World’s best single window clearance system to come up in Telangana
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The Telangana government is all set to bring in a “Right to Single Window Services” ordinance for investors, which will make the concerned officials liable for suspension and penalty if clearances for industrial projects are not given in 15 days. .
Their increments and salaries will be cut and the amount thus collected will be paid to the respective investors as compensation for the delay.
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At present, an investor has to obtain nearly 30 approvals from various departments to set up an industry and the average time to clear the files ranges from two to five years and more. Several proposals that were submitted during the last Partnership Summit held in Hyderabad in January 2012 are still pending. .
Though Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao wants to bring the Act in the Legislative Assembly, it has been kept on hold due to delay in convening the Assembly session. To overcome this, the government is planning to take the ordinance route to ensure that the “investor-friendly norms” come into force at the earliest. Under the new system, the CM himself will handover nearly 30 approvals to investors. .
The Telangana CMO will pursue the files cleared by the Chief Minister with all the departments in 15 days. Probably for the first time in the country that such an Act is being planned to check delay and graft in clearing investment proposals. .
The aim behind the ordinance is that the Telangana government is planning to conduct a “Partnership Summit” by inviting industrialists from all the major countries and states in late-December or early-January and it wants to showcase that the state has the world’s best single window clearance system wherein officials will be taken to task if approvals are delayed under one pretext or the other or if they resort to any kind of corruption to grant approvals. .
Mr Chandrasekhar Rao has been spending several hours every day since Saturday to draft the ordinance with officials of the Industries department. Legal department officials have also been involved in the exercise to ensure that enough precautions are taken to see that the ordinance does not invite legal problems for the government. .
After holding meetings with officials on Saturday and Sunday, KCR on Monday invited representatives of industry bodies like CII, FICCI and FAPCCI for their inputs on the ordinance. .
He is learnt to have told industry representatives that he had promised the world’s best single window clearance system to top industrialists like Mr Ratan Tata, Mr Azim Premji, Mr Anil Ambani, Mr Satya Nadella, Mr G. Mallikarjuna Rao and others and their expectations should be met at any cost and asked them to give inputs on how to achieve this goal. .
The industry representatives sought a week’s time to give their feedback on the ordinance to which the CM agreed. Mr Rao told them that all appropriate inputs given by them would be incorporated in the ordinance, which is expected to be issued any time before Diwali. . How approvals are getting delayed for long? .
In the existing method, investors have to approach nearly 30 government departments to secure approvals. The prominent being No Objection Certificates from the Pollution Control Board, department of Forests and Environment, Fire Services besides approvals from Roads and Buildings, HMDA, GHMC, Water Board, Electricity department etc. There is no specific time frame to clear these proposals and it takes two to five years and more. .
The normal practice being adopted by officials to delay proceedings is by keeping files pending with them under one pretext or the other till the last minute and then issue notices pointing out deficiencies and seek rectifications. .
After coming out with rectifications, they raise few more queries and seek explanations. It goes on and on till investors succumb to their demands for bribes. .
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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, announced the launch of India’s most ambitious plan to boost manufacturing in the country in the presence of business stalwarts like Mukesh Ambani, Cyrus Mistry, Kumar Mangalam Birla and Azim Premji at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, .
Through Make In India initiative, government will focus on building physical infrastructure as well as creating a digital network to make India a global hub for manufacturing of goods ranging from cars to soft wares, satellites to submarines, pharmaceuticals to ports and paper to power. .
This initiative is nothing less but a giant leap or the step of a lion. The official Facebook page of Make In India has crossed 120K likes and its twitter handle has more than 13K followers in a day’s time. .
Here’s everything about Make In India and why it is a stepping stone towards making India an investment hub. .
What is Make In India
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Make In India is a new national program designed to transform India into a global manufacturing hub. It contains a raft of proposals designed to urge companies — local and foreign — to invest in India and make the country a manufacturing powerhouse. .
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The focus of Make In India programme is on creating jobs and skill enhancement in 25 sectors. These include: automobiles, aviation, chemicals, IT & BPM, pharmaceuticals, construction, defense manufacturing, electrical machinery, food processing, textiles and garments, ports, leather, media and entertainment, wellness, mining, tourism and hospitality, railways, automobile components, renewable energy, mining, bio-technology, space, thermal power, roads and highways and electronics systems. .
The logo .
