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Centre urged to have relook in export of certain raw materials
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Exports, Health, Information, Other, businesses, function, programme on August 30th, 2010
Local chapter of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has asked the Centre to have a relook at export of certain raw materials like cotton and iron ore, which led to loss of foreign exchange, as India was importing the finished products of the same materials at a higher rate.
In a resolution adopted at the 76th Annual General meeting, the chamber said raw material prices also, including prices of oil and oil products, were on the rise, which had adversely affected exporters. A relook was essential and suitable policy initiatives had to be taken in this regard, the chamber said.
Requesting the government to look at increasing the duty drawback and Duty Entitlement Pass Book rates, it sought exempting the exporters from payment of service tax, instead of refunding it to them.
On Goods and Service Tax, the chamber sought exemption of goods from Central GST those already exempted from the State GST, it said, adding natural gas,petroleum products (Crude, motor spirit, ATF and HSD) and alcoholic beverages and real estate should be included in GST.
Bharatgas with Malayali Samajam organised cookery contests
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Departments, Festivals, Information, Other, Public, competition, programme on August 26th, 2010
The Bharatgas of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited in association with the ladies wing of Coimbatore Malayali Samajam organised cookery and pookalam contests recently.
Bharatgas made arrangements for the cookery contest providing hot plates and LPG through Golden Gas Service.
The contestants were judged by Sindhu Premnath, Srivalli and Sandhya (Assistant Manager – LPG). The function was attended by T.P. Premnath, LPG Territory Co-ordinator, BPCL LPG Plant, G. Soundararaj of Golden Gas, President of Coimbatore Malayali Samajam, K. Rajagopal and Secretary K. Sreekumaran.
The winners in each contest were provided with a first, second and third prize of Rs. 5,000, Rs. 3,000 and Rs. 2,000 and was handed over by City Police Commissioner C. Sylendra Babu at a function held on the Thiru Onam day at CMS School in Ganapathy. The participants were given consolation prizes as well.
Student died after falling from the ninth floor
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Death, Education, Information, hospital, illegal, student, suicide on August 25th, 2010
Christina Shobia (18) of Kolakombai in the Nilgiris district, doing her Lab Technician course in a paramedical college run by a private hospital, died after falling from the ninth floor of her hostel building located inside the hospital premises in the small hours of Tuesday.
Hospital sources and classmates told police that the victim was in a depressed state of mind over a personal problem, which would have forced her to ‘commit suicide’
COMPLAINT LODGED
Illayabharathi (19), pursuing fashion designing course in a college in Tirupur preferred a complaint with the police in Coimbatore on Tuesday accusing the college authorities of having humiliated him by removing his clothes in the presence of other students. The boy accompanied by his parents and relatives preferred a complaint stating that the authorities asked him to remove clothes in the name of searching for a cellular phone lost by one of his classmates.
BURGLARY
Burglars gained entry into a house at Uthiyur near here on Tuesday and decamped with seven sovereign jewellery. Police said the accused entered by breaking open the front door lock when the tenant, N. Saravanan (35), and his family were away.
Yuvaa – a Youth Expo 2010 on Sep
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Communication, Information, Other, Public, exicipition, function, programme on August 25th, 2010
The Rotary Coimbatore Manchester – District 3201 will host Yuvaa – a Youth Expo 2010 on September 25 and 26.
According to a release, the expo will be held in addition to the Yuvaa 2010 Collage Talentia.
It will be held at Suguna Kalyana Mandapam and will consist of nearly 70 stalls.
It will display products for youth.
Fibre to home project from BSNL Telecom
Posted by ganesh in BSNL, Coimbatore, Information, government, programme on August 20th, 2010
BSNL, Coimbatore telecom is gearing up for providing Gigabit Passive Optical Network to the multi-complex and multistoreyed building and also houses, by which voice and data services can be provided to the customers, a top BSNL official said today.
BSNL has already started laying optical fibre cables in 39 locations in the Coimbatore circle, through this ‘Fibre to Home’ project and builders also have agreed to carry out wiring in buildings and houses, P T Mathews, Principal General Manager, Coimbatore Telecom Circle, told reporters here.
The optical fibre has already been laid in the recently inaugarated Tidel park in the city, which would become functional by October middle, he said.
