PIB Press Releases


		29th November, 2002


		Election Commission Partywise candidates in fray in Gujarat Assembly Elections-98 Ministry of Law & Justice Mahabharat Festival at Kurukshetra The Ministry of Tourism and Culture in association with Kurukshetra Development Board in Harayana Tourism is organising first ever Mahabharat festival at Kurukshetra from 11-15 December, 2002................... Ministry of Law & Justice Computerization of Subordinate Courts The Centre has released a sum of Rs. 4.92 crore to the States and Union Territories for computerization of subordinate courts under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the development of infrastructural facilities for the judiciary during the current financial year 2002-2003.................... Ministry of Steel BSP meets Rly's additional Rail requirement The Rail and Structural Mill of Bhilai Steel Plant of the Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), a public sector undertaking under the Steel Ministry has started additional production of 6000 tonnes of prime rails since September 2002 to meet the Railway’s special order for more 40,000 tonnes.................... Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers Self sufficiency in fertilizer production The country has achieved near self-sufficiency in all the nitrogenous (N) and phosphatic (P) fertilizers. The installed capacity of 120.86 lakh MT of ‘N’ and 53.60 lakh MT of ‘P’ as on 31.10.2002 is sufficient to meet the existing level of domestic requirement of these fertilizers.................... Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers Performance of fertilizer plants in Public Sector Number of fertilizer plants operating in the public, private and co-operative sector, their annual installed capacity and capacity utilisation (in percentage) during April – Oct. 2002 is given as under.................... Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers Extradition of UCL Chief Government has examined the request for extradition of Mr. Warren Anderson, former Union Carbide Chief in consultation with concerned authorities.................... Ministry of Defence Lt Gen A K Lahiri is DGMS Army Lt Gen AMIYA KUMAR LAHIRI took over as Director General Medical Services at Army Headquarters.................... Ministry of Defence Aero India 2003 The fourth International Aerospace Exposition-Aero India 2003 will be held at Bangalore from Feb 05 to 09 next year.................... Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension Press Note Central Vigilance Commission, an apex anti-corruption organization in the Central Government, has been handling vigilance cases against senior officers of the Central Government and its public sector organizations.................... Ministry of Commerce & Industry Group of Ministers on WTO The government has constituted a Group of Ministers consisting of Minister of Finance and Company Affairs, Minister of Law & Justice, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of External Affairs for finalising the strategy to be followed during the negotiations on agriculture in the World Trade Organisation (WTO).................... Ministry of Science & Technology Study confirms entry of extra terrestrial micro-organisms in atmosphere A study conducted by a joint Indo-British team of scientists has confirmed the presence of extra-terrestrial microorganisms, entering via earth’s atmosphere.................... Ministry of Food, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution Closure of Super Bazar Super Bazar, the Cooperative Store Limited, New Delhi has been directed by the Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies (CRCS), vide order dated 5.7.2002, to be wound up, said Shri V. Sreenivasa Prasad, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in Lok Sabha today................... Ministry of Food, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution Sugarcane price rationalisation The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution has referred the recommendations of the Mahajan Committee on sugarcane pricing to the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) and they have been requested to recommend a new sugarcane pricing policy.................... Ministry of Food, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution Foodgrains to Rajasthan Seven lakh tonnes of wheat has so far been allocated to the State Government of Rajasthan for the current drought (2002-03) under the Special Component of Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana.................... Ministry of Law & Justice 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 Ramesh Chandra Chopra, Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court.................... Ministry of Tribal Affairs Safeguards for Ghumantu adivasis The denotified and nomadic tribes have been categorised as Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Tribes etc. based on their socio-economic conditions in the respective States and Union Territories.................... Ministry of Tribal Affairs Upliftment of Juang tribes in Orissa The Government of Orissa have taken a micro project for the upliftment of the Juang tribes in Orissa.................... Ministry of Railways National Rail Vikas Yojna The National Rail Vikas Yojana (NRVY) includes four areas – strengthening of Golden Quadrilateral, strengthening of Rail connectivity to Ports, construction of four Mega Bridges and accelerated completion of Last Mile and other important projects.................... Ministry of Railways Cleanliness in Railway Coaches All railway passenger coaches are properly maintained, cleaned and attended prior to commencement of journey from the base station.................... Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Oil India signs agreement with PDVSA for exploitation of heavy oil in Rajasthan Oil India Limited (OIL) signed an Agreement with Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), Intevep here today for carrying out consultancy service/technical collaboration including detailed geoscientific and reservoir engineering studies of Baghewala oilfield in Rajasthan.................... President's Secretariat President to review National Defence Academy Passing Out Parade and present colours to the Coast Guard The President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam leaves on a visit to Pune and Daman this evening. During his visit, the President will review the passing out parade, tomorrow, of the 103rd National Defence Academy (NDA) Course at Khadakwasla near Pune.................... Ministry of Labour & Empowerment Inflation rate falls but Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers rises The rate of inflation based upon the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers witnessed a downward trend with a marginal fall of 0.24 percentage point during October 2002.................... Ministry of Law & Justice Press Communique The President is pleased to appoint (1) Shri Chintapanti Venkata Ramulu, (2) Shri Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy, (3) Shri Khandavalli Chandra Bhanu and (4) Shri Bana Seshasayana Reddy.................... Ministry of Defence Navy conducts free Medical Camp at Jind The Indian Navy conducted a two-day free medical camp at village Khairanti, Jind on 26 and 27 Nov 2002, as a part of the annual activities around the Navy Week.................... Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Dr. Jatiya calls upon media to reach the vast disadvantaged sections of society The Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya, has called upon the media to reach the vast disadvantaged and unreached sections of the society such as scheduled castes, minorities, backward classes, children in need of care and protection, aged persons, persons with disabilities and victims of alcohol and drug abuse in order to provide succour to them and to bring them in the mainstream of national life through educational, economic and social development................... Ministry of Human Resources Development First National Abilympics concludes with spectacular display The first-ever National Abilympics concluded here this evening with a spectacular display of skills by persons of different disabilities....................