The Make In India logo is derived from India’s national emblem. The wheel denotes the peaceful progress and dynamism – a sign from India’s enlightened past, pointing the way to a vibrant future. The prowling lion stands for strength, courage, tenacity and wisdom – values that are every bit as Indian today as they have ever been. .
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Global investors have been unsparing in their criticism about complex rules and bureaucratic red tape that delay investment decisions. India ranks 134 out of 189 countries in the World Bank’s ease of doing business index in 2014. As part of Make In India initiative, foreign investment caps in construction will be eased to enable greater participation in the NDA government’s 100 smart cities project and affordable housing. The initiative will also target top companies across sectors in identified countries. .
He urged investors not to look at India merely as a market, but instead see it as an opportunity. .
Major highlights of the Make In India plans are as follows: .
1. Invest India cell: An investor facilitation cell set up by the government will act as the first reference point for guiding foreign investors on all aspects of regulatory and policy issues and to assist them in obtaining regulatory clearances. The cell will also provide assistance to foreign investors from the time of their arrival in the country to the time of their departure. The information & facts that potential investors need for each sector have been compiled in brochures. .
2. Consolidated services and faster security clearances: All central government services are being integrated with an e-Biz single window online portal while states have been advised to introduce self-certification. The ministry of home affairs have been asked to give all security clearances to investment proposals within 3 months. .
3. Dedicated portal for business queries: A dedicated cell has been created to answer queries from business entities through a newly created web portal ( http://www.makeinindia.com ). The back-end support team of the cell would answer specific queries within 72 hours. The portal also boasts of an exhaustive list of FAQs answers. .
4. Interactions with the users/visitors: A pro-active approach will be deployed to track visitors for their geographical location, interest and real time user behaviour. Subsequent visits will be customised for the visitor based on the information collected. Visitors registered on the website or raising queries will be followed up with relevant information and newsletter. .
5. Easing policies and laws: A vast number of defence items have been de-licensed and the validity of industrial license has been extended to three years.
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With a view to providing flexibility in working hours and increased intake of apprentices for on the job training, the government plans to introduce a single labour law for small industries by December. An advisory has been sent to all departments/state governments to simplify and rationalise regulatory environment (which includes online filing of all returns in a unified form).
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Narendra Modi stated the reason and motive to launch Make In India very clearly, Addressing a gathering consisting of top global CEOs at the event in Vigyan Bhawan in the capital, the Prime Minister said “FDI” should be understood as “First Develop India” along with “Foreign Direct Investment.” He urged investors not to look at India merely as a market, but instead see it as an opportunity.
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The Prime Minister said it is important for the purchasing power of the common man to increase, as this would further boost demand, and hence spur development, in addition to benefiting investors. The faster people are pulled out of poverty and brought into the middle class, the more opportunity will there be for global business, the Prime Minister said. Therefore, he said, investors from abroad need to create jobs. Cost effective manufacturing and a handsome buyer – one who has purchasing power – are both required, the Prime Minister said. More employment means more purchasing power, he added. .
The Prime Minister said that India is the only country in the world which offers the unique combination of democracy, demography, and demand. He said the new Government was taking initiatives for skill development to ensure that skilled manpower was available for manufacturing. He also referred to the Digital India mission, saying this would ensure that Government processes remained in tune with corporate processes. .
Modi had felt a mood of gloom among India’s business community in the last few years, due to lack of clarity on policy issues. He said, “Trust is essential for investors to feel secure. Let us begin with trust; if there is an issue, Government can intervene. Trust too can be a transformative force. Development and growth-oriented employment is the government`s responsibility.” .
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To the expression “Look East,” Modi added “Link West”, emphasizing on the necessity of a global vision. Referring to his vision of waste water management and solid waste management in 500 towns across India through public private partnership, he said that Mission Swachh Bharat and “waste to wealth” could lead to good revenue models for business as well. .
The Prime Minister believes in the infrastructure of the future – including i-ways besides highways – and mentioned port led development, optical fibre networks, gas grids and water grids. Digital India mission would ensure that Government processes remained in tune with corporate processes. .
He said, “Make in India…this is the step of a lion. Nobody can question the talent of our people, especially after the Mangalayaan”. .
Make in India’s success relies a lot on the fate of the newer companies and startups. A mission which can go either way at this stage, was envisioned by Modi as follows, ” If each one of our millions of youngsters resolves to manufacture at least one such item, India can become a net exporter of goods. I , therefore, urge upon the youth, in particular our small entrepreneurs that they would never compromise, at least on two counts. First, zero defect and, second again zero deffect. We should manufacture goods in such a way that they carry zero defect, that our exported goods are never returned to us. We should manufacture goods with zero deffect that they should not have a negative impact on the environment. .
