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IAS

Appointments

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The 2003 batch IRSE officer, Neeraj Dhamija, currently postedas Senior Divisional Engineer(Co-ordination) in Vadodra, WesternRailway has been appointed as Additional General Manager(Civil)at Vadodra, RVNL for the period of five years.

The 2009 batch ISS officer, Purushottam Verma has been ap-pointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Development of NorthEastern Region in Delhi.

The 2002 batch IDAS Officer, Mansoor Hasan Khan has beenlaterally shifted from the post of Deputy Director(Sr) in LBSNAA,Mussoorie to the post of Director in the Department of Investmentand Pulic Asset Management(DIPAM) for the period upto 18 Jan2022.

The 1988 batch IDSE officer, Ratan Agarwal, Director in the Min-istry of Defence has been appointed to the post of Director, CentralVigilance Commission(CVC) on the lateral basis for a period upto 1June 2022.

The 1999 batch ITS officer, Gajendra Singh has been appointedas Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Animal Husbandry,Dairying and Fisheries to Sanjeev Kumar Balyan in the Dept of Ani-mal Husbandry and Dairying at the Director level for the period upto15 July 2020.

The 1984 batch IA&AS officer, Birendra Kumar who is currentlyposted as CVO, Power Finance Corporation(PFC) has been givenpremature repatriation to his cadre wef 27 January 2020.

The IES officer of 2015 cadre, Ms. Dilasha Anand has been ap-pointed as Research Officer, Economic Wing of Embassy of India,Washington DC in USA for a period of three years from the date ofassumption of the charge of the post.

Lt General Girish Kumar, VSM has been appointed to the post ofthe Surveyor General of India in Survey of India on contract basis forthe period of one year.

Sanjeev Kumar, a private Person has been appointed as Officeron Special Duty to the Minister for law and Justice, Electronics andIT and Communication, Ravi Shankar Prasad in the Dept of LegalAffairs at the Deputy Secretary level.

Michael Debabrata Patra, currently posted as Executive Direc-tor in Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has been appointed to the post ofDeputy Governor in the Reserve Bank of India for the period of threeyears.

The 1989 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, RajeshAggarwal, Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Ministryof Petroleum & Natural Gas has been appointed as Nominee Direc-tor on the Board of Directors in the Bharat Petroleum CorporationLtd(BPCL).

The 2001 batch IOFS officer, Ms. Mudita Mishra has been later-ally shifted from the Dept of Financial Services to the O/o Develop-ment Commissioner(Handicrafts) under the Ministry of Textiles

The Indian Foreign Service Officer of 1996 batch, A K Sahu hasbeen appointed as next High Commissioner of India to the CommonWealth of Dominica with residence in Port of Spain. He is currentlyposted as High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Trinidadand Tobago.

As many as two appointments has been approved by NationalMedical Commission for the period of three years. They are: Dr.Suresh Chandra Sharma, Professor and Head, ENT Head-NeckSurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi as Chairman, National Medical Commis-sion. Dr. Rakesh Kumar Vats, Secretary General, Board of Gover-nors, Medical Council of India as Secretary, National Medical Com-mission.

The 1984 batch IPS officer of UP cadre, Dr. A. P.Maheshwari, who is presently working as SpecialSecretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs has beenappointed to the post of Director General, CentralReserve Police Force(CRPF) from the date of joiningupto 28 Feb 2021.

The 1995 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre,Sandeep Mittal has been given extension of centraldeputation tenure as Joint Secretary(Security) in theLok Sabha Secretariat.

The 1989 batch IPoS officer, Amitabh Kharwal,who is currently posted as Joint Secretary in the Min-istry of Home Affairs has been given premature repa-triation to his parent cadre.

The 1992 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre,Sadanand Vasant Date has been moved to his parentcadre on personal grounds.

The 1994 batch IPS officer of UP cadre, SujeetPandey, currently posted as ADG, Prayagraj zone hasbeen appointed as first Police Commissioner,Lucknow.

The 1995 batch IPS officer of UP cadre, AlokSingh, currently posted as IGP, Meerut has been ap-pointed as first Commissioner of Police of GautamBudh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.

The 2006 batch IPS officer of J&K Cadre, AmitKumar has been appointed as Deputy InspectorGeneral(DIG) grade in Jammu & Kashmir.

The 2011 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre, RaviJha has been appointed as Officer on SpecialDuty(OSD) to the Minister of State(I/C) DoNER andMoS for PMO, PPG&P, Atomic Energy and Space toDr. Jitendra Singh in the Dept of Atomic Energy.

The 2004 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre, T.Sreekanth has been appointed as Private Secretaryto the Minister of State for Home Affairs to G. KishanReddy at Director level for a period upto 25 June 2023.

The 2010 batch IAS officer of UP cadre,Prabhanshu Kumar Srivastava has been appointedas Private Secretary to Chairman, National Commis-sion for Scheduled Castes Prof Ram ShankarKatheria.

The 2010 batch IAS officer, Niraj Kumar has beenappointed as Additional Resident Commissioner andex-officio Secretary, Resident Commission in Jammu& Kashmir Govt in New Delhi.

The 2004 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre,Mrs. Gunjan Krishna promoted to Supertime scale inKarnataka.

The 1985 batch IAS officer of UT cadre, Dr. M. M.Kutty has been given addl charge of the post of Sec-retary, Ministry of Steel with the Immediate effect andtill the assumption of the charge of the post by BinoyKumar, IAS (TG:1983), during the period of his ab-sence on leave.

Maheshwari appointed newDirector General of CRPF

Senior IPS of-ficer APMaheshwari wason Monday ap-pointed as the Di-rector-General ofCentral ReservePolice Force(CRPF).

“The appoint-ments committeeof the Cabinet hasapproved the pro-posal of Ministry ofHome Affairs forappointment of DrAP Maheshwari,

IPS, presently working as Special Secretary, MHA to thepost of Director-General, Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) from the date of joining the post,” appointmentcommittee of the Cabinet said in a statement.

Michael Patra takes over as RBIDeputy Governor

Michael Patra took over asDeputy Governor of the Re-serve Bank of India (RBI).

He was an Executive Direc-tor of India’s central bank beforebeing elevated to the post ofDeputy Governor.

An RBI release said that asDeputy Governor, Patra will lookafter Monetary Policy Depart-ment including Forecasting andModelling Unit (MPD/MU), Fi-nancial Markets Operations De-partment (FMOD), FinancialMarkets Regulation Depart-ment. He will also look after Market Intelligence (FMRD/MI), Interna-tional Department (Intl. D), Department of Economic and Policy Re-search (DEPR),

Department of Statistics and Information Management (includingData and Information Management Unit) (DSIM/DIMU), CorporateStrategy and Budget Department (CSBD) and Financial Stability Unit

Challa Sreenivasulu Settyappointed MD of SBI

The governmenton Monday appointedChalla SreenivasuluSetty as the managingdirector of the StateBank of India for a pe-riod of three years, ac-cording to an officialorder.

