DA hike 10 percent

On 20 September 2013, the Indian Union Cabinet approved a double digit increase in DA from 80 % to 90 % w. e. f. 01 July 2013. This benefits fifty lakh Central Government employees and thirty lakh Central Government pensioners. Central Government employees and its pensioners became entitled to the hike in DA/ DR @ 90% of their basic pay. The two digit increase in dearness allowance earlier was in September 2010.

Prevention of Theft of Vehicles

Keep vehicles locked even when parked in your house compound. Don't park vehicles outside of the compound wall of your house.

While going out for shopping or any other purpose, park your vehicle in the vehicles parking lot or the place where there is a lot of people passing, good lighting or CCTV is available.
 
Equip your vehicle with an alarm and positively set it every time you exit the vehicle.
In case of theft of your vehicle, inform local police at the earliest.
 
 If you want to buy a used vehicle, compare the Registration number, Engine number and Chassis number with its RC book.
 
If you happen to notice an unattended or unknown vehicle parked for a day or more, inform local police.

Thieves steal by diverting attention

Attention Diversion:

Some one withdrew large amount from bank and kept the cash bag with him in his car. At traffic signal a stranger told him that his car’s rear tyre was found deflated. He came out leaving the cash bag in his car, checked and found the tyre was alright. Meanwhile, another person stole the cash bag from the car and fled away. Don’t alight from vehicle immediately after you are told some problem in the car.

Someone will divert your attention by throwing small currency notes on the floor and will ask you whether they belong to you. Don’t get your attention diverted if you have valuables with you.

Whenever you withdraw huge amount from bank, take someone with you.

Someone will approach you with a story that one of his relatives is admitted to hospital and he is likely to get money from someone. He will say that he is in need of a bank account number to get the money. He will request your bank account number.  This is only a start. Later you will lose your deposited money. Don’t get cheated.

If you stop your car and leave unattended for some times, midway of your long journey for any reason, someone may open your car dickey and steal.

Home Diversion Burglary

One burglar will approach occupant of a house as a stranger and divert his attention. Meanwhile another burglar by hiding himself will enter the house and steal all valuables.

Someone will approach some house and request drinking water or permission to use toilet. Later he will escape with valuables.

Keep any unknown person outside the home. Let the door remain under lock.

Natural Body Scrubber

Angular gourd when fully matured and dried will have its central core in the form of a cross woven network. This can be used while taking a bath (Peerkangai netru). After applying soap to our body, it can be used to clean our skin by making it wet in water and rubbing gently on our skin.

This natural skin cleanser was available in abundance for free of cost. Now it is sold in shops for Rs.3 to 5.  

Count currency notes

Indian currency notes are bundled without stapling or pinning. One hundred notes of similar denomination are put together, tied and a paper strip is wrapped tight on it. This is called a section. Ten similar sections form a bundle.

These worth to issue notes are machine counted. It is advised to count currency notes at the counter of bank itself. The same is printed on the wrapper strip of the section of notes as

“Before leaving the counter please ensure that the cash you have received is correct in every respect. No claim will be accepted thereafter under any circumstances”.

Useful way to advertise

There are three toll gates between Madurai and Salem in NH 7. One of them is Kodai Road Toll Plaza, by DS Toll Road Limited. Useful cautions and advices with advertisements can be seen behind toll charge receipts. Some samples…

‘Don’t drink and drive’

‘Life doesn’t have a reset button’, ‘Drive safe’

‘Slow down. Your family is waiting for you’

 Promulgation using behind bills is a good idea.

Tips to save properties from Thieves

Prevention of Theft

We must be careful to protect our belongings from thieves. We will discuss all the possible methods of prevention in this blog. I’ll keep posting regularly under different subheads.

Doors and Windows

• Keep the main door closed even in daytime. Provide it with a peephole.
• Fix a metal grill or collapsible gate outside the main door, which will provide visibility without exposing threats.
• Install magic eye and safety chains on doors. Look through the magic eye and ensure the door chain is secure, before opening the door to a stranger.
• Ensure that the window grills are not screwed into the frames, but embedded in the cement work.
• Whenever you move into a new house, change the locks of doors.
• Provide additional grills outside of ventilators and fittings of air-conditioners.
• Sleep away from open windows to avoid loss of property through 'window snatching'.
• Do not keep valuables, purses, mobile phones, and wristwatches openly visible from outside. If possible fix mosquito nets, fly proofing nets, etc.
• Fix Electronic burglar alarms with telephone for warning.
• Inform your neighbours about your absence from your home for a long or short period.
• Don't keep keys in places like under the door mat, flower pot, etc. It will allow access to strangers.
• Don't allow any stranger to enter your house, when you are alone without finding out his identity. Always authenticate. Always identify a visitor before opening the door. Never allow young children to open the door to visitors.
• Beware of persons coming to your house under the pretext of repairing/selling things, conducting electrical or water meter readings etc.
• Do not express that you are on holiday or away.
• Don't keep huge amount of cash and ornaments in the house; Use Bank lockers.
• Don't disturb the scene, if you notice theft in your house, wait for the arrival of police otherwise it will lead to tampering of evidence like fingerprints, footprints etc.