PIB Press Releases


		9th May, 2002


		Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs Budgetary provision for investors education and protection fund An amount of Rs. 3.00 lakhs was allocated for the Investor Education and Protection Fund during the year 2001-2002 out of which an amount of approximately Rs. 2.4 lakhs remained unutilized........................ Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs World Bank to fund more Rural development schemes Loans given to Directors of private limited companies unless they are subsidiaries of public companies are exempted from the approval of the Central Government and, therefore, guidelines issued for regulating . ...................... Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs Huge loans at low rate to directors of companies A number of provisions exist under various laws to deal with economic offences. However, review of laws is a continuous process and Government takes, from time to time, adequate steps to deal with any situation. Tribunals, namely, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Appellate...................... Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs Filing of returns by foreign companies Some foreign companies applied for condonation of delay in filing of statutory documents (annual returns, balance sheets and other documents) with the Registrar of Companies. The delay varies from some days to a few years. Section 611 of Companies Act, 1956 does not apply...................... Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs More powers to Lok Adalats As per available information so far more than 1 lakh 24 thousand Lok Adalats have been organised in the country. As organising Lok Adalats is a continuing process and the purposes of holding Lok Adalats are need based, no specific number of Lok Adalats to be set up can be indicated....................... Ministry of Defence Medical facilities to Ex-servicemen The Ex-Servicemen, their families and families of deceased service personnel drawing pension of any kind are entitled to free out-patient treatment in 127 Military Hospitals (109 Army, 11 Air Force and 7 Navy Hospitals) and over ...................... Ministry of Labour& Empowerment Standing labour committee to discuss four major labour issues at its 38th session The 38th Session of the Standing Labour Committee, SLC, will be inaugurated by the Labour Minister Shri Sharad Yadav in New Delhi on May 10, 2000. It is the second highest tripartite body at the national level to help in evolving policies on labour issue. The SLC also decides the agenda for the Indian Labour Conference ....................... Ministry of Steel Rennovation of Rourkela Steel Plant The total amount spent on Rourkela Steel Plant modernisation since 1998-99 is nearly Rs.555 crore. During 1998-99 Rs.279 crore was spent on modernisation. Next year Rs.170 crore was spent and during the year 2000-01, the Government spent Rs.66 crore....................... Ministry of Steel Levy on Indian Steel by US India has been excluded from the scope of safeguard measures announced by the US President against import of various categories of steel except in the category of carbon flanges........................ Ministry of Steel DSP fulfils production target The Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) of the Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) has fulfilled the saleable steel target during the year 2001-02. The plant has produced 15.27 lakh tonnes during the....................... Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizer Satisfactory availability of Allopathic drugs and pharmaceuticals in the country: S. S. Dhindsa Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri S. S. Dhindsa said that availability position of allopathic drugs and pharmaceuticals in the country is by and large satisfactory and demand is being met. There has been no report of general shortage of medicines ...................... Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV to be stregnthened The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. C.P.Thakur has said that Government has given priority to National AIDS Control Programme which is evident from the fact that highest budgetary allocation has been allotted to this programme as compared to other....................... Ministry of Surface Transport Wastage of fuel at intersections According to a study conducted by the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), New Delhi, in the year 1996, an estimated amount of 3.21 lakh litres of petrol and 1.01 lakh literes of diesel was consumed in idling of the vehicles at 466 intersections of Delhi per day........................ Ministry of Surface Transport States' share in toll Levy of user fee on four lane National Highways, by passes and bridges is proposed as under....................... Ministry of Surface Transport Action plan to minimise accidents on highways The number of fatal accidents, as reported by the states, during the last three years on the roads State-wise and year-wise is as given below. ...................... Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution Record export of foodgrains The quantity of wheat and rice lifted from the central pool upto April 30, 2002 for the purpose of export aggregated 86.10 lakh MTs. ...................... Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution Loss of foodgrains due to inadequate storage Foodgrains procured by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) are stored on scientific lines. However, some storage losses occur, inter-alia, due to loss of moisture, multiple handling, spillage and long storage...................... Ministry of Textiles More allocation of funds for handloom sector under Xth plan outlay Keeping in view the international market for handloom sector, allocation under the 10th plan outlay have been increased to Rs. 625 crores as against Rs. 452.50 crores in Ninth Plan...................... Ministry of Railways Improvement in freight services by Railways Indian Railways is running scheduled time container goods trains (CONTRACK) with target transit time...................... Ministry of Railways Level of platforms All the railway coaches and engines are of standard height and Railways have standardized three levels of platforms...................... Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Oil companies given autonomy to appoint dealers As a part of deregulation exercise in oil sector, the Government has now decided to grant autonomy to public sector oil companies in the selection of dealers/distributors...................... Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Income ceiling for Post Matric Scholarship Scheme linked with Consumer Price Index for industrial workers Centre has decided to link the income ceiling for Centrally sponsored Scheme of Post-Matric Scholarships to students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes with the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers...................... Ministry of Steel Steel Minister's statement in the Lok Sabha on IISCO The Minister for Steel Shri Braja Kishore Tripathy today made the following statement replying to the calling attention raised by Shri Basudeb Acharia, MP regarding the situation arising out of non revival of Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd. (IISCO), West Bengal...................... Ministry of Commerce Rs.330 crore earmarked for assistance to states for development of export infrastructure in 2002-03 An amount of Rs.330 crore has been earmarked for 2002-03, for the scheme called "Assistance to States for Infrastructure Development for Exports (ASIDE)"...................... Ministry of Commerce India leads in organic tea production India is the leading producer of both non-organic as well as organic tea in the world. The entire Indian production of organic tea is exported...................... Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs Press Communique In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra...................... Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs Press Communique The President of India has been pleased to accept, on the advice of the Prime Minister, the resignation of Shri Manohar Joshi...................... Ministry of Textiles New inititatives to modernise powerloom sector In view of the removal of Quantitative Restrictions (Q.R.) from 1st January 2005, there is a need to work in a coordinated and focussed manner to build a modern powerloom industry which will be able to face competition from domestic and export markets...................... Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation Schemes sanctioned under 20-point programme in Gujarat The number of schemes sanctioned during the year 2001-2002 under 20-point programme in Gujarat is 43. The details of Central Assistance provided for schemes under 20-point programme to the Government of Gujarat are given below......................