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Ratan Tata lauds KCR’s vision. TELANAGANA and GMR get TATA SEAL.
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When Tata group patriarch Ratan Tata talks, the world sits up and takes notice. In 2008, when he endorsed Gujarat and its then chief minister Narendra Modi with his famous comment about “a good M and a bad M“ (comparing Modi to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee after the Tata group pulled its Nano project out of Singur and moved into Gujarat), he willy-nilly helped boost Gujarat’s image as a preferred investment destination and that of Modi as a man who means business. The rest, as they say, is history. Today, Modi is the Prime Minister and the world has acknowledged Gujarat’s prowess as a top business destination. .
On Friday, it was the turnof Telangana’s first chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and infra major GMR Group’s founding chairman GM Rao, to come in for a strong endorsement from Tata, which is sure to send their brand equity soaring. While he hailed KCR for his `sincerity and commitment’ towards building a new state, he complimented GM Rao for his `pioneering spirit’ in bringing premier Canadian B-school Schulich to Indian shores, among other achievements.
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“I am very pleased to be a part of the Schulich endeavour in having this university, an extension of York, in Hyderabad. What has struck me in this particular case is that while many universities overseas are happy to collaborate in the form of having associate courses in home countries, very few of them are willing to do what this collaboration does, that is to give the students here the same degree as they would have in Canada. That takes a lot of commitment, a lot of sincer ity and a lot of application. .
I, therefore, would like to express, as an Indian, my thanks to York University and to Mr Rao forbringing this to India,“ he said. “Mr Rao hascoveredground usu ally where noroad exists. Ifyou see a wall, Mr Rao sees a door,“ added Tata, who is also on the Schulich India Advisory Council.
. Endorsing the new state, Tata said: “It is a great moment in the new life of the state headed by a very committed and a very sincere CM. One cannot help but feel that you are taking part in the infancy of a new and `potentially prosperous’ state that needs investment in business, investment in education, skills and I am sure that under your leadership, sir, this is going to happen.“
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On the occasion, GMR Group chairman GM Rao too lauded the T government’s efforts to usher in the best single window clearance system in the country that KCR has been promising to unveil as part of the new industrial policy. “The intention to roll out the red carpet for industries by granting them necessary clearances in 30 days speaks volumes of the CM’s leadership,“ he said.
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Tata Sons chairman emeritus Ratan Tata with Telangana CM KCR
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Telangana CM KCR with Tata Sons chairman emeritus Ratan Tata
DRDO to Set Up Rs 1,600 Crore Gas Turbine Project in Telangana
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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will set up a first gas turbine project in the country at Nagarjuna Sagar in Nalgonda district with an estimated cost of Rs 1,600 crore. .
The DRDO officials searched several sites across the country and finally found the the site near NSP suitable for the project. Currently, the DRDO is dependent on gas turbine project in Moscow for its needs. .
Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao held a meeting with the officials on the proposed gas turbine project here on Wednesday. .
The chief minister said that the Telangana government would allocate 100 acres for the project at Nagarjuna Sagar apaprt from the required water and power to the DRDO, he said. .
Additional land will also be allotted to the DRDO at the same place in future for its research and development operations, the chief minister said. .
Chandrasekhar Rao said that the proposed project will also provide direct and indirect employment to hundreds of people in Telangana. .
The Telangana government has also decided to construct a airstrip for the convenience of officials and tourists, says a release from the CMO.
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Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao discussing with officials at the Secretariat in Hyderabad on 13th Aug 2014 the prospects of establishing a unit of Defence Research & Development Organisation in Telangana
ITC plans to set up a paper manufacturing unit in Telangana .
Diversified group ITC , plans to set up a paper manufacturing unit in Telangana with an investment of Rs.3,500 crore. .
The company officials conveyed this to Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao during a meeting in Hyderabad on on 14th Juy 2014, said a statement from the chief minister’s office. .
KCR, as the chief minister is popularly known, welcomed the decision of the group and said his government would provide adequate land for the plant. .
A delegation of top officials of ITC led by its executive director Pradeep Dhobale met the CM. They also expressed willingness to set up food processing and agro based units and take up eucalyptus plantation over one lakh acres. .
Microsoft India chairman Bhaskar Pramanik, who also met the Chief Minister, said the company would like to expand its activities in the newly-created state, it said. ..
