Former cricketer Bishen Singh Bedi, on Monday, said that all things nasty in cricket administration over the last few decades were by "design" and the reforms suggested by the Lodha committee should have been brought in 50 years ago.
The Congress on Monday expressed unhappiness over the arrangement of four leaders enjoying the rank and status of chief minister in Meghalaya, dubbing it as 'relatively unusual', but defended the move citing political instability in the state. At a media briefing, party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi also clarified that there is only one chief minister in Meghalaya. The others have been given same perks and security as the CM, but not the same decision-making power, he clarified.
Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but one that was allegedly gifted to the supermodel back in 1997 may soon have her facing a UN war-crimes tribunal.
On the heels of a three fold-jump in allowances paid to MPs last week,the Union Cabinet decided on Monday to further increase allowances of MPs by Rs.10,000 a month.
Institutions have been employing suitable strategies to attract and retain quality faculty
The new chairmen-cum-managing directors of public sector telecom firms BSNL and MTNL will be hired on a contract basis with a fixed term of three years, as per the terms and conditions of their appointment, and they will be eligible for the same salary and perks as the head honchos of schedule-A PSUs.
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Lower cost and easier termination may well be among the reasons that companies seek to have employees on contract. The share of employees on contract has increased to 57.3 per cent of the total workforce this year as compared to 53.7 per cent in the previous year.
In his Budget, Jaitley announced a pay hike for the President to Rs 5 lakh per month, Rs 4 lakh for the VP and Rs 3.5 lakh for governors.
'The only reason why it has taken him in is to rile the Congress and also to show, yet again, how fleet-footed the saffron camp is when it comes to raiding the pastures of its rivals,' notes Amulya Ganguli.
With economic downturn and severe drought putting pressure on its finances, the government on Monday ordered a 10 per cent cut in non-plan expenditure slashing foreign and domestic travel, publicity expenses and ban on conferences in five star hotels.
Kini, is set to return to the United States in June, and will launch his venture in the environment space.
The heightened activity level in the M&A landscape during 2018 is set to spill over to 2019 as deal fundamentals are expected to remain robust, says Mahesh Singhi.
The government on Monday said that the stimulus packages to perk up the economy during the slowdown are not likely to be withdrawn this fiscal and the exit when it happens will be a gradual one.
Excise duty was cut by six per cent in two phases since December 2008 from a peak of 14 per cent earlier to perk up the economy, which came under the impact of deepening financial crisis.
'The lockdown has been a great excuse to delay payments.'
Eventually it boils down to whether Board compensation committees whose job is to fix salary levels have the power to question the CEO, especially owner-CEOs.
After a year of slow growth, apparel maker and retailer Provogue is reworking its business strategy to boost revenues and prop up margins, a top company executive said.
Faced with the challenging task of balancing growth and inflation, the Reserve Bank of India will take measures in its quarterly review later this month to perk up the economy and to control inflation, which rose to 0.83 per cent for the third week of September.
A top up insurance would cost far lesser than a fresh insurance policy for a higher sum insured
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'I went through a phase of disillusionment but took things in my stride -- the good and the bad.' 'In this profession, it's more magnified because we are in the public eye all the time.'
Here are seven rules that will help you secure your online shopping this festive season beginning with Raksha Bandhan.
With this, fiscal deficit during April-October, 2009 has already reached over 61 per cent of the targeted level of over Rs 4 lakh crore (Rs 4 trillion) for the current fiscal. The government is projecting fiscal deficit of 6.8 per cent of GDP for the current fiscal.
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Through two stimulus packages, the Indian government recently allowed IIFCL to raise Rs 40,000 crore through tax free bonds to aid the financing of infrastructure projects which were being carried out as public-private partnerships, the Bank said.
One perk of being a pilot, apart from travelling the world, is a front-row seat to the Earth's natural wonders -- from jaw-dropping sunrises to silver slivers of lightning against ink coloured-clouds. One among them is Ecuador-based Santiago Borja who is known as "The Storm Pilot" because of the images he's taken. Borja, who lives in Quito, Ecuador, was kind enough to grant us permission to show some off his work.
The film, in spite of its leading quartet's reliable charms, rambles on and on like those relentless servings of yam in Samantha's direction -- an ordeal not even the craziest fashionista would want to endure no matter how exciting the contents inside those numerous Dior and Louis Vuitton shopping bags.
Bullish on huge profitability and deep pockets, Corporate India started 2008 with an aim to conquer the world and pocket global firms, but ended with blues caused by bitter controversies, be it Tata's Nano, ICICI Bank share debacle, Satyam fiasco or Ambani vs Ambani battle.
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Interest payment on home loans could become fully taxable. Perks to be included in salary income and taxed.
The NSE Nifty ended at 4,376, up 134 points. The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,733 shares traded, 1,689 advanced and 937 declined on the BSE.
At present, the annual cost-to-company of an entry-level officer in an oil-marketing company stands at Rs 6,30,000 per annum, including the annual performance bonus and various allowances, perks and retirement benefit that these officers are entitled to.
Divestment in major state-run firms is set to perk up the IPO space, with about six PSUs including Air India, BSNL, Oil India and NHPC, gearing up to sell equity sale in the primary market.
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Unlucky in love? Well, try to perk up your sense of humour, for a new study has found that ladies adore men who make them laugh.
Previous studies, the website says, have suggested that the psychological perks of marriage depend upon the quality of marriage -- a happy marriage gives rise to a happy couple, and vice versa.
The Centre was mulling more incentives for paramilitary personnel, especially those deployed in the border areas, and bring parity among all the forces in terms of pay and other perks
After US, it is now Britain which is turning the taps off on perks for the chief executive officers and bankers, with Prime Minister Gordon Brown warning them that time was off on the current culture of "big bonuses"
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