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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

சைக்கிளிள் வந்து பொறுப்பேற்றார் மத்திய சுகாதார துறை அமைச்சர்

Added : ஜூன் 03, 2019 23:01




புதுடில்லி : மத்திய சுகாதார துறை அமைச்சராக நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள, பா.ஜ.,வைச் சேர்ந்த, ஹர்ஷ்வர்தன், நேற்று, தன் அலுவலகத்துக்கு, சைக்கிளில் வந்து பொறுப்பேற்றார்.

சமீபத்தில் நடந்த லோக்சபா தேர்தலில், டில்லி, சாந்தினி சவுக் தொகுதியில், பா.ஜ., சார்பில் போட்டியிட்டு வெற்றி பெற்றவர், ஹர்ஷ்வர்தன், 64. இவர், முந்தைய ஆட்சியில், அறிவியல் தொழில்நுட்பம் மற்றும் நில அறிவியல் துறை அமைச்சராக பதவி வகித்தார்.

இந்நிலையில், ஹர்ஷ்வர்தனுக்கு, இந்த முறை, சுகாதாரம் மற்றும் குடும்ப நலத்துறை வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. அறிவியல் தொழில்நுட்பம் மற்றும் நில அறிவியல் துறையும், இவருக்கு கூடுதலாக வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இதையடுத்து, சுகாதார துறை அமைச்சராக, ஹர்ஷ்வர்தன், நேற்று பொறுப்பேற்றார். இதற்காக, டில்லியில் உள்ள அலுவலகத்துக்கு, அவர் சைக்கிளில் வந்தார். இதைப் பார்த்த பலரும் ஆச்சரியம் அடைந்தனர்.

இது குறித்து, அமைச்சர் ஹர்ஷ்வர்தன் கூறியதாவது: ஜூன், 3ம் தேதியை, உலக சைக்கிள் தினமாக, ஐ.நா., அறிவித்துள்ளது. சுற்றுச்சூழலுக்கு தீங்கு இழைக்காத, உடலுக்கு ஆரோக்கியத்தை தரும், சிக்கனமான சிறந்த பயணம் என்றால், அது சைக்கிள் பயணம் மட்டும் தான். சைக்கிள் ஓட்டுவது, எனக்கு மிகவும் பிடிக்கும். இனி அடிக்கடி அலுவலகத்துக்கு சைக்கிளில் வர முடிவு செய்துள்ளேன். இவ்வாறு, அவர் கூறினார்.

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Tamil Nadu Accountant General seeks details on GO for Rs 65-crore road safety fund
It is learnt that Rs 65 crore allocated for the Road Safety fund, was met from the State Innovation Fund.

Published: 27th March 2019 04:42 AM 

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: After the State government allocated a fund of Rs 65 crore to implement various strategies to spread awareness on road safety, the office of the Accountant General (AG) has sought clarification from the government whether a new fund account - ‘Road Safety fund’ - has been created for the amount.

It is learnt that during the review of Budget Estimates for the year 2018-19, the Accountant General asked the government to submit the Government Order based on which the fund account has been created. It is learnt that Rs 65 crore allocated for the Road Safety fund, was met from the State Innovation Fund.

The funding was announced ahead of the annual road safety week in the State which is observed from February 4-10. The funds will be used to deploy awareness vans and spread safety tips through radio and television.

The office of the AG has stated that if the Government Order creating the Road Safety Fund account, is not there, then the provision under which the amount is met from the State Innovation Fund, is not in order and should be examined by the State and reply furnished.

The Office of the AG also wanted the government to revise the nomenclature of the scheme wherein it was mentioned that labour courts would be set up in Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore while the expenditure for the same appears in all districts.


Similarly, it has also sought details pertaining to the shelter fund from the Housing and Urban Development department and also information regarding the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana from the Agriculture department. It is learnt that an action taken report will be submitted to the Accounts department at the earliest.

Friday, March 22, 2019

DVAC chief calls for speedy action on tainted staff

It is learnt that the Vigilance commissioner has told State departments there is no need to refer in the proposals seeking vigilance commission remarks.
 
Published: 22nd March 2019 06:19 AM |


 By Express News Service

CHENNAI: The order to prosecute tainted government officials under Section 17 A of Prevention of Corruption Act should be given within the time-frame of three months as laid down by the Supreme Court, according to official sources.

It is learnt that the Vigilance commissioner has told State departments there is no need to refer in the proposals seeking vigilance commission remarks.

It has been clarified that the government is empowered to take a decision independently based on the merits of the case, sources said.

These observations were made during the monthly review meeting conducted by Vigilance commissioner and commissioner of Administrative Reforms recently.


The monthly review meetings have been started from this year with the first meeting on January 29, 2019 and the second on February 21, 2019. It is learnt that the monthly review meetings have resulted in speedy approvals and sanction of vigilance cases within a record time.

Usually, Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) books officials under preliminary enquiry (PE), detailed enquiry (DE), regular cases or traps. It is learnt there are 893 cases under preliminary enquiry and detailed enquiry, 680 cases under regular cases enquiry and 141 cases pertain to traps, as per figures available till 2017-18.

Sources said usually many State departments slow down the cases or keep them in abeyance and say the cases are under consideration of the department.

Now, the Vigilance Commissioner has stated that it is the prerogative of the government in taking a decision and informing DVAC within a time-frame fixed in the Act.

“The issues which may arise out of the decision taken by the government will be brought to the notice of vigilance commission by DVAC and during that time the commission will render appropriate advice to the government,” a source said quoting DVAC officials, and added the commission does not want the departments in the Secretariat to send in the concerned file to it for remarks.

It is learnt that State departments while passing final orders never update DVAC on the decision taken and it has been ordered to send in the final orders pertaining to vigilance cases to the directorate and vigilance commission.