The AppointmentsCommittee of theCabinet has approved

the proposal of the Department of the Financial Ser-vices for the appointment of Setty, currently servingas the deputy managing director of the SBI, in the keypost.

Setty has been appointed as the MD of the SBI fora period of three years with effect from the date of histaking over the charge of the post or until further or-ders, whichever is earlier and which is extendable bytwo years or until further orders, whichever is earlier,after review of his performance, the order said.

Sujit Pandey takes charge asLucknow Police commissioner

Senior IPS officer Sujit Pandey on Wednesday tookcharge as the first police commissioner of Lucknow afterthe commissionerate system of policing was implementedin the state. Speaking to reporters after taking charge, the1994 batch IPS officer said his priorities would be to im-prove the law and order in Lucknow and security of women.

“Today the entire team is taking charge, and immedi-ately after this there will be work distribution and zonedistribution of DCPs and other officials. In the past years,we have done good work in improving the law and orderscenario in Lucknow. The effort will be to make it a littlemore better,” he said. “We will try to infuse professional-ism and give smart policing !

Praveen Sood, 1986 batch IPSofficer took charge as the new

DGP of Karnataka.


Meeting Of The MonthMeeting of the month ! Somesh Kumar,

Chief Secretary of Telangana State andNeelam Sawhney, Chief Secretary ofAndhra Pradesh are on screen.Chief Sec-retaries of the both Telugu states met atBRKR Bhavan to resolve issues related toscheduled 9 and 10 institutions under theAP Reorganization Act.Other matters werealso discussed.The meeting was quitepositive !

Coming back to the news SomeshKumar has began the work in full speed.Several review meetings with various de-partments and many new initiatives are onthe cards.His smart & smooth style ofworking is working tremendous, his expe-rience & vision will surely be helpful to thegovernment & the administration. Manymore to come ! Kudos.

Super & SuperbHardwork always speaks ! M.Mahender

Reddy, DGP Telangana is making rounds for hisefforts.Let’s check what CM KCR garu said forMr.Reddy during H.J.Dora’s book release func-tion. “Under the leadership of DGP MahenderReddy, police is making lot of efforts to eradi-cate the social ills. They are not confining them-selves to the maintenance law and order, theyare also discharging their social responsibilities.Eradication of the illicit liquor, closing down ofclubs that allowed playing cards , stoppage ofillegal transport of rice and many more. No moreendorsement is needed after the open statementmade by CM garu. Super & superb !

Greetings ToGovernor

IPS officer Atul Karwal, the newDirector of Sardar Vallabbahi PatelNational Police Academy,Hyderabad after taking the chargegreeted H.E. Governor Dr.TamilisaiSoundararajan.

Atul Karwal belongs to Gujaratcadre and he will serve as Directortill December 2021.He was servingat CRPF earlier.Best wishes toMr.Atul Karwal.

The Lake SaverChief Justice Shri. Raghvendra Singh

Chauhan directed GHMC to appoint a full-timesecurity person who can monitor the pond, re-strain residents from dumping garbage into thewater body and inform the police through a cellphone provided by the civic body. This after theGHMC counsel informed the HC that the com-missioner was not empowered to make such ap-pointments.

Reacting very sharply to the reply, JusticeChauhan said, “Ask the GHMC commissioner toresign. Handover papers to the government stat-ing that he is not able to discharge his dutiesproperly. This is not the proper answer which thiscourt expects from the GHMC Commissioner”,after this episode GHMC came forward to pro-tect 169 lakes by allotting security guards. Hat’soff to the CJ, because of his stand now he be-come the saviour for 169 lakes.

‘Wow Hyderabad’Office For India Affairs, Direc-

tor Laura Stone visits Hyderabadand after seeing the city she said‘Wow Hyderabad’.Officer JayeshRanjan, Principal Secretary for ITmet Ms.Stone & discussed regard-ing strong US-India partnership.The US ,CG in Hyderabad JoelReifman can also be seen in thepicture.He said We celebratedprogress of construction at ournew consulate site in Hyderabad.It will include 54 visa windows ! Healso visited Ramoji Film City &loved touring the grand sets ofBaahubali. Kya baat hai !

Bigger OneAwards & endorsements for Hyderabad Po-

lice is a routine happening, but the recent one isexceptional one ! Commissioner Anjani Kumarreceived the National award for Best SecurityPractices from President Shri. Ram Nath Kovindin New Delhi. The award is part of the Best Elec-tion Practices 2019 awards given out by the Elec-tion Commission of India. Let’s applaud, yeh tohbadi baat hai !

T-Hub :The Most Innovative

UK Deputy High Commissioner AndrewFleming visited T-Hub, after checking he said that,“T-Hub is most innovative place, I tell the same toall the people & to all my visitors whoever comesto Hyderabad”. But one can only marvel at whatthe new premises, destined to be among theworld’s largest incubators, will be, look & feel like.Thanks for your wonderful words dear Fleming,as IT & innovations are in first priority in TelanganaState.

What Next !Former CBI Joint Director V.V.Laxminarayana

resigned from his primary membership of PawanKalyan’s Jana Sena Party. In his resignation let-ter, Laxminarayana stated, “Earlier, Pawan Kalyanhad said that he will dedicate himself to publicservice and will not act in movies anymore. Butnow he has decided to act again. Your decisionis a reflection of the lack of stability and legiti-macy in your decisions. So, I decided to quit theparty.”

Other side , Pawan Kalyan accepted the res-ignation of JD Lakshminarayana but said, ‘I don’thave cement factories, power projects, milkprojects. I’m not a government employee whoearns huge salary. Cinema is my profession andmany families depended on me’. So, nowMr.Laxminarayana what next !

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Matter Of PrideWining ‘President’s Medal’ is the matter of pride for

entire Telangana Police. Yes, the Ministry of Home Af-fairs awarded the President’s Police Medal (PPM) to theAdditional Director-General of Police (Personnel) and theformer Telangana Intelligence Chief B.Shivadhar Reddyon the occasion of Republic Day.

Mr. Reddy, an IPS officer of 1994 batch, was the firstIntelligence Chief of Telangana. Earlier in his career, hewas posted as Visakhapatnam Commissioner of Policeand Director of Anti Corruption Bureau in the united AP.He was DIG for Special Intelligence Branch, and in 2003,he also worked in UN peace keeping mission in Kosovo.Congratulations to the officer.

Finally ! Lake CareFinally, GHMC has resolved to protect all 169 lakes

in the city by boosting the lake protection force. It willdeploy security personnel to monitor all lakes

GHMC commissioner,D.S.Lokesh Kumar, held a re-view meeting with zonal commissioners and instructedthem to withdraw guards from sports complexes, deputycommissioner offices and mid-level officials working inzonal offices and redeploy them at lakes to prevent ille-gal dumping and encroachments. The corporation wouldfirst rationalise the deployment on a war-footing, espe-cially around those lakes that are nearing extinction. Ifthe civic body falls short of guards, it will also redeploythe staff from headquarters near Tank Bund.

