MAY SPO INDIA 2018

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Major Achievements

Of The Modi Government 1

Goods and Services Tax (GST)

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Demonetization of 500 and 1000 rupee notes

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Jan Dhan Yojana

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Swachh Bharat Mission

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Building of 100 New Smart Cities ..........and many more

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Ministry of Socialcommitted Justice & Empowerment committed towards development towards development of of persons persons with withdisability disability Thawar Chand Gehlot Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

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COVER STORY | 18 Editor-in-Chief: Deepak Kumar Sahu Executive Editor: S Mohini Ratna Assistant Editor: Samrita Baruah Copy Editor: C. M. Dutta Art Director: Rakesh Kumar Network Administrator: Ashok Kumar Singh Manager-IT: Subhash Mohanta Manager-SEO: Bidyadhar Behera BUSINESS: Vice President: Prasanna Rout General Manager: Ashok Ranjan Dash Marketing Manager: Dipendra Kumar

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training program empowering rural women

Is India Inc. ready for GDPR compliance?

SPOI CORPORATE 28 Nippon Paint’s nshakti

IN FOCUS 30 Govt. committed towards development of persons with disability 31 Nipah Virus (NIV) Infection – how is it spreading?

ROUND ABOUT 36

US-China Trade War: What Warren Buffett Forecasts

INDUSTRY EVENT 32 Bigger, brighter than ever: Infotech Forum 2018

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Digital Transformation and Innovation Will help build a new India Emerging technologies in digital business models are fundamentally transforming how firms compete with one another. Every leader should care about digitization and disruptive innovation which are transforming industries. Traditional boundaries and value networks of firms are getting disrupted at a rapid pace, forcing organisations to rethink strategies not just for business growth and competitive advantage, but also for survival. We can thus say that Digital technology delivers growth.

We live in a world where devices out number people and create more data than people can consume. The pace of change is very fast and there is no doubt that technology has led to disruptions in our personal and our professional lives. To realise these opportunities, organisations require a new breed of digitally-savvy leaders, who are ready for uncertain, open and dynamic competitive contexts. Technology will keep on bringing massive opportunities. The efforts of the Government’s push for a cashless economy is commendable; the country has seen rapid transformation and growth in the digital payments segment. At the same time, Fintech is seeing increasing acceptance with the clear focus of the government to give a further boost to their ‘Digital India’ campaign and digitization at large.

Disruption is a process. As we are approaching a radically new age of mobility, the digital revolution is going to change the entire industry as a whole that will bring an opportunity to each organisation that has started the policy to reach the customer first.

The recently held Infotech Forum is the live example on how various technologies are impacting life. With this we can say thatthe disruption theory differentiates disruptive innovations from what we call “sustaining innovations”. Unfortunately, the disruption theory is in danger of becoming a victim of its own success.

With GDPR coming into force on 25th May 2018 in European Union (EU), many more nations are becoming conscious of the enormous value the data economy is creating. According to the EU, by 2020 the value of personalized data will be 1 trillion euros, almost 8% of the EU’s GDP. As this trend grows, there will be an increasingly growing conflict between the value of data and individual privacy &consent. The other side of the coin is when technology evolves, so does risk; as cities get high-tech, hackers become more dangerous. So, this opens another door for the security companies for the business opportunities.

India in the third position in the leaders of tech innovation followed by China and US, with 13 percent of the global technology industry leaders indicating India’s potential for tech breakthroughs, which is great news. The report also says that India has prioritised government support for entrepreneurship and a burgeoning culture of innovation. Many start-up business models are leveraging emerging technologies to cater to India’s mobile-first generation.

Lastly, by seeing the four major achievements of the Modi Government in the past 48 months of the Government, on the robust foreign policy, transforming BJP into a pan-India party, GST and Social welfare schemes at scale, India is poised to reach the next scale of growth.

Deepak Kumar Sahu Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

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NEWS/GOVT.

NIC launches new data centre in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar becomes the fourth National data centre of National Informatics Centre (NIC) after Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune. The new cloud-enabled National Data Centre aims to offer round-the-clock operations with secure hosting for various e-governance applications of Central and State Governments and has ability to support 35,000 virtual servers.

Unveiling the data centre Union Minister of Electronics & IT, Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad said that this data centre in Bhubaneswar is of global standards. Emphasizing the significance of the new national data centre, Sh. Prasad further said that Data centre is important because data sanctity is important and in the IT ecosystem, data centre adds to the digital clout of a State or location and raises its global profile.

Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Sh. Dharmendra Pradhan was also present on the occasion.

Ministry of HRD launches ‘SamagraSiksha’ scheme

The Union Minister for Human Resource Development,Shri Prakash Javadekar has launchedthe ‘SamagraShiksha’, an integrated Scheme for school education extending support to States from pre-school to senior secondarylevel for the first timein New Delhi.

The Scheme is a paradigm shift in the conceptual design of school educationby treating ‘school’ holistically as a continuum from preschool, primary, upper primary, secondary and senior secondary levels.

Speaking on this occasion, Shri Javadekar said that in keeping with Prime Minister’s commitment of providing of ‘SabkoShikshaAchchiShiksha’, the Ministry of HRD has taken a landmark step and completely overhauled the existing Schemes in School Education to treat schooling as a smooth transition from pre-school, primary, upper primary, secondary and senior secondary level. It focuses on improving quality of education at all levels by integrating the two T’s – Teachers and Technology.

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e-Way bill system rolled out in Maharashtra, Manipur and Union Territories

As per the decision of the GST Council, e-Way Bill system for inter-State movement of goods has been rolled out from 1st April, 2018. As on 23rd May, 2018, e-Way Bill system for intraState movement of goods has been rolled out in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Union Territory of Puducherry.

E-Way Bills are getting generated successfully and till 23rd May, 2018 more than five crore and thirty lakh e-Way Bills have been successfully generated which includes more than one crore and sixty lakh e-Way Bills for intra-State movement of goods.

It is informed that e-Way Bill system for intra-State movement of goods has been implemented from 25th May, 2018 in Maharashtra, Manipur, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep.

NDMA reviews preparedness to tackle Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has conducted a meeting to review the status of Nipah virus outbreak reported from Kerala.

Representatives from Kerala apprised NDMA about the efforts being made by the State Government in tackling and containing the outbreak. They also said that there is no need to panic and that the situation is under control with the State Government constantly monitoring the situation in a proactive manner.

They also informed that experts from National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW); All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi; Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi and Department of Animal husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries (DADF) are already working with the State Government on the ground.

NEWS/GOVT.

CSC to reach 2.50 lakh gram Panchayats- Minister of Electronics & IT

“AYUSH” finds a place in English Language

The network of Common Service Centres (CSCs), which act as access points for delivery of various electronic services to villages in India, are set to be expanded to 2.50 lakh gram panchayats by the year end, the Union Minister for Electronics and IT, Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad said at DhanauriKalan village in GautamBudh Nagar (UP).

Addressing, an event to showcase a host of digital services that will now be available in the digital village, Sh. Prasad said that the CSC movement had transformed into a movement of change bringing services like banking, pensions, digital literacy and telemedicine to rural and remote villages through electronic infrastructure. Union Minister of Culture(IC), Dr. Mahesh Sharma also present at the event said that the CSC project is providing sustainable digital access to rural communities and are giving the necessary impetus for upliftment of the rural community.

The Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology has decided to adopt the word ‘AYUSH’ in Hindi and English languages for scientific and technical purposes. The “AYUSH” became popular as the acronym for five traditional and complementary systems of medicine, namely Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy and successfully adopted and used in all Government communications.

The decision follows a proposal from the Ministry of AYUSH in this regards.

Hailing this decision, Shri ShripadNaik, the Union AYUSH Minister said that it would underline the essential unity of all holistic systems of healing. He also said that this decision would add strength to the efforts of the Ministry of AYUSH to develop integrated solutions to manage the public health challenges of the Country.Following the Commission’s recognition, the word is expected to gain currency in popular usage in a short span of time.

Atal Pension Yojana subscribers base crosses 1 crore mark

BEML celebrates 54th Foundation Day

Atal Pension Yojana (APY) Scheme’s subscriber base crossed 1 Crore on completion of 3 years of the Scheme launch. APY was launched by the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi at a function in Kolkataon 9thMay,2015 and the current number of subscribers stand at 1.10 Crore.

Atal Pension Yojana (APY), a guaranteed Pension Scheme for citizens of India announced by the Government of India, is focused on the unorganised sector workers which constitute more than 85% of workforce.

Under the APY, the guaranteed minimum pension of Rs. 1,000/or 2,000/- or 3,000/- or 4,000/ or 5,000/- per month will be given at the age of 60 years depending on the contributions by the subscribers. The Spouse of the Subscriber is also eligible for pension and the nominee would be receiving the accumulated pension wealth.

BEML LIMITED, a Public Sector Company under the Ministry of Defence celebrated its 54th Foundation Day at its headquarter and all its Complexes and Offices across the country.

Shri Deepak Kumar Hota, Chairman & Managing Director, BEML was the Chief Guest, at a function held at the Corporate O f f i c e .

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Hota exhorted the gathering to utilize the opportunities c o m i n g up in the infrastructure sectors, particularly Rail & Transportation, Defence, Mining & Construction. “This will help BEML to achieve greater heights in the years to come”, he added.

The celebrations comprised of hoisting of BEML Flag by senior most employee at the respective Complexes and Offices, address by the Chief Guests, Presidents of Employees & Officers Associations, SC/ST Welfare Association, besides presenting various awards to employees under BEML award scheme. Cultural programmes were also organized to mark the occasion.

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CSR/CORPORATE

OPPO with PAYYADE Cricket Club Infogain partners with to train under privileged kids Deepalaya for ‘Ready to School” OPPO has partnered with India’s leading cricket training academy, PAYYADE Cricket Club to provide scholarship and Initiative promote cricket skills to 20 under privileged kids in the presence of Prithvi Shaw, Indian under – 19s team captain. To support and endorse the game of cricket, OPPO has pledged to contribute towards the society and work towards assisting these children in achieving their dreams.

W i l l Yang, Brand Director of OPPO Mobiles India Private Limited said, “Children are the backbone of the society and it is a great opportunity for us to support the dreams of these underprivileged kids and help them achieve their goals to create a difference in the field of cricket. OPPO as a brand has always believed that India is a talented country be it whichever field they choose to be in and with supporting this great cause we will be able to provide enough resources for the training of these children.’’

With a lead on innovating CSR activities, Infogain joins hands with Deepalaya to inaugurate a new early childcare centre, “Ready for School” in Noida. The event was organised in the presence of Cathy Chandhok, Head of Marketing Infogain; A J Philip, Secretary & Chief Executive of Deepalaya; Rajiv Naithani, HR head - India, Infogain among others. The centre has already enrolled 58 children till now and aims to provide early childhood care and support to the neighbourhood families.

