Important and Useful updates for 2014

I would be periodically publishing some important and useful updates for 2014, which are beneficial for all; especially HR professional can use this information to update their people.

Incase, if there are any updates, which you want to include in here, you can share the same at sahilsurvase@gmail.com.

23^rd Jan’14

- Finance Ministry approves Rs 1,000 minimum monthly pension plan.

The Finance Ministry has approved a proposal for providing a minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000 to workers in the organised sector, a move which would benefit 27 lakh pensioners immediately.

The government will provide additional subsidy of Rs 1,217 crore to ensure the minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000 starting 2014-15. Pensioners are, therefore, expected to get benefit with effect from April 1 this year.

The ministry has also approved a proposal for raising the basic wage ceiling under the Employees Provident Fund Scheme to Rs 15,000 from existing Rs 6,500 per month.

13th Jan'14

- Retirement fund body EPFO

Emotional Intelligence (EI) Vs Intelligence (IQ)

What is Intelligence?

It is the ability to understand and learn things quickly.

Since our childhood, we keep listening to this word intelligence. We all want to be an intelligent person.

Do you really think intelligence is good enough to get you success in your life?

Art of Decision Making

What is Decision Making?

Decision making can be regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a course of action among several alternative scenarios. Every decision making process produces a final choice. The output can be an action or an opinion of choice.

Decision making is an Art. We take numerous decisions on day to day basis in our personal and professional life using one the decision making styles mentioned above. Right from what time to get up in the morning to what time to sleep is the result of decisions which we take.

In corporate world, we all keep hearing that, person should have an ability to make quick and appropriate decisions to become effective contributor in his role and for organization.