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Sixth Central Pay Commission: Resentment Among Personnel Against Report of Sixth Pay Commission

Monday, October 20, 2008

Lok Sabha

The Services had submitted a detailed representation to the Government bringing out certain issues arising out of the report of the Sixth Central Pay Commission. The Government has decided on most of the issues. Subsequently, few more issues have been raised by the Services viz. grant of higher grade pay to Service officers, placement of Lt. Col. and equivalent in PB-4, reinstatement of pensionary weightages for Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR), providing HAG + Pay Band for Lt. Generals and equivalent holding post of Principal Staff Officer, Director Generals, Controllers, etc. (more…)

Sixth Central Pay Commission: Armed forces short of 13,830 officers

The armed forces are facing a shortage of 13,830 officers. This was stated by Defence Minister A K Antony while replying to a question in Parliament on shortage of officers in the armed forces.

“There is a shortage of 11,119 officers in army, 13,59 officers in navy and 13,52 officers in air force. Armed forces have 53,849 officers against a sanctioned strength of 67,679,” Antony said. (more…)

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September and October have always been favourable months for car manufacturers as the festive season propels their sales higher. This year, besides festive fervour, the Sixth Pay Commission’s payouts have filled car showrooms to the brim with prospective buyers. According to industry estimates and company figures, in September the top six manufacturers in India notched up a 2.4 per cent year-on-year rise in car sales. (more…)

Sixth Pay Commission: Sixth pay panel triggers hike for PSU employees

20 Oct, 2008, 0123 hrs IST,Dheeraj Tiwari, ET Bureau

NEW DELHI: The government has finally decided to revise the pay scales of employees working in 69 public sector undertakings (PSUs) on the lines of the Sixth Pay Commission offered to central government staff. (more…)

Sixth Pay Commission: Paramilitary forces unhappy with pay panel

Sudhi Ranjan Sen
Saturday, October 18, 2008, (New Delhi)

For the UPA government, the Sixth Pay Commission has created more problems than it has solved. The paramilitary — the third largest force in the world — too is unhappy over the recommendations and feels cheated. (more…)

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Barack Obama

aka Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.
(1961–)

Barack Obama is the junior U.S. Senator from Illinois and the 2008 Democratic presidential nominee.

During their third and final presidential debate, Obama and Republican presidential nominee John McCain clashed sharply over tax policies and some of the heated rhetoric that had been tossed between their campaigns. (more…)

Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic

Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic is a 2005 comedy written by Sarah Silverman. It is notable for its edgy jokes and comedic style. It was directed by Liam Lynch and distributed by Roadside Attractions.

The movie is a concert film consisting of 72 minutes of clips taken from Silverman’s previous stand-up show of the same name, interspersed with flashbacks and comedic sketches. Silverman addresses a number of issues, including religion, AIDS, The Holocaust, race, sexism, political parties, the disabled, the homeless, and midgets. Silverman also performs several original songs in the film. (more…)

eMule – www.emule.com

eMule is one of the biggest and most reliable peer-to-peer file sharing clients around the world. Many developers contribute to the project, so the network gets more and more efficient with every new version.

eMule 0.49b (1st August 2008) improves speed and robustness in downloads, thanks to the development of the Kad protocol (obfuscation, NAT, protections) and immunity against new attacks. It is also continuously upgrading its interface for Windows Vista and introducing new improvements. (more…)

Sixth Pay Commission: Double whammy for Delhiites as schools demand fee hike

Sonia Sarkar
Saturday, October 18, 2008, (New Delhi)

Schools in Delhi have been demanding an increase in their fees by a whopping 50 per cent. Also, the Sixth Pay Commission has ruled that teachers should get a 60 per cent raise. So, the schools say that to implement the raise, they need to charge parents more. (more…)

Sixth Pay Commission: Bonus hiked

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, OCT 17

After the declaration of implementing the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations, there is more good news awaiting Government servants ahead of Diwali as the Centre has decided to hike the bonus by Rs 1,000.
According to information available, the Centre has increased the bonus from existing Rs 2,500 to Rs 3,500.
Moreover, the increase will be effective from last year (2006-07) which means the employees would get Rs 1,000 in form of arrears. (more…)