இனி பணம் எடுக்க கட்டுப்பாடு இல்லை

புதுடில்லி : கடந்த சில நாட்களுக்கு முன் ரிசர்வ் வங்கி வெளியிட்ட அறிவிப்பின்படி வங்கிகள் மற்றும் ஏடிஎம்.,களில் பணம் எடுப்பதற்கான கட்டுப்பாடுகள் இன்றுடன் நீங்குகின்றன.

நீங்கியது கட்டுப்பாடு 

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நவம்பர் 8 ம் தேதி பழைய ரூ.500, 1,000 நோட்டுக்களை வாபஸ் பெறுவதாக பிரதமர் மோடி அறிவித்தார். இதன் பிறகு பண தட்டுப்பாட்டை குறைப்பதற்காக, வங்கிகள் மற்றும் ஏடிஎம்.,களில் பணம் எடுக்க ரிசர்வ் வங்கி பல கட்டுப்பாடுகளை விதித்திருந்தது. பிறகு புதிய ரூ.500 மற்றும் 2,000 நோட்டுக்களை அறிமுகப்படுத்தியது.

இதனால் பணத்தட்டுப்பாடு குறைய துவங்கியதை அடுத்து, பணம் எடுப்பதற்கான கட்டுப்பாடுகள் படிப்படியாக தளர்த்தப்பட்டன. ஜனவரி மாதம் வெளியிட்ட அறிவிப்பில், பிப்ரவரி 20ம் தேதி முதல் பணம் எடுப்பதற்கான உச்சவரம்பு ரூ.24,000 லிருந்து ரூ.50,000 ஆக உயர்த்தப்படும் எனவும், மார்ச் 13 ம் தேதியிலிருந்து பணம் எடுப்பதற்கான கட்டுப்பாடுகள் முழுவதுமாக நீக்கப்படும் எனவும் ரிசர்வ் வங்கி கூறியிருந்தது. 

இதனால் இன்று முதல் வங்கி மற்றும் ஏடிஎம்.,களில் பணம் எடுப்பதற்கு விதிக்கப்பட்டிருந்த கட்டுப்பாடுகள் முழுவதுமாக நீக்கப்படுகின்றன. இருப்பினும் பணத்தட்டுப்பாடு முற்றிலுமாக சரியாக இன்னும் சில நாட்கள் ஆகும் என ரிசர்வ் வங்கி அதிகாரிகள் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.

RTI appeal in Tamil Nadu can be filed online soon

By Venkatesan Parthasarathy  |  Express News Service  |   Published: 12th March 2017 04:33 AM  |  

Last Updated: 12th March 2017 04:33 AM

CHENNAI: Filing of appeals with the Tamil Nadu Information Commission under the RTI Act is to be made easy soon. On the lines of the facility available with the Central Information Commission (CIC), appeals can be registered online. Also, complaints against officials even after the State commission has passed an order can be registered through the portal. 

The online portal expected to be made available for users by this year end, is currently being developed by the National Informatics Centre.

Under the RTI Act, if a person who has submitted an RTI application is aggrieved that there is no response, unsatisfactory reply or incorrect information, he or she can lodge their first appeal with the first appellate authority. If again, there is unsatisfactory response, there is a provision to approach the State Information Commission.

On an average, the Tamil Nadu Information Commission, with its office at T Nagar, receives 50 appeals a day. 

As much as 80 per cent of those appeals are from outstations and are posted to the commission. There are also instances of petitioners coming to the commission from faraway places just to file an appeal in person. It is in this regard, the proposed online facility would help users. 

According to a senior official in the commission, the online facility figures in the Tamil Nadu Innovative Initiative, launched in 2014 by former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, to encourage innovative approaches in governance. Nearly `30 lakh was sanctioned for the purpose. 

“The project is being handled by the National Informatics Centre and its launch is very much possible by the year end,” the official said.

He also spoke about a proposal to include the service in all e-seva centres across the State. By enabling this online provision, the official said it will become easy to maintain a database and more significantly, eliminate manual data entry, which at times becomes challenging due to illegible handwriting of petitioners.

There are also plans to send e-mail and SMS based alerts to the appellants about the status of their appeals. Information about the date of hearing as well as disposal of cases will be communicated. Currently, they are informed only about the registration of appeals.

Karnataka medical students want common counselling

By Express News Service  |   Published: 05th March 2017 04:16 AM  |  

Last Updated: 05th March 2017 04:16 AM  

BENGALURU: Hundreds of post-graduate medical seat aspirants for the academic year 2017-18 staged a protest during document verification by Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) on Saturday demanding common counselling.

The protesters wanted single counselling for seats at all the colleges, including medical, dental and PG diploma seats even in deemed universities. 

According to the candidates, though the Union government has implemented NEET and abolished multiple admission tests, private colleges and deemed universities are exploiting students by holding multiple counselling.

They urged the state government to hold talks with COMEDK and ensure single admission counselling this year.

The students also urged the government to make seven years domicile as mandatory to be eligible for selection of PG seats under the state quota. They alleged that under the existing rules, students who clear MBBS/ BDS courses in the state are eligible to get state quota seats at PG level even if they are from other states.

Common counselling for seats after NEET

By Sinduja Jane  |  Express News Service  |   Published: 13th March 2017 02:15 AM  |  

Last Updated: 13th March 2017 03:41 AM  |  

CHENNAI: Admissions to all medical colleges, including private and deemed universities, will be conducted through a State-level common counselling on merit based on the marks obtained by aspirants in the National Eligibility-cum- Entrance Test.

