Port Blair, Feb 8: Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Member of Parliament, A&N Islands had met with Hon’ble Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smti. Smriti Irani at New Delhi on 05th February, 2021 and appraised her about the hardships facing by the ICDS employees of A&N Administration due to non-release of monthly salaries to the CDPO, Mukhya Sevikas, Senior Investigators, Statistical Assistants since September 2020 and also central share of honorarium to the 720 Anganwadi workers since June 2020 due to which these employees working in the Social Welfare department under A&N Administration are facing acute financial crisis situation day to day life.  

Port Blair, Feb 8: Road safety gained more importance due to the ever increasing numbers of road accidents and other damages. Many proactive efforts are taken by the Govt. to reduce road accidents and have therefore decided to observe Road Safety Month for creating awareness among the road users.

Port Blair, Feb 8: The Directorate of Public Institutions, Govt. of Kerala has selected a Malayalam book entitled “Andaman Nicobarile Naadodikkathakal” (Folk tales of Andaman Nicobar) to distribute among the schools through an educational programme for the benefit of the students. The book is penned by Shri. Vijayan. C. K. Madappally, a former employee of the Fisheries Department.

Port Blair, Feb 8: The Police Training School Prothrapur organized online short Courses on “Duties and Responsibilities of Beat Officer” and “Arrest & Bail- Condition Nuance and Concepts” on 05/02/2021 & 06/02/2021 respectively. The objectives of the course were to enhance knowledge among the Police Personnel and to make aware about the enforcement/implementation of better beat policing, concepts of Arrest and Bail etc. The session was inaugurated by Shri Michael Raj, DANIPS, Vice Principal PTS. Inspr. S K Sarkar and SI Abdul Manaf of PTS Prothrapur and SI Ellangowan, SHO PS Bambooflat, SI Pankaj Pandey PS Pahargaon delivered lectures during the courses.

Port Blair, Feb 5: A Seminar-cum-Awareness Program on provisions related to GST Acts & Rules with primary focus on GST practitioners was organised by the UTGST Department of Andaman & Nicobar Administration jointly with Post Graduate Department of Commerce, JNRM, Port Blair in the Seminar Hall of JNRM in the presence of Mr. Rajeev Kumar, Assistant Commissioner, UTGST and Dr. N. Rajavel, HOD, PG Department of Commerce, JNRM.