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Whispers' is our daily morning dose, which keeps us updated/refreshed on all happenings in the surroundings Satwinder B DO YOU WANT TO REACH THE DECISION MAKERS ? ADVERTISE ON-WHISPERSINTHECORRIDORS.COM Whispersinthecorridors.com now brings you a round up of the classified advertisements to reach across the globe. Check out the matrimonials, situations, accomodations, properties,
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and activities in the 'Classifieds' section of this site. Contact maju30@rediffmail Contact no.094256 00494 and 094250 13232 The Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC) Managing Director Tarun Shridhar is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that Himachal Pradesh becomes the hot & much sought after tourist destination all through the year. While talking to <whispersinthecorridors.com> he disclosed "we propose to promote eco-tourism in a big way. In fact the heritage properties managed by HPTDC have been completely restored and can compete with the best in business". Tarun Shridhar is totally dedicated for the cause of Tourism in Himachal Pradesh. "The expansion efforts are focused on hitherto unexplored areas. We are very aggressively promoting rural / farm / orchard tourism," said Shridhar adding that all steps were being taken to protect Ecological balance & biodiversity in the state. Several rural home stays have been attached with the HPTDC as its franchisees .In his following interview Tarun Shridhar also said "Our USP is budget tourism and it would not be an exaggeration to claim that HPTDC is the best in this business." 1/ What added attractions are there to woo tourists in Himachal Pradesh? Himachal has emerged as a preferred destination for adventure and leisure tourism. We are continuously striving to give value added services and experience to the tourists. Cultural pageants, food festivals etc. have become a regular feature during the peak tourist seasons. Unique events such as mountain biking, adventure races, Para-gliding, Himalayan run, apple festival etc. are the recently added attractions. With the annual growth above 15%, these multiple strategies seem to be working well. We propose to promote eco-tourism in a big way. 2/ How are you able to sustain inflow of tourists, particularly during summers? Summer is the peak tourist season for us, and we are fortunate that our state is such a well established tourist destination that we have to make little efforts to sustain inflow of tourist arrivals during summer. Our focus during this period is to provide a pleasant and hassle free stay to the tourists. Our promotion and marketing strategy concentrates on reinforcing the unparalleled scenic beauty of the state coupled with its social stability and the reputation of Himachal as a safe and peaceful state. 3/ Will you please tell us regarding expansion plans of HP Tourism Development Corporation Ltd.? HP Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC) has a network of 60 hotels and resorts and 11 stand alone restaurants and cafes, all located in the most scenic locations of the state. While we are gradual in expanding the number of properties, the emphasis is on proper maintenance and upkeep. We have made substantial investment in repair, renovation and restoration of all our properties. In fact the heritage properties managed by HPTDC have been completely restored and can compete with the best in business. The expansion efforts are focused on hitherto unexplored areas. 4/ Nowadays stress is on village tourism & setting up of budget hotels. What is your esteemed corporation doing in that direction? We are very aggressively promoting rural / farm / orchard tourism. Several rural home stays have been attached with the HPTDC as its franchisees. We do their entire marketing. The home owners are also given basic training in tourism and hospitality management. The scheme is slowly gaining popularity and besides tourism promotion, it would give tremendous boost to rural economy. We have also attached several private budget hotels with us for increasing our room capacity. Our USP is budget tourism and it would not be an exaggeration to claim that HPTDC is the best in this business. 5/ What type of innovative approach are you adopting to ensure regular flow of inbound tourists to Himachal Pradesh through out the year? We have been positioning Himachal as a destination for all seasons and for all reasons. Our unique strength is the five distinct seasons, each offering its own experience. We have been offering attractive packages to senior citizens' students, corporates, besides honeymoon couples, herbal trail, devi darshan, adventure packages etc. We have been reasonably successful in breaking the seasonality factor which is a strong influence on tourism industry. 6/ What steps have been taken by your corporation to safeguard Ecology of your state? We are extremely conscious that ecology and the rich bio-diversity is our core strength. We must guard it zealously to promote sustainable tourism. All our tourism promotion and development strategies underline this belief. Our Tourism Policy advocates development of responsible tourism i.e. tourism that protects and nurtures the rich environment of the state. Eco-tourism is going to be a major thrust area in future.
