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INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK

The "Andaman & Nicobar Islands Integrated Development Corporation"(ANIIDCO) Managing Director (MD) G.C.Joshi is making all possible efforts for development of residents of these Islands. Main thrust of ANIIDCO's activities is to have as much involvement of local people as possible, while maintaining ecological balance at Islands.
There are many plans for an integrated development of Andaman & Nicobar Islands said G.C.Joshi in an interview to <whispersinthecorridors.com>

For example it is proposed to have an eco friendly luxury resort at Radhanagar beach, Havelock with private sector participation,ANIIDCO's ,MD Joshi said adding Radhanagar Beach has been rated as Asia's best beach by 'Time' Magazine. Replying to question Joshi stated that the corporation owns about 10000 sq metres land at Port Blair. It is proposed to offer the land on 30 years' lease with two auto-renewable clause for setting up of a Shopping Complex-cum-Multiplex & bids for the same will be invited very shortly.

1/What are the main aims & objectives of the ANIIDCO?

A-The ANIIDCO was established by Andaman and Nicobar Administration under the decision of the Island Development Authority. The Corporation aims at creating a business environment in the Island so that the demand of the Islands is met and to provide assistance to the aspiring citizen of the Island those who want to venture the field of business.ANIIDCO undertakes all these development works, which require huge investment, and fewer profits, which private sector hesitates or does not undertake. It tries to promote essential commodities to the society at fair prices in view of development of the Islands.
Objectives
The Corporation's ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE is to develop, promote and commercially exploit the natural resources relating to industries, tourism, fisheries, supplies and finance of the Territory for the balanced and environmentally sound development of the Territory, operating on sound business principles.

2/How ANIIDCO contributed in efforts of the Andaman & Nicobar Administration provide relief to the people affected by the Tsunami of December 2004?

A- oCo-ordinated with A & N Administration in relief distribution work like water, milk powder distribution, vegetables and also in data collection work by involving our most of the employees.
oOperating outlets (Provision Stores/POL Units) for supply of essential commodities in Tsunami affected areas like Nicobar, Katchal, Teressa, Kamorta and Campbell Bay.
oWrite-off of loan given to Tsunami affected unit/people and also framed Special Interest free Loan Scheme for Tsunami affected people

3/ What are the main activities of ANIIDCO?

A-Running Hotel Megapode Nest 3 Star hotel with 30 rooms and Kitchen, Restaurant and Conference hall.Other ventures are Camping Resort at Goodwill Estate.- Vishranti Restaurant being managed by private sector participation..A luxury resort at has been at Radhanagar Beach, Havelock with private sector participation.Bids for same have been invited.ANIIDCO is also operating passenger sale agency for Indian Airlines and Jet Airways.
Fisheries
oPromoted Andaman Fisheries Ltd., (Wholly owned Subsidiary Co. of ANIIDCO), in processing in marketing of fish.
oConstruction of Cold Storage and Ice Plant at Havelock & Diglipur
Credit & Finance
oFunction as State Financial Corporation for providing loan to Industrial concerns as per the IDBI guidelines.
oExtended financial assistance to the units of entire islands units.
Trade & Supplies
oProcure and supplying Iron & Steel from primary producer like SAIL, TISCO, and ISCO.
oRunning various POL Unit and Liquor shop in entire Islands.
Milk Plant
oFresh milk purchases from villages of South Andaman
oProducing and marketing around 4000 Ltrs. Re-constituted milk everyday in and around Port Blair
oProducing Paneer (raw cheese).

4/Are any projects planned under Private Public Partnership (PPP) mode?

