![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Tuesday, June 18, 2002 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY ANTI-DUMPING Ministry revokes dumping duty on synthetic rubber "With virtually no domestic producer for the item and no likelihood of revival of the closed unit, the tyre industry is faced with no alternative, but to import synthetic rubber." More ECONOMY ENVIRONMENT For cleaner Hyderabad -- 15-plus vehicles to be phased out After the drive of the Delhi Government to bring stiff norms for vehicles to check the growing pollution menace in the Capital, Hyderabad would now become the second city in the country to go in for such measures. More FOREIGN TRADE Thailand invites investments in education, IT THE Ambassador of Thailand to India, Mr Bandhit Sotipalalit, has urged the Indian business community to invest in his country through joint ventures in diverse sectors including information technology, medium-sized industry, educational ... More
INFRASTRUCTURE APIDC to establish biotech fund; plans equity divestment The State-owned corporation has, thus far, promoted 791 units which involves a total outlay of Rs 4,834 crore and has played a pivotal role in local entrepreneurial developmental activities supporting the small and medium sectors. More POWER AP: Public hearing on tariff principles THE Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has called for a public hearing on its "Consultative paper on long-term tariff principles'' which seeks to achieve efficiency, economy and growth in the power sector. The public hearing ... More RUBBER Rubber shortage hits goods making units THE rubber goods manufacturing sector, dominated by the small and medium units, seems to have run into serious trouble over the availability of natural rubber, especially the widely used RSS-4 grade. There are some 6,000 SSI units all over the ... More SSI
SBI lines up credit schemes for small bizSTATE Bank of India (SBI) will be launching small business credit card and tailor-made home loans in the State where the demand for housing loans is on the increase. Speaking to newspersons, Mr C. Sundarashyam, Chief General Manager, Kerala ... More WATER MANAGEMENT Cauvery water treatment plant commissioned BANGALORE and areas under seven urban bodies around it are expected to get 270 mld (million litres per day) of potable water by July-end with the commissioning of the raw water line and treatment plant today. The treatment plant at ... More EDUCATION READYMADE GARMENTS Garment exports up 9.22% in May GARMENT exports to restricted countries have registered a 9.22 per cent increase in value terms during May 2002 at $431.10 million compared to the export performance of May 2001. An official release said that the total export of garments to ... More
Garment exporters irked at bid to ban quota transfers HANDLOOM New insurance cover for TN handloom weavers A MUMBAI-based manufacturing company of viscose rayon yarn, NRC, has brought hundreds of weavers in Tamil Nadu under social security cover through the Birla Sun Life's `Social Security Insurance Scheme'. Mr N. Unnikrishnan, Vice-President ... More SMALL SAVINGS No changes in EPFO structure proposed -- Pension panel meet on June 24 EAGER to get pension reforms moving, the Ministry of Finance has decided not to propose any changes in the structure and powers of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and the existing pension-related schemes during the initial years ... More WTO WTO to review India's policies INDIA'S trade policy is to come up for review at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at Geneva on June 19. This would be the third such review for the country and is expected to be concluded over a period of two days - June 19 and June 21. ... More RURAL DEVELOPMENT Nabard panel plans to boost rural credit system The Rural Infrastructure Development Fund, created out of the shortfall of lending to agriculture, should not be seen as an escape route from investing in agriculture. More TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS EVENTS Sinha to attend Asian finance ministers' meet THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, will be leading an Indian delegation for participation in the Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) to be held at Bangkok during June 18-19. The ACD, an informal forum of Asian finance ministers, would be ... More
TOURISM
Eco-tourism set to take root in KeralaFROM the curious to the cursory, Kerala has everything that a tourist can ask for - from beach tourism, backwaters, wildlife, hill resorts, historical monuments to culture and vintage architecture. And now, the State has begun to loosen its ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
Top Stories In Depth Gender Justice Simple Economics Guide to derivatives Looking back Jun. 9-Jun. 15 Wind mill revolution in Germany DNA Repository dedicated to nation Finance Ministry decision on EPF interest next week Hepatitis B vaccination for infants takes off FMCG needs push in consumer spend to stay on growth path Industrial growth in April rises marginally to 2.9 pc Survey soon on corruption in five S. Asian countries `Privatisation process will be delayed' -- Divestment Ministry opposes BPCL float CESC falters on FRN interest Product-specific safeguard duty on Chinese goods in offing FI, bank funding of projects worth Rs 50,000 cr -- Special purpose vehicles for infrastructure likely An initiative to recycle PET bottles |
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