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પ્રધાનમંત્રી આજે નવી દિલ્હીમાં જેપી મોર્ગન ઇન્ટરનેશનલ કાઉન્સિલનાં સભ્યોને મળ્યાં હતા. વર્ષ 2007 પછી પહેલી વાર ભારતમાં આ આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય પરિષદ યોજાઈ હતી.
આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય પરિષદમાં બ્રિટનનાં ભૂતપૂર્વ પ્રધાનમંત્રી ટોની બ્લેર, ઓસ્ટ્રેલિયાનાં ભૂતપૂર્વ પ્રધાનમંત્રી જ્હોન હૉવાર્ડ, અમેરિકાનાં ભૂતપૂર્વ ગૃહ મંત્રી હેનરી કિસિન્જર અને કોન્ડાલિઝા રાઇસ, ભૂતપૂર્વ સંરક્ષણ મંત્રી રૉબર્ટ ગેટ્સ જેવા આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય સ્તરનાં દિગ્ગજો તેમજ જેમી ડિમોન (જેપી મોર્ગન ચેઝ), રતન ટાટા (ટાટા ગ્રૂપ) જેવા બિઝનેસ અને ફાઇનાન્સ જગતનાં દિગ્ગજો અને નેસ્લે, અલીબાબા, આલ્ફા, આઇબેરડોલા, ક્રાફ્ટ હેઇન્ઝ વગેરે જેવી આંતરરાષ્ટ્રીય કંપનીઓનાં અગ્રણી પ્રતિનિધિઓ સામેલ હતા.
પ્રધાનમંત્રીએ ગ્રૂપને ભારતમાં આવકારતાં વર્ષ 2024 સુધીમાં ભારતીય અર્થતંત્રને 5 ટ્રિલિયન ડોલરનું બનાવવા માટેનાં એમનાં વિઝન પર ચર્ચા કરી હતી. પ્રધાનમંત્રીએ જણાવ્યું હતું કે, વૈશ્વિક કક્ષાનાં ભૌતિક માળખાનાં વિકાસ અને એફોર્ડેબલ હેલ્થકેરમાં સુધારો તથા ગુણવત્તાયુક્ત શિક્ષણ પ્રદાન કરવું – એ સરકાર માટેની નીતિગત પ્રાથમિકતાઓ છે.
સરકાર માટે લોકોની ભાગીદારી નીતિનિર્માણનાં માર્ગદર્શક સિદ્ધાંત તરીકે જળવાઈ રહી છે. વિદેશી નીતિનાં મોરચા પર ભારતે વાજબી અને સમાન બહુધ્રુવીય વૈશ્વિક વ્યવસ્થા ઊભી કરવા એનાં વ્યૂહાત્મક ભાગીદારો અને પડોશી દેશો સાથે સંયુક્તપણે કામ કરવાનું જાળવી રાખ્યું છે.
PM chairs high level meeting to review preparedness to deal with Cyclone Jawad
December 02, 2021
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PM directs officials to take all necessary measures to ensure safe evacuation of people
Ensure maintenance of all essential services and their quick restoration in case of disruption: PM
All concerned Ministries and Agencies working in synergy to proactively counter the impact of the cyclone
NDRF has pre-positioned 29 teams equipped with boats, tree-cutters, telecom equipments etc; 33 teams on standby
Indian Coast Guard and Navy have deployed ships and helicopters for relief, search and rescue operations
Air Force and Engineer task force units of Army on standby for deployment
Disaster Relief teams and Medical Teams on standby along the eastern coast
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi chaired a high level meeting today to review the preparedness of States and Central Ministries & concerned agencies to deal with the situation arising out of the likely formation of Cyclone Jawad.
Prime Minister directed officials to take every possible measure to ensure that people are safely evacuated and to ensure maintenance of all essential services such as Power, Telecommunications, health, drinking water etc. and that they are restored immediately in the event of any disruption. He further directed them to ensure adequate storage of essential medicines & supplies and to plan for unhindered movement. He also directed for 24*7 functioning of control rooms.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed that low pressure region in the Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into Cyclone Jawad and is expected to reach coast of North Andhra Pradesh – Odisha around morning of Saturday 4th December 2021, with the wind speed ranging upto 100 kmph. It is likely to cause heavy rainfall in the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha & W.Bengal. IMD has been issuing regular bulletins with the latest forecast to all the concerned States.
Cabinet Secretary has reviewed the situation and preparedness with Chief Secretaries of all the Coastal States and Central Ministries/ Agencies concerned.
Ministry of Home Affairs is reviewing the situation 24*7 and is in touch with the State Governments/ UTs and the Central Agencies concerned. MHA has already released the first instalment of SDRF in advance to all States. NDRF has pre-positioned 29 teams which are equipped with boats, tree-cutters, telecom equipments etc. in the States and has kept 33 teams on standby.
Indian Coast Guard and the Navy have deployed ships and helicopters for relief, search and rescue operations. Air Force and Engineer task force units of Army, with boats and rescue equipment, are on standby for deployment. Surveillance aircraft and helicopters are carrying out serial surveillance along the coast. Disaster Relief teams and Medical Teams are standby at locations along the eastern coast.
Ministry of Power has activated emergency response systems and is keeping in readiness transformers, DG sets and equipments etc. for immediate restoration of electricity. Ministry of Communications is keeping all the telecom towers and exchanges under constant watch and is fully geared to restore telecom network. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has issued an advisory to the States/ UTs, likely to be affected, for health sector preparedness and response to COVID in affected areas.
Ministry of Port, Shipping and Waterways has taken measures to secure all shipping vessels and has deployed emergency vessels. The states have also been asked to alert the industrial establishments such as Chemical & Petrochemical units near the coast.
NDRF is assisting the State agencies in their preparedness for evacuating people from the vulnerable locations and is also continuously holding community awareness campaigns on how to deal with the cyclonic situation.
The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary to PM, Cabinet Secretary, Home Secretary, DG NDRF and DG IMD.
