RBI tough on reimbursement of failed ATM transaction

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In a move to streamline the process and give some solace to customers using ATM, RBI on July 17th issued a notification to adhere to time frame of 12 working days from date of receipt of complaint from customers in case of reimbursement of failed transaction from ATM's and in case of failure to abide they shall pay compensation of Rs 100/- a day to the aggrieved customer.

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Governors Appointed

Governors B L Joshi Margaret Alva D N Dwivedi Jagan Nath Pahadia Syed Sibti Razi K Shankarnarayanan

State Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Gujarat Haryana Assam Jharkhand

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War of Words

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Although Rita Joshi Bahuguna got interim bail on Saturday but that also bring the fresh perspective about the language used by our leaders, we often hear now and then these kinds of statements specially from political leaders during election rally but then every other party leader were making such statements and also backtrack from their statements even though there statement were caught on tape by audio visual media. Whether it's case of Varun Gandhi, Mayawati, Lalu Prasad, Narendra Modi or even Sonia Gandhi making such statements which are in no way reflect the Indian culture but as the TINA (There Is No Alternative) factor works for them and we are forced to elect among them only and result is that Assembly and Parliament become battleground and in name of privilege the members can speak whatever they can without fear and sometimes not spare even the lifeless things like mikes, desks and chairs and use them for the purpose that is not what these things are supposed to be used. Anyway we expect our representatives to mature and use the public platform for the welfare for common man and not to stall the debate and healthy discussion in the house. Recent events in the Rajasthan assembly is also one another example where the house remain disturbed due to making of some untoward statement by very senior leaders of the house and thus CM has forced to submit his reply on budget discussion on the table of the house and so the common man loose the insight into the reply. Common man has either have very short memory or it have no alternative to look into these issues when they cast their votes otherwise the representative will think twice before taking any such action.


Politicians must be aware of the fact that words released from mouth will not come back and millions of people were listening them so they must have some sort of control on their tongue that will be helpful to them and also to the country otherwise one would know the fate of one of the recently appointed Governor who dared to speak and open mouth and now pay the price by getting sidetracked from active politics.


Need I say more?


Watch your tongue!

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Hillary on five day India Visit

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Hillary Clinton will be on five day official visit to India from Friday the 17th July 2009. She will be there in Mumbai and Delhi. In Mumbai she will stay in Taj to show solidarity to the victims of those died in 26/11 terrorist attack. She will also take part in programme of Teach India along with Aamir Khan, the brand Ambassador of Teach India. She will also meet SEWA(Self Employed Women's Association) workers. On Sunday she may fly to Delhi where she will be meeting PM Manmohan Singh and Foreign minister S M Krishna along with Sonia Gandhi and L K Advani.

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RAS 2008 Mains Time Table and Centre Details

RPSC has come out with the Centre details of RAS Mains 2008.

One can download it from

Centre Details for RAS Mains 2008

All the Best !

Similar Posts :

RAS Prel Centre Details 

RAS Prel 2008 Cut Off and Result

RAS 2008 Notification

 

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Udaipur become 'The Best City' in the World

As per the survey of US Travel Magazine 'Travel and Leisure' Udaipur topped among all the cities of the world to become the Best City of the world by scoring 87.94 points and finish ahead of Cape Town, Bangkok and Buenos Aires. In the previous year it was not among the Top Ten cities. 

Udaipur popularly known as 'The Lake city' and 'The Venice of East' has 1.86 international tourist in the year 2008 in addition to many more domestic tourist that visited this beautiful city rich in cultural heritage and royal vigour. Its hotel become popular destination from last few years for Marriage Tourism and many rich and famous celebrated their marriage ceremonies in traditional style in royal way in the heritage hotels of Udaipur.

