Prime Minister's Office
Press statement by Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee on
the Satyendra Dubey murder case
"Like
all right-thinking Indians, I am shocked and saddened by the murder
of Satyendra Dubey, an upright and dedicated officer working with
NHAI who was killed recently in Gaya, Bihar. ..............................
Ministry of Information
& Broadcasting
Dev Anand to receive Dada Saheb Phalke Award
The
legendary film star Shri Dev Anand has been awarded the Dada Saheb
Phalke Award for the year 2002 for his outstanding contribution
to the Indian film industry..............................
Ministry of Petroleum &
Natural Gas
VRS in IOC and ONGC
While
93 employees of IOC had opted for voluntary retirement scheme
(VRS) during the year 2001-02, no such scheme was in operation
in IOC during 2002-03..............................
Ministry of Petroleum &
Natural Gas
Finance for LPG storage facility
Smt.
Sumitra Mahajan, Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas
informed the Rajya Sabha today in a written reply that Oil Industry
has proposed setting up of 305 Thousand Metric Tonnes (TMT) additional
tankage for LPG..............................
Ministry of Petroleum &
Natural Gas
Offloading of cross-holdings by OIL PSUs
Shri
Ram Naik, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas informed the Rajya
Sabha today while replying to a question that ONGC, IOC and Gail
(India) Limited have proposed to sell the cross-holding shares..............................
Ministry of Urban Development
& Poverty Alleviation
Delhi Rent Control Act
The
Supreme Court, in its judgment dated 8.10.2003 dismissed Civil
Appeals Nos. 3986-89 of 2001 filed by Common Cause for issuing
order to the Central Government to notify the Delhi Rent Act,
1995..............................
Ministry of Water
Resources
President
laid stress on global crisis of water and its possible solutions
The
President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in his inaugural
speech laid stress on global crisis of water and its possible
solutions on the occasion of Rotary International Presidential
Celebration on Water Management here today..............................
Ministry of Agriculture
India
and Canada Express willingness to increase cooperation in the
dairy sector
India
and Canada have expressed willingness to enhance mutual cooperation
in the dairy sector..............................
Ministry of Defence
Sri Lankan Chief
of Defence Staff called on Defence Minister
Chief
of Defence Staff and Commander of Sri Lankan Army Lt Gen LP Balagalle
called on Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes in New Delhi
today..............................
Ministry of Coal
Subsidiaries
of Coal India Ltd. earn profit
North-Eastern
Coalfields (NEC) earned a profit of Rs. 1293.01 crore during the
year 2002-03 ..............................
Ministry of Water Resources
No threat to
survival of Hirakud Dam
Government
of Orissa and the Dam Safety Review Panel are of the view that
there is no threat to the stability of the Hirakud Dam..............................
Ministry of Water Resources
Orissa Government's proposal to Central Government for flood-control
According
to information received from the Government of Orissa, besides,
the Hirakud Dam on river Mahanadi and some medium projects on
its tributaries which are able to moderate floods in its downstream,
projects like Lower Indra, Lower Suktel, Titilagarh etc..............................
Ministry of Tourism &
Culture
The Centre suggests suitable legislation for better management
of shrines
The
Minister for Tourism and Culture, Shri Jagmohan has written to
all the Chief Ministers to consider enacting suitable legislation
on the model of Jammu and Kashmir Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine
Act, 1988..............................
Ministry of Tourism &
Culture
Separate cadre of Archaeological Service proposed
Keeping
in view the increasing responsibilities and the new technological
opportunities that are available, there is considerable scope
for improvement in the performance of the Archaeological Survey
of India..............................
Ministry of Tourism &
Culture
States get 539.78
crores for tourism projects
During
the last five years Centre sanctioned Rs. 539.78 crores to the
State governments for upgradation of tourism projects..............................
Ministry of Agriculture
Proposal to set
up National Seeds Grid
The
Centre proposes to set up a National Seeds Grid by linking all
seeds producing agencies the national and particularly to ensure
that seeds are available on demand by States or farmers..............................
Ministry of Mines
Production of
Aluminium
The
total production of aluminium during the year 2002-03 was 6,89,041
MT and stock as on 31.3.2003 was 15,023 MT. Except Madras Aluminium
Company Limited (MALCO)..............................
Ministry of Mines
Expansion of NALCO
The
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has submitted a proposal
for second phase expansion of the capacities of its Bauxite Mines
from 48,00,000 TPY to 63,00,000 TPY..............................
Ministry of Science &
Technology
Check on mushrooming private universities
Taking
a serious view of mushrooming private universities unauthorisedly,
the University Grants Commission (UGC) has formulated regulations
for their establishment and maintenance of standards..............................
Ministry of Small Scale
Industries
Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) for Small Scale Industries
Credit
Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) for SSI provides for 12%
upfront capital subsidy to SSI units including tiny units on institutional
finance availed by them through 28 Banks..............................
Ministry of Human Resource
Development
Applications for hindi correspondence courses invited by 31st
December 2003
The
next session of Hindi Prabodh, Praveen and Pragya correspondence
courses will start from January 1st, 2004. .............................
Ministry of Railways
Action plan for augmenting railways earnings
Indian
Railways have worked out an Action Plan to augment earnings and
contain expenditure..............................
