India this Week : 28 May-3 June 2012

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India Week 28 May-3 June

28 May

• Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was presented with the prestigious International Jurists Award – 2012

29 May

• Union Finance Minister announced that 25 foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals worth Rs.2973.40 crore received government nod.

30 May

• Union government constituted committee under the chairmanship PMEAC chairman C. Rangarajan to review the existing production sharing contracts (PSCs)

31 May

• Union cabinet on in a meeting presided over by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved a new telecom policy 2012 which seeks to do away with roaming charges
  As per the official data released, the growth rate of eight core infrastructure industries dipped to 2.2 per cent in April 2012

1 June

• The Prime Minister has approved the setting up of an Investment Tracking System to address the issue of major investment projects being delayed for a variety of reasons
• Air Marshal Arup Raha AVSM VM took over as AOC-IN-C, Western Air Command, IAF.
• Annual Plan for the year 2012-13 for the state of Gujarat was finalised. The plan size has been agreed at Rs.51000crore
• Air India introduced a new Crew Management System under the directions of Union Civil Aviation Minister Shri Ajit Singh

3 June

• To concretize the operational contours of the National Manufacturing Policy (NMP), the Government  established a Manufacturing Industry Promotion Board (MIPB) for matters pertaining to the implementation of the National Manufacturing Policy