Articles by Shri S L Kirloskar

farmers at our factory premises and the Banners' Information Centres- cum-Depots. These include helping the fanners by providing free of cost services, like soil testing, and advisory services on proper application of different kinds of fertilizers and pesticides and insecticides for various crops and climatic conditions, water management, irrigation, farm mechanisation, and farm management. Again, in addition to holding some stocks of fertilizers at these centres for meeting the immediate requirements of farmers, we have, as a service to farmers, recently started distribution of pesticides and insecticides at fifty of our centres, and we intend to extend this facility to the remaining centres during the current yean Judging from the large number of farmers who visit our Farmers Information Centres-cum- Depots and seek advice and assistance on fertilizer use and other agricultural inputs from our technical staff it seems that these centres are valued by farmers. We, therefore, propose to make these centres increasingly useful, as we gain experience and receive suggestions from farmers.

ECONOMlC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY Engineering Services, and in which your Companies have a 50 per cent share, has been operating very successfully not only in the conventional power field but also in several other areas. Tata Consulting Engineers have now a number of assignments dealing with the long-range planning and design of power system problems in other regions. That organisation is also undertaking a number of advisory and consultation works for various Slate Electricity Boards for establishing load despatch facilities for their areas, as well as for training of their personnel in load despatch functions.

Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited, Poona 3 Speech of the Chairman, Shri S L Kirloskar THE FOLLOWING is the text of the Speech delivered by Shri S L Kirloskar, Chairman, at the 21st Annual General Meeting of the Company held in Poona on Tuesday, 29th August 1967: