Ministry
of Prime Minister's Office
PM's inaugrual speech at Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Central
Board of Secondary Education
The
Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has stressed the urgent
need to raise the standards of school education - both at primary
and secondary school levels in the country. ...............................
Ministry
of Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles death of Johny Walker
The
Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has condoled the death
of veteran comedian, Shri Badruddin Jamaluddin Qazi, popularly
known as Johny Walker. ...............................
Ministry
of Human Resource Development
Prime Minister stresses upon the need to raise standards of school
education in the country
The
Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has stressed upon the
need to raise the standards of school education, both primary
and secondary, in the country. ...............................
Ministry
of Law & Justice
Press communique
In
exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217
of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint
Shri Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia, ...............................
Ministry
of Finance
21 FDI proposals cleared
The
Union Minister of Finance, Shri Jaswant Singh as approved 21 proposals
recommended by the fireign Investment promotion Board (FIPB) in
its meetings held on July 17, 2003. ...............................
Ministry
of Chemicals & Fertilizers
Prices of 32 formulation packs revised / fixed
The
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has revised/fixed the
prices of 32 formulation packs on 25th July, 2003. ...............................
Ministry
of Water Resources
Acquisition of land for oil exploration
Oil
Exploration and Production Companies, namely Oil & Natural Gas
Limited (ONGC), Oil India Limited (OIL) and Private/Joint Venture
(J.V.) companies, acquired land, including agricultural land,
from the land-owners for exploration and production of hydrocarbons,
as and when required. ...............................
Ministry
of Water Resources
ONGC's new investments
Shri
Ram Naik, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, informed the Rajya
Sabha today while replying to a question that the aggregate approved
plan outlay (Budget Estimates) of ONGC ...............................
Ministry
of Water Resources
Linking of Manas Sankop-Tista-Ganga river
Ministry
of Environment and Forests has not rejected linking Manas Sankop-Tista-Ganga
river project but has only listed out environmental concerns which
need to be addressed in the project formulation exercise for interlinking
of rivers. ...............................
Ministry
of Water Resources
Changing course of river Subarnarekha in Orissa
As
informed by the Government of Orissa, the river Subarnarekha changes
its course occasionally and during the last highest flood of 1997,
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Ministry
of Water Resources
Financial assistance to Orissa
The
Rengali Irrigation Project is presently under implementation in
the State of Orissa with loan assistance of Yen 7760 million from
Government of Japan. ...............................
Ministry
of Tourism & Culture
ASI to undertake excavation at number of new sites
The
Archaeological Survey of India has identified the sites of Adi
Badri, Kapalmochan-Rinmochan, Thaneswar, Sandhauli, Kunal and
Rakhigarhi, Hanumangarh, Pilibangan, Badopal and Baror and dholavira
...............................
Ministry
of Tourism & Culture
Projects to boost tourism in J & K
The
following works in Jammu & Kashmir during the current financial
year to promote tourism: ...............................
Ministry
of Commerce & Industry
Capitalisation of import payables - Liberalisation of policy :
Press note
At
present, issue of shares by a company in India to a person resident
outside India is permitted only against inward remittance of convertible
foreign exchange ...............................
Ministry
of Environment & Forests
Industries must adopt environmental auditing and management system
: T.R. Baalu
The
Minister for Environment & Forests, Shri T.R. Baalu has called
upon industries to adopt environmental auditing and management
system to achieve targets set for reducing pollution level. ...............................
Ministry
of Steel
Steel Minister reviews Q-I performance of SAIL
Steel
Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), the giant public sector undertaking
of the Steel Ministry has recorded a net profit of Rs. 255 crore
in the first quarter of financial year as against a net loss of
Rs. 309 crore in April-June 2002. ...............................
Ministry
of Law and Justice
Shri Arun Jaitley releases law books
Minister
for Law & Justice and Commerce & Industry, Shri Arun Jaitley,
today released four publications brought out by the Legislative
Department of the Ministry of Law & Justice. ...............................
Ministry
of Information and
Broadcasting
Shri Prasad condoles the death of Johny Walker
The
Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad
has condoled the death of veteran film comedian Johny Walker,
who passed away in Mumbai today. ...............................
Ministry
of Commumications
C-DoT to partner with Telcos
Centre
for Development of Telematics (C-DoT), premier telecom R&D centre
has decided to partner with telecom companies (Basic/Cellular
operators) to provide total telecom solutions to enable the operators
to meet the customer expectations. ...............................
Ministry
of Urban Development
& Poverty Alleviation
Metro Railway in Andhra Pradesh
The
Government of Andhra Pradesh has engaged the services of Delhi
Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. to prepare the Detailed Project Report
(DPR) for introduction of a Metro Rail System in Hyderabad and
Secunderabad. ...............................
Ministry
of Urban Development
& Poverty Alleviation
Asian development bank provides US $ 1045 million credit for urban
projects
Asian
Development Bank has provided credit for Urban Environmental and
Infrastructure Facilities Project in various parts of the country
as follows: ...............................
Ministry
of Science and Technology
BARC develops new technologies for Waste Processing
The
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has developed new technologies for
waste processing at the Waste Immobilization Plants (WIP). The
technologies developed due to sustained R&D efforts are planned
to be used at the WIPs.
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Ministry
of Civil Aviation
Financial performance of Air India
As per provisional results compiled for the period April-December
2002 and for the entire financial year 2002-03, Air India is expected
to earn a Net Profit of approximately Rs.65 crore and Rs.105 crore
respectively. ...............................
Ministry
of Civil Aviation
Study on low cost air services
A Committee has been constituted to study the modalities of low
cost operations from Kerala to Gulf under the aegis of Air India
Charters Ltd. ...............................
Ministry
of Mines
Off shore mining
Geological Survey of India (GSI) of the Ministry of Mines conducts
systematic surveys for seabed mapping and exploration of minerals
in the territorial waters, continental shelf and within the Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) of India. ...............................
Ministry
of Agro & Rural
Industries
Group Insurance Scheme for khadi workers
The Government proposes to launch the Group Insurance Scheme for
Khadi workers on 15th August 2003. ...............................
Ministry
of Chemicals &
Fertilizers
Indigenous pharmaceuticals
The Annual Special 301 Report for 2003, released by the United
States Trade Representative (USTR) retains India in the "Priority
Watch List" alongwith 10 other countries. ...............................
Ministry
of Chemicals &
Fertilizers
Import of LNG
Fertilizer
plants, which use natural gas for feed stock and fuel, are facing
shortage of natural gas because of dwindling domestic gas supplies.
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Ministry
of Railways
Golconda Express accident caused by delayed application of brakes
The
provisional findings of a statutory inquiry into the derailment
of 7201 Gonconda Express on July 2, 2003 at Warangal Station ...............................
Ministry
of Social Justice & Empowerment
Grant of the status
of Union Cabinet Minister to Shri Justice Ram Surat Singh (Retd.),
Chairman National Commission for Backward Classes
The Central Government has granted the status of Union Cabinet
Minister to the Chairman of the National Commission for Backward
Classes Shri Justice Ram Surat Singh (Retd.). ..............................
