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Date: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 1:24 PM
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Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Finance
Implementation of Swavalamban Scheme for the workers in the unorganised sector
New Delhi: August 9, 2010.
The Union Cabinet today approved the implementation of the Swavalamban Scheme to cover workers in the unorganised sector and to provide old age security to all sections of society, particularly the vulnerable sections. The proposal approved by the Cabinet includes:-
Funding support of Rs. 1,000 crore over a period of 4 years i.e.upto 2013-14 as co-contribution to subscribers of the New Pension System covered by the Swavalamban initiative. The funding may be required to be enhanced to a higher level should the subscriber enrolment exceed the expected number.
Funding support to the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) of about Rs.100 crore for the promotional and developmental activities for enrolment and contribution collection under the scheme.
The scheme will encourage people from the unorganized sector to voluntarily save for their old age. A higher level of New Pension System (NPS) enrolments from the informal sector will ensure old age income security for such subscribers in their post-retirement phase and, therefore, decrease the burden of the Government on social security in the future.
The New Pension System (NPS) is the first major national scheme that aims to bring old age security to all sections of the society, especially the vulnerable sections. The Government has also provided Rs.100 crore to be spent in 2010-11 and in the subsequent three years towards creation of public awareness about NPS and enlistment of subscribers under the Scheme.
Under the Swavalamban Scheme ten lakh subscribers each in the four years beginning 2010-11 will be covered bringing the total number of subscribers to 40 lakhs. The Government of India shall contribute Rs.1000 per annum per NFS account in each year i.e. during the current year and the next three years, provided that the subscriber contributes any amount between Rs.1000 -12,000 per annum. This is a voluntary defined contribution scheme, which any citizen of India in the unorganized sector can join.
The Scheme shall be managed by PFRDA and Government will release its contribution to PFRDA for crediting the same to the NPS accounts of eligible subscribers.
Background:
A majority of India's 30 crore informal sector workers are highly vulnerable to old age poverty because they have traditionally been excluded from formal pension provisions and are unable to access regulated retirement savings products at an affordable transaction cost. The old age income security system in the country covers only the organized sector comprising the public sector (including the civil service) and the establishments covered under the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) or other statutory Funds.
ad/sh/lv/vk/dk/kol/13:04 hrs.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Formation of separate societies for six AIIMS-like institutions being set up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)
New Delhi: August 9, 2010.
The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal for formation of societies for each of the six AIIMS-like institutions being set up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). These societies will be functional till the AIIMS-like institutions are brought under an Act of Parliament.
Creating legal entities in the form of a society for these institutions will facilitate greater autonomy and faster execution of the projects and will expedite release of funds from the Government. Each of these institutions will be registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
Each society will have a two-tier Organization and Management structure. The Governing Council under the chairmanship of the Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare would have appropriate representation from concerned Ministries/Departments of the Government of India and other related organizations. This will be the apex body deciding all policy matters.
There will also be a Board of Governors with Secretary (Health & Family Welfare) as chairperson with appropriate representation of State Governments. Persons with special knowledge in the field of science and medicine will be nominated by the Governing Council.
Background:
The Union Cabinet approved the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) in March, 2006 with the objective of correcting regional imbalances in the availability of affordable/reliable tertiary healthcare services and also to augment facilities for quality medical education in the country. Under Phase-I of PMSSY, six AIIMS-like institutions are being set up, one each in the States of Bihar (Patna), Chattisgarh (Raipur), Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal), Orissa (Bhubaneshwar), Rajasthan (Jodhpur) and Uttarakhand (Rishikesh) at an estimated cost of Rs. 840 crore per institution including nursing colleges. The formation of societies will give these institutions a governance structure, which is not there at present.
ad/sh/lv/vk/dk/kol/13:05 hrs.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Defence
Married Accommodation Project for Defence Personnel
New Delhi: August 9, 2010.
The Cabinet today approved the extension of the Probable Date of Completion (PDC) of Married Accommodation Project Phase-I from 1st January 2009 to 31st December 2010. Approval has also been accorded for increase in cost from Rs.5,329.73 crore for construction of 58,391 Dwelling Units (DUs) sanctioned earlier to Rs.6,032.70 crore for construction of 57,875 DUs to be constructed in Phase-I. A total of 48,350 DUs have already been constructed and the remaining units will be completed by December 2010.
