![]() Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, September 06, 2002 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY ANTI-DUMPING Dumping duty on acrylic fibre imports THE Designated Authority in the Ministry of Commerce has recommended the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on all imports of acrylic fibre from the UK, Germany, Bulgaria and Brazil. Acrylic fibre is a long chain of synthetic polymer ... More COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES Police told to keep off resort's lawful activities THE Madras High Court has directed the police, inter alia, the Director General of Police and the City Commissioner of Police, not to interfere with the "regular and lawful" business of the City-based Highland Holiday Homes Private Ltd, "so long ... More ECONOMY India's fiscal situation unsustainable: IMF THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) faults India's performance in the domain of public finances, a critical measure of macroeconomic stability, as being "notably worse than other developing countries," even as the fallout of the wide-ranging ... More
ENVIRONMENT No progress on key issues at Earth Summit: Sinha THE Minister for External Affairs, Mr Yashwant Sinha, today termed the just-concluded World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) at Johannesburg a "mixed bag." Though the meeting offered some scope for optimism, it failed to make progress ... More
`Earth Summit' brings to fore vision of children FERTILISERS Cabinet okay to shut HFC, FCI units THE Union Cabinet today approved the recommendations of a Group of Ministers (GoM) to close down two units of Hindustan Fertiliser Corporation (HFC) and the Fertiliser Corporation of India, respectively. At its meeting here, the Cabinet agreed ... More HEALTH Conference on peritoneal dialysis DOCTORS belonging to the Peritoneal Dialysis Society of India are scheduled to hold their 6th annual conference at Fisherman's Cove near Chennai on September 7th and 8th. The theme of conference is expected to be an exchange of views on recent ... More PETROLEUM Low sulphur fuel supply in Chennai CHENNAI: The oil companies supplying fuel in the city have jointly decided to provide low-sulphur petrol and diesel (with sulphur content less than 0.05 per cent) to the entire metropolitan area. Earlier the supply of this green fuel was ... More POWER APGenco steps up output to meet NLC shortfall The situation has become more challenging because a number of thermal units were slated for annual overhaul in anticipation of a normal monsoon. More
IISc moots power from biomass
White paper suggests restructuring of MSEB TAXATION Direct tax collections up 18.3 pc THE Centre's net direct tax collections grew by 18.3 per cent up to the end of August this year and stood at Rs 14,385 crore as against Rs 12,156 crore in the same period last year. With a slowdown in direct tax collections, the Finance ... More TEXTILES
Weaving a magic with PaithanisAT 10 a.m. Dwarakabai Chintamani is the first of the 100 to 150 women labour force to be at her loom to weave Paithani sarees at the Government-owned weaving centre at Paithan village, Aurangabad district. In an ordinary green saree with a ... More
`Reversible' palloo EDUCATION Mid-day meal scheme in AP schools from Oct 2 Push to 100 pc literacy by 2005 THE Andhra Pradesh Government is set to launch the mid-day meal scheme for school children from October 2. The Chief Minister, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, said the scheme would further bolster the efforts of the Government to attain 100 per cent ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS Assocham for Act to limit partners' liability to equity THE Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has made a case for enactment of a Limited Partnership Act that would limit the liability of the partners to their equity contribution. The chamber has also called for an ... More
Assocham sending team to UAE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Nano-tech all set to pervade the world AFTER IT and BT, the new emerging area in frontier technologies is nano-particles. These novel materials and structures promise to revolutionise technological developments and India has the opportunity waiting to be part of the dramatic events ... More
PM renames Sriharikota Space Centre DISINVESTMENT Make-or-break meet on reform process: Shourie THE September 7 meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Disinvestment (CCD) would be crucial in determining the future course of the privatisation process, according to the Union Disinvestment Minister, Mr Arun Shourie. "The CCD meeting would be a ... More
Shourie: Knight in disinvestment armour
Advani, Fernandes discuss divestment IPR IP offices to be upgraded THE Government has embarked on a major modernisation programme for the intellectual property (IP) offices with over Rs 100 crore being earmarked for infrastructure creation and upgradation. Speaking at the WIPO-DIPP-FICCI Asia Pacific Regional ... More
Meet on IPR strategies EXPORTS & IMPORTS RBI lowers risk weighting for New India's export credit cover IN a move designed to encourage better risk management products, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reduced the risk weighting to 50 per cent for export credits covered by New India Assurance Company's Business Credit Shield (BCS). The RBI has ... 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 Aug. 25-Aug. 31 `Monsoon failure not a cause for panic' Debt swaps may be restricted to loans against small savings Move for FDI in elementary education comes under fire MPs seek review of fresh investment plans of KIOCL Firms, Govt depts allowed to outsource non-core work No time respite for FM players on licence fee Power Trading Corpn to handle Bhutan power RBI annual report 2001-2002 Economic climate may force RBI to change stance |
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