Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Wednesday, October 30, 2002
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY ECONOMY 
Pant for political consensus on tough decisions — Cabinet okays Tenth PlanTHE Union Cabinet today approved the Tenth Five-Year (2002-07) Plan with the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Mr K.C. Pant, calling upon both the Centre and the States to evolve political consensus to take difficult decisions to ... More
Addl DA for Central staff ENVIRONMENT Mixed reactions to ban on plastic carrybags in Kerala `If the Government is so serious about effecting a total ban on plastics, it should first ban PET bottles, which are not recyclable at all.' More HEALTH Taking medical care to remote areas IF poor people cannot reach towns or cities to get good medical care, let us go to them. This description seems to fit the health initiative launched by the Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) and the Government of ... More POWER GSEG achieves financial closure THE Gujarat State Energy Generation Co Ltd (GSEG), whose 156.1 MW gas-based power plant at Mora near Hazira began commercial generation of power in December 2001, achieved financial closure last week with the LIC of India sanctioning Rs 30 crore ... More PERSONAL PRODUCTS Sales tax tops troubles plaguing FMCG sector MR Nadir Godrej, Director, Godrej Group and Chairman, FMCG Committee, CII (Western Region), is known for his choice of verse to address meetings, like he did today while welcoming delegates to the inaugural session of CII's `National FMCG ... More EDUCATION AP: PG courses in emergency medicine promised INTRODUCTION of post-graduate courses in emergency medicine in all medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh has been assured by Dr K. Sivaprasada Rao, Minister for Health, who was speaking at the three-day international conference on emergency medicine ... More
`Include corporate governance in schools' REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION Suggestion on BMC manual BANGALORE: The citizens of Bangalore have suggested to the Bangalore Municipal Corporation (BMC) that the `Sulabh Nakshe', a manual brought out by the BMC on building laws and rules should include duties and responsibilities of the ... More MINING & QUARRYING `Project finance only option for mining cos' THE project finance mechanism is the only option for domestic mining companies, which are not able to attract capital to the high-risk long gestation mining projects on the strength of their own resources. This is the view of Mr Saumen Ray, ... More GENDER Fall in gender disparities BANGALORE: Gender disparities in enrolment and retention of girls have dropped from five per cent to two per cent in the 16 districts where the World Bank-funded District Primary Education Programme is operational. Despite a significant ... More DISINVESTMENT Tenth Plan divestment target of Rs 78,000 cr a challenge A WHOPPING Rs 78,000 crore stares the Government in the face as the amount to be realised from the sale of its equity in public sector undertakings (PSUs) during the Tenth Plan period begining April 1, 2002, and ending on March 31, 2007. While ... More
Nalco incidents add new twist to divestment tale HUMAN RESOURCES Look for integrity, Premji tells HR meet ``AS HR professionals, your key challenge is to discover not only those people with intelligence and smartness but also those who have unimpeachable integrity.'' These were the words of advice Mr Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Corporation, to ... More EVENTS NSSO plans electronic data gathering THE National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation will be introducing electronic data gathering of data relating to industries from next year. An official spokesman quoted Dr A.K. ... More
Lecture series on Kalam's vision
INCOME TAX `I-T salary refunds to be completed by Nov-end' THE Income-Tax Department is now working at full tilt to complete all salary refunds by end-November. Talking to Business Line, Mr P.K. Sarma, Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), said while attempts would be made to ... More EXPORTS & IMPORTS Export credit — no major impact seen immediately THE Reserve Bank of India's move to deregulate interest rates for exporters in two stages with effect from May 2003 is unlikely to create any significant impact immediately, bankers say. Exporters are already enjoying very low rates, ... More
Kelkar panel for pruning export promotion schemes
`India must exploit rubber export potential' TOURISM 
Naga tourism promoMr I. Imkong, Nagaland Minister for Industry, poses beside traditional tribal artefacts on display at a Nagaland tourism promotional show in Kolkata on Tuesday. |
