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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.

Prof. Agrawal to be Member of UPSC ?

Prof Purshottam Agrawal of the JNU is being tipped to be new Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Jairaj to be Additional Secretary Urban Development ?
K Jairaj is likely to take over as Additional Secretary in Urban Development Ministry in October when he is relieved from Karnataka. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Why did they miss the bus ?
It is widely discussed in the bureaucratic circles as to how Girish Pradhan, H D Gautam, U C Sarangi, Samar Ghosh, Abha Asthana, D K Mittal, Padamvir Singh, Sabyasachi Sen, C K Mathew, Noor Mohammad among others do not figure in the list of empanelment of 1977 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. There are many surprising omissions and some odd inclusions.

Shailendra Pande to be Member of CAT
Shailendra Pande is being appointed Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal. He is an IA & AS officer.

Chamber is new PS Home in UP
J N Chamber on return from central deputation has been appointed Principal Secretary Home in Uttar Pradesh. PS Home K Chandramouli has been posted as Commissioner Social Welfare.

Goa Chief Secretary to continue
Goa Chief Secretary J P Singh is going to continue. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Sonia Gandhi goes on foreign trip
Congress President Sonia Gandhi is leaving India today for a weeklong family foreign trip.

Renu Sharma to be JS IPP ?
In all probability Renu Sharma will succeed R S Julaniya in July as Joint Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. She is 1988 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

N.S. Rana is DGP in Arunchal Pradesh

N.S.Rana is new Director General of Police (DGP) in Arunchal Pradesh.Rana who belongs to the 1975 batch is an IPS officer of the AGMUT cadre. Hitherto he was posted as Additional DGP in Mizoram.

What is Veerappa Moily up to?

What is Chairman of the Finance Commission Veerappa Moily up to? This question is being debated in corridors of power in the wake of his recent query that he had raised in a questionnaire that has been circulated among bureaucrats. Among other things he had sought to know that will it be a good idea to adopt such a mechanism where private sector salary index was linked to the salary of bureaucrats. Even he wanted to know if the policy of hire & fire was linked with performance of bureaucrats. What Mr.Moily in fact is suggesting is that Mr.Mukesh Ambani's pay packet of Rs.14 crore per annum could be the salary of Indian Cabinet Secretary .Moreover, a bureaucrat after clearing the All India examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) could be thrown out at any time in his career for judging him as a non performer by his political bosses.

Akhtar proceeds on leave
Senior journalist of Nav Bharat Times Habib Akhtar who was transferred to Faridabad has proceeded on long leave.

Chudhuri is Director Commerce
Y Rao Choudhri has joined as Director in the Ministry of Commerce. He is 1992 batch CSS officer.

Search Committee to be constituted
A search Committee is being constituted for the selection of the Chairman of All Indian Council of Technical Education (AICTE).The post is falling vacant on July 1.

IAS changes in TamilNadu
S Audiseshiah has been appointed Secretary PWD.S Rajarethinam will now be Secretary to the Chief Minister.T R Ramasamy has proceeded on long leave.

Babbu to get RIL charge

Jagdish Babu (IRS -1989 batch) is set to become Additional Commissioner with charge of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) in Mumbai.

Uttarakhand requires IAS officers
There is a shortage of IAS officers in Uttarakhand. Those who are willing for inter-state deputation can contact Principal Secretary GAD D K Kotia.

Rattan Singh gets extension
Counsellor in Luanda Rattan Singh has been granted extension in tenure till his retirement in December 2008.

Toppo to move Lusaka
Second Secretary in Hague F Toppo is being moved to Lusaka. He will succeed Pritpal Singh Second Secretary who is joining the MEA headquarters.

IAS postings in Jharkhand
Mridula Sinha has been appointed Controller Joint Examinations.M P Mishra will now be Vice Chairman of the RRDA.Vinay Chaubey has been made DC Ranchi.

Justice Chopra to head Committee

Retired High Court judge Jasraj Chopra will head three-member high-power committee to examine and prepare a status report on the Gujjars' demand for a shift from the OBC to ST status in Rajasthan.

Acharya is CMD of APIIC

B.P. Acharya is new CMD of the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) .He is 1983 batch IAS officer.

FORUM

Management technique of Lalooji

I wish to inform you that I travelled by Shatabaddi Express 2012 from Chandigarh to New Delhi on Monday. I discovered one of the management techniques being used by our Hon'ble Minister of Railways, Laloo Prasad Yadav. From May 31, 2007, fare has been increased by Rs 40/- per ticket and breakfast that used to be served has been discontinued thus making a profit of Rs 125 per person without intimation. The secret of profit of Railways lies in it. " Do not increase fare in the budget, increase it silently" "Tell people at the time of direct telecast of budget that facilities are being increased but also withdraw them silently"

VK Sharma

Has merit no place ?

