Ministry of Environment
& Forests
Centre grants
Rs.18 crore to clean Pamba river in Kerala
A
team of experts will visit Kerala shortly for an on the spot study
of the issue relating to diversion of around 12,000 hectares of
vested forest land to tribals under the provisions of Kerala Private
Forests Act, 1971 and Forest Conservation Act, 1980.
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Ministry of Labour
& Empowerment
Centre for
expeditious setting up of Sanitary Marts by States for rehabilitation
of scavengers
The
Centre has taken up with the State Governments the expeditious
setting up of Sanitary Marts for rehabilitation of scavengers
and their dependents.
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Ministry of Water
Resources
NCA permits
raising of Sardar Sarovar Dam by 5 mtrs
After
careful consideration of the clearances of both the Environment
and Resettlement and Rehabilitation Sub-groups, and fulfilment
of the requirements
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President's Secretariat
& Prime Minister's Office
President,
PM greet people on Milad-Un-Nabi
President
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
have greeted the countrymen on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi,
the birthday of the Holy Prophet Mohammad, being observed tomorrow.
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Ministry of Consumer
Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Alleged irregularities
in issue of rice for export
Shri
Sharad Yadav, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution,
has ordered an inquiry into the alleged "irregularities" in the
issue of rice for export by Food Corporation of India (FCI)
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Ministry of Commerce
& Industry
Seminar on Trade
in Environmental Goods & Services on May 16 - International Conference
on Investment on May 18-20s
A
Seminar on "Trade Liberalisation in Environmental Goods and Services",
organised jointly by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, UNCTAD
(United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) and TERI
(Tata Environmental Research Institute) is scheduled to be held
here on 16 May, 2003.
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Ministry of Petroleum
& Natural Gas
Milestones set
for import of LNG and participation in Iranian discovered fields
India
and Iran agreed in principle to formulate a package of importing
5 MMT LNG in phases from Iran to India and participating interests
for Indian PSUs like OVL in appropriate discovered and semi-discovered
oil and gas fields.
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President's Secretariat
President's
Milad-Un-Nabi greetings
The
President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam in his message on the
occasion of Milad-un-Nabi which is being observed tomorrow, has
said:-
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Ministry of Rural
Development
Rural roads
in Himachal Pradesh
Under
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), the road length of the
works cleared and funds released for the years 2001-02 & 2002-03
(Phase-II) for Himachal Pradesh is about 935 kms.
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Ministry of Urban
Development & Poverty Alleviation
Indian initiatives
on shelter and urban development appreciated at UN - HABITAT meet
A
high level seven member Indian delegation led by Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan,
Union Minister of State for Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation
along with Shri L.M. Mehta, Secretary (UEPA) participated in the
19th Session of the Governing Council of UN-HABITAT at Nairobi
(Kenya).
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Ministry of Mines
Shri C.D.Arha
new Mines Secretary
Shri
C.D.Arha has taken over as the Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Government
of India.
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Ministry of Railways
Austerity measures
on Railways
Indian Railways have taken several steps to control expenditure.
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Ministry of Railways
Cleanliness
drive on Railways
The
Railways have planned a cleanliness drive to be known as Clean
Train Stations (CTS) to provide mechanized enroute cleaning of
trains at the interval of 10-12 hours within 10-12 minutes at
50 major stations.
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Ministry of Urban Development
& Poverty Alleviation
Schemes for
Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation
Ministry
of Urban development & Poverty Alleviation is implementing a number
of Central Sector and Centrally sponsored schemes.
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