PIB Press Releases


		6th May, 2003


		Ministry of Railways Complimentary rail passes for various categories of people The Ministry of Railways has issued 46,078 complimentary passes to various categories of people as on date........................... Ministry of Commerce & Industry No threat to export of shrimp to USA There is no threat in export of Indian shrimp to the USA........................... Ministry of Rural Development Sector Reforms Projects he Sector Reforms Projects launched in 1999 cover 67 districts in 26 States. The Sector Reform Projects are Process Projects........................... Ministry of Rural Development Installation of Handpumps under Swajaldhara Scheme Ministry of Rural Development has received 321 proposals for installation of Hand Pumps under Swajaldhara from State Government of Himachal Pradesh and the same have been cleared. These include 259 proposals pertaining to Kangra District........................... Ministry of Rural Development Action Plan for drinking water The Ministry of Rural Development has been mandated to provide safe drinking water in all rural habitations by 31st March, 2004........................... Ministry of Steel Steel Sector records all round growth The year 2002-03 has witnessed all round growth of the steel industry both in the public and private sector........................... Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment 130 Districts identified for setting up District Rehabilitation Centres for disabled The Government has taken initiatives for ensuring wider coverage and holistic rehabilitation of persons with disabilities........................... Ministry of Water Resources Financial assistance to Orissa for rain water harvesting The Central Ground Water Board implemented demonstrative rainwater harvesting and recharge projects in the country under its Central Sector Scheme for 'Study of Recharge to Ground Water'........................... Ministry of Water Resources Prevention of flood in Assam due to Brahamputra River Vaisakha 16 1925 Investigation, planning and implementation of flood management schemes are within the purview of the State Government as it is a state subject ........................... Ministry of Agriculture Workshop on Extension Reforms inaugurated The Agricultural Minister, Shri Ajit Singh has stressed the need to bring about agricultural extension reforms for meeting the challenges of the international trading regime under the World Trade Organisation........................... Ministry of Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation Steps to deal with drinking water problem in Delhi The Delhi Jal Board has formulated a special scheme to deal with the likely shortage of potable water in the coming summer season........................... Ministry of Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation Asian Development Bank provides us $ 895 million assistance for Urban Infrastructure Development Projects Asian Development Bank has provided credit for the following Urban & Environmental Infrastructure projects in the country........................... Ministry of Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation Allotment of flats under New Pattern Scheme, 1979 The Delhi Development Authority had launched the New Pattern Registration Scheme (NPRS) on all India basis in the year 1979 for allotment of MIG, LIG & Janta Category flats........................... Ministry of Coal Utilization of coal for power generation The percentage of coal being utilised to generate power in the country is about 74% of the total coal produced in the country for the year 2002-2003 (provisional)........................... Ministry of Coal Reserves of lignite The state-wise estimated lignite reserves of the country as on 31.32003 are........................... Ministry of Railways Rail Neer packaged water launched The Union Minister of Railways, Shri Nitish Kumar dedicated to the nation a packaged bottled mineral water plant, set up by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) known as 'Rail Neer' for use by railway customers and others........................... Ministry of Railways Railway Hindi Salahakar Samiti meets The Union Minister of Railways, Shri Nitish Kumar took a meeting of the reconstituted Railway Hindi Salahakar Samiti here today........................... Ministry of Rural Development Welfare Schemes under Desert Development Programme The Desert Development Programme (DDP) is an area development programme which aims at controlling desertification by regeneration of depleted natural resource base and ameliorating socio - economic status of the resource poor people including the marginal & small farmers inhabiting the programme areas........................... Ministry of Commerce & Industry Meeting on export target and strategies held The meeting with Export Promotion Bodies on Export Target and Strategies for the year 2003-04 was held here today under the chairmanship of Shri Dipak Chatterjee, Commerce Secretary........................... Ministry of Finance & Company Affairs 23 FDI proposals cleared The Union Minister of Finance & Company Affairs, Shri Jaswant Singh has approved 23 proposals of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) recommended by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board in its meetings held on April 24, 2003........................... Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Safety standards for LPG cylinders Shri Santosh Gangwar, Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that the LPG cylinders ........................... Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas LPG processing plants in Gujarat Shri Santosh Gangwar, Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that GAIL (India) Ltd., .......................... Ministry of Power Power Ministry Consultative Committee meets Power Minister, Shri Anant G. Geete has said that training is an important input in development of personnel in any field and more so in the case of technology intensive in power sector. ........................... Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Convention to improve NGO service delivery to the disabled India has about 50 million people with disabilities at all ages and living in diverse socio-economic environment. ...........................