Ministry of Law & Justice

Expediting cases of under trials in jails
The High Courts in the country have disposed of about 25,000 cases of the under trial prisoners involved in petty offences till June 30, 2001 as per the latest information available. .................

Ministry of Rural Development

Rs. 11.47 crore wasteland development funds released to Andhra Pradesh
The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs. 600.975 lakh five districts of Andhra Pradesh for watershed development projects, under Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP), during 2002-03. .................

Ministry of Coal

Interest of small and non-core sector consumers being considered by Coal India
CIL/Coal companies hold meeting from time to time with consumers/associations to take stock of the problems faced by consumers, if any and take necessary steps to sort out the problem. .................

Ministry of Coal

Coal reserves
Total coal reserves in the country as on January 1, 2002 as assessed by Geological Survey of India (GSI) is 234.11 billion tonnes. .................

Ministry of Steel

Steel production round up
Backgrounder .................

Ministry of Textiles

Basangouda Patil meets Jag
The Minister of State for Textiles Shri Basangouda R.Patil called on the Minister of Tourism and Culture, Shri Jagmohan here today to impress upon him the need for developing tourist facilities and renovation of the historical Jain temples in Bijapur, Karnataka. .................

Ministry of Environment & Forest

Government decides to ratify Kyoto Protocol on climate change
The Government has decided to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on containing the emission of Green House Gases (GHG) that result in Climate Change with adverse consequences on food productivity, sea level, water resources, forests and other eco systems. .................

Ministry of Labour

Shri Ashok Pradhan for state intervention to provide social security to workers in the unorganized sector
The workers in the unorganized sector, who comprise approximately 92% of the country's 400 million work force, should be given pivotal attention through state intervention. .................

Ministry of Textiles

Patil exhorts silk exporters to achieve target of 1 billion US $
The Minister of State for Textiles, Shri Basanagouda R. Patil exhorted the Silk Exporters Council to set and achieve an ambitious export target of one billion US $ by the end of the current plan. .................

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

Much of disability in India is related to poverty, says Dr. Jatiya
The Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya has said that corelation between poverty and disability is so significant that proportion of disabled persons amongst the poor is more than double that amongst the non-poor. .................

Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers

Fixation/Revision of prices of bulk drugs Sodium Penicillin G. Benzathine Penicillin G and Procaine Penicillin G under DPCO, 1995
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has revised the price of bulk drugs Sodium Penicillin G from Rs.1094/BU to Rs.1207/BU, Benzathine Penicillin G from Rs.2582/Kg. To Rs.2583/Kg., and Procaine Penicillin G from Rs.1318/BU to Rs.1397/BU vide notification in the Gazette of India Extraordinary No. S.O.829 (E) dated 6th August, 2002. .................

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

Centre gives 25,000 tonnes of free foodgrains to Bihar
The Food Ministry will give 25,000 tonnes of foodgrains free of cost to the Government of Bihar for distribution among the BPL( Below Poverty Line) families in the flood affected areas that have no purchasing power even to purchase foodgrains at subsidized rates. .................