- TN govt proposes to set up a ntnl law school
- MSMEs set for defence expo in Bangalore
- Himachal to be carbon neutral by 2020: CM
- TN to set up Infrastructure Development Board
- IGNOU bags best teaching practices award
- Railways plan to modernise stations with SPV
Aspiring to disseminate quality legal education on lines of Bangalore-based National Law School of India University, Tamil Nadu government today proposed to set up a national law school in the state to impart knowledge of legal processes,advocacy and skill in judicial administration.
The Tamil Nadu National Law School Bill, 2012, was introduced in the Assembly by Law, Courts and Prison Minister C Ve Shanmugam. "The state government have decided to establish a national level institution in the state to disseminate learning and knowledge of law, legal processes, advocacy and skill in judicial administration, keeping pace with the changing global scenario," the bill said. The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court will be the Chancellor of the school, it said. The national institution will have reserved seats for residents of Tamil Nadu, Scheduled Castes including Arunthathiyars, Scheduled Tribes, Most Backward Classes, Backward Classes and Backward Class Muslims and other categories, it said. "The state government has taken a policy decision to establish a National Law School in the state on the pattern of the National Law School of India at Bengaluru by enacting a state legislation," the bill said.  |
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Defence gurus from Ordinance Factories, experts from Defence Public Sector Undertakings, specialists from indigenous cells of Indian armed forces and technology practitioners from micro, small and medium enterprises are set to flock Bangalore in the first week of March.
Amidst B-2-B sessions they will get to interact with some inspiring names in India’s defence and aerospace sector. Choreographed by the Ministry of MSMEs and directed by the National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), the second edition of MSME DEFEXPO 2012 has been the supporting system for Industries Department. Close to 200 MSMEs from all over India, with half of them from Karnataka alone, will plug and play their vision on offsets in addition to exhibiting their strengths in the defence production. In a telecon with Express from Delhi on Thursday, Udaya Kumar, Director, Planning and Marketing, NSIC, said that with the opening up of the defence sector, the MSMEs could strike gold making the right moves. “Today MSMEs have highly competitive production mandate with great flexibility, extensive diversity and lower cost of inputs. The global trends in knowledge, innovation, downsizing and networking have reduced the gap which had once separated large firms and MSMEs. Compared to the first expo in Hyderabad, the Bangalore one scheduled from March 2-4 will be one opportunity for MSMEs to hear from the masters in defence production,” Udaya Kumar said. Among the biggies to be present are Boeing, Lockheed Martin, SAAB and Dassault Aviation with Russia sending a high-level trade commission. “We have confirmations from over a dozen global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) so far,” Udaya Kumar said. On March 3, KPMG is organising a day-long technical workshop covering a wide range of topics including, MRO, certification, opportunities with global OEMs among others. The expo will also have a separate segment for homeland security. |
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Himachal Pradesh will be the first state in the country to become carbon neutral by 2020 by undertaking “carbon smart growth”, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said.
“The government has inventorised greenhouse gas emission for assessing the carbon footprints. The carbon footprint per capita in the state has been assessed at 1.4 tonne per capita against the national average of 1.57 tonne per capita,” Dhumal said at the 12th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit organised by The Energy and Resource Institute. The state has signed a pact with the World Bank for harnessing carbon credits to generate carbon revenue amounting to Rs.20 crores for 20 years under “Bio Carbon Projects” in 10 districts of the state. The Rs.365-crore Himachal Pradesh Mid-Himalayan Watershed Project being co-funded by the World Bank, is the first project in India registered for carbon credits. The chief minister advocated the market-based instrument “payment for eco-system services” for maintenance, conservation and expansion of pristine Himalayan flora and fauna. The state has prepared an environment master plan for guidelines in environmental protection, and would soon set up a centre on climate change in Shimla for coordinating research on climate change, added Dhumal. |
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Tamil Nadu government will introduce a bill in the ensuing budget session of the state legislative assembly for setting up of the Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development Board and Infrastructure Development Fund for giving a fillip to core sector projects, said Governor K Rosaiah.
Addressing the Tamil Nadu assembly for the first time after assuming office Rosaiah said: “A Bill will be introduced during the coming Budget Session for the formation of the Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development Board, which will serve as an institutional framework for conceptualisation, prioritisation, sanction and speedy implementation of critical infrastructure projects.” He said a separate Infrastructure Development Fund will be constituted by the state government to give a fillip to implementation of critical projects. “In this direction, this government will also come out with a new Public Private Partnership Policy to synergise the resources of the Government and the Private Sector in project implementation,” Rosaiah added. |
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The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), one of the world's largest, received an award for the best teaching practices at the India Today Aspire Education Summit 2012.
"It is a great pleasure to recive the award in this category. This showcases that IGNOU is doing great and heading on the right track," Vice Chancellor M Aslam said. The award was shared between IGNOU and Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. According to the organisers the award was given to these institutions for making learning more than a classroom experience. IGNOU, which started with two courses and 4,000 students in 1985, has evolved into one of the world's largest varsities by offering about 450 programmes. It now has over three million students on its rolls. |
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In order to pursue its four year old ambitious plan to create world class stations, the Indian Railways announced the creation of a dedicated authority to do the job.
Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi told reporters here that a special purpose vehicle (SPV) called the “Railway Stations Development Corporation Limited” will be created to make the railway stations world class. A memorandum of understanding for the SPV was signed between two railway PSUs – the Ircon International Limited (IRCON) and the (RLDA). The SPV will have an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore with 51:49 equity between Ircon and RLDA. The SPV will also maintain stations across India as part of the continuous process of augmenting and improving amenities at the railway stations. “The zonal general managers are burdened with many other responsibilities. Hence the need for a separate authority to develop the stations,” said Trivedi. He said the move followed from the Vision 2020 presented by his party chief and former railway minister Mamata Bannerjee. Trivedi said it is imperative to have modern stations which would be functional, customer-oriented and well equipped with proper circulation area and railway operation facilities. He said the railways has sent letters to the state governments and the local bodies to improve the surrounding areas and the approach roads to the stations. Railways hope the new entity will help it develop the stations as vibrant centres of cities for commerce, entertainment and social space. The Vision 2020 document had acknowledged that the stations on Indian Railways are far behind those in the advanced countries and the stations located in major metropolitan cities are ill-equipped to handle growing passenger traffic. The new SPV is expected to provide the identified stations with well designed concourses, high quality waiting spaces, easy access to the platforms, congestion free platforms, modern catering facilities, hotels and other facilities. “The redeveloped stations would be disabled friendly and would have provision for convenient entry, inter platform transfer and easy access to all the facilities for them,” said Trivedi. |
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