Guys Be Khabardaar !Let’s all be khabardaar, because now the GHMC’s Di-

rectorate of Enforcement Vigilance and Disaster Man-agement wing has decided to monitor complaints raisedon Twitter and other social networking sites to catch of-fenders littering public places. Young officer EVDM di-rector Viswajit Kampati said now every person has to beresponsible as EVDM will react on every social mediapicture and act accordingly on the person.He said sofar, 4,61,783 civic violations were recorded by EVDM staff,recorded and uploaded the same on the EVDM portal.So,guys better to be khabardaar !

Sikta ‘On Screen’The young IAS officer Sikta Patnaik is on

screen, who has recently took over the charge asZonal Commissioner, LB Nagar Zone. Earlier asAdditional Commissioner (IT & Urban CommunityDevelopment ), GHMC she had done a tremen-dous work by introducing new initiatives. Apartfrom sanitation the officer was devoted for vari-ous awareness campaigns, health camps, smokefree events and women empowermentprogrammes, from which many people hasbenefited.The 2014 batch officer previouslyworked as Asst. Collector Nalgonda and as Sub-Collector, Bodhan.Many more to come ! Bestwishes.

Santosh Mehra‘On Central Deputation’

Sr. IPS officer Santosh Mehra is appointed as Addl.Director General, Bureau of Police Research and Devel-opment ( BPR&D ) on central deputation for the periodof four years.

In brief : (BPR&D), was set up on 28 August 1970 infurtherance of the objective of the Government of Indiafor the modernisation of police forces. It has evolved asa multifaceted, consultancy organisation. At present ithas 4 divisions - Research, Development, Training andCorrectional Administration. Best wishes to the officer.

Applauds for Praveen KumarOnce again IPS officer Dr.R.S.Praveen

Kumar,Secretary, TSWREI Society in news.This time forthe appreciations from CM garu during H.J.Dora’s booklaunch.CM said “Praveen Kumar is working hard to edu-cate the Dalits in the State. We are giving our total sup-port to Praveen Kumar’s efforts to take students to ahigher level. The inferiority among the certain commu-nity is removed by Mr.Kumar and today the studentsare happy that they are studying in one of the bestschools.” That’s fantastic ! Kudos to all his efforts.

Sujatha Gupta Resignation :GHMC Missed The Good Officer

Sujatha Gupta, senior officer who was appointedon contract basis in the cadre of Additional Commis-sioner (Sanitation), GHMC, for one year, has report-edly resigned even before completion of her tenure.The former Indian Defence Estates Services (IEDS)officer, who served as the CEO of Secunderabad Can-tonment Board, was appointed as the Officer on Spe-cial Duty in the GHMC in September last year, aftertaking voluntary retirement from the defence services

The lady officer, who worked tremendously at SCBand looking her work the government has appointedher at GHMC. She cited some personal reasons forthe resignation, but back the screen the story is quitedifferent.The government & the senior officers knowthe story, but all are maintaining silence. Finally be-cause of the mismanagement the GHMC, it missed agood officer and the lady officer’s resignation is likethe caution for the government to seriously focus onthe corporation.

Meet Officer Kritika & DeepikaIn Charge Of Disha Law, AP

IAS officer Dr.Kritika Shukla and IPSofficer M.Deepika appointed as Special Of-ficers for implementing the “Disha Law” inAndhra Pradesh.. “Dr Kritika Shukla, is pres-ently the Director of Women Developmentand Child Welfare has been given an addi-tional charge as DISHA Special Officer.M.Deepika, who is the Additional Superin-tendent of Police (Administration) of

Kurnool, has been transferred and posted as DISHA Special Officer,”.The Andhra Pradesh Criminal Law (Amendment) Act enables quick trial and judge-

ment in cases of rape and acid attacks in which there is clinching evidence againstthe accused. The trial has to be completed within 14 days and the verdict has to bepronounced within 21 days. The appeal period is cut to 45 days from six months.

The highlights of the new law includes exclusive death penalty for rape crimeswhere “adequate conclusive evidence” is available. Earlier, the provision for punish-ing rape offenders was sentence for fixed jail term leading to life imprisonment ordeath sentence.

Amoy Took Over AsRR.Dist Collector

News is, Amoy Kumar tookover as the new Collector of RangaReddy District.He was serving asSuryapet district collector.

Mr.Kumar did a tremendouswork at Suryapet, had tried hisbest for effective implementationof welfare schemes.Face to faceprogramme, which was organisedin all mandals during land recordspurification was considered as amodel to other districts in theState to follow. ConductingPeddagattua Jathara, which wassecond biggest annual fete in the

Make A NoteGuys make a note ! Musharraf Ali Faruqui,

GHMC Additional Commissioner said “ Seat beltsaved my life, escaped unhurt in an accident.Never miss wearing it ! So, guys don’t miss wear-ing the seat belt while driving ! Take pledge andimplement strictly. As nowadays people are wear-ing the seat belts with the fear of traffic challanand not bothered of valuable life.

This is something inspiring !Two Collectors have started thegood initiative on this newyear.As per the wish the officers& the people of Adilabad districtbrought blankets instead of bou-quets to meet their favorite Col-lector Divya Devarajan on thisnew year. Not to surprise that theblankets numbers have reachedto three thoushand, which will bedistributed among needy. Fantas-tic idea !

Whereas,Medak CollectorK.Dharma Reddy has got a hugenumber of blankets, dictionaries,and notebooks as gifts on NewYear’s Day. Around 3,000 dictio-naries, 250 blankets, 500 note-books, pens and pencils was pre-

sented by the people, which will be distributed the to inmates of Government Wel-fare and Residential Schools located across the district. Kudos to the officer !

Baat- MulakaatMajor General R.K.Singh, Gen-

eral Officer Commanding ,Telangana and Andhra Sub Areamet NVS.Reddy, MD, HyderabadMetro Rail Limited at HMRL office,Begumpet.HMR has constructedGolden Palm Sainik Bhawan(GPSB) for the soldiers and mili-tary officers in about 1.68 acrenear Secunderabad Railway sta-tion. The building houses variousestablishments such as ECHSPolyclinic, ECHS Dental Clinic(Research & Referral) and veterancell besides state of the art tran-

sit accommodation for all ranks. This joint venture is an apostle of excellent civil-military cooperation and will provide an excellent transit facility to the soldiers ofTS and AP, the GOC noted.

Inspiring Initiative !

State, without error is a big achievement for theoffcier.More feathers in his cap ! Many more tocome ! Best wishes to the officer.In the pictureJt.Collector Dr.Harish presenting the bouquet tothe new DM Mr.Kumar.

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Afghan Consulate OpenThe Doors At HyderabadAfghanistan opens its consulate at Hyderabad.

Ms.Naheed Esar, Deputy Foreign Minister,Afghanistan,Mohammad Mahmood Ali, Minister forHome,Telangana & Tahir Qaadiri, Afghan Cd’A inNew Delhi inaugurated the new consulate. Apartfrom New Delhi one more Consulate is at Mumbai.

