Anne Hathaway dating Josh Lucas?
Anne Hathaway is rumoured to be dating Sweet Home Alabama star Josh Lucas.
The pair were spotted dining at a restaurant in Denver together during the recent Democratic National Convention.
A witness told Life & Style: "They definitely looked like a couple. They were really into each other, giggling and smiling and even holding hands at one point.
"You could almost taste their chemistry! She looked beautiful and happy."
Hathaway, 25, ended her four-year relationship with businessman Raffaello Follieri in June. He was arrested for fraud four days later.
Source: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk
Friday, September 5, 2008
Jodie Foster And Anne Hathaway To Voice Characters On "The Simpsons"
Jodie Foster And Anne Hathaway To Voice Characters On "The Simpsons"
Los Angeles, CA (BANG) - Jodie Foster and Anne Hathaway are set to voice characters on "The Simpsons." The "Silence of the Lambs" actress will be lend her voice to an adult version of Maggie, the youngest member of Springfield's most famous family, in an episode entitled "Four Great Women and A Manicure."
The program will be aired in the U.S. in early 2009 as part of the animated show's 20th season.
This will be the first time Maggie has properly spoken on the TV show. She previously said the word "Daddy" in one episode - which was voiced by screen legend Elizabeth Taylor.
Anne - who is most famous for starring in Disney movies "The Princess Diaries" and 2006 magazine-based comedy "The Devil Wears Prada" alongside Meryl Streep - will join the cast in an episode called "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly."
The 25-year-old beauty will be voicing a "new, sweet and caring character" that Bart Simpson falls for, and attempts to change himself into a "good Samaritan" to woo her.
The Simpsons, created by Matt Groening, follows the Simpson family - parents Homer and Marge and children Bart, Lisa and Maggie - as they lead their eventful daily lives.
Other celebrities who have voiced characters in the show include Britney Spears, Danny DeVito, Sting, Sir Paul McCartney and Christina Ricci.
Source: www.allheadlinenews.com
Los Angeles, CA (BANG) - Jodie Foster and Anne Hathaway are set to voice characters on "The Simpsons." The "Silence of the Lambs" actress will be lend her voice to an adult version of Maggie, the youngest member of Springfield's most famous family, in an episode entitled "Four Great Women and A Manicure."
The program will be aired in the U.S. in early 2009 as part of the animated show's 20th season.
This will be the first time Maggie has properly spoken on the TV show. She previously said the word "Daddy" in one episode - which was voiced by screen legend Elizabeth Taylor.
Anne - who is most famous for starring in Disney movies "The Princess Diaries" and 2006 magazine-based comedy "The Devil Wears Prada" alongside Meryl Streep - will join the cast in an episode called "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly."
The 25-year-old beauty will be voicing a "new, sweet and caring character" that Bart Simpson falls for, and attempts to change himself into a "good Samaritan" to woo her.
The Simpsons, created by Matt Groening, follows the Simpson family - parents Homer and Marge and children Bart, Lisa and Maggie - as they lead their eventful daily lives.
Other celebrities who have voiced characters in the show include Britney Spears, Danny DeVito, Sting, Sir Paul McCartney and Christina Ricci.
Source: www.allheadlinenews.com
BOSS Linux makes new users feel at home
BOSS Linux makes new users feel at home
By Mayank Sharma on March 20, 2007 (7:00:00 AM)
BOSS Linux is a single-CD Debian-based distribution primarily designed for an Indian language user, though everything from the installer to the desktop defaults to English. BOSS 1.1, which was released last month by the Indian government-sponsored National Resource Center for Free/Open Source Software (NRCFOSS), includes several utilities and desktop enhancements, such as a document converter and the 3-D desktop Beryl, which make it a very usable distro, despite a few rough edges.
To assist Indian language users, BOSS, or Bharat Operating System Solutions, includes BharateeyaOO, a localized version of OpenOffice.org in Hindi and Tamil. The distro also bundles the Smart Common Input Method (SCIM) which allows Indian-language users to input text in Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali, Bengali, Tamil, and Telgu.
In addition to the hard drive installation version, the distro also has a live CD version. You can either download the distro or use the customized Debian Windows installer to install BOSS from within Windows over the Internet in a dual-boot configuration.
