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Kathalguri Tea Estate labours under a Marxian delusion
The Kathalguri Tea Estate in the Dooars, is now closed. Situated 40 km from Jalpaiguri, on the India-Bhutan border, it was a big garden with more than 1,200 acres of plantation and 1,479 workers. The annual output of the garden used to be 12 million kg of processed tea and sources in the Dooars Branch of the Indian Tea Association say it could have yielded up to 16 million kg of tea if it had been run properly..

Markets raise eyebrows at DLF, Caraf deal valuations
The deal to integrate two of the country’s largest lease-rental entities, DLF Cyber City (a subsidiary of DLF) and Caraf Builders (majority owned by DLF promoters), hasn’t gone down well with the markets.

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Symantec partners HP for online backup
IT security solutions major Symantec today said it has partnered with technology major Hewlett Packard (HP) for providing online backup to HP"s consumer desktop and notebook PCs globally.
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No discrimination in hiring IT employees: Govt

IT and ITeS being a knowledge industry does not discriminate in recruiting employees and the hiring is done on the basis of merit and competency, the Government today said in the Rajya Sabha. - Controversial sugarcane law gets Parliament nod - BJP slams Centre"s policy on sugarcane - Govt mulling extension of safety zone near offshore oil units - SAIL may raise prices in January - Transport bottlenecks hit power target: Govt - No shortage of onion, prices easing, says minister Minister of State for Communications and IT, Sachin Pilot said the IT and ITES industry has been a large generator of employment with about 2.2 million professionals directly employed by the industry, while indirect job creation is estimated at around eight million. "Over 30 per cent of employees in the industry are women, higher than any other industry segment and a majority of the IT industry employs differently enabled people," he said answering supplementaries during Question Hour. To a supplementary on many IT professionals complaining of stress disorders, the minister said there have been a few incidences of such disorders, but these, he said, were more lifestyle related diseases. No reliable statistical data were available in this regard. Communications and IT Minister A Raja said though there is no substantive proof of IT professionals suffering from such disorders due to work stress, a health ministry survey on the issue said that there is are no instances of IT professionals suffering from chronic diseases due to work stress. On the issue of providing proper work hours and holidays to BPO employees, he said these are largely regulated by provisions of Shops and Establishments Act of respective state governments. In case some changes were needed in the Act, the government was ready to discuss it.


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