-The Economic Times MUMBAI/ BANGALORE/ NEW DELHI: For 100,000 employees in the group, ICICI gets 60-odd sexual harassment complaints in a year. Of this, 30-40% are found to be true. India's second-largest bank by assets does not insist on absolute proof when it comes to allegations of sexual harassment. In case of circumstantial evidence, the person is asked to resign. If there is stronger proof, the person is sacked. ICICI is among...
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Banks suppressing alerts on suspect dealings: RBI probe-Josy Joseph
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: An investigation by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) into allegations of money laundering by private banks has found large-scale violations ranging from huge cash deposits without PAN to dummy numbers. The probe report, a copy of which is available with TOI, shows that three private players - HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank - had also hugely suppressed alerts generated by their system on...
More »Cops on a roll on Saradha agent’s gifts -Monalisa Chaudhuri and Debashis Chattopadhyay
-The Telegraph Kolkata: Proceeds from the Saradha Group kept Bengal police on the move - at least in Baruipur, according to information stumbled upon by investigators into the default scandal. The police have learnt that Arindam Das, an agent who apparently made the highest collections from Baruipur in South 24-Parganas, had gifted two Tata Sumos (WB26R6763 and WB20U6409) to the local police station. "The two SUVs used in Baruipur police station were gifts...
More »Panchayati raj: Failing the urbanization test- Elizabeth Roche, Liz Mathew and Shamsheer Yousaf
-Live Mint Lack of decentralization means municipalities lack power, resources to meet rising aspirations of ‘middle' India Othakadai, Madurai (Tamil Nadu)/Hubli (Karnataka): S. Paramasivam , president of the Othakadai panchayat, has big plans for his area. "Rainwater harvesting, removal of encroachments on roads, waste recycling, covered drainage, bigger primary health care centres and community parks," lists the 58-year-old, who has spent 30 years in the stainless steel business that dominates industry...
More »Law mooted to curb misuse of SC/ST funds-Divya Trivedi
-The Hindu To bridge the gap in development between the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and non-SCs and STs, a coalition of more than 150 organisations is demanding a national law to prevent, once and for all, the diversion, non-release, non-implementation and lapsing of the Special Component Plans for SCs/STs. In response to the coalition's longstanding demands, the National Advisory Council's guidance and the letter Sonia Gandhi wrote to the Prime Minister...
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