Ministry of Railways

Performance of RailTel
The RailTel Corporation of India Ltd. (RCIL), a public sector undertaking of the Ministry of Railways, incorporated on September 26, 2000, has now reached take-off stage........................

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

India negotiating regional trade pacts with Asean, Singapore, Thailand, South Africa etc.
India is negotiating a Regional Trade and Investment Area with the ASEAN, a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement with Singapore and Preferential Trade Agreements (PTA) / Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with Thailand, Egypt, South Africa and Uruguay........................

Ministry of Steel

NMDC proposes production of 195 lakh tonnes iron ore in 2003-04
The Memorandum of Undertanding (MOU) signed between the National Mineral Development corporation Ltd., (NMDC) Hyderabad and the Union Ministry of Steel for the year 2003-04 envisages a total excavation target of 270 lakh tonnes of iron ore, which is more by 38 lakh tonnes compared to last year........................

Ministry of Steel

KIOCL signs 2003-04 MoU
Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL), a 100 per cent export oriented public sector unit of the Steel Ministry signed today the annual memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Government of India for the year 2003-04........................

Ministry of Water Resources

Hydrological Information System opens up new vistas on efficient management of water resources
India has sizeable achievements in the water sector........................

Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

It is a homecoming for WUSHU : Vikram Verma
The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Vikram Verma inaugurated the second South Asian WUSHU (Men-Women) Championship at Talkatora Stadium, here today........................

Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

Government signs MoU with four Navaratna oil PSUs
The Government has signed Memorandum of Understanding with four Navaratna PSUs under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, earmarking higher targets for the year 2003-04 on various performance parameters........................

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

Bottled water probe
The Committee set up by the ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to probe into the inadequacies in bottled drinking water has urged the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to have a pro-active approach towards keeping the standards dynamic and at par with international development in related fields........................

Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

RTAs - A fact sheet
The proliferation of Regional Trading Arrangements (RTAs) in recent years has led to widespread debate on the issue of regionalism vs. multilateralism........................

Ministry of Textiles

Major thrust in handloom development planned
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the year 2003-2004 was signed here today between the Ministry of Textiles and the National Handloom Development Corporation Limited (NHDC), a Government of India Enterprise........................

Ministry of Water Resources

The Task Force on inter linking of Rivers emphasised the need for expert opinion
The Second meeting of the Task Force on Inter Linking of Rivers (TF-ILR), held under the Chairmanship of Shri. Suresh Prabhu, here today, emphasised the need for getting expert opinion........................