Out of five lakh 3G capacity, Tamil Nadu circle in the state (barring Chennai) has achieved one lakh connection in less than six months of introduction of 3G services, Mathews said, adding that 60 more 3G cell sites would be added to the existing 181 sites in the switching area.
Similarly, for wide coverage, totally 481 number of 2G cell sites were working in Coimbatore area and there were plans to commission 76 more cell sites in shortest possible period, he said.
Another 200 cell sites would be added in 2011,
HIV-TB co-infection is increasing in the western districts
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Departments, Health, Information, Public, disease, hospital, illegal on August 19th, 2010
The incidence of HIV-TB co-infection is increasing in the western districts of Namakkal, Salem, Coimbatore and Erode and must be addressed immediately, V.K.Subburaj, Principal Secretary, Health, said.
The incidence was over 24 per cent in Karur, while globally, 15 per cent of people with HIV develop tuberculosis, he added. The government was trying to address this by increasing the special attention paid to these districts. The reason Tamil Nadu has not made significant progress in addressing TB-HIV is because it has not been integrated into the public health system. He was speaking at the launch of the Global Fund Round 9 programme for civil society engagement organised in the city by REACH on Wednesday.
The State will also consider a proposal to introduce a multi-sectoral approach within various health departments to address the issues posed by TB, its detection, treatment, cure and resistant strains. At the local level, the health inspectors have been instructed to be involved with and take responsibility for all diseases that occur at the village level.
Another problem is that the TB control units are small and suffer from manpower shortage. The government is trying to address that as well, by posting qualified personnel in the labs and PHCs.
Mr. Subburaj stressed that emphasis must be given on the need to stick through the course of the drug regimen, in order to avoid drug-resistant TB. What would be a six-month treatment period gets extended to two years, with more complications if drug resistance develops, he added.
Rajesh Lakhoni, Chennai Corporation Commissioner, said the tendency among persons detected with TB to go into denial first, leads to delay in taking up treatment. P.Kuganantham, Health Officer, Chennai Corporation, said the civic body intends to mainstream HIV and TB detection and treatment activities.
C.Udayshankar, State TB Officer said, the government is planning to start a 24-hour helpline for TB support in the State.
Nevin Wilson, Director, The Union – South East Asia, said the aim of the Global Fund Round 9 was to engage communities and community-based care providers to improve TB care and control. Sr. Anbarasi, representative of CHAI, and Vijay Edwards of World Vision also spoke.
Irula tribe girl breaks into male bastion
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Information, programme on August 10th, 2010
Breaking into the male bastion, an Irula tribe girl from a remote Perumalkoilpathy village near Iruttupallam on the city outskirts is now a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) lathe operator.
Express spotted the tribal girl G Thangamani, a school dropout, busy handling the CNC machine at Sharp Industries located at Kalapatti on the outskirts of city when she shared her experiences on how she got into a profession where men counterpart were ruling the roost.
“It was the headmistress of a school at Perumalkoilpathy, who encouraged and motivated me to join the Avinashilingam Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) to learn the nuances of CNC lathe operation as jobs would come calling after training,” Thangamani said, adding that there was hardly any second thought as she had determined to get an exposure to CNC trade.
Since her parents were eking out a living working as farm labourers in and around the Boluvampatti forest range for a meagre daily wages, she had to shoulder the responsibility of the family as her elder sister, also a school-dropout was confined to home.
At JSS, Thangamani was imparting training in CNC machine for a six-month period from December 4, 2006 to June 3, 2007. She juggled between her home and JSS office travelling 45 km daily.
“I used to catch the bus at 5.45 am and reach Sharp Industries where I was given practical training till 3.30 pm for a monthly stipend of Rs 1000 which was helpful for my travel expenses. I had to attend the theory class between 4 pm and 5.30 pm,” she said.
Lady luck smiled at her when the management of Sharp Industries represented by managing partner K K Rajan offered a regular employment as CNC lathe operator after successful completion of training. Now that she earns around Rs 5000.
As for JSS, its director V Balasubramanian said that they impart training free of cost to tribals in a bid to bring them into the mainstream. At least 16 tribal students are pursuing their UG in different streams and JSS in extending all possible help through various sources in their higher education.
Flag manufacturing industry speeds up work to meet Independence Day demand
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Festivals, Information, businesses, function, government on August 7th, 2010
With the Independence Day around the corner, the national flag manufacturing industry in Coimbatore is expediting the business and working overtime to complete their orders.
