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INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK

For Rajesh Bhushan, Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of the Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation (BSTDC) the field of tourism is a passion.Bhushan is striving hard to ensure that old & rich legacy of Bihar was harnessed to boost inbound tourists to Bihar. In an interview with <whispersnthecorridors.com>

An energetic & hard working, Rajesh Bhushan, unfolded his road map for promotion of tourism in Bihar. In reply to a question he said "we hope that tourism would become a major revenue earner for the state of Bihar by 2020." Bhushan also hoped to achieve this through active encouragement and facilitation of state government, participation of the private sector in fulfilling infrastructural gaps and getting full participation of local communities.According to him various private promoters have shown interest in setting up budget hotels through Public-Private Partnership mode in places like Patna, Rajgir, Nalanda and Bodhgaya.

Here goes his interview:

1/What new projects has Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation (BSTDC) taken up for development?

Answer : Bihar the land of Lord Buddha's enlightenment is known for its Buddhist Circuit destinations such as Bodhgaya, Rajgir and Vaishali. In Bodhgaya an ambitious master plan addressing basic infrastructure, tourism infrastructure, eco-friendly transportation etc. has been developed and is being implemented.

Tourism focusing on the river Ganges in and around Patna is another focus area of development. This includes - development of Ganga Ghats, and attracting domestic and external tourists to evening "Artis" at various Ganga Ghats, a floating restaurant with two decks (one housing the restaurant and another housing viewing area), speed boats with outboard motors for weekend cruise/picnics/dining out on the river Ganges.

Development of Eco-tourism projects focussing on rivers and hot water springs at Valmikinagar in West Champaran district and Bhimbandh in Munger District.

2/What steps are being taken to woo domestic tourists?

Answer: For the last three years inflow of domestic tourists in Bihar has been in the range of 60 to 70 lakh/annum. To ensure a quantum jump in this no. & to provide necessary fillip to domestic tourists, Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation (BSTDC) has started on-line booking of hotel rooms for it's hotels and booking of tour packages through it's Website: <bstdc.bih.nic.in> These bookings/reservations can be made by domestic tourists through ICICI payment window by using their credit cards. The Bihar Tourism facilitation offices at New Delhi, Varanasi and Kolkata are electronically linked with the BSTDC hotels throughout Bihar. Hence on-line booking/reservation of hotel rooms can be done through these Tourism facilitation offices also.

The Corporation also provides attractive seasonal packages (with special discounted rates) in its hotels.

3/These days there is a lot of stress on budget hotels. How do you propose to explore this opportunity?

Answer:The Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation (BSTDC) presently runs 23 budget hotels with a total room capacity of 244 rooms at different tourist destinations like Patna, Bodghgaya, Rajgir, Vaishali, Mohania, Sasaram, Valmikinagar, Purnia, Saharsa etc. The Corporation also provides extremely cost effective dormitory accommodation with a total Dormitory capacity of 277 beds at various tourist destinations within the state. Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation (BSTDC) also provides attractive discount packages to tourists travelling in groups and off-season tourists in these hotels and dormitories.

The state Govt. is proposing to actively encourage establishment of budget hotels through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. Various private promoters have shown interest in setting up budget hotels through Public-Private Partnership mode in places like Patna, Rajgir, Nalanda and Bodhgaya.

4/Do you think that the Buddhist circuit needs improvement and reorientation?

Answer:The traditional Buddhist circuit destinations are spread over UP (Sarnath and Kushinagar), Bihar (Bodhgaya, Rajgir and Vaishali), and Nepal (Kapilvastu and Lumbni). What is required is better connectivity between these destinations and marketing of integrated tour packages involving all these destinations. Within the state of Bihar Govt. is exploring the possibilities of Air-taxi service for connecting these destination and for reducing the journey time from one destination to another.

5/Are any projects in collaboration with private sector being taken up?

Answer:The Government is agreeable to taking the Public-Private Partnership route to encourage private sector participation in the developing tourism infrastructure in the state. This involves Public-Private Partnership for - (i) running of high-end luxury a/c coaches between various tourists† destinations (ii) Setting up of budget hotels (iii) Setting up of Air-taxi service etc.

6/Where do you see Bihar Tourism by the year 2020?

Answer: We hope that tourism would become a major revenue earner for the state of Bihar by 2020. We hope to achieve this through active encouragement and facilitation of state government, participation of the private sector in fulfilling infrastructural gaps and full participation of local communities.