Installation could be better
BOSS has a custom installer that can be used in several Indian languages in addition to English. It isn't the easiest Linux distro installer I've run into. For instance, it lacks the candy-bar view of the partitions on the hard disk that Fedora and Ubuntu installers have. On the up side, the BOSS installer is LVM-aware and can install BOSS on a logical volume.
To simplify partitioning, BOSS has three automatic partitioning modes. You can choose to keep all files in one partition, or have a separate /home partition, or keep /home, /usr, /var, and /tmp in four separate partitions.
Like most single-CD Linux distros, BOSS doesn't let you customize the packages being installed. Instead, BOSS makes the decision for you, depending on whether you're installing BOSS on a desktop, a laptop, or as a print server, without telling you what packages are installed in each mode. The desktop option installs a decent number of applications for everyday office and Internet use.
You cannot afford to leave the installation unattended, even once the installer starts writing files to your disk. The installer interrupts installation to ask configuration questions about such things as choosing a kernel, specifying the Samba domain name, and selecting screen resolution. The developers should move all the configuration questions to the tail of the installation process.
The installer also didn't recognize the touchpad on my IBM laptop. I had to plug in the external mouse to run the install routine. The touchpad works fine after installation.
Usable desktop
BOSS uses a customized Linux kernel 2.6.17-2-686 and GNOME 2.14.3. The Beryl 3-D desktop is automatically activated if your graphics card is supported. There's also the GNOME-bluetooth package for Bluetooth transfers, SodiPodi for vector graphics, Thunderbird email client, Gaim for instant messaging, X-Chat for IRC, Brasero for burning disks, and BharateeyaOO, which is OpenOffice.org 2.0.1 plus the localizations. In accordance with their licensing guidelines, BOSS bundles Totem and XMMS applications for video and audio playback without codecs for playing MP3s and DVDs. There's a detailed user manual that has instructions on downloading these codecs from BOSS's online software repositories. This manual, for some reason, is only available on the root user's desktop.
BOSS also features a Bulk Document Converter tool that converts a bunch of documents from one OpenOffice.org supported format into another. This is useful for people who want to migrate to BOSS and move their documents, presentations, and spreadsheets from Microsoft's closed format into respective open formats.
For Web browsing, BOSS packs Firefox 2.0-beta, although Firefox 2.0 has been available for some time. Several Firefox 2.0 plugin components, such as dictionaries, don't work with the beta version. Unfortunately, you cannot even upgrade to Firefox 2.0 using the BOSS's update manager, which is similar to Ubuntu's update manager. If you want the most current version, your only option is to download and install the application from the Firefox 2 tarball available on Mozilla's Web site.
Apart from Firefox, installing applications on BOSS isn't any different from the process under Debian or Ubuntu. BOSS maintains its own software repositories, and between its main, contrib, and non-free repositories, BOSS contains more than 18,000 packages. I installed several applications and games, such as the AbiWord text editor, Apache 2 Web server, MySQL database, and Frozen Bubble, using the Synaptic package manager. All the applications are stable and nothing crashed or became unresponsive during my testing.
On the hardware front, BOSS recognized the wireless card on my laptop and plugged into my home network effortlessly. I could browse the Samba shares on the other machines without editing a single line of text. BOSS also recognized the ATI Radeon graphics card on the desktop, but failed to recognize a Samsung 17-inch LCD monitor and wouldn't accept any resolution higher than 1024x768, even if specified manually.
BOSS detects and automatically mounts all partitions on the machine including FAT and NTFS, if you're dual-booting BOSS and Windows. If you fire up an application that requires superuser privileges, you can ask BOSS to grant you access to the app until you log out.
As a government-supported project, BOSS lays emphasis on Indian language users. The custom installer isn't very newbie-friendly and could use some work to sort out the configuration bits from the installation process. First-time Linux users should find BOSS pretty usable; its selection of applications and ability to work with Bluetooth devices, mount other partitions on the disk, and share files across the network, out of the box, make it a good distro for first-time Linux users.
Source: http://www.linux.com/feature/60764
By Mayank Sharma on March 20, 2007 (7:00:00 AM)
BOSS Linux is a single-CD Debian-based distribution primarily designed for an Indian language user, though everything from the installer to the desktop defaults to English. BOSS 1.1, which was released last month by the Indian government-sponsored National Resource Center for Free/Open Source Software (NRCFOSS), includes several utilities and desktop enhancements, such as a document converter and the 3-D desktop Beryl, which make it a very usable distro, despite a few rough edges.
