India Developing, but still a long way to go

[TheGujju]

Cleaning of the assighats - work is in progress...

^^ What are the assighats?

 

[itachiii]

^^ What are the assighats?

Assi Ghat is the southernmost ghat in Varanasi.( the term ghat refers to a series of steps leading down to a body of water, particularly a holy river. In Bengali-speaking regions, this set of stairs can lead down to something as small as a pond or as large as a major river.)

Assi Ghat is one of ghats often visited for recreation and during festivals. On typical days about 300 people visit every hour in the mornings, and on festival days 2500 people arrive per hour. The ghat accommodates about 22,500 people at once during festivals likeShivratri.[2]

Assi Ghat - Assi Ghat Varanasi - Asi Ghat - Assi Ghat at Varanasi

these ghats used to be muddy and pretty dirty , before modi took on the event of cleaning up these ghats.

 

[Mr.Nair]

Dudhsagar,Goa-Karnataka-How small the train compared to waterfall

 

[TheGujju]

Assi Ghat is the southernmost ghat in Varanasi.( the term ghat refers to a series of steps leading down to a body of water, particularly a holy river. In Bengali-speaking regions, this set of stairs can lead down to something as small as a pond or as large as a major river.)

Assi Ghat is one of ghats often visited for recreation and during festivals. On typical days about 300 people visit every hour in the mornings, and on festival days 2500 people arrive per hour. The ghat accommodates about 22,500 people at once during festivals likeShivratri.[2]

Assi Ghat - Assi Ghat Varanasi - Asi Ghat - Assi Ghat at Varanasi

these ghats used to be muddy and pretty dirty , before modi took on the event of cleaning up these ghats.

This is awesome. Next step, cleaning up the Ganga. Hope to see it scraped clean in the next decade

 

[Mr.Nair]

Trains in India

 

[Echo_419]

This is what development looks like:


Western DFC

Eastern DFC

cc gandhi.rushabh1992 from SSC

These 2 projects will bring a lot of change(For good) to India

 

[Ryuzaki]

Any pics for Delhi-NCR?Lot of development in the region

 

[People's guard]

I believe you will do better in many fields，if you try your best.

 

[itachiii]

Andhra Pradesh’s Sri City emerges as new auto hub in India


- See more at: Andhra Pradesh’s Sri City emerges as new auto hub in India

The emergence of the integrated Sri City business zone in the state of Andhra Pradesh as a new automotive cluster in South India has been posing a threat to new auto investments in the neighbouring states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

After the recent bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into two states – comprising Seemandhra region and Telangana – Sri City remained in Andhra Pradesh, where the Chandra Babu Naidu-led Telugu Desam won the assembly elections and formed the first government in the carved-out part of the state.

Naidu, who is known as an industry-friendly chief minister, is pitching Sri City as his government’s trump card to woo investments, primarily from the automotive sector, from other states.

Although Sri City has been established during the previous Congress government by private company Sri City (P) Ltd, the current Telugu Desam government is projecting it as a major upcoming industrial destination, primarily for the automotive industry in the southern part of the country.

The industrial zone came to into the limelight when the Andhra Pradesh government attracted Hero MotoCorp’s investment of Rs 2,200 crore from Karnataka in September 2014.

Earlier the Karnataka government had cleared a land parcel of 500 acres for Hero MotoCorp to set up its manufacturing facility. But Naidu voluntarily visited Hero MotoCorp’s top-rung officials in New Delhi and managed to attract the investment to his state by offering several other sops.

Now according to sources, the Andhra Pradesh government is in talks with at least a dozen of auto component makers from Japan to woo investments.

“Japanese investors are showing interest here as Isuzu is already building its plant and now Hero MotoCorp also preparing to establish its facility here,” an Andhra Pradesh government official said, requesting anonymity.

Isuzu Motors India had acquired 107 acres of land in 2013 in Sri City after signing an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh government in order to start an automobile manufacturing operation in India.

The new facility is likely to commence commercial operations by early 2016, with the initial production capacity at 50,000 units a year which will be scaled up to 120,000 units a year with an accumulated investment of Rs 3,000 crore and expected to generate 2,000 to 3,000 jobs. A state-of-the-art paint booth and oven, water tester, combination tester and spot welding machines would be used to ensure that the India manufacturing facility is at par with Isuzu’s global operating standards.

