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Monthly Tourism Newsletter from India |
February''05 |
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Slowly the tourism industry seems to be recovering from the aftermath of Tsunami, though there is still a long way to go before the affected countries get back to the normal track. The tourists are still a bit not too sure if they can start traveling to those countries, though they do realize that the best way to help them is to start traveling to those places again. India has done exceptionally well last year by performing an arrival growth of 24% over the previous year and the coming winter looks equally good. To deal with this new welcome situation, there is emphasis on improving the infrastructure. Many new big hotels and roads / highways are under construction. The Ministry of Tourism has already launched its new initiative by imparting training to the human resources engaged in the industry and by re assuring the guests that they are at par with the God i.e. Atithi Devo Bhavah! Do contact us for your foreseen summer / winter India trip. See you at ITB in Berlin! |
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AIRLINES UPDATEIndia’s AIRplane order bookING 3rd highest in THE world, Acquisition of 200 aircraftS to cost $10 billion: Airline companies in India are likely to place orders for over 200 aircrafts with the world’s two major aircraft manufacturers - Airbus and Boeing Co - worth $10 billion in 2005. This is equal to a third of total worldwide annual aircraft sales and will be the largest ever purchase order for aircraft by India in any financial year. Each aircraft costs between $44 million and $75 million. The orders will catapult India to the third place, after the US and China, in the pecking order of countries that order the maximum aircraft every year. China alone will be inducting 147 aircraft into its fleet this year. LH FLIES Frankfurt to Hyderabad direct: Lufthansa has launched a new service between Frankfurt and Hyderabad in southern India. It will operate three weekly non-stop flights to the city, a leading center for India’s IT and biotechnology industries. Eastbound departures will be at 11.30 am on Thursdays, Saturdays and Tuesdays, arriving at 12.35 am. Westbound flights will leave at 2.25 am on Fridays, Sundays and Wednesdays, reaching Frankfurt at 7.45 am. Air Arabia announces daily flights to Mumbai: Air Arabia LLC from UAE, the first low-cost airline of its kind in West Asia & North Africa region, has announced that it has been granted flight rights to fly daily to Mumbai, from the middle of March. SINGAPORE Airline keen to fly Big Bird to India: The airline scheduled to be the first airline in the world to fly the Airbus A380, is interested in being the first to bring the Big Bird to India too, provided the metro airports come up with the necessary infrastructure. The airline recognizes that some segments of the India-Singapore sector are high-density routes ideal for deployment of the world’s largest aircraft. SIA is expected to take the first delivery of the first A380 next year and has chosen the London-Singapore sector as the first route. Jet AIRWAYS, AIR Sahara get 9 flights to UK: The government on 1st February allotted a total of nine flights to the UK to Jet Airways and Air Sahara for the coming summer schedule starting March-end. While Jet Airways has been allotted seven flights to London Heathrow per week, Air Sahara has been allotted two to Gatwick. Both the private carriers have already got landing slots in the UK, Air-India, which already operates 18 services to the UK and had applied for additional flights, has got three flights to Birmingham and three more to London, provided it could manage to get three additional slots to Heathrow. If Air-India could not get the additional slot by February 15, three flights would come back to the common pool and could be allocated to the two private carriers. Source: Economic Times, 1.2.2005
Jet Airways gets nod to fly to US:
The airline is set to
become the first Indian private sector airline to operate between India and the
US from this summer. The airline has been given official permission to operate a
three-times-a-week service on the India-Brussels-New York sector. although the
airline had applied for
permission to operate a
daily service on the route, it was not given, as there are restrictions on the
number of flights that can be operated on the India-Brussels route. While there
is a cap of three flights a week on the India-US sector, Brussels and the US
follow an open-sky policy, which allows airlines to operate as many flights as
