Ministry of
Labour & Empowerment
Dr. Sahib Singh
conveys his best wishes to workers on May Day
Union
Labour Minister, Dr. Sahib Singh has conveyed his greetings to
the workers on the occasion of May Day............................
Ministry of
Railways
Railways to procure state-of-art equipment for bridge inspection
Indian
Railways is in the process of procuring latest Non-destructive
Testing (NDT) Equipment for its bridges............................
Ministry of Railways
Modernization
of telecom in Railways
During the Ninth Plan, the Railways spent Rs. 1165.80 crores on
signalling and telecom............................
Ministry of Information
& Broadcasting
DD to reach uncovered
areas through KU Band
Doordarshan is setting up a KU Band Transmission Project at a
cost of Rs. 638 crores to cover the remaining 10 per cent of population
which at present is unable to get DD transmission due to the lack
of reach of the terrestrial system............................
Ministry of Coal
Consumption of
coal by Thermal Power Plants
The year-wise despatch of coal and coal products by Coal India
Limited (CIL) to thermal power plants (TPPs) and the coal imported
by thermal power plants for last five years are............................
Ministry of Coal
Mining activities in coal blocks
Coal India Limited and its subsidiaries have identified 121 blocks/sub-blocks
and Singareni Collieries Company Limited has identified 7 blocks
for allocation to public/private sector for captive mining as
on date............................
Ministry of Rural Development
Rural Housing Scheme for Assam
The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing the Indira Awaas
Yojana (IAY) with the objective of providing assistance for construction/upgradation
of houses to Below the Poverty Line (BPL) shelterless families
living in rural areas throughout the country including the State
of Assam............................
Ministry of Statistics
& Programme Implementation
Works under MPLAD Scheme
The number of works taken up under the MPLAD Scheme in the Union
Territory of Andaman & Nicobar and the State of Gujarat during
the last three years is............................
Ministry of Statistics
& Programme Implementation
MPLAD Scheme for Gujarat rehabilitation
As on 31 March, 2003, 21 primary schools, 31 community halls,
185 class rooms of primary schools and 75 work sheds have been
completed under MPLADS Rehabilitation Project in Kutch district
of Gujarat which was devastated by the earthquake in January,
2001............................
Ministry of Steel
Five fold growth in MSTC International Marketing
The Metal Scrap Trading Corporation (MSTC), Calcutta, a public
sector undertaking of the Steel Ministry has earned an income
of Rs. 26.72 crore from International Marketing during the year
2002-03 against an excellent MOU target of Rs. 6 crore............................
Ministry of Mines
Zinc smelters
The smelters engaged in production of primary zinc owned by Hindustan
Zinc Limited, a joint venture company of Government of India and
M/s Sterlite Opportunities and Ventures Limited and Binani Industries
Limited, a unit in private sector are as follows............................
Ministry of Water Resources
National Water
Policy 2002 envisages top most priority to drinking water : Sethi
Newspapers and electronic media are now-a-days full of news on
the water problem in the country in general and the NCT, Delhi
in particular during this part of the year............................
Ministry of Shipping
Rs.4531 crore allocated for modernisation of major ports during
Tenth Plan
More than Rs. 4531 crore have been allocated for development including
expansion and modernization of major ports in the country during
the Tenth Plan............................
Ministry of Shipping
Shipping Corporation of India replacing its ageing oil tankers
Five crude oil tankers of the Shipping Corporation of India are
being replaced............................
Ministry of Rural Development
Rural roads in Rajasthan
Under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) proposals for the
years 2001-02 and 2002-03 were cleared together in the second
half of 2001-02 and no separate targets were fixed for 2002-03................
Ministry of Rural
Development
Funds allocated to Uttaranchal under Employment Schemes
The Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) was launched with effect
from 25th September 2001 after merging the exisging the Employment
Assurance Scheme (EAS) and the Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY)................
Ministry of Rural
Development
Veracity of persons included in BPL list
The
Ministry of Rural Development has advised all the States and Union
Territories to initiate action to conduct BPL Census, 2002 for
identification of 'poor' and 'non-poor' in the rural areas................
Ministry of Steel
Steel Minister exhorts Vizag Steel for its turnaround in 2002-03
Vizag
Steel Plant (VSP) of the Rastriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL),
a public sector undertaking of the Steel Ministry has earned a
net profit of Rs. 450 crore for the first time during the year
2002-03 and achieved a turnaround................
Ministry of
Labour & Empowerment
Dr. Sahib Singh unveils the future course of action in implementing
Labour Reforms
Dr.
Sahib Singh said that the future course of labour reforms strategy
would be mainly guided by the recommendation of the National Commission
on Labour................
Ministry of
Tourism & Culture
Conference to project India as premier convention venue
A
Two days' conference to project India as premier convention venue
will be held in New Delhi on May 2-3, 2003................
Ministry of
Tourism & Culture
National Gallery
of Modern Art to have a new wing for display of arts objects
The
Minister of Tourism and Culture, Shri Jagmohan today laid the
foundation stone of new wing of National Gallery of Modern Art
here today................
Ministry of Social Justice
& Empowerment
Scholarship Scheme
for SC / ST students
More
than 153 crore rupees were released for the Post-matric Scholarship
Scheme for students belonging to Scheduled Castes Communities
during 2002-03................
Ministry of Social Justice
& Empowerment
Over 28 crore
Rupees released to 12 States for Post Matric Scholarship Scheme
for OBCs
More
than 28 crore rupees were provided to 12 states under post matric
scholarship scheme for OBC students in 2002-03................
Ministry of Heavy Industries
and Public Enterprises
VR scheme attracts
over 4 lakh PSE employees
An
attractive voluntary retirement scheme introduced in May 2000
has helped PSEs in rationalising workforce. A very good compensation
package under the Scheme has helped more than four lakh workers................
Ministry of Power
Free power connection
under Kutir Jyoti Yojana in Uttaranchal
Uttaranchal
Government have informed that 40,450 connections to poor families
living below the poverty line under Kutir Jyoti Programme................
Ministry of Power
Villages electrified
in Uttar Pradesh
According
to Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL), 56746 villages
have been declared electrified (provisional) and 799020 pumpsets
energised................
Ministry of Power
Action plan for
promotion of effcient use of Energy
The
Bureau of Energy Efficiency has prepared an Action Plan for promotion
of efficient use of energy and its conservation. The Action Plan
gives................
Ministry of Power
Setting up power
projects in Gujarat
The
following proposals for setting up of new power projects in the
State of Gujarat have been received by the Central Electricity
Authority................
Ministry of Power
Hydro-Power projects
under construction
Thirty-seven
hydro electric projects with aggregate capacity of 14,344 MW are
presently under construction in the country. Nine hydro-electric
projects................
Ministry of Power
Enhancing Kayamkulam
Power Station capacity
National
Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has prepared a plan to expand
the existing 350 MW naphtha fired combined cycle power plant of
NTPC Kayamkulam................
Ministry of Non
Conventional Energy Sources
Tapping of Wind
Energy for power production
The
gross wind power potential in the country has been estimated at
45,000 MW. The present exploitable technical potential................
Ministry of Non
Conventional Energy Sources
Use of Solar
Energy for lighting and cooking in the rural areas
The
Government has been promoting the use of solar cookers for cooking
applications and of photovoltaic devices for lighting applications
both in urban and rural areas................
Ministry of Non Conventional
Energy Sources
Development of
fuel cell energy sources
Centre
for Energy Research, Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation
(SPIC) Science Foundation, Chennai has carried out a research
and development project during 1998-2000 on development of fuel................