This association aims at providing customized developmental programs backed by scientific research and based on an interdisciplinary approach for children with varying developmental, psychological, behavioural and academic concerns. This initiative also enables employees from different business units to come together and participate in competitions, celebrations and outreach events.

Vodafone’s ‘Ramzan’ initiative to empower underprivileged children

Youth4work and Govt. of Haryana to help students get jobs

Vodafone has donated INR 30.5 lakh in the last 5 years as a part of this year-on-year ‘giving’ initiative to commemorate Ramzan. Under this initiative, Vodafone has partnered with

Sakhawat Centre, run by Iqbal Memorial Trust, Srinagar, for sixth year running to facilitate the education of underprivileged children.

The initiative aims to raise money which will be used to support the noble cause of education of these children.

Vodafone India’s ‘Giving’ gesture on ‘Ramzan’ embraces the true spirit of Ramdaan, the spirit of giving, as this thoughtful initiative gives the unmatched power of education to the underprivileged children and empowers them to grow and chase their dreams. In the last five years, Vodafone has donated INR 30.5 lakh as a part of this year-on-year ‘giving’ initiative to commemorate Ramzan.

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Government of Haryana, Higher Education department and Youth4work have entered into a collaboration to facilitate Skill Profiling of All higher Education students in Haryana with Youth4work and help them get Jobs and Internship Opportunities.

Currently over 2 Lac students are passing each year gaining technical education in Haryana. This Tie-up helps and ensures all these students to use the new age technology and digital medium to give a free skill tests and showcase their skill profiles online.

Youth4work platform will enable assessments, online learning Internships & employment opportunities to these students.

In the Event organized by Department Technical of Higher Education in Government Polytechnic Manesar, Gurugram, the CM Shri Manohar Lal stressed on the demand and supply of talent being present in Industry and Institutes, but there is a need to find innovative solutions to match and improve them.

CSR/CORPORATE

Indus Towers with Rapid Metro to promote green commute

In its bid to promote a sustainable and green public transport option among its employees, Indus Towers has joined hands with Rapid Metro Gurgaon.

Leading by example, BimalDayal, CEO, Indus Towers along with its employees and Rajiv Banga, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, IL&FS Rail Ltd boarded the Rapid Metro from Sector 55-56 Rapid Metro Station and travelled till Vodafone Belvedere Tower Rapid Metro Station. The move is aimed at promoting usage of public transport, instead of private transport, amongst employees and is in line with Indus’ commitment towards protecting the environment and reduce carbon footprints. The move will benefit Indus’ employees travelling from Gurugram and Delhi NCR to Indus’ office.

Commenting on this initiative, BimalDayal, CEO, Indus Towers said, “We are pleased to collaborate with Rapid Metro Gurgaon which integrates well with Indus’ philosophy of contributing towards preserving our environment by adopting green and sustainable means of transport.”

Foodpanda lends support to the Mid-Day Meal scheme

On World Hunger Day, Foodpanda has announced its partnership with The Akshaya Patra Foundation, the leading not-for-profit organisation that implements the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in government and government-aided schools in the

country. As part of this association, Foodpanda users will be able to donate raw materials to the foundation and contribute in their mission of eliminating hunger. Through this initiative, Foodpanda aims to create an impact of 1 million meals in the next 6 months.

As the next steps to this partnership, Foodpanda will register with The Akshaya Patra Foundation approved partners through which users will be able to buy and donate raw materials such as pulses and spices. At the end of every month, the raw materials that users donate will go directly to Akshaya Patra funds that will be used to provide mid-day meals to over 14,000 partner schools in India. The platform will be open for donations in the next couple of weeks.

ICICI Bank sets up a probe committee against Kochhar ICICI Bank has initiated an internal probe to look into allegations by a whistle-blower against its Managing Director and CEO Chanda Kochhar. The bank’s Board of Directors decided to institute an enquiry headed by an “independent and credible” person. The name of the person was not disclosed.

The board further said that the scope of enquiry would be comprehensive and include all relevant matters arising out of and in the course of examination of the facts and wherever warranted, use of forensics and e-mail reviews and recording of statements of relevant personnel, etc.

The notice said, the whistle-blower complaint disclosed information alleging that Kochhar did not adhere to the Bank’s Code of Conduct, and legal and regulatory provisions relating to “conflict of interest”. It also alleged quid quo pro in dealing with certain customers. The Board has now asked the Audit Committee to operationalize its decisions and appoint an independent and credible Head of Enquiry, ICICI. The order took nearly two months, to proceed against Kochhar, after allegations that her husband Deepak Kochhar, and his company NuPower Renewables has been indirectly given a ₹3,250-crore loan through the Videocon Group in 2012.

However, until now the ICICI Board has staunchly defended the bank’s CEO, despite calls by many investors to examine the charges. The CBI and the Tax Department have also been looking into the issue.

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CSR/PSU

RINL CMD lays foundation stone PM lays foundation stone for for UkkunagaramWellness Centre Patratu Super Thermal Power Shri P Madhusudhan, CMD, RINL laid the foundation stone for the Wellness Centre in Ukkunagaram. Speaking on the Project occasion, Shri Madhusudan emphasized that Wellness Centre will enhance the happiness and health index of the employees and helpful in carrying forward the Company in the path of growth and glory.

Shri PC Mohapatra, D i r e c t o r (Projects); Shri P Raychaudhury, D i r e c t o r (Commercial); Shri KC Das, Director (Personnel); Sri VV Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance); Shri PK Rath, Director, (Operations) and senior officials were present on the occasion.

The center located in the Sports Complex of Ukkunagaram will have a built-up area of 6000 SFT and has been designed inhouse by the Project Division of RINL. It will have an Exercise Hall, Aerobics Hall, Yoga Hall, Saloon and Spa apart from restrooms, washrooms and change rooms. It will provide facilities for the emotional, social and spiritual well-being of the employees and residents of Township.

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the 2400MW first phase of NTPC's Patratu Super Thermal Power Project in Jharkhand on May 25th, 2018. The project is a 74:26 Joint Venture between Government of Jharkhand (GoJ) and Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd. (PVUN), a subsidiary company of NTPC establishing a total capacity expansion of 4,000MW. Smt. Droupadi Murmu, Governor, Jharkhand; Shri Raghubar Das, Chief Minister, Jharkhand; Shri R.K. Singh, Union Minister of State (I/C), Power and New & Renewable Energy; other dignitaries and senior officials from Ministry of Power and NTPC were present on the occasion.

NTPC’s PVUNL is set to develop the project in two phases 2,400 MW (3x800MW) in Phase-I and 1,600 MW (2x800 MW) in Phase-II, which will be developed later. Under the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj BijliHarGhar Yojana (Saubhagya) scheme, this project will ensure providing 24x7 power availability to the households.

NTPC participates in Swachhata Pakhwada

Russian team comes on a three day visit to HEC

NTPC has kick-started ‘SwachhataPakhwada Abhiyan’ across plants under the aegis of Swachh Bharat Mission. As a part of this abhiyan, cleanliness inspection of all sections within and outside the plant premises was conducted by senior officers, employees and their families.

The ‘SwachhataPakhwada Abhiyan’ is being carried across NTPC projects in support of Swachhata Abhiyan from 16th May to 31st May, 2018.

The focus during ‘SwachhtaPakhwada Abhiyan’ is not only to garner community involvement but also to bring the behavioural and attitudinal changes through innovative activities, so that the ultimate goal of the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ could be achieved and sustained.

People from surrounding areas of NTPC projects came out to clean their surroundings and initiate Swacchata awareness program at village schools and other common areas, to achieve the common goal – cleanliness.

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A high-level team from Russia, JSC 'Rosoboronexport', Baltic Shipyard, VINT and United Shipbuilding Corporation are on a three-day visit to HEC for co-operation in the field of Propeller Shafts.

The Govt. of India has presently approved the manufacturing of various warships. Mazagon Dock Ltd. has taken a lead for manufacturing presently approved Warship projects and have identified HEC as the potential source for various mechanisms like propeller shafts, rudder stock, stern gear system etc.

Shri Avijit Ghosh, Chairman-cum-Managing Director - HEC has shown keen interest and is taking all efforts to tap the business potential.

Recently, Director (Marketing) - HEC, Shri Rana S Chakravarty visited Baltic Shipyard for preliminary discussion on co-operation. Baltic Shipyard along with JSC “Rosoboronexport” showed interest to venture with HEC and has planned their visit at HEC to see the facilities.

CSR/PSU

NALCO CMD congratulates Sunita Lakra for leading Indian Women’s Hockey Team

On her return from 5th Asian Champions Trophy, SunitaLakra, the Captain of Indian Women’s Hockey Team, along with her team-mate Deep Grace Ekka, met NALCO CMD Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand and briefed him about their achievements in the tournament. Dr. Chand appreciated SunitaLakra, for leading the team to achieve the Runners Up title in the tournament. The team, led by defender SunitaLakra performed well in the tournament, beating Japan (4-1), China (3-1) and Malaysia (3-2). In the finals, they lost the match to Korea (0-1).

It may be noted that Lakra is an employee of the Navratna Company NALCO. Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand, CMD, NALCO, said, “We are very proud of SunitaLakra for helping brand Odisha shine in the sporting arena. Sportspersons like SradhanjaliSamantaray, DebasisMohanty, Shiv Sundar Das, AnuradhaBiswal, who are part of NALCO family, have brought laurels to the State and the company as well. With a view to promoting sports and encourage the sportspersons of Odisha, Navratna NALCO is planning to induct more sportspersons in future,” said Dr. Chand.

DoPE conducts Orientation Programme on Capacity Building of CPSE Directors

The Department of Public Enterprises in collaboration with Power Finance Corporation has conducteda one-day orientation programme on ‘Capacity Building of Government Directors’ on 17th May 2018 at the IHC. The first session was taken by Dr. A.K. Rath, Ex-Secretary to GOI and Professor, International Management I n s t i t u t e , Bhubaneswar who discussed the role of directors in the context of Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (LDR) regulations. He also dwelt on the issues related to corporate governance in CPSEs. This was followed by Dr. Anup K Pujari, Ex-Secretary to GOI discussing the perspectives on Government Directors and how could they enhance their contributions in the functioning of Board. Financial Expert Dr. Ashwani Kumar Gupta took a session on the understanding of financial statements which was followed by Q&A interaction.

SCI starts new Chennai Port Blair Aarohan under-19 summer camp Service begins at NCL The Shipping Corporation of India has started a new service called ‘Chennai Port Blair Service' (CPBS) to run between Chennai and Port Blair. The first voyage of CPBS was inaugurated at DP World Terminal, Chennai on 15th May 2018 in the presence of Capt. R. Venkatesh, Terminal CEO, DP World Chennai and Shri J.S. Kishore, Deputy General Manager, SCI Chennai.

This service is expected to facilitate and augment the movement of cargo from ports on the western coast of India (such as Kandla, Mundra etc) to Port Blair via Chennai.