With this, a few Japanese auto component makers have approached the Andhra Pradesh government when Naidu visited Japan in November to meet prime minister Shinzo Abe in November and hold trade talks.

In October 2014, a Japanese delegation visited Sri City to explore opportunities for Japanese companies. The delegation comprised representatives from various companies including Sumitomo Corporation India, Kyokuto Trading India, Tokyo Consulting Firm, Sojitz India, Standard Chartered Bank and the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It may be noted that the both Sumitomo and Kyokuto are major automotive component players in Japan.

Japanese crane manufacturer Kobleco has already set up a facility in Sri City while another Japanese auto coil spring maker NHK Springs is investing Rs 300 crore to build its plant on 18 acres here. This is the second plant for NHK in India after Manesar in Haryana, which was set up in 1996. NHK is a manufacturer of automotive suspension components for passenger cars and utility vehicles. Its client base includes Toyota, Nissan, and Ford.

A fortnight ago, NS Instruments India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Seiki of Japan that produces a range of electronic-based instrument clusters for automobiles and motorbikes, has inaugurated its production unit in Sri City.

Some more Japanese auto component makers like Kikuwa and Kusakabe are also pumping in their investments in the industrial cluster. Kikuwa produces aluminum and Zinc die casting products for automotive parts while Kusakabe manufacture tube and pipe.

At present, Sri City’s gain is seen as a major loss to Tamil Nadu as it is located very close to the Tamil Nadu border and wooing potential auto investments.

Spread over 7,000 acres, Sri City is located 55 km north of Chennai on the NH-5, border of Tamil Nadu-AP. It is already home to over 100 companies including 45 MNCs from 25 countries with proximity to shipping yards like Ennore Port, Mattupalli Port and Chennai Port and airports of Tirupati and Chennai located within 75 kms.

- See more at: Andhra Pradesh’s Sri City emerges as new auto hub in India

Belgium's Vermeiren Group to invest Rs 50 cr in Sri City


Vermeiren India Rehab Private Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Belgium-based Vermeiren Group NV, today held the ground-breaking for its facility at Sri City SEZ in Andhra Pradesh.

The facility, coming up on a nine acre plot, will attract aninvestment of Rs 50 crore in Phase I.

The plant is expected to be ready by the end of this year and will employ a workforce of 200, the company said.

The facility will manufacture rehabilitation equipment like wheelchairs, walker aids, patient beds, said Patrick Vermeiren, chief executive officer of Vermeiren Group.

Vermeiren said the company chose Sri City as it offers good infrastructure and is well-connected to the international airport and seaport, making it ideal for the company's exports.

It expects the facility to help achieve a drop in lead times (waiting period) for its customers in India, West Asia, Europe and the Greater Asia-Pacific region.

Vermeiren established its production plant in Belgium in 1957, and subsequently set up facilities in Poland and China.

Belgium's Vermeiren Group to invest Rs 50 cr in Sri City | Business Standard News

 

[Echo_419]

Andhra Pradesh’s Sri City emerges as new auto hub in India


- See more at: Andhra Pradesh’s Sri City emerges as new auto hub in India

The emergence of the integrated Sri City business zone in the state of Andhra Pradesh as a new automotive cluster in South India has been posing a threat to new auto investments in the neighbouring states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

After the recent bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into two states – comprising Seemandhra region and Telangana – Sri City remained in Andhra Pradesh, where the Chandra Babu Naidu-led Telugu Desam won the assembly elections and formed the first government in the carved-out part of the state.

Naidu, who is known as an industry-friendly chief minister, is pitching Sri City as his government’s trump card to woo investments, primarily from the automotive sector, from other states.

Although Sri City has been established during the previous Congress government by private company Sri City (P) Ltd, the current Telugu Desam government is projecting it as a major upcoming industrial destination, primarily for the automotive industry in the southern part of the country.

The industrial zone came to into the limelight when the Andhra Pradesh government attracted Hero MotoCorp’s investment of Rs 2,200 crore from Karnataka in September 2014.

