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Date: Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:42 PM
Subject: Releases............pt1
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Wholesale Price Indices for Primary Articles and Fuel & Power in India (Base: 2004-05 = 100)
Review for the Week Ended 11th September, 2010 (20 Bhadrapada, 1932 Saka)
New Delhi: September 23, 2010.
The WPI [with base year 2004-05] for the week ended 11th September, 2010 in respect of 'Primary Articles' and 'Fuel & Power' is given below:
PRIMARY ARTICLES (Weight 20.12%)
The index for this major group rose by 0.2 percent to 178.7 (Provisional) from 178.4 (Provisional) for the previous week.
The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 16.80 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 11/09/2010 (over 12/09/2009) as compared to 16.22 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 04/09/2010).
The groups and items for which the index showed variations during the week are as follows:-
The index for 'Food Articles' group rose by 0.1 percent to 178.5 (Provisional) from 178.4 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of condiments & spices (2%) and fish-inland, urad and poultry chicken (1% each). However, the prices of masur (4%), moong and arhar (3% each), gram and jowar (2% each) and beef & buffalo meat, fish-marine and tea (1% each) declined.
The index for 'Non-Food Articles' group rose by 0.7 percent to 154.4 (Provisional) from 153.3 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of rose (18%), jasmine and raw rubber (2% each) and raw silk, rape & mustard seed and copra (1% each). However, the prices of marigold (20%) and gingelly seed (sesamum) (2%) declined.
FUEL & POWER (Weight 14.91%)
The index for this major group remained unchanged at its previous week's level of 147.6 (Provisional).
The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, has also remained unchanged at its previous week's level of 11.48 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 11/09/2010 (over 12/09/2009).
Build up inflation over the week, financial year end and over the year is given below for some important items.
Next date of press release: 30/09/2010 for the week ending 18/09/2010
Wholesale Price Index and Rates of Inflation [Base Year: 2004-05]
| Commodities/Major Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups | Weight | WPI Sep 11, 2010 | Latest week over week | Build up from end March | Year on year | 52 week Average
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| 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | ||||
| Primary Articles | 20.12 | 178.7 | -0.33 | 0.17 | 12.42 | 7.26 | 11.27 | 16.80 | 17.94 |
| Food Articles | 14.34 | 178.5 | -0.26 | 0.06 | 13.93 | 8.58 | 14.77 | 15.46 | 18.42 |
| Cereals | 3.37 | 169.2 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 5.25 | 2.05 | 13.30 | 6.75 | 10.81 |
| Rice | 1.79 | 166.3 | 0.51 | 0.30 | 4.72 | 1.96 | 16.05 | 5.52 | 9.82 |
| Wheat | 1.12 | 173.1 | 0.63 | -0.23 | 4.90 | 1.17 | 8.49 | 9.21 | 12.83 |
| Pulses | 0.72 | 197.0 | -0.11 | -1.99 | 19.27 | -1.60 | 20.18 | 4.01 | 22.90 |
| Vegetables | 1.74 | 179.7 | -2.55 | 0.28 | 44.01 | 38.55 | 14.81 | 6.84 | 5.37 |
| Potatoes | 0.20 | 133.7 | 3.96 | -1.11 | 131.64 | 31.21 | 105.78 | -48.56 | 11.29 |
| Onions | 0.18 | 174.4 | 2.95 | 5.31 | -4.76 | 11.22 | 5.70 | -1.97 | 2.00 |
| Fruits | 2.11 | 148.4 | -1.61 | 0.27 | 8.91 | 2.13 | 4.18 | 10.33 | 15.68 |
| Milk | 3.24 | 176.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.57 | 3.28 | 17.16 | 23.41 | 24.90 |
| Non-Food Articles | 4.26 | 154.4 | -0.75 | 0.72 | 5.64 | 2.52 | -0.82 | 16.09 | 12.50 |
| Fibres | 0.88 | 159.1 | -1.40 | 0.13 | 5.51 | 4.74 | -13.09 | 18.64 | 10.89 |
| Oil Seeds | 1.78 | 140.0 | -1.33 | 0.14 | 4.13 | 3.02 | 1.83 | 4.79 | 4.36 |
| Minerals | 1.52 | 248.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.25 | 7.34 | 11.33 | 28.48 | 25.26 |
| Fuel & Power | 14.91 | 147.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.55 | 5.35 | -8.44 | 11.48 | 7.77 |
| Liquefied Petroleum Gas | 0.91 | 128.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 14.99 | -7.45 | 15.30 | 1.53 |
| Petrol | 1.09 | 139.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.97 | 8.62 | -11.91 | 15.33 | 6.44 |
| High Speed Diesel Oil | 4.67 | 153.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.52 | 6.15 | -5.84 | 14.64 | 7.53 |
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Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
BIS Certification Mandatory for Packaged Drinking Water
New Delhi: September 23, 2010.
