Ministry of Law & Justice

President's assent to Imperial Library (Indentures Validation) Repeal Bill
The President has given his assent to the Imperial Library (Indentures Validiation ) Bill, 2002. With this, the Bill as passed during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, has been notified in the Gazette of India as Act No. 53 of the year 2002. ......................

Ministry of Law & Justice

Establishing permanent Lok Adalats
The Government is in the process of finalizing the terms and conditions of appointment of Chairmen and Members of Permanent Lok Adalats to be established under the Legal Services Authorities (Amendment) Act, 2002. ......................

Ministry of Rural Development

Rs.192.300 lakh released to Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttaranchal for rural housing
The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs. 192.300 lakh as second instalment under Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) for rural housing to Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttaranchal. ......................

Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers

Changes in Fertilizers Policy
Government is in the process of formulating a new pricing policy for urea units keeping in view the recommendations of Expenditure Reforms Commission for replacing the existing Retention Price Scheme. ......................

Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers

No adverse effect of new pricing norms
The Government does not expect any adverse impact on the viability of urea manufacturing units on account of implementation of policy parameters for 7th and 8th Pricing periods alone as Government continues to provide 12 per cent post tax return on networth to these units. ......................

Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers

Globally banned drugs in India
Seventy-four drugs/drug formulations have so far been prohibited/phased out. Drugs withdrawn in some countries can continue to be used by other countries. ......................

Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers

Sale of spurious fertilizers and pesticides
No report regarding spurious pesticides has come to the notice of the Government. However, the analysis of samples of pesticides at State Pesticide testing Laboratories in the country reveals that out of the total samples drawn, around 3 per cent have been found to be misbranded. ......................

Ministry of Steel

Treatment of iron bearing wastes
A large amount of iron ore fines are generated due to mechanized mining. Out of this about 85 per cent are utilized in sinter and billet making. ......................

Ministry of Rural Development

ITI presents dividend cheque of Rs. 3. 37 crores
A dividend cheque for Rs.3.37 crores on behalf of the Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) was presented to Shri Pramod Mahajan, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Communications and Information Technology here today. ......................

Ministry of Agriculture

Kisan Samman Week begins
Kisan Samman Week, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture to commemorate the birth centenary of former Prime Minister, Shri Charan Singh, began today with foundation stone laying ceremony of 'Krishi Vistar Sadan' at Pusa by the Union Agriculture Minister Shri Ajit Singh. Secretary, ......................

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards, 2001
Birla Cellulosic, Bharuch bagged the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award, 2001 under the "Best of All" category. ......................

Ministry of Urban Development

Development of Metro Cities
Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Infrastructural Development in Mega Cities, five Mega cities viz. Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai are provided funds for infrastructural development by the Central and State Governments in the ratio of 25:25 and the balance is met from institutional finance. ......................

Ministry of Urban Development

Development of AIIMS by HUDCO
HUDCO has designed the Development Plan - 2025 of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and has submitted it to the authorities of AIIMS. ......................

Ministry of Steel

CAPEXIL Award for KIOCL
Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. KIOCL a 100 per cent export oriented public sector unit of the Steel Ministry has been conferred CAPEXIL's Special Export Award for the year 2001-2002 for its outstanding iron ore export performance. ......................

Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

Workshop on MPLAD Scheme begins
A two-day workshop on Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme began here today. ......................

Ministry of Law & Justice

Press communique
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (1) Shri Badar Durrez Ahmed and (2) Shri Pradeep Nandrajog, to be Additional judges of the Delhi High Court, ......................

Vice President's House

" We must recognise that children affected by AIDS have different and specific care needs" - Shekhawat
Vice President, Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat said that we must recognise that children affected by AIDS of different ages, genders, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds have different and specific care needs, which should be provided. ......................