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Pay commission award budgeted for in ministries allocations: Government
With absence of an explicit overall provision for the 7th Pay Commission in Budget raising questions, government today said the once-in-a-decade pay hike has been built in as interim allocation for different ministries and Budget numbers were credible.
The voluminous Budget documents state that "the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission due from January 1, 2016 is to be implemented during the financial year 2016-17 as also the revised One Rank One Pension scheme for Defence services."
"The government has made provisions for the additional liabilities on these count," it said, without giving the amount allocated for implementation.
Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das said the number cannot be quantified and it has been built up in budget of various ministries.
"We cannot really quantify how much we require in 2016-17. Because the Secretaries Committee have to first give its recommendations, then government will take a decision and then only we will know what is the requirement in FY17," he said here.
Implementation of the pay commission report is to cost the government Rs 1.02 lakh crore.
"We have the Pay Commission recommendations with us, we have analysed the likely requirement and it has been built into the Budget of various ministries. Some suitable interim provisions have been made," he said without elaborating. "Hence the expenditure and revenue numbers are credible."
Das said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget speech stated that interim provisions have been made. "And these provisions are there in the Demands for Grants for individual departments and ministries. It is built into and subsumed into those allocations."
"The Budget reaffirmed the commitment of the government to continue with the process of fiscal consolidation as projected in the Medium Term Fiscal Policy Statement of 2015-16 despite a tough external environment," the Budget documents said.
Accordingly, fiscal deficit has been projected at 3.5 per cent of GDP in 2016-17. "In accordance with the amended FRBM targets, the fiscal deficit of 3 per cent is projected to be achieved in 2017-18 onwards."
"Keeping in view the challenge of reduction of fiscal deficit by 0.4 per cent of GDP in a difficult year in 2016-17 with substantial additional liabilities on pay revision etc, the government is quite optimistic of fully achieving the fiscal deficit target of 3 per cent or below by March 2018," the documents said.
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Labels: 7CPC, 7th CPC, 7th Pay Commission, budget 2016, pay commission award, Seventh Pay Commission
Government provides fund for pay commission implementation in Budget
Central Government provided the fund of excess Rs 28,300 crore for the implementation of Seventh Pay Commission recommendations on Monday in the Budget estimates of fiscal 2016-17, presented by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
The government has provided a fat allowances bill of Rs 88,932 crore in the Budget, almost as much as the total basic pay bill of Rs 90,598 crore for one crore central government employees, including pensioners.
According to the budget estimates of 2016-17, the total pay bill has increased by Rs 28,300 crore to Rs 90,598 crore in the next financial year as compared to Rs 62,230 crore in 2015-16.
The allowances bill has gone up by Rs 37,000 crore, taking the amount to Rs 88,932 crore in next fiscal.
The total provision towards pay, allowances and travel expenses of central government employees has been to the tune of Rs 1,83,935 crore in the next fiscal as against the Rs 1,18,248 crore in this financial year.
The government has made provisions as per the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission, though the actual disbursement would depend on the suggestions of the empowered committee of secretaries which has been constituted for the implementation of the Pay Commission recommendations.
The Pay Commission had calculated the total impact of the increase in salaries and allowances at Rs 1.02 lakh crore of which it had estimated the increase in pay to be at Rs 39,100 crore and allowances at Rs 29,300 crore. In percentage terms, the overall increase according to the Pay Commission was about 23.5% where the increase in pay was 16% and the allowances at 63%.
The significant jump in allowances could be on account of house rent, which has been recommended at 24% of the basic pay, besides others. The minimum pay as per the pay panel report was set at Rs 18,000 and the maximum at Rs 2.25 lakh for secretary-level officers. Accordingly, the house rent allowance (HRA) for secretaries would be more than Rs 56,000.
However, this is not the first time that allowances bill is likely to be as much or more than the pay bill. In 2014-15, the salary bill as per actual expenditure was Rs 53,371 crore while the allowances was Rs 76,613 crore.
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Labels: 7th CPC, 7th Pay Commission recommendations, Allowances, budget 2016, Central Government Employees, HRA, Seventh Pay Commission
Recovery of wrongful and excess payments made to Government servants – Dopt orders on 2.3.2016
F.No.18/03/2015-Estt. (Pay-I)
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
New Delhi, the 2nd March, 2016
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub: Recovery of wrongful / excess payments made to Government servants.
