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Is Dr.Manmohan Singh an 'Under-Achiever' and a 'Tragic Figure' as criticized by US Magazines?

September 7, 2012, 2:44 am
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‘Time’-Magazine, in its Asian Edition,  has  called Dr.Manmohan Singh,
the Prime Minister of India as an ‘Under-Achiever’ and says that
Dr.Singh appears ‘unwilling to stick his neck out’  on reforms
 that will put the country back on growth path.
Following the ‘Time’ Magazine,
 the US Daily- ‘Washington Post’ has described Dr.Manmohan Singh
as a ‘Tragic Figure’.
 
In the Washington post, the  writer Mr.Simon Denyer has said that 
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh helped to set his country
on the path to modernity, prosperity and power, but critics say
the shy, soft-spoken 79-year-old is in danger of going down in history as a failure.

The Washington Post, in a front page story, has criticised Dr.Singh
 for presiding over a deeply corrupt government. 

The Post says that the image of the scrupulously honorable,
humble and intellectual technocrat has slowly given way
 to a completely different one: a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat
presiding over a deeply corrupt government.

The report refers to the continuous disruption of Parliament
in the past two weeks over the coal block allocations.

According to the Washington Post:
  • The story of Dr.Singh's dramatic fall from grace in his second term in office and the slow but steady tarnishing of his reputation have played out in parallel with his country's decline on his watch
  •  As India's economy has slowed and as its reputation for rampant corruption has reasserted itself, the idea that the country was on an inexorable road to becoming a global power has increasingly come into question
As the  Washington Post article on the allegedly poor leadership of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh created a strong reaction in Delhi, the  US daily's Correspondent said he stood by the story and offered no apology.


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List of 11 Indian Companies in Asia's Fab 50-2012

September 7, 2012, 11:13 pm
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The following is the list of 11 Indian Companies in Asia’s Fab 50-2012- with their ranks:
1.      Tata Consultancy Services (4th Rank),

2.      ITC (5th Rank),

3.      HDFC Bank (6),


4.      Bharti Airtel (9th Rank ),
 
5.      Tata Motors (16th Rank),

6.      Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (18th Rank),

7.      Bajaj Auto (27th Rank),

8.      Kotak Mahindra Bank (29th Rank),


9.      HCL Technologies (33rd Rank),


10.   Titan Industries (37th Rank) and

11.   Asian Paints (41st Rank).


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List of 5 Indian Companies in the 'Forbes Magazine's List of 'The World's Most Innovative Companies-2012'

September 7, 2012, 11:37 pm
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The following is the list of 5 Indian Companies in the ‘Forbes Magazine's List of "The World's Most Innovative Companies-2012":

  

  •  Larsen & Toubro with an annual sales growth of 19 percent is ranked 9th the world,

  •  Hindustan Unilever ranked 12th  with 11.4 percent growth, 

  • Infosys, ranked the 19th with 12.7 percent growth,


  • Tata Consultancy Services, ranked the 29th  with 19.5 percent growth,
  •  Sun Pharmaceutical Industries,ranked the 38th with a 14.6 growth.
As analysed by 'Forbes', at least  the following  3 key things that the innovative companies do,
to create and sustain an innovation premium; Those factors were 'How Well' the Companies: 
  •  Leverage people, process, and philosophies,
  • Differentiate the best in class from the next in class when it comes to keeping innovation alive and 
  •  Deliver an innovation premium year after year.


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Will 'Housewives' in India get a Salary from their Husbands for their "Home-Making"?

September 11, 2012, 9:46 am
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Indian Union Ministry for Women and Child Development (WCD)
 has conducted a survey on the theme” whether salary be paid to Indian Housewives by the husbands for the work done and services rendered by them to their:
  • Husbands,
  • Children,
  • Grand-Children and
  • In-Laws and 
  • Other Relatives/Guests etc.

The WCD Ministry, triggered by some NGO’s interested in Socio-Economic Empowerment of Women in India,. has started the process of:
  • Taking a Survey,
  • Having Discussions with the Ministers of Different States,
  • Taking Steps to prepare a Draft Bill and
  • Passing the Bill as a Law.
As and if the proposal for providing salary for the housewives is implemented, the husbands will have to
pay a certain portion from their salaries/incomes to be credited to separate bank accounts of the wives.

The salary received by the housewives is supposed to be spent on better food, facilities, education, recreation and the overall quality of standard of living of the entire household.

According to the WCD Ministry, in spite of the Indian housewives  doing very valuable and difficult works for themselves, their husbands,  children and other members of the families, the value of their works go unaccounted and the same is not taken into account while assessing the GDP of the country.

At the outset, it appears that Indian women will welcome the ‘theme’ of getting salary for being housewives.

However, the ‘theme’ will change the real love, affection and the basic relation between the husband and wife, perhaps bringing in a employer-employee relationship.

Instead of making the law to provide for the ‘salary’ to the housewife, some other schemes may be introduced such as statutory-minimum/compulsory life-insurance, medical insurance, investments etc. for the housewives and children.

The Survey/discussions on the ‘theme’ should have come across many cases of unemployed/under-employed husbands of employed wives looking after the home-affairs.

Will such “house-husbands’ also get salary from their wives?

Though the ‘theme’ appears to be for the benefit of housewives, the outcome will be bringing disgrace to the institution of the sacred marriages in India.

Men will be discouraged to get married and divorces will be increased as an impact of such a 'theme'.

Let us hope that the WCD Ministry will ensure equality of men and women in the employments, salary etc. in India in both public and private sectors.


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Do You Know Why The People of Koodankulam Oppose the "Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project" ?

September 29, 2012, 1:04 am
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The people living in and around Koodankulam Village had been opposing the “Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project” (KNPP),  right from the time the project was conceived in the year 1980.


