Pension, other benefits at door-step
Gwalior: Sanction of pension and other benefits to destitutes, senior citizens, widows, etc will now be given at their doorsteps. If names of eligible persons are left out from the beneficiaries, list, sarpanchs, Aganwadi workers and patwaris would be sternly dealt with. These orders were given by Commissioner KK Khare at good governance camps at Bhatpura,
Utila, Gurri, Tiholi and Taholi villages. Khare had a direct interaction with the villagers about distribution of ration cards, pension for the elderly, widows and destitutes, ladli laxmi Yojana and BPl. He asked the sarpanchs and secretaries to accept the applications from eligible persons. He also told them that this work should be completed within a week.
Job to youths under CM employment scheme
Gwalior: Gwalior division has been included among the top five divisions in terms of job to the youth under the Chief Minister's self-employment scheme. The division stands at no 3, Jabalpur at no. 1 and Indore at no. 2. This information was given by Commissioner KK Khare and Collector P Narhari to industries minister Kailash Vijayvargiya through video conferencing. Vijayvargiya was told that a target of 50,000 jobs had been fixed in ten divisions of the State. Jabalpur division had set a target of 2,220 jobs, Indore division 1032 and Gwalior division 609 jobs.
Seminar on Agriculture organised
Gwalior: A two-day national seminar on making agriculture a profitable business began in Rajmata Vijya Raje Scindia Agriculture University. The seminar was inaugurated by agricultural scientist Guruvachan Singh. Commissioner KK Khare was present as special guest. The function was inaugurated by vice chancellor of agriculture university, Prof Anil Kumar Singh. Addressing the participants, Singh said that all possible efforts would be made to make agriculture profitable. Efforts are also being made by the scientists to devise ways to protect crops from cold waves.
Caution sounded over e-ticketing
Bhopal: With the number of passengers opting for e-ticket booking increases and facing difficulties while booking through agents, the Western Central Railways has advised passengers to be cautious while booking such e-ticketing. It said that genuine agents could be checked online at www. Irctc.co.in and the other details like office premises, photo, identity card and the certificate authorising the agent to deal are available on the website. It further said while booking e-ticketing, passenger should provide mobile number to the agent so that he or she would receive train fare, service charges and other information through SMS. The agent should be paid exact sum mentioned in the SMS. There is no need to carry a hard copy of the ticket if confirmed and in case if print out is taken then the details of the agent should be mentioned in the ticket. If the details are missing the agent should be inquired about the same.
The receipt of booking and cancellation should be collected from the agent. The cancelation does not attract any service charge. The passengers could complain on agentcomplaint@irctc.co.in or care@irctc.co.in and could contact 011-23745962, 011-39340000.
lecture on Gandhi’s philosophy
Bhopal: HRDC, BHEl, Bhopal organised a two-day thought-provoking and invigorating lecture on “Ethical values in personal & professional life - a Gandhian approach” at IFX Conference Hall. The lecture was delivered by Shobhana Radhakrishna, president-Gandhian Forum, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, assisted by Ravi Chopra, founder secretary for ‘Center for Gandhian vision and values’.
The programme was aimed at enlightening young executives to imbibe and spread social messages of Mahatma Gandhi of peace, non-violence, satyagraha- universal values, unity & harmony in our times. SR Prasad, executive director, BHEl, Bhopal, in his chief guest address, focused on the importance of ethics in current business scenario. Girish Shrivastava, GM (HR) was present as the guest of honour on this occasion. Earlier GM (HRD) G Prakash delivered the welcome speech. He introduced the speakers after briefly dwelling upon the relevance of topic of Gandhian values in present context.
The programme was coordinated by HRD team comprising Bina Awasthy, senior manager, Ml Jain, manager, Paritosh Kumar Dalei, engineer. Sahib Singh, DGM proposed the vote of thanks.