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CONTENTS

Production Editor:Ms. Neelu Kapoor

• NEWLEADERSHIP 4

• PRESIDENTWRITES 5

• CHAMBERATWORK 6

• FOCUSSTATES 30

• COHESIVEINTERFACE 37

• SPECIALFEATURE

•India:Thoughsteady,stillfastestgrowingeconomy 41

•FulfillingFAO’SMissiontoEradicateHungerandPoverty45

• ECONOMYWATCH

• PolicyPronouncementsandDevelopments 48

• HEADWAY

•SkillDevelopmentInitiatives 50

•TowardsInclusiveGrowth 52

• COMMUNIQUE

• NewMoUs 59

• ForthcomingEvents 61

•MediaBuzz 62

• InternationalExhibitions 65

• ARCHIVES 66


NEW LEADERSHIP

NEW LEADERSHIPMr.RajeevTalwaristheCEOandWholeTimeDirectorofDLFLimited,India’slargestRealEstateCompany.Mr.Talwarhasrichanddiversifiedexperiencespreadover40years,bothasabureaucrataswellasinleadershiprolesintheprivatesector.Mr.TalwarhasbeentheChairmanofvariousRealEstateCommitteesofseveralIndustryChambers andAssociations andhasbeen actively pursuing issues and challenges facedby thesector.HeistheChairmanoftheNationalRealEstateDevelopmentCouncilandisalsotheViceChairmanoftheWorldTourismandTravelCouncil,IndiaInitiativeandwilltakeoverastheChairmanoftheCouncilinDecember2018.In1978,hewasselectedfortheIndianAdministrativeServicesandduringhistenureasanIASofficer,from1978to2006,heheldmanysecretarialpositionsintheCentral&StateGovernmentsaswellasUnionTerritories.Mr.Talwarwithhisvisionofa“ProsperousIndia”believesthatactiveparticipationofbothpublicsectorandprivatesectorisinevitablefortheoverallgrowthprocessinthecountry.

Mr. Rajeev Talwar, President, PHD Chamber

Mr.AnilKhaitan,ChairmanofSNKCorpjoinedthefamilybusinessin1976.Hehasdiversifiedbusinessesrelatingtojute,paper,pharmaceuticals,copper&steelindustry,apartfrommanaginginternationaloperationsofhiscompanyinAtlanta.Mr.KhaitanispresentlyamemberofWorldPresidents’Organization,institutionalmemberofAIMA&DMAandisalsoaDirectorofBoardofStudies,AIMAandmemberofGoverningCouncilofNewDelhi,InstituteofManagement.Inadditiontobusinessexpertise,Mr.Khaitanhasalwayshadagreatzealtolearnandexperiencethenatureandlifearoundhim.Hisfavouritequote,“THEONLYTHINGPERFECTINTHEWORLDISNATURE”hasbeentrulyfollowedbyhiminhispersonallifeandadventures.Heisanavidsportsloverofgolfandtennis,practitionerofyogaandmeditationandisinterestedinmusicandtheatre.

Mr. Anil KhaitanImmediate Former President, PHD Chamber

Mr.SanjayAggarwalistheChairman&CEOofParamountCablesGroup.Mr.Aggarwal,agraduateinB.Com.(Hons)fromShriRamCollegeofCommercehasbeenanintegralpartofthegrowthstoryofParamountCablesfromRs.onecroresmallscaleindustrialunittooneofthelargestcablemanufacturersinIndiaandtoday,thecompanyhasagroupturnoveraboveRs.600crores.Mr.Aggarwalhasalsobeentherecipientofnumerousprestigiousawardsover thepast34yearswhich include theNationalSmall IndustryAward1984givenawaybythePresidentofIndia,EntrepreneuroftheYearAward1994byAllIndiaManufacturersOrganization,NiryatShreeAward2008-09byFIEO,numerousStarExporterAwardsbyEEPCovertheyearsandMajorDonorAward2017byRotaryFoundationofRotaryInternational.

DrMaheshYReddybecametheSecretaryGeneralofPHDChamberofCommerceandIndustryonOctober6,2018.PriortobecomingtheSecretaryGeneraloftheChamber,heservedasDirectorGeneralofInfrastructureIndustryandLogisticsFederationofIndiaandalsowithFICCIinvariouscapacitiesincludingasitsAssistantSecretaryGeneral.DrReddywithhisvastexperiencehasrepresentedIndianindustryonseveralgovernmentandindustrycommitteessuchasMemberSecretary,ExpertCommitteeoftheMinistryofRailways,SecretaryandCEOofAllIndiaShippersCouncil,SecretaryGeneralofAssociationofShippersCouncilofBangladesh,India,Pakistan&SriLankaandMemberofDevelopmentCouncilforTextileIndustry,MinistryofTextilesandhasalsobeenassociatedwiththeBureauofIndustrialCostsandPrices.

Mr. Sanjay AggarwalVice President, PHD Chamber

Dr Mahesh Y ReddySecretary General, PHD Chamber

Mr.D.K.AggarwalistheChairman&ManagingDirectorofSMCInvestmentsandAdvisorsLtd.,CMDofSMCCapitalsLtd,PresidentofSMCGlobalSecuritiesLtd.,ChairmanofSMCComtradeLtd.,ChairmanofSMCRealEstateAdvisorsPvt. Ltd. andDirector ofSMCComex InternationalDMCC (Dubai).Withover twodecadesofexperienceinthesecuritiesmarket&financialservices,Mr.AggarwalhasbeenconferredwithnumerousprestigiousleadershipawardsincludingtheDistinguishedEntrepreneurshipAward2015byPHDChamber,thetop30MostSuccessfulEntrepreneurof2017bytheCEOMagazine,InternationalGoldStarMillenniumAwardGlobalIndian,OutstandingNationalCitizensAwardbyNationalCitizenGuild,RashtriyaUdhyogRattanawardbyAllIndiaAchieversConference,IPE-BFSILeaderawardbyAsianConfederationofBusinessesforsettinganexampleofaRoleModelandExemplaryLeaderandBrandSlamLeadershipAwardbyCMOAsia.

Mr. D. K. Aggarwal, Senior Vice President, PHD Chamber


President’s MessageFriends,

Emergingasabrightstarglobally,whileplayingasignificantunifyingrole,Indiaisatthecuspofamajoreconomictransformation.Isaywithpridethatourcountrycontinuestobethefastestgrowingeconomyworldwide,thoughataslightlyslowerpaceof7.1percentregistered in the July-September quarteragainst8.2percentrateduringthepreviousquarter. At the same time, I would like tocongratulate Prime Minister, Mr. NarendraModi for his recent commitment to play a“dueand responsible” roleby reducingourgreenhousegasEmissionsIntensityofGrossDomesticProduct(EIGDP)by33percentto35percentbelowthe2005 levelsby2030,accordingtotheUNEnvironmentProgram.

India’s investment climate has becomeconducive with big reforms such as theInsolvency and Bankruptcy Code, GST,fiscal consolidation and good governancepracticesbeingadoptedby thegovernmentinrecentmonths.Theseproactivemeasureshave helped India leap up by 23 places toreach 77th position in the global rankingout of 190 countries in the World Bank’s‘Doing Business 2019’ report releasedrecently,making itSouthAsianregion’s topranked economy. Substantial efforts havebeenundertaken toenhanceEaseofDoingBusiness (EoDB), starting from registeringanenterprise,dealingwithregulatorypermitsandalsomovementofgoodsacrossborders.PM’s recent launch of a Grand ChallengeCampaign on resolving seven identified‘EoDBproblems’withtheuseofcuttingedgetechnologiesisagreatinitiativetoencouragestartups and private enterprise and providethem with a platform to showcase theirinnovative ideas on Artificial Intelligence,Internet of Things, Big Data Analytics,Block Chain and other technologies tofurther reform the government processes.ImprovementsinEoDBhavethepotentialforIndiatobecomeaUS$100billioninvestmentdestination in the next very fewyears fromUS$62billionFDIitattractedinFY2017-18.

Going ahead, the Chamber commendsthe US government for extending asignificantwaivertoIndiatotradewithIran,allowing Indian oil companies including OilIndia Limited and Mangalore Refinery andPetrochemicals Limited to import morethan 1.25million tons of oil in the comingmonths. IalsowholeheartedlywelcometheUSgovernment’sdecisiontofavourIndiafordevelopingthestrategicallylocatedChabaharPort in Iran, alongwith the construction ofarailwaylineconnectingitwithAfghanistan.Thiswould facilitate bilateral trade betweenIndia and Iran especially of agricultural

and pharmaceutical products. As India’strade deficitwith Iran traditionally has beendominatedbyimportofcrudeoil,andkeepinginviewIran’svastnaturalgasresourcesandIndia’s LNGcapacity, gas could be anotherimportantpartforfutureties,goingforward.

Therecentsofteningofcrudeoilpricesand the rupee appreciation may help Indiasave billions of dollars in oil bills. Loweroil pricesmeans lesspressureon inflation,lower Current Account Deficit and lesspressure onReserveBank of India to raiseinterestrates.Further,therecentsofteningofvegetablesandfruitspricesshallkeepfoodinflationundercontrol.

Though uncertain global tradingenvironmenthasledIMFtoloweritstargetsforglobalgrowthcitingUS-Chinatradedisputeasamajorfactor,Indiashallcontinuetoprovidemachinery, electrical equipments, vehiclesandtransportparts,chemicals,plasticsandrubberproductsandothercompetitivegoodsto the US markets. Alongside, Indo-ChinatradewouldcontinueasIndiaplanstoexporttwomilliontonsofrawsugartoChinain2019andalsonon-basmatirice.

PHD Chamber’s niche is in the stateswhere it works for the government andindustry at the grass root levels. This verywell corroborates with Vice President, Mr.Venkaiah Naidu’s recent assertion whereinhestressedupontheimportanceofbuildinga ‘Team India’, a resurgent India, a strongIndia where the states work seamlessly, inharmony,complementingandcompensatingeachother,evenwhilecompetingwitheachother. I strongly concur that states need toimplement new game-changing models forimprovingthelivingstandardsoftheirpeopleand not resort to conventional or populistmeasures. I am happy to inform that theChamberisworkingvigorouslytoformStatechapters- Pan India, in order to help theState governments to frame policies for thebenefitofindustry.Recently,welaunchedour

KeralaStateChapter,thatwasinauguratedbytheUnionMinister ofState for Tourism,Mr.AlphonsKannanthanam.

Former American President and adistinguishedStatesman,TheodoreRooseveltoncesaid,“Rhetoric isapoorsubstitute foraction,andwehavetrustedrhetoric.Ifwearereally tobeagreatnation,wemustnot talkbig,wemustactbig.”Keeping insyncwiththis, the Chamber in November organizeda number of mega events such as DILLI:KAL,AAJ,aurKAL,“TowardsaSustainableand Smarter Delhi” that saw the presenceofMr.HardeepPuri,UnionMinisterofState(IC)forHousing&UrbanAffairs;Mr.ManishSisodia, Deputy ChiefMinister of Delhi; Mr.Satyendar Jain, Minister for Industries &Power,GovernmentofNCTofDelhiwhoallsuggested viable solutions to overcome thechallengesbeingfacedbythepeopleofDelhisuch as pollution and infrastructure deficitandmakeDelhianidealplacetoliveinwithsmooth traffic, cleaner air and better civicamenities.

The 4th PHD Chamber’s Air CargoSummit - 2018 “Enabling continued growthof Air Cargo” also saw the presence of Dr.SureshPrabhu,UnionMinisterofCommerce& Industry & Civil Aviation and Mr. JayantSinha, Union Minister of State for CivilAviation,whereinthegovernmentannouncedthatanewIntegratedLogisticsandAirCargoPolicywouldbeannouncedverysoontothebestsatisfactionofallstakeholders.

AttheG20SummitheldinlateNovember,PM Modi offered to host the 2022 G20SummitinIndia,coincidingwithourcountry’s75thyearofIndependence.WehopetoplayapivotalroleasaChamberinorganizingtheeventandprovidingcrucialadvocacysupporttothegovernment.

IndiaisprimedtobecomeaUS$5trillioneconomy and the 3rd largest consumermarket in the world by 2025. As quotedby Former Secretary General of UN, Ban-Ki-moon, “Sustainable development is thepathway to the future we want for all. Itoffers a framework to generate economicgrowth, achieve social justice, exerciseenvironmental stewardship and strengthengovernance.” India’s contribution to globaleconomic growth and prosperity underlinesits endeavor to support fair and sustainabledevelopment.Iamcertainourindustry-ledbyIndia’s young demographics shall continuetoexhibitdynamicenthusiasm,technologicalinnovativenessandanunquenchablequestforexcellenceinallsectors.Inthetimestocome,India’sgrowthstorywillbemainstreamedinaholisticmanner,sothatwhileensuringbasiclivelihood needs of the entire populace, wemoveaheadonarapidlysoaringtrajectorytobecomeaglobaleconomicpowerby2022.

MESSAGE


4th PHD AIR CARGO SUMMIT - 2018Enabling continued growth of Air Cargo

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PHD Chamber’s Civil AviationCommittee organized its 4th PHDAir Cargo Summit 2018- “Enabling

continued growth of Air Cargo” onNovember20,2018atPHDHouse,NewDelhi.ThesummitwasinauguratedbyDr.SureshPrabhu,Hon’bleUnionMinisterofCivilAviationandwasalsogracedbyMr.JayantSinha,Hon’bleMinisterofStateforCivil Aviation; Mr. S. Machendranathan,Chairperson-AirportsEconomicRegulatoryAuthority of India-AERA and Mr. RajivNayanChoubey(IAS),Secretary,MinistryofCivilAviation.Mr. Rajeev Talwar, President,

PHD Chamber while welcoming thedistinguished dignitaries acknowledgedthe policy measures of the governmentclaiming that these would further propeltheeconomy,particularlythecivilaviationsector.Inaugurating the Summit, Union

MinisterofCommerce&IndustryandCivilAviation, Dr Suresh Prabhu declared thatthenewIntegratedLogisticsandAirCargoPolicy would be announced ‘very soon’.TheMinisteremphasizedthatthesolutionstocriticalissuesrelatingtoagricultureandmanufacturing output and their suppliesincluding exports would be sufficientlyexploredthoughthepossibilitiesofmakingimprovementinsuchanIntegratedPolicy.Dr.Prabhualsosharedthataspecific

DepartmentofLogisticshasbeencreatedin the Department of Commerce whichis finalizing the nitty-gritty of logistics

dimensions as well as cargomovement.Heopined that thespeedandcostof themovementofcargoneedstobeaddressedproperly which will give the necessaryboomtotheeconomy.Guest of Honour, Hon’ble Minister

of State for Civil Aviation, Mr. JayantSinha in his special address said thatwith the commissioning of JewarAirport, the western belt of UP wouldbecome a manufacturing hub for a hostof economic activities and air passenger& cargo movement. Mr. Jayant Sinhawas specific that consumer durablesincluding electronics in particular in andaround Jewar and the entire western UPwould witness a phenomenal growth

and expansion. The Minister hoped that“Logistics and air cargo connectivitywillalsopullthehostofclustersintheregionto come to mainstream as soon as theAirportbecomesoperationalinduecourseoftime”.Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation,

Mr Rajiv Nayan Choubey shared thatIndiaisaprice-sensitiveeconomyandAirCargo transportation is a costlymodeoftransportation and the need of the houris to come upwith a solution on how itthrives in a price sensitive economy. MrChoubey opined that India has a verypoorly organized logistics chain and theecosysteminwhichaircargofunctionsisfragmentedwhich leads tohighercostof

Lamp Lighting ceremony

Release of the Knowledge Report – Mr. Yogesh Srivastav, Principal Director, PHDCCI; Mr. Manish Chheda, Managing Director, Auctus Advisors( Knowledge Partner); Mr. K. Narayana Rao, Chairman, PHD Civil Aviation Committee, PHD Chamber; Mr. Rajiv Nayan Choubey (IAS), Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation; Mr. Rajeev Talwar, President, PHDCCI; Dr. Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Union Minister of Civil Aviation; Mr. Jayant Sinha, Hon’ble Minister of State for Civil Aviation; Mr. D.K. Aggarwal, Sr. Vice President, PHDCCI; Mr. S. Machendranathan, Chairperson-Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India-AERA; Dr Mahesh Y Reddy, Secretary General , PHDCCI and Mr. Vipin Vohra, Co-chairman, PHD Civil Aviation Committee, PHD Chamber


Mr. Rajiv Nayan Choubey (IAS), Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation; Mr. Rajeev Talwar, President, PHDCCI; Dr. Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Union Minister of Civil Aviation; Mr. Jayant Sinha, Hon’ble Minister of State for Civil Aviation & Mr D.K. Aggarwal, Sr. Vice President, PHDCCI

Panel Discussion I - Enabling continued double-digit growth for Air Cargo

Mr. Yogesh Srivastav, Principal Director, PHDCCI; Mr. Keku Gazder, CEO, AAI Cargo Logistics and Allied Services; Mr. Amar More, CEO, Kale Logistics Solutions; Moderator; Mr. Manish Chheda, Managing Director, Auctus Advisors; Mr. Vipin Vohra-Co-chairman, PHD Civil Aviation Committee, PHD Chamber; Ms. Vandana Aggarwal, IES, Economic Advisor, Ministry of Civil Aviation; Mr. Alasdair Boyd, Area Commercial Manager South Asia, Pakistan & Bangladesh, IAG Cargo, BA; Mr. T.A.Varghese, President, ACAAI - The Air Cargo Agents Association of India; Mr. Arun Chandra, GM, Business Development & Strategy, Kempegowda and Mr. Sunil Kumar Sinha, Commissioner, IRS (C&CE)-Air Cargo Export

services. He shared that the governmentis trying to shift as many functions ofAir Cargo off-site as airport spaces areexpensive and the Aviation Ministry isactively pushing for the establishmentof freight stations in the country. TheSecretaryalsosharedtheinitiativesbeingimplementedbytheMinistrylikereducingthe cost of operations and establishinggreen fields-Brand new airports at Delhi,Navi Mumbai, Goa, Bhogapuram nearVizag,PurandernearPuneandmanymorewithdedicatedspacesforaircargo.Chairman-AERA-Airports Economic

Regulatory Authority of India, Mr. SMachendranathansharedtheroleofAERA,a regulatory authority body for airportsandsettingupof tariffsandperformancestandardsaremonitoredbythem.Chairman and Co-Chairman, Civil

Aviation Committee, PHDCCI, Mr KNarayana Rao and Mr Vipin Vohra intheir respective observations urged thegovernmenttoputinplacepolicymeasuresfor the civil aviation sector that arepragmaticandconvenient tobefollowed.MrRaowasalsooftheviewthatindustryand government should work togetherto find out solutions to increase India’scargobusinesswithsuitablemeasuresinplaceincludingissuesgrapplingthesectorsuchascapacitycreation,offsitestations,connectivityandthelike.A Knowledge Paper -“Enabling

continuedgrowthofAirCargo”preparedbythe Knowledge partner –AuctusAdvisorswas also released on the occasion bythe dignitaries and Mr. Manish CheddhaManagingDirector,AuctusAdvisors.

FELICITATION OF THE INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTORSTo recognize the Contribution and

Efforts of the industry stakeholders and

encourage others to continue with theirefforts and foster further growth, PHDChamberalsofelicitatedsomekeyplayersontheoccasion:1.OutstandingContributionbyanAirport inAirCargogrowth:GMR-DIAL

2.OverallContribution inAirCargogrowth:ContinentalCarriersPvtLtd

3.OutstandingContributionbyaCargoHandlingOperator: Celebi Delhi Cargo TerminalManagementIndiaPvtLtd

4.OutstandingContributionbyanAirCargoCustom Broker: P.S. Atree & CompanyPvtLtd

5. Outstanding Contribution in IT LogisticsService:KaleLogisticsSolutionsPrivateLimited

6.OutstandingContributionbyanAirfreightForwarder:Jeena&Company

7. Outstanding Contribution in Air LineRepresentation for Cargo : GroupConcorde

8. Outstanding Contribution in Air CargoLogistics:Safexpresspvtltd

9.NewInnovationinITforCaricoSystems:HansInfomaticPvtLtd

Panel Discussion I: ‘Enabling continued double-digit growth for Air Cargo’ was moderated by Mr. ManishChheda, Managing Director, AuctusAdvisors.The Chairperson was Ms. Vandana

AggarwalIES,EconomicAdvisor,Ministryof Civil Aviation. Other DistinguishedPanelists were: Mr. Sunil Kumar Sinha,Commissioner, IRS (C&CE)-Air CargoExport;MrT.A.Varghese,President,ACAAI-TheAirCargoAgentsAssociationofIndia;Mr.KekuGazder,CEO,AAICargoLogisticsand Allied Services; Mr. Alasdair Boyd,Area Commercial Manager South Asia,Pakistan&Bangladesh,IAGCargo,BA;Mr.AmarMore,CEO,KaleLogisticsSolutionsand Mr. Arun Chandra,GM,BussnessDevelopment&Strategy,Kempegowda.


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Panel Discussion II: ‘Ease of Doing Business’ was chaired by Mr. L. SatyaSrinivas,JointSecretary,CentralBoardofExcise&Customs.DistinguishedPanelistsincluded: Dr. S Eswara Reddy, DrugsController General of India (DCGI); Mr.Tushar Jani, President -Air Cargo ForumIndia – ACFI; Ms. Babette Desfossez,Customs Attaché, Embassy of theKingdomofBelgium;Mr.CyrusN.Katgara,

PANEL DISCUSSION II- Ease of Doing Business –Mr. Parvinder Singh, Director, Hans Infomatic Pvt. Ltd; Mr. Bhavesh Manglani–Delivery; Chairperson; Mr. L. Satya Srinivas, Joint Secretary, Central Board of Excise & Customs; Mr. Paramprit Singh Bakshi- VP CAPA South Asia; Mr. Prithviraj Singh Chugh, Director ,Group Concorde; Dr. S Eswara Reddy, Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI); Mr. Cyrus N. Katgara, Partner-Jeena & Company; Mr. Tushar Jani, President -Air Cargo Forum India – ACFI and Ms. Babette Desfossez, Customs Attaché, Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium along with Secretariat team

Partner-Jeena & Company; Mr. PrithvirajSingh Chugh, Director, Group Concorde;Mr. Paramprit Singh Bakshi- VP CAPASouthAsia;Mr.ParvinderSingh,Director,Hans Infomatic Pvt Ltd andMr. BhaveshManglani–Delivery.Thesummitwassupportedby:GMR-

DIAL/ContinentalCarriersPvtLtd/GroupConcorde/P.S.Atree&Co.Pvt.Ltd./Celebi

DelhiCargoTerminalManagementIndiaPvtLtd/JEENA&Co/KaleLogisticsSolutionsPrivateLimited/ Safexpresspvt ltd/Hans Infomatic Pvt Ltd. The KnowledgePartner was- Auctus Advisors & MediaPartners were Cargo Connect/ AviationWorld/ Cargo Talk. The SupportingAssociations were FFFAI / DACAAI/DCCAA/ACAAI/ACFI.

GLIMPSES OF AIR CARGO SUMMIT - 2018


Thefirst edition of DILLI: KAL, AAJ,aur KAL ‘Towards a Sustainableand Smarter Delhi’ was organized

on November 17, 2018 at the NDMCConvention Centre, New Delhi. TheobjectiveoftheannualconferencewastodeliberateonissuesandchallengesfacedbythecitizensofDelhiandtheirpossiblesolutionswithallthestakeholders.The conference was addressed by

Mr. Hardeep S Puri, Hon’ble Minister ofState (IC) for Housing & Urban Affairs;Mr.ManishSisodia,Hon’bleDeputyChief

Minister of Delhi; Mr. Satyendar Jain,Hon’ble Minister for Industries & Power,Government of NCT of Delhi; Mr. AdeshKumar Gupta, Mayor of North MCD andMr. Narendra Chawla, Mayor of SouthMCDamongothers.PHD Chamber along with Resurgent

India, prepared a Knowledge Paper on‘TowardsaSustainableandSmarterDelhi’whichwas releasedby thedignitariesonthedaisandwasmuchappreciated.Mr. Hardeep Puri applauded the

Chamberfororganizingsuchanimportantdiscussion forum and requested fororganizing similar discussions in future.Healsoofferedtoprovidea listofWasteManagement Projects in Delhi to theChamber for participation of its industrymembersonthePPPmodel.Mr.ManishSisodiawhile highlighting

the challenges of the multiple agenciesfunctioninginDelhi,emphasizedtheneedforbringingthemtogetherononeplatformforbettercoordination formakingDelhiasmartercity.

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Mr. K K Gupta, Director, Resurgent India; Mr. Pradeep Multani, Co-chairperson & Mr. Rakesh Gupta, Chairman, Delhi & NCR Committee, PHD Chamber; Mr. D K Aggarwal, Senior Vice President, PHD Chamber; Mr. Manish Sisodia, Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister of NCT of Delhi; Mr. Satyendar Jain, Hon’ble Minister for Industries, Government of NCT of Delhi; Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal, Vice President, PHD Chamber and Mr. Prabhjeet Singh, Director Operations & Business Head, UBER India & South Asia

Mr. A K Jha, Executive Officer (EEREM), Department of Power, Government of NCT of Delhi; Mr. Rajeev Talwar, President, PHD Chamber; Mr. Narendra K Chawla, Mayor, South Delhi Municipal Corporation; Mr. Hardeep S Puri, Hon’ble Minister of State (IC) for Housing & Urban Affairs; Mr. Adesh Kumar Gupta, Mayor, North Delhi Municipal Corporation; Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal, Vice President, PHD Chamber; Mr. Ranbir Saran Das, Chairman & MD, Fairwood Group and Mr. Atul Goyal, President, United Residents Joint Action

Dilli: Kal, Aaj aur KalTowards a Sustainable and Smarter Delhi


UBER, thePresentingPartner for thisconference launched its new Campaign“Lower TheWindow”, which talks aboutways tocurbrisingpollution inDelhiandpeople present pledged to work towardsmakingitareality.Representatives from RWAs from

across Delhi, NGOs, Industry andGovernment officials also participatedin the discussion on SustainableDevelopmentofDelhi.

