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BALMER LAWRIE & CO. LTD.

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BALMER LAWRIE & CO. LTD. Driven by the spirit of entrepreneurship, two enterprising Scotsmen Stephen George Balmer and Alexander Lawrie sowed the seeds of this company at Kolkata on February 1, 1867. History goes… a coin was tossed… Balmer won…Balmer’s name preceded, in the firm incorporated and thus was born Balmer Lawrie. There was hardly any business where Balmer Lawrie did not delve into in its formative years, whether it was from tea to shipping, insurance to banking or trading to manufacturing. Today, Balmer Lawrie is a Mini-Ratna-I Public Sector Enterprise, under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India. It has eight strategic business units – industrial packaging, greases and lubricants, chemicals, travel and vacations, logistics infrastructure, logistics services, cold chain and refinery and oil field services, with offices spread across the country and abroad. Its logo in green colour, consists of a monogram and a wordmark in De

GMR GROUP

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GMR GROUP It was in 1978, when G M Rao started off with a small jute mill and established, over three decades later, what is known today as GMR Group. GMR today is a major player in the infrastructure sector, with world class projects in India and abroad. GMR Group is headquartered in New Delhi and has been developing projects in high growth areas such as airports, energy, transportation and urban infrastructure. Its logo in the form of a wordmark has ‘GMR’ written with bold sans serif letters with sharp trimmings and precise ends in blue, red and orange colours. The ‘M’ is made up of two vertical pointers, simulating infrastructure and construction placed above ‘G’ and ‘R’. The colours used are prominent and they show strength and dynamism of the group in its chosen field of business. GMR Group is a world renowned infrastructure developer with an excellent track record

BHARAT BOND EXCHAGE TRADED FUND

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BHARAT BOND EXCHAGE TRADED FUND Bharat Bond Exchange Traded Fund is an Initiative by the Government of India to cater to the borrowing requirements of the Public Sector by pooling investments from Retail, HNI and institutional investors. The ETF currently only invests in AAA rated bonds of PSUs and is managed by Edelweiss Asset Management Company. Bharat Bond ETF is a low-cost basket of CPSE (Central Public Sector Enterprises) bonds that seeks to replicate an index and trades on the stock exchange. The ETF would replicate the underlying index which will comprise bonds issued by CPSEs, CPSUs/CPFIs and other Government organisations. The fund’s logo has a pair of protecting palms in the form of a coffer with the name written using Samarkan and sans serif font in blue colour. The name of the asset manager is written below. Strokes of tricolour supports the name.

DELHI PUBLIC LIBRARY

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DELHI PUBLIC LIBRARY Delhi Public Library (DPL) is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Culture  and governed by Delhi Library Board, fully financed by the Government of India. Delhi Public Library was started as a UNESCO project in the year 1951 by the Govt. of India. It was inaugurated by first Prime Minister of India Honourable Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, started as small unitary library in old Delhi is slocated opposite Old Delhi Railway Station. It has since developed into a premier public library system in the metropolitan city of Delhi.  DPL is functioning under the administrative control of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Its Headquarter is located in Chandni Chowk opposite Old Delhi railway station. Its emblem has its acronym in red colour sans serif lowercase placed in white circle which is housed in a cyan square.   https://dpl.gov.in/index.php/about-library http://dpl.gov.in/welcome.html https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-I

KHUDA BAKSH ORIENTAL PUBLIC LIBRARY

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KHUDA BAKSH ORIENTAL LIBRARY The Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library (KBOPL), located close to the banks of the Ganges, in Patna, holds a unique repository of 21,000 oriental manuscripts and 2.5 lakh printed books. This is a rare collection of books and manuscripts acquired over years by Khuda Bakhsh Khan, who donated his entire collection to the people of Patna by a deed of trust. The Indian government has declared the library, an Institution of National Importance by an act of Parliament in 1969, recognising the immense historical and intellectual value of its collection of rare and valuable material. The library was opened to the public in 1891 by the son of Bihar Khan Bahadur Khuda Bakhsh with 4,000 manuscripts, of which 1,400 were inherited from his father, Maulvi Mohammed Bakhsh. This autonomous institution is being governed by a Board with the Governor of Bihar as its ex-officio Chairman and the responsibility of management of the library is entrusted to its Director. Its emble

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION The Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), established as an autonomous body under the Registration of Societies Act, was inaugurated on March, 29, 1954 by Shri Jawaharlal Nehru who was the first President of the Society. Its establishment was an outcome of a survey of public administration in the country carried out in 1953 by Dean Paul H. Appleby, a consultant with the Ford Foundation, at the invitation by the Government of India. The basic purpose of establishing this Institute was to undertake such academic activities as would enhance the leadership qualities and managerial capabilities of the executives in the government and other public service organizations. Its main objectives are to promote and provide for the study of public administration and economic and political science with special reference to public administration and the machinery of government and for educational purposes incidental thereto; to undertake, organize

CENTRAL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

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CENTRAL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT On the proclamation of change of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi in December 1911, it became necessary to organise a public works department exclusively for buildings the new capital. A committee of experts was appointed by the Secretary of State to advise the Government with regard to the site of the new capital and its layout. With gradual completion of the capital project works, the Public Works Organisation was transferred to the administrative control of Department of Industries and Labour in Government of India. Central Public Works Department (CPWD) came into existence on April 1, 1930 to lookafter the vast office and residential campus of the Central Secretariat and allied offices. The logo of the CPWD is cerested with Ashoka Chakra has a blue multi storied building on a green leaf. A partial rising sun in light blue background is shown at the right top of the circle. A road and flyover forms the background. In the blue bordered circle at the