Prime
Minister's Office
PM's speech at inauguration
of 51st PATA Annual Conference
The
Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee inaugurated the 51st
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) annual conference, here
today..................
Ministry
of Tourism
Tourism should counter
terrorism, says Prime Minister
The
Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has called upon tourism
fraternity to intensify its campaign against terrorism and extremism,
as tourism is an antidote to terrorism...................
Ministry
of Rural Development
Shri Venkaiah Naidu
calls for a collective approach to tackle hygiene problem
The
Rural Development Minister Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has called for
a collective approach to help solve the health and hygiene problem
in the country....................
Ministry
of Information & Broadcasting
Smt. Swarj condoles
the death of Qaisar Mirza
The
Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Smt. Sushma Swaraj has
expressed deep condolences over the death of Shri Qaisar Mirza,
the Srinagar correspondent of Voice of America and AP, who died
in a road accident in Delhi on Saturday.....................
Ministry
of Coal
New coal deposits in
new coal mines
The
total quantum of coal extracted in the country from open cast
(OC) and underground(UG) mines during the last three years is
300.04 million tonnes during 1999-00, 309.63 million tonnes in
2000-01 and (provisional) 322.61 million tonnes in 2001-02.....................
Ministry
of Power
New Power Secretary
The
Secretary Power, Shri R.V.Shahi who assumed charge of his post
here on April 13th was the former Chairman and Managing Director(CMD)
of the Bombay Suburban Electric Supply (BSES) before joining the
Government of India on his current assignment....................
Ministry
of Law, Justice & Company Affairs
Board meeting through
video conferencing
The
Department of Company Affairs (DCA) proposes to make an amendment
in the Companies Act, 1956 to enable companies to hold the Board
Meetings through electronic means such as video conferencing and
telephone conferencing to take advantage of information technology.
...................
Ministry
of Law, Justice & Company Affairs
Guidelines on debenture
redemption reserve
The
object of Section 117C of the Companies Act, 1956 as inserted
by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000 is to prevent default in
redemption of debentures and to afford protection to the debenture
holders thereby protecting the small debenture holders.....................
Ministry
of Parliamentary Affairs
Shri Gangwar presides
over 36th Youth Parliament Competition Awards
Shri
Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
& Petroleum & Natural Gas today presided over the prize distribution
function of the 36th Youth Parliament Competition, 2001-2002.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said, children of our country
were the hope for the millions of countrymen to carry forward
the norms of governing democracy in the years to come......................
Ministry
of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Consumer Price Index
for urban non-manual employees for March, 2002; base 1984-85=100
The
All India Consumer Price Index for Urban Non-Manual Employees
(CPI(UNME)), on base 1984-85=100, for the month of March, 2002
has been released by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO),
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation; together with
the indices for 59 selected urban centres in India.......................
Ministry
of Defence
Maintain full vigil
- Fernandes
The
Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes asked the Air Force Commanders
to maintain the highest state of vigil, keeping in view the present
security environment......................
Ministry
of Defence
Commemorative Book
on the First Marshal of the IAF
The
Defence Minister, Shri George Fernandes, today released a commemorative
book on the life and achievements of the first Marshal of the
IAF, Marshal Arjan Singh at Air HQrs.......................
Ministry
of Science & Technology
Dr. Joshi calls for
stringent punishment to sex determination tests
The
Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi
has called for stringent punishment to sex determination tests........................
