Motorola Planning Manufacturing Facility In India:
Motorola, is the maker of Moto G Smartphone mobile handset assessing the options to set up a manufacturing facility in India. To cash in on the sprouting demand for smartphones in India.
Motorola Senior Marketing Director Europe, said that “Evaluation is going on… We will have news soon,” Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific Marcus Frost told PTI. The company is considering for setting up a production unit in India.
Frost said, India is a huge market for the company and it has seen strong sales of its devices, especially Moto G.
He declined to disclose however, further details and timeline for the same. Motorola Company makes the devices in China and Latin America. Motorola had a plant already in Chennai, which was shutted down a few years ago.
Motorola joins into a growing list of global smartphone makers, including Gionee and Xiaomiare considering manufacturing in our Country, where the government is forcing its ‘Make in India’ initiative.
India is one of the fastest growing smartphone markets in worldwide.
According to research firm Cyber Media Research, 19.5 million smartphones were shipped in India in the March 2015 quarter.
Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India launched his national cleanliness campaign called 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan'(Hindi) or 'Clean India Campaign'.
Itcovers 4041 statutory towns, to clean the streets, infrastructure and roads of the country. This starts from the Valmiki Basti in New Delhi on 2nd October, 2014.
Modi inquired India's 1.25 billion people to join the 'Swachh Bharat Mission' and promote it to everyone.
This is the Campaign that India's biggest ever cleanliness drive. Near3 million government employees and Colleges and School students of India participated in this event.
For this Campaign, Prime Minister, Modi Nominated 9 famous Personalities and more people in a hierarchy. A few participants are Kamal Hassan, Sachin Tendulkar, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra,Baba Ramdev, Mridula Sinha, Shashi Tharoor, The team of TV series - Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Aamir Khan, Manisha Koirala, Saina Nehwal, Chanda Kochhar, Kapil Sharma. In this Cleanliness Campaign all people are also participating or Joining in.
Cleanliness mission aims to reach the vision of 'Swacch Bharath Mission' by 2nd October, 2019, which is 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi,expected to cost over 62000 Crore Rupees.
A Song:
Song on Swacch Bharath lyrics composed by Prasoon Joshi
Yoga is an old field from India. Yoga is the practice of Exercise, Breathing Techniques and Meditation. And it claims to improve the Health and Happiness. Pioneer of Classical Yoga is Patanjali.
Patanjali defines Yoga as
"The cessation of the modification of the mind."
Important Organs of Yoga:
There are Eight Organs of Yoga:
Positive Rules of meditations : Yama
Prohibitory Rules of meditations : Niyama
Physical postures and movements : Asanas
Breathing techniques :Pranayama
Controlling the mind : Prtyahar
Gazing inward : Dharana
Meditation with object : Dhyan
Meditation without object : Samadhi
International Yoga Day - Proposal in UN
Yoga is old(6000+ years’) physical, mental and spiritual practice. Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi on 27th September, 2014 placed a proposal of ‘International Yoga Day’ in United Nations General Assembly. This proposal approved by 177 countriesin Just 100 daysand United Nations declared 21st June as ‘International Yoga Day’. Very proud moment for all Indians because Yoga is India’s ancient tradition and it gets worldwide reorganization. It had the “highest number of co-sponsors ever for any UNGA Resolution of such nature.”
The resolution also checked that a record number of 175 countries co-sponsoring it.
PM Speech On 'International Yoga Day':
Narendra Modi view about Yoga:
“Yoga is an invaluable gift of India’s ancient tradition. It embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfillment; harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to health and well-being. It is not about exercise but to discover the sense of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature. By changing our lifestyle and creating consciousness, it can help us deal with climate change. Let us work towards adopting an International Yoga Day.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that“Yoga embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfillment; harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to health and well being.”
International Yoga Day a Mega Event at Rajpath:
‘International Yoga Day’ Narendra Modi government planned mega event at Rajpath, New Delhi where Prime minister Shri Narendra Modi, Cabinet ministers, Bollywood celebrities and nearly 40,000-50,000 people done Yoga at Rajpath.
Digital Health Platform and Services Launched in New Delhi
Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi’s aspirational program of Digitalization of healthcare in India, H R Biocare launched India’s 1st integrated digital health platform at ‘Health Premier League 2015′ in New Delhi on 20th July, 2015 in the presence of C K Mishra, additional health secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GoI(Government of India). More than 500 delegates from different hospitals, government and private sector drawn from different specialties from India and the USA participated in the day-long conference to discuss and deliberate preventive strategy on combating cancer and diabetes.
