CII Communique - February, 2010

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Himalaya Drug Company. More than 150 employees of
the company participated in the programme
Conference on IT & ITes
28-29 January, New Delhi
A conference on ‘IT & ITes: Evolving Business Models
for Sustained Growth’ held in partnership with Punjab
Infotech, apprised evolving SMEs about how IT and ITes
services can streamline their business operations.
The event marked the release of the CII-PwC Report on
Indian IT & ITeS Industry – ‘Evolving Business Models
for Sustained Growth’. The report points out that the
need of the hour is increased agility and differentiation.
End-to-End offerings would dominate the industry in the
years to come.
Mr Shankar Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, DIT, Union
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology,
stressed the benefits of IT and ITes for the common
man, and spoke about India’s national E – Governance
Plan (NEGP), which delivers all kind of public services
through ICT.
South
Goods & Service Tax (GST)
7 January, Coimbatore
22 January, Hubli
29 January, Mysore
Mr P Muthusamy, Additional Commissioner, Customs,
Central Excise & Service Tax, addressed issues pertaining
to the policy and procedures of GST in Coimbatore.
The awareness building seminar on GST in Hubli
was addressed by Mr Amitesh Bharat Shetty, Joint
Commissioner Central Excise, Customs and Service
Tax, Belgaum Commissionerate, and Mr Keyur Shah,
Manager, BMR Advisors.
In Mysore, the session helped members understand
the proposed GST framework, the roll-out plan and
the impact on various business sectors. The seminar
featured a panel discussion on ‘Impact of GST on
Business Sectors: services, Manufacturing, Real Estate
an Infrastructure.’
Doing Business with UAE
21 January, Chennai
The HFZ has SME zones that offer single window
clearance, 100% ownership, tax exemption, repartition
of profits and capital and infrastructure including ports
exclusively for maritime, timberland, oil and gas, steel,
petrochemical, perfume and construction, he said.
Advanced Technologies in Security Systems
29 January, Chennai
The conference deliberated on concrete steps to be
taken through the public-private model to address
security related issues. Increased investments in R&D,
expanding the security network both at the private
and government level, besides adoption of advanced
technologies were some of the key recommendations
made at the conference.
Train the Trainers Programme
27 January – 1 February, Salem & Pudukottai
The programme was organized in partnership with the
South India AIDS Action Program (SIAAP) to train 130
master trainers on Work Skills, who would, in turn, train
5005 youth from Below the Poverty Line families from
13 districts across Tamil Nadu. Post training, forward
linkages would be facilitated. The programme trained
26 trainers in Salem and 34 in Pudukottai.
States
Session on Doing Business with UAE in Chennai
Sheikh Ahmed Sultan Bin Saqer Al Qassimi, Senior
Commercial Officer, Hamriyah Free Zone, Sharjah, invited
Indian SMEs looking for cost effective manufacturing,
trading and service establishments to make use of the
infrastructure at Sharjah’s Hamriyah Free Zone (HFZ).
Andhra Pradesh
Finance Availability for MSMEs
28 January, Hyderabad
The seminar reviewed and analyzed
the finance availability for MSMEs,
while helping MSMEs explore funding
opportunities available with banks and
financial institutions. Dr N Krishna Mohan,
Regional Director, Hyderabad, Reserve
Bank of India delivered the keynote
address.
Dr N Krishna
Mohan,
Regional
Director –
Hyderabad, RBI
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