The Kookdankulam people were misled by promises of the Government such as:


  • 10000 Jobs
  • Water from Pechiparai Dam in Kanyakumari District and
  • Development of the area in various fields in view of the Nuclear Power Project.
Now, as people understood that the above promises will not become true and realized the risks involved in
having the Nuclear Project in their area, the opposition to the project had grown from the year 2007.

The following are the major reasons for the people of Koodankulam opposing the “KNPP”:
  • The KKNPP reactors are being set up without sharing the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Site Evaluation Study and Safety Analysis Report with the people, or the people’s representatives or the press. No public hearing has been conducted  for the first two reactors either.There is absolutely no democratic decision-making in or public approval for this project.
  • The Tamil Nadu Government G.O. 828 (29.4.1991 – Public Works Department) establishes clearly that “area between 2 to 5 km radius around the plant site, [would be] called the sterilization zone.” This means that people in this area could be displaced. But the KKNPP authorities promise orally and on a purely adhoc basis that nobody from the neighboring villages  would be displaced. This kind of adhocism and doublespeak causes suspicion and fears of displacement. More than 1 million people live within the 30 km radius of the KKNPP which far exceeds the AERB (Atomic Energy Regulatory  Board) stipulations. It is quite impossible to evacuate this many people quickly and efficiently in case of  a nuclear disaster at Koodankulam.
  • The coolant water and low-grade waste from the KKNPP are going to be dumped in to the seawhich will have a severe impact on fish production and catch.This will undermine the fishing industry,  push the fisherfolks into deeper poverty and misery and affect the food security of the entire southern Tamil Nadu and southern Kerala.
  • Even when the KKNPP projects function normally without any incidents and accidents, they would be emitting Iodine 131, 132, 133, Cesium 134, 136, 137 isotopes, strontium,tritium,tellurium and other such radioactive particles into  air, land, crops,cattle,sea,seafood and ground water.
  • Already the southern coastal belt is sinking with very high incidence of  cancer, mental retardation, down syndrome, defective births due to private and government sea-sand mining for rare minerals including thorium. The KKNPP will add many more woes to our already suffering people.
  • The quality of construction and the pipe work and the overall integrity of the KKNPP structures have been called into question by the very workers and contractors who work there in Koodankulam. There have been international concerns about the design, structure and workings of the untested Russian-made VVER-1000 reactors.
  • The then Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forest Mr.Jairam Ramesh announceda few months ago that the central government had decided not to give permission to KKNPP 3-6 as they were violating the Coastal Regulation Zone stipulations. It is pertinent to ask if KKNPP 1 and 2 are not violating the CRZ terms.
  • Many political leaders and  bureaucrats try to reassure us that there would be no natural disasters in the Koodankulam area. How can they know? How can anyone ever know? The 2004 December tsunami did flood the KKNPP installations. There was a mild tremor in the surrounding villages of Koodankulam on March 19, 2006.On August 12, 2011, there were tremors in 7 districts of Tamil Nadu.
  • Indian Prime Minster himself has spoken about terrorist threats to India’s nuclear power plants.Most recently, on August 17,  2001, Minister of State for Home, Mr. Mullappally Ramachandran said: “the atomic establishments continue to remain prime  targets of the terrorist groups and outfits.”
  • The important issue of liability for the Russian plants has not been settled yet. Defying the Indian nuclear liability   law, Russia insists that the Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA), secretly signed in 2008 by the Indian and Russian governments, precedes the liability law and that Article 13 of the IGA clearly establishes that NPCIL is solely responsible for all claims of damages.
  • In 1988 the authorities said that the cost estimate of the Koodakulam 1 and 2 projects was Rs. 6,000 crores. In November 1998, they said the project cost would be Rs. 15,500. In 2001, the ministerial group for economic affairs  announced that the project cost would be Rs. 13,171 crores and the Indian government  would invest Rs. 6,775 crores with the remainder amount coming in as Russian loan with 4 percent interest. The fuel cost was estimated to be  Rs. 2,129 crores which would be entirely Russian loan. No one knows  the 2011 figures of any of these expenses.No one cares to tell the Indian public either.
  • The March 11, 2011 disaster in Fukushima has made it all too clear to the whole world thatnuclear power plants are prone to natural disasters and no one can really predict their occurrence. When we cannot  effectively deal with a nuclear disaster, it is only prudent to prevent it from occurring. Even the most industrialized and highly advanced country such as Germany has decided to phase out their nuclear power plants  by the year 2022.Switzerland has decided to shun nuclear power technology.
  • In a recent referendum, some 90 percent of Italians have voted against nuclear power in their country.Many Japanese prefectures and their governors are closing nuclear power plants in their regions.
  • Both the United States and Russia  have not built a new reactor in their countries for 2-3 decadesever since major accidents occurred at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. In our own country,
  • Mamta Banerjee government in West Bengal has stopped the Russian nuclear power park projectat Haripur in Purba Medhinipur district and taken a position  that they do want any nuclear power project in their state. Similarly, the people of Kerala have decided  not to host any nuclear power project in their state.
  • The Indian government’s mindless insistence on nuclear power, utmost secrecy in all of its nuclear agreements and activities, and its sheer unwillingness to listen to the people’s concerns and fears make us  very doubtful about the real benefactors of all this nuclear hoopla.
  • Is it all for us, the people of India? Or for the corporate profits of the Russian, American and French companies? Or for the Indian military? Are the lives and futures of the Indian citizens inferior to all these?
The Supreme Court of India is hearing the petitions from the "Anti-KNPP" People, and the Supreme Court Judges assure that, if the Project is unsafe, the same can be stopped at any stage, despite the amount of loss due to the stopping of the Project as the lives of the people are more important.

However, the Government of India is repeatedly telling the Supreme Court that the "Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project" is safe.



