in select metro cities.

7. Following the move, the Election Commission asked the Central government to continue its use of indelible ink at banks, but in keeping with the EC’s directions.

8. The exemption deadline for all those services allowed to accept the old Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes was extended to November 24 midnight. These services include petrol pumps, pharmacies, and utility services amongst others.

9. Parliament saw repeated disruptions over the issue. Both Houses ended up being adjourned on the second day of the winter session after Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s remarks comparing deaths in this period to those in the Uri attacks. MoS for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi demanded an apology from Mr. Azad, stalling business further.

10. Cash seizures from across the country have increased since the demonetisation announcement.