Ms.Esar said we are looking forward for evenmore strong bonds between India and Afghanistanlike students visiting India for studies, more busi-ness and so on.

Mr.Mahamood Ali stated that Consulate inHyderabad will play an important role in promot-ing economic and cultural ties between Afghani-stan and India within the region.

Mr. Sayed Mohammad Ibrahimkhil, acting Af-ghan Consul General, Hyderabad welcomed theguests & addressed the gathering. The purposeof the Consulate is to issue visas and attestingDocuments for Afghan Students, as there are al-most 300 students here in Hyderabad. Moreovertrade and business between both the Nations willbe the priority. Several diplomats & dignitaries par-ticipated the inaugural ceremony.

Guests with Afghan students

A.R.SrinivasArvinder Singh

Dr. E. Vishu VardhanReddy

Suresh Chukkapalli withDr.Adnan AltayAltinors

Mohammed Haghbin Ghomi

Ms.Naheed Esar

Mohammad Mahmood Ali &Tahir Qaadiri

Sayed Mohammad Ibrahimkhil

H.J.Dora & His Autobiography

Chief Minister K.Chandrashekhar Rao released autobiography of Former Direc-tor General of united Andhra Pradesh H.J.Dora titled “Journey Through TurbulentTimes”.

CM said that from the next academic year, lessons would be taught to enhancethe moral and ethical values in all the educational institutions in Telangana. “In theprocess to create a value-based society, academic lessons will be prepared in con-sultations with and after seeking advice from spiritual teachers like Jeeyar Swamyand former DGPs”.

“HJ Dora wrote a good book which is an essence of his experience. Dora alsoshowed how to achieve success through teamwork, how to act strategically at thetime of crisis, how to work efficiently with the available resources. He wrote severalother things in his book. Police officials should take all this as an inspiration andshould move forward. Changes are inevitable in human life. We also should changein tune with the time and achieve things. Staff should be given training frequently tomake them experts.” the CM said.

The author of the book H.J.Dora, speaking on the occasion, said that the policeshould never get a feeling that they are helpless. The police should utilise the avail-able resource to the optimum level.He said he was confident that the Telangana Statewould become number one in the country with regard to utilisation of the humanresources. Dora explained the challenges he faced during his service and how stra-tegically the police should act. DGP Mahender Reddy said that by learning from therich experiences of the formers, the present officers could bring in several changes.Dora’s book will help in this regard

A high-octane function to release I’m Possible,a book by Dr. Hari Prasad, president of the ApolloGroup of Hospitals, detailing the many challengeshe faced in life and how he overcame them, saw agalaxy of politicians, top police personnel andsports persons acknowledging the way the doc-tor had inspired them.

The book celebrates the life journey of crick-eter-turned-doctor Hari Prasad, and chronicles hisachievements and milestones, as well as thehurdles on his path and how he overcame them -including the biggest challenge, cancer. Speakingon the occasion, Dr Hari Prasad said, “I’m Possiblegives you a comprehensive insight into my life -be it giving up cricket, quitting smoking, fightingleukaemia, managing diabetes or combating obe-sity to come down from 115 kg to less than 65 kg.”

Badminton champion P.V. Sindhu introduced the book to the audience, amid thun-derous applause. Former Indian cricket captain Mohd. Azharuddin praised Dr Hari’sbatting skills.

M. Mahender Reddy & C.V. Anand Gautam Sawang

Sangita ReddyDr. Pratap ReddyMohd. Azaharuddin

“I’m Possible”Book Released


No need to run around for buildingpermits in Telangana

Telangana is perhaps one of those few States, where no permission is required for constructing a G+1house in a land admeasuring 76 square yards i.e. 63 sq metres.

All that the building owners have to do is pay Re1 and upload the details online and start constructing thehouse. More importantly, No Objection Certificate (NOC) is not required anymore after the construction iscompleted.

Telangana introduced this new Municipal Act making it easier for people specially, the low-income groupsconstruct their dream house. This is a novel initiative by the State government and goes a long way in helpingbuilding owners. And, it is not just those constructing houses in 76 yards, people constructing houses in 200 to500 square yards can apply for online permission. There is no need to run from pillar to post now, says amember of Telangana Real Estate Developers Association (TREDA).

Self-certification is permitted for those constructing a house within 10 metres height in plots admeasuring64 sq metres to 500 sq metres. They can now get instant approval. Not only making the process of obtainingpermissions for construction easier, the new Municipal Act also aids in controlling unauthorised and illegalconstructions. Generally, illegal constructions are made in small area of plots and unauthorised floors areadded. When no permission is required for constructing houses in 76 square yards, people will follow rulesand the number of unauthorised structures would come down, points out a senior official from MA&UD.

Balanced growth putsHyderabad on top

Everything is going well with Hyderabad’s real estate, making it theonly city that is showing balanced and all-round growth. From the Stategovernment’s push to strong fundamentals in commercial real estate,the city has all the ingredients to continue its growth trajectory, says areal estate expert.

At 10.5 million sq ft, Hyderabad is number two in office space ab-sorption in India in 2019, closely inching towards Bengaluru, which reg-istered 11 mn sq ft of office absorption. And because of the job creationhappening in the commercial side, there is also demand for apartments.Data points show positive outlook for the residential growth in the city inthe coming quarters.

In most Indian cities other than Hyderabad, unsold inventory is up to3-4 years of sales. In Hyderabad, it is only 18 months. The number ofapartments sold in Hyderabad last year was 16,000 units. The unsoldand under-construction apartments are only 24,000 units, which is avery healthy market to be in. Retail is also seeing good development. Alot of good quality malls are going to come in the next few years.Hyderabad is showing an all-round growth.

Office space absorption touches 6 million sqftin Hyderabad

Even as the year gone by waslacklustre for real estate in major cities,Hyderabad was a notable exception.Hyderabad, in the first three quarters of2019, saw net office space absorption ofclose to 6 million sqft. Comparatively lowrentals for Grade A office space gives thecity an edge over the other southern officehubs of Chennai and Bangalore, accord-ing to Satish Vadaga, City Head -Hyderabad, ANAROCK Property Consult-ants. With the likes of Amazon and Appleleasing big spaces in Hyderabad, the cityis giving Bengaluru stiff competition andmay soon catch up with it, the Anarock re-port said. Real estate in this city stayed afloat due to a stable political fabric, constant inward migration ofworking professionals and enhanced infrastructure, among others. Initiatives like Hyderabad Metro Rail,development of arterial roads and elevated corridors in and around IT hubs of Gachibowli, HITEC City andTellapur helped boost the city’s profile and prospects, the report said adding that creation of new district likeBhuvanagiri, Yadadari and Vikarabad created fresh avenues for overall real estate growth.

Incuspaze to foray into HyderabadIncuspaze, a chain of co-working spaces that sprawls over an area of 4 lakh sq ft across ten cities of India

with 20 centres, is going to foray into Hyderabad with its first facility expected to be operational by early Marchthis year in Gachibowli. The Hyderabad facility will have a 300-seat capacity spread over an area of over12,000 sq ft.

