President's Secretariat
Press communique
The
President of India has accepted, on the Prime Minister's recommendation,
the resignation of Shri Dilip Singh Judev.............................
Ministry of Agriculture
Appointment of Otaram Devasi as part time Chairman of State Farms
Corporation of India approved
The
Prime Minister has approved the proposal for appointment of Shri
Otaram Devasi as part time Chairman of the State Farms Corporation
of India. Shri Devasi has played a prominent role in upliftment
of the Animal Husbandry sector.............................
Ministry of Defence
Vietnamese delegation in New Delhi
The Vice Defence Minister of
Vietnam Senior Lt General Nguyen Huy Hieu held delegation level
talks with the Defence Secretary Shri Ajay Prasad in New Delhi
today. The main thrust of the talks was on further strengthening
the bilateral defence.............................
Ministry of Agriculture
Accelerated sowing of rabi crops
Reports of accelerated sowing of rabi crops continue to come in.
Wheat is a major rabi cereal with a normal area of about 264 lakh
hectares which is about 55% of the area under Rabi foodgrains.............................
Ministry of Mines
Mineral production records positive growth
The
mineral production from mining and quarrying sector registered
a marginal growth of about 0.2% in September 2003.............................
Ministry of Mines
NALCO achieves
highest ever monthly production in October
National
Aluminium Company Ltd., a public sector unit of the Ministry of
Mines achieved production of 25,764 MT Aluminium Cast Metal during
October 2003.............................
Ministry of Science &
Technology
National Institute
of Science to come up in four regions
The
government proposes to set up National Institutes of Science (NIS)
in the four regions of the country, in a bid to give a greater
boost to research and development activities in these parts.............................
Ministry of Commerce &
Industry
India, Austria keen to enhance trade & investment ties
India
and Austria have expressed their keenness to enhance trade and
investment relations in order to increase the current level of
bilateral trade given the scope and possibilities for joint ventures
that existed in various sectors.............................
Ministry of Railways
Wheel fracture caused Mysore-Bangalore passenger train accident
Preliminary
report of a statutory inquiry by the Commissioner of Railway Safety,
Southern Circle, Shri Pranab Kumar Sen, into derailment of train
231 Up Mysore-Bangalore Passenger.............................
Ministry of Railways
Railway safety
plan objectives
Indian Railways have embarked upon a Safety Plan to achieve reduction
in rate of accidents per million train kilometres from the present
level of 0.44 to 0.17 by the year 2013.............................