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's OM No.18/26/2011-Estt (Pay-I) dated 6th February, 2014 wherein certain instructions have been issued to deal with the issue of recovery of wrongful / excess payments made to Government servants in view of the law declared by Courts, particularly, in the case of Chandi Prasad Uniyal And Ors. vs. State of Uttarakhand And Ors., 2012 AIR SCW 4742, (2012) 8 SCC 417. Para 3(iv) of the OM inter-alia provides that recovery should be made in all cases of overpayment barring few exceptions of extreme hardships.
2. The issue has subsequently come up for consideration before the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of State of Punjab & Ors vs Rafiq Masih (White Washer) etc in CA No.11527 of 2014 (Arising out of SLP(C) No.11684 of 2012) wherein Hon'ble Court on 18.12.2014 decided a bunch of cases in which monetary benefits were given to employees in excess of their entitlement due to unintentional mistakes committed by the concerned competent authorities, in determining the emoluments payable to them, and the employees were not guilty of furnishing any incorrect information / misrepresentation / fraud, which had led the concerned competent authorities to commit the mistake of making the higher payment to the employees. The employees were as innocent as their employers in the wrongful determination of their inflated emoluments. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in its judgment dated 18 th December, 2014 ibid has, inter-alia, observed as under:
"7. Having examined a number of judgments rendered by this Court, we are of the view, that orders passed by the employer seeking recovery of monetary benefits wrongly extended to employees, can only be interfered with, in cases where such recovery would result in a hardship of a nature, which would far outweigh, the equitable balance of the employer's right to recover. In other words, interference would be called for, only in such cases where, it would be iniquitous to recover the payment made. In order to ascertain the parameters of the above consideration, and the test to be applied, reference needs to be made to situations when this Court exempted employees from such recovery, even in exercise of its jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution of India. Repeated exercise of such power, "for doing complete justice in any cause" would establish that the recovery being effected was iniquitous, and therefore, arbitrary. And accordingly, the interference at the hands of this Court."
"10. In view of the afore-stated constitutional mandate, equity and good conscience, in the matter of livelihood of the people of this country, has to be the basis of all governmental actions. An action of the State, ordering a recovery from an employee, would be in order, so long as it is not rendered iniquitous to the extent, that the action of recovery would be more unfair, more wrongful, more improper, and more unwarranted, than the corresponding right of the employer, to recover the amount. Or in other words, till such time as the recovery would have a harsh and arbitrary effect on the employee, it would be permissible in law. Orders passed in given situations repeatedly, even in exercise of the power vested in this Court under Article 142 of the Constitution of India, will disclose the parameters of the realm of an action of recovery (of an excess amount paid to an employee) which would breach the obligations of the State, to citizens of this country, and render the action arbitrary, and therefore, violative of the mandate contained in Article 14 of the Constitution of India."
3. The issue that was required to be adjudicated by the Hon'ble Supreme Court was whether all the private respondents, against whom an order-of recovery (of the excess amount) has been made, should be exempted in law, from the reimbursement of the same to the employer. For the applicability of the instant order, and the conclusions recorded by them thereinafter, the ingredients depicted in paras 2&3 of the judgment are essentially indispensable.
4. The Hon'ble Supreme Court while observing that it is not possible to postulate all situations of hardship which would govern employees on the issue of recovery, where payments have mistakenly been made by the employer, in excess of their entitlement has summarized the following few situations, wherein recoveries by the employers would be impermissible in law:-
(i) Recovery from employees belonging to Class-III and Class-IV service (or Group 'C' and Group 'D' service).
(ii) Recovery from retired employees, or employees who are due to retire within one year, of the order of recovery.
(iii) Recovery from employees, when the excess payment has been made for a period in excess of five years, before the order of recovery is issued.
(iv) Recovery in cases where an employee has wrongfully been required to discharge duties of a higher post, and has been paid accordingly, even though he should have rightfully been required to work against an inferior post.
(v) In any other case, where the Court arrives at the conclusion, that recovery if made from the employee, would be iniquitous or harsh or arbitrary to such an extent, as would far outweigh the equitable balance of the employer's right to recover.
