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Sahai calls for tax exemption in food processing units in TN
Posted by ganesh in Agriculture, Departments, Health, Information, Other, government, modification, programme, tamilnadu on March 12th, 2010
Subodh Kant Sahai, Union Minister of Food Processing Industries has appealed to the Tamil Nadu government to provide tax exemption to food processing units in the state. He said that the matter has already been discussed with M Karunanidhi, Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu.
Further voicing concern over huge post-harvest food wastage worth Rs 50,000 crore in the country, the minister suggested various state governments to join hands with the Centre in its efforts for promoting the sector.
The value of wastage had come down now by Rs 8,000 crore after the food processing industries (FPI) achieved a 10 per cent growth against six per cent in 2004, but much more is needed to be done in the sector to completely avoid wastage.
Sahai, “Though India was the largest producer of milk and second largest producer of fruits and vegetables, a large quantity of the perishable commodities was wasted, (due to lack of cold storage facilities).”
Besides, he also inaugurated a building of the Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT).
TN govt should set up a defence park near Madurai in CII
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Health, Information, Madurai, Other, Public, budget, government, programme on March 11th, 2010
The Tamil Nadu government should set up a defence park near Madurai to take advantage of the country’s offset policy, the state chapter of industry lobby Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) says.
‘We have submitted a proposal to set up an defence industrial park near Madurai to union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers M.K. Alagiri. This is one more effort to industrialise southern Tamil Nadu,’ C.K.Ranganathan, chairman of the Tamil Nadu State Council, told reporters here Wednesday.
Under India’s defence offset policy, if the equipment acquisition value exceeds Rs.300 crore, products equivalent to 30 percent of the contract value have to be locally manufactured.
Appreciating the Tamil Nadu government’s health insurance scheme for poor people, Ranganathan urged the state to offer attractive incentives for hospitals to be built in rural areas.
‘Without incentives, hospitals in rural areas are not viable,’ he remarked.
According to Ranganathan, CII-Tamil Nadu’s suggestion to formulate an industry-wise policy has been accepted by the state government.
He said CII is now studying cost-effective ways of making cities better places to in live through its City Connect programme.
TN govt today transferred 11 IPS officers including Superintendents
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Information, government, modification, police, programme, tamilnadu on February 27th, 2010
In a major shake up, the Tamil Nadu government today transferred 11 IPS officers, including Superintendents of two districts.
Mr P Pakalavan, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Law and Order, Tiruchirapalli City is transferred and posted as Superintendent of Police, Villupuram, in the existing vacancy.
Mr S Kaliraj Mahesh Kumar, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Thanjavur Town sub-division, posted as Superintendent of Police, Perambalur vice Ms V Vanitha, who is posted as Superintendent of Police, Thiruvallur vice Mr M C Sarangan.
Mr Sarangan is posted as Commissioner of Police, Kilpauk, Chennai Police, in the existing vacancy, an official release here said.
Mr Vijayendra Bidari, Commandant, Tamil Nadu Special Police IX Bn., Manimuthar, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic, (South) Chennai Police, vice Mr S Panneerselvam.
Mr Panneerselvam is transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Anna Nagar, Chennai Police, Chennai, vice Mr M T Ganesamoorthy, posted as Superintendent of Police, Tamil Nadu Commando Force, Chennai in place of Mr Joshi Nirmal Kumar.
Mr Joshi Nirmal Kumar, is transferred and posted as Superintendent of Police, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption vice Ms K Bhavaneeswari, transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police Secretariat Security, vice Mr K Sekar.
Mr Sekar is transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Washermenpet, Chennai Police, vice Mr N K Sentharnarai Kannan, transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Adyar, Chennai Police.
TN Govt will buy 2,000 (Mw) of power from various sources
Posted by ganesh in BSNL, Departments, Information, Other, Public, tamilnadu on February 25th, 2010
The Tamil Nadu government will buy 2,000 mega watt (Mw) of power from various sources to meet the increasing demand till May 2010. The demand for power in the state is likely to increase by nearly eight per cent this year, particularly during peak summer.
