Urges to create mass awareness about social welfare & social security schemes of GoI

Port Blair, June 6: The vision and goal of the Central Government under the leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi is to help the poor people of the country & uplift their living conditions. The welfare schemes devised by the Central Government aims at uplifting the socio-economic status of the last mile beneficiaries by bringing them under the fold of such welfare & social security schemes, said the Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways and Civil Aviation GoI, General (Dr.) V K Singh (Retd.), while interacting with the beneficiaries of the social welfare schemes at DBRAIT auditorium here today.

Port Blair, June 6: The Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways and Civil Aviation, GoI, General (Dr.) V K Singh (Retd.) held a meeting with the Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, Shri Jitendra Narain at Secretariat on 06.06.2022. During the meeting, detailed discussions were held regarding holistic development of A&N Islands, making Andaman as the growth center of South East Asian Countries and transforming A&N Islands as global destination. The Chief Secretary, through a power point presentation briefed about A&N Islands Vision 2047, progress on Civil Aviation projects, ATR and the two bridges.

Port Blair, June 6: The World Environment Day is the biggest annual celebration of positive environmental action across the globe on 5th June every year. The day is to promote awareness on the importance of preserving our biodiversity, the need to identify problems related to the environment and ways to take corrective action. It was on this day in the year 1972 that the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was formed. The year 2022 is a historic milestone for the global environmental community as it marks 50 years since the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, widely seen as the first international meeting on the environment. This year, Sweden is the global host of 2022 World Environment Day, which is being celebrated across the country with “Only one Earth”, is the campaign slogan, with the focus on “Living Sustainably in Harmony with Nature”.

Port Blair, June 6: The Member of Parliament, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Chief Secretary of A&N Administration to send a team of officials of Civil Supply Department to Little Andaman at least for 10 days for conducting special camps, for correction of details in AADHAAR card.

In a letter addressed to the Chief Secretary he pointed out that due to lack of any facility at Little Andaman Island for correction of details in AADHAAR card, many Islanders are facing several problems in day to day life.

Port Blair, June 6: A cycle rally was organised yesterday on 5th June at around 2:30 PM by Nai Manzil (NGO) in active participation from Nehru Yuva Kendra. The rally was to commemorate 75th year of Independence which is being celebrated as Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.