Thursday, February 28, 2019

தமிழகத்தில் இன்று முதல் 'ஸ்மார்ட்' லைசென்ஸ்

Added : பிப் 28, 2019 00:54

சென்னை, தமிழகம் முழுவதும் இன்று முதல் ஸ்மார்ட் லைசென்ஸ் வழங்கும் திட்டம் நடைமுறைக்கு வருகிறது.நாட்டில் வெவ்வேறு மாநிலங்களில்வெவ்வேறு விதமான லைசென்ஸ்கள் வழங்கப்படுவதாலும் அவற்றின் விபரங்களை முறையாக இணைய தளத்தில் பதியாததாலும் பல்வேறு குற்றங்கள் நிகழ்கின்றன.அத்துடன் போலி லைசென்ஸ்களும் புழக்கத்தில் உள்ளன.இதை தடுக்க கியூ.ஆர். கோடு வசதியுடன் மைக்ரோ சிப் பொருத்தப்பட்ட ஸ்மார்ட் கார்டுகளை வழங்க மத்திய அரசு அறிவுறுத்தி உள்ளது.இந்த ஆண்டுக்குள் ஸ்மார்ட் லைசென்ஸ் வழங்குவதை நாடு முழு வதும் நடைமுறைப்படுத்தவும் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

சென்னை திருவான்மியூர் ஆர்.டி.ஓ.அலுவலகத்தில் இந்த திட்டத்தை ஜன. 22ல் போக்குவரத்து துறை அமைச்சர் விஜயபாஸ்கர் துவக்கி வைத்தார்.
இதைத் தொடர்ந்து தமிழகத்தில் உள்ள அனைத்து ஆர்.டி.ஓ. அலுவலகங்களிலும் ஸ்மார்ட் கார்டு வடிவில் லைசென்ஸ் வழங்கும் வசதி ஏற்படுத்தப்பட்டது.விடுபட்டிருந்த ஆரணி செய்யூர் ஆர்.டி.ஓ.
அலுவலகங்களில் இன்று இந்த வசதி துவக்கப்படுகிறது. இதனால் நாட்டில் முதல் முறையாக மாநிலம் முழுவதும் ஸ்மார்ட் லைசென்ஸ் வழங்கும் மாநிலமாக தமிழகம் மாற உள்ளது.

Sunday, February 17, 2019


சி.ஆர்.பி.எஃப். என்றால் என்ன... அவர்களின் பணிகள் என்ன?

vikatan

எம்.குமரேசன்


இந்திய ராணுவத்தில் தரைப்படை, விமானப்படை, கடற்படை உள்ளன. இவை ராணுவ அமைச்சகத்துக்குக் கீழ் செயல்படுபவை. குடியரசுத் தலைவர் முப்படைக்கும் தலைவர். ராணுவத்தில் இருந்து சி.ஆர்.பி.எஃப் என்று அழைக்கப்படும் துணை ராணுவத்தினர் வேறுபடுகிறார்கள். சி.ஆர்.பி.எஃப். 1939-ம் ஆண்டு தொடங்கப்பட்டது. இந்த அமைப்பு மத்திய உள்துறை அமைச்சகத்தின் கீழ் செயல்படும். கிட்டத்தட்ட 4 லட்சம் பேர் இதில் பணி புரிகின்றனர். உள்நாட்டு பாதுகாப்புப் பணிகளை மேற்கொள்வதுதான் இதன் முக்கிய பணி.



நக்ஸல்கள், தீவிரவாதிகளை வேட்டையாடுவதும் இவர்கள்தான். 1965-ம் ஆண்டு வரை பாகிஸ்தான் எல்லையையும் இவர்கள்தான் பாதுகாத்தனர். எல்லை பாதுகாப்புப் படை தனியாக உருவாக்கப்பட்ட பிறகு, அந்த அமைப்பின் வசம் பாகிஸ்தான் எல்லை ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்டது. 2001-ம் ஆண்டு நடந்த நாடாளுமன்றத் தாக்குதலில் 5 தீவிரவாதிகளைச் சுட்டு வீழ்த்தியதும் இவர்கள்தான். ஐ.நா அமைதிப்படைக்கும் இந்தியா சார்பில் சி.ஆர்.பி.எஃப் வீரர்கள்தான் பெரும்பாலும் அனுப்பப்படுவார்கள். சி.ஆர்.பி.எஃப் போன்று நம் நாட்டில் பல பாதுகாப்பு அமைப்புகள் உள்துறை அமைச்சகத்தில் கீழ் இயங்கி வருகின்றன. அவற்றைப் பார்ப்போம்.

அஸாம் ரைஃபில்ஸ் (AR)

இந்த அமைப்பு இந்தோ-திபெத், இந்தோ- மியான்மர் எல்லை பாதுகாப்பில் ஈடுபட்டு வருகிறது. கடந்த 1835-ம் ஆண்டு தொடங்கப்பட்ட பராமிலிட்டரி அமைப்பு இது.

எல்லை பாதுகாப்பு படை (BSF)

1965-ம் ஆண்டு பாகிஸ்தான் போருக்குப் பிறகு எல்லையைப் பாதுகாக்க தனி அமைப்பு உருவாக்க வேண்டிய அவசியம் எழுந்தது. இதைத் தொடர்ந்து எல்லை பாதுகாப்புப் படை உருவாக்கப்பட்டது. இந்த அமைப்பில் 2.4 லட்சம் பேர் பணி புரிகிறார்கள்.


மத்திய தொழிற்நிறுவனங்கள் பாதுகாப்புப் படை (CISF)



மத்திய அரசுக்குச் சொந்தமான தொழிற் நிறுவனங்களின் பாதுகாப்பை இந்த அமைப்பு மேற்கொள்கிறது. தற்போது, 300-க்கும் மேற்பட்ட தொழில் நிறுவனங்களை இந்த அமைப்புதான் பாதுகாத்து வருகிறது. நாசிக்கில் உள்ள ரூபாய் நோட்டு அச்சடிக்கும் தொழிற்சாலையும் இந்த அமைப்பின் வசம்தான் உள்ளது. இதில், 1,65,000 பேர் பணி புரிகிறார்கள்.

இந்தோ - திபெத்தியன் எல்லை பாதுகாப்புப் படை (ITBP)

1962-ம் ஆண்டு இந்திய - சீன போருக்குப் பிறகு, இந்தோ - திபெத் எல்லை பாதுகாப்புப் படை உருவாக்கப்பட்டது. எல்லையைக் காப்பது மட்டுமல்லாமல் போதை மருந்து கடத்தலைத் தடுப்பதும் இந்த அமைப்பின் முக்கிய பணி.

தேசியப் பாதுகாப்பு முகமை (NSG)

ஆபரேஷன் ப்ளு ஸ்டார் காரணமாக முன்னாள் பிரதமர் இந்திரா காந்தி கொல்லப்பட்ட பிறகு, 1984-ம் ஆண்டு இந்த அமைப்பு உருவாக்கப்பட்டது. குடியரசுத் தலைவர், பிரதமர், முதலமைச்சர்கள் போன்றவர்களுக்கு பாதுகாப்பு அளிக்கும் கறுப்புப் பூனை படையினர் இந்த அமைப்புக்குக் கீழ்தான் வருகிறார்கள். இதில் 8,000 பேர் பணி புரிகிறார்கள்.

