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VOLUME 24 ISSUE 06, PAGES: 12 July 16-31, 2021 www.viscan.in ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION Rs.999/- Vizag Container Traffic up 10% RINL welcomes PLI Aditya Sabharwal bers in Q1FY22 by record- 34500 TEUs (aver- for Speciality Steel espite skyrocketing age) per month for Q1. container freight Similarly VCT also D VIS News Service scheme is a welcome step of Rs. 6322 crores, the rates coupled with the ad- witnessed the highest toward making India a truly scheme is expected to vent of the second wave ever number of rail he Union Cabinet, ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ as bring in investment of ap- container traffic at Vizag’s volumes and number chaired by the Prime T it will have multiple cascad- proximately Rs. 40,000 container terminal, of rakes handled in the Minister, Mr Narendra ing positive effect . It will crores and capacity addi- VCTPL witnessed an up- month of June ’21 i.e. Modi, recently approved not only promote production tion of 25 MT for special- ward swing. 71 Rakes with volumes the Production Linked In- of quality specialty steel for ity steel. The scheme will of over 10500 TEUs. centive (PLI) Scheme for The terminal in fact ing the highest EXIM import substitution for the specialty saw some impressive num- ‘Laden’ volumes of over Contd. on Page ..3 steel. The Incentives worth Rs.6,322 New Retail parks policy industry overall crores over 5 years wel- to spur growth: Valaven comed the scheme and said that end users but also provide give employment to about Vinita Chaudhary the Andhra Pradesh Gov- this would enhance the opportunity for the produc- 5,25,000 people of which ernment recently released imed to catalyse production quality of spe- ers to export finished prod- 68,000 will be direct em- the Retail Park Policy Agrowth, provide ciality steel while also help ucts for long term ployment. thrust to the development 2021-26. in employment generation. sustainability``. Speciality steel has of the Retail Sector in the The policy eyes new in- Commenting on the As per the government, been chosen as the target State and generate em- vestments worth Rs. 5,000 scheme Mr D K the duration of the scheme segment because out of ployment opportunities by crore and create 50,000 ad- Mohanty, D(C) & CMD will be five years i.e. from the production of 102 mil- way of facilitating invest- ditional direct employment and D(P) Addl charge , 2023-24 to 2027-28. ments in the retail parks, Contd. on Page ..5 RINL said “The PLI With a budgetary outlay Contd. on Page ..2 Vizag’s New Collector

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r.Annam DMallikarjuna Yadav recently took charge as collector of Vizag. A 2012 batch In- dian Administrative Ser- vice officer he hails from Chinta kommadinne mandal, Cuddapah district of Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Mallikarjuna did his graduation in MBBS from Kurnool Medical College and has had the experience of working as a doctor at a PHC, before joining the IAS. He was previously posted as the Additional Commissioner, CRDA before moving to the East Godavari district. July 16-31, 2021 Steel VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 2 st IN BRIEF Tata Steel VSP’s 1 consignment Greenland plantation at commissions 2 MnTPA for AP Housing project RINL Coal Plant VIS News Service The government of great moment to cherish n a recent Greenland plantation program at RINL Andhra Pradesh through INL, the corporate en and it is just the beginning Iaround 24,000 miscellaneous VIS News Service AP Housing Corporation tity of Visakhapatnam of RINL’s Share in this saplings were planted in 24 Hectors R Limited had placed an ini- prestigious project of AP ata Steel’s Jharia Di Steel Plant recently supplied area near KBR reservoir 1& 2. The tial order for the supply of Govt, which will build more vision recently com- project is a part of Corporate T than 30 Lakhs houses in Environment Responsibility (CER) / missioned a state-of-the- next few years in two art 2 Million Tonnes Per Natural Resource Augmentation RINL is aiming for phases of 15 lakhs each re- Annum (MnTPA) Coal Plan (NRAP) of MOEF&CC. The quiring more than 7 lakhs Preparation Plant and 400 Greenland plantation was major share in this tonnes of steel in each kilovolt-ampere (kVA) inaugurated by the Chief Guest Mr phase. RINL is aiming for Uninterrupted Power Sup- Krishnaiah MSV, CGM (Safety &EnV.)-Works. project. major share in this project Speaking on this occasion, Mr Krishnaiah ply (UPS) for Main Me- “. applauded the efforts of Agro Forestry collective chanical Ventilator at Mr DK Mohanty for organizing the massive plantation drive. Jamadoba Colliery. The truck carrying the CMD Additional Charge, RINL first consignment of Vizag Built using cutting-edge Steel products was flagged technology, the 2 MnTPA CIL to produce sand from steel. off from RINL stockyard at Coal Preparation Plant has around 2000 MT of Vizag Speaking on the supply Vijayawada. RINL officials Overburden been transformed from the Steel for Govt. of AP’s pres- tigious project of Housing of order, Mr DK handed over the consign- oal India Ltd. (CIL) has taken an out of box oldest running washery in named “Navaratnalu- Mohanty, CMD Addi- ment of steel to the AP State initiative to produce sand from overburden at a C Pedalandiriki Illu”. tional Charge said, ”It’s a Govt officials at Denduluru. much cheaper price. This will not only help in minimising environmental pollution due to sand siltation from overburden, but will be also an option for getting cheaper sand for construction purpose stated a release Steel Production & Exports from the ministry of coal. Production of sand has already started and a roadmap of next five years has Asia (in operation since Year Total Finished Steel (million tonnes) the Public 1952) to one of the most Sector been drawn to maximise the output of sand from Production Consumption Export Import modern washeries across and 219 in different coal producing companies under CIL and to 2019-20 102.62 100.17 8.36 6.77 become one of the major suppliers of sand in near the globe said a release Private 2020-21 96.20 94.89 10.78 4.75 future said the release. In this effort, CIL aims to reach from the company. Sector. a production level of around 8 million tonnes of sand It further added that this April-June, 2021* 26.35 24.85 3.56 1.16 The within the next five years by commissioning 15 major is also the first washery in Source : Joint Plant Committee (JPC); *provisional details of Sand Plants in its different coal producing subsidiaries. the country with 100% de- produc- watering facility built he total steel produc book, 2019 published by tion, consumption, export India&Russia MoU for within its plant, thereby Ttion capacity of the Indian Bureau of Mines, and import of finished completely eliminating country at present is there were 254 reporting steel for the last two years coking coal the need for tailing pond, 143.91 million tonnes. As mines in 2018-19, out of and current year are given he Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister auto sprinklers and dry per Indian Mineral Year- which 35 mines were in in the table above. TMr Narendra Modi recently approved the fog systems. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Speaking on the occa- Ministry of Steel of the Republic sion, Mr D B Sundara RINL welcomes PLI of India and the Ministry of Ramam Vice President Energy of the Russian (Raw Materials) said Federation on cooperation “State-of-the-art scheme for Speciality Steel regarding coking Coal. As per beneficiation plant not only a release from the government addresses issues like pro- Contd. from Page 1 steel players) said a release ited quantity or not manu- the MoU shall benefit the entire ductivity, safety and envi- lion tonnes steel in India in from the ministry of steel. factured at all. steel sector by reducing their input cost.The activities ronment but at the same 2020-21, only 18 million It is expected that after There are 3 slabs of involved in the cooperation are aimed at diversifying time ensures production of tonnes value added steel/ source of coking coal said the release. coal at a competitive price.” speciality steel was pro- duced in the country. Apart What is Specialty steel? from this out of 6.7 million It is value added steel wherein normal Mineral Production during May 2021 tonnes of imports in the finished steel is worked upon by way of same year, approx. 4 mil- coating, plating, heat treatment, etc to VIS News Service Petroleum (crude) 24 lakh The production of im- lion tonnes import was of portant minerals showing specialty steel alone result- convert it into high value added steel. This he index of mineral tonnes, Bauxite 1643 thou- positive growth during May, ing in FOREX outgo of can be used in various strategic applica- production of mining sand tonnes, Chromite 436 T 2021 over May, 2020 in- Approx. Rs. 30,000 crores. and quarrying sector (Pro- thousand tonnes, Copper tions like Defence, Space, Power, apart cluded: Copper conc. By becoming visional) for the month of conc. 10 thousand tonnes , from automobile sector, specialized capi- (120.4%), Aatmanirbhar in producing May, 2021 Natural Gas speciality steel, India will tal goods etc. (Base: 2011- (utilized) move up the steel value 12=100) at Production (May, 2021) : (20.1%), chain and come at par with completion of the Scheme PLI incentives, the lowest 108.0, was Magnesite advanced steel making India will start manufactur- being 4 % and highest be- 23.3% higher h Coal 532 lakh tonnes (19.6%), ing 12% which has as compared h Lignite 31 lakh tonnes Manganese 5 categories in the PLI Scheme: been provided for to the level in Ore (16.9%), electrical steel the month of h Coated/Plated Steel Products h Bauxite 1643 thousand tonnes Coal (6.6%), (CRGO). The PLI May, 2020. and Iron ore h High Strength/Wear resistant Steel Scheme for spe- The cumulative h Chromite 436 thousand (1.3%). The h Alloy Steel Products and Steel wires cialty Scheme will growth for the production of ensure that the ba- period April- May, 2020-21 h Specialty Rails other important minerals sic steel used is over the corresponding pe- Gold 31 kg, Iron ore 234 lakh showing negative growth is: h Electrical Steel ‘melted and riod of previous year has tonnes, Lead conc. 26 thou- Zinc conc. (-0.5%), Baux- poured’within the increased 29.4 percent. sand tonnes, Manganese ore 223 thousand tonnes, ite (-1.5%), Phosphorite (- countries like Korea and country which means that As per the ministry of ing products like API grade Zinc conc. 112 thousand 2.1%), Petroleum (crude) Japan. raw material (finished mines the production level pipes, Head Hardened tonnes, Limestone 322 lakh (-6.3%), Lignite (-6.3%), The benefit of this steel) used for making spe- of important minerals in Rails, electricalsteel tonnes, Phosphorite 117 Limestone (-8.6%), Lead scheme will accrue to both cialty steel will be made in May, 2021 were: Coal 532 (needed in transformers thousand tonnes, Magnesite conc. (-13.7%), Chromite big players i.e. integrated India only, thereby ensur- lakh tonnes, Lignite 31 lakh and electrical appliances) 7 thousand tonnes and Dia- (-19.7%), and Gold (- steel plants and to the ing thatScheme promotes tonnes, Natural gas (uti- which are currently mond 0 carat. 78.3%). smaller players (secondary end to end manufacturing lized) 2660 million cu. m., manufacturedin very lim- within the country. July 16-31, 2021 Port VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 3 JNPT issues LoI APMB’s New IN BRIEF to 9 bidders DCI’s new boardroom Chairman redging Corporation of India limited recently VIS News Service auction process per policy inaugurated its new Board Room at its Head guidelines for Port Guide- VIS News Service D awaharlal Nehru Port Office, Visakhapatnam. Inaugurated by Mr D.Subha lines for Land Manage- Trust (JNPT) reached Rao, CFO, DCI the Board Room is developed under J ment. Commenting on the he Government of yet another milestone in Development, Mr. Sanjay TAndhra Pradesh re- the concept of SEZ development by issu- Sethi, IAS, Chairman, cently appointed Mr waste to ing a Letter of Intent to 9 JNPT, said, “This is a great Kayala Venkata Reddy, wealth with successful bidders in JNPT occasion for JNPT-SEZ, as the Chairman of the minimum SEZ. and we are confident of at- Andhra Pradesh Maritime expenditure. As per a release from tracting more leading global Board(APMB). This is an The entire JNPT the allotment of land companies for making India important appointment as concept of this for the industry is done a manufacturing hub in APMB has drawn up fresh board room is based on to reuse of existing waste through the e-tender cum e- JNPT SEZ. plans for port-led develop- furniture items. All the recycled items have been put ment with 3 new ond largest in India. As per in use to develop this new Board Room stated a ONE imports 7 contain- Greenfield ports to ensure a GO Mr. Venkata has release from DCI. A E-Office was also launched in comprehensive realization been appointed for a period DCI by Dr. G.V.R Murthy, GM (Technical & ers (O2) free of freight of coastal hinterland po- of two years from the date Material) marking a step forward towards moving to tential. AP has a coastline of assumption of Charge. a paperless office concept and adopting environmental of 974 kilometres, the sec- friendly measures.

