Port Blair, April 12: A delegation of CITU A&N State Committee today (12.04.2023) met the Chief Secretary, A&N Administration and submitted a letter urging the Administration to implement the order of the High Court on 1/30th of pay plus DA case.  

In the letter, CITU drew the attention of the Chief Secretary to the judgement dated 19th December 2022 of the Hon’ble High Court at Calcutta (Port Blair Circuit Bench) in MA/9/2020 (Lt Governor –vs- ASNVMS) by which the Hon’ble High Court had directed the Andaman & Nicobar Administration to extend the benefit of 1/30th of pay plus DA to all the daily rated mazdoors working under the Andaman & Nicobar Administration.

Port Blair, April 12: An awareness programme was organized on “Popularization of Biological control of fly in Livestock species” by Division of Animal Science, ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair at Indiranagar, South Andaman on 11th April, 2023. The programme was coordinated by Dr. P.A. Bala, Dr. P. Perumal and Dr. A.K. De, Scientists of the ICAR-CIARI.

Port Blair, April 12: A solemn function will be organized by the A & N Administration on April 14 to pay floral tributes to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on his 132nd Birth Anniversary at the statue of Dr. B. R. Ambekdar near the main entrance of Dr. B R Ambedkar Auditorium. Hon’ble Lt. Governor, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Vice Chairman, Islands Development Agency, Admiral DK Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM,VSM (Retd.) will pay floral tribute to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on April 14 at 9.30 am.

Port Blair, April 12: An Orientation-cum-Refresher training programme on e-office for officials of A&N Administration was organized by the Department of IT in association with the National Informatics Centre, New Delhi in the conference hall of the Secretariat today. The Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, Shri Keshav Chandra, IAS was the chief guest on the occasion.

Port Blair, April 12: The 36th convocation of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) was held on 3rd April 2023. Out of the 779 eligible students, nearly 60 students attended the function and collected original degree certificates.  The students who have paid the requisite registration fee of Rs.600/- through online and have not-collected the original Degree Certificate during the Convocation function are advised to visit the IGNOU Regional Centre, Port Blair to collect the same during its working hours.