To assist Indian language users, BOSS, or Bharat Operating System Solutions, includes BharateeyaOO, a localized version of OpenOffice.org in Hindi and Tamil. The distro also bundles the Smart Common Input Method (SCIM) which allows Indian-language users to input text in Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali, Bengali, Tamil, and Telgu.
In addition to the hard drive installation version, the distro also has a live CD version. You can either download the distro or use the customized Debian Windows installer to install BOSS from within Windows over the Internet in a dual-boot configuration.
Installation could be better
BOSS has a custom installer that can be used in several Indian languages in addition to English. It isn't the easiest Linux distro installer I've run into. For instance, it lacks the candy-bar view of the partitions on the hard disk that Fedora and Ubuntu installers have. On the up side, the BOSS installer is LVM-aware and can install BOSS on a logical volume.
To simplify partitioning, BOSS has three automatic partitioning modes. You can choose to keep all files in one partition, or have a separate /home partition, or keep /home, /usr, /var, and /tmp in four separate partitions.
Like most single-CD Linux distros, BOSS doesn't let you customize the packages being installed. Instead, BOSS makes the decision for you, depending on whether you're installing BOSS on a desktop, a laptop, or as a print server, without telling you what packages are installed in each mode. The desktop option installs a decent number of applications for everyday office and Internet use.
You cannot afford to leave the installation unattended, even once the installer starts writing files to your disk. The installer interrupts installation to ask configuration questions about such things as choosing a kernel, specifying the Samba domain name, and selecting screen resolution. The developers should move all the configuration questions to the tail of the installation process.
The installer also didn't recognize the touchpad on my IBM laptop. I had to plug in the external mouse to run the install routine. The touchpad works fine after installation.
Usable desktop
BOSS uses a customized Linux kernel 2.6.17-2-686 and GNOME 2.14.3. The Beryl 3-D desktop is automatically activated if your graphics card is supported. There's also the GNOME-bluetooth package for Bluetooth transfers, SodiPodi for vector graphics, Thunderbird email client, Gaim for instant messaging, X-Chat for IRC, Brasero for burning disks, and BharateeyaOO, which is OpenOffice.org 2.0.1 plus the localizations. In accordance with their licensing guidelines, BOSS bundles Totem and XMMS applications for video and audio playback without codecs for playing MP3s and DVDs. There's a detailed user manual that has instructions on downloading these codecs from BOSS's online software repositories. This manual, for some reason, is only available on the root user's desktop.
BOSS also features a Bulk Document Converter tool that converts a bunch of documents from one OpenOffice.org supported format into another. This is useful for people who want to migrate to BOSS and move their documents, presentations, and spreadsheets from Microsoft's closed format into respective open formats.
For Web browsing, BOSS packs Firefox 2.0-beta, although Firefox 2.0 has been available for some time. Several Firefox 2.0 plugin components, such as dictionaries, don't work with the beta version. Unfortunately, you cannot even upgrade to Firefox 2.0 using the BOSS's update manager, which is similar to Ubuntu's update manager. If you want the most current version, your only option is to download and install the application from the Firefox 2 tarball available on Mozilla's Web site.
Apart from Firefox, installing applications on BOSS isn't any different from the process under Debian or Ubuntu. BOSS maintains its own software repositories, and between its main, contrib, and non-free repositories, BOSS contains more than 18,000 packages. I installed several applications and games, such as the AbiWord text editor, Apache 2 Web server, MySQL database, and Frozen Bubble, using the Synaptic package manager. All the applications are stable and nothing crashed or became unresponsive during my testing.
On the hardware front, BOSS recognized the wireless card on my laptop and plugged into my home network effortlessly. I could browse the Samba shares on the other machines without editing a single line of text. BOSS also recognized the ATI Radeon graphics card on the desktop, but failed to recognize a Samsung 17-inch LCD monitor and wouldn't accept any resolution higher than 1024x768, even if specified manually.
BOSS detects and automatically mounts all partitions on the machine including FAT and NTFS, if you're dual-booting BOSS and Windows. If you fire up an application that requires superuser privileges, you can ask BOSS to grant you access to the app until you log out.
As a government-supported project, BOSS lays emphasis on Indian language users. The custom installer isn't very newbie-friendly and could use some work to sort out the configuration bits from the installation process. First-time Linux users should find BOSS pretty usable; its selection of applications and ability to work with Bluetooth devices, mount other partitions on the disk, and share files across the network, out of the box, make it a good distro for first-time Linux users.
