Sahara India Pariwar’s humble contribution to probably the worst disasters of our beloved country

In addition to immediate relief measures, Sahara will built 10,000 Pre-fabricated houses and provide complete food and household items for months and years till the need is there

Sets up Help Line Number (1800 180 9090) for immediate help

Lucknow, June 23, 2013: Uttarakhand region of our beloved country has been struck with the massive natural disaster. Sahara India Pariwar, as a part of its duties, has come forward to extend all possible support to the people of Uttarakhand. We are initiating immediate relief measures and long-term relief measures at the affected places, for our affected fellow Indians.

Immediate Relief Measures which will start in next 48 hours

1.    Sahara India Pariwar will provide more than 1 lac Sahara Q Shop pure drinking water bottles, more than 1 lac juice bottles and food packets along with candles and match boxes. In the same direction, work has already been initiated wherein we have set-up camps to distribute material.

2.    We are immediately deploying 25 medical health unit vans equipped with doctors, pharmacists, free medicines and basic testing equipments. The deployed medical team will continue to provide its services for months henceforth till the requirement exists.

3.    Sahara will also provide complete food and household items every month to 10,000 families for months and years, depending upon the need of these poor families.

4.    We are immediately deputing 1,000 Sahara Volunteers from our workforce to carry out the relief and rescue operations. Besides, if deemed required by the local administration, we will offer many-many thousands more of Sahara Volunteers for the relief and rescue work. Sahara is also in talks with local administration for any other support which can be provided.

5.    We shall also distribute blankets and other relief materials to the affected people.

6.    We will distribute 10,000 Solar Lanterns with hand crank and mobile charger facility, with cranking facility the lantern can be charged manually.

7.    We are also setting up a Help Line number where every possible help will be given to the affected people. The Help Line Number is 1800 180 9090.

Long term Rehabilitation Measures

8.    Sahara will also construct 10,000 pre-fabricated houses based on latest technology (which will be better in every aspect as compared to conventional houses build in hills), under rehabilitation programme. The pre-fabricated houses will be built at places as allotted by local administration. 

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Sahara India Pariwar flags-off 1000 village adoption project

VEDAS project will fully adopt villages for overall development, directly benefiting 25 lakh Rural Indians in 7 States

With the flag-off of the VEDAS, the project gets launched in 172 villages of Kannauj (U.P.) and Araria (Bihar) Districts

Lucknow, June 10, 2013: Sahara India Pariwar, a major business conglomerate of India, today flagged off VEDAS, its 1000 village full adoption programme. VEDAS project was flagged by ‘Saharasri’ Subrata Roy Sahara, Managing Worker and Chairman, Sahara India Pariwar today, along with launching of project in 172 villages at districts Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh and district Araria in Bihar. Under VEDAS, Sahara is fully adopting 1000 villages for holistic and sustainable overall development.  The project aims to cover 4.5 lakh rural households, touching the lives of 25 lakh people of 7 States. 

Under VEDAS, Sahara will undertake numerous initiatives which include providing Safe Drinking Water through Water Purification Plants and distributing it through Water ATMs, imparting Joyful Education through more than 500 Education Resource Centers with smart interactive classrooms equipped with high end Q Cloud technology. Free Primary Health Care will be provided to all villages on regular basis through fleets of Mobile Health Unit (MHU) vans. This will be augmented with Medical Center for serious cases at Central Point Village, with each center catering to a cluster of around 50 villages within its immediate vicinity. To empower people of the villages, Sahara is setting up Empowerment Centers at each Center Point Village. The centers will impart training and will have workplace equipped with food & beverages processing units, machines for traditional Household goods manufacturing, facility to make local craft products and products based on local resources. Besides, it will help all small and big farmers increase their land yield through its teams of highly qualified agriculturists. For all round sanitation, community awareness and advocacy program will be initiated and community toilets will be renovated. Sahara will also provide assistance in safe migration to people going to big cities for opportunities. Under VEDAS, Solar Powered Lanterns will be distributed to 4.5 lakh families of these villages, so that they have a healthy and eco-friendly source of lighting.

