Shri V.Vumlunmang IAS (Manipur Tripura 1992) presently posted as Joint Secretary, PM Division, has been transferred as Joint Secretary -II Division, Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA), New Delhi.
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India Handloom to have its own PR Agency
The Office of Development Commissioner for Handlooms, Government of India, Ministry of Textiles is searching for a PR agency for a 360 degree campaign for promoting hand-woven articles in international media under the “India Handloom‟ brand line. The initial engagement will be for one year.
The primary objective of said campaign is to develop a premium brand, promoting them as niche products based on high quality defect free, socially and environmentally compliant products.
They seek to portray the strengths of India Handlooms and hand wovens, highlighting the intrinsic craftsmanship and extraordinary skills. The campaign is intended to raise awareness – and revenues – of the Indian based weavers. India has a long tradition of excellence in making high quality handloom products with extraordinary skills and craftsmanship which are unparalleled in the world.
These products are considered to be symbolic of the Indian culture, tradition and civilization.
The program seeks to:
- Develop a premium brand for the India Handloom Products;
- Assure quality and reap the benefit of reputation of the India handlooms;
The assignment is a heavy media relations campaign, daily updates of the media covering India Handloom Brand and handloom related news in general. Additional responsibilities include media training, press conferences, advertorials, speech writing, and more.
Sanjeevanee Kutty posted as Additional Secy & Financial Advisor-MHA
Ms. Sanjeevanee Kutty IAS ( Maharashtra 1983) presently posted as Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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First copy of ‘The President of India & the Governance of Higher Education Institutions’ presented to the President
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy of a book ‘The President of India and the Governance of Higher Education Institutions’ at Rashtrapati Bhavan from the Founding Chancellor Mr. Naveen Jindal and Founding Vice Chancellor, Professor (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar of O.P. Jindal Global University.
Speaking on the occasion,the President underlined the need to focus on improving the quality of teaching, faculty and research in our Universities. The President said that in his capacity as Visitor of Central Institutions of higher learning he has been repeatedly stressing on the need to have quality education and that Universities should take the ranking process seriously. He said it is not that our country lacks the requisite talent or merit. Concerted efforts over the past few years have shown some good results and recently, two Indian institutions found a place among the top 200 universities as per an international ranking. He was hopeful of other institutes improving their ranks in the future.
The President congratulated the authors and the O.P. Jindal Global University as well as the International Institute for Higher Education Research & Capacity Building for bringing out the book.
The book ‘The President of India and the Governance of Higher Education Institutions’ provides an overview of higher education in India and includes chapters on the role of the Visitor; historical and legal analysis of the position of the Visitor in India; President Mukherjee’s initiatives for promoting excellence in higher education and reimagining Indian universities as world class universities by taking rankings seriously. It also gives an insight on the way forward towards institution building for nation building.
The objective of the book is to begin a discourse on the governance of higher education institutions. It recognizes the importance of raising academic standards while promoting international benchmarks in quality, excellence and institutional governance. It particularly provides a glimpse of the contribution of President Mukherjee for his farsighted leadership and initiative in recognizing that the future of India is significantly dependent upon our ability to empower the higher education institutions, which will help India establish a knowledge based society.
‘Religion-neutral’ national population policy needed, says RSS
The government should lay out a religious-neutral national population policy to check the “demographic imbalance”, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh said, reported by PTI. To correct this imbalance, “persuasion through education” and creating awareness would be the key steps, the organisation said. The RSS has been increasingly concerned about the growing Muslim and Christian populations in the country, with the population of Hindus declining below 80% for the first time, which it thinks is a troubling change in proportions.
RSS Delhi’s co-incharge Alok Kumar said, “We found quotations from the Quran, where it has been stated that if you are unable to rear your family, its size should be kept small. We think that is sage advice and should be followed by every section of society.”
The organisation also said that they are in favour of the current reservation policy for the underprivileged, but it should not be based on religion as that would be against the spirit of the Constitution.
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Y.B. Khurania has been appointed as DG- Vigilance, Odisha
Shri Y.B. Khurania IPS (Odisha 1990) presently posted as Additional Director General(ADG), Vigilance, Odisha, Cuttack, has been appointed as Director General (DG) Vigilance, Odisha Government.
