PIB Press Releases


		11th February, 2003


		Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Professional competence and creativity to be top priority on DD/AIR The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad has stated that the Information and Broadcasting Ministry would give priority to encourage creativity, professionalism and competition on Doordarshan and All India Radio as compared to other private channels...................... Ministry of Science & Technology World Science Festival / Golden Jubilee of DNA Double Helix The first World Science Festival and an international meet to mark the Golden Jubilee of DNA Double Helix discovery opens here tomorrow...................... Ministry of Commerce & Industry Additional standard input-output norms for 17 new export items notified The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued Public Notice No. 61 dated 3/2/2003 notifying additional standard input-output norms for 17 new export items and amendments/ corrections/deletions in the standard input-output norms for 33 existing export items...................... President's Secretariat President's greetings on Idu'l Zuha The President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam today greeted fellow citizens on the occasion of Idu’l Zuha which is being celebrated tomorrow...................... Ministry of Tourism & Culture More funds for library movement - Jagmohan The Government is working on an action plan to give boost library movement in the country. More funds are being allocated to the important libraries...................... Ministry of Railways Augmentation of Rail services during summer The Ministry of Railways has given approval to Zonal Railways for running summer specials and augmenting of existing train services to tackle the extra rush of passengers during the coming summer. Accordingly, Central Railway will run 24 summer specials, Eastern Railway eight summer special, Northern Railway four, Northeast Frontier Railway four, Southern Railway 27, South Eastern Railway eight, Western Railway 24 and North Western Railway two...................... Ministry of Steel JPC Workshop on Database Management on Iron and Steel The Joint Plant committee of the Ministry of Steel organised today a workshop on "Database Management of Indian Iron and Steel Industry" to take stock of the needs of industry, industry associations, research organisations, financial institutions, planners and the steel Ministry and to broadbase the data base according to their needs...................... Ministry of Steel SIIL poised to triple its profit The Sponge Iron India Ltd. (SIIL), a public sector undertaking of the Steel Ministry is poised to make a net profit of more than Rs. 6 crore against the target of Rs. 2.20 crore for this fiscal...................... Ministry of Environment & Forests India prevails on Asian Brown Cloud issue at UNEP Meet India’s views on the controversial Asian Brown Cloud (ABC) have found wide support at a crucial meeting of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) held in Nirobi, Kenya last week...................... Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution New Secretary for Consumer Affairs Shri Wajahat Habibullah has assumed charge as Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs in the ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution here today...................... Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Shri Subhash Maharia assumes charge Shri Subhash Maharia has taken over charge as Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution here today...................... Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Kolkata exchange gets extension for tea futures The Tea Auction Limited, Kolkata has been given an extension for a period of four months beyond February 28, 2003 to facilitate futures trading in tea...................... Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production and Use-Based Index for December, 2002 (Base 1993-94=100) The Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 1993-94 for the month of December 2002 have been released by the Central Statistical Organisation...................... Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Social Justice Ministry starts Scheme of National Scholarship for persons with disabilities One of the ways to empower the disabled is to ensure the full blooming of their capabilities so that they can participate as equal and productive citizens in the development of society. Imparting of higher and technical education is among the most important factors to achieve excellence...................... UPSC Applications for the Indian Forest Service Examination, 2003 invited The Union Public Service Commission have invited applications from candidates for the Indian Forest Service Examination to be held from 12^thJuly, 2003...................... Ministry of Home Affairs R.N. Das appointed Director of Enforcement Shri R.N. Das, a Gujarat Cadre, IAS officer of 1971 batch is to take over as Director of Enforcement...................... Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Shri Prasad condoles Jagan Mehta's demise The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad has condoled the death of eminent photographer Shri Jagan Mehta who passed away in Ahmedabad last night...................... Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Bottled drinking water: PFA amendment sought Shri Sharad Yadav, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has sought the help of Health Ministry for amending the Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules (PFA Rules) for the speedy implementation of the amended standards for packaged drinking water and natural mineral water...................... Ministry of Commerce & Industry India, Canada to facilitate visa mechanism India and Canada have decided to facilitate the issuing of visa in a constructive mechanism...................... Ministry of Commerce & Industry Arun Jaitley to attend WTO mini ministerial in Tokyo A high level delegation consisting of Shri Arun Jaitley, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Law & Justice and Shri Ajit Singh, Minister for Agriculture, will be attending the mini ministerial meeting on World Trade Organisation (WTO) issues scheduled to be held in Tokyo from 14-16 February, 2003...................... Ministry of Tourism & Culture Special Exhibition on Islamic Arts from Malaysia at National Museum The Minister of Tourism and Culture, Shri Jagmohan today inaugurated a special exhibition at National Museum entitled ‘Cultural Treasures: Textiles of the Malay World’ from the collection of the Islamic Arts Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...................... Prime Minister's Office Prime Minister greets the Nation on the occasion of Id-Ul-Zuha Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has greeted the countrymen on the occasion of Id-ul-Zuha. In a message, Shri Vajpayee has said ....................... Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya greets Muslims on Idu'l Zuha festival The Minister for Social Justice & Employment Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya has greeted Muslims on the occasion of Idu'l Zuha being celebrated tomorrow. .......................