by rakesh | Sep 28, 2007 | India News
In a new endeavour, to provide new, modern and improved facilities to the passengers of the Indian Railways, a common countrywide train enquiry telephone No.139 for West Zone will be inaugurated by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Naranbhai J. Rathawa at Chatterapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), Mumbai on 29th September 2007. With the commissioning of this service which is known as Integrated Train Enquiry System (ITES): ‘Rail Sampark’, the basic enquiry services like train arrival and departure, PNR status, availability of accommodation, train fare etc, are to be made available for the general public of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Dadar Nagar Haweli, Goa and Daman Diu with MTNL and BSNL subscribers. In addition to Hindi and English, enquiry services will also be available in Marathi and Gujarati for west zone.
In the first phase, Zonal hub for North Region at Delhi and call centre at Noida was commissioned on 17th July 2007. Under the North Zone basic enquiry services are being made available for general public of Delhi, NCR, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Rajashtan, Uttrakhand state and Chandigarh with MTNL and BSNL as Telecom Service Provider (TSP).
The services in other two zones i.e. East and South Zones will begin in the month of October 2007.
Work of implementation of ITES is based on Public Private Partnership model. Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) in association with Centre for Railway Informatics System (CRIS) are responsible for rolling out this project across the country. . Execution of ITES is being done by Rail Enquiry Franchisee – M/s Bharat BPO and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.
by rakesh | Sep 24, 2007 | India News
Five coaches of 9038 Avadh Express caught fire when the train, on its way from Gorakhpur (U.P.) to Mumbai, was passing through Bharuch district in Gujarat at 1.30 a.m. today. The Railway medical team along with senior Railway officers was immediately rushed to the spot. None of the passengers were hurt in the fire incident. The fire was noticed in one of its Sleeper Class coach (S-10) when the train was on its run between Lakodra-Palez section of Vadodara division in Western Railway. Immediately the train was stopped and all the passengers from the affected five coaches (S-8 to S-12) were cleared safely and shifted to other coaches. The train has since resumed its onward journey early this morning. The cause of the fire is not yet known.
by rakesh | Sep 10, 2007 | India News
As per the information provided by the University Grants Commission (UGC), the Commission has issued a letter to all the applicant Trusts/Societies/Institutions to get the institution/courses accredited from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and National Board of Accreditation, as the case may be, depending upon the courses offered by them.
The Central Government is empowered by the UGC Act, 1956 to declare an institution of higher education, other than a University, as Deemed to be a University, on the advice of the UGC. The UGC has laid down guidelines for consideration of proposals for declaring an institution as deemed to be a university. The proposals received for conferment of status under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 are examined as per the provisions of these guidelines. The UGC evaluates the proposal by deputing an Expert Committee to the applicant institution that inspects and makes an on the spot assessment of the applicant institution and the facilities available there, including those of the infrastructure and faculty, and submits a report to the Commission. The UGC considers the report in its meeting before making its recommendations to the Central Government.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Smt. D. Purandeswari in a written reply to a question raised by Ms. Sushila Triya in Rajya Sabha today.
by rakesh | Sep 10, 2007 | India News
Two more IISERs are being set up at Bhopal and Thiruvananthapuram. These Institutes have been/are being set up on the recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (SAC-PM). The total estimated project cost of each IISER is Rs. 500.00 crores which includes Rs. 241.00 crores fro construction of building and other infrastructural facilities and Rs. 259.00 crores as recurring expenditure, spread over a period of 7 years.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Smt. D. Purandeswari in a written reply to a question raised by Shri Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy in Rajya Sabha today.
by rakesh | May 27, 2007 | India News
The Government has introduced Energy Conservation Codes for commercial buildings. Initially, implementation of the codes will be voluntary but will be made mandatory soon under the Energy Conservation Act 2001 for the buildings having connected load of 500 kw or more.
The implementation of the codes will reduce energy consumption from 25% to 40% and will yield annual saving of about 1.7 billion units. The codes sets a minimum efficiency standards for external wall, roof, glass structure, lighting, heating, ventilation and air conditioning of the commercial buildings in all the five climatic zones in the country. The State Government will have the flexibility to amend these codes to suit local or regional needs and notify them accordingly.
Launching the codes here today, Minister for Power, Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde said that the codes aimed at bringing down the energy consumption of the commercial buildings through the efficient design and use of resources. Highlighting the Government’s efforts to increase power production in the country, Shri Shinde said that the plans had been made for capacity addition of about 70 thousand MW during the 11th Plan and by 2012 the country would be self sufficient to the great extent in the power sector. He said that efficient use of energy and check the leakages in energy consumption is must as by conserving only 20% of energy the country would save about Rs. 20,000 crore. The Minister said that very soon the Government would put in place appropriate institutional structure to oversee implementation of the codes throughout the country with involvement of states and other stakeholders. Effective awareness and outreach programme would be launched to overcome strong first cost bias that usually needs owners to under-invest in energy efficiency during building design and construction. The State Governments would be requested to integrate the energy codes in city bylaws through municipalitie, he added.
by rakesh | May 14, 2007 | India News
Six Towns in the country namely Kottayam, Puri, Tirupati, Ujjain, Vrindavan and Thanjavour have been selected in the pilot phase of the Eco-City Programme. The projects undertaken under the pilot phase of the Programme for the respective towns are under various stages of implementation. The Programme which was initiated during the Tenth Five Year Plan is being continued during the first year of the Eleventh Plan. This Eco-City Programme was initiated by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in the Tenth Five Year Plan, which is being implemented by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) through the concerned State Pollution Control Boards and Municipalities. The Programme has been conceptualized to improve the environment and bring in visible results through implementation of identified environmental improvement projects in the selected towns/cities.
The specific objectives of the Programme are to identify the environmental problems in the selected towns through participatory approach to designi and prepare details of the prioritized environmental improvement projects; and to create landmarks that show visible environmental improvement.
The Plan size including the schemes for implementation during the remaining years of the Eleventh Five Year Plan is not finalized as yet.
The amount released by the Central Pollution Control Board till the last financial year 2006-2007 for the respective projects, town-wise is given below:
SNo. Town Amount Released
(in Lakhs of Rupees)
1. Kottayam 40.84
2. Puri 55.53
3. Tirupati 49.34
4. Ujjain 67.41
5. Vrindavan 43.00
6. Thanjavour Nil
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