Serendipity : Musings of an Islander

One decision and they got what was due to them – pieces of trash. Ever since the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi , in a televised address to the nation said … “t o break the grip of corruption and black money, we have decided that the five hundred rupee and thousand rupee currency notes presently in use will no longer be legal tender from midnight tonight, that is 8th November 2016” there has been a sense of joy and jubilation among the masses, save a few intellectuals who went to the town doubting and questioning the move, specifically in curbing corruption and black money. Let me cite one example to explain my understanding of how the current demonetisation will help curb corruption and blackmoney. Recall the August 2016 train robbery wherein Rs 5.75 crore, belonging to RBI was robbed from the Salem-Chennai Eg more Express train by cutting open the train’s roof. According to media report...from box number 20, a total of 80,000 notes of Rs 50...

Road safety cannot be limited to enforcement of helmet rule; In life-threatening situations, helmets unlikely to give adequate protection. Debkumar Bhadra                    |           Musings of an Islander             |           South Andaman Last week almost every local dailies carried a news item which reads … persons riding two wheelers in these islands are advised to wear proper ISI marked Head Protective Gear (Helmet) and also the pillion riders are advised to wear helmets for safety of their life. The release further adds that Andaman & Nicobar Police is going to launch special traffic drives against riders/pillion riders who do not wear the prescribed protective head gear. Anyone found violating the [helmet]...

A fitting tribute to Mahatma Gandhi By Debkumar Bhadra                             |              Musings of an Islander    |              South Andaman According to a recent news report ca rried in a leading daily , 6 students including two girls of class XI (F) of Boys Senior Secondary School were found attending class under the influence of alcohol. Based on complaints from fellow students, the Physical Education Teacher of the school conducted an inquiry and found 6 students in an inebriated state in the class. Another news item  appearing  during the same time read Rajinder Singh (48) of Shadipur village died while driving under the influence of liquor on September 20, 2016. Police said, Ra...

Implementation of Seventh CPC Recommendations Revised Pay and Arrears to be paid in August 2016 Implementation Cell, 7th CPC  under Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Govt of India vide  OM No 1-5/2016-IC dated 29th July, 2016  issued instructions regarding fixation of pay and payment of arrears in accordance with the Department of Expenditure’s  Resolution No. 1-2/2016-IC dated 25.07.2016 , bringing out decisions of the Government on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission and consequent promulgation of the Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016, notified vide  G.S.R No. 721(E) dated 25th July, 2016  regarding fixation of pay in the revised pay structure effective from 01.01.2016. The revised pay structure effective from 01.01.2016 includes the Dearness Allowance of 125% sanctioned from 01.01.2016 in the pre-revised pay structure. Thus, Dearness Allowance in the revised pay structure shall be zero from 01.0...

Solution to poor internet connectivity in the offing : TRAI launches M y S peed app to assess service quality of operators across I ndia Debkumar Bhadra         |        Musings of an Islander   |        South Andaman A recent news item in local dailies took the islanders by surprise which read B harat S anchar N igam L imited (BSNL), A ndaman & N icobar C ircle has been awarded the B est P erformer's award by the G overnment. Islanders who have been having a tough time dealing with prolonged poor telephonic and below par internet service set social media afire, expressing their anguish at the proposition that came from the CGM himself. Some termed it as “shocking” some said it is “ J oke of the Y ear” someone wrote “it amounts to adding insult to injury” while a few rejected it for being “fake” and “fictitious”. There is one more statistics that ...