21 June 2011

21 June 2011, Tuesday

• The Union Power Ministry sanctioned Rs.29cr for implementation of supervisory control and Data Acquisition(SCADA) system for power distribution network in Thiruvananthapuram

Rs.369cr for Kochi & Kozhikode under Restructured Accelerated Power Development & Reform Programme(R-APDRP)

Rs.135cr under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana(RGGVY) for total electrification  in 7 northern districts, besides giving free electricity connections to over 56000 BPL families

• Shyamala Gopinath : Retired as Deputy Governor of RBI
• American banking major Citigroup reported a 78% jump in its profit after tax at Rs.1859cr in 2010-11 from its Indian operations
• Shriram Transport Finance Company Ltd(STFC) to enter debt market with a public issue of secured Non-Convertible Debentures(NCD) of face value Rs.1000 each
• 111th US Open Golf : Clinched by Rory Mcllroy (Ireland) - Youngest US Open winner since Bobby Jones in 1923
• Mauritius Open Badminton Championship : Chetan Anand(Ind) bt Chiang Jiann(Malaysia)
• WinWinD Power Energy (P) Ltd of Finland signed MoU with Suryachakra Green Power (P) Ltd of Hyderabad, India : to develop 250MW wind park in Dharapuram near Coimbatore - Project estimated at $350mn
• Sandeep Das : newly appointed MD of Standard Chartered Private Bank(HQ-Singapore), India