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Page 1 of 16 Edition: June, 2015 VOLUME 40 e-SECURITY POST The Mid Term Governing Council meeting of CAPSI & APDI was held on 16th May at PHD House, New Delhi. Kunwar Vikram Singh- Chairman, Mr. V. V Katti- President, Sh C. Pal Singh- Hony Director General, Mr. Mahesh Sharma Secretary General, Mr. Subhash Wadhawan-President, APDI, Major General D K Jamwal- CEO,SSSDC, Mr. Jasbir S. Wasu-Vice Chairman, CAPSI, Maj. Gen Kuldip Singh COO,SSSDC, Col U S Rathore - Principal (S&QA), SSSDC, Mr. V M Pandit, Convenor- ACPI, Mr. Pawanjit Singh Ahluwalia- Chairman Premier Group, Mr. Vishal Swara, Chairman SLV Group, Brig M I Jaisinghani (Retd), Director Training - TOPSGRUP, Mr. B S Sial, IPS (Retd), Mr. Shivindra Pratap Singh, MD- Lancers Network Ltd, Capt Shibu Issac, Chapter Chairman, CAPSI, Capt. Kuldeep Singh, CAPSI & APDI MID TERM GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING

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Edition: June, 2015 VOLUME 40 e-SECURITY POST

The Mid Term Governing Council

meeting of CAPSI & APDI was held on

16th May at PHD House, New Delhi.

Kunwar Vikram Singh- Chairman, Mr. V.

V Katti- President, Sh C. Pal Singh- Hony

Director General, Mr. Mahesh Sharma –

Secretary General, Mr. Subhash

Wadhawan-President, APDI, Major

General D K Jamwal- CEO,SSSDC, Mr.

Jasbir S. Wasu-Vice Chairman, CAPSI,

Maj. Gen Kuldip Singh – COO,SSSDC,

Col U S Rathore - Principal (S&QA),

SSSDC, Mr. V M Pandit, Convenor- ACPI,

Mr. Pawanjit Singh Ahluwalia- Chairman

Premier Group, Mr. Vishal Swara,

Chairman SLV Group, Brig M I

Jaisinghani (Retd), Director – Training -

TOPSGRUP, Mr. B S Sial, IPS (Retd), Mr.

Shivindra Pratap Singh, MD- Lancers

Network Ltd, Capt Shibu Issac, Chapter

Chairman, CAPSI, Capt. Kuldeep Singh,

CAPSI & APDI MID TERM GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING

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Chairman-SDS Group, Comdt. H S

Chowdhary, President-Delhi Chapter, Mr.

M Sudhakaran, General Secretary-

TamilNadu Chapter, Capt A. Maruthai,

Vice Chairman-Karnataka Chapter, Mr.

Ajit Singh, General Secretary-APDI, Mr.

Sanjay Kaushik, MD- Netrika Consulting

& Investigations, Managing Directors and

Security Leaders of the India‟s TOP

Guarding companies attended this

meeting.

Kunwar Vikram Singh, Chairman welcomed all National Office Bearers, Members of Board of Governors and Governing Council representing State Chapters. He congratulated all for entering into 10th year of progress and highly praised everyone‟s efforts in this successful journey. He said at present Private Security Industry is considered to be on priority. Our Government is very keen of skilling & employability of youth of the country and the same is on the top of Government‟s agenda. The Government is taking lot of initiatives in the same direction. He said we are well aware of the fact that Security sector is great contributor in employment generation and community security. He further added that we raised issues of liasioning, taxation, Wages etc every time in every conference but the problem has not been resolved yet. We are still standing with same issues. He shared his discussion recently held with the Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley. He said the meeting was successful and Finance Minister was highly moved by the efforts made by Security Industry till date. He was pleased with the fact that PSS is the single largest contributor of Corporate Tax to the national exchequer. He seems very keen to promote the growth of Private Security Industry. With the combined efforts of Security Industry and the Government our association is trying to lift up the morale of rural youth and make them independent.

