标题: 印度外交部2014-2015财年用于尼泊尔开发援助项目的预算被从4.37亿人民币大幅削减到2.9亿人民币。 [打印本页] 作者: mm6fan 时间: 2015-5-3 13:44 标题: 印度外交部2014-2015财年用于尼泊尔开发援助项目的预算被从4.37亿人民币大幅削减到2.9亿人民币。 Budget cuts slowed down India’s projects
Published May 3, 2015 | By admin
SOURCE: DHNS
Several projects funded by India in Nepal slowed down in the months before the April 25 earthquake that devastated the country, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government drastically cut down budgetary allocations for New Delhi’s development aid to neighbour.
Though Rs 450 crore was earmarked for funding development projects in Nepal in 2014-15, the allocation had to be reduced by Rs 150 crore, as the Ministry of Finance made an unprecedented 14.3% cut in the overall budget for the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
Allocation for the MEA for “Aid to Nepal” was reduced to Rs 300 crore in the Revised Estimate for 2014-15. The budgetary allocation for India’s development projects in Nepal in 2015-16, too, is six per cent less than the amount initially earmarked in 2014-15. An amount of Rs 420 crore has been earmarked for the same in 2015-16.
New Delhi won accolades from around the world for its quick response to Kathmandu’s call for assistance after the April 25 earthquake left a trail of devastation in large areas of Nepal.
Even as the Indian Army and National Disaster Relief Force personnel are engaged in relief and rescue operations across Nepal, prime minister has already reassured the government and people of the neighbouring nations that New Delhi would also support reconstruction of the devastated neighbouring country.
Senior officials told Deccan Herald that beyond the usual annual allocation under ‘Aid to Nepal’, the government would have to earmark substantial additional fund over the next several years to keep its commitment for supporting reconstruction of the neighbouring country.
In a communiqué to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, the MEA stated that the allocation of funds under ‘Aid to Nepal’ in 2014-15 “had to be reduced in order to conform to the overall Revised Estimate ceiling communicated by Ministry of Finance”.
“None of the ongoing projects in Nepal were curtailed due to the ministry’s prioritisation of available Plan and Non-Plan budget. However, some payments have been deferred to the next financial year without curtailing ongoing cooperation,” the MEA wrote.作者: mm6fan 时间: 2015-5-3 13:52 标题: 印度内阁周三批准了价值75.36亿美元的智能城市项目，要创建100座智能城市。印度军方也跟着制定智能军用场站计划，第一阶段计划6个军用场站参与到智能城市项目中，包括3个陆军，2个空军，一个海军场站。 After smart cities, ‘Smart Armed Forces Station’ on cards
Published May 3, 2015 | By admin
SOURCE: INDIA TV NEWS
Taking a cue from Smart City project, the Indian military could announce to develop its own smart stations.
After smart cities, ‘Smart Armed Forces Station’ on cards
Published May 3, 2015 | By admin
SOURCE: INDIA TV NEWS
According to some media reports, the Chiefs of Staff Committee is discussing a proposal to develop ‘smart armed forces station’ (SAFS).
A formal proposal will be submitted to the government soon on SAFS, reports said.
In the first phase, six military stations will be converted into SAFS on the sideline of smart cities. Of them, three will be army stations, two of air force and one from navy.
The Union Cabinet had on Wednesday approved the Smart Cities project under which 100 new smart cities, which would promote efficient use of available assets and enhance the quality of urban life, would be made. The smart cities project would have an outlay of Rs 48,000 crore.作者: mm6fan 时间: 2015-5-3 13:59 标题: 印度，OK~~：这次尼泊尔（救灾），印度已经成长为地区的老大哥，拥有宽广的心胸和强大能力！ Saved! The Indian Military is here!
Published May 3, 2015 | By admin
SOURCE : ASIAN AGE
India and its impressive airlift, sealift and trained human resource are contributing their mite to a large number of disaster relief missions. In quick succession we have had the Uttarakhand cloudburst, the Srinagar floods, the war in Yemen, and now the earthquake in Nepal. And the way mother nature is wreaking havoc, and humankind is contributing to that with violence and environmental degradation, India’s formidable Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) capability is sure to be frequently tested to its limits. It is only right that we respond to the unofficial mantle that we have acquired of being the regional provider of such assistance and relief with alacrity every time we are called upon to do so.
‘War is a continuation of policy by other means’, was 19th century Prussian General Carl Von Clausewitz’s oft-cited dictum. But in the 21st century, great nations are seeking influence not just through arms but increasingly through the exercise of ‘soft power’. And increasingly, even the hardest element of traditional ‘hard power’ – the military – is also a big instrument in the pursuit of ‘soft power’.
India’s HADR record is already pretty impressive. Think back to the 2004 tsunami relief and the 2001 Bhuj earthquake response — aid was delivered to millions in both instances. With Operation Raahat following the Uttarakhand cloudburst in 2013 and Megh Raahat following the Srinagar floods last year, and especially with the Yemen evacuation (Raahat, again) and now Nepal, India has come of age as the region’s Big Brother, one with a big heart and capability!
The first responder to a crisis has always been air power, due to its inherent attributes of speed, reach, mobility and flexibility. Thus, while the Il-78 aerial flight refueling tankers were modified to cargo carriers to augment airlift capacity during the tsunami, in the Uttarakhand relief operation, Mi-26 helicopters flew in fuel trucks and C-130 transport planes emptied their fuel into these trucks so that they could tank up rescue choppers for their missions – such is the flexibility of air power.
