Sarah Palin, vice president
In two short years, Sarah Palin moved from small-town mayor with a taste for mooseburgers to the governor's office and now -- making history -- to John McCain's side as the first female running mate on a Republican presidential ticket. She's even made it into Vogue magazine.
She has more experience catching fish than dealing with foreign policy or national affairs.
Talk about a rocketing ascent.
In turning to her, McCain picked an independent figure in his own mold, one who has taken on Alaska's powerful oil industry and, at age 44, is three years younger than Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and a generation younger than McCain, 72.
Palin's selection was a jaw-dropper, as McCain passed over many other better known prospects, some of whom had been the subject of intense speculation for weeks or months. "Holy cow," said her father, Chuck Heath, who got word something was up while driving to his remote hunting camp.
Palin had been in the running-mate field but as a distinct long shot.
She brings a strong anti-abortion stance to the ticket and opposes gay marriage -- constitutionally banned in Alaska before her time -- but exercised a veto that essentially granted benefits to gay state employees and their partners.
"She knows where she comes from, and she knows who she works for," McCain said in introducing her to an Ohio rally. "She stands up for what's right, and she doesn't let anyone tell her to sit down." He said: "She's exactly who I need."
Said Palin: "I didn't get into government to do the safe and easy things. A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why the ship is built."
Democrats seized on the gaping experience gap and said McCain now has no business questioning the seasoning of their nominee. Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York said McCain was taking a "roll of the dice" and declared that Palin's "lack of experience makes the thought of her assuming the presidency troubling."
Palin lives in Wasilla, a town of 6,500 about 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Anchorage, with her husband, Todd, a blue-collar North Slope oil worker who won the 2007 Iron Dog, a 1,900-mile (3,058-kilometer) snowmobile race. He is part Yup'ik Eskimo. The two have spent summers fishing commercially for salmon, an enterprise that once left her with broken fingers aboard their boat.
Typically seen walking the Capitol halls in black or red power suits while reading text messages on Blackberry screens in each hand, Palin made a recent appearance in fashion magazine Vogue.
"At first they had me in a bunch of furs," she said of the photo shoot. "Yeah, I have furs on my wall, but I don't wear furs. I had to show them my bunny boots and my North Face clothing."
Palin's clean-hands reputation has come into question with an investigation recently launched by a legislative panel into whether she dismissed Alaska's public safety commissioner because he would not fire her former brother-in-law as a state trooper. Trooper Mike Wooten went through a messy divorce from Palin's sister.
The governor denied orchestrating the dozens of telephone calls made by her husband and members of her administration to Wooten's bosses. She says she welcomes the investigation: "Hold me accountable."
Palin, who led the Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter at her high school, could help McCain's standing with social conservatives who have been skeptical of him.
"It's an absolutely brilliant choice," said Mathew Staver, dean of Liberty University School of Law and founder of the legal group Liberty Counsel, who has sought to coalesce evangelicals around McCain. "This will absolutely energize McCain's campaign and energize conservatives."
Palin is "a woman of faith who has a strong position on life, a consistent opinion on judges," Staver said. "She's the complete package."
Four months into her most recent pregnancy, Palin learned the child would have Down syndrome, and she said she never had any doubts about whether she would have the baby.
"We understand that every innocent life has wonderful potential," Palin told AP earlier this year in describing what she and her husband had confronted. Trig, her fifth child, was born in April.
Alaska's first female governor arrived at the Capitol in 2006 on an ethics reform platform after defeating two former governors in the primary and general elections.
In the primary, Palin defeated incumbent Gov. Frank Murkowski, who also had 22 years of experience in the U.S. Senate.
Her task didn't seem any easier in the general election, but she handily beat Tony Knowles, a popular Democrat who had served two earlier terms as governor.
During her first year in office, Palin moved away from the powerful old guard of the state Republican Party and has refused to kowtow to the powerful oil industry, instead presiding over a tax increase on oil company profits that now has the state's treasury swelling.
But she is a proponent of petroleum development, in tune with McCain, although the two disagree on drilling in Alaska's protected Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She favors drilling there; he opposes it.
The governor also opposed designating polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, fearing that step would get in the way of a proposed natural gas pipeline tapping the North Slope's vast reserves.
Before becoming governor, her political experience consisted of terms as Wasilla's mayor and councilwoman and a stint as head of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
Her parents Chuck and Sally were trying to reach the abandoned gold mine that serves as their hunting camp when their son-in-law called them Thursday to tell them to tune in to the radio when they got there. A flooded creek turned them around for home.
"I should have put two and two together," her dad said. "I'd rather go moose hunting than be involved with politics."
But if she's down-home, she's also politically savvy.
"Sarah Palin for her entire political career has been underestimated," said Paulette Simpson of the Alaska Federation of Republican Women. "She's tough, she's tenacious. I believe that she does have what it takes to get out there. Again, her ability to connect with voters and make a case is very, very, very strong."
Palin's confrontations with the state Republican party began when Murkowski named her chairwoman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. There, Palin exposed current Alaska Republican Party Chairman Randy Ruedrich, who was also on the commission, for ethical violations.
In 2005, Palin co-filed an ethics complaint against Murkowski's longtime aide and then attorney general, Gregg Renkes, for having a financial interest in a company that stood to gain from an international trade deal he was helping craft.
The Palins' five children are Track, 19; Bristol 17; Willow 14; Piper, 7, and baby Trig.