Chairman further talked about the Bill “The Labour Code on Wages Bill – 2015” and said “In the new Bill, it is being proposed that the wages of SEMI SKILLED workers shall be at least 50% higher than the minimum wages of the UN SKILLED workers and the minimum wages of SKILLED workers should be at least 25% higher than the wages of SEMI SKILLED workers”. He said CAPSI will keep addressing issues faced by the PSS and will definitely come out with new picture of Private Security Industry.

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In the second session, Chairman raised

the issues related to the Private Detective

Agencies Regulation Bill which is

expected to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha

in the forthcoming session of the

Parliament. He informed the house of the

relentless efforts being made by the Core

Group of the APDI in handling the

unfavorable recommendations made by

the High Power Committee of the Ministry

of Home Affairs. He told that the report

was discussed “Clause by Clause” by the

Core Group and intensive analysis was

carried out to understand the negative

impact of the recommendations of the

High Power Committee on the profession

of Private Investigation. He informed the

delegates that a representation was made

to the Home Secretary in which serious

flaws in the report was brought to his

notice. The issue was also raised with

Joint Secretary (PM) Ministry of Home

Affairs who is also the Nodal Officer for

PDARA, who assured that the Ministry

will surely discuss the recommendations

sent by APDI

Kunwar Vikram Singh appreciated the

role of Sh. V M Pandit, Sh. C Pal Singh,

Sh. Pawan Ahluwalia, Sh. Mahesh

Sharma, Sh. Subhash Wadhawan and

Sh. Sachit Kumar for putting collective

efforts in developing a very strong and

meaningful response to the

recommendations of the High Power

Committee. He informed the delegates

that now APDI is working seriously on the

National Occupational Standards for

Private Investigators for which a Sub

Committee has been constituted under

the Chairmanship of Sh. Pawan

Ahluwalia. This Sub Committee has been

formed by the Security Sector Skill

Development Council since Private

Investigation is a Sub Sector of the

Security Sector. He said that once the

NOS are formed by the Sub Committee,

these will be sent to the major, medium

and small investigation agencies for its

approval. Then the Board of Directors of

the SSSDC will discuss the

recommendation and approve for its

presentation to the Qualification

Registration Committee of the National

Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) for

its acceptance as National Occupational

Standards. He said that after the

approval of the NSDC, the SSSDC will

develop curricula, training methodologies

and certification processes to impart

knowledge and training in APDI-SSDC

approved training institutes to set up in

all States under the skill development

schemes of the Ministry of Skill

Development & Entrepreneurship, He told

entire leadership of the APDI to be ready

to usher into a new phase where

knowledge, training and professionalism

will only be appreciated by the end user

of our services.

He further said the Core Committee of the

APDI deliberated upon the need to have

well structured Certification System to

certify investigators already engaged not

only in the Private Investigation but also

those working with Corporate, Insurance

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and Financial sectors as their Risk

Managers, Security Officers or

consultants handling internal or external

investigations. As per the

recommendations of the High Power

Committee of MHA, every person engaged

in any type of internal or external

investigation for individuals or corporate

will have to get License to operate. A new

organization is being formed to bring all

professional investigators under one

umbrella so that larger interest of all can

be protected. He informed that to achieve

this objective the Association of Certified

Professional Investigators (ACPI) has been

constituted and a Certification Board has

been constituted. He said that the APDI

will continue to function as National Apex

Body of Private Detectives and

Investigators.

LABOUR CODE ON WAGES

BILL- NEW CHALLENGES &

OPPORTUNITIES

Shri Jasbir Wasu, Vice Chairman (Legal

& Licensing), CAPSI outlined the “Draft

Labour Code on Wages Bill-2015” to be

introduced in the parliament for

enactment in order to amalgamate

existing four acts namely (1) The Payment

of Wages Act, 1936, (2) The Minimum

Wages Act, 1948, (3) The Payment of

Bonus Act, 1965 and (4) The Equal

Remuneration Act, 1976, which would

stand repealed on enactment of this draft

code. He presented the recommendations

submitted by CAPSI and elaborated on

the changes sought in the Draft Labour

Code to seek ease of doing business,

reduction in employer-employee conflict

etc. Interests of the MSME (Micro, Small

& Medium Enterprises) segment have also

been provided for in the proposed

amendments.