they desire between the two countries UK OPERATION MAY BE DELAYED: CNBC-TV18 reports that Jet Airways and Air Sahara are expected to begin their flights to London some time in September. While Jet Airways and Air Sahara have managed to get slots to London, the busiest sector from India, it may be a while before they can commence operations on this route. The prime reason being, that the airlines do not have their fleet in place to fly overseas. While they would ideally like to fly the 737's on this sector, there are no aircraft available in the market currently. Austrian Airlines proposes Mumbai service from May: The airline plans to launch a five-times-a-week service between Vienna and Mumbai from May 1. The airline plans to increase the frequency to a daily flight in the latter half of the year. Austrian is also looking to start operations from Southern destinations such as Chennai or Bangalore at a later date. The airline said it would operate a Boeing 767 on the Mumbai-Vienna sector in a two-class configuration, with 36 business class seats and 209 in economy. The country drew about 20,000 Indian visitors last year. The board expects this number to grow significantly next year when Austria celebrates the 250th anniversary of Mozart in 2006. DELTA TO LAUNCH MADRAS – NEW YORK FLIGHT VIA PARIS: Beginning 11 May Delta will operate a daily flight (via Paris) Madras – New York. There is a lot of traffic to the US from the South of India which Delta aims to tap. The service will be operated with a Boeing 767-300 ER. LUFTHANSA ADDS HYDERABAD, LOOKING AT CALCUTTA: Lufthansa has started a 3 times a week non-stop service, Hyderabad to Frankfurt on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. With this Lufthansa now flies to 5 destinations in India, three in the South (Bangalore, Madras and Hyderabad), Bombay and Delhi; making it 34 flights a week to India accounting for 12% of the Europe bound traffic. They are also looking at operating flights to Calcutta. Indian budget airline Spicejet is ordering up to 20 Boeing 737: Details were provided during the Aero India 2005 air show. SpiceJet placed a firm order for ten airplanes, valued at 630 million dollar at list prices, and has options for ten more. First delivery is scheduled for 2006. Said SpiceJet Board Director Bhulo Kansagra, "the superior operating economics of the Next-Generation 737 are especially important in light of continued rising fuels costs." SpiceJet begins service in May with three leased Boeing 737-800s. Based in New Delhi, the airline is one of India’s newest start-up private carriers. The Next-Generation 737s fly higher, faster, farther, and more quietly than comparable airplanes, while offering greater fuel efficiency. Overall the 737 airplane family is the world’s best-selling commercial jet airplane, with more than 5,500 ordered by 220 customers. Source: Vicky Karantzavelou BOEING ROLLS OUT WORLD’S LONGEST RANGE AIRLINER: Hurling a fresh challenge at its rival Airbus Industrie, Boeing has rolled out its first B-777-200LR, which can connect any two cities in the world virtually non-stop. It can carry 301 passengers up to 17466 km. The first such aircraft will be delivered to PIA in Jan’06. AIR SAHARA INAUGURATED ITS HYDERABAD HUB: On 5 Feb, Air Sahara inaugurated the 20 million dollar Hyderabad hub. In its first phase, it will operate 126 flights per week to 14 domestic cities. In phase two, Colombo & Kathmandu will be connected with the capital of Andhra Pradesh. Air Sahara has 21 planes including 13 Boeing 737 and 8 Bombardier CRJ 200 jets offering 140 daily flights to 25 destinations. TOP HOTELS NEWSCASA DE GOA – A BOUTIQUE PROPERTY OPENS IN GOA: December 2004 saw a nice boutique property open at the Calangute village in Goa. Casa de Goa has 12 Portuguese & Mediterranean type of air-conditioned villas (Suites) comprising of sitting cum dining area, mini bar, bedroom with attached toilet and shower, balcao. Each room is furnished with double or twin beds, refrigerator, Satellite cable network, telephone and an electric geyser for hot water & jaguar fittings make your room a heaven for relaxation and comfort. For guest who enjoys a smaller more stylish homely atmosphere quiet hotel, should look no further than the Casa de Goa, offering personalized services. For more information, please check out www.casadegoa.com After budget airlines, now budget hotels: After the success of budget airlines, the budget hotel business in India is set to get a kick-start with the entry of a global chain. International hospitality major InterContinental Hotels Group is preparing to bring in its budget hotel brand, Holiday