This service will immensely benefit the shippers and the trade between east and west coast of India. SCI expects to obtain higher volumes of cargo by targeting high revenue project cargoes which are moving towards the A&N Islands for various infrastructure developments.

On this occasion, Capt. Anoop Sharma, CMD said, “SCI has always been on the forefront in terms of providing yeomen service to the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

This service is one more step in that direction. I am happy to announce the beginning of this much awaited coastal connectivity between Chennai & Port Blair.”

The under 19 summer camp Aarohan began in Northern Coalfields Limited at Vijay Stadium of NCL Jayant Area. The camp witnessed overwhelming participation from children and parents from in and around operational areas of NCL. Nearly 900 children enrolled themselves in the camp which offers sporting choices for as many as 7 different sports.

The CMD of NCL, Shri P.K.Sinha graced the inauguration ceremony as the Chief Guest. The Director (Technical/ Operations) Shri Gunadhar Pandey; the Director (Finance) Shri P.S.R.K Sastry and the Director (Technical/Project & Planning) Shri P.M.Prasad was present as the guest of honour.

Representatives of trade and officers union- Shri Ashok Dubey & Shri Hiramani Yadav and Shri Tarkeshwar Prasad & Shri Sarvesh Singh were also present as special guests.

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NEWS/URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Signature Bridge likely to open in October

The AAP government has announced that the iconic Signature Bridge over the river Yamuna is likely to be opened for public in October this year.

CM Arvind Kejriwal, who witnessed the installation of the final pylon on the 154 meters high bridge along with deputy CM Manish Sisodia, announced that the government would release the last instalment of funds required to complete the project. The project could come as a gift to the people this Diwali.

The government is likely to revise the cost of the bridge to Rs 1,511 crore after the Central Public Works Department, from which the PWD had sought expert opinions on the escalation in the cost of the project, has justified only Rs 1,511 crore. The Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC), which is executing the iconic project, had demanded Rs 1,574 crore. The proposal is likely to be put up in the Expenditure and Finance Committee meeting soon after which it would be put up in the cabinet for approval.

AFD launches Programme to fund Smart City projects

The first apex conference for Smart City CEOs, held in Bhopal from 8-9th May 2018 emphasized on cross learning amongst the Smart City CEOs to accelerate the progress of the Smart City Mission projects. The two-day conference provided a unique platform for the city leaders and various stakeholders in the Smart Cities Mission f o r converg ence of ideas and sharing of best practices which will enable others to fast track their Smart city projects.

During the Conference, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) launched their Programme to fund Smart City projects through a challenge process. They have made available Euro 100 million to finance 30- 80 selected projects, and Euro 6 million will be available for technical support. The objective is to promote sustainability, innovation and participatory approaches in the Smart Cities.

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Delhi Metro extension from Noida City Centre to Sector-62, Noida approved

In a major boost to public transport infrastructure in NOIDA, the Union Cabinet Chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved extension of Delhi Metro corridor from Noida City Centre to Sector-62, Noida Uttar Pradesh covering a length of 6.675 km at the total completion cost of Rs.1, 967 crores.

T h e project will be implemented by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC), the existing Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of the Government of India and Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. It will be covered under the legal framework of Central Metro Acts, Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978 and the Metro Railways (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002, as amended from time to time.

The minister said Noida is expanding in terms of commerce and educational facilities and the extended line will help in greater mobility of people.

Behavioral Change in People important for success of Swachh Bharat Mission : Puri

Shri Hardeep Puri, Minister of State (I/C) for Housing & Urban Affairs has emphasised on the importance of behavioural change in people and participation of private sector as critical to the success of the ambitious Swachh Bharat Mission that the country has embarked upon. He was speaking at the India Sanitation Conclave 2018 organised by FICCI, where he exhorted the private sector to play an active role at grassroots level in effecting behavioural change in people like maintaining and using toilets.

The Minister said that the Swachh Bharat Mission has shown unprecedented momentum after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call for ‘Swachhta’ from the ramparts of Red Fort in 2014.

He expressed happiness that the flagship scheme has become a mass revolution and has truly acquired the dimensions of a ‘Jan Andolan’.

NEWS/EGOVERNANCE

Punjab expedites its e-governance project by signing Nilekani

Rajasthan government wants a curb on e-cigarettes

Social networking to boost e-governance

After e-way bill, government eyes tools to check GST evasion

A MoU was signed in February with eGovernments Foundation, also co-founded by NandanNilekani, to provide solutions for e-governance of urban local bodies (ULBs) throughout Punjab.

At a meeting with NandanNilekani, cofounder of Infosys, in Bengaluru, Punjab local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu raised the issue and the former assured that despite the unfavourable trend, he would talk to the Infosys CEO to expedite the project.

Sidhu discussed introduction of e-governance across the 167 urban local bodies in the state. Among other things, a public grievances app would also be rolled out pertaining to these services enabling the people to lodge their complaints in case they encounter any problem.

An official said that the initial focus on improved street lighting, controlling mosquito menace, managing stray dog menace, improved waste management and reducing potholes.

The government of Kerala will use social networking channels to promote e-governance and services associated with it, according to V T Santosh, senior technical director, national informatics centre (NIC).

Speaking at a seminar on e-governance, Santosh said that in the coming days the government will take adequate steps to make e- governance more effective.

“Social media enjoys huge popularity among the mass and is the best mechanism to reach out to the people,be it announcing new policies or encouraging discussions or participation of people in various projects and schemes of the government.

The Governmentis alsoconsidering developing user-friendly mobile applications to help citizen access various services offered by the government,” said Santosh.

He added that the technical assistance and training to use various apps and services are alsobeing providedfor the fishermen community in the state.

While young generation is now getting addicted to e-cigarettes, the health department of Rajasthan has written to the ministry of medical, health and family welfare expressing willingness to curb its menace. It has sought a clear roadmap and guidelines to have a foolproof workable strategy to curb electronic cigarette menace in the state.

Addressing VikasSheel, joint secretary of ministry of health and family welfare, Veenu Gupta, additional chief secretary (health) Rajasthan, mentioned in the letter, “To further reduce tobacco use among adolescents and to tackle the growing menace of electronic cigarettes in the state, our food and drug administration is exploring ways on the probable options and process to be adopted for prohibiting the manufacture, sale, storage, distribution and advertisement of electronic cigarettes in the state.”

After deciding to mandate the use of electronic way (e-way) bill to track movement of goods within five states, the government is working to introduce other anti-evasion tools to shore up the collection of GST, where it suspects massive leakage is taking place.

The finance ministry said that intra-state movement of goods in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Telang ana, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala — which account for 61% of the inter-state e-way bill generation — will require the electronic tool from April 15 as part of the planned expansion. E-way bill had become mandatory for movement of goods valued over Rs 50,000 from one state to another at the start of the month.

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NEWS/DIGITAL INDIA

Google reaches 15M women through its Internet Saathi Program

New electronics policy soon - IT Minister

In its mission to bridge the digital gender divide in rural India and empower women through digital literacy, Google India and Tata Trusts announced reaching the halfway mark, with 150,000 villages, under its Internet Saathi program. The program has contributed towards bridging the digital gender divide in rural India [female to male ratio from 1 in 10 in 2015 to 3 in 10 in 2017*], and has benefited over 15M women in 13 states, the program has expanded to cover four new states — Goa, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Telangana.

The program has motivated many enterprising women, who are now using the internet, to find new opportunities — be it Vandana Potdar from Karandi, Pune who helped start a community owned Potato chips business or Shital from Sangli, Maharashtra, who helped her son prepare and clear the Science Olympiad exam, by finding study modules on the Internet or Padmavati who set-up an lemongrass oil production unit in Guntur and learnt the various manufacturing techniques using the internet, or hundreds and thousands of other women.

The Digital India programme has transformed into a "mass movement" and the government will soon finalise a new electronics policy for build on the momentum, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said.

It will also push ahead to meet the ambitious goal of increasing the size of India's digital economy to USD 1 trillion in the coming years.

"We are soon going to finalise the new electronics policy whose subsegment will be expor t-oriented initiatives in the field of electronics. The idea is to make India a big hub of electronics manufacturing to serve domestic as well as outside markets," Prasad told.

In an interview, coinciding with the fourth anniversary of the Modi government, Prasad said the troika of 31 crore JanDhan accounts, 121 crore mobiles and biometric identifier Aadhaar (dubbed JanDan-Aadhaar-Mobile or JAM trinity) for pushing welfare benefits and subsidies, have led to savings of Rs 90,000 crore.

Nokia to develop 500 smart & sustainable villages

MeitY raises concern over WhatsApp data sharing

Nokia has announced its Smartpur project that aims to develop 500 digitally-integrated and sustainable villages across India in line with the government’s vision of Digital India. In phase 1 of the project, a pilot has been rolled out in Haryana and Tamil Nadu with Digital E m p owe r m e n t Foundation (DEF) as the implementation partner to develop 10 such villages in each state.

The pilot in Tain village, Nuh district, Haryana was inaugurated by the Ambassador of Finland, Nina Vaskunlahti.

In phase 1 of the project, 20 villages will be digitally integrated in Haryana and Tamil Nadu in a hub and spoke model. Tain village in Nuh district Haryana and Asoor in Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu will serve as hubs which will host a digital center with telecom connectivity to provide ICT-enabled, primary services across each of the 5 pillars to rural community. The spoke centers will further extend these services to 9 other villages from each hub. In phase 2, the project will be scaled up to up to another 80 villages across various states. Subsequently, it will be extended to another 400 villages over a period of five years.

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WhatsApp Payments appears to be in trouble as it has caught the attention of regulators over the issue of data sharing with parent entity Facebook and ICICI Bank.

In a joint discussion, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised this concern along with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, (MeitY) and National Payment Corporation (NPCI).

In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data leak debacle and the alleged manipulation in the US electoral process, the g over nment of India has escalated scanner on global companies dealing in financial technology.

MeitY, according to sources is opposing to sharing of payments information under any circumstances. The ministry also had raised the issue with the apex banking body (RBI). The report also adds that NPCI seems to be okay with the terms and conditions laid by WhatsApp for sharing data.

NEWS/NGO

Goldman Sachs launches online education program for 10,000 women

eClerx and NASSCOM Foundation complete training of 480+ engineering students

Tomorrow’s India inspires every individual to contribute for a bright future

Big Brother Foundation associates with Disabled Sporting Society

The Goldman Sachs Foundation has launched an online education program to further 10,000 Women, providing female entrepreneurs across the world with a digitized curriculum and interactive platform of women business owners. In partnership with Coursera, 10,000 Women will provide greater access to its proven curriculum, providing female entrepreneurs with a world-class business education and a global peer-to-peer network. The course is free, and has been built to meet the needs of women business owners in developing markets.

10,000 Women will provide focused and tailored exercises in an introductory module where participants will assess the strengths and weaknesses of their business and themselves as business leaders. The additional modules will review strategies to identify, optimize, and execute growth opportunities.

