![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, May 31, 2002 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY ANTI-DUMPING Imports of polyester staple fibre -- HC dismisses plea against dumping duty THE decks have been cleared for the Finance Ministry to implement the preliminary anti-dumping duty on imports of polyester staple fibre (PSF) recommended by the designated authority recently with the Rajasthan High Court dismissing the writ ... More ECONOMY Fiscal deficit set to end closer to 6 pc -- Rs 10,000-cr revenue shortfall seen THE Centre has failed to meet its fiscal deficit target of 5.7 per cent of the gross domestic product during 2001-02. The fiscal deficit is set to widen and end closer to 6 per cent of the GDP due to the massive shortfall in tax revenues ... More
AP: Move to strengthen SHGs with banking sector aid ENGINEERING Centre drawing up code of ethics for engineers THE Union Government is planning to introduce the professional engineers Act, 2002, probably for the first time, aimed at bringing in a code of ethics for engineers apart from regulating engineering practise in the country. The draft Bill is ... More ENVIRONMENT
Weighed downA dry leaves seller looks for customers at Begum Bazar in Hyderabad. These people come from the nearby districts to sell the forest produce at a measly sum of Rs 20 per ... More
Meet on disposal of solid waste FOREIGN TRADE PLASTICS TN plastic makers to collect, recycle scrap THE plastic manufacturers in the State are willing to work with the local bodies to collect and recycle segregated plastic wastes, according to the Tamil Nadu Plastics Manufacturers' Association (TAPMA). Addressing the media, the TAPMA ... More POWER Kota plant gets CEA nod for expansion THE Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has accorded techno-economic clearance to the 195 MW sixth unit of Kota thermal power station in Rajasthan. The unit is being set up under stage IV expansion of the power project's existing capacity ... More
TYRES Sharp rise in domestic prices -- Tyre makers seen importing rubber RUBBER-consuming industries, particularly tyre makers, are likely to import natural rubber if the prices go beyond Rs 3,800 a quintal. "If the prices are to rule at Rs 38-40 (for RSS-4) a kg, they would be abnormally higher. We do not think ... More BREWERIES Privilege fees, deposit hike hit TN liquor retailers THE hikes in privilege fees and deposits without a concomitant increase in profit on margins have hit the liquor retailers in the State. While business continues as usual, viability has been severely affected, they say. Mr C.P. Ramanathan, ... More EDUCATION LEATHER `Foreign cos too keen on Calcutta Leather Complex' QUITE a few companies from within the country and outside are keen on setting up integrated leather units in the Calcutta Leather Complex (CLC), according to Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya, Chairman of M.L. Dalmiya & Co Ltd. Mr Dalmiya, whose company is ... More PAPER, BOARD & NEWSPRINT William Penn to organise demo on paper-making WILLIAM Penn, a stationery store in Koramangala is organising a paper- making demonstration at its premises between May 31 and June 2 together with Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd (TNPL). The store will demonstrate the making of ... More SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY India able to produce high-purity helium THE country has finally been able to produce the purest form of helium (A grade with 99.9995 per cent purity) which is used for producing strategic nuclear devices and superconductors. It has also applications in space technology and medical ... More NEWSPAPERS & PUBLISHING Law to cover electronic, print media urged THE Chairman of the Press Council of India, Mr K. Jayachandra Reddy, emphasised the need for either a comprehensive law covering the electronic and print media or a separate enactment for the electronic media, as it was not under the purview of ... More DISINVESTMENT Suzuki in driver's seat at Maruti JAPAN'S Suzuki Motor Corp on Thursday officially took management control of the country's largest carmaker Maruti Udyog Ltd, for which it handed over a cheque of Rs 1,000 crore to its partner, the Indian Government. With this, the second stage ... More
Hindustan Newsprint sell-off by Feb 2003
Ministry seeks security clearance of SCI bidders FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Reckitt Benckiser, Toyota FDI proposals cleared RECKITT Benckiser Plc's proposal to buy out the 49 per cent stake held by Indian shareholders in Reckitt Benckiser India Ltd and convert it into a wholly-owned subsidiary involving foreign direct investment (FDI) worth Rs 403.19 crore was among ... More WTO FICCI seeks more time on industrial tariff norms THE Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has expressed concern over fixing a deadline to establish modalities for industrial tariff negotiations in the ongoing seminar on market access organised by the World Trade ... More RURAL DEVELOPMENT Task force on job plan meets NEW DELHI: The first meeting of the task force of the Jai Prakash Rozgar Guarantee Yojana (JPRGY) under the chairmanship of Mr Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister for Rural Development, met to design and determine the modalities of the scheme. ... More HUMAN RESOURCES
How Leyland finds those drivers at the topASKED by the then Managing Director of Ashok Leyland, Mr R.J. Hancock, in an interview for a job in 1976, on where he expected to reach in his career in Leyland, Mr R. Seshasayee had replied, "Eventually, to your position!" A cocky answer, ... More TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS EVENTS OECD seminar to focus on shareholders' rights THE Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is hosting a three-day seminar in Mumbai beginning from June 10 as its fourth Asian roundtable conference focussing on shareholders' rights and the equitable treatment of ... More
2-day knitwear expo in Mumbai from tomorrow
TOURISM KSIDC in pact to build global tourist village KERALA State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bahrain-based Mahnami Hotels and Resorts for the establishment of an international tourist village at Nedumbassery near Kochi. The Rs ... More
`Special focus on high-budget tourism needed'
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