UDAIPUR :

Situated on the NH 8 and 406 KM from the state capital Jaipur and 670 KM from the Delhi is well connected by Rail, Road and Air.
Places of Interests :
City Palacae, JAgdish Temple, Bhartiya Lok Kala Mandal Museum, Saheliyon ki Bari, Pratap Memorial, Fateh Sagar, Pichola Lake, Sajjangarh, Shilp Gram,

Important Festivals :

Shilpgram festival( A famous traditional art show), Mewar festival, Gangaur and Teej Festival.
Some Picture Post Card from Udaipur :

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Haryana Civil Services (Executive) Mains 2009

As per newspaper reports HPSC (Haryana Public Service Commission) will conduct Haryana Civil Services (Executive) Mains from 22nd August onwards which was earlier supposed to happen in June 2009. Detailed Date sheet is yet to be announced.

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PTET 2009 Results

JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY, JODHPUR declared the result of PTET-2009.

Check out result at :

Official PTET site

Rajasthaneducation.net

Indiaresults

For online counselling and other details visit : JNVU PTET SITE

CUT OFF :

 

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RPET 2009 Result

Board of Technical Education Rajasthan declared the result of Rajasthan Pre Engineering Test - 2009 (RPET-09)

RPET 2009 Result

RPET 2009 RESULT BY NAME


Around 30,000 students can get admission out of 61,267 candidates appeared in he Exam. Nitin Motiani from Ajmer topped the exam scoring 110 out of 120.

Previous Notifications Regarding RPET :

# Out of Rajasthan candidates through AIEEE Rank

# Center and Roll number

# Registration and Deficiency Details

# Notification

# Information booklet

For more information one can contact :

The Coordinator

Board of Technical Education Rajasthan

W-6 RESIDENCY ROAD, JODHPUR, Rajasthan, India

Phone: 0291-2632446 (6 PM to 9 PM)

Fax: 0291-2430398

E-Mail: rpet09@gmail.com

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Google Apps now out of Beta, so what is this beta all about ?

In a official release by google it is confirmed that Google Apps like Gmail, Google talk, Google Docs and Google Calendar are now out of beta for enterprise and consumers version. (Google Release)

But what this Beta is all about ?

Actually this is a stage in the development of any software which goes to various stages before official release. Google was often mocked about the fact that even after so many days it keeps the product in beta stage. But for all those nostalgic people out there it keep the google beta app which can show that tag of beta even though its not beta so enable that feature in apps.

Some definitions of Beta Software :

What is beta software?

After an initial round of in-house testing, software publishers often release new programs to be tested by the public. These pre-release versions are called beta software, usually denoted by a "b" in the version number, e.g., Firefox 3.1b2. Since the publisher couldn't possibly test the software under all possible conditions, it is reasonable to expect that wider use of the software may uncover problems that were not discovered during in-house testing. The publisher expects to be notified when users find such problems so that the program can be fixed before its official release.
In general, you should expect to run into bugs whenever using any piece of beta software. These bugs may range in severity from minor features that don't work to problems that cause your computer to crash. You should decide whether the benefit of new features in a beta program outweighs the risk of program instability before choosing to use a piece of beta software.

What is Beta Software?

When computer software is being developed it progresses through developmental stages and is given code names to define which stage the software is in.
A beta version or beta release software usually is the first version of a computer program that implements all features in the initial software requirements specification and is considered an intermediate stage. It can be unstable but useful. Generally considered a preview stage where testers (sometimes, the general public) are encouraged to use the beta software and provide feedback for the developers.
The provided feedback from beta testers allow the developers to fix bugs (errors) in the software and sometimes suggested minor features are implemented into the final version of the software.

 

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Indian Budget 2009-10

Finance Minister Mr Pranav Mukherjee presented the budget for the year 2009-2010 in the Lok Sabha on 6th July 2009.

You can download the highlights and whole budget document.