A-The corporation is working on following projects under Private Public Partnership (PPP):
A Beach Resort in Havelock
The Corporation owns about 45 acres of land at Radhanagar Beach at Havelock. Radhanagar Beach has been rated as Asia's best beach by 'Time' magazine. It is proposed to offer the land on 30 years' lease with two auto-renewable clauses.
The Corporation has already invited bids from private sector for setting up of eco-friendly luxury beach resort and some major hotel chains have shown interest in the project. The last date of submission of bids is in the month of September 2007 and we expect that very soon a world class eco-friendly resort will be set up in Havelock Island of Andaman district of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
B: Shopping Complex -cum-Multiplex at Port Blair
The Corporation owns about 10000 sq metres of land at Port Blair. It is proposed to offer the land on 30 years' lease with two auto-renewable clauses for setting up of a Shopping Complex-cum-Multiplex. The bids for the same shall be invited very shortly.

5/ Since nowadays Government of India (GOI) is emphasizing on the potential of fisheries sector in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, what type of avenues you see as MD,ANIIDCO?

A-There is lot of scope in fisheries sector, as we are not exploiting even 10% of total potential available in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The reason of non-exploiting is lack of Infrastructure. Once Infrastructure shall be developed other allied things like processing and marketing of Fish will be automatically developed.Exploiting of natural resources will help in social and economic growth of people of Andaman & Nicobar Islands in totality.It would create huge number of job for local people.We are running a Fish Processing Unit on a low key due to non-availability of raw fish in exportable quantity.As and when catch facility will be modernized and landing harbours will be constructed,the need of more such processing unit will be required.

"Ganesh Parikrama" by Congress members
A new trend has reportedly emerged in the Congress party of which chief is Mrs.Sonia Gandhi. Grapevine has it, now a days Congress members are concerned about calling on Mrs.Sonia Gandhi, her daughter Ms. Priyanka Wadhra & son-Rahul Gandhi. After doing this they feel that they have done the "Ganesh Parikrama"
(Today is Ganesh Chaturthi)

Tenure of Company Law Board Chairman extended
The tenure of S Balasubramnaian, Chairman, Company Law Board, has been extended upto Novemeber 2009.

Indian Army official to join UN probe
Indian Army's director-general (infantry), Lt. Gen. Rajinder Singh is joining the United Nations probe on allegations made against UN peacekeepers from various countries, stationed in Congo.

AP DGP to retire
Andhra Pradesh DGP M A Basith is superannuating by October end. He is 1970 batch IPS officer.

Bansia is Director Economic Affairs
S S Bansia has joined as Director Economic Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1988 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Ms. Amritra Misra posted in Mumbai
Ms. Amrita Misra has been posted in Mumbai till further orders. Ms. Misra who is an IRS officer of 1994 batch was so far Deputy Secretary.

Transfers of ACITs/SCITs stayed but proof needed
The CBDT has stayed transfers till March 31,2008,of such Income Tax Officers(ITOs) who were promoted as ACITs/DCITs whose children are going to appear for Board examinations of 10th & 12th Class. However, they have been asked to furnish proof about their children being students of such classes.

CMs from NE to woo investors in New York
Chief Ministetrs of all North Eastern states will be in New York on September 25 & 26, 2007 to woo entrepreneurs. An investors meet has been organized by Department of North Eastern Regions(DoNER).This is believed to be the first event of its kind.

Anil Kapoor elected ABC chairman
Anil Kapoor Managing Director of the "FCB Ulka Advertising Pvt Ltd" is the new chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) for 2007-08.He was elected recently.

Srivastava appointed HC to Uganda
Niraj Srivastava (IFS : 1983) presently Deputy High Commissioner in HCI, Ottawa has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Uganda, in succession to S. Tripathi.

Bhandari gets additional charge
C M Bhandari, Ambassador of India to Poland, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Lithuania with residence at with residence at Warsaw.

Agrawal is Regional Director SSC
G P Agrawal has joined the Government of India as Regional Director Staff Selection Commission .

New Member of CAT ,Chennai
Justice N S Veerabhadraiah, a retired Judge of the Karnataka High Court, has been appointed new Judicial Member of the Madras Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).

Pandey is enquiry officer
Uttar Pradesh Government has appointed 1979 batch IAS officer Vijay Shankar Pandey to enquire the case pertaining to B B Singh IAS former Vice Chairman of Lucknow Development Authority.

