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D.M.V.Gowtamahas been ap-pointed Chair-man & Manag-ing Director ofBEL for a periodof five years.

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R a k e s hSrivastava, IAS(1981) appointedas Member Sec.,Natonal Comm-sission for Back-ward Classes.

A.K.DhasmanaIPS, MP, 81 ap-pointed Sec.,Cabinet Secretariat& will hold chargeconcurrently as DG(Security).

Siddharthjhawar has beenappointed asOSD to the Min-ister of the Statefor Civil AviationJayant Sinha.

S.P.Vaid, IPS(1986) will be thenew DirectorGeneral of Policeof Jammu &Kashmir.

Anil BaijalRetired IAS (UT1969) has beenappointed Lieu-tenant Gover-nor of Delhi.

M.Salvaraj ap-pointed as Non-Official Indepen-dent Director inNuclear PowerCorporation ofIndia Limited

R.SubramaniaKumar ,Execu-tive Director inIndian Over-seas Bank givenaddl. Charge ofMD & CEO.

Sanjiv Swarupwill hold additionalcharge of thepost of CVO , Ho-ushing & UrbanDeve lopmentCorporation.

Dhirendra VeerSingh appointedChairman &Managing Direc-tor of Teri HydroDevelopmentCorporation.

January, 20172MIDNIGHT REPORTER

Delhi’s new LG Anil Baijal:15 Things about Baijal as IAS

Former Union home secretaryand 1969 batch AGMUT cadre re-tired IAS Anil Baijal appointed asDelhi’s lieutenant governor in placeof Najeeb Jung who had resignedlast week. As IAS officer SrivatsaKrishna describes in a social mediasite, Baijal is one of the finest IASofficers of the country who is“straightforward” and “tough” and theone who “knows every inch of Delhi”.Here are 15 facts about Delhi’s newLG as an IAS:

1. Hailing from Uttar Pradesh,Baijal is a 1969 batch retired AGMUTcadre IAS.

2. An MA in political science, Baijaldid his graduation in philosophy.

3. Baijal, now aged 70, retired asunion urban development secretaryin October 2006. As urban develop-ment secretary, he was instrumen-tal in designing the Jawaharlal NehruUrban Renewal Mission (JNNURM),a flagship urban development

programme rolled out by the UPA government.4. Baijal was appointed as Union home secretary in February 2004 by the then NDA

government. The then deputy prime minister LK Advani held the home portfolio during that NDAgovernment.

5. But the UPA was not very kind to Baijal. In May 2004, Manmohan Singh government cameto power and on July 2, 2004, Baijal was shifted out as the home secretary. He was madesecretary to a relatively low-profile ministry (as compared to MHA) - the ministry of urbandevelopment.

6. Baijal also served as secretary to the department of justice additionally, when he was thehome secretary.

7. Between 2003 and 2004, he was the vice-chairman of Delhi Development Authority(DDA), a position given to an AGMUT cadre IAS of additional secretary rank.

8. Earlier in 2001-2003, he was additional secretary in the Information and Broadcastingministry.

9. Between September 1 and February 2002, he was Delhi’s chief secretary.10. Baijal was joint secretary in the civil aviation ministry.11. And then, he served as chairman and managing director of national carrier Air India in

1999-2000.12. In mid-1980s, he served as a director in the ministry of consumer affairs, food and public

distribution.13. As a young officer (1974-76) Baijal served in Raj Bhawan when he was the secretary to

Governor.14. As an IAS officer, he also undertook a number of short in-service trainings programmes

on management concept and decision making, MIS and computer application, issues in organi-zational behaviour, ethical issues in administration and management, just to name a few.

15. According to DoPT records, Baijal knows Bengali, Assamese and English, apart fromhis mother tongue- Hindi.

Know more about new Tamil Naduchief secretary Girija Vaidyanathan

Ms Girija Vaidyanathan, a 1981 batch IAS of-ficer appointed as the new chief secretary of TamilNadu in place of P Rama Mohana Rao on whoseresidence and office Income-Tax sleuths hadraided and reportedly seized Rs 30 lakh in cashand five kilograms of gold. Rao, a 1985 batch IAS,was handpicked by the then chief minister JJayalalithaa in June this year to head Tamil Nadubureaucracy. In that process Rao superseded anumber of his seniors including Ms Vaidyanathan,his four-batch senior in IAS. Ms Vaidyanathan iscurrently an additional chief secretary and com-missioner of land administration.

According to an order issued today, she willalso hold the additional charge of the posts of vigi-lance commissioner and commissioner for admin-istrative reforms, the two posts handled addition-

ally by Rao. A post-graduate inphysics before getting into IAS,Ms Vaidyanathan hails fromTamil Nadu itself, and was allot-ted the Tamil Nadi cadre.

Like Rao, Ms Vaidyanathantoo has not worked at the Cen-tre on deputation ever. In thestate, she has handled manyassignments in the ministriessuch as power, infrastructuredevelopment, personnel,health, school education, envi-ronment and forests etc. Shealso served as a Member of thestate planning commission.

As a part of her mid-careertraining programmes, she stud-ied financial management, ad-ministrative environment, ad-ministrative law, quantitativemethods and operational re-search etc. In 2010, she alsoundertook two short trainingprogrammes in USA - one onleadership for 21st century andthe other on mastering negotia-tions: building agreementacross boundaries.

Change for GopalM.G. Gopal, special chief secretary, MAUD was

transferred and posted as special chief secretary,Revenue and Registration & Stamps, in the place ofK. Pradeep Chandra, who was appointed the newChief Secretary.

Ajay in EnergyAjay Mishra, special chief secretary, excise and

commercial taxes and revenue was transferred andposted as special chief secretary, Energydepartment.He was also given full additional chargeof the post of secretary, SC development in place ofBenhur Mahesh Dutt Ekka.

Chitra Gets PostingChitra Ramachandran, who was awaiting for the

posting, was posted as principal secretary, Housingin place of G.Asok Kumar.

Somesh ‘Happy Man’Somesh Kumar, principal secretary, Tribal Wel-

fare, was transferred and posted as principal secre-tary, Excise & Commercial Taxes, Revenue in placeMr Ajay Mishra.

One more postingfor Adhar

Adhar Sinha, principal secretary, GAD (pol) wasgiven full additional charge of the post of secretary(Services & HRM), GAD, relieving N. Siva Sankarfrom full additional charge

Navin in MAUDNavin Mittal, Secretary Finance was transferred

and posted as secretary, MAUD.Officer will continueto hold full additional charge of the post of Commis-sioner, I&PR.

Sunil- two hands fullSunil Sharma, principal secretary, Transport and

R&B, was given full additional charge of the post ofcommissioner, Transport in place of Sandeep KumarSultania.