Mr. Wasu explained to an interactive and

concerned audience on how the proposed

amendments made after receiving

valuable suggestions from the committee

members and industry will assist in the

growth and development of the regulated

members of the Private Security Sector.

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He lauded the Association‟s contributions

and said, „CAPSI has been at the forefront

for facing challenges that have threatened

the Private Security Sector‟s interests

from time to time.‟

CAPSI TO DECIDE STANDARD

WAGE RATES

Mr. Anirudha Singh, Chapter Chairman, Jharhand said “In order to regulate the industry and benefit to all stake holders especially security personnel, CAPSI should have its own wage rates”. He advised CAPSI to launch a standard Wage Rates that will be rational, equitable and applicable to entire Industry. This rate may be structured in line with the DGR rates and circulated throughout country at all level enforcing all labour compliance. Mr. Anirudha suggested forming a committee for this task which will liaison with the concerned ministries and get the proposal approved. He further added that trained, Skilled and certified security unarmed guard may be considered as skilled category and wages should be decided accordingly. He mentioned that CAPSI should make a

policy to grant sponsorship to its

member agencies in the line of DGR

policy for sponsorships. This policy

should be approved by MoH, MoSE &

MoL promotion of standardization and

compliance of security services in

industry. He applauded the significant

role of CAPSI in streamlining the

industry. He focused on the benefits of

CAPSI Sponsorship ie. Fixation of Wage

Rate, Uniformity in Wage Rates,

Uniformity in other Statutory

Components etc.

10th ANNUAL CONFERENCE &

IT’S AGENDA

Mr. C Pal Singh, Honorary Director General- CAPSI announced with pleasure about the forthcoming 10thAnnual Conference of CAPSI. He reminded everyone with the clear vision of Association. He mentioned our vision is to make private security an organized industry sector through up skilling, training, innovation and modern technology so as to provide trained an effective security and assist the society in creating safe and secure environment. He mentioned our annual deliberations during the last 9 years have helped us to understand some critical issues and crucial matters concerning the private security industry.

He suggested constituting a committee to work closely with legal advisor and work out the brief amendments to be made either in the present laws or introducing new provisions if any. This would be a

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long drawn out effort requiring amendments or enactment. The road map can be drawn for five years.

He emphasized on long term objective is to make concerted efforts so that in the next five years security industry is able to take over responsibility for a number of peripheral duties present in the domain of Nation.

He focused on the main objectives of association is to promote high professional and ethical standards in the

security sector to improve the image of Private Security Sector. He also added to assist SSSDC in creating programs & parameters for various levels of training to ensure effective and professional security.

Kunwar Vikram Singh shared his innovative ideas of celebrating 10th Annual conference with National and International delegates. He mentioned the Government officials and various Ministries will be involved in the coming conference. He shared his dream to launch a book “100 Success Stories” on 10th Annual Conference and asked present delegates to work on it and send their story of success. The best would be published in the book.

RPL- A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY

TO PSS in PMKVY

Major General Kuldip Singh, COO-SSSDC explained through his presentation the role of RPL in Private Security Sector. He emphasized the importance of assessment & certification of existing workforce through RPL process, for which a protocol has been formulated first time by SSSDC. He informed RPL has been included in Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna. This scheme will cover 24 lakhs youth. Out of which 10 lakhs is for RPL only (42.3%)

Highlighting the benefits of the scheme,

He mentioned large number of work force

of the industry will get assessed and

certified under the PMKVY without any

financial burden on an individual and

PSA.

CAPSI members will be benefitted if

they establish their training centres

and get it affiliated by SSSDC. This will

create win- win situation for all.

He further mentioned, Under this scheme

we will create more skilled man power

that will attract foreign partners and also

help in strong Nation building, aim of

Prime Minister and MSDE. He further

added entire work force is required to be

assessed and certified by 2020 for any

government job and in future deployment

of Private Security Personnel in all PSUs

and Govt Bodies will require certification

from SSSDC as per Govt of India (GOI)

Notification.

