During an internal meeting last week, the Railway Minister told Zonal Managers that they cannot hide behind the pretext of maintenance work to explain delays in train services. He warned the heads of Zonal Railways that delays in train services will defer their annual appraisals.

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The boost will also be because of the entry of new global players including in the manufacturing space and into the sectors that have been opened further for foreign investments.

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From an overall perspective candidates undergoing appraisal this season are expected to witness a double digit salary growth ranging between 10.5-15 per cent across industries and functions.

There is massive demand for talent and in order to contain attrition, companies are willing to go the distance to offer top-up benefits this appraisal cycle.

According to the new performance appraisal system documents developed by the top companies (and seen by us), cars worth up to Rs 10 lakh and flats costing up to Rs 40 lakh will be distributed by companies to their best performers.

The salary hike across industries would be of an average 11 per cent, while the average bonus will stand at 10 per cent, the survey revealed.

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India is still debating allowing field experiments for GM food crops and only recently removed a year-long embargo on scientific trials. More clarity on the future of GM crops in India will come once a new government is formed after elections that end in May as the outgoing government has set the ball rolling.

India Inc is likely to see attrition rates as high as 31 per cent during the three months ending June, as employees unsatisfied with annual salary hikes would look out for better prospects.

With hefty increments out of question this year, companies are finding novel ways to meet employee expectations.

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The coming months will see hiring as well as attrition go up, as the appraisal season comes to an end and most companies firm up plans of expansion.