INN Express, in 2005. Inter Continental wants to start off with a chain of green field projects. It is planning 10 budget hotels across metros, and major and secondary cities, each with around 150 rooms. Targeted at traveling executives and middle-class tourists, the chain could take the join venture route-with the Indian partner enjoying the majority stake-and enter into management contacts and franchise its Holiday Inn Express brand. In India, the Holiday Inn Express brand will be positioned below the group’s Holiday Inn chain which has presence in Mumbai, Agra, Jaipur, Surat, Khajuraho and Ooty. The room tariffs for the Express chain will be pegged at Between Rs 1200 and Rs 2000, with amenities such as high speed internet access and in-room data ports. Source: Economic Times, 16.2.2005 The Grand to get facelift, 5-star tag: Lalit Suri-promoted Bharat Hotels plans to re-position its Delhi property, InterContinental The Grand, as a luxury 5-star hotel targeting the high-end business traveller, with a Rs 40-crore facelift. The renovation work, slated to begin in April 2005 and to be carried out in two phases spread over 18 months, is part of the group’s Rs 1,000-crore expansion plans that include opening new properties in Amritsar, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bekal (Kerala) and Hyderabad. The group plans to position all its properties — both under InterContinental and The Grand brands — in the luxury 5-star category. According to Suri, the 445-room strong Delhi property will sport a new look with the top four floors dedicated to high-end business executives, with bigger rooms and more hi-tech amenities. The night club, coffee shop, restaurants and lobby too will be redone. ANANDA NEAR RISHIKESH THE BEST SPA IN THE WORLD: in the Himalayas has been rated the best spa in the world by Conde Nast’s Readers’ Spa Awards. Selection was based on various criteria such as ambience, décor, body treatments, cuisine, service and staff. Ananda, located in Uttaranchal, walked away with top honours in a list of top 25 spas of the world, scoring 98.62% in overall satisfaction level of facilities and services. Following close on its heels were Como Shambhala in Turks and Caicos with 98.46% and Givenchy spa in Mauritius with 98.44%. For more information, please check out: http://www.cntraveller.co.uk/SpaAwards/2005/Top_25/ LE MERIDEN ON EXPANSION SPREE IN INDIA: Le Meriden hotels are planning to open new hotels in Hyderabad and Kovalam (Kerala) this year. With this their hotels in India will number II, said Mr. Robert E. Riley CEO of the worldwide Le Meriden Hotels and Resorts on his maiden visit to India. TOP WTTC 5th GLOBAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM SUMMIT 8-10 APRIL IN NEW DELHI: WTTC (World Travel and Tourism Council) Indian Initiative unveiled the detailed agenda for the forthcoming global tourism summit to be held in Delhi 8-10 April 2005. Government ministers and industry leaders will meet to find new ways to realize the full social and economic potential of travel and tourism. BBC world is the media sponsor. The theme of the Summit is “Realizing the Potential” and it will be inaugurated by the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
KHAJURAHO FESTIVAL
BEGINS 25 FEB: TIBETANS CELEBRATED THE NEW YEAR: LOSAR: Tibetans living in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh around where the Dalai Lama now resides, celebrated the Tibetan New Year (February 9) over a 3 day period. They painted their homes and even though snow continued to fall the shoppers and merrymakers were out in the main Tibetan market in Maceodganj, in uptown Dharamsala. The festival of Losar heralds the first day of the first month of the New Year which usual falls in February / March each year. “Gutuk”, a special dish is prepared consisting of nine ingredients and all Tibetan families take their share. It consists of dumplings stuffed with charcoal, Cotton, salt, chilly pepper etc, each of which indicates a person’s future in the coming year. It is largely the luck of the draw. The ritual of the “Zor larma” exorcises ills of the past year, a bonfire is made and a sacrificial cake and effigy of kneaded dough thrown into it, as a kind of communal cleansing. RAJASTHAN DAY CELEBRATIONS 21-30 MAR’05: It would not be an exaggeration to say that every day is a festival in Rajasthan. From 21 to 30 March Rajasthan Day will be celebrated all over the state with music, dance, food festivals, crafts melas, special Holi celebrations and joi de vivre. The colours, sounds and cuisine of Rajasthan will come into their own and visitors will see Rajasthan as a vibrant