3rd November, 2003
 

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Call for focus on gender sensitive products in WTO negotiations
Expansion of trade has the potential to create new income and employment opportunities especially for women and therefore, India believes that products which are gender sensitive that is, products having greater involvement of women.............................

Vice President's Secretariat

The Indian economy is among the top ten economies in the world - Shekhawat
Vice President, Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat has said the Indian Economy is among the top ten economies in the world.............................

Vice President's Secretariat

The India-Myanmar joint trade to attain the turnover of US $1 billion in the next three years through the expansion and diversification of trade - Shekhawat
Vice President Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat has said that trade, including border trade, is a vital component of the relationship.............................

Vice President's Secretariat

Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Buddha have acquired renewed
Vice President Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat has said that Ahimsa or non-violence, the first tenet of Gandhi's creed and the last article of his faith, echoes Lord Buddha's "love for all lives".............................

Ministry of Railways

Vigilance Awareness Week functions in Railways
With the oath of transparency and integrity administered by the Member Engineering, Railway Board, Shri Kanwarjit Singh to all the officials of the Ministry of Railways here this morning.............................

Ministry of Home Affairs

Pledge taken on vigilance awareness
All Officers and Staff of the Ministry of Home Affairs (including the Department of Official Language), the Department of Justice participated in a Pledge-Taking Ceremony here today.............................

Ministry of Agriculture

Radha Singh takes over as Secretary, Animal Husbandry
Smt. Radha Singh has taken over as Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying in the Ministry of Agriculture.............................

Ministry of Mines

NALCO's net up 73 per cent
National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO), the giant public sector Unit of the Mines Ministry has earned Rs. 189.85 crore net profit during the second quarter of this fiscal with a growth of 73.39 per cent over the same period last year.............................

Ministry of Railways

Performance of Railways during April-August 2003
Indian Railways effected a saving of Rs. 1044.53 crores in working expenses during the first five months of the current financial year ending August 2003.............................