“We, on an average, make nearly 6,000 flags in a day. The ink, which we use, does not fade away generally, and we use only the best available ink for the national flag. We neatly mix the colours and print it on the flags. We use PVC ink which is best among the available ones and take utmost care while manufacturing it,” said Jaikumar, a manufacturer.
Jaikumar added that the flags are supplied to various south Indian states like Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Over 80 percent of national flags are manufactured in Coimbatore.
“We manufacture mainly six varieties of flags with 3 types of materials. There is cotton, polyester and satin material, which we generally use. We make them in different sizes according to the demands, and send it to various parts of the country. As far as the demand is concerned, it is increasing year after year and the main reason for it is increasing sense of nationhood among the people,”
Tamil meet spent on Only Rs 301.76 cr, says govt
Posted by ganesh in Coimbatore, Departments, Information, budget, function, government, programme on August 7th, 2010
The state government on Friday released details of the expenditure for the recently held World Classical Tamil Conference and said out of the allocated Rs 312.26 crore, only Rs 301.76 crore was spent for organizing the meet and for improving infrastructure.
The conference was held in Coimbatore from June 23 to 27. The government had sanctioned Rs 73 crore for the conduct of the conference and another Rs 239.26 crore for infrastructure works. However, when accounts were tallied at the end of the meet, only Rs 69 crore was spent for the conduct of the conference and Rs 232.76 crore for improving infrastructure.
Giving the break-up of the expenditure, a government press release said Rs 13.04 crore was spent for the literary sessions and its venue, Rs 13.93 crore was spent for the pandal for the public meeting and poetry session, Rs 6.31 crore for the exhibition centre, Rs 6.3 crore for floats, Rs 5.87 crore for food and dining hall, Rs 7 crore for transportation of dignitaries, Rs 2.3 crore for the Tamil internet conference, Rs 11.81 crore for publicity related works and reception of delegates, Rs 88 lakh for releasing the souvenir and Rs 1.56 crore for administrative works.
Infrastructure works taken up for the conference include improvement of minor and major roads, providing street lights, upgradation of highways and laying of power cables.
Launching Garuda Paddy Power Weeder for commercialisation or incubation
Posted by ganesh in Agriculture, Coimbatore, Communication, Departments, Information, Other, Public, businesses, government, modification, programme, vehicles on May 10th, 2010
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has developed 746 crop varieties and 146 farm equipment. But, unless these reach the farmers, they cannot be put to good use. Since the university cannot commercialise the technologies and designs, private companies and entrepreneurs should come forward to do so, Vice-Chancellor of the university P. Murugesa Boopathi said here recently.
POWER WEEDER
Launching the Garuda Paddy Power Weeder for commercial use, the Vice-Chancellor said the Agri-Business Development Directorate had been set up in the university to act as a link between the university and entrepreneurs to facilitate commercialisation or incubation.
EQUIPMENT COST
The power weeder design had been transferred by the university to Premier Power Equipment and Products Private Limited for commercial manufacture.
The cost of the weeder was fixed at Rs. 31,000.
This was in response to the demand by rice farmers to replace the manual weeder as it was found difficult to be pushed in between the rows of paddy.
SUBSIDY
“There is a possibility of getting 50 per cent subsidy for the purchase of the weeder from the Department of Agriculture Engineering, Government of Tamil Nadu. The Corporation Bank has also come forward to extend loans for the same purpose,” Mr. Boopathi said.
Lamenting that most of the wards of farmers were moving away from farming, the Vice-Chancellor said mechanisation was the only solution for addressing this and also labour scarcity.
“There are 80 lakh farming families in Tamil Nadu. Out of these, 65 lakh are small and marginal farmers possessing very small holdings. Hence, scientists should design and develop machinery that can be used in such small holdings,” he said. Appreciating the equipment that had been developed for sugarcane harvesting, Mr. Boopathi said efficient mechanisation was necessary in cotton, especially for picking.
COCONUT TREE CLIMBER
The next major equipment that was awaiting commercialisation was the coconut tree climber, he added.
Registrar P. Subbian, Dean S. Santhanu Bosu, Director of Research M. Paramathma, Director of Agri Business Development R. Ganeshan, and Chief Executive Officer and Director of Premier Equipment and Products Private Limited A. Rajkumar, were present for the launch.
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