Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, March 18, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, March 18, 2002 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY ENVIRONMENT 
Blending buildings with environment"Bangalore is a `nature city' and its buildings should blend with its surroundings.'' More PSU CAG lashes out at sick Bengal units THE Comptroller and Auditor-General of India's (CAG) latest report has said that 44 companies and three corporations in West Bengal should be "sent to the knackeries" in view of their poor turnover, continuous losses non-functional current and ... More SSI Few takers for SSI revival scheme WHEN the Andhra Pradesh Government unveiled the Andhra Pradesh Small Scale Industries Revival Scheme to provide a leg-up to the sick SSIs in the State in June last year, it expected to receive an overwhelming response, given the stridency with ... More BREWERIES Kerala tipplers short-changed, says CAG THE unwary tipplers in Kerala have been throwing a few extra bucks down the bottle over the years with suppliers playing one up on a casual State Beverages Corporation, the sole agency for purchasing and distribution of IMFL in the State. The ... More REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION 
Retail and home stay cheek by jowlTHE old garden houses in Chennai, which have given way to apartment blocks, are now morphing into entertainment and retail centres. The beach front in Besant Nagar, for instance, which was a quiet residential area a few years back, today ... More PAPER, BOARD & NEWSPRINT Fibre shortfall may hit paper industry growth THE growing shortage of cellulosic fibre may not only affect the growth of domestic paper industry but will also make the country more dependent on imports of newsprint, paper & boards and pulp & waste paper in the coming years. According to ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS Weavers' plea on mill yarn impost THE Federation of Indian Weaving Industry has said the replacement of the Central Excise rule relating to levy on yarn produced by mills, called the Gate Pass system, by the self-declaration procedure, leaves scope for duty evasion. Till two ... More
N-E chamber flays new taxes COIR Coir Board gets down to business EVER since the opening up of the economy, Indian coir products have been facing tough competition in the global market with products of other natural fibres and synthetics, and this is reflected in the export performance. To overcome this ... More DISINVESTMENT SCI divestment -- Private shipping lines caught on wrong foot DOMESTIC private shipping companies, which till today were critical of the cargo support, particularly for crude movement, provided to the state-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), now want the Government to continue with the nodal agency ... More
States' bid on divestment -- FIs want power dues issue settled SOCIAL WELFARE Helping women help themselves IT was only in the early 90s that the Union Government realised the potential of micro-credit. Consequently, the concept of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) was formulated and promoted through public sector banks. However, much earlier - in 1983 ... More RURAL DEVELOPMENT FKCCI moots infrastructure fund for rural industries THE Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) has urged the Government to create an infrastructure fund of Rs 50 crore to enable various authorities provide infrastructure required by industries in different ... More EVENTS 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 Mar. 10-Mar. 16 Combined profit of PSUs up 9.22 pc in 2000-01 -- ONGC tops list with Rs 5,229 crore Dividend tax stays: Sinha Fiscal responsibility Bill -- Deficit limits to stay, but with changes IOC monopoly over import ends -- BPCL makes first spot crude buy The Budget and its fineprint Industrial drag persists in Jan ONGC rider on gas supply puts IPCL sale in a limbo Interest cut on I-T refunds Feb car sales take highway House panel slams Govt on petrol cess redirection Govt rethink on powers to hike excise rates Oil refineries face hike in insurance premiums Third World to post modest growth: IBRD Govt retirement schemes for pvt sector employees? Paper trade getting out of the woods No going back on reforms, says Antony Scrutiny norms for export cargo eased Govt reviews crude oil price rise Tax base wider; but little change in mop-up: CAG |
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