Prime Minister's Office
Statement from
PMO
The
Prime Minister was examined by a team of doctors on October 21,
2002, and this morning....................
Ministry of Communication & Information Technology
BSNL's Cell One Mobile Services launched in Indore
Inaugurating
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s "CellOne" mobile services in Indore,
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Communications&IT, Shri
Pramod Mahajan said that ‘CellOne’ mobile service is the only
countrywide service in this country....................
Ministry of Law & Justice
A Pilot Capacity
Building Programme for Courts
The
Government in the Department of Justice will seek approval of
the High Courts for facility of retrieving certified copies of
court orders through the website on payment by credit cards....................
Ministry of Steel
Indo-Chinese agreement
on Coke imports
India,
the second largest consumer of Chinese metallurgical coke, has
recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with seven
authorized Chinese companies for hassle-free import of the key
item for India’s iron and steel industries....................
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister's address at Annual General Body Meeting of the
Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society
Following
is the text of the address of the Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari
Vajpayee, at the Annual General Body Meeting of the Jawaharlal
Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society, which was read out
by Shri T.N. Chaturvedi, Vice-Chairman of the Society, here today....................
Ministry of Communication & Information Technology
Shri Pramod Mahajan
to inaugurate Asia Pacific Telecommunity General Assembly Meeting
tomorrow
Inaugurating
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s "CellOne" mobile services in Indore,
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Communications&IT, Shri
Pramod Mahajan said that ‘CellOne’ mobile service is the only
countrywide service in this country....................
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Climate Change
Conference to begin tomorrow to focus on developing countries'
concerns
The
United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP – 8) beginning
in New Delhi from October 23, 2002 will focus on the concerns
of the developing countries including adaptation to climate change,
development and transfer of technology, reviewing of financial
mechanisms to enable enhanced flow of resources etc....................
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension
New
appointment
The
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment
of Smt. Reva Nayyar, IAS (HY:68), presently Member-Secretary,
National Commission for Women, as Adviser, Planning Commission
in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary....................
Ministry of Railways
Rail
Freight Traffic in September 2002
During
September 2002, the Railways transported 40.41 Million Tonnes
(MT) of revenue earning goods which was 0.06 million tonnes more
than the target. This was also 1.36 million tonnes more than the
goods transported during the same period last year....................
Ministry of Tourism
Ananya
- A weeklong Festival of Indian Dance at Purana Qila
Delhi
will witness a unique festival of Indian Classical Dance – ANANYA
– the Unparalleled, featuring India’s premiere dance groups in
each of the seven major Indian dance forms....................
Ministry of Labour & Empowerment
Central Board of Trustees approves modernisation of Employees
Provident Fund
The
Board of Trustees of the Employees Provident Fund has given a
green signal to implement the IT based modernization project known
as "Re-inventing EPF, India"....................
UPSC
Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2002 on schedule
The
Union Public Service Commission will hold the Civil Services (Main)
Examination from 25th October to 22nd November,
2002 as scheduled....................
Ministry of Shipping
Shri V.P. Goyal
to visit major ports in UK & Belgium
The
Minister of Shipping, Shri Ved Prakash Goyal today left on a state
visit to Belgium....................
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
States take benefits
of scheme : Verma
For
the construction of youth hostels building, Central Government
bears 100% cost under the scheme of Youth Hostels. Therefore,
state should avail the benefits of the scheme....................
Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers
Government to
facilitate Joint Ventures in Fertilizers Sector
A
long-term policy for setting up overseas joint ventures as well
as joint ventures in the country in the fertilizer sector in view
of the feedstock constraints and the need to maintain sustainable
levels of self-sufficiency in fertilizer production is on the
anvil....................
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Panel to look
into problems of non-scheduled operators constituted
The
Civil Aviation Ministry has set up a committee to look into the
problems of non – scheduled operators....................
Ministry of Urban Development
2-Day Commonwealth
Local Government Forum (CLGF) Meet concludes
The
Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF), the commonwealth body
representing local governments concluded its first ever meeting
in India today....................
Ministry of Finance
Industrial production grows by 4.9% in April-August 2002
The
index for industrial production for the period April-August 2002
has registered an overall industrial growth at 4.9% which is higher
than 2.4% in April-August 2001....................
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
FDI proposals
worth Rs. 95 crore cleared
The
government
has
cleared 70 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) proposals involving
FDI worth Rs. 95 Crore....................