சாஷத்ரா சீமா பால் (SSB)

இந்தோ - நேபாள, இந்தோ - பூடான் எல்லையில் இந்த அமைப்பு பாதுகாப்பில் ஈடுபடுகிறது. 2014-ம் ஆண்டு முதல் இந்த அமைப்பில் பெண்களும் தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டு எல்லை பாதுகாக்கும் பணியில் ஈடுபட்டு வருகின்றனர். இந்த அமைப்பு 1963-ம் ஆண்டு உருவாக்கப்பட்டது.

இந்திய கடலோரக் காவல்படை (ICG)

எல்லையைப் பாதுகாப்பதுபோல கடல் எல்லையைப் பாதுகாப்பது இந்த அமைப்பின் பணி. இதன் தலைமையகம் டெல்லியில் உள்ளது. Director General Indian Coast Guard இந்த அமைப்பின் தலைவர்.

ஆவணங்கள் வேண்டாம்’ உயிரிழந்த வீரரின் குடும்பத்துக்கு பணம் வழங்கிய எல்.ஐ.சி


காஷ்மீர் தாக்குதலில் வீரமரணம் அடைந்த வீரரின் குடும்பத்திற்கு உடனடியாக ரூ 3 லட்சம் மதிப்பிலான எல்ஐசி பணத்தை மாண்டியா எல்ஐசி நிறுவனம் அளித்துள்ளது.

காஷ்மீரின் புல்வாமா மாவட்டத்தில் பயங்கரவாதிகள் நடத்திய கொடூரமான தற்கொலைப்படை தாக்குதலில் 40க்கும் அதிகமான சிஆர்பிஎப் வீரர்கள் கொல்லப்பட்டனர். உயிரிழந்தவர்களில் ஒருவர் தான் கர்நாடகா மாநிலம் மத்தூர் அருகில் உள்ள குடிகிரி கிராமத்தை சேர்ந்த குரு.

பொருளாதாரத்தில் மிகவும் பின்தங்கிய குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்த குரு, கடந்த 2011-ஆம் ஆண்டு சிஆர்பிஎஃப் பணியில் சேர்ந்துள்ளார். குருவின் பெற்றோர்களான கொன்னையா- சிக்கோலம்மா தம்பதி, துணிகளை சலவை செய்யும் தொழில் செய்து வருகின்றனர். கடந்த 10 மாதங்களுக்கு முன்னர்தான் கலாவதி என்ற பெண்ணுடன் குருவிற்கு திருமணம் நடைபெற்றுள்ளது. இதுதவிர குருவிற்கு இரண்டு தம்பிகளும் உள்ளனர். இந்த மாதம் தன்னுடைய ஊருக்கு வந்திருந்த அவர், பிப்ரவரி 10ம் தேதிதான் பணிக்கு திரும்பி இருந்தார். பணிக்கு திரும்பிய சில நாட்களிலேயே அவர் பயங்கரவாதிகளின் தாக்குதலில் உயிரிழந்தார். தாக்குதல் நடந்த அன்று மதியம் கூட தன்னுடைய தாயிடம் குரு பேசியுள்ளார்.

குருவின் உடல் சொந்த ஊர் நோக்கி வந்து கொண்டிருக்கும் வேளையில், உடலை அடக்கம் செய்யக் கூட அவரது குடும்பத்தினருக்கு இடம் இல்லை. இதனையடுத்து அரசு அதிகாரிகள் அப்பகுதியில் உள்ள அரசு நிலத்தின் சிறு பகுதியை குருவின் உடலை அடக்கம் செய்ய ஒதுக்கியுள்ளனர். இதனிடையே உயிரிழந்த குருவின் மனைவிக்கு அவரின் கல்வித் தகுதிக்கு ஏற்ப அரசு வேலை வழங்கப்படும் என கர்நாடகா முதலமைச்சர் குமாரசாமி அறிவித்துள்ளார்.

இந்நிலையில், குருவின் குடும்பத்திற்கு மாண்டியா நகரிலுள்ள எல்ஐசி நிறுவனம் உடனடியாக இன்ஸுரன்ஸ் பணத்தை அளித்துள்ளது. குருவின் குடும்பத்திற்கு ரூ 3,82,199 பணத்தையும் அவரது குடும்பத்திடம் கொடுத்துள்ளது.

வழக்கமாக எல்.ஐ.சி நிறுவனம் ஒருவரது இறப்புக்கு பின்னர் அவரது இறப்பு சான்றிதழ், மருத்துவர் சான்றிதழ் உள்ளிட்டவற்றை பெற்றுக் கொண்ட பின்னரே பணத்தை வழங்குவார்கள். வழக்கத்திற்கு மாறான விபத்து போன்ற மரணம் என்றால் காவல்துறையின் எஃப்.ஐ.ஆர் சான்றிதழ் கேட்பார்கள். ஆனால், சிஆர்பிஎப் வீரர் குருவின் இறப்பு செய்தி கேள்விப்பட்டது, எவ்வித ஆவணங்களையும் பெறாமல் உடனடியாக அவரது குடும்பத்திற்கு சேர வேண்டிய தொகையை எல்.ஐ.சி விடுவித்துள்ளது. எல்.ஐ.சியின் மனிதநேயமிக்க இந்த செயலுக்கு பலரும் பாராட்டு தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.
 
Tamil Nadu health secretary of 7 years shunted out

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

PublishedFeb 17, 2019, 2:11 am IST

UpdatedFeb 17, 2019, 2:11 am IST

This 1992 batch officer Radhakrishnan was transferred to the Transport Department on Saturday.

State health secretary Dr J. Radhakrishnan

CHENNAI: In a major transfer in top bureaucracy in Tamil Nadu, health secretary Dr J. Radhakrishnan has been shunted out after a record seven-year stint in his position.

This 1992 batch officer Radhakrishnan was transferred to the Transport Department on Saturday.

He had assumed charge in the health and family welfare department in September 2012.

He will now hold charge as principal secretary, transport department, according to a Government Order issued here.

He will be succeeded by Dr Beela Rajesh, who is commissioner of Indian medicine and homeopathy.

Also, D. Karthikeyan, Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner, has been transferred and posted as commissioner of municipal administration.