Chatterjee to be Member of CAT Dasgupta is Member of NCDRF Shrivastava appointed DG Forests N Rao PS to S Regupathy Nagbhushan Rao has joined as Special Assistant (SA) to S Reghupathy
Indian Minister of State for Forests & Environment. He is a 1985
batch IFS officer of the AGMU cadre. Hitherto he was Director in the
Ministry of Home Affairs. Rane stirs Hornet's nest Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane seems to have stirred Hornet's nest by wracking up land purchase by mega film star Amitabh Bachchan as a farmer. There are more than two dozen Bollywood stars including Dilip Kumar,Dharmendra,Amir Khan,Saleem Khan who have bought plots of land in Lonawala as farmers.Besides,it were also bought by Singhania family & Vakil family. Saif Ali backs out of a film with Bachchans Saif Ali Khan has withdrawn himself from a movie where he was a co star with young Bachchan couple i.e.Abhishek & Aishwarya.Its a directorial venture of Vidhu Vinod Chopra.This act is reportedly a fall out of he & his Mother having left out of the list of invitees on wedding of Bachchans.It may be stated that Saif's mother Mrs.Sharmila Tagore heads the Film Censor Board. ED cracks Hasan Ali case The Enforcement Directorate has almost cracked the fund transfer & maintenance of accounts by Hasan Ali in a Swiss bank. FM seeks details on Anand, Khan The Indian Finance Ministry is understood to have asked Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to scrutinize accounts of suspended lawyers in detail. These lawyers are R.K.Anand & I.U.Khan.The scrutiny will cover all of their clients also with whom they had dealt with in last six years. PM, Sonia Gandhi alert against name droppers Indian Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh & Congress chief Sonia Gandhi have become alert against name droppers. Both leaders have reportedly asked the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to keep a strict vigil on their aides who resort to names dropping for settling personal scores against opposition leaders. Adnan Sami's status! Maharashtra Home Ministry & Mumbai located Foreign Registration & Regulation Officer (FRRO) are nowadays quite confused about the status of noted singer Adnan Sami in India. He is a Pakistani passport holder with multiple entry visa to India with permission for giving performances. Sámi is earning his entire living in India and companies are doing "Tax Deduction at Source" (TDS) on payments being made to him against his charge. All Maharashtra Home Ministry's references to Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for clarification have not been responded to. TOI from Jaipur The Times of India group of newspaper has decided to launch its Jaipur Edition. The Edition will be launched sometime this year. Amod Kant refuses to become DGP Arunachal Pradesh UP Collectors working hard J Singh Secretary Plg in Tripura G V Negi to go to Arunachal Pradesh "Mint" still awaits RNI registration NBT Journalist takes VRS Ankur Agrawal joins Mckinsey & Company ? IFS officer joins Prasar Bharti FC Railways Sivadasan retires Nair to move Liubliana IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh Fateh Bahadur has been appointed Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister.N S Ravi has been moved as Commissioner Dairy Development and MD PCDF.Gajendra Pal has been made Labour Commissioner Kanpur.R K Pande and Anant Kumar Singh have been put on wait-list. IPS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh There is IPS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. New postings are :-Mssrs M K Singh ADG Prosecution,O P S Malik Attached to the DGP,R K Singh ADG Prosecution,S S Balwaria ADG Security,Rajiv Mehrotra ASP Bijnore and Mansingh ASP. AIIMS Protocol officer re-instated Justice Alam is Acting CJ of J & K HC Judge of the Patna High Court Justice Aftab Alam has been appointed Acting Judge of the J & K High Court. Justice Gupta is Acting CJ of HP HC Justice Deepak Gupta has been appointed Acting Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. FORUM Suggestions for Sixth Pay Commission I would like to put forth certain suggestions for the sixth Pay Commission
through your esteemed website: 1. Historically, the salaries of Civil Servants in India which used
to be very high, was cut post independence as it was felt that
high salaries was out of sync with the poor country India was then.
In view of the fact that today, government salaries are by far too low
compared to the private and public sector/autonomous bodies/banks and
even the judicial services(as a result of judicial interference in clearly
an anomalous situation, officers of the provincial judicial services
are paid much more than officers of the all India Services, even though
they have to compete only in their provinces, and the officers of the
Provincial Civil Services are paid far lesser than their judicial service
counterparts and have fewer perks, in what is clear cut discrimination),
this position needs revisiting. Salaries, perks etc of civil servants
also need to be benchmarked with the salaries and perks of judicial
officers and judges of superior courts, parliamentarians and Public
Sector/ Banks etc. 2. Perks vary across services. Some services like the Foreign Service
or Audit and Accounts have practically no perks in India except
at very senior levels, some like the Railways have huge bungalows, cars
and trains at very junior levels. Even in the same service, perks vary
from post to post. One reason why field postings are preferred vastly
over secretariat positions is the lack of perks in the secretariat.
