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It is generally said and believed that ones achievement is always the virtual culmination of ones dreams. Dr. R.C. Tiwari, the Chairman cum Managing Director of The Jute Corporation of India Limited, who had dreamt that consistency in the performance of the Public Sector is necessary to meet future global challenges, eventually emerged as a great philanthropist. He joined the Corporation in April 2005 on accomplishment of quite a brilliant Academic career of M.Sc., LLB (Hons), MBA and Ph.D. His thesis on "Impact of Globalization on Productivity in Public Sector Enterprises and its Future Implications" had received nation-wide accolade. His study on Public Sector Enterprises suggests that their restructuring is necessary to face future challenges and to discharge a number of socio-economic obligations with internal resource generation for finance plan, contribution to public exchequer foreign exchange earning and to generate surplus with improved technology.

In an exclusive interview to <whispersinthecorridors.com>
Dr. Tiwari has spoken in broad details how he proposes to go about the job of implementing Functional and Financial Restructuring of JCI to make it a financially sound organization.

1/ How do you think your study could help in resurrecting a unit from a state of decline?

A. You see, what had started as a study of sorts, became a conviction eventually. We have implemented a revival plan for the revival of the textile mills of NTC (MP) and now with the additional charge as MD, NTC (WBABO), we are well in the process of modernizing Aarti Cotton Mills, Kolkata with a financial budget layout of Rs. 40 crore.

2/ What are the short term and long term strategies that you are planning for JCI?

A. It really had been a challenge for us and we have turned a fresh leaf in the working ethics of JCI by implementing Functional and Financial Restructuring Plan of JCI approved by the Government of India to make it a financially sound Corporation to play a proactive role by conducting Commercial Operations to ensure fair remunerative price to jute growers. JCI is also working as a Nodal Agency to conduct Minimum Support Price operation, i.e., purchase raw jute in the MSP price declared by the Government of India every year. Whenever there is a downward trend in raw jute prices and it falls below MSP, JCI undertakes MSP operations through its 171 purchase centres along with 80 purchase centres of state level Co-operative Societies to provide MSP to jute growers. The Commercial Operations thus undertaken by the Corporation has also helped in arresting the downward trend in jute prices, especially in jute harvesting months, and in the process jute growers are able to realize good price for their raw jute.

3/ How long has JCI been in existence?

A. The Jute Corporation of India Ltd., was established and christened in the year 1971 under the Company Law by the Government of India. The Corporation today commands 171 Departmental Purchase Centres and 16 Regional Offices in all the 7 Jute Growing States viz, West Bengal,Assam, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh,Orissa,Meghalaya,and Tripura.
The Head Quarter is in Kolkata.

4/ How did you arrange your order of priority?

A. Prior to the Financial Year 2005-2006, JCI had been conducting MSP operations in cycle of 3 to 4 years, based on demand-supply situations. However, from 2005-2006 onwards we have started the Commercial Operations of the Corporation to gainfully utilize its infrastructure maintained for MSP operations. Through dedicated efforts JCI has generated about Rs. 12 crore towards its overhead cost. The Corporation has, therefore, become financially sound and able to generate profit

5/ What are the spasmodic plans for the Corporation in the immediate future?

A. Yes, indeed! The Corporation has further plans to go "Contract Farming" wherein, jute growers will be extended finance by the Nationalized Banks under buy back guarantee to be provided by JCI. This will help the jute growers in a big way to avoid exploitation by unscrupulous middlemen. As a part of the future plan, JCI will also play an important role as Nodal Agency in implementing the scheme of Mini Mission - III of the Jute Technology Mission for development of marketing infrastructure in jute growing states

6/ Could you please throw some light on the very concept of the Jute Technology Mission ?

A. Under Mini Mission - III of the Jute Technology Mission and with a budget layout of Rs. 38 crore, JCI will develop 10 Marketing Yards, 20 Departmental Purchase Centres, 50 Retting Tanks and other facilities. The objective of the scheme is to conjure up improved marketing infrastructure of raw jute. JCI today is conducting demonstrations of new techniques of jute retting to improve the quality of raw jute and thereby helping the jute growers to increase their income with better quality of jute. The Corporation further supplements in distribution of certified jute seeds for the benefit of jute growers

7/Q. What is the present scenario of raw jute and how do you plan to promote its use?

