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Anil KumarSinha, IPS (79),Bihar cadre isthe new CBIChief.

D i n e s h w a rSharma,IPS,(79)Special Directortook over as Di-rector, Intelli-gence Bureau.

Anurag Jain,IAS(89) tookover as JointSecretary in thePMO .

P r a k a s hMishra, IPS (77)Specia l Secre-tary (IS) in MHAappointed asDG(CRPF).

Vivek Sriva-stava orders ofappointment asIG in SPG havebeen issued bythe GoI.

Bureaucracy

Sutirtha Bhatta-charya, IAS(85)is the new CMDof Coal IndiaLimited (CIL).

R.K.Srivastava,IAS (84) ap-pointment asChairman of AAIhave been is-sued by GoI.

Public Sector

Jayathilak,IAS(91) will be hold-ing the additionalcharge of Chair-man, RubberBoard.

Pradip KumarSatpathy as-sumed chargedas Director (Pro-duction) of NM-DC Limited.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is the best tribute to Mahatma Gandhiwho gave us the message ‘Quit India, Clean India.’ Gandhi’s dreamis still unfulfilled and now it’s a time to come forward to cleanevery corner of the country to make his dream true.

-Sri Narendra ModiPrime Minister of India

Devinder SinghAhluwalia as-sumed chargeas Director (Fi-nance) ofNMDC Ltd.

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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a national level campaign by the Government of India, covering4041 statutory towns to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure of the country. This campaignwas officially launched on 2 October 2014 at Rajghat,New Delhi, where Prime Minister NarendraModi himself wielded broom and cleaned a road. The campaign is India’s biggest ever cleanlinessdrive and 3 million government employees and schools and colleges students of India partici-pated in this event. The mission was started by Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India,nominating nine famous personalities for this campaign, and they take up the challenge andnominate nine more people and so on(like the branching of a tree). It has been carried forwardsince then with famous people from all walks of life joining it.

Objectives-This campaign aims to accomplish the vision of ‘Clean India’ by 2 October 2019,150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. The fund sharing between the Central Government and theState Government/ Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) is 75%:25%(90% : 10% for North Eastern andspecial category states) The campaign was described as “beyond politics” and “inspired bypatriotism”. 1. To eliminate open defecation 2. Conversion of insanitary toilets to pour flush toilets3. To Eradicate manual scavenging 4. 100% collection and scientific processing/disposal re-use/recycle of Municipal Solid Waste 5.To bring about a behavioural change in people regardinghealthy sanitation practices 6. To generate awareness among the citizens about sanitation and itslinkages with public health 7.To Strengthen urban local bodies to design, execute and operatesystems 8.To create enabling environment for private sector participation in Capital Expenditureand Operation & Maintenance (O&M) costs.

For your eyes only...“Swachh Bharat Cam-

paign logo is not just a logo,through it Gandhiji is watchingus and we all should clean In-dia. I am not claiming that thenewly elected government isdoing everything. Be it temples,mosques, gurudwaras or anyplace, we must take efforts toclean our surroundings. Clean-liness is not only the responsi-bility of the ‘safaai kaamgar’, itis the responsibility of 125 croreIndians. If Indians can reach

Mars at a cheap cost, can we not clean our neighborhoods?”“I do not make any claim that the government, which has been elected to power just now, has

done everything.”Modi said,”even today from this stage, I greet and salute all the governments—central, state and municipal, social organizations which have worked in this direction, whetherthey are leaders from Sarvodaya or workers of Seva Dal. I launch this programme with theirblessings.” He said that today’s campaign should not be seen as a mere photo opportunity.Headded.

“Everybody before us has worked for it. Under Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership, the Congresshad led it...Who was successful, who was not. Let us not get into it who has done it, who has not.We should work responsibly,” he said.

While ruing that 60 percent of populace in rural areas still defecate in open, the Prime Ministersaid the stigma of women lacking toilet facilities has to be removed. Modi said that he hasrequested the corporates to evolve plans under corporate social responsibility to build cleantoilets specially for girl students in schools.

India, he said, should learn from foreign countries, where people are disciplined and do notlitter in public places. He said though it is a difficult task, it can be achieved and for that people willhave to change their habits.

“If we make it a public movement, we can make our country being counted as one among thecleanest nations,” he said.

The countrymen launched a movement and achieved freedom realizing one of the slogansof Father of the nation, there is now a need to fulfil his other vision of ‘clean India’.

“I am seeing that Gandhi is looking through these specs that whether we have made Indiaclean or not, what we have done and what we have done,” he said. He said if the surroundingsare kept clean, then people will remain healthy and such losses can be minimised.

Modi’s 15 quotes on‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’

1. It is our social responsibility as citizens of India to help fulfil Gandhiji’s vision of Clean India,by his 150th birth anniversary in 2019.

2. I am seeing that Gandhi is looking through these specs that whether we have made Indiaclean or not, what we have done and what we have done.

3. Devote 100 hours every year towards the cause of cleanliness.4. Cleaning up the country cannot be the sole responsibility of sweepers. Do citizens have no

role in this? We have to change this mindset.5. Though it is a difficult task, it can be achieved and for that people will have to change their habits.6. It takes time to change established mindset. It is a difficult task. But we have five years. This

is not about Modi... Modi is only one of its 1.2 billion people... This is a people’s task.7. Sanitation should not be seen as a political tool, but should only be connected to patriotism

(rashtrabhakti) and commitment to public health.8. I am not talking politics...this is beyond politics. This is inspired my patriotism not politics.

We do not have to do with an eye on politics...I say that with a clean heart... If we paint this againwith a brush of politics, we will again do a disservice to mother India.

9. All the governments in this country have made one or the other effort to do this work.Several political, social and cultural organizations have made efforts in this direction. I greet allthose, who have worked.

10. I have requested the corporates to evolve plans under corporate social responsibility tobuild clean toilets specially for girl students in schools. India should learn from foreign countries,where people are disciplined and do not litter in public places.

11. I have invited nine people and asked them to come to public places and work towards aClean India. I ask them to invite 9 more people too.

12. I have invited Mridula Sinha ji, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Ambani, Ramdev, Shashi Tharoor,Kamal Haasan, Priyabka Chopra, Salman Khan, team of Tarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma

13. If people of India can reach Mars with minimal expenditure, why can they not keep theirstreets and colonies clean.

14. If we make it a public movement, we can make our country being counted as one amongthe cleanest nations.

15. According to the World Health Organization, an average of Rs. 6500 per person was lostin India due to lack of cleanliness and hygiene. Swachh Bharat would make a significant impacton public health and in safeguarding income of the poor, ultimately contributing to the nationaleconomy.

About “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”

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No Proposal To Reduce RetirementAge From 60 To 58 Yrs: Centre

New Delhi: There is no proposal to re-duce the age of central government employ-ees from 60 years to 58 years, the govern-ment announced Thursday.

“Attention of the government has beendrawn to some news items appearing in asection of the press regarding proposal ofthe central government to reduce the retire-ment age of central government employeesfrom 60 years to 58 years,” an official state-ment said. “It is clarified that government hasno proposal to reduce the age of central gov-ernment employees from 60 years to 58years,” it added.

In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Minis-ter of State for Personnel, Public Grievancesand Pensions, Jitendra Singh also said, “Theretirement age for Central Government em-

ployees was revised from 58-60 years in 1997 on the basis of recommen-dations of the fifth Central Pay Commission,” and that there is no suchproposal “at present” to reduce the age.

Mobile App To Be Launched ToCurb Corruption

Mumbai: Maharashtra ACB will soonbe just a click away as the anti-corrup-tion watchdog is preparing its own mobileapplication, aimed at bringing itself morecloser to people.

