Pay dues or no power, discoms told

Tangedco’s Woes Feature In Parliament

Sivakumar.B@timesgroup.com

Chennai:14.07.2019

It’s time for Tangedco to pay its dues or risk face severe power shortage. The Centre on Friday told Parliament that a meeting of discoms, including Tangedco, was convened recently and they were told that unless they pay their pending dues to power companies the discoms would not be able to purchase any more power from these companies.

Tangedco officials told TOI that they were trying to pay off at least 50% of the money pending to the companies so that they are allowed to purchase power. Power demand in Tamil Nadu is yet to come down, they said.

“Solar power generation associations have brought to the notice of the government the issue of delay in payment by discoms. In order to ensure payment of dues, the ministry of power has issued an order,” said Union power minister R K Singh in the Lok Sabha.

According to the order, the Load Dispatch Centres (LDCs) shall dispatch power only after it is intimated by the generating and distribution companies that a letter of credit for the desired quantum of power has been opened and copies made available to the concerned generating company.

The intimation of LDCs shall specify the period of supply and shall dispatch electricity only up to the quantity equivalent of value of letter of credit. The dispatch shall stop once the quantum of electricity under LC is supplied.

“The generating company shall be entitled to encash the LC after expiry of grace period, as provided in the power purchase agreement. To address the issue of delay in payment by discoms, the ministry of renewable energy has written to Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra to ensure that renewable power developers get timely payments,” said the minister.

“Tangedco is paying to wind power companies only after nine months or even more. It is affecting our working as we need to pay salaries to our staff and there are other expenditures. We have been asking the discom to release our payments,” said a wind power company chief.

Tangedco is facing losses for the last few years. “Tangedco implemented pay commission recommendations to its employees along with the government employees. This alone cost the TNEB, which is the holding company, a total of ₹1,317 crore each year. A total of 79,100 workers and 11,169 officials benefited from the pay agreement,” said a senior Tangedco official. “We are trying our best to pay off the power companies, especially wind power companies. During the wind season, we purchase the maximum of wind power. But due to the tight financial situation, the payments have been delayed to the wind power companies,” said the official.


IN THE RED: Tangedco officials told TOI that they were trying to pay off at least 50% of the money pending to power generation companies

After Round 1 counselling, yr’s MBBS cut-off up by 100 marks
Jump Due To Surge In Top Scorers In NEET
Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com

Chennai:14.07.2019

The cut-off for MBBS admissions in government medical colleges has gone up by nearly 100 marks in most categories due to the surge in top scorers in NEET 2019. The first phase of counselling ended on Saturday.

All 3,968 medical seats under the government quota were filled after the weeklong counselling held by the state selection committee. Among dental seats, all seats in the Government Dental College were allotted but 908 government quota seats in self-financing medical colleges were available.

Admission to all medical and dental colleges is conducted by the state committee based on NEET marks and 69% rule of reservation.

Though there is no official release on the cut-offs, estimates as per the round 1allotment data released by the selection committee puts cutoff for open category in government colleges at 525, compared to last year’s 430. The cut-off for BC stood at 474 compared to 375 in round one of 2018. As predicted, the biggest gap was in the BCM and MBC categories where cut-off crossed 112 marks. The cut-off was 460 and 439 for BCM and MBC compared to 348 and 327 in round 1 of 2018. The cut-off for SC, SCA and ST were 364, 303 and 283 respectively. “TN students have improved their scores every year since 2017,” said selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan.

In category B — state-run medical institutions — the cut-off was between 474 (OC) and 270 (ST). Similarly, in the self-financing colleges, the cut-off was between 458 (OC) and 226 (SC). “These cut-offs are likely to go down slightly when students opt for upgrade and seats are returned from the All-India quota. Yet, the difference in cut-off between 2018 and 2019 is likely to be nearly 100 marks,” said Manickvel Arumugam, who has been counselling students on MBBS admissions.

Counselling will continue on Sunday for management quota seats in IRT Medical College and Christian Medical College, Vellore. For two days from Monday counselling will be held for management quota seats in self-financing medical colleges.

Met predicts more rain in coming days
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:14.07.2019

The city is expected to get some rain in the coming days, especially at night, due to convective activity triggered by high day temperature.

The Met department said in a forecast for Sunday that the sky condition is likely to be generally cloudy. Light to moderate rain is likely to occur in some areas. Cloud formation is such that rain is expected in the evening or late night.

Many parts of the city received rain late on Friday night. Southern suburbs experienced heavy rain. Meenambakkam and Poonamallee recorded 2cm of rain while Anna University and Taramani recorded 1cm of rain on Friday night.

Private weather blogger Pradeep John in a post said, “The best day for north Tamil Nadu was yesterday. South Chennai gets rain too yesterday. Next three days look awesome.”

The rain has not reduced the day temperature. High day temperature is what is causing the rain, he said.

The Met department said maximum and minimum temperatures may be around 37°C and 28 °C on Sunday.

Buy but need not pay — mantra of clothing store for the poor
Aditi.R@timesgroup.com

Chennai:14.07.2019

Buy, but need not pay – this is the motto of Thuli, a store that provides good quality clothes for the underprivileged in the city.

“This might sound unbelievable, but this is how the store works. Every item here is free and people do not have to pay a penny,” says Ajith Kumar Ravindran, who with his friends Shivaji Prabhakar and Jey Bala, all businessmen, started the store. “We wanted to do something for the people. And after weeks of brainstorming we got this idea, and it’s been well received,” he says.

Since the store opened in Gokul Arcade, Adyar, in February last year, more than 18,000 families have benefited. It includes families of drivers, sweepers, office boys and plumbers, many of whom who do not buy clothes from a shopping complex. S Selvi, a housekeeper at a hotel, is one such. “I had never shopped in an airconditioned clothing store before. My children and I mostly wear clothes donated by others,” says the single mother. “But after my son got a new job at a private firm, his confidence took a hit as his colleagues were welldressed. When we gottoknowof this place, things changed. He now wears blazers to office,” she says proudly.

To ensure the store is used by people who need it. Every customer who walks in goes through a background check. Depending on the size of the family, customers are given free vouchers of ₹500 or ₹1,000 or more which they can use to buy items from the rack. “We have shirts and kurtas priced at ₹350 and saris at ₹1,000, they can use this voucher to buy the items. This way customers do not feel that it’s charity and have a dignified purchase experience,” says Uma Naganathan, a volunteer at the store.

Thuli, has a collection of more than 100 clothes for men, women and children. Though they get at least 500 pieces of clothing every week donated by corporate firms, boutiques and volunteers, the clothes are sorted before being exhibited at the store. Only those of good quality fabric, stitch and colour are hand-picked from the lot, following which they are dry cleaned,ironed anddisplayed at the store. Customers, however, are allowed to buy once in six months. And to ensure that maximum families benefit, their ration card numbers are registered with the store.

Following the success of Thuli, Ajith and his friends plan to open a similar store next month at Vadapalani. “We all have excess clothes in our wardrobe which we don’t want to wear, but this might bring a difference in someone’s life. It is the least we can do,” says Ajith. For details about donation call 638036662 or visit their Facebook page ThuliIndia.

ACCESS TO ALL: Garments and other accessories displayed at Thuli store at Adyar are priced low for those who want to purchase

President pushes for translation of court judgments into vernacular languages

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:14.07.2019

President Ram Nath Kovind has advocated translation of certified copies of high court judgments into local languages. “It is important to not only take justice to the people, but also make it understandable to litigating parties in a language they know,” he said at the special convocation of Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University on Saturday.

Kovind recalled that he had suggested the same while addressing the Kerala high court’s diamond jubilee event in October 2017 and that the Chhattisgarh high court implemented it later.

“Our legal system has a reputation of being expensive and for being prone to delays. There are some who tend to use and abuse the instrument of adjournments as a tactic to slow down proceedings, rather than respond to a genuine emergency,” he said. He added that this makes seeking justice costly for the litigant. It would be a travesty of our republican ethic if a poor person doesn’t get the same access to the law as a rich person, he said and added that the legal profession should continue to address this collectively.

The President congratulated Justice P Sathasivam (Governor of Kerala and former CJI), Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde (judge, Supreme Court) and Justice V K Tahilramani (Chief Justice, Madras high court) on being conferred LLD (honoris causa) degrees by the university for their distinguished services to law and justice. This is the first time a university is conferring LLD degrees on three jurists at the same time.

Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami also congratulated the three jurists. He said people could live well only if the four pillars of democracy — judiciary, executive, legislature and the press — function independently and expressed happiness that it is rightly so in Tamil Nadu.

Palaniswami also highlighted the efforts taken by the state government to improve legal education. Governor Banwarilal Purohit and law minister C Ve Shanmugam also took part in the event.



IN HONOUR: (From left) President Ram Nath Kovind presented degrees of doctor of law to Chief Justice of the Madras high court V K Tahilramani, governor of Kerala and former CJI P Sathasivam and Supreme court judge Sharad Arvind Bobde at Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University on Saturday

NO EXTRA CHARGE

No time limit for cabs at airport

Chennai:14.07.2019

Private cars and cabs at the city airport will be allowed to drop and pick up passengers without any time restriction from Monday. They are now charged ₹120 if they fail to exit the campus within 10 minutes.

As per the new policy, all vehicles coming to the departure level can drop passengers without any time restriction. However, parking vehicles in nonparking or transit areas will not be permitted after dropping passengers and the penalty will be four times the parking charge for a 30-minute slab, said a press release.

An Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said, “Cars and cabs can take reasonable time to drop or pick up passengers at the terminals. However, they will not be allowed to park in front of terminals. Traffic wardens will be posted to ensure cars move out after dropping passengers and do not linger creating congestion.”

Private vehicles and those of AAI-authorized car rental operators Ola and Aviation Express will only be allowed to pick up passengers in front of terminal buildings for free. Other commercial vehicles will have to pick up passengers at parking lot and will be charged ₹40 for half an hour for parking. TNN

Chennai airport’s new system to prevent accidents

All vehicles entering the airport will be given RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) cards. The cards can be read at the exit booth to find out the time spent on the campus, but AAI does not plan to charge money.

The existing practice of 10 minutes free time to drop a passenger invited the ire of cab drivers, who blamed congestion and passed on the burden to passengers. Many used to rush passengers to get off in front of the terminals and a few accidents occurred as cabs sped on the flyover to leave within the time limit.

Such instances reduced after a vehicle flow pattern was introduced a few months ago allowing separate entry and exit for domestic and international terminals and shortened the drive time on the flyover in front of terminal buildings.

Air Passengers Association of India (APAI) national president D Sudhakara Reddy said, “The new system is a very good move. It will help genuine passengers who get dropped and picked up by drivers and in cabs. They don't have to face a hassle.”

The free entry/exit move is being introduced when busy airports are moving to five minutes to three minutes free time for vehicles to exit the campus.

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Post- graduates applying for Group D posts will hit efficiency: Madras HC

It cited that degree holders were recently appointed as sweepers in the high court services and the court was unable to extract work efficiently for better administration.If over-qualified candidates are appointed to perform Group-4 services, undoubtedly the efficiency level in public administration would be hit, Justice S M Subramaniam said.

Updated: Jul 12, 2019 16:12 IST

By Press Trust of India, Press Trust of India

It’s unfortunate that post-graduates were applying for government jobs in Group-4 category due to unemployment, the Madras High Court observed Thursday, and said appointment of “over-qualified” people to these posts will affect efficiency in public administration.

