PIB Press Releases



		7th May, 2002


		Ministry of Steel Steel industry shows signs of improvement Steel Industry in India is coming out of its worst ever phase and showing sings of improvement, said today the Minister of Steel Shri B.K.Tripathy, addressing the members of the Consultative Committee ...................... Ministry of Health & Family Welfare NIB to act as central drugs laboratory for certain drugs National Institute of Biologicals (NIB) will act as Central Drugs Laboratory in respect of Oral Polio Vaccine, Blood Grouping reagents and diagnostic kits for HIV, Hepatitis B Surface antigen and Hepatitis C Virus for which they have adequate facilities for testing. ...................... Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs Appellate tribunal for foreign exchange The Appellate Tribunal for Foreign Exchange, constituted under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, with effect from June 1, 2000, disposed of 188 appeals and about 1,06. ...................... Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs Appointment of Notary Public The Law Ministry appointed 237 advocates as Notary Public during 2001-2002 under the Notaries Act, 1952. So far, 2065 Notaries have been appointed by the Central Government in various parts of the country. ...................... Ministry of Commerce Input-Output norms for 15 new export items notified The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued Public Notice No.10 dated 01/05/2002 notifying additional standard input-output norms for 15 new export items and . ...................... Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievence & pension New Appointments The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following nominations. ...................... Ministry of Communication Shri Pramod Mahajan inaugurates Video Conferencing facility for six Districts in Orissa Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Communications&IT, Shri Pramod Mahajan today inaugurated Video conferencing facilities for six districts in Orissa. The inauguration was done by providing video conferencing link from Bhubaneswar. ...................... Ministry of Chemical & Fertlizers Safe drinking water to all rural habitations by 2004-Venkaiah Naidu The Rural Development Minister Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has said the Government of India has accorded high priority to cover all rural habitations with access to safe drinking water by 2004. In order to do so, the Government has set the norm . ...................... Ministry of Tourism More than 1.55 Lakh tourists arrived during April 2002 More than 1.55 lakh foreign tourists arrived in the country during April 2002. Arrival during the month was 16.2 percent less than the arrival in April 2001. Arrival during last four months and comparative figures for the previous years are as follows . ...................... Ministry of Home Affairs National Identity Cards More than 1.55 lakh foreign tourists arrived in the country during April 2002. Arrival during the month was 16.2 percent less than the arrival in April 2001. Arrival during last four months and comparative figures for the previous years are as follows . ...................... Ministry of Home Affairs Criminal Cases in the Country The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has made a number of recommendations in its Annual Report about improving the administration of Criminal Justice System in the country including speedy clearance of criminal cases in the courts through the . ...................... Ministry of Tourism Tax concessions to tourism The Government has granted a number of tax concessions to tourism as rationalisation of the taxes on services in the tourism sector would make India, price-wise a more competitive destination. Concessions granted in the . ...................... Ministry of Tourism Foreign Investment in tourism sector The Government of India has proposed to attract foreign investments, inter-alia, in the tourism sector. For hotels and tourism related industry, automatic approval up to 100 per cent foreign equity has been allowed. The Department of Tourism . ...................... Ministry of Defence Army Chief commends first Indian expedition to Annapurna- I General S Padmanabhan Chief of the Army Staff commended the performance of the Indian Army Mountaineering Expedition team to Annapurna-I for scaling one of the most technically difficult peak, here today. In fact, this is the first Indian team to have scaled this peak .......................