5. The matter has, consequently, been examined in consultation with the Department of Expenditure and the Department of Legal Affairs. The Ministries / Departments are advised to deal with the issue of wrongful / excess payments made to Government servants in accordance with above decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in CA No.11527 of 2014 (arising out of SLP (C) No.11684 of 2012) in State of Punjab and others etc vs Rafiq Masih (White Washer) etc. However, wherever the waiver of recovery in the above-mentioned situations is considered, the same may be allowed with the express approval of Department of Expenditure in terms of this Department's OM No.18/26/2011-Estt (Pay-I) dated 6th February, 2014.
6. In so far as persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders are issued with the concurrence of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
7. Hindi version will follow.
(A.K.Jain)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
Authority : www.persmin.gov.in
Labels: Dopt, DOPT Orders, Dopt Orders 2016, Excess Payments, Government servants, Recovery of Excess Payments, Wrongful Payments
7CPC: SEVENTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION: PUBLIC NOTICE
SEVENTH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION (7CPC)
Government of India, vide its Resolution No. 1/1/2013-E.III(A) dated the 28th February, 2014 have constituted the Seventh Central Pay Commission with the following terms of reference :-
a) To examine, recommend changes that are desirable and feasible regarding the principles that should govern the emoluments structure including pay, allowances and other facilities/benefits, in cash or kind, having regard to rationalization and simplification therin as well as the specialized needs of various Departments agencies and services, in respect of the following categories of employees:-
(i) Central Government employees-industrial and non-industrial;
(ii) Personnel belonging to the All India Services;
(iii) Personnel of the Union Territories;
(iv) Officers and employees of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department;
(v) Members of the regulatory bodies (excluding the RBI) set up under the Acts of Parliament; and
(vi) Officers and employees of the Supreme Court.
b) To examine, review, evolve and recommend changes that are desirable and feasible regarding the principles that should govern the emoluments structure, concessions and facilities/benefits, in cash or kind, as well as the retirement benefits of the personnel belonging to the Defence Forces, having regard to the historical and traditional parties, with due emphasis on the aspects unique to these personnel.
c) To Work out the framework for an emoluments structure linked with the need to attract the most suitable talent to Government service, promote efficiency, accountability and responsibility in the work culture, and foster excellence in the public governance system to respond to the complex challenges of modern administration and the rapid political, social, economic and technological changes, with due regard to expectations of stakeholders, and to recommend appropriate training and capacity building through a competency based framework.
d) To examine the existing schemes of payment of bonus, keeping in view, inter-alia, its bearing upon; performance and productivity and make recommendations on the general principles, financial parameters and conditions for an appropriate Incentive Scheme to reward excellence in productivity, performance and integrity.
e) To review the variety of existing allowances presently available to employees in addition to pay and suggest their rationalization and simplification with a view to ensuring that the pay structure is so designed as to take these into account.
f) To examine the principles which should govern the structure of pension and other retirement benefits, including revision of pension in the case of employees who have retired prior to the date of effect of these recommendations, keeping in view that retirement benefits of all Central Government employees appointed on and after 01.01.2004 are covered by the New Pension Scheme (NPS).
g) To make recommendations on the above, keeping in view:
i. the economic conditions in the country and the need for fiscal prudence;
ii. the need to ensure that adequate resources are available for developmental expenditures and welfare measures;
iii. the likely impact of the recommendations on the finances of the State Governments,which usually adopt the recommendations with some modifications.
iv. the prevailing emolument structure and retirement benefits available to employees of Central Public Sector Undertakings; and
v. the best global practices and their adaptability and relevance in Indian conditions.
h) To recommend the date of effect of its recommendations on all the above.
2. The Commission invites all associations, unions, institutions, other organisations and interested individuals to send memoranda containing their views on the aforesaid matters so as to reach Office of Seventh Central Pay Commission latest by 31st May, 2014. This memoranda/material may be sent to PO Box No. 4599, Hauz Khas P.0, New Delhi 110 016 (Ten copies) and in case of e-mail to secy-7cpc@nic.in
Meena Agarwal
Seventh Central Pay Commission
davp 15101/11/0004/1415
7cpc.india.gov.in
Labels: 7CPC, 7th Central Pay Commission, 7th CPC, Central Government Employees, Seventh Central Pay Commission
NJCA Circular – NJCA will meet again on 7.3.2016
NJCA
National Joint Council of Action
4, State Entry Road, New Delhi – 110055
No.NJC/2015/7th CPC
All Constituents of NJCA,
Dear Comrade,
The NJCA met today – reviewed the discussions at the Standing Committee Meeting with the Cabinet Secretary held on 1.3.2016 – (6.45 to 8.45 PM). The NJCA has decided to continue with the preparation of the Strike.
