The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, March 20, 2002

PDS grain prices to be cut further
The issue prices were last revised on July 12, 2001, with APL rates being reduced from Rs 1,130 per quintal to Rs 830 for rice and from Rs 830 per quintal to Rs 610 per quintal for wheat. More

FII investment in pvt banks outside 49 pc FDI limit
THE Minister of State for Finance, Mr Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that the portfolio investment by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in the private sector banks would be outside the foreign direct investment (FDI) ... More

Curbs relaxed for farm trade
The Centre has allowed dealers to freely buy, stock and sell certain essential commodities. An order containing these provisions and issued under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 came into effect on March 15. As per the order, dealers are ... More

Gujarat quake-hit areas -- Duty waiver extended for housing inputs
CEMENT and steel supplied for reconstruction or repair of private buildings in earthquake-affected areas of Gujarat will be exempted from Excise duty till March 31, 2003. Industry sources said that the Finance Ministry has extended the Excise ... More

Salary advance to Kerala Govt staff
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a conciliatory gesture, the State Government has decided that those employees who participated in the recent 32-day-old general strike in the State will receive a 15-day advance of their next salary from March 20. ... More

AP Govt embarks on major housing programme
THE Andhra Pradesh Government has drawn up an ambitious programme to construct four lakh houses in 2002-2003 which is aimed at supporting the weaker sections of the society, targeting both the rural as well as urban populace. Of the total ... More

Tax on foreign cos to be lowered gradually
THE Government today said that the corporation tax rate on foreign companies would be progressively brought down from the Budgetary proposal level of 40 per cent. Addressing a post-Budget meeting of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce here, ... More

Bureaucrats pulled up
BANGALORE: As many as 146 bureaucrats in Karnataka have been pulled up for owning more than one residential site. A circular of 1999 barr ed officials from possessing multiple sites and holding membership of more than one housing ... More

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