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All India Granites and Stone Association
Bangalore, India

You are cordially invited to visit

AIGSA Hall 5-A 17 at
NATURAL STONE 2007,

4th International Marble, Natural Stone Products and Technology Exhibition

from 6th to 9th September 2007
at Istanbul, Turkey

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AIGSA Hall no.9 stand no. D 1 at
42nd MARMOMACC
International Exhibition of Stone, Design and Technology
from 4th to 7th October 2007
at Verona, Italy

Munavar Basha
President
AIGSA

Joy Panakkal
Chairman
STONA 2008 Fair Committee

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TDS Exemption C. No. 100

TDS Exemption C. No. 100A

AGM Notice

AIGSA/AGM/24/2007/ 4th September 2007

TO:

ALL MEMBERS OF AIGSA

Sub: Notice of the 24th Annual General Meeting of

All India Granites and Stone Association

Notice is hereby given to all members of All India Granites & Stone Association, in pursuance of Clause 11 (b) and 11 (f) of clause of the Memorandum of Association and Rules and Regulations of the Association, that the 24th Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held at The Chancery, 10/6, Lavelle Road, Bangalore – 560 001 on Saturday the 29th September 2007 at 11.30 A.M. to transact the following business:

Welcome by the President and points if any.
Passing of Minutes of Annual General Meeting held on 30th September 2006. (Annexure I)
To receive and adopt the Annual Report of the Association for the year 01 Apr 2006 to 31st Mar 2007 (To be read out by the General Secretary). (Annexure II).
To receive and adopt the Audited Statement of Accounts for the year 1st Apr 2006 to 31st Mar 2007. (Annexure III).
To approve the Annual Budget for the year 2007-2008 (To be presented by the Treasurer) (Annexure IV).
Appointment of Auditor (Chartered Accountant) for the year 2007-2008 (resolution placed at Annexure V).
Any other subjects with the permission of the Chair: Points received at the AIGSA office up to 5.00 P.M. on 20th September 2007 shall only be taken up for discussion with the permission of the chair.
Concluding remarks of the President.
Vote of Thanks by General Secretary.

By order of the Committee

For ALL INDIA GRANITES & STONE ASSOCIATION

(ANEES-UR-REHMAN)
General Secretary

Encl: As above

Note:

As per Clause 11 (a) of the By-law, only those members are eligible to attend the AGM, who are not in arrears of payment of their membership subscription to AIGSA.
Arrangement is being made to receive the subscription if PAID IN CASH on the day of AGM.
Please bring this notice & related papers for the AGM. As a measure of economy copies will not be distributed to members at the venue of the meeting.

Lunch is arranged at the venue of the meeting.

FIMI - AIGSA MODEL GRANITE QUARRY AWARDS FOR THE YEAR 2007

FIMI - AIGSA- CDOS MODEL MARBLE QUARRY AWARDS FOR THE YEAR 2007

As you are aware, in order to encourage the environmental and social responsibilities of the Granite Quarry Owners, All India Granites and Stone Association (AIGSA) in association with Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI) have instituted the Model Granite Quarry Award.All India Granites and Stone Association (AIGSA) and Center for Development of Stones (CDOS), Jaipur in association with Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI) have instituted Model Marble Quarry awards.Above awards have been instituted to recognize the contribution of the concerned quarry to be a model in scientific and systematic mining and also in preservation of environment and ecology along with the socio economic development.Three awards will be given in each of the following categories (1st, 2nd and 3rd)

Semi Mechanised Quarry
Mechanised Quarry

These awards are given every calendar year wise. The present awards for the year 2007 will be presented during “STONA 2008 Fair” to be held at Bangalore from 6th to 10th February 2008.This letter is to invite your nomination for the awards for the year 2007. The application for the award has to be submitted in the enclosed questionnaire (Separately for Granite and Marble quarries) on the basis of which the marking will be done by the Award committee comprising of eminent persons in the field of Mining and Environment.In order to facilitate the assessment by the Award Committee, we would also request you to furnish the information as per questionnaire (Separately for Granite and Marble Quarries) and also submit the following:

Photographs
Videotapes
Write-up about the organization.

If the available documents (Questionnaire, Photographs and video tapes) of working of the Quarries are not enough to come to a conclusion, the award committee may nominate a representative to make visits on the site to have a proper idea for evaluation of the mine.A quarry which wins an award during the year will not be eligible for the same award for the next three years. Further the quarry which has received the Model Quarry award but applies for the award after three years will have to clearly indicate the work done and contribution made since the year of receiving the last award.Participation in this award is open to any Granite & Marble Quarry lease holders anywhere in India. The duly filled in application form (Separately for Granite and Marble Quarries) may be forwarded to FIMI on the following address latest by 15th December 2007.Federation of Indian Mineral Industries
No. 301, Bakshi House,
40-41, Nehru Place,
New Delhi - 110 019
Phone: 011- 2641 0078/ 2641 0786
Fax: 2621 7004
E-Mail: fedmin@nda.vsnl.net.in

AWARD COMMITTEE

Model Granite Quarry Award	Model Marble Quarry Award.
Joint Secretary Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India New Delhi - Chairman	Joint Secretary Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India New Delhi - Chairman
Controller General Indian Bureau of Mines, Govt. of India, Nagpur	Controller General Indian Bureau of Mines, Govt. of India, Nagpur
Director of Mines & Geology, Government of Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad.	Director of Mines & Geology, Government of Rajasthan Udaipur
Director of Mines & Geology Government of Karnataka Bangalore	Director of Mines & Geology Government of Gujarat Ahamadabad
Advisor, TPFC New Delhi	Advisor, TPFC New Delhi
President AIGSA, Bangalore	President AIGSA, Bangalore
	CEO. CDOS, Jaipur
Secretary general FIMI, New Delhi	Secretary general FIMI, New Delhi.