Kakinada Port- National Logistics Excel- VSKP Special Train lence Awards he Government recently announced the launch of he Railways has de Port MEMU special will National Logistics Excellence Awards. The leave Visakhapatnam at T T cided to run MEMU framework of the awards has been finalised in 17.05hrs which will reach express special trains be- consultation with the logistics associations and forum lobal container ship community. tween Kakinada Port and Kakinada Port at 22.10hrs. user industry partners. As per a release from the Gping company These cylinders came Visakhapatnam. Stoppages: Kakinada government the awards are in two categories, the first OCEAN NETWORK EX- in from Qingdao, China to Town, Samalkot, The train No. 07265 group includes logistics infrastructure/service PRESS recently trans- Visakhapatnam, India. Kakinada Port- Pithapuram, Gollaprolu, providers and second one is for various user industries. ported 7 containers of The shipment is a so- Visakhapatnam MEMU Annavaram, Tuni, Organisations will be invited to submit entries via the empty oxygen Cylinders cial contribution activity special train will leave Gullipadu, Narsipatnam ministry of commerce and industry website. Shortlisted for an importer in Vizag under the ambit of ONE’s Kakinada port at 04.25hrs Road, Regupalem, Elamanchili, entrants will present their case to a National Jury panel, free of freight. These cyl- CSR initiatives with the ob- which will reach Narasingapalli, Anakapalle which will decide the winners. The winners will be inders were brought in to jective of supporting the Visakhapatnam at 09.40hrs. In return direc- and Marripalem between announced on 31 October 2021. All case studies by help the government of critical need for oxygen trans- tion, the train No. 07266 Visakhapatnam-Kakinada finalists in the National Jury round will be showcased AP for their COVID-19 portation during the COVID Visakhapatnam-Kakinada Port. in the Logistics Excellence Gallery. relief activities for the crisis. Vizag Q1 Container Traffic up 10% Kakinada handles 1st container wagon Contd. from Page 1 ‘Albeit the congestion VCTPL speaking to Apr ’20 – Jun ’20 while akinada Container Terminal received and at Colombo, Tanjung, Vizag Industrial Scan. EXIM Laden volumes handled the first-ever container wagon – The total number of Pelepas, registered growth of 16% K VCT overall handled domestic Singapore for same pe- (80x20’) at etc., had ini- riod com- Top Exports: Kakinada tially slowed Top Imports: parison’ said Deepwater down the im- Mr Ferro alloys, Aluminium, Port, which port move- Chemicals, Scrap, Narayanan. arrived from Agri products, Seafoods ment of con- Parcel Metals&Ores, Refractory Raipur, tainers by size (no. of Chhattisgarh. being held for long peri- containers about 126366 TEUs in As per the port rakes handled in FY 22- ods, container traffic handled per vessel) also Q1FY22. the cargo was “Rice” bound for West Africa, which Q1 were 181 rakes with slowly started to bounce improved from 1400 TEUs ‘There was an overall would then be shipped out by a breakbulk carrier. 26710 TEUs as against back in May and June’ to over 1800 TEUs throughput growth in Apr Previously the same was transported by road to 155 rakes with 22858 21’ said Mr Anil thereby marking an in- ’21 – Jun ’21 of 10% over Kakinada. TEUs in FY 21. Narayanan, COO, crease of 30%. Kakinada Chamber of Commerce BLR airport exports over calls for doubling Rlwy Sidings 4.5 lakh kgs of Mango Aditya Sabharwal the South central railways for rice exports from this for this and they are cur- region. In the last fiscal VIS News Service March. Backed by two reputed he Kakinada chamber rently carrying out feasi- close to 2 million tons of This year, Doha cargo terminal operators – empegowda Interna Tof commerce has bility studies for the same’ rice was exported from emerged as the leading Air India SATS and tional Airport, called for the doubling of here while in the current K Menzies Aviation Bobba the railway sidings keep- Bengaluru (KIAB/ BLR fiscal the association is Bangalore- BLR Airport ing in mind the burgeoning Airport) has processed forecasting an export has the infrastructure re- rice exports from the 483,460 kgs of mangoes volume of 4 million tons. quired to ensure the fruits Kakinada anchorage in four months from ‘With the approval of reach their destinations port. March to June, 2021. labour we have also maintaining their quality as Kakinada chamber of started rice loading from As per a press re- well as freshness. commerce popularly informed Mr Kakinada seaports lim- lease the month of June To ensure quality and known as Cocanada has Raghavulu, President of ited’ said Mr Raghavulu. witnessed highest move- said that currently there the Kakinada Chamber of destination for mangoes freshness, mangoes are Most of the rice ment of mangoes with are 5 railway sidings and Commerce speaking to from Bengaluru, with stored and moved to the comes from the state of 169,882 kgs. A total of they want this to be in- Vizag Industrial Scan. 140,000 kgs, followed by aircraft within the required Chhattisgarh wherein siz- 158,936 kgs were pro- creased to 10. London (68,000 kgs) and temperature range, reduc- The Kakinada anchor- able volumes are ex- cessed in May, 110,886 kgs Singapore (55,000 kgs) ing waiting time at termi- ‘We have requested age port is the main port ported to West Africa. in April and 43,776 in stated the release. nals. July 16-31, 2021 City / State VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 4

NEW APPOINTMENTS SBI’s new DGM Afghanistan KK Raju as Chairman invites AP NREDCAP he Government recently appointed Mr Kammila Businessmen TKannapa Raju (Mr K.K.Raju) as Chairman, New & Renewable Energy Department Corporation VIS News Service Pradesh. of Andhra Pradesh Limited, Tadepalli, Guntur District he Federation of Explaining about the for a period of two years from the date of assumption Andhra Pradesh role of the Consulate in of charge. T Chambers of Commerce Hyderabad Mr. Kakar said and Industry (FAPCCI) that the Consulate’s aim is AP Industrial Dev.Corp. recently held a virtual meet- to enhance trade and other ing with Mr Muhammad economic opportunities be- Chairman Suleman Kakar, Consul tween Afghanistan and General, Islamic Republic South India. he Government has hereby appointed Ms. Bandi VIS News Service year 2000 and worked in of Afghanistan in ‘The opening of the Sivasakthi Nagendra Punyasheela as T several capacities at differ- Hyderabad. new Afghan Mission in Chairperson of the Andhra Pradesh Industrial r Manmaya ent places in West Bengal. In his address Consul Hyderabad is an important Development Corporation (APIDC). The term of the Pandab recently He worked as a Regional M General Kakar informed step towards the enhance- Chairperson shall be for a period of (2) years from took charge as the Deputy Manager at Howrah and that Af- ment of the date of appointment. General Manager of State got elevated as Deputy ghanistan trade be- Bank of India, General Manager. tween Visakhapatnam Module. has New Chariman at AP After taking charge he opened the two The Visakhapatnam mod- addressed the entire staff coun- ule consists of 270 up in- MSME of Administrative Office vestment tries’ branches in the three north and reiterated that Cus- said Mr. he Government has appointed Mr. Venka opportu- coastal districts of tomer Service should be Kakar Ravindranath as Chairman for the Andhra nities for T Srikakulam, Vizianagaram their motto and to strive to and Pradesh Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises the In- and Visakhapatnam. work sincerely for the sat- called for Development Corporation. His appointment will be dian pri- A release from SBI isfaction of the Customers. increas- for a period of two years. vate sec- stated that Mr Manmaya He also told the staff to tor and increased the pos- ing trade delegations and had joined SBI as a Pro- work with utmost honesty, sibility of economic en- having more meetings with bationary Officer in the sincerity and integrity. gagement between Af- the entrepreneurs of Af- APIIC Board Chairperson