Mr. K K Gupta, Director, Resurgent India; Mr. Pradeep Multani, Co-chairperson & Mr. Rakesh Gupta, Chairman, Delhi & NCR Committee, PHD Chamber; Mr. D K Aggarwal, Senior Vice President, PHD Chamber; Mr. Manish Sisodia, Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister of NCT of Delhi; Mr. Satyendar Jain, Hon’ble Minister for Industries, Government of NCT of Delhi; Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal, Vice President, PHD Chamber and Mr. Prabhjeet Singh, Director Operations & Business Head, UBER India & South Asia

Mr. K K Gupta, Director, Resurgent India; Mr. Pradeep Multani, Co-chairperson, Delhi & NCR Committee, Mr. Rakesh Gupta, Chairman, Delhi & NCR Committee and Mr. D K Aggarwal, Senior Vice President, PHD Chamber; Mr. Manish Sisodia, Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister of NCT of Delhi; Mr. Satyendar Jain, Hon’ble Minister for Industries, Government of NCT of Delhi; Mr. Prabhjeet Singh, Director, Operations & Business Head, UBER India & South Asia and Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal, Vice President, PHD Chamber

GOI to observe the remembrance of 100 years of Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre

The Indian Govt. has decided to mark the remembrance of 100 years of the historicalJallianwallaBaghMassacrenextyear.TheGovt isplanning to renovate thehistoricalsiteofAmritsarbycreatingsuitableinfrastructureforprovidingbasicamenitiesforthetourists.Anumberofcommemorativeaswellasconstructiveactivitieswillbetakenupduringtheremembrance period. The commemorative coin and postage stampswill be released onApril13,2019(thedaytheincidenttookplace100yearsago).TheMinistryofCulturewillorganizeculturalactivitiessuchaskavisammelan,plays,exhibitionandseminars.acrossthecountry.


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Interactive Session with Chairperson, Competition Commission of India (CCI)

Mr. P. K. Singh, Adviser (Law), Competition Commission of India; Mr. Anil Khaitan, Immediate Former President, Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal, Vice President, Mr. D. K. Aggarwal, Senior Vice President and Mr. Rajeev Talwar, President, PHD Chamber; Mr. Sudhir Mital, Chairperson, Competition Commission of India and Dr Mahesh Y Reddy, Secretary General, PHD Chamber

The Managing Committee of PHDChamber organized an interactivesession with Mr. Sudhir Mital,

Chairperson,CompetitionCommission ofIndia (CCI) onOctober 17, 2018 at PHDHouse, New Delhi. Mr. Rajeev Talwar,President, PHD Chamber introduced Mr.Mital, an IASOfficerof1978batch,whohasheldseveralkeypositionsattheCentreas well as the State Government level.Priortothisposition,hewasSecretaryattheMinistryofChemicals&Fertilizers.

Mr. Mital in his overview of theCommission pointed out that theCompetition Commission of India (CCI)wasestablishedin2003fortheeconomicdevelopmentofthecountry.Hementionedthat the objective of the Commission isto eliminate practices having an adverseimpact on competition and also topromoteandsustaincompetition,protectthe interests of consumers and ensurefreedomoftradeinIndianmarkets.Healsohighlightedthatwithincreasedcompetition,

producers will havemaximum incentivesto innovate and specialize which wouldresult in reducedcosts andwider choicefortheconsumers.Hesuggestedthatafaircompetition in the market is essential toachieve thisobjective.HealsodiscussedabouttheadvocacyandproceduralnormsfollowedbytheCommission.Mr. D. K. Aggarwal, Senior Vice

President, PHD Chamber proposed aheartyvote-of-thankstotheguests.

Esteemed Dignitaries

Visit to Barco Electronic Systems (P) Ltd.

The Startups and InnovationCommittee,PHDChamberorganizeda visit to Barco Electronic Systems

(P) Ltd., a Belgian MNC on October23, 2018 at Noida. Barco offers a widerange of innovative, hi-tech and high-quality network visualization productsfor the Indian market, including large-screen display solutions, digital cinemaprojectors, Hi-tech medical displaysand rugged displays for professionalapplications. The Chamber delegationwasledbyMr.DeepakPahwa,Chairman,IndustryAffairsCommitteealongwithMaj.Gen Dilawar Singh, Advisor; Dr. JatinderSingh, Director and Mr. Punit Chaudhry,JointSecretary.Mr.RamyaChatterjee,DirectorSales,

Mr. Vijayant Khattry, HeadMarketing and

Mr.RajeevaLochan,VP-Operationsgavevarious presentations about the productsandachievementsofBarco.ThedelegationalsovisitedtheirfactoryandR&Ddivision.

Barco has provided their equipmentsto create Smart Meeting rooms at PHDChamber.


Conference on Financing of 227 GW Renewable

Inaugural Session: Mr. Gautam Bafna, Associate Director - Corporate Ratings, CARE Ratings Ltd.; Dr. Ranjeet Mehta, Principal Director, PHD Chamber; Mr. Naveen Kumar, Director (Operations), PTC India Financial Services Ltd.; Mr. Gopal Krishan Gupta, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy; Mr. Sanjeev Gupta, Chairman, Renewable & Alternate Energy Committee, PHD Chamber; Mr. K. S. Popli, CMD, India Renewable Energy Development Agency and Dr. J. P. Gupta, Co-chairman, Renewable & Alternate Energy Committee, PHD Chamber

Tech Session I: ‘Current Outlook, Policy Initiatives and Regulatory Framework in Renewable Energy Sector’

Mr. Nitin Sabikhi, Assistant Vice President- Business Development, India Energy Exchange Ltd.; Mr. Abhilakh Singh, GM, Project Financing, IREDA; Dr. Ranjeet Mehta, Principal Director, PHD Chamber; Dr. Amit Jain, Renewable Energy Specialist, World Bank and Mr. Vikas Garg, Director-Deal Advisory, KPMG India Pvt. Ltd.

The Renewable & Alternate EnergyCommittee of PHD Chamberorganizedaconferenceon‘Financing

of 227 GW Renewable’ on October 25,2018atPHDHouse,NewDelhiwhichwasattendedbymorethan100delegatesfromindustryandotherstakeholders.Chief Guest, Mr. Gopal Krishan

Gupta, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Newand Renewable Energy in his inauguraladdressassuredindustrythatfinancingofprojects pertaining to renewable sourcesof energy - be itwind and solar is not aproblem at all as not only the banks butalso financial institutions are proactivelycooperativeonthisfront.

Mr.K.S.Popli,Chairman&ManagingDirector, India Renewable EnergyDevelopment Agency (IREDA) in hiskeynote address exuded confidence thatthe targets set for renewable sectors intermsofenergygenerationwouldbemetandcouldbeexceededthewaytheworkisprogressing in thissectorwitha focusedapproach.Mr. Naveen Kumar, Director

(Operations),PTCIndiaFinancialServicesLtd. stated that rupee devaluation andfluctuations in exchange rates andindiscriminate imports from China ofsolarcells to Indiaare issuesofconcern

for lending to the renewable sector. Hesaid that a consistent government policyis required towards this sector for itsseamlessgrowth.Mr. Sanjeev Gupta, Chairman,

Renewable&AlternateEnergyCommittee,PHD Chamber in his welcome addressmentioned on the fact that the biggestdriver of this growth has been solarpower which witnessed 9-fold growth ininstalled capacity over the last 4 years.Heemphasized thateffective,sustainableand efficient financing would be the keyenabling factor for India to achieve itsrenewableenergygoals.


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Tech Session: II ‘Creating Sustainable Financial Ecosystem in Renewable Energy Space’

Mr. Akshay Mittal, Executive Officer and Mr. Varun Bhardwaj, Deputy Secretary, PHD Chamber; Mr. Sumit Dhanuka, Founder & Managing Partner, Precog Innovation Partners; Ms. Ritu Lal, Director –Business Development, Amplus Solar; Dr. Ranjeet Mehta, Principal Director, PHD Chamber; Ms. Prajya Sharma, Assistant Manager, Invest India; Mr. Kunal Arora, Manager, CARE Ratings Limited and Mr. Gurpreet Singh Walia, Vice President, Gensol Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

Tech Session III: ‘Innovations & Emerging Technologies in Renewable Energy Space’

Mr. Ravi Kishore, Vice President- EPS Division, Sperry Plast Ltd.; Mr. Bhaskar Deol, CEO, Mynergy Renewables Pvt. Ltd.; Mr. Arjun J Chaudhuri, Senior Journalist; Mr. Deepak Gadhia, Chairman-India, Sunrise CSP and Mr. Harshid Sridhar, Senior Research Engineer, Centre for Study of Science, Technology & Policy

Dr. J. P. Gupta, Co-chairman,Renewable&AlternateEnergyCommittee,PHD Chamber delivered the formal vote-of-thanksattheinauguralsession.The Conference had three technical

sessionswhichwereaddressedbyeminentspeakers both from the government andprivatesector.

Official State Delegation to Singapore

The Punjab Chapter, PHD Chamberwas a part of the official StatedelegationledbyMr.ManpreetSingh

Badal,Hon’bleMinister of Finance,Govt.of Punjab and senior officials fromGovt.of Punjab to Singapore, September 3-5,2018. The delegation members includedMr. R. S. Sachdeva, Chairman, PunjabChapter,Mr.KaranGilhotra,Co-chairman,Punjab Chapter and Dr. Ranjeet Mehta,PrincipalDirector,PHDChamber.

PHDChamberorganizedanInvestors’Meet in Singapore which was attendedby around 25 investors from Singaporeat Marina Convention Centre, Singaporeon September 4, 2018. Many investorssubmitted investment proposals to theGovt.ofPunjabduringthemeet.OnSeptember3,2018,PHDChamber

delegationledbyMr.R.S.Sachdevametwith the Board of Directors of SingaporeIndianChamberofCommerceandIndustry

Esteemed Dignitaries

(SICCI) and alsoMr. PrasoonMukherjee,Vice Chairman, SICCI apart from otherBoardofDirectors.Mr. Sachdeva invited SICCI tomount

a delegation to PITEX in Amritsar fromDecember 6-10, 2018. Mr. PrasoonMukherjee agreed to mount a delegationto PITEX and proposed to sign a MoUwithPHDChamberon the requestofMr.SachdevaandMr.KaranGilhotra.


International Conference on Changing Landscape of Alternative Dispute Resolution in India

The Taskforce on Arbitration andDispute Resolution, PHD Chamberorganizedaninternationalconference

on ‘Changing Landscape of AlternativeDisputeResolutioninIndia’onOctober6,2018atPHDHouse,NewDelhi.JusticeVikramajitSen,FormerJudge,

SupremeCourtofIndiawhileinauguratingthe conference, praised the Chamber’sinitiative of having an Arbitration &Mediation Centre with its own rules. Heemphasized that the issues of the seatof Arbitration and Jurisdiction should behighlighted in the Arbitration clause ofthe Chamber. He further pointed out thatit is through Arbitration process, mostof the commercial disputes could beamicablysettled,providedtheclausesanddetails of arbitration process are laid outcomprehensively.Guest of Honour, Justice S Ravindra

Bhat of Delhi High Court called for“Institutional Arbitration” as the preferredmode for settling up of commercialdisputesurging India Inc. toavoidoptingfor adhoc arbitration. He also advisedthe business communities to adoptonline arbitration and use of InnovativeTechnologytocutdiscoveryandvolumesof documentation. Justice Bhat alsostressed that Arbitral innovation such as“Emergency Arbitration” should also beadopted widely by business houses totimelyresolvetheirdisputesforawin-winsituation.JusticeHimaKohli,Judge,DelhiHigh

Court expressedher viewson the theme- “Institutional Arbitration around the

World”.Shealsospokeondifferentwaysandmeanstheworldisadoptingtomakethedecisionprocesseasyandconvenient.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Judge,

Delhi High Court along with Mr. GourabBanerjee, Senior Advocate, SupremeCourt of India; Dr. Aniruddha Rajput,Member International Law Commission,United Nations and Mr. Kirit S. Javali,Partner, Jafa & Javali expressed theirviewson the topic ‘NewYorkConvention& Enforcement of Foreign Awards: AnInternational Perspective - DeliberationsonThe60thAnniversaryofTheNewYorkConvention And Enforcement of ForeignArbitralAwards’.Justice Rajiv Shakdher, Judge, Delhi

High Court along with Mr. Rajeev KVirmani,SeniorAdvocate,SupremeCourtofIndia;Dr.AmanHingorani,MediatorandAdvocate, Supreme Court of India; Mr.Anuroop Omkar, Partner, AK & Partners;Mr. Pulin Kumar, Group Senior Legaland Compliance Director, Adidas Indiadeliberated on ‘Mediation Law in India– The Way Forward’. Justice Shakdheralso explained that mediation offers anopportunitytoimprovecasemanagement/resolution and client satisfaction. Casessuitable for mediation are disputes incommercial transactions, personal injury,construction, workers compensation,labororcommunityrelations,etc.Mr. Rajeev Talwar, President, PHD

Chamber welcomed the dignitaries andexplainedthatcurrentlyglobalbusinessisgetting integratedwith risingcomplexitiesand Institutional Arbitration would be a

stepintherightdirection.Mr. D. K. Aggarwal, Senior Vice

President, PHD Chamber added thatArbitration is the right process to resolveemerging business issues and cross-bordertransactions.Ms. Priya Hingorani, Chairperson,

Taskforce on ADR, PHD Chamberintroduced the Rules for Mediation,ArbitrationandConciliationofthePHDCCICentre for International Arbitration &Conciliation and Mediation. The rulesfor conducting Arbitration and MediationwerealsoreleasedbytheJudgesandtheLeadershipofPHDChamber.Other speakers included Mr. A.K.

Ganguli, Senior Advocate, SupremeCourt of India; Mr. Martin F. Gusy,Partner and International Arbitrator, K&LGates;Ms.Maria Rubert, Partner, UnitedAdvocates, UAE; Mr. Manish Lamba,Senior Vice President, DLF Cyber CityDevelopers Limited; Mr. Ratan K Singh,Chairman(India), Society of ConstructionLaw, UK; Mr. Parvesh Kheterpal, HeadLegal- EPC&Solar, LancoGroup; Dr. S.B. Saraswat, Resident Director, Danieli-Corus, Netherlands; Mr. Rohit Singhal,CEO, Masin Projects Private Limited andDr. Jatinder Singh,Director, Taskforce onArbitration and Dispute Resolution, PHDChamber.The conference also discussed

Institutional Arbitrations which carriesan advantage of providing a clear set ofArbitration rules and timeliness for theconductofArbitration.

Dr. Jatinder Singh, Director, PHD Chamber; Mr. Alok B Shriram, Chairman and Managing Director of DCM Hyundai Limited; Mr. Gopal Jiwarajka, Managing Director, Salora International Ltd; Mr. Rajeev Talwar, President, PHD Chamber, Justice Vikramajit Sen, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India; Justice S. Ravindra Bhat, Judge, High Court of Delhi; Mr. D.K Aggarwal, Sr. Vice President, PHD Chamber and Ms. Priya Hingorani, Chairperson, Taskforce on ADR, PHD Chamber


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Swachhata Pakhwada

PHD Chamber with the support ofMinistryofFoodProcessingIndustryorganized a ‘Food Safety and

Cleanliness Awareness Session’ for theStreetFoodvendorsundertheaegisofthe‘MOFPI SwachhtaPakhwada’ onOctober26,2018atJagatRamPark,LaxmiNagar,New Delhi. The awareness campaignwasattendedby80vendors.Thetrainingon cleanliness was given by Ms. SonaSharma,Trainer,QCI&Mr.MukulGupta,Trainer, Indraprastha Academy. Thevendors took a pledge for maintainingcleanliness. After the training, a Hygienekitwasdistributedtoall thevendorswhohadparticipated in thecampaign.Thekitcontainedanapron,haircap,soapandacardcontaininginformationoncleanliness.The campaign was chaired by Mr.

Santosh Pal, Nigam Parshad, LaxmiNagarandMs.Chhavi,Adhyaksh,MahilaMandal,LaxmiNagar.

Swachhata Pakhwada

Under the aegis of ‘MOFPISwachhtaPakhwada’, PHD Chamber withthe support of Ministry of Food

Processing Industryorganized itssecondawareness session on ‘Food Safety AndCleanliness’ on October 31, 2018 atRajkeyaSarvodayaCo-EducationSchool,Shahpur Jat,NewDelhi. The awarenesssessionwasattendedby63HomeSciencestudentsof classXth andXIIth and threeHomeScienceteachers.The awareness regarding the subject

was provided by Mr. Vishnu Srivastava,FOSTACTrainer,QCIandMr.MukulGupta,Trainer, Indraprastha Academy, Noida.Mr.Srivastavasharedsomecasestudiesregarding food and food adulteration.During the awareness drive, a pledge oncleanliness was taken by all the schoolchildren,teachers,trainersandorganizers.ThechildrenwereencouragedtokeeptheirclassroomsandHomeSciencelabsclean.After the awareness event, hygiene

kits containing an apron, hair cap andsoap were distributed to all students ofhome science who participated in theprogramme.

Ms.SonaSharma,Trainer,QCI

Mr.MukulGupta,Trainer,IndraprasthaAcademy,Noida


CCI 2nd Road Show on Competition Law: National Conference on Bid Rigging and Public Procurement

The Competition Commission ofIndia (CCI) organized a NationalConferenceonBidRiggingandPublic

Procurement on November 5, 2018 atNewDelhi.Mr.ArunJaitley,Hon’bleUnionMinisterof FinanceandCorporateAffairsinauguratedtheconference.PHDChamberwas one of the Associate Partners withCCIfortheprogramme.

Mr. Arun Jaitley, Hon’ble Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs addressing the audience along with the other dignitaries

Mr. Anil Khaitan, Immediate Former President, PHD Chamber addressing the audience along with the other dignitaries

housesessionattheRoadShowaimedtoequiptheparticipantsaboutthechangingdimensionsofcompetition lawespeciallyof bid rigging in public procurement,cartelsandleniency.Thediscussionsalsoaimed to provide solutions to check bidrigginginpublicprocurement.

Mr. Anil Khaitan, Immediate FormerPresident,PHDCCIwasoneoftheeminentspeakersat thesecond technicalsessionon‘OpenHouseonBidRigging,Cartels&Leniency’.The conference highlighted that

publicprocurementconstitutesaround30percentofIndia’sGDPandisakeyfocusarea of competition advocacy. The open


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E-Waste Mass Awareness Programme through Ad Film

In collaboration with the Ministry ofElectronicsandIT(MeitY),PHDChamberconductedanE-WasteMassAwarenessProgramme through Ad Film in theatresto spread awareness on E-Waste and itssafe disposal. The Campaign started onSeptember 22, 2018 and concluded onNovember5,2018(45days).Under theCampaign, the Ministryof

Electronics and IT (MeitY) supported theChamberwith80%grantoftotaloutlaytobroadcast the E-Waste Ad Film in 1998theatresof24StatesandUTs.

Ad Film in Multiple LanguagesAnE-WasteMassAwarenessAdFilm

was broadcast in 10 different languagesthatincludedEnglish,Hindi,Telugu,Tamil,Punjabi,Gujarati,Marathi,Dogri/Kashmiri,KannadaandMalayalam.

Institutional Participation for Research ActivitiesInstitutions from 19 States & UTs

participatedintheResearchActivityoftheCampaign to collect feedbacks from theviewers who watched the Ad film in thetheatres.

Key Partners During 2nd Phase:Key Partners during the Campaign

wereMinistryofElectronics& IT (MeitY)and Ministry of Environment, Forest &ClimateChange(MoEF&CC).

Agencies Involved:a) Broadcaster of Ad film: UFO Moviez

The DAVP empanelled broadcastingagency involved in this campaign wasUFOMoviezIndiaLimited.Theagencyhadbeen selected as the broadcaster of Ad

film and is India’s largest satellite baseddigital cinema distribution network andin-cinemaadvertisingplatformintermsofnumberofscreens.b)Creator of the Ad film: Indian Television

Company

The DAVP empanelled in theadvertisingagencyusedinthiscampaignwas IndianTelevisionCompany to createtheAd filmonE-WasteMassAwarenessCampaign.

Impact Study of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting:AspertheImpactStudyofMinistryof

Information and Broadcasting, the reachduringtheCampaignwasasfollows:• Actual Reach Per Day- Rs. 31.73 Lakhs

• Actual Reach Phase II (45 Days)-Rs.14.28Crore

Seminar on Women in Family Run Businesses

Ms. Suneeta Trivedi, IPS (Retd), Indian Postal Services and Board Member, WCD Committee; CA Rachita Mantry, Partner, Legal Quotient Consultants; Dr. Aruna Abhey Oswal, Chairperson, Abhey Oswal Group; Mr. D. K. Aggarwal, Sr. Vice President, PHD Chamber; Ms. Anuradha Goel, Chairperson, Women & Child Development Committee; Ms. Sushma Berlia, President, Apeejay Stya & Svrán Group; Mr. Anil Khaitan, Former President, PHD Chamber; Ms. Surbhi Mittal, Executive Director, Sonalika Group and Ms. Priyanka Malhotra, Director- HRD, Nipman Fasteners

The Women and Child DevelopmentCommittee,PHDChamberorganizedaseminaron‘WomeninFamilyRun

Businesses’ on November 12, 2018 atPHD House, New Delhi. The objectivewastolearnaboutthesuccessstoriesofthese leading women entrepreneurs andtheir roles and responsibilities and thechallengesfacedbythemintakingforwardthefamilybusiness.Eminent speakers included Mr. D.

K. Aggarwal, Sr. Vice President, PHD

Chamber;Mr.AnilKhaitan,ImmediatePastPresident, PHD Chamber; Ms. AnuradhaGoel, Chairperson, Women & ChildDevelopment Committee; Ms. SuneetaTrivedi,IPS(Retd),IndianPostalServicesandBoardMember,WCDCommittee;Ms.Sushma Berlia, President, Apeejay Stya& Svrán Group; Dr. Aruna Abhey Oswal,Chairperson, Abhey Oswal Group; Ms.SurbhiMittal,ExecutiveDirector,SonalikaGroup; CA Rachita Mantry, Partner,Legal Quotient Consultants and Ms.

PriyankaMalhotra,Director,HRD,NipmanFasteners.Speakers were of the view that

the economy is creating a substantialenvironment for organizations andindustries, forcing every country to staycompetitive. These changes are possiblenot only through economic growth butsustainedeconomicgrowth.Amajortaskis to stimulate the people to undertakeproductiveeconomicactivity.


Seminar on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace and Bringing Industry Closer to Talent Opportunities - NCS Portal

Mr. Subhash Jagota, Jabro Advertising & Marketing Pvt. Ltd.; Ms. Seema Trikha, Member of Legislative Assembly, Haryana Vidhan Sabha; Mr. Ravi Wig, Chairman, IR & HR Committee, PHD Chamber and Ms. Priya Khanna, Advocate

PHD Chamber jointly with KASorganized a seminar on ‘SexualHarassmentofWomenatWorkplace

and Bringing Industry Closer to TalentOpportunities–NCSPortal’onNovember16,2018atLemonTreeHotel,Gurgaon.Ms. Seema Trikha, Member of

LegislativeAssembly,Haryanainauguratedthe seminar. Ms. Trikha in her addressstatedthatbeingagirlisnotapunishmentratherwemust be proud of being a girl.Shesaidthatwomencontributemorethanmen in the society. She also referred totheirrationalandundesirablebehaviourofmen in and outside homes, which everysecondgirlhastofaceinherroutinelife.She asserted that the victims of sexualharassmentaremostlygirls/womenwhichindicatesthatitisnotsafeforgirlstomoveout of their houses as they are harassedeverywherebeitaneducationalinstituteorworkplace. A littleschoolgoinggirloramiddleagedladyaresameintheeyesofharassers. Sheemphasized that thisevilcanbechallengedbydisseminatingproperinformation, education and by makingwomenfinancially independent.Moreoverwomenshouldalsoeducatetheirsonstorespectgirls like theirsisters,she furtheradded.Mr. Ravi Wig, Chairman, IR and

HR Committee, PHD Chamber in hisintroductory remarks said that it is theduty of all to create a clean environmentforwomensothattheycanalsocontributetheir share in growth of family, society

and the country. He opined that womenshould be respected as a mother andvarious forms of Devi, as worshipped inourculture.TechnicalIssuesonsexualharassment

of women at workplace were addressedby Ms. Priya Khanna, Advocate, andMs. Shikha Anand, Director, DirectorateGeneralofEmployment,MinistryofLabourand Employment. Ms. Bhawna Singhal,Project Manager, Directorate Generalof Employment, Ministry of Labour andEmployment made a presentation onhowemployerscanmakeuseofNationalCareerService(NCS).Ms.PriyaKhanna,Advocatediscussed

the history of the law and provisions ofpresent lawwhichwas enacted in 2013.She stated that the guidelines by theSupremeCourt inVishakacasehavenotbeen followedby theGovernment,Publicor Private sector employers. But afterenactment of law in 2013, all employerswhoemploy10ormorepersonsneedtoset up an Internal Complaint Committeewith a senior lady officer as a PresidingOfficer and amember from an NGO andalso other members with knowledgeof law and committed to the cause ofwomen.Womenshouldformthemajorityin the Internal Complaint Committee.Ms. Khanna mentioned that when anycomplaint is received by an employer orthrough any member of the ComplaintCommittee, it should be addressed andinvestigated.Enquirymustbeheldbased

onestablishedprinciplesofnaturaljustice.Every organization must have a policyon prevention, prohibition and redressalof sexual harassment and organizeprogrammes for members of InternalComplaint Committee to keep themupdated of the requirements. Employersmust fill in annual returns and also sendthe intimation to the government on thecomplaints received and action taken ontheComplaint.Ms. Shikha Anand and Ms. Bhawna

Singhal gave a presentation on NationalCareer Service (NCS). They furtherstated that the Portal (www.ncs.gov.in)is an initiative by the Directorate Generalof Employment, Ministry of Labour andEmployment (MoLE) which bringstogether job seekers and employers andaims to provide employers with suitablecandidates. This is a common platformthat brings together stakeholders like jobseekers, employers, counsellors, localserviceproviders, trainersandplacementorganizations to facilitate convergence ofinformation andcreate synergies throughthese associations. National CareerService(NCS) isaone-stopsolution thatprovidesawidearrayofemploymentandcareerrelatedservicestocitizensofIndia.