This is specifically designed to support quality outcomes by driving personal growth and fostering an online community, allowing the participants to create meaningful connections that will last beyond the completion of the program itself.

India is at a threshold of its great economic and global leap. In order to support this growth with equally paced social development, Tomorrow’s India, the social-sensitive wing of Global Social (India) Foundation has initiated a nationwide campaign – #LetsStartWithI – inspiring every individual of our country to contribute to its future by taking a pledge for a better India.

The campaign launched in the initial days of 2018, now goes on-ground with an exclusive Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) activation on 25th May, 2018 at Cyber Hub, Gurugram – the first Not-for-profit organisation in entire Asia to communicate using these mediums, apart from radio, print and social media. The activation ideated to reach out to masses, primarily youth, will promote awareness of three precise concerns in India, also the key issues which the organisation is closely working around – Child Labour, Child Education and Health & Sanitation.

eClerx and NASSCOM Foundation have announced the completion of training of 480+ engineering students under the eSkills Employability Enhancement Programme.

The eSkills Employability Enhancement Programme is an eClerx CSR initiative and is conceptualized and governed by NASSCOM Foundation. Under the program, the students were trained on industry aligned courses in Analytics and CRM (Non-voice) through an on-campus approach across six tier-2 and tier-3 colleges. From the 530+ enrolled students, 64% were girls. A total of 480 cleared the final NASSCOM Sector Skills Council’s certification examination.

The training was imparted by Mind Map Consulting, one of India’s leading vocational training organizations. The benefitting colleges include Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering and DY Patil College of Engineering from Pune, Somaiya College of Arts and Science and Datta Meghe College of Engineering and Technology from Mumbai and MCM DAV College for Women from Chandigarh.

Disabled Sporting Society has announced its association with Big Brother Foundation, a Sachiin Joshi initiative (CSR arm of Viiking Ventures), for the Physically Disabled Indian Cricket Team who are heading to Singapore for a 3-Day tournament from 25 to 27 May, 2018 to participate in the prestigious Alan Border Cup for the Physically Disabled.

The press conference which was held in Mumbai, was addressed by Rashid Khan – CEO; Sachiin Joshi Disabled Sporting Society;Haroon Rasheed – Secretary, Disabled Sporting Society;SuvroJoarder – Captain of the Physically Disabled Indian Cricket Team;MohinderAmarnath (ex-Indian Cricketer); Abhishek Jain – ADR Creations and HitenTejwani.

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TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Microsoft and DJI help farmers use technology to yield good harvest

Purdue researchers to help pregnant women detect complications

HP to enhance patient experience by partnering with mCURA

Cerebra Technologies announces E-Waste recycling facility

By the year 2050, the current world population of 7.6 billion is expected to reach 9.8 billion. Food production will have to increase to keep up with that growth. However, there is limited amount of additional arable land available for farming. In India, current farm yields are lower than world average, and several activities are being taken up to improve farm yields.

To enable farmers use technolog y to improve farm yields, Microsoft and drone maker DJI are partnering to make it easier and more affordable for farmers to quickly get the information related to soil moisture in their fields and any pest infestation, which would help them make crucial decisions related to sowing and pesticides application.

DJI’s drones provide real-time generation of aerial images, which are used by Microsoft’s machine learning algorithms on the Azure IoT Edge to create detailed heatmaps.

mCURA (Health-Tech) which has been working with Hospital OPDs and clinics to provide state-of-the-art IT infrastructure at hospitals has partnered with HP Inc. India. Under this partnership, HP will install the Hi-tech devices at the doctors’ OPDs which includes double-side screen systems that would help the doctors to go through the e-prescription entered by the clinical staff, NFC enabled tablets, automated kiosks and patient education displays at waiting area. The technology developed and implemented by mCURA at different hospital OPDs and clinics will smoothen work flow of the doctors and enhance experience for the patients visiting the hospitals.

Talking about the partnership, Madhubala Radhakrishnan, Founder and President of mCURA, “Our partnership with one of the big giants like HP India will provide next-generation experience at the hospitals and clinics. With our association, we aim to bring in Smarter Healthcare IT System and remove the current major barriers of the healthcare industry.”

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Purdue University researchers are developing an app and wearable technology to enable pregnant women to use a smartphone to detect whether they have or are susceptible to a condition that could lead to serious health complications for them or their unborn child.

The team, led by Craig Goergen, an assistant professor in Purdue’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering is developing a lowcost automated early detection sensor of preeclampsia, a pregnancy complication caused by high blood pressure that can cause organ damage and premature birth.

“We hope this will allow us to predict and prevent preeclampsia and reduce the number of children born prematurely each year.

This could also reduce the long-term health complications for mothers,” Goergen said.

Cerebra Integrated Technologies, a public listed company headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, has been among the front runners for the cause of E-waste management crisis in the country. Established about 26 years ago as an IT manufacturer, distributor and an IT enabled service provider, Cerebra Integrated Tech n o l o g i es launched Cerebra Green – India’s largest, most sophisticated end to end E-Waste Recycling Facility.

The facility is also among the firsts to achieve a completely ecofriendly E- waste disposal such that there is a Zero Landfill and Zero Water level pollution achieved during the process.

According to V Ranganathan, CEO and Founder, Cerebra Integrated Technologies, “E-Waste is one of the fastest growing waste streams in the world. As per the official figures, India currently generates up to 2.5 Million tonnes of E-waste per annum. Informally, this figure is much higher than 2.5 million tonnes. Despite this, we are yet to come to terms with the severity and the need of an organized and scientific disposal of E-waste."

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COVER STORY

4 years of transformation under Modi!

With every citizen feeling involved in India's growth trajectory, 125 crore Indians are taking India to great heights, according to PM Narendra Modi. Aadhaar based subsidy reforms along with the Jan Dhan Yojana did help the economy with more monetary inflow The Modi Government entered into its fifth year on 26th May 2018 and has successfully completed 48 months. At the time Narendra Modi took oath as the new Prime Minister of India, the economy was in shambles as back to back scams and scandals created a logjam in the Indian economy. Not only that, the country faced huge trust deficit from the investors. A million dollar question is whether the economy followed an upward curve under the Modi government.

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world to the country, a PM who works for 15-18 hours a day.

In the last 4 years of leadership of PM Narendra Modi, India has transformed from being a part of the “fragile five” to a “bright spot” on the global economic scene. “A regime of policy paralysis has been transformed into one of decisions and actions”, tweeted Finance Minister ArunJaitley.

Transformation to a New India 1. Timely implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST).

2. Insolvency and bankruptcy code (IBC) was a good move.

3. Bold decision on demonetizing 500 and 1000 rupee notes was again a strong decision.

The four years of Modi government has set India on a transformational path.

The vision of Good governance and good economics have been blended with good politics. Over the last four years, development has become a vibrant mass movement, with every citizen feeling involved in India's growth trajectory.

4. The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act of 1988 was amended in 2016. The official data shows that more than 900 properties worth more than Rs 3,500 crores were attached after amendment.

“125 crore Indians are taking India to great heights!" Modi said in a series of tweets. The focus of the government will now be on consolidation of the initiatives taken in the past.The result of this has been that the BJP is more confident, its geographical base has become much bigger, and its social base has also expanded.

6. Successful implementation of the Jan Dhan Yojana. The Jan Dhan Yojana served the banking needs of the unbanked by opening 31.52 crore Jan Dhan accounts. As per the World Bank Findex report, India accounts for 55% of new bank accounts opened globally between 2014-17. The Indian postal

5. Land and labour reforms saw the light of the day

payment bank too played a key role in taking the banking systems to the doorstep of the poor & the unbanked.

7. Rural electrification of 18,000 villages and building of toilets under the Swachh Bharat Mission

Industrial growth has been at 7.1% which definitely calls for improvement

8. The Ujwala Yojana for LPG connectivity to poor homes in rural India

whereas the services

9. Acceleration of rural road connectivity and the newly launched Saubhagya Yojana for rural household electrification.

average growth

10. On the economic front, opening up of FDI in defence and insurance.

11. The Swachh Bharat Mission brought about a Sanitation Revolution, where over 3.6 lakh villages, over 17 States/ UTs declared open Defecation Free.

Sanitation coverage went up to 38% in 2014 to 83% in 2018. 7.25 crore toilets have been built till date.

12. Direct Benefit Transfer or DBT is an attempt to change the mechanism of transferring subsidies launched by Government of India on 1 January 2013. This program aims to transfer subsidies directly to the people through their bank accounts. It is hoped that crediting subsidies into bank accounts will reduce leakages, delays, etc. Over Rs.69, 815 cr. to Rs.3, 65,996 cr. have been directly transferred into bank account of 20.14 cr beneficiaries under 431 schemes.

13. The major step taken by the Narendra Modi government in the fight against black money was the implementation of the GAAR (General AntiAvoidance Rules) that came into force on April 1 last year.

The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, features provisions to establish a Lokpal at the Centre, and Lokayuktas in states, to look into cases of corruption against public servants, including legislators and the Prime Minister, but excluding the armed forces. Under the provisions of the act, property acquired through corruption can be

sector showed an of 8.8% which is actually an average performance. attached and confiscated even in the instance of a pending prosecution.

14. The Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with Mauritius was amended. The government could now levy a tax on the capital gains from sale or transfer of shares of an Indian company acquired by a Mauritian tax resident. It was an effective step towards blocking Mauritius’ route of money laundering and black money generation.

15. The latest data on tax filing shows that the number of new ITR (Income Tax Return) filers grew by over 16 per cent from 85.51 lakh new filers for 2016-17 to 99.49 lakh in 2017-18.

16. Building 100 new smart cities enabled with the latest in technology and infrastructure adhering to concepts like sustainability, walk to work etc, and focused on specialised domains is again an ambitious project. Urbanisation is well established as a growth multiplier.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that development has become a vibrant mass movement and he will continue to serve the people as it is always "India First" for him. “On this day in 2014, we began our journey of working towards India's transformation," said Modi.

17. Among the first few major decisions by the new government was also the one to replace the Planning Commission with a think tank called the Niti Aayog.

The five major achievements in the four years of Modi government are -

• Robust foreign Policy

The most significant achievement in India’s foreign policy has been to build a closer strategic relationship with the United States. India’s ‘Look East’ policy also got a boost with the country strengthening its relationship with Japan, Vietnam and Australia, and in bringing them closer to align with India’s strategic goals. Another significant achievement of India’s assertive diplomacy was in isolating Pakistan in the global community and shaming it for its role as a state sponsor of terrorism. The Modi government has strengthened its relationship with Bangladesh, and is working hard to stave off economic assertion by China in the Indian subcontinent and the Indian Ocean region.

• GST

The Goods and Service Tax (GST) introduced from July 2017 has been one of the most significant reforms of the Modi government. The implementing of GST has created a single common market in India by subsuming several different taxes into a single tax applicable pan-India.