Sultania in FinanceSandeep Sultania Commissioner, Transport was

posted as secretary, finance.This is again a crucialposting for the officer.

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January, 20173MIDNIGHT REPORTER

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Crime Bends It’s KneesAmazing one ! The crime graph of Hyderbad city

has came down and with this the city became moresafer to live in.The initiatives and the adoption of newtechnology brought this day for Hyderabad Police Com-missioner M.Mahender Reddy, who put his best effortsfor the whole big achievements.In the annual pressmeet Mr.Reddy gave the same figures to media, whichwere really amazing.The presentation was just awe-some !

This Is AwesomeTo promote the usage of Khadi, the Baldiya Chief

Dr.B.Janardhan Reddy asked the officials of the civicbody to wear Khadi clothes to the office on the firstworking day of the week.This is really awesome ! An-other news is the people thanked Mr.Reddy for bring-ing the roads back to the city.

Stunning SandeepThe Cyberabad Police Commissioner Sandeep

Shandilya is making rounds with his best performance.In the annual round up the officer clearly said that thepolice want to make people feel safer and secure.If therequired evidence is provided then police will not hesi-tate to book the FIR on any one, whoever he maybe.All major events security arrangements were suc-cessfully done”, said Mr. Sandeep. In total stunningperformance by the police commissioner.

Marvellous MaheshThe Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M.

Bhagwat said strict action will be taken against offend-ers and the corrupt khakis too.During the annual round-up the Commissioner said that no one will spared if thefault is found. Another news is though thecommissionrate is six months old, but the work hasbeen materialize perfectly. Moreover the new websiteis also launched, which will help the people to connectwith the commissionrate. Overall good performanceby Mr.Bhagwat.

Yes! It’s true that Telangana State Police reached to the top position with theirtremendous performance and this all got possible in the regime of top boss T DGPAnurag Sharma, who took the state policing to new heights and on a big screen. Tpolice graph is scaling higher & higher. That’s the reason Union Home Minister & theState Chief Minister are appreciating T police all the way.For more details watch thevideo of annual round up, where the big boss again stealed the show.

New Year BonanzaAppointment as chief advisor to T government is

like a new year bonanza for the former chief secretaryRajiv Sharma.It is understood that the government is inno mood to leave the officer and that’s the reason histerm has been extended couple of times, all because ofthe vast experience of Mr.Sharma that the governmentdoesn’t want to send him home.

Chandra retiresK.Pradeep Chandra held the post for a brief tenure

of just one month as a Telangana Chief Secretary. As perthe sources the government has send a request to ex-tend his term for next three months, but the Govt. OfIndia has not responded to the request letter.

Khan Second InningThe senior IPS officer A.K.Khan of DG rank laid down

office as DG,ACB on his superannuation.The 1981 batchofficer served on many of the crucial postings includingCommissioner, Vishakapatnam,DG-Fire Services,ADG(L&O) & Hyderabad Commissioner of Police.He launched‘e-Office system’ in ACB headquarters a week before tohis retirement.Khan is known for his stunning perfor-mance in the department and officer like him will notretire, it’s like a break or a interval. Moreover. The gov-ernment has appointment, A K Khan as an adviser forTelangana State Minority Welfare.So, second inning forMr.Khan.

Shocking New Year For AK Senior IAS officer Arvind Kumar was shunted out

as secretary of the industries department and appointedas resident commissioner of Telangana Bhavan in NewDelhi. A letter written by Mr Kumar to the state govern-ment questioning the power purchase agreement withthe Chhattisgarh government is said to be the reason forhis sudden transfer. This letter got “leaked” recently, caus-ing a huge embarrassment to government and espe-cially for Mr Rao, since Opposition parties and TelanganaJoint Action Committee are attacking the governmentover the PPA.

Charu will lead ACBLady IPS officer Charu Sinha appointed as Director

General of Anti-Corruption Bureau in place of A.K. Khanwho retired. Earlier to the appointment she was servingas a Director in ACB.

Singh infull Swing

The Singh is the King now ! Yes the Senior IAS officer S.P.Singh took over as thenew Chief Secretary of Telangana government. Mr.Singh, who was serving as SpecialChief Secretary in the Panchayati Raj department, succeeded K.Pradeep Chandra,who retired from the service.

Mr Singh will serve for 13 months as he will retire on January 31, 2018. Mr Singh hasalso assumed full additional charge as chief commissioner of land administration.

The AP government CS Mr.S.P.Tucker’s term is extended for the second time foranother three months.It seems that the AP CM is not in a mood to leave the officer tillthe crucial works of Amravati gets completed.But it seems that the work will takemore time to get completed. Now the question is whether the government will con-tinue the officer by nominating him after his retirement or just let him go home?

One &OnlyTucker

After Modi’s announcement the IT department officers are burning their mid-night night oil to detect unaccounted income and in conducting searches. Hat’s-offto the officers who all are putting their efforts to catch the black fishes.Chief Com-missioner of IT-Hyd Sushil Kumar and Director General (Investigations) Nina Nigamsaid in a press briefing that in both states Rs.280 crore unaccounted income isdetected. Big one is that the department traced Rs.2,000 crore of unaccountedwealth in both States. The meet was called to give details of the Prime Minister’s‘Garib Kalyan Yojana’ (PMGKY).

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Public SectorNMDC wins Governance Now PSU Award2016 for strategic performance

NMDC Limited, A NavratnaCompany under the administra-tive control of Ministry of Steelwon Governance Now PSUAward 2016 for strategic perfor-mance under financial category.

The Award was received byShri Sandeep Tula, Director (Per-sonnel) from Shri Ram VilasPaswan, Union Minister of Con-sumer Affairs, food and PublicDistribution in a program orga-nized at New Delhi. Shri JitendraKapoor, Legendary Actor andMs. Usha Singh, GM (BD & CP),NMDC Ltd. were also present

on this occasion. The Governance Now PSU Awards 2016 process is designed to evaluate andcompare the PSUs performance that are contextual and bear measurable outcome and impact. TheResearch Team and the Jury used the Evaluation Parameters to arrive at a consensus on the finalwinners. The company was selected based on strategic performance evaluation and Profit after tax/Sales and excellent performance in EBIDTA.

BHEL wins the EEPC Export Excellence AwardBHEL has won the EEPC

INDIA National Award forExport Excellence for theyear 2014-15 as ‘Star Per-former - Project Exports(Large Enterprise)’.

