NDTV Partners with Karan Johar
Karan Johar and his production company, Dharma Productions, will work exclusively with NDTV to achieve new levels of excellence in entertainment programming. Karan will help originate concepts and new programming ideas for the channel and will be an ambassador for the NDTV entertainment brand.
Karan’s production house Dharma Productions will produce shows for NDTV’s Entertainment channel. The channel will have first right of refusal on any programmes that Dharma produces for television. Karan Johar and Dharma productions have produced major blockbusters such as Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gum, Kal Ho Na Ho and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna.
Karan Johar will be on the board of NDTV’s Entertainment company, and his company Dharma productions will hold an equity stake in it.
Speaking on the new alliance, NDTV’s Chairman, Dr Prannoy Roy said, “We have enormous respect for Karan’s brilliance and creativity…he is constantly breaking new ground in quality and transforming Indian movies to world class standards. We know he will now help us to redefine and set new benchmarks in entertainment television.”
Karan Johar said, “For me this partnership between NDTV and Dharma Productions is not just a professional association… it’s a family bonding and I believe in the power of the family! What a family can do together no individual can do on his own. This family is going to be at a TV screen near you, creating all the celebration possible. So please watch NDTV emerge as the leading entertainment channel of the country and this is not just a projection … this is a guarantee”.
Mines to Foreign Cos.
No proposal for handing over some mines to foreign companies is under consideration of the Government. Under Section 5(1) of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, only an Indian national or a company registered in India under Section 3(1) of the...Funds for Sardar Sarovar Project
The proposals for Central Assistance are submitted by the State Government on year to year basis depending on their work programme and availability of budge provision for the projects in State Budget and Central Assistance is released by the Government of India after scrutiny of proposals.
For the year 2006-07, the State Government of Gujarat and Rajasthan have submitted proposals for Central Assistance amounting to Rs. 289.83 crore and Rs. 100.66 crore respectively.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Water Resources, Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav in response to a question by Shri Harisinh Chavda and Shri Jasubhai Dhanabhai Barad in the Lok Sabha today.
Proposal for Wind & Solar Energy
Various States have been submitted for grant of central financial assistance for various solar energy systems/devices. Allocations have been made under solar energy programmes during last two years, shows that maximum allocations have been given for 1 lakh solar lanterns, 42,000 solar home lighting systems, more than 40,000 solar cookers, nearly 5000 solar street lighting systems and 333 solar pumps through out the country. Uttaranchal with 20,000 solar lanterns, Gujarat with 28,060 solar cookers, Meghalaya , 3200 solar home lighting systems, Haryana, 14,089 solar street lighting system and UP with 168 solar pumps lead in particular systems.
6070 MW grid-interactive power generation capacity upto 30th September, 2006 has come through wind energy with private investment. Proposals from the State Governments, including Tamil Nadu, for the grant of Central financial assistance under the schemes and programmes of the Ministry are received on a regular basis. Complete proposals are considered and approved subject to budget provisions. Tamil Nadu tops the list with more than 3000 MW capacity.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Shri Vilas Muttemwar in a written reply to question by Shri N.R.Govindarajar in the Rajya Sabha today.