For assistance, please call on NCS Toll Free Number 1800-425-1514, or contact us on [email protected],Consultant IRandHR,

PHD Chamber proposed the vote-of-thankstotheguests.


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Interactive Session with The Delegation from Houston, USA

Mr. Sanjay Ramabhadran, Board of Director, METRO; Mr. Josh Davis, Director, International Trade, Greater Houston Partnership; Dr. Ranjeet Mehta, Principal Director, PHD Chamber; H.E. Mr. Sylvester Turner, Mayor, City of Houston; Mr. Sanjeev Agrawal, Chairman, Hydrocarbons Committee and Mr. Pawan K. Tibrawalla, Co-chairman, Hydrocarbons Committee, PHD Chamber

Participants

The Hydrocarbons & America’sCommittee, PHD Chamber jointlyorganized an interactive session

with a delegation from Houston, US onNovember14,2018atPHDHouse,NewDelhi.Thesessionwasattendedbymorethan100delegatesfromdifferentpartsofthecountryandwashighlyappreciatedbytheIndustry.H.E. Mr. Sylvester Turner, Mayor,

City of Houston, leader of the delegationin his address stated that Houston isproposing the city’s transformation interms of its infrastructure with public-private-partnership utilizing the help ofmultilateral funding agencies. He urgedIndia Inc. to partner with its counterpartat Houston and collaborate with them

includingtheGovernmentofHoustonwiththe confluence of inbound and outboundcapital and technology and tools andequipment. Mr. Turner also pointed outthe areas for joint cooperation betweenIndiaandHouston,suchashydrocarbons,construction, renewables, healthcare,infrastructure-roads,airports&seaportsincludingrailwaysandwaterways.Other speakers included Mr. Josh

Davis,Director,InternationalTrade,GreaterHouston Partnership and Mr. SanjayRamabhadran,BoardofDirector,METRO.Mr. Sanjeev Agrawal, Chairman,

Hydrocarbons Committee, PHD Chamberin his address stated that Texas, thesecondlargestexporterofgoodstoIndiaand the fourth largest importer of Indian

goods,hasbecomeapremierdestinationfor global investments. Strong trade tiesbetweenIndiaandtheStateofTexasinkeysectors such as hydrocarbons, energy,technology and agriculture have becomecriticalforbuildingabrightfutureforboththecountries.Mr. Pawan K. Tibrawalla, Co-

chairman, Hydrocarbons Committee,PHD Chamber delivered the formal vote-of-thanks to the guests. Dr. RanjeetMehta, Principal Director, PHD Chamberconcluded by pointing out that ourcurrent deep relationships with Houston,Texasarealigningeconomically&willbeenormouslybeneficialforbothcountries.


Workshop on Bulk Utilization of Crop Residue for Economic and Environmental Sustainability

Ms. Kanchan Zutshi, Secretary, PHD Chamber; Dr. SK Goyal, Sr. Principal Scientist & Head, CSIR-NEERI Delhi Zonal Centre; Mr. Varun Gupta, Chairman, Water & Solid Waste Management Committee, PHD Chamber; Dr. Bhure Lal, Chairman, EPCA and Hon’ble Member, Supreme Court Monitoring Committee; Mr. V.N. Kale, Additional Commissioners, Dept. of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare; Dr. Indra Mani Mishra, Head, Division of Agriculture Engineering and Mr. Sandeep Gupta, Business Head – Crop Solutions, CNH Industrial India Pvt. Ltd.

The Environment and Water & SolidWaste Management Committee,PHD Chamber organized a

workshop on ‘Bulk Utilization of CropResidue forEconomicandEnvironmentalSustainability’ on November 16, 2018 atPHDHouse,NewDelhi.Mr. Varun Gupta, Chairman, Water

& Solid Waste Management Committeestated that burning of crop residuesleads to release of soot particles andsmokecausinghumanandanimalhealthproblems. It also leads to emission ofgreenhousegasesnamelycarbondioxide,methane and nitrous oxide, causingglobalwarmingand lossof variousplantnutrients.Theburningofcropresiduesisa wastage of valuable resources whichcould be a source of carbon, bio-activecompounds, feed and energy for ruralhouseholdsandsmallindustries.Dr. S K Goyal, Sr. Principal Scientist

& Head, CSIR-NEERI Delhi Zonal Centrementionedthatrisinglevelofcropresiduesurplusonaccountofhighercropbiomassproduction,posesagreatchallengeforitseffective and efficient management. Healsostatedthatsuitablestrategiesneedtobedevisedforitson-farmutilization,whichinteraliaincludesproperincorporationanddecomposition so as to supply organicmatter for improving the soil physic-chemicalandbiologicalproperties.Dr. IndraManiMishra,Head,Division

of Agriculture Engineering said, “Iffamers can use the Paddy Straws forsoil fertility enhancement purpose, thanitwilldefinitelyreducetheadditionalcoston fertilizers, which will ultimately savefarmers money”. He said crop residues

canbeafeedstockforcompositeproductssuch as fibreboard, paper, liquid fuelsand others. Several straw-to-fiber boardbusinessventureshaveemergedinrecentyears with mixed success. Likewise,crops residues have been investigatedasafeedstockforpulpformakingpaper.Conservativeestimatesindicatethatthereare enough crop residues to expand thesupply of papermaking fiber by up to 40percent.”Mr.V.N.Kale,AdditionalCommissioner,

DepartmentofAgriculture,Cooperation&FarmersWelfaresaidlastyearthatoutof20million tonnesofpaddystraws,about17 million tonnes were burnt, but thisyear it was around 13-15million tonnesandthisneedstostop.HealsomentionedthatstubbleburninginneighbouringstatescombinedwithotherfactorsinDelhisuchasvehicularemissions,industrialpollutionandsmokefromfirecrackersaroundDiwaliplague the national capital’s air qualityeveryyear.Thisyear too,pollution levelsspikedtosevere-plusemergencylevels.Dr. Bhure Lal, Chairman, EPCA

and Hon’ble Member, Supreme CourtMonitoring Committee pointed out that“there isaneed tobringachange in thementality of people so that they look atthe alternatives to this practice.”He alsomentioned that younger generation wasreadytolookforalternatives,buttheoldergenerationstillwantedtostickwithstubbleburning.“It takesaperiodof45daysforpaddy straw to decompose completelyandthenbeusedasfertilizer,butfarmersusuallyhavejust25days,ifwesucceedinreducingthisperiodof45daysto25days,our problems related to stubble burningwillbesolved”theEPCAChairmansaid.

Dr. J.S. Samra, Senior Adviser(Renewable Energy Programme), CRRID,Chandigarhinhisaddresson“BioCNGandBioManureProductions”said in thenearfuture, vehicleswould run onCNG. “TheGovernment of India has earmarked Rs7,000crorebudgetin2018-19forsettingup marketing infrastructure for bio-CNG.IndianOilCorporationLimitedhasalreadysigned a memorandum of understandingwiththePunjabGovernmentforsettingup400plantsinthestatefortheproductionofbio-CNGfrompaddystraw,”hedisclosed.Dr.NitinLabhsetwar,ChiefScientistand

Head Energy and ResourceManagementDivision,CSIR-NEERIsaidthatIndiabeinga agriculture based country, generatesmore than 600 million tons of biomasswaste fromdifferent crops andproduces140 million tons of rice straw annually.Todisposethericestrawformakingfieldready for next crop, farmers are burningit in the fields. The burning of rice strawposes lot of environmental, health andeconomic issues in India. On one hand,ricestraw isagoodsourceof renewableenergy but on the other it has got someinherent problems. Therefore, to mitigatethe problems due to the burning of ricestraw, rice straw can be converted intousefulproductbytorrefactionprocessi.e.biocoal.InIndia,generallybituminouscoalofgrosscalorificvalue(GCV) inrangeof3500-4000Kcal/kg anddensity 800-900kg/m3isusedinthethermalpowerplantsforgenerationofelectricity.Ms. Kanchan Zutshi, Secretary, PHD

Chamber proposed a formal vote-of-thankstotheguests.


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National Seminar on Entrepreneurship & Business Development in Ayurveda

Mr. Shripad Yesso Naik, Hon’ble Minister of State (I.C) Ministry of AYUSH,; Dr. Manoj Nesari, Advisor, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India; Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Ayog; Mr. Mahesh Sharma, Hon’ble Minister of State (I.C) for Culture, Minister of State for Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Mr. Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India and Mr. P. N. Ranjit, Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH

Mr. Pradeep Multani, Chairman, AYUSH Committee, PHD Chamber addressing the delegates at the plenary session

Mr. Prashant Tondon, CEO, 1mg.com addressing the delegates at the Business Development Session

PHDChambersupported theMinistryof AYUSH for celebrating NationalAyurveda Day with a national

seminaron ‘Entrepreneurship&BusinessDevelopmentinAyurveda’onNovember4,2018atNewDelhi.Eminent dignitaries included Mr.

Shripad Yesso Naik, Hon’ble Ministerof State (IC) for AYUSH; Dr. MaheshSharma,Hon’bleMinisterofState(IC)forCulture, Minister of State for Ministry ofEnvironment,ForestandClimateChange;Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog; Mr.VaidyaRajeshKotecha,Secretary,Ministry

ofAYUSH;Mr.P.N.Ranjit,JointSecretary,Ministry of AYUSH; Dr. Manoj Nesari,Advisor, Ministry of AYUSH;Mr. PradeepMultani, Chairman, AYUSH Committee,PHDChamber;Mr.PrashantTondon,CEO,1mg.com and Mr. Arvind Varchaswi, SriSriAyurveda.

Mr. Pradeep Multani, Chairman,AYUSH Committee, PHD Chamber urgedyoungentrepreneurstocomeforwardandcreate a business demand for Ayurvedasector and added that the conferencewill encourage young entrepreneurs touse modern technologies and highlightopportunitiesatthegloballevel.On November 5, 2018 the Ministry

of AYUSH, Govt. of India celebratedDhanvantaridivasandfelicitatedawardeesandnationalquizwinnersontheoccasion.


Eminent dignitaries present atthe Awards Ceremony were Dr. HarshVardhan, Hon’ble Minister of Science &Technology, Ministry of Environment,Forest and Climate Change and MinistryofEarthScience;Mr.ShripadYessoNaik,Hon’bleMinisterofState (IC) forAYUSH;Mr. Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary,Ministry of AYUSH; Mr. Pramod KumarPathak, Additional Secretary, Ministry ofAYUSH; Mr. P. N. Ranjit, Joint Secretary,Ministry of AYUSH; Dr. Manoj Nesari,Advisor, Ministry of AYUSH; Dr. V.K.Paul,Advisor,NITIAayogandMr.VaidyaDevendeaTriugna,AyurvedicPhysician.

Mr. Pramod Kumar Pathak, Additional Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India addressing the delegates

PCOS Seminar with Clinical Approach in Homoeopathy

Mr. Sanjeev Chawla, President, Dr. Lal Singh’s Foundation, Dr. Lal Singh, Founder of Dr. Lal Singh’s Foundation, Dr. K.K. Juneja, Chairman, Delhi Homeopathic Board, Dr. Girish Gupta, MD, Homoepathic Physcian, Dr. Aditya Kaushik, Delhi Homeopathic Board and Dr. Ashok Kumar, MD, PHD, Director, Lok Nayak Hospital

PHD Chamber in collaboration withDr.LalSingh’sFoundationorganizeda seminar on PCOS with Clinical

ApproachinHomeopathyonOctober14,2018atPHDHouse,NewDelhi.Eminentspeakers includedDr.AshokKumar,MD,PHD, Director, Lok Nayak Hospital; Dr.GirishGupta,MD,HomoepathicPhyscian;Dr. Sanjeev Chawla, President, Dr. LalSingh’s Foundation; Dr. K.K. Juneja,Chairman,Delhi Homeopathic Board andDr. Aditya Kaushik, Delhi HomeopathicBoard.Mr. Sanjeev Chawla, President, Dr.

LalSingh’sFoundationandDr.LalSingh,Founder of Dr. Lal Singh’s Foundationeducated everyone about PolycysticOvarian Syndrome (PCOS) and howhomeopathy can play a major role incuringailments.PolycysticOvarianSyndrome(PCOS)

is a complex metabolic, endocrine

and reproductive disorder affectingapproximately5-10percentof the femalepopulation in the developed countries.DevelopingcountrieslikeChinaandIndia,undergoing rapid nutritional transitionsduetowesterniseddietsandlifestylealsoindicate similar prevalence. Its clinicalcharacteristicsincludehyperandrogenism,

chronicanovulation,insulinresistanceandinfertility. It remains a syndrome and, assuch,nosinglediagnosticcriterion(suchashyperandrogenismorPCO)issufficientfordiagnosis.There are few reports indicating the

usefulnessofhomoeopathictreatment.


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Conference on Pharmacy to E-Wellness Store

Mr. Ashwini Kumar, Chief Promotor, Pharma Solution; Mr. Ameesh Masurekar, Director, AIOCD-AWACS; Mr. K R Chawla, Assistant Drug Controller, CDSCO; Mr. Rampat, Team leader, Top Retailers Group Delhi; Mr. Shivek Dhar, National Pharmacy Channel Manager, Hindustan Unilever and Ms. Ashwini Sadhawarte, Skin Category Specialist HUL R&D

PHD Chamber in association withAIOCD Pharmasofttech AWACSPvt. Ltd. & Chemistlink organized a

conference on Pharmacy to E-WellnessStoreonOctober29,2018atPHDHouse,New Delhi. The objective was to shareinformationandbestpracticesconcerningmonitoringandinsuringsafetyfromonlinewebsitessellingdrugs.

Eminent dignitaries included Mr.Ashwini Kumar, Chief Promotor, PharmaSolution;Mr.AmeeshMasurekar,Director,AIOCD-AWACS;Mr.KRChawla,AssistantDrug Controller, CDSCO; Mr. Rampat,Teamleader,TopRetailersGroupDelhi;Mr.Shivek Dhar, National Pharmacy ChannelManager, Hindustan Unilever and Ms.Ashwini Sadhawarte, Retail PharmacyOwner.Mr. K. R. Chawla, Assistant Drug

Controller from CDSCO addressed thedelegateson‘RetailTradePerspectiveandChallenges’facedbythePharmaretailers.

He also focused on online pharmacychallenges and opportunities and addedthat strict regulations are required tocontrol the irrational usage of onlinepharmacymedicines.Mr. Shivek Dhar, National Pharmacy

Channel Manager, Hindustan Unilevertalked about the current pharma retailersituation,pharmaretailmarketandonlinepharmacy. He added the possibilitiesfor pharma retailers to be an E-WellnessStoreapartfromonlypharmacyshopandpharmaretailstore.


Round Table Discussion with ASOP Global Delegation on Online Pharmacy-Challenges and Opportunities

Mr. P.K. Dutta, Managing Director, Systopic Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Bejon Kumar Misra, Chairman, Task Force on Consumer Affairs & Public Health, PHD Chamber, Mr. Atul Nasa, Deputy Drug Controller, Controlling & Licensing Authority, Drugs Control Department, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal, Vice President, PHD Chamber, Mr. Jeffrey Gren, ASOP Global Board Member, ASOP Global, Mr. B.R. Sikri, President, FOPE and Mr. Vivek Seigell, Principal Director, PHD Chamber

Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal, Vice President, PHD Chamber, Mr. Jeffrey Gren, ASOP Global Board Member, ASOP Global, Mr. B.R. Sikri, President, FOPE and Mr. Vivek Seigell, Principal Director, PHD Chamber

PHDChamber inassociationwith theFOPE & Patient Safety and AccessInitiativeofIndiaFoundationorganized

a round table discussion with ASOPGlobal Delegation on Online Pharmacy-Challenges&OpportunitiesonOctober30,2018atPHDHouse,NewDelhi.Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal, Vice President,

PHD Chamber stated that India currentlyhasover8,50,000independentpharmacyretail stores that endeavour to meetthe overall demand. These traditionalBrick and Mortar retail pharmacies arecurrentlyresponsiblefor99percentofthepharmaceuticalsalesannuallywithonlinepharmacycontributingtoonlyonepercentofthetotaltherapeuticsales.Mr. Jeffrey Gren, ASOP Global

Board Member, ASOP Global gave abrief presentation about Global IllegalInternetDrugSalesProblemandallglobalactivitiesofASOPand initiatives in India.ThecoreobjectivesofASOPGlobal IndiaDelegation trip was to share informationonASOPGlobal tools toprotectpatients,spreadconsumerawarenessandconductresearch.The major goal and objective of

ASOP Global is to promote cooperationofgovernmentregulatorsandgovernmentlaw enforcement, private sectorstakeholdersandrelatedindustryforsafeinternetdrugsales.Mr.B.R.Sikri,President,FOPEthanked

ASOP Global delegation to have comeall theway to India tomeet Governmentregulators, Industry people andAssociations forproviding informationononlinepharmacyandexpressedhisviewsaboutonlinepharmacyandsaid that thisindustryisalifescienceindustryandnota

commodityindustryasitisassociatedwithhealth of the people.He further said thatas theworld is sourcing finished dosageformsfromIndia,Indiaiscalled‘pharmacyoftheworld’(GlobalPharmacy).He further added that regulatory

interventionsare increasingday-by-daywhichisamainbottleneckforthegrowthofpharmaindustryinIndia.Healsotalkedabout thedangerofonlinepharmacy likehigh chances of abuse, fake prescriptioncan be created, scan signature has noauthentication, online pharmacy can alsolead to black marketing with sky highdiscount schemes, multiple dispensing,high risk of self-medication, non-compliance,easyaccessibilitytomentallyillpatients,etc.Mr.AtulNasa,DeputyDrugController,

Controlling & Licensing Authority, DrugsControlDepartment,Govt.ofNCTofDelhisaidthatin2016whenthesystemstarted,the Government of India constituted acommittee to regulate online pharmacy

whereDr.S.EswaraReddy,coordinatorsof5stateDrugControllersand17stakeholderswerepresent.Noonewasagainstonline pharmacy, everybody suggestedthat it should be there but followed bystrictregulationsandwellinplacesothatitshouldbecontrolled.There were some concerns which

IDMA proposed to be included innotificationlikeGoodDistributionPracticesand Good Storage Practices mainly forcold chain products and Substitutionshouldnotbeallowed.He further added that as a regulator,

our role is whatever rules are finalized,they should be strictly implemented tobe successful and consumer awarenessis also one of themajor factors for safeonlinepharmacy.Mr. Bejon Kumar Misra, Chairman,

TaskForceonConsumerAffairs&PublicHealth, PHD Chamber gave an insightaboutonlinepharmacy.Mr. P. K. Dutta, Managing Director,

SystopicLaboratoriesPvt.Ltd.sharedhisviews about local retail pharmacy storesandtheirworkoperation.Eminent dignitaries present were

senior office bearers of FOPE like Mr.N.S. Bhatia, Mr. Subhash Malhotra, Mr.J.S.Chauhan,Mr.B.K.GuptaandMr.P.P.Sharma,Advisor, FOPE&RetiredDeputyDrugControllerofDelhi;Mr.AshokMadan,Executive Director, IDMA and delegatesfromdruggistandchemistassociations.Mr. Vivek Seigell, Principal Director,

PHDChamberaddedthatwehavetobraceup together for facing new challengesand have to prepare the framework forlegitimatee-pharmacies.


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Startup Business Connect Summit

Mr. Saket Dalmia, Chairman, YBLF felicitating Dr. Anurag Batra, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, BW BusinessWorld

Dr. Anurag Batra addressing the delegates

Dr. Jatinder Singh, Director, PHD Chamber; Mr. Saurabh Kaushik, Founder, Peopleist India; Mr. Rahul Singh, Founder & CEO, Beer Café; Ms. Vineeta Mehra, Deputy Secretary, PHD Chamber; Mr. Deep Bajaj, Founder & CEO, Peebuddy; Mr. Vaibhav Singhal, Director, LFW Realty and Mr. Sankalp Agarwal, Founder, Travel Triangle

Ms. Vineeta Mehra; Deputy Secretary; PHD Chamber; Mr. Dhianu Das, VC; Ms. Aditi Pasari, Co-Chairperson; YBLF; . Avelo Roy, Founder, Kolkata Ventures; Mr. Ashish Agrawal, Director, JR Ladha Financial Services Pvt. Ltd; Mr. Amit Singal, Founder, Startup Buddy and Mr. Vineet Sagar, Managing Partner, Venture Garage

The Young Business Leaders Forum(YBLF) and Startup Coaching &Mentoring Cell of PHD Chamber

organized a ‘Startup Business ConnectSummit’ on November 27, 2018 at PHDHouse, New Delhi. The objective wasto provide a platform to entrepreneurs,innovators, venture capitalists,academicians, support groups, businesscoaches and business practitionersto present and discuss innovation andsuccess, also recount their learningexperiences, share their insights andpracticesthathaveenrichedtheirventures.Mr. Saket Dalmia, Chairman, YBLF,

PHDChamberstatedthatentrepreneurshipisvital for jobcreation,economicgrowthand problem-solving. It also reflects asociety’scapacityforboldness,risk-takingand creativity. More specifically, thereis a strong positive correlation betweenentrepreneurship, economic growth andinnovation. He also added that Start-upsneedasupportingeco-systemtonurturethem. He also briefed the audience onvariousinitiativesofYBLF.Dr.AnuragBatra,ChairmanandEditor-

in-Chief, Business World in his keynoteaddresssharedhisentrepreneurialjourneywiththedelegatesandmentionedthatitisimportant to have a rightmentor to giveyoudirection.Headvisedthestart-upstofocusoncustomersandcontinuously trytoimprove.Dr. Jatinder Singh, Director, PHD

Chamber highlighted that New Start-uppolicy of theGovernment has helped thestart-ups in handholding them, ease ofinvestment and has created an interfacebetween academia, industry and start-ups.Headdedthatrisktakingcapacityhasincreased and investors are now lookingout for innovative ideas which providesolutionintoday’stimes.

Panel Discussion 1 - “India: Land of Entrepreneurship”wasmoderatedbyMr.SaurabhKaushik,Founder,PeopleistIndia.Speakers included Dr. Anurag Batra, Mr.SaketDalmiaandDr. JatinderSingh.Thespeakers highlighted on constantly tryingto improve business, keeping it with thetimes and putting full efforts inwhatevertheydoandnotdeviatefromthepath.

Panel Discussion 2 - “Startup to Scaleup” was moderated by Mr.Saurabh Kaushik, Founder, PeopleistIndia.SpeakersincludedMr.RahulSingh,Founder&CEO,BeerCafé;Mr.DeepBajaj,Founder & CEO, Peebuddy; Mr. VaibhavSinghal, Director, LFW Realty and Mr.

SankalpAgarwal,Founder,TravelTriangle.Thespeakersdeliberatedonwhatittakestoscaleupyourstart-upandhighlightedthatitisdifficulttofocusononeideaandfindtherightgapinthemarket,addvaluetothecustomerandbelieveinoneself.

Panel Discussion 3- “Startup Funding- Investor’s Eye” was moderated by Mr.AshishAgrawal,Director,JRLadhaFinancialServicesPvt.Ltd.Speakers includedMr.DhianuDas,VC;Mr.AveloRoy,Founder,KolkataVentures;Mr.VineetSagar,ManagingPartner,VentureGarageandMr.AmitSingal,Founder,StartupBuddy.Thespeakerssharedtheirinsightsonhowstartupsshouldapproachtheinvestors.Thespeakersstressedthatinvestorsarealwayslookingoutforarightideawhichhasthepotentialtogrow.

Ms.AditiPasari,Co-chairperson,YBLF inherclosing remarks thankedalleminentspeakersanddelegatesfortheirparticipation.ShealsothankedtheEventSponsorLalajiDevelopers,SupportingPartnerPeopleistIndiaandtheYBFLAnnualSponsorsEazyERPLtd.;GulshanPolyolsLtd.;MayarGroup,JCOGas&PipeLimitedandPGIndustryLtd.forsupportingtheinitiativesofYBLF.


