Ministry of Law & Justice

Action plan for filling up vacancies of Judges
The Centre has drawn up an Action Plan for filling up all the 2216 vacant posts of judges and magistrates in district and subordinate courts for the current financial year 2002-2003 as per the directions of the Supreme Court in judges case in March 2002....................

Ministry of Steel

DSP commissions modernised blast furnace 3
Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) of the Steel Authority if India Ltd (SAIL) has recently commissioned the upgraded blast furnace 3 which was modernized at a cost of rs. 205 crore....................

Ministry of Science & Technology

India-Brazil accord on joint research in biotechnology
India and Brazil signed here today an agreement on a workplan for collaboration in various fields of biotechnology including agriculture, medicine and bio-informatics....................

Ministry of Shipping

Work on Sethu Samudram Canal Project to start soon
Work on Sethu Samudram Canal Project is to begin in a few months after obtaining cabinet approval, according to Shri Su. Thirunavukkrasar, Union Minister of State for Shipping....................

Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

BSNL & MTNL asked to reduce night time tariffs for accessing internet
Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Communications & Information Technology, Shri Pramod Mahajan has asked the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) to reduce the night time tariffs for accessing internet by 50 percent....................

Ministry of Finance

RBI to install 42 high speed system for speedy withdrawal of soiled and mutilated currency notes
The Government has set up the objective of providing clean notes to the public and to ensure adequate supply of coins of various denominations in all parts of the country....................

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension

Senior level appointments
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments....................

Ministry of Rural Development

Funds released to Maharashtra under Indira Awaas Yojana
The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs.72.05 lakh to the State Government of Maharashtra for construction of houses under Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY)....................

Ministry of Environment & Forests

Climate change solutions shall be based on sustainable development approaches - Shri T.R.Baalu
The United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP-8) which began here today will come out with Delhi Declaration on mitigation of climate change through sustainable development approaches....................

Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution

Towards better protection of consumer rights
The Department of Consumer Affairs in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has taken several initiatives to create awareness among consumers about their rights and the provision for redressal mechanism in case of deficient goods or unsatisfactory services....................