A. Raw jute is a natural fibre which is extremely eco-friendly. Jute plant is grown mainly in the eastern part of the country with West Bengal alone accounting for 65%of the total followed by Bihar contributing 13%, Assam with 12%, Andhra Pradesh with 5%, Orissa with 3% and the balance 2% contribution coming from Meghalaya and Tripura. The Government of India has enacted Jute Packaging Materials Act to make use of jute bags compulsory for packaging of food grain and sugar. This has been done with the objective to promote the use of jute as packaging material as jute is a natural fibre and environment friendly. By virtue of the different measures taken by Govt. of India, interest of more than 40 million jute growers and 2 lakh workers of the country is protected.

8/ What are the initiatives being taken by the Ministry of Textiles?

A. I am, indeed, grateful to the Ministry of Textiles for having taken new initiative towards the jute sector for approval of functional and financial restructuring of JCI to make it a financially sound organisation to work more effectively for the interest of jute growers. The Government has approved a Jute Technology Mission with a budget layout of Rs. 355 crore and JCI has been given the responsibility to implement the same in the next 5 years in its capacity as a Nodal Agency. The Technology Mission again gestates the following 4 mini missions:1. Towards R&D on Agriculture.2. Towards Improvement in the Quantity ofProduction.3. Towards Up-gradation of market linkageof Raw Jute.4. Towards Modernization and Up-gradation of Jute Technology, to augment Diversification of Jute Products.

9/ At the Jute Corporation of India (JCI) how the mechanism of Minimum Support Price functions?

A. The GoI declares Minimum Support Price(MSP) for raw jute every year. JCI has been appointed as the Nodal Agency to conduct MSP Operation as and when raw jute prices fall below the Minimum Support Prices. It is necessary to provide support to the jute growers during such period when there is no other takers of raw jute in the market. JCI through its 171 Departmental Purchase Centres (DPC) and 16 Regional Offices in 7 jute growing States, viz., West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh Tripura and Meghalay, with headquarters at Kolkata undertakes MSP Operation. 80 State Co-operative Societies also work as agent of JCI to conduct MSP Operation so that maximum quantity of raw jute can be purchased from the jute growers.

10/ Is JCI going to extend any market support to the farmers other than procurement centres?

A. 171 DPCs of JCI are in the villages and they provide all the necessary support to the jute growers at the centres. JCI also conducts demonstration camps to demonstrate new retting techniques of raw jute to improve its quality and in turn add income to the jute growers. JCI also provides necessary information regarding ruling market prices to the jute growers and also maintains BIS standard of different grades of raw jute which helps in marketing of raw jute.

11/.What steps have been taken to augment jute yield and adding value to jute?

A. JCI has also started distribution of certified jute seed from the year 2005-06 through its DPCs which helps jute growers in getting certified jute seed at a reasonable price as also in increasing yield and quality of raw jute. JCI also disseminates knowledge to jute growers in respect of jute quality and improvement in yield through better techniques which are being developed by various institutes working in the field.

12/ What will be the share of jute from India in the global market by the year 2010?

A. Raw Jute is mainly grown in India and Bangladesh. The consumption of raw jute is more in India as compared to Bangladesh because of concentration of most of the jute mills in and around Kolkata. As far as quality of raw jute is concerned, Bangladesh produces better quality compared to that of India owing to availability of more floating water for retting of raw jute. Therefore, India is importer of good quality raw jute. Therefore the Govt. of India has announced National Jute Policy 2005 and also approved Jute Technology Mission with lay out of Rs.355 crore wherein various measures have been suggested to increase productivity of good quality of raw jute and modernization of jute mills. Modern jute mills are producing diversified raw jute products which are being mainly exported in addition to other jute products. The Govt. of India has kept a target for increase in export from the existing Rs.1000 crore to Rs.5,000 crore by 2010. Our present share in export market is only about 10% which is gradually increasing by taking various measures stated above.

13/Do you think that the JCI has been established as quality leader in raw jute?

