12th November, 2003
 

 

Ministry of Human Resource Development

High Level Group Meeting on Education for All: Communique at the end of the meet
The following is the text of the communiqué of the High Level Group Meeting 2003 which ended here today.............................

Prime Minister's Office

Opening Remarks by PM at Press Interaction of PM at Moscow
Following is the text of the Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the press interaction of him and President Putin at Moscow today.............................

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

Shri Prasad condoles the death of C. B. Thakur
The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad has condoled the death of eminent journalist Shri Chander Bhushan Thakur, who passed away here today.............................

Ministry of Defence

Visit of Indian Naval ships to China
A task group comprising three of Indian Navy's front-line war ships, Ranjit (a guided missile destroyer), Kulish (a guided missile corvette) and Jyoti (a replenishment tanker), arrived off Shanghai, on 10 Nov 03.............................

Ministry of Home Affairs

President to launch national campaign on Birth Certificates
A national campaign on Birth Certificates will be launched during the Child Rights Week November 14-20, 2003 to create awareness on the need of Birth Certificates for all children in the country.............................

Ministry of Finance

Government revises External Commercial Borrowings Policy
In the background of developments in recent months, the Government has revised the existing External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs) Policy for a temporary period until further review.............................

Ministry of Agriculture

Correct distortions in international environment before global markets are ingtegrated, says Rajnath Singh
The Agriculture Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh has called for correcting distortions in the present international environment of agricultural production and support before global markets are integrated.............................

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Dr Joshi asks donor nations to support Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan with $ 3 billion
In the High Level Group meeting's session on funding of the education for all initiative, Dr Joshi today reminded donor agencies of the commitments made by them at Dakar and asked them to help bridge the resource gap in the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.............................

Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production and Use-Based Index (base 1993-94=100) for September, 2003
The Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 1993-94 for the month of September 2003 have been released by the Central Statistical Organisation.............................

Prime Minister's Office

PM's address at the Russian Academy of Sciences
The Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee addressed the gathering at the Russian Academy of Sciences, at Moscow today.............................

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

RCI develops 34 training courses for professionals connected with disability
The Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) has during the last three years developed 34 long-term and short-term training programmes for personnel and professionals involved with the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.............................

Ministry of Railways

Fresh dates for Railway Recruitment Examinations for Non-North Eastern Region candidates
The Ministry of Railways has decided that fresh examinations for Group 'D' posts of 2575 Trackmen (Gangmen) and 145 other such category posts on Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) by Railway Recruitment Board, Guwahati.............................

Ministry of Science & Technology

RESOURCESAT adds new dimension to remote sensing
RESOURCESAT-1, launched by ISRO last month from Sriharikota has added new dimensions to remote sensing applications.............................

Prime Minister's Office

Interview of the Prime Minister by Russian newspaper 'Neazvisimaya Gazeta'

Prime Minister's Office

Interview of the Prime Minister by Russian newspaper "Izvestia"

Prime Minister's Office

Interview of the Prime Minister by Russian newspaper 'Rossiskaya Gazeta'

Ministry of Environment & Forests

India and the United States agree to expand cooperation in climate change technology
India and the United States have agreed to increase their cooperation in various aspects of climate change such as renewable energy and energy efficiency, climate modeling and integrated environment strategy.............................

Ministry of Finance

IVRS and website information for State Government employees of Tamil Nadu
The Indian Audit and Accounts Department, Office of the Accountant General (Accounts & Entitlement), Tamil Nadu, Chennai is launching Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) and website information for the state government employees of Tamil Nadu.............................

Ministry of Railways

Railways revenue freight exceeds target during April-October 2003
Indian Railways transported 311.29 Million Tonnes (MTs) of revenue earning freight during the first seven months of the current financial year ending October 2003, exceeding the target of 303.84 MTs by 7.45 MTs.............................