A notification dated March 10 by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has made it mandatory for all State governments to conduct the common counselling for admission in MBBS and post graduate medical courses like MS and MD. This comes into effect from the coming academic year admissions. It means all Class 12 students passing out this year must appear for NEET, if they aspire to study MBBS in any college or deemed university in the State. There is still much opposition in Tamil Nadu over making NEET mandatory for medical admissions. But with few options left to legally challenge the Central government’s move, it seems taking NEET is now compulsory for MBBS aspirants.

“There shall be no exemption from the common counselling and all institutions, including private medical colleges/deemed universities shall be covered under it,” said a letter dated March 10 of a Union ministry official to Principal Secretaries of all State governments. While introduction of NEET is facing much political opposition, a section of experts welcome the common merit-based counselling and said this will end exorbitant fee for MBBS courses charged by private medical colleges and deemed universities. “This will put an end to sale of seats by private colleges.

Presently, private colleges arbitrarily fix the fees based on each student who approaches them for a seat. A common counselling will streamline the admission process and the fee,” said C V Bhirmanandam, Vice-President of Medical Council of India. He said the admissions in private medical colleges will also be based only on merit and private colleges will not be able to sell the seats.

L P Thangavel, past president of Tamil Nadu unit of the Indian Medical Association, said the common counselling was a welcome move and the best thing for the student community as it ensured merit-based admissions for all medical seats. While the common medical admissions may do away with donations and capitation fee that private colleges demand, he said governments should take steps to safeguard the interests of private colleges. “Fees must be fixed by the government for private colleges by taking into consideration the expenditures incurred by them,” said Thangavel.

However, the recent notification amending the two laws that govern admissions for MBBS and PG courses are silent on fees the medical colleges can collect. The Centre has made the amendments to the Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 1997 and the Post-Graduate Medical Education Regulation 2000, to make the State-level counselling compulsory. Admissions under the 15 per cent All India-quota in State government-run colleges will continue to be governed by Director-General of Health Services (DGHS), functioning under the Union Health Ministry, the letter said.

“So far, private medical colleges were not under the control of the government at all. The State government must implement this without delay,” said T Satva, who is aspiring to join a post-graduate medical course and hopes the new system will end the exorbitant fees collected by private colleges.

தோல்விக்கு அகிலேஷ் மட்டுமே காரணம் அல்ல! - முலாயம் சிங்

உத்தரப்பிரதேச மாநிலத்தில் நடந்த சட்டமன்றத் தேர்தலில் சமாஜ்வாடி- காங்கிரஸ் கூட்டணி தோல்வி அடைந்தது. இதுகுறித்து கருத்து தெரிவித்துள்ள முலாயம் சிங் யாதவ், "கட்சியின் தோல்விக்கு தனிநபர் யாரையும் குற்றம் சாட்டமுடியாது. தோல்விக்கு அனைவருமே பொறுப்பேற்க வேண்டும். நாங்கள் வாக்காளர்களை கவர தவறிவிட்டோம். பா.ஜ.க அதிகமான வாக்குறுதிகள் அளித்ததால் மக்கள் அவர்களுக்கு வாக்களித்து விட்டனர். அவர்கள் அதனை எப்படி நிறைவேற்றுகிறார்கள் என்பதனைப் பொறுத்திருந்து பார்ப்போம்" என்றார்.

MCI nod for common counselling

The Medical Council of India has decided to have a common counselling for all postgraduate seats in all medical education institutions in the country. This includes State and Central government-run colleges, private medical colleges, deemed and private universities. The admission would be based on the merit list of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test.

Through a gazette notification, the council has added another clause to Regulation 9. By Regulation 9A, “There shall be a common counselling for admission to all postgraduate courses (Diploma/MD/MS/DM/M.Ch) in all medical educational institutions on the basis of merit list” of NEET.

Also, the designated authority for counselling for the 50% All India Quota seats of the contributing States shall be conducted by the Directorate General of Health Services, reads the notification, signed by Reena Nayyar, secretary in-charge of MCI. The notification, dated March 10, has made additions to Regulation 9 of the Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000. The amended regulation will henceforth be called Postgraduate Medical Education (amendment) Regulations 2017, and comes into force from Sunday.

Emergency medical care card launched

MedIndia Hospitals has introduced an emergency medical care card that people can carry in their wallet all the time. T.S. Chandrasekar, chairman of MedIndia Hospitals Research and Training Institute, launched the card on Sunday at the hospital’s continuing medical education programme.

Dr. Chandrasekar said such cards are helpful especially when a patient travels unaccompanied and is brought unconscious to a hospital. The card includes details such as name, age, gender, blood group, mobile number, besides a list of common diseases. Those requesting such cards can approach the hospital, which will conduct a master health check-up at a concession and would provide the cards.

Diseases such as diabetes, blood pressure, heart, and liver, bleeding disorders, fits, asthma and allergies are listed and the patient’s condition is indicated in the card.

Indian Medical Association’s State president T.N. Ravishankar, who welcomed the initiative, suggested making it a swipe card through a public-private partnership programme to help the rural population access medical care in Primary Health Centres.

Madras Medical College’s Director of the Institute of Medical Gastroenterology A. Murali also spoke.