No person is authorised to manufacture, sell or exhibit for sale, packaged drinking water and packaged mineral water except under Bureau of Indian Standards Certification Mark.
As per the Quality Control Order issued under Prevention of Food Adulteration (PFA) Rules, 1955, Bureau of Indian Standards has formulated the following Indian Standards which provide quality norms for packaged water:
i) IS 14543:2004 Packaged drinking water (other than natural mineral water) (First Revision)
ii) IS 13428: 2005 Packaged natural mineral water (Second Revision)
There are 18 BIS licensees engaged in production of Packaged Natural Mineral Water, 2354 licensees producing Packaged Drinking Water through Reverse Osmosis, and 633 licensees bottling Packaged Drinking Water drawing water from natural resources.
Implementation of the PFA Act and Rules framed under the Act is the responsibility of State Governments and Union Territory Administrations. BIS also undertakes periodic surveillance inspection and testing of samples from the market for maintaining the quality of the products of its licensees as per the prescribed Indian Standards.
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Government of India
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Ministry of Railways
Railways to Switch to 'Five' – Digit System for Numbering all its Passenger Carrying Trains from December 2010
New Delhi: September 23, 2010.
In a significant move to make the train numbering system of passenger carrying trains of Indian Railways more scientific, logical, uniform and computer-friendly, Ministry of Railways has decided to use 'five' - digits for numbering trains, in place of the existing 'four'- digit numbering system. The new 'five'- digit numbering system of trains will come into effect from December 20, 2010.
To make the transition smooth and simple under the new scheme, only a prefix of the digit '1' (one) will be added to the 'four'- digit numbers of the existing trains which would cover all scheduled and regular express/mail and superfast trains including the Durontos, Yuva Trains, Rajdhani Express, Shatabdi Express, Jan Shatabdi Express, Garibrath Express, Sampark Kranti Express and all category of trains that have a mail/express character during any part of their journey. The names of the trains are not being changed/modified. All the numbers will be converted to the new 'five' – digit system by simply adding a prefix of digit '1' to the existing 'four'-digit numbers.
The special trains run by the Railways to clear holiday/festival rush etc. shall be numbered on the pattern of the mail/express trains except that they shall have the prefix of digit '0' (zero). This shall apply to all special trains, whether superfast, express or passenger train in character, running between any pair of destinations. This numbering scheme shall also apply to special trains run on Full Tariff Rates (FTR) basis. The passenger trains and the suburban trains are also proposed to be renumbered and brought under this new 'five'- digit system and separate notifications for such changes will be issued by the respective zonal Railways.
The introduction of the new system covering all kinds of passenger carrying trains run by Indian Railways will lay scientific and logical basis for numbering of trains on all India basis for all the trains which was earlier confined to express trains only, enabling better dissemination of information to the public. The new system will go a long way in monitoring the movement of trains more effectively on all India basis and in facilitating dissemination and management of train information more scientifically benefiting the public/customers. This major initiative will create a unique "train number" which will be a national level identity for each train and will cover all the passenger carrying trains running in the Indian Railways network.
