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Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Consolidated Status of Influenza A H1n1 As On 25th April 2010

New Delhi: April 26, 2010

 

 

Consolidated Status of Influenza A H1n1 As On 25^th April 2010

(As on 25th    April 2010)
Sl.	State	Lab confirmed cases reported during the day	Lab confirmed cases cumulative	Death of Lab confirmed cases during  the day	Death of Lab confirmed cases cumulative
	Delhi*	0	9696	0	95
	Andhra Pradesh	0	786	0	53
	Karnataka	1	2308	0	156
	Tamil Nadu	0	2088	0	7
	Maharashtra*	0	6147	1	440
	Kerala	0	1473	0	37
	Punjab	0	176	0	40
	Haryana	0	1945	0	38
	Chandigarh(UT)	0	319	0	8
	Goa	0	65	0	5
	West Bengal	0	136	0	0
	Uttarakhand	0	135	0	13
	Himachal Pradesh	0	23	0	8
	Jammu & Kashmir	0	109	0	4
	Gujarat*	0	1239	0	306
	Manipur	0	2	0	0
	Meghalaya	0	8	0	0
	Mizoram	0	4	0	1
	Assam	0	52	0	2
	Jharkhand	0	2	0	0
	Rajasthan	0	2204	0	198
	Bihar	0	7	0	0
	Uttar Pradesh	0	1311	0	20
	Puducherry	0	89	0	6
	Chhattisgarh	0	61	0	11
	Madhya Pradesh	0	92	0	37
	Daman & Diu	0	1	0	0
	Orissa	0	28	0	3
	Nagaland	0	2	0	0
	Andaman & Nicobar	0	25	0	0
	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	0	1	0	1
Total		1	30534	1	1489
Note:   1.Till date, samples from 133805 persons have been tested for Influenza A H1N1 in Government Laboratories and a few private Laboratories across the country and 30534(22.81%) of them have been found positive. 2. One case reported during the day is indigenous case. 3. One death (Maharashtra-1) was reported during the day. 4. Report of one earlier death (Maharashtra-1) has been received from the health authorities of the respective state and is reflected in the cumulative total. 5.* Major lab reports not recieved from the state for the day.   For more information including trend analysis kindly visit the website at: www.mohfw-h1n1.nic.in   ds/gk/dk/kol/13:50 hrs.

 

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Consolidated Status of Influenza A H1N1 as on 24.4.2010

New Delhi: April 26, 2010

 

(As on 24th    April 2010)
Sl.	State	Lab confirmed cases reported during the day	Lab confirmed cases cumulative	Death of Lab confirmed cases during  the day	Death of Lab confirmed cases cumulative
	Delhi	0	9696	0	95
	Andhra Pradesh	0	786	0	53
	Karnataka	2	2307	0	156
	Tamil Nadu	0	2088	0	7
	Maharashtra	5	6147	0	438
	Kerala	0	1473	0	37
	Punjab	0	176	0	40
	Haryana	0	1945	0	38
	Chandigarh(UT)	0	319	0	8
	Goa	0	65	0	5
	West Bengal	0	136	0	0
	Uttarakhand	0	135	0	13
	Himachal Pradesh	0	23	0	8
	Jammu & Kashmir	0	109	0	4
	Gujarat	0	1239	0	306
	Manipur	0	2	0	0
	Meghalaya	0	8	0	0
	Mizoram	0	4	0	1
	Assam	0	52	0	2
	Jharkhand	0	2	0	0
	Rajasthan	0	2204	0	198
	Bihar	0	7	0	0
	Uttar Pradesh	0	1311	0	20
	Puducherry	0	89	0	6
	Chhattisgarh	0	61	0	11
	Madhya Pradesh	0	92	0	37
	Daman & Diu	0	1	0	0
	Orissa	0	28	0	3
	Nagaland	0	2	0	0
	Andaman & Nicobar	0	25	0	0
	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	0	1	0	1
Total		7	30533	0	1487
Note:   1.Till date, samples from 133788 persons have been tested for Influenza A H1N1 in Government Laboratories and a few private Laboratories across the country and 30533(22.82%) of them have been found positive. 2. All 7 cases reported during the day are indigenous cases. 3. No death was reported during the day. 4. Report of one  earlier death (Madhya Pradesh-1) has been received from the health authorities of the respective state and is reflected in the cumulative total.    For more information including trend analysis kindly visit the website at:  www.mohfw-h1n1.nic.in ds/gk/dk/kol/13:51 hrs.

