Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

(A Government of India Undertaking)

(Pipelines Division)

Advertisement No. : PL/HR/ESTB/2018/2

Date of Notification : 07.08.2018

Last date & end time of receipt of online : 27.08.2018 till 1800 hrs

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SPECIAL RECRUITMENT DRIVE FOR PERSONS WITH BENCHMARK DISABILITIES

1.0 APPLICATIONS:

Applications are invited from eligible Indian Nationals exclusively from Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBDs) for the following 10 positions in workmen category, Salary Grade-IV, in Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (Pipelines Division) as per details given below-

Sl No	Post Code	Name of the Post	No of vacancies	Nature/category of disability	Location of vacancy	Written test venue
1	ERBH06	Jr. Office Assistant	1	Hard of Hearing	Eastern Region Pipelines, Barauni (Bihar)	Barauni
2	ERWB06	Jr. Office Assistant	2	One each for Low Vision and Hard of Hearing	Eastern Region Pipelines Mourigram & Haldia (West Bengal)	Kolkata
3	WRGJ06	Jr. Office Assistant	2	One each for Low Vision and Hard of Hearing	Western Region Pipelines Gauridad & Mundra (Gujrat)	Rajkot
4	WRRJ03	Engg. Assistant(T&I)	1	Leprosy Cured/Acid Attack victims/ Dwarfism	Western Region Pipelines Chaksu (Rajasthan)
5	SRTN06	Jr. Office Assistant	2	One each for Low Vision and Hard of Hearing	Southern Region Pipelines Chennai (Tamil Nadu)	Chennai
6	NRHR06	Jr. Office Assistant	1	Low Vision	Northern Regions Pipelines, Panipat (Haryana)	Panipat
7	SEOD06	Jr. Office Assistant	1	Low Vision	South-Eastern Regions Pipelines, Paradip (Odisha)	Bhubneswar

Note: Section 2(r) of The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 defines persons with benchmark Disabilities as a person, duly certified by the certifying authority, with not less than 40% of a specified disability.

2.0 AGE LIMIT:

Candidate should not be less than 18 years of age and should not be more than 36 years of age as on 07.08.2018. For upper age relaxation, refer point No. 5.0 (Concessions & Relaxations).

3.0 ESSENTIAL EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Sl	Name of Post & Salary Grade	Qualification requirement
1	Jr. Office Assistant Grade-IV	Full Time Bachelors Degree from a Govt. recognized institute/ University.

2

Engineering Assistant (T&I) Grade-IV

Three years full time Diploma (or two years through lateral entry after ITI of minimum one year duration) in any of the following disciplines of Engineering from a Govt. recognized Institute: 1. Electronics & Communication Engineering 2. Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering 3. Electronics & Radio Communication Engineering 4. Instrumentation & Control Engineering 5. Instrumentation & Process Control Engineering 6. Electronics Engineering

Note: Candidates having professional/higher qualification such as Degree in Engineering/MBA & its equivalent/PGDM/MCA/LLB/CA/ICWA/Masters in Social Work/Degree in Journalism/MBBS etc. and any other Graduate and above professional qualification, shall not be eligible to apply for the above advertised posts. Refer Point no. 12.0 6) a & 7) below for details.

PAY & PERKS:

1) Salary Grade for the post of Junior Office Assistant and Engineering Assistant (T&I) shall be Grade IV in the Pay Scale of Rs. 11900-32000.

2) Basic Pay, D.A., HRA and such other benefits shall be admissible as per the rules of the Corporation.

3) Pay scales are under revision.

4.0 CUT OFF DATE :

The cut-off date for age, qualification etc. shall be reckoned as on 07.08.2018.

5.0 CONCESSIONS & RELAXATIONS :

1) Minimum age requirement is 18 years and upper age limit is 36 years as on 07.08.2018(including 10 years upper age relaxation for PwBDs).

2) Further upper age relaxation of 5 years to PwBD-SC/STcandidates and 3 years to PwBD-OBC (Non-creamy layer) candidates as per Govt. of India guidelines.

3) Only pass marks are required in prescribed induction level qualification for PwBD candidates.

4) Relaxation of 10% in the minimum qualifying marks in Written Test would be provided.

