Ministry
of Communications & Information Technology
Cellular Mobile
Phones in North Eastern Region
The
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) have planned for providing
a total of 95,350 Cellular Mobile Telephone Service (CMTS) connections
in the North Eastern Region(NER). ...............................
Ministry
of Communications & Information Technology
Fulfilment of
rural telephony obligations by basic telecom operators
The
private basic service operators have provided 11,632 Village Public
Telephones (VPTs) as on 30th June, 2003. ...............................
Ministry
of Communications & Information Technology
Tele-Density
reaches 5.49 per hundred
Tele-Density
in the country has reached a level of 5.49 per hundred as on 30th
June, 2003................................
Ministry
of Communications & Information Technology
MTNL's overseas venture
Mahanagar
Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), a Navratna Public Sector Undertaking
has plans for overseas ventures. ...............................
Ministry
of Road Transport
and Highways
Completion of Golden Quadrilateral Project
The
Golden Quadrilateral component of National Highways Development
Project (NHDP) is scheduled for completion by December, 2004.
...............................
Ministry
of Road Transport
and Highways
Hi-tech safety systems on highways
Total
number of fatalities in road accidents on National Highways during
the year 2001 was 28944(provisional). ...............................
Ministry
of Road Transport
and Highways
Roads
in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh
The
status of Golden Quadrilateral and North-South and East-West Corridors
under National Highways Development Project (NHDP) is. ...............................
Ministry
of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Carrying cost of Buffer Stock in FCI
The
carrying cost of buffer stocks in the FCI is fixed year to year.
However, for the years 1997-98 (BE) and 2002-03 (BE) the carrying
cost of buffer is. ..............................
Ministry
of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Sale of foodgrains to exporter
Food
Corporation of India (FCI) has reported that 20.43 lakh MTs, 39.65
lakh MTs and 67.93 lakh MTs of wheat have been lifted from the
central pool by exporters during the years 2000-01, 2002-02 and
2002-03 respectively. ..............................
Ministry
of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Increase in food subsidy bill
During
1996-97 the total food subsidy released was Rs. 5,166 crore whereas
during 2002-03 the total food subsidy released was Rs. 24,176
crore which is an increase of 368 per cent. ..............................
.Ministry
of Labour
All India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers
on Base 1982=100 for the month of June, 2003 increases by 3 points
All
India Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW)
on base 1982=100 for the month of June, 2003 has increased by
3 points to stand at 497 (four hundred & ninety seven). ...............................
Ministry
of Small Scale Industries
Revival of sick units
Financial
assistance to SSIs including for the rehabilitation of sick Small
Scale Industries (SSIs), is provided by the Primary Lending Institutions
(PLIs) including the Commercial Banks. ...............................
Ministry
of Agriculture
Programme on organic farming
The
Centre has finalized a national programme for encouraging farmers
to take up organic farming. The crops to be taken up under the
programme include fruits and vegetables. ...............................
Ministry
of Agriculture
Sowing of major Kharif crops
The
rainfall so far has adequately covered most parts of the countrys.
...............................
Ministry
of Small Scale Industries
Increase in quantum of advances to Small Scale Industries
The
advances to Small Scale Industrial (SSI) Sector from Public Sector
Banks during last year have increased from Rs. 49,743 crore to
Rs. 52,988 crore at the end of March, 2003. ...............................
Ministry
of Science & Technology
DPR of 300 MW AHWR ready
The
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has readied the Detailed Project
Report (DPR) of a 300 MW Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) for
its thorium utilisation programme. ...............................
Ministry
of Power
Transmission Line from Bhutan to Eastern Region
The
Transmission Line from Tala HEP to Indo-Bhutan border is being
implemented by Tala HEP Authority and the transmission line from
Indo-Bhutan border to Siliguri is being executed by Powergrid................................
Ministry
of Power
Rural Electrification
Rural
Electrification Corporation (REC) has sanctioned the following
rural electrification schemes in the district of Rajouri in Jammu
and Kashmir during the last three years (2000-01 to 2002-03)................................
Ministry
of Information & Broadcasting
AIR to promote
classical programmes
The
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad
has appreciated All India Radio (AIR) for promoting programmes
based on classical music so as to save its cultural heritage in
the face of upcoming private FM channels. ...............................
Ministry
of Defence
Global Tenders for ordnance factory at Rajgir
The
Global Tenders were not invited before selection of the M/s Somchem,
South Africa, for the ordnance factory at Rajgir (Nalanda). ...............................
Ministry
of Defence
Coffin
purchase
The
book titled "THE WHOLE TRUTH WITH ALL THE DOCUMENTS ABOUT THE
ALUMINIUM CASKET BOUGHT BY THE DEFENCE MINISTRY IN 1999-2000"
written by Shri R.V. Pandit was not published at the expense of
Defence Ministry. ..............................
Ministry
of Defence
Upgradation of AN-32 transport aircraft
The
AN-32 transport aircraft are presently undergoing modifications
in respect of their avionics and navigation equipment. ...............................
Ministry
of Defence
Import
of Legacy aircraft
The
government is planning to procure Executive Jets for VIP communication
duties. The aircraft EMB 135-BJ 'Legacy' from M/s. Embraer of
Brazil has been shortlisted for this purpose. ...............................
