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Government wants Manufacturing Sector to deliver jobs for country

December 13, 2015

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The Government of India is going all out to ensure that the manufacturing sector pushes up its share of contribution in the GDP from the current 16 per cent to 25 per cent with the objective of creating more jobs. Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Mr Surendra Nath Tripathi said that the government would be happy if the industry is able to generate the jobs and pays decent wages to its employees.

Speaking at the ‘4^thNational Conference on Skill Development 2015, Linking Skills to Jobs’, organised by the CII, Tripathi mentioned how the government is laying stress on building the skills of people. He said: “Twenty-two ministries are skilling people, many states are doing it, therefore, I see that people can get the required skills from so many places.” He added that the government wants to create locally-available jobs.

Mr Tripathi added that the government has done the skill mapping of all the 654 districts and has uploaded all the information related to industries, manufacturing and skill profile on the web. Such a survey will help the government and the industry to be able to zero in on the specific requirements regarding skilling as well as setting up industries.

He also urged corporates to work on future technology and green initiatives with a view to creating green jobs in various sectors. “Can we go from jugaad to global excellence and finally reach levels of global excellence,” he asked.

Joint Secretary (UPA), A&C, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Mr Brij Kumar Agarwal, said that fast changes are taking place in the skilling industry. Giving an example, he said that even though the government was providing skilling earlier also, the implementation game has changed. Mr Agarwal said that the government now wants formal results, wants training to be of good quality, wants it to be compliant and wants the trainees to get jobs. “For the government now, skilling has become an involved process,” Mr Agarwal said.

He added that besides providing training and skilling to people, the government is also urging the training institutes to lend loans to trainees who want to become entrepreneurs. “Through the Mudra scheme, we are giving the mandate to vendors to issue loans of up to Rs ten lakh,” Mr Agarwal said. He added that as banking companies may not be able to provide loans, the government is looking at Non-Banking Financial Companies also to provide loans to those starting as entrepreneurs.

On Day two of the CII Conference, there was a strong focus on developing entrepreneurship skills.Joint Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, MsJyotsna Sitling, said thatentrepreneurshipwill play a major role in states. “Different types of entrepreneurship, right from the bottom of the pyramid will have to be developed and the mentoring of entrepreneurs will have to be different from the traditional education system,” MsSitling said.

She also laid stress on the inclusion of the excluded people because the skills that they need are very different. MsSitling said that the industry has to make efforts to understand the role of skilling for the disadvantaged people.

CEO of the Chhattisgarh State Skill Development Authority (CSSDA), Dr Priyanka Shukla, highlighted the role that the state has played in understanding the entire skill development process. She said that Chhattisgarh has undertaken a big survey to find out the skill-gap situation in the state. “We took feedback from the private sector and went till the district level,” Dr Shukla said.

Stressing on the unique set of skills that her state needs, Dr Shukla said that people in Chhattisgarh want jobs close to their places. “People in Chhattisgarh get home sick if they are provided employment far from home. We need to develop local skills. Nobody else can do this for us,” she said. Dr Shukla also spoke about the livelihood college that the state has opened up which has become a big hit with the youth.

Talking on similar lines about regional differences, CEO, Additional Skill Acquisition Programme, Government of Kerala, Dr MT Reju, said that it is important to have a wide spectrum of training partners. He said that the Kerala government not only interacted with the State Skilling Councils but also industry bodies and business advisory councils. He stressed on the fact that the Sector Skilling Councils in the state will need to create more linkages with the industry and that skilling institutes will also have to provide for more generic skill roles.

The Chairman of the National Skill Development Agency and the National Skill Development Corporation, Mr S Ramadorai, said that though the country had ignored vocational space since Independence, it is still important to provide skilling even now. Mr Ramadorai focused on two aspects of skilling–linking people to markets and providing appropriate nature of jobs in rural and semi-rural areas. He said: “Every training that you provide should be seen as nation-building.”

VP, Sustainability, Lemon Tree Hotel Company, Ms Aradhana Lal highlighted the efforts of her company in bringing dignity to people with disabilities. The company has taken a voluntary step in inclusion, diversity and mainstreaming by providing skills and jobs to people with hearing and speech disabilities. Ms Lal said: “This policy has to be part of your main strategy, it cannot be part of CSR. You do a job mapping and find out where you can fix a person with a certain disability.”

Towards the end of the conference, Chairman, CII National Committee on Skill Development and Founder, Genpact; and Chairman, The Skills Academy, Mr Pramod Bhasin highlighted the conundrum that the industry faces. Mr Bhasin said: “the industry still does not have adequate linkages to skills in our country as is the case in Brazil.” However, on an optimistic note, he added that as India is starting on a clean slate in the skilling space, the country can build a solid foundation as it does not have to grapple with legacy issues in the sector.

He added that the industry needs a strategic framework, has to raise funding, mobilise people over the importance of skilling and give a push to Make in India by improving the skills of people. Mr Bhasin added that the time has come to build a skill institute of great repute.

Boeing Completes Detailed Design for the 787-10 Dreamliner

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December 13, 2015

Boeing has completed detailed design for the 787-10 Dreamliner, achieving another major milestone in the development of the newest and longest member of the 787 family. Boeing engineers reached the key milestone nearly two weeks ahead of schedule.

The milestone is critical to every development program because it means the information needed to build parts and tools for assembly has been completed and released for fabrication or procurement. Major assembly of the 787-10 will begin in 2016, followed by first flight in 2017 and first delivery in 2018.

“With the 787-10, we are building upon our experience and the 787-9 design itself to create this newest member of the super-efficient 787 family,” said Ken Sanger, vice president of 787 Airplane Development. “Through our dedicated team and our disciplined processes, we have optimized the design for the needs of the market and are excited as we look forward to production.”

As a straightforward stretch of the 787-9, which entered service in 2014, Boeing designed the 787-10 for superior efficiency as well as maximum commonality. Ninety-five percent of the design and build of the 787-10 and 787-9 will be identical, reducing complexity, cost and risk across the production system and providing operational benefits to customers.

The 787-10 is the third and longest member of the 787 family. With a range of 6,430 nautical miles (11,910 km), the 787-10 will cover more than 90 percent of the world’s twin-aisle routes at a whole new level of fuel efficiency: 25 percent more fuel efficient than the airplanes it will replace and at least 10 percent better than anything offered by the competition for the future.

To date, the 787-10 has logged 164 orders from nine customers around the world, accounting for 14 percent of all 787 orders.

Christmas period may reduce quality of life for many Europeans

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December 13, 2015

Summary:Many Europeans do not experience the run-up to Christmas as a particularly jolly time, and often feel despondent and stressed, reports a new study. However, the study suggests Christians, particularly those who are very religious, are the exception to this pattern.

Many Europeans do not experience the run-up to Christmas as a particularly jolly time, and often feel despondent and stressed, reports a new study published in the Springer journal Applied Research in Quality of Life. However, the study suggests Christians, particularly those who are very religious, are the exception to this pattern.

In a study on Christmas and subjective well-being (SWB), Michael Mutz of Georg-August-Universität Göttingen in Germany analysed large-scale data from the European Social Survey (ESS) for eleven historically Christian European countries: Belgium, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In the two ESS rounds Mutz used, the SWB of respondents was measured by asking how satisfied they were with their lives and how they would rate their emotional state. The author then compared the data for respondents questioned in the pre-Christmas (16-26 Dec.) and post-Christmas (27-31 Dec.) periods to those questioned at other times of the year (excluding July and August).

In general, respondents interviewed around Christmas showed significantly less satisfaction with their lives and experienced more negative emotions than those surveyed at other times of the year. However, this was not the case among very religious Christians, who responded that they felt more positive and content with life during the run-up to Christmas than other respondents. Furthermore, people with higher levels of education or children at home also tended to take the holiday period more in their stride.

According to Mutz, the results of the study do not show that Christians are completely immune to the effects the Christmas period has on people’s emotions, they just seem to be less affected than non-religious people. He notes this appears to hold true for all Christians, regardless of how religious they rate themselves.

Mutz suggests the lower levels of life satisfaction and emotional well-being observed may come as a result of the stresses involved in the pre-Christmas period — such as buying presents in time and fulfilling social obligations — and a growing material consumer culture, with its related financial concerns, surrounding the festive period: “People with Christian affiliation and a strong sense of religiousness celebrate Christmas differently than the majority of non-Christians. It can be assumed that these individuals are less prone to becoming absorbed by the consumerism that precedes the holidays,” says Mutz. “Christian religious affiliation is a protective factor against the general decline of subjective well-being around Christmas.”