5) Outstation PwBD candidates with specified disabilities only for which the posts are reserved as mentioned at Point no. 1 in the Table, appearing for written test will be reimbursed single second class railway fare from the nearest railway station of the mailing address to the place of test and back by the shortest route on production of ticket and proof of disability certificate in the prescribed format, provided the distance is not less than 30 KMs. The reimbursement will be made through banking mode only and hence the candidate needs to inform the bank account number along with the IFSC code of the concerned branch at the time of filling of online application.

6) 20 minutes per hour of extra compensatory time in Written Test and Computer Proficiency Test.

6.0 SELECTION METHODOLOGY:

1) Selection process shall consist of Written Test and Skill/Proficiency/Physical Test (SPPT).

2) Skill/Proficiency/Physical Test (SPPT) shall be qualifying in nature only.

3) Final merit list shall be prepared based on the marks secured in Written Test of only those candidates who are considered FIT in SPPT.

4) Candidate has to secure a minimum 30% marks (after providing 10 % relaxation) in Written Test to qualify for SPPT.

5) Candidates, who secure minimum qualifying marks in the Written Test, shall be shortlisted for Skill/Proficiency/Physical Test (SPPT) in the ratio of 1:5 i.e. first 5 candidates with the highest score in written test shall be called for SPPT for one vacancy.

6) If there is a tie of scores in written test marks, then all candidates with the same score shall be short-listed for SPPT.

7) In case where number of candidates who qualify in Written Test are less than the required ratio, all the candidates who have scored minimum qualifying marks in Written Test will be shortlisted for SPPT.

8) The documents shall be checked for only those candidates who qualify in the Written Test and are shortlisted for SPPT, on the day of SPPT. Only those candidates shall be allowed to appear in SPPT, whose documents are found in order.

9) If all shortlisted candidates are found ineligible before the SPPT stage on account of not meeting the eligibility criteria of qualification, age etc., then next 5 candidates who have qualified in the Written Exam in the order of merit, shall be called for the SPPT, as available. If less than 5 qualified candidates are available, then as many available shall be called for SPPT. If there is a tie of score for the 5th ranked person, then all such qualified candidates shall be called who are tied on that score, even if it exceeds the number of candidates from 5.

10) If after the SPPT, all the candidates who have appeared in the SPPT are found to be UNFIT, then the next 5 candidates as available, who have qualified in the written Test as per the order of merit, shall be called for the SPPT to fill up the post. If less than 5 qualified candidates are available, then as many available shall be called for SPPT. If there is a tie of score for the 5th rank position, then all such qualified candidates shall be called who are tied on that score, even if it exceeds the number of candidates from 5.

11) If only one candidate qualifies in the SPPT and he/she does not join after issuance of offer of appointment, then next 5 candidates as available, who qualified in the Written Test as per the order of merit, shall be called for SPPT to fill up the post. If less than 5 qualified candidates are available, then as many available shall be called for SPPT. If there is a tie of score for the 5th position, then all such qualified candidates shall be called who are tied on that score, even if it exceeds the number of candidates from 5.

7.0 WRITTEN TEST MODALITY:

1) Written Test shall be held tentatively on 23.09.2018 (Sunday) at the venues mentioned above.

2) Written Test shall be of Objective Type Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) consisting of 4 options with one correct option. Candidate has to choose the correct option.

3) There shall be 100 objective type questions in the Written Test and total marks shall be 100. Each correct answer shall carry 1 mark.

4) For the post of Jr. Office Assistant, 100 objective type questions shall comprise of General Aptitude and Reasoning, General English, Numerical Aptitude and General Knowledge.

5) For the post of Engineering Assistant (T&I), out of 100 objective type questions, 75 questions shall be from the concerned engineering discipline of Diploma level and 25 questions on General Aptitude and Reasoning, General English, Numerical Aptitude and General Knowledge etc.

6) There shall be no negative marking for wrong answers.