Source: http://www.linux.com/feature/60764
Modi sermon in Gujarat on Teachers' day
Modi sermon in Gujarat on Teachers' day
In Gujarat, Chief Minister Narendra Modi became a teacher-philosopher on Teachers' Day.
Students in schools and colleges across the state were made to attend a one-hour Modi sermon. The programme, which was telecast live by Doordarshan Kendra, Gujarat.
Modi also made it mandatory for students to watch this programme attentively. The District education officers made sure there were TV sets with cable connections in schools and colleges.
The Congress flayed the Modi Sermon saying that it was a misuse the state machinery, apart from the fact that children were forced to watch Modi hold forth.
The students were also administered an oath by the CM. A copy of the pledge was dispatched to all schools and the principals were asked to distribute photocopies to their students so that they can read the oath correctly.
Source: www.ndtv.com
In Gujarat, Chief Minister Narendra Modi became a teacher-philosopher on Teachers' Day.
Students in schools and colleges across the state were made to attend a one-hour Modi sermon. The programme, which was telecast live by Doordarshan Kendra, Gujarat.
Modi also made it mandatory for students to watch this programme attentively. The District education officers made sure there were TV sets with cable connections in schools and colleges.
The Congress flayed the Modi Sermon saying that it was a misuse the state machinery, apart from the fact that children were forced to watch Modi hold forth.
The students were also administered an oath by the CM. A copy of the pledge was dispatched to all schools and the principals were asked to distribute photocopies to their students so that they can read the oath correctly.
Source: www.ndtv.com
Advani becomes world billiards champion
Advani becomes world billiards champion
Pankaj Advani became the new world billiards champion after he beat Geet Sethi in the final to win the 42nd edition of the 42nd IBSF World Billiards Championship.
Advani beat sethi 6-1 in the best of 9 frames final. Advani had earleir beat the defending champion Rupesh Shah i the semifinals to set up the semi final clash with geeth Sethi.
Its a historic victory for Pankaj the World Snooker and Billiards Champion as he beat perhaps one of the legends of the game Geet Stehi for this landmark win.
Source: http://www.ndtv.com/
Pankaj Advani became the new world billiards champion after he beat Geet Sethi in the final to win the 42nd edition of the 42nd IBSF World Billiards Championship.
Advani beat sethi 6-1 in the best of 9 frames final. Advani had earleir beat the defending champion Rupesh Shah i the semifinals to set up the semi final clash with geeth Sethi.
Its a historic victory for Pankaj the World Snooker and Billiards Champion as he beat perhaps one of the legends of the game Geet Stehi for this landmark win.
Source: http://www.ndtv.com/
BenQ launches E2200HD in India
BenQ launches E2200HD in India
BenQ corp has launched the first 22 inch or so to say 21.5 inch 1080p Full HD LCD monitor. The monitor is equipped with a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution with 300 cd/m2 brightness. It comes with VGA and HDMI inputs with a headphone jack.
The LCD has a 16:9 aspect ratio and has a 10,000:1 contrast ratio.
The E2200HD comes with integrated speakers and can render content from STBs, camcorders and DVD players. The LCD Monitor will be available for only Rs. 13,500 which is a pretty neat price for what you are getting.
Source: http://technews.in
BenQ corp has launched the first 22 inch or so to say 21.5 inch 1080p Full HD LCD monitor. The monitor is equipped with a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution with 300 cd/m2 brightness. It comes with VGA and HDMI inputs with a headphone jack.
The LCD has a 16:9 aspect ratio and has a 10,000:1 contrast ratio.
The E2200HD comes with integrated speakers and can render content from STBs, camcorders and DVD players. The LCD Monitor will be available for only Rs. 13,500 which is a pretty neat price for what you are getting.
