What an Irony...
Two of the few major showcases of India: Konkan Railway and Delhi Metro, the man behind both of them, E. Sreesharan.
The Centre does not think the 77-year-old internationally renowned technocrat merits special consideration and has made him run from pillar to post to reclaim illegal deduction of Rs 4,000 per month from his salary as Chairman of the Konkan Railway from where he retired in 1997 to head Delhi Metro.
Poor guy, after workign so hard and honestly, what he is getting!!!
After retiring from the Indian railways in 1990, Sreedharan joined Konkan Railway on a pay scale of Rs 9,000-10,000 for a period of five years.
Without his permission, Konkan Railway deducted Rs 4,000 from his salary contending that it was a re-employment under the central government and he could not draw pension and salary from two government departments at the same time. This went on for five years till he retired.
His salary was less than half of Kpnkan rail executives and he was workign as CEO of a public sector enterprise.
In December 2008, a Bench termed Sreedharan’s appointment to Konkan as a fresh appointment and asked the Centre to pay Sreedharan the amount of approximately Rs 10 lakh and a cost of Rs 30,000.
(Please read the whole story: http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=0cefdc09-6f7a-4276-a10f-109edacd6b91)
VS
On the other hand, I think every 5th Indian knows Mr Nandan Nilekani, 54, who helped build India’s second largest software exporting firm, Infosys Technologies and almost all of them is aware of the fact that he has been appointed chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India, a Rs 1,990-crore national project. to build India’s database of her billion-plus people and he will join the government with a cabinet minister rank, with a salary of Rs 81 lakh, minus perks.
(Please read the whole story: http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=4bc1b4f1-a5c7-42b7-9ee6-dc2e78eb59b3)
The Centre does not think the 77-year-old internationally renowned technocrat merits special consideration and has made him run from pillar to post to reclaim illegal deduction of Rs 4,000 per month from his salary as Chairman of the Konkan Railway from where he retired in 1997 to head Delhi Metro.
Poor guy, after workign so hard and honestly, what he is getting!!!
After retiring from the Indian railways in 1990, Sreedharan joined Konkan Railway on a pay scale of Rs 9,000-10,000 for a period of five years.
Without his permission, Konkan Railway deducted Rs 4,000 from his salary contending that it was a re-employment under the central government and he could not draw pension and salary from two government departments at the same time. This went on for five years till he retired.
His salary was less than half of Kpnkan rail executives and he was workign as CEO of a public sector enterprise.
In December 2008, a Bench termed Sreedharan’s appointment to Konkan as a fresh appointment and asked the Centre to pay Sreedharan the amount of approximately Rs 10 lakh and a cost of Rs 30,000.
(Please read the whole story: http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=0cefdc09-6f7a-4276-a10f-109edacd6b91)
VS
On the other hand, I think every 5th Indian knows Mr Nandan Nilekani, 54, who helped build India’s second largest software exporting firm, Infosys Technologies and almost all of them is aware of the fact that he has been appointed chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India, a Rs 1,990-crore national project. to build India’s database of her billion-plus people and he will join the government with a cabinet minister rank, with a salary of Rs 81 lakh, minus perks.
(Please read the whole story: http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=4bc1b4f1-a5c7-42b7-9ee6-dc2e78eb59b3)
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Good to see you back in the blogging circles mate ;)
Keep Rocking,
PN.