Earlier the Karnataka government had cleared a land parcel of 500 acres for Hero MotoCorp to set up its manufacturing facility. But Naidu voluntarily visited Hero MotoCorp’s top-rung officials in New Delhi and managed to attract the investment to his state by offering several other sops.

Now according to sources, the Andhra Pradesh government is in talks with at least a dozen of auto component makers from Japan to woo investments.

“Japanese investors are showing interest here as Isuzu is already building its plant and now Hero MotoCorp also preparing to establish its facility here,” an Andhra Pradesh government official said, requesting anonymity.

Isuzu Motors India had acquired 107 acres of land in 2013 in Sri City after signing an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh government in order to start an automobile manufacturing operation in India.

The new facility is likely to commence commercial operations by early 2016, with the initial production capacity at 50,000 units a year which will be scaled up to 120,000 units a year with an accumulated investment of Rs 3,000 crore and expected to generate 2,000 to 3,000 jobs. A state-of-the-art paint booth and oven, water tester, combination tester and spot welding machines would be used to ensure that the India manufacturing facility is at par with Isuzu’s global operating standards.

With this, a few Japanese auto component makers have approached the Andhra Pradesh government when Naidu visited Japan in November to meet prime minister Shinzo Abe in November and hold trade talks.

In October 2014, a Japanese delegation visited Sri City to explore opportunities for Japanese companies. The delegation comprised representatives from various companies including Sumitomo Corporation India, Kyokuto Trading India, Tokyo Consulting Firm, Sojitz India, Standard Chartered Bank and the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It may be noted that the both Sumitomo and Kyokuto are major automotive component players in Japan.

Japanese crane manufacturer Kobleco has already set up a facility in Sri City while another Japanese auto coil spring maker NHK Springs is investing Rs 300 crore to build its plant on 18 acres here. This is the second plant for NHK in India after Manesar in Haryana, which was set up in 1996. NHK is a manufacturer of automotive suspension components for passenger cars and utility vehicles. Its client base includes Toyota, Nissan, and Ford.

A fortnight ago, NS Instruments India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Seiki of Japan that produces a range of electronic-based instrument clusters for automobiles and motorbikes, has inaugurated its production unit in Sri City.

Some more Japanese auto component makers like Kikuwa and Kusakabe are also pumping in their investments in the industrial cluster. Kikuwa produces aluminum and Zinc die casting products for automotive parts while Kusakabe manufacture tube and pipe.

At present, Sri City’s gain is seen as a major loss to Tamil Nadu as it is located very close to the Tamil Nadu border and wooing potential auto investments.

Spread over 7,000 acres, Sri City is located 55 km north of Chennai on the NH-5, border of Tamil Nadu-AP. It is already home to over 100 companies including 45 MNCs from 25 countries with proximity to shipping yards like Ennore Port, Mattupalli Port and Chennai Port and airports of Tirupati and Chennai located within 75 kms.

- See more at: Andhra Pradesh’s Sri City emerges as new auto hub in India

Belgium's Vermeiren Group to invest Rs 50 cr in Sri City


Vermeiren India Rehab Private Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Belgium-based Vermeiren Group NV, today held the ground-breaking for its facility at Sri City SEZ in Andhra Pradesh.

The facility, coming up on a nine acre plot, will attract aninvestment of Rs 50 crore in Phase I.

The plant is expected to be ready by the end of this year and will employ a workforce of 200, the company said.

The facility will manufacture rehabilitation equipment like wheelchairs, walker aids, patient beds, said Patrick Vermeiren, chief executive officer of Vermeiren Group.

Vermeiren said the company chose Sri City as it offers good infrastructure and is well-connected to the international airport and seaport, making it ideal for the company's exports.

It expects the facility to help achieve a drop in lead times (waiting period) for its customers in India, West Asia, Europe and the Greater Asia-Pacific region.

Vermeiren established its production plant in Belgium in 1957, and subsequently set up facilities in Poland and China.

Belgium's Vermeiren Group to invest Rs 50 cr in Sri City | Business Standard News

Good news,hope the Northen & Eastern parts of the country learn from the south

 

[itachiii]

Good news,hope the Northen & Eastern parts of the country learn from the south

TBH , North and east indian states are what dragging the nation back..... especially U.P and bihar , almost half of indias poor stay in these two states , until these two states develop we cant transform in to a developed economy...