It cited that degree holders were recently appointed as sweepers in the high court services and the court was unable to extract work efficiently for better administration.

If over-qualified candidates are appointed to perform Group-4 services, undoubtedly the efficiency level in public administration would be hit, Justice S M Subramaniam said.

Similarly, under-qualified candidates cannot be allowed to handle a bigger responsibility, the judge said.

He was hearing a plea seeking to quash the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission notification that professional degree holders would not be considered for posts of combined subordinate services (Group 3 and Group 4). He refused to allow the prayer.

Group 4 services include typists, junior assistants and village administrative officers.

Justice Subramaniam asked the state government to review the rules and accordingly prescribe the minimum and maximum educational qualification for such posts within 12 weeks in consonance with the concept of level-playing field.

All these aspects should be considered by competent government authorities during the process of issuing recruitment notification to a particular post or cadre, he said.

Currently, the minimum educational qualification and other related criteria are prescribed by employers.

However, no maximum educational qualification is prescribed due to which over-qualified persons participate in the recruitment process for Group 4 posts and basic services.

Similar issues were brought to the notice of the court during the appointment of Grade-II police constables, the judge said.

Petitioner M Sakkaraichamy had submitted to the court that he had appeared for combined service examination and attended interview. But he was not considered for the posts because he was a professional degree holder, while the notification had stipulated Arts and Science bachelor as the education qualification.

First Published: Jul 12, 2019 16:12 IST

Court news

Overqualification can be a ground for denying jobs, says Madras HC
Admitting the “existence of an unemployment problem”, Justice Vaidyanathan dismissed the petition, stating that “the Court has no other option, but to hold that the petitioner is not entitled to relief on account of overqualification”.

Written by Arun Janardhanan | Chennai |

Published: July 13, 2019 12:41:28 am

Retired judge of Madras High Court, K Chandru, derided the overqualification issue, saying there is only “qualification”.

The Madras High Court has held that applications of “overqualified” candidates in recruitment of public posts can be rejected, if the appointing authority had prescribed the maximum educational qualification expected.

Justice S Vaidyanathan made the observation on Thursday while dismissing a writ petition filed by an engineering graduate, challenging the rejection of her candidature for the post of Train Operator/Station Controller in Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL). The CMRL had rejected her application citing that the qualification expected for the job was a diploma.

During the hearing, the CMRL argued that it had informed applicants that those holding a BE/BTech or higher qualifications are not eligible for the posts mentioned in the petition.

Meanwhile, the petitioner argued the rejection is unacceptable as “there is an unemployment situation in this country — more particularly in the State of Tamil Nadu”.

Admitting the “existence of an unemployment problem”, Justice Vaidyanathan dismissed the petition, stating that “the Court has no other option, but to hold that the petitioner is not entitled to relief on account of overqualification”.

A top source in CMRL, who was part of the recruiting process, said one of the reasons for insisting on such a rule against overqualification was that the apprehension that overqualified candidates taking up these roles would soon start studying further and try for promotions.

In 2014, the Allahabad High Court, while hearing a petition by a person denied the job of a peon in Punjab National Bank because he was overqualified, had observed that the employer can take disciplinary action against an employee if he fails to perform his/her duties. The court, however, stated that the employer cannot deny an opportunity to an eligible candidate “on the ground that if appointed, he would not perform his duties. Qualification prescribed is minimum. Higher qualification cannot become a disadvantage to the candidate.” Directing the employer to allow the petitioner to take up the position, the HC bench had said “higher education, if not a magic wand, is surely a jewel in one’s crown; if not a hero, it can never be a villain.”

Retired judge of Madras High Court, K Chandru, derided the overqualification issue, saying there is only “qualification”.

“Attitude of judges has completely undergone a change now. Originally, they used to say how can you punish people with merit. Now, it is happening the other way,” Chandru said.

To cut doc shortage, govt adds over 10,500 MBBS seats this year

TNN | Jul 13, 2019, 04.54 AM IST

NEW DELHI: In an attempt to address shortage of doctors in the country, the government has ramped up MBBS seats by more than 26% over last two years, taking the total number of MBBS seats to around 75000. Besides, nearly 8900 seats have been added to PG medical seats during the period to bolster the number of specialists.

In 2017-18 and 2018-19, a total of 5250 MBBS seats were added, whereas 10,565 — more than double of what was added in last two years — have been added in 2019-20 so far, health minister Harsh Vardhan said in Lok Sabha on Friday. Of this, around 4,800 MBBS seats have been reserved for students from economically weaker sections in the current year.

Currently, there are nearly 11.60 lakh registered Allopathy doctors in the country as on March, resulting in a doctor-population ratio of 1:1456 as per current population estimate of 1.35 billion, which is lower than the WHO norm of one doctor per 1000 persons.

However, there are an additional 7.88 lakh Ayurveda, Unani and Homoeopathy doctors, which when clubbed with allopathy practitioners, makes the overall doctor-population ratio of 1:867—a shade better than WHO norms. The health ministry is trying to utilise this cadre of alternative medicines to meet demand for primary and secondary health care services, mainly in remote areas where there is a severe dearth of doctors.

Govt. doctors blame career progression scheme for poor pay 

Staff Reporter 
 
CHENNAI, July 11, 2019 01:22 IST
Claim it takes them 20 years to earn ₹1 lakh a month

It takes 20 years for a government doctor to earn a salary of over ₹one lakh a month, a result of Tamil Nadu implementing the Dynamic Assured Career Progression (DACP) in a diluted form, say doctors.

On Wednesday, 100 doctors from Vellore, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, and Chennai took leave from duty and observed one-day token fast at the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital demanding the implementation of DACP as per the recommendations of a working group to review Government Order 354 and invoke the prospective clause.

DACP at the Central government and a few other States meant promotion and a pay hike for doctors at their 4th, 9th and 13th year of service. As per this, doctors on entering government service are posted as assistant surgeon with a pay of around ₹56,100. In the fourth year, they are promoted as senior surgeon with a hike of ₹10,000.

In the ninth year, they are promoted as civil surgeon with ₹10,000 hike. In the 13th year, they get a hike of ₹40,000 and promotion as chief civil surgeon, A. Ramalingam, convener of the Federation of Government Doctors Association said.

“DACP pay is given exclusively for government doctors. However, when the Tamil Nadu government implemented DACP in 2009, it fixed the promotion and pay hike at 15, 17 and 20 years of service, instead of four, nine and 13 years,” he said. “As a result, we cross the ₹one lakh salary per month after 20 years in service,” he added.

The doctors demanded that the State government bring in an ordinance for allotting 50% of postgraduate seats (specialities and superspecialities) for service quota candidates.

“With NEET, service quota was scrapped. Private candidates and those from other parts of the country are studying PG in Tamil Nadu. So long, the government was stating that if the two Bills seeking exemption from NEET are approved, it will bring back the 50% service quota. Now, with the Bills being rejected, the government should promulgate an ordinance in the Assembly,” he said.

Among other demands, the government doctors demanded conduct of counselling for service PGs and restructuring posts as per the patient load.

Appointment of overqualified persons for govt jobs should be stopped: Madras HC 

Meera Emmanuel July 11 2019 


 
The Madras High Court recently made critical note of the trend of overqualified persons applying for lower grade government jobs. Justice SM Subramniam observed,

"...on account of large scale unemployment problem in our great nation, it is unfortunate that the engineering degree holders, agricultural degree holders and other professional degree holders and the master degree holders are participating in the recruitment process even for Group-4 services and for basic services in Government departments and even in High Court services."

The Court proceeded to emphasise that if such persons were so appointed, it would not only harm the quality of public administration, but it would also take away employment opportunities for others more suited to be employed to the post.

The observations were made in a plea filed by a Mechanical Engineering graduate, who had obtained his BE in 1999, challenging his non-appointment as an Assistant in the Revenue Department. While he had cleared the written examination, he was not cleared for appointment following the interview round.

The Government Order issued for recruitment had stated that those possessing BA/BSc/BCom degrees were eligible for the post. The petitioner contended that when it comes to selection for government services, professional degrees could be equated with Arts degrees. The Court, however, dismissed his plea given that the recruitment notification did not expressly state that BE candidates were eligible for the post.

Further, in view of allied concerns over the proclivity of overqualified persons to settle for lower-grade government jobs, the Court has also directed the state to revise its recruitment policies.

Public Administration deteriorates when overqualified persons are appointed to lower grade posts

The Court observed that the employment of overqualified persons for lower-grade public jobs would adversely affect the quality of public administration. As stated in the order,

"...if over qualified candidates were appointed for performing the duties and responsibilities attached to the Group-4 services and basic services, undoubtedly, efficiency level in the public administration would be brought down. After getting appointment, these over qualified persons are not performing their duties and responsibilities attached to the posts under Group-4 services as well as basic services.

... Acute unemployment issues prompted this over qualified persons to apply for such posts under Group-4 services as well as for the basic services. However, the competent authorities may not be in a position to effectively extract work from these employees with reference to the job responsibility..."

On similar considerations, the Court also added that,

"Equally, candidates, who are possessing under qualification cannot be allowed to perform higher responsibility."

As regards the issues likely to arise if overqualified persons are appointed to low grade posts, the judge pointed towards recruitment of sweepers and other Grade-IV posts to the High Court itself. He observed,

"Even, the Madras High Court administration is facing the similar problems. Sweepers recently appointed for High Court services are the degree holders, diploma holders or master degree holders. The High Court is unable to extract work effectively and efficiently for better administration. These employees are evading to perform duties and responsibilities and they are sometime refusing to perform duties attached to the posts.

At the outset, these over qualified employees are not performing their duties with devotion and in the interest of the public at large. When the spirit of service was not shown by these employees, it would be very difficult by the administrators to perform their duties and responsibilities in a peaceful manner, so as to run administration smoothly."

Similar issues are common when it comes to uniformed services including the states's police force. The Court proceeded to observe,

"Large number of degree holders, professional degree holders, master degree holders are being appointed as Grade-II Police Constables in the Tamil Nadu Police Service. After appointment into police services, they are further preparing only for the competitive examination even during the duty hours. They are mostly associated with the smart phones as well as study materials.

Such an attitude can never be tolerated. No police person during the duty hours should evade the duty or commit dereliction of duty or negligence. Even the police officials are unable to control this, in view of the fact that it would be very difficult for them to control these kind of activities."

Employment of overqualified personnel infringes employment opportunities of suitably qualified candidates

An allied concern raised by the Court was that if overqualified persons are allowed to be appointed to such lower-grade public jobs, those candidates whose qualifications are appropriate for the post would be deprived of opportunities.

"... [The] constitutional rights of the suitable candidates, who are actually qualified for the posts under Group-4 services and last grade services, [would be] infringed and those candidates cannot compete with the over qualified candidates in the matter of performing in the written examination...

...this Court is of the considered opinion that appointments of over qualified persons in the lower posts are to be stopped at once, in order to provide equal opportunity to the unemployed youths, who are all possessing suitable qualification for the particular posts notified."

Review scheme of prescription of educational qualifications

Before parting with the matter, the Court also impleaded the Principal Secretary to the Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department of the government with a view to initiate the review of the scheme of prescribing education qualifications for government jobs.

The judge noted,

"Currently, minimum educational qualifications and other related criterias are prescribed by the employers. However, no maximum educational qualifications are prescribed, so as to restrict the opportunity to more suitable candidates. This being the reason, these over qualified persons and professional degree holders are participating in the recruitment process for the posts under Group-4 services as well as basic services...