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by chief minister M Karunanidhi to review the power situation.
“Tamil Nadu will receive 1,607 Mw as its share from the central pool from June 2010. Till that time it has been decided to buy power from other sources,” according to an official release. The chief minister also asked the officials from the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) and others to speed up the new projects, which are coming up in the state.
Major projects include Unit-1 and Unit-2 of the 1,200 Mw project in North Chennai, which are expected to be commissioned by May 2011 and November 2011 respectively.
The state will also receive 1,607 MW from Kundakulam, Kalpakkam, Neyveli and Simhadri between June 2010 and May 2011, the release said.
According to a TNEB estimate, demand touched an all-time high of 9,000 Mw last summer and is expected to reach 10,000 Mw this year — 2,000 Mw more than its generation capacity of 8,200 Mw.
“Earlier, the power exchange rate was Rs 8 per unit. Now it has declined to Rs 4.50. So, we can purchase power at a lower rate,” a senior TNEB official said.
TN Govt promotion and transfer of some of its police officials with immediate effect
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Information, Other, government, modification, police, programme, tamilnadu on February 16th, 2010
The Tamil Nadu government tonight announced promotion and transfer of some of its police officials with immediate effect.
C V Rao, IG, Railways, was promoted as ADGP and posted as Director of Civil Defence and Additional Commandant General, Home Guards, an official release said.
K P Maghendran, IG, Crime, was promoted as ADGP vice Archana Ramasundaram. S George, IG and Chief Vigilane Officer, State Transport Corporation, Nagercoil was promoted as ADGP, it said.
T K Rajendran, IG and member secretary, Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board was promoted as ADGP, Administration vice R Sekar, ADGP, who was posted to the training section, it said.
P C Lallawmsanga, IG, Modernisation, was promoted as ADGP, Coastal Security Group, the release said. – Agencies
Launched a scheme of a diploma in a vocational stream apart from their basic degree course
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Education, Health, Information, Other, government, modification, programme, student, tamilnadu on February 10th, 2010
The Tamil Nadu government Wednesday launched a scheme whereby students can pursue simultaneously a diploma in a vocational stream apart from their basic degree course.
A total of 3,571 students have enrolled themselves under the educational scheme in various courses.
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi wished them luck while launching the scheme, which will help in increasing the employment opportunities of arts and science graduates studying in government colleges.
The students will have a diploma or certificate in a vocational course like multimedia, air conditioning technology, web designing, animation and beautician apart from their arts/science degree on passing out from college.
As per the scheme, which will be implemented from the ensuing academic year, the government has attached some polytechnic colleges with diploma courses to its colleges.
No hasty decision will be taken on Bt Brinjal: Tamil Nadu
Posted by ganesh in Agriculture, Chennai, Other, Public, government, programme on January 27th, 2010
Tamil Nadu government would not take any hasty decision on cultivating Bt Brinjal in the state, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi said here on Wednesday.
“The government will not take any hasty decision on this. Agriculture Minister Veerapandi S. Arumugam has already given a detailed report in the Assembly,” he told representatives of various forums which sought a ban on controversial genetically-modified Brinjal.
An official press release said representatives of NGO Poovulagin Nanbargal, Safe Food Alliance, Tamil Nadu Women’s Collective and Tamil Nadu Organic Farmers Federation met the Chief Minister at his Gopalapuram residence in this regard.
During the interaction, Mr. Karunanidhi told them that he has issued orders to officials stating that Bt Brinjal should not be cultivated or sold in Tamil Nadu unless the government permitted it, the release added.
The Bt Brinjal issue has been firmly opposed by civil societies, NGOs, a section of scientists and health experts on the vegetable’s effects on human health and soil fertility.
Aavin Milk price goes up in Tamil Nadu
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Information, businesses, government, tamilnadu on January 26th, 2010
The government has increase milk price by Rs 2. Photo (file)
The Tamil Nadu government on Monday announced an increase of Rs. 2 per litre in the selling price of toned milk supplied to consumers through monthly cards. The rate will go up to Rs. 17.75 per litre from Rs. 15.75 per litre.