Uttarakhand Government is unwilling to relieve Mohanty
Uttarakhand Government is Unwilling to relieve Pradip Kumar Mohanty to the parent UP cadre. State Government has written a letter to the Government of India for retaining the services of 1985 batch IAS officer Mohanty.

Delhi Urban Regulatory Authority soon
There is a move to set up Delhi Urban Regulatory Authority.

IRPS officer is DGM in NCR
IRPS Officer Mudit Chandra is new DGM (G) in NCR.

Railway postings
The transfer orders of T Kuppan, SAG/IRSME/ICF and N L Madhusudan, SAG/IRSME/ICF, have been cancelled. Pankaj Kumar, SAG/IRSME, presently working as Chairman/RRB Chennai has been posted as DRM Jhansi. R S Kochak, IRSME/DRM/Jhansi, has been transferred to North East Frontier Railway and posted in the cadre. Anil Mittal will move to ER from CR.

Year 2008 to be year of Choppers
The Indian Aviation sector will observe 2008 as year of helicopters.

Commission set up in Kerala
The State Security Commission has been set up as per the provisions of the Kerala Police Act.

Posting of IAS officer in Sikkim
Anunjaneya Kumar Singh has been posted as SDM, Gyalshing, District Collectorate, West .He is 2005 batch IAS officer.

200 corrupt officials flee from China

More than 200 corrupt officials have fled abroad with illegal earnings. Meanwhile China has announced setting up of National Bureau of Corruption Prevention (NBCP), a deterrent to corruption activities.

Its going to be all women affair in Pakistan
United States has finally found a way out for Gen. Musharraf to continue in power and US has taken the clue from Lalu Yadav.Sebha Musharraf will replace her husband as the President,as had Rabri Devi .And it will be all women contest with Benazir Bhutto & Kulsum Sharief in fray for Prime Ministership.

FORUM
Pl earn goodwill
Honesty and integrity are the hallmark of good civil servants. So if they do not perform in accordance with these norms they should be suspended. IPS or IAS or any other service it does not matter. However, political vendetta must be exposed by independent enquiries not through tinted CBI but through independent judiciary within a limited timeframe of say 3 to 6 months. These cases of suspension will become a joke if conclusion is not reached within 6 months. I would request Mayawati and Badal to work on these lines to earn goodwill of the bureaucracy and the general public.

Senior Citizen

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Thook ke chaato…….. but then why did Sarkaar spit in the first place!!!
Was Sarkaar trying to strengthen with Muslims its place???
There is no doubt many Muslims were very happy with Sarkaar's affidavit,
Because at Hindu belief via affidavit Sarkaar hit!!!

Sarkaar's thook ke chaatna has made them grumpy!!!
Now they say Hindu Sarkaar is doing Hindus ki buttering or chumpi (massage)!!

So basically Sarkaar has lost out with both!!
Both Muslims and Hindus Sarkaar ko karr rahe hai loath!!

Sonia should realize that in religious roulette the stakes are very high!!
Now they say on the blunder she's letting out sigh after sigh!!

Now sighing is of no use as damage has been done!!!
And there is no doubt Congress has lost and BJP has won!!!

Who was or were the dimwit/s in Congress who are responsible for this blunder???
At his, her or their thought process one really does wonder!!

Anyway now Congress will find a scapegoat and undertake a 'public hanging'!!
Sonia has given the pointer and against a powerful Congressi Congressmen are ganging!!

Another jewel from Karat's collection…. Manmohan is in company that Karat terms as bad!!
With his one liners he's driving us mad!!!

See what happened to India in company of Commies… was lagging!!!
And all the time for aid we were begging!!

Manmohan brought in liberalization and made India look towards the West!!!
And from bad we went to good and then better and now moving towards best!!!

Like liberalization Indians will look back at the Nuclear Deal with gratitude!!
And loathe at the Commie's attitude!!