Indian Budget for the year 2009-10

Some highlights :

•                     Commodities Transaction Tax to be scrapped

•                     Fringe Benefit Tax to be scrapped

•                     Service tax to be levied on law firms

•                     10 pc surcharge on personal income tax scrapped

•                     Excise duty on petrol-driven small trucks down to 10%

•                     Exemption of duty on goods made at construction sites restored

•                     Drugs for heart diseases to become cheaper

•                     Customs duty on gold and silver import increased

•                     Mobile phone accessories to become cheaper

•                     Branded jewellery for women to become cheaper

•                     Customs duty on bio-diesel reduced

•                     Tax holiday extended for textile units

•                     Small businesses exempt from advance tax

•                     Custom duty on LCD panels halved

•                     Set-top boxes to cost more

•                     Anonymous funds to charitable bodies to get some tax relief

•                     MAT hiked to 15% of book profit

•                     General Sales Tax model will have a Central GST and State GST

•                     Share of direct taxes has increased to 56 per cent in 2008-09

•                     Hike in IT exemption to Rs 2,40,000 for senior citizens

•                     Hike in IT exemption for women to Rs 1,90,000

•                     Hike in IT exemption for all to Rs 1,60,000

•                     Corporate tax unchanged

•                     New tax code to be set up in 45 days

•                     Goods and Services Tax to be introduced from April 1, 2010

•                     Total budget expenditure for 2009-10 will Rs 10,28,032 cr

•                     Plan expenditure, for both Centre and States, to go up by Rs 61,000 cr

•                     Fiscal deficit in 2009-10 is proposed at 6.8 per cent of GDP

•                     Higher public investment in infrastructure

•                     Defence outlay has gone up

•                     Rs 1,000 cr for Aila rehabilitation to West Bengal

•                     Rs 25 cr each for AMU campuses in Murshidabad and Mallapuram

•                     Rs 2,113 cr for IITs and NITs

•                     Funds for GSI to enhance exploration of minerals

•                     New pension benefits for 12 lakh jawans and JCOs

•                     Pension of non-commissioned officers to be hiked

•                     Allocation for rehab of Lankan Tamils

•                     One lakh dwelling units for paramilitary forces to be built

•                     Commonwealth allocation hiked to Rs 3472 crore

•                     Allocation of Rs 50 cr to Chandigarh University

•                     Govt to hike allocation to National Ganga Project to Rs 562 cr

•                     One rank, one pension for ex-servicemen from July 1

•                     Allowances to para-military forces at par with defence forces

•                     Unique Identification ID project to roll out in 12-18 months

•                     Unique Identification ID project to tap private talent

•                     Allocation for NRHM to be raised by Rs 257 cr

•                     National action plan on climate change

•                     Full interest subsidy for students in approved institutions

•                     Modernisation of national employment exchanges

•                     50%  of rural women in self-help groups

•                     Rural mega clusters in Bengal and Rajasthan

•                     Interest subsidy for home loans up to Rs 1 lakh

•                     Interest subsidy on education loans

•                     Rashtriya Mahila Kosh corpus to be raised to Rs 500 crore

•                     Rs 2,000 cr for rural housing fund under National Housing Bank

•                     National Mission for female literacy

•                     NREGA allocation up 144%

•                     Work on National Food Security scheme for subsidised food

•                     Rs 100 cr one-time grant to expand banks in unbanking areas

•                     Indira Awaas Yojna hiked by 63% to Rs 8,883 cr

•                     Allocation for PM Gram Sadak Yojna up by 59 per cent

•                     Rs 39,100 crore allocation for NREGA

•                     NREGA gave employment opportunities to more than 4.47 cr households

•                     Aam Aadmi is the focus of all UPA's schemes

•                     Govt to shift to nutrient based fertiliser subsidy regime

•                     Banking network to be expanded

•                     One banking centre in every bloc

•                     Banks, insurance to stay with Govt

•                     Raise threshold for non-promoter public listed companies

•                     Move towards energy security via Integrated Energy Act

•                     Saral-II forms to simplify taxation process

•                     An expert panel will look into petroleum product pricing

•                     Domestic oil prices must be in sync with global prices

•                     Fertiliser subsidy to go directly to farmers

•                     Export Credit Guarantee scheme extended till March 2010

•                     Incentives in interest rates to farmers to pay back

•                     Print media stimulus package extended by six months

•                     Target for agriculture credit raised to Rs 3,25,000 cr in 2009-10