Perks are also wasteful, e.g. every staff car means a driver whose pay,
residential accommodation, health and pension are the long term liability
of the government. In my view therefore, perks should be abolished uniformly
i.e. they should be monotised and the same given to all officers of
all services of a particular rank. 3. Health benefits. The CHGS is the home of many a scam and is totally
outdated. The worst possible services at huge cost (due to rampant rent
seeking). It is time that the CGHS be abolished, to be replaced by a
system of health insurance the premium of which can be paid for by the
Government. 4. Salary differentials across services. As a vestige of colonial times,
the IAS and IFS are still paid two increments more than other except
at entry level. This is an anomalous situation and needs remedying.
This differential also needlessly increases the burden on the exchequer.
5. Differences in promotion: Even when recruitment is through the same
exam, in the same class(Group A) at the same starting pay, various services
have different promotional avenues. For example, railways and accounts
services have much faster promotions than the Customs Service. Officers
of higher rank in the Civil Services Exam who opted for the IFS ahead
of the IAS are languishing at Joint Secretary level while IAS officers
have been promoted to Additional Secretary. This system needs revisiting.
In the absence of other alternatives, let promotions be determined by
rank in the Civil Service Exam (or any other mode of distinguishing),
and not the Service. 6. A decade is too long a time for a Pay Commission. Let there be a provision for a Pay Commission every five-six years. A K Singh HP should do something I am speaking from Shimla where we come every year. There is fast deterioration in infrastructure. The Taxis are without meters and tourists feel harassed.The roads are crowded from Panjore onward. HP should do something drastic if they want tourists to come R C Arora What is this ? Whats this CHEENI KUM...ZAMEEN KUM...KISAANI KUM... Ravi Pipal Do you know about Mukesh Ambani's new residence ? Mukesh Ambani's new residence - a 27-storey building will have parking
for 168 cars, three helipads, a theatre and a staff of 600 for its upkeep.
27 FLOORS: According to the plan, the house will rise to a height of 173.12 meters, equivalent to that of a regular 60-storeyed residential building. However , Antilia will have only 27 storeys in all. SIX FLOORS FOR PARKING: The first six floors will be reserved for parking alone, and that too for cars belonging only to Mukesh's family. Space for a total of 168 imported cars has been earmarked here. ENTERTAINMENT FLOOR: The eighth floor will have an entertainment centre comprising a mini-theatre . BALCONIES WITH GARDENS: The rooftop of the mini-theatre will serve as a garden, and immediately above that, three more balconies with terrace gardens. THE HEALTH FLOORS: While the ninth floor will a 'refuge' floor - meant to be used for rescue in emergencies - two floors above that will be set aside for health. It will have facilities for athletics and a swimming pool, while the other will have a health club. FOR GUESTS: There will be a two-storeyed glass-fronted apartment for the Ambani family's guests above the health floors. FAMILY: The four floors at the top, that will provide a view of the Arabian Sea and a superb view of the city's skyline, will be for Mukesh, his wife Neeta, their three kids and Mukesh's mother Kokilaben. AIR SPACE FLOOR: Two floors above the family's residence will be set aside as maintenance areas, and on top of that will be an 'air space floor,' which will act as a control room for helicopters landing on the helipad above. There will be three helipads there. STAFF: Nearly 600 staffers are expected to work in the building. Contributed by -Col. Satish Dewan Aaj Ki Aawaz Congress see what your appeasement policies have done to this Nation, Bharat Kumar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ONGC CMD Interview today Narayansami is new CMD of BoI CMD of the Indian Overseas Bank T S Narayansami has been appointed
new CMD of the Bank of India. Bhat is new CMD of IOB S A Bhat has been appointed new CMD of the Indian Overseas Bank.He
has succeeded T S Narayansami. Sundar Rajan is CMD of Indian Bank M.S. Sundara Rajan, currently Executive Director of Indian Bank, has been elevated as CMD of the same bank. ( We said this on February 19) Alok Mishra is new CMD of OBC Alok Mishra ED of the Canara Bank has been appointed new CMD of the
Oriental Bank of Commerce. Chakrabarty is new CMD of PNB K C Chakrabarty has been appointed new CMD of the Punjab National Bank.
He has succeeded S C Gupta. Khandelwal is Deputy Chairman of IBA Dr A.K. Khandelwal CMD of the Bank of Baroda, has been appointed as Deputy Chairman of Indian Banks' Association (IBA). |
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