On this occasion, Mr. Subrata Roy Sahara, Managing Worker and Chairman, Sahara India Pariwar said, “It is our dream that all our countrymen can get quality living. Even being the bread basket of the nation, our villages have always reeled behind in this walk of development. Only collective growth can make our beloved nation into a powerful nation and this requires sharing with and caring of our left out fellow brethrens. VEDAS is our humble initiative to fully adopt villages so that a substantial and sustainable rise in the quality of the life and livelihood of our rural brethrens can be achieved. Initially, we are taking 1000 villages across India and we intend to take this project to more villages in times to come”.

Notes to the Editor

Sahara India Pariwar is a major business conglomerate in India with operations in multiple sectors, including financial services, life insurance, mutual funds, housing finance,  infrastructure & housing, print and television news media, entertainment channels, cinema production, consumer merchandise retail, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, sports, and information technology.

Sahara India Pariwar has always been prompt in its services towards the nation and its nationals who have sacrificed their lives at the altar of nationalism. Sahara India Pariwar’s commitment to Social Welfare is evident from the fact that 25% of its profits every year are dedicated towards social development activities. In fact, it’s the firm conviction of the Chief Guardian of Sahara India Pariwar, Hon’ble Saharasri, Subrata Roy Sahara that every organization, along with its own development and progress should also contribute towards the cause of the society and the nation at large.

Sahara also works on various Health programmes, including Mobile Healthcare Units, under which 52 medical vans across the country are running 30 days a month, throughout the year, taking free primary healthcare services to the remotest rural areas where medical services do not exist. Besides this, Sahara also works on various programs on Nutrition, Literacy, Vocational Training, Civic Development, Behavioral Change, Communication and Rehabilitation of the Physically Challenged People.

Under its Disaster Management initiatives, Sahara has always stood up in the need of the hour of the country, be it super cyclone of Orissa, earthquake in Gujarat, drought in Rajasthan or floods in the state of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Sahara has adopted Bhimasar-Chakasar village in Taluka Anjar, District Kutch for relocation, rehabilitation and reconstruction of the village along with basic amenities, panchayat ghar, bus stop, post office, play ground, primary and secondary school and street lights. When the devastating earthquake hit Latur district of Maharashtra, Sahara India Pariwar came forward to rehabilitate the earthquake stricken citizens of the region and also developed a cluster of earthquake houses in Killari Village in Latur, The houses were handed over to the villagers by Reverend Mother Teresa.

Sahara is also providing monthly financial assistance is also provided to the families of the Martyrs of the Mumbai Nov '08 terror attack, Dantewada Massacre and to the families of Kargil War Martyrs. Today, it provides, monthly financial assistance to 320 families of martyrs.

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Will reimbursement Rs 24,000 crore to investors in 3 months: Sahara said to SC

New Delhi: Sahara India on Saturday confident the Superior Judge that its two organizations which had brought up Rs 24,000 crore through Additionally Completely Sports convertible Debentures (OFCDs) from their investors will reimbursement the quantity within three several weeks.

"We will reimbursement the quantity. There is no query of going returning," mature recommend Gopal Subramaniam, showing for the organization, informed a common advancing by Rights K S Radhakrishnan.

He also asked for forgiveness with the common to allow the companies a while to type out the "disagreement" with SEBI which has claimed that the organization is not providing all the records associated with the investors to it as per the top court's past purchase.

The common was listening to an program by SEBI, which has claimed that the Sahara India has not equipped all records in its legal care to the industry regulator as was instructed by the top court to do by Sept 10.

The common after listening to the justifications published the issue for further listening to on Oct 19.

The top court on Aug 31 had said that if the organizations -- Sahara Indian Actual Property Organization (SIREC) and Sahara Actual estate Financial commitment Organization (SHIC) -- fall short to reimbursement the quantity then SEBI can connect qualities and lock up records of the organizations.

