Police Verification Certificate in Bangalore (PVC/PCC)

I'm writing this short post with the intention of helping anyone who might be wondering how to get a Police Verification Certificate (PVC) or a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) in Bangalore. Usually if you are working in a Govt. or a Private sector company, your employer might ask you to submit one just to verify your background and make sure that you have a clean record.

To begin with, though the form can be downloaded online, you still need to visit in person to submit the form along with the required documents to verify your address and identity. For collecting the PVC, it is not mandatory that you should go in person.

Download the form here.

1. Fill the form with all the details.
2. Make sure that the present address or the address you are going to verify is same as the address in the proof you are providing. (Aadhar/passport/voters id/ration card..). It will be cross verified at the time of submission and they will not accept your document even in case of slight changes.
3. Carry 2-3 passport size photographs out of which one of them needs to be affixed on the form.
4. After filling the form, based on the option you have selected, go to a Bangalore One office (available even inside the commissioner office called Single Window), pay the amount there and get the receipt (green color receipt). You may have to pay Rs. 5 or 10 extra as their charges.
5. Write the Bangalore One receipt number in the form.
6. So you need something that proves your photo identity, address and date of birth. Choose what will meet all these requirements.

Now you can go to office of commissioner at Infantry Road, Bangalore. Since they have separated the counters for submission of PVC and collection of PVC, the wait is less. Though they say the office starts at 10 am, you can guess by what time they will really start. Go around 12 noon and you shouldn't be having much queue.

1. Stand in queue with your documents.
2. The person sitting at the counter will check your documents.
3. A receipt will be provided once the person completes verification process.
4. They say you will get it in 25 days but expect 30-35 days. You will receive a message when it is ready.
5. If you have asked for address verification, you can expect police from nearest station on your doorsteps or they might call you and you should go visit the station with one or two photographs.

Some things I noticed

• Since it is Bangalore and people mostly live on rent, you can make do with a rental agreement. Carry the original and a copy. If you are living as a Paying Guest, you again make a rental agreement with the owners and get it signed by them. If you are staying with your uncle, you still need to make a rental agreement with him as the owner and you as the tenant. 
• What if you are married and every document relating to address is in your wife's name? Take a copy of your marriage certificate, along with that take a copy of your wife's identity proof and copy of rental agreement/possesion certificate/telephone bills or any other document. That should do the trick. 
• There is an enquiry counter to the left as you enter the hall. You can ask for help there and the person sitting there is quite helpful. 

Please note that PVC/PCC for immigration purpose is different. For that you can go directly to PSK (Passport Seva Kendra) by booking an appointment online. Ask Google, he knows everything.

I hope this post has been helpful for you. Use the comment section for anything you want to know further. 

How hard can it be?

There is this one thing I tried to escape from,in the early days of my life. I'm sure I share this feeling of hatred with a lot of people.

Politics.

I hated hearing about Politics while my father used to sit and debate with his friends, my childhood memories. I managed to carry that feeling in me until recent times, I realized that there is no way to ignore it completely. It affects your life one way or the other. As a citizen of any country, you exercise certain rights; electing a new leader by the process of voting is one of them. The policies that leader makes decides whether you prosper or you suffer. Such is my understanding about Politics now.

Recently we had elections in Southern states of India. I belong to the hand kerchief look alike state to the south. I am a native of that place though I haven't stayed much there. Coming back to the original topic of discussion, now that election was done with, the Communist party got their lead and they came to rule. Good for them.

So what is it about the title of this post? It's simple...How hard can it be? to select a right person. Not a rocket science I guess. I'm not talking about any political party specifically, but in general.

Few years back, a video jockey who was going on the streets asking people, whom they would consider voting for got some funny responses. Some people would vote for a certain candidate because he was cute. Some people would vote for a candidate because he was from their same caste...Seriously? Some college student answered saying that she would vote for the candidate who is oldest because she would love to get a day off, if in case he gets elected a minister and would die.

