Rakesh Kumar, chairman, India Expo Centre & Mart met Union Minister of State for Tourism, Culture and Civil Aviation and also submitted a strategy paper for promotion of Greater Noida.
He suggested about the various pockets of crafts which are in the tourist’s circuit such as Moradabad and Saharanpur. Similarly, India Expo Centre & Mart, housing 900 handicraft showrooms also falls in the circuit such as Akshardham Temple to Botanical Garden of India to Formula 1 and further Agra as historical destination.
He proposed to take advantage of the synergy between tourism and handicrafts as a sizeable number of foreign tourists visit tourist destinations in India and buy a large number of handicrafts as souvenirs. Visiting business tourists would be visiting the tourist destinations.
Food Corporation of India held the closing ceremony of its All India Inter zonal Football Tournament at Paljor Stadium at Gangtok Sikkim. C Viswanath, C&MD FCI, was the chief guest on the occasion. East zone football team won the winner trophy. Food secretary, government of Sikkim, Sushil Nagpal, ED (sport), Seema Kakkar ED (zone), Sudeep Singh GM (WB) and other dignitaries were also present
The house journal of NTPC Faridabad, Ravi Rashmi, bagged the first prize among journals brought out by various stations at regional level. The award was presented by AK Ahuja, RED to NN Mishra, GM, NTPC Faridabad during the communication workshop held at Noida by NCR-HQ. A Chidambaram, GM (HR), NCR -HQ was also present