by rakesh | Nov 27, 2006 | India News
According to a recent ILO’s report on ‘Labour and Social Trends in Asia and the Pacific 2006’, 28.6 per cent of the total population in India was below the national poverty line in the year 2000. Labour productivity is person-specific and not job-specific. It is low in India due to lack of infrastructure, technology, skills etc. Poverty reduction has been an important goal of development policy in India. Emphasis is being placed on upgradation of skills, vocational training and on the implementation of the targeted programmes of poverty alleviation to address the multidimensional nature of poverty.
This was stated by the Minister of State(Independent Charge) of Ministry of Labour and Employment, Shri Oscar Fernandes in written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
by rakesh | Nov 27, 2006 | Business
It provides for protection clauses like provision of adequate safeguards in the factory as regards occupational safety and health, equal opportunity for women workers, adequate protection to their dignity, honour and safety, their transportation from the factory premises to the nearest point of their residence. The bill in this regard was introduced in Lok Sabha on August 16, 2005 and is pending to be taken up for discussions and passing. As far as provisions of lighting and creche are concerned, these are already covered under the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948.
This was stated by the Minister of State(Independent Charge) of Ministry of Labour and Employment, Shri Oscar Fernandes in written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
by rakesh | Nov 23, 2006 | India News
Vice President of India’s official website www.vicepresidentofindia.nic.in was launched today evening at Vice President’s House in the presence of Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, the Vice President of India.
Designed and developed by the National Informatics Centre, the website contains various information related to the profile of Shri Shekhawat, his important speeches and reflections, besides important information relating to the role and responsibilities of Vice President of India, Ex-officio positions, the Vice President’s Secretariat and the profiles of all the former Vice Presidents. The website also has a Photo Gallery which contains select photographs of the Vice President, performing his constitutional and public duties.
The website is being maintained by the NIC Unit of the Vice President’s Secretariat. The Vice President can also be reached by his email vpindia@nic.in.
On this occasion, the Director General, NIC along with senior officers and the officers of the Vice President’s Secretariat were also present.
by rakesh | Nov 23, 2006 | Rajasthan
Jaipur, November 23.(DIPR) Let us go into a world where Hanumanji is visible in a tiny seed of watermelon. …open up a small coconut ….You may see the scene of sitaji watching deer with Lord Ram and Lakshman at Panchavati…. Go and view six inchi sandal wooden pocket watch. You would see replica of Taj Mahal and Red Fort…. The Story does not end here…. Open up Taj Mahal…. You would see the Makbara…. again go into the Makbara …. the pyre of Shahjahan’s beloved Begam Mumtaj could be seen. ” We are talking about Rajasthan Pavilion where such artipieces made by Churu based artist Vinod Jangir are on display. If we open up Red Fort Old Fort is visible…. Diwane-khas is situated into old fort. Three links of Pocket Watch are also wonderful. First link consists statue of Maharana Pratap, in second link Prithvi Raj Chauhan and in third link the Statue of Shivaji Maharaj could be seen. So many items carved in six inchi pocket watch is not less than a charisma.
National awardee Vinod Jangir made ‘chandan ki sitar’ could be called as a seperb specimen of his art. Jangir has carved various scenes related to biography of Sangeet Samrat Tansen vividly. One part of sitar showcases Tansen singing Raag Deepak in Akbar’s court. The deepaks got enlightened with super power of music… to pacify the fire of light the scene of rain raining due to Raag Megh Malhar sung by Tansan’s wife ‘Tani’ is carved minutely. The Handle of ‘sitar’ to be opened from three spaces speak three independent stories. In first part Tansen being taught by his Guru, in second part the marriage of Tansen and in third part the scene of Tansen’s competence with beju Baavara is showcased. On the top and mid part of ‘sitar’ images of Saraswati and Ganeshji are carved on miraculously.
Shri Jangir told that this art piece could be completed within six and half months consuming seven to eight kg sandal wood. The art is priceless, though a customer of England wants to purchase it in Rs. 65,000
Besides this ‘Haath Pankha’ (known as Bijani in Rajasthan) carved on with various scenes of Krishnaleela, Kdamb tree, Vasudev crossing Yamuna is wonderful. Shri Jangir is succeeding this art from last three generations. His father and grand father were awarded with National and Padamshree award.
by rakesh | Nov 23, 2006 | India News
A large variety of Indian Cinema at IFFI-06 brings forth the wide linguistic variety with different visions, perceptions and approaches to the medium. The Festival pays tributes to two greats of Indian cinema Prithviraj Kapoor and Sachin Deb Burman. Prithiviraj Kapoor began his career in the year 1929 and through his large body of work from Do Dhari Talwar, his debut film, to films like Sikander, Mughal-e-Azam and Kal Aaj Aur Kal, whereas Sachin Deb Burman, beginning his career in the year 1937, lent a position of respectability to playback music and made it popular among the masses.