It had requested the organizations to reimbursement the cash to their investors within three several weeks with 15 % yearly attention.

It had also requested Sahara to supply all its records to the regulator.

The court had also hired one of its outdated most judges, Rights B N Aggarwal, to manage the activity taken by SEBI against the two Sahara companies.

The common had said the municipal and legal obligations should be enforced on the organization for involving in such financial offence.

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Sahara’s Emotional Statement After Court’s Order

1.                In 2008/2009 Sahara filed its RHP under the provisions of the Companies Act with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, which was duly registered and approved by them for raising money for Real Estate Business on the same basis as was done in 2002 for an earlier issue of Sahara.  The earlier issue was duly closed and registered with the competent authority in 2008 along with the list of all investors running into millions.

2.                Any country’s system will collapse if after getting clear, clean permissions from country’s competent Government’s Regulator, the company is so severally punished.  Meaning, lawful bona-fides are severely punished with retrospective effect.

3.                Here we want to inform all our Hon’ble Depositors and investors that you need not worry about anything and be at absolute peace since as Sahara the most dutiful and absolute honest custodians of your money and by the grace of God, we are so healthy with all-round strength that there cannot be even one day delay in any payment commitment of Sahara.

4.                In the last 33 years there is not a single complaint of non-payment, whereas we have paid around Rs.1,40,000 crores maturity/redemption and against the enrollment of around 12 crores investors.

5.                People cannot accept Sahara’s super-fast growth. All along we have been getting beatings and beatings from all authorities, whereas we should be appreciated.

6.                All along for the past 7-8 years we have felt and faced the   onslaught of various authorities since they concluded whimsically without any verification that the deposits, investments we have received from the public are fictitious and bogus as they feel the money with us is ill-gotten, from politicians etc.

7.                Firstly, Income Tax Department held on to our refund for decades to the tune of around 2000 crores, but ultimately it was truth that prevailed, they verified and verified and ultimately they had to pay us back the entire amount in the year 2011.

8.                Reserve Bank of India, in 2008, killed our Financial Inclusion based RNBC activities and gave us 7 years’ time to repay our depositors, which we cleared in just 4 years.

9.                Of course we shall never blame the Respected Judges of Hon’ble Courts of our beloved country.  However, it is the fault of the machinery which presents the facts incorrectly and in such a manner so as to create a false and negative perception so as to convince the Hon’ble Courts that Sahara has collected unbelievably large sums of money from public which are actually ill gotten and fictitious.

10.           AND THE FACT IS THAT THERE IS NOT A SINGLE BENAMI MONEY AND THIS STATEMENT IS SAHARA’S CHALLENGE TO ALL AUTHORITIES OF OUR COUNTRY.

Further we claim with challenge that each and every rupee we have accepted in last 33 years is always against receipt from the company and with an application form duly signed by the Hon’ble depositors/investors.  Every rupee which has come to Sahara can be verified by the authenticity of the depositors/investors.  WE INVITE THE CONCERNED AUTHORITIES OF THIS COUNTRY TO COME AND VERIFY.

11.           FURTHER CHALLENGE OF SAHARA TO ENTIRE AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTRY TO COME AND VERIFY OUR CLAIM THAT SAHARA HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING EVER AGAINST THE LAW OR SPIRIT OF LAW, SAHARA HAS NOT DONE ONE RUPEE BLACK MONEY BUSINESS, NOT EVER GONE TO ANY AUTHORITY FOR UNDUE FAVOUR (whether through licensing or beneficial quotas) FOR EVEN ONE RUPEE EARNING WE ONLY BELIEVE IN HARD WORK WITH ABSOLUTE HONESTY AND DEDICATION.