Dr. Harsha Vardhan, Managing Director, H R Biocare says - “We have developed a holistic digital health platform that will connect leaders of healthcare and leading doctors to provide and share needed expertise in critical disease management. We are planning to start digital health centre in different parts of the country starting with one in Jaipur, Patna, Lucknow and Ahmedabad.”
A new wave with Digitalhealth facility is being designed by H R Biocare to connect leading public and private institution to rural India. This will enable to reach the expertise concentrated at metros to different parts of the country.
AWARDS:
Med Achievers Award 2016 was announced on this occasion. The awardees include Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, as best institution in private segment, Dr. Shiv Sarin,director ILBS, Gaurav Malhotra, Young Healthcare Achiever and many others.
DigiLocker, a key initiative of Digital India which is introduced by the Government of India. This Scheme has launched in the month of February, 2015. The total Registered useres to Store Documents Online reached to a Big Crowd.
Dashboard of e-Locker:
Government of India introduced Scheme that provides a virtual vault in cyberspace for the safe-keep of documents like birth Certificates and Important Documents etc..has attracted 8,44,616 and top State Registered is Maharashtrawith89,812which is high crowd ine-Locker.
Services provided:
The Digital-Locker facility is free on a cloud, (or) cyberspace, allows any individual with an Adhaar Card and a linked mobile phone to sign up. It is a personal storage space to securely store links, Study Certificates, PAN cards, Voter IDs, Driving Licence, Bank Passbook and e-documents of such official certificates.
DigiLocker which is a part of Digital India provides a personal storage space in the cloud to Indian citizens. The organizations that are registered with DigiLocker can push electronic copies of certificates and documents(e.g. Voter ID, School certificates, Memorandum of Marks, driving license) directly into citizens’ lockers. Citizens can also upload scanned copies of their legacy documents in their accounts. These legacy documents can be electronically signed using the eSign facility provided in DigiLocker.
A citizen can share these electronic certificates online with various agencies while applying for the services provided by them.
Before understanding more about this online e-storage facility, kindly note that you need to have Aadhaar number (issued by UIDAI-Unique Identification Authority of India) to use DigiLocker facility. Digital Locker System or DigiLocker is an Aadhar-linked facility.
--> After visiting the Digital locker website you have to click sign up which is on the Top right side.
--> After clicking the sign up button the new page will open where they will ask for your Aadhaar card number.
--> Once you have entered your Aadhaar card Number it will give you two options for User authentications.
--> One option is “Use OTP” and another is “Use Fingerprint”.
--> If you select “Use OTP” which stands for One Time password it will send UIDAI on your registered mobile number and registered Email ID with Aadhaar number.
--> Now you are required to enter the OTP (One Time Password) and click “validate OTP”. Once you have clicked validate OTP it will be validated and it will take you to set USER and Password setting page.
--> If you have set user and password you just have to click on sign up page which is listed below .You will be logged in your Digital locker website: https://digitallocker.gov.in/Signin.aspx
--> You are not allowed to connect your Digital locker with Social media pages like Google, twitter and Facebook.
--> If you choose the option of “Use Finger Print “option it will ask you put your Thumb on FingerPrint device. It will then authenticate it and set your username and unique password which is very useful and to kept very carefully.
--> With the help of Digital locker you can open your Account with the help of Aadhaar number, and you can easily Upload your documents, View documents which is issued by different departments,
--> Also you can do digital signature on your documents and share it also where it is important.
Smart Cities Mission & Housing for All Mission - AMRUT
AMRUT - Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and the Smart Cities Mission
Prime Minister of IndiaNarendramodisaid at launch of AMRUTthese urban development schemes were not prepared by the Government alone, but involved perhaps the biggest consultation exercise ever taken by the Union Government, involving all stakeholders and examining global best practices. The Prime Minister gave a simple vision of a smart city, as one which was a step or two ahead of people's aspirations. Technology, transportation, energy efficiency, walk-to-work, cycling etc were some elements mentioned by the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said the Government is sensitive to consumer protection, and towards ending undue harassment, especially with regard to housing. He said one Bill towards this end has already been introduced in Parliament.
Modi urged urban leaders to contribute to doing something for the good of the people. He said the people assembled in Vigyan Bhawan today, had on them the collective responsibility for better quality of life for 40 percent of India's population that either lived in cities, or were dependent on cities for their livelihood. He said the aspirations of migrants from rural areas, and slum dwellers, have to be balanced with the changing global environment. He said ensuring a good life for them is our responsibility. In this context, this 2-day workshop presented a good opportunity to work out strategies for the future.
PM Narendramodi Speech at launch of Smart Cities Mission - AMRUT:
Identified Places of 100 Smart Cities are:>
.:KEY HIGHLIGHTS OFAMRUTMISSION:.
