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English Release 21-May 2013
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- Presidents Secretariat
- Premier of the State Council of China calls on President
- Election Commission
- Schedule for bye-election to fill casual vacancy from 2 – Mandi Parliamentary Constituency (Himachal Pradesh) - Regarding
- Min of Agriculture
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Farmers, Farming Communities to be Honoured for Conserving Plant Genetic Resources
- Min of Defence
- Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV)ICGS ‘Vaibhav’commissioned
- Min of Environment and Forests
- Development of Community Forest Resources
- Ministry of Finance
- Shashi Kant Sharma, Defence Secretary Appointed as the New Comptroller & Auditor General of India
- Rationalisation of With-Holding Tax (WHT) to Encourage Greater Subscription in Indian Debt Securities by Foreign Investors, Encourage Development of the Indian Debt Market and Accelerate the Pace of Growth of the Indian Economy
- Government urges all tax Payers to Disclose their True income and pay Appropriate taxes within the Current Financial Year;
- Min of Health and Family Welfare
- Indo- Swiss Bilateral Meet Held at Geneva
- Min of Home Affairs
- Anti-Terrorism Day Observed
- Min of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
- ACC Appointments
- Min of Petroleum & Natural Gas
- International crude oil price of Indian Basket Rises sharply
to 102.50/US$ bbl on 20.5.2013
- Min of Power
- Sustainability Report of NTPC Released
- Min of Steel
- Steel Minister reviews SAIL’s performance and progress of Modernisation and Expansion
- Planning Commission
- Minister Administers Anti-Terrorism Oath
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Ministry of Mines 18-May, 2012 16:20 IST
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Minister of Mines (Independent Charge), Shri Dinsha J. Patel informed Lok Sabh today in a written reply that Afghan government invited an open tender for multiple exploration concessions that comprise of Hajigak iron deposit. A consortium named AFISCO (Afghan Iron and Steel Consortium) consisting of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), NMDC Limited, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), Tata Steels, JSW Steels Limited and Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. has been awarded mineral concessions of three blocks out of the four blocks, in the year 2011.
Besides this, Government of Afghanistan has called for four mineral tenders for ‘Badakhshan’, ‘Zarkashan’, ‘Baikhab’, and ‘Shaida’ gold prospects. M/s Canaccord Genuity, SRK Consulting and Mayer Brown are acting as transaction advisers for tenders for the above projects. A Consortium consisting of Public Sector Undertakings, viz. SAIL (lead partner), NALCO, HCL and MECL have submitted Expression of Interest. The EOI has been received by the Ministry of Mines of Afghanistan, well before the due date of 09.03.2012.
The Minister further stated that most of the proposals for acquisition of assets abroad are in response to the need of these companies for long term raw material security and also as per their future strategy and plans.
SKS
(Release ID :84124)
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