Ministry of Sports &
Youth Affairs
Arjuna Awards, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Dhyan Chand and Dronacharya
Awards announced
Two Selection Committees were constituted by the Goverment for
the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Dhyan Chand and Dronacharya Awrds.
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Ministry of Sports &
Youth Affairs
Shri Vikram Verma writes to Leander Paes wishing an early recovery
Shri Vikram Verma, Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports sent
the following message to Mr. Leander Paes ............................
Ministry of Science &
Technology
Generate healthy ideas through books for the good of the society
: Dr. Joshi
"Generate healthy and progressive ideas through books for the
good of the society", said Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, ............................
Ministry of Company Affairs
Growth of corporate sector during May, 2003
During the month of MAY, 2003, 2374 companies were registered
in India under the Companies Act, 1956 as against 2099 companies
registered ............................
Ministry of Human Resource
Development
AICTE to register Engineers
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has issued a
public notice in the first week of March, 2003 announcing that
it has decided to undertake the responsibility of registration
of engineers in the country. ............................
Ministry of Human Resource
Development
Carrier Scheme being revised oriented education
The existing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Vocationalisation of
Secondary Education at +2 level is being revised. ............................
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Proposals for approval of Tribal Welfare Programmes
The receipt and sanction of the proposals for the welfare of the
tribals is an on-going process. The proposals submitted by the
State Governments ............................
Ministry of Statistics
& Programme Impelmentation
Closer monitoring reduced time-cost overruns of central projects
substantially
There has been a continuous decline in the extent of time and
cost overruns of central sector projects. ............................
Ministry of Agriculture
Yield of agricultural crops
The Government has taken steps to increase the yield rate of various
agricultural crops. ............................
Ministry of Information
& Broadcasting
Prasad calls for documentaries on cultural heritage
The Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar
Prasad has called upon the documentary makers to produce documentaries
on cultural heritage of India in order to inculcate a sense of
history among people. ............................
Ministry of Power
Rs. 9,00,000 crore for "Power for all by 2012"
The Minister of Power, Shri Anant G. Geete, has said that the
estimated amount of funds required for additional generation capacity
of one lakh MW ............................
Ministry of Steel
Synthetic Rutile Plant in Kerala
National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC), Indian
Rare Earths Limited (IREL) and Kerala State Industrial Development
Corporation Ltd. (KSIDC) ............................
Ministry of Steel
Sponge Iron India Ltd. Q-1 net up 370 per cent
Sponge Iron India Ltd. (SIIL), a public sector unit of the Steel
ministry has made a net profit of Rs. 4.04 crore during the first
quarter of this fiscal achieving a growth of 370.64 per cent of
the quarterly target. ............................
Ministry of Steel
SAIL reduces loss to Rs. 316 crore
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) incurred a net loss of
Rs. 1707 crore in the year 2001-02. ............................
Ministry of Steel
Steel export to China
China is currently the largest consumer and importer of steel
in the world. As per IISI estimates, China consumed 211 million
metric tonnes of finished steel products in 2002. ............................
Ministry of Railways
Foreign exchange earned by Palace on Wheels
The average occupancy of Palace on Wheels during the year 2002-2003
has been 42.98 per cent. ............................
Ministry of Railways
Safety surcharge on railway fares
A non-lapsable Special Railway Safety Fund (SRSF) of Rs. 17,000
crores has been created from October 1, 2001 ............................
Ministry of Railways
Loan from ADB to Railways
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of US$ 313.6
million during December 2002, for Railway sector improvement.
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Ministry of Railways
Use of Satellite Phones by passengers
Satellite telephones are being provided with Zonal and Divisional
Railway Headquarters exclusively for establishing communication
from any accident/disaster site, ............................
Ministry of Railways
Final report of Godhra Train Incident
A judicial inquiry is under process by the State Government. ............................
Ministry of Railways
Stainless steel coaches in Rajdhani Express
Indian Railways entered into a contract with a German Company
M/s Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB, now ALSTOM LHB) IN 1995 ............................
Ministry of Railways
Price of Rail Neer
Rail Neer is available at the stations over Northern Railway and
North Central Railway and some of the trains originating from
Delhi area. ............................
Ministry of Railways
Rail project in
J &K by Konkan Railway
The work of construction of rail line from km 30 to km 120 between
Katra-Qazigund of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla project has been
entrusted to Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. ............................
