Ensures Easy Availability and Accessibility to LPG Consumers

Port Blair, Jan 10: The Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas & Steel, Shri. Dharmendra Pradhan has launched missed call facility for LPG consumers in a step towards improving ease of living, the facility of LPG refilling and new connection registration by giving a single missed call. Indian Oil’s Indane LPG customers can use single missed call from their register number 845495555 for refill booking-for all India and for registering new connections similarly the same service is now available in A & N Islands.

Port Blair, Jan 8: The Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association, the largest and only one recognised service Association of Govt. employees in these Islands has demanded immediate halting of the ongoing process to privatise the power sector in the Islands. In a letter dated 24th December,2020 addressed to the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the General Secretary of the Association Shri T S Sreekumar said the proposed privatization of Electricity Department of the islands is not viable or not in public interest considering the peculiar conditions of the islands.

Port Blair, Jan 8: The District Child Protection Unit (SA) under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner South Andaman conducted an awareness programme at Bethany Children Home, Bathu Basti on 08.01.2021. Children were sensitized on the topic “POCSO Act and Cyber Crime”.

Port Blair, Jan 8: The State President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Shri NK Udaya Kumar has marked letters to the Home Minister and the Lt. Governor requesting to provide Examination Centre in the islands for the post of Assistant Central Intelligence Officer.

Port Blair, Jan 8: The Port Blair Municipal Council has ensured resumption of skilled training for the job of Assistant Electrician under Employment through Skill Training & Placement (EST&P) component under DAY-NULM scheme. The training resumed at the empanelled training centre (i.e) M/s SWADHIN, Prothrapur after being suspended for several months owing to COVID-19 pandemic