The Cabinet also gave its approval to advancing construction of additional 3,265 DUs at an estimated cost of Rs.489 crore from Phase-III to MAP Phase-II thus increasing the number to 69,992 at an estimated cost of Rs.13681.90 crore. Commencement of MAP Phase-III for construction of balance 71,014 DUs was also approved by Cabinet.
ad/sh/lv/vk/dk/kol/13:05 hrs.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Defence
Transfer of Defence Land to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan at Village Chak Manga Rakhwal, Tehsil Samba, Dist. Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir
New Delhi: August 9, 2010.
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to transfer 99 Kanals and 15 Marlas (12.468 acre) of Defence land to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) on lease on perpetuity basis, at a nominal rent of Rupee One only per annum for construction of a Kendriya Vidyalaya at Village Chak Manga Rakhwal, Tehsil Samba in Jammu district of Jammu & Kashmir.
This will ensure more comfort, safety and security to the children of serving personnel families, separated families and ex-servicemen families in and around Samba Military station.
ad/sh/lv/vk/dk/kol/13:05 hrs.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Defence
Transfer of Defence Land to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan at Village Alhoran, Tehsil Nabha, Dist. Patiala, Punjab
New Delhi: August 9, 2010.
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to transfer 6.0729 acre of Defence land to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) on lease on perpetuity basis, at a nominal rent of Rupee One only per annum for construction of a Kendriya Vidyalaya at Village Alhoran, Tehsil Nabha in Patiala district of Punjab.
The new building will ensure more comfort, safety and security to the children of the area. It will also enable the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan to upgrade the school upto class XII Serving personnel families, separated families and ex-servicemen families in and around Nabha Military station will be benefited.
ad/sh/lv/vk/dk/kol/13:05 hrs.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Defence
Transfer of Defence Land to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan at Leimakhong, Imphal, Manipur
New Delhi: August 9, 2010.
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to transfer 5.99 acre of Defence land to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) on lease on perpetuity basis, at a nominal rent of Rupee One only per annum for construction of a Kendriya Vidyalaya at Leimakhong, Imphal, Manipur.
With this, the inconvenience caused to the children of the military personnel and ex-servicemen residing in and around Leimakhong, Imphal, Manipur will be reduced. It will now be possible to provide basic infrastructure and other facilities to the students of the Kendriya Vidyalaya.
ad/sh/lv/vk/dk/kol/13:06 hrs.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Tourism
Kumari Selja Catapults Indian Tourism to a New Era of Sustainable Tourism
New Delhi: August 9, 2010.
All the stakeholders in the tourism sector in the country have agreed to adopt the Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India. The agreement was evolved at a Workshop on Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India. The Union Ministry of Tourism at the behest of Kumari Selja, Minister of Tourism and HUPA organized the conference in New Delhi recently. The criteria were developed on the basis of existing "Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria" (GSTC). Since the GSTC had codes for only Hotel & Tour Operator sectors the stakeholders at the conference have decided to extend it to other sectors of Tourism industry and a steering committee has been constituted to evolve the Sustainable Tourism criteria for India, which will then be formally adopted. For evolving sustainable tourism criteria and for development of various indicators subsequently it was suggested at the conference that India could consider global sustainable tourism criteria developed by Tourism Sustainability Council and other best practices around the world. For evolving appropriate criteria, which will suit Indian context, a Steering Committee has been constituted by Ministry of Tourism, which has representation of major stakeholders.
Minister of Tourism Kumari Selja informed the 2-day conference that environmental integrity, social justice and economic development are the three pillars of sustainable development. India has invented thousands of years of culture and heritage, which we all need to consciously strive to preserve and cherish. She said this workshop organized by Ministry of Tourism is the first such step in the right direction.
Tourism Industry in India has registered considerable growth in recent years. India accounts for around 1/6th of world's population with only around 2.2 percent of earth's landmass available. Besides continued growth of International Tourists arrivals the Domestic Tourism segment has seen an exponential growth with 651 Million Tourists travelling within the country each year. The efforts to promote tourism have increased manifolds during past decade in India.