A. JCI maintains the BIS quality standard during purchase and grading of raw jute. It is normally expected in the market that the quality of raw jute being supplied by JCI is one grade higher than that of the private trader raw jute. JCI started its commercial purchase Operation from the year 2005-06 and maintained quality standard which has established that it is the leader in supplying quality raw jute to the jute mills.

Q. The Govt. of India has given you an additional charge of CMD, NJMC in October, 2006. What are your achievements and plans for NJMC?

A. NJMC has six jute mills - 5 in West Bengal and 1 in Bihar. Production of these jute mills have been stopped since 2003. Since then idle wages were being paid to the workers. The Cabinet had approved a proposal of Rs. 978 crore in March 2005 to provide VRS to all the workers of NJMC and also revival of two jute mills. Implementation of the same was since then pending. The undersigned after taking over the charge has taken up the matter on priority and resolved all the issued. NJMC relieved about 15,000 workers under VRS in the month of January, 2007. With implementation of this, NJMC has saved about Rs.8 crore p.m. towards idle wages and salary and at the same time the workers are now getting their all dues including pending gratuity, PF, ESI and VRS benefit. This has improved the image of NJMC in Bihar and West Bengal who have taken care of the workers and paid their dues. Other issues regarding revival of jute mills will now be taken up.

Madhukar Gupta is new Home Secretary

Finally suspense is over. Madhukar Gupta is taking over as OSD in the Ministry of Home Affairs today.1971 batch Uttaranchal cadre IAS officer, Gupta, who is presently Secretary Sports and Youth Welfare would succeed V K Duggal as Secretary Home on March 31.Gupta is hard working and a man of vision.

Who is the oldest Indian Civil Servant ?

Who is the oldest Indian Civil Servant still alive? His name is Samuel Martin Burke. An Anglo-Indian, he joined the ICS in the Punjab cadre in 1930 and was a District and Sessions Judge. After independence he went to Pakistan and was an Ambassador in several countries. He resigned prematurely to become a Professor at the University of Minnesota. He is 101 years old and lives in Henley-on-Thames, UK, with his daughter.

Left & SP to join hands in UP ?

Tough stand by the Congress party on the Nandigram police firing ,by calling it a "genocide", the CPI(M) bosses are quite upset. As the grapevine has it ,this might lead the left parties to extend open support to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, in next month's Assembly polls.

Joy Kumar is new DGP of Manipur

P Joy Kumar has been appointed new DGP of Manipur.1976 batch IPS officer Joy Kumar has succeeded 1974 batch IPS officer A K Parashar.

UP Chief Secretary goes

Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary N C Bajpai has been removed on the directive of the Election Commission. He is 1972 batch IAS officer.
( We said this on February 24)

Shambhu Nath is Chief Secretary of UP

Shambhu Nath has taken over as Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh. 1970 batch IAS officer Shambhu Nath is scheduled to retire on April 1.He had been Secretary to the Uttar Pradesh Governor.

IAS changes in Bihar

Vishwanath Singh and Jitendra Kumar will be new DMs of Rohtas and Arrah.Ramesh Lal has been made DM of Gopal Ganj.Shridhar will move Purnia as DM

Bajpai moves to PICUP

Outgoing Chief Secretary of UP N C Bajpai has been shifted to PICUP. He is 1972 batch IAS officer.

Uttaranchal CM wants SP, Collector to report daily

Uttaranchal Chief Minister, it is learnt, has directed the Police Superintendants and the Collectors of all districts to report to the CM House daily

Senapati is new DDG DD Kendra Chennai

DDG Doordarshan in Pondicherry, Senapati, has been transferred to the Chennai Doordarshan Kendra in the same capacity.

1984 batch IPS to get promotion in Bihar

1984 batch IPS officers are being promoted to the rank of IG in a month or two.

Padmanabha is Dy Secretary Civil Aviation

B S A Padmanabha has joined the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Padmanabha is 1985 batch CSS officer.

Settlement Commissioner retires

Settlement Commissioner H O K Shrivastava has retired early this week.

