Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Fast Pace Projects
The
Government has identified certain projects which are being executed
on a fast pace. In October 2001, 92 major projects, with an outlay
of Rs. 100 crore
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Ministry of Steel
SAIL opens Service Centres
to provide tailor-made products
The
Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) has opened new service centres
to bridge the gap between its steel plants and end consumers.
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Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs
Filling of vacancies of
Judges
The
Centre has been urging the State Governments periodically to establish
the earmarked number of Fast Track Courts at the earliest. ................
UPSC
Results of Civil Services
(Preliminary) Examination, 2002
The
Union Public Service Commission will declare the Results of Civil
Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2002 on Friday, the 2nd August,
2002. ................
Ministry of Labour & Empowerment
Labour Minister releases
book on employment opportunities for the disabled
The
Labour Minister Dr. Sahib Singh released a book on employment
opportunities for the disabled here today. ................
Ministry of Science & Technology
Government to fund any
innovative project useful to masses
The
government is prepared to fund and extend all support to any innovative
project be it of individual, a group or an organisation if it
is found to be useful to the masses or large sections of the society.
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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
High Level Committee recommends
universal PDS
The
High-Level Committee on Long Term Foodgrain Policy has recommended
a system of universal public distribution system with uniform
central issue prices for rice and wheat for all consumers in all
parts of the country. ................
Ministry of Defence
Execution of HAL Projects
For
better utilization of its skilled manpower and capital resources
the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), has always been outsourcing
part of its workload in low technology areas such as tooling and
component manufacture. ................
Ministry of Defence
Young Scientists of DRDO
The
trend of young scientists moving out of Defence Research & Development
Organisation (DRDO) has partially slowed down. ................
Ministry of Defence
Decodification of Kautilya's
Arthshastra
The
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has funded
a project on 'Scientific Investigation of Warfare Practices in
Kautilya's Arthshastra' to Pune University under 'Grants-in-Aid'
scheme. ................
Ministry of Defence
Compensation to landmine
victims
As
per records available with the Army, 73 persons (60 army personnel
and 13 civilians) have lost their lives and 216 persons (132 army
personnel& 84 civilians) have been injured in mine related accidents.
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Ministry of Defence
Indigenous production
of minesO
The
Government has sanctioned four indigenous projects of sea mines
for the Indian Navy. ................
Ministry of Defence
Vacancies in the Army
At
present there is a shortage of 12,554 officers in the Army. Deficiencies
of varying levels have been existing over a period of time. ................
Ministry of Defence
Curbing terror by Pakistan
There
has been some reduction in infiltration and cross border terrorism
after the speech of the Pakistan President on May 27, 2002 and
the Kazakhstan summit in early June, 2002, which may be due to
deployment of security forces and effective counter infiltration
measures. ................
Ministry of Rural Development
Rs. 52.93 crore released
to Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab for rural
drinking water
The
Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs. 5293.50 lakh for
rural drinking water to Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana
and Punjab under centrally sponsored Accelerated Rural Water Supply
Programme (ARWSP) of Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission
(RGNWM) for the current financial year. ................
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 further fall
of 0.50 percentage point during June, 2002. ................
Ministry of Agriculture
National Commission on
Cattle presents its report to Shri Ajit Singh
The
report of the National Commission on Cattle was presented to the
Union Agriculture Minister, Shri Ajit Singh today. ................
Ministry of Agriculture
Action Plan for provision
of fodder in drought-hit States
Union
Agriculture Minister Shri Ajit Singh today held a meeting with
the officials of Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Ltd. (IFFCO)
and Krishak Bharati Cooperative Ltd. (KRIBHCO) to find out about
their preparedness in helping the farmers of drought-affected
states. ................
Ministry of Commerce & Industries
Maran clears FDI proposals
worth Rs. 214 crore
Shri
Murasoli Maran, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, has cleared
46 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) proposals involving FDI worth
Rs. 214 crore. ................
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Shatrughan Sinha releases
Hospital Manual- 2002
Union
Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Shri Shatrughan Sinha has
said that patient care is a complex process in hospital management,
which includes the involvement of doctors as well as coordination
of hospital functionaries for better health care. ...............
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Ministry to receive applications
for new Medical Colleges from tomorrow
The
Government will receive applications for the establishment of
new Medical Colleges for the academic session 2003-2004 from tomorrow
i.e. 1st August, 2002. ...............
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister's speech
at a function to release three books by Dr. L.M. Singhvi
The
Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee released three books
titled 'Towards Global Togetherness' , 'Democracy and Rule of
Law' and 'A Democratic Sojourn' by Dr. L.M. Singhvi. ...............