The Festival also pays homage to eleven noted film personalities who passed away last year. These include Nadira (Actress), Naushad Ali (Music Director), Oduvil Unnikrishnan (Actor, Malayalam Cinema), P. Bhanumathi (Actress, Dancer, Director, Writer, Telugu and Tamil Cinema), Padmini (Actress), Hrishikesh Mukherjee (Director), Dr. Raj Kumar (Kannada Actor), Sri Vidya (Tamil Actress), Ustad Bismillah Khan (Shenai Maestro), Parveen Babi (Actress) and Manoj Punj, young Punjabi Film Director.
With a view to bring alive an era of commitment to art house cinema, the Festival presents a retrospective of the great Malayalam film maker Govindan Aravindan who lent a new meaning and dimension to Indian Cinema between the seventies and early nineties. The section opens on 25th November, 2006 with his film Vasthuhara.
This year’s Indian Panorama package opens with Missed Call by Mridul Toolsidass and Vinay Subramanian in the feature film category and ‘And The World Remained Silent’ by Ashoke Pandit in the non feature film category. Both films bring forth contemporary concerns effectively. Film makers like Girish Kasravalli and T V Chandran through their films Nayi Neralu and Aadum Koothu put across their directorial visions in an impressive manner.
The non-feature section also brings forth a wide variety. The student cinema mainly by the students of Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, mixed with the vision of veterans like Jabbar Patel, adds colour to the non feature film package of Indian panorama. Surprisingly, there is a large number of biographical films this time in this package, effectively capturing recent history. The Indian Panorama section would be inaugurated on 24th November, 2006 at 11.30 a.m. in INOX Multiplex.
The Indian mainstream cinema is a package of 12 blockbusters across Indian languages. The section would be inaugurated by the renowned actress Sridevi on 25th November, 2006 at kala Academy. Rang de Basanti is the opening film of the section.
Indian premieres at the Festival include films like Yatra by Gautam Ghosh, Kallarali Huvagi (Flower blooms to a stone) Kannada, by T. S. Nagabharna. Glass House (Marathi) directed by Gajendra Ahire brings forth the trauma of a family after the recent Mumbai local trains blasts. Thananam Thananam, directed by Kavitha Lankesh, and Antarnad, directed by the Goan Rajendra Talak are musicals.
by rakesh | Nov 22, 2006 | India News
The five year project (2003-07) of the Government of India with UNDP funds, is to support 5000 women’s groups to promote decentralized management of natural resources, on which the poor including women depend for livelihood, through provisioning of resources and training to women’s groups.
The project aims at strengthening partnerships between women’s groups, civil society, PRIs and local government to facilitate greater cross learning, knowledge and information sharing, access to resources and technical capacities and wider dissemination of tested social mobilization approaches. It is also to facilitate dialogue between women’s groups, NGOs and policy makers for influencing relevant policies and programmes.
The project is being implemented through 17 NGOs such as PRADAN, LGSS, FEMALE, AAA and KSRA in Jharkhand; VLKALPA, LOKADURSTI, WIDA and AMMA in Orissa; and ASTHA, FES, ARAVALI, SAMARTHAK, BAIF, SANKALP, GVT and CECOEDEDCON in Rajasthan.
A total amount of Rs. 3.62 crore has been released under the project to various implementing agencies during the year 2006-07. The Ministry of Rural Development will also ensure that an equal amount is available from `Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna’ for appropriate activities to be undertaken by women’s groups.
by rakesh | Nov 17, 2006 | India News
India and Iran today held discussions on two important projects between the two countries for supplying natural gas to India. These projects include the sale of 5 million tones LNG per year and the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) Gas Pipeline Project. Various issues relating to these projects came up during a meeting between the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Murli Deora and the Iranian Foreign Minister Mr. Monachehr Mottaki, here today.
The two Ministers referred to the need of strengthening the long standing friendly relations between Iran and India particularly in the context of the rapid economic growth in India and its growing energy requirements.
