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Port Blair, Dec. 8: The Member of Parliament, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Hon’ble Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands to release pension for old age, widow, specially-abled and destitute in the first week of every month.
The Member of Parliament informed the Lt. Governor that old age, widow, specially-abled and destitute people are not getting their pension on time, which has caused huge hardship to them.
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Port Blair, Dec. 8: Shri. Ajoy Bairagi, State President, BJP, A&N Islands along with Shri. Vishal Jolly, National Executive Committee Member met the Hon'ble Union Agriculture Minister & Farmers Welfare, Adarniya. Narendra Tomar and the Minister of State Adarniya Kailash Choudhary today at New Delhi. Both the leaders placed, highlighted and discussed the following issues pertaining to Farmers & Agriculture of our Islands:
Read more: Bairagi and Jolly Take Up Isles’ Farmers’ Problems with Agriculture Mister
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Port Blair, Dec. 8: Zoological Survey of India is organizing three-day workshop on Coastal and Marine Biodiversity of Island ecosystems under the ‘Training of Personnel of other Stakeholders’ sponsored by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, GoI. Dr. Dhriti Banerjee, Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata was the chief guest, while Shri Hari Kallikkat, IAS, Secretary (IP&T), Andaman and Nicobar Administration, Dr. M. Vinod Kumar, Fishery Survey of India, and Dr. Lal Ji Singh, Head-of-Office were the guests of honour. The programme was also attended by Officers from different Departments and institutions.
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Teressa, Dec. 8: The Member of Parliament, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has handed-over a Dead Body Freezer Box to the Tribal Council of Teressa Island purchased from the MPLADS fund.
Read more: Member of Parliament Donates Dead-Body Freezer Box to Teressa Island
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Port Blair, Dec. 8: The CPI (M) has demanded for a Special Drive to fill up backlog vacancies of ST reserved posts in various departments under the Andaman & Nicobar Administration. In a letter sent to the Lt. Governor, A & N Islands, Shri D. Ayyappan, Secretary, CPI (M) A & N State Organising Committee said that nearly one thousand posts of various categories in different departments under the A&N Administration are lying vacant for quite a long time. Shri Ayyappan stated in his letter that no effort has been made by the Administration to fill up these backlog vacancies reserved for ST candidates while hundreds of unemployed Nicobarese youths are waiting for a job. He further stated that since the tribal reserved posts do not attract the ban on filling up of vacant posts, the Administration should have taken proper steps to fill up these vacancies.
Read more: CPI (M) Demands Special Drive to Fill Up Backlog Vacancies of ST Reserved Posts