Pant is new Chief Airport Security Officer

Rajeev Pant, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Commandant, has taken over as Chief Airport Security Officer of the Cochin International Airport. Earlier he was posted in Mumbai.

Congress's call centers in UP

The Congress party may have at one time criticized senior BJP leader late Pramod Mahajan for having set call centers during polls. However, now the Congress has gone ahead and done the same thing for forthcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.

Six more Cultural Centres on the anvil

Delhi is considering to set up new Cultural Centres in capital cities like: Kathmandu, Dhaka, Kabul, Beijing, Washington and Tehran during next financial year of 2007-08. These will be in addition addition to existing 18 Cultural Centres and two sub centers. However, opening up of new centres would largely hinge on fund availability and availability of suitable places besides agreements with the concerning foreign Governments.

Essel Karnataka's best IAS officer

Madan M Gopal has been adjudged Essel Karnataka's best IAS officer. He is 1984 batch IAS officer.

Yadav gets extension till June

The GoI has given a six-month extension to UT senior superintendent of police Gaurav Yadav till June. He is 1992 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.

Western Railway finalises recruitment

Wester Railway has finalised recruitment for 8232 Junior Grade posts.

IRPS postings

Abdul Nasir DyCPO/Gaz on promotion to SAG has joined as CPO/CLW , Ms.Sunita Vedantam has joined as Sr.DPO/Hyderabad , G Srinivas Rao Sr DPO/Hyderabad has gone as Sr.EDPM BZA(Vijayawada)on leave, S Tamil Cholai as Sr.DPO/SC (Secunderabad) , Dr.H.Srinivas,former SrDPO/SC as Dy.CPO (Gaz) SCRly and Siddharth Kati Sr EDPM/BZA as Dy CPO/Wel, IT and Rectt/SCR.

No office of Central Water Commission in 17 states

There is no regional office of Central Water Commission in 17 States viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttarakhand.

Changes in Railways

Sunil Kumar, SS/IRSME, East Central Railway(looking after in JA Grade), working in workshop project organization has been transferred to East Central Railway in the same capacity, P. Chakraborty, SS/IRSME, East Central Railway(looking after in JA Grade)to South Central Railway in the same capacity. Besides, Several Rallway employees from different places have been transferred to Workshop Project Organisation/East Central Railway in the same capacity. They are Satish Singh, JA GRADE/IRSME/SCR, Vivek Acharya - SS/IRSME South Central Railway, Vaibhav Singh - SS/IRSME, South Central Railway, Ashok S Handigol - SS/IRSME, Rail Wheel Factory, Chamkour S Dhanjal - Group.B /Rail Coach Factory East Central Railway, BG Ramesh - Group.B /Rail Wheel Factory, East Central Railway, S Pazhanichamy - Group.B /Rail Wheel Factory, , Malvi - Group B /Chemist & Metallurgist/Rail Wheel Factory.
The orders transferring Amandeep Kapoor, Senior Scale/IRSME/Central Railway, to IRIMEE/ Jamalpur, have been cancelled and now he has been transferred to South Central Railway and promoted to officiate in JA grade and posted in the cadre.
Moreover, Rupesh Kohli, JA Grade/IRSME/DLW, has been transferred to IRIMEE, Jamalpur and posted in the cadre and M K Gupta, JA Grade/IRSME/IRIMEE, has been transferred to DLW and posted in the cadre.
M Srinivas,JA GRADE/IRSME/North East Frontier Railway, has been transferred to South Central Railway and posted in the cadre.

Several Rly officials posted as ADRMs

Following have been posted as ADRM. Those posted include Sushil Chandra, IRSME/SAG/WR Vice Manoj Joshi SAG/IRSME to NGP/CR, NK Topo IRSME/SAG/SR to ASANSOL/ER Vice Anil Kumar, SAG/IRSME, A Mundia, IRSME/SAG/EcoR to SAMBALPUR/ECOR Vice R Arora, SAG/IRSME, Virender Kumar, IRSME/SAG/DMW to PGT/SR, Alok Kumar, IRSME/SAG/SWR to Mysore/SWR Vice D Govind Kumar, SAG/IRSME, Dwarika Prasad, IRSME/SAG/RSC to VADODARA/WR and S. Mukhopadhyay, SG,IRSSE/RDSO to JBP/WCR Vice R K Mishra, SAG/IRSME.

