Government to attract talent in scientific research: Chavan

October 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There has been an 80 percent increase in India's scientific research output since 2000, a news study revealed Tuesday, forecasting that the country will overtake all other countries between 2015 to 2020. The study carried out by British firm Thomson Reuters that owns the news agency Reuters was released in Delhi Tuesday.

September 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Eleven scientists have been selected for this year's prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for Science and Technology research by the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The CSIR instituted the award in memory of the eminent Indian Scientist Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar.

September 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday said analysis of data collected about the presence of traces of water on moon was being done. Visiting Council of scientific and industrial research (CSIR) technology award event in held in the national capital, the Union Minister Prithviraj Chavan congratulated the space scientists and engineers on their achievement.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Prithviraj Chavan are leaving Hyderabad to monitor the operation to locate the missing helicopter that was carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.

August 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Government on Thursday said that all the 27 States, with the exception of Jammu and Kashmir, in the country have set up their respective Information Commissions under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Minister of state for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Prithviraj Chavan in a written reply told the Rajya Sabha, stated: "All the 27 states to which the Right to Information Act, 2005 applies, have constituted the Information Commissions.

July 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State in PMO Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday said that many countries want to sell nuclear reactors to India, but any deal in this regard would be struck only on terms set down by the government. "We are planning to import nuclear reactors.

July 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State for Earth Sciences Prithviraj Chavan Monday said India's per capita energy consumption was "the lowest" in the world and the nation "can defend its interests". Chavan, addressing a gathering on Earth Sciences Foundation Day at Vigyan Bhavan in the capital, said climate change has now come into international diplomatic domain and India needed to carry out reserach and study to put its stance at the international level.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State in Prime Minister's office, Prithviraj Chavan said in the Rajya Sabha that the government does not intervene in the functioning of the Central Bureau of Investigation once the cases are handed over it. Chavan in a written reply gave out details of total number of cases given to the CBI, which shows an increase in the number of cases given to the investigative agency year after year.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Prithviraj Chavan Thursday said that the government does not intervene in the functioning of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) after handing over a case to the agency. "The government does not intervene in the functioning of CBI after cases have been handed over," Chavan told parliament in a written reply to a question.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Wednesday set up a standing committee to improve women representations in scientific institutions and implement several recommendations given by a task force. Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Chavan said that the committee under his chairmanship with 18 members and a sub-committee will be constituted for development of women-friendly policies and practical support systems inclusive of campus housing, transport, facilities for the elderly among other things.

June 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India is likely to see rainfall below normal, Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan said here Wednesday. "The southwest monsoon rainfall will likely be below normal between June to September, he told reporters.

June 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As people in large parts of India wait for the monsoon that has been delayed and farmers are worried about crops, Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan Wednesday said the country was likely to receive below normal rainfall this year. Quantitatively, the country will receive 93 percent of the average rainfall.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was Saturday glued to television channels at his official residence here as the 2009 Lok Sabha election results poured in, a party leader said here. Congress general secretary Prithvi Raj Chavan said that the prime minister was watching television in the morning and was concerned about the poll outcome.

February 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The cabinet Thursday approved the conversion of Guwahati's Institute of Advanced Studies in Science and Technology (IASST) into an autonomous grant-in-aid institute of the government of India. 'The conversion has been done at the request of the Assam government, under which the institute has hitherto been functioning,' Home Minister P.

December 27th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The controversy over the move to transfer land to the Amarnath shrine trust affected the Congress performance in the state assembly election outcome, the party conceded Sunday. 'The Amarnath land row cost us dearly.