Ministry of Petroleum &
Natural Gas
ONGC granted
permission to set up 500 additional ROs
Shri
Ram Naik Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas has approved a proposal
to grant authorisation to Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC)
to set up additional 500 retail outlets (RO) in the country.
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Ministry of Food Processing
Industries
Integrated
Food Law
A
Group of Ministers (GOM) has been constituted to propose legislative
and other changes for preparing a modern Integrated Food Law,
according to the Annual Report of the Ministry of Food Processing
Industries 2002-2003.
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Ministry of Rural Development
Quality control
mechanism for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
A
three tier Quality Control Mechanism is envisaged under the Pradhan
Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).
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Ministry of Agriculture
International
Conference on bio-fuels begins
Agriculture
Minister, Shri Ajit Singh has stressed the need to produce ethanol
from sugarcane to benefit millions of sugarcane farmers in the
country.
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Ministry of Labour
Regional Labour
Institute Faridabad will be developed as a centre of excellence
for education, training, research, technical literature and guidelines
in the field of occupational safety and health - Dr. Sahib Singh
Dr.
Sahib Singh, Union Labour Minister said that Regional Labour Institute
(RLI) Faridabad will be developed as a centre of excellence
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Ministry of Mines
India produces
6.9 million tonnes sponge iron
The installed capacity of sponge iron in the
country increased from 1.52 million tonnes per annum in 1990-91
to 7.032 million tonnes per annum.
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Ministry of Mines
Mineral production
up 12.5 per cent
The mineral production from mining and quarrying
sector registered a positive growth of 12.5 per cent in March,
2003 as compared to the preceding month
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Ministry of Rural Development
Houses to BPL
people
As per the estimate prepared by the Planning
Commission, 27.09% rural population of the country is living below
the poverty line.
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Ministry of Railways
Jammu-Udhampur
rail link
The Jammu-Udhampur
broad gauge rail link is now in the advanced stage of completion
and targeted to be made operational in the current financial.
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Ministry of Railways
Upkeep of electrical
wiring and equipment in rail coaches
The Railways have a prescribed code of practice
for maintenance of electrical wirings and equipment in coaches
to prevent fire as per the standards laid down by its Research
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Ministry of Commerce &
Industry
India cautions
developing countries on multilateral framework on investment
India has called upon on the developing countries
to examine carefully the proposals being put forward in the World
Trade Organisation (WTO) by some developed countries.
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Ministry of Commerce &
Industry
Share of Agro
Exports in total exports is 8%
The percentage share of agricultural exports
(excluding tea, marine, coffee, castor oil, cotton) in India’s
total exports for the period April-January 2002-03
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