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Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Railways  

Railways to provide bedrolls to RAC passengers in AC Class

 

PROVISION OF BEDROLL KITS FOR SLEEPER CLASS PASSENGERS IN 'DURONTO' EXPRESS

New Delhi: November 11, 2009

 

The Ministry of Railways has decided that blanket and a bedsheet may be given to RAC (Reservation Against Cancellation) passengers travelling in AC classes (except AC Chair Car) in all trains as the bedroll charges are included in fare being collected from them and it is also a requirement in AC Class.

 

At present RAC passengers are not provided with bedroll facility in AC Classes (except AC Chair Car) since one berth is shared by two RAC passengers. In another circular issued by the Ministry of Railways, it has been decided that bedroll would be provided in Sleeper Class on demand in Duronto Express trains. The instructions have been issued to all Zonal Railways that Booking Clerk/Reservation Clerk, at the time of issuing of PRS ticket to passengers traveling in Sleeper Class by Duronto Express, should invariably ask passengers to indicate their requirement of bedroll on reservation requisition slip. The bedroll charges of Rs. 25/- per bedroll kit will be collected as part of fare from the passengers in Sleeper Class travellling by Duronto Express, who opt for bedroll, at the time of issuing of ticket itself. The date of implementation of this facility will be intimated shortly.

 

aks/hk/lk/tr/dk/kol/13:37 hrs. 

 

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Commerce & Industry  

Import of sensitive items during April-August 09

New Delhi: November 11, 2009

 

The total import of sensitive items for the period April-August 09 has been Rs.22429 crores as compared to Rs.17206 crores during the corresponding period of last year thereby showing an increase of 30.4%. The gross import of all commodities during same period of current year was Rs.497108 crores as compared to Rs 648041 crores during the same period of last year. Thus import of sensitive items constitutes 2.7% and 4.5% of the gross imports during last year and current year respectively.

 

Imports of automobiles, cotton & silk, products of SSI and alcoholic beverages have shown a decline at broad group level during the period. Imports of all other items viz. edible oil, Pulses, fruits & vegetables (including nuts), rubber, spices, marble & granite, tea & coffee, milk & milk products and food grains have shown increase during the period under reference.

 

In the edible oil segment, the import has increased from Rs 4791.49 crores last year to Rs 8994.36 crores for the corresponding period of this year. The imports of both crude edible oil as well as refined oil have gone up by 89% and 81% respectively. The increase in edible oil import is mainly due to substantial increase in import of crude palm oil and its fractions.

 

Imports of sensitive items from Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, United States of America, Brazil, Canada, Ukraine, Argentina, Benin, Australia etc. have gone up while those from China P RP, Korea RP, Japan, Cote D' Ivoire, Germany, Thailand, Czech Republic etc. have shown a decrease.

 

SUMMARY AUG 09 follows………….

rj/mrs/dk/kol/13:36 hrs. 

 

 

IMPORT OF SENSITIVE ITEMS-PROVISIONAL ESTIMATES
								(Value in Rs Crore)
Sr. No.	Commodity Group	No. of Tariff	Weights w.r.t. total sensitive items		Value of Import (Rs Crore)		Difference (Rs Crore)	Growth
		Lines	Upto August 2008	Upto August 2009	Upto August 2008	Upto August 2009	(Col 7 -      Col 6)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	Milk & Milk Products	23	0.11%	0.43%	18.35	96.30	77.95	424.8%
	Significant growth in  observed in Butter oil ,other fats & oils dervtvd from milk and its Contribution is				0.03	81.02	80.99
	( and its %age share to this group)				0.1%	84.1%
2	Fruits & Vegetables	35	12.17%	10.66%	2094.47	2391.99	297.52	14.2%
	Significant growth in Cashew nuts in shell				1453.22	1628.01	174.79	12.0%
	( and its %age share to this group)				69.4%	68.1%
3	Pulses	12	12.25%	14.63%	2108.46	3282.00	1173.54	55.7%
	Significant growth in Beans of the species vigna mungo Hepper or vigna radiata  Wilczek dried & shld, Other dried leguminous vegtbls and it's contibution is				644.94	1409.51	764.57	118.5%
	( and its %age share to this group)				30.6%	42.9%
4	Poultry	13	0.00%	0.00%	0.07	0.05	-0.02	-33.5%
5	Tea & Coffee	36	0.37%	0.56%	62.87	125.71	62.84	100.0%
	Significant growth in  Coffee rob parchment other grade and black tea, leaf in bulk  and it's contributions is				4.75	92.84	88.08
	( and their %age share to this group)				7.6%	73.8%
6	Spices	52	1.81%	1.39%	310.80	311.10	0.30	0.1%
	Significant growth in Cloves not extracted (other than stem),  Other, saffron and its contribution is				24.19	43.70	19.51	80.7%
	( and their %age share to this group)				7.8%	14.0%
7	Food Grains	19	0.03%	0.03%	4.31	6.13	1.82	42.3%
8	Edible Oils	46	27.85%	40.10%	4791.49	8994.36	4202.87	87.7%
	(a)   Crude				3999.46	7560.41	3560.95	89.0%
	( Ratio of crude to total Edible )				83.5%	84.1%
	(b)   Refined				792.03	1433.95	641.92	81.0%
	( Ratio of Refined to total edible import)				16.5%	15.9%
9	Alcholic Beverages	34	0.94%	0.44%	162.01	99.54	-62.47	-38.6%
10	Rubber	11	1.94%	3.47%	333.37	777.44	444.06	133.2%
	Significant growth in  Natural rubber in other forms : technically specified natural rubber (TSNR)				228.18	328.81	100.63	44.1%
	( and their %age share to this group)				68.4%	42.3%
11	Cotton & Silk	24	5.44%	3.92%	935.53	878.73	-56.80	-6.1%
	Siginificant Shortfall in Foreign cotton,  of all staple lengths and Non-mulberry silk				562.07	481.42	-80.65	-14.3%
	( and their %age share to this group)				60.1%	54.8%
11	Marble & Granite	9	0.80%	0.62%	138.45	140.06	1.61	1.2%
	significant growth in others marble, travertine and alabaster and its contributions is				2.80	12.48	9.68	346.2%
	( and their %age share to this group)				2.0%	8.9%
13	Automobiles	26	4.42%	1.82%	761.15	407.60	-353.56	-46.5%
14	Parts & accessories of motor vehicles	36	28.77%	17.30%	4949.43	3881.07	-1068.36	-21.6%
	significatn shortfall in  ort pats & accssrs of Vhcls of HDG 8701-8705,  gear boxes and  contributions is				3333.41	2492.77	-840.64	-25.2%
	( and their %age share to this group)				67.3%	64.2%
15	Product of SSI	34	2.89%	1.42%	497.92	317.82	-180.10	-36.2%
	(Umbrella, locks, toys, writing instruments, tiles, glassware, etc.)
	Significant shortfall  in Other (Toys), Tiles and cubes other than mosaic tiles and cubes, Other umbrellas and other SSI				197.40	106.61	-90.79	-46.0%
	( and their %age share to this group)				39.6%	33.5%
16	Others(Bamboos,cocoa,copra & sugar)	5	0.22%	3.21%	37.52	719.51	681.99	1817.7%
	Total of Sensitive items	415	100	100	17206	22429	5223.21	30.4%
	%age share of Import of sensitive items to Total Import (All Commodities)				2.7%	4.5%
	Total of All commodities ( including sensitive items) as per quick estimate				648041	497108	-150933	-23.3%