Source:Springer

Why corporations don’t always ‘learn’ their way to success

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December 13, 2015

Summary:Any business guru will tell you that companies achieve success by learning from their experiences in the marketplace. But a new study of the aircraft industry suggests that the belief in ‘learning by doing’ may be overstated.

Any business guru will tell you that companies achieve success by learning from their experiences in the marketplace.

But a new study of the aircraft industry suggests that the belief in ‘learning by doing’ may be overstated. This study provides an alternative explanation for why we may observe a strong relationship between experience and performance, even without actual learning.

Successful companies engage in “astute self-selection” of what they do, said Jaideep Anand, co-author of the study and professor of strategy at The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business. In other words, they find something they do well and simply repeat it.

“In some cases, companies don’t learn so much from what they’ve done in the past as carefully choose to only repeat those activities with which they have been the most successful in the past and expect to be the most successful in the future,” Anand said.

He argued that if a firm discovers that it has certain capabilities, it will repeat activities related to those capabilities, thereby simultaneously achieving more experience as well as superior performance.

“That is not the same as learning from experience,” Anand said.

Anand conducted the study with Louis Mulotte of Tilburg University in The Netherlands and Charlotte Ren of the University of Pennsylvania. Their results appear online in the Strategic Management Journal and will be published in a future print edition.

Anand emphasized that he is not discounting the importance of learning from past experiences in all corporate activities. But he said there are situations in which learning from experience doesn’t work.

Specifically, learning doesn’t seem to help in corporate development activities such as new product introductions, diversification moves, international expansions, alliances, and acquisitions — business activities that are infrequent, very different from each other, and where it is difficult to assess cause and effect.

Take, for instance, new product introductions. Companies don’t normally put out many new products, these product launches are often very different from each other, and it is usually difficult to tell the reason why one particular product succeeded or failed.

“In any corporate activity where these three factors are in play, the role of learning from experience may be negligible,” Anand said.

“There is a role of serendipity in this. If a company finds the right formula in the beginning, they can just keep repeating it.”

The researchers tested their theory by analyzing essentially all jet aircraft projects launched by Asian, European, South American and North American firms between 1944 and 2000. The sample consisted of 437 new aircraft introductions undertaken by 159 firms. It included 189 fighter jets, 110 turboprops, 74 helicopters and 64 jets.

The data comes from the Aerospace Systems Group Library, which includes individual reports on each aircraft project commercialized since World War II.

Using a statistical analysis, the researchers concluded that firms tended to succeed by sticking with building aircraft in the same mode that offered them success in the first place.

“It is all very self-reinforcing. Companies repeatedly self-select the activities with which they have been the most successful in the past and expect to be the most successful in the future,” Anand said.

There are a couple of different lessons here for managers, Anand said. First, don’t overgeneralize from successes in activities like new product introductions that occur infrequently, are very different from each other and where the cause of success can’t readily be determined.

“These are very complex activities and not easy to learn from,” he said.

Also, if your firm is struggling with one of these complex activities, don’t assume that you’ll eventually figure it out.

“There’s a danger in relying on learning in these particular situations. It is not always as successful as you believe,” Anand said.

Source:Ohio State University

Boeing CEO on Passage of Legislation to Reauthorize U.S. Export-Import Bank

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December 12, 2015

Boeing President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg issued the following statement following congressional approval of legislation reauthorizing the U.S. Export-Import Bank for five years.

“By reopening the Export-Import Bank, Congress has taken strong action enabling American exporters and the skilled workers they employ to compete successfully in tough global markets. We commend the bipartisan majorities in both the House and the Senate that recognized the Ex-Im Bank’s value to the U.S. economy by voting several times in recent months to reauthorize. With these votes, Congress did the right thing for workers at companies large and small across the nation, including the 1.5 million workers at nearly 15,000 U.S. companies that help Boeing design, make and support America’s aerospace exports.”

Selection for Position of Director -Marketing, GAIL

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December 12, 2015

The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking qualified candidates for the post of DIRECTOR (MKTG), GAIL (INDIA) LTD

Last date of receipt: 14th , January, 2016

More: http://pesb.gov.in/Vacancy/GAIL-DIR-MKT.pdf

Global warming may affect Pesticide Effectiveness

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December 12, 2015

Summary:The effectiveness of permethrin, an important mosquito-fighting insecticide, may be impaired by global warming, according to a recent study. People involved in mosquito-control efforts should take temperature into account when choosing a pest-control product

The effectiveness of an important mosquito-fighting insecticide may be impaired by global warming, according to a recent study in the Journal of Medical Entomology. Two researchers from Montana State University, graduate student Shavonn Whiten and Dr. Robert Peterson, have shown that permethrin becomes less effective at killing the yellowfever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) as temperatures increase.

These mosquitoes, which are found in the tropics and the subtropics, can transmit viruses that lead to dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and other diseases.

“Many of the areas where these insecticides are employed have varying drastic temperature changes,” Whiten said.

In their lab study, the researchers exposed adult mosquitoes to varying concentrations of permethrin at a range of temperatures. They found an inverse relationship between death and temperature from 16 °C to 30 °C, which showed the highest negative correlation. From 30 to 32, there was, however, a positive correlation between mortality and temperature. And from 32 to 34, the negative correlation resumed.

“It probably has something to do with variability and heat stress,” said Peterson. “Once you get to those higher temperatures, there are other things going on regarding stress on the mosquito that cancel out the effect of the pyrethroids (a class of pesticides to which permethrin belongs) working better at lower temperatures and worse at higher temperatures.”

Some possible reasons:

1) Lower temperatures may make the mosquito neurons more sensitive to permethrin, which is a neurotoxin.

2) The permethrin may persist longer and remain active at lower temperatures.

3) Lower temperatures may enhance the ability of the insecticide to bind to its target site.

People involved in mosquito-control efforts should take temperature into account when choosing a pest-control product, according to Peterson.

“If we are applying at higher and higher ambient temperatures, we could have a reduction in control,” he said. “Therefore you need to pick something that’s going to be efficient and not be a waste of time and money in controlling mosquitoes.”

Source:Entomological Society of America

Special Policy on Oil & Gas Sector for North East under Consideration

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December 12, 2015

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Special policy dispensations to promote investment in Oil and Gas in North East Region are under consideration of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. This was stated by Mr. U P Singh, Additional Secretary and Chairman & Mg Director of Oil India Ltd while addressing the CII North East Energy Summit in Delhi. The oil and gas sector in north east region is confronted with several challenges ranging from demand-side issues to infrastructure to availability of advance technology to arrest the natural decline in oil production. The Government is conscious of these challenges and the Ministry is scheduled to hold a consultative meeting with Chief Secretaries of all North East States to finalize a Hydrocarbon Vision for North East India, he added.

At the moment North East region supply 10% of the gas and 12% of the oil requirements of the country. In spite of having huge potential to upscale it, the sector is witnessing a stagnation or even a deceleration. The oil production has come down from 4.84 MMT to 4.54 MTA between 2011 to 2015. Refineries are in fact now being fed from imported crude oil. This does not augur well with the overall vision of India to reduce oil import dependence from 77% currently to 66% by 2022 and half by 2030. There is a need to increase investment in exploration as well as production. Commenting on the issues of pipeline infrastructure, he mentioned that it was more like a chicken and egg problem. While GAIL has requisite capability and funding mechanism, viability has to be well established.

Earlier addressing the conference, Mr. Ved Prakash Mahawar, Director (Onshore), ONGC Ltd said that North East region offers a huge potential in oil & gas sector. He cited the example of ONGC power plant of 726 MW in Tripura which is one of the most efficient plants in Asia. It also produces most cost effective electricity in the country. Tripura is a power surplus state and has huge scope to export it to neighbouring countries. He further stated that Tripura is a great example of how economic development and political will can transform the region into a peaceful, safe & progressive state. One of the biggest challenges for the oil industry in North East is to arrest the natural decline in oil production. There is a need for State-of-the-art technology to arrest the decline and sustain & increase the production, goring forward, he added. He opined that technology companies may explore joining hands with the existing oil producing companies, to invest in technology to upswing the oil production. In addition to natural resources, North east region has several other advantages such as educated young workforce. Industry must take note of it and seriously start looking at North East as an attractive investment destination. For example Tripura holds tremendous potential for rubber processing industries as it is second largest producers of rubber in the country.