Since then, the Indian capability has increased further – unlike during the tsunami, for the Nepal relief operations, the IAF has spare C-17 and Il-76 transport aircraft that it can deploy if the need arises. Similarly, the helicopter fleet has been strengthened with the addition of 159 Mi-17 medium-lift helicopters. These new transport planes and helicopters have modern avionics that help them to operate in adverse weather conditions which are generally prevalent in disaster areas. When the American Chinook helicopters arrive, they will fill the heavy-lift capability gap.
The civil airline fleet is a major element of the air power of a nation, and here too the Indian commercial fleet has robust capability. Just Air India, whose aircraft were deployed to airlift Indians out of Iraq in the first Gulf War in 1990, brought 176,000 Indians back home in a 45-day period! Similarly, the national carrier earned kudos in the Yemen airlift and Nepal. Imagine if the full force of private airlines in India is put to a task!
The Navy has tremendous sea-lift capability, and India has a winner in the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) which has specialist personnel and rescue equipment and has earned plaudits from all quarters for its work in the Fukushima tragedy and in Nepal. And, of course, the ever dependable Indian Army has never let the country down when called upon to help neighbours in India’s quest to assist them.
However, the National Disaster Management Authority, which is the nodal agency to coordinate HADR activity, was conspicuous by its absence during the Uttarakhand relief operations for which it was roundly berated. In the event, the situation was retrieved by the armed forces, which provided immediate relief and rescue. In Srinagar, too, while the armed forces were everywhere, the civil administration was nowhere to be seen. A similar absence of civil authority has been noticed in Nepal.
Why does the civil authority seem to come up short every time? The answer lies in the fact that the civil administration is itself affected by the tragedy and its personnel abdicate their larger duty of tending to the masses in favour of attending to their personal losses. This is a problem that needs to be addressed.
Perhaps the solution can be found in the way the Indian Air Force handled the 2001 Bhuj earthquake and the 2004 tsunami. In Bhuj, the IAF airbase itself had 95 dead and around 100 injured, while in the tsunami, Car Nicobar island air force station had 116 dead and scores wounded. In both events, the survivors were severely traumatized but held on to their posts to direct initial efforts. Both airbases were the nodal points at which aid poured in and was to be delivered. The IAF’s solution was to bring in fresh personnel; in Car Nicobar, the full complement was replaced to generate momentum in the rescue and rebuilding effort.
Can this be done in civilian administrations, where military-like discipline is not the norm? To an extent this is possible, if each state government builds a core group of personnel trained to take over administrative activities in a disaster area from traumatized employees – because, while the armed forces bring in relief materials quickly during disasters, the equally important task of quick and judicious distribution is what has been a casualty – as in Nepal now. Once we have such trained civilian workforce, they could even be deployed to help out a neighbour’s bureaucracy when calamity strikes.
In international relations, time is of the essence. Prime Minister Modi lived up to his image of being a man of action by personally directing the rescue efforts in Nepal. Political directions from the very top would no doubt have removed bottlenecks, but one must wonder if such close monitoring is indicative of a system functioning, as it should, on its own. During the Yemen evacuation, too, a Union minister was physically present in the area to ensure smooth functioning of the evacuation machinery. In the next crisis, would the Prime Minister or a minister be again required to marshal the show or should institutionalised procedures govern and modulate the response through trained manpower? It behoves a wannabe regional power to have a well-oiled machinery to address calls for help from its neighbours – India can do that with ease.
The author, a retired air vice-marshal, is a distinguished fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi作者: mm6fan 时间: 2015-5-3 14:00 标题: 在1990年的第一次海湾战争，印度航空在45天内将17.6万印度人从伊拉克空运过回国，完成大规模海外撤侨行动。 作者: mm6fan 时间: 2015-5-5 10:55 标题: 中兴通讯计划以60亿印度卢比(约合5.84亿元人民币)投资印度智慧城市建设项目。 据印度时报，中兴通讯控股子公司中兴软创计划以60亿印度卢比(约合5.84亿元人民币)投资印度智慧城市建设项目。中兴软创印度和南亚运营总监Prasoon Sharma表示,印度计划打造100个智慧城市,总预算将达到4800亿印度卢比。作者: mm6fan 时间: 2015-5-5 11:09 标题: 中兴通讯UOC方案架构由四个平台组成 中兴通讯提出了UOC(Urban Operating Center)智慧城市顶层设计落地方案。
中兴通讯UOC方案架构由四个平台组成：一个基础设施平台(云化的数据中心，不需要再单独采购设备，有效降低后期维护难度)，一个数据共享交换平台(彻底消除智慧城市建设中的“信息孤岛”、资源浪费问题)，一个能力支撑平台(开发新兴业务，规范各种业务开发模式)，一个门户平台(即入口，分别面向个人和政府，逐步归拢各方面的应用)。
比如，凭借一款“民生所向”的智慧交通应用，中兴通讯打通了宁波市各个部门协作与数据互通问题;通过满足道路监控的迫切需求，中兴通讯在南京“道路监控云平台”实现了六城区道路监控图像数据的整合;利用发展旅游的经济需要，让秦皇岛市实现了吃、住、行、游、购、娱、教、管、研等九大领域的数据互通。
