Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, September 30, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, September 30, 2002 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT X-ray crystallography facility soon at CCMB A modern X-ray crystallography facility to peep into the micro-structures of biological material and aid in better understanding of modern biology is being established at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), here. The Rs. ... More ECONOMY CEOs favour 50 bps cut in bank rate to spur growth A REDUCTION in the bank rate in the mid-year review of the monetary policy will help in strengthening and sustaining the revival of industry, a snap poll of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) has shown. The poll also shows that the industry ... More
`India lagging behind China in economic growth'
Plan paper stresses on paradigm shift in thinking to meet targets
Fiscal handicap ENVIRONMENT The urban dilemma Cities are centres of human consumption which draw heavily from the surrounding ecosystems. At best the citizens can help reduce adverse environmental impact. More
Call for managing plastic wastes HEALTH `Core sector status for healthcare will draw pvt funds' INFRASTRUCTURE status for the healthcare sector is necessary to attract greater private participation, according to Dr Pratap C. Reddy, Chairman of Apollo Hospitals. He was addressing the two-day national conference on "The India Healthcare Forum ... More POWER Karnataka Govt to go ahead with privatising DisComs The World Bank, which is supporting Karnataka with a structural adjustment loan equivalent to Rs 12,000 crore, including power sector reforms, had insisted that the State Government complete distribution privatisation during the current year itself. More
Southern grid on high alert — Slight improvement in power availability SSI Use funds for exports, Minister tells SMEs THE Andhra Pradesh Government has created an industrial infrastructure development fund and earmarked 10 per cent of it for technology development but it is regrettable that SMEs have not come forward to make use of it, said Mr K. Vidyadhara Rao, ... More
RADIO/TV Channels waking up to late-night shows TOP Secret Beaches, Beach Hour, Star Trek, Lipstick, Kahin Kissi Roz...Just some of the late night serials to attract adult viewers. After pre- prime-time and post- prime-time, the focus of most television channels is now on the ... More EDUCATION IBRD aid sought to revamp higher education THE University Grants Commission (UGC) has sought the financial assistance of World Bank to part-finance the proposed major restructuring of the traditional higher education system in the country so as to ensure employment opportunities for the ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS Somany for single national VAT regime INDIA must strive to directly move into a standardised single national value-added tax (VAT) regime by April 2003, the new President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), Mr R.K. Somany, has said. "If at all ... More
Sisspa seeks cut in cotton yarn duty READYMADE GARMENTS Garment industry worried over hike in sales tax — Six-month abeyance expires today THE Karnataka State Garment Association has expressed apprehensions over the increase in sales tax to eight per cent from October, when the six-month exemption granted by the Government to continue with the old rate of four per cent expires. ... More BIO-TECH & GENETICS SIDBI arm to float fund to boost biotech sector THE Mumbai-headquartered Sidbi Venture Capital Ltd (SVCL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), will soon float a national fund for the biotechnology sector. The proposed fund is likely to have a corpus ... More MINERALS CIL to phase out manual jobs to facilitate mechanisation MR N.K. Sharma, Chairman of Coal India Ltd (CIL), has stressed the need for phasing out the manual job elements in the coal-mining sector to pave the way for mechanisation. This strategy is considered crucial for any mineral industry in the ... More GENDER 
Trust these women to disprove debt trap fearsIN the well-lit and neatly kept house in Karpannur village on the outskirts of Salem town, a group of 19 women are working meticulously converting silver wire into chunky anklets. The house belongs to Meghala, but the enterprise is collectively ... More DISINVESTMENT New price criterion for PSU open offer THE Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has introduced an additional criterion for determining the price of the open offer of shares during the disinvestment of a public sector undertaking. The acquirer would now have to price the ... More LABOUR REFORMS Kerala Govt advises caution on labour law changes KERALA has emphasised the need for observing caution while proceeding to act on some of the labour strategies and reforms proposed by the National Labour Commission and has said that the formal views of the State Governments need to be ... More INTERVIEW 
Texprocil gearing for post-quota regime — Mr T. Kannan, ChairmanWe have thought of creating a textile intelligence centre or knowledge centre, which could collect and analyse data and make them available to member-industries. This specialised service would be rendered through business process outsourcing (BPO). More EXPORTS & IMPORTS TOURISM 700 buyers to attend Kerala Travel Mart AN estimated 700 buyers will interact and do business with over 140 tourism service providers from across the State during the three-day Kerala Travel Mart (KTM) which gets under way at the International Convention Centre in Kochi from ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Top Stories In Depth Gender Justice Simple Economics Small Investor Looking back Sep. 22-Sep. 28 NCAER concern over cost of high forex reserves Govt to hive off maritime institute before SCI sale `Infrastructure: In China, the government is venture capitalist' — Mr B. Sridhar, Director, Bengal Tiger Line Higher offtake raises Q1 exports 10 pc Impact of Asian brown haze `exaggerated' `Software exports to US growing at 25 pc' Creating `bullet-proof' managers for corporate world The Garden City is stressed out IISc ties up to launch Web library Post-IPR, drug prices set to rise: Report NCAER scales down growth rate to 4.8% Rise in newsprint price likely from October Ascon study upbeat on service sector `Security' curbs likely on FDI from neighbouring nations State Govts not for using small savings to retire high-cost debt |
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