J. Kumaragurubaran IG of Registration has been transferred and posted as director, disaster management

Other IAS officers transferred include: K. Rajamani Tiruchi collector as collector of Coimbatore, S. Sivarasu joint commissioner of commercial taxes, Coimbatore, as collector of Tiruchy, T.N. Hariharan, Coimbatore collector as special secretary to government municipal administration and water supply department, K. Vijayakarthikeyan Coimbatore corporation commissioner as director of Tamil Nadu Institute of Urban Studies, Coimbatore, P. Uma Maheswari project director of TN Health Systems Project, Chennai, as Pudukkottai collector, T. Anand joint MD of TWAD as Tiruvarur district collector, G. Ganesh Collector of Pudukkottai as director of Indian medicine and homeopathy and B. Gayathri Krishnan sub collector Pollachi as joint commissioner of commercial taxes Coimbatore.
Tamil Nadu CM Palanisami announces Rs 20 lakh each to kin of two CRPF troopers

He expressed his grief at the death of the two troopers from Tamil Nadu - G. Subramanian and C. Sivachandran - in the Thursday suicide bombing in Pulwama district.

Published: 15th February 2019 05:06 PM | Last


By IANS

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palanisami on Friday condoled the death of 45 CRPF troopers in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir and announced a solatium of Rs 20 lakh each to the families of two troopers from the state who died.

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He expressed his grief at the death of the two troopers from Tamil Nadu - G. Subramanian and C. Sivachandran - in the Thursday suicide bombing in Pulwama district.
Beela Rajesh is new Health Secy, Prakash to head Chennai Corpn.

CHENNAI, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 00:00 IST



J. Radhakrishnan

State government carries out reshuffle covering a wide range of posts, from Additional Secretaries to District Collectors

As part of a major reshuffle of IAS officers, the State government on Saturday transferred Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan as Transport Secretary.

Mr. Radhakrishnan has been Health Secretary for the past seven years, and was in the news recently after some adverse comments by the Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry, looking into the death of Jayalalithaa. Beela Rajesh, who is currently Commissioner, Indian Medicine and Homeopathy, has been posted as Health Secretary.

Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, Chennai and Coimbatore Corporation Commissioners D. Karthikeyan and Vijayakarthikeyan, who have been holding the posts for over three years, have been shifted out. While Mr. Karthikeyan switches places with G. Prakash, who is currently Commissioner, Municipal Administration, Mr. Vijayakarthikeyan has been posted as Director, T.N. Institute of Urban Studies in Coimbatore.

T.N. Hariharan, Coimbatore Collector, has been posted as Special Secretary, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department.

Tiruchirappalli Collector K. Rajamani will replace him as Coimbatore Collector.

Besides posting Beela Rajesh as the Health Secretary in place of J. Radhakrishnan, the Tamil Nadu government on Saturday transferred several bureaucrats from various departments across the State.

J. Kumaragurubaran, Inspector General of Registration, has been transferred and posted as Director of Disaster Management. Ka. Balachandran, Principal Secretary to Government, Commercial Taxes and Registration Department, will hold full additional charge of the post of Inspector General of Registration until further orders.

P. Uma Maheswari, Project Director of the Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project, Chennai, has been transferred and posted as Collector of Pudukkottai district.

S. Nagarajan, Additional Secretary to Government, Health and Family Welfare Department, will hold full additional charge of this post.

D. Karthikeyan, Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corporation, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Municipal Administration. G. Prakash, who was the Commissioner, Municipal Administration, is now the Commissioner of Greater Chennai Corporation.

Tiruchi Collector K. Rajamani has been transferred and posted as Coimbatore Collector. Up until now the Coimbatore Collector, T.N. Hariharan has been posted as Special Secretary to Government, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department in the cadre post.

S. Sivarasu, Joint Commissioner (Enforcement), Commercial Taxes, Coimbatore, has been posted as Tiruchi Collector.

T. Anand, Joint Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, has been posted as Tiruvarur Collector.

Current Tiruvarur Collector L. Nirmalraj will take charge as Joint Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board.

K. Vijayakarthikeyan, Commissioner, Coimbatore Corporation, has been transferred and posted as Director, Tamil Nadu Institute of Urban Studies, Coimbatore.

S. Ganesh, who was the Collector of Pudukkottai district, has been posted as Director, Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy.

Pollachi Sub-Collector B. Gayathri Krishnan has been transferred and posted as Joint Commissioner (Enforcement), Commercial Taxes, Coimbatore.

S. Jayandhi, Chairperson, Teachers Recruitment Board, will take charge as Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Text Book Corporation. Sravan Kumar Jatavath, Sub-Collector, Tirupur, is now the Commissioner for Coimbatore Corporation.

S. Aneesh Sekhar, Commissioner of the Corporation of Madurai, is now the Executive Director of the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO). S. Visakan, who is currently the Executive Director, TIDCO, will take charge as Commissioner of Madurai Corporation.

Corpn. Commissioners

Alby John Varghese, Commissioner, Corporation of Thoothukudi, has been appointed as Regional Deputy Commissioner (South), Greater Chennai Corporation, while Gopala Sundara Raj, who held this portfolio, has been transferred to the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board as its Joint Managing Director and Project Director for the World Bank and Asian Development Bank Projects. V.P. Jeyaseelan, Deputy Secretary to Government, Housing and Urban Development Department, has been made the Commissioner of the Corporation of Thoothukudi.

Subodh Kumar, Regional Joint Commissioner (Central), Greater Chennai Corporation, has been made the Joint Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco).

This portfolio was held by P.N. Sridhar, who has now been made Regional Joint Commissioner (Central) of Greater Chennai Corporation.
Radhakrishnan no longer health secy, city corpn gets new chief
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:17.02.2019

J Radhakrishnan, after seven years as health secretary, was on Saturday transferred as principal secretary, transport, in a major bureaucratic reshuffle. Beela Rajesh is the new health secretary.

Radhakrishnan was in a spot recently when counsel for the Justice A Arumughaswamy commission, probing the death of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, alleged that he colluded with Apollo Hospitals in providing inappropriate treatment. There was a huge outcry, with ministers and MLAs joining in, before the IAS Officers’ Association complained to the chief minister to rein in his ministerial colleagues.

Among the other changes, an order from chief secretary Girija Vaidyanathan said, inspector general of registration J Kumaragurubaran will be director of disaster management, while commercial taxes secretary K Balachandran will additionally be inspector general, registration. Municipal administration commissioner G Prakash has been posted as commissioner of Greater Chennai Corporation in place of D Karthikeyan who will now helm municipal administration.

S Sivarasu is the new Trichy collector in place of Rajamani who has been posted in Coimbatore, replacing T N Hariharan. Hariharan is now special secretary, municipal administration and water supply department. P Uma Maheswari is Pudukottai collector, replacing Ganesh who is now director of Indian Medicine and Homeopathy. T Anand is Tiruvarur collector in place of L Nirmalraj who is now joint managing director, TWAD Board.

