24)-thanking & thankful SIOji NICpb and.nic.in -IPDvn DS&DT -thanking... Todays Date : 29/09/2014 Grant-in-aid to Panchayat Samities Port Blair, Sept. 28 Under the scheme ‘Promotion of Art Culture’ an amount of Rs. 10,50,000/- has been earmarked to be released as GIA to PRIs for conducting Panchayat/ block level cultural programmes. This financial assistance in the form of GIA will be released @ Rs. 1,50,000/ each to 7 Panchayat Samities of A & N Islands i.e. Campbell Bay, Ferrargunj, Rangat, Mayabunder, Diglipur, Hut Bay and Port Blair. In his regard, the Department of Art & Culture, A&N Administration has invited application from the respective Pramukhs or Executive Officers seeking GIA for the year 2014-15 in the prescribed form giving details of programmes to be conducted out of the GIA and UC in respect of previous grant at the earliest. Details can also be obtained over Phone No: 230117, a communication said. Draft regulation for tourist activities in Islands; suggestions invited Port Blair, Sept. 28 The Directorate of Tourism has prepared a draft regulation for various tourist activities in the islands namely ‘the Andaman Nicobar Islands Tourism Trade Regulation, 2014’. The draft regulation envisages compulsory registration of all tourist – trade activities with the Directorate of Tourism. The draft regulation is now available in public domain for inviting comments, suggestions, objections, if any, from people engaged in tourism related activities, local tourism stakeholders, general public, tourists, etc with regard to provisions contained in the draft. The draft regulation can be downloaded from the Tourism Department website andamans.gov.in. Comments, objections, suggestions, if any, with regard to the draft regulation may be sent to the Director (Tourism), A&N Administration, Port Blair formally within one month. If no comments, objections are received within one month, the draft regulation will be submitted to the Government of India for promulgation under Article 240 of the Constitution, a communication from the Director (Tourism) said. NTSSE on Oct. 19 Port Blair, Sept. 28 The second stage National Talent Search Scheme Examination – 2013-14 will be conducted on Oct. 19, 2014 in all the centers as specified earlier for May 11, 2014. Roll numbers and centers of examination which have already been communicated to all the candidates will remain the same, a communication from the Director, SIE said. Drawing & painting contest to mark ‘Disaster Risk Reduction Day’ on Oct. 8 Port Blair, Sept. 28 The Disaster Risk Reduction day will be observed on Oct 8, 2014 by National Institute of Disaster Management (Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI), New Delhi at national level for creating awareness and also encourage people and Government to participate in building more resilient communities and nations. The day will be simultaneously observed by this Union Territory on Oct 8 by the Directorate of Disaster Management here with a drawing & painting competition for the students in two groups of Class (VI to X) and Class (XI to XII) of various schools in South Andaman on the topic ‘home safety and local preparedness for disaster risk reduction’ at its premises at Link Road, at 10 am. Prizes will be distributed to the winners at 4 pm. The Principals of schools in South Andaman have been requested to nominate 2 students for each group for the said competition. The participants need to reach Directorate of Disaster Management before 9.30 am must bring their own drawing materials for the competition. The drawing sheet will be provided by the organizers, a communication said. Scholarship scheme for dependents of ex-servicemen Port Blair, Sept. 28 Applications have been invited by the Ministry of Defence, Kendriya Sainik Board for Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme for the year 2014-15 from the dependent wards/widows of ex-servicemen (below officer rank only) pursuing professional degree courses duly recognized by the respective government regulatory bodies such as MCI, AICTE and UGC etc. The scheme will be applicable only to those candidate who have joined the professional courses in the academic year 2014-15. Students should have secured 60% and above in minimum educational qualification i.e. 10+2/diploma/graduation. Application form can be downloaded from the website http//desw.gov.in. the application in prescribed format along with requisite documents should be submitted to Rajya Sainik Board, Veer Senani Bhavan, Haddo, Port Blair latest by Nov. 30, 2014, a communication from the Secretary, Rajya Sainik Board said. Celebration of International Day of the Elderly Port Blair, Sept. 28 International Day of the Elderly will be celebrated on Oct. 1. The basic idea behind these celebrations is to recognize the services rendered by the Senior Citizens, to sensitize the society at large about the problems and needs of the older persons, and to reiterate the government’s commitment towards the cause of the elderly. The Department of Social Welfare will celebrate the occasion in a befitting manner in collaboration with Directorate of Health Services and PRIs. To mark the occasion, Health Camps will be organized with the help of DHS at Old Age Home, Ferrargunj from 9 am to 11 am and also to honour the senior citizens who are of the age of 80 and above followed by cultural programmes. Similar programme will be organized at Diglipur, Mayabunder, Rangat, Car Nicobar, Kamorta and Campbell Bay by the respective CDPO’s The Senior Citizens of Andaman & Nicobar Islands are requested to participate in the celebrations of the Elderly Day on 1st October, 2014 in their respective areas, a communication received here said. Awareness on scientific goat rearing imparted Port Blair, Sept. 28 Animal Science Division, CIARI in collaboration with Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services, Port Blair and KVK, Port Blair organized an awareness programme