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Surely a reason to get jealous of Google Employees

Working at Google? If not, you better now get jealous of those who are working there.

Google’s employees, who are used to being pampered in the workplace with the choicest fun and games, are in line for generous death benefits unlike those offered by any private employer.

The family of a “Googler” who dies in harness will get half the employee’s salary for 10 years, a plan that was at first implemented for US employees last year. As per spokeswoman Paroma Roy Chowdhury, Indian staff will soon become eligible for this benefit.

Designations Reserved For SC/ST Lying Vacant

It is quite surprising that although our government is trying hard to secure the right of SCs and STs in the field of education, most of the posts reserved for teachers from these categories are lying vacant in 40 central universities across the country. More shocking is the statistics that less than 29% of the total sanctioned posts for SCs have been filled in 40 central universities.

‘The SCs and other such groups can be empowered only through education, but they are discriminated against this very field.” T. Threetan, Joint Secretary of the Commission for Scheduled Castes.

Become a Self Employed Tax Return Preparer

Filling income tax returns is a veritable nightmare for most people. To facilitate this, Income Tax Department, Finance Ministry, GoI, has announced a scheme to train a fresh batch of professional tax return papers to help small and medium tax payers.

This opens a window of opportunity for self employment for 5000 unemployed/under-employed youth. Applicants will be shortlisted for enrollment exam on Sep 23, 2012 on the basis of marks obtained at Bachelor’s degree level in commerce/law/economics/maths/statistics or management.

The IT department will offer free training and study material comprising 15 days of self study and 11 days of classroom sessions. Upon successfully completing the training and clearing the exam, the candidate will receive a certificate and unique identification number authorizing him to work as a self employed Tax Return Preparer. He will be entitled to subsequent report through an “Online Knowledge Portal” and “Help Desk” to prepare and file returns.

You may apply for this at http://www.trpscheme.com.