Sravan Kumar Jatavath was named Coimbatore corporation commissioner, replacing K Vijayakarthikeyan who is now director, Tamil Nadu Institute of Urban Studies, Coimbatore. S Visakan is now Madurai corporation commissioner, repalcing S Aneesh Sekhar who has been made TIDCO executive director.

Tuticorin corporation commissioner Alby John Varghese becomes regional deputy commissioner (south) of Greater Chennai Corporation vice S Gopala Sundara Raj, who has been posted as joint managing director of slum clearance board and project director of World Bank and Asian Development Bank projects. V P Jeyaseelan becomes Tuticorin corporation commissioner.

Pollachi sub-collector Gayathri Krishnan is the new joint commissioner (enforcement), commercial taxes, Coimbatore. Health and family welfare additional secretary S Nagarajan will hold full additional charge as project director, Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project. Teachers Recruitment Board chairperson S Jayandhi is the new managing director of TN Text Book Corporation.

Subodh Kumar is Tangedco joint managing director of Tangedco, replacing P N Sridhar, now Greater Chennai Corporation regional joint commissioner (central).

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Now, cashless payments at sub-registrar offices in Tamil Nadu

You do not have to pay cash for transactions in 575 offices of registration department in the State from Monday with the introduction of POS (Point of Sale) machines.

Published: 14th February 2019 03:25 AM

CHENNAI: You do not have to pay cash for transactions in 575 offices of registration department in the State from Monday with the introduction of POS (Point of Sale) machines.

Inspector-General of Registration J Kumaragurubaran said that cashless transaction will be introduced from Monday in all registration department offices.

Initially, cash could be used for a transaction of Rs1,000 and a demand draft for a transaction of Rs 5,000 and above. “Now, we will be introducing POS machines at sub-registrar offices for transactions up to Rs 1,000 wherein you have to swipe your debit or credit card. For transaction up to Rs 5,000, the demand draft could be used,” said an official.

Friday, February 8, 2019

Panneerselvam to present budget today

CHENNAI, FEBRUARY 08, 2019 00:00 IST



The Business Advisory Committee of the House will finalise the schedule and duration of the budget session.File Photo

Opposition expected to raise several important issues during the session

Amidst expectations of populist announcements by the ruling AIADMK government ahead of the Lok Sabha polls this summer and fears of rising financial crunch, Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam (also holding the Finance portfolio) is scheduled to present the State Budget for 2019-20 in the Assembly on Friday.

The speech of the Finance Minister is expected to go on for about two hours.

The Pongal gift of Rs. 1,000 for a ration card announced during the last Assembly session in January and the huge amount of funds spent on Cyclone Gaja relief operations might be the largest parts of expenditure, which is expected to reflect in the budget.

The budget session may also see the Opposition raise the Kodanad estate heist-cum-murder case, legal developments in the closure of Sterlite Copper plant, shortage of drinking water in various places across the State and the temporarily withdrawn strike by the Joint Action Council of Tamil Nadu Teachers’ Organisations and Government Employees' Organisations (JACTTO-GEO) among others. On Friday, the Business Advisory Committee of the House would discuss and finalise the schedule and duration of the budget session. After a debate on the budget speech of the Deputy CM for a few days, Mr. Panneerselvam would give his reply to the debate in the House on the last day of the session.

Not notified

As on date, 21 seats in the House are vacant including the seats earlier held by 18 disqualified MLAs, the ones held by deceased legislators M. Karunanidhi and A.K. Bose and the seat held by former Minister P. Balakrishna Reddy [vacancy not notified] following his conviction in a criminal case.

As on date, 21 seats in the House are vacant including the seats earlier held by 18 disqualified MLAs

Thursday, February 7, 2019

CMDA-DTCP merger, a common pool of town planners in Tamil Nadu

The government has already brought all the construction and planning norms under one rule book — Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019.

Published: 07th February 2019 03:51 AM 


Express News Service

CHENNAI: Soon, Tamil Nadu will have a common pool of town planners who are well acquainted with the Development Control Regulations and hence, facilitate planned urban and rural development. 

The government is planning to merge the Directorate of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) and the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) to achieve this integration.

This merger, a top official told Express, would happen before the recruitment of the next batch of town planners. The government has already brought all the construction and planning norms under one rule book — Tamil Nadu Combined Development and Building Rules, 2019.

Earlier on June 5, 2017, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami had announced in the Assembly that a separate cadre of town planners would be created at the State level with the DTCP Commissioner as its controlling authority. Initially, there were also plans to rope in local bodies for the setting up of the common cadre. However, the plan has now been kept in abeyance due to administrative issues. Sources say that involving the local bodies would take much more time as they will have to be brought on board. Still, there are many more challenges remaining to be addressed.


Both the CMDA and the DTCP have a shortage of qualified town planners. As per information available with Express, of the 232 CMDA employees, only 56 are qualified town planners. Similarly, the DTCP and its subordinate offices have only 10 planners with post-graduate degrees. The creation of a common cadre, if implemented soon, is likely to solve this problem. Currently, the DTCP has a sanctioned strength of 801 but has only 267 permanent staff.

It is learnt that there is a huge backlog of vacancies at the levels of the Joint Director, Deputy Director and Assistant Director which are being filled by temporary staff. As of now, the Directorate of Town Panchayats and Directorate of Rural Development do not have a separate town planning wing. By considering the Town and Country Planning Organisation guidelines, a tentative module for establishment in the following departments has been worked out.

Big plans

Although the common cadre for local bodies is likely to be delayed, sources said that requirement of tentative teams of planners for Corporations, municipalities and panchayat is being worked out
Live streaming of sub-registrar offices from February 15

CHENNAI, FEBRUARY 07, 2019 00:00 IST





Besides providing quick and transparent services, it will check impersonation to a great extent


The Registration Department will start live streaming of registration of documents and marriages on February 15. Work on installation of Internet Protocol (IP) cameras will be completed next week. The recorded video would also be stored in the 575 offices of the Department for one year.

“This will reduce impersonation to a great extent,” said J. Kumaragurubaran, Inspector General of Registration Department.

According to officials, the new system has been conceived with the aim of providing quick and transparent services and providing evidence of document execution by the registrants. This is also expected to curtail the movement of touts in the offices and safeguard against illegal activities during the registration processes. Senior officials would be able to monitor the activities of sub-registrar offices from the headquarters and respective zonal offices.

The proceedings recorded at the time of registration of documents and marriages can be used to prove that the registration is fraudulent and would be permissible as evidence for any enquiry on impersonation or fraudulent registrations.

Copied in DVDs

The project has been designed as a self-revenue generating model. The video and snapshot recorded at the time of registration of a document or marriage will be copied in a DVD and will be given to the registrants on payment of Rs. 50 per DVD.