 

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Food Processing Industries

Promotion of Fpi

New Delhi: April 26, 2010

          

Government has taken major initiatives to provide impetus to food processing sector.  There has been a quantum jump in the fund allocation for 11^th Plan Schemes.  The total plan allocation for 10^th Plan was Rs.650.00 crore whereas total fund allocation for 11^th Plan Scheme is Rs.4,031.00 crore. As a result of concerted efforts and focused approach the food processing sector is growing at an average rate of approximately 13.5% per annum. The level of processing has gone up by about 4% from existing 6% in 2005 to 10% in 2009 and value addition by 6% from 20% to 26% in the same period.

Government have approved 30 Mega Food Parks, 30 Cold Chain and 50 Abattoirs to be set up during the 11^th Plan Period.  In the Ist phase, 10 projects in each component have been approved to be assisted.  Ministry has approved 6 Mega Food Parks, 10 Cold Chain and 10 Abattoirs till date which are at different stages of progress. It is expected that processing level and value addition will increase considerably and there will be a reduction of wastage of farm produce. Farmers will get remunerative prices thereby increasing their income. Employment opportunity will be increased in rural areas.  Entrepreneurs will get adequate supply of desired variety of raw materials and consumers will have a choice of wide variety of quality processed food products.

In the 11^th Plan, out of total 30 approved Mega Food Parks, 10 have been approved to be taken up in the 1^st phase and final approval was accorded for setting up of 6 Mega Food Parks in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, North-East (Assam), Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal. Details of the location where the 6 Mega Food Parks have been approved to be set up are given below:

Sl. No.	Name of Places
1.	Getalsud, Ranchi Distt. Jharkhand
2.	Padartha Village, Haridwar Distt. Uttarakhand
3.	Village Tihu, Nalbari Distt. Assam
4.	Jangipur, West Bengal
5.	Mogili Village,Chittoor Distt. Andhra Pradesh
6.	Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu

                Government  has  already  approved  setting  up  of  a  Mega  Food  Park in Haridwar District of Uttarakhand. The Core Processing Centre (CPC) is located at Padartha village, Haridwar. It has acquired land for setting up of 5 Primary Processing Centres (PPC) at Prahladpur, Maral, Dev Prayag, Budhana and Daudpur Haji.

This information was given by Shri Subodh Kant Sahai, Minister of Food  Processing Industries in the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.   

 

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Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Home Affairs                             

Hm's Statement in Lok Sabha

New Delhi: April 26, 2010

 

The Union home minister Shri P. Chidambaram made a statement in Lok Sabha today on the telephone tapping issue. Following is the text of the statement.

 "National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) is a technical organisation of the Government, and I make this statement on behalf of the Government. A GoM had recommended that such an organisation be set up. The organization was notified on April 15, 2004.

Government have seen the allegations against the NTRO contained in the story in Outlook magazine of May 3, 2010.

I wish to state categorically that no telephone tapping or eavesdropping on political leaders was authorized by the previous UPA Government. Nor has the present UPAGovernment authorised any such activity.

After the issue of the magazine was available late Friday, April 23, 2010, the allegations in the story were thoroughly enquired into. Nothing has been found in the records of the NTRO or elsewhere to substantiate the allegations.

Our intelligence agencies function within the law. They are fully accountable to Government. Under the Telegraph Act and the Information Technology Act each case of monitoring of telephone or electronic communications has to be approved by the Union Home Secretary personally, and is subject to review byan Oversight Committee chaired by the Cabinet Secretary. Such monitoring as may be necessary to fight crime, for national security, or for our counterterrorism effort, is subject to multiple checks and oversight.

Both this government and the previous UPA Government have respected and upheld the laws of the land. We are committed to defending the rights of every Indian citizen, including the right to privacy, and will uphold the rights of the individual citizen enshrined in the Constitution of India.

Further enquiries are being made into the allegations in the magazine. If any evidence is forthcoming or discovered, the matter will be thoroughly investigated by the appropriate agencies."

 

rs/pkm/dk/kol/13:52 hrs.

 

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Home Affairs                             

Padma Shri Presented to Prof. G.C.Pande

New Delhi: April 26, 2010

 

Prof. Govind Chandra Pande, recipient of Padma Shri award for the year 2010 could not attend the Awards Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on March 31, 2010 on account of personal reasons.

In terms of extant guidelines in the matter, the decoration of the award to such awardees, residing at Delhi, who are not able to attend the ceremony, is to be delivered personally by an officer in MHA.

Accordingly, the decoration of the award of 'Padma Shri' which comprises a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a medallion were delivered to Prof. Govind Chandra Pande on April 23, 2010 at his residence by Shri A.E.Ahmad, Secretary (BM), Ministry of Home Affairs.