The award was re-ceived by Atul Sobti, CMD,BHEL from Suresh Prabhu,Union Minister of Railways.Instituted by EEPC, theaward is given annually toTop Exporters for excellencein physical exports. Signifi-cantly, BHEL has been win-ning this prestigious awardconsecutively for last 26years. With footprints in over80 countries across six con-

tinents, BHEL has been India’s leading exporter for more than 45 years.BHEL commissions one more 600 MW Thermal Unit in TelanganaBharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has successfully commissioned another 600 MW coal-

based thermal power plant in the state of Telangana.The unit has been commissioned at the 2×600 MW Singareni Thermal Power Project (TPP) located

in Adilabad district in Telangana. The project has been developed by Singareni Collieries CompanyLimited (SCCL), India’s second largest coal mining company. This is the second 600 MW unit commis-sioned by BHEL at Singareni TPP. The first unit of the project was earlier commissioned in March, 2016.

NTPC’s NVVN signsPPA with Nepal

NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN), wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Limited, hassignedPower Purchase Agreement(PPA) withNepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for supply ofup to 160 MW power for the period January2017 to May 2017 through Muzaffarpur-Dhalkebar transmission line. The Agreementwas signed in New Delhi between NVVN andNEA by Shri Arun Kumar Garg,CEO NVVN andShri Kul Man Ghising Managing Director, NEA .

SAIL records highest Q2 sales volume,32% growth over CPLY

Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) recorded the best eversales of 3.6 Million Tonnes (MT) in the second quarter of thecurrent financial year (FY 16-17) which is 32% higher over cor-responding period last year (CPLY). In the second quarter, SAILalso recorded the highest ever Q2 saleable steel production at3.492 MT, with a growth of 31% over CPLY.

In the first half of the financial year 16-17, during April-Sept’16,SAIL registered a growth in Sales by 18 %, Saleable steel Pro-duction by 20% and improvement in market share by 12.7%.

In these difficult market conditions, SAIL management’s suit-ably tailored marketing strategies, customer & market centricapproach and the concerted efforts to ramp up production fromthe modernized facilities resulted in sales growth across all prod-uct categories. Also in keeping with its focus to increase global

footprint, SAIL’s exports more than doubled in H1.SAIL’s gross turnover stood at Rs. 12,431 Crores and was higher by 22% as compared CPLY on

account of higher sales volume.Continuing the trend from the first quarter of this fiscal, SAIL recordeda positive EBIDTA ,in Q2 also, of Rs 180 Crores compared to (-) Rs. 829 Crores in Q2 FY 15-16. ThePAT for Q2 FY 16-17 was (-) Rs 732 Crores as against (-) Rs 1,108 Crores in CPLY. Despite animproved physical performance and positive EBIDTA factors like high global coal prices, higher inter-est and depreciation charges on account of capitalization of new assets affected the bottom line.

The Techno-economic parameters also exhibited improvement in Q2 with improvement in cokerate, CDI and BF productivity by 3%, 15%, 8% respectively over CPLY.

Speaking at the occasion, Chairman, SAIL, Shri. P.K. Singh said that, “Despite the unabated rise incoal prices, we are working on a holistic strategy to remain competitive by reducing our cost, fasterramping up of new facilities and aggressive marketing. In tandem with the India’s impressive economicgrowth among large economies, the domestic steel consumption is growing at a faster pace whichcoupled with growth oriented policies of the Government of India will see further improvements infuture.”

CMD HUDCO receives GovernanceNow PSU Awards 2016

Dr. M. Ravi Kanth,CMD HUDCO receivedthe Governance NowPSU Award 2016, pre-sented by Ram VilasPaswan, Union Minister ofConsumer Affairs, Foodand Public Distribution,Babul Supriyo, Union Min-ister of State for HeavyIndustries and Public En-terprises and JitendraKapoor, Legendary actorwho was the Guest ofhonour at the award func-tion for honouring the ef-

forts of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), vital to India’s overall economic growth. The‘value growth award’was conferred on to HUDCO for being a growth-oriented company.

NLC India Ltd. improves its Production Performance Lignite production in the cur-rent Quarter ending 30 th September 2016 was 69.27LT as against 60.21LT, registeringphysical growth of 15.0% when compared to the corresponding quarter of previousyear. Similarly the Power Generation in the current quarter was 5254.83 MU as against4963.47 MU in the correspond ding quarter of the last year with a growth of 5.9%.NLCChairman Sarat Kumar Acharya told.

Coal India production grows 5.3%in November

Coal India Ltd (CIL) on Saturday reported that its coal productiongrew by 5.3 percent to 50 million tonnes (mt) in November as com-pared to 47.47 mt of coal produced in the corresponding month lastfiscal. CIL, which produces 84 percent of the country’s coal produc-tion, was targeting 53.85 mt of coal production during the month.

According to provisional data, the miner produced 323.57 mt inApril to November period, achieving 90 percent of the target of pro-ducing 360.84 mt. The coal behemoth’s production grew by only 0.7percent in the April-November period from 321.38 mt produced inthe corresponding period last year. It also reported that its off-takeduring April-November period was down by 0.2 percent at 340.32 mtas against a target of 381.55 mt. The off-take for November stood at

48.16 mt achieving 97 percent of the target. In 2015-16, the state miner produced538.75 mt of coal against a target of 550 mt and its off-take was at 534.5 mt.

During the current fiscal, the coal production target has been pegged at 598.61 mtand production is expected to be 660.7 mt in 2017-18. The company envisaged produc-tion of 908.10 mt in 2019-20 with a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 12.98 percent with respect to 2014-15. In its latest annual report, CIL said it would invest Rs 7,765crore as capital expenditure and Rs 5,069 crore in various other projects in 2016-17.

MOIL increases manganese ore pricesState-run manganese producer MOIL Ltd on Thursday said

it has increased prices of different grades of manganese (Mn)ore by up to 30 per cent effective from December 1. The priceswere “increased” with effect from Thursday “by 30 per cent onthe existing prices” prevailing since November 1, of “all ferrogrades of ore”, the company said in a filing to BSE.

It, further said that the prices were increased by 25 per centon all grades of SMGR (Mn 30 per cent) and SMGR Low (Mn 25per cent) on the prevailing prices since beginning of November.

The miner also hiked prices of all grades of Fines by 25 per cent effective from Decem-ber 1 while prices of chemical grades ore were raised by 10 per cent. “The existing priceof Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide has remained unchanged,” it added.

OIL bags “Best Overall Display” AwardOil India Limited

(OIL), India’s secondlargest National Explora-tion & Production Com-pany, won the Award forthe “Best Overall Dis-play” at the Petrotech-2016 Exhibition, held from4th to 7th December,2016 at PragatiMaidan,New Delhi. The Awardwas presented to the OILteamby Sri AnishAggarwal, Director (Pipe-lines), IOCL and Chair-

man Exhibition Committee, Petrotech-2016, along with Sri A.K. Sharma, Director (Fi-nance), IOCL, at the Petrotech-2016 Exhibition Awards ceremony,on 7th December,2016 at PragatiMaidan, New Delhi. The Award for the “Best Overall Display”is in recog-nition of Oil India Limited’s vibrant and engaging Exhibition Stall, which showcased thecompany’s glorious legacy, its growth as a truly integrated E&P company, its futuristicoutlook and shed light on its international foray &its contributionto the society as a trulyresponsible corporate citizen.

