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Union Council of Ministers Expanded Light rainfall very likely over Port Blair. Partly Since 1920s the Oldest Daily... cloudy sky. Possibility of lightning and thunder. Maximum and Minimum temperature will be around 31°C and 26°C respectively on Thursday 08/07/2021. Maximum Temperature (°C) of Date: 29.4 Minimum Temperature (°C) of Date: 24.7 Relative Humidity(%) at 0830 IST : 094 Relative Humidity(%) at 1730 IST : 087 Sunrise time on 08.07.2021 (in IST): 0501 Sunset time on 08.07.2021 (in IST): 1748 Rainfall upto 0830 hrs of date (last 24 hrs)- in mm: 020.3 Rainfall upto 1730 hrs of date in mm: 000.2 Rainfall (Progressive total from 1st January 21 upto ...the Largest Circulating Daily of the Islands0830 hrs (of date) in mm: 1252.0 mm Regn. No. 34190/75 No. 189 Port Blair, Thursday, July 08, 2021 Web: dt.andaman.gov.in Rs. 3.00 Pages 4 Union Council of Ministers expanded; 43 Ministers including 15 Cabinet Ministers take oath following all COVID protocols New Delhi, July 7 Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Pic shows the Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, Shri Jitendra Narain Forty three Ministers were Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, and other Senior Officers attending the video conference held by sworn in to the Union Council of Defence Minister, Shri Rajnath Secretary (Power) on Smart Metering rollout other than EESL in UTs Ministers as Prime Minister, Shri Singh, Home Minister, Shri Amit (Privatization of Electricity Department/Utilities in UTs of Chandigarh, Narendra Modi inducted many Shah, BJP President, Shri J P Lakshadweep and Puducherry) on 07.07.21. new faces. They include 15 Nadda and several Union Cabinet Ministers and 28 Ministers. This is the first Ministers of State. BJP leaders, Cabinet expansion of the Shri Narayan Rane, Shri Narendra Modi government in Jyotiraditya Scindia, Shri the second tenure. Sarbananda Sonowal, Dr With today's expansion of the Virendra Kumar, Shri Ashwini Ministers. President, Shri Ram Nath Kishore, Shri Ajay Bhatt, Shri B L Verma, Council of Ministers, the Vaishnaw and Shri Bhupendra Kovind administered the oath of Shri Ajay Kumar, Shri Chauhan Narendra Modi Government has Yadav and Shri R C P Singh of office and Secrecy today at a ceremony Devusinh and Ms Anupriya Patel of a record representation of OBC, JD(U) and Shri Pashupati Kumar organized at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Apna Dal were sworn in as the SC and ST communities. 27 OBC Paras of LJP were sworn in as while following all COVID protocols. Ministers of State. Besides, BJP leaders Ministers including 5 with Cabinet Ministers. Union BJP MPs Shri Pankaj Chaudhury, Shri Kapil Patil, Shri Subhash Sarkar, Cabinet rank, 12 ministers from Ministers, Shri Hardeep Singh Shri S P Singh Baghel, Shri Rajeev Ms Bharati Pawar, Shri Bishweswar Scheduled Caste communities Puri, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Chandrasekhar, Ms Sobha Tudu, Shri Shantanu Thakur, Shri John and eight from Scheduled Tribes Home Secretary reviewed COVID-19 situation in UTs and North East Shri Kiren Rijiju, Shri Raj Kumar Karandlaje, Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Barala, Shri L Murugan and Shri Nisith are now in the Union Council of States with Chief Secretaries/Advisors/Administrators and DGPs of UTs/ Singh, Shri G Kishan Reddy, Shri Verma, Ms Darshana Vikram Pramanik and others also took oath as Ministers. Women NE States through video conferencing on 07.07.21. The Chief Secretary, Parshottam Rupala and Shri Jardosh, Ms Meenakshi Lekhi, Ms Ministers of State. representation has also A&N Administration, Shri Jitendra Narain, DGP, Shri Satyendra Garg Anurag Thakur were also Annapurna Devi, Shri A The swearing-in ceremony was increased with the induction of and other Senior Officers attended the meeting. elevated to the rank of Cabinet Narayanaswamy and Shri Kaushal attended by Vice President, Shri M (Contd. on last page) Vaccination- shield against the virus Providing social & financial security Cumulative beneficiaries vaccinated to girl child under Dulari Scheme reaches 2,06,308 in Isles 26149 beneficiaries registered under the scheme upto June 2021 in A&N Islands Staff Reporter Port Blair, July 7 Dulari Scheme was launched on Jan. 26, The Secretary (Civil Aviation) held meeting through video conferencing 2013 in A&N Islands, with Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, Shri Jitendra Narain and with the aim to reduce other Senior Officers in the chamber of Chief Secretary on 07.07.21 to the gap in sex ratio to the discuss issues related to development of water aerodromes in A&N replacement level of Net Islands. Reproduction Rate (NRR) i.e. 1 by ten years Govt. creates Ministry of Co-operation Port Blair, July 7 beneficiaries is being after implementation of scheme for birth incentives The safety of the initiated by the in sex ratio to a replacement the scheme whichever is and the girl children who are for strengthening of cooperatives citizens is the foremost Administration in