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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Railway Revenue Earnings up by 19.78 per cent during April- September 2012

Press Information Bureau: Oct 10, 2012The total approximate earnings of Indian Railways on originating basis during first six months of the financial year 2012-13 i.e. 1st April to 30th September 2012 were Rs. 58649.83 crore compared to Rs. 48963.19 crore during the same period last year, registering an increase of 19.78 per cent.

The total goods earnings have gone up from Rs. 32425.41 crore during 1st April – 30th September 2011 to Rs. 40303.85 crore during 1st April – 30th September 2012, registering an increase of 24.30 per cent.

The total passenger revenue earnings during first six months of the financial year 2012-13 were Rs. 15581.44 crore compared to Rs. 14017.76 crore during the same period last year, registering an increase of 11.15 per cent.

The revenue earnings from other coaching amounted to Rs. 1510.38 crore during April-September 2012 compared to Rs. 1377.58 crore during the same period last year, an increase of 9.64 per cent.

The total approximate numbers of passengers booked during 1st April - 30th September 2012 were 4274.87 million compared to 4121.99 million during the same period last year, showing an increase of 3.71 per cent. In the suburban and non-suburban sectors, the numbers of passengers booked during April-September 2012 were 2215.51 million and 2059.36 million compared to 2154 million and 1967.71 million during the same period last year, showing an increase of 2.84 per cent and 4.86 per cent respectively.



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JNNURM Triggers Investments in Urban Infrastructure Sector

Press Information Bureau: Oct 12, 2012The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) has attempted to trigger investment in the urban infrastructure sector and undertake reforms to sustain these investments. As on June 30, 2012, Five Hundred Fifty Four projects at a total cost of Rs 62,253 crore have been sanctioned under the urban infrastructure section & Governance sub-mission of JNNURM. The Additional Central Assistance (ACA) committed by the Government of India towards meeting the central share of the total project cost for these 554 projects is Rs 28,779 crore, out of which an amount of Rs. 17,853 crore has been released to the Mission Cities. In addition an amount of Rs. 2,089 crore, had been sanctioned as Central Share for Buses under stimulus package, out of which Rs. 1,342 crore has been released till date. Thus, total release till date is Rs. 19,195 crore. This has been stated in the Compendium of Projects & Reforms under JNNURM (Volume-I) released by the Ministry of Urban Development. Under the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT), 807 projects at a total cost of Rs 14,021 crore have been sanctioned. The Additional Central Assistance committed by the Government of India towards meeting the central share of the total project cost for these 807 projects is Rs 11,358 crore, out of which an amount of Rs 8,915 crore has been released to 672 small & medium towns.

JNNURM was launched by the Government of India on 3rd December 2005, envisaging an investment of more than Rs. 1,00,000 crore during a period of 7 years from 2005-06 to 2011-12 with a committed Central Government share of Rs. 66,000 crore. JNNURM is a reform driven, fast track programme to ensure planned development of identified cities with focus on efficiency in urban infrastructure/service delivery mechanisms, and through community participation and enhanced accountability of ULBs/parastatal agencies towards citizens. The programme was planned to operate on a mission mode by facilitating large scale investments in the urban sector, policy and institutional reforms, leading to sustainable socio-economic growth in the cities.

The compendium further states that the Programme focuses, higher level of resources and management attention to 65 select cities across the country. 35 cities with million plus population, other State capitals and cities of heritage and tourism importance comprise the 65 Mission cities under Urban Infrastructure & Governance (UIG). The other towns of 31 States/UTs are eligible for funding under UIDSSMT.



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Cargill India, Kutch bags CII National Award for Food Safety 2012 in the Large Businesses Sector

CII: Oct 15, 2012Cargill India Pvt Ltd , Kutch, Gujarat has bagged the CII National Award for Food Safety 2012 forOutstanding Performance in Food Safety Excellence – Manufacturing Business: Large. The Award was given away by Mr K Chandramouli, Chairman, FSSAI at the Food Safety and Quality Summit organized by CII in the capital.Addressing the Session Mr Chandramouli called on Industry bodies and industries to partner in the implementation agenda of FSSAI across the country through a collaborative effort and drew attention to the fact that Safety in Street Food was a concern and needed focussed attention. Mr Chandramouli lauded the CII FACE initiative on the proposal of moving the industry towards self regulation by efforts towards institutionalising a Quality Mark.

On this occasion, Mr Chandramouli launched the CII-FACE & IIT Certified Food Professional Course at the Awards function by releasing the brochure.

Ms Meetu Kapur, Executive Director CII - FACE elaborated on the course saying that it was a proud moment for CII FACE to launch this novel program where CII FACE and IIT Kharagpur have come together to raise the standards of the Indian Food & Agriculture industry to global standards. The existing lacunae and the growing demand of Food safety and quality professionals by Small and Medium Enterprises, with first-hand knowledge on benchmark practical laboratory techniques, food science, manufacturing hygiene and quality and food safety systems were identified through the CII FACE surveys and interactions with the SME Food sector . This All in One Course for Facilitators was designed with 3 weeks Residential course at the state of art technology environment of IIT Kharagpur, 5 weeks e- learning and 1 month industry project.