Track enlisted in the Army in 2007 on the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and has been assigned to Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks.
Palin was born Feb. 11, 1964, in Idaho, but her parents moved to Alaska shortly after her birth to teach. She received a bachelor of science degree in communications-journalism from the University of Idaho in 1987.
Source: http://www.courant.com/
Monday, September 15, 2008
Sarah Palin Action Figure
Sarah Palin Action Figure(WSB Radio) OK, admit it. You knew this was coming.
InfoMedia has developed "The Sarahnator," an action figure of Alaska Governor and Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
"Sarah Palin Action Figure Takes Political World by Storm!" proclaims the ad for the figure, which stands 12 inches high, dressed in a "Tomb Raider" outfit, equipped with leg holstered .45 handgun.
There's also a figure called "Sarah Palin Executive," dressed in a navy blue tailored pant suit.
"Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals can enjoy Sarah as they see fit,' the ad promises. "Whether placed on the altar of respect or reviled as the harbinger of doom, these wonderfully crafted action figures depicting the Governor of Alaska and Republican Vice-Presidential candidate are sure to amuse.
Photo Credit: www.ajc.com
Source: http://wsbradio.com/news/090809palinator.html
Sarah Palin Bio
Sarah Palin Bio
Sarah Louise Heath Palin (pronounced /ˈpeɪlɪn/; born February 11, 1964) is the governor of Alaska and the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election.
She was on the Wasilla, Alaska city council from 1992-1996 and mayor from 1996-2002. After an unsuccessful campaign for lieutenant governor of Alaska in 2002, she chaired the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission from 2003 to 2004. She was elected governor of Alaska in November 2006, becoming the first woman and the youngest person to hold the position in Alaska.
On August 29, 2008, Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain announced that he had chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate. She was nominated at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Palin is the first woman to run on the Republican party's presidential ticket, as well as the first Alaskan to appear on any major-party presidential ticket.
Courtesy: wikipedia.org
Sarah Louise Heath Palin (pronounced /ˈpeɪlɪn/; born February 11, 1964) is the governor of Alaska and the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election.
She was on the Wasilla, Alaska city council from 1992-1996 and mayor from 1996-2002. After an unsuccessful campaign for lieutenant governor of Alaska in 2002, she chaired the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission from 2003 to 2004. She was elected governor of Alaska in November 2006, becoming the first woman and the youngest person to hold the position in Alaska.
On August 29, 2008, Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain announced that he had chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate. She was nominated at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Palin is the first woman to run on the Republican party's presidential ticket, as well as the first Alaskan to appear on any major-party presidential ticket.
Courtesy: wikipedia.org
Bangalore University Results 2008 Announced
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Happy Birthday to actress Amy Davidson
Happy Birthday to actress Amy Davidson
Celebrity Birthdays, September 15
Happy Birthday to Prince Harry of Wales (1984), "8 Simple Rules" actress Amy Davidson (1979), Franz Ferdinand drummer Paul Thomson (1976), football legend Dan Marino (1961), movie director Oliver Stone (1946), "Man of the House" star Tommy Lee Jones (1946), actor Henry Darrow (1933), bandleader Cannonball Adderley (1928; d. 1975), "Superman" actor Jackie Cooper (1922), actress Penny Singleton (1908; d. 2003), "King Kong" actress Fay Wray (1907; d. 2004), country singer Roy Acuff (1903; d. 1992), "Murder on the Orient Express" author Agatha Christie (1890; d. 1976), 27th President of the United States William Howard Taft (1857; d. 1930), and Italian explorer Marco Polo (1254; d. 1324).
Celebrity Birthdays, September 15
Happy Birthday to Prince Harry of Wales (1984), "8 Simple Rules" actress Amy Davidson (1979), Franz Ferdinand drummer Paul Thomson (1976), football legend Dan Marino (1961), movie director Oliver Stone (1946), "Man of the House" star Tommy Lee Jones (1946), actor Henry Darrow (1933), bandleader Cannonball Adderley (1928; d. 1975), "Superman" actor Jackie Cooper (1922), actress Penny Singleton (1908; d. 2003), "King Kong" actress Fay Wray (1907; d. 2004), country singer Roy Acuff (1903; d. 1992), "Murder on the Orient Express" author Agatha Christie (1890; d. 1976), 27th President of the United States William Howard Taft (1857; d. 1930), and Italian explorer Marco Polo (1254; d. 1324).
Professors, lecturers get hefty pay hike after 6th Pay Commission
Professors, lecturers get hefty pay hike after 6th Pay Commission
By Khabrein.Info Correspondent,
New Delhi, Sept 15, 2008: Professors and lecturers are all set to get hefty pay hike. Following the 6th Pay Commission implementation there was some disappointment among university and colleges teachers over the delay in implementation of the pay panel recommendation, but finally they too are set for substantial salary hikes.
If everything goes well university teachers will get approximately 30 percent pay hikes on the lines of the Sixth Pay Panel recommendations.
University grants commission had set up a committee under a former vice chancellor of prestigious JNU to recommend the pay revision needed in teaching fraternity in the universities.
The GK Chadha committee was under fire recently for not being able to submit its report on time, the same day when Sixth Pay Commission presented its report.
But Chadha committee has some good news for teachers besides pay raise. It has reportedly favoured raising of retirement age to 65, flexibility to accommodate talent through incentives, grant for working in remote and inaccessible areas and also emphasis on research.