Hinduja Group chairman Ashok Hinduja also called on Mr Rao.
World’s best single window clearance system to come up in Telangana
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The Telangana government is all set to bring in a “Right to Single Window Services” ordinance for investors, which will make the concerned officials liable for suspension and penalty if clearances for industrial projects are not given in 15 days. .
Their increments and salaries will be cut and the amount thus collected will be paid to the respective investors as compensation for the delay.
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At present, an investor has to obtain nearly 30 approvals from various departments to set up an industry and the average time to clear the files ranges from two to five years and more. Several proposals that were submitted during the last Partnership Summit held in Hyderabad in January 2012 are still pending. .
Though Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao wants to bring the Act in the Legislative Assembly, it has been kept on hold due to delay in convening the Assembly session. To overcome this, the government is planning to take the ordinance route to ensure that the “investor-friendly norms” come into force at the earliest. Under the new system, the CM himself will handover nearly 30 approvals to investors. .
The Telangana CMO will pursue the files cleared by the Chief Minister with all the departments in 15 days. Probably for the first time in the country that such an Act is being planned to check delay and graft in clearing investment proposals. .
The aim behind the ordinance is that the Telangana government is planning to conduct a “Partnership Summit” by inviting industrialists from all the major countries and states in late-December or early-January and it wants to showcase that the state has the world’s best single window clearance system wherein officials will be taken to task if approvals are delayed under one pretext or the other or if they resort to any kind of corruption to grant approvals. .
Mr Chandrasekhar Rao has been spending several hours every day since Saturday to draft the ordinance with officials of the Industries department. Legal department officials have also been involved in the exercise to ensure that enough precautions are taken to see that the ordinance does not invite legal problems for the government. .
After holding meetings with officials on Saturday and Sunday, KCR on Monday invited representatives of industry bodies like CII, FICCI and FAPCCI for their inputs on the ordinance. .
He is learnt to have told industry representatives that he had promised the world’s best single window clearance system to top industrialists like Mr Ratan Tata, Mr Azim Premji, Mr Anil Ambani, Mr Satya Nadella, Mr G. Mallikarjuna Rao and others and their expectations should be met at any cost and asked them to give inputs on how to achieve this goal. .
The industry representatives sought a week’s time to give their feedback on the ordinance to which the CM agreed. Mr Rao told them that all appropriate inputs given by them would be incorporated in the ordinance, which is expected to be issued any time before Diwali. . How approvals are getting delayed for long? .
In the existing method, investors have to approach nearly 30 government departments to secure approvals. The prominent being No Objection Certificates from the Pollution Control Board, department of Forests and Environment, Fire Services besides approvals from Roads and Buildings, HMDA, GHMC, Water Board, Electricity department etc. There is no specific time frame to clear these proposals and it takes two to five years and more. .
The normal practice being adopted by officials to delay proceedings is by keeping files pending with them under one pretext or the other till the last minute and then issue notices pointing out deficiencies and seek rectifications. .
After coming out with rectifications, they raise few more queries and seek explanations. It goes on and on till investors succumb to their demands for bribes. .
Admission and fee details of Schulich School of Business, Hyderabad
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India is one of the fastest-growing markets for MBA education in the world, a top official of Canada’s Schulich School of Business at York University said on Friday. .
“The fastest-growing markets for MBA education is emerging economies and among them obviously China and India. More so India, with its demography where there is over 50 per cent of population that is below 25 years old,” said Dezso J. Horvath, Dean and Tanna H. Schulich Chair in Strategic Management at the Schulich School of Business, York University. .
Speaking after the opening of the building of the Schulich School of Business set up along with the GMR School of Business in the facility provided by the GMR Group at its airport in Hyderabad, Horvath said: “We are not coming here to compete with Indian business schools. Our focus is on meeting industry needs for globally trained students.” .
The average age of students at the institute is around 29 years with most having five to seven years of work experience. “We have international faculty and we train students for a global marketplace,” Horvath said. He said that the first-year course is taught in India and second year in Toronto. .
Emphasising that the school offers several differentiators, Horvath said, “We also provide a huge amount of specialisation options with 150 electives, 21 different specialisations with many of them in industry sectors which nobody else in the world is delivering such as in mining and soon in agro-business also.” .