Bihar is the only State that has the privilege of having destinations directly associated with all the religions of the country namely Buddhism (Bodhgaya, Nalanda, Rajgir and Vaishali), Jainism (Rajgir and Pawapuri), Sikhism ( Patna Saheb), Hinduism ( Patna, Gaya, Mundeshwari, Sitamarhi etc.) and Islam (Patna, Manersharif, Biharsharif, Sasaram etc.). The Govt. would be actively promoting tourist facilities in specific tourists† circuits i.e. Buddhist Circuit, Jain Circuit, Ramayana Circuit and Sufi Circuit etc. to highlight these destination. This would enable the domestic tourists to include these destinations as - must see - in their itineraries.

Banerjee to be new Secretary Defence ?
As things indicate today Shilabhadra Banerjee will be new Secretary Defence in July. He is 1971 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Will Subramanyam go to World Bank
PS to the Prime Miniser B V R Subramanyam is expected to join the World Bank as Technical Assistant to the ED in November after the expiry of the term of present incumbent R P Singh. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Justice Lakshmanan is Chairman of Law Commission
A.R. Lakshmanan, retired judge of the Supreme Court has taken over as Chairman of the 18th Law Commission .
( We said this on March 15 )

Why did Chaturvediji visit Japan ?
For the first time during his tenure as Cabinet Secretary, B K Chaturvedi, made a foreign trip of Japan this week. He had not visited any country during the last two years.

Pay Commission report in December ?
THE 6th Pay Commission for the Central Government employees is likely to submit its report by the end of December.

Sharma out Jayaraman in ?
West Bengal cadre 1977 batch IPS officer S Jayaraman is now ahead in the race for the Germany posting. Earlier the name of 1979 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer Dineshwar Sharma was in circulation.

Singh to join Cabinet Secretariat
V K Singh is expected to join the Cabinet Secretariat soon. He is 1987 batch IPS officer of J & K cadre.

Vishwa Ranjan and Mahindru unlikely to be Chhattisgarh DGP

It is now certain that 1973 batch IPS officer Vishwa Ranja and 1976 batch IPS officer Praveen Mahindru will not return to the parent Chhattisgarh cadre as DGP. Both the officers are presently in the Intelligence Bureau.

Mittal is new PS to Patil
Rajiv Kumar Mittal has joined as new PS to Union Home Minister Shiv Raj Patil. He is 1998 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

'Dictatorship' is correct in Rajastthan
It has been brought to the knowledge of the Union HRD Ministry that 'Dictatorship' is correct in Rajastthan. Children in Rajasthan are being taught, "Dictatorship is better than Democracy and democracy is not result oriented. Works come to a standstill in democracy". Will the HRD do something to shed these misgivings? .

1981 batch IAS file pending in Haryana
File of the promotion of 1981 batch IAS officers to the rank of Principal Secretary in Haryana has been lying with the Chief Secretary for the last six months.

Ganguly to go Juba
Second Secretary Ajay Ganguly has been posted to Juba on a newly created post.

IPS officer to move in Secretariat in Jharkhand
Rajiv Kumar is being moved in the Home Department in Jharkhand. He is 1981 batch IPS officer.

Kumar is SP of Gauhati
Surendra Kumar is new SP of Gauhati. He is 1998 batch IPS officer.

Minor changes in MP

Two IAS officers were transferred by MP Government. They are: Raghuraj Assistant Collector Sagar to Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) Dabra (Gwalior district) & Lokesh Kumar Jatav Assistant Collector Jabalpur to SDO Khurai (Sagar district).

IAS officers of 2006 batch posted in MP

As many as two probationary IAS officers belonging to the 2006 batch have been given their maiden postings. They are Dhananjay S.Bhadoria -Jabalpur & Khade Sudam Pandhrinath -Hoshangabad. They will be joining after they complete their training at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy of Administration, Mussorie.

Lalu refuses to see IRCTC , MD

Indian Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has cold shouldered Dr.P.K.Goyal,Managing Director of Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).As the grapevine has it the former declined to meet the latter who is on leave.

Eknath Dawle is DM Latur

Eknath Dawle is new Collector of Latur (Maharashtra).Dawle was earlier posted as Collector Akola.He has succeeded Rajeev Mittal who has joined as Special Assistant (SA) to Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil.

Thy name is CBDT

The CBDT has transferred an Income Tax (IT) department sleuth from Chennai to Mumbai who is due to retire after two months. He is R.Gurumurthy.

Two clear RMB hunt

Two out of 22000 youngsters were selected to work as Radio jockeys by "Radio Mirchi Bangalore (RMB).They are Naveen & Pallavi.

Maa TV plans to launch 3 Telugu channels

The "Maa TV Network" of which CEO is Sharat Marar is planning to launch three Telugu language channels over the next one year. This would include a devotional, a music and movies and a news channel.