Interactive Session on Rising Income Disparity-Implications for World Security

Amb K V Rajan, Convenor, PHD Ambassadors’ Economic Forum; Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director General, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER); Dr. Augusto Lopez Claros, Professor at Edmund Walsh-School of Foreign Services, Georgetown University; Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal, Vice President, PHD Chamber and Dr. Surjit Bhalla, a renowned Indian Economist

PHD Ambassadors’ Economic Forumorganized an interactive session on‘Rising IncomeDisparity--ImplicationsforWorld Security’ on November 15, 2018atNewDelhi.AmbKVRajan,Convenor,PHD Ambassadors’ Economic Forummoderatedthesession.Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal, Vice President,

PHD Chamber highlighted that thedistributional effect of economic growthplaysasignificantroleindetermininglong-termsustainabledevelopment trendsandsocio-economicwell-beingofthecitizens.He also mentioned that the governmentcan adopt a package of redistributivemeasures includingmoreprogressive taxsystems that redistribute incomes fairlyand by increasing investments in good-quality, free public services and socialprotectionprogrammes.Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director General,

IndianCouncilforResearchonInternationalEconomic Relations (ICRIER) introducingthe theme, ‘Rising Income Disparity-Implications forWorld Security’ assertedthatweshouldbemoreconcernedaboutthe rising intra-country inequality ratherthan inter-country inequality. He addedthatcapitalismcancontributetothecauseand even facilitate growth if there is anegalitariandistributionofincome.Dr. Augusto Lopez Claros, a

distinguished Economist, with strongWorldBankandIMFcredentials,areputedspecialistonGlobalProsperityissuesanda Professor at Edmund Walsh-School ofForeign Services, Georgetown University

in his theme address discussed theevolution of income disparity and howsome high income countries leveragedtechnology and their high income statusto multiply their GDP. It is important tonote that reduction in world poverty isnot exclusively but greatly a Chinesephenomenon. Elaborating further on thetopic, he mentioned that the combinedGDP of Switzerland and Netherlands isequal to theGDP of Sub-Saharan Africa,while their combined population is 2.6%of Sub-Saharan Africa. It should alsobe noted that while world poverty hasreducedbutpovertyinAfricahasactuallyincreased.Healsosharedanobservationbyone

ofhisIMFcolleaguesthatcurrentlythelowincomecountriesaregrowingattwicetherate of high income countries and if thiscontinues for a longperiod, then the lowincomecountrieswilleventuallycatchup.Basedonthisobservation,therewasalsoanexperimentproposedcalled“Thedirtylittlesecretofdevelopmenteconomics”.Dr.Claroswasoftheviewthattocontrol

therisingdisparity,weneedtoadoptamixoftraditionalandnon-traditionalsolutions.Under traditional solutions, hementionedprogressive taxation and availability ofsocial security net to control inequalitybecause if the labour market laws arerigid, the labourers will move towardsformalization which will lead to higherinequality. One of the non-traditionalpolicies is removalof theenergysubsidyprovidedbythegovernment.In2015,IMFconducted a studywhich showed that 5

trilliondollarsofsubsidywasprovidedbythe government to the energy sector, outofwhich,60%ofthesubsidygoestothetopquartile.Accordingtohim,subsidisingtheenergysector incentivizes itsoveruseand if this subsidy is discontinued, therewillbea20%reductioninglobalwarming.Other non-traditional solutions can betackling the issue of gender inequalityand introducingauniversal levelofbasicincome.He concluded by stating that factors

like difference in the level of education,skillsetsofpeopleandeconomicpoliciescontributetoincreasingincomeinequality.Dr. Surjit Bhalla, a renowned Indian

Economist, in his concluding reflections,raised a question over India not beinggivencreditforitscontributioninbringingdown the levelofglobalpoverty.Healsoagreed with Dr. Claros’s suggestion thatachieving gender equality is the wayforward for reducing income disparity.Dr. Bhalla cautioned not to trust the dataavailable blindly. He stated that we needtoquestiontheoriginofthedatabecausethere have been instances where twodifferent authors used same data butarrived at different results. He supportedhis statement by highlighting an exampleof the different Gini Coefficients derivedby Thomas Piketty, Abhijit Banerjee andLucas Chancel for the same period withsamedata.Amb K V Rajan, Convenor, PHD

Ambassadors’EconomicForumdeliveredtheformalvote-of-thankstotheguests.


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Interactive Session on Equality for Women -A Pre-Requisite for Global Prosperity

Amb K V Rajan, Convenor, PHD Ambassador’s Economic Forum; Mr. Anil Khaitan, Immediate Former President, PHD Chamber; Dr. Augusto Lopez Claros, Professor at Edmund Walsh-School of Foreign Services, Georgetown University; Mr. D K Aggarwal, Senior Vice President, PHD Chamber and Ms. Priya Hingorani, Chairperson, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Cell, PHD Chamber

Discussion Session

PHDAmbassadors’ Economic Forumorganized an interactive session on‘EqualityforWomen–APre-Requisite

for Global Prosperity’ on November 16,2018 at PHD House, New Delhi. Amb KV Rajan, Convenor, PHD Ambassador’sEconomic Forum introduced the subjectandhighlightedthatgenderequalityisthegreatestantidotetopoverty.Mr. D. K. Aggarwal, Senior Vice

President, PHD Chamber mentioned thataccording to the United Nations GenderInequality Index2017, India ranksat127out of 160 countries, faring better thansome of its SAARC counterparts. HebelievesthatforIndiatobeagloballeader,moreconcentratedeffortsare requiredatlocalandnationalleveltobringwomenatparity with men. He also mentioned thatwhileincreasingrepresentationofwomeninpublicspheresisimportant,anattitudinalshift isequallyessentialforwomentobeconsidered as equal within their homesandinsociety.Educatingchildrenfromanearlyageabouttheimportanceofgenderequalitycouldbeameaningfulstartinthedirection.Dr. Augusto Lopez Claros, a

distinguished Economist, a professionalwithstrongWorldBankandIMFcredentials,a reputed specialist on global prosperityissues,andaProfessoratEdmundWalsh-School of Foreign Services, GeorgetownUniversity, in his theme address,mentioned that there is an urgent needto introduce laws aiming at integratingwomeninthelabourforce.Healsotalkedaboutasurveyof6,500companies,which

werethensplitintogroupsonthebasisofnumberofwomenonthecorporateboardanditwasnotedthatthecompanieswithmorewomenonboard are lessprone tocorporategovernancescandalsandfraudswhich ultimately undermines investmentclimateandgrowth.Healsomentionedthatsomecountries

use laws to discriminate against womenandsharedanalarmingfactthattill1970,women in Indonesia were so restrictedthattheyhadtotakepermissionfromtheirhusbandstoopenabankaccount.Alsoina few countries, the law gives control ofhouseholdassetsonlytomen.Dr. Claros concluded that gender

equalitydoesnot involve loss formen, itonlymeansthatwearemovingintoaworldin which the gender doesn’t determine

whether the person should achieve theirfullhumancapability.Mr. Anil Khaitan, Immediate Former

President, PHD Chamber in his addressraised concern on how to bring tomainstream 375 million women in Indiawhoareundertheageof30andwillingtoworkbutareboundbyfamilycultureandstringentlaws.Ms. Priya Hingorani, Chairperson,

Arbitration&DisputeResolutionCell,PHDChamber suggested that to bring aboutgenderequality,thereisaneedtospreadawarenessatthegrassrootslevel.Amb K V Rajan, Convenor, PHD

Ambassador’s Economic Forum,concludedthesessionwithaformalvote-of-thankstotheguests.


National Smart Grid Conclave

Mr. Pankaj Batra, Former Chairman, Central Electricity Authority; Mr. Rajeev Mathur, Chairman, Energy Committee, PHD Chamber; Mr. R P Gupta, IAS, Additional Secretary (TIH/Infra- Energy/IC); Dr. A K Tripathi, Director General, National Institute of Solar Energy and Dr. Ranjeet Mehta, Principal Director, PHD Chamber

The Energy Committee of PHDChamberorganizedaNationalSmartGridConclaveonOctober9,2018at

PHDHouse,NewDelhi.Theconclavewasattended by delegates from industry andotherstakeholders.Chief Guest, Mr. R. P. Gupta, IAS,

Additional Secretary (Energy), NitiAayogmentioned that India’s total powerrequirement by 2030 shall become threetimesbetterasperthepresentrequirementand the government has almostuniversalized the access to electricityto everyone and by March next year,everyonewouldhaveaccesstoelectricityinthecountry.Guest of Honour, Dr. A. K. Tripathi,

DirectorGeneral,NationalInstituteofSolarEnergy(NISE)mentionedthatSmartGridswouldinterfacewithrenewableenergyinabigwayanditshouldbetakenintoaccountthat when we design and operationalize

theseSmartGridsinthefuture,itcouldbeaboonfor theproducersandconsumersof electricity as it reduces distribution oflosses.Mr. Pankaj Batra, Former Chairman,

Central Electricity Authority (CEA) statedthattheGovernmenthassetanambitioustarget of installing Smart meters to theconsumers consuming 200 and aboveunitsofelectricityby2019.Mr.RajeevMathur,Chairman,Energy

Committee,PHDChamberhighlightedthepolicy initiatives of the Government ofIndiasuchaselectricgridmodernization,introduction of Electric Vehicles, greencorridors for high voltage transmissioninterconnectionandintroductionofSmartMeters. This has caught the attentionof global investors and technologycompaniesandIndiaisfastemergingasapreferreddestinationforinvestments.

Dr.RanjeetMehta,PrincipalDirector,PHD Chamber proposed a formal vote-of-thanks and on behalf of the Chamberrequested the government to devise“SmartMicroGridPolicy”and“SeparateTariff Policy” for consumers gettingelectricitythroughsmartgridsparticularlyinsolarandwindsegment.The conclave had two technical

sessions which were addressed byeminentindustryexperts.ThesewereMr.P.K.Goyal,VPandHOD,Automation,NoidaPowerCompanyLtd;Mr.MunishSharma,AssistantVicePresident,BSESRajdhani&YamunaPowerLtd.;Mr.VijayanSR,AsstVicePresident,ABBIndia;Mr.TarunBatra,Head -IT & OT, TPDPDL; Mr. P K Sood,Chairman, Regnant Group; Mr. NeerajKumarSingal,Director,SemcoGroup;Mr.AnilSinghMehta,SeniorManager,SecureMeters and Mr. Boben Anto, Founder,Exactspace.

India inks MoU with Iran to pay crude oil in rupees

MediareportsthatIndiahassignedanagreementwithIrantopayforcrudeoilitimportsfromthePersianGulfnationinrupees.TheMoUwassignedfollowingtheUSlettingIndiaandsevenothernationstokeepbuyingIranianoildespiteimpositionofsanctionsonIran.SourcessaidIndianrefinerswillmakerupeepaymentsinaUCOBankaccountoftheNationalIranianOilCo.HalfofthesefundswouldbeearmarkedforsettlingpaymentsforexportsofIndiangoodstoIran.UnderUSsanctions,Indiacanexportfoodgrains,medicinesandmedicaldevicestoIran.Indiahadwontheexemptionafteritagreedtocutimportsandescrowpayments.Underthe180-dayexemption,Indiaisallowedtoimportamaximumof300,000barrelsadayofcrudeoil.Thiscomparestoanaveragedailyimportofabout560,000barrelsthisyear.India,whichisthesecondbiggestpurchaserofIranianoilafterChina,hassincethenrestricteditsmonthlypurchaseto1.25milliontonsor15milliontonsinayear(300,000barrelsperday),downfrom22.6milliontons(452,000barrelsperday)boughtin2017-18financialyear.


Seminar on RERA Act

Mr. Karan Gilhotra, Co-chairman, Punjab Committee, PHDCCI; Mr. Sanjeev Gupta, Member RERA, Punjab; Mr. Navreet Singh Kang, Chairman, RERA, Punjab; Mr.R.S. Sachdeva, Chairman, Punjab Committee, PHD Chamber; Mr. Manav Gupta, Chairman, Infrastructure Sub Committee, Haryana, PHDCCI and Brig HPS Bedi (Retd) Director, PHD Chamber

PHDChamberorganizedaseminaronRERA Act on October 17, 2018 atPHDHouse,Chandigarh.Mr.Navreet

SinghKang,Chairman,RERA,Punjabwasthe Chief Guest while Mr. Sanjiv Gupta,Member, RERAPunjabwas theGuest ofHonour.Along with the seminar, a small

exhibition was also held at PHD House,Chandigarh.Sixprominentexhibitorsfromtheregionparticipatedinthisexhibitiontoshowcasetheirinnovativeproducts.Morethan 100 prominent builders of Punjab,Chandigarh and Haryana attended theseminar.

Duringthesession,Mr.Kanginteractedwiththebuildersandansweredtheissuesraisedbythem.Mr.ManavGupta,Chairman,InfrastructureSubCommittee,HaryanaChapterofPHDChambermoderatedthesession.BuildersfoundthesessionveryfruitfulasithelpedthemtoclarifytheirdoubtsregardingtheRERAAct.Mr.KaranGilhotra,Co-chairman,PunjabChapter,PHDChamberdeliveredtheformalvote-of-thankstotheguests.Theseminarwas

followedbyanetworkingdinner.

FOCUS STATE : CHANDIGARH

FOCUS STATE : MADHYA PRADESH

Report on Making MSMEs Aware about Industry 4.0 - Food Processing 4.0

Mr. Nitin Aras, Director, ODTIN FOODS SOLUTIONS Pvt Ltd.; Mr. R. G. Dwivedi, Regional Director, PHDCCI MP; Mr. Narayan Agrawal, MD, Agrawal Papad Pvt.Ltd. Indore and Mr. Urvesh Goel, CEO, DYZRUPT Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon

TheMPCommittee of PHDChamberandKonradAdenuerStiftung(KAS)inassociationwiththeMadhyaPradesh

State Skill and Employment GenerationBoard (MPSSDEGB), Govt. of MadhyaPradeshorganizedaworkshopon‘MakingMSMEs Aware about Industry 4.0-FoodProcessing4.0’ onOctober26,2018atBrilliantConventionCenter,Indore.Mr. Urvesh Goel, CEO, DYZRUPT

Technologies New Delhi informed thatall erstwhile industrial revolutions werebased on the concept of miniaturizationofmachines and so is industry 4.0. It isall about data i.e. cyber physical systemwhere smart machines keep gettingsmarteras theygetaccess tomoredatawhich will enable factories to be moreefficientandproductive.Mr.NitinAras,Director,ODTINFOODS

SOLUTIONS LTD. Indore emphasizedon the need of skill training to reduceunemploymentarisingfromfastchangingtechnology in industry. He said that skilltrainingisrequirednotonlyforjobseekersbutalso foremployerorproducer for thebetteruseoftechnologyandmachines.

Mr. Kailash Narayan Agrawal, arenowned Industrialist and owner ofthe famous brand Agrawal Papad (420Papad)sharedhissuccessstorywiththeparticipants. He informed that his familybusiness adopted new machines andtechnologies as was required from timeto timebutneverunderrated thecapacityof human beings which is why in hiscompany,employeesaretreatedasfamilymembers.Mr. R. G. Dwivedi, Regional Director,

PHD Chamber stated that though human

mindwillalwaysbesuperiortomachinesbecause machines are only tools ofhumanmindsbutthisdoesnotmeanthatthe technology and machines have noimportance,theyarecontinuouslyassistinghumanbeingsintheirdevelopment.The workshop was well attended by

more than 50 participants from differentsectors viz industrialists, entrepreneurs,CAs, officers from Madhya PradeshSkill Department (MPSSDEGB) andHorticulture,studentsandfacultyfromIIT,ITIandotherinstitutes,etc.


Business Plan Competition on Entrepreneurship & Start-Ups

The Vellore Institute of Technology(VIT) Bhopal, a Member Instituteof PHD Chamber, Madhya Pradesh

Chapter organized a competition amongtheStart-upsonOctober24,2018 in thecampusofVIT.Morethan40Start-upsofB-TechandBBAparticipated,outofwhich15Start-upswereselectedtopresenttheirbusinessplans.The MP State Chapter of PHD

Chamber was invited for mentoring andjudging the business plans of the Start-ups. Mr. Pradeep Karambelkar, Founder,Vision Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd. andCo-chairman, PHD Chamber, MadhyaPradesh; Mr. Swapnil Tripathi, CEO, MySkillsandMemberofPHDCCIandMr.R.G.Dwivedi,RegionalDirector,Bhopalweretheteammembers.Selected Start-ups presented their

different business plans before theJudgesofthecompetition.MembersgavesuggestionstoStart-upsfordetailedstudyaboutthemarket,projectcostandmeansoffinancefortheirprojects.Mr. Shriram in charge of

EntrepreneurshipandIncubationCelloftheInstituteofVITdeliveredthevote-of-thankstotheguests.

Entrepreneurship and Incubation Club organizes Business Plan Competition

TheEntrepreneurshipandIncubationCluborganizedaBusinessPlanCompetitiononOctober24,2018atVIT.Mr.R.G.Dwivedi,RegionalDirector,PHDChamber,MadhyaPradesh;Mr.PradeepKarambelkar,FounderVisionAdvisoryServicesPrivateLimited,BhopalandVice-chairman,PHDChamber,MadhyaPradeshandMr.SwapnilTripathi,CEO,Myskill,Bhopalweretheguests.Around40studentspresentedtheirbusinessplansduringtheeventandwereofferedsuggestions,mentorshipandinternshipoffers.

Esteemed Delegates

FOCUS STATE : MADHYA PRADESH

India to retain top position in remittances

According toWorldBank’sMigrationandDevelopmentBrief, India isexpected to receivea total remittanceof$80billionin2018.Indiaretainsitstopspot,followedbyChina($67billion),MexicoandthePhilippines($34billioneach),andEgypt($26billion).Asglobalgrowthisprojectedtomoderate,futureremittancestolowandmiddle-incomecountriesareexpectedtogrowmoderatelyby4percenttoreach$549billionin2019.Globalremittancesareexpectedtogrow3.7percentto$715billionin2019.Thefuturegrowthofremittancesis vulnerable to lower oil prices, restrictivemigration policies and overallmoderation of economic growth.Remittanceshaveadirectimpactonalleviatingpovertyformanyhouseholds.


FOCUS STATE : NER

AVendor Development Programon ‘National Scheduled Caste& Scheduled Tribe Hub (NSSH)

Scheme’wasorganizedbyAssamSmallIndustries Development CorporationLimited(ASIDC)inassociationwithNorthEasternDevelopmentFinanceCorporationLtd. (NEDFi) on November 20, 2018 atNEDFi House, Dispur, Guwahati. TheProgramme was organized with thesupport of PHD Chamber in accordancewith the NSSH Scheme which is aninitiative of the Ministry of Micro, SmallandMedium Enterprises<https://msme.gov.in> (MoMSME) targeted towardsdeveloping a supportive ecosystem forSC/ST entrepreneurs. It was attended byaround 75 SC/ST entrepreneurs from inandaroundGuwahati.Chief Guest, Mr. Umananda Doley,

Secretary, Govt. of Assam, Departmentof Industries & Commerce & ManagingDirector ASIDC Guwahati, urged the SC/

Vendor Development Programme (VDP) on National SC-ST Hub Scheme of Ministry of MSMEs

STentrepreneurstotakeadvantageoftheopportunitiesundertheNSSHSchemeandexplained to themicro entrepreneurs andartisansonhowtocompetewithmodernindustries and improve quality of theirproducts,marketingandadvertising.Mr. Manoj K Das, Deputy General

Manager, NEDFi, said that VendorDevelopment will provide professionalsupport to SC/ST entrepreneurs tofulfill their obligations under the CentralGovernment Public Procurement PolicyforMicroandSmallEnterprises,andadoptapplicablebusinesspracticesandleveragetheStand-Up India initiative.He informedthattoensurethatbenefitsofgrowthspreadacrossallsectionsofthesociety,especiallythe marginalized groups including SC/STentrepreneurs,theGovernmentistryingtomakeprocurementactivitiesof thepublicsectormoreinclusiveandparticipative.Inthisregard,thePublicProcurementPolicy2012 for MSMEs mandates that Central

Government Ministries, Departmentsand Public-Sector Undertakings procureminimumof25%of theirannualvalueofgoods or services from MSMEs out ofwhich 4%of total procurement of goodsandservicesare tobemade fromMicroandSmallEnterprisesownedbySC&STentrepreneurs.Mr. Swarnarka Deka, Assistant

Director, MSME-DI, Guwahati gavea detailed presentation on the PublicProcurement Policy and facilities of theMSME-DI.He said that development ofMSMEs

iscriticaltomeetthenationalimperativesof financial inclusion and generation ofsignificant levelsofemployment inurbanandruralareasacrossthecountry.TheVDPwasaimedtobringtogether

leading CPSEs from different sectorsand initiate discussions to understandthegapsand their challenges in realizingthe mandate of Public ProcurementPolicy. Chief General Manager (C&P),Oil India Limited, Chief Manager (C&P),BCPL, Representatives from NEEPCO,CRPF and Northeast Frontier Railwaysamongst others participated in the VDP.Presentations were given by them toexplain the procedure of participation inthe tendering process of their respectiveorganizations.Theyalsoenumerated thechallenges

faced by CPSEs in procuring goods andservicesfromSC/STentrepreneurs.Theneedforoneconsolidateddatabase

of SC/ST Vendors including details ofproducts and services provided by themwashighlightedbythestakeholdersduringtheevent.

Mr. Pranjal Phukan, Chief Manager (C&P), BCPL; Mr. Vikas Rathi, Dy. Manager, Northeast Frontier Railways; Mr. Prasanta Das, Chief General Manager (C&P), Oil India Limited; Mr. Umananda Doley, Secretary to the Government of Assam, Department of Industries & Commerce & Managing Director ASIDC Guwahati; Mr Swarnarka Deka, Assistant Director, MSME-DI, Guwahati; Mr. S.K. Hazarika, Dy. Resident Director, NER, PHD Chamber and Ms. Sonam C Bhutiya, (AC) M, CRPF

Mr. Pranjal Phukan, Chief Manager (C&P), BCPL; Mr. Manoj K Das, Dy. General Manager, North Eastern Development Finance Co.; Mr. Prasanta Das, Chief General Manager (C&P), Oil India Limited; Mr. Abdul Hamid, Asst. Manager, ASIDC Guwahati; Mr Swarnarka Deka, Assistant Director, MSME-DI, Guwahati; Mr. S.K. Hazarika, Dy. Resident Director, NER, PHD Chamber and Ms. Sonam C Bhutiya, (AC) M, CRPF


PHDChamberorganizedaKnowledgeSession on ‘Tapping Inner Potentialfor Success (TIPS)’ on October 24,

2018atMohali.EminentFacultyMember,Mr. Yogesh Gaur from The Art of Living

Session on Tapping Inner Potential for Success

Foundationaddressedtheparticipants.The knowledge session covered the

following topics: Energy Management -Achievinggreaterefficiencyinlessertime,through high individual energy reserves;

Emotional intelligence - from EmotionallyattentivetoEmotionallySensitive;PersonalAssets- Emotionally balanced and high-energy levels lead to increased skill-setsandprofessionalassetsfororganizations.

Delegates seen with Mr. Yogesh Gaur, Senior Faculty, Art of Living Foundation

FOCUS STATE : PUDUCHERRY

TheStateDevelopmentCouncil(SDC)ofPHDChamberinassociationwiththe NationalMinorities Development

&FinanceCorporation(NMDFC)organizedHunar Haat, October 13-21, 2018 atPuducherry. On October 13, 2018 thespeakers included Mr. Mukhtar AbbasNaqvi, UnionMinister ofMinority Affairs;Mr. V. Narayanasamy Chief Minister,Puducherry; Mr. Ameising Lukham,Secretary,MinistryofMinorityAffairsandMr.ShahbazAli,CMD,NMDFC.Hunar Haat is a platform where

the shared vision and unwaveringcommitment can boost the prospects ofskilling, employability and bring aboutinclusive growth. Hunar Haat exemplifiesthefinespiritsofIndia,theworld’slargestdemocracy. To be a part of any sucheffort that dignifies the lives throughentrepreneurialspirit,theChambercomesforwardandinthesamespirit–itpartneredwith Hunar Haat. Hunar Haat aims forpreservingandpromotingtherichheritage

Hunar Haat 2018

of traditionalarts&craftsof theminoritycommunity, to cope with the challengesof globalization and create a competitivemarket. It envisages at boosting skills ofcraftsmen,weaversandartisanswhoarealready engaged in traditional ancestralwork. Hunar Haat has been successfulin providing employment tomore than 3lakhartisansatnationallevelaswellasininternationalmarkets.

The initiative of the Ministry ofMinority Affairs for organizing HunarHaat for upgrading the Skills & TraininginTraditionalArts/CraftsforDevelopment(USTTAD) Scheme in different parts ofthe country is oriented to improve thesocio-economicconditionsofartistsandartisansworkinginthefieldofhandicraftsforlivelihood.

Hunar Haat 2018

FOCUS STATE : PUNJAB


FOCUS STATE : PUNJAB

Conference on Sustainability Issues in Commerce and Management

Mr. R. S. Sachdeva, Chairman, Punjab State Chapter addressing the delegates along with Esteemed Speakers

PHD Chamber in association withthe Gujranwala Guru Nanak KhalsaCollege, Ludhiana organized an

international conference on SustainabilityIssuesinCommerceandManagementonOctober 22, 2018 at Ludhiana. Eminentspeakers included Dr S.P. Singh, Hony.GeneralSecretary,GGNKCL;DrBalwinderSingh, Prof. USFS, GNDU, Amritsar; DrArvinder Singh, Principal, GGNKCL; JCMukinder Singh, Ex-National President,

JCI; Dr B. S. Bhatia, Pro.VC, RIMT; DrLakhwinder Singh, GNDU, Amritsar; DrVikasDeep,PBI,University ofPatiala;DrKeshavMalhotra,UBS,PunjabUniversity,Chandigarh and Dr. H.S. Bhalla, DeputyDirector,DPIChandigarh.Mr. R. S. Sachdeva, Chairman,

Punjab State Chapter, PHD Chamberat the inaugural session stated thatSustainability Management is the future

Industrial Awareness Programme for Steel Industry

Ms. Madhu Pillai, Regional Director, PHD Chamber addressing participants

PHDChamber inassociationwith theBureau of Indian Standards (BIS)organized an industrial awareness

programmeforSteelIndustryonSeptember6, 2018 at Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab.In view of the latest steel quality controlorder, the programme discussed variousaspects relating to BIS Certification ofSteelproducts;GrantofLicenceprocedurefor BISCertificationMarks andSchemesoftheMinistrytoupgradeMSMEs.Ms. Madhu Pillai, Regional Director,

PHD Chamber encouraged industrymembers from Steel Industry to takebenefit of BIS certification and variousschemesoftheMinistryofMSMEs.Ms.RenuGupta,Scientist‘F’&Head,

Bureau of Indian Standards, Chandigarhbriefed regarding Steel QC order andelaborated on the importance of Steelsector in India. She mentioned strictactionwill be taken against all defaultersviolatingQCorderandalsoexplained theempowerment of the Department to takeactioninviewofBISAct2016.Mr. Rakesh Kumar, SC C, BIS, New

Delhimadeadetailedpresentationonthe

recent changes made in procedures inview of new BIS Certification Regulation2017.Mr. Kumar Animesh, Scientist ‘D’

(JointDirector)BIS,ChandigarhexplainedthecontentoflatestSteelQCOrderanditsimplementationandassuredthatBISwillmake possible efforts to help industriesfor the license granting process. Mr.Akshay Kaushik, Member Secretary ofSectionalCommitteeofSteelProductandScientistC,BISstatedtheissuesregardingimplementation of QC order which shall

be taken up in the next meeting of theCommittee.Mr. Major Singh, Director, MSME

Ludhiana informed about the differentschemesofMSMEsfortakingBISLicenseand encouraged industries to join themandateofGovernmentforenforcementofSteelQCorder.Mr. Vinod Vashisht, President, Steel

Industry Association, Mandi GobindgarhassuredBISthattheSteel industrywouldcomplywiththeordersandrequestedBIStotakenecessaryactionattheirend.

ofmanagement and is the next phase ofmanagement innovation. Sustainabilitymustbe integrated into theheartofwhatorganizationsdo.Mr.U.S.Ahuja,Convener-Ludhiana

Chapter, PHD Chamber opined thatwith intelligence, care, creativity andnew technology, a form of economicdevelopment can be accomplished thatachieves both growth and environmentalquality.


