PIB Press Releases


		5th June , 2002


		Prime Minister's Office Opening remarks of Prime Minister at the Press Conference in Almaty Following is the text of the Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee's opening remarks at the end - of -the visit Press Conference at Almaty today. ........................ Ministry of Commerce & Industry Raman Singh inaugurates Modernised Design Office Dr. Raman Singh, Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, has emphasised the importance of modernisation of intellectual property administration to face the challenges of economic liberlisation and globalisation. While inaugurating the Modernised Design Office today in Kolkata, Dr. Singh said that opening of this office would significantly enhance the quality of the services like computerised database, search facilities and grant of registration of design within shorter time. . ....................... Ministry of Steel SAIL'S home sales in May up 34 per cent The Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), a public sector undertaking of the Ministry of Steel has sold 8.2 lakh tonnes of steel products in the home market . ....................... Ministry of Coal NLC exceeds target in power generation and power export Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited's (NLC) power generation during the month of April 2002 was 1361.07 MU whereas the target for the month earmarked was 1288 MU. NLC also exceeded power generation . ....................... Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs President's assent to five more Bills The President has given his assent to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Bill, 2002, the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2002 . ....................... Ministry of I.T & Communication Department of IT develops software for watershed management A Geographical Information System(GIS) based Watershed Planning and Management Software called 'WATMAN' has been developed by National Centre for Human Settlement & Environment (NCHSE), Bhopal . ....................... Ministry of Power Use of technology needed to make power sector commercially viable: Suresh Prabhu The Minister of Power, Shri Suresh Prabhu has said there is an urgent need make use of world class technology in the distribution sector to make the power sector commercially viable. Shri Prabhu was speaking while delivering . ....................... Ministry of Defence Exchange of Fire in Jammu and Kashmir Indian troops carried out retaliatory fire assaults on Pak posts in Batalik, Kargil and Dras areas killing/ wounding six to eight Pak soldiers. About 12 pak bunkers were destroyed/ damaged. . ....................... Ministry of Textiles Shri Rana stresses on Technological Upgradation for Textiles Sector The globalization of textile trade will have a serious impact on powerloom sector and thus there is a need for effective, concerted and time-bound efforts to upgrade the technology, skills of the weavers. . ....................... Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Revision in Kerosene dealers' commission Based on the recommendations of a Committee of the Marketing Directors of the Oil Companies and Executive . . ....................... Ministry of Railways Death toll in Train-Bus collision in Etah District rises to 44 The death toll in the accident involving Kanpur-Kasganj Express and a private bus in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh has risen to fortyfour. The accident took place when 5301 Kanpur-Kasganj Express on its way to Kasganj dashed . . ....................... Ministry of Defence Efforts Should Be Made To Reduce Defence Imports: Fernandes The Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes has called upon the Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) to make all out effort to reduce country's dependence on defence related imports. He was addressing . . ....................... Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Petroleum Secretary calls upon oil companies to gear up for emerging competition Shri B.K. Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, has called upon the oil companies to gear up for facing the challenges emerging in the de-regulated Indian Hydrocarbon Sector ....................... Ministry of Planning & Programme Implementation Seminar on State of Animal Houses in Laboratories A one-day seminar on ‘State of Animal Houses in India’ is being organised here on 10 June 2002. Hosted by the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA), under the animal Welfare Division, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.......................