Mr. Nitin Zamre, Mg Director, ICF International in his base presentation made a strong case for investment in north east region. In the way forward, he presented a 5 point agenda which includes fiscal incentives to boost investment, launch of an integrated approach involving all states and the centre to address infrastructure related issues, greater integration with neighbouring countries, a new Policy on Gas Pricing and Marketing and lastly investment in technology for exploration and production.

Earlier giving the opening remarks, Mr. Sandipan Chakravortty, Chairman, CII North East Council said that the North Eastern Region is going through a significant transformation in terms of economic and industrial development. The Macro Economic outlook of the region is also on a growth trajectory. He asserted that the growth in the hydrocarbon sector specially Gas, is bound to spur the development of many industries like power, plastic, fertilizer etc giving fillip to entrepreneurship and employment. Further, with the Act East policy gaining momentum the North East as region is beginning to emerge as a “Gate way to South East Asia”. Therefore adequate development and management of the North East Energy sector has the potential to be the hub of an envisaged South Asia sub regional energy corridor.

Jaitley bets on Growth for Pay Commission Load

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December 12, 2015

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Betting on growth for more revenue generation needed to take additional burden on government finances, coming from the 7th Pay Commission and increased pension payouts, Finance Minister Mr Arun Jaitley said he would reach out to the Congress Party for the crucial reform of GST.

Addressing captains of the industry at the ASSOCHAM 95th Annual General Meeting, the Finance Minister said he has “no difficulty” in reaching out to the Congress Party for its support for the constitutional amendment bill on goods and services tax. However, its suggestions should not lead to a flawed architecture and he would urge the principal opposition party to reconsider its position.

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He described suggestions such as mentioning the tariff rate in the constitution itself as “preposterous”. Besides, the Congress party’s suggestion on changing the dispute architecture under the proposed GST council is also not sound. He said none of these suggestions were part of the bills moved by the earlier finance ministers – Mr Pranab Mukherjee or Mr P. Chidambaram.

The finance minister made these observations just days before Parliament is scheduled to meet for the winter session with the industry expecting passage of the GST constitution amendment bill.

On the issue of increased financial burden that will result from implementation of the seventh pay commission at a time when the economy is facing challenges of low investment and subdued global demand, Mr Jaitley said his mantra is to get one or two extra percentage points in the GDP growth. This would also give protection to the Indian economy from the fast changing and difficult global environment marked by geo-political situation with the rise of ISIS and the terror threats.

He said given the kind of challenges facing the economy despite India doing better than others, the government would need a popular support that hurdles are not created in the reforms process.

He said India of 2015 is not the India of 1990s, it is not only the middle class but also an aspirational India which wants growth and larger opportunities. “Those who stall reforms must realize that their number is smaller” (than those who support the progressive agenda).

Listing out various steps taken by the government in the recent past he said, the banking faces a major challenge that are being addressed through steps like package for discoms.

On the issue raised by the industry on threat of cheap imports of steel from China, the finance minister said that the government has already intervened twice but it will reexamine the surge in the inflows.

The finance minister said that real index of ease of doing business is “when captains of the industry stop coming to north block. That is the high point of the economy.”

He expressed satisfaction that a large number of states are now competing with themselves to attract investments. On specific problems of sectors like real estate, the finance minister said that states would be advised to cut down the red tape and reduce the number of clearances required for the projects.

In his address ASSOCHAM president, Mr Rana Kapoor said that despite global challenges there is a positive energy visible among Indians and the same is being harnessed by the Narendra Modi government with a focused approach on implementation.

Prime Minister ‘Rozgar Yojana’ and ‘Rural Employment Update’

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December 12, 2015

Minister of State, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Giriraj Singh has informed that the Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) was discontinued in 2007-08 and in 2008-09 a new scheme namely Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) has been introduced by merging the two schemes i.e. Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) and Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP). Number of youth provided self employment under PMEGP during the last two years and current year, State-wise is given is:

Sr.No.	State/UT	Estimated employment generated under PMEGP (No. of persons)
		2013-14	2014-15	2015-16#
1	Jammu& Kashmir	11818	11025	4294
2	Himachal Pradesh	5307	6352	652
3	Punjab	7536	6438	2655
4	UT Chandigarh	385	160	133
5	Uttarakhand	7335	7889	1687
6	Haryana	6352	7024	3920
7	Delhi	1136	1584	821
8	Rajasthan	13280	15002	4578
9	Uttar Pradesh	43449	48604	18163
10	Bihar	20043	9240	9992
11	Sikkim	255	54	11
12	Arunachal Pradesh	6570	2871	93
13	Nagaland	4365	2407	579
14	Manipur	5277	829	772
15	Mizoram	5050	6736	1552
16	Tripura	9175	6333	2997
17	Meghalaya	1037	3680	1776
18	Assam	24555	15535	9018
19	West Bengal	24189	24646	11623
20	Jharkhand	13060	8495	9536
21	Odisha	20482	10211	8240
22	Chhattisgarh	4435	5821	4178
23	Madhya Pradesh	19449	21896	4066
24	Gujarat*	13420	18107	5993
25	Maharashtra **	14869	28311	9927
26	Andhra Pradesh	18170	12220	4191
27	Telangana	—	6604	4742
28	Karnataka	25261	21825	8033
29	Goa	214	406	0
30	Lakshadweep	0	93	0
31	Kerala	11507	9738	4839
32	Tamilnadu	29496	36190	7315
33	Puducherry	181	386	124
34	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	887	790	157
	Total	368545	357502	146657

# Upto 30^th October 2015
* including Daman & Diu
** including Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Any individual above 18 years of age is eligible to apply under PMEGP. For setting up of projects costing above Rs.10 lakh in the manufacturing sector and above Rs. 5 lakh in the business /service sector, the beneficiaries should possess at least VIII standard pass educational qualification. General category beneficiaries can avail of margin money subsidy of 25 % of the project cost in rural areas and 15% in urban areas, personal contribution is 10% in rural areas and 5% in urban areas. For beneficiaries belonging to special categories such as scheduled caste/scheduled tribe/OBC/minorities/women, ex-serviceman, physically handicapped, North Eastern Region (NER), Hill and Border areas etc. the margin money subsidy is 35% in rural areas and 25% in urban areas, personal contribution is 5%. Assistance under the Scheme is available only for new projects.

The maximum cost of projects is Rs. 25 lakh in the manufacturing sector and Rs. 10 lakh in the service sector. Any activity, barring a few indicated in the negative list of PMEGP guidelines can be taken up under PMEGP.

Khadi and Village Industry Commission (KVIC) is the nodal agency at national level. In States, State Directorates of KVIC, Khadi and Village Industry Boards (KVIBs) and District Industries Centres(DICs) implement the Scheme. In urban areas, only the DICs are the nodal agencies.

Project proposals are invited from potential beneficiaries at district level through press, advertisement, radio, other-multi-media and Panchayati Raj Institutions. Beneficiaries can also apply on-line. District Level Task Force Committees (DLTFCs) headed by the District Collectors/Magistrates scrutinize the applications and recommend the same to the Banks, which take their own credit decision on the basis of viability of each project and sanction the loans. Number of applications recommended by the DLTFCs to the Banks during the last two years and current year is given is:

Sr. No.	State/UT	Number of applications recommended and forwarded to Banks by DLTFC
		2013-14	2014-15	2015-16#
1	Jammu& Kashmir	4752	4282	143
2	Himachal Pradesh	2309	1344	1029
3	Punjab	3660	4206	1835
4	UT Chandigarh	205	184	105
5	Uttarakhand	2809	2403	1040
6	Haryana	3938	3900	651
7	Delhi	1026	1370	532
8	Rajasthan	6998	7150	2290
9	Uttar Pradesh	13002	20022	9305
10	Bihar	11892	11680	674
11	Sikkim	92	89	105
12	Arunachal Pradesh	1601	1364	0
13	Nagaland	693	1514	0
14	Manipur	1714	2392	2949
15	Mizoram	1309	1615	700
16	Tripura	4274	4549	3202
17	Meghalaya	1046	1190	360
18	Assam	16020	17899	4956
19	West Bengal	16942	13009	6924
20	Jharkhand	8437	8771	3814
21	Odisha	10621	11754	4810
22	Chhattisgarh	4329	4944	133
23	Madhya Pradesh	6941	5904	2441
24	Gujarat*	3355	4121	2402
25	Maharashtra **	9054	13694	155
26	Andhra Pradesh	7590	4831	0
27	Telangana	0	3432	0
28	Karnataka	8746	12257	0
29	Goa	163	130	0
30	Lakshadweep	0	46	0
31	Kerala	5056	2933	1880
32	Tamilnadu	6913	8459	4882
33	Puducherry	162	227	191
34	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	331	165	0
	Total	165980	181830	57508

