Ministry of Law & Justice
Progress of Fast
Track Courts
The
Centre has released a sum of Rs. 316.27 crores to the States,
so far, out of Rs. 502.90 crores for setting up of 1734 Fast Track
Courts all over the country. These courts are fully funded by
the Centre..................
Ministry of Steel
SAIL meets tough IR standards
Steel
Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) has taken steps to meet the exacting
standards demanded by the Indian Railways (IR), the largest customer
for supply of rails, wheels and axle..................
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Major policy initiatives
in broadcasting sector
The
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is the nodal Ministry
for the Information, Broadcasting and Entertainment (including
Films) sectors..................
Ministry of Small Scale Industries
First
ever Comprehensive Policy Package for SSI
The
Ministry of Small Scale Industries is the nodal Ministry for formulation,
promotion, development and protection of small-scale industries.
It also monitors the implementation of these policiess..................
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions
Emphasis
on transparency and accountability
The
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions is the coordinating
agency of the Central Government in personnel matters especially
issues concerning recruitment, training, career development, staff
welfare as well as post-retirement dispensation..................
Prime Minister's Office
Inaugural address
by Prime Minister at the first India-Asean Business Summit
The
Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said that there is
need to look at conventional as well as innovative mechanism to
promote economic integration between India and ASEAN..................
Ministry of Rural Development
Change in mindset must for success of rural development programmes:
Shanta Kumar
Rural
Development Minister Shri Shanta Kumar has called for change in
the mindset of the policy planners and those responsible for implementation
of the programmes to make a qualitative difference for the rural
poor..................
Ministry of Information
& Broadcasting
AIR organises 'Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan-2002'
All
India Radio (AIR) will organise Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan concerts
on 19th October, 2002 at 17 different cities throughout
the country..................
Ministry of Planning & Programme Implementation
Consumer Price
Index for Urban Non-Manual Employees for August, 2002; Base 1984-85=100
The
All India Consumer Price Index for Urban Non-Manual Employees
(CPI(UNME)), on base 1984-85=100, for the month of August, 2002
has been released by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO),
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation..................
Ministry of Agriculture
National conference
on horticulture
A
two-day conference on horticulture is being organized here from
tomorrow to review the progress of several central horticultural
schemes and take stock of the development in this sector..................
Ministry of Textiles
Handloom fair "India Weaves 2002" opens at Dilli Haat
Synchronising
with the festival season, the prestigious national handloom exposition
"India Weaves 2002" has been opened at Dilli
Haat in the capital this morning..................
Ministry of Environment & Forests
India has no targets for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
The
United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP – 8) to begin
in New Delhi from the 23rd of October 2002 will review
the actions taken by various countries to mitigate the climate
change by reducing emission of greenhouse gases (GHG)..................
Ministry of Science & Technology
India contradicts Unep Report on 'Asian Brown Cloud'
India
has contradicted the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Report on the ‘Asian Brown Cloud’, as exaggerated and misleading..................
Ministry of Environment
& Forests
Shri M.K. Sharma is the new Director General of Forests
Shri
Mithilesh Kumar Sharma has taken over as Director General of Forests
and Special Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Forests..................
Ministry of Environment
& Forests
School students express concern about climate change
"You
are not melting our home. But melting our future". This was
the cry in anguish of a group of Penguin birds feeling threatened
in their cooler climes, in a painting by Master Anurag Somani,
a fifth standard student of Manavsthali School, New Delhi..................
Ministry of Water Resources
National Water Policy envisages several progressive steps to meet
the need - says Arjun Sethi
The
Water Resources Minister, Shri Arjun Charan Sethi has strongly
defended the revised National Water Policy- 2002, saying that
it envisages several progressive steps within the existing Constitutional
and Federal framework..................
Ministry of Law &
Justice
Law Minister
releases CD Roms of Law Commission's Report
The
Union Minister of Law and Justice, Shri J. Krishnamurthi released
a bunch of three CD ROMs containing all the 176 reports of the
Law Commission since 1955 that have been laid in the Parliament
at a Press Conference here today..................
Ministry of Commerce &
Industry
India ranks 3rd
among developing countries in PCT Application Filings
India
was ranked 3rd among the developing countries in terms
of PCT application filings during the first half of the current
year. More than 800 applications have been filed by nationals
or residents of India since the coming into force of the Patent
Cooperation Treaty (PCT)..................
