Ministry
of Power
Ministry of Power to
associate school children in spearheading the Energy Conservation
Movement
As
part of Energy Conservation Campaign, the Minister of Power, Shri
Suresh Prabhu, has taken the first step to enlist the support
of leading academicians....................
Ministry
of Information & Broadcasting
Smt. Swaraj to release
books on Builders of Modern India
The
Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Smt. Sushma Swaraj
will release three books, C. Rajagopalachari, Harekrushna Mahtab
and Bidhan Chandra Roy, brought out by Publications Division,
at a function here, on Tuesday.....................
Ministry
of Defence
Greater role for TA
stressed
The
Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes has underlined the need
for expansion of the Territorial Army (TA), in view of its increasing
role in assistance to civil administration and maintenance of
essential services.....................
Ministry
of Commerce
Move to resolve liquidity
problems of project exporters in Iraq - Press note
The
government has cleared the proposal of the Ministry of Commerce
and Industry, to resolve the liquidity problems of such of the
project exporters as had executed projects in Iraq on deferred
payment basis ab-initio, but were outside the ambit of Deferred
Payment Agreement signed between the governments of India and
Iraq.....................
Ministry
of Law, Justice & Company Affairs
No Permanent regional
Benches of Supreme Court
The
Full Court of the Supreme Court of India at a meeting on April
30, 2001 has opposed unanimously the setting up of Permanent Benches
of the apex court outside Delhi......................
Ministry
of Law, Justice & Company Affairs
No Electronic Identity
Cards
The
Election Commission of India has not taken any decision to issue
Electronic Identity Cards to voters. The Electors Photo Identity
Cards being issued presently to electors under the instruction
of the Election Commission contain the photo of the elector and
particulars about the voter’s name, father’s or mother’s name,
sex, age as on January 1 of the year of issue of the card and
residential address as recorded in the electoral roll......................
Ministry
of Labour & Empowerment
All India Consumer Price
Index for agricultural labourers increases but remains stationery
for rural labourers
The
All-India Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (Base
1986-87 = 100) during March, 2002 increased by one point over
the previous month’s level to stand at 308 but for Rural Labourers
the index remained stationery at 311......................
Ministry
of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
BIS Quality Awards to
be presented on April 24
The
prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards, for the year
2000 will be presented by Shri Shanta Kumar, Minister of Consumer
Affairs, Food and Public Distribution at New Delhi on April 24,
2002.......................
Ministry
of Tourism
Australia signs Tourism
Promotion Agreement with India
Australia
and India today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to further
increase tourist arrivals from each other countries and to increase
bilateral cooperation in the area of tourism. Minister of Tourism
and Culture, Shri Jagmohan signed on behalf of India while on
the part of Australia, the MoU was signed by visiting Australian
External Affairs Minister, Mr. Alendender Downer.......................
Ministry
of Defence
Ordnance Factories
strike deferred
The
three Federations of the Defence Civilian Employees have decided
to defer the proposed forty-eight hours strike starting from tomorrow..........................