•                     FIIs have returned to India in last few months

•                     Storm-water drainage project fund hiked to Rs 500 cr

•                     Blueprint for national gas grid

•                     Additional budget allocation to farmers

•                     Allocation of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna stepped up by 30%

•                     Total fiscal stimulus during '08-09 is Rs 1,86,000 cr

•                     Hike in allocation for Mumbai flood management

•                     Housing allocation hiked under Rajiv Awaas Yojana

•                     Fund allocation for urban poor accommodation is 3,973,000 cr

•                     JNNURM allocation hiked by 87 per cent

•                     NHAI allocation up by 23 per cent

•                     Hike infrastructure investment to over 9% of GDP by 2014

•                     New company IIFCL to look at infrastructure needs

•                     IIFCL will refinance 60% of commercial bank loans in PPP

•                     IIFCL will look at new projects

•                     IIFCL will also look at incremental lending by banks

•                     Govt took 3 stimulus packages to fight slowdown

•                     Trade in goods and services doubled in 2008

(with inputs from ibnlive)

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Rajasthan Board Class 10 (Secondary) Exam 2009 Result

Board of Secondary Education Rajasthan (BSER) Ajmer Class 10 (Secondary) Exam 2009 Result will be declared on 06-07-2009 at 4:00 P.M.

Results will be available at following sites :

http://rajresults.nic.in/

http://rajeduboard.nic.in/

http://www.examresults.net/rajasthan/

http://www.indiaresults.com/

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Wimbledon 2009 Winners

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Men's Singles

Roger Federer def. Andy Roddick, 5–7, 7–6(6), 7–6(5), 3–6, 16–14

• It was Roger Federer's 3rd title of the year, and his 60th overall. It was his 15th career Grand Slam title, and his 6th Wimbledon title.

Women's Singles

Serena Williams def. Venus Williams, 7–6(3), 6–2

• It was Serena Williams's 2nd title of the year, and her 34th overall. It was her 11th career Grand Slam title, and her 3rd Wimbledon title.

Men's Doubles

 Daniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonjić def.  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan, 7–6(7), 6–7(3), 7–6(3), 6–3

Women's Doubles

 Serena Williams /  Venus Williams def.  Samantha Stosur /  Rennae Stubbs, 7–6(4), 6–4

Mixed Doubles

 Mark Knowles /  Anna-Lena Grönefeld def. Leander Paes /  Cara Black, 7-5, 6-3

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BSTC Result Declared

GCA (Government College Ajmer) announced the result of BSTC entrance exam. Total 2,55,821students appeared in the entrance and 13,234 students selected among these there are 5,762 girls and 7,472 boys are there. BSTC (Sanskrit) and NTT merit will be declared after BSTC counselling. Manphool Dhaka of Mandawa (Jhunjhunu District) topped the entrance by securing 570/600.

Results can be seen at

BSTC Result by Roll No.

BSTC Result by Name

Download Result

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Allahabad Bank PO Result

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Allahabad Bank PO Result :

List of the candidates who have been selected for appointment in bank's service as Probationary Officer/Agriculture Field Officer/Officer (Information Technology) in JMG Scale - I

Date of Joining : 20th July 2009

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Government Inquiry Commissions : How relevant, reliable and effective are they ?

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After every small or big incident government either wishfully or forced to constitute commissions of inquiry under various provisions and appoint ore or more members and provide them secretarial assistance to perform their functions. But hat we have seen all these years is that these commission delayed their report either because of bureaucratic delays like red tapism or may be some other pressures. We all the result of many such commission like commission on Anti Sikh Riots of 1984, commission on inquiry of S. C. Bose and presently the latest is Babri Masjid demolition inquiry commission known as Librehan Commission. We also see commission when new government comes into power and appoint a commission to look into the matter of previous government and one is aware of famous Jayalalitha and Karunanidhi controversy, Badal and Capt Amarinder singh and Mathur commission in Rajasthan and it seems its just a political gimmick or politics of levelling scores with outgoing government. ITs high time that commission inquiry act should be suitably amended and commission should complete their work in well defined time and all report should be made public and proper action should be taken on them and it should not be thrown into the trash can.

