Punjab, HCL ink deal to roll out e-District plan
The Government of Punjab has entered into an agreement with HCL Infosystems to roll out e-District pilot projects in Kapurthala and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahar) districts of the state.Under the deal HCL Infosystems will deliver state of the art Humanitics e-District Platform to deliver electronic services to the common citizen.
The Government of Punjab has entered into an agreement with HCL Infosystems to roll out e-District pilot projects in Kapurthala and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahar) districts of the state.Under the deal HCL Infosystems will deliver state of the art Humanitics e-District Platform to deliver electronic services to the common citizen.
Dhanbad prison e-Connected for visitors
Relatives and friends of under-trials and prisoners lodged in Dhanbad Jail will no longer have to wait for hours in long queues to meet them as all the eight block headquarters of Dhanbad district have now been e-connected to the prison to facilitate video conferencing.the move would greatly reduce stress among prisoners regarding the well-being of their family members.
Relatives and friends of under-trials and prisoners lodged in Dhanbad Jail will no longer have to wait for hours in long queues to meet them as all the eight block headquarters of Dhanbad district have now been e-connected to the prison to facilitate video conferencing.the move would greatly reduce stress among prisoners regarding the well-being of their family members.
Cisco plans to buy Skype
Cisco has made a bid to buy Skype for around US $5 billion, before the privately-held Internet phone company goes public, the influential Silicon Valley blog TechCrunch reported on Monday. Skype allows users to make free Internet telephone and video calls to other Skype users and charges relatively low rates for calls from computers to land and mobile phones.
Cisco has made a bid to buy Skype for around US $5 billion, before the privately-held Internet phone company goes public, the influential Silicon Valley blog TechCrunch reported on Monday. Skype allows users to make free Internet telephone and video calls to other Skype users and charges relatively low rates for calls from computers to land and mobile phones.
India extends moratorium on certain projects
The Environment Ministry on Tuesday announced that it will extend the moratorium on developmental projects in critically polluted industrial clusters till October 31. The government imposed a temporary moratorium on January 1 on consideration of developmental projects, including the projects in the pipeline for clearance, in these clusters till August 30.
The Environment Ministry on Tuesday announced that it will extend the moratorium on developmental projects in critically polluted industrial clusters till October 31. The government imposed a temporary moratorium on January 1 on consideration of developmental projects, including the projects in the pipeline for clearance, in these clusters till August 30.
MP to raise special auxiliary police brigade
The Madhya Pradesh State Cabinet has decided to raise a 'Special Auxiliary Police Brigade' for improving law and order situation in the state.The brigade comprising retired soldiers of Indian Army from Madhya Pradesh would consist of 100 Nayaks, 850 Sainiks and 50 Sainiks(drivers). Initially, the security personnel would be appointed for a period of one year.
The Madhya Pradesh State Cabinet has decided to raise a 'Special Auxiliary Police Brigade' for improving law and order situation in the state.The brigade comprising retired soldiers of Indian Army from Madhya Pradesh would consist of 100 Nayaks, 850 Sainiks and 50 Sainiks(drivers). Initially, the security personnel would be appointed for a period of one year.
Setting of Mega food Parks is an ambitious plan and its success depends entirely on the role played by the corporates.Government should give emphasis to overcome "Babushahi" of the officials involved. A million dollar question: Is our infrastructure is ready for such change? First we need to develope it atleast in few northern and in eastern states.Lets be optimistic and contribute towards its succes rather than criticing it.
[quote comment="11236"]An excellent idea. Let a comprehensive paper be prepared on problems of in preserving, marketing and export of fruit and vegetables. We have crying on rotting of fruit and vegetables since 1970s but have done little to adress the problem. Does any body remember that India tried exporting banana to West Asia durin 1975-76 and all our banana rotted in the hold of vessel because the vessel was not a reefer vessel and we did not get berth for several days. One way out is to encourage large indusrial houses like Reliance, Tatas, Aditya Birla Group, Bharti, Godrej etc to start from contract marketing, grading, cold chain , domestic marketing and export. If the Minister is really interested he should call these industrial houses and talk bussiness. Time is right and ripe.[/quote]
We would like inform you that our JAGRUTHI SEVA SANGAM is assure that cold chain project will be provided to us for our sustainablity
All talks about cold chains in present scenario of power shortage means ADDING COST (NOT VALUE ) to the products. And if the chain is broken once, quality of produce delivered at consumer end will NOT be ACCEPTABLE.
Why cant the policy makers talk of simple methods to ensure safe keep of perishable goods? This gives advantage of storage, adding value and NOT FLOODING market at the same time-saving market from crashing in price terms.
It is a welcome direction.But the govt cannot handle this.
The infrastructure should be designed and erected by govt and it should be handed over to private parties with sealing of charges or directions of use.The number should be increased to 300 and the locations should be in backward districts along the national /state highways....No politician/kins should be handed over the contract to avoid favoritism.One person per family from the vicinity need to be employed.Power supplies to be one consideration while selecting the location. Needless to say keep this out of all towns above 1 lakh population so that the rural mass gets benefit and access is not a pain.
If we have a location with good concentration of agcl produce, all airlines should be given free entry to export goods out of this location.
Profit earned by all parties should be excempted from all taxes for first 10 years to attract interest and ensure economic success.
K.V.Iyer.
This has been an area that I have encountered many a times recently.
Everybody talks of "From the field to the market"... including the informal and formal middlemen in the form of arm-twisting dalals in the villages and the sophisticated "Fresh's" started by the corporates. I have heard of it from the ground level farmers in Geteswadi in Kalyan to the VIIT-sponsored Baramati Initative in Baramati.
The ultimate objective of either party is to make handsome profits at the cost of the illiterate and helpless farmer.e.g.,
(a) Carrots bought @ Rs 2/kg from the farmer is sold at Rs 20/kg in the cities!
(b) Farmers are encouraged to use fertilizers to increase the size and weight of vegetables
(c) Farmers are totally ignorant of the costing aspects...happy that expenses are equal to income
(d) Farmers have to go to moneylenders to borrow money for their social obligations...with interest rates as high as 2% per month and default rates @ 6%per month!
So where are we and how is this going to solve the problem...never under existing systems.
Solutions are aplenty...if we think the farmer's way. Can we not create a "haat" for the farmer in the towns and cities where he can sell his produce. For transportation, help create a co-operative who could hire transporters to carry the produce to the point of sale. Teach him simple maths to find out his ROI and therby fix his selling price. Handhold him for sometime till he becomes confident. For this, we could use students of colleges of business and Business schools...to help out in his education. Lets not forget that the farmer has the basic intelligence. He only needs a direction and focus... to help him overcome tendencies to commit suicide or adopt distress sales.
An excellent idea. Let a comprehensive paper be prepared on problems of in preserving, marketing and export of fruit and vegetables. We have crying on rotting of fruit and vegetables since 1970s but have done little to adress the problem. Does any body remember that India tried exporting banana to West Asia durin 1975-76 and all our banana rotted in the hold of vessel because the vessel was not a reefer vessel and we did not get berth for several days. One way out is to encourage large indusrial houses like Reliance, Tatas, Aditya Birla Group, Bharti, Godrej etc to start from contract marketing, grading, cold chain , domestic marketing and export. If the Minister is really interested he should call these industrial houses and talk bussiness. Time is right and ripe.
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