MAD group submits ideas for rebuilding state
Dehradun: Making a Difference by Being the Difference (MAD) group submitted recommendations for the cabinet committee headed by the Prime Minister for rebuilding disaster affected Uttarakhand. The recommendations were submitted by group members in the city office of the committee member and Union minister for Water Resources Harish Rawat in Dehradun. The young members of the group have requested the Central Government to ensure that a long term and effective rehabilitation plan is chalked out, focusing on employment generation for the locals, especially women and taking care of the school education which has been hit badly. They have called for an effective warning system to detect such calamities, proper utilisation of funds flowing into the State coffers from various sources and scientific construction of State infrastructure. They have also elicited focus on the continuing construction activities on the banks of Rispana and Bindal in Dehradun.
BJP announces names of yuva morcha presidents
Dehradun: The BJP has announced the appointment of eight district presidents of BJP Yuva Morcha on Tuesday. Rakesh Tiwari has been appointed as district president of Didihaat, Ashish Negi Rudraprayag, Vikas Bhagat as Haldwani, Amit Bharadwaj as Kotdwar, Ravindra Rawat as Parwadoon, Naveen Thakur as Pachwadoon, Ashish Thapliyal as Chamoli and Aman Tyagi as Roorkee.
Rilc embarks on drive against pesky calls
Dehradun: Reliance life Insurance Company (RlIC), part of Reliance Capital limited, has embarked upon a pan-India drive to fight against spurious calling by fraudsters and miscreants. Spurious calling is a term used by the insurance industry to refer to a group of fraudsters who call customers posing as representatives or employees of a company and lure customers into buying insurance products by making false and bogus offers. “Spurious calling is an industry problem and the industry is taking steps to curb this menace.
Reliance life Insurance is one of the few insurers to have filed complaints with the police of respective areas after acquiring information regarding calling numbers and names of callers,” said Anup Rau, CEO, Reliance life Insurance. “We have been receiving several queries from customers who are getting spurious calls with unrealistic offers, including interest-free loans and extraordinary bonuses. We have launched public awareness campaigns across the country to inform customers of such bogus calls that are aimed to mislead them,” said Rau.