The Hindu Business Line : Monday, March 10, 2003

Adding sunshine
Solar panels, lanterns and lighting units of various makes and sizes on display at a speciality shop in Kochi. The relatively high cost of setting up a solar-powered lighting system is cushioned by State Government subsidies up to 50 per ... More

BUDGET

Fiscal Bill must be passed with fixed caps, say CEOs
THERE is growing concern among the chief executive officers (CEOs) of Indian industry over the burgeoning fiscal deficit of the Government. A snap poll of CEOs conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) shows that 75 per cent of the ... More

FERTILISERS

Govt moves to loosen hold on urea pricing — Group concession, partial decontrol of distribution from April
THE Government is going ahead with the implementation of the group-based concession scheme (GCS) for pricing of urea along with partial decontrol of distribution with effect from April 1. This is despite the proposal not finding any mention in ... More

FOREIGN TRADE

Iran urged to invest in AP
ANDHRA Pradesh is the only State in the South that has surplus power and sufficient water for industrial use, according to the State Minister for Major Industries, Mr K. Vidyadhara Rao. Addressing a seminar on "Business opportunities between ... More

PSU

Handicrafts corpn turnover up
The Corporation will soon initiate the `Kerala Hatt', a permanent marketing scheme. The Rs 2.51-crore project aims to generate enhanced tourist interest in handicraft items from the State. More

PESTICIDES

To check MNC invasion in domestic fields — Pesticide makers draft `molecular plan'
IN an effort to counter the assault on the domestic pesticide market by MNCs, which have brought in their own molecules, the Indian pesticide industry is gearing up to bring out its own exclusive array of molecules for insecticides, fungicides ... More

POWER

Probe ordered into fire at power station
THE State Government has constituted an experts' committee to inquire into the fire mishap at Moozhiyar hydel project. Following the fire, the power generation from the project has stopped resulting in a shortage of 300 m.w. in the State's ... More

TAXATION

Chamber plea to defer VAT Bill
THE Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the State Government to postpone the introduction of the VAT Bill till the glaring anomalies are rectified and all the States agree to have a unified taxation system. The Chamber President, ... More

TN: Check posts to undergo modernisation
THE Tamil Nadu Government plans to study the viability of modernising check posts and streamlining the tax collection process, and also set up integrated check posts at select locations in the State. It has called for consultants who will help in ... More

Karnataka ready to implement VAT from April 1
KARNATAKA is all set to implement the value-added tax (VAT) system from April 1 with a Bill on its model law expected to get the President's assent by March 25. The Bill to be introduced in the State Legislature next week is expected to be ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS

More pvt funds needed in biotech: Study
SEEING biotech as the sunrise industry, the Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, has granted several sops for R&D in the sector. But analysts and experts in the field believe the expected inflow of private funds into the sector could hardly meet ... More

Bioinformatics institute to promote human genome research
THE Institute of Bioinformatics, a non-profit organisation for promoting research in bioinformatics, was formally inaugurated in Bangalore's International Technology Park recently. Set up by Dr Akhilesh Pandey, a professor at John Hopkins ... More

GENDER

Women in Kerala: engendered or endangered?
The paradox of the status of women in Kerala lies in the confusion between `gender equality' and `gender equity'. The notion of gender equality assumes that the needs and interests of women and men are identical, whereas the notion of gender equity p resumes they are different. More

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