PIB Press Releases



		6th May, 2002


		Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs New Chief Justice of India sworn in The President, Shri K.R. Narayanan, administered the oath of affirmation to Shri Justice Bhupinder Nath Kirpal, a Judge of the Supreme Court, as the Chief Justice of India in terms of proviso to clause (6) of Article 124 read with Third Schedule (IV) of the Constitution of India, at Rashtrapati Bhawan today ...................... Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs Meetings through Video-Conferencing In principle a decision has been taken to allow Board Meetings through use of Electronic Media including Video-Conferencing ...................... Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs Recording of statements before magistrate IThe Law Commission has recommended recording of statements of important witnesses in the presence of a Magistrate. ...................... Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs Video Conferencing in Jails The Delhi High Court has directed the Government to amend Section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 so as to enable the Central Jail, Tihar to produce undertrial/accused before the Magistrate through the Video Linkage System for extension of their remand. . ...................... Ministry of Special Service & Features Filling Vacancies of Judges in High Courts The Government in its letter of March 15, 2002, has requested the Chief Justices of High Courts, Chief Ministers and Governors of States to make recommendation for filling up the existing as well as anticipated vacancies of Judges in the High Courts expeditiously. . ...................... Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs Submission of report by constitution review commission The National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution has recommended that the issue of eligibility of only natural born citizens of India or those whose parents or grandparents were citizens of India to hold high offices such as President, Vice-President, Prime Minister and Chief Justice of India ...................... Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs Recommendations of NCRWC The National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution, headed by Shri Justice M.N. Venkatachalaiah, has submitted its final report recently. The Commission has made various recommendations pertaining to (I) Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties...................... Ministry of Commerce Government announces relief package for Coffee sector Deeply concerned with the unprecedented crisis being faced by the coffee sector due to all time low prices, the Government of India have taken a number of steps to safeguard the interests of the coffee growers particularly the small grower sector...................... Ministry of Coal Coal sale policy to be simple, transparent and customer friendly In view of the liberalized and deregulated economy, Coal India Limited is formulating a sales policy which will be simple, transparent and customer friendly. With increased customer satisfaction, the coal industry is likely to grow faster. Besides being ...................... Ministry of Coal Licences to Multi-National Companies Under section 5(1) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, only an Indian national or a company registered in India can be granted a reconnaissance permit or prospecting licence for exploration of minerals....................... Ministry of Coal Preventive measures by WCL to save Coal from burning Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) has not suffered any loss due to fire in coal stock during the last three years........................ Ministry of Steel NMDC ranks among top ten PSEs National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (NMDC) has been chosen as one of the top ten Public Sector Enterprises (PSE) for the MoU Award of the Government of India......................... Ministry of Steel Steel Minister asks VSP to sustain growth and achieve net profit Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), a Public Sector Undertaking of the Steel Ministry has achieved all round good performance during the year 2001-02. It has exceeded its rated capacity of production in all the units......................... Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Amendment to the Drugs & Cosmetics Rules The Government of India has amended Drugs & Cosmetics Rules, 1945 for the purpose to bring about changes in Schedule K.......................... Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Thrust on medical research essential - Dr. Thakur The Union Health Minister, Dr. C.P.Thakur has said that the medical education should give more emphasis in the field of research........................... Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Shelf life of Rifampicin Capsules extended The shelf life of Rifampicin Capsules has been extended to 36 months in India. This was done after the stability studies conducted at Central Indian Pharmacopoeia Laboratory, Ghaziabad................... Ministry of Planning & Programme Implementation Amendments to guidelines on MPLADS Funds under the MPLAD Scheme are released to the concerned District Collector who has to get the works recommended by the MP implemented as per established procedure of the State Government................... Ministry of Chemical & Fertilizers S. S. Dhindsa dedicates Satapar village reconstructed by IFFCO after the 26th January 2001 earthquake Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers, Shri S. S. Dhindsa dedicated the newly constructed Satapar village in Anjar, Taluka of Kutch district to the villagers today .................... Ministry of Defence Border Roads to construct Rohtang Tunnel The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has been entrusted with the construction of nine km long Rohtang Tunnel which will be an alternate route to Leh. The work on the project will begin this year and is expected to be completed in ten years. .................... Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Petroleum Regulatory Board Bill introduced in Lok Sabha Shri Ram Naik, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, has introduced a Bill, in the Lok Sabha today.................... Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Pro-active intervention by Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment for empowering persons with disabilities The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has been proactively involved in empowering the people with disabilities with several programme interventions for almost last six years with the implementation of the Persons with Disabilities Act..................... Ministry of Enviroment & Forest Protection of Environment The Biomedical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998 notified by the Government of India, contain provisions, inter alia, for regulating the use of incinerators in the country for ..................... Ministry of Enviroment & Forest Detention of wagons loaded with timber The States and Union Territories have either adopted Indian Forest Act, 1927 or enacted their own Acts for prevention of illegal felling and transportation of timber. . ..................... Ministry of Enviroment & Forest World Bank-Aided Pollution Control Projects At present, the Ministry of Environment & Forests is implementing the World Bank aided "Industrial Pollution Prevention Project". The main objective of this project is to promote cost-effective pollution abatement by way of strengthening the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Gujarat. .....................