Ministry of Finance &
Company Affairs
Auction for sale
(re-issue) of '6.85 per cent Government Stock, 2012' and Government
Stock of 25 years announced
Government of India have announced the sale (re-issue) of '6.85
per cent Government Stock, 2012' for a notified amount of Rs.6,000
crore (nominal) through a price based auction using multiple price
method...........................
Prime Minister's Office
Media statement
by Prime Minister after his meeting with Chancellor Schroeder
The following is the text of the statement by Prime Minister Shri
Atal Bihari Vajpayee after his meeting with German Chancellor
Gerhard Schroeder at Berlin today: ............................
Ministry of Environment
and Forests
Task force to
be constituted to make CREP more effective
Task force involving experts, industry associations field engineers
is proposed to be constituted to make the charter on Corporate
Responsibility for Environment Protection (CREP) Implementation
and Monitoring more effective............................
Ministry of Food, Consumer
Affairs & Public Distribution
Liberalisation of forward trading in commodities
Government has liberalised party to party contract trading in
as many as 39 commodities by removing them from the purview of
Forward Contracts Regulation Act, 1952............................
Ministry of Environment
and Forests
Tiger Habitat and Population Evaluation System for the Indian
sub-continent launched
The Directorate of Project Tiger in the Ministry of Environment
and Forests has just introduced state of the art technology to
develop a "Tiger Habitat and Population Evaluation System" in
the country............................
Ministry of Petroleum &
Natural Gas
Shri Ram Naik
launches Lanka IOC to mark maiden entry of Indian Oil in retail
marketing abroad
Shri Ram Naik, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas launched today
at Colombo the first venture of the leading Indian PSU, Indian
Oil Corporation (IOC) in marketing operation activities in a foreign
country for petrol, diesel, kerosene and other petroleum products
like LPG, aviation and bunker fuels............................
Ministry of Urban Development
& Poverty Alleviation
27 new Urban Development
Projects sanctioned for North Eastern States
Ministry of Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation sanctioned
27 new schemes worth Rs. 217.54 crore during the year 2002-03
for the North Eastern states and Sikkim The new schemes sanctioned
are as below:............................
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Schedule areas
and Schedule Tribes Commission on a four-day visit to Rajasthan
Schedule areas and Schedule Tribe Commission headed by Chairman
Shri Dileep Singh Bhuria and four other Members are visiting Rajasthan
from 27th May to 31st May, 2003............................
Ministry of Information
& Broadcasting
India calls for a balance between free broadcasting and cultural
heritage preservation
The Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar
Prasad has called for cultural policies by countries to be adapted
to globalization for striking a balance between free flow of cultural
goods and services and the need for preserving and promoting domestic
culture............................
Ministry of Defence
NCC Boys Mountaineering Expedition to Jogin Peak III flagged off
NCC boys mountaineering expedition to Jogin peak III was flagged
off by Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen S Choudhary, here today............................
Ministry of Steel
Steel production in April
The total production of finished steel in April 2003 has been
provisionally estimated at 26.50 lakh tonnes as against 24.38
lakh tonnes during the corresponding month last year showing an
increase of 8.7 per cent............................
Ministry of Rural Development
Funds released for rural drinking water to four States covered
under Desert Development Programme
Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs.48.87 crore to the
State Governments of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan
towards the first instalment of centrally sponsored Accelerated
Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP) - Desert Development Programme
(DDP) areas for the year 2003-2004............................
Ministry of Railways
President to lay
foundation stone for Harnaut Rail Coach Overhauling Project on
May 30
The President will lay the foundation stone for a state-of-the-art
Rail Coach Maintenance (Rail Karkhana) Project at Harnaut in Nalanda
district of Bihar on May 30, 2003 at a function to be presided
over by the Chief Minister of Bihar, Smt. Rabri Devi............................