Admission to the school is based on work experience and GMAT score, which would be around 670-680 on average. The fees is around Rs 30 lakh for the two years with options for student loans and scholarships for bright students. The first batch was admitted last year and will graduate by the end of April 2015 with 37 students in the batch. The second batch of 46 students has just joined. “We will keep the batch size to not more than 50,” says Horva¡th. .
Horvath said the school in India has an advisory board with leading industry leaders like G.M. Rao, Chairman of GMR Group; Ratan Tata, Chairman-Emeritus of Tata Sons; O.P. Bhatt, for SBI chairman; Bahram Vakil, Founding Partner of AZB & Partners; Uday Kotak, Executive Director and MD, Kotak Mahindra Bank; V. Raghunathan, CEO, GMR Varalakshmi Foundation, among others. .
Horvath also said if India enacts a law to allow foreign players to set up own campuses, the Canadian institute will develop a full campus here and deliver the full programme here. “We will bring 50 per cent of students from abroad here and create a global school where half the total students come from all over the world and the rest from India and develop specialisations focused on India like IT.”
Canada’s Topnotch Business School ‘Schulich School of Business’ opens campus in Hyderabad
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Canada-based Schulich School of Business, York University has opened its campus in Hyderabad in collaboration with GMR School of Business. The campus was inaugurated by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in the Aerotropolis (Hyderabad Airport City) being developed by GMR Group around Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad on Friday, 26 September, 2014.
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GMR Group has added yet another feather to its cap with the opening of the Building of Schulich School of Business, York University’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) campus (in a twinning arrangement with GMR School of Business).
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The business school building was officially inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Telangana State, Mr K Chandrasekhar Rao today and Hon’ble Education Minister of the State, Mr G Jagadish Reddy was the Guest of Honour. .
Schulich – a top-ranked business school of Canada – is among the first major foreign institutions to have a significant presence in India under the current The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) norms.
. Schulich, based out of Toronto in Canada, will initially offer two-year MBA programme in a twinning arrangement, in which the first year of the programme will be offered in India and the second year in Toronto. .
The School also envisages offering Executive Education programmes shortly. It comes as a shot in the arm for GMR Group that has envisioned a comprehensive multi-themed development around the airport. As per the agreement, Schulich is developing the learning environment and academic infrastructure, while the GMR Group has provided the requisite infrastructure. .
The institute is strategically located in the Aerotropolis (Hyderabad Airport City) being developed by GMR Group around Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. .
The business school will bring to India the same curriculum that it offers in its home campus, albeit suited to India consistent with current international trends, practices and pedagogy which stands as hallmark of Schulich’s training. .
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. G.M. Rao, Group Chairman – GMR Group, has expressed happiness and pride in associating with the internationally renowned Schulich School of Business. “It has been GMR Group’s endeavour to transform RGIA and its vicinity into an integrated ecosystem of economic activities. The establishment of Schulich School of Business heralds the beginning of a new chapter in management education in India in the serene vistas of an international airport. I am confident that the school will provide top-class management education to the students. From GMR, we assure complete and the best of support on all fronts. I wish the first batch of students good luck,” Mr Rao mentioned. .
It also plans to offer executive education programmes. “I am confident that the school will provide top-class management education to the students. From GMR, we assure complete and the best of support on all fronts,’’ GM Rao, Chairman of GMR Group, said. .
Mr. G.M. Rao, Group Chairman, GMR Group; Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons; Mr. O.P. Bhatt, Independent Director, Tata Steel Ltd; Mr. Bahram Vakil, Founding Partner, AZB & Partners; Mr. Uday Kotak, Executive Director & MD, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd; Dr. Dezsö J Horváth, Dean-Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada; Mr. R.K. Krishna Kumar, Trustee, Tata Trusts; Dr. Mamdouh Shoukri, President & Vice-Chancellor, York University, Canada; Dr. V. Raghunathan, CEO, GMR Varalakshmi Foundation, Students of the business school and other dignitaries also graced on the occasion.
Jammu and Kashmir was hit by the worst ever floods since a Century . .
People who ever want to donate towards the noble cause at individual capacity can directly pay to the Prime Minister relief fund.
Link for donation for the flood-affected people in Jammu and Kashmir. through Prome Minister Relief Fund : . https://pmnrf.gov.in/
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Payment may be made by cheque/draft/cash in the name of “Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund” and sent to the PMO in South Block, the statement said, adding as per directions on the subject, the nationalised banks will not charge any commission on preparation of drafts favouring the PMNRF.