Source: http://technews.in
Toyota Corolla Altis Launched
Toyota Corolla Altis Launched
09/05/08
The much awaited Civic fighter from Toyota, the Corolla Altis was launched in India today. The new Corolla Altis was formally launched at the Noida Expo ground and will be soon available at your nearest Toyota dealership. The new Corolla Altis retains the previous versions 1.8 litre engine but produces more power at 132 bhp at 6000rpm (against the old versions 125 bhp). The Altis will come with a manual 5-speed and a 4-speed automatic transmission. A diesel Altis variant is also coming in 2009. The new Corolla Altis looks bigger and is roomier on the inside too. Infact the Altis looks like a smaller sibling of the Camry especially from the front and front 3/4th view. Two new tech gadgets have been introduced, an electrochromatic inner rear view mirror which reduces glare and an automatic headlamp washer. The Altis comes in three variants - 1.8G manual (base model), 1.8GL manual and the 1.8VL automatic. The new Corolla Altis is priced between Rs 10.83 lakh - Rs 12.86 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) and Toyota plans to sell about 2000 of these each month.
Source: http://indimoto.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/05/new_corolla_altis_india_launch_diesel
09/05/08
The much awaited Civic fighter from Toyota, the Corolla Altis was launched in India today. The new Corolla Altis was formally launched at the Noida Expo ground and will be soon available at your nearest Toyota dealership. The new Corolla Altis retains the previous versions 1.8 litre engine but produces more power at 132 bhp at 6000rpm (against the old versions 125 bhp). The Altis will come with a manual 5-speed and a 4-speed automatic transmission. A diesel Altis variant is also coming in 2009. The new Corolla Altis looks bigger and is roomier on the inside too. Infact the Altis looks like a smaller sibling of the Camry especially from the front and front 3/4th view. Two new tech gadgets have been introduced, an electrochromatic inner rear view mirror which reduces glare and an automatic headlamp washer. The Altis comes in three variants - 1.8G manual (base model), 1.8GL manual and the 1.8VL automatic. The new Corolla Altis is priced between Rs 10.83 lakh - Rs 12.86 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) and Toyota plans to sell about 2000 of these each month.
Source: http://indimoto.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/05/new_corolla_altis_india_launch_diesel
Toyota india: Toyota launches 'Corolla Altis'; eyes 10 pc market share
Toyota india: Toyota launches 'Corolla Altis'; eyes 10 pc market share
New Delhi, Sep 5 (PTI) Aiming to achieve a 10 per cent market share in the Indian passenger car market, Japanese auto major Toyota today launched an advanced version of its sedan, Corolla Altis, priced between Rs 10.83 lakh and Rs 12.86 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).
The new car would come with a 1.8 petrol litre engine in three different grades.
"This year's target is to sell 63,000 vehicles, and by fiscal 2015 we are aiming for a market share of about 10 per cent. The Altis marks our big step toward the achievement of this goal," Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) Vice-Chairman Vikram Kirloskar said.
The company, which sold about 50,000 units last year, currently enjoys around three per cent of the Indian passenger car market.
It is also planning to introduce several new models in the near future to meet its target, he added.
TKM plans to sell an average of 2,000 Corolla Altis a month.
The company earlier had announced an investment of Rs 1,400 crore in setting up its second manufacturing facility in Bangalore to launch a strategic small car for the Indian market within the next two years.
"Regarding the small car that everyone has been waiting for, we aim to start production and sales around 2010 or early 2011," Kirloskar said. PTI
Source: http://www.ptinews.com
New Delhi, Sep 5 (PTI) Aiming to achieve a 10 per cent market share in the Indian passenger car market, Japanese auto major Toyota today launched an advanced version of its sedan, Corolla Altis, priced between Rs 10.83 lakh and Rs 12.86 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).
The new car would come with a 1.8 petrol litre engine in three different grades.
"This year's target is to sell 63,000 vehicles, and by fiscal 2015 we are aiming for a market share of about 10 per cent. The Altis marks our big step toward the achievement of this goal," Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) Vice-Chairman Vikram Kirloskar said.
The company, which sold about 50,000 units last year, currently enjoys around three per cent of the Indian passenger car market.
It is also planning to introduce several new models in the near future to meet its target, he added.
TKM plans to sell an average of 2,000 Corolla Altis a month.
The company earlier had announced an investment of Rs 1,400 crore in setting up its second manufacturing facility in Bangalore to launch a strategic small car for the Indian market within the next two years.
"Regarding the small car that everyone has been waiting for, we aim to start production and sales around 2010 or early 2011," Kirloskar said. PTI
Source: http://www.ptinews.com
Teacher s day
Teachers' day
Teachers are very important, they play very important role in human life. Good teachers make proud indian leaders, thay are the only people who make people well educated. We should respect all good teachers.
Wishing you all a very happy Teachers day.
