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  • Govt finalises details for hosting of Under-17 FIFA World Cup 2017 in India

    Govt finalises details for hosting of Under-17 FIFA World Cup 2017 in India

    New Delhi, 25 March: The Union Cabinet has given its approval with regard to holding of Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Under-17 World Cup to be held in India in 2017.

    In a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a committee comprising Department of Sports Secretary; Director General of the Sports Authority of India; and Financial Adviser in the Department of Sports has been authorized to make necessary adjustments for any changes in venues to remove difficulties in consultation with All India Football Federation (AIFF) /FIFA.

    Expenditure towards overlays and equipment including display boards, etc., may be incurred, the Cabinet said but the total cost will be within Rs.95 crore as approved earlier. In the eventuality of any additional requirement of funds, the Department of Sports will take up the matter with the Department of Expenditure.

    The Sports Ministry was authorized to constitute an Organizing Committee for conduct of the event.

    The Cabinet decided that the venues will be Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi; D Y Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai; Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi; Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata; Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Fatorda Goa; and I G Stadium, Guwahati.

  • Govt finalises details for hosting of Under-17 FIFA World Cup 2017 in India

    Govt finalises details for hosting of Under-17 FIFA World Cup 2017 in India

    New Delhi, 25 March: The Union Cabinet has given its approval with regard to holding of Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Under-17 World Cup to be held in India in 2017.

    In a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a committee comprising Department of Sports Secretary; Director General of the Sports Authority of India; and Financial Adviser in the Department of Sports has been authorized to make necessary adjustments for any changes in venues to remove difficulties in consultation with All India Football Federation (AIFF) /FIFA.

    Expenditure towards overlays and equipment including display boards, etc., may be incurred, the Cabinet said but the total cost will be within Rs.95 crore as approved earlier. In the eventuality of any additional requirement of funds, the Department of Sports will take up the matter with the Department of Expenditure.

    The Sports Ministry was authorized to constitute an Organizing Committee for conduct of the event.

    The Cabinet decided that the venues will be Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi; D Y Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai; Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi; Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata; Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Fatorda Goa; and I G Stadium, Guwahati.

  • GSAT-15 and GSAT-16 get the go ahead from the Cabinet

    GSAT-15 and GSAT-16 get the go ahead from the Cabinet

    MUMBAI:Two Indian birds are on the way to Indian skies in the next two to three years (if launch schedules are kept). The Union Cabinet earlier today gave its approval to the proposals from the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) to enhance its satellite capacity through the GSAT-15 and GSAT-16 communication satellite projects. The government‘s nod now allows it to go ahead with its process to get a good launch partner as well as the required insurance cover for the two satellites.

    In the past decade, Isro has relied on commercial launch consortium Arianespace as its launch partner for a majority of its big bird communication launches from Kourou, French Guiana.

    GSat-15 and GSat-16 are part of Isro‘s efforts towards building in-orbit spare capacity to meet contingency requirements and to protect the services of existing users.

    GSat-15 (similar to GSat-10 which is yet to provide services to its clients despite a launch some nine months ago) is slated to be put together and launched in 18 months at an approved cost of Rs 859.5 crore. As compared to this, GSat-10 cost the agency around Rs 750 crore at the time of its launch in September 2012.

    GSat-15 will provide required redundant capacity, will augment Ku-band capacity, and shall provide in-orbit redundant requirement of safety of life operations benefitting civil aviation services in the country. It will be located at 93.5 degrees east with a payload of 24 Ku-band transponders with an EIRP of 52 dBW.

    On the other hand, GSAT-16 has an approved satellite production and launch budget of Rs 865.50 crore with a launch timeline of 24 months. It is targeted to meet contingency requirements, protect services of existing users and will augment and support existing telecommunication, television, VSAT and other satellite based services in the country

    The satellite will have 48 transponders providing C-band, extended C-band, and Ku-band frequencies (24 normal C, 12 extended C and 12 Ku-band). Its Ku-band beacon transmistter is expected to be the highest for an Indian satellite. G-Sat 16 is to be co-located with GSat-8 at 55 degrees East.

    Isro currently has nine operational INSAT/GSAT satellites in orbit with nearly 195 transponders providing different frequency bands to its customers.

    Its Insat 3D meteorological satellite has already been lined up for a 25 July launch using an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from Kourou, French Guiana.