tourist destination. INTERNATIONAL YOGA FESTIVAL, RISHIKESH: Parmarth Niketan ashram is honored to host the annual International Yoga Festival from March 1 - 7, 2005. In cooperation with the Uttranchal Tourism Development Board, every year this world famous festival draws yogacharyas, philosophers and seekers together from every corner of the world. The festival will include: Kundalini Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama Power Yoga, Meditation Yoga, Nidra Nada Yoga, Music Therapy, Reiki, Pranic Healing, Lectures and Question-Answer sessions with revered saints and spiritual masters of various traditions. Evening Divine Ganga Aarti and more. For more information please see www.parmarth.com/yogafestival.htm. You can register at www.parmarth.com/yogreg.htm. Desert Festival, 21 – 23 FEB, JAISALMER: Famous Desert Festival was held at Jaisalmer from 21st February to 23rd February 2005. Several competitions like Turban Tying (for Indians & foreigners), Moomal – Mahendra, Mr. Desert Competition, Ms. Moomal competition, Moustache competition were held. ALWAR UTSAV FEBRUARY, 11-13 MAR, 2005: A grand procession will vend its way through the streets of Alwar to inaugurate the Alwar Utsav (festival). Folk culture, music, dance handicrafts and the clourful traditions of the region will be on display. Visitors can combine a trip to the festival with a short excursion to the Sariska wildlife sanctuary and the Siliserh lake resort. CARNIVAL OF GOA (5 – 8 Feb): If you were not in Goa you missed out a very colourful evening. Dancers in colourful costumes choreographed to samba music and floats paraded the street alongside the quiet flowing waters of Mandovi river to celebrate a rare Spring festival. Children on the shoulders jostled with the very enthusiastic crowd that lined up to have a very special annual show to thunderous cheers of `Viva Carnival, Viva Goa and Viva Brazil.' The festivities that started on Sabado Gordo (Fat Saturday) will travel to other parts of Goa including rural areas and end on Shrove Tuesday with Christians attending the mass on Ash Wednesday for the 40 day Lent, marking a period of fasting and abstinence. Confetti showers, a friendly smile, the min skirt clad women atop vehicles doing a jig, salsa kept the young and old vying with each other for the special attention that would only make cheers cascade as the floats cruised at a slow pace. The masked revelers kept the children wondering, while the clowns were the very special friends who shook hands and danced. BUDDHA FESTIVAL 23 – 25 FEB’05, DIRANG, ARUNACHAL PRADESH: The Buddha festival was celebrated at Dirang, a picturesque touristic town in Arunachal Pradesh with effect from 23 to 25 Feb 2005. The Festival aims at projecting the Arunachal tourism potentials and Buddhist values as a symbol of integrity and communal harmony. The festival highlights include Monastic Dances, Traditional Tribal Dances, Ethnic Fashion Show, Religious Procession, Food Festival, Handloom & Handicraft Exhibition, Flower / Horticulture Show, Indigenous Games & Sports, Adventure Sports like Motor Cross Racing, Rafting, Fire Works, Cultural Nights and other Special Events. Himalayan Adventure Expo & Mountaineering and Tourism Meet May 27-29, 2005, Mussoorie: The Himalayan Environment Trust - HET has announced the 'Mountaineering and Tourism Meet 2005', from May 27-29, 2005 at Hotel Jaypee Residency Manor, Mussoorie, India. This meet is being organized to promote, publicise, popularise and protect the Himalayas and to commemorate the 40thanniversary celebrations of Indian Everest Expedition 1965 & Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi. TOP NEWS MEANS GOOD NEWS (India)LEH LEVIES US$10 entry fees for tourists: The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) in its recent meeting decided to levy fee of $ 10 (Rs 450) to all foreign tourists visiting in the Leh district of Ladakh from 1st April, 05. It is a policy adopted by LAHDC towards sustainable, eco-tourism. As the income generated from fees levied from foreign tourists envisage helping in works towards the protection and preservation of its fragile environment, ecology and bio-diversity. Tourist inflow has increased over the years. LAHDC feels the need to control tourist traffic. Tourist entry fee would not only generate an income but also discourage and check irresponsible tourists. This is what Chief Executive Councilor, Rigzin Spalbar stated obliquely as Ladakhi's environment; culture and ecology don't want irresponsible tourists. CELEBRITIES ENJOY GOOD WEATHER IN INDIA: Tennis ace and winner of several grand slams, Martina Navratilova was in Hyderabad