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usha manohar replied to the topic This is how things work in Switzerland ...
The controversy has been raised by the USA because now they are in a very precarious position with Trump etc...However, giving citizenship to people from other countries is left to the discretion of the country and its rulers and I don't blame the Swiss government being selective because they will want to keep up the standards they have set for their country !
9 years ago
anil replied to the topic Seventh pay commisson.
usha manohar wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
With the increasing levels of inflation , the pay hike has to be done from time to time and it was being done. In fact from what I remember they did have a hike 2 years back which increased the pay-scale quite a bit and this new one is a very welcome move to all government employees, especially the pensioners !
It is good that their pay levels have increased and the pensioners have also benefitted, but I hope that the increased levels of salaries motivate the government workers to work more productively and honestly and lessen the corruption!
Yes Kalayani, the pensioners are happy including my mother and aunt , both retired teachers who will benefit from this increased pay scale. However, the majority of government employees are unhappy because they feel it is not enough to keep in line with the inflation and are planning t go n strike !!!
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/33-lakh-government-employees-threaten-to-go-on-strike-7th-pay-commission-1427336
Complaint of employees are not fair. Indeed central government and all state government adjust D.A after six months. It is based whole sale price index. In January 2016 central and state government increase DA 6%.
9 years ago
anil replied to the topic Seventh pay commisson.
rambabu wrote:
47 lakh Central Government employees and 58 lakh pensioners are going to be benefited by the Seventh Pay Commission. But Economists say that The Seventh Pay Commission is going to add burden of 1.02 lakh Crores on India's economy at a time when the Government is struggling to cut its Fiscal deficit. In such a scenario, how Arun Jaitley is going to tackle this situation has to be seen.
Jaitley said on this point that I am feeling that it is not a problem, because all money come back in market by way of expenses and saving.
9 years ago
anil replied to the topic Changes in Boddunan.
rambabu wrote:
Despite all the Benefits, I do not understand why the Boddunan Management is not coming forward to share a part of its income with the members. What all the members are requesting the Administration is a small in remuneration to the Article writers and Forum Participants.
How can we say that management have enough income to share with members. Management must be speak on this issue.
9 years ago
took the quiz Quiz about K.Kamaraj.
K.Kamaraj was a famous indian politician. He was also a famous freedom fighter. This quiz will update the birth, death, early life, political life and more about K.Kamaraj.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Different prices of vegetables in different places..
@ Vijay
Seeing the prices of vegetables in your region, I was shocked. In my place Vizag, It was only today morning my wife bought Tomatoes for Rs. 30 a Kg and onions at Rs. 24 a Kg. The same condition may not be there in my neighboring district.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Changes in Boddunan.
Despite all the Benefits, I do not understand why the Boddunan Management is not coming forward to share a part of its income with the members. What all the members are requesting the Administration is a small rise in the Article writers and Forum Participants.
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic Changes in Boddunan.
The thousands of articles are a collection which will be used like a library. Writers have been paid a few rupees. /now the site owners can reap the harvest.
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic Different prices of vegetables in different places..
Today tomatoes are Rs 100 per kg, potato Rs 30, French beans Rs 120, lady finger Rs 100 in my area. vegetable prices also vary from region to region taking into consideration the paying capacity.
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic This is how things work in Switzerland ...
The Swiss action is also raising controversy. either way it is controversial in India or Switzerland.
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Assessing Our Fitness Levels.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Normally one can remain healthy and very active until the age of eighty ...Most of the seniors in my own family are very fit because of their lifestyle which is hard work, going to the fields and supervising the work and working in the coconut gardens etc which keeps them healthy ...I remember once when we were in Goa, we would see a English couple jogging every morning on the beach and later when we got speaking to them , we were all surprised to hear that both of them were in their mid seventies, and so very fit !
Usha I too have seen many senior people who work in the farms so healthy and fit even in their late eighties and nineties. The best example I can give of such truly fit people is the hundreds and hundreds of simple peasant folks who are currently walking the holy pilgrimage of Vari from Pune to Pandharpur. These are all mostly farmers who have finished sowing their fields and are taking a respite of 15-16 days for Vari. Many of these people belong to ages between 70 and 90 years , some even beyond 90. This walk is not at all easy, the distance is almost 210 kilometres, it keeps raining incessantly and they have to climb up and down several steep ghats in the Sahyadri ranges. These people never have seen an inside of a gym, and hardly ever visit a doctor!
https://www.boddunan.com/articles/people-places/59-customs-and-culture/22765-pandharichi-vari-%E2%80%93-the-great-cultural-heritage-of-maharashtra-part-i.html
Thanks a lot for the link Kalyani ..I have seen really old people climb up Shravan Belgola during the Masthakabhisheka , they take rest every now and the but manage to climb all the way up. It is the energy levels , agility and more than anything mental determination that makes them do it..
