21st January, 2003
 


Ministry of Home Affairs

Civil Defence
Civil Defence is in fact a tremendously important component in a system of total defence of a country which comprise 1) Military, Naval and Air Defence; 2) Civil Defence; 3) Economic Defence; and 4) Psychological Defence. .....................

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Steps for cargo facilitations
Trade is hereby informed that Customs has vide its notifications no. 55/2000- Customs, dated 30-6-2000; no. 67/2000- Customs, dated 17-8-2000; no. 22/2001- Customs, dated 17-4-2001, allowed the facility of congregation/ assimilation of LCL cargo at the inland ICDs / CFSs, movement of this cargo from ICDs / CFSs to Hub points for further reworking and exports to destination ports......................

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Working hours extended at Air Cargo Complexes
Trade is hereby informed that Customs, Custodians and Banking working hours at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad Air Cargo complexes (ACCs) have been extended as per table given below.......................

Ministry of Law & Justice

Law Commission's Report on protection of informers for curbing corruption
The Law Commission of India, in its 179th report on the Public Interest Disclosure and Protection of Informers, has recommended some measures to check the evil of corruption in the Government through enactment of a law titled "The Public Interest Disclosure (Protection of Informers) Bill".......................

Ministry of Steel

Indian Iron and Steel Company
The Indian Iron & Steel Company Ltd. (IISCO) has been the forerunner of the country's gigantic iron and steel industry".......................

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

India offers best location for relocation of manufacturing base and sub-contracting
India’s emergence as the hub of Information Technology along with a huge domestic market offers her as one of the best locations for the relocation of manufacturing base/sub-contracting by engineering multinationals as also in the areas of Technical Services to the European Industry.......................

Ministry of Steel

Vizag Steel wins Scope Award for excellence
Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) of the Rashtriya Inspat Nigam Limited (RINL) of the Steel Ministry has been adjudged the best public sector enterprise for the year 2000-01 and has won the silver trophy of "Scope award for excellence and outstanding contribution to the public sector management - Special turnaround category".......................

Ministry of Law & Justice

Press Communique
The President is pleased to appoint (1) Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud, (2) Shri Justice Naik Anil Bhalchandra, (3) Shri Justice Ajit Prabhakar Deshpande.......................

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

NGOs urged to spread consumer awareness in rural areas
Shri Sharad Yadav, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has called upon the non-governmental organisations working in the field of consumer protection to spread awareness about products and services among the rural people.......................

Ministry of Railways

Railway Tableau for Republic Day Parade
Indian Railways, the primer transport organization of the country which carries 13 million passengers and 1.3 million tonnes of freight every day to the nook and corner of this vast sub-continent, will be celebrating this Republic Day by presenting the tableau of Freight Trains on the Republic Day Parade........................

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Indo-Myanmar Joint Trade Committee soon
India and Myanmar have decided to set up a Joint Trade Committee (JTC) between the two countries at the Ministerial level and the inaugural meeting of the JTC would take place very soon........................

Ministry of Science & Technology

Global Research Alliance launched
Nine leading research institutions from around the globe representing both the developed and developing nations launched here today an association called the Global Research Alliance (GRA)........................

Ministry of Labour & Empowerment

All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers decreases by 2 points
All India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers on base 1986-87=100 for December, 2002 when compared to November, 2002 decreased by 2 points each to stand at 321 (Three hundred and twenty one) for Agricultural Labourers and 324 (Three hundered and twenty four) for Rural Labourers........................