New Delhi, Aug 22 : Union Minister for Steel Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday announced special recruitment drive and increase in salaries for Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe contract labourers in Public Sector Units (PSUs).
The decision was taken at a review meeting on Thursday that assessed progress, earmarked specific percentage of jobs for SC, ST and set welfare measures for employees and contract labourers.
Noida, Aug 19 : Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Ram Vilas Paswan, Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh and others were stopped on Tuesday when they tried to enter Greater Noida, where four persons were killed in police firing on August 13.
While the Lok Sabha member and the Union Minister’s younger brother Ramchandra Paswan was taken into custody by the Uttar Pradesh Police, Paswan and Amar Singh were halted at the Delhi-UP border itself.
New Delhi, August 11 : Union Minister for Steel, Chemicals and Fertilisers Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday assured Andhra Pradesh of additional supply of 20,000 tonnes of Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) during this month.
The assurance was made when the State Agriculture Minister N. Raghuveera Reddy called on Paswan here today.
Reddy apprised Paswan of the demand for fertilizers in the State and said that the demand for DAP has increased compared to the initial assessment.
Paswan told the Andhra Pradesh Minister that the requirement of additional 20,000 tonnes of DAP will be met this month.