Author Topic: Major Development News Of Uttarakhand - उत्तराखंड के विकास की प्रमुख खबरे (Read 267861 times)

हेम पन्त · « **Reply #200 on:** January 29, 2008, 11:32:34 AM »

खण्डूरी सरकार द्वारा उठाया गया एक सराहनीय कदम.... इस कदम से पहाडों में औद्योगिक विकास में तेजी आने की उम्मीद की जा सकती है

Quote from: M S Mehta on January 29, 2008, 10:29:06 AM

Uttarakhand announces new industrial policy

Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehradun January 28, 2008

Aims to develop industries in hilly and remote areas.

Uttarakhand may have seen strong industrialisation during the past five years, mainly in the plains, following the special package announced by the Centre in 2003.

In sharp contrast, the hilly region of the state had largely remained deprived of any such bounties.

But now the new industrial policy announced by Chief Minister BC Khanduri promises to usher in a new beginning in the hills of Uttarakhand with a package to attract investments complete with a slew of sops for 10 years.

“The main objective of the policy is to promote economic development of the hilly and remote areas of the state where industrial process could not take place,” said Khanduri.

The new industrial policy, which comes into force from April 1, doles out special power tariff rebate up to 100 per cent. It is for the first time that the government has announced both industrial and power policies together so that they compliment each other, experts said.

Under the new policy, the remote and hilly areas of the state have been categorised in Group A and Group B, with incentives in the former higher than the latter.

Projects with investments over Rs 5 crore will now be classified as mega project. Under the 2003 industrial policy only the projects having investments more than Rs 50 crore were given this status.

The minimum requirement of land for setting up a private industrial estate would now be 2 acres instead of 30 acres. These industrial areas would also be provided financial assistance up to Rs 50 lakh. Also, there will be no stamp duty in the sale and lease deed of the land meant for industrial plots. There will also be capital subsidy on fixed capital investment in building, plant and machinery at the rate of 25 per cent for a maximum of Rs 30 lakh in Group A areas, while a capital subsidy of 20 percent with maximum of Rs 25 lakh will be given for industrial units coming up in Group B areas.

A special VAT rebate up to 90 percent will also be given. Eligible enterprises will also get interest subsidy on loans extended by banks and financial institutions.

With such attractive financial incentives, banks in these areas now have very good opportunities of financing industrial activities, an industrial department official said.

http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?tab=r&autono=311795&subLeft=1&leftnm=3
“Our main purpose is to create fresh avenues of employment for our youths in the hills,” said Sudhir Nautiyal, additional secretary of the state’s industries department.

एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720 · « **Reply #201 on:** February 01, 2008, 09:59:37 AM »

Arvind Remedies to set up new unit in Uttarakhand

which met today, decided to set up a new manufacturing unit in Uttarakhand.

Arvind Remedies is engaged in the manufacture, marketing and export of allopathic and ayurvedic pharmaceutical products.

The company has its manufacturing facility and research and development lab in Kakkalur, Chennai.

Shares of the company declined Rs 0.14, or 4.59% to settle at Rs 2.91. The total volume of shares traded was 2,090,008 at the BSE. (Thursday)

एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720 · « **Reply #202 on:** February 01, 2008, 11:32:47 AM »

Uttarakhand Govt to buy cow urine at Rs 5 per litre
Dehradun, January 31: The Uttarakhand Government has started an ambitious programme to buy cow urine through milk cooperative societies and sell it to Ayurvedic pharmacies or to be used in making Ayurvedic medicines.

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The state Government already has a demand lying with it for 5,000 litres of cow urine from Swami Ramdev’s pharmacy at Haridwar, sources said.

The first phase of the programme to buy cow urine at the rate of Rs 5 per litre was started at Kalsi in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun this month. “We will be starting the next phase from Srinagar Garhwal soon,” said Agriculture Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat. A total of 1,900 active milk cooperatives would be engaged to collect cow urine, later to be sold to the Ayurvedic pharmacies or to be used in making Ayurvedic medicines.