12.           Even we would like to mention that all along MCA, RoCs and Sahara were lawfully (as per the Company’s Act) absolutely right, everyone’s problem is why and how can Sahara raise so much of funds from public. Irresponsible people only conclude that this is all ill-gotten money and from the politicians, whereas probably 90% of our depositors, investors are those very small investors, who never go to banks and banks too never reach them.

13.           We should rather always get a pat on our backs for such good social work.  Had our committed Ten lakh workers not gone to those small depositors they would have spent those monies in alcohol or gambling etc., we are saving their monies and bringing them to the nation’s mainstream and thus helping those poor people for their better future out of forced savings.

14.           The saddest part is sitting on the chair in air conditioned offices, they imagine and allege and never bother for any sort of verification.

15.           If we continue to write about THE INJUSTICE WE HAVE FACED FROM SO FAULTY A SYSTEM OF OUR COUNTRY probably huge space will be required.  Let us not go for those, but we should write here that for the future interest of our country these totally unjustified tortures are responsible for India’s corporates (Big, medium or small) continuously developing business outside the country and good brain run away from the country.  Of course, we at Sahara, we are not escapists.  We shall fight against the system and grow in our beloved country for the growth of our country.

Through our expansion programs in next 2 to 3 years we shall provide permanent salaried employment of around 3 lakhs people apart from around 5 lakhs new introduction of field workers.  Meaning Sahara shall be providing livelihood to around 18 Lac families.

We Stand Committed

Sahara India Pariwar

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Azaadi from Adulteration

We are very happy that emotionally we are pioneering the best quality Consumer Merchandise products at most competitive prices, right quantities that will be delivered to the doorstep of our esteemed customers

Our Surveys and Research as well as those of different agencies tell us about the dangerous situation of adulteration.

Adulteration is in almost everything

Adulterators Use Dangerous Adulterants Like * Argemone * Lead Chromate * Tricresyl phosphate * Lathyrus * Non-permitted colours * Urea and other adulterants like :            * Fine Pebbles * Mud * Hay * Inedible Talcum Powder for Polishing * Inedible Oils Like Mobil Oil and Rancid Oil * Detergent * Oxytocin Hormone Injections * Melamine * Lead * Cow dung * Sawdust * Chalk * Brick Dust Powder and Other Bad Powders * Sand             * Excess Sulphur and such other Dangerous items to adulterate a whole range of Staples, processed Food, Berverages, Personal Care Products, etc.

The Effects of Adulteration

Due to the presence of adulterants, you could suffer from many diseases and disorders, a few of which are listed here : * Stomach disorder * Impaired Digestion           * Acute Irritation of the Gastro – Intestinal Tracts * Anaemia * Liver/other Organ Damage & Cancer * Ergotism (St. Anthony’s Fire Burning Sensation in Extremities, Itching of Skin, Peripheral Gangrene) * Alimentary Toxic Aleukia (ATA) * Lathyrism         * Glaucoma * Cardiac Arrest * Argemone Oil Depletes Vitamin A and E * Increase in Serum Cholesterol, etc. * Food Poisoning * Iron Filings May Damage Alimentary Canals * Lead Poisoning * Mental Retardation * Brain Damage, etc.

Sahara launches its mega Quality Consumer Merchandise Retail Business under the brand name of ‘Sahara Q Shop’

Our aim behind this launch of pure and best products is to gradually kill Adulteration in India.

‘Sahara Q Shop’ provides a comprehensive range of products under 73 different categories with 800 SKUs in Staples, Processed Foods, Personal Care Products, Home Care Products, General Merchandise and Lifestyle Products at most competitive prices.

Providing new salaried permanent job to 1,43,000 people gradually within 18 months.

Quality is a fundamental value offered at ‘Sahara Q Shop’. It has adopted an integrated approach towards the same by setting up a ‘Sahara Quality Management System’ (SQMS) comprising ‘Quality Control’ and ‘Quality Assurance’ Departments.

End to End Quality Control – from Raw material procurement to manufacturing, packaging to delivery at the doorstep of the esteemed customer.

