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Prime Minister's Office The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, will visit Gujarat tomorrow 22nd October, 2017. At a public meeting in Ghogha, the Prime Minister will inaugurate Phase 1 of the RO RO (Roll on, Roll off) ferry service between Ghogha and Dahej. This ferry service shall reduce the travel time between Ghogha in Saurashtra, and Dahej in South Gujarat, from about seven or eight hours, to just over an hour. When fully operationalized, it will also enable movement of vehicles. At present it will cater as passenger ferry service only.
Indian logistics industry has witnessed a positive transformation over the last decade. It is still transcending for the better. The recent initiative of multimodal logistics parks should be seen as one of the most-desired moves in the right direction. The government, earlier this year, announced that a network of 35 multimodal logistics parks would be set up on a pan-india basis. While 15 parks are planned to be built over the next five years, another 20 parks are expected to be constructed over a period of 10 years. The multimodal logistics parks structure lays emphasis on the establishment of the huband-spoke model, from the current conventionally followed point-to-point freight movement system. The system aims at creating an intricate transportation framework by augmenting the synergies of railways, airports, highways and water bodies. Traditionally, the cost of logistics in India as compared to the overall product cost has been pegged at around 13-14%, which is comparatively higher as compared to global averages of around 7-8% in the developed economies. India is ranked 35th in the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) by the World Bank
Ministry of Finance The Government of India, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), had floated Series III of Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017-18, for the period from October 09, 2017 to December 27, 2017 (with subscription period Monday to Wednesday every week). The Bonds will be issued on the succeeding Monday after each subscription period. For the next subscription period i.e. October 23-25, 2017, the issue price shall be Rs. 2,971/ (Rupees Two thousand Nine hundred Seventy One only) per gram with Settlement on October 30, 2017, as also published by RBI in their Press Release dated Oct.20, 2017. The Government of India in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, has decided to allow discount of Rs.50 (Rupees Fifty) per gram from the issue price to those investors who apply online and the payment is made through digital mode.
Ministry of Home Affairs The Police Commemoration Day Parade was held today at the National Police Memorial, New Delhi. The Occasion was graced by the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh and the MoS in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Dr. Satya Pal Singh. The DIB Shri Rajiv Jain read out the names of all Police Personnel who laid down their lives in the line of duty this year. The Union Home Secretary, Shri Rajiv Gauba as well as heads of all the Central Paramilitary Forces and the Commissioner of Delhi Police also attended the Occasion. The CISF was the host of today s cere o y. Retired Police Officers in large numbers attended the Parade. Police Commemoration Day is observed every year on October 21 to commemorate the Police personnel who were martyred in Hot Springs, Ladakh in 1959. This year 383 Police Personnel from different State Police Forces as well as Central Paramilitary Forces and Central Police Organisations were martyred. Senior officers of Ministry of Home Affairs were also present on the occasion
Ministry of External Affairs A top US official has said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot pursue peace with Pakistan at the cost of India's own security. The Trump Administration official asserted that it is in the interest of Islamabad to build confidence with New Delhi to restart commercial ties. Ahead of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's maiden visit to India and Pakistan next week, the official was responding to questions on what India could do to bring peace and stability in the region, in particular with Pakistan. The US official further said that after a series of setbacks India received from Pakistan, including the one after the Pathankot terror attack, the Indian government has decided not to talk with Pakistan unless it stops supporting terrorists against it. He said, India's policy now is 'talks and terror' cannot go together, as was articulated by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in Parliament, which has been repeated several times since then. The official said, US President Donald Trump has great respect for Prime Minister Modi and his wisdom, and leadership ability.
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