Ministry
of Defence
Export of missiles
Bharat
Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad, a Public Sector Undertaking under
the: Ministry of Defence, has been exploring the possibility of
exporting missiles. All such requests for export are dealt with
on a case-to-case basis and are subject to clearances from the
Ministry of Defence. ...............................
Ministry
of Defence
Conversion of Vikrant into museum
No
final decision has been taken by the Ministry of Defence for conversion
of INS Vikrant into a museum. ...............................
Ministry
of Defence
Holding
of NDA Entrance Examination in Hindi
The
issue of introduction of Hindi as a medium of National Defence
Academy examination is at present under consideration of the Government.
...............................
Ministry
of Defence
Alaska
military exercise
India
participated in Exercise Cooperative Cope Thunder- - 03, a multilateral
exercise conducted in Alaska, USA during June 5 - 20, 2003. ...............................
Ministry
of Defence
Tehlaka
scam
A
single-Member Commission of Inquiry headed by Justice K. Venkataswami,
a retired Judge of Supreme Court of India was appointed by the
Central Government notified in the Gazette of India on 24.3.2001................................
Ministry
of Defence
Participation
in peacekeeping operation in Congo
India
is participating in the second peacekeeping operation in the Democratic
Republic of Congo................................
Ministry of Defence
Channel
for redressal of grievances
In
the Army and the Air Force the trend of approaching the courts
by individual seems to be on the increase. ...............................
Ministry
of Petroleum & Natural
Gas
Polymer
production by GAIL
The
polymer production is being increased to 310,000 tonnes per annum
(TPA) from 260,000 TPA through de-bottlenecking of the existing
polymer plant (Swing unit) of GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL)'s Petrochemical
Plant at Pata, U.P. ...............................
Ministry
of Petroleum & Natural
Gas
Import of crude oil
The
crude oil processing for the year 2003-04 is estimated at 116.678
million metric tonne (MMT) and the crude oil imports are estimated
at 87.617 MMT. ...............................
Ministry
of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Ethanol price
Oil
marketing companies procure ethanol through public tenders. As
a part of tendering process, negotiations are carried out with
the tenderers in order to get most competitive rates. ...............................
Ministry
of Road Transport and Highways
Accidents on National Highways
As
per information available, the total number of accidents on National
Highways in the country during the years 1999,2000 and 2001 were
103839, 110508 and 102777 (provisional) respectively................................
Ministry
of Road Transport
and Highways
Safety
conditions on National Highways
National
Highways leading out of Delhi are four lane divided carriageway
facilities which are safer than undivided carriageway. ...............................
Ministry
of Home Affairs
Statement on the bomb explosion in a bus at Ghatkopar (West),
Mumbai and an explosion in Jogeshwari West Mumbai
Dy.
Prime Minister and Home Minister, Shri L.K. Advani made the following
statement on the bomb explosion in a bus at Ghatkopar (West),
Mumbai and an explosion in Jogeshwari West Mumbai, in the Lok
Sabha today. ...............................
Ministry
of Agro & Rural Industries
KVIC sets up 1,61,505 rural industrial units
A total number of 1,61,505 agro and rural industries projects
have been financed and set up in the country by the Khadi and
Village Industries Commission under the Rural Employment Generation
Programme (REGP) as on 31st March, 2003. ...............................
Ministry of Information
& Broadcasting
Modernization
of DD Kendras
An
amount of Rs. 319 crores has been provided in 10th Plan of Doordarshan
for modernization and digitalization of various Doordarshan Kendras
in the country................................
Ministry of Information
& Broadcasting
Exclusive
Channel for farmers
The
Government is considering a proposal to start an exclusive channel
for the welfare of the farmers................................
Ministry of Social Justice
and Empowerment
Centre
to modify Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Caste Students
The
government is considering several modifications to the centrally
sponsored Scheme of Post Matric Scholarship for Scheduled Caste
Students................................
Prime
Minister's Office
PM condoles death
of Mahant Ramchandra Paramhans
The
Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has condoled the death
of Mahant Ramchandra Paramhans................................
Ministry
of Railways
Import of track
detecting machine
The
ultrasonic testing of track is being done with the help of Ultrasonic
Flaw Detection (USFD) machines, which are operated manually. ...............................
Ministry
of Railways
Help from Air
Batallion Force during accident relief
It
is proposed to have a professionally trained Crack Team of Rail
Rescue Experts who can be rushed to any site of accident by air/land
route at short notice
...............................
Ministry
of Railways
MOU with Defence
Ministry
The
High Level Committee's Report on Disaster Management has recommended
to sign an MOU with the Ministry of Defence in order to provide
logistic support for rescue/relief to the victims of rail accidents................................
Ministry
of Railways
Warehousing facilities along Railway sides
As
announced in the Railway Budget 2003-2004, Railways intend to
enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Central Warehousing
Corporation to develop warehousing complexes at 22 locations................................
Ministry
of Railways
Free complimentary
passes to Missionaries and Institutions
All
India complimentary card passes are issued under discretionary
powers of Minister of Railways as per guidelines...............................
Ministry
of Railways
Rajdhani and Shatabdi
catering charges
Catering
charges are included in the fare of Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express
trains.
...............................
Ministry
of Railways
Inflammable substances
in trains
Regular
checks are conducted in trains to detect persons carrying inflammable
articles................................
Ministry
of Commerce &
Industry
Government approves
IT-based Information Dissemination Plan for tea industry
The government has approved implementation of an IT based information
dissemination programme as a major step towards reorienting the
tea industry in India..............................