... [the] prescription of educational qualifications must be in consonance with the job profile and the nature of the posts. The concept of level playing field is to be adopted, while prescribing educational qualifications for the posts under Group-4 services and the basic services"

In order to address the issue highlighted, and given that efficient public administration is a constitutional mandate, the Court has directed the state to review the scheme of prescription of educational qualifications in commensuration with the nature of the jobs.

To this end, the government has been directed to pass suitable Government Orders, prescribing the minimum educational qualifications as well as maximum educational qualifications for government posts.

The Court has further ordered that these directions be carried out by the state within 12 weeks.

எஸ்பிஐ-யில் வங்கிக் கணக்கு வைத்திருப்போருக்கு மகிழ்ச்சியான செய்தி!

By DIN | Published on : 12th July 2019 03:37 PM |

புது தில்லி: இந்தியாவின் பொதுத் துறை வங்கிகளில் ஒன்றான எஸ்பிஐ, தனது வாடிக்கையாளர்களுக்கு மிகப்பெரிய சலுகையை அறிவித்துள்ளது.


அதன்படி, எஸ்பிஐ வங்கி வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் தாங்கள் வங்கிக் கணக்கில் இருந்து மற்றொரு வங்கிக் கணக்குக்கு டிஜிட்டல் முறையில் அதாவது ஐஎம்பிஎஸ்-ல் பணப்பரிமாற்றம் செய்யும் போது வசூலிக்கப்பட்டு வந்த கட்டணங்கள் அனைத்தும் ரத்து செய்யப்படுகிறது. இந்த கட்டண ரத்து 2019ம் ஆண்டு ஆகஸ்ட் மாதம் 1ம் தேதி முதல் அமலுக்கு வருகிறது.

அதாவது எஸ்பிஐ வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் யோனோ செயலி, இன்டர்நெட் பேங்கிங், மொபைல் பேங்கிங் வாயிலாக பணப்பரிமாற்றம் செய்யும் போது இந்த கட்டண ரத்து நடைமுறைக்கு வரும்.

முன்னதாக, என்இஎஃப்டி, ஆர்டிஜிஎஸ் முறையில் பணப்பரிவர்த்தனை செய்யும் போது வசூலிக்கப்பட்டு வந்த கட்டணங்களை ஜூலை 1ம் தேதியோடு ரத்து செய்து நடைமுறைப்படுத்திய நிலையில், ஆகஸ்ட் 1ம் தேதி முதல் அனைத்து விதமான டிஜிட்டல் பணப்பரிவர்த்தனைக்கும் கட்டணங்கள் ரத்து செய்யப்படுகிறது.

டிஜிட்டல் பணப்பரிவர்த்தனையை ஊக்குவிக்கும் வகையில் எஸ்பிஐ வங்கி இந்த சலுகையை அறிவித்துள்ளது.

மருத்துவம் படிக்க, 'சீட்' கிடைத்தும் பணமின்றி பரிதவிக்கும் மாணவி

Updated : ஜூலை 13, 2019 06:33 | Added : ஜூலை 13, 2019 02:08




திருக்கோவிலுார்:திருக்கோவிலுாரைச் சேர்ந்த, ஏழை மாணவிக்கு மருத்துவம் படிக்க இடம் கிடைத்தும், பணமின்றி பரிதவிக்கிறார்.

விழுப்புரம் மாவட்டம், திருக்கோவிலுார், கணக்குப் பிள்ளை வீதியைச் சேர்ந்தவர், ஸ்ரீதேவி, 18; இவரது தந்தை, 10 ஆண்டு களுக்கு முன், இறந்து விட்டார். 6 லட்சம் ரூபாய்தாய் ராணி, தையல் தொழில் செய்து, மகள் ஸ்ரீதேவி, மகன் புகழேந்தி, 16, ஆகியோரை, கடும் நிதி நெருக்கடியில், படிக்க வைத்து வருகிறார்.

ஸ்ரீதேவி, திருக்கோவிலுார், அரசு பெண்கள் மேல்நிலைப் பள்ளியில், 2015- - 16ம் கல்வி ஆண்டில், 10ம் வகுப்பு தேர்வில், 492 மதிப்பெண்கள் பெற்று, அரசுப் பள்ளிகள் வரிசையில், மாவட்ட அளவில், இரண்டாம் இடம் பெற்றார்.இதேபோல், பிளஸ் 2 தேர்வில், 1,131 மதிப்பெண்களுடன், 'நீட்' தேர்வில், 462 மதிப்பெண்கள் பெற்றார். நேற்று முன்தினம் நடந்த மருத்துவ கலந்தாய்வில், திருச்சி, எஸ்.ஆர்.எம்., மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரியில், இடம் கிடைத்தது.

இன்று, கல்லுாரியில் சேர்வதற்கான கடைசி நாள் என்ற நிலையில், கல்வி கட்டணம் மற்றும் தங்கும் விடுதி கட்டணம் உட்பட, 6 லட்சம் ரூபாய் தேவைப்படுவதால், பணத்திற்கு என்ன செய்வது என தெரியாமல், ஸ்ரீதேவியும், தாய் ராணியும் பரிதவித்து வருகின்றனர்.

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மருந்து நிறுவனங்களிடம், 'கைநீட்டினால்'
டாக்டர்களுக்கு தண்டனை

dinamalar 12.07.2019
புதுடில்லி: 'மருந்து நிறுவனங்களிடம் இருந்து டாக்டர்கள் பரிசு அல்லது பணம் பெறுவது, முறைகேடானது; அது, மருத்துவ நெறிமுறைகளுக்கும் எதிரானது' என, மத்திய அரசு எச்சரிக்கை விடுத்துள்ளது.

லோக்சபாவில் நேற்று, மத்திய சுகாதாரத்துறை அமைச்சர், ஹர்ஷ்வர்தன் பேசியதாவது: தங்களின் தயாரிப்பு மருந்துகளை விற்பதற்காக, சில நிறுவனங்கள், டாக்டர்களுக்கு பரிசு, பணம், போக்குவரத்து செலவு, ஓட்டலில் தங்க வசதி மற்றும் சில சலுகைகளை அளிப்பதாக கூறப்படுகிறது. இது, மருத்துவ நெறிமுறைகளின் கீழ், முறைகேடானது.

இது தொடர்பாக, மத்திய அரசுக்கு, பல புகார்கள் வந்துள்ளன. இத்தகைய முறைகேடான செயலில் ஈடுபடும், மருந்து நிறுவனங்களின் தலைமை செயல் அதிகாரிகள்,


இதற்கு பொறுப்பேற்க நேரிடும். மருந்து நிறுவனங்களிடம் இருந்து பரிசு, பணம் அல்லது சலுகைகளை எந்த டாக்டராவது பெற்றுள்ளார் என்ற தகவல் தெரிந்தால், மத்திய மருத்துவ கவுன்சில் அல்லது மாநிலங்களில் உள்ள மருத்துவ கவுன்சில் நிர்வாகிகள், அந்த டாக்டர்களுக்கு தண்டனை வழங்கலாம். அதுபோல, டாக்டர்களுக்கு அன்பளிப்பு அல்லது பண வெகுமதி வழங்கும் மருந்து நிறுவனங்கள் மீது நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க, மத்திய மருந்துகள் துறைக்கும் பரிந்துரை செய்யப்படுகிறது. இவ்வாறு, அவர் கூறினார்.

நலிவடைந்தோருக்கு 4,800 இடங்கள்:

'பொருளாதார ரீதியில் நலிவடைந்த பிரிவைச் சேர்ந்த, 4,800 பேருக்கு, இந்த ஆண்டு, மருத்துவம் படிக்க வாய்ப்பு கிடைத்துள்ளது' என, சுகாதாரத்துறை அமைச்சர், ஹர்ஷ்வர்தன் கூறினார்.

லோக்சபாவில் அவர் கூறியதாவது: இரண்டாண்டுகளுக்கு முன் இருந்ததை விட, இப்போது, எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., மற்றும் முதுகலை மருத்துவம் படிப்பதற்கான இடங்களின் எண்ணிக்கை, 24 ஆயிரத்து, 698 அதிகரித்துள்ளது. நடப்பு, 2019 - 20ம் ஆண்டில், 10 ஆயிரத்து, 565 இளம்கலை மருத்துவம்,

2,153 முதுகலை மருத்துவ படிப்புக்கான இடங்கள் கூடியுள்ளன. 'நீட்' தேர்வு எழுதுவதன் மூலம், 75 ஆயிரம் மாணவர்கள், மருத்துவம் படிக்க தேர்வாகின்றனர். இவ்வாறு, அமைச்சர் ஹர்ஷ்வர்தன் கூறினார்.

19.42 லட்சம் டாக்டர்கள்:

'நாட்டில் மொத்தம், 19.42 லட்சம் டாக்டர்கள் உள்ளனர்' என, லோக்சபாவில் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டது. சுகாதாரத்துறை அமைச்சர், ஹர்ஷவர்தன் கூறியதாவது: 'அலோபதி' எனப்படும் ஆங்கில மருத்துவம், ஆயுர்வேதம், யுனானி, ஹோமியோபதி ஆகிய மருத்துவ முறைகளை பின்பற்றும், 19.47 லட்சம் டாக்டர்கள் உள்ளனர். இவர்களில், 11 லட்சத்து, 59 ஆயிரத்து, 309 பேர், அலோபதி டாக்டர்கள். நாட்டின் மக்கள்தொகையில், 1,456 பேருக்கு, ஒரு டாக்டர் உள்ளார். ஆனால், உலக சுகாதார அமைப்பு, 1,000 பேருக்கு ஒரு டாக்டர் இருக்க வேண்டும் என, தெரிவிக்கிறது. இவ்வாறு, அவர் கூறினார்.

Chennai: Overqualified girl loses CMRL job

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | J STALIN

PublishedJul 12, 2019, 7:06 am IST

HC upholds CMRL order rejecting the candidature of a BE graduate for selection on the ground of over qualification.

Madras high court

Chennai: Over educational qualification has made a girl to get disqualified from getting selected to the post of Train Operator/Station Controller/Junior Engineer (Station). The Madras high court has upheld an order of the Chennai Metro Rail Limited, rejecting the candidature of R.Lakshmi Prabha, a B.E.Degree holder, for selection to the post of Train Operator/Station Controller/Junior Engineer (Station) on the ground of over qualification.

Dismissing a petition from R.Lakshmi Prabha, Justice S.Vaidyanathan said, “This court has no other option, but to hold that the petitioner is not entitled to the relief (to appoint her to the post of Train Operator/Station Controller/Junior Engineer) on account of over qualification and the present petition is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed”.

According to petitioner, pursuant to the employment notice dated February 1, 2013, she had applied to the post of Train Operator/Station Controller/Junior Engineer (Station) and in the online test conducted on March 31, 2013, she was found successful and certificate verification was done on July 5, 2013. Thereafter, by the order impugned, a direction was issued to her to furnish a proof regarding non-obtaining of B.E/B.Tech degree as on July 23, 2013. It was her case that though she had cleared B.E on June 21, 2013, the certificate to that effect was issued only on July 24, 2013 and at the time of application, she was not in possession of B.E.degree, but had passed only Diploma in Electronics and Communication Engineering alone. It was her further case that she had not suppressed any information with regard to acquiring of B.E. qualification and therefore, her candidature has to be considered for appointment.