Chadha while making the announcement said, “We will ask all states to invoke a uniform policy on the age of retirement and re-employment of teachers. The uniformity is essential to rid India’s higher education sector of inter-regional disparities”.
Chadha went on to add, “We will focus at the entry level, on those just completing their academics and contemplating a life of teaching. We want to lure them into the profession.”
He added, “We cannot offer the red-carpet treatment that the corporate sector can, but we plan to offer them better research facilities to keep them (faculty) in our universities.”
Regarding other benefits, the committee favoured extending medical and general group insurance to university and college teachers. Mr Chadha said the committee will suggest that the Centre and the states should sit together to finalise the modalities for implementation of the revised pay with effect from first January 2006.
"There should not be inter-institutional and inter-university deviations while implementing the revised pay," he said. The committee is also considering how to create new categories of teaching position and devise ways to give a better pay to contract and guest teachers.
The Chadha committee was given the following task:
review implementation of the previous decision of the government/UGC under scheme of revision of pay scales approved for university and college teachers, librarians, physical education personnel and other academic staff.
To evaluate extent to which earlier recommendations in relation to qualifications, service conditions and pay-scales have been implemented.
To examine the present structure of emoluments and conditions of service... and suggest revision in the structure, taking into account the minimum qualifications, career advancement opportunities and total packet of benefits available to them (such as superannuation benefits, medical, housing facilities, etc).
To examine cases of anomalies in the pay structure or career advancement opportunities for academic staff after the last pay revision and suggest remedial measures.
To initiate necessary studies and analysis in regard to the terms of reference, keeping in mind demands and requirements of universities and higher education institutions.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info/
By Khabrein.Info Correspondent,
New Delhi, Sept 15, 2008: Professors and lecturers are all set to get hefty pay hike. Following the 6th Pay Commission implementation there was some disappointment among university and colleges teachers over the delay in implementation of the pay panel recommendation, but finally they too are set for substantial salary hikes.
If everything goes well university teachers will get approximately 30 percent pay hikes on the lines of the Sixth Pay Panel recommendations.
University grants commission had set up a committee under a former vice chancellor of prestigious JNU to recommend the pay revision needed in teaching fraternity in the universities.
The GK Chadha committee was under fire recently for not being able to submit its report on time, the same day when Sixth Pay Commission presented its report.
But Chadha committee has some good news for teachers besides pay raise. It has reportedly favoured raising of retirement age to 65, flexibility to accommodate talent through incentives, grant for working in remote and inaccessible areas and also emphasis on research.
Chadha while making the announcement said, “We will ask all states to invoke a uniform policy on the age of retirement and re-employment of teachers. The uniformity is essential to rid India’s higher education sector of inter-regional disparities”.
Chadha went on to add, “We will focus at the entry level, on those just completing their academics and contemplating a life of teaching. We want to lure them into the profession.”
He added, “We cannot offer the red-carpet treatment that the corporate sector can, but we plan to offer them better research facilities to keep them (faculty) in our universities.”
Regarding other benefits, the committee favoured extending medical and general group insurance to university and college teachers. Mr Chadha said the committee will suggest that the Centre and the states should sit together to finalise the modalities for implementation of the revised pay with effect from first January 2006.
"There should not be inter-institutional and inter-university deviations while implementing the revised pay," he said. The committee is also considering how to create new categories of teaching position and devise ways to give a better pay to contract and guest teachers.
The Chadha committee was given the following task:
review implementation of the previous decision of the government/UGC under scheme of revision of pay scales approved for university and college teachers, librarians, physical education personnel and other academic staff.
To evaluate extent to which earlier recommendations in relation to qualifications, service conditions and pay-scales have been implemented.
To examine the present structure of emoluments and conditions of service... and suggest revision in the structure, taking into account the minimum qualifications, career advancement opportunities and total packet of benefits available to them (such as superannuation benefits, medical, housing facilities, etc).
To examine cases of anomalies in the pay structure or career advancement opportunities for academic staff after the last pay revision and suggest remedial measures.
To initiate necessary studies and analysis in regard to the terms of reference, keeping in mind demands and requirements of universities and higher education institutions.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info/
Sixth Pay Commission: Remove pay anomalies, demand coop officers
Sixth Pay Commission: Remove pay anomalies, demand coop officers
15 Sep 2008 11:14:00 AM ISTBHUBANESWAR: The Orissa Cooperative Non-gazetted Officers Association has stepped up its demand for removal of pay anomalies in the pay-scale of inspector and sub-assistant registrar of cooperative societies before implementing the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.
Addressing mediapersons here today, association president S.Khan rued that while the scale of pay for sub-inspector of police (SI) and supply inspector was fixed at Rs 5,000-8,000, the inspector of cooperative societies being in the same grade, got the basic pay at Rs 4,750-7,500.
Similarly, the association has demanded fixation of basic pay of sub-assistant registrar of cooperative societies at Rs 5,900-9,700 as granted to the inspector of police. The existing basic pay of the sub-assistant registrar is Rs 5,500-9,000.
Protesting the anomaly, the association had submitted a memorandum to the pay anomaly committee for removal of the disparities. However, this anomaly has not been corrected while the Government has already set up another Fitment Committee to study the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.
A delegation of the association recently met Cooperation Secretary U.P. Singh and submitted a memorandum with four-point charter of demands. They requested Singh to take up the issue with the Government for removal of the pay anomaly before the Fitment Committee submitted its report.
