RUSH TO YELANKA AIR BASE.PIB.NIC.IN

	Printer friendly page With Banner | Without Banner	Monday, February 02, 2009
	Ministry of Defence
	Seventh Edition of Aero India will be the biggest ever 16:31 IST The 7th Edition of Aero India, Asia’s premier Air Show, will be held in Bengaluru from February 11 to 15, 2009. In size and number, this is going to be the biggest air show, hosted by India, so far. Organised by the Ministry of Defence and managed by the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII), the Air Show will be inaugurated by the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony on February 11 at Air Force Station Yelahanka, Bengaluru, Aero India has already carved a niche for itself globally as a premier aerospace exhibition, with six successful editions organized between 1996 and 2007.The show aims at bringing under one roof, exhibitors from all around the globe to showcase the best in aviation. Aero India includes both flight and static displays of a wide range of civil and military aircrafts from leading manufacturers, vendors and suppliers. India’s opening up of the defence sector to foreign direct investment, the ongoing modernization plan of its Armed Forces and enormous new opportunities in the civil aviation sector have opened innumerable new avenues for investment. Aero India 2009 will provide an ideal window of opportunity for companies to not only network with the Indian Industry but also to benefit from the sharing of expertise in the fields of R & D production and product support with other global players. Aero India 2009 will showcase the latest in the field of Military and Civil aircrafts, vital components for aircraft engines, avionics systems & sub systems, airfield radars and new age technologies used in the defence sector. 592 exhibitors from 25 countries will participate at the show. Of them 303 are from overseas and 289 from home. The participating countries include UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Ireland, Israel, Malaysia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands and Ukraine. China will be participating at this year’s Air Show for the first time. A number of aircraft including F-16, F-18, MiG-35D, Eurofighter, IJT, Dhruv, Hawk, C-17, Embraer 135 business jet Legacy 600, C-130J, Citation XLS,G 550, AN-12 Cargo and A-310 MRTT will be on display. Flight displays will be between 1000-1200 hrs and 1430-1630 hrs. Defence Ministers from as many as eight countries will converge on Bengaluru for the show. The countries are France, Peru, Bolivia, Surinam, Mongolia, Oman and Maldives. Besides high level delegations from 40 countries will witness the Show. There would be some new dimensions to the Aero India 2009. These include business to business meetings and human resource focused activities, apart from a space pavilion. There will be structured business to business meetings to offer maximum business opportunities to participants. To expose Indian human resource potential in Aero Space Sector, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur and IIT Madras and also various other engineering colleges will display student based project in Aero Space Sector. Information will be shared, which will focus on giving exposure to students from Class 3 to Class 12 on various aspects of aviation in the form of dummy display and video clippings. About 200 students from Municipal to Corporate schools in Bangalore will be given exposure everyday during the entire duration of the show. 550 sq meter space pavilion is being set up by ISRO, which would be located along with the Human Resource Pavilion in exhibition area. There will be 40,000 Sq Meter of indoor display and another 4,000 Sq Meter outdoor display. To facilitate easy purchase of tickets, 24 locations at SBI outlets and Café Coffee Day have been selected in Bangalore. Sitanshu Kar

WAIT FOR 2010. dilli Diwalon Ka.CWG 2010

	Printer friendly page With Banner | Without Banner	Friday, February 06, 2009
	Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
	Preparations of Commonwealth Games, 2010 - an update 16:7 IST The work on the major stadia being constructed for Commonwealth Games, 2010 namely Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, National Stadium, Dr. S.P. Mukherjee Swimming Complex, Thyagraj Stadium, Sri Fort Stadium, Yamuna Sports Complex and R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium is progressing as per schedule. The Time Lines for the various venues against monitorable milestones have been drawn up. These are monitored on a Web-based Monitoring System developed by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. The targeted date for completion of these civil and electrical works is 31st December, 2009 while targeted date for completion of the Games Village and the Cycling Vellodrome is 31st March, 2010. The civil and electrical work of Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Ranges will be completed by October, this year. Work is continuing at a rapid pace at all the venues. Adequate budgetary arrangements have been made and fund flows have been ensured so that the work can proceed smoothly. The work related to the interiors and installation of overlays will also be completed well before the Games as per the international practice. It is the practice in all countries, where sports infrastructure for major multi-disciplinary sporting event is created, that the completion of the works is phased in such a manner, that the stadia ready with the overlays a month or so before the Games, and not very much before, otherwise the facilities would get run down and need heavy maintenance costs. The Games Village, which will house the 8000 athletes and officials is being developed by DDA at a site near Akshardham Temple on a Public Private Partnership mode. 40 per cent of the work has already been completed for the 1168 flats, which will be coming up in 34 Towers. A PIL has been filed in the High Court raising environmental issues. However, no stay from any Court exists on the work being done on the site. The progress of work is extremely satisfactory at the Games Village and the targeted date for completion that is 31st March 2010 which will be achieved. Regarding preparation of players for the Games, a major Scheme for Preparation of Indian Teams for Commonwealth Games has been approved by the Government, costing around Rs. 678 crores, and the implementation of this scheme has commenced in right earnest. Under this scheme, a set of Core Probables have been selected for each sports discipline, who will be provided continuous training and exposure, under top level coaches both Indian and Foreign, right up to the Games in order to get the best performance during the Games. In each sport, around 3 times the number of sports persons, who will actually represent India during the Games have been selected in the Core Group, taking into consideration the current level of performance of these athletes, and the scope for their improvement. A total of 424 athletes will represent India in the 18 disciplines of the Commonwealth Games. Against these, a total of 1286 athletes have been selected in the Core Group, who will be given intensive training with full medical and scientific back up in preparation for the Games. Out of these, athletes with the highest level of performance till the Games will be selected to represent India. In all the sports discipline except Cycling, the training camps in India and abroad have commenced. The top level Indian and Foreign Coaches have been selected. The Calendar of training and completion has been prepared and the Centres for their training in India and abroad have been identified. The Sports Authority of India Centre are being upgraded and equipped with the latest scientific and backup arrangements. In respect of Cycling, there being management dispute in the Federation, the programme has not become effective. The matter is being pursued with the IOA to identify the core probables and draw up the programme of training and completion. RM/AS