PIB Press Releases


		29th April, 2003


		Ministry of Railways Internet rail ticket booking at 35 places now The Railways have extended internet based tickets booking to 35 places now............................ Ministry of Railways Railways freight earnings goes up by 8.93 per cent during 2002-2003 The Railways earned Rs. 26782.22 crores from 518.48 Million Tonnes (MT) of revenue freight traffic during 2002-2003............................ Ministry of Mines Chrome Ore and Diamond Reserves Chrome ore reserves have been identified in Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, Orissa and Tamil Nadu............................ Ministry of Rural Development Computerisation of land records The Centrally Sponsored Scheme on "Computerisation on Land Records was started in 1988-89 with 100% financial assistance as a pilot project........................... Ministry of Rural Development Incentive to women for saving under SGSY Under the Swaranjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY), Self Help Groups (SHGs) are formed with thrift as entry point and Groups are encouraged to do savings........................... Ministry of Coal Powers of Coal India Limited delegated Barring procurement of explosives, powers have been delegated to subsidiary companies of Coal India Limited (CIL) for making their own purchases........................... Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers Life saving medicines Government announced the 'Pharmaceutical Policy - 2002' in February, 2002 with the objectives of ensuring abundant availability at reasonable prices within the country of good quality essential pharmaceuticals of mass consumption and strengthening the indigenous capability for cost effective quality production........................... Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers Export of pharmaceuticals Government of India is extending financial assistance through Export Promotion Council by way of Market Development Assistance Scheme (MDA) and Market Access Initiatives Scheme (MAIS) to all Indian exporters (including exporters of drugs, pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals) for increasing Indian Exports........................... Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers Impact of US-Iraq war on prices of chemical fertilizers While the average C&F price of prilled urea from Arabian Gulf started firming up from last week of January 2003 and reached from $ 140 per MT to $ 173 per MT just prior to Iraq war, this price came down to $ 170 per MT during the war period........................... Ministry of Water Resources National Seminar on Water for NCT, Delhi begins tomorrow One day Seminar on Water for National Capital Territory (NCT), Delhi begins here tomorrow organised by Indian Association of Hydrologists (IAH), Delhi Regional centre and sponsored by Ministry of Water Resources........................... Ministry of Social Justice & Employment Fact Sheet The State-wise grant-in-aid released by the Social Justice & Employment Ministry to the NGOs under the Shishu Greh Scheme during the years 2000-2001, 2001-2002 & 2002-2003........................... Ministry of Social Justice & Employment Fact Sheet The number of 'Shishu Grehs' set up under the Scheme of Assistance to Homes (Shishu Grehs) for Children to Promote In-country adoption in each state:........................... Ministry of Commerce & Industry Intellectual property: Initiatives and status The revamping/modernisation of IP offices (patents, trademarks, designs and geographical indications) has made substantial progress:........................... Ministry of Steel SIIL pays Rs. 1.03 crore dividend to Government Sponge Iron India Limited (SIIL), a public sector unit of the Ministry of Steel, after a gap of ten years, has paid a dividend of Rs. 1.03 crore to the Government for the year 2002-03 ........................... Ministry of Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation 12 thousand houses constructed under Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana Construction of 12,399 dwelling units and 6658 toilets has been completed under Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY)during the last two years ........................... Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Single window clearance for foreign film producers The Government has decided to rework the Visa Manual in order to provide a single window clearance to foreign film producers coming to shoot on Indian locales ........................... Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas OVL to earn Rs. 288 crore from Vietnam Project in 2004-05 Shri Santosh Gangwar, Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) has developed Vietnam's largest gas fields Lan Tay and Lan Do in Block 6.1 ........................... Ministry of Science and Technology Govt. urged to facilitate IPR study At a National Seminar organized here today to mark the world intellectual property day, the government was urged to facilitate study of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in the academia ........................... Ministry of Environment & Forests Deliberations of CSD should be result oriented: Shri Baalu Shri T.R. Baalu, Minister of Environment & Forests has called upon the participants of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) to focus on implementation of issues that integrate economic ........................... Ministry of Human Resource Development Management quota for self financing colleges Consequent to the pronouncement of judgement by the Hon'ble Supreme Court on October, 2002 in TMA Pai Foundation Vs. State Government of Karnataka & others, AICTE notified Interim Policy Regulations ........................... Ministry of Human Resource Development CBSE decides to do away with 'dual languages' from next academic session The Central Board of Secondary Education has decided to do away with the options of core and elective languages at the senior school examinations for all languages except in English, Hindi, Sanskrit and Urdu ........................... Ministry of Water Resources Salinity incursion in coastal areas of Orissa Studies undertaken by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) have shown salinity incursion in Minjaur area in Tamil Nadu and parts of Pondicherry due to high extraction of ground water ........................... Ministry of Water Resources Master plans for conservation of water Water resources schemes, including master plans, are formulated, planned, planned, executed and funded by the respective State Governments as water is a state subject ........................... Ministry of Textiles India and Tunisia to have greater collaboration in the Textile Sector The Minister of Industry and Energy of Tunisia, H.E. Mr. Moncef Ben Abdullah, called on the Minister of Textiles, Shri Kashiram Rana, here today ........................... Ministry of Defence Coast Guard Ship Durgabai Deshmukh commissioned Coast Guard ship Durgabai Deshmukh, the second of the new generation fast patrol vessel designed has been commissioned by the Governor of Kerala Shri Sikandar Bakht at Kochi at Kochi today ....................... Ministry of Defence Prithvi - II Missile flight tested Prithvi-II missile was flight tested at 1130 hrs from Integrated Test Range, Balasore using improved Control and Guidance today ................ Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Number of LPG consumers crosses 7 crore mark Shri Ram Naik, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas informed the Rajya Sabha today that India now has 7 crore LPG consumers as on 31.3.2003 ........................... Ministry of Steel Steel Minister inaugurates All India Induction Furnace Association web-site The Minister for Steel Shri Braja Kishore Tripathy today inaugurated the web-site of All India Induction Furnace Association (AIIFA) ........................... Ministry of Finance & Company Affairs Rs. 83,000 crore budget collection target achieved The Conference of Chief Commissioners and Commissioners of Income-Tax Delhi Region was held here today ...........................