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SRINAGAR | July 14, 2014, Monday

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the basis of a vote, reportedly after Chief
Secretary Khizar Hayat Gondal warned
that any further delay could result in a
withdrawal of funding by the donor.
Yasin, who is the minister in charge
of PDO, alleged that the decision was
controversial and reflected the opinion
of only a minority of members.
During the meeting, which was the
tenth on this issue over the past eight
months, four board members, including Yasin, voted in favour of M/S Sinohydro, while two expressed serious
concerns on the transparency of the
entire bidding and evaluation process,
calling for invitation for fresh bidding.
Five members, including the minister for finance Chaudhry Latif Akbar,
voted in favour of M/S CEW. The
prime minister also threw his weight
behind them. Since then, Yasin has
been questioning the transparency of
the process. Lately, he sent a strong
worded ‘note of dissent’ to all board
members.
According to this note, available with
this correspondent, the decision will
cause a colossal loss of Rs 400 million in

Muzaffarabad, July 13: A new controversy has surfaced in the ranks of Peoples Party led government in Pakistan
administered Kashmir (PaK) following
the award of Rs 7 billion contract for a
hydropower project, with senior minister
Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin publicly
questioning transparency of the award
process and Prime Minister Chaudhry
Abdul Majeed defending the decision.
On July 4, PaK Power Development
Organisation’s (PDO) authoritative
board decided to award the contract of
the 48-megawatt Jagran-II hydropower
project in Neelum Valley to M/S China
International Water and Electric Corporation (CWE), after considering it
the “responsive lowest bidder”.
It may be mentioned here that the
Agence Française de Développement
(AFD) has pledged a 68 million loan for
the project, while the PC-1 of the project
was approved by Executive Committee of the National Economic Council
(ECNEC) at a cost of Rs7 billion.
The decision was taken by the board on

The transparency and the
right of merit have been
compromised and irregularities
have been officially patronised
by those who favoured the
second-lowest bidder
the beginning, leaving aside the cost of
escalation due to hidden clauses of the bid.
“The transparency and the right
of merit have been compromised and
irregularities have been officially
patronised by those who favoured the
second-lowest bidder,” he alleged.
Going over the process of pre-qualification and evaluation of bids, Yasin
accused the MD PDO of committing
professional dishonesty by taking
sides with one particular group; in
this case, CWE.
Apart from citing some other “glaring examples of favouritism”, he also
picked holes in AFD, saying that it was
prompted by the MD PDO to issue a
loan cancellation threat in case the bid
evaluation report was reviewed.

On the other hand, brushing off
the allegation, PM Majeed emphatically stated that the contract has been
awarded on merit. “Whatever decision
was taken by the board was purely
on merit, in favour of the lowest prequalified responsive bidder. I have a
satisfied and clear conscience in this
regard,” he told Greater Kashmir.
He added that M/S Sinohydro had
already been considered non-responsive by the concerned committee.
Referring to senior minister’s dissenting note, Majeed said, “It is an
opinion of a board member which can
be respected, but not agreed with, as it
is based on false assumptions.”
Interestingly, PDO, which falls
under Yasin, has separately issued a
clarification, justifying the award.
A PDO official told this correspondent that as per the loan agreement
between Islamabad and the AFD, the
implementing agency, PDO, has to seek
prior approval of the donor agency for
every event of hiring of Engineering
Procurement Contract (EPC).
The official, who spoke on condition of

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anonymity, asserted that when the evaluation committee’s recommendations were
forwarded to the AFD for a no-objection
certificate, it decided to award the contract
to the lowest responsive bidder, M/S CWE,
after detailed deliberations and discussions with their headquarters in Paris.
He said that the claim about difference of Rs 400 million in bids was also
mere eyewash.
The official disclosed that Sinohydro’s joint venture - Habib Rafique –
had submitted a false affidavit with the
PDO regarding its past performance,
which also went against it, rendering
it suspicious in the eyes of the donor.
It may be mentioned here that PDO,
which was earlier known as Hydro Electric Board (HEB), was initially allotted to
Yasin in April 2012, but withdrawn from
him in October 2013 and given to Akbar.
However, in March this year, it was once
again given to Yasin.
The two ministers have often displayed hostilities towards each other
on many issues.
The MD PDO, serving on contract,
is however Akbar's pick.

