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49O (THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS RULES, 1961)

49-O. Elector deciding not to vote.-If an elector, after his electoral roll number has been duly entered in the register of voters in Form-17A and has put his signature or thumb impression thereon as required under sub-rule (1) of rule 49L, decided not to record his vote, a remark to this effect shall be made against the said entry inForm 17A by the presiding officer and the signature or thumb impression of the elector shall be obtained against such remark.

IT manifesto of BJP

Regarding the just published IT manifesto of BJP, there are several great ideas that can be successfully implemented to take India at a next level in the right direction. However, I have doubts about the MNIC and how it will be implemented. As there are lakhs of Bangladeshis who have already obtained documentation to prove that they are locals, there should be a comprehensive scheme to tackle this issue. A system that generates MNICs on its own, without discussing it with other database systems is going to fail miserably for sure. MNIC, therefore, without standing on its own, should be developed as a unit of a comprehensive system, which rejects all the old documentations to prove Indian citizenship and re-issue new documentations based of great deal of scrutiny for each and every citizen. Illegal migrants found after such scrutiny MUST be sent back without worrying about human rights activists and stupid Congress party. BJP, therefore, should project this comprehensive scheme as the m

IT firms see low or flat salaries for 2 more years

Mon, Mar 9 11:15 PM Against expectations that the job market and compensation levels might begin to show signs of recovery by next year, senior executives in the country's top information technology companies expect compensation levels to remain low over the next two- to three years. "The market is cold and there are fewer jobs, for the next two or three years, salaries will be low," T.V. Mohandas Pai, member of the board and director of human resources at the nation's second largest software exporter Infosys Technologies, told Hindustan Times. The economic slowdown has adversely affected all sectors, including information technology, which relies heavily on demand in the West, especially the United States, which is India's largest market. "Good people will not be laid off but the key challenge is compensation," Pai said. Tata Consultancy Services, India's largest software exporter which employs over 1,00,000 people, is also eyeing a scenario wher