Port Blair, Oct. 12: The District Planning Committee meeting of South Andaman District (including Campbell Bay revenue area) is scheduled to be held under the Chairmanship of Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh, Adhyaksh, Zilla Parishad, South Andaman in the Conference Hall of Zilla Parishad, South Andaman on Oct.16, 17 & 18, 2023.

The meeting will be attended by the District Planning Committee Members, Special Invitees and Commissioner-cum-Secretaries/Secretaries/HODs of Plan Implementing Departments under A&N Administration to deliberate on 3 years Draft Action Plan (2023-24 to 2025-26) proposals formulated by Govt. Department under A&N Administration, Panchayati Raj Institutions and Urban Local Bodies in South Andaman District.

Hutbay, Oct. 12: As part of the special initiative taken by Shri B S Jaglan, IAS Secretary Fisheries, A & N Administration to implement various welfare schemes of Fisheries Department like PMMSY, Kisan Credit Card and UT schemes in the far flung areas, a team comprising of Assistant Director of Fisheries, South Andaman, and Assistant Engineer (Ref.) and Fishery Officer visited Hutbay from Oct.8 to 10, 2023. During the visit, a special camp was organized in the Vegetable Market Complex of R K Pur village on Oct.9 in which about 100 people comprising of marine fishermen, fish farmer, women SHG, fish vendor and unemployed youth participated.

Kamorta, Oct. 12: The ICDS Nancowry (Tribal Project) under the Directorate of Social Welfare organized an awareness program on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at Government Senior Secondary School, Champin. The program aimed to educate children about the law and protect them from sexual offences besides promoting awareness about good and bad touch.

Port Blair, Oct. 12: Branch MSME Development & Facilitation Office, Port Blair will be organizing a one-day National Seminar/ Workshop on Export Promotion, Packaging, & GeM Registration for MSMEs/Handicraft artisans on Oct.17, 2023 at DBRAIT Conference Hall from 9.30 am onwards. The programme will cover topics on Export Procedures, GeM Registration Process, Role of Post Office in Export, Latest Packaging Techniques etc. for sustainability and growing competitiveness of the MSMEs. The entry is free for MSMEs/Artisans. For registration, one may contact Mobile No. 09691197370.

Port Blair, Oct. 12: As part of the Special Campaign 3.0 for institutionalizing Swachahata and minimizing pendency in Government Offices in A&N Administration from Oct.2 to 31,2023. As part of this initiative, the Administrative Reforms and Training Wing of the Administration has identified 15 Sites/Offices for carrying out cleanliness drive. Today, the cleanliness drive was conducted in the Office of the Archives, A&N Secretariat in coordination with PBMC along with house-keeping persons and the staff of Archives as part of #Special Campaign 3.0 in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.