duplicate ration card

Got a chance to make a duplicate ration card yesterday – quite an experience – first we had to go to the ration office to get a form, understand the formalities, then rush to a lawyer’s office to make an affidavit stating the facts that the ration card was lost, giving details of the family members mentioned in the lost ration card, date of loss, place of loss, signed & notarized – all done quick time by the eager and willing lawyers – bless them. Next step, had to make a dash to the local police station to get a F.I.R registered – again they needed the affidavit, so had to make a second trip to collect the affidavit and submit to the police station. The police station guys were grumbling about work pressure but still they made out a form for us in about 15 minutes (that’s fast!) and had to give a rs.100 note to the person who made the document. Next step go to the ration shop to get their signatures – this was in a filthy, decrepit place, overflowing with garbage (probably not seen by municipal workers for the past five decades -). Done that, form submitted to the ration office, stand in a queue, got in touch with somebody inside the office who promised to help. Now wait for the duplicate to arrive in about a month’s time.  

BMS Syllabus

Had a look at the BMS syllabus from the prospectus booklets bought by my daughter for her college admissions - a look at the subjects and i am zapped - there are about 36 subjects to be covered in six semesters - subjects as varied as Business Law, Managerial Economics, Operations Research, Environmental Management, Strategic Management, Retail Management, Logistics & Supply Chain management, Business Ethics & CSR, Co-operatives & Rural Markets and Entrepreneurship and Management of Small and Medium Enterprises among others. The usual culprits such as finance, cost management, accounts, quantitative methods are all there as well - This looks like an absolutely fabulous course - a crunching tough one too. There are project works and Electives in the last two semesters. Looks like a winner to me, not sure how corporates treat this for employment purposes.

Two Brothers

"Two Brothers" is a beautiful movie about tigers - the brothers are the tiger cubs who lose their parents to poachers and who are separated -  they are re-united to fight in an open arena - it is a beautifully shot movie, a must watch for tiger lovers

LLPs allowed for statutory auditors

Ministry of Corporate Affairs has clarified vide circular no. 30/2011 dated 26th May 2011 that LLPs of chartered accountants will be allowed to act as statutory auditors of companies as per the companies act, 1956. In the Act, there was a bar on body corporates to take up this function and since the LLP was defined as a body corporate under the LLP Act, this became sort of hindrance to the appointment of LLPs of chartered accountants as statutory auditors. MCA has relaxed this for the limited purpose of being appointed as an auditor.

Band Baaja Baarat

Saw the movie "Band Baaja Baarat" on TV yesterday - some content there in the movie, rustic Delhi lingo is used very well - good impression by Ranvir Kapoor - the boy shows some promise but Anushka Sharma hams so much it becomes irritating. Good for one time watch.

new information technology rules

New Information technology rules under section 79 of the information technology act seeks to regulate readers comments and feedback on social networking sites such as linkedin, facebook, google, etc. For more news go to economic times story here

interest on savings bank accounts

Interest rate on savings bank accounts increased from 3.5% to 4% w.e.f. 3rd May 2011 - as per RBI circular here