Prime Minister's Office

PM condoles loss of lives in Himachal cloudbursts
The Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has expressed shock and grief at the loss of several lives in two separate incidents of cloudbursts near Manali and Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. .............................

Ministry of Water Resources

Sethi leads Indian delelgation to Stockholm Water Symposium
The Union Minister of Water Resources, Shri Arjun Charan Sethi, will lead a High Level Indian Delegation to take part in the 13th Stockholm Water Symposium/Water Week .............................

Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

India - Second to none in the field of technology : Ram Naik
Shri Ram Naik, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, has said that technology and its utilisation has assumed a new meaning and great significance in recent times ever since the Indian Petroleum industry implemented a series of process modifications. .............................

Ministry of Shipping

Ban on foreign tankers
The Government have decided to restrict the entry of single hull foreign oil tankers, which were older than 25 years, into the Indian waters from 1st September, 2003. .............................

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

DD must exploit strength of its enormous reach: Prasad
The Minister of Information and Broadcasting Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad has urged the Doordarshan officials to equip themselves professionally and technically to meet the challenges of competition in the field of News and Current affairs.............................

Ministry of Agriculture

Use of organic manure
The Centre is promoting soil test-based judicious use of chemical fertilizers in conjunction with organic manures and bio-fertilizers to cope up with the situation arising out of injudicious and imbalanced use of fertilizers and limited use of organic manures.............................

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Jaitley holds consultations with trade unions on WTO issues
Initiating the process of wide ranging consultations with political parties and trade unions in the run-up to the 5th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) scheduled to be held next month in Mexico.............................

Ministry of Science & Technology

Bio-degradation of plastics not far
Converting plastics into bio-degradable material is not far. The research taken up by the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) at Pune.............................

Ministry of Railways

Surcharge on season and single journey tickets for travel on Secunderabad-Hyderabad Lingampally section
The Ministry of Railways has issued orders levying the Multi Modal Transport System (MMTS) surcharge on season tickets and single journey tickets for travel between different sections on Secunderabad-Hyderabad-Lingampally section.............................