21 August 2015
A Web-Based Portal VIZ. Vidya Lakshmi (www.vidyalakshmi.co.in) Launched for Students Seeking Educational Loans;
First Portal of Its Kind Providing Single Window for Students to Access Information and Make Application for Educational Loans Provided by Banks as well as for Government Scholarships
A web-based portal viz. Vidya Lakshmi (www.vidyalakshmi.co.in) was launched on the occasion of Independence Day i.e. 15th August, 2015 for the benefit of students seeking Educational Loans. The Portal has been developed and maintained by NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited (NSDL e-Gov) under the guidance of Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development and Indian Banks’ Association (IBA).
Earlier the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in the Union Budget for 2015-16inter-alia had proposed to set-up a fully IT based Student Financial Aid Authority to administer and monitor Scholarship as well as Educational Loan Schemes, through the Pradhan Mantri Vidya Lakshmi Karyakram (PMVLK) to ensure that no student misses out on higher education for lack of funds. The launch of the aforesaid Portal is a first step towards achieving this objective,
Vidya Lakshmi Portal is a first of its kind portal providing single window for Students to access information and make application for Educational Loans provided by Banks as also Government Scholarships. The Portal has the following features:
- Information about Educational Loan Schemes of Banks;
- Common Educational Loan Application Form for Students;
- Facility to apply to multiple Banks for Educational Loans;
- Facility for Banks to download Students’ Loan Applications;
- Facility for Banks to upload loan processing status;
- Facility for Students to email grievances/queries relating to Educational
- Loans to Banks;
- Dashboard facility for Students to view status of their loan application and
- Linkage to National Scholarship Portal for information and application for
- Government Scholarships.
So far, 13 Banks have registered 22 Educational Loan Schemes on the Vidya Lakshmi Portal and 5 Banks viz; SBI, IDBI Bank, Bank of India, Canara Bank & Union Bank of India have integrated their system with the Portal for providing loan processing status to students. This initiative aims to bring on board all Banks providing Educational Loans. It is expected that students throughout the country will be benefited by this initiative of the Government by making available a single window for access to various Educational Loan Schemes of all Banks.
'Jeevan Pramaan’, the Aadhaar-based Digital Life Certification system, for Pensioners
Press
Information Bureau
Government
of India
Ministry
of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
20-August-2015 13:35 IST
The
Government has asked banks to achieve weekly targets set for the purpose of
enabling “Jeevan Pramaan” – an “Aadhaar-based Digital Life Certification system
for Pensioners so as to cover at least 50% in next 2-3 weeks. Pensioners can
approach their paying branches with the PPO, Aadhaar card and bank pass book
for trouble-free seeding of Pensioners’ Aadhaar number in their bank
account.
Various
steps are being taken by the Government to sensitize pensioners and bank
branches to link up the Aadhaar number, PPO number and bank account number. All
pension disbursing banks observed 1st to 7th August, 2015 as ‘Aadhaar Seeding
Week for Pensioners.’ All through the week, priority was given to pensioners
visiting the bank branches for seeding Aadhaar number in their bank account.
Besides, five camps were organised from 13th to 17th July, 2015 at different
locations covering Delhi, NOIDA and Faridabad to facilitate seeding of Aadhaar
number in the bank accounts of pensioners. All banks participated in these camps.
Facility was also provided by UIDAI for on-the-spot registration for Aadhaar
numbers.
Conventionally,
pensioners are required to give a Life Certificate to the pension disbursing
authority in November, every year – either by presenting themselves before the
Branch Manager or by means of a Certificate issued by a Gazetted Officer or
other designated authorities.
The
“Jeevan Pramaan” – an “Aadhaar-based Digital Life Certification system with an
objective to facilitate on-line submission of Life Certificate by pensioners,
was launched by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 10th November, 2014.
This facility is in addition to the other existing methods of submitting Life
Certificates. It is hoped that all pensioners who have Aadhaar numbers will make
use of this additional facility of biometric life certification.
With
“Jeevan Pramaan” the pensioners and family pensioners need not visit the
pension disbursing agency or Gazetted/designated authority for submission of
Life Certificates. The Life Certificates may be submitted from personal
computers and laptops at home or by visiting a conveniently located Common
Service Centre or the nearest branch of any pension disbursing bank. There are
about 55,000 branches of pension disbursing banks and 40,000 Common Service
Centres throughout the country. Submission of Digital Life Certificate also
ensures authenticity of pension payments.
19 August 2015
17 August 2015
Unit allotment of newly recruited Postman officials
The under mentioned Postman candidates who were provisionally appointed as Postman w.e.f 03.08.2015 vide this office memo no. B2 PM/ Open
Market/2014 dated 29.07.2015 and undergoing training from 03.08.2015 to
12.08.2015 at Namakkal HO are allotted to the Unit noted against them, at
the request of the candidates:
Sl.No
|
Candidate S/s
|
Community
|
Date of Birth
|
Selected against
|
Unit allotted
|
1.
|
D.Yoganathan,
S/o Dhandapani,
Komarapalayam 638183
|
OBC
|
15.11.1985
|
OBC
|
Komarapalayam S.O unit
|
2.
|
N.Sathishkumar,
S/o Natarajan,
Sellappampatti 637019
|
OBC
|
06.12.1992
|
UR
|
Namakkal HO unit
|
3.
|
A.Shankar,
S/o Appusamy,
Koothampoondi,
Elachipalayam 637202
|
OBC
|
21.06.1990
|
UR
|
Namakkal HO unit
|
4 August 2015
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