The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, February 02, 2006

Govt allows more funding for water contamination
THE Government on Wednesday modified two components under the Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP) to make allocation of funds more focussed. "If any, focussed funding is required to tackle severe cases of contamination of water, ... More

SECURITY

To combat competition from pvt players — Ordnance Factory Board seeks functional autonomy
THE Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has started feeling the heat of the Centre's liberalisation policy for manufacture of equipment needed by the Defence Forces. The board in fact feels that it should have functional autonomy similar to that of the ... More

Coast Guard to set up boat stations to monitor EEZ
TO enable constant monitoring, control and surveillance of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Indian Coast Guard is establishing a number of boat stations along the Indian coast. A Coast Guard press release said here on Wednesday that such ... More

PEOPLE

S.W. Oak is new CGA
THE Finance Ministry today said that Mr S.W. Oak, a 1969 batch officer of the Indian Civil Accounts Service, has assumed charge as Controller General of Accounts (CGA). An official release said that Mr Oak has wide experience in government ... More

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