Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Thursday, October 24, 2002
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY ACCIDENTS 
AP: Fire in cracker shop claims 12 livesA HUGE fire in a cracker shop-cum-godown in the busy business area of Begum Bazaar in the old city of Hyderabad gutted three floors, including a hotel, leading to loss in property and lives. According to the police, the fire which broke out in ... More ECONOMY 
Report `explodes' 5 Chinese mythsEXPLODING myths about China is what the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) wants to do. It unveiled a CII-McKinsey study on `Improving India's Manufacturing Competitiveness vis-à-vis China' on Wednesday in Mumbai that also detailed a ... More
Crisil expects change in economic direction ENVIRONMENT More pressure on US to ratify Kyoto Protocol THE Union Minister for Environment, Mr T.R. Baalu, has said that he would make efforts to bring the US, the world's largest polluting country, to the negotiating table. "I can only request the US to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and come to the ... More
Kudremukh case adjourned EXCISE AND CUSTOMS Excise waiver may stay for mass consumer goods CONSUMERS may have reason to breathe easy with the Finance Ministry thinking of retaining the current excise duty exemption for a large number of mass consumption goods. Some 400-odd items of mass consumption such as ghee, vanaspati, common ... More PETROLEUM No immediate cut in petro product prices North Block has been passive to the pleas of the Petroleum Ministry to seek a reduction in excise duties on the other two mass consumed products — LPG and kerosene. More
Govt pays oil PSUs subsidies for LPG/kerosene partially
Six sugar mills in TN to submit bids today SSI Kerala Govt announces package for defaulting SSIs THE State Government has notified a conditional one-time settlement package envisaging concessions in interest and penal interest dues with respect to small-scale units faced with revenue recovery proceedings on account of default in upfront ... More
COAL Ministry sets target date to relocate BCCL area people A study by the Central Mining Research Institute (CMRI) and BCCL says that about 22,100 houses are located in critically unstable areas due to subsidence and fires in the BCCL's command areas. More CIGARETTES FICCI wants cigarettes out of VAT net THE Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has pitched for the exclusion of cigarettes from the ambit of the proposed value-added tax (VAT) regime that would replace the sales tax system in the country from April 1, ... More EDUCATION ICFAI management programme BANGALORE: ICFAI Bangalore is organising a function specific management programme on November 14 and 15th at Atria Hotel. The workshop will focus on supply chain management and e-commerce or e-business strategies. ... More CARS `Maruti, Honda Siel satisfy customers most' MARUTI Udyog and Honda Siel Cars lead in the most number of segments in NFO Automotive's inaugural 2002 India Total Customer Satisfaction Study (TCS). The highest ranking vehicles were - Maruti 800 (best economy car), Maruti Zen (best ... More TWO/THREE WHEELERS Ajith Philip still groping around for the right two-wheeler AFTER extensive research, many test drives and much haggling at show rooms, Ajith Philip has almost decided on a TVS `Victor' as his first bike. He is yet to buy it, though. "I want to take a look at this new bike from Yamaha before I finally ... More TELEVISION SETS Durable dreams? The consumer durables sector has had a mixed year so far, but an emerging trend is a rise in sales in the semi-urban and rural markets. Will the festive season lift its spirits? More GEMS & JEWELLERY Gem, jewellery exports up 36 pc THE inherent skills in gems and jewellery have helped increase exports in the first four months of the current fiscal. Export of gem and jewellery items spurted by 36 per cent, showing the largest increase of $725 million in the total foreign ... More KNITWEAR & HOSIERY Dutch expertise for Tirupur units The Netherlands-based centre would also work with the NIFT-TEA Fashion Institute in Tirupur. More GRANITE & MARBLE Karnataka: Ban on granite mining causes royalty losses The ban on granite mining in Kollegal taluk is unlikely to be lifted in the near future as the issue of Veerappan is yet to be resolved. More MINERALS 50-mt rise in iron ore capacity needed in 10th Plan THE installed capacity for iron ore will have to go up to 135 million tonnes (mt) from the existing 85 mt during the Tenth Plan period 2002-03 to 2006-07 for meeting an estimated demand of 122 mt for domestic consumption and exports taken ... More FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Kerala Govt mulls company to channelise FDI THE Kerala Government has chalked out a major programme to attract large-scale investments in a host of industrial and IT projects as part of the new reform policy and is also seriously considering a proposal to set up an investment company to ... More ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES Stringent guidelines for ayurveda drugs soon Mr Shatrughan Sinha said the Centre would soon bring in more stringent parameters in the Drugs And Cosmetics Act to monitor Ayurveda products. More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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