Total Quality Value Chain

·         50 Quality experts and associates

·         150 Quality Control Executives

·         30 Quality Assurance Managers

·         500 Quality Advisors

·         7 Quality Labs – Lucknow, Delhi (NCR), Mumbai, Patna, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Nagpur

·         Quality Control Team – Online Product check during Production

·         Quality Assurance Team – Secondary Layer to check adherence to Quality protocols System

·         Quality Advisory Board- Of known scientists and food technologists

Random check by International Testing and Certifying Agencies

-          Distribution through 305 state of the art warehouses in 285 towns & cities constituting 1 crore Sq. Ft.

-          Sales network of 600,000 trained sales personnel supported by 3000 call center executives

-          Products formulated after extensive primary research on 88,000 family covering 4.5 lac consumers  from  400 Indian cities & towns

-          Primary survey on 45,000 grocery stores across 1000 towns for customer spent preferences

-          Secondary Sampling on selected 10,000 consumers and live simulation test in 15 cities

-          On the occasion of the launch of Sahara Q Shop, ‘Saharasri’ Subrata Roy Sahara, Managing Worker & Chairman, Sahara India Pariwar, said, “I always believe that as a citizen of a great nation, we deserve the best quality living, be it where we live, how we live or what we consume. The rampant adulteration, dishonest practices of compromising quality, under-weighing, etc., are the menaces that are plaguing the prospects of a bright and healthy society and are also depriving the rights of people to live quality life. Sahara India Pariwar has always accorded priority to qualitative aspect of life. Our newest Quality Consumer merchandise retail venture is one such giant step which we have undertaken to curb the menace of prevalent adulteration practices in the market and provide the society with 100% unadulterated and best quality products at most competitive market prices.”

-          According to Chief Executive Officer – Sahara Q Shop, Shri Romie Dutt, “The Sahara Q Shop launch today is a record in itself. Launching such a huge repertoire on a single day is unprecedented. This has been achieved without compromising our fundamental value of quality. With the launch of Sahara Q Shop quality will be reaching the doors of every Indian at most competitive prices.” Mr. Dutt further added, “Each product of Sahara Q Shop is put through stringent quality tests and standards, be it vendor selection, sourcing, manufacturing or packaging, thereby completing the Q value chain.”

-          First Phase Launch – 15^th August in 60 Towns and cities in 5 states – Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Rajasthan, Bihar and Jharkhand

-          Pan India plan to launch at 998 towns & Cities by March 2013

For pictures of the press conference, click the following link to download:

www.saharalive.in/qshop

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‘Saharasri’ Subrata Roy Sahara gives a motivational session to the Indian Contingent at the Olympics Games Village, London

Lucknow, July 27, 2012: ‘Saharasri’ Subrata Roy Sahara, Managing Worker & Chairman of Sahara India Pariwar, a major business conglomerate and prime promoter & patron of sports in India, was invited by the Indian Contingent’s Committee at Olympics Games Village at Olympic Park, London, prior to the start of the one of the world’s biggest sports extravaganza, to motivate the Indian sportspersons. He met the Indian sportspersons of various disciplines including boxing, wrestling, shooting, archery, hockey, tennis, etc. and gave a motivational session conveyed his heartiest wishes to the Indian sportsperson in a form of a short speech to motivate them to perform their best. The contingent was also shown a motivational film produced by Sahara India Pariwar. The CDs of the motivational film were also given to all the Indian sportspersons in the Olympics Games Village.

‘Saharasri’ Subrata Roy Sahara, Managing Worker & Chairman, Sahara India Pariwar, said, “Apart from being a celebration of sports, Olympics is also a battle. With the mood of celebration, enthusiasm and zeal, one should participate in this battle. The scope of winning in this battle emanates from the fact when one puts its life’s best performance without any pressure of winning medals. What I have experienced in my life is that one should leave the fruits of success to the Almighty and one should also remember that the Almighty blesses only those people who deliver their best. Hence, you should perform your best.” In the end he said, “Being an elder to you, I convey my Aashirwaad to all of you for success.”