Seminar on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace

Mr. R. K. Joshi, Head- Industrial Relations, PHD Chamber; Ms. Priya Khanna, A leading Advocate practicing in Delhi High Court and Ms. Roli Singh, IAS, Principal Secretary, Women & Child Development Department, Govt. of Rajasthan

PHD Chamber in association withKonrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)organized a seminar on ‘Sexual

Harassment ofWomen atWorkplace’ onOctober31,2018atJaipur.Theobjectivewas to increase awareness on how todraftorganizationalpoliciesonprevention,prohibition & redressal of sexualharassment.ChiefGuest,Ms.RoliSingh,Principal

Secretary,WomenandChildDevelopmentDepartment,Govt.ofRajasthanstatedthatgendersensitivityshouldbeapartof theHR mandate and organizations shouldprominently display the contact numbersof the Internal Committee. Besidescreating awareness of the committees,organizations should invent innovativeways of discussing gender issues. It ismandatory to have regular training of

officials of establishments on SexualHarassment annually as per the SexualHarassmentofWomenatWorkplaceAct,2013,shesaid.Ms. Priya Khanna, Senior Advocate,

Delhi High Court while conducting thetechnicalsessionmentionedthatformostcompanies, sexual harassment is like anelephantintheroomthatrefusestomove.Therulebookforbehaviortowardswomencolleagues is the same as earlier. It’sthemenwhoneed to toe the lineandbemore sensitive. Elaborating on the Policyfor Prevention of Sexual Harassment Actand Sexual Harassment Electronic Boxlaunched by theMinistry ofWomen andChild Development (WCD) recently afterthe#MeToocampaignsaid,“Thereisnotool for developmentmore effective thantheempowermentofwomen.Aninclusive

workenvironmentthatisrespectfultobothmen andwomenwill becomeoneof themostimportantyardsticksformeasuringasuccessfulworkplace.”Besides, every organization as a

preventive approach should conductmonthly meetings with the employees.Rajasthan as a state is still not verycompliant with the POSH Act and hasonly 1450 Internal Committees. “Underpenalties for non-compliance with thePOSH Act, an employer should bepenalizedifhefailstoconstituteanInternalCommittee or fails to take action underSection13(inquiry reportby the IC)andSection14,”shesaid.The program was conducted by Mr.

RK.Joshi, IndustrialRelationsHeadandMs. Rachna Singh, Regional Director,RajasthanChapter,PHDChamber.

FOCUS STATE : RAJASTHAN

Cabinet approves revised Model MoU between India and foreign Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) for exchange of information

TheUnionCabinethasgiven itsapproval totherevisedModelMemorandumofUnderstandingbetweentheFinancialIntelligenceUnit(FIU)–India(FIU-Ind)withitscounterpartforeignFinancialIntelligenceUnits(FIUs)forexchangeofinformationonmoneylaundering.ThecorefunctionsofFIU-INDinrelationtoforeignFIUsincludescreeningandprocessingrequestsfromforeignFinancialIntelligenceUnits(FIUs),disseminatinginformationtoforeignFIUs,establishingandmaintainingrelationshipwithforeignFIUs,andfacilitating,administeringandnegotiatingMoUswith foreign FIUs.Most of the foreign FIUs require anMoU to be signed for sharing ofinformationwiththem.


FOCUS STATE : UTTAR PRADESH

Seminar on Importance of Innovation and Intellec-tual Property Rights

Mr. Sandeep Agarwal, Director, Adastra IP; Dr. Mandira Roy, Director, Adastra IP; Mr. Mithilesh Kumar, Joint Secretary, MSME Committee, PHD Chamber; Ms. Kanchan Zutshi, Secretary, PHD Chamber; Dr. H P Kumar, Advisor, PHDCCI, Former Chairman & Managing Director NSIC; Ms. Mamta Chaudary, IDEUP, Lucknow; Mr. Ajay Bajpai, Deputy Director, MSME DI Institute, Kanpur, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Govt. of India along with Participants

PHD Chamber organized a seminaron ‘Importance of Innovation andIntellectual Property Rights’ on

October 26, 2018 at the Institute ofEngineering and Technology, Lucknow.The objective was to impart knowledgeonIntellectualPropertyRightsamongtheyounggeneration in India and to developa broad understanding of the need tointegrate IPs in their innovationstrategiesduringbusinessplanning.Ms. Kanchan Zutshi, Secretary,

PHD Chamber apprised the participantsregardingtheIPRFacilitationCentrewhichPHDChamberhassetupwiththesupportof Ministry of MSMEs and the variousservicesavailableattheCentre.Ms.MamtaChaudary,IDEUP,Lucknow

highlighted how Intellectual Property(IP) systems can be critical in helpingnew ventures transform their innovationpotential and creativity into market valueandcompetitiveness.Mr. Ajay Bajpai, Deputy Director,

MSME DI Institute, Kanpur, Ministry ofMicro,Small&MediumEnterprisesstatedthat IPR spurs innovation and thus thegovernmentbothat theCentralandStatelevel are constantly engaging in effortsfor bringing out the needed regulatorychanges and new policy interventions tocreateanenablingenvironment.Dr. H. P. Kumar, Advisor, PHDCCI,

Former Chairman & Managing Director,

NSIC highlighted about the variousGovernment schemes like Start-up IndiaandStand-upIndiathroughwhichstudentscanbenefitandstarttheirownfirms.Mr.SandeepAgarwal,Director,Adastra

IP gave a presentation on Importanceon IPR in Academic Institutions. HementionedthatIPisacreationofthemindand it can be originated from an idea ora thought which may transform into asociallyusefulandthoughtfulproduct.Heemphasized that students should makea team and use the camps labs to formstart-ups.Hefurtherhighlightedabouttheimportance of patents. He said that bothproductandprocesscanbepatented.Healsohighlightedthatpatentscangeneraterevenue as well as can be used as acollateral.Dr.Mandira Roy, Director, Adastra IP

gave a presentation on ‘Concept of IPRand how to identify & create IPR’ andhow one can sustain in this competitiveworld.ShefurtherhighlightedthatIPrightsarenot given for thephysical creationofthe objects but for the intellectual effortsapplied to such a creation. She alsomentioned about the competitive marketand apprised the participants on how apersonwiththehelpofreverseengineeringandYouTubecanlaunchasimilarproductandhowapersoncanavoidthisproblemwiththehelpofIPRs.Mr. Mithilesh Kumar, Joint Secretary,

MSME Committee, PHD ChambermentionedthattopromoteIPculture,itisvery important that faculty should comeforwardandhelpthestudentsbyprovidingawarenessofIPRandfurtherhelpthembyconnectingwiththeexpertsforavailingIPsfortheirinnovations.

Sunil Arora, new Chief Election Commissioner

of IndiaMr. Sunil Arora has assumedcharge as 23rd Chief ElectionCommissioner of India. Prior tothisjob,hewasservingasElectionCommissioner since September2017. During his tenure as CEC,there will be General Electionto the 17th Lok Sabha, GeneralElections besides elections toState Legislative Assemblies ofSikkim,AndhraPradesh,ArunachalPradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra,Haryana,Jharkhand,NCTofDelhi,Bihar and Jammu & Kashmir. Aformer IAS officer of Rajasthancadre, Mr. Arora retired in April2016 as Secretary, Ministry ofInformation&Broadcasting.HehasheldvariousseniorpositionsintheStateGovernmentofRajasthanandintheCentralGovernment.


Meeting with Union Minister of State for Tourism (IC)

APHDChamberdelegationledbyMr.RajeevTalwar,President and comprising of Mr. D.K Aggarwal,SeniorVicePresident,DrMaheshYReddy,SecretaryGeneral,Mr.VivekSeigell,PrincipalDirector,Mr.YogeshSrivastav,PrincipalDirector,Mr.AdityaTripathi,JointSecretaryandMs.SulagnaGhosh,DeputySecretarymet Mr. Alphons Kannanthanam, Union Minister ofStateforTourism(IC)onNovember26,2018atNewDelhi.Themeetingwas to invitehim tobe theChiefGuest for thePHDCCIKerala’sStateChapterLaunchheld onDecember 8, 2018 at HotelMarriott, Kochi,Kerala.

Meeting with Union Minister for Tribal Affairs

A PHD Chamber delegation led by Mr. D. K.Aggarwal, Senior Vice President along with DrMaheshYReddy,SecretaryGeneralandDr.JatinderSingh,DirectormetMr.JualOram,UnionMinisterforTribalAffairsonNovember15,2018atNewDelhi.Themeetingwas to invite him to be theChiefGuest forthe conference on ‘Mainstreaming the Marginalized’scheduledforFebruary1,2019.

Meeting with Minister for Forests & Wild Life, Environment & Solid Waste Disposal, Labour, Employment, Training, AYUSH, AYUSH Education, Govt. of Uttarakhand

APHDChamberdelegationledbyDr.RanjeetMehta,Principal Director along with Mr. Anil Taneja,Regional Director, Uttarakhand State Chapter metDr. Harak Singh Rawat, Minister for Forests & WildLife, Environment & Solid Waste Disposal, Labour,Employment, Training, AYUSH, AYUSH Education,Govt. of Uttarakhand on October 31, 2018 atUttarakhandSecretariat,Dehradun.During the meeting, Dr. Rawat suggested the

ChambertocollaboratewiththeGovt.ofUttarakhandforclimatemitigation.

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Meeting with Secretary, Ministry of Tourism

APHDChamberdelegationledbyMr.RajeevTalwar,President and comprising of Mr. Rajan Sehgal,Co-chairman,TourismCommitteeandtheSecretariatteam met Mr. Yogendra Tripathi (IAS), Secretary-Ministry of Tourism on December 4, 2018 at NewDelhi. The meeting discussed about the proposedprogrammes of PHDCCI’s Tourism Committee,seekingsupportfromtheMinistryofTourism.

Meeting with Adviser (Transport) & Director General (DG), Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO), NITI Aayog

APHDChamberdelegationledbyDr.RanjeetMehta,Principal Director along with Mr. Varun Bhardwaj,DeputySecretarymetMr.AnilSrivastava, IAS,Adviser(Transport) & Director General (DG), DevelopmentMonitoring andEvaluationOffice (DMEO),NITIAayog,on November 22, 2018 at NITI Aayog, New Delhi.Themeeting was to invite him for the Conference on‘TransformingUrbanMobilityinIndia&RoleofElectricVehicles’ held onNovember 29, 2018 at PHDHouse,NewDelhi.

Meeting with Managing Director, ONGC Videsh Ltd.

A PHD Chamber delegation led by Dr. Ranjeet Mehta,Principal Director along with Mr. Tushar Sharma,AssistantSecretarymetMr.NarendraKVerma,ManagingDirector, ONGC Videsh Ltd. on November 19, 2018 atONGCVideshoffice,NewDelhi.Themeetingwastoinvitehim for the ‘National Oil & Gas Summit-2018’ held inDecember,2018inDelhi.

Meeting with Managing Director, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL)

APHDChamberdelegationledbyDr.RanjeetMehta,PrincipalDirectoralongwithMr.VarunBhardwaj,DeputySecretarymetMr.SaurabhKumar,ManagingDirector,EnergyEfficiencyServicesLimited(EESL)onNovember14,2018atNewDelhi.Themeetingwastoinvitehimfortheconferenceon‘TransformingUrbanMobility in India&RoleofElectricVehicles’ heldonNovember29,2018atPHDHouse,NewDelhi.


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Meeting with Principal Secretary, Tourism Department, Govt. of Rajasthan

APHD Chamber delegation led by Dr. JayshreePeriwal, Chairperson, Rajasthan Chapter and Ms.RachnaSingh,RegionalDirector,RajasthanChaptermetMr. Kuldeep Ranka, IAS, Principal Secretary, TourismDepartment,Govt.ofRajasthanonNovember26,2018atCivilSecretariat,Jaipur.ThemeetingdiscussedtheforthcomingconferencesandexploredTourismDepartment’sopportunitiesforPHDCCIProgrammes.

Meeting with Additional Chief Secretary, Industries Department, Govt. of Rajasthan

APHD Chamber delegation led by Dr. JayshreePeriwal, Chairperson, Rajasthan Chapter and Ms.RachnaSingh,RegionalDirector,RajasthanChaptermetMr. Rajeeva Swarup, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary,IndustriesDepartment,Govt.ofRajasthanonNovember26,2018atUdyogBhawan,Jaipur.

Meeting with Commissioner, AYUSH and Director, Indian Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Telangana

Mr.VivekSeigell,PrincipalDirector,PHDChambermetDr. V.S. Alagu Varsini, Commissioner, AYUSH andDirector, Indian Institute of Health and Family Welfare,Govt.ofTelanganaonDecember4,2018atHyderabad.ThemeetingwastoapprisetheCommissionerabouttheactivitiesofPHDChamber.

Meeting with Additional Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry

APHD Chamber delegation led by Mr. Rajeev Talwar,President and comprising of Dr Mahesh Y Reddy,Secretary General, Mr. Sandeep Agarwal, Chairman,TelecomCommittee,Dr.HPKumar,AdvisorandFormerChairman&ManagingDirector,NSICandMs.KanchanZutshi, Secretary met Mr. Atul Chaturvedi, AdditionalSecretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion(DIPP)MinistryofCommerceandIndustryonNovember29, 2018 at New Delhi. The meeting was to discussvarious issues relating to the Ease of Doing BusinessClimateforMSMEsector.


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Meeting with Ambassador, Royal Thai Embassy, New Delhi

A PHDChamberdelegation ledbyMr.AjayPoddar,Chairman,International Affairs Committee for ASEAN, East Asia &Oceania, PHD Chamber and comprising of Mr. Vivek Seigell,PrincipalDirectorandMs.KompleSharma,AssistantSecretarymet H.E. Mr. Chutintorn Gongsakdi, Ambassador, Royal ThaiEmbassy,NewDelhionNovember2,2018atNewDelhi.Duringthe meeting, His Excellency invited the Chamber to mount abusinessdelegationtoThailand.

Meeting with Chief General Manager, State Bank of India LHO Bhopal

Mr. R. G. Dwivedi, Regional Director, MP, PHDChamber met Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Chief General

Manager, State Bank of India on November 16, 2018atSBILHO,Bhopal.Themeetingwasto invitehimforthe workshop on ‘Information Security ManagementSysteminIndustries’scheduledforDecember5,2018atBhopal.

Meeting with Chairperson, Competition Commission of India

APHD Chamber delegation led by Dr Mahesh YReddy,SecretaryGeneralalongwiththeSecretariatteam met Mr. Sudhir Mital, Chairperson, CompetitionCommissionofIndiaonOctober25,2018atNewDelhi.ThemeetingwastodeliberateuponthedetailsontheNationalLevelConferenceonPublicProcurement.

Meeting with Additional Secretary, MoEF&CC

AMr. Vivek Seigell, Principal Director, ICT &Electronics Committee, PHD Chamber metMr. Anil Kumar Jain, Additional Secretary (Env. &Forest), MoEF&CC on October 15, 2018 at NewDelhi. Mr. Seigell briefed him about the E-WasteMass Awareness Programme through Ad Film inCinema/Theatres(Phase-I&II)beingconductedbyPHD Chamber in collaborationwith theMinistry ofElectronicsandInformationTechnology.Mr.AnilKumarJainsuggestedPHDChambertoconductasurveywithanobjectivetofindoutvariousstatisticssuchasamountofE-WastegeneratedinIndiainayearandtoworkupondefiningEPRFrameWorkonaNationallevel.


India: Though steady, still fastest growing economy

Fluctuationsineconomicindicatorsarenatural in a globally well integratedeconomy. Tough, Q2 GDP growth

has slowed down to 7.1% as comparedto 8.2% in the Q1 of FY 2018-19; Indiais still the fastest moving emergingeconomy. The fact is that escalation incrudeoilprices inJuly-Septemberperiodalong with sharp depreciation in Rupeeimpacted the growth of manufacturingfrom13.4%inQ1FY2018-19to7.4%inQ2 FY 2018-19 which has impacted theoverallGDPby0.9percentagepoints.Theunevendistributionofmonsoon,unwantedand untimely rains in some regions notonly undermined the agriculture growth

scenario but also impacted the mininggrowth drastically. Going ahead, state oftheartinfrastructure,flexiblelabourlaws,reforms for availability of land, supply ofpower,andreach to formal financealongwithspeedyadministrativereformswouldpushgrowthbackonhighroad.

The fastest growing emerging economy India is a bright spot in the global

ecosystem.Accordingto IMF,ChinaandIndia stood out as the fastest growingeconomies throughout 2011-17. Chinarecordedthehighestgrowthovertheyears2011-2013; however, India remained thefastest growing economy over the years

2014-2016.In2017,ChinarecordedGDPgrowth rate of 6.9% and India’s growthrate stood at 6.7%. However, accordingto World Economic Outlook 2018, Indiawould be the fastest growing economy,with the growth rates of 7.3% and 7.4%in 2018 and 2019, respectively, thussurpassingChina.Othereconomies,suchas United States, Germany, Japan andUnited Kingdom recorded growth rate of2.2%,2.5%,1.7%and1.7%,respectivelyin 2017. Brazil recorded the minimumgrowth rate of 1% in 2017, followinga negative growth rate of 3.5% for twoconsecutiveyearsin2015and2016.

GDP Growth Rate Trend (in Percentage)

Dr. S P Sharma, Chief Economist, PHDCCI

Crude impact on economy in Q2 FY 19GDP stands at 7.1% in Q2 FY2019

as compared to 8.2% inQ1 FY2019 and6.3%inQ2FY2018.Theagriculturesectorgrowthstandsat3.8%inQ2FY2019from5.3%inQ1FY2019.Manufacturingsector

registeredagrowthof7.4%inQ2FY2019as compared to 13.5% in Q1 FY2019.Constructionregisteredagrowthof7.8%in Q2 FY2019 as compared to 8.7%in Q1 FY2019. Growth of Trade, Hotel,Transport; Communication registered agrowthof6.8%inQ2FY2019versus6.7%

in Q1 FY2019. Financial, Real Estate &ProfessionalServicesregisteredagrowthof 6.3% in Q2 FY2019 as compared to6.5%inQ1FY2019.PublicAdministration,Defence & Other Services registered agrowthof10.9%inQ2FY2019from9.9%inQ1FY2019.

Source: PHD Research Bureau compiled from IMF

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Quarterly Estimates of GVA at Basic Price

SPECIAL FEATURE

Source: PHD Research Bureau compiled from CSO and MOSPI

GDP stands at 7.1% in Q2 FY2019 as compared to 8.2% in Q1 FY2019 and 6.3% in Q2 FY2018. The agriculture sector growth stands at 3.8% in Q2 FY2019 from 5.3% in Q1 FY2019. Manufacturing sector registered a growth of 7.4% in Q2 FY2019 as compared to 13.5% in Q1 FY2019. Construction registered a growth of 7.8% in Q2 FY2019 as compared to 8.7% in Q1 FY2019 Growth of Trade, Hotel, Transport; Communication has been registered at 6.8% in Q2 FY2019 from 6.7% in Q1 FY2019. Financial, Real Estate & Professional Services registered a growth of 6.3% in Q2 FY2019 as compared to 6.5% in Q1 FY2019. Public Administration, Defence & Other Services registered a growth of 10.9% in Q2 FY2019 from 9.9% in Q1 FY2019.

Quarterly Estimates of GVA at Basic Price

Industry July – September (Q2)

Gross Value Added at Basic Prices in Q2

(in crore)

Percentage change over previous year

2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2017-18 2018-19

Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2

Agriculture, forestry &fishing 324733 333334 346102 3.0 2.6 5.3 3.8

Mining &quarrying 71728 76704 74841 1.7 6.9 0.1 -2.4

Manufacturing 507701 543682 584164 -1.8 7.1 13.5 7.4

Electricity, gas, water supply & other utility services

61945 66717 72858 7.1 7.7 7.3 9.2

Construction 213851 220536 237836 1.8 3.1 8.7 7.8

Trade, hotels, transport, communication & services related to broadcasting

501747 544404 581418 8.4 8.5 6.7 6.8

Financial, real estate & professional services

727192 771317 820009 8.4 6.1 6.5 6.3

Public administration, defence & other services

359272 381131 422770 13.5 6.1 9.9 10.9

GVA at Basic Price 2768167 2937824 3139997 5.6 6.1 8.0 6.9

Source: PHD Research Bureau compiled from CSO and MOSPI Growth looks promising in the coming quarters

GDP growth rate is expected to pickupinthecomingquarters.GrowthofGDPis 7.1% in Q2 FY2019 as compared to8.2%inQ1FY2019.Manufacturingsectorregisteredagrowthof7.4%inQ2FY2019as compared to 13.5% in Q1 FY2019.However, growth in manufacturing isexpectedtorecoverasexportsareshowinggoodrecoveryinrecentmonths.Reformsin theagriculturesectorwouldbecriticaltostrengthenthegrowthofthesectorandcreate employment opportunities in thefoodprocessingsector.Withimprovementin India’s ranking on Ease of Doing

Business and announcement of majorreformsfortheMSMEs,weexpectgrowthofthemanufacturingsectortoimproveinsubsequent quarters. Growth of privatefinal consumption expenditure at 7% atconstantprices isan indicationof revivalin demand and so will be the industrialactivityinthecomingtimes.OverallhighergrowthofGDPin2018-19ataround7.5%isexpectedascomparedto6.7%in2017-18.Ease of doing business to attract more foreign investments

Sharpjumpineaseofdoingbusinessrankingstothelevelof77from100ishighlyinspiringandmore than theexpectations.

The reformmeasures undertaken by thegovernment have started paying off andfruitful outcomes are visible now. Indiahasimprovedby65spotsduringthelast4yearsfrom142ndrankin2014to77thrankin2018.Indiaisoneoftheeconomiesto make to the list of top 10 improversfor the second consecutive year. Theimprovement in ease of doing businesswouldattractinvestmentsintheeconomy.Foreign investments are expected toincreasesignificantlyinthecomingtimes.India has potential to become a US$100billion investment destination in the nextvery few years. India attracted US$62billioninFY2018whichishighesteverFDIreceivedinayear.


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Ease of Doing Business Ranking 2018

Ease of Doing Business Ranking 2018

Rank Economy EODB Score EODB Score Change

1 NewZealand 86.59 0.00

2 Singapore 85.24 +0.27

3 Denmark 84.64 +0.59

4 HongKongSAR,China 84.22 +0.04

5 Korea,Rep. 84.14 -0.01

6 Georgia 83.28 +0.48

7 Norway 82.95 +0.25

8 UnitedStates 82.75 -0.01

9 UnitedKingdom 82.65 +0.33

10 Macedonia,FYR 81.55 +.032

13 Taiwan,China 80.90 +0.24

22 Canada 79.26 +0.38

24 Germany 78.90 0.00

32 France 77.29 +0.99

39 Japan 75.65 +0.05

77 India 67.23 +6.63

S. No Indicator 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

1 DealingwithConstructionermits

52 181 185 183 184 182

2 TradingAcrossBorders 80 146 143 133 126 132

3 StartingaBusiness 137 156 155 155 158 179

4 GettingCredit 22 29 44 42 36 28

5 GettingElectricity 24 29 26 70 137 111

6 EnforcingContracts 163 164 172 178 186 186

7 ResolvingInsolvency 108 103 136 136 137 121

8 RegisteringProperty 166 154 138 138 121 92

9 ProtectingMinorityInvestors

7 4 13 8 7 34*

10 PayingTaxes 121 119 172 157 156 158

Overall 77 100 130 130 142 134

Source: PHD Research Bureau, Compiled from World’s Bank Doing Business database

Source: PHD Research Bureau compiled from World Bank Doing Business Report

TheimprovementinWorldBank’sEaseofDoingBusinessrankingshasbeenobservedprimarilyduetosignificantimprovementindealingwithconstructionpermitswithimprovementof129spotsfrom181thrankin2017to52ndrankin2018andTradingacrossborderswithimprovementby66spotsfrom146thrankin2017to80thrankin2018.TheimplementationofGSTandInsolvencyandBankruptcyCodealongwithimprovementsinregisteringfornewelectricityconnection,upgradationofportinfrastructure,amongothershaveyieldedpositiveresultsandfacilitatedthecountrytoimproveinvariousparameters.Giventheongoingreformmomentum,Indiaisexpectedtorankataround50ontheEaseofDoingBusinessIndexinthenextfewyears.


Trend in exports, imports and total trade to GDP ratio

Year EXPORTS TO GDP (%) IMPORTS TO GDP (%) TOTAL TRADE TO GDP (%)

2001-2007(average)

11 14 25

2008-2017(average)

14 22 36

Source: PHD Research Bureau, compiled from Trade Map and IMF. Note: Data pertains to Merchandise exports, imports and trade.

Outreach Initiative for MSMEs sector to increase their significance in growthThe Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri

Narendra Modi, recently launched ahistoricsupportandoutreachprogrammefor the Micro, Small and MediumEnterprises (MSMEs) sector. As partof this programme, the Prime Ministerunveiled12key initiativeswhichwillhelpthe growth, expansion and facilitationof MSMEs across the country. The 12decisionswillmarkanewchapterfortheMSMEsector.Thereare fivekeyaspectsfor facilitating theMSMEsector includingaccess to credit, access to market, andtechnology up-gradation, ease of doingbusiness, and a sense of security foremployees.The host of measures for revival of

MSMEs is a big milestone as they willtransform the entire micro, small andmedium enterprises and push themsubstantially upward to enhancing theircontributionfarmoretonationalGDPandemployment generation. The Rs.6,000crore package announced for MSMEsthroughvarioustechnologicalupgradationchannels will ultimately encourage andinspire the micro, small and mediumenterprises to make products and inventprocesses that will ensure their globalparticipation and upscale their demand

trajectory domestically. The launch ofTReDS and compulsory on-boarding ofCPSEs on GeM portal; simplification offiling of returns under prevailing labourlaws; special relaxation in environmentclearancesforMSMEs;specialprovisionsfor the pharma sector are highlyappreciable and will go a long way infacilitatingMSMEstocontributetoIndia’sgrowthstory.

