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Sudoku puzzle
At the launch of Arvind Virmani’s book on Wednesday, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said he was intrigued by the book’s title, The Sudoku of India’s Growth. He said he’d have thought that his chief economic advisor would not think India’s growth surge was a puzzle and that he would actually know what had driven the growth. Having got everyone laughing, Mukherjee said that though he had not read the book in any great detail, his interaction with Virmani had convinced him that though the growth may have puzzled many, Virmani actually had the key to the puzzle. Suman Bery of NCAER said meanwhile that the appropriate metaphor was not Sudoku but Rubik’s Cube.

HCL Tech Dec qtr net dips 36% to Rs 255 cr
The country"s third largest software company, HCL Technologies, today reported a 35.92 per cent decline in net profit at Rs 255 crore in the October-December quarter.

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No LTA for employee using car or taxi, say central govt

The government will not sanction any Leave Travel Allowance (LTA) for an employee who uses personal car or taxi as mode of transport. - 'Speed up freight track project' - Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Pricey porters">Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Pricey porters - And now, Railway TV - Railways could soon have TV channel - Railways" earning up 6% during Apr-Sept - Rlys to run special trains However, the rule shall not be applicable to employees with a handicap or disability of self or dependent family member. According to a government notification, the employees can avail the LTA only if they travel by Indian Railways or Air India and state transport corporation buses. The order issued by Department of Personnel said the LTA facility would be admissible only in respect of journeys made in vehicles “operated by the government or any corporation in the public sector run by the Central government, state government or a local body”. However, the government has relaxed the order for the physically handicap or disability of self or dependent family members who are unable to travel by authorised modes of transport and are compelled to undertake the journey by own car or private taxis. Such employees will have to take a medical certificate from the competent authority, besides give an undertaking that the journey in authorised mode is not feasible and the same can be only covered in own car or taxi. Besides, such claim should not be more than the journey performed by the entitled class by rail or air.


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