Gp Capt Alok Kumar to lead UN Mission

Gp Capt Alok Kumar will lead the IAF Aviation Contingent II to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which is scheduled to depart on March 18,2007 from Air Force Station New Delhi. The IAF Contingent in IAC II comprises 280 personnel. For the first time a lady Medical Officer has also been included in the team. This Contingent will provide Air Logistic and Air Surveillance support to ongoing UN Operations, operating Mi-17 and Mi-35 helicopters which played a vital role in the recently concluded elections in DR Congo. Helicopter Operations in these territories place a high demand on the IAF personnel.

Five CCIT appointments

Five Chief Commissioners of Income-Tax have been appointed.Prashant Ray will be CCIT Delhi1.M K Moghe has been made CCIT Bhopal.S C Kapil has been moved to Jaipur as CCIT.s k Aiyar will be CCIT Administration Bangalore.Pramod Kumar will be CCIT Bangalore.

Four CCIT orders on Monday

Four orders of the Chief Commissioners of Income Tax are being issued on Monday.

FORUM

(The views expressed in this column are necessarily of their respective contributors. We do not own any responsibility, whatsoever, about these contributions).

Your whisper is not correct

The whisper about raising the retirement age to 62 years was apparently wrong since the increase as per cabinet decision is only for teaching staff.
R K Mishra

Decision would be fantastic

I think the decision if taken would be fantastic. As it is present age of 60 is very early compared to the age of Teachers which is being enhanced to 65. Actually 60 is the age only when all commitments of marriage of daughters/sons is accomplished and the official actually utilises the salary on a personal basis.
Praveen Ranga

Retirement age should be raised to 65

I read the comments of Vinod Passy on extending the retirement age. I fully agree with him that the retirement age must atleast be increased to 65 years as now the general health conditions of an average Indian is far better because of good medical aid and general awareness of keeping fit. Even at 65 years an average Indian is able to work efficiently as in the West. government should not loose experienced people when they can still work. More so when the private companies are taking away talented people with a very high pay package. The retirement age of judges is already 62 for High Court and 65 for Supreme Court. Also retirement age is 62/65 of presiding officers of tribunals like Information Commissioners, CAT, railway etc and all these officials are performing very efficiently. Also government has increased the retirement age of certain secretaries and all have been found to be working very well. This is sufficient evidence to prove the health conditions of an average Indian to work upto 65 years.
Deepak Singh

Let us wait

It is indeed strange that we are encouraging gerontocracy in civil services also. We cannot do anything about the age of our Ministers but at least we can avoid increasing the retirement age further.We should see what the Left Partners of the U P A have to say about this.
Guru

Punjab Police Chief is upright officer

Punjab Police now has an upright police officer as head of its department and will see its new image and working
R K Garg

Aaj Ki Aawaz

High time Rahul got his act for UP together……. he's now in campaigning mode,
Into UP's electoral battlefield he rode!!!

Congress improving its position will be considered as a win,
And aim Congress should project is that it wants to put SP in the bin!!!

Mukesh meeting Rajnath for 45 minutes sure has got tongues wagging,
Some say this is a sure shot sign that UP BJP is bagging!!!

Anil had met Sonia prior to the General Election votes being counted,
And at that time Congress from even being the Opposition Party was being discounted!!

There is no doubt that in BJP's electoral fortunes there has been an upswing,
Middleclass back into its fold BJP has been able to bring!!!

Uttrakhand results are being taken as a pointer!!!!
And that's why some feel that BSP could turn out to be a disappointer!!!!

But please do keep in mind in a Hung House situation it will be advantage Mayawathi,
With both Kamal and The Hand offering support to the Haathi!!!

If Maya roopi Krishna comes to power then Mulayam and Amar aap dono ka kyaa hogaa!!
She'll make them account for jo kich inn dono ne hai bhogaa!!!

The Judge hearing Mulayam's son's petition broke into tears...wept like a child!!
And removed himself from hearing the case and termed the allegations as disgusting and wild!!!