The CMRL contended that vide Clause 13 (a), there was a general instruction given to the candidates, who opted to apply for the post of Station Controller/Train Operator/Junior Engineer (Station) that “Candidates with B.E./B.Tech or any other higher qualifications are not eligible for the above mentioned posts. Candidates with such higher qualification should keep in their mind that their candidature will summarily be cancelled at any time of recruitment or even after appointment in CMRL, if they were found to have suppressed the information of having possessed B.E/B.Tech at the time of filling up the vacancy”, and therefore, Clause 2 of the Employment notice has to be read together with Clause 13 (a). The candidature of the petitioner was rejected not on the ground of suppression of fact, but on the ground of over qualification and therefore, the petitioner was not entitled to any relief sought for, the CMRL added.

The judge said the contention of the petitioner that though she had cleared her B.E degree course on June 21, 2013, the certificate was issued only on July 24, 2013 and therefore, she was not in possession of required qualification, cannot be accepted, because, once she had the knowledge of clearance of all papers in the degree course, that itself was sufficient to say that she was a B.E graduate. Admittedly, she came out successful in her graduation course prior to the cut off date, viz., July 23, 2013 and even before the date of certificate verification, which fell on July 5, 2013 and therefore, by no stretch of imagination, it can be said that she was not overqualified as on July 23, 2013, the judge added.

The judge said of course, it was true that the petitioner had not suppressed the fact of her B.E qualification, but at the same time, when Clause 13 was read in conjunction with Clause 2 of the Employment notice, it can easily be said that the petitioner was overqualified as on the cut off date and therefore, she was not entitled to any relief. “It is not denied that there is an existence of unemployment problem and when there is clear prescription of minimum qualification, barring over qualified candidates from applying, even after appointment, the candidature can be rejected and therefore, the judgment quoted by the petitioner is not applicable to the present case on hand”, the judge added.

Protests over MBC quota mar medical counselling

With seats exhausted, many from faraway places return home without participating

Published: 13th July 2019 06:27 AM |

Parents and students during their dharna at the Government Multi Super-Speciality Hospital in Chennai on Friday | RP Raman
By Express News Service

CHENNAI: Over 600 parents and students sat in a dharna at the Government Multi Super-Speciality Hospital at Omandurar Estate, the medical counselling venue, after the selection committee announced that all MBBS seats in MBC quota were over on Friday. The parents were agitated as many of them from the State were called for counselling for MBC quota seats and were made to wait till 4 pm.


Later, they were told that seats were over. “We are coming from Ariyalur. We were called for 4 pm session for government MBBS seats. But, before 2 pm MBC seats were over. We were asked to go back,” said Annadurai, a farmer who accompanied his son. The parents also said they were made to draw a demand draft (DD) for `500 and many did it. But, later they were told to leave the venue saying they will be waitlisted.

“We came from Neyveli. I took a DD and was waiting at the venue from morning even without food. Now, post-lunch session we were asked to go even without being allowed inside. Why the Selection Committee should call at least five candidates for every one seat? We received SMS, so we came to Chennai,” said another parent.

Parents staged the protest for a while at the entry door of the hospital causing inconvenience to patients and attenders. Even doctors and staff could not come out of the hospital. By then, police were deployed and they cleared the way for patients and doctors. The parents started dispersing after the committee officials came out and explained to them that their children will be automatically waitlisted and they can come for the second phase of counselling if called.

Also, they need not to take a DD again. Meanwhile, the committee in its notification said, “MBBS seats for government medical colleges, IRT Perundurai Medical College, Rajah Muthiah Medical College, ESIC Medical College and government quota seats in self-financing medical colleges and BDS seats for government dental college are exhausted for MBC category. Therefore, candidates called for counselling on July 12, at 4 pm and July 13 at 9 am for MBC category will be automatically waitlisted.”

Sale of applications for yoga course begins

Chennai: Indian Medicine and Homeopathy Department has begun sale of applications for Yoga and Naturopathy System of Medicine for 2019-2020. Last date for submission of filled-in application along with all necessary documents is July 22 up. Meanwhile, a senior health department official told Express: “Class XII marks-based admissions are only for Naturopathy and Yoga course. For other courses, Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy, admissions will be based on NEET marks. Across India, it is the same and it will be followed here also”.

2,176 candidates called

On Friday, 2,176 candidates were called, including for open category quota. Among them, 622 attended counselling. Also, 90 MBBS seats in government colleges, 104 MBBS government seats in self-financing colleges and one seat in ESIC college, and 139 BDS seats in self-financing colleges were allotted

Schools can’t issue transfer certificates to students without parents’ request: HC

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

BENGALURU, JULY 13, 2019 00:00 IST

Parents of six students cautioned against indulging in acts that would affect conducive atmosphere of school

No school can expel a child for short payment of the fees or misbehaviour of parents by issuing Transfer Certificates (TCs) without the request of the parents as it would go against the object of the right to compulsory education guaranteed under the Constitution, said the High Court of Karnataka.

Stating that the autonomy vested with admission, if any, exercised by unaided private schools shall be subject to the provisions of the RTE Act, 2009, the HC observed that, “Such autonomy shall not confer any unbridled power to expel the children pursuing elementary education by issuing TCs without the request of the parents. Section 16 of the RTE Act statutorily prohibits the school to expel children from a school till the completion of elementary education.”

Justice S. Sujatha passed the order while disposing of petitions filed by six students, between 4 and 13 years, and their parents, questioning the action of Vyasa International School, Vidyaranyapura, of expelling students as the parents had raised a voice against the ‘exorbitant’ fees demanded for the academic year 2018-19 and the lack of facilities/amenities provided by the school.

Caution to parents

At the same time, the HC did not appreciate the conduct of the respective fathers of the petitioner-students, more particularly one Padam Kumar, in the circumstance of the case.

Also, it directed the parents of six petitioner-students not to indulge in any derogatory act to bring down the morale of the staff and disturb the conducive atmosphere of the school.

“Instead of resolving the dispute amicably in the interest of the children, the parents are making allegations and counter allegations creating a volatile atmosphere finally hampering the smooth functioning of the school in imparting education. In the process, the young minds would be disturbed. The mental trauma caused to these children would certainly have an impact in the long run,” the Court observed.

Noticing that the parents of petitioner-students had not paid 75% of the fee (for the academic year 2018-19) fixed by the school in terms of an earlier order of the court, Justice Sujatha directed the school to re-admit six students subject to their parents making payment of last year’s pending fee as well as 75% of the the first instalment of fee for the academic year 2019-20 within seven days. The court also clarified that payment of fee would be subject to result of other petitions in which the parents have questioned school’s fee structure.

Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital gets a cath lab

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

THOOTHUKUDI, JULY 13, 2019 00:00 IST

Officials look at the cath lab at Thoothukudi Government Medical College Hospital on Friday.N. RajeshN_RAJESH

The Rs. 5 crore facility will be ready within 60 days

The much-awaited catheterization lab is coming up at Thoothukudi Government Medical College Hospital on an outlay of Rs. 5 crore and the facility will be ready within 60 days.

As the Thoothukudi Government Medical College Hospital receives a minimum of 100 patients with cardiac ailments everyday and 50% of them are found to be suffering from blocks in artery, proposals were forwarded to the State Government for establishing the cath lab. As funds required for the cath lab have been allocated from the National Health Mission, civil work for installing the Rs. 5 crore-worth equipments has been completed at a cost of Rs. 28 lakh.

“The remaining work on installation of equipment will be completed within two months and the facility will be ready within 60 days to render advanced cardiac care to the patients, who will get Rs. 2 lakh-worth treatments free of cost here under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme,” said Dr. Ramasubramanian, Dean (In-Charge) and Resident Medical Officer Silas Jayamani.

Scrutiny of application for MKU Registrar post in a week

STAFF REPORTER

MADURAI, JULY 13, 2019 00:00 IST

Madurai Kamaraj University Vice-Chancellor M. Krishnan said that scrutiny of application for the post of Registrar is likely to be held in a week here on Friday.

A name list of 24 candidates applying for the post of registrar was uploaded on the university’s website on July 10. The last day for receiving applications was June 21. He told The Hindu that scrutiny would take place either on July 17 or 18.

According to a senior official of the MKU, a three-member panel will be formed, including a former registrar, a senior professor and the Vice Chancellor, to scrutinise the applications. They must fulfill the basic criteria of being below the age of 55 so as to retire before 58, the set retirement age for the post. The candidates should have at least 15 years of experience as an assistant professor and must not have any police cases registered against their name. The source added that experience as members of the Senate and Syndicate will count as well.

Prior to the applications being called for, the post of registrar was held by V. Chinniah. On June 9, the VC appointed R. Sudha, Professor and Head of the Department of French, as Registrar (in-charge) following his retirement. According to list on the website, a total of seven candidates from the university have applied.

Some prominent names on the list include O. Ravi who holds the post of Controller of Examinations, A.S. Suruliandi, Controller of Examinations, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, and the Registrar of Mother Teresa Women’s University, A. Suganthi.

Baby shower function held at Velammal Medical College

STAFF REPORTER

MADURAI, JULY 13, 2019 00:00 IST

A baby shower function held at Velammal Medical College in Madurai on Friday.G. MoorthyG_Moorthy

Expectant mothers given protein powder

Hundreds of expectant mothers dressed in resplendent saris looked pleased to take part in a baby shower function organised by Velammal Medical College here on Friday.

The mothers donned bangles as part of the traditional Tamil ‘valaikappu’ ceremony and were given a silk sari each from the institution.

To provide additional nutrition, they were also given protein powder as part of their ‘take-home’ kit.

Chairman of Velammal Educational Trust M.V. Muthuramalungam and his wife Mrs. Kunjaravalli inaugurated the event.

Mr. Muthuramalungam said that benefits from the Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy scheme, designed to provide optimal nutrition for pregnant and lactating women, and compensate for the wage loss during pregnancy for working women, is available at the hospital. He said that he aimed to subsidise the tariff of deliveries at the multispecialty hospital as well. Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Velammal Medical College, S. Rajarajeswari, said this was the third edition of the joyous function.

“Every year, we make it a point to celebrate expectant mothers at the hospital. Many of those who come to our hospital cannot afford a grand ‘valaikappu’ function back at home so we do it for free,” she said.

Over the years, Dr. Rajarajeswari says that the number of women attending the function has substantially grown. On Friday, close to 600 women from Madurai, Srivilliputhur, Rajapalayam, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar, Aruppukottai, Ramanathapuram and Dindigul attended the function. “In the beginning, the function was organised only for the women at the hospital. Eventually, we began inviting other women as well,” she said.

T. Anupriya, an eight-month-old pregnant woman who took part in the ceremony, said that it made her feel more confident about her pregnancy.

Medical aspirants, parents left high and dry during counselling

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

CHENNAI, JULY 13, 2019 00:00 IST

All seats for MBC candidates filled in second session itself

Candidates called for MBBS, BDS counselling on Friday were upset as all seats in the MBC category were declared filled by the second session.

Friday was the fourth day of counselling, dedicated to MBC students. The Directorate of Medical Education had called candidates in sessions — 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Around 3 p.m., the DME issued a notification on its website stating that seats in the MBC category for MBBS in all government medical colleges, IRT Perundurai, Rajah Muthiah Medical College, ESIC and government quota seats in self-financing medical and the government dental colleges were exhausted.

Further, counselling for candidates called for the 4 p.m. session and 9 a.m., session on Saturday were cancelled.