7) Duration of Written Test shall be of 120 minutes. (including extra Compensatory Time for PwBD candidates)

8.0 SKILL/PROFICIENCY/PHYSICAL TEST (SPPT) MODALITIES

1) For the post of Jr. Office Assistant, SPPT shall be in the form of Computer Proficiency Test (CPT). Working knowledge of the candidate in MS Word, MS Excel and MS Power point shall be assessed in the computer such as creating a file, Excel Sheet functions, Power point presentation preparation etc. The CPT shall be of 40 minutes (including 10 minutes of Compensatory Time for PwBD candidates).

2) For the post of Engineering Assistant (T&I), in SPPT, the technical skill/proficiency /physical ability to handle/operate the tools / equipments of the respective engineering discipline of the shortlisted candidates shall be assessed.

However, final Merit List shall be prepared based on Written Test marks only of those candidates who are declared FIT in SPPT.

In the final merit list for selection, if written test marks of more than one candidate is same, then the candidate older in age shall be given preference in the merit list. In case if the age is also identical, then the candidate with the higher percentage of marks in the induction level qualification shall be preferred.

9.0 DISABILITY CERTIFICATE

1) Persons with benchmark Disabilities having only those disabilities as mentioned in the table in first page of this notification with minimum 40% disability, shall be considered as a PwBD candidate for this

recruitment process as per the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016, for the posts notified above, and the applicable relaxations/concessions shall be available to them.

2) The certificate of disability should be in terms of Rule 18(1) & 20 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 in the prescribed format (Form V/Form VI/Form VII). Disability certificate format is available at portal https://plis.indianoilpipelines.in under Downloads section.

3) Disability certificate of only those candidate who are short-listed for SPPT from Written Test, shall be checked at the time of document verification and only those candidate whose disability certificate is found in order, along with other documents, shall be considered for appearing in SPPT.

10.0 PRE-EMPLOYMENT MEDICAL FITNESS

1) Appointment of selected candidates is subject to his/her being declared medically fit as per the requirement of the Corporation. The PwBD candidates except for their specified category of handicap must be within the normal range of all other physical standards.

2) Finally selected candidates shall be allowed to join only after their submitting pre-employment medical fitness certificate and fulfilling other notified conditions.

3) Candidates are advised to ensure that they are Medically Fit as per Indian Oils Pre-Employment Medical Standard. Candidates are advised to go through the Guidelines and Criteria for Physical Fitness for Pre - employment Medical examination before they commence the application process. The guidelines are available in the following link: https://www.iocl.com/PeopleCareers/Pre-employment_Guiding_Principles11th_mar_2011.pdf

11.0 VERIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS

1) At the time of initial application through online portal, candidates are not required to submit any document with regard to their qualification, age, category etc. They shall be short-listed for appearing in Written Test purely based on the information furnished by them in online portal.

2) Candidates are, therefore, advised to furnish the correct information about their qualification, age, category, including pursuing any higher qualification or are having any higher qualification.

3) During document verification before the SPPT or at any stage of selection process, in case it is detected that a candidate does not fulfil the eligibility norms and/or that he/she has furnished any incorrect/doctored/false information/certificate/documents or has suppressed any material fact(s) or is unable to produce original documents or possesses higher qualification, his/her candidature will stand cancelled.

4) The information furnished by the candidate in the online portal with regard to qualification, age, category etc. shall be cross-checked from the original documents of the candidates on the day of SPPT. Only those candidates, whose documents are found in order and who are meeting the prescribed eligibility criteria for the post, shall be allowed to appear in SPPT. Candidates possessing higher qualification other than the prescribed qualification for the post shall not be considered. The same has also been elaborated at Point no. 12(6a) & 12 (7) below.

5) The following original documents along with a self attested copies are required to be furnished at the time of SPPT:

a. 10th pass/Matriculation certificate issued by the concerned education board as proof of date of birth. No other document will be accepted for verification of date of birth.

b. SC/ST/OBC/Disability certificates in the prescribed format issued by the Competent Authority. Formats of Certificate are available in the Detailed Notification as well as in https://plis.indianoilpipelines.in under Downloads section.

c. For the post of Engineering Assistant (T&I): Semester-wise / year-wise mark sheets and Certificate of full-time Diploma in Engineering.

d. For the post of Junior Office Assistant : year-wise mark sheets and Full Time Bachelors Degree .

e. Any other certificate , if applicable

6) Without original documents, candidates shall not be allowed to appear in SPPT.

