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BSNL Employee Union has published its NFTE FNTO 5th Membership Verification Result today i.e. Feb 3. These reuslts can be checked on its official website www.tncirclebsnleu.com in English and Hindi languages.

National Federation of Telecom Employees (NFTE) stated the BSNL union failed to act for staff.

Keeping in view of the elections, National Federation of Telecom Employees (BSNL) workers held a rally at Bharat Nagar Telecom complex alleging that the recognised union has failed to address the burning issues.

For more information on the same, please visit http://bsnleuchq.com/.
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In much- needed respite for Uttan residents, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar on Wednesday directed the Mira- Bhayandar civic authorities to table a fresh proposal for shifting the solid waste management project from Uttan- Pali. The plant will now be shifted to private owned land in Versave village near Kashimira, albeit with all necessary approvals from concerned authorities, sources said.

Pawar took the decision after delegates from the Mira- Bhayandar Municipal Corporation ( MBMC) led by local legislator Gilbert Mendonca highlighted to him the urgent need to shift the plant from a populated area to a harmless location.

It should be noted that the State government authorities had earlier suspended the shifting proposal moved by the MBMC general body, considering the huge losses involved in relocating an operational unit. " However, the deputy chief minister's directions will definitely act as a catalyst in the people's struggle for the shifting of the plant, which poses a health hazard," said Gilbert Mendonca.

It was in 2003 that the MBMC installed the solid waste management project at Dhavgi village on a Built- Operate and Transfer basis. However, the project faced stiff opposition from local villagers, who launched massive protest agitation against the unbearable stink emanating from the waste plant. The delegation that met Pawar included Fr. Allwyn D’silva, Former MLC, Muzaffar Hussain, deputy mayor Jayant Patil, standing committee chairman, Steven Mendonca, civic chief Shivmurthi Naik and Haryl Borges.
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B. Ramalinga Raju accused in the RS 14,000- crore Satyam Computers scam, was on Thursday released from judicial custody.

Eleventh additional chief metropolitan magistrate BVLN Chakravarthy at Nampally courts in Hyderabad asked the Chanchalguda jail authorities to ‘ release’ Raju from judicial custody. The Andhra Pradesh High Court had granted bail to Raju on Wednesday.

The release from judicial custody came after Raju’s wife Nandini and cousin I. Suryanarayana Raju submitted two sureties each for Rs 20 lakh at the court.

Though there is no immediate threat of a jail stay, sources say Raju may continue to stay put at Hyderabad’s Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, where he has been undergoing treatment for Hepatitis C and other ailments since September 2009.

The doctors at the institute said they wouldn’t advise him to get discharged because he was out of judicial custody.

“ Though his health condition has improved a lot, the Hepatitis C symptoms are fluctuating.

It is better for him to be under constant medical supervision till he completes the second round of his 24- week injection cycle. He still needs another 18 injections. But if he still wants to go home, we cannot stop him,” NIMS gastro- entrologist Dr. Ajit Kumar said.

According to the high court order, once Raju is discharged from the hospital, he will have to attend the trial court regularly.

He has also been asked to visit the Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI) office for interrogation as and when required. Considering these ‘ inconveniences’, chances are Raju will prefer staying at NIMS for the time being.

At the same time, there are also those who think the NIMS is not a very safe option for Raju.

“ The NIMS is a state- run hospital.

If the government wants, it can hound Raju. The doctors will not be able to help him then,” an advocate at the Nampally court said.

Speculations are rife that Raju might shift to Care Hospitals, a private healthcare facility run by Dr. Somaraju. Both the Rajus are said to be good friends.

But Raju might wait for some more days, till the CBI moves the Supreme Court challenging the high court’s order to grant him bail. “ If the apex court cancels his bail, Raju will have to stay in a hospital to avoid jail,” a source said.
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Twenty inmates of the government run Beggars’ Rehabilitation Centre in Bangalore have died in the last 30 hours, allegedly due to food poisoning and poor hygienic conditions.

The condition of another six inmates is said to be serious.

The sudden deaths have led to chaos at the centre on the city’s outskirts with nearly 300 out of the 2,500 inmates escaping from it accusing the authorities of neglecting them. Shockingly, 11 victims were cremated without conducting an autopsy.

The police have registered a case and started investigation.

