March 7, 2002

• Gem & Jewellery exports record 24% growth in January 2002
• Punjab to consider crop diversification
• No plan to give more powers to Panchayats
• Cases in courts of U.P. and Bihar
• No inclusion of Pakistani nationals in voter’s list
• Establishment of Fast Track Courts for speedy trial
• Transparency in Election funding
• Conference to discuss career options for Women in Science & Engineering
• Uma Bharti sets up committee to review the training programme of Sports
• Coal sale policy rationalisation reviewed
• GoM on Food Processing legislation
• Report on review of DGQA submitted
• NCC Cadets delegation to visit Nepal
• Crash of MIG aircraft
• Incident of mine blasts along border
• Ezhimala Naval Academy
• Procurement of Gorshkov
• Loss suffered due to defective ammunition
• Tenth plan to focus on providing high quality emplopyment
• Allotment of LPG agencies/petrol pumps to widows of ITBP and BSF personnel
• Foreign Direct Investment under New Exploration Licensing Policy
• Reduction in deposit amount for LPG connections
• E-Learning for municipal functionaries to be launched
• PM greets women on International Women’s Day
• President’s message on International Women’s Day
• Steel Minister’s views on US Tariffs on Steel