Chairman SAIl exhorts employees to be courageous in decision-making
Welcoming the year 2018, Chairman, SAIl, PK Singh wished entire SAIl collectively on the opening day of the New Year function held at Ispat Bhawan, lodhi Road which was telecast through video-conferencing link to SAIl plants/units across the country. Enthusing employees to take charge of their destinies and write a new future for the company he said, “SAIl has overcome most of the difficulties". He added that, "We must be bold in our decision-making and we have to overcome whatever is holding us back. Winning our fear of failure, we must accelerate the pace of turnaround. In order to achieve our targets we must synergise our internal processes, re-engineer our operations, improve our market orientation, organise our finances better and capitalise on our human resource.” Exhorting to finish the balance modernisation and expansion projects he said, “We have commissioned most of our new facilities; the remaining ones are poised for early commissioning. We have to focus on potential utilisation of all recently commissioned units in this year.” Senior officers of the company and a large number of employees were also present on the occasion.
PFC Consortium's Financial Aid of Rs 11067 cr to NUPPl's 3x660MW Thermal Power
Power Finance Corporation limited (PFC), as a lead lender, in consortium with REC and SBI participated in e-tendering process for funding of debt of Rs 11067 crore of 3x660MW coal-based thermal power station being executed by Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power limited (NUPPl) in Ghatampur tehsil, Kanpur Nagar, UP. NUPPl has subsequently awarded loA to the consortium of PFC, REC & SBI for providing financial assistance of Rs 11067 crore for the above project and the lenders have given their consent. NUPPl is a JV company of NlC India limited (NlC) and Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam limited (UPRVUNl) for supply of electric power in UP, India. NlC has an installed capacity of 4301 MW with thermal and wind power plants in Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. The signing of the documents related to this loan arrangement took place at Puducherry recently in the presence of Susheel Kumar (IAS), Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Rajeev Sharma, CMD, Power Finance Corporation ltd., Dr Sarat Kumar Acharya, CMD, NlCIl & Chairman, NUPPl. Among others present were directors of NlCIl/NUPPl, CEO, CFO of NUPPl, senior officers of Consortium (Director (Finance), REC, Executive Director, PFC & CGM, SBI) and other delegates.
Rajnath Singh meets Himveers of ITBP on New Year's Eve of New year
On the eve of New Year, Rajnah Singh, HM visited to the forward areas of the Himalayan borders and met the ITBP jawans deployed at the BOPs. Rajnath reached the 12th Battalion of ITBP based at Matli and went to forward posts on the eve of the New Year to greet them. RK Pachnanda, DG and senior officers of ITBP are also accompanying the HM on the tour. Singh met the families of jawans residing in the family quarters of the Unit premises and greeted them. He also joined in ‘Bara Khana' with the jawans. On the second day of the tour, the Minister went to the Nelong Border Out Post of the ITBP where he met the jawans. Nelong is a high altitude BOP of the Force located at 11,636 ft MSl. This is the first ever visit by the HM in Nelong Valley. Earlier this year in September-October, Singh had visited Mana, lapthal and Rimkhim BOPs besides various other formations of ITBP- M and SI, Auli, Joshimath and Gauchar and had celebrated Dusehera with ITBP jawans.
NHPC organises grand cultural progamme on New Year at Faridabad
NHPC limited, India's premier hydropower company organised a grand cultural programme on the occasion of New Year 2018 at NHPC Office Complex, Faridabad. Speaking on the occasion, Balraj Joshi, CMD, NHPC extended his warmest wishes for New Year 2018 and highlighted the achievements of NHPC. Padma Vibhushan, Dr Sonal Mansingh celebrated cultural personality graced the occasion as the Guest of Honour. The special highlight of the programme was a grand cultural performance featuring artists from Centre for Indian Classical Dances run by Dr Sonal Mansingh as Founder- President that greatly enthralled the audience.