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Firefox 3.5 : Faster, Safer, Smarter, Better

Firefox 3.5 is more than twice as fast as Firefox 3, and ten times as fast as Firefox 2. As a result, Web applications like email, photo sites and your favorite social networks will feel snappier and more responsive.

Faster JavaScript

The TraceMonkey JavaScript engine brings screaming fast performance to Firefox 3.5. With JavaScript that's more than twice as fast as Firefox 3 and 10x faster than Firefox 2, you'll be able to see the difference without breaking out your stopwatch.

Faster DOM

We've been working hard to make DOM access and manipulation faster in Firefox 3.5- over 2x faster than Firefox 3, in fact. We've removed overhead from our code, added new fast-access query and manipulation methods, and added support for new standards.

Open Video and Audio

Online media gets a major upgrade with Firefox 3.5. It includes the world's first implementation of HTML 5 audio and video support (Ogg Vorbis and Ogg Theora), allowing web developers to include rich media that's controlled using JavaScript, HTML and CSS instead of by proprietary technologies.

XHR

Firefox 3.5 supports cross-site XMLHttpRequests, which means your Web applications can now access material from other servers (as long as the servers are configured to allow it), thus paving the way for new mashups and other online collaborations.

Downloadable Fonts

Web developers and site designers can now get a more consistent look across all platforms by using downloadable TrueType and OpenType fonts in their designs instead of relying on the fonts installed on the user's local machine.

TraceMonkey

Knowing that users have the benefit of Firefox 3.5's dramatically improved TraceMonkey engine, Web developers can build JavaScript-based applications and sites that are faster and more responsive than ever (see Performance section above for more details)

Location-aware Browsing

In Firefox 3.5, users can share their location with requesting websites, allowing developers to customize their applications so they deliver more useful, more relevant output.

Privacy

More ways to maintain your privacy while you're online:

Browsing Set your browsing mode to private and leave no trace of past Web history.	Clear History Delete where you've been on the Web after the fact—simple and easy.
Pick Your Privacy Remove the history of your visits to a particular site but retain the rest of your browsing history.	Easy Options Firefox asks you straight up about how to store your history and gives you fine-tuned privacy control over the Awesome Bar.

Tabs

Tabs in Firefox keep getting better. Turn a tab into its own window instantly—tabs now tear off to stand alone when you want them to. Need a new tab? There's a convenient button for that, right in your tab bar.

Awesome Bar

We've raised the Awesome Bar even higher. Now get more privacy and customization when you choose to display or hide bookmark or history matches. New autocomplete keystrokes match keywords to your choice of bookmarks, history, titles and tags, or URL. And we've tightened up your keyword search experience all around.

Site Identity

Firefox's site identity button now displays the domain name for SSL, making it easier to notice when you're entering or exiting a secure connection and to determine who you're connected to.

More UE Goodness

Firefox has so many new features, some just defy categorization, like multi-touch gestures for OS X and Windows 7, which make overall navigation easier. And autocomplete is now part of how you bookmark, so tagging is easier and more intuitive. You can even edit tags for a bulk of bookmarks right in the library window. If things crash, Firefox automatically restores your experience. And now you can get recently closed windows back in a single click. Plus, we've given your browsing history an easier-to-use timeline so you can quickly find pages you've been to before.

GO FOR IT :

DOWNLOAD FIREFOX 3.5 NOW

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/upgrade.html

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Central University of Rajasthan

Admission form are invited from the eligible students for the two courses viz MA/MSc Statistics(Actuarial) and MSc Tech Mathematics.

Last Date : 14th July 2009
Date of Entrance Exam : 26th July 2009

In addition to this there is also a logo competition where your creativity can won you Rs 10,000/-. So check out this Advertisement.

For details visit website of Central University.

