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FOREIGN TRADE


CII's `India Club' to open up China for small-scale sector
"The opening of the India club should benefit the small and medium enterprises who are looking for business opportunities in China," Mr Piyush Bahl, said. More

PETROLEUM


Petroleum product prices in post-APM era — Panel asks Govt to rationalise duty structure
THE Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals has called for evolving a suitable mechanism to stop the frequent revision of prices of petroleum products to give relief to the domestic customers. While analysing the demands for grants of the ... More

POWER


Power generation restored
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Generation at the 300-MW Sabarigiri hyderoelectric project has resumed. According to sources in the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), the generation was disrupted following the breakout of a major fire in the ... More

TAXATION


VAT will level the playing field: Kodak
"The industry has welcomed VAT, but there are worries about uniformity and implementation." More

TEXTILES


`Cenvat, power tariff hike hurting small spinners'
Sisspa wants the Union Government to reduce the excise duty on cotton yarn from the present 8 per cent to 4 per cent and extend the excise duty exemption given to other SSI sectors to the small spinners. More

SSI


AP Govt prompts SHGs to set up cottage units for jute products
AS awareness among the general public is growing about the perils of plastic products and the environmental degradation they cause, the demand for jute products such as carry-bags, schoolbags and wall-hangings is on the rise but there are not ... More

BREWERIES


Sales in Andhra Pradesh rise 27 pc — Southern beer markets sedate in 2002-03
BARRING Andhra Pradesh, the growth of beer sales in the rest of the southern States remained sedate during the financial year 2002-03. This comes at a time when the overall beer consumption in the country reportedly moved up 12 per cent during ... More

RADIO/TV


Prasar Bharati plans to offer DTH services
ALMOST a year after the Planning Commission suggested that the national broadcaster enter into direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting, the Prasar Bharati Board has finally decided to get into the act. The Information and Broadcasting Minister, Mr ... More

EDUCATION


Directories launched on AP professional colleges
BBL Publications, the city-based information provider for the student community, has announced the launch of its publications - directories on `Engineering Colleges in Andhra Pradesh' and `Medical-Dental Education in Andhra Pradesh and South ... More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING


Seminar on food processing in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: The Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Assocham are jointly organising a national seminar on `Food Processing Industry - Focus Andhra Pradesh Vision 2020 Action Agenda' on April 16. The ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION


AP State-level workshop on fly ash utilisation
THE Rayalseema Thermal Power Plant of the Andhra Pradesh Generation Corporation (APGenco) generates about 12 lakh tonnes of fly ash every year. Of this, a mere 12 per cent is utilised, while the rest goes waste. Similarly, there are several ... More

KNITWEAR & HOSIERY


Tirupur hosiery workers threaten strike on wages — Token protest today
SIX central trade union-affiliates, representing the Tirupur-based hosiery workers, have threatened to call an indefinite strike any time after April 25. They said the threat will be carried out if the knitwear factory managements failed to ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS


War, virus no impediments — Bangalore biotech show takes off today
DESPITE being impacted marginally by the Iraq war and the SARS scare, Bangalore Bio 2003, the third annual international biotech tradeshow is set to take off on a positive note on Tuesday. About 120 companies from 20 countries are ... More

India, budding star of the biotech boom
"BANANAS to cure cancer. Bullet-proof vests from goat's milk." Sample some future technologies that biotechnology holds the key to. With a gene put in here and knocked off there — easier said than done though — the promises and ... More

Karnataka Govt finalises location for biotech park
THE Karnataka Government has finally decided the location for setting up a biotechnology park in the State. The Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr S.M. Krishna, would be unveiling the foundation stone on Tuesday for the proposed park "Bangalore ... More

Destination Bangalore
FORGET the gory Gulf War-2 or the SARS scare for a while. If it's April, it must be time for another biotech do in Bangalore. The third issue of Bangalore Bio, on from April 15 to 17, could turn out to have the maximum international ... More

PACKAGING


Corrugated packaging units resent high input costs
KRAFT paper prices in the country have gone up by about Rs 4,000 a tonne or by 22 per cent on all major grades in the last two months, due to a sharp increase in the cost of major inputs such as diesel, electricity and adhesive materials. As a ... More

DISINVESTMENT


SC issues notice to Govt on sale of HPCL, BPCL
THE Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the legality of the Government's decision to privatise public sector oil firms Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan ... More

IPR


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    HUMAN RESOURCES


    `Bengal has good labour productivity in a few sectors'
    CONTRARY to public perception, West Bengal has had reasonably good labour productivity in quite a few industry sectors, according to a study done by the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI). Covering 1999-2000, the study says that in sectors such ... More

    EVENTS


    `No move to wind up Coal India'
    THOUGH powers currently exercised by Coal India Ltd (CIL) relating to procurement of all items, except explosives, as well as powers relating to marketing of coal in the non-core sector will be delegated to its producing subsidiaries, there is no ... More

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    EXPORTS & IMPORTS


    `Govt not complacent on deluge of Chinese goods imports'
    It was erroneous to resort to unsubstantiated accusations that the authorities have been complacent to the deluge of cheap goods from across the Middle Kingdom, DGAD sources said. More
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