Has merit no place in our top apparatus? GOC-in-C with better credentials, is a much better choice for the army and their is a precedence which can be applied for his appointment-will the powers that be take this into account or is the Artillery lobby going to get away with it?
Donbee

M Jayanth

Why this exodus of IAS officers ?
There is an exodus of IAS officers to MNCs in recent times. This indicates the pay they are getting for the hardest labour they put in their service in the present political scenario and the pressure they face. At least the pay commission should make a recommendation to delink the DA for calculation of Income Tax for the salaried persons. This will reduce 50% corruption. The pay should be at par with the MNCs to stop further exodus.

The PM has already indicated the inability and unwillingness to pay more to civil servants. Why should they be paid when Government doesn't wants bright people. After all, in monopoly business, the Govt. is under no pressure to perform. MNCs have to grow at 25-30% compund rate whereas Government is happily trudging at 7.3%. Add to that, all manipulation and inflation and show 9.4% and poor public should be happy. To get the votes, there are cheaper solutions.

P Kumar

CGHS should be abolished

I totally agree that CGHS should be abolished and a new insurance scheme should be introduced. However, the CGHS is a strong lobby which does not allow changes. There was one Minister in the NDA government who endeavoured to bring about changes in CGHS by taking a concerted stand to ensure timely and quality medicines in CGHS dispensaries. Unfortunately so much was the opposition that the Minister had to leave ignominiously and his personal staff had to even face trumped up enquiries .Fortunately the enquiries absolved the personal staff.

Harish

Why retired Justices ?

It intrigues me as to why Retired Justices (eminent persons though they may be) have headed Pay Commissions in the past. Wouldn't it be wiser to have someone with a sound macro-economic financial background tackle this very important matter. A good non-controversial man that I can think of would be former RBI Governor, Rangarajan.
Another contentious issue is the grab-all attitude of some services (the allusion should be apparent) well beyond their capability or performance, which should be finally reined in.
The Armed Forces have been given a raw deal ever since Independence, and need to be compensated handsomely. Without the benefit of security, external and internal, all our progress will come to naught. This is where the Defence Forces count - better pay, better human resources and hence better security.

KS Sindhu

IAS is not the only civil service

IAS is not the only civil service toiling, sometimes, 24 hours a day. There are many other services which put in too much of hard work, may be related to parliament and parliamentary committees, reviews with the state government and several other important assignments. In fact, these are the people who are the backbone of the Indian Civil Service. There is no need of a steel frame in a modern administrative setup where one has to deal with development issues in a participatory matter. What is the relevance of steel frame in this context. In fact the pay and perks of central civil service should be far above the All India Services considering the hardwork and responsibility level of the former. Others only enjoy.

Dr P V Thomas

TAIL-PIECE

A woman and a man are involved in a car accident on a snowy, cold, Monday morning. Both of their cars are totally demolished but amazingly neither of them are hurt. God works in mysterious ways. After they crawl out of their cars, the woman says, "So you're a man. That's interesting. I'm a woman.
Wow, just look at our cars! There's nothing left, but we're unhurt.

This must be a sign from God that we should meet and be friends and live together in peace for the rest of our days. Flattered, the man replies, "Oh yes, I agree with you completely. This must be a sign from God!" The woman continues, "And look at this, here's another miracle. My car is completely demolished but this bottle of wine didn't break. Surely God wants us to drink this wine and celebrate our good fortune."

Then she hands the bottle to the man. The man nods his head in agreement, opens it and drinks half the bottle and then hands it back to the woman. The woman takes the bottle and immediately puts the cap back on, and hands it back to the man. The man asks, "Aren't you having any?" The woman replies,

"No. I think I'll just wait for the police...."--
Col. Satish Dewan

Aaj Ki Aawaz

President's election has resuscitated the Third Front,
Now to upstage UPA they say they too are in the hunt!!!

Shekawat's standing as an Independent,
Only on NDA'S votes he's no longer dependent!!

And if there is Vice President election repeat,
Then maybe UPA's candidate could face defeat!!

Sometimes people do miscalculate,
Some say that with Third Front behind Shekawat UPA needs to recalculate!!

As Manmohan attended G 8 there was a different G 8 meeting in Nizam's City!!!
And all the G 8 or Third Front members looked gritty!!!

However for this local G 8 meet Congress says it doesn't care!!
Proof will be in eating the pudding ….lets see how the UPA candidate does fare!!!

Now another Jaya has got herself in asset trouble,
Karuna says the asset that Amma missed out would make her Assets value double!!

Seems this is the fate of all those in politics with the name Jaya!!
And its in the fate of their persecutors not to show daya!!!!

Maya says she wants to be India's PM one day,
In 7 Race Course she'd like to stay!

She's fine tuning her Social Engineering... but will it work in other States???
Like in Punjab and Haryana where BSP is in dire straits!!!

To UK Amrinder has been allowed to go!!
Many Legal Luminaries say the Court should have said no!!!

The Court opined ' A person of Amrinder's stature cannot be doubted'!!
Based on recent revlations all would say that in India he needs to be grouted!!!

