Wednesday 21 November 2018

Hero Realty Presents the Four Pillars of Design Philosophy


By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 21st November:- Striving to create a vibrant resident community, Hero Homes Mohali being developed by Hero Realty Private Limited, the real estate arm of Hero Enterprise had organised an exciting event for its existing customers and future residents – Hero Homes Carnival. The two-day Carnival witnessed a footfall of over 900 attendees.
The four pillars of design philosophy which enhances the quality of life, around which the carnival was organized –Creativity, Fitness, Sustainability, and Community are also an integral part of the concept on which the Hero Homes Project is based. The activities at the carnival reflected this idea and the different activities where people participated in, helped promote the spirit of integration, engagement and community living.
Commenting on the initiative, Vivek Sachdeva, Vice President – Sales, Hero Realty said that the initiative helps in encouraging community living and establish a bond with the existing and prospective buyers. With Home Homes Carnival, we strive to enrich and engage people with experience and activities that signify our commitment to progressive community living. It’s our constant endeavour to create opportunities wherein more and more people can come together and have a good time. We hope that our initiative helped in encouraging the residents to know each other in a better way and foster a spirit of togetherness amongst them.


Amway India Registers an Upswing in Digital Transactions with UPI Request-to-Pay Facility


By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 21st November:- Amway, the country’s largest direct selling FMCG company, registers encouraging response for digital transactions rolled out on the company website early this year. In its constant endeavor to move towards digital services, the company introduced Unified Payments Interface (UPI) as a payment option for its customers in collaboration with Citibank India.
UPI is a real-time, 24x7 payment system that enables companies to receive money from the customers in a faster, secure and more convenient way through a tokenized financial identity (UPI ID).
Commenting on the move,  Anshu Budhraja, CEO, Amway India, said that we have a strong focus on simplifying and fast tracking of our services for our customers and one of the crucial requirement for the same was digitizing order process and payment methods. We are glad that our decision of integrating UPI payment method on our company website received overwhelming response from our customers across India. Today, as we speak, our online presence on the e-commerce platform, currently contributes towards almost 35% percent of Amway India’s revenues and we are expecting a considerable increase in the future.
K.V Hariharan, Senior Vice President - Finance, Amway India, said that in line with Amway India’s philosophy to continuously innovate to improve productivity and efficiency across all areas of business including treasury, we are pleased to provide multiple innovative solutions to our business partners and help them grow their business in fastest and most efficient way. Today 95% of sales transactions are being processed electronically which is a testimony of our efforts in this direction.
The UPI launch relies on the bank’s sophisticated APIs to enable a seamless web-collect solution, also known as Request-to-Pay that triggers instantaneous collect requests to the UPI ID provided by the customer. Funds are transferred instantly when the customer authorizes the request using his UPI PIN leading to quick order completion.
By simply downloading a UPI-compliant app and registering their bank account to create a unique UPI ID, Amway customers can purchase their favorite product online by following simple steps.

All Contractual Karamchari Sangh Condemn the "Pick And Choose" of Policies of Chandigarh Administration