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List of Indian Crorepathis in the “Hurun”'s- ( China based Research Firm) List of Richest Persons of 2012

October 12, 2012, 9:46 am
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The following is a List of Richest Indians  both men and women (with Personal Wealth)   from a list of 100 Richest Persons,as per:


 “Hurun”- a China based Research Firm:



Mr. Mukesh Ambani- Chairman Reliance Industries -  $19.3 billion



Mr.Lakshmi Niwas Mittal- London Based Indian Steel King- $16.9 billion








Mr.Azim Premji-Chairman of Wipro - $12.3 billion









Mr.Dilip Shanghvi - Sun Pharmaceuticals- $8.5 billion)









Mr. Pallonji Mistry- Shapoorji Pallonji & Co -$7.9 billion



Mr.Shashi and Mr. Ravi Ruia - Essar Energy- $7.2 billion




Mr.Adi Godrej- Godrej Group -$6.9 billion




Mr.Kushal Pal Singh Teotia - Chairman and CEO of DLF Limited-$6.3 billion









Mr.Kumara Mangalam Birla- Grasim Industries- $5.8 billion



Mr.Shiv Nadar- Founder and Chairman of HCL -$5.7 billion




Mr.Sunil Bharti Mittal - Founder, Chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises -$5.7 billion




Ms.Savitri Jindal-Non-Executive Chairperson of O.P. Jindal Group- $5.6 billion- Richest Indian Woman




Ms. Indu Jain-  Bennett Coleman -$1.7 billion



Ms.Anu Aga- Thermax - $690 million



Ms.Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw -  Biocon- $600 million- The richest self-made woman




Ms. Shobhana Bhartia - Hindustan Times - $490 million.


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India's Outstanding Cricketer - Sachin Tendulkar will be conferred on the Membership of the Order of Australia

October 17, 2012, 12:48 am
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India’s Cricket Super-Star Sachin Tendulkar is playing in the Champions League Twenty 20 in South Africa.


Ms. Julia Gillard, the Prime Minister of Australia who is on her visit in India has announced that Sachin Tendulkar will be conferred the Membership of the Order of Australia for his being an outstanding cricketer.
According to the Australian Prime Minister, cricket is one of the bondage between Australia and India.
The award will be conferred on  Sachin Tendulkar  by Mr. Simon Crean, a Cabinet Minister of Australia, when he visits India soon.


The Order of Australia Membership is an honour rarely awarded to non Australians. The former Attorney General of India,  Mr. Soli Sorabjee was the first Indian to receive the honour (AM)  in the year 2006.

Earlier the following cricketers had been made the members of the Order of Australia:
  • Mr. Clive Lloyd of West Indies in the year 1985 and
  • Mr. Brial Lara of West Indies  in the year 2009.


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List of Banks in India Recruiting Clerical and Officer- Staff by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection -Common Written Examination ( IBPS - CWE )

October 17, 2012, 7:31 am
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Banks in India can be broadly divided into two categories, namely, Public Sector and Private Sector Banks.

Banks in both the sectors in India recruit employees in Clerical and Officers Cadres.

Banking Service Recruitment Board/ BSRB has been conducting Written Examinations and Interviews for the recruitment of employees in Clerical Cadre for some Public Sector Banks in India.

Some Public Sector Banks conduct Written Examinations and Interviews to recruit employees in various cadres.

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection/IBPS  has now taken the job of  conducting  the Written Examinations for the recruitment of employees for the following 19 Public Sector Banks from  July 2011:



  • Allahabad Bank
  • Andhra Bank
  • Bank of Baroda
  • Bank of Maharashtra
  • Bank of India
  • Canara Bank
  • Central Bank of India
  • Corporation Bank
  • Dena Bank
  • Indian Bank
  • Indian Overseas Bank
  • Oriental Bank of Commerce
  • Punjab National Bank
  • Punjab & Sind Bank
  • Syndicate Bank
  • UCO Bank
  • Union Bank of India
  • United Bank of India
  • Vijaya Bank
The IBPS will conduct Common Written Examination for the above 19 Banks for the posts of Probationary Officers, Specialist Officers and Clerks.

The Candidates declared successful in the IBPS CWE will be issued with Score Cards with a validity of one year.

The successful candidates of the IBPS CWE can apply for jobs in the above 19 banks.  Now, the IBPS CWE has become an ‘online examination’.

The banks will conduct personal interviews and further steps in the recruitment independently.

The following 2 Public Sector Banks conduct the Recruitment independently:


  • State Bank of India (SBI) and 

  • Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI)
The above two Banks recruit candidates through Public Notifications in the Leading News Papers and in their websites and conduct their complete Recruitment Procedures of  written Test, Interview etc independently.

The following is a list of 23 Private Sector Banks:


  • Axis Bank
  • Bank of Rajasthan
  • Catholic Syrian Bank
  • City Union Bank
  • Capital Local Area Bank Ltd.
  • Development Credit Bank
  • Dhanalakshmi Bank
  • Federal Bank
  • HDFC Bank
  • ICICI Bank
  • IndusInd Bank
  • ING Vysya Bank
  • Jammu and Kashmir Bank
  • Karnataka Bank
  • Karur Vysya Bank
  • Kotak Mahindra Bank
  • Lakshmi Vilas Bank
  • Nainital Bank
  • Ratnakar Bank
  • SBI Comm. & Intl. Bank
  • South Indian Bank   
  • Tamilnad Mercantile Bank
  • Yes Bank
Some of the above Private Banks recruit employees by Consultants and directly through News Papers Advertisements.


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'Ulaga Nayagan'-Kamal Hassan's Super-hit Film ''Nayakan'- Making of the Film- Recollected by Kamal Hassan after 25 years

October 22, 2012, 9:23 am
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‘Ulaga Nayagan’ Kamal Hassan’s ‘Nayakan’  was released in the year 1987.

‘Nayakan’ was voted as one of the Time Magazine’s ‘Top 100 Films’ of all time in the year 2005.