“We are working on to launch a mo-bile application shortly. It is under prepa-ration,” Maharashtra ACB Director Gen-eral Pravin Dixit said.

“Through this mobile application, avictim can submit video, audio and digitalfiles with just a click,” the IPS officer said.

The purpose of having a mobile ap-plication is that the common people, es-pecially tech-savvy folks, can have easy

access to the Maha ACB, which has so far this year arrested as many as1,661 corrupt government officials and their mediators this year, a 117 percent surge as compared to the previous year, the ACB says.

“It (the application) will hopefully reduce the gap significantly betweenthe victims and the ACB officials,” he added.

Riding high on its successful traps so far, the ACB is leaving no stoneunturned to be able to reach to common man by aptly tapping the innovatingand revolving technology, said another officer.

The application, if launched will have information about the ACB’s pres-ently existing Toll Free number - 1064, its Face Book account link, namesand numbers of some officers among others.

“In the current networked society, if the way of functioning of a publicserving office is not upgraded with the technology, one cannot serve thepublic effectively,” said the officer on condition of anonymity as he is notauthorized to speak to media.

Earlier, Maharashtra ACB stood first in the country by starting to postphotographs of the arrested accused and their case details on Face Book,a widely used social networking site.

Apart from tapping technology, the ACB sleuths are putting their bestefforts to mark their presence at gathering points.

“Our sleuths are also visiting large gatherings to promote the facilitiesoffered to the citizens by the ACB. We have also deployed our men at theplaces known for corrupt dealings to curb the menace,” Dixit said.

“We are making all efforts to ensure that the amount a complainant isrequired to pay to bribe during our trap is refunded to them from the govern-ment treasury on top priority. The government has initiated special steps torefund the money without much delay,” he said.

Vrinda Sarup Appointed As HRDSecretary

New Delhi: Senior IAS officer Vrinda Sarup wason Monday appointed as Secretary under HRDMinistry in Department of School Education and Lit-eracy. Sarup, a 1981 batch IAS officer of UttarPradesh cadre, is presently working as SpecialSecretary within the same department under theMinistry of Human Resource Development. She hasbeen appointed in place of R Bhattacharya, a 1978batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, whosuperannuates on Wednesday, said an order is-sued by the Department of Personnel and Training.

Sarup has acquired a reputation as an expert on Human Resource Devel-opment management, as she also worked as Deputy Secretary and Direc-tor in the Ministry of Human Resource Development from October 1, 1992to January 22, 1998 on central deputation.

Sarup, who was born on December 27, 1956 in Delhi, is a post graduatein History in first division.

Bihar IAS Officer Sanjay Kumar To Be NewPrincipal Secretary To Jharkhand CM

Ranchi: The 1990 batch, Bihar cadre, IAS of-ficer Sanjay Kumar, will be the principal secretaryto the newly appointed Jharkhand Chief MinisterRaghubar Das.

Chief Secretary Sajal Chakraborty said theBihar cadre officer would took over the charge.Kumar was currently posted as secretary ofLabour Resources Department in Bihar. He hasalso served in the Health Department, Health Mis-sion in Bihar and Social Justice & Empowerment

department on central deputation. He, earlier in 1999 served Deputy Com-missioner in Jamshedpur.Kumar, who was born on June 06, 1966 at Patnain Bihar, is a post graduate in Physics as well as in Economics. He is in verymuch good books of the new Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghuwar Das.

Award Time:Chief Justice,AP High Court Justice Kalyan Jyothi Sen Guptapresenting ‘Sivananda Eminent Citizen Award’ to Padma Bhushan Prof.SathyaVrath Sastri & Bharat Ratna Prof.C.N.R.Rao during a event organised bySanathana Dharma Charitable Trust.Trust Managing Trustee K.Basavarajuand others were present at the occasion.

Perfect: A.K.Khan

Cool & Simple: Satyanarayan

Sabse Tez : Rajiv Trivedi

Baat Baki: T.Krishna Prasad & Ramesh

Jeena hai toh haske jiyo :V.Naveen Chand

Busy Bee: Soumya Mishra

On Screen: Charu Sinha

On Time : D.Kalpana Naik

On Duty: Mahesh Bhagawat

Filmi : PV.Sunil Kumar with Mohan Babu

New Year Gift: RR Dist Col-lector N.Sridhar appointed as aCMD of Singareni CollieriesCompany Limited.

Lokarpan: Dr.T.MurliKrishna with his new book‘Humour On Police’.

5 January, 2015MIDNIGHT REPORTER

January(MR)It is like 2014 bonanza for the senior IPS officer S.A.Huda,who has been awarded with the prestigious ‘Maulana Muhammad Ali JauharAward” in a function held in capital city recently.Muhammad Ali Jauhar wasa renowned leader, on whose name a University is named in Rampur,UP. Theaward was earlier presented to the distinguished personalities like Giani ZailSingh (Former President of India),Critic Javed Akhtar, Former MinisterJaswant Singh and Prakash Jaiswal .MR congratulates him on receivingthe honor.

Somesh ki thochandi hai...

January(MR)This is called the timegame.GHMC Commissioner Somesh Kumar,whose name is making rounds for a shift in thecorridors of power now became the most pow-erful officer in the corporation.His appointmentas a special officer wondered many, in factthis is a reward posting for him from the gov-ernment for his hard work. After taking chargethe officer started working with more zeal andenergy. 2014 was quite lucky for the

officer.That’s why we say ki ‘Somesh ki tho chandi hai....!

Siva to serve Sri BalajiJanuary(MR)Officer D.Sambasiva Rao got the

opportunity to serve Lord Sri Balaji. Mr.Rao was thePrl. Sec., Municipal Administration earlier to thisposting.He will be the EO of TTD.This is again aplum posting for the officer for which some of thesenior officers were craving. If we are not wronglast year Mr.Rao requested the government to posthim in a less burdensome department because ofhealth reasons.Hope now the officer is totally re-covered and will spend his time in a spiritual

atmosphere.Govinda...Govinda...!

Just Missed January(MR)Don’t be confused.We are not talk-

ing here about missing of any flight or train.The matteris something different, it’s of missing an opportunity.Officer M.G.Gopal, who has recently transferred fromTTD and reported to GAD might be unhappy for miss-ing the important events like ‘New year and VaikuntaEkadasi Seva, which took place soon after histransfer.That’s why we said ‘just missed’.The reasonis the officer is allocated to the T cadre.

Again On ScreenJanuary(MR) Visakhapatnam Port Trust Chairman

M.T.Krishna Babu, who was on screen with his per-formance in GHMC is now again in news for playing avital role during Hud Hud cyclone.After the given alertthe officer immediately swung into action and taken upsome important decisions with resulted in lesser dam-age to the port and things got restored quickly at theport. Let’s applaud...!

Look ForwardJanuary(MR)The versatile lady officer Sumita

Dawra is back from Indian Embassy Beijing afterserving about six years.The officer is known forher vast experience and brilliance.Her serviceswill be constitutive for the new state.Look forwardto see her in crucial chair.

Marvelous &Fabulous

January(MR) “Policing with Perfection”. The Telangana Police Head,DG Mr.AnuragSharma is moving forward gently and smoothly in all manners and in all matters.Theannual round up report showed his impact. Shall we call it as a sequel of ‘Dhoom -4’.

Bond BeyondJanuary(MR) It’s more challenging, but facing the challenges coolly. Talking

about the AP,DG Mr.J.V.Ramudu, who is presently putting all his efforts and burninghis midnight oil for setting up the system.If we look towards the annual round up,which is full of new plans and proposals is the main attraction and at the same timethe work done in earlier month’s also cannot be ignored. Ultimately the officer isgeared up for the future tasks, that’s why we said as ‘bond is beyond’ for him.

