The neighborhood of a dry state

This is not about the Mahatma’s dry state (Gujarat) where the liquor is widely smuggled and consumed in spite of the prohibitions and the state is the only loser as it does not get a single pie as revenue which may be used for health, education and for the infrastructural developments.

Gujarat shares its borders with many states and there is also a tiny little area called Daman (we are talking about) sandwiched between Maharashtra, Gujarat and the Arabian Sea. Daman is blessed with a rich and varied historical heritage and is an ideal place for tourists because of its people, affable climate, casuarinas wind breaks, tranquil seashores, heavenly beaches and moreover thanks to the excise policies of the state for easy and affordable availability of liquor as a bonus to make it a tourist heaven.

But the dry status of the neighboring state attracts the people of the surrounding areas to Daman at the weekends, who visit the place for fun, drinking at beaches and creating nuisance at the places. During the last visit I observed the people start coming early mornings and start their days with Whiskeys, Wine and beer. The similar situation remains at the seashores and beaches where everybody (including the women entrepreneurs of the commodities) is after you to provide the same.

It is the growth of the tourism, employment generation and the revenue for the state on the cost of the loss to the neighboring state or the retardation of the values and the rich heritage there on the beaches, the religious places, the invigorating combine silver talcum sands, stretches of lazy palms and the ancient monuments???

If you fail to plan you plan to fail

Back to the school days, we all were taught to outline first before written your papers and prepare like you are writing in finals. But we used to hate such practices and advices then.

The similar things are there when we are planning for our vacations or the assignments for our careers, its growth, businesses and the other related ones. This is not only to get the things done smoothly and to spare the time spent upon but it simply mean if you won’t plan out, it is the recipe for failing.

So going ahead and planning for success distinguish among your ultimate goal and the targets first. The target is a flexible term used which can be more than one steps achieving your ultimate goal. The targets may change over time and can be a bit ambitious but reasonable but if you plan smartly and execute your plans properly, it will allow you to deliver quickly and you can reap the rewards even much more quickly.

Be prepared to make the mistakes but learn from them. The failure is one of the greatest learning tools you can have and the mistakes are the wonderful teachers. Look deep at them and use them to do better next time.

At the same time you have to avoid the costly and disastrous mistakes, that is why we often take the advices from the seniors, experts or the successful business builders.

So know how to navigate the problems that could come up and plan smartly because~~~

“If you fail to plan – you are planning to fail”

BC Provincial Nominee Program and international students

In the era of globalization, an interesting development has been observed in international higher education regarding the increased use of the adjective ‘global’: global education, global competences, global citizenship, global engagement, global partnerships etc.

Where many EU countries are inviting the international student for higher studies on the “No tuition fee basis” and providing the funding and scholarship even and many countries are talking about the culture of togetherness for greater public spirit and interests.

Similarly almost all the ten provinces of Canada (i.e. Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan) offer the higher studies and thereafter the right of residence to attract the skilled labour to contribute for the great country.

Let us talk about the British Columbia this time where the Government officers from the BC Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) and Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) actively exploring the possibilities and guiding the international students interested in living and working in Canada permanently after graduation, about how to apply for Canadian permanent residency through BC PNP.

British Columbia is a great place to study. It has beautiful surroundings, interesting people and a mix of many cultures. Vancouver is an international port city on the Pacific Rim with convenient connections to the U.S. and Asia. Each year, thousands of students from around the world come to British Columbia to study.

You can obtain an internationally-recognized post-secondary credential, complete a high school diploma, learn English or get ready for a career while learning about us and enjoying everything we have to offer.

Visit the website for comprehensive information about international education and BC Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP)

http://www.welcomebc.ca/wbc/immigration/come/work/about/index.page

http://www.welcomebc.ca/wbc/immigration/come/work/about/strategic_occupations/student_pilot/who.page?

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/index.asp

Germany calling ~~~

When the Western countries are restricting, Germany is calling the highly qualified international migrants to enter its labour market.

Since August 2012, the labour market in Germany has been made even more attractive for highly qualified international migrants. It makes it easier to become established in the country under new EU Right of Residence act. In addition to this, the new Blue Card enables academics from abroad to live and work in Germany. University graduates from non-EU countries can also obtain this card. In professions where there is already a lack of qualified personnel and a Blue Card holders who have a sufficient command of German can obtain a permanent residence permit in Germany after just 21 months. The situation is also eased for family members who want to work here. The natural scientists, mathematicians, engineers, doctors and IT experts are in especially high demand in Germany.

In order to secure Germany’s base of qualified personnel in the long term, the Ministry of Economics and Technology and the Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs, as well as the Federal Employment Agency have launched the “Make it in Germany” initiative. The two Internet platforms

www.fachkräfte-offensive.de 

and

www.make-it-in-germany.com form the core of this campaign for qualified personnel.

EU Right of Residence~~~

There's good news for students, scientists, and researchers interested in studying and working in Germany. On April 27th, the Bundestag passed an act that will make studying and finding work in Germany easier. The Act Implementing the EU Directive on Entry and Residence of Highly Qualified Workers, as the new law is called, will allow foreign students more opportunities to work during their studies, as well as more time to search for employment once they have graduated.