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The Jammu & Kashmir region has been ravaged by the worst flood in over a century. We have all been witnessing an extensive destruction of life and property over the last few days. Lives have been lost and thousands of people rendered homeless as a result of the devastation. Despite the rescue efforts, people still remain stranded, vulnerable and disconnected; waiting to be evacuated. There is a paucity of food, shelter, medicines and other basic amenities needed for survival. .
As Jammu & Kashmir faces the enormous challenge of rehabilitation, let us play our part in contributing to the restoration efforts. The loss for the inhabitants of this area has been monumental. Let us all do what we can and aid them in their time of need. .
Jammu and Kashmir was hit by the worst-ever floods since 1892, wreaking havoc in several districts on either side of the Pir Panjal mountain range. Public infrastructure like bridges, roads and government buildings worth several thousand crore has been destroyed by the floods while the damage to private property including crops like apple and paddy is estimated to be several times higher. .
The death toll in Jammu region reportedly is above 210 while in Kashmir Valley over 77 died in the calamity. .
Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh assured that the central government will not let money come in the way of providing relief to the state’s people. Rajnath Singh told the media in New Delhi: “Approximately 200 are dead and 130,000 people have been rescued from the state.” Around 1,200 villages in the Kashmir Valley and 1,100 in Jammu region have been affected, he said. “Around 400 villages have been totally submerged (in flood water). It is a national calamity,” he added. .
Stating that the central government has taken “immediate and proactive” action, he said Prime Minister Modi has announced Rs 1,000 crore for flood relief and rehabilitation. .
The stepped-up efforts came even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday appealed to the nation to contribute generously and to “stand shoulder to shoulder” with the distressed people of Jammu and Kashmir which has been the worst floods in six decades. .
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an appeal to all Indians to donate generously to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) and to “stand shoulder to shoulder” with the distressed people of Jammu and Kashmir which has been the worst floods in a Century. .
“I request all fellow countrymen to stand shoulder to shoulder with our distressed brothers and sisters in Jammu and Kashmir and be part of the national effort to support them in this hour of crisis. I appeal to all citizens to donate generously to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF),” Mr. Modi added. .
Asking the people to be part of the national effort, a PMO statement also gave details of various modes for payment to the Fund including online contributions through the PMO website. .
Payment may be made by cheque/draft/cash in the name of “Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund” and sent to the PMO in South Block, the statement said, adding as per directions on the subject, the nationalised banks will not charge any commission on preparation of drafts favouring the PMNRF. .
Many corporate companies, State Governments, political parties, industrialists, film personalities and people from across the country have taken initiatives and contributing towards the relief activity being undertaken in the affected areas. Also many employees and common citizens also contributing at their individual capacity through various methods towards the relief activity in the devastated Jammu & Kashmir region.
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All those who have survived the tragedy need resources, whether in hospitals or rescue camps. While relief through the military is being disbursed the conditions in the camp are dismal. People who ever want to donate towards the noble cause at individual capacity can directly pay to the Prime Minister relief fund.
Hyderabad to be Equipped with 4G WiFi by December 2014
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If everything goes according to plan, Hyderabad is all set to be a 4G Wi-Fi enabled city by the year end. .
The 4G WiFi services will be available in western Hyderabad by September and for the entire city by December end. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao directed the officials to make arrangements for the same.
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Speaking at a review meeting with officials on ‘Hyderabad 4G WiFi City’ at the Secretariat on Thursday, KCR directed them to develop digital broadband infrastructure in Hyderabad. IT minister KT Rama Rao and representatives of Reliance, which will provide the services, were present in the meeting.
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Reliance state CEO KS Venugopal and coordinator PVL Madhava Rao explained to KCR the progress on the works of WiFi services in Hyderabad and other places in Telangana. .
As part of the first phase, 4G services will be made available in six corporations, 37 municipalities across the state apart from Hyderabad. In the second phase, all other cities, towns and 220 mandal headquarters will be provided with the services. The entire state would be made WiFi enabled by the third phase.
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The chief minsiter felt that 4G services would support the government’s efforts to improve the brand image of Hyderabad internationally. The representatives of Reliance assured the chief minister of meeting the deadlines. They said around 4,100 crore were being spent for providing WiFi services in Telangana.
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Reliance is laying 1,700 km long OFC lines in Hyderabad as part of the project. Lines have been laid for 500 km so far. .
Phase-wise WiFi
> 37 municipalities, 6 corporations to get 4G in phase I
> Phase II to cover other cities, towns and 220 mandal HQs
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