Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Government Industries

No. Center Place
01 Bharat Electronics Ltd. Jalahali,Bangalore (Karnataka)
02 Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. 1. Ranipur,Hardwar(U.P.)
2. Ramchandrapuram,Hyderabad (A.P.)
3. Tiruverumbur,Tiruchirapalli (Tamilnadu)
4. Bhopal (M.P.)
5. Jhansi (Ms.P.)
03 Chittaranjan Locomotive works Chittaranjan (W.Bengal)
04 Diesel Locomotive Works Varanasi (U.P.)
05 Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. New Delhi
06 Garden Reach Workshops Ltd. Calcutta (W.Bengal)
07 Heavy Engineering Corporation ltd. Ranchi (Bihar)
08 Heavy Machine Building Plant Ranchi (Bihar)
09 Heavy Vehicles Factory Avadi,Madras (Tamilnadu)
10 Hindustan Aeranautics Ltd. Bangalore (Karnataka)
11 Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd. Pimpri,Pune (Maharashtra),Rishikesh (U.P.)
12 Hindustan Aircraft Factory Bangalore (Karnataka)
13 Hindustan Cables Ltd. Rupnarainpur (W.Bengal)
14 Hindustan Latex Ltd. Peroorkada,Trivendrum (Kerala)
15 Hindustan Machine Tools Ltd. Bangalore (Karnataka),Pinjore(Haryana),Kalamassery (Kerala),Hyderabad (A.P.)
16 Hindustan Salts Ltd. Jaipur (Rajasthan)
17 Hindustan Shipyards Ltd. Vishakhapatnam (A.P.),Cochin (Kerala)
18 Hindustan Teleprinters Ltd. Madras (Tamilnadu)
19 Hindustan Zinc Ltd. Udaipur (Rajasthan)
20 Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. New Delhi
21 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Mumbai (Maharashtra)
22 Indian Rare Earths Ltd. Alwaye (Kerala)
23 Indian Telephone Industries Ltd. Bangalore (Karnataka)
24 Integral Coach Factory Madras (Tamilnadu)
25 Mazagaon Dock Ltd. Mumbai (Maharashtra)
26 Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. Neyveli (Tamilnadu)

Friday, August 24, 2012

41 Agriculture Information Centers Established in Agriculture Universities and ICAR Institutions

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has established 44 Agricultural Technology Information Centres (ATICs) in 28 Agricultural Universities and 16 ICAR Institutes in the country. The ICAR has also created a network of 630 Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in the country to facilitate farmers’ access to agricultural technology generated by National Agricultural Research System.

The Department of Agriculture & Cooperation is implementing Kisan Call Centre (KCC) programme under which Agriculture related information is provided to the farmers in 22 regional languages through a countrywide common toll free number 1800-180-1551 covering all the States and Union Territory of India. The KCCs established at 13 locations in the country operate from 6.00AM to 10.00 PM on all 365 days in a year. The Kisan Call Centre located in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh caters to all the farmers of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Castle Naggar in Himachal Pradesh was given Heritage Status

The Castle Naggar, Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation's prime hotel in the picturesque Kullu valley, was notified under the heritage status by the Union Tourism ministry on 23 August 2012. Naggar was the capital of the erstwhile Kullu state for about 1460 years.

The castle was built by Raja Sidhi Singh in the 16th century. The castle has traditional architecture called Kathloonmi, which uses a combination of stones and wooden beams. The castle was handed over to state-owned HPTDC in 1978 to be run as a hotel.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Indian Magsaysay Award Winners


Name
Year Awarded
Category
Vinoba Bhave
1958
Community Leadership
Chintaman Deshmukh
1959
Government Services
Amitabha Chowdhury
1961
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Mother Teresa
1962
Peace and International Understanding
Dara Khurody
1963
Community Leadership
Verghese Kurien
1963
Community Leadership
Tribhuvandas Patel
1963
Community Leadership
Welthy Fisher
1964
Peace and International Understanding
Jayaprakash Narayan
1965
Public Service
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
1966
Community Leadership
Satyajit Ray
1967
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Moncompu Sambasivan Swaminathan
1971
Community Leadership
M. S. Subbulakshmi
1974
Public Service
Boobli George Verghese
1975
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Henning Holck-Larsen
1976
Peace and International Understanding
Sombhu Mitra
1976
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Ela Ramesh Bhatt
1977
Community Leadership
Mabelle Arole
1979
Community Leadership
Rajanikant Arole
1979
Community Leadership
Gour Kishore Ghosh
1981
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Pramod Karan Sethi
1981
Community Leadership
Chandi Prasad Bhatt
1982
Community Leadership
Manibhai Desai
1982
Public Service
Arun Shourie
1982
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Rasipuram Lakshman
1984
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Muralidhar Amte
1985
Public Service
Lakshmi Chand Jain
1989
Public Service
K. V. Subbanna
1991
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Ravi Shankar
1992
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Banoo Jehangir Coyaji
1993
Public Service
Kiran Bedi
1994
Government Services
Pandurang Athavale
1996
Community Leadership
Tirunellai Seshan
1996
Government Services
Mahasweta Devi
1997
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Mahesh Chander Mehta
1997
Public Service
Jockin Arputham
2000
Peace and International Understanding
Aruna Roy
2000
Community Leadership
Rajendra Singh
2001
Community Leadership
Sandeep Pandey
2002
Emergent Leadership
James Michael Lyngdoh
2003
Government Services
Shantha Sinha
2003
Community Leadership
Laxminarayan Ramdas
2004
Peace and International Understanding
V. Shantha
2005
Public Service
Arvind Kejriwal
2006
Emergent Leadership
Palagummi Sainath
2007
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Mandakini Amte 2008 Community Leadership
Prakash Amte 2008 Community Leadership
Deep Joshi 2009 Community Leadership
Neelima Mishra 2011 Emergent Leadership
Harish Hande 2011 Emergent Leadership
Kulandei Francis 2012 Community Leadership