Sharing what attracted the company to Hyderabad, Sanjay Choudhary, CEO & founder, Incuspaze, toldTelangana Today, “The city has become the most lucrative market for commercial real estate. The maximumREIT (real estate investment trust) investments are projected to happen in Hyderabad. Also, the city is high interms of per capita commercial real estate investment. These trends are very clear that there is a growinginterest among enterprises as well as startups. We anticipate that in terms of occupancy in our facility, 70 percent would be enterprises while the remaining 30 per cent will be SMEs and startups. These enterprisescould also include large-funded startups.”

12 new malls by 2020 end inHyderabad

Hyderabad, which is witnessing an all-round growth in real estate-across office, residential and retail is now expected to have 12 new mallswith over 4 mn-sq-ft area by the end of 2022, according to AnarockRetail, a real-estate consultancy and research company.

The city has attracted private equity (PE) inflows of $200 million(over Rs 1,400 crore) into the retail segment in 2019 alone. Not onlyhigh-street stores are being set up by international retail giants here,these new malls coming up are the examples of city’s ongoing commer-cial growth and recent uptake of office space by multi-nationals andnational firms. Hyderabad city is also expected to see good growth inresidential and retail segments.

Sharing what is driving this growth, Anuj Kejriwal, MD & CEO, AnarockRetail, told ‘Telangana Today’, “Given the micro-markets where thesemalls are coming up, there is an inherent demand from people residingin and around the areas. Most people prefer to live in self-sustainedlocalities with adequate social infrastructure facilities including mallsbecause they wouldn’t want to travel long distances for entertainment orshopping purpose. Moreover, malls are no longer limited to shoppingcentres but rather are complete entertainment hubs for the discerningconsumers.”


Sona Chatwani :The True Design Diva

Sona Chatwani is the principal designer and creativeforce behind her firm SC design Studio, which is into de-sign consultancy of Residential and Commercial Interiorsfrom the year 2000.

She have done her masters from Queensland Collegeof Arts, Griffith University, Australia.In addition to her pro-fessional practice, Sona Chatwani was Chairperson for In-stitute of Indian interior Designers Hyderabad Chapter andalso has been on the Academic Advisory Committee Mem-ber to Hamstech Institute of Fashion and Interiors.

She is currently the Chairperson for Ficci FLOHyderabad.

Her articles on Interiors have been published in lead-ing newspapers and magazines. Apart from designingduplex, villas, apartments, her commercial interiors includeKaveri Enterprises, Hamstech institutions, ck spa, 24 let-ter Mantra, Pramati Technologies, Varreniyam, ManishMalhotra. Her firm is also into architecture and landscapework as well.

Sona’s work ranges from contemporary to traditional,with an emphasis on transitional, eclectic interiors. She isvery much involved in each segment of every project andsees the end of the project with a similar enthusiasm.

Her passion for creating an awareness is so visiblewhen she says, she’s also committed herself to teachingand expresses that “It is life time commitment to a learn-ing process”.

In recognition to excellent designs, her works havebeen nominated for the IIID MK Awards at National leveland has received an award from IIID AP laticrete awards inboth commercial and residential designs.

ADF Recognized her with an award in 2018in Amravati. She was felicitated by TV5 in 2019for mentorship in Interior Design.

Her personal interests include sports, de-signing clothes and traveling. Her sense ofsocial responsibility inclines towards spread-ing awareness against child labour, which shestrongly condemns. Has been involved withvarious CSR works through the organizationsshe is involved with.

Sona Chatwani

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Publisher/Printer/Editor/Owner: Dr. CHAITANYA SINGH, Printed at COLOUR GRAPHICS, 3-1-351, Nimboliadda, Kachiguda Station Road, Hyderabad - 500 027, Telangana State.Published at H.No. 13-6-249/3, Jafferguda Post Kulsumpura, Karwan, Hyderabad-06, Telangana State. Cell : 8008175000. E-mail : [email protected].

Public SectorIndian Oil signs MoU with National PetroleumAuthority of Ghana

n a step that will further strengthen the relations between India and Ghana, IndianOilhas signed a MoU with the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) of Ghana for providing itsassistance and technical expertise in the implementation of Ghana’s National LPG Promo-tion Policy. With India’s emergence as a world leader in provision of clean energy to itscitizens by the expansion of its LPG network, Ghana sought assistance from India in its ownefforts to promote to safe, clean and environmentally friendly LPG for increased domestic,commercial and industrial usage.

The MoU was exchanged between NPA of Ghana and IndianOil in the august presenceof Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, H.EMr. Michael Aaron, High Commissioner of Ghana at New Delhi, Mr. Ashish Chatterjee, JointSecretary (GP & M), MoP&NG, Mr. G.K Satish, Director (Petrochemicals & Business Devel-opment), IndianOil, Mr. Gurmeet Singh, Director (Marketing), IndianOil and other seniorOfficials of NPA, Ghana and IndianOil.

Mr Alhassan Sulemana Tampuli, Chief Executive, NPA, Ghana and Mr. L.K.S Chauhan,Chief General Manager (LPG Operations), IndianOil signed the MoU. The purpose of thisMemorandum of Understanding (MOU) is to strengthen cooperation between the Parties inthe field of Petroleum in particular LPG by which IndianOil would support the NPA on thesuccessful implementation of the Re-circulation Model (CRM) of LPG.

SAIL dedicates Foundation Day to the girl childSteel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), under the

inspirational guidance of Shri Dharmendra Pradhan,Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel,dedicated its foundation day to the cause of raisingawareness for saving the girl child by dedicating theSAIL Day Run to the theme ‘Run for Girl Child’ thisyear. To mark the occasion, SAIL also embarked on amassive week-long tree plantation drive during withthe aim to plant more than 75,000 trees across all itsPlants and Units in the Country. SAIL Chairman AnilKumar Chaudhary flagged off the SAIL Day Run atDelhi where a large number of employees, ex-employ-ees and other stakeholders took part in the program.Similar SAIL Day Run was organized across SAILplants and units. At this occasion, Anil KumarChaudhary, Chairman, SAIL said, “A healthy mind re-

sides in a healthy body. And we must keep fit to be able to contribute to our work, society andfamily. These kind of events provide us with such opportunities”.

Faggan Singh , Union Minister of reviewsperformance of NMDC

Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste,Hon’ble Union Minister of State forSteel, Govt. of India visited the HeadOffice of NMDC Limited atHyderabad. The Minister met CMD,Directors, CVO and Senior Officialsof the company and reviewedNMDC’s performance.

Shri Kulaste said, NMDC is oneof the largest mining companies inIndia that has been the backbone ofsteel industry ensuring raw materialsecurity to steel producers. He ap-preciated NMDC’s efforts for carry-

ing out sustainable and responsible mining. He also enquired about renewal position ofDiamond Mining Project, Panna and congratulated NMDC for its CSR initiatives. EarlierCMD, NMDC Shri N. Baijendra Kumar, IAS welcomed the Minister and stated that this is thefirst visit of Shri Kulaste to NMDC Head office and also apprised the Minister about NMDC’sperformance, progress of ongoing projects and assured that best efforts are put to enhanceproduction and productivity.