The move has helped in removing the cascading impact of different taxes. With the introduction of GST, states can expect their revenues to increase, especially those that do not manufacture goods and rely on supply from other states. At present, GST is a four-tier tax slab system and there are plans at reducing the number of slabs further.

• Social Welfare Schemes

The Modi government has gained popularity with the smooth running of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). PMJDY is the world’s largest financial inclusion program aimed to bring the weaker and marginalized sections of the society into the banking system, and enable them to receive financial benefits from the government directly into their bank accounts. As on May 2018, 31.60 crore beneficiaries have been covered under the www.spoindia.org May 2018 | 19

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scheme. The total deposit collected as a result of their opening of savings account is Rs 81,203.59 crores. 23.80 crore have received RuPay Debit Cards and can now access ATMs. Other countries are now studying the model to possibly implement similar projects in their respective countries.

Two more compliance windows were provided by the government - first under the Income Declaration Scheme (IDS) in 2016 and then the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) the next year, after demonetisation.

These two schemes yielded Rs 72,200 crore as disclosed by 92,000 persons.

Creation of the Lokpal

The Modi government is just one step away from appointing a Lokpal – a decision that is expected to be used to re-emphasise Modi’s promises of “zero tolerance against corruption” and of running a “scam-free” government.

A report says, the proposal was cleared by a group of ministers headed

by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, and is now awaiting the final nod from the Prime Minister’s Office. Highly-placed sources

Aadhaar

The UIDAI project is a 12-Digit Unique Identification Number given to Indian residents, based on their biometric and demographic data.

It is the world’s largest ID system implemented. Started under the UPA II regime, the Modi government has significantly advanced its implementation.

The Aadhaar Card allows the holder to use it as a Proof of Address though it does serve as proof of citizenship. As on November 2017, 1.19 billion Aadhaar cards had been issued, covering 99 percent of the population.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan It is yet another initiative unmatched anywhere in the world. The program is a movement against open defecation and helps people build toilets in joint participation with the government. As of April 2018, 46, 36,128 individual toilets and 306,064 community and public toilets, have been constructed across the country.

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select the Lokpal. The Lokpal is to consist of a chairperson and a maximum of eight members, half of whom shall be from the higher judiciary. The chairperson may be either a serving or a retired Chief Justice of India, or a judge of the Supreme Court, or an eminent person. All states were required to establish a Lokayukta within one year of the law being made.

Overall, it is really an eventful programme among many that the Modi government has to its credit. The government needs to continue the efforts to bridge the gaps in certain sectors by bringing more actionable things in place as the General Elections of 2019 are knocking at the door.

Scope of Improvement

in the Home ministry said the decision to go ahead with the appointment of a Lokpal was taken despite the fact that the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2013, will need key amendments going forward. The amendments can, however, take place in due course, even as the government begins the process of appointing the Lokpal – a long-drawn process that can take anywhere between six to eight months. However, since there’s no leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, it remains to be seen if the government succeeds in appointing a Lokpal of its choice.

A five-member panel comprising of the the Prime Minister, the Lok Sabha Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition, the Chief Justice of India and an eminent jurist nominated by the President is supposed to

Despite the various progresses, there have been a few hits and misses of the current government.

The State Bank of India recently reported that its largest ever loss stood at Rs 7,718 crore in a quarter.

It was the fifth successive public sector bank to report a loss, a rise in provisions and a higher level of bad loans. PSBs account for the bulk of bad loans worth over Rs 9.00 lakh crore in the system. At least five defaulters of the Nirav Modi kind have absconded in the past four years. Every third public sector undertaking or 75 of the 244 PSUs are in the red, losing over Rs 25,000 crore. In the past five years, PSU losses added up to over Rs 1.06 lakh crore. The issue is not about government ownership, but more about political management of government enterprises.

A question comes as why not to disinvest in favour of the public—the stupendous rise of stock markets offered an opportunity to do so—and create a Sovereign Fund for the government’s holdings so that the PSUs are corporatized and professionally managed.

SPO ANALYSIS

What does the draft National Telecom Policy-18 talk about?

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has released its much-awaited draft National Telecom Policy 2018(NTP-18) on May 2, 2018, for public comments. The policy is re-named as National Digital Communications Policy (NDCP) 2018, keeping with the digital technology trends.

One of the key strategies in the draft talks of recognising spectrum as a key natural resource for public benefit to achieve India’s socioeconomic goals.

On spectrum pricing, it said there should be optimal pricing of spectrum to ensure sustainable and affordable access to digital communications and simplifying the process of obtaining permissions from various agencies such as Wireless Planning and Coordination (WPC) and Standing Advisory Committee on Radio Frequency Allocation (SACFA) in order to promote efficiency.

It further identifies and makes available new spectrum bands for access and backhaul segments for timely deployment and growth of 5G networks and making available harmonised and contiguous spectrum required for deployment of next generation access technologies.

“We believe the objective of the policy is to help strengthen India’s market competitiveness by harnessing the new and emerging digital technologies and platforms,” comments Priya Mahajan, Head of Asia Pacific Public Policy & Regulatory Counsel, Verizon Enterprise Solutions. He further says, “It is promising to see policy focus on review of the regulatory framework, for a dynamic,

future-proof and transparent regime that aims to reduce regulatory barriers and burdens to promote and protect level playing field and competition, leading to innovation and investment. In particular, the focus on reducing regulatory fees and the concept of pass-through revenues in line with principles of input line credit, & reduction in the cost of international bandwidth by rationalizing access charges is a welcome move.”

One of the key focuses of the policy is to enable next-generation technologies and services via investment, innovation thereby accelerating India’s transition to industry 4.0. “However, we note that emerging technologies such as Software Defined Networks (SDNs) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN), Unified Communications - which is essential for reaping the full benefits of convergence - don’t find a mention in the draft telecom policy. The revised policy should reflect the dynamics of the evolving technology landscape in a manner, which increases customer choice, affordability, competition and enhances the digital ecosystem,” says Priya Ranjan.

The draft further states that the new

policy further hints at accomplishing some of the strategic objectives by 2022 including -- Provisioning of Broadband for all, creating four million additional jobs in the digital communications sector, enhancing the contribution of the digital communications sector to eight per cent of India’s GDP from around six per cent in 2017, enhancing India’s contribution to global value chains and ensuring digital sovereignty.

The draft also talks of establishing a ‘National Broadband Mission – Rashtriya Broadband Abhiyan’ to secure universal broadband access for implementation of broadband initiatives, to be funded through USOF and Public Private Partnerships -- BharatNet for providing 1Gbps to Gram Panchayats upgradeable to 10 Gbps, GramNet for connecting all key rural development institutions with 10Mbps upgradeable to 100 Mbps, NagarNet for establishing one- million public Wi-Fi Hotspots in urban areas, JanWiFi for establishing two-million Wi-Fi Hotspots in rural areas and implementing a ‘Fibre First Initiative’ to take fibre to the home, to enterprises and to key development institutions in tier I, II and III towns and to rural clusters.

Thedraft policy lastly talks of incentivising the use of renewable energy technologies in the communications sector, including utilisation of small cell fuel batteries, lithium-ion batteries or other similar technologies; promoting research and development of green telecom through active participation of stakeholders and rationalising taxes and levies on the manufacture, production and import of such equipment for digital communication technologies. www.spoindia.org May 2018 | 23

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Is India Inc. ready for GDPR compliance?

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)has brought about an unprecedented change in the European data protection laws after more than 20 years. It strengthens the data rights of EU residents and harmonizes data protection laws across all member states, thus designating individual choice as a priority over everything else.

GDPR was enacted two years ago while its enforcement across all 28 EU countries came into effect at midnight on 25 May 2018.

“The GDPR will replace the 1995 Data Protection Directive and is aimed at protecting EU citizens’ personal data in the new digital world. It is a significant, wideranging piece of legislation which will, no doubt, have a major effect on the world of cyber security and data protection.

GDPR in spirit applies to nearly every organization based in India dealing with the personal data of subjects residing in the EU, regardless of the company’s location,” says Vijay Mhaskar, Chief Operating Officer, Quick Heal Technologies.

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make it easier and cheaper for companies to comply with data protection rules. The act is going to strengthen the data rights of EU residents and harmonize data protection laws across all member states, making it identical. It will also increase the potential fines organisations face for misusing data, and make it easier for people to discover what information organisations have in them. The EU believes this will collectively save companies €2.3 billion a year. GDPR will govern how organizations within and outside the EU will collect, manage, process, and protect personal data while respecting individual choice.

“As we stand amidst the fourth industrial revolution, maintaining the integrity of personal data has become as imperative to national security as protecting a country’s

cyber borders. Organizations are under increased scrutiny, with everybody from lawmakers and investors to employees and consumers examining the relationship between what’s good for business and what’s good for individuals. Regulations like GDPR will begin a dialogue about what nations and multilateral stakeholders can to do to streamline a system of checks and balances on a digital planet,” says Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India.

“25th May – a day where Data will no longer be the same. If you think it only affects your production data, it's much more complex than that. Managing your secondary data is probably the more difficult challenge for many companies.

Organizations need to acknowledge that

Vijay Mhaskar

Anant Maheshwari

Erik Andreson

Chief Operating Officer, Quick Heal Technologies

President, Microsoft India

Practice leader of Cyber Security services - F-Secure

GDPR compliance is no longer simply an IT or technology issue. This is a chance to improve the efficiency of data governance. A holistic ‘People, Process and Technology’ mantra is still the way to achieve Zen amidst the chaos of complying with increasing Data privacy laws around the globe,”Ramesh Mamgain, Area Vice President, Commvault India & SAARC Region.

“The proactive approach for data privacy and cyber security can result in new business opportunities, along with the trust of your stakeholders. Instead of searching for quick fixes to comply with GDPR, companies should focus upon long term sustainable improvements. Markets must work closely with the legal and IT departments over handling the personal data of customers they need for their strategic business objectives.The regulation simply makes it the organization’s duty to assess and decide what types of measures shall be implemented to comply with the GDPR, and to ensure that all precautions are undertaken to minimize the risk of data breaches by detecting breach attempts,” says Erik Andreson, practice leader of Cyber Security services - F-Secure.

Comments Aniketh Jain, CEO & Co-Founder, Solutions Infini, "GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation is a great step taken by the European Union.

With the massive amount of data sharing taking place around us, it’s important now more than ever that a consumer’s data is protected and used only with their permit.

The law is well defined and it’s a major change for most of the organizations and

it’s good to see that it has been accepted well. The law also has strict penalties which makes sure that companies comply."

In an official statement released by SophosChester Wisniewski, Principal Research Scientist, Sophos says, “With the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force, we wanted to assure you that we are confident in our preparations and adherence to this new legislation.Maintaining privacy is a complicated process and most people don't even know where to start. When trying to define what privacy should be, the EU GDPR law drones on for 261 pages, not exactly a guide for practice over principles. So what can we do as individuals and organisations?