Comdt. H S Chowdhary, Chapter

Chairman, Delhi mentioned since it has

become obligatory for all Security Guards

to undergo mandatory training &

certification by SSSDC. He suggested

SSSDC to issue, a small pocket size

foldable ID card cum certificate to all the

Guards and Supervisors so that it

becomes handy and can be easily

produced before the inspecting personnel

while being on duty.

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Major General D K Jamwal, CEO-

SSSDC explained through his

presentation the benefits of Pradhan

Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY)

for CAPSI members.

Sharing long term objectives of SSSDC,

He said “Our objective is to Skill/Train

the workforce for domestic and

international employment and also

assess & certify existing workforce

through RPL Method”.

He discussed the role of RPL in the

Private Security Sector (PSS) and

applauded the continuous efforts of

SSSDC for preparing protocol for RPL. He

informed RPL has been included in the

PMKVY. RPL certification will benefit in

up gradation of job role and enhancement

of pay scale. The scheme is meant for

those people who could not afford

training but needed skilling and

employment.

This scheme is for skill training of youth

to be implemented by the new Ministry of

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

through the National Skill Development

Corporation (NSDC). The scheme will

cover 24 lakh persons that include 14 lac

Fresh Trainees and 10lac RPL. Skill

training would be done based on the

National Skill Qualification Framework

(NSQF) and industry led standards.

Under the scheme, a monetary reward is

given to trainees on assessment and

certification by third party assessment

bodies. The average monetary reward

would be around Rs.7500 for Fresh

Trainees and Rs 2000 for RPL.

He suggested to take benefit of this

golden opportunity to skill workforce with

Govt funding and also advised PSAs to

have their own TP and create well trained

workforce, So that the Service provider

can demand for more financial wages

from the Principal employer. He further

added Training, Assessment and

Certification is an “Investment” not a

“Cost”.

He concluded his presentation with a

famous saying of US President Barack

Obama -

“We cannot continue to rely only on our Military for National Security, We must have a civilian /Private Security Force that is just as Powerful, Strong and Well funded.”

Kunwar Vikram Singh, Chairman

applauded the initiatives undertaken by

the Government and said this will help in

employment generation and improving

infrastructure development. He shared

PRADHAN MANTRI KAUSHAL VIKAS YOJNA - IMPACT ON PSS

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the benefits that Training Providers will

enjoy under this government scheme. He

further mentioned the “Security Sector”

must deliver the PMKVY Scheme as a role

model and set example for all other Skill

Councils; with the conjoint efforts of

SSSDC, TPs, ABs and other stakeholders.

Mr. V. V. Katti, President CAPSI

suggested everyone to celebrate

coming 10th Annual Conference of

CAPSI by using their innovative skills.

He asked everyone to come forward with

some innovative ideas for the forth

coming Conference.

He recommended all to take the initiative

to strengthen the state chapters. He

shared the results of efforts done in his

own chapter. He also emphasized to bring

the industry together at the common

platform for training because bonding

plays an important role. He also agreed to

travel to different states to have meeting

with State Chapters in order to

strengthen the Association Membership

drive. This will help us to address issues

faced in different states. He emphasized

on the need to create the secretariat in

every region.

Mr. Mahesh Sharma, Secretary General

– CAPSI delivered vote of thanks to all

and special thanks to Chairman for

sparing time from his busy schedule to

deliberate on the issues of CAPSI & APDI.

He further agreed with the suggestions

given by Mr. V V Katti, President- CAPSI

to travel across and discuss the issues

with State Chapters to increase the

membership & strengthen the

Association. He applauded the meeting

recently held at Tamil Nadu &

Puducherry Chapter meet and grand

celebration by Karnataka Security

Services Association. He appreciated the

way it was carried out and made

successful.

He also announced with great pleasure

the dates of 10th Annual Conference of

CAPSI & APDI. He said every Chapter

should involve and get good numbers

of participants in the forth coming

conference from their respective

states.