REC Commits Financial Assistance toImprove Health and Education

REC Foundation, the CSR arm of the Navratna Central Govt. PSU REC Limited, signeda memorandum with Munderi Government Higher Secondary School, Munderi, Distt- Kannur,Keralaextending CSR support of Rs.2.7 crore onconstruction of kitchen and dining hall inGovernment Higher Secondary School (GHSS).The project is aimed at building up the stateowned Munderi Government Higher Secondary School as unique model which offers, ex-cellent quality, efficient, holistic and free of cost educational opportunity to students in thearea and thereby encouraging student community in the nearby areas to enroll in the school,realizing the concept of neighborhood education. In 18 months’ time, the project will benefit morethan 1000 students in the area. The agreement was signed on 6th January 2020 between Shri S NSrinivas, CEO, REC Foundation and Shri Chandran V, District Panchayat Office, Kannur, Kerala inpresence of Shri Ajeet Kumar Agarwal, CMD, REC, Shri Ajoy Choudhury, ED Finance & CSR, RECLimited and Shri K KRagesh, Honorable Member of Parliament.

BHEL Day 2020 celebrated with fervour

BHEL Day 2020 was celebrated at the company’s Corporate office in New Delhi whereDr. Nalin Shinghal, CMD, BHEL; Functional Directors on the Board of BHEL and employ-ees of all NCR-based divisions participated with great enthusiasm.

In his address, while highlighting the significant contribution made by the company toIndia’s industrial development and its critical role in core sectors like power, defence, aero-space and transportation, CMD, BHEL apprised the employees of the challenges and urgedthem to contribute wholeheartedly to the organisation, thereby helping create a future-ready BHEL, which will be globally recognised as India’s leading engineering enterprise.

Vikraman, Director (HR), NLC conferred “Top Rankers Excellence “HR Leader ShipAward’’ R. Vikraman ,Director (HR),NLCIL has been conferred with the “Top Rankers Ex-cellence Award for ‘HR Leader Ship’ at the 21st National Management Summit inauguralday at Le Meridian Hotel in New Delhi. Shri R.Vikraman Director (HR) received theprestigious award for being an inspiring role model as a top HR leader from PadmashreeDr. Pritam Singh, Shri Yogi Sriram,Sr. VP, Corporate HR, Larsen & Toubro and Shri V.S.KSood, President of Top Rankers Management Club. Shri R. Vikraman is known for hisexcellence in seamlessly fusing technology with HR operations and his boldness in takingHR interventions forward to realize NLCIL’s corporate vision 2025.

Top Rankers Management Consultants is a leading consultancy house promoted by apanel of intellectuals and researchers. It is involved in the training as well as consultancy inthe areas of Human Resource Management, Manpower Placements and Head Hunting,HRD and Allied Services, Personnel Audit, Employee Relations Coaching and Counsel-ling, Organization Development, General Management as well as Building OrganizationalStrategy, Performance Appraisal, TQM and Benchmarking.

ONGC bags all 7 oil, gas blocksin latest OALP bidding round

The Petroleum Ministry on Thursday awarded all the seven oiland gas blocks put on offer under the Open Acreage LicensingPolicy (OALP) round to state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation(ONGC). Spread across three sedimentary basins, the total areaawarded in the seven on-land blocks is 18,510 square km, an offi-cial statement said. Out of the seven blocks on offer, five are in

Madhya Pradesh, and one each in Rajasthan and West Bengal. The government hadlaunched the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) Bid Round-IV on August 27, 2019,and the bidding round closed on October 31, 2019. Speaking at the awarding event, Petro-leum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said: “In the last two-and-a-half years, the governmenthas successfully bid out nearly 1.4 lakh square kilometres for exploration and production.Seven blocks awarded today under OALP-IV to ONGC have the resource potential of ap-proximately 33 billion barrels of oil and oil equivalent gas.” He also said that the governmenthas shifted its focus from revenue to production maximisation and has adopted the path ofcontinuous reform. The latest licensing round held with revamped terms witnessed onlyONGC and Oil India participate in the bidding. ONGC put in bids for all the seven blocks onoffer, while OIL put in an offer for one block by the close of bidding.

HAL, Wipro tie up to make aerospace componentsSoftware major Wipro’s Infrastructure and

Engineering arm and aerospace behemothHindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on Thursdaytied up to jointly design, develop and manufac-ture aerospace components using metal addi-tive technology (3D printing). “The agreementwill enable the partners to develop, prove andapply new material in the production of aero-space applications, including Maintenance

Repair and Overhaul (MRO). The joint initiative will make manufacturing and certification ofaerospace components feasible using metal 3D printing,” both the city-based firms said ina joint statement here. The 3D printing is a new age manufacturing technique, which usessolid material such as plastic or metal as ink to print or manufacture the desired object layerby layer, also called additive printing. Desired product images with exact dimensions arefed into a computer to 3D print required specimens using the molten ink, which later solidi-fies. Shekar Srivastava, chief executive, Bangalore Complex, HAL said the joint pact be-tween Wipro and the state-run aerospace major will create synergies to accelerate theadoption of aerospace metal additive printing in India. “Qualification of parts for aerospaceis challenging as it would require prove out and extensive testing followed by certificationby regulatory authorities which may also include flight testing,” said Srivastava in a state-ment.

Ratish Kumar takes additionalcharge of CMD, NHPC

Ratish Kumar, Director (Projects), NHPC has taken additionalcharge of the post of Chairman & Managing Director of NHPCLimited.

Born on 8th December 1960, Shri Ratish Kumar holds B.Techdegree in Electrical Engineering from G. B. Pant University ofAgriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. He joined NHPC in Oc-tober 1982 as a Trainee Engineer.

During his tenure in NHPC, he scaled heights and contributed to NHPC’s developmentby serving in various capacities. His vast experience in power sector includes hydro as wellas solar & wind renewable energy projects. He has immensely contributed in the area ofDesign, O&M of hydropower stations, Contracts, Project Monitoring and Business Devel-opment etc.


Tere Jaisa Yaar Kahan !The HPS Begumpet batch of 1994

celebrated it’s 25th year reunion withgreat glamour and grandeur . Spanningacross three days the alumni managedto draw 150 of it’s batch mates to attendwith family. Three day’s event fully filledwith the fervor of ‘Tere jaisa yaar kahan’!

HPS is known for its famous Alumni,even the batch of 94 has some staralumni like Vamsi Paidapally (teluguscript writer and director ) of Maharshi,Oopiri, Brindavanam fame, socialite re-alty buisnessman Rohit Reddy of ‘\Sig-nature One’ brand and several other bigbuisness men , politicians , doctors ,ITprofessionals , engineers and honorablealumni in the armed forces. ImranShareef ( Director of Yaadein) name isone of them.

A musical coffee table book ( puttogether by Sandeep Kumar , VijayMohan , Shiva Priya , Shravan Malani andSrikirti ) was made with memories of allbatch mates in pictures and written epi-sodes of their days in school.