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Chandigarh 21st November:- The representatives of 25 unions of All Contractual Front held Press Conference in lieu of their genuine demands and grievances of Contractual Employees and Outsourcing Workers who are being exploited and discriminated at the hands of Chandigarh administration having no Equality,Social Security and Security of Tenure in the absence of any Central policy since 20 years at Press Club today.
While interacting with media President Ashok kumar and Chairman Vipin Shersingh of  All Contractual Karamchari Sangh, said that presently the Chandigarh administration has engaged thousands no. of the Contractual Employees directly by categorizing into Contractual,Guest,Part -Time,Resource etc and Outsourcing Workers through authorized agencies or Pvt. Contractors and also through Central Schemes of NHM and SSA etc.
President Ashok kumar said that the All Contractual Karamchari Sangh praised for the efforts of Kirron Kher, M.P and V.P Badnore in support to genuine demands of Contractual Employees and Outsourcing Workers to consider to adopt positively the Punjab policies by Chandigarh administration .Ms Kirron Kher wrote to Chandigarh administration in September to consider the genuine cause positively and Administrator too assured to inquire at high level into the matter positively with Chandigarh administration. 
He added that but presently the administration replied back to M.P in October to consider by agreeing to adopt Punjab policy by taking view of the Punjab Act 2016 which is subjudice and is under repeal due to directions of Punjab and Haryana High Court . 
Sh B.L.Sharma, Secretary Personnel reply has turned to be misleading as it is concealing the real facts by " Pick and Choose " to M.P. , Kirron Kher and the Administrator who are genuinely supporting the cause of Contractual and Outsourcing Employees and Workers as these employees are suffering due to absence of any Central Policy since 20 years 
The delegation of Karamchari Sangh. apprised Ms Kirron Kher office to ask Chandigarh administration again to allow or adopt the undisputed regularization policy of year 2011 which they are actually demanding and not to delay the cause further. She assured to reconsider the demands by clarification it again with administration.
It is pertinent to mention that the Punjab Welfare Act No 55 of year 2016 tends to regularize the 3 year contractual services of all categories of group A,B,C,D contractual employees completing three years and also converts the outsourcing services of all categories of Outsourcing Workers directly into Contractual Employees giving them Equality by completing three years of Outsourcing services. But it is under repeal by Punjab Govt and this may delay the real cause of suffering Contractual Employees.
Chairman Vipin Shersingh said that Karamchari Sangh apprised that earlier the Punjab Govt. had made its regularization policy dated 18.3.2011 too on the basis of UMA Devi VA State of Karnataka as One Time Measure by regularization the contractual services of the employees completing three year and is not disputed by any court of Law and it can also be adopted for the welfare of contractual employees in U.T.,Chandigarh. The Contractual Employees are demanding regularization like neighboring states.
 On the other hand the Outsourcing Workers are also being exploited and discriminated at the hands of Private Contractors by means of " Hire or Fire " having no security of their jobs . The Outsourcing Workers are demanding Equal Work - Equal Pay as they are getting lower salaries even than Living Wages and also seeks Non replacement or Non removal of existing Workers in lieu of Change of Tender and Contractor by issuance of notification for same by administration.
The Central Scheme Workers of NHM are also demanding enhancement of salaries on the pattern of another Central of SSA in U.T.,Chandigarh.
The All Contractual Karamchari Sangh will raise their voice louder to reach to the deaf ears of Chandigarh administration and announced their Five Point Programme to be organized in peaceful manner as on 26th November on Constitution Day, contratual employees will  Wear Black Ribbons or Clothes in Violation of Constitution by Chandigarh administration. On 28th November contratual employees will  hold Candle March Protest. On 4th December on Human Rights Day contratual employees wil form Human Chain in violation of Human Rights by Chandigarh administration and contratual employees will organize Maha Rally With Families In December.
There is great resentment among Outsourcing Workers and Contractual employees in U.T that the neighboring states have secured and are still securing their contractual and outsourcing employees and workers but no such action has been taken by Chandigarh Administration for security of these temporary employees.*
*It is also pertinent to mention here that Karamchari  Sangh had held rally at Rally Ground on 4th October 2018 to put their demands on the deaf ears of Chandigarh administration*
*The major demands are :-*
*1. Adoption of Regularization Policies of 2011 of Punjab as ONE TIME MEASURE in the absence of any Central policy since 20 years in U.T.,Chandigarh.*
*2. Grant of Equal Work Equal Pay as per 25(2) clause of Contract Labour Regulation & Abolition Act 1970,Central Guidelines and as per Supreme Court judgment to Outsourcing Workers.*
3. Non Replacement and Non Removal of existing Outsourcing Workers in lieu of Change of Tender or Contractor by issuance of notification by administration.
4.Enhancement of salaries of NHM workers on the same pattern of another Central Scheme of SSA.
5.Ban or Secure Contract or Outsourcing system proving to be exploitation and discrimination of qualified youth and intelligentsia.
*All Contractual Karamchari Sangh had also given various memorandum to Chandigarh administration but no meeting could have been scheduled so far.
*Chandigarh administration has no solution for Equality,Social Security and Security of tenure of these employees and workers in the absence of any Central Policy since 20 years whereas the neighboring states of Punjab,Haryana and Himachal have already secured these contractual and outsourcing employees and workers by means of secure policies. 
The Contractual employees and Outsourcing workers in U.T.,Chandigarh are suffering in non adoption of Punjab policy even due to "Constitutional Anamoly of U.T,"  who is still waiting to clear its status since its formation in 1966 in 51 years and having the administrative structure of 60:40 ratio of neighboring states.
The bureaucracy of neighboring states are enjoying the facilities and luxuries of 'Smart City' or 'City of Employees' and have become 'City of Labour'  having 70% ratio of Contractual Employees and Outsourcing workers due to incompetency and non decision making of the administration  in securing these temporary employees by means of regularization policy resulting them into TIME PASS Buearacracy.
The bigger failure of Chandigarh administration is in not abling to finalize the recruitment rules for sanctioned posts since 51 years and they had made these stop gap or irregular appointments with proper selection procedure continuing since 20 years which is now being proved to be in violation of Constitution  and Apex Court judgments or Human Rights due to their incompetency in securing them with in time frame and is exploitation and discrimination of qualified youth and intelligentsia in U.T.,Chandigarh.
Under the Constitutional Anamoly of the U.T ,Chandigarh, it is following Punjab Civil services rules vide Govt of India notification 13.1.92.  As there is no central policy and the administration can adopt the Regularization policy-2011 of Punjab in absence of any Central policy since 20 years.The Administrator is competent to adopt the same in U.T. for welfare of contractual employees suffering.
But the " Pick and Choose " of rules has been made a tool of exploitation by Chandigarh administration forcing employees for Litigations to fulfill their genuine demands due to incompetent powers and no decision making by Chandigarh administration even in presence of Political Will to resolve the issues.
All Contractual Karamchari Sangh will further intense their voice and fight against injustice by means of strike if the Chandigarh administration fails to make any heed into their genuine demands in near future.