ghanistan and Andhra ghanistan and Andhra Pradesh. he Government recently appointed Mr Mettu BIS Vizag’s new Head Pradesh State. Govinda Reddy S/o Thimmappa as He invited businessmen The consulate which T oversees the States of Chairperson on the Board of Andhra Pradesh of BIS, from Andhra Pradesh to Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited for a explore business opportu- Telangana, Andhra Visakhapatnam. Mr Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil period of 2 years. Vinod had joined BIS in nities in the field of agri- culture, manufacturing Nadu and Kerala also pro- 1996 and has earlier vides necessary consulate worked in cities of New and in the area of imports services for the Indian and Delhi, Bengaluru, and exports. AP Handicraft Corp New Afghan nationals residing Chennai and Lucknow. Mr. Kakar also pro- in this region. Chairperson posed to have a Memoran- He has been in- FAPCCI’s president, volved in various seg- dum of Understanding s. Badiginchala Vijaya Lakshmi has been Mr. C.V. Atchut Rao, ap- ments such as product with the Afghanistan Fed- appointed as Chairperson of Andhra Pradesh prised Mr Kakar on the M certification, laboratory, eration of Chamber of Handicraft Development Corporation Limited. The VIS News Service Commerce in Investment various investment and term of the Chairperson shall be for a period of (2) registration of electronic trade opportunities present r MAJ Vinod re to carry out more serious years from the date of appointment. goods, hallmarking, and in the State of Andhra cently took charge activities between Af- M quality management sys- Pradesh. as scientist-E and Head tem certification. ghanistan and Andhra AP KVIB new Chairperson overnment has appointed Ms. Perlappagari Facilitating Freight Growth of Indian railways GBhagyamma as Chairperson of the Andhra Pradesh Khadi & Village Industries Board. The term Priya Arora of the Chairperson shall be for a period of (2) years logistic parks, provision of sector. Similarly, for first and from the date of appointment. n efficient supply chain parcel trains to supply small last-mile connectivity, a Amanagement requires quantities, roll-on and roll- separate entity can be cre- a coordinated and integrated off rakes, and sector-spe- ated by the railways in part- New Appointment in logistics system. The in- cific policies to enhance the nership with the private sec- IT&EC Dept. creased adoption of rail- volume of traffic. Hence tor as a single point of con- ways as a mode for cargo along with these initiatives, tact for customers to handle s Deeksha Choudhary has been posted in movement is crucial for im- it is an opportune time to multiple legs of movement MIT&EC Department against the post of proving India’s logistics ser- introduce other reforms to and ensure smooth transpor- Assistant Director (Promotion). She is W/o. Sri Ketan vices. Currently, the modal improve the modal share tation of goods. Increased Garg, IAS (2018) Informatics Assistant (I.A) in mix in terms of freight by reducing gaps hamper- investment on upgrading Department of Information Technology & movement is considerably ing freight movement by basic terminal infrastructure Communication (DoIT&C) and her posting has been skewed towards road trans- Recently there has rail. and rolling stock such as done on spouse grounds under InterState deputations port with 60 to 65 percent been an increased focus Role of Pvt. Sector movable ramps, trailers, uni- form flooring, service facili- for a period of 3 years. She will oversee and co- of transport happening via on the development of rail- To increase the domes- ties for the safety of goods, ordinate the development activities of YSR EMC, road compared to 25 to 30 ways. The Indian Rail- tic rail share and improve etc. These reforms will ad- Kopparthi with head quarters at YSR Kadapa Dist. percent in developed coun- ways has been taking efficiency, the private sec- dress some of the major tries. Indian Railways faces many initiatives to improve tor can play an important challenges faced by the In- several infrastructural, op- the modal share by invest- role in enhancing opera- Term Extension of dian Railways to ensure erational, and connectivity ing in infrastructural devel- tional efficiency and seamless rail freight opera- APSPDCL, CMD challenges leading to a shift opments and introducing strengthening the rail infra- of freight traffic to roads. schemes and policies to tions, increase the share of he Government has extend the tenure of Mr structure. Operational effi- Research studies suggest improve the overall effi- rail freight in the modal mix, H.Harinatha Rao, Chairman & Managing ciency for loading/unload- T that it takes approximately ciency of transporting and subsequently, increased Director, Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution ing, warehousing manage- 2-3 days longer for transpor- goods. Some of which in- revenues for railways. Company Limited, Tirupati for a further period of one ment, station services, au- tation via rail than the road clude – development of (The writer is Senior Research As- more year beyond the date of expiry of his earlier tomation, and digitization of sociate at Bureau of Research on along the major routes lead- Dedicated Freight Corri- term of appointment. various processes could be Industry and Economic Funda- ing to higher costs. dor (DFC), multi-modal outsourced to the private mentals (BRIEF), New Delhi) July 16-31, 2021 City / State VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 5 Atchut Rao re-elected Next PF Coastal Security Meet near you he 5th Apex com Vice Adm Ajendra as FAPCCI President Tmittee Review Meet- Bahadur Singh, AVSM, ing (ACRM) to review VSM, Flag Officer Com- Aug 10th Coastal VIS News Service tened Federation of he next “NlDHl Security Telangana chambers of he Federation of TAAPKE NIKAT’ OR of commerce and industry ‘PF NEAR YOU” will be held Andhra Pradesh Andhra T the apex industry organi- on 10th August 2021 at Re- Chambers of Commerce Pradesh zation in Telangana. gional Office, Marripalem was re- recently held its 2nd AGM Mr. Atchut has served Vuda lay-out, NAD Post, cently wherein it unanimously re- on various other es- Visakhapatnam. con- elected Mr C.V. Atchut teemed committees’ in- Accordingly, all Employ- ducted Rao, Chairman, Virya cluding the Central Ex- ees’ Provident fund subscrib- by Ventures Pvt Ltd, cise Regional Advisory ers of Visakhapatnam District Head- Vishakhapatnam as Committee, Telecom Ad- having any grievances/issues quar- President of FAPCCI. are hereby requested to refer visory Committee of ters, erstwhile The Federation the same before the Regional Eastern Mr Atchut is one of Andhra Pradesh etc. the Founder Members of of Andhra Pradesh Cham- P.F. Commissioner, Naval He is also the Secretary FAPCCI and has been its bers of Commerce and In- Visakhapatnam on or before Command at manding-in-Chief, Eastern Na- and Correspondent of August 6th 2021. They may president since it was es- dustry, Hyderabad, during Visakhapatnam. val Command. As per a re- register their grievances either the combined state of Andhra Smt.Chelikani The Review Meeting lease key issues on Coastal Se- tablished in Andhra through post / Courier / Fax Vijayakumari College, was co-chaired by Mr curity, developments and Pradesh in 2019. Pradesh. No.089L-2558734 / E-mail Bobbili,started by Vijaya Aditya Nath Das IAS, progress made since the last Re- He in fact was the The federation in address Memorial Foundation, which Chief Secretary to the Govt. view in 2019 were discussed president (2005-06) of the Telangana is now rechris- [email protected]. is a public charitable trust. of Andhra Pradesh and and suitably addressed. New retail parks policy to spur growth: Valaven

