Ministry of Law Justice & Company Affairs
Improving legal education
The
Law Commission of India has undertaken a study of reviewing the
Advocates Act, 1961 for improving the standards of legal education
and the legal profession. The review ......................
Ministry of Law Justice & Company Affairs
Law Minister releases books on secretarial standards and Monograph
on Directors' responsibilities
The
Union Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Shri Arun
Jaitley released a book on Secretarial Standard on General Meetings
and a Monograph on Position, Duties and Liabilities of Directors
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Ministry of Law Justice & Company Affairs
Financial Assistance for setting up of family courts
States
have generally been demanding financial assistance for Family
Courts. Recently, a specific request has been received from the
Government of Tripura for setting up one Family Court at the State
capital Agartala. The Government of Tripura has
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Ministry of Law Justice & Company Affairs
Separate law to protect refugges
As
informed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, administratively concerned
with the subject matter of the Question, the feasibility, requirement
or otherwise of a separate law to deal with refugees is being
considered.....................
Ministry of Law Justice & Company Affairs
Scrutiny Of Books of accounts of Jet Airways
The
Government has ordered an inspection of Jet Airways under Section
209 A of the Companies Act, 1956......................
Ministry of Law Justice & Company Affairs
Maintenance of Wives, Children and Parents
Section
125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 pertaining to "order
for maintenance of wives, children and parents" has been
amended recently inter alia, removing the ceiling on the amount......................
Ministry of Law Justice & Company Affairs
Report on reforming of the criminal justice system
The
Justice V.S. Malimath Committee on Criminal Justice Reforms is
conducting interactions with the Bar, Police, Jurists, Prosecutors,
High Courts and other legal experts in order to ....................
Ministry of Law Justice & Company Affairs
Special court to try POTA accused
Law
and Order is a State subject and as such the
information
regarding the number of Special Courts instituted
as on date to try Prevention
of Terrorism Act (POTA) accused, State-wise, and the number of
POTA
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Ministry of Law Justice & Company Affairs
DCA takes steps for promoting good Corporate Governance
In
a meeting convened by the Secretary, Department of Company Affairs
(DCA), Shri Vinod Dhall, here yesterday, matters relating to development
of a comprehensive framework for ensuring and promoting good corporate
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Ministry of Steel
VRS package for HSCL
Government
of India has approved extension of a guarantee in favour of Hindustan
Steelworks Construction Ltd. (HSCL) to the tune of Rs.250 crore
for raising funds from the banks to effect VRS aimed
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Ministry of Steel
Export of Steel to USA
India
exported to USA 7,24,000 tonnes of steel products during 1999-2000,
4,82,000 tonnes during 2000-01 and 1,23,000 tonnes during April'01
to January'02. Some of the countries....................
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Lymphatic Filariasis should be integrated with other disease control
programme: Dr. Thakur
Minister
for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. C. P. Thakur has said that
Lymphatic Filariasis should be integrated with other disease control
programmes as planned by WHO to...................
Ministry of Labour & Empowerment
One Lakh workers engaged in fish processing units : Majority Women
About
one lakh workers are directly engaged in fish processing units.
Stating this in the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today, the
Minister of State for Labour & Employment Shri Muni Lall said
that majority ...................
Ministry of Home Affairs
Disabled children from Sadvichar Parivar call on Home Minister
A
group of 170 disabled school children from Sadvichar Parivar near
Gandhi Nagar today Called on the Union Home Minister, Shri L.K.
Advani at his residence, here. The children are on a educational
tour to important places of Northern India. ...................
Ministry of Defence
Indigenisation of Defence equipment production
The
indigenisation of defence equipment is an ongoing process and
is achieved by transfer of technology and indigenous research.
Indigenisation of spares of defence equipment has been undertaken
in aircraft, warships, armament, tanks, vehicles and electronic
as well as engineering equipment.
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Ministry of Steel
VSP April turnover Rs.268 crore
Visakhapatnam
Steel Plant (VSP) of the Rastriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) a public
sector undertaking of the Steel Ministry has made a very good
start by achieving best sales turnover of Rs.268 crore in the
first.
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Ministry of Steel
Nilanchal Ispat Nigam
Blast
Furnace Complex of Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd. (NINL), Orissa was
commissioned in February 2002. During 2001-02, the plant has produced
26,500 tonnes of various grades of Pig Iron and 11,300 tonnes.
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Ministry of Environment & Forests
Information and Communication Technology is a vital engine for
development in the 21st Century: Shri T.R. Baalu
The
Union Environment and Forests Minister, Shri T.R. Baalu has said
that Information & Communication Technology is a vital engine
for development in the 21st century. The Asia Pacific
Region can address its poverty.
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Ministry of Environment & Forests
India & UNEP join hands to save the Ozone Layer
A
bold new initiative, aimed at accelerating the phase out of ozone-damaging
chemicals across India, was launched here today jointly by the
Indian Government and the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP).
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Ministry of Railways
Level Crossings
There
are 16242 manned and 20291 unmanned Railway crossings on Indian
Railways. The year-wise breakup of casualties in accidents at
manned and unmanned level crossings during the last three years.
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Ministry of Railways
Modernisaiton of Rail Coaches
Railways
have taken action to upgrade the coach manufacturing technology
to derive benefit of higher passenger comfort, safety and lower
cost of maintenance and operation by purchasing 24 state-of-the-art
coaches.
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Ministry of Railways
Commercial Utilisaiton of Railway Land
Railways
propose to set up Indian Railways Land, Air – Space and Property
Development Authority (IRLAPDA) for commercial utilisation/development
of the railway land. The proposed Authority would be a separate
entity.
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Ministry of Railways
Computerised Reservation at Railway Stations
The
computerisation of reservation process has resulted in curbing
the malpractice relating to reservations in the following manner.
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Ministry of Railways
Passenger
Amenities
Every
year, Railways are making high allotments for passenger amenity
works in its endeavour to provide adequate amenities as per laid
down down norms at all stations. Railways endeavour is
to eliminate the deficiencies and plan.
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Ministry of Textiles
Non-Utilisation
of Funds Sanctioned Under MPLADS
As
per the information received from the District Heads regarding
utilisation of funds allocated under the Members of Parliament
Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) about Rs. 2284 crore, remained
unutilized as on 31.03.2002
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Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Import of Crude Oil by Private Companies
As
per the current EXIM Policy 2002-2007 effective 1.4.2002 crude
oil is freely importable. As regards petroleum products, import
of Motor Sprit (MS) (all types), Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF),
High Speed Diesel (HSD), Natural Gas Liquid (NGL), Light Diesel
Oil (LDO) etc., are allowed through Indian Oil Corporation Limited
as State Trading Enterprise
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Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
LPG through Pipelines
At
present, Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies are supplying LPG
through bulk LPG/cylinder manifold installation (piped/reticulated
system) to domestic customers on pilot basis in Visakhapatnam,
Bangalore and Mumbai.
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