Even when liberalization took place Commies had made a hue and cry!!!
To stop liberalization their best they did try!!

They punched Manmohan on liberalization and now are punching him on 123 Deal!!
India's progress they'd like to steal!!!!

Communism is on the wane worldwide!!!
And here on the present Government's back they ride!!

UPA has got a Commie betaal on its back,
Chalo next election Public will give Commie Betaal a whack!!!

Then Commie Betal will not be able to sit on anyone's back!!
As the required numbers to become a Betaal Commies will lack!!

Commies dread a midterm poll and so Congress should call their bluff!!!
And all that Commies will do is wuff wuff (bark)!!!

In fact Commies may end up biting each other in disgust!!!
Because other Commies are blaming CPI (M) for making them go bust!!

The other day as Yechury gave us his words of wisdom in front of Marx's bust,
I felt Marx winked as Yechury said that for survival of Sarkaar holding up Deal is a must!

Because for survival of Communism longevity of this Sarkaar is a must!!
Psephology is that in next election at the Centre Commies are going to go bust!!

By going bust I mean they will no longer enjoy power!!
And bark will turn to whimper as they cower!!

Badal Junior should learn to use his brains!!!
For sports development in Punjab PCA should pay from its gains!!

Why is PCA charging the Public for sports development in Punjab???
At Public's pockets for Punjab's sports development PCA karr raha hai jab!!!

Virk's briefcase has proved to be a pandora's box!!!
On many mysteries it's opened the locks!!

And this is the reason why Amrinder is looking to run away oversees!!
Trouble for himself in Virk's arrest and 'Briefcasegate' he sees!!

Why do people take Law into their hands…..shouldn't Police and Judiciary contemplate?
On this there should also be a Public Debate!!

Because as both fail incidents of lynching by Public will just go up and up!!
And in so many cases its innocent people who land up in the lockup!!

What must be going on in the hearts of people when they see murderers walk scot-free??
Murderers who have killed these people's near and dear and law has helped them to walk free!!

The system's gone rotten... akin to man saying it pained wherever he touched his body!!
Till it was found his touching finger was broken by somebody!!!

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction!!!
And action is the opposite reaction to Law's inaction!!!

Bharat Kumar

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Jet Airways gets traffic rights for Gulf
The Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation has given its approval to the grant of traffic rights to Jet Airways on the India-Gulf/Middle East routes w.e.f. January 1, 2008.
The traffic rights that have been granted to Jet Airways are: -(a)3682 seats to Kuwait per week of which 1582 seats are in the Delhi-Kuwait route, 1050 seats in Trivandrum-Kuwait route and 1050 seats in Kochi-Kuwait route.(b)3150 seats to Oman of which 1050 seat are in the Kochi-Muscat route, 1050 seats in the Trivandrum-Muscat route, and 1050 in Calicut-Muscat route(c )2100 seats to Qatar of which 1050 are in Mumbai-Doha route and 1050 in the Calicut- Doha route.(d) 2100 seats to Bahrain of which 1050 are in the Mumbai-Bahrain and 1050 in Kochi-Bahrain route. The total entitlement for Indian carriers on the Gulf routes at present is 85481 seats per week of which 21950 are for Dubai, 7420 for Abu Dhabi, 10206 for Sharjah, 8000 for Kuwait, 10892 for Qatar, 7546 for Oman, 10967 for Bahrain and 8500 for Saudi Arabia. The utilization by Indian carriers of the available Gulf routes is 49348 seats per week of which 20002 are for Dubai, 3313 for Abu Dhabi, 8690 for Sharjah, 3475 for Kuwait, 1526 for Qatar, 3475 for Oman, 1526 for Bahrain, and 7341 for Saudi Arabia. It may be noted that as per the decision of the Government Scheduled Indian Private Airlines are not permitted to operate international flights to/from Gulf till the end of 2007. The Gulf routes are served only for the Indian Public Carriers till then.

Ramachandran to retire
K Ramachandran the top man in Philips will retire next month.