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............................