NATIONAl PANCHAYAT BOOK FAIR
As part of its 60 Years programmes (1957–2017), the National Book Trust, India, the national body of Government of India for book publishing and book promotion under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, has conceptualized a National Panchayat Book Fair with the view to involve the Panchayati Raj Institutions for promoting the culture of reading in the rural sector. The first National Panchayat Book Fair is being held at Srinagar, Uttarakhand from 24 to 28 February 2018. Being organised with the active suppot and collaboration of the Education Department and the Department of Panchayati Raj of the uttarakhand Government, the book fair beside the general visiters will seee the participation of a spectrum of Gram Panchayats.
ITBP receives best marching contingent trophy
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has been adjudged as the best marching contingent among paramilitary and other auxiliary forces marched at Republic Day Parade 2018 at Rajpath. Nirmala Sitharaman, Defence Minister presented the prestigious trophy to RK Pachnanda, Director General ITBP and Assistant Commandant Akshay Deshmukh, the parade commander of the ITBP contingent in an official function held at the South Block on Saturday.148 member contingent represented the ITBP which has participated in the parade after two year’s gap. The Contingent represented all formations of the Force comprising members from almost all Units of the Force. ITBP has won the best contingent trophy in the category for the record 6th time. The Force had been adjudged with the best contingent in the years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004 and 2011.
NlCIl provides New Toilets to Surrounding Villages to end Open Defecation
As many as 9 New Toilets constructed by NlCIl under its CSR Intiatives in the first phase, 3 nos of one pan FRP shelter toilets at Pallineerodai & 6 nos at Koranapattu Village were inaugurated for the residents of a village in a move to end the practice of open defecation.As a part of implementation of need specific developmental activities for declaring the villages as ODF under CSR, Dr Sarat Kumar Acharya CMD NlCIl & R Vikraman Director (HR) directed the construction of toilets for the nearby 3 villages Kolliruppu, Pallineerodai & Koranapattu to end open defecation. These toilets were erected at locations identified by local administration at a cost of `3.32 lakhs. In a simple function organized at Pallineerodai & Koranapattu on February 21, 2018, R Mohan, CGM/CSR handed over the newly constructed toilets to Thamizhmani, BDO/ Kurinjipadi, in presence of J Peter James GM/CSR, SR Sekar GM/CSR & K Ramesh DGM/CSR besides local villagers.
NBCC RECEIVES RAJBHASHA IMPlEMENTATION AWARD
NBCC (India) ltd., a Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs(MoHUA), has been conferred with ‘First Prize’ for excellent work in implementation of Rajbhasha as also Two ‘Special Award’ for Rajbhasha Technical Training and NewsReading Contest by Town Official language Implementation Committee (TOlIC),(Enterprise II) Delhi in a half yearly meeting held in Delhi on February 2, 2018.