Prime Minister's Office
PM's statement
to the Indian Media
The Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
issued a statement to the Indian media at Lausanne, Switzerland
today. .............................
President's Secretariat
Press communique
The President of India has been pleased to
appoint Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Ajai Singh, PVSM, AVSM as Governor of
Assam .............................
Ministry of Finance &
Company Affairs
GASAB issues
Accounting Standards on Government Guarantees
Government Accounting Standards Advisory
Board (GASAB) has issued first Exposure Draft on the proposed
Government Accounting Standard on "Guarantees given by Governments".
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Ministry of Finance &
Company Affairs
India to discontinue
receiving small aid packages
The Union Finance Ministry has decided to
discontinue receiving aid from certain bilateral partners with
smaller assistance packages .............................
Ministry of Non-Conventional
Energy Sources
Enhanced cooperation
and investments in Renewable Energy Sector from Germany and USA
A
13-member official-cum-business Indian Renewable Energy delegation,
led by Shri M. Kannappan, Minister of State (Independent Charge)
for Non-conventional Energy Sources, .............................
Ministry of Shipping
New Shipping
Secretary assumes charge today
Shri D.T. Joseph, IAS (MH:68) took over today
as Secretary in the Ministry of Shipping..............................
Ministry of Labour
All India Consumer
Price Index Numbers for industrial workers on Base 1982=100 for
the month of April, 2003
All India Consumer Price Index Number for
Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) on base 1982=100 for the month of
April, 2003 .............................
Ministry of Social Justice
& Empowerment
10th plan allocation
doubled for welfare of disabiled
There has been a quantum jump in the budgetary
allocation for the welfare of the persons with disabilities during
the 10th Plan.............................
President's Secretariat
Press Communique
The
President of India has been pleased to appoint Lt. Gen. (Retd.)
Ajai Singh, PVSM, AVSM as Governor of Assam.............................
Ministry of Urban
Development & Poverty Alleviation
Shri L.M. Mehta to hold additional charge of CMD, HUDCO
Shri L.M. Mehta, Secretary, Department of
Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation has been appointed as
Official Director on the Board of Housing & Urban Development
Corporation Ltd.............................
Ministry of Home
Affairs
SSB to guard Indo-Bhutan
border also
The Central Government has designated SSB
as the Border Guarding Force for the Indo-Bhutan Border for ensuring
that anti-national elements are not able to use Bhutanese territory
as a base or sanctuary.............................
Ministry of Science
& Technology
BARC Seminar to
mark "World Environment Day"
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC),
Mumbai is organising a national seminar on Thursday i.e. June
5, 2003 to mark the "World Environment Day".............................
Ministry of Steel
National Conference
on Global Steel initiatives tomorrow
A National Conference on Global Steel initiatives
is being jointly organised by the Ministry of Steel, Department
of Commerce, UNCTAD and CII in New Delhi tomorrow.............................
Ministry of Rural Development
Foodgrains released under Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY)
Ministry of Rural Development has released
first instalment of foodgrains under Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar
Yojana (SGRY) (1st Stream) to the State Governments of Tamil Nadu,
Chattisgarh, West Bengal, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala during
2003-2004.............................
Ministry of Railways
Rail Neer now available in Delhi
The packaged drinking water, Rail Neer, is
now available at Delhi Main, New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin railway
stations.............................
Ministry of Railways
Campaign for sensitising
rail users on safety and cleanliness
The Railways have launched multi-media campaign
for sensitizing rail users on safety and cleanliness.............................
Ministry of Urban Development
& Poverty Alleviation
Pooled Finance Development Fund to improve credit flow to small
& medium towns
Government is planning to launch Pooled Finance
Development Scheme to enable smaller municipalities to look for
alternative sources of funding for their bankable infrastructure
projects/schemes.............................
Ministry of Commerce and
Industry
Conference of
Commercial Representatives of India from West Asian & North African
(WANA) countries on June 3-7
A Conference of the Commercial Representatives
(CRs) of India from Amman (Jordan), Abu Dhabi (UAE), Algiers (Algeria),
Cairo (Egypt), Khartoum (Sudan), Kuwait, Muscat (Oman), Riyadh
(Saudi Arabia), Sana'a (Yemen), Tehran (Iran) and Tel Aviv (Israel)
is being held from 3rd to 7th June 2003.............................