Gujral in MumbaiPrime Minister I K Gujral will arrive on Tuesday to lay the foundation stone of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)-Naoroji Godrej Centre of Excellence. The institute is situated at Vikhroli. It is being set up with an objective of providing world class training and community at large. The CII has decided to establish four such centres in Mumbai, New Delhi, Calcutta and Bangalore.
Walkout by I-T workers
The Income-Tax (I-T) department has made elaborate arrangements for Tuesday to receive declarations under the voluntary disclosure of income scheme (VDIS) following a `walkout' call given by officers and employees of the department. Chief Commissioner of Income Tax V Muthuramalingam said necessary manpower is being made available at the 19 centres in the city as the flow of applications is expected to be `heavy' on the second last day of the deadline.
The Income-Tax Gazetted Services Federation has called for a `walkout' of the offices at 11 am on Tuesday
protesting the alleged `victimisation' of P S Rashtrapal, its president, by the Central Board of Direct Taxes on the eve of his retirement.
Directive on BMC merit list
The state government has directed city employment exchanges to iron out discrepancies in recommending job aspirants to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The government has asked employment exchanges to submit fresh merit lists so that in future, instances of out-of-turn recommendations for job aspirants to the BMC could be checked. Congress corporator from Colaba, Annie Shekhar had alleged that meritorious and eligible candidates whose names appeared on the top of the merit list at employment exchanges kept waiting for interview calls while fresh entrants to the list were recommended for jobs. ``I have received several complaints from all over the city that candidates who have some influence can easily get an interview call from the BMC even if their names were just added to the merit list,'' Shekhar said.
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