 

[Echo_419]

TBH , North and east indian states are what dragging the nation back..... especially U.P and bihar , almost half of indias poor stay in these two states , until these two states develop we cant transform in to a developed economy...

Agreed UP,Bihar & Bengal are on of the main problems of India

 

[itachiii]

Is Chennai losing out to SriCity?

SriCity is a manufacturing hub comprising a special economic zone of 2,700 acres and a domestic tariff area of 4,300 acres.

Chennia/Hyderabad: About a year ago, Isuzu Motors Ltd was scouting for a plot of land in India where it could open a factory. The Japanese auto maker wanted to set up its base in India from where it could export with ease to Thailand, its largest market for pick-up trucks. The place it chose was near Chennai, but not in the Sriperumbudur-Oragadam belt, about 45km from the city, that is famous as the home to some major auto factories in India, including Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd, Hyundai Motor India Ltd, Renault-Nissan and Ashok Leyland Ltd. Instead, Isuzu chose to set up in SriCity, just 55km further north, but in Andhra Pradesh, not Tamil Nadu. When Isuzu made the announcement in January, it became the latest in a long line of large multinationals that have opted to manufacture in SriCity rather than the industrial belts of neighbouring Tamil Nadu. A host of companies have been opting for SriCity, driven not only by the latest facilities it offers, logistical ease and government subsidies, but also by a simultaneous slide in Tamil Nadu—marked by erratic power supply, delays and bureaucratic hurdles. Central government financial aid in the process of creating Telangana state from Andhra Pradesh, in June last year, may also be a factor. SriCity lies 55km from Chennai, an hour-and-a-half to two hours by car, depending on the traffic, on the national highway. It’s a manufacturing hub comprising a special economic zone (SEZ) of 2,700 acres and a domestic tariff area of 4,300 acres. Isuzu Motors is setting up a manufacturing unit at a cost of Rs.3,000 crore to make 50,000 pick-up trucks per year by 2016. Construction work is proceeding apace in SriCity, evident from the yellow cranes and earth movers that are busy levelling the land at the Isuzu Motors factory and other locations. Neighbouring Isuzu Motors is another Japan-based company, the Kobelco group that has set up three firms in India—Kobelco Cranes India Pvt. Ltd, Kobelco Construction Equipment India Pvt. Ltd and Kobelco Plate Processing India Pvt. Ltd. They are among around a dozen Japanese companies that have either set up or are in the process of setting up factories in the complex. Piolax Inc., a Japanese auto parts company, opened in SriCity in spite of the fact that it needs to supply its goods to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd, whose unit is based in Oragadam. Under the public-private partnership model, the government of Andhra Pradesh has granted single-window start-up approvals for setting up in SriCity, along with functional infrastructure approvals. A distance of 10km is covered within minutes along neatly laid two-way lanes and lined by plants on either side of the road, giving the place the look and feel of a well-planned industrial park. Having attracted private equity investments from Och-Ziff PE Fund, Credit Asia Capital, Bedrock Llc US and Chintalapati Holdings, SriCity has brought some benefits for other states—labourers from Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha have been working on the parched land where factories are in different stages of construction. “I get paid Rs.5,000 a month and send back money home to my family,” said 40-years-old Kirodh Chawan from Bihar, who works on a construction site near a Unicharm plant that makes MamyPoko Pants diapers. Even Tamil Nadu is a beneficiary—the factory that is making coaches for the planned Chennai Metro is at Sri City. Alstom Transport has an order worth €243 million to supply train cars for Chennai Metro. “We did not find the usual tangles a company would face while setting up a large facility; the Andhra Pradesh government played a proactive role and clearances were quick,” said a spokesperson for Isuzu Motors India Pvt. Ltd about the choice of location. “The combination of state-of-the-art Krishnapatnam port (in Andhra Pradesh) keeping view of handling larger capacity, good infrastructure and stable power, made us decide on SriCity,” he added. “Yes, we did consider Sriperumbudur and Oragadam industrial belts in Tamil Nadu but then the distance to Krishnapatnam would be longer. Routing it through Chennai port, which handles large volumes, would have been tougher,” said the spokesperson. The distance between Krishapatnam and SriCity is 112km; the travel time is close to three hours. The head of a leading Chennai-based auto component company, who did not want to be named said, “It takes an hour to fly to Chennai from Colombo, Sri Lanka, but to get the goods through the congested roads to Chennai port takes a day or more.” Chinta Sasidhar, managing director of Krishnapatnam Port Co. Ltd, said industries are opting for Andhra Pradesh because of congestion at Chennai and Ennore ports (in Tamil Nadu) on the one hand and greater availability of land and a proactive government in Andhra Pradesh on the other. The cost of setting up a facility (in terms of real estate) is 35-40% cheaper in SriCity than in Chennai, with good infrastructure and single window clearance, said Vikram Sharma, managing director, Kobelco Construction Equipment. The company was an early entrant in 2011. Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation, which identifies and promotes the establishment of large- and medium- sized businesses in the state, did not respond to Mint’s calls or email. “Bureaucratic procedures have delayed projects but investing companies that put up with the Tamil Nadu government’s lethargy no longer do so. They just hop across to SriCity,” said the head of a Chennai-based manufacturing company, who did not want to be named. Good infrastructure and accessibility to a sea port are the most important factors for multinational companies looking to set up a manufacturing facility, said N.K Ranganath, managing director of Grundfos Pumps India Pvt. Ltd, whose parent company is based in Denmark. Proximity to a huge market like Chennai, easy access to Chennai and Tirupati airports, connectivity to Krishnapatnam port in the north and Ennore and Chennai in the south, as well as National Highway-5 and railways, is what makes SriCity and its adjoining areas attractive to industrialists, said K.V Ramana Reddy, zonal manager of the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) for Chittoor district. Reddy oversees Industrial Area Local Authorities (IALA), an extended arm of APIIC. IALA works with companies, helping them with their land and infrastructure requirements. In August 2013, US multinational Mondelez International Inc., maker of Cadbury chocolates, said it will set up its largest international manufacturing facility in the Asia Pacific region and its largest chocolate manufacturing facility at SriCity. It is to house a multi-category food campus on 134 acres of leased land with a proposed investment of Rs.1,000 crore. Four months later, PepsiCo. India announced its largest beverage manufacturing unit at SriCity with an investment of Rs.1,200 crore. So far, Sricity has attracted over 100 companies and signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for investments close to Rs.18,000 crore. Presenting a counterpoint to Andhra Pradesh’s success with SriCity is the story of Tamil Nadu’s woes—one of a slowing economy compounded by political fights. In the last two years, Tamil Nadu’s economy has grown at the slowest rate among India’s 17 large states. The southern state’s growth rate fell by two-thirds to 4.14 % in 2012-13 from a galloping 13.12% in 2010-11, according to the Central Statistical Organization. Andhra Pradesh’s growth rate halved to 5.04 % in 2012-13 from 9.66% in 2010-11—partly a fallout of the agitation for a separate Telangana state. In November 2012, J. Jayalalithaa, the then chief minister of Tamil Nadu—currently out on bail after being jailed and fined in a disproportionate asset case—blamed the previous Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government for delays in the execution of a joint venture between Ashok Leyland and Nissan. She said her government had to sign a fresh MoU with the joint venture company that makes light commercial vehicles because although the agreement was signed in 2008 during the DMK’s tenure, land was not allotted till February 2011. In 2012, she signed MoUs with 12 companies for investments worth Rs.20,925 crore, including pledges for Rs.4,500 crore by Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Ltd to set up a petrochemical unit, Rs.2,325 crore for a BGR Energy Systems Ltd-Hitachi Ltd joint venture, and Rs.4,100 crore by US-based paint maker PPG Industries Inc. Pledged investments by auto and auto components companies Sundaram Clayton Ltd, TVS Motor Co. Ltd and Sundaram Auto Components Ltd were far lower—at Rs.700 crore over the next three years. After large investments went to SriCity, Tamil Nadu slowly realized that the act of carving Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh would make these two states more attractive investment destinations than itself. Five months ago, Jayalalithaa wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, warning that any area-based concessions extended to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana will lead to a flight of capital and relocation of industries from neighbouring states. “Such concessions to new industries will render the existing industries, both in neighbouring States and even in the States where such concessions are granted, completely uncompetitive. These are grave risks which cannot be ignored,” Jayalalithaa said. At the time of bifurcation in June, residual Andhra Pradesh was promised special category status for five years, which includes concessions on excise duty to attract industry, said Sasidhar of Krishnapatnam Port Co. There are very few complaints to be heard about SriCity—other than insufficient residential accommodation and recreational and entertainment activities. There too, SriCity is working on providing more residential apartments—currently it has 101 rooms on a twin-sharing basis and 600 houses for workers and it is in the process of building two-bedroom apartments. The only area of concern is an anticipated shortage of labour once the larger companies begin operations. Currently, labour is sourced from the neighbouring villages of Tada, Varadaiahpalem, Sullurpeta, Arambakkam and Koduru. And although the industrial SEZ promises continuous supply of power, factories have to run generators for a couple of hours every day. “Earlier, Tamil Nadu had an advantage in terms of power but with the state reeling under a power crisis, it does not present itself as good alternative,” said a company head in SriCity, who did not want to be named. That may hold some lessons for SriCity as well. “Yes, SriCity has attracted big names but only time will tell how it will manage with the availability of power supply and labour,” said Jai Subramaniam, co-founder of the consultancy Shop 4 Solutions.

