National Fertilisers Limited, a PSU under Department of Fertilisers, has tied up with Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Dist. Guna in Madhya Pradesh (MP) to train youth in various trades and to enhance the chances of their employability in heavy and process industry. NFL Vijaipur Unit in Distt Guna in MP has signed an MoU with nearby ITI, Raghogarh, to train youth in Electrician, Fitter and Welder trades. The students will be skilled under dual system of training scheme and learn theoretical skills in the institute. The trainees will also get six months of exposure/ training of industry. The MoU was exchanged on Tuesday between Narender Singh, Chief Manager (HR), NFL Vijaipur Unit and J P Koli, Principal, ITI, Raghogarh, in the presence of Jagdip Shah Singh, CGM, NFL Vijaipur. The company plans to explore more such options in future to give impetus to Skill India by training more youth from institutes around its plants.
Col. Pushpam Kumar, Officer on Special Duty in India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) presented awards for excellence in use of official language in the organisation at Pragati Maidan. The awards alongwith certificates were given to the winners in different competitions. These include: Hindi noting, drafting, translation and spelling correction. In Hindi noting and drafting (staff category), Amrita Ghai, Assistant Manager and Durgesh Nandni Batra, Manager, was honored with the first awards in the officer category. Suresh Kumar Chawla, Dy. Manager and Purshotam Sharma, Sr. Stenographer were given away the first award in translation. Harish, Attendant, was given the first award in spelling correction.
The Nagar Palika Parishad, Ghaziabad, is going to develop a pond in Khoda to promote tourism, the area of which will be 5,060 hectares. The district administration approved an amount of Rs 90 lakh for its construction. Executive Officer of Nagar Palika Parishad, KK Bhadana, said that this pond is being developed on the orders of NGT. He informed that in Khoda village, 19 people have illegally occupied that land. While the temporary occupants are Mahendra Akishan, Islam, Fajjar, Sarjuddin, Usha, Pramesh, Vijay and Nempal, the permanent occupants are Subodh, Pintu, Aayu Sundaramanaye Satuya, Sonu Svita and Arinku Pandey. He said that an FIR is being lodged against all of them. He said, “The pond will have rainwater harvesting system and a tubewell. The construction will begin soon.”
The Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) has signed a performance-based ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ (MoU) with Ministry of Power, Government of India, detailing various targets to be achieved by PFC during FY 2020-21. The MoU has been signed by Sanjiv Nandan Sahai, Secretary (Power), Government of India and RS Dhillon, CMD, PFC in presence of senior officials of MOP and PFC. An ambitious revenue target of Rs 36,000 crore has been set along with various performance-related parameters such as Operating Profit as percentage of Revenue from Operation, PAT as a percentage of Average Networth and Non-financial parameters, viz, IPDS-related parameters.
Metro Railway, Kolkata is going to resume its services on Sundays from October 4. Manoj Joshi, General Manager, Metro Railway, in a meeting on Monday, declared the same. The first metro service will start from both ends at 10:10 am and the last one will depart at 07:30 pm. Senior officers are observing the total passenger count and footfalls at various stations everyday and are trying to figure out means to enable more commuters to travel by metro by increasing the number of services during peak hours or by stretching the train timings. There will be no time embargo for senior citizens when they travel by the Metro on Sundays without e-passes. There will be no East-West Metro services on Sundays.
As per the direction received from Railway Board, the Swachchta Pakhwara organised at various locations in CLW premises, was concluded on Wednesday. In order to develop a sense of awareness regarding cleanliness and healthy atmosphere among our next generation, an online essay writing competition was conducted on the theme of ‘Better hygienic during COVID-19’ by CLW’s schools. On the concluding day of the Pakhwara, a Shramdaan on plastic waste collection was organised at the various marketplaces in CLW wherein volunteers of Bharat Scout and Guides actively participated, maintaining all precautionary measures to keep safe from COVID-19. Posters about Swachchta were displayed in various location of CLW. The CLW hoped that this 15-day long programme helps in increasing awareness regarding cleanliness and creating healthy atmosphere among all inhabitants, staff and students of CLW township.