With all the scum that's being alleged his stature has taken a dent,
Seems its his stature girth wise that the Court meant!!

He's to weighty to run!!!
His weightiness was reason how this matter was won!!!

In HP Congress is in a denial…. blunder!!!
Why is this one sure does wonder!!

Maybe they've realized the eventuality and are putting up a couldn't care show!!
They've realized how the winds blow!!!

Now the spotlight shifts to Modi land,
BJP is sure that here BJP will bajao Congress ka band!!!

There is no doubt Modi Government has delivered on its vaadas!!!
Congress will however cast aspersions on Modi's Hinduvta and anti Muslim iraadas!!!

Seems in Goa Congress was not certain of a win,
Because it it had been sure Rahul would have been called and victory on him hothi pin!

Rahul would have been included in the list of campaigners and would done a road show,
Seems Congress itself was not sure of the flow!!

Now with the UPA even the Commies don't want be seen,
This is what from their internal talk one can glean!!!

Commies now feel that its healthy to keep a distance from UPA … anti incumbency woes!
UPA faces this wherever in India it goes!!!

Post the Presidential election there will be the much awaited Cabinet reshuffle,
Already in Congress and Allies there's an internal scuffle!!!

This time they say the reshuffle will be major…quite a few new faces will be inducted!!
And quite a few will be deducted!!!

There are rumours that the younger lot will get inducted into the Cabinet!!!
Whereas some oldies will be put to hibernate!!!

Maybe Rahul will get a Cabinet berth!!
Though with the state of this Sarkaar and the time left some say its not worth!!

But then some say its time he's given responsibility,
So that eh can show his ability !!!

Strong Rupee's effects are being felt,
To may an exporter a cruel blow its dealt!!!

Shouldn't the Government try to stem some inflows,
That are making the Dollar vis a vis the Rupee hit new lows!!!

Who was the Manager of the SA team when it was hit by match fixing... Ford???
Now we know BCCI mein who's pulling ther chord!!!

Seems its the match fixing lobby that's having its say.... pulling the chord!!!!
And that's why they say the next Coach in all probability will be Ford!!

More than 300 crores rides on wether Sanjay Dutt will go in or be let off,
If he's let off at the judgement many will scoff!!

All involved in the crime with him have been given prisom time,
And he's as involved as any of them in the crime!!!

Indian youth is being smoked and boozed..... and seems Sarkaar couldn't care less!!
Sarkaar must do something to get Indian youth our if this mess!!!

Today kids in school uniforms frequent Hookah Bars and buy booze!!!
Vices just tightening the noose!!!

Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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HMT Watches MD interview today

Interview for the post of Managing Director HMT Watches will be held today.

Purwar joins Swaraj Paul Group

Former CMD of the State Bank of India A. K. Purwar has joined Swaraj Paul founded Caparo Group as a non-Executive Director.

Jet Airways spreading wings
Jet Airways of which Chairman is Naresh Goyal is intensively preparing to give a run for revenue as far as other Airlines including Air India. A good amount of money comes from Gulf nations. The Jet Airways is expected to start its flights to Dubai & other destinations in the Gulf by the year end.

OVL & Mittal make a fresh bid
OVL & Mittal after being ejected out of the Caspian region are once again desperately trying to get their foothold by bidding oilfields located in the Caspian region. As the grapevine has it, OVL's investments in trouble torn nations like Nigeria, Iraq, Iran, Quba etc have not been yielding desired outputs.

UTV's Business channel on the anvil
There are many foreign broadcasters who are eyeing India as an important destination in their expansion plan. Disney's 24-hour news channel ABC News has now expressed plans to enter India. Close on the heels of this, it is learnt that UTV, of which CEO is Ronnie Screwvala, is toying with the idea of launching a business news channel.

Garg is ED of Punjab National Bank
General Manager of the Indian Bank Jagmohan Garg has taken over as ED of the Punjab National Bank.
( We said this on May 17 )

Dhingra is ED of UCO Bank
V K Dhingra General Manager of the Union Bank has been appointed ED of the UCO Bank.

Rawal promoted as ED of Canara Bank
D L Rawal General Manager of the Punjab National Bank has been appointed ED of the Canara Bank.
( We said this on May 16 )

Parulkar appointed ED of BoI
General Manager of the Bank of Baroda A D Parulkar has been appointed ED of the Bank of India.
( We said this on May 23 )

Gupta is ED of Bank of Baroda
General Manager of the Bank of India S C Gupta has moved to the Bank of Baroda as ED.
( We said this on May 19)

Prabhu is ED of Bank of India
General Manager of the Canara Bank T Y Prabhu has been appointed ED of the UBI.

Albert Tauro is new ED of Central Bank of India
Albert Tauro General Manager of the Canara Bank has moved to the Central Bank of India as ED.

Subramnian is ED of Indian Bank
A Subramnian General Manager of the OBC is moving to the Indian Bank as ED.