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A. K. Rungta
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A K Rungta, the former president of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) and Honorary Consul General of South Africa in Calcutta, spoke to Chandra Sekhar Bhattacharjee and Sonali Dutta of tendertimes.com in details regarding PSU privatisation, health of mining and engineering industry, workers motivation and some other subjects.
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Mr. N T
Shanmugam - The Minister of State for Coal |
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The
Minister of State for Coal Mr. N T Shanmugam was in
Calcutta recently for a day to attend a meeting of the
scientists, geologists and technocrats. He spoke to Chandra
Sekhar Bhattacharjee
of tendertimes.com
on some of the burning issues.
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Mr. Ravi
Todi - President Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce
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The
government must seriously consider decontrolling of the
management as well. Stakeholding without management control
has no meaning, says Mr. Ravi Todi, president of the Merchants’
Chamber of Commerce. In an interview with the tendertimes.com,
Todi underlines the need for changes in the existing labour
laws and feels that the Central government should discharge
this responsibility because it’s a national issue hence
calls for a national framework.
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B N
Kumar - President BNCCI
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If
manpower is channelised in the correct direction India wouldn’t
be far from success, because human factor is the most
prominent factor in taking up any challenge, feels the
president of the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, B N Kumar.
In an exclusive interview, with Debjit Chakraborty and
Sonali Dutta of tendertimes.com, Kumar expressed optimism
about the globalisation in India and the country’s future
relationships with the neighboring countries.
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Mr. Naba
Kumar Das - Chairman of Tea Board of India |
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The Tea Board Chief is in favour of allowing foreign direct investment in tea
industry up to 74%, which is also the view of the Consultative Committee of
Plantation Association (CCPA), though the United Planters’ Association of
South India (UPASI) favours 100% FDI. To scuttle the move of others over the
patent of Darjeeling tea, Das says that the Board has already initiated
Darjeeling Certificate of Trade Protection Process with appropriate Indian
authorities as well as with UK Trade
Registries.
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Mr.
Subhash Sethi - Deputy
chairman and managing director Subhash Group |
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In an interview with
Chandra Sekhar Bhattacharjee of
tendertimes.com,
Sethi asserts that more than funds, it is the commitment of
the people which is vital, no matter whether they are at the
Central or state or even at village Panchayat level. The level
of commitment and attitude towards the whole water management
issue is amply demonstrated by Himachal Pradesh which in next
few years’ time will become financially self reliant and in
not too distant a future may not look for any Central
assistance as the state’s hydropower sector is fast turning
into a wealth generating center, asserts Sethi.
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Dr.
Sujon Chakraborty - West
Bengal Rural Energy Development Corporation Limited |
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With this ambitious
challenge before it, the state government formed the West
Bengal Rural Energy Development Corporation Limited in
1999 to fulfil the uphill power distribution task in the
remotest parts of the state at the earliest. WBREDC, under the
able chairmanship of the former Communist Party of India
(Marxist) legislator Dr. Sujon Chakraborty,
has already finished a lion’s share of its assignment by
electrifying nearly 29,000 of the total 38,000 villages in the
state up to fiscal-end 2000-2001. In an exclusive interview
with Debjit Chakraborty of
tendertimes.com,
the young and dynamic WBREDC chairman Dr. Chakraborty shares some of the future
plans and
views.
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