'Amid the frequent cries that the defence budget falls short of what is needed, we tend to ignore the reality that any enhancement in the allocation is just not possible, and the armed forces have no option but to operate within this constraint.' 'So, unless deadwood -- especially manpower -- is identified and eliminated, we simply cannot have a modern military of the type that India needs,' says Vice Admiral Premvir Das (retd).
Vice Admiral Lanba, who will proceed to New Delhi to take over as the Chief of Naval Staff on Tuesday, handed over the command to Luthra at a ceremonial parade in Mumbai on Monday morning.
India is currently considering two corridors for high speed trains.
The quality of manpower is a significant resource for large populous countries such as India and China, which depend on them for their rapid economic growth.
With a staff crunch, it seems the I-T department would now target only the big fish rather than go after small assessees.
'Had this been handled in a correct way, the only lives that would have been lost, presumably, were the lives of the terrorists and that would have been welcome.' The information we had was pure gold. You seldom get information of this kind several hours in advance, exactly where they are going to strike. But we still couldn't act on this intelligence.'
The incident took place in Shaheenbagh area of Jamia Nagar at around 4 pm and the victim has been identified as Mohammad Uzair, a manpower supplier and visa arranger for job aspirants.
"Why is it that whenever there are no political overtones to a case, the CBI does a good job?" he said.
The government said it would strive to establish a National Security Guard hub or an equivalent commando force in every state in due course to strengthen the national security apparatus.
The Air India board has decided to reduce by 50 per cent the productivity-linked incentives or flying allowance payable to its employees.
The terror jigsaw is becoming clearer with the arrest of Salman, an operative of the dreaded Indian Mujahideen. He has echoed the statements of the security agencies who said the IM benefited the most from the heat that was on the Lashkar-e-Toiba.
"The aviation and tourism industries have been hit hard by the global economic downturn and by acts of terrorism. Apart from strategies to counter the prevailing downturn, we need to emphasise on security measures. One of the ways to revive demand is to develop airport infrastructure. Apart from building international and regional airports, we need to ensure the local airstrips are upgraded into full-fledged airports to boost hinterland connectivity," said an expert.
'What we need is right skilling, re-skilling and up-skilling.'
Digibank will offer only savings deposits initially, but will expand to include investments and lending in the coming months.
Here's what the construction industry would like the Budget to do -- introduce GST, exempt customs duty on construction equipment for projects, introduce secondary market for debt trading to facilitate the infra developers to raise money through long term corporate bonds.
Boeing has pitched its FA-18 aircraft, while Dassault is building case for its Rafale jet.
After Infosys, hike in other IT companies also seen in 6-9% range.
Employers in South India are the most bullish on hiring plans with over 40 per cent of them having 'good intent' of recruiting people in the next three months.
According to the latest survey by global staffing services firm Manpower, India has an overall net employment outlook -- a measure of hiring plans by employers -- of 19 per cent for the July-September period, the most among the 34 countries surveyed. The Manpower Employment Outlook showed that only 11 of the 34 countries have positive hiring plans, indicating the general gloom in the global job market in the wake of the tough economic scenario.
India has again emerged as the most bullish country in terms of hiring plans, with 25 per cent of the employers intending to recruit people in the next three months.
The minister further said running the operations of the company and inquiry against people involved in the accounting fraud are two different things and should be viewed separately separately. The new board of Satyam met twice and appointed global accountancy firms KPMG and Deloitte to re-state the accounts of the IT company.
The labour force at large has turned less needy, due to various government financial incentives and freebies.
Aping the success of business process outsourcing industry, companies are keen on transferring all or part of their recruitment activities to external service providers, cutting down their human resource expenses significantly, say experts.
There is talk of a fresh approach to a new labour code as well as reforming land acquisition laws in such a way as to be politically.
Amid rising coronavirus cases in India, the government has asked people not to panic, saying no community transmission of the virus has been observed and there has only been a few cases of local transmission so far and that it is "not a health emergency" in India at present.
Around 8 IT firms have withdrawn from partnering 11 out of the 20 IIITs, says govt.
Nearly 20 lakh jobs will be up for grabs for those having skill such as IoT, mobility solutions, telecom infrastructure, network architectures, sales among others.
Once bitten, twice shy, the laid-off workers, many of whom had switched to sectors like textile and agriculture, are apprehensive about returning to diamond processing. Before Diwali last year, there were about 3,000 diamond cutting and polishing units with a 600,000-strong workforce.
Amar Singh, is a third-generation policeman from his family. His father and maternal grandfather were both policemen.
If you're looking for work in any of these fields, you're in luck.
India Inc's staff cost went up by 11.2 per cent during January-March last fiscal growing at a lesser pace than the previous three quarters of 2008-09, reflecting the economic slowdown, according to an RBI study.
The Karnataka Arts College invites applications for admission to five year integrated course in Master of Tourism Administration (MTA) for the academic year 2008-09.
Sources said that the new management made a formal announcement before senior management personnel on Thursday on the issue of reducing manpower by up to 14,000 people.
The study, conducted jointly with University of Nebraska, evaluated leadership profiles in two Indian cities -- Mumbai and Bangalore -- and four other Asian cities: Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore. As per the study, which would be released next month during the Singapore Human Capital Summit, CEOs in Asia expressed a willingness to develop the next generation of leaders in their respective organisations, but very few of them are proactive and strategic in doing so.
India Inc may have been spiralling salaries in the recent years, but not anymore as double-digit pay hikes can well be a 'thing of the past', thanks to the financial crunch forcing corporates to embark on cost-cutting spree.
"A fresh survey was conducted to know the requirements, including manpower. The CISF has to make sure that proper deployment is made," ASI Director General Anshu Vaish said.
The industry, which has been highly unregulated in the past and which continues to be so in states where the Private Security Agency Regulation Act has not been implemented, is still struggling to infuse some standard best practices. Karnataka, which has been on the radar of terrorists, has still to implement the Act,which would bring under perview all its current players and infuse standard practices.
As the miasma of the global economic downturn accelerates its pace, Indians abroad are worried about their future but still remain positive.
The high tax regime makes aircraft service above 50 per cent more expensive than international rates and might spell trouble for over a dozen MRO projects -- several of them involving foreign direct investment that have been announced so far.
India is one of the top three sources of international recruitment for British employers struggling to meet talent shortages, according to a major industry report.
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