The first death was reported on Tuesday. Eleven people died the following day and another eight on Thursday. Of the 20 victims, three are women.

The victims were all in the 55- 75 age group. Though the authorities concerned are maintaining that the deaths were due to “ natural” causes, food poisoning is said to be the prime reason.

“ A donor served us food last Sunday at the centre. From Monday onwards, we developed stomach pain. Ten people were immediately admitted to the hospital but they could not make it,” said Alakappa, an inmate.

Doctors attending to the ailing inmates said most of them are suffering from gastroenteritis.

“ We are not sure about the cause of gastroenteritis. It could be because of food poisoning or poor hygienic conditions at the centre. We are awaiting the victims’ reports to ascertain the cause,” a doctor said.

The deaths have prompted the state government to order a probe into the incident.

“ To ascertain the exact cause of the deaths, we have ordered a full- scale inquiry. There could be a possibility that terminally ill patients were also admitted to the centre, resulting in higher cases of deaths,” said D. Sudhakar, Karnataka’s social welfare minister.
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The Mayapuri radiation fiasco may have been caused by the irresponsibility of the faculty members of Delhi University’s ( DU) chemistry department, but its price is being paid by hundreds of students.

Three months after the university was ordered by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) to discontinue radioactive experiments — for teaching as well as research purposes — on the campus, DU has not yet managed to get the ban revoked.

The nuclear physics laboratories of the university, consequently, have been rendered useless.

And about 300 students enrolled in MTech in nuclear science and technology and MSc in Physics ( nuclear science) haven’t had a single practical lesson, though their new academic session began on August 9.

DU is among the few institutions in the country which offers programmes in nuclear science. It possibly produces the largest number of students specialising in this area. While the MSc programme is almost four decades old, the MTech course is relatively new and has been around for two years. “ It’s not just students studying nuclear science who have been affected. All firstyear MSc students, irrespective of their specialisation, conduct experiments using radioactive sources,” said a professor in the department of physics.

Since practical lessons are of utmost importance in the study of nuclear physics, faculty members are now trying desperately to devise innovative ideas to substitute radioactive sources in the experiments. The laboratories, meanwhile, are being just used to teach theory lessons.

The ban on radioactive experiments came in the wake of the irresponsible disposal of a gamma radiator containing Cobalt- 60 as scrap from DU’s chemistry department in April, which eventually landed in the Mayapuri scrapyard. Exposure to this strong radioactive source claimed one life and injured six others.

“ The radioactive sources used by the students are very weak in strength and cannot cause the kind of damage inflicted by the Cobalt- 60 that was sold off as scrap. But since the nature of the blunder was grave, the AERB asked the university to suspend all such activities irrespective of whether it was for teaching or research,” a teacher said.

Though the department teachers have given several reminders to the university administration about the grim state of affairs ( the academic session has also completed its first week), the vice- chancellor is yet to seek the AERB’s permission to resume experiments at least for teaching purpose.

“ Right now I am busy trying to ensure that the teachers do not interrupt the introduction of the semester system at the undergraduate level. I will be writing to the AERB very soon,” said V- C Deepak Pental.

The three- member committee formed by DU to probe the irresponsible disposal of radioactive Cobalt- 60 had submitted its report to Pental earlier this month. Fixing responsibility for the incident, according to Pental, cannot happen right away again because of the semester stand- off.

“ I need to call a meeting of the executive council to discuss the findings of the report. But I really need to sort out the semester issue first,” Pental said.
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Manmohan Singh on Thursday renewed India’s $5- million offer to Pakistan in flood relief. But Islamabad still appeared to be in two minds over accepting it, saying “ we will do what we believe is right”. “ The Pakistan government is considering the proposal and no decision has been made in this regard,” Pakistani foreign office spokesperson Abdul Basit said on Thursday.

“We appreciate the gesture by India. Their offer has been conveyed to relevant authorities and the matter is under consideration,” he added.

Another official of the Pakistani foreign office added: “ We are yet to take a decision on whether to accept the Indian aid. It is a political decision and only the political leadership should take it.” Pakistan did not come up with a decision despite an admonition on Thursday by the US government, which said politics should have no role in disaster response. The US stated that it “ expected” Islamabad to accept the Indian assistance.