on “Scientific Rearing of Goat for Improving Productivity & Marketing Strategy” at CIARI recently under All India Co-ordinate Research Project on Goat Improvement. A total of 35 farmers from different villages of South Andaman participated in the programme. The programme was inaugurated by Dr.S.Dam Roy, Director, CIARI as a chief guest in the presence of Dr.A.Kundu, Head, Division of Animal Science. In inaugural address, Director, CIARI appreciated the interest of the farmers on goat rearing and mentioned that there are three all india coordinated projects being implemented for the livelihood security of the Island farmers. He talked about the activities to be implemented under the project for the benefit of the farmers. He urged the farmers to give more care in the management to exploit more profit out of goat rearing. Dr.A.Kundu talked about the objectives of the project and mentioned about the processing, value addition and marketing of goat produce. Various other speakers highlighted the different subjects, a communication received here said. AIR broadcast Port Blair, Sept. 28 All India Radio is broadcasting Live Phone-in programme ‘Hello Doctor’ on every alternate Wednesday. In the eleventh episode of this programme to be broadcast on Oct. 1, 2014, Dr. Wajid Ali Shah, Consultant Pathologist, G B Pant Hospital will respond to the queries on ‘Blood Donation and Pathological Investigation’. Listeners who wish to interact live with the Doctor can call over telephone Nos. 232336 and 232558 between 0715 hrs and 0755 hrs. Listeners can send in their opinion and suggestions regarding the programme Hello Doctor at hellodoctorair@rediffmail, a communication said. World Tourism Day celebrated Port Blair, Sept. 28 World Tourism Day was celebrated by Association of Tour Operators (ATO) in the befitting manner yesterday. All the incoming tourists and guests were presented sweets and flowers at Veer Savarkar International Airport and from there all the members went to Corbyn’s Cove Beach for beach cleaning drive which was followed by a Quiz competition for visiting tourists at Andaman Water Sports Complex. The program concluded with a get-together function for ATO members at Hotel N. K. International. This program was also graced by Shri. K. Ganeshan, Ex-Chairperson PBMC, Dr. Vishwa Kannan, Director (Tourism), Shri. Rangrajan, Manager, India Tourism, Mohd. Parvez, GM, ANIIDCO and Shri. Ratnam, President FORTO, a communication received here said. Public Hearing at Raj Niwas Port Blair, Sept. 28: There will be no public hearing by the Lt Governor at Raj Niwas on 30th September, 2014. ANCOL to have permanent campus at Chakkargaon Port Blair, Sept. 28 The permanent campus of Andaman College (ANCOL) will come up at Chakkargaon in an area of 3.6 hectares of land meeting the University norms. The decision to this effect has been taken after careful consideration of all the relevant factors such as the profile of students, the feedback from students and issues of accessibility, availability of transportation and other facilities. Moreover, this area can be developed as an educational hub as the campus of Pondicherry University as well as the proposed Medical College and many other educational institutions are in close proximity of this site. Accordingly, it has been decided to advise the APWD to go ahead with construction of the permanent campus of Andaman College at Chakkargaon and complete the construction of all essential infrastructures well in time for admission of the new batch of 360 students in the academic session 2015-16 and the permanent affiliation of Andaman College with Pondicherry University. The College has been established in view of huge gap between the number of students passing Class-XII examination from Schools in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and desirous of pursuing for higher studies and the limited intake capacity of the existing College namely JNRM College, Mahatma Gandhi College, Mayabunder, Andaman and Nicobar Administration. The College has been established after getting approval of the Govt. of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development under the scheme of Rastriya Uchchtar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA). The college was temporarily started in the campus of Govt. Senior Secondary School Haddo (Hindi Medium) with effect from 16th July, 2014 and was formally inaugurated by Lt. Governor on 26th July, 2014. Earlier, for identifying a suitable site for the permanent campus of the Andaman College, wide consultation with public representatives, Officers of concerned Department, educationists and other stake holder was done. The Lt. Governor had also constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary and involving officers and educationists and including Member of Parliament, Adhyaksha, Zilla Parishad (SA), Adhyaksh, Zilla Parishad (N&MA), Chairman (PBMC), Chairperson (SWB) and Chairman (Tribal Council, Car Nicobar) as special invitees to identify and recommend a suitable site which should meet the norms. Meetings of the above Committee were held and all relevant issues including comparative merits and demerits of the available sites were discussed in detail in consultation with Chief Engineer, APWD. As per norms of the Pondicherry University, approximately 10 acres of land is required for permanent Campus of the College for permanent affiliation of the ANCOL. The constraints of time for construction, the issue of CRZ clearance, availability of encumbrance free land and its geographical as well as locational pros and cons, the profile of the students who had sought admission in JNRM in the last 3 years as well as in the Andaman College in the current year and informal feedback from the students, parents and other stake holders – all these aspects were also taken into consideration, an official communication received here today said.
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