“We do not have the facilities to make concentrate of cow urine, so we are buying cow urine that we can process,” said Rawat. Apart from this, the state Government is also keen to start a Cow Research Institute. Rawat himself visited Kanpur recently to study the upkeep of ‘goshalas’(cow sheds) being run in Uttar Pradesh.

A team of officials also visited Jaipur for evaluating the work being done in Rajasthan. “We wanted to collect all the information, so that we can have an excellent research facility in the shape of the proposed Cow Research Institute,” said Trivendra Singh Rawat.

Earlier, the Government decided to set up a Cow Science and Technology Institute in Chamoli district. A provision of Rs 3 crore was made for the proposed institute in the first budget presented by the state Government. The institute, a first of its kind in the country, will do research on the various breeds of indigenous cows. It will also conduct research on the medicinal values of cow urine and cow dung.

The institute is also supposed to develop various medicines made from cow urine that would reduce dependency on anti-biotic medicines. The Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, has prepared a blueprint for the proposed institute. A sum of Rs 20 crore would be spent on the institute that will be spread over an area of 20 acres.

According to officials, research to improve the milk-giving capacity of various breeds of indigenous cows namely ‘Badri’, the red small cow of the hills, ‘Sahiwal’, ‘Thar’ and ‘Sindhi’ would also be undertaken. Officials believe that the urine of ‘Badri’ has a unique quality to treat cancer.

The institute is a brainchild of Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, a former RSS parcharak. Meanwhile, the state had also enacted an Act to protect cow progeny. “These measures will help the small hill farmers who are very poor,” Rawat claimed

http://www.indianexpress.com/story/267544.html

एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720 · « **Reply #203 on:** February 04, 2008, 09:53:57 AM »

POWERLESS IN CITY BEAUTIFUL

Chandigarh, February 3 Last week, Finance-cum-Engineering Secretary Sanjay Kumar’s advice telling residents to judiciously use power or face cuts, gave out a clear message. Chandigarh requires more power than it has.
“The power requirement of the city has touched 52 lakh units per day due to development and population growth. Last year, the city recorded a peak demand of 272 MW against the total entitlement of 248/200 MW. This deficit is increasing every season,” says a senior official.

“According to the department’s calculations, the demand for power, which is likely to touch 320 MW in the peak summer months, is expected to increase to 440 MW in 2010-11 due to more malls and mega-projects like Education City and theme parks,” says the official.

While for now, the department is overdrawing from the Grid but the situation cannot continue for long.

According to the Engineering Department’s latest cautionary statement, “Against the firm and ad hoc allocation of 235 MW, the UT is receiving 120 MW to 150 MW of power thereby overdrawing 10 MW to 75 MW of power during different hours of the day. Further drawing of power from the grid can lead to Grid failure, and can plunge the whole region into darkness”.

Power demand in peak summer months is leading to temporary purchasing of power at fairly exorbitant rates. Take for instance last summer. A senior official says power had to be purchased at Rs 7 per unit as against the rate of Rs 3 per unit.

“During peak summer and winter, the city is always short of power due to reduction in allocation by generating stations,” says a senior official.

Plan for the future

Banking on a number of projects that will be commissioned in other states in the next few years, the Administration had signed Power Purchase Agreements of three different projects with the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) last year. According to the agreement, the NHPC will set up 3X65 MW, 4X80 MW and 8X55 MW hydroelectric power plants at Districts Tehri and Pauri Garhwal of Uttarakhand.

Though the UT has claimed 45 MW of power from these stations, the projects are likely to be commissioned only by 2010-11.

The administration is also eyeing an agreement with the Power Trading Corporation (PTC) for 50MW power as a short term and 100-200 MW power as a long-term solution.

एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720 · « **Reply #204 on:** February 04, 2008, 04:11:51 PM »

Autolite plans Rs 1 bn expansion

Autolite (India) planned Rs 1 billion expansion and modernization programme of the existing plant facilities, reports Business Standard.

The expansion plan is targeting at increasing the production as the company has a huge volume of orders for export as well the OEM market, sources said.

It is believed that the company received good response in the recently held Auto Expo Show in New Delhi. Foreign vehicle manufacturers and many multi-national companies have shown interest in the company`s product and, due to this reason, the expansion of existing production facilities and setting up new plants has become essential to cater to the huge demand of the customers.

