CII Communique - February, 2010
CII Communique - February, 2010
CII Communique - February, 2010
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egions<br />
Himalaya Drug Company. More than 150 employees of<br />
the company participated in the programme<br />
Conference on IT & ITes<br />
28-29 January, New Delhi<br />
A conference on ‘IT & ITes: Evolving Business Models<br />
for Sustained Growth’ held in partnership with Punjab<br />
Infotech, apprised evolving SMEs about how IT and ITes<br />
services can streamline their business operations.<br />
The event marked the release of the <strong>CII</strong>-PwC Report on<br />
Indian IT & ITeS Industry – ‘Evolving Business Models<br />
for Sustained Growth’. The report points out that the<br />
need of the hour is increased agility and differentiation.<br />
End-to-End offerings would dominate the industry in the<br />
years to come.<br />
Mr Shankar Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, DIT, Union<br />
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology,<br />
stressed the benefits of IT and ITes for the common<br />
man, and spoke about India’s national E – Governance<br />
Plan (NEGP), which delivers all kind of public services<br />
through ICT.<br />
South<br />
Goods & Service Tax (GST)<br />
7 January, Coimbatore<br />
22 January, Hubli<br />
29 January, Mysore<br />
Mr P Muthusamy, Additional Commissioner, Customs,<br />
Central Excise & Service Tax, addressed issues pertaining<br />
to the policy and procedures of GST in Coimbatore.<br />
The awareness building seminar on GST in Hubli<br />
was addressed by Mr Amitesh Bharat Shetty, Joint<br />
Commissioner Central Excise, Customs and Service<br />
Tax, Belgaum Commissionerate, and Mr Keyur Shah,<br />
Manager, BMR Advisors.<br />
In Mysore, the session helped members understand<br />
the proposed GST framework, the roll-out plan and<br />
the impact on various business sectors. The seminar<br />
featured a panel discussion on ‘Impact of GST on<br />
Business Sectors: services, Manufacturing, Real Estate<br />
an Infrastructure.’<br />
Doing Business with UAE<br />
21 January, Chennai<br />
The HFZ has SME zones that offer single window<br />
clearance, 100% ownership, tax exemption, repartition<br />
of profits and capital and infrastructure including ports<br />
exclusively for maritime, timberland, oil and gas, steel,<br />
petrochemical, perfume and construction, he said.<br />
Advanced Technologies in Security Systems<br />
29 January, Chennai<br />
The conference deliberated on concrete steps to be<br />
taken through the public-private model to address<br />
security related issues. Increased investments in R&D,<br />
expanding the security network both at the private<br />
and government level, besides adoption of advanced<br />
technologies were some of the key recommendations<br />
made at the conference.<br />
Train the Trainers Programme<br />
27 January – 1 <strong>February</strong>, Salem & Pudukottai<br />
The programme was organized in partnership with the<br />
South India AIDS Action Program (SIAAP) to train 130<br />
master trainers on Work Skills, who would, in turn, train<br />
5005 youth from Below the Poverty Line families from<br />
13 districts across Tamil Nadu. Post training, forward<br />
linkages would be facilitated. The programme trained<br />
26 trainers in Salem and 34 in Pudukottai.<br />
States<br />
Session on Doing Business with UAE in Chennai<br />
Sheikh Ahmed Sultan Bin Saqer Al Qassimi, Senior<br />
Commercial Officer, Hamriyah Free Zone, Sharjah, invited<br />
Indian SMEs looking for cost effective manufacturing,<br />
trading and service establishments to make use of the<br />
infrastructure at Sharjah’s Hamriyah Free Zone (HFZ).<br />
Andhra Pradesh<br />
Finance Availability for MSMEs<br />
28 January, Hyderabad<br />
The seminar reviewed and analyzed<br />
the finance availability for MSMEs,<br />
while helping MSMEs explore funding<br />
opportunities available with banks and<br />
financial institutions. Dr N Krishna Mohan,<br />
Regional Director, Hyderabad, Reserve<br />
Bank of India delivered the keynote<br />
address.<br />
Dr N Krishna<br />
Mohan,<br />
Regional<br />
Director –<br />
Hyderabad, RBI<br />
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