Celebrate Teacher's Day - September 5 with us at VOICE!

Pen your 'Thank a Teacher' - thought! and post it to 'Consumer VOICE!

If you are sick of hearing just about anyone getting up to  blame our hardworking teachers for all of society's ills? Then with 'Consumer VOICE' 'Thank a Teacher thought'  you can change the direction of present thinking  on education, and show off your impressive penmanship!  

Pen your thoughts in about 150-200 words and send by 10th of  August via e-mail at :editor.online@consumer-voice.org, or courier it to us at: 441 Jangpura - Mathura Road, New-Delhi - 110014. Address it to: The Editor - Consumer VOICE - subject : 'Thank a Teacher' on National Teacher's Day - 5th of September. 

We'll print the 1st 3 'thoughts' in the September issue and the next 10 best in our BLOG!

'Consumer VOICE' a University Teachers Initiative! 

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No filling of tax return for salary & interest income up to Rs. 5 lakh

No income-tax returns is required for salaried persons whose annual taxable income including salary and interest is up to Rs 5 lakh. However, this would not cover income from other sources like house property, capital gains and gains from profession and business. Income Tax department has issued notification No. 36 / 2011 dated June 23, 2011 in this regard.  

The scheme would be applicable for assessment year 2011-12. This means that "the salaried persons eligible under the scheme would not have to file returns for the financial year 2010-11 in assessment year 2011-12. 

Under the scheme, those salaried persons who want to claim tax refund, would have to file return and those salaried persons who want exemption from filing Income Tax return, have to disclose about incomes like dividend and interest to his employer for tax deduction.

Form 16 issued to salaried employees will be treated as Income Tax Return. At present, it is obligatory for all salaried persons to file income tax return under the Income Tax Act, 1961. 

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Petrol hike

Petroleum and Natural Gal Minister S Jaipal Reddy says hike is not a big increase and wont be a burden for consumers. 

Does Jaipal Reddy's comments really reflect his ignorance about consumers' plight  ?

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Airtel users' complaint

dreamworkers Abhisek Pandey 

One dozen calls to #Airtel broadband and #CoralHub to find the situation back to square one! #fail

_sumant Sumant Dubey 

It's been 3 days since we complaint for th stb not working n even today Airtel guys are telling me they dun hv a replacement available #fail

si0007 Sampath Iyengar 

Here to cancel an #airtel number not in use. If u take new number they xerox your document but if u cancell they say xerox kar ke aao #fai

sudhirsyal sudhirsyal 

Strange. TEN Cricket has suddenly disappeared from my Airtel DTH#Fail

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Airtel tops in complaint list

The data revealed by National Consumer Helpline (NCH) shows that 2,001 complaint calls were received against Bharti Airtel between March 2010 and February 2011.

We, being a consumer awareness organisation, welcomes consumers grievances.

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Complaints

vishesh Vishesh Agrawal 

so Kingfisher airlines refused a passenger cos she was blind....#Fail

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Complaints

arjun697 Arjun 

Does a samsung laptop actually give you 7 hours battery life, vaio just gives me 2 :| #fail

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nilakanta nilakanta 

Hate #android and Galaxy S I9003 when it crashes, auto reboots.. Happens at least twice a day #samsung #fail

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Do you think India's coffee manufacturer meets the international standard ?

With the latest figure revealed by Coffee Board, the production of the brew in the 2010-11 is estimated at 2.99 tonnes, and many industry experts believe that India's coffee production may decline by 10% in 2011-12 season beginning October due to sporadic rains early this year.

Do you think India's coffee manufacturer meets the international standard ?

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Complaints of some consumers like you and here Consumer Voice is here to support them and also needs your support so join us in the movement.

Airtel has become a pain, after one hour customer care call to shift a connection, no proper information was given - By Sathish Nagrajan

How bad customer support is managed?Airtel customer support engineer calls after two days & asks customer if someone responded - By Sudarshan

Reliance Digital Store is not willing to service my @SennheiserIndheadset. I'm gonna sue them through Consumer Court for sure - By Indu Mouli