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ROAD MAP FOR APDI 2015-16

Mr. Subhash Wadhawan, President

APDI presented the Road Map for

APDI for the year 2015-16. He

discussed the main aim to bring

maximum numbers of Investigator

Professionals under APDI membership

and he suggested many ways to reach

to this objective. He Suggested to

approach CAPSI members who is also

involved in investigation business to

take APDI membership, providing

attractive offer schemes to members,

offering multiple years memberships or

discount over single year membership,

Publicity drive through advertising,

security post, emails etc, conducting

work-shop/seminars in various state

chapters and invite non-members at

nominal charge or free , quarterly

meeting of Membership Committee to

access progress and plan strategy,

approaching professional who are

associated directly or indirectly with the

Investigation profession, periodical

meeting with Chapter Presidents to get

updates on steps taken to create

awareness about APDI and new

members added, encouraging student

members by offering membership at

reduced rate. He also discussed the

initiatives taken by him for APDI like

Membership Identity Card and

Membership Certificates, new features

included in Investigation Times ie

advertisement, press cuttings etc.

NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL

STANDARDS FOR PRIVATE

INVESTIGATORS

Mr. Pawan Ahluwalia, Convener, NOS

Sub-Committee introduced the draft

NOS and QP in the Governing Council

Meeting for discussion. He explained

the importance and need of NOS for

Private Investigators. He said a sub-

committee drawn from the Board of

Directors has been formed to go word

by word in finalizing Knowledge Pack,

NOS and Training methodologies. This

will facilitate in preparing the

curriculum and the course materials.

The sub-committee is meeting regularly

and is putting lot of efforts in preparing

the NOS.

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Mr. V M Pandit, Convener - ACPI,

explained the Concept, Vision and the Mission of ACPI. He said

visualizing the correct perspective and the methodology and mechanism to

implement it required a lot of deliberations on our part. To arrive at

the correct connotation and purpose we must examine the three key words

depicting CPI:

CERTIFICATE “is an official document recording a particular fact, event or

achievement”.

PROFESSIONAL (ADJECTIVE) “is a person who is very skilled in a

particular activity.” Professionalism (noun) “is the ability or skill that you

expect from a professional person.”

INVESTIGATION (VERB) “is to carry out a systematic inquiry so as to

establish the truth of something.”

He explained that it follows from this definition or meaning of the word that

we the investigators must really be trained and equipped by up scaling our

skills to arrive at truth of the matter we are assigned to find. This again

envisages acquiring the sharp edge of

professionalism.

The vision for ACPI is therefore to:

Create a body of Professional Investigators for credibility to be

attached by the society

To acquire skills and professionalism befitting our job role

To project our professionalism by

earning credentials.

The mission of ACPI is therefore to:

Translate the CPI concept into

practicality by selecting only the deserving candidates to qualify as CPI

Attract professionals from other allied fields.

Earn Governmental approval for skilling Professional Investigators

ACPI- CONCEPT, VISION AND MISSION

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GOVERNING COUNCIL MEET

CONCLUDED WITH

NATIONAL ANTHEM

CAPSI DELEGATES MET

CONTROLLING AUTHORITY

– DELHI

CAPSI was invited to attend a meeting

convened under the Chairmanship of

Principal Secretary (Home) in his

chamber at 1600 hrs on May 22nd, 2015

to discuss various issues with regard to

training of guards/supervisors and

introducing revised Performa for

furnishing of online information of

guards/supervisors under the PSAR Act,

2005.

The invitees were the Jt. Commissioner

Police, Mr. Dash, the System Analyst (IT)

– Delhi Secretariat, the four training

institutes recognized by Govt. of NCT of

Delhi and CAPSI delegation comprising

Mr. Jasbir Wasu, Vice Chairman (Legal &

Licensing), Mr. Mahesh Sharma,

Secretary General, Comdt. H. S.

Chowdhary, Delhi Chapter Chairman and

Gen. Lakhvinder Singh.

In the absence of the Convener the

meeting was chaired by the new

Controlling Authority Mr. Yashpal Garg,

Jt. Secretary (Home) who was extended a

warm welcome by Jasbir Wasu on behalf

of CAPSI delegates and members.