Shiv Lal Lodhi Appointed as Acting Chief Organiser of Chandigarh Pradesh Congress Seva Dal


By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 21st November:- The All India Congress Seva Dal Chief Organiser Shri Lalji Desai has appointed Shiv Lal Lodhi as Acting Chief Organiser of Chandigarh Pradesh Congress Seva Dal in place of Achhe Lal Gaur with immediate effect.
The Senior Congress leaders of the Party and office bearers of Seva Dal hailed the appointment of Shiv lal Lodhi as Acting Chief Organiser and conveyed thanks to Rahul Gandhi, President of Indian National Congress, Lalji Desai,Chief Organiser Seva Dal and Manish Tewari,Former Information & Broadcasting Minister for appointing honest and dedicated worker of Congress Party who is having a  impeccable integrity  to strengthen the Congress party as well as Congress seva dal in Chandigarh.
These leaders further said that this appointment gave a  positive signal to the honest workers of the Congress Party in Chandigarh further it will enhance the morale of the Congress cadre to achieve the target of strengthening the Congress party at the grassroot level. 
All the leaders also thanks to Raj Kumari Soni, Observer of Chandigarh Unit.
The Senior congress leaders who welcomed the appointment are Principal Gurbachan Singh, Kewal Krishan, Chander Mukhi Sharma, Girish Kapoor, Jagat Sharma, JN Shastri, Chitranjan Chanchal, Datta Ram Saini, AmanSlatch, Sukhpreet sukhi, Dayal Partap Randhawa.