The waiting candidates and parents became restive after hearing the news. They wanted the officials to explain the position and refused to leave the venue. The parents staged a sit-in refusing to budge from the entrance to the hospital, the venue of counselling. “We have been waiting since morning. Why do they call so many candidates if there are not enough seats,” asked a frustrated mother.

A parent from Neyveli said her son had scored 384 marks in NEET. Another parent from Ariyalur, whose son had also scored 384, said they had arrived at 6 a.m. in the city for the 4 p.m. session but by 11 a.m. itself, all seats in government colleges were filled, he said.

On Saturday, counselling will be held for SC category seats and on Sunday counselling for admission to Christian Medical College, Vellore, (10 a.m.) and Indian Road Transport Medical College, Perundurai (9 a.m) will be held. The list of candidates called for counselling for admission in the CMC’s minority networks will be published inwww.tnhealth.organdwww.tnmedicalselection
.org, officials said.

Counselling for management quota seats will be held from Monday. At the end of counselling on Friday, 904 seats remained vacant in self-financing dental colleges. A total of 232 seats in self-financing medical colleges and 260 seats in government medical colleges in the SC, SCA and ST categories remained vacant.

1 in 8 doctors across the country is from Tamil Nadu
But, Doctor Distribution Not Uniform

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:12.07.2019

Nearly one in eight doctors in the country is from Tamil Nadu. The state, which has 12% of the total number of doctors in the country, is second only to Maharashtra, which has about 15% of thecountry’s doctors, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan told Parliament. Almost simultaneously, the issue was debated in the assembly on Friday.

Replying to Mohammed Javed (Congress) on the shortage of doctors, Harsh Vardhan said there were 11.59 lakh allopathic doctors registered with the state and Medical Council of India (MCI) until March 31. “Assuming 80% availability, it is estimated that around 9.27 lakh doctors may be actually available for active service,” he said. This would mean a doctor-population ratio of 1:1,456 as per the population estimate of 1.35 billion, against the WHO norm of 1:1,000.

The Centre enhanced the maximum intake capacity at MBBS to 250 seats, relaxed norms for setting up medical colleges in terms of requirement of land, faculty, staff, bed strength and other infrastructure and strengthened existing state government colleges to increase medical seats.

Tamil Nadu has 1.3 lakh doctors against 1.7 lakh in Maharashtra. Karnataka has 1.2 lakh and Andhra Pradesh about a lakh. With 77,549 doctors UP is among the top 5 states with most doctors.

“If you compare the number of doctors with the population, TN is better than any other state,” said TN Medical Services Corporation MD Dr P Umanath, who headed a committee on incentivising doctors in rural and remote areas. TN has 23 government colleges offering 3,250 MBBS seats and 2,050 seats in government-run private colleges and self-financing colleges and an almost equal number of seats in deemed varsities. But, distribution of doctors is not uniform, he said.

In the assembly on Friday, members said many PHCs in their constituencies either had no doctors or didn’t have adequate number.

DMK’s R Masilamani ( Mailam), a doctor, said, “We want the health department to appoint sufficient doctors for PHCs in our areas. They must be open for patients round the clock.” Congress’ K R Ramaswamy said several posts in the Sivaganga Medical College Hospital and other government hospitals were vacant. Health minister C Vijayabaskar said government doctors were appointed through a medical recruitment board and through TNPSC.

“While there are more doctors in cities and tier-1 cities, the number of doctors in rural and remote areas is very low. This is why TN tries to incentivise doctors in difficult terrain. Government doctors in these areas get additional marks during PG admissions,” Umanath said.

Railway Board cancels new Antyodaya Express
Launched Amid Fanfare, Train Wasn’t Run For Once

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:12.07.2019

At a time when passengers travelling from Chennai to southern Tamil Nadu districts are demanding more trains, the Railway Board has quietly cancelled a train without running a single service.

The Tambaram-Sengottai Antyodaya Express (16189/16190 ), announced with much fanfare more than two years ago by then railway minister Suresh Prabhu, was supposed to be a fully unreserved train connecting various central districts on the main line and southern districts.

It was withdrawn by Railway Board in a letter issued on May 10. However, this letter was recently made public and circulated on several social media platforms. It has come as a shock to commuters.

Chennai-Bangalore Express (22689/22690), which was announced a few years ago, has also been cancelled.

Both these trains had been added in the public time table as well as in ‘Trains at a glance’ published by Indian Railways. The Antyodaya Express was scheduled to start at 7am from Tambaram every day and take 15 and a half hours to reach Sengottai connecting Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai, Thanjavur, Tiruchirapalli, Virudhunagar and Tenkasi.

Senior officials told TOI that they had studied the patronage patterns on the Tambaram-Sengottai section and two daily trains were already being run. Another train was recently converted from bi-weekly to tri-weekly.

“It was just put into the time-table but never introduced,” said a senior railway official. Mahendiran, a regular passenger to southern TN from Chennai, said that this has come as a disappointment to several passengers like him.

“When the minister announced and a press release was given, people were eagerly waiting for the train. This train would have come as a boon for several passengers in 30 towns through which it was supposed to run. The other Antyodaya express to Tirunelveli is extremely popular and this one also would have been,” he said.

NO-GO: The cancellation of the train has resulted in shock and disappointment among passengers


The letter for cancellation issued on May 10, was made public only recently

Other states

Devices Hidden in Underwear, Wigs: 12 MBBS students found cheating in Semester Exam Munnabhai style

July 11, 2019

Seven devices wereform recovered from the MBBS students’ underwears while five were recovered from wigs. One student fled the undergarment and equipment in the toilet. One device was also found in the college washroom, Circle Officer Harish Bhadoria said.

Muzaffarnagar: 12 Second and third year MBBS students of the Muzaffarnagar medical college, Begrajpur, were caught using electronic devices by the flying squad team of the Meerut university at the Jain Kanya PG College, where 142 students had appeared for their semester examination on Tuesday.

The Medicos apparent hid this device under the undergarments, T-shirts and head wig (fake hair). The university has seized all the recovered devices from the students.

All the medicos belong to Muzaffarnagar medical college, Begrajpur affiliated to Chaudhary Charan Singh University. For their semester exam, they had a centre at the Jain Kanya (Girls) PG College. A four-member team of the university raided the centre while the paper was on, and 12 MBBS students were caught cheating from four rooms. Since there was no female member in the team, it was not possible for them to check the girl students.

Seven devices were recovered from the MBBS students’ underwears while five were recovered from wigs. One student fled the undergarment and equipment in the toilet. One device was also found in the college washroom, Circle Officer Harish Bhadoria said.

As per media reports, the medicos once caught also misbehaved with the media and even broke one of the camera, the officer added.

The team of the university wrote a complaint letter to the police to file a report.

The principal of Jain Kanya Degree College, Dr. Seema Jain informed media that after the debacle of getting duplicate from electronic device the college administration has decided not to hold further MBBS examinations here.

4 institutions seek nod for med college

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:12.07.2019

Four private institutions have sought permission from the state health department to start medical colleges in Tamil Nadu from 2020, even as the directorate of medical education is working towards increasing seats in government colleges in Coimbatore and Kanyakumari.

Among the private colleges, the directorate of medical education has completed inspection of Panimalar Medical College in Nazarethpet, Priyadarshini Medical College in Tiruvallur, Barath Medical College in Chennai and St Peters Medical College in Krishnagiri, and has submitted reports to the state health department.

While deficiencies have been pointed out in Barath Medical College, decks have been cleared for the others. If all these colleges get the state’s nod, they will have to apply to the Medical Council of India (MCI) for letter of permission to admit students in 2020. “They will add at least 600 seats to the state pool,” said director of medical education Dr A Edwin Joe.

In addition, the state is planning to increase seats to 100 in Coimbatore Medical College and 50 in the college in Kanyakumari, which will take the total number of seats in the state to 3,400. This will also take the total number of seats in Coimbatore to 250 and Kanyakumari to 150. “The state has a policy to have at least one medical college in each district. Besides, we are increasing the number of seats in each of the districts,” he said.

Now, four colleges – Madras Medical College, Stanley Medical College Hospital, Madurai Medical College and Tirunelveli Medical College – have 250 seats each, the maximum permitted by the MCI. “We are increasing the seats in colleges with 100 seats to

150. In the next phase we will increase these to 250,” he said.

Confusion over nativity stumps medical aspirants

TNN | Jul 11, 2019, 09.16 AM IST

CHENNAI: Two flaws in the prospectus issued by the Tamil Nadu government for MBBS/BDS admissions caused most confusion on the issue of nativity, leading to people from other states applying without fulfilling nativity or domiciliary criteria.

One of the points of the prospectus, released online, read, “Candidates belonging to other states and residing in Tamil Nadu cannot claim nativity of Tamil Nadu and will be considered under open category.”

The next point said, “Candidates who are not native to Tamil Nadu and have studied from Standard VI to XII here will be considered under open category.”

Most parents and students assumed that other state students who have not studied in TN could apply under the open category. On Tuesday, the allotment of a candidate from Rajasthan to Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences was cancelled because she did not go to school in TN.

On Tuesday, names of two students were removed from the merit list because they were not able to prove themselves as natives of TN. Many applications were rejected before the merit list was released and some of them were rejected during off-line counselling in the last two days. “These two points should not have been broken. They should be read together,” said selection committee secretary Dr G Selvarajan.

The committee wanted to make it clear applicants should have studied here between Classes VI and XII or should be natives. “Students from other states studying here can apply only under the open category.”

The second problem is the prospectus doesn’t insist on TN natives, who studied from Class VI to XII outside TN, partly or completely, producing the “nativity certificate” with true copies of other certificates.

“Many students did not attest this in the original application. So, we published their names on the merit list but we are verifying them now,” officials said.

Many students and parents released names of at least 100 TN students on rank lists of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka on social media; some brought it to the counselling hall for discussion.

In the assembly, health minister C Vijayabaskar, replying to a calling attention motion moved by DMK’s P T R Palanivel Thiagarajan, said officials were also checking the nativity of each parent.

“We appreciate the issues raised by the member and we have taken several steps to save our students. We are asking for students’ nativity certificates, parents’ nativity certificates and ration card. We also take an undertaking in a ₹100 stamp paper,” said the minister.

A total of 1,379 aspirants were alloted seats, out of 1490 called for counselling on Wednesday.

State may get 375 more med seats, not 1,000 in EWS quota

Pushpa Narayan | Jul 12, 2019, 04.41 AM IST

Chennai: If Tamil Nadu chooses to implement the 10% economically weaker section (EWS) reservation, it may get around 375 additional MBBS seats, and not 1,000-plus seats as projected by the government. 

Even if the Centre is extremely generous and offers the state a bonanza, it would still get only 650 seats, says the fresh estimate of the state health department.

Directorate of Medical Education officials, who met MCI authorities in Delhi on Wednesday, said Madras Medical College, Stanley Medical College, Madurai Medical College and Tirunelveli Medical College will be excluded from the list as they already have 250 seats each, the maximum permitted by the MCI. While Coimbatore Medical College and Kanyakumari Medical College, which had applied for additional seats in 2020, are ineligible, three other colleges that have not completed five years, too, don’t make the cut.

