The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 26, 2003

Hotel sector told to pass on benefits to consumers
THE Union Ministry of Tourism has asked owners of hotels and restaurants to initiate appropriate measures so as to ensure that the benefits of the concessions announced in the Union Budget and the Exim Policy are passed on to the consumer with ... More

POWER

Citizens' charter goes rural
WITH the Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd seeking to take its citizens' charter to the mandal headquarters and major panchayats in the rural areas, the distribution companies (Discoms) have released about 28,000 new low-tension ... More

COAL

Bio-diversity study in colliery area

EDUCATION

Engineering admissions — Will computer science stage a comeback?
AS the countdown for submission of applications for admission to engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu through the single window system (SWS) begins on Monday with the handing over of the class XII mark statements to the students, the student ... More

Fulbright-Pai fellowship extended

MEDICAL & SURGICAL EQUIPMENTS

`Single use syringes gain popularity'
STATE Governments have begun to tend towards the purchase single use syringes for their health programme in order to offset the infection risk associated with re-usable syringes, according to Mr Pardeep Kumar Sareen, General Manager (Marketing), ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION

It's time for multiplexes to go innovative
IT should not be a case of premature death. For, even as multiplexes and entertainment complexes are burgeoning across the country, the duds that Bollywood is consistently churning out, is by no means a catalyst to growth. Already, the industry ... More

Endowment land fetches good money in AP: Minister
THE Andhra Pradesh Government's efforts to garner funds from sale and auction of surplus endowments lands has yielded good results and this is reflected from the increase in income from Rs 12 crore three years ago to Rs 38 crore this year, ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

CII's E. Asian hqs in Shanghai to begin work from July
IN a major thrust towards increasing trade ties with China, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has announced its decision to locate its East Asian headquarters in Shanghai and start operations from July 1 to coordinate its activities in ... More

CII team visiting Kuwait for Iraqi contracts
IN an effort to seek opportunities in Iraq for subcontracting work for Indian companies, a 25- member delegation of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) begins a three-day visit to Kuwait from today. In a statement, the chamber has said ... More

CII moots incubation fund for small sector
THE Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has highlighted the need for enactment of the Small Enterprises Development Act as this shall help simplify the day-to-day operations of enterprises. "The enactment of the Act shall provide the ... More

EVENTS

Y's Men international plans meet in Kochi
KERALA'S emerging status as a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibitions) destination has received a boost with the Y's Men International, a worldwide fellowship of people of all faith committed to community service, deciding to hold ... More

CONSUMER ACTIVISM

Ombudsman for consumer durables in offing?
`For the last 10 years, it has become a buyers' market. The industry is more conscious about consumer satisfaction today as everyone knows that a business can be made or marred by the consumer.' More

TOURISM

Kerala targets Rs 1,500-cr to boost tourism
THE State Government is targeting an investment of approximately Rs 1,500 crore in the tourism industry over the next three years. This investment, primarily in the private sector, is expected to create some 12 lakh jobs in the State, said Mr ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

ISO certificate for silk testing lab

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