PIB Press Releases


		7th February, 2003


		Ministry of Commerce & Industry Major move to facilitate exports - working hours at Air Cargo Complexes extended In a major move to facilitate exports, it has been decided to extend the working hours of the Customs, Custodians and Banks at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad Air Cargo Complexes as per the table given below: ..................... Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Investment in first phase of NELP-I exceeds estimates Shri Ram Naik, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas informed the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to his Ministry, here yesterday, ..................... Ministry of Railways Railways adopt new marketing strategies to win back traffic The Railways have adopted new marketing strategies to win back traffic to improve its share of freight traffic. ..................... Ministry of Railways Konkan Railway launches project Chaitanya The Konkan Railway Corporation has taken several initiatives necessary to improve the quality of life of its employees and their families. ..................... Ministry of Science & Technology Taskforce favours changes in existing map policy As the Taskforce on National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), suggested changes in the existing map policy of the government, the ground is now set for the NSDI to come into being. ..................... Prime Minister's Office Prime Minister launches National Mission for Manuscripts The Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee launched the National Mission for Manuscripts for the preservation of the vast wealth of manuscripts at his residence, here today. ..................... Ministry of Tourism & Culture 22% increase in tourist arrivals in January, 2003 Foreign tourist arrival in January, 2003 has recorded 22% increase over the arrival in January, 2002. ..................... Ministry of Commerce & Industry Arun Jaitley takes up market access issues with French Ministers of Trade and Industry The scope for achieving substantial expansion of bilateral trade between India and France was underlined during extensive discussions which took place at a meeting here today ..................... Ministry of Tourism & Culture Foreign tourists prefer Indian handicrafts most The Department of Tourism has got a survey done on expenditure on 'handicrafts' of foreign tourists visiting India. ..................... Ministry of Home Affairs State Chief Ministers to deliberate on internal security State Chief Ministers and UT administrators are Meeting here tomorrow to discuss the internal security situation. ..................... Ministry of Steel Vizag Steel Plant turns around Vishakhaptanam Steel Plant (VSP) of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), a public sector undertaking of the Steel Ministry had spectacular performance during the last three years ..................... Ministry of Labour Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Labour deliberates on Draft of the Umbrella Legistation on unorganized labour The Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Labour Ministry met here today under the chairmanship of the Minister for Labour, Dr. Sahib Singh and deliberated exclusively on Draft of the Umbrella Legistation on unorganised sector. ..................... Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Vijayaraghavan Committee on Mumbai Gas Supply submits report to Shri Ram Naik A rebate of Rs.22 per month and no increase in prices of domestic piped gas upto March 2004 in Mumbai are the two important recommendations made by the Vijayaraghavan Committee. ..................... Ministry of Agriculture Vice-President calls for integrated networking of rural community to sustain green revolution The Vice-President, Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat today called for an integrated approach to sustain the fruits of green revolution by connecting the rural community with the product, processing and marketing management systems. ..................... Ministry of Human Resource Development ICDS beneficiaries increase by more than one crore in last two years The beneficiaries of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme have increased by more than one crore in the last two years. ..................... Ministry of Environment & Forests India and UK to cooperate against wild life crimes India and the United Kingdom have agreed on cooperation in the field of wildlife protection. ..................... Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Advance estimates of National Income, 2002-03 The Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the advance estimates of national income at constant (1993-94) and current prices, for the financial year 2002-03. ..................... Ministry of Science & Technology India and France for cooperation in water management India and France are to take up collaboration in water management including water treatment and recycling. .....................