Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister's
speech at International Parliamentary Conference to mark the Golden
Jubilee of Parliament
The
Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee addressed the international
Parliamentary conference to mark the golden jubilee of Indian
Parliament, here today. .....................
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Export Promotion
Council for EOUs finally set up
With
the issuance of Certificate of Registration by the Registrar of
Societies, the Export Promotion Council for Export Oriented Units
(EOUs) has been finally set up and come into force. ......................
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
DGFT allows incidence of sad for DEPB rates - Press note
The
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued Public
Notice allowing incidence of special additional duty (SAD) on
the inputs to be taken into account .......................
Ministry of Law & Justice
Law Commission takes up study of Environmental Laws
The
16th Law Commission of India, headed by Shri Justice
M. Jagannadha Rao, has taken up the study of environmental laws
intended to set up environmental courts in the country
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Ministry of Railways
Rail Freight Traffic
in December 2002
During
December 2002, the Railways transported 46.01 Million Tonnes (MT)
of revenue earning goods which was 2.16 million tonnes more than
the target .......................
President's Secretariat
Address by the
President of India. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at the inauguration
of the International Parliamentary Conference to mark the Golden
Jubilee of the Parliament of India on January 22, 2003
I
am indeed delighted to participate in the Golden Jubilee Celebrations
of Indian Parliament and to inaugurate the International Parliamentary
Conference .......................
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Guidelines
for setting up Community Radio Stations
The
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued the guidelines
for granting licenses to well established educational
institutions/organizations like Universities and
Institutes of Technology/Management
and residential schools
recognized by the Central Government or the State
Government .......................
Ministry of Finance & Company Affairs
India
signs double taxation avoidance convention with Slovenia
The
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued the guidelines
for granting licenses to well established educational
institutions/organizations like Universities and
Institutes of Technology/Management
and residential schools
recognized by the Central Government or the State
Government .......................
Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers
Misuse of exemption order meant for SSI units by organized sector
unit
Under
the existing orders of 2nd March, 1995 (S.O.134 E),
SSI units are exempt from fixation of price under para 8 of Drugs
(Price Control) Order 1995 (DPCO 1995) though they have to follow
ceiling prices fixed under para 9 of the order
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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pension
Senior level appointments
The
Appointments
Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments:
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Ministry of Home Affairs
External boundaries of India as shown in "World Atlas" and "Britannica
2002" are neither correct nor authentic
A
consignment containing CDs entitled "World Atlas" (1
set) and "Britannica – 2002" (2 sets) published in USA
was held up by the Commissioner of Customs, Air Cargo Complex,
Sahar, Mumbai and sent to Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance
for their examination
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Ministry of Coal
The Conference of the State Mining Ministers agrees for scientific
mining, mining closure plans, community development
The
one day conference of the State Ministers of Mining and Geology
held today agreed to identify the road map for mining sector reforms
with a greater stress on scientific mining, environmental concerns
and community development
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