7) After checking, original documents shall be returned to the candidates on the same day and only the self-attested copies shall be retained by IOCL. Candidate himself shall be responsible for safe custody of original documents.

12.0 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Candidates are advised to carefully read the full advertisement for details of eligibility criteria and

selection modalities before submission of application.

2) The number of vacancies mentioned above are tentative which may change.

3) Indian Oil reserves the right to cancel the recruitment process and/or the selection process in part or full without any notice and/or without assigning any reasons.

4) Service is transferable to anywhere in India.

5) Selected candidate shall be posted in any of the locations within the Region/Unit as per vacancy, depending on the post applied for by the candidate.

6) Candidates possessing higher qualification other than the prescribed qualification for the post shall not be considered for the above notified posts and should not apply as their candidature shall not be considered.

a. Candidates having higher/professional qualification of Graduate and above Degree in Engineering, Degrees of MCA, MBA or its equivalent 2-year Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing/Finance/Human Resource/MSW/Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, CA/ICWA, Masters Degree in Journalism/Public Relations & Mass Communication, PhD, M.A.(Hindi), MBBS, LL.B. and any other Graduate and above professional qualification which is considered as induction level qualification for Officers post in Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., need not apply as they have higher qualifications than the prescribed induction level qualifications for the advertised posts. However, the aforesaid list of higher qualifications mentioned above is not exhaustive. Management may determine any other qualification as a higher qualification which is/ are not listed above. The decision of the management in this regard shall be final and no further enquiry shall be entertained in this respect.

7) Candidates, who are pursuing higher qualification on the date of final submission of online application but have acquired/completed the same subsequently at the time of Skill/Proficiency/Physical Test (SPPT), shall not be eligible for selection and shall not be allowed to appear for SPPT.

8) Candidates with qualification acquired through Distance Learning Mode or Part Time Mode or Correspondence mode shall not be considered.

9) Candidates, who are short-listed for Written Test, shall have to download their e-Admit Cards for appearing in the Written Test through online portal only on the notified date. Admit Cards shall not be sent by post.

10) Candidates meeting the eligibility criteria can apply online from 07.08.2018 to 27.08.2018 till 18:00 hrs only, at IOCL website https://plis.indianoilpipelines.in .

11) All the candidates are advised to keep the printout of the online application form for reference for downloading Admit Card from Pipelines Recruitment Portal https://plis.indianoilpipelines.in . The candidate shall be required to give his Registration Number to his email/SMS, date of birth along with Captcha details for downloading the Admit Card.

12) Candidates will be required to carry Photo ID Proof for the Written Test and SPPT. The original Photo ID shall be checked and verified during the Tests. A self-attested photocopy of the same shall also be collected along with the admit card after the Written Test and SPPT, the candidates are therefore advised to carry sufficient copies of Photo ID Cards with them. Valid Photo ID proof like Aadhar Card, PAN Card, Driving license, Voter ID card, Passport etc. shall be accepted. Candidates without valid Photo ID shall not be allowed to appear for the Written Test or SPPT.

13) Short-listed candidates have to bring all original certificates/testimonials/ mark sheets along with a passport size photograph and self-attested copies of certificates/mark sheets for checking on the date of Skill/Proficiency/Physical Test (SPPT). The SPPT may be held on the next day after Written Test.

14) Candidates registered with Local/ State/Special Employment Exchange (s) and meeting the prescribed eligibility criteria, are required to apply through online portal only, failing which their candidature will not be considered.

15) Caste/Tribe/Disability certificate in the desired format is to be produced by reserved category candidates in the format prescribed by the Govt. Of India and issued by the Competent Authority at the time of SPPT, if they get shortlisted for it.

16) For claiming the benefit of OBC category, the candidate should submit a latest OBC certificate in the proforma prescribed by Govt. of India, which would, among others, specifically mention that the candidate does not belong to the persons/sections (creamy layer) as mentioned in column 3 of the schedule to the Department of Personnel & Training, Government of India OM No. 36012/22/93- Estt.(SCT) dated 08.09.1993. Candidates belonging to OBC category but falling in creamy layer are not entitled to OBC reservation benefits. Further, name of OBC caste mentioned in the certificate should fall

in the central list of OBCs of the respective State and non-creamy layer status should be valid as on 07.08.2018.