The highlight of the reunion was theShort film called Yaadein - A walk downmemory lane , which was scripted anddirected by the alumni ( Imran Shareefand Pallavi Nagalla) enacted by thealumni and their children along with thesupport of current 11 the class batch of2019.

Afghanistan Dy.ForeignMinister ReleasesMR’s January Edition

Midnight Reporter’s ‘Jackpot January’ editionis out with a bang released by Ms.Naheed Esar,Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan

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Suresh Chukkapalli - Champion Of ChangeHonorary Consul General at Honorary Consulate General of Republic of

Korea, Chairman of Phoenix Group and Managing Trustee of Phoenix Foun-dation Suresh Chukkapalli received “Champions of Change” award fromFormer President of India Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi. His extensivecontribution to ‘Swachh Bharat’ & work of Phoenix foundation in building15+ aesthetically equipped crematoriums across India is inspirational. Ap-plauds !

Three Awards for ‘Guzaarish’Short Movie ‘Guzaarish’, a Film Based on Child

Adoption Process got three prestigious awards Pro-duced by Helping Hands The AR Foundation.Threeawards are from Mumbai International Film Festi-val, Pune International Film Festival and Delhi In-ternational Film Festival received from FoundationFounder Abdur Rahman. Congrats !

Best Wishes To Deccan TycoonsJCI-Hyderabad Deccan’s 24th Installation Nite ‘Deccan Tycoon’ held

recently at a star hotel.Hitesh Jashnani, took over the charge as the 24thPresident of chapter.In the picture Hitesh is seen with his entire family.Bestwishes for the tremendous term ! Good luck. So, Deccan Tycoon’s are allset to tackle the forthcoming projects.

Stunning SarfarazFitness enthusiasts, model and a

businessman Sarfaraz Khan is onscreen, who has represented manymajor brands & designers acrossIndia. And the news is he also workedfor brands of UAE, Malaysia &Singapore. Belongs to Hyderabad,but works globally.When asked hesaid ‘Humanity is my religion’ & ‘Workis passion’. Amazing ! Many more tocome ! Best wishes.

‘Fly High’Flying High

Fly High Travels cel-ebrated it’s 10th anniversaryand to mark this occasionshifted to Himayatnagar at it’sswanky new office.The youngchap Aditya Agarwal madethis possible with his hardwork & vision.In last ten yearsFly High has served hundred& thousands of companies &individual clients. Aditya &team cheers and look forwardfor many more success sto-ries. Best wishes.

Hume TumsePyaar Kitna…!

Stellar Dinesh & NitaPatel celebrated their 25thmarriage anniversary.Theanniversary get-togetherwas just awesome, many ofthe happening faces wereseen in the party.So, lots offun & masti.Hume tumsepyaar kitna…! song is dedi-cated to the beautifulcouple. God bless !

Tu MeriZindagiHai…!

Happy Wedding An-niversary ! Sweetcouple Chandraprakash & Neetu Sethiacelebrated their wed-ding anniversary. Lotsof wishes & blessingsfrom family & dearfriends.’ Tu meri zindagihai…! song is dedicatedto the couple.

Click Of The MonthNeetika Singh & Shivali Singh’s pic-

ture is the click of the month.Two bud-dies met after a gap ! The power of‘Singh’ ! So, what is the talk about,women empowerment or new project?Whatever may be the topic, womenpower is on screen ! Best wishes.


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Visit Sri Lanka in 2020 as govt aims at doubling tourist arrivalsSri Lankan authorities are aiming to attract 4 million tourists in 2020 and a revenue of $5

billion to spearhead an overall economic revival of the country, Tourism Minister PrasannaRanatunga said. This will amount to doubling the arrivals, as the island-nation had received1.91 million tourists in 2019, Xinhua news agency quoted Ranatunga as saying to the localmedia. He said that a new long-term marketing plan to boost tourism will be drawn up forthe consideration of the industry and the government within the next few weeks.

However, the government will continue with its "So Sri Lanka" tagline in its global pub-licity campaign.

The minister said that the government hopes to see the average daily spending of a

tourist goes up from $180 to $210, while also expecting the average stay of a traveller to beextended from eight days to ten or more by the end of the year. Following the Easter Sundayterror attacks in April 2019, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has given priority to the recov-ery of the country's tourism industry, reflecting the industry's ability to contribute to thedevelopment of the overall economy, Ranatunga said.

He added that the authorities were also working on ways to create 600,000 jobs in thetourism sector within this year. Sri Lanka ended 2019 with 1.91 million tourists, falling shortof its estimated target of two millions tourists. India, China and Britain were the leadingmarkets for Sri Lankan tourism last year.

Tourism in Thailand tumbling under smog

The Association of Thai Travel Agents expects air pollution and the strong baht to de-crease the number of foreign tourists this year.

But its president, Vichit Prakobgosol, is confident that the same problems recurring atthe beginning of each year can be resolved.

“The main negative factor is the baht’s appreciation, which might decrease the numberof tourists this year to below the targeted 41-42 million. We’re expecting 29 baht per USdollar, down from the current 30. “The PM2.5 dust in the air is another concern for manytourists. They’re not going to feel safe if the locals are wearing facemasks.”

Vichit would like to see the government give stronger support to the Tourism Authorityof Thailand on marketing and entrepreneurs develop new goods and services that arereasonably priced. “If the government and private sector don’t work together, they’ll loseout to competitors such as Malaysia and Vietnam, where the currency isn’t an issue.

“It’s been reported that the Malaysian government has already waived visas for Chi-nese and Indian tourists. If that’s true, Thailand will lose an enormous amount of incomebecause the Chinese are our main customers.”

King of Spain Signals Strong SupportFor UNWTO’s Tourism Ambitions

Held to mark the40th anniversary ofFITUR, one of theworld’s leading tour-ism trade fair and thefirst one to be heldevery year, the din-ner also saw Minis-ters from around theworld join public andprivate sector lead-ers to celebratetourism’s status as akey pillar of the glo-bal sustainable de-velopment agenda.

This is the firsttime UNWTO andFITUR have hosted a

royal dinner and comes just weeks after UNWTO and the Government of Spain ensuredtourism was part of the conversation at the COP25 UN Climate Summit, also held in Madrid.

UNWTO Secretary-General, Zurab Pololikashvili, thanked His Majesty and the Gov-ernment of Spain for their strong commitment to UNWTO’s mission: “Your presence is aninspiration and a further reminder of our shared responsibility to continue improving tour-ism for the benefit of all. UNWTO is privileged to be based in Spain, a true world leader intourism, and Madrid is also home to FITUR, a platform that brings tourism leaders togetherevery year and sets the international agenda for our sector and its role in the world”.

HRH King Felipe VI commended UNWTO on its work to place tourism at the centre ofsustainable development, adding Spain is proud to host the United Nations specializedagency for responsible and inclusive tourism.

