PIB Press Releases


		20th December, 2002


		Ministry of Commerce & Industry DGFT becomes India's first digital signature enabled agency The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, has become India's first digital signature enabled agency, ...................... Ministry of Law & Justice Law Commission's recommendations on Land Acquisition Act The Law Commission of India, in its 182nd Report on Amendment to Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, has recommended removal of the lacuna regarding ..................... Ministry of Environment & Forests Save biodiversity as our lives are dependent on it - Appeals Smt. Sammamma, a rural woman "The women of my village rebuilt their lives from destitution by developing a bank of 10 seed varieties. ..................... Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers New Fertilizer Policy In keeping with the policy of economic liberalization and reforms, all fertilizers except urea have already been freed from movement and distribution control. ..................... Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers Pharmaceutical Policy - 2002 The High Court of Karnataka in its judgement dated the 12th Nov., 2002 has found that the Pharmaceutical Policy - 2002 is arbitrary and unreasonable ..................... Election Commission Performance of the women candidates in the Gujarat Assembly Elections 2002 Gujarat Assembly Election -2002..................... Ministry of Comusmer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Buffer stock of sugar In order to mitigate the hardship of the sugarcane growers. Government has decided to create a buffer stock of 20 lakh tonnes of sugar for a period of one year. g ..................... Prime Minister's Office PM's speech at the Global Summit on Small and Medium Enterprises Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee addressed the Global Summit on Small and Medium Enterprises here today. ..................... Ministry of Rural Development Rs. 436.945 lakh released for rural housing to Chhattisgarh The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs. 436.945 lakh under Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) for rural housing to four districts of Chhattisgarh. ..................... Ministry of Rural Development Rs. 3030.66 lakh released for rural housing to Tamil Nadu The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs. 3030.66 lakh as second installment under Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) for rural housing to twenty eight districts of Tamil Nadu, for the year 2002-2003. ..................... Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Press Council may get more powers The Information and Broadcasting Minister, Smt. Sushma Swaraj has said that the Government would consider providing more powers to the Press Council of India ..................... Ministry of Science & Technology Multi-pronged approach for better prediction of monsoon rainfall A multi-pronged approach is to be adopted for better prediction of monsoon rainfall. This strategy was recommended by a brainstorming session on monsoon-2002, ..................... Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Dr. Jatiya outlines schemes of scholarships and loans for education for weaker sections at the Parliamentary Consultative Committee Meeting The Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment, Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya has said that the most important input for improving the status of backward communities ..................... Ministry of Small Scale Industries SMEs make up two-third of total industrial employment worldwide Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the prime driving force of job creation in nation after nation. ..................... Ministry of Food Processing Industries 36 food parks approved Ministry of Food Processing Industries has so far approved 36 Food Parks for grant of financial assistance in different States. ..................... Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Smt. Swaraj condoles Latika Ratnam's demise The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Smt. Sushma Swaraj has condoled the death of former All India Radio News Broadcaster, Latika Ratnam, ..................... Ministry of Agriculture Agriculture Insurance Company expected to become operational from next month Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd. is expected to become operational from January, 2003. ..................... Ministry of Textiles Technological upgradation and product diversification by Jute Industry inadequate - Textile Minister The Minister of Textiles, Shri Kashiram Rana, has said that the Government is committed to protect the jute manufacturers through Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations ..................... Ministry of Human Resource Development Kazakhastan says it rejects all forms of religious extremism Kazakhstan says it rejects all forms of religious fanaticism, extremism and terrorism. The world is fragile and societies can't afford conflicts in the name of religion, ..................... Ministry of Law & Justice Press communique In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint ..................... Ministry of Labour All India Consumer Price Index for agricultural and rural labourers increases The All-India Consumer Price Index for Agricultural and Rural Labourers (Base 1986-87 = 100) increased during November, 2002 by one point ..................... Ministry of Labour All India Consumer Price Index for agricultural and rural labourers in twenty States Andhara Pradesh remained at the top of the index table both for Agricultural and Rural Labourers with 345 points each. .....................