PIB Press Releases



		3rd May, 2002


		Ministry of surface Transport National Shipping board member appointed Vice Admiral S.V.Gopalachari, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff has been appointed as ...................... Ministry of Steel Steps to improve perfomance of VSP VIZAG Steel Plant (VSP) of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. has improved its performance during the last two years which has reduced the net loss substantially ...................... Ministry of Steel RSP April production up 12.3 per cent The Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) of the Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) has produced 1,22,140 tonnes of saleable steel during April 2002 recording a growth of 12.3 per cent over April last year. The production of 1,24,695 tonnes of Hot metal and 1,06,555 tonnes of crude...................... Ministry of Heavy Industry & Public Enterprises Revival of sick public sector undertakings Government policy is to revive potentially viable public sector undertakings. Industrial Undertakings whose net worth has eroded are referred to the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) as per Sick Industrial Companies Act for formulation of appropriate revival packages....................... Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs Settling Complaints of Investors The Investors Protection Cell in the Department of Company Affairs (DCA) settled 106 complaints of investors satisfactorily during March 2002. All complaints belonged to individual investors....................... Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs National Judicial Commission The Government is committed to setting up of a National Judicial Commission to make recommendations for judicial appointments in the Supreme Court and High Courts. The proposed Commission ....................... Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution Sale of Foodgrains at cheaper rates As on May 1, 2002 a quantity of 139.03 lakh tonnes of wheat and 142.66 lakh tonnes of paddy (as on April 29, 2002) conforming to Fair Average Quality specifications has been procured....................... Ministry of Home Affairs Tarun Gogoi discusses BODO issue with Home Minister The Assam Chief Minister, Shri Tarun Gogoi had a meeting with the Union Home Minister, Shri L.K. Advani, here, today. They discussed the progress in finding a solution to the Bodo issue...................... Ministry of Textiles Ambitious target of US $ 1600 million set for handicraft exports The economic importance of handicrafts lies in its high employment potential, low capital investment, high value addition and high demand in domestic and overseas markets. While presenting the 12th Export Awards for Handicrafts...................... Ministry of Textiles Purchase of Cotton No target is fixed for purchase of cotton from the cotton growing States. To protect the interests of the cotton growers, Government announces Minimum Support Price (MSP) for kapas (seed cotton). Whenever the market prices of kapas touch the MSP level, the Cotton Corporation of India Ltd. (CCI) undertakes ..................... Ministry of Textiles Import Duty on Silk In the general budget announced for 2002-2003 the import duty of silk has been reduced to 35.20% from 40.40% in 2001-2002. The Ministry of Textiles has requested Ministry of Finance for maintaining the import duty of silk ..................... Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprieses Conference of Chief Executives of Public Enterprises The Department of Public Enterprises and the Standing Conference of Public Enterprises are jointly organising the Eighth Conference of Chief Executives of Central Public Enterprises tomorrow. The Conference provides an opportunity for interaction among Chief Executives ..................... Ministry of Labour & Empowerment Lead Bankers to discuss stratigies to increase lending to Weaker Sections The top executives of the leading banks/ financial institutions are to discuss policy requirements along with structural changes at micro and macro levels to improve lending to weaker sections at a workshop here tomorrow. The workshop ..................... Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Import Bill As against the import bill of Rs.78,025 crore for the fiscal year 2000-01, the import bill for the fiscal year 2001-02 is estimated at Rs. 73,539 crore thereby registering ..................... Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Measures initiated to help SSIs become globally competitive: Rudy The government has put in place several measures to help SSIs (small scale industries) become globally competitive. These include special focus on areas such as technology upgradation, infrastructure assistance through cluster approach, timely availability of credit, adoption of modern management ..................... Ministry of Defence BEL registers record turnover The Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), a Public Sector Undertaking of the Ministry of Defence has registered a record turnover of Rs.1939 crore during 2001-02, which is a 13 per cent increase over last year’s performance ..................... Ministry of Agriculture Workshop on Climate change calls for Model Framework on Adaptation South Asia Expert Workshop on "Adaptation to Climate Change for Agricultural Productivity" which concluded here today recommended that a number of countries already have sustainable development policies built into their ongoing programmes ..................... Ministry of Power & Non-Conventional Energy Sources Central PSUs to offer assistance to States for execution of viable small Hydro Projects It has been decided that Central PSUs like NHPC, N EEPCO, THDC, NTPC and BBNB would offer assistance to States for undertaking execution of viable small hydro projects. This was decided at a meeting convened by the Minister of Power, Shri Suresh Prabhu, here today which was attended by the Minister ..................... Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Four companies seek marketing rights for transport fuels Shri Ram Naik, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, announced here today that four oil companies have applied for authorisation to retail transportation fuels such as petrol and diesel in India. These companies include Oil and Natural Gas ..................... Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Increase in government expenditure in Health Sector thrust on Primary Health Centres The National Health Policy-2002(NHP) gives prime importance to ensure a more equitable access to health services across the social and geographical expanse of the country. Emphasis has been given to increase the aggregate public health..................... Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Regulations on Professional Code of Ethics for Doctors The Government has approved the Regulations on Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics for the doctors practicing allopathic system of medicine. These Regulations seek to define the character of a physician..................... Prime Minister's Office Prime Minister condoles the death of M.S. Oberoi The Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has condoled the demise this morning of Shri Manmohan Singh Oberoi, former Member of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. The Prime Minister recalled that Shri Oberoi ..................... Ministry of Industry Maran clears FDI proposals worth Rs. 580 Crore Shri Murasoli Maran, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, has cleared 37 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) proposals involving FDI worth Rs. 580 Crore. The major investment proposals pertain to sectors such as chemicals & petro-chemicals, NBFC activities, automobiles, bottling & and sale of LPG, paints, hotels & tourism, textiles, ports and software development...................... Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Cannes Film Festival - 2002 The Cannes film festival is one of the most prestigious international film festivals. Visibility in this festival is a mark of cinematic recognition, with both artistic and commercial significance. The Cannes film......................