The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, October 22, 2002

Centre to fine-tune urea pricing policy soon — To focus more on bio-fertilisers
THE Centre would shortly fine-tune the pricing policy for urea, aimed at "greater transparency and uniformity in subsidy disbursement to the urea units." Mr Tapan Sikdar, Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers, told this to ... More

Approval for FDI — Speciality mags may need to stay separate
FOR domestic media companies, raising capital from foreign investors could well mean taking a difficult decision. That of cutting their umbilical cord. The Government is now considering a proposal to insert a clause wherein domestic companies ... More

STATES

Almatti dam project: Relief for displaced families
BANGALORE: A relief package of Rs 500-700 crore is in the offing for those displaced from and around Bagalkot by the backwaters of the Almatti dam project. The amount is to be spent over the next three or four years to improve ... More

TN Govt releases one instalment of DA
THE Tamil Nadu Government has announced the sanction of one additional instalment of dearness allowance at four per cent to Government employees with effect from October 1. Of this, three per cent will be given in cash and one per cent will be ... More

CAG report sent to AP Govt

TERRORISM

Naidu urges Naxals to join mainstream
THE Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, has yet again called upon the naxalites of the outlawed People's War Group (PWG) to eschew the path of violence and join the mainstream. Speaking at the commemoration parade at the ... More

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