JNPT creates record by loading 80.640 mtof ONGC crude oil

The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has created a record by loading 80. 640 mtof ONGC crude oil on a tanker ship, an official statement said on Friday.

“Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s number one container port, created amajor record on November 16, 2016, by loading 80,640 MT of ONGC crude oil on alarge vessel ‘MT Desh Bhakta”, which was berthed at LB-01 of BPCL-run Liquid CargoTerminal,” said a statement from the Shipping Ministry. According to the ministry, it is thehighest quantity of crude oil loaded on a vessel at JNPT which has surpassed theprevious highest of 80,489 MT loaded on tanker vessel ‘MT Ratna Urvi’ in June 2012.

“ONGC’s crude oil tanker MT Desh Bhakta, which measures LoA of 244.2 meters,arrived at JN Port on November 14, 2016 for loading of crude oil from Mumbai Highregion to sail ahead for MRPL refinery at New Mangalore through coastal movementwith a sailing draught of 12.6 meters,” said the statement.


Dharmendra Pradhan launches NaturalGas awareness campaign

Heralding thearrival of eco-friendly natural gasin the holy city ofHaridwar, Ministerof State for Petro-leum and NaturalGas (IndependentCharge) Dhar-mendra Pradhantoday launched aNatural Gasawareness cam-paign here to high-light the benefits ofthe clean and effi-cient fuel to resi-dents and industri-

alists. MP Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, MLA Haridwar Madan Kaushik, MLA RanipurAdesh Chauhan, MLA Jwalapur Chandra Shekhar, MLA Laksar Sanjay Gupta, MLA HaridwarRural Yatishvaranand, B.C Tripathi, CMD GAIL (India) Ltd., I.S. Rao, ED (Gas), BharatPetroleum Corpn. Ltd., P.K.Pal, Chairman HNGPL, along with officials of the Oil Industry werepresent on this occasion.

Speaking at the function,Shri Pradhan said the Haridwar City Gas Distribution Project willtouch the lives of nearly 19 lakh people in Hardiwar district. It will benefit number of house-holds which will get piped natural gas (PNG) while around 10,000 vehicles can convert tocompressed natural gas (CNG). Moreover, industries and commercial establishments in theregion can also use the environment friendly fuel.

The Haridwar City Gas Distribution Project is being developed by Haridwar Natural GasPvt. Ltd. (HNGPL), a Joint Venture of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited & GAIL GasLimited.HNGPL aims to cover Haridwar district of approx. 2,305 Sq.km which will include 3charged areas namely Haridwar, Roorkee and Laksar. The projected Capital Expenditure forthe first 5 years is Rs 148.91 Crores and 200.02 Crores over a period of 25 years.

GAIL’s Bawana Nangal Pipeline is connected to GAIL’s trunk pipeline network at Dadri. Atap off from this line at Saharanpur is the origin of Saharanpur Haridwar Pipeline. The Projectwill source gas using 3 tap-off points from SHPL Pipeline.

This efficient network of City Gas Distribution would bring Natural gas to the city for theenergy requirements for Houses, Industries, Commercial Units and Transport sector. It isexpected that around 10,000 vehicles will convertto CNG, which shall dramatically bringdown the pollution levels in the city. The pipeline promises hassle free domestic gas connec-tivity and the excess LPG distribution capability shall be made available to the rural population.The Hotels, Restaurants, cold storages, dairies will be ensured with energy Security and willalso provide momentum to the tourism in the district. The Company will also help in creatingthe eco-friendly gas based crematoriums.

This Haridwar CGD would be a part of the critical CNG corridor connecting the existingand upcoming CGD networks from New Delhi right upto Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Rishikeshand Dehradhun. This City Gas distribution Network would add a new life to Automobileindustries, Pharma companies, Agro based & Food Processing establishments, Textile unitsPersonal care product industries of Haridwar and surrounding areas. This would not only helpthe industry grow but also create new job opportunities to the youngsters of the area.?

National Energy Conservation Week Celebrated

NLC India Limited observed the National Energy Conservation Day as part of the NationalEnergy Conservation Week -2016 celebrations at the Lignite Hall, Neyveli , P.Dharmalingam,Director-Energy Management, National Productive Council, and Chennai participated asGuest of honour. Shri Subir Das,Director (Mines) NLCIL, the Chief Guest in his inauguraladdress said NLC IL management is developing technologies for improving efficiency andreducing costs. Because of taking important measures in increasing energy efficiency, theorganization has saved Rs. 6.5 Crore worth diesel and saved 23 Core Units of electricityconsumption without effecting normal in production. He said Energy Conservation is the onlyway to avoid economic and ecological damage.

Shri P. Dharmalingam in his Key note address, insisted on how as part of industrialrevolution, humans have been adding more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than plants cantake up. That’s driven carbon dioxide from 150 ppm to 400 ppm level in the lost 200 years leadto higher global warming. He stated that , energy conservation is the only means which helpsin replacing the non-renewable resources of energy with the renewable energy and tominimize carbon emissions to combat climate change, he added.

Functional Director Shri P.Selva Kumar Director (Planning &Projects) felicitated the occa-sion. He informed that NLCIL management is going to introduce a new system called Dy-namic Loading System in Conveyors to reduce lot of energy input.

To mark the occasion, the Shri Subir Das released a pamphlet regarding importance ofEnergy Conservation and Tips ,the first copy was received by Shri P Selvakumar andSticker quoting Save Earth ,Energy ,Environment was released by Shri P. Dharmalingam.Prizes were distributed to school children for winning competitions organized in line withNational Energy Conservation Week -2016. After the programme Shri Subir Das flagged off arally of Kendriya Vidyalaya school children to create awareness among public about the needof energy conservation. Also to mark the occasion a ormed a massive human chain wasformed by school children at Mainbazaar, Neyveli.Senior Executives, employees and Schoolchildren participated in large number.

PFC , DGM (PR) receives‘Best UT Nodal OfficialAward’

Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (I/C) for Power, Coal,New & Renewable Energy and Mines and P.K. Pujari, Secretary(Power) giving away the First Prize in “Union Territories Nodal Of-ficial” category toS S Rao, DGM (PR), PFC. This Award has beengiven in appreciation of the achievement in Painting Competition onEnergy Conservation by school children in Union territories.

