October 4

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the gross budgetary support
of 8632.77 crore Rupees for implementation of the National AIDS Control Programm
e (NACP) Phase-IV by the Department of AIDS Control, Ministry of Health and Fami
ly Welfare.
* Minister of health and family welfare: Ghulam Nabi Azad.
The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad launched the ind
igenously produced Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vaccine JENVAC in New Delhi.
The vaccine has been jointly developed by scientists of National Institute of V
irology (NIV) Pune, Indian Council of Medical Research and Bharat Biotech Limite
d- Hyderabad.
The Election Commission announced the dates of holding the General Elections to
the Legislative Assemblies of five states of India- Chhattisgarh, Madhya Prades
h, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Delhi.
October 6
The Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh announced that Bihar's food
subsidy will increase from 5500 crore Rupees to 11500 crore Rupees, under the Na
tional Food Security Act. This means that the allocation of foodgrain will incre
ase from 28 lakh tonnes to 56 lakh tonnes.
India test-fired another modified version of surface-to-surface missile Prithvi
-II from the launch complex 3 of Integrated Test Range (ITR) with a strike range
of 350km from a test range at Chandipur, Odisha. Prithvi is capable of carrying
500 kg to 1,000 kg of warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion twine engin
es.
October 7
The Supreme Court of India proposed a three-member panel headed by former Punja
b and Haryana Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal to examine the IPL spot-fixing scandal.
LG announced that it would start the mass production of world's first flexible
OLED (organic light-emitting diode) panel for the smartphones.
Bangladesh Cabinet signed an extradition treaty with India to enable the handin
g over of suspects and convicted prisoners between the two countries.
Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi and Birmingham Airport, UK signe
d a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalise a working relationship and co
mmit to developing links between the two cities (Birmingham and Delhi).
India and Japan signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to undertake a joint f
easibility study of High Speed Railway system on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route.
October 8
Dr. Charan Das Mahant (Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Process
ing, Government of India) laid the foundation stone for establishment of Shaktim
an mega Food Park (the first in the north India) in Jagdishpur of Amethi distric
t in Uttar Pradesh.