Trade liberalisation increased in protectionism environment Oneoftherecentdevelopmentsinthe

areaoftradeprotectionismistheongoingtrade war between world’s two mostsignificanteconomiesi.e.USAandChina.TheopeningshotwasreleasedbytheU.S.early this year wherein it announced theimpositionoftariffsonsteelandaluminumimportsfromalargenumberofitstradingpartners and so on. An immediate resulttothisannouncementsawChinacomeoutwith retaliatorymeasures. China and theU.S.dominateworldforeigntrade,togetheraccountingfor23%ofworldtradestandingat USD 35 trillion in 2017. On the otherhand, India’sshare inworld tradestandsat2.1%onlyin2017.India’stopexportingpartner is the U.S. contributing around16% in India’s total exports in FY2018andChinahasmaintainedthetoppositionin terms of sources of imports of India,

contributing 16.4% share in India’s totalimportsduringthesameperiod.TherisingtradeprotectionismbetweenUSandChinawill force the countries to redesign theirsupply chains, diversify their productionlocationsandlookforalternativesoutsideforimportsandinvestments.Notwithstanding developments

in World’s two largest economies,India’s trade liberalization process isintact. Though, international economicenvironment was volatile during the postLehmanperiod, India’stradeliberalizationremainedintact.Indianeconomyisresilientenough to withstand the external shockson the back of strong macroeconomicfundamentalsandwellsupporteddynamicpolicyenvironment.In thepost-Lehmanperiod, there isa

significant increase in our merchandisetrade toGDP ratio.Merchandise trade toGDP ratiohas increasedduring thepost-Lehman period (2008 to 2017) to 36%from 25% in 2001 to 2007 period. Themerchandise exports to GDP ratio hasincreasedto14%duringthepost-Lehmanperiod(2008to2017)from11%in2001to2007period.ThemerchandiseimportstoGDPratiohasincreasedto22%duringthe post-lehman period (2008 to 2017)from14%in2001to2007period.

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Goingahead,thereisaneedtofocusmore on logistics infrastructure to makeour exports more competitive in theinternational market. Focus on logisticsatthestateslevelwouldgoalongwaytoincrease the states’ competitiveness andemployment opportunities for growingyoungpopulationintherespectivestates.Considering the recent momentum inexports and global demand conditions,

wehavepotentialtoincreaseourexportsgrowthtrajectoryatamuchhigherlevel.

ConclusionsSlowandsteadywins the race! India

has dual advantage, steady and fastest.I believe, time ismost opportune to wintherace.Theneedofthehouristocreateemploymentopportunitiesforthegrowingyoungpopulation.Economicfundamentalsaremovingintherightdirection;thesharp

jumpineaseofdoingbusinessshouldbematerialisedatthegroundlevelwithmoreand more participation by the MSMEs.As innovation leads tohighergrowthandproductivity, focused approach to insertinnovationsinthepromisingsectorswouldincrease the global competitiveness andincrease themanufacturingshare inGDPandnewemploymentopportunities.


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FAO playing a pivotal role in India

On16October, 1945, 42 countriescame together in Quebec, Canada togive birth to the Food and AgriculturalOrganization (FAO) of the UnitedNations. Achieving food security forall is at theheart of FAO’sefforts– tomake sure people have regular accessto enough high-quality food to leadactive, healthy lives. FAO’s mandateis to raise levels of nutrition, improveagricultural productivity, better the livesof rural population and making surethat food security is not only achievedsuccessfully, but that people haveregular access to enough good qualityfoodandthuscontributingtothegrowthoftheworldeconomy.India has come a long way since

1945whenitbecameoneofthefoundingmembers of FAO as a low-incomefood-deficient country. The Food andAgricultural Organization of the UnitedNations (FAO) has enjoyed valuablepartnership with India since it beganoperations in1948,helpingchange thedynamicsofIndianagriculturalsystems,makingitacountrythatisnotonlyself-sufficient in several grains, but nowa leading exporter of a range of foodproducts.FAO continues playing a catalytic

role in India’s progress in the areas ofcrops,livestock,fisheries,foodsecurity,andmanagement of natural resources.Operations in India also cover issues

like access to food and nutrition,livelihoods, rural development andsustainableagriculture,livelihoods,ruraldevelopmentandsustainableagriculture.With the looming impact of climatechangeandoutbreaksofnewstrainsofpests,theworkofFAOhasbecomeevenmore complex, making it an importantknowledgepartnertoassistthecountrywith informed decision-making,and going beyond the realm of foodproduction, concentrating on providingtechnical assistance for incorporatingbest practices to generate agriculturaloutlook and facilitating adoption andpromotion of improved livestockmanagement practices. At the sametime,IndiaalsoaddsgreatvaluetoFAO’swork,providing technicalexpertiseandcontributing with development lessonslearnedfromprogrammesimplementedovertheyears.AgricultureisthemainstayofIndia’s

economy,contributing to18percentofIndia’s GDP and providing a source ofemploymenttomorethan47percentofthe population of which more than 70percentareintheruralareasofIndia.Anumber of sectoral reforms have beenfast tracked to increase the sector’sproductivity, increase the content offood processing and shift workforcefrom agriculture to manufacturing. Thegovernment’s emphasis on developingnew technologies, integrated farmingsystems, agriculture extensionprograms, research and internationalcooperation has helped the sector to

take-off. These policy initiatives in thelastthreeyearshaveledtorecordfoodgrain production this year. The Indiangovernment’s main aim is to doublefarmers’incomeby2022bysolvingthetwinproblemsofmaximizingefficiencyand ensuring equity in a sustainablemanner.

World Food Day and Commitment to Sustainable Development

FAO celebrates World Food Dayeachyearon16Octobertoremindandreiterateitsmissionof:• Encourage attention to agriculturalfood production and stimulatenational, bilateral, multilateral andnon-governmentaleffortstothisend;

• Encourage economic and technicalcooperation among developingcountries;

• Encourage participation of ruralpeople, particularly women andthe least privileged categories, indecisions and activities influencingtheirlivingconditions;

• Heighten public awareness of theproblemof hunger in theworld andstrengthen internationalandnationalsolidarity in the struggle againsthunger,malnutritionandpoverty;

• Promotethetransferoftechnologiestothedevelopingworld;

Fulfilling FAO’s Mission to Eradicate Hunger and

Poverty

Supriya Gugnani, Program Officer, Emergency and Rehabilitation Division, FAO (Rome)


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In September, 2015, all UnitedNations Member States approvedthe 2030 Agenda for SustainableDevelopment. The eradication ofhunger and all forms of malnutrition(SustainableDevelopmentGoalnumber2)wasdefinedasacardinalobjectiveoftheAgenda,asinequanonconditionforasafer,fairerandmorepeacefulworld.The theme for the year 2018

“Our actions are for future-A zero hunger world by 2030 is possible” is in accordance with commitmentto Sustainable Development Goal, toachieveZeroHungerby2030.Thisyearduring the official celebration of WorldFoodDayinRome,theheadquartersofFAOwasgracedbytwospecialguests,Queen Letizia of Spain andKing Letsiethe Third of Lesotho. FAO declared itspromise to continue andwin the battleagainsthunger.There was unanimous agreement

that ‘Hunger is certainly the worstmanifestation of malnutrition that ahuman being can face’. However,SustainableDevelopmentGoalnumber2isnotlimitedtothebattleagainsthunger.Thefocusison‘ZeroHungerconcept’aimedatnotjustfeedingbutnourishingpeople. The aim would be to provideeveryone with the necessary nutrientsforahealthylife.ItiswellacceptedthatGovernments

have the most fundamental role inachieving‘ZeroHunger’byensuringthatvulnerablepeoplehavesufficientincometobuythefoodtheyneed,orthemeansto produce it for themselves – even intimesofconflict.Zerohungercouldsavethelivesof301millionayear,andhelpbuild a safer, more prosperous worldfor everyone. FAO Director-GeneralJosé Graziano da Silva was quoted tohave said, “The more we concentrateon fresh local foods for our diets, themorewewillbuildagenerationfreefromobesity and overweight,” underscoringthat while hunger still needs to beeradicated, other forms of malnutritionlinked to inadequate diets also need tobeaddressed.Tackling hunger and malnutrition

requires investing in local agriculturalproduction to bring greater diversity topeople’sdiets.Tacklingwithchallengessuch as micronutrient deficiencies ononehandandobesityontheotherwouldrequire multiple stakeholders comingtogether while implementing different

perspectives and actions. This wouldalso include the adoption of legislationtoimprovethelabellingofproducts,andalsothebanofharmfulingredientsfromourfood;theintroductionofnutritionintheprimaryschoolcurriculumandothersimilarpolicies.

World Food Day in New Delhi, IndiaIn India, the three United Nations

organizations, the FoodandAgricultureOrganization, International Fund forAgriculturalDevelopmentandtheWorldFoodProgramalongwithotherstrategicpartners came together to markWorldFood Day 2018 at the UN House inNew Delhi. Through this event, theagencies aimed to increase awarenesson Sustainable Development Goal 2-meetingthechallengeofzerohungerintheworldby2030.ConsideringthatinIndiamore than 38 percent of childrenunder five are stunted, 21 percentwastedand58.4percentchildrenaged6-59monthsareanemic, the themeofthe event was ‘Sustainable Solutionsto Food and Nutrition Security’ forachievingAgenda2030inIndia.Hungeris a problem of rightful distribution, ofbothquantityandquality.Nutritiousfood

in the right quality has to reach out toeveryone.The event highlighted the progress

made by India in terms of prioritizingagriculture and steps taken to ensurefoodandnutritionsecurityofeveryone,and also highlighted the issue ofmalnutritionandtheroleofagricultureinfightingmalnutritionandclimatechange.Zero Hunger is at the heart of FAO’smandateandFAOinIndiaistakingstepsto promote sustainable agro-ecologicalpracticesinagriculture.

Launch of Green Agri Project in IndiaTheGovernment aims to transform

India’sagriculturalsectortocontributetotheachievementsofglobalenvironmentalobjectives, and has launched a newproject in association with FAO, Indiaoffice known as ‘Green-agriculture:transforming Indian agriculture forglobal environmental benefits and theconservationofcriticalbiodiversityandforest landscapes’. AUS$ 33.5milliongrant has been provided from GlobalEnvironmentFacility(GEF).The Ministry of Agriculture and

Family Welfare (MoAFW) and theMinistry of Environment, Forest andClimateChange(MoEFCC),proposestoaddress the challenges in collaborationwith GEF-FAO and other key playerswithin the next seven years (2018-2025). The project will address policyand practice of agriculture in India bystrengtheningagro-ecologicalpractices,includingsupportoffoodproductionandfoodsecurityandnutrition.Theobjectiveistobringabouttransformativechangeinthefarmsectorthroughconservationof biodiversity and forest landscapes.The project is being implemented infivelandscapesinthestatesofMadhyaPradesh, Mizoram, Odisha, RajasthanandUttarakhand.The project aims to achieve critical

results- a national and five state levelplatformsinstitutionalizedtomainstreamenvironmentalconcerns intoagriculturesector,49MTcarbonsequesteredGHGreduction, 104,070 hectares undersustainablemanagement practices andeco-restoration of 1.8 million hectaresof priority biodiversity landscape andreplicable models and piloting newsustainablebusinessmodels.Anyeffortto increase farmers income and foodproduction should happen within theframework of sustainable managementof natural resources to avoid furtherdepletion of water tables, biodiversityandhabitatforwildspecies,andlandandsoildegradationwhichhavecontributedtotheenvironmentalcrisisIndiaisfacingtoday.

GoI requests FAO to declare the upcoming year as “International Year of Millets”.Continuing its efforts to get

‘millets’ a global recognition amongconsumers, India has requested FAO,proposing declaration of the upcomingyear as “International Year of Millets”.Recognizing millets’ anti-diabeticproperties, a notification called it a


“powerhouseofnutrients”andidentifiedseveralvarietiesofmilletsforpromotion.The millets in the category of “Nutri-Cereals”includeSorghum(Jowar),PearlMillet(Bajra),FingerMillet(Ragi)FoxtailMillet (Kangani/Kakun) and Buckwheat(Kuttu)amongothers.

Sikkim wins FAO’s Future Policy Gold AwardThisyear,SikkimwonFAO’sFuture

Policy Gold Award for its achievementin becoming the world’s first totallyorganic agriculture state. Sikkim is thefirst organic state in the world. All ofits farmland is certified organic. Thestate has totally banned the sale anduse of chemical pesticides. SikkimsetsanexcellentexampleofhowotherIndian states and countries worldwidecan successfully upscale agroecology.Nicknamedthe“Oscarforbestpolicies”,theawardwasco-organizedwiththeFAObyTheWorldFutureCouncilandIFOA-Organics International that recognizes“the world’s best laws and policiespromoting agroecology. The transitionhasbenefitedmorethan66,000farmingfamilies.

Ongoing Projects in India • StrengtheningInstitutionalCapacitiesfor Sustainable MountainDevelopmentintheIndianHimalayanRegion

• Promoting Nutrition Education andCommunicationinIndia

• Strengthening Agriculture and AlliedSector Contributions to India`sNational Biodiversity Action Plan

2008 and the National BiodiversityTargets

• TechnicalAssistancetoFarmerWaterSchool Program and AgriculturalActivities under the Uttar PradeshWater Sector Restructuring ProjectPhase-II

• Support to the implementation ofIndian Ocean Tuna CommissionRegionalObserverScheme

• Implementing the Monitoring andAnalyzing Food and AgriculturalPoliciesPrograminIndia

• Support to the implementation ofIndian Ocean Tuna Commission -IOTC-RegionalObserverScheme

• CERF funding for Kerala: FAO alongwith UNDP is providing time-criticalsaving of livestock emergencyemployment, agriculture, andlivelihoodsrecoveryforcommunitiesaffected by floods in Kerala. ThetworoundsoffloodingfromJunetoAugust 2018 coupled with suddenrelease of huge volume of watersfromthedamsinthestatehasdirectlyimpacted 323,833 farmers, resultedin 59,321 hectares of cropped areabeing affected and amounting to alossofUS$202million.

ForFAO,thisCERFprojectfundswillbeused for lifesavingand timecriticalactivities like technical assistance forsafe disposal of, carcass, disinfectingcattle and poultry sheds, enhancedsurveillance of potential zoonotic and

other diseases “outbreaks, field testingkits for livestock disease surveillancewith capacity to respond whennecessary, provision of vitamin/mineralsupplements, and capacity building onusing innovative livestock and poultrysheddesign(toensurethatrebuildingofdamagedlivestockandpoultryshedsisfuturehazard-proofkeepinginmindthereturningmonsoon”duefromNovemberto January) as well as technicalassistance in clearance of flood-debrisand sludge from agricultural lands,undertaking land repairs,distributionofvegetable seeds coupled with trainingonuseofdistributedseedsinadisaster-climate smart agricultural practicesmanner.These activities will not only

minimize adverse coping actions bysmallholdersbutalsowillenablethemtomakeuseofthenextagriculturalseasonand saving their livestock due to theenhancedsurveillancemechanism.ThisCERFprojectwilltarget30,000marginaland smallholder livestock and poultrykeepers, landless households andfarmers including women farmers andmembersoftheprimarymilkcooperativesocieties at the community level. Thisproposal for immediate livelihoodsrecovery has a clear complementaritywith the transitional shelter. Sizeableresources have been allocated forthe development of Communicationproducts for theGovernmentofKerala.Theeffortoftheprojectwillbetoensurethat the interventions contribute to thelonger-termReconstructionplansoftheGovernmentofKerala.

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“ I have always stressed that we need the private sector on board in this challenge to ensure that no one goes to bed hungry”

Jose Graziano Da Silva, FAO Director General


Policy Pronouncements and DevelopmentsFrom Prime Minister Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’

“Everymonth,wewould read letters to thetuneof lakhs, listen tophonecalls,watchcomments on the App & Mygov. Weavinga common thread comprising them all intoa fabric of informal conversation, we havebeen able to travel together, over this ratherlong distance of 50 episodes. Recently, AllIndia Radio got a survey done on ‘Mann KiBaat’. Out of the designated sample in thesurvey, 70% of respondents on an averagehappen tobe listenerswho regularly tune into ‘’MannKiBaat’.Most people believe thatthegreatestcontributionof‘MannKiBaat’hasbeentheenhancementofafeelingofpositivityinoursociety.Themediumof‘MannKiBaat’has promoted many a mass revolution.#indiapositivehasbeen thesubjectofquiteanextensivediscussion.Thisisanexemplaryglimpse of the feeling of positivity, innate toour countrymen. People have shared theirexperiences, conveying the rise of selflessvolunteerism as a consequence of ‘MannKi Baat’. I am overjoyed on account of thefact that through ‘Mann Ki Baat’, radio isrising as a popular medium, more thanever before. But it’s not about just radio…people are connecting with this programmeand ensuring their participation throughT.V., FM Radio, Mobile, Internet, FacebookLive; along with periscope, through theNarendraModiApptoo.Iexpressmygratitudetotheentirefamilyof‘MannKiBaat’forbeinga part of it & trusting it wholeheartedly.”.

World Bank Group announces US$ 200 billion for Climate Action

TheWorldBankGroupannouncedamajornewsetofclimatetargetsfor2021-2025,

doubling its current 5 year investments toaroundUS$200billioninsupportforcountriestotakeambitiousclimateaction.Thenewplansignificantly boosts support for adaptationand resilience, recognizingmounting climatechange impacts on lives and livelihoods,especiallyintheworld’spoorestcountries.TheUS$200billionacrosstheGroupismadeupofapproximatelyUS$100billionindirectfinancefrom the World Bank, and approximatelyUS$ 100 billion of combined direct financefrom the International Finance Corporationand the Multilateral Investment GuaranteeAgency and private capitalmobilized by theWorldBankGroup.Akeypriorityisboosting

support for climate adaptation, recognizingthatmillions of people across theworld arealready facing the severe consequences ofmoreextremeweatherevents.ByrampingupdirectadaptationfinancetoreacharoundUS$50 billion over FY 2021-25, theWorld Bankwill,forthefirsttime,givethisequalemphasisalongsideinvestmentsthatreduceemissions.

GOI’s Action against Fugitive Economic Offences and Asset Recovery

AtthesecondsessionoftheG-20SummitonNovember30,2018,PrimeMinister,Mr.

NarendraModi suggested the following ninepointagendatoG-20foractionagainstfugitiveeconomic offences and asset recovery:

• Strong and active cooperation acrossG-20countries to deal comprehensivelyand efficiently with the menace fugitiveeconomicoffenders.

• Cooperation in the legalprocessessuchas effective freezing of the proceeds ofcrime; early return of the offenders andefficient repatriation of the proceedsof crime should be enhanced andstreamlined.

• JointeffortbyG-20countries to formamechanism that denies entry and safehavenstoallfugitiveeconomicoffenders.

• Principles of United Nations Conventionagainst Corruption (UNCAC), UNConvention against TransnationalOrganized Crime (UNOTC), especiallyrelated to “International Cooperation”should be fully and effectivelyimplemented.

• Financial Action Task Force (FATF) toestablish international co-operationthat leads to timely and comprehensiveexchange of information betweencompetentauthoritiesandFIUs.

• FATF tasked to formulate a standarddefinitionoffugitiveeconomicoffenders.

• FATFtodevelopstandardizedproceduresrelated to identification, extradition andjudicial proceedings for dealing withfugitive economic offenders to provideguidance and assistance to G-20countries.

• Commonplatformtobesetupforsharingexperiencesandbestpracticesincludingsuccessful cases of extradition, gaps inexistingsystemsandlegalassistance.

• G-20Forumtoconsiderinitiatingworkonlocatingpropertiesofeconomicoffenderswhohaveataxdebtinthecountryoftheirresidenceforitsrecovery.

Update on PMI

GrowthinmanufacturingactivityinIndiahitan11-monthhighinNovemberasnewordersandoutput roseataslowerpace,accordingto purchasing managers’ index (PMI). ThePMI in November continued its northwardclimbforthethirdmonth,goingupto54from53.1 inOctober.A reading above50 showsexpansioninthesector.Theboostinoutputcame fromasurge inneworders, that roseat thesecond-fastest rate inover twoyears.Companies suggested thatmarketing effortsborefruit,whilestrongerdemandtooboostedsales.Intermediategoodsmakersalsofrontedthe upturn. Growth of new export workquickened to the fastest in just under fouryears,asproducersreportedlyreceivedbulkordersfromclientsinkeyexportdestinations.Consequently, manufacturers increasedproduction,theriseledbyintermediategoodsfirms,althoughrobustgrowthwasalsoseenintheconsumerandcapitalgoodscategories.The expansion in total new orders wassupported by greater sales to internationalmarkets. Growth of new export workquickened to the fastest in just under fouryears,asproducersreportedlyreceivedbulkordersfromclientsinkeyexportdestinations.Meanwhile, manufacturing companiescontinued raising their pre-productioninventoriesasfirmssteppedupinputbuying.Firmscontinuedtoraisestafflevels,evenasrecruitmentslowedinNovember.TheincreaseinemploymentsoftenedslightlysinceOctober,butwasamongthefastestseeninsixyears.

Update on Blue Economy

Blue Economy is very crucial for India’seconomic development as quoted by

UnionMinister for Shipping, Road Transport& Highways, Water Resources, RiverDevelopment and Ganga Rejuvenation,Mr. Nitin Gadkari. According to Minister,Gadkari, Indiahasastrategic location in theIndian Ocean region, and on this basis, it

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endorsesthegrowthoftheBlueEconomyina sustainable, inclusive and people centredmanner through the frameworkof the IndianOcean Rim Association (IORA). India isdeveloping its maritime infrastructure aswell as its inland waterways and coastalshippingthroughthelaunchoftheambitious“Sagarmala Programme” which willrevolutionize maritime logistics and port leddevelopmentsinthecountry.TheSagarmalaprogramme has identified 600 plus projectsentailing investment of around US$ 120billion by the year 2020. This will save thecountry nearly six billion dollars per annumin logisticscostsbesidescreating10millionnewjobsandboostingportcapacityby800MillionMetricTon(MMTPA)perAnnumtoanoverall3500MMTPA.TheCoastalEconomicZones (CEZs) are being developed underSagarmala with a proposed investmentof US$ 150 million per location. CEZs willbecome amicrocosm of the blue economywherein industries and townships thatdepend on the sea and contribute to globaltradethroughseaconnectivityareenvisaged.

NPCC is now a Miniratna

NationalProjectsConstructionCorporationLimited (NPCC)hasbeenconferredwith

the status ofMiniratna : Category –I by theIndian government. The empowerment ofMiniratnaStatustoNPCCwillhelpthecompanyin takingspeedydecisionsbyenhancing thedelegation of powers to the Board. NPCChas also been awarded ISO 9001:2015Certification. The Corporation, incorporatedin1957, isapremierconstructioncompanyhavingmandatewithcreationofinfrastructuretoprovideimpetusforeconomicdevelopmentof the country. The Corporation is makingcontinuous profit since 2009-10, havingpositive networth for the last six years andhas ambitious business planwith enhancedorder book position of Rs. 11833 crores.

First containerised cargo on an inland waterway received at Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recentlydedicatedthemultimodalterminalonRiver

Ganga to the nation and received the firstcontainerisedcargothathadsailedfromHaldiaport,atVaranasi.ThemultimodalterminalonNationalWaterway-1(NW-1)fortransportingcontainerisedcargobetweenVaranasiinUttarPradesh and Haldia port in West Bengal isexpectedtoprovideasignificantpushtoex-im trade from eastern India, especially fromKolkata and its catchment areas. Haldiaportwouldbeable tostrengthen itspositionas a viable transhipment port in the SouthEast Asia region, due to burgeoning andpotentialtradetransactionsbetweenIndiaandBangladesh throughmultimodal connectivity,where this port would play a pivotal role.

Prime Minister, Modi seeks tech ideas

to break into top 50 of doing business rankingy

Hon’blePrimeMinister,Mr.NarendraModihaslaunchedagrandchallengetofurther

improve India’sposition in theWorldBank’seaseofdoingbusinessrankingtothetop50by using cutting-edge technology to reformgovernment processes. At a meeting withtop industry officials and policymakers todiscusstheeaseofdoingbusinessranking,inwhichIndiajumpedto77thpositionthisyear,Hon’blePrimeMinisterhassoughtinputbasedonareassuchasartificialintelligence,internetofthings,bigdataanalyticsandblockchaintostreamlineandspeedupprocessestoimproveoverall business environment in the country.

RBI to extend timeline for banks to meet capital norms ‘credit negative’: Moody’s

Moody’s Investors Service said RBIboard’sdecision to extend the timeline

forbankstoimplementBasel3guidelinesis“credit negative” for public sector lenders.Also, the decision to restructure stressedmicro, small and medium enterprises(MSME)loansofuptoRs25croresalsohasthepotentialforhavingnegativeimplicationsfor the credit profiles of Indian banks.

Government authorises PSU bank chiefs to block wilful defaulters’ exit from India

The government has empowered headsof public sector banks to directly

request the authorities for issuance oflook-out circular against wilful defaultersand prevent them from fleeing from thecountry. The recommendations werea part of the committee headed byFinancial Services Secretary, Rajiv Kumar.

SEBI unveils rules for reclassification of promoter as public investor

InanotificationdatedNovember16,2018theSecuritiesandExchangeBoardofIndia(SEBI) has come out with new rules forre-classification of a promoter as a publicinvestor,wherein an outgoing promoterwillhave to relinquish special rights aswell ascontrolovertheaffairsofthelistedfirmandnotbeallowedtoholdover10percentstake.Besides,thepromoterwouldnotbeallowedto have any representation on the board ofdirectorsoractasakeymanagerialpersoninthelistedentity.Furthermore,thepromoterseekingre-classificationmustnotbeawilfuldefaulter or a fugitive economic offender.

