Prime Minister's Office

Prime Minister's greetings on Janamashtami
The Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has greeted people on the auspicious occasion of Janamashtami..................

Ministry of Law, Justice & Empowerment

Tackling cases of bouncing of cheques in various courts
The Government in the Department of Justice is executing a pilot project to introduce on an experimental basis the facility of electronic filing of complaints in courts in Delhi in bounced cheque cases..................

Ministry of Environment and Forests

18,000 villages to be electrified from renewable energy sources - Shri Baalu
18,000 Indian villages will be electrified from renewable energy sources as a part of the country’s ambitious programme to promote use of non-conventional energy sources to attain sustainable development goals..................

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Dance Drama "Kavita Mein Krishan"
The Song and Drama Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is presenting a dance-drama programme "Kavita Mein Krishan" on the occasion of Lord Krishna’s birthday (Janamashtami) at the Siri Fort Auditorium, tomorrow..................

President's Secretariat

President's greetings on the occasion of Janmashtami
The President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has congratulated the fellow countrymen on the occasion of Janmashtami which falls tomorrow..................

Ministry of Steel

SAIL asked to sustain its Q1 progress
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) should take advantage of the favourable market conditions in India and abroad and make all out attempts to improve its performance for a turn around this year..................

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

President presents Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dronacharya Awards
The President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presented the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dronacharya Awards for the year 2001, here today..................

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

Scheme of assistance to disabled persons for purchase/fitting of aids/appliances (ADIP) gains popularity
The poor and the handicapped bear a double burden in their lives. Availability of suitable, durable and standard aids and appliances can eliminate some problems of daily living for such persons..................

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

States should Consolidate Health Delivery System - Shatrughan Sinha
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Shatrughan Sinha has said that Government gives high priority to the implementation of Family Welfare programmes in the country for achieving population stabilization or substantially improving health status in the Empowered Action Group (EAG) States..................

Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

HPCL pays Rs. 173.08 crore as equity dividend to Government
Shri M.B. Lal, Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited presented a cheque of Rs. 173.08 crore to Shri Ram Naik, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, representing 100% equity dividend from the Corporation to the Government for the Financial Year 2001-02..................

Ministry of Home Affairs

General Elections to the Legislative Assembly of J&K
The Election Commission has decided that the Kashmiri migrant electors who are residing at various camps at Udhampur, Jammu and Delhi and nearby shall be given the opportunity to exercise their franchise in person, through Electronic Voting machines, to be installed at the polling stations being set up near the camps on the days of poll..................

Ministry of Labour & Empowerment

Inflation rate falls but Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers rises
The rate of inflation based upon the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers continued to witness a downward trend with a marginal fall of 0.27 percentage point during July, 2002..................

Ministry of Labour & Empowerment

All India Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers in 70 Centres
While the All India Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (base 1982 = 100) went up by 5 points to stand at 481 during July 2002, Jamshedpur witnessed maximum increase of 14 points but in Nagpur the index went down by 6 points..................

President's Secretariat

Press communique
The President of India has been pleased to appoint Lt. Gen. (Retd.) S.K. Sinha, PVSM ..................

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension

New appointments
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments: -..................