From: Press Information Bureau Ministry of I&B <pib.kolkata@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:49 PM
Subject: Releases.........pt3
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Home Affairs
DGPs/IGPs Conference to Begin tomorrow
New Delhi: August 24, 2010.
The three-day DGPs/IGPs Conference, organized by the Intelligence Bureau will be held here from tomorrow. It will be inaugurated by the Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram. The Prime Minister, Dr.Manmohan Singh will address the Conference on Thursday.
The objectives of the Conference are to provide an interactive platform for senior police professionals and security administrators in the country to freely discuss and debate diverse national security-related issues as also the various operational, infrastructural and welfare-related problems faced by the police in India. Its deliberations include formulation and sharing of professional practices and processes in tackling challenges relating to crime control and law and order management besides internal security threats such as terrorism, insurgency, left wing extremism, espionage and organized crime.
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Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
Dr. Farooq Abdullah Launches Website on Green Buildings on Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas
New Delhi: August 24, 2010.
On the occasion of Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas-2010, a new website on Green Buildings was launched by Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy here today. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has developed a Green Rating of Indian Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) in consultation with various stakeholders. The rating system is in harmony with NBC 2005, ECBC 2007 and other IS codes. This website imparts knowledge about the basic means of developing new/existing building into a green building. One of the main features of the website is to provide a virtual feel of the building that is to be designed, through use of relevant software.
Since 2004, 20th August - birth aniversary of our late Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi is celebrated as Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas throughout the country. Large number of school children and students participates in various competitions, paintings organized by States/ Union Territories (UTs).
Government of India has taken a decision that all new Government buildings will be constructed with minimum 3-star GRIHA rating. So far, 65 projects have been registered with ADaRSH, an independent society created by the Ministry for implementing green building programme. Out of these projects, 25 are from Government sector.
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Palash Biswas
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