Office of the Chief Minister, Odisha
Now Dial 112 for All Emergencies
CM Launches Emergency Response Support System
Rs 157 Crore, 2500 Posts for the Project
Will Be Highly Beneficial for Women, Elderly Persons – CM
Bhubaneswar, 19.3.21
Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik today launched Dial 112, an Emergency Response Support System through Video Conference.
Dedicating the system, the Chief Minister said that from now on, people will dial only a single number 112 for all their emergency needs related to police, fire service, health, disaster, and any other emergency in times of distress.
Thanking the State Police for this initiative, the Chief Minister said that this single-number service will be very beneficial for all, especially women and elderly persons. He urged them to work for the safety, dignity and welfare of all by providing faster, prompter and immediate response during emergency and distress.
The Chief Minister also inaugurated the state-of-the-art State Emergency Response Centre and flagged off the Emergency Response Vehicles fitted with Mobile Data Terminals.
The Government of Odisha has allocated Rs. 157.12 Crore and 2500 posts for this project.
With the introduction of this new response system, the existing emergency numbers like Police 100, Fire 101, and Ambulance 108-102 will be integrated into the unified toll free number 112 in a phased manner.
Expressing happiness over the new system, the Chief Minister said that it will provide a round-the-clock service with a facility of receiving inputs from various voice and data services such as voice calls, SMS, emails, panic-SOS requests and even web requests through a specially created 112 India App.
The Chief Minister said that the Emergency Response Centre has been digitally connected to 34 District Coordination Centres at district level and suitably located Emergency Response Vehicles.
The Chief Minister appealed the people to download 112 India Mobile App and register themselves as 112 Volunteers to help others in their locality during any distress.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister of State for Home Shri Dibya Shankar Mishra expressed happiness over the introduction of a single emergency number that will now help people instead of multiple emergency numbers. He described the initiatives taken by the State police under the guidance of the Chief Minister for safety and security of women, children and senior citizens.
In his welcome address, DGP Shri Abhay briefed on the details of the emergency response system.
Secretary to CM (5T) Shri V. K. Pandian moderated the programme.
Among others Chief Secretary Shri Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, Development Commissioner, ACS Home, Principal Secretary Women & Child Development, Senior Officers of Home department were present.
Under the new system, a caller will also be able to send distress signals by pressing the power button on a Smart Phone three times in quick succession or by a long press of ‘5’ or ‘9’ key on a feature phone to activate a panic call. One will also be able to log on to the State ERSS website ( www.or.erss.in ) and place an SOS request, E-mail or SOS alert to the SERC. The 112 India Mobile App (available in Google Play Store and Apple Store) will also enable in activating a panic call.
ERSS in Odisha comprises the State Emergency Response Centre (SERC), a state of the art Command Centre set up at 2nd Floor, IDCO Tower, Mancheswar, Bhubaneswar, and 34 District Co-ordination Centres (DCCs) in each District Headquarters. These would be connected to Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) that would be suitably positioned to address the emergencies. A total of 236 vehicles with drivers on hiring basis, 198 professional call takers on outsourcing basis and 2341 Police posts in various ranks have been sanctioned by State Government to efficiently run the system. Further, a large number of Police patrol vehicles (both four-wheelers and two-wheelers) will also be integrated for the emergency response.
Dear All,
This is to alert you that the cheques & passbooks of the following merged banks will be invalid and will not be accepted in the banking system with effect from 01-Apr-2021.
1. Dena Bank
2. Vijaya Bank
3. Corporation Bank
4. Andhra Bank
5. Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC)
6. United Bank
7. Syndicate Bank
8. Allahabad Bank
Your one or more bank account details, viz. account number, IFSC Code, MICR Code, branch address etc. have been changed due to merger of above listed banks.
To avoid inconvenience in future, I advice you to take the following action immediately:-
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Please share your old bank’s cheque leaf name with account holder’s name(s) & new bank’s cheque leaf with account holder’s name(s), both in original to get bank details updated in mutual funds folios.
The mergers are as follows:-
1. Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda
2. Vijaya Bank with Bank of Baroda
3. Corporation Bank with Union Bank of India
4. Andhra Bank with Union Bank of India
5. Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) with Punjab National Bank
6. United Bank with Punjab National Bank
7. Syndicate Bank with Canara Bank
8. Allahabad Bank with Indian Bank
This message is for your information only. For further details please contact your bank.
(SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE ATMANIRBHAR NIVESHAK PORTAL ARE GIVEN BELOW)
In order to further strengthen efforts to promote domestic investments, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry is in the process of finalizing a dedicated digital portal “Atmanirbhar Niveshak Mitra” for handholding and facilitation, information dissemination, and facilitation of domestic investors. The portal is in the testing phase and the final version will be ready for launch by 15th May 2021.
The portal will have a dedicated digital investment promotion and facilitation team. It will digitally support investors throughout their doing business journey in India and help them get all the information starting from finding an investment opportunity to exploring incentives & taxes applicable to their businesses, information and assistance for doing business in India, sources of funding, information on raw material availability, training, management requirement, and tender information. This is one of the most significant digital initiatives being undertaken to target the specific investor interests and ensure swift clearances & approvals throughout their doing business journey.
Special features of the Atmanirbhar Niveshak Mitra portal will be:
• AI-based ChatBot for resolving queries.
• One-stop-shop to access all MSME portals like Champions portal, MSME Samadhaan, MSME Sampark, etc.
• Know more about the Approvals, Licenses & Clearances applicable to your business.
• Explore Incentives & Schemes across different sectors and states and do an apple-to-apple comparison.
• Information on Manufacturing Clusters and Land Availability.
• Search Investment Opportunities across different sectors, subsectors, and states.
• Examine the Doing Business in India Procedures (Step by Step solution).
• Information and assistance on Bonded Manufacturing Scheme in India.
• Know more about the Applicable taxes &Taxation System in India.
• Information on Export Promotion Councils and B2B platforms of chambers of commerce.
• Connect to various Stakeholders on a single platform like Central Ministries, Industry Associations, State Departments.
• Information on all Central and State Tenders by linking to the tender portal of Government of India.
• Information on all states their policies, know your approvals, departments, and key officials, etc.
• Linking platform to other initiatives like National Single Window, Startup India, ODOP, PMG, NIP, etc.
and more…