Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Thursday, October 03, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Thursday, October 03, 2002 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY ECONOMY Tenth Plan for 67 pc hike in public sector investment IN a reversal of the distinctly deficient trends in public sector resources for funding the Plan, the Tenth Five-Year Plan (2002-07) proposes a massive 67 per cent hike in public sector investment over the Ninth Plan realisation in order to ... More
Cauvery row tells on road, rail revenues ENVIRONMENT Brand pollution Society will bear with commercial use of its utilities up to a point of time. When things seem to go a bit too far, it will aim to rein in the marketer in his outdoor conquests. More
Korean tech to manage plastic pollution
Maruti's check-up camps FOREIGN TRADE CII identifies 9 sectors to expand Indo-EU ties THE Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has identified nine sectors as potential areas for higher bilateral trade and investment flows between India and Europe. These sectors include advertising, biotechnology, entertainment, environmental ... More HEALTH Meet on safe motherhood WITH one woman dying every five minutes in India due to pregnancy and childbirth, the need for safe motherhood was underlined here by officials of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood in India. To take the issue head-on, White Ribbon ... More
Aircel to create blood group database INFRASTRUCTURE `Goshree' to be ready in a year IF the current pace of progress in the Rs 39.37-crore Goshree project is maintained, it would be completed on schedule by October 2003 and thereby benefit those residing in the three islands in the Ernakulam backwaters. ``We have a weekly ... More PSU Clause 49 a damper on large PSUs with executive chairmen THE Securities and Exchange Board of India's (SEBI) contention that a Government nominee on the board of a PSU cannot be considered as an independent director under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement appears to have complicated matters for the ... More PHARMACEUTICALS Market not ripe for pharma ads A country with a large illiterate population cannot really benefit from advertising for prescription-based drugs. Such advertising has to have adequate safeguards to prevent wrong use. More POWER Bengal to clamp down on power theft during puja THIS will be a Durga Puja with a difference. Not so much for the ever-increasing threat of terrorist strikes on places of worship, but because of a new law that is making the organisers of the community pujas scurrying for cover. The ... More
Grid failure triggers demand for gensets
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Simhadri unit back in action STEEL Ferro alloy cos rue excess capacity, power costs EXCESS capacity and high power tariff continue to assail the domestic ferro alloy industry, according to Mr S. Chakravortty, Chairman, Indian Ferro Alloy Producers' Association. Production of ferro alloy is expected to edge down marginally from ... More TEXTILES Garment units from Mumbai, Delhi shifting to Karnataka KARNATAKA seems to be emerging as a preferred destination for garment manufacturers and exporters of Mumbai and Delhi. The supportive policies of the State Government, coupled with cheaper costs, peaceful industrial relations and ideal ... More
Textile unions may take wage issue to Apex Court
Upswing in cotton textile fortunes seen SSI SISI compendium of project profiles HYDERABAD: Small Industries Service Institute (SISI), a Central Government institute has brought out a compendium in three volumes of project profiles of products, business and service activities for the entrepreneurs. The compendium ... More
SSI workshop on export competitiveness WATER MANAGEMENT Cauvery panel to submit report to SC today THE Cauvery Monitoring Committee concluded its two-day visit covering the delta districts in Tamil Nadu and will submit its report to the Supreme Court on Thursday, according to Mr A.K. Goswami, Union Water Resources Secretary, who led the ... More COAL Coal PSUs may use fly ash for back-filling in mines — Study advocates tech for hydraulic stowing FOLLOWING the notification issued by the Centre to prevent dumping and disposal of fly ash discharged from coal/lignite-based thermal power stations, the state-owned coal companies are poised to take a fresh initiative to utilise fly ash for ... More RADIO/TV Greens change colour While they began as conventional green channels, both Discovery and National Geographic have been broadbasing content beyond wildlife and nature. But is the strategy paying off? Catalyst finds out. More EDUCATION 
Bid to rekindle interest in mathsTHERE is nothing quite so paradoxically charming as well as scary, as a mass of equations on the blackboard. Like the sex appeal of an unattainable film star, the intellectual allure of mathematics keeps one always in attempt to conquer, but ... More REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION Progress must be unhindered, says Minister WHAT is just for development of the State in different sectors should be not only well defined but also scrupulously implemented by all concerned - ministers and officials who are subject to change of positions, said Mr. T. Nageswara Rao, ... More INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS Scrap dividend tax on recipients, say chambers THE chambers of commerce, including the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI) have demanded that tax on dividends in the hands of the recipients, as reintroduced by the Finance Act, 2002 ... More
KNITWEAR & HOSIERY Project to twin Tirupur, Treviso textile clusters THE Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and its partner Treviso Tecnologia, a centre for networking in the textile and fashion industry in Treviso, Italy, are to launch a project that will twin the clusters of Tirupur in Tamil Nadu and ... More CINEMA 
Film financing: Are banks missing an opportunity?TWO years after the Reserve Bank of India okayed institutional lending to the film industry, only very, very few banks have even done a study of financing films. This is borne out by the replies that Business Line has consistently got ... More DISINVESTMENT 
Facts on sell-off issue being distorted: PMEVEN as a final decision on the strategic sale of HPCL and BPCL has been put off for three months since early September, the pro and anti groups on the disinvestment policy today raked up the controversy yet again to take it to its logical ... More SMALL SAVINGS Govt likely to bail out Seamen's PF A PROPOSAL to bail out the troubled Seamen's Provident Fund (SPF), which suffered a loss of nearly Rs 100 crore in the securities scam, is expected to be placed before the Union Cabinet shortly. A Government official said this was decided at a ... More EVENTS SICA invited to ICAC plenary meet in Cairo THE South India Cotton Association (SICA) has been invited for the first time to participate in the plenary meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) to be held in Egypt later this month. The ICAC Secretariat has written to ... More
Seminar on malaria RAILWAYS Rly shuttle service to be extended to Nizamabad THE South Central Railway (SCR) will extend the broad gauge shuttle train services currently running between Mudkhed and Dharmabad to Nizamabad from October 3. The Union Minister of State for Railways, Mr Bandaru Dattatreya, will flag off the ... More ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES TN farmers enter into pact with exporter for herb supply TO encourage farmers to earn a higher return from their land, the Research Wing of Tamil Nadu Forest Department has facilitated an agreement between them and an exporter of herb that is used in treating liver disorders. According to Dr G. ... More TOURISM AP Govt keen to tap medical tourism MEDICAL tourism is the new `initiative' the Andhra Pradesh Government is contemplating. The growing international air links and the existence of strong corporate hospital presence were the key ingredients for promoting it, the State Health ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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