Khan further informed that 254 posts of inspector of cooperative societies and 110 posts of sub-assistant registrar are lying vacant.
If the vacancies in sub-assistant registrar post were filled up through promotion, the effective vacancies in the post of cooperative inspector will be 364, he added.
He urged the Government to fill up the vacant posts without delay.
Source: http://www.expressbuzz.com/
15 Sep 2008 11:14:00 AM ISTBHUBANESWAR: The Orissa Cooperative Non-gazetted Officers Association has stepped up its demand for removal of pay anomalies in the pay-scale of inspector and sub-assistant registrar of cooperative societies before implementing the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.
Addressing mediapersons here today, association president S.Khan rued that while the scale of pay for sub-inspector of police (SI) and supply inspector was fixed at Rs 5,000-8,000, the inspector of cooperative societies being in the same grade, got the basic pay at Rs 4,750-7,500.
Similarly, the association has demanded fixation of basic pay of sub-assistant registrar of cooperative societies at Rs 5,900-9,700 as granted to the inspector of police. The existing basic pay of the sub-assistant registrar is Rs 5,500-9,000.
Protesting the anomaly, the association had submitted a memorandum to the pay anomaly committee for removal of the disparities. However, this anomaly has not been corrected while the Government has already set up another Fitment Committee to study the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.
A delegation of the association recently met Cooperation Secretary U.P. Singh and submitted a memorandum with four-point charter of demands. They requested Singh to take up the issue with the Government for removal of the pay anomaly before the Fitment Committee submitted its report.
Khan further informed that 254 posts of inspector of cooperative societies and 110 posts of sub-assistant registrar are lying vacant.
If the vacancies in sub-assistant registrar post were filled up through promotion, the effective vacancies in the post of cooperative inspector will be 364, he added.
He urged the Government to fill up the vacant posts without delay.
Source: http://www.expressbuzz.com/
Sixth Pay Commission: Now no girl wants to marry a fighter pilot thanks to low pay, laments Marshal Arjan Singh
Sixth Pay Commission: Now no girl wants to marry a fighter pilot thanks to low pay, laments Marshal Arjan Singh
September 15th, 2008 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Earlier every girl wanted to marry a fighter pilot but now nobody wants to, thanks to the pathetic pay package and lack of respect for the armed forces and their service conditions, laments Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh.Talking about the defence forces being shortchanged in the Sixth Pay Commission, Singh said that the morale of the force has to be maintained.
“Bureaucrats work close to ministers and hence are able to influence them. The people in the armed forces are suffering vis-à-vis the bureaucrats. Lowering their pay and rank will affect their morale,” Singh told IANS here.
Singh, one of the first air force pilots of independent India, is the only IAF chief to be given the rank of Marshal of the Air Force.
He termed the government apathy towards the armed forces as the reason behind the shortage of officers.
“The attraction towards the armed forces went down and the government did not do anything to change it. Ours is a voluntary service; so improvement of conditions for the armed forces without lowering of (recruitment) standards is a must,” Singh added.
Singh was commenting on the resentment among the armed forces personnel who felt shortchanged by the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendations.
Singh, the only IAF chief to have led the air force successfully to war, also felt that dilution of parity of the armed forces officers with respect to their civil and paramilitary counterparts does not augur well.
“The standard of armed forces should not come down. The IAF is still better off but army has to work close with civil administration and it is going to be different now,” Singh added.
The reviewed report of the Sixth Pay Commission has upgraded the civilian and paramilitary counterparts of officers of the rank of lieutenant colonel and equivalent to the higher pay band.
Due to this, civilian officers who were in the lower pay bracket and were hitherto drawing less pay than lieutenant colonels and officers of equivalent rank would now draw a higher basic salary.
Following the revised report, even a short service commissioned officer in the paramilitary forces will get a higher pay than most permanent commissioned officers in the armed forces.
This has received sharp reactions from within the rank and file of the armed forces.
Source: http://www.thaindian.com/
September 15th, 2008 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Earlier every girl wanted to marry a fighter pilot but now nobody wants to, thanks to the pathetic pay package and lack of respect for the armed forces and their service conditions, laments Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh.Talking about the defence forces being shortchanged in the Sixth Pay Commission, Singh said that the morale of the force has to be maintained.
“Bureaucrats work close to ministers and hence are able to influence them. The people in the armed forces are suffering vis-à-vis the bureaucrats. Lowering their pay and rank will affect their morale,” Singh told IANS here.
Singh, one of the first air force pilots of independent India, is the only IAF chief to be given the rank of Marshal of the Air Force.
He termed the government apathy towards the armed forces as the reason behind the shortage of officers.
“The attraction towards the armed forces went down and the government did not do anything to change it. Ours is a voluntary service; so improvement of conditions for the armed forces without lowering of (recruitment) standards is a must,” Singh added.
Singh was commenting on the resentment among the armed forces personnel who felt shortchanged by the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendations.
Singh, the only IAF chief to have led the air force successfully to war, also felt that dilution of parity of the armed forces officers with respect to their civil and paramilitary counterparts does not augur well.
“The standard of armed forces should not come down. The IAF is still better off but army has to work close with civil administration and it is going to be different now,” Singh added.
The reviewed report of the Sixth Pay Commission has upgraded the civilian and paramilitary counterparts of officers of the rank of lieutenant colonel and equivalent to the higher pay band.
