Dahej to Gogha 300km no way its 30km Soon [Ro-Ro Ferry Service - foundation stone laid by CM at Gogha]

Chief minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for constructing the Ro-Ro terminal at Gogha, 20 km from Bhavnagar today, January 25. Development of Ro-Ro ferry service terminals at Ghogha in Bhavnagar and at Dahej in Bharuch, will help in drastically changing the passenger and vehicular traffic in the region, says CM.

The purpose of the project is to facilitate the establishment of a vehicular and passenger ferry service across the the Gulf of Khambhat, Due to its peculiar geographical configuration, the Gulf of Khambhat has advantage for the operation of Ro-Ro ferry service. "We plan to run ferries that can carry maximum number of passengers and vehicles on this route once the terminals are ready. Initially, we will be running 2-3 ferry vessels and looking at its utility, the number would be increased," said Shri Pankajkumar of GMB. The circuitous road distance around the Gulf of Cambay between the Gogha and Dahej is 360 km. However, the distance will reduce to just 31 km using the sea route.

The construction of terminals at Ghogha and Dahej will be completed in 15 months.The project cost of the ferry service is estimated to be Rs 296 crore and commenced in 2013. According to officials, the project will include construction of berthing jetty, structure for pontoon, access bund, access trestle, link-span bridge, dredging, land reclamation, parking, provision of passenger amenities and terminal connectivity, among others.

Ro-Ro ferries are special vessels on to which vehicles can drive and be accommodated for the sea journey on special vehicle decks. The maximum capacity ferry vehicle is expected to have capacity to accommodate more than 100 vehicles including trucks, buses, cars, etc and more than 1,000 passengers in each of its trips.

The state government is also planning to construct approximately 6.5 km four-lane rigid pavement connecting Ghogha ferry terminal from the state highway.

"Gujarat government, through its visionary policies and proactive measures, has ensured that these natural advantages are not wasted. Government has led Gujarat to become number one maritime state in the country," CM Narendra Modi said.

The Revolutionary Project of Gogha Dahej Ro-Ro Ferry Service at a glance: * Facilitates safe and speedy movement of vehicles with cargo/passengers in the Gulf of Kambhat between Gogha and Dahej * Reduces the journey distance from 360 km by road to 31 km by sea route * Approved budget of Rs.296 crores * Results in saving of fuel and contributes towards a pollution free, cleaner and greener Gujarat.

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Mother, I salute thee! :Vandemataram (translated by Sri Aurobindo)

Mother, I salute thee!
Rich with thy hurrying streams,
bright with orchard gleams,
Cool with thy winds of delight,
Green fields waving Mother of might,
Mother free.

Glory of moonlight dreams,
Over thy branches and lordly streams,
Clad in thy blossoming trees,
Mother, giver of ease
Laughing low and sweet!
Mother I kiss thy feet,
Speaker sweet and low!
Mother, to thee I bow.

Who hath said thou art weak in thy lands
When swords flash out in seventy million hands
And seventy million voices roar
Thy dreadful name from shore to shore?
With many strengths who art mighty and stored,
To thee I call Mother and Lord!
Thou who saves, arise and save!
To her I cry who ever her foe drove
Back from plain and sea
And shook herself free.

Thou art wisdom, thou art law,
Thou art heart, our soul, our breath
Though art love divine, the awe
In our hearts that conquers death.
Thine the strength that nerves the arm,
Thine the beauty, thine the charm.
Every image made divine
In our temples is but thine.

Thou art Durga, Lady and Queen,
With her hands that strike and her
swords of sheen,
Thou art Lakshmi lotus-throned,
And the Muse a hundred-tone,
Pure and perfect without peer,
Mother lend thine ear,
Rich with thy hurrying streams,
Bright with thy orchard gleems,
Dark of hue O candid-fair

In thy soul, with jewelled hair
And thy glorious smile divine,
Loveliest of all earthly lands,
Showering wealth from well-stored hands!
Mother, mother mine!
Mother sweet, I bow to thee,
Mother great and free!

Budget of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) for the financial year 2012-13

Mr. Guruprasad Mohapatra (AMC Commissioner) on Saturday will present the budget of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) for the financial year 2012-13 before the standing committee. The commissioner is likely to increase budget proposals by around 6-7% as compared to the proposal for FY 2011-12 of Rs3,951 crore, thus raising it to Rs4,300-4,350 crore.

