11th November, 2002
 


Ministry of Law & Justice

Nationwide network for provision of free and competent legal services
In terms of the amendments effected in the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, in 1994 and 2002, a nationwide network for providing free and competent legal services to the weaker sections has been set up .....................

Ministry of Steel

Steel production & export show growth
The total production of finished steel in the country from April to October, 2002, has been provisionally estimated at 18.10 million tonnes (MT) as against the production of 17.18 MT during the same period last year showing an increase of 5.3 per cent ....................

Ministry of Steel

RSP taps South Asian market
Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) of the Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) has achieved a major breakthrough in its effort to tap the South Asian market ....................

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Arun Shourie to attend informal WTO Ministerial in Sydney
Shri Arun Shourie, Union Minister for Disinvestment with additional charge of Commerce & Industry, will be leading the Indian delegation to the informal meeting of World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministers, scheduled to be held in Sydney (Australia) on 14th and 15th November, 2002 ....................

Ministry of Science & Technology

India and Canada sign MoU on geomatics to take scientific co-op forward
India and Canada signed here today a Memorandum of Understanding to develop and strengthen cooperation in the field of Geomatics ....................

Ministry of Power

Finnish Minister calls on Smt. Jayawanti Mehta
A business delegation of Finland led by Mr. Jari Vilen, Minister for Foreign Trade, Finland called on Smt. Jayawanti Ben Mehta, Minister of State for Power recently ....................

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

India, Finland to cooperate in energy, healthcare, environment and software technology
India and Finland have decided to cooperate in the fields of energy, healthcare, environment, information technology as also in the areas of science & technology and civil aviation ....................

Ministry of Science & Technology

India urges European Union to view IPR as effective policy instrument
India has urged the European Union (EU) to appreciate New Delhi’s stand and view Intellectual Property not as a distinct or self-contained domain, rather as an important and effective policy instrument relevant to address a wide-range of socio-economic, technological and political concerns ....................

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Maulana Azad's 114th Birth Anniversary celebrated
Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya has said that Maulana Azad was one of the most towering figures on the Indian political scene during the freedom struggle....................

Prime Minister's Office

PM's speech at the seventh meeting of the Asia Pacific Forum of the National Human Rights Institutions
Following is the text of the Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s speech at the Seventh Meeting of the Asia Pacific Forum of the National Human Rights Institutions here today....................