Due to this, civilian officers who were in the lower pay bracket and were hitherto drawing less pay than lieutenant colonels and officers of equivalent rank would now draw a higher basic salary.
Following the revised report, even a short service commissioned officer in the paramilitary forces will get a higher pay than most permanent commissioned officers in the armed forces.
This has received sharp reactions from within the rank and file of the armed forces.
Source: http://www.thaindian.com/
Sixth Pay Commission : Big raise on cards for university teachers
Sixth Pay Commission : Big raise on cards for university teachers
New Delhi, Sept. 14: A University Grants Commission pay panel has promised that the average raise for university teachers will be higher than what corresponding government officials are to receive under the Sixth Pay Commission.
The committee, headed by former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) vice-chancellor G.K. Chadha, is also set to recommend a uniform retirement age. The age is 65 in central universities but, as Chadha pointed out, it varies from 55 to 70 in educational institutions under states.
“We will ask all states to invoke a uniform policy on the age of retirement and re-employment of teachers. The uniformity is essential to rid India’s higher education sector of inter-regional disparities,” Chadha said today.
The committee has been criticised by teachers’ bodies for failing to submit its report by the September 6 deadline.
The panel was set up along with the Sixth Pay Commission and both reports were to be implemented together. The Centre finalised the findings of the pay commission and notified the recommendations last month. Government staff were granted hikes ranging from 12 to 21 per cent a year.
The Chadha panel asked for more time and was granted a month’s extension. The committee, Chadha said, had arrived at a consensus on “most issues” and would start writing the report next week.
If the government accepts the hike suggested by the UGC committee, it will be effective from January 1, 2006, the date from which the central officials’ pay has been revised.
Chadha said the committee had outlined several proposals to help retain top-quality teachers in academics. “We will focus at the entry level, on those just completing their academics and contemplating a life of teaching. We want to lure them into the profession.”
“We cannot offer the red-carpet treatment that the corporate sector can, but we plan to offer them better research facilities to keep them (faculty) in our universities.”
The Chadha committee also suggested an annual appraisal of teachers and more flexible growth opportunities.
Higher education faces a massive teacher crunch, with dozens of vacancies to be filled, many of them at premier institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs).
The UGC panel is also set to recommend a “carrot-and-stick” policy for states. The Centre contributes 80 per cent of the money for paying university teachers and its share is independent of the extent to which states have implemented the recommendations of the previous pay panel.
“The central assistance should continue, but only for those states willing to adopt all recommendations accepted by the Centre,” Chadha said.
Source: http://www.telegraphindia.com
New Delhi, Sept. 14: A University Grants Commission pay panel has promised that the average raise for university teachers will be higher than what corresponding government officials are to receive under the Sixth Pay Commission.
The committee, headed by former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) vice-chancellor G.K. Chadha, is also set to recommend a uniform retirement age. The age is 65 in central universities but, as Chadha pointed out, it varies from 55 to 70 in educational institutions under states.
“We will ask all states to invoke a uniform policy on the age of retirement and re-employment of teachers. The uniformity is essential to rid India’s higher education sector of inter-regional disparities,” Chadha said today.
The committee has been criticised by teachers’ bodies for failing to submit its report by the September 6 deadline.
The panel was set up along with the Sixth Pay Commission and both reports were to be implemented together. The Centre finalised the findings of the pay commission and notified the recommendations last month. Government staff were granted hikes ranging from 12 to 21 per cent a year.
The Chadha panel asked for more time and was granted a month’s extension. The committee, Chadha said, had arrived at a consensus on “most issues” and would start writing the report next week.
If the government accepts the hike suggested by the UGC committee, it will be effective from January 1, 2006, the date from which the central officials’ pay has been revised.
Chadha said the committee had outlined several proposals to help retain top-quality teachers in academics. “We will focus at the entry level, on those just completing their academics and contemplating a life of teaching. We want to lure them into the profession.”
“We cannot offer the red-carpet treatment that the corporate sector can, but we plan to offer them better research facilities to keep them (faculty) in our universities.”
The Chadha committee also suggested an annual appraisal of teachers and more flexible growth opportunities.
Higher education faces a massive teacher crunch, with dozens of vacancies to be filled, many of them at premier institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs).
The UGC panel is also set to recommend a “carrot-and-stick” policy for states. The Centre contributes 80 per cent of the money for paying university teachers and its share is independent of the extent to which states have implemented the recommendations of the previous pay panel.
“The central assistance should continue, but only for those states willing to adopt all recommendations accepted by the Centre,” Chadha said.
Source: http://www.telegraphindia.com
Excise, Customs employees protest anomalies in the 6th Pay Commission
Excise, Customs employees protest anomalies in the 6th Pay Commission
By Khabrein.Info Correspondent,
New Delhi, Sept 14, 2008: After armed forces and Indian revenue services it is the turn of Excise, Customs employees to protest against anomalies in the 6th Pay Commission. They say that they have been discriminated against when it came to pay scale and pay band.
Indian armed forces have been up in arms against the Sixth Pay Commission ever since it made its recommendations known.
The three arms of defence forces say that they have been discriminated against when compared to their civilian counterparts.
The armed forces have refused to implement the pay panel recommendations till the time anomalies are taken care of.
Later Indian revenue services officials too raised the issue of anomalies and now it is the turn of the Excise and Customs department.
In a statement Delhi branch of All India Association of Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers said, “The reason behind it (the protest) is the apathetic and indifferent attitude of the authorities concerned in matters of promotion, pay scale, working condition, staff position etc”.