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E-Pathshala, Saransh, Shaala Siddhi Portals/ Mobile APPS launched : Smriti Irani
The Union HRD Minister Smt Smriti Irani while speaking at the edNEXT, – National Conference on ICT in School Education at New Delhi said that use of ICT will strengthen school education system. She also said that Education Ministers of certain States are working to reduce burden of exams on students.
Earlier the Minister appreciated the efforts put in by all the State Education Ministers in achieving hundred per cent result in constructing separate toilet for boys and girls in schools during a period of one year. This she said was the outcome of the announcement made by the Prime Minister of India on August 15 last year. The HRD Minister also felicitated all state education ministers for their efforts in fulfilling Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of having toilets in each government school under Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya campaign.
The Minister also elaborated upon the paradigm shift where the stake holders were also asked to participate in the use of mobile apps tools and to find out the utility of these apps. Further, keeping in view the need to recognise the ICT initiatives being taken in the education sector, the HRD Minister made a clarion call to every citizen to come forward and contribute towards technology innovation for the benefit of school education. She called upon the States to look into the issue of nutritional value of mid-day meal and prepare their own menu for Mid Day Meal keeping in mind the local climate and conditions.
Prof. Ram Shankar Katheria, Minister of State for HRD said that Prime Minister Shri Modi’s new initiative of Digital India will go a long way in ameliorating the prevailing poor conditions of our villages. He said that concerted efforts of people across the country can find solution to varied problems. He stressed upon the need of digitalisation in school education.
The event showcased various ICT based initiatives in School Education. During the Conference, e-Pathshala, Saaransh, and National Programme on School Standards and Evaluation Framework (Shala Siddhi) were launched. All these are web portal/ mobile app. Further, Shala Darpan, MDM-IVRS and Ekta project from Alwar, Rajasthan were also show-cased. Students at the event shared their excitement about these apps which promise to make learning more interesting, school bags lighter and books available on the go.
E-Pathshala, a web portal which hosts educational resources for Students, Teachers, Parents, researchers and educators, is available through especially developed mobile app interface on Android, IOS and windows platforms for wider access and contains textbooks and other e-books as E-Pub 3.0 and Flipbooks in English, Hindi and Urdu.
Shaala Siddhi is a comprehensive instrument for school evaluation which enables the schools to evaluate their performance in more focused and strategic manner to facilitate them to make professional judgement for continuous improvement. The web-portal of the framework will help all schools to assess themselves and the results can be seen by all enabling them to provide feedback. The initiative has already been successfully piloted in four districts of Tamil Nadu.
Saransh is a tool which allows the schools to identify areas of improvement in students, teachers and curriculum to facilitate and implement change. The platform is presently available for classes 9th to 12th and provides a comprehensive overview of standard 10th performance since 2007 and standard 12th performance since 2009 till the current academic session. Presently, results of CBSE are available on this portal/app.
The event also showcased other ICT initiatives including the IVR (Interactive Voice Response) system to monitor the daily implementation of Mid Day Meal scheme and Shaala Darpan, an integrated platform to address all academic and administrative requirements of schools, teachers, parents and students.
The Conference was also attended by Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Shri Subhash Chand Khuntia, Additional Secretary and other senior officers of Ministry of HRD, State Education Ministers, Education Secretaries, and teachers and students from various schools.
States unanimously adopt Mission Mode for electrifying remaining villages
Power Ministers of all States and Union Territories have unanimously decided to ensure electrification of all the remaining un- electrified villages by 31st March 2017 in mission mode under Deendayal Upadhyaya Grameen Jyoti Yojana ( DDUGJY) . The two day conference of Power, New Renewable Energy and Mines Ministers of States and Union Territories which ended in here today has also resolved to work in mission mode to complete the activities in the roll out plan for achieving the 24×7 Power For All by 2019 or earliest. It was decided that the States whose plan documents on Power For All have not been prepared should get it expedited with the help of consultants and central team members so that all these documents are completed by 31st December 2015. The conference was chaired by Shri Piyush Goyal Union Minister of State ( IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy .
States have also resolved to ensure expeditious implementation of Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) projects by implementing them within 30 months from date of sanction. They have also resolved to achieve 15 % Aggregate Technical and Commercial Losses (AT & C) at national level by 2019-20. A state level mission will be established to plan smart grid activities in States.
States which are presently not having Right of Way (RoW) and Right of Use( RoU) / policy should take immediate step for having the same.
