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C BPaliwal, Transport Commissioner (UP), who waspresent in the meeting, lauded the efforts forcomputerization of UP Transport Department,which is being done with the help of NIC.In the meeting a presentation on the on-goingcomputerization project was given to theTransport Commissioner and ARTOs discussedvarious issues/problems related to thecomputerization project.Y K Singh, NIC Uttar Pradesh| Recent developments in AGMARKNETProjectThe AGMARKNET project is being implementedthroughout the country on a priority basis andsome of the recent activities regarding theproject are as follows:• NIC Jharkhand State Centre conducted a fivedayworkshop (5 th -9 th September) cum trainingprogram on AGMARKNET in which 20 officialsincluding Market Secretaries and Supervisorsfrom 13 Bazar Samitis of Jharkhand took part.At the end of the training program Sh. N LSingh, Senior Marketing Officer, DMI Ranchipresented the certificates to the participants.• A state level AGMARKNET project reviewmeeting was held on 23 rd August at Dehradun.All the Secretaries of 20 Mandi Samities in thestate participated in the meeting along withSh. P S Kutiyal, Director Mandi Parishad, Sh.Rajesh Goyal, NIC-State AGMARKNET ProjectCoordinator, Sh. Rajendra Singh, A.A.M.A.(DMI, Dehradun) and other officials from MandiParishad of Haldwani and DMI Dehradun.• The Punjab Mandi Board has included themonthly review of AGMARKNET project as acompulsory activity in their agenda. Secretary,Punjab Mandi Board has issued instructions toconduct monthly review meetings withSecretary APMCs, ICT Core Team Members,respective DIOs and further apprise the NICAGMARKNET State Coordinator and Nodal Officerfrom Punjab Mandi Board. Subsequently firstmeeting was conducted at District Ropar on 5 thJuly and later at Patiala and Sangrur on 8 th July.Prashant Belwarier, Jharkhand,Rajesh Goyal, Uttaranchal &Sarbjeet Singh, Punjab Correspondent| NIC officials awarded on the eve of 59 thIndependence DayOn the eve of 59 th Independence Day, Sh. AvtarHenry, Hon’ble Minister of Food and CivilSupplies, Punjab awarded Certificate of Meritand Medal to Sh. Amolak Singh Kalsi, Scientist- D and DIO (Jalandhar) and Sh. Ranjit Singh,Scientist - C and DIA (Jalandhar) for theiroutstanding achievement and commendable jobin promoting <strong>Informatics</strong> culture in the districtand providing ICT support to DistrictAdministration of Jallandhar.DIO Jind (Haryana), Sh. M Z R Badr was alsohonoured with citation on the occasion ofIndependence Day for his outstanding servicesto the District Administration.Sarbjeet Singh, Punjab & Hari Chand,Haryana Correspondent| Website and live webcast of Nehru TrophyBoat Race, KeralaNehru Trophy Boat Race is an internationallyacclaimed festival event of Kerala that hasbeen taking place for the last 52 years. NICKerala launched the first official website of theevent, which was inaugurated recently by Sh. KC Venugopal, Hon’ble Minister for Tourism andDevaswom, Kerala. NIC Web Services Division,New Delhi also made a live webcast of theevent. The Teleinformatics DevelopmentPromotion Programme Division supportedproviding live feed to the DD sports. Thewebcast is now available as video-on-demandon the website http://nehrutrophy.nic.in. Thewebcast received hits from over 18 countriesacross the world.Asha Verma, Kerala Correspondent| NIC support during President’s visit toSikkimDuring the visit of the HE the President ofIndia, Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam to Sikkim on 22 ndSeptember, NIC Sikkim established WirelessLAN in Raj Bhawan for providing Internetfacility and a number of computers were alsoinstalled for the purpose. A team of officialsfrom NIC Gangtok was deployed at the RajBhavan to ensure smooth running of thenetwork operations.On 21 st September, a day before the President’svisit, the official website of the Raj Bhavanhttp://rajbhavansikkim.gov.in was inauguratedby HE the Governor of Sikkim, Sh. V Rama Rao.Hon’ble Chief Minister Sh. Pawan Kr. Chamling,Cabinet Ministers and Secretaries of variousdepartments were present at the inauguralfunction held at Raj Bhavan, Gangtok.Vinita lakhotia, NIC Sikkim| Total Computerization of Motor VehicleDepartment, KeralaHon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala, Sh. OommenChandy inaugurated the total computerizationof Motor Vehicle Department on 6 th of Augustat the RTO, Ernakulam. Other dignitariespresent on the occasion were Sh. N Sakthan,Hon’ble Minister for Transport, Sh. PChandrasekharan, Transport Commissioner, Smt.Sheela Thomas, Transport Secretary, Sh. K PSomarajan, Chairman and MD, KSRTC, Sh. A PM Mohammed Haneesh, District Collector, Sh.Dinendra Kasyap, City Police Commissioner, Sh.V S Raghunathan, SIO etc.<strong>October</strong> <strong>2005</strong>21