Swachh Himachal - Padhai bhi, Safai bhi’ campaign launched
Anurag Thakur, announced the launch for ‘Swachh Himachal -
Padhai bhi, Safai bhi’ campaign
HPCA becomes the first cricket association
in India to promote Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan
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With intent to supplement the efforts of
Government of India’s Swachh Bharat initiative, Anurag Thakur, President
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) and Member of Parliament Hamirpur
today announced the launch of Swachh Himachal campaign ‘Padhai bhi, Safai bhi’.
Given this initiative, HPCA becomes the first cricket association in India to
work towards Swachh Abhiyaan initiated by the Government of India.
Anurag Thakur explained the foremost intent of
Swachh Himachal initiative. The campaign aims at creating awareness and
understanding among youth about the current sanitation situation of the State
and thereby seeking their participation to work towards betterment of the
society.
This campaign will be driven throughout the
state, across 12 districts, urban and rural areas. The campaign will be
primarily lead by youth hailing from educational institutes. The selected
students will be termed as Swachh
Captains and teachers as Swachh Coach's.
To motivate and incentivize the youth,
various opportunities will be offered such as interactive session and cricket
clinics with renowned Indian cricketers, chance to watch live matches at the
stadium staring from incoming T 20 world cup.
The launch of Padhai bhi, Safai bhi
campaign shall be done by Acharya Dev Vrat ji ,the governor of Himachal in the
first week of next month and the project shall continue till 31st march 2017.
The objective is to showcase Himachal's beauty as India's cleanest and greenest
state.
SBI opens ‘Japan Desk’ in New Delhi
State Bank of India (SBI) on Tuesday
launched 'Japan Desk', a first-of-its-kind initiative to facilitate Japanese
corporates looking to invest here with banking and advisory services.
This SBI Japan Desk will serve as an
one-point comprehensive and reliable information support source for India-bound
investments of Japanese companies.
Through the Japan Desk, SBI aims to be the
window for inbound Japanese investments in India and vice-versa.
The Japan Desk -- to be based in New Delhi
-- will facilitate in the establishment of banking relationship with Japanese
corporates and Japanese nationals, provide information on industries, sectors
etc.
Speaking on the occasion, SBI Chairperson
Arundhati Bhattacharya said the Japan Desk will serve as a one-stop shop for
both Japanese companies looking to invest here and Indian companies exploring
outbound investments into Japan.
Later, the SBI chief told reporters that
SBI was also planning to set up another dedicated Japan Desk at Chennai.
There are also requests from South Korea to
have a dedicated help desk and SBI may look at setting up a desk for that
country also, she added.
On Non Performing Assets (NPAs),
Bhattacharya said the pain is expected to continue in the fourth quarter as
well, impacting bottomline.
Earlier, speaking on the occasion, Kenji
Hiramatsu, Japan's Ambassador to India said that Japanese corporates would appreciate
SBI's support to expanding their businesses in India.
He, however, said that Japanese companies
are keen to see more reform measures on the ground.
Areas that require focused attention are
taxation, financial sector reforms, Hiramatsu added.
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