The NJCA will meet again on 7th March evening.
Yours fraternally,
(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
Source : Confederation
Labels: 7th CPC, Confederation News, NC JCM Staff Side, NJCA, NJCA Circular, Strike
7th Pay Commission expressed its regret about transition from OPS to NPS
7th Pay Commission expressed its regret about transition from Old Pension Scheme to New Pension Scheme in its report.
2004-2011 Entrants : Government employees who have joined service between 2004 and 2011 have suffered due to delay in finalizing the structure of the NPS and the issue of detailed instructions. Although they have made regular contributions, in many cases, this money and/or counterpart contributions were not deployed in the market. In the case of AIS officers, some states are yet to release counterpart contributions or pay interest on delayed contributions. This has led to a situation where the accumulated corpus even after 11 years of service could be meagre. It is necessary that this situation which arose during the transition from OPS to NPS be addressed.
The Commission therefore recommends that Central Governments and State Governments should, in a time bound manner, ensure that all the due contribution along with compounded interest, where contributions have been delayed, be deposited in the accounts of the beneficiaries. Advisories should be issued to the State Governments to deposit amounts, if not already done, in respect of NPS beneficiaries belonging to All India Services.
Many Association have pointed out that unlike the facility under GPF, it is not possible to make withdrawals under NPS, even to meet obligatory social expenditure. This forces employees towards increased indebtedness as they have to borrow from elsewhere.
The Commission notes that under the NPS Tier-I account, a subscriber is permitted to make partial withdrawal of twenty five percent of the contributions made to his/her individual pension account for certain specified purposes. Such withdrawals are permitted a maximum of three times during the entire tenure of subscription and a period of at least five years should have elapsed between two such withdrawals.
The Commission further notes that there exists a voluntary Tier-II account. Under this account, a subscriber can, at any time, withdraw the accumulated wealth either in full or part and there is no limit on such withdrawals provided the account has sufficient balance of accumulated pension wealth to cover the amount being withdrawn. However, the Tier-II account is yet to be made operational. The Commission therefore recommends that PFRDA should take steps to make the Tier-II accounts operational as early as possible to enable the NPS subscribers the facility of withdrawals from their accounts in case of requirement.
Transparency under NPS : Many associations and individuals have complained that the information relating to the NPS is inadequate, resulting in high degree of uncertainty in the minds of contributors about post-retirement benefits. The Commission noted that PFRDA sends a communication to every participant each month with the current pension wealth and the latest contribution that has been credited. The Commission recommends that focused efforts be made to capture email addresses and mobile numbers of subscribers so that seamless communication is ensured for all subscribers. The Commission recommends that consultation with stakeholders should also be held periodically in different parts of the country.
The Commission notes that no department of Government of India is taking ownership of the NPS. The Commission recommends that a Committee consisting of Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Secretary, Department of Pensions and Pensioners Welfare and Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances may be constituted to review the progress of implementation of NPS. The Commission also recommends that steps should be taken for establishment of an Ombudsman for redressing individual grievances relating to NPS.
Tax Treatment under the NPS : NPS is under the Exempt–Exempt – Tax (EET) regime while the General Provident Fund under the OPS is under Exempt–Exempt–Exempt (EEE) dispensation. Under the NPS, while the contributions and the accumulations are tax-exempt, withdrawals are taxable. As such, this is an inferior tax treatment when compared to other pension programmes such as General Provident Fund, Contributory Provident Fund, Employees Provident Fund and Public Provident Fund wherein contributions, accumulations and withdrawals are tax-exempt.
The Commission feels that tax neutrality should be ensured across various avenues for long term savings for post retirement incomes so that the employees covered by NPS are not at a disadvantage. The Commission therefore recommends that withdrawals under the NPS should be tax-exempt to place NPS at par with other pension schemes. The Commission also recommends that the service tax levied at the time of annuity purchase by NPS subscribers should be exempted.