Pull off Brand FactoryJanuary(MR) “M.Mahendar Reddy Vs Brand Factory”.The city police chief

Mr.Reddy will definitely pull off the brand factory with his new initiatives. Brand Factoryis known for its new designs,as our chief who is a master in introducing new ideas andsystems. Some of his initiatives and innovative ideas have proved to be result ori-ented and beneficial to the common people.It was a discussion during the annualpress meet that Mr.Reddy will add a new chapter to the city policing in comingdays.Hope for the best....!

Big BoundaryJanuary(MR) “Anand’s big boundary” is the punch line endorsed by one of the

senior journalist after attending the annual round up of Cyberabad Police.So, whatis left to mention or to discuss or to review the round up after this endorsement.It’sa fact and one has to agree that the things are moving effectively in his limits.So,without missing it lets watch the batting.....!

Shifted from CMOJanuary(MR)Officer A.Giridhar, who was especially brought in the CMO by the Chief

Minister is shifted out and posted at MAUD in six months.What might be the reason...! Is theofficer requested for a change or the CMO is looking for any other replacement in hisplace.Whatever may be the reason,the officer is placed at MAUD,which is known to be acrucial post.

Ajay in Lead RoleJanuary(MR)Now the hardcore officer Ajay Jain is playing a lead role.As he is posted

for two crucial posts by the government recently.The officer is looking into Energy, Infra-structure and Investment department, which are totally known to be the key postings.Fromthe beginning the officer is into streamline and the credit goes to his sincerity and hand-work. Best wishes to the officer...!

Gulzar Bezaar !January(MR)Why the government is not utilizing the services of Natrajan Gulzar, in

fact who is known as a ‘rocket officer’ in the officers fraternity for his speedy action.Hedeserves the right posting after returning from Harvard, but that did not happened.Is theofficer got bezaar and moving for the central deputation? Hopefully he will move to thedepartment of personnel and training. ‘Kya hoga’ if officer like him will move....!

She is SwatiJanuary(MR)The lady

officer Swati Lakra,who is thehead of ‘She’ team is movingforward by adding new initia-tives for better results.As perthe officer the department isplanning to set up centers tocounsel eve teasers and vic-tims too. In fact the centrewould also offer counselingto any of the citizen who walkin with a problem. That’sgreat...! Wait and watch moreinitiatives in the episode ‘Sheis Swati’.

RightChoice

J a n u a r y ( M R ) T h eformer IAS officer G.KishanRao is the new ExecutiveChairman of the TelanganaState Tourism DevelopmentCorporation.He is the Spe-cial Officer of Shilparamam

and is the right choice for the above post. Goingby his working style the Corporation will reach toits goals in coming days.The officer will be also theCEO of Yadagirigutta Temple Development Au-thority.

No more ‘Kharcha-Pani’January(MR)Now no more ‘kharcha-pani’ during

pass port verification.Yes the Police department havetaken the measures to curb the corruption to makepassport verification free without paying any tips.TheJt.Commissioner of Police (Special Branch) Y.NagiReddy is working on this aspect quite seriously.Theofficer said that applicants can contact the senior of-ficers if any cop demands money for conducting theverification.He also cleared that the applicant can lodge

the compliant if any of the officer blocks the passport by sending falseverification remarks.It will be re-verified by another officer and the report willbe sent to the RPO.This step has to be appreciated,as many applicantswere apprehensive about the verification officers report and were forced topay money for ensuring it in a proper way.

‘2014’ Bonanza for Huda

National Minorities Commission Chairman Naseem Ahmed and Na-tional Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Chairman JusticeM.S.A. Siddiqui presenting the Award to Senior IPS Officer S.A. Huda.


Public SectorNMDC Distributed Solar Lanterns

NMDC Ltd. distributed 3W LED Solar Lanterns to 10th Class Students ofGovt. Girls High School, Majeedia, Masab Tank as part of its CSR initiativesat its Head Office to facilitate their studies even during power-cuts. RabindraSingh, Director (Personnel), NMDC Ltd. had distributed the Solar Lanternsto the students & addressed them on the occasion and encouraged them toaim high and become achievero in their life. Sandeep Tula, ED (P&A) wasalso present during the distribution of the Solar Lanterns to the assembledchildren.

World Class Maharatna PSE ofthe Year Award to NTPC

NTPC India’s premier power utility has been awarded as World ClassMaharatna PSE of the Year at India Public Sector Enterprises (IPSE) Awardsfor Excellence -2014 held in New Delhi. Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury ,CMD,NTPC was also Awarded as PSU Doyen of the Decade on the occasion forhis contribution to India’s PSE sector first at NBCC and now in NTPC. Hisservices for making NTPC the most admired PSE brand and TopmostGlobal Energy & Power Utility – a pride of India Brand were also lauded.Awards were received by S.N. Ganguly, RED WR II, ED to CMD & ED (CC)and P.K. Sinha, General Manager(CC).

POWERGRID felicitated with IndianAchievers’ Awards

Naresh Kumar, Asst. GM (Corporate Communications) was felicitatedwith Indian Achievers’ Award for Corporate Leadership in Public Relationsfor his outstanding achievements in Business & Social Service at 38th Na-tional Seminar on CSR in India: Challenges & Opportunities function held atIndia Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The award was given by Vitaly Prima,Ambassador of Republic of Belarus in India.

SAIL awarded Good Corporate CitizenAward 2014 by PHD Chamber

Chairman SAIL Shri CS Verma receiving the award from Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari.

Steel Authority of India (SAIL) was awarded the PHD Chamber Good Corporate Citizen Award 2014. Chairman,SAIL, Shri CS Verma received the award from Hon’ble Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways and ShippingShri Niitn Gadkari today in a glittering award ceremony.

Instituted in 1997, PHD Chamber Annual Awards for Excellence are given in recognition of outstanding achieve-ments or contributions in selected areas and for promoting corporate and individual initiatives in economic, social,educational and cultural areas to Indian businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals. Chairman SAIL, Sh CS Vermaafter receiving the award thanked the jury and said, “SAIL is committed to continuously improving its socialresponsibilities, environment and economic practices to make a positive impact on society.” SAIL has been makingconscious and well thought efforts towards nurturing a culture that supports flexibility, learning and has beenworking in the direction of sustainable growth. Along with setting new bench marks in production, technology andgrowth, the company undertakes large number of corporate social responsibility initiatives regularly.

SAIL recognizes the direct and indirect impact of its business activities on society and strives to integrate itsbusiness values and operations in such a way that facilitates comprehensive growth for all. SAIL CSR activities arecarried in and out of its steel townships, mines and far flung areas across the country. Providing medical andhealthcare, education, access to water facilities, construction of roads, sanitation, development of model steelvillages, women empowerment etc have always found top slot in the CSR initiatives. The company takes severalinitiatives for energy conservation, water conservation, recycle/reuse, reduction in hazardous emissions, safedisposal of hazardous materials and solid waste management. SAIL believes in building continuous good relationswith all its stake holders and in making a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

PFC vows to fund school toilets in AP

Hyderabad: In a major boost to school sanitation, the Power Finance Corporation Limited has pledged to buildgovernment school toilets in Andhra Pradesh with a funding of Rs 123 crore.

This will be as part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility activities under the Swachh Bharatprogramme. PFCL will also lend Rs 1,112 crore, of which, Rs 1,000 crore will go to the discoms.