“In the GDPR era, most business houses are frantically trying to put their house in order to be compliant with the data privacy and data protection related requirements of GDPR. What is most interesting to note is that the GDPR has forced business entities to sit up and take a serious look at the data that they have been amassing. Even the smallest of startups struggled to decipher how much data they have collected, where they have been stored and how they were processed.

Therefore, I would say it is a good wakeup call which should be emulated by all businesses. The principles of GDPR are beneficial and could be adopted by all business houses whether there is an EU interface or not. Also, this may be helpful because our domestic law on this subject, which is in the making, may largely adopt the principles of GDPR. Therefore,

organizations which are equipped with the principles of GDPR would be futureready for the new Indian legislation,” says Supratim Chakraborty, Associate Partner, Khaitan & Co. “As regulations catch up, Data Privacy has fast evolved to become a matter of survival for companies. Companies (Boards) that continue to ignore this, risk becoming non-existent almost overnight in the wake of any data breaches. The fastapproaching GDPR enforcement date has already resulted in the undertaking of massive changes to consumer data collection and processing practices, especially in consumer-led markets. As a result, we will continue to see tightening of the regulatory environment with respect to data privacy and enforcement of penalties on firms as well as fiduciary officers in the wake of data breaches resulting out of inadequately protection measures,” says Rana Gupta, Vice President – APAC Sales, Identity and Data Protection, Gemalto.

Says George Chang, VP, APAC, Forcepoint, “As the capacity to collect, store and analyze data for commercial purposes continue to grow exponentially, GDPR seeks to strengthen and unify personal data privacy and protection putting people in control of their data and ensuring that businesses treat this data in a fair, transparent and secure manner. It’s no surprise that this seismic shift in the way we approach data security has caused a ripple effect across the globe, with many countries following suit and modernizing their own privacy and data protection laws.” www.spoindia.org May 2018 | 25

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Ramesh Mamgain

Area Vice President, Commvault India & SAARC Region

Certainly businesses can take a few lessons from GDPR. GDPR is teaching companies to collect less information from customers, unless they really need it. Businesses save money by having less data to protect and their customers gain the privacy that many desire in the process.

GDPR & India

GDPR presents a good opportunity for India to drive thought leadership in the global market. Organizations can build expertise and capabilities, create new lines of advisory and consulting businesses, develop a market differentiator and be a source of competitiveness. With millions of people going online for the first time, protecting their vulnerabilities cannot be compromised. The Supreme Court of India has already demonstrated its commitment to its citizens when it declared privacy a fundamental right last year, and now with the passage of GDPR, the onus is now upon corporatesto play its part.

India’s Data Protection Law when it comes into effect, is sure to have a major impact on business operations.

Organizations in India need to place compliance and data security as a priority considering the cost for violating these privacy laws is about to get very expensive.

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Aniketh Jain

CEO & Co-Founder, Solutions Infini

investing in compliance now is the only right move for a sustainable business model.

While many may be worried about the implications of a new regulatory era, in reality it will create trust and provide good practices that will benefit both the individuals and the business. These laws collectively present a positive business

George Chang

VP, APAC, Forcepoint

opportunity, when approached in the right way. Compliance can drive operational efficiencies, cost-savings and even fuel innovation. With strong data protection strategies in place, customers will place greater confidence in businesses, and businesses will minimize the all too

Supratim Chakraborty

Associate Partner, Khaitan & Co

common reputational and financial fallout of a breach.

Hence, Indian Businesses need to implement more robust data protection measures to prevent and manage data breaches. Businesses should adopt a robust data protection policy which outlines the procedure and designates responsibilities for ensuring complete privacy of consumer information. This should include strong password policy, investment in the right IT security solutions, Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Encryption, regular data backups, employee awareness programs, and a comprehensive action plan to counteract data breach incidents.

This focus on data protection will help them in nurturing greater trust with their European clients and expanding their market footprint within the region.

“Indian businesses are battling severe issues of data protection and cyber security that have larger business implications on productivity and customer confidence,” says Shree Parthasarathy, Partner, Deloitte India. “Embracing GDPR with a strategic roadmap should be the immediate priority for Indian CXOs that would include creating awareness, training as well as constitution of a dedicated data protection framework. GDPR can be a competitive advantage for India, if enterprises understand its relevance and further bring in a risk-based iterative mechanism to their business strategy that is trustworthy secure, and agile in the digital world.”

“The GDPR applies to companies

Rana Gupta

Shree Parthasarathy Partner, Deloitte India

Managing Director, Qlik India

in Europe (specifically those in the EU / EEA), so it will affect an Indian company which has a European office, or is marketing to European customers.

In terms of readiness, companies have had a long time to prepare for GDPR, but as the GDPR bar is quite high, many may be struggling to be ready. The biggest challenge in meeting the requirements is understanding not only what personal data companies have in their multiple systems, but also understanding the relationships of that data as well as who has access to it. GDPR is considered by many to be the highest global standard, and many countries have and will continue to strengthen their privacy laws in the near future,” says Arun Balasubramanian, Managing Director, Qlik India.

“As the world is getting more and more digital with proliferation of mobile phones and usage of the internet, it is very important for governing bodies to ensure that their people’s data and privacy are safeguarded. Digital economy can only flourish when you connect people, process, data and things in an ethical, meaningful and secure way,” says Srinivas Rao, Co-Founder & CEO, Aujas.“We feel that GDPR is a step towards that.

The toughest aspect of the GDPR is its guidelines to adhere to the security policies by organization handling EU data in and outside of the state. In order to be compliant, businesses must begin by introducing the correct security protocols in their journey to reaching GDPR

compliance, including encryption, twofactor authentication and key management strategies to avoid severe legal, financial and reputational consequences. India has evolved to become a technology hub equipped with deep expertise and GDPR could be an opportunity for Indian companies to stand out as leaders in providing privacy compliant services and

same period. Between January 2017 and March 2018, there has also been a spike in the number of job postings for Data Protection roles, which have seen an increase of 143%, while the number of job searches for the same have risen by 188%.

The implementation of the GDPR law in Europe has thus stimulated Indian companies to fortify their databases, leading to an upswing in the search for cyber security and privacy professionals.

However, despite cyber security jobs having zero percent unemployment, there is a huge dearth of skilled professionals, who can understand the complexities of today’s interconnected world. Cyber security breaches and intricacies have touched all industries and sectors. Hence, it is vital for all organisations to increase their security systems and processes.

VP – APAC Sales, Identity and Data Protection, Gemalto

Arun Balasubramanian

And so…

Srinivas Rao

Co-Founder & CEO, Aujas

solutions.”

According to data from Indeed, the job site, there has been an upsurge in job postings for cyber security roles by 150% between January 2017 and March 2018, along with a corresponding increase of 129% in job searches for the same in the

As GDPR comes into effect it will significantly strengthen a number of rights - Individuals will find themselves with more power to demand companies reveal or delete the personal data they hold; regulators will be able to work in concert across the EU for the first time, rather than having to launch separate actions in each jurisdiction; and their enforcement actions will have real teeth, with the maximum fine now reaching the higher of €20 million or 4 percent of the company’s global turnover. www.spoindia.org May 2018 | 27

SPOI CORPORATE

Nippon Paint’s nshakti training program empowering rural women Nippon Paint (India) has recently announced the successful completion of the first batch of its training program ‘nshakti’.

Leading architects Ponni Concessao and Oscar Concessao attended the event in Sirudhamur village to hand over the certificates, and expressed their solidarity towards this initiative.

“Nippon Paint has always believed in providing quality training to empower deserving individuals. Apart from providing a chance to explore one’s artistic side, it is a good opportunity to tap into the huge skills and resource of rural women, a population deprived of necessary skill training. With this move, we hope to contribute as a brand, to the vision of Skill India 2018”

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Nippon Paint’s nshakti training program is an initiative to train rural women in professional wall painting.

Its sole objective is to make rural women employable and transform their lives positively. The first batch of womentrainees (13 totally) between the ages 18 to 35 were trained by expert trainers from Nippon Paint’s PROceed training academy to qualify themselves to become professional wall painters.

The initiative which began on the April 9th wrapped up after two weeks of rigorous training conducted by experts from Nippon Paint’s PROceed training academy. Nippon Paint’s PROceed training academies located in Chennai, Madurai and Salem, have already been instrumental in training close to 900 underprivileged individuals, but this is their first attempt at reaching out to women trainees in particular.

The genesis for nshakti initiative happened during one of Nippon Paint’s community services in a rural Kanchipuram village called Sirudhamur where it had undertaken a local temple restoration project. The local women there, showed great interest during the process and it occurred that most of them displayed qualities that a professional wall painter requires.

“We all know for a fact that in India, almost all wall painters are men. Even on a psychological level, women are reluctant to take up this job. So in an attempt to break away from gender stereotypes and encourage women to be self-sustainable, we decided to train them extensively,” saysS Mahesh Anand, President – Nippon Paint (India) Private Limited (Decorative Division).

Rural women are one demography

of the population that have continually been deprived of proper skill training.

For them, earning a livelihood has always been a challenge as they lack employable skills.

So apart from training these women, Nippon Paint ensured that they get proper job opportunities by providing them the right channels of employment.

Their details are already shared with architects, salesmen contractors associated with Nippon Paint. Even though the initiative is relatively new, we have already achieved substantial results. Not only are these women now fully trained to cope up the demands of the job but, have also slowly begun to find themselves successful painting projects to work on in their own districts and adjacent ones.

Challenges numerous…

The company faced a number of

roadblocks throughout this journey. To begin with, most of the women were devoid of any formal schooling or skill training, which meant that even simple things like counting, measuring or reading compositions became a hurdle.

“So, in a way we had to personalise their training to fit individual requirements,” Anand says. “The second biggest challenge was sensitising them on a more psychological level.

For instance, initially some were even reluctant to wear training garbs as they were used to wearing only sarees. It took us a long time to elicit a certain comfort level with them and enable them to understand. And the final challenge was training them physically. Painting is relatively laborious and we ensured that they were trained to be flexible to suit the demands of the job. Though initially we faced these issues, with time

the trainees grew more confident and displayed tremendous capability of handling the job themselves.”

At present Nippon Paint is already making plans to initiatethe second batch of nshakti training in Coimbatore and hope to complete that successfully.

Another challenge is also to ensure that these women get access to the right channels of employment. Nippon Paint is in talks to initiate painting projects for them in Pondicherry and Tindivanam as these locations are relatively closer to and would be convenient for them.

“We have already ensured they are accessible to contractors, architects, builders and dealers in the nearby areas to enable regular business dealings. Other than that, we have plans of reaching out to various Village Panchayats to raise awareness of this initiative,” he concludes. www.spoindia.org May 2018 | 29

IN FOCUS

Govt. committed towards development of persons with disability In a move towards providing opportunities for capacity development of persons with disability, fulfilling their rights, facilitating and promoting an enabling environment and an inclusive society, a National Trust under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India has been set up. The Trust is a statutory body for the welfare of persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities and has been formed as an initiative for online processing of all its schemes and activities as a part of the "Digital India" campaign.

