31st January, 2003
 


Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

Quick estimates of national income consumption expenditure, saving and capital formation, 2001-02
The Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the Quick estimates of national income, consumption expenditure, saving and capital formation for the financial year 2001-02.......................

Ministry of Law & Justice

Filling up of vacancies of Judges
The Government has set in motion the process of filling up of vacancies in the Supreme Court and High Courts expeditiously.......................

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

Shri Subhash Maharia assumes charge
Shri Subhash Maharia has taken over charge as Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution here today. He succeeds Shri Krishnam Raju.......................

Ministry of Rural Development

Jahrkhand gets Rs. 8.31 crore and foodgrains under SGRY
The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs. 831.24 lakh as second instalment to three districts of Jharkhand under Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) for the year 2002-03.......................

Ministry of Rural Development

Rs. 2444 lakh released for rural housing to four States
The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs. 2444 lakh as centre’s share under Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) for rural housing to West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Gujarat.......................

Ministry of Agro & Rural Industries

Sanghpriya Gautam to personally monitor Rural Employment Scheme
Sanghpriya Gautam, newly appointed Minister of State for Agro and Rural Industries, has said that he would personally visit the villages to monitor progress of Pradhan Mantri Grmin Rozgar Yozana and would prepare action plan for its effective and speedy implementation.......................

Election Commission

Performance of political parties in the 1998 Assembly Election of Meghalya
Assembly Election - 2003 : Backgrounder -XIII ......................

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad assumes I&B charge
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad assumed the charge as Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Information and Broadcasting, here today.......................

Ministry of Textiles

Nine apparel parks to come up
The Government has decided to establish nine Apparel Parks at Tronica City and Kanpur (UP), Surat (Gujarat), Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Ludhiana (Punjab), Bangalore (Karnataka), and Tirupur and Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu).......................

Ministry of Steel

Steel Minister reviews performance of MOIL
Manganese Ore (India) Ltd. (MOIL), a public sector undertaking of the Steel Ministry has crossed its target by 9 per cent by achieving a net profit of Rs. 11.73 crore and total sales of Rs. 123.5 crore during April-December, 2002.......................

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

Smt. Sushma Swaraj aims to provide basic health services at a fair price
Smt. Sushma Swaraj took over as the Minister of Health & Family Welfare here today.......................

Ministry of Civil Aviation

'Saras' to roll out next week / test flight year end
‘SARAS’, India’s first civilian aircraft, a 14-seater will roll out of the hangar next week and take part in the Bangalore Air show without taking to wings.......................

Ministry of Civil Aviation

Airports Authority pays Rs.55 crore dividend to Government
The Airports Authority of India today presented a dividend cheque of Rs.55 crore for the year 2001-02 to the Civil Aviation Minister Shri Syed Shahnawaz Hussain.......................

Ministry of Home Affairs

Harin Pathak the new Minister of State for Home
Shri Harindra Kumar Ramachandra Pathak (Harin Pathak) has taken over as the new Minister of State for Home in place of Shri Ch. Vidyasagar Rao who will be the Minister of State for Commerce.......................

Ministry of Civil Aviation

Air India to launch holiday package in Gulf and Europe
Air India will offer a series of attractive holiday packages from different destination during lean season......................

Ministry of Agriculture

Rs. 585 crore Scheme for promotion of Horticulture in North-East
Expansion of cold storage facilities, promotion of post harvest management technologies, creation of production infrastructure and marketing network etc. will be taken up in the North Eastern states and Sikkim with an investment of Rs. 585 crore for large scale promotion of horticulture in the region......................

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

Reforms in social sector and economic reforms must go together, says Dr. Sanjay Paswan
The Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment Dr. Sanjay Paswan has said that reforms in the social sector will have to go along with the economic reforms......................

Ministry of Railways

Preliminary Report on accident involving Secunderabad-Manmad Express at Ghatnandur Station
Shri A.P. Agrawal, Commissioner of Railway Safety, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, South Central Circle, Secunderabad, has held a statutory inquiry on 5th and 6th January, 2003 at Parlivaijnath into the Rear end collision between Train No. 7064 Up Secunderabad-Manmad express and a goods train at Ghatnandur Railway Station on Vikarabad – Parlivaijnath section of Secunderabad Division of South Central Railway at 01.23 hours on 3rd January, 2003......................

Ministry of Human Resource Development

NGOs must sensitize politicians towards Women's Reservation Bill : Dr. Joshi
NGOs active in the sector of women’s empowerment must make a concerted effort towards sensitizing the various political groups, regarding the amendment of the Constitution for reservation of women in Parliament......................