NTPC and NALCO to form JV for PowerGeneration

NTPC Limited and National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) signed an Memorandumof Understanding (MoU) today in New Delhi in the presence of Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister OfState (I/C) Power, Coal, NRE and Mines, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister Of State (I/C)Petroleum And Natural Gas, Shri Tathagata Satpathy, Lok Sabha MP from Dhenkanal, ShriPrafulla Kumar Malik, Minister of Labour, Employees State Insurance Steel and Mines, Govt. ofOdisha, Shri Gurdeep Singh, CMD,NTPC ,Dr. T. K. Chand, CMD, NALCO and other dignitaries.The MoU was signed by Shri B.K. Thakur Director (HR), NALCO and Shri K. Biswal Director(Finance), NTPC. The Joint Venture Company shall establish a 2400 MW (3X 800 MW ) coalbased power project at Gajmara, Dhenkanal in Odisha and supply captive power for expansionplans of NALCO at Angul and also greenfield project at Kamakhyanagar in Dhenkanal, Odisha.

Speaking on the occasion Shri Piyush Goyal said in coming days the demand for aluminiumshall increase many folds in the rapidly growing Indian economy the projects led by swadeshicompanies shall take forward the Make in India initiative bringing jobs and opportunities for thepeople of Odisha. He appreciated the turnaround capability of NTPC by running nearly 50 year oldTalcher Thermal Power Station at more than 90 % PLF. Shri Goyal said environment friendlypower generation is a priority with the government.

Rooftop Solar Plant at DVC HQDamodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has

installed a 53 kWp grid connected rooftopsolar project at its Corporate Office inKolkata as a maiden step towards fulfilmentof the Government of India’s target for in-stallation of 40 GW rooftop solar powerplants by the year 2022. The plant was in-augurated by Shri. A.W.K. Langstieh, Chair-man, DVC and Shri Atul Sobti, CMD, BHELon 16th December 2016. The solar rooftopproject of DVC has 180 nos of multi-crystal-line PV module of 300W laid across an areaof 510 sq. meter. This rooftop power plant

with Net-metering facility will reduce the monthly energy bill of the corporate office where morethan 1000 employees work. Solar sources of energy is clean and does not contribute to climatechange. Renewable power projects are the future and with this project the power behemoth ofEastern India is aiming for big strides in solar energy generation which is one of the mainavenues of renewable power.


With the new Government at the centre, we have been witnessing series of radical and transformationalreforms - Demonetisation, Real Estate Regulator Bill (RERA), FDI relaxations, GST, Benami Transactions (Prohi-bition) Amendment Act, Change in Accounting standards IFRS - all coming in a row and in quick succession.Obviously, the year 2017 will see the Indian real estate sector to be still more transparent, credible and attractivewith only organised players on the ground. With home ownership always being a priority ambition and investmentobjective for all Indians, these reforms will have very positive implications for the home buyers as well as residentialreal estate sector.

The transitional slowdown in demand which we witness as an after math of series of reforms has nothing to dowith the huge pent-up demand for housing in India. This lull phase is only temporary and will vanish soon. In 2017,the primary sales market especially across larger cities will go up as real estate prices have already bottomed outand stabilised in these cities with no scope or very minimum chance of further coming down. Fence sitters who haddeferred their decision expecting further fall in prices have already understood the reality and have started comingback at least in the case of credible and established long term players of good brand value.

It is imminent that with the moves by the Government like demonetization and digital economy the un-organized and the less organized segment of Real estate sector like any other trade and services with high casheconomy will be all together wiped out in due course - vacating the place only to the existing and the new reputeddevelopers who have good practices. This will, naturally create a ‘Demand High’ ‘Supply Less’ situation, moreparticularly in mid-market and affordable housing segment - given less number of players on the ground. Homebuyers should realize this aspect and understand that “pricing” is a critical factor in the current market scenario andno player will lose the chance to offer the best possible price in order to secure his business. Therefore, the presenttime is extremely favourable to home buyers to make their move to secure the best real estate bargains. Theyshould make the hay while sun shines instead of repenting later in terms of price and choice.

Buyers are going to have the best time in 2017. With surplus liquidity and lower cost of funds for the banks,lending rates by commercial banks will come down which is good for the sector. Banks may further relax theirmargin requirement stipulations for the home loans. Home buyers will find it easy go in for Housing loans. Conse-quently, demand for housing will go up.

Forecast: What to expect fromthe real estate sector in 2017

Demonetization will makereal estate sector strongerand healthier

Demonetization today is becoming synonymous to chaos, confusionand inconvenience. However, putting aside the short-term perspective, itis bound to come as a blessing in disguise, as India is set for a digitalrevolution and the overall payments landscape of the country is up for acomplete overhaul. Delivering his speech at an event recently, Mr. RaviShankar Prasad, Law and IT Minister, said that with digital transactionsmoney will come into system, it will be accountable, generate tax anddevelop the country’s economy. When money will come into banks, thegovernment will be able to come up with better welfare schemes. This willactually strengthen government machinery for better implementation ofschemes.

For real estate, it might be a short-term itch - particularly for land deals,commercial transactions, hospitality or retail. Small builders and those inspecific cities/ micro markets where cash dealing was more prevalent willbe most impacted. Registration prices in residential space may also go upto adjust for cash component. Therefore, resale of property will be im-pacted more than primary sales. Organized real estate sector may alsoface demand slowdown for a short while, largely due to ‘wait and watch’susceptibility of buyers and investors.

However, gradually, once banks have a high lending capacity withmoney in the system, we will see a decent lowering of interest rates. Lowerinterest rates will bring down the EMIs on home loans, making real estatemore affordable and attractive. Precedents suggest that low interest ratesgive the real estate industry a massive boost by escalating positive senti-ment and demand, especially in the residential segment. Also, if supply ofresale properties declines due to price crash, it may favorably impactprimary sales. We also need to consider the fact that while real estatecomes as an asset and offers handsome appreciation with time, it alsohelps in income tax deductions. Rentals also add as an earning potentialfrom a property.

Real estate giant Emaar gives Rs 100crore contract for commercial project

Realty major Emaar India hasawarded a Rs.100 crore contract toconstruction firm Capacit’eInfraprojects Ltd (CIL) for its upcom-ing mixed-use commercial project inGurgaon. The scope of work for thecontract includes construction anddevelopment of the entire projectColonnade, which offers 1.33 lakhsq ft of retail spaces, the company

said in a statement. The project will also have serviced apartments.Mumbai-based CIL undertakes construction of residential, commer-

cial and institutional buildings in Mumbai Metropolitan Region, NationalCapital Region, Bengaluru and other major cities spread across India.“Emaar India is swiftly moving forward with the sole aim to fast track anddeliver all our projects with necessary deployment of resources,” saidAshish Jerath, Head of Sales, Emaar India.