The company has already started setting up a manufacturing plant at Rudrapur in Uttarakhand and the work is under progress. The company has orders of over Rs 3,500 million,to be executed in 2 years.

Presently, the company is exporting around 30-35% of its total production. It also supplies its products to leading OEMs like Tata Motors, Swaraj Mazda, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Udyog, Ashok Leyland, Eicher Motors, L&T, BEML, etc.

Shares of the company gained Rs 3.5, or 3.59% to trade at Rs 100.95. The total volume of shares traded was 21,723 at the BSE. (1.54 p.m., Monday)

एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720 · « **Reply #205 on:** February 04, 2008, 04:13:42 PM »

Cow urine sale high on govt's agenda

Tania Saili Bakshi
Monday, February 4, 2008 (Dehradun)
The Uttarakhand government has taken up the new challenge to sell urine of 26 species of cow, named Badri.

The urine of this variety of cows found in the interior areas of the state has a richer herbal residue content compared to that from cows found in the plains. And the idea is to use the urine in manufacturing ayurvedic medicines.

Ayurvedic chemists vouch for the medicinal properties of distilled cow urine.

''Cow urine has the same potential like Ciplox and Amoxicilin in Allopathic medicines to fight diseases,'' said Rakesh Bahuguna, Ayurvedic Chemist.

Cattle owners have reason to be happy. Each litre of cow urine they sell will fetch them 5 rupees.

''Villagers will benefit from the programme as milk is not sold throughout the year,'' said Pyari Devi, Farmer.

For the time being ayurvedic pharmacies like the Patanjali Yogpeeth and Geeta Bhawan have volunteered to buy the product. The government plans to create a market, where cattle owners will directly interact with eager buyers.

''Till now we have got an order of 5 ton of cow urine per day from Patanjali Yogpeeth pharmacy and Geeta Bhawan, Swargashram Rishikesh too has shown a keen interest in buying cow urine for manufacturing Ayurvedic medicines,'' said Trivendra Rawat, Minister for Animal Husbandry.

There is good news for the marginalized cattle grazers of Uttarakhand as the government has stepped in to purchase and market the curative value of cow urine, which was essentially being wasted.

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080040325&ch=2/4/2008%201:30:00%20PM

एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720 · « **Reply #206 on:** February 06, 2008, 09:46:04 AM »

Uttarakhand annual Plan finalised

NEW DELHI: The Annual Plan outlay for Uttarakhand for 2008-09 was on Tuesday finalised at Rs 4,775 crore at a meeting here between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and State Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri.

The Plan size includes an additional Central assistance component of Rs 300 crore for the infrastructure facilities required for Kumbh Mela and SAF Winter Games and other priority projects of the State.

Commenting on the State’s performance during the current fiscal, Dr Ahluwalia pointed out that its overall growth rate was good and even the Plan expenditure during the Tenth Plan period was encouraging but its per capita income remained rather low. Alongside, while its achievement in the farm sector was commendable, the poverty level in both rural and urban areas was, however, much higher than those at the all-India level or in Himachal Pradesh. This, he said, showed that topmost priority should be given to creating more livelihood opportunities.

Dr Ahluwalia noted that Uttarakhand had made commendable progress in the tourism sector during the Tenth Plan and the development process should be carried forward as the State had immense potential for becoming a world-class tourist centre with all types of activities on offer such as pilgrimage, cultural, adventure, wildlife and eco-tourism. To develop high value tourism, the State should focus on developing adequate infrastructure facilities at specific destinations and circuits.

On the industrial policy front, the Commission pointed out that Uttarakhand’s development programmes were seemingly being driven by subsidy. Efforts, therefore, should be made to have a comprehensive plan of action for identified industries.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/06/stories/2008020661950800.htm

एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720 · « **Reply #207 on:** February 06, 2008, 09:47:11 AM »

UTTARAKHAND ANNUAL PLAN 2008-09 FINALISED
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20:42 IST
The Annual Plan outlay for Uttarakhand for the year 2008-09 was finalized at a meeting, here today, between the Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister of Uttaranchal Shri B C Khanduri. The Annual Plan size was agreed at Rs. 4775 crores. This includes additional Central assistance of Rs. 300 crores for infrastructure needed for Kumbh Mela and SAF Winter Games and other projects of special interest to the State.

