இலவச வைஃபை கவனம்' - வங்கி அதிகாரிகள் அறிவுறுத்தல் 



செ.சல்மான்

வி.சதிஷ்குமார்


``இலவச வைஃபை கிடைக்கும் இடத்தில் எதை வேண்டுமானாலும் பாருங்கள். நெட் பேங்க்கிங் மட்டும் செய்யாதீர்கள்’’ என்று விழிப்பு உணர்வுக் கருத்தரங்கில் வங்கி அதிகாரிகள் அறிவுறுத்தினார்கள்.

மத்திய அரசின் பல்வேறு நடவடிக்கையால் டெபிட் கார்டு, கிரெடிட் கார்டு, நெட் பேங்க்கிங், மொபைல் பேங்க்கிங் பயன்படுத்துவோர் எண்ணிக்கை அதிகரித்துவருகிறது. அதே அளவுக்கு ஆன்லைன் திருட்டும் அதிகரித்துவருகிறது. டெக்னாலஜி வளரவளர சீட்டிங் செய்பவர்களும் அதற்குத் தகுந்தாற்போல ஏமாற்றிவருகிறார்கள். ஆன்லைன் திருட்டில் படித்தவர், படிக்காதவர், கிராமம், நகரத்தினர் அனைவரும் ஏமாறுகிறார்கள். இதைத் தடுக்க முடியாதா, இழந்த பணத்தை பெற முடியாதா என்று கேட்கலாம். முடியும். வங்கி நிர்வாகம் சொல்வதைக் கவனமாகக் கேட்டால், பாதுகாத்துக்கொள்ளலாம் என்கிறார்கள்.




ஆன்லைன் கொள்ளையர்களிடமிருந்து காத்துக்கொள்ள, வாடிக்கையாளர்களுக்கு விழிப்பு உணர்வை உண்டாக்க எச்.டி.எப்.சி. வங்கி, மதுரை மண்டலத்தில், அனைத்து கிளைகளிலும் விழிப்பு உணர்வு நிகழ்ச்சியைத் தொடங்கியுள்ளது. ஒருவாரம் நடக்கும் இந்த நிகழ்ச்சி பற்றி நம்மிடம் பேசிய வங்கியின் அதிகாரிகள் தேவராஜ்தாஸ் குப்தா, லியோனல் பெர்னாண்டஸ், வீரப்பன் ஆகியோர், 'சமீபகாலமாக ஆன்லைன் திருட்டு தொடர்ந்துவருகிறது. ஆரம்பத்தில், ஏடிஎம்-களில் திருட்டுத்தனம் செய்தார்கள். தற்போது, நெட்பேங்க்கிங் பலரும் பயன்டுத்துவதால், அதிலும் திருடர்கள் அதிகமாகிவிட்டார்கள். ஜார்க்கண்டில் இதை ஒரு கும்பல் தொழில்போல செய்துவருகிறது. இவர்களைக் கண்டுபிடித்து நடவடிக்கை எடுப்பது பெரிய புராசஸாக உள்ளது.

அதற்கு முன்பு நாம் விழிப்புடன் இருந்தால், இந்தத் திருட்டை முறியடிக்கலாம். அலைபேசியில் வங்கியிலிருந்து பேசுகிறோம் என்று யார் பேசினாலும் உங்களுடைய கஸ்டமர் ஐடி, பாஸ்வேர்ட், சிவிவி, பின் நம்பர்களை வழங்காதீர்கள், ஆன்லைனில் பொருள்கள் வாங்குபோது கார்டு விவரங்களை சேவ் பண்ணாதீர்கள். எவ்வளவு நெருங்கிப் பழகினாலும், உங்கள் கார்டு விவரங்கள், நெட் பேங்க்கிங் விவரங்களை யாரிடமும் பகிர்ந்துகொள்ளாதீர்கள். முக்கியமாக, இலவச வைஃபை கிடைக்கும் இடத்தில், நெட் பேங்க்கிங் பயன்படுத்தாதீர்கள். உங்கள் கணக்கிலிருந்து உங்களுக்குத் தெரியாமல் பணம் எடுக்கப்பட்டதாக மெசேஜ் வந்தால், உடனே போன் மூலமோ, வங்கிக்கிளைக்கோ தகவல் தெரிவித்தால், உங்கள் பணத்தைக் காத்துக்கொள்ளலாம்’ என்று பல்வேறு விவரங்களைத் தெரிவித்தார்கள்.

BU denies gold medal, students outraged 
Bengaluru, DH News Service Feb 9 2018, 0:35 IST 



Students gherao Prof Shivaraju, Registrar (Evaluation), demanding gold medals, on Thursday. DH Photo/S K Dinesh

What should have been a proud moment for students at the 53rd convocation of Bangalore University turned out to be a disappointment.