Read more at: http://www.livemint.com/Industry/lfNbBwsomcfrEs5fjsD0qK/Is-Chennai-losing-out-to-SriCity.html?utm_source=copy

 

[Mr.Nair]

Kerala Doctors Conduct India's First Successful Double Hand Transplant

Doctors of Amrita Hospital in Kochi have registered a rare feat by conducting India's first successful double hand transplant.

The transplant was conducted at Amrita Institute of Medical Science in Kochi on January 12 and 13 on a 30-year-old train accident victim, who received both hands of a 24-year-old road accident victim.

Subramania Iyer, professor and head of the plastic surgery department, said that only 110 successful hand transplants have been conducted so far in the US, European countries, China and Australia, since the first one in France 13 years ago.

"Fourteen days after surgery, both the hands were accepted by the recipient's body and he started regaining movements. He has been shifted out of the intensive care unit and the post-surgical rehabilitation process has started," he said.

The operation conducted by more than 20 surgeons lasted for 16 hours.

The patient "will be able to move his hands since his own muscles of the forearm are working to move the fingers", the doctor said.

"The sensations will return only slowly and is expected in three-four months. His immuno-suppressant drugs (to prevent rejection of the transplanted hands) will have to be continued indefinitely, but at a reduced rate from three months," he added.

He said details of the transplant have been added to the International Registry of Hand Transplants, which maintains stringent standards in the follow-up of such cases.

The entire expenses for the transplant were borne by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math.

 

[Echo_419]

Kerala Doctors Conduct India's First Successful Double Hand Transplant

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Doctors of Amrita Hospital in Kochi have registered a rare feat by conducting India's first successful double hand transplant.

The transplant was conducted at Amrita Institute of Medical Science in Kochi on January 12 and 13 on a 30-year-old train accident victim, who received both hands of a 24-year-old road accident victim.

Subramania Iyer, professor and head of the plastic surgery department, said that only 110 successful hand transplants have been conducted so far in the US, European countries, China and Australia, since the first one in France 13 years ago.

"Fourteen days after surgery, both the hands were accepted by the recipient's body and he started regaining movements. He has been shifted out of the intensive care unit and the post-surgical rehabilitation process has started," he said.

The operation conducted by more than 20 surgeons lasted for 16 hours.

The patient "will be able to move his hands since his own muscles of the forearm are working to move the fingers", the doctor said.

"The sensations will return only slowly and is expected in three-four months. His immuno-suppressant drugs (to prevent rejection of the transplanted hands) will have to be continued indefinitely, but at a reduced rate from three months," he added.

He said details of the transplant have been added to the International Registry of Hand Transplants, which maintains stringent standards in the follow-up of such cases.

The entire expenses for the transplant were borne by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math.

Didn't knew this kind of technology was even i existence