To support the Ministry,ALIMCO (a Miniratna category - II CPSU under the aegis of DEPwD, Ministry of Social Justice& Empowerment, Govt. of India) works tirelessly towards achieving the objective. In a recent development, Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO), which manufactures artificial organs inaugurated a manufacturing unit in Ujjain in April in the presence of the Union minister for social justice, Thawarchand Gehlot.

The inauguration was marked by an employment fair for differently abled people, in which over 40 organisations held a campus drive for selecting disabled persons.

Gehlot inspected the under construction unit of the unit and instructed officials concerned about the construction of a Tricycle plant shed and observed the Tripod and sticks manufacturing units. MLA Satish Malviya, speaker Sonu Gehlot, BJP district head Iqbal Singh Gandhi and Sachin Saxena were also present.

The Government’s commitment towards the welfare of students from SCs, OBCs, EBCs, DNTs and Divyangjans has also been commendable. The objective of these scholarships are to facilitate educational empowerment of students from these classes and ensure their economic and social empowerment.

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MoU signed between DEPwD and ALIMCO for the financial year 2018-19 The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD-Divyangjan Shashaktikaran Vibhag), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ALIMCO for the Financial Year 2018-19. It covers major developments to be achieved in this year for the Empowerment of Divyangjans of the country.

The MoU was signed by Smt Shakuntala D. Gamlin, Secretary DEPwD & Shri D.R.Sarin, CMD - ALIMCO. On this occasion, Dr. Prabodh Seth, Joint Secretary, DEPwD andSmt Dolly Chakraborty, Joint Secretary, DEPwD were also present.

For the past 40 years, ALIMCO has been relentlessly manufacturing various types of aids and appliances on a mass scale to meet the requirements of PwDs including orthopaedics, visual and hearing impaired etc. Since its inception, it has been serving on an average around two lakhs of disabled population every year and has supplied 42 lakhs of aids & appliances (approx.). financial allocations and change in the eligibility criteria for these scholarships.

Recently the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar welcomed the victorious Indian Wheelchair Cricket team, and saidthat the Government is committed to the empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. The Wheelchair Cricket Championshipisa first of its kind tournament that not only inculcates a positive attitude among Persons with Disabilities but also provides a platform

to showcase their talent and physical abilities. The Indian Wheelchair Cricket team beat Bangladesh in three-matches of the Wheelchair Cricket Series 2018 by 2-0 held at the University of Dhaka stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Gehlot tweeted - “The Indian Wheelchair Cricket Warriors outshine Bangladesh in the 2nd International T-20 Wheelchair Cricket Match Series in Dhaka. My best wishes to team India and the organizers Wheelchair Cricket India Association on this wonderful victory.”

IN FOCUS

Nipah Virus (NIV) Infection – how is it spreading?

Nipah Virus infection is a newly emerging zoonotic disease causing severe illness and high fatality in animals and humans. Nipah virus was initially discovered when it caused an outbreak of brain fever among pig farmers in Malaysia in 1998, where pigs were the intermediate hosts. In 2004, cases were reported in Bangladesh, people who consumed date palm sap contaminated by urine or saliva of infected fruit bat.

There is no effective antiviral therapy for this infection.

The symptoms of a Nipah Virus infection initially are non-specific and asymptomatic in some people, in others it can present as fever, headache, muscle pain, abdominal pain, nausea, fainting, vomiting and as Respiratory illness.

The disease can rapidly progress to coma within 24 to 48 hours in case of encephalitis. Long term sequelae like persistent convulsions and personality changes can also occur.

Nipah Virus is transmitted from bats to humans by consumption of food contaminated by body fluids from infected fruit bats. Pigs are intermediate host. Humans can contract infection from a pig with active disease by coming in close frequent contact, handling raw meat from infected animal or consuming poorly good meat. Human to human transmission has also been known to occur, mostly in family and caregiver of the infected patients.

Precautions to be taken to avoid the spread of Nipah Virus infection • Do not consume food contaminated by bat body fluid or bat urine / faeces.

• Do no drink toddy brew in open containers near palm trees.

• Avoid close and frequent contact with an infected person. Following good hygienic practices like washing

hands before eating and regularly after visit to public places and hospital is recommended.

• Avoid close physical contact with patients suspected to have Nipah virus infection. Do no share utensils, clothes, restrooms used by an infected person.

• Health care providers who treat infected persons should wear protective gear- gowns and face masks.

Nipah virus infection diagnosed through Real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test is done on throat and nasal swabs, cerebrospinal fluid, urine and blood health with diagnosis of infection in early stages.

Diagnosis by detecting antibodies against the virus usually is possible in the 2nd week of illness, the test however is not commonly available.

Tissue diagnosis by culture or

immunohistochemistry is also possible though available only in select places.

There is no effective treatment available for Nipa virus. Treatment includes symptomatic and supportive care. Strict infection control practices and proper barrier precaution can help to cut back on disease spread.

Prevention is better than cure, hence Avoid contact with pigs and pig handlers. Maintain personal hygiene and intensive hand washing practices. Avoid consuming raw fruits, consume only well cooked, clean, homemade food till the outbreak settles down. Preferably use masks and other barrier precautions while travelling or working in public places that have reported cases of the infection. Be aware of the symptoms and report to the doctor immediately for early diagnosis and treatment.

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Bigger, brighter than ever: Infotech Forum 2018

[(From Left to Right) Harpreet Singh, Territory Manager- Kaspersky Lab, Nirav Biswas, CTO- NHBC, Dr. Herald Dcosta, Director- Intelligent Quotient Security, Dr. Deepak Kumar Sahu, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, Kalinga Digital Media Pvt Ltd, Mrutyunjay Mahapatra, DMD – Digital Business & New Business-SBI, Subroto Panda, CIO, Anand and Anand, Vishal Dhupar, Managing Director, South Asia- NVIDIA, Damodar Sahu, Partner & Industry advisor- WIPRO, Shankar Aggarwal, OSD- ASSOCHAM, S.N Tripathi, Secretary-Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs- Govt. Of India, Suresh Kumar, Partner & CIO, Grant Thornton, S Mohini Ratna, Editor-VARINDIA] Infotech Forum 2018, a much awaited annual event of VARINDIA held on 25th May 2018 at Shangri La witnessed the presence of 400 highprofile guests comprising of CXOs (CIO/CTO/CISO), government officials, PSUs, enterprises and IT consultants from various verticals, who gathered under one roofto understand on the topic: ‘Disruption – A new Reality’.

The forum provided a platform for all to discuss the latest technological disruptions that are taking place in the Information Technology industry through technical presentations and also business networking.

S.N Tripathi, Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs- Govt. Of India and Mrutyunjay Mahapatra, DMD, Digital Business and New Business – State Bank of India graced the Infotech Forumas special guests.The other 32 | May 2018 www.spoindia.org

eminent dignitaries who’s presence raised the bar of the event include Shankar Aggarwal, OSD- ASSOCHAM; Vishal Dhupar, Managing Director, South Asia- NVIDIA; Pawan Duggal, Cyber Expert-Supreme Court of India; Dr. Herald Dcosta, Director- Intelligent Quotient Security; Bharat B Anand, CIO- NETGRID; Suresh Kumar, Partner & CIO, Grant Thornton, Dr. Rajeev Papneja, COO- ESDS Software Solutions; Nirvan Biswas, CTO- NHBC; Ricky Bindra, Group Sr. VP-JIO; Harpreet Singh, Territory ManagerKaspersky Lab; Subroto Panda, CIO, Anand and Anand and Damodar Sahu, Partner & Industry Advisor- WIPRO. The event commenced with the welcome speech given by Deepak Sahu, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, Kalinga Digital Media. In his speech he threw light on the digitization and the scope that digitization brings to people.

“Digitization is creating tremendous opportunities for economies across the globe, and India is an example of a country that not only understands this opportunity, but it has embraced it.

As a media house, our focus has been Technology, that is at the forefront of everything we do."

Vishal Dhupar, Managing Director, South Asia- NVIDIA in his speech highlighted the opportunities of AI and hinted that firms across the globe are fast becoming aware of the power of Artificial Intelligence, Mixed reality, Deep learning and Blockchain technology.

While Shankar Aggarwal, OSDASSOCHAM shared his perspective on the economic growth and sustainability, S. N Tripathi, IAS, Secretary-Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs- Govt. Of India shared his perspective on Digital India and the scope that e-governance offers to every citizen.

Mrutyunjay Mahapatra, DMD – Digital Business & New Business – SBI in his keynote address, enlightened the audience on how banks always want to understand their customers better and improve their relationships.

"Technology could cut banks' infrastructure costs by up to $20 billion each year by 2022," he said.

The previous data protection laws were put in place during the 1990s and

haven't been able to keep pace with the levels of technological change. On this background, Pawan Duggal, Cyber expert-Supreme court of India spoke on how GDPR will bring the biggest change in data protection laws in more than 20 years.

Dr. Rajeev Papneja, EVP & COO, ESDS Software Solution spoke on the innovative solutions the company offers in its state-of-the-art data centers.

In the evening session, Dr. Herald Dcosta, Director- Intelligent Quotient Security spoke on India’s present security landscape.

The event also witnessed the recognition of 100 Eminent CIOs of India, India’s Top 25 Trusted Brands along with the Top 50 Most Admired ICT Brands. This was followed by the recognition of the Top 10 Brands Icons of India.

INDUSTRY SPEAKERS Vishal Dhupar

Managing Director, South Asia- NVIDIA “The industry is in a very interesting phase that is transformative. We talk about AI all the time and yet it has been in existence pretty much from the time computer science has made its advent. We all know from the facts that human mind works in 2 mode- Reasoning and Understanding and every AI specialists have put their efforts behind reasoning and not behind understanding. There could be many reasons why nobody has put any efforts behind understanding, but there are two main which stand out- one that you have no clue how to handle understanding and second, there is very low computation power to manage understanding in machines.When we talk about AI in simpler words, it is that algorithm which the world calls as deep learning running on super computers.”

Shankar Aggarwal

OSD- ASSOCHAM “We are supposed to be the world leader in IT and if we don’t take advantage of IT and harness the latest advances in disruptive technologies such as AI, Blockchain, IoT for the betterment of every common man, we will miss the opportunity. We have got the capability, and capacity. Today the society is inspirational and we are a hugely aspiring society; so let’s take advantage of this. And let’s try to find out what these technologies can do especially in four core areas as per my mind - the first is the quality of education, next is the health sector, third is in the area of safety &security of every individual, and the last area is financial services.”