Tags: teacher's day sms, teacher s day wishes, teacher s day message, teacher s day poem, teacher s day quotes
Teachers are very important, they play very important role in human life. Good teachers make proud indian leaders, thay are the only people who make people well educated. We should respect all good teachers.
Wishing you all a very happy Teachers day.
Tags: teacher's day sms, teacher s day wishes, teacher s day message, teacher s day poem, teacher s day quotes
Armed forces are seeking revision of Sixth Pay Commission
Armed forces are seeking revision of Sixth Pay Commission
By Khabrein.Info Correspondent,
New Delhi, Sept. 5, 2008: Armed forces are reportedly seeking the revision of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. They say that the revision has been necessitated to end the anomalies in the pay structure of the armed forces and civilian officers.
Ever since the sixth pay commission recommendations details came out in the open the armed forces chiefs have complained that the revision gives rise to anomalies in the pay structure of civilian and armed forces officials and that it was detrimental for the armed forces.
The armed forces’ heads’ anxiety is not misplaced. Already the army and other services face acute shortage of officials and armed forces chiefs fear that if these anomalies are allowed to exist the armed forces may no longer attract good brains to the army or other services.
Indian armed forces don’t face any problem in recruiting at lower rank, but when it comes to recruiting officers, it has become a daunting task with very few qualified youth turning for the coveted jobs in the armed forces.
India’ National Defence Academy, the largest army training ground, which enlists high school graduates and turns them into officers for the navy, air force and also the army, is struggling. Earlier this year just 190 students signed up against the academy’s sanctioned strength of 300 for this academic session, defence ministry records show.
It is said that stress, low pay, slow promotions and the military’s tough lifestyle discourage young people to join the armed forces.
Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta wrote a letter to Defence minister A.K. Antony Sep 1 saying these core issues, if left unaddressed, will result in “despondency” among the armed forces.
In the letter Mehta said, “The command and control functions will be seriously hampered between army, BSF (Border Security Force) and CPMF (Central Paramilitary Forces), where infighting will jeopardize operations”..
The armed forces officials say that the Sixth Pay Commission has upgraded the civilian and paramilitary counterparts of the officers of the ranks of lieutenant colonel and equivalent to the higher pay band. Because of this, the civilian officers who were in the lower pay bracket and were hitherto drawing lesser pay than lieutenant colonels and officers of equivalent ranks would now draw a higher basic salary.
Mehta in his letter went on to say, “The PBOR are put at a disadvantage as due to truncation of career they retire early and draw lesser pay relatively and hence ending up getting lesser pension”.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info/
By Khabrein.Info Correspondent,
New Delhi, Sept. 5, 2008: Armed forces are reportedly seeking the revision of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. They say that the revision has been necessitated to end the anomalies in the pay structure of the armed forces and civilian officers.
Ever since the sixth pay commission recommendations details came out in the open the armed forces chiefs have complained that the revision gives rise to anomalies in the pay structure of civilian and armed forces officials and that it was detrimental for the armed forces.
The armed forces’ heads’ anxiety is not misplaced. Already the army and other services face acute shortage of officials and armed forces chiefs fear that if these anomalies are allowed to exist the armed forces may no longer attract good brains to the army or other services.
Indian armed forces don’t face any problem in recruiting at lower rank, but when it comes to recruiting officers, it has become a daunting task with very few qualified youth turning for the coveted jobs in the armed forces.
India’ National Defence Academy, the largest army training ground, which enlists high school graduates and turns them into officers for the navy, air force and also the army, is struggling. Earlier this year just 190 students signed up against the academy’s sanctioned strength of 300 for this academic session, defence ministry records show.
It is said that stress, low pay, slow promotions and the military’s tough lifestyle discourage young people to join the armed forces.
Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta wrote a letter to Defence minister A.K. Antony Sep 1 saying these core issues, if left unaddressed, will result in “despondency” among the armed forces.
In the letter Mehta said, “The command and control functions will be seriously hampered between army, BSF (Border Security Force) and CPMF (Central Paramilitary Forces), where infighting will jeopardize operations”..
The armed forces officials say that the Sixth Pay Commission has upgraded the civilian and paramilitary counterparts of the officers of the ranks of lieutenant colonel and equivalent to the higher pay band. Because of this, the civilian officers who were in the lower pay bracket and were hitherto drawing lesser pay than lieutenant colonels and officers of equivalent ranks would now draw a higher basic salary.
