Railway fare hiked

Railway fare hiked

From January 22, rail travel will cost more after an across-the-board hike in fares was announced on Wednesday — first such increase in 10 years.

A one-way sleeper class ticket between New Delhi and Mumbai Central, which currently costs Rs388, will be priced at Rs465 while an AC three-tier ticket between New Delhi and Patna will go up by Rs106 to Rs1, 005.

The railways is struggling to stay afloat and is also in a desperate need for funds for projects such as dedicated freight corridors and the Mumbai elevated rail corridor plan. Losses in the passenger section were expected to touch Rs25, 000 crore in 2012-13, Bansal said.

“No revision in basic fare for the last 10 years... has not only impacted critical aspects related to passenger safety and amenity but has also affected essential replacement, operation and maintenance activities,” he said. The lowest hike is of 2 paise a km for second-class suburban rail and the highest is 10 paise a km for AC first class. For sleeper class, the hike is 6 paise a km. Overall, there has been a substantial hike in the first class and AC fares – the second such increase in nine months.

In April last year, these fares were increased by the then railway minister Dinesh Trivedi. The last time passenger fares were increased was in way back in 2002 during Nitish Kumar’s tenure as union railway minister.The hike has been timed to mop up Rs1,000 crore during the ongoing Kumbh mela. The railways recently imposed a Kumbh surcharge – ranging from Rs2 per ticket to Rs5 per ticket.

The hike in railway fare will affect common people. Railways are not a profit oriented sector they are the service sector. At that time when bus, Auto, Taxi fare has increased the price increase in railway is bad for the common people. Railway is not providing facilities in spite of increased price. It is a drawback of Indian railway. The Rail budget is going to announce in next two month so it is a interest that what public get from rail budget.    

League and bounds in sport is healthy or not

"League and bounds in sport is healthy or not"

The Indian Premier League (also known as the "DLF Indian Premier League"), is a Twenty20 cricket competition created by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). It is a brain child of Lalit modi. The first season of the Indian Premier League commenced on 18 April 2008, and ended on 1 June 2008 with the victory of the Rajasthan Royals in the final. Here cricketer from different country groups together and formed team. Every team is purchased by celebrities. In short IPL is nothing but a different way of entertaining people and earning money for owner as well as players. It is very successful formula to grab attention of viewer. 

Now, you can watch Premier Hockey League (PHL), Hockey India League (HIL), and Indian wrestling League (IWL). 

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These are the some IPL format league which will come soon. Here are the some glimpses about Hockey India league. 

After the IPL, this will certainly be the most popular league in the country, if early indications are anything to go by. The league, modeled on the lines of the IPL, kicks off on Jan 14.

Five teams — UP Wizards Ranchi Rhinos, Punjab Warriors, and Mumbai Magicians & Delhi Wave Riders— will take part in the month-long league. Each franchise has been bought for R13cr, out of which R3.5cr is the cap for forming a 24-member team, including 10 foreign players, through auction.

India captain, Sardar Singh, has been bought for Rs.38.5. crore through a ‘silent bid’. He thus becomes the highest-contracted player among Indians. The minimum base price for domestic player was $2800. For foreign players it was $5000.This is the first franchise based hockey league having the sanction of the world body, FIH.

     The HIL has got a special window in the international calendar, while leagues in Europe don’t have this luxury. A window means no international tournament will be held during the period of the tournament.    

Here are the things that it will affect the current essence of sport. When IPL was organized on first time it was craze among audience to see match of 20 over’s, cheer leaders, Bollywood celebrity but after some year people become bored seeing such kind of thing. Today IPL is seeing as unprofessional cricket with lots of controversy. Hockey is the national game of India. In this if hockey will become the sport like IPL format then the essence of the sport really affect. But on the other side it will help to create an interest among audience. Hockey is not so much famous like cricket and the players are also not getting recognition like cricket. So in this case the HIL can become the great hit among sport lover. But in short such kinds of manipulation in game reduce the professionalism. The pride of winning medals for country will flood in vain.       

Coal sector ....

Coal should be denationalized...?

To boost the Indian economy Deputy chairperson of planning committee Montek Singh Ahluwalia have argued to Denationalize Coal sector of India as the country's growth has dipped below 6%. Since 1973 the government has only allowed minor participation in coal sector. Over 95% of coal mines are still with coal India or its subsidiaries. "Coal India's monopolistic  position has not helped" Ahluwalia said on Thursday.

