APPENDIX-VIII
(vide para 8.4)
NUMBER OF MEETINGS HELD AND IMPORTANT SUBJECTS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING
Number
of Meetings Held : 2
Date
of Meetings : 21.10.98 and 21.12.98
Subjects
discussed : Modified Comprehensive Crop Insurance
Scheme; and
Minimum
Support Price Policy for Agricultural
Commodities
with Special Reference to Commission
for
Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP’s)
Methodology.
Number
of Meetings Held : 3
Date
of Meetings : 24.7.98, 27.10.98 and 23.12.98
Subject
discussed : National Pharmaceuticals Pricing
Authority & its
Role;
Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.-
Achievements,
Constraints and Potential for Growth;
and
Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd’s prospects and
Corporate
Plans.
Number
of Meetings Held : 3
Date
of Meetings : 29.7.98, 9.9.98 (Mumbai) and 23.12.98
Subjects
discussed : Working of the Ministry of Civil
Aviation and the
Organisations
under the Ministry; Airports Authority
of
India – Upgradation and development of various
Airports
in the country; and Indian Airlines.
Number
of Meetings Held : 3
Date
of Meetings : 16.7.98, 4.9.98 (Puri, Orissa) and
14.12.98
Subjects
discussed : CSRP and ESMP Projects with the World
Bank;
Amendments
to the Coal Mines Nationalisation Act
and
Introduction of Private Sector Coal Mining; and
Subsidence
and Fire Control.
Number
of Meetings Held : 2
Date
of Meetings : 4.8.98 and 6.11.98
Subjects
discussed : Review of India’s Trade Performance
and measures
being
taken to improve export growth rate; and
Involvement
of States in Export Promotion.
Number
of Meeting Held : 1
Date
of Meeting : 27.12.98
Subject
discussed : Rural Telephony
Number
of Meetings Held : 3
Date
of Meetings : 11.8.98, 25.9.98 (Avadi, Chennai) and
18.12.98
Subjects
discussed : Integrated Guided Missiles Programme;
Ordnance
Factories;
Directorate General of Resettlement; and
Ex-Servicemen
Welfare.
Number
of Meetings Held : 3
Date
of Meetings : 5.8.98, 5.11.98 and 22.12.98
Subjects
discussed : Afforestation; Wildlife; and Coastal
Regulation Zone
Number
of Meeting Held : 1
Date
of Meeting : 11.11.98
Subject
discussed : Indo-Pak Relations; and India’s
Nuclear Policy.
Number
of Meetings Held : 3
Date
of Meetings : 29.7.98, 14.10.98 and 17.12.98
Subjects
discussed : Economic Situation in the Country;
Sanctions and our
Response
to Sanctions; and Economic Reforms –
Impact
on Poor and Employment.
Number
of Meetings Held : 3
Date
of Meetings : 22.7.98, 23.11.98 and 21.12.98
Subjects
discussed : Introduction to the main activities
of the Ministry;
Food
Procurement for Kharif and Food Situation; and Sugar.
Number
of Meetings Held : 3
Date
of Meetings : 29.7.98, 15.10.98
(Thiruvananthapuram) and 11.12.98
Subjects
discussed : Working of the Ministry of Health
& Family Welfare;
Indian
Systems of Medicine & Homeopathy; and
Working
conditions of Hospitals.
Number
of Meetings Held : 3
Date
of Meetings : 23.7.98, 15.10.98 and 18.12.98
Subjects
discussed : Proposal to issue National Identity Cards
to Citizens;
Pakistan
Sponsored terrorism in the Country; and
Security
Environment in the North-Eastern States.
Subjects
discussed : National Commission for Children and
National Sports Policy.
Number
of Meetings Held : 2
Date
of Meetings : 10.8.98 and 21.12.98
Subjects
discussed : Films (Grant of Industry Status,
Problems and
Prospects);
and General discussion on the activities of the Ministry.
