During the period from 1988 to 2006 a number of new schemes were introduced and some oldschemes discontinued. The new scheme introduced were (i) Indira Vikas Partra Rules (ii) National SavingsCertificates (VIII-Issue) Rules (iii) Kisan Vikas Patra Rules, 1992 and (v) Senior Citizen Savings SchemeRules, 2004. The schemes discontinued were (1) C.T.D Schemes (2) National Savings Scheme Rules,1987(3) National Savings Scheme Rules, 1992 (4) Indira Vikas Patra Rules, (5) Social Security CertificatesRules (6) 6-year National Savings Certificates Rules (VI Issue) and (VII-Issue). The rules of only currentschemes have been kept in these Manuals as the rules of discontinued schemes are of no use now and can bereferred to in the old Manuals, if any, necessity arises.The Manuals are corrected up to 31
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December, 2006 and all the changes in rules and proceduresmade in these schemes have been inorporated thus making the Manuals quite up to date. These Manuals aremeant for use by the operative, supervising and inspecting staff of the Post Offices in order to ensure thatcorrect procedures are followed by the staff and correct information is given to the public. The Manuals willbecome very useful in the daily use by the staff.Ms. Rameshwari HandaDy. Director General (Financial Services).5.2007