Some of them, who found their names in the varsity's official list as gold medal winners, instead received cash awards, while a few others found the subject incorrect on their certificates.

As the convocation ceremony ended, students surrounded Vice Chancellor in-charge V Sudesh, Registrar (Evaluation) Shivaraju and Registrar B K Ravi at the lunch stall, demanding an explanation.

"Our names were mentioned against the endowment award we were supposed to receive in the list of rank holders and award winners," a student said. "The list said we'd be getting gold medals, but we instead got cash prizes."

In the certificate, the words 'gold medal' had been scratched out and in its place 'cash prize' was printed, the student said.

Those like Tausif K M, who had completed his MCom, found incorrect mention of their subjects in the certificates. Tausif was shocked to see the certificate erroneously proclaiming him a graduate of 'Home Science, Psychology and Sociology'.

Responding to the students' complaints, Registrar Shivaraju said endowment awards for gold medals exist in several departments and these are quite apart from the regular gold medals given by the varsity to first-rank holders.

The endowments were created as fixed deposits several years ago and the interests are insufficient to cover the cost of a gold medal. So, the varsity could get only 33 gold medals from endowments that fetched sufficient interest, he said.

"We had to convert 111 of the endowments into cash prizes and had informed the colleges about it," Shivaraju said.

Sudesh said the varsity asked students to pay Rs 500 for the medals since the endowments cannot cover the cost. But resistance from students forced the varsity to withdraw the requirement and turn the medals into cash prizes.

Sudesh also assured the students that the varsity would correct the errors in the certificates in three days.

In 2017, students raised a similar complaint when they were awarded cash prizes instead of gold medals.

UP board: Over 5 lakh students skip exams in just 2 days 

Sanjay Pandey, DH News Service, Lucknow, Feb 8 2018, 19:24 IST 


Over five lakh students decided to skip the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Board examinations following what the officials claim crackdown on the organised copying mafia and strict invigilation this year.

Board sources here said that over two lakh students skipped the examinations on the very first day and this number swelled to over five lakh on the second day.

Sources claimed that the number of students caught using unfair means at the examinations also registered a sharp decline this year. ''After three days of examinations only around 500 cheaters had been caught...this number was higher last year,'' said an official here on Thursday.

The state government has made elaborate arrangements this year to prevent mass copying and even deployed the special task force (STF) of the UP police for this purpose.

Sub-divisional magistrates have also been entrusted with the responsibility of ensuring that there was no mass copying at the examination centres, sources said.

Besides CCTV cameras had also been installed at the examination halls at the centres notorious for mass copying, sources said.

Deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma, who also holds the education portfolio, has been conducting surprise checks at the examination centres across the state.

Around a dozen people, including teachers and a principal of a college, have so far been arrested on charges of aiding mass copying, according to the officials.

Over 67 lakh students had registered for this year's High School and Intermediate examinations, which began on Tuesday.

Kovai’s TNAU, PSG in Asia varsity rankings 

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | LAKSHMI L LUND

Published Feb 9, 2018, 3:01 am IST

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) and PSG College of Technology have found a place in the Asia University Rankings 2018.

TNAU has figured 28th and 17th place in ‘Overall’ and ‘Universities’ categories respectively, by the NIRFof Ministry of Human Resource Development and we are ranked 105 among BRICS nations.

COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) and PSG College of Technology have found a place in the Asia University Rankings 2018. The two are slotted under a noteworthy category.

Speaking to DC, Dr K. Ramasamy the vice-chancellor of TNAU said, “our TNAU has figured 28th and 17th place in ‘Overall’ and ‘Universities’ categories respectively, by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India (GOI) and we are ranked 105 among BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations by the QS World University Rankings of 2018.”

The city-based educational institution has witnessed a stage by stage development during the last four years. Curriculum was modified to make it on par with industry standards, external funding for the university has also improved over the last couple of years. Of the 1,100 students who attempted the National Eligibility Test (NET) as many as 480 students cleared the test and qualified for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF).

Ranked at 33 by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2017, PSG College of Technology is another college from Coimbatore that has made it to the Asia University Rankings 2018 list. Among the engineering colleges in India, the Coimbatore-based college was ranked at 13 in a survey conducted by ‘India Today’ magazine in 2017 and 'Outlook India' ranked the college at 17th place in a survey carried out in 2017. “The institution has strong industry- institution tie-ups.

We have established a partnership with more than 20 Indian and International companies who have set up their research centers at our campus which enables our faculty and scholars to carry out research” Mr. L Gopalakrishnan, managing trustee, PSG Institutions said.

To calculate the top universities in region, Asia University Rankings 2018 used the same 13 university parameters as used by the World University Rankings. This year, over 350 universities from the 25 countries in the region were judged on attributes like teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

The study points out that Singapore is home to the continent’s best universities for the third time in a row.

