14 Mar
Defense Exams

Government releases revised pensionary benefits under OROP to over two lakh defence pensioners

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NEW DELHI: The government on Monday released revised pensionary benefits under One Rank One Pension (OROP) to over two lakh beneficiaries drawing service or disability pension. The amount along with first instalment of arrears had been released and credited by the Defence Ministry to the accounts of pensioners on March 1, 2016.

“In the case of remaining 1,46,335 family pensioners drawing pension from Departmental Pension Drawing Officers ( DPDOs), payment along with arrears is expected to be released by March end. Banks are under process of revision work,” a Ministry of Defence press release explains.

The total additional annual financial increase for grant of One Rank One Pension (OROP) is Rs 7488.70 crores. The total amount on account of arrears to be paid for the period July 1, 2014 to December 31, 2015 is Rs 10925.11 crores.

The release states,” Out of total annual liability of Rs 7488.70 crores, Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR) family pensioners shall get Rs 6,405.59 crores, which works out to 85.5% of total expenditure of OROP.”

Due to increase in defence pension budget, the additional liability for current financial year 2015-16 shall be Rs 4,721.34 crores which will increase the current defence pension liability of Rs 60,238 crores to Rs. 64,959.34 crores for the year 2015-16.

06 Mar
IPCI Info

Kanhaiya Kumar’s speech: Here are the top 10 quotes

The student leader in his fiery address took a dig at PM Modi, the BJP, Smriti Irani and RSS along with emphasizing his stand on wanting “freedom in India, not freedom from India”. Here are the top 10 quotes from his speech:

# We will fight for Umar (Khalid) and Anirban (Bhattacharya). Let the courts decide what is ‘deshdroh’ (anti-national) and what is ‘deshbhakti’ (patriotism), Madam Smriti Irani will not decide this because we are not her children.

# Modiji was talking about Stalin and Khrushchev in Parliament. When I heard him speaking I felt like jumping into the TV screen, grabbing his suit and saying — ‘Modiji, please speak about Hitler a little’. Forget about Hitler, talk about Mussolini whose black cap you wear, who (RSS founder M S) Golwalkar sahab went to meet.

# They said I raised slogans about freedom. They asked me why I wanted freedom from India. But I want to set this straight. I do not want freedom from India, but freedom in India.

# Modiji tweeted Satyamev Jayate. I also say ‘PMji, I have huge differences in opinion with you, but Satyamev Jayate is from the Constitution. Today, I also say to you Satyamev Jayate’.

# A BJP MP in parliament said that ‘jawans are dying on the border’. I want to ask you. Is your brother there? In this country, the crores of farmers who are dying.

# Do not try to separate the constable, the farmer, the soldier, poor people like me, by creating distorted binaries. I salute the soldiers but have you ever thought of their families, the families of farmers who are forced to commit suicide?

# I told my mother that she took a nice dig at Modiji. But my mother said she was not taking a dig at him, she was only expressing her pain. Those who understand that pain, cry, and those who do not understand, laugh.

# If you speak against this anti-people government, then their cyber-cell will send doctored videos, they will abuse you and count how many condoms there are in your dustbin.

# 69 per cent of the country do not believe in your (BJP) ideology. Even the 31 per cent who voted for you were fooled by your jumla. We Indians forget easily but we still remember all the ‘jumla’ used during election campaign.

# All this was planned. All this was planned to derail the movement seeking justice for Rohith Vemula and Occupy UGC (the recent agitation against the proposed scrapping of PhD fellowships). I have not said this before, but my family earns Rs 3,000 a month. Without JNU, I would not be able to do a PhD.

07 Nov
IPCI Info

CDS Previous year question paper English-2015

The “Combined Defence Services”Examination (CDS) is conducted twice a year by the Union Public Service Commission for recruitment into the Indian Military Academy, Officers Training Academy, Indian Naval Academy and Indian Air Force Academy. The Notification for the examination is usually released in the months of October and June, and the examinations are conducted in February and November respectively. Only unmarried graduates are eligible to sit for the exam. Successful candidates are admitted into the respective Academies after an interview conducted by the Services Selection Board (SSB).