The company, which is facing buyers’ complaints and protests due todelay in project completion, said: “At present almost 8,000 labourers areworking at various sites of the developer, as against 500 in April 2016.“The company aims to increase this workforce to five figures in the nearfuture at various projects including Palm Hills, Palm Garden and PalmDrive in the Gurgaon region.”

HDFC Realty launches ‘PropPartner’app for real estate agents

India’s leading real estate advisory solutions company, has been work-ing on the aggregation of real estate agents across key cities for the pastfew months. To take this initiative further, it has now launched ‘PropPartner’- an exclusive mobile application for brokers. This app is now live on bothAndroid and iOS platforms. Post-registration, the PropPartner App givesbrokers access to:

· Projects exclusively being marketed by HDFC Realty· Featured projects - with special schemes by developers· Projects with HDFC Special Payment Plan schemesAll listed projects would also be approved by HDFC for home loans.

Project details: The app allows the users (real estate agents) to profile their city / area of operation as also theother cities that they are interested to source the projects from, for their customers.

The ‘in-app’ sharing functionality lets the agents share the project details with their customers directly, using anyof the sharing apps available on their phone.


Komal Jain, the young interior designer is known for hercreativity & innovative ideas, has come up with the ‘K DesignStudio’ in the year 2012.In a very short period Komal & her teamdid tremendous designing work in residential & commercialsectors. Receiving winner award in IID HRC Design Awards-2016 in the category of residential apartments is the best ex-ample of their fabulous works.

In Detail :K Design Studio is a full service Interior designing firm lo-

cated in Hyderabad offers interior designing services to theresidential, office spaces, retail and hospitality sectors. K De-sign Studio comprises of a team of design professionals andresources necessary to visualize the project from concept todesign. Komal said “K Design Studio is a young dynamic placewhere we make things happen, keeping it simple.The phraseout of the box is completely justified with the kind of result thefirm delivers.Comfort ,style and function are always given”.

“We first invest time to know the client’s requirement todeliver the same to enhance their lives. Maintaining the prin-ciples and essence of design without compromising aestheticsis the focal point of the firm. We believe in flexibility of designstyles to create new environment to suit the clients require-ment and the vision.” she added.

“We work with our clients to create great spaces throughthe disciplined delivery of specialized strategic services anddesign services. Our offering extends to every aspect of aninteriors project and can begin well before a project is defined.

‘K Design’ - Stunning & Simple

Following a meticulous project managementprocess, we collaborate with our clients to de-termine their requirements and how to bestproceed in order to meet the specific needs oftheir company, project and brand.”

Malayalam actor DhanyaMary Varghese arrested forRs 130 cr financial fraud

Malayalam actor Dhanya MaryVarghese was detained by police inconnection with a fraud case. She wasarrested more than a month after herhusband John Jacob’s father was heldby police for allegedly duping custom-ers of his real estate firm. DhanyaMary Varghese has been arrested forfinancial fraud of Rs 130 crore, saidpolice on Friday.

Jacob Samson is the chairman ofSamson and Sons Builders and De-velopers Limited, which he runs withhis two sons John and Sam. He washeld by district Crime Branch inThiruvananthapuram earlier for de-frauding the investors with the prom-ise of high-interest rates. Varghese,her husband John and his brother

Samuel, were on the run after complaints filed by clients, who had bookedapartments from Samson Builders, owned by John’s family, but the com-pany failed to honour the contracts. Her father-in-law, Jacob Samsun, aformer state government employee, was arrested last month, and the triopicked up from Tamil Nadu’s Nagercoil on Thursday night and brought hereon Friday.


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Esha Hindocha ismaking rounds withher sizzling pictureson the social media.We got one, whichwas shoot & postedby Radha Prasad.Esha what next in2017.Hopefully on bigstage or probably onscreen. “ Ye Public hai-ye sab jaathi hai...!!!

Many wishes to the birthday boy AlluBobby.The chap celebrated the occasionwith khass-khass friends & celebs. “Baar-baar din ye aaye....!!!

The couple Dr.Pritpal Singh Bagga& Bhavna Bagga caught on camerawhile holidaying in Dubai.What a pic-ture ! Bhavna who clicked it,did ucouple hired the professional guy orapple ka kamal hai !!!

Meet the queen of brightness !Yes the Neha Palan Chejra, thepretty lady with lighting crown.Neha are you in town !

Lots of wishes & love ! CoupleBharat & Meena Shah celebrated their29th wedding anniversary.

Dara is back ! After a long gap thebeautiful lady from London is back onFace Book. Dara Filipof - Hundreds of herfriends from the town are excited to seeher post again by commenting wherewere you Dara, we were missing you !What a friendship. Awesome !!!

Mashallah !!! Yesthis word is repeatedmany of the times bythe friends .This‘hum teen bhai’ pic-ture is makingrounds on the socialmedia. Saberi’s onscreen !!! Ali Saberi,Hasnain Saberi &Hamed Saberi.

Lalit Krishnani, the awesomemobile clicker is on screen aftercoming up with this uniquetrend.This chap picture has a de-mand ! The best mobile clicker inthe town !!!

Birthday Beauty: Geet Gupta

Whenever there is a talk about‘sisterhood’ the lovely sistersBharani & Lakshmi Kancharlaname comes in the mind as a bestsisters. Best friends, best togeth-erness & best bonding. Sisters arealways sisters...!!!


Today fotos are the part of the daily routinelife.No fotos, no life and this foto craze is all be-cause of social media and off course the newtrend & the technology, which is adopted by theentire globe.As time changes new culture ar-rives.

The culture of mobile clicks is everywhere.From the ground to the terrace and fromthe terrace till the space.This clicks are makingthe life more happier and adding more excite-ment into the life.Clicks are the only way to keepyour memories safe. Infact fotos adds more lovein the relations by bringing it closer & closer.

The collection of the fotos will be like sec-onds & minutes, but rare one is the exceptional,which will be mostly used for DPs & profilepics.Which are called as favorite fotos.Now thenew year is started and let’s check which foto isthe favorite of last year. ‘Midnight Reporter’ an-nounced the theme and some of the beautiesgot associated and shared their favorite foto.Though it was not a easy job, but finally thefeminines has got succeed to choose their fa-vorite one. Thanks for association & a very happynew year to all.

My Favorite Foto Of 2016

Shalini

Maya

Sindhu

Varshaa Aarti Priti Pooja

Anshum

Puja

Sudha

Shubhraa

Ankita

Payal

Krupa

Sonali

Ruby

Vasavi

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Tourism

Darjeeling has witnessed a hike in the number of tourists despite a decline in tourists inother tourists destinations. Contrary to the poor conditions of other industries in West Bengal,the tourism industry in Darjeeling has seen a hike of around 15 per cent after demonetisation.

