Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Thursday, May 23, 2002
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY ECONOMY Infrastructure sector posts 5.9% growth in April THERE is some good news for the economy, with the six `core' infrastructure industries registering an overall growth rate of 5.9 per cent growth during April 2002, as against minus 0.3 per cent in the same period the previous fiscal. According ... More ENVIRONMENT Auto emission control -- GAT EuroKat products do the trick for Germans THE fears of `Waldsterben' or dying of the forests that haunted the Germans for over two decades consequent to increasing air pollution are slowly receding and green spots are becoming more visible. The scenes of myriad cars and two-wheelers, ... More FOREIGN TRADE Business team to go with PM to Kazakh -- CII to open office in Almaty IN an effort to penetrate markets of Central Asia and parts of China, a high-level Indian business delegation is to accompany the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on his three-day visit to Kazakhstan commencing June 2. The Head of CII's ... More POWER White paper hints at power tariff hike At the current rate, the annual revenue is expected to be Rs 2,500 crore, of which Rs 1,380 crore has to be set aside for debt servicing alone. This will leave not much for the board's other expenses such as payment of salary and pension, power purch ase, power generation and administrative expenses. More
Bengal power tariff revision hearings off
Karnataka: Rs 279.04-cr Central loan for power reforms
KPTCL plans mobile offices
STEEL Steel prices likely to go up DOMESTIC steel prices, which have increased in two phases since the beginning of the current fiscal, are likely to go up further. In a surprising turn of events, the Indian steel industry, which was among those who cried the loudest following ... More TAXATION Profession tax ceiling: Statute route may go THE Government is set to be empowered to fix the ceiling on profession tax through legislation instead of having to go for a Constitutional amendment every time. The move is in line with the recommendations made by the Eleventh Finance Commission ... More TYRES Truck, bus tyre output surges 18.83 pc in March TRUCK and bus tyre production surged in March to touch a level of 7.89 lakh tyres, reflecting a 18.83 per cent increase to the production level of 6.64 lakh tyres recorded in February. The production level in this category, which accounts for ... More RADIO/TV Mysore to get new FM transmitter BANGALORE: Mysore, the oldest Akashavani centre in the country, will begin frequency modulation transmission by June-end with the installation of 10 KW FM transmitter. The transmission will reach a radius of 60 km. The programming ... More EDUCATION SISI to offer biotech, IT courses With bioinformatics emerging a major source of employment, the course will focus on creating a skilled human resource. More
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ISRO to launch Astrosat BANGALORE: The India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is to launch the Astrosat, a multi-wavelength dedicated science satellite with an exclusive science payload in 2006-07 to "derive more science'' from payloads. The Astrosat will ... More IPR `Textual errors' in Patents Bill CAN the President of India give his assent to the Patents (Second Amendment) Bill endorsed by Parliament recently? On the face of it, he cannot — because it contains textual errors and, therefore, cannot be said to represent accurately ... More
RURAL DEVELOPMENT World Bank aid to be sought for Karnataka rural projects THE Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department is preparing a concept paper seeking World Bank assistance to the tune of Rs 2,500 crore for three proposals — agriculture development, primary and secondary education and poverty ... More LABOUR REFORMS `Attitudinal change needed in labour leadership' THE attitude of leadership of most of the trade unions in Kerala has to undergo a sea change to bring in more industries and prosperity to the State, according to Mr N. Radhakrishnan, President, Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Speaking ... More EVENTS `Samavayam 2002 will boost interest in Kerala' THE Minister for Information and Parliamentary Affairs, Mr M.M. Hassan, said on Wednesday that the third global conference of Non Resident Keralites (NRKs) Samavayam 2002 organised by the World Malayali Council will be held in Germany from August ... More TOURISM It's festival time in AP THE Andhra Pradesh Department of Tourism is organising a number of festivals from May 24 to June 16 to promote tourism. The three-day Buddha Jayanti festival at Hyderabad will kick-start the programme on May 24, according to Mr T. Srinivas Yadav, ... More
India, UAE agree on joint tourism promos
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Top Stories In Depth Inside Kashmir Guide to derivatives US-64 Looking back May. 12-May. 18 `CAG audit failed to detect misuse of seamen fund' Flex Industries imbroglio -- Opposition MPs bay for Sinha's blood Gond used wife's cos to launder kickbacks Overseas investment will boost MFs: Report Suzuki to take wheel at Maruti: Rights issue at Rs 3,280 a share Sinha denies links with Flex chief: `It was a routine, transparent transaction' Maruti: Govt assured of Rs 1,424 cr mop-up from public issue Guindy estate: Mirroring the decline of SSIs Urea policy approved: Net impact on industry at Rs 1,033 cr `Arbitrary' domestic pricing: Urea units look abroad for cheaper naphtha Home Trade bank accounts sealed |
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