Shri Deora emphasized Indian commitment to the projects and told media persons after the meeting that India will have a look at the fresh proposals from Iranian side regarding LNG contract which was signed in June 2005 at Tehran. He also informed that the consultants appointed for suggesting a pricing formula for IPI Gas Pipeline Project is expected to submit their report soon. This will be followed by Secretary level talks between the three countries at Teheran. Mr. Mottaki also reiterated that Iran is keen to go ahead with both these projects to further strengthen relationship between India and Iran.
by rakesh | Nov 16, 2006 | Business
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, November 16, 2006 — (Business Wire India) — Kingfisher Airlines, India’s fastest growing private carrier and the first airline in India to offer a premium first class service on domestic routes, today announced the launch of 58 new flights across 15 new routes, connecting 9 important cities across the length and breadth of India. The cities between which new services have commenced are Varanasi, Pune, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Jammu and Hyderabad. The launch of these new routes takes the number of daily flights operated by Kingfisher Airlines to 130 flights connecting 23 destinations.
The Airbus A321 is the largest passenger liner in India in domestic aviation and Kingfisher Airlines is the only airline in the country which has three brand new Airbus A321 super liners in its fleet. The fourth A321 aircraft is set to join the fleet later this week. In the month of November, Kingfisher Airlines acquired 4 A321 aircraft and 1 ATR72-500 aircraft taking the fleet size upto 22 aircraft.
Commenting on the launch of these new routes, Dr. Vijay Mallya, Chairman and CEO, Kingfisher Airlines Limited said, “Kingfisher Airlines has redefined the whole experience of flying and has come to be regarded as an airline that sets new benchmarks in service excellence for the industry as a whole. The simultaneous launch of 58 new flights in one go represents a quantum jump in number of daily services offered by Kingfisher Airlines and marks yet another milestone in the scorching pace that Kingfisher Airlines has set for itself to capture market share. The pace of growth coupled with our constant endeavour to raise the bar has endeared Kingfisher Airlines to its guests and this is sure to catapult Kingfisher Airlines into the position of a market leader by the year 2010”.
by rakesh | Nov 16, 2006 | Env & Geography
The Union Cabinet today gave its ex-post-facto approval to the amendments carried out in the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2005, which were moved and passed by Parliament.
It would facilitate implementation of the urgent recommendations of the Tiger Task Force appointed by the Prime Minister.
It would strengthen conservation of tigers and other endangered species of wild animals through effective combating of wildlife crimes by constituting the Tiger and Other Endangered Species crime Control Bureau (Wild Life Crime Control Bureau).
It would reinforce the ongoing initiatives to conserve tiger and other endangered species of wild animals in the wake of present threats and need for viable habitat.
It will address the growing concern of public in saving the tiger.
by rakesh | Nov 16, 2006 | India News
The Union Cabinet today decided to grant permission for setting up of Community Radio Stations to non-profit organizations and educational institutions as per the eligibility, procedure and terms and conditions given below :
I. The following types of organizations would be eligible to apply for Community Radio licences :
a) Community based organizations, which satisfy the following basic principles :
i) It should be explicitly constituted as a ‘non-profit’ organization and shall have a proven record of at least three years of service to the local community.
ii) The Community Radio Station (CRS) to be operated by it should be designed to serve a specific well-defined local community.
iii) It should have an ownership and management structure and is reflective of the community that the CRS seeks to serve.
iv) Programmes for broadcast should be relevant to the educational, developmental, social and cultural needs of the community.
v) It must be a Legal Entity i.e. it should be registered ( under the registration of Societies Act or any other such act relevant to the purpose.
These would include civil society and voluntary organizations, State Agriculture Universities (SAUs) institutions, Krishi Vigyan Kendras, Registered Societies and Autonomous Bodies and Public Trusts registered under Societies Act or any other such act relevant for the purpose. Registration at the time of application should at lease be three years old.
b) Educational institutions
II. The following would not be eligible to run a CRS :
a) Individuals;
b) Political Parties and their affiliate organizations; including students, women’s, trade unions and such other wings affiliated to these parties.
c) Organisations operating with a motive to earn profit;
d) Organisations expressely banned by the Union and State Governments.
The Cabinet also authorized the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting to finalize the terms & conditions and procedures.
This decision will give the following benefits :-
i) A strong and vibrant Community Radio System will enhance pluralism and sustain diversity of cultures and languages.
ii) Strengthen decentralization and participatory governance and enable dialogues within communities.
iii) Dissemination of information to the rural communities about the issues related to agriculture, education, health, social welfare etc.
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