PFCL chairman and managing director M.K. Goel and project director, A.K. Agarwal met AP Chief Minister N.Chandrababu Naidu and signed a memorandum of understanding in this regard. PFCL has pledged to build toiletsin government schools in all districts except Visakhapatnam. Mr Goel said PFCL would foot the Rs 123-crore bill tobuild 7,200 toilets as part of the company’s CSR activities. Mr Naidu told Mr Goel that every primary school wouldget Rs 1,000 per month, while higher secondary schools would get Rs 2,500 per month for maintenance of thetoilets. Thousands of toilets have become defunct due to lack of maintenance. PFCL will also lend Rs 1,112 crore toimprove AP’s energy infrastructure. About Rs 1,000 crore of this would be to boost the fund-starved discoms in thecontext of the bifurcation. The AP Southern Power Distribution Company Limited will get Rs 600 crore while APEastern Power Distribution Company Limited will get Rs 400 crore. PFCL will lend another Rs 112 crore for thesupply of 4,000 solar pumpsets to farmers in the state. The CM also asked PFCL to support the state in skilldevelopment of the youth. He also said that the AP government would strive to make the state the best in the countryin power supply and efficiency.

NK.Nanda gets ‘Eminent Engineers’ awardInstitution of Engineers (India), around 100 years old institution for the Engineering

community of India is awarding outstanding engineers in the National Convention everyyear. This year Narendra Kumar Nanda, Director (Technical), NMDC Limited has beenawarded the “EMINENT ENGINEERS” award in recognition of his eminence and contri-bution to the profession of Mining Engineering at the 26th National convention of MiningEngineers organized by “The Institute of Engineers (India)” at Bangalore. The Miningdivision Board of Institution of Engineers shortlisted five outstanding Mining Engineers ofthe country and Narendra Kumar Nanda was one of them. This includes Director of MinesSafety, Bellary region and three others in different field of Mining.

Shri Narendra Kumar Nanda is Director (Technical), NMDC Limited, a NavaratnaPSU under Ministry of Steel, GOI and is a B.Tech. (Mining) from ISM- Dhanbad and Post-graduated in M.Tech. (by research) from ISM, Dhanbad during 2000. Presently, pursuingfor Doctorate degree on utilization of low grade Iron Ore through Mineral processing. Hehas joined NMDC in 1989 January and since then working for over 25 years in variouscapacities and as a Director immensely contributed towards growth of NMDC.

He has earlier received awards like ‘Eminent Engineer’, The IME Journal Golden Jubilee award’, Abheraj BaldotaMemorial Award of ‘Mining Engineer of the year’ for 2010, “Steelies – 2013 – Award for excellence in ProjectManagement”, “SGAT Award of Excellence-2013”.

Charles Director,DCILThe orders of S Charles, Vice President, SCIL, for the appointment as

Director (Finance), Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCIL) have beenissued by the Government of India.

Jayant Director, NHPCJayant Kumar, ED, NHPC, has been selected for the post of Director

(Finance), NHPC Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)meeting held.

CBI arrest GM of UBIThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a General Man-

ager, United Bank of India in a case related to an alleged loss of Rs. 9.44crores (approx) to Bank


No coal linkages tonew private powerplants

New Delhi :As the coal auctions drawnear with several trade unions in govern-ment-owned Coal India Limited (CIL) upsetover the privatisation drive, the union gov-ernment said that it had no proposal atpresent to provide fresh coal linkages to pri-vate companies for new and upcomingprojects. “At present, there is no proposal toprovide fresh coal linkages to private com-panies for new and upcoming projects,” Coaland Power Minister Piyush Goyal said dur-

ing Question Hour in Rajya Sabha. Further, coal may also be made availablefor power plants of 4,660 MW subject to availability after consumption of thesame by the identified plants of 78,000 MW capacity.

Until now, the union government has issued 177 Letters of Assurance toseveral power plants including independent power producers covering108,000 MW. Out of this, the authority had approved signing fuel supplyagreements (FSAs) in respect of 78,000 MW plants which have been com-missioned or are likely to be commissioned by March 31, 2015.

“The power projects of the remaining capacity of 30,000 MW are yet tobe authorised for signing of FSAs. Keeping in view the negative coal balancereported by subsidiary coal companies of CIL, new linkages or Letter ofAssurance (LoA) have not been granted to any of the sectors since 2010,”Goyal said. He also said coal linkages or LoAs issued to the power plantsare converted into long-term fuel supply agreements post achieving pre-scribed milestones as laid down by the government. “The consumers underthe FSA are supplied coal at the price notified by Coal India Ltd (CIL) fromtime to time. This applies to the regulated sectors,” he said. CIL charges aprice which is about 35 per cent higher than the notified price for non-regulated sectors including steel, cement and sponge iron. “This is becausethe prices of end products of coal-consuming industries in the non-regu-lated sector are market-driven,” Goyal said.

HAL Bags IEI Industry Excellence Award 2014Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

(HAL) has bagged the IEI IndustryExcellence Award 2014 for ‘Busi-ness Excellence in Manufacturingand Processing’ during the 29th In-dian Engineering Congress held atHyderabad today. Mr. Sunil Kumar,General Manager (HAL AvionicsDivision) and Mrs. S. Thenmozhi,General Manger (HAL - SLRDC)received the award on behalf of HALfrom Shri ESL Narasimhan, Hon’bleGovernor of Telangana and AndhraPradesh. The award is an initiativeof the Institution of Engineers (In-dia), the largest multi-disciplinarybody of professional engineers, toaccord social recognition to the con-tribution of pioneering industry lead-ers in the rapid economic growth of

the nation. The theme of the 29th Indian Engineering Congress was “Technological Innovations and EconomicGrowth – India’s Emerging Role.” HAL has, in the recent past, initiated several measures to energize the aerospaceindustry and contribute to the Government’s drive towards indigenization and economic growth.

“Best Industrial Relations Award” to CMD, NLCThe Institution of Engineers (India)

awarded B. Surender Mohan, CMD,NLC with the “Best Industrial RelationsAward” during the 29th Indian Engineer-ing Congress at Hyderabad. Duringthe Inaugural function of the 29th In-dian Engineering Congress B. SurenderMohan, CMD, NLC was conferred withthe “Best Industrial Relations Award”.The award was presented by theHon’ble Governor of Andhra Pradesh& Telangana ESL Narasimhan in thepresence of Er. Ashok Kumar Basa,FIE, President, the Institution of Engi-neers (India) and Dr. L V MuralikrishnaReddy, President-Elect, the Institutionof Engineers (India). The award wasinstituted by the Institution of Engineers,India for the best all round performance

in formulating best industrial policies, practices and maintaining good industrial relationship. Also in the samefunction Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, Neyveli was recognized with the “IEI Industry Excellence Award 2014” forthe Business excellence and industry practices in manufacturing and Processing – (Category- Turnover of Rs 1000Crore and above) and it was received by Shri B. Surender Mohan, CMD, NLC from Hon’ble Governor of AndhraPradesh & Telangana Shri E S L Narasimhan. The Congress Cum Exhibition is being organized by the Institution ofEngineers, Andhra Pradesh, State Centre. NLC had put up a stall at the exhibition, showcasing its performance andachievements

REC recognized as‘Company of the Year’

New Delhi:P J Thakkar, Director Techni-cal REC received the ‘Company of the Year’ atthe PSE Excellence Awrds 2014 .The awardwas presented to REC, by Governor of UPRam Naik and G.M Siddeshwara, Minister ofState, Heavy Industries and & Public Enter-prises at an annual event held at Hotel LeelaPalace, New Delhi. The event was organizedby Indian Chambers of Commerce (ICC) inassociation of Department of Public Enter-prises (DPE), Government of India. The eventwas attended by esteemed dignitaries, keydecision makers of Central and State PSUsand media guests

ONGC to pay 100 percent dividend,annouces 3 discoveries

New Delhi: Oil and gas major ONGC Saturday approved an interim dividend of100 percent after its board meeting. According to an Oil and Natural Gas (ONGC)statement, it will pay Rs.five per equity share and the total payout for this will beRs.4,277.75 crore out of which the government will receive Rs.2,948.08 crore on itsshareholding.

