The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, August 28, 2002

Pension scheme for indigent artisans revived
THE Andhra Pradesh Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd (APHDCL) has achieved a turnaround in the past two years, registering an annual turnover of Rs 27 crore and net profit of Rs 21 lakh each in 2000 and 2001. Following this, the ... More

ANTI-DUMPING

Time to review dumping duty margin norms
AS industries in developing countries confront a plethora of disadvantages as compared to their counterparts in developed countries, a two-day national seminar is being held here from tomorrow to obtain inputs and suggestions that could be taken ... More

Dumping duty on citric acid
THE Finance Ministry has imposed provisional anti-dumping duty on all imports of citric acid from Thailand and Indonesia. Citric acid is a basic chemical that is used as a preservative in food, soft drinks, confectionery, drugs, in textile ... More

ENVIRONMENT

India Inc left out of Earth Summit team
The grapevine has it that industry is caught in the crossfire between the Environment Ministry and the MEA. The Environment Minister, Mr T.R. Baalu, heads the delegation for the first five days, while the External Affairs Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, takes over the remaining four days. More

FOREIGN TRADE

Korea to raise investments in India
KOREA aims to become the largest investor in India soon, the Special Envoy to the South Korean President, Dr Ki-ho-Lee, said here on Tuesday. Addressing a meeting organised jointly by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Embassy ... More

Exim Bank, IDC pact to boost trade ties
MUMBAI: Exim Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC) to facilitate and enhance bilateral trade and investment relations between India and South Africa. The ... More

PETROLEUM

CCD meet tomorrow

SSI

TN plans cell to promote exports by SMEs
The District Industries Centres would be reorganised to take on the role of export promotion bodies. More

Netravati Bank outlines credit schemes for SSIs
NETRAVATI Grameena Bank conducted a one-day workshop on credit and subsidy schemes for small entrepreneurs here on Tuesday. The objective of the workshop was to provide information on various credit and subsidy schemes being implemented to ... More

Interface to help SMEs export to Arab nations
Interface LLC, part of the Dubai-based Al Hosani group of companies, has set up office in Bangalore to function as an intermediary for small and medium enterprises in south India looking at exports. "The Bangalore office will help find buyers ... More

EDUCATION

IQRA to offer diploma programme
HYDERABAD: IQRA Society for career guidance is planning to offer diploma programmes on career guidance to train career counsellors and also launch its own Web site, according to Mr Syed Ashfaq Hussain, President. Stating this at the ... More

Programme for college faculty

GEMS & JEWELLERY

MRTPC directive to jewellers on BIS plea
The Commission also directed that the jewellers would ascertain the purity and contents of the jewellery and abide by the relevant norms before selling the product to the consumer. More

DISINVESTMENT

Centre seeks to get more for Maruti stake
IN a bid to improve the minimum realisation from the sale of its 20 per cent of stake in Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL), the Government is planning to raise the underwritten value of the stock from Rs 2,300 per share to around Rs 2,500 per share. ... More

LABOUR REFORMS

Firms, Govt depts allowed to outsource non-core work
THE Government today said that the issue of flexibility in labour laws should be approached with "caution'' even as it gave its stamp of approval for business organisations and Government departments to outsource their non-core activities and ... More

EVENTS

Students urged to develop skills in entrepreneurship
THE Secretary to the Union Department of Secondary and Higher Education, Mr S.K. Tripathi, conceded that jobs were hard to come by these days and called upon the engineering students to build up entrepreneurial skills or take up academics as ... More

NMTS creates Rs 10-cr potential biz
BANGALORE: NMTS (National Manufacturing Technology Show) 2002, the machine tool industry exhibition which drew to a close on Monday, attracted over 12,000 visitors over three days and generated over Rs 10 crore in terms of potential ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS

Centre framing services export strategy: Official
"Thanks to the phenomenal growth of ITES, Karnataka is emerging the epicentre of the service sector, which also offers employment opportunities, next only to farming." More

FIEO confirms Lall termination

TOURISM

EOIs for tourism projects in Vizag under evaluation
SURROUNDED by the Bay of Bengal on the one side and green-matted hills on the other sides, Visakhapatnam is all set to become a major tourist destination in this part of the country, with the private sector responding favourably to the invitation ... More

ITDC arm begins conducted coach tours in Chennai
PASSENGERS boarding international flights out of Chennai can soon shop at the world class duty-free shops. Mr Ashwani Lohani, CMD, India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) said the duty free shops at all international airports were being ... More