“In terms of responding to a disaster, politics should play no role. You have a country (India) that’s willing to help and... we expect that Pakistan will accept,” US state department spokesperson P. J. Crowley said.

Islamabad, however, brushed aside the US’s suggestion, with Basit saying: “ Pakistan is a sovereign country and we will take a decision according to what we believe is the right thing to do.” On August 13, external affairs minister S. M. Krishna had telephoned his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and offered $ 5 million as aid to Pakistan, which is grappling with the worst- ever floods that has seen over 1,600 people dead and over 20 million affected.

Pakistan’s Dawn News reported on Thursday that Qureshi “ immensely thanked” India for its offer to help.

On Thursday, Singh called up Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to condole the deaths. “ The Prime Minister said India has already made an offer of assistance and was ready to do more to assist in the relief effort,” the external affairs ministry said in a statement.

A former Pakistani diplomat said India’s offer should be seen as a “ confidence building measure” for the restoration of bilateral ties between the two nations. “ If Pakistan reciprocates this offer by accepting it, bilateral confidence building will definitely get a boost,” the diplomat said.

But he added that given the “low level of cordiality between the two governments, there is little likelihood that Pakistan will accept the Indian offer”. On another note, reacting to allegations of authorities “ gobbling” up aid money meant for the flood victims, Pakistan announced the setting up of an independent body to oversee the flow of flood- related funds in the country.

The National Oversight Disaster Management Council has been set up in response to internal and external criticism of the widespread corruption among the ranks of the government institutions and questions about the administration’s ability to come up with a transparent mechanism for flood relief efforts.
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Cars floated on the Delhi roads on Thursday after it received the season’s heaviest downpour at 104.52 mm. Trees were uprooted and four buildings collapsed in incessant showers, injuring nine persons. By evening, the rain petered down to a drizzle but widespread snarls crippled key roads, bringing traffic to a halt.

As the city continues to grapple with the monsoon conundrum — even a smart shower is enough to sink the roads — civic experts blame heavy construction activities because of the Commonwealth Games for the sorry state of the city’s clogged roads and sewage system.

“ Construction activities along roads affect the drainage system badly. This is the main reason why Delhi is experiencing increased instances of waterlogging this time,” Dr Nishi Mittal, head of the traffic engineering and safety division at the Central Road Research Institute in Delhi, says.

Echoing him, Rakesh Mishra, engineer- in- chief of the PWD, says, “ Due to heavy concretisation of the roads, their self- absorption capacity has diminished. That’s why we need to install suction pumps to pump out water from the roads.” According to Mittal, construction materials for street- scaping projects or even for carpeting of the roads are piled up alongside the roads, blocking water inlets. Sand, cement and gravel flow into storm water drains, blocking them, leading to heavy waterlogging at most of the arterial roads in Delhi.

The only place in the city which is relatively free from waterlogging is the Cantonment area in West Delhi.

“Most of the roads there are not concretised. Water flows out easily and doesn’t affect the traffic flow,” senior planner and architect Sarat C. Jain, who designed the Dhaula Kuan clover leaf flyover, says.

He warns that waterlogging will remain a problem in the city if the town planners don’t replicate the Cantonment model. He suggests that water deposited on the road can be easily harvested provided agencies that handle Delhi’s roads and drains work in tandem.

The easiest way to get rid of the stagnant water is to channelise it to the other side of a road. “ Road agencies need to construct drains below every footpath for this purpose,” Jain says.

In the longer run, he advises that Delhi should follow the example of Bawana industrial complex. There were serious issues of waterlogging in Bawana before rainwater harvesting system was implemented.

G. C. Dwivedi, DCP south ( traffic), feels the poor condition of the drainage system is the main reason for waterlogging. “ The drainage system should have been planned well in advance. The sorry state reveals that these agencies hardly maintain our drainage system. In case of waterlogged underpasses, he suggests pumps should be pressed into use,” Dwivedi says.
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The MCD as well the civic agencies of some other states appear to be blissfully unaware about the idiom ‘ forewarned is forearmed’. Else they would not have ignored an alert issued in February on the possibility of dengue erupting in a big way this year.

Around 6000 cases have been reported from all over the country so far. Delhi has officially recorded 322 cases and one death. However, doctors say the number of cases being reported in this part of the year is unusually high.