Now,  as 25 years elapsed from the release of the super-hit film, 'Nayakan', based on the real story of  an 'under- world don'- Varadaraja Mudaliar  of Mumbai,  similar to the English Movie, ‘Godfather’ released in the year 1972, Dr.Kamal Hassan has recollected how the film was made, in the direction of Director G.Maniratnam and produced by Mukhtha Srinivasan, a popular producer of South Indian films.




It is notable that Mukhtha Srinivasan has recently celebrated his 80th  birthday.

Kamal Hassan has described how he could complete ‘Nayakan’ in the way they wanted,  as a result of discussions and plans he had with his director Maniratnam  and



 his Art Director Thotta Tharani who all worked to make a different film.

Inspite of the differences of attitude and approach  regarding cost of taking the film etc. ,of his team and the original producer Mukhtha Srinivasan, perhaps due to a vast gap between their ideologies.

However, Kamal Hassan and his team could achieve in making a different film.


Later, the film was purchased by Director Maniratnam and his


elder brother, Film Financier/Producer, Mr. G. Venkateswaran.


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India's All Time Great Cricket Captain Sunil Gavaskar To Receive BCCI's- 'Life Time Achievement Award'

October 26, 2012, 1:36 am
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Former Indian Cricket Captain- Sunil Gavaskar is one of the ‘All Time Great Cricketer’.



Sunil Gavaskar represented India in 125 Tests from 1970-71 to 1986-87.  He scored a record 774 runs in his debut series in the West Indies.

In the World Championship of Cricket in 1984-85, India became the Champion under Sunil Gavaskar’s Captaincy.

Sunil Gavaskar  was the first batsman:
  •  to score 10,000 runs in Tests
  • to play 100 consecutive Tests
  • to score hundreds in each innings of a Test thrice.



The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to confer the ‘Col. C.K.Nayudu Life Time Achievement Award to Sunil Gavaskar.

The ‘Col. C.K.Nayudu Life Time Achievement Award comprises;
  •  a trophy,
  • citation and
  • cheque for Rs.25 lakh.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to honour the following seven individuals posthumously with a Special Award for their outstanding contribution to Indian Cricket:



•    Vijay Merchant,



•    Vinoo Mankad,



•     Dattu Phadkar,



•    Vijay Manjrekar,



•    Ghulam Ahmed,


•    M.L. Jaisimhab  and



•    Dilip Sardesai.


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List of Winners of "AirTel-Super Singer- 3- Search for Tender Voice of Tamilnadu

October 29, 2012, 2:09 am
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In the recently concluded  “Airtel- Super Singer Junior -3”- , so called, Thamizhagathin Chellakuralukkana Thedal /The Search for the Tender Voice of Tamil Nadu,

 
the following 5 Junior Singers entered the Finals:
  • Baby-Pragathi Guruprasad,from USA, studying in 9th Standard,
  • Baby-Sukanya,
  • Master.Gowtham a native of Tuticorin, presently residing at Chennai,
  • Master.Aajeedh Khalique native of Tiruchirappalli   studying in 6th Standard and
  • Baby-.Yazhini, from Chennai, studying in 6th Standard.
Pragathi, Sukanya and Gowtham entered the 'Finals' directly.
 
Aajeedh Khalique and Yazhini, had been eliminated by the 'Semi Finals'.

They entered the 'Finals' by contesting in the ‘wild card round’ and being selected by voting by viewers via SMS and Online Voting.



'The Grand Finale'  of the 'AirTel Super Singer 3' was held at Nehru Indoor Stadium on 26th October 2012, Friday from 06 30 pm to 27th October 2012, 02 00 am with “Isai Puyal” – A.R.Rahman as the Chief Guest.

Based on:
  • a private poll conducted,
  • past public voting and
  • marks given by the judges,

the following Junior Singers became  the winners of  the “AirTel –Super Singer Junior -3”:

 
Aajeedh Khalique,became the - Super Singer Junior-3- Title Winner- 
and Received a 3 Bed Room Villa House at Temple Green  Township of Arun Excello Group, 
worth Rs 60 Lakhs, and a  Rs 1 Lakh -Scholarship and

Pragathi Guruprasad  became the SECOND /Runner- winning Jewels worth Rs 5 Lakhs,



Yazhini  secured the THIRD place- winning Rs 3 Lakhs



Sukanya secured the FOUTH place – winning Rs 2 Lakhs and





Gowtham secured the FIFTH place- winning Rs 2 Lakhs.


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Complete List of Ministers in Dr.Manmohan Sing's UPA-2- Cabinet After Reshuffle

October 30, 2012, 10:48 am
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Subsequent to Ms.Mamatha Bannerjee/ All India Trinamool Congress/ ‘TMC’s  withdrawal of support to the UPA-2 Government and
the resignations by the ‘TMC’ -Ministers from Dr.Manmohan Singh’s Cabinet,
the Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh has made a reshuffle and an expansion  of his cabinet.



After the reshuffle the  strength of the Council of Ministers has increased
 from 67 to 78.
(Cabinet Ministers-33, Ministers of State with Independent Charge-12 and Ministers of State-33)

According to Dr.Manmohan Singh, 'probably and hopefully', this reshuffle would be the last one of UPA 2, before the next General Elections of 2014.


The Prime Minister, Dr.Manmohan Singh took away portfolios from ministers holding more than one charge and filled in the vacancies created by the following factors:
  • exit of six Trinamool ministers-
-Mr. Mukul Roy – Railways (Cabinet Minister),
-Mr. Bandhyopadhyay- Minister of State For Health,
-Mr. Ahmed- Minister of State For Tourism,
-Mr. Sougata Roy-Minister of State For Urban Development,
-Mr. Adhkary- Minister of State For Information & Broadcasting.
  • death of Mr.Vilasrao Deshmukh and
  • resignation of the following eight ministers including the following ministers-
-Mr.S M Krishna,
-Mr. Virbhadra Singh,
-Ms.Ambika Soni,
-Mr.Mukul Wasnik and
-Mr.Subodh Kant Sahai.