Number
of Meetings Held : 2
Date
of Meetings : 11.8.98 and 22.12.98
Subjects
discussed : Performance of PSEs under the
Department of Heavy
Industry;
and Foreign Direct Investment Policy,
Performance
and Prospects.
Number
of Meetings Held : 3
Date
of Meetings : 23.7.98, 28.8.98 and 15.12.98
Subjects
discussed : Child Labour; Discharge of Statutory
Obligations by
Central
Public Sector Undertakings; Situation arising
Out
of the Government decision to wind up eight
Public
Sector Undertakings; and Irregular/Non-
payment
of statutory dues including salary to the
workers
in different Central Public Sector Under-
takings.
Number
of Meetings Held : 3
Date of Meetings : 11.8.98, 11.12.98 and 22.12.98
Subjects
discussed : Production and demand for Petroleum
Products; Oil
Production;
New Exploration Licensing Policy;
Exploration
and Exploitation of Coal Bad Methane;
Performance
of Refineries; the damages caused to
petroleum
installations at Kandla and Vadinar due to
devastating
cyclones in Gujarat and Rajasthan; and
problem of adulteration of
Petroleum products and steps
to be taken for its
prevention.
Number
of Meetings Held : 3
Date
of Meetings : 27.7.98, 3.11.98 (Goa) and 23.12.98
Subjects
discussed : Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.;
Power Scenario
in
the country and Hydro Policy.
Number
of Meeting Held : 1
Date
of Meeting : 16.9.98
Subject
discussed : Passenger Reservation System
including Net working;
and
Punctuality of Trains in Indian Railways.
Number
of Meetings held : 3
Date
of Meetings : 24.7.98, 26.10.98
(Thiruvananthapuram) and 18.12.98
Subjects
discussed : Panchayati Raj; Employment Assurance
Scheme and
Rural
Housing.
Number
of Meeting held : 1
Date
of Meeting : 23.12.98
Subject
discussed : Atomic Energy and Societal
Development.
Number
of Meetings held : 3
Date
of Meetings : 24.7.98, 20.11.98 and 2.12.98
Subjects
discussed : Overview of the activities of the
Department of Mines,
its subordinate Offices and Public Sector Under-
takings; Overview of Iron and Steel Industry and the
Aluminium Scenario in India-Role and Prospects of
National Aluminium Company Ltd. And Bharat
Aluminium Company Ltd.
Number of Meetings held : 4
Date of Meetings : 30.7.98, 7.9.98, 23.10.98 (Mumbai) and
17.12.98
Subjects discussed : National Highways; Ports Sector –
Shipping,Coastal
Shipping and Minor
Ports and Inland Water Transport
Number of Meetings held : 1
Date of Meetings : 29.7.98
Subjects discussed : Self employment Schemes for SCs/STs,
Minorities
and OBCs
to be financed by the National Finance
and Development Corportation; and Community
based
Rehabilitation of displaced in Rural Areas.
Number of Meetings held : 3
Date of Meetings : 4.8.98, 13.11.98(Surat) and, 17.12.98
Subjects discussed :
Powerloom-prevailing situation and solutions and
Handlooms-prevailing Situation and Remedies etc.
Number of Meetings held : 2
Date of Meetings : 12.8.98 and 22.12.98
Subjects discussed : Overview of Tourism and Indian Tourism
Development
Corporation –An Overview.
Number of Meetings held : 3
Date of Meetings : 27.7.98, 15.9.98, 10.12.98
Subjects discussed : Functioning of the Ministry and its
Subordinate
Offices;
National Housing & Habitat Policy; Repeal of
Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976
and
Poor
Maintenance of Government Bungalows and
Flats allotted to MPs and Steps taken
to improve the
Maintenance.
Number of Meetings held : 1
Date of Meetings : 2.11.98
Subjects discussed : Water Resources Development in India –
Problems and prospects.
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