FIMI - AIGSA MODEL GRANITE QUARRY AWARDS FOR THE YEAR 2007
&
FIMI - AIGSA - CDOS MODEL MARBLE QUARRY AWARD FOR THE YEAR 2007

APPLICATION FORM
(Forward Separately for Granite and Marble Quarries)

A. GENERAL INFORMATION.

Name of Quarry Lease Holder/Owner:
Location of quarry/mine (State, District, Tehsil):
Date of execution of lease granted and date of expiry:
Area under lease. (Hectares):
Category: Semi Mechanised Quarry / Mechanised Quarry
Type of Granite (Colour) / Marble (Colour):

B. MINING OPERATIONS (600 points)

Are mining operations according to the Mining Plan approved by the state Government? (100 points)
Have you submitted your quarterly and annual returns to the State Government and the Controller General of Indian Bureau of Mines, Nagpur as per the Granite Conservation and Development Rules/ Marble Conservation and Developments Rules, (l00 points).
Type of operation with details of machinery, equipment and explosives used (l00 points).

Production and Sales (l00 points).

YEAR	PRODUCTION (Cubic Meters)	SALES
		DOMESTIC		EXPORTS
		Quantity	Value	Quantity	Value
2006 - 07

Waste dumps management (50 points)

Method adopted for waste and rejects dumping. Are waste dumps as per the approved mining plan?
What steps have been taken by you for the stabilization of old dumps?

Employment including management staff, supervisor and workers (50 points)
Productivity per employee during last year (50 points)
ndustrial relation and record during the operation of mine (50 points).

C. ENVIRONMENT/CONSERVATION MEASURES (200 POINTS)

Afforestation (50 points)
Reclamation/rehabilitation of mined areas (30 points)
Management of sub grade minerals (30 points)
Air quality management (year -wise details over last three years) (30 points).
Water resources management (year - wise details over last three years) (30 points).
Noise vibration survey and control (30 points).

D. CORPORATE SOCIAL POLICY (200 POINTS)

Does the company have a format corporate social policy? Details of the following facilities provided for workers in the quarry and the general public?

Social and demographic profile (50 points)
Occupational health and safety (50 points)
Human settlement (50 points)
Recreational facility (50 points)

(Attach Sheets if necessary)

I/We solemnly affirm that we have not committed any violation of any of the provisions of Granite/Marble Conservation and Development Rules or Minor Mineral Concession Rules of the State Government.

	Date:	Signature ______________________ Name ______________________ Organisation ______________________ ______________________ ______________________


LIST OF QUARRIES WHICH WERE AWARDED MODEL GRANITE QUARRY AWARD AND MODEL MARBLE QUARRY AWARD DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE AWARD DURING THE YEAR 2007 ARE GIVEN BELOW FOR YOUR INFORMATION.

2004- GRANITE AWARD M/s. Indian Mineral & Granite Company, Chimakurthy, Prakasam Dist Andhara Pradesh M/s. Pearl Mineral Pvt. Ltd. R.L.Puram, Chimakurthy, Prakasam Dist. Andhara Pradesh – MARBLE AWARD M/s. Vikas Mines Pvt. Ltd, Nizarana. Rajsamand, Rajasthan M/s. The Interantional Mineral Industries, Rajasmand, Rajasthan 2005- GRANITE AWARD 1. M/s. Pallava Granite Industries, Maduri, Tamilnadu 2. M/s. Global Exports Prakasam, Chimakurthy , Prakasam Dist . Andhara Pradesh 2005- MARBLE AWARD 1. M/s. Vikas Mines Pvt. Ltd, Rajasmand, Rajasthan. 2006- GRANITE AWARD 1. M/s. Pearl Minerals Pvt. Ltd, - Mechanized I, Ongole, Andhra Pradesh 2. M/s. OM Sri Granites - Semi Mechanized II, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 2006- MARBLE AWARD 1. M/s. R.K. Marble Pvt. Ltd. – Mechanized I, Rajsamand, Rajasthan 2. M/s. Jain Irons/Green Marbles – Mechanized II, Makrana, Rajasthan 3. M/s. Tirupathi Balaji Minerals Pvt. Ltd, Semi Mechanized I, Udaipur, Rajasthan 4. M/s. Khetan Tiles (P) Ltd, Semi Mechanized, II, Jaipur, Rajasthan

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