Port Blair, Sept. 18: The first loan in Port Blair under Deen Dayal Antodya Yojana- National Urban Livelihood (DAY-NULM) was disbursed to Shri. Kaja Moideen on 18/09/2020. Shri. Kaja Moideen is a tailor running a shop near Kamaraj English Medium School, Aberdeen Bazar. He was handed the loan sanction letter for an amount of Rs. 1.8 lakhs in a small function held at PBMC by Smti. Anjali Sehrawat IAS, Secretary, PBMC and senior officials of the SBI, Shri. Satya Priyadarshi, Regional Manager, Shri. Manoj Kumar Lakra, Chief Manager, SBI, Port Blair Branch & Shri Dimaba Sandel, SME.

Port Blair, Sept. 18: As part of the efforts to fight COVID19 pandemic, True Vision Foundation, NGO conducted voluntary Sanitization work in Ward No. 4 including Fish Market, Vegetable Market and meat Market on 13.09.2020 as per local administration guidelines, strictly adhering Covid19 protocols.

Port Blair, Sept. 17: The Member of Parliament, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Finance Minister, Govt. of India, New Delhi to consider certain exemptions for filing GSTR3B for Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

He informed the Finance Minister that due to sudden increase in cases of COVID-19, the A&N Islands went for complete lockdown for the whole month of August 2020. The re-opening happened from 01/09/2020 along with the nationwide commencement of unlock-4.  Further the stable Internet connectivity at par with mainland India was started in Andaman & Nicobar Islands from 10/08/2020.

Port Blair, Sept. 18: Four workers of the Indian National Congress today joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Shri. Ajoy Bairagi, State President, BJP, A & N Islands, Shri. Vishal Jolly, Former State President, BJP, A&N Islands, Shri. Aruna Giri, State Vice President, BJP, A & N Islands, Shri. M. Vinod, State Vice President, BJP, A & N Islands, Shri. N.K Udhaya Kumar, State President, Yuva Morcha, BJP, A & N Islands (Chairperson, Port Blair Municipal Council) and Shri. I.P Singh, Councillor Ward No. 7 (Ex-Chairperson, PBMC).

Port Blair, Sept. 17: Shri. Ajoy Bairagi, State President, Bharatiya Janata Party has written a letter to Shri. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India and Shri. Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs requesting them to start International Flights from Veer Savarkar International Airport, Port Blair. In his letter, Bairagi mentioned that the economy of Andaman & Nicobar Islands now completely relies on Tourism Industry. He said that the Tourism Industry in Andaman & Nicobar Islands is also the largest employment provider in the Islands.