Protocol amending India-China DTAA

The India government and the People’sRepublic of China government have

amended the Double Taxation AvoidanceAgreement (DTAA) for the avoidance ofdouble taxation and for the prevention offiscal evasion with respect to taxes onincome,bysigningaProtocolonNovember26,2018.TheProtocolupdatestheexistingprovisionsforexchangeofinformationtothelatest international standards. Further, theProtocol incorporates changes required toimplementtreatyrelatedminimumstandardsunder the Action reports of Base Erosion& Profit shifting (BEPS) Project, in whichIndia had participated on an equal footing.

GOI and ADB sign US$85 Million Loan to Support Odisha Skill Development Project

The GOI and Asian Development Bank(ADB) signed a US$ 85 million loan

on December 3, 2018, to improve the skilldevelopment eco-system in Odisha andestablishanadvancedskilltrainingcenter,theWorld Skill Center (WSC), in Bhubaneswar.The project will improve the quality of theState’s TVET programs by making themrelevant to industry and demand driven,andwill impart advanced occupation-readyskills training aligned with internationalstandards. It would also complement theefforts to target the employment needs ofthe emerging sectors in India and globally.TheprojectwillengageInstituteofTechnicalEducation Services (ITEES), Singapore, tosupportOdishaSkillDevelopmentAuthorityin setting-up and operationalizing WSC.The project will help over 150,000 peoplelearn skills in priority sectors, includingmanufacturing,constructionandservicesforformal employment. WSC will deliver eighttrainingcoursesfor13,000full-timestudents,providetrainingfor5,000teachers,andtrain1,000assessors. Itwill improve theoveralleco-system of skill development in Odishaby providing integrated services throughan entrepreneurship incubation center, acareer counseling and placement center, acurriculum design and development center,andeducationtechnologydeploymentcenter.

Quadricycles as Non Transport Vehicles

The Ministry of Road Transport andHighways has notified the insertion of

the item ‘Quadricycle’ as a ‘non transport’vehicleunder theMotorVehiclesAct1988.A Quadricycle is a vehicle of the size ofa 3-wheeler but with 4 tyres and fullycovered like a car. It has an engine likethat of a 3-wheeler. Thismakes it a cheapand safe mode of transport for last mileconnectivity.Quadricycleswereonlyallowedfor transport usageunder theAct, but nowhasbeenmadeusablefornontransportalso.


MSME CONCLAVE- Aapki Kahani Aapki Zubani

Mr. Kush Tyagi, Business Facilitator, GeM; Mr. Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh, CGM, State Bank of India; Mr. R S Sachdeva, Managing Director, Hitech Group of Companies, Mohali and Chairman, Punjab State Chapter, PHDCCI; Mr. Pankaj Madan, Deputy Head-India Office & Head Programmes, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung; Ms. Vini Mahajan, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Industries & Commerce, Govt. of Punjab; Mr. Vikram Sahgal, Managing Director, Micron Instruments Pvt. Ltd., Chandigarh and Chairman, Chandigarh State Chapter, PHDCCI; Ms. Rachna Dikshit, Regional Director, RBI, Chandigarh; Mr. Major Singh, Director, MSME, Development Institute, Haryana & Punjab and Mr. CM Krishna, Honorary Advisor, PHDCCI

Participants

PHD Chamber in collaboration withKonrad Adenauer Stiftung organized

a twodayMSMEConclave ‘AapkiKahaniAapki Zubani’,November15-16,2018atChandigarh.Thefirstdayinauguralsessionwas held at Hotel Hyatt, Chandigarh andsecondday technicalsessionswereheldat PHDHouse, Chandigarh. The purposeof the Conclave was to sensitize theGovernmentwiththeproblemsbeingfacedby theMSMEunitsandalso tobring theMSMEunitsof6statesononecommonplatformtodeliberateonCommonIssuesandfindoutsolutionsforthesame.Ms. Vini Mahajan, IAS, Additional

ChiefSecretary,Departmentof Industries& Commerce, Govt. of Punjab stressedon the importance of strong bondbetween Government and Industry andinformed that a new industrial policy isbeing designed after the deliberationswith different industrial organizations &associations of Punjab. She highlightedthat such conclaves help both thegovernmentandindustrialunitstodiscusstheproblemsandissueswitheachother.Mr. Vikram Sahgal, Chairman,

Chandigarh Chapter of PHDCCI talkedaboutthecontributionandroleofMSMEsin the growth of the country and alsopointedout someof theproblemswhichMSMEsarefacing.Mr. CM Krishna, Honorary Advisor,

PHDCCI stated that the purpose of theconclave is to bring the GovernmentDepartments, Financial Institutions andMSME Entrepreneurs of all the 6 states

onacommonplatformwhereMSMEscanspeak out about their expectations fromtheGovernmentdepartments,thechangesthey want in the Industrial Policies andshare about the turbulences which theyaregoingthroughwhilerunningtheirunits.Mr. Major Singh, Director, MSME,

Development Institute,Haryana&Punjabinformed the policies of the MSMEdepartment which are for the benefit ofthe MSME units. The focus must be onup-gradation of Infrastructure in theIndustrial areas specially the roadconnectivity.Ms.RachnaDikshit,RegionalDirector,

RBI, Chandigarh informed that from timetotimetheygivetrainingtobankofficialsabout different schemes being launchedbydifferentbanksincollaborationwiththeindustrialschemesoftheGovernment.

Mr. Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh,CGM, State Bank of India promised thattheir bank is committed to give bestpossibleservicestotheMSMEunits.Mr. Kush Tyagi, Business Facilitator

GeM introduced GeM (Governmente-Marketplace)portalindetail.Mr. Pankaj Madan, Dy. Head-India

Office & Head Programmes, Konrad-Adenauer-StiftungtalkedabouttheroleofKASasacatalystbetweenEntrepreneurs&Governmentwith the help of industrialbodieslikePHDCCIandsoon.Hefurthersaid that merely policy framing will notwork; departments have to work withMSME units so that the policies of theGovernmentreachtothegrassrootlevels.Mr.R.S.Sachdeva,Chairman,Punjab

Chapter,PHDChamberproposedthevote-of-thankstotheguests.

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HEADWAY / Skill Development Initiatives

Day 2- Technical Session Delegates from MSME units deliberated upon their issues of concernNovember 16, 2018 at PHD House, Chandigarh

Mr. Kuldeep Gupta, Director, Shanker Timber Industries Pvt Ltd, Jammu and Co-Chairman, Jammu Region, PHDCCI; Dr. R S Sharma, Director Industries, Jammu; Mr. Mushtaq Ahmed Chaya, Founder & Chairman, Grand Mumtaz Group of Hotels and Resorts, Srinagar and Chairman, Kashmir Region, PHDCCI; Ms. Anju Bajaj, Proprietor, P ‘n’ A Industries, Delhi; Er. Bilal Bhat, Director Industries, Kashmir and Mr. Bilal Ahmed Kawoosa, CEO, Kashmir Silk Producers Co-operative Ltd, Srinagar

Mr. CM Krishna, Honorary Advisor,PHDCCI informed that Industry

is entering into fourth revolution ofIndustrialization which is known asIndustry 4.0 challenges.We are enteringinto an era, where machines will becommunicating with themselves toperformproductionactivities.Mr.MukulBansal,Chairman,Banking

and Financial Services Sub Committee,Punjab State Chapter, PHDCCI chairedthesessionwith the remark“MSME is inPain” andwehave tomake themhappy.Wecannotincreaseourgeographicalarea,nor can we decrease our population. Sowe have to generate resources throughmanufacturingofgoodsandservices.Mr.ArvindMehan,Director,NCI India

Pvt. Ltd., Chandigarh stated that due toincrease in the cost of production theyhaveshiftedfrommanufacturingtoserviceoriented industry. Now they are gettingtheir products being manufactured fromotherunitsandsupplyingthemundertheirbrandnametothemarket.Mr. Ramesh Bhatia, Owner, Expo

ImpoCorporation,Chandigarhstated thatindustrial policiesmust be preparedwithduediscussionswithindustry.Mr. Harjeet Singh Sandhu, Director,

Industries, Chandigarh gave theperspective of the Department. He saidthattheindustrialareaofChandigarhwasdesigned for Industrial activities only andthatalso forMSMEunits.Hesaiddue totheinfrastructuralproblemsBtoCindustryis not possible. Still, the Department isworking on differentways andmeans toprovidehelptotheindustrialunits.Mr. Lokesh Jain, Director, Munak

Enterprises, Panchkula highlighted the

problem of electricity in the PanchkulaDistrict. He pointed out HSIIDC hasdevelopedanewindustrialareaatBarwalainPanchkulaDistrict,whichdoesn’thaveanyservice facilities.There isnobank inthisnewlydevelopedIndustrialArea.Mr. Ashwani Gupta, Addl. Director

Industries&Commerce,Govt.ofHaryanastated that they areworking towards thedigitalization of Industrial clearances.OnlinesinglewindowclearancesystemisbeingstartedintheState.Mr. Anupam Katiyar, Sr. Engineer,

Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd.said that the department is workingtowardstheimprovementoftheElectricalInfrastructureandinthefuturethequalityofelectricitywillbeimproved.Mr. Ramesh Garhiya, Sr. Scientist,

Haryana Pollution Control BoardmentionedthatintheindustrialareasCETP(CommonEffluentTreatmentPlants)isnotavailableanditisthedutyoftheIndustrytotreattheireffluentsattheirunitlevel,sothatitshouldnotcomeoutofthefactoryuntreated.Mr. Rajeev Ghai, Managing Partner,

Ghai Industrial Timbers, Kashipur &Mr. Raj Arora, Founder Chairman,Safeguard Industries Pvt Ltd., SIDCUL,Haridwar mentioned that up-gradation ofInfrastructuresectorisneeded.CA. Verendra Kalra, CA Verendra

Kalra & Company, Dehradun informedthat MSME loans never become NPAsand MSME units must be bringing intominimumnetofcompliancessothattheycanconcentrateonrunningtheirunits.Mr. Bilal Ahmed Kawoosa, CEO,

KashmirSilkProducersCo-OperativeLtd,Srinagar laid emphasis on certain social

securityschemesforEntrepreneurs.Er. Bilal Bhat, Director Industries,

Kashmir (J&K) & Dr. R.S. Sharma,Director Industries, Jammu both were oftheviewthatGovernmentpoliciesmustbeimplementedinapropermannertobenefittheindustry.Mr.MushtaqAhmedChaya,Chairman,

Kashmir Region, PHDChamber said thatTourism is a major industry in J&K andtheGovernmentispromotingitintherightdirection.Mr. Kuldeep Gupta, Co-chairman,

JammuRegion,PHDChambermentionedthat in Jammu, theMSMEmanufacturingunitsareworkingandofficersintheregionareverycooperativewiththeMSMEunits.Mr. Yogesh Sagar, President, Mohali

Industries Association said that MSMEdepartmenthadsupportedthemandtheygottheirfundsalsoreleasedforthesameinduetime.Mr.SurinderRana,GM,StateBankof

IndiaandMr.SaurabhBajpai,AGM,SmallIndustrial Development, Bank of Indiainformed that banks have surplus fundsto finance MSMEs and a 59 Sec loansanction policy has been announced bytheGovernmentforMSMEunits.Mr. Bhupesh Garg, Joint Secretary,

Derabassi Industries Association raisedissues in getting loans from the financialinstitution and thepolicies framedby thegovernmentforMSMEunitsarenotbeingimplementedatthegroundlevel.Ms. Anju Bajaj, Proprietor, P ‘n’ A

Industries, Delhi chaired the technicalsessions.SheaddedthattheGovernmentisprovidingextrafacilitiesandsubsidiestowomenentrepreneurialunitsandwemusttaketheadvantageofthesame.


PHD FAMILY WELFARE FOUNDATION (PHDFWF)PHDFWF-SMPF MR. J P WALDER’S INTERACTION WITH FWF MEMBERS IN PHD CHAMBER

Workshop on Digital Media and Certificate Distribution programme at PHDFWF-SMPF Skill Development Centre, Vinodpuri

Mr.JPWalderTrustee,PIF,Switzerland,Ms.SDPalriwala&Ms.KavitaLakhotiafromSMPFvisitedPHDChamberonNovember20,2018

foraninteractivesessionwithMr.RajivTalwar,President,PHDChamber,Mr. D.K Aggarwal, Sr. Vice President, PHD Chamber, Ms. AnuradhaGoel, Chairperson, PHDFWF, Dr Mahesh Y Reddy, Secretary General,PHDChamber andother seniormembersofPHDFWF.Mr.Walderhasbeen associated with PHDFWF for the last 19 years and showed hisappreciationtowardsthenobleworkofimprovingskillsofthewomen&youththroughdifferenttrainingsgiveninSMPFskilldevelopmenttrainingcentre,VinodpuriandservingpoorestofthepoorthroughSMPFmobilemedicalvan.Mr.RajivTalwarwelcomedhimwithamementoforbeingassociatedwithPHDFWFforsuchalongtime.

PHDFWF organized a Digital MediaWorkshop for 10 days each inVinodpuri centre with the involvementof the underprivileged women & youthfrom nearby areas around. 25 traineesbenefited from thisspecialworkshop.Asthereisalotofdemandinthisskillnow-

a-days, PHDFWF was trying to help thetrainers to showcase their talents. Theworkshops were supported by SheelaKanoriaFoundation.OnOctober30,2018,certificatesweredistributedtothetraineeswhohavecompletedtheircourseinDigitalMedia.TheprogramwasgracedbyMs.S.

D.Palriwala,Trustee,SMPF,Ms.AnuradhaGoel, Chairperson, PHDFWF, Ms.VeenaThapar, GB Member, PHDFWF andMr.S.Lal, fromSMPF. On thisoccasion45certificateswerealsodistributedtothetraineeswhohavecompletedtheircoursesintailoringandcomputereducationunderthecentre.

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PHDFWF-JAQUAR NEW SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AT RANGPURI PAHARI

PHDFWF-PATANJALI PROGRAMME

PHDFWF-SMPF Mr. JP WALDER VISIT TO SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, VINODPURI

PHDFWFstartedtwonewcoursesattheexistingcentreatRangpuriPahariwithfinancialsupportfromJaquarFoundation.BeautyCulture&NusingAssistanthavebeenintroducedatthecentrew.e.f.November1,2018.

Mr.JPWalder,Trustee,PIF,Switzerland,Ms.SumanGupta,Trustee,SMPF,Mr.NirmalGupta,SMPFalongwithseniorofficialofSMPFvisitedSkillDevelopmentCentreonNovember20,2018inVinodpuri.Mr.Walderinteractedwiththetrainersandtrainees

ofComputerEducation,Tailoring&Embroidery,BeautyCultureandMobileRepairing.Thetraineesperformedaculturalprogram.Mr.WalderandMs.SumanGuptagaveamotivationalspeechforthetraineesabouttheskillstheywereavailingatthecentrewhichwillhelpthemtoexcelineverywalkoflife.Atthecentre,150traineesareavailingtrainingontailoring&embroidery,beautyculture&mehendi,mobilerepairingandcomputereducationundertheproject.

PHDFWFincollaborationwithPatanajliorganizedaprogramfortheunderprivilegedchildrenontheoccasionofDiwaliattheOkhlacentrewheretheydistributedfreegiftsto40children.ThechildrenhadparticipatedinasummercampinassociationwithPHDFWF

atthecentre.Thechildrenalsoperformedyogaontheoccasion.



PHDFWF- SETH MADANLALL PALRIWALA FOUNDATION MOBILE MEDICAL VAN

PHDFWF-WRG Skill Development Training Centre in Rangpuri Pahari, Vasant Kunj

PHDFWF- Jaquar Foundation Mobile Medical Van (Gurugram, Haryana)

Skill Development Training Centre in Sarai Kale Khan, Delhi

PHDFamilyWelfareFoundationinassociationwiththePHDSkillDevelopmentCommitteeandDelhiUrbanShelterImprovement

BoardhasbeenrunningaSkillDevelopmentTrainingCentresinceOctober10,2018atSaraiKaleKhannightshelter,Delhi.Atotalof31beneficiariesenrolledforboththecourses.Apartfromtraining,thePHDFWFhasbeenorganizingmotivational talksandgeneralawarenesscampsundertheproject.Theprojectaimstogivethebeneficiariesanopportunitytocometothemainstreamtomakethemself-reliantsothattheycanearntheirlivelihood.

Duringthemonth,16freehealthcheckupcampswereorganizedinthedifferentruralareasofHaryana,UttarPradeshandslumsofDelhi.Freediagnosticcare,clinicalservicesandmedicineswereprovidedtothepatients.Around1395patientsbenefittedfrom

thesecamps.

PHDFWFhasbeenrunningaSkillDevelopmentTrainingCentreinRangpuriPahariresettlementcolony,VasantKunj,NewDelhi.ThecentreisprovidingtraininginComputerEducation,Tailoring&Embroidery,Englishspeakingclasses.Inall,65traineesareavailing

traininginallthethreecourses.

During themonth,16 freehealthcheck-upcampswereorganized indifferentvillagesofHaryanaadoptedbyJaquarGroup.Freediagnosticcare,clinicalservicesandmedicineswereprovidedtothepatients.Around850patientsbenefittedfromthesecamps.


Hindustan Tin Works Skill Development Training Centre, LalKuan, Badarpur

PHDFWF-DSACS Target Intervention Project on HIV/AIDS

PHDFWF-Aruna Abhey Oswal Trust –Mobile Medical Van

PHDFWFhasbeenrunningaSkillDevelopmentTrainingCentreinLalKuan,BadarpurwiththefinancialsupportfromHindustanTinWorksLtd.ThecentrewasearlierthereinMangwakivillage,Pataudiwhichhasnowbeenshiftedtothisnewlocation.Trainingin

computereducation&beautycultureisbeingprovidedinthecentre.

96ICTC,95RPR,4reviewmeetings,8demandgenerationmeetingsand2DICmeetingswerealsoconducted.Around350patientsattendedtheSTIclinicservices,21PTand7STIpatientswereidentifiedunderthisprojectduringthemonth.

PHDFWFisrunningamobilemedicalvaninassociationwiththeHolyFamilyHospitaldonatedbyArunaAbheyOswalTrust.Freehealthcheck-upcampsarebeingorganizedinOkhlaresettlementcolonies,JamiaNagar&IKVcentresonaregularbasis.

During themonth,20 freehealthcheck-upcampswereorganized indifferentvillagesofHaryanaadoptedbyJaquarGroup.Freediagnosticcare,clinicalservicesandmedicineswereprovidedtothepatients.Around1270patientsbenefittedfromthesecamps.

Presently,110girlsandwomenareundergoingtrainingintailoringandbeautycultureatTekhandvillage,OkhlaPhase-I.ThecentreisbeingsupportedbyFenaFoundation.Oncompletionoftherespectivecourses,examswerealsoconductedandcertificateswere

awardedtothetrainees.

Presently,53traineesareavailingtrainingintailoringandbeautycultureatthecentre.Thetraineesaremakingdifferentembroiderydesignsonfabricsandearningtheirlivelihood.Oneawarenessgenerationprogrammewasalsoorganizedduringtheperiodunder

thisproject.

PHDFWF- Jaquar Foundation Mobile Medical Van (Bhiwadi, Rajasthan)

PHDFWF-FENA Skill Development Training Centre

PHDFWF-ITE Foundation Trust-Skill Development Centre, Noida




PHD RURAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (PHDRDF)

PHDRDF SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT

PHDRDFhasbeenactivelyworking towards improvingqualityandstandardofschooleducationand literacybysupporting theexistingGovernmentschoolsindifferentstates.

A. PHDRDF- Hindustan Tin Work Ltd (HTWL)

HTWLhasbeenworkingtowardseducationasapartoftheirCSRactivity.TheGovernmentSchoolatHassanpur,Sonipathasbeenadoptedbythecompanyandisbeingupgradedcontinuously.Effortshavebeenmadetoprovidedrinkingwater&sanitationfacilitiesinthisschoolalongwithprovisionofalibrary,sciencelaboratoryandplayareafornurserystudents.Thedevelopmentsinitiatedinthepreviousphasehadaverypositiveresponseandenrollmentoftheschoolincreasedby25percentthroughthedevelopmentactivities.Theschoolinfrastructureisnowbeingupgradedbyrenovatingtheplaygroundandassemblyarea,provisionofapropergateforsecurityandotherbasicinfrastructuresupportforstudentslikeprovidingbenches,books,bagsandnotebooksatthebeginningofthesession.

C. PHDRDF- Junior Chamber International Japan (JCI) & Japan Water Forum (JWF)

PHDRDFwiththesupportfromJuniorChamberInternationalJapanandJapanWaterForumisimplementing‘SmilebyWaterProject’.Asapartoftheproject,communitydrinkingwaterfacilityhasbeenestablishedintwovillages,oneinMewatvillageJalalpurinTauruBlockandanotherinPataudiblockvillage,Ramnagar.Besidesthis,newtoiletblockshavebeenconstructedandexistingtoiletfacilitieshavebeenrefurbishedinthreeGovernmentschoolsofSohna.Behaviourchangesessionsarebeingundertakenregularlywiththeschoolchildrenthroughthefun-waylearningmethod.Forbehaviorchange,wallsinthreeschoolshavebeenpaintedwithpicturesillustratinggoodhabitsandsavewater.Drawingcompetitions,EcoRally,animatedaudiovisualpresentationsandeducationalgamesarealsobeingconducted.Theprojecthasbeendulycompletedandhandedovertotheschoolauthoritiesandpeopleofthecommunity.

E. PHDRDF- Peter Und Luise Hager Stiftung (Hager Foundation)

PHDRDFandHagerFoundation,Germanyhavecometogetherforholisticdevelopmentofgovernmentschoolsin5villagesofSikarDistrict inRajasthan, throughquality educationwhich includesWASHawareness, infrastructureandhealthcareunder theprojecton“WASHandQualityeducationinGovernmentSchoolsinSikar”.DuringFY2018-19,activitieswereinitiatedingovernmentschoolsi.e.Govt.SeniorSecondarySchool,Toda,Govt.HighSchool,Bhojmaid&Govt.UpperPrimarySchool,Kalakota,Govt.Besidesthis,RDFhasalsomadeprovisionofaregularEnglishTeacherintheseschoolsforthesession2018-19.ThestudentsappearedfortheregulartestforcomputersandEnglishandhaveperformedwell.UpperPrimarySchool,BadanSinghKiDhaniandGovt.UpperPrimarySchool,Saidalaschoolshavebeenupgradedwithfacilitiesofwell-equippedComputerLabsalongwithaComputerteacher.

B. PHDRDF- Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) India -HDFC ERGO

CAFIndiapartneredwithPHDRDFfortheir‘GaonMera’Projectto re-construct theGovernmentPrimarySchoolbuildingatRamanVillage of Kullu District, which is almost an 80 year old building.Theschoolbuildinghasbeencompletedandtheschoolisreadyforinauguration.Theschoolhas6classrooms(Nurseryto5th),adiningroom,computerroom,communityhall,staffroom,storeroomtoiletandakitchen.Theroomshavewoodencladdingonthewallsinsidetoinsulatetheroomsfromtheextremecoldclimate.BaLA(BuildingasaLearningAid)workhasalsobeendoneintheschooltopromotequalityeducationandlearning.PHDRDFhasalsoprovidedtheschoolwithutilityitemslike–aprinter,scanner,kitchenutensils,waterROfilter, school bags,water bottles, stationery, uniform, shoes, gameequipments,etcforthestudents.Theschoolhasnowbeenhandedovertotheheadmasteraspertherequestofthedonor.

D. PHDRDF- TEVA API India Limited

PHDRDF and TEVA API India Ltd have initiated a partnership for a project on “Aadharsh Vidyalaya- Integrated Development ofGovernmentSchoolsinGajraula,UttarPradeshandMalanpur,Bhind”inMadhyaPradesh.TwoschoolshavebeenadoptedbyTEVAtotransformintomodelschoolswithupgradedinfrastructurefacilities,qualityeducation&traininginsoftskillsincludingWASH.Theworkinthetwoschoolsisunderprogress.

PHDChamberstronglybelievesinitssocialresponsibilitybeinganimportantpartofbusinessphilosophy.TheChamberisextendingitscontributionstothecommunitythroughCorporateSocialResponsibility(CSR)initiativesbyPHDRuralDevelopmentFoundationasitssocialarm.TheinitiativesaredesignedtoensurethateverycorporatedonorembodiestheprinciplesofCSRasperSectionVIIofCompany’sAct2013.TheFoundationtakesappropriateinitiativesintheareasofHealthcare&Sanitation,Education,SkillDevelopment,WomenEmpowermentandWaterConservationHarvestingandseekstoempowerindividualsandcommunityatlargebyprovidingthemwiththesupporttheyneedtoaffectchangesintheirownenvironmentforsocialandeconomicdevelopment.

School building and swings installed at the Govt. Primary School, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh



B. PHDRDF- DIPTY LAL JUDGE MAL PRIVATE LTD.DiptyLalJudgeMalPrivateLtd.collaboratedwithPHDRDF

toundertake theirCSRactivitiesduring thisyear.Aprojecton“FREEMOBILEHEALTHCAMPS”inNoidahasbeeninitiated.TheHealthCampswillbecovering3villagesi.e.Kulesara,SalarpurandSuthiyanainNoida,UP.Duringtheproject,80healthcampswill be organized and approx. 8,400 patients will benefit. Thehealthcare program will focus on primary preventive, clinicaland diagnostic medical care in which generic health camps,eye screening camps,women& child care camps and healthawareness camps will be organized with freemedicines, freeBlood Tests and distribution of free spectacles. The patientswereprovidedwithfreemedicalcounselling,ECG,BloodSugarandHaemoglobin test facility.During thisperiod, a total of04Generic Health Camps and twoWomen & Child Care Campswereorganizedandatotalof615patientsbenefitted.

C. PHDRDF- Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd.Project on “FREE MOBILE HEALTH SERVICES” is being

implemented with support from Dhampur Sugar Mills Limited,Asmoli,UttarPradeshacross9villagesnearDhampurSugarMillsLtd.Asmoli.TheobjectiveoftheprojectistoorganizeHealthCamp,EyeCareCampandWomen&ChildCareCamp inall selected9villages.Duringthisperiod,atotalof12GenericHealthCamps,1Women&ChildCareCamp&1EyeCareCampwereorganizedthatbenefitted1525patients.Patientswereprovidedwithfreemedicalcounselling,ECG,BloodSugarandHaemoglobintestfacilities.TheEyeCareCampbenefited112patientsand68freespectaclesweredistributed.

