Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Wednesday, April 17, 2002
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY AUTOMOBILES Cars give a lift to auto exports A RESOUNDING growth in car exports, thanks to the robust performance by Ford India Ltd, helped automobile dispatches from India register about 9.5 per cent growth in 2001-02, latest industry data shows. Export of cars, which account for more ... More ECONOMY 
Wolfensohn moots 7-point plan for development aidIN the run-up to the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank President, Mr James Wolfensohn, has proposed a seven-point action plan for translating the revived spirit of international support for ... More
ENVIRONMENT Some `solid' lessons in waste management CITIZENS of Bangalore will now learn solid waste management lessons from their pourakarmikas (civic workers). In an interesting model developed by the Bangalore-based Environment Support Group (ESG), 40 pourakarmikas were trained ... More FOREIGN TRADE 
Maran moots thrust areas to widen ties with LombardyINDIA has sought cooperation with Lombardy Region, Italy in upgrading competitiveness of industrial clusters in the country, particularly in the context of the latest Exim policy's thrust on conferring focussed attention on industrial clusters to ... More INFRASTRUCTURE `Slow pace of CBM projects due to lack of database' THE slow pace of development of coalbed methane (CBM) projects in the country is probably the result of a lack of a proper database related to methane gas potentiality. This is the conclusion of the Central Mine Planning & Design Institute ... More PSU 68 PSUs identified for second phase of reforms One of the reasons cited by the Government for the process of privatisation was that most of the co-operative sugar mills and Nizam Sugars were continuously incurring losses for a variety of reasons and this had resulted in the erosion of their net w orth despite efforts. More PETROLEUM Oil cos slash product prices PUBLIC sector oil companies have slashed the prices of naphtha, furnace oil and low sulphur heavy stock (LSHS) in line with falling international prices. The new prices are effective from April 13, 2002. "Naphtha prices have fallen ... More
POWER COAL AF Ferguson is consultant for CIL, subsidiaries THE Ministry of Coal and Mines has appointed AF Ferguson & Co as an independent consultant for studying the existing system of recording, measurement, reporting, verification and reconciliation of coal stocks and to develop and implement an ... More BREWERIES 
Euro Club to take up scotch-whisky caseTHE India Working Group of the Euro Club has placed a new proposal before the Indian Government to break the impasse over bottle-in-origin (BIO) liquor imports. It has sought the removal of countervailing duties on BIOs priced above $25 per case, ... More REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION CARE begins construction sector grading -- McNally Bharat rated `high' CARE has launched gradings for construction entities and has completed its first grading assignment for McNally Bharat Engineering Company Ltd (MBEL), which has been assigned a `CCt2+' grading, indicating that the project execution capabilities ... More
Relaxation of rules -- Coimbatore residents of unapproved layouts still in despair
AP advice to housing body costs Rs 6.26 cr, says CAG HANDLOOM TN handlooms department plans e-com portal Work has begun on registering the Kancheepuram sari under the Geographical Indicators Act, to protect the sari from cheap imitations. More CINEMA 
Chennai cinema owners in no rush to hike prices`The key to survival is to provide filmgoers with a five-star ambience and treatment at a price that is reasonable, which will make the cinemagoer want to come back again to the same theatre.' More GENDER DISINVESTMENT Bharat Hotels not to bid for Delhi Centaur BHARAT Hotels, which runs the Grand Intercontinental Hotel in Delhi and has won the bid for the Ashok Hotel in Bangalore, is not to participate in the disinvestment of the Hotel Corporation of India (HCI) Delhi Centaur. "We are not planning to ... More FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Astra, Tata Homefinance FDI proposals cleared SWEDISH multinational Astra Pharmaceuticals' proposal to increase equity in its Indian subsidiary from the present 56.49 per cent to 100 per cent involving fresh foreign direct investment (FDI) worth Rs 82 crore and Tata Homefinance Ltd's ... More IPR Removal of irritants in Trademarks Law sought The committee has been in consultation with the related ministries to seek deletion of the proviso to Section 115(4) of the new Trademarks Act, 1999, which requires the opinion of the Trademark Registrar before seizure of infringing goods by enforcem ent authorities. More HUMAN RESOURCES IBA initiatives draw corporate attention The curriculum design draws from the vast experience of its governing council members and core teaching faculty. More TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS EVENTS `Cyprus integration into EU will benefit Indian cos' CYPRUS' geographical location could enable it to become a springboard for Indian companies to market its products in the CIS, European, West Asian and Balkan countries, according to Mr Nicos Rolandis, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of ... More
Dubai Media City, DWTC, IC&E teaming up for global show
INCOME TAX Sinha all set to restore I-T rebate UNDER pressure from within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, is understood to have given the go-ahead to roll-back the Budget proposal on pruning tax rebates on investments in designated savings ... More EXPORTS & IMPORTS FIEO panel seeks early election of president EXPRESSING concern over the fact that the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), an apex body of exporters set up by the Commerce Ministry, has remained without a president from mid-November 2001 onwards, the Elders Committee of FIEO, ... More TOURISM PATA presents heritage award THE Tourism Minister of Kerala, Prof K. V. Thomas, on Monday received the Pacific Area Travel Association Award for Heritage for the Fort Kochi Heritage Zone. Mr Peter de Jong, President and CEO of PATA, presented the award at the 51st PATA ... More
Australia lures Indian travellers
Spurt in Indian tourists visiting Sri Lanka ECONOMIC OFFENCES 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 Apr. 7-Apr. 13 WHO's new mantra: Put on your jogging shoes TN to push for number one position in FDI flow Buy India Act to redefine Govt steel procurement MFs can invest 4 pc of assets in foreign papers -- SEBI fixes individual limit at $50 m Direct tax mop-up falls short of target No petro price hike for now: Minister Caution to Govt on dividend tax India to return to higher GDP growth soon: ADB Suzuki set to take control of Maruti with 56% stake -- Rights issue renunciation almost finalised I-T rules on perks to be eased further It's a different `dot' game Madras HC stays cut in tax on perks Industrial growth marginal at 2.6 pc in 11 months 3 key Budget proposals being reviewed by Govt EPF trustees stick to 9.5 pc Kalam makes light of Pak nuclear `threat' |
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