17) Candidates can apply for one Post Code ONLY. Further, only one mobile number and one email ID can be used for applying for the post. The same mobile number and email ID cannot be used by any other candidate for filling online application for this notification.

18) Wherever CGPA/OGPA or Letter Grade is awarded in the Diploma/ Degree/ITI examination, its equivalent aggregate percentage of marks must be indicated in the Online Application Form as per the norms adopted by University/ Institute. The supporting document should also be produced at the time of SPPT in case the candidate gets shortlisted for SPPT.

19) The candidature of the applicant would be provisional and subject to subsequent verification of certificates/testimonials. In case it is detected at any stage of selection or thereafter, that a candidate does not fulfil the eligibility norms and/or that he/she has furnished any incorrect/doctored/false information/certificate/documents or has suppressed any material fact(s), then the same shall amount to misrepresentation/ fraud and his/her candidature will stand cancelled. If any of these shortcomings is/are detected even after appointment, his /her appointment shall be terminated at any time, as per rules of the Corporation.

20) The decision of Management will be final and binding on all candidates on all matters relating to eligibility, acceptance or rejection of the applications, mode of selection, cancellation of the selection process either in part or full, higher qualification etc. No correspondence will be entertained in this regard. Filling up of the vacancies is solely at the discretion of the management based on suitability of candidates and no claim will arise for selection, if some of these vacancies are not filled due to unsuitability / insufficient number of candidates.

21) Incomplete application(s) will not be considered. Applications/Registration which are incomplete or not fulfilling the eligibility criteria shall not be considered Eligible and treated as Rejected.

22) Canvassing of any kind shall disqualify the candidate.

23) Mere selection in written examination or SPPT or empanelment after the selection process shall not confer any right of appointment to the applicants.

24) Candidates employed in Government/Semi government/Public Sector Organization must send their application through proper channel or produce No Objection Certificate at the time of appearing in the SPPT. In case the candidate fails to do so, his/her candidature will not be considered.

25) The candidates will have the option to appear for Written Test/SPPT either in Hindi or English.

26) Any resultant dispute arising out of this advertisement across various Regions shall be subject to the sole jurisdiction of the following Courts -:

a. For Northern Region Pipelines: Chandigarh

b. For Eastern Region Pipelines: Kolkata

c. For Western Region Pipelines: Ahmedabad

d. For Southern Region Pipelines: Chennai

e. For South Eastern Region Pipelines: Cuttack

27) The visually handicapped candidates and candidates whose writing speed is adversely affected permanently for any reason where dominant (writing) extremity is affected to the extent of slowing the performance of function (minimum of 40% impairment), can avail the assistance of SCRIBE for writing answer on their behalf. The scribe will be allowed to be used as per Government guidelines. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:

a. The candidate will have to arrange his/her own scribe at his/her own cost.

b. The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be candidate for examination.

c. If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the process, candidature of both the candidate and the scribe will be cancelled.

d. A person acting as a scribe for one candidate cannot be a scribe for another candidate.

e. Both the candidates as well as scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming that the scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe mentioned above. A Format of the Undertaking to be given by the candidate and the Scribe can be downloaded from the portal https://plis.indianoilpipelines.in under Downloads section.

f. Further, in case it transpires that the candidate or Scribe did not fulfil any laid down eligibility criteria or suppressed material facts the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the examination.

g. For Computer Proficiency Test, PwBD candidates who qualify in Written Test, shall be allowed to check Computers in advance of CPT so that the problems, if any, in the software/system could be rectified.

13.0 REQUIREMENT BEFORE FILLING ON-LINE APPLICATION FORM

1) The candidate must have an active email ID and Mobile Number which must be valid for at least next one year.

2) The candidate should have scanned copy of colour photograph (Size: between 20-50 KB in JPG Format) and signature in black ink (Size: between 10-30 KB in JPG Format) etc. ready before starting to fill in the application.