Commenting on the performance of the State, Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Mr. Ahluwalia said that growth rate was good and even plan expenditure during the tenth plan is encouraging but per capita income remained rather low. Achievement in the agriculture sector was commendable. However, the poverty level was much higher than those at the all India level or in Himachal Pradesh in both rural and urban areas. This shows that topmost priority should be given to creating livelihood opportunities.

Appreciable achievements have been reached in the tourism sector during tenth Plan period and needs to be carried forward as the State has immense potential for becoming a world class tourist centre. The State offers all types of tourism like pilgrimage, cultural, adventure, wildlife and eco-tourism. To develop high value tourism, the State should focus on developing adequate infrastructure facilities at the destinations and circuits.

On industrial policy, it was pointed out that the policy seemingly was driven by subsidy. Efforts should be to have a comprehensive plan of action for identified industries. Benefits of concessions should reach far-flung areas.

Briefing the Commission on the pace of development, Mr. Khanduri said that emphasis would continue on social sector. This is clearly reflected in both Eleventh Plan and Annual Plan proposal. Over 37 percent of plan outlay would be ear-marked for social services. He said efforts are on to further accelerate development of infrastructure and for this purpose four projects are being executed through external aid. These would be in roads and bridges, urban infrastructure, power and tourism development. He sought additional support from the Centre for Haridwar Maha Kumbh in 2010, South Asia Winger games and additional grant to support earthquake affected people.

Mr. Khanduri said that the Centre should supplement efforts to bring at par with other developed States and in view of the state of industrialization, tax holiday period should be extended upto 2013. he also sought Central support in tackling problem of silting of dams.

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http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=35164

एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720 · « **Reply #208 on:** February 07, 2008, 02:29:56 PM »

Cow urine sale high on govt's agenda

Cow urine sale high on govt's agenda
The Uttarakhand government has taken up the new challenge to sell urine of 26 species of cow, named Badri. The urine of this variety of cows found in The Uttarakhand government has taken up the new challenge to sell urine of 26 species of cow, named Badri. The urine of this variety of cows found in the interior areas of the state has a richer herbal residue content compared to that from cows found in the plains. And the idea is to use the urine in manufacturing ayurvedic medicines. Ayurvedic chemists vouch for the medicinal properties of distilled cow urine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8HNEa-noIA

एम.एस. मेहता /M S Mehta 9910532720 · « **Reply #209 on:** February 13, 2008, 11:59:16 AM »

New package for Tehri announced

February 13, 2008 01:17 IST

The controversial 2,400 MW Tehri hydel project has cleared one more hurdle after the Centre announced a fresh package of Rs 149 crore for the rehabilitation of the displaced people.

An announcement to this effect was made by Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde during a visit to Tehri, officials here said.

"We are pleased to announce that a package of Rs 149 crore for Tehri has been accepted by the centre," Tehri District Magistrate UD Chaube said.

This is the second rehabilitation package in four years. The centre had earlier approved a package of Rs 234 crore in 2003.

The first phase (1,000 Mw) of the Tehri dam, which is being built by the Tehri development Corporation, has already been commissioned.

The work is in progress for the second and third phase of the dam which will together produce 1400 MW of power. An estimated sum of Rs 10,000 crore has already been spent on the dam which is the highest in Asia.

With the announcement of fresh rehabilitation package, the remaining hurdles in the way of the Tehri dam have been cleared, experts noted.

Meanwhile, with Uttarakhand coming under the grip of acute power crisis, Chief Minister B C Khanduri today sought more electricity from the central pool and also called for enhancing wheat quota.

Khanduri also asked the centre to increase the wheat quota for Uttarakhand and alleged that the wheat quota has been lowered from 18470 metric tons to 1566 metric tons.

Khanduri also sought extension of the Industrial package till 2013. "The package was meant for 10 year period. It was the UPA government which reduced it to 7 years," he said.

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