Last year, the then municipal commissioner IP Guatam, had proposed a budget of Rs3,951 crore which was increased to Rs4,651 crore by the civic body standing committee chairman Bhupendra Patel.

Since it was an election year, the civic body focused on providing the basic amenities to the citizens. Similarly this year, elections for the state assembly are scheduled and that is why the focus is likely to remain on providing basic amenities to people rather than spending huge amount on capital intensive urban projects.

Taking into consideration priority of the municipal commissioner, more financial allocation is expected for solid waste management and cleanliness in the city. The civic body had announced more than half a dozen flyovers, of which work on only a couple of bridges have started, and thus the proposals are likely to be repeated.

The civic body has already proposed to convert eight existing roads to model roads and more roads are likely to be converted into model roads in the next financial year.

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Amazon Fire Leaves Google Apps, Takes Android

Since Google Inc. (GOOG) introduced its Android operating system in 2007, the company's strategy has been simple: Give it to developers for free and make money when consumers click ads on the Web or through apps. That model is hitting a snag.

Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) and Chinese Internet giants Baidu Inc. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. are using Android as a building block for their devices, skipping preloaded applications such as Gmail, Google Maps and YouTube that generate ad revenue for Google, as well as its app store. Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet, which is gaining ground on Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPad, comes with none of those apps.

"The Fire may be the best Android tablet out there, even though it's the least Android-y of all of them," said Noah Elkin, an analyst at New York-based research firm EMarketer Inc. "The Google experience is very much in the background."

Mobile advertising is one of Google's fastest-growing markets, withindustrywide revenue projected to rise to $20.6 billion in 2015 from $3.3 billion in 2010, according to Gartner Inc. With online traffic increasingly coming through apps instead of mobile browsers, Google's push to wring mobile-ad revenue from Android could be impeded if more device makers emulate and succeed with Amazon's scaled-back approach.

"Part of the reason Android is so important as an operating system is that it lets Google put its mobile services front and center," said Ken Sena, an analyst at Evercore Partners Inc.

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Business Analytics of Gartner Forecast to Mobile Advertising Revenue Reach $3.3 Billion in 2011 Financial year.

Asia/Pacific to Remain Leading Market Although Revenue in North America and Western Europe Is Strengthening

STAMFORD, Conn., June 16, 2011—  Worldwide mobile advertising revenue is forecast to reach $3.3 billion in 2011, more than double the $1.6 billion generated in 2010, according to Gartner, Inc. Worldwide revenue will reach $20.6 billion by 2015, but not all types of mobile advertising will generate the same opportunity. Search and maps will deliver the highest revenue, while video/audio ads will see the fastest growth through 2015.

"Mobile advertising is now recognized as an opportunity for brands, advertisers and publishers to engage consumers in a targeted and contextual manner, improving returns," said Stephanie Baghdassarian, research director at Gartner. "For that reason, mobile advertising budgets are set to increase tremendously across the various categories and regions, growing from 0.5 percent of the total advertising budget in 2010 to over 4 percent in 2015."

"As the adoption of smartphones and media tablets extends to more consumers, the audience for mobile advertising will increase and become easier to segment and target, driving the growth of mobile advertising spend for brands and advertisers," said Andrew Frank, research vice president at Gartner. "Brand marketers who want to include mobile in their advertising initiatives should not delay their trials, and should have their budgets in place now to take advantage of mass consumer adoption of smartphones and media tablets."

North America and Western Europe are the regions where mobile advertising budgets will grow most, representing 28 percent and 25 percent of the global market by 2015 (see Table 1). However, Asia/Pacific and Japan will remain the leading market throughout the forecast period. Asia/Pacific and Japan is forecast to account for 49.2 percent of mobile advertising in 2011, and 33.6 percent of the global market in 2015.

Table 1:  Source: Gartner (June 2011) 
MobileAdvertising Revenue by Region, Worldwide, 2008-2015 (Millions of Dollars)

	2010	2011	2015
North America	304.3	701.7	5,791.4
Western Europe	257.1	569.3	5,131.9
Asia/Pacific and Japan	868.8	1,628.5	6,925.0
Rest of the World	196.9	410.4	2,761.7
Total	1,627.1	3,309.9	20,610.0

Gartner analysts said various types of mobile advertising will behave differently.

"Mobile search, which includes paid positioning on maps and various forms of augmented reality, all of which can be informed by location, will spearhead mobile ad spending," Ms. Baghdassarian said. "Mobile display, which includes both standard Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) banner formats and nonstandard rich media and interactive formats, will continue to be closely divided between in-app and mobile Web (in-browser) placements, reflecting consumer usage."