"I am from Kolkata and I have loved Darjeeling since when I was a child. Even now, I amenjoying Darjeeling like I used to back then," said Sukanto Rajgupta, a tourist.

Every year, the Christmas week promises a purple patch in the books of hoteliers andbusinessmen of Darjeeling and this time too they were not let down.

"We had thought that after demonetisation the number of tourists would lessen, but fromDecember 22 to first week of January most of the hotels are packed. If we compare ourbookings to last year's we have seen an increase by at least 5 per cent," said Tshering Lama,a senior official of Blueline Travels. The bookings for the season were made before thecurrency revamp announcement on November 8. However, many believe that since thecancellation charges were high, most decided to enjoy the last few days of the year ratherthan spending it standing in queues and losing the invested money. One of the hotel owners,Milan Chettri, said, "It's almost the same as last year there is hardly any difference."

Maha Govt push to theme tourismThe state govern-

ment this year rolledout a new tourismpolicy, proposing aslew of initiatives to de-velop the brand equityof Maharashtrathrough theme tour-ism.

Some themesidentified include reli-gious tourism, cour-tesy Maharashtra'sBuddha circuit, Jyoti-rlingas, the

Ashtavinayaks and other famous temples at Shirdi, Pandharpur and Kolhapur; heritage tour-ism; beach tourism along Maharashtra's coast line; coastal and yacht tourism; culinary tour-ism; nature tourism; education tourism and theme park tourism.

The department of tourism also plans to revive the Medical Tourism Council of Maharashtraand initiate projects under medical tourism. According to officials, Mumbai, Pune and Nagpurhave some of the best state-of-the-art hospitals in south Asia.

Manjusha Kulkarni, manager, legal, at the Ruby Hall Clinic, and secretary , Association ofHospitals, Pune, said, "Medical tourism is definitely picking up in Maharashtra. Yet, most of themedical tourists coming to India go to Delhi and south India because of their governments'active support."

She said, "The medical tourism in Pune is still at nascent stages and is bound to grow in2017, but the current achievements are no less."

Wine tourism, which witnesses around 20% growth in the state each year, has beenaggressively marketed by stakeholders in 2016. Yatin Patil, the president of All India WineProducers' Association (AIWPA), said 2016-17, so far, witnessed a 20% growth in winetourism in comparison to the last fiscal.

Nepal hosts elephant festival to revivedwindling tourism industry

The 13th editionof Nepal’s five-dayChitwan ElephantFestival kicked off inKathmandu with theparticipation of over50 elephants. Theannual festivalwhich brings fun,sports and adven-ture together was in-augurated inSauraha, the gate-way to Chitwan Na-tional Park, Xinhuanews agency re-

ported on Tuesday. The festival would feature unique and spectacular games like polo,football, fast-walk, beauty contest, picnic among others elephant participation. The annualevent has been organised by Regional Hotel Association Chitwan in order to bring humanscloser with elephants, to encourage wildlife protection and conservation and to promotetourism in the region. Inaugurating the fiesta, Nepalese Minister for Culture, Tourism and CivilAviation Jeevan Bahadur Shahi said that these sorts of festivals play an important role inattracting foreign tourists. “Chitwan is a pioneer hub for elephant adventures but still lacktourists as compared to other parts of the country.

“We need to attract more tourists from our neighbouring countries to boost the overalltourism industry,” Shahi said.

Darjeeling tourism remainsunfazed by demonetisation woes

Assam to quadrupletourism spend in FY18Priyanka Chopra likely to be the brand ambassador

Assam is on an overdrive to promote thestate as an attractive tourist destination. On theheels of roping in Bollywood Actress PriyankaChopra as Assam tourism’s brand ambassador,the state’s tourism minister, Himanta BiswaSarma, said on Sunday that the budgetary allo-cation for tourism would see a four times jump inthe next financial year.

“In FY18, we’ll allocate Rs 460 crore for thetourism department. It would be a quantum jumpfrom the present Rs 100 crore,” said Sarma,who also holds the finance portfolio in the state,besides health and education. According toSarma, the state will soon formulate a tourismpolicy. A unique project called Amar Aalohi (ourguest) would be unveiled soon, he added. AmarAalohi would encourage villagers to arrangehomestays for tourists. This would be done keep-ing in mind to promote tea tourism, religious cir-cuits and ethnic culture where guests would berequired to venture into the interiors of the stateand choose homestays.

“We would soon create infrastructure underthis project. We would also impart soft skills and

hospitality training to our villagers those who would join the homestay project,” added Sarmawhile addressing media persons along with Chopra. Chopra, who visited the state for the firsttime on Sunday after being signed as brand ambassador, said she hoped to show Assam to theworld through her eyes. She has a two-year contract with the state government to promoteAssam tourism at both national and international platforms.

Sambalpur to expand destination tourismTwo more destinations of the district are set to make it to the list of tourist places. Khinda in

Rengali block and Bhima Mandali in Naktideul block will soon find a place on the tourism map.Located around 41 kms from here, Khinda is the birth place of legendary freedom fighter

Veer Surendra Sai and is located on the fringes of Hirakud dam. Bhima Mandali, on the otherhand, is situated around 100 kms from here inside Landimal Reserve Forest under Rairakholforest division and river Champali that flows near is a major attraction. Another major draw is acave named after mythological character from Mahabharat, Bhima and hence the place locallycalled Bhima Dali or Bhima Mandali.

Both places have the potential to attract visitors from across the State, said District TouristOfficer, Sambalpur Rabindra Kumar Dalei adding a survey has already been conducted toinclude these two places in the tourist places list.

The district-level committee will recommend Tourism Department to recognise both theplaces as tourist destinations in the next meeting to be held shortly, he said. There seven otheridentified tourist places in the district are Sambalpur, Hirakud, Ushakothi, Huma, Chiplima,Gudguda and Kandhara.


Foreign tourists to get simcards at 12 airports

The homeministrys newyear gift to itsforeign touristsfrom 161 coun-tries will be apre-loaded simcard at 12 majorairports of thecountry afterhome ministerRajnath Singhformally laun-ches thescheme thisweekend.

The ready-to-call sim cards will be available to foreign tourists arriving at airports in Panjim, Ahmedabad,Amritsar, Jaipur, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Lucknow, Delhi and Varanasi to start with. Themove is aimed at projecting India as a global tourist destination among foreign travellers as wellas addressing the security concerns by equipping the tourists with mobile phones to makecalls in case of any distress, an official at the home ministry said.

