<p style=”margin-bottom: 13px; text-align: center;”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”>SOURCE &ndash; THE HINDU</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p>

<p style=”margin-bottom: 13px; text-align: center;”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”>GS PAPER &ndash; 3</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p>

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<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”>CONTEXT -</span></span></span></b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”> <span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:#333333″>Recently, the&nbsp;<strong><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”>Ministry of Tourism</span></strong>&nbsp;has launched the&nbsp;<strong><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”>SAATHI Application</span></strong>&nbsp;on the occasion of&nbsp;<strong><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”>World Tourism Day.</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><strong><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”><span style=”color:#333333″>KEY FACTS</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></p>

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<li style=”margin-bottom:7px; margin-left:8px; text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:12pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”tab-stops:list .5in”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”><span style=”color:#333333″>It is a&nbsp;<strong><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”>System for Assessment, Awareness &amp; Training for Hospitality Industry.</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-bottom:7px; margin-left:8px; text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:12pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”tab-stops:list .5in”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”><span style=”color:#333333″>It is a&nbsp;<strong><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”>certification programme</span></strong>&nbsp;of the&nbsp;<strong><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”>Ministry of Tourism</span></strong>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<strong><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”>Quality Council of India.</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-bottom:7px; margin-left:8px; text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:12pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”tab-stops:list .5in”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”><span style=”color:#333333″>It aims to assist the hospitality industry to continue to&nbsp;<strong><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”>operate safely</span></strong>&nbsp;and thereby&nbsp;<strong><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”>instill confidence</span></strong>&nbsp;among the Staff, employees and the guests about the safety of the hotel/unit.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-bottom:7px; margin-left:8px; text-align:justify”><span style=”font-size:12pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”tab-stops:list .5in”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”><span style=”color:#333333″>The Certification will have three components i.e.&nbsp;<strong><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”>Self-Certification (Initial stage)</span></strong>;&nbsp;<strong><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”>Capacity Building (Training in terms of SOPs and Guidelines)</span></strong>, and finally the&nbsp;<strong><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;”>Third party Assessment (Certification).</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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