Contd. from Page 1 Scan. multiple departments spection System,’ said tablishing a consoli- ment targets highlighted Some of the key inspecting each estab- Mr Valaven. dated single product / in the policy. opportunities in the retail in- sector Retail dustry by 2026. The Retailers Asso- Park. ciation of India [RAI] ‘The main objectives of He further also hailed the policy the five-year policy are to New Retail Policy gets 1st Investment added, ‘the one- wherein its CEO Mr encourage skill develop- ith the new retail policy announced M/s Capital Business Park LLP has proposed to time external in- Kumar Rajagopalan ment; create more employ- set up a Mega Retail park (Textiles), with a built up area of 7 lakh sq.ft to accommo- W frastructure said “The Retail Park ment opportunities; and date over 900 textile and apparel outlets at Tadepalli, Guntur District. support of 50% Policy 2021-26 is a wel- strengthen the existing This will be done at an investment of Rs.194.16 Crore and with a potential to create depending on come initiative by the unorganized retail sector. direct employment to 5,000 people and requested for providing certain incentives. employment and Andhra Pradesh Govern- The policy envisages an SIPB has decided to extend special package of incentives to M/s Capital Business Park stamp duty ex- ment. The reforms in the organised retail trade be- LLP under AP Retail Parks Policy 2021-26 said a GO issued by Mr Karikal Valaven, IAS special emption will policy such as the single ing more stable and reli- chief secretary to government & CIP. prove to be big desk online clearance for able employment, benefits for the licenses, setting up of re- thereby increasing highlights of the Policy The policy offers retail trade’. tail hubs and simplified Gross State Domestic include Single Desk lishment, thereby various benefits for The policy also aims labour laws that include product,’ said Mr R Portal For Time-Bound leading to a less in- projects given mega re- to simplify labour laws night-shifts for women Karikal Valaven, IAS Clearance, timidating and time tail park status i.e. and support human workers among others Special Chief Secretary Rationalisation of In- consuming process. projects involving a capital development. are progressive steps that [Industries, Infra- spections and Local All inspections are fixed capital investment All the incentives will will help take retail in the structure & Invest- Sourcing. proposed to be man- of at least ¹ 100 crore be disbursed only after State to the next level. ments] speaking to ‘Joint inspections aged and monitored or more than 5,000 di- meeting the mandated We hope other states too Vizag Industrial will be carried out by through a Central In- rect employment for es- investment or employ- will follow suit.” Waltair Club Kakani gets cov- BoB marks 114th opens Golf Arena eted appointment foundation Day

VIS News Service non-competitions, ensure updation of data base on he Sports Authority of NSRS and create ranking of India (SAI) has nomi- T athletes and also Identify and nated Mr Tarun Kakani, coach young talent CEO of in Rowing along Amaravati Boat- with SAI coaches. ing Club as a member of “Tal- Mr Tarun ent Identification Kakani, thanked the Zonal Commit- Ministry of Sports , Govt of India and tee” for South VIS News Service Zone of the Rowing Federation ment of the country. VIS News Service Waltair Club Mr. Khelo India Iden- of India for the rec- he regional office of The Visakhapatnam re- P.Phaneendra Babu. tification Pro- ognition and said Bank of Baroda gional office led by its re- he city’s coveted club T gional manager Mr YVS Other members present gram. that he would put in Visakhapatnam recently Waltair Club recently his best efforts in Koteswara Rao along with T included Vice President An initiative of celebrated the bank’s 114th opened a Golf Arena in its promoting water sports like foundation day. Founded by deputy regional Manager Mr M.A.Murale, Honorary the Ministry of Youth Affairs premises. The golf arena rowing , sailing , canoeing and Shri Maharaja Sayajirao Babuji Rao and other staff Secretary V. Seetaramiah & Sports the states covered was inaugurated by Vice kayaking in Andhra Pradesh, Gaekwad III on 20th July members conducted a along with Committee in the South Zone Include Admiral Ajendra TS and Tamil Nadu. Mr 1908 Bank of Baroda is one contactless social distancing members. Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Bahadur Singh, Flag Of- Kakani has also been ap- of the premier public sector human chain on beahc road This Golf Arena is Nadu and Telangana. from 6:30am to 7:30am. Blood ficer Commanding in Chief, pointed as the National Ex- banks in the country. The equipped with a Practice donation camps were also or- Eastern Naval Command With this appointment Mr ecutive member for the CSR bank has been surpassing Range, Putting Green and ganized by the banks various and Vice Admiral Biswajit Kakani would need to Iden- and Marketing Committee of several milestones and con- Lounge. Members can branches in the cities as part Das Gupta, Chief of Staff, tify grass-root talent by us- Rowing Federation of India tributing significantly the also avail coaching facility overall growth and develop- of the foundation day. Eastern Naval Command in ing appropriate methods and (RFI). the presence of President of here stated a release. July 16-31, 2021 City/State VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 6 EPDCL’s new CMD Jio adds over 1.28 lakh IoB’s subscribers in T & AP New RM Leads the market with 3.21 Cr customers

VIS News Service While Airtel lost 2,236 lakh users during the mobile subscribers in the month. With this addition, s per the latest telecom month, Vodafone Idea Jio’s subscriber base has subscriber data re- A lost 1,64,955 subscribers increased to over 42.76 leased by TRAI, Reliance and BSNL lost 78,087 crore users said the re- Jio has added over 1.28 subscribers in the same lease from Jio. lakh new subscribers in the month of April 2021. Bharti Airtel added over 5.17 lakh users dur- In a press release from r. V.D.Pani re ing the month under re- Jio it said that it is the only cently took over as view, taking its subscriber M Telecom operator in this Indian Overseas Bank’s base to over 35.29 crore. Circle to add new subscrib- new Senior Regional Man- Vodafone Idea, on the ers. With this Jio has ex- ager in Visakhapatnam. other hand, eroded its sub- tended its market leader- He has over 31years scriber base by over 18.10 VIS News Service ship in the Telangana & AP of experience and is an ex- Chief Minister of Andhra month, as per the data lakh users to more than Pradesh for appointing with over 3.21 crore mobile pert in corporate credit. He r. K.Santhosh Rao published by TRAI. 28.19 crore. State-run him as CMD and repos- subscribers. has earlier worked in Delhi recently assumed Nationally too, Reli- BSNL also witnessed a de- & Chennai and has come M ing confidence in him. He Reliance Jio added charge as the new Chair- ance Jio topped the sub- cline its user base by nearly from head office in Chennai said that his priority is to highest 1,28,098 mobile man and Managing Direc- scription chart for April 13.05 lakh to 11.72 crore. (Corporate Department) provide reliable and unin- subscribers in April 2021. tor of APEPDCL. as it added over 47.56 terrupted power supply Mr Santosh Rao, was with quality of power to earlier Director (Techni- Domestic, Commercial, Ora Motors unveils new Aprilla cal) of Vijayawada and Industrial consumers APCPDCL and has now VIS News Service 1,16,099/- ex showroom in APEPDCL jurisdiction. website https:// Vijayanagaram districts and been appointed as the Visakhapatnam and can be He further said that his iaggio India recently Aprillaindia.com/. Kakinada Ora Motors said APEPDCL CMD for a booked for an initial amount top priority will be to pro- launched the all new that Aprilla SXR 125 will be period of two years as per P With a total of 25 vide 9 hours of free unin- Aprilla SXR 125. available in very attractive orders issued by Energy terrupted power supply to Unevilled in Vizag by Ora Glossy Red, Matt Blue, Secretary Mr. N.Srikant. Agriculture pump sets in Motors, the all new Aprilla Glossy White and Matt Mr. Rao thanked the the daytime. SXR 125 incorporates Black colours. Aprilla’s latest global de- Speaking at the launch APSPDCL CMD term sign language and is fitted the dealership’s Managing with a single-cylinder, 4- Director Mr. Krishnakant extended stroke, air-cooled, 3 valve said that “We are delighted fuel injection clean emis- to be affiliated with he Government has hereby extend the tenure of sion engine technology, that Piaggio. We ORA MO- Mr H.Harinatha Rao, Chairman & Managing T produces peak power of TORS are the NO 1 Director, Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution 9.52 PS at 7600 RPM. Dealer since last 5 years, Company Limited, Tirupati for a further period of one branches in As per the dealership of INR 5000/- across all We are the highest selling more year beyond the date of expiry of his earlier term Visakhapatnam, Aprilla SXR 125 will be dealerships in India and vespa in India” said Mr. of appointment. Srikakulam, available at a price of INR through ecommerce Krishnakant. Gov clears Rs 887 crs investments in Kadapa Two Units to come up at YSR Jagananna Mega Industrial Hub

VIS News Service petitive environment in the neering Components Lim- poses to setup a green tives to both the compa- cost of Rs. 25 lakh per for YSR Jagananna Mega In- ited and M/s Nilkamal field project to manufac- nies as was mentioned being early birds / Anchor n a significant announce dustrial Hub, Kopparthy, Iment that could spur in- YSR Kadapa district, dustrial development in the that the GoAP had an- Pitti Rail&Engineering Nilkamal Ltd YSR Kadapa district one nounced the YSR of the most economically Jagananna Mega h APIIC to allocate 117.85 acres h APIIC to allocate 105 acres backward districts in the Indsutrial Hub Policy state, the government re- with special package of h Proposed Investment Rs.401 Crores h Proposed investment of Rs.486 Crores cently cleared two invest- incentives. ment proposals of compa- The two companies h Direct employment to 2,000 people h Direct employment to 2,030 people nies wanting to set up whose proposals have their units in the YSR Limited. ture Furniture, Mat- by the government to be units of the five eligible Early Bird Advantage M/s Pitti Rail and tresses and Material given to the first 5 early early bird/anchor units Handling Products unit bird Anchor units com- coming up in the park dur- Engineering Compo- Land @ concessional rate of Rs.10 Lakh nents Limited has pro- at “YSR Jagananna ing up in the park during ing FY 2021-2022. per acre against the cost of Rs. 25 lakh posed to establish a Mega Industrial Hub” FY 2021-2022. Some of the other in- with an investment of centives include 100 % per acre customized Engineer- Pitti rail and engi- ing Products manu- Rs.486 Crores and with neering component ltd Reimbursement of Stamp 100 % Reimbursement of Stamp Duty facturing facility with a potential to create di- will be allocated 117.85 Duty, 100% net SGST re- a proposed an invest- rect employment to acres of land by APIIC imbursement for 8 years Reimbursement of Power cost @Rs. 1.00 ment of Rs.401 Crore 2,030 people and re- while Nilkamal will be al- limited to FCI whichever is and a potential to cre- quested for providing located 105 acres by earlier, Reimbursement of per unit for 5 years ate direct employ- special package of in- APIIC. Power cost @Rs. 1.00 per ment to 2,000 people. centives. Both of these compa- unit for 5 years, Logistic Jagananna Mega Indus- been cleared for invest- The board cleared nies will be offered land Subsidy of 25% of cost in- trial Hub, Kopparthy. The second company ment and incentives are cleared by the govern- both the proposals and at a concessional rate of curred on domestic trans- It was to create a com- M/s Pitti Rail and Engi- ment is M/s Nilkamal has decided to extend the Rs.10 Lakh per acre, ports limited to Rs.50 Lakhs Limited. Nilkamal pro- special package incen- against the APIIC land per annum for 5 years. July 16-31, 2021 City/State VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 7 Over 36K Cos incorporated in Q1 he number of new that were incorporated dur- ‘AP a priority companies incorpo- This information was re- T ing the same period last year. cently stated by Minister of rated in the Country under 18,968 new companies were the provisions of the Com- State for the Ministry of incorporated last fiscal in the Corporate Affairs Mr Rao market for us’ panies Act, 2013 from April same period thus marking an 2021 to June, 2021 stood at Inderjit Singh in a written increase of 17,223 new Com- Aditya Sabharwal ‘The share of Kiranas 36,191. This is about double reply to a question in the Lok buying habits and also pro- panies in Q1 of this fiscal. Sabha. has actually gone up amid the number of companies eading international vide them with insights on the pandemic’ informed the wholesale company market research’ said Mr L MD and CEO. Metro cash and carry re- Mediratta. cently opened its first store The company through He further informed in the city of Vizag and it’s its Smart Kirana program, that two kirana stores in the second in the state. With has helped over 2000 tra- city have already been re- presence in over 34 coun- ditional kiranas across the modelled from a traditional tries, employing close to 1 country transform with shop into a modern open lakh people the company is modernization and digitali- format store. bullish on the state of zation solutions to compete Local Sourcing in the modern retail land- Andhra Pradesh. The company has a ‘Seeing the popula- strong focus on sourcing tion of Vizag we can locally. ‘99% of products open 2-3 more stores METRO sells are all lo- here itself’ said Mr. cally sourced from Arvind Mediratta, MSMEs & local suppli- MD and CEO at the ers’ said Mr Mediratta. opening of the Vizag METRO Cash & store. The company is Carry claims to have slated to open its 3rd over 3 million customer store in Guntur soon. base in India while the “Andhra Pradesh is Vizag store has already a priority market for us; ramped up a customer as we increase our foot- base of 50,000. print in the state, we will ‘We will initially ca- positively contribute to- ter to over 50,000 regis- wards the state’s devel- tered business customer opment by creating which includes kiranas newer employment oppor- scape. Apart from mod- and traders; Hotels, Res- tunities, upskilling local tal- ernizing the layout of the taurants & Caterers ent, strengthening local stores, the store has been (HoReCa); Services, Com- sourcing” said the upgraded with digital solu- panies and Offices (SCOs) MD&CEO. tions and the owners have and self-employed profes- Digitizing Kiranas been educated about sionals’ said the MD & Identifying the com- planogram, inventory man- CEO. pany as being the Cham- agement and quality man- The company currently pion for Independent Busi- agement to help them gar- operates 29 wholesale dis- ness he said that Metro ner more footfall and prof- tribution centres, catering has always been vocal itability for their business. to over 5000 suppliers, and about empowering inde- ‘By digitizing and with states to have created over pendent businesses, small the help of our software we 14500 direct and indirect traders and kiranas in In- help Kirana’s better jobs across the country. dia. analyse their customers AP’s 1st Model City gets underway at Pulivendula, CMs home constituency