Following is the complete list of ministers in the United Progressive Alliance II, after the reshuffling on 28th October 2012 :-

The following are the Cabinet Ministers and their Portfolios:

1.    Dr Manmohan Singh - Prime Minister- Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Planning, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space
2.    Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal - Minister of Railways
3.    Mr. Palaniappan Chidambaram - Minister of Finance
4.    Mr.Sharad Chandra Govindrao Pawar - Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Food Processing Industries
5.    Mr.AK Antony - Minister of Defence
6.    Mr.Sushilkumar Sambhajirao Shinde - Minister of Home Affairs
7.    Mr.Salman Khurshid- Minister of External Affairs (Mr.Kurshid was holding Law Ministry and Minority Affairs Ministry)
8.    Mr. S Jaipal Reddy – Minister of Science & Technology & Earth Sciences (shifted from Petroleum to Science and Technology and Earth Sciences.
9.    Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad - Minister of Health and Family Welfare
10.    Dr Farooq Abdullah - Minister of New and Renewable Energy
11.    Mr.M . Veerappa Moily -  Minister of Petroleum (shifted from Law to Petroleum)
12.    Mr. Vayalar Ravi - Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs
13.    Mr. Ajit Singh - Minister of Civil Aviation
14.    Mr.Mallikarjun Kharge - Minister of Labour and Employment
15.    Mr. M Mangapati  Pallam Raju- Minister of HRD( Mr. Raju was Minister of State For Defence-  Mr.Kabil Sibal was holding HRD along with Telecom- Mr. M M. Pallam Raju has been promoted in the reshuffle.)
16.    Mr. Kapil Sibal - Minister of Communications and Information Technology
17.    Mr.Anand Sharma - Minister of Commerce, Industry and Minister of Textiles
18.    Mr.CP Joshi - Minister of Road Transport and Highways
19.    Mr.Ajay Maken - Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
20.    Ms.Chandresh Kumari Katoch - Minister of Culture
21.    Mr.G.K. Vasan - Minister of Shipping
22.    Mr.Kamal Nath - Minister of Urban Development,  Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
23.    Mr. Harish Rawat- Water Resources – (earlier he was Minister of State For Agriculture – He was overlooked for the post of Chief Minister of Uttarkhand earlier this year and he revolted.)
24.    Ms. Selja – Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment (earlier she was holding  the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation/HUPA)
25.    Mr. MK Alagiri – Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
26.    Mr.Praful Manoharbhai Patel - Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
27.    Mr.Sriprakash Jaiswal - Minister of Coal
28.    Mr.Ashwani Kumar- Minister of Law (earlier  the portfolio of Law was held by Mr.Salman Khurshid –Mr. Kumar  has been upgraded to the Cabinet rank from multiple- Minister of State positions held by him –From 19th January 2010 To 12th July 2011, Mr.Ashwani Kumar was Minister of State For Parliamentary Affairs and  and From 19th January 2011 he has been  Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning/ Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology & Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences
29.    Mr. K.Rahman Khan-(Former Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman/ Ex- Minister of State in UPA-I  )-Minister of Minority Affairs ( portfolio of Minority Affairs has been  shifted from Mr.Salman Kurshid)
30.    Mr. Dinsha Patel – Minister of Mines ( earlier he was Minister of State for Mines and has been promoted as Cabinet Minister in Mines Ministry)
31.    Mr. V Kishore Chandra Deo - Minister of Tribal Affairs and Minister of Panchayati Raj
32.    Mr. Beni Prasad Verma - Minister of Steel
33.    Mr. Jairam Ramesh - Minister of Rural Development

The following are the Ministers of State with Independent Charge/MoS (With Independent Charge) and their Ministries:
1.    Mr.Krishna Tirath - Ministry of Women and Child Development
2.    Mr.Jitendra Singh - Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
3.    Prof Kuruppassery Varkey Thomas - Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
4.    Mr.Srikant Kumar Jena - Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
5.    Mrs.Jayanthi Natarajan - Ministry of Environment and Forests
6.    Mr. Manish Tewari – Ministry of Information & Broadcasting ( earlier Ms.Ambika Soni who resigned was holding the portfolio)
7.    Mr. Chiranjeevi (Actor Turned Politician from Andhra Pradesh) – Ministry of Tourism
8.    Mr.Paban Singh Ghatowar - Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region and  Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
9.    Mr. Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki – Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (earlier he was Minister of State For Railways)
10.    Mr.Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia – Ministry of Power
11.    Mr. KH Muniyappa -  Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) (earlier he was Minister of State For Railways)
12.    Mr.Sachin Pilot – Ministry of Corporate Affairs

The following are the Ministers of State (MoS) and their Ministries:

1.    Mr. E Ahamed -  Ministry of External Affairs (he was earlier holding additional  charge of MoS of Human Resources Development/HRD)
2.    Dr. Shashi Tharoor- Ministry of Human Resources Development/HRD ( he quit Minister of State For External Affairs in April 2010, further to allegations of wrongdoing in buying stakes in an IPL team)
3.    Mr. Ramachandran Mullappally -  Ministry of Home Affairs
4.    Mr. V Narayanasamy – Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions- Prime Minister Office
5.    Mrs. Daggubati Purandeswari  (Daughter of (Late) Ex-Chief Minsiter of Andhra Pradesh- Actor Turned Politician- Mr. N.T.Rama Rao)- Minister of Commerce and Industry
6.    Mr. Jitin Prasada – Ministry of  Human Resource Development
7.    Mr. Jitendra Singh – Ministry of Defence
8.    Mrs.Lakshmi Panabaka - Ministry of Textiles
9.    Mr.Namo Narain Meena - Ministry of Finance
10.    Mr.S.S. Palanimanickam - Ministry of Finance
11.    Mr.Sathyanarayana Sarvey - Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
12.    Mrs.Preneet Kaur - Ministry of External Affairs
13.    Mr.Tariq Anwar – Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Food Processing Industries
14.    Mr.Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy – Ministry of Railways
15.    Mrs.Ranee Narah - Ministry of Tribal Affairs
16.    Mr.Porika Balram Naik - Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
17.    Mr.Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury - Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
18.    Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary - Ministry of Road Transport &  Highways
19.    Dr Kruparani Killi - Ministry of Communications &  Information Technology
20.    Mr.Pratik Prakashbapu Patil - Ministry of Coal
21.    Mr.Vincent H Pala - Ministry of Water Resources
22.    Mr.Ninong Ering - Ministry of Minority Affairs
23.    Mr.Pradeep Kumar Jain Aditya - Ministry of Rural Development
24.    Mr.Rajeev Shukla – Ministry of Planning  and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs  (earlier he was holding only the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs )
25.    Mr.Charan Das Mahant - Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Food Processing Industries
26.    Mr. Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh/Mr.R.P.N. Singh – Ministry of Home (earlier he was Minister of State For Petroleum & Natural Gas)
27.    Mr.Milind Murli Deora - Ministry of Communications &  Information Technology
28.    Mr.Srikant Kumar Jena - Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers
29.    Mrs.Deepa Dasmunsi – Ministry  of Urban Development
30.    Mr.Suresh Kodikunnil – Minister of Labour & Employment
31.    Mr. S Jagathrakshakan – Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (he was earlier Minister of State For Information &Broadcasting)
32.    Mr. K.C. Venugopal – Ministry of Civil Aviation (earlier he was Minister of State For Power)
33.    Mr.Adhir Ranjan Chowdhry- Ministry of Railways

Dr.Manmohan Singh’s new team (of ministers/cabinet/Ministers of State with Independent Charge and Ministers of State) is a mixture  of ‘youth’ and ‘experience’ with induction of 17 new faces and shuffling of portfolios.


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List of Names of Storms/Cyclones in Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean

November 1, 2012, 7:47 am
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Indian Meteorological Department (of the Indian Ministry of Earth Sciences) /IMD,

established in the year 1875, have the mandate to provide weather advisories to

the following 7 countries besides India:

  1. Bangladesh,
  2. Maldives,
  3. Myanmar, 
  4. Oman,
  5. Pakistan, 
  6. Thailand and
  7. Sri Lanka.
In the beginning the Storms had not been named.


The numbers and technical names given to the storms/cyclones had been difficult to
identify and the meterologists started naming the storms/cyclones.

And the storms/cyclones had been  named arbitrarily.
Initially, the names had been of males and then the storms/cyclones
had been named with ‘feminine’ names.

In order to have an organised and efficient naming system,
the meteorologists decided to identify storms using names
 from a list arranged alphabetically.

The ‘Tropical cyclones’ in the 'Bay of Bengal' and the 'Arabian Sea'
are being named since 2004.

The above 8 countries including India would choose 8 names each and

'the stock of the 64 names for the storms/Cyclones'  will be used in rotation,  in  cycles of 6 years each.



India has given by  the following names for the Storms/Cyclones:
1.    Agni,
2.    Akash,
3.    Bijli,
4.    Jal,
5.    Lehar,
6.    Megh,
7.    Sagar,
8.    Vayu


Bangladesh has given the following  names for the Strorms/Cyclones:
1.    Onil,
2.    Ogni,
3.    Nisha,
4.    Giri


 Maldives has given the following name for the storms/cyclones:
1.    Goni


Myanmar has given the following names to the Storms/Cyclones:
1.    Pyarr
2.    Phyan,
3.    Thane

Oman has given the following names to the Strorms/Cyclones:
1.    Baaz,
2.    Sidr,
3.    Murjan


Pakistan has given the following names to the Strorms/Cyclones:
1.    Fanoos,
2.    Nargis,
3.    Laila,
4.    Nilam,
5.    Nilofar



Sri Lanka has given the following names to the Strorms/Cyclones:
1.    Mala,
2.    Rashmi,
3.    Bandu,
4.    Priya



Thailand has given the following  names to the Storms/Cyclones:
1.    Mukda,
2.    Phet.

The recent Cyclone “Nilam” which crossed the land at Mahabalipuram
near Chennai has been named by Paksitan.

The more severe cyclone “Thane” which affected Tamilnadu and Pondicherry
 in December 2011 was named by Myanmar.


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Why Dr.Subramanian Swamy Filed a Petition before the Election Commission of India Demanding De- Recognition of Indian National Congress

November 4, 2012, 12:30 pm
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Dr.Subramanina Swamy, the Chief of Janata Party 


has filed a petition before the Election Commission seeking de-recognition of the Indian National Congress party, for violating:
  • The Guidelines & Rules that has to be mandatorily followed by political parties for registration and recognition and
  • Income Tax Rules
in providing an unsecured and interest free loan to 'Associate Journals Pvt.Limited', the publisher of Indian newspaper, 'National Herald'.

The following are the Allegations of  Dr.Subramanina Swamy, made  in his Petition to the Election Commission Of India: 

In a recent Press Release on 02nd November 2012, a Senior Congress Leader Mr.Janardhan Dwivedi  has said that the Indian National  Congress has given an interest-free loan of more than Rs 90 Crores to Associated Journals Private Limited (a company incorporated under Section 3 of Companies Act, 1956) ,the publisher of the newspaper National Herald.
 
 
National Herald Newspaper was founded by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in the year 1937.The National Herald was published first in 1938 and it was closed down in 2008.According to the Indian National Congress the National Herald had played a vital role inthe freedom struggle of India.



The above loan given by the Indian National Congress is in violation of the Guidelines &Rules to be followed by political parties for registration & recognition.Any political party may not extend loans to companies with or without interest,as per Section 29A to C of RPA and Section 13A of IT Act.

