GMCS Short Film Festival Summer 2009: Curtain Raiser

The 1st GMCS Short Film Festival, is all set to open on July 07, 2009 and will feature a showcase of much-acclaimed adapted versions of recent films of international origin.

Displaying the latest productions and hosting their performers and directors at GMCS 112, the GMCS Short Film Festival covers a line up of adapted versions of highly praised films produced during the last few years.

The festival will celebrate the diversity of cinema, art and culture; the movies are produced, directed, scripted to suit the Indian diaspora by young Chartered Accountants.

This unique festival will be available at My Channel in Youtube and here.

Stay tuned for more information.

Railway Budget 2009: Salient Features

Salient Features of the Railway Budget:

1. Request increased budgetary support for Rs 5000 cr in fiscal year 2010
2. Provisions for new lines at Rs 2921 cr vs Rs 1100 crore
3. To spend Rs 1750 crore on gauge conversion
4. To set up Northeastern rail development funds
5. New 'Izzat' scheme: Poor to get 25-rupee monthly tickets for 100-km travel
6. All students will receive a 60% concession on tickets
7. Non-stop train services between select cities
8. 12 new point-to-point train services
9. Safety is our first priority; improved safety signalling system will be in place: Mamata
10. Integrated security systems have been placed in 150 sensitive stations
11. Recruitment drive to fill-up backlog of SC/ST and women candidates
12. 800 new locations for ticket reservations; 3000 new un-reserved ticket counters
13. Passengers can buy un-reserved tickets from 5000 post offices
14. Multi-functional utilities like bookstores and STD booths will be made available in stations
15. Railways will extend a helping hand to physically-challenged people
16. We will put at least one doctor in every long-distance train
17. Toilets to be similar to ones in aircrafts; facilities for every journey longer than 2 hours
18. We have decided to develop 50 world-class stations: Mamata
19. The Railway must set an example of inclusive growth: Mamata
20. Mamata says the old mindset of economic viability must be substituted with social viability and that Budget should be based on social viability
21. Mamata Banerjee presents Railway Budget in Parliament for the third time