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Assessing Our Fitness Levels.
I guess there is a difference between normal activity and hard physical labor and activity which some people do all through their life which makes them remain fit all through life also when they expose themselves to all kinds of weather and food habits they develop a very high level of resistance. We need to teach our children not to be fussy about food choices an remain active, doing all their work and also take part in exerting physical activities which goes a long way in developing a sturdy and fit body.
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Seventh pay commisson.
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
There is no real increase in employees's salary. The benefit is in fact only to top level bureaucrats. It is reported that the fitment benefit of 2.57 is given to all while fixing pay. It needs be understood that the increase is only in Basic pay/ pension fixed on 1.1.2006. The dearness allowance and grade pay have been merged with new basic pay. At the lowest level, in fact there is decrease in carry home pay. Basic pay increased. Dearness allowance eliminated. grade pay eliminated. Deduction for pension etc. increased. Result- reduction in carry home pay. Thus all publicity about so called hike is meaningless. Employees are not getting more to the extent that market could be affected/.
I am not sure it is as bleak as you make it out to be ..Overall employees will be better off with 14% hike after deductions.. The armed forces gain the most with a 50% DA rise !
http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/economy/7th-pay-commission-how-it-will-benefit-central-govt-employees-and-pensioners_1901668.html
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Is there any hope for some changes here .
I personally feel that there is absolutely no hope for a Pleasant surprise. Because, while this discussion was going on , I have seen Maverick on line. Now, it's more than one week plus. Nothing has come out.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Seventh pay commisson.
The Government employees are threatening to go on strike. The major issue is Minimum wage. The employees are demanding Rs.26000. Confederation of Central Government employees met a Group of Ministers, Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh and Suresh Prabhu. They assured the CCGE that they would consider the Employees demand.
In this scenario can the Country afford to have a Strike? It has to be seen how the group of Ministers will solve this problem.
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic This is how things work in Switzerland ...
The controversy has been raised by the USA because now they are in a very precarious position with Trump etc...However, giving citizenship to people from other countries is left to the discretion of the country and its rulers and I don't blame the Swiss government being selective because they will want to keep up the standards they have set for their country !
9 years ago
anil replied to the topic Seventh pay commisson.
usha manohar wrote:
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
With the increasing levels of inflation , the pay hike has to be done from time to time and it was being done. In fact from what I remember they did have a hike 2 years back which increased the pay-scale quite a bit and this new one is a very welcome move to all government employees, especially the pensioners !
It is good that their pay levels have increased and the pensioners have also benefitted, but I hope that the increased levels of salaries motivate the government workers to work more productively and honestly and lessen the corruption!
Yes Kalayani, the pensioners are happy including my mother and aunt , both retired teachers who will benefit from this increased pay scale. However, the majority of government employees are unhappy because they feel it is not enough to keep in line with the inflation and are planning t go n strike !!!
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/33-lakh-government-employees-threaten-to-go-on-strike-7th-pay-commission-1427336
Complaint of employees are not fair. Indeed central government and all state government adjust D.A after six months. It is based whole sale price index. In January 2016 central and state government increase DA 6%.
9 years ago
anil replied to the topic Seventh pay commisson.
rambabu wrote:
47 lakh Central Government employees and 58 lakh pensioners are going to be benefited by the Seventh Pay Commission. But Economists say that The Seventh Pay Commission is going to add burden of 1.02 lakh Crores on India's economy at a time when the Government is struggling to cut its Fiscal deficit. In such a scenario, how Arun Jaitley is going to tackle this situation has to be seen.
Jaitley said on this point that I am feeling that it is not a problem, because all money come back in market by way of expenses and saving.
9 years ago
anil replied to the topic Changes in Boddunan.
rambabu wrote:
Despite all the Benefits, I do not understand why the Boddunan Management is not coming forward to share a part of its income with the members. What all the members are requesting the Administration is a small in remuneration to the Article writers and Forum Participants.
How can we say that management have enough income to share with members. Management must be speak on this issue.
9 years ago
took the quiz Quiz about K.Kamaraj.