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Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and Mr. Rahul Gandhi have floated a private company  by name,‘Young Indians' ‘The Young Indians’  company has acquired the 'Associated Journal’( having a property worh Rs 1600 crores) for a sum of Rs 50 Lakhs. Also  the Indian National Congress  has written off the unsecured loan of Rs 90 crores given to ‘Associated Journals’.


The Young Indians' shareholders meeting "was held in Sonia Gandhi's Government allotted 10, Janpath. This is  a violation of the law since the No:10, Janpath, New Delhi,which is a Government accommodation must not  be used for commercial purposes and business.


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List of Photo Identity Proof Prescribed by Indian Railways For Travel by Trains With All Reserved Tickets

November 7, 2012, 11:24 am
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At present, the following categories of passengers traveling in trains in  India,  in reserved classes have to produce original proof of identity during the journey for traveling  :-


  • With E-tickets booked online,
  • With ‘TATKAL’ Tickets and
  • In all  Air-conditioned  (AC ) Classes  on the tickets, except in III Economy/3E class.

 

Indian Railways, to further facilitate the travel of bonafide and legitimate passengers and to reduce the scope for misuse of reserved ticketing system by unscrupulous elements/middlemen has decided to extend the condition to carry a proof of personal identity in original for travel with tickets reserved through Passenger Reservation System (PRS) for all the following Reserved Classes  from 01st December 2012:
  • Second Class Sitting (2S),
  • Sleeper Class (SL),
  • III Economy Class (3E)  and
  • First Class (FC)
The following is the List of Prescribed Photo Identification Proof in ORIGINAL for Train Journeys for all passengers travelling with ‘Reserved’ Tickets:


Voter Identity Card issued by Election Commission of India.(Voter Id)


    Passport 


       IT PAN Card issued by Income Tax Department.(PAN Card)


         
        Driving Licence issued by RTO (ORIGINAL only)-The Colour photocopy of Driving License allowed for driving, by RTO is not accepted by the Railways.(DL)
           Photo identity card having serial number issued by Central/State Government  including the following:
            • Pension Pay Order s(PPO)
            • Ration Card with photographs (In Ration Cards the photo of the ‘Head of the Family’ only will be available)
            • Senior Citizen card
            • Below Poverty Line (BPL) card
            •  ESI card (with photograph) issued for taking treatment in ESI Dispensaries
            •  CGHS Cards (with photograph) issued to individual family members of Central Govt. employees. 
            Student Identity Card with photograph issued by recognized School/College for their students
               Nationalized Bank Passbook with photograph (with Bank Seal on the photograph) 

                 
                Credit Card issued by Banks with laminated photograph.

                Unique Identification Card “Aadhaar” 
                   Photo identity cards having serial number issued by
                    • Public Sector Undertakings of State/Central Government, 
                    • District Administrations, 
                    • Municipal bodies and
                    • Panchayat Administrations.
                    The existing rule of the 'Tatkal Scheme' where the passenger is required 
                    to show the same original proof of identity as indicated on the reserved  ticket shall continue.


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                    Barrack Obama's Victory in the US Presidential Elections and the future of India-US Relations

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                    In the recently concluded US Presidential elections, Mr. Barrack Obama has been elected as the President of the United States, for a second term.




                    Mr. Obama or his rival, Republican candidate Mitt Romney did not express their views on India in detail during the 2012 campaign. The topic never came up during their debate on foreign policy.



                    However,it is the expectation of Indid that Mr. Obama would continue his approach to India in :
                    • Expanding trade,
                    • Ramping up military cooperation,
                    • Staying out of the India-Pakistan Dispute over Kashmir and
                    • Opposing outsourcing in IT field and forcing Indian IT Companies to hire US employees.


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                    Dr.Subramanian Swamy To move Court for Election Commission's Rejection of his Petition To De Recognize Congress Party

                    November 8, 2012, 12:24 am
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                    Dr. Subramanian Swamy, the Chief of Janata Party had moved the Election Commission demanding to derecognise the Indian National Congress for an Interest Free/Unsecured Loan  of more than Rs 90 crores to the ‘Associated Journal’, the publishing company of the Indian newspaper, ‘National Herald’ started by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.



                    According to Dr.Swamy, Indian National Congress had "prima facie" committed an offence under electoral law as well as Income Tax law for which it is necessary to hold hearings and decide on derecognising the party.



                    The Election Commission of India had rejected Dr. Subramanian Swamy's petition  after its full meeting, headed by Chief Election Commissioner  Mr. V S Sampath, dismissing his plea holding that it did not fall under any of the grounds specified for de-recognition of a political party.



                    The Election  Commission said that even though the Representation of People Act, 1951 provides for the manner in which the registered political parties may raise their funds, "there is no provision whatsoever in that Act prescribing the manner in which the political parties may use those funds."

                    Dr.Swamy has recalled that the EC panel had sent him a petition of the minorities commission last year, seeking de-registration of the Janata Party over an "objectionable piece" he wrote in a national daily.

                    According to Dr.Swamy the Election Commission had sent the petition filed by the Minorities Commission to him for his for comments despite the fact that the Supreme Court had, in its judgment earlier, held that the EC had no power to de-register any political party.

                    Dr.Swamy himselfquotes as above that EC has no power to de-register any political party.Why, then he filed a petition to EC instead of moving court?
                    Dr. Swamy has pointed out that the EC has moved so swiftly and rejected his petition without hearing him or sending his petition to the Indian  National Congress or Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and Mr. Rahul Gandhi for comments. And in  Dr. Swamy’s view the EC has ‘double standard’ in handling petitions.



                    Dr.Swamy would move court against the EC's rejection of his plea for de-recognition of the Indian National Congress.

                    We will have to wait and see whether, Dr. Swamy would succeed in getting the Indian National Congress de-recognized by the Supreme Court of India

                    Related Reading:

                    Why Dr.Subramanian Swamy Filed a petition to EC demanding De-Recognition  of Congress Party?


