The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, April 03, 2002

Welcome farm export zones
IT IS GRATIFYING that the concept of Agri Export Zones (AEZs) mooted last year has moved forward with sanction accorded to 20 such zones in 12 different States covering mainly horticulture products. Work on 15 of the AEZs has already commenced. ... More

ECONOMY

Japanese capital and Indian brains could be... -- A win-win combination
The marriage of Japanese capital with Indian brains is a sound business proposition and, if the right business model were developed for social, economic and political co-operation between the two countries, it could create a win-win proposition for b oth. More

PETROLEUM

MTBE scare encourages use of ethanol blends in petrol
BASED on the recommendations of an expert committee headed by the Centre for High Technology, the Government has approved a proposal to blend ethanol, as an oxygenate, with petrol. Understandably, blending up to 10 per cent is possible without ... More

POLITICS

Avoidable tragedy
THE tragedy at the secretariat complex of Tamil Nadu in which a husband and wife drank poison and took their lives in the full view of officials and visitors was avoidable. Apparently, the couple was worked up and desperate to hand over their ... More

TAXATION

Interim dividend row -- Government on fragile legal grounds?
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, has blamed corporates for rushing to declare interim dividends, saying: "Once again, they (the companies) have come out in poor light; they may not declare any dividend next year at all". The Finance ... More

CREDIT POLICY

Slack Season Credit Policy -- Another step on route of caution?
IT IS again that time of the year when the markets look forward to the Credit Policy to be issued by the RBI Governor for indications on whether the central bank will tighten its monetary policy. The Union Budget has taken a decisive step by ... More

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