Ministry of Railways
Wheel and Axle
plant renamed
The
Ministry of Railways has issued a Notification renaming the ‘Wheel
& Axle Plant’ at Yelahanka, Bangalore, in Karnataka as ‘Rail
Wheel Factory’ with immediate effect......................
Ministry of Railways
Railways exceed freight target during April - January 2002-2003
The
Railways transported 426.37 million tonnes (MT) of freight during
the first 10 months of the current financial year ending January
2003 as against 402.37 MTs of such traffic during the corresponding
period of the previous year, thus exceeding the target of 418.50
MTs in the current year by 7.87 MTs......................
Ministry of Science & Technology
Dedicated facility for structural biology research
The
government proposes to create dedicated facility for research
in structural biology......................
Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers
New urea pricing
norms aimed at efficiency in subsidy payments
The
new pricing policy for urea – manufacturing units will come into
effect from April 1st , 2003......................
Ministry of Law & Justice
Shri Jaitley releases
a unique book on use of ancient 'Mimansa' system for judicial
work
In
a major academic accomplishment in the field of law aimed at using
India’s great ancient knowledge and wisdom for modern judicial
work, a unique Law book has been brought out which uses ancient
‘Mimansa’ system for the interpretation of statutes......................
Ministry of Home Affairs
Additional Directors
General appointed
The
Government has approved the appointment of the following Additional
Directors General:......................
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Paddy procurement
from non-traditional States
Food
Ministry is operating more paddy procurement centres in the non-traditional
States like Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa during the current
Kharif Marketing Season 2002-03......................
Ministry of Petroleum
& Natural Gas
Security on LPG
cylinder reduced by Rs. 50 effective 1st March
Shri
Ram Naik, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, has approved
a proposal to reduce the Security Deposit on a domestic LPG cylinder
of 14.2 Kg. weight by Rs. 50/- w.e.f. 1.3.2003......................
Ministry of Environment & Forests
India and USA
identify climate change areas for cooperation
India
and United States of America have identified certain areas concerning
climate change for bilateral cooperation......................
Ministry of Water Resources
Workshop on silica
fume based high performance concrete would usher in a new era
of durable hydraulic structures in Water Resources Sector
It
is needless to emphasize here that in modern constructions, durability
of concrete has become the important factor that governs the life
of the structure......................
Ministry of Water Resources
Funds released
to Gujarat for Drinking Water and Watershed Development
The
Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs.32.51 crore to Gujarat
as Central share of funds for execution and completion of schemes
to provide safe drinking water facilities to rural habitation
and schools under the centrally sponsored Accelerated Rural Water
Supply Programme (ARWSP) for the year 2002-2003......................
Ministry of Agriculture
MSP for Rabi crops
announced
The
Government today announced the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for
the Rabi crops of 2002-03 to be marketed in the next financial
year......................
Ministry of Steel
KIOCL April-December
net up 57 per cent
Kudremukh
Iron Ore Company Ltd. (KIOCL), a public sector undertaking of
the Steel Ministry has achieved a net profit of Rs. 61.14 crore
and gross margin of Rs. 122.19 crore during the period April-December
2002 crossing the targets by 57 per cent and 30 per cent respectively......................
Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers
Price of Chloroquine
Phosphate revised
The
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has revised the
price of bulk drug Chloroquine Phosphate from Rs. 870/kg. to Rs.
790/kg. vide notification in the Gazette of India Extraordinary
No. SO 153(E) dated 11.2.03......................
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Dr. Satyanarayan
Jatiya inaugurates National Scholarship Scheme for persons with
disabilities
The
Minister for Social Justice & Employment Dr. Satyanarayan
Jatiya inaugurated the National Scholarship Scheme For Persons
with Disabilities with awarding scholarships to about 50 students
from different parts of the country at a function here today......................
Ministry of Home Affairs
Global Terrorism
and Ways and Means to counter the threat
An
International Seminar on Global Terrorism and Ways and Means to
counter the threat has opened at the National Security Guards
Centre, Maneswar near Gurgaon. ......................
Ministry of Agriculture
Rajasthan gets
special drought relief assistance
The
Task Force on Drought headed by the Deputy Prime Minister Shri
L.K. Advani at a meeting here today, ......................
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
President gives
away 49th National Film Awards
The
President, Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam presented the 49th National Film
Awards to the winners of different categories at a function, here
today. ......................