 

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Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Tourism                        

Incredible India Film Wins Best Adventure Film Award at The Film Festival in Riga, Latvia and Gold Award at The New York Film Festival

New Delhi: April 26, 2010

 

The Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India annually launches International Media Campaigns in the print, electronic and web media in important source markets overseas, to promote "Incredible India" as a tourist destination.

The international television commercial / promotional film released by the Ministry of Tourism in its electronic campaigns in the year 2008 has won the Ministry several accolades the world over. The film, which has been aired on all major international television channels, including CNN, BBC, National Geographic, Discovery etc. has won awards at various international film festivals, culminating in the Austrian Comite International Des Festivals du Film Touristique 2009 Grand Prix Award at Vienna in November, 2009. In its journey to winning the Grand Prix Award, the Commercial had won awards in Germany (Berlin), Poland, Romania, France, Portugal, Czech Republic and Croatia.

Recently, during April 2010, the film has been honoured yet again with an award for the Best Adventure Film at the Film Festival in Riga, Latvia and with the Gold Award at the New York Film Festival.

This award winning film has been produced for the Ministry of Tourism by the Experience India Society and conceptualized, shot, edited by Nirvana Films, Bangalore. The Experience India Society, a pioneer public-private partnership in Tourism, has been supporting since its inception, efforts of the Ministry of Tourism to realize for India its full potential as a tourism destination. The Society has been producing high quality films for the Incredible India campaigns and has also supported the Ministry of Tourism in organizing mega promotional events in Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, Moscow and St. Petersburg.

 

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Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Food Processing Industries                  

Proposal to Set up Iicpt

New Delhi: April 26, 2010

 

The Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT) is a pioneer Research and Development National level Institute under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India. The Institute has its origin way back in 1967 when it was started as an R & D laboratory in the Modern Rice Mill complex of Thanjavur Co-operative Marketing Federation (TCMF), Tiruvarur. The Institute was later upgraded as a national laboratory under the name Paddy Processing Research Centre (PPRC) in 1972 and further upgraded to a National Level Institute i.e. Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT) on 19.2.2008. Government has no proposal to set up Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT) in some States in the remaining Eleventh Five Year Plan period.

 

This information was given by Shri Subodh Kant Sahai, Minister of Food Processing Industries in the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

 

vlk/ska/dk/kol/13:53 hrs.

 

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Food Processing Industries                  

Customization of Procedures for Fruits and Vegetables

New Delhi: April 26, 2010

 

Presently there is no proposal to undertake any survey to find out preference of domestic user for fresh fruits/vegetables or processed material. However, the Ministry has got conducted the techno-feasibility study at five locations in the States of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Punjab and North East for setting up Mega Food Parks in the country. The objective of the study was to identify potential clusters of agro/horti produce in respective States, assessment of surplus process able material, demand supply gap analysis and possibilities of forward linkages to major consumption markets. The mapping of potential consumption markets and its linkages with respective parks has also been undertaken in the techno-feasibility study. In addition to above, the Ministry has also got conducted the techno-feasibility study for setting up a strategic distribution center (SDC). The SDC is envisaged as distribution hubs which would have linkages with such parks. In this study, a detailed mapping of major consumption market (including some of tier-II cities) have been undertaken with respect to expenditure patters of domestic consumers towards processed and packaged food products. The future trend of domestic demand of processed food products is also covered in the study. The SDC will also cater to the export market based on the demand and will offer assured supply to potential export customers.

As regards adoption of Amul Milk model for F&V Sector, currently there is no proposal under consideration of Ministry. However, the primary objective of the Mega Food Parks is to provide excellent infrastructure facilities for food processing along the supply chain from farm to market. Such infrastructure will include creation of farm proximate infrastructure, transportation and logistics and a state-of-the-art Central Processing Center under a cluster based approach. The Mega Food Park Scheme envisages creation of enabling infrastructure for food processing and a comprehensive 'farm-to-plate' supply chain system. This is aimed at reducing wastages and ensuring value addition, especially in perishables like fruits and vegetables. This is further aimed at reviving the agricultural sector by increasing the returns for farmers besides making processing more economically viable and help creating large employment opportunities particularly in the rural areas. This will induce clusterised, cooperative and community farming in a demand driven manner with market orientation. It will also act as a destination for attracting Foreign Direct Investments. The farmers in the catchment area of such Mega Food Parks will have assured buyer for their produce which will ensure reduction in wastages and remunerative prices to the farmers, thereby enhancing their income levels and quality of life.

This information was given by Shri Subodh Kant Sahai, Minister of Food Processing Industries in the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

 

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