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Vadilal may touch at Rs 250

Vadilal may touch at Rs 250
By Aditya Rangroo

New Delhi, June 17: Chocobar, Feast and Vanilla cups are the hallmark of this summer. To beat the heat people rush to the ice cream parlors. The famous ice cream manufacturers such as Vadilal, Amul and Mother Dairy are few, which have dominated the market over the decades. Among all the industries, Vadilal is expected to touch at Rs 250 within 12-18 months.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, PN Vijay, portfolio Manager, said that “Vadilal Industries is a fairly significant player in the ice-creams, frozen yogurts and frozen fruits market. It’s been traditionally Gujarat based company. The ice cream market in India about Rs 3,000 crore and about 60-70% is gone into the organized sector. Amul is the leader with about 35-40% market share and Vadilal and Levers after their acquisitions share about 22-23% each”.
Speaking about the market hold in the country, Vijay said that “Vadilal has got very strong brand equity in Western India. It’s moved into Rajasthan. It’s the biggest player. It moved into Delhi also, the biggest ice cream market in the country. The company did well. Last year they ended up with an EPS of about close to Rs 7. In terms of price earnings it’s around Rs 17-18."
Commenting on the expansion plans, Vijay said that “they have got strong expansion plans. It’s a low equity capital of Rs 7 crore or something. The market cap sales ratio is very low compared to other FMCG companies. The brand power is not getting reflected in the share price. The immediate trigger was the listing of the stock in the NSE a few days ago which gave it a sort of national presence and the stock went up sharply. But, even then, if you correct and after that Vadilal should be good. Because right now people are moving to branded stocks, FMCG stocks etc, and in terms of valuations it’s pretty low”.
He further added that there is some concern that it’s got a bit of debt on its portfolio. But, probably it might do some fund raising at some point of equity because the promoters have a very large stake to bring down the debt. The footprint is very strong and it’s moving in the Northern India market, the biggest market. And it should touch Rs 250 or so in the next 12-18 months.

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TEll IT YOUR WAY - 3 minutes of your time!

 Once in a while you get one you just wish to share with everyone……this is one of them. Very short. Worth the watch.
 
This summer, Philips and the renowned director/producer Ridley Scott
launched a global filmmaker competition dubbed “Tell It Your Way” following its Cannes Lions award-winning short-film project “Parallel Lines.”
 The entrants were given freedom of expression and could take up any theme they wanted; still there were two strict rules—there had to be the exact six-line dialogue as it was in the Parallel Lines films, plus the entries
could last no longer than three minutes.

Here's the prize-winning entry in Philips' "Tell It Your Way" competition.
It gets my vote for winning entry also. I can easily see how it impressed
and touched the judges. Watch it here:

 http://www.porcelainunicorn.com/
 

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How would you like your breakfast bread to be spiked with human hair?

NaturalNews.com reports that if you read the ingredients label on a loaf of bread, you will usually find an ingredient listed there as L-cysteine. This is a non-essential amino acid added to many baked goods as a dough conditioner in order to speed industrial processing. It's usually not added directly to flour intended for home use, but you'll find it throughout commercial breads such as pizza dough, bread rolls and pastries.

Human Hair :  a source for L-cysteine used in making commercial breads.

While some L-cysteine is directly synthesized in laboratories, most of it is extracted from a cheap and abundant natural protein source: human hair. The hair is dissolved in acid and L-cysteine is isolated through a chemical process, then packaged and shipped off to commercial bread producers. Besides human hair, other sources of L-cysteine include chicken feathers, duck feathers, cow horns and petroleum byproducts.

Most of the hair used to make L-cysteine is gathered from the floors of barbershops and hair salons in China, by the way.

Western consumers have no principled objection

While the thought of eating dissolved hair might make some people uneasy, most Western consumers ultimately have no principled objections doing so. For Jews and Muslims, however, hair-derived L-cysteine poses significant problems. Muslims are forbidden from eating anything derived from a human body, and many rabbis forbid hair consumption for similar reasons. Even rabbis who permit the consumption of hair would forbid it if it came from corpses -- and since much L-cysteine comes from China, where sourcing and manufacturing practices are notoriously questionable, this is a real concern.
In one case, a rabbi forbade the consumption of L-cysteine because the hair had been harvested during a ritual at a temple in India.
Source: 25 Amazing Facts About Food, authored by Mike Adams and David Guiterrez.

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Do you think a need for an effective water management policy is indispensable ?

Urban India is facing a serious crunch of water resource. Water regulatory bodies are facing tough time in meeting minimum requirements of every household.

Do you think a need for an effective water management policy is indispensable ?

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Do you really think Consumer Courts are effective ?

A defective product always brings trouble for consumers. With many brands launching their products in the market, consumers are lured into buying but at the same time, they are being misled by the companies.

Do you really think Consumer Courts are effective ?

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