The vendor, appointed through ELCOT, will complete work on the viewing facility at the office of the Inspector General of Registration and nine Zonal DIG offices. The IP camera operators have been appointed by the identified vendor to work in all sub-registrar offices for preparing and writing the DVDs and maintaining the devices linked to IP cameras. Estimated cost of the project for five years is Rs. 90.33 crore.

All the 575 sub-registrar offices have been provided with three IP cameras. One to capture the registration recordings above the sub-registrar, the second at the entrance of the record room and the third outside the office premises. The facility would capture voice recording in the entire premises with precision.

The recordings will be saved in network video recorder of 12 TB capacity and stored for at least one year and it is programmed to be removed by first in first out method. After completion of the registration process, officials would return the document to the citizen along with DVD pouch in a ‘document preservation cover’.

Senior officials will be able to monitor the activities from the headquarters and zonal offices.

Officials

Friday, January 25, 2019

Japan signs 16 MoUs with Tamil Nadu government

It will focus on tourism and setting up of Japanese language training centres to enhance the skills of youngsters so they can be employable in Japanese companies.

Published: 24th January 2019 03:07 PM


For representational purposes (File | Reuters)

By C Shivakumar

Express News Service

CHENNAI: Sixteen memorandums of understanding (MoUs) have been signed between Japanese companies and the Tamil Nadu government as Japan plans to diversify its business interest in the South Indian state. It will focus on tourism and setting up of Japanese language training centres to enhance the skills of youngsters so they can be employable in Japanese companies.

Tatsushi Tamoto, director general of Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), told Express that 14 memorandums of understanding, worth Rs 1180 crore, had been signed by Japanese companies. The Yanmar Engine Manufacturing Company, which is opening a plant in Chennai, and Yamaha Music India, which is tapping the music market in India by starting commercial operations next month, have also signed MoUs.

However, the value of these deals could not be ascertained. Yanmar was targeting Chennai as the city had developed component supply chain and could be helpful in supply of engine components, said Hajime Hirai, director of Yanmar Engine Manufacturing India. The plant, which will be set up in Gummidipoondi at Mahindra Industrial Park, will not only cater to India but also to global markets, said Hirai, while refusing to provide details of the investment.

"We will be starting production by 2020 and rolling out 80,000 units," said Hirai, who is also planning to tap the skilled labour force of Chennai. Katsunobu Suzuki, general manager of Yamaha Music India, said that after opening their first factory in Gurgaon, Yamaha had planned to open a plant in Chennai at One Hub.

Under the Chennai factory project, musical instruments will be manufactured in India and sold in India. "By 2022, we have committed an investment of Rs 500 crore which will generate jobs to 800 people," said Suzuki, thanking the state government for helping in starting the project on schedule.

Under phase I the company will be manufacturing acoustic guitars and portable keyboards. From 2020, the company will diversify to producing to portable audio speakers. The contribution of Japanese companies to Tamil Nadu’s economy has been huge. According to Hiroshi Shibasaki, president of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Japanese companies contribute about 9.22 per cent of foreign direct investment in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador of Japan to India, said that Japan was planning to diversify its business interest in Tamil Nadu and said that it was one of the prime reasons to have a direct flight from Chennai to Tokyo. Starting from cotton business to automobiles and spare parts, Japan is planning to diversify into food services, textiles, Information Technology and small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

It is learnt that Japan is trying to lure its small and medium enterprises to invest in Tamil Nadu as there is a huge potential here with the state government creating a better atmosphere for SME investment. Interestingly, through SMEs, Japan is not only trying to tap the domestic market but also looking at exports to Africa and South East Asia, he said.
Global Investors Meet: Chennai hits fast lane to woo big investors, auto parts makers

With the appropriate eco-system available in the State, Chennai has reached the installed capacity to produce three cars in one minute and one commercial vehicle in every 90 seconds.

Published: 23rd January 2019 02:41 AM 



Representational Image (File Photo)
By Express News Service

CHENNAI: Chennai has earned fame as ‘Detroit of Asia’ but it seems the state government wants to strengthen its position in the sector by attracting more investments from automobile companies during the Global Investors Meet set to kick-off on Wednesday.

The state government claims in its TNGIM website that it is one of the top 10 global auto hubs with an annual installed capacity of 1.46 million units and it accounts for about 33 per cent of India’s auto parts production.

With the appropriate eco-system available in the State, Chennai has reached the installed capacity to produce three cars in one minute and one commercial vehicle in every 90 seconds. The overwhelming figures have boosted the state government’s confidence that they will manage to attract more investments in the sector during the GIM. Along with automobiles, the government is also striving to attract the auto components industries.

“Chennai’s auto component sector is likely to grow by 20 per cent annually and exports are likely to grow by over 30 per cent in the next five years. The state government wants to encash the opportunity. More investments will strengthen economy of the state and will help us generate more jobs for youths,” said an official associated with the GIM.

Tamil Nadu has the presence of over 100 major auto component manufacturers with an investment of 553.85 million dollar. The industry has an output worth 1.2 billion dollar and it directly employs about 45,000 people.

Besides, the government feels that availability of skilled manpower, reliable infrastructure like power, road, communication, water availability and waste disposal system, attractive incentive packages, strong auto-component base, good testing and certification centres will help them to bag more investments in the sector.

The state Cabinet has recently cleared the Hyundai Motors’ `7,000-crore proposed project to increase its production capacity in the state and develop electric vehicles also. Along with it, major auto manufacturers like Ford are all set to inaugurate their global research centre in Chennai. Experts feel all these factors will definitely help the state in bagging more investment in the sector.

“Tamil Nadu is already known as a hub of automobile sector and the players here are performing well. The success of the existing companies and the initiatives of the state government will surely attract pretty good investments during the second edition of GIM,” said M Ponnuswami, Chairman, CII Tamil Nadu state council.
GIM ends with promises of ₹3lakh cr and a million jobs

D.Govardan@timesgroup.com

Chennai:25.01.2019

The acolyte has bettered his amma’s record. The second edition of the Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet (GIM) 2019 ended on Thursday with ₹3 lakh crore of investment and more than a million jobs promised. Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami’s show has exceeded expectations; the challenge now is to convert promise into reality.

GIM 2015, orchestrated by J Jayalalithaa as chief minister, saw promises of ₹2.42 lakh crore in investments and employment to 4.7 lakh people. But the promises were spiked big time by non-delivery of power projects, which accounted for more than 40% of the investments planned.