The Delhi chapter of All India Association of Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers has alleged that compared to employees in other cadres, the promotional opportunities are far less for inspectors and superintendents engaged in collection of indirect taxes like Central Excise, Customs, Service Tax, Inland Air Travel Tax and Foreign Travel Tax.
It said that the income tax inspectors, officers, examiners and appraisers have better promotional opportunities, while the Central Excise superintendents retires as superintendents, despite being recruited through the same competitive examinations, the statement said.
Source: Khabrein.Info
By Khabrein.Info Correspondent,
New Delhi, Sept 14, 2008: After armed forces and Indian revenue services it is the turn of Excise, Customs employees to protest against anomalies in the 6th Pay Commission. They say that they have been discriminated against when it came to pay scale and pay band.
Indian armed forces have been up in arms against the Sixth Pay Commission ever since it made its recommendations known.
The three arms of defence forces say that they have been discriminated against when compared to their civilian counterparts.
The armed forces have refused to implement the pay panel recommendations till the time anomalies are taken care of.
Later Indian revenue services officials too raised the issue of anomalies and now it is the turn of the Excise and Customs department.
In a statement Delhi branch of All India Association of Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers said, “The reason behind it (the protest) is the apathetic and indifferent attitude of the authorities concerned in matters of promotion, pay scale, working condition, staff position etc”.
The Delhi chapter of All India Association of Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers has alleged that compared to employees in other cadres, the promotional opportunities are far less for inspectors and superintendents engaged in collection of indirect taxes like Central Excise, Customs, Service Tax, Inland Air Travel Tax and Foreign Travel Tax.
It said that the income tax inspectors, officers, examiners and appraisers have better promotional opportunities, while the Central Excise superintendents retires as superintendents, despite being recruited through the same competitive examinations, the statement said.
Source: Khabrein.Info
Income Tax Relief on 6th Pay Commission Arrears
Income Tax Relief on 6th Pay Commission Arrears
Every government employee finds himself in dilemma to be happy or not. Sixth pay Commission stand implemented and they are thought to be richer by 21%. But what is not announced is that a big chunk of what employees will get will be taken back in terms of Income Tax.
Even the group C employees are bracketed in 30% slab due to arrears. What is more objectionable is the fact that while they will get only 40% of the due arrears in this financial year but they will have to pay tax on whole arrear rather then a part thereof. To do so, Income Tax Department is taking refuge in an earlier SC directive that empowers the govt to levy tax on due hike rather than actual payment.
What this whole jargon implies to common employees is that they actually end up getting their arrears minus 30% of the total due arrears.
Now there is news as that employees may get option to stagger their arrear income into last three years instead of considering it income of one year only, it will help some to get the lower tax slab rather then higher one. General feeling though is that government is giving by one hand and taking back by other.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info
Every government employee finds himself in dilemma to be happy or not. Sixth pay Commission stand implemented and they are thought to be richer by 21%. But what is not announced is that a big chunk of what employees will get will be taken back in terms of Income Tax.
Even the group C employees are bracketed in 30% slab due to arrears. What is more objectionable is the fact that while they will get only 40% of the due arrears in this financial year but they will have to pay tax on whole arrear rather then a part thereof. To do so, Income Tax Department is taking refuge in an earlier SC directive that empowers the govt to levy tax on due hike rather than actual payment.
What this whole jargon implies to common employees is that they actually end up getting their arrears minus 30% of the total due arrears.
Now there is news as that employees may get option to stagger their arrear income into last three years instead of considering it income of one year only, it will help some to get the lower tax slab rather then higher one. General feeling though is that government is giving by one hand and taking back by other.
Source: http://www.khabrein.info
Engineers Day - Happy Engineers Day
Engineers Day - Happy Engineers Day
September 15 is celebrated every year in India as Engineer’s Day to commemorate the birthday of the legendary engineer Sir M. Visvesvaraya.
He was born on 15th September 1861.
Sir M. Visvesvaraya was recognised Internationally for his genius in harnessing water resources, he was responsible for successful design and construction of several river dams, bridges and implementing irrigation and drinking water schemes all over India.
He served as the dewan of Mysore State and was considered to be the architect of the all-round development of Karnataka.
Among his most successful projects are the design and construction of the K.R. Sagar dam and its adjoining Brindavan Gardens, turn-around of the Bhadravati Iron and Steel Works, setting up of the Mysore Sandalwood Oil Factory and the founding of the Bank of Mysore.
Engineers Day is one of the less celebrated events, most of us dont even know about it. We should be proud of this great man and celebrate this Engineers Day
Following is the brief profile of Sir M. Visvesvaraya
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, popularly and afectionately known as Sir M.V., was born on September 15, 1860 in a village known as Muddenahalli in Chikballapur Taluk, Kolar District. His father died in Kurnool when Visvesvaraya was just 15 years old. Visvevaraya completed his lower secondary schooling in Chikballapur. After schooling he joined Central College in Bangalore for his graduation.
He lead a very simple life. He was a strict vegetarian and a teetotaller. He would go to sleep by 10 P.M. and wake up at 6 A.M. His diet included a very light breakfast, two slices of bread or chappatis,vegetables without spcices, rasam, curds, Nanjangud bannanas for lunch. He was known for his honesty and integrity. Before accepting the position of Dewan of Mysore, he invited all his relatives for dinner. He told them very clearly that he would accept the prestigous office on the condition that none of them would approach him for favours. Such things are unheard of these days.
