Ministry
of Labour
Benefits of EPF
to labourers of Rajasthan region
8.82
lakh members of Rajasthan Region are enjoying the benefits under
the Employees' Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act,
1952..............................
Ministry
of Labour
Closure of industrial
units in Orissa due to cyclone
Government
of Orissa have informed that 17 industrial units have been closed
in Orissa after the Super Cyclone of 1999..............................
Ministry
of Labour
Social Security Provisions to the country's workforce
Approximately
8 per cent of the country's total workforce of around forty crores
are covered by Social Security provisions..............................
Ministry
of Railways
Railway Board Hindi Salahkar Samiti meets
The
82nd meeting of Official Language Advisory Committee (Hindi Salahkar
Samiti) of Railway Board in the Ministry of Railways met here..............................
Ministry
of Food Processing Industries
Sick F.P.Is
The
Food Processing Industries operate both in the organised and unorganised
sectors..............................
Ministry
of Food Processing Industries
Processed fruits and vegetables
It
has been estimated on the basis of units registered under Fruits
Products Order, 1955, that the percentage of fruits and vegetables
processed in the country is under 2% of the market arrivals..............................
Ministry
of Agriculture
Production of vermicompost
The
centre is promoting use of various sources of organic manure including
vermicompost to provide supplementary nutrients to crops..............................
Ministry
of Agriculture
Test on utility
of Bt cotton hybrids
The
Indian Council of Agricultural Research is conducting evaluation
of eight Bt cotton hybrids in Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana..............................
Ministry
of Steel
SAIL taps key
customers
Steel
Authority of India Limited (SAIL) a public sector company of the
Steel Ministry has implemented Key Account Management Process..............................
Ministry
of Steel
Revival of IISCO
Steel
Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) has submitted a rehabilitation
proposal for revival of Indian Iron & Steel Company (IISCO), Burnpur,
West Bengal to the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI).............................
Ministry
of Steel
Production of
sponge iron
The
production of sponge iron during 2002-03 was 6.908 million tonnes..............................
Ministry
of Steel
New Steel Policy
The
Government has decided to formulate a National Steel Policy to
draw out the road map for the iron and steel industry in the context
of second generation reforms, restructuring and globalisation.............................
Ministry
of Steel
DCI&S closure
The
Government has closed the office of the Development Commissioner
for Iron and Steel (DCI&S) and declared staff as surplus in pursuance
of the recommendations of the Expenditure Reforms Commission (ERC)
constituted by the Government..............................
Ministry
of Railways
Unreserved ticketing system
The
Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS), introduced on Northern Railway
with effect from August 15, 2002 has since been extended to 23
stations in Delhi area..............................
Ministry
of Railways
Operation of optic fibre cable based communication on Railways
The
Railways have planned to link four metros of Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai
and Chennai and four mini metros of Ahmedabad, Pune, Secunderabad
and Bangalore with optic fibre cable network during the current
financial year 2003-2004..............................
Ministry
of Information & Broadcasting
AIBD General Conference
in Delhi from Monday
The
2nd General Conference of Asia-Pacific Institute of Broadcasting
Development (AIBD) is being held in New Delhi from 22nd to 25th
July, 2003.............................