According to MHA officials, Home Minister Rajnath Singh will launch the initiative plannedin association with BSNL this weekend by distributing free pre-loaded Sim cards to touristsarriving in India on e-Visa. "The sim cards will be given to the tourists at the immigration itself.We are starting this in a phased manner.

It will pilot in Delhi and a few select cities next week," said an official said. The proposal forthis move was initiated by the Ministry of Tourism earlier this year.

"Foreign tourists face problems while procuring a Sim card, making them dependent ontelephone booths. The cards can be recharged as and when required and will be functionalfrom the moment they step out of the airport," the official added. The Sim card will come with a'welcome kit' which would also consist of maps, tourism booklets with information aboutemergency numbers.

Festive season boost for wine tourism in district Wine tourism in the district was affected by almost 20% last days because of

demonetisation is now showing signs of improvement.Over the past four days, the festive break has tripled tourists' footfall between Saturday

and Tuesday. Tourists are not only visiting vineyards, but also get a chance to sample wine atthe tasting rooms at the wineries.

According to the president of the All India Wine Producers' Association (AIWPA), Yatin Patil,around 11,000 tourists have visited Nashik in the last three days. In November, there was adrop of around 20% in the number of tourists visiting wineries.

"Because of demonetisation, the number of tourists visiting wineries has dropped by 20%in November compared to the figures in the same month last year. The festive season hasboosted wine tourism in the past four days and footfall has improved. People from across thecountry, particularly from areas a few hours' drive away are visiting Nashik's wineries," Patilsaid.

Sula Vineyards, which shares 60% market share of the total wine sale in the country, hasbecome an attraction for tourists from across the country and abroad. Apart from this, a highfootfall has also been recorded at some other major wineries like York, Vallonnie Vineyards,Grover Zampa, Soma, Renaissance and Good Drops. They not only visit wineries, but alsosample and purchase wine.

Monit Dhavale the associate vice president (hospitality) of Sula Vineyards, said, "Thenumber of visitors have dropped from November 8 to December 23 because of demonetisation.Around 20,700 tourists visited wineries in November this year, as against 25,000 tourists inDecember last year. The footfall has started improving because of Christmas and this trend willcontinue till the year end. Usually, around 1,000 visitors visit our wineries daily. The footfall hasincreased by around three times due to festive season. Around 8,000 visitors have visited ourwineries between Saturday and Monday."

Nashik has emerged as the country's wine capital and also as a wine tourism hub be-cause of the good climate and the number of wineries. Of the 95 wineries in the country, 77 arelocated in Maharashtra. Nashik district boasts of 39 wineries. The number of tourists visitingwineries has increased by 20% to 3.25 lakh tourists in the 2015-16 financial year as against2.7 lakh tourists in the 2014-15 financial year.

Irish tourism ‘benefits from terror’Ireland has become one of

the “main beneficiaries” of ter-rorist attacks across Europebecause tourists see it as asafe place to visit, a major tour-ism group has claimed.

Irish Tourist Industry Con-federation chairman PaulGallagher said the boost in over-seas tourists was one of the“upsides” of the current climate.

“The terrorist attacksacross Europe have drivenbusiness to northern Europefrom southern Europe, and innorthern Europe, Ireland hasbeen one of the main beneficia-ries of people feeling insecurebecause it is very secure here,”

said Mr Gallagher. “That is not something you would go out and sell actively, but you can’t denythat it is not playing into Ireland’s performance at the moment. Obviously, we would wish for nomore attacks and for everywhere to be safe, but that is the environment we live in.”

Despite Brexit concerns and capacity constraints, ITIC believes the tourism industry cangrow by a further 3% to 5% in overseas visitors next year. Based on a 5%-7% revenue growthfor 2017, at least a further 7,000 jobs could be created.

ITIC, however, believes the sector is set to become a victim of its success, with capacityproblems restricting growth to an estimated 1% in 2017.

Irish tourism hit a new high this year, with a record number of visitors - the industry is nowworth over •8bn annually. Overseas visitors spent •4.7bn this year, a 9% rise, or almost •600mmore, compared to 2015. The ITIC said Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, poses “a majorchallenge” for Irish tourism. “As sterling weakens due to the uncertainty over Brexit, it is morevital than ever that Ireland remains competitive,” said Mr Gallagher.

He welcomed the Government’s decision to retain the tourism Vat rate at 9%, saying thisputs Ireland on an even keel with its European neighbours - 17 of the 19 eurozone countrieshave Vat rates of 10% or less.

ITIC chief executive Eoghan O’Mara Walsh, however, warned that a “hard Brexit” would bedamaging to Irish tourism.

“It is vital that in the negotiations between the UK and the EU that Irish tourism’s needs arereflected. This particularly relates to the need to maintain the Common Travel Area and theretention of liberalised air access rights,” he said.

Mr Gallagher said the ITIC expects the British market to “soften” because of Brexit and theissues around the exchange rate. However, they are still confident that overseas tourism toIreland from North America and mainland Europe would remain strong.

The ITIC is also concerned about a shortage of hotel capacity in Dublin and other urbanareas that could limit Ireland’s ability to attract more overseas visitors.

Mr Gallagher welcomed the 5,000 bedrooms planned for Dublin in the coming years, butsaid construction and development of the new hotels have to start now.

“If demand and supply are out of sync, there will always be upward pressure on prices anda loss of competitiveness represents the single largest threat to tourism’s future growth,” hewarned. Mr Gallagher said the Government needs to increase capital spending on tourismprojects to •350m over the next five years so there is more to see and do for everyone, not justoverseas visitors.

Harry Potter anniversary amongBritain's tourism highlights in 2017

A British official tourism body haslisted several anniversaries and cel-ebrations as the country's tourismhighlights in 2017, including the anni-versary of the first Harry Potter book.

Among the highlights are also the200th anniversary of the death of theiconic writer Jane Austen and the125th anniversary of the first SherlockHolmes publication, VisitBritain, a na-tional tourism agency, published on itswebsite. A wide range of other cel-ebrations, attractions and openings inboth cultural and sporting fronts arealso listed on the website.

The agency forecasts that 2017is set to be a record year for inboundtourism.

It says number of overseas visi-tors to Britain is expected to rise nextyear to 38.1 million visits, up four percent on 2016.

And spending by overseas visi-tors is predicted to reach US$30 bil-lion in 2017, an eight per cent increaseon spending of an estimated US$27billion during 2016.

VisitBritain Chief Executive OfficerSally Balcombe said: "These figuresnot only underpin a longer-term pat-tern of growth for inbound tourism, oneof our fastest growing export indus-tries, but also demonstrates its grow-

ing importance as a key driver for economic growth and jobs." Tourism is Britain's seventhlargest export industry and third largest service sector, as well as a major job creator.

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