# Upto 30^th October 2015
* including Daman & Diu
** including Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Adverse outcomes of climate change cannot be resolved by the Health Community alone

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December 12, 2015

Summary:Researchers have reviewed the links between climate change, the processes leading to greenhouse gas emissions and health outcomes. The authors conclude that there are collaborative opportunities to create solutions to the link between the two — it’s not just up to the doctors to provide a cure.

Climate change has implications not only for our ecosystems, but also for the health of humans. At the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP21), currently underway in Paris, negotiators from 195 countries are working on a plan to reduce carbon emissions and limit global warming to two degrees Celsius.

In a study recently published in the Annals of Global Health, Concordia political science professor Peter Stoett and co-authors from New York City and Washington, DC, review the links between climate change, the processes leading to greenhouse gas emissions and health outcomes.

“Our research shows that there are serious health threats related to climate change, both realized and potential — and that we need new, creative, bold trans-disciplinary thinking to both promote the mitigation of climate change and, just as importantly, to help people and communities adapt,” says Stoett.

The paper is timely because, as Stoett says, “the global attention being paid to COP21 simultaneously reflects the near-universal acceptance of the need to take serious action on climate change, and the realities of a competitive world economy.”

A collaborative opportunity to create solutions

After conducting research into the current and projected health outcomes associated with climate change, and reviewing opportunities for adaptation and mitigation across disciplines, Stoett and his co-authors found that the consequences of climate change affect a wide range of stakeholders.

That means there are collaborative opportunities to create solutions — it’s not just up to the doctors to provide a cure.

“Although health professionals are challenged with risks from climate change, the adverse health outcomes cannot be resolved by the public health community alone,” says Stoett.

The study proposes that a phase change in global health is needed. Instead of being a passive responder, the sector needs to partner with others to drive innovative alternatives.

“It is essential for global health to step outside of its traditional boundaries to engage with other stakeholders to develop policy and practical solutions to mitigate disease burden of climate change and its drivers. This will also yield compound benefits that help address other health, environmental and societal challenges.”

What we can expect from COP21 Although Stoett anticipates that long-term commitments made during the Paris conference will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, he cautions that we should not expect a global plan on how, exactly, this will be done.

What should we look for? “We can hope for commitments to finance adaptation efforts in areas that will bear disproportionate costs that have made relatively small contributions to the problem,” he says.

“We can also hope that the climate talks help educate the general public about the perils of unchecked emissions, and in particular the emerging science on its impact on ecosystems, services, biodiversity, and human health and security.”

Source:Concordia University

BASF & SINOPEC start production for Neopentylglycol in Nanjing, China

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December 12, 2015

BASF and SINOPEC have commenced production of Neopentylglycol (NPG) at the state-of-the art Verbund site, BASF-YPC Co., Ltd., a 50-50 joint venture in Nanjing, China. Commercial products are now ready for delivery to customers. The new plant has an annual capacity of 40,000 metric tons.

“With this new plant, we are responding to our customers’ growing demand for high-quality Neopentylglycol, especially in the Asia Pacific region, and at the same time strengthening our position as the global leading supplier of NPG,” said Narayan Krishnamohan, Senior Vice President, BASF Intermediates Asia Pacific. “We have 55 years of experience in manufacturing and supplying Neopentylglycol to our customers across a broad range of industries.”

“With this partnership, SINOPEC and BASF are fully utilizing their strengths regarding resources, technology, talent and management. Furthermore with this investment we are building on the core competitiveness of both partners,” said Mr. Wang Jingyi, Chairman of Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Co. Ltd. and BASF-YPC Co. Ltd.

NPG is a unique polyalcohol offering superior performance in many end-use applications such as coatings, textiles and construction due to its high chemical and thermal stability. It is mainly used as a building block in polyester resins for coatings, unsaturated polyester and alkyd resins, lubricants and plasticizers. As the global market leader, BASF has NPG production facilities in Ludwigshafen, Germany; Freeport, Texas, United States and Jilin, China.

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