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CGEGIS Table 2016 – Finmin issued tables of Benefits for the savings fund for the period from 01.01.2016 to 31.12.2016
No.7(1)/EV/2014
Department of Expenditure
New Delhi, Dated the 26th February, 2016
Sub: Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme-1980 – Tables of Benefits for the savings fund for the period from 01.01.2016 to 31.12.2016
Every year two Table of Benefits are issued by the Ministry of Finance on calendar year basis for the savings fund to the beneficiaries under Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme (CGEGIS)-1980. while one Table of Benefits for the savings fund of the scheme is based on a subscription of Rs.10 per month per unit from 1.1.1982 to 31.12.1989 and Rs.15 per month per unit w.e.f. 1.1.1990 onwards, the other Table of Benefits for the savings fund is based on a subscription of Rs.10 per month in respect of the employess who had opted out of the revised rates of subscription w.e.f. 1.1.1990.
2. The two Table of Benefits under CGEGIS-80 for the calendar year 2016, prepared by IRDS, are enclosed. The benefits in the Tables have been worked out on the basis of interest @8.7% per annum (compounded quarterly), as notified by Department of Economic Affairs.
3. While calculating the amount it has been assumed that the subscription has been recovered or will be recovered from the salary of the month in which a member ceases to be in service failing which it should be deducted from accumulated amounts payable.
4. In its application to the employees of Indian Audit and Accounts Department this Office Memorandum issues in consultation with the Comprtroller and Auditor General of India.
(Amar Nath Singh)
Authority: www.finmin.nic.in
Click to view the original order
Labels: Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme 1980, CGEGIS, CGEGIS 2016, CGEGIS Table, CGEGIS Table 2016
Outcome of meeting with Cabinet Secretary held on 1.3.2016 – Confederation
MEETING WITH CABINET SECRETARY
Empowered Committee of Secretaries headed by Cabinet Secretary has held first round of discussion with JCM National Council Standing Committee members on strike Charter of demands on 1st March 2016. Staff Side explained the justification of each and every demand and conveyed the large scale resentment among the Central Government Employees to the Cabinet Secretary . Cabinet Secretary has not made any commitment on any demand. He informed that this is only a preliminary interaction with the Staff Side.
Com. M. Raghavaiyya Leader Staff Side, Com. Shiva Gopal Mishra Secretary Staff Side and other Standing Committee members attended.
Confederation was represented by Coms. KKN Kutty , M. Krishnan & M.S. Raja .
Meeting commenced at 0645 P.M. & ended at 0845 P.M.
M. Krishnan
Secretary General Confederation.
Source: Confederation
Labels: 7CPC, 7th Central Pay Commission, 7th CPC, 7th CPC Empowered Committee, 7th CPC News, Cabinet Secretary, Confederation, Confederation News, Empowered Committee, NC JCM Staff Side
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The head of CIA warned that a cash-starved and expansionist North Korea could sell its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile technology to other countries, including Iran, and that failure to halt such activity could trigger a global nuclear arms race.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo spoke about national security challenges at the U.S.-based think-tank the American Enterprise Institute on Tuesday.
Pompeo was asked if Iran could use its existing cooperation agreements with North Korea to clandestinely advance its own nuclear weapons program without being discovered by the U.S.
"These are terribly difficult problems in incredibly tight spaces, and when you are moving information, it is sometimes difficult to detect that that information has moved," Pompeo said of such technology transfers. "So if someone asks me as the senior intelligence leader of the CIA, can you guarantee this [would be uncovered], I would say absolutely not." Pompeo said the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies were working to prevent that.
North Korea has a history of clandestine military relations with Middle East states. Cooperation between the North Korean and Iranian ballistic missile programmes began in 1985 when Iran financed North Korea's Scud-B development programme in exchange for the option to purchase production models. That investment bore dividends in 1991 when North Korea developed the 500km range Scud-C missile and sold the weapon and its technology back to Iran and Syria.
In 2007, the Israeli military bombed a suspected North Korean nuclear reactor in Syria that the U.S. believed was built for the purpose of producing plutonium for nuclear weapons.
MOSCOW – Iran said on Saturday it would retaliate against new sanctions imposed by the United States after President Donald Trump set an ultimatum to fix "disastrous flaws" in a deal curbing Tehran's nuclear program.
Describing sanctions against Larijani as "hostile action," Iran's Foreign Ministry said the move "crossed all red lines of conduct in the international community and is a violation of international law and will surely be answered by a serious reaction of the Islamic Republic," state media reported.