Some of the job positions he held were
1. Assistand Engineer, Bombay Government Service [in 1884]
2. Chief Engineer, Hyderabad State [he served only for 7 months starting April 15, 1909]
3. Chief Engineer in Mysore State [Nov 15, 1909]. He was also Secretary to the Railways.
4. President of Education and Industrial Development committees in Mysore State
5. Dewan of Mysore. [for six years starting 1912]
6. Chairman, Bhadravati Iron Works
7. Member of the Governing Council of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
8. Member of the Governing Council of Tata Iron and Steel Company [TISCO]
9. Member of Back Bay enquiry committee, London
10. Member of a committee constituted in 1917 to make recommendations regarding the future of Indian States.
Sir M.V. retired in 1908 and Sri Krishnarajendra Wodeyar, Maharaja of Mysore, was eager to secure the services of Visvesvaraya to serve Mysore. He joined as Chief Engineer in Mysore because he wanted challenging opportunities. Sir M.V. had earned a reputation for his honesty, integrity, ability and intelligence. He had introduced compulsory education in the State which later was embodied as a fundamental right in the Constitution of independent India.
To name few of the many things he was responsible for:
1. Architect of the Krishnarajasagara dam - or KRS or Brindavan gardens (PS: Unfortunately the govt officials of today are busy swallowing money and defaming the beautiful gardens) One of the biggest dams in India which irrigates a hundred and twenty thousand acres of land.
2. Bhadravati Iron and Steel Works - as its Chairman he rescued it from becoming extinct.
3. Mysore Sandal Oil Factory and the Mysore soap factory
4. Mysore University - Sir M.V.’s question was “If Australia and Canada could have universitites of their own for less than a million population, cannot Mysore with a population of not less that 60 lakhs have a University of its own?” (PS: Today more and more colleges are being started, but for a different reason - to make MONEY!)
5. State Bank of Mysore (it was first named The Bank of Mysore)
6. Public libraries in Mysore and Bangalore
7. Encouraging girls to attend school.
8. Mysore Chamber of Commerce
9. Kannada Sahitya Parishad or the Kannada Literary Academy
10. Sri Jayachamarajendra Occupational Institute, Bangalore - funded by the ENTIRE money [Rs 2 lacs] he earned from rescuing Bhadravati Iron Works (Modern Politicians - please learn something from Sir M.V.)
Sir M.V. was never interested in fame or publicity. But they came to him on their own. Every university in India sought him out to confer honoris causa. The univs of Allahabad, Andhra, Bombay, Calcutta, Jadhavpur, Mysore, Patna [not sure if he would want to accept from Patna now!] and Varanasi.
Some of the honours and laurels conferred on Sir M.V.,
1904 Honorary Membership of London Institution of Civil Engineers for an unbroken period of 50 years
1906 ”Kaisar-i-Hind” in recognition of his services
1911 C.I.E. (Companion of the Indian Empire) at the Delhi Darbar
1915 K.C.I.E. (Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire)
1921 D.Sc. - Calcutta University
1931 LLD - Bombay University
1937 D.Litt - Benaras Hindu University
1943 Elected as an Honorary Life Member of the Institution of Engineers (India)
1944 D.Sc. - Allahabad University
1948 Doctorate - LLD., Mysore University
1953 D.Litt - Andhra University
1953 Awarded the Honorary Fellowship of the Institute of Town Planners, India
1955 Conferred ‘ BHARATHA RATNA’(The gem of India), the highest dinstiction of the country
1958 ’Durga Prasad Khaitan Memorial Gold Medal’ by the Royal Asiatic Society Council of Bengal
1959 Fellowship of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Sir M.V. belongs to that small band of eminent Indians whose ideas and achievements have been among the truly creative and formative force of modern India. Sir M.V.’s slogan was Industrialize or Perish and Mahatama Gandhiji’s view was Industrialize and Perish. In 1921 Gandhiji launched his non-cooperation movement which Sir M.V. did not agree with. Sir M.V. wrote to Gandhiji urging him to be dressed better in view of the upcoming Round Table Conference. Sir M.V. used to be immacaulately dressed.
The centenary of the birth of Sir M.V. was celebrated in Lal Bagh in Bangalore. Prime Minister Nehru flew down to Bangalore by a special plane to honour the greatest son of India. Sri Jayachamaraja Wodiyar presided over the function.
Sir. M.V. died on April 12, 1962 at the age of 102 years, 6 months and 8 days. As per his wish, he was created in his brith place, Muddanahalli.
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September 15 is celebrated every year in India as Engineer’s Day to commemorate the birthday of the legendary engineer Sir M. Visvesvaraya.
He was born on 15th September 1861.
Sir M. Visvesvaraya was recognised Internationally for his genius in harnessing water resources, he was responsible for successful design and construction of several river dams, bridges and implementing irrigation and drinking water schemes all over India.
He served as the dewan of Mysore State and was considered to be the architect of the all-round development of Karnataka.
Among his most successful projects are the design and construction of the K.R. Sagar dam and its adjoining Brindavan Gardens, turn-around of the Bhadravati Iron and Steel Works, setting up of the Mysore Sandalwood Oil Factory and the founding of the Bank of Mysore.