This rekindled increase in number of visitors leads to unorganised and uncontrolled growth of tourism, impacting the environment and ecology of the destination. It is against this backdrop that the National Workshop of Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India was organised.
Once adopted the criteria will help the Ministry of Tourism in formulating such policies that encourage sustainable tourism while underlining creation of environmental, social, economic and climate responsiveness.
Internationally renowned experts were present including Dr. Stefanos Fotiou, Regional Coordinator of the UNEP's "Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Consumption and Production" programme for the Asia and the Pacific region, Erika Harms Executive Director of Sustainable Tourism Council and Senior Adviser on Tourism at United Nations Foundation and Mr. Amos Roger Bien- Tourism Sustainability Council, chair of Accreditation working group and member of interim advisory committee.
This workshop was attended by Secretaries of States /Union Territories Tourism and Environment Departments and Stake Holders from Tourism Industry.
ad/db/dk/kol/13:06 hrs.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry for Development of North-East Region
Details of the Ongoing/ Delayed Projects of the North Eastern Council
New Delhi: August 9, 2010.
The Minister of Development of North Eastern Region and Mines, Shri B.K. Handique has said that in order to complete all ongoing/ delayed projects, sufficient budgetary provision is made in NEC's budget and their progress is monitored by this Ministry and the NEC at various levels. The completion of ongoing/delayed projects is a priority area of the NEC.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, he said, the completion of the projects depends, inter-alia, on the utilization of funds by the State Governments in the Region and the release of 10% of the approved cost of each project by the State Governments.
He said, the details of the ongoing / delayed projects of the North Eastern Council (NEC) and those sanctioned under NLCPR are available on the website of this Ministry at www.mdoner.gov.in.
nsk/db/dk/kol/13:06 hrs.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Cabinet
Implementation of Swavalamban Scheme for the workers in the unorganised sector
New Delhi: August 9, 2010.
The Union Cabinet today approved the implementation of the Swavalamban Scheme to cover workers in the unorganised sector and to provide old age security to all sections of society, particularly the vulnerable sections. The proposal approved by the Cabinet includes:-
Funding support of Rs. 1,000 crore over a period of 4 years i.e.upto 2013-14 as co-contribution to subscribers of the New Pension System covered by the Swavalamban initiative. The funding may be required to be enhanced to a higher level should the subscriber enrolment exceed the expected number.
Funding support to the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) of about Rs.100 crore for the promotional and developmental activities for enrolment and contribution collection under the scheme.
The scheme will encourage people from the unorganized sector to voluntarily save for their old age. A higher level of New Pension System (NPS) enrolments from the informal sector will ensure old age income security for such subscribers in their post-retirement phase and, therefore, decrease the burden of the Government on social security in the future.
The New Pension System (NPS) is the first major national scheme that aims to bring old age security to all sections of the society, especially the vulnerable sections. The Government has also provided Rs.100 crore to be spent in 2010-11 and in the subsequent three years towards creation of public awareness about NPS and enlistment of subscribers under the Scheme.
Under the Swavalamban Scheme ten lakh subscribers each in the four years beginning 2010-11 will be covered bringing the total number of subscribers to 40 lakhs. The Government of India shall contribute Rs.1000 per annum per NFS account in each year i.e. during the current year and the next three years, provided that the subscriber contributes any amount between Rs.1000 -12,000 per annum. This is a voluntary defined contribution scheme, which any citizen of India in the unorganized sector can join.
The Scheme shall be managed by PFRDA and Government will release its contribution to PFRDA for crediting the same to the NPS accounts of eligible subscribers.
Background:
A majority of India's 30 crore informal sector workers are highly vulnerable to old age poverty because they have traditionally been excluded from formal pension provisions and are unable to access regulated retirement savings products at an affordable transaction cost. The old age income security system in the country covers only the organized sector comprising the public sector (including the civil service) and the establishments covered under the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) or other statutory Funds.
ad/sh/lv/vk/dk/kol/13:07 hrs.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Cabinet
Married Accommodation Project for Defence Personnel
New Delhi: August 9, 2010.
