BHEl reconditions machine
Bhopal: In a function held at BHEl, Bhopal, Richards make 15’ Vertical borer (3/A/7) machine, after it’s reconditioning by WEX division, was handed over to PlM division for their regular production by Shashi Ranjan Prasad, executive director, BHEl, Bhopal. The machine was restored back to its original geometrical accuracies after deposition of white metal babbitting followed by replacement of table bearings. During the reconditioning work, apart from replacement of worn-out gears, bushes, lead screw, its electrics were also modernised. S Balakrishnan, general manager; Raimon Minj, general manager; AK Jain, Sudhir Gupta, Vinay Nigam, along with officials and workers from Production, Maintenance & Central Maintenance were also present on this occasion.
Free ENT camp to be organised
Bhopal: On the occasion of 108th birth anniversary of Paramhansa Sant Hirdaram, a free ENT camp will be organised at Sant Hirdaram Nagar on Sunday. The camp is being jointly organised with the help of Jeev Sewa Sansthan and Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital. The registration of the patients has been started from Thursday. On the ‘first come/first serve’ basis ENT specialist Dr Rahul Agrawal will examine and treat 40 patients in from 12 to 2 pm. The camp will be held in Indira Hotchand lalwani Charitable Hospital. Managing Trustee of SSEH Tejumal Dhanwani appealed the poor patients to attend the camp and get benefit of the treatment.
IIM Indore to organise two-day conference
Indore: IIM Indore has organised a two-day conference on October 2 and 3 as a part of its foundation day celebrations. The topic of the conference would be ‘Creating and Sustaining Institutions: The Indian Experience’ and it would provide a unique opportunity for Directors, Deans to reflect on the challenges in institutional building and the experience of others in the Indian context. An IIM spokesperson said the main objective of this conference was to reflect on institutions that have come in existence in this country from a broad spectrum of ownership and domain of operations. The conference will open with a tutorial and it would be followed by experience sharing sessions by specialised institutions, central universities and institutions of social sciences. During the two-day conference, the speakers will talk about evolution of three top management institutions in India. Besides, it will have special session on academic leadership and institution building. Representatives from the practising world with varied background (medical, insurance and bank) will share their experience on institution building. On the concluding day of the conference, heads of academic activities of the institute would make a similar presentation. MN Buch, IAS Retd and BoG member of IIM Indore would be chief guest of the second day of the conference, while TV Rao, adjunct Professor of IIM Ahmedabad would address the valedictory session.
conference on Service Tax organised
Indore: A conference on ‘Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme, 2013’ was organised by the Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax department here on Friday. The conference which was chaired by Jaiprakash, Commissioner, Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax, Indore and was attended by representatives from various trade and associations, Chartered Accountants, Consultants, Service Providers, etc. Earlier welcome the guests, the Deputy Commissioner, Service Tax, Indore, Samriti Saran gave the outlines of the “Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme, 2013” for those Service Tax assesses who had not discharged their liability of “Tax Dues” for the period from October 1, 2007 to December 31, 2012 and whose liability remained unpaid as on March 1, 2013. During conference a number of queries were raised which were duly clarified/replied by the Commissioner and additional Commissioners RK Verma and Harbir. The Commissioner also requested the office bearers and members of various trade organizations, businesses and consultants, to create awareness among their colleagues and clients also. It was highlighted that major benefits of scheme are waiver of interest, waiver of penalty and immunity from other actions like prosecution/search etc. for the period covered under the declaration.
lokayukta sleuths conduct raids
Balaghat: lokayukta sleuths raided a Rural Engineering Services (RES) sub-engineer at Kirnapur in the district here on Friday and seized assets, allegedly disproportionate to his known sources of income. The raid was conducted on Friday morning at sub-engineer Khuman Singh Deshmukh’s residence from where documents related to 40 plots, seven insurance policies, `17 lakh in bank deposits, four four-wheelers, `30,000 cash as well as documents related to investments in various companies were recovered, lokayukta’s Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) NS Dhurve said. The DSP said that a raid was also carried out at his home town of Mirakhpur in Balaghat district. However, the exact value of assets owned by Deshmukh would be known, only after a scrutiny of seized documents, the DSP said.
Moot court room to be constructed
Bhopal: A moot court room will be constructed at Government Post-Graduate College, Guna under PPP mode at a cost of Rs 19.85 lakh. Half of this fund has been collected through public participation.
Home Minister lays foundation stones
Bhopal: Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta laid foundation stones for three construction works costing `46 lakh here on Friday. Under Mukhyamantri Adhosanrachna Vikas Karyakram, roads will be asphalted at a cost of `13 lakh at Nehru Nagar in ward number 26, `18 lakh at near Ram Mandir at Kamla Nagar in ward 25 and `15 lakh at Prempura in ward 24. Home Minister Gupta said that development works were state government’s priority. He said that problems never end. State government was redressing problems constantly. Gupta said that GDP of Madhya Pradesh is 10.2 percent against country’s 5.2 per cent. This proves government’s commitment to development. He said that state government does not chalk out public welfare schemes on the basis of caste and religion, but for poor people of all sections of society.
Central official meets CS
Bhopal: Union Additional Secretary Tourism Girish Shankar paid a courtesy visit to Chief Secretary R Parasuram at Mantralaya here on Friday. The meeting took place at Chief Secretary’s room in Vallabh Bhavan.
IAS officer among six transferred
Bhopal: State government has issued new posting orders for five State Administrative Service and one Indian Administrative Service officer on Friday. IAS officer and SDO Revenue, Baihar in Balaghat district Ashish Singh has been posted as CEO of Indore district Panchayat. Gopal Chand Dad, CEO of Indore district Panchayat has been posted as Deputy Fair Officer, Simhastha, Ujjain. Deputy Collectors KR Chowkiekar and Devendra Kumar Singh have been transferred from Rajgarh to Raisen and lakhan Singh Tekam and Anjali Shah from Raisen to Rajgarh.
Education Dept sanctions `1.40 crore
Bhopal: Higher Education Department has sanctioned `1.40 crore for repair of buildings of 13 government colleges. It is noteworthy that `5 crore has been provisioned in the budget for year 2013-14 for repair of college buildings. A sum of `14.83 lakh has been sanctioned for repair of building to Government PG College, Khargone, `24.88 lakh to Girls College, Khandwa, `12.80 lakh to PG College Rampura in Neemuch district, `10.80 lakh to Girls College, Barwani, `9.75 lakh to Panagar in Jabalpur district and `5 lakh has been sanctioned to Kamla Nehru Girls College, Balaghat.