This time around, the investments are spread widely across sectors. Overall, 304 MoUs have been signed to attract ₹3,00,431 crore of investments, including ₹32,206 crore from MSMEs, for which segment alone an additional 12,360 MoUs were signed. Manufacturing dominated followed by MSMEs, housing, tourism, agriculture, higher education as well as school education, besides energy and IT.


Emmanuel Delay of Groupe PSA with TN CM Edappadi K Palaniswami at GIM 2019 in Chennai on Thursday

GIM 2019 is a grand success: EPS

A beaming Palaniswami told the audience on Thursday evening tht, “GIM 2019 is a grand success and it has opened a new chapter in the annals of India. This is an endorsement of policies of Amma’s (Jayalalithaa) government.” Behind his humble persona was the big smile of having pulled off a grand show.

“We were able to attract investments from both foreign and Indian companies and from countries including Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Germany, USA and China,” Palaniswami said.

Industry captains were effusive in their praise for the government. “Tamil Nadu has the highest conversion rate in terms of MoUs into real investments. Besides the educated and dedicated talent pool and a committed bureaucracy, the state has a strong government headed by the chief minister, who succeeded a tall leader (Jayalalithaa), pushing bureaucrats to convert half chances into full opportunities. When you invest in Tamil Nadu, you invest in this holy trinity,” said R Santhanam, MD of Saint-Gobain India Pvt Limited.

Santhanam’s words soon found support from vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu. “Tamil Nadu is the only state in India that offers every connectivity from road, rail and ports in plenty and with easy access to all parts of the state. If you invest in the state, you can harvest also, if you follow the rules of the game,” Naidu told the gathered investors.

The vice-president said that he was happy to hear that a petroleum major was investing more than ₹27,000 crore in Nagapattinam. “Development should reach everywhere. It should reach every pattanam (town) and not merely be restricted to the major cities like Chennai and Coimbatore,” he said.

Naidu also advised the state government to appoint a liaison officer to coordinate with investors to sort out issues that may arise. Tamil Nadu Industries minister M C Sampath had already promised that. “Our government will monitor implementation of all projects to ensure jobs are created for our youths,” Sampath said.

“The next GIM will take place in 2021,” Palaniswami said. That will also be the year Tamil Nadu would normally gear up for the next assembly elections.

Thursday, January 24, 2019

மாநில செய்திகள்

சென்னை வர்த்தக மையத்தில் கோலாகலமாக தொடங்கியது 2-வது உலக முதலீட்டாளர்கள் மாநாடு




சென்னை வர்த்தக மையத்தில் கோலாகலமாக 2-வது உலக முதலீட்டாளர்கள் மாநாடு நேற்று தொடங்கியது.

பதிவு: ஜனவரி 24, 2019 05:30 AM

சென்னை,

சென்னை வர்த்தக மையத்தில் கோலாகலமாக 2-வது உலக முதலீட்டாளர்கள் மாநாடு நேற்று தொடங்கியது. 2 நாள் மாநாட்டில் ரூ.2 லட்சத்து 55 ஆயிரம் கோடி முதலீடுகள் வரும் என்று தமிழக அரசு எதிர்பார்க்கிறது.

தமிழ்நாட்டில் தொழில் முதலீடுகளை மேலும் பெருக்கவும், இளைஞர்களுக்கான வேலைவாய்ப்புகளை அதிகரிக்கவும் தமிழக அரசு சார்பில் கடந்த 2015-ம் ஆண்டு செப்டம்பர் 9, 10-ந் தேதிகளில் முதலாவது உலக முதலீட்டாளர்கள் மாநாடு நடத்தப்பட்டது.

3 ஆண்டு இடைவெளியில் தற்போது, 2-வது முறையாக உலக முதலீட்டாளர்கள் மாநாடு நடத்த தேதி அறிவிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது. அந்த வகையில், சென்னை நந்தம்பாக்கத்தில் உள்ள சென்னை வர்த்தக மையத்தில் நேற்று காலை 10 மணிக்கு மாநாடு கண்கவர் கலை நிகழ்ச்சிகளுடன் கோலாகலமாக தொடங்கியது.

மாநாட்டுக்கு முதல்-அமைச்சர் எடப்பாடி பழனிசாமி தலைமை தாங்கினார். துணை முதல்-அமைச்சர் ஓ.பன்னீர்செல்வம் முன்னிலை வகித்தார். தமிழக அரசின் தலைமைச் செயலாளர் கிரிஜா வைத்தியநாதன் அனைவரையும் வரவேற்றார். சிறப்பு விருந்தினராக மத்திய பாதுகாப்புத்துறை மந்திரி நிர்மலா சீதாராமன் கலந்துகொண்டு, தமிழக வானூர்தி மற்றும் பாதுகாப்பு துறைக்கான தொழில் கொள்கை-2019-ஐ வெளியிட்டார். அதை அவரிடம் இருந்து முதல்-அமைச்சர் எடப்பாடி பழனிசாமி பெற்றுக்கொண்டார். தொழில்துறை அமைச்சர் எம்.சி.சம்பத் சிறப்புரை ஆற்றினார்.

முதல்-அமைச்சர் எடப்பாடி பழனிசாமி, தமிழகத்தில் தொழில் தொடங்க வருமாறு முதலீட்டாளர்களுக்கு அழைப்பு விடுத்து பேசினார். நிறைவாக, கூடுதல் தலைமைச் செயலாளர் (தொழில்துறை) ஞானதேசிகன் அனைவருக்கும் நன்றி கூறினார்.

இந்த மாநாட்டில், அமெரிக்கா, ஆஸ்திரேலியா, பிரான்ஸ், ஜப்பான், கொரியா, சிங்கப்பூர், இங்கிலாந்து, தைவான் உள்ளிட்ட நாடுகளில் இருந்து முதலீட்டாளர்கள், பல்வேறு தொழில் நிறுவனங்களில் பிரதிநிதிகள் என சுமார் 5 ஆயிரம் பேர் கலந்துகொண்டனர்.

அதேபோல், பல்வேறு நாடுகளின் துணை தூதர்கள், நாடாளுமன்ற துணை சபாநாயகர் தம்பிதுரை, அமைச்சர்கள், அ.தி.மு.க. எம்.பி. - எம்.எல்.ஏ.க்கள், அ.தி.மு.க. மாநில நிர்வாகிகள் உள்ளிட்டோரும் மாநாட்டில் பங்கேற்றனர்.