The Controlling Authority was quick to

get down to business and opened the

agenda by expressing his disappointment

with the poor response of the licensed

PSA‟s (Private Security Agencies) in

uploading the data required by the

Authority regarding all

guards/supervisors and updating of the

same on a regular basis. Mr. Jasbir Wasu

brought to the fore that due to the high

rate of attrition and job-hopping prevalent

in the sector it would be a very

cumbersome task both for the uploading

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agencies as well as the e-governance

department. The data uploaded would age

and die with every resignation

/discharge/joining of personnel and

tracking the employee mobility would be

very difficult because of the migratory

labour market conditions.

The discussions moved on to the focal

area of the agenda viz training of

guards/supervisors and the rules and

guidelines governing training as specified

in the PSAR Act, 2005 and Private

Security Agencies (Regulation) Rules 2009

of the Delhi government. The Authority

invited discussions and a lively debate

ensued between the participants. The

objective of the training, the training

capacity of the four PSARA recognized

training units and the business viability

of training were actively discussed.

Mr. Jasbir Wasu and CAPSI delegates

presented the Controlling Authority with

a copy of the Gazette notification on

recognition of Sector Skill Councils in

2015 and also a copy of the training

certificate being issued by the Affiliated

Training Partners under the aegis of the

National Skill Development Council and

the Ministry of Skills and

Entrepreneurship. Mr. Wasu also

submitted a humble request that the

Authority should consider revisiting the

training rules of 2009 in view of the rapid

developments in the skills, training and

occupational education arenas. The 1.3

acre land requirement for an institute

under the existing rules was monopolistic

and restrictive to the training objectives of

the PSAR Act, 2005 and regulated growth

of the sector. To prove a point, Wasu cited

comparison of the numbers trained by

the PSARA approved institutes and the

SSSDC affiliated TP‟s directly and under

the government schemes like the STAR

and the Pradahn Mantri Kaushal Vikas

Yojana (PMKVY). In fact, Mr. Jasbir Wasu

cited that two of the four PSARA

recognized institutes present were also

SSSDC affiliated training partners with

qualified trainers certified by the SSSDC.

The Jt. Commissioner of Police Mr. Dash

actively participated in the meeting and

keenly observed the proceedings. Mr.

Dash requested the Chair to forward the

Minutes of the Meeting and brought to

the notice of the chair that Minutes of

Meeting of an earlier meeting convened on

Cash Management agencies and bankers

were still to be circulated.

The Chair assured that the Minutes

would be sent and ended the meeting

with a vote of thanks to all present.

CAPSI TEAM DISCUSSED FDI

RULES ON PRIVATE

SECURITY INDUSTRY WITH

FINANCE MINISTRY

A Meeting was held on 4th June 2015

chaired by Additional Secretary

(Investment) on uniformity and equity in

implementation of FDI rules on Private

Security Industry including Cash

Management Services.

Ministry of Finance, FIPB, Ministry of

Commerce and Ministry of Home Affairs

were present.

Mr. Rituraj Sinha, CEO- SIS Group,

Shri Jasbir Wasu, Vice Chairman-

CAPSI and Mr. Mahesh Sharma,

Secretary General-CAPSI attended the

meeting.

Issues discussed in the meeting were:

Whether “Cash Management

Services” falls within the ambit of

Private Security Agencies

(Regulation) Act, 2005 (“PSARA”)

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Whether outsourcing / sub

contracting / sub letting armed

guards and cash vans to another

PSAR Act licensed company makes

CMS Info Systems Private Limited

compliant with the Private Security

Agencies Regulation Act

Whether FIPB has enforced the FDI

cap as per Private Security

Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005

(“PSARA”) while dealing with

investment approval applications

from “Cash Management Services”

companies in the past.

Whether the approval provided by

FIPB to CMS Info Systems Private

Limited for majority foreign

shareholding is based on a correct

interpretation of the PSAR Act and

consistent with past precedents set

by FIPB itself.

CAPSI delegation emphasized upon the

need to evolve well defined policy so

that members of CAPSI can develop

their business plans. The Finance

Ministry officials assured the

delegation that they will ensure the

level ground and FDI policy as per the

PSARA is framed accordingly.

