Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Saturday, February 23, 2002
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY ECONOMY Development goals to cost $40-60 b a year: World Bank FINANCING the smooth achievement of a key set of development goals that entails halving of extreme poverty and for substantial improvements in health and education in developing countries by 2015 could cost in the range of $40-60 billion a year ... More
`Liberalisation should not hurt domestic industry'
IMF panel to evaluate reuse of resources
Japan bank okays Rs 2,040-cr loan EXCISE AND CUSTOMS LAW Excise Rules amended for Budget day clearances THE Finance Ministry today issued notifications amending Central Excise Rules in order to regulate clearances and removal of goods on Budget day, February 28. A physical control system is being imposed from the time of Budget presentation and ... More PHARMACEUTICALS 
Watch out when you buy that Crocin!FOR those consumers buying their regular medicines, without batting an eyelid - here is an eye-opener - one can get hoodwinked into buying a spurious drug, "even as you pick up a drug as trusted as a Crocin!" Disturbing but true is the ... More POWER Power Ministry focus on IT to resolve T&D problems THE present focus of the Ministry of Power is on integrating IT solutions to resolve the problems associated with distribution of power, including transmission and distribution (T&D) losses and power theft, according to Mr Suresh Prabhu, Union ... More
BSES Samalkot power project goes on stream STEEL Excess capacity in steel industry -- Easy money the main culprit EXCESS capacity is at the root of the steel industry's problems worldwide. The recent OECD talks were more or less centred on this understanding, and concrete action is being proposed to eliminate the estimated excess capacity. While the ... More TAXATION CBDT bid to plug revenue leakages FACED with a massive shortfall in revenues, both the Central Board of Excise and Customs and the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) held that strict enforcement measures were under way to plug revenue leakages. According to the Central Board ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 
Quick reforms in farm sector urgedTHE Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has called for carrying out urgent reforms in the agriculture sector. These include freeing crop pricing policy from controls and removing or relaxing export ceiling on ... More
DISINVESTMENT CCD may take up HPCL, BPCL sell-off at next meet THE Government is set to initiate the process of privatising Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), well ahead of its earlier plan to kick off the process within three months of the dismantling of ... More
`Pay up, or lose bank guarantee' -- Govt ultimatum to bidder of Juhu hotel
Hurdle in Jessop sale?
DCA clears 2 ITDC properties demerger plan
SCI seafarers observe one-day stir FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT `Final decision' on FDI in print after panel report THE Information and Broadcasting Minister, Ms Sushma Swaraj, has said that the final decision on foreign direct investment in the print media will be taken after the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology submits its ... More WTO India for caution before imposing dumping duty INDIA is in the process of submitting a proposal to the WTO, seeking operationalisation of the article 15 of the Anti-dumping agreement. The article requires the developed countries to give special regards to the situation of developing countries ... More RURAL DEVELOPMENT Japanese grant to 3 NGOs NEW DELHI: The Japanese Embassy on Friday gave grant assistance totalling Rs 54 lakh to three non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to bolster grassroot projects undertaken by them. At a function held to disburse the grant, the Japanese ... More LABOUR REFORMS Cabinet clears big-ticket labour reforms THE much-awaited reforms which the Indian industry was looking for has finally happened. The Union Cabinet on Friday approved amendments to Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, which are required to carry out major reforms in labour laws. Currently, ... More TOURISM UP Govt signs MoU with ITDC THE India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) and the Uttar Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation (UPSTDC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for promotion of tourism and taking initiatives in the field of tourism and ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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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