Mehta in his letter went on to say, “The PBOR are put at a disadvantage as due to truncation of career they retire early and draw lesser pay relatively and hence ending up getting lesser pension”.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info/
Sixth Pay Commission revises Children Education Allowance
Sixth Pay Commission revises Children Education Allowance
New Delhi, Sept 4, 2008: Sixth Pay Commission has several good features and that includes revised Children Education Allowance. The government has not only revised the children education allowance for good but also made the allowance commensurate to the needs of its employees.
Though it still fall well short of what most average government employees pay for education of their kids in average schools, nevertheless it will give them a breather.
And for central government employees living in small towns and cities it will do more good. In most small towns the revised allowance of Rupees one thousand per child for two children will be more than sufficient to take care of children education of central government employees.
But in metros like Delhi and Mumbai, it will still just partially take care of the amount of money that parents spend on their kids.
This is not to deny the importance of the hefty increment. Earlier government used to pay its employees a paltry Rs 40 as tuition fees for its employees children upto class 10.
In another welcome development the government has revised hostel subsidy for children. Hostel subsidy may be reimbursed upto the maximum limit of Rs.3000 per month per child. The limits would be automatically raised by 25% every time the Dearness Allowance on the revised pay bands goes up by 50%. Revised
Salient features of the revised orders are:-
(a) Children Education Allowance and Reimbursement of Tuition Fee which were hitherto payable separately will be merged and will henceforth be known as 'Children Education Allowance Scheme'.
(b) Under the Scheme of Children Education Allowance reimbursement can be availed by Government Servants upto to a maximum of 2 children.
(c) Reimbursement as indicated above will be applicable for expenditure on the education of school going children only i.e., for children from classes nursery to twelfth, including classes eleventh and twelfth held by junior colleges or schools affiliated to Universities or Boards of Education.
(d) Henceforth, the reimbursement of Children Education Allowance shall have no nexus with the performance of the child in his class. In other words, even if a child fails in a particular class, the reimbursement of Children Education Allowance shall not be stopped.
(e) Reimbursement for the following items can be claimed under this Scheme:
Tuition Fee, admission fee, laboratory fee, special fee charged for agriculture, electronics, music or any other subject. Fee charged for practical work under the programme of work experience, fee paid for the use of any aid or appliance by the child, library fee, games/sports fee and fee for extra-curricular activities. This also includes reimbursement for purchase of one set of text books and notebooks, two sets of uniforms and one set of school shoes which can be claimed for a child, in a year.
(f) The annual ceiling fixed for reimbursement of Children Education allowance is Rs. 12000.
(g) Under this scheme, reimbursement can be claimed once every quarter. The amount that can be claimed in a quarter could be more than Rs.3000, and in another quarter less than Rs.3000, subject to the annual ceiling of Rs. 12000 per child being maintained.
(h) In case both the spouses are Government servants, only one of them can avail reimbursement under Children Education Allowance.
(i) Hostel subsidy will be reimbursed upto the maximum limit of Rs.3000 per month per child subject to a maximum of 2 children. However, both hostel subsidy and Children Education Allowance cannot be availed concurrently.
(j) The above limits would be automatically raised by 25% every time the Dearness Allowance on the revised pay structure goes up by50%.
In order to ensure that Government servants have no difficulty in claiming reimbursement, the procedure under this Scheme is being kept simple. Reimbursement should henceforth be made on the submission of original receipts on the basis of self-certification by the Government servant.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info/
New Delhi, Sept 4, 2008: Sixth Pay Commission has several good features and that includes revised Children Education Allowance. The government has not only revised the children education allowance for good but also made the allowance commensurate to the needs of its employees.
Though it still fall well short of what most average government employees pay for education of their kids in average schools, nevertheless it will give them a breather.
And for central government employees living in small towns and cities it will do more good. In most small towns the revised allowance of Rupees one thousand per child for two children will be more than sufficient to take care of children education of central government employees.
But in metros like Delhi and Mumbai, it will still just partially take care of the amount of money that parents spend on their kids.
This is not to deny the importance of the hefty increment. Earlier government used to pay its employees a paltry Rs 40 as tuition fees for its employees children upto class 10.