MEETING OF SUB-GROUP OF

CHIEF MINISTERS ON SKILL

DEVELOPMENT

The meeting of the sub-group of Chief Ministers on skill development was held in Punjab Bhawan, Chandigarh on 27th May 2015. Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal chaired the meeting of sub-group on skill development. The CMs of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Puducherry, Tripura and Tamil Nadu attended the meeting are members of this group.

The Agenda of the meeting was to seek views, suggestions and actionable points for submitting to the consideration of the Sub-Group. The draft report was discussed in the meeting. Women and Youth will be the focused targets for skill development across the country. Skill development will not just be restricted to empowering youth for jobs in the corporate sector, but also in agriculture and allied activities and in traditional crafts of each state. These are some of the recommendations which will

be part of the draft prepared by the Niti Aayog sub-group on skill development. Among the other recommendations of the group are establishing a Right to Skills for Youth Act that will make it mandatory for the states to impart skills to all youth and women. The draft also recommends that the corporate sector should be involved at each step in the skill development programme, so that the skills imparted are in consonance with the needs of the employers. The Corporates will also be asked to get involve and fund these schemes.

Kunwar Vikram Singh, Chairman-CAPSI

and Mr. Mahesh Sharma, Secretary

General- CAPSI attended the meeting.

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SSSDC organized special “Partners Meet” on 22nd May 2015 at PHD Chamber, New Delhi. The meeting was attended by almost 150 leaders representing the TPs, ABs and other stakeholders, pan India. The primary aim of the meet was to

discuss about the Pradhan Mantri

Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) and

general compliances.

Chairman Kunwar Vikram Singh

commenced the meeting with the purpose

of calling Training Providers and

Assessment Bodies under one roof.

Chairman said “Skill India is a dream

project of Prime Minister and very

close to his heart”. We should also take

initiative and work collectively towards

Skill India project.

Chairman highlighted salient aspects of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY) and its impact towards generating employment, particularly from school drop-outs.

The Chairman was very clear in stating that there were numerous shortcomings in implementation of STAR Scheme and advised that we must learn lessons from the same and take appropriate measures for PMKVY Scheme, to obviate recurrence of past mistakes.

Highlighting the vision of Government

target in skilling Chairman asked TPs

and ABs to grab opportunity and to

make maximum use of government

schemes. He mentioned there is huge

demand in India and our Industry

growth rate is 22%. Individuals

trained by the Training providers are

easily absorbed with the certificate they

get after the Assessment by SSSDC. He

informed that the grievance of the

workforce particularly with regard to

“higher wages” and classification as

“Skilled Worker” was being suitably

addressed at the highest level.

He suggested TPs and AB‟s to maintain

the quality as it‟s only the quality output

which will be recognized by the End

Users. Chairman warned members to be

honest with their profession. He said

there is no place of corrupt individual in

the industry.

He also mentioned the hard efforts and

time taken to earn respect for Security

Industry. He advised to eliminate the

element of corruption from their

thoughts. He talked and repeated the

word ZERO Tolerance against

corruption. He mentioned defaulters

would be responsible for strict action

against them besides cancellation of

affiliation of their TPs/ABs.

TRAINING PROVIDERS & ASSESSMENT BODIES - OUR PARTNERS

IN PROGRESS

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He further added “It took us long time to

bring respect for this Industry, to involve

State Government and Central

Government, and now we will not tolerate

anything which destroy the honor and

dignity of Security Industry”

“You are our Partners in progress and

we trust you”, He said. He mentioned

very clearly the work will be given only on

the basis of their performance and said

it‟s time to prove your efficiency with your

results.

Chairman concluded with the dream of

PM and recommended everyone to be a

part of his dream in Nation building and

feel the pride.

Our heartiest congratulations to our

new CAPSI family members

1. Royal Guard Force – Delhi

2. New Star Security Pvt. Ltd – Delhi

3. Universal Placement Services Pvt. Ltd – West Bengal

4. Lancers Network Limited – Delhi

5. Distinct Security Services –

Madhya Pradesh

6. Omega Force Services Pvt Ltd- Gujarat

“Coming together is a beginning…

Keeping together is progress………

Working together is success”

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