Hence, factoring in the 25% seat increase promise, TN may get 225 seats in nine colleges with 100 seats each and 150 seats in four colleges with 150 seats each. Officials say if the MCI is generous, the colleges may get up to 50 seats in each college. “If it happens, we will get 650 more seats,” another official said. As per TN’s analysis, only 13 of 23 government colleges are eligible for the 25% seat hike. Officials were not given the exact number of seats the state would get if Tamil Nadu were to adopt EWS. “However, we were given the eligibility criteria and we made our own calculations,” said a senior official.

The Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had cleared 10% quota in education and government jobs to people from the economically weaker section, a key demand of forward castes, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in January this year. Tamil Nadu said it was considering implementing the quota in medical education as the Medical Council of India (MCI) offered 25% increase in number of medical seats for states adopting EWS quota.

In June, in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami officials said the state can expect more than 1,000 seats. They also said they would use 600 seats for 69% reservation after giving away 400 for EWS candidates among forward caste. All regional parties, including the DMK, PMK and MNM, opposed the the state’s proposal as it would affect people from the reserved class.

Health minister C Vijaya Baskar also told the assembly as well as the all-party meeting that the state can expect more than 1,000 seats. “It will be equivalent to more than six new medical colleges. We want to ensure we do the best for everyone. Unless we are assured that the 69% of the reserved category is not affected, we will not implement it,” he told reporters later.

The state health department will update the government with revised calculations and if required call for another all-party meeting before making a final decision.

UGC committee inspects Ambedkar University 

Staff Reporter
 
SRIKAKULAM, July 12, 2019 00:00 IST


The UGC expert committee members at Ambedkar University on Thursday.

Will ascertain whether varsity is fit to receive funding under 12B category

A high-level delegation of the University Grants Commission (UGC) visited Ambedkar University at Etcherla in Srikakulam district on Thursday.

The panel, comprising chairperson and Vice-Chancellor of Sant Gadge Bala Amaravati University Muralidhar G. Chandekar and members R.N. Yadava, D. Avid Ambrose, Abhay Kumar and Satish Kumar, inspected the infrastructure at the university.

They also interacted with Vice-Chancellor of the university Kuna Ramjee, Registrar K. Raghu Babu and several professors. Dr. Ramjee said that sanction of funds under 12B category of UGC Act-1956 was the need of the hour to enable the university to focus on research, academic activity and improve its infrastructure.

He explained the various inititatives of the university in meeting national academic standards while conducting public outreach programmes. The committee will hold high-level meetings with the Vice-Chancellor and Registrar and give suggestions for the improvement of infrastructure at the university. The committee will submit a detailed report to UGC and explain whether Ambedkar University is fit to get additional funds under the 12B category.

Doctors ordered to pay Rs. 8 lakh to patient 

Staff Reporter 
 
Shivamogga, July 12, 2019 00:00 IST

Consumer forum finds themguilty of medical negligence
The Shivamogga District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has ordered two doctors from Sagar to pay Rs. 8 lakh as compensation for their medical negligence during a hysterectomy procedure. Dr. Ramachandra Bhagawat and Dr. Uday, with the Bhagawat Nursing Home in Sagar, had performed hysterectomy on Jayalakshmi, on April 17, 2015. Following this, she had developed ‘sub-acute intestinal obstruction’ and ‘ureteral fistula’ for which she was treated at a private hospital in Shivamogga city. In the complaint lodged with the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Ms. Jayalakshmi had alleged that she had to suffer financial loss, physical pain and mental agony owing to the medical negligence.

After examining the documents related to the medical treatment, the forum held the doctors guilty of medical negligence. The forum in a press release has said that it had also ordered the payment of Rs. 25,000 to the victim towards the litigation expenses.

Govt. jobs can be denied to ‘overqualified’ candidates: HC 

Legal Correspondent 
 
CHENNAI, July 12, 2019 00:00 IST

Applicable where maximum qualification is prescribed

The Madras High Court on Thursday held that applications of “overqualified” candidates can be rejected for public recruitment if the appointing authority had prescribed the maximum educational qualification expected of the applicants in view of the nature of the job for which they were to be recruited.

Justice S. Vaidyanathan held so while dismissing a writ petition filed by an engineering graduate challenging the rejection of her candidature for the job of Train Operator/Station Controller by Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) since the qualification expected was only a diploma and nothing beyond that.

“It is not denied that there is an existence of unemployment problem but when there is a clear prescription barring over-qualified candidates from applying, the candidature can be rejected,” the judge said.

He pointed out that candidates, better qualified than the petitioner, might not have applied for the job due to such prescription.

On the same day, Justice S.M. Subramaniam of the High Court delivered a separate judgment in a different case reiterating his view that appointment of educationally overqualified individuals was one of the reasons for the growing trend of indiscipline and insubordination in government service. The judge had first taken the view in a verdict delivered by him on March 26 this year.

Remaining steadfast on it, the judge on Thursday directed the State government to henceforth prescribe not just minimum qualification but also maximum qualification while making recruitment especially to Group III and IV services.

Articles 14 and 16

He was of the view that in the constitutional perspective, appointment of overqualified persons should be construed as a violation of Articles 14 (right to equality) and 16 (equality in matters of public employment) of the Constitution.

“Equality among equals is the constitutional mandate. Unequals cannot be treated equally,” the judge had observed in his verdict.

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எம்பிபிஎஸ், பிடிஎஸ் கலந்தாய்வு: அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளில் 70% இடங்கள் நிரம்பின

By DIN | Published on : 11th July 2019 03:15 AM

எம்பிபிஎஸ், பிடிஎஸ் படிப்புகளுக்கான பொதுக் கலந்தாய்வின் இரண்டாம் நாள் முடிவில் 70 சதவீதத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி இடங்கள் நிரம்பின.

சென்னை மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி, ஸ்டான்லி, கீழ்ப்பாக்கம், ஓமந்தூரார், கோவை, வேலூர், தஞ்சாவூர், மதுரை, தேனி, திருச்சி, திருநெல்வேலி, செங்கல்பட்டு, கன்னியாகுமரி, தூத்துக்குடி உள்ளிட்ட மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளில் ஏறத்தாழ அனைத்து இடங்களும் நிரம்பின.
எஸ்சி, எஸ்டி பிரிவில் மட்டுமே ஒரு சில இடங்கள் அங்கு உள்ளன. அடுத்த ஓரிரு நாள்களுக்குள் தமிழகத்தின் அனைத்து அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளிலும் உள்ள மொத்த இடங்களும் நிரம்பிவிடும் எனத் தெரிகிறது.

தமிழகத்தில் அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளிலும், தனியார் கல்லூரிகளிலும் அரசு ஒதுக்கீட்டுக்கென 3,968 எம்பிபிஎஸ் இடங்கள் உள்ளன. அதேபோன்று பல் மருத்துவத்துக்கான பிடிஎஸ் படிப்புகளுக்கு 1,070 இடங்கள் உள்ளன.
நிர்வாக ஒதுக்கீட்டை எடுத்துக் கொண்டால் தனியார் கல்லூரிகளில் மொத்தம் 852 எம்பிபிஎஸ் இடங்களும், 690 பிடிஎஸ் இடங்களும் இருக்கின்றன. 

அந்த இடங்களுக்கான மாணவர் சேர்க்கை கலந்தாய்வு கடந்த திங்கள்கிழமை தொடங்கியது. அன்றைய தினம் மாற்றுத் திறனாளிகள், விளையாட்டு வீரர்கள் உள்ளிட்ட சிறப்புப் பிரிவினர் 48 பேருக்கு இடங்கள் ஒதுக்கப்பட்டன. அதைத் தொடர்ந்து செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை நடைபெற்ற பொதுக் கலந்தாய்வில் 977 பேருக்கு இடங்கள் ஒதுக்கீடு செய்யப்பட்டன.

இந்தச் சூழலில், புதன்கிழமையன்று கலந்தாய்வில் பங்கேற்க 1,487 பேருக்கு அழைப்பு விடுக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது. அவர்களில் தமிழகத்தில் குடியேறிய வெளிமாநிலத்தவர் சிலரும் அடங்குவர். அவர்களில் சிலருக்கு தமிழகத்தில் வசித்து வருவதற்கான பூர்வீகச் சான்று இல்லை எனத் தெரிகிறது.

இதனால், அவர்களுக்கு கலந்தாய்வில் பங்கேற்க அனுமதி அளிக்கப்படவில்லை. இதையடுத்து, சம்பந்தப்பட்ட மாணவர்களும், அவர்களது பெற்றோரும் மருத்துவக் கல்வி இயக்கக அதிகாரிகளுடன் வாக்குவாதத்தில் ஈடுபட்டதைக் காண முடிந்தது.

இதனிடையே, மற்ற மாணவர்களுக்கான கலந்தாய்வு வழக்கம் போல நடைபெற்றது. செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை மாலை நிலவரப்படி, 23 அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளில் பெரும்பாலானவற்றில் இதர வகுப்பினர், பிற்படுத்தப்பட்ட வகுப்பினர், மிகவும் பிற்படுத்தப்பட்ட வகுப்பினருக்கான இடங்கள் அனைத்தும் நிரம்பின. எம்பிபிஎஸ், பிடிஎஸ் படிப்புகளுக்கான கலந்தாய்வு வரும் 13ம் தேதி வரை நடைபெறுகிறது. வியாழக்கிழமை நடைபெறும் கலந்தாய்வில் பங்கேற்குமாறு 1,982 பேருக்கு அழைப்புக் கடிதம் அனுப்பப்பட்டுள்ளது.

முதுமை எழுப்பும் சவால்!

By ஆசிரியர் | Published on : 11th July 2019 01:30 AM |

சமீபத்தில் வெளியிடப்பட்டிருக்கும் பொருளாதார ஆய்வறிக்கை, மக்கள்தொகை அடிப்படையிலான புதியதொரு போக்கைப் பதிவு செய்கிறது. ஒருபுறம் இளைஞர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை அதிகரித்து வருவதுபோல, இன்னொருபுறம் முதியோரின் எண்ணிக்கையும் அதிகரித்து வருகிறது என்பதுதான் பொருளாதார ஆய்வறிக்கை வழங்கும் தகவல்.
இந்தியாவின் மக்கள்தொகையில் ஏறத்தாழ மூன்றில் இரண்டு பகுதியினர் சுமார் முப்பது வயதுக்கும் கீழே உள்ளவர்கள் என்றால், முதியோரின் எண்ணிக்கையும் வேகமாக அதிகரித்து வருவது தெரியவந்திருக்கிறது. 2011 மக்கள்தொகைக் கணக்கெடுப்பின்படி 8.6%-ஆக இருந்த முதியோரின் விகிதம், 2041-க்குள் 25%-ஆக அதிகரிக்கக்கூடும் என்று பொருளாதார ஆய்வறிக்கை எச்சரிக்கிறது. அப்படி அதிகரிக்கும் நிலையில், அதற்குத் தகுந்தாற்போல ஆட்சியாளர்கள் திட்டமிட்டாக வேண்டும்.
மக்கள்தொகைப் பெருக்கத்தைக் கட்டுப்படுத்துவதும், ஆயுளை நீட்டிப்பதும் சாதனைகள்தான். ஆனால், இந்தச் சாதனைகள் புதிதாகப் பல பிரச்னைகளையும் சவால்களையும் எழுப்பும் என்பதையும் நாம் கவனத்தில் கொண்டாக வேண்டும்.

