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New Delhi: The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal for Accession by India to Convention on Control and Marking of Articles of Precious Metals known as Vienna Convention 1972.

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet today accorded approval for increasing the authorized share capital of National Minorities Development Finance Corporation (NMDFC) from Rs.1,000 crore to Rs.1,500 crore. The share of Government of India, State Governments and individuals/institutions will be Rs. 975 crore, Rs. 390 crore and Rs. 135 crore respectively.

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) for implementation of its various components during the remaining period of 11th Five year plan (i.e. 2010-11 & 2011-12) at an estimated outlay of Rs. 1230.90 crore (Rs.499.38 crore for interventions on diabetes and cardiovascular diseases & stroke and Rs.731.52 crore for cancer control) on a cost sharing basis between the Centre and the States at the rate of 80:20.

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today granted ex-post-facto approval for withdrawal of ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) (as co-venturer in OMEL) from North Coast Marine Area 2 (NCMA 2) project in Trinidad & Tobago after incurring an expenditure of about USD 1 Million.

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved the grant of drilling moratorium of three years to all deepwater block Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) signed under various rounds of exploration till the NELP- V rounds where drilling commitments are pending as on 1st January, 2009.

New Delhi: Organic agriculture in India has made good progress during last six years. With a combined effect of farmers' efforts, NGO's work, government interventions and market forces, Indian organic agriculture has reached a stage where it can play a significant role not only in the growing domestic market but also in global organic food trade. This was stated by Shri Sharad Pawar, Minister of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution here today while addressing the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to his ministry.

New Delhi: While reviewing the status of on-going schemes for the development of tribals in North-East, Shri Kanti Lal Bhuria, Minister of Tribal Affairs has said that the Centre will provide more funds under various schemes to the North-East for overall development of its tribal population. The Minister was on a short visit to the North-East from July 04to July 06, 2010.

New Delhi: The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), Government of India and the International Center for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE), Ljubljana, Slovenia today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) increasing the scope of co-operation in the area of Public Sector Enterprises Management. Secretary, DPE Shri Bhaskar Chatterjee and Dr. Stefan Salej, DG, ICPE signed the MoU in New Delhi.

Shri Anand Sharma, Minister for Commerce and Industry, who is leading a 15-member high-level CEO delegation to Malaysia, while calling on the Malaysian Prime Minister Mohd Najib Tun Razak held wide ranging discussions on issues of shared bilateral interest. The Malaysian Prime Minister expressed a strong wish for an early conclusion of Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with India.

The status of women in India has been undergoing a sea-change. Supported by Constitutional guarantees to ensure dignity and equal opportunities, their active participation in all walks of life including education, politics, sport etc., has been growing. Taking note of women's role in the nation-building activities, the Government had declared 2001 as the year of Women's Empowerment by adopting a National Policy to offer “Swashakti” to women. Several laws have also been adopted to empower women socially, economically, legally and politically. Considering the role of rural India, the country's backbone, the Government had taken several measures to strengthen Pachayanti Raj system with the active participation of women. This gave a boost to increase the number of women being elected to the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies, an indication to suggest their political empowerment.