Ministry of Law & Justice
Justice S.N. Phukan Commission to hold first hearing tomorrow
Hon'ble
Justice S.N.Phukan has assumed charge of the Justice S.N.Phukan
Commission of Inquiry appointed by the Government of India under
the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 ......................
Ministry of Rural Development
Rural Industries Development Schemes under implementation
The Government through the Khadi and Vilage Industries Commission
(KVIC) promotes development of rural industries by way of financial,
technical and managerial assistance. ......................
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public
Distribution
Pesticides in bottled water
Two
Indian Standards, one for Natural Mineral Water and another for
Packaged Drinking Water, were formulated in 1998. ......................
Ministry of Railways
Doubling of Mangalore-Shornoor railway line
Out
of total 307 km, doubling of 194 km has so far been completed.
Necessary funds are being allocated commensurate with the progress
of work. ......................
Ministry of Railways
High Speed Special Train
A
trial run with a special train was carried out on Konkan Railway
in December, 2002 at a speed of 150 Kilometer per hour. ......................
Ministry of Railways
Checking irregularities in Railway Recruitment
On
receipt of source information, the Central Bureau of Investigation
and Railway Vigilance jointly conducted a raid on August 17 and
18, 2002 ......................
Ministry of Railways
Preventing loss of luggage on Railways
The
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, in its ruling
to the revision petition No. 1590 of 2000 between Union of India
& Others ......................
Ministry of Railways
Stopping of loss making Shatabdi Express
Introduction
and cancellation of trains including Shatabdi Expresses is an
ongoing process subject to pattern of traffic, operational feasibility
and availability of resources. ......................
Ministry of External
Affairs
ISI training camps from POK
Reports
indicate presence of Al-Qaeda elements in Pakistan and POK.......................
Ministry of Information
& Broadcasting
80 TV channels
allowed uplinking
The
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has permitted 80 TV channels
to uplink from within the country.......................
Ministry of Information
& Broadcasting
Ceiling of 60%
on entertainment tax recommended
The
Committee for Development of Entertainment Sector, which was constituted
at the 24th Conference of Information Ministers of
State and Union Territories on 21.01.2001, has recommended that
all States/Union Territory administrations should fix a ceiling
of 60 per cent on entertainment tax.......................
Ministry of Labour & Empowerment
Child
labour in Andhra Pradesh
The
State with the highest child labour population in the country
is Andhra Pradesh, which as per 1991 census had 16.61 million
working children. The figures of the 2001 census have not yet
been published.......................
Ministry of Commerce
& Industry
Trade with Slovenia up by over 55%
India’s
trade with Slovenia has increased by 55.19% during the financial
year 2001-02 at US $ 54.86 million as compared to US $ 35.35 million
during the last year.......................
Ministry of Social
Justice & Empowerment
No proposal to
Revise Reservation Policy
Government
has no proposal to revise reservation policy. Starting this in
a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of State
for Social Justice and Empowerment Dr. Sanjay Paswan said that
reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes,
provided initially for a period of 10 years, has been extended
from time to time.......................
Ministry of
Social Justice & Empowerment
Fifty
four NGOs blacklisted in ten States; twenty four in Uttar Pradesh
The
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has blacklisted 54
Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) in ten states during the
last three years and grants-in-aid stopped to them.
......................
Ministry of Road
Transport & Highways
High security number plates
High
Security Registration Plates are being introduced for new vehicles
from January 1, 2004. Vehicles registered prior to January 1,
2004 will get two years time to get these plates installed.......................
Ministry of Defence
Agreement with Russia for manufacturing of fifth generation aircraft
The
joint development of a fifth generation aircraft has been identified
as a possible area of defence cooperation between India and Russia.......................
Ministry of Defence
Procurement of
obsolete spare parts
The
obsolete spare parts worth crores of rupees are accumulated in
the three wings of Defence Forces.......................
Ministry of Defence
Induction of
LCA
The
indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) is state-of-the-art
fighter aircraft.......................
Ministry of Defence
Irregularities
committed by Defence Estate authorities
A
case relating to alleged involvement of Defence Estate authorities
of Ambala Cantonment about irregularities committed in the sale/transfer
of Defence Old Grant property known as "Masonic Lodge"
in Kasauli Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh, wherein the former Chairman,
Punjab Public Service Commission is involved, came to the notice
of the Ministry.......................
Ministry of Defence
Military Medal
to Union Minister
The Army headquarters
has recommend military medal for Union Minister Shri Jaswant Singh
for his role in diplomacy during the Kargil conflict.......................
Ministry of Defence
Defence cooperation
with Russia
Under
the Indo-Russian Inter Governmental Commission on military Technical
Cooperation there is a working group on shipbuilding, aviation
and land forces which meets regularly to discuss bilateral issues
related to defence cooperation including arms trade.......................
Ministry of Defence
Private participation
in defence production sector
The
government has approved six proposals for private manufacturing
of defence equipment.......................
Ministry of Power
Hydel Power Projects
by NTPC
National
Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) have diversified its activities
and entered into hydel power generation with taking up of Koldam
Hydro Electric Project (800 MW) in the State of Himachal Pradesh
for implementation and the construction work of the project is
in progress.......................
Ministry of Power
Construction
of Mysore-Calcutta 400 KV line
Powergrid
has planned to establish a 400 KV Mysore-Calicut D/C line along
with 400/220 KV, 2x315 MVA sub-stations at Mysore and Calicut
as part of transmission system associated with Kaiga-II (2x220
MW) Project of Nuclear Power Corporation during 10th
Plan period.......................
Ministry of Power
Consumption of
electricity in Government offices
An
Action Plan of Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory
body created by the Central Government under the Energy Conservation
Act, 2001 to implement the various provisions of the Act, has
been prepared outlining the strategies towards energy conservation.......................
Ministry of Petroleum
& Natural Gas
Gas Pipeline
Project in Kerala
GAIL
(India) Limited (GAIL) is examining the proposal for laying a
pipeline for transmission of regassified Liquefied Natural Gas
(LNG) from Kochi to Bangalore via Kayamkulam.......................
Ministry of Petroleum
& Natural Gas
Flaring of Natural
Gas
Shri
Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural
Gas informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that during
2001-02 out of total gas production of 29.71 Billion Cubic Metre
(BCM) a quantity of about 1.67 BCM was flared, which constitutes
about 5.6%.......................
Ministry of Petroleum
& Natural Gas
Capital
Investment in HPCL and BPCL
Shri
Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural
Gas informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply today that out of
the total paid-up capital of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
(HPCL) of Rs. 338.83 crore, the Government of India holds an equity
of Rs. 173.08 crore.......................
Ministry of Consumer
Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Bottled
water probe -- Committee gets extension
Shri
Sharad Yadav, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
has given two weeks’ extension of time to the Committee to complete
its report on the alleged presence of pesticides in the bottled
drinking water and natural mineral water which was sold under
BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) certification.......................