As for milk sold to non-card holders through ‘Aavin’ (Tamil Nadu Milk Producers’ Federation) depots or retailers, the increase in the selling price of toned milk will be Rs. 2.5 per litre. The revised maximum retail price will be Rs. 20.5 against the existing Rs. 18.
For standardised milk sold through automatic vending machines, the rise will be Rs. 2 per half-a-litre for non-card holders. The new rate will be Rs. 12 (current rate: Rs 10). In the case of card holders, the difference will be Rs. 1.5 per half-a-litre with the existing rate of Rs. 9.25 going up to Rs. 10.75.
The government also decided to increase the procurement price of cow milk by Rs. 2 per litre and that of buffalo milk by Rs. 5 per litre.
The decisions will come into effect from September 1, according to an official release.
The decisions were arrived at after discussions between the government, represented by Electricity Minister Arcot N. Veeraswami and Dairy Development Minister U. Mathivanan, and office-bearers of the Milk Producers’ Welfare Association, including K.A. Sengottuvel, president.
Congress leaders and Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy voiced opposition against the release of S. Nalini and others convicted
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Communication, Court, Departments, Information, Murders, Other, competition, government on January 22nd, 2010
Even as the five-member Prison Advisory Board formed by the Tamil Nadu government is preparing its report on the premature release of 11 life convicts, Congress leaders and Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy have voiced opposition against the release of S. Nalini and others convicted for the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
The state government had constituted the board headed by Vellore District Collector C. Rajendran to consider the plea of life convicts for premature release as they had spent more than 14 years in prison. Denying the speculation that the board has decided to recommend the release of Nalini, Rajendran said it is for the state government to decide on the release and the board would submit its report soon.
Voicing his opposition to the release of Nalini, former Congress union minister E.V.K.S.Elangovan said the state government should remember she was from a banned terrorist organisation involved in the killing of the country’s former prime minister and others.
According to state Congress chief K.V.Thankabalu the law of the land should take its course. He reminded that the party had lost its great leader in the attack on May 21, 1991.
Janata Party president Swamy said the release cannot be easy as it has to pass through several steps. “I will fight against the release at every step,” he remarked. He said he would file a petition seeking revocation of the advisory board.
Nalini was awarded the death penalty in 1991 but later at the intervention of Congress chief and Rajiv Gandhi’s widow Sonia Gandhi, the death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. Last September she had filed a petition in the Madras High Court asking for the Tamil Nadu government to convene the advisory board to consider her case for release from jail.
In her petition, Nalini had said that she was entitled for release in 2005 itself as she had completed 14 years in jail. Later she started her fasting protest. In 2007, the state government had rejected her application for release and she had then filed a case in the Madras High Court in 2008.
The court directed the state government to reconsider her request for release by a validly constituted advisory board. As the government has not constituted the advisory board yet Nalini asked the court to form a board and to submit a report to the state.
Nalini’s husband and co-convict Murugan is also serving his sentence in the same prison.
Last March Priyanka Vadra, daughter of Rajiv Gandhi, had visited Nalini and the latter cited the meeting in her demand for release.
It will be interesting to see how the state government would react to the board’s recommendations as it can agree or disagree with it.
In Sri Lanka the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been decimated and its leader V.Prabhakarn killed by the island army.
Urge to implement national poly on urban street vendors
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Culture, Departments, Others, Trichy, government, programme on January 21st, 2010
District Coordinator of National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) Tamizhagan today urged the Tamil Nadu Government to implement the national policy on urban street vendors in the state immediately.
In a press release here, Mr Tamizhagan said the government should ensure that the vendors were issued identity cards, licences for their shops, allotted sites for their shops and extended bank credit.
He said vending committees, comprising representatives of street vendors, urban local bodies, police and residents welfare associations, should be formed to monitor the implementation of the policy.
Whenever major schemes like Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission, road development/four-lane and other development projects were implemented, care should be taken that street vendors were not affected, he said.
The State Government should form a welfare board for petty shopkeepers and street-side vendors,
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