CII Communique - February, 2010

egions
ST youth, were announced at the Launch Ceremony
presided over by Mrs Jean Rodrigues, President, Indian
Council for Child Welfare.
Delhi
Transport Solutions
9 January, New Delhi
A conference was organised by the CII Delhi State
Council, during Auto Expo 2010, to identify specific
issues and solutions towards transforming Delhi into a
world class city. Dr Noor Mohammed, Member Secretary,
NCR Planning Board shared the details of the Integrated
Transport Plan for NCR .
Himachal Pradesh
Meeting with Chief Secretary
2 January: Shimla
CII HP State Council organised a meeting with Mrs Asha
Swarup, Chief Secretary, Himachal Pradesh, to discuss
the issue of permitting renting out surplus built up spaces
in industrial buildings built after obtaining permission
under Section 118. The meeting also discussed other
related issues.
Pre Budget Memorandum
18 January, Shimla
CII’s Pre-budget Memorandum 2010-11 to the
Government of Himachal Pradesh emphasizes that the
upcoming budget for the state should have a reformsbased
agenda, with special focus on infrastructure
development, which is hampering the growth of industry
in the State. CII has also recommended a quantum leap
in the budgetary allocation for tourism infrastructure.
Sustainable Technologies
21 January, Chandigarh
Taking forward the initiative of making Himachal Pradesh
the first carbon-neutral state in India, CII submitted a
proposal to the State Government for greening existing
industry, CO2 emission quantification and disclosure, and
a policy road map. Ms Sarojini Thakur, Additional Chief
Secretary, Himachal Pradesh, sought industry’s help to
make the state carbon neutral, create more jobs and
livelihood and develop health infrastructure.
Nagin Nanda, Member Secretary, Himachal State Pollution Control
Board, Sarojini Thakur, Additional Chief Secretary, HP, and
Atul Khosla, Vice Chairman, CII Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Workshop on Supervisory Skills
20 January, Jammu
The workshop on ‘How to Develop Supervisory Skills’
equipped the participants with proven supervisory
techniques to plan, organize, communicate and monitor
effectively in every situation, and leverage both hard
skills and people skills to meet new challenges.
CII Presents Pre Budget Memorandum
21 January: Jammu
A CII delegation led by Mr Sanjay Puri, Chairman
CII J &K State Council presented the Pre-budget
Memorandum for Jammu & Kashmir to Mr Abdul Rahim
Rather, Minister for Finance, J&K. The memorandum
recommends the introduction of the Model Electricity
Act 2003 in the state, removal of toll tax on fuel,
consumables and packaging material, exemption of
work contract tax, and makes several suggestions
relating to VAT. CII also recommended the cluster
approach for MSMEs.
Punjab
Interaction with ICRIER
25 January: Amritsar
An interactive session with the representatives of ICRIER
discussed issues of concern of industry on Indo – Pak
trade, such as Wagah Border trade, restrictions on
issuance of visas to Pakistan, installation of jumbosized
scanner at Wagah checkpost, non-stoppage of
Delhi Lahore bus service and Shamjhauta Express at
Amritsar, poor physical infrastructure at Amritsar railway
checkpost and non allowance of trade in containers
through the Wagah border.
Interaction on Ludhiana
21 January: Ludhiana
The CII Ludhiana City Development Core Group
organized an interaction with Mr A K Sinha, Municipal
Commissioner, Ludhiana, to discuss various issues
related towards the development of the city. These
included power back up for traffic signals, pedestrian
signals at all traffic lights, flashers on 17 identified black
spots and a ring road for Ludhiana.
Uttarakhand
Launch of Nanhi Chaan
1 January, Dehradun
Nanhi Chaan, a CII Northern Region Initiative promoting
gender equality and ecological conservation was
launched in Dehradun by Dr S Farooq, President, The
66 | February 2010 Communiqué