He said: “The tourism sector is a source of wealth and employment, it is a tool for socialcohesion, for the consolidation of the population, for fighting against climate change andinequality; It is an accelerator in the achievement of the SDGs and digital transformation.”

Tourism Players ApplaudKerala’s PPP Model

Lauding the pivotal role played by the government in the success of Kerala’s tourism,industry leaders speaking at a panel discussion at ASCEND Kerala 2020 investment con-clave, today called for further cementing the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model toattract investment in globally appealing products and services.

Setting the context for the discussion on “Projects on Tourism and Hospitality”, TourismMinister Kadakampally Surendran said while tourism in Kerala was poised to scale newheights, the sector offered tremendous investment opportunities to the private sector.

“Tourism in Kerala is essentially a private sector driven activity. The government is onlya facilitator. Our approach is to welcome and support private investors,” he said.

Noting that Kerala tourism was on a growth trajectory, Surendran said there is quite along list of new project ideas that promise good returns to investors. These include MICEtourism, Malabar Cruise, cultural and heritage projects focusing on different regions andeco and adventure tourism.

The Champions Boat League (CBL), successfully launched in 2019, is a key area thatholds tremendous investment potential, he noted.


As per the reports that the number of tourist overnights in the European Union wasexpected to reach over 3.2 billion last year, which is up 2.4 percent from 2018. Since 2009,there has been a steady increase in the number of overnight stays in tourist accommoda-tion in the European Union, mainly thanks to the rise in the number of overnight stays byforeign tourists.

In 2019, Spain (469 million nights, + 0.5% more than in 2018) maintained its lead overFrance (446 million, + 0.8%), Germany (436 million, + 4.0%), Italy (433 million, + 0.9%) andthe United Kingdom (375 million, + 5.7%). Croatia recorded 91.2 million overnight stays,which is up 1.8 percent from a year ago. These early estimates, which include business andprivate overnight stays, are from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Thehighest increase in overnight stays was recorded in Slovakia and Lithuania

The number of overnight stays in tourist accommodation in 2019 increased in almost allMember States, with the highest being recorded in Slovakia (+ 12.6%) and Lithuania (+10%). They are followed by the Netherlands (+ 6.8%), the United Kingdom (+ 5.7%) andRomania (+ 5.6%).

On the other hand, the only decrease in the number of overnight stays was recorded in

Eurostat: Croatia Records Third-Highest Increase in Domestic Tourism in EUGreece (-3%) and Malta (-2.7%).

The share of overnight stays of domestic tourists is highest in Romania and of foreigntourists in Malta

In the European Union, the number of overnight stays by domestic tourists increased atthe same pace (+ 2.4%) between 2018 and 2019 as the number of overnight stays byforeign tourists (+ 2.4%).

Almost every EU Member State registered an increase in the number of overnight staysof domestic guests, with the largest being recorded in Slovakia (+ 15.1%), Cyprus (+ 13%),Croatia (+ 10%), Lithuania (+ 9.9%) and Malta (+ 9.2%).

Also, the number of overnight stays by foreign tourists increased in most Member States,with the largest being recorded in the United Kingdom (+ 19.2%), the Netherlands (+ 10.6%),Lithuania (+ 10%) and Slovakia (+8. 4%).

In the EU Member States, the highest share of domestic tourist overnights was recordedin Romania (83% of total nights), Germany and Poland (80%) and Sweden (75%). On theother hand, the highest share of overnight stays of foreign guests was recorded in Malta(95%), Cyprus (94%), Croatia (92%) and Luxembourg (88%).

Good news travel buffs!Govt to soon award tourists visiting 15 domestic destinations per year

The Centre has decided to reward travellers who visit 15 domestic tourist spots in ayear by sponsoring their travel expenses as an incentive, Union Minister Prahlad SinghPatel has said. The Union Tourism Minister said this on Friday at the concluding ceremonyof the two-day National Tourism Conference, organised by Odisha government in associa-tion with FICCI at Konark.

"Tourism Ministry will fund the travel expenses of tourists who visit 15 destinations inthe country in a year and submit the photos to our website," Patel said. However, the con-dition is that the person should travel out of his/her own state, he said.

In the 'Paryatan Parv' initiative of the Union Government, it has been decided that aperson should travel at least 15 tourist places of India by 2022. The Ministry of Tourismintends to reward those who complete the task within a year, he said. "This should not beconstrued as a monetary benefit but as an incentive. We should honour these persons asbrand ambassadors of Indian Tourism," Patel said.

The Union Tourism minister said the Sun Temple at Konark would be included in the listof 'iconic sites'. A special event will be organised to announce the inclusion of the SunTemple in the list of 'iconic sites' very soon, he said.

Mongolia makes USD607 million of tourismOfficial data that was published on

Saturday showed that Mongolia made atotal of USD607.2 million from tourism inthe earlier year 2019, a rose of 10.2 per-cent since a year before. The Environmentand Tourism Ministry of Mongolia said thatthe country welcomed about 577,300 for-eign tourists in the year, a rise of 9.1 per-cent in comparison to 2018. The ministrysaid that the Chinese tourists made upover one third of the total foreign visitorsto the country in the year.

The country has been increasing ef-forts to improve its economy by advancing the tourism industry as the Mongolian economyheavily depends on export earnings from the mining sector.

“Mopa Airport will give boost to tourism”North Goa, whose first phase is expected to be completed in the year 2022. He said

that Goa is creating new avenues of growth through infrastructure for the tourism industry.Pointing out that Law and Order situation in the State was “much better”, Governor said

that the crime rate has declined by 10.4 per cent in the year 2019 while detection rate hasincreased to 86 per cent in the same year from 82 per cent in 2018 due to adequate staffingand implementation of various measures. The Governor said that the State has collectedRs 2,552.40 crore till December 2019 in the form of GST while during the same period, Rs351.55 crore has been earned as Excise Tax. The Governor lauded achievements of thecoastal state on various fronts including Swacch Bharat Mission.

The Governor pointed out that the state government has achieved several milestonesincluding being Open Defecation Free state under Swacch Bharat Abhiyan. He also saidthat the coastal state has banned the use of single-use plastic as an important step towardsconserving ecology.

Laos: New data indicates positive tourism growthData provided by the ministry’s Tourism Development Department show that tourist

arrivals exceeded 4.7 million last year, an increase of 14.44% over 2018. The number ofvisitors from China increased by 26.92% compared to 2018. Visitors from Thailand, whomake up the majority of holiday makers in Laos, rose by 11.94%, while the number fromVietnam increased by 6.60%. Director General of the Tourism Marketing Department SounManivong told Vientiane Times the surge in visitors was largely due to the Visit Laos-ChinaYear campaign, held in cooperation with China to encourage more people from the north-ern neighbor to explore Laos. The government is introducing new policies to ease the wayfor visitors, notably by improving procedures at border crossings, Soun said.During thepast year, individual provinces organised a raft of events aimed at visitors and took steps toimprove services. In popular Vangvieng district, Vientiane Province, a concerted effort wasmade to improve quality and service standards, and regulate the prices charged for foodand accommodation.