Sixth Pay Commission and Government organisations

The Sixth Pay Commission on Monday recommended a hefty increase in salaries of over four million central government employees.Do you think that increase is salaries will change the work culture in government organisations?

Busybee says: :D:D:D... it would help fuel inflation is what I can see. why should a better pay packet make a govt employee work hard or become incorruptible ? The govt shud reduce the work force.

Vamsi says: the recomemdations of the pay commission will come as a boon for the government employees ... but ... knowing the general mentality of the government employees ... i doubt whether their performance will improve ... corruption will remain the nasty pillar of governance in india ... but ... i foresee a huge influx of people wanting to get government jobs ... it would be nice if the government departments become more performance oriented ... now that the concerns of the employees are taken care of ... have i become overly optimistic ? lets see !

LP says: Only 50%? Too bad. Too little too late. G0ld is dearer by 250%. Reliance stock by 500%. Forex have surged from 1 Billion in 1991 to 333 billion in 2008 Index the sal8aries to gold price, reliance share price or forex reserves..:D

Niceguy251 says: I tried to post my comments about a week ago but o3 played it's tricks rejecting them " Abuses not allowed " even when there was nothing even resembling such words. There are three issues involved in this and I will take them up one by one. First: Will this hike eradicate or reduce corruption? Answer is NO. We need to overhaul the system and kill rootcause of this malady. Second : Will it increase efficiency? Again NO. For that we need to have right kind of people at top who lead by example and there should be NO interference from politicians. Thirdly : Should the pay structure of Govt employees be at par with Corporates? NO. You have to keep in mind the terms & conditions of service. Govt employees have pensionable service, liberal leave rules, medical facilities, subsidised housing and above all JOB SECURITY. There is no linkage of increments or retention with performance as in corporate service.

Happiness and Money

Money can buy happiness, but only if you spend it on someone else, researchers say. Do you think that this report will inspire people to spend money on others?

Ruggedboyz says: now if only we could take this researches seriously and start implementing on every thing found then the world would diffo be such a nice place and specially when today their is so much materialism that if we acquire one thing they are couple of others on the wish list always i doubt if people can grow so selfless today when u are set apart only if u have something the guy next to u doesnt posses

Lp53 says: Paaagal samja hei kya humkkkko?

Abx says:true spend money for other as it was said on my post # sponcer lunch/dinner :-)

Vamsi says: i would go with LP in this case ... no question of spending money on somebody else ... haa ... agar kuch log meri seva karna chahteh hai ... then i will allow them to spend money on me ! :-))

Virtualscorpio says: Its a state of mind. Earlier I got a lot of pleasure in recieving. Now I have realized the pleasure & happiness in giving. My conclusion, earn as much as u can, without a feeling of guilt, spend what u like on your self, yet, do eke out something to help others. It gives immence satisfaction to be of use to someone else, less previlaged.

Niceguy251 says: Don't you get a feeling of fulfilment when you see your partner satiated & happy when you do something for that - be it taking out for dinner, movie or giving an unexpected present or when you see joyful face of little one, your child, sibling or relation when you get something for him/her cherished by them? In a broader sense if you give happiness to someone and see all those happy around you it is bound to make you too feel happy.

National game -Hockey or Cricket

Eight-time Olympic champions in hockey India failed to qualify for the Olympics for the first time in 80 years.Do you think that Cricket should be made the national game ?

Vamsi says: i dont think Hockey will loose its status as the national sport of India ... and if someone tries to dislodge Hockey as the National Sport and place any other sport ... then if any other sport becomes popular in its place ... then what happens ? It should be remembered that Hockey is the first sport of Independent India which has brought laurels to India ... and just because Hockey is in dire straits at present doesnt mean that we should leave hockey ... Hockey is and will remain our national sport !

Busybee says: officially hockey may be the national game, but in truth it isnt. This however does not mean that we should mk cricket the national game.. The IHF should be cleaned up and let the game br prioritised now.. Actually Polo (I dont mean the mint with the hole.. :D:D:D...) should have been our national game, as it originated here.

Abx says:nothing official abt it ..........only controlled by facotr M

Ruggedboyz says: i still would like to maintain that hockey should be our national game, for hockey may not have the fan fare and the sponsors and the huge turnouts but it still the game which india once peaked and had once called the envy eye of the world all it needs today is heros for without the sachins and sauravs cricket to would have been a game without all the furore and the heroes come to the game when they are grounds facilities and the required backing however as a respectable nation in the world it is also not done that u change your national game as per where u excel and where u can defeat the world leaders of that game
Shaks says:firstly the law makers made certain rules for india which cant be broken and so rather then thinking of a change to cricket we should be thinking of developing the game of hockey secondly also the game we lead cant be the national game

Kaua says: in my view rather than making cricket the national game of our country efforts should be made twds developing hockey and not only coz its our national game but coz its a game which is played in india for yrs nw and we have had gr8 success in that sport as well in the past ..so mite as well work twds development

Sumandeeprana says: i don't think that cricket should be made national game. yes we can improve hockey.

LP53 says: A day at Santiago is not hockey is all about. Let us not despair. Success breeds arrogance and leads to failure. Let failure breed perseverance and lead to success.

Niceguy251 says: Cricket gained popularity due to extenssive media coverage and money involved.How often do we see hockey or for that matter even other games covered in that manner? We need to take an open minded look at causes of our failure in Hockey as well as other games. In olden days hockey was game of dribbling and if I am not mistaken Dhyan Chand was a wizard at carrying the ball all the way to opponent's goal dodging their defence. In one of the tournaments it was suggested that his hockey stick has glue to keep the ball stuck. It was checked and allegation found to be untrue. But thereafter hockey has been developed into a game of cross passes by European countries which we have not been able to properly assess & incorporate in our strategy for the game. And of course politics in our sports orgnisations is also to be blamed to a large extent. Polo was also originated in India so it should also be given it's rightful place apart from Hockey.

Mind reading machine and Mental privacy

Scientists have developed a computerised mind-reading technique which lets them accurately predict the images that people are looking at by using scanners to study brain activity.This is the first step in developing a mind reader, which is raising ethical questions about mental privacy.Do you think that mind reading machine may change the way we live?

Busybee says: They can scan only when u allow so no Q of loss of privacy. Its a good developemnt imo, to crack crime... could become more accurate than narco analysis.. it will even help to solve psychiatric pblms...

Lp53 says: will this be available for say $30 on grocery shelves? If not, not to worry; my wife won't get it...:D

Kaua says:Thats a good step...but i dont think it will change the way we live coz as bb rightly pointed out that it wont scan unless u allow

Vamsi says: people can make an attempt to find out what mind is thinking ...
but ... mind is an ocean ... and it can never be understood in all situations ...
for some situations ... may be the device can be useful ... but not for all situations ...
nothing wrong for people in trying to understand mind !

Vs says: The very thought scares me :((

Ruggedboyz says: I really wanna see if this technology develops and takes shape for where is the cloned human where is the mind reader and where is all this big talk taking the science to and really after the computer and cell phone and the internet their has hardly been anything that has changed the way we lived and that is been for a long long time so lets see if really something comes out or this hogwash is on

Shaks says: the first point is that the mind is uncontainable and one has infinte thoughts going on in onces mind thus u cant make a machint that can read the thoughts on in your mind also if they is true it will be used judiciously for required purposes and not making it a household item for daily use