Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Thursday, February 07, 2002
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY CHEMICALS Positive Budget hopes aid agro-chemical cos THE stocks of agrochemical companies have been on a steady rise for the past one month on anticipations of further sops in the coming Budget for the agrochem sector. Companies such as Syngenta India, Rallis India, Bayer India and Agrevo India ... More HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE ADB loan sought for last-mile projects THE Government has decided to seek assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to finance last-mile projects of the Railways, and also in two other infrastructure segments - power and roads, according to senior government officials. The ... More PSU PSU stocks defy gravity SHARES of Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) turned euphoric on Wednesday guided by the irrefutable success of the Government in flagging off the disinvestment process. The Bombay Stock Exchange PSU Index shot up by a whopping 126.05 points or ... More
`Move to privatise PSUs will hit State economy' PETROLEUM Oil PSUs plan for auto LPG outlets BY March, car owners across the four major metros — Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai — will be able to access auto LPG in over 50 filling stations, according to plans drawn up by public sector oil majors. By 2003-04, all three oil ... More
Naphtha, kerosene prices slashed PHARMACEUTICALS Drug Policy: `Devil is in the detail' THE "devil is in the detail" for pharma companies, which have just about got a peek into the rationale that would govern their operations in the country. Even as companies heave a sigh of relief, with the long-promised new Drug Policy finally ... More SUGAR `Sugar decontrol only after cane price rationalisation' THE complete decontrol of the sugar industry will be preceded by the Centre taking steps to rationalise sugarcane prices and initiation of futures/forward trading, according to Mr Shanta Kumar, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public ... More
Decontrol sweetens sugar stocks SSI Small is beautiful for `Resurgent' Gujarat The three-day business meet this weekend, being touted by the State Government as different from many such earlier events, is consciously projecting small and medium enterprises at the expense of the large-scale business ventures. More RADIO/TV Shunning the TRP `trap' The idea behind delinking deals for commercials from TRPs is to arrive at a mutually acceptable `effective' rate which leads to a win-win situation for all the parties involved. More
HCV/LCV/TRACTORS IBA directive gives a fillip to CV financing FINANCING of commercial vehicles has become cheaper and easier after a "suggestion'' by the Indian Banks' Association for easier lending norms, which promises to revive demand and boost sales, manufacturers and financiers say. The commercial ... More BIO-TECH & GENETICS Naidu seals biotech pact with North Carolina THE Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, has visited the Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina and held extensive talks to promote biotech initiatives and co-operation with Andhra Pradesh. Mr Naidu, accompanied by a ... More MINING & QUARRYING Improve mining technology: Paswan THE Union Minister for Coal and Mines, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, has called for reducing the existing lag between the level of technology in the Indian mines and quarries and some of their counterparts in the developed countries. Inaugurating Stona ... More DISINVESTMENT Lazard-SBI Caps to be advisor for SCI sell-off THE Union Government has flagged off the process of divesting 51 per cent of its stake in Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) by appointing Lazard Capital-SBI Caps consortium as global advisor for the deal. "Lazard Capital-SBI Caps consortium ... More
India Inc congratulates Govt on reforms WTO Broad accord on WTO negotiations format POST-DOHA, member governments of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) assembled in Geneva for the first meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC), the supreme body that in turn farms out other committees for various WTO issues, and reached ... More INCOME TAX Norms eased for perks valuation THE Government has relaxed the rules for valuation of perquisites for certain categories of salaried employees for 2001-02. For employees whose salaries are less than Rs 1 lakh per annum (after standard deduction), no tax will be deducted at ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in |
Top Stories In Depth Inside Kashmir Guide to derivatives US-64 Looking back Jan. 27-Feb. 2 Economic growth likely to be below 5 pc: CEO poll Bowling over `Star-stuck' advertisers Fiscal deficit up 37.7 pc Viewers must have choice of channels, says panel GDP growth pared to 4 pc Tatas, Reliance bid for VSNL Taiwan wooing India Inc with hardware tech Govt moves to speed up APM regime phase-out |
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