K.Kamaraj was a famous indian politician. He was also a famous freedom fighter. This quiz will update the birth, death, early life, political life and more about K.Kamaraj.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Different prices of vegetables in different places..
@ Vijay
Seeing the prices of vegetables in your region, I was shocked. In my place Vizag, It was only today morning my wife bought Tomatoes for Rs. 30 a Kg and onions at Rs. 24 a Kg. The same condition may not be there in my neighboring district.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Changes in Boddunan.
Despite all the Benefits, I do not understand why the Boddunan Management is not coming forward to share a part of its income with the members. What all the members are requesting the Administration is a small rise in the Article writers and Forum Participants.
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic Changes in Boddunan.
The thousands of articles are a collection which will be used like a library. Writers have been paid a few rupees. /now the site owners can reap the harvest.
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic Different prices of vegetables in different places..
Today tomatoes are Rs 100 per kg, potato Rs 30, French beans Rs 120, lady finger Rs 100 in my area. vegetable prices also vary from region to region taking into consideration the paying capacity.
9 years ago
vijay replied to the topic This is how things work in Switzerland ...
The Swiss action is also raising controversy. either way it is controversial in India or Switzerland.
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Assessing Our Fitness Levels.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
usha manohar wrote:
Normally one can remain healthy and very active until the age of eighty ...Most of the seniors in my own family are very fit because of their lifestyle which is hard work, going to the fields and supervising the work and working in the coconut gardens etc which keeps them healthy ...I remember once when we were in Goa, we would see a English couple jogging every morning on the beach and later when we got speaking to them , we were all surprised to hear that both of them were in their mid seventies, and so very fit !
Usha I too have seen many senior people who work in the farms so healthy and fit even in their late eighties and nineties. The best example I can give of such truly fit people is the hundreds and hundreds of simple peasant folks who are currently walking the holy pilgrimage of Vari from Pune to Pandharpur. These are all mostly farmers who have finished sowing their fields and are taking a respite of 15-16 days for Vari. Many of these people belong to ages between 70 and 90 years , some even beyond 90. This walk is not at all easy, the distance is almost 210 kilometres, it keeps raining incessantly and they have to climb up and down several steep ghats in the Sahyadri ranges. These people never have seen an inside of a gym, and hardly ever visit a doctor!
https://www.boddunan.com/articles/people-places/59-customs-and-culture/22765-pandharichi-vari-%E2%80%93-the-great-cultural-heritage-of-maharashtra-part-i.html
Thanks a lot for the link Kalyani ..I have seen really old people climb up Shravan Belgola during the Masthakabhisheka , they take rest every now and the but manage to climb all the way up. It is the energy levels , agility and more than anything mental determination that makes them do it..
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Assessing Our Fitness Levels.
I guess there is a difference between normal activity and hard physical labor and activity which some people do all through their life which makes them remain fit all through life also when they expose themselves to all kinds of weather and food habits they develop a very high level of resistance. We need to teach our children not to be fussy about food choices an remain active, doing all their work and also take part in exerting physical activities which goes a long way in developing a sturdy and fit body.
9 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Seventh pay commisson.
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
There is no real increase in employees's salary. The benefit is in fact only to top level bureaucrats. It is reported that the fitment benefit of 2.57 is given to all while fixing pay. It needs be understood that the increase is only in Basic pay/ pension fixed on 1.1.2006. The dearness allowance and grade pay have been merged with new basic pay. At the lowest level, in fact there is decrease in carry home pay. Basic pay increased. Dearness allowance eliminated. grade pay eliminated. Deduction for pension etc. increased. Result- reduction in carry home pay. Thus all publicity about so called hike is meaningless. Employees are not getting more to the extent that market could be affected/.
I am not sure it is as bleak as you make it out to be ..Overall employees will be better off with 14% hike after deductions.. The armed forces gain the most with a 50% DA rise !
http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/economy/7th-pay-commission-how-it-will-benefit-central-govt-employees-and-pensioners_1901668.html
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Is there any hope for some changes here .
I personally feel that there is absolutely no hope for a Pleasant surprise. Because, while this discussion was going on , I have seen Maverick on line. Now, it's more than one week plus. Nothing has come out.
9 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Seventh pay commisson.
The Government employees are threatening to go on strike. The major issue is Minimum wage. The employees are demanding Rs.26000. Confederation of Central Government employees met a Group of Ministers, Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh and Suresh Prabhu. They assured the CCGE that they would consider the Employees demand.
In this scenario can the Country afford to have a Strike? It has to be seen how the group of Ministers will solve this problem.
9 years ago