For several years, mobile advertising has been scrutinized, and it is expected to take off, thanks to various players in the market, from communication service providers (CSPs) to ad networks.

"In 2011, we are finally seeing some important drivers fall into place, so that we can expect the market to more than double year-over-year in the coming two years," said Mr. Frank. "This doesn't mean, by any stretch, that the experience delivered by mobile advertising will reach its optimum point in that time frame. We expect that targeting and contextualization, especially in social sites and applications, will carry on improving throughout the forecast period and beyond."

Additional information is available in the Gartner report "Forecast: Mobile Advertising, Worldwide, 2008-2015." Source: Gartner 

The case timeline : SC asks Tax dept to return Rs 2500 crore to Vodafone with 4% interest

Feb 2007: Vodafone buys 67% stake in Hutchison India for $ 11.5 bn 

August 2007: Income Tax dept issues show cause notice to Hutchison Essar

September 2007: Income Tax dept issues show cause notice to Vodafone 

October 2007: Vodafone files a writ petition in the Bombay High Court

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February 2008: Govt amends Section 201 of IT act with retrospective effect, Amendment makes withholding tax mandatory 

December 2008: Bombay High Court allows Tax dept to proceed on show cause notice

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January 2009: Vodafone approaches Supreme Court challenging Tax dept's jurisdiction

January 2009: SC asks Tax dept to determine whether it has jurisdiction to levy tax

Jan-Sept 2009: Vodafone provides documents to tax dept to determine jurisdiction 

30 October 2009:  Income tax Dept issues new showcause notice

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29 January 2010: Vodafone files its response against the fresh showcause notice 

31 May 2010: Tax dept issues order claiming jurisdiction to tax the transaction

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7 June 2010: Vodafone files a writ petition in the Bombay HC challenging the order 

8 Sept 2010: Bombay HC delivers the verdict in favour of IT Dept

14 Sept 2010: Vodafone challenges the Bombay HC order in the Supreme Court

15 Nov 2010: SC asks Vodafone to deposit Rs 2500 cr in cash,Rs 8500 cr in bank guarantees

20 Jan 2012: Supreme Court delivers 2:1 judgement, no tax liability for Vodafone, No capital gains as buyer, seller are both foreign entities, SC asks Tax dept to return Rs 2500 crore to Vodafone with 4% interest

Source: BS Reporter / Mumbai Jan 20, 2012, 13:41 IST

CNBC TV 18 Business Award – 2012 : Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi honored for "outstanding contribution to the cause of Indian Business"

Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi honored for "Outstanding contribution to the cause of Indian Business" Mr. Modi created an environment, governance system and basic infrastructure where rich and poor, young and established entrepreneurs can live, work and do business. Resident Commissioner Shri Bharat Lal received award on behalf of CM from Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi bagged the India Business Leader–CNBC TV 18 Award -2012 for his outstanding contribution to the Cause of Indian Business. On behalf of Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Resident Commissioner Shri Bharat Lal received this award from Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee at a function held here. Shri Modi is the only political leader who has been selected for the distinguished award which has been established to honour the individuals and organizations that have created new benchmarks for corporate excellence and have taken Indian business to a new echelon of fame. When the whole world was reeling under the economic slowdown, Shri Modi's vision and governance made Gujarat to achieve an unprecedented double digit economic growth.Gujarat has registered a GDP growth of over 10 percent over past five years which is the highest growth rate among all the states in India. He is the only political entity who has propagated avision that growth of Gujarat is integral for India's development which can be achieved by developing a synergistic approach towards converting the slowdown into an opportunity for all to excel. Under the leadership, statesmanship and governance of Shri Modi which he displayed in last decade as Chief Minister,Gujarat is home to one of the best infrastructure in the country. It is power surplus and sells power to other States. It is free of labour disputes and issues relating to land acquisition. Shri Modi envisioned events such the biennial Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors' Summit since 2003. Thousands of crores of rupees have since flowed into the State. He also harnessed the new opportunities brought in by the ongoing economic reforms, liberalisation and globalisation of the Indian economy. To realize the vision of Gujarat in totality, capitalizing on the in-house financial business acumen is a must. Shri Modi has laid his dream project, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT)as the test-bed for future city technologies to cater to India's large financial services potential by offering global firms, world-class infrastructure and facilities. Jal Shakti: Harnessing of Water Resources, Gyan Shakti: Quality and coverage in Education, Jan Shakti: Development of Human Resources, Urja Shakti: Power of energy sources and Raksha Shakti: Security and well being of people. Since coming to power in 2001, Shri Modi hasreoriented and reorganized government's administrative structure, embarked upon a massive exercise for rehabilitation of people, reconstruction of infrastructure, recreation of the business environment and rejuvenation of the traditional entrepreneurial spirit of Gujarat. In the very first year of his tenure, he came out with an integrated strategy for overall development of the State.It is known as Panchamrut(five nectars) and includesJal Shakti:Harnessing of Water Resources,Gyan Shakti:Quality and coverage in Education,Jan Shakti:Development of Human Resources,Urja Shakti:Power of energy sources andRaksha Shakti:Security and well being of people. The efforts of his government have resulted into metamorphosis of a revenue deficit state into a revenue surplus state. He is widely regarded as a youthful and energetic leader with innovative thoughts and determination to implement them. Shri Modi has not only offered conducive environment to industry honchos to bloom and flourish but has also mobilized employment opportunities for other sections of the society particularly youth, poor and girls. According to Government of India's recently released survey, Gujarat accounts for 72 percent of the total employment rate whereas rest of India stands at 28 percent. In 2011, Shri Narendra Modi launched an ambitious campaign by the name MISSION MANGALAM with an objective to organize the poor into Self Help Groups/ Sakhi Mandals and link them with banks, build capacities in them and lead them towards sustainable livelihoods. Under this umbrella, the State Government has initiated a major programme of Corporate-Business Partnerships to conceptualize and implement projects which would generate and augment livelihoods in the rural areas of Gujarat to the tune of 1.2 million in the next 3-5 years. The total financial commitments to enable the above would be exceeding Rs. 20,000 Crores. It was Tata Nano that first put the spotlight on Gujarat four years ago, when its car-manufacturing project was relocated here after a troubled stint in West Bengal. Since then, other automakers have followed Tata Motors to the State. Car manufacturing plants are rapidly dotting the landscape with the likes of Ford, Peugeot, Tata Motors and Maruti-Suzuki set for some big plans. Shri Modi mooted a model of development through people's participation. USP of hisdevelopment model has been: a quantumleap (think big) and change right from the roots (no cosmetic changes). A large number of water harvesting structures like check dams, farm ponds and initiatives like Krishi Mahotsav (agricultural festival) and Kanya kelavani campaign (girl child education drive) are its examples. Agriculture production quadrupled from Rs.9,000 crores to 34,000 crores. Gujarat leads in energy production with 1878 megawatts of power generation. Through the Jyotigram yojana, he has been able to supply uninterrupted three phase round the clock electricity to all the 18,000 villages of the state.The rural economy is now vibrant owing to this and the villages have turned into centers of production. The state has ushered in a water revolution with creation of a large number of water harvesting structures and popularization of micro-irrigation techniques. Gujarat is the only state where, under the project e-gram vishwa gram, all the 18,000 villages are being provided broadband connectivity. One of the key factors catalyzing Gujarat's emergence as the most preferred investment destination is its security. Gujarat has the lowest crime rate in the country in last six years. Terrorist nexus, mafias and gangs have all lost grounds here. A leader who believes in team-work and a good work culture, Shri Modi has launched an ambitious training programme for the 5,00,000 government employees in Gujarat which is being watched in awe by every other state. Many of his initiatives like evening courts, interlinking of rivers, Jyotigram, Grievance redressal through SWAGAT online and others are being viewed as models for replication at the national level. The remarkable development projects achieved in Gujarat under Chief Minister Modi's leadership during last decade was not only applauded by industrialists but national leaders also. Gujarat has set an example for other Indian States as well as reserved its place in the South Asian sub-continent.It is quite gratifying that State Government's efforts in good governance are being applauded the world over. The visit of Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi to China in November 2011 has been a grand success and generated huge interest among business and industrial community as well as the Chinese political leadership. Chinese being diligent to the core, having seen all round development and spectacular growth of Gujarat, and the leadership provided by Mr. Narendra Modi, wants to build a strong and enduring relationship with Gujarat. Gujarat has received more than 200 national and international awards in last nine years for Good Governance. Shri Kumar Manglam Birla, Ms. Chanda Kochhar, Shri Deepak Parekh, Shri Raghav Bahal and other eminent personalities were the jury members for selection of the awardees.

January 18, 2012