Aditya Sabharwal develop Pulivendula town ery and developing good ur- level. There are ‘Area Based as a Model Town not only in ban design projects which Development (ABD) Development Pillars he Chief Minister of the state but in the country. shall complement the town’s Projects’ for select areas Andhra Pradesh, Mr T development. within cities/towns under GoI Social Infrastructure Jagan Mohan Reddy re- The town is being mooted Smart Cities Schemes, but cently laid the foundation to be developed in an inte- ‘In my knowledge, we Economy & Employment Pulivendula could be the first stone for various works in grated manner by providing can say that this is the first where the development is Ecology & Environment being planned and executed In my knowledge, we can say that at town level’ said Mr Basic Infrastructure Ambala Narayana Reddy, this is the first town/city in the CEO APUIAML that has a 100% subsidiary of IL&FS bring a paradigm shift of been engaged for providing group wherein GoAP holds Pulivendula revamping the country where comprehensive end-to-end services. a 49% stake. same into Model Town said development is being carried out The development It is informed that the Mr Ambala Narayana projects of the town are di- APUIAML has worked Reddy. at a town/city level – pan city vided into 4 categories (Pil- with PADA & GoAP on the The projects are sched- lars, See Box) with an esti- proposals which includes uled to be executed in 12- level. mated project cost of devel- preparation of Integrated In- 18 months of time depend- opment (for 25 projects) at frastructure Master Plan, ing on external contingen- Mr Ambala Narayana Reddy Rs. 633.18 Cr. Detailed Project Reports, cies. We are also gearing CEO APUIAML APUIAML (Andhra Tender documents, provid- up for ICT based PMC ser- Pradesh Urban Infrastruc- ing Project Management vices during execution the town of Pulivendula. ture Asset Management Services (PMC) during stages said the CEO of Located in the CM’s home best of international/national town/city in the country Limited) is a joint venture of project execution. Andhra Pradesh Urban In- district of Kadapa the Gov- level benchmark for provi- where comprehensive devel- the government of Andhra The projects have been frastructure Asset Man- ernment of Andhra sion of civic facilities and opment is being carried out Pradesh with IL&FS Invest- designed as per the needs of agement Limited. Pradesh (GoAP) desires to basic infrastructure, green- at a town/city level – pan city ment managers Ltd. (IIML), people of Pulivendula and to July 16-31, 2021 Classifieds VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 8

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Note 1: Exports include Re-Exports. Note 2: The figures for JUN’21 are provisional. Note 3: Grand total is inclusive of component ‘Other Selected Major Import Commodities For June 2021* SL. Values in Million USD % Change No. Commodities APR'21- APR'21- JUN'20 APR'20- JUN'21 JUN'21 JUN'20 JUN'21 JUN'21 1 Cotton Raw & Waste 33.23 103.99 68.75 155.42 106.89 49.46 2 Vegetable Oil 706.62 1929.67 1433.90 4148.23 102.92 114.97 3 Pulses 65.20 225.13 138.14 230.34 111.87 2.31 4 Fruits & vegetables 110.05 368.66 202.10 610.32 83.64 65.55 5 Pulp and Waste paper 43.19 195.42 118.54 335.84 174.46 71.86 6 Textile yarn Fabric, made-up articles 55.62 217.81 146.07 442.20 162.62 103.02 7 Fertilisers, Crude & manufactured 628.39 1551.90 1039.46 2077.37 65.42 33.86 8 Sulphur & Unroasted Iron Pyrites 9.20 18.31 27.22 74.88 195.87 308.96 9 Metaliferrous ores & other minerals 327.52 891.25 553.96 1839.29 69.14 106.37 10 Coal, Coke & Briquettes, etc. 949.97 3457.07 1875.68 5848.02 97.45 69.16 11 Petroleum, Crude & products 4931.11 13079.27 10676.21 31000.92 116.51 137.02 12 Wood & Wood products 256.15 990.63 564.65 1606.07 120.44 62.13 13 Leather & leather products 38.34 118.81 71.52 182.17 86.54 53.33 14 Organic & Inorganic Chemicals 1278.06 4024.66 2451.90 7001.30 91.85 73.96 15 Dyeing/tanning/colouring materials 142.57 503.36 288.87 850.93 102.62 69.05 16 Artificial resins, plastic materials, etc. 625.83 2345.59 1468.23 4898.85 134.61 108.85 17 Chemical material & products 571.85 1650.50 1023.47 2977.01 78.98 80.37 18 Newsprint 33.70 124.42 35.86 83.62 6.41 -32.79 19 Pearls, precious & Semi-precious stones 634.64 1019.36 2571.76 7287.52 305.23 614.91 20 Iron & Steel 630.81 2531.25 1447.01 3810.66 129.39 50.54 21 Non-ferrous metals 542.32 2027.23 1457.64 4038.02 168.78 99.19 22 Machine tools 190.84 579.89 373.65 1051.37 95.79 81.31 23 Machinery, electrical & nonelectrical 1725.30 5387.55 3092.55 9130.23 79.25 69.47 24 Transport equipment 586.30 1937.97 1215.52 3851.42 107.32 98.73 25 Project goods 86.41 284.27 75.62 342.52 -12.49 20.49 26 Professional instrument, Optical goods, etc. 346.15 825.46 709.59 2088.36 104.99 152.99 27 Electronic goods 3170.81 7663.33 4602.54 13907.75 45.15 81.48 28 Medicinal & Pharmaceutical products 536.29 1561.05 1237.95 2715.61 130.84 73.96 29 Gold 608.69 687.83 969.87 7887.97 59.34 1046.79 30 Silver 137.22 575.11 11.83 39.39 -91.38 -93.15 Sub-Total 20002.38 56876.75 39950.06 120513.60 99.73 111.89 GRAND TOTAL 21114.38 60437.13 41871.89 126145.23 98.31 108.72 Note 1: Imports include Re-Imports. Note 2: The figures for JUN’21 are provisional. Note 3: Grand total is inclusive of component ‘Other’. *Data for June 2021 (National) July 16-31, 2021 Startup VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 11 VIS Startup Focus ‘Over 1000 startups IIC to soon ‘Swap’ Now for engaged in Defence’ open in Andhra Healthy Food VIS News Service

peaking at a recently University Sheld virtual session VIS News Service Purushotham, the presi- titled ‘India-Israel Defence dent of IIC – Andhra Uni- Industry Cooperation-Col- n significant development versity in the presence of laboration Opportunities for Ithat could boost the inno- Vice-Chancellor Prof. MSMEs & Start-ups’, Mr vation and startup eco- PVGD Prasad Reddy. Sanjay Jaju, Additional system in the state, Secretary (DP), Ministry Andhra University has Prof. PVGD Prasad of Defence, Govt of India and create enabling condi- been granted to establish Reddy, the Vice-Chancel- said that over the last 3 tions for the businesses to Institute’s Innovation lor thanked AICTE – MoE years, we have been able prosper,” he added. Council (IIC) by the All for granting the IIC to to engage over 1000 Start- Mr SP Shukla, Chair- India Council for Techni- Andhra University and ups in the defence and man, FICCI Defence cal Education (AICTE), hoped it would boost the aerospace sector. Committee said that The Ministry of Education existing innovation ecosys- Sylviee Soy He also invited the Is- ‘Innovations for Defence (MoE), Government of In- tem in the University. ave you been looking for food that is not only raeli companies to invest in Excellence– iDEX’ initia- dia, Innovation Cell. Prof Krishna Mohan Hhealthy, rich in protein yet tasty and doesn’t development of the two de- tive is aimed to achieve comprise on your strict diet plan? fence corridors setup by the self-reliance and foster in- Then look no more as this Vizag based start-up government in UP and Tamil novation and technology might just be the place you have been looking for. Nadu. “In the defence sec- development by actively tor, the government plays a engaging MSMEs, Start- Swapnow is a food startup that is working to- pro-active role in facilitat- wards making healthy food affordable and acces- ups and individual innova- ing the B2B opportunities sible. tors. ‘Give us your diet plan and Concentrate on Your Workouts More Efficiently’ said Mr Praveen founder of Swapnow. Number of DPIIT Being a fitness enthusiast himself he noticed that an effective exercise regime calls for a good cus- recognized startups tomized food plan which is typically not found in restaurant menus. It is here that the idea struck him VIS News Service to help them scale faster, to start out on this venture. better, and stronger. The here has been an in As per a release from informed that the Univer- Swapnow offers its customers a range of healthy/ portal acts as one stop plat- crease in the number AU, the MoE’s Innovation sity is constituting differ- diet oriented menus one can choose from. There T form for the stakeholders of DPIIT recognized Cell (MIC) has the man- ent committees from are about 80 standardized items on the menu rang- Teaching/Non-Teaching ing from brown rice meals boxes to different kinds date to work closely with Members, Student Mem- of salads. Calendar Year Recognized Startups the Higher Educational In- bers, and External Mem- ‘These are nutritionally balanced meals wherein stitutions (HEIs) to en- 2016 504 bers to manage IIC effec- the average price of a meal is Rs 150 and is good 2017 5420 courage the creative en- for one person’ informed Mr Praveen. ergy of student population tively and enhancing the 2018 8946 University Ranking. And if customers want a customized diet plan to work on new ideas and they can then opt for a monthly subscription plan. 