“We knew that there will be more cases in 2010 because of the hectic construction activity taking place for the Commonwealth Games. In addition, the cyclical nature of the disease indicated that there would be a spurt this year. All the risk factors for the spread of the disease have been there,” Dr A. C. Dhariwal, the director of the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, said.

“After an analysis of the situation, a letter was written in February to officials in states — including Delhi, Kerala and Karnataka — alerting them about the possibility of a dengue outbreak and the need to be prepared,” he said.

The trend this year is that though the number of cases is high, the mortality is less, Dhariwal said. Investigations have revealed that this year the predominant dengue virus is type 1 or DEN- 1. The dengue virus, Flavivirus, is of four types — from DEN- 1 to DEN- 4. Each of these may have several subtypes.

Infection caused by any one of them confers lifelong immunity to that particular virus subtype.

To make matters worse there have been good rains this monsoon, making conditions at construction sites even more conducive for mosquito breeding, experts said. “ The whole environment has favoured the resurgence of dengue,” Dr Randeep Guleria from the department of medicine at AIIMS said.

Guleria said the cases had increased drastically over the past few weeks. “ The cases are more than normal for this part of the year. Generally, we see a peak during September- October, but this time we are getting many cases in August. The authorities should have taken preemptive action to prevent the outbreak,” Guleria added.

Scientists say the disease is endemic to Delhi and some other parts. “ Unless you clear the mosquito- breeding sites, the disease will keep striking,” Dr Pradeep Seth, a virologist who had investigated the 1996 outbreak, said.

Though dengue is seen as a cyclical disease which peaks every three to four years, data indicates that its incidence is being reported annually.

There was a major outbreak in 1996 when the country reported over 16,000 cases and over 500 deaths. The cases fell during 1997- 2001, but the number has increased since then. Last year, there were over 14,000 cases and the figure was around 12,000 in 2008. However, the number of deaths in these years was low at approximately 100.

Dengue is caused by a virus and transmitted to humans by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Generally, the disease develops five to six days after the mosquito bite.
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In a sting operation, senior Indian army officers posted at the army’s crucial strike corps in Ambala and Jodhpur were caught on camera accepting bribes from undercover reporters to facilitate tenders for local purchases.

Men in uniform take cash from journalists posing as contractors

More shocking, however, was the brazenness displayed by these serving officers, some of whom were in uniform when they overtly collected and counted the money before pocketing it.

Under the pretence of being contractors and defence suppliers, the reporters approached high- ranking officers seeking help in facilitating army contracts.

Despite the ‘ contractors’ not being on the approved list of army suppliers, these officers had no misgivings about dealing with them but also cleared payments against fake bills.

Snared by the sting operation were Lt Col S. K. Khanna, the brigade ordnance officer of a Jodhpur air defence brigade, Lt Col Rajiv Nagpal, who commands an artillery division provost unit at Ambala, Major Ranawat of the same unit, Lt Col Manoj Arora and Major V. Prasad, the second- in- command and quarter master of an air defence regiment, and Lt Col Parminder of an air defence brigade.

The ease with which the officers accepted money indicated there was no fear of dealing with nonapproved contractors.

“ Just for a moment imagine had they been ISI agents and not undercover reporters. The ease with which they penetrated the army's socalled tough security network and entered deep inside the two main strike Corps on the western borders points to a complete failure not just of these officers but also military intelligence,” defence analyst Maj Gen Ashok Mehta ( retd) said.

Hours after the sting operation was aired, an army spokesperson told Headlines Today that a court of inquiry had been ordered and the strictest possible action would be taken against the officers found guilty.
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Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has declared the results of National Eligibility Test (NET), which was conducted on 20th June, 2010.

These results can be checked on the official website of of CSIR on http://csirhrdg.res.in/results.htm

CSIR conducted the the Joint CSIr-UGC Test 20th June, 2010 for determining the eligibility of the Indian national candidates for the award of Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) NET and for determining eligibility for appointment of Lecturers (NET) in certain subject areas falling under the faculty of Science.

Two separate merit lists, one comprising the candidates qualifying for the award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF – NET) and the second of those candidates qualifying the Eligibility Test for Lectureship (NET), will be made on the basis of their performance in the Test.

We wish you all the best for these results.