In addition, dividend distribution tax of Rs.855.55 crore would also be paid.Further,ONGC said that its board has notified three discoveries made recently including onein deep water Krishna Godavari basin, one in Mumbai offshore basin off the west

coast and one in Cauvery basin. “In KG basin offshore, ONGC has made a significant gas discovery from itsnomination deep water block,” the oil and gas explorer said in the statement. In Mumbai offshore, ONGC said thatit has made a new pool discovery, while in Cauvery basin, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, it has made asignificant gas discovery.

BHEL bags Euro 16.96 million contractfor Thermal Power Project in Turkey

New Delhi:Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has achieved abreakthough in its international business by making its maiden entry in the TurkishPower Market. Against stiff International Competitive Bidding (ICB), the companyhas bagged a contract for rehabilitation of 3 units of Electrostatic Precipitators(ESPs) for the 430 MW Tuncbilek Thermal Power Project in Turkey on EPC (Engi-neering, Procurement & Construction) basis. Valued at Euro 16.96 million, theorder envisages dismantling, supply, civil works and erection & commissioning of

the Electrostatic Precipitators. The order has been placed on BHEL by Electricity GenerationCompany (Turkish: Elektrik Üretim A.Þ. Genel Müdürlüðü; EÜAÞ) which is the largest electric powercompany in Turkey. EUAS is owned by the Turkish government and it generates and supplies electricity throughoutthe country. Turkey has embarked on a renovation and modernization (R&M) programme of its old thermal powerprojects and the present contract is aimed at reducing the emission levels drastically. For this prestigious contract,the Electrostatic Precipitators will be manufactured and supplied by BHEL’s Ranipet unit, Motors and other auxilia-ries by its Bhopal facility and Controls by the company’s Bangalore unit.

Pradip Kumar Satpathy, isnew Director (Production)of NMDC

Pradip Kumar Satpathy assumed charged asDirector (Production) of NMDC Limited, a Schedule“A” Government of India Enterprise, with NavratnaStatus, under the Ministry of Steel. Satpathy is a Bach-elor of Engineering (Mining) with 1st class Mine Man-ager Certificate of Competency.

Satpathy held key positions in various projects ofNMDC. Prior to this appointment as Director (Production), he was GeneralManager of BIOM, Kirandul Complex, Chhattisgarh. He has varied experi-ence of 31 years in the field of iron ore and copper mining. He has attendedvarious National and International seminars and presented paper in Fragblast- International Seminar in 2012 and also attended Management Develop-ment Programmes in IIM, Ahmedabad and IIM, Kolkata. Prior to joining NMDCin 1996, Shri Satpathy worked in Hindustan Copper Limited in MalanjkhandCopper Project in various key positions.

Malhotra took over as newGM, SBH

Hyderabad: Anil Malhotra has assumed chargeas General Manager (Personal Banking) at State Bankof Hyderabad. Malhotra joined State Bank of Patiala(SBP) in 1978 and shouldered responsibilities in vari-ous offices of the bank. He served in various capaci-ties, including regional manager and deputy generalmanager. Prior to joining SBH, he was with State Bankof Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ) as Deputy General

Manager (Personal Banking), according to a release.

Ms.Bhatnagar Director, BLCThe orders of Ms.Manjusha Bhatnagar, General Man-

ager (Info Systems), MRPL, for the appointment as Di-rector (Human Resources & Corporate Affairs), BalmerLawrie & Company Limited (BLC) havebeen issued by the Government of In-dia.

Sharma Comm. & MD,APILOnkar Chand Sharma has been appointed as Divi-

sional Commissioner, Shimla with additional charge ofManaging Director, Agro Packaging India Limited, Shimla.He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Coal India forms joint-venturesfor Talcher colliery revival

Kolkata:State-run Coal India Ltd (CIL) said it is embarking upon two joint-ventures to revive the Talcher coalfield in Odisha. The first joint-venture willbe formed between CIL and GAIL, both state-run companies for coal gasifi-cation project and the second joint venture will be with Rashtriya Chemicalsand Fertilizers Ltd, another state-run company.

The coal gasification project follows the meeting between Petroleum andNatural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Coal and Power Minister PiyushGoyal and Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Ananth Kumar in Delhi lastWednesday. Apart from the revival plan of the Talcher coalfield, the revival ofthe closed unit of the Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd of Gorakhpur and theHindustan Fertilisers Corporation Ltd unit of Barauni also came up for de-tailed discussion.

The petroleum minister said his ministry has decided to give gas for theGorakhpur fertilizer unit for its immediate revival. He also informed the meet-ing that preparations will also be made for setting up the gas pipeline for therevival of Barauni plant.

According to Geological Survey of India, the Talcher coalfield has re-serves of 38.65 billion tonnes, the highest in India. It covers an area of 500 sqkm, however, the coal is of lower grade containing only about 35 percent offixed carbon, 40 percent volatile matter and 25 percent ash content.

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Corporate Celebrations

Cipla bags Rs 1,100 cr order forHIV drugs from South Africa

Drug majorCipla’s subsid-iary has baggedan order worth 2billion rand (aro-und Rs 1,100crore) for HIVdrugs from the

South African government. Cipla Medpro, the SouthAfrican subsidiary of the Indian firm, has bagged theorder as part of the South African government’s 2015-17 National ARV tender. The contract is effective from 1April, 2015 and will run for a period of three years, CiplaLtd said in a filing to the BSE. “We are extremely proudto have won this tender which is not only testament toour high quality product portfolio, but is also in line withCipla’s ethos of advancing healthcare for all South Afri-cans,” Cipla Ltd MD and Global CEO Subhanu Saxenasaid. Commenting on the development, Cipla MedproCEO Paul Miller said Cipla is known as a pioneer offixed dose combinations, following Yusuf Hamied’s ac-complishment of making AIDS medication available fora dollar a day in 2001. “We intend to continue this proudtradition and build on the foundation laid to continue ourquest of providing affordable healthcare to all,” Milleradded.The medication will be produced at the company’s23,000 square meter manufacturing site in Kwazulu-Natal. The latest government tender win is the third inthe last one year for the company. Cipla Medpro hadearlier bagged a R280 million state therapeutic drugtender in August 2014 and a R345 million national res-piratory tender in June 2014. Cipla had completed thebuyout of Cipla Medpro last year in July for an aggre-gate consideration of Rs 2,707 crore. Cipla shares closed1.82 percent up at Rs 629.65 apiece on the BSE.

Novartis-GSK pharma dealgets CCI nod

Fair trade regu-lator CCI has ap-proved a multi-bil-lion dollar deal be-tween global pha-rma giants GlaxoSmithKline Plc(GSK) and Nova-rtis, as it did not find

the transaction to be anti-competitive in India.The multi-layered deal involves UK-based GSK acquiring theSwiss major’s vaccine business, while the latter wouldpurchase GSK’s cancer drugs portfolio. In a order dated12 December and made public today, the CompetitionCommission of India (CCI) said it is of the opinion thatthe “the proposed combination is not likely to haveappreciable adverse effect on competition in India”. Thethree-part deal involves acquisition of GSK’s portfolioof oncology products by Novartis for $16 billion. Thedeal also involves purchase of the global human vac-cines business of Novartis (excluding its influenza vac-cines business) by GSK for an estimated amount of$7.1 billion.