S.N Tripathi

Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs- Govt. Of India “Technology can disrupt your peace and tranquillity. It’s a big convenience one can understand, but convenience at a cost. I am one of those who believe that digital has lots of possibility but digital also has to have the responsibility in-built. Today in environment of AI, IT, IoT, deep learning and all those kind things we have no choice but to learn these things and maybe learn as fast as possible. We missed revolution1 because we were colonised at that time, we missed revolution no.2 because we had no resources at that time but we cannot afford to miss 4.0 industrial revolution because we have the capability. AI and digital technologies can make us producers of goods and services of the world. Those days are not far.”

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INDUSTRY EVENT Mrutyunjay Mahapatra

DMD – Digital Business & New Business – SBI “Fintech is almost a synonym of .com. Everybody believes that the venture bug has come and anyone can make money in this world. What we are observing in Fintech is that many of them are engaged in the so called valuation and not the value creation game. This is the first problem. Now, Fintechs do not have the ability to scale up when it comes to experimenting a concept with a database of 100 or 200, the software works very well but at deployment it fails because the proper sandbox ecosystem In India is not available. So a reliable sandbox is not there.Now Fintechs are there from a two month old start up to very large companies.

There are four to five areas where 90% of the Fintechs are working – lending, payment, risk management and data analytics.”

Harpreet Singh

Territory Manager- Kaspersky Lab “When we talk about security, all the business verticals these days like hospitality, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, manufacturing etc. are under continuous threat. Hackers are keeping a close watch on all of us every moment. Everybody is under scanner. There has to be a proactive approach in mitigating all these kind of targeted attacks like IoT, Cloud, BYOD are the ones that are driving the market. There has to be a proactive kind of approach from the C level community when it comes to the overall cyber security landscape.90% of the threats are very generic in nature and can be controlled by technologies like anti-virus, firewalls etc. But the rest 9% are the sophisticated ones. One cannot counter these risks by simple technologies.”

Pawan Duggal

Cyber Expert-Supreme Court of India "May 25th is a historic day as the general data protection law has been implemented in the European Union. Typically when a country passes a law it is applicable within its territorial boundaries. We in India have the Information Technology Act which applies to entire India but unlike other laws it also applies to people outside India - a person of any nationality in the world cannot violate or contravene the provisions of the act. We did this law 17-18 years back but GDPR has only replicated what we have done in our law. It says that you will have to primarily ensure that the data of European citizens or people residing in Europe are adequately protected. Typically this is for European Union, however a clause in the law says it is also going to apply to any company, data controller, data processor located outside the union who is dealing, handling or processing the personal data of residence of the European Union.”

Dr. Rajeev Papneja

EVP & COO, ESDS Software Solution “Innovations and disruptions are not always like the iPhone which has completely changed the way the world used to work. Such kind of innovations may happen once in a decade.

Innovations are also some small important changes to what already exists. It is not always necessary that we try to innovate something at the expense.We all know what public cloud gave us. When the research firms say that the public cloud is going to grow by some percentage, by how much is it of the total IT landscape is what we need to know. Everything will not go into public cloud. Private cloud will stay. There is data that needs to reside on your data center. There is also need for edge computing.”

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Dr. Herald Dcosta

Director- Intelligent Quotient Security “As far as the cybercrimes are concerned, the digital evidence is bought either by the complainant or by the accused. But the digital evidence can create a lot of problem. From the digital evidence point of view, the problem that arises is whom to believe and whom not to.When you talk about WhatsApp, messages are altered, modified, deleted and then we do not have any type of a server where we can get this information from. So when you ask for information from WhatsApp, it being a virtual server by nature shall reply us saying that they cannot provide you the information. Therefore, no data is retained at our end. Then it becomes a very questionable task as how to get these particular messages to be authenticated.”

The 7th edition of the Brand Book on the Indian ICT Industry launched at the 16th IT FORUM 2018 in the presence of (from left to right) S Mohini Ratna, Editor - VARINDIA; Deepak Sahu, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, Kalinga Digital Media; Ricky Bindra, Group Sr. VP-JIO Bharat B Anand, CIO- NATGRID; Vishal Dhupar, Managing Director, South Asia- NVIDIA; S.N Tripathi, Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs- Govt. Of India; Mrutyunjay Mahapatra, DMD, Digital Business and New Business – State Bank of India; Dr. Herald Dcosta, DirectorIntelligent Quotient Security; Ajay Kaul, Director & GM - Head Government Business, Dell EMC; Chetan Hingu, Country Category Head - Workstations, Virtualisation, RPOS -HP India; Damodar Sahu, Partner & Industry Advisor- WIPRO and Manish Gaur, Head, IT- Patanjali.

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US-China Trade War: What Warren Buffett Forecasts I reflect over what I should write in this column for some time. Many themes have occurred to me-digital frauds, new technology platforms that Google and Facebook are working on despite the ground swell of criticisms they have to absorb these days from several quarters including from governments, users and regulatory bodies. What prevented me from writing about it, I tried to introspect.

It invariably would have a semblance of what I would have written earlier in this column. Not that I did not write on the same subject earlier in the column. That was only when a new development had taken on the same subject or because of lapse of time; the subject got transformed into a new one.

Yet, I have decided to dwell on trade war in this column that is occupying the media space in India and abroad. You may ask me what IT has to do with tradewars.

My response is that a major reason for this trade war is on account of the IT. I will explain. But before that, let me briefly touch upon the nuances of the present trade war. It was a unilateral decision of the US. If there is trade dispute between two countries or between a group of countries with another set of countries, it should be referred to World Trade Organization (WTO) created exclusively for ensuring orderly global trade. Its functioning is based on certain principles and procedures. There is a separate wing in WTO for dispute settlement among member countries.

But the present trade dispute is qualitatively different. The US assertion is that it is not a trade dispute but something to do with its national security.

Its argument is that with its liberal trade policies followedby various regimes earlier, including that of BarakObama’s, US trade and economic interests got compromised.

The result is that many countries have built huge trade surpluses against the US. That included China, EU, Australia, Canada, Japan, Russia, South Korea and India.

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undue favor from the US, three parameters were evolved. One, countries having over US$ 20 billion trade surplus with US, two, countries having favorable current account balance and three, countries which are having more than 2% of its GDP invested in the US treasury bills.Even if a country attracts any two provisions of the said criteria, it would attract retaliatory action.

I have mentioned that ICT is an integral part of the trade war. It needs some explanation. Of late, China is emerging as a major technology developer thanks to the breakthrough innovations it has made in all fields of technology, be it relating to semi-conductors, artificial intelligence, robotics, sensors, aerospace and the list goes on. It is several notches above most of the developed countries and is inching close to the US. Millions of smart phones are made in China and exported worldwide including developed world.

A lot of negotiations were held between the two countries to smoothen the differences. Signs of compromise and reproach are coming from both sides. The Chinese expressed satisfaction over the progress of the negotiations. They felt that there were meeting grounds, where both countries can build trust and confidence to eschew aggressive postures. But in private, they tell the media that the US demand for cutting down the trade surplus by US$200 billion as high pitched, too ambitious and untenable in the given situation.

Now, let us focus on India and how the ongoing trade war would affect her.

India is attracting retaliatory actions from the US and is also making noises both in the WTO and other forums. But its voice is modulated, calibrated and if I may use the word, muted. There are reasons for that. Foremost, India is not in the same league of China as far as the trade surplus is concerned. The trade surplus of China with the US is more than the international trade of India. Secondly, the two commodities, on which the US has imposed the import duty –steel and aluminum –willnot affect India that much.

India’s exports of these two goods are only US$ 2 billion. India’s exports of steel and aluminum are mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia. That way, India-US bilateral trade pales into insignificance comparing to that of China –US trade.

How ICT has facilitated the trade war? I have few reasons and I do not know whether they stand scrutiny by trade experts and political watchers. Some decades ago, trade statistics to come to the public domain, it would take months together and sometimes years. One can access only estimates and not the real figures. Those days have gone. With the advent of digital platform and its wide usage in all walks of life, dataaccess is on a real time basis. Now, one can collate data on a real time basis, whichever part of the world he or she is. The response and retaliation by the affected parties can be quick and swift. Secondly, as the pace of globalization picked up, business decisions have becomemore independent of the thinking of the government.

Without much ado, let me conclude with what veteran industrialist Warren Buffett has said on 6th May 2018 at the Berkshire Hathaway’s 39th annual meet held at Omaha, described as the Woodstock of Capitalism, on US-China trade war. He said that the United States and China are going to be the two super powers of the world for a long time.In the 1970’s, US exports and imports both contributed to about 5% of the GDP.

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Amit Khare appointed I&B secretary Amit Khare, who blew the lid off the infamous fodder scam in Bihar, was on Friday appointed secretary to the information and broadcasting ministry as part of a major reshuffle involving 24 top IAS officers.

Khare, a 1985-batch IAS officer, is at present serving in his cadre state Jharkhand.

AnupWadhawan appointed as the OSD officer in the commerce department AnupWadhawan, the special secretary in the department of commerce, has been appointed as the officer on special duty (OSD) in the commerce department. The officer will take over as the secretary to the commerce ministry on the superannuation of Rita Teotia, on July 31.

M MKutty named new petroleum Rina Ray appointed secretary of secretary school education and literacy M Kutty, at present the special secretary in the department of economic affairs, will take charge of the petroleum ministry from K D Tripathi after his retirement in June 2018.Kutty, who had been the principal secretary to the then chief minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit, before becoming the chief secretary, has been appointed as OSD in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Rina Ray has been appointed secretary, the department of school education and literacy, an order issued by the personnel ministry said. Rina Ray will succeed Anil Swarup as Secretary, the Department of School Education & Literacy. She is at present special secretary in the same department.

Sudha Balakrishnan appointed as its first Chief Financial Officer in RBI

Anil Kumar Jha appointed as the CMD, Coal India

Atanu Chakraborty announces secretary, the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management

Pushpa Subramanyam named the new secretary in Food Processing Industries

RBI appoints Sudha Balakrishnan as its first Chief Financial Officer May 29, 2018.

She will be the 12th executive director of of the RBI and will have tenure of three years. Balakrishnan is chartered accountant by profession. Prior to this appointment, she was former executive vice president of National Securities Depository Limited ( NSDL). India's first and largest depository.

Atanu Chakraborty, a 1985-batch IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre, will be secretary, the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management. He was serving as the present Director General of Hydrocarbons.

He also last served in Gujarat as managing director Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC).

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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has appointed Anil Kumar Jha as full time Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Limited (CIL). He will be in office till January 31, 2020. He replaces Coal Ministry’s Additional Secretary Suresh Kumar, who had recently assumed additional charge of CMD of CIL. Prior to this appointment, Jha was the CMD of CIL’s subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields. He holds MTech in Mine Planning & Design from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad.

Pushpa Subramanyam will be the new secretary in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. She will take over charge from J P Meena, who superannuates on August 31.

Subramanyam, who is the special secretary in the Ministry of Textiles, will take over as the OSD in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

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