12th August, 2003
 


President's Secretariat

Press communique
The President of India has been pleased to appoint Shri Arvind Dave, Governor of Manipur, to discharge the functions of the Governor of West Bengal .............................

Ministry of Petrleum & Natural Gas

Ram Naik orders Independent Inquiry into the safety and security of life in off-shore operations
Shri Ram Naik, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, has announced that the Government has decided to hold an Independent Inquiry .............................

President's Secretariat

President receives greetings from children and pens a poem on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan
The President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam spent time with children from different parts of the country at Rashtrapati Bhavan today .............................

Ministry of Science & Technology

Bio-active eye minus sight
A bio-active eye minus sight has been developed with negligible socket complications. Generally when an eye had to removed due to injury, .............................

Ministry of Steel

VSP achieves Rs. 522 crore sales turnover in July
Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant has put up an excellent performance on all fronts during the month of July 2003 .............................

Ministry of Mines

April-July performance of NALCO
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), a public sector undertaking of the Ministry of Mines produced 97,701 tonnes of Aluminium cast metal and 499,900 tonnes of calcined alumina during April-July, 2003 .............................

Ministry of Home Affairs

ACC approves senior level appointments
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following promotions and appointments: .............................

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

Muslims largely benefit through financing by NMDFC
Muslims have largely benefited from the loans sanctioned by the National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC). .............................

Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

Quick Estimates of Index of industrial production and use-based index for June 2003 (base 1993-94=100)
The Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 1993-94 for the month of June 2003 have been released by the Central Statistical Organisation. .............................

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

NFDC presents dividend cheque to I&B Minister
The National Film Development Corporation under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, has earned a profit of over Rs 4 crores during the year 2002-2003. .............................

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

Proposals from NGOs to set up schools for scheduled castes
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has during the current financial year (till July 2003) received 142 proposals for setting up .............................

Ministry of Communication

TDSAT judgement
The Government respects the judgement delivered by the Hon'ble TDSAT in the WLL matter. The judgement of TDSAT is by majority. .............................

Ministry of Railways

National Rail Vikas Yojana
The Railways have introduced a non-budgetary programme of Rs.15,000 crores known as National Rail Vikas Yojana during the current financial year 2003-04. .............................