Maximum number of universities, as many as 89, from Japan have made it to the list this year, making it the most representative from a nation.

Chennai: Don’t collect penalty from workers 

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

Published Feb 9, 2018, 2:48 am IST

Tribunal’s directive to TNCSC over shortage of rice. 

 
  Corporation had arbitrarily imposed a penalty on workers for the loss of rice during processing of paddy.

Chennai: The State Industrial Tribunal, Chennai, has prevented the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) from collecting penalty from workers for the shortage of rice during processing of paddy. The corporation had recovered penalty even from family members of deceased employees.

In the petition, Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation Employees Union represented by its general secretary submitted that TNCSC has been entrusted with the distribution of essential commodities to consumers through the public distribution system after procurement and processing them.

Procurement and processing of paddy, especially during samba and kuruvai season, has been an important task of the corporation.

Paddy had been processed and converted into rice in 23 modern rice mills
owned by the corporation. A large number of workers is engaged in the network.

However, the corporation had arbitrarily imposed a penalty on workers for the loss of rice during the process and recovers some amount from their salary.

Recovery orders issued to all the workers on the basis of unilateral assessment taking into account of the state average.

This was a violation of natural justice and the union sought suitable direction to set aside the recovery order.

In its reply, the corporation represented by its CMD submitted that the union has no locusstandi to raise the dispute especially on behalf of supervisors.

The workers are jointly responsible for the loss and shortage of rice during the process. The 418th board meeting ordered to recover losses from the workers.

Presiding officer, Industrial Tribunal A. Kanthakumar, said no enquiry was conducted as to both quantum shortage and the cost for the same. And, straight away recovery orders are issued on the basis of unilateral assessment based on state average.

The board adopted committee’s unscientific report is incorrect and irrational and arbitrary and violation of Article 4 of the Constitution.

The recovery order violative of the principles of natural justice as per the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation Service rules book.

The judge said in the result, the award is passed holding that the demand of the Union is justified.

Chennai: Son told to pay dad’s debt to kin of dead boy 

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | J STALIN

Published Feb 9, 2018, 2:44 am IST

Madras High Court on Thursday directed a son to pay the unpaid compensation to the family of the deceased. 

The concept of pious obligation originated in Dharmasastras, according to which, non-payment of debt is a sin, which results in unbearable suffering in the next world.

Chennai: Pointing out that when a father’s asset is passed on to his son, after his death, so are his liabilities, the Madras High Court on Thursday directed a son to pay the unpaid compensation to the family of the deceased, who died while cleaning a septic tank in a house at Kottivakkam, where his father lived in 2001.

“The concept of pious obligation originated in Dharmasastras, according to which, non-payment of debt is a sin, which results in unbearable suffering in the next world. Just as Lord Rama was obligated to fulfill his deceased father’s promise to his step-mother, similarly, the petitioner is obliged to pay compensation to the deceased worker’s family, which is imposed on his father”, said Justice S. Vaidyanathan while partly allowing a petition from A.Ravichandran alias Ravi.

According to petitioner, his father G.Arumugham purchased a property in Kottivakkam and settled the property in his favour in 2015. The Chennai Corporation by a communication dated August 21, 2017, asked him to pay a sum of `10 lakh as liability to one Adhilakshmi, who was the legal heir of late Narasimhan, who died on August 26, 2001 while cleaning the drainage in the house, where his father lived. The compensation had already been paid by his father immediately to the family of the deceased.

The judge said it was very clear that three employees have gone from the office of Kottivakkam panchayat to the residence of the petitioner’s father without obtaining any permission from the office of Panchayat.

There was no reason as to why no memo was given to the person, who gave the FIR that the employee had gone to the petitioner’s residence without permission.

The contention of the petitioner that the septic tank was outside the premises was not correct, as the pipelines and the septic tank were inside the house.

In view of the Supreme Court decision, it was clear that dependents of persons, who died on account of doing sewerage work, since 1993 were entitled for compensation of `10 lakh for each such death, the judge added. The judge said even though the delay was exorbitant, that cannot be a ground to reject the claim of the family members of the deceased.

This court was of the view that the impugned order asking the petitioner to pay the compensation to the dependent of the deceased, cannot be said to be illegal.

As the petitioner and the Chennai Corporation were jointly, severally and  vicariously responsible to pay compensation to the dependent of the deceased Narasimhan, this court modifies the impugned order to the extent that a sum of `7.50 lakh will have to be paid the victim’s family, out of which, `5 lakh shall be paid by the petitioner and the remaining by the Chennai Corporation, the judge added.

