PIB Press Releases


		17th October, 2003


		Ministry of Textiles National Handloom Exposition India Weaves 2003 opens in New Delhi The National Handloom Exposition India Weaves' 2003 opened at the Dilli Hat here today........................... Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Ravi Shankar Prasad releases book on JP The Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that Indian democracy had been baptized during the emergency and no politician will ever dare to proclaim emergency........................... Ministry of Defence Three-Day Meet of 7th ARF Heads of Defence Universities and Colleges concluded Three-Day meet of 7th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Heads of Defence Universities and Colleges concluded in New Delhi today........................... Ministry of Labour 39th Indian National Labour Conference discuss employment and social security issues for unorganised sector The 39th Indian labour Conference which was formally inaugurated by the Prime Minister yesterday, continued its deliberations today........................... Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Prasar Bharati staff urged to improve content quality The Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad has called upon the programme staff of the All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan to improve the quality of programmes to make them more relevant and interesting........................... Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Films Division's documentaries to be screened in Mauritius Films Division, a media unit under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, engaged in producing documentaries, short films and animations since 1948, has gone online at its Film Bazaar stall set up at the ongoing 34th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)-2003........................... Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Oil India pays record dividend of Rs. 273 crore to Government Oil India Limited (OIL), a PSU under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has paid a final dividend of Rs. 189 crore to Government of India for the year 2002-03........................... Ministry of Agriculture No locust activity reported No locust activity has been reported during the surveys conducted by the Locust Warning Organization in various localities of the Scheduled Desert Area of Gujarat and Rajasthan........................... Ministry of Rural Development Kashiram Rana leaves for Bangladesh to attend Regional Conference on Sanitation A high-level delegation led by Shri Kashiram Rana, Union Minister for Rural Development is leaving for Bangladesh on Monday to attend Ministerial level Regional Conference on Sanitation at Dhaka from October 21-23, 2003........................... Ministry of Rural Development Proposals cleared for Orissa and Gujarat under PMGSY Ministry of Rural Development has approved project proposals of Orissa and Gujarat under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY)........................... Ministry of Tourism & Culture India to intensify cultural relations with Crotia-Bhavnaben Chikhalia India is very keen to have close cultural and economic relations with Croatia and other countries in the region........................... Ministry of Steel BSP saves Rs. 15 crore from in-house initiatives Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) of the Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) has been supplying rails to the Indian Railways for over 40 years now........................... Prime Minister's Office PM's message on the successful launch of PSLV C-5 PSLV C-5 was launched successfully from Sriharikota Launch Centre today........................... Election Commission Rajasthan Assembly Elections-1998- Facts at a glance Rajasthan Assembly Elections-1998- Facts at a glance........................... Ministry of Railways Self lighting train on Konkan Railway The Konkan Railway has introduced self lighting train, wherein three footboard lights have been provided on both the sides of coach........................... Ministry of Railways Railways revenue earning freight traffic exceeds target The Railways transported 266.43 Million Tonnes (MTs) of revenue earning freight traffic during the first half of the current financial year ending Septembr 2003............................