3) The candidate must ascertain the correctness of all information before filling in the Online Application Form and its final submission.

4) The candidate shall be wholly/exclusively responsible for the information provided in his/her online application form.

14.0 HOW TO APPLY/ON-LINE REGISTRATION

1) Candidates meeting the above prescribed eligibility criteria should visit IOCL Pipelines recruitment portal at https://plis.indianoilpipelines.in

2) There are two steps for Registration process. Part-I & Part-II. In Part-I registration, candidate has to fill his/her basic details like name, category etc. and has to create his own password. After successful Part-I registration, system generated registration number is sent in his registered email id/SMS. With this registration number, candidate has again to login into the system with the password generated by him. Candidates are advised to remember registration number and password for future reference/use.

3) In Part-II registration, candidate has to upload his scanned photograph and signature and furnish educational qualification, experience details etc. and submit the same. This is the final submission process and after that candidate cannot change the details furnished. Candidates are therefore advised to furnish the details in the portal carefully and check the same before final submission.

4) Candidates are advised to follow the procedure mentioned in above recruitment portal. In case of any difficulty with respect to filling online application or making online payment, please refer to FAQ/How to apply options available in the portal.

5) The portal for submitting online application will be operative from 07.08.2018 till 1800 hrs of 27.08.2018 only.

6) Paper based applications will NOT be accepted.

7) Queries, if any, may be addressed to the following e-mail ids based on Post Codes under which applied:

a. For Northern Region Pipelines: nrplrecruitment@indianoil.in

b. For Eastern Region Pipelines: erplrecruitment@indianoil.in

c. For Western Region Pipelines: wrplrecruitment@indianoil.in

d. For Southern Region Pipelines: srplrecruitment@indianoil.in

e. For South Eastern Region Pipelines: serplrecruitment@indianoil.in

Applicants may kindly note that only such queries which are relevant to this advertisement and have not been addressed in the above advertisement shall only be replied to.

15.0 IMPORTANT DATES

Date of opening of online application and publishing of detailed website notification on IOCL Website	07.08.2018
Last date of submission of online application	27.08.2018 - 18:00 hrs
Tentative date of downloading online admit card	From 06.09.2018 till 08:00 hrs of 23.09.2018
Tentative date of Written Test for all disciplines	23.09.2018
Tentative dates for SPPT for all disciplines	24.09.2018 to 25.09.2018.

16.0 IMPORTANT

1) Candidates should have only the specified disabilities notified for the post and disability certificate should be in the prescribed format as mentioned at point No. 9.0 above failing which candidate shall not be allowed to appear in SPPT. Those PwBD candidates who do not have specified nature of disabilities mentioned in the notification against the post, need not to apply.

2) Since SPPT of the short-listed candidates from Written Test shall be conducted on next day(s) of Written Test, candidates are advised to carry the original documents with respect to their qualification, age, category etc. without which they will not be allowed to appear in SPPT. Candidate himself will be responsible for safe custody of their original documents.

3) Candidates have to make their own arrangement for lodging and boarding for appearing in Written Test and SPPT. No accommodation or arrangement for keeping documents or belonging shall be provided during the entire selection process.

4) The list of candidates who are shortlisted for SPPT shall be made available in www.iocl.com and in https://plis.indianoilpipelines.in on the same day / next day of Written Test.

5) Any corrigendum/addendum or updates with regard to this advertisement shall be made available on our website www.iocl.com and https://plis.indianoilpipelines.in only. Candidates are thus advised to periodically visit our above website for updates.

6) Candidates are advised in their own interest to complete the registration process and final submission of online application sufficiently in advance before the last date so as to avoid the possibility of disconnection /inability / failure to log on to the website on account of heavy load on internet or website jam.

We hereby caution the general public not to fall prey to the dubious agencies/organizations/individuals/aiming at fleecing money from the innocent public. Do not believe any advertisement/job announcement of Indian Oil circulated through e-mail, social media etc. Please rely on information hosted on our website www.iocl.com and https://plis.indianoilpipelines.in for any job/career related information pertaining to Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

All future announcements pertaining to above notification would be published in IOCL website www.iocl.com and at https://plis.indianoilpipelines.in only and not on any other website/medium.

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