Field offices to remain open till midnight on 31st March

As the last date of making declaration under PMGKY is 31st March 2017, CBDT directs the designated offices for receiving the declaration shall remain open on 31st March 2017 till midnight in all jurisdictions throughout the country.
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Relaxation of recruitment rule for promotion from STG Gr III to Gr II

CBDT granted an one time relaxation from 5 years to 4 years in the regular service for promotion from erstwhile Stenographer Grade III to Stenographer Grade II (Pre revised Grade pay Rs 2400 to Rs 4200).
The relaxation will be available for vacancy year 2017-18.
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Re examination of Miniisterial Examination Paper II (Office Procedure)

Re examination of  the paper II ( Office procedure ), Ministerial Staff Exam 2016 will be conducted on 19th March 2017.
In the original exam, there were reports of shortage of books supplied. Therefore, CBDT agreed to conduct the exam again for those candidates who could not qualify the exam. Those who qualified in the original examination , need not to re appear in the re-exam and their marks will stand.
All officers in charge of exam have been instructed to ensure sufficient number of books available.
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Update on exam after training for newly promoted ITOs

Update on 03/03/2017 : Click here for the finalized exam rules.
It is learnt from reliable sources that proposed examination for newly promoted ITOs after training at RTI is going to take place soon. This examination was earlier kept in abeyance for some time for formulation of examination rules.
As informed by sources, CBDT formed the guideline for the exam. It is now delinked from getting future increment. Earlier it was suggested that unless an ITO qualifies the exam, his/her increment will be stopped. Now that condition will be no more. But after completion of training, the exam will be mandatory. It is reported that the ITO will not be posted as an Assessing Officer until he clears the examination.
The examination and evaluation will be done by Regional Training Institutes. At least 85% attendance in the training programme may be a mandatory criteria. The qualifying percentage will be 60% for General candidates and 55% for Reserved candidates.