Click here to download: CDS Previous year English paper

07 Nov
Defense Exams

UPSC CDS 2016 (I) Entrance Exam Dates | UPSC CDS Examination Notification 2016

Combined Defence Service exam is conducted by Union Public Service Commission twice every year for recruitment to office cadre of the Army, Navy and Air force.
Candidates qualifying the written test are interviewed by the Service Selection Board and if finally selected, depending upon the choice given by the candidates and their merit list ranking, are sent to one of the following institutes for orientation training:
(a) Indian Military Academy , Dehradun
(b) Naval Academy, Goa
(c) Air Force Academy, Begumpet, Hyderabad
(d) Officers Training Academy ,
Chennai (e)
Officers Training Academy, Chennai 18th SSC Women (Non­Technical)
Women candidates are eligible for OTA (Officers Training Academy, Chennai) only
Those joining the first three institutes get permanent commission. Cadets passing out of Officers Training Academy get short service commission. Applicants are required to mention their preferences while filling up the application forms

Date of CDS exam 14th Feb 2016
Objective of CDS Recruitment into Army, Navy and Air Force.
Courses for which CDS Exam is conducted Permanent Commission (PC) Courses:-> Indian Military Academy (IMA Course at Dehradun), Indian Naval Academy (INA Course at Ezhimala), Indian Airforce Academy (IFA Course at Hyderabad).
Short Service Commission (SSC) Course:-> Officers Training Academy (SSC Non Technical Course for Men), Officers Training Academy (SSC Non-Technical Course for Women) at Chennai
Course Starting Date a) 1st Jan 2017 for IMA, INA and Air Force
b) April 2017 for Officers Training Academy
Selection Procedure Two Stages ( Stage I-> Written Test), Stage II ->5 day SSB Interview Procedure (to be held tentatively in Aug 2016))
Vacancies (200 for IMA, 45 for INA, 32 for Air force, 175 for OTA -Males, 05 for OTA -females) -Total 457
Mode of Applying ONLY Online (www.upsconline.nic.in)
Date of Notification 7th Nov 2015
Last date for filling of application 4th Dec 2015 till 11:59 P.M
Any Documents to be submitted NO (However, the documents will be required if a candidate qualifies for Stage II – SSB Interviews)
Fees Rs 200 (fee exempted for Females, SC, ST)
Eligibility Criteria -Educational qualifications a) For IMA, any graduate
b) For INA, degree in Engineering required
c) For AFA, degree in Engg OR any graduate (but with Physics/Maths at 10+2 level)
d) For OTA (both Men & Women), any gradutae
Any one in the final year can ALSO apply. (However, the certificates need to be submitted by 13th Nov 2016 for PC courses and by 1st Feb 2017 for SSC Courses
Eligibility Criteria – Date of Birth (DoB) for CDS -Feb 2016 a) For IMA, DoB should be from 2nd Jan 1993 to 1st Jan 1998.
b) For INA, DOB should be from 2nd Jan 1993 to 1st Jan 1998.
c) For AFA, DoB should be from 2nd Jan 1993 to 1st Jan 1997
d) For OTA (Men), DOB should be from 2nd Jan 1992 to 1st Jan 1998
e) For OTA (Women), DoB should be from 2nd Jan 1992 to 1st Jan 1998
Exam Pattern Maths (100 qs, 2 hrs), English (120 qs, 2 hrs), GK (120 qs, 2 hrs). Each paper (100 marks). However, any one applying for OTA will have to appear for ONLY English & GK
Type of questions Multiple Choice Questions (Paper based test)
Number of Questions/Marks Maths (100 qs), English (120 qs), GK (120 qs):-> 100 marks for each paper.
Number of choices for each question 4 (a, b, c, d), Only one answer correct
Negative marking One-third of the marks assigned to the question
Cut off marks for getting a call for Stage II (Interviews) It varies across the year. In 2014, it was 99 marks for IMA and Navy , 129 marks for Airforce, 78 marks (out of 200) for Officers Training Academy
Number of cities (written test) 41

notification more details: CDS-I-2016

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