 

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CSP 2009 (Cut Off ) : Poll Result

In one of the poll started by me on this blog, I got the following result which shows that the cut off could be anything between 180 to 240 and 210 + is definitely a good score.

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Biographical Sketch of Late Shri Shiv Charan Mathur

(14th Feb.1926 - 25th June 2009)

Name Shri Shiv Charan Mathur

Father's Name Late Durga Prasad Ji
Date of Birth February 14, 1926
Place of Birth Madhi-Qanungo M.P. (India)
Died on 25th June 2009 in Delhi
Educational Qualification Graduate with Diploma in Labour Welfare
Credentials Participated in Quit India Movement, 1942
General Secretary, Rajasthan Students Congress (1945-1947)
Chairman, Municipal Board, Bhilwara (1956-57)
Member of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (1967-2009)
Member of All India Congress Committee (1972-2009)
Pramukh, Zila Parishad, Bhilwara (1960-64)
Member Third Lok Sabha (1964-1967)
Member, Rajasthan State Legislative Assembly (1967-72, 1972-77, 1980-85, 1985-90, 1990-91, 1998-2003, 2003-)
Chairman Public Undertakings Committee of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (1980-81)
Convenor, Rules Committee of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (1985-87)
Chairman, Subordinate Legislation Committee of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (1987-88)
Minister for Education, Power, PWD, Public Relations in the Rajasthan Cabinet (1967-72)
Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Planning in the Rajasthan Cabinet (1973-77)
Chief Minister of Rajasthan (1981-85 and 1988-89)
Member, Tenth Lok Sabha (1991-96)
Chairman, Committee on Privileges, Lok Sabha, (1991-96)
Convenor of Sub-Committee on Energy, Lok Sabha (1994-96)
Member, Executive Committee, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (1994-96)
Life Chairman, Social Policy Research Institute, Jaipur (1985)
Chairman, Estimates Committee, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (1998-2003)
Chairman, Administrative Reforms Commission Rajasthan (1999-2003)
Member, Rules Committee of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (2004)
Countries Visited West Germany, East Germany, Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, USSR, Yugoslavia, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait, United States of America, Canada, China, Malta, Bahamas and Sri Lanka
Residential Address A-87, Shyam Nagar, Ajmer Road, Jaipur-302019, Rajasthan, India;
                                   43, Gandhi Nagar, Bhilwara (Rajasthan).
Marital Status Married on 1st January, 1946
Children Two daughters & a son
Date of assumption of Office as Governor of Assam 4th July 2008
Date of appointment as Governor of Assam 26th June 2008

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Yashpal Committee report on 'Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education'

A high-level committee, appointed in Feb 2008 to recommend measures to revamp the higher education system in the country under the chairmanship of former UGC chairman and eminent educationist Prof Yashpal submitted the final report 'Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education' to HRD minister Mr Kapil Sibbal. Some of the suggestions made by committee are as follows :

1.      Scrapping of regulatory bodies like UGC, AICTE and MCI

2.      A national test on the line of Graduate Record Exam (GRE) should be introduced for higher education in the country. This would be open to all aspirants and would be held more than once a year.

3.      Instead of all regulatory bodies a seven member Commission for Higher Education and Research (CHER) under an Act of Parliament should be set up to govern the higher education in the country. The proposed CHER will have a Chairperson and members will be selected by a committee headed by the PM, Leader of Opposition and the Chief Justice of India.

4.      The committee expressed grief over the growth of deemed universities and suggested a complete ban on further grant of such status. Three years time period would be given to existing ones to develop as a full-fledged university and fulfill the prescribed norms of accreditation.

5.      The committee said teachers should have the freedom to design courses and students should be able to study subjects outside their courses hence advocated multidisciplinary approach.