States have resolved to set targets for replacement for all existing conventional street lights and incandescent bulbs with LED by 2019. Nine States namely Haryana, Uttar Pradesh , Punjab, Maharashtra , Karnataka, Tamil Nadu , Madhya Pradesh , Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have decided to replace 10 % of existing agricultural water pumps with energy efficient pumps including solar within one year.
States have also agreed to set up solar parks as per stipulated schedule and to mandate the installation of solar roof tops on Government buildings
States have also decided to encourage interstate and intrastate transmission of renewable energy through various measures like allowing open access, not charging wheeling charges, cross subsidy charges , banking charges etc.
States which are rich in wind resource agreed to put in place a mechanism for forecasting and scheduling of wind power by 1st January 2016.
In his concluding remarks Shri Piyush Goyal urged the states to take steps for clearing the dues of power generation companies by March 2016 so that next financial year can be started in a clean slate . The Minister appealed the states to stand by their commitments in additional allocation of power and renewable energy.
Ministers from fifteen states and Delhi attended the two day conference. They include, Shri. K. Atchannaidu, Minister for Labour, Employment & Sports, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Shri. Mahesh Gagda, Minister for Forest Law& Legislative Affairs, Govt. of Chhattisgarh, Shri. C. P. Singh, Minister for Urban Development Housing and Transport, Govt. of Jharkhand, Shri. D. K. Shivakumar, Minister for Energy, Govt. of Karnataka, Shri. Aryadan Muhammed, Minister for Power, Govt. of Kerala, Shri. Rajendra Shukla, Minister for Enegry, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Shri. Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Minister for Energy, New & Renewable Energy, Govt of Maharashtra, Shri. C. Kipli Sangtam, Minister for Power, Govt. of Nagaland, Minister of State for Energy, Govt of Rajasthan, Shri. D.D. Bhutia, Minister for Power and Energy, Govt. of Sikkim, Shri. Natham R. Viswanathan, Minister for Electricity, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Shri. G. Jagdish Reddy, Minister for Energy, Govt. of Telangana, Shri. Manik Dey, Minister for Power, Urban Development, Rural Development& Transport, Govt. of Tripura, Shri. Yasar Shah, Minister for Energy, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, Shri. Manish Gupta, Minister for Power, Govt. of West Bengal, and Minister for Power, Govt. of National Capital Territory, Delhi.
Senior officials including Secretary, Power Shri. P.K. Pujari Secretary, MNRE, Shri. Upendra Tripathy, Shr.A.K. Dubey, Additional Secretary, Coal, Shri. B.N. Sharma , Shri B.N. Pandey Additional Secretaries, Power and Power Secretaries of States and Union Territories attended the conference.
Twitter Launches ‘Make in India’ Emoji, First non-US based Brand
The Indian government on Wednesday became the first non-US based brand to have a Twitter emoji – #MakeInIndia – which aims to promote the country as a global manufacturing hub. “As a key highlight of this government campaign, an emoji of a black lion on an orange background, a version of the national programme’s official logo, will now appear next to the #MakeInIndia hashtag in any Tweet worldwide,” Twitter said in a release following Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s visit to its headquarters in San Francisco.
“The #MakeInIndia emoji symbolises success of the brand campaign on Twitter with nearly 500 million impressions this year to promote India as a great place for foreign direct investment to transform the country into a global manufacturing hub,” it added. Sitharaman met Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey to discuss India’s importance as a strategic growth market and how the platform can be used to promote the country’s brand to rest of the world.
“The ‘Make In India’ story is increasingly resonating with business leaders around the world and Twitter has proven to be a valuable and effective channel to tell the highly-engaging story to an influential global audience,” Sitharaman said.
“We’ve seen tangible results with the ‘Make in India’ and ‘ease of doing business’ programmes that have made India the top investment destination worldwide and Twitter is one of the best ways we can shine a bright light on the country’s vibrant potential as a global manufacturing hub,” she added. While the #MakeInIndia brand campaign on Twitter had over 300 million impressions and nearly 24 million engagements in August and September this year, the @MakeInIndia official Twitter account has over 700,000 followers since its inception a little over a year ago.
Health Minister inspects hospitals to review preparedness on H1N1
To review the preparedness of various hospitals to deal with the cases of H1N1 influenza, Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare visited Safdarjung Hospital and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital.
