![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Thursday, August 01, 2002 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES ECONOMY Coastal SEZ project plan awaits private promoters THE search is on for private promoters to implement a proposal for the setting up of a special economic zone (SEZ) intended to cater to the business interests and aspirations of coastal Karnataka. With the Karnataka Government not averse to ... More FOREIGN TRADE Trade with China may cross $4-b mark: Envoy THE Chinese Ambassador to India, Mr Hua Junduo, on Wednesday expressed optimism over the prospects of Indo-Chinese bilateral trade crossing the $4-billion mark this year. Addressing a luncheon meeting organised by the Confederation of Indian ... More POWER KSEB plans to purchase power from thermal plants THE errant south-west monsoon this year is likely to compel Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) to purchase power from the thermal plants in the State in order to keep the crisis from deepening further in the coming months. Contrary to ... More TAXATION Tax collections rein in Q1 fiscal deficit to 29.2 pc THE Government's fiscal deficit during the first three months of the current fiscal was Rs 39,560 crore, which works out to 29.2 per cent of the budgeted estimate of Rs 1,35,524 crore for 2002-03. Thanks to the buoyancy in tax collections, the ... More WATER MANAGEMENT
Chennai water lorry operators on the back footLAST summer, household budgets for residents in Chennai went awry as almost all of them had to pay exorbitant sums of money to buy a precious commodity water. A number of industries too suffered, with water-intensive ones like the ... More BREWERIES Spirit of contention The prospects for Scotch whiskies in India post QR improve but issues of high duties remain unresolved. More PERSONAL PRODUCTS Weak monsoon may hit FMCG cos THE poor monsoon will not merely dent the sales of tractors, fertilisers, pesticides and other farm inputs. The resultant decline in rural incomes will also badly affect consumption of several fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), analysts ... More TERRORISM Piecing identities THE collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11 brought with it the grim task of identifying the victims. The job, which fell to the New York City Chief Medical Examiner's Office which typically investigates suspicious or bizarre ... More FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT HDFC among 46 FDI proposals cleared HOUSING finance major HDFC's proposal to bring in Chhubb Global Financial Services Ltd as minority partner in its non-life insurance joint venture with a 26 per cent stake involving foreign direct investment (FDI) worth Rs 73.76 crore including ... More
Indian industry highly protected, says Korean Ambassador EVENTS Asian Youth Day celebrated BANGALORE: Levi Strauss (India) Pvt Ltd along with NGOs and youth from the local colleges celebrated the first Asian Youth Day (AYD) on August 1. The AYD is an endeavour to promote the rights of young people to participate in ... More
INCOME TAX Common man can smile again Tax sops for more money in pocket THE Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, today kept his promise made shortly after taking charge this month of providing more money in the pocket of citizens by announcing more tax sops. He has also addressed the issues in the financial sector ... More
ECONOMIC OFFENCES AP Govt moots new law to check pyramid schemes As one of the initiatives to check financial frauds, the State had totally curbed the functioning of lotteries including those of other States and private lotteries through amendments to the Andhra Pradesh Lotteries Act, 1968. More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
Top Stories In Depth Gender Justice Simple Economics Small Investor Looking back Jul. 21-Jul. 27 Shortage of vouchers I-T salary refunds date extended Signs of revival in project investment scenario Core industries post 5.7 growth in Q1 El Nino flies in face of Kerala experience Country facing worst drought in over 10 years: Ajit Singh Are States falling into a deeper debt trap? FM operators hit a roadblock |
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