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80% of Revenue comes from delivery of mails: Ms. Karuna Pillai, IPS., Chief Post Master General, AP Circle

The Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry organized an Interactive Meeting with Ms. Karuna Pillai, IPS., Chief Post Master General and Ms. K. Sandhya Rani, IPS., Post Master General (BD), Andhra Pradesh Circle on 9^th November, 2012 at 3.00 pm at JS Krishnamurthy Hall, Federation House, Hyderabad.

Sri Srinivas Ayyadevara, Senior Vice President, FAPCCI in his welcome address stated that in recent years, the Department of Posts has leveraged its reach and remittance facility as well as the credibility, by diversifying the range of financial products and services that the Department of Posts can offer to its customers.  With the induction of technology and progressive computerization of the network, the Department has increased its capability to provide more value added services such as Mutual Funds & Bonds, Electronic Fund Transfer, International Money Transfer Service, Postal Life Insurance etc.

Dr. Ashok Kedia, Chairman – IT Committee, FAPCCI in his introductory remarks stated that as strong drivers of economic growth, Posts is continuing to innovate, develop efficient and accessible postal services, adopt common standards and exploit new technologies to diversify and improve services. 

Ms. Karuna Pillai, IPS., Chief Post Master General, Andhra Pradesh Circle in her address stated that postal department gets 80% of revenue comes from delivery of mails. She also informed that all offices of the department is computerized during the 11^th five year plan itself and now in 12^th five year plan, we are strengthening and sustaining it. The postal department is catering in three areas i.e., 1) Rural 2) Urban and 3) Business Community. She further informed that the department is more reliable on which the government can depend for financial inclusion like widow pensions, old age pensions etc., Earlier the department was a social organization but today it has become both social and commercial organization.

Ms. K. Sandhya Rani, IPS., Postmaster General (BD), Andhra Pradesh Circle in her presentation stated that the total number of post offices  all over india is 1,55204 and in Andhra Pradesh there are 16142 post offices out of which 91% are in Rural area. India Post is the largest postal service providers globally, when compared to US, Germany and China.

In India, Postal Services, the mail is central core area and they are also playing vital role in Insurance, Saving Bank, Remittances, Retailing also.

She stated that Mail Delivery Services per annum for unregistered is 646 Crores and Registered is 21.7 Crores and Delivery of UIDAI Aadhar letters in AP is 4.47 Crores.  

She also informed that lot of new projects are coming up, one such is Project Arrow which transfers the India Post by working out on infrastructure as well as focusing on core postal operations.

Sri Rajeshwara Rao, Secretary General, FAPCCI also attended the meeting.

National Seminar on "IT & ITEs"

30% Indian Bureaucrats totally corrupted: Mr. Pratyush Sinha, IAS, Former Chief Vigilance Commissioner

FAPCCI in association with Hyderabad Management Association organized an Talk on “Corruption Has Social Acceptance” on 2nd November 2012 at Federation House, Red Hills, Hyderabad.  Mr. Pratyush Sinha, Former Chief Vigilance Commissioner was the chief guest for this occasion. 

Mr. Pratyush Sinha, IAS, Former Chief Vigilance Commissioner said that there would be around 30 percent Bureaucrats who would be utterly corrupt. But the rest are the people who are on the borderline. Each year millions of Indian families have to bribe officials for access to basic public services. 20 percent of Indians were honest, regardless of the temptations, because this is how they are. They have a conscience. In modern India -if somebody has a lot of money, he is respectable. Nobody questions by what means he has got the money. India is also regarded as a hotbed of illegal betting syndicates, with gamblers and bookmakers involved in spot-fixing. 

Everybody has experienced, when we were growing up we remember if somebody was corrupt, they were generally looked down upon. There was at least some social stigma attached to it. That is gone. So there is greater social acceptance. 

India would be the No. 1 in Medical Tourism by 2015: Padmabhushan Dr. PM Bhargava, Founder & Director, CCMB

FAPCCI in association with i-Transition Worldwide, Texas, USA organized an International Conference on Indian medical tourism conference & alliance - IMTCA 2012  on 2nd November 2012 at The Park Hotel, Hyderabad.  Padmabhushan Dr. P. M. Bhargava, Founder Director, CCMB was the chief guest for this occasion and Dr. A Dharma Rakshak, Director of Nizams Institute of Medical Science was the key note speaker. 

Few Important points from speeches by the Hon’ble guests:

Dr. Bhargava speech-

Indian medical tradition has 2500 years great history. Ayurveda, Siida Vaidya and Unani were the most popular Indian medical traditions and Girijana vaidya also another great medical tradition. Ayurveda, Sidda vaidyam and Unani was documented. 

India has 40,000 medical based plants, and we developing more than 20,000 drugs in various levels. Texal is the most popular and most used drug world over, developed by Indian traditional medical system. 

India can be world leader in general medical surgery, Infertility and Traditional medicine by 2015. 

Private hospital must avoid unnecessary prescriptions, tests and services to the patients. Some of the hospitals are giving very good services to the needy patients, but many other hospitals concentrating on money making. Those kinds of hospitals are suggesting unwanted tests, giving unnecessary drugs to the patients. 

Indian nurses are the best amongst the world in terms of service, particularly Keralites. 

Dr. Dharma Rakshak speech-

Arogyasri expands the best medical services from urban to rural, particularly below poverty line people across. 

Unani and Homeopathy have great potentiality in Hyderabad. 

Sustainable employment is available in healthcare industry in Hyderabad. 

From last two decade Hyderabad hospital industry is growing very fastely with rate of 12% 

Mr. Devendra Surana speech-

The IT, Education and Healthcare industries are the major drivers in Hyderabad in terms of industrial, economical, infrastructure and social development  

Images:: Interactive Meeting with Mr. N. Krishnamurthy, Registrar of Companies

Turkey aims to raise the trade volume with India to 10 billion: Ms Ceylan Özen Eriºen

The Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce & Industry in association with Office Of The Consulate General Of Turkey organized an Seminar on ‘Economy and Business Opportunities in Turkey’ on 16^th October 2012 at Federation House, Red Hills, Hyderabad. Ms Ceylan Özen Eriºen, Consul General, Consulate General of Turkey was the Chief Guest for this occasion.

Ms. Fariha Ansari, Advisor, Investment Support & Promotion Agency, Turkey, Mr. Mehmet Ali Sheker, General Secretary, Indo Turkish Business Association, Mr. Srinivas Ayyadevara, Senior Vice President, Mr. Shyam Sunder Pasari, Chairman, International Trade Relations Committee, Mr. M.V. Rajeshwara Rao, Secretary General, FAPCCI where the other speakers. 

Ms Ceylan Özen Eriºen, Consul General, Consulate General of Turkey said that the bilateral trade between India and Turkey was only 505 million dollars in the year 2000, but has reached 6.255 billion dollars in 2011. Turkey aims to raise the trade volume with India to 10 billion dollars within a few years.  In 2011, Turkey’s exports to India totaled only 756 million dollars whereas India's exports to Turkey were worth 6.5 billion dollars.  India’s exports to Turkey include petroleum products, vaccines, cotton yarn, synthetic yarn, organic dyes, organic chemicals, denim, steel, granite, antibiotics, carpets, tobacco, cars, sesame seed, TV cathode ray tubes, mobile handsets, clothing and apparel, tractors, aluminium, polypropylene. Turkey’s exports to India include poppy seeds, auto components, marble, textile machinery, denim, carpets, cumin seeds, copper ores and concentrates, flat rolled iron and steel and gold, silver, inorganic chemicals, jewelery.

Mr. Srinivas Ayyadevara explained the business opportunities in the State and he said that the Investment opportunities are abundant specifically in the manufacturing sector which includes food processing, floriculture, agro processing, petrochemicals, metals, textiles, leather, mining, transport equipment, telecom and so on.  The infrastructure sector is rife with opportunities, be it the areas of power, ports, roads, bridges, telecom facilities, development of coasts, waterways… Financial services, R&D and Tourism, particularly medical tourism, offer plenty of scope for investment.  I request the visiting dignitaries to kindly impress upon the Turkish Businessmen and invite them to our State for exploring the business opportunities.