Besides, Sahara had earlier announced that it will award 5 kg medal of pure gold to the Indian sportsmen winning gold medals, 3 kg medal of pure gold to silver medalists and 2 Kg medal of pure gold to the bronze medalists, each, in the London Olympics 2012. For the team sports, each player of team winning gold medal will get 1 kg gold each, players of team winning silver medal will get 600 grams of gold each and players of team winning bronze medal will get 400 grams of gold each.

Sahara India Pariwar has adopted Indian Boxing, Wrestling, Archery, Shooting, Track & Field and Tennis covering support of a total of 101 sportsmen in these 6 games who are potential medal winners, until after London Olympics 2012. For the upcoming London Olympics 2012, a total of 32 Indian Sportsmen that are supported by Sahara India Pariwar, belonging to various sports disciplines, have qualified for the London Olympics 2012. Out of these qualified 32 sportspersons, 5 belong to Wrestling, 8 are from Boxing, 11 from Shooting, 6 from Archery, 1 belong to Athletics and 1 from Tennis.

The sponsor of Indian Cricket and Hockey (Men & Women National and Junior Hockey Teams), Sahara Group under its company, Sahara Adventure Sports Limited, owns the Pune IPL team and co-owns the Sahara Force India Formula 1 Team. Apart from this, it has extended support to the Indian Volleyball by sponsoring the Men’s National Teams (Senior & Junior) for a span of 4 years till 2016.

ABOUT SAHARA INDIA PARIWAR

Sahara India Pariwar is a major business conglomerate in India with operations in multiple sectors, including financial services, life insurance, mutual funds, housing finance,  infrastructure & housing, print and television news media, entertainment channels, cinema production, consumer merchandise retail, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, sports, and information technology.

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Sahara announces medals of pure gold of 5 kg, 3kg and 2kg to every Indian winning gold, silver and bronze medal respectively in the London Olympics 2012

Lucknow, July 26, 2012: Sahara India Pariwar, a major business conglomerate and the prime promoter & patron of sports in India, today announced to award the Indian sportspersons winning medals in the forthcoming London Olympics. Sahara will be awarding a big 5 kg medal of pure gold to the Indian sportsmen winning gold medals, 3 kg medal of pure gold to silver medalists and 2 Kg medal of pure gold to the bronze medalists, each, in the London Olympics 2012. For the team sports the 5 kg of gold will be equally distributed amongst all the members of the team winning gold medal, 3 kg of gold amongst the members of the team winning silver medal and 2 kg of gold amongst the members of the team winning bronze medal, in the shape of medals.

‘Saharasri’ Subrata Roy Sahara, Managing Worker & Chairman, Sahara India Pariwar, said, "I strongly believe that there can hardly be any appreciation which can equate the undaunted efforts put in by the players who emerge victorious in the prestigious Olympics and bring the much coveted honour to our motherland. This reward is a small token of appreciation from us to the sportsmen to achieve great success and bring laurels to our beloved nation by procuring such highly acclaimed international distinctions”.

The sponsor of Indian Cricket and Hockey (Men & Women National and Junior Hockey Teams), owner of IPL Cricket team and Sahara Force India Formula 1 Team, Sahara India Pariwar, has adopted Indian Boxing, Wrestling, Archery, Shooting, Track & Field and Tennis covering support of a total of 101 sportsmen in these 6 games who are potential medal winners, until after London Olympics 2012. Apart from this, it has also extended support to the Indian Volleyball by sponsoring the Men’s National Teams (Senior & Junior) for a span of 4 years till 2016.

ABOUT SAHARA INDIA PARIWAR

Sahara India Pariwar is a major business conglomerate in India with operations in multiple sectors, including financial services, life insurance, mutual funds, housing finance,  infrastructure & housing, print and television news media, entertainment channels, cinema production, consumer merchandise retail, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, sports, and information technology.

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