16th October, 2003
 


Prime Minister's Office

Prime Minister condoles death of Shri K.M. Khan
The Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee has expressed his heartfelt condolences over the demise of the senior Rajya Sabha Member, Shri K.M. Khan............................

Ministry of Law & Justice

National Tax Tribunal Ordinance promulgated
The National Tax Tribunal Ordinance, 2003 (Ordinance 3 of 2003) was promulgated by the President today............................

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

Relaxations in quality norms for procurement of paddy in Bihar and Orissa
The Government has relaxed the quality norms for procurement of paddy under Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations for the farmers of Bihar and Orissa............................

UPSC

Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2002 on schedule
The Union Public Service Commission will hold the Civil Services (Main) Examination from 25th October to 22nd November, 2002 as scheduled............................

Ministry of Defence

International Meet of Defence Universities begins
The 7th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Meet of Heads of Defence Universities, Institutions and Colleges has begun in New Delhi............................

Ministry of Rural Development

Tamil Nadu gets funds for watershed development
Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs. 328.76 lakh for planning and development of Watershed Projects to various districts of Tamil Nadu during 2003-04............................

Ministry of Agriculture

World Food Day observed
The Agriculture Secretary has called upon multilateral agencies to suitably amend their aid disbursement practices to facilitate more active participation of newly emerging aid providing countries like India............................

Ministry of Labour

An umbrella legislation to provide labour protection, medical care, old age pension and insurance cover to the workers in the unorganised sector is on the anvil- PM
Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee while inaugurating the 39th Indian Labour Conference has said that the Government is fully aware that providing basic social security to the workers in the unorganized sector continues to be the biggest challenge before it............................

Ministry of Environment & Forests

India and South Africa agree to share information on clean technologies and National Park Management
South Africa has evinced keen interest to learn from New Delhi's experience in curbing air pollution in the National Capital Territory through introduction of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) driven public transport vehicles............................

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

New Zealand invited to invest in India
India has invited New Zealand companies to invest in the country, while underlining the ongoing liberlisation of India's FDI policy as well as the process of economic reforms undertaken to enhance the flow of FDI into India............................

Prime Minister's Office

PM inaugurates 39th Indian Labour Conference
Following is the English rendering of the Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee's inaugural address at 39th Indian Labour conference, here today............................

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

Follow Liberal Policy towards linguistic minorities, suggests NCLM Report
The problems of linguistic minorities are more acute in the linguistic islands and border areas............................

Ministry of Textiles

National Handloom Exposition - India Weaves 2003 -opens tomorrow
The National Handloom Exposition India Weaves' 2003 opens at Dilli Hat here tomorrow............................

Ministry of Communications & Information Technology

Grameen Sanchar Sewak Scheme
The Grameen Sanchar Sewak (GSS) Scheme is gaining popularity with around 80 lakh metered calls being made during the period from December 24, 2002 till the end of August, 2003............................

Ministry of Science & Technology

Committee to select 5 more IITs
A committee is to be set up shortly to select five institutions/colleges to be upgraded and converted into IITs............................