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March 19	Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil will give away 56th National Film Awards to the winners. Smt. Ambika Soni, Minister of Information & Broadcasting will be present on the occasion.
March 15	A Two-day Conference on “Environment Audit-Concerns about Water Pollution” is being organized by the Auditor and Comptroller General of India on 15th and 16th March, 2010. The inaugural session will be held as per the following programme:
March 15	General Md Abdul Mubeen, Chief of the Army Staff Bangladesh on his visit to New Delhi on 15 Mar 2010 will be presented with a Guard of Honour as per the following details :-
March 15	Secretary Agriculture and Cooperation and CMD, National Seeds Corporation and State Farms Corporation of India will sign a MOU.
March 14	Prof. K.V. Thomas, Minister of State for Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution will inaugurate the conference of Presidents, State Commissions and Secretaries in charge of Consumer Affairs in States and UT Governments/Administrations.
March 12	Prof. K.V. Thomas, Minister of State for Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution will preside over 5th Horti-Fair Sangam organized by National Horticulture Board.
March 12	Shri Dinesh Trivedi, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare will inaugurate the 5th National Congress of Indian Stroke Association and the International Stroke Conference being hosted by Dept. of Neurology, AIIMS, New Delhi
March 12	Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for the Ministry of Environment and Forests (Independent charge) will deliver Key note address on ‘The Invisible Pollution that’s Poisoning People Silently’. Mr Richard Fuller, President, Blacksmith Institute, New York will give a talk.
March 12	Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India and National Gallery of Modern Art celebrate Indo-Russian Cultural relations by commemorating the state visit of H.E. Shri Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Russian federation with an exhibition. You are requested to cover the Press Preview of the exhibition.
March 12	The function to launch FIPB Portal and Release of Review Document 2009 scheduled at 5.00 P.M today has been postponed to Monday , March 15 at 4.30 P.M in Room No 72, due to Parliament business.
March 12	Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister for Corporate Affairs, to be the Chief Guest at a special function organized by the ICAI and deliver a special address to the Chartered Accountants. Shri R. Bandyopadhyay, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, to be the Guest of Honour.
March 12	Shri Dinesh Trivedi Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare will be Chief Guest and Dr V M Katoch Secretary Department of Health Research and DG, ICMR will be Guest of Honour at the Inaugural Session of
March 12	On the occasion of 110th Foundation Day of National Archives of India, Prof. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, former Chairman, Indian Council of Historical Research will deliver Foundation Day Lecture on “What are the Archives for?” Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Shri Jawhar Sircar will preside over the function.
March 11	The Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram will be the Chief Guest on the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of National Crime Record Bureau. The programme will be as follows:
March 11	Prof. K.V. Thomas, Minister of State for Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution will preside over the National Conference on “Production of quality seed and planting material-health management in horticultural crops”.
March 11	Mr Nelson Jobin, Defence Minister of Brazil to be presented Tri Services Guard of Honour.
March 10	The Prince Andrew, Duke of York, will be meeting Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, as per the details below:
March 10	Union Minister of Textiles, Thiru Dayanidhi Maran will inaugurate Jute Festival being organized by the Jute Manufactures Development Council (JMDC) in the presence of Minister of State for Textiles, Tmt. Panabaaka Lakshmi. (After the inauguration, JMDC is organizing a Fashion Show, “Earth Couture” along with a musical recital by Ustad Rashid Khan.)
March 10	The Chief Minister of Puducherry, Shri V. Vaithilingam will meet Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize Annual Plan 2010-11 of the State. The meeting will be held in Committee Room No.122, First Floor, Yojana Bhawan on March 10, 2010 at 3.30 P.M.
March 10	The Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, Shri Mukul Wasnik will inaugurate the one day Conference & Exhibition “Enable India 2010” as per the programme given below. The theme of the conference is “Challenges of Inclusive Growth-Empowering Persons with Disabilities”.
March 09	The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yeddyurappa will meet Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize Annual Plan 2010-11 of the State. The meeting will be held in Committee Room No.126, Second Floor, Yojana Bhawan on March 09, 2010 at 3.30 P.M.
March 09	Dr. R.K. Srivastava, DGHS, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare will be the Chief Guest at 33rd Annual Day Function of the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare. Dr. V.K. Ramteke, DG, Railway Health Services will be the Guest of Honour and Dr. V.M. Katoch, Secretary Department of Health Research & Director General, ICMR will preside over the function.