level of NRR, to encourage birth earlier. The scheme is below 13 years of age not New Delhi, July 7 framework for strengthening priority of the different parts of the of girl child in A & N Islands, to being implemented as a registered under the The Union Government has the cooperative movement in Administration, Islands. Accordingly, provide social security to the plan scheme. As per the Planned family scheme (old created a separate Ministry of the country. It will help especially during this the vaccination began newly born girl child, for her present scheme, the girl scheme) will also get the Co-operation for realizing the deepen co-operatives as a true pandemic time. To with administering of education and marriage, to child born on or after benefit of this scheme. vision of 'Sahkar se people based movement shield its citizens from COVISHIELD vaccine adopt delayed marriage 26.01.2013 are eligible to The objective of the practices in respect of girl child Samriddhi'. This Ministry will reaching upto the grassroots. the corona virus, the for Health Care Workers provide a separate A co-operative based get the benefit under the scheme is to reduce the gap (Contd. on last page) vaccination of eligible (Contd. on last page) administrative, legal and policy (Contd. on last page) CINCAN visits Amphibian Brigade of District Administration striving to achieve ODF Andaman Nicobar Command plus status under SBM (G) Stresses on need to remain ops Orientation prog. for field functionaries of MGNREGA on ready & prepared at all times Grey Water Management organized Port Blair, July 7 Pits & Community Soak Pits. The District Administration in The Individual Soak Pits shall be its constant and persistent strive constructed under MGNREGA and to achieve ODF plus status has fund will be utilized from central been organizing various fund of MGNREGA. The Common programmes, one of the and Community Soak Pits shall be parameters for ODF plus is that at constructed under SBM (G) in least 80% households, all schools, convergence with MGNREGA. Anganwadis, Panchayat Ghar During the programme, the Port Blair, July 7 Facility and baffle range "Marksmanship have arrangement for managing technical wing of MGNREGA, South Lieutenant General where, with very Standard". Whilst biodegradable waste and liquid MGNREGA. The projects have already been identified Andaman gave hands on training to Ajai Singh, AVSM, accurate firing, the addressing the troops, waste. For liquid waste by the Panchayat Level Assessment Committee in all the field functionaries of Commander-in-Chief CINCAN retained his CINCAN stressed on management, the rural areas in three levels i.e. Individual Soak Pits, Common Soak (Contd. on last page) Andaman and Nicobar p e r s o n n e l (Contd. on last page) the Islands are equipped with Command (CINCAN) drainage facilities. However, in #AmritMahotsav - Kala Kendra organizes visited the 'Amphibian Legendary actor Dilip Kumar order to build additional assets for Brigade' at Birchgunj grey water management, soak pits various virtual programmes as part of 75th Military Station on July passes away at 98 are being developed under 6. CINCAN reviewed Mumbai, July 7 MGNREGA. Anniversary of India's Independence operations at the Jungle In this connection, an Legendary actor Dilip Port Blair, July 7 organized various virtual programmes in the Survival School and orientation programme for the Kumar died early on 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav', is a series month of May & June by involving local Cultural partook in various field functionaries of MGNREGA, Wednesday after a long of celebrations being organized on the Groups. training activities, South Andaman was organized by and protracted illness in directives of Govt. of India to celebrate 75th In this series, Kala Kendra organized including driving an the District Programme Mumbai. He was 98. He Anniversary of India's Independence. As 'Swaranjali'- Patriotic Songs Presentation on last ALS through the Coordinator/DC (SA), breathed his last at part of celebrations of 75th Anniversary of Saturday in virtual mode wherein artists of landing ship ramp MGNREGA to build up assets for Mumbai's Khar India's Independence, Kala Kendra - A Baaulmon Local Cultural Group paid tribute to simulator at the Wave Grey Water Management (SBM- Hinduja Hospital. He is Saira Banu, a veteran Society under Department of Art & our Freedom Fighters & Martyrs through patriotic Generation Training (G)) Phase-II in convergence with survived by his wife (Contd. on last page) Culture, A&N Administration had songs. (Contd. on last page) # Andaman Fights COVID 19 Use face mask & maintain 'do gaz ki doori'- Together we will fight COVID-19 C M Y K Thursday 4 Daily Telegrams July 08, 2021 vaMeku rFkk fudksckj iz’kklu Union Council of ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION Ministers... Lkfpoky;/SECRETARIAT (Contd. from page 1) Health Bulletin For Containment Of new faces. Five leaders of the minority community are now Ministers in the th Modi government.
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