The Cabinet today approved the extension of the Probable Date of Completion (PDC) of Married Accommodation Project Phase-I from 1st January 2009 to 31st December 2010. Approval has also been accorded for increase in cost from Rs.5,329.73 crore for construction of 58,391 Dwelling Units (DUs) sanctioned earlier to Rs.6,032.70 crore for construction of 57,875 DUs to be constructed in Phase-I. A total of 48,350 DUs have already been constructed and the remaining units will be completed by December 2010.
The Cabinet also gave its approval to advancing construction of additional 3,265 DUs at an estimated cost of Rs.489 crore from Phase-III to MAP Phase-II thus increasing the number to 69,992 at an estimated cost of Rs.13681.90 crore. Commencement of MAP Phase-III for construction of balance 71,014 DUs was also approved by Cabinet.
ad/sh/lv/vk/dk/kol/13:07 hrs.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Cabinet
Transfer of Defence Land to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan at Village Chak Manga Rakhwal, Tehsil Samba, Dist. Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir
New Delhi: August 9, 2010.
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to transfer 99 Kanals and 15 Marlas (12.468 acre) of Defence land to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) on lease on perpetuity basis, at a nominal rent of Rupee One only per annum for construction of a Kendriya Vidyalaya at Village Chak Manga Rakhwal, Tehsil Samba in Jammu district of Jammu & Kashmir.
This will ensure more comfort, safety and security to the children of serving personnel families, separated families and ex-servicemen families in and around Samba Military station.
ad/sh/lv/vk/dk/kol/13:07 hrs.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
* * * * * *
Cabinet
Transfer of Defence Land to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan at Village Alhoran, Tehsil Nabha, Dist. Patiala, Punjab
New Delhi: August 9, 2010.
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to transfer 6.0729 acre of Defence land to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) on lease on perpetuity basis, at a nominal rent of Rupee One only per annum for construction of a Kendriya Vidyalaya at Village Alhoran, Tehsil Nabha in Patiala district of Punjab.
The new building will ensure more comfort, safety and security to the children of the area. It will also enable the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan to upgrade the school upto class XII Serving personnel families, separated families and ex-servicemen families in and around Nabha Military station will be benefited.
ad/sh/lv/vk/dk/kol/13:07 hrs.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
* * * * * *
Cabinet
Transfer of Defence Land to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan at Leimakhong, Imphal, Manipur
New Delhi: August 9, 2010.
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to transfer 5.99 acre of Defence land to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) on lease on perpetuity basis, at a nominal rent of Rupee One only per annum for construction of a Kendriya Vidyalaya at Leimakhong, Imphal, Manipur.
With this, the inconvenience caused to the children of the military personnel and ex-servicemen residing in and around Leimakhong, Imphal, Manipur will be reduced. It will now be possible to provide basic infrastructure and other facilities to the students of the Kendriya Vidyalaya.
ad/sh/lv/vk/dk/kol/13:08 hrs.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Cabinet
Formation of separate societies for six AIIMS-like institutions being set up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)
New Delhi: August 9, 2010.
The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal for formation of societies for each of the six AIIMS-like institutions being set up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). These societies will be functional till the AIIMS-like institutions are brought under an Act of Parliament.
Creating legal entities in the form of a society for these institutions will facilitate greater autonomy and faster execution of the projects and will expedite release of funds from the Government. Each of these institutions will be registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
Each society will have a two-tier Organization and Management structure. The Governing Council under the chairmanship of the Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare would have appropriate representation from concerned Ministries/Departments of the Government of India and other related organizations. This will be the apex body deciding all policy matters.
There will also be a Board of Governors with Secretary (Health & Family Welfare) as chairperson with appropriate representation of State Governments. Persons with special knowledge in the field of science and medicine will be nominated by the Governing Council.
Background:
The Union Cabinet approved the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) in March, 2006 with the objective of correcting regional imbalances in the availability of affordable/reliable tertiary healthcare services and also to augment facilities for quality medical education in the country. Under Phase-I of PMSSY, six AIIMS-like institutions are being set up, one each in the States of Bihar (Patna), Chattisgarh (Raipur), Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal), Orissa (Bhubaneshwar), Rajasthan (Jodhpur) and Uttarakhand (Rishikesh) at an estimated cost of Rs. 840 crore per institution including nursing colleges. The formation of societies will give these institutions a governance structure, which is not there at present.
ad/sh/lv/vk/dk/kol/13:08 hrs.
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