PIB Press Releases


		26th March, 2003


		Ministry of Railways Railways to rebuild 2700 bridges Indian Railways is in the process of rebuilding and strengthening 2700 bridges on its network spending an amount of Rs.1722 crores from the Special Railway Safety Fund (SRSF) created in the year 2001........................ Ministry of Railways RITES pays interim dividend The Rail India Technical and Economic Services Limited (RITES), a public sector undertaking of the Ministry of Railways, paid interim dividend of 125 per cent for the year 2002-2003 here today........................ Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Guidelines for Uplinking of News and Current Affairs TV Channels from India The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad announced the guidelines for Uplinking of News and Current Affairs TV Channels from India at a Press Conference, here tod........................ Ministry of Textiles Shri Advani to lay foundation stone of India Exposition Mart The Ministry of Textiles is setting up 'India Exposition Mart' to provide a state-of-the-art international marketing facility exclusively for the cottage sector........................ Ministry of Textiles Cotton Corporation declares dividend The Cotton Corporation of India Ltd. CMD, Shri Vishwa Nath, has handed over a dividend cheque for Rs.2.5 crore to the Minister of Textiles, Shri Kashiram Rana, here today........................ Ministry of Textiles Cotton Corporation of India signs MoU with Ministry of Textiles A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Shri S. B. Mohapatra, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, and Shri Vishwa Nath, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Cotton Corporation of India Ltd........................ Prime Minister's Office Prime Minister expresses shock over the death of Haren Pandya The Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has expressed deep shock and grief over the death of former Home Minister of Gujarat Shri Haren Pandya who was shot at by some assailants at Ahmedabad, this morning......................... Ministry of Commerce & Industry Modernisation of Trade Marks Registry makes rapid progress As part of the major project for modernisation and upgradation of the intellectual property framework in India, the Trade Marks Registry in the country is being modernised at a rapid pace with the basic objective of eliminating the backlog of pending applications........................ Ministry of Rural Development Increased use of Hindi emphasized - Shanta Kumar Shri Shanta Kumar, Minister of Rural Development said that efforts are made to increase the use of Hindi in the Ministry as well as in its attached subordinate offices/institutes........................ Ministry of Railways Eighty first meeting of Railway Board Official Language Committee The Chairman, Railway Board, Shri Iqbal Inder Mohan Singh Rana took the 81st meeting of the Railway Board Official Language Committee here this afternoon ........................ Ministry of Agriculture NCDC to extend Rs. 735 crore assistance to cooperatives The National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) will extend an assistance of Rs. 735 crore to cooperatives in various sectors during the year 2003-04........................ UPSC National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2003 The Union Public Service Commission will be conducting the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2003 at 40 centres all over the country on April 6, 2003........................ Ministry of Human Resouce Development Education becoming a Fundamental Right, and stress on vocationalisation and quality upgradation of higher education thrust areas in 2002-03 The government is firmly committed to providing Education for All, the priority areas being free and compulsory primary education, covering children with special needs, eradication of illiteracy, vocationalisation, education for women's equality, special focus on the education of SCs/STs and minorities........................ Ministry of Water Resources NWDA has already completed feasibility reports of six links out of 16 peninsular component It is indeed a matter of considerable satisfaction that the extensive efforts of National Water Development Agency (NWDA) are now coming to fruition and that the Government assigns great importance to the proposal on the 'Interlinking of Rivers'........................ Ministry of Steel MOIL's 2003-04 turnover target Rs.182.56 crore Manganese Ore (India) Ltd. (MOIL), a public sector undertaking under the Steel Ministry has set a sales turnover target of Rs. 182.56 crore for the year 2003-04 ........................ Ministry of Mines NALCO to produce 2.90 lakh tonnes aluminium in 2003-04 National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO)'s 2003-04 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Mines Ministry envisages ........................ Ministry of Civil Aviation Restructuring of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security under consideration The Government is examining a proposal to restructure the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) to make it more effective in the changed aviation security scenario. ........................ Ministry of Civil Aviation Indian community in Kuwait is safe : Civil Aviation Secretary Indian community in Kuwait is absolutely safe and life there is unaffected by the conflict in Iraq. ........................