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The National Film Award for Best Lyrics (the Silver Lotus Award) is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards by the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) to a lyricist who has composed the best song for films produced within the Indian film industry. The award was first introduced at the 16th National Film Awards in 1969. It was intermittently awarded till the 22nd National Film Awards (1975). From then on, no award was presented until the 32nd National Film Awards (1985). However, since 1985 every year the award has been presented with the exception of the 34th National Film Awards (1987). As of the 62nd National Film Awards (2015), the DFF has presented a total of 36 awards to 24 different lyricists.
Although the Indian film industry produces films in around 20 languages and dialects, the recipients of the award include those who have worked in seven major languages: Hindi (15 awards), Tamil (11 awards), Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam & Kannada (3 awards), Punjabi (1 award).
Tamil poet Kannadasan was the first recipient of the award. He won the prize for his work in the 1967 Tamil film Kuzhanthaikkaga. Vairamuthu (Tamil) is the most frequent winner in this category, having won the award seven times. Javed Akhtar (Hindi) is the second-most frequent winner of the award, with five wins. Four lyricists—Gulzar (Hindi), Swanand Kirkire (Hindi), Prasoon Joshi (Hindi) and Na. Muthukumar (Tamil)—have won the award on two occasions. J. M. Prahlad is the most recent winner, awarded for the song "Muthu Ratnada Pyate" from Kannada film March 22.
Vairamuthu has won seven awards, the most frequent winner.
Javed Akhtar has won five awards.
For imaginative use of folk images and form which blend with the pastoral and idyllic backdrop of the film.
For an extremely elegant lyric using subtle similes and metaphors to express attachment, desire and parting and finally to serve as a definition to love within the context of the film.
For the rare poetic heights reached in all lyrics in the film.
For rare poetic heights reached in all the lyrics for the film.
For evoking beautiful imagery, created through lyrical poetry.
For the depth and poetic quality of the lyrics.
For his charming, simple poem which has been become a new nursery rhyme on the lips of every child in Tamil Nadu.
For his lyric, which demonstrates his poetic imagination, enriched by his deep experience of life and a consequential competence in using language with felicity.
Through their lyrics, he is able to bring to the fore his rich repertory of poetic expression which sensitively enhances the mood of the films.
The lyrics are meaningful, poetic and sensitively enhance the overall mood of the song sequence, thereby elevating the film.
For its poetic and traditional expression.
For its evocative wording that is imbued with compassion for our nation and for human beings at large.
For the authentic blend of dialect and emotion. a song of patriotism and passion, the lyrics are lucid and thought provoking.
For the lyric "Mudhal Murai Killipparthaein" in the Tamil film Sangamam. In his own imitable style, the renowned poet has imparted a certain lyrical charm to the song.
For depicting the right mix of the ethos of our land in an invocation to lord Krishna.
For his inimitable style, speaks of transcending borders and countries, with beautifully written words for love and compassion.
For using very simple language to bring out the richness of the Kutch locale.
For rising above the conventions of film songs to reach the realms of poetry.
For relating Sri Sri's poem to contemporary times in order to awaken the masses against social evils.
For or meaningful and powerful lyrics generating hope for a better future.
For the lyric which heightened the effect of the entire film.
For rousing words that lyrically combine tradition with modernity to reach the masses.
For the soulful poetry that captures the trauma of a family beset with a rare problem of their little son who is happily saved by an understanding teacher.
For its simple composition of verses to contribute meaningfully to the film.
For the simplicity and depth of feelings conveyed through evocative imagery.
Through selective use of commonly used language, He evocatively conjures images that convey a young man's yearning for the bare minimum in the larger context of our social reality. At the same time, the song states a belief in the individual's ability to attain a sense of completeness in life.
For giving a poetic expression to the narrative through contextual amplification of emotions.
For the fresh simple array of metaphors, in the form of a song, expressing love.
It elucidates the philosophy of hope and happiness.
Extolling the pathos of the situation gelling beautifully with the philosophy of 'letting go'.
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It was 1980. I was a year out of college with an undergrad degree in microbiology and working in a hospital lab trying to figure out what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. At one time I had thought I wanted to go to medical school but the more time I spent in a hospital working in a clinical setting the more I realized I was not cut out for that kind of work. I loved the biology but I was struggling with the procedures - the work was 100% protocol - the same procedures over and over again with zero room for mistakes. So many of the people I worked with were so good at it - they thrived on it. Me - I had always loved tinkering, taking things apart and trying to put them back together. Trying new things that did not always work was what I liked. Trying this instead of that. What if I did this? What would happen?
