Chief Minister Shri B.S. Yediyurappa Thanks GiveIndia for

 Chief Minister Shri B.S. Yediyurappa Thanks GiveIndia for 

its Contribution to Karnataka’s Fight Against Covid-19

 

Atul Satija, CEO, GiveIndia hands over 750 Oxygen Concentrators to the state government

 

Chief Minister of Karnataka Shri B.S. Yediyurappa acknowledged GiveIndia for its contribution to the state in its fight against COVID-19 at a felicitating event at the Chief Minister’s home office Krishna on July 5, 2001. GiveIndia CEO Atul Satija handed over 750 oxygen concentrators (OCs) to the state government on the occasion. This is besides the 2,000+ OCs that GiveIndia has already supplied in the state.

 

Dr. Ashwathnarayan C. N., Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, Dr. Shalini Rajesh, Additional Chief Secretary at Planning Department, Government of Karnataka, and Dr. Beloor Raghavendra, Chairperson, Karnataka State Handicrafts Development Corporation were also present during the occasion.

GiveIndia, the largest and most trusted giving platform in India today, has been working closely with the Government of Karnataka in its Covid-related activities in the state including healthcare services, humanitarian assistance, and setting up of Covid Care Centers (CCC).

As the second wave of Covid-19 raged, GiveIndia, with the help of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), set up three covid care centres at Uttarahalli, Anjanapura  and Kalyan Nagar in Bengaluru providing 125 beds to augment government efforts in providing high-quality healthcare access to the citizens of Bengaluru.

Working closely with its partners, GiveIndia has delivered 2,000+ 5LPM and 10LPM Oxygen Concentrators (OCs) to government hospitals and NGOs across the state. More than 20 districts of the state have been served, including Chamarajanagar, Mysuru, Dharwad, Haveri, Yadgir and Bengaluru Rural.

 

Besides oxygen and healthcare infrastructure, with the help of partners, GiveIndia has provided humanitarian aid such as food to low-income communities and cash relief to families of Covid-deceased. GiveIndia is partnering with the state government and local bodies for the training of nurses, paramedics, and community health workers to accelerate vaccinations in rural areas, especially in aspirational districts.

Appreciating GiveIndia’s efforts at the felicitating event, Chief Minister Shri B.S. Yediyurappa said, "For holistic development of the state, partnership with organizations like GiveIndia is very essential. We are thankful to GiveIndia for all the support extended to Government of Karnataka towards Covid care."

 

Speaking about GiveIndia and its contribution to Karnataka, Shri Atul Satija, CEO of GiveIndia said, “We are happy to support the Government of Karnataka in partnership with various nonprofits to augment the healthcare infrastructure and help alleviate the Covid-19 crisis across the state. Besides medical infrastructure, we have reached out to the pandemic-affected people in both urban and rural areas of the state through our humanitarian efforts in the form of ration kits and meals, and cash relief."

State Government to set up District Investment Promotion Agencies

 Government of Odisha Industries Department

State Government to set up District Investment Promotion Agencies (DIPA) to promote and facilitate investment across the State

The State has seen significant industrial development over the last two decades. The large-scale increase in investment necessitates stronger facilitation and handholding of industrial projects at the district level and quick development of linked infrastructure facilities. The industrial development will help creating employment opportunities for the youth.

 

The role of district administration led by the Collectors is gaining prime importance in enabling accelerated growth of industries and infrastructure. 

 

In a significant move to streamline the investment facilitation mechanism at the district level, the Government of Odisha has announced setting up of dedicated “District Investment Promotion Agencies (DIPA)” in each of the 30 Districts across the State. DIPAs shall operate under the leadership of respective District Collector with other senior district officials including SPs, DFOs and line Department officials being constituent members. The District Collector shall be supported by a team of professionals for investment facilitation, project monitoring and promoting local entrepreneurship.

 

 

The DIPAs will be housed at the District Collectorate. The key roles of DIPA will include:

1. Facilitating and handholding entrepreneurs during project implementation
2. Promoting enterprises to create large-scale employment
3. Investment promotion leveraging local strengths of respective districts
4. Ensuring early resolution of investor grievances
5. Creation of land bank for fast project implementation
6. Closely monitoring implementation of major road, power supply and water supply projects which will facilitate industrialization and economic growth

 

DIPAs will work as an extended arm of IPICOL and will be set up in phases from April 2021 to December 2021.

 

DIPAs will play an active and effective role in expediting setting up of large as well as MSME projects in the respective districts. This initiative will provide a significant boost to the business environment and thereby generate significant local employment. The performance of DIPAs will be monitored by State Level Single Window Clearance Authority and will also be evaluated through annual rankings of districts based on investor feedback.

 

With Major Reforms, IPICOL successfully submits the

 With Major Reforms, IPICOL successfully submits the State Reforms Action Plan - 2020

 

IPICOL has successfully completed submission for the state of Odisha the evidence of reforms implemented under State Reform Action Plan (SRAP) - 2020 as stipulated by DPIIT, Government of India. SRAP is a list of 301 recommendations to be undertaken by states and union territories to improve the business environment for setting up and operating industries in the State. 

 

As part of this exercise, IPICOL coordinated with 18 departments and organisations of the Government of Odisha to ensure successful implementation of the recommended reform action points. The key reform areas included: Investment enablers, labour reform enablers, sectoral reforms, public procurement, commercial dispute resolution enablers etc. These reforms will enhance the ease of doing business by ensuring online and timely services delivered by various departments and organisations of the state government.

 

The IPICOL has integrated additional 9 services covering 5 Departments with the State Single Window System GO SWIFT ensuring comprehensive facilitation support to industries.

 

One of the other key reform points implemented in SRAP has been the elimination of the requirements of renewals of certificates/ approvals/ licenses or establishment of an online auto-renewal system under 8 services.

 

IPICOL had earlier ensured successful implementations of district reform action plan thereby making Odisha eligible for additional borrowing permission of Rs. 1,429 crore from the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

 

These investment-friendly reforms will play a critical role in positioning Odisha as an attractive investment destination.

Muthoot Finance to resume its services

Muthoot Finance to resume its services across all branches

 Muthoot Finance will re-open all the branches across India from Monday, April 20, 2020 since COVID-19 lockdown. The company will resume all services while ensuring maximum safety and precautions of its customers.

However, as the government will strictly monitor red spots and orange spots, Muthoot Finance will oblige to the local orders of the cities they operate in. Depending on the gravity of the situation in a particular state/city, the regional heads will be taking extra precautions.

The lockdown has been particularly difficult for our esteemed customers and Muthoot Finance will put their grievances on utmost priority while providing for social distancing tools at the branches like chairs for customers, hand sanitizers for all, thorough checking at the entry points, etc.

“We have prepared ourselves to serve all our customers in these coming days. As some states still remain severely afflicted, we will safeguard the health of our customers and our employees to provide seamless services to those who will come to the branches. We request all our customers to maintain the social distancing decorum and follow strict sanitary guidelines to continue fighting COVID-19”, said Mr. George Alexander Muthoot, Managing Director, Muthoot Finance.

The branches will function in their regular timings and will adhere to all instructions set out by the State Governments for corporates resuming services from April 20, 2020.