Earlier , in his Welcome address, Mr Rakesh Bharti Mittal stated that the Award program was an endeavour by CII towards capacity building of the Food Sector by involving the Industry in the assessment process. With the aim of encouraging participation from various food sectors and sizes, customised assessment criteria, catering to Small, Medium and Large scale industries in Food Manufacturing , Hotels, Restaurants, Eateries, Canteens and Food Retail Stores have been made available under the specific models of assessment. Apart from an opportunity to receive national recognition, the take aways for each Applicant unit is an external perspective on their practices and performance in the form of a detailed feedback report . Therefore, organizations at different levels of implementation can benefit from participating in the award process to understand where they currently stand on these practices and identify improvement opportunities and benchmarks. Mr Mittal pointed out that despite the challenging and stringent demands of the model, there has been 100% increase in participation in the Award applications this year with about 50% applications coming from the SMB sector. He hoped that industry would come forward to enhance participation and take part in this capacity building initiatives to raise their standards to world class levels.

The Food Safety Award program has helped CII-FACE reach out to organisations, their suppliers and co-packers across the 4 regions in cities and far flung locations like Vemagiri, New Jalpaiguri, Zaheerabad, Kandla, Haldwani, Sonepat, Bidadi, Haridwar, Gandhinagar, Bangalore Rural and many others.

Summarised below are the Recognition Winners in different levels of CII National Award for Food Safety 2012.

Award for Outstanding Performance in Food Safety Excellence

Cargill India Pvt Ltd , Kutch, Gujarat for Manufacturing Business: Large.

Commendation Certificate for Significant Achievement in Food Safety

Perfetti Van Melle India Pvt Ltd, Chennai : Manufacturing Business: Large Sri Sarvaraya Sugars Ltd, Bottling Unit (Vemagiri) :Manufacturing Business: Medium Commendation Certificate for Strong Commitment to Excel in Food Safety

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd, Atmakuru : Manufacturing Business: Large Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd, Bidadi : Manufacturing Business: Large ITC Ltd, Haridwar – Foods Plant : Manufacturing Business: Large Global Green Company, Zaheerabad : Manufacturing Business: Medium Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd, Raninagar : Manufacturing Business: Medium Jubilant Food Works Ltd, Domino’s Pizza - Kailash Colony: Food Service: Small Eateries Jubilant Food Works Ltd, Domino’s Pizza – Rajouri Gardens: Food Service: Small Eateries Letter of Appreciation

ACME Foods, Haldwani : Category Rising Star (Less than 3 years in business)



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India and Bulgaria to Explore Cooperation in Tourism Sector

Press Information Bureau: Oct 16, 2012India and Bulgaria will explore the possibilities of cooperation in Tourism Sector. This was decided at a meeting held between Tourism Minister of Bulgaria Mr. Delian Dobrev and Union Tourism Minister Shri Subodh Kant Sahai here today.

It was decided in the meeting that both the countries will identify areas for working together and explore new opportunities in Tourism sector especially in the field of Hospitality Training, Promotion, Marketing, Development and management of Tourist destinations. Both sides gave an overview of the “Tourism Sector” in their respective countries and re-emphasised on its potential for employment generation and economic growth. It was also agreed that increased tourist traffic between the two countries could strengthen the bilateral relations at people to people level. Both sides also exchanged views to explore the possibilities of promoting investment in the field of hotel industry tourism and infrastructural development. India allows 100% FDI in Hotel sector on automated basis.

India and the Bulgaria emphasised upon the need of exchange of visits of tour operators and opinion makers to promote tourism between the two countries. The importance of interaction between the tour operators and destination managers of the two countries was stressed upon to develop better packages for tourists. The information about investment of opportunities in the tourism sector in both the countries was also shared. Both the countries agreed that growing opportunities in tourism sector should be showcased to attracts investments from the private stake-holders of the two countries. It was also agreed to explore the possibilities of enhancing air-connectivity between both the countries as lack of direct air connectivity between India and Bulgaria is one of the major reasons for small number of tourists traveling between the two countries.

Erlier in his welcome address Shri Sahai said that India and Bulgaria have enjoyed traditionally close and cordial bilateral relations sustained through regular high level political contacts.

Mr. Delian Dobrev in his address appreciated the friendly relations between the two countries and emphasised upon the importance of pursuing a closer relationship based on the emerging potential in the tourism sector in the two countries. He said Bulgaria with its beautiful mountains, the Black-Sea coast boasting of cities like Varna has become an attractive destination for Indian film Industry.

Mr. Delian Dobrev is on a visit to India in connection with the 17th session of the Indo-Bulgarian Joint Commission on Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation of which he is the co-chairman.



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