The minority affairs ministry wanted use of the Public Premises Act, 1971, to remove unauthorised occupants from Waqf properties, but the law ministry, which is also under him, shot down the proposal on the ground that the Act is for summary evictions from "public premises" and not from the Waqf premises.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Prime in his second term felt necessary to issue revised guidelines which was in existence for 25 years, on channels of communications between the government of India and state governments on the one hand, and foreign governments or their missions in India, heads of Indian diplomatic missions and posts abroad and international organiastions on the other.
Fundraising dinner galas by three chapters of Pratham on the West Coast recently raised more than $1 million for the social service agency's education projects for disadvantaged children in India.
As part of steps to control inflation and augment availability of essential commodities, the government is considering re-allocating wheat in place of rice for the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) and other welfare schemes.
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