Previously, foreign students were allowed to “odd-job” for 90 days each year, while the new act allows for 120 annually.  Once students have completed their studies, they are then allowed an 18-month window to seek employment, during which they can work an unlimited number of hours or days.  This limit was previously 12 months, and students had to have approval from the German Federal Employment Agency (BA) in order to work during that time.

“The new law opens up new opportunities in Germany for foreign students, scientists and researchers. It broadens the individual’s freedom of choice, e.g. to stay and work in Germany for a certain time or indefinitely. In the view of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), this individual freedom of choice is a key characteristic of an outward-looking and welcoming country.

EU Blue Card~~~

Germany's 'Blue Card initiative' to attract more highly qualified workers to Germany enters into effect on 1 August 2012. In addition to the Recognition Act, which facilitates the recognition of foreign professional credentials, several changes have been made to the German Residence Act in order to implement the European Union's Directive on Highly Qualified Workers.

The changes to Germany's Residence Act include regulations regarding the issuance of the new EU Blue Card - a residence permit intended for highly skilled third state nationals seeking employment in Germany. The new Residence Act also offers new benefits for foreign students and recent graduates of German universities.

So plan for ur studies and the new opportunities available onwards~~~~

Google Chrome Profile Could Not Be Opened Correctly Error

Sometimes at the time of opening Google Chrome using Windows XP, you receive a pop-up error message that says “Your profile could not be opened correctly.  Some features may be unavailable.  Please check that the profile exists and you have permission to read and write its contents.

The problem remains even after re installing the browser also. For the remedy~~

Go to

C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data

Locate the folder called "Default" in the directory and rename it. Try opening Google Chrome again. A new "Default" folder is automatically created as you start using the browser.

Rangi Mistry to rescue a Union Law Minister

Financial bungling in the family-run NGO Dr Zakir Husain Memorial Trust had been exposed in a sting operation last week and hours after his return from London, a combative Union Law Minister tried to counter point by point the charges of misuse of funds by a trust headed by him.

As proof, the Union Law Minister (Who is also an well known advocate) displayed photos of the occasion and related media reports that the disabled persons had benefited. This was, however, immediately disputed by a social activist, who said that the photos pertained to the financial year 2010-11 and not to 2009-10, the year under consideration.

The Union Law Minister also presented one of the beneficiaries, Rangi Mistry, from his constituency (The reporters, however, clarified that Rangi Mistry, who works in a cold storage, was not 'stung', he made his statement openly before the camera earlier) but for a Law Minister how difficult it ‘ll be to get that statement is question?

But ~~~~~

A visibly shaken Union Law Minister, at one point, on camera asked the reporter to "shut up" and “Their life is in danger” and “I will see you in court”. He even took a jibe at the reporter saying he would repeat his answer in Hindi in case the latter was unable to understand his replies in English.

Days later, a video has caught the minister hitting back at a social activist as his supporters cheered. He dared the activist to go to his constituency in Uttar Pradesh, suggesting it would be difficult to return.

"Mujhe vakilon ka mantri bana diya aur kaha ab kalam se kaam karo... kalam se bhi kaam karoonga lekin khoon se bhi kaam karoonga”

This is the language of criminals or of a union law minister??

Account Number Portability in Indian Banks

Discussions are on upon the account number portability in Indian Banks (ANPIB). Is it like the mobile number portability, we recently come across? Whether we use these account numbers like mobile numbers in public domain?

Irrespective of the mobile numbers, this is not all about allotting the same account numbers by the other banks or to switch to another bank with the same account number but:

Now the CBS account number denotes many factors such as branch name, product name and the running account number thereafter. So the switching will do away with the self interpretations first of all.

Each account been associated with a nine digit MICR number representing city, bank and branch code. This MICR number plays a role in normal and high speed clearing, ECS and cheque truncation or otherwise. So the ANPIB will have to be followed with the change of cheque books and the Debit/ ATM cards as well.

An IFSC code of the branch also remains associated with the accounts and the same entertains the bank’s identity and the branch code. The same facilitates intra bank local and overseas fund flow and the same will not happen with the switch or the switching will have to undertake many such changes.

What should be done therefore?

To make the concept workable, a banking gateway like VISA or NPS. Such gateway may issue a particular Customer ID which may be considered as the bank account and the same can be made portable. This ID can thereafter be made accessible from the various forums modifiable by the holder under secured system or by the banking and financial institutions under the specific written request from the client. Such ID’s may be further associated with the single or multiple bank accounts with the default provisions and with all the factors such as MICR/ IFSC numbers associated with it. All financial transactions may happen through such customer IDs which can be further processed automatically based on such details associated with.

In addition like cvlindia.com or cvlkra.com, which manage KYC data for the mutual funds, the Customer ID and KYC data can be managed on a single platform and further opening of multiple accounts for different requirements can be eased out my making the KYC as verifiable.

So looking forward for this portability to happen~~~