Sikkim has tremendous
export potential: EXIM Bank

23 July, 2010
Observing that Sikkim has great potential to export various goods ranging from cash crops to handicrafts, a public sector bank official today advised the state government to ensure value addition to these products for them to fetch international market and accruing revenues.
The Himalayan State grows 90 per cent of cardamom of the country, a substantial quantity of ginger, and horticulture produces like orchid flowers with all these produces being in demands in foreign countries, the EXIM Bank Chairman TC Venkat
Subramanian said at a seminar here.

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FCA Deptt ensures consumers from black hoarding of essential commodities in Sikkim

23 July, 2010
The department of Food and Consumers Affairs has inspected and regularly checking the stocks of essentials food commodities around the state to ensured the consumers from black hoarding of essential commodities like sugar, wheat, rice and edible oils.
B K Kheral, secretary of Food and Consumers Affairs department told Himalayan Mirror that the departmental officials are directed to raid or inspect all the food godowns to take present food stocks available to ensure the consumers from black hoardings. He added that during last one week departmental officials has inspected more than eight food godowns in the state.

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Sikkim’s MLAs attended two days workshop on e-governance in Hyderabad

23 July, 2010
The Government of Sikkim has felt that active involvement of the political leadership at various levels is a critical requirement for achieving sustainable development of its people. The Government of Sikkim therefore has decided to organise regular training-cum-orientation for the elected representatives should be imparted on the latest developments in Rural Development.
In this background, a two day Training-cum- -Orientation Course on Rural Development Programmes and Decentralization was held on 27th and 28th August 2009 at the National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Hyderabad.
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Shillong writer’s book finds global appreciation

Book written by Gewali was an eye-opener: Prof Chaturvedi

Shillong based writer Salil Gewali was felicitated by Ramanjuam Mission of Chennai during a recently held seminar organized at Chennai.
Chairman of Ramanujam Mission Prof Swami Chaturvedi felicitated Gewali for his book, ‘What is India?’
Gewali had published the book from Shillong which was released in April, 2009 by Meghalaya Governor RS Mooshahary.
According to the writer, the book is also being published from Georgia, USA. The book is the compilation of quotes of the world renowned greatest philosophers, scientists on the significance of Indian wisdom and spirituality, he said.
In his address, Prof Chaturvedi said that the book written by Gewali was an eye-opener.
The seminar was attended by national and international level scholars, scientists and writers.
New York neuro psychologist Dr Robert Maldonado said that the book reveals how the Upanishads and other Indian classics transformed the perception of many Western scholars.

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