PIB Press Releases


		22nd May, 2003


		Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises Problems of Sugar Industry discussed Shri Balasaeb Vikhe Patil, Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises held detailed discussions here yesterday with Finance Minister, Shri Jaswant Singh on problems facing the sugar industry in the country especially sugar cooperatives .......................... Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Wheat export prices for July-September announced Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) Units have recorded software exports of over Rs.37,176 crore during 2002-03 .......................... Ministry of Water Resources Integrated Water Resources Development and Management-recognises water as a National asset Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) Units have recorded software exports of over Rs.37,176 crore during 2002-03 .......................... Ministry of Communications & Information Technology Exports by software technology park up by 26 per cent Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) Units have recorded software exports of over Rs.37,176 crore during 2002-03 .......................... Ministry of Communications & Information Technology BSNL to add far more mobile phones than fixed phones/WLL during the current Five Year Plan The Public Sector Telecom companies - Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) will add about 3 crore 95 lakh telephones during the current Five Year Plan (2002-2007) .......................... Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Food Ministry moves more foodgrains to Rajasthan Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution will be supplying 14 lakh tonnes of foodgrains to Rajasthan for the months of June and July,2003 to augment the availability of stocks in the state.......................... Ministry of Mines GSI intervention locates additional reserves Geological Survey of India (GSI), a public sector undertaking of the Mines Ministry inspected the Jalikatti limestone mine of M/s Ratna Minerals in Bagalkot district of Karnataka during February 2003 in connection with the examination of mining scheme .......................... Ministry of Rural Development Wastelands Development Projects for Rajasthan The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs.192.83 lakh to the State Government of Rajasthan under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme 'Integrated Wastelands Development Programme' during the year 2003-2004 .......................... Ministry of Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation Guidelines for Integrated Development of Small and Medium Towns (IDSMT) to be revised Government is planning to amend the guidelines of the scheme for Integrated Development of Small and Medium Towns (IDSMT) in order to simplify procedure and introduce enough flexibility in the operations.......................... Ministry of Steel SIIL's net up Sponge Iron India Limited (SIIL), a public sector unit of the Ministry of Steel has achieved a net profit of Rs. 6 crore during the year which is almost eleven times higher than the target .......................... Ministry of Textiles India and New Zealand to form joint working group to promote trade The Minister of Textiles, Shri Kashiram Rana, who is on a visit to New Zealand called on H.E. Mr. Jim Sutton, Minister for Trade Negotiations, Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand yesterday .......................... Ministry of Railways Rail movement of drinking water in Rajasthan and Gujarat The Railways have been transporting 116 lakh litres of drinking water daily to various water scarcity hit areas of Rajasthan and four lakh litres of water in Gujarat. ........................... Ministry of Railways Allocation of Special Railway Safety Fund for North Eastern Region The Railways have allocated Rs.82.63 crores under Special Railway Safety Fund (SRSF) for strengthening rail safety in the North Eastern region in the current financial year 2003-2004............................ Ministry of Small Scale Industries Promotion of small scale industries The small scale sector accounts for 39% of industrial production, 34% in exports and has shown 4% growth rate in employment during the last decade in comparison to 0.5% in the organized sector............................ Ministry of Commerce & Industry Export growth target of merchandise goods for 2003-04 fixed at 12% to reach $ 57.8 billion Taking into account the prevailing global economic and trading environment, the outlook for 2003-04 as projected by the International agencies tracking global economic developments and the perceptions of the exporting community...........................