Narendra Singh Tomar Takes Over as New Union Mines Minister

Shri Narendra Singh Tomar has taken over as new Union Minister of Mines here in New Delhi today. Shri Tomar is a Lok Sabha member (BJP) from Gwalior Constituency of Madhya Pradesh. The Minister was briefed on the key initiatives and policy frame work of the Ministry by Secretary Ministry of Mines and other senior officials of the Ministry. 

Shri Shripad Yesso Naik Assumes Charge of Ministry of Tourism

Shri Shripad Yesso Naik took charge of his new assignment as Minister of State(Independent Charge) for Ministry of Tourism here today. 

Interacting with the media, the Minister said that all efforts would be made to boost tourism in the country and efforts would be made to remove the bottlenecks that may be impeding the smooth inflow of tourists in the country. Shri Naik informed that an amount of Rs.18 crore has been sanctioned for the development of ghats of Banaras including the construction of Jattis. He also said that security of tourists would be given top priority. 

Later, the Minister was briefed on the key initiatives, mandate and policy framework of the Ministry by Secretary (Tourism) and other Senior Officials of the Ministry. 

Facts At A Glance: Jharkhand

Date of Poll- 10^th April 2014

           

S. No.	Item	Number of Parliamentary Constituencies going on poll- 4 *
1.	Total Electors	Male –      3031462 Female –  2680840 Others -                 3 Service-           4968 NRI Voters:            0 ------------------------------  Total  -  5717273
2	Number Types of Parliamentary Constituencies	General : 02  SC :  01 ST: 01
3	Total number of Candidates	62
4	Parliamentary Constituencies  having more than 16 candidates	04- Chatra 05- Koderma
5	Parliamentary Constituencies  having more than 32 candidates	NIL
6	Total Number of Female candidates	05
7	No. and Name of the Parliamentary Constituency with maximum No. of  Candidates	04- Chatra 05- Koderma (20 candidates each)
8	No. & Name of the Parliamentary Constituency with  minimum number of Candidates	12- Lohardagga
9	Party-wise list of candidates:	BJP	4
		BSP	4
		CPI	1
		CPM	0
		INC	3
		NCP	0
		AJSU	2
		JVM(P)	4
		RJD	1
		JMM	0
		Registered Political Parties (other then recognised National and State)	27
		Independents	16
		Total	62
10	Largest Parliamentary constituency Electorate wise	13- Palamu
11	Smallest Parliamentary constituency Electorate wise	12- Lohardagga
12	Number of General, Expenditure, Police & Awareness Observers  deployed	General Observers -           04  Expenditure Observers  -   07 Police  Observers    -          02 Awareness Observers-       03 Micro Observers-             1570                   -
13	No. of Polling Personnel deployed ( approx)	35425
14	No. of  Polling Stations	7058 Auxillary                     27 Total                        7085
15.	Number of EVMs to be used in the elections	Control Units -   7085 Ballot Units -      10756

*PC No. 4 Chatra, PC No. 5 Kodama, PC No. 12 Loharadaga, PC No. 13 Palamu, PC No.14 Hazaibagh