My FM Radio to hit 13 cities more

FM Radio of the "Synergy Media Entertainment Ltd" (SMEL) will be launching 13 more stations. It already has four stations in cities of Jaipur,Chandigarh,Jalandhar & Bhopal. Of them Bhopal was launched recently. It may be stated that SMEL is a wholly owned company of the Bhaskar Group of which Chairman is Ramesh Agrawal. Indore, Gwalior, Nagpur, Raipur, Jabalpur, Bilaspur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Ajmer, Kota, Ahmedabad, Surat and Amritsar, are 13 cities where My FM Radio will be launched.

India,China pact on joint military exercise

India and China have agreed for holding periodic joint military training exercises between the two Armies. This was as a sequel to recent tour of China by Indian
Army Chief General JJ Singh

FORUM

Discussing Rahul Gandhi not sycophancy
Why should lauding Rahul Gandhi's efforts in the UP Congress campaign be dismissed as Sycophancy? His efforts indeed were the most sincere and dedicated amongst all Congressmen, including his national party president, who went around seeking votes.

Rahul Gandhi is unarguably one of the most promising young men in the national politics today. There are a few others also engaged in the same process of making a mark for themselves. But, none else is getting the kind of response Rahul does for him. His family roots are not something to be a subject of commendation. In the eyes of those so-called democrats only stories of riches-from rags need laudatory mention. For Rahul Gandhi his family background will be only one-time advantage. To make a place under India's democratic SUN ,he will have to prove himself .The same fate awaits everybody else in the democratic set-up. No exception made for a Nehru or a Gandhi or anybody else. Otherwise Mayawatis would not have emerged.
There is absolutely nothing wrong if you are making Rahul Gandhi as a promising political figure. Rahul Gandhi will have to combine his heritage with his talents to make it big. He is already doing a good job of it, considering his age and experience .Indian politics is oldies stuff. No political party is promoting young people. Congress also is not pushing forward people like Rahul Gandhi.Whatever is coming Rahul's way is because of his spark..

You are right, Rahul Gandhi's time will come .The tides will someday turn for him surely.
B Singh

Limpets enjoy the fruits
Sweat it out in the heat & dust of UP. It is all left to the children of late Indira Gandhi. It is their burden to call a spade a spade while the "limpets" enjoy the fruits of power sans accountability. Rahul Rajiv Gandhi will have to choose a vocabulary which ennobles politics in India. The English hardly ever used words like goonda in public discourse.

M L Gupta

They can not join hands

Though Politics is said to make strange bedfellows, do you seriously think that Maya can combine with the Sexy Sanyasin?
Hindu Philosophy seems to rule out such a possibility!

H G Obhrai

Two egoists can not join hands

Two egoist can not be together both want to be Prime Minister of India. They can not work together

Pushkarna

CVC and CBI should order inquiry into OVL affairs
I am Geologist, and I heartily congratulate you in exposing the evil axis in OVL for not bidding for valuable oil assets to help few business houses. Sir CVC, CBI should order an inquiry into all recent assets OVL bade and deliberately lost. Worst the prices were leaked few days prior to the bid in the newspapers to help other bidders. Sir India's requirements for oil fields is huge and every single day they are loosing opportunities. Please publish this in NATIONS interest and I would want bosses to comment on this state of affairs. Save our country this is war from within.
An Ardent Admirer

This is the reason
Because he is honest, outspoken, daring ,competent, visionary and can be a threat to the image of so called LALLOO RAILWAY IMAGE.
Vikas

TAIL-PIECE

Love and Time

Once there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left. Except for Love.Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment. When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat.Love said, "Richness, can you take me with you?"Richness answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. "Vanity, please help me!""I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat," Vanity answered.Sadness was close by so Love asked, "Sadness, let me go with you.""Oh Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will take you." It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way.Realizing how much Love owed to that elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who helped me?""It was Time," Knowledge answered."Time?"asked Love."But why did Time help me?"Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, "Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is."
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Aaj Ki Aawaz

What impact will the CEO's salary reduction have...iss baath ko PM karre define!!
On CEO salaries kyon karr rahe hai Manmohan Ji whine???/

And can PM tell his own elk to make marriages low key,
Laloo's and Paswan's kids marriages kyon nahi karta PM see!!!

All the Kings Horses and all the Kings men will not be able to justify,
Frankly PM via 'be frugal' statement logic logic karr rahe hai defy!!!

Montek is trying to add his own spin,
But the arguments on Manmohan's 'be frugal' statement he cannot win!!!

Montek says that PM was right to demand salary cuts,
And all that he's got from Industry is tut-tuts!!!!