These results are also searched on the web using these keywords i.e. csir net, csir, csir results 2010, csir net 2010 result, csir hrdg
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The Income tax department on Monday said it will open 264 special counters from July 21 in Delhi to accept returns.

The counters will be set- up at Mayur Bhawan in Connaught Place and at Pragati Maidan, a senior income tax official said.

“ The Mayur Bhawan counters will function from July 21- 23 and from July 26- 27, while the Pragati Maidan counters will be open from July 28- 31,” Delhi Circle- I chief commissioner, Meenakshi Singh said.

“ The counters at Mayur Bhawan will be open from 9.30 am to 5 pm while the Pragati Maidan ones will be open from 10 am to 8 pm,” Singh said.

Only Saral- II ( ITR- 1) and ITR- 2 forms will be accepted, Singh said, and added applicants need not attach annexes with their returns.
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State Government on Monday in Lucknow announced the 8 percent raise in the dearness allowance for the state employees with in effect from 1st January, 2010. There are around 16 lakh employees who would get happier with this news which means that DA would now stand at 35% of the basic pay.

This major decisions would cover the employees from every field be it aided teaching, teachers of technical institutions, teaching staff, municipal bodies and employees of state government offices. This will bring an additional burden of Rs 1,635.5 crore on the state exchequer.

Please note that the arrears on account of this will be transferred to GPF of employees from January to July, its effective load will be payable along with the monthly salary from August onwards.

DA is paid to the state employees twice a year i.e. January and July. It is the similar process which central government follows and state government also raises the DA as per the hike provided by central government.

This is surely a good news for as many as 16 lakh people.
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It has been more than 24 hours since the website of West Bengal School Service Commission is down and unresponsive. It has been reported that West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) has declared the Revised Counseling Schedule and Time Table however students are are not able to check it in the absence of the official website not working.

It is obviously not acceptable that a state level service commission main information point goes down and authorities seem not to be bothered about the fact. Students face a stiff competition these days and are always anxious to get to the syllabus, time-table and schedule in advance to prepare themselves for the future to put the least stress on their mind during the exam time and situations like these not helping them.

There has been no official information released by WBSSC mentioning the reason of website not working.

Students are advised to have patience and check the relevant information from www.westbengalssc.com, once it starts working. In the mean time, you are advised to prepare yourself for the upcoming exams.

We will update this space with some information as and when it is received.
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UCO Bank invites online application from eligible candidates for 1000 vacancies in the Clerical Cadre.

Scale of Pay would be as follows:

Rs 7200 – 400/3 – 8400 – 500/3 – 9900 – 600/4 – 12300 - 700/7 – 17200 – 1300/1 – 18500 – 800/1 – 19300 and DA, HRA etc. will be paid as per rules in force from time to time depending upon the place of posting. Medical, LFC and Terminal Benefits.

Check out the detailed advertisement and payment challan on the official websites of UCO Bank under the job offers section on http://www.ucobank.com/job_offers.htm#Applications

These are some of the Important Dates:

Particulars Important	Dates
Payment of Application Fee/Postage Charges From	21.07.2010 – To 28.08.2010
Opening Date for Online Registration	21.07.2010
Closing Date for Online Registration	28.08.2010
Tentative Date of Written Examination	14.11.2010

Candidates are requested to only apply if they meet the eligibility criteria as application Fee and/or Postage amount once deposited will neither be refunded nor be adjusted against any other project.

Please go through all the documents and all the requirement carfully before paying the fees.
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In an unfortunate incident in the earky hors today, Uttarbanga Express has a huge collision with Vananchal Express at Sainthia station near Bolpur, Santiniketan.

The impact was so strong that it threw the coaches as much as 25 feet high road overbridge and left two other compartments badly mangled. Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has confirmed that 49 people were killed and 89 have been seriously injured.

Train movement on the down line has been suspended in the Bolpur-Rampurhat section where as the down Malda-Howrah Intercity Express has been cancelled and several trains are stranded on the down line.

Eastern Railway has opened control rooms following the accident. The stations and their phone numbers are: Sealdah (033-23503535, 033-23503537), Malda (06436-222061), Bhagalpur (06412-4222433), Jamalpur (063444-3101)
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The time has come to start using the Rupee Symbol which has been declared as the official mark of the Indian Currency. An Mangalore based IT company named Foradian Technologies Pvt Ltd has designed a font called Rupee_Foradian which is ready to use and free download. This can be downloaded from the company blogsite from http://blog.foradian.com.