6.      IIT and IIM’s should be given University status.

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Trespassing Railway Lines : A Shortcut to Jail

Western Railways recently started intensive drive for creating awareness against trespassing it urges the public to value their lives and not to put it on stake by crossing the tracks unlawfully. It also urges them to use foot over bridges and subways. Loss of precious human lives on tracks due to trespassing has always been a major concern for the Western Railway. It is also worth mentioning that trespassing is not only dangerous and fatal but also illegal and a punishable offence.According to the Indian Railways Act, 1989, if any person enters upon or into any part of a railway without lawful authority, or having lawfully entered upon or into such part misuses such property or refuses to leave, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend upto six months, or with fine which may extend upto Rs 1,000, or with both.Now Railway police come heavily on the trespassers and two persons were sent to jail for seven days by the railway court on Saturday for trespassing at Vasai road under section 147 of Indian Railway Act while two persons were fined Rs. 500/- .Two persons were fined Rs.500/- each along with the punishment till the court was resolved for trespassing at Bhayander on Friday while on Saturday two persons were again fined Rs.500/-, one person fined for Rs.200/- and another Rs 100/- for trespassing.

 

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Ramesh Pokhriyal to be the new chief minister of Uttarakhand

It’s on the card, sooner or later BJP has to make some face saving exercise after a defeat in recently held general elections. Even after winning and forming a government in Uttarakhand two years ago the BJP fails to win even a single seat from the five seats up for grab in the Lok Sabha Elections. Bhagat Singh Koshiyari adopt the pressure tactics by resigning from Rajya Sabha( later he withdraws it too) but the outgoing Chief Minister must be satisfied with the fact that the new CM Ramesh Pokhriyal is said to be close to Khanduri and is finance minister in his government. Coming from Garhwal region Mr Pokhriyal is a veteran in the politics and except on one occasion get elected in all elections since 1990. He also served as minister in three ministries of UP government. A journalist and poet ME Pokhriyal is also said to be close to RSS and also known for his clean image. Its only irony that the name of B C Khanduri was proposed by B S Koshiyari and seconded by Ramesh Pokhriyal and today he is dethroned by the same duo. Well it’s all about ‘KISSA KURSI KA’

BIO DATA OF Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'

Date of birth

15th August, 1958

Place of birth

Village Pinani, Pauri (Garhwal), Uttarakhand (India)

Nationality    

INDIAN

37/1, Vijay Colony, Rabindranath Tagore Marg, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

E-mail

dr.nishank@yahoo.co.in

Religion

Hindu

Profession/Occupation

Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister for Science & Technology, Biotechnology, Govt. of Uttarakhand

Field of activity

Literature, Social Work, Journalism, Politics and several other creative works

Padma Award for which name is recommended

Padma Shri

Padma Award conferred if any, in the past

None

Literary creations

Dr. Nishank is originally a literary person. His creations published so far have established him in a respectable position in the world of literature. He is filled with the spirit of nationalism. This forms a prime reason for the inclusion of his name in the list of national poets. His notable creations published so far are as under:

Poems

1- Samarpan (1983)

2- Navankur (1984)

3- Mujhe Vidhata Banna Hai (1985)

4- Tum Bhee Mere Saath Chalo (1986)

5- Desh Hum Jalne Na Denge (1988)

6- Jeevanpath Mein (1989)

7- Matrabhoomi Ke Liye (1992)

8- Koi Mushkil Naheen (2005)

Stories

1- Roshnee Kee Ek Kiran (1986)

2- Bas Ek Hee Ichchaa (1989)

3- Kya Naheen Ho Sakta (1993)

4- Khare Hue Prashna (2007)

Compilation of letters of Martyrs (Shaheed)

Meree Vyatha, Meree Katha

Political achievements

• Elected central spokesperson in 1987 when BJP constituted Uttaranchal Pradesh Sangharsh Samiti.
• Elected MLA in 1991 from Karnaprayag Constituency.
• Elected MLA in 1993 and 1996 from the same Constituency.
• Became a Cabinet Minister in the then undivided Uttar Pradesh Govt. in 1997 and was assigned the charge of the Ministry for Development of Uttaranchal.
• Became the Minister for Culture, Arts and Religion in the year 1998.
• After the formation of the then Uttaranchal (later renamed as Uttarakhand) State, was assigned with the charge of 12 different portfolios including Finance, Rural Development, Medical Education and Revenue amongst others.
• Elected from the Thailisan Constituency and was made the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Ayush, and Minister for Science and Technology.

