The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, January 31, 2002

Ministry plugs forward for drawback
EVEN as the Finance Ministry is considering rationalisation of various tax rebate schemes for exporters, the Commerce Ministry has made out a case for further extending the scope of duty drawback to include reimbursement of service tax and ... More

STATES

States seek to exit from high-cost debt
A CLUTCH of States has begun pushing for an early exit from high-coupon loans taken in the past and refinancing the same with fresh State Government loans and bonds. These securities are sovereign guaranteed State Government loans. Sources said ... More

Kerala okays Plan outlays
THE Kerala Cabinet has approved an outlay of Rs 24,000 crore for the State's Tenth Five-Year Plan. The Annual Plan outlay for 2002-03 had also been fixed at Rs 3,750 crore, the Chief Minister, Mr. A.K. Antony, told newspersons after the Cabinet ... More

MoU for skybus
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:A me-morandum of understanding for conducting a feasibility study for setting up a `skybus metro' project in Kochi was signed here on Wednesday. The Kerala Cabinet had earlier approved the signing of the MoU by the ... More

AP plans global road show
IN renewed efforts to attract foreign investors, the Andhra Pradesh Government is all set to take the global road show route. The Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, will himself lead a team to showcase the `attractive' package on ... More

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Infosys forays into testing space

VSNL cuts annual rental for bandwidth lease

Re loses 12 paise

SBI net goes up three-fold in Q3

Treasury operations sparkle for banks

Western cow vs Third World farmer

In Depth
Inside Kashmir

Guide to derivatives

US-64

Looking back
Jan. 20-Jan. 26
Realty may get access to overseas borrowings

Railways shelves variable tariff plan for petro-products

TN to target specific IT sectors in new policy

AP to rope in private cos for Govt IT projects

Status quo in EPF rate for now -- Linking to Special Deposit Scheme mooted

Cabinet nod for repeal of banking service Act -- Full say for banks in recruitment

VAT switchover to take one more year