Susheel Kumar (IAS), Secy, Moc, Dedicates 130 Mw Solar Power Project At Neyveli
As a part of fulfilling its commitment towards the Green Initiatives of Government of India, NlCIl has now crossed a significant milestone by commissioning its prestigious 130 MW Solar Power Project at 33/110 KV Pooling Substation, Bock-14, Neyveli, on last Monday (01-01-2018). Susheel Kumar, the Secretary, Ministry of Coal, GoI, the Chief Guest, inaugurated the 130 MW Solar Project in the presence of Dr Sarat Kumar Acharya, CMD,NlCIl and Functional Directors of NlCIl, Rakesh Kumar, Subir Das, V Thangapandian, P Selva Kumar, RVikraman and CVO T Venkatasubramanian. later, Susheel Kumar, inaugurated 700 litre Bucket Wheel Excavator at Mine-II, DM Plant, Circulating Water Pump at New Neyveli Thermal Power Station and visited the proposed Solar Project site. Speaking on the occasion, Susheel Kumar, Informed that NlCIl was significantly delivering its share in Renewable energy arena in line with the Nation's agenda of 175 Gigawatts Renewable Energy Generation as per the promises made in the historic Paris climate change agreement for rapid scaling up wind and solar power to 36 per cent of the global energy mix by 2030. Dr Sarat Kumar Acharya, in his address informed that NlCIl played an effective role in protecting the environment.
NTPC Farakka pladges for safe And NEW BEGINNING
New Year was welcomed at NTPC Farakka with a solemn pledge to keep the 2100MW power Plant free from any mishap in 2018. AK Sinha, Executive Director, NTPC Farakka moved out of his office and spent the morning in the Plant Udyan exchanging greetings with, heads of Departments, employees, workers of contracting agencies, CISF security personnel and others. Extending New Year greetings, Sinha called upon everyone engaged in operation and maintenance at the Plant to put safety first and mandatorily use personal protective equipment like safety helmet, safety shoes, safety belts, gloves etc before going to work. life is precious and you must never compromise on safety, he said. Suggestion boxes inviting suggestions for precaution and safe operations will be installed across the Plant, he added. Employees of NTPC as well as that of contracting agencies may submit their suggestions/observations in the earmarked box. For encouraging greater participation in the suggestion scheme, employees/contract workers have been exempted from disclosing their identities while giving suggestions. The safety measures in Plant operations have been further tightened and penalties for lax in this area have been made more stringent.
10th Annual Cultural Fest ‘Meri Maa-Rythme of India’
In order to celebrate the birth anniversary of ‘MaaSarada' spiritual counterpart of Ramakrishna Paramansha Dev and to Save the Girl Child and to support the underprivileged children le Rythme celebrated 10th Annual Cultural Festival ‘Meri Maa-The Rythme of India' by le Rythme mesmerised the audience at CR Park, New Delhi. Festival started with Sarswati vandana done by students of Rythme school. Thousand of people were gather to see the festival. The Grammy award winner Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Tablas maestro Pt. Kumar Bose and Indian Flautist Bansuri (Indian Flute) and Shehnai (Indian oboe) Pt Rajendra Prasanna enthralled the audience with their spell-binding performance. last but not the least a huge crowed was gathered to see the electrifying live performance of World's Best Drummer Shivamani. Renowned playback singer and founder of le Rythme, Rini Mukherjee said, “To celebrate the birth anniversary of divine mother ‘Maa Sarada’ spiritual counterpart of Ramakrishna Paramanshadev and New India initiative with the excellence of skill development, cleanliness, women empowerment, focus on Save Girl Child and to encourage the development of soft skills for the under privileged children of the society is the idea behind le Rythme conducting its 10th Annual Cultural Festival ‘Meri Maa’.
NCC REPUBlIC DAY CAMP 2018 startS at Delhi Cantt
NCC Republic Day (RD) Camp 2018 commenced at the Cariappa Parade Ground, Delhi Cantt on First January, 2018. lt Gen BS Sahrawat, SM, Director General National Cadet Corps addressed the cadets and officials on the occasion and called upon all to derive a deep sense of purpose from each activity in the camp which is unique with no parallel. About 2070 Cadets including 695 girl cadets drawn from all 29 States and 7 Union Territories of the country are participating in this one month long camp. This also includes 102 cadets from J&K and 162 cadets from North Eastern Region (NER). The cadets are selected through a tough selection process. The cadets attending the camp participate in a number of activities like cultural, National Integration Awareness Programme and Institutional Training Competitions. The camp will be visited by a large number of dignitaries including the Vice President of India, Raksha Mantri, Raksha Rajya Mantri, Chief Minister of Delhi and the Chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force.