Sunday, August 19, 2012

List of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (RGKR) is India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports. The words "Khel Ratna" literally mean "sports gem" in Hindi. The award is named after the late Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India. It carries a medal, a scroll of honour and a substantial cash component. Up to 2004–05, the cash component was Rs. 500,000/- (c.11,500 USD).The money has been increased from Rs. 500,000 to Rs. 750,000.

 List of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees
Year Name of the Sportsperson(s) Sport Discipline
1991–92 Viswanathan Anand Chess
1992–93 Geet Sethi Billiards
1993–94
Not Conferred
1994–95 Cdr. Homi D. Motivala (Joint) Yachting (Team Event)
Lt. Cdr. P. K. Garg (Joint)
1995–96 Karnam Malleswari Weightlifting
1996–97 Nameirakpam Kunjarani (Joint) Weightlifting
Leander Paes (Joint) Tennis
1997–98 Sachin Tendulkar Cricket
1998–99 Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Athletics
1999–2000 Dhanraj Pillay Hockey
2000–01 Pullela Gopichand Badminton
2001–02 Abhinav Bindra Shooting
2002–03 Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat(Joint) Shooting
K. M. Beenamol (Joint) Athletics
2003–04 Anju Bobby George Athletics
2004–05 Lt. Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Shooting
2005–06 Pankaj Advani Billiards and Snooker
2006–07 Manavjit Singh Sandhu Shooting
2007–08  Mahendra Singh Dhoni Cricket
2008–09 Mary Kom (Joint) Boxing
Vijender Singh (Joint) Boxing
Sushil Kumar (Joint) Wrestling
2009–10 Saina Nehwal Badminton
2010–11 Gagan Narang Shooting
2011–12 Vijay Kumar (Joint) Shooting
Yogeshwar Dutt (Joint) Wrestling

Friday, August 17, 2012

Welfare Schemes for Women

Many welfare schemes for women are implemented by Government of India, State Governments and Union Territory Administrations. The details of major schemes under implementation by Ministry of Women and Child Development for the welfare of women are as under :

i. RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL CRECHE SCHEME FOR THE CHILDREN OF WORKING MOTHERS (RGNCS) provides day care facilities to the children in the age group 0-6 years from families with monthly income of less than 12000/-. In addition to being a safe space for the children, the crèches provide services such as supplementary nutrition, pre-school education and emergency health care, etc.

ii. CENTRAL SOCIAL WELFARE BOARD: The main women welfare related schemes and programmes being implemented by CSWB are family counselling centres, awareness generation programme and condensed courses of education for women.

iii. NATIONAL MISSION FOR EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN (NMEW) is an initiative of the Government of India for empowering women holistically. It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme sanctioned in April 2011 and acts as an umbrella Mission with a mandate to strengthen inter-sectoral convergence.

iv. WORKING WOMEN’S HOSTEL (WWH) Scheme envisages provision of safe and affordable hostel accommodation to working women, single working women, women working at places away from their home-towns and for women being trained for employment.

v. SUPPORT TO TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME (STEP) for Women was launched as a Central Sector Scheme during 1986-87. It aims at making a significant impact on women by upgrading skills for self and wage employment. The target group includes the marginalized assetless rural women and urban poor.

vi. RASHTRIYA MAHILA KOSH (RMK) with a corpus of Rs.100 crore extends micro-finance services to bring about the socio-economic upliftment of poor women.

vii. INDIRA GANDHI MATRITVA SAHYOG YOJANA (IGMSY)
is a Conditional Cash Transfer scheme for pregnant and lactating (P&L) women introduced in the October 2010 to contribute to better enabling environment by providing cash incentives for improved health and nutrition to pregnant and nursing mothers.

viii. SWADHAR SCHEME: The Ministry of Women and Child Development had been administering Swadhar scheme since 2001 for Women in difficult circumstances. Under the Scheme, temporary accommodation, maintenance and rehabilitative services are provided to women and girls rendered homeless due to family discord, crime, violence, mental stress, social ostracism. Another scheme with similar objectives/target groups namely Short Stay Home (SSH) is being implemented by Central Social Welfare Board.

ix. UJJAWALA is a comprehensive scheme for prevention of trafficking and rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation.