Ministry of Law & Justice
Income Tax Appellate Tribunals
in new States
The
Centre is contemplating to set up Benches of the Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal (ITAT) in the three newly created States of Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand and Uttaranchal. ..................
Ministry of Railways
Indian Railways to launch
most modern food plazas at Stations
Indian
Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will be setting
up over 50 multi-cuisine food plazas at major Railway Stations
through out the country during the current financial year...................
Vice President's House
We need to have a holistic approach towards police reforms-Shekhawat
Vice
President, Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat said that police ensures
security, punishment is given by the courts, jails implement criminal
reforms and people’s sensitisation is needed for restoring the
credibility of the police..................
Ministry of Science & Technology
India and Armenia sign programme of co-op in science / education
India
and Armenia signed here last night, programmes of cooperation
in the fields of education and science and technology, after wide-ranging
discussions between the two sides headed by the Minister for Human
Resource Development and Science and Technology.
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Ministry of Rural Development
New thrust to agro and rural industries
The
Government has taken number of initiatives to provide more employment
opportunities in rural areas and to promote the village industries
during the last 3 years..................
Ministry of Finance
Depreciation rates for the financial year 2002-03 amended
The
Central Government have issued a notification on 27th
September, 2002 substituting Appendix-I to the Income-tax Rules,
1962 relating to rates at which depreciation is admissible...................
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
India to be the hub for animation production
India
has the potential to dominate the world market in the field of
cartoon films production. Inaugurating an 'Interaction on the
Animation Films Production', organised at the IFFI-Film Bazaar,
last evening...................
Ministry of Defence
NCC girls cadet
scale Rudugaira Peak
National
Cadet Corps (NCC) Girls Mountaineering Expedition Team has scaled
the 19,091 ft high peak of Rudugaira situated in the Gangotri
region of Garhwal Himalayas...................
Ministry of Law & Justice
Permanent Lok
Adalats designed to decongest Courts
The Minister of
State for Law, Justice, Coal and Mines, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad
has said that Permanent Lok Adalats now being set up under the
Legal Services Authorities (Amendment) Act, 2002...................
Ministry of Law & Justice
Need for a modern
insolvency law
‘As
long as stakeholders of a company can not strike a proper balance
amongst themselves, owners of a company try to swindle for maximizing
their returns, creditors of a company make it so painful for the
owners of the company through litigation...................
Ministry of Shipping
Light house tender
vessel completed by HDPE handed over
Union
Minister for Shipping, Shri Ved Prakesh Goyal handed over the
Light House Tender Vessel (Sagar Deep-II) yesterday at Kolkata
which has been completed by Hooghly Dock and Port Engineers Ltd...................
Ministry of Rural Development
Constitution
Amendment Bill to give more powers to PRIs during next session
of parliament: Vajpayee
A
Constitution amendment bill to empower Panchayati Raj Institutions
(PRIs) with more financial powers will be brought in during the
next session of parliament...................
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology
India re-elected
to International Telecommunication Union Council
India
was once again re-elected today to the 46 Member Council of the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for a four year term
with the highest number of votes polled by any country...................
Ministry of Food Processing Industry
1429 IEMs signed
for setting up food processing industries
Deregulation
of the Food Processing Sector including Automatic approval for
Foreign Investment up to 100%, permitting import of capital goods
free of duty...................
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Auto Fuel Policy
Report placed on Petroleum Ministry's website
In
accordance with the decision taken by the Government , the final
report of the Expert Committee on Auto Fuel Policy is now available
on the website of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (www.petroleum.nic.in)
from 1.10.2002...................
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Auto Fuel Policy
Report placed on Petroleum Ministry's website
In
accordance with the decision taken by the Government , the final
report of the Expert Committee on Auto Fuel Policy is now available
on the website of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (www.petroleum.nic.in)
from 1.10.2002...................
Prime Minister's Office
PM's speech at
the DRDA Project Directors' Conference
The
Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee inaugurated the District
Rural Development Agencies (DRDA) Directors’ Conference here today...................
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Procedure for
import of various items under Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ)
The
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued Public
Notice No. 38 dated 4th October, 2002 laying down the
procedure for allocation of quota for import of milk powder, maize,
crude sunflower seed or safflower oil and refined rape, colza
or mustard oil...................
