Ministry of Commerce & Industry

No dilution of Doha agenda, says Jaitley
Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister of Commerce & Industry and Law & Justice, has made it clear that India will not agree to any dilution of the Doha development agenda......................

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Arun Jaitley articulates India's concerns at Tokyo Mini-Ministerial
Mr. Arun Jaitley, Minister of Commerce & Industry and Law & Justice, has strongly articulated India's development concerns on the eve of the Informal Meeting of WTO Ministers, and reiterated the importance of putting development at the centre stage of the ongoing multilateral trade negotiations as envisaged in the Doha Ministerial Declaration of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)......................

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Ajit Singh stands by India's farmers
In the Informal Meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Trade Ministers- Mini Ministerial - in Tokyo this morning, Mr. Ajit Singh, Minister for Agriculture, made a strong pitch for protecting the livelihood concerns of the millions of India's small and marginal farmers......................

Ministry of Water Resources

Rs. 1200 crore has been earmarked for CAD Programme in the remaining period of 10th Plan
The Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Water Resources was informed here today that the Command Area Development (CAD) Programme has resulted in better utilisation of irrigation potential created, increase in intensity of irrigation, improvement in the agricultural practices adopted by farmers, equity in water distribution, increase in production / productivity and farmers’ income from irrigated lands through optimal use of water resources......................

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

India assertive on greater market access for its goods and services
India today strongly asserted its interest in securing greater market access for its goods and services in several sectors in the ongoing negotiations on Market Access in Non-agricultural products. Participating in the Session on Market Access in Non-agricultural Products at the informal meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) trade ministers in Tokyo today, Shri Jaitley spoke of the high priority that India attaches to achieving significant increase in market access for products of interest to developing countries including India, such as textiles and leather......................

Ministry of Rural Development

Funds released to Maharashtra and Rajasthan for rural housing
The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs. 433 lakh as Centre’s share under Indira Awaas Yojana for rural housing to Maharashtra and Rajasthan......................

Ministry of Rural Development

2483 project proposals approved under Swajaldhara
Under Swajaldhara, National Scheme Sanctioning Committee (NSSC) has approved 2483 project proposals amounting to Rs. 176.26 crore from 10 States / UT namely Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Dadar Nagar Haveli. In the approved proposals 5,43,157 number of contributors have deposited Rs. 19.72 crore as community contribution for implementation of Swajaldhara Scheme in their respective Gram Panchayats......................