Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs

DCA files charge sheets against vanishing companies
The Department of Company Affairs (DCA) has filed charge-sheets against ten fly-by-night (vanishing) companies and their directors and promoters based in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal........................

Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution

Shri Shanta Kumar urged for progressive use of Hindi
Shri Shanta Kumar, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, said that dedicated efforts are needed at the administrative level for spreading the usage of Hindi........................

Ministry of Defence

NCC boys scale Bandarpunch peak
The National Cadet Corps (NCC) Boys' Mountaineering Expedition to Bandarpunch Peak-II at a height of 21,831 ft was flagged-in here today by Defence Secretary Shri Yogendra Narain........................

Ministry of Railways

Rajagopal to flag off Ananthapuri Express on Sunday
Union Minister of State for Railways Shri O.Rajagopal will be flagging off Ananthapuri Express(Trivandrum Central-Chennai Egmore Express (6123/6124) from Trivandrum on Sunday, 30th June 2002........................

Ministry of Rural Development

Venkaiah Naidu asks sector reform projects in drinking water to improve performance in Three Months
The Rural Development Minister Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has asked the districts implementing sector reform programme on drinking water to show visible improvement in performance in three months otherwise the schemes will be withdrawn from the districts........................

Ministry of Labour & Empowerment

National Commission on Labour to submit its report tomorrow
The Report of the Second National Commission on Labour will be submitted to the Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee by the Chairman of the Commission Shri Ravindra Varma here tomorrow............

Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs

Law Minister releases CD-Rom on financial profiles of more than two lakh companies
The Union Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley released a CD-ROM "First Source" containing a large database on key financial statistics of 2,45,366 registered companies........

Ministry of Home Affairs

B.L.Vohra appointed as DG ,Civil Defence
Shri B.L.Vohra, IPS , has been appointed as Director General, Civil Defence .A Central Government notification of this effect was issued today................

Ministry of Commerce

Council for leather exports aims to increase India's share in Japanese Imports to 2% by 2005-06
Council for Leather Exports is aiming at increasing India's share in the Japanese imports from present level of 0.34% to 2% by 2005-06................

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 witnessed a marginal fall of 0.03 percentage point during May, 2002. ................

Ministry of Rural Development

Greater flexibility accorded to SGSY Programme Guidelines - Venkaiah Naidu
The Rural Development Ministry has amended the guidelines giving greater flexibility to the Swarajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY). ................

Ministry of Labour & Empowerment

Labour Minister calls for rationalisation of welfare schemes for mine workers
The Labour Minister Shri Sharad Yadav has called for simplifying and rationalizing of the welfare schemes for mine workers and their dependents. ...............

Ministry of Agriculture

Report of the Inter-Ministerial Task Force on Agricultural Marketing Reforms presented
The Inter-Ministerial Task Force on Agricultural Marketing Reforms today presented its Report to the Union Agriculture Minister, Shri Ajit Singh outlining several measures for strengthening agricultural marketing system in the country................

President's Secretariat

Press Note
The poll for the Presidential Election 2002 will take place on Monday July 15, 2002. ................

Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

Revised estimates of Annual National Income, 2001-02 and quarterly estimates of Gross Domestic Product, 2001-02
The Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, has released the revised estimates of national income for the financial year 2001-02 at constant (1993-94) and current prices. ................