He got a letter that cast aspersions on him....... termed aspersions as pack of lies,
That's why its said that SP gang are dangerous guys!!!

Amar says SP should not be blamed for the letter,
But I'm sure Public knows better!!!!

Nandigram could mean the end of Buddhadeb's Chief Ministership,
His stock sure has taken a dip!!!

Now what will happen to Singur…….. there too people are up in arms???
They want to continue working in their farms!!!

It's not only about loosing land but also about losing livelihood,
Something that by the WB Bengal Government is not being understood!!!

On Nandigram Congress is walking a tightrope,
Ask Congress Spokesmen a question and for words they grope!!!

Nandigram has put egg on Commie Sarkaar's face!!
And Mamtha as of now has moved up quite a few notches in the popularity race!!!

Outgoing flight manifesto shows that Amrinder's sidekick Chahal flew to Dubai,
And as per rumours from Dubai for an onward flight ticket kya uss ne buy!!!

Its rumoured that he's amassed wealth worth Rs. 1000 crores….naami and benaami,
From a nobody today he's said to be a stinking rich asaami (rich person)!!!

There are rumours that he owns property in London and Canada too,
Now what will Amrinder do????

After all if Chotthe Miya has made so much what would have Badhe Miya made,
At present through voluminous documentation Saini and his people karr rahe hai wade!!!!

It's a fact that as Chahal amassed so much wealth Amrinder could not have been oblivious,
Amrinder's involvement is so obvious!!!

By the way Amrinder is having a tough time living like a commoner or like a nobody!!
Though without any noticeable effect he tries to fake he's a somebody!!

He keeps telling his cutlery that he's going to get a post in the Centre,
His boasts are like a roof without a lanter ( support for roof)!!!!

Vilasrao Deshmukh has taken to meditation….. have farmer suicides stirred his soul???
Or is he worried about the fact that his detractors against him are scoring goal pe goal!!!

Nowadays Vilasrao does meditation four times a day,
And from certain pleasures he enjoyed till now he's staying away!!!

As we all know Laloo too has forsaken meat and eggs,
He really had a penchant for goat's thighs and chicken legs!!!

And very often he used to cook meat and even snails for himself and his spoons,
Many amongst his spoons were hardened goons!!!

Nowadays Laloo splurges on veggie pakodas, chutney and chai,
And of course he continues his regular doses of kheni to get a high!!!!

Why is Bhajan continuing in Congress……. he's already stepped into another boat???
And chances that he'll do a backward somersault are remote!!!

Seems Bhajan is planning to exit after the UP elections!!!
Congress is expected to do badly as per his projections!!!

Bhajan then would form a Party and become a part of the Third Front,
And in Haryana for CM's post he'll go in for the hunt!!!

Mumbai's Dabbawalas have charmed IIT and B School students from far and near,
A unique business model effected without favour or fear!!!

Everyday lakhs of Office goers in Mumbai leave their homes to got to work!!!
They know they'll get their lunch tiffins at lunchtime as the Dabaawala from his job will never shirk!!!

Bharat Kumar

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CORPORATE

Behuria re-elected Chairman of SCOPE

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Bhowmik is Director of Bagdogra Airport

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JSPCB Chief sacked

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Dish TV up for sale

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New products by Coke & Tata Tea

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Wockhardt gets two Ranbaxy employees

Brij Khera has joined as Head of IPR and Patent issues in the S, while Rajesh Sharma has joined Vice-President (Marketing), in charge of Merind, one of Wockhardt's marketing divisions.

Kapoor launches new Bolero

Stylish, feature packed, New Bolero was launched by Bhartendu Kapoor Senior General Manager (Sales)in the Automotive sector for "Mahindra"in Bhopal.Even, Satish Karandikar GM-Zonal Business Prosper sales-West, was also present on the occasion. Significant aspect is that Bhartendu Kapoor had specially gone from Mumbai to Bhopal for its launch.This shows that how much important Madhya Pradesh has become for the "Mahindra" group. The new Bolero has a wide array of interior and exterior features that appeal to younger generation of car lovers, said Kapoor.