We all love our family, our friends, our relatives, our partners; I have no doubt. But we are not even close to being patriotic. If we had even a bit of love for the state or the country we lived in, we would have been a bit more sensible, and not voting for the wrong people and letting them do whatever they want. We have destroyed our state/country with our disastrous choices. If you are unhappy with the political scenario, then vote for the right person.

People stick to one political party. They show their loyalty to that party irrespective of whoever the candidate is. More loyalty should be shown towards the state or the country. Isn't it better to choose a candidate who would actually use tax payers money to better the current scenario? Maybe he is from a different political party or from a different caste than ours, who cares; as long as he has a progressive mindset and free from corruption. That's all we should be worried about. .

Every candidate should have an agenda and when they come to ask for vote, how many of us have actually asked them what their plans are for the next five years, if they happen to get the majority votes and come to power? Not many... How many of us have actually bothered checking for the background of that candidate, the educational qualifications of the person etc etc. Not many.

My only hope is that people vote wisely in the future. Use 'NOTA' (none of the above) option if they are not sure. If we need to grow and progress, we need right people at the right places. Hence vote responsibly.

End of rant.

Travelling in OLA cabs…

There was a time when debates used to be reserved to a time when we were free and debates/discussions usually happened between friends over small topics related to life. But all those times it used to happen in person ie face to face.

Thanks to whatsapp groups, now we have our discussions or debates anytime of the day. It only matters who is up for it. Sometimes these discussions have seen all of them voting for or against it. One of such example was drinking a couple of beers and driving back home. Everyone came to a conclusion that, we could hire a cab and go back home rather than put ourselves and the other road users in trouble. At the same time came the topic of hiring cabs. OlaCabs were new in Cochin then, but couple of my friends had already tried and tested their service and were quite positive about the service they offered. The first thing that surprised me was how did Ola even start their service in Cochin, and I was pretty glad to know that Cochin is quite a well reputed city after the metros in India.

The surprises didn’t stop there, but we also know that Cochin is an IT hub, not matching the likes of Banglore but in its own rights. One of my friend said that there were IT engineers who were quitting their job and joining Ola and Uber. The pay is amazing and matches the IT field. I was fascinated and I wanted to know more about Ola.

How do I book their services? What were the rates?

The booking is done through the OlaCabs app that you can get via their website. You just go ahead and download the app.

We can either book a ride 1 hour or more in advance and we have an option for booking an instant ride, wherein the app will show the hatch/sedan available to the nearest location to you. We have the option of selecting one. The rate is something like Rs 49 for the first 2 kms and then Rs 12 /km or Rs 14/km for hatchback and sedan cars respectively. The first 5 mins of waiting is free, beyond which they charge Rs. 2 per minute.

That is pretty cost effective since I would be paying the same amount for hiring an auto-rickshaw. Last night one of my friend messaged back in the group saying that he got a free ride in OlaCab. This is due to some points that he accumulated by using OlaCabs regularly. There is OlaCab wallet where you get your cash-backs and points which can be used later on to pay the difference, sometimes your rides may cost as less as Rs. 10 or sometimes even nil.

Imagine getting huge amount of discounts for travelling in a well maintained car, which doesn’t even feel like a cab. Most often the cars used for the purpose are Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire, Mahindra Renault Logan or a Tata Indigo. The choices are not limited to these but these happen to be popular.

Then then then… things get even better. Imagine if you can apply coupons while booking OlaCabs and get crazy discounts. How amazing would that be!

27coupons as we all know is a leading deal distributors across various products and services. They, in collaboration with ‘Patrika’ which is the biggest Hindi News portal in India, helps their customers with additional discounts on their offers. You can view all their promotions for OlaCabs at this link location :

http://coupons.patrika.com/olacabs-coupons/

These coupons have helped many of my acquaintance get the prices lowered and hence paying cheap and making the travel much more value for money. Thanks to 27coupons and patrika for coming up with such an initiative. In the near future, I hope to use this service and thereby saving some money for other essential things.

I hope you guys make use of these facilities for quick and unplanned as well as long and planned travels, making your travel more hassle free.
(The rates mentioned in the post are from word of mouth and only related to Cochin. I would request you to confirm the rates before making any sort of booking.)

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