The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, January 27, 2002

Private players set to enter domestic money transfer
THE Government has decided to open up domestic money transfer business to private players, both domestic and foreign, thereby putting an end to the monopoly enjoyed by the three-lakh strong post office network for the money order service. For ... More

Benares State Bank moratorium extended
THE Government, on the recommendations of the Reserve Bank of India, has extended the moratorium on Benares State Bank by one more month. The order to this effect was passed on January 22 under Section 45(2) of the Banking Regulation Act, ... More

STATES

Back to multi-point taxation for TN
TAMIL Nadu would have to switch over to a multi-point taxation system when all the States introduce the value-added tax (VAT) from April 2003. This is one of the problems that the State Government faces in introducing VAT, apart from the ... More

R-Day: Nothing to celebrate for the quake-hit
THE Republic Day of 2002 may well have been their last chance to keep the outside world interested in their sorry plight. No wonder then that the stakes were high for the first anniversary of the Quake of 2001. Ultimately, as the day panned out ... More

Bengal against FBI probe
THE West Bengal Government is against the involvement of the American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the probe into Tuesday's shooting incident in front of the American Centre. Talking to presspersons at the State secretariat here, ... More

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