Five digit train numbering scheme has become necessary in view of the four digit numbering scheme having got exhausted as Indian Railways runs more than 10 thousand trains every day. Need has also arisen to integrate the passenger and suburban train services in various information systems such as Control Office Application, Passenger Reservation System and other software applications.
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Government of India
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Ministry of Shipping
Ennore Port Pays Dividend of Rs. 6.49 Crore to the Government of India
New Delhi: September 23, 2010.
The Minister of Shipping, Shri G.K. Vasan was today presented the 2nd consecutive dividend of Rs.6.49 crores by Ennore Port Ltd. The dividend Cheque was presented to the Minister by Shri S. Velumani, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Ennore Port Ltd.
During the Financial Year ending 31st March 2010, Ennore Port Ltd. has reported a post tax profit of Rs.48.66 crores and it has declared dividend of 20% on PAT which works out to Rs.9.73 crores. The Dividend Tax will be Rs.1.65 Crores. The dividend cash flow including dividend tax is Rs.11.38 Crores, out of which Government of India gets Rs.6.49 crores and Chennai Port Trust gets Rs.3.24 crores.
Ennore Port is the only Major Port which is paying Dividend to Government as it is a Corporate Port.
Other Highlights:
• Ennore Port is the only Major Port, incorporated as a Company and its commercial operations commenced in June 2001. The first phase of development of Ennore Port from a greenfield situation was made with an investment of about Rs.1000 crores.
• The Ennore Port Ltd is making profit since 2005-06. Having regard to its continuous profit making record, Mini Ratna Category I status has been conferred on Ennore Port by Government of India.
• The operating ratio of Ennore Port is the lowest among the Major Ports, at 30.60% during 2009-10.
• The Port has been successful in attracting an investment of Rs.2600 crores on various terminals and harbor crafts from private entrepreneurs.
• Construction of a Car Export Terminal is in progress in pursuance of the MOU with Nissan Motors. Nissan will export 1,80,000 cars per year. Exports are expected to commence by October, 2010. Project will cost Rs.110 crores and the facilities include a berth, dredging of basin to 12 mtrs, parking yard of 1,75,000 sq. mtrs.
• Most modern Coal Terminal and Iron Ore Terminal are being developed at a total investment of Rs.880 crores. These two projects are scheduled to become operational by 3rd quarter of 2010-2011. Construction works are progressing fast. After commissioning, Ennore Port will be able to handle 8 million tonnes of Non-TNEB coal and 12 million tonnes of iron ore.
• Marine Liquid Terminal constructed at a cost of Rs.250 crores is operational since January 2009.
• Detailed Project Report (DPR) for construction of Third and Fourth coal berths is being prepared so as to enable EPL to handle 35 million tonnes of coal need for TNEB by 2013-14.
• Rail connectivity project works to link Coal and Iron Ore stackyards with Athipattu Stations on the Chennai – Vijayavada mainline are under implementation at a cost of Rs.80 crores.
• Phase – II & III Capital Dredging to create necessary depths to handle Cape Size vessels and main line Container vessels respectively have been approved by the Board of EPL, at an estimated cost of Rs.220 Crores each.
• On 13.08.2010, EPL signed the Concession Agreement with M/s. Bay of Bengal Gateway Terminal Pvt. Ltd. for developing a World Class Container Terminal which will be capable of handling 3 Main line vessels simultaneously. The Terminal will be developed at an investment of Rs.1407 Crores. It will have a capacity of 1.5 million TEUs per annum. The Container Terminal at Ennore Port is scheduled to be in operation by February 2014.
• EPL has planned an ambitious Capex programme of Rs.1600 crores during the next five years. The projects include deepening of the Port's approach channel to 20 metres for handling cape size bulk carriers and Rail / Road connectivities.
• MOU Performance:
Ennore Port has been signing MOU with Ministry of Shipping from the financial year 2006-07.
The MOU score achieved by the company during the last three years are as detailed below :
2007 – 08 : EXCELLENT
2008 – 09 : EXCELLENT
2009 – 10 : EXCELLENT
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