India This Week: 21 May-27 May 2012

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21 May 2011
•    Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Dr. Charan Das Mahant presented awards and certificates to farming communities and individuals for conservation of biodiversity
•    Government directed Coal India Limited (CIL) to set up Global Positioning System (GPS) based monitoring system in CIL mines by the end of December 2012

22 May 2012
•    Union government tabled the Small Industries Development Bank of India (Amendment) Bill, 2012 in the Lok Sabha

23 May 2012
•    Task Force set up by Government in July 2011 to review the working of the national security system presented report to the Prime Minister
•    Government launched sales of good quality Agmark chakki Atta under the Kendriya Bhandar brand at subsidised prices in Delhi to provide relief to the consumers
•    Project on Skill Development was launched by the Government of India and the European Union in New Delhi

24 May 2012
•    Union Cabinet approved the proposal for modification of grant-in-aid instead of waiver of income tax liability arising due to restructuring of Bisra Stone Lime Company Limited (BSLC) under Bird Group of Companies
•    Union government to permit the states/UTs for lifting and distributing six months quota of food grains in one go, under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS)
•    Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Vilasrao Deshmukh inaugurated high altitude cloud physics laboratry opened at Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra)

25 May 2012
•    Meeting of Ministers and Senior Officials to examine the Report of the Committee on Allocation of Natural Resources, commonly known as the Ashok Chawla Committee held
•    Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram inaugurated IVFRT Central Processing Office in New Delhi
•    Ministry of Women and Child Development y held national consultations with States, NGOs, UNICEF and various experts to prevent child marriage

27 May 2012
•    Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Chennai Super Kings to win IPL Season 5
•    Wrestler Praveen Rana lifted the 66kg freestyle title on the concluding day of the first Hari Ram Indian Grand Prix wrestling championships at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium

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