Fwd: Releases.............pt3

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From: Press Information Bureau Ministry of I&B <pib.kolkata@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:23 PM
Subject: Releases.............pt3


Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Presidents Secretariat
'Nature Trail' at President's Estate open to Public
New Delhi: April 5, 2010

The 'Nature Trail' in the President's Estate has been developed with a
view to create awareness about best practices for conservation of the
eco-heritage of the Estate. The visit to the Estate is also an
opportunity to understand nature from close quarters in an urban
environment.

Visitors wishing to see the ' Trail' can do so in groups on every
Saturday from 8.00 AM to 10.00 AM. The groups intending to visit can
write to the Deputy Military Secretary to the President, President's
Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi-110004 at Fax No.23014570
or contact his Office at 23015321. Visitors would be allowed entry
from gate No.35 of President's Estate, Near North Avenue. Groups
arriving in vehicles will be permitted to park them inside the Estate
at the pre-designated area.

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Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of External Affairs
SAARC Delegates recommend creation of a regional Government
Performance Management Network
New Delhi: April 5, 2010

The delegates from SAARC nations have recommended setting up of a
region wide Government Performance Management Network to share
experiences and emerging regional best practices on an ongoing basis.
The member countries have also proposed institution of a SAARC Award
for Innovations in Government Performance Management and development
of a system to facilitate government to government (G2G) consulting
services in the SAARC region. The recommendations made at the end of
the workshop held in New Delhi on March 30-31 are likely to be placed
for consideration at the next SAARC summit to be held later this month
in Thimpu, Bhutan.

In his inaugural address the Cabinet Secretary Shri K.M. Chandrasekhar
said that in an increasingly globalized world, government
effectiveness holds the key to a nation's competitive advantage.
Experts agree that in the long run, race among nations will be won or
lost not on the basis of comparative advantage arising from resource
endowment, but by the competitive advantage created by effective
governments, he added.

The workshop aimed at sharing the knowledge and experience on
Government Performance Management practices in SAARC countries was
inaugurated by the Cabinet Secretary, Shri K.M. Chandrasekhar and
attended by the Secretary General of SAARC, Shri Sheel Kant Sharma
along with the senior officials from India, Afghanistan, Bhutan,
Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The workshop faculty
comprised of a mix of practitioners and academicians including Member,
Planning Commission, Arun Maira, Prof. Raghuram and Prof. Pangotra of
IIM Ahmedabad. Among the senior Government officials, Secretary
Performance Management, Cabinet secretariat and Joint Secretaries in
the Ministry of Power and Rural Development took part in the
deliberations along with the senior representatives from National
Informatics Centre (NIC).

The SAARC Workshop on Government Performance Management was organized
by India in response to a decision taken at the meeting of Cabinet
Secretaries from SAARC Countries held in November 2009. It is a
reflection of India's swift implementation of a sophisticated
Performance Monitoring and Evaluation System for Government
departments and the interest shown by the member countries from the
region towards an effective, efficient and transparent governance.

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Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
PRESS NOTE
New Delhi: April 5, 2010

A meeting of leaders of all the political parties in Lok Sabha was
held on 5th April, 2010 at 11.30 a.m. The leaders of various parties
expressed their views on the Constitution (One Hundred and Eighth
Amendment) Bill, 2008 pertaining to the Reservation of Seats for Women
in the House of the People and State Assemblies. Further discussion
will continue.

The meeting was chaired by the leaders of the House, Lok Sabha, Shri
Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of Finance.

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Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Finance
FS Launches e-Office Programme
New Delhi: April 5, 2010

Finance Secretary, Shri Ashok Chawla launched e-Office developed by
National Informatics Centre, here today.

e-Office provides a platform for personalized, role based, secure
access to internal information for the employees that is accessible
through any browser. Its salient features include unified view of
data, content and document management, collaboration and messaging
services with SMS interface, single standards based directory service,
identity and access management role and integration of applications.

The implementation of this system is expected to improve the employee
productivity by introducing collaborative working in digital workspace
and thus pave the way towards paperless office.

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