Yes PM can ask them to be Socially aware,
But he has no right to ask CEOs ki apni salary karro pare!!!

Congressmen have also been told to damn Mani's Aam Aadmi statement,
Ambika says this was not what Mani meant and by Press it was bent!!!

Seems the Minister of Tourism is at sea,
And from the sea the plight of the Aam Admi she cannot see!!

Some say Mani had too much Marmite and was high on Yeast,
As per them Aam Aadmi in the present inflation turmoil has been harmed the least!!

Commies are not too happy with Congress and BSP scratching each other's backs!!
Between Congress and Commies there are widening of cracks!!!

Commies are now talking with Congress Allies on Presidential election,
PM is from Congress so President should not be from Congress is their contention!

They say this is an Alliance Sarkaar..... so President and PM cannot be form Congress,
For a non Congress President karr rahe hai Commie press!!!

Trying to push Somanth Da back on to the table,
As a Presidential Candidate karr rahe hai Somnath ko label!!!

If non Bengali becomes President Commies feel in Bengal they will cut a sorry face,
They've been showing off that they've got Bengalis leading the Presidential race!!!

Dera has done a Chanakiya while saying sorry!!!
Will the Sikhs say this is the end of story????

CBI seems to be dragging its feet in Dera Chief's cases...Court has asked why???
Because CBI's excuses for delay Court is not willing to buy!!

Dera Chief's friend Amrinder is in a fix too…. pen drive's pinned him down,
Though in front of TV cameras bravado karta hai clown!!

Irony….. in the place where Amrinder's ancestors met public Amrinder is being grilled!!!
Its alleged that in the City Centre scam his own pockets he filled!!!

They say that Amrinder has suicidal tendencies so his guns should be locked,
The cupboard where his personal arsenal is stocked!!!

Barabanki land has got Big B in a fix…he got valuable land in Pune based on this land,
And behind the allotment of Barakanki land is SP's hand!!!

And now Amar cannot even arrange a protest,
To show against any action on this his Party's detest!!!

Maya's got them all running for cover…in fact most SP Leaders are underground,
At their addaas they are not to be found!!!

Amar Singh they say stays in the confines of his ghar,
He says it because of illness but its actually more out of darr!!

Gone are the days when he partied day and night!!!
Now he just aims to keep out of sight!!!

He's in regular touch with Nutwar…… is Amar writing a book too,
Arre Bhai he's bored and something he's got to do!!!

SP Gang is also the Chinni Kum gang…. chinni or sugar ki bimaari,
But all love sugar… just leave one jalebi in front of them and see the maara maari!!

Where's Rahul Baba…. seems he chilling in Dilli???
Seems he's still not swallowed the hot UP electoral defeat chilly!!!

Rahul Baba too likes Chinni Kum….. he's on a health kick!!
Chinni Kumm because of his health kick and not like the SP Gang who are sick!!

Amar says in life we cannot do meetha hupp hupp and kadwa thoo thoo,
We have to swallow what comes in our mooh!!

So Rahul Baba suck and swallow this UP defeat like it's a candy,
This experience in the future will come very handy!!!

Apart from Maya all are lying low…… Maya's having fun!!!
Joh jeetha wohi Sikandar is the pun!!!
Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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CORPORATE

A rumour about BHEL CMD
A rumour that was not. This is what happened regarding A K Puri, Chairman cum Managing Director(CMD) of PSU major Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL).For the last two days it was rumoured that Puri is quitting on health grounds. However, on being contacted A K Puri told <whispersinthecorridors.com> that there was nothing of this sort.

NPCC Director(Technical) interview today

Interview for the post of Director (technical) of the NPCC is going to take place today.

Exclusive Airways for North-East
There is going to be an exclusive Airways for the North-East region.

Yogendra Prasad is Chairman in Uttarakhand
Ex CMD of the NHPC Yogendra Prasad has become the chairman of Uttranchal Jal Vidyut Nigam with additional charge of Speical Advisor (Power), Uttrakhand Government.

Promotions in Coal India
More than 900 coal personnel of different subsidiaries in the Coal India Limited have been promoted.

Shobhita is new Director of Mudra

Ms.Shobitha Viswanathan will be Director of Mudra South.Earlier she has worked with RK Swamy/BBDO, JWT & Saatchi.

OIFC launched

The Indian Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vyalar Ravi has launched the Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre (OIFC) in Delhi. The OIFC would function as a non-profit body with the objective of Promoting Overseas Indian Investment in India and facilitating Business-to-Business partnership between Indian Business and Overseas Indians and extend a host of advisory services to PIO's and NRI's,he said. While the Ministry will provide the policy support, the center will be managed by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).