Highlights of proud administrative decisions taken as per policy while being Cabinet Minister in the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh

• Got increased the aid from the centre for the Development of Uttaranchal State from the existing amount of Rs. 175 crores to Rs. 675 crore. Correspondingly, got increased the budget allocation for this plan to an amount of Rs. 1160 Crores.
• Worked diligently for the formation of the State of Uttaranchal while being minister in the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh.
• Sorted out intricate and sensitive issues like inclusion of Hardwar and Udham Singh Nagar in the state of Uttaranchal with the aid of Political Skills, Knowledge and sound coordination skills.
• Brought a spur in the cultural activity chart while being the Minister for Culture, Arts and Religion.
• Made countless successful efforts to bring the Himalayan culture at the International Forum.
• Felicitated prominent National Personalities to add to the honour of the nation and the state.
• Added value to the hitherto considered unimportant portfolio of the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Religion with his innovative ideas and experiments.
• Brought to the fore in foreign nations, the Indian culture, by coordination with prominent foreign personalities.

A glance at milestone administrative measures taken aimed at public welfare

• Finalized the structure of the Office of the Tax Commissioner.
• Commissioned 11 check posts at the State Border to curb and put an end to corruption and tax evasion.
• Implemented the recommendations of the Empowered Committee formed by the Central Government to implement the VAT System in the state in the interest of the citizens of the state.
• Prompt actions were taken in all sections coming under the Directorate, Treasury and Finance Department, during his regime as minister. In the process, the basic feeling of Social development in the state was kept in mind and the importance of Panchayati Raj System was stressed upon.
• Did not introduce any new tax and presented a burden-free budget despite financial constraints within the state.
• The Dearness Allowance was increased appropriately and the timely payment of the salaries of the government servants on a monthly basis was ensured.
• Uttaranchal became the first State in India to adopt the Collective Payment and Accounting System for payment of Salaries. This initiative greatly simplifies the process of the Salary Payment.
• Reduced the Central Sales Tax from 4% to 1% to encourage Small Scale Industries to operate from the state.
• Opened 364 Depots for necessary goods and articles all across the state and thereby increased revenue from 61.75 Crores to 128 Crores.
• Increased the Commercial Tax collection from Rs. 161.19 Crore during 1999-2001 to Rs. 233.24 Crore during 2002.
• Increased total tax collection from Rs. 575 crore to Rs. 1100 Crore.
• Doubled the exemption limit for duty on agricultural equipments in the interest of the farmers.

Achievements in the so far short tenure of newly elected Government

• Was given the charge of the Minister for Medical Health and Family Welfare and Ayush, as also the Minister for Science and Technology.
• Initiated several improvement measures in the Health Department as Health Minister.
• Have been successful in curbing corruption and instilling discipline in the Departments in a short span of time.
• Formulated several programmes and schemes for the upliftment and welfare of general public in the field of Medical Health and Ayush. Several such schemes are under consideration and on the verge of being finalized.
• Initiated several welfare measure schemes in the field of Science and Technology. Got the approval for building ‘Science City’ in the capital of the state.
• Decision to open Science Centre at all District Headquarters and at Block Level was taken.
• Initiated several measures to take the advancement in the field of Science and Technology and in the field of Agriculture to the people staying in Geographically Remote and hazardous Locations.
• Considering several schemes to uplift the standard of living and lifestyle of people staying on hilly areas, especially women, with the help of Science and Technology.

Success Mantra

Dedication, tireless hard work and intelligence have made him achieve what he has. His believe in god and feeling for the suffering urged him to become their voice and come out with flying colours, despite all constraints

 Honored by the open International University Colombo (Sri Lanka) with the doctorate degree as DOCTOR OF SCIENCE in the month of November 2007.

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