to play in the Hyderabad Open and was felicitated with a memento of the famous Charminar. Movie star Michael Caine and his wife were seen vacationing in Jaipur. British agent 007, James Bond visited India on 21 February. Actor Pierce Brosnan visited Mumbai to launch Omega’s latest Constellation Double Eagle range of watches. He has been the watch company’s brand ambassador for many years. The musician Bobby Cash performed on 16 February in Delhi and Mark Knopfler of the group “Dire Straits” will perform in Bombay on 5 March and on 7 March in Bangalore. TSUNAMI WAVES UNCOVERED HIDDEN TREASURES ON MAHABALIPURAM BEACH: On 27 December 2004 one day after the Tsunami struck, fishermen found a bamboo casket fixed on a big raft, washed ashore on the Mahabalipuram beach 70 km/40 miles from Madras. Inside was a 6 inch tall Buddha statue with Burmese characters perhaps washed away from the Burmese coast or Thailand. Also some statues and sculptures and tanks to hold water which lay buried in the sand perhaps since 700 AD (Pallava dynasty) are now visible as the sea has withdrawn a great distance. You see the remnants of a stone house close to the Shore temple (a World Heritage monument), and a half completed rock elephant and 2 lions, one of them reclining and another poised to charge. A Temple like structure exists on the sea bed and a team of marine archeologists will do some undersea exploration in March. INDIAN DESIGNER’S CREATION ON COVER OF CONDE NAST TRAVELLER: The Conde Nast Traveller’s March issue features a creation by a young Indian designer Soniya Mirchandani. In fact it is a pink Sari Kaftan. So popular has this outfit become that it is now being retailed from a store in London. Ironically Conde Nast used the Kaftan for a feature on Greece!! Railways factory enters golden Jubilee year: A coach-building factory of Indian Railways in Tamil Nadu is set to complete 50 years of operations in October, having produced 34,000 coaches of various types. The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) located in Perumbur is India's premier coach-making factory and was inaugurated Oct 2, 1955. It has produced coaches of 200 types. The ICF has the capacity to make 1,000 coaches a year and made the first stainless steel coach for Indian Railways. HYDERABAD NIZAM’S CHOWMAHALLA PALACE OPEN TO TOURISTS: The sprawling Complex of Hyderabad’s 220 year old Chowmahalla Palace will now welcome tourists, where royalty once roamed. Four different palaces in the shape of a rectangle, with a massive courtyard with fountains, once made up the seat of power of the Asaf Jhahi dynasty. The complex has been painstakingly restored especially the Durbar Hall. The complex was thrown open to the public on 28 January. Also on display was an exhibition of 2 to 3 centuries old royal wardrobes and an expo of photos of the royal family and the embroidery of artists of that time. The five year restoration was carried out at the behest of the VIIIth former Nizam, Prince Barkat Ali Khan Mukarram Jha and implemented by experts from INTACH and other organizations. TOP NEWS MEANS GOOD NEWS (International) The Airports mull new superjumbo hassles: It is one thing to build a really, really big airplane. It is quite another to find a place for it to land. U.S. airports from Seattle to Atlanta say accommodating Airbus new super jumbo A380 in anything other than an emergency would require major construction. Runways would need widening and terminals would need upgrades to load and unload the double-decker plane easily. Even with those improvements, airports might need to curtail other airport traffic to let the big jet lumber through the airfield. (Associated Press, Washington)ITB BERLIN, 11-15 MARCH, TO DISPLAY COLOURS OF INCREDIBLE INDIA: The Indian Pavilion at the ITB in Berlin (11-15 March) will present the colours of India using the theme of Incredible India. 16 state governments will participate and about 40 Travel Agents / Hoteliers will also present their products at this well known international event. India to develop hurricane early warning system for Caribbean: By Ivan Cairo: PARAMARIBO, Suriname (Caribbean Net News) - In a bid to secure the votes of CARICOM nations for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council, India has offered a wide range of assistance to the regional body. Incorporated in its space and satellite program in the past decades India has developed an advanced monitoring system to track cyclones. CARICOM approached New Delhi to develop such a system for the region, which will be included in CARICOM’s future disaster management policy. Google search: Indian whiz kids: Google Inc, the world’s most-used web search engine, is offering prize money of $36,550 in a competition for software coders. The purpose behind the contest is to find staff for its research and development centre in Bangalore. “Google is looking for engineers with the programming skill to rewrite the world’s information infrastructure,” the Mountain View, California-based company said on its website. “The Google India Code Jam 2005 is one way we hope to find them.” The winner will get Rs 3 lakh ($6,852). Google and other Indian and overseas software companies such as Microsoft and Oracle are devising ways to attract software writers as competition for workers spurs wage gains in India. TOP INDIA’S TIGER MAN FIRST INDIAN TO WIN GETTY WILDLIFE AWARD: India’s reclusive wildlife conservationist 87 year old Billy Arjun Singh better known for rearing a leopard and releasing it into the wild, lives in “Tiger Haven” on the fringes of Dudhwa National Park. He has become the first Indian to receive the J Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation Award, (billed as the Nobel Prize for environmentalists) on 4 February. Duff Hart-Davis former feature writer of The Telegraph in London has just finished writing his biography: “Honorary Tiger”. KAZIRANGA SANCTUARY CELEBRATES CENTENARY: Caparisoned elephants marched in a procession for 2 km/1.25 miles to herald the beginning of the centenary celebration of Kaziranga National Park (a world Heritage site). It was only fitting that Sir Nicholas Mosley, 80 year old grandson of the British Viceroy to India, Lord Curzon, and his wife Lady Verity were special invitees as it was their grandfather who announced the setting up of the Park. Lady Curzon, on a trip (1904) to see rhinos in the area returned not seeing any and requested her husband, the Viceroy, to take measures to protect this rare animal. So the park was declared a rhino reserve in 1905 and thanks to that, today there are 1600 Rhinos. Mr. Mark Shand (brother of Camilla Parker Bowles who is to marry Prince Charles), an elephant expert was also present as the International Brand ambassador for the centenary celebration. TOP
Shigmo FESTIVAL 26 – 30 Mar’05: Soon after carnival arrives the colourful festival of Shigmo. Hundreds of colourful umbrella shaped flags are seen in the air, swinging in a frenzy of dance & music. This spring festival signifies several age-old traditions and customs of the people of the state. Villagers dressed in smart, traditional attire, carry colourful flags to the accompaniment of drums and cymbals. Float parades depicting various cultural mythological stories are organized in many towns.Saraswat fest cuisine has Goans in finger-licking mood: Festival of Saraswat cuisine in Goa attracted a large number of visitors end of January. Generally visitors to Goa tend to think of Goan food and drink as being limited to the famous fish, curry, rice and feni package. But Goan cuisine, like the land itself, has many flavours and tastes with its vast treasure trove of culinary delicacies. People got an opportunity to taste different types of Goan cuisine at this food festival. Saraswat Brahmins are considered to be a minority in Goa. The first Brahmins to settle in Goa, were called Saraswats because of their origins from the banks of the River Saraswati, an ancient river that existed in Vedic times. The subsequent drying up of the river caused large scale migration of Brahmins. TOP
Just Answer Five Simple Questions to win a book:
1) How many World Heritage Sites does India have a. 20 c. 24 b. 26 d. 28 2) Karaikal falls in which state of India? a. Goa c. Kerala b. Pondicherry d. Tamilnadu 3) Manas wildlife sanctuary borders which neighbouring country? a. Bhutan c. China b. Bangladesh d. Nepal 4) Which sanctuary in India reported almost no tiger in the recent census? a. Ranthambore c. Kanha b. Sariska d. Periyar 5) Delhi is host to which international tourism event in April’05? a. WTTC c. WTO b. ASTA d. PATA
ANSWERS OF LAST CONTEST:
1) Which place in India was practically unaffected by Tsunami on 26 Dec’04? ANS: GOA 2) Which beach of Goa is famous for Olive Ridley turtles? ANS: Morjim 3) Which north eastern town just received snow fall in India after a gap of 15 years? ANS: Gangtok 4) Which university in India is one of the biggest residential universities in Asia? ANS: Banaras Hindu University 5) By which year, India plans to get itself one of the developed countries? ANS: 2020
LAST DATE: 15 Mar’05 to send your entries at the email address pmaurya@vsnl.net WINNER OF LAST CONTEST: - No one got all correct answers. TOP
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