March 08	Shri Hari Shankar Brahma, Secretary (Power) will preside over the Foundation Day Lecture function of Bureau of Energy Efficiency. Dr. R.K. Pachauri, Director General, The Energy & Resource Institute will deliver the Foundation Day Lecture.
March 08	The President Smt Pratibha Devisingh Patil will Will give away Stree Shakti Awards and launch National Mission for Empowerment of Women. MoS (Independent charge), Women & Child Development, Smt. Krishna Tirath will also be present.
March 08	The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Prem Kumar Dhumal will meet Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize Annual Plan 2010-11 of the State. The meeting will be held in Committee Room No.126, Second Floor, Yojana Bhawan on March 08, 2010 at 11.30 A.M.
March 07	Chief Justice of India, Mr. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan will be the Chief Guest and Dr. M. Veerapa Moily, Union Minister of Law & Justice will be the Guest of Honour at National Consultation on access to Justice, Relief and Rehabilitation of Rape Victims. MoS (Independent charge), Women & Child Development, Smt. Krishna Tirath will also participate.
March 07	International Military Music Festival
March 06	The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh will be the Chief Guest and Smt. Meira Kumar, Speaker, Lok Sabha will be the Guest of Honour at Women’s Leadership Summit 2010 on Inclusive Growth and Empowering Women of Rural India. MoS (Independent charge), Women & Child Development, Smt. Krishna Tirath will also address the gathering.
March 05	Mr. Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International trade and Industry, Malaysia, will be meeting Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, as per the details below:
March 05	Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, the Union Minister of Water Resources will release a “Report of the World Bank study and the technical assistance initiatives on Groundwater management in India” as per the programe given below :-
March 05	MoS (Independent charge), Women & Child Development, Smt. Krishna Tirath’s briefing to media regarding events being organized for Observing International Women’s Day at PIB, Conference Hall at 3 p.m. today stands cancelled.
March 05	Launch of “Himalayan Wonderland – Travels in Lahaul – Spiti” written by Dr. M.S. Gill, Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports. There will be a Panel discussion based on the book between Sh. Vinod Mehta, Ms. Malvika Singh, Sh. Harish Kapadia, Sh. Tshering Dorje and the author.
March 04	Lieutenant General GS Dhillon, DGST and Senior Commandant has assumed the appt of DGST. A guard of Honour for the General officer is being organized.
March 04	Union Home Minister Shri P. Chidambaram will inaugurate the All India Conference on National Population Register (NPR) of all State Coordinators/District Magistrates/Collectors/Deputy Commissioners of all States/UTs
March 04	Mr. Stephen Smith, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs to call on Shri. Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs.
March 04	Shri Sharad Pawar, Minister of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution will inaugurate Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela, 2010.
March 04	Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Ajay Makan to flag off Car Rally of Assam Rifles as part of the Celebrations on completion of 175 Years of Assam Rifles.
March 04	Mr. Karel De Gucht, European Commissioner for Trade, will be meeting Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, as per the details below:
March 04	Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce & Industry and Mr. Kapar Kurmanaliev, Kyrgyzstan Minister of Natural resources, will sign the Protocol of the India-Kyrgyzstan Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific & Technological Cooperation, as per the details below:
March 03	Defence Minister Shri AK Antony will Inaugurate International Military Music Festival
March 03	Shri Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development to meet Hon. Stephen Smith, Foreign Minister of Austraila
March 03	Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari will give away National Tourism Awards 2008-09. Minister of Tourism Kumari Selja to preside over the function and Minister of State for Tourism Shri Sultan Ahmed will be the Guest of Honour.
March 02	Mr. Stephen Smith, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, will be meeting Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, as per the details below:
March 02	Mr. Jonas Gahr Store, Foreign Minister of Norway, will be meeting Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, as per the details below:
March 02	Union Home Minister Sh. P. Chidambaram will present the Report Card on the Ministry for the month of February, 2010.
March 02	Union Home Minister Sh. P. Chidambaram will present the Report Card on the Ministry for the month of February, 2010
March 02	Governor of Haryana, Shri Jagannath Pahadia to Flag Off Motorcycle Rally of Assam Rifles as part of the Celebrations on completion of 175 Years of Assam Rifles.
February 27	The Union Minister for Mines and Development of North-East Region, DoNER, Shri B. K. Handique to present National Mineral Awards-2008.
February 27	CGHS North Zone will hold a Claim Adalat for the CGHS beneficiaries (Pensioners) belonging to Wellness Centres under its administrative control.
February 27	Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee will have a Post-Budget Interactive Session with Industry Associations as per the following schedule:-