General Than Shwe, the head of Myanmar's military junta, who is presently on a five-day state visit to India, will meet Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today.
According to sources, the two countries are set to ink a treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters to combat transnational organised crime, terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering and smuggling of arms and explosives.
A slew of pacts on boosting Indian investment in the energy, transport and infrastructure sectors is also expected to be signed after delegation-level talks.
India is likely to announce grants and lines of credit for developing power, road, railway and cross-border connectivity projects with Myanmar along the 1,645 km border between the two countries, sources said.
Shwe will also meet Vice President Hamid Ansari, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj.
His visit comes at a time when there has been growing criticism by the West of the ruling Junta which says it will hold elections this year but has disqualified Aung San Suu Kyi from contesting.
Shwe would leave for Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Daw on Thursday.
General Than Shwe, the head of Myanmar's military junta, who is presently on a five-day state visit to India, will meet Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today.
According to sources, the two countries are set to ink a treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters to combat transnational organised crime, terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering and smuggling of arms and explosives.
A slew of pacts on boosting Indian investment in the energy, transport and infrastructure sectors is also expected to be signed after delegation-level talks.
India is likely to announce grants and lines of credit for developing power, road, railway and cross-border connectivity projects with Myanmar along the 1,645 km border between the two countries, sources said.
Shwe will also meet Vice President Hamid Ansari, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj.
His visit comes at a time when there has been growing criticism by the West of the ruling Junta which says it will hold elections this year but has disqualified Aung San Suu Kyi from contesting.
Shwe would leave for Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Daw on Thursday.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
UIDAI Signs MoUs With Assam & Mizoram
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) signed Memorandums of Understand (MoUs) with the Governments of Assam and Mizoram, detailing the implementation of the UID Project in the states, at it office in New Delhi
The MoU with the Government of Assam was signed between Mr. Davinder Kumar, DDG UIDAI and Mr. Subhash C. Das,
The Government of Assam has set up a State level Empowered Committee on UID under the Chairmanship of the Chief Minister of Assam Assam
Mr. Sharma said, “the UIDAI is looking forward to close cooperation from the state governments to rollout Aadhaar (UID Number)”.
The signed MoUs can be found on the UIDAI website: www.uidai.gov.in
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Mizoram rail project awaits nod
Projects Today reported that the Union Ministry of Railways has been submitted a Final Location Survey report for the proposed railway extension from Bairabi to Sairang in Mizoram.
Work on the 50.90 kilometers long project will commence once the ministry gives a green signal. The survey work was carried out by Rail India Technical & Economic Services. Tender for further work will be floated after the approval of the survey.
As per sources, the project may entail a cost of INR 1,000 crore.
Work on the 50.90 kilometers long project will commence once the ministry gives a green signal. The survey work was carried out by Rail India Technical & Economic Services. Tender for further work will be floated after the approval of the survey.
As per sources, the project may entail a cost of INR 1,000 crore.
'Sour' grapes to turn sweet for Mizo farmers soon
Aizawl, Jul 8 : Grape growers in Hnahlan and Champhai in eastern Mizoram would soon see the people of the state quench their thirst with the 'fruits of their labour'.
Wine produced from this grapes will be available hopefully by September this year in Mizoram which has been under a dry law for 13 long years.
Earlier, the Mizoram Liquor Total Prohibition Act, imposed in the state on February 20, 1997, prevented the grapes from large-scale commercialisation even as the premium variety of Lubrusca grapes are most suitable for producing high quality and commercially viable wine. The Act was amended in April 2007, allowing the grapes to be processed into wine, containing 16 per cent alcohol. The grape wine will be branded as ''Zawlaidi'' which means love potion in Mizo language.
The grape cultivators had formed Grape Growers Society with district horticulture officer of Khawzawl as its managing director.
Two wineries had been set up by the society with logistical support from the government.
Vanlalruata Chenkual, managing director of the Grape Growers Society and Khawzal DHO has said each winery had the capacity of fermenting one lakh 650 ml bottles. The wine bottle would be labelled ''Not for sale outside Mizoram'', as it is expected that marketing the grape wine in the local market would be more profitable than exporting it.
The winemaking process will be monitored by experts from liquor major Shaw Wallace.
''To make the wine competitive and conform to international standards, experts from Shaw Wallace will train and guide the winemakers,'' Horticulture Director Samuel Rosanglura has said.
According to the sources, Hnahlan is expected to produce 8000 bottles of wine and Champhai 12,000 bottles. One bottle would be sold for Rs 150. Champhai Grape Growers Society has 325 families engaged in grape cultivation and harvested 478.5 quintals of grapes during FY10 and they expect to harvest 2,056 quintals during FY11. Hnahlan Grape Growers Society has 670 families of cultivators and their annual harvest during 2009-10 was 6916 quintals and expected 7910 quintals this year.
The grape cultivators believe that with its suitable climate and soil conditions, the region has the potential of becoming the largest grape producer in the country.
Wine produced from this grapes will be available hopefully by September this year in Mizoram which has been under a dry law for 13 long years.
Earlier, the Mizoram Liquor Total Prohibition Act, imposed in the state on February 20, 1997, prevented the grapes from large-scale commercialisation even as the premium variety of Lubrusca grapes are most suitable for producing high quality and commercially viable wine. The Act was amended in April 2007, allowing the grapes to be processed into wine, containing 16 per cent alcohol. The grape wine will be branded as ''Zawlaidi'' which means love potion in Mizo language.
The grape cultivators had formed Grape Growers Society with district horticulture officer of Khawzawl as its managing director.
Two wineries had been set up by the society with logistical support from the government.
Vanlalruata Chenkual, managing director of the Grape Growers Society and Khawzal DHO has said each winery had the capacity of fermenting one lakh 650 ml bottles. The wine bottle would be labelled ''Not for sale outside Mizoram'', as it is expected that marketing the grape wine in the local market would be more profitable than exporting it.
The winemaking process will be monitored by experts from liquor major Shaw Wallace.
''To make the wine competitive and conform to international standards, experts from Shaw Wallace will train and guide the winemakers,'' Horticulture Director Samuel Rosanglura has said.
According to the sources, Hnahlan is expected to produce 8000 bottles of wine and Champhai 12,000 bottles. One bottle would be sold for Rs 150. Champhai Grape Growers Society has 325 families engaged in grape cultivation and harvested 478.5 quintals of grapes during FY10 and they expect to harvest 2,056 quintals during FY11. Hnahlan Grape Growers Society has 670 families of cultivators and their annual harvest during 2009-10 was 6916 quintals and expected 7910 quintals this year.
The grape cultivators believe that with its suitable climate and soil conditions, the region has the potential of becoming the largest grape producer in the country.
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