Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Wednesday, October 23, 2002
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY AWARDS & HONOURS Humanitarian prize for NGO BANGALORE: SOS Kinderdorf International has won the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize 2002. The annual award of $1 million is given to a non-Governmental or charitable organisation with a record for alleviating human suffering in the ... More
Honour for HAL ex-Chairman BUDGET Finance Ministry finalises Budget team THE Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh's team for the 2003 Budget is in place with the reshuffle in the Finance Ministry carried out on Tuesday. The Government has decided to shift the Expenditure Secretary, Mr C.S. Rao to the Revenue ... More ECONOMY Industrial index up 4.9 pc in April-Aug THE index for industrial production for the April-August period this year has registered an overall growth of 4.9 per cent, markedly higher than the 2.4 per cent growth achieved in the same period in 2001. According to an official press release ... More
Ways & means panel for States HEALTH IBM, UK Govt in eScience initiative BANGALORE: Oxford University has joined with IBM and the UK Government to build a sophisticated computing grid that will enable early screening and diagnosis of breast cancer, and provide medical professionals with more information to ... More INFRASTRUCTURE Pvt role mooted in raising funds for urban infrastructure growth THE Union Urban Development Minister, Mr Anant Kumar, has stressed the need for developing a holistic and integrated growth model involving wider private participation to meet the Rs 17,000-crore fund shortage for urban infrastructure ... More
Kerala: Rs 18.75-cr scheme for fishermen SUGAR 
`Rise in sugar prices alone can help industry' — Dr Palani G. Periasamy, President, South Indian Sugar Mills AssociationAS the sugarcane season for 2002-03 commences, the southern industry is faced with several challenges as low prices, monsoon failure causing a drop in cane availability and affecting sugar recoveries. All these mean additional cash flow ... More TAXATION Maharashtra levies stiff entry tax on petroleum The Government is likely to establish check-posts at entry points. The rules will prescribe requisite documentation such as application form, entry tax returns, challans etc. There is doubt over the applicability of entry tax on goods that are import ed into the State from outside the country. More
The cost of scandals SSI Sivakasi cracker units cut down production FIREWORKS manufacturers in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu have cut their production by 25 per cent this year. This is to clear the unsold stocks of last year, according to the manufacturers. According to the Tamil Nadu Fireworks and Amorces ... More EDUCATION K.K. Modi arm, Apollo Int'l set up management varsity AN investment arm of the K.K. Modi Group has entered into a 50:50 joint venture partnership with Apollo International Inc USA, to set up the Modi Apollo International Institute (MAII) the Capital. The university will offer Bachelors' and Masters' ... More
Literacy plan funds disbursal `poor' SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ARCI tech for Singapore co THE Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy (ARCI) here has successfully transferred technology to the Singapore-based Hyflux Group of companies. The innovative filtration technology will not only fetch Rs 16 lakh as technology transfer ... More DISINVESTMENT Lock-in favoured to curb transfer — Govt to alter sale pacts for Centaur, Chefair IT seems to be a classic case of `once bitten twice shy'. Embarrassed by the resale of Centaur Airport hotel in Mumbai by Batra Hospitality Private Ltd to Sahara India group, the Government seems to have become wiser. Official sources told ... More
SCI may be delisted post-privatisation
Uma Bharti hits out at Shourie FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT American body seeks action on FDI report EVEN as the Centre takes its time to act upon the recommendations made in the recent foreign direct investment (FDI) report authored by the Planning Commission member, Mr N.K. Singh, the American Chamber of Commerce in India is hopeful that the ... More EVENTS Framework on anvil for global ayurveda drive THE World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) 2002, to be held in Kochi, proposes to establish the framework for a transcontinental drive for promoting Indian systems of medicine, especially ayurveda, through recourse to information technology and ... More NATURAL CALAMITIES More taluks may get drought-hit tag in Karnataka BANGALORE: Four more taluks may be listed as drought-hit in addition to the 154 that have already declared affected, according to Mr Mallikarjun Nagappa, Minister of State for Revenue. Two taluks each in Shimoga and Uttara Kannada ... More ECONOMIC OFFENCES Stamp paper racket busted STAMPIT, Karnataka's special Stamp Paper Investigation Team probing a multi-crore stamps and stamp paper racket, has recovered fake papers worth Rs 170 crore during raids it conducted in Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad. They arrested 12 ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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