Nine Lakh Chennai MTC commuters hit as daily, weekly passes scrapped
By B Anbuselvan | Express News Service | Published: 08th February 2018 02:37 AM |


Commuters waiting at counter to avail various types of MTC monthly pass at Broadway bus stand on Wednesday | Martin Louis

CHENNAI: The decision of the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) to scrap the daily and weekly bus passes and increase price of the single route monthly passes has severely hit about nine lakh commuters in the city. Particularly, workers and owners of small-scale industries and shops in commercial areas of the city are put at disadvantage as they mostly depend on the daily and weekly MTC bus passes.

After 18 days, the MTC has restored the sale of Rs 1,000 monthly passes, which allow commuters an unlimited travel in buses. While the fare of single-route monthly season bus pass has increased by Rs 120 to Rs 160 a month, weekly and daily passes sold at Rs 300 and Rs 50 respectively were withdrawn, forcing the commuters to buy hiked ticket fares for transportation.

The one-day passes enabled the commuters to travel anywhere in MTC buses within the city and neighbouring districts between 6 am to 10 pm, while the weekly passes costing Rs 300 allowed the commuters to transport from Monday to Sunday. So far, these passes have benefited lakhs of daily wage workers and those employed in small shops in Chennai city. The MTC move has now put lakhs of such commuters to hardship as they are now forced to spend extra money for their transportation.

 The workers and other commuters employed in small-scale companies and shops in Broadway, Kodambakkam, Vadapalani, T Nagar, Kellys, Chintadripet, Egmore, Chetpet, Purasavalkam, Manali, Thiruvotriyur, Korukkupet, Kannaginagar, Semmanchery and Perungudi are worst affected. Many workers have seen cut in their wages as their employers have reduced their work.

S Sabesh of Manali, who regularly travels to carton box transport company in Broadway, said that after delivering materials, they collect payment from companies in Poonamallee, Ambattur and Perungudi. “We used to travel four to five days a week, mostly with the weekly passes or daily passes. After the ticket fare hiked, the owner refused to pay Rs 150 additionally for bus fare and asked us to go for trips once a week. I have lost wages for three days in January as I was not engaged in the collection. Now I have to buy Rs 1,000 bus pass, even though I only spent Rs 500 a month earlier,” he said.

The condition of lakhs of daily wage workers is no different. Many small companies and shop owners, who used to spend a maximum of Rs 500 for engaging their workers for different areas, are now forced to buy Rs 1,000 monthly passes.

S Selvaganapathy, owner of a printing press in Purasavalkam, said that money transaction is still unregulated in small shops. “We have to travel to several places at least five to 10 days a month. There are times when we won’t travel and engage our workers in some other job. Now, it costs Rs 300 for three days to travel in long distance buses. I have to either buy Rs 1,000 pass or pay Rs 100 for a day,” he said.

He added that a shop with two workers has to spend Rs 1,400 additionally, reducing wages of workers, he said.

According to MTC records, nearly nine lakh to 10 lakh commuters availed of the daily, weekly and single-route bus passes in Chennai a day.

In addition to the cancellation of daily and weekly passes, the minimum monthly pass fare for single routes has been increased to Rs 320 from Rs 240 for four stages and the maximum fare rose to Rs 670 from Rs 510 for 21 to 23 stages in MTC buses.

For travelling from Perambur to Thiruvanmiyur, which has 13 stages, the monthly pass rate has increased from Rs 410 to Rs 540. Similarly, the monthly bus pass fare from Broadway to Poonamallee, which has 19 stages, has seen a surge from Rs 480 to Rs 630.

R Mohan of Thiruvanmiyur said the MTC was indirectly forcing the single route monthly pass-holders and weekly pass commuters to buy Rs 1,000 monthly pass. “The long-distance travel to Tambaram and Chromepet from T Nagar costs Rs 630. Instead, by paying Rs 370 more, a commuter can travel anywhere in the city for 30 days. It’s much worse than ticket fare hike,” he added.

Employees worst affected by withdrawal
While the fare of single-route monthly season bus pass has increased by `120 to `160 a month, weekly and daily passes sold at `300 and `50 respectively were withdrawn, forcing the commuters to buy hiked ticket fares for transportation

After 18 days, the MTC has restored the sale of `1,000 monthly passes, which allow commuters an unlimited travel in buses
The workers and other commuters employed in small-scale companies and shops in Broadway, Kodambakkam, Vadapalani, T Nagar, Kellys, Chintadripet, Egmore, Chetpet, Purasavalkam, Manali, Thiruvotriyur, Korukkupet, Kannaginagar, Semmanchery and Perungudi are worst affected

Many small companies and shop owners, who used to spend a maximum of `500 for engaging their workers for different areas, are now forced to buy `1,000 monthly passes

According to MTC records, nearly nine lakh to 10 lakh commuters availed of the daily, weekly and single-route bus passes in Chennai a day