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........................