Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY ANTI-DUMPING Dumping duty imposed on PSF from four countries DOMESTIC manufacturers of polyester staple fibre (PSF) have tasted success in staving off what they consider as "injurious imports" of certain PSF from South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand. The Finance Ministry has imposed a definitive ... More
BUDGET Little cheer for tea industry in TN Budget WHILE welcoming the measures on infrastructure reforms and austerity in Government expenditure proposed by the Tamil Nadu Budget, the Planters' Association of Tamil Nadu (PAT) has expressed disappointment at the lack of consideration given to the ... More
TN Budget `Chennai centric' — Infrastructure needs of Coimbatore ignored: ICCI ECONOMY 
We Think for India proposes intelligentsia-industry linkTHE winners for the National Manufacturing Sector Policy Competition 2003, sponsored by We Think for India, a voluntary organisation of eminent persons to create a national platform for interchange of beneficial ideas, was announced on ... More ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE BoB plans to invest Rs 100 cr in development fund BANK of Baroda proposes to invest Rs 100 crore in the India Development Fund, which focuses on investing in early- and middle-stage infrastructure companies engaged in the social, urban, technology and agricultural infrastructure ... More PSU NPCIL offers `lifeline' to two State PSUs THE Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has provided a lifeline to the Power Electronics Group at the Keltron Equipment Complex at Karakulam near here, a unit of the public sector Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation ... More
Banks refuse refinance support to State PSUs
Bengal PSUs report over Rs 2,000-cr loss PETROLEUM Petro prices could fall: Naik THE prices of petrol, diesel and other transport fuels may be reduced if international crude oil prices continue to fall over the next 15-20 days, Mr Ram Naik, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, has said. Speaking to newspersons on ... More PHARMACEUTICALS Life sciences alliance formed — 3 pharma cos tie up with US firm THREE Indian pharmaceutical companies - Shasun Chemicals and Drugs Ltd, Innovasynth Technologies (India) Ltd and Suven Pharmaceuticals Ltd - have joined with Austin Chemical Company of the US to form what they call the `Life Sciences ... More POWER AP electricity panel cuts industrial tariffs THE Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has reduced the tariffs for industry (HT-1) by 2.96 per cent from Rs 3.71 per unit to Rs 3.60 per unit for the year 2003-04. The commission has also reduced the unit rate of power ... More
Exxon in talks for LNG supply to Dabhol TAXATION In the red, sugar industry seeks tax concessions "Export of sugar is also not encouraging as the realisation is much lower at Rs 1,000 per quintal," said Ms Vidya Murkumbi, Vice-President, South India Sugar Mills Association. More
Lift VAT waiver limit to Rs 50 lakh: Traders
SSI Kerala SSIs want curbs on movement of timber to stay THE Kerala State Small Industries Association has urged the State Government not to withdraw the Government order banning inter-State movement of 49 varieties of timber, including rubber, to other States. The Government order was issued in 1981 ... More
WATER Bottled water units get edgy on new norms THE bottled water issue is still bubbling under, with just about a week to go for the proposed revised norms to come into effect on April 1. Expressing its reservations, the Rs 1,000-crore bottled water industry has urged caution in bringing in ... More
Small players may drown in water controversy COAL State PSUs can take up coal mining outside IN a move that could revolutionise coal production in the country, the Centre has decided to allow State Government undertakings to undertake coal mining outside their State boundaries and also to sell it in the open market anywhere. This will ... More EDUCATION 
IT@School to feature Kalpana ChawlaTHE State Government has decided to dedicate a chapter on the life, times and achievements of Kalpana Chawla in the IT@School textbook for the ninth standard in what is being described as a fitting tribute to the ... More
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS CII team to visit Lanka THE Confederation of Indian Industry (Southern Region) is taking a 11-member team to Sri Lanka from March 27-31 to coincide with the IMEXPRO 2003 (import export promotion fair) to be held in Colombo. The team would explore bilateral trade ... More BIO-TECH & GENETICS Govt allots land for CCMB biosafety lab THE Andhra Pradesh Government has agreed to give 5-acres of land adjacent to the upcoming office complex of the transnational corporation, GE, near Uppal for the national Biocontainment facility. The ambitious project has been proposed by the ... More
Biotech - an emerging field CERAMICS VAT may push up ceramic tile rates CONSUMERS of ceramic tiles, a building material, may well have to fork out higher prices from April 1. The Rs 2,000-crore domestic tiles industry is predicting a "price correction" - upward correction - from that date in all those States ... More DISINVESTMENT Divestment of oil PSUs gets SC nod THE Supreme Court on Monday said that the pendency of a petition challenging the privatisation of oil PSUs HPCL and BPCL would not act as a deterrent to the Union Government in pursuing the disinvestment process in the two firms. The Supreme ... More RURAL DEVELOPMENT Empowering women through social mobilisation— AP villages reap benefits from UN project THE poorest of the poor in Loddipalli village of Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh never had a day's provisions at home till recently. But today, they boast of having stocks of foodgrains that will last for over a month. Not only provisions, ... More HUMAN RESOURCES Manufacturing does better by its employees THE seemingly "iron-fisted" manufacturing sector in the country has done better in employee engagement, when compared to the apparently "hierarchy-free" New Economy and service sector. This is the view of a study undertaken by Gallup MBA India ... More TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS 
Prudential Bank staff stage dharna to recover NPAsHundreds of bank employees chose to surround the offices and residences of key individual and corporate defaulters, who were already served 60-day notices under the newly promulgated Securitisation Act. More EXPORTS & IMPORTS Apeda signs MoU for mango export zone THE Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has approved the setting up of an Agri Export Zone for mango in Virudhunagar, Madurai, Theni, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts. With this, the mango ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Top Stories In Focus Run-up to Budget Kelkar Report Bottled water: How safe is it? Telecom Competition Oil PSUs: Disinvestment dilemma Housing Fin. rate war: Bonanza for consumers! NPAs in Banking In Depth Simple Economics Consumer Notes Tax Talk The Brahmananda collections NRIs & Investment Avenues Corporate Governance Gold: Still the winner? Cars: Always a beauty Books and Reviews Looking back Mar. 16-Mar. 22 Dollar weakness may dent software exports — Nasscom lowers growth forecast to 27pc Icrisat helps Kothapally to overcome drought TNEB hopes to begin talks with IPPs on tariff revision `Corporatisation will kill the soul of film-making' TN no longer to supply power free — Domestic, commercial consumers face highest tariff hike High bandwidth rural connectivity vital: President Fast money? Just buy FI bonds No UN certifying inspectors at ports — Exporters in a fix over Iraq-bound cargo Supplies won't be hit: Naik `I want to boost co-production of films' — Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farm labourers find bonanza in human trials |
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