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                    Tips To Safeguard Your Money in Your Bank Accounts

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                    The following tips will be useful to  Safeguard yMoney in your Bank Accounts from online and manual thieves: 



                    • As and if someone calls you, saying it is a call from your bank, do not give away details  over phone and if they insist for the details, tell them and disconnect and call them back  and proceed 







                    • Do not use an analogue cordless phone,  if you have to give your bank details



                    •  Destroy all your unwanted paper receipts of Bank Transactions and  the Bank Statements
                    • Do not use the same PIN  for more than one  Bank Card
                    • Keep changing the PINs often
                    • Do not record and store Passwords in any Computer


                    • Keep your Mobile Phone locked if you use it for ‘mobile banking’



                    • Ensure and Check no one can overhear phone calls to your bank
                    • Do not use  dates or numbers that are easy to guess for PINs
                    • Never click on a link to a website if you get an email supposedly from your bank
                    • Check if you are being watched when you do your banking at Internet Cafes and ATM’s
                    • Keep your Computer's Anti-Virus Software updated.


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                    List of Indians Winning " Oscar Awards"- So Far

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                    The following is the list of Indians who have won  Oscar Awards so far: 


                    Ms.Bhanu Athaiya–
                     was awarded Oscar Award for the ‘Best Costume Design’  for Richard Attenborough's film  'Gandhi' in the year 1982. She has become the first Indian   to receive an Oscar award.

                    Ms.Bhanu Athaiya, a famous costume designer of Indian Cinema was  born in Maharashtra on 28th April 1926. 

                    Ms. Bhanu (86 years old)  is at present residing at Mumbai and recently she expressed her wish to return her Oscar trophy to American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as she felt  that her family would  not be able to take care of trophy after her demise.



                    ‘Bharat Ratna’ Satyajit Ray -
                    was awarded 'Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement' in the year 1992. 

                    Mr.Satyajit Ray of Kolkata was born on 2nd May 1921 and he expired on 23rd April 1992.
                    He  was an Indian filmmaker and he has  directed thirty-seven films, including feature films, documentaries and short films and he is regarded as  one of the few great masters of world cinema.

                    Besides filmmaking, Ray  was also  a story writer and well known for his calligraphy and advertising works.

                    In 1992, 'Rai received the ‘ Lifetime Achievement Oscar Award’  from his sickbed in Calcutta through a special live satellite-television event.




                    ‘Isaippuyal’-A.R. Rahman -
                    was awarded 2 Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Original Song 'Jai ho' for the film- 'Slumdog Millionaire' in  the year 2009.



                    Mr.’Gulzar’ -
                    was awarded Oscar for the 'Best Original Song'- 'Jai ho' for the film  'Slumdog Millionaire' in 2009 with Mr. A.R. Rahman.

                    Mr. Gulzar was born on 18th August 1934 and his original name is Mr.Sampooran Singh Kalra. 'Gulzar' is his pen name of the popular Indian poet, lyricist and director.



                    Mr.Resul Pookutty -
                    was awarded the Oscar Award for the 'Best Sound Mixing'  for 'Slumdog Millionaire' in  the year2009 along with Mr. A.R.Rahman and Mr. Gulzar.

                    Mr.Resul Pookutty  is an Indian film sound designer, sound editor and mixer.

                    He, along with Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for the film Slumdog Millionaire.


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                    'Jobs Openings' in Indian Rare Earths Ltd (IREL)

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                    Many vacancies in various Senior Cadres of employment are open in a Government Company as detailed below:

                    Name of the Employer:
                    Indian Rare Earths Ltd (IREL)

                    Type of the Employer:
                    A Govt. of India Undertaking under the  Department of Atomic Energy

                    Address of the Employer:
                    Plot No.1207,
                    Veer Savarkar Marg,
                    Prabhadevi,
                    Mumbai - 400028

                    Applications are invited 
                    By Indian Rare Earths Limited
                    from Indian nationals
                    for the following posts 
                    on regular basis in
                    the Industrial Dearness Allowance (IDA) pay scale :
                    • Sr. Manager (R&D) : 01 post
                    • Manager (Materials)  : 04 posts
                    • Manager (Maint.-Mech/ Elect.) : 01 post
                    • Manager (Medical) : 01 post
                    • Manager (Materials), Manager (Medical) Manager (Maint.-Mech/ Elect.) : 06 posts
                    • Dy. Manager/ Sr.Officer (Materials) : 04 posts
                    • Dy. Manager (Environment) : 01 post
                    • Dy. Manager/ Sr.Officer (HRM) : 13 posts
                    • Dy. Manager (Admin.)/ Sr. Officer (Admin) : 01 post
                    • Dy. Manager (HRM), (Admn.), (Materials), (Environment) : 10 posts
                    • Sr. Engineer/ (ii) Engineer : 36 posts in various disciplines
                    • Sr. Manager (Materials) : 04 posts
                    • Sr. Officer ( Medical)/ Officer (Medical) : 02 posts
                    • Sr. Manager (Finance) : 01 post
                    • Officer (Finance) : 14 posts
                    • Sr. Manager (R&D)/ Sr.Manager (Fin) : 02 posts
                    • Sr. Officer (HRM), (Materials) Sr. Engineers, Sr.Officer (Med.) : 28 posts
                    • Officer (Finance) / Engineers : 33 posts
                    How to Apply :  

                    Applications in the prescribed format must reach:

                    The  General Manager (HRM),
                    Indian Rare Earths Limited,
                    Plot No. 1207,
                    Veer Savarkar Marg,
                    Near Siddhi Vinayak Temple,
                    Prabhadevi, 
                    Mumbai – 400 028

                    on or before 20/11/2012.

                    Please rush to  view the IREL website:
                     http://www.irel.gov.in/scripts/Advt.pdf
                    for details and application format.


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