Merry Christmas:Savi & Sarah Abrahamwith son Steven.

Click Quick: SoniaMajumdar & Bindu.

Christmas Click: Dipti

Santa Calling: Amit & Dimple.Shadi Mubarak: Phalguna Somaraj& Pooja Prahalad.

Band Baaja Baarathi: Rohinton Behramsha& Dr.Kazim Hemati.

Wedding Season: Jewellerydesigner Vinny Singh at a marriageparty.

New Beginning: Bhavna & Anju during in-auguration of Nikaara Showroom.

Quite Special: Megha Dinesh’s Birth day!

Anniversary Dhamaal: Pooja &Rahul Gandhi.

Fully Corporate: Bharat Shah & HarishEshwarapu at BNI grand platinum celebrations.

Hum saat-saat hai: Nikhil & ShikhaAgarwal attending ring ceremony.

B’day Bash: BimalSharma.

Old Memories: Sushmita & Radhaat their school’s reunion celebrations.

(From left) CA Abbas Ali Mirza,CA DayaniwasSharma & CA Prathivadi R.Ramesh during the event.

CA Abbas Ali Mirza book releasedJanuary (Midnight Reporter) The Laxminiwas

Sharma Foundation jointly with M. C. Gupta College ofBusiness Management is proud to have organized aKey Note and Special Address by CA Abbas Ali Mirza(Chairman, 21st session of ISAR/UNCTAD, United Na-tions & Author of more than 15 internationally acclaimedbooks on IFRS). It was a wonderful day with the stal-warts of the CA community taking the centre stage. Theevening was kicked off with high followed by CA P. R.Ramesh releasing a book by CA Mirza. An illuminatingspecial address on ‘Globalization of Financial Reporting- Where is it All Going with IFRS and the Way Forward’by CA Abbas Ali Mirza followed the book release. CAP.R. Ramesh gave a 360 degree assessment on thefuture of Indian scenario and the way forward.

A large number of CAs, fellow colleagues and CAstudents attended the talk. CA Dayanivas Sharma thankall the dignitaries, CA Abbas Ali Mirza and CA P. R.Ramesh for gracing the event. He also thank CA ShriLaxminiwas Sharma for agreeing and hosting this eventat the right time. Personally, it is always a humbling ex-perience to learn and interact from experts in the CAcommunity.He added.

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UltraTech Cement to buytwo Jaiprakash plants forRs 5400 crore

UltraTech Cementhas agreed to buy twocement plants fromJaiprakash Associatesfor Rs 5,400 crore($852 million) includingdebt, the companiessaid on Tuesday. Boththe plants are MadhyaPradesh.

The acquisition willcreate significant syner-gies for UltraTech, thecountry’s leading ce-ment maker, it said in a

statement. It will initially raise UltraTech’s cement ca-pacity in India to 65 million tonnes per year from 60million tonnes, with this figure expected to rise to 71million tonnes a year by 2016, the company added.Jaiprakash has been selling assets in recent quartersto cut its heavy debt load and improve its balance sheet.It said that - including the latest deal - it had sold assetsworth more than Rs 20000 crore and that it would nowshift focus to making operational savings. Jaiprakashwill remain the country’s third-biggest cement producerafter the plant sales, with a capacity of 22 million tonnesa year, it added.

India Cements Board approves Rs500 cr QIP, FCCB issue

Chennai: Board of India Cements has approved aproposal to raise Rs 500 crore through qualified institu-tional placements or foreign currency convertible bondsto meet capital expenditure needs, a top official saidtoday.

“The Board has approved the proposal for raisingan amount not exceeding Rs 500 crore by way of issueof QIP/FCCB/GDR or other Securities to improve theleverage and for meeting normal capital expenditure,”India Cements Ltd Vice-Chairman and Managing Direc-tor N Srinivasan said at the company’s 68th AnnualGeneral Meeting held here.

“We have approached the shareholders for ap-proval in this regard,” he said. The company is taking allmeasures at the operational level to improve the perfor-mance in the remaining part of the current financial year,he said and expressed hope that the investment activ-ity would pick up in the coming months following a stableGovernment at the Centre and thrust on infrastructuredevelopment. “During the first half of current financialyear, total sales volume including clinker and exportsstood at 49.08 lakh tonne compared to 50.89 lakh tonnein the corresponding period of previous year,” he saidon the performance of the company.

Honda India sales rises 62%in January-November period

New Delhi:Au tomob i l emanufacturerHonda CarsIndia Friday re-ported a salesgrowth of 61.8percent duringJan-Nov 2014which stood at165,388 unitscompared to

102,168 units sold during the corresponding period of2013. According to the company, the calendar year 2014began with the biggest launch of the year- the fourthgeneration Honda City equipped with a 1.5 litre i-DTECdiesel engine.

“The model since then has gone on to sell morethan 71,000 units till November 2014,” the companysaid in a statement.

Honda made its maiden entry into the MPV (multi-purpose vehicle) segment with the launch of the seven-seater Mobilio. The vehicle has cumulatively sold morethan 22,000 units in the initial five months after the launch.

The company also doubled its production capacityin HCIL in 2014 with the start of assembly operations inthe Tapukara plant in February 2014.

“In line with business expansion, Honda made strongprogress in expanding its dealership network during theyear and crossed the milestone of 200 dealers in thecountry in November 2014,” the statement added.

The company plans to rope in another 100 dealersby the end of the next fiscal and take the total tally to 300facilities by March 2016.

Real Couple: Bipin Patel & Disha Patel.

Perfect: Neeru Mohan

Happy Days: Brijgopal-Deepali Bhutada &Stellar Ramesh-Maya Patel

On Ramp: Esha Hindocha

Couple of the Year: Sikander & Shaheen Daredia.

Power of Three:Ahmed Salman,Avnish Kumar & Fasi Saberi.

Hip-Hip Hurray:Abhinay & Vibha Jain.

Stunning : Shruti Gupta.

‘G’ Factor: Girish & Gunjan.

Big Fan Following: Dr.Pari Senger mak-ing rounds from Capital City.

Traditional: Ruchika Sharma.

Zoom: Shivali Singh & Tanvi Vyas.

Disco Dancer: Amit Gupta.

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Now, Book a Visit to Taj Mahal OnlineAGRA:Online booking of tickets to the Taj Mahal will begin from tomorrow, according to Archaeological Survey

of India (ASI) officials. Arrangements for barcode screening and broadband connection have been made at theentrance gates. An official announcement is likely to be made in New Delhi today. A website for the Taj Mahal andHumayun’s Tomb has been launched by the IRCTC and ASI. Tourists can book tickets at asi.irctc.co.in. Tourismindustry in Agra has welcomed the introduction of e-ticketing facility, which many hoteliers said would curb resellingand black marketting of tickets. “Tourists waste a lot of time waiting at the ticket windows. Later, the ASI would beable to fix a daily number of visitors to reduce human load on the 17th-century monument of love,” said SurendraSharma, president of the Braj Mandal Heritage Conservation Society. More than six million tourists visit Taj Mahalevery year. Entry for children below 15 years is free. The monument has a weekly off day on Friday. Meanwhile,tourism organisations in the city have opposed Agra Development Authority’s move to increase the toll collectedfrom visitors at the Taj. The ADA has sent a proposal to the state government to revise the rates from present Rs.750to Rs.1000 for foreign tourists and Rs.20 toRs.50 for Indians. The ASI share is Rs.250 from the foreigners and Rs.10from the Indians. The tourism industry leaders feel any upward revision of ticket rates would reduce the number oftourist arrivals which already is showing a negative trend.