மாநாட்டின் ஒரு பகுதியாக தொழில் கண்காட்சியும் நடைபெற்றது. 250 அரங்குகளில் பல்வேறு தொழில் நிறுவனங்களின் விதவிதமான தயாரிப்பு பொருட்கள் காட்சிக்காக வைக்கப்பட்டிருந்தன. இந்த தொழில் கண்காட்சியை மாநாட்டு தொடக்க விழாவில் இருந்தபடி, முதல்-அமைச்சர் எடப்பாடி பழனிசாமி தொடங்கிவைத்தார். அதேபோல், சென்னை சோழிங்கநல்லூரில் போர்டு நிறுவனம் புதிதாக தொடங்கியுள்ள தொழில் நுட்ப ஆராய்ச்சி மற்றும் வர்த்தக நிறுவனத்தையும் அவர் ஆரம்பித்து வைத்தார்.

2 நாட்கள் நடைபெறும் உலக முதலீட்டாளர்கள் மாநாடு இன்று மாலையுடன் நிறைவடைகிறது. காலை 10 மணி முதல் பல்வேறு தலைப்புகளின் கீழ் கருத்தரங்குகள் நடைபெறுகிறது. நிறைவு விழா நிகழ்ச்சிகள் இன்று (வியாழக்கிழமை) மாலை 3 மணிக்கு நடைபெறுகிறது. விழாவுக்கு முதல்-அமைச்சர் எடப்பாடி பழனிசாமி தலைமை தாங்குகிறார். துணை முதல்-அமைச்சர் ஓ.பன்னீர்செல்வம் முன்னிலை வகிக்கிறார்.

சிறப்பு விருந்தினராக துணை ஜனாதிபதி வெங்கையா நாயுடு கலந்துகொண்டு நிறைவுரை ஆற்றுகிறார்.

நிறைவு விழா நிகழ்ச்சியில் முக்கியமாக தொழில் நிறுவனங்களுடன் புரிந்துணர்வு ஒப்பந்தங்கள் கையெழுத்திடும் நிகழ்ச்சி நடைபெற இருக்கிறது. 100 நிறுவனங்களுக்கு மேல் புரிந்துணர்வு ஒப்பந்தங்களில் கையெழுத்திடும் என்றும் அரசு எதிர்பார்ப்பதுடன், இதன் மூலம் ரூ.2 லட்சத்து 55 ஆயிரம் கோடி முதலீடு கிடைக்கும் என்றும் நம்புகிறது.
GIM 2 attracts over Rs 2 lakh crore investment, says CM Edappdi K. Palaniswami

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | J.V. SIVA PRASANNA KUMAR

PublishedJan 24, 2019, 6:06 am IST


The maiden Global Investors Meet was held in 2015 under the Chief Ministership of J. Jayalalithaa.


Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami

Chennai: Expressing confidence that Tamil Nadu will exceed its target of securing over Rs 2 lakh crore investment during the second edition of Global Investors Meet (GIM) underway at the trade centre here, Chief Minister Edappdi K. Palaniswami said it would be one of the main contributors to national economic development.
“I am happy to say we have already exceeded this target (of Rs 2 lakh crore). I hope to make an announcement on the resounding success of the meet and the investments garnered when we meet here tomorrow,” Mr Palaniswami said and added Tamil Nadu looked to the future with confidence and with hope.

“I congratulate all those who are entering into a partnership with Tamil Nadu as your bright future is assured here as our State is a land of immense opportunities,” he said.

The maiden Global Investors Meet was held in 2015 under the Chief Ministership of J. Jayalalithaa. It helped to attract 98 investment proposals with an investment commitment of Rs 2.42 lakh crores. These projects have investment period ranging from 3 to 7 years.

At present, 62 Fortune 500 companies have established their facilities in Tamil Nadu which has attracted substantial FDI. Actual FDI inflows into the State from April 2000 to June 2018 was 27,953 millions US dollars. Out of this, more than 75 % of FDI was attracted since April 2011.

“Our revered leader, Puratchi Thalaivi Amma did not believe in resting on her laurels. Nor will we. Puratchi Thalaivi Amma's Vision Tamil Nadu 2023, remains our vision document for action. We will strive for achieving the goals of ‘Peace, Prosperity & Progress’ she had set for us,” Mr Palaniswami said.

He announced a package of second generation reforms including rapid infrastructure development, assured supply of quality energy, deregulation to reduce transaction time and costs, labour reforms and State level tax reforms with an emphasis on simplification of procedures, to revitalise the manufacturing sector.

The two day event, GIM-2019, will showcase a variety of opportunities to explore deeper about investment opportunities in Tamil Nadu. The government has organised 25 seminars, including five country seminars during the next two days. The government has partnered with France, UK, Japan, South Korea, Australia and Singapore and these countries have established their stalls in the exhibition.
Adani, IOCL commit over Rs. 28,000 crore in investments

CHENNAI, JANUARY 24, 2019 00:00 IST




Karan Adani speaking at GIM 2019.PTI


About Rs. 10,000 crore to go towards expanding port capacity


The Adani Group and the Indian Oil Corporation Limited on Wednesday committed a total investment of over Rs. 28,000 crore in the State, on the inaugural day of the Global Investors Meet (GIM) 2019.

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd Chief Executive Officer Karan Adani said the group was planning to invest Rs. 12,000 crore in the State across various projects including logistics, industrial park and city gas distribution.

The major chunk of the investments, about Rs. 10,000 crore, would go towards expanding port capacity. It has plans to make Kattupalli a major multipurpose port with a capacity of 300 million tonnes (MT), which would be more than 12 times its current capacity of 24.65 MT. The remaining would be invested in industrial estates, logistics and city distribution over the next 10 years, he said.

Meanwhile, the IOCL made a commitment to invest about Rs. 16,641 crore on retail outlet network (petrol bunk), petrol oil & lubricant terminals, LPG infrastructure, lube complex, gas distribution and a gas pipeline, among other projects.

Employment generation

According to an official release, the company has signed an MoU with the State government for an investment of Rs. 7941 crore in the next five years, which would generate 9,200 direct jobs and 10,600 indirect jobs. The IOCL would invest Rs. 5,100 crore on its retail outlet network (petrol bunk) expansion and Rs. 1,824 crore for upgrading its storage infrastructure and fuel handling facilities at its petrol oil and lubricant terminals located in Tamil Nadu.

The company also signed a separate MoU with the State government for an investment of Rs. 8,700 core in two mega projects of gas distribution in Tamil Nadu.

The Ennore-Thiruvallur-Bengaluru-Puducherry-Nagapattinam-Madurai-Trichy LNG gas pipeline project would be executed by December 2020 with an investment of Rs. 4,500 crore. Another Rs. 4,200 crore was planned for the City Gas Distribution Project in Salem and Coimbatore. The State cabinet had already cleared investment proposals to the tune of around Rs. 65,000 crore, for which pacts would be signed on Thursday.

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