Budget only beginning, I did whatever I could do: Jaitley
New Delhi, Jul 13:
Brushing aside criticism of not having done
enough reforms in the
Budget, Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley has said this
was the beginning of the
journey and he did all he
could do under the given
circumstances.
"This is the beginning
of our journey, not the
end. Abhi hum jitna kar
sakte the, humne utna
kiya hai (Whatever I could
do now, I have done). And
all the decisions are not
taken on day one," Jaitley
told PTI.
Jaitley, who presented
his maiden Budget on
July 10, is being criticised,
especially by rating agen-

cies, for not repealing the retrospective tax amendment and
not providing enough sops for
the industry.
The Minister, however,
has provided relief to the
salary earners by sacrificing
Rs 22,200 crore in direct taxes.
Refuting the criticism, he
said the government has taken
important steps which are
necessary but not taken in the
past 10 years.
"Each one of those major
issues, whether it is insurance
or real estate, defence, retrospective tax, simplification of
tax administration, transfer
pricing (were important). So
in 45 days, we have tried to
address each one of them and
then we have given impetus
to the manufacturing sector.

FACULTY OF COMMERCE & MANAGEMENT STUDIES

Group Discussion and Personal Interview of the candidates who have
been shortlisted for the same as per University notification No: F(AdmnIMBA)DFCMS/KU/14, Dated: 09-07-2014, for admission to IMBA
programme is scheduled as under:
Date
Time
ENT Form Numbers
18-07-2014 (Friday)
9:00 a.m
2002-2085
18-07-2014 (Friday)
2:00 p.m
2086-2147
19-07-2014 (Saturday)
9:00 a.m
2148-2234
19-07-2014 (Saturday)
2:00 p.m
2237-2326
20-07-2014 (Sunday)
9:00 a.m
2327-2405
All candidates applied
20-07-2014 (Sunday)
11:00 a.m
under self-finance category
The candidates are advised to report half an hour earlier at The Business
School, University of Kashmir with all the original certificates/documents
for verification.
(Prof. Shabir A Bhat)
Dean

EXTENSION NOTICE
Procurement of 107 No’s. Emergency Bar
Lights (LED base) for TATA Sumos.

This Hqrs. floated NIT No. 11 of 2014 dated 02.06.2014, where
under sealed Tenders, under one bid System were invited from
original manufacturers, approved/authorised dealers and
registered firms for procurement of 107 No’s. Emergency Light
Bar LED base {red and blue) along with Siren and P.A. System for
fitment into Police Station vehicles (TATA Sumos).
Last date for tender submission was fixed on 23.06.2014, which
was extended up to 10.07.2014, has been rescheduled as under:21.07.2014 at 1600 hours

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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF EDUCATION OFFICER

CORRIGENDUM

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PULWAMA

Please read “18-40” years instead of “18-37”
years at column (3) in the office Advertisement
Notice No. DIPK-2518 Dated: 21-06-2014.
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Chief Education Officer Pulwama

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PM Modi leaves
for Brazil to attend
BRICS Summit
New Delhi, July 13: Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on
Sunday left New Delhi to attend
the five-nation BRICS Summit
in Brazil.
Projecting a nuanced foreign policy approach of the new
government, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi said India will
discuss at the BRICS Summit
this week efforts to address
regional crisis and security
threats to restore a climate of
peace, while advancing global
economic stability.
The five nations are expected to finalise the setting up of
a development bank and seek
reforms of the United Nations
and international financial
organisations in the July 14-15
event.
After a stopover in Berlin on
Sunday, Modi will leave for Fortaleza, the north-eastern coastal
city of Brazil, on Monday for
the summit of leaders of Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South
Africa to be held on July 15, providing him his first opportunity
at multilateral engagement,
PTI reported.
An earlier plan to have
a meeting with Chancellor
Angela Merkel in Berlin was
shelved because of Germany's
entry into the Fifa World Cup
final, for which she will be in
Brazil.
Modi is accompanied by
a high-level delegation that

includes Minister of State for
Finance Nirmala Sitharaman,
National Security Adviser
A.K. Doval, Foreign Secretary
Sujatha Singh and Finance Secretary Arvind Mayaram, PTI
reported.
The sixth summit of BRICS,
which will follow up on the
decisions of the Durban meeting last year, will provide the
new Indian prime minister his
first opportunity at meeting
world leaders, including President Xi Jinping of China and
Vladimir Putin of Russia, and
discuss bilateral issues.
A Fortaleza Declaration containing the summit outcome is
also on the cards. Negotiations
are already on for which Sujata
Mehta, Secretary, Economic
Relations, External Affairs
Ministry, is Modi's sherpa.

Sd/ Joint Commissioned (Adm)
Srinagar Municipal Corporation

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY, EVIRONMENT AND REMOTE SENSING
S.D.A. COLONY BEMINA SRINAGAR-190018

Soil Resource Mapping Project J&K
NOTICE INVITING TENDERS
For and on behalf of the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir State, tender from experienced
and qualified agencies for “Soil profile studies and soil testing/analysis services for 12
districts under SRM Project” sponsored by Soil and Land use Survey of India, are invited
from interested companies or consortium of companies. The tender document can
be downloaded from the departmental website: http://www.jkdears.com for their
information and participate in the bidding process. The following is the abstract of the
tender document:-

Industrial Training Institute Baramulla intends to purchase machinery, equipments,
trade tools, under “ Reforms and Improvement in Vocational Training
Services Rendered by the Central & State Governments” Vocational Training
Improvement Project (VTIP) Credit No: IDA 4319-IN for ITI Baramulla.
Detailed terms & conditions of the tender are mentioned in the tender Document
which will be made available to the interested Registered/Reputed Manufactures/
Authorized Dealers/Suppliers against a payment of Rs. 500/= through bearer
Indian Postal Order in the name of Principal Industrial Training Institute
Baramulla from 14-06-2014 to 04-08-2014 during office working hours at ITI
Baramulla.

S. No. Particular

Detail

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Title of the work

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3

Estimated cost(INR)
Tender document

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Soil profile studies and soil testing/analysis
services for 12 districts under SRM Project
Approx. 34.00 lakhs
The tender document has been uploaded on
the website of the Department of Ecology,
Environment & Remote Sensing, J&K Govt at
http://www.jkdears.com
Rs 0.50 lakhs

Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) To be
paid by way of Demand Draft drawn
in favour of Director, Department
of Ecology, Environment & Remote
Sensing, J&K Govt. payable at Srinagar
and to be enclosed with the tender
document.
Last date of submission of the Bid.
31/07/2014 upto 15 Hrs “Original DD towards
Bid Security, Technical and financial tenders in
separate sealed covers within a single sealed
cover duly marked “TENDER FOR SOIL PROFILE
STUDIES AND SOIL TESTING/ANALYSIS SERVICES
FOR 12 DISTRICTS UNDER SRM PROJECT”
Period of completion of work
One year from the date of signing the
agreement
Date of opening of the Technical bids 02/08/2014

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The tender document can also be downloaded from our official web
site:- www.jkdte.org.

The tenders will be received back in the office of the undersigned by or before
05-08-2012 upto 4:00 p.m. The tenders will be opened in presence of the bidders
who wish to be present.
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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Sd/ Chief Accounts Officer
District fund Office Anantnag

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING INSTITUTE BARAMULLA
ABBREVIATED TENDER NOTICE

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Bid documents can be obtained on any working day (during
office hours) from AIG (Provision-Transport) Police Headquarters
J&K, Peerbagh Srinagar, DIG of Police Jammu-Kathua Range,
Jammu, or SSP J&K CID New Delhi Cell, 11-Harish Chander
Mathur Lane, K.G. Marg, New Delhi.
Bid document can also be downloaded from the J&K Police
website: www.jkpolice.gov.in.
Sd/ AIG (Provision Transport)
For Director General of Police,
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Srinagar Municipal Corporation owns a shopping complex at exhibition
crossing, Srinagar which has been named as “ALQUDUS MARKET”. It has
come to the notice of SMC Authorities that some vested interests, without
any authority are in process of conducting sale/purchase of these shops, in
utter violation of Municipal laws and regulations.
For the information of all concerned, it is published that these shops are
under investigation in the Vigilance Organization Kashmir and also pending
adjudication before the Hon’ble High Court.
Therefore, all such purchasers are warned not to purchase any shop out
of the said complex and desist from such unlawful deals, otherwise they
shall be themselves responsible for their loss and as per statute they can be
latter-on evicted from such unlawfully purchased shops, without any notice.

GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

23.07.2014 at 1500 hours

Ch Yuan

CAUTION TO PURCHASERS

Sd/ Principal

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2.

Last/Closing date & Time
for receipt of Tender
Tender Opening Date & Time

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Public Notice regarding Municipal Shopping Complex styled
“ALQUDUS MARKET”.

All the DDO,s of District Anantnag are requested to kindly complete reconciliation
of their GPF receipt as well as payment accounts for the year 2013-14, (four quarters)
with the accounts of this office, some of the DDO,s have made reconciliation with
this office only for one, two or three quarters, Some DDO,s have altogether made
no reconciliation till date. Reconciliation of G.P.F accounts envisaged by the Govt, is
mandatory upon all DDO,s to be conducted with the District Fund Office on quarter
basis in order to check whether 1. Computer codes 2. Name of subscriber 3. Amount
of subscription/refund 4. Amount of withdrawal of subscribers have been shown
properly in the monthly G.P. Fund schedules accompanied with pay bills/arrear bills
and withdrawal bills accordingly .This office has completed the process of preparation
of AAS for the previous financial year 2013-14, in respect of all DDO,s of the District.
But these AAS are issued only to those DDO.s who have completed the reconciliation
for all four quarters of 2013-14.
It has been observed that DDO,s who have failed to make reconciliation till date
are deputing either their officials or individual subscribers for collection of AAS .for
2013-14 .This way a un necessary tussle has been started between the fund office
and DDO,s /subscribers.
Therefore, the DD,s are once again requested to kindly cooperate with this office and
made reconciliation for the year 2013-14 with the records of this office at an early date
and this office will feel great pleasure in issuing AAS ,2013-14 accordingly.
Kindly acknowledge the receipt of circular.
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lems they have left behind," he
said, adding in the period of 45
days he has tried to address
most of these problems.
The Budget proposed
restricting fiscal deficit this
year to 4.1 per cent of GDP and
bring it down to 3 per cent by
2016-17. This is in line with the
roadmap laid out by the UPA
government. PTI

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ACCOUNTS OFFICER
DISTRICT FUND OFFICE ANANTNAG

Schedule of Group Discussion/Personal
Interview for IMBA – 2014

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out in details because I have
provided for Expenditure
Management Commission
and if anybody feels that in 45
days you can come out with
the scheme of rationalisation
of subsidies to which people
in the last 66 years have not
found an answer, we must rate
the agencies then."
He said that there are two
ways of reducing fiscal deficit
-- either you spend less or you
earn more.
"The ideal situation is that
you should earn more because
if you spend less then you are
contracting expenditure and
you may end up contracting
some parts of the economy...
I have looked at unresolved
issues that they (UPA government) left behind or the prob-

GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR

UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR

No: F(Schedule-GD/PI)DFCMS/ET-221
Dated: 12-07-2014

"These are important decisions. Our government is very
clear in some sector you got to
give more relief. Aam aadmi
par aap kitna bojh denge?
(How much can we burden
the common man?). So, that
is why we tried to rationalise
individual taxation. We have
also removed inverted duty
structures," Jaitley said.
The Budget has proposed
increasing the income taxexemption limit to Rs 2.50 lakh
from Rs 2 lakh and raised
the ceiling on investment
in saving instruments to Rs
1.5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh per
annum.
On criticism of Budget not
having a detailed roadmap
for fiscal consolidation, Jaitley said: "I have not spelt it

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`7 bn hydro project stirs controversy in PaK
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Sd/- (Suresh Chugh), IFS
APCCF/Director
Ecology, Environment & Remote Sensing
J&K Govt., Srinagar