Ministry of Mines

Mineral production index up 4.4 per cent
Based on the overall trend so far, the index of mineral production (base 1993-94=100) for the year 2002-2003 is expected to be 138.21 as compared to 132.39 for 2001-2002, showing a growth of 4.4 per cent........................

Ministry of Railways

Rajdhani Express to have newly rolled out German Coaches
Indian Railways will be introducing shortly newly rolled out modern high speed state-of-the-art coaches, manufactured indigenously at Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala under technology transfer package from M/s ALSTOM Linka Hoffmann Busch (LHB) of Germany in the Mumbai-New Delhi Rajdhani Express........................

Ministry of Railways

Improving passenger amenities
Indian Railways have provided electrical charging point in premium passenger coaches like Air-Conditioned First and Air Conditioned Executive Chair Car for charging cellular phones and laptop computers........................

Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

Commemorative postage stamp on Kakaji Maharaj
The Union Minister for Communications, Information Technology and Disinvestment, Shri Arun Shourie will release a commemorative postage stamp on Kakaji Maharaj at a function here on Sunday, the 30th March, 2003........................

Ministry of Rural Development

Shanta Kumar to commission Malda Arsenic Area Water Supply Scheme tomorrow
Shri Shanta Kumar, Minister of Rural Development will commission Malda Arsenic Area Water Supply Scheme Phase-II tomorrow........................

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

RTAs should not raise trade barriers for non-members, says India
India has said that Regional Trading Arrangements (RTAs) should not lead to the raising of trade barriers for non-RTA members and to trade diversion........................

Ministry of Environment & Forests

Enquiry into elephant's death
The Union Ministry Environment & Forests has instituted an enquiry into the recent death of an elephant last month after being captured in Chattisgarh........................

Ministry of Labour & Empowerment

Finance and Investment Sub-committee of the Central Board of Trustees to look into the investment of the corpus of provident funds in the best possible manner and also to recommend the rate of investment for the year 2003-04
The Labour Minister Shri Sahib Singh Verma announced in a press conference today that we are committed to invest our provident funds in the best possible manner and whatever returns we will have, we are duty bound to pass on the same to the workers like a trustee........................

Ministry of Finance & Company Affairs

Japan to provide Rs. 4417 crore ODA loan to India
Japan will provide Rs.4417 crore (Japanese Yen 111,239 million) for seven projects as Official Development Assistance (ODA) to India. Dr. Adarsh Kishore, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Company Affairs, Government of India and Mr. Akira Hayashi, Ambassador of Japan to India exchanged the notes in this regard today........................

Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

Government signs MoU with Oil India and Balmer Lawrie
Government today signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with two oil PSUs namely Oil India Limited (OIL) and Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited (BLC) for the year 2003-04........................

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

India offers to supply pharmaceutical products to Rwanda
India has offered to supply drugs & pharmaceuticals to Rwanda in keeping with the requirements of Rwanda's Essential Drugs List, including products to combat HIV/AIDS........................

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Education a liberating process - Dr. Joshi
Education is a liberating process for any individual. Every human being possesses an innate need to learn........................

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

Traditional system of medicine is cheap, accessible and people friendly - Smt. Swaraj
Minister for Health & Family Welfare Smt. Sushma Swaraj has said that for traditional system of medicine to succeed amongst the people, it was extremely important for the Ayurvedic practitioners to believe in its inherent strength........................

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

Infrastructural development vital for growth in health sector - Smt. Swaraj
The Minister for Health & Family Welfare Smt. Sushma Swaraj, has said that with new policy initiatives being undertaken in the infrastructural segment of the health sector, new growth opportunities had emerged for the public and private sector........................

Ministry of Textiles

Proper marketing needed to increase handicraft exports: L.K.Advani
"By proper marketing, packaging and quality control, the market share of our handicrafts in International market can be increased substantially," the Deputy Prime Minister, Shri L K Advani said, while laying the foundation stone of India Exposition Mart in Greater Noida today........................