Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, February 18, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, February 18, 2002 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY ANTI-DUMPING Bed linen exports -- Textile body shocked at EU anti-dumping review THE Cotton Textile Export Promotion Council (Texprocil) has said the European Commission's decision to initiate an interim review of the anti-dumping measure on imports of cotton bed-linen from India has made a mockery of the decision taken by ... More BUDGET Budget must address NPA problem: CII CALLING for measures for financial sector reforms in the Union Budget, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has pointed out that with the sector directly under the administration of the Finance Ministry, the Budget can not only announce ... More ECONOMY `Debt obligations may eat up 85 pc of India's GDP' INDIA's total debt obligation is likely to touch as high a level as 85 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the current fiscal. In a comparative study of the Indian and Chinese economies, international rating agency Standard and ... More FOREIGN TRADE Bengal invites Germany to set up industries Already, several German companies such as Siemens, Otto India, Lurgi, Gontermann Peiper, Phoenix Yule and International Ferrites, have been associated with West Bengal. "Please come here and put us to test'', Mr Chatterjee, WBIDC Chairman, said. More PSU APSFC mulls conversion into bank THE Andhra Pradesh State Financial Corporation (APSFC) intends to convert itself into a universal bank so as to secure low-cost funds to withstand increasing competition in the financial sector in the country. The corporation had appointed A.F. ... More PETROLEUM 
Kochi Refineries' SBM plan may leave port in dire straitsKOCHI Refineries Ltd's (KRL) plans to install a Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) facility — a mid-sea floating platform to handle large crude carriers with full load — may hit hard the Cochin Port Trust (CoPT). Nearly 80 per cent of the ... More
Plans to triple cess on crude post-decontrol PHARMACEUTICALS Eco-friendly scheme for pharma units THE Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association and the United States Asia Environment Partnership (USAEP) have initiated a programme to "explore clean technology applications and eco-friendly management practices'' for the domestic pharmaceutical ... More TEXTILES 'Deregulate cotton from ECA purview' THE Chamber of Textile Trade and Industry (COTTI) has questioned the Centre's wisdom of still keeping cotton and related textile products under the purview of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, particularly when domestic textile industry and ... More RAILWAY BUDGET Rlys to mop up Rs 900 cr from freight, fares rejig A HIKE in the rail freight tariff on essential commodities and a cut in the rates on steel and petro-products are on the anvil in the Railway Budget along with a 5 to 6 per cent increase in passenger fares. According to senior Railway Board ... More
Entry tax: Rlys no to States CARS Maruti launches Wagon-R upgrades FACED with increasing competition from new entrants such as Fiat Palio in the B segment car market, Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL) has launched upgraded versions of all three variants of Wagon-R. The new upgraded Wagon-Rs are being shipped to company ... More
Maker of electric car seeks support TWO/THREE WHEELERS Suzuki seeks enabling norm for 2/3-wheeler partner SUZUKI Motor Corp has sought an enabling provision from the Government for the right to rope in a partner in its proposed Indian subsidiary for making two and three-wheelers, according to Government sources. The Suzuki proposal, which is slated ... More BEVERAGES Coke to expand, consolidate business in AP SOFT drink major, Coca Cola is on a path of consolidation and expansion in both its beverages and water business in Andhra Pradesh. It has garnered a market share of nearly 73 per cent in beverages through its range of brands while `Kinley', its ... More FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING McDonald's set to enter veg territory THE long-pending entry of McDonald's into the largely vegetarian State of Gujarat will be happening sometime next month. This comes amidst a lot of soul searching by the company whether anything remotely chicken will set in well with the palate ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS FAPI to employ disabled HYDERABAD: The members of the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Industries (FAPI) would be shortly employing 500 disabled persons in their units. A decision to this effect was taken at a workshop on the disabled held here recently, according ... More HANDLOOM Plea to scrap ST on viscose yarn in TN THE Sourashtra Madhya Sabha has sought the intervention of the Union Government in controlling the prices of viscose filament yarn (art silk yarn). The sabha President, Mr A.K. Ramamoorthy, in a letter to the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari ... More DISINVESTMENT Jessop unions urge Bengal to buy Centre's stake THE unions of the engineering PSU, Jessop & Co, have asked the West Bengal Government to acquire the 74 per cent stake in the company being offloaded by the Centre. Anger seemed to be the overriding emotion among workers at the Dum Dum factory ... More
Govt to consider Rs 500-cr facelift for Hind Copper
Govt to offer unlimited eco indemnity to Hind Zinc bidders
HPCL, BPCL sell-off gathering momentum
Gesco board clears plan to bid for SCI stake
Decision on strategic sale of EIL soon
Profile of a bidder EVENTS Coffee promotion to get boost in Tenth Plan COFFEE promotion in domestic and overseas market will get a new thrust in the 10th Five-Year Plan, according to the Coffee Board chairperson, Ms Lakshmi Venkatachalam. Speaking to newspersons on Sunday at the end of the India International ... More EXPORTS & IMPORTS State role in export promotion EXPORTERS, who have of late been hardly enthusiastic about policy pronouncements by the Centre for export promotion, are eagerly looking forward to the proposed new plan being conceived jointly by the Commerce and Finance Ministries, and expected ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in |
Top Stories In Depth Inside Kashmir Guide to derivatives US-64 Looking back Feb. 10-Feb. 16 Do you know what boss expects of you at work? Harsh winter for India Inc; only pharma, auto do well Big euro notes fatten exporters' wallets Delicensing dilemmas Trade missions on coal to visit UK next week LIC offers loan for NHDP at 100 basis pts over G-Sec rate Industrial growth hits fiscal year low of 1.6% in Dec PPL to set norms for sick PSUs VSNL enters Tata family BPCL, HPCL divestment -- Govt to pre-empt monopolies Pechiney may bid for Nalco control Paradeep sold for Rs 151.7 cr States may have to foot SEB dues Customs collections dip 14% in April-January ISRO plans health satellite Govt relaxes control on bulk drugs |
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