Tamil Nadu Government Earmarks Rs. 10,300Crore For Tourism Development

UDHAGAMANDALAM: TamilNadu has set a target of Rs. 1.5 croreforeign tourists to visit the state by2023, state Tourism Minister,Shanmughanathan said. To achievethe target and attract foreign tourists,

the government has allocated Rs.10,300 crore for the development of infrastructure at major tourist spots in theState, Shanmuganathan said while inaugurating Tea and Tourism Festival here. The Stone House, constructedduring British era, would be converted into a museum at a cost of Rs. 45 lakh, he said. Tamil Nadu stands first inattracting both domestic and foreign tourists in India, which is second in the world in the arrival of foreign tourists, hesaid. The two-day annual festival was aimed at promoting tea, a major economy of the district and also tourism,Shanmuganathan said.

Tourists to UK ‘to spend record levels in 2015’Spending by tourists visit-

ing the UK is expected to reachrecord levels next year, the gov-ernment has said. Spending byoverseas visitors will top £22bnfor the first time, according toforecasts by tourism bodyVisitBritain. Tourists spent £21bnin 2013, while this year’s total isforecast to be about £21.3bn.There has also been a surge inthe number of Chinese touristsand the amount they are spend-ing. They spent £492m in 2013,up from £184m in 2010. Over thatperiod, the number of visits fromChinese people rose by 79.1%to 196,000. Overall, the number

of visits by people from overseas is expected to increase next year, with 35.1 million trips expected - up 2.5% on thisyear and compared with 29.8 million in 2010. In 2010, the total spend from overseas visitors was £16.8bn.

Visa on Arrival Facility BoostsTourist Influx in Goa

PANAJI: 1091 visas were issuedtill December 25 this year within a weekafter the Visa on Arrival (VoA) facilitystarted at the Goa airport at Dabolim,officials said today. Airport officialsclaim that on an average 100 VoA arebeing issued a day with effect fromDecember 17, 2014. Goa airport hadissued 375 VoA between December

4-16. Assistant Director and Chief Immigration Officer Aravind Kumar H Nairsaid the figure has tripled within a period of 10 days and is going to increaseover the next couple of days. There is an increase in charter arrivals too,Nair said, adding that the surge will continue as tourism has entered thepeak season with Christmas and New Year festivities attracting tourists fromround the globe. So far, VoA to Russian nationals top the charts. As per datafurnished by Goa airport, VoA issued to foreign nationals is as follows: Rus-sia (595), Ukraine (430), USA (25), Germany (15), UAE (7), Australia (4)Philippines (4), Israel (3), Jordan (3), New Zealand (2), Brazil (1) Finland(1), Kenya (1) Norway (1) and Singapore (1). Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekarsaid, “I have been reiterating this right from the beginning that the VoA facilityat Goa airport will bring in international tourists in large numbers. The veryfact that it has increased within a period of 10 days shows that within thenext few weeks and months, this facility will further boost tourist arrivalsfrom across the globe. We are also expecting a new list with inclusion ofmore countries for issue of VoA. Goa is keeping its fingers crossed as thenew list could include UK and will help bring in more foreign tourists from thatcountry to Goa,” he said. Marketing strategies on VoA across the globe viasocial media like Facebook, Twitter, advertisements and media publicity hasbeen chalked out and Goa Tourism is confident that the state will top thecharts as far as issue of VoA to foreign nationals is concerned, Mr Parulekaradded. The Tourism Department has also started taking an inventory oftourist arrivals by rail and road, and this will provide a more accurate figureon tourist arrivals in Goa. A senior Tourism Department official said they arein the process of involving the Indian Railways, Konkan Railways, roadtransport agencies and toll booths at state borders to furnish data of touristarrivals based on bookings and vehicle entry into the state.

Scotland witnessed record number ofoverseas tourists in the first half of 2014

Scotland enjoyed a record number ofoverseas tourists in the first half of 2014,with the number of foreign tourists comingto Scotland in the first six months up by16%. Above 32 million visits were made toattractions in Scotland last year. FromJanuary to June there were 1,118,000 in-ternational visits – with a considerable risein those travelling from America – which

according to tourism experts was the strongest first half of year figure for sixyears. Tourism spends increases to £4.6 billion in June while the Common-wealth Games in July added a further £282 million. According to SNP MSPMark McDonald: “These are very welcome figures showing the strength ofScotland’s tourism industry and underline the fact that Scotland offers aworld-class tourism experience. It’s clear that brand Scotland is booming onthe global stage. 2014 was a fantastic year for tourism in Scotland – with theyear of Homecoming, the Ryder Cup and Commonwealth Games helping toattract visitors from across the world. The Glasgow 2014 Games, in particu-lar, were an incredible occasion and are rightly regarded as the best Com-monwealth Games ever – and these new figures show that they delivered areal boost to the economy as well.”

Tourists light Paper lanterns in Thailandin memory of the tsunami victims

It was a poignant moment for thefor residents and visitors in Thailandwho lighted paper lanterns in memoryof the 2004 tsunami victims from thefishing village who died and their villagewas completely destroyed in the shock-ing waves. Tourists joined locals in re-membering the 1,400 people who were

slammed to the Thailand coast a decade ago. More than five thousandpeople were killed in the mishap out of which half of them were tourist whowere there for their Christmas holidays and were enjoying their day in thewhite sand beaches after Christmas. The tsunami that struck in 2004 hadaffected a dozen countries around the Indian Ocean, killing 230,000 people.It is said to be the worst natural disaster of modern history. The commemo-ration was observes in all countries that suffered the tsunami namely Thai-land, Sri Lanka, India along with Indonesia.

Oman out to make distinct niche inworld tourism

Muscat: Oman is desperate to carve out aniche for itself in the global tourism market. Fromdesert camping to luxury hotels, turtle-watching,and even the first opera house in the region, Omanis laying out everything for the tourists. Heavilyreliant on energy exports, the Sultanate is keen todiversify its economy, especially as the drop inglobal oil prices begins to bite. “Oman reflects the

true Arabian history and culture,” said Amina Al Balushi, an assistant direc-tor with the tourism ministry. “We really need to capitalise on this,” she said,adding that the ministry is preparing a 25-year tourism strategy to be un-veiled next year. Oman attracted roughly 2.1 million visitors in 2013, upabout 50 per cent over the previous two years, according to the tourismministry. More than 37 per cent of visitors last year came from Gulf coun-tries, although Oman is also attracting a growing number of tourists fromBritain, Germany, the United States and other Western nations, tourismministry data show.

ABU DHABI TURNS ON ARABIAN CHARM TO WELCOMEVOLVO OCEAN RACE

Abu Dhabi, UAE:Dutch Volvo Ocean Race contenderBrunel was given a rousing Arabian welcome as it tookLeg 2 honours in the epic, round-the-world Volvo OceanRace which reached the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE)capital. Brunelcrossed the finish line off Abu Dhabi’s coast-line 23 days, 16 hours, 25 minutes and 20 seconds afterthe Leg 2 race start in Cape Town. The Dutch entry ar-rived 16 minutes 20 seconds ahead of Chinese entryDongfeng and two places in advance of Abu Dhabi OceanRacing, the emirate’s own contender in its yacht Azzam(determination).A flotilla of small boats had made its wayto the finish line to welcome the winners to the UAE capi-tal including two traditional dhows with Emirati seafarerschanting heritage sea shanties to congratulate the Leg 2winners.As Brunel, its skipper BouweBekking and his

crew docked at the purpose-built, VOR Destination Village on the UAE capital’s stunning Corniche Breakwater,crowds lining the dockside gave the victors rounds of congratulatory applause. On the shore to meet Brunel’s crewwere the sailors’ families, VOR CEO Knut Frostad and Acting Executive Director Tourism of Abu Dhabi Tourism &Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), Sultan Al Dhaheri who enthusiastically welcomed the victors ashore.