இந்தியாவில் தனிமனித சராசரி ஆயுள்காலம் 50 வயதையொட்டி இருந்த காலம் எப்போதோ மலையேறிவிட்டது. அறுபதைக் கடந்து எழுபதையும் தாண்டிப் பலரும் முதுமையிலும் இளமையாக வலம்வரும் நிலைமையை நாம் அடைந்திருக்கிறோம் என்பது மிகப் பெரிய சாதனை. அதற்கேற்றாற்போல, ஓய்வு பெறும் வயதையும் அதிகரித்தாக வேண்டும். ஓய்வு பெறும் வயதை அதிகரிக்கும்போது, போதுமான மருத்துவ வசதிகள், முதியோர் பாதுகாப்பு, ஓய்வூதியம், சமூகப் பாதுகாப்பு உள்ளிட்ட ஓய்வுகாலப் பயன்களை அதிகரிப்பதும் அவசியமாகிறது.

இந்தியாவைப் பொருத்தவரை, நகரங்களைவிட கிராமப்புறங்களில் வாழும் முதியோரின் நிலைமை பல விதத்திலும் பாதுகாப்பானதாக இருப்பதாகப் புள்ளிவிவரங்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன. போதுமான நவீன மருத்துவ வசதிகள் கிராமப்புற முதியோருக்குக் கிடைப்பதில்லை என்கிற குறையைத் தவிர, அவர்களில் 75% பேர் பாதுகாப்பாகவும், தங்கள் உறவினர்களால் மரியாதையுடன் பேணப்பட்டும் வாழ்கிறார்கள் என்று தெரிகிறது.
இந்திய நகரங்களில் வாழும் முதியோரில், ஆறு பேரில் ஒருவர் போதுமான ஊட்டச்சத்தோ, தேவைக்கேற்ற உணவோ பெறுவதில்லை. மூன்று பேரில் ஒருவர் போதுமான மருத்துவ வசதி இல்லாமலும், தேவைக்கேற்ற மருந்துகள் பெறாமலும் இருக்கிறார்கள். இரண்டு பேரில் ஒருவர் குடும்பத்தினராலும், சுற்றத்தினராலும் மரியாதையுடனும் கெளரவத்துடனும் நடத்தப்படுவதில்லை. இவை பத்துக்கும் மேற்பட்ட ஆய்வுகளிலிருந்து திரட்டப்பட்ட புள்ளிவிவரங்கள்.

நகரமயமாக்கலின் காரணமாக, அதிக அளவில் மகளிர் பணிக்குச் செல்லும் சூழல் அதிகரித்துக் கொண்டே இருக்கிறது. அதனால் ஏற்படும் மிக முக்கியமான பாதிப்பு, கூட்டுக் குடும்ப முறை அருகி வருவது என்கிறார்கள் சமூகவியலாளர்கள். தங்களது வாழ்க்கையின் பெரும்பாலான பகுதியைத் தங்களுடைய குழந்தைகளுக்காக உழைத்து ஓய்ந்து போயிருக்கும் முதியோரில் பெரும்பாலோர் கூட்டுக் குடும்பச் சூழலில் பிறந்து வளர்ந்தவர்கள். அவர்களால் தங்களது வயோதிகத்தில் தனிமை வாழ்க்கை வாழ முடிவதில்லை. தாங்கள் தனிமைப்படுத்தப்பட்டு, தேவையற்றவர்களாகி விட்டிருப்பதாக நினைத்து வேதனையில் வயோதிகத்தைக் கழிக்கிறார்கள்.

இன்னோர் ஆய்வு தரும் அதிர்ச்சித் தகவல் இது. இந்திய நகரங்களில் பத்து வயோதிகத் தம்பதியரில் ஆறு தம்பதிகள் தங்களுடைய குழந்தைகளால் வெளியேற்றப்பட்டு அல்லது புறக்கணிக்கப்பட்டு, தனித்து வாழ வேண்டிய நிர்ப்பந்தத்துக்கு ஆளாகிறார்கள். குழந்தைகளின் படிப்புக்காகவும், திருமணத்துக்காகவும் தங்களது உழைப்பையும், சேமிப்பையும் கரைத்துவிட்ட நிலையில், முதுமையில் எல்லா நம்பிக்கையையும் இழந்து புகலிடம் இல்லாத நிலைமைக்கு அவர்கள் தள்ளப்படுகிறார்கள். வேடிக்கை என்னவென்றால், அவர்களில் ஒருவர்கூட தங்களுடைய குழந்தைகளைக் குற்றப்படுத்தவோ, குறைகூறவோ தயாராக இல்லை என்பதுதான்.
மேலைநாடுகளைப்போல, 18 வயதானால் குழந்தைகள் வீட்டிலிருந்து வெளியேறித் தங்களைத் தாங்களே பார்த்துக் கொள்ளும் பழக்கம் இந்தியாவில் இல்லை. தங்களது படிப்பு முடித்து, திருமணமாவது வரையிலும்கூடப் பெற்றோரின் பராமரிப்பில்தான் பெரும்பாலான குழந்தைகளின் வாழ்க்கை கழிகிறது. அதுவரையில், அவர்களது எல்லா வசதிகளையும், தேவைகளையும், ஆசைகளையும் பெற்றோர் நிறைவேற்றித் தருகிறார்கள். அதே அளவிலான பாசத்தையும் பரிவையும் வயதான காலத்தில் பெற்றோருக்கு அந்தக் குழந்தைகள் காட்டுவதில்லை.
கால மாற்றத்தையும் சமுதாய மாற்றத்தையும் தவிர்த்துவிட முடியாது. மேலைநாட்டுக் கலாசாரத்தை நோக்கி இந்திய சமுதாயம் நகர்ந்து கொண்டிருக்கிறது. தாய்மொழிக் கல்வி கற்றுத்தந்த பண்பாட்டுக் கூறுகள் இல்லாத, பொருளாதாரம் சார்ந்த ஆங்கிலக் கல்வியை ஏற்றுக் கொண்டதன் விளைவை நாம் எதிர்கொண்டாக வேண்டும்.

இந்தியர்களின் ஆயுள்காலம் அதிகரித்து வருவதால் முதியோர் எண்ணிக்கையும் அதிகரித்து வருகிறது. மனிதவள மேம்பாட்டுத் துறையும், மகளிர் நல மேம்பாட்டுத் துறையும், பிற்படுத்தப்பட்டோர் நல மேம்பாட்டுத் துறையும், மகளிர் - குழந்தைகள் நல மேம்பாட்டுத் துறையும் போல, முதியோர் நலம் பேணவும், அதிகரித்து வரும் முதியோர் பிரச்னையை எதிர்கொள்ளவும் முதியோர் நல மேம்பாட்டுத் துறை மத்திய அரசிலும், மாநில அரசுகளிலும் ஏற்படுத்தப்பட வேண்டிய கட்டாயம் எழுந்திருக்கிறது. இந்தப் பிரச்னைக்கு முதியோர் இல்லங்கள் அல்ல தீர்வு!

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Added : ஜூலை 10, 2019 21:41

சென்னை : முற்பட்ட வகுப்பினருக்கு, 10 சதவீத ஒதுக்கீடு வழங்குவதை, இந்த கல்வியாண்டில் அமல்படுத்துவதில், பல்வேறு நடைமுறை சிக்கல்கள் இருப்பதாக, சுகாதாரத்துறை அதிகாரிகள் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.

முற்பட்ட வகுப்பினரில், பொருளாதாரத்தில் பின்தங்கியோருக்கு, 10 சதவீத இட ஒதுக்கீடு அளிக்கும் திட்டத்தை, மத்திய அரசு முன் வைத்துள்ளது. இதை, தற்போது நடைபெறும், எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., - பி.டி.எஸ்., படிப்புக்கான சேர்க்கையில் அமல்படுத்த, தீர்மானிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.இதற்கான திட்ட அறிக்கையை, அனைத்து மாநிலங்களுக்கும், இந்திய மருத்துவ கவுன்சிலான, எம்.சி.ஐ., அனுப்பியுள்ளது. இந்த அறிக்கையின் விபரங்கள் குறித்து, அனைத்து கட்சிகளின் கூட்டம், துணை முதல்வர், பன்னீர்செல்வம் தலைமையில், தலைமை செயலகத்தில், நேற்று முன்தினம் நடந்தது. இதில், தி.மு.க., உள்ளிட்ட, 16 கட்சிகள் எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவித்தன; அ.தி.மு.க., - பா.ஜ., உள்ளிட்ட ஐந்து கட்சிகள், ஆதரவு தெரிவித்துள்ளன. சட்ட வல்லுனர்களுடன் பேசி, முடிவை அறிவிப்பதாக, துணை முதல்வர் தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

இந்நிலையில், எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., - பி.டி.எஸ்., படிப்பிற்கான முதற்கட்ட கவுன்சிலிங் நடந்து வரும் நிலையில், முற்பட்ட வகுப்பினருக்கான, 10 சதவீத ஒதுக்கீட்டை அமல்படுத்துவதில், நடைமுறை சிக்கல் இருப்பதாக கூறப்படுகிறது. இது குறித்து, சுகாதாரத்துறை அதிகாரிகள் கூறியதாவது : இந்தியாவில், அனைத்து மாநிலங்களும், முற்பட்ட வகுப்பினருக்கு, 10 சதவீத ஒதுக்கீடு அளிக்கும் திட்டத்திற்கு அனுமதி அளித்துள்ளன. இதை, தமிழகம், கர்நாடகம், புதுச்சேரி மாநிலங்கள் ஏற்கவில்லை. 10 சதவீத ஒதுக்கீட்டை தமிழக அரசு ஏற்றால், கூடுதலாக, 1,000 எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., - பி.டி.எஸ்., இடங்கள் கிடைக்கும். இதில், 450க்கும் மேற்பட்ட இடங்கள் மட்டுமே, ஒதுக்கீட்டிற்கு செல்லும். மீதமுள்ள இடங்கள், ஏற்கனவே உள்ள, இட ஒதுக்கீட்டில் சேர்க்கப்படும். மேலும், 31 சதவீத பொதுப்பிரிவில் தான், முற்பட்டோருக்கு, 10 சதவீதம் இட ஒதுக்கீடு அளிக்கப்பட உள்ளது. எனவே, ஏற்கனவே உள்ள, 69 சதவீத ஒதுக்கீட்டில் பாதிப்பு ஏற்படாது. ஆயினும், நடப்பு கவுன்சிலிங்கில், ஒதுக்கீட்டை அமல்படுத்துவதில், பல்வேறு நடைமுறை சிக்கல்கள் உள்ளன. குறிப்பாக, பொதுப் பிரிவினருக்கான நேற்றைய கவுன்சிலிங்கில், 'நீட்' தேர்வில், 650 மதிப்பெண் பெற்ற, முற்பட்ட வகுப்பைச் சேர்ந்த மாணவர், சென்னை மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரியில் இடம் கிடைக்காமல், ஸ்டான்லி மருத்துவக் கல்லுாரியை தேர்ந்தெடுத்தார். அதே நிலையில், 600 மதிப்பெண் பெற்ற, பிற்படுத்தப்பட்ட வகுப்பை சேர்ந்த மாணவர், இட ஒதுக்கீடு அடிப்படையில், சென்னை மருத்துவ கல்லுாரியை தேர்ந்தெடுத்தார். இதுபோன்ற நிலையில், 10 சதவீத ஒதுக்கீடு அமல்படுத்தப்பட்டால், ஒதுக்கீட்டில் இடம் கிடைக்காத மாணவன், சென்னை மருத்துவ கல்லுாரியை கேட்டு, நீதிமன்றத்தில் வழக்கு தொடர வாய்ப்புள்ளது. இதுபோன்ற பல்வேறு சிக்கல்களை ஆராய்ந்து வருகிறோம். எனவே, இந்த கல்வியாண்டில், ஒதுக்கீடு அமல்படுத்துவதில் சிக்கல் நீடிக்கிறது. ஆனாலும், இறுதி முடிவை, தமிழக அரசு, ஓரிரு நாட்களில் அறிவிக்கும். இவ்வாறு அவர்கள் கூறினர்.

