Tuesday, June 16

Online Grievance Forum: New Initiative of Government of India

The govt. wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems they faced while dealing with Government officials or departments like 1) Railways 2) Posts 3) Telecom (incl. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) & Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) 4) Urban Development (Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Land & Development Office (L&DO), Central Public Works Department (CPWD), etc) 5) Petroleum & Natural Gas 6) Civil Aviation (Air India, Airports Authority of India, etc) 7) Shipping, Road Transport & Highways 8) Tourism
9) Public Sector Banks
Allahabad Bank Andhra Bank, Bank of Baroda Bank of India Bank of Maharashtra Canara Bank Central Bank of India Corporation Bank Dena Bank Indian Bank Indian Overseas Bank Industrial Development Bank of India Ltd National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Oriental Bank of Commerce Punjab & Sind Bank Punjab National Bank Small Industries Development Bank of India State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur State Bank of Hyderabad State Bank of India State Bank of Indore State Bank of Mysore State Bank of Patiala State Bank of Travancore Syndicate Bank UCO Bank Union Bank of India United Bank of India Vijaya Bank 10) Public Sector Insurance Companies GIC of India Life Insurance Corporation of India National Insurance Company Ltd. The New India Assurance Company Ltd. The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. United India Insurance Company Ltd. 11) National Saving Scheme of Ministry of Finance 12) Employees' Provident Fund Organization 13) Regional Passport Authorities
Regional Passport Office, Ahemadabad Regional Passport Office, Amritsar Regional Passport Office, Bangalore Regional Passport Office, Bareilly Regional Passport Office, Bhopal Regional Passport Office, Bhubaneswar Regional Passport Office, Chandigarh Regional Passport Office, Chennai Regional Passport Office, Cochin Regional Passport Office, Coimbatore Regional Passport Office, Dehradun Regional Passport Office, Delhi Regional Passport Office, Ghaziabad Regional Passport Office, Goa Regional Passport Office, Guwahati Regional Passport Office, Hyderabad Regional Passport Office, Jaipur Regional Passport Office, Jalandhar Regional Passport Office, Jammu Regional Passport Office, Kolkata Regional Passport Office, Kozhikode Regional Passport Office, Lucknow Regional Passport Office, Madurai Regional Passport Office, Malappuram Regional Passport Office, Mumbai Regional Passport Office, Nagpur Regional Passport Office, Patna Regional Passport Office, Pune Regional Passport Office, Raipur Regional Passport Office, Ranchi Regional Passport Office, Shimla Regional Passport Office, Srinagar Regional Passport Office, Surat Regional Passport Office, Thane Regional Passport Office, Trichy Regional Passport Office, Trivandrum Regional Passport Office, Visakhapatnam 14) Central Government Health Scheme 15) Central Board of Secondary Education 16) Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan 17) National Institute of Open Schooling 18) Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti 19) Central Universities 20) ESI Hospitals and Dispensaries directly controlled by ESI Corporation under Ministry of Labour
Many of us say that these things don't work in India . Couple of months back, the Faridabad Municipal Corporation laid new roads in his area and the residents were very happy about it. But 2 weeks later, BSNL dug up the newly laid roads to install new cables which annoyed all the residents. A resident used the above listed grievance forum to highlight his concern. To his surprise, BSNL and Municipal Corporation of Faridabad were served a show cause notice and the guy received a copy of the notice in one week. Government has asked the MC and BSNL about the goof up as it's clear that both the government departments were not in sync at all.
So use this grievance forum and educate others who don't know about this facility. This way we can at least raise our concerns instead of just talking about the 'System' in India .
More Details: http://www.pgportal.gov.in

TERI launches Specialised Library on Climate Change

Climate change is one of the most contentious international environmental issues today. Its consequences have been strongly highlighted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), various governments and premier institutes like The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Thus, it is imperative to study about such issues in great detail to understand its effects on our lives. TERI Library and Information Centre (LIC) have set up a 'Specialized Library on Climate Change' (SLCC) to spread awareness and information on climate change. SLCC was inaugurated by HE Ann Ollestad, Ambassador of Norway to India in the presence of Dr Pachauri, Director-General TERI and other distinguished fellows of TERI.
While inaugurating the library, HE Ann Ollestad, said "I am happy to note that a Special Library on Climate Change (SLCC) is being established. It will in due course, I am sure, develop as a repository of valuable information resources and services in the subject area that would be readily available to researchers, policy makers and business organizations dealing with climate change issues. I would like to extend my complement to TERI for having conceptualized the need for such a library and wish them all the best."
Following the inauguration, HE Ann Ollestad was briefed about the scope and function of SLCC by Mr Rajesh Bhardwaj, Fellow TERI.
SLCC aspires to fulfill the following objectives;
Function as a resource center for collection and dissemination of information to the focused group of users;
To develop and provide access to information and online resources - databases.
To promote resource sharing and networking by establishing linkages with national and international organizations on climate change and energy security.

Thursday, June 11

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