But.... when you are dealing with people's lives you can't do that kind of stuff. I have so much respect and envy for people who do this kind of work but I knew it ultimately was not for me. I loved the science but knew I had to change directions with respect to my career. Fortunately, something came along (as it often does in life) that helped me with my dilema.
In the lab one day we started testing a machine called the VITEK for McDonnell Douglas and NASA. VITEK was a fully automated microbial identification and susceptibility system that had been developed in the 1960's for use in space. The system is based on microbial growth in thin plastic identification cards that have small wells with sugars, enzymes, etc. After the cards have been inoculated with sample they are incubated at 37 degrees C and photometrically scanned every hour for either color change or turbidity. Different bacteria ferment different sugars, produce different byproducts, grow or don't grow based on nutrients or conditions, etc. Basically how they grow or do not grow is how they are identified.
McDonnell Douglas was looking to move the product from outer space into the hospital lab and we had engineers coming in and out of the lab weekly tweaking the system. We were running tests in parallel - we'd run a sample using traditional microbiological ID methods and run the same sample through the VITEK, comparing identification results. There was about a three week period when the engineers were in lots - the system was not working properly - something was screwed up in the incubation cycle and they were having a hard time figuring it out.
One of the engineers I had got to know came in with a large stack of green-bar paper with thousands of lines of code one day. I had never seen actual code before - it was so logical and simple and organized. Really cool! I was able to look at it and quickly pick out where the error was - the incubation line was not properly placed in the incubation cycle loop. I showed the engineer what code lines needed to be swapped around and remember him scratching his head and shrugging his shoulders. Still, he made the mod and....... it worked! It was so trivial but it worked!! The engineers were looking too deeply into the code - this was sort of like a TV not working because it was not plugged in type of thing. That simple. I remember the guy telling me I should have been an engineer. I also remember him telling me the first time someone writes a program it never works and you always had to go back and troubleshoot it. I was intrigued - engineering - could it be for a tinkerer like me who likes to learn from my mistakes?
Well - long story short - my sister and two brothers had degrees in electrical engineering. They had been bugging me for a while to check out engineering. They talked me into going to see Dr Jim Masi (the same Jim Masi who was our first Director at www.ictcenter.org) at Western New England University and we were able to work out an agreement where I could pick up the undergrad courses I was missing and then move into an MS Electrical Engineering program. It took a while and most of the time was incredibly hard but I was able to complete the degree.
As an engineer I could now tinker and try new (sometimes off the wall) things and make mistakes and learn from those mistakes. And that microbiology background has never gone to waste - I know it has helped me think and approach problems a little differently than traditionally trained engineers. All good!


Craig Larman (1958) is a Canadian-born computer scientist, author, and organizational development consultant. With Bas Vodde, he is best known for formulating LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum), and for several books on product and software development.
Larman received a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in computer science from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, focusing on artificial intelligence and object-oriented programming languages.
Starting in the late 1970s, Larman worked as a software developer in APL, Lisp, Prolog, and Smalltalk, using iterative and evolutionary methods, which strongly influenced his interest in methods and technologies in software development, that later became a focus of his consulting and writing.
In the 1990s he was a volunteer organizer at the OOPSLA conferences, which exposed him to early introductions to the Agile software development methods Scrum and Extreme Programming presented at the conference, which led to his interest and work in those areas.
Starting in the late 1990s he served as chief scientist at Valtech, a global consulting and outsourcing company based in Paris, France, with an outsourcing division in Bengaluru, India. While in Bengaluru, Larman worked on the development of scaling Agile development to outsourcing, formulated as part of Large-Scale Scrum.
In 2005 while consulting at Nokia Networks in Helsinki on the introduction of Scrum and other Agile methods for large-scale development, he met Bas Vodde, who worked within the company with the same remit. This led to their collaboration culminating in formulating and writing about LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum).
In 1997 Larman authored Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis & Design, a very popular textbook that contributed to the subsequent widespread adoption of object-oriented development. In this he introduced the GRASP principles of object-oriented design, contributing to the codification of software design principles.
In 2005 Larman was the co-creator of LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum), contributing to the application of Agile software development to large-scale product development. In 2017 the Scrum Alliance—a global non-profit educational certification body for Scrum and Agile software development subjects -- adopted LeSS for scaling development, citing its contribution.