Engineers Day is one of the less celebrated events, most of us dont even know about it. We should be proud of this great man and celebrate this Engineers Day
Following is the brief profile of Sir M. Visvesvaraya
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, popularly and afectionately known as Sir M.V., was born on September 15, 1860 in a village known as Muddenahalli in Chikballapur Taluk, Kolar District. His father died in Kurnool when Visvesvaraya was just 15 years old. Visvevaraya completed his lower secondary schooling in Chikballapur. After schooling he joined Central College in Bangalore for his graduation.
He lead a very simple life. He was a strict vegetarian and a teetotaller. He would go to sleep by 10 P.M. and wake up at 6 A.M. His diet included a very light breakfast, two slices of bread or chappatis,vegetables without spcices, rasam, curds, Nanjangud bannanas for lunch. He was known for his honesty and integrity. Before accepting the position of Dewan of Mysore, he invited all his relatives for dinner. He told them very clearly that he would accept the prestigous office on the condition that none of them would approach him for favours. Such things are unheard of these days.
Some of the job positions he held were
1. Assistand Engineer, Bombay Government Service [in 1884]
2. Chief Engineer, Hyderabad State [he served only for 7 months starting April 15, 1909]
3. Chief Engineer in Mysore State [Nov 15, 1909]. He was also Secretary to the Railways.
4. President of Education and Industrial Development committees in Mysore State
5. Dewan of Mysore. [for six years starting 1912]
6. Chairman, Bhadravati Iron Works
7. Member of the Governing Council of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
8. Member of the Governing Council of Tata Iron and Steel Company [TISCO]
9. Member of Back Bay enquiry committee, London
10. Member of a committee constituted in 1917 to make recommendations regarding the future of Indian States.
Sir M.V. retired in 1908 and Sri Krishnarajendra Wodeyar, Maharaja of Mysore, was eager to secure the services of Visvesvaraya to serve Mysore. He joined as Chief Engineer in Mysore because he wanted challenging opportunities. Sir M.V. had earned a reputation for his honesty, integrity, ability and intelligence. He had introduced compulsory education in the State which later was embodied as a fundamental right in the Constitution of independent India.
To name few of the many things he was responsible for:
1. Architect of the Krishnarajasagara dam - or KRS or Brindavan gardens (PS: Unfortunately the govt officials of today are busy swallowing money and defaming the beautiful gardens) One of the biggest dams in India which irrigates a hundred and twenty thousand acres of land.
2. Bhadravati Iron and Steel Works - as its Chairman he rescued it from becoming extinct.
3. Mysore Sandal Oil Factory and the Mysore soap factory
4. Mysore University - Sir M.V.’s question was “If Australia and Canada could have universitites of their own for less than a million population, cannot Mysore with a population of not less that 60 lakhs have a University of its own?” (PS: Today more and more colleges are being started, but for a different reason - to make MONEY!)
5. State Bank of Mysore (it was first named The Bank of Mysore)
6. Public libraries in Mysore and Bangalore
7. Encouraging girls to attend school.
8. Mysore Chamber of Commerce
9. Kannada Sahitya Parishad or the Kannada Literary Academy
10. Sri Jayachamarajendra Occupational Institute, Bangalore - funded by the ENTIRE money [Rs 2 lacs] he earned from rescuing Bhadravati Iron Works (Modern Politicians - please learn something from Sir M.V.)
Sir M.V. was never interested in fame or publicity. But they came to him on their own. Every university in India sought him out to confer honoris causa. The univs of Allahabad, Andhra, Bombay, Calcutta, Jadhavpur, Mysore, Patna [not sure if he would want to accept from Patna now!] and Varanasi.
Some of the honours and laurels conferred on Sir M.V.,
1904 Honorary Membership of London Institution of Civil Engineers for an unbroken period of 50 years
1906 ”Kaisar-i-Hind” in recognition of his services
1911 C.I.E. (Companion of the Indian Empire) at the Delhi Darbar
1915 K.C.I.E. (Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire)
1921 D.Sc. - Calcutta University
1931 LLD - Bombay University
1937 D.Litt - Benaras Hindu University
1943 Elected as an Honorary Life Member of the Institution of Engineers (India)
1944 D.Sc. - Allahabad University
1948 Doctorate - LLD., Mysore University
1953 D.Litt - Andhra University
1953 Awarded the Honorary Fellowship of the Institute of Town Planners, India
1955 Conferred ‘ BHARATHA RATNA’(The gem of India), the highest dinstiction of the country
1958 ’Durga Prasad Khaitan Memorial Gold Medal’ by the Royal Asiatic Society Council of Bengal
1959 Fellowship of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Sir M.V. belongs to that small band of eminent Indians whose ideas and achievements have been among the truly creative and formative force of modern India. Sir M.V.’s slogan was Industrialize or Perish and Mahatama Gandhiji’s view was Industrialize and Perish. In 1921 Gandhiji launched his non-cooperation movement which Sir M.V. did not agree with. Sir M.V. wrote to Gandhiji urging him to be dressed better in view of the upcoming Round Table Conference. Sir M.V. used to be immacaulately dressed.
The centenary of the birth of Sir M.V. was celebrated in Lal Bagh in Bangalore. Prime Minister Nehru flew down to Bangalore by a special plane to honour the greatest son of India. Sri Jayachamaraja Wodiyar presided over the function.
Sir. M.V. died on April 12, 1962 at the age of 102 years, 6 months and 8 days. As per his wish, he was created in his brith place, Muddanahalli.
Source: Click Here
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