AMRUT accomodates a project approach to ensure basic infrastructure services relating to water supply, sewerage, management, storm water drains, transport and development of green spaces and parks with special provision for meeting the needs of children.
This mission will be implemented in 500 cities and towns with a population of one lakh and above, with some cities located on the stems of main river, a few capital cities and important cities located in hilly areas, islands and tourist spots.
The AMRUT abstract to replace Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and has been allotted Rs.50,000 crore.
It is to be thankful that the States will get substantial operational flexibility in designing schemes based on the needs of identified cities and also in the execution and monitoring of the schemes.
States are expected to submit the State Annual Action Plans to the Centre for broad concurrence based on which funds will be released. This is a departure from JNNURM wherein, the Union government appraised individual projects.
Central assistance will be to the extent of 50 percent of project cost for cities and towns with a population of upto 10 lakh and one-third of the project cost for those with a population of above 10 lakh. This assistance will be released in three instalments, in the ratio of 20:40:40, based on the achievement of milestones indicated in State Annual Action Plans.
The objective of both the Smart Cities Mission and AMRUT, is to meet the challenges of growing urbanisation in a sustainable manner. In other words, ensure that development benefits the poor as much as others, through better employment opportunities and increased access to urban spaces.
> Under this AMRUT Scheme, 100 selected cities will get funds amounting to Rs.100 crore per year for the next five years.
>Special emphasis will be given to participation of citizens in prioritising and planning urban interventions.
>The cities will be selected through a 'city challenge competition' that will be conducted in each state. States will then shortlist a smart city based on specified norms.
>Focus of this mission is to be on core infrastructure services such as clean water supply, power supply, robust IT connectivity, governance, e-governance and citizen participation, safety and security of citizens, health, education and sustainable urban environment.
>The objective of building 100 smart cities is to promote adoption of smarter solutions for efficient use of available resources, assets and infrastructure. This is to enhance the quality of urban life and promote a clean and sustainable environment.
>The smart city action plans will be implemented by Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) that will be set up for every city and state government to mobilise resources accordingly.
Prime Minister Narendramodi launched Skill India Campaign in New Delhi. A World Youth Skill Dayis celebrated at a National level on 15th July, 2015.
As Digital India makes our country to Digital, Skill India Mission is also the featuring our Country. India should come out as the 'Human Resource Capital' of the world asChina has become a global 'Manufacturing Factory', 'Skill India' Mission as part of the government's "War against Poverty". Likely to provide a workforce of about 4 to 5 crore to the world if the capacity of the countrymen are perfected through proper and dynamic training in skills and added that the government is focused on this aspect.
Modi said that "We need to have futuristic vision and prepare plans for the next 10 years" and urged the need for regular interaction between industry and technology experts."If China is like a 'manufacturing factory' of the world, India should become the 'human resource capital' of the world. That should be our target and we should lay emphasis on that," Modi said addressing an event here to launch the 'Skill India' Mission which was attended by several union ministers and Chief Ministers of various states.
“Nearly 18 ministers including Union ministers as well as chief ministers would be attending the event,” said a senior government official, adding that a large number of private skill trainers would also attend.
Invitees from the private sector include Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry, Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra, chiefs of industry associations as well as Teamlease Services chairman Manish Sabharwal and Romesh Wadhwani of the Wadhwani Foundation.
“While a number of chief ministers will be in New Delhi, each of the states too will launch the Mission to create awareness amongst youth about the need for skilling”. Census 2011 data and 68th round of the National Sample Survey revealed than an estimated 10.4 crore fresh workers would enter the labor market and require skill training by 2022, and 29.8 crore of the existing workforce will require additional skill training over the same time period.
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana:
The government also plans to skill 40.2 crore workers by 2022 and a number of schemes including the new National Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana and the skill loan scheme will be launched. The Prime Minister will also unveil a new logo and slogan for the Skill India mission and give out letters of employment to some of the students who have successfully undergone skill training.
The Indian Youth is very talented and industrious. By bad luck, the lack of formal skill training prevents deserving talent from being employed. PMKVY aims to leverage the potential of India’s demographic dividend by providing skill-training and making every skilled youth employable.
Training will be provided based on industry aligned National Occupational Standards through training providers and Sector Skill Councils. Under PMKVY, candidates will be eligible for a monetary reward, upon successful completion of their training and also clearing the assessment by an independent assessment agency appointed by Sector Skill Council. Moreover the candidates will also receive a government recognized certificate which helps them become gainfully employed.
Motorola Senior Marketing Director Europe, said that “Evaluation is going on… We will have news soon,” Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific Marcus Frost told PTI. The company is considering for setting up a production unit in India.