Here is also a video which would help you to know how and where to use the rupee symbol:

The symbol has already been downloaded more than 10,000 times as informed by the CEO of Foradian Unni Koroth. Once downloaded, Users would be able to use it a free writing from the key which is just above the tab key on the left hand side of the keyboard as most of the users and programmers do not use this key in day to day operations.

So, people what are you waiting for, download it and start using it againt Dollar, Pound and Euro.
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Mumbai Police has declared the Final recruitment results of year 2009.

These results can be checked on the official website of Mumbai Police on http://www.mumbaipolice.org/result.asp with your Chest Number.

Get results by SMS after following these instructions:

For SMS wer (space) (Chest No) (space) send to 57333

With the results, Medical Test Schedule has also been published which can be checked on the above mentioned link.

Congratulations, to the selected candidates from HNN.

Also search these results on the web using these keywords i.e. mumbai police recruitment 2010, mumbai police, mumbaipolice, maharashtra police, mumbai police result 2010
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Indian Tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi's long list of affair forced his wife to end the 6 year marriage with Bhupathi. Shvetha Jaishankar, an ex-model who married Mahesh Bhupathi 6 years ago filed a petition in the Bandra court, Mumbai and on the mutual consent of both the partners they parted ways on the ground that they are"no longer compatible partners".

There is no official news about the settlement however there are rumors that Shvetha received somewhere between Rs 5 crore and Rs 10 crore and the spacious Bangalore flat in the posh Langford Gardens area.

Mahesh Bhupathi is linked up with Lara Dutta recently and this became the reason for the end his marriage with the former model Shvetha Jaishankar.
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The Indian rupee has joined the exclusive club of four global currencies, by getting its own symbol on Thursday. However, this is unlikely to change the way one deals with the currency or the way one refers to it in speech, though it would bring in a change in the way it is put in writing.

However, the high point of the move will come only when the Indian rupee becomes a global currency through which import and export transactions can be clinched. Only the US dollar, Great Britain pound (GBP), European euro and Japanese yen have their own symbols.

M. D. Mallya, chairman and managing director of Bank of Baroda (BoB) said, “ It would enable banks to quote currency in the form of a symbol in the international markets (particularly in the foreign exchange market). Besides it could gain recognition globally in due course, reflecting the growing stature of India among global economies.” Whether to include the new symbol in the new currency notes series to be released for public consumption from now on, is a million- dollar question. There is talk in the market that its inclusion in the notes format is unlikely to be made mandatory.

Responding to a query, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) spokesperson said, “ The apex bank is examining various aspects and implications of the new symbol for rupee.” However, many of the central banks like that in the US and the UK have decided against making it mandatory to mention the symbol in the currency notes. But it may not be difficult for RBI to incorporate the symbol in currency notes, if the Centre were to decide so.

RBI has a set procedure for approval of design for different currency notes issued by it, including an approval by a Committee on Financial History. But a communiqué to the effect from ‘ the Centre may be required for incorporating the new symbol that has a combination of Hindi and Roman scripts. RBI may have to use this symbol liberally in volumes of literature and analysis it produces annually.

“ The immediate implication could be change in software and hardware codes in computers to accommodate the new symbol,” said K. Unnikrishnan, deputy chief executive officer (CEO) of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA).
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Indian has finally got its symbol like other global currencies some of which are Dollar ($) or the Euro (€) or the Pound (£).

This symbol has been designed by an IIT-ian Uday Kumar from IIT Bombay where he was doing research at the Industrial Design Centre (IDC).

"My design is based on the Tricolour, with two lines at the top and white space in between. I wanted the symbol for the Rupee to represent the Indian flag. It is a perfect blend of Indian and Roman letters: a capital 'R', and Devanagari 'ra', which represent rupiya, to appeal to international and Indian audiences.", Kumar Said.

After this decision, arrangements have to be made to make its presence felt which means manufacturers would have to make the relevant changes in their products like Keypad of Mobile Phones, Keyboard of Computers. These products would also feature the rupee symbol in India as it does for British Pound and US Dollar.

We know that we should feel proud on he symbol of our currency however readers can express their thought about this new synbol in the comments section :

The Basic Question is - Do You Like it ?
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