D. PHDRDF-BSES Yamuna Power LtdBSESYamunaPowerLtd.collaboratedwithPHDRDFandto

implementaMobileHealthprojectinCentralandEastDelhi.Theobjectiveoftheprojectistoprovidebasichealthcareservicestothe low-incomeresidentialclusterofEastandCentralDelhi.During the project, 144 health campswill be organized in 16locations and approx. 17,280 patientswill benefit. During thisperiod,atotalnumberof14healthcampswereorganizedand1695patientswereprovidedwithfreemedicalcounsellingandmedicines.

PHDRDF HEALTHCARE INTERVENTIONPHDRDFhasbeenactivelyconductingfreehealthcampsforthelow-incomepopulationinvariousgeographicallocationsacrossthe

countrytoincreaseaccesstohealthcare.AteamofaqualifiedDoctor,ANM,LabTechnicianandprojectcoordinatorarepresentforeachcampandareresponsibleforitssuccess.Emphasisisgivenongeneratingawarenessamongthecommunityonsanitation&hygiene,child&maternalhealth,waterbornediseases,communicablediseasesandothergeography-basedmedicalproblems.

A. PHDRDF- Sekisui-DLJM Pvt Ltd

SEKISUI DLJM Pvt. Ltd. collaborated with PHDRDF to undertake their CSR activities during this year. A project on “FREE MOBILE HEALTH CAMPS” in Greater Noida was initiated on October 12, 2018 with a flag off ceremony. The inauguration ceremony was organized in the premises of SEKISUI DLJM Pvt. Ltd. in the presence of Mr. Ryosuke Kusaka, CEO, SEKISUI DLJM, Mr. Shripal Jain, Director, SEKISUI DLJM, Mr. Atul Tyagi, Sr. Vice President, SEKISUI DLJM, Dr. Kadambari, Chief Executive, PHDRDF along with representatives from SEKISUI DLJM Pvt. Ltd. & PHDRDF. The Health Camps will be covering 4 villages i.e Maycha, Chindabali, Fazyalpur & Shahpur in Greater Noida, UP. During the project, a total of 80 health camps will be organized and approx. 8,400 patients will benefit. The healthcare program will focus on

Patient being examined by the doctor at the health check up camp

primary preventive, clinical and diagnostic medical care in which generic health and eye screening camps, women & child care camps and health awareness camps will be organized free medicines, free blood tests and distribution of free spectacles. During the period, a total of four Generic Health Camps and two Women & Child Care Camps were organized and a total of 621 patients benefitted. The patients were provided with free medical counselling, ECG, blood sugar and Haemoglobin test facilities.



PHDRDF SKILL DEVELOPMENT

PHDRDF WATER MANAGEMENT

PPHDRDFhasbeenundertakingskilldevelopmentprogramswithvariouscorporateorganizationswithanaimtoenabletheunder-privilegedyouthtobeeconomicallyindependent.Theseprogramsincludetrainingin:stitching&tailoring,beautyculture,computerliteracyincludingtallysoftware,spokenEnglishlanguage,softskillsetc.

PHDRDF has been constantly working towards recharging of ground water table through construction of Rain water harvesting structures.

A. PHDRDF- Donaldson India Filter Systems Private LimitedWithsupportofDonaldsonFiltersIndiaPvtLtdandunderPHD

RuralDevelopmentFoundation,DonaldsonSkillDevelopmentCenterhasbeenfunctioningforthepastfiveyearsinvillageMohammadpurGurjarinSohnablockofGurugramdistrict.Trainingintwocoursesnamely stitching& tailoring andbeauty culture is being providedtotheladiesandadolescentgirlsinMohahammadpurGurjarandother6-7nearbyvillages i.e.SohnaDhani,Hariyahera,Raiseena,SampkiNanglietc.FromJanuary2016tillJune2018,atotalof146

A. PHDRDF-Coca Cola FoundationPHDRDF and Coca Cola Foundation,

Atlanta have come together to promotesustainable solutions for water resourcemanagementwithsurfacewaterconservationand ground water recharge throughconstruction of six check dams in Indore,Dhar and Hoshangabad districts of MadhyaPradesh. Three check dams have been dulycompleted and filled with water during themonsoon season. The dams still containwater even after more than two months ofreceivingwater.Thevillagersareveryhappywith theamountofwaterbeingcontained inthedamsandhavebeenappreciativeofCocaCola Foundation for supporting the project.Thesecheckdamswillhold457,950cumtsofwaterandwillimpact7800people.

B. PHDRDF – HEG LtdAnAgreement has been duly signedwith HEG Ltd to construct a check dam,

namelyBainadaWalainAlwaratRajasthan.Thedamwillimpact850acresofland.TheworkforthedamwasinitiatedinthemonthofNovember2018.Thecheckdamwillbenefitaround2835peopleinonevillageincluding350households.WaterholdingcapacityofcheckDamwillbe50,000cubicmeters.

C. PHDRDF- SS Kothari Mehta & Co.SSKothariMehta&Co.hasbeenatrustedpartnerofPHDRDFformorethana

decadeandhasbeencontinuouslycontributingtowardswaterharvestingprojects.Acheckdam,DantodiWalaatAlwarhasbeensponsoredtobeconstructedthismonth.Thecheckdamwillhaveawaterholdingcapacityof1,68,000cubicmetersandwillbenefit4500people.

D. PHDRDF – Hero Future Energies LtdPHDRDF and CleanWind Power, Group company of Hero future Energies Ltd

have come together to constructwater harvesting structures in district PratapgarhofRajasthan.TwocheckdamsarebeingconstructedinPratapgarhinthevicinityoftheirmanufacturingunit.ThesecheckDamswillbenefitaround6027peopleinthreevillages.Constructionofcheckdam‘DojdaWala’ is in fullprogress.WaterholdingcapacityofthecheckDamwillbe46,800cubicmeters.

B. PHDRDF-TCI FoundationPHDRDFandTCIFoundationhavepartneredfortheprojecttitled

“Enterprise Development - Low Cost Sanitary Napkin ProductionEnterprisebyWomenSelfHelpGroup”whichaimstoaddressthedualpurposeofeconomicempowerment forwomenandprovidelow-costsanitarynapkins to ruralwomenandadolescentgirls inand around Jamhar Village, Khunti District of Jharkhand throughdevelopmentofmanufacturing low-costsanitarynapkins.A threedays training formanufacturing sanitary padswas conducted, inwhich a specialized trainer trained thewomen. Eightwomen areengaged for the project and are being enrolled in women SHGmodel. After training, women have startedmanufacturing thesepadsindependently.

girls,69girlsinbeautycultureand77institching&tailoringhavesuccessfullypassedoutfromthistrainingCenter.Certificatesweredistributedto146girlsonOctober16,2018byMr.VirajKadam,ManagingDirector,andMs.Margaret(Director

–HRforAsiaPacific,Donaldson),Mr.SunilGupta,FinancialController,Ms.SudhaGupta(DirectorHR)Mr.ManojPandey(SrManager–HR)andDrKadambari(ChiefExecutive),Ms.AnjanaKumar(SrManager),Mr.SandeepKumar(ProjectManager)andMs.ApurvaSharma(AsstManager)fromPHDRDF.


NEW MoUs

S No. Name of the MoU Date of Signing

1 DubaiExports(DE) January29,2017

2 ConfederationofNepaleseIndustries(CNI) August10,2017

3 ManagementAssociationofNepal August10,2017

4 CABInternational August21,2017

5 BALKANIndianBusinessAssociation,IndianChapter,NewDelhi October16,2017

6 KuwaitChamberofCommerce&Industry October23,2017

7 IndianChamberofCommerceinSlovakRepublic November10,2017

8 HungarianChamberofCommerceandIndustry November20,2017

9 ALHILALPublishingandMarketingGroup,Bahrain November21,2017

10 FICCI(Phil)Inc. January26,2018

11 EurasianPeoples'Assembly,Moscow,Russia February28,2018

12 AlborzChamberofCommerce,Industries,MinesandAgriculture(ACCIMA) March8,2018

13 TehranChamberofCommerce,Industries,MinesandAgriculture(TCCIMA) March8,2018

14 PrivateSectorFoundationUganda(PSFU) March8,2018

15 PHDChamber&GhanaNationalChamberofCommerce&Industry March12,2018

16 NationalConfederationofEntrepreneurs(Employers)OrganizationsofAzerbaijanRepublic

March13,2018

17 AzerbaijanExport&InvestmentPromotionFoundationBaku,Azerbaijan March13,2018

18 TheAzerbaijanRepublicChamberofCommerceandIndustryBAKU,Azerbaijan March14,2018

19 TAIPEIWorldTradeCentre April17,2018

20 TheChamberofCommerce&IndustryoftheRepublicofMoldova May7,2018

21 TheNetherlandsIndiaChamberofCommerceandTrade May24,2018

22 GovernmentofAndijanCity,RepublicofUzbekistan May26,2018

23 F6SNetworkLimited June5,2018

24 KenyaNationalChamberofCommerce&Industry,Nairobi,Kenya(KNCCI) June11,2018

25 PrivateSectorFederation,Rwanda July24,2018

26 ConfederationofNepaleseIndustries(CNI) August1,2018

27 India–NewZealandBusinessCouncil(INBC) September5,2018

28 BulgarianChamberofCommerceandIndustry,Bulgaria September5,2018

29 GlobalCEOClub,SEOUL,SouthKorea September7,2018

30 AssociationofSmallandMedium-SizedEnterprisesandCraftsoftheCzechRepublic September7,2018

31 BucharestChamberofCommerceandIndustry,Romania September19,2018

32 ChamberofCommerceandIndustryofCoteD’ivoire September21,2018

33 ChamberofCommercendIndustryofAntananarivo,Madagascar September28,2018

34 ChamberofCommerce&IndustryAnosy,Madagascar September28,2018

International


NEW MoUs

Domestic

S No. Name of the MoU Date of Signing

1 GujaratChamberofCommerce July20,2017

2 SkyInnovationTechLabsPvt.Ltd(Signcatch) July26,2017

3 PawanHansLimited October11,2017

4 TheFederationofTelanganaandAndhraPradeshChambersofCommerceandIndustry

November20,2017

5 KalingaInternationalFoundation(KIF) December15,2017

6 IndianSocietyofHeating,RefrigerationandAirConditioningEngineers(ISHRAE) December21,2017

7 IndianPrinting,PackagingandAlliedMachineryManufacturers'Association January10,2018

8 FederationofKarnatakaChamberofCommerce&Industry February3,2018

9 SMERARatingLimited February5,2018

10 OrientalBankofCommerce March26,2018

11 TravelAgentsAssociationofIndia March28,2018

12 RajasthanStateChapterandKashmirStateChapter March29,2018

13 GuruNanakDevUniversityAmritsarPunjab April6,2018

14 GovernmentE-Marketplace April18,2018

15 TechnologyDevelopmentBoard(TDB) April25,2018

16 PunjabiUniversity,Patiala April25,2018

17 IndianYogaAssociation April29,2018

18 BioNESTatPanjabUniversity May10,2018

19 iSTART,ITDepartmentoftheStateGovt.ofRajasthan May11,2018

20 FederationofIndustryandCommerceofNorthEasternRegion(FINER) May15,2018

21 EngineeringCouncilofIndia May31,2018

22 InternationalCentreforEntrepreneurshipandTechnology(iCreate) June5,2018

23 IndiraGandhiNationalTribalUniversity,Amarkantak(MadhyaPradesh) June29,2018

24 TheEBGFederation,NewDelhi,India July12,2018

25 JawaharlalNehruUniversity(JNU) July20,2018

26 GlobalCompactNetworkIndia July20,2018

27 OFBTECHPvt.Ltd July30,2018

28 EnergyEfficiencyServicesLtd July31,2018

29 SouthernIndiaChamberofCommerceAndIndustry(SICCI) August20,2018

30 UttarPradeshBrajTeerthVikasParishad(UPBTVP) August31,2018

31 BIOAYURVEDA September10,2018

32 BundelkhandUniversity,Jhansi September13,2018

33 DepartmentofManagementStudies,KashmirUniversity September24,2018


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS / MEETINGS OF PHDCCIS. No.

Programme Title Date Time Venue

1 GST Conclave 12 December 2018 10.00 am to 5.00 pm PHD House, New Delhi

2 India Luxury ConclaveLuxury, E-commerce, Retail & Lifestyle

14 December 2018 9.30 am PHD House, New Delhi

3 PHD Cricket Tournament 2018 15 December 2018 8.00 am Siri Fort, New Delhi

4 Festival De La India - Exclusive India Products Exhibition 16 to 21 December 2018

10.00 am to 6.00 pm Santiago, Chile

5 Economic Agenda for the Next 5 Years: Address by Dr Ajay Chibber, Former Economist, World Bank and Visiting Scholar, Institute of International Economic Policy, George Washington University, USA

18 December 2018 3.30 pm PHD House, New Delhi

6 Conference on “Tax Laws & Systems in India - Way Forward”

19 December 2018 10.00 am to 6.00 pm PHD House, New Delhi

7 Meeting of Managing Committee 19 December 2018 4.00 pm PHD House, New Delhi

8 Conference on Emerging Technologies in Infrastructure Sector

20 December 2018 9.45 am PHD House, New Delhi

9 70th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC 2018) 21 to 23 December 2018

10.00 am to 6.00 pm Amity University Noida, U.P

10 Interactive Session on AYUSH for Prevention and Control of Diabetes

21 December 2018 2.30 pm to 6.00 pm PHD House, New Delhi

11 Seminar on Importance of Innovation & Intellectual Property Rights

11 January 2019 10.00 am Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB),Thiru-vananthapuram (Kerala)

12 Global Film Tourism Conclave 11 January 2018 3.00 pm JW Marriott, Mumbai Juhu, Maharashtra

13 International Conference on Roadmap for Global Climate Mitigation : Role of Government & Industry

18 January 2019 9.45 am PHD House, New Delhi

14 Seminar on Importance of Innovation & Intellectual Property Rights

31 January 2019 10.00 am National Institute of Technol-ogy, Start Up Centre, Goa

15 Mainstreaming the Marginalised through Digital Inclusion#PwDs #Tribals #WomenA National Consultative Seminar

1 February 2019 9.30 am Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, Janpath Road, New Delhi

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS


The Times of India-Delhi Times, New Delhi, November 1, 2018 The Tribune, New Delhi, November 17, 2018

The Central Chronicle, Raipur, November 2, 2018

MEDIA BUZZ


MEDIA BUZZ

The Millennium Post, New Delhi,November 21, 2018

The Hindu, New Delhi, November 13, 2018

The Financial Express, New Delhi, November 17, 2018

The Times of India, New Delhi, November 18, 2018


The Nav Bharat Times, New Delhi, November 30, 2018

The Business Standard, New Delhi, November 28, 2018

The Millennium Post, New Delhi, November 30, 2018

The Hindu, New Delhi, November 18, 2018

MEDIA BUZZ


PHD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRYPHD House, 4/2 Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi - 110016

Tel: 91-11-26863801-04, Fax: 91-11-26855450, 49545451 Email: [email protected] Website: www.phdcci.in

Int PHD CHAMBER

xhibitions e rnational toAPRIL - 2018

MARCH - 2019

26th -29th January, 2019

26th - 28th March, 2019

CHRISTMASWORLD FRANKFURT 2019& PAPER WORLD

39TH GIFT, PREMIUM &HOUSE WARE SHOW

Frankfurt, Germany

Beijing, China

08th -17th March, 2019

Baku, Azerbaijan

2ND BEST OF INDIA

FOR PARTICIPATION AND FURTHER DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT:

Naveen Seth, Principal Director, Trade Fairs & Exhibitions E-mail: [email protected]

16th -21st December, 2018

FESTIVAL DE LA INDIA

Santiago, Chile

BANGLADESH PLASTICS, PRINT &PACKAGING INDUSTRY FAIR

Dhaka, Bangladesh17th - 20th January, 2019

66 | PHD Chamber Bulletin December 201866 | PHD Chamber Bulletin November 2018

ARCHIVES

Roundtable on Review of Master Plan for Delhi 2021

Urban Planning should be futuristic to deal with the challenges of high growth rate and rising population,

said Mr. Kamal Nath, Union Minister for Urban Development, at the Round table on Review of Master Plan for Delhi- 2021, organized by the PHD Chamber on March 29, 2012 at PHD House, New Delhi.

While inaugurating the round table, Mr. Nath said, ‘’Addressing urbanization effectively is a huge challenge as the pace of migration to urban areas is very high. Delhi’s population is 16.7 million. We have to look at ground realities and effectively manage future aspirations of all stakeholders. We need a futuristic plan for the future. A high-level committee will examine Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA) proposals for Delhi Master Plan before the Urban Development Ministry takes it up.’’

Mr. G S Patnaik, Vice Chairman, DDA said that the DDA is working on plans to promote green buildings and green zones and is working on high-density residential areas.

Mr. Sandip Somany, President, PHD

Chamber in his welcome address said, ‘’DDA has done a good job. We should adopt best practices from around the world. Policy action on the urban development front has been reactive rather than proactive. We should frame effective policies to create a good living experience’’.

Mr. Rajnish Goenka, Chairman, Delhi and NCR Committee, said, that industrial areas should be upgraded and industrial units should be encouraged to shift to NCR.

Mr. Rajeev Talwar, Chairman, Housing and Urban Development Committee, PHD Chamber said that in the next 30 years, urban population is expected to double. Around 50 percent of the urban population lives in slums. The focus is on housing and commercial sectors for which private sector should be encouraged and DDA’s role should be confined to being a planning and a regulatory body.

Senior officials from DDA and DSIIDC made a number of technical presentations during the session.

ORDINARY CATEGORY

Dr. Jayshree PeriwalDirectorGlobetrottersEducationalInnovationsPLtd.

Ms. Priyanka Gulati DirectorManthanManagementSolutionsPvt.Ltd.

Mr. Tilak LodhDirectorMobileHospitalDesigners&Developers(I)P.Ltd

New Members NovemberMr. Abhay Kumar ChandaliaDirectorShareSamadhanPvt.Ltd.

Mr. Anil Kumar SinghChairmanShreeOmBottlersPvt.Ltd.

Mr. Apurv KumarJointManagingDirectorU.P.HotelsLtd.

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY

Mr. Amir Z. Singh PasrichDirectorInternationalLawAffilates&Pasrich&Co.

Mr. Pradeep Goyal ProprietorPradeepKumarGoyal&Associates

Mr. Umesh Chand GoyalSr.PartnerUCC&AssociatesLLP


The LibraryThe LibraryObjective: To provide facilities to members of the Chamber for Business Development in an exclusive environment which is elegant and cost effective having a professional ambience, the Library can be used for:

MEMBERSHIP: All members of the Chamber are exclusively eligible for the membership of The Library. Other details are as under :

Membership charges would be Rs. 30,000.00 (Rupees Thirty Thousand Only) per annum per member but a discounted rate of Rs. 25,000.00 (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand Only) per annum per member would be offered to first 250 members.

A member can avail membership on this discounted rate upto 10 years i.e. by paying Rs.25,000/- per annum totaling upto Rs. 2,50,000.00 with initial application, he will continue to be a member on the same rate irrespective of the membership rates being revised by the Library Committee;

A member-company can recommend their executive to be a member of The Library subject to five membership.

Membership would be from 1st day of the month in which membership charges have been paid and will be for one year from that date.

A member can accompany five guests along with him/her subject to payment of Rs. 100/- per guest besides payment of charges for eatable and drink;

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY: An opportunity for one time Sponsorship for 15 years of The Library is available and The Library will be

named in the name of the Sponsoring Company, besides two free membership.

It is proposed to commence The Library membership services from 1st March 2016 on regular basis from 11 AM to 11 PM. (Sunday shall be closed day)

• Knowledge centre as it has all modern communication & information tools, including wi-fi.

• Holding business meetings and discussions with guests, officials, collaborators, diplomats etc

• Tranquil place to read, think and strategize

• Hospitality to members

FACILITIES

• Separate sitting areas• Physical & electronic Communication / Information facilities• Separate dining area• Paid service for Food and Beverage, etc.

FOR MEMBERSHIP AND / OR ANY CLARIFICATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

R K JOSHI, IR Consultant : PHD House, 4/2, Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi – 110016Mobile: 9811824616, Tel: 26863801-04 (Extn: 202) E-mail: [email protected]

The RE Walker & JC Chandiok Library The RE Walker & JC Chandiok Library Objective: To provide facilities to members of the Chamber for Business Development in an exclusive environment which is elegant and cost effective having a professional ambience, the Library can be used for:


Concessional annual membership for Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand Only) inclusive of Taxes per person. This includes Rs.15,000/- as one time admission fee and Rs. 10,000/- annual membership subscription. This is being offered to first 250 members.

Free Issuance of Ad-on Card to the Spouse of Member of the Library so that she / he can also avail the services of the Library. A copy of the spouse Membership form is enclosed.

A member-company can recommend their executive(s) to be a member of The Library subject to five memberships.

Rs.25,000/- shall include Rs.2500/- pre-loaded value in the membership card which can be used for availing the food and drinks in the Library;

A member can accompany 5 guests and there would be “No Guest Charges”.


The Food & Bar Services of The RE Walker & JC Chandiok Library – Cafe Lounge and the Radico Khaitan Bar are being handled by the renowned gourmet caterers “MOETS’ at a very reasonable price. The services are available from 11 AM to 11 PM except Sunday.

After one year of membership, the renewal of membership will be @ Rs. 10,000/- plus GST @ 18% (Total: Rs. 11,800.00)





FACILITIES



R K JOSHI, Head - IR : PHD House, 4/2, Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi – 110016Mobile: 9811824616, Tel: 26863801-04 (Extn: 202) E-mail: [email protected]

The RE Walker & JC Chandiok Library The RE Walker & JC Chandiok Library Objective: To provide facilities to members of the Chamber for Business Development in an exclusive environment which is elegant and cost effective having a professional ambience, the Library can be used for:


Concessional annual membership for Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand Only) instead of Rs. 30,000.00 inclusive of Taxes per. This includes Rs.15,000/- as one time admission fee and Rs. 10,000/- annual membership subscription. This is being offered to first 250 members.

Free Issuance of Ad-on Card to the Spouse of Member of the Library so that she / he can also avail the services of the Library. A copy of the spouse Membership form is enclosed.

A member-company can recommend their executive(s) to be a member of The Library subject to five memberships.

Rs.25,000/- shall include Rs.2500/- pre-loaded value in the membership card which can be used for availing the food and drinks in the Library;

A member can accompany 5 guests and there would be “No Guest Charges”.


The Food & Bar Services of The RE Walker & JC Chandiok Library – Cafe Lounge and the Radico Khaitan Bar are being handled by the renowned gourmet caterers “MOETS’ at a very reasonable price. The services are available from 11 AM to 11 PM except Sunday.





FACILITIES



R K JOSHI, Head - IR : PHD House, 4/2, Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi – 110016Mobile: 9811824616, Tel: 26863801-04 (Extn: 202) E-mail: [email protected]


Total No. of Pages - 68RNI No. 34665/79

Registration Number DL-SW-1/4095/2018-2020Date of Publication - Published on 6th DecemberDate of Posting - 7th / 8th of same month

Printed by Dr Mahesh Y Reddy, Secretary General, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Published by Dr Mahesh Y Reddy on behalf of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Printed at Gokul Offset (P) Ltd, D - 159 A Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-I, New Delhi-110020

published at PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, PHD House, 4/2 Sri Institutional Area,August Kranti Marg, New Delhi - 110016, Editor - Dr Mahesh Y Reddy

PHD House is a prestigious, most conveniently, approachable, as located in the heart of South Delhi and suitably equipped venue for corporate and business events. It provides facilities to suit specific requirements, backed‐up by excellent infrastructure with 100% power back up such as latest public address system, audio‐visual facilities, etc. Our meeting rooms provide a bespoke setting and serene atmosphere that are ideal for exclusive business networking events, conferences, Seminars, Board Meetings, Interviews, Annual General Meetings, Academic Discussions, exhibitions, panel discussions, cultural programmes, training programmes, Audio – Video presentations etc. Our meeting rooms tend to a make difference in the way you do your business.

• Lakshmipat Singhania Auditorium: ( Capacity : 300 ) A newly designed, aesthetically architectured fully air‐

conditioned Auditorium with well‐designed soothing interiors, excellent acoustics and modern & professional audio visual facilities has a seating capacity of more than 300 people. The Auditorium is ideal for conducting large meetings, seminars, conferences, exhibitions and cultural & social programmes.

• Modi Exhibition Hall (Capacity : 60 to 90 ) Well designed especially for Exhibitions / display of products

and for conducting Training Programmes / Workshops / Audio‐visual presentations.

• Raunaq Room ( Capacity : 70 ) A well designed Conference Room for Seminars, Panel

Discussions and High Profile Corporate Meetings.

• Shriram Hall (Capacity : 90 ) Well designed for conducting Training Programmes/

workshops/Audio‐Visual Presentations.

• Mohta Room (Capacity : 25) Ideal for Board Meetings and Small Meetings.

• Arbitration Hall (Capacity : 12‐15) Arbitration Hall which will enable the members to hold small

Conferences, Arbitration hearings for max 12‐15 paxs at competitive rates.

• The RE Walker & JC Chandiok Library The Library' Lounge & Café shall provide an exclusive and

elegant ambience with gourmet catering and a well‐stocked bar at reasonable prices for our members to conduct their business meetings, for hospitality or simply as a tranquil place to relax.

The Chamber's approved Caterers at the rates/menus approved by the Chamber provide

catering facilities in PHD House.

For futher Details Contact :- Mr. Ajay Bansal, E-mail: [email protected]

Conference FacilitiesConference FacilitiesPHD house, New Delhi

Mohta Room Mohta Room

Raunaq Room Raunaq Room

Shriram Hall Shriram Hall

Arbitration HallArbitration Hall

The RE Walker & JC Chandiok LibraryThe RE Walker & JC Chandiok Library

Lakshmipat Singhania Auditorium: Lakshmipat Singhania Auditorium:

Modi Exhibition HallModi Exhibition Hall

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