The plan panel has said that 23,000 MW of power capacity added in the 11th Five-Year Plan cannot be utilized due to the absence of coal linkages. There is a 122 million-tonne gap between the demand and supply factors of Coal India.I strongly support the move to denationalize coal mining in India because the move will usher in competition (even from the global front), bringing about utilization of state-of-the-art mining technology,” said Arvind Mahajan, partner and head of energy-infrastructure at advisory firm KPMG India.    

Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization (LPG) have become dominant forces shaping societies and economies the world over. These three processes are interrelated. Globalized economies are likely to be more privatized and liberalized economies. Rapid growth and poverty reduction in China, India, and other countries that were poor 20 years ago, has been a positive aspect of Liberalization Privatization and Globalization (LPG).

Since 1991 LPG (liberalization, privatization, Globalization) has came into existence approximately every company is privately own and managed. only railway, postal service and coal sector is remaining in hands of government. It's a truth that privatization has really helped to increase the quality in service. Before this even umbrella cloth is under the control of government. Railway is the only sector which is owned by public sector. The fare what we paid for rail travel is still less compare to other way of transport. Same with postal service you have to less for posting compare to other medium. Privatization has really helped India to increase the standard of living but here you can get good service with quality.The best example is Telecom company today we have lots of telecom service provider in spite of the monopoly of MTNL. Privatization also helps to cut down the monopoly in market. The current issue is price increase in LPG. In this case if they are totally handover to private sector the service we get will become good but in more prices. Same with the coal sector coal is the primary source of producing electricity and if this will hand over to private sector then the hike in price of electricity unexpected.     

Armstrong lied.........

Is provoking Lied of Armstrong really necessary?

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

It's one of the 20th century's most famous lines, but what if Neil Armstrong lied about when it was composed?

 NBC News has reported that The Apollo 11 astronaut was quoted in a 2005 biography as saying he formulated the line while en route to the moon, But Armstrong's brother Dean said in a new BBC documentary that it was written long before the astronaut's boots ever touched moon dust.

In the documentary, aired only months after  Armstrong's death , Dean Armstrong insisted his brother had showed him the remarks before the mission and asked his opinion.“Before he went to the Cape, he invited me down to spend a little time with him," Dean Armstrong said, according to the Telegraph. "He said 'why don’t you and I, once the boys go to bed, why don’t we play a game of Risk.' I said I’d enjoy that. We started playing Risk and then he slipped me a piece of paper and said 'read that.' I did. 

On that piece of paper there was 'That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind’. He says 'what do you think about that?’ I said 'fabulous’. He said 'I thought you might like that, but I wanted you to read it’.”In "A Man on the Moon," author Andrew Chaikin wrote that Armstrong was flooded with suggestions for the first words.he would speak on the moon. Quotations from the Bible and Shakespeare were floated as possibilities, according to NBC.

Neil Armstrong also maintained that he said, "That's one small step for a man," but that the "a" was lost in transmission. In 2006, an analysis of the taped utterance seemed to find evidence of the missing article.

It has become the controversy after the death of Neil Armstrong that he lied about his famous quote but in my opinion it should not be become a controversy after the death of the first person who walked on moon. It is not a crime that making a quote in advance. Books written by personality always create a little bit controversy either it was a purpose of selling it. The book written by Abdul kalam "The Turning point" where he written that talks with Sonia Gandhi on the PM. It has also become the controversy in media.   

bank job increasing in 2013

Boom in banks job

          It is said that if you get the job in banks that there is no need to worry about your future. But in today's context nobody is getting job in-spite of degree in finance. With the Reserve Bank of India gearing up to finalize the guidelines for issuing banking licenses to new entities, analysts and headhunters said the move could open up prospects of direct and indirect employment for about 50,000 people over the next couple of years. There is a catch. The recruitment drive is expected to gain solid momentum only if new banks decide to focus on retail business and not remain confined to corporate banking. Business to-business work involves fewer people doing larger deals. “With new banks coming in, there will be expansion of branch network and there would be a big recruitment drive in case the new banking entities decide to focus on retail,” said Dev Bharat, director at recruitment firm Executive Access India. Several business houses including the Aditya Birla Group, the Tatas and Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group have evinced interest in entering the banking space. Nonbanking financial companies (NBFCs) can now convert themselves into full-fledged banks. Existing banks including Axis Bank and Yes Bank have also firmed up plans to expand their retail networks and increase headcount. Yes Bank, which currently has a staff strength of 6,400, is planning to double its headcount in the next two years. “We have 6,400 employees at present but our plan is to go in for major retail expansion,” said Rana Kapoor, managing director, Yes Bank. “We are looking to have 12,750 people by 2015.”