Government of India appointments......IAS

Ms.Duggal assigned addl. chargeMs Anjuly Chib Duggal has been assigned an

additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Corpo-rate Affairs till the return of Naved Masood fromleave. Ms Duggal is a 1981 batch IAS officer ofPunjab cadre.

Dev new adviserVijay Kumar Dev has been appointed new Ad-

viser to the UT Administrator in Chandigarh. Devwho is presently Chief Electoral Officer (CEO),Delhi is 1987 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Krishnamurthy PS to ParrikarP.Krishanmurthy has joined as Private Secretary to De-

fence Minister, Manohar Parrikar. Krishnamurthy, who was oncentral deputation in the Textile Ministry, belongs to 1997 batchIAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Puri PS to SinghMs Prerna Puri has been appointed as Private Secretary to

Birendra Singh, Minister for Rural Development, PanchayatiRaj and Drinking Water & Sanitation. She is a 2009 batch IASofficer of AGMUT cadre.

Swarup addl. chargeAnil Swarup has been assigned an additional charge of

Secretary, Ministry of Mines till the return of Anup K Pujari fromthe leave. Swarup is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradeshcadre.

Srinivas Dy. Dir.,AIIMSV.Srinivas has been appointed as Deputy Director (Admin-

istration) at Joint Secretary level in All India Institute of MedicalSciences (AIIMS) under the Ministry of Health and Family Wel-fare. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Ponnuraj PS to GowdaV.Ponnuraj has been appointed as Private Secretary to

D.V.Sadananda Gowda, Minister for Law and Justice for a pe-riod of five years. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Karnatakacadre.

Sinha PS to KushwahaAbhijit Sinha has been appointed as Private Secretary to

Upendra Kushwaha, Minister of State for Human ResourcesDevelopment. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Mehta OSD to GehlotPankaj Kumar Mehta has been appointed as Officer on

Special Duty (OSD) to Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister for So-cial Justice & Empowerment. He is a 1999 batch MPPCSofficer.

Purushottam PS to SharmaDr.B.V.R.C.Purushottam has been appointed as Private

Secretary to Dr.Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State for Tourismin Government of India. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer ofUttarakhand cadre.

Joshi OSD to Defence MinisterUpendra Joshi has reportedly joined as Officer on Special

Duty (OSD) to Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar. He is anofficer of Goa State service.

Gautam PS to NaqviGautam has reportedly been appointed as Private Secre-

tary to Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minister of State for Minority Af-fairs, Parliamentary Affairs.

Prasad OSD GoyalAmitabh Prasad has been appointed as OSD to Piyush

Goyal, Minister of State for Coal at Deputy Secretary level. Heis a 2001 batch IA&AS officer.

Barnwal Jt. Sec, Steel MinistryAnil Kumar Barnwal joined Government of India as Joint

Secretary in Steel Ministry. He is 1997 batch IAS officer of Biharcadre.

JudiciaryJustice Reddy CJ of Patna, HC !

File pertaining to the appointment of Seniormost Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Courtjustice Narsimha Reddy as Chief Justice of the Patnahigh Court is reportedly lying with the President.

Justice Ansari ACJ, Patna HCJustice Iqbal Ahmad Ansari has been appointed

Acting Chief Justice of the Patna High Court.

Justice Patnaik moves toJharkhand HC

Judge of the Orrisa High Court JusticePramath Patnaik has been transferred to theJharkhand High Court.Justice Grewal moves to Rajasthan HC

Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High CourtJustice Anupinder Singh Grewal has been movedto the Rajasthan High Court.4 Addl. Judges for Delhi HC

Four new Additional Judges in the Delhi High Court havebeen appointed. They are Prakash Singh Teji, Inder Singh Mehta,Ravindra Kumar Gauba and Ms Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal

IPSRadhika got extentation

The tenure of Mrs B Radhika as Additional Sec-retary (Joint Secretary level) in Central VigilanceCommission (CVC) has been extended for a periodof three years with effect from January 7, 2015.She is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.

Anand CVO,OILAnand Kumar has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer

in Oil India Limited, Noida at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1988batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

*1984 batch Odisha cadre IPS officer Gurbachan Singh and1984 batch IPS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre Arvind Kumarhave been promoted to the rank of Additional Director in the IB.

*Two 1984 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officersMaheshwari and Mishra presently on deputation to the GoI havebeen promoted to the rank of ADG in the BSF.

Ms.Anita look after DGsIT/CCsITMs.Anita Kapur, Chairperson Member (Inv.),

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has beenassigned all DGsIT (Inv), all CCsIT (Central Circleand DGIT (I&CI).Jain assigned zonal charge

Arun Kumar Jain, Member (P&V), CentralBoard of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has been assignedthe zonal charge of Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur.

Jindal assigned zonal chargeAtulesh Jindal, Member (R), Central Board of

Direct Taxes (CBDT) has been assigned the zonal charge ofWest Bengal & Sikkim, NER, Bihar& Jharkhand, Odisha.

Nigam assigned zonal chargeS.M.Nigam, Member (IT), Central Board of Direct Taxes

(CBDT) has been give the charge of Tamil Nadu, AndhraPradesh, Karnataka & Goa, Kerala.

Ms.Nair assigned North-West regionMs.Rani Singh Nair, Member (L&C), Central Board of Di-

rect Taxes (CBDT) has been assigned the charge of NorthWest Region, Delhi, UP (East & West) and Uttarakhand.

IRS

Ms.Sinha assignedzonal charge

Ms Surabhi Sinha, Member(A&J), Central Board of DirectTaxes (CBDT) has been giventhe charge of Gujarat,Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh &Chhattisgarh.

Ms.Singh tenure extendedThe tenure of Ms.Shivani

Singh as Director, Departmentof Disinvestment has been ex-tended upto March 31, 2015. Sheis a 1994 batch IRS-IT officer.

Singh Addl. Sec., MHAAnant Kumar Singh has been appointed as

Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA). He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of UttarPradesh cadre.

Raghvendra Addl.Sec., Agriculture

Raghvendra Singh has been appointed asAdditional Secretary, Department of Agriculture andCooperation. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of

West Bengal cadre.

Prasad Addl. Sec.,W&CWD.V.Prasad has been appointed as Additional

Secretary, Women and Child Development. He isa 1984 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Kumar Addl. Sec.,L&EDeepak Kumar has been appointed as Addi-

tional Secretary, Labour and Employment. He is a1984 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Vijaya DG,CAPART***T Vijaya kumar has been ap-

pointed as Director General, Council for Advance-ment of People’s Action and Rural Technology(CAPART) in the rank of Additional Secretary. Heis a 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradeshcadre.

Ms.Vijaya Addl. Sec.,& FA, Health

Ms VijayaShrivastava hasbeen appointedas AdditionalSecretary andFinancial Advi-sor, Health andFamily Welfare.

She is a 1984 batch IAS officerof Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Alok Addl. Sec.,Shipping

Alok Shriva-stava has beenappointed asAdditional Secre-tary, Shipping.He is a 1984batch IAS officerof Madhya Pra-

desh cadre.

Rashmi Addl.Sec., PR

Rashmi Shu-kla Sharma hasbeen appointedas AdditionalSecretary, Pan-chayati Raj. Sheis a 1984 batchIAS officer of

Madhya Pradesh cadre.

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