In another welcome development the government has revised hostel subsidy for children. Hostel subsidy may be reimbursed upto the maximum limit of Rs.3000 per month per child. The limits would be automatically raised by 25% every time the Dearness Allowance on the revised pay bands goes up by 50%. Revised
Salient features of the revised orders are:-
(a) Children Education Allowance and Reimbursement of Tuition Fee which were hitherto payable separately will be merged and will henceforth be known as 'Children Education Allowance Scheme'.
(b) Under the Scheme of Children Education Allowance reimbursement can be availed by Government Servants upto to a maximum of 2 children.
(c) Reimbursement as indicated above will be applicable for expenditure on the education of school going children only i.e., for children from classes nursery to twelfth, including classes eleventh and twelfth held by junior colleges or schools affiliated to Universities or Boards of Education.
(d) Henceforth, the reimbursement of Children Education Allowance shall have no nexus with the performance of the child in his class. In other words, even if a child fails in a particular class, the reimbursement of Children Education Allowance shall not be stopped.
(e) Reimbursement for the following items can be claimed under this Scheme:
Tuition Fee, admission fee, laboratory fee, special fee charged for agriculture, electronics, music or any other subject. Fee charged for practical work under the programme of work experience, fee paid for the use of any aid or appliance by the child, library fee, games/sports fee and fee for extra-curricular activities. This also includes reimbursement for purchase of one set of text books and notebooks, two sets of uniforms and one set of school shoes which can be claimed for a child, in a year.
(f) The annual ceiling fixed for reimbursement of Children Education allowance is Rs. 12000.
(g) Under this scheme, reimbursement can be claimed once every quarter. The amount that can be claimed in a quarter could be more than Rs.3000, and in another quarter less than Rs.3000, subject to the annual ceiling of Rs. 12000 per child being maintained.
(h) In case both the spouses are Government servants, only one of them can avail reimbursement under Children Education Allowance.
(i) Hostel subsidy will be reimbursed upto the maximum limit of Rs.3000 per month per child subject to a maximum of 2 children. However, both hostel subsidy and Children Education Allowance cannot be availed concurrently.
(j) The above limits would be automatically raised by 25% every time the Dearness Allowance on the revised pay structure goes up by50%.
In order to ensure that Government servants have no difficulty in claiming reimbursement, the procedure under this Scheme is being kept simple. Reimbursement should henceforth be made on the submission of original receipts on the basis of self-certification by the Government servant.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info/
Risk Allowance is Withdrawan as per Sixth Pay Commission
Risk Allowance is Withdrawan as per Sixth Pay Commission
Risk Allowance - Risk Allowance is withdrawn as per the Sixth Pay Commission Report and instead of that employees will be provided with free Life and Medical Insurance of Rs 5 Lakhs.
Free Medical and Life Insurance Amounts as per Pay Band
Employees be provided with free medical and life insurance of
Rs.5 lakhs for employees in PB-1 pay band,
Rs.7 lakhs for employees in PB-2 pay band,
Rs.10 lakhs for employees in PB-3 pay band/higher pay bands/scales.
The amount of the insurance should automatically be increased by 50% every time the DA payable on the revised pay goes up by 50%. The entire expenditure on paying premium for this insurance will be borne by the Government.
The amount insured will be paid in case of any serious injury/death sustained in the course of employment and will be over and above the other benefits available to all categories of Government employees.
These employees should also be provided with additional health benefits with mandatory health check-ups every quarter and enhanced leave, wherever the same is necessary for proper recuperation.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16405&Itemid=88
Risk Allowance - Risk Allowance is withdrawn as per the Sixth Pay Commission Report and instead of that employees will be provided with free Life and Medical Insurance of Rs 5 Lakhs.
Free Medical and Life Insurance Amounts as per Pay Band
Employees be provided with free medical and life insurance of
Rs.5 lakhs for employees in PB-1 pay band,
Rs.7 lakhs for employees in PB-2 pay band,
Rs.10 lakhs for employees in PB-3 pay band/higher pay bands/scales.
The amount of the insurance should automatically be increased by 50% every time the DA payable on the revised pay goes up by 50%. The entire expenditure on paying premium for this insurance will be borne by the Government.
The amount insured will be paid in case of any serious injury/death sustained in the course of employment and will be over and above the other benefits available to all categories of Government employees.
These employees should also be provided with additional health benefits with mandatory health check-ups every quarter and enhanced leave, wherever the same is necessary for proper recuperation.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16405&Itemid=88
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