2019 11683 innovation and promote The President of IIC Their monthly subscription plans vary from Rs 2020 14778 them to create start-ups Prof. H.Purushotham said 7000 to Rs 15000 depending on the number of 2021* 11272 and entrepreneurial ven- that IIC focuses on creat- meals. tures by establishing ing complete ecosystem (*data till 15th July, 2021) As of now the startup claims to have got 1500 Institution’s Innovation which will foster the cul- startups in the recent ture of Innovation in the subscriptions through their website and states to of startup ecosystem with Council (IIC). years. The increasing Andhra University from deliver 500 to 600 meals per day. aspiring entrepreneurs, Prof. V. Krishna trend can be seen in the One can either order through food apps such startups, corporates, accel- Mohan, Registrar handed ideas generation to pre-in- table above. as Swiggy and Zomato or Swapnow can deliver to erators, incubators, govern- over the sanction certifi- cubation, incubation and you directly too. Startup India provides ment departments having cate received from AICTE graduating from the incuba- With 3 outlets, 2 in Vizag and 1 in Hyderabad free resources to startups profile on the platform. – MoE to Prof. H. tor as successful start-ups. Swapnow is planning on coming out with 2 more outlets in Hyderabad very soon. The start-up is also working on getting out an app which they say will be ready in about 6 months Defence Min launches AI App to a year time. VIS News Service therein. analysis of complaints in a plaints received on Below is a brief snapshot of the category including analysis aksha Mantri Mr As a result, it can iden- CPGRAMS portal of company and founder: of whether the complaint Rajnath Singh re- tify repeat com- Mr. Praveen Kota R Founder Name: cently launched an Artifi- plaints or spam Co-Founder : Mr.Gnanesh Meesala, Mr.Anurag cial Intelligence (AI)-pow- automatically. Prudhvi Kandivalasa ered grievance manage- Based on the Team: 8 ment application developed meaning of the complaint, it can Incubated/Started (Year and City): Vizag, 2019 by Ministry of Defence with the help of IIT-Kanpur. categorise com- Industry / Space : Food and Beverages This is the first AI plaints of differ- Funding Received : Bootstraped based system developed to ent categories Looking for: Funding improve grievance even when key words normally Market of Operation: Vizag, Hyderabad redressal in the Govern- ment stated a release from used for such Revenues: Rs 1.2 Crores search are not the ministry of defence. was adequately addressed or Claim to Fame: Recognized Start-up India and DARPG, this application will The AI DPIIT Recognised. have great use in under- tool devel- AI-powered app to automatically handle and analyse standing the nature of com- Company’s culture: oped as part complaints of people, reduce human intervention, save plaints, geographies from Aggressive Easy Going Methodical of the initia- where they emanate and PTIM (Person that inspires me): Mr. Steve Jobs. tive has ca- time and bring more transparency in their disposal policy changes which can I have been most inspired by his penchant towards pability to be introduced to create sys- understand product perfection, his marketing skills and the way present in the complaint. temic improvements to ad- he has overall impacted industries with the use of the content of the complaint not by the concerned office. It enables geographical dress these grievances said technology. I too would want to create a similar impact based on the contents As there are lakhs of com- the release. in the health and fitness space. July 16-31, 2021 Update VIZAG INDUSTRIAL SCAN 12 ‘NABARD strengthen- At the Secretariat New team at Rotary ing Rural Infra in AP’ club Facility. Waltair Dr. Poonam Malakondaiah, Special tn. K.S.R.K. Raju Chief Secretary, Agricul- (Sai) and Rtn. PP D. ture, Sericulture Horticul- R ture, congratulated Sathyasree were re- NABARD for its proactive cently elected as Presi- role in fostering rural pros- dent and Secretary re- perity. Mr V spectively for the year Brahmananda Reddy, 2021-22. SLBC, Field General Man- Rtn. PGD D. Varada ager & Convenor, hailed peaking at NABARD’s Sri Lankan Deputy high commissioner Reddy installed the new cility of ¹ 7,472 crore for pro- NABARD for playing a key Dr.D.Venkateswaran recently called upon Chief Min- members at a glittering S40th Foundation Day, curement operations and ex- role in policy making for Mr Sudhir Kumar tended refinance support to ister Mr. Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy at his camp of- function where Rtn. PDG SHG, JLG formations, Wa- D.V. Raju was the Chief Jannawar, Chief General the tune of Rs. 22,065 crore tersheds, FPOs, TDF. fice. The Deputy high commissioner also paid a visit Manager of NABARD’s to Cooperative Banks and to Brandix India Apparel Park in Visakhapatnam. Guest. AP Regional Office, said Regional Rural Banks. that NABARD has been He further added that to contributing to the creation meet the liquidity needs of Fleet awards at WNC of rural infrastructure in the RRBs and Cooperative Andhra Pradesh. He in- Banks in the wake of VIS News Service 2021. The event was attended formed that NABARD has by Flag Officers of Western COVID-19 pandemic, Rs. he western naval com provided financial support of 2500 crore was released Naval Command with Vice mand recently held its Rs. 2,684 crore, credit fa- under the Special Liquidity T Admiral R Hari Kumar, Fleet Award Ceremony af- Flag Officer ter a gap of a Commanding year due to the -in- Chief, Felicitation COVID 19 Western Na- pandemic. val Command This year, as the Chief the ceremony Guest. was hosted by A total of Rear Admiral 20 trophies Ajay were given Kochhar, Flag away covering a myriad spec- Officer Commanding West- trum of naval operations, ern Fleet. The ceremony safety practices and morale. marked the operational INS Kolkata was awarded the achievements of the Fleet ‘Best Ship’ among the capi- from April 2020 to March tal ships. Navy gets MH-60R Helicopters

VIS News Service Mr Taranjit Singh these helicopters under Tourism Minister Mr. M.Srinivasa Rao felicitating the Sandhu, Indian Foreign Military Sales outgoing district collector Mr. V.Vinay Chand. The ndian Navy recently ac Ambassador to from the US Government Minister lauded his efforts in providing better ser- Icepted the first two of its USA. said a release from the In- vices to the people of the city. He said that Mr. Chand MH-60R Multi Role Heli- MH-60R heli- dian Navy. was very effective in performing his duties during copters (MRH) from the copters manufac- his two years and two months stint as collector. The US Navy in a ceremony The ceremony also wit- tured by Lockheed minister also appreciated the collectors untiring ef- held at NAS North Island, nessed exchange of heli- Martin Corporation, forts to the public during the Covid-19 pandemic. San Diego. copter documents between USA is an all- The tourism minister also felicitated the The ceremony marked Vice Adm Kenneth weather helicopter Visakhapatnam metropolitan region development the formal transfer of Whitesell, Commander designed to support authority commissioner Mr. P.Koteswara Rao who has these helicopters from US Naval Air Forces, USN and multiple missions now been transfered as collector and district magis- Navy to Indian Navy, Vice Adm Ravneet with state of the art trate of Kurnool district. which were accepted by Singh,DCNS, IN. avionics/ sensors. Indian Navy is procuring 24 of IIMV students’ ESR VIS News Service ’21"and is an effort to bring about a positive change by he PGPEx (Post the PGPEx Students. TGraduate Program for Experienced Profession- Ananda Marga als) 19-21 Children’s home is a regis- batch of 27 stu- dents recently donated essen- tial items worth more than Rs. 100,000/- to Ananda Marga Children’s Home under the ESR initiative. tered orphanage working tirelessly to cater to the The “Executive Social needs and welfare of ap- Responsibility (ESR)” is proximately 40 children be- the first initiative under- tween the ages of 8 to 18 taken by the “Class of years.