Larman, Craig. "Protected variation: The importance of being closed." IEEE Software 18.3 (2001): 89-91.
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VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) has been around for some time but it is now becoming a major driver of change in small business phone systems.
For many years the early internet was seen as an environment for computer whiz-kids, academics, scientists and dreamers. Yet in the 1990s and earlier years of the 21st century, its distribution into ordinary offices and homes meant that it became a major method of carrying information.
Given that many internet connections were (and continue to be) delivered over phone wires, it didn't take too long for someone to think that it may be possible to deliver voice systems over the internet as well.
The voice over internet protocol was born.
Today it is a mechanism for delivering phone calls and business telecom services over the internet.
The exact mechanism is beyond the scope of a short article but suffice it to say that it allows your business to both make and receive telephone calls and faxes over the same lines and computer equipment that your office would use for its internet connections.
This may mean that you no longer need to use the PSTN (public switched telephone network) at all.
fax and data (images, video, files) transmission services fully integrated.
What's needed to get it?
VOIP isn't something you can go into a shop and buy. It is a set of standards that governs the way certain business or personal communications systems work over the internet.
Typically a company looking for small business telephone systems may set out to look for a solution or solutions that are PSTN based. For many very small companies, that may be sufficient to meet their business telecoms needs.
If, however, your company already has an existing investment in PCs and internet connectivity then an internet based solution may be worth considering.
There are a wide range of VOIP based systems available offered by a number of major suppliers. Many operate dually over the PSTN and internet – something that may also offer increased resilience and contingency. You'll need a good broadband internet connection to really maximise the benefits that this technology can provide and some other application-specific equipment.
If you are looking to switch to VOIP, or are interested in finding out more as to how this could be a business telephone solution for you, why not get in touch?
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Medi Burn was formulated for burns. It is used in hospitals against 3de degree burns. Can be used for any form of burns including nappy rash. It helps to improve the skin condition. Helps for cracked skin. It is a heel balm. It improves the cuticles of the nails and conditions the skin in general. Can be used as a lip balm and can be used for any dry skin.
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This is a unique artist created (unfortunately unsigned) iron and steel pedestal table in the style of Pucci de Rossi. The figures of turmblers are hand cut from steel sheets, forming the base of the table. This table dates to the second half of the twentieth century and shows a good natural patination. This table would work inside or out. Please contact me using the link at lower left for additional information, photos or trade pricing. All inquiries are welcome--thanks for visiting.


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LanguageManual LZO - Apache Hive - Apache Software Foundation for your Wiki!
LZO is a lossless data compression library that favors speed over compression ratio. See http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo and http://www.lzop.org for general information about LZO and see Compressed Data Storage for information about compression in Hive.
Let's call the data file /path/to/dir/names.txt.
In order to make it into an LZO file, we can use the lzop utility and it will create a names.txt.lzo file.
Now copy the file names.txt.lzo to HDFS.
lzo and lzop need to be installed on every node in the Hadoop cluster. The details of these installations are beyond the scope of this document.
This creates names.txt.lzo on HDFS.
Note: The double quotes have to be escaped so that the 'hive -e' command works correctly.
See CREATE TABLE and Hive CLI for information about command syntax.
Directly create LZO files as the output of the Hive query.
Use lzop command utility or your custom Java to generate .lzo.index for the .lzo files.
hive -e "SET mapreduce.output.fileoutputformat.compress.codec=com.hadoop.compression.lzo.LzoCodec; SET hive.exec.compress.output=true;SET mapreduce.output.fileoutputformat.compress=true; <query-string>"
Note: If the data sets are large or number of output files are large , then this option does not work.
Create text files as the output of the Hive query.
hive -e "SET hive.exec.compress.output=false;SET mapreduce.output.fileoutputformat.compress=false;<query-string>"


The updated, second edition of the textbook Applied Physics for Radiation Oncology, originally published in 1996. Intended for both radiation therapists and students of radiation therapy. Chapters cover treatment planning, photon and electron dosimetry, brachytherapy, methods of dose calculation, isodose curves, beam-modifying devices, patient and beam geometry, radiation protection, and clinical use and operation of linear accelerators. The authors unify the principles of radiation therapy physics with the real world of clinical practice. A must for radiation therapists.