Ministry of Communications
& Information Technology
Growth
of Internet Service Providers
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued as many
as 587 ISP licenses till 31st March 2003............................
Ministry of Petroleum &
Natural Gas
CBM-II Promotional
Road Show launched today
Shri Ram Naik, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas invited exploration
and production companies and investors to avail of investment
opportunities being offered under the second offer of the Coal
Bed Methane (CBM-II)............................
Ministry of Youth Affairs
& Sports
L.K.Advani flags off Sindu Darshan National Integration Camp participants
The Deputy Prime Minister, Shri L.K.Advani flagged off participants
of the National Integration Camp being organised at Leh (J&K)
by Nehru Yuva Kendra Sengathan (NYKS) under the Ministry of Youth
Affairs & Sports............................
UPSC
Written Results of the IES Examination-2002
declared
The Union Public Service Commission has published the written
results of the Indian Economic Service Examination held in November,
2002............................
Ministry of Chemicals
& Fertilizers
Fixation/revision of prices of bulk drugs
NPPA
has revised the price of 22 bulk drugs/bulk drugs derivatives............................
Ministry of Home Affairs
V. Lakshmi Ratan will be the Secretary, Ministry of parliamentary
Affairs while D.T. Joseph appointed Shipping Secretary
Shri V. Lakshmi Ratan, IAS (TN:67) will be the new Secretary,
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs vice Shri L.M. Goyal retiring
on May 31, 2003............................
Ministry of Human Resouce
Development
Dr. Paswan to
give priority to education to disadvantaged groups
Dr. Sanjay Paswan, Minister of State for HRD, today asserted that
he would do his best for expanding elementary education to regions
and groups which have remained left out so far............................
Ministry of Home Affairs
Swami Chinmayanand
takes over as Minister of State for Home Affairs
Swami Chinmayanand Saraswati today took over as the new Minister
of State for Home Affairs at the North Block office of the Home
Ministry............................
Ministry of Labour &
Empowerment
Santosh Gangwar takes over as Minister of State for Labour
Shri Santosh Gangwar today took over as the new Minister of State
for Labour at Shram Shakti Bhawan office of the Labour Ministry............................
Ministry of Social Justice
& Empowerment
National Backward Classes finance & Development Corporation helps
4.66 lakh beneficiaries
The National Backward Classes Finance And Development Corporation
(NBCFDC) has helped 4.66 lakh beneficiaries from backward classes
till March 2003............................
Ministry of Agriculture
Shri Rajnath Singh takes over as Agriculture Minister
Shri Rajnath Singh has called for making agriculture a remunerative
enterprise . He was talking to media persons after taking over
as Agriculture Minister here today............................
Ministry of Statistics
& Programme Implementation
Committee of Secretaries reviews implementation of major project
The Standing Committee of Secretaries reviewed the progress of
selected central sector projects costing Rs. 100 croe and above
in its two successive meetings held recently............................
Ministry of Information
& Broadcasting
Conditional Access
System (Cas)
Presently Cable TV subscribers get both free to air (FTA) and
pay channels at a rate fixed by the cable operator............................
Ministry of Steel
VSP plans to increase
capacity
In a bid to give a major thrust to exports, the Vishakhapatnam
Steel Plant (VSP), a public sector undertaking of the Steel Ministry
has envisaged an expansion-cum-investment proposal of Rs. 17,500
crore by 2020............................
Ministry of Rural Development
Rural sanitation
- Backgrounder
The concept of sanitation connotes a comprehensive definition,
which includes liquid and solid waste disposal, food hygiene,
personal, domestic and environmental hygiene............................
Ministry of Rural Development
Rural drinking
water funds to twelve States
Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs.394.72 crore to
the State Governmetns of Orissa, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh,
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan,
Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Chhatisgarh and Sikkim towards first
instalment of funds under centrally sponsored Accelerated Rural
Water Supply Programme (ARWSP) during 2003-2004............................
Ministry of Railways
Modular toilets
in trains
The Railways have re-designed coach toilets completely to make
them more comfortable and modern............................
Ministry of Railways
Action plan for
wiping out arrears of track renewals
The Railways have drawn up an action plan for wiping out arrears
of track renewals as on April 1, 2001 by April, 2007. ..........................
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister's statement on the eve of his departure for Germany,
St. Petersburg (Russia) and Evian (France)
The following is the text of the statement by Prime Minister,
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the eve of his departure for Germany,
St. Petersburg (Russia) and Evian (France) here today:. ...........................
Ministry of Urban Development
& Poverty Alleviation
Urban Sanitation
Mission for better solid waste management and drainage system
Government is planning to launch a new mission mode, state sector
programme titled "Urban Sanitation Mission" to assist urban local
bodies (ULB) in setting up sanitary landfills and composting plants
for urban solid waste and to improve drainage system. ...........................