பல கோடி நிதியை வீணடித்த அண்ணா பல்கலை

Added : ஜூலை 11, 2019 01:14

சென்னை : அண்ணா பல்கலையில் பணி நியமனம், நிர்வாக பணிகளை மேற்கொண்டதில் உச்சபட்ச விதி மீறல்கள் கண்டறியப்பட்டுள்ளன. பல்கலைக்கு சொந்தமான கட்டடத்திற்கு வாடகை வசூலிக்காமல் பல லட்சம் ரூபாய் இழப்பையும் பல்கலை நிர்வாகம் ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது.

சென்னை அண்ணா பல்கலையில் பேராசிரியர்களுக்கு சம்பளம் மற்றும் நிர்வாக செலவுக்கு நிதி தட்டுப்பாடு இருப்பதாக துணை வேந்தர் சுரப்பா தெரிவித்தார். இதனால் கல்வி கட்டணத்தை 35 சதவீதத்துக்கும் மேல் உயர்த்த பல்கலை நிர்வாகம் முடிவு செய்தது. இதற்கு எதிர்ப்புகள் எழுந்தபோதும் கல்வி கட்டணத்தை உயர்த்தியே ஆக வேண்டும் என துணை வேந்தர் சுரப்பா உறுதியான முடிவு எடுத்தார். ஆனால் அண்ணா பல்கலையின் சொத்துகளை வாடகைக்கு விட்டதில் பல லட்சம் ரூபாயை வேண்டுமென்றே இழந்தது அம்பலமாகியுள்ளது.

அண்ணா பல்கலையின் நிர்வாகம் தொடர்பான 2014 - 15ம் நிதி ஆண்டின் கணக்கு தணிக்கை அறிக்கை நேற்று சட்டசபையில் தாக்கல் செய்யப்பட்டது. இதில் அண்ணா பல்கலையின் நிர்வாக குளறுபடிகளும் லட்சக்கணக்கான பணத்தை சரியாக வசூலிக்காமல் வீண் விரையம் செய்திருப்பதும் அம்பலமாகியுள்ளது. பல்கலை வளாகத்தில் உள்ள ஸ்டேட் வங்கி, கனரா வங்கி, இந்தியன் வங்கி போன்றவற்றுக்கு மிக குறைந்த கட்டணமே வாடகையாக வசூலித்து வருவதும் தெரிந்தது. அதுவும் தற்போதைய நிலையில் பல்கலை வளாகத்தில் உள்ள கட்டடங்களுக்கு எவ்வளவு கட்டணம் வசூலிக்க வேண்டும் என பல்கலை நிர்வாகம் முடிவு செய்திருந்தது.

ஆனால் சில கட்டடங்களுக்கு வாடகையை வசூல் செய்யாமல் விட்டதால் நிர்வாகத்திற்கு பண நெருக்கடி ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. அதேபோல் பணியாளர்கள் முதல் பேராசிரியர்கள் வரை யு.ஜி.சி. எனும் பல்கலை மானிய குழு நிர்ணயித்த கல்வி தகுதிகளை பின்பற்றாமல் 100 பேர் வரை விதியை மீறி நியமிக்கப்பட்டதும் தெரியவந்துள்ளது. மேலும் விதி மீறிய நியமனத்தால் பேராசிரியர்களுக்கு 4.91 கோடி ரூபாயும் ஆசிரியர் அல்லாத பணியாளர்களுக்கு 4.74 கோடி ரூபாயும் தகுதியில்லாமல் செலவு செய்துள்ளதாக தணிக்கை துறை கண்டித்துள்ளது.

கீழே கிடந்த பணத்தை ஒப்படைக்க முயற்சி: நேர்மையான முதியவருக்கு வந்த சோதனை

Added : ஜூலை 11, 2019 07:51




அம்பத்துார்: ஏ.டி.எம்.,மில், கீழே கிடந்த பணத்தை, உரியவரிடம் ஒப்படைக்க, நேர்மையான முதியவர், 10 நாட்களாக போராடி வருகிறார்.

அம்பத்துார் அடுத்த அயப்பாக்கம், வீட்டுவசதி வாரிய குடியிருப்பைச் சேர்ந்தவர், ராமசந்திரன், 58; ஓய்வு பெற்ற தனியார் நிறுவன ஊழியர்.அவர், 1ம் தேதி இரவு, 7:00 மணி அளவில், திருவேற்காடு சாலையில், எச்.டி.எப்.சி., வங்கி கிளை, ஏ.டி.எம்., சென்றார்.

அலட்சியம்

அப்போது, உள்ளே, 10 ஆயிரம் ரூபாய், கீழே கிடந்தது. அதை எடுத்த அவர், பணத்தை தவற விட்டவர்கள், தேடி வருகின்றனரா என, 30 நிமிடம் காத்திருந்தார்.யாரும் வரவில்லை. வீட்டிற்கு சென்றார். தன் நண்பரிடம், பணத்தை, எப்படி உரியவரிடம் சேர்ப்பது என, ஆலோசித்தார்.சம்பந்தப்பட்ட வங்கி கிளையில், பணத்தை ஒப்படைத்து, வங்கி மேலாளர் மூலம், அதற்கான சான்றை பெற்றுக்கொள்ள, முகப்பேரில் உள்ள வங்கி கிளைக்கு சென்றார். அங்குள்ள மேலாளரிடம், பணத்தை ஒப்படைப்பதற்கான கடிதம் கொடுத்தார்.ஆனால், அங்கிருந்த பெண் அதிகாரி, 'பணத்தை கொடுத்து விட்டு செல்லுங்கள். அதை, பெற்றுக் கொண்டதற்கான சான்று எதுவும் அளிக்க முடியாது' என, அலட்சியமாக கூறியிருக்கிறார்.இதையடுத்து, ராமச்சந்திரன், வடபழனியில் உள்ள, அந்த வங்கியின், ஏ.டி.எம்., செயல்பாடு ஒருங்கிணைப்பு அதிகாரியிடம் தகவல் தெரிவித்தார்.

அவர், 'ஏ.டி.எம்., கார்டு தொடர்பான, புகார் மட்டுமே பெற முடியும். பணம் என்பதால், நீங்கள் வங்கி அதிகாரியிடம் தெரிவியுங்கள்' என, பதில் அளித்தார்.

சான்று

உடல் நலம் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட நிலையில், கீழே கிடந்த பணத்தை, உரியவரிடம் சேர்க்க முயன்ற ராமச்சந்திரன், அங்கும், இங்குமாக அலைகழிக்கப்பட்டார்.

இறுதியில், நேற்று முன்தினம், ஜெ.ஜெ., நகர் போலீசில், வங்கி மேலாளரின் அலட்சியம் குறித்து, புகார் செய்தார்.இன்ஸ்பெக்டர் சுரேந்தர், வங்கி பெண் அதிகாரியிடம், 'பணத்தை பெற்றுக்கொண்டு அதற்கான சான்று கொடுங்கள்' என்று, வலியுறுத்தினார்.அப்போதும், வங்கி மேலாளர் மறுத்தார். இதையடுத்து, ராமசந்திரனிடம், இன்ஸ்பெக்டர், புகாரை பெற்றுக்கொண்டு, 'பணத்தை நீங்களே பாதுகாப்பாக வைத்திருங்கள். நாங்கள், இது குறித்து, சம்பந்தப்பட்ட வங்கி நிர்வாகத்திடம், தெரிவிக்கிறோம். 

'வங்கி அதிகாரிகள், உங்களை தொடர்பு கொண்டு, முறையாக பணத்தை பெற்றுக்கொள்வர்' என, கூறி உள்ளார்.பணத்தை தவறவிட்டவர்கள், ஜெ.ஜெ., நகர் போலீஸ் இன்ஸ்பெக்டர், சுரேந்தரை, 94981 29333 என்ற எண்ணில் அழைத்தால், விசாரணைக்கு பின், பணத்தை பெற்றுக்கொள்ளலாம் என, அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

சம்பந்தப்பட்டவர், எந்த சூழலில், இந்த பணத்தை தவற விட்டு, கஷ்டப்படுகிறாரோ தெரியவில்லை. இதை, உரியவரிடம் ஒப்படைத்தால் தான், என் மனம் நிம்மதி அடையும். ஆனால், வங்கி அதிகாரிகள், எனக்கு சரியான வழிமுறையை தெரிவிக்காமல், அலட்சியமாக நடந்து கொண்டனர். இதனால், மன வருத்தம் அடைந்தேன். வி.ராமசந்திரன், 58, அயப்பாக்கம்

இன்ஸ்பெக்டருக்கு, 'சபாஷ்!'

முகப்பேர், பச்சையப்பன் சாலையில், இந்தியன்வங்கி ஏ.டி.எம்., உள்ளது. இரு மாதத்திற்கு முன், இரவில், கோளாறு காரணமாக, பணம் இருந்த இயந்திரத்தில் இருந்து, 100, 200, 500 ரூபாய் நோட்டுகளாக, மொத்தம், 10,000 ரூபாய் வெளிவந்தது. அதை அங்குள்ள சிலர் எடுத்தனர். தகவல் அறிந்த, ஜெ.ஜெ., நகர் போலீஸ் இன்ஸ்பெக்டர் சுரேந்தர், போலீசாருடன், அங்கு சென்றார். அங்கிருந்தவர்களிடம் இருந்து, பணத்தை பறிமுதல் செய்து, வங்கி மேலாளருக்கு தகவல் தெரிவித்து, பணத்தை ஒப்படைத்தார்.

நடைமுறை எதுவும் இல்லையாம்!

'ஏ.டி.எம்., மையத்தில், ஒருவர் தவறவிட்ட பணத்தை, நம்பிக்கை அடிப்படையில் தான் வங்கியில் ஒப்படைக்க வேண்டும். நிலையான நடைமுறைகள் ஏதும் இல்லை' என, வங்கி அதிகாரிகள் தெரிவித்தனர்.

இது குறித்து, வங்கி அதிகாரிகள் கூறியதாவது:ஏ.டி.எம்., மையத்தில் தவறவிடும் பொருட்களை, நம்பிக்கை அடிப்படையில் தான், எடுத்தவர், வங்கியில் ஒப்படைக்க வேண்டும். இது தவிர, நிலையான நடைமுறைகள் என, ஏதும் இல்லை.கடிதம் எழுதிக் கொடுத்து, அதை பெற்றுக் கொள்ளலாம். இவையனைத்தும், சம்பந்தப்பட்ட வங்கி மேலாளரை பொறுத்தே உள்ளது. மேலும், கண்காணிப்பு கேமராவை பார்த்தும், தவறவிட்ட நபரிடம், உரிய ஆதாரங்களை பெற்று, அவரிடம் பணத்தை ஒப்படைக்கலாம். இதற்கென தனி நடைமுறைகள் வங்கியில் கிடையாது.இவ்வாறு, அவர்கள் கூறினர்.