          These entire things will make a good bounce in commerce as well as financial field. The hope of getting job for commerce graduate is more because of the expansion of several banks branches.

LGBT's rights.........

LGBT's wants to march, on August kranti maiden  

August kranti maiden is famous for its historical value. The Mahatma Gandhi command to the British on August 8, 1942 marked the launch of Quit India movement.

You can visit Mani Bhavan near this which is a museum of things of Mahatma Gandhi. All this things really makes the importance of August Kranti Maiden. Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community is organizing March on 2nd February. LGBT community is the group who collectively work for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender people. Last year they didn't get permission to do march in the maiden. This year they are trying to get permission from the authority. Before this on 28 January, 2012 LGBT’s did flash mob on the famous marine lines. More than 50 people performed a flash mob. But it’s a first time in history where one historical place is going to become witness of LGBT march. Before the last year homosexuality was an offense in India. But after the Delhi court announced that homosexuality is legal in India. Become a homosexual is not a crime it’s just a physical structure of that particular human. To get this right they have really fight hard and finally court has to approve it. Now in India homosexuality is legalized. They have right to live like a human being. Earlier only Canada has homosexuality rights legal. Some was not happy with the court’s decision on homosexuality but it is good India make homosexuality legal apart from its orthodox view point. They are starting their march and we can say as festival on from 14 January with kite-flying competition. If they got permission in August kranti maiden then the importance and history of historical maiden will really enhance.

new measurement for women safety

SC decisions will really work...?

Delhi gang rape case made government aware on the women centric issue. People are also becoming aware to raise voice against molestation, rape and eve-teasing. Rally made by public and women safety campaign done by media peoples are working on public as they are now raising voice against all this crime. The other thing which came out from all these Delhi happening is that now every girl and women knows their rights which they care about previously. On 4th January, Hindustan times published an article in their campaign "Make city safer for women". In this article they are talked about new rules and regulation passed by the Supreme Court to protect the women. Here they have given the rules and the implementation of that rules.

Install CCTV cameras in public places

There will be a direction to state governments and union territories to install CCTVs in strategic positions which itself would be a deterrent and if detected, the offender could be caught.

CCTV can be a great help to reduce such kind of incident. CCTV should be installing specially on railway platform, Subways, Skywalk. But installing CCTV is not a primary thing to do but to maintain its condition is more important as most of the CCTV is not working due to the ignorance of the authority.

Authorities to take charge

Persons in charge of educational institutions, places of worship, cinema theatres, railway stations and bus stands have to take steps they deem fit to prevent eve-teasing within their precincts and, on a complaint being made, they must pass on the information to the nearest police station, or the women's help centre.  

It’s a good way to reduce the eve- teasing in crowded places.

Safer public transport

Where either passengers or persons in-charge of a public service vehicle indulge in eve-teasing, the crew shall, on a complaint made by the aggrieved person, take the vehicle to the nearest police station and give information to the police. Failure to do so should lead to cancellation of the permit to ply.

This initiative will really help to stop the inconvenience on the local transport like buses. In trains the coach is different for ladies and gents but in buses there is no chance to get rid of eve- teasing so this decision will really help to women.

Help lines needed for women

 State governments and union territories are directed to establish a women's helpline in various cities and towns, so as to curb eve-teasing within three months.

 Help lines may help to get instant help from authorities but the main issue with help line is that it never works on time. So police personnel should such kind of help line which can work 24*7.

Boards against harassment

Suitable boards cautioning against eve-teasing should be exhibited in the precincts of educational institutions, bus stands, railway stations, cinema theatres, parties, beaches, public service vehicles, places of worship, etc.

Eve- teasing is still not treating as crime so such kind of initiative will really help to working girls and women.

 Passers-by must intervene

Responsibility is also on passers-by who should report such incidents to the nearest police station or to the women’s helpline.

It is great to put a responsibility on the shoulder of passers because no one wants to involve in legal things.

State govts should step in

State governments and union territories should take effective measures by issuing suitable instructions to authorities including district collectors and the superintendent of police on effective and proper measures to curb eve-teasing.

The protecting responsibility is in the hands of the state government. So it good that state government is taking measures.