During the visit Sh. Nadda instructed the health officials of hospitals to ensure provision of treatment to every single patient affected by the seasonal influenza. He instructed them to ensure proper counseling of such patients and to ensure that no patient is denied treatment.
“The number of beds designated for H1N1 hospitals has been increased substantially in these hospitals. If needed more beds will be provided. I have issued instructions that no H1N1 patient should be denied treatment and whoever is required to be admitted should be admitted,” said Sh. Nadda.
The Health Minister added, “In winter season, the H1N1 influenza cases generally show a rise. Today visit is to review the preparation of our hospitals for this. We are increasing the number of beds and ventilators. Adequate stocks of medicines, testing kits and medical equipment are in place and we are fully geared up to handle H1N1 influenza patients.”
The Health Minister also asked hospitals’ authorities to vaccinate doctors, nurses and other health care workers involved in the treatment of swine flu cases at these hospitals to ensure their safety and protection while treating H1N1 patients.
During the visit of these hospitals, the Health Minister expressed satisfaction over the preparation and availability of designated beds, medical equipments, medicines, testing kits, personal protective equipment and masks.
Shri Nadda inspected various units during his visit to the hospitals. He visited H1N1 treatment centre, ICU, emergency ward, critical unit and bio-medical waste management centre of Safdarjung hospital and Isolation ward (H1N1), H1N1 screening centre, pharmacy unit of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.
The Medical Superintendent (MS) of Safdarjung hospital and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia hospital briefed the Health Minister regarding the recent initiatives of the hospitals and their future expansion plans.
Jual Oram Inaugurates National Tribal Crafts Mela ‘Aadishilp’
Union Tribal Affairs Minister Shri Jual Oram inaugurated National Tribal Crafts Mela ‘Aadishilp’ in New Delhi . Speaking on the occasion the Minister said this kind of exhibitions provide our tribal artisans an important platform to showcase their talents through their products to urban India. Shri Oram said Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd. (TRIFED) through its 44 sales counter all over the country is providing much needed marketing system for tribal products. Shri Oram said “Ministry of Tribal Affairs will provide more and more such platforms for tribal artisans so that they can sell their products directly to the consumer without middlemen”. The Minister urged media, NGOs and particularly urban youth to come forward to popularize the tribal products and bring the tribals into the main stream of the society.
‘Aadishilp’ organised by Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd. (TRIFED) at Dilli Haat will be open till November 11, 2015. Unique and exquisite tribal artefacts of more than 90 tribal artisans from all over the country are participating in this Exhibition. Hand crafted items, handloom products, dry flowers, cane and bamboo products, tribal jewellery, Dhokra craft, tribal weaves, embroidery, tribal paintings and lot more is being exhibited at the venue.
The main objective of organizing Aadishilp is to give tribal artisans an opportunity to showcase and sell their traditional art and craft works directly to the customers and get their feedback which would help them in having valuable design related and other inputs. Aadishilp provides them a platform for direct interface with art and craft lovers, share their talent with the urban elite and know the customers taste and preferences for adapting their product designs and creations accordingly.
TRIFED has been taking a number of promotional initiatives for marketing of tribal products. From a single sales outlet of TRIBES India in 1999 at 9, Mahadev Road, Delhi, it has established 34 outlets of its own and 10 Consignment outlets across the country. TRIFED has also initiated the concept of sourcing tribal products by way of organizing Tribal Artisan Melas (TAMs) to identify new artisans and products from different regions/ States where tribal artisans are invited to display their products for selection and inclusion in the range of products marketed by TRIFED. Design and quality inputs are given to the artisans wherever required for overall improvement and better marketing prospects of their products.
TRIFED, under Ministry of Tribal Affairs, is the only apex body of Govt. of India which is engaged in the development and marketing of traditional tribal products including Metal craft, Paintings, Textiles, Jewellery, Natural/ Organic/ Herbal products etc. TRIFED’s main objective is to improve the livelihood of the tribal communities by creating a sustainable market and create business opportunities for them based on their cultural knowledge and traditional skills whilst ensuring fair and equitable remuneration for their products by organizing Tribal Crafts Mela. TRIFED also focuses on trainings for skill up gradation and capacity building of tribal artisans and Minor Forest Produce gatherers.